A/N: This is a special fanfiction I'll be creating in order to flex my creative mind and give myself a break before writing Team VRSZ Volume 6. Hope all you readers enjoy it. Also I do not own the members of Team RWBY and all other characters associated with the series. All that is owned by Rooster Teeth.
Team RWBY & Team VRSZ Special
Chapter 1: Flower Garden
Setting: Vale
The city of Vale. It was one of the more peaceful kingdoms found in Remnant, even at night. The people were walking around the city without a care in the world. None of them were carrying weapons or anything to protect themselves from any kind of threat. With no fear of Grimm attacks or bandit ransacking the place, Vale was a peaceful city, much more peaceful than the harsh land of Vacuo.
"This place is so different. Nothing like Vacuo," Violet thought to herself as she looked at the moon.
Violet was perched above a random building, overseeing the city. Her attire was slightly different from her usual look. She wore a brown hooded cloak to cover her body and conceal her identity. Beneath the cloak was a short-sleeved purple shirt with prints of dark purple flower petals decorating it. She had on grey jeans, her waist pouch filled with her weapons, the Vorpal Swords, as well as sheaths for her Vorpal Sword daggers strapped to her legs, and dark grey boots.
Violet's hair was fashioned in a very different manner than usual. She no longer had her side cut hairstyle and had a full head of hair. She fashioned her hair in a ponytail that reached to the base of her neck. The hair on the right side of her head was slightly longer than the left and it created bangs that slightly covered her right eye. The most surprising thing about Violet's hair was the fact it wasn't entirely purple. She mostly had her natural blonde hair combined with streaks of hair with purple dye.
She looked back down at the city with sad eyes, wondering if her boys would've loved to be here. The thought was fleeting because Violet didn't have the luxury of being able to stay in one place for a long time. Besides, she needed to complete several objectives while she was here; Evade any bounty hunters and mercenaries pursuing her, try to see if Absinthe was in Vale, and survive.
Violet activated Invisibility. Tulip petals dispersed where her body faded from view, starting from her feet to her head. The invisible girl left the roof to covertly find an inn to spend the night. She just hoped she changed her hairstyle enough so no one could recognize her from the wanted poster. Even if Vale was peaceful, it didn't mean she was out of danger.
The Next Day
Setting: Vale
Violet was already on the move, walking around Vale to try and find Absinthe. If she could find him and defeat him, then this twisted, bounty hunting game can be over and she can go back home to her teammates. As she traveled around Vale, Violet noticed the Vale News Network was broadcasting the news, including a brief mentioning of her. Apparently, info about her bounty has spread far beyond Vacuo and rumors of her whereabouts were being leaked, most likely by bounty hunters tailing her. It meant Violet had to be cautious without drawing any suspicion to herself. Hopefully, her time in Vale will be uneventful, but she wasn't going to get what she wanted. Violet noticed a small group of men following her and she decided to deal with them immediately. She walked down the sidewalk and into a dark empty alley where three men followed. They didn't see Violet anywhere and searched for her. Violet had Invisibility activated and was watching them with predatory eyes. She quietly reached for her Vorpal Swords.
There was someone else walking through Vale. This person was younger and cheerier than Violet. A smaller, more honest soul that was walking down the sidewalk while listening to music on her headphones. Ruby Rose, huntress in-training, was enjoying her weekend free of classes with a stroll through the city. The young girl loved her friends to death, but also wanted a brief moment to herself before going back to them.
Ruby had her music at max volume and was practically dancing her way back to Beacon Academy. She wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings as she walked and the bystanders stepped out of her way so they wouldn't collide. Everyone did this except for one person walking towards Ruby his head down, looking dead at a wanted poster of Violet on his scroll. Neither noticed the other and the two of them crashed into each other. Ruby fell on her backside with her headphones falling off and the person she bumped into didn't fall, but he dropped his scroll on impact. Ruby rubbed her lower back to soothe the pain before realizing what she did.
"U-uh, sorry about that. I wasn't looking where I was going and I had the music on so loud that… uh, I'm such a klutz…" Ruby said as an apology.
The person picked up Ruby's headphones. "Don't worry about it kid. I was doing my own thing too," the young man said before helping her up.
"Thank yo- hey, I'm not a kid. I'm a huntress," Ruby proclaimed with a pride.
"Really?"
"Yes. A huntress….in-training," Ruby whispered that last part, but the person heard her nonetheless.
"Right," the young man said in a humorous tone. "Here," he said as he handed Ruby her headphones.
"Thank you, and…" She noticed his scroll was still on the ground so she repaid his kindness with kindness. "…here you go."
She noticed his scroll had a picture of Violet's wanted poster. Ruby was surprised he was looking at this. She didn't know anything about Violet and was told by Beacon Academy professors and Ozpin to avoid her because she was extremely dangerous. Ruby figured with a bounty of five hundred thousand Lien, she had done something truly heinous.
"Yeah, I'm after her," the young man said when he realized Ruby was gawking at Violet's poster. Ruby was surprised he got that, probably thinking wasn't really subtle with looking at his scroll and not returning it.
"Oh, you're a huntsman?" Ruby asked with intrigue.
"...Something like that. My friends and I have been on this girl's trail for a while now and we plan to capture her for the reward. They should be around here and I'm meeting up with them,"
Ruby guessed he was with his own team. She learned that after training at the Academy, huntsmen and huntresses were free do whatever they wanted, and she wondered if she and the other members of RWBY would still be a team. Hearing about his situation made Ruby feel better about the future of her team. She felt a connection with this person and thought he was a good guy.
"If the four of us go at this Violet girl at once, then we should be able to defeat her and collect the money. Wish us luck, kid," the young man said with a smirk.
"Hey, it's not kid. My name is Ruby Rose. And you are?"
"Grayson," the future, sworn adversary of Team VRSZ answered.
The two of them smiled at each other until they heard someone yell. It came from a nearby alleyway and the two of them ran towards it. Ruby gasped from the sight and Grayson silently looked at his defeated comrades. The three bounty hunters Grayson enlisted to help him kill Violet were a bloody, beaten mess. One of them was slumped against the wall with two swollen black eyes and a matching swollen face. Another was on the ground with cuts along his arms and torso. The last bounty hunter was on the ground as well and he suffered a broken leg. He seemed to be the only one that was conscious. The only thing from Violet's person she left behind was her brown cloak.
"How awful," Ruby said, feeling pity for the fallen men.
"Yeah…" Grayson said with little emotion or sympathy.
"None of these idiots were any help," Grayson thought. "They said they could take care of this as long as I split the money with them… Okay I was never going to give them the money in the first place, but that doesn't change the fact that they were all worthless. This wannabe huntress would've been better… Wait a minute," Grayson eyed Ruby as she leaned down to see how hurt the bounty hunters were and he had a sinister idea.
"Ruby!" Grayson shouted with false concern to get her attention and sympathy. "Violet might still be around here. Go look for her while I take care of my friends."
"You want me to fight her? But how? I'm not a huntress yet and-" she started with worry in her voice.
"You're not going to take her head on. Just keep track of her until I can catch up," Grayson said then handed Ruby a small device. "That's a tracking chip. As long as you have that, I'll be able to know where you are. Just go and catch her for my fallen teammates."
The false concern of Grayson combined with the sight of the bounty hunters in a defeated state helped Ruby decide what to do next. Wanting to avenge Grayson's fake team and protect anyone else that might run into Violet, Ruby used her semblance to burst into a red blur of rose petals and dashed to other end of the alleyway.
As soon as she left, Grayson dropped his caring facade and looked at the three defeated men. He considered all them to be useless fools that couldn't even beat one girl. Grayson wasn't one to suffer fools or worse, dead weight. He pulled out his broadsword and quietly slit their throats. Unfortunately, Vale isn't the kind of place where dead bodies would go unnoticed, but fortunately for Grayson, the alley they were in had a dumpster large enough to fit all three of their corpses. He placed them all there and walked down the alley like nothing transpired.
Grayson wondered about how he would deal with Violet and Ruby once he caught up to them. He figured he could trick Ruby again to leave once he had Violet, but thought of killing her if she got suspicious or asked for a cut of the money. He didn't think she could handle Violet on her own, but he could admit he doesn't know the full potential of a huntress in-training. Either way, it didn't matter because Grayson planned to end up on top in the end.
Ruby remembered the wanted picture of Violet when she saw it on Grayson's scroll. She had a general idea of what Violet looked like if she wanted to locate her. Ruby reached the end of the alleyway and into the public streets of Vale. She looked around to find Violet and she did, spotting her purple hair as she walked away. "Hey!" Ruby shouted before chasing Violet.
Violet turned around when she heard Ruby. "A little girl?" she thought before running away.
Ruby chased after her, making her way past a couple bystanders to reach her target. Violet didn't want to waste her time with this and chose to lose Ruby. She ran through the streets then quickly jumped onto a random person's shoulders then ran above the masses. Violet walked on top of several people before jumping toward the side of a building then kicked off it to reach the ledge of another building and climb to the rooftop. Ruby used Speed to rocket into the air and reached the top of the building in no time. Unfortunately, she was only able to see Violet jump down the moment Ruby got on. The young huntress in-training groaned at the amount of effort she had to put in to keep up with someone. Ruby jumped down to see they were in the ship docking area she was in when her team and Penny fought off Roman Torchwick.
Violet scaled an assorted pile of shipping containers and Ruby followed, easily closing the gap between them with her semblance. Ruby reached the top of the stack with Violet who stared her down instead of running. She didn't reach for her Vorpal Swords or get in a fighting stance, but Ruby used her scroll to call her locker. It crashed beside her and opened up for Ruby to equip herself with Crescent Rose.
"Little girl," Violet addressed Ruby, "I'm not looking for a fight and you're too young to be looking for a bounty you can't claim. Walk away while you still can."
Internally, Ruby was tired of everyone calling her little girl today. "No, I'm not letting you get away. Grayson will be here soon and avenge his teammates. I'll do my best to stall you until he gets here," Ruby said with a determined look.
Violet rolled her eyes because she figured the whole thing out. She had encountered Grayson several times since she has been on the run and he has been her most tenacious adversary. Each encounter has proven two things; Violet hates him and she knows how he operates. She guessed that Grayson lied to this young girl to do his dirty work. This made it even more of a reason why Violet didn't want to fight her. She chose to continue with her escape and walked to the end of the storage container, completely ignoring Ruby's invitation to fight. Violet walked away until she heard several gun shots then felt her body fall.
Ruby shot several rounds around Violet, creating small holes in the container's roof around Violet that broke apart together into one large hole which she fell in. Ruby wanted to show she was serious about stopping her. It may have been a mistake when she heard banging sounds from inside the container. It caused the container to rumble and Ruby to lose her balance. She fell off but landed on the ground with a tuck and roll. The container began to fall over on top of Ruby until she used Speed to quickly get out of the way. She looked at the fallen container and saw two blades sticking out from the side. The blades went around the side, slicing a circle into the container, then Violet kicked it out of her way, creating a hole and an exit for herself.
"You do not want to start a fight with me," Violet threatened.
The purple and blond-haired girl was not pleased with Ruby's sneak attack and it showed on her face. At first, her face said she wasn't going to bother with Ruby, but now, the peeved expression on her face showed Violet was ready for a fight. Ruby was sort of regretting her choice of action but she couldn't go back now. She got into her fighting stance with Crescent Rose and Violet pulled out a few Vorpal Swords. The battle between the leader of Team RWBY and leader of Team VRSZ was about to begin.
With the great distance between them, Ruby quickly changed Crescent Rose to its sniper rifle form and fired several rounds at Violet, who reacted quickly and dodged each shot as she made her way toward Ruby. Ruby kept Violet in her sights as she fired two more rounds that Violet evaded each bullet by sidestepping out of the way then threw a fire Vorpal Sword in the air. Ruby watched the throwing knife become cloaked in flames, wondering what it will do and Violet used Invisibility to become invisible. She quickly closed the gap between her and a distracted Ruby who she kicked in the gut, sending Little Red flying a distance away.
In the air, Ruby quickly recovered and changed her sniper rifle into its scythe form. She slammed the blade into the ground to stop herself from flying further. She landed on her scythe to scan the area but didn't see any sign of Violet, but she heard something, the sound of footsteps approaching. Ruby quickly assessed where Violet was then jumped off Crescent Rose. While holding the handle and the sniper trigger, Ruby waited till she felt Violet was close enough then swung her scythe around. She fired a round to increase her momentum then she felt her weapon hit something that wasn't there. In a flurry of tulip petals, Violet appeared, showing Ruby did hit her. Violet's arms were crossed and covering her face, showing she was struck even though she guarded herself from taking the full force of the blow, but her aura suffered. Ruby Rose finished her twirling and it was Violet's turn to be blown away. She flipped her body in the air so she could land on her feet then pulled out a few Vorpal Swords.
Ruby activated Speed transform into a swirling vortex of rose petals that headed straight for Violet. Long-distance fighting wasn't going to work on Violet she was too fast to shoot, so Ruby decided to best her in close-combat and overwhelm her with Speed. Violet saw Ruby coming her way and threw several throwing knives at the ground along Ruby's path. The Vorpal Swords had earth dust in the hilts which created stone pillars which obstructed Ruby's straight-line path, forcing her to quickly changed direction and continued to do so to avoid all the stones in her way. This tactic forced Ruby into a more erratic, zig-zag movement which slowed her down enough for Violet to predict her movements and attack. She ran toward one of her pillars and jumped to the top. Violet threw a lightning Vorpal Sword at the swirling rose vortex and it was electrocuted.
Violet heard Ruby shout in pain and watched as she deactivated Speed. Ruby tumbled on the ground and Violet went after her. Ruby was about to get up until Violet reached her. The leader of Team VRSZ stood above Ruby then placed her foot on top of Ruby's right hand, forcing her to let go of Crescent Rose. Violet quickly pinned Ruby down then kicked her weapon away so she couldn't use it. Ruby struggled to get out of her grip, but didn't match up to Violet's strength. She was done.
Usually, Violet would maim her foes in some way to remind them what happens when they come up against her. Broken limbs, lacerations, and other more terrifying things were her method, but she had no plan to do this. Ruby was a fifteen-year old girl and Violet wasn't the type to seriously fight a child. She quickly loosened her grip then spoke to Ruby.
"Listen, I don't know why you're trying to take me down. Or that you thought you could, you're just a kid," Violet told her. Ruby was tired of being called a kid today.
"I'm doing this for Grayson," Ruby declared and Violet's eyes widened. "You hurt his team and I'm going to make sure-"
"Alright. I get it now," Violet interrupted, getting off of Ruby. "I see what's going on here. Grayson fooled you like he does everyone."
Now Ruby was confused about what she was saying. "What are you-"
"Grayson is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He lied to you about his so-called team. They were just some thugs he either hired or tricked to work for him and it looks like he did the same to you."
"…" Ruby was silent because she didn't know whether Violet was telling the truth or lying. Even though Violet is someone with a huge bounty on her head, she was trying to warn and protect her from Grayson.
Before Ruby could say anything else or come to a decision, Violet's eyes widened and she leaped toward Ruby out of nowhere. Five bombs filled with fire dust were rolling toward Ruby's back and Violet pushed her out of the way before the small explosive spheres went off. The large explosion engulfed Violet and pushed Ruby a good distance away. She landed further away from where she was before and Violet was flying in the air then landed hard on the ground. The impact was strong enough to break through Violet's aura and she laid on the ground in defeat.
In the smoke from the explosion, someone was walking through and that person was Grayson. He had a darkly satisfied look on his face when he looked at Violet in her current state and was happy. He stood before her while Violet was in the middle of getting up, only managing to get on her hands and knees. Ruby looked on, not sure if this was good or bad. As far as she can tell, neither of them seemed to be good or bad at the moment, but she got her answer quickly.
"I finally got you, after all these months. That bounty is as good as mine," Grayson said to Violet and she didn't respond, remaining silent.
Grayson looked over at a confused Ruby who sitting on the ground and looking at him straight in his dark green eyes. His eyes showed no sympathy, no compassion, no morals or principals and it was how Ruby figured out she chose the wrong side. He eyed her for some time and came to a conclusion. "Guess I'll kill her too."
Grayson pulled out his grapple sword so he could kill Violet and Ruby next. Crescent Rose wasn't near its wielder, being closer to where Grayson and Violet were. She could use Speed to grab it, but she didn't know if she could grab it then protect Violet from Grayson. Meanwhile, Grayson had his sword up, ready to slice off Violet's head and Ruby put her plan into action. In one moment, Ruby transformed into a swirling cluster of rose petals then charged straight for her weapon and Grayson gripped his sword with both hands to swing his weapon down on Violet's neck.
Unknown to both of them, but well known by her teammates and friends, Violet never wants to play the role of damsel in distress.
This whole time, Violet had one of her Vorpal Sword daggers in her hand and she quickly rose from her position. In one fell swoop, she slashed at Grayson's chest, cutting his aura and causing him to lose his grip. Ruby retrieved her scythe when this occurred and Violet kicked Grayson away, sending him towards Ruby who slammed the blunt end of her weapon against his side, knocking him away. Grayson landed on his hands and feet to see Ruby Rose and Violet Tulipe, standing together to fight him.
Grayson knew he was in over his head with the way this battle was going. Throughout the few months Violet has been on the run, she and Grayson have encountered and battled each other several times. Each clash has ended with either one or the other retreating, displaying they were evenly matched in terms of fighting. Grayson knew that and tried on multiple times to use others to defeat her, but the fact she was still here proved this tactic has yet to work. Violet was a survivor.
He thought about what he could do now. Grayson and Violet may have been evenly matched, but right now, she was injured and her aura was no longer protecting her. One swing of his sword or explosive was all it would take to end her. On the other hand, Ruby was here and she seemed to be on Violet's side now. Her involvement made this battle difficult to gauge because Grayson didn't know what Ruby's capabilities were so she was a wildcard. This battle's outcome was unknown and Grayson needed to end this quick.
Violet acted first by throwing two Vorpal Swords at Grayson and Ruby using Speed to get close. Grayson used his grapple sword to deflect the knives. He blocked the first one with his sword, but when it came into contact with his sword, the ice dust in the Vorpal Sword encased the sword and Grayson's sword hand in ice. The second Vorpal Sword was filled with fire dust and it exploded when it hit his sword. The explosion broke through the ice and knocked Grayson back a couple feet. He tumbled a little before pushing himself back up, but in front of him was Ruby with the blade of Crescent Rose bearing down at him. She swung her scythe at him and he was able to parry it with his sword, but Ruby twirled around using the force of the sniper compartment and slammed the end of the scythe against Grayson's side, knocking him further away. He may have been hit, but he didn't take it lying down. At Ruby's feet were two of Grayson's explosives that went off before she could notice. Ruby was caught in the explosion and was knocked back, but Violet came from behind to catch her.
Using the smoke from the explosion as a cover, Grayson threw his grapple sword at them the moment Violet stopped Ruby from flying too far. Ruby was about to block the attack until she felt a hand on her back. Violet pushed Ruby down, out of the sword's path and braced herself for the attack. Ruby looked over her shoulder to see that Violet was struck in the left shoulder by the blade. The wound drew blood, dripping down her left arm, and Violet clutched the wound to mitigate the bleeding. The sword was stuck in the ground behind them with the cable attached to Grayson's arm and he reeled himself in to charge straight for the girls. He saw this as the best moment to kill Violet while she was down. He didn't have his sword, but he had a handful of explosives that he planned to leave at their feet so Violet and Ruby would die.
Violet was too distracted with her bleeding wound to do anything, but she wasn't alone. As Grayson was coming to them, Ruby stood and got into her fighting stance, waiting for him at the right moment while Grayson was ready to activate the bombs then toss them their way. Ruby was ready to deliver the final blow and Violet played her part as well. She pulled out one of her daggers and snapped the cable pulling Grayson toward them, causing him to fall and tumble toward the girls as well as drop his bombs before he could set them off. Ruby spun around then smacked him in the face with the blunt end of Crescent Rose. The impact sent Grayson flying into a container and he was stuck in the wall, unconscious.
"Thanks for your help," Violet said graciously to Ruby.
"You too-" Ruby was going to say back until she noticed Violet's arm was covered in blood.
She needed medical attention and somewhere safe to recover. Ruby had an idea. Whether that idea was a good one was yet to be seen. Ruby escorted a poorly resisting Violet away from the docking area and away from a defeated Grayson.
Setting: Beacon Academy
Ruby's brilliant plan was to bring Violet to Beacon Academy where she could easily pose as a transfer student. She took Violet to the nurse's office where she got the blood washed off and both her left shoulder and arm wrapped in bandages. The bandages helped and as her aura replenished it would help with the healing, but the cut she received on her shoulder will become a scar. Violet considered it another one in her new, growing collection. The next thing Ruby did was take Violet to the most secure place she knew in the academy, her room.
Inside Team Ruby's room, Violet sat on one of the beds on the bottom bunk while fully prepared to jump off because she saw how the foundation of the top bunks didn't seem stable. None of the other members of Team RWBY were in the room which made it easier for Violet and less complicated for Ruby to explain. Now that Violet was here, Ruby didn't know what to do next. It was a plan to take her somewhere safe, but she didn't have know what to do afterwards. While Ruby was trying to find a game or a book to occupy their time, she noticed that Violet was looking out the window at the students down below.
"Are… were you a student before-" Ruby tried to make small talk, but couldn't avoid the elephant in the room.
"No, I've never been an Academy student though I used to watch how they trained in my travels so I can learn. I'm more of a self-taught kind of fighter," Violet answered casually.
"Wow, you're pretty good, especially without someone teaching you," Ruby complimented.
"You're not so bad yourself," Violet said with a small smile.
"I was complete garbage before my uncle started training me," Ruby replied, feeling more comfortable around Violet now that they had a topic of conversation she enjoyed. Violet's expression seemed to sadden a little at the mention of her uncle.
"Family, huh. Must be nice you can rely on them…um," Violet realized she never got Ruby's name.
"Ruby Rose," Ruby answered cheerfully, "and I already know your name from your wanted post- uh," Ruby was trying not to bring it up, but it's been on her mind for some time and it just slipped.
"You can ask about that if you want. I'm not gonna bite. This bounty thing is a bit more complicated than you think." Ruby was about to ask a follow-up question until Violet added, "And it's that I can't tell you about it. Sorry, but even the Academy's walls have ears and it's in your best interest to know as little as you can about me."
"Oh," Ruby answered though a little disappointed.
She wanted to know more about Violet. Ruby felt like there was a mysterious air about her that she wanted to discover. If she couldn't ask about the bounty, then she wondered if there was something else she could ask, something Ruby noticed early-on in their conversation.
"You… don't have to answer if you don't want to," Ruby started. "Is your family worried about you?"
Ruby was expecting Violet to remain silent or refuse to answer, but instead she heard Violet chuckle which transformed into light laughter. Ruby was right; Violet was mysterious.
"My family doesn't even know I'm alive. Not that they matter to me anyway. I don't even consider them real family…" Violet looked out the window toward the sky as she spoke with a longing expression. Ruby was concern about Violet's situation and wondered if she was travelling all alone.
"My blood family means nothing to me, but they're not my only family. I have another that I'm trying to protect by being out here. A group of knuckle-headed boys that started out as headaches, then teammates, then they became my real family. To protect my team and a bunch of friends back home, that's why I'm still fighting and why I still plan to fight till I can see them again."
Violet didn't know it, but she had a smile and a warm expression on her face. Talking about her teammates and friends with someone else was truly meaningful to her. Ruby was happy to see this side of Violet rather than her solemn look. She considered Violet to be a very interesting person and something she said caught Ruby's attention.
"You have a team?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, and not the make-believe kind Grayson had. We're actually kind of like yours. The kind of team you find at a Huntsmen Academy, but we're not Huntsmen," Violet told Ruby.
"Oh wow! What's the name of your team?" Ruby asked with enthusiasm.
"Team VRSZ. It means color versus colour."
"Color versus color? I don't get it," Ruby said in confusion.
"It means the difference on how people spell the word color. Lot of people asked the same thing, but it turns out that the name counts," Violet answered.
Ruby was about to ask about Violet's teammates until the two of them heard the doorknob twist and turn. Ruby locked her dorm room door to keep anyone from finding out she was harboring someone with a huge a bounty on her head. That would raise a lot of questions and attention she thought Violet didn't want. Ruby jumped up from the bed she was sitting on and panicked about how to handle this.
"Ruby, did you lock the door?" Yang asked from the other side of the door.
"You better not be going through my stuff again," Weiss declared. "For the last time, there is nothing in there you can use to make me your best friend."
"Uh, uh just a second!" Ruby shouted then leaped for the door.
Whatever plan she had didn't matter anymore because Yang shot a concussive blast at the doorknob, blowing it off in one shot and keeping the door permanently open. There was nothing else Ruby could do. She saw her sister and Weiss on the other side of the broken door. Yang had a smile on her face and Weiss looked at her with an annoyed expression.
"You didn't have to do that," Weiss said.
"True, but I did, and I stand by it," Yang said, crossing her arms in satisfaction then looked at Ruby. "So why did you have the room door lock-"
"IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!" Ruby shouted while flailing her arms in a humorous fashion.
Weiss and Yang looked past Ruby and were confused. "What are you talking about?" Weiss asked.
Ruby turned around to see that Violet was nowhere in the room. She wasn't sitting on the bed or anything, almost like she vanished. The only difference in the room Ruby could see was the window being wide open and a few tulip petals dancing in the air before fading away. Violet left before Ruby knew it and she was both relieved and sad. She didn't know where Violet went or if she'll be okay, but Ruby hoped they could meet again and introduce each other to their team.
"Nothing. It's nothing," Ruby told her friends.
Weiss and Yang looked at each other and Yang shrugged. They weren't sure what Ruby was doing, but they quickly dropped the matter. Ruby looked out the window, thinking about her encounter with Violet today and how she might have to keep it a secret from her teammates for now.
"Team VRSZ. I wonder what they're like?" Ruby thought to herself with a smile on her face.
This story takes place after the events of RWBY Volume 1 and before Volume 2.
Grayson can be seen as a character based on the Boy Who Cried Wolf as well as a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing idiom because he lies to everyone he meets and pretends to be someone he's not.
I changed the effect of Violet's semblance. When she uses Invisibility to vanish, tulip flowers are created from the body parts she vanishes and they float in the air. The petals have physical presence and fade away after a few seconds. It's very similar to Ruby producing rose petals when she uses Speed.
Violet has fought against various bounty hunters, mercenaries, and Huntsmen during her time on the run, not to mention all the adversaries she has faced in the VRSZ series, so she has tons of combat experience. She could best Ruby in battle at this period in time. After the events of RWBY Volume 5 and VRSZ Volume 5, that statement might be the same, but the fight would definitely be more drawn out. Both characters are still growing after all.
The title of this chapter is called Flower Garden because both Ruby Rose and Violet Tulipe are associated with roses and tulips respectively. I planned the first chapter to have the leaders of both teams, though I also thought of one for Ruby and Remus. Being the fastest members of their teams, they could've raced each other with Remus saying if he wins then he could be the new leader of Team RWBY since their names start with R.
Each chapter title will be a pairing name between members of Team RWBY and Team VRSZ. The chapters will follow the order of Team RWBY's members, so next chapter will feature Weiss with one of the Team VRSZ members.