Chapter 3 is here folks! Enjoy ^_^

TRAINING WEEK - DAY 1

6:00 A.M.

Early morning the next day, the sun rose as the trainees of the 105th did. They all got dressed in their uniforms and proceeded to line up as to how they were usually instructed. Some tried to ward of sleep or prevented themselves from yawning so that it looked like they were paying attention. This time, instead of having Shadis yell at their faces, they were met with the calm demeanor of Lieutenant Ozpin, "Good morning, everyone."

"Good morning, Lieutenant Ozpin!" All the trainees said in unison, whilst saluting.

"Thank you all for taking this step forward into your new training. Now as I mentioned, you will all be divided into various groups so that each of you will be given an equal amount of training time. But before we do that, let me teach you an important concept before we begin learning how to control Dust. Each and everyone of you has an innate ability called an Aura. I've only noticed this recently while watching you guys practice in your sparring with each other. You can't quite see it, but it's there. Thus, I've come to the conclusion that your Aura is a manifestation of your souls."

"Manifestation of our souls? But how is that possible, Lieutenant Ozpin?" asked Jaune

"I'm glad you asked, young man. I believe that, ever since Dust was introduced, an energy shift has caused a change within your individual selves. I noticed some people have little to no Aura, but when I look upon each of you, you all have impressive amounts of Aura."

"How can you tell how much Aura we have though?" questioned Weiss

Ozpin smiled. "Just a gut feeling. Nevertheless, I have a theory: with proper control of your Aura, it may be enough to protect you from a Titan's attack. Moreover, if you can channel your Aura through an outside object, you may be able to channel it through Dust. Hence, you'll have proper control of Dust as it was the original intent for this training."

Some of the trainees were in awe that they could be able to learn how to control Dust with an innate ability they never knew they had all this time. They could possibly become the first few people to have ever mastered Dust within such a short amount of time.

"Anyways," Ozpin continued, "The reason why I'm asking you of this is because there is a new threat on the rise. A threat that could possibly be even more dangerous than the Titans pose themselves - the Grimm..."

"Grimm?" the trainees whispered amongst themselves

Ozpin's tone started to become more serious, "Yes, Creatures of Grimm to be more exact. During the Survey Corps expeditions after the fall of Wall Maria, these creatures suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I can't guarantee you if all my details are correct, but these creatures were… rather dark, both in their nature and appearance. I don't know why, but I could see the look in their eyes from afar the malicious intent they had. It's quite possible they want to get rid of Humanity more than the Titans do themselves. Even so, I knew somehow from deep within that they could not be killed as easily as to how a Titan would. When Dust was introduced, the Survey Corps took some with them on one of their journeys. It was a risky move, as no one had any experience with the newfound resource. But then we were attacked by the dark creatures. We attempted using our paring blades on them, with little to no avail. With no other options, we ended up throwing what little Dust we had at them, and… something remarkable happened. One of the creatures that got hit with the resulting Dust's explosion somehow got just… died immediately. I asked my unit to retreat in order to get this information to Commander Erwin as soon as I could. And now I stand before you all, in hopes that you will be able to combat the Grimm with the training I will give you."

Awestruck, Ruby then said, "Wow, what an incredible story. But, Lieutenant, what else is there to know about these… Grimm?"

"Well, my dear, that is why I have brought Captain Port and Captain Oobleck along. They managed to do some research on the Grimm species we've encountered so far. Speaking of which, as I said many times already, you'll be assigned to groups that'll be taught under our wing. We'll alternate groups around every three hours, so you'll be able to get an experience on what each of us is like. So without further ado, let us divide you into your groups now."

The trainees gulped at who they were gonna be with.

"First off, with Captain Ironwood: Coco Adel, Jaune Arc, Cinder Fall, Penny Polendina, Ruby Rose, Cardin Winchester, and Sun Wukong."

The group of trainees stepped up to join their new teacher. Ruby was pretty nervous that she was going to be training with a strict-looking leader, but then an orange-haired girl with a pink bow greeted her. "Salutations! I'm Penny!"

"Ruby." the dark-red haired girl replied, smiling to at least relieve some of her discomfort.

"Are you nervous?" Penny asked.

"A little." Ruby answered

"Don't worry, I'm sure Mr. Ironwood is a nice man." Penny reassured her

Meanwhile, Coco had a little smirk on her face, "No matter what they be, Titan or Grimm, anyone who gets in my way will be crushed!" The brown haired girl with the sunglasses and beret thought to herself

Sun then greeted his fellow blonde, "Hey, uh, Jaune right?"

"Yeah?"

"I think we're gonna be cool with each other." The blonde monkey-Faunus smiled.

"Not as cool as you though..." Jaune said, disheartened

"Aww, c'mon, don't be like that! Things are gonna look up for us soon!"

"Ugh, I had to get lumped in with this loser and the bozo..." Cardin said to himself, showing disdain toward the two blondes

The mysterious black-haired girl didn't say anything, but was kind of glaring evilly with a grin, as if she was plotting something, but no one suspected her…

She did, however, give a wink to two of the trainees in the crowd, a turquoise-haired girl and a dark-gray haired boy...

Ozpin then said, "Captain Ironwood will teach you all basic Aura control and how to apply it to self-defense."

"It is an honor to be able to train new capable recruits." Ironwood spoke eloquently.

"Next up, with Captain Goodwitch: Fox Alistair, Scarlet Antares, Melanie Malachite, Pyrrha Nikos, Weiss Schnee, Emerald Sustrai, and Russel Thrush." The trainees called forth proceeded to join Glynda. Ozpin then continued, "She'll also be helping you out in applying your Aura to self-defense as well as other techniques."

"Just to let you know, I expect a lot of hard work and dedication to come from you all." Glynda said.

Hmmmm, not too shabby, seems like an interesting bunch. Scarlet thought to himself

This is perfect! Everyone here at least seems capable of holding their own here. Especially Pyrrha! If we team up, we'll be an unstoppable bunch! Weiss thought as she grinned and held her fist up victoriously.

Ozpin continued, "With Captain Port: Blake Belladonna, Dove Bronzewing, Sage Katonda, Miltia Malachite, Velvet Scarlatina, Adam Taurus, and Nora Valkyrie. He'll teach you about the different Grimm encountered so far and their behaviors, and at times, he may tell some of his… grand stories of his adventures with them, but I can assure you, they're all true."

"Indeed, they are!" The elderly mustached-man exclaimed, "Nice to meet you all! I'm sure we'll get along fine."

Meanwhile, in the crowd, Blake noticed the red-haired man with horns, He looks like he's fighting for the same cause as I am, but there's something off about him… Better just keep a low-profile for now...

The bubbly Nora was a little disappointed, Aw man, I was hoping me and Ren would be together in a group… well, not really together-together, but you know what I mean. But no matter, I'll blow all the Titans away! And the Grimm! And then, I'll take my rightful place as Queen of the Castle!

"Last but not least, with Captain Oobleck: Mercury Black, Yatsuhashi Daichi, Sky Lark, Neo Politan, Lie Ren, Neptune Vasilias, and Yang Xiao Long. He'll also be helping out with your Grimm studies, but will teach you effective strategies on how to be able to counter both Grimm and Titans."

"Ah, yes! Knowledge on the Titans and Grimm will be very important for you all to understand, so you better pay attention!" The green haired man declared in a quick and crazy way

As they walked up to their new instructor, the blue-haired boy approached the blonde girl, "Hey, 'sup, Yang? Uh, guess we're gonna be training together." Neptune said, blushing as he nervously rubbed his hand behind his head.

"Are you trying to hit on me?"

"Uuuhh, nope! No, uh, I'll just mind my own business..."

"Thaaat's right..." Yang smiled slyly

Ozpin then continued, "As for me, I'll be in charge of overseeing each of your progress by alternating between each group. At the end of each day, we'll go over what we learn and apply it to what we need to control Dust. Do not hesitate to ask me or your instructors any questions, we'll gladly answer them for you. Agreed?"

"Agreed." Everyone said in unison

"Excellent, let's get started shall we."

And the groups proceeded with each of their respective instructors.

Elsewhere, somewhere in the shady side within Wall Sina, three men gathered together in an abandoned building for a secret meeting.

"So your subordinate is currently among them?" the black-haired, bearded man said

"Yep, I see little Mel and Mil are in as well, Junior, but I'm sure my Neo will wipe the floor with the rest of those trainees." The orange haired man in the bowler hat said

"Remind me again why we need to send in our best subordinates to join this 'Beacon Corps' or whatever it is?" A burly, masked man asked

"Hey, don't ask me. She was the one who ordered us too."

"Well, where is she anyway?"

"Said something about joining our subordinates to keep an eye on them or whatever, I dunno. She even had her two little rascals join as well."

"Well, Adam better not attract too much attention to him in case things go awry."

"Oh, lighten up, Bane, it can't be that bad having a Faunus join a military group that accepts whoever."

"As long as they stick to plan, right, Torchwick?" Junior asked

"Uh, yeah… seriously what is that woman up to? The nerve of her, geez..."

Unbeknownst to them, a masked figure in red and black was eavesdropping on them, and then quickly fled to avoid getting discovered...

Alright chapter done! So what did you think of the fanmade surnames I came up with for Scarlet and Sage? :D

And the twist I made on Neo's name?

Also, "Bane" is who I'm referring to the White Fang Lieutenant as from now on

Anyways, thank you all for your patience. At one point, I kinda lost a bit of motivation to write this chapter (and moreover scrap the rest of the series), but after convincing myself to get to sharing the ideas I have, I decided to get to writing this again. During this time however, I was thinking of doing another RWBY crossover fic, this time with SAO. Pretty much, the plot takes place in the Alfheim story arc, and Kirito meets Team RWBY, and they join forces to rescue Asuna from the Fairy King. Team RWBY hijinks and hilarity ensue, so you could expect a lot of funny team interactions. Also, during their journey, they go to watch Pyrrha fight Team CRDL, and then Kirito would go to fight her, only to be overwhelmed by her Polarity Semblance.

Anyways, thank you all for waiting, I'll try my best to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. Hopefully I'll be able to start working on my new fic simultaneously with this one as well. Thank you for reading, review and critique, fave and follow, all that jazz, doing any of those is greatly appreciated! See ya next time ^_^