Chapter 6 - Lessons Learned

Naomi waited with baited breath. Now she would see what a Schnee could do. Weiss, the sister of the famed Winter, had stepped up to center stage. She narrowed her eyes unconsciously, 'Show me what you're capable of!' She thought.

As the Grim rumbled in its cage Weiss took a stance. Naomi noted her form. In the front row, her team cheered her on. However, she snapped at her captain for distracting her.

"Alright," said Professor Port, raising his axe-gun, "let the match begin." He brought the blade down and broke the lock, revealing a Boarbatusk, a boar-type Grimm. It rushed at her and she swiftly dodged it. Naomi wondered if she would be so skilled facing a Grimm on the battlefield.

"Haha!" Professor Port interjected, "wasn't expecting that, were you?" Weiss glanced at him.

"Hang in there Weiss!" Ruby yelled.

Ignoring her, Weiss used her Glyphs to glide toward it with her rapier aimed at its face. But the beast blocked with it's tusks and flipped her over. She managed to land on her feet but her weapon was caught. "Bold new approach. I like it!"

Naomi was sure that she wasn't the only person that was tired of his commentary. "Come on Weiss, show it who's boss." Ruby encouraged her. Naomi highly doubted that she was going to be showing anyone 'who's boss'. The Boarbatusk disarmed her and knocked her to the ground.

"Oho, now what will you do without your weapon?" Professor Port asked. Weiss jumped out of the way just as the Boarbatusk charged at her, surly intent on trampling her. She then raced for her dropped sword.

"Weiss," Ruby called again. "Go for its belly. There's no armor underneath."

"Stop telling me what to do!" Weiss yelled back.

While Naomi could understand her frustration, it was still good advice. This girl seemed to have a decent amount of knowledge on Grimm.

The Boarbatusk began to roll at her quickly. Weiss used her Glyphs to stop it and once she knocked it on it's back she pierced it. "Bravo, bravo," Professor Port congratulated her. It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training."

'Maybe' Naomi thought, 'but she still needs a lot of actual experience to get the hang of things.'

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As the class was released Willow noticed that Shiro was upset with something. He was walking fast onto the grounds with his hands clenched by his sides. Figuring that he wanted to be the one to fight the Grimm, she ran up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

When he whipped around she could see the anger painted plainly on his face. "What's going on?" she asked. Clearly this wasn't about not being picked for the exercise.

"It's not fair," he said through gritted teeth.

Willow grabbed his arm and made him look at her, "Shiro, tell me what's going on."

He sighed and looked away for a moment, "Ruby didn't do anything wrong but Weiss was being so mean to her."

Willow nodded, "That's true. But, you know, maybe they'll work things out on their own. They have to spend time getting to know each other. I know it seems a little harsh right now but maybe they just need some time."

"I guess," the look of anger melted into melancholy. She couldn't really tell if he believed her or not but at least he didn't really look angry anymore.

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After her last class Olivia went to the roof. She couldn't say she wasn't impressed with the end of the lesson. She wanted to say that she could have done just as good. She wanted to test herself against Weiss Schnee someday.

Over of the neighboring building she could see Professor Port talking to Weiss Schnee herself. It looked like she was getting a bit mad. She watched them talk, thinking to herself that it would be interesting to be able to read lips. For a moment she thought that she might try to learn but soon realized that she wasn't going to do that.

Weiss left several minutes before Professor Port. She was certain that at no point did he notice that she was there.

She glanced at her phone, the thought of calling her father crossed her mind. She hadn't spoken to him for a while, since before she even applied to Beacon. She wasn't certain that she wanted to deal with that right now. There was too much tension that she left behind.

"You seem to have a lot on your mind." someone said from behind her.

She whipped around to find Professor Ozpin. "Hello Professor," she put on a big fake smile. "I'm fine. What brings you out here?"

He walked up next to her and looked out to the horizon, "Is that so? Well, I thought it was a good time to take a walk." For a moment they took in silence. She was feeling a little awkward and was about to leave she he spoke again, "I was a little surprised that you didn't go to Atlas Academy. May I ask what made you decide to come to my school."

"Beacon has such a good reputation. Besides, coming here is a great way to experience other cultures." she said immediately.

"Hm," he glanced at her for a moment, "you didn't have to think too hard about that, did you?" He leaned against the railing, "I wonder if that's everything."

"What? Of course it is." she defended.

"Alright," he nodded, "I suppose if you say so." He said as he started to walked away leaving her to think about what he said. Of course there was more, it just wasn't something that she wanted to talk to him about.