Ruby's POV

Class was supposed to be productive. Dr. Oobleck usually made sure students would learn no matter what. Class was supposed to be exciting. Professor Port always tries to make learning about different types of Grimm more than what textbooks provide. Combat training was usually fun. Professor Goodwitch let them loose against the others... mostly. But this...

Glynda: "Mr. Kurosaki!" Glynda yells. "You cannot be serious! A person's Aura-"

Ichigo: "Can make them weak. In the real world, you cannot always rely on your Aura to protect you."

Ichigo, or rather, Professor Kurosaki, said that he wanted to train everyone without them using their Aura. Aura acts as a shield against your enemies. It's what enables your Semblance.

Ruby: "I can't imagine fighting without my Aura..."

Ichigo points to Ruby without looking at her.

Ichigo: "Exactly, Ruby."

Ruby: "EEP!"

Ichigo must have overheard her. Oh no. Did she say something wrong? Or something right? Either way, everyone's looking at her and she's super embarrassed.

Glynda: "Right about what, Mr. Kurosaki?"

Instead of just Glynda, Ichigo addresses the entire class.

Ichigo: "Ruby just said that she can't imagine fighting without her Aura. I imagine most of you feel the same. The thing is that up until now, you've all trained here until your Aura broke, at which point, the match was called. However, out there, the Creatures of Grimm or even other people aren't going to stop just because you no longer have your protection. If anything, they'll use whatever sense they have and go after you even more. That's when you're at your most vulnerable and that's what I want to work on. I want to train you guys to not rely on your Aura for everything, to not give up if that fails."

Glynda: "But Mr. Kurosaki-"

Ichigo: "Glynda." He calmly addresses her. "I don't want to see anyone in this room die. Beaten to a bloody pulp? Some of them." He looks at Cardin's team as Cardin himself is still in the hospital. "But not die. This Academy is about preparing them for their lives as Huntsmen, right? From what I've seen so far, you're sorely lacking in what I've been talking about, what to do when you're vulnerable. And the way I see it, you're at your most vulnerable when you can't rely on defense."

Half the girls in the room swoon at Ichigo's brave declarations, including Ruby, at least, partially. He's completely right. Everyone relies on their Aura to protect them. What would they do if they didn't have their Auras or their Semblances?

Ichigo: "I'd like to teach them at least what to do in that situation."

Glynda: "...very well, Mr. Kurosaki." Ichigo raises an eyebrow. "*sigh* Fine. Professor Kurosaki, you may teach the class as you see fit."

Ichigo: "Thanks, Glynda." Her head emits steam as her anger boils. "Alright, now that we've got that out of the way, since you were kind enough to share your thoughts, Ruby, if you're in a combat situation and your Aura breaks, what do you do?"

Ruby (thoughts): 'W-What? He's asking me!? I don't know! Ask Weiss or something!'

Ruby: "I umm..."

Luckily, said Weiss raises her hand.

Weiss: "You try and get away from your attacker, obviously."

He gains a sinister grin, as if that's what he wanted her to say.

Ichigo: "But Weiss, what if there's a family and you're the only thing standing between said attacker and them, hmm?"

Weiss: "W-Well... I- I don't know. Fight back?" She blushes, embarrassed.

Ichigo: "But you're injured. Your Aura's down. You might die. What. Do. You. Do?"

Weiss seems embarrassed and at a loss for answers. Looks like she doesn't know either.

Pyrrha: "You do whatever it takes to succeed." she pipes up.

Ichigo smiles at Pyrrha's answer to the problem.

Ichigo: "Close. The answer is that it depends on the situation. You do whatever it takes to win. Running away is one viable option, but depending on the situation, you might not have that choice. Fighting is another option, but if you've relied solely on your Aura your entire life, you may not have the confidence to do so. That's the purpose of my training. Why tank a hit when you can dodge it? Because your Aura will protect you? I want you to be able to widen your skillset, not just improve on the skills you already possess."

Glynda's POV

Blake: "So you want us to come up with tactics that don't rely on Aura or, because it relies on Aura, our Semblance, is that it?"

Ichigo: "In a nutshell. You never know what kind of situation you'll face and thinking that you'll always have your Aura to protect you is naïve. So my assignment for you today is discuss amongst yourselves different tactics you might be able to use. You've already mastered creating a defensive Aura subconsciously, so now you'll have to think of what you can do without it."

Glynda watches Ichigo as he's teaching the class, or rather, teaching them to teach themselves.

Glynda (thoughts): 'At first, I thought he was just being reckless. Huntsmen and Huntresses always rely on their Aura and Semblances to help them in combat, but he's thought that through. He's right in that anything can happen in a battle and that using your Aura isn't always a choice, so rather than despair about what they're going to do if that happens, he wants them to learn how to deal with it...' She looks at her assistant teacher, impressed. 'Once again, I underestimated you, Ichigo.'

After Class

Ichigo's POV

Glynda: "Attention everyone. Class is now over, but I would like to remind you of Parents' Day that's coming up."

Ichigo (thoughts): 'Huh?'

Some of the class, including Ruby, moans in frustration.

Glynda: "As you are aware, you have had the chance to invite your families here to Beacon to show them what you've learned. Normally, Beacon is a closed campus, meaning civilians aren't usually allowed in. However, for tomorrow only, you shall have the opportunity to demonstrate how much stronger you've gotten. As such, we will have special classes tomorrow whose purpose is to do so. If you understand, you are all dismissed."

The class mostly waves her off as it seems like everyone knew that, instead opting to talk to the new girls, meaning Ichigo's teams. Glynda starts to leave the classroom. However, Ichigo himself is...

Ichigo: "The hell!?"

...yeah, that. He follows Glynda outside the arena classroom and catches up to her.

Glynda's POV

Ichigo: "Glynda! What the hell's going on!? Why wasn't I told about this!?"

Glynda: "Professor Kurosaki," she adjusts her glasses to better fit, "you were informed back when you were a student. Last week, in fact. If you didn't listen, that is your own doing. Now that you're a teacher, you need to be extra vigilant!"

Ichigo rubs the back of his head and his eyes darken slightly. Did she say something wrong? Or...

Glynda (thoughts): 'Could he be upset because of his own parents? It's not rare for young people to be orphans, but for him, it's...'

Glynda: "Ichigo, I apologize. I was out of line. I should have been more considerate of you."

Ichigo: "Huh?" He comes out of his train of thought. "I was just thinking about how I'm going to deal with everything tomorrow. You're right in that I need to pay attention more. I have people to look after now."

He glances at the group of women now living in his dorm, a fact that Glynda is not too happy about.

Ichigo's POV

Glynda: "R-Right... Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some more work to do. We can't all be living in paradise with eleven beautiful young ladies. I shall see you in our next class."

She quickly gathers her teaching materials and walks down the hall, leaving Ichigo alone outside the classroom. Her tone with that last part indicated annoyance, but what does that have to do with her?

Ichigo: "*sigh* Her and Oz should've at least told me something like this would happen. Now that I'm a teacher, I-"

Nel: "I-CHI-GOOO!"

Nel glomps Ichigo in her usual way, smothering him too much as she hugs him gleefully.

Ichigo (muffled): "Nel, how many times have we been over this!?"

When Nel finally lets go of Ichigo's head, opting to hold on to his arm, the rest of the gang walks up, some looking neutral, some seemingly annoyed, and others looking happy. Good to see they're adjusting to school life.

Tier: "Ichigo, what was that about. With Goodwitch, I mean."

Ichigo: "*sigh* Honestly, I have no idea."

Apacci: "Probably just has a stick up her ass."

Nemu: "The reaction I was receiving from her was more like she was frustrated with Ichigo."

Ichigo: "Frustrated with me? But why?"

Yoruichi and Kukaku join them, sporting very happy expressions. Kukaku's uniform is not unlike Rangiku's was when she entered his high school before, exposing her 'assets'. Mila's uniform is similar, but due to more practical reasons of being slightly too small.

Kukaku: "Yo, Ichigo. We're having a party tonight."

Ichigo: "A party?"

Yoruichi: "Yeah, in the dorm. We invited Team RWBY and JNPR too. We tried inviting CFVY, but..."

Ichigo: "But?"

Tier: "Forgive us, Ichigo. It seems that during yesterday's Initiation, we might have gone overboard. All of them have said they're feeling serious aftereffects, even after Orihime's healing."

Orihime: "I'm sorry, Ichigo! I should have done more!" she apologizes.

Ichigo: "It's fine, Orihime. You did great. Now what's this about a party?"

Kukaku: "It's to celebrate getting in here. Gotta do somethin' for that, right?"

Ichigo looks at everyone in the group. Tres Bestias are arguing amongst themselves, like they usually do, Yoruichi and Kukaku seem excited about the party, Sui-Feng seems to be barely paying attention, Nemu, Tier, Rukia, and Orihime seem neutral about it, and Nel is, well, Nel. Yoruichi and Kukaku probably already have things in mind, which is a scary thought to have considering what they can do separately.

Ichigo: "...fine, do whatever you want. I'll be by the dorm after classes are over as well as a faculty meeting I've got."

Yoruichi: "Good. You'll be needed."

Ichigo: "...I don't know what that means and I don't want to."

He Flash Steps away from them, both to get where he needs to be and to get away from them.

Later

After the Faculty Meeting

It seems this 'Faculty Meeting' was more of an excuse to welcome Ichigo to Beacon as a teacher and not a student, as well as congratulate him on the position. Oobleck spiked her own coffee while Port kept trying to tell Ichigo about his niece, whoever she is. Considering all the women in his life, Port was probably just making fun of him. Glynda mostly kept to herself while Ozpin was barely there. There were a few other teachers there, like Professor Peach, but then again, their involvement past the congratulations was kept to a minimum.

Ichigo: "It's like they just wanted an excuse to... party."

He approaches his dorm room. He hears loud music, loud girls, and also... stuff breaking? Shit.

Ichigo: "Alright, what's going on in... here?"

As he opens the door, he sees Yang and Nora in an arm-wrestling competition, Pyrrha speaking with Sung-Sun, Apacci and Mila going at it outside through the window, Tier, Yoruichi, and Kukaku drinking something that is most likely alcohol, Orihime tending to Jaune's wounds, a seemingly drunk Rukia arguing with an also seemingly drunk Weiss, Ruby eating cookies innocently next to Sui-Feng, who's watching Yoruichi's drinking contest, Nemu, Nel, and Blake talking about something unintelligible due to the noise, and Ren acting like how Ichigo's feeling, as in...

Ichigo: "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?"

...except Ren's being quiet about it, like he usually does.

Yang: "Hey, Ichigo! You- nrgh! You here for the party?" she asks as she almost loses to Nora because of the distraction.

Ichigo: "IT'S MY ROOM!" He enters and closes the door behind him. "Should have expected something like this."

Yoruichi: "Ichigo! It's about time you showed up! Come on, have a drink with us! I got something that's basically sake when I went out yesterday!"

Ichigo: "So that's where you went after Initiation... Wait a second, why is this so loud!?"

He goes to disconnect one of the speakers, but Orihime stops him by grabbing his arm.

Orihime: "Ichigo, wait! Everybody's having such a good time here!"

Seeing her pleading eyes, Ichigo almost feels guilty about wanting to disrupt the party, even if it's driving him crazy.

Ichigo: "...fine."

Kukaku: "Now that that's settled, come here! Have a drink!"

She wraps her arm around Ichigo's head, forcing it into her normally clothed chest (meaning the clothes she normally wears and not the uniform), and puts a drinking cup directly up to his lips. The smell of the alcohol's something he's not accustomed to, so as a reflex, he pushes her away, except when he does...

Kukaku: "Oh, Ichigo! I didn't know you wanted that!"

When he pushed her away, he grabbed the first thing he could, or rather, things.

Kukaku: "I'll let you touch 'em if you want."

She shakes her ample bosom at Ichigo. Just like that, Ichigo goes nearly as red as he did when he first saw Yoruichi naked.

Ichigo: "Y-Y-You-"

He can barely speak.

Tier: "Are males really infatuated with breasts that much? I've heard they can be perverts, but I never really understood why." she interrupts.

Yoruichi: "Yeah. I've even heard of this one loser in an anime who gets powerups from them, it's so sad!"

Tier: "Is that so? Well Ichigo, would you like to touch mine?" she innocently asks while leaning down.

Ichigo: "I-"

A table breaks as Nora overpowers Yang in their arm-wrestling competition.

Nora: "MAMA ALWAYS WINS!"

Ichigo: "Hey look, anything else! Let's pay attention to that!"

This distraction seems to have worked on the slightly inebriated women, as they turn their attention towards Nora gloating over her win. Mila and Apacci shoot through the window as it seems their little scuffle is over, for now at least.

Rukia (drunk): "I'm telling you, there's no way a Boarbatusk would defeat an Ursa Alpha in a fight!"

Weiss (drunk): "And I'm telling you! If the Boarbatusk hit it in *hic* the stomach, it'd have a chance!"

Rukia (drunk): "Wanna *hic* go to the Emerald Forest and find out!?"

Weiss (drunk): "Yeah! I'll show you!"

The two drunk girls try to leave the dorm, but Ichigo picks both of them up by their waists, attempting to calm them down.

Rukia/Weiss (both drunk): "Put me down, Ichigo!"

Ichigo: "Not like that. You're not going any-"

Weiss (drunk): "Ichigo... You're so handsome... You're even more handsome when *hic* there's three of you..."

She starts trying to grab Ichigo's shoulders, but keeps missing due to her double, or in this case, triple vision.

Rukia (drunk): "Ichigo, I am perfectly fine. We *hic* just wanted to go out to the Emerald Forest to settle a bet."

Ichigo: "You're not going anywhere like that."

Rukia (drunk): "Huh?"

The robe around her shoulder falls as the sash holding her shihakushou closed loosens, causing Ichigo's nose to run with a little bit of blood. Rukia notices both of their conditions, holds her robe closed, and looks away with rosy red cheeks.

Rukia (drunk): "D-Don't stare..."

Rukia acting like a girl like that is something new. There's no way that she'd be acting like this if she were sober. It must be the alcohol, that's it!

Yang recovers from being beaten by Nora and pushes up against Ichigo's back, making him stumble forward with the two drunk girls still in hand.

Yang: "Don't worry about her, Ichigo. You can stare at me all you want."

She's playing the game again. Ichigo's had enough with that! Between Kukaku, Yoruichi, and now Yang, he's tired of being at the butt of the joke!

Ichigo: "Oh really? What if I said I've stared before and I liked what I saw?"

Yang: "I've definitely stared at those abs of yours."

Ichigo: "Oh yeah?"

Yang: "Yeah..."

Ichigo: "Why don't we go to another room then? Alone." he whispers in her ear. "You can feel all. You. Want."

As expected, Yang starts blushing heavily. Looks like he's won this round of the game.

Yang: "I-I-I-I was just playing, you know!? I... I can't do that, not yet!"

She takes Weiss from Ichigo, using her as almost a shield, and goes over to Ruby and Sui-Feng to hide herself. Rukia wriggles herself out of Ichigo's grasp, seemingly angry, and walks, er, stumbles over to Orihime, whispering in her ear. Judging by Orihime's expression, Rukia's probably slurring her words and can't be understood. Actually, Rukia's not being as quiet as she thinks she is and Ichigo can hear her fairly well, so she's definitely slurring her words.

Pyrrha: "Ichigo? Is they... okay?" She gestures to Weiss, Rukia, and Yang.

Ichigo: "They'll be fine. What's up?"

Pyrrha: "I was just wondering something... Is was Sung-Sun said true? That you have a penchant for redheads?"

Ichigo shoots Sung-Sun a dirty look, who looks away innocently.

Ichigo: "I umm..." He keeps in mind that she's a redhead. "I don't dislike them, I guess. If they're like you, I'd say they're cute..." he mumbles so as not to hurt her feelings.

In response, her face seems to glow with happiness? Looks like he said the right thing.

Pyrrha: "Why thank you, Ichigo. I must say, you're rather handsome yourself."

She awkwardly leaves and goes on with the night. The party keeps going as Ichigo settles in to the chaotic scene. Yang doesn't really approach him for the rest of the night, at least, alone like she had before. Weiss and Rukia were the first people to pass out, something not unexpected. Ruby was the next due to her age, followed by Nora who had gotten off her sugar high. Sung-Sun and Mila were the next to nod off as their battle had taken a slight toll on them, as did the fact that they now have to sleep. Everyone else either went back to their own dorms, carrying their respective members with them, or curled up in their own beds in the case of the people actually living in there. As Ichigo tries to go to sleep, he hears Yoruichi, Tier, Kukaku, and Sui-Feng talking and continuing their drinking, Sui-Feng actually having joined in. He couldn't really care less about what they were talking about, though. He just wanted to sleep. Being a teacher's almost as rough as being a student in some ways.

The Next Morning

Sui-Feng's POV

Sui-Feng (thoughts): 'Ugh... what happened? OW, my head! I-'

She feels rippling muscles in her hand, followed by an arm lifting itself from her. Her legs are intertwined with who she's sleeping next to, the warmness under their shared blanket being relaxing.

Sui-Feng (thoughts): 'Am I finally sleeping with Lady Yoruichi!?' she asks herself with a slight nosebleed.