Chapter 2! It took me quite a while to make a few decisions on this chapter, I hope you like them! I'll probably go over them in the footnote.

Also, Italic Bold text is a flashback, This is a flashback 'thoughts' "talking"

I do not own RWBY, Fire emblem, or any references that I make.


The blonde boy, who was sick the whole ride over ran past Robin, and puked into a trash can.

"Not for everyone, huh?" Robin decided to talk to the guy, he seemed pretty lonely. Ruby and Yang could manage, he could meet with Ruby later to work on his weapon.

After a few more seconds of throwing up, "Nope. Never been one for flying."

"Took me falling from the sky to get used to it." He recalled the first time he fell from the sky, on the last day of the Ylissean-Plegian war.

Robin looked down at the battle going on below him. Things were going well. The mad king expected a charge, but he wouldn't get one. The Ylisseans had stayed at their cautious pace, avoiding any traps Gangrel had set.

Chrom was leading the attack, Robin was with the prince's wife; Sumia, keeping eyes on the battle from above. He cleared the airway for pegasi in the immediate area with every step of the main forces. No archer could get a shot in. So far there was only one shepherd injury. In the area around the battle, the Ylissean-Ferox coalition kept the remaining Plegian loyalists off of the shepherds, and they too would stop when the king's elite and Gangrel himself were all dead.

"Left and Right reserves, form up new flanks in a forward position! Cordelia, draw out Gangrel, Miriel and Virion, cover her!"

As instructed Cordelia flew ahead, making evasive maneuvers, and bringing the king himself out to her. It was almost funny. His strategy relied on the sheperds charging in anger, yet here he was, provoked into attacking.

Something was off though. The king smiled as he made eye contact with Chrom, and the prince responded by yelling, and breaking from the line, running forward.

The frontline shattered, Vaike and Lon'qu making sure Chrom didn't get surrounded, and the rest trying to keep the remaining Plegians from reaching the clerics.

"Chrom! Stop! Don't let your anger control you!"

He didn't respond, and one could sense the sheer rage around him. He wanted Gangrel dead. That much was clear.

"Sumia, go forward now! Rise above arching height!"

"What are you going to do?"

"Just do it!"

Sumia complied, feeling anxious herself for her husband's safety, flying as fast as the pegasus would go. 'Chrom, you've done so much for me. You found me that day, and you trusted me. You gave me a place, and helped me through my hard times. Now it's time to return the favor.'

They passed Chrom, now between him and Gangrel, a few arrows came skyward at them, but none reached accurately. Even if any were good enough to hit at this range, the sun would be in their eyes and Sumia had plenty of time to react.

"If I die Sumia, just get back to safety. At that point, Chrom's only hope would be himself."

Sumia was about to reply, but Robin dropped from the sky. Holding the elwind spell he was very glad to have bought from a merchant. He had never tried such an idea, though he had heard of it being done before on a smaller scale.

He fired off the first spell, and was jerked back, hard. He kept going down, but the change in velocity nearly made him drop the tome. He felt a pain from the recoil, and started to lose control on his descent, flipping around. He was, in a manner of speaking, head over heels for Chrom. 'Come-on Robin, a pun, now off all times?'

He shot another spell, hoping to counteract his flipping. It worked, but now he was flipping at a slower rate the other direction.

He had dropped from too high, and a strategy like this was not going to be enough to survive. He knew that, before he even dropped. 'Not much time. I can't land like this. Desperate times call for desperate measures.' He put away the elwind, and struggled to take out his other spell. Arcwind.

He gulped, before shooting it downwards. The spell was much stronger, and Robin's body was rocked, and flung around through the air. Any control he had was now gone, and he dropped his tome in the process.

There wasn't enough time to use his elwind again, not that he could shoot it anyways. He simply braced for impact, and hoped for his life, and for Chrom's.

Robin came to in a small crater, with a lot of blood. His left arm was limp, probably broken. Very close by Chrom was dueling with Gangrel, and all around them shepherds were engaged in combat.

Chrom had noticed the drop, but couldn't so much as glance at Robin. The king was a worthy opponent, and he had sustained a leg injury, most likely on his rush at Gangrel. The exalted prince was losing ground, and barely was dodging lightning bolts every time Gangrel made distance between them.

Robin, barely conscious, and unable to stand, pulled his arc thunder out of his coat, and aloud, whispered the incantation, flipping through the pages. Chrom was hit by lightning, and fell to a knee. Just as the mad king prepared a strike, he was sent flying by arc thunder.

"Kill the bastard Chrom." The said blue haired man looked at Robin, before tightening his hold on falchion, and destroying the king's neck.

Robin sighed. So long ago… but he would never forget what that war did to Ylisse, and to Chrom and Lissa. Oh, was I glad to see the king's severed head.

"I hope I never have to do that." The reply was really not sarcastic. He was actually worried about falling it seemed. Interesting.

"I think any worry about that is misplaced, it's hardly a common occurrence."

"I suppose. Well, what's your name?"

"Robin, you?"

"Jaune."

"Good to meet yo-" He stopped when he heard a crash. He saw Ruby, laying on her back on a cart, and some other girl who looked like a noble of sorts, if that existed.

"Hang on one moment Jaune." Robin jogged over to the pair, seeing the one in white seemingly lecturing Ruby on something, while shaking a vial of dust. Suddenly, Ruby sneezed, and the dust exploded.

Robin was mortified for a moment before he remembered that they had auras protecting them.

"Unbelievable! This is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about!" The white haired girl was yelling now.

Ruby had a look of guilt on her face, "I am really, really sorry!"

"Ugh! You complete, dolt! What the hell are you even doing here? You look seven! And act like it too! You can't call yourself a huntress when you don't even understand the basics of dust! Why are you at Beacon?!"

Robin was getting a bit angry. He had dealt with people like Maribelle, who were spoiled, rich, and full of themselves, but the most she did was call someone a brute, not yell at them like this, and question their dreams.

"Hey, you, Ms. Entitled. I'm okay with you scolding people, but not telling a girl she shouldn't have her dream because you decided to shake a bottle, and release explosive dust." He was able to sound calm, but if she didn't get off her high horse, and treat people better, there would be an issue. Robin rarely got enraged, but she was already getting close.

"Are you implying this was my fault?!" They both knew the answer to that question. But clearly she was not used to people standing up to her.

"I'm implying you should not insult everyone to cover up your own mistakes. You're not superior to her for any reason."

"Do you have any idea who you're talking to?!"

A new, feminine, monotone voice spoke up now, "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." Robin saw another girl, dressed in mostly black, with black hair. What is it with people being color coded! You can have more than one color!

"Thank you! Some recognition!"

"The same company infamous for its controversial labor force and questionable business partners." Some people might have laughed at that, or at least smirked, but Robin was just unsettled at the whole thing. So she's the heiress for the Schnee dust company? I haven't heard the best of things in my time here about that.

Back home, people fought for their lives and freedom against warmongers, and here, people still fight over power, but just make it seem to the oppressed that everything is okay. Why do people always have to do this? Why can't people be satisfied with the peace their ancestors fought for, and just live their lives, rather than fighting and stealing?

"How dare you!"

Robin's voice rose a bit this time, "I have no idea who you are, but if you start attacking this girl as well over her opinion of the corrupt company you cling to so dearly, we are going to have a problem."

"What are you going to do? I don't have to take this from you!"

"Why not? Because your father exploited faunus to earn a fortune?" Robin didn't know much about the Schnee Dust Company, but he had, in his short time there, learned a bit about it, and after talking with the daughter of the owner, he didn't doubt anything he had heard.

"Those degenerates got what they deserved! The wages and treatment they got was far more than they should have gotten!"

The black haired girl who previously kept a calm face on tensed at this, and her attempts to hide her frustration were failing. "Did you just call an entire race of people degenerates?"

"Oh I'm sorry, did I? I think I also accidentally called the ground concrete, and the trash can a trash can. I'll make sure not to next time. Those faunus didn't even have an education! what makes you think they deserved anything?"

Robin had been warned by Ozpin that the faunus were not often accepted, but this was disgusting. He had heard from Panne all too much about the genocide mankind did on the taguel, and it seemed a similar event wasn't out of the question for many people here. While she hadn't openly said she thought all faunus were inferior, it was pretty damn close.

However, before Robin could say anything, the girl in black spoke again, "You ignorant little brat! They didn't have an education because of people like you!"

"How dare you speak to me like that!"

"How dare you, say something so incredibly racist, and think that I'm the one in the wrong!"

"Guys, let's just cool it down a bit…" Ruby tried to interject.

"You ARE in the wrong! At this point you might as well be part of the white fang! You probably don't even realize they would kill you in a heartbeat you naive bitch!"

At the sight of her flinch at that comment, Robin realized something. This could be bad...

The tactician thinking quickly, pulled out his thoron tome, summoned a spear of lightning and slammed it into the ground between the two contrasting girls. "Enough! Weiss! You and me, duel tomorrow at nine! In the courtyard!" He knew he needed something drastic to stop the argument. He honestly didn't even know if the school had a courtyard, but he guessed it would.

"What?!"

Robin really didn't want to pick a fight with her, but he had to go with it now. "Yes, do you accept?"

"Of course! As if I would let you insult me like this?"

"Good. Now let's go our separate ways, it's clear we won't accomplish anything by arguing any longer."

Ruby looked like she wanted to apologise again, but decided against it considering one girl was just screaming at her, and Robin had just thrown a spear of lightning into the ground and challenged her to a duel.

Robin saw that she really did feel bad though, "Don't worry about it, some people are just like that. Don't blame yourself."

"Thanks, and you to-" she stopped when she saw the other girl walking away. She just let out a sigh. "Well, so far I've made one person hate me, and no new friends…"

"Hey guys, what was that about?" Jaune finally caught up, seeming to have gotten control of his previous nausea.

"Some daughter of a rich guy released a bunch of dust, and Ruby sneezed, and blew it up." He neglected to mention the argument and the duel.

"Ah, so that's what that explosion was. Nice to meet you, I'm Jaune."

"Huh, oh yeah, you're vomit boy right?"

Robin, despite having just been in an argument, had trouble trying not to laugh at that. Poor guy.

"What if I called you crater-face?' It wasn't the best comeback, but it could have been worse.

"Then," she paused, "you can meet my best friend."

Jaune had a confused look, and couldn't figure out what that was supposed to mean. "Who?"

"Rose. Crescent Rose." She took out a compact red device, and activated it, quickly transforming into a very large scythe. How does she even use that thing?! It's huge!

"Whoa! Is that thing a scythe?!" Jaune yelled in surprise. Robin had to agree, though surprises were starting to lose their meaning to him.

"It is also a customizable, high impact sniper rifle."

"Come again?" Jaune was totally lost. As was Robin.

"It's also a gun." Robin mentally face palmed at this.

"Why didn't you just say that Ruby… You certainly have a thing for weapons don't you?" She's as bad as Owain, maybe worse. At least she doesn't seem to be like Owain and Cynthia with theatricals.

"How could you not?! So?! Spill the beans?! What you got there?"

"Oh, I got this sword." as said, Jaune pulled out his sword.

Ruby was way too excited about this.

"Yeah, I've got a shield too." He did indeed have shield

"So, what do they do?"

"Is that not enough?! Not everything needs to be a gun!"

Jaune answered anyways, "Well… The shield gets smaller… So… when I get tired of carrying it, I can just… put it away."

"But, wouldn't it weigh the same?"

"Yeah, it does." He looked a bit down at that.

"That's more than mine does."

"Really? What does your do?" Jaune looked at Robin curiously.

"This." He reached into his jacket, and pulled out a hilt, with about 2 inches of silver blade, before it was broken. While he did this humorously, it was a bit frustrating. His weapons that were top tier; second only to brave weapons and holy weapons, were now useless. His sword couldn't even take a couple beasts, and his spells were nearly useless. He wouldn't mind that much, but he knew those were not very powerful grimm, he could one hit most any risen back home.

"Whoa! What happened there?"

"Grimm. Ruby said she'd help me make a new weapon."

"Wait make it? You make weapons?"

"Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons. Didn't you make yours?"

"It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war."

"…Sounds more like a family heirloom to me!" dang Ruby, brutal. "Well, I like it. Not many have an appreciation for the classics these days." That did NOT make it any better.

"Yeah, the classics…"

"Anyways, why did you help me back there Robin?"

"I've seen a lot of people who have nothing, but fight their way up, and achieve their dreams, and help the world," He thought about Donny in particular, a farmer who became an elite soldier, saving everybody's lives multiple times, "so seeing her try and tell you what you can do, and being so ignorant and narcissistic as to not see the hypocrisy did not sit well with me. So I intervened, as peacefully as possible."

"Well, thanks."

"Don't mention it, just count it as part of my payment for you helping me. Besides, I went a bit overboard there"

"Yeah you did! What was that about?!"

Jaune seemed curious at this, "What was what about?"

"I challenged her to a duel." Robin said this nonchalantly, but was really kind of worried about it. He probably wouldn't even have his weapon done by then.

"Whoa! Really?!"

"Yeah. Not proud of it. She just grated my nerves."

"What was she saying?"

"She first lectured Ruby on being a huntress, then made it clear she thought she was superior to everyone else, then proceeded to insult faunus."

"Well, I wish I had the courage to stand up to people like that."

"I'm sure you can, just be more confident."

"Yeah, I suppose… Hey guys, you have any idea where we're going?"

"Ummmm…" Robin suddenly realized the blondes' point. He was just sort of walking.

"No, I was following both of you."


"Hey Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!" they had just found where everyone was funneling into.

"Oh! Gotta go, I'll see you two after the ceremony."

Jaune yelled after her, "Hey, wait! Great, where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?"

"I'm sure you'll be fine Jaune." Robin really thought he was being over dramatic.

"Yeah, I guess." There's something off about him. Something very different in him from everyone else here. I'll have to find out. So many secrets here. Though I may have the biggest.

The room was mostly filled with new students, but it wasn't gigantic. Larger than any Ylissean school most likely, so it was still quite overwhelming. People were still squeezing through the doors, though they were technically late, as this introduction was supposed to start five minutes ago.

Robin saw Weiss approach Ruby and Yang, but didn't go over. Yang's there, and she seems protective. Either way, they don't want me to go over every time somebody is mean. I'm sure Ruby wants more independence than that. I'm not the hero here.

In their time trying to get there, Robin had started to mentally map out the campus, which no doubt would be helpful later. Suddenly he was ripped out of his thoughts by the sound of a loud sarcastic Shnee, "Yeah! And we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys like tall blonde and scraggly over there!"

Jaune perked up at this, and was about to say something back when Robin elbowed him. "Sorry Jaune, she was being sarcastic. Ignore her."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. She's the girl that I was talking about." He paused for a moment thinking, "And Jaune?"

"Yes?"

"Don't tell anyone else about the duel, I'd rather there not be an audience."

"You got it. Can I watch?"

Robin closed his mouth when he heard a mic turn on. "Ahem… I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

That's an interesting speech Ozpin. But I see what you were trying to do with it. These are some of the best students on Remnant, knowing that can make one cocky. They still have a lot to learn, before they are ready to accept the reality of battle.

Glynda took the center now, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed!"


Robin swung the sword around with one hand, and then two, being careful not to hit anything.

He and Ruby had been working on his weapon, starting shortly after the ceremony. Robin felt a bit bad for keeping her inside on her first day at her dream school, but they both agreed they should have the weapon at least partially done by the end of the day, as to be able to fight during the initiation and his duel.

He smiled. Right now it was only a sword, but he planned on adding other features and modes into it later.

It was moderately large, though it was probably normal size for this world. But the most interesting thing about it's design was that it zigzagged. It lacked the thorns on each corner that the levin sword had, but that seemed unnecessary.

"You like it?"

"You did a great job Ruby."

"We did a great job."

"Give yourself more credit, that was pretty skillful. I've known people who can make their own weapons, but not in mere hours." It had taken most of the day, but that wasn't long at all for creating a sword, especially one like this.

"Okay, okay. Now, what did you want this for?" The supplies for this had all been gifted by Ozpin, yet another thing Robin was indebted to him for. Robin had requested materials to etch into the sword precisely, which Ruby now handed to him.

"I can do this part." Robin sat down again, and opened the vial of dust, before emptying it into the tool. It looked like a pen, but it was qutie large, due to the fact it needed dust, and a lot of it to work.

Robin reached into his coat, and withdrew arc thunder. His coat was very good at holding lots of things.

"What's that book?"

"This, Ruby, is arcthunder."

"Huh?"

"You'll see." Let's see,the first ¾ of the book is not needed for those who already can use the spell. While that leaves a lot of pages, the print is quite large, so that it can be read in the heat of battle. I've never tried this before, but if I have the necessary characters for the spell, and know the incantation, I should be able to use it.

Robin was about to begin the process of engraving. "Oh, and Ruby, I'll need to be focused on this, so you're welcome to go leave now if you want."

"How long will this take?"

"I'm guessing about an hour, I'll have to be careful."

"I've been in here way too long, I'll go, you can find me with everyone else if I'm still awake." She yawned immediately after saying this.

Robin began the process, I'm just glad they have supplies here to make this easier.

I'm be there soon Morgan. Say'ri.


Ruby heard the two people walk away. One of whom, a redhead, seemed to be dominating the conversation. "Wonder what those two were so worked up about."

"Oh, who knows. So! You seem overly chipper this morning."

"Heh, yep! No more awkward small talk or getting to know you stuff. Today I get to let my sweetheart do the talking."

Yang sighed, "Well, remember Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you want to grow up you're going to have to meet new people and work together."

"Ugh, you sound like dad. Okay, first of all, what does meeting people have to with fighting? And secondly, I don't need people to help me grow up! IIiii, drink milk!"

"But what about when we form teams?"

"Uhh… I don't know. I'll just be on your team, or something…"

"Maybe you should try being on someone else's team."

"My dear sister Yang, are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"

"What? No, of course I do. I just thought… I don't know, maybe it'll help you break out of your shell."

"What?! I don't need to break out of my shell"

Robin broke in, "I doubt we'll be picking our teams anyways."

"Robin! When did you get here!"

"Just now."

"Robin, tell yang I am not anti-social!"

"I never said antisocial…" Yang said, with not a very convincing tone.

"It was implied!"

"Ummmm, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to meet new friends." Robin said awkwardly.

"What?!"

"You're hardly a clam, a clam wouldn't be talking this much, but it's good to meet new people, who can help you, and you them. Nothing is more important towards taking a victory than the bonds between your allies and friends." He had given this same argument so many times before. Though who could blame him? It seemed to work. He- no, they had defeated three seemingly impossible enemies. Strategy couldn't do all of that on it's own.

"You really think that?" Yang had been trying to encourage Ruby to make friends, but this had her curious.

"Most definitively, A force of dozens can tip the scales in a war against a million if they can fight together, and have each other to fight for." I know that one from experience.

They had to stop taking for a moment as the intercom turned on, "Will all first year students please report to Beacon cliff for initiation. Again, all first year students report to Beacon cliff immediately."

As the trio made their way towards the cliffs, they saw Jaune let out a sign after failing to pick up Weiss. And of course being shot into a locker

"Having some trouble there lady-killer?

"I don't understand. My dad said that all women look for is confidence. Where did I go wrong?"

"'Snow Angel' probably wasn't the best start."

"Come on, Jaune. Let's go." Ruby helped Jaune to his feet, and gave him support walking Robin seriously doubted he needed.


Everyone stood on pads, facing outwards, along the cliff. Robin was at the far end, next to Jaune. "For years, you have been trained to become warriors. And today your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest."

Glynda now spoke, "Now, I'm sure many of you have been hearing of the assignment of teams. Well, let's put an end to your confusion. You'll be given teammates… Today."

Ruby clearly was not happy about that news. "What? Aww…" Would it really make a difference when teams are made?

"Your teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So, it is in your best interest to be paired up with someone you could work with. That being said, the first person you make eye contact with when you land will be your partner for the next four years."

That's a strange way to do it, seems like it would have a lot of issues. What if two people are left partnerless on opposite sides of the forest? The battlefield is a place of disorder though, perhaps he is trying to emulate that. You can end up stuck with someone because you have to, not want to.

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die."

At that Jaune has a very large swallow. Is he actually going to let people die on initiation? I'm not sure about that...

"You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. You will guard that item, as well as you're standing and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?"

"Yeah, um, sir?" Jaune tentatively attempted to voice his obvious concerns.

"Good. Now, take your positions."

"Uh, sir, I have a question… So this, landing strategy thing, what is it? Are you like dropping us off or something?"

"No, you will be falling."

People in the other side started to get launched. Ozpin seems to be messing with him, but couldn't he actually die? No. His aura will keep him alive at the minimum.

"Oh, I see… So, like did you hand out parachutes for us?"

"No. You will be using your own landing strategy."

"Uh-huh… That. So, what exactly is a landing strategy?" Robin watched the blonde get shot into the sky screaming the last word. He just sighed.

Looks like I'm flying again...


So there you go! Now, first thing you probably noticed was Weiss. While I won't tell you all my plans, she will be different in this. I didn't like in the show how she suddenly completely changed personality, sometimes mid episode, but there was a huge more permanent shift between seasons 1 and 2. I get her opening up because of Blake, but she totally changed in a matter of days, that doesn't happen. She isn't going to be like an enemy or anything, and I don't totally hate her, but I will be changing that, you'll see where that goes as the story moves forward.

Second thing you probably noticed was Say'ri. Not really much to say there. If you didn't figure out she was his wife, you didn't really read this chapter, surprise. I always liked this pairing, though I've only played it once, due to the time and her not being the best mother to Morgan stat wise. Obviously she'll come up more in later chapters.

I did a few episodes this chapter, because they were short originally, and I wanted to get to more original parts, which you will be seeing soon.

I'll make sure Robin isn't totally OP in this, that's never very interesting. He has basically a levin sword, and it will have more mode(s). No spoilers there. If you have any requests for weapon or any other equipment on Robin I still have space to put that in for sure. Also feel free to request/suggest a semblance for him. I have some ideas, but would love to hear some more.

The newest episode of RWBY was pretty dope though, right? Bit sad, but really well done. Has me hyped for next one. If you haven't seen it yet, I don't know what the hell you're doing with your life that you would have missed it, but go watch it right now. Don't even read the next sentence.

I might as well respond to the reviews I got, not much to say though.

PersonaQeminod1: Thanks! I plan on going for a while, have no reason not to. Hope you keep reading.

Phoenix Champion: I'll make sure our stories don't overlap, don't worry.

Roxasstorm: Thanks, and yes, I did post that in 'a few chapters.'

That's about it, I have finals coming up, so I will be working on this a bit slower. Chapter 3 is almost done, and should be out this weekend or early next week. Until next time. ;)