The Emerald Forest

*I am sad to announce that I will have to change the names of The Achieve Men, per rules of . The new names are as follow:

Ray: Junior

Michael: Mike

Geoff: Jeff (So clever, huh)

Jack: Jay

Gavin: Gav

And finally Ryan: The Mad King, of course.

Now, enjoy the story. Sorry for the delay, school work and all, won't give you a sob story, but just know I delayed the chapters for a reason. (Oh yeah, warning, some brutal and somewhat descriptive beowolf deaths in this chapter.)

The girls had gotten so used to being woken up early by Yang, they had gotten up before even she did. Ruby, Weiss, and Blake all stood around Yang's bed, waiting for her to wake. They had sick smiles painted on their faces. Suddenly, Yang jolted up. She did not expect to see the girls awake, and jumped at the sight of them.

"Umm… Hi…?" Yang greeted, looking around.

"Oh, hello, Yang, did we interrupt you?" Ruby asked mockingly. The other girls laughed. Yang blushed.

"No, actually. I was going to wake you." She admitted. Weiss nodded.

"Oh, I see. And what for, exactly?" She questioned.

"Today we're going into the Emerald Forest! They're going to show us how to fight!" Yang answered, suddenly energetic. The others were even excited. This would certainly make for an interesting trip.

"Well, then, when is it?" Blake asked Yang, who was getting changed. Yang stopped what she was doing, and thought for a moment.

"I believe… 10:00?" She replied, resuming changing. Weiss looked at her watch, and face palmed.

"It's 10:00 right now! We'll be late!" She exclaimed. Yang's eyes widened as if her life had been thrown away from her. Without a word, she dashed out of the room. The other girls quickly followed. They ran through the halls of Beacon, pushing others out of the way, finally reaching the staircase. Yang and the others skipped over the entire set of stairs and quickly ran outside onto the courtyard. Yang, now outside, took a moment to survey the grounds, and find out where they were. Once she knew their location, she dashed towards where (She believed) was the Emerald Forest. And before they knew it, there the entrance was. In the distance they could hear the voices of students. The girls looked at each other, nodded, and ran towards the voices. Within a minute, they saw the Achieve Men being followed by a crowd of people. Yang called out at them, waving. Jeff turned around.

"Oh, I thought you guys wouldn't show up, since you're always early." He said mockingly. The girls brushed him off, and took a spot in the crowd.

"So what's this about?" Weiss asked Gav.

"Oh, we're going to fight some beowolves and such, you know." He answered. Weiss nodded. Junior noticed them talking, and turned around, smirking.

"Oooooh, I see a little romance, no?" She said, laughing. Weiss blushed.

"You immature dunce…" She shot back. Junior laughed again.

"Eh, calm down." He told her, turning around. "Oh, we're here." They had reached an opening in the trees. It was somewhat like an arena, where all the trees were cleared out to create a circle in the middle. Blake pouted.

"I don't see any beowolves…" She muttered. Jeff silenced her.

"Wait…"

A moment of silence.

Then, growls were heard, and red eyes could be seen poking from the bushes. A beowolf emerged, and all the Achieve Men got in stance. The Mad King held them back.

"I got this. Stay." He ordered. The others nodded and put their weapons down. The Mad King stood and faced his opponent. He cocked his head to the side creepily, looking into his opponent's eyes. The beowolf, intimidated, whimpered and tried to run. The Mad King laughed.

"Come back here." He said, and with that he pointed one index finger at the running beowolf. It froze in it's tracks, and began to howl. It was paralyzed. The Mad King laughed, and swiped his finger to the side. The beowolf slammed into a nearby tree. The crack of a broken bone pierced the sky, and blood was painted on the tree. The Mad King smirked, and rolled his hand into a fist. The beowolf suddenly was crushed like a can, blood spewing everywhere.. The Mad King released his grip. The beowolf did not get up.

No one had said anything throughout this, they were all too shocked to even mutter a word. The Mad King walked back to his place next to Gav silently. Jeff interrupted the awkward silence.

"That's the Mad King for ya. Quite brutal." He said, shaking his head. The Mad King laughed.

"Yes. Quite." He replied. Upon these words, shivers went down the spines of the spectators. The Mad King was as mad as they say.

Jay, breaking the silence, walked in front of the crowd, chest in the air.

"I'll go next." He stated simply. He turned around to the clearing, and sat with his arms crossed, until an Ursa Major popped it's head out. The crowd gasped, but Jay settled them.

"I got this." He told them, balling his hands, wrapped with bandages, into a fist. The Ursa stared at Jay, who took the first move. Jay dashed towards the huge bear, and only inches away from it, feinted to the side. The Ursa, not fast enough for Jay, suffered a blow to it's liver, and was sent flying across the clearing. IT bashed into a tree, and shook it's head to recover. Jay attempted another strike, at the Ursa's face, but was foiled. The Ursa, this time, had reacted quickly, and swiped Jay to the side. The crowd gasped. Jay silenced them with a gesture of his hand. He got up.

"I'm fine." He said, readying his fists again. The Ursa, now feeling confident, ran towards Jay. Jay smiled and did an action roll away. The Ursa, caught by surprise, looked around. It caught sight of Jay, just as his fist sunk into the side of its face. It was knocked clean off it's feet. Jay, seeing his opportunity, jumped on top of the fallen Ursa, and swung at its face multiple times. The Ursa, within a few seconds, was dead. Jay hopped off the Ursa, and took a look at his work. Under his breath, he muttered, "I'm sorry." He was a very sensitive person, but no one heard him apologize. He was welcomed with applause, unlike The Mad King, who got none out of pure shock from the crowd. Jay bowed, enjoying the attention, and walked back to stand by Jeff. Yang nodded, impressed.

"Pretty good. It wasn't too brutal, either." She said, looking at The Mad King.

Junior then stood up in front of the crowd.

"Hey, I believe it's time for me to go." He said, pulling his rose out of his shirt pocket and lighting it. Almost immediately after finishing his sentence, a pack of beowolves appeared behind him. He sensed this from the crowd's reaction, and snapped around. Junior smirked.

"Prepare… to be blazed!" He yelled. The beowolves , not too intimidated by a rose, ran towards Junior. He quickly rolled out of the way of the pack, and swiped his rose. A fire ball was sent hailing towards one of five beowolves. It did not have much time to react, and the fireball exploded on its fur. It caught fire, and flailed around until it burned to death. It's comrades looked at its burnt corpse, horrified. They were not discouraged, and charged at Junior again.

"Tssk, tssk, bad choice." He said mockingly, swiping his rose once again. A second beowolf ate shit, and was engulfed in flames. The other three stopped dead in their tracks, realizing their mistake to attack Junior. They turned back to run away. Junior laughed, lazily swiping his rose. A circle of fire surrounded the beowolves. They were trapped. Junior contemplated for a moment, as if deciding what their death should be. He came to a decision, and swiped his rose downwards. The wall of fire began to enclose the beowolves. Within seconds, the rest of the pack became engulfed, dying a fiery death. Junior turned to face the crowd, and was welcomed by an uproar of applause. It was quite amazing that he took on five beowolves with no support, and not be damaged at all. He took his spot next to Mike, a smirk on his face.

*Hope you enjoyed! Sorry for the name change, but thing have to be done about it. Again, I'm also sorry for the delay of chapter release. Anyway, as always, review, review, review! If you review, I may decide to post daily!