A Harmonious Battle

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to A Melodic Comedy! Woo! Yeah! For Weiss Reacts fans, I'm sorry, you'll have to wait until Saturday, as I have something really special lined up for tomorrow's update, but otherwise, woo! Stuff! More possibly un-funny crap between Fionn and Melodia (which is totally not sexual tension, don't be silly) and more OC lampshades! YEeah...

...I've got nothing. Just read the chapter and cringe at the stupidity~

DISCLAIMER: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, otherwise Weiss would be my waifu~


"Lukas...why's your hair blond?" Fionn asked, as the party headed down to the training room- they were supposed to report for one of the training sessions the staff called and thus were heading down to do so.

"Hm?" Lukas tilted his head, before realising. "Oh, right. Well. Elf's using this part as an excuse to make me look more like Tom Hiddleston's portrayal of Loki than the mythological version of him, partly because he looks far more appealing to the fangirls reading this. And also because that fits my nice green eyes." The last part of that sentence was uttered in an absolutely deadpan tone that, for whatever reason, befuddled Fionn.
"Huh?" The spearman looked at him, confused.

"...I wore a wig." Lukas pulled off his large head of blond hair to reveal long, straight black hair. "Is that a good enough reason?"
"Huh, okay." Fionn nodded. "I thought it was for a joke."
"Yes, Fionn," The trickster sighed. "It was, indeed, for a joke. Yes."

"Why would you ask that?" Melodia tilted her head.

"What? I was only asking!"

"Perhaps she wanted a reason to poke fun at you, Fionn?" Lukas offered helpfully.

"Would you guys hurry up?" Yukari interjected. "We've got a training session to get to!"
"And a plot to move on." Lukas offered helpfully.

Melodia sighed, but having no counter-argument, just shut up and continued walking.


Eventually, team MLDY lined up with the other teams; they were slotted one group across team GAME and team RISK- other teams in their year- and they could just see team RWBY nearby. Weiss was blushing and pointing her trembling finger at Yang, who was laughing for some reason Melodia couldn't see. She could only pick up the words "pervert" and "idiot" from the discussion, so Weiss was at least irritated for a reason. Velvet and Vivi were nowhere to be seen, for some reason-presumably even Ozpin himself was too scared to interrupt her when she was worshipping her beloved 'Weiss-sempai'.

Ozpin was nowhere in sight; instead, Professor Cinder Fall was heading training. She was standing in the middle of the arena, her red dress flapping slightly, as she looked around at the gathered teams. She sighed, before flicking a fireball to the far left of Melodia – she could hear Russell's whimpering, so she assumed the fireball was aimed at him.

"And this, students, is why you do not interrupt me while I am speaking." Cinder cleared her throat. "Right, you know the rules and codes and so on, you don't really want to listen to me going through the safety demonstrations because those who actually paid attention-" She glared at team CRDL, specifically at Dove and Russell, while saying this. "-would know not to point their guns at themselves, to keep all weapons sheathed, folded, holstered or otherwise not a threat to other students, always empty the magazine if you aren't sure your weapons aren't empty, and to never play with your weapons OUTSIDE of the arena.

Yes, Mister Dubhain, that means you." Melodia looked over at Fionn, who was twirling Mors Certa like a baton. She punched him in the arm, causing him to drop his spear. "Ow!"
"Idiot." Melodia grumbled. Fionn clambered down to pick up his weapon.

"Thank you, Miss Viridi." Cinder cleared her throat. "Are there any questions?"

Russell's hand shot up.

"No? Good."

"But-" Russell was silenced by Cardin's glare.


The pyromancer took out a scroll- the electronic kind, not the parchment kind that was usually associated with summoning rituals that were the rage in Beacon for some reason- and opened it.

Clearing her throat again, she intoned clearly, "For a demonstration, I'd like Melodia Viridi and Ruby Rose to step up and demonstrate their fighting abilities."

"H-huh?!" Melodia's eyes widened. "R-Ruby?!" She poked her head out from the line to see Ruby, waving at her goodnaturedly.

'Oh my Dust oh my Dust I'm going to fight Ruby Rose! S-she's, like, a LEGEND to me! Oh my Dust what do I do what do I do? Do I faint? Lose? Gah! It's Ruby!' Melodia, needless to say, was stunned at receiving the chance to show her skills to Ruby Rose, of all people.

"Uh, Melody?" Fionn poked her.

"H-huh?"
"Ruby's waiting, y'know." He pointed to the scythe-wielder, who was standing in the middle of the arena, smiling at her and motioning her to come forward.
"O-oh. Right." Shakily, MLDY's team leader adjusted the straps on her shinguards and slowly rolled Viridian Sonata into her hand, pushing two of her fingers into the small hoop on the end of the string, before walking nervously towards the arena. She fingered her yoyo, looking straight at Ruby as she walked up in front of her.

"...you alright, Melodia?" Ruby inquired cheerily.

"U-uh...yeah." She laughed nervously. "I-I'm just...kinda...amazed, y'know, getting the chance to show you my skills, you're like my hero...I-I mean, y-you've probably seen me in practice a-and in some t-training r-replay vids, and uh..." Melodia chuckled nervously again. Fionn facepalmed.

"Dammit, Melody...just think of steak! Martial arts movies! Music!" He called over encouragingly.
"Quit making a fool of yourself, Melodia." Lukas sighed.

"Melodia!" Yukari called across. "You've got this. Just...don't lose your nerve like that!"
"O-okay..." She nodded, banging her shinguards together to test their strength. "Y-you ready...Ruby?"

"Yep! Just tell me when you are, unless you'd rather take a bit. It's fine." She chuckled.

"O-oh, no, I'm fine. Just...a little overwhelmed." Melodia laughed, slightly less nervously. She'd never really got the opportunity to talk to Ruby at all, despite having been in her school for two years- their social circles were completely different- and so this was practically their first meeting, bar some training sessions.

"Right, you two know the rules; when we call 'Stop', you stop, sheathe your weapon and help them up, and no lethal force is to be used. I'm going to assume there's no questions." Cinder nodded and stepped back, out of the arena. A small screen opened up on her scroll, with Melodia and Ruby's faces facing each other, a gauge representing their Aura underneath.

"Ready?" She called out. Ruby nodded and drew Crescent Rose, unfolding it into its scythe form. She grasped it with two hands, wielding it to block any shots or ranged weapons, and shifted one foot behind the other to provide more swinging force for her scythe.

Melodia raised one of her legs, putting her shin up and entered a battle stance, putting the hand with Viridian Sonata behind her, ready to flick it out and swing it. Her other hand was held in front of her face, protecting her.

"On the count of three!" Cinder called out. "One...two...three!" She raised her hand to signal the beginning of a fight.

Ruby used her Semblance to attain the advantage and swing her scythe into Melodia. The latter, however, responded by spinning to put her shinguard in the way of Crescent Rose, blocking the blade. She followed it up by flicking Viridian Sonata out from behind her and swinging it into Ruby, who rolled to the other side to avoid it, disengaging from Melodia and allowing her to put her leg down to regain balance.

"Melody! Melody! Melody!" Fionn cheered.

"Come on, Rubes!" Yang called over.

"Nice technique, Melodia." Ruby called over to Melodia.

"Thanks!" She smiled.

The crimsonette smiled back, before raising Crescent Rose and swinging it around in a rotating motion around her. Melodia responded by jumping into the air and spinning Viridian Sonata to slam it into her opponent's face. Ruby instinctively raised her scythe to block the projectile, but it coiled around the handle. Melodia took advantage of that by pulling it away; while it didn't wrench Ruby's weapon out of her grasp, it pulled it away from her face and pulled her towards Ruby. She slammed her in the face with her foot, shoving Ruby back, and then somersaulted in the air, uncoiling her yoyo from Crescent Rose and rolling it back into her hand.

"You're pretty good! Mind teaching me some tricks or two?" Ruby inquired.

"Course not! I'm game anytime!" Melodia laughed. She was into the game now- adorable fangirl though she was out of combat, in combat, she was within her element.

"Course, this means I've got to step up my game." Ruby nodded.

"Bring it!" Melodia assumed a defensive stance, as the crimsonette rushed towards her with blinding speed. Before she could deflect Crescent Rose with her shinguards, Ruby slammed her scythe into her, lifting her up into the air, before slashing her repeatedly, not letting up.

"Ah!" Melodia squealed as she was thrown upwards. She cried out in pain as she was slashed repeatedly, before Ruby slammed her down again, somersaulting in the air and folding Crescent Rose into a gun form.

The straw-haired girl clambered onto her feet, shaking her head. "Ow...you're pretty strong..."
"Thanks!" Ruby called back over, before releasing fire with Crescent Rose, hailing her with bullets. Melodia responded by flicking Viridian Sonata out and across the field, swiping the bullets out of the air with her yoyo. Ruby responded by unfolding her scythe and using her Semblance to run towards her, trailing Crescent Rose behind her to prepare for a large upwards chop. Melodia, of course, decided that this was the best time to bring out her Semblance to play.

"Kiai!" Crying out, a visible wave of energy emerged from Melodia's mouth and smashed into the crimsonette, interrupting her motion and shoving her slightly backwards.

"Nice trick." Ruby responded.

"Waaatchaa!" She swept her hand across and another blast of energy, a whooshing sound emanating from it, slammed into Ruby, who blocked it with Crescent Rose's head.

"Hey! I'M the one who makes funny Bruce Lee noises!" Ruby pouted.

"Funny." Lukas remarked. "I thought Melodia was the Chie expy, not Ruby."

The two girls faced each other, waiting for the other to make a move, before-

"Wait!"
"Huh?" Ruby stopped, as did Melodia. As did everyone.

A teen, all in black, a ridiculously big sword that appeared to be a katana in his hand, glared at them all.

"You...you've all corrupted-"
"Oh, for Dust's sake!" Weiss called out. "We just dealt with you three chapters ago! I am NOT corrupted, I am NOT in love with you and you are NOT my boyfriend!"

"...they HAVE corrupted you, my Weiss!"

"Is this guy for real?" Fionn remarked.

"Totally..." Yukari facepalmed. "What an idiot."
"Amusing...the 'idiot Sues appearing due to botched god summoning ritual' gag seems to be carrying over to our story." Lukas mused.

"I'll take care of this-" Blake began to whirl her Gambol Shroud around, but suddenly, the teen emitted a blast of energy from himself, knocking down everyone save Cinder and team MLDY.

"You...you're all going to have to DIE! Weiss is MINE! MINE!"

"Oh, you did NOT just hurt all my students!" Cinder roared, fire filling her hands, when a large Beowolf crashed into the opposite door from her, growling. It seemed far stronger than a normal Beowolf, Cinder noted

Looking to team MLDY- Melodia was dragging Ruby out of the way of danger, as were the rest of the team with anyone nearby- Cinder called out, "I'll handle the Beowolf, you handle this goon!"

"Got it!" Fionn entered a combat stance, pointing Mors Certa with two hands at the Sue.

"On it." Yukari drew her twin short swords Twin Heavens from their scabbards. Unlike many of the weapons used by the students of Beacon, Yukari had chosen to construct her weapons from ironwood, a kind of wood only found in the forests of Vytal, and thus, while her weapons were as tough as metal, they were not as versatile.

This was not to say, of course, that they were terrible weapons. Indeed, Twin Heavens- a pair of iron wood bokken- were as lethal as Mors Certa or even Velvet's large axe Grimmbane and had proven so on many occasions.

Lukas sighed. "Yes, of course, we'll beat this Sue senseless. Seeing as the local Sue slayer Blake is unavailable and I am the only metagamer awake..."

He took out his twin weapons, Nari and Vali-twin stiletto knives that resembled smaller versions of Weiss' Myrtenaster, with different hilts- Vali's blade was connected to the hilt by the face of a wolf, its teeth bared and mouth opened, and Nari's by an intricate crossguard with runes engraved on it. The barrels of each knife were situated in the eyes of Vali's wolf, and the sides of Nari's crossguard, through which Dust projectiles were fired. These were family heirlooms passed down the Rasmussen family for generations, not unlike Crocea Mors, or, as she perennially claimed, Blake's manliness.

Together, team MLDY advanced on the Sue, who laughed out loud. "What, are you all going to die trying to keep Weiss from me?"
Lukas smirked. "Well, you see, this is the Reactsverse. Sues lack power here. Here, you're just as mortal as the rest of us.

So, in the words of Cardin Winchester- by which we mean Kanji Tatsumi, as poor Elf can't help but make his Persona references-, get bent."

"Yeah! What Lukas said." Fionn added.

"We'll kick your ass!" Melodia hollered. Yukari merely scoffed. "Bring it!"

"As you wish." The newcomer threw his head back and shapeshifted into a Beowolf himself- as why not, he was a Sue- and menaced over team MLDY.


Melodia nodded to the rest of her team. "Hit it with all we've got! I need time to come up with a plan!"
"Got it, Melody!" Fionn nodded and charged at the Beowolf-Sue, who responded by lunging at him. The spearman slashed upwards, catching it in the chest. His opponent wrenched Mors Certa out of its chest before swiping at Fionn's head- the boy ducked just in the nick of time, before responding by shoving it back with his spear. He then clicked a small button in the handle, separating the spear into two, the bottom half sliding apart to reveal a thin spear head. He shouted wordlessly, hurling the spear at the beast. Almost as if mocking Fionn, the Grimm-Sue howled and dodged out of his way.

"Not on my watch." Fionn smirked. The javelin glowed faintly with blue Aura before it changed direction to plant itself into the Grimm's chest again. It howled in pain, stumbling backwards and pulling out Mors Certa from its chest...

...straight into Lukas, who it hadn't noticed. He scoffed, before leaping onto it, stabbing it repeatedly. The Beowolf-Sue roared and threw Lukas off him, before stomping on his head-

And suddenly, Lukas was gone.

"What?!" The Grimm-Sue spoke for the first time, confused. "W-where could he have-"
"Right here." Lukas called, right next to him, reappearing from seemingly thin air with a green flash. Before the Sue could react, he was shot in the face repeatedly by Nari and Vali, before Lukas swung his foot into his snout, slamming him backwards. The Beowolf responded by attempting to swipe at him, but Lukas stayed out of reach, before multiplying into five Lukases, chuckling.

"See if you can catch me." All chuckling, the Lukases leapt in different directions, as the Beowolf-Sue's eyes darted about. He picked up his forgotten sword and put it into his hands, preparing to swipe at the first Lukas he could hit.

Melodia, having come up with a plan, nodded to Yukari. "Plan Quadro Finish!"

"We're trying that?!" Yukari looked at her in disbelief.

"Come on, it'll be cool!" Fionn said, grabbing his fallen javelin and adjusting his grip on it.

"Alright...but it seems like a very stupid plan! And one that sounds utterly like an antic!"
"Trust me, Yukari!" Melodia smiled. "I know what I'm doing."

The swordswoman sighed and ran to the side of the training room, trailing Twin Heavens behind her.

Meanwhile, the Beowolf-Sue found that one Lukas was near it. Swinging his large sword at it, the Sue roared and chopped down on to it, only to behold it disappearing in a purple flash. Growling, the Sue swung his sword back to hit another Lukas, only for that to vanish as well.

"Quit hiding, fool! I will kill you!"
"Fat chance. I'm actually a main character who looks like fangirl bait."

The Sue turned to see Lukas, hanging upside down from the rafters, waving at him for a moment, before he spun his leg around to kick his opponent away to Yukari.

"Now's my chance!" Yukari called out, before she slashed the air, creating green ripples in it that smashed the beast into the wall. The swordswoman took her chance to riddle it with beatings from Twin Heavens. It cried out in pain, before attempting to smash Yukari from the side, which she responded to by parrying it with one of her twin bokken, before spinning the other one, creating a whirlwind of green energy.

"Eat this!" She slammed the beast away from the wall, causing it to stagger, before propelling it up into the air with the cyclone.

"Now!" Melodia called out before leaping into the air and swinging Viridian Sonata, now with a serrated blade emerging from the middle of the disc, at it, slashing the Sue repeatedly.

"N-no! This cannot be!" It called out in disbelief.

"Fionn!" Melodia called out as she slammed the Grimm-Sue towards him. The spearman nodded.

"Got it!" He swung his javelin up, before slashing and stabbing his opponent repeatedly, spinning as he did so. He then kicked the Sue back, twirling Mors Certa in both hands before changing them into rifles, shooting the Sue repeatedly.

"W-what strength do you all have to fight me?!" It roared.

"Hey, Lukas, all yours!" Fionn turned to the trickster, who chuckled, before rushing at his pinned down enemy, fading in and out of sight, before leaping at him, slashing him in all directions, fading in and out to give the impression of teleportation- indeed, Lukas seemed to be moving so quickly that he did seem to be teleporting.

The effect was the same; the Grimm couldn't predict his appearances and merely flung itself down to protect itself. Lukas then finished off with a kick to its face, sending it towards Yukari.

"Yukari, set him up!"
"You got it." She smirked, before whirling around so quickly, she resembled a spinning top, a whirlwind of green gathering around her. The Sue flew into it, during which it was slashed, beaten, cut and lacerated by the combination of the biting razor wind and Twin Heavens.

"HISSATSU!" Shouting, the swordswoman stopped spinning, sending the Sue up into the sky. Before he could react, Yukari slammed Twin Heavens into his chest, beating him out of Grimm form and sending him flying towards Melodia. He staggered as he got up, growling.

"You..." He charged energy in his hands, hefting his sword. "...are all dead!"

"Nope! Now to finish this!" Melodia whirled Viridian Sonata at his sword, slinging his weapon away and out of his grasp. Before he could do anything to react, the girl was running at him.

"Now, to do what I've been waiting for!" She looked down at her shinguards, smirking.

"GALACTIC PUNT!" Roaring, Melodia smashed her leg into the Sue, sending him flying upwards and through the roof, into the sky, leaving nothing but a twinkle in the sky.

"Yep, she's turned into Chie." Fionn chuckled, but he couldn't help but smile regardless.

"More Persona references, Elf. Have you no shame?" Lukas muttered.

"Quit calling me that, you idiot!" Melodia turned to Fionn.

"I can't help it!"
"Well, help it, stupid!"
"What? How am I stupid?!" Fionn protested.

"B-because you are! J-just shut it!" Melodia grumbled.

"Go marry her, if you like her so much!"
"Shut up! I wanted to compare you to someone actually girly!"
"I'm not girly?!" The straw-haired girl blushed for a moment, before growling. "Y-you're a dead man, stupid!"
"W-what?!" The spearman only had time to look on in horror before Melodia kicked him in the stomach again. He doubled over, groaning.

"Motherf..." He gasped for breath before he could finish his curse word.

"Stupid..." Melodia glared at him, crossing her arms.

Yukari sighed. "Fionn, as always, your big mouth gets you screwed."
"Indeed." Lukas massaged his temples.

Cinder smiled, as she polished off the Beowolf she was dealing with.

"...what a team indeed."

Meanwhile, Blake woke up, looked around, and sighed.

"Why do I miss all the fun?! The one awesome fight and it's not in my story...Elf, I hate you so much."


Later that night...

"So, first fight back as team MLDY!" Melodia laughed, guzzling down a can of Blue Cow- of course, the Schnee-brand energy drink- and munched on steak. Team MLDY had gone out to Vale, to that steak place- why, of course, Schnee Steak Emporium ("The Reactsverse seems to have a lot of places with the Schnee family name on it," Lukas remarked)- to celebrate their victory.

"That was awesome." Fionn laughed, raising his steak sandwich in agreement.

"You got that right, Fionn." Yukari nodded in assent.

"He was hardly worthy of the name 'Sue'. More like 'mook'." Lukas remarked, sipping his water.

"Yep, well done team!" Melodia smiled widely.

"Nice punt at the end there, by the way, Melody." Fionn said, complimenting her.

"Hey, your fancy spearwork wasn't bad either."

"Lukas, you enjoyed yourself a lot there, didn't you?" Yukari asked her partner, who shrugged.

"I enjoy messing with anyone's heads." He smirked. "You know me well enough."
"Yes indeed." Yukari scowled.

The MLDY team leader sighed. "If only Ruby was conscious when we did that...she would have been so proud~"
"Why're you so intent on getting her approval? You're pretty badass yourself." Fionn offered encouragingly. "We DID just kick a Sue's ass."
"I suppose." She smiled warmly at Fionn. "You're not so bad sometimes, Fionn."

"And neither are you, Melody. That is, when you're not kicking me in the stomach."
"You utterly deserved each kick, stupid!"

"Hey! No need to get violent every time I say something!" Fionn protested.

Melodia huffed. "Well, then don't say something stupid next time!"
"Why is everything I say stupid?!"

As the pair bickered, Lukas sighed. "So much for being an effective team."

"With your antics, nothing will ever be nor-" Yukari was about to finish her sentence, looking through her bag, before a glob of purple slime smacked her in the face. Blinking, she glared at Lukas, who was smirking.

"RASMUSSEN! WHAT KIND OF STUPID PRANK IS THIS?!"
"An antic of mine." He remarked. "Welcome back to team MLDY."

"UGH! JUST...WHAT IS THIS?!" Yukari dabbed at her face with tissue. Lukas merely smirked at her, his eyes glinting mischievously.

Needless to say, the first night that MLDY had spent together in a long while was...eventful.


END


A/N: Longer than I expected, but eh.

I forgot to do this last time, so credit for Melodia's design goes to a personal friend of mine who I asked very nicely to borrow the design off of as I quite liked it- he's not on this site, but he often goes by JollyGent, so if you see him, tell him thanks from me.

I hope you guys enjoyed that, leave your reviews, comments, thoughts, ideas and suggestions, and I hope you have a great day! See you next time!

Also, for those curious, the bios of team MLDY:


Full Name: Melodia 'Melody' Harmonia Viridi

Age: Eighteen

Gender: Female

Description: She has shoulder-length straw-colored hair, with wide eyes of similar color. Her face is almost oval. She is fairly lean and muscled, with tough legs due to using those to fight and protect herself. She likes to wear green hoodies and often has a pair of orange headphones around her neck.

Weapon: Viridian Sonata, a Flexible Multi-Range Spinner (translation; green metal yoyo with a string) with Dust-toughened string and the ability to sprout a sharp, serrated blade to increase its deadliness. Also, two red shinguards she wears to amplify the deadliness of her legs.

Semblance: Sound manipulation- in addition to being able to sing very well, she can also turn her shouts into blasts of energy, damaging enemies in her way.


Full Name: Fionn Setanta Dubhain

Age: Eighteen

Gender: Male

Description: He has black, straight hair, with red eyes hidden behind red shades. He has a lean, defined and toned body, and he most often wears a form-fitting red and blue jumpsuit, with metal braces on his shoulders, shins and wrists to protect him.

Weapon: Mors Certa, a Multi-Action Multi-Purpose Polearm (translation: a spear that can be thrown or shoved into someone's unfortunate face) that splits into a spear and a javelin. Both halves can be turned into rifles, and the full spear can be thrown or transformed into a large railgun; rarely used, due to the destructiveness of the weapon.

Semblance: Luck manipulation: Fionn can alter the probability of landing a spear or bullet, or dodging a Grimm's attack, allowing him to avoid damage or cause it. It seems to only work on a small scale, and seems to have the side effect of giving him abysmal luck outside of battle.


Full Name: Lukas Rasmussen

Age: Eighteen

Gender: Male

Description: He has black, long, straight hair, with clear green eyes. He has a lean body, and he often wears black and green shirts and clothing, preferring a black shirt and a green tunic in battle.

Weapon: Nari and Vali, Dual Multi-Action Dust Knives (translation: knife versions of Myrtenaster) that shoot Dust projectiles. Vali has a wolf head as a hilt, Nari has intricate runes engraved into it.

Semblance: Illusion Projection: Similar to Blake, Lukas has the ability to generate illusions. However, unlike Blake's illusions, which often exist only for seconds, Lukas' illusions exist for longer, only disappearing when disturbed by a direct assault on one. Lukas can also use these illusions to turn invisible or create minor illusions to play antics on his allies.


Full Name: Yukari Narukami

Age: Eighteen

Gender: Female

Description: She has shoulder-length auburn hair, with eyes the same color. She has a lean frame, but her arms and legs are tough and somewhat toned. She often wears pink and green yukata in battle, and prefers pink.

Weapon: Twin Heavens, Non-Metallic Sword Variants (translation; wooden bokken), wooden bokken that are constructed from ironwood, wood that is fireproof and tough as metal. No other properties, apart from being really damn tough.

Semblance: Wind manipulation: Yukari can manipulate the currents of the winds nearby, using them to create razor-sharp blades of wind to compensate for her blunt weapons, or to fly upwards in battle.