Sorry for my bad English.
At first, I was one of those who prefered that Ozpin did not know about Jaune's transcription. Then after watching the last two volumes, I'm theorizing that he knows and has a hidden motive for that, instead of hidden potential like almost everyone in this site make. We will have to wait for future volumes to be sure, and If I be right or not, it will not change so much in my fics. Maybe a thing or two, but nothing to big.
To the fic!
Yukino Fuyu is the school nurse. The woman had a light blue hair and ocean blue eyes and a pair of lion ears on the top of her head.
She already got used to some strange behaviors from the professors in Beacon. Only Glynda seemed to act properly while not in front of their students. Except for the day.
When she enter in the staff room, she seemed annoyed with something.
-Glynda. –Yukino called her. –It is something wrong?
Before the blonde teacher could say anything, the door burst open.
-Glynda! –Port came rushing through the door. –If my eyes are not fooling me, Ozpin just send a message saying The Challenge will happen this year?
-Yes Port. –Glynda said pushing her glasses. –Ozpin gave The Challenge to both Mr. Arc and Mr. Forest. –Glynda said as she start to explain the situation.
Headmaster office
They were not joking when Ozpin said they would be watching the candidates.
-Your both got yourselves in a quite trouble, right? –Ozpin asked. They did not know how to answer, letting Ozpin to continue. –Mr. Arc, do you know why you was called here?
Jaune did not know at first. Until he watched the footages of them fighting against the Grimms in the Danger Zone. Those cameras caught everything from their little adventure, including…
-It is about my transcription, right?
-We caught you saying with your own mouth Mr. Arc. –Jaune lowered his head and Ryan patted his friend on the back. –It is impressive that someone like you could sneak your way in a academy like Beacon. –Glynda shoot at Ozpin an annoyed look for compliment Jaune's act. He ignored her glare and continued. –A shame. It seems that you have some potential to work with.
-I guess it means I will pack my belongs, right?
-Rules are rules Mr. Arc. I wish you could stay, but I cannot allow someone who faked his way into Beacon enter in my academy. The same could be said about Mr. Forest. While you display an impressive skill in your combat abilities, you fail to come back in time and did not retrieve the relic of the temple, what means you failed in the initiation.
Both Jaune and Ryan had fail in the initiation, but for Jaune, it would be more than just a fail. If they knew about his fake transcriptions, it would mean that his name would receive a black stain in their records, and his name would be know by the other academies as well. They would not allow him to enroll in any academy in any part of Remnant after that.
-I understand, sir.
-But this would be a waste of your potential and Ryan's talents. –Both boys and Glynda raised an eyebrow at the headmaster statement. –I may not allow your both to enroll in Beacon but I may have another solution.
-Another solution? –Glynda asked and suddenly her facial expression went to confuse to surprise. –Ozpin, you don't mean…
-Yes. The Challenge.
-Challenge? –Both boys asked.
-Ozpin, you can't be serious! –Glynda said with a loud voice. It seems she was not believing the headmaster is giving the boys a chance after everything.
- What is this challenge? –Yukino asked.
-Is not just a challenge Yukino. The Challenge. -Port stated as Oobleck enters into the staff room with professor Peach.
-It is something that only happen in special cases, and it seems that Mr. Arc and are one of those. -Oobleck spoke. -It has been a while since Ozpin challenged a student.
-To answer your question Yukino, the Challenge as the name suggest, is a challenge the headmaster of Beacon or any other academy can offer to one or more student who wishes to enroll in one of the academies, but cannot for complications or whatever is the reason. –Fernando explained, earning the attention of everyone in the room.
-How long have you been there? –Glynda asked to the blind samurai.
-A while now. I was taking a nap on the chair over there.
-I'm surprise that you know about this Fernando. –Peach commented. -Yukino is with us a while now and you are hired only make two years.
-It have one of those in Atlas back when I was a soldier, so I know a bit of how works.
-So how about you explain? –Oobleck suggested.
-Yeah! Why not? –The room went silent for Fernando explain about the Challenge. –The Challenge is composed only by battles, and there are five in all. Each battle is fought between those challenged and the students of the academy they want to enroll.
-So they will face student here from Beacon? –Yukino asked.
-Exactly. Each one of the students who will fight will be choose by the professors themselves. First the challenged, who are Mr. Arc and Mr. Forest will face students from the first year, if they win, they will face students from the second year, and so on.
-But if are only four years of academy, how come will have five fights? –Yukino asked and this time, Glynda answered.
-The last battle will be fought by a hunstmens who graduated from Beacon make a year or less, and will be choose by the headmaster himself. Each battle will not happen immediately, sometime will be given for the challenged until the next battle, to give them time to prepare themselves.
-And they still will be around in the academy?
-Yes, but not as students. –Port answered Yukino's question. –You can see them as interns of the academy, since they will have to make some work for the staff to pay their stay in an academy they are not enrolled.
-It seems more a way to get a cheap larbor than a challenge now. –Yukino commented after hear the explanation about this challenge. -For curiosity, how many candidates were able to win this Challenge?
-To be honest, no one never won The Challenge. –Oobleck said. –So far someone got was the third match, but that's all.
-With that said, I highly doubt that Mr. Arc and Mr. Forest will be enough for the second match. –Glynda said surprise everyone with her honesty.
-Someone is cranky. –Fernando commented, earning a glare from Glynda. Normally someone would feel uncomfortable after be target of her glare. –Are you glaring at me? I feel that you are glaring at me. –The problem is that don't seems to work in a blind man.
-You don't seems very satisfied with the idea. –Yukino commented.
-I never supported this idea for the beginning Yukino. Besides, Mr. Arc faked his transcription to this academy. I don't know where Ozpin is seeing potential on him.
-What about Forest? –Yukino asked. –From what he said, he had some skill.
-While he display some skill, he could waited a year to try enroll in Beacon. Or he could just try another academy. Why go through the Challenge?
-He must have his reasons Glynda. –Fernando said. –Or perhaps he do not want to let Jaune go through this alone. None of the challenged was able to succeed in the challenge, so he would be worried to let his partner do it alone.
-It sounds more like a waste time if you ask me. –Not wanting to keep with the talk Glynda left.
-What's up with her? –Yukino asked.
-She take her job very serious. –Oobleck answered. –She enrolled in Beacon in her teenager days, and worked hard for it. She seems the Challenge as a free pass to those who don't want to work hard to be a huntsmen.
-And she don't like the idea of someone being able to be in Beacon not from hard work, but from some free pass as she sees? –Fernando asked and Oobleck nodded, and yes, Fernando knows when someone is nodding. –I felt that she may have some problems with Jaune.
-I'm more worried about the Challenge. –Peach said. –None of the challenged were able to win, why Mr. Arc-who fake his transcription-think that will go so far to the point of winning?
-I'm more curious in something about Mr. Forest. –Oobleck said getting the attention of everyone around. –From what I heard, he told to Mr. Arc still not have his aura unlocked when he made the initiation, so why did Mr. Forest not unlocked for him?
Now this is something that caught the attention of everyone's mind.
End of the chapter.
This Challenge is something that come to my mind while I was watching Kill la Kill, and I thought about if something like that happen in Beacon. It is an idea I had in my mind a while now, and like the previous chapter, I did not have any reason to use it in any other of my fanfictions.
I have a lot of ideas, but I cannot just use them because I want to. I think that is important to keep in mind that certain plot twists may sounds a bit strange if not use properly in the story or applied in any character.
While I was watching Marvel Spider Man which I am the only one of my family who like this series I saw something like that happen, only to find later that it was something planned from the beginning.
I don't know if I can do the same, but I will try hard to make this fanfiction one to remember when someone is bored, or not. Preferably not.
See you next time!