Chapter 6: Vanguard and classes

Chief's A/N: Glad to see all the people who are enjoying the story, which is good since I'm enjoying writing it. So, anyway… NEW CHAPTER! GUITAR SOLO!

All of the students were gathered in the massive hall as they awaited their team assignments. Professor Ozpin stood on the stage and spoke into the microphone "Each of you have gone through the proper initiation process and gained entry to this prestigious school. When your names are called, please join me upon the stage." The entire hall went quiet as Professor Ozpin proclaimed "Selena Grey, Nobunka Shirakami, Kira Taseter, and Kristine Lykos. You four acquired the white bishop, so you will all now work together as Team SNTL (Sentinel) led by… Selena Grey." The hall cheered as the new Team SNTL walked off the stage in a single file, Grey putting a hand behind her head and Nabuya high fiving her. Professor Ozpin then called "Victor Roman, Alexi Muratov, Nigel Holland, and Deveraux Mercer. You four retrieved the black queen, so you will all work together as Team VAND (Vanguard) led by… Victor Roman."

All of the new Team VAND grumbled under their breath "Fuck." The team filed off the stage and then dispersed throughout the crowd, intent on not running into each other. Victor leaned against the wall and surveyed the crowd until a familiar girl walked in front of him. Victor remembered her as Kristine Lykos, a member of his sister's team. "Hey there." Kristine greeted, bent forward slightly. "Hey Victor responded. "Can I help you with something?"

"Just wanted to chill here with you for the rest of the ceremony."

Kristine took a spot to Victor's left and went on "You looked lonely, so I just wanted to give you some company." Victor shrugged and continued to watch the ceremony with his new companion. Ozpin had just finished up naming Team CRDL, which didn't really interest Victor in the slightest. Dev was sitting in a seat when the spot next to him was taken by Grey. "Hey there handsome." She greeted. "Enjoying the ceremony?"

Dev smirked and replied "Just a bit more since you got here." Grey smiled and leaned back in her chair as Ozpin exclaimed "Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren. You four retrieved the white rook, so you will all work together as Team JNPR, led by… Jaune Arc." Dev and Grey both couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of Jaune Arc leading a team. The group got off the stage and Professor Ozpin went on "Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long. You four retrieved the white knight, so you will work together as Team RWBY, led by… Ruby Rose." Everyone cheered as the final team left the stage and everyone began to file out.

All of the teams went to their respective rooms and began to unpack their bags. None of Team VAND were happy about the team arrangement and barely said anything to each other. They set the room up with two beds on each side of the room, headboards against the walls. As everyone unpacked their bags as Victor laid in his bed and sighed "3…2…1…" The rest of the team looked at him with raised eyebrows until the wooden frame of the bed gave out and hit the floor.

"I need a new bed." Victor grumbled as he stared up at the ceiling. "You sure do fat ass." Dev laughed as he put his clothes in the dresser.

"It's called muscle you twig."

Dev rolled his eyes as Victor grabbed a gym bag and walked out of the room without saying a word. Dev grumbled "This is going to be a long four years." Alexi put his clothes away and laid across his bed with a book in his hands. Nigel left the room and headed to the lockers to grab his weapon for its daily maintenance. Dev then grabbed the guitar that was sitting across his bed and began to strum a few chords out.

The night went on in the exact same fashion of silence and the occasional hateful comment. The next morning, however… was still no better. Victor stood at the door to the shower and banged on the door, shouting "Hurry the fuck up Nigel! The rest of us have to shower!" Nigel didn't even respond, just continued his shower like he never heard Victor. Dev laid in bed, still asleep even though Victor tossed him out of bed.

Alexi was awake, but read from his book as Victor continued to bang on the door. After several minutes of banging, Nigel finally walked out with a towel around his waist. "It's about damn time." Victor growled as he walked into the shower. "Why must all of you use such coarse language?" Nigel questioned as he got dressed. "It is rather unnecessary." Dev was still asleep while Alexi exclaimed "Because there are times when we need to use coarse fucking language."

Nigel scowled and continued to get dressed as Alexi went over to Dev's bed and barked "WAKE UP DEV!" Dev jumped and fell out of the bed as Victor walked out of the bathroom. "Whoever is next, shower's open." Victor proclaimed as he wearing his white school shirt and black pants. Dev groaned "Daaaaaad… five more minutes." Victor finished getting dressed as Alexi got into the shower and Nigel walked out with a small wave.

Victor picked Dev up and set him back on his bed, who grumbled "Thanks Dad." Victor shook his head and picked up two of the loose bed posts. He held them over Dev's head and proceeded to slam them together, causing Dev to jump from his bed and hit the floor again. "Morning Sunshine." Victor laughed as he tossed the posts onto his bed. Victor walked out of the room, laughing as Dev growled "Asshole."

Victor headed to the mess hall and grabbed himself some eggs with sausage and took a seat at a table. He began eating when someone took a seat in front of him. He looked up to see Kris with a wide smile on her face as she greeted "Good morning Victor." Victor gave a small smile and replied "Morning Kris. I can see that you are in a good mood."

"Of course! We are starting classes today! How are you not excited?"

"Because it's too early for excitement."

Kris shrugged and continued eating her breakfast as the rest of Team SNTL took a seat around Victor. "Morning everyone." Victor greeted as everyone started eating their breakfast. Alexi and Dev eventually joined the table, Victor grumbling "Jackass." Dev responded as he sat down "Jerk." Grey looked at the two with a raised eyebrow and questioned "Still not getting along?"

Both responded at the same time "Hell no." Grey rolled her eyes and continued to eat as the two glared at each other. Breakfast finished with discomfort from Team VAND's aggression towards each other. They attended their first class, Grimm Studies with Professor Port and began to set themselves up for class. All the teams sat together, VAND not saying a word to each other until Teams RWBY and JNPR burst through the doors just before class started.

Victor chuckled "Talk about cutting it close." The rest of VAND couldn't help but chuckle, but didn't do much talking after that. Professor Port introduced himself and then went on a long winded story about his hunts during his youth, which put half the class to sleep. Victor doodled on a piece of paper while Dev repeatedly tossed a pencil into the air, Alexi read from his book and Nigel's head was forward and asleep. Professor Port's story ended abruptly when he questioned "Do any of you believe that you are true hunter material?" Victor looked around and raised his hand, proclaiming "I believe I am."

"Doubt it." Dev chuckled as he caught his pencil. "Excellent! Then gather your gear and show us what you've got!" Professor Port exclaimed. Victor changed from his school uniform into his bone armor and grabbed his axe before heading back to the classroom. Victor stood in the front of the classroom as Professor Port rolled a large cage from the back. "Let us see how you handle this beast!" Professor Port exclaimed as he opened the cage door, a pair of hungry red eyes appearing from the darkness.

"Whatever this beast is…" Victor thought as he readied his axe. "It's going down." Victor charged the cage as the Grimm stepped out of the shadow to reveal itself to be a large Beowolf. Victor saw the large Grimm… and promptly tried to stop his charge. His feet slid forward as his rear end slammed onto the ground and his axe slid from his hands. Everyone looked confused as Victor started to back away from the Grimm.

Dev looked to Alexi and Nigel and mouthed "What the fuck?" The two shrugged and watched as Victor's back hit the wall and the Beowolf advanced on him. Grey shot from her seat and jumped in between Victor and the Beowolf as it was about to charge. Grey delivered a kick to the side of the Beowolf's head and threw it off its target and slammed into the wall. Grey didn't let up and delivered another kick to the small of the Beowolf's back, a sickening snap of the beast's spine.

The Beowolf howled in pain just before Grey gave the beast a final kick to the back of the head. Grey immediately went to Victor, who still had his back to the wall and didn't seem like he wasn't going to move anytime soon. Grey put her hands on the side of his head and urged "Come on Victor. Come on Big Guy, come back to me." Victor continued to stare past Grey into the abyss as she lightly slapped the right side of his face. Alexi questioned "Can we get Victor to a doctor? I think he's in some form of shock."

"A marvelous idea. Team VAND, please take your leader to the infirmary." Professor Port exclaimed. The group gathered their leader from the wall and headed out of the classroom. Grey returned to her seat as Professor Port exclaimed "Well, now. That just goes to show that every hunter has a weakness. Now then! Back to the story!" Professor Port went on with his story as Kris whispered "Hey Grey, what happened to Victor?" Grey whispered "He… he doesn't do so well around Beowolves. It's more Victor's place to talk about it than mine."

Kris nodded and everyone sat through the rest of Professor Port's story until the bell rang. Grey grabbed her bag and questioned "So what do you guys want to do for the rest of the day?" Nabuya suggested "We should have a girl's day out! Doesn't that sound fun?" Grey was about to respond as they walked out of the classroom to hear Weiss talking about the incident. "I honestly don't believe that he should be leading his team if he can't stand up to a simple Beowolf." Weiss exclaimed as Team SNTL walked by.

Grey stopped dead in her tracks as Weiss went on "Beowolves are a common enemy, and yet a guy who as big as one is horribly afraid of one. I mean…" Weiss was cut off as Grey grabbed Weiss by her throat and slammed her against the wall. "You need to watch your mouth." Grey snarled, eyes a burning red color. Kris tried to calm Grey down, but Grey pushed her off and growled "You have a scar, so I'm guessing you remember how you got it. You've seen Victor's scars, so you know he remembers it." Weiss was clinging to Grey's wrist, keeping the wolf Faunus from choking her out.

Grey went on "How do you think he got those scars? A Beowolf used him as a GODDAMN SCRATCHING POST!" Grey dropped Weiss and stormed off down the hall, her team right behind her until they reached their room. Grey threw her bag on her bed and barked "That GIRL! She just… UGH!" Grey paced back and forth as her teammates watched her rage about Weiss. Grey took a deep breath and sighed "Sorry… I just get really defensive about my brother."

"You're a good sister Grey." Kris complimented. "Yeah, even if you are his adopted sister." Nabuya added. Kira delivered a quick elbow to Nabuya's side and attempted to reword "What she means is, it's good that you care about Victor… even though you aren't biological siblings." Grey and Kris laughed while Nabuya and Kira looked at the two with raised eyebrows. Grey immediately realized she laughed as she threw her hand over her mouth as Kira questioned "Why is that funny?"

Grey was about to say something when Kris exclaimed "Because Grey isn't adopted, they're really brother and sister." Grey put her hand over her eyes as Nabuya questioned "Then why is Victor completely human while Grey is Faunus?"

"Victor isn't human, he's Faunus too."

Team VAND carried their petrified leader about halfway to their room when Victor grumbled "What happened?" The team stopped and let their leader stand on his own, Dev exclaiming "How are we supposed to tell you when we don't even know what happened." Alexi updated "You went up to fight a Beowolf and just froze." Victor dropped his head and sighed "Of all the Grimm to fight it had to be a Beowolf." Nigel questioned "Can you please inform us on what happened? All of us are very confused."

"Not here. Let's head back to the room."

Victor continued to the room with his team right behind him, eager to hear Victor's response. They entered the room and Victor shut and locked the door before he sat on his bed. "So?" Dev questioned as he pulled up a chair and took a seat. "What happened today?" Victor sighed as he reached up and slid his mask off his face, setting it on his nightstand. Victor looked up and revealed the four grizzly scars that went diagonally across his face.

The team stared at their scarred leader with wide eyes as Victor exclaimed "As you can tell, I'm not the best with Beowolves. When I was a kid, one got a hold of me and nearly tore me to shreds. I'm lucky that my dad found me when he did." Nigel proclaimed "So you've developed a phobia of Beowolves?"

"Exactly. Anytime I see a Beowolf, I just… I freeze up. Every time I see a Beowolf I just picture the one that got a hold of me."

The team simply sat in silence as Victor grabbed his mask and slid it back over his face. "So now you guys know my fatal flaw." Victor sighed. "Hey man. Everyone is afraid of something." Dev exclaimed as he patted Victor's shoulder. "Don't let it get you down." Victor chuckled "You know, you are the biggest pain in my ass Dev."

"Why thank you."

"But at the moment, we're probably the closest to ever being friends."

All of them chuckled at the joke, actually coming close to becoming a team than they ever had.

SOVIET's A/N: I apologize for the loooong wait. D: I've been lazy. :P Anyway here it is.