Avengers: Age of Remnant

by free man writer

There's always a story to be told. A story of heroism overcoming the most daunting of odds and challenges. A tale we've seen before and one that needs to be told to its end. The beginning of a new tale. A new age. An Age where Remnants paved the way for heroes. Reboot of Avenging Remnant, co-written/created with Jebest4781 and BulletStormX.

15. Welcome To Beacon

Ok… so, love the appreciation for the last chapter, love the help with the team name changes but… has anyone heard of something called Shane's Letter within the RWBY fandom? I learned of it in between the last release and working on this chapter specifically. And what I learned from it just cements why RWBY has been on such a downward spiral. Why the bumblebee pairing feels forced and ham-fisted. Why the action just doesn't hit as hard as it used to and why the characters and plot… just feels like shit half the time *cough* volumes 5-9 *cough*. But if you wanna know a small synopsis, basically, Shane Newville was an animator who worked directly alongside Monty Oum, the creator of this show and his wife Sheena.

He spoke of how Oum worked more closely with his wife than he did in the office and how Winter Schnee, a character Monty made with Sheena, was meant to be voiced and based off her. After his death, Roosterteeth forbade that from happening. After his death, everything around RWBY changed. After his death, it began the falling grace of what RWBY once was.

It's a 36 page letter, I'm not gonna delve into it but essentially, if anyone says "it was planned from the start" being Bumblebee, Ever After, Ruby's depression, character change ups that still don't make sense(Adam, Yang, Blake everyone!), hell even Pyrrha's death was meant to be viewed by JAUNE NOT RUBY. Just… now, after seeing the way RWBY has gone… it all makes sense now. And let's not forget the scandals and horrendous shit going on in Roosterteeth right now. From firings to the head being a… less than ideal individual, this letter only serves to validate why RWBY has gone downhill so drastically. I never even realized it existed up until a day after Chapter 14 was posted.

Just… I'm kind of in shock. I made this AN immediately after reading it, delving into the story behind it, all that shit and it just sunk in. This was it. Even if it feels like a bias, this was the reason why RWBY just isn't what it used to be. Why there are more videos criticizing the show then praising it. Why so many just tear the show down with all the bullshit it's producing. Why Fanfics are making better versions of RWBY than the show itself. This fic… hasn't been at its best cause we're still working on our footing but now, it's time to go into overdrive.

We have had missteps here and there and made a decision you guys have shown to be divided on but believe us when we say this, We will not let you down.

We will deliver on this story with all our power and collective creativity and ideas.

Rate Read and Review and as Always Have Nice Day.

Avengers Age of Remnant Chapter 15: Welcome to Beacon

It was the weekend prior to the first semester beginning for the new initiates.

It wasn't just the new students and returning ones, but for the Avengers who are taking on their roles as instructors.

Once more, they found themselves within their personal meeting room, going over their courses, subjects and all that jazz. Though Ozpin, Glynda and some of the other teachers they have now met with believe they shouldn't worry too much, Earth's Mightiest Heroes were still a bit uncertain.

"You've got all weekend to get your lessons prepared." Tony Stark remarked, in person this time around.

He had dropped by the day after the Initiation to congratulate Penny and Peter while also being a bit bored in Atlas for the moment.

Steve simply shook his head, holding up an outline he had written, feeling unsatisfied by it. "I know. Just don't want to leave it at the last minute. Need to double check and see the proper times…"

Stark rolled his eyes at Rogers' concerns, snatching the paper out from his hands to look it over himself.

"Jesus, Cap, are ya planning on a lesson or sermon?" Tony said, crumpling up the paper much to the dismay of the Super Soldier.

"Really, Stark? Why'd you go and do that?"

"Cause you're overthinking it." The genius inventor said, tossing the paper into the trash can. "You're good at leading, right? So just go with your gut. Having pointers is meant to help so just have them in the background or some crap like that. Don't overthink it, Cap, it won't do you any good."

"This coming from you?" Wilson retorted though with no ill intent.

"Genius." Stark shot back, pointing to his head. "Overthinking comes with the territory. You guys don't need to worry about that kind of stuff. And I mean seriously, what's so different than typical schools for the curriculum?"

"Quite a lot." Clint spoke up, holding up a book on the many laws of the four Kingdoms revolving around Huntsmen and Huntresses. "Outside of a number of standard courses like history, math, gym, psychology, sociology, infrastructure, repair and construction; there are ones that are both in and out of our wheelhouse: advance weapon building, mercenary economics, sparring and team building, Grimm Studies, Dust applications and theory, survival, the rules, regulations and law of being a Huntsmen."

"Most of these are more for military academies."

"Well, the weapon building is covered by Newt." Sam remarked.

"And if you guys can, send me some schematics." Tony said.

"Mercenary economics." Pietro said aloud. "Uh… how does that work? Like… just offering services and all?"

His twin sister hummed at that. "Might be that simple but I believe there is nuance to it. We're gonna need to ask Ozpin, Glynda or Oobleck how that works."

"Laws and regulations are something we'll be learning alongside the students," Steve said. "We don't understand everything about it ourselves."

"Psychology and Sociology, I can handle." Wilson stated confidently.

"Same here." Said Clint.

"What about medical knowledge?" Wanda pointed out.

Flipping through the pages, Pietro found it.

"I got it handled." Stark confidently declared, making the team turn to him.

"What?"

"Oh yes, as the guest speaker."

"Tony… are you-"

Stark rolled his eyes. "I was joking. I got Bruce to come in, alright? Do I need to spell it out for ya?"

"You better not do a recreation of your time in Afghanistan."

"Please, like I'd try to traumatize those kids with an open heart surgery while conscious."

"Knowing you…"

"Oh my God, you guys suck sometimes, you know that, right?"

"Oh yes, us being the fun Nazis."

Stark turned to the good captain with a mock aghast look on his face. "Steve, can you believe this rhetoric?"

Off to the side, Steve gave a bland look at that response. "Getting back to our curriculum," He held up a booklet detailing the advancement of one's Aura and Semblance. "These are for the core tenants of building up a proper huntsman and huntress. At least, this world's version of it."

"Like the Boy and Girl Scouts… only in spades."

"I get that. Just odd to see these kids have to learn a number of these things so early on. That's just me, of course."

"Guess times changed." Rogers mused. "We actually learned advanced stuff when we were in elementary school that's now considered high school level knowledge."

"So we really did get stupider." Sam put a hand over his eyes. "God, that sucks to hear."

Tony snorted. "Steve seriously just pulled a "back in my day" moment."

Rogers shook his head. "I'm still young."

"Biologically. Literally, you're a hundred-plus. And still as spry as ever, old timer."

Over at the dorms, the new students were getting themselves situated in their assigned rooms.

The first part was relatively easy with unpacking some of their belongings with their clothing and bathroom necessities. Other items would've gone relatively quickly… if they were living on their own.

But these dorms were shared by four people within a confined space with connecting bathrooms. They needed to make things work and make sure their living situation can accommodate all of them.

Having unpacked already, the all-girl team of team RWBY stood in the center of their new dorm room with their backs facing each other as they surveyed their new living quarters.

First issue, the beds.

"How are we gonna work with this?" Weiss asked aloud, looking at their room from multiple angles.

"The beds take up a lot of space." Blake noted, holding several books in one arm.

It was at this moment did Ruby come up with an idea.

"Why don't we do bunk beds?" She excitedly suggested.

The four pictured the beds rearranged in such a fashion. This would give them more space to work with, to some capacity.

"Are we allowed to?" Yang asked, turning to her teammates.

Shrugs were given in response.

"If so, we'll need to be sure the top bunk doesn't fall over and cause harm."

Ruby raised a wrench from seemingly nowhere. "Then let's get to it!"

The four girls rushed in, the sound of construction being heard from their efforts of creating bunk beds and they pulled back to see…

"This looks super dangerous." Were Schnee's observation.

Rightfully so…

On the left side, Ruby's bed was hanging over Weiss' bed… by several cords of rope with a lot of sheets for privacy. On the right-hand side, the two beds were supported… by books.

"For some reason, think we should have contacted the faculty to make this done-"

"It'll take too long." Ruby brushed it off. "I say we chalk this up to having initiative in individuality."

"What?" Was her partner's response.

"Let's just not bother them with bed situations." Blake said dryly.

It honestly wouldn't. And it'll be far safer that way.

Anyways… With this relatively resolved, the four began to decorate and unpack the rest of their belongings.

Yang unfurled and plastered a poster of the K/DA band on one wall. Weiss hung a nice painting of a forest on the other. Blake put a bunch of her other books on the shelves. And Ruby… had to stitch up the curtains, which she had sliced up by accident, due to her using Crescent Rose to hang them up for some odd reason.

"I say mission accomplished." Ruby cheerfully declared, hands on her hips with a mysterious wind in the room since the window was closed.

"So… what do we do now then?" Yang inquired, looking over to see Blake had already taken the bottom bunk and opened up a book to read.

"I say we make nice with our neighbors." The young Rose said. "You told me to make friends, Yang, and I say we give it a go."

Her sister now had a wide smile blooming on her face, grabbing her younger sibling's head in a tight hug.

"Daw~ look at you, lil' sis." Yang praised, cutting off airflow to Ruby's lungs. "And here you were worried the other day about not making any friends."

"She won't be able to if you choke her like that." Belladonna pointed out, not looking up from her book, her ribbon twitching at the sound of Ruby's body flopping down to the ground.

"Oops." The blond bombshell remarked though it appeared her young sister was unaffected by this as she had popped back up a moment later.

"Come along, team RWBY!" She grandiosely said, fist raised in the air. "The journey to becoming Huntresses starts today with the power of friendship!"

"That seems like a stretch." Weiss said, yelping as Ruby grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the room with the rest of the team.

In Team JNPR's living space, things were done quickly per se. Neither team member had a lot to bring when coming to Beacon, only the bare essentials. Beds stayed all on the same level as how they were originally arranged.

"I didn't think you'd have such an eye for arrangement and decoration, Jaune." Pyrrha commented, impressed at how neatly organized and properly divided their team room space was.

"Well, when ya live with seven sisters, ya pick up a thing or two about making do with the space you have."

His teammates all nodded at that until they registered the number of siblings Jaune had and they all slowly looked at him with a measure of astonishment.

"I'm sorry, you have how many sisters?" Asked Nora.

"Seven." He said with a shrug.

"...Wow… How did you manage?" Pyrrha couldn't help but ask.

"Years of experience." Ren answered on Jaune's behalf. "I can only imagine."

"Oh yeah. Got a lot under my belt on that."

"Excellent!" Nora proclaimed, jumping with her fist in the air and throwing a shoulder around the blond. "Then we have nothing to fear with our fearless leader leading us!"

Jaune merely cringed, still feeling uncomfortable about him being the team's leader. Something Pyrrha picked up on, shooting him a sympathetic smile he missed.

They then heard a knock at their door and the four of them looked at each other and then at the door.

"Are we expecting visitors?" Jaune asked.

Pyrrha hummed, walking over to the door. "Maybe it's fellow classmates wanting to say hi."

Opening the door, they saw that it was none other than team RWBY.

"Oh, hey guys." Jaune greeted happily, the rest of the team doing the same.

"Hey everyone." Ruby held her jovial smile as she and her team entered JNPR's room. "We come with a mission seeking new friends to be made for our time here in Beacon."

Pyrrha was bemused by this but went along with it.

"I do believe that the mission you seek is accomplished on your part. We would gladly be your friends." Nikos pleasantly said, laughing at Ruby's victory jump.

"No arguments from me." Jaune remarked. "Just so long as your sneezes don't wind up exploding anything."

In an instant, Ruby deflated like a balloon, head hung low with her arms dangling to the ground.

"Aaah~ Jaune, why'd you have to go and bring that up?"

"Explosive sneezing?" Nora mused to herself with a mischievous grin. "What if I-"

"No." Ren immediately shut her down, hand on her shoulder, shaking his head.

In the middle of all this, Blake observed their dorm room, nodding to herself.

"Hey, this is actually well organized." She commented. "How'd you get it like this? Looks like everyone has the space they need for their beds and their stuff."

"Jaune did all this." Pyrrha said, going over to stand by her leader, patting his back appreciatively.

"Really now?" Yang remarked. "Where'd you get such talent?"

"Seven sisters." Ren softly remarked, placing a brotherly hand on Jaune's shoulder. "A pain few can endure."

"Seven?!" Team RWBY all said in disbelief at the same time.

"Oh man, how do you even deal with that?" Yang couldn't help but ask.

"Practice, lots of practice." The male blond said with a thousand-yard stare.

Blake hummed to herself, taking note of how well-organized the room is.

"Maybe we should have had you guys do our interior room design."

"What?" Spoke a weak and hurt voice, the secret Faunus turning to see comically large, watery eyes threatening to spill from her team leader. "Are you saying my bunk bed idea wasn't a good idea?"

Belladonna's eyes widened and she began stammering as Yang pulled her sister into a protective embrace.

"Blake, how could you?" The Y in team RWBY admonished the B. "You're supposed to support our team leader, not bring her down."

Jaune chuckled at this interaction. "Ya know, maybe we can do some bunk beds later on."

Ruby's distraught expression evaporated in an instant, zipping over to Jaune and dancing around him.

"You get it~~" She said in a sing-song voice.

Weiss could only roll her eyes at her partner and team leader's childish behavior.

"So~ you guys look like you're all done here, right?" Yang brought up with JNPR nodding. "Great~ 'cause we have a weekend of hanging out and getting to know each other and the school better and we have one last stop to consider."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion before back at her.

"We do?"

Within the room of Team VCPP, the four young teens had unpacked, had gotten set up and were making the finishing touches in their room.

There was just one crucial, intensively important, life-changing and altering topic that they needed to address, one that could very well change everything for them within the halls of Beacon Academy if not for the remainder of their lives.

"Still think we should get a better team name." Peter said aloud, putting the last of his chemistry kit down on one of the two tables they had in the corner of their room.

"Are you still on about that?" Caitlyn asked aloud, shaking her head at the web head's statement.

"Yes." Parker said, pointing dramatically at the sharpshooter. "You know as well as we do that our team name was crap and the Headmaster half-assed it."

"I too agree that this name is of half of our behinds combined." Penny Polendina proclaimed, voicing her agreement with her alliterative partner, the two high-fiving.

Caitlyn could only stare at them with a raised brow when she heard her own partner chuckling.

"They're not wrong, blueberry."

"Why are you insistent on calling her a fruit?" Asked the synthetic Huntress.

"Her hair is a dead giveaway."

Penny cocked her head a little. "I don't get it."

Vi gave Penny a look.

"Don't mind her. She's been sheltered all her life." Caitlyn spoke up.

Quite literally in fact.

Blanc gave the marksmen a calculated look. "And how would you know?"

"My family and hers are close." Kiramman smoothly answered. "It was after some talk from me and several others that we promised her dad that we would keep her safe."

"Safe? In this profession?"

"Safe enough from social settings. Penny's always been a natural combatant."

"Then why keep her sheltered?"

"Take it up with her father, not me." Caitlyn dismissed, placing several repair tools for her sniper rifle into a box where each tool can be placed, closing it up and placing it on a top shelf they had made.

Peter soon piped in, trying to help back up Caitlyn. "I'd rather just move on instead of being persistent for answers so soon. Don't forget, we have a more important priority to attend to."

"What priority?"

The team turned to see their door open and teams RWBY and JNPR standing in the doorway.

"Yang? Ruby?" Peter said in recognition. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We're on a mission!" Ruby declared, jumping forward with her hand pointed up. "This is the start of our new lives as Huntsmen and Huntresses in training and as the first order of business is the exploration of the school with new friends."

"A mission?" Peter parroted in bemusement.

"Friends?" Penny's eyes shined brightly, zipping right up to the young Rose, almost startling her. "You wish to be friends?"

Thrown off by how close Penny was to her, Ruby recovered a second later with a shake of her head.

"Absolutely." She said. "I'm following in my sister's example and trying to branch out!"

"Atta girl," Her blond sibling said in the background.

Peter then saw the look on Penny's face and paled. "Uh oh."

"Uh oh?" Voiced others in the dorm room.

"Sensational!" Penny happily said, scooping up Ruby into a surprise bear hug that turned her blue in a mere second.

Realization soon hit them rather quickly. "Ooooh~"

"Penny." Peter said, managing to stop his partner's happy spin and nudged his head at the little Rose losing the capacity to breathe… and live.

"Oops."

Ruby was haphazardly dropped to the floor, who was wheezing for air right after.

"I saw a bright light. It was so inviting." Ruby shakily raised her trembling arm. "There was peace."

"Did you see your life flash before your eyes?" Asked Nora, crouching down next to the girl.

"I did." Ruby pondered for a moment, sat up before giving a satisfied nod. "Gotta say it was alright."

"At least it wasn't boring."

Vi shook her head a little before coughing into her hand to get some attention. "Okay. You're all here, just to invite us to explore the campus?"

"It can be like a big party." Yang said with a thumbs up. "Plus, I know Peter's fun and figured if any team he's a part of, they should be just as fun as him. Penny's already passed the test."

"I wouldn't go that far."

Caitlyn took a moment to think about them walking around and getting to know the Academy and saw merit in it. Exploring the campus was pretty much needed for the teams. With their class schedules, they'll need to know the particular routes to take if they're all spread out or relatively close.

"That actually sounds like a grand idea." She spoke up. "We'll need to familiarize ourselves with this place since we'll be living here."

"Better than doing it last minute."

"Ah, ah, ah." Peter raised his voice, wagging his finger at them all. "We still have something way more important to attend to."

"You do?" Jaune asked on behalf of the two teams.

"Indeed, new friends." Penny said, smiling widely. "Our team name is atrocious and must rectify this transgression with the utmost haste."

"Uh… what?"

"Our team name sucks so we're gonna go change it." Vi elaborated for them.

"Oh."

"You know, since it was brought up," Blake spoke up now. "Is there anything else we need to get taken care of before classes start on Monday?"

Penny was the one to give the response. "Outside of getting school supplies, there's our school uniforms."

"You're kidding me, right?" Blanc said in annoyance.

"She's not wrong." Said Caitlyn.

Vi gave her teammate a bland look.

"What?"

"I am not wearing heels and a skirt."

"I think you can get pants and regular shoes when we pick up the uniforms." Peter pointed out. "Wouldn't hurt if you ask."

"Oh, I will most certainly be getting them, whether they like it or not." Vi said evenly.

"And what's wrong with wearing skirts?" Weiss inquired defensively.

It wasn't just her, but Ruby and Nora. Off to the side, Penny was looking down at her own skirt questionably while Caitlyn, Yang and Pyrrha were indifferent.

"They don't work with me." Vi listed off some details. "Tried them years ago. Got caught a few times. Some perverts tried looking up 'em when I wasn't looking or climbing up a ladder before I clocked them out."

Before the Schnee could go on some argument, Peter stepped in to quickly defuse things. "I think it's just her preference. But anyway, let's go, team."

"Can we come?" Ruby asked.

"Why?"

Ruby shrugged. "We have nothing better to do right now. Plus, we can chalk it up to school exploration."

Peter opened his mouth, closed it, ruminated on the idea and nodded.

The collection of twelve teens all departed from the soon-to-be renamed team VCPP's dorm room, trying to figure out where the headmaster's office was. And by try, they followed Peter and Penny's lead, the former having had time to explore the place before the start of the semester and the latter having the school schematics downloaded into her head.

Along the way, the likely dozen were able to locate a number of their classrooms. Others were elsewhere or weren't exactly set up quite yet. Those, in particular, would be announced either tomorrow or the first day of the school year.

In between all this, they began to converse on some other, off-kilter matters.

"Hey, I've been wondering but how'd you guys get back to Beacon first?" Yang inquired, looking at team VCPP. "I mean, when Ozpin brought that up, that was pretty cool all things considered."

"Yeah, we had to go through like a thousand Grimm-"

"Less than a dozen." Ren corrected though Nora took no heed of it.

"And then all eight of us had to team up."

"There were a few others present, but they didn't really count." Said Weiss.

"How so?" Asked the young Avenger.

"They bolted." Blake said simply and vaguely.

"Huh. It was easy for Penny and me." Said Peter with a shrug. "We just breezed through it though I think our abilities helped in that department."

"For us, we just got there by chance early on." Stated Vi, gesturing to Caitlyn and herself.

"So you guys just got lucky?" Weiss said with a raised brow.

"Sorta," Parker said with an iffy gesture. "We did deal with fire-breathing Grimm."

"Fire-breathing Grimm?" Said several members from RWBY and JNPR.

"He's referring to the Kolchisbull."

"Whoa~ And you said that was a breeze?" Ruby said in awe.

"Getting to Beacon was." Vi corrected. "Fighting the Grimm wasn't. There was also the Ahool we had to deal with."

"And we had a Reaver before Peter and I found Vi and Caitlyn." Penny tacked on. "What of you, new friends?"

"Deathstalker and a giant Nevermore for us." Pyrrha remarked.

"Shame you guys didn't have us." Vi cockily said, resting her elbow on Penny. "Death hugs here can fly. Could've helped you with that Nevermore."

Teams RWBY and JNPR looked at the smiling android with surprise.

"You can fly?"

"Thanks in no small part to the gifts Uncle Tony gave me." Penny cheerfully said.

"Uncle Tony?"

Rather than answering who he was, Polendina raised her foot that had a "metal boot" around it and thrusters briefly came out.

Ruby's jaw dropped and her eyes became that of stars, bewildering Peter.

"Uh, I'm not the only one seeing-"

"WHAT ARE THESE BEAUTIES?!" Ruby was all over Penny's "boots", practically salivating at them. "Your uncle made them?!"

Yang whistled appreciatively. "Those are some fancy footwears you got, Pen-Pen."

"Most impressive." Ren commented.

"Whoa~ Can I use them?" Nora excitedly asked. "Leg breaking would become a ci-"

Caitlyn was quick to respond, Ren silently nodding at her in thanks. "No you cannot."

"Why not? I wasn't speaking to you. I was asking Penny."

"But I have been instructed by her father to keep her out of trouble. That means not sharing these with someone she's just met."

Nora gaped. "Are you insinuating that I am trouble?"

Peter, in the meantime, held up his hand in the direction of Ruby. "Is no one gonna address the odd eye spectacle-?"

"Where is the requisition's office?" Asked Blake. "We still need to get our uniforms."

They eventually did get to their one destination, giving the clerk there their respective sizes and preferences. The clothing will be ready to be picked up later in the day.

Afterward, team VCPP broke away from the others to speak with the Headmaster at his office.

"Am I to understand that you have taken issue with your given team name?" Ozpin casually said, taking a sip from his mug.

"Yeah, it doesn't flow, like, at all." Vi stated.

The silver-haired man gave her a pointed look. "How so?"

"It just doesn't." The Pinkett retorted.

"And I take it you have an alternative in mind." He challenged.

"Would PPBK suffice?" Penny suggested.

"PPBK?" Oz repeated.

"Yes sir, it stands for Payback." Penny said, posing with a peace sign over her eyes.

"Hmmm." The headmaster mused to himself and nodded. "Yes, I do believe that is a more adequate and fitting team name given your characters."

"Huh?" Was Caitlyn's response, looking at Vi who shrugged, the pair missing the look Oz gave to Peter.

"And who was it that came up with this?"

"Us." Said Vi, soon thumbing herself and her partner. "It mostly came up when we talked to the others about their team names."

Penny spoke up next. "If you ended up going with the actual first names instead of mixing them up, you would've had the configuration with J-N-P-L instead of J-N-P-R with Lie Ren.

"Ah yes…"

The four teens stared at the Headmaster, a realization dawning upon them.

"You… you didn't think of that for us, did you?" Blanc blandly stated.

"I do not know what it is you speak of." The Headmaster avoided looking them in the eyes, only further lending credence to their suspicions.

"Professor Ozpin, my father told me that it is important to admit mistakes when they occur, to learn from them and become better."

"Duly noted Miss Polendina, and did he also tell you to listen to your teachers?"

"Well… yes-"

"Wonderful, now off you trot Team PPBK, you have a full weekend of free time before the semester officially begins." He all but ordered, turning away from them, missing the irritated tick mark on Vi's face.

Caitlyn looped her arm around the Pinkett's, slowly dragging her away with Peter and Penny following after them.

They took the elevator in his office back down to the rest of Beacon, all while hearing the grumblings of their team leader.

"I can't believe he didn't think of it sooner." Vi grumbled. "Least he could've admitted it."

"Perhaps the professor was too lazy or couldn't think of anything original." Penny suggested with Caitlyn shooting her a small smile.

"You might be right but he seems a bit too prideful in admitting it."

"Hasn't he been naming teams for like… years?" Peter pointed out. "Wouldn't he be good at it by now?"

"Name variations can only go so far with who is assigned." Said Penny.

"Mr. Stark would say otherwise." Parker countered, making Vi look at him inquisitively.

"Who's that?"

"My uncle." Penny said.

"Wait, what? How do you know her uncle?"

"Long story." Peter waved off. "I'll tell ya later."

The punkish leader of the team gave the New Yorker a scrutinizing look before opting to drop it.

Frankly, curious as she was, she wasn't really keen on getting to know her teammates just yet. They all seem like good people and all but with her luck and how things have been for her…

She shook her head, banishing the creeping thoughts of her past. Now wasn't the time for such a thing.

Not yet at least.

They soon ran into the other two teams they had met earlier. Their new team name was introduced and they resumed their exploration of Beacon.

But first, the call of sustenance came growling from their bellies.

Teams RWBY, JNPR and the newly renamed PPBK gathered within the cafeteria of the school, the smell of food drawing them in (Nora sniffed it out for them).

There was a smattering of other teams here, only a third of the cafeteria being filled up so that gave the large group the biggest table to occupy after they had all gotten their food.

Penny, meanwhile, merely sat there. Eyeing everyone drink and consume their meals while she didn't touch a thing.

While this isn't an issue, given she didn't require any nutrients to function, things will be problematic at a later date. For people would expect her to eat and drink to appear like any normal person.

Peter and Caitlyn can cover for her, who knew the truth about her, but it can only last for so long if someone decides to pry.

Until then, she'll need to figure out how to act the part without causing issues.

Like chewing gum.

And not having to resort to stating, "I'm not hungry" or "I'm not thirsty".

'What would happen if I ended up swallowing it?' She pondered slightly, wondering if the stickiness of gum could affect her inner systems.

So she sat there, listening in on the conversations being had by her new group of friends.

That thought alone made the android giddy, not believing the luck she had in gaining over ten new friends in a single day.

It truly was a sensational feeling.

"So you have seven sisters." Vi said, looking at Jaune Arc with sympathy. "How'd you survive?"

"And are you the oldest? Or youngest?" Yang asked, Ruby by her side as the siblings listened on as Jaune nodded, rattling off the names of his sisters.

"- With Sapphron being older than me. I'm kinda in the middle, kinda not." He said, holding up a picture of him and his sisters all on a couch, the poor boy in the middle with his hair in pigtails, looking miserable and holding up a sign that said Help written on it.

"Still though…" Yang took the picture to look at it with pity. "Ruby and I get along fine but this is… this is a nightmare."

"Yeah…" Jaune sighed aloud, resting his cheek on his hand. "But they're family at the end of the day. At least some supported me coming to Beacon, unlike my mom and dad."

Others picked up on this and wanted to ask, but seeing Jaune's face made them not pry at this time.

His partner wanted to ask, having heard him out of the corner of her ear but she was already talking with Blake, Weiss and Penny.

"My trainer actually encouraged me to choose my own path." Pyrrha stated. "Master Tina always told me that to be a true Huntress is knowing when to listen and when to do things for yourself. And I believe this was one of those times and she didn't say anything other than to make sure I was ready."

"I had heard rumors about your trainer but I always thought it was just that." Weiss commented. "Everyone always assumed you had natural talent."

"Well, Master Tina said that natural talent that is unhoned and undisciplined could only get you so far."

Blake nodded approvingly at this. "I've been told that in my life as well."

"Same with my older sister, Winter." Schnee remarked, having both a fond and slightly down look. "She always told me to work hard for everything."

Blake and Pyrrha shared a look, sensing the sudden shift in Weiss' mood with the latter quickly intervening.

"I believe you're quite talented already." The Red-haired warrior earnestly said.

"Yeah, you were pretty awesome during the Initiation." Blake added on with a small, supportive smile.

Weiss blinked before giving them both an appreciative look.

"Thank you."

Penny remained silent, simply taking in the conversation until the three girls turned their attention to her.

"So how'd your initiation go, Penny?" Pyrrha politely asked. "Your group was the first one to get back to Beacon."

The synthetic teen perked up and launched into a highly stylized yet very detailed recounting of her initiation.

Over with another group, Ren, Nora, Peter and Caitlyn were having a conversation of their own.

"-Can imagine how much convincing I had to go through for both my parents and Penny's parents that the two of us were able to go here." Caitlyn said with a dramatic look of exhaustion.

"Sounds like a handful." Ren said quietly with Caitlyn shrugging, giving him a "what can ya do?" look.

"But you two seem to know each other quite well." The sharpshooter noted, the hammer swinging Nora throwing her arms around Ren and pulling him into a bear hug that he miraculously appeared unaffected by.

"That's right!" The orange-haired teen happily said, lifting a nonplussed Ren before setting him back down. "Ren and I are as thick as thieves, tighter than tight, together-together but not that way."

"Uh… what?" Was Peter's response.

"We've been together since we were kids." Ren clarified, straightening out his wrinkled clothes.

"Then you two lucked out getting partnered up." Caitlyn pointed out.

"We did." The black-haired teen nodded.

"And we have the invincible girl and a fearless leader for our team." Nora proudly boasted. "We're gonna be unstoppable."

The conversation between the three teams continued on, speaking partners joining in or changing depending on the topic with the large group all getting to know one another better.

During all this, small, unspoken quirks and behaviors began to get developed.

Vi seemed to have an odd fixation on Ruby and Yang's relationship, grilling the pair though it seemed to have gone unnoticed by them.

Most also saw Penny's over-exuberant nature as rather much but then again, Ruby and Nora had their own outbursts of excitement so they brushed it off. Some were silently curious as to why Penny, despite claiming to not be hungry, didn't even touch a single scrap of food.

Blake was reserved for the most part though her partner always tried to bring her out of her shell, with Ruby helping in this regard by drawing upon their shared interest in stories and books of old.

During all this, though it went unnoticed by the pair, Pyrrha and Jaune shared several funny conversations, one where the latter inadvertently revealed an embarrassing story about himself. The former was sympathetic yet she too couldn't help but laugh at her poor leader's plight along with the rest of their friends. She had ended up sitting considerably close to him though neither made note nor comment on it.

Then Jaune had to step away for a moment to go to the restroom, not noticing the small frown of disappointment from his partner at him leaving her proximity.

After freshening himself up, Jaune walked out of the bathroom only to immediately bump into somebody.

"Oof." He stumbled back when he felt a firm hand catch him by his shoulder, steadying him. "Phew, thanks miste-Professor Rogers!"

"Hey Jaune." Steve Rogers greeted him with a kind smile. "Sorry about that. You alright there?"

"Yeah, Yeah, fine." Jaune sheepishly said. "I should be apologizing, didn't see ya."

"No worries." Rogers brushed it off. "But since I did run into you, I must say, you made for an unorthodox manner of getting a partner."

The young Arc chuckled embarrassedly at this though he was surprised by Steve patting him on the shoulder.

"An embarrassing first day." Steve gave a reminiscent look. "Kinda like me, actually. Embarrassed myself a thousand times over."

"Huh?"

"And I saw how quick on your feet you were when you thought of the way to take out those Grimm." Captain America nodded approvingly. "You may have room to grow in the physical aspect but you got a sharp mind there, Jaune."

Jaune was certainly surprised by this statement and soon found himself blushing bashfully at the praise.

"Ya really think so?"

Steve nodded. "I do believe I know so. Now don't let me keep you from your friends."

"Hehe, thanks Professor." Jaune said with a cheery smile. "Can't wait for your classes."

"I'll expect nothing but a hundred percent from you, Mr. Arc." The Brooklyn native said in faux seriousness as he stepped aside for Jaune to walk back into the cafeteria and rejoin his friends.

Cap silently watched them in the hallway with a fond look, slightly tilting his head to the side at the sound of heels clacking against the floor.

"Aren't you showing a bit of favoritism already, Captain Rogers?" Glynda Goodwitch inquired, standing alongside the super soldier with her eyes on the twelve students all chattering away without a care in the world.

"Is that such a bad thing?" He casually asked, sensing the eye roll from his fellow blond.

"It's usually discouraged and frowned upon."

"Though that hasn't always worked, has it?"

Glynda scoffed, though she found herself wryly amused by the look she got from Steve.

"I can't tell if you're going to be an excellent teacher or not." She remarked, making Rogers hang his head dramatically.

"There goes all that talk and build-up of support you've given me. Now I know how you really feel about us being teachers."

Goodwitch gave him an uncharacteristic slap across his arm, seeing him shoot her a grin and despite herself, she let out a small chuckle.

"Are you ready?" She found herself asking suddenly. "You only have the weekend left."

Rogers shrugged. "As ready as I can be, I guess." He turned to her, locking eyes with the Huntress, holding an appreciative smile. "But for what it's worth, thanks for your help. For what you and Ozpin have done for my team. It means a lot."

Slightly surprised by this gesture, Glynda had a small smile in place in return.

"Think nothing of it, Steve." She softly said. "And I do believe that your "repayment" for our generosity will be repaid in full when you teach these students everything you know."

"We won't go easy on them, can tell ya that much."

"On that, you have my support." She paused. "Just don't go too hard on them. I believe Ozpin and I would rather they be able to make it back to their dorms after your lessons."

"I promise… kinda."

"Rogers."

"I said I promised, didn't I?"

Glynda only huffed, trying to ignore Steve chuckling.

"How bout I try to assuage your worries with some coffee?" He offered, making her pause and look back at him with a raised brow. "Nat, Clint and Sam always tell me that's a good way to convince people."

"Bribery?"

"It works, doesn't it?"

Glynda was silent for a few moments before exhaling. "You do understand that since you offered, you are the one to pay for it."

"I'm an old school gentleman, Ms. Goodwitch." Steve said, hand over his chest. "I wouldn't have it any other way."

Despite herself, Glynda was smirking again, bumping her shoulder against Steve's.

"Very well, Rogers, since you offered."

With that, the two adults turned away from the cafeteria, walking off to take a ride down to the city of Vale, leaving the students to continue happily interacting with each other.

-Several days later-

She had been lying there, in the dark, for hours. Not moving at all, merely lying still since she first lay down.

Not to mention she's been wide awake, staring into the metaphysical void the entire time.

One may wonder how and why if one were to take note… or was awake in this room in the dead of night.

Penny Polendina didn't need to go to sleep. Well, not exactly.

You see, she did have a sleep function or a "shut down" mode, in order to clean up her RAM periodically and process upgrades if she were to receive them. After a set period of time, she'll "turn on" or wake up, functioning like any typical person.

But the one sleep period Penny was supposed to undergo, she had dismissed it this evening.

Reason why was simple: she was excited for her first day of school.

Her internal processors were whirring so many scenarios on how the day would go. The classes, breaks and after-school activities.

It was almost too much for her, so much so that her eyes were glowing in the dark.

Then came the sun peeking out over the horizon, its light shining into their room.

In an instant, Penny sprang up from her bed with one leg posed upwards and her fist raised in the air.

"Good morning, Team PPBK!" She exclaimed at the top of her lungs.

With her yell, her teammates woke up with respective responses.

Peter, who slept on the bunk above Penny, practically leaped off his mattress and slammed into the ceiling. One would instantly fall down, but now him… due to his "stick-em powers". So he's stuck there… for now.

Caitlyn whirled and fell off the bed face first. Thankfully for her, it was the bottom bunk. Would've been painful if she was sleeping on the top.

As for Vi-

"THE FUCK!" Screamed Vi, facing Penny with wide red eyes. "IS WRONG WITH YOU!?"

She glared at the unaffected android, grabbing her scroll and balking at the time.

"Penny, it's 6 in the morning!" Vi grumbled out, eyes somehow turning redder. "Why are you fucking awake right now?"

"Because it's our first day at Beacon proper, silly." Penny jovially said.

"Classes don't start till 9." Caitlyn let out a muffled groan, prying her face up from the floor.

Don't get her wrong. She was fine waking up early, due to her training and habits, but she wanted to reasonably sleep in a little bit today by about an hour.

"Feels weird that classes start at that time." Peter muttered to himself, dropping back onto his bunk from the ceiling. "Usually it's earlier."

This coming from a teen who went to a standard civilian school back on Earth. He knew when he'd attend college one day, his class schedules would be rather odd throughout the day.

Peter just didn't expect the classes typically began at that time of the day.

"But I was told people would get up at this time to get ready for the day." Penny stated. "Even a few hours earlier for-"

"We know. But we want to at least sleep in." Vi grunted, throwing her blanket over her head, adding her pillow over her.

"Oh…" Penny now had a despondent look, looking down. "I'm sorry, my friends. My own excitement has ruined your morning."

Peeking out from her blanket, Vi saw Penny's demeanor plummeting and let out a groan, throwing her covers off.

"Alright, since you already woke us up." The Pinkett mumbled out, rubbing her eyes. "May as well get us some breakfast at the very least. If we were gonna sleep in, would've probably missed it."

She saw Penny's head shoot up and immediately smiled brightly at this and Vi couldn't help but huff in amusement at her immediate turnaround.

"Since we're up, who needs to use the bathroom first?"

"To use-use it, or just freshening up?"

"Use-use."

Vi rolled her eyes, shoving the spider-themed hero to the bathroom. "Just go, Peter."

The brown-haired teen opted to just do as she said, closing the bathroom door behind him whilst his team leader turned and pointed at her partner.

"Caitlyn, you go last."

"Why do I have to go last?"

"You're the type of girl who would spend an hour prettying herself up in front of the mirror."

Caitlyn gaped at this accusation. "I am not."

"The last time you worked on your hair, I do believe it took you upwards of 46 minutes and 13 seconds to be exact." Penny chimed in.

While a bit of curiosity was wafting around Vi's head on how accurate that was, a smug look crossed her features as she glanced at her partner.

"You're not helping!" Caitlyn blurted out. "And you kept track?"

"Did you not ask?"

"I told you to pass the time and wait for me, not keep track." Kiramman argued.

"Ah, apologies, then. I shall do something else next time."

Caitlyn only groaned, keeling over and face-planting into her pillow, all while her partner and team leader laughed.

Peter walked out a minute later onto this sight, raising a brow.

"Uh… what'd I miss?"

"Penny just revealing some needed information on my partner." Vi proudly declared, patting Caitlyn on the back with her trying in vain to shake the hand off.

The Pinkett stepped away, passing by Parker to use the bathroom while Peter went about attaching his web shooters to his wrist.

"You're taking those with you?"

"Force of habit." Peter stated. "And there isn't any rule against it when I read up on it. These aren't really weapons, just tools."

"Peter is correct." Penny added on. "Tools such as these and certain weapons can even be brought along in class outside those revolving around combat."

"Quite the loophole."

"To be fair, my actual weapon is my body." Polendina pointed out. "Just like yourself, Peter."

"Oh yeah." Peter chuckled at that. "So you're the ultimate loophole, Pen."

They heard the door open and out came Vi, wiping her face dry before tossing her towel at Caitlyn.

"Alright, blueberry, you're up."

The bluenette scoffed, throwing the towel back which Vi caught easily and threw it over her partner's shoulder as she passed by.

True to Vi's earlier statement and Penny's timed assessment, Caitlyn did spend a good amount of time in the bathroom.

She came out with a knowing deadpan, threatening her team not to say a word, knowing she had been proven wrong.

Penny, being an android and also having "woken" up earlier than her teammates, denied using the bathroom as she had already "freshened up" prior to the crack of dawn.

Vi only shook her head at this, calling her a weird one and they left their dorm to grab some breakfast.

They had a quick sit down to eat, though Vi noted Penny not touching hers or rather, she appeared to not eat them even though her food did get "consumed". The team leader brushed it off as it seemed Caitlyn and Peter paid it no mind.

Returning to their dorm room, Team PPBK acquired their school supplies and headed out to their first class for the day.

As they exited their room, Peter paused and looked at Penny.

"Hey Pen, what time is it?"

"8:35, why?"

He glanced over at the two doors that belonged to teams RWBY and JNPR, craning his head slightly in their direction and not picking up on any movement or sound.

Walking up to RWBY's door he banged on it.

"Hey, you guys up? It's time to head out."

He heard shuffling and ruffling on the other end and the door opened to see a slightly disheveled Yang with her hair in a slight fritz and wearing pajamas that made Peter blush slightly.

"What?" She groggily said.

"Uh, er, um," He stammered out, slapping a hand over his eyes. "Class."

Yang blinked some of her sleep out of her eyes and from behind her came Weiss.

"What are you talking about?" The Schnee heiress sleepily asked.

"Classes start at 9." Said Penny, popping up from behind Peter. "And it's currently 8:36… correction, 8:37."

Yang and Weiss, with Ruby and Blake in the background, soon registered what she had just told them.

Cringing slightly, Caitlyn quickly knocked on JNPR's door and told them they were gonna be late for class.

From the other side of the doors, a bit of ruckus occurred among the members of Team RWBY and JNPR respectively.

They soon rushed out, catching team PPBK in their run, as all twelve were running to class at full speed.

The twelve students ran through one of Beacon's courtyards, Ozpin, Glynda and Steve observing them all.

The first class, suffice it to say, was absolutely boring.

Grimm Studies was supposed to be quite informational with its content. The lessons show how one is supposed to deal with and handle certain types of Grimm. Theories with how they change, adapt, and evolve over time with the environment.

However, this wasn't really discussed at all, on the first day of the school year.

The teacher, one Professor Port, heavily went off tangent by regaling his younger days as a freelance Huntsman before settling down for his teaching career.

His odd monologue was just so draining.

Many students who didn't rest appropriately were already napping or on the verge of falling back asleep. Others greatly fought to stay awake.

At the very least, Professor Port already sketched out various Grimm on the whiteboard for others to copy down in their notes. Hopefully the next class will actually cover the syllabus and actual classwork, or else Grimm studies will sadly become a sleep in course.

The next class was Huntsman Regulation and Law. It was somewhat of another boring class, but it was quick for all of the students at this time to be more attentive. They needed to know this sort of thing after all if they are to be Huntsmen and Huntresses.

Some will take it quicker than others. And a fraction of those will definitely learn of these the hard way out on the field.

A special class known as Survival was overseen by Sam Wilson and Clint Barton. The pair broke down the basic necessities that a Huntsman and Huntress need in their skillset. That being the ability to learn how to adapt and survive wherever a mission takes them and the environment they find themselves in. That involves forests, plains, tundra's, deserts, the whole nine yards.

The pair explained they wouldn't be doing anything like that for a while as this class was sporadic and a proper degree of planning would be needed for when the time came. So the majority of the class time was spent educating the class on what to expect as well as inquiring about some basic questions to see where everyone stood.

Who could make a tent?

Who can light a fire?

Does anyone have the ability to read a map without using a Scroll?

Are there any astrology aficionados that might be hidden in the group as charting a course by the stars is a proven technique?

Has anyone ever hunted for their food?

Are there any toolmakers in the group?

Perhaps even one who understands plant and animal life in the wild

This allowed the two Avengers to see who possesses what in terms of skill set and the rest who didn't have them were told that the base level would be their starting point. The rest that does have some of the inquired-upon skills would be taught how to improve on it while also showing their fellow classmates how it's done in an easy-to-understand manner.

Professor Oobleck went through the World History course. Nothing much went on for the class for the day, aside from going over what will be gone over the present semester.

Still, the spectacled, green-haired man was… certainly something to be certain.

The man was caffeinated to the highest known variable and his speech mannerisms and patterns were incomprehensible at times save for those that were able to keep up with him.

Yang, Jaune, Vi and Caitlyn all but lost track of his rapid-fire way of talking and gave up a quarter of the way into the lecture.

Pyrrha, Weiss, Blake and Ren tried their damnedest, the pink-highlighted teen utilizing his many experiences with Nora to allow him to understand the babbling Professor.

Only Peter, Penny, Nora and Ruby seemed to be able to clearly understand and catch every word he was saying with various means of doing so.

Peter's enhanced perception gave him the ability to see Oobleck speak in a slower manner from his point of view.

Ruby was a speedy young Rose so her Semblance came in clutch.

Penny used her internal processors to record every word Oobleck spoke and slowed it down for her to hear him properly.

And Nora… well, she just could. She was amazing like that in her own way.

Eventually, after that speedy class, they went onto Combat Class, overseen by Glynda Goodwitch, which was rather straightforward.

They would just be fighting in this class, gauging their skills and progress yet today was to be withheld, which served to confuse the students.

Goodwitch was enigmatic in her reasoning, only telling them that they'll need to conserve their energy for the last class of the day.

This only made them all extremely curious and a seed of anticipation was planted as all began wondering what awaited them with their last class on their first day of Beacon.

That question had to be put on hold as they went on to their next lesson.

During Dust Applications and Theory, Weiss's patience with her teammates began being tested after the entire day.

Particularly, she held a great amount of growing frustration with her team leader specifically.

Throughout the day, the red-themed Scythe-wielder had shown Weiss how incompetent she really was. She had fallen asleep in one class, made faces for the entirety of another and… well, Weiss didn't really fare any better in Professor Ports' class, but still, it was the principle that mattered.

Ruby, on her part, ended up doing some little doodles while she wasn't exactly busy with the class. One of which made fun of Professor Port, especially when putting some dust crystals on her face to make her resemble him. Oddly, this ended up causing a little smile to form on Weiss' lips, even with a brief chuckle.

However, this bit of chuckling Ruby let out soon after ended up causing her to knock over a vial of potent Dust.

Like a repeat of their first interaction when Ruby sneezed on the Dust-

*KABOOM*

-an explosion occurred in the classroom.

"Uh… oops."

"RUBY!"

Miraculously, the classroom remained intact. Such incidents apparently occurred numerous times throughout the school's history. With the space reinforced and repaired considerably in the past, no real damages happened to the school property.

However, Ruby and Weiss had to clean up the mess as a means of punishment much to the latter's irritation.

Finally, what ended the rest of the school day was the long-anticipated class that Glynda Goodwitch had foreshadowed back in her lesson.

The class was titled Enhancement, making many of the students show confused and intrigued expressions of that name. What could that possibly be referring to?

Enhancement in this school covered such a broad spectrum so it was one that left them with many questions.

They all filed into the gymnasium of the academy and saw Steve Rogers standing there and he wasn't alone.

Sam Wilson and Clint Barton from their earlier classes were present as were two individuals many had not met.

"So, you're all here." Captain Rogers greeted the large assemblage of students with an expectant gaze. "Good. Let me be the first to welcome you all to Enhancement. I'm Steve Rogers. You've all already met Sam and Clint here and this is Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. The five of us will be your instructors for this class."

Steve began to pace back and forth down the line of students, eyeing each one intently, unwittingly causing some to freeze up at the intense gaze the super soldier held.

"Now, I know the question on everyone's mind is this: what exactly is Enhancement?" He let the question hang in the air before resuming. "To put it plainly, this is where your mettle will be tested constantly. Professor Goodwitch's combat class is one thing but here, we're gonna be seeing how you can grow as an individual, in a partnership, with your team and an assortment of other trials that's all about one thing. Enhancing your skills, your teamwork, your abilities, all of it. And this will be a daily test and if you think the physical aspect is all there is to this class then check yourselves out of this class." Steve stopped to point at his head. "Your mind, your instincts, the ability to gauge the situations you may find yourselves in will also be put to the test here."

There was a murmur shared among the students as they were now starting to have some form of an idea as to what this class may entail.

"Everyone here will be tested today. Alone, with their partner, their team or even with someone randomly."

That made the students all freeze up momentarily.

Now came the spike of anxiety, a feeling of uncertainty being felt coming from all the teen students. Their teams had all only just formed at the end of the Initiation and while there was something there to work with considering they had all passed the test, finding that method of teamwork hadn't even begun properly.

And now they were faced with the prospect of working with people outside their teams.

They weren't exactly opposed to it but many felt it to be a bit too soon.

"But first, it's time we see where you all stand."

That made everyone perk up as Captain Rogers looked them over before landing upon someone of similar hair complexion.

"Yang Xiao-Long." Steve gestured to the space in front of him. "If you would."

The blond brawler raised a brow at this but shrugged and moved to stand in front of the teacher who had his arms crossed, scrutinizing the violet-eyed teen.

"During the Initiation, I saw you utilized a close-quarter fighting style when fighting the Grimm you encountered in the Emerald Forest."

Yang perked up at this and nodded proudly.

"Your style is your own." Steve went on. "But clearly, much refinement is needed."

That actually made her jerk slightly upon hearing that, a small frown now being shown on her face.

"It's alright." Rogers placated. "I understand that feeling, believe me, I had a bit of a wake-up call of my own not too long ago."

Sam 'hmphed' with a small shake of his head.

"You have the power and the basis there but what we need to see is refinement. And you're not the only one. That's everyone in this classroom. That includes us. So everyone will have their fair shot today." He looked past her and locked on with the eyes of a team leader. "Vi Blanc, please step forward."

The Pinkett quirked a brow but acquiesced all the same and now stood next to her fellow punch-happy Huntress.

"The two of you have a similar style of fighting or fall within the same category. Yet there are key differences that we'll see here."

Suddenly, a square outline appeared around the trio and Steve stepped back.

"Now, knock me out of the ring or incapacitate me."

Yang and Vi paused, turning to each other to make sure they didn't mishear him with Rogers gesturing them forward.

"Come on." He encouraged them. "It's plain and simple. Try knocking me back or knocking me out. You have your weapons, you can use them here."

The pair shared another look before they shrugged and their weapons formed up around their hands and wrists. They got into position and there was a clear sign of hesitation or rather, uncertainty before Yang went in first.

Using her shotgun-loaded gauntlets, she fired them behind her back before hurtling forward with her fist raised back.

In an instant, Steve grabbed the blond out of the air, spun her about and kicked her right out of the outlined arena.

Before Vi could even process what had just happened, Steve mid-spin from his kick turned and dashed straight at her. She raised her fists up and threw a punch which Rogers caught and Judo flipped her down to the ground and quickly had his boot hover over her neck.

Both the girls and the rest of the class were stunned into silence as Steve placed his foot down on the ground and held his hand up for Vi to take, which she did with a blank face. She was still trying to figure out what just happened.

"Lesson one: learn how to coordinate. Not just with your teammates, but with others on the fly."

"Yang." the blond girl jolted at the way her name was called out, inadvertently making her stand straighter. "You rushed in without a second thought, without even considering a proper plan. That may work for, say, a single Grimm or an opponent that isn't as intelligent as you. But you will be encountering enemies that are more aware and have the experience needed to counter someone like you. You left yourself wide open the minute you launched yourself at me with how wide apart your stance was. With that, consider it lesson two: learn to be patient with fights. Know when is the right to go in for the offense and switch to defense."

Yang's expression fell slightly as the way in which she lost set in.

Steve then turned to the leader of PPBK.

"And Vi, you're a team leader." Rogers' expression made her squirm slightly. "I understand that this is only the start of your year but Ozpin saw that you have the capacity to lead. Communication is one of your most valuable traits that need to be developed. When in combat, even if you're not the designated leader, you must always be ready to call out anything you see or speak up on any topic that demands your immediate attention. Hence rounding back to the first lesson to coordinate with others."

Vi looked down at this and frowned deeply. Thinking back, he was right.

They just… stood there and didn't even talk to each other. They had a lot to talk about all weekend long but when they were called upon to fight, not a word was exchanged.

"It's alright." She felt Steve place a hand on her shoulder. "I do think putting the two of you on the spot wasn't exactly fair but," Cap shrugged. "I think you understand that in a fight, your enemy sometimes won't exactly play fair."

Vi stared at the super soldier before a small, strained smirk appeared and she nodded.

The Pinkett and the blond went back to their classmates, their teammates hoping to cheer them up with some words of encouragement which were silenced by a twanging of a chord on a bow.

"I can take it from here." Said Clint Barton, taking the place of Cap as now he stood in front of the teen.

"For the next part, I'll need four people to come down here. Any volunteers?" He said, holding a hand up as a gesture of 'anyone?'.

There was a brief moment of silence until everyone heard an arrogant huff and a young man who was actually taller than Barton walked out from the crowd with three others behind him.

It was team CRDL who stepped up.

"Ah, finally." Clint waved them to get into the outlined arena. "Alright, come on boys, we don't have all day."

Cardin Winchester appeared to be somewhat insulted at Barton's dismissive nature and he looked at his team.

"Surround him."

"Ah, communication." Clint repeatedly pointed at the tall teen. "Good, you heard Cap the first time."

The archer pumped his arm and his bow transformed into a staff as Russel Thrush and Sky Lark ran at the Avenger. Clint was quick to spin his staff around, deflecting their attacks and countering their movements with a jab to the chin to the former and a hit to the gut to the latter.

Though they had their aura to protect them from the damage, they still staggered back, leaving them wide open.

Swiftly, he grabbed their arms and swung them around, using their own bodies to block their teammates' attacks from the instructor. He then threw them, having them collide which had one member do a harsh front flip over the other.

"Next lesson here: use your opponents against each other." Barton commented.

Dove let out a small snarl, a sentiment shared with Cardin and they both rushed the marksman.

In an instant, his staff shifted back into a bow and at lightning speed, he notched a blunt arrow with a rubber tip and fired. The arrow smacked Cardin in the head and it bounced off to hit Dove in the cheek, the two members of team CRDL stumbling about.

"Lesson four: don't do what your enemies expect you to do. Improvise, always."

Case in point, Clint took one of the student's weapons -Cardin's mace- and began the quick beat down with his own equipment. Once done, he swung and let it go to smack his partner at his side, having him tumble across the ground.

It wasn't long for them to recover in more ways than one, given their Aura was still intact but was quickly depleting.

Clint then fired another arrow and CRDL held up their weapons as a means of defense when just as it was a foot away from them, the tip of the arrow shifted. It became a small disk that emitted a visible shockwave of a kind of disruptive concussive pulse that made the team all drop to their nears as their ears rang.

The rest of the students also reacted, many wincing at the sound, Blake -and other Faunus in attendance- in particular clapping her hands over her ears. She nearly touched her bow but she had enough wherewithal to clamp her regular ears than her cat ones.

"You alright, Blake?" Yang spoke up, hearing her grunt aloud.

"Yeah, just ears are more sensitive than others.

"I too have sensitive receptors." Penny commented, showing a look of discomfort.

If one were to pay attention at the stands, one would hear Ruby let out a *squee* upon seeing the unique trick arrow. Her eyes had sparkles dancing around them, something Peter did catch note of and he thumbed to them, looking around silently in hopes of seeing if anyone else was aware of this unusual phenomenon.

He was lucky in seeing Sam, Pietro and Wanda all look in his direction and they all stared in bewilderment at what Ruby was displaying at this moment.

In the middle of all this, Hawkeye went on with his lesson.

"Lesson five: focus. Most fights are momentum by momentum, so don't take your eyes off the target."

Without looking, Clint quickly fired a trick arrow at the incoming student coming in from behind. Instantly, Russell was quickly entombed in a block of ice, the teen thrown off by his sudden entrapment.

Many, especially those such as Ruby and Caitlyn, almost couldn't believe what they just saw.

The scythe wielder's eyes began to glimmer and even Kiramman had a glint in her eyes at the mastery marksmanship on display right now.

'This-" The Rose's mind wasn't even able to process her excited thoughts fast enough. 'These are real Huntsmen!'

"Lesson six: frost arrows. Love 'em." The SHIELD agent then pulled out another arrow and plunged it into the block of ice, superheating it and allowing the entrapped student to be released.

"That doesn't sound like a lesson, Mr. Barton." Said one of the other students in the classroom.

"Can you deny their awesomeness? No? Thought so."

CRDL were all grumbling to themselves as they returned to their spot amongst their classmates, nursing themselves from their profound loss.

The rest of the class was that of an eye-opening thrashing that each student experienced in one-way shape or form against well-trained "huntsmen".

All participated whether fighting alone, in pairs or in full teams of four.

And each and every one of them lost outright.

The Avengers were utterly ruthless in how they took the students down, most not taking more than three to five moves tops.

Caitlyn tried to use her sniper rifle but Hawkeye used a putty arrow to immediately jam her weapon.

Steve had taken on several students from Jaune to Nora, to Blake to several others that were beaten within a minute.

The same went for Sam as he used his wingsuit, its functions and his martial prowess and constant improvisation of fighting with Ren and even Penny, having been distracted by Redwing, got taken out.

Even Pyrrha Nikos, the so-called Invincible Girl, was immediately blasted away by one telekinetic blast from Wanda, even with her trying to use her Semblance to keep herself in the ring.

When Pietro took his turn handing out his "lessons", well, things got some unexpected turns.

Him outright abusing his speed to embarrass a number of students. One of which was Ruby, who was outclassed by him by a large margin.

"Don't worry, kiddo, you'll get a hang of enhancing your traits." he said, pulling her hood over her head, spinning her around like a top and tripping her over to the ground. "Just need to be more creative."

She only threw her hood back, with her cheeks puffed out that made the speedster laugh, ruffling her hair.

"Hey, you can at least know you're the second fastest person in Beacon… probably… maybe… we'll test that theory later on."

There was one instance that went ignored by all save for Jaune and Vi picking it up.

For the most part, up until it came up, Peter Parker had been oddly excluded from all these lessons up until his entire team was called upon to take out the combination of Pietro and Barton.

Their team lost but though it appeared to be nothing, the two team leaders picked up on how the two instructors went after Peter with a greater degree of seriousness than the way they treated everyone else. Their moods had shifted and both made sure of the team of PPBK, Parker needed to be taken out as quickly as possible followed by Penny.

Jaune and Vi found this to be rather odd.

Still, Peter was beaten but they also saw him last a considerable amount longer alone against two of their teachers.

It was only for several minutes but it was a hell of a lot longer than everyone else's time.

They were unsure as to what that entailed and their observations were shelved for the time being as the lesson went on and the thrashing continued.

When RWBY's turn to fight as a team came up, the girls were tired but determined to at least try to last longer than their previous outings.

While Yang and Blake were handling things better, Weiss and Ruby were not doing so hot as they faced off against Wanda.

"Weiss, we need to get around Professor Maximoff's shields."

"And just how do you suggest we do that?" Weiss snipped, a sign of impatience and irritation threatening to boil over.

Ruby's mind was wracked with thought, trying to come up with some form of a plan. "Maybe we can use one of your Dust vials, create a fog or a distraction or-"

"Maybe?" Schnee parrots. "Can't you think of something more definitive then-OOF!"

Her complaints were silenced when Wanda caught Blake and Yang with her telekinesis and launched them into the partners, all four sprawling out of the outlined area of combat.

"You lose. Back in line." Was all the Sokovian said.

Weiss got up angrily, almost pushing her teammates away as she stomped off to sit alone, this team fight being the last one they were to participate in overall for the class.

By the time class was over, the majority of the students really wanted to nurse their wounds and pride while collapsing in their dorms.

It was a brutal wake-up call that their instructors showed to them being the gap they had to get over to reach the level of fully trained Huntsmen and Huntresses.

To think they'll be going through this all semester-nay, all year long.

Once classes were done for the day, the students were heading off to do their own thing for the rest of the evening. Most went directly back to their dorms, some went to the library like how others did on their free period, and a batch headed off to the cafeteria for dinner.

However, one individual sought out some faculty members to get some insight into recent events.

She had been fed up with the behavior she had seen a certain member of her team and when they spoke about it, her words were less than positive or even a proper means of critique. Weiss simply ran Ruby down, telling her off for her immaturity and stating that she should have been team leader, not her.

The Schnee heiress didn't turn back to see the hurt expression Ruby had as she walked away.

While the other Avengers headed off to do their own thing, Sam volunteered to stay behind to retrieve a number of equipment and close things up for the day.

"Mr. Wilson."

Falcon turned over to see the white-haired girl approach him.

"Weiss Schnee, right?" He said, focusing his attention on her. "Can I help you with something?"

"Yes, Professor Port pointed me in your direction about speaking to you." She explained, holding her hands together in front of her.

"So something is troubling you." Wilson surmised rather than asking, seeing a look of surprise appear on her face.

"Y-Yes actually. How did you know?"

"My job outside of being an Aven-Huntsman and instructor. Let's just say it applies here and there, especially with young, developing kids." Sam vaguely said. "So shoot, what's on your mind, Ms. Schnee?"

Weiss contemplated on this for a brief second before looking up at Falcon with a resolute expression.

"I wanted to be the leader of Team RWBY."

Sam's expression didn't change, only raising an emotionless brow. "And why's that?"

The young girl launched into a small tirade of her team leader, rattling off the many issues she seems to have with Ruby. She listed off her immaturity, indecisiveness, lack of self-awareness, distracting and childish nature.

"-and how could my exceptional skill be overlooked on such a matter? Am I not the most qualified to be a leader?"

"So… you think because of your upbringing, training and the fact that Ruby is two years younger than you and acts the way she does qualify you to be a team leader?"

"Did you not tell me I had skill despite my losses today? You said I am quite adaptable and can think quickly to try to get around a situation not in my favor."

"Your exceptional skill is matched with your poor attitude." Wilson shot back with his arms crossed.

The Schnee heiress let out an affronted gasp, placing her hands on her hips. "How dare you."

Sam gestured at her with an expectant look. "Case in point."

Weiss realized her small slip-up, biting her lip.

"So you wanna be a leader, huh?" Sam shook his head. "That's what you see yourself as, yes?"

The Atlesian hesitated for a second before nodding slowly.

"Well, that's not what Ozpin saw you to be and frankly, neither do I because right now, in front of me, I see a girl who has lived her entire life and got everything she ever wanted."

"That's not even remotely true."

"Yet you act like it." He rebuked. "You may have not gotten everything per se but let's not kid ourselves here when dealing with the fact that as a Schnee, anything you asked for that didn't come from your father, you got in an instant."

That caused Weiss to reel back slightly and any gusto or wants in fighting for a position of leadership was lessened considerably.

"Look, Weiss, I can understand frustration like that. I do. But so the outcome of the decision didn't go in your favor. Things don't go as one intends. Big whoop. Do you believe acting in such a manner will cause those in power to reconsider their decision? Instead of fretting about what you don't have, savor what you do. Hone your skills, refine your technique and you may not be in charge but the duty you do have right now is being Ruby Roses' second-in-command."

Weiss looked up at that, tilting her head at this, clearly unsure as to what he meant.

"You're Ruby's partner, are you not?" She hesitantly nodded. "Then that means that it's up to you to make sure that you keep Ruby up to her standard and be the wall behind her back while she makes sure the rest of the team stays strong and gets stronger. It wasn't Blake or even her sister Yang that got paired up with her, it was you. And you may not know that but that makes you responsible for keeping Ruby in check as she leads. And it's not about challenging everything she does, always calling her out on it. Just as much as she has to care for the well-being of the team, it is your job to make sure that she is too. That she is rested, and certain and knows that she has the trust of her team as you do for her. But that's not gonna happen overnight, Ms. Schnee. That takes time. Time that you have here to do. Do ya understand?"

The heiress held a look of intense contemplation as she digested the aviator's words, allowing them to sink in as she stood before him.

Thinking back on the past few days from her arrival at Beacon to this very moment, her mind recalled every moment she had with Ruby and first came all the negatives. The exploding sneeze, her leaving her behind on that Nevermore Grimm, her antics throughout their first day of classes.

Yet as soon as they ended, there were moments where they had moments of genuine interaction and teamwork.

When they were fighting the Grimm in the Emerald Forest, Ruby had a completely opposite demeanor in that instance, quickly coordinating a plan of attack with her, Blake and Yang to take out the Nevermore.

Thinking back on how Ruby utilized all their semblances and techniques to get the killing blow, Weiss couldn't deny the brilliance that her younger teammate displayed.

And since then, in spite of some annoyances, much as she would like to deny it, there were a few instances where Ruby's silliness managed a laugh out of the uptight Atlesian.

Her face scrunched up before becoming more amenable and she nodded.

"Yes, I do."

Sam stared into the light blue eyes of the young Huntress-in-training and gained a satisfied smirk when he saw no signs of deception.

Uncertainty maybe but a clear willingness to admit where she's wrong.

"Good." Sam complimented, placing a hand on her shoulder. "One step at a time, Weiss Schnee. Some stuff can't be rushed but the first step is always the most important one. The will and drive to do so start with you."

"I shall make you proud." Weiss declared, the Avenger chuckling in response.

"I appreciate the sentiment but focus more on your team, partner and yourself. No need to make me proud."

"Yes, yes of course." Weiss murmured a moment later, feeling a bit sheepish at her previous statement.

"Go on." Wilson gestured behind her. "You've got a full week of classes ahead of you. Get your rest in."

"Thank you, Mr. Wilson."

Elsewhere, Ruby was wandering around the campus with a lot on her mind. The sun was reaching its twilight hours for the day, bathing the land in an orange light.

The peppy Reaper wasn't so peppy. She was mumbling and grumbling in her self-loathing.

The argument she had with Weiss was weighing on her mind and soul and she was in a rut at this moment.

She was so consumed in her thoughts that she failed to notice a person she walked by.

"Nice day so far, isn't it, Ms. Rose."

Looking over, Ruby saw the headmaster sitting on the bench, gazing at the twilight sky in the distance. He wasn't drinking coffee this time, but tea instead, not that she would've picked up on.

"Something's troubling you." He noted, seeing her facial expression and lack of a response.

Rather than denying him, Ruby's shoulders sagged slightly. "That obvious, huh?"

"Quite." He plainly said, causing the young Rose to sigh.

The weapon-loving girl hesitated, momentarily fidgeting before facing the Headmaster.

"Are you sure you made the right decision?" She asks suddenly. "Of me being team leader?"

Oz tilted his head slightly. "Why would you think so?"

"I messed with Weiss earlier today. Made quite the mess at the one classroom and-"

"Ms. Rose, it's only been one day." Ozpin interrupted her, standing up from the bench to walk over to her. "You can't expect things to miraculously fall into place after just five day. It takes time for such a trait to properly manifest. Not to mention incidents like that happen every so often."

"But what about-"

"Ruby, I've made more mistakes than any man, woman and child on this planet." Said Ozpin, earning quite the amount of confusion from the inspiring Huntress. "But at this moment, not considering your appointment as team leader be one of them." He soon leaned in. "Do you?"

"I… don't really know."

"Being a team leader isn't just a title you carry into battle. It's a badge you carry constantly. If you're not performing at your absolute best, then what reason do you give others to follow you?"

She was silent as the headmaster continued on.

"When we watched your Initiation, as a Headmaster, I must account for the traits and actions that make for a desired leader in leading a team." Ozpin explained, making Ruby listen attentively. "How quick they are to react to a situation, the ability to adapt under pressure, their quick thinking and means of coordination with virtual unknowns. I saw how someone like Jaune Arc pointed out utilizing the stinger of a Deathstalker to be the tool of its own demise. How Vi Blanc managed to fight alongside exceptionally talented combatants such as Peter Parker and Penny Polendina. And where a young silver-eyed girl brought three other students together, utilizing every ability they had to bring down a power Grimm."

Hearing all this, especially that last part, actually made Ruby blush slightly from his praise before she saw his serious visage return.

"You've been burdened with a daunting responsibility. I advise you to take some time to think about how you'll uphold it. And remember now, this is only the first official day. Take what has already transpired today and apply it tomorrow to become better. It's why I believe I made the right call in choosing you as team leader, Ruby Rose."

The Headmaster didn't give her a chance to respond, turning to walk away, leaving a mentally conflicted and confused teen who mulled over everything she had just heard.

Returning to her dorm room, Ruby had much on her mind with what her headmaster told her.

He was right. Today was merely the first day. She's bound to make mistakes, but she can fix them to be better.

Now if only she can mend them with-

"Ruby…"

Looking over, the young Reaper saw her partner. "Weiss…"

Both girls stared at each other for what felt like minutes when it was only seconds of silence until…

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry… what?" Both girls said at the same time.

Weiss chuckled, holding her hand out.

"You first. Team Leader privileges."

Ruby momentarily lost her train of thought upon hearing this but it also served to remind her of what was on her mind.

"Weiss… I just wanted to say that I'm sorry-"

"No." Weiss interrupted her, shaking her head. "I should be the one apologizing. My behavior was abhorrent and unbecoming of me. I saddled and threw far too many expectations upon you when we haven't truly begun our time here in Beacon. That was irresponsible of me and I should have known better."

"But you didn't, neither of us did." Ruby resolutely said. "And I know that as a leader, I have a duty that I now have to myself and more importantly, you, Yang and Blake. And I promise to make sure that being the leader isn't square-squawked… what's that Squa word?"

"Squandered."

"Yeah, that one."

Weiss found herself smiling in amusement at that.

"And that means I promise to be the very best partner you will ever have. Your sister may be part of this team, but she'll be second fiddle to me as your partner. The two of us are gonna make our team unstoppable."

"Totally." Ruby said, pumping her fist. "Team RWBY, the cream of the crop."

"I like the sound of that." Weiss stated, a true smile on her face now.

"Wanna try and start again?"

"I find that rather… acceptable."

Ruby's eyes lit up and in an instant, Weiss was caught in a hug that she clearly was unprepared for.

"Best friends forever!" Rose declared, much to the chagrin of the heiress.

Her partner merely gave a bland response. "Don't go that far ahead, Ruby Rose."

She only heard a happy hum in response and despite herself, she rolled her eyes at her awkward action of raising her hand and patting Ruby's back.

"Alright, enough, Ruby."

"No, I wanna enjoy this."

"Daw~ Blake, look at how adorable this is." Said a familiar voice that came from the front door to Team RWBY's dorm. "Quick, grab your scroll, we have memories to document.

"Yang." Ruby said without pulling away from the hug.

"Yes?"

"You're ruining the moment."

"This moment has gone on for far longer than it should be." Weiss deadpanned.

"Sh, Sh~ Weiss, the moment. The moment is what matters."

"Oum help me."

AN

And there we have it.

Day one of Beacon is in the books, the teams are all set, Peter's team has a better name (BOOYAHHAYOOB, CALLIN OUT TO YOU COMRADE, WE THANK THEE), and they had their first days of hanging out followed by their first day of getting thrashed by Earth and Remnants Mightiest Heroes.

I'd like to say more and all that shit but on my end, at the time of me writing this note, sleep is starting to kick in so whatever else Jeb, Bullet and I have to say will be saved for next chapter which will come post Volume 9 finale that… we still don't care for and have too many issues with.

But that's for next time.

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