Monday morning came and both team RWBY and JNPR had to act like nothing was happening. Which was tougher than expected. Turns out Jaune and Neptune's recon turned their plans upside down; Seido Industries became their only objective and Hotaru's week off was their only shot at hitting them hard.

They sat at their regular spots in the dining hall wondering how Sun was doing on his first day. No one felt like eating and were on their own thoughts until Ozpin spoke through the intercom.

"Good morning, students. This is the headmaster with important news: Classes in the morning will be cancelled and will return to a regular schedule after lunch. Every student is then required to go to the amphitheater at 6:00 pm for a special event in our school. That is all".

Immediately, everyone began to chatter and gossip wondering what could cancel all morning classes. even the eight conspirators were distracted from their worrying thoughts. "I am not one to reject a free morning, but that is just weird" commented Yang.

Both teams remained silent until Coco and her team arrived. "Yo! Silent boy!".

Everyone looked at her and deduced she must have meant Ren. "Me?" he asked very surprised. Ren had nothing against team CFVY, but they were never all that close either.

"Yeah, we need your expertise with all this drama. Velvet, your camera please". The rabbit faunus gave Coco the object and she showed Ren and everyone else one specific photo of a bullhead, Ozpin, Goodwitch and four strangers dressed in blue, yellow, red and grey. Coco then zoomed in on the strangers before speaking again. "See them? Yatsuhashi says their clothes do look like they could come from Mistral, but he can't pinpoint a specific place. Any ideas?".

He looked closely at the picture and noticed that they did look like clothes martial artists from villages close to Kuroyuri would use. They all seemed to be wearing a black sleeveless t-shirt with their respective colored robes on top, all but red wore black pants and had a sash and shingles of their respective color. Yellow and blue had shoulder pads and hip armor; blue's were colored while yellow's were silver. Red, on the other hand, had two black sashes, black boots and black gloves. Most curious, however, was his mouth covered by black bandages and a black headband with a green gem. "I've not seen those specific patterns, but they do look similar to robes and armors used by people from where I came from".

"Anything else you can tell us?".

"They seem light on clothes and armor… my guess is that they depend more on close fighting".

Nora then grabbed the camera from Coco looking at the picture in whatever angle her body allowed her to. "Where did you get this? Who are they?".

Velvet took back her camera and began to explain. "We don't know. I was just taking pictures of the sun rise and saw that meeting at the docks".

"And you think it has something to do with Ozpin canceling classes?" asked Blake.

"I don't 'think' girl, I KNOW!" Coco then dragged Fox to the front. "This nerd here says there is a loophole in Beacon Academy's acceptance rules. I think we might be looking at new students".

As crazy as it sounded, Coco made some sense. While most of the table wondered about the new guys, Yang was very bothered about something. "Hey, Velvet… Could I have a look at the photo again?".

The rabbit faunus gave her the device and Yang went to examine one of the boys. The yellow one seemed too like the yellow guy at Junior's; but that was impossible. This guy was not as big, less than half his age and the beard was missing. Then again, that ponytail was unmistakable. Could they be related?

The free morning went without much happening. Neptune was going to be Sun's guardian from the outside. They were disappointed, however, when he told them that the use of scrolls was forbidden during work hours, so it was complete blackout until the end of the dayshift.

After lunch, there were classes as normal, but all students now noticed the color-coded new faces that sometimes roamed the halls going from one classroom to another and being chaperoned by a different teacher each time.

The end of the day came, and before dinner, every student was present and sitting at the top seats of the amphitheater. They were all chattering about the new guys who, by now, everyone figured, were the reason they were sitting here. After some minutes, Ozpin, the teachers and the new guys entered the room and took center stage.

"Good evening students! We are gathered here for an event that has not happened in a long time at this academy: A special entrance exam. Our school was founded with the idea that everyone who is capable and willing to fight the grimm should be given the chance to do so. These four young men standing behind me claim to be that; and so, we all at Beacon should put their determination to the test and see if they are worthy of standing with our first-year students as equals right now. Miss Goodwitch". The headmaster stepped aside so that the headmistress and combat instructor could take the stage.

"These people have been tested on their knowledge by normal means. However, their physical abilities will be tested in one fight against the lowest performing team among the first-year students. To choose it we took into consideration…".

Goodwith kept explaining, but both team RWBY and JNPR were now trying to console Jaune. As soon as the phrase 'lowest performing team' was spoken, everyone knew JNPR would be dragged down because of Jaune, aka, the worst fighter of their year.

"Don't worry, if they win it won't be the end of the world Jaune" Pyrrha tried to comfort him while patting his back.

Nora, on the other hand, went into overprotective mode giving the mean eye to all who giggled at Jaune's predicament.

Jaune just let his head hanging as Goodwitch ended her explanation of the selection process. "And with all these considerations, the team chosen to fight our possible new students is… team CRDL!". Every student in the amphitheater gasped and then went quiet for what felt like hours as they turned their heads trying to find them. Once they were spotted, Russel, Dove and Sky looked appalled while holding books on grimm anatomy, their scribbled notebooks and pens on their mouths, not being able to believe Goodwitch's announcement. Cardin, on the other hand, was just showing off his biceps and taking pictures with his scroll. It wasn't until Russel poked Cardin on the head with one of his pens that he noticed everyone looking at them. An awkward cough from someone in the audience made Cardin give an awkward laugh and quickly turn to his team for help. "Why is everyone looking at us!?" He whispered to them.

"Mr. Winchester would you and your team please change to your combat gear and fight our guests for their final test!".

Proudly, Cardin then stood up and commanded every other student on his way to the lockers to clear his path. "Out of the way losers. Beacon's new teachers coming through" it wasn't until Russel whispered something on his ear that his prideful smile turned into a face of pure horror and a loud "WHAT!?" could be heard by everyone present.

Team CRDL stood on the right side of the improvised arena. On the left were their opponents introduced by Goodwitch one by one.

"Kuai Liang Xue" The one in blue stepped forward, his most noticeable physical trait being the long scar over his right eye. "Hanzo Hasashi" The yellow one with a ponytail and two katanas on his right hip then stepped forward. "Tomas Vrbada" the grey one with shoulder length silver hair and machinations on his wrists followed. "And Jerrod Ermac" the red one, and the strangest looking of the group, stepped forward. "Should you defeat team CRDL with at least one of you remaining with your aura above the red level in a one round match, you will have passed the fighting test. She then held two folders, one on each hand. "In these folders you'll find key information about your rivals. Learn as much as you can about them to make the best strategy. You have ten minutes".

Kuai Liang and Cardin went to retrieve their respective folders. Cardin, however, threw it aside. "We don't need help defeating a batch of newbies". Kuai Liang was not affected by Cardin's words, but he just gave the other boy a look of pity.

The ten minutes went by and the newcomers were ready. The stats of both teams were displayed on a giant screen and as a final act, Kuai Liang and Tomas put on blue and silver metal mouth mask respectively while Hanzo put on a golden one with nostrils carved on the top part.

"Ready?" Goodwitch asked looking at both teams.

Cardin and his team had their weapons drawn and so did the newcomers. Jerrod took a silver rod from his belt which turned into a single bladed battleax, Tomas's wrist mechanisms turned into trident heads and Hanzo unsheathed both katanas; Kuai Liang only took a fighting stance.

"Set!" Goodwitch continued.

Cardin noticed Kuai Liang being unarmed and decided to taunt his foe before the battle. "What are you gonna do, blue-boy? Slap me to death?".
Kuai Liang decided to answer him. "Ever heard the tale of the tiger and the baboon with the overcompensating stick?" he asked him.

Some laughs could be heard from the audience, JNPR specially. This hurt Cardin more than the insult itself. "Yeah!? Well… size doesn't matter!" 'Wait… that came out wrong… GRAAAAAH, I hate these guys!'.

"BEGIN!" Goodwitch finally yelled.

Both teams remained still for a few seconds just looking at each other. It wasn't until Kuai Liang yelled "Kai-Shi" that the newcomers began their attack.

Hanzo and Tomas ran towards CRDL, Tomas taking the lead. CRDL was readying their defense when Tomas stopped halfway, placed his right hand perpendicular to his left hand and covered the center of the arena with a thick layer of smoke. CRDL were then briefly confused by a bright yellow light that came from the cloud and then by Hanzo who had appeared from behind them punching Russel in the back and sending him to the ground.

The other members were ready to attack Hanzo all at once, but Sky was hen pulled into the air while being surrounded by a green light and Cardin was stopped by suddenly being frozen by an ice blast that came from behind the cloud. Dove was left speechless as roundhouse kick from Hanzo sent him flying towards the cloud. He was able to see tridents attached to elastic wires coming from the cloud, getting stuck to the ground behind him and then a gray boot hitting his face at a high speed.

Cardin managed to get his head out of the his ice prison and was trying to get the rest of his body out when he noticed Kuai Liang sliding through the floor and hitting him at with his shoulder, breaking the ice and sending Cardin rolling a couple of feet away.

Sky looked at the fight happening when suddenly was pulled forward and landed on his face. He levitated once more and was then heading towards Jerrod who gave a high kick right on Sky's throat.

Once everyone was fighting one on one and the smoke started to dissipate, Russel, Dove and Sky stood up and went on the offensive. All of Sky's attacks with his halberd were blocked by Jerrod's axe. Hanzo and Russel's fight went almost the same with both boys switching between attacking and blocking. Tomas and Kuai Liang, however, took a different approach; the first moving all over the arena and deflecting Dove's bullets with his tridents while the second stood next to Cardin who had just managed to stand up. Cardin charged at the other man, but Kuai Liang jumped to Cardin's left as the floor where he once stood on received the full might of Cardin's attack. Kuai Liang then covered his fists with ice clubs which he used to disarm Cardin by delivering a strong chop to his arms and then to punch him four times, breaking the clubs in the process and finishing his offensive with a kick to his chest.

Dove kept firing when his opponent suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke. He was so fixated by it he didn't notice the cloud reforming on top of him and Tomas descending to deliver a kick to the back of his head and using the momentum to do a back flip. Russel and Hanzo were on a deadlock, Russel giving everything he got while Hanzo just gave him an amused look before doing a sweep kick and sending Russel to the ground. Cardin was now running and hiding from icicles from Kuai Liang guarding Cardin's mace.

As Russel was about to get up, he was distracted from his fight as Cardin yelled at him. "Russel, stop being an idiot and help me!". Annoyed, but willing to follow orders, he rolled away from Hanzo's kick to the ground, got up and threw one of his daggers at Kuai Liang who blocked the projectile with an ice shield. Cardin's strategy worked, however, since he was able to take his mace again. He charged again but was now going to deliver a swing, Kuai Liang dashed backwards and left in his place an ice statue of himself that froze Cardin as soon as he touched it. Kuai Liang made two ice axes as he proceeded to beat Cardin with both.

Jerrod was still fighting Sky who just kept attacking. He locked their weapons together and turned to his team. "He can't use his semblance while being distracted! Need help!" he yelled.

Cardin managed to block strikes coming from Kuai Liang's new weapons, ice swords, and then yelled back at his teammate "And how does that help me!?" before dodging a double thrust against his chest.

Russel, on the other hand, understood the found weakness and ignored Hanzo, throwing his remaining dagger at Jerrod. He managed to block it with his axe pushing Sky away first, but the force of the impact did send him to the ground. Russel ran with Sky towards Jerrod reclaiming his lost weapon in the process.

Hanzo noticed this turn of events and took out a spear head attached to a chain; he then threw it and when it got in Sky's back he yelled "GET OVER HERE!" loud enough to make an eco-effect on the room and then pulled so that Sky was flying towards him. A double flip kick had Sky up in the air for a few seconds before Hanzo appeared on top of him delivering a fire punch in his stomach that sent Sky crashing to the floor.

While Russel looked at the spectacle, he never noticed Jerrod using his semblance on himself until it was too late. When Russel turned around, Jerrod propelled himself towards Russel and headbutted him directly on the face. When Russel fell to the ground, Jerrod made an air flip and landed on the other boy's chest.

Dove had gone on the defense as he was now deflecting punches and slashes from Tomas while also keeping an eye open from his ability to turn into smoke and appear behind him. He was stunned when Tomas turned all his body but his arms into a cloud and then went past Dove leaving his tridents on the floor. When Tomas materialized, he used the elastic wire to launch himself at Dove and punched him in his stomach, he then turned to smoke once again appearing behind Dove to punch him in the back and went in front again to deliver a high kick to his face.

The fight kept going with team CRDL unable to stop the punches, kicks and strikes of the newcomers; all of them getting dizzy as the screen showed them all on the yellow just about to enter the red zone.

With all their opponents stunned but still standing, Kuai Liang turned to his team and gave a final order. "Finish them! Ice-compactor!". Hanzo took out a second spear and threw them at Sky, once they were stuck on his chest, Hanzo began to spin, taking Sky along for the ride. Tomas placed the tridents on the ground and used his smoke form to go back as far as he could while Jerrod used his telekinesis to pick up Russel. Tomas let go and the resulting flying kick against Dove sent him flying forward and crashing against Sky while Jerrod then threw Russel into the growing human pile.

While all that happened, Kuai Liang froze Cardin's feet with a more powerful ice blast and then made an ice wall that had a giant ice block growing from it and six feet over Cardin's head. "Xian Zai" yelled Kuai Liang; Hanzo released all other members of team CRDL who crashed against Cardin, releasing him from his feet prison and making all four of them crash against the ice wall. The impact made the block above them fall and crash over them.

With that final blow, team CRDL went red and Goodwitch stepped in the arena. "The winners are: Kuai Liang Xue, Hanzo Hasashi, Tomas Vrbada and Jerrod Ermac". As she said that, all four teens got together and looked at team CRDL before placing their right fist on their left palm and bowing to their defeated opponents.

Everyone in the amphitheater then cheered for the new guys as they left with some of the teachers while CRDL were taken to the locker rooms with the assistance of Professors Port and Oobleck.

At dinner, the fight was the single topic everyone seemed interested in. whether it was CRDL being put on their place or specific moments during the fight. A growing trend seemed to be trying to imitate Hanzo's "GET OVER HERE" yell. RWBY and JNPR were not extent of this as they all were talking about how cool they were with relatively simple weapons and awesome martial arts. Everyone but Yang, that is.

If she had any doubts before, they were all clear now. That move everyone was now interested in was identical in every way to what the yellow guy did at Junior's. Those guys had something to do with Seido, and she would get to the bottom of things.

All teachers at Beacon were now sitting in the conference room, Ozpin and Glynda at the head.

"Well… needless to say, they passed the combat test. Anything to add Glynda?".

"Excellent teamwork, great ability to improvise, some may abuse of their semblance; but they've more than earned their place here as far as I'm concerned".

"Good! How about their theorical tests?".

Oobleck spoke first. "Not as great at their fighting abilities, but good enough for them to not require any leveling or tutoring. They show a slightly above average of knowledge in mathematics, history and dust chemistry; but that Jerrod kid seems to be, pardon my language, the slowest member. Taking longer to make decisions and even going back to change answers multiple times". As he said the last part footage of the boys taking their exams showed Jerrod clearly being upset about answers he re-wrote repeatedly.

Port then interjected "He also seemed to be talking to himself!".

"And their tests?" Asked Ozpin.

"Meh! They know about some grimm. I can bring them up to date, no biggy".

"Then it's settled. They'll join our students tomorrow. I'll send them their uniforms and assign them their room this instant. What do they have to say about the leader position and partners, Glynda?".

"It was a two against one against one. Everyone but Tomas voted for himself, he voted for Kuai Liang. They asked specifically that Tomas and Kuai Liang are made partners".

Ozpin had to admit that this was his happiest mistake. He gained incredible new warriors in his fight against Salem, what else could he ask for? "It's settled then. From this moment forward, they are team KHTE of Beacon. Everyone agrees?".

Everyone but Oobleck and Port raised their hands.

"Bartholomew, Peter? Is there any thing you'd like to add?"

"Yes headmaster. Before you accept them, we have one condition!" Oobleck said.

Everyone looked dead serious at them before Port yelled. "PUT THEM IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL!".

Everyone seemed confused by Port's outburst. "Excuse me?" Glynda asked.

Oobleck then passed copies of specific open answers and essays written by the boys before Port continued. "They all insist on spelling things like 'Crypt', 'Conquest', 'Carts', 'Combat' and even more words with a 'K'!".

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Had a lot of trouble trying to describe the MK outfits this time.

To save imagination fuel:

-MK 11 Scorpion without the hood

-MK 11 Sub-Zero without the hood

-MK 9 Smoke

-MKD Ermac, alternate costume

Reviews are always welcome.