"Finally! It's about time Sai gave us a story." Serena said.
"Alright! Everyone gets to see how badass team SUSN is!" Umbra agreed with a howl at the end.
"Yay..." Naomi cheered quietly.
"Oh, come on, Naomi, lighten up a bit! Let's hear some passion in that cheer!" Selene encouraged.
"Yay." She tried again, only a bit louder.
"Louder!" Serena said.
"YAY." She said, about as loud as a normal person talks.
"LOUDER!" Her 3 teammates shouted with an echo.
She took a deep breath as if she was finally about to let out a good, loud cheer, then- "Yay!" She tried, but was no louder then the last time, causing her team to face-vault. "Too loud?" She asked.
"Well, at least nothing else can go wrong." Umbra said.
Across town...
The old man who runs the dust shop just finished putting up a big banner above the place, saying it was newly re-opened after the break-in. But just as he got down from the ladder, he was knocked down when a girl with tan skin and green, shoulder-length hair and red eyes bumped into him. She giggled a bit at this before speaking. "Excuse me. Sorry, I'm not really from around here." She said, helping him up. "Um, would you mind pointing me in the direction of this shop?" She asked, holding up a card. He looked at it, smiling and nodding. She then walked away as they both waved goodbye, a guy with gray hair dressed in gray waited around the corner for her. She started walking past when he spoke up.
"I knew you were lost." He said.
"Mercury." She said as she walked back up to him. "I will seriously pay you to SHUT UP." She said, holding the card out in his face.
"That's not your money." He said, shaking his head.
"But it could be yours for five minutes of silence." She said.
"Hmm... No deal." He said.
She groaned at this, throwing the money to the ground. "Fine." She said, walking off.
He laughed at this. "You want me." He said, following her. They continued on for a while until he spoke up again. "So, how much further?" He asked.
"Just a few blocks." She answered.
"Ugh, this place is so dull!" He groaned.
"I kinda like it. Tall buildings, diverse culture-" She started.
"And nice, dopey people who are easy to pickpocket." He finished.
"That's EVERY city." She said.
"Ooh, Emerald! Master thief! Please don't take my money! I barely have enough to get by." He played out a small scene, to which she groaned and walked past him, continuing on. He sighed at this. "You're no fun today." He said, following her.
After a while, they finally entered a rather darkly lit book store. Mercury stopped to look at some books near the front as Emerald walked up to the front desk and rang the bell. "Be right there!" The shopkeep shouted back. He then came out from the back room with a huge stack of books in both arms. He kinda looked all scruffy like Wolverine. He had the sideburns at least. "Welcome to Tukson's book trade! Home to every book under the sun." He said, setting them down and walking up to the desk. "How may I-" He started, before pausing for a minute when he saw her. "How may I help you?" He asked.
"Just browsin'." Mercury asked, closing the book he had.
"Actually, I was wondering: do you have any copies of 'The Thief and The Butcher'?" She asked (Hmm... I wonder if that's an actual book?).
"Yes we do." He said.
"That's great!" She said.
"Would you... like a copy?" He asked somewhat awkwardly, since she didn't directly ask for a copy after asking if he had it.
"No. Just wondering." She asked (Why would you wonder if you're not gonna get the book?). At that same moment, Mercury closed a book rather hard.
"Ooh, ooh! What about, 'Violet's Garden'? In paperback?" She asked (I always preferred hardback, myself. Considering the animals I have around my house, paperbacks don't last that long).
"He's got it. Hardback, too." Mercury said, holding it up.
"Ooh. Options are nice." She said, looking as if she was thinking (within reason. Too much options are a pain in the ass).
"Eh. No pictures." Mercury said, closing it hard again and dropping it, then looking at Tukson. "Hey, got any comics?" He asked.
"Near the front." He answered.
"No, wait! What about... 'Third Crusade'?" Emerald asked.
Tukson's smile then faded at that moment. "Um... I don't believe we carry that one." He said.
Mercury then slammed another book closed. "Oh..." He said as if something was wrong.
"What was this place called again?" Emerald asked, leaning on the desk.
"Tukson's book trade." Tukson answered.
"And you're Tukson?" She asked.
"That's right." He asked.
"So then I take it you're the one who came up with the catchphrase?" She asked.
"Yes." He said.
"And what was it again?" Mercury asked.
Tukson let out a sigh before answering. "Tukson's book trade, home to every book under the sun." He answered.
"Every book EXCEPT 'The Third Crusade'." Mercury replied.
"It's just a catchphrase." He said.
"It's false-advertising." Mercury retorted.
"You shouldn't make a promise you can't keep, Tukson." Emerald said (Oh, shit's about to go down!). At this moment, Mercury began turning off the lights. "I hear you're planning on leaving, Tukson. Your brothers in the White Fang wouldn't be happy to hear that. And neither are we." She said. At this point, Mercury had turned off all the lights (Wait a minute, this guy's a faunus, why are you turning off the lights? He has night-vision, that's a bad idea!). "You know who we are, don't you?" She asked.
"Yes." He answered solemnly (←Holy shit, I spelled it right!).
"And you know why we're here?" She asked.
"Yes." He replied.
"So... Are you going to fight back?" She asked as Mercury approached.
There was a pause for a moment before... "Yes!" He answered readily, growing Sabertooth claws and jumping up on the desk as the two teens stepped back. He swiped at Emerald, who ducked, then looked up to see Mercury, who had backed up further, who then took a step forward and delivered a powerful-looking side kick to Tukson's face. Everything went white after that (you know he dead...).
The two of them then walked out, Emerald stretching before looking at Mercury, who was reading a magazine or comic. ""What's with that?" She asked.
"Eh. I like its pictures." He answered.
Back at school...
Team SUSN read the above and looked at their faunus teammate. "I think something went wrong." Selene said, to which Umbra shrugged, laughing nervously with her wolf ears drooped a bit. They were now in the lunch room, sitting across from 3 of the 4 members of team RWBY, their leader nowhere to be seen. Serena was sitting across from Weiss, Naomi beside her on the left with no one across from her, Selene to her right across from Blake and Umbra a little to the right across from Yang, out of her way as Nora tossed her small food to catch in her mouth in mid-air, pause tho. Speaking of Blake, she was looking in her journal at a picture of her old partner in the White Fang, Adam, until Yang pushed up against her.
"Whatcha doin'?" She asked.
"Nothing, just going over notes from last semester." She said, closing the journal, Weiss trying to peek at it before she closed it.
"Why worry about your notes? Classes start tomorrow. Today is about doing whatever you want and having fun before we have to worry about boring school stuff." Umbra said, gnawing on a bone from the remains of her lunch to get all the marrow and edible tasty stuff out of it she could.
"W-well it might be a good idea to stay ahead on your studies so you don't forget anything." Naomi threw in.
"You know, I still need a new chew toy, so unless you want to volunteer, don't be trying to get me studying." Umbra said, causing the kabuto-wearing girl to cling to Serena in fear.
Yang caught a grape Nora tossed to her, before turning back to her teammate. "Lame." She said.
"I can't help but think that's a choking hazard." Naomi said cautiously, afraid Yang would have a similar reaction to Umbra about studying..
"Yeah, be careful how you catch that stuff, Yang." Selene said.
"Pause tho." Serena said, popping out from behind one of her shoulders.
We look over to the table team JNPR is sitting at to see 3 of their 4 members sitting like regular people with their food, Nora with a straw and a bunch of grapes in front of her. She giggled before shooting another one to Yang, pause again (so many pause moments right now!), which she caught, eating it and giving Nora a thumb's up.
Suddenly, Ruby appeared from nowhere, slamming down a MASSIVE binder full down in front of everyone, much to their surprise. It was marked as "Best Day Ever Activities". Ruby then cleared her throat before speaking. "Sisters! Friends! Weiss-" She started.
"Hey!" Weiss complained at that.
"It's about as much as you deserve." Umbra said.
Ruby then continued. "4 score and 7 minutes ago, I had a dream." She said.
"Ruby, a score is 20 years. You haven't even BEEN ALIVE for a score, much less 4." Serena said.
"This oughta be good." Yang said, then catching another grape.
"Why do I now fear for our mortal well-being?" Selene asked.
"Give her a chance, babe." Serena said, putting an arm around Selene's shoulders and resting her head on the closest shoulder.
"It could be fun!" Umbra said.
"Ruby's idea of fun worries me..." Naomi said.
"A dream that one day, the 4 of us would come together as a team, then be joined by our friends and have the most fun anyone has ever had EVER!" She asked.
"Considering our situation here, I don't think we could have THAT much fun." Selene said.
"No harm in trying!" Serena said positively.
Weiss looked at the giant binder for a moment before realizing something. "Did you steal my binder?" She asked.
"I am not a crook." Ruby answered.
"That would be a yes." Umbra said.
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked with a small chuckle.
"I'm talking about kicking off a semester with a bang!" She said.
"I don't really like bangs. I like quieter things." Naomi said, shrinking a bit.
"I always kick my semester off with a YANG." Yang made a terrible pun, looking around for someone to laugh, but no one, not even Selene, who would've laughed to support Yang, did. Nora then threw an apple, which bounced off Yang's forehead, pause.
"Boo!" Nora booed.
"Guys, it's been a good two weeks and with the tournament at the end of the year, our second semester is going to be great, but classes start back up tomorrow." Ruby said.
"Yeah. The short break we had has gone by so fast." Serena said sadly.
"And then, first thing tomorrow morning is Professor Port's class." Selene groaned.
"Oh, come on, girls, liven up a bit! We've still got about 18 hours before we have to worry about that." Umbra said, wrapping her arms around her teammates shoulders.
"Which is why I've taken the opportunity to schedule a series of wonderful events for us today." Ruby finished happily.
"Sounds like a fun time." Umbra said.
"I don't know whether to be proud or scared of what you have in store." Weiss said as Yang threw an apple back at Nora.
"I'm leaning towards scared." Naomi said.
"I don't know, I think I might sit this one out." Blake said.
"Sit out or not, I think however we spend this last day, we should do it as a TEAM." Weiss said.
"Oh, my god, it's the sign of the apocalypse! Weiss is thinking of someone besides herself!" Serena said worriedly.
She then stood up as Yang looked at Nora worriedly and shook her head and hands. "I for one think that-" Weiss started, before they heard Nora.
"I got it!" She called out, a pie flying into Weiss' face. They all looked at Weiss in shock, then back to the table where Nora, Pyrrha and Jaune were in slight shock and Ren had his face in his hands... Nora then pointed to him.
Outside...
Sun was walking with a friend of his as he brought him to meet us. "Man, that's harsh." The dude said.
"Yeah, so then we were all fighting side-by-side, super fast! And I threw a banana at a guy, which sounds gross, but it was AWESOME." Sun explained.
"Nice." The dude said.
"Right? And the best part is: she's a faunus." He said, but then covered his mouth. "But that's a secret, okay?" He asked.
"Got it." The dude replied.
"And not a 'I'm gonna go tell Scarlet the second Sun turns his back' secret, I'm talking SECRET secret." Sun said.
"Whoa, chill out, man, okay? I got it." The dude said.
"I just don't wanna screw this up, you know? He asked as they continued walking, not seeing the splattered food or the Jaune getting thrown into the walls as they walked by. "The people here are the coolest! No offense, you know?" He stopped to check.
"None taken." His friend replied.
"Okay, they're just in here. I'm really excited for you to meet them, so be cool, okay? You're gonna be cool, right?" He asked.
"Dude..." His buddy asked, standing there to show off his cool image, his teeth flashing.
Back in the lunch room...
"Ugh, some annoying character who's useless for most of the show just flashed his teeth. I hate when they do that." Serena said, breaking the 4th all as she smashed a pie into Cardin's face hard enough to leave his face imprinted in the aluminum base of the pie.
Back with them...
"Good point." Sun said, nodding. They burst into the lunchroom and were either amazed or shocked to see the food fight of epic proportions that had now dwindled down to teams RWBY and JNPR, everyone running for their lives as Nora stood tall, laughing maniacally on a giant stack of tables made into a make-shift castle. "I'm queen of the castle~! I'm queen of the castle~!" She sang triumphantly.
Team SUSN was also in the room behind cover. "This is the kind of excitement we needed!" Umbra howled.
"Why a food fight? I hate getting dirty AND wasting food." Naomi pouted.
"Well, now we can make sure you have some fun. Just keep on the move!" Selene told her.
"This is insanity! And I LIKE IT!" Serena said with an evil grin.