Holiday Heroine(RWBY X OC)

Chapter 7

Going towards South Vale

"Alright team! Since the Bullhead has finally moved, we might as well introduce ourselves!" the purple huntress announced. "I'll go first, my name is Lilac! But you can call me Lili for short."

Nichole could already tell her name would have a purple theme, given all the purple she wore.

"The name's Crystal, and I wouldn't necessarily call ourselves a 'team.'" The reptile faunus responded coolly.

"Aw come on friend, we're working together on this mission, yes?" a hunter in green nodded. "My name is Jack by the way."

Crystal rolled her eyes and looked over at Nichole. "And your name is?"

"Nichole." the red huntress replied with a smirk.

"Nichole? That's a wonderful name for such a wonderful person!" Lilac exclaimed, grabbing her hands. "I also love your outfit."

"Uh, thanks?" The red huntress looked a little uncomfortable but accepted the complement anyway.

"Settle down Lilac, you're scaring her." Jack tried to calm his teammate down.

"But, it's true!"

"I know, I know. But I think that you should save all that energy for the mission."

Nichole let out a small sigh. Her eyes wandered to the other person who was standing in the corner, quietly analyzing his surroundings. She wanted to call him a hunter but his military uniform says otherwise. Although, there are a couple of huntsmen out there who rock the military fatigues and are affiliated with no one. But for him, his uniform looks a little more "professional" than the others.

Maybe he's from the Atlesian military. Nichole mused. But it doesn't match their colors.

"Hm? Is there something wrong?" the soldier asked.

"Oh no, there's nothing wrong. I'm sorry for staring." the red huntress looked away.

He looked at her for a moment before staring into space. There was a small pause between the two before he spoke up again. "The name's Arian by the way."

"Oh, well ni—"

"Nice to meet you, Arian!" Lilac popped up unexpectedly.

The two couldn't even process what just happened because she appeared so randomly.

"N-nice to meet you too." The militaristic hunter responded, covering his mouth with his arm.

Nichole chuckled when she noticed what he was doing. He was trying to hide his cute little blush. It was fruitless however since the tips of his ears were getting pink. He was beginning to resemble a drunkard.

While watching the other huntsmen talk amongst themselves, the red huntress couldn't help but think about what the mission will bring them. It seemed simple enough from the description but knowing the Grimm, there might be a few setbacks here and there. Not to mention that her teammates are an interesting bunch to say the least. They didn't even bat an eye about her being an adult. Or they think that she's a huge teenager. If that was the case then she would be very flattered.

But as the old saying goes, don't judge a book by its cover.

"Attention huntsmen! We are reaching South Vale in five minutes!" The pilot said over the intercom. "Repeat, we are reaching South Vale in five minutes!"

"Five minutes already? I thought this trip would take longer." Lilac pouted.

"What do you expect? We are on a Bullhead, of course we're gonna get there in a matter of minutes." Crystal rolled her eyes.