Team RGLA

Not entirely sure where I'm going to go with this chapter. Oh well, lets see where we end up.

"One of the other professors in extremely ill, so I will not be here to take you to the Amaterasu. Instead, Professor Port will be taking you while I take Team's RWBY, JNPR and CRDL to the Crimson forest. Behave, or you will have me punishing you when I and you return." The class seemed split on Glynda's absence, half happy and half disappointed. Rusty personally was pleased, as well was Garnet and Azure. Lapis seemed indifferent as usual.

Port spoke up. "Yes, haha. You youngsters will be coming with me to the Emerald forest. I'm sure we will have a grand time, researching such a great beast, and I'm sure you will be happy to hear some of my stories of being a Hunter." Again, the class was split. There were those at the school, such as Nora who enjoyed the boisterous professor's tales, while others like Lapis or Weiss couldn't stand them, preferring to get along with the lesson.

The teams were split into two groups. Port led one group, who moved along more slowly, while two teams under the supervision of Team CFVY scouted ahead, although those particular second years seemed barely suited to such a thing. The two teams with CFVY were AGLA, and ALVA, while the teams with Port were RGLA, YUNO and GHUL. The main group could easily hear the short bursts of fighting ahead of them, ended quickly by CFVY, although being with Port afforded them no such luxury.

The sounds of fighting ahead drew more grimm to the area, even further back towards the main group, who were now surrounded on all sides by Beowolves, Ursae and Boarbatusks. RGLA, YUNO and GHUL took up positions around Port, preparing to fend off the waves of Grimm coming towards them. The first lot came towards them, a large group of Beowolves. Rusty ducked the first swipe and fired his sword out into the Beowolf, knocking it down and preparing to hit the next one, but Garnet pushed him out of the way. Her lance shifted to its other form and fired a hail of bullets at the Grimm, knocking them back and killing some. The others all shifted their weapons to ranged modes and fired on their group, explosions certainly aplenty because of their weapons properties.

GHUL and YUNO however dived into their groups of grimm, since only 2 out of the 8 people had any form of ranged attack. GHUL used their strange semblances to create extra limbs to fight, while the members of YUNO used a Knife, Axe, Katana and Rifle, respectively. Limbs rained in a bloody downfall, the two groups being the most vicious of the year.

The second wave came to them, the Ursae. RGLA was out of ammo, and shifted their weapons to the melee forms. Garnet took the lead, blocking two enemies with her lance, while Lapis and Azure leapt over them, beheading both, Rusty covering their rear, chopping up two Ursae of his own. Azure and Lapis jumped as Garnet swung her weapon again, bisecting multiple Ursae who were in the middle of attacking. Rusty put the Amaterasu rod into his sword and jumped onto the Lance as Garnet swung again, sending him forward. He flew in a spiral, either cutting up grimm or sending out waves of fire to hit ones that were too far.

GHUL and YUNO seemed to be doing far as they were going, although YUNO's light attacks had a little trouble felling some of the enemies, although they still managed to finish up well. GHUL by comparison were dominating, sending Ursae flying, or their limbs, although they would no doubt run out of aura soon. The third wave of grimm came towards them, the armoured hides of the Boarbatusk rolling towards them. Rusty switched out his dust again, this time to ice. Just before the enemies hit, he embedded his sword into the ground and created a large wall of ice, sending the boarbatusks onto their backs. Before they could turn over, Garnet punched the ice, sending large shards out and killing the enemies. This was repeated every time until they were all defeated.

YUNO, however, were not doing well. They had no ways to flip the enemies, and their attacks couldn't pierce their armour. GHUL were still occupied by their group. Before RGLA could get to them, the boarbatusks, and the trees in the area, were obliterated. While Rusty had initially thought CFVY had come to help, standing in the center of the fighting was Professor Port, weapon in hand, and incinerated grimm all around. He pulled the leader of the team up off the ground, along with the others. A word wasn't said between Port and the team until they reached the corpse of the Amaterasu. Port had said on the way to the clearing, after the fight, that corpses of powerful types of grimm did not decay like weaker grimm.

By the time they had reached the area, CFVY's group had already set up the camp. They would be spending a few nights here, studying the corpse and training against the wild grimm. Thankfully there was a lake to bathe nearby, so they wouldn't be dirty the whole time. Azure would certainly take advantage of that to have another talk with him.

The first day they did little, Port having decided that the ambush from earlier was more than enough training for the day. Next, he laid out the rules. Teams would be alternating nights on watch. First CFVY, then AGLA, YUNO, ALVA, GHUL and finally RGLA. In the evening before they slept, each team would have up to an hour in the lake to wash. Finally, during the day, two teams would patrol the area. This would be a lesson in surviving in the wild too, so one of the teams would go further out and gather things such as food, although thy had brought an amount with them, carried on Yatsuhashi's back. In fact, each member of CFVY had a bag with equipment. Yatsuhashi had the food, Coco the ammo, Velvet the dust, and Fox miscellaneous equipment such as tablets to purify water.

The first two teams on patrol were CFVY and ALVA. RGLA would be studying the Amaterasu with Port. GHUL, YUNO and AGLA would be relaxing and sparring with eachother. Rusty made his way to the dragon with his team and Port. "Now, as you can see, the body has not decomposed like other grimm, for example the ones you thought earlier. It is unknown why they do this, although I have seen it plenty in my time of course, haha." Apparently when Rusty had killed it, his sword had hit the organ that gave it its ability to breath fire. "This was just a baby, I'm sure you will be surprised to find, as you can see from the tiny armour plates. Adults are one of the few grimm able to use something like a semblance. They cover themselves in a black plate armour. Very evil and grimm indeed, haha! Did you like the pun?"

The lesson continued for some time, and the teacher being Port, he managed to make it interesting. Other hunters like Rusty had done something similar, hitting a specific organ, which gave them a strange infusion into their weapons. Some had even managed to make them more powerful by killing other grimm, or hitting the special organs of other grimm like them. Port told them that the most powerful 'evolution' of the power from the Amaterasu was to create a suit of armour like them, covering them head to toe in thick black-gold armour that boosted their abilities. Azure seemed slightly excited over it, for some reason. Maybe he would find out later.

After the lesson, which has gone on surprisingly long, CFVY and ALVA returned with food, and the other teams were exhausted from their sparring with eachother, although GHUL seemed fine. They were one of the most powerful teams in the year. All of them except one was a guy, opposite to RGLA. They used an odd way of fighting, instead of using weapons they used their semblances to create tails, wings and swords from their body. It did drain aura quickly though, so GHUL spent all of their time fighting, building up their abilities to drain aura much more slowly.

RGLA made their way to the lake, having the first bathe, them being the whole reason they were there. Just before they reached it, Lapis stopped them. "I'll go first." And with that, she sprinted off to the lake ahead of the others.

When Rusty, Garner and Azure reached the lake, Lapis was already submerged up to her ears in the warm water. Natural springs and lakes in Remnant were normally warm, thankfully, so they didn't have to dip into icy water. It almost seemed like Lapis sunk lower when the others arrived, her clothes piled up nearby. Was she embarrassed about being seen naked? Either way, the others stripped off their clothes and went into the lake themselves. Garnet was the last to be finished, but she entered the deep, warm water with a loud splash. She was a boisterous one, perhaps even more so than Nora or Yang. Well, maybe not Nora.

Rusty leant back against the rocky walls of the lake, letting out a deep sigh. This was the first time he had ever been legitimately relaxed since he had been at Beacon. The same stood for Azure. They were both good at hiding it though, nobody but their team would know otherwise. The whole team was finally relaxed. Except Lapis. Speaking of which...

Azure swam over to Lapis. "What's the matter, Lapis? Are you a little embarrassed? Do you not want Rusty to see you naked, or are your concerns about us?" Azure gave Lapis a flirty smile, gesturing to Garnet as Lapis sunk even lower into the water.

Lapis stammered before rising above the water momentarily to answer. "O-of course not! Why would I care if Rusty saw me? I just uh...I like the warm water." Lapis eyes shifted from left to right as she searched for an answer to Azure. "Oh you don't care, eh? So it wouldn't bother you if I lifted you out of the water to show off to Rusty?" Before Rusty could react to the statement, or tell her to stop, Azure put her hands on Lapis small hips and lifted her from the water, steam rising off her body.

Lapis squealed as she was lifted into the air, beating on Azure's strong arms to put her down. Water dripped from both of their exposed bodies as Garnet rolled in the water from laughter, and Rusty's face burned a bright red at the sight of Azure and Lapis. Azure, again, didn't seem to care at all that her chest was being shown off to her team, though Rusty did not mind. He had enjoyed the feeling of them on his back. He still snapped a look at Lapis' bare body in the air, although only quickly for fear of his life.

Azure dropped Lapis into the water, landing with a large splash into the water, surprising for her light body. As soon as she gained her footing again, she covered her chest with her arms, before looking to Rusty, who had already turned his head away and closed his eyes. Lapis turned her head up, letting out a small 'hmph!' as she made her way back to her side of the lake, and disappeared into the water like an alligator. Garnet was still splashing in the water for a moment, laughing, before letting out a sharp breath. Rusty couldn't tell if it was water or tears of laughter rolling down her face.

After another moment of relaxation and glaring from Lapis, the four started to actually bathe. Fox had already left everything they needed. Rusty was the first to finish bathing, although whether that id a good or bad thing depends on how you see it.

Having seen Rusty finish, and apparently waiting for the moment, Azure called out to him. "Rustyyyy, can you come and help? I cant reach this spot on my back." She winked at him and stuck her tongue out. This was just like her. Letting another sigh slip through, Rusty swam over to Azure, who handed him the sponge and soap with a smile. He grabbed the sponge in his hand and put the soap on it, before rubbing it over the small of Azure's back. Yeah right, she couldn't reach it.

A soft moan came from Azure's lips. Apparently she enjoyed having Rusty wash her. Having cleaned that part of her properly, he tried to hand the sponge back to her, but she batted it away. "I can't be bothered to stand up, do you think you could do some other places for me?" She winked at him again. "I know exactly what you're talking about, and not with Lapis and Garnet around. Do it yourself!" His face flushed a bright red as he put the sponge on her lap for her.

Rusty should have known it wouldn't stop there. "Rustyyyyyyy! Do my back, I can't reach and I don't trust Azure not to lift me into the air again." Lapis shouted at Rusty, certainly less polite or flirty than Azure, although the motive seemed the same. He swum to Lapjs next and did her back. Lapis face was clearly red, although whether it was because she was naked and less than a foot from Rusty or because she enjoyed Rusty's cleaning ability as much as Azure he was unsure of.

Azure had spent the time after Rusty had washed her off on her own, faced away from the others, doing who knows what, but Rusty had a bad feeling that he would find out. They all made their way back to the main site, having used most of their time in the lake for today.

When they arrived back, YUNO went off to the lake to relax after earlier today, and RGLA headed to their tent to sleep. They each had separate sleeping bags, thank goodness Port had brought them, although Rusty had the idea that Lapis wouldn't be too pleased with having to change in front of the others.

Azure and Rusty woke before the others again, thankfully, because Azure couldn't keep away from him. She shuffled over to him as she woke, and leant on his shoulder, putting her arms around his. Rusty looked down to her and she looked back up to him with her huge, blue eyes. He couldn't stop staring at her for a few minutes, before he realised what he was doing and looked away with a sheepish look on his face.

Azure giggled at his reaction and hugged his arm tighter. She seemed in a much different mood today, less flirty and more love-struck. Although that would likely change. They were both still in their nightclothes, though if Rusty's t-shirt and underwear could be called that was up for debate. By the time Garnet and Lapis had woken, Azure had already made her way into Rusty's sleeping bag despite his protests, still wrapped around his arm.

Lapis was not happy to see the sight, more so out of jealousy than out of not liking two people sharing a sleeping bag. She too made her way to Rusty, leaning against his leg and looking up to him with the cutest eyes she could muster, rubbing her head against his leg. Rusty's hand instinctively went out to stroke her hair like he would a cat doing the same thing. As his hand touched her head, Azurs glared at Lapis, who returned a smug smile. Azure unwrapped one of her arms from Rusty's and flicked Lapis on the head, sending her off of Rusty, rubbing her head.

Rusty looked to Garnet who was stifling a laugh over the antics of Lapis and Azure. His eyes said help me, but in his heart he loved the attention, especially from two girls like this. Garnet suddenly had an idea, though whether it was good is also up for debate. "Let's play truth or dare!" It was still early in the morning so they had a lot of time. Azure got off of Rusty and out of his sleeping bag, Rusty doing the same, and the four sat in a circle.

The first victim was Azure. "Truth, from Garnet." "That's so boring, but fine. Have you ever kissed a guy other than Rusty?" A grin spread on her lips on the last few words. Apparently she was awake earlier than they thought. Azure stuttered for a moment, before answering. "No, I haven't. I'm just really good, aren't I?" Rusty turned his head away, blushing again. He got the feeling that his face would be spending more time red than white in this team. "Now, let's go again."

The next person to be asked the question was Garnet. "Truth or dare, Garnet? And from who?" "Truth, from Rusty." Rusty sighed. He hated being asked to make the questions or dares for these. "Ok, fine. Why aren't you into me, like these two are? Not got a thing for guys?" Garnet chuckled, as she had been waiting for that question. "Yeah, actually, I'm into girls. I guess we both enjoyed the show at the lake." Garnet laughed again. "Well, Azure and Lapis had better watch out then."

By the time that the game had finished, and RGLA had gotten dressed and prepared for the day, the other teams had done so too. Time for another day, Rusty thought, as he stepped outside with his team. Today they would be on patrol with YUNO. CFVY made their way over to the Amaterasu with Port. Apparently they had never seen one, which was a surprise. Rusty had thought that by the second year they would have studied every kind of grimm.

"How do you guys want to do this, then? Two teams of 4 made from 2 of each team?" The leader of YUNO, Yuno funnily enough, asked on what to do on patrol. Maybe they were shaken from almost dying. "How about we go Yuno, Lapis, Garnet, Uryu, then Me, Azure, Nix, Orr? It'd be a good setup." Lapis piped up and turned to Rusty and Azure. "I am NOT leaving you two with eachother. Not a cha-HEY!" Garnet grabbed Lapis and threw her over her shoulder, before running off with Yuno and Uryu. They didn't seem to have much of a choice. Rusty turned to Azure, letting another sigh slip from his mouth, before gesturing to the two members of YUNO. Time to get going.