Pikatwig: So… Cross Tag Battle is almost here. Seems like as good a time as any to do something to honor it. And I decided to get some help.
Sean: *walks in*greetings one and all. It's Seanzilla115..or Seanzilla1988 if ya wanna call me by my lp series name.
Pikatwig: Good to see you again.
SZ: Thanks man. Been a while huh?
Pikatwig: Yeah. Cross Tag Battle is part Blazblue, a massive part Blazblue, so who better to help me out on this story than a Blazblue fan.
SZ: Yup. And I am of the Persona series and RWBY series as well. For UNIEL, or Under Night….not so much since I haven't played the games for it.
Pikatwig: I had never even heard of Under Night prior to learning about Cross Tag Battle. Kind of like how I didn't hear about Bayonetta until she was, for whatever reason, declared the Smash Ballot Winner.
Sean:She was one of Platinum Games first games, but...wait wait. Getting off track here.
Pikatwig: Just a kind of analogy to how I don't know much about Under Night. ArcSystems at least helped FrenchBread, the company who owns the IP for Under Night, with some coding aspect of the game from my understanding.
SZ:*nods* Anyway...reason we bring BBTAG up is...well, you all know of RWBY Chibi right?
Pikatwig: Yep. Watched it quite a bit.
SZ: Watched it, and loved it….I swear if Rooster Teeth doesn't do anything to help promote it via a sketch on RWBY Chibi….nevermind. Point is, we're here to bring ya our take of RWBY Chibi...BBTAG style!
Pikatwig: I wasn't sure if TAG Chibi would work for a name, so I chose an interesting name for this. "Watashi-tachi no Crossing Fate". It means "Our Crossing Fate".
SZ: OHh~ I like it.
Pikatwig: Thank you. And, small FYI, KKD and/or Muk might be joining us for working on this in the future. I don't know fully if they want to be in, but they might. Just FYI.
SZ: Hai, so...keep an eye out for them folks.
Pikatwig: Yeah. So, for the style of this story, it'll be kind of like what RWBY Chibi started to do in season two where, while the characters exist, there's also like a show/behind the scenes aspect to it.
SZ: HAi...which is kinda fitting since..hm...can you count the 'Teach Me Ms. Litchi' and 'Help me Prof Kokonoe' skits in Blazblue as chibi since they technically showed the Blazblue characters chibi style?
Pikatwig: Sure.
SZ: Ahh good. WE're off to a good start then.
Pikatwig: One small thing I do want to mention before we begin. Who do you plan on maining when you get the game? When/If I get it, I plan to main Noel and Ruby.
SZ: Ain't it obvious? I gotta go with Team PUNch!
Pikatwig: Alright, let's go ahead and begin.
Disclaimers: Pikatwig, Seanzilla, Muk and KKD do not own anything in this story except for the original concepts and characters within. The rest belong to Arc System Works, Arcsys Games, Toshimichi Mori, Yuki Katō, Atlus, Katsuhara Hashino, Kouji Okada, Kazuma Kaneko, Ecole Software, French Bread, Nobuya Narita, Rooster Teeth, and Monty Oum.
Warning: The following story contains language not suitable for children and may offend some readers. Reader discretion is advised.
It was a calm and peaceful day in Japan. At the Yokohama base of ArcSystems, sitting in his office as he pondered a few things, as the creator of Blazblue, Toshimuchi Mori, and right now… he was thinking on what to do for the 10 anniversary of his series.
"Hmm…" he muttered as he looked over some sketches for a plot "What to do...oh! Maybe something like Dynasty warriors?...no no. Guilty Gear tried that...did not do so well...dating sim with the girls? No...that would be a massive change...hmm…"
"Welp, looks like Persona 5 sold really well again," one of his fellow coworkers noted as they walked past his opened door.
"No kidding...wonder when Atlas is gonna come to us for a Persona 5 Arena?" another pondered.
A knock then came at the door.
"Come in," Mori called out.
A man wearing a black suit with the Atlus logo walked in.
"...wow… I'm psychic," the co-worker laughed.
"Before you ask, no. It's not about P5Arena."
"Dang it!"
"We'll discuss that later," the person informed.
"Hashino-san, good to see you," Mori greeted, "What does bring you by?"
"Persona 4 is turning ten this year and people want to celebrate it somehow."
Mori then gave a thought-filled smile, "Well… it just so happens that Blazblue is also turning ten this year…"
"Oh really now?"
'Hai. I'm just pondering i-" Mori began before another man in a suit walked in.
"Mori, hey. It's Nobuya Nairita, and I was wondering if you'd like to contribute to our Under Night series," the man stated.
"Hmm…" Mori smiled as he got out a piece of paper and quickly sketched something out.
"What are you doing?" a co-worker asked.
"This…" he smiled as he showed a drawing of Ragna, Yu, and Hyde on it.
"...Brilliant!" Hashino and Nobuya beamed.
"Hmm... though I feel there's something missing…" Mori admitted as he looked at the picture, "But what…?"
A few weeks had passed and the three companies had met up at a Sega building to discuss ideas for the game, currently under the codename of 'Cross Battle'.
"How about Senran Kagura?" one ArcSystems employee suggested.
"...we'll put that in the maybe pile."
"What about Stree-"
"No. That game's already been crossed over with too many other series."
"Dragon Ball?"
"We're already doing a Dragon Ball fighter…"
"...Avatar: the Last Airbender?"
"A few years too late on that."
"Mori, any ideas?" Hashino questioned.
There wasn't a response.
"Mori?"
"This will be the day we've waited for, this will be the day we open up the door," Mori quietly sung.
"MORI!"
"Hmm? What?" Mori blinked as he looked at the others, "Oh! Gomen. I was just thinking back to Monty Oum's RWBY series."
"Can you please focus?" a French-Bread employee asked.
Mori gave a small nod before he looked back to the phone he was watching, "...I got it!"
"What?! What do you got?!"
"Do any of you know about a little show called RWBY?"
Respondes of mostly 'no's came from a few employees.
"You mean that web series that was created in america? What about it?"
"Picture this... Cross... Tag… Battle, featuring Blazblue, Under Night, Persona, and RWBY."
"...We're listening…"
Members of the Rooster Teeth staff were soon flown out to Japan to discuss the idea.
"Do you really think this will work?"
"Of course it will."
"That's what you said about RWBY Grimm Eclipse, and looked what happened."
"People liked it!"
"Sure they did…"
"We worked hard on that game!"
"Tell that to the critics."
"Ruby and Ragna in one video game…" Kerry Shawcross smiled as he looked at a sketch, "Monty would've loved this…"
"Yes he would have...rest his soul," Mori nodded a bit.
"So, are you in?" Hashino asked.
"...we're in. Let's make this game amazing."
A few days had passed and Ragna was sitting in a room and waiting around.
"Ugh... what do they want for me this time? Another mobile game cameo? A party game? ...Better not be another rhythm game damn it," Ragna muttered.
"Excuse me? Are you… Ragna Kurogane?" somebody asked him.
"No. It's Ragna the Bl-" Ragna began as he turned, seeing both Yu and Hyde standing in the doorway, "...uh hey."
"Hi."
"...Aren't you from that one spin-off fighting game of that RPG series?" Ragna asked, looking over at Yu.
"I am."
"Name?"
"Yu."
"Huh? Me?"
"No. Yu."
"So you share the same name as me?"
"No. it's Yu."
"What about me?!"
"No! Yu! Yu Narukami!"
"I'm not Narukami!"
"No! I am! Yu Narukami!"
"God dman it my name is Ragna, not Narukami!"
"Is this really happening right now…?" Hyde muttered with a slight sweatdrop.
Ragna then turned to look at Hyde for a moment, "...and who the hell are you?"
"I'm Hyde. I'm more or less the main character of Under Night."
"..."
"...Really? You've never heard of it? We share the same company," Hyde pointed out.
"...no. I'd think I'd remember another fighting game that wasn't Guilty Gear," Ragna bluntly stated.
Hyde sighed before he turned to Yu, "You know who I am, right?"
Yu looked at Hyde for a moment, scratching the back of his head as he thought, "Uh… sorry… I don't."
"Of course not…" Hyde slumped.
"Hey, Ragna," Mori called out as he walked over to the three, "Alright. You get introductions out of the way?"
Ragna was silent.
"Ok… Ragna, meet Yu Narukami from Persona 4, and Hyde Kido from Under Night."
"Oh...so his name is Yu..." Ragna muttered
"Oh for…" Yu sighed a bit.
"Before you ask what you're all doing here… crossover video game!"
"Huh?/Eh?/The hell you talking about?" Yu, Hyde, and Ragna blinked.
"We're gonna go the Marvel Vs Capcom route, and pit you all in a crossover fighting game!"
"Didn't ArcSystems already kill Capcom once?" Ragna comment.
"We did, but given their latest game Marvel Vs Capcom Infinity, we figured we'd give that a shot for Blazblue's tenth anniversary," Mori explained, "Oh and good news, you three won't be the only ones sharing the spotlight in terms of series used in this."
"Wait… what's the 4th series?" Hyde raised a brow.
"Ms. Rose? That's your cue."
Nobody entered.
"Uh… Ms. Rose?"
Again, nothing.
"Uh… I'll be back in a minute…" Mori stated before he quickly headed off.
"...alright…?" Hyde blinked.
"Ok… I know Persona 4 Arena was made by ArcSystems, so it makes sense… but why the heck are you here?" Ragna asked Hyde.
"ArcSystems helped with coding my game."
"Well… it's nice to meet you both," Yu smiled as he bowed a little.
"Isn't Persona the series with the guy who shouts 'Za Warudo'?" Hyde asked.
"No. That's Jojo's Bizarre Adventure," Yu explained, "My series was inspired by it."
"Ah…" Hyde nodded.
"Wait… I know that voice… aren't you that Itsuki guy?" Ragna asked.
"...your creator said my name was Hyde Kido…" Hyde grumbled.
"Oh...well…y-"
"Ok, guys!" somebody called out, "We're gonna work on filming the first trailer now!"
Ragna simply raised a brow at that, "So soon? b-
"Nii-san!"
"...Damn it…" Ragna facepalmed
Jin walked on over and attempted to stab Ragna with his weapon.
"What the heck?!" Yu and Hyde yelled.
"Nii-san...I found you~" jin grinend in an insane manner, "Come...let us embrace, brother~!"
"Jin, no!"
"Jin, Yes~!"
"This is starting to get creepy even for me," Hyde whispered as he slowly inched away from Jin.
"Izanagi!" Yu yelled.
"?!" Jin tensed as he quickly stopped.
"...how do you know her?" Ragna asked as Yu's Persona moved in and knocked Jin away from him, "...what the…?"
"Long story," Yu answered as he dismissed his Persona.
"Let's work on that trailer now…" Hyde sighed.
Ragna and Jin stood across from each-other on a new stage for the game.
"Heh, so this is… is… is… uh…" Ragna started before looking around, "Line!"
"CUT!" somebody yelled, "Ragna, the line is not that hard."
"We didn't even get ten minutes to read a script because a certain SOMEONE tried to cut me!" Ragna complained as he shot Jin a dirty glare, "And why is he even here?! Shouldn't it be the girl from the other series?"
"Her plane had some delays and we're still trying to get her here. On the bright side, Jin's only reason for being here is for you and the others to beat up," the director informed.
"That doesn't help damn it!"
"I don't mind brother, as long as it's you…" Jin grinned happily...in an unhealthy manner.
"You're not supposed to enjoy it damn it!"
Yu simply gave a 'cuco, cuco' motion from behind Jin.
"The line is 'Heh, so this is one of these possibilities, huh. Then, in that case, all I have to do is beat all of you up'."
"Ahh...gotcha," Ragna nodded as he got back into position.
"Take two. We're rolling… and… action!"
"Heh, so this is one of these 'possibilities, huh," Ragna began as he and Jin readied their weapons, "Then, in that case, all I have to do is BEAT ALL OF YOU UP!"
Hyde and Yu came running in from opposite ends to clash their swords… only for Hyde to miss and go tumbling right into Jin.
"CUT!"
"Sorry...sorry...slipped on some ice." Hyde mumbled off-screen.
"Slipped on some ice? We didn't….DAMN IT JIN!"
"This is between me and nii-san alone! I don't want these pieces of trash here!" Jin argued.
"Jin, you won't get paid unless you cooperate with us for the trailer!" the director yelled.
"...Fine," Jin frowned.
"Alright… ready take three…" the director sighed as he got back into position, "And… action!"
"Heh, so this is one of th-" Ragna began to speak before a cellphone went off, "...SERIOUSLY?!"
"CUT!"
Everybody looked to see it was Yu's phone. He answered it and began to talk to whoever it was.
"Ugh… everybody take fifteen!"
Ragna, hastily, got out of the room before Jin could say or do anything.
Ragna was now sitting outside and eating a bowl of ramen, Noel sitting nearby as she looked at him.
"W-well? Did everything work out okay?"
"...No...Jin kept screwing it up," Ragna muttered between bites.
Noel simply nodded a little as she ate at her own food a bit. She then looked to Ragna with a bit of a hopeful smile, "So… will I be in the game?"
"What do you think, Miss Female Protagonist of Blazblue?" Ragna snarked.
"...h-hai…" Noel meekly nodded.
"Hey," Yu called out as he walked over, "Sorry about the phone thing. Thought I had it turned off…"
Ragna just gave an annoyed look at Yu for a moment.
"So… who's this?" Yu curiously asked as he motioned to Noel.
"Noel Vermillion."
"Cute outfit," Yu complimented.
Noel blushed and meekly hid under the table.
"Not. Happening," Ragna quickly said as he aimed his sword at Yu, "One: She's my little sister...well, kinda. It's complicated. Two: Somebody else has eyes for her."
"...I was just saying her outfit was cute…" Yu responded.
"One of the few things I know about your series is how the leads can get every girl to fall for him…"
"I wouldn't do that. ...not so sure about the guy from 5, but I wouldn't," Yu quickly informed.
"Harem route."
"...I...can explain that," Yu meekly responded.
"...these are going to be a long next few months, I can tell…" Noel whispered.
The group had finished recording the trailer, but the fourth lead still had yet to show. Eventually…
"Now hold on just a minute!" a girl's voice yelled as Ruby charged on into the room and began to look around. She then let out a gasp as she saw something.
Ragna was just standing and looking bored as Ruby walked up to him with an amazed look.
"Oohhh! Oh, your weapon looks so cool!" Ruby cheered as she zipped around Ragna, "Can I took a look at it?! Can? Please?!"
Ragna looked to Ruby with a very annoyed look on his face as he nonchalantly pushed her away from him, "Do it later, just get away!"
"Oh that's perfect! Right that down!" Mori whispered excitedly as an intern was writing the dialogue down.
"Who are you?!" Ragna demanded to know.
"Ragna, this is Ruby Rose. The fourth protagonist for this game," Mori informed.
"Isn't she from that web series?" Ragna raised a brow...while trying to keep his sword away from Ruby.
"Yes. Yes she is."
"...why her and not another ArcSystems fighter?"
"Simple, her series is awesome."
"Uh… what?" Ruby blinked a bit.
"He complimented your series."
"Oh... thank you!"
Some weeks had passed and it was now Evo, people watching and waiting in anticipation for anything new in terms of fighting games.
-Please welcome to the stage the creator of Blazblue Toshimichi Mori! And from Atlus, Andy!- an announcer at Evo declared.
On the big screen began to play the trailer for Cross Tag Battle. Ragna, Yu, Hyde, and Ruby all watched with smiles as they saw people cheering.
"So cool…" Ruby beamed.
"Huh...not bad," Hyde admitted.
"...the art looks so cool…" Ruby smiled.
"That XBlaze artist did a great job," Yu added.
"Yeah…" Ragna nodded.
The crowd went silent before…
-Now hang on just a minute!- Ruby's voice announced from the trailer as a rose petal flew across the screen and Ruby was now on it, -Ah, this looks interesting! Mind if I joined the fight?-
The crowd went nuts as the area echoed loudly with their cheers and exclamations of excitement
"Well… looks like bringing her in was a good idea…" Ragna mused before he smiled at Ruby, "Kid... subarashi game o tsukutte mimashou…"
"Uh… what?" Ruby blinked.
"He said 'Kid… let's make a great game'," an ArcSystems employee told Ruby.
"...uh… why can't he just talk the same language I do? Cause… I can't understand him…"
"Wait what?" Ragna blinked.
"In fact, I didn't understand Hyde or Narukami either."
Ragna just let out a sigh.
"Hontoni?" Yu sighed.
"Really… I don't know what you're saying…"
"Wao…" Hyde added.
"What are you saying?!" Ruby demanded to know.
"...note to self, make sure we have enough money in the budget to make sure other series speak in English. And RWBY cast has Japanese audio…" Mori muttered as he wrote that down.
Ruby: Comin' Up on Our Crossing Fate.
Ragna, Yu, Hyde: Watashi-tachi no Crossing Fate.
Ruby: Still don't know what that means…
*The scene then showed Ruby and Noel standing ready for battle*
Noel: Ikuzo!
Ruby: Ikuko!
Noel: ...zo. It...it's Iku-zo
Ruby: That's what I said.
*The scene shifted to show Yu running away from various girls from the four series. He had on a pair of pink glasses...*
Rachel: ...why?
Ragna: I thought it would be funny.
Yu: HELP!
*The scene shifted to show Noel in a kitchen*
Yukuko: What are you up to?
Noel: I accidentally injured Narukami and I wanted to make him something so I could say I'm sorry.
Chie: Well, we can help you out.
Noel: Thanks.
*The scene shifted to show Mai and Yu shaking hands*
Yu: Nice to work with you, Remix Hearts.
Mai: Same with you.
*The scene shifted to show Makoto and Yang having a pun off*
Yang: So, you're a pretty squirrely gal, aren't ya?
Makoto: Depends, you gonna try and take me down like a fever?
Yang:...
Makoto:...
Yang, Makoto:...*grins*oh this is gonna be fun~
Blake and Noel: Oh no…
*The scene then pulled back to Ruby, Ragna, Yu and Hyde*
Ruby: All this and more coming soon on Our Crossing Fate!
Ragna, Yu, and Hyde: Watashi-tachi no Crossing Fate.
Ruby: Still don't know what that means…
Pikatwig: That bit at the end was just a general list of some plots we'll be doing in the future of this story. Beyond the one with Ruby and Noel, which is next time, there won't be any particular order.
SZ: Eeyup...oh! If you have any ideas for a skit, feel free to send it our way via reviews.
Pikatwig: I'd be happy to hear anything. So… to explain some parts, the scene with the group trying to figure out a fourth series, according to an interview, RWBY was the last of the four added in. Which, if the supposed leak is true, would explain a lot. Currently, I don't think it's real. I simply want to wait and see.
SZ: Well given some announcer sound clips were leaked as well...yeah. They're most likely real at this point. It happened with fighterZ and look what happened
Pikatwig: Though, oddly enough, there hasn't been any new trailer for the next set of DLC characters. Odd, ain't it?
SZ: Well the game is close to coming out, so...maybe they're waiting or something before they do.
Pikatwig: And hopefully they'll say something about the Season Pass for the game soon. ArcSystems said it won't come with the PreOrders, but they haven't said anything about us not getting it. So, it's likely we are getting it.
SZ: *nods*
Pikatwig: Anyway… the mention of Senran Kagura comes from the supposed leak having character names from that game. And the one about Avatar… Mori mentioned in an interview he would honestly like to have seen it. I… don't know how to feel about that. I don't hate Avatar, but it in a fighting game… I dunno.
SZ: True...ahem. Anyway, I believe that's all for now.
Pikatwig: Favorite parts first. Mine has gotta be when Ruby and Ragna meet for the first time. That is a funny scene from the game and I just knew I had to find a way to include it. Also I liked the bit with Noel commenting about how it's gonna be a long next few months. Just something about it got a small chuckle out of me.
SZ: As for me...hard to say really.
Pikatwig: Fair enough. Well… I hope you enjoy this story and will keep up with it.
SZ: Until next time folks, read and review!
Pikatwig: Just Live More.