The First Step (Part 1)

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A young man with long black hair that ends midway down his back opened his eyes wearily and closed them before waking up fully and seeing a fair-skinned young woman with orange hair and turquoise eyes fill his view.

"Wake up, lazy butt!" The woman is known as Nora Valkyrie, said Lie Ren. Lie Ren gets up with a groan as Nora hounds him. "It's morning! It's morning! It's morning! It's morning!" Nora sang. Lie Ren sighed again and went to brush his teeth in the restroom while Nora talked. "I can't believe we've been at Beacon for twenty-four hours! Not that I thought we'd get kicked out or anything, I mean, you're the perfect student, and I'm, well, I'm me! But it's just crazy, you know?" The two went to the ballroom, where the two readied themselves. Nora was brushing her hair and still chattering. "We've been friends for soooooooo long! What are the odds we'd still be together? Well, not "together-together..." Not that I'm not saying that you're not handsome; you are handsome, but that'd be weird, right?" The two are in the middle of eating their breakfast; Nora has a pancake hanging from her mouth as she is still talking. "Right! What was I thinking? But still, I hope we end up on the same team!" Nora slurps up the rest of her pancake. "Oohhhh! We should make some plans to make sure we end up on the same team! What if we bribe the headmaster? No, that won't work. He has the school." The two are readying themselves in the locker room, Ren loading StormFlower and Nora still talking. "I know! We'll have some signal! Like a distress signal! *GASP* A secret signal so we can find each other in the forest! Can you imitate a sloth?"

"Nora?" Ren finally replied.

"Yes, Ren?"

Ren, sheathing his weapons in his sleeves. "I don't think sloths make a lot of noise."

Nora thinks about this for a moment. "That's why it's perfect! No one will suspect we're working together!"

Ren was smiling and shutting his locker. "Come on, Nora, let's go."

"Not "together-together..."'' Nora giggled.

Ren heads out while a skipping Nora follows, passing Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, and (Y/N) (L/N) as they are busy readying themselves.

"Wonder what those two worked up about?" Ruby said.

"Don't know." (Y/N) said.

"So, you seem chipper this morning!" Yang said, resting her arm on (Y/N)'s shoulder.

"Yep! No more awkward small talk or "getting-to-know-you" stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking." Ruby said, stroking Crescent Rose as she sighed happily.

"Well, remember, Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you wanna grow up, you're gonna have to meet new people and learn to work together." Yang said.

Ruby sighed in frustration, "You sound like Dad!" She shoves her weapon into the locker. "Okay, first of all: What does meeting new people have to do with fighting? And secondly: I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!"

"I don't think that's how it works." (Y/N) said.

"But what about when we form teams?" Yang said.

Ruby was suddenly nervous, "Um, I don't know, I... I'll just be on your team or (Y/N)'s..."

Yang brought her hair around her shoulder and stroked it, "Maybe you should try being on someone else's team?"

"My dear sister Yang, are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"

"What? No! Of course, I do! I just thought I don't know; maybe it would help you break out of your shell!"

"What the?! I don't need to 'break out of my shell'! That's absolute--"

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