"It finally happened," Hyde Kido said. "The 5th Franchise in our game was finally announced. And it's another one with a lot of characters as old as us. Wonder how Ruby is going to react to that." "Well," Weiss replied, "if she finally comes back from whatever it is she's doing, we'll find out."

Hyde, Weiss, and Yu were all standing at the front of Beacon Academy's courtyard waiting for the new arrivals that were recently announced at the recent EVO tournament as the first characters for "Season 2" of Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle. However, Ruby was nowhere to be found, despite how eager she was to see how things would go.

Teddie was one of the four new characters, and he was already well acquainted with the others by this point. Now all they needed to do was wait for the rest. Before too much longer, a Bullhead airship touched down and dropped off the remaining few members.

The first of them was a boy with dark hair with a streak of white, wearing a long black trench coat. "O-oh, hey Seth," Hyde said. "Um, good to see you again." The boy gave a dull look to Hyde, releasing a murmur before proceeding to try walking past him.

"Excuse me?" Weiss said. "That's no way to introduce yourself." Seth turned and delivered that same dull look to the others. "Fine," Weiss said. "Hyde, how about you introduce him to us?" "Sure thing," Hyde replied.

"Weiss, Yu, this is Seth. He's a... well I'm not really sure what he is to me." "I see," Weiss said, delivering a skeptical look to Seth, who continued to only offer a blank expression. Yu however, was not deterred.

"It's nice to meet you Seth," he said, holding a hand out. "My name is Yu Narukami. It's good to have you join us." Seth only continued to stare, before shaking Yu's hand. "Nice to meet you too," he managed to utter.

"Yeah," another boy's voice said, "I've already kinda gotten used to his silent treatment." A boy with short brown hair, wearing a gray and white outfit came out next. "Nice to meet you all," he said. "It's an honor to join you in this event."

Weiss gave a good smile. "Nice to meet you too," Weiss replied. "I'm Weiss Schnee. It's good to see somebody has a respectful attitude." "Well thank you," the boy said, his face turning a little pink as he shook her hand. "My name is Naoto Kurogane."

Yu, Hyde, and Weiss all shared a surprised look. "Uh... is something wrong?" Naoto asked. "Well," Yu replied, "your name is almost exactly like a girl we know." "Huh?" Naoto said, balking at the response.

"R-regardless," Hyde said, "nice to meet you too. I'm Hyde Kido, and this is Yu Narukami."

"I suppose," Yu said, "this just leaves our newest addition to the cast." "Oh my gosh!" a high pitched voice yelled! Suddenly a pink streak collided with Weiss as the heiress was grabbed by a pink haired girl wearing a simple school uniform!

"It's so nice to meet you! My name is Heart Aino! It's so super awesome to be here!" Weiss was doing her best to behave rationally under the close contact she did not ask for! "Nice... to meet you too," she managed to say.

Heart opened her eyes to see Yu and Hyde standing behind Weiss. "Hello," Yu said, "how are you?" "Oh! I'm fantastic!" Heart said. "You must be Yu Narukami! The Sister Complex Kingpin of Steel!" Yu's face reddened. "Sister Complex?" Hyde asked, a smirk on his face.

"Oh I think it's just lovely!" Heart said. "The protective, dedicated love an older brother gives to his sister to make sure she lives a happy life is awesome!" "He's not even a brother though," Hyde said. "C-can you please let go of me?" Weiss asked.

"I'm hungry," Seth said. Everyone perked up, as it was the first thing that Seth had really said this entire time of his own volition. "Let's get something to eat," Hyde said, rubbing his head. "We can talk more inside."

The group headed into the Beacon Academy dorm lounge area, Hyde and Yu offering to make some food, Seth keeping a cold distance, with Heart practically skipping inside holding Weiss and Naoto's hands! However, before anyone could even take a seat, the rest of Team RWBY burst in through the other entrance, slamming the door shut behind them! They all leaned against the door, gasping for breath, with sweat positively pouring down their faces!

"Uh... what the hay just happened?" Hyde asked. "Oh! H-hey guys!" Ruby said. "N-nothing weird going on here!" "Don't give me that Ruby," Weiss replied, removing herself from Heart. "You're making a face even more suspicious than the time you stole my Dust crystals. What is happening?"

"Uh..." the three girls said. "Oh! You must be the newcomer!" Yang said, shifting her attention to Heart. "Hi!" Heart said happily. "Don't change the subject on me!" Weiss said. "What is happening?"

Suddenly a black clad fist burst through the door just in-between Ruby and Yang's heads! Ruby ducked to the side as the arm reached over and turned the doorknob! A pale girl with short white hair, wearing a black mask with a matching black skirt came in through the door.

"H-hey 2B," Ruby said. "Y-you wanna meet the others?" "I wouldn't mind," 2B replied monotonously. "But only if you allow me to join your roster."

"Say what!?" Weiss, Hyde, and Naoto yelled. "Y-yeah," Yang said. "We, may or may not have met a few people that want to join the scene."

"You cannot be serious!" Weiss said, rubbing her eyes. "Yay! More friends?" Heart asked. "No! No new friends!" Hyde said. "I wouldn't mind," Yu replied. "Of course you wouldn't," Hyde said.

"Um... excuse me?" a new voice said. The others looked to see a girl wearing a set of gray armor over a blue and white outfit, with tied back blonde hair trying to get their attention. "Forgive me, but I was just wondering if this was a bad time?" "Yes it is!" Ruby said. "Stay out of this King Arthur!"

"King Arthur?" Weiss asked. "You cannot be serious." "Actually," the blonde girl replied, "she is. But, I prefer to go by 'Saber.'" "Say what?" Naoto said. "Sorry about this Saber," Blake said. "I think we bit off more than we could chew."

"You got that right cat!" a gruff voice said. A girl came stumbling inside the door next, wearing a basic white shirt, dark skirt combo. The most bizarre thing however, was the fact that her dark hair appeared to be... alive. "Samson, calm down!" she said. "Eh, sorry. I'm Filia. N-nice to meet you-! Samson, enough!"

"Hang on! I got it!" a young boy's voice now said. Next, what could only be described as a monk with a blue arrow tattooed on his bald head came in, and smacked Filia in the head with a staff! "N-not what I was asking for Aang," Filia uttered. "Oh. Sorry," Aang replied.

"This is idiotic," Seth said. "We only just got here. Now we've got more competitors trying to claw their way in." "I'm not one to turn down more opponents," Naoto said, "but I do feel a little gipped." "Oh no!" Heart said. "You don't think I'm being replaced, do you?" "No. You're fine," Hyde said. "I think Team RWBY is just doing something... odd."

"I-I apologize," Saber said. "I wasn't trying to intrude." "It's okay," Weiss said. "At least you're behaving politely." "Well, thank you," Saber said. "I do my best to live by chivalry. I am surprised that the others were not trying to be as respectable in these circumstances."

2B suddenly grabbed Ruby by the hood and held her up in the air! "Am I permitted to join?" she asked. "P-please give me a sec!" Ruby said, her voice hoarse from her hood cutting against her throat. "It's not even my responsibility to say yes or no! Gah! Ugh! Not like this! Not like this!"

"Hey! Filia! Get a grip on your hair!" Yang said. "Trying!" Filia replied. "Maybe it would've helped if Aang didn't hit him and piss him off!" "Sorry!" Aang said.

"What's with all the noise?!" Ragna's voice screamed. He burst in next, holding his blade behind him! "Can't a guy catch a freaking nap in peace?!"

He caught sight of the amount of adolescents that were causing the ruckus, and his multicolored eyes began to twitch. "Ragna. Help!" Ruby said, giving him a puppy dog look. He spun on his heel, and hooked his blade behind him. "I don't want to deal with this," he said.

"Ragna-san," Yu said, "as the mascot, I think you'd be the one best suited to handling this." "I don't got the time," Ragna replied. "You. Deal with this. Your mess. Clean it. Just let me sleep. Or else, all of you are going to suffer." Ragna stepped back through the door, not looking back.

"Okay then," Yang said. "Well that was - 2B! Drop the sister! Now!" Ruby was finally released. "I apologize," 2B said. "I did not anticipate her suffocating."

"Everyone," Yu said, taking charge, "I appreciate your enthusiasm to be a part of our game, but I am going to have to ask you all to leave. We already have our five franchises now, so we're going to have to call it here. Please?"

"Aw!" Heart said. "We're not getting new friends?" "Afraid not," Naoto replied. "Very well," 2B said. "But my offer still stands." "Offer?" Ruby asked, gasping. "More like threat!"

One by one, everyone was calmed down and were prepared to make their way out. The three-fourths of Team RWBY were prepared to sneak back to their dorm room next, when a firm voice from their Ice Queen brought them to a halt! "You three! Here! Now!"

They made their way over and stood before Weiss. "Would you mind telling me what in the name of Dust was that about!?" "Sorry Weiss," Ruby replied. "We were just sneaking a peak at new contenders. I mean, all four of them were groups the creator said he could consider."

"But what's the point?" Weiss asked. "We already have the fifth 'Fate' announced for our game with Arcana Heart." "That's me!" Heart said happily. "So why bother asking for more?" Weiss asked.

"Well..." Yang said, rubbing her head. "Uh... that's the thing. Did you actually see the announcement trailer?" "No... why?" Weiss asked. "Well," Ruby began, "there's now going to be a... sixth Fate."

Everyone in the room was dead silent. Then, they released a collective "WHAT?!" "That's it! You're all going down!" Ragna yelled.

"No-no-no! Wait Ragna! We can explai-!" Hyde said desperately. But it was too late. What could only be described as the wrath of the Black Beast incarnate burst down that door and gave the adolescents a fierce beat down!


Author's Note: When I first had the idea to do one-shots like this, this was one of the first ideas I had. It's been said that Skullgirls, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fate, and NieR: Automata were all franchises the creator of Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle said that he wouldn't mind having be a part of the event. So, I only thought it natural to go for something fun like this. Especially now, with the recent announcement of Arcana Heart as the 5th Fate for the game.

And yes, let's all talk about that last cliffhanger, giving us indication that yet ANOTHER Fate was added in! Here's my reaction upon discovering this, after spending nearly Every. Single. Day upon hearing we would just be getting a 5th Fate.

*... GRAH! Are you kidding me!?*

In all seriousness though, I am eager to see what happens next. And can only pray that we get it sooner than the announcement of Arcana Heart.

I also can't help but also notice the convenient timing of having the this announced literally days after I buckled down and saw that I was going to be going for these one-shots instead.

But yeah, let's get something else out of the way. I hope that there is no issues with OOC behavior from these cameos, as I only glanced at their wikia pages, save for Aang as he was the only one I was that familiar with.

The big one is Heart, given that she is the new official addition to BBTAG, meaning she will be a recurring face. I'm worried I might've made her a little too ditsy for my taste. But then again, she was probably still high off the thought of being added to the roster. Still, I hope to portray her right as I begin to familiarize myself with her more.

Come next chapter, we'll really begin to hit a flow of normalcy. I hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you next time!