Beacon Academy was experiencing a regular day of classes. It had been a good three weeks of the beginning of the school year, teams had been set and friendships forged. Currently, two teams of destiny sit at their desks dumbfounded at the endless lectures given by an old, but kind man named Professor Port. The two teams were composed of colorful individuals: Team RWBY had Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long. Team JNPR had Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren. They were bored, little did they know things were about to get exciting. Their scrolls beeped simultaneously, causing all eight to look at their scrolls and the class to look at them.
"Report to my office immediately for a special mission." Was what they read.
"A mission?" Said Weiss, "For first years?" Then it came to her, maybe Ozpin is testing—
"A Mission!" Bellowed Ruby, "This is going to be awesome! Are we hunting Beowolves? Defending a village? Escorting treasur—"
"Miss Rose, what is the meaning of this disruption?" Asked Professor Port, slightly mad to be interrupted while telling one of his exciting tales. Ruby tensed up and replied nervously.
"My team got a message that we've got a mission and to report to Mr.Ozpin's office..." Jaune spoke next while raising his hand.
"My team also got a message like that!" This caused the eight teens to look at each other curiously. Mr.Port was skeptical.
"Why would the Headmaster want to send first years on a mission?" He gestured toward them, "In fact, if that was true, why haven't I received—" His scroll dinged, he pulled it out and looked at it. He read what had to say and looked up. "It's been confirmed, I suggest you eight to make haste to Ozpin's office." With that they rushed across campus to the spiraling tower. When they all boarded the elevator, they started a conversation.
"So, does anyone know what Ozpin wants?" Jaune asked his friends, Blake answered him.
"It's possible that we might be sent out to deal with grim. I don't really know why he'd choose us, those missions are usually referred to more senior students..." She rubbed her head.
"It's obvious!" Weiss chimed in, "Ozpin wants to test us, we're probably going to be tasked with something important only we could do." She was vivid at the prospect of her skills being acknowledged. "He sees our team's potential, or at least, the few with potential..." Yang just chuckled.
"Whatever it is, I just hope it's fun." She said. Nora shook her hands in the air.
"Maybe, just maybe. We're tasked with getting pancakes for the school!" She screamed. Ren just face palmed. Before anyone could speak more, the elevator dinged, signaling that it had reached the top.
Ozpin's Office, two minutes earlier.
Ozpin sat at his desk looking at files, and footage of an enigmatic boy. He had been researching about this boy for about a year in his spare time. His focus was disrupted by the voice of a woman.
"Ozpin!" Said Glynda Goodwitch, a stern and fierce lady.
"Glynda..."
"This is a job for hunters, not for children." She said, full of fury, "This is dangerous and irresponsible!" He remained calm despite the situation.
"Glynda, please, I have a plan." She wasn't going to have it.
"Sending a bunch of first years after a murderer is stupid!" Not once in the years that she knew Ozpin did she show wrath that she did on this day.
"Listen, this is part of my plan—" Ozpin couldn't finish his sentence as the Elevator door opened. Eight students that Ozpin thought were promising came out of it. One of them, Ruby Rose, who he found out about from a robbery she thwarted, came forth.
"You wanted to see us sir?" She asked. He smiled at his students.
"Yes, I have a mission for you all of great importance to me." He said, " I need you all to find someone for me, a boy." They all were puzzled at this.
"Who?" Asked Pyrrha Nikos.
"I don't really know his name, only nicknames." He answered.
"What are his nicknames?" Blake asked, thinking about an old accomplice.
"People have been calling him three things: The Grimm Reaper, the Shadow Warrior and the Dark Knight." These nicknames made the two teams shiver for a moment. Some of them had heard tales about this boy. Ruby and Yang had heard of a boy who had cleared an entire herd of Grimm by himself. Pyrrha had heard tales of an avatar of the God of Darkness wandering the roads of remnant looking for worthy foes. Blake had heard tales about the Reaper, an evil spirit that hunted down White Fang members with no remorse. Ren and Nora heard of a boy who took out an entire gang in Mistral. Weiss had heard of a boy who took to robbing her family company's Dust shipments.
"Whoa, those names sound hardcore." Jaune said childlike, "Why do you want us to go after him?"
"Because, this kid is wanted for murder and theft..."
"Oh..." Jaune felt like an idiot.
"Sir, we're just Huntresses and Huntsmen in training. We're not ready to deal with a murderer." Said Weiss, a little terrified.
"Don't worry, I don't think he would hurt you all." Ozpin reassured them.
"What makes you say that?" Asked Ren.
"Because it doesn't match the patterns of the boy." He said, "From what I could scrap up in the last year of investigation, this boy helps people and kills criminals." This made Weiss feel less nervous but she still wasn't excited. "But that doesn't excuse murder, I want you all to find him and bring him to me. Miss Goodwitch will be your supervisor on this mission." Ruby raised her hand. "Yes Ms.Rose?"
"Professor, what does he look like?" She asked curiously. He gave them all a serious stern look.
"I was able to acquire footage from a month ago, but it is graphic and disturbing." They all froze for a moment. "Do you want to see it?" He asked hesitantly.
"Yes." Ruby answered. Yang looked at her sister and held her hand to her shoulder.
"Ar-are you sure?" She asked her little sister.
"It is extremely advantageous to know what we can do for our target." Ren reasoned. Ruby looked at her sister and nodded.
"We have to grow up sometime and it would be nice to know what fighting style this boy uses." Ruby told her sister.
"Ok," Ozpin said as he was pulling something up on a screen. "This footage was taken at a village called Golden Grove." The screen turns on to show a camera being held by someone watching the boy. He was walking through the middle of town without a care in the world. Then a man in a black and blue outfit stepped out of an alleyway with men in similar colors. The boy and man start speaking to each other but the camera man is too far to pick it up. Then a goon in the same colors starts to walk up behind him.
"That man is going to attack him!" Ruby said in realization. But then in a quick twirl the hooded boy in black unsheathed his sword and decapitated him and stabbed the man in front of him. This shocked the students as well as Miss Goodwitch. Then the Boy dispatched two more goons in a slash that caused their guts to fall out. The students closed their eyes and Jaune puked into a garbage can. Ozpin stopped the footage and turned off the screen.
"That boy killed them in cold blood!" Weiss said horrified. Ozpin gave his students a sad look.
"I'm sorry you all saw that, it's horrible to see people die. But I suppose that it's better to have an expectation of what you're dealing with. You all should get ready and meet me at the Bullhead." With that they all left. When team RWBY got back to their dorm, they conversed as they got ready.
"That boy is a Psychopath, how are we going to deal with him?" Weiss said to her team, Blake looked at her while filling her bag of stuff for the trip.
"Maybe we set a trap for him." She suggested, Ruby look back to them.
"That's what those men in the alleyway tried..." Yang patted her sister on the back.
"I have a better idea." She said to the two cheerily, "We act scared and afraid and then, boom, I knock him out with Ember Celica and we tie him up with Blake's bow and take him in." Weiss was aggravated.
"How can you be so cheerful at a time like this, we're dealing with a killer, not Grimm." She bursted out. Yang's eyes flashed red.
"I'm just trying to lighten up the mood." The two girls were about to clash when Ruby got between the two.
"Guys, we got to calm down, we're a team. Professor Ozpin is counting on us to capture this boy." She looked at her partner and sister. Weiss seemed to calm herself down and Yang's eyes turned back to their usual violet color. The team packed their bags and headed out onto the trip that will diverge the lines of destiny.
Bandit camp, the night before the office meeting…
Haru sat breathing heavily. Blood covered him and his sword. The whole bandit camp was aflame, the walls of it were covered in blood. He heard Grimm in the distance, they sensed the negative and dark emotions of him. He just laughed, wolves to the slaughter.