I'm SO SORRY that this took so long! If wasn't my intention…

Also, for those who don't know, the alternate ending is out…

I lacked motivation to continue, but I do believe I finally found it… No guarantee that the next chapter will be out soon…

This chapter is kind of short, but hopefully you'll be happy with just the fact that it came out.

Weiss was outraged. 'How?! How can he let her attend here when he knows who she is?! What she's done?!' She had gone to Ozpin's office first thing after the Bullhead landed, but he hadn't budged! Everything she threw at him, her father's murder, was brushed off as just another reason to have her here!

'I've changed my mind; I'd rather have gone to Atlas.'

Glynda had come into the office and attempted as well, to try and convince Ozpin to expel her.

Nothing. Worked.

Weiss was convinced she had to rid the school of the assassin pest herself. Which was why she was currently storming the school, demanding the whereabouts of a girl in a red hood.

No one seemed to know. She never came to the ballroom either.

'Great. Just great. I can't find her..!'

She would've continued her hurricane until she found the killer, but her search was interrupted.

"All first years must prepare for initiation. Repeat: all first years must prepare for initiation"

With the decision between her future and the possibility of getting rid of a threat, she was forced to choose her future.

'As long as she isn't on my team…'

Ruby was giggling, as she raced the wind to the locker room. She wanted to be the first one in, and the first one out.

The door didn't budge when she ran into it head on- much to her protest.

"Stupid door… Why is it so sturdy?!" Annoyed, and mood ruined, she punched the door with all her strength, wincing when she realized her mistake. Her knuckles were bloodied and red, but she just grunted in annoyance and used the doorknob instead.

She zoomed to her locker, grinning when she felt her Aura knit the skin on her knuckles back together. Punching in the code, she retrieved her spare daggers- the only weapon she put in the locker. She wanted to make sure her weapons wouldn't be tampered with in anyway- not that she would ever leave her beloved scythe in the academy's hands. If a screw was loose, if a blade was dull, if the trigger was jammed, if, if, if. Even a small misplacement of something could lead to the her demise in the face of the Grimm, or her real enemy, the Hunters themselves. As such, she opted to leave her less complicated weapons- the daggers she was currently holding. They were for backup, but have so far been never used.

She examined them carefully, but found no hint of damage that was there before. No traces of any devices in any of the many nooks and crannies of the daggers either.

Mildly content with her observations' lack of results, she slipped the daggers into her boots, closed her locker quietly, and sprinted out of the locker room's back door.

Just as the door silently clicked behind her, the front door opened to reveal a distressed Yang. She glanced around, hoping silently, but her face became downcast when she realized that Ruby wasn't there. She sighed and went to get locker to get her gear.

When Ruby arrived on Beacon Cliff, the first thing she noticed were the two teachers. The Headmaster, Ozpin, stood tall, sipping his steaming mug of coffee, while Glynda shot a stern glare at her, before speaking. "Take your position on the launching pads, you will have to wait for the other students.

Ruby internally groaned, while outwardly sending a glare of her own to the professor. 'Great. There goes all of my efforts to avoid Yang and the Schnee…'

She went to the launch pads closer to the end, standing on the last one.

The wait was roughly a dozen minutes. A dozen agonizingly boring minutes for Ruby. The only entertainment she had was winning a tiny, pointless, argument with Glynda. She roared with laughter until some students started getting close, to which she put on a poker face and threw her hood up.

Much to her dismay, the Schnee was one of the students coming. The stark white of her combat uniform was a contrast to the duller colors of the other students.

The expression of utter shock that passed 'Ice Queen's' face almost made the wait worth it. Then Ruby saw Yang, and suddenly she wished she was one of the last students to come rather than one of the first.

Her 'sister' claimed the launching pad next to her.

Ruby shot a nasty glare at her, before looking away and refusing to look back.

The first of the launch pads were taken by the Schnee and the yellow-eyed girl.

There was an almost creepily hyper girl next to a stoic boy.

And then there was an idiotic blonde who asked dumb questions as if he was new to the Hunter career.

Actually, that didn't sound too far-fetched to Ruby.

The headmaster gave a mini speech, mostly irrelevant to Ruby. The only part that irritated her was how the partners were picked.

'Then again, if I don't land, it doesn't count right..?' She thought mischievously.

The launch pads activated, as Ruby took her stance.

She missed the sorrowful gaze of Yang, before she was sent flying.

Ruby went right after her.

She waited until she reached the peak height that the launching pads allowed, angling herself into a nosedive. The wind deafened her, but her eyes didn't miss anything that happened.

Yang was quite literally exploding her way into the forest, using Dust ammo to give her a boost the launching pads didn't.

Making a mental note not to go in that direction, Ruby looked for the blinding white of the Schnee. Said 'spoiled little brat', according to Ruby, used her glyphs to land safely.

Realizing she was angled in the Schnee's direction, she unfurled her wings, angling herself sideways. The wind immediately caught, and she was thrown to the right, right into someone Ruby hadn't seen.

""Agh!"" They yelled at once, spiraling down into the forest.

In pure annoyance, Ruby briefly forgot Ozpin's words, looking into the person she ran into. Straight into catlike-yellow eyes.

Ruby blinked in surprise, but decided that she was fine with her capture, she grabbed onto the girl's shoulders and allowed them both to land in a tree with no harm.

"Wait! I remember you!" The girl exclaimed.

"I thought you looked familiar…" Ruby said in response.

"You were...the one who was-"

"Don't say it!" Ruby interrupted. "Which direction do you think the temple is in? I didn't get the chance to look for it."

The girl blinked, surprised at the subject change, then sighed.

"I believe north is...that way." She said, pointing in a seemingly random direction, "My name is Blake by the way."

"Ruby." She responded.

The two of them jumped from the tree, landing safely, and walked off to 'the north'.

Weiss trudged through the endless undergrowth, slapping foliage from her path, grumbling all the way.

By her side was the champion, Pyrrha, and the bumbling idiot, Jaune. Neither of them were her partner.

She felt supremely annoyed that the blonde could foil her plans with Pyrrha, but she knew she had more pressing concerns.

They followed Pyrrha, since Weiss had unintentionally made it clear that she couldn't figure out which direction to head in.

There was an uncomfortable silence, but Weiss didn't want to give Jaune anything he might take as a hint, so she kept quiet.

"YOU… YOU MONSTER!" A scream rang out, and after a battle cry, an Ursa was thrown through a group of trees, immediately starting to dissipate.

A second Ursa swung its massive paw at a girl, but it never made it to the body to do damage.

It was completely frozen.

The blonde stared at it in surprise, before glancing around, meeting Weiss' gaze.

"I could've taken it…" the blonde said.

Weiss huffed and continued walking.

"So~ we're partners right?" The blonde started again, following Weiss and her two companions.

"Unfortunately." Was her annoyed reply.

"Think this is it?" Ruby asked her partner, as they looked down to abandoned temple.

"Most likely."

They jumped down, Blake landing on all fours like a cat while Ruby used her wings to land softly on her feet.

"Chess pieces?" Ruby muttered.

"Some of them are already taken." Blake commented.

Ruby glanced around, taking in the remaining pieces.

"How about this?" Ruby said showing her partner the black queen.

Blake glanced over, "Sure, why not."

"YEE-HAAAWW!" Came from the forest, while an Ursa stumbled into view, apparently being rode by the creepy-hyper girl from earlier. The Ursa swung its claws in a vain attempt to fight until it gave in and collapsed. The pink girl examined it, and a pouty "Aww, it's broken", did nothing to stop Ruby from face-palming. Grimm are useless as mounts.

The girl disappeared immediately after, while her partner was left in the dust.

She inspected the White Rook before spouting out "I'm Queen of the Castle~, I'm Queen of the Castle~", to which Ruby felt sorry for the boy in green.

"Nora!" Said partner protested, and the girl, apparently called 'Nora' sped off to him.

It all happened so fast Ruby couldn't stop herself from scowling, but barely managed to keep herself from not shooting her middle finger.

"Tch, why's she so hyper?!" Ruby mumbled in annoyance.

"I guess she's not the cautious type…" Ruby could hear Blake replying.

A bird-like screech was heard overhead, and the silhouette of a giant Nevermore was seen in the sky as it quickly drew closer.

"Oh, great." Ruby said sarcastically.

As if to jinx it, another squeal was heard, and the trees to the left crashed down, revealing a massive Deathstalker, chasing down four people.

Ruby narrowed her eyes, having spotted Yang.

"Just what I asked for…" She mumbled, sarcasm still evident.

"Hey," she nudged her partner, "Don't trust the blonde girl, and obviously not the Schnee." She advised.

Blake's eyebrow raised in curiosity, but didn't question her partner.

The Deathstalker batted the students away with its tail, sending them flying.

Yang landed with a roll, turning to ace the Deathstalker and punching a round in its face. The beast only shrugged it off, while Weiss activated her glyphs, freezing the Deathstalkers legs to the ground.

Jaune hit the ground on his face, and groaning, stumbled up, leagues away from his partner, who jumped straight over the stinger, instead of getting slapped by it, and ran to group up with the others.

"Did they just run here with a Deathstalker on their tail?" Blake muttered rhetorically, while Ruby grimaced as Yang spotted her.

"Ruby!" She said excitedly, bounding up to her.

"Shut up, don't talk to me!" Ruby barked, gaining a sickening satisfaction when Yang's expression changed to a more sullen one.

"Look, I don't know what I did, but I'm sorry, okay?!" She pleaded.

Ruby was about to fire back an answer to cripple her 'sister' even more, until the Deathstalker screeched again. "Stupid scorpion, it had to be a Deathstalker didn't it…"

Pyrrha magnificently showed how she got her name, 'The Invincible Girl', as she expertly battled the Deathstalker. However, she was still a novice with teamwork, and was unable to properly work with her new partner. She misjudged her partner's strength, and was pushed aside, as the Deathstalker screeched again, while simultaneously destroying Weiss' ice.

With its charge renewed, it continued onwards, only to be stopped as a hammer descended upon it.

"Get your 'relic' and lets go. I'd rather not fight meaningless fights." Ruby ordered. Only slightly surprised that the students actually followed her orders.

She glared at her sister, unspoken words scalding, before she took off.

Jaune took the first piece he saw, as did Weiss, and they followed Ruby and Blake.

They headed towards the cliff, Deathstalker not far behind.

There was a single moment, as she charged up the cliff with the help of the Schnee's glyphs, that she felt sorry for this Nevermore she had caught.

It was a monster, like her, who gained happiness from others' despair, also much like her.

They weren't quite so different, Nevermores were ravens. Yet helping Nevermores wasn't part of her mission, the mission Cinder gave her.

So, without regret, she felt the Nevermore's armor-like feathers finally give way, and her scythe sliced straight through the Nevermore's neck.

She landed on the top of the cliff, and glanced back down at the other students, before walking to meet with Ozpin, curious of if he was still letting her stay.

The walk to the headmaster was short, and he appeared to be waiting for her.

"Ah, yes, do you have a question, Miss Rose?"

"... You're still letting me stay here?" She asked him.

"Of course, there's no doubt in my mind."

"We are short several students, as three unfortunately passed away during initiation, and one is unable to continue as a hunter. As such, we will be combining the remaining two pairs, one that has gathered the Black Queen, and the other the White Bishop, to form team RWBY, led by Ruby Rose."

There was no longer any doubt in her mind, and likely Weiss' or Yang's, Ozpin was an idiot.

Weiss vocalized her protests, both at being led by her 'nemesis' and by being on the same team as her. Yang didn't say anything, nor did Blake, but neither seemed overly happy.

Weiss had forced herself for the sake of the grade to follow Ruby's orders while they were fighting the Nevermore, but if she had known it would be the deciding factor in creating the team, she would've happily plunged Myrtenaster through the assassin's back.

After Ozpin's mini speech, the new first years were dismissed. They walked to their new dorm room in deathly silence.

Ruby found herself grinning evilly when she saw Weiss' horrified expression, still on her face.

"Hey, Weiss." She poked.

Weiss turned to glare at her, not even trying to mask her hatred for Ruby. "What do you want?" She asked through gritted teeth. All of her hopes were quickly getting shattered, and it was all at the fault of this criminal!

"Would your father be proud of how you passed initiation?" Ruby mocked, to add salt to the wound.

"Why you little-" Weiss snarled, drawing Myrtenaster, only to be interrupted by Yang, pushing Weiss back.

"Stop." Was all she said, to which Weiss glared, but backed down. Even the heiress knew to fight two on one was a disadvantage.

Ruby stared at her unmoving half-sister, who was staring at thin air.

Weiss stormed off, not even bothering with her luggage.

Blake disappeared out of the door as well, likely going to find a quiet spot to read.

Yang turned to her, but didn't say anything.

"What?" Ruby mumbled, annoyed.

"Are you...going to tell me? Anything?" She asked quietly, expectantly.

"Of course not." Ruby spat.

"Ruby, please-!"

"Shut up." Ruby looked away.

"Just please...tell me something!" Yang pleaded.

Ruby looked directly into her sister's eyes, and she decided to tell her one thing. Hopefully the nasty truth would deter her idiotic 'sister.'

The words burned her tongue, so she spit them out, right into her 'sister's' face.

"I hate you!"

Yang looked physically hurt, as if Crescent Thorn had cut into her instead of words. Yang's lip trembled, and then it formed into a stern scowl.

Her eyes were a blazing red.

I have nothing more to say :p