Chapter 5

How to Piss Off a Tenno

I reluctantly began waking up from my not-so-wonderful sleep. My encounter with Prime last night had taken longer than I thought, so I ended up only getting about three hours of sleep. Also, I had my dreams full of the possible horrors hiding under my Warframe. I looked over to see that Banshee wasn't there, so she was probably already awake. I groggily got up from my bed and made my way towards the Mess hall.

'If my sleeping pattern wasn't screwed up before, it sure is now' I thought.

I dragged myself through the halls of the Dojo, trying to stay awake. I eventually found the door to the Mess Hall, which was just a modified Great Hall with tables scattered throughout the room. I went inside to find all of my fellow Tenno sitting at their tables, conversing with each other. I smiled at the nostalgic feeling. I made my way to my squad's table and plopped down next to Banshee.

"Dude, you look like you haven't slept in weeks," Hydroid commented.

"Certainly feel like it," I yawned out.

"I know what would wake you up," Zephyr said suggestively, smirking evilly.

"No," I shot her down immediately, not having time for her crap right now.

"Why are you so tired? You went to bed at like, nine o'clock," Banshee asked quizzically.

"Well, last night I went out for a glass of water last night…" I began my story of my encounter with Prime the previous night. When I finished I faceplanted on the table from exhaustion. Meanwhile, my squadmates were all looking at me in shock of what I just told them. I just didn't care about anything at the moment.

"Hey, and why are you eating pizza at breakfast?" I asked, directing my attention to the large pizza in the center of the table.

"It's noon," Hydroid replied, having just recovered from the news. I just shrugged and began eating the pizza.

"Aren't you gonna go with Banshee?" Zephyr asked, pointing at my girlfriend, who was currently storming over to Shadow Squad's (now visible) table.

"You know, I really don't give a shit right now," I said tiredly as I picked up another piece of pizza. I kept an eye on the situation at least. I saw Banshee yelling at Prime and Prime began yelling back. It was starting to get irritating. I picked up Reaper Prime and chucked it across the room so it stuck between the two women.

"I got three hours of sleep last night, shut your mouths!" I yelled across the room, returning to my pizza. Prime glared at me and I again, did not care. I continued to slowly eat as I continued to not pay attention to anything. I finished my second slice and stood up.

"Where're you going?" Banshee asked.

"Class," I replied simply.

"We got a day off because of the fight yesterday," Banshee informed.

"Well in that case," I said before collapsing to the floor, asleep.

-Later-

I awoke again, with more hours of sleep this time. I sat up from my position, looking around. I had been moved back over to my bed (presumably by Banshee) and was completely alone. I got up and left my ship again, double checking the lock to see if had been hacked open. Thankfully, it hadn't. I remembered that I had thrown my weapon before and decided to go pick it up. I leisurely walked back to the Mess Hall, enjoying my day off. I entered the hall and retrieved Reaper, replacing it on my back. I entered the hall to hear some voices I wished not to hear today.

"I told you this was a terrible idea."

"Hey, you're here too, you could have not come."

"You persuaded me, you dunce!"

I growled and approached the source of the unwanted visitors. I rounded a corner to find Ruby, Weiss, and Yang all arguing with each other in the center of a cross connecter. None of them noticed me, so I pulled out Reaper Prime and threw it in the center of the group, causing them to jump and turn towards me.

"I think we pissed him off," Yang whispered to her teammates upon seeing my face.

"What are you doing here?" I commanded, collecting my scythe.

"W-well we wanted to s-see why you weren't in class today," Ruby responded shyly.

"So you went into our dorm, went through our stuff, played with something that you didn't know what it was, and after finding out that it was some kind of interdimensional portal device, YOU JUMPED IN!?" I shouted at them, bewildered by their stupidity. Ruby looked ashamed, Yang was kind of sheepish, and Weiss was arrogant as ever.

"At least tell me you didn't touch anything," I sighed, putting my hand to my forehead.

"Geez, we read a little tablet, you don't need to kill us," Yang threw her hands in the air, exasperated.

"What did it say?" I demanded.

"Does it really matter?" Weiss said in a snotty tone.

"Yes, if you read one certain tablet, I would stab you in the eyes," I said seriously.

"I-it said Tenno Induction on the top," Ruby said shyly. I felt my rage boiling over. I grabbed Weiss by the collar and lifted her in the air, placing my scythe at her neck.

"Y-you brute! What are you doing?" Weiss shouted in a strangled voice.

"By Tenno law, any who self-induct themselves into the Tenno can be punished by execution. He is simply doing his job," I turned to see Ozpin, or Hayden rather, standing in a doorway, holding his cane and mug. The girls looked horrified.

"Thank you," I said before returning to my work.

"But, I will grant them a pardon," He interjected. I whipped my head around and looked at him, bewildered.

"We can't just let a few self-inducted incompetents into the Tenno! They don't even have the right genes!" I protested. Hayden simply smirked.

"But I said so," He retorted. I growled and put Weiss down.

"What's the bare minimum I have to do," I grumbled, still not happy with them. Weiss tried to slap me and I grabbed her hand, without looking, put her in an arm lock and threw her to the floor.

"Well, first of all, they are currently Tenno by name only. If we must make them full Tenno," Hayden said, placing his mug and cane on the floor. He rolled up his right sleeve and began to focus on it. Suddenly, his normal skin faded like a mirage, revealing a metallic skin coating. The girls looked absolutely terrified.

"Professor Ozpin?" Weiss asked fearfully. I grinned sadistically. He summoned a glaive and walked up to Ruby, who gulped in fear.

"Please do not take this personally. Infection is the first step towards becoming true Tenno," He thrust his glaive into her arm, causing her to cry out in pain and collapse to the floor. He moved onto Weiss, causing my grin to widen.

"Don't worry, I mean, it doesn't mean much coming from the guy who just tried to kill your friend, but the pain is only short. Imagine it like an exaggerated shot. It hurts at first, but it's good in the long run" I reassured Yang, who was currently cradling her passed out sister "plus, your headmaster wouldn't do something that would hurt you. If I was doing it, I would have made it much more painful," Yang simply glared at me.

"Serves me right for trying to help you," I rolled my eyes just as the third cry filled the room.

"Not that I'm complaining, but won't they be in extreme pain from the transformation?" I asked Hayden.

"No, I severed the main nerve connection in their arms. They will only feel slight pain," He responded, removing his glaive from Yang.

"Dammit," I cursed under my breath.

"Now, help me move them to the medical bay," Hayden ordered. I sighed and reluctantly dragged the unconscious bodies to the medbay.

"Next, we must fit them with Warframes," He said as we walked, giving me a knowing look.

"I don't care that you're Hayden Tenno and that you are the reason I exist today. I WILL NOT give you my personal project that I have worked on for months. It is built specifically for me and no one else. ESPECIALLY not for those idiots," I specified before Hayden got any ideas.

"That wasn't my plan," He said "I know you will not give that up. I knew this would happen eventually, so I took the liberty in building custom Warframes for these students specifically,"

"What are you, omniscient? It's like you know everything!" I said, surprised by his expansive knowledge.

"With age comes wisdom, my friend," He replied vaguely. I left Ruby and Yang at the medbay with Hayden, who had said he would watch them until they awoke. I was tasked with getting Blake and bringing her to him. He told me it was to explain her teammates' disappearance, but I knew he wanted to make her a Tenno just so he would have an excuse to take Poltergeist (My personal project (Concept is on the Warframe forums. No art at the moment though, I suck at art)).

I found her in the library, quietly reading a book in the back corner. She looked up when I approached her.

"Ozpin requests your presence. He's not in his office right now, so he sent me," I said, trying to mask my irritation. She nodded and stood up, setting her book down on a nearby table.

"Do you know why he sent for me?" She asked as we walked.

"Your teammates are in a lot of trouble with me," I growled out.

"What did they do this time?" Blake sighed.

"They entered my clan's Dojo without permission, committed a serious crime against my culture, and to top it all off, now they aren't going to be punished for it," I seethed.

"Sounds about right," She said, looking down at the floor.

"They've done stuff like this before? How are they still alive?" I questioned, genuinely surprised.

"That is one of the many questions I ask myself every day," She said as if she had before. We proceeded to my dorm, where I pulled out my Clan Key and opened the portal, gesturing Blake to enter. When we stepped into the Clan Hall, I walked over to the medbay, which was placed directly next to it.

"Ozpin is waiting in there," I pointed to the door and hastily made my way over to the mess hall, where they were probably holding dinner. When I went in, I found that everyone was already sitting down and eating. I grabbed a plate, shoved some stuff on it, and took a seat.

"What's got you so pissed?" Hydroid asked.

"Well, to cut it short, the RW and Y of RWBY snuck into the Dojo, accidentally self-initiated themselves, and now Hayden let them get away with it. Also, as an added bonus they are now fully Tenno," I explained with an angry undertone. I just got dumbfounded looks from my squad.

"Man, Prime's gonna be pissed" Zephyr threw out randomly.

"At the very least, I get to keep Poltergeist," I added, but no one cared. After a long awkward silence, the other group members began talking about their days. I acted like I was listening, but I was really thinking about how the new Tenno were holding up. I mean, I still hated them, but they are my sisters now. I have to be concerned about them. After dinner I went over to the medbay to check up on them.

"I see you have returned," Hayden said, sipping from his ever-present coffee mug. I saw that the three girls woke up, and as I suspected, Blake was sleeping on one of the beds with a growing infested mass covering her right arm.

"I explained everything they needed to know," He informed me. I nodded and turned to them.

"Welcome to the Tenno, sisters. I am here to apologize for my rash behavior earlier. But I'm sure you understand why I wasn't happy earlier," I bowed in a respectful manner.

"Sisters?" Yang asked quizzically.

"The original Tenno were descendants of Hayden, so they called each other brothers and sisters. It has since been accepted as tradition," I explained.

"Why are you suddenly being so proper? You wanted to kill us a few minutes ago," Ruby asked curiously.

"Yeah, I deserve some respect!" Weiss spat arrogantly. I glared at her, but she just humphed and turned away.

"Hey, I'm trying to make a good impression for the Tenno here. If you want me to be an ass, I can do that," I said in my normal voice.

"I don't know, I think I liked the asshole Volt more," Yang said sarcastically. I just gave her a 'are you kiddin' me' look.

"Hayden, where do you have those Warframes," I asked, directing my attention to the Tenno beside me. He smirked.

"Follow me,"

Alright, another chapter in. I've been a bit busy being busy with busying things the past few days. Things like being lazy. But worry not, next chapter is coming up soon, and Mountain Squad is going to finally be important, so watch out. Anyways, see you next time. Necrorizah out.