In this chapter, we're going to be focusing on Team NRDS...also known as Team Nerds. Hahaha. As it turns out, karma is really about to catch up to them...and it's all because of their leader Nora. Are you starting to see why Professor Ozpin chose her to be leader?

Chapter 9: Karma Is Delicious

Russel, Dove, and Sky were getting ready to cause mischief again. This time, they were going to TP the statue of the school's founder. Oddly enough, it had actually been destroyed not too long ago, but it had been repaired since then.

However, Russel was wondering something.

"Shouldn't we bring Nora with us? She is our leader..." noted Russel. Of course, he still wasn't quite sure why Professor Ozpin would choose her to be the leader of all people instead of him or one of his friends, but she was in charge nonetheless.

"We shouldn't. Why would she be interested in hanging out with a bunch of school bullies?" asked Dove. They were a rather unruly crowd...and they had never accepted new members in their group before.

Meanwhile, Nora was looking for Russel and the rest of his friends, with the exception of Cardin. He was currently laughing about how friends were now "nerds"...though in the name of their friendship he had decided not to say it in their faces.

"Russel? Dove? Sky? Where are you?" questioned Nora. Personally she wondered why they had all gotten up in the middle of the night. She was under the impression that they would still be sleeping.

Of course, she never slept for long herself. She was always full of energy.

Curious, she decided to look outside. Perhaps there was a sign of her teammates. She noted that there were a lot of stars in the sky tonight. Maybe if she was lucky one of them would be a shooting star and she would get to make a wish.

As it turned out, Russel, Dove, and Sky were wrapping up the statue with toilet paper. It turned out that a nearby store had a steady supply of it...so why not use it to their advantage? It wasn't even that expensive.

Immediately, she went outside...just as Russel, Dove, and Sky began to leave before they were spotted...unaware that they had already been noticed by their leader.

"Oh dear. It looks like they left their toilet paper behind!" exclaimed Nora. How were they going to wipe after they went to the restroom?

She decided that it would be best to write their names on the toilet paper so that someone would know to return it to them.

Immediately, she wrote down Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark on the toilet paper.

"There! Now people will know that they left their toilet paper behind!" bellowed the girl. She was so glad that she was doing her teammates a favor.

Shortly afterwards, a shooting star showed up.

She decided to wish that she would get the opportunity to hang out with her teammates. That would be fun.

The next day...

"Holy mother of Monty Oum! What happened here?" questioned Professor Port.

"It appears that somebody decided to have fun yesterday night...fun at our expense!" exclaimed Doctor Oobleck.

Sure enough, they had noticed what had happened to the statue. Unfortunately, they had no idea who could have done it.

At that very moment, Ms. Goodwitch showed up.

"First Miss Rose, and now this..." remarked Glynda. Of course, she got the feeling that it wasn't Ruby this time. She didn't break the statue on purpose.

Suddenly, she noticed that there appeared to be writing on the toilet paper.

Curious, she decided to investigate.

A few seconds later, she knew who was responsible.

"Let's visit the male members of Team NRDS, shall we?" asked Glynda. They had a lot of explaining to do.

Sure enough, Russel, Dove, and Sky were snickering. They had succeeded in wrapping up the statue with TP, and the school staff were none the wiser.

"Nobody will suspect a thing..." remarked Russel.

Suddenly, they heard knocking on their door.

"Huh?" asked the bully.

Curious, he opened the door.

As it turned out, it was Miss Goodwitch, and she was glaring at him.

"Um, hello...Ms. Goodwitch...how are you doing today?" inquired Russel, who was now feeling rather nervous.

"You and your friends thought it would be funny to vandalize the statue of our founder, did you?" asked Ms. Goodwitch.

"What makes you think that it was us?" questioned the bully anxiously. Sweat was dripping down his face. She was clearly onto him and his friends.

"One of the rolls of toilet paper had the names of you and your friends on it..." answered the blonde teacher.

Russel, Dove, and Sky gasped in surprise.

"What? How did that get there?" asked Dove.

"I don't get it either." answered Sky.

"You three are going to have to clean up the statue yourselves." stated Ms. Goodwitch.

"Oh man!" exclaimed Russel. That certainly wasn't going to be fun.

As they left to clean up the statue, Russel wondered who could have gotten the best of them.

Unbeknownst to them, the culprit was right underneath their noses.

"This candy bar is delicious!" exclaimed Nora, eating some chocolate. In the process, some of it ended up getting on her face...but she didn't really care. She just loved her sweets.

Curious, Cardin noticed that his teammates were being forced to clean up the toilet paper that they had placed on the statue earlier. He wondered how they had gotten caught. They had been rather good at getting away with what they had been doing as of late. Maybe this was a slip up?

Currently, Yang was punching a punching bag. Though Cardin wasn't normally fond of girls, he did have to admit how strong Yang was.

Perhaps if he needed a sparring partner he could choose her...but he wasn't looking forward to doing the same with Juane or Ruby.

Of course, if Cardin tried bullying Ruby, he doubted that he would be able to stop her from running away from him. She was simply too fast.

Elsewhere, Blake had heard that Russel, Dove, and Sky had been caught by Ms. Goodwitch for vandalizing school property. She was rather happy about it, as she felt that they were disrespectful towards Faunus.

Unfortunately, they were not in the minority.

"They wrapped up the founder statue with TP? That's really immature..." answered Weiss.

"I suppose they shouldn't have done that." nodded Pyrrha.

Ren looked outside. He had to admit, they had wrapped up the statue pretty thoroughly.

Eventually, Russel, Sky, and Dove managed to clean up the statue.

"Ugh, that took forever..." stated Russel.

"Time seemed to fly while we were WRAPPING the statue..." noted Dove.

"So, what do you want to do now? I think we're going to need to be more discreet this time..." answered Sky.

At that very moment, Jaune showed up. He had gone outside to get some fresh air.

"It sure is nice out today..." stated the blonde. For some strange reason he felt like he should have brought one of his teammates with him...but he wasn't quite sure why.

Sure enough, the male members of Team NRDS noticed him.

Suddenly, Russel had an idea.

Immediately, they picked up Jaune and began to drag him towards the mens' bathroom, snickering all the while. It was so much fun being devious.

"Hopefully we won't get caught this time..." thought Russel. He wasn't looking forward to being punished by Glynda Goodwitch again.

Sure enough, the men's restroom came in sight.

"Let me go!" demanded Jaune. Why were they always bullying him, anyway?

"Since you asked so nicely, no." answered the bully. They were going to have a lot of fun using the toilet...

However, Nora noticed them dragging Jaune by the arms, and decided to follow them.

"What are you guys doing?" asked Nora as she followed them inside the restroom.

Russel raised an eyebrow.

"You do realize that this isn't the ladies' restroom, right?" asked Russel. Was Nora being a pervert?

"Well, I was curious why you were dragging Jaune inside..." answered Nora.

"Oh, we're dunking things in the toilet..." stated Dove.

"And then we're going to flush it!" exclaimed Sky.

Jaune gulped.

In case you hadn't figured it out yet, they were going to stick Jaune's head in the toilet...and flush it. Of course, he probably couldn't breathe while his head was submerged in the toilet...but it would only be for a few seconds.

However, Nora wanted to get involved in the action.

"That sounds like fun! I want to try!" exclaimed Nora.

Quickly, she pulled out some hand grenades and stuck them in the toilet.

Russel gasped in shock. In the process, he and Dove let go of Jaune.

Quickly, he ran out of the restroom. It looked like he had gotten a break from bullying today.

"Nora, I don't think this is a good idea!" bellowed Russel, shaking his hands back and forth.

"But it's fun!" exclaimed Nora.

Immediately, Nora began to flush the toilet, causing Dove and Sky to gasp in shock.

Sure enough, the grenades exploded, and the toilet splattered sewage everywhere.

Fortunately for Nora, most of the sewage missed her completely, even if it did end up painting the walls.

Unfortunately for Russel and his friends...the same could not be said about them. They were completely covered with it.

"Aaugh!" exclaimed Russel.

"This is nasty!" screamed Dove.

"Why?!" bellowed Sky.

Immediately, they ran out of the restroom so that they could hit the showers.

Shrugging, she decided to leave the restroom as well.

Ren entered the restroom a few minutes later.

Quickly, he noticed the sewage.

"I'll go get the mop." stated Ren.

A few hours later, Dove and Sky had decided to grab another victim...by the ears. Incidentally, it was right after lunch. They had noted that Nora ate a lot of pancakes when she went to sit by them.

This time, it was Velvet.

"Why do I suffer from such racism?" screamed Velvet.

"Heh heh heh..." chuckled Dove.

But unbeknownst to Sky and Dove, someone was already there.

As it turned out, it was Nora.

"I sure love the smell of pancakes..." answered Nora. The dumpster just so happened to smell like pancakes today. She rather enjoyed the smell.

"Hey, Nora!" exclaimed Sky.

"Oh, hey there...I'm smelling the dumpster. It smells like pancakes today..." stated Nora.

"Could you move out of the way so that we can toss this Faunus in the dumpster?" asked Dove.

Velvet sighed. This was the second time this month.

"Just a minute...I want to keep smelling the pancakes..." answered the girl.

Curious, Dove and Sky decided to see if the dumpster did in fact smell like pancakes.

However, in the process, they let go of Velvet.

She decided to seize her opportunity.

"This is for humiliating me ever since my second year at Beacon Academy!" bellowed Velvet.

Immediately, she pushed Dove and Sky in the dumpster, causing them to gasp.

She then locked the dumpster afterward. They were going to be in there for a while.

"Let us out!" screamed Dove.

"I'm covered in trash!" bellowed Sky.

Velvet then gave Nora a high five.

Nora was unsure why she did it...but she appreciated the gesture.

Half an hour later, Russel showed up. He wanted to see if Dove and Sky had succeeded in tossing Velvet in the dumpster.

He was rather surprised to see that Dove and Sky had ended up in the dumpster instead.

"What happened?" asked Russel as he unlocked the dumpster.

"Velvet pushed us in!" bellowed Dove.

"Oh dear..." remarked the bully. It looked like Velvet had decided to fight back. Of course, she was a second-year and they were only first-years...so perhaps it was only a matter of time.

Once again, he was unaware of Nora's part in it.

"How should we get back at her?" asked Dove. He was itching for revenge...even though technically it was a punishment that he deserved. He just wouldn't own up to what he did.

"Maybe we could take her stuffed bunny rabbit?" inquired Sky.

"Not a bad idea..." nodded Russel.

As soon as Velvet left her room (and her teammates were gone as well), they decided to break in.

Sure enough, there was her stuffed bunny rabbit, lying on her bed. Apparently she liked to sleep with it like a teddy bear.

Immediately, Russel snatched it. Now all he needed to do was wait for Velvet to come looking for it.

Apparently, there were off on a mission to try expanding territory so that more people could move in. Naturally, the Grimm were not looking forward to that.

But with four second-years fighting against them, there wasn't much that they could do. It looked like they were going to have to simply fall back.

Since Velvet was gone, Russel, Dove, and Sky were going to have to play the waiting game.

Sure enough, they began to wait outside Team CFVY's door. Hopefully Velvet would return soon.

Of course, she was a rabbit Faunus so they doubted that she would be gone for long. She could run for miles.

Eventually, Velvet did return, and noticed what was going on.

"Hey! That's Mr. Whiskers!" bellowed Velvet.

"If you want him back, you're going to have to catch him!" exclaimed Russel.

Shortly afterwards, they began to play a game of monkey in the middle with Velvet, passing Mr. Whiskers to another bully whenever she got close to one.

Velvet noted that this was getting rather annoying really fast.

However, at that very moment, Nora showed up. She was currently eating a banana.

Quickly, she noticed Russel and his friends.

"Hey there! What are you doing?" asked Nora, still munching on the banana.

"We're playing monkey in the middle...you can probably guess whose the monkey." answered Russel.

Velvet sighed. And to think that she had just gotten back from a mission too.

"If she's a monkey, why not give her a banana?" questioned Nora.

Immediately, Nora handed the banana she was eating to Velvet.

Since she had just gotten back from a mission, Velvet was feeling rather hungry, and she happily began to eat the banana.

Quickly, she managed to finish it.

Afterwards, she decided to throw out the banana peel...however, she then realized that she had an opportunity once again.

Immediately, she placed the banana peel right next to Russel's feet. Maybe this would work.

Fortunately, Russel did not notice.

As such, when Dove tossed Mr. Wihskers to Russel, he ended up tripping over the banana peel and falling on his back.

This gave Velvet the opportunity to grab Mr. Whiskers and head back into her room.

She then locked the door so that Team NRDS could not get in.

"Darn it!" bellowed Russel. Their schemes had not been going well at all lately.

Perhaps they were choosing the wrong target. What if they tried pulling pranks on a teacher?

Speaking of which, they were going to be having a class with Doctor Oobleck soon. That seemed like a good opportunity as any.

As such, they decided to get ready for their plan.

As they did so, Nora began to follow them.

Quickly, they went to a manhole and began to climb down a ladder.

They then pulled out a cup and began to fill it with sewer water.

"What are you doing?" asked Nora.

"Oh, we're going to pull a prank on our history teacher." answered Russel.

"You mean the guy with the green hair that loves caffeine?" inquired the teenage girl. He really reminded her of herself.

"That's the one." nodded Sky.

It wouldn't be long before class started now...so they decided to head to the classroom before Dr. Oobleck did.

Quickly, they replaced the cup of coffee that he had left on his desk and switched it with a cup of the sewer water.

"He'll never notice the difference..." remarked Russel. It sure was going to be an unpleasant surprise, that was for certain.

"What should we do with the coffee?" asked Nora.

"Huh?" inquired the ringleader of the bullies.

Curious, he looked behind him.

As it turned out, Nora had followed them.

"You can have it, I guess. Pour it in the sink, why don't you?" asked Russel.

Nora nodded.

However, as she went to the ladies' restroom, she wondered what Dr. Oobleck's coffee tasted like. Considering that he drank it all the time, she started to wonder if it tasted rather good.

Maybe a few sips wouldn't hurt...

About fifteen minutes later...

Russel, Dove, and Sky sat in class, snickering to themselves all the while. This was going to be very funny indeed.

Team PWBR entered shortly afterwards. They wondered why Team NRDS were giggling.

They started to wonder if they were up to no good.

Of course, they wouldn't put it past them. They had been causing trouble ever since they got to Beacon Academy.

Team RAYC showed up shortly afterward. Cardin wondered what his teammates were up to.

"I heard that Dr. Oobleck is a rather wild teacher. He's even faster than I am!" exclaimed Ruby.

"That's quite impressive." agreed Yang.

"His class had better not be boring." noted Cardin.

"I don't think it will." nodded Jaune. Of course, he was under the impression that he wasn't going to do well at Beacon Academy considering how well he did during the initiation exam. Thank goodness Ruby was there to help him.

Sure enough, Dr. Oobleck showed up.

"Good morning, class. I hope that you're having a good d-"

Suddenly, Nora showed up. She was laughing hysterically.

"Hahahahaha!" laughed Nora.

Curious, Russel noticed that Nora was being even more energetic...than usual.

"What's so funny, Miss Valkyrie?" asked Dr. Oobleck.

Suddenly, Nora began to bounce off the walls. Literally.

"Miss Valkyrie, what are you doing?" inquired the green-haired teacher.

"Whee!" squealed the hammer wielder.

For some strange reason, Russel got the feeling that Nora had ingested the coffee that he had given her earlier. Perhaps this wasn't such a well-thought plan.

Suddenly, Nora crashed into Dr. Oobleck's desk, tipping over the sewer water in the process.

"My coffee!" bellowed Dr. Oobleck. What would he ever do without it?

Immediately, he went over to where his cup of coffee was.

However, he quickly realized that it wasn't coffee at all.

"Wait a minute...this isn't my coffee...this is sewer water!" exclaimed the history teacher. Since when did he drink water out of the sewer? It didn't seem too sanitary.

Curious, he wondered what could have happened to his coffee.

"Miss Valkyrie, did you drink my coffee?" asked the man.

"I sure did! It tasted delightful!" bellowed Nora.

"That explains a lot." remarked Ren.

"You drank my coffee? Why'd you do it?" inquired the doctor.

"Russel gave it to me! He's a good friend of mine!" bellowed Nora.

"Mr. Thrush gave it to you? Wait a minute..." answered Dr. Oobleck.

At that very moment, he realized what had happened.

"Mr. Thrush, you and your friends switched my coffee with sewer water hoping that I would drink it, didn't you?" asked the green-haired man.

Russel began to chuckle nervously.

"Mr. Thrush, Mr. Bronzewing, and Mr. Lark, you all have detention after class!" bellowed Dr. Oobleck.

Russel groaned. It looked like trying to prank the teacher hadn't gone any better than pranking the students.

If only they hadn't given Nora the coffee.

"I should have seen this coming." remarked Weiss.

"They certainly are getting what they deserve as of late." noted Blake. It looked like karma was finally catching up to them.

Still, she wondered why exactly their schemes were falling apart.

Well, she decided not to dwell on it. This was gold!

Sure enough, Russel was starting to cry. Why was this happening to him?

Oddly enough, during the commotion, Jaune managed to ace the test that Dr. Oobleck had given them. Maybe he worked best while he was feeling positive. He had gotten a 97%.

Even though Ruby had slept through much of the class, she got an 83%.

It looked like things had worked out for them. The same could not be said for Team NRDS.

After class...

"Alright then. Since you switched my coffee with sewer water, I figured it would be appropriate for you to clear out Grimm from the sewers..." answered Dr. Oobleck.

"There are Grimm living down there?" asked Russel.

"Not very many...but there are still Grimm nonetheless. I sure would hate it if they sabotaged our plumbing..." remarked the green-haired scientist.

"Yeah..." nodded the teenage boy. He was with him there.

Suddenly, Nora showed up.

"Miss Valkyrie? You don't have detention!" exclaimed Dr. Oobleck.

"I know! I just figured it would be fun to explore the sewers!" bellowed Nora.

"Well, I suppose that you enjoy working with your teammates...I guess you can come along." stated the man.

"Yes!" cheered the girl.

"Now climb down the sewers and look for Grimm...you have thirty minutes to kill as many Grimm as you can..." answered Dr. Oobleck.

Dove sighed. Despite Nora's enthusiasm, he doubted that entering the sewers was going to be fun.

On the plus side, he and his friends did enjoy killing Grimm.

Reluctantly (except for Nora), Team NRDS entered the sewers.

I hope that you found this chapter to be amusing like the other previous chapters. In other news, I heard that there's a Grimm Dragon on the loose. Oh dear. And yes, I decided to dedicate a chapter to Team NRDS. How about that.

In the next chapter, Team NRDS are going to clean out the sewers of Grimm as their detention. And yes, there are Grimm living down there...though they don't really attack humans, oddly enough. They mostly keep to themselves and feed off of what's going on below them...such as the male members of the Team NRDS's bullying.

Of course, technically Nora didn't get into trouble...but she likes the idea of exploring the sewers. Heh heh.