Chapter 13: Chapter 13: First Day of class
A loud ringing noise assaulted the room as Alan groaned motioning at his hand to switch the alarm off but couldn't find it all as he opened one eye to find Tom sitting at the side of his bed holding the alarm out of his reach. "I knew you'd try putting it on snooze so I moved the alarm and forced you to wake up" he said placing it down as Alan sat up groaning "I know I said bright and early but this is ridiculous I want more sleep" "Man stop your whinging some of us have had even less sleep than you" Mitch said staring down at the school uniform they were expected to wear "They want us to wear this?" he said holding it up.
The boys had a black coloured suit lined with gold, a blue vest and white shirt with a red tie while the females wore black leg stockings, a red plaid skirt and a brown jacket with a tan vest and white shirt. Ania's skirt was high above her knees and tight fitting to her body while the front of her shirt was unbuttoned slightly showing off part of her cleavage. "I haven't worn something this fancy like ever" Mitch said stretching in the outfit before finally throwing his leather jacket on "Ahh there much better". Finally when Alan had finished dressing they walked out of the room together and went down the hall before entering into their classroom where already most of the students had gathered everyone clustered together in their friendship groups.
"So where are we sitting?" Alan said looking around the room as Mitch pointed to the far right hand corner "Up there" "But that's away from people" "Exactly" was all he said walking off as Ania shrugged her shoulders and followed. "Fine guess I'll talk to others during our break" Alan said pouting as he followed and sat down staring around the giant classroom, it was a set up so all the seats circled around the front of the classroom where the teacher was already setting everything up.
The man was a tall and stocky yet portly elderly man with grey hair and a thick grey moustache. He wore a burgundy suit with gold trimming and gold buttons running down the collar and by the wrists. Coughing he glanced around the room "Well it seems everyone is here so perhaps we will start", just then the door burst open as Ruby and her team stood breathing heavily "Sorry we're late" she said as they quickly raced down finding their seat only for Jaune and his team to burst in as well awkwardly looking around as everyone in the room stared at them. "Ehe sorry we're late also" Jaune said nervously laughing as they all quickly found a seat and sat down.
"Ehem now with everyone here perhaps we can start my name is Professor Peter Port and I shall be teaching you about the purpose of being a huntsman and huntress. Now firstly the city of Vale and the 3 other kingdoms have been established so that they can provide people a safe haven from the Grimm, obviously through your initiation you've tangled with the Grimm and know how deadly and dangerous they are so people without proper training are at the mercy of these creatures. That is why these cities were established so that people could be provided with a safe place to stay and live away from the threat of the Grimm as high level hunters keep the cities safe at all times."
"Now the purpose of you becoming hunters is to uphold the peace of this world by combating everything evil that should threaten it, while this mostly will be the Grimm any instance of humans doing evil deeds should be taken care of dealt with by yourself when the situation is to dire for the police or anyone else to handle, we generally do specialise in the supernatural cases though"
Mitch yawned as he kicked his feet up onto the table "Man I'm falling asleep already I should get this guy to give me an audio of his speeches so I can sleep better at night" "I'd pay attention if I were you" Alan whispered across as he was busy writing down notes along with Tom and Ania as Mitch scoffed "It's fine I'll memorize this stuff, besides I don't have a notepad or anything to write stuff down on". Alan slid across a notebook with a pen "Here I just happen to have a spare" he said grinning "Screw you..." Mitch grumbled picking up his pen as he resumed listening to the teacher who seemed to have diverted slightly off topic.
"First though I'd like to tell you of a story about a very handsome young man... me, when I was a boy" "Man how does this have anything to do with learning about how to be huntsmen" Mitch grumbled as Alan shushed him to be quiet and keep listening. "Despite smelling of cabbages my father was a wise man he said to me Peter" "Seriously does he want us to write down his father smelled of cabbage?" Mitch said again "Can't you see this is valuable information from a professional huntsman so listen up" Tom now said as Mitch rolled his eyes "Yeah a real gem of insight this is".
"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" he then bowed and resumed his speech. "This is some quality information I can put to good use" Tom thought to himself frantically writing down all the information Professor Peter was saying.
"The moral of the story a true huntsman must be honourable, a true huntsman must be dependable, a true huntsman must be strategic, well educated and wise. So who among you believes them to be the embodiment of these traits" "I do sir!" Weiss yelled throwing her hand up as everyone in the room stared down at her as the Professor simply chuckled "Well then let's find out, step forward and face your opponent" his hand pointed towards a metallic cage where loud grunting noises could be heard and blood red eyes glared out of the darkness.
So now Weiss stood at the front of the class room dressed in her white dress battle gear armed with a long lender rapier that had a strange circular guard housing what looked like a shard of dust as she assumed a defensive stance staring at the cage which shook and rattled as the growling became much more louder.
Professor Port holding a giant battleaxe hacked off the lock on the hatch as the giant boar sprung out glaring at Weiss with those blood red eyes, it's fur was pitch black with chunks of white randomly scattered in different patches while a white mask covered it's face with a red marking in between it's four orange dots for eyes. Lower down its mouth was bared open in a snarl while two wickedly curved tusks pointed back towards its head.
"She's fighting a Boarbatusk they're incredibly tough and vicious one attack from their tusks can be fatal" Tom said sitting back intrigued to watch Weiss battle style and analyse how different people fought.
As Weiss leapt at the creature attempting to attack her blows were deflected while Professor Port stood on the side making idle comments while Ruby was busy yelling encouraging words to her friend. For a split second Weiss looked across at her partner causing her weapon to go flying across the room as the Boarbatusk sent her flying onto the ground.
"Ho ho what are you going to do now?" the Professor said as the Grimm charged towards Weiss who rolled out of the way and grabbed her rapier turning back to face the creature. "I'd go for the belly it's the least armoured spot" Alan said to Tom who nodded his head in agreement while Ruby loudly yelled out what the two were thinking "Go for the belly Weiss it isn't covered in armour" "STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!" she yelled towards Ruby who slunk back.
The Boarbatusk rolled forward spinning at a rapid speed before launching itself straight at Weiss who formed a blue glyph symbol as the Grimm slammed into it and toppled onto it's back as a black glyph launched Weiss forward her rapier piercing through the creatures belly as it stopped moving.
"Bravo, bravo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress" the Professor said as Tom sat back in his head intrigued by Weiss battle style and her use of Glyphs to not only act as shields but to propel herself onto the offensive. "Interesting strategy and fighting style she has" Alan leaned across as the two of them began discussing her attacking ability in great detail.
"Unfortunately that's all we have time for today, be sure to cover the assigned readings and stay vigilant class dismissed" the Professor dismissed everyone as Mitch leapt up stretching his arms "Phew I thought that would never end so what class is next?" he asked Tom who pulled out the time table it seems we have a short break until the next class "Sweet I'm off then". Before Alan could call out perhaps they should hang out together to try and build some sort of team bonding Mitch had already leapt over the podium and darted off.
"Guess that leaves us three huh Ania" he said spinning around to see she had already walked off as he sighed "Fine looks like it's you and me" turning back he noticed Tom had already walked off as well "Woo go team…."
With a bit of time to spare before his neck class Tom decided to head back to the dorm and catch up on the required reading. Turning around the corner he spotted Weiss having a chat with Professor and judging by her facial expression she was perhaps getting a lecture as her eyes were set down to the floor.
"Huh wonder what the Professor is saying to her I would've thought she'd be praised given how well she handled that Grimm not to mention how crisp and clean her fighting techniques are" he said as they both walked off and Weiss came storming past him. "Hey Weiss" he called out as she turned and glared at him "What!" she snapped as Tom seemed oblivious to how annoyed she seemed "I just wanted to say you handled that Grimm rather well and I think your fighting technique is very professional".
Upon hearing that praise she seemed to lighten up a bit as she smiled "Umm well thanks I appreciate the compliment you'd be the first to say that I did well" "What was the Professor talking to you about?" "He said I was some spoilt child chucking a temper tantrum because I wasn't leader and Ruby who was incompetent in my eyes was". "I can see how it'd be frustrating being one of the best and yet not being the leader I see myself as the better hunter in my group and yet Alan was given leadership but it doesn't bother me because he still consults with me for options' so I still have some input".
After hearing Tom's talk Weiss seemed to muse over his words for a few moments before turning to leave "I can tell where you're coming from thanks ermm Tom wasn't it?" "Yes that's correct" "Well I'll see you around then Tom" as she turned to leave Tom stood there for a moment longer as Alan's voice chimed in his head "Well done my young student you've made another friend". "Yay I have another friend my friend list is slowly growing and becoming bigger!" Tom said pumping his fist into the air before walking off to do some studying before the next class.
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