Whitley, now 16 years old, stands in the training room of the Belladonna mansion. Drops of sweat going down his forehead. wearing a tight light blue tank top that covers a little bit of the neck and navy blue Gi pants as well as hand and foot wrappings on both his hands and feet covering his knuckles, forearms as well as the soles of his feet and his shins.
His hair is now longer and messier reaching just below neck length and bangs reaching just below his eyebrows. And he now sports a more muscular build with slim but well toned muscles gained from training and sparring almost every day
Ever since Whitley ran from Atlus and was adopted he has been training in martial arts mostly learning from Kail and Ghira. Kail being highly skilled in the styles of Tiger fist and Snake fist kung fu originating in the kingdom of Mistral
Ghira being a larger man most of his life was skilled in styles such as judo and wrestling overpowering his foes with raw strength and tactical throws and takedowns.
However for Whitley while he dabbled and incorporated techniques from these styles into his own moveset he had always favored the styles of Karate and Boxing. Making use of the strikes and counters of karate and strikes and evasive techniques of boxing.
Whitley stands in front of a dummy and goes into a fighting stance. both arms up with the left in front and and the right not far back with the legs bent slightly and like the arms with the left leg in front with the heels slightly off the ground.
He then suddenly launches a left jab then a straight right at the face immediately followed by a low left bodyshot into a right hook across the dummy's chin. He then delivers a low roundhouse kick with his left leg to the dummy's side into a spinning wheel kick across the dummy's head with his right leg.
After a pause he went for a low right hook to the dummy's side immediately into a left uppercut, launching it a couple of feet into the air followed by a strong back kick which launched the dummy's across The room shaming into the wall.
After Whitley returns to a relaxed neutral stance and hears a older woman's voice from behind him
"I almost feel bad for whatever grim finds you" Whitley looks back to see his adoptive mother Kali Belladonna as she tosses a water bottle to Whitley which he catches, taking a large drink from it.
"A series of attacks that quickly hits multiple places is hard to defend against" Whitley responded as he and Kail head back into the large Belladonna family home. When they get inside Whitley starts icing his knuckles when Ghira enters the room.
"hard training session?" He says. Whitley looks up at him "yeah been at at for 3 or 4 hours" Whitley responds
Ghira chuckles a little "you've gotta learn to take it easy sometimes".
Whitley chuckles a little back "i suppose your right".
Their conversation is interrupted a knock on the front door
"Oh i'll get it," Whitley says, approaching the door and opening It to see a man with grey messy hair and a pair of small rounded glasses who he recognized as professor Ozpin along with a blonde woman who he didn't recognize.
"Professor Ozpin?" Whitley said surprised
"Yes, good afternoon you must be Whitley Belladonna" Ozpin said with a small smile
Soon Kali came to the door
"Whitley, who is it? Oh! Professor Ozpin" Kail said more surprised "feel free to come in I have some tea ready"
After they were all seated in the dining room With tea Ozpin spoke
"Thank you very much for the hospitality"
"Oh It's nothing" Ghira responded
"Ah I almost forgot, this here is the vice headmistress of Beacon academy Glynda Goodwitch" he said gesturing towards her
"It's a pleasure to meet you," she said with a slight bow.
"say what exactly are you doing here, professor?" Ghira asked
"Well I'll get to the chase. the Vytal tournament is less then a month away and I'd like you to join as the representative of Margarine"
"Really? even though I'm not a huntsman nor do I attend a huntsman academy" Whitley asks
"That is true however knowing of your skills and the fact that if you do accept you will be the first representative of Margarine we are willing to make exceptions"
"however that's not all your sister is also attending Beacon" Ozpin continued
"Really? I thought she would've gone to Altus academy" Whitley responded "though considering father I suppose I shouldn't be surprised" Whitley thought to himself.
"also…" Ozpin said looking at Ghira and Kali "are you aware that your daughter Blake Is attending Beacon?"
"Blake's at Beacon!?" Ghira said surprised
"No we didn't know it… hasn't exactly been easy to get a hold of her these past few years" Kail said a with a little bit of sadness in her voice
"Ah I see…" Ozpin said then he turned back to Whitley "so… Whitley, do you wish to accept my offer?"
"Well if enter the tournament It should be a good test of my skills and I'll meet strong opponents" Whitley responded
then Ghira chimed in "Plus there is a chance you could meet Blake"
After a moment of thought Whitley gave Ozpin his answer
"I accept your offer professor Ozpin"
Ozpin smirked
"I'm glad to hear it. We have a bullhead waiting to take you to Vale"
"Alright i'll let you know when I'm ready once I've gathered my things" Whitley said
"take all the time you need" Ozpin said
After gathering his belongings Whitley met up with Kali and Ghira to see them off
"we're gonna miss you so much" Kali said basically smothering Whitley
"Good luck at the tournament and have fun in vale" Ghira said
"Also if you meet Blake could… you ask her to call once in a while" Kali Said
Whitley gave a small smile at them
"Will do" he said after that he waved them goodbye as he got on the bullhead with professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch
After getting settled and taking off Ozpin notices Whitley tinkering with what appears to be a small music box
"What are you doing?" Ozpin asked
"Oh I guess you could call it a hobby of mine. I often find myself tinkering with any trinket machine or computer find" Whitley responded
Ozpin gave a small chuckle "I see…"
Whitley pauses to look out the window seeing the bull head leave Margarine and thinks to himself
"Weiss is at Beacon huh?... this should be interesting…"