?: Oh, little red, little red, laugh while you can… because Roman Torchwick is back in town! MUWA-HAHAHA! You thought you could just run off into a spin-off fan fiction series of a great card game and leave ME behind? GUESS AGAIN! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE! THIS TIME… things are gonna be different!
Me: Seriously, Roman? The story hasn't even begun yet and you're already starting trouble. If you don't behave yourself, I'm going to consider not putting you in this story at all.
Roman: Oh, fine. Spoil the fun, why don't you…
Me: Anyway, this is my first time writing a Chaotic story. I hope you all enjoy it!
*I do not own RWBY or Chaotic!*
An Icy Mipedian Rises and a Rose Blooms in the OverWorld
It's been a few weeks since Ruby was given her Scanner by Jaune and went card shopping with him and his team, and the young hooded huntress has found herself to be a natural at the game. She got lots of great cards from that shop; most of which were OverWorld cards with a few Danians and UnderWorlders. But her favorite amongst them was the Maxxor card she got from Jaune.
Ever since she started playing, be it tabletop or online, Ruby has won all of her matches with Maxxor. She and Jaune have always ended their matches in a tie, though, as they appeared to be evenly matched when fighting as Heptadd and Maxxor. All in all, Chaotic was the best game that's ever happened to her.
Although, this didn't mean there were no consequences from her actions.
What Ruby didn't know was that her team saw her hanging around Team JNPR and playing Chaotic more and more. She even stopped playing Yu-Gi-Oh! altogether, and spent more time listening to Ozpin and his crazy stories about Perim and Chaotic being real places! And it was infuriating Yang more and more that her baby sister's mind was being "poisoned" by such ludicrous ideas. And she resolved to do something about it.
One way or another, Ruby was going to stop playing Chaotic!
Late that night while Ruby was playing in an online match against professor Port, WBY was having a small team meeting. Their objective: get the R in their team name to stop playing Chaotic.
"THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND!" Yang shouted, her eyes turning red and her Semblance beginning to kick in. "It's one thing to have childish illusions, but it is another to poison my baby sister's mind like this! If Ozpin were here right now, I would take his cane and SHOVE IT UP HIS-"
"YANG, PLEASE! Language!" interrupted Weiss.
"We understand that you're mad and don't like Ruby playing Chaotic any more than you do, but that's no reason to destroy the dorm in a fit of rage." Blake said, gesturing to a hole in the wall formed by an Ember Celica cartridge that Yang had shot.
Seeing the miniscule amount of damage she's already done, Yang took a few deep breaths to try and calm herself down. Fortunately, it worked this time.
"Sorry, girls. I just can't take the fact that Ruby is letting herself get caught up in a hype that probably won't last longer than a few months, at most." Yang said apologetically. "There just has to be a way to break her from this ridiculous fad!"
The three huntresses hummed in thought as they tried to come up with a way to break Chaotic's hold on their young redheaded leader. They were jarred from any possible ideas when the door to their dorm room was slammed open.
"GUYS!" cried an excited Ruby.
"Will you PLEASE stop doing that?!" snapped Weiss.
"Guys, there's this huge sale on Chaotic cards and Scanners at the card shop today! Seventy five percent off! Anybody wanna come with?" Ruby asked excitedly.
Naturally, Yang and Blake were ready to turn down the idea. But they were beaten to the punch by Weiss who said something none of them thought she'd ever say.
"You go on ahead, Ruby. I'll meet you at the Bullhead." Weiss said.
Yang and Blake gained looks that clearly said "what in the Kit Fisto?!", but Ruby just hugged Weiss and ran off with a big happy grin on her face. With Ruby out of hearing range, the Huntresses were free to speak their minds.
"What the hell, Weiss?!" Yang growled.
"Yeah, why'd you agree to go with her?" Blake asked.
"If you must know, I think I have a plan." Weiss replied with a scheming look on her face. "I'm going to begin playing Chaotic in order to discover any serious flaws in the game. Once I've found them, I'll present my findings to the others and make Vale a Chaotic free environment."
Yang and Blake stared at the Schnee heiress with wide eyes and open mouths. That idea was downright crazy… but at the same time, it sounded crazy enough to work.
"Are you sure you wanna go through with this plan?" Yang asked. "Once you get into the Chaotic craze, there might be no turning back!"
The determination never left Weiss's face.
"It's a risk I'm willing to take!"
And with that said, Weiss walked out to meet Ruby at the Bullhead to Vale. But when she left, a certain Corgi puppy popped out from under Blake's bunk looking worried.
"Whimper." whined the dog.
"You're right, Zwei. This is not going to end well for any of us." Blake said in agreement.
Weiss's POV.
Ruby, you little dolt! You're lucky I don't hang you from the flagpole by your cape! How could you abandon the way of Yu-Gi-Oh! like that?!
Okay, okay, pull yourself together, Weiss. Just focus on your task and everything will work out fine. This should only take me a week to accomplish. All I need to do is find the flaws in this game, report my findings to Ruby and snap her out of the brainwashing it's done to her.
...Now that I think about it, I might need more than a week.
As I continued on my way to where I was meeting Ruby, I noticed several other students playing Chaotic. Such as Coco and Velvet of Team CFVY, for example. Ugh, the Chaotic fever is beginning to spread like a wild fire!
"Ah, miss Schnee,"
I looked ahead to see professor Goodwitch waiting with Ruby by the Bullhead. The fact that she was smiling was a bit of a disturbance to me, but I didn't let it distract me from my divine self-appointed mission.
"I did not expect to see you on this trip." said a… smiling!?... miss Goodwitch.
"Oh, really it shouldn't be that big of a surprise. I just decided that I might as well try this game called Chaotic. It might be beneficial to my career as a Huntress to see what types of strategies I can form by playing this game." I responded.
"Well, I'm certainly glad you decided to join us, miss Schnee." Glynda said, the smile never leaving her face.
The fact that she was actually smiling was a bit creepy, but I just dealt with it. After all, it's not like I'll really get hooked on this game.
/A Week Later…\
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TOTALLY HOOKED ON THIS GAME!
After that trip to the game shop, I began playing Chaotic more and more. I decided to ally myself with the Mipedian Tribe and got a yellow Mipedian Scanner. Some of my best creature cards include Malvedine, Uro, a Mipedian Muge known as Enre-Hep, Qwun, Vinta, and Tianne. And although they're some of my best cards, my deck still feels like it's missing something. Something important…
Oh well! I'll worry about that later. Right now, I've got an online match against Ruby that I intend to win!
As Ruby and I logged into our Online Accounts, we decided to have another one of our famous "showdown banter sessions" as we waited for the site to load.
"Weiss… your chilly reign of terror has finally come to an end!" Ruby declared dramatically.
And I responded in kind.
"Ha ha ha! Don't make me laugh - as I did just now!"
Finally our screens appeared, and we began to build up our battle teams.
"Ruby's been playing longer than I have, so she's no doubt got some great scans. But I've been training myself to deal with the unexpected! Just feel the energy… and let it feel you back… and feel the energy… and let it feel you back…"
Third Person POV.
What Weiss didn't realize was that she was going through her own personal metamorphosis. She was growing not just as a Chaotic player, but also as a person. No longer did she feel the stresses and strains of being the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. Now, she just felt like a teenager without a care in the world.
And it appears as though Ruby took notice of this.
"It sure is good to see that Weiss can finally relax a bit. She was really stressed out for awhile. But I'd better focus on the match." Ruby thought to herself. "I'll put Maxxor in my clean up position, and I'll put Vidav and Dractyl on the front lines. This Pyro Blaster will give Dractyl some fire power, and I'll give Vidav a Mugician's Lyre. This Cyclance will let Maxxor do Air attacks along with his Earth and Fire attacks. For Mugic, I'll use the Song of Resurgence, the Chorus of Cothica and a Canon of Casualty. And I'll use my ten favorite OverWorld locations."
Once Ruby was done, she looked up to see that Weiss… hasn't even begun to choose anything.
"WEISS! Are you gonna choose your cards any time TODAY?" Ruby asked, snapping the heiress out of her trance.
Weiss said, "Hold your horses, Ruby! I'm getting there!" With that, Weiss began to choose her own battleteam.
Weiss thought to herself, "Alright. I'll put Tianne in my back row. Then I'll have Zhade and Siado in my front row. For Battlegear, I'll give Siado a Skeletal Steed. I'll give Zhade a Liquilizer so he can use Water attacks. Finally, I'll give Tiaane a Ring of Na'arin. Now for Mugic. Since Ruby will probably use Maxxor, I'll probably expect her to use Earth attacks. So I'll use the song of Geonova. For offense, I'll use the Melody of Mirage. And for defense, I'll use the Symphonic Shield."
Once Weiss was done, she asked Ruby with a smirk on her face, "Ready, Ruby?"
Ruby replied cheerfully, "I was born ready, Weiss!"
A few clicks later, they were both ready for their match.
"Battle teams locked. Let's get Chaotic!" the two of them both said.
Even though it was online, the match was very intense. First, Ruby first had Maxxor attack Siado with the Cyclance. After Siado was coded, Weiss responded by having Zhade go after Vidav. While Zhade isn't exactly the strongest Mipedian out there, Weiss knew how to use his powers well. And since Zhade was equipped with a Liquilizer, he could use Water attacks. Zhade managed to code Vidav but Ruby wasn't done yet. The Overworld player retaliated by sending Dractyl after Zhade. Dractyl managed to code Zhade but was later coded by Tiaane. Soon enough, Ruby and Weiss were down to their last creatures and both of them had little energy. It was Ruby's Maxxor vs. Weiss' Tianne. While Tianne is classified as a Muge and has no Elemental types, his Ring of Na'arin boosted his disciplines greatly. Not to mention that he could sacrifice himself to deal heavy damage.
"Ten energy left! C'mon, Maxxor…" Ruby mumbled.
Just when things looked bleak for Ruby, she drew the card that was her saving grace.
"A Rock Wave! Oh yeah!" Ruby shouted in victory.
"No way!" Weiss cried in disbelief.
Even though Weiss lost, she decided to be a good sport about it.
Weiss said to Ruby smiling, "Thanks for the match, Ruby!"
Ruby said happily as she shook Weiss' hand in good sportsmanship, "No problem, Weiss! You almost had me for a bit."
Weiss was about to respond to that comment when she and Ruby heard beeps coming from their laptops. They checked their screens and saw little envelope icons in the middle of them.
Ruby asked curiously, "Chaotic mail?"
Weiss added, "That's weird."
They both clicked their icons to open their e-mails but instead of letters, they found a bunch of random letters and numbers… kinda like…
Weiss asked, "Is that a code?"
Ruby said in realization, "Wait a minute! I know what these codes are for!"
Weiss asked her teammate, "You do?"
Ruby replied, "Yeah. Jaune got the same kind of code as well before I got my Chaotic account. It's a code that will allow us into Chaotic. Now we can transport there and play for real!"
Weiss' eyes widened at this news. The very idea that Chaotic was actually real sounded amazing. The heiress said, "You know what? Before, I didn't really like Chaotic that much. But now that I'm hooked on it, I say take out our scanners, put these codes in, and get to Chaotic while we still can!
Ruby exclaimed, "Good idea! And who knows? Maybe we'll meet Jaune there as well."
With that said, Ruby and Weiss took out there scanners. Ruby's scanner was blue which meant that she was allied with the Overworld tribe. Weiss' scanner was yellow which meant that she was allied with the Mipedian tribe.
Weiss said, "Alright. Here goes nothing." She and Ruby entered their codes into their scanners. But after that happened, the screens went blank.
Ruby asked in disbelief, "What? That's it? We entered the code but our scanners just died on us."
She and Weiss pressed a few buttons on their scanners but they wouldn't turn on. Then they tried logging into their online accounts but they were both locked out.
Ruby asked, "Now we can't even log into our online decks?! What's going on here?!"
Weiss told Ruby reassuringly, "I'm sure it's just a glitch in the system. It'll probably go away by tomorrow."
Ruby said with a sigh, "I hope you're right."
Little did Ruby and Weiss know what really happened when they entered their codes…
/Futuristic Pub\\\
In a flash of code, Weiss and Ruby were transported to some kind of futuristic pub. But the two of them are supposed to be in Remnant, right? So how can they be here?
There was no time to explain that as Weiss and Ruby took in there surroundings.
Weiss said in awe, "Oh my."
Ruby asked out loud, "WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE WE?!"
Little did Weiss and Ruby know that this was only the beginning of their new adventures…
***TO BE CONTINUED…***