Chapter Five - The Badge & The Burden

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On the first day of Beacon, Sasuke sat in in the classroom of Professor Peter Port. He stood in the corner and watched as Port began to give a lecture.

Port: Monsters! Deeeemons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!

Port's intro seemed to silence the class with varying degrees of interest. Sasuke himself didn't care for the teacher and his loud stories, but he was more interested in what he had to offer in terms of making him stronger. In his mind, listening to these lectures seemed like a waste of time. Nevertheless, Sasuke watched as Port continued his lecture.

Port: Uhhhh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces! And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntresses. Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world!

Port then goes off on a long winded tale about his exploits which seem to bore the class. Sasuke looked around the class to see how bored most of them were. Sasuke's eyes fell on Ruby. As he studied Ruby, he noticed that Weiss appeared to be agitated by something. Upon further studying, it was clear that it had something to do with Ruby. As Port regains the attention of his class, he finishes his story as well as offer a moral.

Port: The moral of this story? A true Huntsman must be honorable! A true Huntsman must be dependable! A true Huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, and wise! So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?

Without hesitation, Weiss raised her hand in apparent frustration.

Weiss: I do, sir!

Port: Well, then, let's find out! Step forward, and face your opponent!

Port then releases a Boarbatusk Grimm from a cage. Upon seeing this, Sasuke became interested. 

Sasuke: About time. I was starting to get tired of these long winded lectures. 

Ruby: Let's go, Weiss!

Weiss then engages the Boarbatusk while Ruby cheers her on much to her annoyance. During the fight, Weiss is momentarily disarmed.

Port: Oh-ho! Now what will you do without your weapon?

As Ruby attempts to give Weiss advice, Weiss is having none of it as she grows more agitated by it. Weiss then retrieves her Myrtenaster sword and drives the sword into it's chest, but the Boarbatusk continues to attack. Weiss tries to pull her sword out, but the Grimm proved too stubborn.

Weiss: Why won't it come out?!

As Weiss struggles to pull her sword out of the Grimm, the Boarbatusk overpowers Weiss. Sasuke intervenes by charging in with his Sharingan activated. He then uses his Chidori to impale the Boarbatusk. As the Boarbatusk was killed, Sasuke regains his footing while Port addresses the class.

Port: Bravo! Bra-vo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntsman and Huntress! I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and... stay vigilant! Class dismissed!

As class was dismissed, Weiss attempts to storm off, but is stopped by Ruby. In that moment, Weiss vented her frustrations.

Ruby: What's wrong with you? Why are you being-?

Weiss: What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? You're supposed to be a leader, and all you've been so far is a nuisance!

Ruby: What did I do?

Weiss: You've done nothing to earn your position! Back in the forest, you acted like a child, and you've only continued to do so!

Ruby: Weiss, where is this coming from? What happened to all the talk about 'working together'? I thought you believed in acting as a team.

Weiss: Not a team led by you. I've studied and trained. And quite frankly, I deserve better. It's clear here that Ozpin made a mistake making you leader of this team! 

Sasuke: And you would do better? That display proves otherwise.

Weiss: And why did you intervene! I had it!

Sasuke: That Grimm had you cornered. I might've saved your life. 

Weiss: I could've handled it myself!

Sasuke took note of Weiss's reaction. He couldn't help but scoff at Weiss's attitude. At that point, Weiss grew furious as she turned her ire back to Ruby.

Ruby: Weiss, where is this coming from? What happened to all the talk about 'working together'? I thought you believed in acting as a team.

Weiss: You clearly aren't fit to be the leader of this team! A leader is someone responsible, dependable, and most of all, mature. All of these things you're not! I hope in time, Ozpin sees this mistake and corrects it. 

Without saying a word, Weiss storms off. Sasuke then turns to a saddened Ruby.

Sasuke: If you are going to be your team's leader, then you have to be assertive. Or else people like her will walk over you. And if the people you intend to lead walk all over you like that, are you even worthy of being a leader?

Yang: That's a little harsh, don't you think?

Sasuke: That's life. The sooner you all learn this, the sooner it will be better for all of you.

Yang: What's your problem?!

Sasuke: My problem is a bunch of immature children playing at being Huntsmen. You need to grow up. The world is just not that simple. It never is. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to train in private.

With that, Sasuke walked away from Team RWBY. With that, Sasuke's tenure at Beacon Academy was off to a rocky start.

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