Chapter 4: Initiation (3)

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Volume 1 - Chapter 4: Initiation (3)

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The first ray of sunlight can be seen entering the ballroom. Some morning students woke up first while the rest are still sleeping peacefully.

Sora is in the first batches of student that woke up first. He woke up because of the weight on his body. Sora was drowsy at first, but got better as time passed. He didn't move from his bed and searched for the culprit.

He blinked his eyes in disbelief as he saw the cause of his problem. He saw Tifa besides him as she pulled him into hug while asleep. Sora didn't know what to do, so his body froze for the next few minutes.

As he became less drowsy, he pulled himself out of her ironclad grip as he changed position with his pillow. He stood up from his bed and looked at the still sleeping Tifa.

"...Cute..." was all Sora could say about during this small interlude in the morning. He left toward the bathroom for a quick shower before coming back. He decided to wake Tifa up after coming back.

What Sora didn't know as he left for the bathroom was that Tifa's ears went completely red.

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"I wonder if Tifa is already up," said Sora as he left the bathroom and made his way toward his bed. As he came near the location, he couldn't find Tifa on her bed. He thought little about it and cleaned his bed while waiting for Tifa's return.

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He cleaned everything in five minutes and Tifa was still not here. Sora didn't know what to do to kill more time. He thought about it and took his scroll from his pocket and opened the web search.

While he crossed to this world about a month ago, he didn't have any contact with any Grimms yet. He mostly stayed inside Vale and made his research in the library, mostly. If he guessed right, the initiation would be the same as the cannon RWBY.

It means getting ejected from the cliffs to Emerald Forest, team up with my partner after an eye contact and searching for the relics. He wanted to know if the Grimms were like the show of his past life.

As he searched, he found an interesting app developed by the official HUNTSMAN guild. It's called 'HUNTSMANS', it's an app with an encyclopedia filled with a good deal of knowledge about the current know Grimms to this day. He found the Huntsman guild classifies Grimms by ranks depending on their strength and lifespans.

It classified them as Normal-Grimms→ Elite-Grimms→ Commander-Grimms→ Lord-Grimms→ King-Grimms → Emperor-Grimms → ???. The app also warns of a possible Grimms stronger than an Emperor ranked Grimms back in the days but didn't appear in the current era.

He also discovered inside the app a mission tab where huntsman can choose a mission according to their rank assigned by the guild. Normally the formal way to register a rank from the guild, a huntsman or huntresses need to show their diploma or getting sign up by the school during their last years.

Of course, there is more than one way to get registered by the guild, such a recommendation from a high ranked Huntsman, by someone with a lot of political power, money, etc. Of course, those people would have to start as a F-rank.

Every newcomer from school also starts as a F-Huntsmans, or higher in certain cases by the school review.

Huntsmans or Huntresses are ranked more simply by the guild. It classified them as F → E → D → C → B → A → S.

The missions/bounties issued by the guild are based on the huntsman ranks, but every veterans know that rank are never absolute as everything can happen during a mission.

While Sora was looking through the app for more information, Tifa arrived at their area, all dressed up. She came near Sora and called him out, trying to get his attention. He spared a glance at Tifa as she interrupted his reading.

Tifa puts her hands on the sides of her waist with a raised eyebrow as she returned the look. Sora sighed as he put his scroll back and followed Tifa for breakfast. As the duo walked toward the cafeteria, Sora heard his system notification. He opened the panel mentally and looked at it.

[Congratulations to the host, increase the degree of performance by 5% for gaining more knowledge.]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving an increase in physique]

[Host: Sora Light]

[Title]: Huntsman-in-Training

[Character]: Albedo

[Current progress]: 33→ 38%

[Hint: Talents at 40% progress]

(When it reaches 100%, the host can draw the next character card.)

[Strength]: 15→ 15 (average of 10 for the average Huntsman)

[Speed]: 14→ 16 (average of 10 for the average Huntsman)

[Endurance]: 20→ 25 (average of 10 for the average Huntsman)

[Aura]: 20→ 25 (average of 10 for the average Huntsman)

[Semblance]: Alchemist - Geo

[Skills]: Sketching, Alchemist, Favonius Bladework - Weiss Lv. 3, Abiogenesis: Solar Isotoma Lv. 3, Rite of Progeniture: Tectonic Tide Lv. 3, The Art of Khemia (Alchemist technique)

[Talents]: Flash of Genius, Calcite Might, Albedo's Alchemist knowledge and memories

[Weapons]: Cinnabar Spindle

Sora quirked a small smile at his progress. It might not be fast, but it is certainly steady. He has enough time to get his character card at 100% before canon start.

He closed the panel and followed behind a cheerful Tifa as she hummed happily. He couldn't help but think that it would be nice to be her partner. They arrived at the cafeteria and took an enjoyable meal.

They wasted little time as they heard Glynda Goodwitch announcement over an intercom that all first-year students were to report to Beacon Cliff for their initiation.

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Sora saw a lot of students at the cliff. He saw Tifa at his side and he looked around to see his 'future' classmate. As he looked around, he saw two familiar looking people in front of him. His mouth opened like an 'O' shape in disbelief.

'Impossible' was Sora's first thought as he looked at those two girls in front of him. They looked exactly like character from his past life. As Sora continued to analyze his finding, he heard Glynda Goodwitch starting her speech.

She informs the students that they will be given teammates today, and Ozpin announces that these partnerships will last for the four-year duration of their studies at Beacon, stressing the importance of having a partner that they can work well with.

He states that the partners will be decided by the first person a student makes eye contact with after they land in the Emerald Forest.

"Grimms will be present during the initiation so remember student, do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path or you will die."

"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of the initiation, but our instructor will not intervene."

"Your objective is to seek a "relic", one per pair of partners, in a temple on the other end of the forest and return to the cliff with it in their possession."

"Are there any questions before the start of the initiation?" said Ozpin as he took a sip of his coffee and looked at everyone.

Everyone took at a glance at each other and said nothing as they looked back.

"Perfect, I expect that everyone has a landing strategies." added Ozpin as the quick-witted student looked at their feet in a hurry. They got flustered by this sudden revelation and quickly looked at Ozpin for confirmation. Ozpin simply smirked at them.

"W-w-wait, what do you mean by landing... OWAH? " asked random student 1 as he flew toward the Emerald Forest at a high speed.

"...."

Some student looked paled instantly as more student flew toward the forest by the time. Sora took a peek at Tifa and saw her excited state... Tifa took notice of his peek and smiled back at him as she flew.

"LET'S FIND EACH OTHER SOON SORA!" exclaimed Tifa, as she disappeared from his view. As expected of Beacon Academy, they do nothing according to common sense. Sora suddenly felt his own platform trembling. He took a breath and prepared himself mentally.

Sora naturally flew toward the forest at high speed, followed by the next student gradually as everyone left the cliff.

Ozpin looked at this development normally as he took another sip of his coffee.

"I love my job." said Ozpin as he looked at Glynda near him who gave him a glare.

"I don't doubt it, Ozpin." responded Glynda as she took a peek toward the forest nervously. He noticed her nervous state and made a quick conclusion of the cause.

"It is about your little sister, Glynda?"

"..."

"Don't worry, she will be fine with her skill."

"I know, but I can't help but get nervous about it." sighed Glynda as she gave him a helpless look.

"..."

"They have to be prepared before the approaching wars..." said Ozpin grimly as he looked at the Emerald forest depressingly. They took a minute of silence before leaving toward the monitoring room.

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