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updated: 26/12/2017: minor changes

Emerald Forest

'OMG this is so Amazing!'

was what the red-hooded grimm reaper: Ruby was thinking watching Akira as he Swifty dodged an attack from an ursa, slashing it three times, then shooting it in the head.

'And what was that thing akira summoned! And it can talk! Why does it sound like akira?! It looks so cool! It has wings!'

the amount of questions that was going in her head, as more keep popping up, as Akira was dodging, slicing, slashing, shooting, and killing grimms like they're not a threat at all!.

As Akira was finishing up the last of the Grimms he made his way to the two teams.

"What?..." The thief was given all sorts of looks and the awkward silence was not helping, ruby was looking at the persona still mesmerized by it not paying attention to Weiss' rant about her family's semblance, the only she wanted to do is to touch the persona, but before she could it disappeared in blue flames.

"And if any of you have any questions for me, they will have to wait as we need to go, before anymore grimm shows up."

Emerald Forest

after the whole show that akira preformed, the rest of the group were walking back to the hill they were thrown out of, With akira at the back of the group.

He was always like this, akira liked to show off whenever he's in the metaverse, the smug smile he always had plastered on his face, to the way he carries his fellow thieves if your gonna lead a bunch of supernatural teenagers into the heart of corrupted adults your gonna need a great leader.

and that was akira kurusu, the phantom thieves' leader whenever their in the metaverse the thieves seem too be a bit more sadistic, take akira for example the thieves seem to be merciless when it comes to normal shadows.

however there was something akira felt, activating his third eye, he was scanning the area they were in.

'i see it' He was right, there was a grimm in the bushes and it seems to be targeting ruby, it was a Beowolf that jumped out, thinking quickly akira dashed to grab ruby off her feet in bridal style carry as he quickly casted a cleave spell, killing the grimm.

"Hey, are you alright? Any injuries" Akira asked softly.

"N-n-nope." Ruby said while blushing, Akira smiled softly however the trickster was getting quite a few looks from the girls present, though he did not mind it he was used this kind of thing "c-could y-you put m-m-me d-down? P-please!"

"Sorry, I had to think fast" Akira apologised as he carefully put the blushing girl down, akira then once again activated third eye again scanning the bushes there was nothing seems that there was only one grimm, confident akira deactivated his third eye, "what?"

"How did you do that?" Weiss asked as she saw Akira's eyes glow when using third eye, waiting for an answer as all eyes were on him.

"Call it third eye or sixth sense, I'm able to sense the atmosphere even if it slightly changes" the wildcard explained hoping it would suffice.

"Say akira, did you get a relic from the temple?" Yang asked while changing the subject "I mean, we kinda wrecked the whole thing."

"No, I didn't" Akira answered as he remembered only watching the two teams fighting the two huge grimms before even getting a chance to take a relic, well to late for that.

"I know you said we can't ask you questions, but I have to know how in Dust's name are you able to have summoning semblance!" Weiss asked impatiently she was having the impression that the power the wildcard holds is similar to the Schnee Semblance.

"Like I said, Weiss the world is a vast place a summoning semblance isn't only a Schnee Trait exclusive, my Semblance might be similar to you're family's, like the old saying goes 'no matter how good you are there's always someone better" Akira exclaimed, as akira has experienced that so many times in his lifetime, like how to be on the receiving end of the stick, but that all changed in a span of a year that was all thanks to his friends, teammates, lovers, they changed his life and that he was truly thankful for.

"how vague Akira Kurusu." Weiss noted, as scowled putting both her hands in her hips, akira found this cute since Weiss reminds him of Makato, that was to be expected both carry themselves high, Akira taking off his birdmask showing her a clear look at his face, the smile he always put on, was making Weiss' cheeks reddened a bit.

"That was intentionally kept vague, you see everyone is different in their own way, like the old saying goes 'never judge a book by it's cover' Weiss, and that's exactly what you did, with me and I proved you wrong, then again I do hide in a lot of masks." He wasn't lying, akira is a man with many mask only a few were able to see through it all, even then he still had a few more tricks up his sleeves though, "though in another time, it seems we have reached our distinction."

Emerald Forest: Hill

"Ah, It seems that your all here, we will now begin the naming ceremony." Ozpin said.

"Do excuse me, for i have a relic to find." Akira said before he started walking to get a relic, but was stop when the older man spoke up.

"There's no need, because of me enrolling you I've made the roster unbalanced because of that me and Glynda have agreed to make you a literal one man team" with Ozpin said the 9 teens gasped, with a mixture of surprise, shock, and confusion(mostly Jaune).

"I'm sorry, what?" Akira commented as his eyes widened.

"Hot damn, akira" Yang said.

"Judging by the way you handle yourself against overwhelming odds, and the amount of students that can make a team, we have decided to make you a one man team" as Ozpin took a sip from his coffee mug as he put the mug down he reached into his pocket and pulled out a chess piece.

"Oh, and one more thing, catch" Ozpin stated as he tossed a chess piece to Akira, the latter took a good looked at it, it was ironic in a way a black pawn piece, akira mentally chuckled at himself, for all his life he was a pawn in a God's game, a puppet for a puppet master, a prisoner of fate, but he broke all of that, he became a joker, a thief, and trickster, he won't become a pawn, he won't be a puppet, and he won't be a prisoner too fate anymore, he is a trickster and tricksters don't follow rules, they are a wildcards, and akira one of the wildest wildcard.

Beacon Academy

"Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky lark."

"You four gathered the black bishop pieces. Therefore, today you shall be known as team CRDL… led by, Cardin Winchester." The assembled group nodded, making their way off of the stage. Ozpin then began to read out the next group of students.

"Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, and Pyrrha Nikos. You four gathered the white rook pieces. Together you shall be known as team JNPR… led by, Jaune Arc." The professor stated.

Jaune, taken aback glanced around. "Led by…?"

"Congratulations young man." Ozpin gave the boy a small smile and a nod before they made their way off the stage, as the last group of the day was announced.

"Ruby Rose, Blake Belladona, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. You four gathered the white knight pieces. Therefore, from this day on, you shall be known as team RWBY, led by… Ruby Rose" ok that's just ironic, and it's bound to be confusing for both, the leader and the team, but akira couldn't help but let out a small chuckle.

"Oh, I am so proud of you!" Yang grabbed her sister in a hug, the rest of the group smiling or grinning, or in Weiss's case, absolutely shocked. as they left the stage the last student was called to the stage

"And last but not least, Akira Kurusu" when he heard his name called akira went up the stage, all eyes on him it's not like he didn't like the attention he liked being in the background but that's already too late since him was called by Ozpin.

"Due to the miscalculation of the roster, we have decided to make you a one man team" Ozpin announced "oh, I assumed that you have a scroll correct?" Akira nodded as he pulled out his scroll to show the professor.

"Very well, feel free to assist and help any team of your choosing."

With that the trickster left the stage and the room not wanting to attract anymore unwanted attention.

School Dorms: Akira's Dorm

[Persona 5 - Beneath The Mask]

it took him quite sometime to find his dorm but when he did it was just like any normal dorm for a team, but with just one bed, a workstation, a coffee table with a couch, and a coffee maker.

If Akira had to compare this to LeBlanc's Attic, it would be at least the same or more.

"How, nostalgic" arsene commented, akira had to agree with his other-self the feeling of his dorm was giving him the atmosphere that of LeBlanc.

Now first thing that came into Akira's mind was to bring out his scroll to check his aura, with the little information that Igor provided akira when he came to this world, was about grimms, aura, dust and semblance.

grimms work a lot like shadows they are drawn to negative feelings such as sadness, hostility, anger, fear, etc, they lack a soul which is why they can't use aura but they make up for it with strength, durability, and savagery.

Now Aura is very special, everyone has it as long as they have a soul, much like a persona they are a manifestation of the soul, they can also be used for offense, defense, and healing, akira was interested in the healing part, with the information he was given that the healing was automatically generated.

And finally Semblance, semblance is the manifestation of one's innate and personal power as an ability unique to each individual, with the effects varying greatly from user to user. The nature of one's Semblance is noted as representing an aspect of their character. However, a person's Semblance can be similar to the Semblances of their parents or other family members.

Like for example that of the Schnee family, the best part of it is that a semblance is unqine to a person, meaning not all people have the same semblance, akira has yet to receive or know what his semblance is, but that's for another time.

Looking at his dorm/room it was cozy and warm this was very welcoming, he took a quick bath as he get ready for tomorrow, closing his eyes and he went to the realm of slumber.

"it seems, that the Trickster's journey has just begun" said a certain twisted god of calamity: magatsu-izanagi picaro, the evil twin of izanagi picaro.

"indeed, God Of Calamity" Arsene commented.

Waking up, akira stretched out as he made his way to the bathroom to take a quick bath, before changing into his school uniform

Putting his uniform on, it just didn't feel right for the raven-haired teen. Snapping his fingers in recognition, he got to work. Unbuttoning the outer uniform, he was then wearing a, white turtleneck shirt that has two black chevrons on the collar and the red tie on While wearing his signature glasses.

"Perfect." He commented as he admired himself in the mirror, so the main objective for Akira is learning more about this world he's in the library is probably a good place to be, next is to live like a normal student,

Beacon Academy: Classrooms

Akira went out his dorm as he closed the door, he then started to travel to the first class of the day; Grimm Studies, he took a sit in the middle row, while the rest of the first year students filed in.

Teams RWBY and JNPR quickly ran in just as the bell rang, each one of them looking like they had been running a marathon.

"Huh, almost late for the first class?" Akira wondered as he too experienced that back at Shuujin Academy, as Professor Port entered the large classroom and took his place standing behind his desk in front of several diagrams of different kinds of Grimm.

"Monsters, demons, prowlers of the night." The professor began. "Yes, the creature of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them as prey." He gave a laugh, but was met with the sounds of chirping crickets

"And you shall too after graduating from this prestigious academy." Professor Port continued unhindered. "Now, as I was saying. Vale, along with the other three kingdoms, are safe havens from the otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teaming with creature that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces. And that's where we come in."

Akira was getting bored with what the professor is saying, he was casually spinning the pen in his hand.

"The moral of this story," Professor Port said wrapping up an extremely long story that was related to this subject none so ever, the fact that some of the students present, were either half-asleep, not paying attention, or not interested in what the professor said "A true huntsman must be honorable, dependable, strategic, well educated, and wise. So who among you believes to be the embodiment of these traits?"

Long story short: Weiss defeated a Boarbatusk.

"Bravo! Bravo! We seem to be in the presence of a true huntress in the making." Professor Port said as Weiss panted in exhaustion. "Though I'm afraid this is all the time we have for today, students. Do the assigned reading and I'll be seeing you all again soon. Class dismissed!"

As people began to file out, Weiss just stormed out of the room with a concerned Ruby following.

'i should follow them' Akira stated as he was trailing behind the two girls.

Beacon Academy: hallway

Akira followed the two girls but still kept his presences unknown, While he stuck closely by and listened to the two girls argue.

"Not a team led by you." Weiss said, causing Ruby to look downtrodden. "I've studied and trained! And frankly, I deserve better!" Ruby tried to say something, but Weiss' final words curshed whatever she had to say.

"Ozpin made a mistake."

The persona-user watched the Schnee heiress leave before approaching the leader of team RWBY, Ruby turned to walk the other way, akira had to choose who to confront: between Ruby or Weiss.

-Go After Weiss?

-Confort Ruby?

This was a tough choice for the trickster, but he had to comfort the younger girl, in doing so he made his presence known.

"Hey, are you alright?" Akira asked softly.

"Is she right? Did Ozpin make a mistake?"

Shaking his head he answered her "look, it only has been one day. So you still have time to be able to become a good leader."

"But, Weiss said that I've been just a nuisance. That I acted like a child and only been continuing to do so." Ruby informed, dejected by those comments the heiress made. "What do you mean by there's still time?"

"Ruby… being a leader isn't just about leading people into battle, it's about wearing the badge you constantly wear, you represent your team" akira said though ruby still isn't getting it.

"But, what about Weiss?" She questioned still frowning.

"look Ruby your a leader, it's your job to help your teammates in need, Ozpin didn't make a mistake, he saw potential in you and I do too, it's still day one you have a lot more time to grow and prosper." With what Akira said, Ruby begun to understand what he was saying, akira smiled softly.

"Remember Ruby, leaderships is not just about being on the battle field, trust me your still young and impressionable, you have a long way to go, but I trust that you can do it."

"Thanks, Akira."

now, I was originally going to make the interaction between akira and ruby turn into a i am thou, thou art i bond but I was like nah,

Also I wanted to make a vote for who should akira be with the list is.

Ruby-0

Weiss-0

Blake-0

Yang-0

Neo-0

Emerald-0

Penny-0

Nora-0

Velvet-0

Harem-0.

Shoutout to jason Wu, hope you don't hurt me for stealing your omake idea xD

omake

"mommy?" A little girl said with silver-eyes and raven neck-length hair that gradates to dark red at the tips cut in an asymmetrical style.

"Yes, dear?" Said the mother.

"How long, till daddy comes?" Said the little girl.

"He won't be long, dear" the mother said smiling softly at her daughter. "Now, why don't you play with your brother?"

She said while pointing at a little boy with crimson eyes, black wavy hair, wearing glasses and reading a book quietly.

The little girl nodded and went to play with her brother, tugging his sleeve he stopped reading and went to play with his sister.

"I'm home" said a clam voice, the mother looked at the door seeing her husband back "welcome back, Akira." she said softly.

"Thank you, Ruby" he said smiling.