The New Rose

Chapter 23 - To the Southeast!

Ruby didn't know what was worse, the fact that she had to do a mission with her team that hated her or the fact that the huntsman they were shadowing was Doctor Oobleck. Now it wasn't like Doctor Oobleck was incredibly strict because he wasn't, he was nice and encouraging to his students. The only problem was he very…energetic so to speak. His mouth raced with every sentence he spoke, so it was incredibly hard to understand him and was quite irritating.

Not only that, but similar to Professor Port, Doctor Oobleck did not really give off the huntsman vibe. He really just seemed like a normal history teacher and researcher, but he still had the huntsman license so clearly he could fight. Ruby hadn't even seen the man's weapon and she was a weapon nerd! Well maybe not as passionate as before but still a weapon nerd, nonetheless. She had always wanted to see how her teacher fought and it looked like she was finally going to get the chance.

The WBY were feeling similar to Ruby regarding the whole situation, but for different reasons. Like Ruby they were irritated with Doctor Oobleck's mannerisms and the fact that he spoke a thousand words per minute. But unlike Ruby, to them Doctor Oobleck was by far their least favorite teacher as his lectures were boring and all over the place. Not to mention that he gave out tests that were way tougher than they needed to be, so shadowing him was not their idea of fun.

Still, the WBY knew they had to suck it up and make a good impression on their teach for several reasons. One, they needed to show that they were also talented huntresses not just Ruby, as the three knew that the spotlight would be on her. Weiss wanted to show that she was just as good as her irritating partner if not better. She knew that this behavior was part of the reason the team fell apart, but she didn't care as she was angry at Ruby.

The second reason was that they had to let Doctor Oobleck know that they were serious about becoming huntresses. Much to their embarrassment and shame, Blake and Yang spent their time in Doctor Oobleck's class reading and sleeping respectively. To their defense they didn't feel like it was their fault since his lectures were so boring, but they knew that they were not on his good side. Hopefully they could use this mission to change that.

The biggest thing they had to do on this mission was show that they can work as a team. The WBY were not stupid, they knew that Professor Goodwitch would probably want a report of how they did considering she was on Ruby's side. It really made them angry, they knew that Ruby was Goodwitch's favorite but why couldn't she at least try to hear their reasoning? It didn't matter as the WBY were going to do their best even if they had to put up with their team leader who they had been having problems with.

"So, Professor Oobleck, you will be the Huntsman we are shadowing?" Weiss asked in disbelief.

"Yes and I am afraid those bags won't be necessary girls seeing as though you opted to shadow a huntsman on what is now a reconnaissance mission. I can assure you we will not be establishing a base of operations, rather we will be traversing several miles of hazardous wastelands and making camp at any accessible locations we stumble upon. I packed the essentials myself, plotted the course and assembled the airship. And it's Doctor Oobleck, I didn't earn this PhD for fun!" Oobleck said as he got in Weiss' face and Weiss shrunk.

'Dear God, I already have a headache…' Ruby groaned in her mind as Oobleck started speaking again.

"Come now children, according to my schedule we are already three minutes behind schedule!" Oobleck said as he sped to the airship and Team RWBY groaned, then Ruby's scroll rang.

"Hey Mira." Ruby said as she picked up and walked away from her team who looked annoyed.

The WBY had no doubt that Ruby was talking to that Mira girl about what happened last night and other information about her unit, but they still didn't like it. They didn't like that Ruby was leaving them in the dark and they were a team she was supposed to tell them these things. Weiss was still incredibly angry that Neptune wanted Mira's number so hearing Ruby say her name made her temper flare up. Just then a voice brought the WBY from their thoughts.