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Astra- The laser move must be named something now, but it needs to fit with Kai's character… hm… I'll think of something the next time he uses it. And that is EXACTLY why I said don't ask for the science about it. As for Yang's shadow friends in like, the first episode, it would actually make sense that they're shadow people if I write the story in Kai's perspective. You are probably going to see small snidbits of them in this story, but nothing too focused on them. First rule about Taiyang's training; Don't complain about Taiyang's training, not that Kai has a problem with that, I don't even think he realizes he is being revenge trained. Yeah… Orchid is going to be around for a while, and I thought that it would have been funny to have the multiple personality thing going on, and I already have an idea for her semblance, I just thought it would be entertaining to just keep cutting her off every time she tries to explain it. Glad you caught the 'Luck' factor into Kai finding the plate, you'd think it was good luck, but then you realise that Qrow is right there. You have no idea how much research I put into finding out more about Signal, I looked at other fanfics, went on the wiki, went onto forums, and I never got enough to go off of so I was like Fuck it looks like it's based off of Beacon now. You know those times where you don't realize something smells bad until you actually think about it? Well, that was Kai, and he was super nervous because of the crowd, probably not going to happen again though. Well, since you gave me a pretty good last name for Cyan, I might make it that now ;). Jokes. Some of the teachers are going to be keeping an eye on Kai, because of his eye color, so Qrow is going to be checking up on him. That will be explained more later. Trust me Astra… this is going to be the LONGEST, story I ever write, once I am done with OG, this will be my new focus, then after blind huntsman, I might try a different anime, who knows. Thanks for the review!
SuperKaiokenGoku- You are not the only one who has requested Ruby, they would be cute together. Luckily I gave myself about twenty chapters to make a decision. Thanks for the review!
Now, let's get right into the action!
RWBY: The Blind Huntsman
Chapter 6- Volume 0 episode 4
Signal Entrance Exam, part 2 (Finale)
The sun is rising, and Kai can feel the air around him grow increasingly warmer, to the point where he feels comfortable enough to wake Orchid up and let her know that it is time to get back to the school as soon as possible. They were supposed to survive the night without needing help, and they did. So by those rules that he kept in his head they should be able to get back to the school. Problem is that he doesn't know how far they were launched into the forest. For that he needs someone who can actually use their eyes. He quickly found out that it is out of range of his sensing, even when he placed both hands on the ground, so by that he can tell that they are at least one or two miles away from the school, and if he just heads off in a random direction it has the risk of them just going farther away rather than closer, unless they ran into any of the other students.
"Orchid," Kai said softly as he nudged his partner. "C'mon, we gotta get back to the school now, we're going to need your eyes for this one."
Orchids magenta eyes crack open a bit, wondering where she is for a moment until the memories of yesterday come back to her. She then glances toward her partner, and then gets scared for a moment.
"Ah! Who are you!?" Orchid asked as she quickly crawled away until her back hit a tree all within the span of about two seconds.
Kai arches his eyebrow as he senses Orchid crawl away, and then winces when the sound of the yelp reaches his sensitive ears. "Ah ow ow ow, Orchid it's me!" Kai shouts over her.
Orchid calms down the instant she hears his voice, and then the rest of her memories come back to her. "Ooooh, hey partner!" Orchid greets, her fear now a distant thought in her mind. "Sorry about that, sometimes when I wake up I can get a little groggy."
That's what you call groggy!? "It's fine, just don't scream like that please, my ears are sensitive to loud noises if I am not ready for them." Kai waves off as he stands back up.
Orchid pushes herself up from the ground and dusts off her skirt. "Sowwy Kai~!" She said as she bows her head. "Oh, you didn't see what I just did huh?"
"Do I have to worry about what you do around me?" Kai answered with a playful question.
"I dunno, possibly." Orchid answers honestly. "So what's the plan now Kai?"
"Well, it started out with waking you up. The next step is for you to find out which direction for us to go in, once we get close enough I'll be able to sense the rest of the way. Grimm shouldn't that much of a problem unless we run into something too strong for us to take down." Kai explains what he's got so far.
"Oh, that's actually pretty smart of you." Orchid compliments.
"Thank you," Kai said with a nod and a smile. "Anything you wanna add?"
"Nah, but I do have one question." Orchid said with a smirk.
"Go for it."
"Do I get to lead you!?" Orchid asks, all of the sudden appearing in front of Kai in an instant, all bubbly and excited at the thought for whatever reason.
"Wha- what do you mean?" Kai asked after recovering from his startled state.
"You know what I mean dumby! I've always wanted to lead a blind person." Orchid states, calming down just a fraction.
"...Why?" Kai asks before taking a step back.
"Eh, bucket list." Orchid answered with a shrug.
"... I mean." Kai thinks about it for a moment, ever since he was little he hasn't had to be lead since he learned how to use seismic sensing so early on in his life. It's not that there's a problem with be lead, it just feels that it is unnecessary since he can see perfectly fine on his own with his feet. But at the same time he doesn't want to get on Orchid's bad or sad side, especially not when she seemingly has a multi-personality problem. "If you really want to I guess I won't mind."
"Great!" Orchid exclaims as she grabs one of Kai's arms and hooks it through one of her own. "You can trust me, I am the mama flamingo now."
"Why a Flamingo…?" Kai asked hesitantly, covering up the fact that he is a little uncomfortable right now. What even is a Flamingo?
"Because I'm tall, pink, and beautiful to look at!" Orchid exclaimed with gleaming eyes. To be fair she is slightly taller than Kai, and is mostly wearing a lot of pink on her combat dress.
"Still blind." Kai pointed out.
"Right," Orchid said as she hung her head, disappointed in herself for bragging about her appearance to a blind person. "Anything else I should know?" She asks as the two begin their hike back in the direction they were launched from.
"Well there are two pairs of feet about half a mile away, if we want safety in numbers I suggest going that way, but if we keep going this way there's a chance we may run into them anyway and get closer to the school." Kai answered almost right away, using his surroundings as a distraction to get his mind off of his partner "Guiding" him.
"Huh, then we shall continue forward! Follow me Kai!" His partner exclaims as she pulls him along with her, almost pulling him over on accident. Luckily Kai caught himself before he could begin falling though.
"On second thought, I think I'll be good walking on my own-"
"NO! FOLLOW THE FLAMINGO!" The murderous sounding Orchid shouts all of the sudden.
"O-o-okay" Kai submits, not wanting any more of that.
"Glad we can agree on something~!" Orchid practically sings out.
Kai sighs silently, now that the grip on his arm has tightened he sees no way out of this that doesn't lead to the violent Orchid coming out and getting angry. What happened to the shy, sweet, and timid Orchid from yesterday? That one wasn't as demanding as this one. Kai sighs again as he thinks about something safe to talk about.
"So… I've been meaning to ask. I know that your semblance has something to do with the way you act, if you don't mind me asking. How come you always seem to make one-eighties every couple minutes, sometimes even seconds?" Kai hesitantly asks, he can feel Orchids grip lessen considerably, to the point where he can easily slip out if he wanted to, but through the contact he can tell by her blood pressure and heart rate that the topic is sensitive for her.
"I'm sorry…" Orchid said as she released him. "That it bothers you-"
"It's not that it bothers me." Kai corrects her right away. "It's just unusual, and unusual things or people don't really bother me. I mean, how often do you see a blind kid trying to become a huntsman?" Kai asks rhetorically with a smile. "Don't try change who you are, just learn to live with it."
Orchid hasn't even said that she wants herself to change, and yet Kai here predicted that right on the dot, she giggles happily at Kais kind words and straightens up. "You've gotta be the best partner I could have hoped for!" Orchid gets bubbly again and picks Kai up in a hug and swings him around.
Kai tries to pry his partners surprisingly strong arms off of him, but with the way his arms are pinned to his sides he can't muster up the strength to do so.
"Y-yeah, you two Orchid." Kai said, awkwardly patting her on the back with one hand after realizing that he can't get his arms free.
Orchid drops Kai gently, and then looks around with one hand over her eyes to protect them from the sunlight. "I'll tell you more later, it looks like some people are in trouble."
"What? Hold on." Kai said as he knelt down, placing his hands on the ground to amplify his seismic sense, as soon as he does he is met with a crazy amount of vibrations, so much so that he wonders how he didn't feel it earlier. Must have been because I was linked to her, or that it started as soon as I was picked up. Kai wonders.
"Okay, it looks like people are fighting, I can't tell how many though." Then suddenly, the vibrations stop. "And now it stopped all at once... okay then, I think we should investigate that."
"And I was just about to tell you more about my semblance!" Orchid pointed out with a pout.
Is that a new one? I honestly can't tell. "You can tell me all about it once the exam is over, but if the other students really are in trouble then we need to go help them." Kai stated, standing back up and entering focus mode. "Lets go." He starts sprinting through the forest, making Orchid have to blink twice to process the sudden change in mood and attitude of her partner.
"Ooo~ I like it when you get all serious~!" Flirty Orchid shouts as she runs after her partner.
Headmaster Albedo has been watching through several hidden cameras planted throughout the forest, taking note of those who needed to be rescued, and those who are doing remarkably well so far. None of the students managed to get back yet, and he can't help but keep an extra close eye on the one with the black headband around his eyes. Most of the aspiring huntsman around Kai's age would rather focus on themselves rather than others.
"He really seems to be more mature and selfless than most." He says to himself as he scrolls over to an already renowned Xiao Long. "And you seem to be enjoying yourself."
On the screen, Yang is seen literally dragging her out of breath partner along while saying something about needing to work on conditioning once they make it back. "An odd pair to have been made, poor boy has no idea what he is about to get into." Albedo says with a chuckle as he scrolls over to the next pair, and immediately shields his eyes.
"Seriously? Already with these damn kids, ugh, Qrow!" Albedo shouts into his earpiece.
"Agh! Don't do that! What is it I was just keeping an eye on some kids until you scared the shit out of me."
"There are a pair of kids in the forest who are… unfit for this year,"
"Define unfit."
"I'll send you their coordinates, and you shall see for yourself… just don't look too long." Albedo said as he hung up the call. Shuddering as he looks into the screen only to be met with the same sight, he quickly moves on to the next pair to get that image out of his head. "Just… really? In a forest filled with Grimm on possibly what is the most important day of your lives?" Albedo says to himself as he pinches the bridge of his nose before looking at the screen, this one a pair of two boys, twins in fact.
"Should've known you two would have found each other one way or another, even when I specifically had you two sent into different parts of the forest." Albedo said as he zoomed in on the boy's walking side by side.
On the left is Rick, a boy about five feet four inches in height, with black hair that is dyed a very dark blue, and blue eyes. He wears a lot of metal on his body, not only for armour but also as a conductor, he wears gray pants with metal plates on his knees and shins, with an assortment of white straps that wrap around his hips and upper thighs, black combat boots. His top consists of a sleeveless blue and grey unzipped hoodie, with the actual hood being grey, and in place of the sleeves are two long light fingerless gauntlets that reach all the way to just below the shoulder, with three short metal plates on each tricep, leaving the joint area open for flexibility purposes, the forearms have a dark gray metallic piece wrapped around it, with lighting shaped designs on them pointing toward his fingerless gloved hands. Underneath his hoodie is a blue undershirt, with a white X that looks like straps on the front, below the X is black instead of blue.
His twin, Brick, has the same features, and same clothes, except for a color difference. Instead of blue, he is mostly red, even with his hair being dyed a dark red. He has a sheathed short sword with a red hilt on the left side of his hip, and his brother on the right with a blue hilt. Furthermore, they even share a semblance, which is about to be shown off at the perfect time for the headmaster to see.
A young Ursa minor bursts out of the bushes, but both of the boys are way too fast for it to even get close to them. They both land on opposite sides of the Ursa, and wasting no time they activate their semblances at the same time, drawing their swords and imbuing them with lighting capabilities that they specifically designed the swords to be able to do.
"Lighting slash!" The twins shout at the same time. They slash the air, and out comes a red and blue arc of lighting coming from both sides of the Grimm creature, the Ursa didn't even have the chance to get out of the way due to its big bulky build, and it takes on both arc of lighting into its body, and literally burning up with all of the purple electricity coursing through its body. It falls over dead a few seconds later.
"Whoo! Perfect timing bro!" Brick exclaims, dashing over to his brother a giving him a high five.
"Yeah! We've been practicing that move for two years and on the first try we managed to get it to work perfectly on an enemy, im telling you man we're going to be the best pair here!" Roy exclaims, pumping his fist into the air.
"Damn right! C'mon, I wanna be the first back."
"Not if I get there first!"
Albedo scratched his stubble as he observes. "Hm, while I am impressed with the teamwork of the Violet brothers, this is the exact reason I wanted them apart, they rely too much on each other. Oh well, they're the teachers problem now." Albedo says as he switches through a couple of other pairs before finally landing back on Kai and Orchid.
"Now let's see this boy you were so keen on getting into my school Malikai." Albedo says to himself as he makes the smaller picture fill the whole screen.
"Dad?"
"What is it Ruby?"
"Why aren't you in the forest protecting the other students?"
"Because if I did then you would be left alone, and I am not letting you out of my sight with so many people around." Tai answers as the two look on to the two screens that conveniently hold both Yang and Kai on each.
"I can take care of myself!" Ruby exclaims with a pout.
"Ruby, you're twelve." Tai points out without removing his eyes from the screen.
"And three quarters! I'm practically thirteen already, and that means im a teenager!" Ruby snaps back.
"Oh look, Kai is fighting again." Tai said in more of an effort to divert his daughters attention away from verbally assaulting him. She can get surprisingly creative with how and what words she can make up on the spot when she throws one of her adorable tantrums.
Seriously, there was "Smakatai", "Cookasi", and his personal favorite, "Qwakata". The memory almost makes him laugh out loud.
"Woah, look at him go!"
What? Tai stops daydreaming and looks back to the screen above him, seeing Kai and his interesting partner easily dispose of the very young Grimm. Of course, before all of this even started, the huntsman made sure there wasn't any Grimm old and strong enough to be able to kill any of the students too quickly before help could arrive, they could have killed them off from the forest completely long ago, but they use this forest as a training area and for the initiation. It's too bad that a full fledged huntsman came and saved the two that were in trouble before Kai and his partner could get to them.
"Huh, well look at that, he's actually dodging this time around." Tai mutters as he examines his student more than he is watching him. He knows Kai is going to past, the kid is way too skilled in his own right for his age for an exam as easy as this, the fight with the unexpected alpha class Beowolf while intense was as good as dead when Kai went all out with his flames. It sucks that Tai lost his lighter, but at least it was put to good use and helped save both Kai and his partners life.
"Dad, look at Yang! She found more people!" Ruby points out, using her tiny finger to point toward the screen beside Kai's.
"Im looking Ruby." Tai said with a chuckle as he averted his eyes toward the adjacent screen. "Let's see what we're working with."
"C'mon Cyan! The fun is just beginning." Yang said as she pounds her fists together, looking for something to punch in order to let off some steam after getting a pinecone in her hair. She almost killed her own partner for it if he wasn't keep watching several meters away.
"I am currently rethinking my life choices." Cyan said as he caught up with his partner, his cyan and purple colored staff with two identical blades on both ends currently being used as a hiking stick. As his namesake, his hair is colored cyan with streaks of purple in it, and is eyes are turquoise. He is the same height as Yang, maybe an inch or two off if you squint. For whatever reason, he is wearing a white dress shirt that was tailored to specifically be worn for combat purposes, giving him access to more flexible maneuverability options, along with a tie, that yet again, matched his namesake. Regular blue jeans, and then yet again, cyan and purple combat boots he needed to get custom made. "So far I have been figuratively, and literally dragged along by my own partner, forced to exhaust myself with my semblance, then forced to keep watch for five more hours then I needed to."
"Oh don't be such a baby, I said I was sorry about that." Yang waves him off with little to no concern.
"Yes, I know, just felt like I should be concerned for my own health for the next three years." Cyan said with a sigh.
"Well… if it's any consolation, you're semblance was pretty cool, what does it do again? And keep it short and simple, none of that complicated crap." Yang said as she flung her hair back.
"You literally saw it about ten minutes ago but I guess I'll explain it anyway." Cyan shrugged. "I call it 'Showstopper' I can negate a single physical attack with a short cooldown of a couple seconds in between. It works great against heavy hitters, but against fast enemies that can attack in between that cool down could pretty much make my semblance almost useless if I can't keep up." He explains as he stops and widens his arms out beside him. "Hit me and it'll explain the rest."
"Huh? You sure bud? I am a pretty hard hitter." Yang said as she uncrossed her arms.
"It won't even faze me." Cyan remains confident in himself.
"Eh, if you get hurt it's not my fault." Yang said as she threw a punch without warning.
The fist connects with Cyan's chest, but the punch feels weird to her, it's like it didn't even hit something at all, and yet it did. It's hard to explain. A cyan colored aura swirls around the point of contact, and disappears just as fast, negating any damage Cyan may have taken.
"See? Like nothing happened." Cyan said as he rubbed the spot where Yang hit him, but doesn't show even the slightest amount of pain in his expression. "I could tell that it confused you, that moment of confusion is the window I use to get a good hit in, but it only works once, maybe twice if the person isn't that smart."
"Yeah, I can tell, but wouldn't it be bad for sparring if everyone knows your semblance? And when you become a huntsman a lot of people are doing to know." Yang asks.
"Yeah, but the Grimm won't." Cyan points out.
"Ha, guess you're right on that one." Yang says as she roughly pats him on the back.
Suddenly, two figures burst through the trees, one a red blur, and the other a blue. They skid to a stop in front of Yang and Cyan who have gotten into their battle stances as soon as they heard them.
"See!? I told you they weren't Grimm Brick!" The blue one exclaims as he sheathes his shortsword.
"Yeah, yeah, shut up Rick." Brick replies as he sheathed his own sword.
Yang and Cyan look to each other, and then shrug, both relaxing their own offensive stances as they look back to their new allies.
"So, i'm guessing twins?" Yang asked them in a friendly tone.
"Bro, we gotta do the thing!" Brick whisper screams to his brother.
"Oh, you mean that thing?" Rick whispers back.
"Yeah, that, c'mon before they start thinking we're weird." Brick and Rick then stand up straight, and turn their sides toward Yang and Cyan.
"A little late for that." Cyan mutters under his breath.
"The powerful warrior of red lightning!" Brick begins, striking a pose facing toward Yang.
Yang already starts laughing, but they continue anyway.
"And the powerful warrior of the blue!" Rick chants as he mirror his twin.
"I made my mind up, im quitting the second I get a chance." Cyan said as he face palmed.
"Together! We are the Violet brothers!" They chant in unison as the conjure up lightning to travel between the two, making a mixture of red and blue to make purple. "The most skilled duo in all of Remnant!" They finish as they cross their arms and press their backs against one another.
Yang claps while giggling, and Cyan just gives them a thumbs up.
"That was great, i'm glad I decided to join up this year." Yang said between giggles.
"Yes! It worked perfectly!" Brick exclaimed as he pumped his fist in the air.
"I feel like we've made an astounding friend!" Rick exclaimed next, pumping his opposite fist in the air. "It's really convenient how Im a lefty and you're a righty, really makes everything look smoother."
"I know right!"
"Oh thank Oum we found more people." A new voice only familiar to Yang calls out from beside them.
The group of four all look into their direction, to see a very shy girl hiding behind a boy with a black headband around his eyes, and a brown tail wrapped around his waist.
"Hey Kai!" Yang greets excitedly, dragging her partner along with her as she runs toward her friend.
Kai perks up at the familiar voice, and senses the feet hitting the ground, with for some reason another set of feet being dragged close behind them, with what sounds like a struggle. But the voice of his friend is enough for him to ignore that last part.
"Yang!" Kai greets her back, opening his arms for what he knows is going to be a hug.
His prediction was correct, and he definitely does get hugged, but it doesn't last long. Yang releases him and eyes him down to see if he has any sign of injury, she wouldn't want her favorite sparring partner to be hurt too bad after all.
"How's the test been going for you? It's been cake for me." Yang says as she finally releases her poor partner.
"It's alright, just ran into a couple Beowolves, then an alpha, I killed it, then the next day we tried saving another pair of students but a huntsman got there before we could." Kai explains almost everything that has gone on so far on his end. He feels a nudge in his side, and remembers the last part. "Also this is Orchid Rosa, my partner for the next three years. This is just her shy form so don't let that fool you."
"Shy form, what do you mean by that?" Yang asks, leaning in with a hand on her chin, inspecting the taller girl who was hiding behind the slightly shorter boy. "Huh, pretty cute, you scored a good one Kai." Yang teases.
"Damn right!" Orchid exclaims almost immediately, surprising everyone except Kai with her sudden change of tone. "I'm a beautiful Flamingo!"
Yang looks to Kai with a confused expression, who just shrugs and smiles. "Yeah, that's one of her traits, I don't mind thought she's fun."
"Awe~ Thanks Kaizy!" Orchid exclaims as eh wraps an arm around his head, trying to pull him in but he resists this time.
"Please don't call me that in front of people." Kai pleads as he slips out of her grip.
"Huh, interesting catch Kai." Yang said, half-teasing and half confused. "With time, you two will be great."
"I'd rather not." Kai said sincerely.
"Why is there something wrong with me?" Angry Orchid asked angrily.
"No, you're fine, I'd just rather not be in a relationship while training to become a huntsman, it might change in the future who knows, but that is just where I am comfortable at right now." Kai explained calmly and kindly.
Orchid relaxes, and shrugs. "Meh, your loss then. Or maybe I might have to try a little harder to get what I want." Yandere Orchid jokes… or did she?
"Yeah she has a multi-personality problem, if you haven't already figured that out yet." Kai pointed out, using his thumb to gesture toward his partner.
"I noticed." Yang said, she then looks to her side, where her partner is still standing around awkwardly. "Partner, introduce yourself." She said after elbowing him in the hip, luckily for Cyan he negated the pain just in time.
Cyan sighs and offers his hand to Kai. "Im Cyan, the poor fool who got partnered up with her." He says as he awaits Kai to grab his hand to shake.
"As you know, I'm Kai, the poor fool who lives with her." Kai greets back with a smirk, ignorant of the fact that the other boy in front of him is offering his hand.
"Hey!"
Cyan arches an eyebrow at what he thinks is a strange act, here Kai is greeting him friendly, yet refusing to accept his hand? "Uh… gonna leave me hanging or what?"
Kai instantly realizes his meaning and extends his own hand outward, missing at first until he eventually does find it, he nervously chuckles as he shakes his hand. "Heheh, sorry about that, didn't see your hand there." Kai weakly excuses himself. "So, we should get back to the school," He suggests before Cyan can question him further about it. "We already survived the night, he didn't say we had to do anything else."
"Yeah! My partners right, we shouldn't be that far, let's be the first ones back!" Bubbly Orchid cheers.
"Wait! We didn't get to introduce ourselves yet!" Brick and Rick yell as they start getting into position.
"No! They are Rick and Brick Violet, they have lighting semblances, now let's move on." Cyan the party pooper says as he runs up and grabs both of the shorter boys by their hoods and pulls them along with him.
"Hey! Why'd you have to ruin it like that?" Brick asked as he struggled to get the grip off his hood.
"Yeah! Why'd you do it man, seriously, dick move." Rick said, not struggling nearly as much as his sibling.
"Shut up, both of you." Cyan barked back as he pushes through some bushes.
"Huh, didn't know Cyan could play a big brother role. I feel like that is going to happen a lot with those two." Yang said with a nod of her head.
"Yeah, Brick and Rick remind me of Ruby with the amount of enthusiasm they give off." Kai agreed.
"So what was your part of the exam like." Orchid asked out of the blue.
"Well, I punched a lot of things, found Cyan, almost punched him in the face multiple times, and then punched some more things until I fell asleep." Yang answered simply.
"Sounds like something you'd do." Kai remarks.
"Yeah, just like I just can't wait to stake my claim as the best huntress in training at Signal!" Yang exclaimed, punching her fists together out of excitement.
"You may have some competition in that department." Kai pointed out, making Yang look at him with competitive smirk. "I aim to be the best not only in Signal, but I aim for something higher then that, I can't stop getting stronger."
"My partner is so inspirational!" Bubbly Orchid exclaimed. "Y-yes, so admirable." Shy Orchid said next. "Can you sense the place yet?" Normal Orchid - I think - asked.
"Faintly, but it's there, it happens to be in the same direction as your partner Yang." Kai said as he pointed toward the same direction Cyan dragged off the twins.
"Wait, back up a second. She knows that you're blind?" Yang whispers to Kai.
"Yeah, she figured it out on her own, I think I'm going to stop hiding it though. I'm sure once someone else figures it out it is going to spread like wildfire." Kai said as the three of them began walking. Orchid currently in her excited form, skipping along beside them. "Might as well not wait until people find out in the wrong way."
"I can respect that, but you are going to draw a lot of attention to yourself. I can see it in the headlines now 'Kai Matsuoka, the first blind person attempting to become a huntsman.' Has a nice ring to it." Yang jokes.
"Ooo, I like that!" Orchid said with a clap of her hands.
Kai rubs the back of his head nervously, he is planning to just let everyone know when they get back, assuming that he is going to be called up on stage, and if anyone asks he isn't going to lie about it. But now he knows what is going to happen, and can't deny the facts.
"I guess, but I want no special treatment, I would want everyone to treat me like they would anyone else." Kai said.
"Can't blame you there. But does anyone else think that this exam was just too easy?" Yang changes topic quickly just as they catch up with the others.
"I do!" The twins answer at the same time, not walking side by side beside Cyan.
"I guess I do to, but mostly because my partner was a wrecking ball." Cyan added.
"We ran into a pack of Beowolves, but other then that, there wasn't much else to worry about." Orchid answered for the both of them.
"Maybe it was meant to be that way? This is just a training academy, it's not like they're going to give us something super difficult on the first day." Kai suggests.
Everyone seemed to agree to that statement, even the twins.
Kai's POV
"Only the thirty of you passed the exam." Headmaster Albedo reveals.
I am very surprised with the small number of students that actually passed the exam, and along with everyone else I wonder what happened to the other one hundred and thirty. Besides the pack of Grimm, and a failed rescue attempt, it wasn't really hard at all. Especially with my seemingly skilled partner. We all made it here with little to no issues, the occasional weak Grimm here and there, but they were so weak that the twins almost fought with Cyan to see who gets the kill, it is a fun memory to have.
"I can see most of you are wondering how such a small number could be possible after so many of you were sent into the forest, and I will simply say that, you'd be surprised how undertrained and unprepared a lot of students are when they take this exam." Albedo said with a chuckle.
I can't help but feel bad for all of those people. I know if I had been left back I'd be devastated, but now is no time to feel bad, I made it, and that is what matters. I can feel a similar reaction from most of the people around me as well.
"Now, I am just going to get straight to the point, this school is meant to train and educate you until you can go to a graduate school, for example, Beacon. As I am sure most of you will be striving for. The first year will focus on your physical training more then anything, with of course the couple of history and mathematics every other day. Your trainers for the next three years will be Mr. Branwen and Mr. Xiao Long."
I smile after hearing that, the two huntsman that have been training me for the past two weeks are also going to be my trainers for the next three years to!? That just sounds awesome. It also gives me more opportunity to get the two back on good terms. By the nudge Yang gave me, I think she is thinking the same thing as me.
"We were not told about this!" Both Qrow and Taiyang exclaimed in unison so perfect that you couldn't tell the difference.
"I am the headmaster, I don't need to tell you everything do I?" Albedo asks with a chuckle.
As the two bicker over what is wrong and what is right I start to think about something, or more specifically someone.
"Where's Ruby?" I ask quietly as I put two and two together.
"Dad took her home while we were taking the test, and with her speed, I think she got there much faster then he did." Yang answered without a hint of worry in her voice.
I nod my head and turn my head back to the source of the bickering. I'm not that worried, since her semblance can pretty much give her a free getaway from anyone until she can find help, but I can't help but be a little worried, I have become quite fond of her in the short time I've known her.
"That's enough you two!" Albedo puts his foot down, regaining my attention right away. "You are acting like children in front of children! That is NOT how huntsman should behave, you two will teach together, or not at all. Am I understood?" Albedo asked in a much more serious voice.
I can hear Qrow mumble something I shouldn't repeat, and Tai groan in agitation.
"Good, now. I am sorry for having to do that in front of you all, trust me, you will see that a lot." Albedo said honestly. "Okay, getting straight to the point now, as I said yesterday morning, you will be put into teams of two. Whoever your partner is will be yours for the next three years, and if you by chance do not have a partner, then you will be put with someone who also does not have a partner. Now, let us begin."
The headmaster went on naming off several teams, each a word abbreviated into two letters such as, TK, OD, AJ, and then Yang and Cyans, team name 'YC' for Yankee, and then several others I was not able to remember, until finally, it is I and my partner who is called up next.
"Finally, Kai Matsuoka, and Orchid Rosa, please come up to the stage."
With a gulp coming from both of us, Orchid subtly leads me to the stairs that take us up onto the stage and with the rest of the teams.
"You two were incredibly entertaining to watch I'll have you know." Albedo comments. "Especially you Mister Matsuoka, watching a blind boy fight so adeptly is very interesting for me to watch."
I freeze up, well now that cat is out of the bag. I can hear and feel the muttering coming from literally everyone in the room with me, except for Yang and Orchid and my two mentors. Either muttering something about me not going to make it, or being in absolute awe.
"Now, Kai and Orchid, your team name will be Knockout, or KO for short." Albedo said with a satisfied smile. By the way I sensed him light up, I can tell that he must have come up with that one himself. "Congratulations you two."
I can feel Orchid tense up beside me, no doubt very nervous, but I think she has a smile on nonetheless.
"Now, if you have anything you want to say to the crowd, please do so now."
Oh I completely forgot this part. I remember him mentioning this in one or two of them, but no one worked up the courage to do it, besides Yang of course, but all she did was say her name and introduced herself. But I feel like I have to say something, to show the world that I am not hopeless, that my dream is possible to achieve. I nod my head and Albedo turns me to face what I think is a camera on a tripod. Surprisingly, my partner is beside me as well. I stare into the camera the best I can from behind my headband, and give my best smile.
"Im Kai Matsuoka, and you can do anything if you pour your heart into it. I am going to be a huntsman, wish me luck!" Is all I said to the crowd and camera. A moment later, and the headmaster moved me aside, and said some words of his own, I walked myself and Orchid to the rest of the students, and I can feel a lot of eyes on me already. I keep quiet the rest of the little ceremony, and my mind is so occupied with what just happened in the past twenty four hours that the next thing I know I am sitting down in my bed. When I got to my temporary home, I hugged Ruby and dodged the dog monster that attacked my tail before. But I did pet it before I closed my door.
I am just sitting down, shaking, but not because of fear, but because of excitement. I have been working all my life for this moment, and as of right now, I am a huntsman in training, I can only imagine the reaction my parents would have when they hear of this, which I assume is going to be very soon, or it already happened. Nonetheless, I hope to see them again soon.
I reach up and untie my headband, keeping it in my hand as I lie back in the bed, lifting my feet off the ground and under the covers. I smile to myself as sleep overtakes me, and I can only think of one thing.
This is just the beginning…
AN- Well won't you look at that, Kai's journey is finally officially beginning! And the Signal arc begins next chapter! This chapter was fast paced I know, but it is necessary so I don't end up dragging on and on and end writing a whole story before the actual story began. So unless something big or important is happening, there is going to be a skip of time each chapter.
What do you guys think of the new OC's? I like em' but Im biased because I created them, so please share your thoughts on the ones I have and the ones that are on their way.
Please review and tell me what you think!
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