RWBY: Back to Back, Side by Side

Ch 1: Reunion

Weiss

'Finally!' Weiss thought, 'after almost a week of walking we're finally here!'

The massive gates of the city of Mistral towered over Weiss and Yang as they waited patiently for the guards to allow them entrance. Weiss mulled over the events of the past few weeks. Raven Branwen had held her captive for almost a full week before Yang showed up and the two of them hatched and executed an escape plan. It had been an incredibly long journey for the both of them, but she was finally going to see her closest friends again.

"Come on Ice Queen!" Yang said with a friendly smirk, pulling Weiss out of her reverie "They're waiting for us."

Weiss followed close behind Yang, swallowing nervously at the thought of seeing her friends again 'What do you have to be nervous about?' she asked herself as she passed through the gate, 'Is it because you've been thinking about Ru-'

"WEIIIIISSSS!" cried an energetic voice, followed by an ecstatic scream of joy.

She jerked her head up just in time to see a red and black streak sprinting towards her. Ruby crashed headlong into Weiss, knocking her back; she pinwheeled her arms trying to maintain her balance but was saved from falling by the tight hug the black haired girl pulled her into.

Ruby buried her face in Weiss' collarbone, "I've missed you so much Weiss!"

She gladly returned the younger girl's embrace, "I've missed you too Ruby." She smiled into Ruby's shoulder, her cheeks flushing slightly. 'Her hair smells so nice' Weiss thought, 'I wish I could stay like this fo-'

"Oh!" Ruby exclaimed noticing her sister standing off to the side, "Yang!" She rapidly disentangled herself from the hug, leaving Weiss hugging thin air as Ruby threw herself at her sister.

'Her hair? What the heck has gotten into you Schnee?' she thought.

"Uh," Another voice said over the sound of Yang giving Ruby a noogie, "You look a bit distracted."

"Blake! I didn't even see you there!" the two girls greeted each other with a hug, less energetic than Ruby's but no less friendly, "And yeah, I am pretty distracted."

"I'll bet." the Faunus said with an obvious look at Ruby who was now bouncing in circles around Yang.

"It's good to see you Blake." She said, electing to ignore the comment for now.

"It's good to see you too. I like the new look!"

"And I love yours! You look good without the bow!"

Blake's cat ears flicked, and she self-consciously ran her fingers over them, "Yeah, I decided it's time to stop hiding who I really am."

Weiss nodded, "I know the feeling." She said, thinking back on her family.

"Weiss!" Ruby zipped up to her again, grabbing both of her hands and jumping up and down excitedly. "You have to tell us all about where you've been! I haven't seen you in almost a year!" Blake smiled and went off to greet Yang.

"Um," Weiss said, stalling to collect her thoughts. She was finally able to get her first good look at Ruby 'When did she get so cute?' Ruby had gotten a little taller, and, no doubt from all the adventuring, had lost a lot of the baby fat on her face. Her new outfit made her legs look long and slender. 'And her eyes,' she thought, 'I never noticed how silver th-'

"Uh Weiss?" Ruby asked, cocking her head to the side and blushing slightly, "You ok?"

"Uh, yes! Sorry! It's been a long day. And it's honestly a very long story." Her stomach growled, it had been a few days since she had anything more than a snack on the road, "Why don't we catch up over some food, I'm starving."

Ruby let go of her hands, jumping up and down and clapping, "Yes! Now you're speaking my language! And I know just the place we can go!" she said beginning to walk down the street.

"Let me guess," the former heiress said with a smile, "It's a bakery that specializes in gourmet cookies."

Ruby beamed at her, "You know me too well partner!" she almost danced up the street. "Cookies and my three best friends, there's nothing that can ruin this day!"

Suddenly, alarms started blaring throughout the city.

Yang glared at Ruby, "You just HAD to say that didn't you?"

Ruby grinned sheepishly, rubbing her pointer fingers together "Heh heh, oops?" She jumped as her scroll rang loudly. She opened it and put it on speaker, "Hello? Uncle Qrow?"

"Hey kid. Have Yang and Schnee arrived yet?"

"Yeah," she said glancing at Weiss, "they're here, what the heck is going on?"

"Good, We're gonna need 'em. Adam Taurus and some of his lieutenants are in the school, and what seems like half the White Fang have seemingly appeared from nowhere and are making their way towards the school. I need you four to hold the entrance chamber, keep the mob from getting in the school. Can you guys handle it?"

Blake was already pulling out her scroll and calling the rest of team RNJR.

"Yeah! We're on our way!"

"Good luck kid! Shit, I gotta go, Adam's coming for Oscar." The line went dead.

"Jaune says they're headed back to the city but it'll be at least half an hour before they're able to help us out." Blake reported. As they started running towards the school, high above them.

They rapidly climbed through the city, Weiss using her glyphs to boost them onto rooftops.

"GOD. FREAKING. DAMMIT!" Yang yelled, "This would happen, just as we all get back together."

"Hey!" Ruby said cheerfully, turning to look at her team, "There's no one else I'd rather have fighting b-by my side." He voice faltered a little bit as her eyes met Weiss', causing them both to blush a little.

"Heh," Yang said smirking, "Damn straight. Team RWBY is back together!"

Despite all the tension in the air, Weiss couldn't help but smile to herself as she cast more glyphs up the side of a building. They were fighting impossible odds against a ruthless foe.

'It's good to be home again.'

Author's notes

So this is my first ever RWBY fanfic. So reviews are ALWAYS welcome so I can improve. This chapter is a bit shorter because of the way I want to pace the story, but I promise that future chapters will be longer. Thanks for reading!