Less than a half hour later, the class gathered outside with most of them wearing their hero outfits. Many didn't wear their complete outfit, with the dog only wearing one of his bulky grenade gauntlets, others such as Iida and Uraraka didn't wear their headgear. Green Boy wore his gym uniform with some parts taken from his costume since it was damaged. Understandable since Mr. Aizawa did say some aspects of their hero costumes would only get in the way. That's why Weiss left behind the bow that was similar to Blakes. She didn't want it getting damaged because it got caught on something.
Iida stood at attention by Weiss' side. "Should we line them up by their class number so the boarding process can go smoothly?" He pulled a whistle out of nowhere, his face serious. Weiss gave him an indifferent side glance. Yup, he reminded her too much of how she used to be, strict, too serious, and a stick up his ass, but at least he was competent.
"No. We'll see how everyone handles it without strict instructions. Just have them form a line so we can board." Weiss shrugged. Iida nodded and was starting to move the whistle to his lips. "Don't you dare blow that whistle! Not while I'm still standing next to you."
Iida paused and bowed his head sharply. "My apologies Class Representative!" He held the whistle in his balled fist.
Weiss took a few steps away from him and covered her ears. "Now you can blow it." Blake would have murdered him on the spot for bringing that piece of metal out.
Iida's serious face lightened up a bit as he blew the whistle as loud as he could. "Everyone line up so we can get on the bus!" He even added some stiff arm movements as he spoke. Weiss was never meant to lead, she had learned that the hard way, but that wouldn't stop her from doing her best. At least this rescue training would provide useful information, unlike that combat training that Weiss easily won.
Hopefully she could sit next to Kyouka and Mina this time.
Weiss did her best to stop herself from frowning, keeping her indifferent mask on her face. The class boarded the bus without any hassle, thanks to the supervision of Yaoyorozu and herself of course. Iida was the first one on board in order to make sure everyone was behaving, and by everyone she meant the stupid dog.
Mina and Kyouka sat in the front with their classroom's secretary, and Green Boy. Kirishima, feminine blond boy and Mineta, who tried to sit in the Weiss' section only to be blocked by the half white and red boy, were also with them. Now she was stuck with Yaoyorozu, the Half white and red Todoroki, Sero the tape boy, and the invisible girl who sat next to Weiss, completely in the nude. How did Weiss know she naked?
The only thing that indicated she was there were her floating gloves and boots. If that didn't work, her annoying voice made sure that you definitely knew she was there.
"Your hair is so silky! What kind of shampoo do you use? How about your conditioner?" Hagakure said cheerfully. "How do you maintain your voice? Do you eat raw eggs?" You're so pretty!"
"Regular shampoo, no, I drink tea, no, thank you." Weiss said sharply once Hagakure's lungs gave out. Yaoyorozu giggled softly, sitting across the aisle from Weiss, giving Myrtenaster not so discreet looks, but at least she was trying.
Todoroki on the other hand, kept giving her obvious looks, turning away quickly whenever they made eye contact. What a complete weirdo. He must've been a pervert or something with the amount of glances he took, and how flustered he looked afterwards.
"What's the deal with the sword?" Sero blurted out, his eyes focused on Weiss' prized blade. Finally someone with the courage to ask, instead of dancing around the issue.
"Myrtenaster helps me to control my quirk without as much concentration." The lies slithered out of Weiss' mouth like a snake. "Plus I took fencing lessons when I was younger, so it makes sense to use it to my advantage."
The dog started screaming at something the others in the front were saying, Weiss didn't catch what it was. He jumped up from his seat glaring at the front group.
"We haven't known each other that long, but we already know that his personality is like a shit covered sewage pipe." Kaminari snarked from the front, his smirk directed toward the dog.
"I'LL KILL YOU! WHAT'S WITH THE VOCABULARY YOU STUPID FU-"
"Finish that sentence and I will end you." Weiss said loudly, glaring at the yellow haired boy and the dog. The dog turned his head to glare at her. Weiss had dealt with far scarier people than this bully.
"What a vulgar conversation." Yaoyorozu mumbled with a hand over her mouth. Weiss was inclined to agree with her.
Mr. Aizawa stood from the front corner of the bus he was sleeping in. "Stop messing around. We're here."
The dog broke off eye contact and angrily sat back down in his seat. Another victory, not that Weiss was surprised. Iida gave Mr. Aizawa a salute.
"Yes sir!"
The hero that would be assisting Mr. Aizawa and All Might were already waiting for them by the time the bus parked and everyone disembarked. His physical appearance was completely hidden by a costume that was similar to those astronauts from the documentaries Yu forced Weiss to watch, albeit with yellow boots.
"That's Thirteen, the Space Hero!" Midoriya mumbled loud enough for everyone to hear. He started mumbling about the Pro-Heroes achievements. He really needed to learn how to keep his mouth shut, all of that mumbling was distracting.
"Hello everyone, I have been waiting for you." Thirteen said cheerfully. Apparently she was known as one of the top heroes that specialized in rescuing others. "Let us head inside! I'm looking forward to working with you future heroes."
The inside of the building was just as impressive as the outside, with several biomes spread all around the interior. They ranged from a decent sized lake with a ship on it, most likely to practice shipwreck and water based rescues, to landslides, fires, windstorms and so on. Now this was going to be a wonderful experience! There's so much to learn from such an experienced hero!
"This is training ground that I made to help Pro and future heroes deal with accidents and natural disasters!" Thirteen said proudly. She should be, this was a marvel of engineering and planning. "It is called the 'Unforseen Simulation Join', or USJ for short!" Thirteen posed dramatically with her finger in the air.
Mr. Aizawa's ruined Thirteen's moment by casually walked up to her. "Thirteen, where's All Might? He was supposed to meet us here."
The Space Hero whispered something in their homeroom teachers ear, her voice too low for Weiss to catch anything. Did something happen to the Number One hero?
"Anyways.." Mr. Aizawa turned away from Thirteen and gave the class a bored glance. "Let's begin then."
"Before we begin, I would like to say a few things." Thirteen interjected before Mr. Aizawa could continue. Weiss smiled internally. What words of wisdom would the veteran hero give them?
"As some of you may be aware, my quirk, Black Hole, allows me to suck up anything and turn it into dust." Too bad it wasn't the Dust that Weiss needs. Feeling the excitment radiating from the front of the class, Weiss was glad that she didn't end up standing near Midoriya.
"You've saved so many people though!' Midoriya said with a large smile on his face.
Ruby flashed Weiss a large grin before pulling her into a tight embrace.
Ignoring the shaking in her right hand, Weiss took a deeo breath. This wasn't Remnant, Midoriya wasn't Ruby, she hasn't even had a full conversation with him! She planned on keeping it that way.
"Yes, but the point I'm trying to make is that powerd can also easily kill people." Thirteen's glance bounced around the class, staying on Weiss a bit longer than the others. "I'm sure some of you have quirks like that right?"
Very true, Midoriya was able to break every bone in his body, the dog was able to cause explosions with his hands, and Todoroki was capable of freezing an entire building in less than a minute.
"Please remember that quirks can easily kill with one misstep, so self control is needed." Thirteen continued as Weiss smirked, giving Mr. Aizawa a side glance. "With Aizawa's fitness test, you were able to find out the limits of your powers, and the possibilities that laid within."
It was Mr. Aizawa's turn to give her a glance.
"And with All Might's combat training, you've seen the dangers of using your powers on others." Thirteen's voice turned emotional. "Here, you shall learn how to save others, not to harm other people, but to save their lives."
Thirteen was such a wise teacher. She would have been a better homeroom teacher.
"I hope you leave here with that understanding." Thirteen bowed. "Thank you all for listening!" The only thing missing was someone screaming Plus Ultra. The class erupted into applause, Weiss included.
"Now that that's over, first we're going to-" Mr. Aizawa was cut off by the lights in the roof short-circuiting.
Suddenly, a purple mist enveloped the center of the USJ, by the fountain centerpiece. In the center of the purple mist, were two evil yellow 'eyes'. Weiss took a step back, her indifferent mask starting to break.
"Gather together and don't move!" Mr. Aizawa shouted as he grabbed part of his scarf, turning to face the fountain. "Thirteen, protect the students!"
Weiss' face froze. Protection? She didn't need protection. Her sword hand also started to shake as a figure stepped out of the mist, with hands decorting his plain clothing. More figured stepped out besides him, ranging from hetereomorphics to those who looked 'normal'.
"Is this part of the lesson?" Weiss heard someone ask.
"Don't move!' Mr. Aizawa's voice shot out not even a second later. More and more people were appearing from the mist-like portal. Some of them were wearing-
Oh no. Even from far away Weiss would know those shirts, her shirts. Some of them had an large red X on them, with others disfiguring her image or logo. One even had a cheap white wig on their head. What were they? Weiss felt her breathing start to slow.
"This isn't a test, those are real villains." Mr. Aizawa said. "And they're attacking right when we're supposed to be in training."
Another figure stepped through the portal, much larger than those around it. Gripping Myrtenaster's handle carefully, Weiss' hand finally stopped shaking.
Beacon wouldn't fall a second time.
A/N
What a doozy. This chapter was fun to write! So enjoy the cliffhanger. Y'all should be used to it by now.
Before writing this story, I usually listened to a few select RWBY songs that I liked. As I started writing, I started listening to all of the volume soundtracks in their entirity and came to one conclusion.
I need to find a way to fit Indomitable in here, eventually.
Question of the day:
How do you think Weiss will fare against Nomu?
Till next time on Schnee: Hero or Huntress!