In Beacon's dinning hall, Elise was stuffing her face with everything she could get a hold of. "Can't believe it guys!" She chomped down on a chicken leg, tearing off a piece of meat. "Tomorrow is the first day of the tournament and our first match!" She tossed the bone, which was no plucked clean, to the side before she reached forward and grabbed a large steak. "Who do you think we're going go fight?! I can't wait to see which suckers get to fall at our hands!" She pushed as much of the meat into her mouth as she could before she bit down and started to chew.
"She can..." Prac blinked several tines, staring over at the young farm girl.
Fid simply nodded his head, his eyes not leaving the brunet. "...eat..."
"...a lot." Fif was staring. He glanced down at his tray of food before looking back up at Elise's. She had well over triple of what he was eating.
"Yeah," Cheyenne leaned on her head, poking at a few grapes on her plate with a fork. "When she gets really excited she eats like a mad man."
"Well she did say her father was huge." Kris mumbled with a mouthful of bread, lettuce, tomato, cheese and tofu bacon in her mouth. "I'm sure she had to inherit something from him. I guess his appetite was one of them." She gave a small shrug before taking another bite of her sandwich.
"That's still an insane amount of food. She is eating just as much as those three." Maya said, fixing her beanie before pointing at the Varken brothers. "And they eat a lot."
"You guys didn't answer my question!" The brunet flailed her arms around before she picked up a large chunk of turkey breast. "Who do you think we are going to fight!?"
"Wouldn't it be funny if both our teams ended up fighting each other?" Kagami slowly looked up from her bowl of spicy chicken stew.
Elise blinked once, waving her hand at her leader. "Naaaw, that won't happen."
"Technically," Cheyenne looked over. "It could. There are only thirty-two teams, including us. So there is a one in thirty-one chance that we would face them. That's really only like a..." she trailed off, counting on her fingers for a second before she looked back up. "Only about a three percent chance of it happening."
"You... did that in your head?" Kris blinked several times, eyebrows raised.
"Uh... yeah?" The Faunus raised an eyebrow at the redhead.
Maya shook her head a bit before smiling as she leaned back. "You know, you're really smart."
She simply shrugged back. "It's... not much." She lifted a hand, brushing some of her hair behind her ear.
As the two sisters went on, Elise blinked some while eating a hamburger at least the size of her head. "Hey," She gently kicked Kagami under the table. "You alright?" She raised an eyebrow.
The jade haired girl glanced up from her bowl before she shrugged back. "Just a little tired I guess."
"Tired huh?" She took a giant bite. "You're being a lot more quiet than usual. What's up?"
Kagami gulped softly, looking down. She took a deep breath, shaking her head softly. "I'm fine. Don't worry."
Giving a sigh back, the brunet went back to devouring her extremly large meal. She knew something was bothering her leader, but she wasn't going to pry just yet. Whether she wanted to admit it or not, she knew Kagami needed time to get over what had happened. If she would ever get over it that is.
On the outside of the school building, in the main courtyard, a woman with darkened baby blue hair was walking up towards the academy. Her hair was flat yet uneven and clearly hadn't been combed in months, probably not washed in months either. She kept her head low, eyes shut as she walked onward. Her hands were resting inside her torn blue jean pockets, wrist half covered by the light blue hoodie tied around her waist. She had a plaid blue shirt on, not seeming to mind how it was clearly to large for his skinny body and flat chest. The shoulder of the shirt was hanging on her left shoulder, showing a black bra strap underneath. Though all the buttons to her top were not together, she had a blue scarf wrapped around her neck to stop from showing her chest and a long necklace with a panda pendant on it ontop of it. Her gray boots with a fuzzy rim clicked with each step she took. Even with her pale skin, there seemed to be something about her that drew men's eyes all across her.
Hearing a whistle come from behind her, she paused inher steps. She inhaled deeply, turning around. Her eyes, the same shade as her hair, quickly narrowed at a man with tanned skin in a gray shirt. "Is there a problem?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing at all." He moved his hands behind his head. "Just admiring the veiw Beacon."
She took a deep breath, lowering her head down ever so slightly. She reached up, swinging a brown backpack with straps around so she could reach inside it. "You know," She pulled out a pair of red glasses, sliding them on. "If I was younger," She hen took out a paint brush, twirling it in her fingers. "I'd be at your feet having fun." She looked up at him, the panda pendant swinging just a bit. "But that's not me anymore." She pulled out a painter's pallete before dropping her backpack. Each color on the pallete was different types of Dust. She dabbed the brush into a red one, taking a deep breath.
"Oh shoot." The man's eyebrow twitched a bit.
The woman raised her left hand which was holding the paint brush. "Don't even try to flirt with me." She spat out before she started to paint a circular bomb in mid air with Dust. Once it was done, she jumped up and kicked it straight towards the man.
"Shoot shoot shoot!" He stumbled away, eyes wide. An explosion went off just a few centimeters from his feet. There was a shockwave which sent him stumbling away.
"Miss Pastell!" A voice this woman could never forgot rang through the air. She yelped, stumbling with ever step she took. She half threw her stuff back into her bag, pulling the straps tight before she jumped up to her feet and threw it over her shoulder. "No way! You STILL work here!" She gulped, staring back at Ozpin's second.
With narrowed eyes, Glynda was glaring with arms crossed. She took a deep breath, rolling her eyes before she turned on her heels and started to walk off. "Of course you would show up for the tournament."
"Hey!" The girl in blue quickly started catch up to the blonde. "We won the Vytal tournament two times in a row! That's as good as anyone can do! I'm not going to miss a match! Never have and never will!"
"I see that, but please," She turned her head to look back. "Try not to harm anyone." She faced forward once again. "Also, Professor Ozpin wishes to see you. He wants to know how you are doing."
"I've actually had some fun!" She skipped in front of her. "There is this little town of Shion that I was hanging out at for a while and they were so nice there! I even got rid of some of their Grimm issues for them!"
Taking a deep breath, Glynda held out her hand. "Aero."
She flinched at her first name. Glynda only called her by her first name when she was about to strangle her to death. That had happened way too many times as a student here. "Yes?" She half gulped even though she was now an adult.
The blonde's crossed arms slowly fell down to her sides. She shook her head softly. "Ozpin will be very pleased to know you have arrived. Try not to keep him waiting."
Aero smiled, giving a nod before she spun on her heels. "I still know where his office is! I'll go to him straight away!"
Glynda went to speak but instead shook her head some more, watching the full fledged Huntress run off.
As team MACE started to walk back to their dorm, just as they were a few doors down from theirs, a pair of hands suddenly reached out and snatched Kris by the shoulders. She yelped, her eyes wide. Cheyenne, Elise and Kagami all blinked, slowly looking around the corner to see what in the name of Remnant had just happened. The three all quickly flinched, Kris screaming as high pitched as she could.
"Agh..." Elise twisted her pinky finger around in her ear. "What the hell?" She raised an eyebrow, looking up.
"It's Perrywinkle!" The redhead screeched, jumping up and down. She quickly pointed up at the bald man in a tux with a blue tie.
He gave a nod, smiling at the three other girls. "Hello there."
"Hi." Cheyenne lifted a hand, waving ever so slightly.
Elise put two fingers to hsr forehead, saluting him. "Howdy."
"Hey." Kagami moved her hand to the side once before lowering it back down.
"It's been so long since I've seen you!" Kris quickly wrapped her arms around him.
"Does... she seem a little too happy?" Elise raised an eyebrow, the two others on her team nodding.
"Yes, yes." Perrywinkle reached down, patting her head softly. "I've missed you too. You're mother is rather bossy. I very much prefer you over her."
The red head chuckled softly, slowly letting go of him before she crossed her arms. "Oh I know that first hand. But... why are you even here?"
He glanced around a bit before softly sighing. "Listen, Kris," He took a deep breath. "You're mother is... here... at the moment. She's here to take you home. I've come to accompany her but I thought I might as well as give you a fair warning. She says she wants this nonsense to end." He rolled his eyes before smiling down at her. "But you seem to be happy here, so I wouldn't mind having you stay for longer. Maybe three years longer."
Kris' entire expression changed, her head slowly lowering down. "Of course mother would show up... she always has to show up when things are looking up for me..." She took a very deep breath, wrapping her arms around herself. "It always happens..."
Kagami blinked once, eyes narrowing a bit. She quickly walked between the two, heading straight for her dorm room.
"Wait," Cheyenne raised her eyebrows. "What are you doing?"
She looked back, sticking her hands in her oodie pocket. "I'm going to go yell at someone."
"What?" Elise, Cheyenne and Perrywinkle all said at the same time.
Kris' face paled a bit as her brows slowly lifted up. "You're... insane..." Was all Kris mumbled, her voice lower than every. She had always talked back to her mother, but thinking of someone else doing it was insane.
Up in Ozpin's gear filled office, the headmaster of Beacon was sitting at his desk and sipping from a cup of hot chocolate and staring out the window. He took a deep breath, sighing into his drink. His head then perked up, hearing the doors to his office open. He gave a smile, turning around. "Aero."
"Ozpiiiiin!" The woman with blue hair jumped inside the room, skidding to a stop in front of his desk before jumping ontop of his desk to sit down. "S'up." She nudge her head upward a bit.
He smiled a bit more, setting his drink down where she wouldn't knock it over. He folded his hands together, leaning back in his chair. "I see you haven't changed much. How is your right shoulder holding up?"
"Eh, still feels the same as usual." She moved her right arm around a bit, stretching out her shoulder. "It still gets stiff from time to time. Even though it was like a million years ago, shattering every single bone in your shoulder takes a toll." She gave a sigh, resting her hands in her lap. "You look as stressed as usual too."
He smiled back at her, taking a deep breath before nodding. "You know running an academy is rather tiring. Expecially for an old man."
"Please," She waved a hand towards him with a grin. "There is no way you are a day over twenty."
"And you're clearly still not a day over eight at heart." He leaned forward a bit before leaning back again. He glanced out the window, looking out at the city before looking back at her. "Have you found any of the bandit group yet?" The tone in his voice went serious.
She slowly shook her head, glancing down. "Not yet. I can't find either of the two either. Both of them just vanished off the face of the earth. I can find tracks of the bandits but..." She sighed. "I can even find small groups that spread off from them... but I can't find the main group."
He gave a nod, leaning forward. He placed a hand on her shin, smiling ever so slightly. "You should go rest up. The tournament is tomorrow and you're in for a world of surprises later on. Trust me."
"Surprises?" Her eyebrows raised up before narrowing. "Oh Lord Oum... and oh Dark Oum..." Her head drop down. "I had it when you say surprises. Why can't you just tell me for once." She pouted, sliding off the desk to lay onto the floor.
He gave a smile, picking up his hot chocolate again. "Aero."
"Hmm?" The woman sat up, blinking a bit.
"Remember what... she... use to say about those two decadents meeting?" He brought his mug towards his mouth.
"Yeah." She slowly nodded. There was a moment of silence before the gears above clicked. Aero blinked a few times, her eyes going wide. She then pointed down towards the floor. "Here?"
He gave a nod. "Try not to scare them. Please."
She was quiet, slowly nodding. She then flashed a smile, slowly climbing back up onto the desk. "You want to hear more stories? I've been all the way to Menagerie. I stayed there for a good while. They loved me there. All those Faunus were pretty cool too." She started to ramble on and on about the adventures she had since her last meeting with Ozpin, smiling as wide as she could the entire time.
In front of the MACE dorm room, Kagami had her eyes narrowed. She quickly pushed open the door, heading straight inside.
"Oh my..." Elise mumbled, peeking her head inside the opening of the door. The rest ofvher team followed along with Perrywinkle.
Kagami kept her hands in her hoodie pocket, eyes narrowed at the woman sitting on the lower bed with two butlers at her side.
"So I'm assuming your Kris' mother?" Kagami spoke, keeping her voice in a neutral state.
Her head tilted to the side, her blonde hair flowing softly and bouncing with light golden curls. "I am the mother of Christm-" She was cut off.
"I'll stop you right there." The jade haired girl held out a hand. "She likes to be called Kris. And secondly," She stuck her hand back into her pocket. "I have heard several upon several stories anout you, and all of them are completely awful. You don't even deserve the title of a mother. A mother is suppose to protect her daughter as well as she can. All you do is sit back and pay people to take care of her. When was the last time you gave her soup you made while she was sick in bed? Wait, let me guess, never? But you know, I bet one of these men in uniform have given her soup when she was sick. You are clouded by greed and lien to even realize how unlike you your daughter is. How stupid to you have to be to not get that she doesn't want fo follow in the footsteps of some overdressed Huntress? You say you are a great warrior but you fight with your daughter more than you fight actual Grimm. You call her disrespectful, well what about you? You don't even care to acknowledge the fact she doesn't approve of killing an aninal for food and stuff your fat face every meal and force her to watch. You call her ignorant? You sit around all day twiddling your thumbs around while ignoring the fact she is trying to get your attention! You are the only mother she has and you're doing an awful job at it! You're nothing but a worthless rich person sitting around all day while your only daughter is just looking for your affection and love! That's all children ever want! I know that being a mother isn't the easiest, and that sometimes mothers have to make really difficult decisions, but you just make plan and stupid decision for her! She. Is. Not. You. You cannot control her! You cannot love your life through her just because you didn't get to do something as a child all while ignoring her!"
When she finished, she took a deep breath, letting her shoulders drop down some. Glenis went to speak, only go be hushed by Kagami once again. "No. You don't get to speak. This is MY dorm room and MY team. And right now, I want you out." She pointed towards the door. "You say your daughter is arrogant and disrespectful, seems to me like you haven't looked in the mirror lately."
The blonde woman blinked a few times, slowly standing up. "Do you have any idea who you are talking to?"
The jade haired girl flashed a smile, her shoulders rolling back. "I know exactly who I am talking to. I'm talking to the most bitchiest bitch of them all."
Glenis' face shot a deep shade of red as her eyes narrowed. Her mouth opened, about to speak, but was stopped once again.
"Get out." Kagami repeated, pointing at the door. "This is my dorm. Now get out."
"Why you disrespectful..." She trailed off, growling softly.
"Out." She demanded.
She gave off a snarl, snapping her fingers as the two butlers behind her followed. She stepped out the dorm, walking past the three girls and Perrywinkle. Her eyes locked with Kris. "You won't have a disrespectful brat like that always here. And you should warn her." Her eyes narrowed. "I could buy and sell her." Her head snapped away, her hair moving around her face as her heels tapped against the ground. "Perrywinkle!"
The man flinched, glancing down at Kris. "You've made some great friends." He mumbled before rushing off. "Coming, ma'am!"
Kris blinked a few times, slowly looking inside the dorm room at Kagami. "Holy shit." Was all she could find herself to say.
Kagami blinked a few times, looking back. She gently rubbed the back of her head with raised eyebrows. "Was... I too harsh on her?"
Elise smiled, walking up next to her leader and patting her back. "Couldn't have said it better myself." She smiled a little more as Kagami returned the smile.
Cheyenne crossed her arms, slowly nodding as she looked down at Kris. "Sooo... that was your mom?"
"Yep." The red head nodded, her eyes still wide at Kagami.
The Faunus slowly nodded more, glancing out the door before back down at Kris with a sigh. "Well, that definitely explains your attitude when we first met." She sighed once more, placing her arm across the young girl's shoulders. "We got your back though. You don't have to worry. There is no way we'll let you go back with her."
Kris smiled softly, looking up at Cheyenne before leaning into her a bit. "Thanks, Chey."
"No problem, Christmas." Cheyenne smiled, rubbing her shoulder softly.