AN: Hey everyone, I have the next chapter here. We have a few new characters pop up this chapter. Some of whom are my favorite characters for their respective series. Hope you enjoy this chapter, let me know what you thought or if you have any suggestions, and have a nice day.
Chapter 4 – Uneasy Allies
Having made the trip all, the way back to Planeptune's main building, Team RWBY and the three Goddess waited outside of Neptune's room. Nepgear sat next to Ruby, her hands in her face, "It's my fault, I should have been there helping you." Nepgear said with tears running down her face.
"No, it's not your fault," Ruby said with a look of sadness filling her eyes, "If anything, this is my fault."
"It's not your fault either," Noire spoke to the red-hooded girl, "It's that annoying Adult you from another dimension."
"Yeah," Weiss agreed, "Also, what are the odds that we would arrive at the same time as another version of Ruby from another dimension?"
"Well, considering both of them are the same person," Blanc was saying, but Yang cut her off.
"Hey, our Ruby is nothing like that Ruby," Yang responded with her eyes turning red, "Now, we need to figure out a way to stop her."
"What we need is for you four to return to your own dimension." The group turned to see IF walking towards them. Next to her was a tiny blond girl sitting on a floating book, "Histore here got a portal ready to send you back."
"We can't leave now!" Blake said as she stood, turning to the Goddesses, "You can't fight this opponent, she's too strong."
"We'll manage," Histore responded, "This is not your dimension, so it is not your concern."
"Well, I'm making it my concern!" Ruby said as she stood up, "Neptune saved our lives, and she saved my life multiple times in one day. I'm not going, and that that!"
"There's no use argue with her," Weiss said with her arms crossed, a smile on her face, "Once she has made up her mind, that's it."
IF sighed, "Where have I heard that before." She said before the door to Neptune's room open. Everyone was silent as a blond girl in a pale sweater walked out, a look of sorrow in her orange eyes, "Compa, how is she?"
"She's resting," She said with everyone breathing a sigh of relief, "Neptune's still unconscious, but her life isn't in danger. All she needs is sleep now."
"That's good," Nepgear said as she wiped the tears from her eyes, "But I know Neptune, she'll want a rematch with this Adult Ruby as soon as she wakes up."
"Well, we just have to beat her before that happens." Yang said with a smile, "So…anyone have any ideas?"
"...I can think of one," IF spoke up turning to the three goddesses, "Our enemy is a goddess, so we need someone who knows how to fight a goddess." She said with a slight smirk, "What about Arfoire?"
"You cannot be serious, the woman who on multiple times has tried to kill us and take over Gamindustri," Nepgear said in a panic, "The woman who kidnapped you and forced you to eat egg-"
"We don't talk about that!" IF interrupted, "Listen, desperate times call for desperate measures. Arfoire may have been our enemy and wants to rule the world but Adult Ruby is invading our dimension. So, she has a reason to get rid of that bimbo…no offense." She said with the last part addressed to Ruby.
"None taken, I hate the way she dresses anyway." Ruby responded, "But, will Arfoire be enough to beat grown-up me?"
"It's hard to say. Arfoire doesn't exactly have a lot of 'successful' battles against us Goddesses." Noire responded, "It's part of why she started working at that eggplant farm." She last commented caused a shiver down IF's spine, "We're going to need more if we want to beat this foe."
"By this logic, we would need an ally that is experienced in fighting Ruby," Blanc added before looking at the red hooded girl, "Do you have such a foe?"
"…Actually," Ruby said with her teammates glancing at her, "…What about Roman?"
"Roman Torchwick!?" Weiss shouted back, "Ruby, we put that jerk in an Atlas cell a few weeks ago."
"Yeah, I don't think he will be in a mood to help us out," Yang added on.
"Well, if we bail him out," Ruby responded, "That would give him a reason to help."
"You do hear yourself right now?" Blake questioned, "None of us like Adult Ruby, but we're all not too keen on Roman either. And I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual."
"I know that, but we're out of options." Ruby responded, "Jaune and his team can't match up to Adult Ruby's power. If we involve anyone else from Beacon or Atlas, it could mean a whole new type of invasion that I don't want to see." She said with her teammates going silent. "Please, we need to at least try to reason with him."
"She is right, we are running out of options." Vert spoke up, who had been absent from the conversation as she was on a laptop, "It would appear that Adult Ruby posted a video of our recent battle against her."
"She did?" Ruby responded, "How was she recording this?"
"That question doesn't matter now," Histore commented, "After that video was posted, the shares of the four provinces have each fallen by a significant amount."
"What happens when they reach zero shares?" Yang asked, with a grim look on the Goddesses faces, "Oh…"
"Let's just say Neptune isn't the only one in danger here." Noire responded, "Uni is covering for my defeat back in Lastation."
"My sisters are doing what they can in Lowee to save face," Blanc responded.
"I can thank 5pb for helping cover for me," Vert added on, "But, it seems Adult Ruby issued a challenge in the description of her video." She said before reading the message, "If no one comes to these coordinates to fight me by tomorrow at noon, I will have the rest of my army invade this dimension for supremacy."
"Well, she's given us where she is," Weiss commented, "But, now we have a time limit. One that's about eighteen hours."
"We won't have enough time to do one after the other," Noire commented, "So, let's split up to convince these two to join us."
"I can get the portal open right now," Histore added on, "But it won't reopen for another twelve hours."
"I want to stay here with Neptune in case she wakes up," Ruby stated.
"Fine, I'll go back to Vale." Wiess volunteered.
"Me too." Yang added on, "In case he needs extra convincing."
"Count me in," IF responded a smile on her face, "I heard there are monsters in your dimension as well, I can help in a fight."
"I think it would be for the best if went as well," Vert said speaking for herself and the other two goddesses, "If anyone were to discover a foreign goddess hiding here, it could cause a massive share drop that we cannot afford." She said with Blanc and Noire nodding in agreeance.
"I'll go to the farm and convince Arfoire," Nepgear said as she stood up, a look of determination her eyes.
"I'll come too," Compa said, "It's dangerous to go alone."
"Let me come with," Blake offered with the two nodding, "I help fight too."
"Okay team," Ruby said with a smile, "Let's move out!"
One Histore opening a port to another dimension sequence later.
In the hallways of Beacon Academy, a pinkish light flashed through the cracks of the door to Team RWBY's room. After a few seconds of the light fading, Yang and Weiss walked out, "Well, that worked out." The blond brawler commented to her teammate, "At least no falling from the sky."
Weiss nodded as she took out her scroll, "It looks the same about of time passed between dimensions. Meaning classes are all over by this time of day." She then had a slight smile, "Also, my scroll seems to be back to normal as well."
"That's convenient," Yang said before she looked back in the room, see IF and the three goddesses, "The rest of you can just stay in here and wait for us." She then reached into her pocket and tossed it to IF, "Call us if you need anything."
"We have to do some preparations," Weiss said to the group, "If there is one thing I took away from my father's business tactics, it how to negotiate with a jackass."
"Who's a jackass?" In a surprise, Weiss and Yang turned to Nora talking to them. Her teammate, Pyrrha, at her side. Both in their combat attire, "Who are you talking to?"
"No one," Weiss said as she slammed the door close, "So…what's up?"
"Real cool, Ice Queen," Yang commented to herself in an unimpressive voice as she looked at Weiss with eyes half open.
"Well, we have to do an emergency Grimm extinction mission just outside of Vale." Pyrrha answered, "But, Jaune and Ren got food poisoning from the cafeteria's fish today."
"We didn't see your team that much today, so we were wondering if you could spare a couple of fighters to help us out. Where's Ruby and Blake?" Nora commented, "Also, did you get a new game console?"
"W-we just decided to go somewhere for lunch, somewhere far far away." Weiss responded, sweat on her forehead, "And, those two decided to… stay for dessert."
"Oh, then can you two help us?" Pyrrha asked, "I mean unless you two have something else to do?"
"We…-" Weiss said as the door to her room swung open.
"We can help," Noire said as she was the one who opened the door, IF standing next to her, "If it's monster extermination, we can help you get the job done in no time."
"Oh, cool!" Nora responded, "But, who are you?"
"I'm Noire, this is IF." The Goddess of Lastation said introducing the blue coat girl, "We're new to this kingdom."
Weiss hand a look of anger and she stood behind Noire, "What are you doing!?" She whispered into her hear ear so the others would not see.
"I'm not going to stay in that room for twelve hours, that's torture." Noire responded, "Besides, I have taken out more monsters than you can dream of."
"I guess that would be okay," Pyrrha said to Nora, "The mission outline isn't anything the two of us can't handle, but we wanted the back up to be safe."
"No problem, we got you covered," IF said as Pyrrha and Nora led the way down the hall. She and Noire followed, with the Goddess of Lastation turning back to the white heiress with a smug grin.
"That girl!" Weiss said in a rage, "She just gets on my nerves."
"Maybe it's because she reminds you of yourself." Yang said with her teammate turning to her in anger, "I'm just kidding." The blond brawler responded with a smile, "Come on, let's prepare for our meeting with Roman. While we're at it, we can work on your poker face." She said with her teammate returning to her enraged gaze, "Again, kidding." Yang said as the two walked down the hall in the other direction.
Back in Team RWBY's room, Vert and Blanc sat across from each other on opposite bunk beds. Vert sat on Weiss, while Blanc was on Blake's, "Well, it looks like everyone else is gone." Vert said before standing up, "I think I will explore this kingdom for a bit. Care to join me?"
"No, I'm going to take a nap," Blanc said with Vert warmly smiling before exiting the room. After a few seconds, Blanc yawned before laying her head on the pillow. However, she felt something odd inside the pillowcase. Upon lifting her head and reaching inside, she discovered a black cover light novel, "What's this about?" She said before opening the book. As her read, her eyes widened as she blushed.
Meanwhile, back in Gamindustri
On an eggplant farm, a pale-skinned woman in a revealing witch-like attire sighed. She carried a large basket of freshly picked eggplants over her back. She made her way a cabin atop a small highland, looking at the sun begin its descent. However, she noticed someone else over the horizon. Nepgear in her goddess form, carrying both Blake and Compa, descended in front of the Witch. As she hit the ground, Nepgear turned back into her normal form, "Well, look who it is." The witch said with a lofty smile, "The sister to the most annoying goddess in the world."
"Arfoire…" Nepgear said with restraint her voice, "…We need your help?"
"My help?" Arfoire said in a sarcastic voice, "I saw the video, I think you girls have it all under control."
"No, we don't," Compa spoke up in a pleading voice, "Please if you don't help us, it could mean the end for Gamindustri."
"We know how that is something you don't want," Blake added on as she crossed her arms.
"And who are you?" Arfoire asked. As Blake was about to speak up, the witch cut her off, "Never mind, it isn't important." She said with Blake the gritting her teeth in anger, "I have been living comfortably here for a while, and I would not want this different dimension goddess to ruin that."
"Wait?" Nepgear said in slight shock, "You'll help us?"
"I would think of it more as you'll help me remove an annoying weed," Arfoire responded, "I do detest any alliances with a goddess, but this foe seems to be on a different caliber of irritating."
"Wow, that went better than I thought," Nepgear commented Compa and Blake.
"It isn't over yet," Arfoire responded, "While I am far more reasonable, my partner is not yet convinced."
"Partner?" Compa responded, "Oh, do you mean Warechu?" She asked with her nodding.
"Talk with him, he is in the field." Arfoire said before tuning to Nepgear, "I wish to talk with this goddess in private for a bit."
The three nodded before Blake and Compa walked into the field, "So, what is the Warechu like?" The black cat faunus asked the medic girl, "You seem to know him."
"We have a bit of history," Compa responded with a slight giggle and uneasy expression, "I think he might have a crush on me." As the made their way through the field of eggplants, Compa stopped as she pointed, "There he is." She said as Blake looked, noticing a cartoonish looking grey mouse with a broken red and yellow heart on his chest. He wore a straw wide-rim hat as he picked the smaller eggplants. Blake then turned to Compa, a deadpan expression on her face, "Oh, I forgot to mention that he's a mouse."
"So, how do we convince him to help?" Blake asked.
"Well, IF normally handle a situation like this with one of us playing the good cop and the other the bad cop." Compa responded, "I'm usually a good cop."
"Okay, I think I can play bad cop," Blake said as Compa nodded with a smile.
As the two girls walked closer, Warechu noticed them approaching. As the rodent noticed the medic girl, his mouse eyes lit up, "Compa, you came to visit me!" He said as he dropped the basket, "My Compa…chuu!" Warechu said as Compa had an uneasy smile as she waved. Warechu then ran over with his arms spread out to give her a hug. However, halfway to his destination, Blake picked up by him up by his tail with her right hand, causing him to thrash in anger, "Hey! What the cheese lady!?" He said as he turned to Blake glaring down at him, "Wait." Warechu said before he sniffed, "You smell funny…kind of like a-" He was saying until she Blake to her left hand, removing the ribbon that concealed her faunus characteristic, "A CAT!" Warechu said as his face turned white in fear. Blake then had a sinter smile as she looked down at him, the slightest hint of her licking her lips was seen. Warechu screamed in fear of his life, breaking free of Blake grip. He flew through the air, landing in Compa's arms, "Compa! Protect me from that monster!"
"Will you help me defeat that goddess from another dimension?" Compa asked as she cradled the rodent.
"Of course," Warechu said as he held onto Compa closely, "She is not as terrifying as that beast!" he said while Compa comforted him in her arms, "Compa…Compa…chuu." He said before Blake put her ribbon back on.
"Well, that worked out." Compa commented to Blake, "You're really good at the bad cop."
"I learn a lot about intimidating from Yang," Blake responded, "I hope she and those are doing well on their end."
Back in Vale on an Atlas Airship
Inside the cell mark with his name, Roman Torchwick sat with his eyes closed. Suddenly, he heard a knocking on his cell window, "For crying out loud, I'm trying to sleep!" he said as he opened his eyes, a look of different annoyance as he saw Yang and Blake, "Oh, and here I thought it was some spiteful soldiers." He said before sighing, "But, it's just Blondie and Ice Queen." He then tilted his head as he turned to look past them, "Tell me, are Cat and Red behind you?"
"Do you not know our names by now?" Yang said with her arms crossed, "I mean, we've beaten you enough times that it should be ingrained in your memory." She said with a smirk, causing him to grit her teeth.
"Roman, it's just us. We've come to bargain," Weiss added on, gaining his attention, "If you agree to help us out, we will let you out of this cell."
"Oh, you need my help," Roman said in a condescending voice, "Well, I'm listening."
"We need you to defeat Ruby," Yang said with him looking at her in confusion, causing her to sigh, "…Red."
"Wow, I didn't put you as the betraying type," Roman said with Yang eyes turning red, "I thought if anyone, Cat would be the one to stab you all in the back."
At that comment, Yang punched the cell, causing the whole structure to shake, "Hey, there are two ways I can get you out of that cell!" Yang angerly responded, "Either I press the open button. Or I crush you inside this pod until you squirt out like toothpaste."
"Yikes, your bad cop is pretty good, I was scared for my life for a second," Roman commented with a smirk, "However, while I know you have the strength, you don't have the guts," he said with Yang giving her teeth, pulling her arm back.
"Weiss, we're wasting time, he's not going to come with." Yang whispered to her teammate, "Let's leave him here to rot."
"We can't come back empty-handed," The white heiress responded before turning back to Roman, "I've already made arrangements with an atlas soldier to disable the alarms and camera to sneak you out. After the job is done, you will be paid a generous amount to leave Vale and never come back."
"And I'm guessing all of this was paid with Daddy's money?" Roman said with Weiss clenching her fist to hide her anger. The criminal sighed as he smiles, "Well, I'll be screwing over my current boss' plans. But I think my survivability will increase if I do this one instead."
"So, you'll work for us?" Yang asked.
"I won't take orders from you if that's what you're assuming out of this partnership," Roman said as he smirked, "But, I'll help you take down Red."
"There's a lot we need to clear up with you," Weiss said as she walked over to the control panel, "But first, we'll let you out of this thing." She said before the cell hatch opened, leading to Roman walking out and stretching. The two girls had a look of disgust at him, "For the record, this doesn't change my opinion of you."
"I hate you too, Ice Queen" Roman responded with a smirk.
The three then walked over to see a smaller airship ready for boarding, "We just need to pick up a few others before making our trip."
"Where are we going?" Roman asked.
"Trust me, you would not believe us if we told you," Yang responded as she noticed someone walking out the airship. It was a girl wearing an atlas solider uniform, one who stood no taller than Yang's sister. The blond brawler tuned to her teammate, "Is that the one you were talking about earlier?"
"Yeah, she wanted a pretty hefty bribe," Weiss commented, "It was hard to find a soldier who wouldn't talk." The white heiress said before she noticed the atlas soldier hold onto a cane. It took Weiss a second to recognize where she saw it from, but the soldier had already tossed it to Roman. As he caught it, Weiss looked at the female soldier in anger, "Hey, I didn't ask you to get that for him!"
The female atlas soldier then smirked, removing her helmet. In doing so she revealed her long, multicolor hair; half pink and half brown. The girl looked at the group, her heterochromia eyes matching the colors of her hair. Her outfit began to change from the uniform into a cutoff jacket, pants, and a heeled boot, "Neo!" Weiss and Yang said at the same time as Neo bowed with a smirk.
The two were ready to charge at their mute foe, but Roman walked between them, "Hold on, no need to cause a commotion." He said as he walked with his cane in his right hand, turning to his bodyguard, "Neo, there has been a change of plans." He said with her tilting her head in confusion, "We're no longer following the orders of our old boss." Pointed back to Weiss and Yang, "These two and I made a new deal. So, play nice." The criminal said with Neo looking past him to see the two girls, smirking as she changed the orientation of her eye color.
"Hey, we hired you, not her," Yang responded in anger.
"It's a packaged deal, don't complain." Roman responded as Neo handed him his bowler hat, "Now, let's go." He said as he put on the hat, walking to the airship.
Weiss followed Roman, but Yang walked over to Neo, the pint-sized girl still smirking, "Listen," The blond brawler said as she looked down at the girl, "I don't like you, and you don't like me." She said with Neo crossing her arms, "But, let's just put all of that aside for this mission." She then cracked her knuckles, "Afterwards, we can settle the score. So, don't stab me in the back. Okay?" Yang asked, but Neo smirked as she changed back the orientation of her eye color, "…Shut up." Yang said before she walked away from the pint-sized girl, who then followed the blond brawler onto the airship.
Nepstation: Dododo-dododo-do
NT: Hey readers, welcome to Nepstation. It's Neptune here, joined by the every so tiny Neopolitan. That's right it's a Nep n Neo combination. How about you say hi to the readers?
NE: … (Smiles)
NP: Well, for a story called Adventures in Gamindustri, a lot of it took place in the RWBY setting this time. Our heroes may be split up now, but they should all be back together by the end of the next chapter. Then, it's the big final showdown in the chapter after that. Who do you think will win Neo?
NE: … (Shrugs)
NP: …Why are you the writer's favorite again?
NE: … (Smirks)
NP: (Sigh) I guess I'll be the one to say it this time. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter. See ya : )
NE: … (Waves)
