In this chapter, everyone's going to be assigned to a team...that of course includes Ruby, Juane, and the like. You'll probably like the team names that I came up with.
Meanwhile, Roman is going to be up to something bad. If you've been watching RWBY, you probably already know what he's up to...but I'm not going to spoiler everything.
Chapter 8: Part Of A Team
Ruby was happy to be back at Beacon Academy after her initiation test, though she got the feeling that she would be facing more dangerous Grimm in the future. No doubt there were more dangerous species of Grimm than the ones that she faced earlier.
Likewise, it appeared that her friends were happy to be back at the academy as well. After being there for a week, it felt a bit odd to be leaving it so suddenly...though admittedly it had only been an hour since they went into the forest and back.
Now all that was left for them to get their assigned teams. Fortunately, Headmaster Ozpin was ready to handle it. He was well aware which team had gotten which chess pieces. Of course, he had been monitoring the students during the exam.
Sure enough, Ruby, Jaune, Yang, and Cardin were called first. Ruby had a smile on her face, Juane was rather nervous, Yang cracked her knuckles, and Cardin had a frown on his face knowing which team he was going to be on.
"Ruby, Jaune, Yang, Cardin, you retrieved the white knight pieces. From now on, you will be Team RAYC." stated Headmaster Ozpin. (The name in question is pronounced "race")
Now that Ozpin thought of it...it was rather ironic considering that they managed to retrieve the pieces that resembled horses. Sometimes life had its share of coincidences.
"Are we going to be racing?" asked Ruby. She wouldn't mind entering a race car and driving across the race track...though of course there was the possibility that she would end up crashing into a wall. Maybe she would get the opportunity to run over Grimm with her car.
Personally, Jaune thought it was rather ironic considering how fast Ruby was. He knew from experience...and motion sickness. It was rather ironic that they were working together.
"Ruby Rose, you are the leader of Team RAYC. Please take good care of your team...and try not to do anything reckless. I'm aware that you like to charge forward." stated Headmaster Ozpin.
Ruby's eyes widened in pleasant surprise. Despite being the youngest, she had managed to obtain the title.
Of course, Ozpin did make a good point about Ruby's love of charging forward.
"Yes!" cheered Ruby, raising her fist in the air. She was looking forward to being leader of her team...even if she technically was two years younger than her peers along with everyone else.
"Congratulations, Ruby!" cheered Jaune. He was glad that Ruby got to be the leader of the team, to say the very least.
"Juane, you are second-in-command." said the silver-haired man.
"Wait, what?" asked the blonde. That seemed like a big responsibility even if he technically wasn't leader. Of course, he did manage to mutilate that Bagheerah...but he was under the impression that it was a one-time fluke.
"If he's second-in-command, whose third and fourth?" inquired Yang. She was rather curious about that.
"You're third-in-command and Cardin is last-in-command..." stated the headmaster.
"Oh...well, I suppose I'm more interested in fighting than leading..." noted the blonde. Her skirmishes in the Emerald Forest were most likely proof of that.
"I'm last-in-command? You've got to be kidding me..." answered Cardin. Personally he thought that he deserved to be leader more than Ruby and Juane ever did. It just wasn't his lucky day.
Next on the list was Nora and Cardin's friends. It was kind of awkward for them considering the fact that they thought that they would be working with Cardin instead.
"Nora, you and your comrades retrieved the white rook pieces." stated Headmaster Ozpin.
"I got to be queen of the castle!" cheered Nora.
"You certainly did..." nodded Russel.
"You shall be known as Team NRDS." said the silver-haired man. (Team NRDS is pronounced "nerds"...in case you were wondering.)
"Oh the humiliation!" screamed Russel. Now people were going to think that they were nerds! They might as well start wearing glasses and get to work on computers.
On the plus side, if the name was anything to go by, he was second-in-command of the group. Of course, that also meant that Nora was leader.
She was rather excited about it, to say the very least.
"I'm queen of the team, I'm queen of the team!" exclaimed Nora. She was looking forward to being in charge of the group.
"You already said something like that back when we were in the forest...and about a few minutes ago!" pointed out Russel.
"What? When did I do that?" asked the hammer wielder, scratching her head.
"It was in the last chapter!" bellowed the bully in the mohawk. Maybe she should start reading RWBY With A Twist a bit more...and he just broke the fourth wall. Whoops.
"Oh..." stated Nora. Now she remembered. It was during her test in the Emerald Forest...also known as the moment where she managed to meet Russel and his group of friends that liked antagonizing the other students at the academy. How could she have forgotten so quickly?
Sure enough, some of the other students in the audience were laughing at them both for being "nerds". Were their days of bullying over? It certainly was a blow to their ego, that was for certain.
Next on the list was Pyrrha Nikos and her friends. Sure enough, each of the students were cheering her on. She was rather popular amongst the academy, it seemed, on account on being a celebrity and all.
Of course, her friends and family had a tendency to be rather popular too. Maybe popularity was contagious...not that they minded.
"Pyrrha Nikos, you and your comrades retrieved the white bishop pieces. You shall be known as Team PWBR." stated Headmaster Ozpin. (pronounced power)
Pyrrha found it to be rather appropriate as she considered her team to be rather strong...though she wasn't the type of person to let it go to her head. Hopefully her team would be respected instead of feared. She didn't want people to be terrified of them, they were supposed to be protecting people instead of hurting them.
Weiss looked forward to that particular name, to say the very least. However, she was a bit dismayed that she was second-in-command instead of the leader like she thought she would be. She thought that since she was the smartest she would be the leader of their respective team.
That, and she had a take-charge attitude.
Nonetheless, she was happy that Pyrrha was the leader, as she felt at some level that she deserved it. If she was happy, so was she. After all, she might not have made it out of the forest alive without her and her leadership.
Afterwards, the students were directed towards their new rooms. Incidentally, for Ruby and Yang, it was the exact same room that they were sleeping in earlier.
However, this time there were bunk beds. Apparently, the headmaster wanted to accommodate four students.
Sure enough, Juane showed up soon after Ruby did.
"Hey there! Are you glad we're on the same team?" asked Ruby. She knew she was. Now that they could work together to fight the forces of evil.
"Yeah...I'm not sure why I'm second-in-command though..." stated Juane. It seemed rather unusual considering that he couldn't put up much of a fight...at least until Ruby unlocked his aura so that he could fight better.
"You did give me good advice when that Nevermore pinned me down..." answered the brunette. Was wearing a cape really worth it?
"True..." noted the blonde.
At that very moment, Yang showed up.
"Hey there, Yang. Where's Cardin?" asked Ruby. She was under the impression that he would be here by now.
"He'll be here shortly." answered Yang.
"I'm kind of worried about working on the same team as him...I think he's rather scary." noted the brunette. Hopefully he wouldn't betray them when they were least expecting it...though considering the Grimm were enemies to him as much as they were to her and her friends, maybe not.
"Yeah, me too..." answered Jaune. Now that he thought of it, he was rather bigger than the rest of the team, despite technically not being the one in charge.
"I assure you that he's more bark than bite...once the Grimm showed up he spent most of his team in fear...it was only after you showed up that he started fighting back." stated Yang.
Unbeknownst to Yang, somebody was approaching them out in the distance.
Curious, Ruby began to hear footsteps. She had a bad feeling who it was.
Likewise, Jaune began to hear it as well. The footsteps in question sounded rather...loud. And he got the feeling that he heard them before.
"Don't worry about him. If he bullies you, just stand up to him and you should be fine." stated Yang.
At that very moment, Cardin walked towards Yang.
"I have to admit, I was under the impression that he would be...braver." answered the blonde.
Sweat began to appear on Ruby's face. Her sister just might be in danger.
Likewise, Jaune pointed behind Yang, trying to point out the raging bully that was behind her.
"Huh?" asked Yang, raising an eyebrow.
Curious, she looked behind her, and saw Cardin grimly staring her in the face.
Oddly enough, she didn't seem frightened at all.
"Oh, hello, Cardin! Good to see you made it!" exclaimed Yang, a smile forming on her face. She was starting to wonder if Cardin had forgotten what their room number was.
"Hello, Yang. Spreading lies about me, are we?" asked Cardin, looking rather cross.
As it turned out, he had heard what Yang had said about him earlier.
"What? What I was saying was the tr-"
Yang was cut off when Cardin put his hand on her mouth. Apparently he couldn't handle the truth. Why did Yang have to find out so much about him in such a short period of time?
"That's better. Now then, where was I? Ah yes. While I'm on your team, there's going to be some rules around here. If any of you put your hands on my stuff, I'm going to introduce you to my mace, you got that?" asked Cardin.
Immediately, he let go of Yang's mouth so that he could hear her answer.
"Y-yes, we won't even lay a finger on your belongings!" exclaimed Ruby. Despite being leader, she was going to listen to Cardin...that was what was good for her.
"We're not going to even think about it!" shouted Jaune, nodding up and down.
"OK, sure." answered Yang nonchalantly.
"Good." stated Cardin.
Immediately, he went to the bunk on the right side and climbed to the one on the top. He then began to rest, his hands behind his head.
Personally, Yang wondered what exactly he was keeping in his suitcase. Of course, he did say what would happen if they touched his stuff, but he probably didn't mean it.
Curious, she noticed that Ruby and Jaune were moving their bunk beds as far away from Cardin's bed as possible. It looked like they really didn't want to be on his bad side.
As such, she decided to share the same bunk bed as Cardin. She didn't really understand why her sister and her friend were afraid of him.
As it turned out, he was thinking to himself about the team that he was assigned to.
"Why did I have to be on the same team as these losers? I will admit that Yang is rather tough though..." thought Cardin. At least there's one person on this team that wasn't weak, even if she technically was a girl.
Meanwhile, Nora was checking her new room out along with her teammates. She was rather excited about it, to say the very least. It was a shame that Ren couldn't be here with her...but to honest, she was starting to get the feeling that Ren wanted some personal space.
Unsurprisingly, her bed just so happened to be pink. The teachers had allowed it to suit her personality...and she felt that pink was really her color. Of course, her teammates preferred different colors, so they would want something different.
Hopefully she would be allowed to bring in something that would let her make pancakes. She simply loved pancakes...especially when they served them at the cafeteria with butter and maple syrup.
"Why is she on the same team as us again?" asked Dove. He was having a hard time remembering it.
"I ended up being the first person who made eye contact with her...we're just going to have to deal with it..." stated Russel. He was stuck with her for the next four years...along with the rest of his friends.
Sky sighed. And to think that she was their leader too. What was Headmaster Ozpin thinking?
On the other hand, though he wasn't willing to admit it to his friends, he actually found Nora's antics to be rather amusing. It was always nice to have a good laugh every once in a while...of course, he was particularly fond of slapstick comedy.
Elsewhere, Pyrrha was getting used to her new room along with her friends as well. Since she was a celebrity, they decided to put a poster of herself to make her feel more at home...though she said that it wasn't necessary. She did think that it was nice of them though.
Fortunately for Blake, there was a bookshelf that she could use to put away her books after she was done reading them. After all, this was the place where she would most likely be doing so.
Luckily, none of her teammates were particularly noisy so she didn't have to worry about being interrupted while reading. What if she ended up on the same team as Nora?
"It's good to see that we have a nice room, ladies...and Ren." stated Pyrrha.
For some strange reason, Ren was the only male member of Team PWBR...though he didn't really mind. If he wanted to he could try simply hanging out with some male students instead of female ones. Incidentally, Nora was the only female member of Team NRDS. It was rather ironic.
Pyrrha and Weiss decided to take the bunk bed on the left, while Blake and Ren decided to take the bunk bed on the right. It seemed appropriate considering who they were partnered up with during the Emerald Forest test.
"So...what do you think we should pick for our first mission?" asked Weiss. First-year students tended to be sent on the easier missions to make sure that they didn't suffer many casualties. For more dangerous missions usually their whole team pitched in.
"Probably something small...the further we head from Vale, the stronger the Grimm get..." pointed out Pyrrha. Personally she wondered if they had some sort of hideout somewhere. It didn't seem like a place where they would want to go...at least, not until they were stronger.
"I suppose you're right." nodded Weiss. She was starting to see why Pyrrha was leader of the team, to be honest. She was admittedly a good strategist.
"Maybe we could hunt Beowulves? They're the weakest of the Grimm..." pointed out Blake. As such, they were the Grimm that the first-years tended to fight the most. They probably wouldn't cause them a lot of problems.
"Maybe we could go after an alpha then?" asked Ren. Alpha Beowulves were stronger than their regular kin and they had a position of authority over them as a result. They could be distinguished by the fact that they were larger and more feral looking.
Of course, if they wanted a bigger challenge, they could try going after the Ursas. They tended to be a bit more aggressive than the Beowulves were, and they were more resilient.
But for now, it might be best to relax in their room and get to know each other a bit better. That way they could coordinate their attacks and defenses better.
Currently, Blake was reading a book about how Vale came to be. It was a rather interesting book.
Apparently, not all of Vale's attempts to expand their borders had been successful. Apparently the Grimm didn't like it whenever the humans attempted to expand their territory. She was starting to wonder if the Grimm were the dominant species in the world instead of humans and Faunus.
Meanwhile, at Headmaster Ozpin, he was still watching the video of the students at the Emerald Forest. From what he had seen so far, he had made a good choice of leadership.
Of course, in Nora's case, she might need her teammates to make sure that she didn't do anything rash. She was definitely the strongest of the bunch though, and also the bravest. He would stand by his decision.
Likewise, Ruby would likely need her teammates to make her not do anything rash. Fortunately, she was a good strategist and could come up with a plan to fight hordes of Grimm.
And in Pyrrha's case, hopefully Weiss wouldn't be too disappointed that she wasn't chosen to be leader. Her teammates would probably not put up with her bossy attitude, though she had gradually started to warm up with the students at Beacon Academy ever since she had gone there. Hopefully being second-in-command instead of being the leader would be a good experience for her.
"It looks like everything's going alright so far..." noted the headmaster.
At Roman Torchwick's hideout of evil and naughtiness...
Roman was checking a map to see where he could successfully execute a robbery without being caught by the authorities. It was rather apparent that some of them were less guarded by the authorities than others. The stores that he had already robbed in question had already been crossed out.
Of course, he wasn't expecting a girl that reminded him of Little Red Riding Hood to get involved. Where was the Big Bad Wolf when he needed him? Maybe he could try impersonating her grandmother somehow and get the jump on her...if he was any good at disguises.
Either way, it looked like he would be able to plot another robbery soon. The police had currently diverted their attention elsewhere. Apparently, somebody was running around Vale in their underpants and they were having a hard time arresting him.
However, he was currently receiving a phone call. Sure enough, the phone was ringing.
Though the phone in question did not have a caller ID (for obvious reasons they wanted to remain secretive), he got the feeling who it was. It was none other than his female employer, who wanted to contact him regarding his next move.
Though admittedly she did request a lot of him, he didn't mind too much. He was being paid through the house...though if he didn't operate discreetly he might be placed under house arrest.
"So...how's the dust gathering going? Remember, we need more if we want our plan to succeed..." asked Roman's employer. No dust meant no big explosion.
Of course, if they wanted to succeed in their plan they would also need a train. Maybe one of them was going to need to wear a conductor hat and get a license for driving trains.
"So far I've gotten a lot...but it's getting harder since I'm getting more resistance..." answered Roman.
"Ah yes...I'm sure that the police aren't too happy about what you've been doing lately...and by extension me." stated the woman. They were clearly looking forward to sticking handcuffs on his wrists and carting him off to prison.
"Nope, they're not. I'm making my way on the most wanted list, that's for sure." noted the man in a top hat.
"You sure have been a naughty boy." remarked the lady.
"I certainly have." nodded Roman.
"Remember, once you've collected enough dust...you should be heading towards Mountain Glenn." said the woman.
"Yes, of course..." answered the man.
Unbeknownst to the populace of Vale, the White Fang had secretly set up a hideout in Mountain Glenn. Since they hated humans so much, they decided to hang out in a place where humans had long vanished. Sometimes attempting to expand humanity's borders didn't work out so well.
Normally they would be in danger of the Grimm attacking them in order to feed off their fear and hatred...but due to the fact that they were already radiating fear and hatred, they did not attack them at all.
If all went right, they would be getting back on the humans that had ever so wronged them.
They were looking forward to it...a lot.
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter even if there wasn't any Grimm for our protagonists to fight. Rest assured, they'll be fighting more Grimm shortly. I just figured that they would want to get used to one another first, that's all.
Bye!