Hah… starting this chapter at 1 in the morning, not really my best idea, but I've had worse ideas. That is a fact. I don't know how I am doing it, writing thousands of words in like two hours. But whatever, if it means keeping up with my update schedule, then it is worth it.

Masso 2010: I am glad you understand my situation here. I will be writing as much as I can, because this story is going to be long. Like seriously, we might get to 100 chapters before we even get to the Volume 4 and beyond stuff. And yeah, I didn't like how RT did the White Fang, this is fanfiction, so I am going to be doing whatever I want to them to make them better in the end.

Arctech: Whenever I get time to actually enjoy another fanfiction, I'll give it a read man. I had to speed up the pace in order to contemplate for my loss of time, and of course to get through Volume 0 finally, Volume 1 is finally here! Lol, good job reading all those words man, glad you came back for this story.

Oblivious IJ: Orchid is not going anywhere anytime soon, don't worry about it man. She is here to stay for a while. As for how to teams are going to be made, I already have a plan for them. You'll see soon, maybe the next chapter or this one if I am feeling frisky.

Thank you all for the reviews!

Beta: CrowSkull

Just a friendly reminder, I am a full time worker, lost time to write, forgive me. Wish me luck.

Now let's get back to the story!

The Blind Huntsman

Chapter 36- Volume 1, Episode 3

A New Beginning

"C'mon Kaizy, onward!" Orchid shouted to her partner as she ran ahead of the crowd, excited to get onto the large aerial transportation Bullhead meant for taking new students up into Beacon.

"There's people in my way Orchid." Kai said calmly as he gently pushed people out of his way so that he could keep moving forward. With him, there was Brick, Rick, Yang, and Ruby.

Sadly, there was bad news earlier the night before after Ruby's official next day enrollment. Cyan was too injured to apply as a student for Beacon, and is considered handicapped. He was very sad about it, as was Rick and Brick. Who cursed the young woman who injured him in such a way permanently. It is going to take a lot of physical training for Cyan to self repair his own nervous system. Right now, he has a physician helping him every step of the way, as well as the support of the Violet family and even the Nikos family for him saving Pyrrha as well as all of his friends. In about a year, he should be expected to be nearly finished with his recovery. But with the effects of aura, it is expected that he might even get better by this years Vytal Festival.

He told everyone to not worry about him in the end, and that they should focus on their training and studying. Ozpin himself even contacted the blue haired teen, saying that if he could fully recover by the time the Vytal Festival comes around, then he would accept him as a late enrollment and get him into Beacon. The only problem with that is that he wouldn't be able to have a team, but other than that, as long as he caught up quickly. He would be able move along with his foster brothers Rick and Brick, and they would no doubt help him catch up every step of the way.

"Oh hey, I got a text from Two!" Yang exclaimed happily as she looked down to her scroll after it vibrated in her pocket.

'I got into Shade, I am sorry I can't be with you guys. I'll be thinking of you all every day.' -Two Three

"Awe~ She kept the username Orchid gave her." Ruby cooed as she shot a text to her long distance friend. Wishing her all the luck and love she could give.

After what happened in Haven, after Shae's death. Two's parents feared for their daughters life. Taking her away from Mistral, and Vale for that matter. Right now, they all lived in the kingdom of Vacuo, and Two was able to enroll as a student into Shade, whose term started earlier than in the other kingdoms. She still spoke in hums over the scroll whenever her friends called her, and she hasn't said a word since that time Vernal got them all alcohol. That was the only time anyone heard her speak, and it might as well be the last.

However, plans have been made for when the students of Shade come to visit Beacon for a few weeks in order to participate in the Vytal Festival Tournament. Orchid has warned her time and time again that every one of her personalities miss her, and that she should prepare for the day that they meet again. Two welcomed the challenged, but everyone knew that she was low key a little afraid.

Kai misses them both, but he was more of a realistic kind of person now. He would see them again, he knew that. So for now, he was going to focus on his future, and what it entails.

"Wooow, this thing is huge." Yang commented as she helped Kai by leading him into the ship. With all these people around, it was a bit more difficult for Kai to sense what was around him, and with Orchid being Orchid and running off, she volunteered to help him out by letting him hold onto her arm.

"Wow, I'm glad you told me that." Kai said sarcastically. "I really didn't notice, here I thought we were boarding your typical Bullhead."

"Oh don't be a smartass Kai, remember who is your leader right now." Yang said with a grin as she suddenly yanked her arm away, enjoying the moment of panic that Kai had on his face.

"Don't do that to him Yang!" Brick exclaimed as he grabbed onto Kai's shoulder.

"He has feelings too!" Rick added as he placed his hand on his other shoulder.

"Thanks guys." Kai said with a fake sniffle.

Ruby giggled as Yang rolled her eyes and groaned frustratedly. She really wasn't ever able to mess with Kai like that when the others were around, nobody was ever fun anymore.

When they kept moving forward and boarded the large Bullhead, Kai began to shake slightly. Even when Orchid came back in one of her 'Motherly' personalities to comfort Kai.

One thing that Kai will never admit, is that he hated flying. He could fall easily, and use the air part of his semblance to slow down his descent and land softly. But flying on a Bullhead? No, at least the one he had to ride on two years ago had something to keep his mind occupied, and it was so large that he honestly couldn't tell that he was actually high above the ground.

"It's okay Kaizy, we're going to land soon." Motherly Orchid cooed as she ruffled Kai's hair.

"We're not even off the ground yet." Yang pointed out.

"Sh! You're scaring him!" Snappy Orchid whisper screamed at the blonde.

"Orchid, I'm not that bad." Kai complained as he leaned back in his seat as he sensed people walk past him. His tail wrapping around his waist so he didn't accidentally sit on it.

"Pssh, sure. Keep telling yourself that." Sassy Orchid said as she too leaned back in her seat.

"I can't wait to get up there!" Brick cheered loudly with his brother, literally hopping up and down on the floor in excitement.

"I know right! We're going to be the best there yet. I can see it now." Rick theatrically lined himself up with his brother, lightly crackling with lightning together as they formed up in their signature back to back pose. "Brick, and Rick Violet. Prodigy students of Beacon Academy, the lightning warriors, the protectors of future Remnant."

"We're so cool, our bodys crackle with energy. We're the youngest-" Ruby coughed, making Brick cough and correct himself. "Second youngest students of Beacon ever!" He added as his merged his semblance with his brother.

"Violet lightning!" Both twins chanted, throwing a fist up into the air at the same time and laughing to themselves hysterically.

"I'm just excited that…" Yang paused, looking to her younger sister. "My little sister is coming to Beacon with me!" She suddenly shouted, hugging Ruby tight to her side and forcing the air out of her lungs. "I mean, I've never heard of anyone getting into Beacon after the deadline is over and a day before the term starts! You really are special ain't ya? Awe, my special little sister~"

"Agh, no Yang, not special. I'm normal, just like everyone else, besides that one thing with my eyes." Ruby whined with a red face as she wildly waved her arms around in an attempt to free herself from Yang's strong grip.

"Ruby, you literally just corrected Brick so that he said that you were the youngest student of Beacon ever." Kai pointed out, making Ruby 'Eep' as she realized she accidentally bragged about being the youngest student in Beacon ever.

"Oh yeah, my sister is the bee's knees!" Yang cheered as she finally let go of her youngest sister.

"No! I don't want to be any kind of bees knees. Why can't I just be a normal girl, with normal knees?"

"Ruby, just look around you, and tell us what you see." Kai said as he turned his head to make it look like he was looking at her, only for it to be completely off and for Orchid to move his head by the chin so that he was looking at her. He muttered a thank you as his head was directed toward Ruby.

Ruby did as he said, and raised an eyebrow. "My friends?"

"Well yeah, but look at this." Kai raised his blindfold up over one of his eyes, revealing that silver orb, but also showing off his blind white pupil in the middle of all of it. "I'm blind, and I am still considered one of the best Huntsman in training ever." He said.

"W-well, that's different."

"I have dozens of personalities in my head, and I'm a ticking time bomb!" Bubbly Orchid exclaimed happily, and then with a trembled switched to a different personality. "And yet, here I am." Bored Orchid added with a yawn.

"I… you…"

"We have the same semblance." Rick said with a smirk.

"Yeah but-"

"The first case ever of twins having the same semblance." Brick added.

"Oh…"

"And I fight monsters with my bare hands." Yang hit the final nail in the coffin.

"Oooh…" Ruby hang her head as she realized what they were trying to drill in her head. "You're all special, in such great ways."

Kai flicked her on the cheek, missing her nose entirely but making it look like that's what he meant to do. "You are too, I've never heard of a fifteen year old girl fighting at a Beacon students level." Ruby seemed to preen at that, but she still seemed afraid to show it, Kai sensed this, and went for a different approach. "If it makes you feel better, we can all be the bee's knees, how about that?"

Ruby giggled, and then finally nodded her head. "Yeah, that sounds cool."

"Woohoo! We're all special!" Orchid suddenly screamed. "Yaaay…" Another more dull personality said as she yawned once more.

"Yeah, so there's nothing to worry… about." Kai trailed off as the voice of a newswoman became the new focus of his hearing. There was something that she mentioned that he thought he knew about, though he had to make sure.

'Activities of the White Fang have grown even more violent over the passed few weeks. Ranging from robberies on Dust stores ran by humans, to murdering anyone who stands in there way. Just last night, there was-'

Kai was already standing up with his hand on the hilt of his sword at the very mention of the White Fang, an instinct he had no control over. It took Orchid and Ruby jumping up to stop him before he ripped his Silver Ebony out of its sheath and made a scene. His breathing was uneven, and he looked like he was about to attack anything that moved too suddenly. Luckily however, he caught himself just as quickly as he lost himself. Quick to get serious, and quick to calm down.

"Sorry, sorry." Kai said as he took his hand away from Silver Ebony. "Just reflexes acting up again."

"It's okay Kaizy, I was just worried I was going to have to bop you over the head again." Orchid said with a giggle as she gently pulled him back down to sit next to her.

Again was the key word there. One time Kai had a reaction to a faunus speaking against the White Fang, and while it was much smaller, Kai did slowly place his hand around the hilt of his word. But before he could do anything he would regret, Orchid bopped him on the head with her aura encased fist. It was to discourage him from doing it again, and it worked to an extend.

His problem with the White Fang was almost to an irrational level. Kai saw the White Fang as partly responsible for his father's death, and even the supreme leader had a personal hand in it. It wasn't to say he was about to kill every faunus he came across, but it was up to a serious level. The very mention of the White Fang set him on edge. But at least he was able to control it, and if he couldn't, most likely there would be one of his friends who would most likely be there with him to bring him back to reality.

"Oh hey, Aunt Glynda is on the screen now." Brick said, nudging his brother as the whole group turned to face the screen.

There she was, Glynda Goodwitch giving an inspiring speech about how they were going to be the future protectors of the world, and how she and many other of the staff members were going to be there to help and support them along the way. But even as her voice sounded kind and friendly, Brick and Rick could sense the sternness hidden between the lines of what she says.

"Just some advice for you guys, our aunt is not exactly one with a lot of patience. At least with us that is." Brick said with a smile that hid his fear. He was afraid that his aunt was on board, and was secretly waiting for them to act out.

After the stern talk the Violet twins got from their aunt after what happened the other night, neither of them were excited to tick her off again. They still have the memory of what she said to them and the punishment training that she put them through was still aching at their muscles. The twins loved to train, but somehow Glynda Goodwitch knew exactly how to make them hate it, and even fear it at times. Never forget the number one rule of Glynda's training… never forget any of the rules of Glynda's training.

With that said, Kai felt himself get brushed to the side by someone he just sensed in time to completely get out of the way of. He muttered an apology to him, and kept moving, he sounded like he was in a hurry, and maybe a little sick. Whoever the person that bumped into him was, didn't even feel like a threat as he practically bounced right off of Kai and then bumped into Yang, who caught him before he cold fall over.

"Whoa there, you okay bud?" She asked the much thinner boy.

"Urgh…" The blonde boy replied, puffing his cheeks like he was trying to keep something in.

Kai sensed what was about to happen, he sensed something come up from inside the boys body. He focused for a second on what it could possibly be.

Then he smelled it.

It was too late to warn her, and that's when the screams started.

Yang shivered in post traumatic stress as Kai manipulated water out of a fountain, and washed what remained of the vomit on her chest off of her body. The water was cold, her hair was in a delicate state of just barely not getting wet, not that Kai could see anyway. The poor sick guy spewed out apologies like a hose for who knew how many minutes before Yang cursed at him and told him to go away before she punched him in the face. After that, being struck with fear, the boy did as she said.

"It smells so bad." Yang said as she shut her eyes, letting the manipulated water do its work. "How could something so smelly come out of a person's mouth?"

"I don't know, but I think I'm almost done." Kai said as he maneuvered the water the best he could without actually touching his friend. He was in a tough spot, in order to clean her body, he had to use his semblance. She didn't want to get completely drenched right before the assembly that is supposed to take place in an auditorium, so in order to be the most precise and get every little speckle of puke off her body, with the assistance of Orchid, and Rick (Ruby and Brick breaking off due to Yang and Rick basically telling them, even while Yang was covered in puke, to go socialize more on their own. Which was actually another attempt to get the two redheads to be alone more, they broke off from the group.).

"A little lower, there's a little speckle there." True Orchid said as she held her glasses over the spot in an attempt to magnify the location for herself.

Rick took Kai's hand and slowly moved it down to that location so that the water he was using would travel down with him. After a few seconds of soaking and manipulating the currents in that one blob of water, the second to last spot of vomit was washed off.

"Okay… there's one more." Rick said as he tried not to stare at the spot he was referring too.

"Where?" Kai asked. He was still blind, so he had no idea what he was about to get himself into.

"I, uh… A spot." Rick blurted out nervously.

"Hm?" Yang noticed Rick trying to not look at a certain part of her body. Through all the traumatization and suffering she has been put through because of Vomit boy, as she would refer to him as from now on 'till the end of time, she didn't bother to check what parts of her body were affected.

When she looked down to see a nice puke yellow spot on her bright yellow t-shirt that she always wore, right above her left breast, her face went red.

"Oh I see it!" Orchid exclaimed. "It's right on her tit."

Kai sighed, though even through his sound of disinterest, there was a hint of a dusty red spot spread across his cheeks. "That's magnificent…" He turned his neck up so that it looked like he was looking at Yang.

"What do you want me to do here?" He asked, the flush on his face becoming more profound as he realized that his hands were probably right under her breasts.

"Are you asking me permission to touch my boobs?" Yang asked, not even considering missing an opportunity like this to tease the poor blind boy. "'Cause if you are, I might consider saying yes." She said with a teasing kissing sound. Just like that, the blush on Kai's face came into full force, it wasn't often that she would be able to get that kind of reaction from teasing someone like Kai, but if someone asked if she enjoyed it, she would not be ashamed to say yes. Sure, her heart was beating intensely, but that was just the adrenaline getting to her. The fact that she wasn't doing anything too exciting at the moment was not a thought that crossed her mind.

"I got it!" A different Orchid exclaimed as she scooped up a fistful of water and grabbed Yang's boob, squeezed it, and then started rubbing the spot off of her body. The moment contact was made, Yang yelped out of surprise, and after a few moments, tore her own boob away from Orchid's grip, to which the Goddess of Flamingos could not hope to stem her own giggles as Yang's red face matched her eyes as she covered her now see through shirt. She wasn't even able to punch her, because if she did, she would have exposed herself to the passing boys who were just staring at her already.

"Why didn't you do anything!?" Yang directed her pent up anger at Rick, who was just standing off to the side whistling like nothing else in the world was his business.

"You wanted me to do that?" He asked stupidly, pointing to himself for confirmation.

"NO!" Yang screeched.

A strong wind blew into her a moment later. The wind was so strong that it nearly lifted her off her feet and made her hair fly up into the air, only stopping because of the fact that it was attached to her scalp. A few seconds later, the wind stopped, and her clothes were dry. Though her hair was a little frizzy now, she'd rather that then flash every boy that she passes by.

"Thanks Kai." Yang said with a grin as she removed her arms from in front of her chest, taking satisfaction to herself when the boys that were staring looked away embarrassed, and disappointed. Serves them right to try and catch a peek while she was vulnerable.

"No problem." Kai replied before clearing his throat. He pocketed his hands and turned his face away, luckily for him the blush disappeared before he could be teased more about it. He may be blind, but he was still a teenage boy who just finished going through puberty with desires that he was trying so very hard to keep under wraps.

"Alright! Since we have that settled, let's go find Brick and Ruby." Orchid said as she wrapped an arm around Yang and Kai, pulling them in. "We wouldn't want them to cause an explosion without or supervision."

"Hey, that was just one time." Rick pointed out, there was this one moment back in their Signal days when Ruby was still trying to perfect everything that involved Crescent Rose, Brick being the chivalric boy with a crush that he was, wanted to help her. And of course he brought his brother along, long story short, they have never been able to live that down, especially since it happened in Qrow Branwen's last class before he went back to being a full time Huntsman. "I doubt that they managed to do something like that without us, we left them alone for like five minutes-"

BOOOM

"..." Rick had no words, he could only widen his blue eyes as he sighed and started walking toward the sound of the explosion.

"That was them, wasn't it?" Yang asked Kai, expecting him to know.

Kai looked confused as he turned to face her.

"How would I know? I can only tell when something happens and where, not who or how it happened unless I am close enough."

"Really?" Yang asked with a raised eyebrow.

"That's like, the first time you've not been able to know right off the bat." Orchid added.

Kai sighed, there was no getting out of this one.

"Let's just go get them before they get yelled at more."

"You absolute buffoon!" Weiss Schnee shouted into the face of an equally enraged boy with red eyes.

"How could you blame me for this!? You were the one waving it around our faces just because we happened to bump into you!" Brick shouted back, face black with soot while Ruby hung her head in shame beside him while muttering an apology every time there was a few seconds in between.

With Brick and Ruby alone, they actually weren't having that bad of a time. Yeah, they were pretty awkward when their siblings weren't around, but they made the most of it with what they had to work with. Now, if you asked them that their improvised plan involved accidently sneezing on some fire dust and starting an argument with the current Heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, they would asked you for help.

"You're the one who sneezed on it! If you were more resilient, then none of this would have happened!" Weiss shouted back, getting red with anger as their argument heated up.

"It was an accident you entitled little brat!" Brick shouted back, shocking the Schnee nearly to a loss of words. It was a very rare occurrence when someone talked back to her, and when they did Weiss always had some choice words for them. Now however, she has not been this pushed before.

"Entitled!? Do you even know who I am!?" The Heiress exclaimed, pointing to herself and narrowing her ice blue eyes into the boys blood red.

"Weiss Schnee?" A new voice sounded out before Brick could answer her, one instantly recognized by Brick and Ruby. Their faces lit up when they saw Kai walking toward them with his hands stuffed in his pockets, tail around his waist, and the ends black headband flying backward with the wind. Yang and Orchid were right behind them, smiles on their faces as they caught up with him.

Yang went over to check on Ruby, while Orchid stood proudly and at attention beside her partner from Signal. Truly, it was quite the dramatic entrance that Orchid certainly had no influence in.

She just happened to find a fan.

...

The Flamingo did what the Flamingo wanted, and nobody shall question her.

Weiss' eyes widened and her fury faded as she recognized him, an actual smile creeping up from her cheeks as she remembers the moment in which he healed her hand.

"Kai Matsuoka, finally. Someone with some manners." She said, sniping an insult toward the red and black haired boy standing not a few feet from her.

"Thanks," Kai said with a shrug, not quite missing the snipe toward his friend but not quite willing to not accept the compliment. "Why were you fighting with my friends though?"

Weiss' smile fell, and her eyes widened slightly. "Y-your friends?"

"Yup!" Brick looked satisfied with himself as he wrapped an arm around Kai's shoulder, pulling him into a manly side hug. "Kai here is one of my best friends."

"Feelings mutual man." Kai said with a chuckle.

"Oh… I…" Weiss was conflicted, her respect for the blind faunus boy who beat her in a fight, then not even brag about it when she was sure any other faunus would, only to surprise her even more by healing her burned hand when he fired off that last attack with his sword. She respected the faunus, or hybrid, either or, she wasn't going to disrespect him by disrespecting his friends.

"I suppose I have… overstepped myself." The words sounded like they were ripped out of her throat. "This situation could have been avoided, I admit."

"Is that an apology?" Brick asked hopefully, even Ruby next to him lit up a bit as she overheard that last part of what she said.

"Don't push it." Weiss hissed.

"Whatever you say princess." Brick said as he rolled his eyes.

"You-"

"Heiress, actually." Another voice piped up, a voice recognized by only one person in the group. The girl of which it came from was about to continue, but when she saw the unmistakable black headbanded boy turn to face her, she couldn't find the words. She simply stared back, wide eyed.

"You…" Is all she could say as she looked at Kai.

"I know you." Kai proclaimed, a smile slowly creeping up onto his features. He committed that voice to memory, the voice of the girl who saved his life, as well as his mother. Who was pregnant at the time. He would never forget that voice no matter what happened, she was the one member, or ex member now, of the White Fang that he didn't despise. He owed her his life. "Blake… that's your name right?" He asked, he vaguely remembered the sound of another woman's voice call out her name when she barked an order at her, which of course lead to Blake disobeying that order and saving their lives.

"I… yes." Blake said as she backed away slowly, an uncertain fear filling up inside her. Kai sensed this, and stopped his approach. "I have to go."

"What? No, wait!"

It was too late, Kai sensed the girl run away. He wanted to go after her, but he sensed that she wasn't entirely comfortable with seeing him again, he did sorta use his eyes to nearly kill someone in front of her. He still had hope though, he was able to sense that she wasn't afraid of him per se… but probably because he knew her history.

Whatever the case, if he bumped into her again, he wasn't going to piss the chance to talk to her more. He owe her his life after all, even though he saved hers in return when he dispersed the fireball that would have ended her life, it was her that enabled him to keep on fighting against evil.

"Friend of yours?" Orchid asked him curiously.

"I… hope so." Kai said with a sigh, and then turned around. "Don't worry about it, let's just get this situation settled."

"Oh, the girl who was yelling at Brick left while you were talking to that other girl. Brick and Rick broke off for a head start toward the assembly room racing each other. Yang and Ruby are still here, but that guy who threw up on Yang came back and apologized to her. I think they're friends now, I think." Orchid added lastly before she stopped to take a breath.

"And now here we are, waiting for you to start walking again."

"All that happened in the span of like twenty seconds?" Kai asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yup!" Orchid happily replied.

"Okay," Kai chuckled. Those were his friends, the wildcards that they were. "So who is this guy who threw up on Yang?"

"Oh yeah, Kai." Ruby said as she grabbed Kai by the wrist and pulled her into the little group with her sister. "This is Jaune."

"Jaune Arc." Jaune introduced himself. "I heard that you had to clean up my… mess. Sorry about that." he said sheepishly, Kai could already tell that the guy was probably rubbing the back of his head nervously without even needing to see.

"Don't worry about it, not the first time I had to do something like that anyways." Kai said, being friendly. If Ruby was trusting him already, then so would he. She may be innocent, but Ruby was one of the best judges of character that he knew, the best being Raven of course. She was always able to tell who was worth keeping around or not.

"Really?" Jaune raised an eyebrow, surprised. "What happened the first time?"

"Nothing you need to know about right now!" Orchid exclaimed before bursting out into an exaggerated fit of giggles. "Let's go Kaizy! We don't want to be late, right?" She asked as she grabbed Kai by the arm and practically carried him away with her.

"Do you even know where you're going?" Kai felt the need to ask as he was dragged away.

"Use your sensing thing."

"I would if I could have a moment to concentrate."

"I don't see how that is a problem for the Flamingo Goddess."

"Flamingo Goddess?" Jaune asked in his surprise as he watched the magenta haired girl drag Kai away.

"Oh, that's just Orchid, don't worry about it. Though you should be warned, she can be a bit… erratic." Yang said with a shrug.

"How does that help me?" Jaune asked.

"Don't question it." Ruby said with a laugh. "Our friend group is just kinda like that."

"Hm." Jaune gave an approving hum, which made the two girl smile at his easy going nature.

He had no idea what he was in for, making friends with Yang and Ruby of all people.

In the end, Rick and Brick made it to the assembly arena at the same time. Though they made an entire four laps around the school itself while using their semblances to enhance their speed. By the time they each found it, they were drained and the others were already there waiting for them. Brick blamed Rick, and Rick blamed Brick, but the truth was they still had a draw yet again. As they have always been, they were even.

After a few minutes, Orchid calmed down enough to allow Yang, Ruby and the new guy Jaune to catch up with them. Only after Kai promised never to tell anyone of that day.

No one shall ever find about what happened on that day, and Orchid is going to keep it that way.

While the others were talking, Kai was keeping to himself. He had nothing to contribute to the group conversation his friends were having, besides introducing himself finally to that Jaune guy, he didn't have much else to say. He tried sensing around for Blake, but everyone felt the same, only with different body shapes and such. He was never able to sense hers out, so he was pretty much blind in that sense.

After a few moments of trying that, he gave up. There was no use for it. Team CFVY called him the other day, congratulating him for getting into Beacon. He gave them his number once he woke up from what he did with his eyes, so now they could call him whenever they wanted. They were good friends, even better after what happened in Mistral.

Apparently, after their fight with Tyrian Callows and Hazel Reinhart. Cardin and Sky of all people were the ones who helped them get out of there. When Kai tried to talk to Cardin about it, he was of course shrugged off, but he still made it known that he was thankful for what he and his partner did at that time. He had a new friend group the last he heard.

Coco said that once he gets through it, that they would invite them over to their table after it was done. Whatever it was, Kai assumed it was an initiation of some kind, though it was kind of expected. For a school taking in kids to teach them how to fight monsters, it was unsurprising to find out they would have some kind of practical exam before anyone could officially call themselves a student of Beacon Academy.

Now however, he was just plain bored. The conversations around him didn't interest him, and he was too busy now sensing around for Ozpin. The man who manipulated one of his best friends into going into Beacon early, and basically forced his hand as well. He had to be careful around him, he was warned as such, and in truth he didn't really have all that much faith in the man.

He sensed someone coming up from behind him, though from the feel of things, the person didn't mean any harm. So when the person tapped a finger on his shoulder, he allowed it.

"Hm?" Kai hummed in mock surprise as he turned his body to face the person.

"Kai?" Another voice he recognized right away, he couldn't forget this one either. They fought each other to a stand still, got attacked and fought together, and kept each other alive until they were forcefully separated by Cinder.

"Pyrrha?" He called to her as his face visibly lit up upon hearing her voice.

"Yes, it's me." Pyrrha said with a wide smile, happy to see him. "I have looked forward to seeing you again Kai."

"Same to you!" Kai exclaimed as he opened up his arms in offering. Pyrrha was surprised at the offer for a hug, but was happy to comply. Their hug lasted for a good couple of seconds before they let go of each other, both with wide smiles on their faces.

Thankfully, this one didn't run away. "I thought I recognized that blindfold of yours, I saw you when I came in, but I didn't know if it was you at first. You look so different than you did two years ago." Pyrrha said happily, before looking shocked with herself suddenly. "In a good way, I mean."

"I get what you mean, don't worry." Kai placed a hand on his chest. "I don't really know how much I changed, obviously." He pointed to his blind eyes, which made Pyrrha chuckle to herself in response of her own forgetfulness. "But I am glad you recognized me when you did. Our match that we had was crazy, one of the hardest I ever had."

When Pyrrha would have once given a fake smile and wished the other good luck, she was only happy to talk about fighting for once here.

"Of course, it was difficult for me as well. I never fought against one with a style so unique as yours, I am certain you would have beaten me if we weren't interrupted." She said modestly as she moved some of her hair behind her ear, smiling the whole time.

Kai laughed, not quite believing it fully. "I don't know, you easily outclassed me in both strength and skill, I think it was my adaptability and some of my abilities that kept me in the fight for so long."

"Nonsense," Pyrrha silenced him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You were the one to give me one of the hardest fights of my life, you won the fight fairly. You were the one who gave me my first defeat after all."

Kai seemed to preen at the praise, though he was still a bit embarrassed. He never really got a chance to have a talk with Pyrrha after what happened. She saved Cyan, which he was very grateful for, but after that she had to go back to her family in Argus. He was never able to speak with her again, but he thought about her from time to time. Always remembering her, and how they helped each other escape that hellhole.

"Ooo, making friends already?" Yang teased when she noticed Kai talking to the redhead. "With Pyrrha Nikos herself? Damn boy, you really know how to pick 'em."

"Yang…" Kai sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. Just barely missing the moment where Pyrrha's heart skipped a tiny beat as the blonde brawler teased them.

"C'mon Kai, you know I'm just teasing ya." Yang said as she nudged the blind huntsman in training with her elbow.

"Well tease less, someone is walking on the stage." Kai pointed out.

"Really?" Yang and everyone else for that matter looked to the stage, Kai simply snorted and kept himself facing Pyrrha, he could hear just fine, and Ozpin knew he was there. There was no way he wouldn't after going through the investment of allowing him to come to the school free of charge.

"Welcome to Beacon Academy." The Headmaster of beacon greeted with a neutral expression.

"Shit, you were right."

"Swear!" Ruby exclaimed, catching her sister in the act.

"I'll... keep this brief," Ozpin interrupted whatever conversation was still going on at the time, and if that wasn't enough. Glynda Goodwitch was standing right beside him, glaring at a specific pair of twins hiding behind Yang for protection. All chatter that was left quickly faded away in silence.

"You have all come here in the pursuit of knowledge, some of you may have even come here for power… or perhaps for more personal reasons." Kai turned his body to face him at that, growling as he easily figures out that was mostly directed toward himself. "But when I look amongst you, all I see is wasted energy, and untapped potential. Just waiting to be guided, and in need of a direction with purpose. If you believe that this school will spoon feed you everything you need, then Beacon is not the place for you. Knowledge, and power can only take you so far after all…"

Again, Kai had to resist the urge to yell at him. Another snipe at him most likely, he had the knowledge about the maidens, and a powerful semblance that almost completely countered then. Just not quite enough. The memory of his second encounter with Cinder flew through his mind, making him grip his sides even harder in frustration.

"But, your time in this school will provide you with what you need in order to get by, the rest of it however, is up to you to decide. Beacon is just the first step, and it is up to you to make yourself into the best Huntsman or Huntress you can possibly be… That is all."

His speech finished, Glynda Goodwitch announced that all new initiates will be resting in an empty cafeteria for the night. When the other students started walking away, Kai stood there. Standing still with his fist clenched in his sweater pockets.

"You okay Kai?" His partner asked as she tapped him on the shoulder, snapping him back into reality.

"Yeah… just remembering something." Kai said honestly.

"Well, don't think about that, let's go have a slumber party!" Orchid exclaimed, making their whole group laugh out loud. "You're invited too!" She shouted next, pointing to both Jaune and Pyrrha.

"What?" The two of them said at the same time, and then wondered who exactly the excited girl was referring too.

"Both of you! Now let's go!" Orchid declared, grabbing Kai by the hand and leading him out of the hall with a bright smile on her face. Just leave it to her most cheerful personality to cheer everybody up just for the sake of her partner. Over the two years, Orchid has gotten better control of her personality shifts. Sometimes even able to change at will instead of just at random. It took practice, but the true Orchid was able to come out much more frequently now. Not to mention that her skill has absolutely gone through the roof, and considering who she was training with, it wasn't surprising. Kai, Yang, Ruby, their entire friends group. She even trained with Vernal a few times when she came around to hang out and train with Kai. It went without saying that she was quite the Huntress in training now.

She also knew when it was time to go to sleep, Kai didn't even realize that it was getting dark already. So without arguing, he allowed his partner to gather literally everyone she could and create one big fort made out of sleeping bags and start a pillow fight. She even made a friend with some other girl named Nora, and together they ruled over a pillow castle called 'Fort Flamingo Valkyrie.'

Just another usual night of course, nothing unusual with that.

Now if only he was actually sleepy when the exciting pillow battles were over.

Picking up the pace a little bit here. I skipped the going to sleep part because, well, not a lot changed in it. Kai hung out in the background while his friends chatted away, Jaune still had his onesie moment, and Orchid met Nora. I didn't feel the need to have to write that all down, since I am already going to describe what happened next chapter. I might have done it if I wasn't on a tight schedule with work right in the morning, but sadly life decided that was a no no. So for now, please enjoy what I have for you.

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