Hello! Nutshop here! I am proud to announce the next chapter of my story. I decided to follow cannon as much as possible though at the same time, I will be adding my own little moments as well as a few familiar references from time to time so keep your eyes peeled. But for now, enjoy!
Chapter Three
The airships had finally begun to descend towards the cliffs of Beacon Academy. The sounds of engines slowing down could be heard as the doors of each aircraft swung open to usher out their passengers. However, two of these passengers, particularly Jaune and Evi, had sprinted out of their plane causing most of the other passengers step aside from their vile scented path. Jaune ran towards the nearest trashcan to empty out his stomach while Evi dashed towards Beacon to the first body of water to remove the stink off from his clothes. That was when he spotted the central fountain.
"INCOMING!" Evi yelled at no one in particular as he continued his path towards his destination. His target was a rather large fountain with a Grimm like creature at the bottom and what appeared to be two figures shaking hands on a rocky platform above it. When he judged that he was close enough, he stuck his hand into his utility belt and pulled out what appeared to be a large, pink sponge. He took a giant leap into the sky, curled his body into a ball and descended into the fountain making a rather large *splash!* in the process. This did not go unnoticed as one of the two passerby's dragged their childhood friend to investigate who created that awesome, watery splash!
When Evi had abruptly entered the fountain, he was surprised that it was quite deep, about 5 feet so that his head stuck out of the cool water when his shoes were flat against the bottom. So with that in mind, he submerged his entire body into the water and with his trusty sponge in hand, he began to scrub himself clean of all the soot, grease and vomit that embraced his clothing. Thankfully, his sponge already had soap in it, so as he began to scrub himself, bubbles with a lightish-red tint began to appear on the fountains surface and around the area surrounding it.
While Evi was currently submerged, two wannabe detectives arrived at the crime scene and began to investigate what had transpired a few moments ago. They heard the voice of a male teenager shout the word "incoming!" at the top of his lungs. They also saw giant splash that happened to have been created by the shape of what may have been a cannonball, the fountain and the area around it suddenly contained fluffy, pink bath bubbles, and to top it all off they- wait a minute... They back tracked on their train of thought as they saw that the fountain was indeed creating pink bubbles that began to float around them. An audible, excited gasp could be heard from the female detective as she let go of her friends jade green shirt collar.
"Oh! Oh my gosh Ren!" the girl exclaimed as she began to stare wide eyed at all the pink that surrounded her. A child like grin began to form on her face as she started to boop several the bubbles making them disappear into thin air. The scent of bubblegum became stronger as every bubble was popped. "Look at all these bubbles Ren! So many bubbles! Look look! They're even my favorite color! Pink! And they even smell like bubblegum when you pop them! EEEE THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!"
The long haired boy named Ren had patted away the wrinkles from his clothing before staring at the spectacle before him. It's not every day you get to see Beacon Academy's fountain spew pink bubblegum scented bubbles. The last time he saw this amount of bubbles form was when his childhood friend always made it a bubble bath when they bathed together when they were kids and when she brought a dozen bubble makers for their graduation ceremony at their combat school. The look of happiness on her face as she spun around the fountain always brought a smile to his face.
"Nora?" Ren asked in his usual calm voice. The girl dubbed Nora suddenly stopped spinning and faced the direction of her childhood friend.
"Yes Ren?" Nora replied as she paid close attention to what he was going to say. Before Ren could say anything, they were interrupted by the sound of somebody emerging from the fountains water and the suspicious voice in question saying "Ah! Much better…"
The two friends began to stare at the bubbling fountain, then at each other before Ren decided to break the silence. "Let's investigate." Ren said as he crossed his arms and nodded towards Nora. She soon remembered what there were doing near the fountain in the first place and with a skip in her step, she headed directly towards the source of the sound. When she arrived at the edge of the fountain, she pulled out her trusty magnifying glass and began her search for the causer of the pink bubbles.
While unaware of the attention he attracted, he casually floated on the fountain's watery surface as bubbles surrounded his vision. He blew some of the bubbles that were covering his vision, only to reveal what looked like red headed, teal eyed cyclops that had a bubbly pink beard stare directly at him. They stared at each other with questioning looks on their faces before they began to greet each other like nothing was wrong.
"Hello!" Evi said with a smile.
"Hi!" Nora replied a grin as she put away her magnifying glass. "Who are you?"
"I'm Evi Magkumpun! Who are you?" Evi exclaimed as began to stand on his feet on the bottom of the fountain.
"I'm Nora Valkyrie!" She then pointed her hand directly at her friend who sat beside her. "And this is my super best friend Lie Ren! We've been together for like forever! But not together-together but together ever since we were kids!"
"Oh, I see. Nice to meet you Lie!" He then extended his soaked hand towards the other boy.
"Just call me Ren." Ren said as he shook the offered limb firmly. "And the feelings are mutual."
Evi smiled at the two new friends he had successfully made here on his first day.
"So, Evi," Ren began as he continued to stare at Nora booping more bubbles and enjoying the scent of bubblegum. "Do you need some help out of the fountain?"
When Evi realized that he was indeed still in the fountain, he pulled his body back into the water so that only his eyes and head could be seen. Evi nodded his head in attempts to hide his embarrassment.
Ren began to chuckle quietly as he saw the answer to his question. "Nora could you lend a hand?" Ren asked as he gestured Evi to raise his arms. Nora quickly nodded in approval and soon had a good grip on one of Evi's raised appendages.
"Ok, at the count of three, we pull, ok Nora?" Ren instructed as they got into their positions, "Aye, Aye, Ren!" Nora cheered signaling that she was roaring to go. When Ren got ahold of Evi's other arm, he began to count, "One-"
"THREE!" Nora yelled as she use her monstrous strength to extract Evi's body from the fountain. She was so strong in fact that she was able to toss the soaked boy several feet into the air, as well as accidentally tossing her childhood friend in the process.
"Ren!" Nora cried as she saw them soar higher into the sky. Luckily, Ren had been in this situation beforehand so he was able to act accordingly by shifting his momentum in a forward direction as he landed with a roll injury free. Evi on the other hand was a different story. He had no idea in what to do and began to panic. Thankfully, Nora sent him flying towards a tree so his landing was cushioned by the leaves and branches. The occasional *oof!* and *ow!* could be heard as he slowly descended the tree. Eventually, he got to the bottom with a rather loud thud when his bottom had crashed landed onto the base of the tree.
"Yay!" Nora exclaimed as she clapped her hands rapidly from the two boys surviving the Nora express. Ren began to pat the dust from his clothes while Evi was removing the twigs and leaves from his dripping wet hair. After checking that nothing was broken, Evi turned towards the two before saying, "Thank you for getting me out of that fountain."
"No problem Evi!" Nora replied as she skipped towards Evi's location with Ren walking behind her. "Were you the one who made the pink bubbles around the fountain?"
When Evi heard that question that Nora had asked him, he blinked and began to look at the fountain as the sight of pink bubbles came into view. When he realized that his was mainly his fault, he simply replied with a "whoops..."
Ren stared curiously towards the currently drenched boy who was the causer of this scene. "So why were you in the fountain in the first place?" Evi stared sadly at Ren as he recalled the reason why he did what he did.
"Well," Evi started as he rubbed his chin, "First my house blew up. Then I had finished rebuilding it by 7 o'clock this morning. After that, I had to run through a grease factory to get to the airport in time, and when I entered the plane, my new friend apparently had motion sickness and caused a rather large scene with me not being the only victim."
Ren was skeptical at first when he heard all this, but after looking in his eyes, they told him that he was actually telling the truth. Not to mention that being with Nora for a long time would make someone accustomed to events like this.
"Oh can I ask you something?" Nora asked with a twinkle in her eyes. "Where did you get that bubblegum bubble soap?! It smells sooo good! And its my favorite colour, pink!"
Evi was surprised when he heard that he wasn't the only person who liked the scent of bubblegum. "Well, I know a good friend who runs a cleaning saloon that's sells all kind of stuff like my soap! So when we are settled in here in Beacon, I could take you guys there if you want." Evi said as he put away his cleaning sponge back into his utility belt. Evi couldn't understand what happened next because Nora was moving quickly between him, Ren, and cheering as she showered the place with white and pink confetti.
"Ok!" Nora exclaimed as she shook Evi's hands quickly and painfully. She then went to Ren say something of the line of best buds but couldn't hear it that well with the water in his ears. Speaking about water, he was still wet from his little bath in the central fountain.
"Alright, I'll see you guys later! I forgot to bring a towel for my bath!" Evi said with a smile as he waved at his new friends Nora and Ren.
"Bye bye Evi! We'll see you later inside!" Nora replied happily as she and Ren waved in Evi's direction before heading towards the auditorium. Evi decided to walk around the school before going inside to dry himself off from the sun's warm embrace.
It was a really good day to wander around as Evi slowed his pace and began to observe his surroundings. Beacon Academy was simply breathtaking. Its multiple structures were designed with the most complicating of of blueprints yet they were able to complete it. The gardens were filled with an assortment of different kinds of flowers, plants and trees of all shapes and sizes. Not to mention that the assortment of birds that lived here-
*BOOOM!*
... Had flown away from the sudden explosion that occurred nearby. Evi sighed as he started to head towards the sound of the explosion.
When he arrived to what he thought was the centre of the explosion, he saw a white bricked courtyard filled with an assortment of random things happening. First he saw what looked to be a luggage cart that had been sliced in half by a giant red scythe that appeared to have been lodged deep into a nearby bench. Then he saw several white suitcases with snowflakes on them were scattered about everywhere and finally a small crater had been formed as soot as well as ice lingered around its edge. While he was analyzing all the damage, he noticed a familiar girl with a red cloak as well as another girl with white hair yelling at her.
He wasn't able to hear what they were talking about since he had a job to do, and that involved covering that crater, repairing that luggage cart and replacing the wooden boards on that bench. So he activated his trusty tool Swampy, put on his red lenses goggle earrings, and began to work.
Meanwhile...
"Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" The white haired girl yelled as she continued her verbal assault against Ruby who was paralyzed with guilt and fear that if she moved from her spot, the situation would get worse. While she was stuck in place, her eyes happened to have spotted the guy that crashed into her when they were in the plane. He looked a bit different; it was as if he took a bath with all his clothes on and forgot to use a towel when he was done. Her point was proven when water seemed to squirt out from his shoes whenever he took a step. However, his cleanlier look was not what surprised her; it was what he was doing. He was piling up a bunch of rocks into the crater that she accidentally made by sneezing, placed a miniature blowtorch from his utility belt near the luggage cart and extracted a 12 ft. 2x4 piece of wood from the same utility belt and placed it near the bench her baby had lodged itself into as it was sent flying from the explosion…Was he a magician? While she was contemplating this and completely ignoring the girl in front of her, she saw Evi begin to wind up his swing with what appeared to be a giant red wrench. Ruby's eyes went wide as she tried to get the white girl's attention before it was too late.
"Hey! Are you even listening to me?!" the white haired girl angrily asked as she glared at the shorter girl.
"Uh, you may want to look and see for yourself." Ruby stated as she pointed her right hand in the direction behind the white haired lady to what she was currently staring at. The white haired girl turned her head, only to see a soggy, brightly dressed ruffian aim a giant wrench at the ground. The area of impact happened to be near several of her briefcases that were full to the brim with dust.
'Oh no!' She thought as she saw Evi wind up his swing. 'If that thing hits the ground, it will activate all the dust in my briefcases!' Her face paled when she imagined all of Beacon Academy suddenly vanishes from a massive, dusty explosion.
"Stop you ruffian!" She cried as she ran towards the young man. Sadly, she was a few seconds too late as the wrench came into contact with the stone path and caused a mediocre sized cloud of dust appear and envelope the immediate area. Her sight was completely blocked as she tried to draw her rapier but only dropped in the process. While she was momentarily blinded, she could have sworn that she heard the sounds of a jack hammer hitting the floor, the a saw hacking through wood, a hammer hitting something metallic and the sound of a duck quacking then right after the sound of a laser beam being fired. When all the sounds had ceased and her sight had returned, she could only see the ruffian that caused this mess and quite possibly a natural disaster as put his giant wrench back onto his back.
"YOU!" she shouted angrily as she began to stomp angrily towards him. Evi turned his head to where he heard that voice only to see nothing as the dusty cloud had hidden the white haired girl.
"Who said that?" Evi asked in no one in particular. When he did not get a reply, his body began to tense up dramatically. 'Was that the sound of a ghost?! There are ghosts here in Beacon!?' Evi thought as he began to look around frantically. He was terrified of ghosts and it didn't help that strange ominous noises tended to appear whenever he was salvaging for supplies in the junkyard. Before he was about to run off, his scarf was tugged roughly by a slender, pale hand as it brought his head low enough to be face to face with a white haired girl with a ponytail on the right side of her head. He was suddenly consumed in fear as the girl was giving him a glare so scary that if it had a meaning, it would mean 'I am going to end your life'.
"What in the world is wrong with you?!" she shouted angrily at Evi's face. "Don't you realize how much danger you put us all in with the recklessness of your actions?!" Evi was unsure of what was happening at the moment but one thing was for certain, this little lady was scary!
"Uh, sorry?" Evi replied with a sheepish smile as he deactivated his goggle earrings. Apparently that was the wrong thing to say as she looked enraged and more threatening than a few moments ago. Not to mention that icicles began to form around his freezing cold, soaked body.
"Sorry? SORRY!? Is that all you can say before you attempted to get us all KILLED?!" she screeched as she began to yell at poor, shivering Evi. That was when he realized that there was something much scarier than his fear of ghosts, it was the fear of her. While she was yelling at her newest victim, the dust cloud began to subside with every passing second. Ruby, who was thankful that she wasn't being yelled at anymore, was currently trying to find her scythe in the midst of the dusty chaos. When she saw that familiar red tint of her weapon, she dashed towards it, picked it up quickly, and double checked if her baby wasn't hurt. When she had confirmed that nothing had been damaged, she quickly turned it back into a red rectangular shape and placed it behind her back. When she completed her mission on retrieving her weapon, all the dust had vanished to reveal a sight that made her eyes wide and her mouth hang wide open.
While Ruby was rendered speechless, Evi was currently trying his hardest to not die from hypothermia. "W-with all d-due respect l-little lady, I was j-just doing my j-job!" Evi chattered as his voice quivered from the constant glare the white haired girl was giving him.
"Your job?! What kind of job allows you to make dust clouds and almost blow up Beacon Academy!?" She rhetorically growled as she kept her eye contact towards Evi. He then jerked his quivering head to where Ruby was currently standing before simply saying, "M-my j-j-job."
She soon looked in the direction that Evi told her to humor him, only to have her eyes go wide as she finally let go of Evi's scarf. She then began to walk to where Ruby was currently standing as they both shared the same expression.
"Whoa..." was all that Ruby could say as she saw what Evi had done. The white haired girl on the other hand, was trying comprehend how this was physically possible. When the dust cloud had finally disappeared, the crater that Ruby made was gone completely, like it never happened, and the luggage cart that was cleaved in half, was all fixed with all of her suitcases already loaded up snugly. Even the bench that had the giant red scythe looked brand new! The only things that was out of the ordinary was that the luggage cart now had a compartment for someone to drive it instead of having to drag it around all day and that Evi was currently laying on the ground trying to unthaw himself a few feet away.
"Wha- how did you- but-" Was all she could muster as she pointed at the repaired damage and Evi who was still on the ground with his eyes closed. She looked between the two as her expression of confusion grew and grew.
When Evi had been successful in removing a majority of the icicles from his body, he stood up, reached into his utility belt, grabbed a few cards, double checked them to make sure that he was holding the right card, and handed the confused girl and Ruby his proper business card.
"Vale's local repairman, Evi Magkumpun, nice to meet you." Evi stated as he bowed towards the two girls. When he finished his bow, he soon retreated behind a nearby lamppost in order to avoid getting frozen and suffering another near-death experience. When they received the small slip of paper, it showed them his name, contact information and a map that had an x that marked the location of where his establishment was.
After a few seconds had passed, both girls had regained their bearings as the white haired one had decided to speak first. "Before I say something, may I ask why are you hiding behind a lamppost?" She asked questioningly as both girls stared at Evi's odd behavior.
"Well," Evi started sheepishly, "You're scary, and I don't want to become a human popsicle again." When he finished stating the reason of his actions, Ruby was suppressing a giggle while the girl in white gave him a dead-panned stare.
"I see… well I supposed that I have to thank you for being able to repair my luggage cart and the school property that she made." she said as she jerked her thumb in Ruby's direction.
"Hey!" Ruby pouted as she puffed her cheeks. "I said I was sorry princess!"
"It's heiress actually."
The three teenagers soon turned their heads towards the new voice that appeared completely out of nowhere. What they saw was a another girl with long, black, wavy hair with a black bow tied snuggly at the top. As she approached them, she closed her book and tossed a corked vial of red towards the heiress. "Weiss Schnee, the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, the company that supplies two thirds of dust for all of Vytal."
The white haired girl named Weiss catched the small vial with ease as a a smug grin appears on her face. "Finally some recognition!" she exclaimed as she puffed out her flat chest.
"The same company that utilizes faunus labor villages to mine their dust as well as acquiring shady business partners." The black haired teen said as she stared at Weiss rather disapprovingly. When Weiss heard that second comment, her face turned into a scowl and she began to flail her arms.
"What the- how dare you- the nerve of-" Weiss yelled as she tried to form accusatory sentences. While this was happening, she had noticed that both Ruby and Evi began to chuckle from what was happening. Before Weiss made more of a fool out if herself she yelled an "UGH!" from pure frustration before walking towards Beacon while her servants drove the upgraded luggage cart slowly behind her.
"I'll make it up to you!" Ruby yelled as she waved at the heiress. After she was eventually out of sight, Ruby turned towards the mysterious woman that helped her a few moments ago.
"So what's your... name?" Ruby asked but when she turned to where she was, she saw her slowly walk away from them with her book in hand, completely ignorant of their presence. When she was the only one standing in the courtyard, she slumped ungracefully onto the floor before mumbling, "Welcome to Beacon." rather quietly.
While she was on the floor and down in the dumps, a shadow loomed over her head. She opened her eyes to see that Evi was still there with his head blocking the sunlight from her eyes.
"Hey, you ok Miss..?" Evi asked in a concerned tone.
"Ruby..." Ruby answered "And no, not really." She then closed her eyes hoping that today would just end. She heard something hit the ground and soon opened her eyes to see Evi sit casually beside her with a comforting smile on his face.
"Want to talk about it?" he asked as he tilted his head.
"Talk about what?" Ruby said with a confused stare as her back was still on the floor
"What's troubling you so much that you're on the ground?" Evi questioned as continued to stare at her in the eyes. Ruby smiled at how this boy that she had crashed into in the airship was trying his best to cheer her up. So she fashioned her red cloak into a comfy pillow and rested her head onto it before venting her emotions.
"Well, it all started last night."
Flashback (By Ruby Rose)
'It was a normal night in Vale before things started to get crazy. I was browsing the magazine rack at a dust shop while listening to my favorite song, Red like Roses. Everything was peaceful until I heard the cries of a criminal laughing evilly!'
"BWAHAHA! I am the evil Roman Torchwick and I am here to rob your store of everything!" The evil man cried as his army of black suited lackeys charged through the door.
'As I peeked behind the shelves in the back of the store, I saw the evil mastermind commanding his army of evil minions as they began to steal everything from the store while making a terrible mess.'
"Oh no! Don't rob my store of everything!" The old cashier cried as he coward in fear behind the counter. "Oh who will save poor, helpless me?!"
'That was when I made my awesome entrance by sending one of the bad guys flying out the door.'
"Have no fear fellow citizen! The Red Ranger is here!" I cried as I took my signature pose of standing on one leg and with both arms ready to chop down some evil doers.
'The evil suited men quaked in fear of my presence while their leader stepped forth unfazed and with an evil grin on his face.'
"So we finally meet Red Ranger!" Roman exclaimed as he spun his metal cane " I, Roman Torchwick, will take everything in this store because I am an evil jerk face and no one will stop me! Not even you! BWAHAHAHA!"
"We'll see about that, I will stop you and send you behind bars!" I replied as I pulled out my weapon, the fabulous Crescent Rose!
"Hmph! Confident are we? Useless minions, ATTACK!" Roman commanded as he pointed his cane in my direction.
'Soon enough, a bunch of black suited men tried to attack me with their axes but I was able to dodge their clumsy swings and punches as I used awesome kung fu skills to defeat them quickly!'
*Pow!* 'I sent one of them flying into a trash can.'
*Bam!* 'I punched another so hard that I sent him into the air as he landed and crushed a nearby wooden bench.'
*Tickle!* 'I pulled out my deadliest tickle feather as I tickled the foot of one of the evil lackeys until he feinted.'
*Kick!* 'I sent one flying into his friends as they were all knocked down like bowling pins.'
'After dealing with more than half of them, the rest of them were too scared to move.'
"The Red Ranger is too awesome! We can't defeat her because of her amazing kung fu skills! Retreat!" A lackey cried as they all soon dispersed leaving only me and Raman Torchwick in the streets of Vale.
"GRR!" He growled as he saw the rest of his minions run away. "This isn't the last you will hear of me Red Ranger!"
'Before I was able to capture him, he fired a flash bomb from his cane gun which allowed him to make evade my grasp! Luckily, I was able to recover quickly enough to see him flee to the rooftops. So I gave chase using Crescent Rose to soar high into the sky! As I landed directly across from him on the rooftop, I saw him simply stand there puffing his cigar.'
"Do you know what's scarier than facing against me?" He said as he narrowed his eyes at me.
'I wasn't really sure what he was talking about when he asked that question so I just tiled my head in confusion.'
"It's facing me with an army of my armed airships!" He cackled with an evil smile.
'Suddenly, he raised his arms and fifty airships came out of nowhere! Their weapon sights locked onto where I was standing and began to fire! Before their barrage of bullets and dust explosives reached me, I was saved by a bright, purple force field that had blocked everything. That was when she arrived! She was an actual huntress! She was soooo awesome! She had a cape and a wand and the look on her face was just like those superheroes that fought for justice!'
"You looked like you needed a hand so I invited myself in!" She said with a smile.
"Welcome to the party fellow citizen!" I replied as I aimed my sights towards the enemy airships.
'Then we started taking out a bunch of the planes in a span of seconds! She was waving her wand to shoot them down while I shot down their engines. We kept going at it until only one was left. As we fired onto that last one that held bag guy Roman, a wave of fire came from the side of the plane and deflected all of our attacks.'
"You may have won today Red Ranger, but I will be back! And I will get my revenge! BWAHAHAHA!" Roman shouted as he flew farther and farther away.
'Although he escaped, I knew that this wasn't the last time I would see of him. As I put away my Cresent Rose, the huntress asked me to come with her so her boss would be able to speak to me. Since she saved me from getting hurt, I agreed. That's when she teleported me to their secret lair. I didn't even know where we were because it was just that secret!'
"Welcome Red Ranger." Someone said to me while I helped myself towards the plate of chocolate chip cookies on the table. "I have been expecting you."
'When I could finally see the boss, I realized that it was the headmaster of the greatest, super amazing, academy, Ozpin himself! I couldn't believe my eyes! He was expecting me?!'
"You were expecting me?" I asked with a questionable stare.
'He soon pulled out a scroll that had a video recording of me showing off all my Kung Fu moves as well as multiple bad guys being sent flying all over the place. Man did I look awesome!'
"Yes we have." He replied as took a sip from his drink, "I have seen how you fight and with skills like those, I think that you would find my offer to be rather appealing to your heroic nature."
"And this offer is?" I asked while was about to bite the cookie in my hand.
He simply smiled before asking, "How would you like to come to Beacon Academy and become a certified huntress Red Ranger?"
End of Flashback
"And that's how I got here at Beacon two years earlier than most of my classmates." Ruby said as she finished telling her tale. When she stopped, a slow clap could be heard from Evi as a smile adorned his face.
"That was the best story I have ever heard of in my life." Evi complimented as he stopped clapping. Ruby's face got a little pink from the compliment as she grabbed her red cloak.
"Thanks, it was nothing really." Ruby replied as she stared at the ground.
"Nothing?" Evi stated with a raised brow. "You, a fifteen year old schoolgirl, were able to stop THE Roman Torchwick, the most wanted man in Vytal, from completing his robbery! That itself is an incredible feat to do! No wonder old Ozzie let you in early!"
Ruby's blush became darker until a question popped into her mind from Evi's last statement.
"Wait, how come you know Headmaster Ozpin?" She asked. Now it was Evi's turn to look at the ground.
"Well, he's one of my regular customers back in Vale." Evi replied quietly. "After the fifth time he got his coffee machine broken by his assistant, he hired me to come to Beacon to become a hunter so I can repair all of the property damage that his students are usually responsible for." He soon turned to Ruby only to find her on her back laughing loudly.
"R-really?" She asked while she continued to laugh.
"I'm seriously telling you the truth!" Evi exclaimed as he began to wave his arms. "The main reason why I'm even here is that he needed some outside help to fix everything that gets broken here on a daily basis! I don't even know how to fight!" Evi then slumped onto the ground as he stared at the bright blue sky. "I don't even know if a repairman like me can even become a hunter."
"Wow." Was all Ruby could say as she had stopped laughing.
"Yep…" Evi said while he closed his eyes and continued to dry himself off.
After a few moments of silence, Ruby decided to break the doubt that was eating at Evi.
"Well," Ruby started as she got Evi's attention. "If you don't know yet, you won't know unless you try."
When Evi had heard the simple words from the young girl before him, he let out a subtle *hm* before saying, "That is true."
Ruby was unsure if her advice had worked because the answer that she got from him was rather cryptic. However, she had realized it worked when he suddenly smiled before saying, "Thanks Ruby."
"You're Welcome." Ruby replied as she began to stare at the clouds above them. While they were looking at the pale blue sky, a rather large shadowy figure loomed over them. As they looked towards who created it, they saw Jaune with a smile and a raised brow stand in between Evi and Ruby.
"You guys need a hand?" Jaune asked as he offered his hands to the two of them.
Soon enough, both teens were pulled from the floor. When Ruby was finally pulled to her feet, she noticed something very familiar about that blond hair.
"Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" She asked. Evi suppressed a chuckle while Jaune's shoulders slumped.
"All I'm saying is that motion sickness is more common than people let on." Jaune complained as they walked aimlessly throughout the school grounds.
"Well I'm sorry, it's just that Vomit Boy was the first thing came to mind when I saw you on that ship." Ruby stated as she looked apologetically at Jaune.
"Oh yeah? Well what if I called you Crater Face?" Jaune commented as he narrowed his eyes at Ruby.
"Hey!" Ruby pouted. "That explosion was an accident!"
"...How do you accidentally cause an explosion?" Evi asked as he walked casually between the two.
"By sneezing!" She yelled out loudly. After she a few seconds had passed, she had realized what she said as her face began to get brighter.
"Ah, got it." Evi stated as his right hand formed a fist and landed onto the palm of his other hand. "So that's would explain where that crater came from and why I saw Weiss yelling at you."
Ruby then pulled her hood over head to cover her face from the two boys. Evi pulled back her hood and gave her a comforting pat on the back before saying "Ah don't worry about it too much, your not the only one who accidentally caused an explosion." Evi said in a knowing tone. He then turned his head towards the sky as he said, "At least you didn't blow up your house what you did it."
Both Ruby and Jaune began to chuckle when Evi mentioned that last bit. After that, Jaune decided to break introduce himself to the young huntress.
"Well to prevent any of us being called funny nicknames, the names Jaune Arc!" He exclaimed, "Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!" He soon flashed them a smile as well as a two fingered salute towards the two other teens. When they heard his say this, they gave him a rather questioning glance.
"... Do they?" Ruby asked as she turned her head towards Evi.
"I have no idea." he replied as he shrugged his shoulders.
"T-they will!"Jaune cried "Eventually, my mom always says that... I mean, that- you know what they say about- yeah I'll just be quiet." Jaune then turned his gaze down onto the ground as he continued to walk. He felt a pat on the back from Evi as he tried to comfort the goofy blond.
After a few seconds of awkward silence, Ruby decided to change to another topic. "Soo, I got this thing." Ruby said as she deployed her weapon. Cresent Rose soon whirred to life as it deployed to its full form. Once it transformed into its scythe form, she spun it a few times before digging a foot of the blade into the stone path.
"Whoa!" Jaune exclaimed as he jumped back a few feet from his current position. "Is that a scythe?"
"Yep!" She replied happily as she held her weapon Crescent Rose. She soon pulled it from the ground before raising it into the air. "It's also a customizable high impact sniper rifle!"
"Wait, that thing is also a gun?" Evi said as he looked impressively at the Ruby's weapon.
"It's also a gun." Ruby repeated. To prove her point, she cocked the chamber of Crescent Rose allowing the sound to be heard to the boys.
"Wow, that's cool!" Jaune said with excitement in his eyes.
"What about you Jaune?" Evi asked. After a few seconds, Jaune had unsheathed a long blade from its sheath.
"Well I got this sword!" Jaune said as he twisted the blue handle. "And the sheath can turn into a shield!" To prove that second bit, he grabbed his sheathe and pressed a button before it unfurled into a rather large kite shield.
"Ooo!" Ruby said as she looked carefully.
"And I can turn it back into a sheath so it becomes lighter to carry!" he said as he turned it back into a sheath.
"But doesn't it still weigh the same though?" Evi asked with a questioning stare at the kite shield.
Before Jaune could answer the question, Ruby had poked the sheath, only for it to turn back into a shield causing Jaune to let go as it sprung farther away from its master. As it soared high into the air, Evi looked up only to see it fall towards him. Both Ruby and Jaune winced as the shield made contact with Evi's forehead.
"Ow!"Evi cried as he hissed in pain. "I guess that answers my question!" he grunted rather jokingly as he held both of his hands to the newly formed bump.
"Sorry!" Jaune replied as he picked up the fallen shield. After a few moments had passed, both Ruby and Jaune turned their attention towards Evi.
"So what do you have as a weapon Evi?" Ruby asked anxiously awaiting the reveal of his weapon.
"Well, I'm not really sure if I can call it a weapon, but I've got old Swampy here." Evi said as he detached his toolbox from his back and threw into the air. It looked a lot like a small red toolbox when he pulled it out. Then it began to change into its full form of a red, two-handed, mechanized wrench with a thick spring attached at the bottom. The word 'S.W.A.M.P' was etched into one of its side panels.
"This is Swampy." Evi said casually as he tossed and caught it into his arms effortlessly. "My main tool in the repairing business. It's basically a giant wrench with a hammer attachment and the spring at the bottom allows me to reach those high, hard to reach places. Kind of like a pogo stick!" Evi then walked off the path a few feet before retrieving a rock the size of his hand and began to walk back towards them.
"Whoa!" Ruby gushed as she began to diagnose the multiple components that created this fine piece of machinery. "So are you going to build something with that rock in your hand?"
"Nope!" Evi exclaimed with a grin. Ruby and Jaune gave him a confused stare before Evi said, "I'm going to show you guys a demonstration of how I do my job!"
Ruby's eyes went wide as she remembered how the crater she and Weiss made had completely vanished when the dust had settled. "But how are you going to show us that? There isn't even a hole that needs to be fixed!" Ruby inquired.
Evi simply walked towards Ruby before placing the rock directly on top of the hole that she had recently created. When Ruby realized that she accidentally made that hole, she smiled sheepishly before saying, "Oh… Whoops."
"Don't worry about it Ruby." Evi said as he tried to get a good grip on Swampy.
"Okay, so now there's a rock on top of a hole. How are you supposed to repair the path with the rock anyway?" Jaune asked as he tried to anticipate what would happen next.
"By doing this!" Evi answered as he prepared to ready a swing. Once Swampy made contact with the rock, it shattered into several tiny pieces that begun to fill in the hole. Then Evi grabbed some very odd tools from his utility belt before a sudden blast of heat from Swampy caused a small cloud of dust to envelop the area. After a few seconds had passed, the dust cloud had vanished only to reveal that the damage that Ruby had accidentally caused was gone. Jaune slowly approached the spot as he tapped his shoe onto where the hole was. It was rock sold.
"That was amazing!" Ruby shouted as she too began to examine the area. "How did you do that?!"
Evi chuckled from his friends reaction before explaining what had transpired a few moments ago. "Swampy is strong enough to shatter a majority of building materials making them easier to form them into what I see fit. Then I apply a transparent adhesive to bond the bits together thus filling in the cracks and damages that may have been made. Once that's taken care off, it unleashes a rather large amount of heat to instantly dry it. When the dust settles, it looks as if nothing had happened!"
"So it's like a two-handed fire repair hammer wrench?!" Ruby exclaimed as she had twinkles in her eyes.
"Pretty much! Though it can't really compete with a weapon like yours Ruby." Evi said as he slowly put away Swampy.
"Yeah, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons; I may have gone a bit overboard in designing it." Ruby said as she continued to walk forward. As she continued to walk, she noticed that the two boys were giving her a stare of amazement. "What?"
"Wait, you built that?" The both asked in unison.
"Of course! All student in Signal Academy get to forge their own weapons!" She exclaimed in pride, "Didn't you guys make yours?"
Evi was the first to answer that question. "Nope, I found mine while I was in a dumpster!" Ruby and Jaune stared at Evi oddly before he shrugged and added, "It's a long story, don't ask."
They both nodded as Ruby asked her question to Jaune. "What about you Jaune?"
He simply sighed before saying "It's a hand me down. My great, great, grandfather used it when he fought in the war."
"Wait, it's still in that mint good of condition even after it's been used all that time?" Evi said with wide eyes as he looked at the blade. "In my book, that's amazing."
"And I like it too!" Ruby exclaimed as she bounced beside Evi. "Not alot of people have an appreciation for the classics nowadays."
"Yeah, the classics..." Jaune said as his shoulders began to slump.
"Ah don't worry about it Jaune." Evi said as he patted the blond boy in the back. "With that sword and shield, you might become a lady's knight in shining armor if you know what I mean." Evi then gave Jaune a nudge with his elbow before raising his brows a few time.
"He's got a point!" Ruby commented. Soon enough, the blond knight chuckled before saying with a smile on his face "Thanks guys."
Soon the three young teens began to laugh as Jaune's chuckle was rather infectious. When they stopped laughing, Ruby asked a question that had stumped her ever since she met them.
"So why did you guys help me out back there? In the courtyard?" Ruby was genuinely curious of they boys intentions. They simply shrugged before Jaune gave her the answer.
"Why not? My mom always says that friends are just people you haven't met yet." Evi grinned at the honest answer before adding. "Basically what he said so yeah!"
As they all walked in silence, Evi asked "You guys do know where we're going to right?" Eventually they all stopped walking as the began to look at their surroundings.
"I dunno, I was following you!" Ruby said as she looked at Jaune.
"What? B-But I was following you!" Jaune replied as he looked at Evi. When they had realized that they had gotten themselves lost in Beacon, Jaune attempted to forward his solution.
"You think that there might be a directory? Maybe a recognizable landmark? Or a food court?" While Jaune was voicing his answer, he heard Ruby and Evi chuckle when he mentioned the food court. "Is that a no?"
"That's a no." They both replied
Man was this chapter long! I had to retell the the first episode in Ruby's perspective as well a whole bunch of stuff! I hope you enjoyed it as much as how I did writing so this is Nutshop saying Stay Handsome and have a nice day! :D