RWBY: The Black Reaper

Chapter 20 - First Day In The School - Part 1

After Mesa's battle, Ozpin gave every team a map of Beacon and a schedule of their classes, then assigned the dorms. Mesa room was 3 rooms away from team RWBY's. Every Team entered their respective room including Mesa. Mesa's room had the same size as the other teams' rooms. Mesa, upon entering his room, checked it for any spying devices. When he made sure nothing suspicious was in the room, he simply went to sleep.

The next day, Mesa woke up at the sound of a whistle. That was Ruby's whistle. He was surprised that the sound was this strong. He actually heard this loud from few rooms away, how strong was her whistle exactly? He felt finding out would be troublesome so he ignored.

Mesa wore the school uniform then looked at himself in the mirror. The uniform was strangely-coloured. Mesa didn't have a great fashion sense, but even by his standard, the colour wasn't appealing to the eye. Mesa thought about the hundreds of the student wearing it happily everyday, he for the first time in his life, doubted himself. At the end, he decided to forget about the uniform

Looking at the time, he had nearly 30 minutes till the first class. So he decided to go to vale to grab something to eat. The next moment, he wasn't in the room. On team RWBY side. The girls were working hard to make their bunk beds.

After 25 minutes, team RWBY could be seen dashing through the hallways running toward their first class room with team JNPR right behind them. On their way they passed Ozpin and Glynda.

Ozpin was wearing his usual green suite and carrying a mug, like his battle with Mesa yesterday didn't happen. In contrast, Glynda had her head and right arm bandaged. She raised her left arm and looked at her watch. Then looked back at team RWBY and JNPR.

She then looked at Ozpin " I still can't believe you allowed him in. Allowing grimms in Beacon is safer than keeping him around " Her tone was filled with anger. She was insulted and injured, and the one who did it is staying near her with no consequences, she even had to teach him in one of her classes. If she had the strength, then she would have broken Mesa's limbs long ago.

Ozpin replied " I know what you are thinking, he is indeed dangerous, but I know he won't do anything as long as no one provoked him. During my fight with him yesterday, I realised that he was stronger than me. In fact, If not for miss Rose interference, he would have killed me. I could clearly feel it, he wanted to kill me."

Glynda said with anger " Did you go crazy? You knew all of that and you still wanted him in?"

Ozpin said with serious tone " I'm more sane than ever. The reason he wanted me dead and even now he still wary of me. Because we tried to check if he was a pawn of Salem. Using the simple clues and reactions, he deduced our thoughts and the reason of our actions, but he mistook us for being the evil side. This is a showcase of how smart and attentive he is toward his surrounding. To have such a young man in our side is our win. Another fact is, he stopped when miss Rose stood in his way. His killing intent disappeared completely at that time. Therefore I believe he is not completely evil, just a misguided young man with trust issues. Thus lying in his face or attempting to trick him will trigger his hostility"

Glynda still disagree " If you reading for him is completely correct, that doesn't make your argument any better, he is not evil and smart but easy to provoke. What if the students provoked him unknowingly? He might harm them on the spot or even worse, he might kill them. Is it worth the threat? "

Ozpin replied " True, but when you take in consideration the queen movements lately. And the attack on the maiden, half of her powers were stolen. We are losing Glynda, and mr Uchiha has the strength to change the tides. He is as strong as maiden or even more. If he were to join us, then our chances to stop the queen's plans will increase significantly"

Glynda said with frown " Can you even guarantee him fighting with us?"

Ozpin said " I can't, but I can guarantee he will go against the queen at some point. Despite what he said about killing and life's value that night, he killed to protect miss Xiaolong. That was the first time he showed a violent behaviour and it reached such a degree. Yesterday, when miss Rose stood in front of him, his bloodthirst disappeared immediately and even agreed to stop fighting. His actions shows that he cares for his adoptive family, he might even disregard his morals for them. The queen seek to destroy everything. So even if he doesn't take our side, he will not sit on the side watching the queen doing what she wants "

Glynda was silent then spoke with determination " I hope you are right Ozpin, but if he tries to harm the other students, then I will fight him to death."

Ozpin stayed silent

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With team RWBY and JNPR, they arrived to the classroom only 20 seconds before the class starting time. They took their seats and waiting for the class start. Ruby who just sat down noticed the absence of Mesa. She spoke to her team " Hey guys, Mesa is not here, do you think he is late in ….." Before she could finish a spiral appeared in the middle of the class. Mesa came out of it and walk calmly toward them. He said " Good morning guys" just as he sat down next to Ruby.

Noticing everyone staring at him, he was confused, this time he didn't do anything special or new, why they were staring at him like that? He just asked " What is wrong?"

"This is not fair! We were nearly late and we had rush like crazy without even eating a breakfast. And you simply just teleported here !! You …."

An old voice interrupted Ruby's " Good morning students, I'm professor Peter Port, I will be the teacher of this class." A fat old man introduced himself. He walked to the front of the student seats then span off in an exaggerated manner and continued speaking " Monsters! Deeeemons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them asprey! Ha-ha! "

The members of RWBY were seated on the front row listening in varying stages of interest; Blake and Yang were sitting up and paying attention, Weiss was taking notes, and Ruby had her head propped in her hand as she took a quick nap until she woke up by Port's bad joke, which receives a cricket-filled silence as a result. As for Mesa, he was pondering about port's muschate [ The f.u.c.k is this, his mustache is too thick that i can't see his mouth, even with my eyes I'm still unable to see the slightest part of his mouth or lips. How does this guy eat and drink exactly. Does he even have a mouth?]

Port continued his speech " Uhhhh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces! And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntresses..." just as he said the word ' Huntresses ' he gave yang a wink, which she groans uncomfortably at. He continued ignoring Yang reaction " ….Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world! "

A student in the back stood up and raised his fist and screamed " Ayyy-yep!". Everyone looked at hun strangely. Seeing everyone staring at him, he just sat down, embarrassed.

Port continued "That is what you are training to become. But first: A story. A tale of a young, handsome man... Me! When I was a boy..."

Just as he started his story, Mesa went to sleep ignoring port completely. Next to him Rwby started focusing on pencilling the paper in front of her.

Port's speech evolves into more of a fairy story as Ruby snickers at her creation and shows it to her teammates: A general ball-with-limbs-and-a-head drawing of the teacher with stink lines coming from him and "Professor Poop" written underneath. Blake and Yang were heard laughing, but Weiss looked annoyed. Mesa was sleeping soundly on the side.

Port let a "Ah-heh-hem!" as he waited to get their attention again "In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero!"

Port continued " The moral of the story? A true huntsman must be honorable! A true huntsman must be dependable! A true huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise!."

Port said at the end " So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

The angry Weiss raised her hand " I do, sir!"

" Well, then, let's find out! " Port said as he gestured the cage near him. A glowing red eyes shined in the shadow contained within the cage.

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