Hello everyone and thank you in advance for checking out my story. This is about my OC Xanthias who is a Jaguar faunus moving to beacon. He is assigned to team RWBY cause that how I make this work. I hope you enjoy and stay till the end!

Chapter 1: The Rising Jaguar

"So you're Xanthias, the jaguar faunus I've been hearing about recently. Jaguar faunus aren't something you see every day. Tell me Xanthias, why are you here?" With this, Professor Ozpin picked up his cup and took drink, never breaking eye contact with the faunus across from him.

"I think we both know why I'm here, Professor. I want to come to your school." The foreign voice replied.

"As I'm sure you understand, we do not normally accept students midterm, but you are not a normality. I've seen the videos of your initiation Xanthias, and videos don't lie. You possess a high level of skill and technique, one of the best I've ever seen. If you would like to attend my school, I can make that happen, midterm or not, the choice is yours."

"Thank you Professor, but I understand your school works in teams, four students to a team and the teams are determined by the initiation, which I have not completed." The foreign student stated, still keeping most of his features hidden.

From what Ozpin had seen of the boy, he looked to be about 6 foot, golden eyes and messy brown hair that came to the top of his neck. A pair of ears stuck out the top of his head, yellow brown in color. Ozpin noticed that the boy did not cover his ears like Blake chose to boy wore a leather vest, open in the front and a pair of surprisingly modern jeans with a pair of leather combat boots. The most interesting feature that Ozpin noticed, were the abundance of gray tattoos that covered the boy's body.

"As our policy is with foreign exchange students, we assign the student a team and the student joins that team for their time hear at Beacon. My offer still stand Xanthias, would you like to come to my school?"

The boy locked eyes with the professor, cracking a slight smile, simply stating, "I guess we've made a deal.

"GUYS! WE'RE GETTING AN EXCHANGE STUDENT!" Screamed Ruby Rose, leader of Team RWBY.

Yang popped her head around the corner of their room, seeing Ruby's excitement. "Well what's their name? What'd they look like?"

"It says his name is Xanthias and that he is a new student moving from Vacuo. I don't have any clue what he looks like though." Ruby said with a frown. "But it'll all be better when he gets here!"

"When who gets here?" Asked the white haired girl, walking into the shared dorm.

"Weiss, we're getting an exchange student assigned to our team!"

"Oh, when does he arrive?" Weiss asked coldly.

"The message I got from Professor Ozpin said that he was already on campus and was going through some introductory stuff and that he would arrive later today." Ruby said, reading the message off of her scroll.

"Who's arriving later today?" Asked the final member of team RWBY, holding a book in one hand and a cup of tea in the other.

"Oh Blake, we're getting a foreign exchange student assigned to our team!" Ruby squealed.

Weiss eyed the room that they shared, looking at the messes everywhere. "Will he be staying in our room with us?" She asked.

"I would assume so. I was told a bed would arrive later today and that we should set it up." Ruby stated.

"Ruby does our room look presentable to a complete stranger who will be spending the next three years with us and will get the wrong first impression if he walks into an untidy room?"

Ruby looked at her shoes, blushing a bit. "I guess not…"

"Well then, let's start cleaning!" Interjected the bubbly blonde, trying to break the mood that was just set.

Xanthias looked down at the paper in his hand. Room 104. He looked up to the door and read the same number on the door. He heard yelling and screaming coming from inside the room, followed by a series of thuds and bangs. I guess this is my team then. They seem like an energetic bunch, he thought to himself. Adjusting his vest and hair, he reached forward and knocked three times on the door.

"Coming!"

The door opened and he looked down at a small girl with red hair.

"Hello, I'm Xanthias, is this Team RWBY's dorm?" He asked.

"Oh, um, ya, but uh, we're kinda busy right now so…"

"RUBY! IS THAT THE EXCHANGE STUDENT?" Yelled a cold voice coming from inside the room followed by a series of footsteps and the door opening even more. Xanthias was met with an even shorter, white haired girl. Her face flushed as she looked up at him.

"Hi, I'm Xanthias." He stated again.

"Please Xanthias, come in. I'll introduce you to the team." Ruby said, inviting him into the dorm.

Xanthias entered the room, setting his weapon, Jade Beret, on the table and looked around the room. Makeshift bunk beds, band posters, weapon rack, bookshelf, desks, pretty normal room as far as civilized rooms go.

Blake looked up to greet the newcomer. The first thing she noticed were the tattoos, followed closely by the fact that the boy had ears. Another faunice she thought to herself. Ruby pulled a chair over to the beds for Xanthias to sit in, while the pairs sat on the bottom bunks of their respective beds.

"So I'm Ruby, team leader of team RWBY, this is Weiss, that's Blake, and that's my sister Yang." Ruby said, introducing the team to Xanthias.

"Hello ladies. As I've said before, my name is Xanthias."

"Wait, you're a faunustoo?" Said the white haired girl, noticing the ears for the first time. "Are you a member of the White Fang?

Xanthias chuckled, "Where I come from, the White Fang does not exist."

"Well where do you come from?" the white haired girl asked with a cold stern voice.

Xanthias sighed. "My story is a long one, and I will only tell it once. Make sure you are comfortable, because once I begin, I am not stopping." The team shifted around on their bunks, getting comfortable. "Yes, I am a faunus." Xanthias said, wiggling his ears "But, I am not a normal faunus, I am a Jaguar faunus. My tribe comes from deep within the rainforests of Vacuo, where they have lived for many, many years. See, the jaguar faunus were almost completely wiped out during the faunus war. Our weapons and armor had not adapted with time, so we were left behind. Only a few of my species escaped, and they fled back into the rainforest. I was born and raised in that forest, and I learned how to fight at a very early age, so you do not need to worry about my skills. We might have some fun fighting later if you girls are up to it." All the girls, sans Weiss, smiled, nodding their heads. "Anyways, I know you are wondering that these tattoos that I have mean. These tattoos are the story of my life and heritage, inscribed into my with a combination of dust that gives it metallic properties. This dust is infused into my skin and acts as an armor that protects my body, making it so I don't need armor. This proves incredibly useful when hunting, where less is more. My weapon is an ancient Jaguar weapon called a macuahuitl, combined with an internally suppressed high caliber assault sniper rifle. I can use it as a shield, firearm or sword. The green color comes from my family's history, making it appropriately name Jade Beret. I am excited to be attending school here and equally as excited to be working with you girls in this team. Now then, who's ready to fight?"

So that was a thing. I thank you for making it this far and if you could leave a review that would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if I picked a weird weapon to use, I saw it and immediately pictured a sniper rifle combo and its a pretty sick concept in my head. Anyways, stay tuned for Chapter 2 next week, where you'll see lots of action packed fighting! Read, review, favorite, follow, do your thing, don't care.