RWBY: Team CRML
Chapter 4
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Walking with my team into our room, I was surprised to see two bunk beds instead of the usual four singles. "Ooh, sweet!" Nicci rushed in. "Dibs on top bunk!"
She rushed over in a blur and jumped on top of the set of beds on the right. Liam walked over to the set on the left and put his stuff on the top bunk. "I hope you don't mind if I take this one." he said before leaping into his bed.
Marek was quiet. He didn't say a word as he walked over to the beds on the right and crawled into the bottom bunk. He didn't even take off his bandanna or his hood as he rolled onto his side.
"Guess that settles the beds..." I said softly. "We should get some rest today and unpack tomorrow."
"Sounds good to me!" Nicci said as she plopped down in her bed. "Night, guys!"
After a few seconds of silence, I closed my eyes and drifted off.
The next day
"Wake up team!" I quickly sat up as Nicci shouted. "Rise and shine!"
"Nicci?"
Rubbing my eyes, I slid off my bunk. "What time is it?"
"It's time to get to work." she replied. "Let's decorate!"
Liam and I both sighed. "Fine."
A couple hours later
After hanging up our posters and placing pictures of our families, I looked to the time. "Looks like it's time for class." I said. "C'mon."
Checking our schedule, professor Goodwitch's class was first today. Leaving our room, we began heading for class.
Entering, we sat down in the bleachers and waited for our teacher. After a couple of minutes, she stepped into the middle of the room. "Hello, class." she greeted. "I want to go ahead and start. Most of your time here will be sparring one another. Testing your skills and whatnot. By sparring together, you will gain experience as well as skill in the battlefield. Now, let's see who's up first."
She pressed a few buttons on her scroll. "Okay... Liam Branwen and... Cardin Winchester."
Once their names were said, the two walked onto the stage. Liam was the first to draw his weapon, immediately taking his stance, extending his left arm while raising his blade, the tip pointed at Cardin.
Cardin just twirled his mace. "Ready...and-" Cardin rushed in before the professor could finish, swinging his mace at Liam's head.
Liam took a step back, the mace missing him entirely. As Cardin went to swing again, Liam jabbed his sword into his leg in one quick motion before stepping back again. Growling, Cardin began swinging his mace. His form was sloppy, making it too easy for Liam to dodge and counter him.
As Cardin swung again, Liam went to block the attack, only for his sword to get knocked out of his hand by the force of Cardin's blow. Jumping back to dodge the next attack, Liam put his fists up.
As Cardin swung, Liam put his arm up but instead of blocking the mace, he blocked Cardin's arm mid-swing before punching Cardin with his free hand.
Stumbling, Liam kept on the attack, throwing punch after punch while dodging Cardin's attacks. Throwing another punch, Cardin managed to dodge it, barely, and lashed out with his mace, catching Liam on his chin.
The force knocked Liam back, right next to his sword. He grabbed it as Cardin brought his mace down. As Liam moved his sword to block it, a shot rang out from his weapon. His sword lunged at Cardin's with enough force knock his mace away.
Kicking Cardin's legs out from under him, Liam got to his feet and raised his sword when the professor suddenly stepped in. "And that's the match." she said, getting Liam to stop mid strike. Goodwitch pulled up the screen to show us that Cardin's aura was in the red. "Mr. Winchester, Mr. Branwen, please return to your seats." Liam walked over to Cardin and extended his hand, only for Cardin to slap it away as he got to his feet.
"Whatever, man." I heard Liam say as he shrugged and walked off the stage and back to his seat next to me.
"You did awesome, Liam!" Nicci said. "You've got some moves! Hey, where did you learn hand-to-hand? I could use a few pointers."
"My dad taught me hand-to-hand, and yeah, I'll teach you on one of our free days off." Liam told her.
"Awesome!"
A few hours later
There were a couple more matches before the bell rang and Goodwitch dismissed us from our first class. We had professor Port for our second class but he didn't really teach us as much as talk about his youth.
Right now, me and my team were back in our dorm room. "That class was boooooring!" Nicci said as she hopped into her bunk.
"We should get some sleep." Marek said, barely loud enough to hear, as he climbed into his bed under Nicci's. "We still have classes in the morning."
"Waaaay ahead of ya!" Nicci said as she fell back, landing her head on her pillow. Liam hopped into his bed as I crawled into mine. "Night guys!"
End of chapter 4
