This is the last character introduction chapter. The next chapter or two will have an interesting way of unfolding as I follow the path of getting the team together. I appreciate all comments and will try to respond to any question that is asked. As always RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth, any character that I make is my own. Now onto the chapter.
Born while her parents were visiting family in Atlas, Delilah was raised in Vacuo for the first few years of her life. Her parents were a part of a nature documentary film crew, always traveling made it difficult to both do their job and raise their daughter. As a way to compromise they left Delilah with her father's father, but they would call every week to check up on her and visit whenever they were close by bringing her presents from their travels. Delilah's grandfather lived in the northern part of Mistral where he had a dojo built on top of a large hill, there he would raise and train Delilah to be a capable fighter that could one day travel with her parents. Being a Faunus meant that she faced some type of prejudice whenever she went into town as the people had multiple dealings with the white fang giving them the impression that all Faunus in town were a part of their group. Delilah's grandfather was approached multiple times about joining the group to help train them to be better fighters, Delilah's grandfather would always give them the same answer, "I have already told you I refuse, come back when you want to learn for the joy of learning and not to use my teachings to hurt others."
Delilah was around five when the white fang would continuously pester her grandfather, they would sometimes try and disguise themselves as civilians and try to sneak into the dojo. And every time her grandfather would throw them out, after what seemed like the fortieth time the white fang changed tactics. While her grandfather had a small class of fifteen students the white fang would cause trouble in town claiming to be a part of the school, after some weeks the students slowly pulled out due to the reputation that the master was teaching the white fang techniques to hurt the town's folks. Soon only three students were left, they knew the truth and would happily endure the harsh word and evil stares of the town's people every day they went to the dojo.
This went one for another three years before one of the higher ups in the white fang paid a visit to the area. In those years in anticipation for the white fangs next move Delilah's grandfather began her training with everyone else, she quickly absorbed every technique, stance, kick, block, and form she could. When the elite white fang member walked up to the dojo with three other members Delilah's grandfather had cleared out the main hall, the elite member smiled as he spoke in a tone like he was talking to an old friend, "my how long has it been Hayato, twenty years? You seem to be doing well." The old wolf Faunus opened one eye giving a threatening look, "Tenjin why have you come, I have already given my answer to your thugs that have tried to desecrate my schools name." "Yes I have heard, I apologize for their behavior and have claimed responsibility for their actions. When I told them to ask you to teach them I assumed they would do so honorably but I was mistaken. Which is why I am here now with my three best students, I wish to make a deal with you."
Sitting in his grey kimono Hayato flicked his ears at the proposal, "I assume you wish to have our best students fight?" "yes and if your student wins I will personally see to it that we leave this area in peace, but if my student wins then I ask that you teach the students I have presently here all of your techniques." Delilah's ears stood straight up as her tail wagged excitedly as she waited for her grandfather's answer, as he stroked his grey beard he looked at each student Tenjin had behind him then to his own. Seeing Delilah fidget made him smile, "ok I accept your terms, I chose my granddaughter to represent my school." One of the student behind Tenjin laughed out loud before Tenjin threw his fist back breaking the student's nose, "if Hayato has chosen her it is because she is skilled do not be fooled by her age and size." Looking back at his own students Tenjin picked the tiger Faunus, bowing to him and the rest of the group they entered the dojo taking a seat on the opposite side of Hayato and his students.
As Delilah and the other Faunus stood opposite of each other Tenjin asked, "Hayato since this is your dojo what are the rules to the fight?" "Full strikes are permitted, weapons are not allowed, the match will end when one is knocked out or is unable to continue fighting, they break the rules in any way, or if either us or our students step in to assist then that person is disqualified is that alright?" Tenjin nodded as his student bowed to Delilah, "my name is Daidaiiro," Delilah bowed as she tried to calm her tail down, "my name is Delilah." They each took a fighting stance as they locked eyes, Daidaiiro's ear's twitched as he sunk lower into his stance, Delilah was a blur as she threw a flying kick square into his face. A second behind Daidaiiro didn't register that he was kicked or that Delilah had hit him another eight times in the matter of a few seconds, his body was recoiling as he became aware that Delilah had moved. Trying to throw his hands into a block Delilah dipped under his vision again as she swept his legs out from underneath him, and she slammed him down with an axe kick to the chest.
Walking back to her starting position Delilah bowed to a downed Daidaiiro then to her grandfather and Tenjin, Tenjin clenching his fist ordered, "Daidaiiro get up! You are to win this so we can have the edge against the humans!" Coughing Daidaiiro slowly got up shaking his head as his body throbbed in pain. Tenjin calming down ordered, "Daidaiiro it's time to use it." Looking at his teacher he nodded as he pulled out a small wrapper from inside his clothes, unwrapping it revealed a small candy the size of a gumball with a cartoon fire symbol printed on it. Taking a deep breath he swallowed it, after a moment his muscles tensed as veins became visible on various part of his exposed skin. It looked as if steam was emanating from his body as his breath became labored, Tenjin smirked as he explained, "Hayato while it's true that teaching the white fang my style of fighting would be sufficient in taking on multiple opponents that is not what we need, I need students that can take on entire armies of enemies and your fighting style is the best option we have. What you are seeing is a prototype of a drug that we are producing to boost the user's physical level up by five hundred percent, of course there are some side effects with all prototypes."
Roaring at the top of his lungs Daidaiiro lunged at Delilah with his claws out and his fangs bared, "one of the many side effects is extreme aggression, loss of self-preservation, and extreme mental instability. Another tradeoff for that boost in power is the complete burn out of the users aura, some much so that the internal organs become charred as a direct result." Hayato watched as Delilah was barely able to dodge the flurry of attacks, it was becoming clear that she would not be able to keep dodging forever as each attack Daidaiiro made was getting closer and closer to a clean hit. One of Hayato's students made an attempt to get up only to feel his masters angry glare bore into his skull, looking back to Delilah Hayato gripped his sleeve as Daidaiiro grabbed her by the front of her gi and threw her across the room. Delilah slammed into the wall that held the training weapons as Daidaiiro walked toward her, as he towered above her he bent down and grabbed one of the wooden swords raising it above his head.
As he swung it down Hayato shouted, "Arm yourself!" there was a loud slam then sound of wood being stressed resonated throughout the room. As Daidaiiro readjusted his grip on the sword Delilah slipped in between his legs rolling and sliding across the floor until she reached the other side of the room. Gripping a pair of wooden tonfas Delilah readied herself as Daidaiiro turned around about to charge again when Hayato spoke, "Tenjin since your student was the first to pick up a weapon you forfeit the match." Opening his mouth to say something he shut it as he knew Hayato was right. Giving a defeated sigh he replied, "Yes as per your rules we forfeit the match." Giving a small chuckle he continued "but I must say for someone so young your granddaughter has shown exceptional skill."
Giving a stern look Hayato berated Tenjin, "When will you learn that there is no easy way to gain strength, this battle should prove so. That drug of yours does nothing but dull the fighter's skill for cheap strength, your style is more than sufficient if you put enough heart into it." An irritated look creeped up on Tenjin's face as he got up to leave before the lecture could continue, as his students went to follow he noticed that Daidaiiro and Delilah were still in a fighting stance. Tenjin tried to call out, "Daidaiiro we are," he never got to finish as Daidaiiro roared again charging at Delilah, Hayato stepped in between them before appearing behind Daidaiiro as he suddenly fell to the ground. Everyone was shocked but Tenjin, "I see old age has not affected your step much." Giving a smirk he walked over and patted Delilah's head as he replied, "well I have this little one to keep up with." Smiling widely Delilah hugged her grandfather, Tenjin had one of his other students carry the unconscious Daidaiiro as they left.
Seven years passed as Delilah continued training with her grandfather, after the incident with Tenjin the schools name was cleared just as he promised. Many of the students that left came back begging for forgiveness wishing for some way to make amends for abandoning the dojo, Hayato gathered all of the students that left and gave them one task, last five minutes against Delilah. The students that had stayed throughout the years jokingly wished the others a safe passage into the afterlife as they entered the ring where an eager Delilah stood. Of the thirty that entered the ring none lasted more than twenty seconds as Delilah would turn into a blur of kicks and punches, many of the injuries were minimized to heavy bruising as she was told by her grandfather to give the student a light thrashing.
As the months passed lazily in the village strange occurrences started happening, Faunus in the area would periodically disappear, many of the situations were that late at night while out for a walk or doing some other task they would simply disappear. There were no signs of a struggle so Grimm were ruled out, but it got to the point that everyone stopped going out at night for fear of being next, even the humans stopped going out for that same fear. Many of the students slept in the dojo ay night and returned home in the morning, they would always leave in groups to lessen the chance of a day time abduction. This worked for some time until a small group of students were attacked on their way home, of the seven that were walking together only two were left behind. They recalled the events vividly while in the village clinic, "we were walking down the stone steps to the trail into the village when all of a sudden a group of Grimm attacked us, it was like being struck by lightning. First we heard the growls, we formed a circle back to back trying to see where the attack might come from. It happened so fast, I don't know how many times we were hit but it was like a bolt of lightning struck us each several times. We could hear the others being dragged through the forest but we were to hurt to give chase. I'm sorry master we were not strong enough."
Hayato merely gave them a warm smile as he patted their arms, "do not worry, I am just glad that you were able to make it back to the dojo." As he exited the clinic the parents of the students that were taken and many of the other villagers had gathered outside as they feared the worst, having no way of knowing whether or not they were still alive angered Hayato. Trying his best to console the parents he gathered everyone at the local meeting hall and began discussing the topic of hiring a team of hunters to track down the Grimm or a least give the parents closure if the kids could not be found.
At night when everyone was asleep Delilah snuck out of the dojo, dressed in her 'battle clothes' as she called them, they were a simple all black Kung Fu jacket, pants and rubber soled Tai Chi shoes. Slung to her side was Geri and Freki a pair of titanium tonfas with a variety of different forms, a present from her parents a few years back to commemorate having done so well with her training. As she stepped outside the crumbling moon glowed in its Crescent phase as the surrounding forest gently swayed to the light breeze that filled the night. Making her way down the steps she surveyed the area looking for any signs that the Grimm were through the area, while not common Grimm had been seen stalking the areas around the village.
When she got to the spot that the students were attacked she looked at the area closely, "there is a clear path going from one side to the other, if the Grimm came from the right going left then where would they go from there?" following the trail she picked up the scent of the missing students, the one thing that she found odd was the lack of Grimm scent, while not having a true scent to track the Grimm let off pheromones that smelled off to Faunus. She continued to follow the scent for as long as she could when she realized she could no longer see the village or the dojo, they were distant objects on the horizon when she looked back. Continuing forward the air developed an acrid smell as the terrain became swampy. The fumes from the swamp and the scent she was following became faded too much as she covered her nose trying to take shallow breaths through her mouth. Looking around taking a few steps forward she saw nothing but swampy marshland, tuning her ears around she picked up feint voices deeper in the marshland. Not wanting to get her feet wet she activated her semblance, her feet glowed as she took a step onto the water causing a tiny ripple with each step. The water itself was not deep so the amount of aura needed to walk on the water was minimal despite needing to use the advanced version of her semblance.
Following the voices she ended up at a large cluster of trees, hearing a metal door open Delilah panicked a little running up the tree hoping not to be seen. Clinging to the trunk of a large tree she saw a door way in the tree thicket as two humans walked out wearing large black cloaks, Grimm masks sat on top of their heads as they talked, "man how much longer do we have to stay here?" "We stay until the doctor has finished perfecting his drug. Now shut up we have to get three more subject tonight." As they waded toward the village lowering their masks Delilah dropped down from the tree she slipped into the facility as the door slowly closed behind her.
The hallway leading down into the facility was bare except for the ceiling lights, not knowing how far down it went she cautiously walked forward gripping her weapons. Finally reaching an opening the facility itself was like a huge underground warehouse, Delilah saw large stone pillars holding up the ceiling, and a large opening big enough for a bullhead could be seen toward the back of the warehouse. She stood on the top of the metal balcony with an attached stairs case leading down to what seemed like a vast chemistry laboratory, people in white coat could be seen doing various tasks. The more she looked the less she could comprehend what was the purpose of the facility or what the laboratory was needed for. A feint scream caught her ear, the origin of the sound was from the ground level behind a door to the right a ways off from where she was standing. Not wanting to go down the stairs case and possibly alert someone to her presence Delilah walked along the wall using her semblance until she was almost in front of the doors position on the ground level, sliding down the wall she looked around checking everything she could that might be a potential danger.
When she was a few feet above the ground she stepped off the wall and stood in front of the door that the screams could be heard from. Straining her ears as she pressed them to the door she could barely make out several different voices. Looking around she slowly opened the door leading into a long hallway with a lot of doors on each side, above each door was a marker going from A-001 to where ever it ended at down the hall. Walking she peered into each room briefly, the rooms closest to the door were empty except for a medical bed and other equipment. She got close to a room with screaming, she peered inside and saw what looked like a doctor and a guard holding down a Faunus as the doctor pulled out a large needle. As the Faunus thrashed about she caught a clear view of their face, it was one of the students that had gone missing weeks ago. When the doctor brought the needle close to the students neck Delilah took one step back before kicking the door in surprising everyone in the room.
The student beginning to cry pleaded as they saw who it was, "Delilah please help me!" the doctor angrily ordered, "I don't know who you are or how you got in but you are not stopping this!" the doctor turned to the guard ordering, "she has seen too much either kill her or put her in one of the other rooms!" As the guard turned nodding his head Delilah kicked him with enough force to create a crater in the wall with his head, grabbing her tonfa she shattered the needle in the doctor's hand before knocking him out with a few rapid hits. Delilah unstrapped the student as they cried thanking her," thank you, thank you, thank you Delilah, I thought I would never get out." Delilah smiled, "I would never leave a friend in trouble, is there anyone else here?" the student nodded their head, "yeah everyone that was taken from the village is here, but I don't know what rooms they're in." "I guess we'll just have to check them all, stick with me ok." The student nodded as they entered the hall checking each room, finding more people as they went the group was getting larger and larger.
As they neared the end of the hall the rooms became empty again, the group currently close to thirty Faunus huddled together supporting each other as some could not walk or were to slow to move on their own. Finally reaching the door at the end of the curving hallway Delilah slowly peeked out and saw no one around, opening the door more she motioned for people to go through. When the last one went through she closed the door and made her way to the front of the group, everyone huddled down waited for her to find a way out. Noticing that one of the airships was outfitted for transport she pointed at the ship drawing her weapons, "there are too many of us to safely sneak onto that ship so I will cause a distraction buying you all enough time to get on and get out of here." The students refused, "no we are not leaving you here in this hell, if it's a distraction that you need then we will help while the villagers get on the ship. After which we will board as well allowing all of us to get out of here." Delilah shook her head, "I can't let you do that, you are all too weak or injured to buy the people enough time, plus none of you have weapons. Just leave it to me, I'll find a way out so don't worry." One of the students still refused, "I don't care what happens to me but I cannot allow the masters granddaughter to place herself in mortal danger. This place is not one you want to find yourself trapped in, so please allow me to help while the other students make sure everyone gets on safely. Then we can find a way out together."
Relenting Delilah stood up along with the student, "alright Cerise have your way." Cerise was a girl but being in the facility for the short time since her disappearance drastically altered her appearance, her antelope horns while small appeared to have been dried out as the color was faded and cracked. Noticing some guards approaching them Delilah acted fast, "you two grab her and get out, NOW!" two other students grabbed a thrashing Cerise as Delilah sprang forward delivering two knockout blows with her tonfas. As more guards showed up Delilah connected the ends of her tonfas handles and twisted 360 degrees as she extended her weapon into a Bo staff, twirling it around she began holding off the guards as the villagers made it onto the airship.
As the last of the villagers made it on Delilah took a breath as she knocked out one of the last guards surrounding her, she knew the facility would have security but over forty guards came to recapture the villagers. Surrounding her again were another twenty guards, trying to think of a way out the sound of the airship starting up caught everyone's attention. As she turned back a scientist with wild black hair pushed past the guards, "what do you Neanderthals think you're doing letting my test subjects escape!" one answered, "we're sorry sir but this girl has been blocking our path, she already took out most of our men." Irritated the scientist shouted, "Did any of you think to use the drug? 8URN-3R was made for this specific reason!" The head of security walked up to the scientist, "sir I think my men are afraid of the side effects of the drug." "Nonsense the strides I have made by using the Faunus as test subjects has all but eliminated any negative back lash that a human would feel. It is completely safe for a human to take the drug, the only persistent side effect of complete exhaustion."
The men still not convinced did not move, pulling out a red pill the scientist held it up, "the one that takes this pill and brings me that girl will be paid triple their salary." A few of the men began talking, the head of security grabbed the pill swallowing it. He stepped forward removing his vest and drawing his baton, a few seconds passed as nothing happened. When the engines of the airship roared to life as it began leaving the facility the head of security screamed out, every one of his muscles tensed up as much as his body would allow. Delilah remembered the same thing happening in the past when an old friend of her grandfather challenged the dojo. Splitting her weapon back into tonfas Delilah readied herself for the burst of speed that came after the roar, she was barely able to dodge the swing of the baton as the head of security began his assault.
Each time she blocked she had to create distance to lessen the chance of getting caught in a combo, the security guards noticing their boss winning began cheering. One of the guards shouted, "You can do it Atrox sir!" "Yeah beat that filthy Faunus into the ground!" many other cheers were said but Delilah had to ignore them as Atrox was relentless not giving her a chance to counter attack. The scientist gleefully smiled, "the drug is working even better than I had hoped, while not an easy partnership the white fang were willing to pay top dollar for this drug. And if all goes well I can even market the drug to the Jaegers who will be most pleased with the results." Delilah could no longer hear the airship in the facility as she ducked underneath a wild swing, having no reason to stay any longer she pressed the buttons on the ends of the handles switching the tonfas into their cannon mode. Aiming one at Atrox and one at the group of guards Delilah squeezed the triggers sending out two fire dust infused 44mm rounds, the resulting explosion started a chain reaction with the rest of the volatile chemicals in the nearby lab.
Making a break for the door she came in from Delilah activated the advanced form of her semblance as she air dashed above a lot of the debris being created as the facility caught fire, the guards scrambled to escape as the scientist ran back to his office. Reaching the bottom of the staircase Delilah began the long climb up as it seemed like the integrity of the ceiling was starting to fail.
Making his way through the crumbling facility the scientist reached his office in the more secure section of the lab. Quickly typing in various commands into his computer the scientist simultaneously grabbed as many notes as he could when Atrox burst in, "Dr. Umber what are you doing the facility is caving in we need to evacuate!" placing the last of his notes in a reinforced briefcase the doctor continued his typing, "I will leave in just a moment I just need to transfer the last of my research." "We don't have time we need to go now!" "You don't understand, if we lose this research then the people funding this project will be most displeased. They are not the kind of people you want to disappoint." Atrox gripped the door frame as the facility shook from another part of the lab exploding, "Doctor I don't care how scary these white fang or Jaeger people are, if we don't get out now we won't have to worry about what they'll do to us as we'll be dead!" Dr. Umber's computer made an auditable ping as he took out a flash drive placing it in his pocket, "I have all we need, we will take the elevator in the back of my office." A door opened up in the back revealing an elevator, Dr. Umber's and Atrox both entered carrying the doctor's research notes as the ceiling to the office began collapsing.
When Delilah reached the surface she ran as far away from the facility as she could as the swamp began to sink in sucking everything close by into the dark void. When it seemed like she was far enough away Delilah bent down grabbing her knees as she caught her breath. When her heart calmed down enough she looked around to see where she ended running off to, she noticed a small building with hanger's doors some distance away. Curiously she walked up to the building entering it by using the open service door, inside was a bullhead and what looked like a maintenance elevator and other various workshop tables. Venturing further in she was startled when the elevator came to life, looking around for a place to hide she climbed above the elevator hanging on the wall as she heard voices underneath the load cranking of the motor.
When it reached the top the doors opened Dr. Umber and Atrox stepped out, keeping quite she waited to see what they would do. As Dr. Umber's set his briefcase on a nearby table he ordered Atrox, "get the bullhead ready for takeoff, I want to be back in Vale headquarters soon. Thankfully is still have my notes so losing the facility is not a complete loss since I can just start up another lab." As Atrox opened the hatch to the bullhead Dr. Umber open the case to ensure he had indeed grabbed everything he needed. Pulling out a fire dust round from a pouch on her back Delilah popped open one of the tonfas and reloaded one of the shells making sure to keep hold of the empty shell to prevent them from knowing she was inside the building. Seeing an opening she jumped from the wall and kicked the doctor several feet aiming the now cannon tonfa at the contents of the open brief case. The doctor got up furious at the sudden attack when he saw who had kicked him and what was being aimed at by her cannon.
Atrox hearing the doctor scream out rushed to see what the problem was when he saw Delilah, since she did not notice him yet he quietly made his way around the back of her. Dr. Umber pleaded, "girl you have no idea the consequences of what you are about to do! If you want us to leave your village and never return I will see to it that we never operate in this area again but you have to let me take those notes." Delilah gripped her tonfa tighter, "you tortured my friends and villagers, all to make some stupid drug! And now you want me to just let you walk away after all that so you can just start again and terrorize a different village!" Atrox seeing an opening charged Delilah from behind grabbing her by the back of her jacket tossing her several feet away from the briefcase, Dr. Umber leap forward slamming the case shut and tossed it into the plane. Dr. Umber tossed Atrox two pills, "takes these and finish her off, I have already lost enough today."
Atrox took a breath before popping both pills, the effects were immediate since he was still under the effects of the previous pill. The six foot ten man grew as his muscles expanded tearing the clothes he had on, his final height was over eight and half feet tall towering over Delilah's five eight height. He was a solid wall of muscle as steam rose from his body, it looked like smoke was leaking from his open mouth as he stood frozen in place. No one moved as Dr. Umber had no idea what effects a person's body would undergo after taking three consecutive doses of his drug. A nervous twitch of her tail set everything off as Atrox lunged forward at an alarming rate, narrowly ducking underneath his arms Delilah gripped her tonfas as the doctor scrambled into the bullhead to finish preparations for takeoff.
Atrox was a mindless brute as he constantly charged Delilah in the same way, but despite his lack of mental control he was still as much of a threat as before if not greater with how strong he had become. Delilah tried, each time she dodged, hitting him in it what should have been a vulnerable areas on the body. But after the fifteenth time she was beginning to suspect he was not feeling anything at all. With one last pass she was beginning to get tired from none of her attacks working and trying to dodge the unusually fast brute. As she took a breath Atrox managed to get a hold of her slamming her into the ground before picking her up and slamming her into the metal wall, still gripping her he dragged her throughout the building slamming her into any object he could reach. Her aura having been depleted by the constant battle was covered in cuts, scrapes, and bruises as Atrox never let go of her neck.
As blood dripped down her arms Atrox tightened his grip slamming her into the ground one final time creating a small crater, the wind was knocked out of Delilah as Atrox chocked the life out of her. Having never let go of her tonfas Delilah's vision began to blur, the edges of her vision turned dark as she started to fade. Before her vision went completely black she heard her grandfather's voice, "Delilah what are you doing? I have trained you better than this, remember what I said the day our dojo was challenged? Not matter how strong the opponent gets from taking that drug they are still relying on fake power to compensate for their lack of skill. Now get up and teach him what real power looks like." Gaining a small burst of aura Delilah turned her head slightly giving herself enough room to take in a tiny breath of air, remembering she had reloaded her tonfa before she raised them both up forgetting which one had the shell and aimed them at Atrox's face.
Squeezing the triggers Atrox was thrown back by the blast, Delilah gasping for breath scrambles to get some distance. Atrox regaining some of his senses back stumbled forward leaning on the bull head, when he gets to the opening Dr. Umber grabbed him dragging him inside, "that is enough you fool, we are leaving now!" Delilah watched as the bullhead pulled out of the hanger before rising into the air taking off in an unknown direction before she passed out from exhaustion.
She didn't know how much time had passed when she started to wake up, as she opened her eyes she was in her room back at the dojo. Trying to get up was difficult as her body reminded her that it was in pain by throbbing excessively, managing to get up she made her way around the dojo entering the main area. Her grandfather was sitting on the porch drinking tea when she entered the room, his ears twitched, "that was very foolish of you to do young lady." He never directly looked at her as he continued to stare out into the front area, Delilah knew just from the tone of his voice her was mad not furious but just about. Her ears flattened and her tail lowered as she got closer, "grandfather let me explain," he held up his hand cutting her off. Shrinking back a little Delilah continued forward until she was next to him, slowly sitting down she glanced at his face trying to determine how mad he was.
Slowly taking a sip of his tea he spoke, "it was very foolish of you to go alone, had you spoken to me about your intentions of going I would have gone with. But you went alone and were nearly killed, your parents would never forgive me if I allowed that to happen. Be sure to thank Cerise for going back with some of the students, it was her that found you and carried you back." Dropping her head she leaned over and placed it on his shoulder, "I'm sorry grandfather, and thank you for not being mad." Hayato gave a small chuckle, "your mother is the one who would have been mad, I know you haven't seen her much but she can be particularly unruly when she is mad. She even scares me when she gets like that." Delilah giggled, "Really, you scared of her?" Hayato smiled widely, "Yeah aside from you she is the only other person to have mastered our fighting style."
Taking another sip of tea he continued, "I have gotten permission from your parents to enroll you in the Sanctum Academy, it will only be for two years, but after which you can attend whatever school you want." Delilah was confused, "do you not want me here anymore cause I went off on my own?" he shook his head, "no I would never send you away for such a reason, we talked it over while you recovered and feel that you need to see more of the world then just the wall of this dojo. Your parents said that if you can graduate school and become a huntress they would take you with them on their travels." Delilah perked up at that piece of information, "they said I can go with if I become a huntress?" Hayato nodded, "yes but you must not fail in your studies is that understood?" furiously nodding her head as her tail wagged with the same enthusiasm completely forgetting about the pain, "yes of course, I won't disappoint any of you!"
On the airship to Beacon Delilah remembered how fast the two years went by, after the incident with the facility local authorities tried to conduct an investigation but because of the facility cave-in that sucked up tons of gallons of water and mud it was impossible to find any kind of evidence. Even the hanger that she fought Atrox in had very little evidence other that it was a sort of rest stop for traders, the villagers and students had managed to make it back safely and many people stopped by the dojo to personally thank Delilah for saving them all. When she was about to enter school her grandfather gave her a piece of advice, "focus on your academic work, I have trained you well enough that you don't have to worry about the combat classes for now." While attending Sanctum she meet Pyrrha Nikos, while she did not directly speak to her Delilah knew that Pyrrha was exceptionally skilled. But following what her grandfather had said she focused on her academic work reaching the top of the class, her grades were good enough to enter Beacon Academy which upon hearing the news both her parents and grandfather pushed her to attend. Now on the ship Delilah looked around at the other students and potential teammates she would have. This first person she spotted was Pyrrha standing by the window, when at Sanctum she wanted to have a match with her but was unable to hopefully she would get that chance now. Continuing to look around she spotted a large bear Faunus that had a large shield on his back, when he turned in her direction she blushed a little quickly turning her gaze elsewhere at how hot he was. What she spotted next was a blonde boy who looked like he was turning every shade of green as he held his stomach and mouth. When the ship docked he was one of the first to rush out of the ship and find the nearest trashcan. Stepping off the ship she pushed her shoulder length Brownish Red hair out of her face as the wind picked up briefly, "I just need to graduate and I can travel with my parents." Her tail wagged in excitement, "I hope I find some reliable teammates." Nodding her head she stepped forward toward the school wondering what kind of wonderfully amazing things she would experience while attending.