Some time later during professor Goodwhich's class
William leader of team WLDR (Weilder) got selected to fight a to fight Jaune Arc leader of team JNPR (Juniper), suffices to say it ended very quickly as all it took is one shot from a not particularly charged mini MAC to send Jaune flying away.
'well that was kind of disappointing. Yet not totally unexpected' William thought as a sword and shield against railgun is not particularly fair. Then again William had faced worse odds than Jaune as when he was 12 he had to fight camp full of fully armored ODST while only given a few tranquilizers darts.
While William was thinking about professor was yammering again about vytal festival that is still a few months away. William got back down on stage and was congratulated by his teammates.
Later at the cafeteria
William and his team seating on table all by themselves waiting for Velvet William's new ser...I mean emploree to diliver him and his team's food. Seeing William and his team ordering around Velvet people around naturally had a bad impression of him, thinking him to be a racist and a big bully.
How did this happen?
-(flashback)-
Not long after entering beacon
While William was wondering around the school.
Flash snapshot
William was supprise by the sudden flash of light and turns his head to where it came from, it came from behind him from a girl with bunny ears who was holding a camera. It seems that she was taking a picture of him or more specifically the railgun on his back.
'faunus' William thought but didn't pay much attention to it but as he was about continue on his way he suddenly remembers reading a report about the potential security risks in this school.
One of them being her Velvet Scarlatina, she has the ability to copy weapons by just taking a picture of it. Knowing this William of course couldn't let a non-ONI personnel has access to his railgun's schematics.
William naturally took her camera and smashed it to pieces, this of course did not sit well for those people around and by some coincidences Rwby and her friends came passing by and only saw him took the camera from a faunus and smashed it.
Yang at this point called out to him "hey! whats your problem! You racist jerk!"
Then a few people around started murmuring "jerk" "racist" and the like.
William then looked at Yang and replied "really now? you just arrived and you think you've got full grasped on the situation? do you even know what she has done to earn my ire?"
At this time Velvet comes in and told them that all she did was took a picture, which further affirmed people's impression of him being a racist.
Hearing that a few of them voices their complain saying "it's only a picture" or the like.
To which William said "Only a picture? If that's all it was I wouldn't have minded but do you know who she is?"
He let it sink in before continuing "She is Velvet Scarlatina and do you what her fighting style is? She makes copies of other people's weapon and using it as her own, she copies it by taking a picture of it with that camera" William points at the smashed camera.
Then people started to understand, at this time Blake stepped up and said "that may be so but wasn't that a bit to excessive?"
William replied "you would not even be saying that if she took a picture of an atlas mech. You have to understand the severity of what she did, she took the schematics of a weapon that incorporates ONI's highly classified dustless weaponry. Classified secrets that costed millions to fund and countless hours of research. Where she can just take a picture and spread it around."
People then started to realized the seriousness of what she just did, after all if she did that to an atlas mech there would be serious repercussions.
Hearing that she is in the wrong, Velvet begged forgiveness as she apologized she promise she wouldn't spread it.
Then william said "I don't believe you"
Hearing William say that people started to think he is jerk again, at this time Ruby said " isn't that enough already? she apologized and she even promise too? "
"Ruby there's somethings you can't fixed by just apologizing and making promises, what if she is lying? I don't know her, you don't know her, I just met her, you just met her, we know nothing about her. What if she is lying and would sell it to the White Fang right after this conversation? Ruby being a leader means carrying a heavy burden"
Ruby hearing the harsh reality got dishearten while Blake twitched hearing the word white fang. Velvet on another hand desperately tried to convince William that she isn't part of the white fang and desperately begged him to believe her.
William then offered a resolution "Apologies and promises are worth little to me but a contract on another is a different matter"
Hearing that Velvet stopped begging and asked curiously "contract?"
"Yes a contract, a standard non-disclosure agreement and an employment contract. As it'll be a problem for you to be running around freely, you'll have to agree being monitored and be near me most of the time. As it would be problematic if you don't get anything you'll also agree to a servant's contract and will receive a servant's wage. You'll be under that contract till you graduate and after that you'll be officially hired as ONI's personal huntress. Long story short you'll be working for ONI from now on"
Naturally a lot of people are dissatisfied with William sugestion and protested while Velvet was hesitant at first but eventually agreed to it and signed the contract.
William then planted a traking device her and also had her communications hacked and monitored.
-(end flashback)-
Later a girl named Coco Adel came to find him, seemingly angry about something. Then it is revealed that she is team leader of the team Velvet was in and she wants to void the contract.
But after a heartful chat with her, she came to understood how dangerous Velvet position is really is. A person that can copy and mimic others and their weapons would naturally be prime target for those with evil intentions and now ONI is shielding her from that.
Eventually thanks to Velvet and William negotiating skills hond through years of deal making Coco eventually let it be. For now at least.
Since then Velvet have been coming to his room every morning helping him do menial things and some how it also expanded to include helping his teammates too.
At this Velvet finally came back with the food.
While there are the occasional prank, as long as they don't do anything too much William didn't pay much attention. Since her abilities are quite valuable so he would step in once they start to go a bit far, so William is always balancing between favoring the team or favoring Velvet.
It is a delicate balance and if he does it right then the pay out would be huge, he would have formed a fearsome grimm slaying team in his time at this academy and after Velvet graduates then ONI would have gained a valuable asset.
And it seems that the faunus seems to have figured out that William is the most moderate of the bunch so she naturally stick close to him and using helping him as an excuse to get away from the rest.
Anyway after finished eating William and his team along with Velvet heads to professor Oobleck's class.
During class Jaune has fallen asleep and started snoring which was kind of annoying to William as Jaune was sitting front of him, all William could hear is him snoring and he was quite interested in what Oobleck was saying.
It's about the faunus war, a war about humanity trying to centralized the faunus population that is scattered around. Kind of like what the romans did in the past.
As he was quite interested in the subject he naturally can't let a slacker get in the way so he throws a crumpled piece of paper at Jaune to wake him.
Bonk
"hey!" Jaune was awaken by something hitting his head.
Unfortunately for him Oobleck at this time was asking a question and took Jaune suddenly voicing out as wanting to answer his question.
Jaune was now in a dilemma as he had not been paying attention in class he had no idea what the answer it, fortunately for him Pyrrah is helping him by telling him the answer in to form of hand signs.
But sadly for Pyrrah her efforts were for not as Jaune answered "binoculars!" which made everyone in class laugh.
William on the other hand just face palmed.
"very funny Mr Arc" Oobleck said before turning to william and ask "William perhaps you would care to share your thoughts on the subject"
William said "well I think that the faunus babarians..." as soon as said babarians a few people in class gave him a glare.
"Oh I'm sorry for saying what they are, it's just that we have kingdoms while they have scattered tribals villages, we have kings and generals while they have tribal chieftains. By definition they are barbarians"
"Now as for the battle at Fort Castle, General Lagune tried a night assault meaning massive troop movement at night, probably not agood idea especially since the enemy have sensitive hearing and eyesight. It is a gamble if he had succeeded it would have been a story told through the ages but his gamble failed and we're now here to criticize his mistake. What I would have done is send a small elite team in and set fire to the grainery and armory, once day break comes launch a masdive attack on the demoralized and fatiuged enemy. The advantage humans had over faunus is larger armies, more organize and better equip so they should have no problem mopping them up on the day."
Professor Oobleck was both impressed and disappointed in his answer, though what William said is not wrong but one couldn't help but feel dissapointed in William for calling faunus barbarians.
Class was over and they were dismissed
After that William got back to his room and he began to check up on how ONI's doing but as he was doing that, he suddenly hears Pyrrah and Jaune talking on the roof near his room.
William tried to ignored them for the most part but he can't help but over hear that Jaune forged his transcripts. 'this could be useful' thought William as acording to what Jaune had just said he came from a lineage of heroes which should be useful.
Once Pyrrah leaves William showed himself to Jaune and told him he heard everything, Jaune then beggeds him to keep it a secret and said he'll do anything.
Hearing that William just smiles and held out a piece of paper and said "Don't worry I won't tell anybody as long you sign this contract"
Jaune was confused at first then read the contract and reluntanly signed it, the contract Jaune signed is similar to the one Velvet signed with af ew minor changes.
"Well then wellcome to ONI, I'm sure we'll have a fruitful relationship" William said then held out his hand which Jaune took.
When took his hand he can't help but feel something, as for what it is or what it meant he has no idea but one thing is forsure he is now owned by ONI.