"Hey guys..." Standing near the door to her and her teams dorm roon, Cheyenne, who was in her school uniform, tilted her head with a sigh while rubbing one of her antlers. "I really... don't think this is going to work." Her brown eyes trailed across the entire room before she shut them and gave another sigh, her head lowering into her shoulders.
All four beds were covered and all across the floor was a mixture of hunting gear, weapon cleaners, makeup, band posters, crafts and drawing utensils. It was a rather huge mess of clothing, blankets, and pillows as well. To anyone, this sight would make them think a tornado blew through the country, an emo store, and some old lady's basement and just dropped everything off here.
"I think I agree with her." Kagami mumbled, her arms crossed. Even though she was wearing Beacon's uniform, she still had her green hoodie on as well as her sword strapped to her back along with her black rings on her fingers. "You guys brought too much stuff."
"Not my fault your poor and didn't bring anything." Kris grumbled out, her jaw tensing a bit. She still didn't like the fact of not being leader. Like this, she would never prove to her mother how amazing she was. "And besides, I think it's perfect. My room looked exactly the same. Minus the icky camouflage and art things."
"Hey!" Elise snapped, glaring over at the smaller girl. She gave a faint growl before quickly crossing her arms and turning away with a pout. "At least I'm not so short I can't even reach the top shelf."
"I am five foot one!" The red head snapped, tossing her arms down and growling at her. "I'm sorry we all can't be like Cheyenne over her and be a million feet tall!"
"I'm actually only five seven." Said deer Faunus mumbled, her hand raising a bit. "My antlers just make me look five eleven."
"Wait," Elise glanced over at her before suddenly becoming back to back with her. "You're five eleven? I'm five nine." She held up her hand, measuring the distance from the top of her head to the top of Cheyenne's antlers. She brought her hand down, tilting her head. "Huh. Does this look like two inches?" She held it in front of Kagami's face.
The jade haired girl sighe, rubbing her face a little. "I guess... sure. Why not." She shrugged as Elise pulled her hand back.
"Can we all stop talking about how tall we are!?" Kris snapped, pointing at their dorm room. "We kinda need to fix this!"
"You know," Kagami stuck her hands in her hoodie pocket. "You could just keep whatever you really need and get rid of the rest."
"I actually have a better idea." A devilish grin started to grow across Elise's face. "A WONDERFUL idea." In the blink of an eye, she vanished. A second later, the sounds of tools and nails being hit filled the room. After a moment, the young farm girl was standing next to her teammates with her arms crossed and a tool belt around her waist. "There." She grinned, nodding forward.
"What..." Kagami blinked a few times, her hands falling from her pocket.
"...the..." Cheyenne took a step back, tilting her head with wide eyes.
"HELL!" Kris snapped, her hands balling up in tight fist as she threw her arms down.
What the three were looking at in shock and what the other was so completely proud of was the four beds, all completely stack one ontop of the other up until the top one hit the ceiling.
"So," Elise looked over at her teammates. "What ya think?
"It's um..." Cheyenne rubbed her antlers again. "It's... unique."
"It's stupid." Kris said plainly as she looked over at Elise. "Why would... what even... what the actual f-!" She was cut off, Cheyenne's hand over her mouth.
"Shhhhh!" The Faunus snapped in a whisper, her finger over her own mouth. "Let's keep things at least PG here."
The red head growled a bit, her eyes narrowing as she pushed Cheyenne's hand down. "It is still an utterly stupid idea."
"Well," Elise leaned in, pointed in the direction of the room away from the beds. "I split up that side with tape. It's divided in three equal pieces so you can't complain about my so called icky camouflage touching your precious CDs." She rolled her eyes as Kris glanced back.
The young girl crossed her arms, her jaw clenched before she sighed in a growl at the sight of camouflage in one corner, her music in another, and art supplies in between. "Fine. But if your things even so much as touch my side, I am burning it all and-" She stopped herself and blinked as Cheyenne pointed back at Kagami.
"You know, we have four people here, not three." She rubbed her antlers.
"It's fine." Kagami mumbled, putting her hands back into her pocket. "Just let me have the top bunk. I'll live."
"Oh heck to the no!" Elise snapped. "I would much rather watch a horse give birth again! That was freaking weird! The baby just stood right back up and agh!" She stopped herself, blinking a few times at Kagami who was already sitting at the top.
"Yea well," Kagami looked down at her. "I'm up here. I can see everything from up her so I'm staying."
"I said no!" She snapped, shaking her arms around as her teeth became razor sharp. "Now get down!" She started to climb up the stack of beds with narrowed eyes. "Get down!" She jumped up into the fourth bed, crouching down. "I will fight you for this!"
The jade haired girl blinked before giving a shrug. "Alright. First one to push the other off the bed wins." She slowly got into a crouch. "Stand up and we'll start."
"Fine by-!" Elise grunted heavily as she jumped up as hard as she could, her head slamming into the ceiling. She just groaned, a green and black tennis shoe slowly pushing her off the bed. She hit the ground at Cheyenne's and Kris' feet with another groan, her hands rubbing a large bump on her head.
"Thank you." Kagami glanced down before laying across the bed.
"I... don't like... you..." Elise groaned, sitting up.
Kris just blinked a bit before bursting into laughter. "I have been waiting for something like this to happen forever! That's what you deserve!"
"Hey now..." Cheyenne held up her hand. "People don't deserve anything like that."
"Yea!" Elise snapped, jumping to her feet. "It's a good thing you're not a person!" She pointed at the red head. "Because you definitely deserve a crack on the head!"
"That's not what..." Cheyenne sighed, lowering her shoulders and head.
"And you're definitely not some worthy and all caring person! Think of all the animals you have killed!" Kris took a step forward.
"Not this again." Cheyenne sighed once again.
Elise shot up on the tips of her toes, narrowing her eyes. "And think of all the air you are wasting by talking trash which I am not going to listen to!"
The brunet and red head were suddenly forehead to forehead, fingers poking at each other's chest as they gave off deep growls. Even their eyes seemed to turn to flames as their teeth became sharp. And as much as Cheyenne tried, she couldn't seem to break the two up.
"Alright." Kagami sighed, sitting up and flinging her legs off the bed. "I have had enough of this." She reached up with her right hand, grabbing the hilt of her sword as she jumped down. As she landed, she drove her blade into the floor. As she stood back up, she reached over and grabbed a spear from Elise's part of the room and spun it around, colliding it with the dull part of her blade.
Sound vibrations danced across the room, making the two yelling girls and the one trying to break them apart reach up and cover their ears. It wasn't high pitched, it was just a strange sound filled with properties that some wouldn't even say existed.
Kagami put the spear back before pulling her weapon from the ground, sheathing it as the sound stopped. "Now, stop whatever you are arguing about. You're both focused on your own opinion and won't let yourself see the other persons point of veiw."
"No one asked you!" Kris snapped at her before glaring back at Elise. "And you-!"
"And no one asked you!" Elise shot back, still rubbing her ears.
"LISTEN!" Cheyenne finally raised her voice, trying not to grimace at the ringing in her ears. For once, the Faunus finally snapped at the bickering. "Both of you shut up for a minute!"
That seemed to do better than Kagami's sword, even making said girl blinked a bit.
Kris was silent for a moment, her jaw clenched as she looked around. "None of you have any structure at all. I pity your combat school teachers."
"Combat..." The deer Faunus tilted her head.
"...school..." The young farm girl seemed completely confused at the word.
"...teachers?" Kagami raised an eyebrow, it clear she never had one before.
The red head just blinked a few times before screaming with her hands over her face. "This is unbelievable! I go my own way and get stuck with three idiots who never went to school! How the hell did you even become leader!?" She snapped, glaring at Kagami.
Shrugging, she brushed her green hair back. "I dunno. Ozpin said so?"
She just have off another scream, gripping her hair extremely tight. "I can't believe thiiiiis!" She shook her head around.
"Hey!" Cheyenne snapped again. "Shut up!" Her hands balled up tight. "If we are going to argue like this, then let's at least find a way to end it! Right now!"
"And how to you plan we do that, smarty pants?" Elise asked, putting a hand on her hip.
"Don't talk to her like that!" Kris snapped before going quiet from Cheyenne shouting.
"I said shut up!" Cheyenne snapped again, breathing a little heavy. "Just some test that will shut you two up! And hopefully prove to you that not everyone needs to go to school to be smart or strong!" She pointed at Kris before taking a deep breath. She then blinked, quickly stepping away with a faint shade of red going across her face. "S-Sorry... I-I just... s-sorry..." She gulped.
Kagami just blinked before sighing. "You people make too much noise..."
"You know," Elise smiled, holding up a finger. "I know exactly how we can settle this once and for all."
"With what, killing something and being a murderer?" Kris glared as Elise growled back.
"No. An eating contest. Papa always settled arguments with his brothers by eating since they weren't allowed to fight physically. Well... unless it was pig wrestling." She put a finger on her chin.
"So you want me to out eat you?" Her glare just hardened. "That seems completely fair. You're twice my size."
"Not how much," The young farm girl leaned down with narrowed eyes and arms crossed. "But what."
"Well what is this whay?" Her jaw clenched as she flashed her teeth.
Elise leaned back, tapping her arms a bit. "Hmmm... maybe..." She then grinned. "Whoever can eat the most of a lemon, with nothing else, is put in charge no matter what Oz said, deal?" She held out her hand.
The red head just growled, turning on her heels and heading towards the door. "Fine." She let out a huff of air, eyes locked ahead of her.
"Not even a shake! Ugh!" Elise groaned, walking out after her.
"This... is ridiculous..." Kagami muttered, walking up next to Cheyenne.
"Tell me about it." The deer Faunus sighed before taking a step towards the door. "You coming? Like it or not... I do think you're going to be a better leader than either of those two."
Kagami blinked, slowly following behind with her hands in her pocket. "You... do?"
"Yep." She glanced back with a nod. "Well..." She rubbed her antlers. "Better than either of them. And way better than me." She gave a faint smile before heading straight to the cafeteria.
In said part of the building, a few minutes later, all of team MACE was sitting at a table. Elise and Kagami on one side, Kris and Cheyenne on the other. In front of each one of them was a single lemon.
"Alright! Whoever can eat the most or finish first wins all authority!" Elise shouted, a huge grin on her face. "Ready. Set. Go!" She shouted, her and Kris already viciously peeling their lemons.
"Unbelievable." Cheyenne muttered, pushing her own lemon away. "Just unbelievable."
"Shhh!" Kris quickly snapped as she got a wedge free. She gritted her teeth, twisting it between her fingers. She then quickly shoved it into her mouth, her face puckering up as her eyes shut.
"Can't take it!? Huh!?" Elise snapped, grimacing at a mouth full of lemon. "Thought you were all and mighty oh fruit one!"
"Just because I am a vegetarian doesn't mean I eat all non meat products happily!" The red head shot back before dropping the remainder of her lemon while looking over at Kagami.
"What?" Elise asked, glancing over at the girl in green before dropping her lemon as well.
Kagami blinked as the two of them stared at her. She just slowly took another bite of her lemon which was half eaten, peel and all, and raised and eyebrow, chewing it with ease like it was an apple. "I don't see why you chose lemoms. I mean... they're not that hard to eat and help prevent scurvy and really helps your liver and bowels. My..." She trailed off with a sigh, Cheyenne being the only one to notice the look of missig someone in her eyes. "I use to have to eat one once a week." She glanced up, taking another bite.
"I give up." Elise muttered as she pushed her lemon slices and peel forward.
"I think that's the first time we agree on something." Kris munbled, doing the same with a sigh.
Cheyenne just faintly smiled, looking at the two now depressed girls, both of which clearly did not like to lose, lay their heads on the table before glancing at Kagami who finished eating her lemon with a yawn. "Told ya. You're going to be a great leader."
She just looked up and shrugged in response, slowly reaching over to grab her teammate's leftovers.
A ways away from the group, the headmaster of the school leaned on his cane, watching them with close eyes and his second in command next to him.
"They were gambling who shall be their leader." Glynda said, looking over at him. "You can't let my niece be dragged into a group of mischiefs like that, sir."
Ozpin just gave nod, gripping his can tighter. "They may seem like a terrible pair right now, but trust me Glynda." He turned around on his heels, limping off with his cane. "Their differences are going to be what brings them together."