Sitting on the edge of the window seal, Elise sighed softly as she kicked her legs back and forth. She glanced down at the ground, not even startled by the two hundred foot drop if she fell. She actually felt at ease here. The height reminding her of the mountains her father use to take her up and the bluffs she would scale with him. She actually really wanted to climb up the side of the building. It would be a fun adventure as long as she didn't fall.

She kicked her legs a bit more, her eyes trailing up a tree that was roughly a meter from the dorm room window. She could probably jump from the window to the tree if she wanted to. Jump and grab ahold of a branch then climb down. That would be the definition of excitement for her. Her skin was crawling with the urge to do so and her bones were practically jumping themselves.

She gave another, much longer sigh as she looked up at the bright blue sky. Not a cloud was to be seen. The sun was shining as bright as ever and the wind was gently breezing through the trees and buildings. This was perfect hiking whether. The day couldn't have been more beautiful. She couldn't lie at all, she missed her farm. She missed her parents and helping them out. She missed her horse, Jelly Bean. She actually missed doing chores. She just missed the normalness and adventurous life she had. Not that she didn't love it here. Beacon was a wonderful place. This academy just missed the special spark that she had back home. The spark of pure adventure and never knowing if she will catch dinner or not.

Seeing a large Atlas ship slowly fly through the air then pause in front of the sun, blocking the rays from illuminating the window seal, Elise groaned as deep as she good and laid back onto a book shelf. "Stupud metal clouds!" She called out, glaring up at the ceiling before shutting her eyes.

"They are called airships." Cheyenne mumbled, ever so gently brushing a paint brush with red paint across a canvas. Growing up poor, she found great pleasure in making the small things beautiful. She wasn't too shabby at art either. She could paint like none other and make jewelry out of practically anything. It was an escape. It was her way of coping with the whole world she was forced into.

"And you shouldn't complain so much. They are all over the city." The deer Faunus glanced over at the farm girl who looked bored out of her mind. "And you should probably get working on your homework. I know the semester just started, but Professor Peach gave us a lot of work to do."

"But I don't wanna!" Elise groaned, slowly sliding from the bookshelf onto the floor. "It's boring! I want to go outside! And chase something! And hunt something!"

She just sighed softly, leaning back in her chair as she stared at the girl laying flat on the ground. "Elise?"

"Yeah?" The brunet lifted up her head and opened her eyes. She then winced, shutting her eyes as red paint was flinged onto her face. She quickly sat up, pulling down her sleeves to her school uniform and rubbing it off. "Hey! What's that for!?"

"For being a silly idiot." Cheyenne said, waving her paint brush around for emphasis. "Now shush and do your school work. I've already completed mine. You do your's and then you can do..." She trailed off, thinking of a word as she waved the brush more. "... then you can do your crazy things."

"You're not my motheeer!" She let out in response, rolling over on the floor. "You can't tell me what to do!"

She just sighed, going back to her panting of Forever Fall. "I guess you're right, but you're wasting your own time." She mumbled, going back to work.

"You're also being annoying." Kris mumbled, laying on her bed with music blaring on her headphones.

Elise blinked a few times, looking up at the red head. "You... can hear me?" She eaised an eyebrow.

The small girl just looked over with an equally confused expression, tilting her head softly. "Yep. Is that weird? Am I not suppose to hear your loud mouth?"

"You're blaring music so loud it could wake the dead!" She was suddenly standing, rapidly waving her arms around. "How are you not deaf!?"

Kris just blinked a few times before giving a soft shrug. "Yep. It's pretty easy actually. As much as it pains me to say it, I just focus on you and push the music aside and I can hear you. Not that hard."

Cheyenne was now looking back at her, eyebrows raised. "I'm... pretty sure that's not how it works."

"Same here." Elise mumbled, scratching the back of her head.

"Well what do you two know!? I am the one listening to music!" Kris shot to her feet, grunting as her head hit the bed above her. In an instant, she was crouched dpwn and rubbing the top of her head. "Ow ow ow ow ow." She grimaced, rubbing it a bit hard. As she pulled her hands down, she flinched as a green leather book came crashing down ontop of her head. She groaned deeply, sitting down as she rubbed her head intensely. "Ow!" She shouted, her eyes tearing up.

"Oh, hey, what's that?" Elise blinked, reaching down and grabbing the book. She blinked a few times, running her thumb over the circle symbol which she recognized from from the back of Kagami's hoodie. "Hey, Chey?"

"Yes?" The deer Faunus looked over, setting down her paint brush as she stood up.

"Kagami is taking a shower right now, yea?" The brunet asked, looking over.

Cheyenne just slowly nodded, slowly walking over. "What's that?"

"I dunno..." She mumbled, running a finger across the binding of it. "It's really well made though. Probably hand made too."

"Well since it decided to hit me..." Kris rubbed her head with one eye shut and stood. In an instant, she was leaning over Elise's shoulder. "Let's open it and read it."

"Hmmm..." Elise quickly glanced over at the bathroom door, narrowing her eyes before quickly opening the book. "Done." She muttered, turning the first page. The three girls then paused for a moment, reading what was on the first page.

In the distant nights, our ancestors are calling

They tell me 'strong is her will to fight, but a war is coming

And the dear child is unprepared

Enemies will beat her, show her why they should be feared'

But to tell you thd truth, I don't even care

I, am going to believe, through all the madness

I, am going to have faith, even in the darkness

You are more than just my child

You were born to run wild

Whatever path you choose, whatever your destiny may be

All I ask of you is a few simple things

Keep moving forward, never stay down on your knees

Don't drop your sword, always stay loyal and just believe

Because I, am going to believe, in your worst hour

I, am going to have faith, when there's a bloody shower

You are more than just an out casted rebel

You were born to be a victorious hero

All you have to do is believe in yourself and have faith

And know it's never too late

After several long minutes of silence, after each of the girls finished reading, Kris broke the silence. "Whoa." Was all she let out, blinking rapidly with wide eyes. "That was... um..."

"That was amazing." Cheyenne mumbled, staring at the page as she read it over again and again. "It is really something."

"It was beautiful." Elise muttered, her hand going up to turn the page to read more. She then froze at the sound of the door opening.

All three girls went stiff, their heads snapping up to see Kagami walking out of the bathroom. In one hand she held her green hoodie, her other hand shaking some of her wet hair around. Since her hoodie wasn't on, her black t-shirt could be seen.

"So that's what she wears under that thing." Kris mumbled, taking a small step away from Elise who held the book. Cheyenne quickly did the same.

Kagami just paused, blinking rapidly as she stared at Elise. There was a moment of silence before Elise quickly snapped the book shut and held up her arms. She didn't even have a second to speak before she was tackled onto the lower bed by Kagami.

"Where did you get that!?" The jade haired girl snapped, her voice filled with more embarrassment than anger. "And how much did you read!?" She pinned Elise down on the bed.

Groaning softly, Elise twisted and turned before rolling ontop of Kagami. "It fell from the sky! And just the first page!"

"Things just don't fall from the sky!" She rolled back over ontop of her, her long curvy hair falling down.

"Well this did!" She snapped back. She then paused, sniffing the green hair that fell near her face. "You know, this smells really good. What kind of shampoo do you use?".

"Oh. It's this really nice naturally made soup my mom taught me to make." Kagami glanced at her hair. "Dad always complained about it smelling too much like nature. I'm not sure how that's a thing though..."

"Me neither." Elise munbled, sniffing her hair again. "You should let me use some of it though. I really like the smell."

She just shrugged back, looking face to face at her. "Sure. Why not. Bet I could teach you to make it too."

"Really?" She smiled. "That would be great!"

As the two of them spoke, Kris grinned and leaned up against Cheyenne. She then held up her arms, making a heart shape with her hands around Elise and Kagami. Cheyenne blinked a few times before facepalming. Kris just chuckled softly, a huge grin forming across her face as she quietly mumbled. "I ship it."

"You're such a dork!" Cheyenne reached over, her eyes shut as she pushed Kris down onto the floor.

Meanwhile, Elise quickly rolled over back ontop of Kagami. "I told you! It fell from the sky!"

"Books don't just randomly fall out of the sky!" Kagami shouted, rolling over to be back on top, pinning the brunet down.

"Well fine!" She tossed and turned before grunted as she forced herself ontop of Kagami again. "It fell from your bed!"

"So you just decided to read it!?" Her pale tea green eyes went wide as she tossed herself above her.

Elise sunk into the bed at that, raising an eyebrow. "Y-Yeah...? What is it even...?"

Silence filled the room as Kagami quietly mumbled. After a moment, she let Elise go and sat up. "My mom gave it to me... before I left... she wrote the first page... and I just write things afterwards..."

There was moment of silence before it was broken by Kris blurting out words again. "Well you know, it's really good. It would make a good song. Can you write as well as that? You know, we should start our own band and-" She was cut off, Cheyenne pushing her down to the ground.

"I swear," The deer Faunus munbled, her eyes shut as her head twitched a bit. "You have absolutely no self control what so ever."

"You left?" Elise's eyebrows raised softly with concern.

Kagami blinked a bit before quickly lowering her head. "Y-Yea... w-well..." She gulped softly and slowly nodded. "Yes, but it's complicated."

Elise just blinked softly before reaching over and grabbing the green leather book with a soft sigh. She wasn't going to pry. She gave a soft smile, holding it out towards Kagami. "Here." She brought her arms back and crossed them. "Sorry for reading it without your permission and you know," She smiled a bit more with a wink. "You should let me read more of it later on."

She blinked softly, raising her eyebrows before smiling with a nod. She held the book a bit tight before leaning over and tossing it up to her bed.

"Sooo..." Kagami took a deep breath, standing up as she pulled her hoodie on. "We have the rest of the day off. What shall we do?"

"Thank Oum you finally asked!" Elise shot to her feet with a smile. "I've been itching to stretch my legs and walk around!"

Kris just softly rolled her eyes, heading towards the bathroom. "I'll start getting ready then."

Cheyenne gave a smile, glancing back at the red head before back at her team leader. "We could ask my sister and the Varken brothers if they want to come."

Kagami gave a shrug as Elise raised her eyebrows. "What's their team name even?" The brunet asked.

"I think it's like... MVVV or something." Kagami glanced back at her. "Like the purple color."

"Oh, so mauve?" Cheyenne raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah." The jade haired girl gave a nod. "That sounds about right. Don't you think?" She looked at Elise. "It's a color and mauve sorta looks like MVVV."

Elise just sighed softly, slowly shaking her head. "You know, this makes zero sense to someone hearing it. Only people who read what you are saying would make sense of it."

Kagami just rolled her eyes with a sigh as she looked back at Cheyenne. "Yeah, go ahead and ask them. I'm sure they would like a nice tour around Vale without having to battle crazy and insane criminals."

"Kay." Cheyenne mumbled, pulling out her scroll.

Meanwhile, in an old and abandoned warehouse, Dion Ysus sighed over so slightly with his hands rubbing his face. He then pointed at the short blonde girl in red in front of him. "You're getting me, right Valentine? You're messing with me. She's not even above five feet tall."

As Eri growled up at him, Valentine softly shook her head, placing a hand on the small girl's shoulder. "Dion, do try to be nice. You lost your hammer swinging lacky, you need a new one. So why not a much better and more reliable one? Eri here is a killer none the less." She gave a wicked smile, her golden eyes gleaming.

"And I'm leagues better than you too." Eri's eyes narrowed up at him. "If you want someone dead, I'm the answer. You though, you probably start running the second you start to lose."

The purple haired man just growled softly, his shirtless upper body flexing. He went to speak, but the small girl did before him.

"And what's with being in your boxers constantly?" She motioned a hand up and down his body. "And you look like a sweaty pig. What do you even do in your free time?"

He growled again, his hands balling up into fist. He then suddenly pointed at her. "I wish you were mute."

She just smirked, tilting her head. "And I wish you were a better criminal."

"Oh you two will be perfect together." Valentine smiled from ear to ear. She put her hands on her hips, turning on her heels as she started to strode off. "There's a shipment of Atlas weapons coming in today. And one of Her other employers has a dirty rat who even snagged a few mechs. We need all we can get." She flashed a glared back at the two of them. "Try not to screw up too bad."

Dion gulped softly, sticking his hands onto his boxer's pockets. "She never gets any less scary." He muttered.

"I'd hate to agree with you," Eri crossed her arms, watching the pink haired demon walk away. "But I think I agree with you on that."

Hours later, sitting at two tables connected with each other, MACE and MVVV were all devouring food as the sun started to set. They were all eating at one of Vale's more popular restaurants, IR Foods. It was a four floor building with only the top floor along with a balcony serving food. The other three floors were used for a game no child, or Elise, could ever resist. Lazer tag.

"You know," Elise mumbled, twirling a small plastic trophy on her finger. "I think we all know who's the strongest on our team now." She smiled, leaning back on her chair with a chuckle.

"She's actually actual a lot better than I would have guessed." Maya mumbled as she took a bite of mashed potatoes. "She would make an excellent sniper."

"I agree." Cheyenne looked over at her sister and nodded before looking over at Elise. "If you're this good, we should definitely send you into the double rounds if we win our first round at the tournament."

"Please," Elise waved her arm, leaning forward again as she started to cut into a large steak. "I would bring us straight to first place with honor and victory."

"She is rather good." Prac mumbled with a mouth full of bacon. He and his brothers were so large they were having to use two chairs to sit down.

Fid just nodded, running his hand over his black hair. "She was even able to shoot me without me even noticing."

"Yeah, bet she could shoot a pig from a mile away." Fif added in, cleaning off his large nose which had barbecue sauce on it.

"Well she is a hunter..." Kris mumbled, poking at her salad. All of her teammates then turned to her, blinking rapidly. The red head had never once said the word hunter in a non-snappy or non-hateful tone until now. She just blinked once back at her tean, her eyes wide as she took a bite of her salad.

Kagami just shook her head slightly before looking over at the Varken brothers. "You know, if you guys don't mind me asking, how much do you guys weigh? I mean..." She leaned over and glanced down at the chairs. "You guys are putting a lot of strain on those..."

"Three hundred and fifty pounds." Prac said with a smile.

Fid just grinned, leaning back. "Or a hundred and sixty kilograms."

"All at six and a half feet tall." Fif smiled bright before shoving a large piece of meat into his mouth.

Elise's head lowered some as she groaned softly. "They're even bigger than papa... and he IS a gentle giant..."

"For the love of Oum..." Kris mumbled before she shot to her feet. "How come you guys can get so big but I'm stuck here and so smaaall!?"

There was a moment of silence before a chuckle filled the table. At that, the red had sat back down, her face as red as her hair.

"You know," Elise smiled, picking up her cup. "We should do this more often. All in favor."

Kagami glanced at her other two teammates before shrugging. "Sure, why not."

"I wouldn't mind more events like this." Cheyenne smiled softly.

Kris just groaned, slowly looking up before smiling. "I guess it's not all too bad."

"None of you said aye..." Elise pouted softly, lowering her drink.

Maya gulped softly as she glanced down off the balcony, seeing a truck drive by. The driver being none other than a White Fang member with a passenger who had purple hair. She took a deep breath, praying no one saw. She then groaned mentally as Kris raised an eyebrow over the railing.

"Hey, did any of you see that?" The red head asked.

"See what?" Elise looked over with her. She then blinked a few times, seeing another truck drive past with a White Fang member. "Well now I do." She muttered then grinned, looking over at Kagami. "Please? This day has been so much fun already? Let's make it more fun by taking down villains. Yeah?"

Kagami just sighed softly as she stood up. "Sure, why not." She looked over at the Varken brothers and Maya. "You guys want to join?"

"Always." Prac stood, slamming one first into his palm.

Fid stood up as well, stretching out his arms. "Always good to practice before the tournament."

"Plus," Fif smiled. "Taking down criminals and cults isn't just the policemen's job."

"Well?" Kagami looked at Maya with a smile.

Maya just rolled her eyes, standing up as she crossed her arms and smiled. "I think we are a little young to single handingly take down a corrupt organization."

"But that's the fun part!" Elise grinned. "It will be extremely fun!"

Cheyenne simply stood up calmly, pushing in her seat. Deep down, she still felt so obligated to try and stop the White Fang at whatever they were doing. "Let's go." She muttered, looking up with narrowed eyes.

"Nine, ten, eleven, twelve." Eri sighed, stretching out her arms as she turned around on her heels. "Twelve crates of ammo!" She called out, bored out of her mind. When she was told she would be heading to an old loading bay, she expected a lot more fun than just counting crates of bullets, guns and who knows what else.

She sighed again, looking over as another truck backed in. Almost immediately, Faunus in Grimm masks jumped out and started to unload crate after crate.

"Oh, don't be such a sour puss." Dion mumbled, walking next to her while twirling a chunk of ice in his hand. "I bet a little think such as yourself loves to count. Must be pretty hard too. Can you make it to twenty yet, little girl?" He raised an eyebrow, chuckling softly.

She gritted her teeth, growling up at him. She the stopped and paused, looking over and blinking as the truck that just backed in shook. She raised an eyebrow, watching as Faunus jumped out of it before the truck itself was picked up. Holding it up underneath was three large figures.

"Damn..." Elise mumbled, popping her head into the empty space where the truck once was. "That's... damn..."

"I... can't even..." Kris mumbled, sliding inside.

"Well look who returns." Dion whistled, watching as Kagami followed by Cheyenne and Maya walked inside. "Have we met before now? I think I would remember someone as charming as your five."

"Charming?" Eri rolled her eyes, crossing her arms as she looked over at Kris. "That makeup with that outfit is awful."

The four girls around Kris all blinked once before taking a step back away from the short red head with a burning fuse.

"I'm going to kill her." The red head mumbled, her head throbbing in irritation with both her eyes shut.

"Excuse me," Prac raised an eyebrow as he and his brothers stepped in calmly.

Fid just looked up, glancing around at the White Fang members that popped up out of nowhere holding up rifles. "Ladies, you do realize there is... um..."

"There is a lot of people around us at the moment." Fif took a small step away.

Kagami's head snapped to Elise. "Just follow them. What could go wrong?" She munbled in a mocking tone.

"Okay." Elise held up a finger. "But who agreed to the plan to do such? Hmm?"

"Yea..." Maya narrowed her eyes back at the two before looking back at her teammates. "Prac! Wall! Now!"

"Yes ma'am." He gave a nod, slamming his fist into the ground. Bullets suddenly started to rain through the air just as a large slab of rock shot up to block the eight Huntress and Huntsmen in training from being shot.

"And now we run!" Cheyenne shouted, grabbing Kris' wrist. "Ignore the little blonde! Let's go before we get trampled!"

Kris growled softly, letting herself be pulled across the ground.

As the group started to run, Kagami glanced back as she saw a human sized robot punch straight through the rock wall. "Atlasian Knight!" She called out, looking forward as she started to run faster.

"Great plan!" Maya called out, glaring over at the other team. "Why did I agree to this exactly!?"

"I really don't know why any of us agree to anything Elise says!" Cheyenne shouted back to her twin.

"I am right here!" The brunet quickly snapped back at the two of them.

"Not the time for arguing!" Kagami glanced back again, gritting her teeth as they bolted down old city streets. "Arguing can be a later problem! For now we have a much more drastic issue!"