God, I start thinking thinking of something interesting to write and it turns into shonen. Should have watched Sailor moon.
Anyway for the leadership class lets not pretend that anyone is the perfect leader.
For example team CFVY. Someone like Coco takes time to get used to. I mean, I love the girl but omg, not an instant friendship, but that's ok. Character flaws are good writing opportunities.
So, let me try and spit something real quick.(Gentle warning, I haven't any extra material for RWBY so if I get their characterization wrong or miss a fact that was disclosed in some novel or in manga, my bad.)
Team CFVY - year 1
Coco- I am telling you guys, while team jerseys are catchy and so before color wars, we can have a team theme and make our own outfits based on that. I am sure even our dear Muscle and Monk could pull something of.
Coco - Though I mean, it's gonna be pretty tough considering, well you know, guys
Fox - No, I don't know. Perhaps you would like to enlighten me?
Coco - Woh! dude, personal space and I mean, it's pretty self explanatory.
Yatsuhashi - What are we talking about here again? I mean I don't see anything bad with team jerssy
Coco - Ok look, boys, y'all are a pretty bunch but you know where the beauty lies. Besides, I am seeing some real potential here and it's way over there.
Fox - Oh, I see your type, well I guess we should sleep without any problem, because we know whose gonna take all the harassment cases for the team.
Coco - What's your angle here, tough guy?
Velvet - ......
Fox - I have no angle, but I know yours pretty well, young lady.
Coco - Well mom, looks like I get to teach this lesson once again. Listen here Mr. "I see more with my ears than you can with your eyes", the dildo of consequences rarely comes lubed and I have a whole lot of them in the closet waiting for an unsuspecting asshole.
Fox - Really gonna have to face more than a few lawsuits.
Fast Forward - Present
Coco - So yeah, I won't blame shit like surroundings and my childhood but as you now know, I was the picture perfect bitch.
Ruby - But what changed? I mean you are so cool and so awesome and you have such an amazing bag andohmigoshthatgunissocoolcanIFireitleplslspls--
Coco - You are cute short gun (Yang - Ha! 'Short Gun' also don't even think. Ruby - YANG! please no!) but you are not my field. But yeah, everyone's got some issue and the first step is to acknowledge them, and 2nd step is to not fallback like an alcoholic (Yang and Ruby - oof). I have a good team, took my ass out of fire way more times I care to keep track of and I tried to be a good leader, but that's the neat part ladies, Good leadership is a lot like having sex for the first time, Confidence is good, but you gotta keep in mind all of you are here for the other person as well and the aftermath of a messy time is a bitch and a half to cleanup.
Everyone laughs except for team CFVY because they know how messy things can actually get and what the intention of Coco's analogy was
Jaune - And umm, it's just a hyptohetical but like, what if you are really really not suited for it?
Rest of team JNPR try to interject but Coco speaks.
Coco - Listen, Jaune was it? You know, if it was some field that required a lot of theoretical like say any of the STEM and other things of that nature I would say "Well better learn how to get good as quick as you can scrub", but here's the thing I learned. Early Huntsmen, didn't have standardised shit like us, yes they had weapons training but conventional combat mechanics go out of the window when you enter Grimm and Aura into the equation. Half the flips and twirls and big moves we do are stupid as fuck but the philosopy behind organised Grim fight using Squads is still in its infancy.
Jaune - And so...?
Velvet - What she is saying is that, due to the unorthodox job we all have, you are gonna learn your best skills in field and also you don't have to worry about things like your classmates being better and being an imposter because at the end of the day, a hunter should never fight alone even if they are capable of it because strength alone cannot grant victory(Bonus points to those who figure where it is from), you gotta have heart and know how to work well with others. Logistics and strategic planning are definitely more important factors than pure martial prowess in this eternal war. Yes you need that too, but we gotta make sure of a lot of other things as well.
Fox - So even if you think you don't have a place or feel half blind while following this path? Just know that you need to get your hands dirty anyway and you got your friends behind you.
Yatsuhashi - It takes getting punched around by just the right kind of grimm for things to click but at that point, you've got your comrades to make sure you aren't in too much of shit and when time comes <Yatsuhashi watches the rest of his team as they nod at him>, you make sure to accept and offer help.
Coco - Plus believe when I say it, once you get the rhythm of it, you realise the skills were there already, after all fighting and fucking is something humans and faunus have perfected better than perhaps any other species on the planet.
Here is my take on a senior team who have had too many battles to give a shit about proper social customs and other fancy shit. More than guns and ammo, when you have aura and semblances, it's the team synergy that matters. But having big guns is also a definite plus