Chapter 7: Beacon Initiation
The days quickly passed after the Beacon entrance tests. Neo was still teasing Blake about the kiss. Every single time, Blake would further bury her face into the nearest object. A couch, a pillow, a table, her book, Neo's chest in one instance.
The last one made the teasing even worse. Though in Blake's head it was the softest thing she had faceplanted during the teasing. Neopolitan would even join in with her counterpart's teasing. Occasionally blowing kisses and laughing at Blake's amusing expressions with Neo.
For reasons unknown to Neo though, Neopolitan started to get competitive when it came to when she saw Neo training. She would try to be faster in running laps around Vale, stronger in their unarmed spars and do more tricks in the home-made obstacle course Neo had set up in the hideout.
They were both improving through the competition, though.
The day of the Beacon Initiation had finally arrived. Neo and Blake were on a Bullhead to Beacon from the local landing pads in Vale. Neo decided to store Rivers of Blood in her inventory since its lack of a sheath and ominous appearance unsettled people in the weapon test they took a couple days earlier. As soon as they got off the Bullhead, they were greeted by the sight of a very large Castle-esque building that stood atop Vale as the tallest building.
"Wow.. It doesn't do it justice to see it in the distance or on a screen with.. a low budget quality. Like it belongs in a fairy tale" Neo commented as she walked with Blake.
"It really is. Fitting that it belongs to an Ancient Wizard" Blake pictured Ozpin with a Wizard hat, robes and a flowing cape.
"Yeah don't mention everything I told you okay? The Wizard of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West thing should stay between us" Neo warned her.
"I understand. It's cool though, you're saying a lot of us are inspired from fairy tale stories? Wait.. am I?" Blake seemed to be excited at the possibility.
"Ah.. er.. Beauty and the Beast.. You're 'Belle', essentially. Belledonna.. Belle.. The last name is a reference to it" Neo explained to her. She went over a few of her world's fairy tales in the two weeks they spent together. Mostly due to the fact that Blake was curious about another universe's literature.
"Oh... that girl who ends up marrying the Beast?" Blake hummed as she tried to correlate her life with the story.
"Yup. Though only one part of that story actually relates to you"
"What part? I don't think I have any 'Prince Charming'. Not that I need one.." Blake shook her head at the notion of some handome guy coming to whisk her away.
"I may not be a Prince but I am 'charming' right? Elixr did wonders. But what I meant was, the only thing that's similar to you and Belle is that you're 'Beauty' heh" Neo even threw in a wink.
"Sweet talker.. Thank you but don't think I forgot the metric ton of teasing you did to me these past few days" Blake reminded her with a huff.
Neo was about to reply when she heard an explosion nearby. Looking over, she saw two girls on the ground. Both recovering from what looked like a dust explosion. Donning a familiar smirk, she walked over to them both, followed by an interested Blake. Until Blake saw one of the girls who had been caught in the explosion.
Seeing a vial of fire dust roll over to them, Neo picks it up. Rolling it between her fingers, they hear the white haired and slender girl yelling at a red hooded girl in a black dress with short black hair with red at the tips.
"Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" She scolded the other girl with a bratty stomp, which made Neo laugh.
"I'm really REALLY sorry!" The younger girl was looking everywhere but the white girl's eyes as she nervously pressed her index fingers together.
"Ugh.. you complete DOLT!" The bratty white haired girl kept up her chastising.
"What are you even doing here? Aren't you a little too YOUNG to be attending Beacon?" She was hunched over now, continuing to pressure the other girl.
"We-Well.. I" She looked away and studdered, trying to find the right words.
"Hey, you, Schnee" The white haired girl stopped and looked over at the approaching two figures of Neo and Blake.
"You dropped this fire dust you were carelessly waving in someone's face.. I mean what WERE you thinking? Carrying and wafting a loose and UNSTABLE elemental compound in someone's face? Isn't that weird? Aren't you the daughter of the super rich dust company CEO? How don't you know how to safely handle dust?" Neo then started to chastise her as she looked up at her with a smirk.
"I.. Of course I do. I was just-" Blake interrupted her now.
"Yes, Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. One of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world" Blake clarified for the other girl.
"Finally! Some recognition!" Weiss turned to the other girl with a smug grin.
"The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners.." Blake finished, earning her a low-five from Neo, who laughed as she watched Weiss' face contort in outrage.
"Wh- How dare-" Weiss was cut off once more by the other girl's laughter as she joined Neo.
Weiss just huffed and took the vial from Neo's hand, storming off and leaving the three behind.
"Uh! I promise I'll make this up to you!" The red hooded girl shouted to Weiss.
"You're too nice, Red Hood. It was kinda her fault she exploded. Luckily it was a small amount or she'd have been in a crater doing the Yamcha pose" Neo patted her back and assured her.
"A.. wha..? Well thanks! OH MY GOD YOU'RE SO SMALL! Smaller than me! Oooooh! Sorry! I never really see anyone smaller than me around my age.." She coughed and looked away from the heterochomatic girl.
"Ah it's all good. I'm big in ways that matter!" Neo winked as Blake coughed.
"N..Neo she's probably younger than us.." Blake whispered aloud.
"You mean like in spirit or something?" Ruby tilted her head.
"Oh you are precious.. Wanna come with us? I'm Neo Jasmine. Either name works for me. This is Blake Bellaboo-" Blake interjected with a flick to her head. "Belladonna. Nice to meet you, Lil' Red Riding Hood"
"Red what? I'm Ruby. Ruby Rose! Hehe.. soooo.. I got this thing" Ruby then took out a giant red Scythe-Sniper rifle and showed it to them.
"Damn that's cool.." Neo praised the design with a nod and Blake's eyes widened at the sheer size.
"Neo.. Is she Edg-" Blake started to ask but Neo stopped her with a hand on her shoulder.
"No. Her personality conflicts with her appearance so in the end you get.. Well.. Ruby here" Neo gestured to the happy Ruby, who was explaining the intricacies of her weapon, Crescent Rose.
"-and I use its recoil for maneuverability! Cool, right?" She finished and looked to the two of them with a hopeful expression.
"It's one of the coolest weapons I've ever seen, honestly" Neo gave her a thumbs up and Blake simply nodded in affirmation.
"So what do you got?" Ruby looked eager as she looked at the two.
~I just stole the second target's weapon and bought 'Advanced Spearmanship' and 'Advanced Scythe arts' with the shop points.. Friggin' cost me six-thousand points though. Only have about four-thousand left~ Neo thought and took out a Halberd-Scythe-Shot gun with a Pink, White and Brown color scheme.
"I got this. I call it 'Playboy Plunder', though I do have another weapon. It has no sheath and scares the crap out of most normal people" Neo commented and shifted through Playboy Plunder's forms before strapping it to her back.
"Ohhh so cool!! You gotta show me it sometime! And what about you, Blake?" Ruby looked over to Blake, who sighed and showed her weapon, Gambol Shroud.
Blake showed Ruby all of its forms as they walked into Beacon's building. They walked into the big hall and Ruby heard Yang yell over to her.
"Ruby! Over here! I saved you a nice spot!" Yang yelled over with an energetic wave.
"Oh! Hey, I gotta go! I'll see you guys after the ceremony!" Ruby ran over to the long haired Blonde.
"See ya then!" Neo waved once and looked around.
"What is it?" Blake asked as she watched Ruby go.
"Oh just wondering if there's ANY other nice, quirky girls to talk to" She stopped as soon as she saw a red head stare at her with her hand on her hip, who then quickly looked away as soon as their eyes met.
"Hehe.. cute" Neo pulled a confused Blake into the crowd of Huntsman-to-be.
"What? Are you flirting with cute girls already? Oh to be inadequate.." Blake tried to tease Neo but as soon as she said that, Neo smiled almost ear to ear.
"Wait, no I'm kidding.." Blake backpedaled and started to panic.
"Blake.. I didn't know I wasn't showing you enough love!" Neo got on one knee and grabbed Blake's hand with both of hers, kissing the top of it with a faux regretful expression.
"How can I ever make it up to you, Blake? Do you want me to cuddle with you once more in bed like I did when there was a nasty thunderstorm? Or did you want me to wake you up every day with a chaste kiss on your maiden lips? Ask and you shall receive, my kitty.." Neo's kisses trailed up her hand as Blake's face became as red as a steaming lobster.
"Ho..How do you have no shame!? Quit it! We're in public for God sakes.." Blake pulled her hand away and covered her face.
"Oh if it's private, it's okay? I get it now.." Neo nodded to herself as some of the people around them look at the two in amusement, shock or indifference.
"You're evil.." Blake sighed.
"Do not test the master, Blake.." Neo folded her arms as she watched Weiss confront Ruby with Yang. She was showing her a form and being sarcastic at the notion of being her friend.
"-and we can talk about cute boys like...." She looked around the room and failed to see anyone to compare to.
"-Or cute girls like that tiny girl over there!" She pointed at Neo sarcastically.
"Is she saying I'm cute? Or is that sarcasm too? HEY, Ice Queen! You need to work on your flirting skills more!" Neo yelled to Weiss, who scoffed.
Yang saw Neo and narrowed her eyes. She was about to make her way over to her but Ozpin took the mic and started his speech. Then Goodwitch told them about their sleeping arrangements.
"Well he's right about one thing. Knowledge alone won't free you of it. You have to show a certain amount of will and determination to find your purpose" Neo said as she and Blake walked near Yang, Ruby and Weiss.
Soon enough, it became night. Everyone had sleeping bags set up and were either roaming the hall or talking quietly amongst themselves in their sleeping bags. Blake was quietly reading by candle light in a Mistralian kimono. As she was reading and waiting for Neo, Yang was approaching, dragging Ruby behind her.
"Helloooo! I believe you two know each other?" Yang playfully greeted her as she forced Ruby over.
"Yeah, my friend and I met her earlier as she.. uh exploded" Blake looked up from her book.
"So! Where IS your friend anyway? I need to talk with her" Yang said with her smile becoming a bit more serious.
"She's-" Blake caught sight of someone behind them and dropped her book.
"Right behind you. What's up?" Ruby and Yang turned around, both of their eyes widening as they took in the sight of Neo in her one piece black undergarment that showed off her thick but smooth looking legs and her ample cleavage that peeked through the clothing.
"Holy.. crap!" Yang picked up her jaw and had the urge to cover Ruby's innocent eyes.
"Ohh that's what you meant when you said 'I'm big in ways that matter'.." Ruby looked at her own chest and sighed in defeat.
"It's shape that matters, Ruby. Not volume" Neo pat her back.
"Right.. So anyway.. You left that note in Junior's club, right?" Yang interjected.
"Yeah but we can talk about that tomorrow after teams are set up. Okay? Trust me, I'll tell you" Neo assured her and climbed into her bag next to Blake's as Weiss stomped over.
"WHAT is going on over here!? Don't you realize some of us are trying to sleep?" Weiss yelled out in frustration.
"Oh not you again!"/"Oh not you again!" The sisters shouted back at her.
"You guys are yelling.. like, a lot right now. Why don't you kiss and make out and we can all go to bed peacefully?" Neo sighed.
"It's 'make-up', Neo" Blake sighed and grumbled as she watched Yang stare at her friend's butt as she crawled into the bag.
"I know what I said.." Neo rested her head and yawned.
Yang, Ruby and Weiss then continued their argument but seeing as her friend was about to go to sleep, Blake pulled her candles over and abruptly blew them out.
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