Glynda Goodwitch was leading Team MAGA into their dorm room. As she walked through the various bland hallways, she finally arrived at one that was in the middle of a group of dorms.
"This is your dorm, if you haven't figured out already." The vice principal said to the four students.
"I kinda figured when we were approaching this one," Ryuoji replied as he put his hands on his hips.
"Well good." Glynda put keys into the lock and opened the door. She walked inside, and invited everyone else in.
When the students walked in, the dorm was what a normal student would expect: four beds, all equal distance apart at the end of the room, a couple bookshelves, a window at the end, and even a closet. Though, they would change a few things around when they got the time.
"Not bad. I am already liking this room. What do you think, Aria?" Ryuoji turned to his Faunus friend/rival.
"Yeah, I like it. Although we've got a few adjustments to do..." Aria nodded her head in agreement and put her fingers on her chin.
"Same. We've got a bit of remodeling to do." Mecha continued with Aria's statement.
"You can arrange the room, furniture, and your belongings to your liking as long as it is safe and helps you maximize your experience here in Beacon. Over there we have four stalls in the bathroom for each of you," Glynda pointed to the bathroom.
"Ah, thank you." Aileen replied to the Good Witch respectfully.
Glynda nodded to that and asked them one more time, "Do you have anymore questions about this living arrangement?"
"Can we add any kind of...electronic device in here like a television?" Mecha smiled as he always wanted this.
"Dude, really?" Aileen groaned, rolling her eyes while smiling.
"While there are no rules against that, I'd caution you on not having your time sucked on watching sports, playing video games, and everything else from TV while neglecting your studies, Mecha." Glynda pushed up her glasses.
"Don't worry. I don't plan on doing that. Especially now." Mecha reassured Glynda as he replied as serious as he could.
"Good. Now that we have that out of the way, I'll leave you to enjoy your room and make whatever changes you need to make it suit to your needs," Glynda then walked out of the room. "See you four later in class."
"Goodbye. Thank you!" Mecha waved to the Good Witch before closing the door.
"Woo! Finally, we got a dorm!" Mecha exclaimed by throwing his arms in the air.
"Just have to move in our stuff, and we're more or less settled in! A home away from home." Ryuoji commented.
"Yeah, you guys got your stuff? I've got mine." Aileen pulled out a suitcase and held it up.
"Definitely," Ryuoji smiled holding his reptile themed suitcase up.
"This is all I have in this pack," Aria showed off her simple red backpack.
"That's all? You're going to be here for a while, Aria. I'd think to pack more." Mecha put his suitcase down.
"I am not exactly well off compared to you though. Besides, I carry only a few as I only have so much. The amount of stuff in that suitcase of yours would not be suitable for me." Aria shook her head respectfully.
"Huh. Interesting. I had no idea." Aileen put her suitcase down and walked over to a bed and sat on it.
Aria put her backpack by the couch, "Yeah...I wasn't the richest kid on the block, but it was more than enough for me."
"Heh, suit yourself." Mecha chuckled and walked over to a bed near the window. "I've got dibs here." It was "conviently" next to Aileen.
"I don't know about you guys, but I am going to unload and unpack my stuff before I forget," Ryuoji put his suitcase and opened it.
"Go ahead. We've got some time to do whatever." Aileen layed down on the bed and put her hands on he back of her head.
"Yeah, I've already got an idea for how this room will look if you'll listen." Mecha said as he stood up and walked back to the entrance.
"Just wait until I finish." Ryouji requested. He looked down at his bag and pulled out a white robe that was from his childhood.
"I should probably do the same as well," Aria was doing the same with her stuff from her backpack.
"Alright, might as well.." Aileen sighed and went back to the entrance and grabbed her bag. She, too, began to unpack. Ryuoji unpacked his ceremonial short katana from his suitcase. He sighed and put it next to him. Then, he pulled out something extremely special to him. A wakizashi. And as he did, he had yet another flashback.
Ryouji blinked, and saw himself in a throne room, destroyed, with rubble all around the room, at the end, were stairs that led to a chair. And in that chair, was a man, decapitated, with the same wakizashi, inside the body; the blade piercing through the skull, and the grip of the sword inside the bloody neck.
Ryouji slowly walked up to the body, and said something. However, no sound came from his mouth. All he could hear was his breathing. As Ryouji reached out his hand to grab the grip of the sword, he was pulled back to the present.
"Ryouji!"
Aria was shaking the Reptile Faunus when Ryouji came back to the present. Aria was kneeling down to Ryouji's level, with a concerned expression on her face.
"You Ok? You were hyperventilating. Did you have another..." Aria paused, knowing Ryouji would understand what she was talking about.
"What-"
"Mecha. Don't." Aria looked back at Mecha and shook her head. Mecha stopped and didn't talk anymore. He stood in silence.
Ryouji then slowly burried his head in his arm. He gritted his teeth. Then he began to cry and sniff.
"Oh shit..." Aria whispered. "Alright, come here." Aria helped Ryouji up and they walked into the bathroom together. Aria closed the door behind her to leave them alone.
And on Ryouji's bed, was the wakizashi. Mecha and Aileen stared at the blade.
"Do you think that the blade has special connection to-well, you know." Aileen talked to her close friend.
"Of course it would. Why else would he get all emotional like that?" Mecha replied to Aileen. He put his hands on his hips and stared at the bathroom door." Aileen asked her friend nervously.
"But did he tell you about what happened with that sword back then?" Aileen said as she looked at Mecha.
"Oh god no. Remember what he said in the forest?" Mecha then paraphrased what Ryouji explained to them; ""Not yet, when the time's right." Or something like that."
"So...not yet then," Aileen sighed at that.
"No." Mecha looked down and sat on his bed.
And inside the bathroom...
"Hey, you alright?" Aria asked her fellow Faunus.
"Y-Yeah..." Ryouji was shaking when he answered.
"You don't look OK..." Aria was seriously concerned as her expression was now scared. She held Ryouji's shoulder and knelt down again. "Look, you can tell me. Ok? You can tell me anything." Aria reassured Ryouji. Ryuoji took a deep breath to calm himself.
"Do you want to say what happened?" Aria asked carefully.
A silence filled the room.
"No. It hit too close to home." Ryouji requested that Aria asked no more.
"Maybe not then..." She closed her eyes.
"Thank you for not forcing it." Ryouji sighed and put his hand on his forehead.
"Y-Yeah..." Aria hesitated for a second.
A minute later...
Mecha and Aileen were waiting patiently for the duo to come out of the bathroom. The bathroom door opened, revealing the two Faunus walking out.
"You two alright?" Mecha asked, as he was leaning up against a wall.
"I'm fine, no need to worry about me, bud," Ryuoji reassured Mecha with a small smile.
Mecha silently grunted, a little worried for his new friend's safety.
"And you, Aria?" Aileen followed up another question.
"Same here," Aria gave off a forced smile to her just like the Komodo Dragon Faunus.
Aileen nodded her head. She, too, knew that Aria was putting up an act.
"Well, if you guys are all good, think you can finish with unpacking? I'm really anxious to move some stuff around." Mecha gave off a smile and asked his other friends a question.
"Sounds good to me anyways!" Aria beamed up at that as she was already unpacking her stuff from her backpack.
"Yeah, sounds good." Ryouji did his best to act okay. He walked back to his bag and tried to forget what just happened.
After everyone cleaned their stuff out, they all stood a the front of the room, examining it, and trying to get an idea in for how they wanted it to look.
"We might want to do something about the beds to ensure there's more space for our stuff," Ryuoji pointed out the current arrangements of the beds.
"Yeah I'm thinking they're at the ends of the room. Two one one side and two on the other." Mecha layed out his game plan. He showed the group with his hands where he envisioned the beds to be.
"Like, um, bunk beds?" Ryuoji thought of that, which happened to be the Ruby thought of coincidentally.
"No, I never liked bunk beds. I always felt like I was inches away from the frame of the bed." Mecha shook his head in disagreement.
"I thought we could make way for more room for our stuff," Ryuoji shrugged his shoulders.
"Well don't worry too much about the space. We've still got plenty of room." Aileen pointed out.
"I guess so." Ryuoji relented.
"I know so." Aileen smiled, as she then gave her two sense on a small point in the room; "the small bookshelf can stay right at the window." Aileen pointed to a bookshelf no bigger than waist height staying put under the window showering the room with light.
"Sounds good. How about the desk?" Aria mentioned, as she turned her left to see a wooden desk, perfect for working.
"That's fine, and then there's a couch." Ryouji pointed at a white couch right next to the beds, barely fitting in the room.
"We can turn it, so it'll face the wall, since I think the TV should go there." Mecha proposed to the group.
"I guess it can work." Ryouji agreed to the idea.
"Let's go with it so that Mecha can later install a video game console to the TV," Aileen commented.
"Yeah let's get this done." Mecha clapped his hands together and began to go to work on the room. Within an hour, they rearranged the furniture of the room to fit their preferences overall.
"Perfect!" Aileen exclaimed as she slapped her hands together, making a clapping sound.
"Okay...," Ryuoji wiped the sweat off of his scaly brow.
"Now what?" Aria put her hands on her hips.
"For now, we rest," Mecha plopped his butt down upon the couch.
"Very well." Ryouji chuckled and plopped on his own bed.
"I could use a break." Aria stretched herself out and walked over to her bed. She leaned on the bed frame.
"Same here. Moving around furnature is a lot more exhausting than I thought it would be." Aileen agreed with Aria's statement.
"I am going to go shower. I need to cool my scales," Ryuoji got up from his couch and grabbed his change of pajamas to take with him into the bathroom.
"See you in a bit." Mecha called out to Ryouji as he turned his head to see him moving.
"Speaking of showering, that'll probably do my feathers some good and along with preening my wings," Aria replied, having the same idea as Ryouji.
"Go ahead. And now that I think about it..." Mecha observed his body. It was slightly covered in sweat from moving everything. So was Aileen. "I think I'm showering too."
Aileen glimpsed at Mecha.
"Yeah, uh can you help me?" Mecha requested to his close blonde friend.
"Yeah, sure." Aileen approached her friend, and seemed to grip his arms. She reached below Mecha's arms, and seemed to grab the straps of his mechanical plates...
Later...
After everyone showered, they all came back into their rooms and just conversed for the rest of the day. Getting to know each other, but nothing really interesting came of their conversation.
Once this happened, the team began their first night together.
As they began to fall fast asleep, Aileen...started to toss and turn in her bed.
'Aileen...Why didn't you run?'
Aileen gasped, waking up, and sitting up in her bed. She sighed, and leaned back down on her bed.
"Damn it..." Aileen weeped as she began to sleep again.
The next morning...
Everyone began to wake up at around the same time, and they all began to get ready for the day. Although Ryouji was absent.
"Where's Ryouji?" Mecha asked Aria, since he felt like she would know the answer.
"Oh, he's meditating." Aria answered as she left the bathroom, spreading her wings, and fixing her messy hair.
"He's meditating?" Aileen followed up with another question, while fixing her bed.
"Yup. He meditates almost every morning. And...its a little weird." Aria slowly said.
"What? What do you mean?" Mecha stroked his chin.
"Well it seems like he knows that you're going to say before you say it, he knows you're coming if you're trying to find him..it's like he's some sort of psychic..." Aria replied. "C'mon. I think I can find him." Aria added, before waving her arm, suggesting they follow her.
They went throughout the school until they found Ryouji inside the training room, and as if on cue...
"Yes, you three, I woke up early to meditate. And yes, I become one with the universe and all that." Ryouji said, with his eyes closed, in the middle of the room, sitting with his legs crossed. Hell, he was LEVITATING.
"Told ya." Aria was leaning against the doorframe, looking at a jaw dropped Aileen and Mecha.
After getting back to their rooms, and showering yet again, they all were hanging out in their room, just conversing. But they were getting nowhere. Soon enough, Aileen began to check her Scroll, because she was bored. She was sitting on a chair, next to Aria. Mecha and Ryouji were standing in the middle of the room, just standing there.
Eventually, Mecha had enough.
"Alright. Ryouji." Ryouji put his hands on his hips and faced his orochi friend.
"What's up?" Ryouji turned to face his new teammate.
"Let's play a game. Alright? On the count of three, name your favorite Grimm. Don't even think about it, just name it. Okay, ready?" Mecha smiled, getting excited.
"Yup." Ryouji smiled, ready to play.
"Okay, one, two...three."
"Beowolf."
The two's faces regained some life, as they were excited by them saying their favorite answer.
"Favorite weapon to use in combat." Ryouji quickly continued on with the game.
"The katana."
The two continued to smile even more. And now, even Aileen and Aria were interested. They were sitting down, just watching the two get extremely happy.
"Who's the one girl you'd sleep with in this entire school." Mecha said one more question.
"Yang Xiao Long!" The two exclaimed at the same time. Ryouji then slammed his foot on the ground.
"What?!" Ryouji shouted happily.
"Did we just become best friends?!" Mecha exclaimed once again.
"Yep!" Ryouji smiled, nodding his head. The two boys then high-fived.
"Do you want to practice swordplay in the training hall?" Mecha asked.
"Yep!" Ryouji nodded his head before he and his new best friend left to go and train.
Meanwhile, Aileen and Aria's jaws were just on the floor.
"Who would you sleep with...freaking Mecha." Aileen rolled her eyes, and crossing her arms in anger.
"Hehe, you sound like a school girl crush." Aria teased the blonde axe-weilder.
"Sh-shut up..." Aileen began to blush.
"Oooh, do I sense a little romance~?" Aria again teased Aileen.
"Arrgh..!" Aileen then attempted to punch Aria in her arm, but Aria caught her fist.
"I wouldn't try it." Aria warned Aileen.
"How about we spar and see who's better?" Aileen challenged the rainbow faunus.
"Hmph. I'll take that challenge." Aria smirked, as she let go of Aileen's fist, and the two got up and walked over to the training hall, Aria following her new training rival.
Later...
*CLANG*
Mecha and Ryouji clashed swords, matching blade for blade. They were evenly matched. Mecha back-stepped, and twirled around, and charged at Ryouji again. They kept clashing. They had been sparring for about an hour and no scratches on either whatsoever.
Meanwhile, Aria and Aileen's match was easily more interesting, as Aria was actually destroying the blonde axe-weilder, With ease, it seemed.
"Oof!" Aileen fell to the ground after Aria kicked her in the chest.
"You're too slow." Aria said, offering her hand to Aileen. Aileen took it, and she was helped up.
Just as Aileen got up, Mecha and Ryouji finished their bout. They both agreed they were equally matched. Though both had a lot to learn.
Later, once again...
After getting back to their dorm, it was around mid-afternoon. Team MAGA was feeling refreshed after a good few hours of training. And to celebrate their time together, Mecha decided to take a picture to commemorate.
"Alright, guys, c'mere! I'm gonna take a picture. Everyone in!" Mecha called to his new friends. "Aileen, you gonna come in?"
"Heh, you know it!" Aileen smiled and replied to the cyborg.
"Hold on, wait for me." Aria quickly jogged to the two partners, before winking and making a peace sign for her pose.
"Coming! Give me a second!" Goji rushed behind Mecha and wrapped his hands around Mecha and Aileen in front.
"Alright! Smile!"