Hey guys! Welcome back to SPHR UNAUTHORIZED. Now I haven't posted commentary for Chapter 8 now, have I? This is because I wanted to combine both Chapter 8 and 9 in a single commentary since it's the Initiation chapter. As promised in Chapter 9, there's a lot of things that I want to share with you. So let's not waste anymore time.

As always, please read the main fanfic if you haven't. Otherwise there's no point for you to read this.

Chapter 8 began with another dream of Robbie's childhood. More of it will lead up to something, big I guess? Anyway, he wakes up, off to somewhere and meet someone.

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to Natsumi Yamashiro, another main OC of mine. She is based of Tatsu Yamashiro aka Katana from DC Comics. Unlike Helen, Rebecca, and Yvonne, Natsumi is the only one that isn't designed to match the DC heroine. She's also my second Faunus OC (first being Tamamo). Originally she was suppose to a fox Faunus but I ended up change that since I don't want anyone (you readers) to assume that she's related to Tamamo. Her 7 swords/blades is also something that sets her apart from Tatsu since Tatsu normally carry 1 or 2 sword. By the way, the 7 swords/blades is a reference to Gundam Exia. Oh and she's actually the tallest among the female characters that appeared in this fanfic, just an inch shorter than J.J..

BTW, in case you're wondering what are her blades look like, here's a little info;

Odachi: A long version of a regular katana, kinda like Sepiroth's sword from FFVII.

Chokuto: A straight version of a katana, kinda like what Deadpool used.

Katana: You know what this is.

Wakizashi: A slightly shorter version of a katana.

Kodachi: A much shorter version of a katana, kinda like a dagger used for seppuku.

Time-skip to the locker room. Robbie and everyone else is preparing for the Initiation, only for him to have another unfateful encounter with Hilda. Man, she really love to run into him, doesn't she? The hooded robe that she wears is to hide her default combat outfit if you haven't figure it out yet.

And of course there's Yvonne again. Gave her a small outfit change since I want to set her apart from Rebecca. Her weapon, a pair of katar is transformable into a bolt-gun that resembles a one-handed crossbow since it's a weapon that Helena aka Huntress used most of the time in the comic.

A little group meeting before the Initiation. Here, Natsumi is introduced to Shirayuki, J.J., Helen, and Rebecca. Some small talk just to get things out of the way.

Now onto Initiation. I used this opportunity to display some of Robbie's weapon, Arven Myotis some of its function. As utilized by Robbie, the weapon in its twin blade form can generate Dust energy on the blade for certain effects. Effects like;

Fire: burn everything it cuts

Ice: freeze everything it touched

Wind: propels blade for increased cutting speed (Robbie used both of the blade as a pair of 'wing' to sort of fly.

Lightning: stunning/shocking effect

Water: no useful effects

Explosion: explode at every hit (obviously dangerous)

There are more Dusts variation for other various effects, but we'll leave that for now.

A fight with a horde of Grimm and getting partnered up with J.J.. Be honest guys, who did you think Robbie's partner was going to be! Helen? Hilda? I chose J.J. as the partner because I have big plans for him. And no, I'm not shipping them both. I thought it'll be interesting.

J.J.'s weapon, a hammer-axe is actually based on the hammer used by Joseph Joestar when he fought Wham in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2. I added the axe bit as a reference to Jack and the Giant Beanstalk where Jack chopped down the gigantic plant with an axe. J.J.'s second weapon, a pair of clackers is also based on JoJo's clackers. Why the sudden JoJo reference? You'll find out later.

After dealing with the Grimms, they've arrived at the temple to find Shirayuki and Hilda. Here we are introduced to Hilda's default combat outfit. It's inspired by Saber's outfit design (Fate/Stay Night) while the color are based off Signum's outfit color scheme (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series). In fact, her new look which will be default is also based off Signum's. Another anime reference? What's going on here?

After a little humorous talk, we are then introduced to the relics. I don't think I really need to explain what the relic represents. Though I will say this, the reason Ren's weapon is represented as a pair of blade instead of SMG is because I wanted to used the traditional form of the weapon. And since Stormflower is non-transformable, I chose blades to represent a part of Stormflower.

Also, before weapons, there were 3 different ideas for relics that I've came up with. This includes mini statue of Zodiac, mini statue of Chinese Zodiac, and mini statue of Major Arcana. In the end, I decided to go with weapons because I thought it would quite a challenge to them to carry, depending on what they've picked.

We then get a detail of Shirayuki's weapon, a katana with Myrtenaster's handle and crossguard design. So basically Shirayuki's fighting style is mostly fencing. Its function is the same as Myrtenaster, even though Shirayuki's semblance is different (not glyph), We'll get to that later.

After the soon to be team SPHR picked the blue shield, Robbie gone off to somewhere. Then the soon to be team RHYN shows up to choose their relic. Rebecca and Helen, Yvonne and Natsumi.

Looks like Yvonne isn't too happy now that she can't be with her friend Hilda. Poor girl. That doesn't mean you could just threaten to kill someone. Yandere much? Don't worry, she's not. Just overprotective of her friend.

Leave it to Natsumi to picked a sword as their relic. Because 7 swords isn't enough. She's not as weapon crazy as how Ruby are usually portrayed in most fanfic, She's just very fascinated with swords. Oh, and the part where Rebecca suddenly shows up out of nowhere next to Natsumi with the same relic as her, that's a tease to Rebecca's semblance.

Robbie shows up with a company, and end of chapter 8. Moving on to chapter 9.

But before that, there's something that I'd like to share. You see, originally the Initiation is suppose to be in a single chapter. In fact even the title are different, called 'Greatest Moment, Finest Hour'. The title is meant to be a reference to RWBY Vol 1 opening theme, 'This Will Be The Day'. The reason I chose to split it is because it was obviously way TOO long. In fact, if kept it as I wanted it to be, it'll be twice longer than Chapter 7.

Now the, Chapter 9. It began with a flashback of how Robbie managed to get a Goliath on his tail. Not exactly how you'd expected eh?

The song that he sang in the flashback is based of a Malay nursery rhyme called 'Burung Kakak Tua'. It's the same lyric except obviously I've changed the word 'Kakak' to 'Gagak'. The reason is because 'Burung Kakak Tua' (Bahasa Malaysia for cockatrice) is literally translated to 'Old Sister Bird (burung=bird, kakak=sister, tua=old). I've changed the word 'Kakak' to 'Gagak' (BM for crow) so that it translated to 'Old Crow Bird'. See what I did there? What's the significance of this song you ask? None, but it will lead to a bigger thing.

Also in the flashback, Robbie monologued on J.J.'s Aura in it's powerful and almost never ending. It's obviously related to his breathing. But it's not J.J.'s semblance. Remember in the past commentary that I want to expand Aura in its utilization? J.J.'s ability is another example of that. There will be more example of that in the future chapters.

We get to the present where the soon-to-be SPHR and RHYN are running away from the Goliath. J.J.'s obviously mad here.

Robbie managed to slow the Goliath down until they all reached the same place where team RWBY and JNPR fought the Nevermore and Deathstalker. Kinda.

So, in the fight between SPH with RHYN against the Goliath. Out of all the 7, Yvonne and J.J, are the only one who didn't use their semblance. In case you're wondering what are the semblance used, I'll go through them in order of appearance;

Rebecca: A form of teleportation. It's severely limited, which is why she can't spam it during the fight. First used in chapter 8 when she suddenly show up next Natsumi with a relic on her hand.

Shirayuki: A support type semblance that provide buff to nearby allies. Not the best semblance that I've come with since it's useless when use on yourself.

Natsumi: A protective semblance that's powerful enough to take a hit from a Goliath. Twice. Has a one major flaw which you'll find out in a future chapter.

Hilda: A manipulation type that allows her to hit the Goliath's attack with a greater force and grant her the ability to fly(?).

Helen: Sonic blast. Obviously an homage to Black Canary's Canary Scream. The major difference is that she doesn't scream to actually use it.

Just when all hope seems lost, Robbie has finally return with a gift for the Goliath. A giant debris from the broken bridge (a stone column to be precise) powered with his semblance, enhanced with Explosion Dust. Semblances enhanced with Dust is canon, so this is an example of how Robbie's semblance would be like when Dust is involved.

The Goliath's dead, everyone fine, and passed the Initiation.

The next part, the 'The world is on fire' verse. You're confused. Or curious. One of the 2, I bet. Anyway, it's a dream that Robbie's having while he passed out. It's also a tease. Stick around and you'll find out.

Robbie wakes up and greeted by Velvet. I felt like this is a role made for her. Her personality is more or less based of Caren Hortensia (Fate/Hollow Ataraxia) from the Fate/Kaleid Liner AU. Don't expect too much from her though.

Now the moment we've all been waiting for. Team announcement. We'll start off with team RHYN even though SPHR was the first one to announced. If you're a fan of DC, then it's way too obvious of what team RHYN is based off. But for the sake of this commentary, I'll explain. Team RHYH, reads rhine as in rhinestone, is based off the Birds of Prey, a team of female super-heroes founded by Oracle and Black Canary wit a recognizable member like Huntress and Katana. That's pretty much what team RHYN's are. Rebecca was chosen as the leader since Oracle is the leader of Birds of Prey.

Now on to team SPHR. Here's the big secret that I've always wanted to reveal to you guys. Get ready. You see, each of the team member are not only based of a figure from myth, history or fairy tale, each of them are also inspired by anime characters. I'll start of with the S, Shirayuki.

As mentioned in the past commentary, Shirayuki is based off Kai Hime, a Japan historical figure from the Sengoku period. What I didn't mention is that she's also based off Rukia Kuchiki from Bleach, design-wise. Her outfit is based off Rukia's shinigami uniform but the color are switched. Black to white and white to black. Her height is also based off Rukia's.

Now to P, Joseph Jacob Pluck. You totally didn't expect the name 'Pluck' now did you? I've mentioned that J.J. is based off Jack from The Giant Beanstalk story and The Giant Killer story. But his design is based off Joseph Joestar from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency. As for the name Pluck, it's a double reference actually. The 1st one is the sword used by Jonathan Joestar in Part 1 called 'Luck' which were then renamed 'Pluck'. The 2nd reference is the the 'pluck is what used to describe Jack from The Giant Killer story. So there, simple as that.

Now Hilda, the H of SPHR. Based off Brynhildr of the Norse myth (Völsunga saga). As for anime character, her design is based off Signum from Nanoha series. Originally I've wanted to based her off Saber from Fate/Stay Night but decided to go against that for a good reason. And it's related to Robbie. Speaking of which.

Finally the R of SPHR, Robbie. You guys already know that he's based off Robin Hood. What you didn't know is that he's also based off Archer from Fate/Stay Night. His snark, his fighting style, are all based off the GAR-est character of the Fate series. This is why I didn't use Saber for Hilda's inspiration. I didn't want to use character from the same series in the same team. Kinda weird for me.

Now to their room. I thought I'd spared them the trouble by giving them actual bunk beds. Who knows what kind of trouble they'll have if they ended up making it themselves.

Finally, on to a big revelation. Robbie's Aura is still locked? What's going on here? What's the meaning of this? And does the tattoo mean? And what does Ozpin mean by enemy?

Tune in next time on SPHR!

Oh, almost forgot. Chapter 8 OTR is Shirayuki's profile while Chapter 9 OTR is J.J.'s and Hilda's profile. The reason I've included 2 profile in Chapter 9 is because I'm going to include all af team RHYN's profile in the next chapter. Yep.

And that concludes this commentary. See you guys next time.