Chapter 3: Initiation

Disclaimer: I don't own Rooster Teeth's 'RWBY' series nor Nickelodeon's 'The Legend of Korra' series, all characters and scenes belong to their respective owners.

Anyways, initiation is going to be rather easy this time around, although there will be some new complications for our main characters.

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Yang POV:

Alright, so my sister has made some new friends in Korra and Pi, but they aren't completely trustworthy due to their questionable background, so I hoped that Ruby would make some new friends. Korra and Pi seem to have decided that if there were partners that they should try to be partners together, and with Korra's seismic sense, I don't think that is unlikely to happen unless partners are completely random. Ruby seems rather happy this morning, so I say, "So! You seem awfully chipper this morning."

My sister responds with, "Yep! No more awkward small talk or 'getting to know you' stuff. Today I get to let my sweetheart do the talking." as she caresses her Scythe in its compact form.

I responded with, "Well, remember Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you want to grow up, you're going to have to meet new people and learn to work together."

My sister stupidly cockily responded with, "Ugh, you sound like dad! Okay, first of all what does meeting people have to do with fighting? And secondly, I don't need people to help me grow up. I drink milk!"

To try to get into Ruby's head, I ask, "But what about when we form teams?"

My sister responded, "Uhm, I don't know, I-I'll just be on your team or something..."

I responded with, "Maybe you should try being on someone's else's team?" while messing with my beautiful hair to try and give Ruby a change of perspective.

My sister responded with, "My dearest sister Yang, are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"

I responded with, "What!? No! Of course I do, I just thought... I don't know, maybe it would help you break out of your shell!"

Ruby responded with, "What the!? I don't need to break out of my shell, that's absolutely"

And the blond boy Ruby mentioned as her friend unknowing finished Ruby's sentence by saying, "Ridiculous! There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday!? I would've remembered having to count that high!"

Now, that was truly ridiculous.

Korra POV:

I saw the bitchy Weiss Schnee talking to a redhead, I would have ignored it if she wasn't openly trying to get the girl to partner with her, and "strong, well known individual" did stick out to me as something I should know about, so I waited and listened.

The redhead said, "Hmm... I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may."

That is a bit of a relief, but still isn't quite enough.

Weiss came out with it saying, "Well, I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together."

The redhead responded with, "Well that sounds grand!"

Then Weiss turned around, huddled into herself and started muttering, as which point I said, "I'm not sure partnering with the person that caused a dust explosion on the first day of Beacon would be such a good idea, nevermind her muttering to herself."

Jaune then interjected saying, "I am sure they would be great, you know what else is great? Me, Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you."

Weiss said, "You two again?" and the redhead quickly said, "Nice to meet you, Jaune!"

Jaune then cut in front of the redhead and said, "Yeah, yeah. So, Weiss! Couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day."

Weiss said, "Oh, you've got to be kidding me."

Oh, this is too interesting to interrupt, I might as well wait and listen for a while.

Jaune said, "Don't worry, no need to be embarrassed! So, been hearin' rumors about teams! I was thinking you and me would make a good one. What do you say?"

The redhead interjected, saying "Actually, I think the teams are comprised of 4 students each, so-"

Jaune then cut the redhead off, saying "You don't say. Well, hot-stuff, play your cards right and maybe you could join up with the winning team."

Weiss then got in between Jaune and the redhead, and said, "Jaune, is it? Do you have any idea who you are talking to?"

Jaune then replied, "Not in the slightest, Snow Angel."

I interject with, "Sorry, but I don't know who the redhead is either."

Weiss responded with, "This is Pyrrha."

Pyrrha said, "Pyrrha graduated top of her class at Sanctum."

Jaune replied, "Never heard of it." and I say, "Same, but those kinds of smarts could balance out with you, Weiss."

Weiss said, "Ah! She's won the Mistral Regional Tournament 4 years in a row... A new record!", probably thinking that I meant it as a complement.

Jaune replied with, "The what?" as I was piecing together what that actually meant in my head.

Weiss added, "She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box!" while rapidly waving her arms up and down.

Jaune gasped and said, "That's you? They only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!"

I ask, "Seriously, Pumpkin Pete's got a new mascot?"

After Pyrrah and Weiss gave me a quick look before refocusing on Jaune, Weiss said, "So, after hearing all of this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?"

Jaune answered, "I guess not... Sorry."

Pyrrha then put her hand on Jaune's shoulder and said, "Actually Jaune, I think you'd make a great leader."

Jaune instantly replied, "D'oh, stop it!"

Weiss said, "Seriously, please stop it. This kind of behavior should not be encouraged!" while I silently thought, 'Hey, at the very least its funny."

Jaune then said, "Sounds like Pyrrha's on board for team Jaune. Spots are filling up quick. Now I'm not supposed to do this, but, maybe I could pull some strings. Find a place for you. What do you say?" as he got quite close to Weiss.

Weiss then said, "Alright, that's a bit too close! Pyrrha, a little help please!?"

Pyrrha reactively throws her spear at Jaune, but I intercept it as I metalbend my cables to grab it out of the air, and then move Jaune away from Weiss with my other two cables.

Pyrrah then said, "I'm sorry!", and I respond with, "Seriously Pyrrha, you could poke somebody's eye out!"

Then Glynda's voice came up and said, "Would all first year students please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately."

Pyrrha then said to Jaune, "It was nice meeting you, Jaune!" after she took her spear from me as she walks away, and Jaune sighs and says, "Likewise."

Yang then came in and said, "Havin' some trouble there, Ladykiller?"

Jaune then said, "I don't understand... My dad said all women look for is confidence. Where did I go wrong!?"

Yang answered, " 'Snow Angel' probably wasn't the best start." and I add, "From what I could tell, that looked like overconfidence."

Jaune asked, "What is the difference?"

As we were walking, I answered, "Overconfidence is being confident in your abilities to the extent that you might be lying, either to yourself or others, about your abilities. To be honest, Overconfidence could get even the best huntsman killed, so it isn't particularly attractive"

Jaune then said, "Ah man."

(time skip)

Near the edge of the cliff, the students stood on pressure plates, including me, with a girl dressed in a pink miniskirt with purple lines going through it and a yellow shirt with pink splotches fidgeting with her hands to the right of Pi Lee, who is to the right of me. To the left of me is a boy wearing a grey shirt and wearing a sheath with a Katana on his waist, and then to the left of him was Jaune, and then Ruby, then Yang, and finally a number of other students including Weiss and Pyrrha.

People started getting catapulted through the air, starting from the people to the far left, and then eventually getting to me. As soon as I got close to a couple trees, I slowed my descent with a blast of fire, and then allowed myself to descend gracefully below the treeline with my metal cables attached to nearby trees. As soon as I touched the ground, I closed my eyes to focus on sensing around me with my seismic sense, at which point, I heard rustling in the trees, so I opened my eyes up to my left to see the boy in a grey shirt with the Katana looking into my eyes.

"Damn it. Anyways, I guess we are partners now. What is your name?"

"My name is Haruto. What is your name?"

"My name is Korra. Anyways, Ozpin did say to destroy everything in our paths, right?"

"That is correct, but I doubt he expected us to take that seriously due to the difficulty involved."

"Alright, so destroying everything in our path for extra credit is a go, then." I say as I start lighting the surrounding area on fire.

"By the way, the Temple is that way." I say as I sensed the temple with my seismic sense.

As we start walking the closest path to the temple, which is obviously a straight line, Haruto asks me, "Anyways, I was guessing you were aiming to partner up with somebody else, I am sorry to get in the way of that, but I was sort of made to partner with you at any cost by a friend named Cherry, she was the girl wearing the yellow and pink skirt. I am pretty sure she was intending to partner with the hooded guy, so with a bit of luck, we should be on a team together."

Continuing to light the forest on fire, I asked, "What is Cherry like?"

He answered, "Well, Cherry is many things. She is erratic, but intelligent. She is well-meaning, but overwhelming. By the way, her semblance is explosions, and she uses it quite often."
I ask, "What is your semblance?"

He answered, "I have a bit of a unique hereditary semblance. While the Schnees have their Glyphs, I have something somewhat similar, but less versatile and perhaps stronger. My family has a semblance called 'Weapon Enhancement', but each family member can only use their semblance with a single type of close ranged weapon and a single type of mid-ranged weapon. For me, that is the Katana and Throwing Stars. I managed to make a simple design for dust throwing stars that expand when taking them out of my pouch. I also use a Wind-Dust Enhanced Katana. What is your semblance and what are your weapons?"

I answered, "My semblance is elemental manipulation, and it is stupidly versatile and uses aura stupidly efficiently. It requires a lot of skill to actually utilize decently, but I countered that by making it my main focus, forsaking conventional weaponry like guns or swords, since I am at the point where I simply improvise with my semblance. In simple terms, I can control Water, Earth, and Fire, although I can't do anything with Air. I call the branch of techniques I use for each one of these elements a form of 'bending'. For example, with Waterbending, I can swim fast, produce blinding amounts of steam from water, draw water from the humidity in the air to create and launch claws of ice, heal people, or just to create a simple whip of water. With Firebending, I can glide for a short amount of time, create fire, manipulate heat, generate and redirect lightning, and simple control the fire I create like I have been doing now. With Earthbending, I can create sinkholes, make tunnels, sense everything that touches the earth through the earth, manipulate earth like I can fire, and control metal that is infused with earth, although that metal is somewhat weaker than normal metal under normal circumstances, with my bending it is stronger. I wear this armor to take advantage of my metalbending as much as possible. In addition to all of this, I can't firebend during a solar eclipse, I can't waterbend during a lunar eclipse, and I need a source of water or a source of earth to waterbend or earthbend, respectively, but fortunately many buildings use stone flooring and I can earthbend concrete. As for the elements I am best at, I think I am best with Firebending and Earthbending, Firebending for fighting Grimm and Earthbending for fighting people, respectively." while continuing to light the forest on fire.

Hayato asks, "Wait, Healing with Water? Lightning with Fire? Metalbending? I am going to need a few more details here."

I answer, "I can heal minor wounds with water, such as burning, cuts, and bruises. Internal organ damage is a no-go, but I am pretty sure I can amputate a limb and close the wound, water lights up when try to heal with it. I found out about healing with water when I accidentally burned myself with firebending and tried to sooth it with water, and practiced until I got great at healing, although I still can't heal most scars that have already set in. These elements have 'sub-elements' with slightly or significantly different styles than the main elements. For example, Fire has Lightning Generation, Lightning Redirection, and Combustion, the latter of which I don't think I am going to do any time soon, as it requires a 'third eye tattoo' on my forehead and it can be a bit of a double edged sword. Water has healing, icebending, plantbending and bloodbending, the last of which I am probably never going to be able to do, and I don't intend to change that. Earth has Sandbending, Metalbending and Lavabending, although I have only been able to do the first two. In addition to that, I am trying to figure out a way to increase the heat of my flames with the goal of making the flames I firebend completely blue. As a side note, my bending is effected by my emotions, so nearby fire may get larger when I am angry, for example.", I answered as I stopped putting the forest on fire.

Hayato answers, "That sounds like a ridiculously broken semblance, but I am going to trust in you that you are telling the truth in that it requires an exceptional amount of skill. I am guessing that you simply instinctively know what you aren't able to do so far?"

I answered, "Yeah, 6 years of life or death based practice will make you exceptional in anything." without detailing how I actually know about my semblance.

Ozpin POV:

I actually dropped my mug filled with tea when I heard Korra say that she was going to literally destroy everything in her path, because of what I actually said.

Glynda immediately said, "We can't interfere due to the rules we set, Ozpin. You know this is entirely your fault, right?"

The Grimm are actually moving away from the fire, and I had to make a couple teachers start exterminating the Grimm that were trying to escape the blazing forest.

I merely respond with a whimper.

Weiss POV:

This day is definitely not going well for me, first I was partnered with the dunce in a red hood named Ruby, then I set fire to the forest after a miscommunication with Ruby, and then she decided of all things to ride a Nevermore to find the Temple, and apparently that fire has spread to an eighth of the Emerald Forest!

"Did you really destroy an tenth of the Emerald Forest, Weiss?"

"...I think it is more of an eighth..."

"Why would that matter?! Anyways, I see the temple, Weiss, Jump!"

"Are you insane?!"

Oh god, she already jumped.

Pi Lee POV:

Korra is insane. Korra is genuinely insane, perhaps even more so than Cherry. If she has the sort of abilities she says she has, then she would still be an incredible asset as a member of any team. I didn't question her on knowing where the temple was, because let's be honest, when your partner is setting fire to a forest filled with Grimm for extra credit, you don't question them, but here the temple is, right in front of us. And somehow Cherry got there first, dragging along Pi Lee, I wonder if she was following the fire? It seems we are the first ones here as well.

"Hey guys, we got here by following the fire!"

Yep, Cherry is definitely the crazier one.

"Anyways, take this Chess Piece if you want to be on the same team as us." said Cherry

I explain to Korra when she glanced at me, "Korra, this is Cherry, despite her apparent insanity that may surpass your insanity, she is actually rather intelligent, I would trust her on this."

And what would you know, Korra actually took the Chess piece.

Cherry then said, "Now that we have our artifacts, lets go back to the cliff side."

Korra interjected saying, "Alright, lets go back through the flames, then."

Korra is actually more insane than Cherry.

Cherry said, "Oooooh, how do you plan for us to do that? I know that you can create and throw fire, even walking through fire is probably reasonable, but us walking through fire? Interesting!"

Korra then grabbed onto Pi Lee to keep him from attempting to escape and Cherry did the same to me, and Korra simply walked back to the fire, moved her hands in a circular motion, and the fire simply moved away from her.

Now that I think of it, Korra and I haven't killed a single Grimm, that we have seen, at least. Maybe Korra setting that fire scared off the Grimm.

Oh God, the Grimm are actually scared of Korra.

And so, we moved our way through the flames, almost all the way to the cliff, and then walked the rest of the way to the Cliff to see a team fighting a giant Nevermore and another team fighting a giant Death Stalker, and soon enough, the giant Nevermore was decapitated against the cliff by a girl with a Scythe and the giant Death Stalker was killed with it's own stinger.

Korra then simply walked up to the cliff side, and created a set of stairs leading up to the top of the cliff against the side of it, at which point Weiss ran up the stairs as fast as she could and talked to Headmaster Ozpin about something.

Weiss POV:

I actually set a seventh of the Emerald Forest on fire, and the fire is still continuing to expand.

I need to apologize to Headmaster Ozpin about this as soon as possible if I have any chance of staying in this school.

So I ran up the stairs that Korra created as fast as I could, which I will have to thank Korra for later despite her personal conflicts with me.

" 'Pant' I am so 'Pant' sorry, Professor 'Pant' Ozpin, for causing a 'Pant' Fire that expanded 'Pant' "

At which point Glynda cut Weiss off by saying, "Calm down, Weiss, this fire isn't your fault, although you were careless in not putting out the fire you caused, the fire you caused wasn't what resulted in this."

At which point I promptly fell over, exhausted.

Slightly later, Korra walked up the the stairs she created and asked the Professors, "So, do I get extra credit for destroying everything in our path like you told us to do, Professors?"
At which point, Professor Ozpin dropped his mug of tea onto the grass and facepalmed, while Glynda had a shocked look on her face and said, "You burned down a seventh of the Emerald Forest, and the fire is still raging."

Korra then asked, "So does that mean I need to burn down more of the Emerald Forest?"

At which point I actually fainted.

Glynda POV:

Mrs. Branwen actually asked if she would receive extra credit for burning down part of the Emerald Forest, and when I tried to point out the absurdity of it, she asked if she needed to burn down *more* of the Emerald Forest! I am fairly certain that Mrs. Schnee has passed out on the ground after hearing that, and Professor Ozpin is getting rather unsteady and still hasn't said a word. I could try and defuse this situation, or I could try and get Professor Ozpin to actually faint like Mrs. Schnee did. I think it is obvious which choice I will make.

So I said,

"If you manage to burn down a fourth of the Emerald Forest within a minute while standing on this cliff, I will give you 10 bonus points in my Combat Studies class."
At which point Ozpin actually fainted. Now to defuse this situation.

"STOP! Anyways, you don't need to do that, I will give you 20 bonus points if you don't set the Emerald Forest on fire anymore."

At which point Korra said, "Alright then."

Pi Lee POV:

I was walking up the stairs to where Korra was, and I actually heard her ask the professors if she got bonus points for destroying everything in her path with my enhanced hearing. Apparently that was what the fire was for.

The next thing I know, Professor Ozpin seems to have fallen over, and Korra has gotten 20 bonus points in Combat Studies for literally doing nothing.

Ruby POV:

What. The. Heck.

That fire wasn't caused by Weiss, but it was caused by Korra? Ozpin fainted? And Korra got 20 bonus points in Combat Studies for literally doing nothing? At the very least, it doesn't seem Weiss and Korra are going to be expelled. Apparently Korra is either crazy or insanely intelligent, judging by the results.

"Weiss, are you okay?", I say as I shift an unconscious Weiss into a seated position.

I check her heartbeat and breathing, and both are fairly normal. Apparently Weiss fainted after hearing Korra say that she would destroy more of the Emerald Forest for extra credit, which she actually freaking got. Not only that, Korra created a set of stairs for everybody to climb up on, Korra could be absurdly powerful.

I can't believe that I am going to tell Weiss about all of this. I should take Weiss to the infirmary now.

(Time Skip)

Korra POV:

Weiss and Ozpin woke up a couple hours later, and teams were arranged, with only a few notable teams.

First there was Team CRDL, the leader of which is coincidentally named Cardin and who was also the first one to pass initiation.

Then there was Team JNPR, with the redhead named Pyrrha Nikos who is apparently a skilled combatant and surprisingly, Jaune was the leader.

After that was Team RWBY, with Ruby, Yang, the Schnee, and the faunus hiding her heritage.

Finally there was team KCTP, surprisingly with me as the leader, which consisted of Pi Lee, Hayato Timberwolf, Cherry Kit, and yours truly, Korra Branwen.

"What the fuck?" was what I muttered as soon as Headmaster Ozpin said my full name.

Yang was glaring at me, Ruby was looking at me with a look that expressed extreme concern, and my teammates were looking at me with questioning looks.

So naturally, as soon as the event was over, I stormed over to Headmaster Ozpin's office with my teammates following behind me, Yang hot on my trail, and Ruby trailing close behind.

Pi asked, "What exactly do you think you are doing, Korra?"

I answered without turning around, "I am going to Ozpin's office to ask him some questions."

Yang quickened her pace and whispered loudly into my ear, "Why do you have the Branwen surname?"

I answered, "I don't know I had that name until Ozpin said it, if you wish to find out, questioning Ozpin would be a good start. As a fair warning, the reasons I apparently have the Branwen name shouldn't be happy ones."

And since there wasn't enough room in the elevator for everyone, I decided to have myself, Yang, Pi Lee, and Ruby go first, and if Cherry and Hayato wanted to go, they could go second.

In the awkward silence of the elevator, I contemplated what this could truly mean.

Then, the elevator began to open.

Yang POV:

Okay, this is getting suspicious. Is Korra something like my long lost sister or something? No, Yang, real life isn't a fantasy, and this is definitely real life, although it is getting fairly ridiculous.

Wan Orphanage? Not seeing a friend for what seems like years? Having a past you can't talk about in public? This much is overwhelming, and now Korra has the Branwen name without even knowing it and she seems pissed to have it? What the hell is going on?

Now the elevator is opening, and Pi said, "Let's wait for the rest of our teams to arrive." and Korra sighed and said, "Alright."

I asked, "Wait, why would our *teams* come?"

Pi answered, "Other than the fact that your team leader disappeared along with one teammate right after initiation? Well, the girl wearing a bow seems fairly secretive, so I am guessing it would line up with her personality to skulk something like this out, and we already know Weiss is a prick that apparently can't stay away from people she hates..."

Ruby said, "Hey!" and Korra muttered, "As if that is a surprise."

Pi continued saying, "...because she hates practically everyone."

Then the elevator opened again, and Blake, Cherry, and Hayato came out.

I asked my partner, "What, Weiss not coming?"

Blake answered, "Weiss didn't want to take an elevator ride with a faunus."

Hayato then said, "I wouldn't want to be on an elevator with that bitch anyways."

Ozpin spoke up, saying "I wouldn't recommend cursing another student in my office, even if they are of questionable moral standing."

Glynda added, "If you have a problem with a student, either take the problem up through talking with that student alone, or take it up with them through battle in my Combat Studies class. Normally I would give a detention for that curse alone, but it would be unfair if I didn't do the same to Mrs. Schnee. Given that this is your first actual day at Beacon, I will overlook the both of you."

Cherry spoke up saying, "It is the White Witch's loss anyway, she isn't going to hear any of this juicy gossip!"

Korra then sighed and said, "Alright, Ozpin. Why do I have Raven's last name?"