The rest of team Rwby were horrified while aj had an offended expression about his jacket.

Weiss: Professor Oobleck?

Doc. Oobleck who Talking fast per the norm as he paces in front of team Rwby and aj.

Oobleck: "Yes, I'm afraid those bags won't be necessary, girls and boy, seeing as you've opted to shadow a Huntsman on what is now essentially a reconnaissance mission. I can assure you, we will not be establishing a single base of operations; rather, we will be traversing several miles of hazardous wasteland and making camp in any defendable locations we may stumble upon. I packed all of our essentials myself, plotted our air course, and readied the airship. And..."

Oobleck Zooms up right to Weiss' face.

Oobleck: "It's Doctor Oobleck. I didn't earn the PhD for fun, thank you very much!"

He Quickly backs away. Aj was stunned on how fast this guy could talk while Weiss looks over at Blake, who is equally disturbed.

Weiss: "Uh..."

Oobleck: "Come now, children according to my schedule, we are already three minutes behind!"

Then, as an afterthought Oobleck to clarify.

Oobleck: " ...schedule!"

He then zips off to the airship docked farther ahead in a second. Aj was just confused and lost.

Aj: "I only heard something about a hazardous camp?"

Aj says In a confused tone as Yang spoke up.

Yang: "You'll get used to it... I think"

Aj sighs as he rubs his temple.

Aj: "That's a no for my book."

Ruby who had a Positive and upbeat attitude and tone.

Ruby: "Well, alright, then! Looks like we're going to save the world with Doctor Oooobleck-"

Suddenly becoming as depressed as her team and aj.

Ruby: "Okay yeah when you say it out loud it sounds worse."

Aj: "Hmm hm."

He hummed as aj nods his head.

5 min later

Both team Rwby, Aj and doc. Oobleck were on the airship. Flying over the land and to their destination.

Yang: "I guess I just never saw you as much of a fighter."

Oobleck: "I admit I fancy myself more of an intellectual, but I can assure you, as a Huntsman, I've had my fair share of tussles."

Ruby and aj who were tilting their head in confusion.

Aj: "Tussles?"

Ruby: "Like the mushroom?"

Blake who leaned over to ruby.

Blake: "Those are truffles."

Ruby who's Still scratching her head in befuddlement.

Ruby: "Like the sprouts?"

Yang who is also leaning over to ruby.

Yang: "Those are Brussels."

Aj who sighed and shook his head as he looks at oobleck.

Aj: "Your point doc?"

Oobleck: "Given my expertise in the field of history as well as my dabblings in the archaeological surveys, our dear headmaster saw fit to assign me to this particular... assignment!"

Weiss: "What does history have to do with this?"

Oobleck turning sharply on Weiss.

Oobleck: "Why, what a preposterous question, you silly girl! Why, history is the backbone of our very society! And the liver! Probably the kidneys, if I were to wager."

Weiss: "And that means..?"

Aj who cuts in the conversation .

Aj: "We're going to a battlefield or what used to be one"

Oobleck nods.

Oobleck: "Precisely! The southeast quadrant is located outside of Vale is home to wild forests and deep caves, but it is also the location to one of the kingdom's greatest failures!"

Ruby: "Mountain Glenn."

Yang: "That's right! It was an expansion of Vale... but in the end it was overrun by Grimm and fenced off from the rest of the city."

Oobleck: "Correct! And now it stands abandoned as a dark reminder."

Blake: "And a likely place for a hideout."

Oobleck adjusts his glasses and smiles.

Oobleck: "Precisely!"

Aj in thoughts: these Grimm... how dangerous are they.

The airship comes in over a spot of street amidst the ruined buildings and structures of the ruined area. It hovers right above the ground as Aj, Oobleck and team RWBY all jump out of the craft with weapons drawn. Aj lands in a way like how a specific dark knight would do. His house of k suit only covers his hand to his forearms and his foot to his knees as Oobleck holds his coffee canister as the airship flies away from the destruction.

Suddenly Oobleck Calls the attention of RWBY and Aj.

Oobleck: "Ladies and gentlemen! You still may be students, but as of this moment, your first mission as Hunter and huntresses has begun! From this point forward, you need to do exactly as I say! Do you understand?"

Aj and team RWBY nod, but suddenly Oobleck glared at Ruby, which startled her.

Oobleck: "Ruby! I thought I told you to leave all of your bags back at school."

Aj shifts his head sideways.

Aj: "Well you never specified when she'll leave the bag..."

Oobleck shifts his glare to aj

Aj: "Not to be rude... uhh doc?"

His expression shifted to an awkward tone that's practically screaming 'help me'.

Oobleck: "well your not wrong..."

he shifts his gaze back at ruby.

Oobleck: "Very well then Ruby leave your bag here, we can pick it up upon our return."

Ruby: "But I, well uh-"

Oobleck: "Young lady, what in the world could you possibly have in that bag that could be so important to bring it with..."

Oobleck Stops speaking as the bag's zipper opens and out pops Zwei's head, causing everyone to stare at the black and white small dog.

Aj In thoughts: A corgi?

Weiss and Yang in thoughts: Zwei?!

Blake in thoughts: Oh no...

Ruby who was whispering to zwei through the side of her mouth.

Ruby: "Get back in the bag."

Zwei merely barks in response.

Oobleck: "Young lady we're here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility, and you brought... a dog?"

Ruby: "I, uh..."

Aj and the rest of team Rwby were still confused

Oobleck: "Genius!"

Oobleck backs away long enough for Ruby to give a confused shrug before speeding past and snatching the pet away from Ruby, who tumbles to the ground.

Oobleck: "Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound, making them excellent companions for a hunt such as ours!"

Oobleck spins Zwei in the air. Zwei barks happily in Ooblecks hands.

After being stunned for the unexpected reaction.

Ruby: "I'm a genius!"

She proudly states.

Aj: "I doubt that."

Aj says before ruby looks at aj with a expression of disbelief.

Ruby: "Wha- what makes you say that?!"

Aj looks at ruby.

Aj: "Not too long ago you think tussle was a mushroom."

Ruby: "Well-."

Aj: "And a sprout."

Ruby began to stammer.

Ruby: "Well you don know what it it"

Aj sighs in defeat as he hanged his head

Aj: "yeah your right"

Ruby at Aj with a smirk as she points at him

Ruby: "Hah"

Yang smirks on this interaction between the leader and the hellspawn but Weiss just facepalms. As ruby and aj still make fun of each other on each of them not knowing what a tussle is Blake spoke up and face the doctor

Blake:" So, what are your orders, Doctor?"

Oobleck: "Ah, yes, straight to the chase; I like it!"

Oobleck lets go of Zwei, suspended in the air for less than a second before dropping down, to put his hands behind his back for a serious pose

Oobleck: "you've been informed, the southeast area has been marked as a recent hot spot for Grimm activity. Now, there are several possible explanations for this behavior, one of which being... Grimm."

Ruby and aj just as confused as their teammates for the redundancy and spoke at the same time

Aj/ruby: "Come again doc?/ uh, what?"

Oobleck: "Grimm. A creature of Grimm approximately one hundred yards from us at this very moment."

Yang: "What?!"

She turns to look like her teammates at the lone Beowolf wandering into the street

Aj: "That's a Grimm?"

Oobleck: "A Beowolf to be exact. They take an appearance of a ware wolf but not human just a ware wolf"

Aj: "That's... stupid"

Suddenly team Rwby unleashed their weapons

Aj: "Well ok then"

The house of k symbiote on ajs forearms and legs that was below the knee dissolves as a beretta m9 appears on ajs hand and aimed it at the beowolf

Oobleck: "Stop!"

Aj: "Yeah!"

Aj says as he slowly lowers his pistol

Ruby: "You were about to shoot!"

Aj: "Was not!"

Ruby: "Were too!"

Aj: "Was not!"

Ruby: "Were too!"

Aj and ruby kept on bickering on each other. By the time the rest of team Rwby weapons were already lowered. The two kept on bickering until the Royal spoke up

Weiss: "Shut up and listen to doctor oobleck you idiots!"

The two stopped then turn at oobleck and the rest of team Rwby as they hang their heads in shame

Weiss let's put a small 'hmph'

Oobleck: "Now that we're focused. There are a number of reasons why Grimm will congregate in this particular area, the most likely of which will be their attraction to negativity: sadness, envy, loneliness, hatred. All qualities that are likely held by our hidden group harboring ill intent."

Aj and ruby looks up at oobleck

Aj: "Like criminals..."

Ruby: "So... What now?"

Oobleck: "We wait. We track. If this specimen leads us to its pack, that pack may subsequently lead us to our prey."

Aj: "So like scouting..."

He says as he held his chin then Blake spoke up

Blake: "How long do we wait?"

Oobleck: "It's uncertain. Hours, days, weeks. Why, lone Grimm have been known to stay isolated from the pack for months..."

Aj: "That's bull-"

Oobleck: "-and there's the whole pack."

His sudden realization is true: Five Beowolves are already following the first.

Weiss: "What?"

Aj: "There's a whole pack?"

Oobleck: "And now they've seen us."

Oobleck stated as Weiss gets louder

Weiss: "What?!"

Oobleck coming right up to Weiss' ear to shout

Oobleck: "AND NOW THEY'VE SEEN US!"

Ruby: "I take it tracking them is out of the question?"

Aj: "Nah we're still going to track them"

Ruby: "Is that a-"

Aj: "I was being sarcastic"

Yang: "What's the plan, then?"

The team turns to their teacher as the creatures close in, black bars converging dramatically over the approaching animals. Then oobleck looks at aj as aj spin two beretta m9s in his hands as his arms is in a x position on his face as he face the Grimm.

Aj: "We kick ass"

Oobleck: "Show me what you're capable of."

Ruby swings Crescent Rose to prepare it for shooting

Ruby: "Cover your ears, Zwei!"

As the beowolfs attack team Rwby four beowolfs charge at aj. Aj dashes towards them as he slid below them as he shot their gut. A beowolf swings at aj just for him to duck under and shot its head. Aj kicks the beowolf behind him to the ground and then stomp at its head killing it. Aj walks slowly to the last and retreating Grimm as he grabs him and shot its leg to its neck.

As ruby finished splitting a beowolf in half she faces Oobleck, lifting her weapon

Ruby: "Heh. Piece of cake!"

Oobleck: "Do not celebrate yet, for I am certain this is the first bout of many. Shall we continue?"

Continue they do, as Ruby cuts through the Grimm, Blake slicing the beowolf, and Oobleck rooting through a plant as Grimm parts fall around him. Some time later he is center in the faces of tired Huntresses and hunter

Aj was playing with zwei with a twig he found as ruby with her scythe sheathed sat next to him as she played with zwei with him

Oobleck: "Excellent work, boy and girls! Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any signs of criminal operations in this sector. Oh, well! Moving on!"

As they all follow Oobleck, yang irritably asks

Yang: "Hey, Doc, y'know, I was actually looking forward to seeing a "pro Huntsman" in action. Like, fighting, or at least, helping us fight?"

Aj ears perk up as he picks up zwei in his arms which left ruby with a face of disappointment

Aj: "He's testing us. Whenever a pro is shadowing a rookie or a newbie they monitor them, they see if we're capable for the job him not helping us is a good thing, it means that we're meeting his expectations or exceeding it"

Aj says with a soft smile as ruby goes beside him as she asks

Ruby: "Come on let me hold zwei, he's my dog"

Aj faces ruby with a smug look

Aj: "No... he's small, soft and cute plus I love dogs"

Ruby: "Come on"

Ruby whines as she gave aj puppy eyes

Aj: "No"

Aj say's playfully as he shakes his head

Oobleck: "The boys right plus not every mission is heroism its sometimes just a heightened form of extermination remember it's a job"

Yang who was trying to sound more resolute with her answer

Yang: "Well, yeah... O-Of course!"

Oobleck just hummed

Time skip to ajs questioning

Aj rips apart a Beowulf as its corpse disintegrates at aj feet. Oobleck was on a window opening looking at the young hellspawn

Oobleck: "Your a transfer student right mr simmons?"

Aj looks up at him and nods

Oobleck: "And why do you want to be a hunter?"

Aj: "To fight off the Grimm-"

Oobleck cuts him off

Oobleck: "No that's the job you have to you. Why do you want to be a hunter?"

Aj looks down then back up to Oobleck for a moment

Aj: "To save those in need and not let anyone die"

He points at the ruined buildings

Aj: "To prevent this"

Oobleck smiles as he acknowledges Ajs reason

Oobleck: "I believe you and I have something in common"

Aj nods at oobleck

Aj: "Thanks doc"

Meanwhile

Crackling and not the the joyful one... a dark and malicious one

???: "No not yet spawny jr... just gotta make ya suffer"

It crackles once more as it waddles away

Back to our main characters

Aj sat on what use to be a balcony in a building. Relaxing, taking in the silence as team Rwby were talking, he takes in the fresh air of the ruins, its all ruin until the doctor asks Aj something

Oobleck: "Why aren't you with the girls?"

He asks as aj open his eyes as he still face the ruin city

Aj: "I don't want to be a bother"

Oobleck: "Well then just remember. Those are your teammates the more closer they are to you, the more better you work together"

He says as he walks away. Aj took in the atmosphere of the ruins

Team Rwbys pov

Yang: "So ruby... what's up with you and aj... you got a crush on him~"

She teases her little sister as ruby gets red

Ruby: "N-no I just... want more friends"

She says shyly as she fiddles with her fingers

Yang: "Oh well since you don't like him then you won't mind-"

Ruby: "Ok"

Her whole voice and face changes from shy and blushing to casual and blank as yang was flabbergasted

Yang: "W-what"

Ruby: "I only focus on being a hunter and making friends... for now I don't care about that lovely dovey stuff"

Yang: "O-oh"

Silence filled the room as the Faunus spoke up

Blake: "Can you guys go to sleep... please?"

Ruby: "Sure"

Yang: "Y-yeah"

They both say as they get in their sleeping bags and began to doze off to sleep

Yang in thoughts: we'll see about that little sister

End of chapter