RWBY: We Were Family
Beacon Academy.
Professor Port stood in the front of his class and continued ranting aloud. Cole sat in his desk and gave out a small yawn. "Geez, could this go on any longer?" he thought.
Kyle sat in front of him a few rows down. He hadn't really felt like sitting by his sibling, let alone team member since he had insulted him. Something was….different now. Cole's attitude had changed tremendously now he was around others. He wanted to be more SOCIAL.
Just maybe...if he could see where he was behind him he could stop looked over to his far left to see the white-haired girl across the room.
Weiss Schnee.
Even from a distance, her whole body seemed to radiate pale skin, hair and face. Kyle's breath was taken away momentarily, before realized what he was doing and returned to listening to Professor Port's boring hunting story again.
Before he drifted off again, he quickly turned his head around to quickly glance at Cole. He had his hands behind his head and was looking down where team RWBY was sitting.
"Ugh" Kyle huffed. Just as he had thought. "He's looking at Ruby again". "Guess I can't blame him." His subconscious thought. "There's something off about her...she has silver eyes"
Nah. "And..don't be a hypocrite" he told himself. "You like looking at Blake….and Yang" He quickly dismissed the thought and returned his focus on the plump man who was speaking below him.
Cole sighed as he tried, and failed to listen to Professor Port."Blah...Blah Blah...Blah Blah Blah...Deathstalker….Blah ….Blah Blah" was all he heard. He peered down below to see Jaune sitting next to Weiss. "So, Weiss... uh, I was thinking after this, maybe we could go grab a bite to eat?" He asked her eagerly. "I got two tickets to that new Spruce Willis movie, if you wanna make the trip outside to Vale...I hear it's awesome. And maybe after that, we could study together? I mean, you're smart and I'm, uh...ya'know".
"Poor Guy" Cole said to himself. Suddenly the digital clock on Weiss's desk turned to four and began beeping shrilly. "And then I...huh?" Port paused as he watched students start to leave. "I timed that one wrong, I guess. Well, the stunning conclusion to this story will have to wait. Until next time!"
"Uh...Weiss? Did you hear me?" Jaune asked her. "No, no, no...yes" she told him as she walked off. "Ouch" Cole said. Jaune groaned as he laid his head on his desk. "One day" Yang told him as she walked by and patted his head. Kyle made his way down towards team RWBY as everyone continued exiting. He needed to know more about this White Fang that they had fought several weeks ago.
"I should go ask Blake" he thought. "Outta my way" Cole snapped beforing elbowing past him. Kyle angrily watched him walk off, wanting to say something to provoke him. He didn't. He noticed everyone around him had left , including team RWBY. "Guess I can forget about that…." he told himself.
Cole was almost to the door, until he saw something on a desk that caught his eye. It was Ruby's textbook. "She left it!?". A smiled formed on his face as he thought of it's possible uses. He could return it to her, and...she'd thank him.
Cole could picture it now….her innocent smile, bright eyes, and cute demeanor tearing at his heartstrings. He quickly snatched the book up and walked out of class.
Team RWBY's Dorm.
"Great! We'll meet up tonight near Yang to go over what we found. Let's do this!" Ruby said cheerfully.
"Yeah!" yelled a voice.
The four girls jumped in surprised as they turned to see the monkey faunus Sun Wukong hanging upside down in the open window. "Sun!" cried Blake. "How did you get up there?" Yang asked. "Ah, it's easy; I climb trees all the time!" Sun told them.
"You do what?!" Weiss exclaimed.
"We finally getting back at that Torchwick guy?" He asked doing a flip into the room. "We are going to investigate the situation... as a team" Blake said. "That's dumb….you should always get friends involved" Sun told them. "That's why I brought Neptune along"
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Huh, who could that be?"
"Neptune?" Weiss asked. "Nah, I'm out here" he called. They all peered outside to see him perched on the narrow ledge of the building. "Sup." Neptune said casually. "How'd you even get up here?" Ruby asked. "I have my ways…." he stated as he looked at the ground. "Whoa!"
"You'd better come inside now" Weiss demanded. Neptune stepped through the window as he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll get the door" Ruby told everyone. "Oh….hey Cole!" she said as she greeted him and looking at the item in his hands. "H-Hey Ruby, you forgot one of your books" he said nervously.
"Uh….what?" she said giving a confused look. "I have mine" "Oh...yeah, that's mine" Yang said suddenly. "I must've forgotten mine, I was sitting next to you sis"
"Oh…." Cole said blankly as he handed the book over to Yang, barely noticing her wink. "Thanks anyway" she told him before placing her hand on his shoulder. "Stop touching me" he thought."Uh...yeah ,sure" Cole said while managing to not pull away. "We owe ya one!" Ruby said smiling. "Hey dude!"
Sun waved alongside Neptune. "Guess you can help us too!"
"Oh... hey guys" Cole said just now noticing his guy friends.
"Alright, I'll go with Weiss; Sun and Neptune can go with Blake. And Cole, you can go with Yang since she doesn't have a partner." Ruby told everyone. "Everyone good?"
"Perfect" Yang said. "WHAT?!" Cole cried. " I can't...just go with you and Weiss?". "Actually, Ruby, why don't you go with Yang? After all, she is your sister". "Uh, or…I could" Cole added. "Neptune isn't as fast on foot" "Pff..Nah" Ruby chuckled as she waved her arm in dismissal.
"But….But!" Weiss protested before being drug off by her teammate. "Good luck.." Cole uttered as Yang practically forced him out of the door by walking behind him.
Outside.
Kyle walked out from his dorm and across the school grounds as he began making his way towards the massive structure in the center of the Academy. The Cross Continental Transmit tower . He walked in casually and made his way to the elevator, before stepping in.
"Hello, welcome to the CCT" said a woman's voice. "How may I help you today?"
"Uh, communications room, please" Kyle answered.. "Of course, can you please place your scroll in the terminal to verify your ID?". He pulled out the standard communications device and raised it to the computerized panel on the wall. "All done. Thank you, Mr. Voltio"
The elevator lurched before quickly speeding to the top. "Welcome to the Beacon Cross Continental Transmit center. How may I help you?" said a hologram women behind a desk." I'd like to make a call...to Myrra" he told her. "Certainly. Head over to Terminal 4 and I'll patch you in" she said.
Kyle walked over and sat down in front of a computer screen.. He waited a few minutes before it started to glow, and flashed on. A familiar looking women's face came onto the screen. "H-Hi mom" Kyle said. "Hello dear" replied Maple with a warm smile. "How's my huntsman to be?".
"Good. How...have you been?" he asked.
Their mother was still living back in their hometown of Myrra."I've been just fine" she told him. "But, I want to hear about YOU and your brother...are the two of you enjoying beacon so far?"
"Well….we're on the same team"
"Oh goody! Maple said giddily. "Now you can both work together more often!"
"That won't be happening" Kyle thought in his head. "Speaking of which, where is Cole?" his mother asked. "Well…." Kyle began glumly. "He's not here."
"Is he….alright?" she asked as a sudden worried look came onto her face. "He's….been acting different since we got here" Kyle said reluctantly "Maybe he needs you to look after him" his mother said. "A little tough love never hurt anyone"
"I don't think he wants anything to do with me" Kyle replied. "I'm proud of you both, just know that" Maple told him tearily. "Please, just….be careful" she said with a smile. "I will…..I love you mother"
"And, look out for your brot-" she said. Kyle quickly disconnected the call. "Well that's that" he thought to himself.
Kyle honestly didn't care what his brother was doing, or getting himself into at the moment. In fact, he could care less. He had other things to worry about….and babysitting wasn't one of them. Not like Cole cared.
He looked around him before a familiar face suddenly caught his attention.
"No, thank you! I was actually wondering if you could find some files for me. I've compiled a short list." said the girl to her screen.
"Weiss!?" Kyle thought.
He continued looking at the fair and white girl, her strict and determined sapphire eyes always making his heart beat faster when he looked her way.
"Don't….do anything weird!" Kyle told himself.
He quickly got up from his seat and made his way to the elevator as quickly as possible. Kyle raised his scroll to the panel, as he stepped inside the elevator. He clumsily dropped it before it slipped from his grasp and fell to the elevator floor.
"COME ON…" He said as he bent over to pick it up. He tried again but realized it was backwards.
"Uh-hmm" said a voice from behind. He turned to see Weiss standing in front of him with her arms crossed. "Are you going to get out of my way?" she asked.
"Uh,yes...sorry" Kyle said.
The Streets of Vale.
"Hang on tight" Yang said rearing up her motorcycle.
Now Cole was holding onto her waist, putting him in a rather uncomfortable situation.
Why couldn't he just have gone with Ruby?
Suddenly Yang swerved on the next street before coming to a stop. "WHOA, could you not!?" He snapped.
She turned the motorcycle off and took her helmet off. "Come on, my friend's right in here" Yang said confidently as she dismounted her bike.
"Don't care, let's just hurry up" Cole said before sighing. He looked around at the ratty buildings and slums, but soon heard loud music coming from inside one.
Dance music.
"Wait...is your friend a NIGHTCLUB OWNER!?"
"Yeah….name's Junior" Yang told him smirking.
She began walking towards the entrance before the bouncers spotted her outside. "Hurry, close the door….she's coming!" said two men running into the club. "What are you two idiots doing?!" said Junior angrily. An blast erupted from Yang's Ember Celcia, causing the two iron doors to open in the explosion.
"Guess who's back!?" she said as she smiled knowingly. The record in the background began scratching until the DJ removed it and hid under the table.
The mob of henchman in the club all pointed their guns at the two "Stop, stop! Nobody shoot!"" Junior cried pushing his way to the front. "THAT'S him?" Cole asked. "Blondie, you're here ...Why?!
"YOU still owe me a drink" Yang says grabbing him by the collar. "Uh what?" Cole said as he is left standing alone and dumbfounded. Cole suddenly spotted two girls next to him, one in white and one in red.
"Hey...they're kinda..cute" he thought to himself. "So….come here often?" he asked nervously.
"Whatever" the twins said in union as they walk away. Cole sighed before walking over to the bar after a few minutes. "He paid up front, I lent him my men, and none of them ever...came..back" Junior said to Yang.
"What else?" Yang asked. "I already told you everything! Torchwick hired my boys, and I guess he wasn't happy with them, which is something I can relate to!" Junior told her.
"Alright then….come on,Cole" she said turning to leave. "Is that all?" Cole asked. "Did we literally come here for nothing?"
"We got everything we can. Hopefully everyone else is having better luck" she replied.
"Yeah...like Ruby" he said.
Beacon.
"So….you really have access to the Schnee's Dust Company's entire archival library?" Kyle asked Weiss they stepped out of the elevator."Well of course" Weiss said. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Just checking" he replied with a smile. "Guess I'll be on my way the- Weiss a loud scroll-call interrupted their conversation. "Everyone! If you can hear me, we need backu-" began Blake. "HELP! Big robot! And it's big! Really big!" screamed Sun over her. "That doesn't sound good…." Kyle told her.. "Think you might need some help?"
"I am PERFECTLY capable of taking care of the situation myself" Weiss snapped. "Oh...you're right then" . "I guess I'll let you go alone, you can probably handle this yourself" Kyle told her as he turned to leave. "Goodbye, heiress"
"UH…..W-wait!". "Hmm?" Kyle stopped as a small smiled formed on his face. "I want….you to, come with me" she said blushing. "Just...in case!"
"Well...okay then, I'll make it my obligation to help you" he told her.
Yang and Cole continued speeding down the street on her bike until they came to a stop."That Torchwick guy is in it! But not like….it didn't eat him, he's like... controlling it or something!" Sun said.
"Where are you guys?" Yang asked. Suddenly the both of them saw Sun and Blake running down the street at full speed, leaping on top of cars, and attempting to get away from their pursuer. "Is that…" Cole asked. "A robot?" She said. " Yeah"
The robot mech began barreling through cars as it sprinted down the street after them. Roman Torchwick was inside and was piloting it.
"Hurry!" screamed Sun. "Yeah, I'm on it" Yang told him before putting her scroll away. She spun her motorcycle around began speeding toward the robot. "We've gotta slow it down!" she yelled.
"I can do that" Cole smirked as he raised his battle axe, Pyros Ascia in advance. Roman uses the suit to slam it's bulky body and sends cars flying at the two."Hold on!" Yang yells swerving her bike to avoid them.
Cole raised his axe and launched a stream of flame at the mech, burning it slightly. Blake and Sun climb to safety before hearing a voice on their scrolls. "Blake! We're in position!". Weiss and Kyle soon leapt from the above highway onto the middle of the road.
She twirled her sword Myrtecaster before posing to strike. By now, all of team RWBY was lined up together. "Hey…." Kyle said softly as he appeared beside Blake, readying his lance. "I'm ready" Cole told Ruby.
"Freezer Burn!" Ruby yelled as her and the cat faunus jumped into the air, only for Weiss to create a glyph. Yang quickly jumped into the air and smashes the center, creating an icey mist. Roman turned on the mech's sensors to improve his vision. "Gah! Can't see anything!" he complained."
Checkmate!" Ruby cried.
Weiss and Blake leapt forward and began slashing the sensors, with Weiss stabbing them out. "AAAHH…!." Roman growled as he fired off missiles towards the and Weiss quickly backflipped out of the way of the ran under the mech and as he superheated his battle axe, and sliced a cannon off before it shot an energy blast.
Kyle slashed at the oncoming missiles with his whip but took a direct impact when one exploded near gim. Blake ran forward to protect him and began slicing missiles in half with her weapon, Gambol Shroud. "Ladybug!" Ruby cried suddenly as she proppelled herself forward and began slicing the robot. Yang jumped on Roman's back and began punching it, but he threw her off with the mech's arm. He extended and continued punching her until she flew into a column and crashed into it.
"NO!" Kyle shouted. "Yang!" Blake cried. "Don't worry! With each hit she gets stronger, and she uses that energy to fight back!" Ruby yelled to them. "That's what makes her special."
"Uh...what?" Kyle asked. Yang slowly rose up, her eyes were burning red and she began glowing a stunning white. Roman approached her with a confident grin before swinging the mech's arm. To his surprise, Yang caught his punch and destroyed his arms in one swift motion. He quickly stumbled back before kicking the blonde.
Kyle ran behind him and threw his whip at the legs, nearly tripping him. "Bumblebee!" Ruby cried. Blake threw her Gambol Shroud out and caught Yang , letting her use her momentum to swing around and slam into the robot. Roman moved forward, barely missing Yang.
"We have to slow it down!" Ruby cried.
"And how do you propose we do that?" Weiss asked.
"Ice Flower!"
Weiss suddenly creates glyphs on Ruby and Kyle's weapons and they began firing ice dust at the mech, creating ice crystals to slow it.
Blake swung around again on Gambol Shroud and slammed her fist into the cockpit of the robot, sending it into pieces and Roman falling out. "I just got this thing cleaned... " he said angrily as he stood up and dusted himself.
Suddenly Yang fired a shot from a gauntlet at Roman , but a figure dropped in front of him, and shielded the blast with an umbrella. A half pink and half brown girl lowered her umbrella before giving a mischievous smile.
"Whoa.." Kyle thought. "Who...is that?"
"Ladies, Ice Queen... " The thief teased.
"Hey!" Weiss yelled.
"Always a pleasure! Neo, if you would... " Roman began.
The double colored girl gave a curtsy , but only to the enragement of Yang. She ran forward and struck the two, only for them to shatter like a broken mirror. "What the hell?" Kyle said in surprise.
Suddenly a Bullhead ship passed over head, with Roman and the girl inside.
"NO WAY!" Kyle thought.
"I guess he got a new henchman... " Yang said.
Kyle kept picturing her in his head. The pink and brown beauty who had taunted them…..quiet, and mysterious. What did he say her name was. Neo? "Don't do this to yourself" he thought. He walked off towards Blake.
"Yeah, I guess she really made our plans... fall apart!" Weiss said suddenly grinning. "No,just... no." Yang said. "What, But, you do it!"
"There's a time and a place for jokes."
"Was this not it?" Weiss asked.
"No, it just wasn't very good." Yang said.
"Well, at least I'm trying!"
"Wait... Where are Sun and Neptune?" Ruby asked.
" AND Cole…?" Yang added.
Elsewhere.
A Simple Wok Noodle House.
"They're probably fine, right?" Neptune asked turning to his two friends.
"Probably" Sun said.
"I shoulda stayed to be with Ruby" Cole thought as he continued stuffing his face with food.
