Hello folks, it is now time for the thrilling conclusion. Let's see how everyone fares against the enemies that await them.


The twelve students all dashed towards the exit of the exit of the forest and entered an abandoned structured plains, with the Death Stalker and the giant Nevermore still on their trail. The Nevermore swooped forward, and perched onto a high column. Everyone took cover to avoid been spotted. However, the Death Stalker was still behind them, forcing them out of hiding. Clearly, they had no choice but to fight, so they all readied their weapons and prepared for battle. As soon as the Nevermore saw the kids, it took to the skies.

"Nora, distract the bird!" Ren shouted.

Nora obliged as Magnhild transformed into its grenade launcher form, and fired a couple of heart-symbolled shells, catching the Nevermore off-guard. Unfortunately, the Death Stalker was right behind her, ready to attack the orange haired girl.

Thankfully, Ren, Blake, and Ryu delivered a triple slash against the scorpion. The Death Stalker starting to chase the three of them. Weiss created a few jumping platform glyphs, allowing her and Nora to jump to safety. Meanwhile, as the scorpion continued its pursuit, the three leapt in several directions as Gwen froze the ground, causing it to slip.

"Go, go!" Pyrrha order Jaune and Gwen to fall back, as Miló turned into a rifle, as she fired some shots alongside Ren's Stormflower, and Ryu's Yahto Blade, which also turned into a rifle. As soon as the Death Stalker approach them, they fell back and joined up with the rest of the gang.

As the twelve raced onto an ancient stone bridge, the Nevermore took a giant nosedive, shattering the bridge and separating the group. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Jaune, Nora, Damien, and Neos were trapped on the higher column with the giant raven. Blake, Pyrrha, Ren, Ryu, and Gwen were left stuck at the bottom with the Death Stalker.

Jaune wanted to help the group on the other side of the bridge, so Nora decided to whack him forward with her hammer while launching herself towards the same direction. Nora landed a direct hit on the Death Stalker's face, and when she recoiled backwards, she accidentally knocked Blake off the bridge. Thankfully, she fired Gambol Shroud, with the head wrapping around the Nevermore's body, allowing her to land beside the top group, as her weapons converted to pistol form.

"Man, that is one giant bird." Damien commented, adjusting the knob of Twin Dragon Fangs.

"Then let's hit it with everything we got." Yang suggested, readying up Ember Celica.

The six fired everything at the soaring Nevermore, as it continued to dodge a combination of bullets, ice, fire, and lightning. As Blake swung over to another side with Yang, Damien, and Neos continuing their barrage, Ruby came up with a plan.

Meanwhile, the bottom group continued their assault with the Death Stalker. As they battled, Pyrrha blocked a swipe from one of the scorpion's claws with her shield, Akoúo, while countering with her sword. As the Death Stalker tried to fight back, Jaune blocked a hit, sending him backwards, which allowed the gladiator to attack back.

Ren jumped onto the Death Stalker, holding onto the stinger for dear life, while shooting at the creature. "Ryu, now!" He called over to the blue haired samurai.

Ryu complied as he readied his blade, and as he swung it, he fired a large tornado at the scorpion, dazing it, with Ren hanging on tight. This allowed Pyrrha enough time to turn her blade into a javelin, and fired it directly into the beast's eyes, causing it to launch Ren into a stone wall.

"Ren!" Gwen shouted as the scorpion readied its stinger towards the boy. Thankfully, the archer summoned a giant ice knight to shield Ren. As soon as the Death Stalker made contact with the elemental's shield, it froze over.

"Do it, Pyrrha!" Jaune ordered. Pyrrha nodded as she threw her shield towards the frozen stinger, cutting it off and causing it to land onto the beast's head. She caught the rebound shield and went to retrieve her weapon.

"Nora, nail it!" Nora jumped onto Pyrrha's shield, launching herself high in the sky. She then descended towards the Death Stalker, landing a massive blow to the Death Stalker head with her hammer, causing the bridge to collapse, with the fell beast to plummet as well. As soon as the bridged started to collapse, the bottom group leaped towards the other side, getting to safe ground, and watched the other battle unfold.

As for the Nevermore, Yang jumped towards the beast, and fired a few blasts from Ember Celica into its mouth. "Do it, Neos!"

Neos readied himself as electricity coursed through his body, as he shot a huge bolt of lightning towards the Nevermore. As Yang leapt off the bird, the Grimm was electrocuted, being unable to move away in time.

Seeing the Nevermore stunned, Damien leapt into the air, while Yang was still falling from the sky, and sped himself up by aiming his Twin Dragon Fangs gauntlets towards the ground. The flamethrowers gave him more speed, and Yang was able to grab his arm, spin him around, and launch him upwards. The crimson haired lad delivered a devastating flame-charged roundhouse kick towards the creature's head, setting it ablaze. Yang gave an impressed whistle at his strength.

Then Weiss waved Myrtenaster around, freezing the flaming raven's tail to the ground, despite it still flapping its wings around. Blake fired Gambol Shroud towards Yang from the other side, where she caught it and held the tether tight, with Damien and Neos backing her up. Finally, Ruby jumped to the centre of the tether, with Crescent Rose in its scythe form, and as Weiss created a black sigil to where the red haired girl was standing.

"All right, things are coming into place." Damien commented, before hearing a roar. The three teens heard a larger, more spiky, Ursa major approaching.

"Oh that's just great, another freaking problem!" Neos groaned.

Yang narrowed her eyes. "Now what do we do?"

Damien thought for a moment. "All right, you help Ruby and the other girls with that bird; Neos and I got that beast!"

Yang thought for a moment before acknowledging him. "All right then, you guys be careful!"

Damien nodded. "Don't worry, we got this." He waved towards his partner. "C'mon Neos!"

"Yeah whatever..." Neos joked. While Yang re-affirmed her grip on the tether, Damien and Neos faced off against the Ursa Major.

Damien hoisted his pal and threw him upwards, to which Neos was about to pounce on him. The spiked Grimm was about to strike the ex-rogue, but Damien shot a few fireball at its stomach, distracting it's focus, as Neos struck the beast's head, while landing on the other side. "Okay, we doing this?" He commented, while charging his claws with electricity.

The crimson haired lad nodded while adjusting the knobs on his flamethrower gauntlets. "Do it!" The two teens shot a combination of fire and electricity at the Ursa Major, dealing heavy damage. "Yes! Let's get ready to finish it off."

"Don't sweat it, Damien. I got this!" Neos dashed towards the Ursa Major, claws up. But the Ursa Major quickly recovered, and swiped its paw at the teen, sending him crashing in a pillar.

"Neos!" Damien shouted. The Grimm turned its attention towards the other lad, as Damien tried to block each strike.

Ryu and Gwen noticed Damien defending himself from the Ursa Major. "Hmm, come on Gwen. We need to lend them our assistance."

"Right!" Gwen nodded, as she lined up her IceBorne Bow, and shot a volley of ice arrows at the Grimm. Before the spiked beast could strike Damien, it was frozen solid by the barrage. After being encased in ice, RYu charged his Yahto Blade and fired a large wind wave at the frozen Grimm, knocking it aside. "Can you get us to the other side?" Gwen asked, as Ryu held her up in one arm and leapt to the other side. He transformed his katana into a rifle to push themselves forward.

Neos got up and approached Damien, and noticed the Ursa Major being attacked from the distance. "Huh, wonder where that came from?"

"That would be us." The two boys turned to see Ryu and Gwen landing towards them. "Let us help you." Gwen offered.

Damien smirked. "Thanks, you two." The four of them faced the Ursa Major again, as Damien came the command. "All right, let's all combine our power and take that Grimm down! Gwen, keep that beast in check!"

Gwen nodded, as she conjured a small blizzard aimed at the Ursa Major's legs, preventing its movement, while it still flailed its arms around.

"Ryu, weaken the beast! Neos, get into position!" The two complied as Ryu dashed around the Grimm, delivering several fatal slashes, which also knocked off some of its spikes. At the same time, Neos crouched down as Damien got a running start at the weakened Grimm. He leapt off his pal's shoulders and charged his fist, landing a powerful fire punch at the Ursa Major's upper body, leaving a big hole inside it, launching it off the bridge, as it fell into the abyss. With the surprise fight over, they turned upwards to watch the girls finish their match against the Nevermore.

"Hmph, only you would come up with this idea." Weiss remarked.

"Think you can make the shot?" Ruby questioned.

"Can I?" Weiss replied with a cocky smirk. However, Ruby was clueless to understand sarcasm.

"Can you-" She asked, feeling unsure, but Weiss quickly cut her off.

"Of course I can!" The heiress clarified. With that, she turned the sigil from black to red, and as Ruby pumped Crescent Rose from the ground, she took off at such a high speed, that rose petals started to scatter.

Ruby started charging straight towards the Nevermore, its head got caught onto the scythe, as she continued to drag it towards the cliff walls. Weiss then created a series of white glyphs for Ruby to run vertically on the walls, the beast still in tow. She kept firing more shots behind her to increase her speed. As she reached the top of the summit, Ruby fired one last shot, decapitating its head clean from the Nevermore's body. She landed on the ground, with the bird's head crashing beside her, and the carcass falling into the abyss. Everyone looked on in amazement at what they had witnessed.

"Well, that was a thing." Yang said bluntly.

"Now that's what I call 'Breakneck speed.' Am I right?" Damien chuckled as he held out his arms.

Neos groaned as he walked away. "Ugh, terrible."

However, Yang quickly hugged up upwards, holding him tight, and sounding somewhat emotional. "That was beautiful!" Damien grinned as at least someone enjoyed his sense of humor.

Neos extended out his arms, as Ruby leapt into them. Neos caught the girl, and gently set her down. "That was certainly something. Nice work, Rubes!" They smiled at each other, as Neos patted Ruby's shoulders.

After a while, all the students made their way to the auditorium. Ozpin was listing the teams one at a time, while displaying their pictures on the screen. "Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark. The four of you retrived the black bishop pieces. From now on, you will work together as Team CRDL (Cardinal), led by… Cardin Winchester!" The audience applauded as Team CRDL stepped down.

The next four students stepped forward, standing tall with their hands behind their backs, while their pictures displayed on the screen. "Damien Crimson, Ryu Yahto, Gwen Charlotteton, Neos Xanthos. The four of you retrieved the white bishop pieces. From now on, you will work together as Team DRGN (Dragon), led by… Damien Crimson!" Ozpin finished. The audience applauded once again as Damien and Neos fist-bumped. Damien looked over to where Yang stood smiling as she gave him a thumb's up, which he gave back. The four stepped down, as the next group's pictures replaced the ones on screen.

Ozpin continued to introduce the next team. "Jaune Ark, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren. The four of you brought back the white rook pieces. From now on, you will work together as Team JNPR (Juniper), led by… Jaune Arc!" The audience applauded once more, while Jaune looked surprised, since he was not expecting to be designated as team leader. Pyrrha playfully punched the new leader's shoulder causing him to tumble. The four of them walked off, as Ozpin introduced the last team.

"And finally: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long. The four of you gathered the white knight pieces. From now on, the four of you will work together as Team RWBY (Ruby), led by… Ruby Rose!" The audience clapped, while Ruby and Weiss looked surprised. Yang ran over and hugged her sister up. Ruby saw Neos giving her a thumb's up. Blushing, she gave him one back.

The audience gave one final round of applause while Ozpin concluded the assembly. "It looks like things are shaping up to be an... interesting year."

Later on that night, after everyone had put their weapons away in their lockers, Damien was out on Beacon Campus, looking towards the moon, thinking about the big day he had today. He got to meet so many new friends, and got to be team leader at the same time; everything was perfect.

"There you are. You sure have a bad habit for being restless." He felt a hand on his shoulder, and he turned to face Yang. "Ruby's been looking for you. She said she had a big announcement to share." She smiled to him.

The crimson haired lad smiled as the two made their way into the building. Even though they didn't get to be on the same team, they were still glad to have been accepted into the same school. As they reached their dorms, which were thankfully close by one another, Damien was surprised to see Teams RWBY, JNPR, and DRGN waiting for them.

"Finally, about time you got here." Neos joked towards his pal.

Damien laughed as they made their way to their respective teams.

Ruby was the first to speak. "Okay everyone, listen, I know we may have just met and some of us may not know each other very well, but after today, I think that it would be absolutely wonderful if the twelve of us agree to stay together throughout the whole journey in Beacon; not as three separate teams, but as one big, happy family! What do you say, are you with me?" Rube finished her speech as she held her hand towards the centre.

After a few seconds of silence, someone finally spoke up. "Count me in!" Neos said as he put his hand over the girl's.

Damien and Yang were next to do so, followed by Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, Gwen, Ren, Blake, and Ryu. Finally, everyone turned to face Weiss. "Oh, why not? I suppose this could work out well." She smiled as she put her hand on top.

Ruby smiled as she recited a small poem. "Through thick and thin, until the Grimm are beaten, we shall always fight on, as the defenders of Beacon!"

All twelve students raised their hands high as they all gave a great, big "Yeah!"


And there you have it. Teams RWBY, JNPR, and DRGN are now together as one. If you wanna know their semblances, Damien's revolves around fire, Ryu's is wind, Gwen's is ice, and Neos' is lightning. That is the basic elements for each one. Also, for another in-depth look, here are their roles: Damien's the high-damaging tanky-bruiser type, Ryu is the speedy-assassin type, Gwen is the long-range/mage type, and Neos is pretty much a balance of the three. Besides, it will be made more clear as the story progresses.