Chapter Six - An Educating Experience.

A new day dawned over Remnant, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and all was peac- "WAKE UP!"
"Wake up, Kirito!" shouted Asuna at her boyfriend."We need to get the room sorted out before class. Seriously you can be so lazy sometimes. Get UP!" she said giving him one last push. Yui deciding to take a different approach declared "Papa, if you don't get up mamma can't make breakfast."

''I'm up" he said bolting out of bed. Yui smirked knowing if there was one thing that could motivate her farther, it was delfinallty her mammas cooking.

"Good, because we need to sort this room out, after the ceremony we all just crashed. We still have to put all of our things away, I know we don't have much but we'll probably be living here for a while, so we best make ourselves at home. Honesty though there's not much room in here with all these beds." said Asuna, pointing at the four single beds in the center of the room.

Kirito put his hand on his chin and thought for a moment, then striking his fist in his palm asked ''Why don't we get rid of the beds and get some futons instead then we can store them away in the mornings, mabey get a table or kotatsu in the winter."

"that sounds good, we can ask after classes... that start in an hour. We'd better get started then or we'll be late for class." finished Asuna as they set about organising their meager possessions and rushing off to class.

When the group from Japan got to class the room was empty except for the teacher, a rather large fellow with the dubious fortune of being named Professor Port. The fairies took their seats as more and more of the class turned up. About minuet before the bell rang for the start of class, team RWBY and team JNPR rushed into the room looking rather out of breath. Once everyone had taken their seats the teacher began, "Monsters! Demons! Prowlers of the night! Yes. the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I mearly call them prey, HUZZAH! ha-ha! Um, and you to, once you graduate from this academy." the professor began pacing the room and continued. "As I was saying. Vale and the other three kingdoms are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is absolutely teaming with creatures that would like nothing more than to tear you to pieces, and that's where we come in, Huntsmen, Huntresses," he paused winking at the girls. "Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask? Why the very world!" Finished the teacher pumping his fist.

Kirito was reminded of the clearers of Aincrad and the army players working to keep order amongst the lower floors. The strongest fighters working together to defeat the floor bosses and map the vast dungeons of the floating castle. This led to his mind wondering to his friends back home many of them being front-liners like Asuna and himself, as the professor began to drone on about an adventure from his youth, Kirito wondered about what they were doing, and if they were OK, if they had been caught up in whatever happened to them or had their lives just gone on as usual. He was pulled from his musings by Weiss' call of "I do, Sir."

Amused the professor indicated to a cage on the other side of the room and said "Well then step forward and face your opponent."

Moving to the center of the room and drawing her wepon, the other members of her team began to cheer Weiss on, but Weiss yelled at their young leader, saying she was a distraction. This made Ruby flinch, causing Yui frown "That wasn't very nice." the pixie girl said, bluntly. Her instincts as a mental health program telling her Weiss was angry and jealous of Ruby.

"Alright let the match begin." said professor Port, opening the cage. The Grimm, a stout, armoured, boar-like thing, charged at Weiss who rolled to the side. Meeting each others eyes, Weiss and the boar charged one another, getting the girls sword tangled up in the monsters tusks. It quickly became a contest of strength that Weiss was destined to loose, as her blade flew across the room. Team RWBY were cheering her on ayaun only to be told to shut up. Weiss dodged another charge from the beast rolling to collect her rapier, Ruby called out that its under-side was weak, only to be told once again to shut up. Weiss called up two Glyphs as the Grimm charged once again, one in front, and one above and behind her. The boar smashed into first as Weiss lunged off the second into the beasts stomach. "Well that's all we have time for today" the teacher declared, dismissing the class.

Asuna held the others up saying she wanted to ask about removing the beds, that she would meet up with them at the balcony later. Moving through the school Asuna soon came across the end of an argument between Weiss and Ruby. Seeing Weiss storm off and Ozpin approach decided to come out to. "Was making me team leader a mistake." asks a downtroden Ruby.

"That remains to be seen." replies Ozpin, shocking Ruby.

"What do you mean?"

"It's only been one day, I have made many mistakes in my life, child. I do not yet consider making you a team leader one of them. Do you?" he asks.

"I don't see a mistake." speaks up Asuna, startling Ruby. "Actually both you and Weiss remind me of myself when I was your age. When first found myself in a position of comand l was a little bit younger than you, in Aincrad I was the vice-commander ofI was the vice-commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath, I really had no due what I was doing either, but I had found myself responsible for peoples lives and, at first it was just four or five but it grew and grew, eventually I found myself leading hundreds. So I just kept working at it, doing my best, that was all I really needed. It worked to, people followed me, not just me though, it was Kirito, Kline, Argo... all of us, never alone though, never, nobody could do that and neither will you." she finished. ''I was like Wiess to, in that we were both heiresses to a large company growing up, I think that she like I, has never had reason to grow into her own person yet, don't worry so much." she smiles mischievously before add on the end, "Kami knows how often Kirito and I argued before I figured out I was in love with the idiot. Ozpin a word if you will." leaving Ruby stuttering.

While this was going on Kirito and Yui found themselves with professor Port looking out over he forest having a rather engaging conversation about the ultimate expression of predator and prey, fishing. The professor found himself telling the young fae warrior about aquatic Grimm and hearing the youths tale of battle against the king of the lake on his day off with Asuna in Aincrad. He had just got to the part where he and old man Nishida pulled the beast from the lake when "Professor Port." It was Weiss, "I-I enjoyed your lecture."

"Of course you did, you have the blood of a true huntress running through you, but tell something is bothering you is it not?''

"Well," stammers Wiess, "I think l should have been the leader of team RWBY."

"That's preposterous." stated the professor instantly. "I've believed in professor Ozpin for many years, and he's never once led me astray."

"So you would blindly follow his decision, even knowing how exceptional l am?!" exclaimed Weiss.

"Weiss!" Kirito barked at the girl. "Weiss, the professors personal loyalies aside, sit down for a moment and let me tell you a story." he send more gently this time, indicating to a bench next to him. He waited till she was sat, Yui taking a place next to her, curious as to what her farther had to say. Taking a breath he began "Once, not too long ago, in a land far, far away lived a master illusionist, known far and wide as the greatest at his art. He sent out invitations see to his grandest illusion to date, a great shared dream of giant castle in the sky, the dreamers its champions with eternal glory awaiting the first to scale the castles peak. On the day of its opening people entered the illusion and flocked to the castle, young and old, from all walks of life. It was everything they had been promised and more, one hundred floors, each the size of a county, each filled with adventures beond their wildest dreams. Ten thousand people entered the illusion that day, only little over six would ever leave. You see, the illusionist wanted to do what no other had done before and make his world a reality. To do this he made it so if you die in the illusion you'd die in the real world too, the only way out, someone must defeat the last foe on the highest floor of the castle. Now one man, barely more than a boy, became quite famous in the castle as a warrior without match, a champion amongst champions. He made his home amongst his friends helping them to grow in his times of peace between his constant battles. They called themselves 'The Midnight Black Cats'. One day the leader of his friends called the champion to watch over the others while he went to buy a house with the money they had worked to put together. While this was going on one of the group suggested a quick hunting trip to pass the time, and as the champion was so strong he could lead them through a new place they had heard rumours about. Amongst his friends the man entered a cave where monsters dwelt and fortunes found, in the cave his friends found a room with a chest, an obious trap to the experienced champion, that his friends fell straight into. He charged forth mearly to see them die one by one, till finally only the shy girl he'd been falling in love with died with parting words he couldn't hear over the sounds of battle. He returned alone to his last friend who in his greif cast himself off the castle walls leaving the boy alone. He searched for months for answers, why did his friends die? Did they hate him in the end? Did she curse him in her dieing breath? Finaly after months of searching he had found something a way to bring her back, on the winter festival he fought a fearsome demon for the item only for his hope to fail as the thing could prevent death but nothing could undo it. That night in the peak of his depression the warrior received a message from the girl. He got his answer, in the end the message asked him to live, her final words clear to him now 'Thank you, Farwell'. So he lived, and fought and eventually killed the illusionist freeing the surviving victims, but that's a tale for another time, the point is sometimes its not the best that should lead, instead the one whose right at the time." Kirito concluded gathering up his daughter, leaving Weiss to her thoughts. The professor patted him knowingly on the shower as the young man left to find his wife.

After he left, Kirto met up with Asuna and she told him about her conversation with Ozpin. He had said he was OK with the idea and even told her of a shop in Vale that had what they wanted. Finding Leafa, who had left for some flying time, the group left for the city. When they returned that night as they passed through the dorms and hearing Ruby and Weiss talking quietly they knew they were going to be just fine.

Author note

This has got to be my longest chapter yet. I want to keep them all this long but this may be difficult. I'm still new at this and this is more about practice for me. As always read and review any criticism is welcome