Chapter 4: Initiation

It had been a few weeks since their arrival in this strange world called Remnant. They had learned more about the history of this world and Suzaku realized why Alpha had sent him. Humanity was in jeopardy of extinction. They were surrounded on all sides by the creatures of Grimm and civil strife was everywhere - just like the strife in Japan.

"This world needs change", Suzaku thought as he walked out of their room, dressed in his pilot garbs from when he had piloted the Lancelot Albion during Lelouch's war. His revolver was holstered on his hip and his sword was sheathed on his back. He walked slowly towards the academy's courtyard.

"Suzaku!" Euphemia called out to him. Suzaku looked back towards the pink haired princess. She wore a beautiful dress. It was the same dress she wore as Sub-Viceroy.

"Oh! Hey Euphy", Suzaku called back with a smile as he slowed his pace to allow her to catch up.

Euphemia began to walk beside him as she looked up at him with a joyful look in her eyes. "Are you excited for your first day attending this academy?" she asked happily. She was excited to see her Suzaku join this prestigious school. After all, he is her knight and the pilot of the Lancelot.

"Yeah, I suppose you could say that", he said with a chuckle as he rubbed the back of his neck. "This is very different from Ashford Academy, but I suppose I'll do alright", he spoke nervously.

He was excited, yes. However he was very nervous as well - he had learned a lot throughout his life, but he wasn't sure as to how well he would do.

Euphemia pulled him towards her as she grabbed both of his hands. She gave him a gentle smile as she spoke. "You'll do fine. After all, you are my knight who defended me from those creatures. You have proven yourself capable of being a great student."

Suzaku looked at her for a moment before he sighed, "Thanks, Euphy. I needed that", he said.

They both stood there in each other's embrace until Euphemia pulled away and spoke, "I must be off now. Though I might be staying at this academy, I am not a huntress, so I need to make some new friends. You need to make new friends as well!"

She waved Suzaku off as he headed towards the courtyard once more.

(=+=)

Suzaku reached his destination to find several students arriving at the Academy in massive flying crafts. They all looked very capable, though some didn't seem to have any visible weapons. He looked around for a moment to see a young girl in red arguing, or rather being scolded by the girl in white that stood over her. He walked over to see what the arguing was about.

"...do you have any idea the damage you could have caused?" the white-haired girl demanded. She was apparently not happy, as the red one had tripped over her luggage.

Red tried to hand her one of her briefcases, but the white-haired girl just continued to rant about dust to the poor girl.

"Excuse me, but would you mind telling me why you're yelling at her?" Suzaku spoke calmly.

The white-haired girl looked over to Suzaku and studied him for a moment before speaking, "And, you are?" she spoke bitterly.

Suzaku was rather appalled by her attitude, but responded to her question anyway, "My name is Suzaku Kururugi, and you are?" He spoke calmly, though his eyes showed annoyance, which was noticed by the white-haired girl.

"Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellent in the world", said a new voice. Suzaku turned his gaze over to the newcomer clad in black. She wore a bow atop her head and had a book in hand.

"Finally, some recognition." Weiss spoke with pride, however the black-clad girl wasn't finished.

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners."

Suzaku let a small grin appear on his face as the heiress stammered for a response and the red-headed girl giggled. Weiss stormed away as the red-headed girl spoke, "I'll make it up to you!" she yelled to her. Weiss decided to ignore her.

Suzaku was rather happy with how that turned out. He and the girl in red turned to thank the black-clad heroine, but found her gone. "Hmm…" Suzaku questioned.

Suzaku then heard the girl fall to the ground. "Welcome to Beacon." she said sadly. Suzaku went to pick her up, but a new man beat him to it.

He was a scrawny young blonde with blue eyes. He wore a black sweater and worn jeans. On top of the sweater was a light combat piece. "Hi", he began, "I'm Jaune", he put out his hand.

"Ruby", she replied as she grabbed his hand.

Suzaku saw this and decided to leave and give them some privacy.

"Wait!" she cried out to him. Suzaku turned around to look at her, "Thank you. Do you wanna join us?" she asked. Suzaku thought about it for a moment, remembering Euphy's words.

"Sure. By the way my name is Suzaku", he said.

She smiled.

(=+=)

"Listen, all I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on", Jaune spoke. Suzaku was smiling at the simple conversation. These two were adorable.

"Look, I'm sorry. Vomit boy was the first thing that came to mind", she said.

Jaune was still on the defensive as he spoke, "Oh, yeah? Well what if I called you crater face?" he said back to her.

"That explosion was an accident!" she said, trying to defend herself.

Jaune decided to stop talking about the subject and change topics. "Yeah, well the name's Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it", he waved his hand across the air.

Suzaku decided to speak up, "I think you need a little work on your flirting."

Jaune went back on the defensive,"Hey, ladies love it… I hope."

"Just stating my opinion from personal experience", Suzaku spoke.

Both Ruby and Jaune looked over at the young man to see if he was joking. Apparently, he wasn't, and he just continued to walk beside them.

"Eh… so I got this thing", Ruby started, as she pulled out a massive scythe.

"Woah!" Suzaku exclaimed as he looked at the massive weapon.

It appeared to be able to compact itself, but where did she get the strength to lift such a thing? It appeared that Jaune was in awe as well, as he began to ask questions.

"Is that a scythe?" he asked cautiously.

"It's also a customizable high impact sniper rifle", she stated rather proudly.

Jaune had no idea what that type of weapon that was, but Ruby noticed his confusion and simplified it - "It's also a gun."

Jaune's face lit up when she simplified her description.

She turned to Suzaku, "What about you?"

Suzaku gave her a quick look before he pulled out his sword. "I have this longsword and a revolver", he said.

Ruby looked in awe at the intricately designed weapon. She held out her hands and Suzaku gave it to her for her to better inspect. "Wow! It's so light! It weighs absolutely nothing!" she stated in awe as she swung the sword around. She gave it back to him as he gave her his revolver to look at next. "The grip is great! And this also weighs, like, nothing!" she stated in surprise as she held the gun up into the air and fired a shot. "No recoil either. That's surprising considering that it's firing massive casing. This gun is probably the most well built weapon I have ever seen!"

"Thank's, I guess." Suzaku rubbed the back of his neck at the praise, "However, I wasn't the one who built them."

Ruby looked at him in utter shock before she began spinning around him. "You have to tell me who!"

Suzaku shook his head, "Sorry, I don't know the name of the person who made them", he stated sadly.

Ruby put her head down, before she turned to Jaune, "So what do you have?" she asked excitedly.

"I've got this sword", he told her as he pulled out an old looking blade. Ruby awed at the simple weapon. "I've got a shield too", he added as he took the sheath and turned it into a shield.

"That's quite impressive", Suzaku stated, as Ruby touched the shield.

"So, what do they do?" Ruby asked as Jaune tried to catch his transforming shield.

"The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just… put it away." he spoke and demonstrated.

"But wouldn't it weigh the same?" she asked. Suzaku laughed as Jaune agreed that it did.

"Well I guess I went a little overboard in designing my weapon" stated Ruby.

Suzaku spoke in surprise, "You built that weapon?"

"Of course!" she stated "All students build their own weapons. I mean, didn't Jaune build his?"

"It's a hand-me-down. My great, great grandfather used it to fight in the war" he spoke. "This sword had meaning to him."

"I understand how you feel. I had a few hand-me-downs as well", Suzaku said.

"Had?" Ruby asked with squinted eyes.

"Yeah. Uh…" Suzaku thought of an answer, "they were destroyed in a fire."

"Oh.." Ruby mumbled. They all stood there for a few moments, before Ruby decided to brighten the atmosphere. "Sounds more like a family heirloom to me." she said with a giggle. "Well I like it. Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days."

Jaune spoke, "Yeah. The classics."

They all started to walk again until Ruby spoke, "Where are we going?"

"Oh, I was just following you" Jaune replied. Suzaku smiled as he waved the others to follow him.

(=+=)

They all split up as Suzaku was waved over by Euphy, and Ruby was waved over by her sister.

"I see you heeded my advice?" she asked. Suzaku walked up next to her and gave her a small smile.

"Yeah. I followed it", he spoke. "So what have you been doing?" Suzaku asked Euphemia.

She gave a smile of her own as she answered, "I've been busy speaking with the professor about setting up a group to help support fanus."

Suzaku gave her a small smile as she spoke - she truly was a caring person. I suppose that was one of the reasons why she loved him so much, she didn't care that he was Japanese.

The speakers blared as Professor Ozpin walked on stage. "I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you are finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove to you that knowledge can only take you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." he slowly walked off stage leaving the students uncertain.

Professor Glynda took the mic, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Your initiation will start tomorrow. You are dismissed."

Suzaku and Euphemia looked at the now empty stage before Suzaku spoke.

"Welcome to Beacon."

Author's notes: I apologize for the week long delay in releasing the new chapter. I was on a vacation. Thank you for reading my book. If you like the book, please do follow and favorite it. If you like me, please do follow and favorite me. Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day.

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