It's How You Play the Game
Thank you to all of you that have waited patiently for this chapter. I've been a bit busy and have been having some trouble putting together original content to act as lead in stuff to link the episodes that have huge gaps between them. My goal is for this story to be quite long, so I need to work on that.
In any case, I am open to suggestions.
Shall we begin?
Disclaimer: Toei owns Kamen Rider and Monty Oum created RWBY
In his office at the top of Beacon Tower, Ozpin looked out the window of his office as the gears in the mechanism above him continued to turn. The elderly Headmaster took in the view of the Kingdom of Vale and reflected on the hardships it had had to endure to grow to the level it has become now, while remembering a time when Kingdoms grew through blood and conquest, and a beautiful princess, who became tainted and distorted by hate and darkness.
"I hear you've got an interesting bunch of kids this year Oz," said a gravely voice from behind the headmaster.
"I'm glad to see you could make it Qrow," said Ozpin as he turned to face the owner of the voice, a scraggly man wearing a grey dress shirt, black pants, and a tattered red cloak.
"Well I got your message about what's been going on," said the now named Qrow as he took a pull from a hip flask, "gotta say, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed people were weaponizing video games."
"I see you've encountered Mr. Carter," said Ozpin as he sipped from his mug, "or at least the enemies he has."
"Yeah I saw the kid," said Qrow, "gotta say, when you called, I expected it to be about my niece."
"Well," said Ozpin, "while Miss Rose is special, I called you because of a new threat."
As Ozpin said this, Gynda Goodwitch walked in as well, closing the door behind her, "Honestly Qrow," she said as she spotted the scraggly man, "must you do that here? This is a school!"
Said man, who had been taking another pull from his flask, quickly stowed the container away.
"The headmasters of Shade and Haven send their apologies for missing this meeting," reported Glenda, "they apparently had some things to deal with regarding their schools that are keeping them occupied."
"And what about Atlas?" inquired Ozpin.
"I'm right here Ozpin," said a male voice as a hologram of a man wearing a white military general outfit appeared, "now what is so important that you called this meeting?"
"I'm glad you could make it James," said Ozpin, "and I assure you, that this is indeed worth your time."
"I hope so," said James Ironwood, the headmaster of Atlas Academy and the leader of the Atlesian Military before turning to Glenda with a smile, "Glynda, always a pleasure."
"James," she responded curtly.
"Well," said Ozpin as he tapped his cane on the ground, causing the gears above them to let off a boom as they locked into place, "on to business then."
Tapping his cane twice, the doors locked and shades were drawn across the window of the office, allowing the lighting to dim. Walking over to his desk, Ozpin pushed a button and an image was projected from overhead of the fight in Forever Fall.
"Ozpin," said Ironwood as he watched the image of Kaito Noire attack the students, "while I have the upmost respect for your school and your judgement, but isn't an incident like this better left to local law enforcement."
"Just watch," said Ozpin in response as the image showed Kaito pulling out a Gashat.
[Dangerous Zombie!]
"What?" exclaimed Ironwood as he saw Kaito use his device to transform the Grimm into what he called a Bugster, "What is that thing?"
"This is what I called this meeting for," said Ozpin as he paused the recording and zoomed in on the image of the Beowolf Bugster, "it appears we have a new threat to deal with."
"How was that child able to alter the Grimm like that?" demanded Ironwood, "When did this happen? If I find that you've been holding this information back Ozpinā¦"
"Video games," cut in Qrow, causing Ironwood to turn to him.
"I beg your pardon?" asked Ironwood crossly.
"Apparently someone had the bright idea to weaponize video games," said Qrow as he lifted his flask to take a drink, only to be stopped by a glare from Glenda as she tapped her riding crop into her free hand.
"Now is not the time for jokes Qrow," said Ozpin, but the General was stopped when he saw Ozpin shake his head.
"I'm afraid he is being quite serious," said Ozpin, "from what we've seen and confirmed by a student who has intimate knowledge of the incident, apparently a rouge group attacked the Gaming Corporation Hyperion and made off with data and schematics regarding their new Augmented Reality Gaming System, which they then weaponized and used as you just saw."
"Yes," said Ironwood, "I remember hearing about that. It was their Atlas Headquarters, wasn't it?"
"Indeed," said Ozpin, "and somebody is using the data on the unfinished games to augment and mutate the Creatures of Grimm."
"I see," said Ironwood, "that is concerning, but I assume that you didn't tell me all this to ask me to send Atlesian Military forces to vale."
"No," said Ozpin, "we won't be needing that quite yet, but be on the alert. I doubt that this individual is the only one with access to the data."
"Alright," sighed Ironwood, "we'll speak more when I arrive for the Vytal Festival. I'm looking forward to it."
With that, the holograms vanished and the room returned to its normal lighting, allowing Ozpin to address the two remaining members of his inner circle.
"We will need to keep our eyes open," said Ozpin, "it won't be long until she learns of this, that is, if she hasn't learned of it already."
"I'll keep an eye on them," said Qrow, "I wanted to stick around and visit the kids for Vytal anyways."
"We will as well," said Glynda, "with the tournament coming, we'll want thing to run smoothly."
xXsceneXx
"So, what's got you so excited Ice Queen?" asked Yang as the members of Team RWKBY rested in their Dorm.
"I'm surprised you don't know," said Weiss, "the Vytal Festival is coming up."
"You're going to have to fill me in," said Kazi as he looked up from his laptop, "I don't think I know of that event."
"How could you not?" exclaimed Weiss, "The Festival is one of the most important events for any Huntsman or Huntress! It's the tournament where we can show what we can do in front of a large crowd."
"You recall that I spent my childhood wanting to become a programmer for Hyperion," said Kazi, "I spent most of my time working on the development of some of our new games. I never had the chance to see the tournament."
"It's pretty impressive," commented Blake, "people from every Academy come to the Kingdom hosting the event in order to participate. It can be seen as a celebration of peace after years of war between the Kingdoms."
"So, you can see why I'm excited," said Weiss, "this is the perfect time for us to show what we can do as a team."
"You're right," said Yang, "that is pretty exciting."
"DONE!" exclaimed Ruby happily as she looked up from a workbench she had been using to build the weapon she promised for Kazi.
"You finished it?" asked Kazi eagerly as he jumped up.
"Yup!" said Ruby as she held up her creation.
In her hands was a crimson colored weapon that resembled a Dust Revolver with a longer than usual handle. Kazi picked it up and held it in his hands, feeling the weight of it in his hands, before aiming it at the wall.
"This is pretty cool," said Kazi, "it has a good balance in my hands and the weight is nice too."
"Right?" said Ruby, "It has a seven shot chamber that can load Standard Dust Rounds of different attributes, but that's not the coolest part!"
Kazi inspected the weapon and found he could move the handle to be aligned with the muzzle, and when he did so, a blade popped out, transforming the gun into a Glaive.
"Impressive," said Kazi as he gave the blade a few test swings, "so what's it called?"
"Well," said Ruby, "I didn't really get a chance to think of a name yet."
Looking at the impressive weapon in his hand and his teammate who made it for him, Kazi smiled and blushed slightly as a name came to mind, "How about Crimson Rose?"
This caused Blake and Yang to glance his way and raise an eyebrow, Blake with a curious look and Yang with a more measuring one.
"Why that name?" asked Ruby.
"Well you made it for me," said Kazi in a slightly bashful voice, "and since it's colored accordingly, why not name it after its creator?"
"If you really want to then sure," said Ruby.
Yang glanced at Blake, getting a shrug from the black-haired girl, before narrowing her eyes at Kazi as he sheathed the weapon. Her big sister senses were going off and she might have to keep an eye on the only male member of their team.
Sorry this is a lot of filler and exposition. I plan to have a bit more plot to lead into the next season, but things will be slow as I don't want to just use each chapter for an episode. Each episode is pretty well spaced apart and the seasons don't have very many anyways, so that wouldn't work for a good fic.
