Heyo! Switch here. Sorry for the delay. I got a test this week so I had to, you know, hit the books. Believe me, despite my awesome imagination, calculus is never my MO. Yeah.
About the first part. I'm just gonna wave it off as Omega-Xis just lying about not knowing "what school is" just to get the rise out of Geo.
For the second part, I didn't know that the Star Force series takes place in a fictional setting in America until I read it out on the Wiki. Though I still prefer calling the main Star Force gang by their English Dub names and since their more recognizable while sticking to their Japanese nationality (except my OC), especially since the damage was already done.
Also, dude. Geo destroyed Andromeda, Le Mu, and Crimson Dragon ALONE? No offense, dude but that's where YOU'RE WRONG! It was Mega Man who defeated them (as in Geo plus Omega-Xis?). The reason I wrote this fanfic is to explore team GLAS's abilities outside their EM Wave forms.
Also, because Team Star Force fell into a different universe, their rules don't always apply on Remnant because their different.
I've reupdated the previous chapters for fixed grammar. Hope you enjoy this chapter I've posted.
By the way, I don't own Mega Man Star Force (which belongs to Capcom), or RWBY (which belongs to Rooster Teeth. Except for a few OCs.
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"ATTACK!!!"
"Japanese(translated)"
Playing BGM (Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD: Afternoon Streets)
"*Omnomnom*MmmmMmmm! These burgers are the best!", Leon was happily munching a towering cheeseburger. 'Lucky you. I had to hide since we're not on Earth right now.', Camo complained that he can't eat with him in public.
Team GLAS was having lunch at Monty Cafe in Vale, in the middle of the afternoon. Luna, who was sitting next to Leon unfortunately, was forced to move her grilled salmon away a little bit to avoid getting both herself and her meal from getting stained by the splash zone. Sonia was nibbling on a sweet strawberry waffle.
"Seriously, Leon-kun! Slow down! You're gonna get my dress all dirty!", Luna complained.
"Woopff! Phhorry, Pwevv.", Leon apologized, unfortunately his voice was muffled by the burger in his mouth.
Luna sighed, "And don't talk with your mouth full!", she scolded, wiping off some morsels that landed on her face due to Leon accidentally spewing some while talking.
Leon heeded and swallowed the fillings, hard. "Sorry, Prez.", Leon grinned with his lips and teeth covered in veggies and sauces, before resumed eating his burger like there's no tomorrow. Luna rolled her eyes before slicing a piece of grilled salmon and took a bite of it.
Sonia giggled at the couple. Despite being polar opposites, Leon and Luna are like two adorable sweethearts. She then glanced at her own boyfriend, who was fiddling with his plate of bolognese spaghetti absentmindedly.
Sonia grinned mischievously as she slapped his shoulder, "BOO!!!", she yelled.
"YAARGH!!!", Geo yelped, accidentally flinging a meatball into the air with the fork he was fiddling with.
"*gulp*", Leon managed to grab the midair meatball and swallowed it whole. "Thanks, Geo.", Leon grinned happily for the flying food special.
Geo clutched his beating chest, breathing heavily. "Sonia-chan! What was that for!?", he called out his girlfriend, who was laughing so hard she was shedding tears.
She eventually calmed down after wiping a tear from her eyes, "Sorry. It's just you're being, distracted today. Just like Jaune.", Sonia's tone changed to worry. "Is something wrong?", she asked.
"Still worried about the whole, 'Stuck in another world' jig, kid?", Omega-Xis asked him from his Scroll.
Geo sighed in defeat. "Well. That. But mostly about what happened in Forever Falls. It's about Jaune's FM-ian partner, Cross.", he scratched his chin. "Either he was native in this dimension, or he was brought from our dimension as well. Something's fishy.", Geo scratched his chin in confusion.
"I know.", Leon sniffed at Luna's grilled salmon, "Prez's grilled salmon actually smelled like grilled bass.", he joked.
"This is serious, Leon-kun! How could a random FM-ian just showed up in Remnant yesterday like that?", the blonde girl scolded her boyfriend, who laughed at his own joke.
"I wonder who flung that meatball?", Team GLAS heard a familiar feminine voice, which grew louder as it closed in towards them. Then the figure appeared in front of them turned out to be-
"Oh. Hi there, Velvet.", Geo waved his hand at the rabbit Faunus. "Oh. H-hello, Geo.", Velvet waved backed shyly. "So that's your combat outfit I presume?", Sonia noticed that the Rabbit Faunus was indeed wearing her combat outfit instead of her school uniform. "Y-yes. I didn't think you'd noticed.", Velvet replied meekly.
A long sleeved brown shirt and shorts of the same color. She was wearing them over a black bodysuit covering her midriff and legs. She was also wearing gold pauldrons, cuffs, belt and gold heels.
"Nice to meet you too, Bunny Girl! Nice outfit by the way.", Leon gave a peace sign with a bright smile on his face. Velvet blushed at the nickname Leon gave her.
"So you're the guy who saved my little Bun-bun, hm?", another woman interrogated, who appeared next to Velvet, lowered her sunglasses, giving Team GLAS, particularly Geo, the curious look on her brown eyes.
Her clothes consist of a long, cocoa-colored shirt with a dark brown waist cincher. She wears long, dark brown trousers with ribbons on the left side and a brown belt with cartridges.
Above it, she wears another cocoa-colored belt of cartridges with a gold crosshairs buckle. What appears to be a drape of black skirt hangs on her right side. She wears a pair of dark brown, high-heeled leather boots with buckles.
She also dons a number of accessories, such as a bracelet with black roses as decoration; these are accompanied by black gloves and necklaces. She wears a beret of a darker brown and a pair of black, wire-rimmed aviator sunglasses. She is seen holding a black shoulder bag with gold studs, which is held by a bandolier strap.
Velvet's cheeks grew redder and she was steaming with embarrassment. "Coco! You're s-scaring them!", Velvet stammered in panic as she called out her friend named Coco. "I'd take it you're Bunny Girl's teammate?", Leon inquired.
Coco raised her eyebrow at the guy's nickname to Velvet. She then glared at him. "What? I think Bunny Girl sounds cute.", Leon raised his hands in defense. Velvet still blushing, rubbing her rabbit ears affectionately.
Knows now that the guy wasn't being racist, she chuckled at his gesture before putting her sunglasses onto her eyes, "Coco Adel. Leader of Team CFVY(Coffee). Your teammates got some quirks but surprisingly friendly, Geo.", Coco offered her handshake to Geo.
"Yeah. Thanks for the compliment, Coco.", Geo shook her hand. Then he felt something breathing near his cheeks.
"Gah!", he yelped in surprise to find a certain brown skinned man staring intently at his face.
His own face is covered in scars. His eyes were blank white, implying that he's blind, which makes it all the more strange for his reason to stare at him. He has messy copper hair that has a long fringe and a cowlick. He wore a sleeveless, muted vermilion zipper vest with black lining and a high collar, a pair of black jeans, and brown, laced shoes. He also wears a pair of long black gloves and has several pouches attached to his belt.
Judging by the look on his crossed arms the man appears to be wearing curved vermilion wrist blades.
Coco gave a sigh of exasperation at the guy's antics, "Easy there, Fox. They're not hostile. Capped Blondie here was just giving Bun Bun a friendly nickname.", Coco readjusted her handbag. The guy named Fox nodded and relaxed his gaze.
"Meet my partner, Fox Alistair.", Coco announced. Fox simply waved his hand and smiled. Geo assumed he must be mute.
"Hmm. I was wondering if I'm the only sane one in the team.", a deep baritone voice of Yatsuhashi chuckled as he approached his teammates, also in his combat outfit.
He has a long short-sleeved robe, which he wears on one shoulder over a black muscle shirt. The robe is fastened at the waist by a leather armored belt with two pouches on it. He also wears brown pants and black-and-green boots. His left arm bears a 5-layer sode which extends up past his shoulder.
"Sup, Green Samurai!", Leon raised his hand to greet Yatsuhashi. The tall man decided to shrug it and greeted back, fully aware of his current attire.
"Perhaps you should've judge your own teammates before judging ours, Coco.", Sonia deadpanned.
Coco giggled in response, "Your right. Maybe I should. You got guts, Pinky.", she complimented at her attitude.
"So. I'd take it you guys are on lunch break too?", Geo asked.
"Yup. Had to get some grub before going back to shopping for getups.", Coco nodded.
The girls of Team GLAS stood up in response. "You're into fashion!?", Luna asked happily. Geo rolled his eyes, 'Girls.', he muttered.
"W-well. Coco is well known to be into fashion. And to be frank, so do I.", Velvet explained, shyly twiddling her fingers.
'Yeesh. She's too dang cute when she's blushing.', Camo commented on the Faunus' personality. 'I know. But you know what they say, "The softest of silk hides the strongest of steel".', Leon preached.
Camo rolled his eyes in amusement, 'You and your philosophies never stop amusing me.'
As everyone were chatting amongst themselves, Coco eventually broke the noise by clasping her hands.
"Alright. We'd better hit the road. We have another trip to the Ms. Mistral, boys.", Coco declared, before glancing affectionately at Velvet. "And Bun Bun.".
"Wait. Before you leave.", Leon pulled out a selfie stick from his backpack. After attaching his Scroll onto the clamp, he huddled his friends and Team CFVY together.
"Everybody say 'CHEESE'!", he called out as everybody posed for the camera.
*Click*
"This one's a keeper!", Leon smiled as he checked his photo.
"Catch ya later, ladies and gents.", after Coco greeted them, she suddenly slapped Geo, "OW!", and Leon's butts, "OW!", before winking at them and left the cafe.
Geo and Leon hissed in pain, while Sonia and Luna were slack jawed.
"What the hell, gal!?", Leon grumbled at the rude gesture while rubbing his butt.
"S-sorry about that. Coco often does that to every man she meets, including Fox and Yatsu.", the rabbit Faunus explained meekly. Fox and Yatsuhashi simply chuckled.
"Good to know….", the blonde man groaned.
…………………..
After bidding "see ya later" to Team CFVY, Team GLAS decided to explore the town a little bit, since it was still early in the noon. Geo was sharing popsicles with Sonia, while Leon shared his lollipop with Luna. Luna's a bit uncomfortable about sharing the same food, unlike the double stick popsicle that the brunette and redhead shared, but, not that she minded much as long as it's from her boyfriend.
Oh. In case you hadn't noticed, Geo's currently wearing a dark blue army vest over his jacket, complete with magnet straps on the back to store his weapons.
"Geo!", the brunette turned his head to find the voice belonged to a certain heiress of Team RWBY waving her hand, with the rest of her teammates followed behind.
Team GLAS stopped, "Oh. Hey, Weiss. How are you?", Geo smiled as he waved back.
Weiss blinked, 'What's going on? Why does my heart beat faster all of a sudden every time I see him?', she thought, clutching her chest where her heart is, while stammering in place. 'I can't believe I'm actually falling for him?', could she be actually-
"Umm. Weiss? What's wrong?", Geo asked.
The heiress's cheeks turned red when Geo noticed her stammering. Weiss nervously put her hands behind her back, sweep the ground with her foot as she lowered her head, "W-well. I was t-thinking we s-should…… go check out the Vytal Festival today.", then she shyly raised her head, "I-I hope you don't mind……".
Everyone snickered at the scene. "Ice Queen's got a crush~", Yang sang teasingly before laughing along with Leon. Weiss shot a glare at the two blondes, her imaginary blizzard made them shut up in fear.
Geo decided to change the topic, "Sure. We were going to check it out anyway.".
Weiss smiled happily at the answer, "Then it's settled. We should go right now!", she grabbed Geo's arm and dragged him towards the festival. "H-HEY! Watch the arm!", Geo cried.
Everyone laughed as they saw that. Except Sonia, who was frowning sadly. She couldn't help but wonder why was Weiss suddenly being so nice to Geo when she was being a jerk to Ruby literally days ago?
"How come she's in charge?", Ruby remarked.
…………………..
Teams RWBY and GLAS gazed upon the banner that reads "Welcome to Vale!"
"Oh, the Vytal Festival! This is absolutely wonderful!", Weiss clasped her hands happily.
Ruby placed her hand on her hips, "I've never seen you smile this much, Weiss. It's creeping me out.", she cringed. Sonia couldn't help but agree silently, thought that's not exactly the reason why she was worried about.
Weiss turned around to look at her partner in disbelief, "How could you not smile? It's a festival dedicated to the rest of the World!", she said. Then Leon suddenly appeared in front of her face, startling her.
"I know! Right!?", he immediately zipped around the stalls selling food and knick knacks from Mistral, Vacuo, and Atlas. "This is AWESOME SAUCE!!!", he shouted joyfully before returning to the gang. "A festival like this means new challenges and new friends to meet and greet!", he hopped before pumping his fists, "WOOHOO!!!"
"Whoa! Chill out there, Bruiser. You'll get your chance later.", Yang wrapped her arm on Leon's shoulder. Luna simply sighed happily as she pressed her glasses, "That's my boyfriend.". Geo still couldn't help but notice that Leon's eyes changed from bright blue to vibrant yellow.
Weiss blinked before clearing her throat and resume her speech, "*ahem* Anyway, there will be dances, parades and a tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into the event is simply breathtaking!".
Leon made a mocking gesture with his hand and lips. Yang laughed before complaining to Weiss. "*sigh* You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring…", she crossed her arms in boredom.
"Quiet you!", Weiss retorted.
"Heheh. Tsundere much?", Omega-Xis joked. Weiss looked at Geo in confusion. "It's a Japanese term referring to someone who's both aloof and friendly in personality.", he explained. "Kinda like you.", that made her face totally red.
"Wha-!? I do not behave like that!", she dropped her arms and shouted in embarrassment. "Yeah. Sure.", Geo rolled his eyes. He's gotten used to Luna's similar attitude, so getting yelled by Weiss for teasing her didn't faze him much.
End BGM
Soon Teams RWBY and GLAS arrived at the docks. "Remind me why are we spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?, Yang asked. Her little sister had to pinch her nose from smelling the odor of fish, "Ugh. They smell like fish.". "Yes, Weiss. Why are you taking us here?", Luna gagged from the stench as well.
Surprisingly, Geo noticed that Blake seemed to be enjoying the smell of fish, a little too much for a normal person perhaps. "I've heard students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And as a representative of Beacon, I feel like as though it is my duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom.", she explained with pride.
"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament.", Blake said bluntly. Sonia and Luna giggled cutely at this. "You can't prove that!", Weiss crossed her arms in denial.
"Still, we will greet them nonetheless! Being friends with them is what Vytal Festival is all about, right?", Leon raised his shoulder. "Exactly, Leon.", Weiss immediately agreed with him. "Sure. Whatever you say.", Blake rolled her eyes.
"Woah….", Ruby turned to a corner to find a particular Dust Shop where it's entrance was covered in police tape. It was robbed. The two teams decided to check it out.
Luna asked a police detective about what happened. He said this was the second Dust Shop that got robbed this week. Then he went to talk to another detective about that whoever robbed this shop didn't take any money, just Dust.
"Hmph. The White Fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates.", Weiss's distasteful words offended Blake.
"What's your problem?", Blake asked, her tone seem to be filled with anger.
"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane.", she answered spitefully.
"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus.", Blake defended
Team GLAS and the Rose-Xiao Long sisters glanced at the arguing sides back and forth, confused and conflicted.
"Misguided!? They wanted to wipe humanity off the face off the planet!"
"So they're very misguided.", Blake argued, "Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale."
"She's got a point.", Ruby agreed. "If I recalled, the White Fang usually targets large Dust shipments and Dust shops owned by the SDC (Schnee Dust Company), not just some random Dust shops.", Ophiuca noted in Luna's Scroll. "Ophiuca!", Luna scolded her Wizard for her bluntness.
"Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago. Maybe it was him.", Ruby said.
"Torchwick?", Sonia asked her.
Ruby scratched her head after realizing that team GLAS never heard of him, "Oh, right. You probably haven't heard of Roman Torchwick. He's a very dangerous criminal around the streets of Vale. I just happened to be in a Dust shop where he was robbing. So I had to stop him and his goons from doing so, and met Professor Goodwitch and Ozpin and, that's how I got into Beacon early."
"You? Stopped him?", Lyra asked, a little baffled that she fought a nefarious criminal before she even enrolled.
"Well. I did managed to take out his henchmen. But he got away.", Ruby fidgeted nervously.
Sonia placed her hand on Ruby's shoulder, "It's okay, Ruby. If that Torchwick guy is as dangerous as you say, then you should be glad to be alive and met us now.", Ruby smiled at her reassurance.
Weiss crossed her arms, "That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum.", her words filled with hatred. Then she placed her hands on her hips, "Those faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."
Blake's eyes narrowed at her words. Even Team GLAS were offended by her words. Especially Leon, who walked towards her in anger.
"Hey now, you take those words back, Ice Queen! We've met Bunny Girl a few hours ago and she's nothing but sugar, spice, and everything nice!", Leon angrily pointed his finger at her. He was unhappy about Weiss assuming all Faunus are bad, including those NOT associated with the White Fang.
Team RWBY widened their eyes at Leon's outburst. They never seen him and Blake this angry before, usually because Leon is always cheerful and Blake is always quiet. Except Weiss, who only huffed in response.
"He's right, you know.", Yang agreed, worried about her blonde friend.
That's when they heard someone shouting, "HEY. STOP THAT FAUNUS!!!".
Two sailors were chasing a man with a long blonde furred tail.
He's a tan-skinned Monkey Faunus with short spiky light-blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears two red wrist bracers over black fingerless gloves and an open loose-collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. He also wears blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. He wears white bandages on his legs and has a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants. He sports black and yellow sneakers and wears a twisted golden necklace around his neck, with a round pendant bearing his monkey emblem.
Teams RWBY and GLAS ran towards the scene where the Faunus leapt onto the edge of a ship, thanked the sailors for the ride and jumped onto the docks. As the sailors called him a no-good stowaway, the Faunus hung himself upside down to a lamp post, and casually ate a banana.
"Hey! A no-good stowaway would've been caught. I'm a great stowaway!", the Faunus replied cheerfully before taking a last bite of his banana. He even managed to move his head a bit to avoid a rock thrown at him, courtesy of one of the two police detectives.
"Hey! Get down from there!", the detective shouted. He got his answer in the form of the banana peel to his face.
The mischievous Faunus laughed before jumping off the lamp post. He landed in a forward roll and ran off, with the two detectives hot on his, well, tail.
He eventually ran into the streets and past RWBY and GLAS. But not before winking at Blake. The black clad girl stared in bewilderment.
"Well. Those two detectives are really hot on his, 'tail'. Gahahahaha!", Leon tried to relieve the tension with a pun. Only Yang snickered in response, her teammates groaned in response while Blake was still staring.
Only Team GLAS gave him looks of fear, as Leon stopped laughing when he noticed the looks on their faces.
"What?", Leon asked.
"Um. Leon-kun…. You're cap…", Luna nervously pointed at his head.
Leon raised his eyebrow before tapping the top of his head. Then his eyes widened as his breath grew faster when he only felt his hair.
"MY CAP!!!", he shouted as he saw that the Monkey Faunus sprinted off with Leon's cap on his head.
"AFTER THAT THIEF!!!", Leon roared angrily as he gave chase. "Whoa!", only to trip over the banana peel from earlier. He fell face first with a loud thud.
Everyone winced at the thud. "Uh. Leon?", Ruby asked worriedly as she stretched her hand towards him. Leon raised his head. "Grrrrrrr!!!", he growled angrily, but that's not the reason why Ruby pulled her hand back.
His eyes turned yellow again, and they're glowing. But the strangest thing is that he was discharging electricity from his body, despite his Aschen currently inactive AND he wasn't EM Wave Changing.
Everyone watching were completely baffled until Leon blasted off using his Brodel's gun blasts, electric sparks flying off.
*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
"Whoa. Somebody's pissed.", Yang noted. "Come on! We need to observe him! I mean the Faunus!", Weiss declared as everyone chased the two blondes.
……………………
A certain auburn haired girl was skipping along the sidewalk looking around the town of Vale. That's when she saw a blonde Monkey Faunus running away from two police detectives, ………. and a loud yellow crackling blur speeding like a bullet in the same direction.
"Hmm. What a strange sight.", the girl tilted her head curiously. She was about to keep walking, until she was crashed by someone.
………………….
The Monkey Faunus eventually ran to an alley and hid behind a dumpster. He waited until the two detectives ran past the alleyway and out of sight.
"Phew. Finally lost 'em.", he sighed in relief as he gripped the cap on his head. "And I got a sweet souvenir too.", he smirked.
*BAM!*
That is until he felt a sudden pain on his face and a flash of white and black. And the next thing he knew, he was on the ground, his arms were grabbed together by an arm of a rather pissed off blonde boy, who was standing on top of his body, with the other arm grabbing his tail.
"Gimme. Back. MY! CAP!!!", Leon roared while pulling his tail.
The blonde Faunus paled at the threat. "Okay! Okay! Chill out, dude! Just lemme go! Please!"
Leon simply responded by giving his open palm. "The cap. First. Monkey Boy.", he said darkly, bending his fingers.
"The name's Sun Wukong. Not Monkey Boy!", the boy named Sun growled as he took Leon's cap off his head and gave it to him.
"Oh! My precious! I'll never let you go!", after receiving his cap back, Leon hugged it happily before kissing it repeatedly.
"You're welcome. Now can you get off me, please?", Sun said frustratingly while tapping his fingers on the floor, still pinned down by Leon's weight.
"Oh. Sorry.", Leon eventually climbed off Sun as the Faunus got up. As Sun dusted himself off, Leon put his cap back on and held his hand up to him. Sun raised both hands up in self-defense, expecting him to beat him up.
"I'm Leon Ampere. Nice to meet you, Monkey Boy.", Leon said cheerfully.
Sun blinked, before hesitantly shaking his hand. "Okay? I thought you'd still be mad at me for stealing your cap."
"Well. You didn't soil my precious. And you did say you liked it. I had to admit. This handmade cap is to die for.", Leon replied honestly.
"Handmade?"
"Prez made it for me for my B-day.", Leon smiled.
"Yeesh. Now I feel terrible.", Sun cringed in guilt. He only stole the cap because it looked cool. He didn't think it was that valuable for him because it was a birthday present.
"Hey. Don't sweat it. You didn't know that.", Leon pinched his cap.
"Gee. You're nice. Ya know that?", Sun chuckled.
"Yup. Anyway. Why did you stowaway?".
"I didn't have enough money to pay tickets for my team or even myself. So I did what I always do.", Sun grinned confidently.
"Heheh. No wonder you're a 'great stowaway'.", Leon emphasized the part with his fingers. They both laughed at the joke. Then they calmed down.
"So. You're from Vacuo, huh?", Leon asked. "Yup. But my team and I studied in Mistral.", Sun nodded.
"Ya know. You're not half bad. Maybe someday we'll introduce our teammates the next time we meet.", Sun said after a fist bump with Leon. "Yeah. Someday. Catch you later, Monkey Boy.", Leon said as he waved his hand.
"It's Sun!", Leon laughed as he heard Sun's yelling as he left the alley, with Sun climbing up the fire escape.
"Well, pal. Looks like you've made another new friend.", Camo chuckled.
Leon laughed silently as he noticed team RWBY and his friends were talking to the auburn haired girl.
She had short, rather curly orange hair with a small ahoge on top that came down to her chin, and she wore a pink bow on the back of her head. She has green eyes that looked eerily similar to camera shutters. She wore a whitish-gray old-fashioned blouse with short gray feminine overalls, as well as a black and green collar with a matching pair of stockings. The green lines on the side of her stockings also appear to glow at times. She had what appears to be a small and thin backpack.
Judging by the looks, she doesn't appear to be from Vale either, just like Sun. His friends seemed unnerved and confused by her for some reason.
"Wassup? Did I miss something here?", Leon greeted to them and the girl. Said girl turned around in response to him. Her face had bright green eyes, light skin and freckles. Leon couldn't help but notice that they look a lot like camera shutters.
The girl raised her arm, "Salutations! My name is Penny Polendina. And I am Ruby Rose's friend.", the girl named Penny greeted cheerfully.
"Well. And I'm Leon Ampere! Also a friend of Ruby Rose!", Leon winked and offered his hand to shake.
"Sensational! That makes us both friends!", Penny clapped happily before grabbing his hand. A little bit too hard.
*CRACK!*
"YYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!", Leon let out an ear-piercing scream from the pain.
Everyone gasped as Penny accidentally crushed Leon's hand with her own grip.
"Oh dear. My apologies. Are you hurt?", Penny asked as she let go of Leon's hand.
"N-nope… I-I'm fine…. Just a little bruise.", Leon forced a smile, his hand and eye twitching.
"You don't appear to be fine. Your hand has fractured bones and twisted ligaments. You need medical attention.", Penny said as she crept closer to check his hand.
"Whoa. Relax. I'm fine, really. Nothing like a little Aura can't fix.", Leon waved his other hand to push Penny away. "Man. You're strong. Stronger than Goldilocks, even. No offense.", Leon glanced at Yang, who shrugged it off.
Penny tilted her head, "Who's Goldilocks?", she asked.
Leon pointed at Yang, "She is."
"But I thought her name was Yang Xiao-Long?", she was confused.
Luna giggled, "It's a nickname. Leon does that all the time."
"Oh. Can I have a nickname, too?", Penny asked him, pointing at herself.
"Umm. Well….. I'm not sure what to call you right now. Maybe…..", Leon was stumped. He wasn't expecting some stranger to ask for a nickname.
"Strong Girl?", he laughed nervously. "Because you're so strong that you crushed my hand with yours?".
"Oh. I'm sorry about that, Leon.", Penny said dejectedly.
"Nonono! It's okay. I'll find a better nickname for you next time. I'm sorry if you don't like it.", Leon's tummy began to fill with guilt.
"It's fine. I like the nickname. I just wish I could do something to atone for my mistake.", Penny was back to her chipper self.
'Wow. She's just as socially awkward as Ruby. ', Leon thought. 'No wonder she claims herself to be Ruby's friend.', Camo snickered.
Weiss pushed Penny aside to approach Leon. She pointed her finger at him, "Leon. You were the last person who saw that monkey-tailed…… rapscallion-", a tick mark appeared on Leon's forehead as he slapped her arm aside.
"What's your damage, Ice Queen!?", Leon spat angrily. He definitely wasn't expecting Weiss to be a racist like Cardin. "Huh?", Weiss tilted her head like she had no idea.
"Monkey Boy's no rapscallion! He's just a stowaway trying to pay a visit!", Weiss simply crossed her arms. "Do you seriously believed what he said? What if he's a White Fang spy planting some microchip on your cap when you least expect it?", she retorted spitefully. That made Leon gritted his teeth in anger. Why the hell did she had to assume the worst in people?
That's when Blake stepped in. "Leon's right! Stop calling him a rapscallion. Stop calling him a degenerate. He's a person!", she argued. "Oh? So you want me to stop calling a trashbin a trashbin, or calling a lamp post a lamp post?"
"Stop it!"
"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time, he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang."
"Since when did you started assuming the worst in people!? From what see. Monkey Boy is just a harmless thief! Not some monster!", Leon spat.
"Say whatever you want about it. That idealistic thinking of yours is going to get you killed someday.", Weiss cursed spitefully.
Blake kept glaring at the heiress, "You ignorant brat!", before walking away. But Weiss refuse to end the argument and so was Leon.
As the three kept bickering, GLS and the Rose-Xiao-Long sisters could only watch in concern, while Penny watched in total confusion.
"*sigh* I can't take this anymore. I need to get to the bottom of this.", Geo mumbled quietly as he decided to leave. "Geo-kun. Where are you going?", Sonia asked. "I….uh… I forgot that I have to finish my History homework. Yeah. So…. I need to go to the library.", Geo lied as he was about to leave.
………………………….
Geo's currently at the library, he was typing something on the computer, his brown eyes locked on the screen.
"Decided to leave the argument to the girls, kid?", Omega-Xis chuckled.
Geo sighed as he fiddled with the mouse. "I don't know? The way Weiss and Blake were arguing. They both seem to take it personally."
Omega-Xis raised an eyebrow. "Weiss's last name is Schnee. So it made sense she held some degree of hatred for the White Fang given their story.", Geo explained, his sight still glued to the computer screen. "Anyone would be mad if they suddenly find out that one of their teammates is a Faunus racist, even me. But Blake seems to take it very personally.", he then lowered his voice.
"As if she was directly involved in the Faunus War.", Geo answered. "So you're saying she's having PTSD or something?", Omega-Xis asked.
"Sort of.", he said as he searched 'SDC vs. White Fang'. He typed and moused some more as he managed to open a link for the 'Schnee Dust Company'.
'Okay. Let's see what you're hiding', Geo narrowed his eyes as he attempted to open the archives. Unsurprisingly, the top secret ones were inaccessible.
"Of course they'd locked those files up.", Geo deadpanned as he waved his hand in frustration.
Omega-Xis cracked his knuckles, "Makase nasai, kodomo.(Leave it to me, kid.)", he transed in to the computer. The password typed itself and the top secret files were opened.
"Thanks, Mega.", Geo smiled.
"Who were you talking to?", the voice of a librarian shocked Geo.
"N-no one.", Geo sweated profusely as he frantically changed the tabs on the screen to hide the website.
The librarian narrowed her gaze at the brunette, who was smiling nervously. She then sighed. "If you want to make video calls, I suggest you use your Scroll and not with the computer. The computer is for finding educational sources. Not for video calls and video games. Teenagers and those…….", she left, grumbling about teens.
Geo sighed in relief, "That was close.", he said as he reopened the SDC website. He took a few looks at the top secret files.
His eyes widened as he saw the contents. "Ko-kore ha...(T-this is….)"
………………
"Well maybe some of us are just tired of being pushed around!", Blake said angrily. Until she realized she made a mistake as silence filled the room and replaced the sound of her and Weiss arguing.
"I...", her eyes widened from her mistake. "Blake?", as Ruby tried to reach out to her teammate, Blake ran out of the door of their dorm.
Everyone looked at each other with worried looks, unsure if they should go after Blake. While Weiss was simply bewildered from her answer.
Then their attention turned to the door where they heard a faint commotion.
"There she is! Get her!"
The voice was faint, but it was definitely familiar. Then they heard banging noises down the hall. Then they heard Blake yelling as the door reopened. Revealing Geo pulling Blake into the room by the arm. His teammates were following behind. He looked rather upset. His teammates were also upset for some reason.
"Let me go!", Blake cried as she struggled to get out of Geo's grip. As they stopped in the middle of the room. Geo stopped pulling Blake.
"Blake. Sit down.", Geo said to her, his tone sounded stern and his grip still tight. Blake gulped. She wanted to escape. But now, not only she was completely outnumbered, but Geo's teammates had locked the door and the windows to make sure she doesn't try again behind their backs.
"Please.", he begged. Blake had no choice but to do as he says. He let go of her arm and she sat down on her bunk bed.
Then she gasped when Weiss pointed her Myrtenaster at her face.
Team GLAS and the Rose-Xiao-Long sisters gasped as well when they saw that. "Hey! What are you doing, Weiss!?", Ruby asked her distressfully. "Something that I should've done a long time ago.", she said darkly, her blue eyes glaring at the feared amber eyes. Blake closed hers, waiting for the imminent.
"WEISS!", Geo yelled at her, getting her attention.
"Put! That! Down!", he threatened. She growled at Blake before conceding and threw her rapier at her bunk bed. Then she sat down. Arms crossed.
Once the situation calmed down. Geo took a deep breath. He then looked at the raven-haired girl, who responded with a gulp.
"Blake. We get it. You don't like to talk about yourself much. But you can't just run away from us if you have a problem.", he gave a worried look. "Personal or not. It's our problem too. And running away will only make it worse. For all of us."
Blake could only lower her head. Feeling guilty for almost making a terrible mistake.
"We're friends, Blake. If you have a problem. Just tell us.", Sonia said sympathetically.
Then he turned his gaze at Weiss. "Weiss. You can't just assume that every Faunus you meet is a White Fang spy, or at least discriminate Faunus in general. I thought you were better than this.", he scolded.
"Hmph. Not my fault we had a White Fang spy for a teammate.", Weiss simply responded by turning her head away. "And I expect you girls to know any better!", she pointed at the sisters.
Her eyes turned red in anger, "OH YOU SON OF A-", Yang almost leapt out of her seat for being blamed for someone else's fault. But Ruby managed to grab her arm. She shook her head quietly. Her silver eyes begging her sister as if to tell her to calm down and let him handle this. Yang understood and calmed down. Her red eyes turned back to lilac. She eventually sat down, crossed.
Geo sighed. "Tell me, Weiss. Where did you get the idea?".
"Why do you need to know? You know I'm-"
"ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!", he yelled frustratingly.
This startled everyone in the room, especially Weiss. Her eyes widened at the outburst.
She was forced to swallow her pride as she gave her answer, "My father is the CEO of the SDC as you all know. But what you don't know is that my company has always been at war against the White Fang ever since my grandfather headed the company. There was bloodshed. Endless. Bloodshed.".
Her hands clenched tighter. "Most of my family members, maimed. The board members, killed. My father always returned, upset. My childhood, ruined. Now you know why I resent the White Fang so much!", she yelled spitefully. Everyone gave sympathetic stares. But some of them still gave her glares.
Geo nodded sadly, "So you decided to lash out your frustrations on any Faunus you meet.", he sighed. "I'm sorry to say this but, your father's story isn't exactly true."
This angered the heiress, "What's that supposed to mean!?".
"Take a look at this.", Geo turned his Scroll on and projected a screen. Everyone took a look at the video.
Playing BGM (Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD: Night of the Cursed)
Weiss's eyes widened, "This is….. the video feed from the SDC mines years ago!", she said as she looked at Geo with suspicion, "Where did you get this!?"
"That's not the point, Weiss. Take a look.", Geo said sternly. Everyone decided to do so without another word, not wanting to worsen the argument any more.
The video showed the miners were exclusively Faunus, heavily guarded by Atlesian soldiers. "This date... This is the time when my father recently took over the company.", Weiss deducted.
Everyone cringed when they saw some scenes where the Faunus miners were being whipped. They even forced weakened ones to keep it up. And there were no lunch breaks either.
"Those poor souls……", Luna covered her mouth with her hands. Ruby had to hide her face in her sister's chest, terrified. Blake lowered her head. Sonia covered her face.
"Hmph. I know what my father did was terrible. But that doesn't change the fact that the White Fang were enemies of my family company.", Weiss huffed.
"Then maybe this will.", Geo said as he changed to a different video feed to a protest party in front of the SDC building. "This one takes place a few months later after Jacques Schnee became CEO."
Weiss was mildly surprised that Geo guessed her father's name correctly. But shrugged it off before watching the feed.
The video was showing multiple Faunus shouting at the white-haired man, presumably the CEO, who was standing on the podium in front of the building. Many of them were holding signs written with words involving anti-Faunus enslavement. But what caught their attention was that some of the signs had a picture of some sort of face of a white beast within a white circle. Which is something Team RWBY was familiar with.
"Is that?", Yang asked, finding that picture familiar.
"The White Fang flag.", Blake eventually spoke. "Or at least, what it used to look like.", she trailed off. Teams RWBY and GLAS were surprised. They never saw any of these pictures in the history books.
"What do you mean?", before Ruby could finish, she noticed that one of the protesters is a little Cat Faunus with, black hair, amber eyes and black cat ears.
"That Faunus looks a lot like Blake.", Lyra noticed too.
"That's because that Faunus-.", Blake sighed in defeat.
"-is me.", she finished.
Everyone turned to Blake at her answer.
"Wait. So that means-", Sonia spoke with surprise.
Blake then gently removed her black bow from her head. Everyone widened their eyes at what they saw.
She has the exact same cat ears as the girl in the video!
"You're a Cat Faunus!?", Vogue asked.
Blake nodded sadly, her ribbon held in her hand, "I was a part of the faction for most of my life. You could say I was born into it. As you can see, it was different back then."
"In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between human and Faunus. Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. So the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people."
Blake glanced at her younger self raising her sign passionately in the video. "And I was there. I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. And I actually thought we were making a difference….. But I was just a youthful optimist…….", Blake's voice grew somber as she continued.
"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking.", Blake looked at Geo, who nodded and changed the footage to a few years later.
Everyone gasped in terror.
The footage showed the burning hallway of the SDC where it was stained by the blood from the corpses of the SDC employees, robot parts scattered all over the hall. On the walls were marked with the White Fang insignia, but it was altered to form an angered version of the beast's head over claw marks.
"Suddenly our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us. Hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labour.", Blake continued as Geo changed the footage to the SDC cargo transports being assaulted by White Fang terrorists. One of them was Blake, and another was a red-haired masked man with bull horns.
"And the worst part was? It was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect….. Out of fear.", Blake sighed.
"So I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence. And instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress.", Blake raised her head to look at everyone with a resolved expression. Geo turned off the projector in his Scroll, turning off the footage.
End BGM.
"So here I am. A criminal hiding in plain view.", she said as she held up the hand holding her black ribbon. "All with a little help from a little black bow."
Silence filled the room as everyone tried to piece the puzzles together.
Playing BGM (Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD: Missing You)
Blake lowered her head in guilt, she covered her face with her hands, "I'm sorry that I didn't tell you guys sooner. I wanted to. But I wasn't expecting to be teammates with a Schnee. Let alone even came to Beacon.", she said as tears streamed from her eyes. "I was afraid that all of you would be terrified when you realize you're being teammates with a former terrorist!".
Out of all the people in the room, Weiss was the most slack jawed.
The first one to gave her a hug was Luna. "It's alright Blake. You made the right choice.", she patted her back, also sobbing in sadness.
"Redemption is a hard path to take for many people. But once you managed to proceed with it, it will bring you great rewards.", Ophiuca said gently. "Believe me. I know what it's like to face the hardships of redemption myself. When I was revived, not many people were willing to forgive me because of my previous actions, including recently. But the first person to do so was my partner, Luna. And because of that, she willingly accepted me as her BattleWizard."
Ruby and the others smiled at the ordeal, then they heard another sobbing noise from Weiss. She was covering her teary face with her palms.
"I-I don't understand! I always know what my father did to the company was wrong……*sniff*", she shook her head in denial. "But I didn't know he was the one responsible *sniff* for turning the White Fang into what I hate!", Leon hissed with guilt for snapping at her earlier. So he decided to give her a box of tissue papers to wipe her tears. "I promised myself to never turn out like my father*sniff*. But look at me! I just did what my father always does!", she shouted sadly before resumed crying.
Geo frowned sadly at Weiss's pitiful state. Now he realized that Weiss only became a racist because of her father's influence. She really regretted her actions today. So Geo decided to do something to help. He wrapped his arms around the heiress, making her squeaked in surprise.
"G-Geo?", she asked, having stopped crying. "Apology accepted, Weiss. At least you're aware of your actions and you weren't proud of it.", he said before patting her back. Weiss just resumes crying on his chest as she wrapped her arms around him, returning the embrace. "That's it. Let it all out.", Geo closed his eyes and smiled as he carressed her snowy white hair.
Sonia smiled sadly. While she was indeed angry to see Weiss insulting Faunus and the White Fang with a passion, but that was because her father put the blame on the terrorists. Besides, Geo's always the best person to provide moral support to everyone.
Geo asked Weiss, still in the embrace. "There. Feeling better now?"
Weiss sniffled a bit before nodding her head, "Y-yes……".
They both released each other from the hug. Then they both gasped.
"Y-your body's glowing!", Geo exclaimed as he saw her surrounded by bluish-white glowing outlines.
"Geo! Y-your eyes!", Weiss exclaimed too. "What's with my eyes?", the brunette asked as Weiss handed her mirror to him. Geo looked at his reflection in shock.
He caressed his own face to see that his usual chocolate brown eyes are now glowing blue.
"M-my eyes! They're glowing!", he said again.
"So that means…..", Blake said.
"You've unlocked your Semblance, kid.", Omega-Xis finished.
Geo looked at everyone else. They all have glowing outlines of different colors.
"So? What's your Semblance?", Leon asked excitedly. "I think it lets me see Aura.", Geo hypothesized.
He took another look at everyone.
Sonia's Aura was glowing radiant light pink with music notes flowing around her.
Leon's Aura was bright green and was crackling with electric sparks.
Luna's Aura was serene emerald green and surrounded by leaves blown in the gentle breeze.
He then took a look at Team RWBY.
Weiss's Aura was a glacial bluish-white glow with snowflakes flowing through her.
Blake's Aura glow purplish-black and was teeming with shadows.
Yang's Aura was burning hot yellow and engulfed in flames.
Finally, Ruby's Aura was glowing bright red and was surrounded by rose petals. But what's really surprising is that radiant silver energy surrounded her eyes.
He looked at his own hands. His Aura was glowing bright blue and…… that's pretty much it.
The only ones who didn't show Aura were their Wizards, since they haven't unlocked it yet. Not like they needed to.
"And it's not just the presence of it, but also some hints that let's me guess what Semblance you guys have.", Geo continued. He scratched his chin, entering his 'Thinking Mode'. Every Semblance are named to make it easier to remember, and the fact that the Semblance is going to be written in most official forms later on.
"I think I should call it, Aura Vision.", he declared.
"So? What Semblance do I have?", Leon pointed at himself, hoping to know. Everyone gave him baffled looks. How could he not noticed that he just unlocked his?
"I…. don't know….", Geo said sheepishly. "Like I said. I can only see hints of your Semblance. But only the rough details. I can't EXACTLY guess what Semblance you have.", Geo said. 'And because it'll be better if you figure it out yourself.', he muttered.
"Aww……", Leon pouted. "Relax, pal. We'll find out for sure.", Camo said, half lying about the fact he did noticed his own partner's Semblance kicking in. "So. How do you turn it off?", Luna asked him.
Geo closed his eyes for a second. He then opened them again and his eyes were back to brown. "I guess that's how."
Blake then cried once again. "T-thank you so much, everyone. Ever since I left the White Fang, I've always felt so lonely, too afraid to tell anyone about my past.", she then smiled, for the first time, it was genuinely warm. "But thanks to you guys, I don't feel lonely anymore.", she said.
"A-and…. I'm sorry I was being a horrible racist. I've never realize that my father has done much worse than I thought if it weren't for you……. nine…", Weiss said guiltily, trying not to exclude the Wizards this time.
"Like Geo said. We're more than just teammates. We're all friends.", Sonia said, then she realized something. "Speaking of which, we should form a BrotherBand right now.".
"Brotherwhat?", Ruby tilted her head in confusion.
Before she could get her answer, Team RWBY's Scrolls rang. They all pull out their Scrolls to find a particular new app called 'BrotherBand' appeared in the screens.
[You have new Brothers] :
- Ruby Rose
- Weiss Schnee
- Blake Belladonna
- Yang Xiao Long
"BrotherBand is kinda like a social app that connects the people together. A friend who's connected with this is called Brother.", Geo explained.
"Brothers? Shouldn't we be called 'Sisters'?", Ruby raised her hand. Once again her innocence has made her curious about the term.
"That's….. A good question.", Luna hesitated. "Too bad the one created the app is no longer alive for us to ask.", she hung her head low.
"Oh. I'm so sorry for asking that……", Ruby said apologetically.
Luna shook her hands in reassurance, "Nonono, it's okay. The app was made 200 years ago. So no need to worry about it too much.", she said.
End BGM
"...", silence….
"Wow. We sure took a lot of time together, don't we.", Yang remarked. "Yeah. I guess it pays to make friends and talk about ourselves together.", Vogue smiled. The tension between themselves was finally relieved from the adversity between Weiss and Blake.
"And now that the mood's back to normal…..", he said as he dashed into his team's room……. And dashed back into team RWBY's room. "Who's up for a game of Monopoly?", he happily held up the aforementioned board game.
As everyone started playing the game together, none of them noticed that Team RWBY's Scrolls were glowing faintly.
"OH MY GOD!!!", Luna shouted suddenly.
"What's wrong, Prez?", Leon asked.
"Our own BrotherBands were gone!", she exclaimed. "Relax, Prez. We'll just reform the BrotherBand again.", Geo reassured her. "Yeah. No need to freak out, gal.", Camo said.
……………….
Chibi Geo was busy sweeping the stage, which was surprisingly empty. "Oh. Hello, everyone.", Geo waved his hand at the audience.
He sighed, "Sorry we had to cancel today's 'Remnant Recap'. Stuff happened and we're not exactly in a mood for it. But I promise we'll do another Recap in the next chapter."
He then looked around before whispering to the audience, "And there will be a big surprise for Team RWBY. Don't tell them.", he said before resumed sweeping the floor, whistling even.
You said it, Geo.
I know some people were probably weren't expecting this, but I'm actually disappointed with how Volume 1 ended.
So I decided to give the Ice Queen here a big humble pie.I know you're probably expecting Solo to show up in the story. But I'm not planning on adding him until Volume 2.
But like Geo said, I'll be putting in the next best thing in the next chapter. So stay tuned for
GLAS!
And by the way, if Team RWBY and JNPR would receive FM-ian partners in the future, what would it be? Give your answers in the Reviews section below. (A/N: Note that FM-ians are alien beings based on constellations)
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