Teams

"The fight starts... now" I focus on Glynda catching every move she makes, even little twitches in the hand holding a thin riding crop with a black and purple design on the handle. I don't know her semblance, so I have to be careful. Keeping my eyes on Glynda, I forget to be aware of my surroundings. "So uhh, you gonna attack o- *Thud*" Holding my right side I see a rock laying by my feet that wasn't there before. 'Is she an earthbender or something? Also, she coulda finished the fight with that... is she toying with me? NO one toys with me! That's my job!' I let a grin rest on my face and get back into the fight.

'I don't wanna use my semblance to beat her. That would end the fight too fast. Besides she hit me, I can't let her off unpunished~' I start running towards her using my instincts to doge what I can and just tanking the rest. Despite how hard they are hitting me my aura is preventing them from doing any real damage. Once within striking distance I swing my leg towards hers trying to knock her off balance. It didn't work though, as she just jumped over my sweep. Forming rocky platforms, she swipes her riding crop at me causing me to pause my attack and step back. 'Ooh, this is going to be so much fun!!'

I jump up to her floating platform and swing my fist at her only for it to be slapped away by her riding crop. I send another kick towards her leg making her jump again. "Hah, right where I want ya!" I reach up and grab her leg and use it to pull myself up and her down. Soon enough I was slightly above her and shot my leg down directly into her stomach. She used her aura to block the damage, but couldn't stop herself from plummeting into the ground. Lost in the fight I forgot the reason we were fighting, and tried to land directly on her larynx only for a cane to stop my blow.

"Time is up, nice fight. Ms... I never actually got your name." Ozpin says pulling his cane back to his side causing me to stumble to the ground. "The name's Slate, nice doing business with ya... sorry I always wanted to say that. Anyway, do I get to stay?" Ozpin chuckles to himself. "That was the deal, Glynda looks like we got ourselves a new student. Could you handle the paperwork." Using a spike, that would have impaled me if Ozpin didn't stop my kick, Glynda pulls herself up and nods to the professor before walking away. 'Guess I still have more to learn.' As if sensing the shift of my mindset Ozpin nods towards me. "Let's talk some more Ms. Slate. I wish to know more about you."

"But of course, but not for free! I'll never do something for free. If I answer your questions you gotta do something for me. Deal?" He thinks for a moment before setting his condition that my request can't be too much, of course I agreed. "So, you said you were from a village that was destroyed. Was that a lie?"

"Nah, I had no reason to lie about that. For that question, you owe me a Scroll." He nods and pushes his glasses up, "Who told you to protect Yang and or Ruby?"

"Oh that's an easy question it was Mr. None" He quirks a brow, "Mr. None?" I grin at him. "Yea Mr. None Ya Business. Oh, for answering this question you owe me a question." He sighs and tells me to ask away. "What's your relationship with Glynda?" I look over towards him to see his face blanked. "Are you sure that's the question you want to ask?"I nod, "Of course it is. We... used to date but neither of us were that invested into the other so it ended almost immediately." Wow, I can imagine how awkward that would make things... I'll keep that in my mind for later.

"Back to me right, what's your semblance?"

I've been waiting for this question, instead of telling him I'll just show him the new trick I've been working on. It's gonna be like my own domain. "Alright, I'll show you. Ya might wanna back up a teeny bit... a little bit more.... good right there should be fine." He moved back a good 15 meters. Soon the grass under my feet withered away into purple flakes. Bugs, flowers, tree roots, anything near me soon had the same fate. This continued to spread with me as the center of it, until everything within 10 meters of me flaked away. A bird that was unfortunate enough to be flying past seemed to be fine until a few seconds later it crashed to the ground and flaked away. With everything besides the ground itself dissolving a purple mist started filling the large circle. None of it leaving my 10 meter limit. If another bird were to fly by now it would die immediately. The more that dies in the deadlier my ability becomes, until I let it disperse. Then it just dilutes into the air.

Proud of my ability I look over at Ozpin who, despite his experience, looked slightly shocked. He soon snapped out of it and regained his air of nonchalant. The most expressive thing about his stern face would be the eyebrow that he raised and the slight bend of his mouth as if he were perpetually frowning. I stop using my semblance and the mist thins out until it leaves no trace it was even there. Unless you count the circle of literally nothing but purple dirt surrounding me, then I guess you could say it left a trace.

"So, do you like it? I personally love it, and its versatility. Don't go around thinking it can only be used to kill, you'd be dead wrong! Pun intended. It gives soooooo many advantages! As you can see I can alter the landscape, and it just so happens that this is my preferred type of place to fight! And- and- that's all I'm gonna tell you! You'll have to find the rest on your own." I calm myself down and let my lungs breath. Ozpin still has his stoic face on, but annoyance could be seen in his eyes. Maybe he doesn't like what I did to the grass? He takes a breath and lets his question be known. "Is that all you'll tell me about it? Nothing more than what you've shown me?" I look at him as if he were an idiot. "Duh, wouldn't it be stupid to spill all my secrets? For that question you owe me... a favor that I can cash in at any point! Anyway, are the kids gonna be done with their initiation yet?"

Ozpin glanced at his watch for a few seconds and then just started walking back to the school. "Yes, it should be time soon. Join me in the auditorium for the final part of initiation."

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Ozpin walks onto the stage with the deafening sound of people clapping once they see him. The faces of the students lit up while looking at their role model, and one of humanity's heroes. He stands there taking sips from his mug, waiting for the applause to die down. He does't wait long, as the student's get the message and calm down as fast as they can. Taking one last sip from his mug Ozpin clears his throat and starts the ceremony.

"Russel Thrush," A pale looking boy stands up. He has a mint green Mohawk, a ripped vest with a white T-shirt under it. The most interesting looking thing about him would be the spiky shoulder guard, or the bracers he's wearing. He stands there looking determined and cocky as Ozpin continues calling his teammates names.

"Cardin Winchester," The boy cracks a smirk making him look intimidating. Even more so with the fact that he's wearing silver and gold armor with his breastplate having a golden bird with its wings outstretched. his burnt-orange hair is combed back with a slight peak at the front. Over all, he looks like he would be the tank of the team. With full armor, and his above average height, he could truck through people.

"Dove Bronzewing," The dirty-blond haired boy puffs his chest at the call of his name. HE wears light-looking bronze armor with plain black sports clothing underneath. He's easily the most forgettable about the three in terms of looks alone.

"Sky Lark," Rolling his eyes, Sky steps forward with his team. His dark blue hair combed back, stopping just above his purplish-gray armor.

"The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From today, you will all work together on team CRDL(Pronounced Cardinal) led by... Cardin Winchester." The audience erupts into thunderous applause as the four boys make their way towards the far side of the stage. Ozpin gets ready to call the next team.

"Jaune Arc," The same boy who was stuck to the wall with a spear walks up to the stage. Compared to the last group, Jaune looks... well to put it frankly he looks weak. He doesn't have the same air of confidence that most of the students here have, and looks as if a simple gust of wind would blow him down. His blond hair is messy and his dark blue eyes are wide as if he was shocked he was still alive. Though that could just be me. Under the silver and gray, heart-shaped breastplate is a black short-sleeved hoodie that he was wearing earlier as well. Despite his average appearance something tells me he will be interesting.... I'll make it my job to annoy him later.

"Lie Len," The boy looks pretty cool. His Raven-black hair with a strand of purple, a few shades lighter than my strand of purple, matches well with his magenta eyes. His outfit is one of the most eye catching ones here. It's mostly green with a black pattern bordered with gold going around it. His cuffs, also bordered with gold, are pink and works quite well despite his color scheme. I just want to know how his pants aren't stained as he was just thrown into a forest. Like how is there not one grass stain on his white pants.

"Pyrrha Nikos," The fiery goddess. Her deep red long hair goes perfectly with her emerald green eyes. She's not even dressed up in fancy clothes and she looks stunning. She has armor that goes around her entire midsection, and it looks pretty light. Bronze at most, probably hardened leather. She also has black gloves on that go to her elbow. Her left arm has a golden-bronze protector on it, and her legs are covered in plated armor of the same type. She smiles and waives at the crowd, definitely causing some people to fall for her. While shes not my type, I'd simp. Respectfully of course.

"Nora Valkyrie," The girl is practically radiating energy. Her orange hair and jade eyes normally wouldn't fit well together, at least to me they wouldn't, but she pulls it off. She doesn't seem to be wearing armor, but she could have taken it off at some point. Her shirt is a plain white with a pink heart in the middle of it, and shes wearing lounge pants with more pink hearts on it. I guess they did have time to change clothes, so why are most of them still wearing armor? This girl clearly has the right idea, be as conformable as you can be given the situation. If I'm in a place where I can wear casual clothes you'll never catch me in anything more than sneakers, jeans and a hoodie.

"You four retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day fourth, you will work together as team JNPR(pronounced Juniper). Led by... Jaune Arc!" Jaune falls over his feet even though he was standing still. "H-huh... me?!" Oz grins at him and nods. "Congratulations young man."

Pyrrha, in good faith, tries to cheer on June by giving him a shoulder bump as they are walking across the stage. Unfortunately the new leader was knocked on his ass in front of the whole school. I'm definitely bringing it up later.

"And finally Blake Belladonna," Blake, in all her glory, blankly stares out into the crowd when she was on the stage. She's never liked too much attention on her all at once, so it wouldn't be a shock if she was praying to the gods that this goes on faster. Her amber eyes are blank as she is receiving attention from hundreds of people at the same time. He wavy black hair blending into her buttoned vest. The part of the vest that goes over the vest is white with black V's along the inside edges. Her knee length black boots that go over her white pants gives her outfit a weird, but nice, appeal. And to top it off, her black bow is fluttering in the wind while hiding her cat ears to the world. 'Tch, she doesn't have to hide her ears. I get her point, and I respect it, but she'd look much cuter with them out. Besides, that bow can't be comfortable.'

"Ruby Rose," The ball of sunshine is giving the crowd a blinding smile with her head tilted, and her silver eyes closed. Her red cape is fluttering in the breeze made by the AC, though it's ripped and jagged right now. Maybe it got cut during a fight? Other than that, her outfit can be described as Gothic. however, be it the black dress/skirt that has thin red outlines, the white rose on her belt, or the black combat boots with red laces. It all makes her look cute, despite the reason she might have worn them for.

"Weiss Schnee," Right now she has a fulfilled smile on her face. As if she just proved something to someone important to her. Her pale blue eyes are slightly lidded, though, give away her tiredness. I'm surprised more of the kids aren't tired though, they did just fight in a forest that's filled with Grimm for a few hours after all. Her white hair is put up into a ponytail that's slightly off center, though it looks good instead of out of place. It rests on her white dress that fades to pale-blue along the edges. A piece of black cloth, stitched to look like snowflakes, rests on the middle of her chest and connects to the breast part of her dress, with a silver necklace sitting above it. Her skirt also has snowflakes stitched into it. Maybe that should be her nickname instead of princess, I'll try it out next time. And finally, the scar that runs down her left eye. Wonder how that happened, I didn't notice it before but it's not new... I'll keep my nose out of that. I may be an ass, but I'm not that insensitive. Most of the time.

"Yang Xiao Long," Yang's fine. I don't see any damage so I didn't fail my task. I very much protected her during the initiation by wishing her the best of luck. I'm such a hard worker, I deserve a raise. I'll have to ask where she got her jacket from. The tan looks nice on the eyes, and it wouldn't cover my midriff allowing the breeze to tickle my skin. I can already imagine it. Maybe I should just cut some of my clothes? Nah, wouldn't look as nice. She has a yellow crop top under the jacket, though, with a black flame design on it. Man, that's pretty hot... I gotta simmer down with these puns. I'll stop. Her belt also holds two pieces of what I assume to be leather with a sunny looking flame design on the front side of it. The compression shorts are nice on her, wouldn't wear it myself though. Then the matching orange knee socks, and the orange scarf. I just love matching colors. Like starting with grey, having a color in between, and then grey again. Maybe I should go into the clothing industry... as a side hobby.

"The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. Starting today, you will work together on team RWBY(pronounced ruby). Your leader shall be... Ruby Rose!"

"Oh no, the little snowflake is upset. Such a shame, she didn't get what she wanted for the first time. HAhahaa-" I cackle, unaware that the people on the stage could hear me.

"Ah, before you are all dismissed we have a special case this year. Slate, may you come here?"

I look up and see that my hiding spot next to the stage was found, everyone was staring at me like I was insane. Pft, like I could be insane. But seriously, they need to stop staring. It's creepy and this many eyes on me at once is unnerving. "What, have ya'll never laughed before. Keep staring I dare ya." Oz just rolls his eyes as I pull myself up on the stage.

"The deal me and Ms. Slate made, which she won, has allowed her to choose the team she is on." He lowers the microphone and looks at me, "Now please choose your team so I can go rest and drink my coco." So that's what's in his never-ending mug. I squint my eyes at all the groups, and make it look like I'm still deciding. Team CRDL is shaking their heads no, making me want to pick them just in spite. But alas, I have a person to protect. "I'm gonna join team RWBY. Be proud girls, you now have the amazing me on your team!" Oh the adventures we'll have!