Chapter 4: Initiation

All of the students woke up and ate breakfast in relative unrest since Deveraux and Victor glared at each other nonstop. The tension between the two was thick enough to replace every particle of air with the sheer anger between them. Eventually, the students headed towards the locker room to grab their weapons and head to the Emerald Forest. Grey pulled her broad sword out of the locker and exclaimed "This is not exactly what we were going for when we came here." She placed the sword on her back and then pulled out a belt of canisters that were the size of soda cans filled with yellow Dust inside them.

Victor ignored her completely as he put on his belt of assault packs and grabbed a spare. He opened up his LMG and attached the pack to the weapon, loading the gun. Grey raised an eyebrow and questioned "What kind of rounds are those? I haven't seen you use them before." Victor continued to ignore her and checked his weapon to make sure it was functional. Deveraux was doing the same as Victor, grabbing his weapons and loading them.

Kristine walked over to him and questioned "Are you okay Devy?" Dev loaded one of his revolvers and flicked the revolver chamber shut, replying "I'm fine."

"Are you sure? Because you don't seem fine."

Dev put his sword on his back and threw his locker door shut, repeating "I'm fine." He turned to see Weiss Schnee getting hit on by a blonde haired guy with armor and a sword at his hip. Dev also noticed the red haired woman standing behind the blonde and recognized her as Pyrrha Nikos. Dev's attitude lightened a bit as he asked "Hey Kris, am I seeing Pyrrha Nikos over there?" Kristine looked over and agreed "I think it is. We're going to the same school with her!"

"I'm going to go talk to her."

Dev walked over to her and questioned "Excuse me. Would you be Pyrrha Nikos?" She turned and replied "Yes I am, and you're Deveraux Mercer." Dev stood a little straighter with his chest out a bit more and replied "I am. How do you know about me?"

"Your fight with Victor. The two of you have quite the rivalry."

Dev's attitude returned at the mention of the titanic jackass. "Yeah… rivalry." Dev grumbled.

"I'm not sure what it is between you two, but it won't be very good if you two end up on the same team."

"If I can control anything, then we will definitely not be on the same team."

Pyrrha was about to say something when Dev's vision went black and he felt his head collide with something hard, probably the pillar he was near. Dev regained his vision to hear Victor laugh "Enjoy your day asshole." Dev spun around to see Victor's hulking mass walk out the door, laugh still echoing through the hall. Dev was snarling "I'm going to kill him." Kristine went over to him and exclaimed "Let it go Devy. He isn't worth it."

"I'm going to kill him."

"Come on Devy. You can't kill him."

"Why not?"

Dev looked at Kris to see her eyes looking over to the doorway and her cheeks were a little red. "Because…" Kris started. "He's really hot." Dev looked at her with a raised eyebrow and simply replied "No comment." Dev rolled his shoulders and sighed "Let's get going. We have to go through the initiation." Kris smiled and exclaimed "Yeah! This is going to be fun!"

Everyone headed toward the Emerald Forest and stopped at the top of a cliff where Professor Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch were waiting for them. "For years, you have been training to become warriors." Ozpin stated as each student took a spot on the stone slabs on the ground. "Today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Professor Goodwitch added "Now, I'm sure all of you have heard about the rumor of assigning teams. Well, now let us put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates… today." Everyone looked around, flash of anger between Dev and Victor as they caught each other's eyes.

"These teammates will with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone you can work well with."

Victor and Dev shared another quick glare before Ozpin continued "That being said, the first person that you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years. After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way, do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path…" Ozpin stopped as Deveraux's hand shot up, almost to the point where it might have become dislocated. "Yes Mr. Mercer?" Ozpin acknowledged. "By 'destroy anything in your path' does that include other students?" Deveraux questioned. Victor shot his arm up and responded "I second that question."

Ozpin looked at the two with a raised eyebrow, all of the other students in an uncomfortable silence. "You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find a temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of this cliff. We will guard that item, as well as your standing and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Ozpin finished. Victor barked "I got something!" Everyone looked to him as he exclaimed "Fuck you Mercer!" Victor flipped Deveraux off and flew into the air as he laughed.

Victor flew through the air as he heard other people fly into the air and thought "How am I going to manage landing?" Victor was finally able to stabilize his fall, but then something slammed into his back and sent him flying straight down. Victor used his aura to prevent the fall from being fatal, but it still hurt like hell as he crashed through the tree tops and crashed into the ground. Victor took a moment to pull himself out of the crater to see Deveraux Mercer with the hated cocky ass smile on his face with his sword drawn. "Hey there… partner." Deveraux exclaimed as Victor completely stood up.

Victor cracked his neck as he pulled his axe off of his back, sighing "Looks like I'm going to need a new partner." Dev picked his sword up and questioned "What makes you say that?" Victor turned his LMG into its axe form, barrel extending and butt stock splitting into blades, proclaiming "Because you aren't leaving this forest alive." Dev's smile deepened as he took a fighting stance, Victor doing the same thing. The two held for a moment, and then charged as the two uttered blood curdling war cries.

Alexi flew through the air, stabilized with his weapon in his hands and separated into his dual sickles, Lenin and Trotsky. He was about to fly through the tree canopy when he saw someone hit the ground, hard enough to make a large cloud. "Sucks to be that guy." Alexi thought as he extended his weapon and caught a tree branch. He spun around the branch and shot forward, catching another branch, but with lesser momentum. Alexi eventually landed on the ground and quickly switched his sickles back into their AK-47 form.

He surveyed his surroundings to see what you would usually see in a forest, nothing but trees. Alexi relaxed his rifle, but never put it away and started heading towards the northern end of the forest. Alexi walked for a little while until he heard something following him through the brush. He spun around to see a group of Beowolves, about six of them, emerge from the brush with hunger in their eyes. Alexi opened up the tube of his grenade launcher and placed a red tipped grenade into the barrel, snapping it shut.

He raised the rifle as the first Beowolf charged him, ready to draw blood. Alexi unleashed a barrage of 7.62 bullets that tore through the Grimm like a hot knife through butter. The Grimm recoiled from about 15 round tearing through the beast's chest. The beast collapsed and Alexi didn't give the other Beowolves a chance to react, so he fired the incendiary grenade at the group. The grenade went off and blew up two more of the Beowolves in a fiery explosion.

The other three started to charge Alexi when he pulled the trigger and her his gun go click. "Really? You jam NOW?" Alexi barked as he jumped back from a Beowolf swing. "You Rusberian piece of shit!" Another was about to cut him down when the deafening sound of gunfire tore the Beowolf to ribbons. Alexi fell back as the other two were cut down by the same stream of gunfire. When the Beowolves were nearly nothing but hamburger, the gunfire cut off and a familiar British voice proclaimed "Having a spot of trouble?"

Nigel walked into view and held out his hand to Alexi, who gladly took it. Alexi jumped to his feet to notice Nigel was wearing a large metal back pack that was about as big as his body. There was also a string of bullets connecting to his blue box that now had six barrels that were slowly spinning. "THAT is your weapon?" Alexi questioned as he cleared his AK. "Indeed it is!" Nigel confirmed. "Edgar's Revenge has saved me from many troubles in my time."

"That's pretty awesome. Well, looks like it we are partners now. So what do you say we start heading north?"

"An exemplary idea! North, ho!"

Nigel started heading north and Alexi followed him as Nigel walked and talked. They walked for a good amount of time when they heard a large explosion sound and looked towards the sound. There was a large dust cloud emerging from the forest, with another explosion following a tree flying through the air. "It appears that someone has run into some rather unsatisfactory creature of Grimm." Nigel pointed out. Alexi sighed "Yeah, someone ran into a pretty fucking mean Grimm."

"Alexi, I know I have talked with you about using such coarse language."

"You said not to use it in front of young kids. There's just you and me, so I can say whatever say the fuck I feel like."

Nigel rolled his eyes at Alexi, thinking "Must he be so vulgar? It is rather unnecessary." The two continued walking and Nigel continued to talk the entire way. Alexi finally had enough and snapped "DO YOU EVER SHUT UP!?" Nigel turned to look at Alexi with a raised eyebrow. "Pardon m…"

"No! Pardon, ME! SHUT! THE! FUCK! UP!"

Alexi rubbed his temples and groaned "You have yet to stop talking this ENTIRE walk! Please! Shut the fuck up!" Alexi walked past Nigel, who seemed relatively annoyed by Alexi's outburst. "You don't need to be so rude." Nigel grumbled, but it was still loud enough for Alexi to hear. Alexi stopped rubbing his temples and raised his left arm, clenching his fist. Nigel immediately dropped his weapon and fell to all fours, panting heavily as he felt his strength leave him.

"Shut, the fuck up." Alexi urged. Nigel felt his strength return to him and he got up as Alexi continued into the forest. Nigel shook his head and grabbed his weapon from the ground. The two didn't say a thing to each other as another explosion shook the forest.

Grey was flying through the air just after Deveraux shot off into the air. She smiled as she started at the fighter and thought "He has a really nice butt." The next thing she knew, there was a blue flash and Dev was gone. She looked around and saw another blue flash over where Victor was launched and then there was a large dust cloud from the forest. Grey quickly forgot about it as she fell through the tree tops and pulled out her broad sword.

She swung the blade and it connected with a tree, bringing her speed down a bit. She repeated this process about three times before she landed on the ground, ready to fight anything. She sniffed the air, but didn't smell anything out of place, as in she didn't smell any Grimm. Grey put her weapon on her back and started moving through the forest in an attempt to find a partner. She walked for a bit until a smell floated through her nose; wolf scent, but it wasn't Victor's.

She followed the scent until she ran face first into someone, which knocked her clean on her ass. Grey rubbed her forehead and grumbled "Well hey there Kristine." Grey opened her eyes to see Kristine standing up and brushing herself off. "Hey there Grey. I see you found my scent." Kris helped Grey to her feet and laughed "Looks like we're partners now."

Grey nodded and replied "Alright then. Wolf Sisters for the win!" Kristine laughed and the two high-fived, practically instant best friends. Kris and Grey started heading north towards the ruins that were supposedly there until the two froze in their tracks. Both of them started to sniff the air as they reached back to grab their weapons. "You smell them?" Kristine questioned as she slid her dual katanas from their sheaths. "Yeah, I smell them." Grey replied as she placed the tip of her broad sword on the ground.

"I've got at least four big ones in the brush. You?"

"I've got three on me."

The two stood back to back with their weapons drawn, Kristina's swords at her sides and Grey's greatsword up and ready to fight. Three Beowolves moved into Grey's view while four moved into Kristine's view. "You got this?" Kristine questioned. "Might have a bit of trouble." Grey answered as all of the Beowolves circled them. "These things are fast, and my sword swings incredibly slow. When I swing, I give out an attack of opportunity. I need you to cover my sides when I swing, because that is when they will attack."

"Got it. I swing fast, you swing hard."

Grey prepped a swing as the first Beowolf charged her, a grin spread across her face. A soon as the Beowolf was in reach of the blade, she swung and slashed the Grimm in two pieces. As soon as he side was exposed, another Beowolf charged Grey, but was intercepted by Kristine, who delivered several slashes to the beast's chest. The beast stumbled back as it clutched its wounds, giving Grey an attack of opportunity and threw her blade down the center of the Grimm. Another Beowolf tried to attack Grey's back, but Kristine slashed the Beowolf's legs and toppled the beast.

Kristine acted quickly and drove her blade into the Beowolf's head, killing the beast. Grey decided to switch up her style and hit a switch on the end of the sword. The blade hissed and split down the center about six feet, but cut off at end. The split blades slid up to the end of the blade and a handle popped from the top half. Grey grabbed one of the canisters and put it into the center of the unsplit half.

Another handle popped out the back of bottom half and Grey gripped the two handles. "What kind of weapon is that?!" Kristine questioned. Grey pulled back on the bottom handle and the weapon began to make a whirring sound, electricity generating from the Dust canister. "Railgun!" Grey barked as she pulled the top handle, firing a bolt of electromagnetic energy at a Beowolf, blasting it into a bloody mess. Grey pulled the bottom handle and the weapon began to charge once more, but a Beowolf began to charge her.

Grey wasn't sure if she was going to be able to charge her weapon or swing it before the beast got to her. The next thing Grey saw was a bolt of lightning strike the Beowolf's chest and kill it. The beast hit the ground, body twitching and smoldering from the bolt that struck it. Grey looked back to see sparks of electricity come off of Kristine's katanas, a wide smile on her face. Grey returned the smile and fired another electromagnetic projectile, blasting another Beowolf into a mess.

Kristine spun and threw another electric blast, frying the Beowolf into a crisp as another charged her. She reacted quickly and slashed the Beowolf's head off and cauterized the wound. Grey quickly switched her weapon into its greatsword form and charged a Beowolf. She swung her blade and sliced the beast in half, prompting another one to charge. She reacted and jumped to the side, dodging the charge but dropping her blade.

She rolled and pulled out one of her canisters, then promptly threw it at the Beowolf. The canister broke as it collided into the Beowolf, shattering the glass and detonating into an electrical explosion. Grey was able to roll out of the way of the final Beowolf as it tried to claw her. Grey stood and took a fighting stance, shouting "I got this last one!" The Beowolf charged her without regard to what she said and attempted to tear her to shreds.

Grey took a step closer and caught the Beowolf at the wrist, then delivered an elbow to the beast's arm and snapping it. Grey didn't stop there, she then delivered a quick uppercut to the Beowolf's chin and then a power strike to its gut. Once the Beowolf collapsed she delivered a knee to the chin, breaking the jaw. She decided to end the beast's fight and quickly snapped its neck, killing it. The Beowolf fell to the ground, leaving the entire area in utter silence.

"Where did you learn to fight like that?" Kristine questioned as she sheathed her weapons. "Mom." Grey answered. "You know the Ultimate Hunter Champion?"

"Yeah, her stage name is Dire Wolf… wait… Dire Wolf is your mom?!"

"Yep. So, we go north?"

Grey pulled her weapon from the ground and put it on her back. Kristine nodded and replied "Yes. So… can I…"

"No. You cannot get an autograph out of her from me."

"Just thought I'd ask."

Kira fell through the air as she was catapulted from her slab. She was one of the last few to fall and saw Victor get hit by something in the back and send him plummeting into the forest. "I hope Victor's okay." Kira thought as she fell. "It would be a shame to lose my first friend." Kira saw that she was approaching the forest and focused her energy into her back. She released her focus and large black wings sprouted from her back, sending her into a glide. She slipped through the tree tops and landed on the ground, wings returning into her back.

Kira took a knee and wrapped an arm around her stomach as it started to tighten out of sheer hunger. She reached into the large pocket on her pants and pulled out a plastic bag with something that resembled a charred hamburger. "Just the wings of a Nevermore makes my Hunger worse." Kira thought as she pulled out the burger and wolfed it down. "I need to go hunting. I think this was the last one." Kira put the empty bag into her pocket and threw the hair from her face to see that she was no longer alone. The girl she met last night, Nobunka Shirakami, was staring at her with a large smile.

"Oh god! I'm so busted!" Kira panicked in her head. "She's figured it out and I'll have to relocate again!" Nabuya slid over to her and questioned "Are you an Angel?" Kira's panicked thoughts vanished as she questioned "Excuse me?"

"Are… you… an Angel?"

Kira raised an eyebrow and replied "Yes… I'm an Angel, but you can't tell anyone." Nabuya nodded and held her finger up to her lips, whispering "Your secret is safe with me." Kira smiled and thought "I can't believe she believes I'm an Angel. Better than her knowing the truth." Nabuya took Kira's hands and cheered "Now we're partners! And we can even be best friends! Let's go!" Nabuya started dragging Kira though the forest, but not in any real direction.

Kira followed Nabuya (not exactly of her own free will) through the forest until they ran straight into a pair of Ursa. The two Grimm turned towards them and snarled at them. "Looks like we're in for a fight!" Nabuya cheered as she dropped Kira and pulled out her weapon. Her weapon looked like a massive red baseball bat with white spikes on the top. She swung her weapon and bashed one of the Ursa in the head, sending it flying into the trees.

Nabuya went after the Ursa she sent into the trees, leaving Kira to fight the remaining Ursa on her own. Kira stood up and unzipped her jacket, revealing the bandoliers full of speed loaders and two revolvers with axe blades on them. She gripped the revolvers and pointed them at the Ursa, barking "Eat lead you Grimm bastard!" She started pulling the triggers and unloaded 12 rounds of .357 magnum straight into the Grimm's shoulders. Kira didn't let the Ursa recover and charged the beast, swinging her axe blades and hacking at the Grimm.

Kira swung and sliced at the Grimm, sending it into a massive rage as it threw its massive paws to get rid of her. Kira ducked under the swing and drove one of her war axes into the beast's arm, but it was stuck as the beast pulled away. Kira jerked as the weapon was yanked from her hand, throwing her into a tree and losing her other weapon. Kira landed on her feet and took a fighting stance, ready for the Ursa to charge. The Ursa took two steps forward before the first Ursa flew from the trees and slammed into the other one, knocking the war axe revolver from its arm.

Kira relaxed as Nabuya jumped from the trees wielding her red bat on her shoulder and proceeded to fire a rocket at the two. "Hey Kira!" Nabuya cheered as she popped the bat off her shoulder and popped the spikes back out. Kira grabbed her war axe revolvers and proclaimed "Having fun Nabuya?"

"You know I am!"

The brush rustled and the Ursa flew out, heading straight for Nabuya. She reeled her bat and swung as soon as the Ursa was within swinging range. Kira noticed that when the bat connected with the Ursa's jaw, there was a small explosion that sent the Ursa into a limp mass. Kira quickly reloaded one of her revolvers as the other Ursa charged from the forest. Kira fired off another six rounds into the Ursa and as soon as it was within reach, she slashed the beast's throat and killed it.

The beast slid to a stop and Kira looked down at her axe blade, covered in the Ursa's blood. Her stomach began to tighten at the sight and she thought "Calm down Kira… don't let the Hunger get the better of you."Kira reloaded her revolvers and put them back into her holsters on the inside of her jacket. She turned to Nabuya and replied "Let's get moving. We've got some ruins to find." Nabuya smiled and cheered "Let's go!"

As'/N: Heck yeah! Another awesome chapter. Stay tuned for the next one! :D