Chapter 11 - Blake's Missing

Team RWBY and MMRS are strolling through it all with an awed Weiss in front.

"The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss said.

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss." Ruby frowns a little. "It's kinda weirding me out..."

"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!" Weiss explained.

"You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring." Yang said.

"Quiet, you!" Weiss told Yang.

Ryu could only smile as she mentioned tournaments, indicating that he's pretty excited about joining a tournament.

"You seem pretty excited today, Ryu." Mega Man said to Ryu. "I know you're the type to fight worthy opponents and stuff, but...I haven't seen that in you."

"How could I not? This could be my opportunity to test my strength against others." Ryu said.

"Well, I'll have you know that many participants from other kingdoms are all very strong fighters." Weiss told Ryu.

"Is that so?" Ryu asked. "Then, I can't wait to fight them in the tournament."

"Uh...I think you just encouraged him to fight..." Ruby whispered to Weiss.

"That's to be expected from Ryu. He never backs down from a challenge." Mega Man said.

Yang can't help but get attracted by Ryu.

"It's official: I'm in love with this guy..." Yang thought to her head.

But the group stopped near the docks and the sound of froghorns could be heard.

"Remind me again why we're spending Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang asked.

"Ugh, they smell like fish!" Ruby said as she covers her nose.

"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And, as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcom them to this fine kingdom!" Weiss explained.

"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." Blake told the group.

"You can't prove that!" Weiss shouted.

"Whoa." Ruby said as she saw something.

The group looks at a shattered window down the street and a door full of yellow caution tape of the Vale Police. The group walks over to the detective in front.

"What happened here?" Ruby asked.

"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." The detective told them.

"That's terrible." Yang sighs sadly.

"Again? When was the last time a dust shop is robbed?" Sonic asked.

"A few months ago." Ruby answered.

"Oh. Can't believe it's been a few months since we've been here." Sonic scratches his head.

"Yeah, I can't believe it myself..." Mega Man said.

"They left all the money again." Another detective said.

"Huh?" Ruby and team MMRS turned their head when they heard that.

"Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust?" The second detective said.

"I don't know, an army?" The first detective guessed.

"You thinking the White Fang?" The second detective asked.

"Yeah, I'm thinking we don't get paid enough." The first detective answered.

"Hmph! The White Fang." Weiss crossed her arms. "What an awful bunch of degenerates!"

"What's your problem?" Blake asked.

"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss told Blake.

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus." Blake told Weiss.

"Misguided? They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet!" Weiss explained.

"So then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale!" Blake shouted at Weiss.

"Hmm...Blake's got a point. Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy we ran into a few months ago...Maybe it was him." Ruby guessed.

"Oh, that guy with a stupid hat? Man, I'm starting to miss that guy." Sonic said.

"We all do, Sonic. We all do." Mega Man told Sonic.

"Still, that doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum." Weiss ranted. "Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat and steal."

"That's not necessarily true..." Yang told Weiss.

"Hey, stop that Faunus!" A voice can be heard.

The group all turned their attention to the back, where they see a Faunus with a golden monkey tail named Sun Wukong is seen running down the length of the boat and leaning on the edge as the two sailors are about to apprenhend him.

"Thanks for the ride, guys! Haha!" The monkey Faunus said.

"You-no-good stowaway!" One of the sailor shouted.

"Hey! A no-good stowaway would've been caught! I'm a great stowaway!" The monkey Faunus told them.

"Hey, that guy has a monkey tail!" Sonic said as he points to his tail.

"Do you think he's like Sonson?" Mega Man whispered to Ryu as they remember Sonson, a character with a monkey tail in Marvel vs Capcom 2.

"Yeah, but he doesn't seem to be carrying a staff." Ryu whispered back.

"Hey! Get down from there this instant!" The detective told the monkey Faunus.

The monkey drops the banana peel on the detective's face, who growls in return. The monkey Faunus fled form the detectives until he runs past Teams RWBY and MMRS, he winks at an astonished Blake in slow motion.

"Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes..." Yang told Weiss.

"Quick! We have to observe him!" Weiss told the group.

Weiss, Yang, Ruby and Team MMRS give chase. Blake stand still until she eventuallys follow them. The team were about to reach another curve, but Weiss bumped into someone and trips.

"No, he got away!" Weiss groaned.

"Uhh...Weiss?" Yang said as she points to the girl underneath Weiss.

Weiss was startled by the girl underneath her.

"Sal-u-ta-tions!" Penny told them.

"Um...Hello." Ruby greeted.

"Are you...okay?" Yang asked in concern.

"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking." Penny answered.

Mega Man felt something was not right about her.

"This girl...is she a...?" Mega Man thought to his head

"Do you...wanna get up?" Yang asked.

"Yes!" Penny said as she leaps back on her feet. "My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Hello, Penny. My name's-a Mario."

"I'm Sonic."

"Hi, I'm Mega Man."

"Ryu."

"Hi Penny. I'm Ruby."

"I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Yang asked bluntly.

Blake hits her side, causing Yang to introduced herself.

"Oh, I'm Yang."

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny said again.

"You already said that." Weiss told Penny.

"So I did!" Penny said.

"Well, sorry for running into you!" Weiss said.

The group turn around and start walking away.

"Catch ya later, dudette." Sonic told Penny.

"Take care, friend." Ruby told Penny.

"She was...weird." Yang commented.

"Now, where did that Faunus riff-raff run into?" Weiss asked.

But they were shocked upon seeing Penny again in front of them.

"What did you call me?" Penny asked.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me." Yang apologizes to her.

"No, not you." She walk through the group and points to Ruby and Sonic. "You two!"

"Me? I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh..." Ruby was startled by her.

"You called me 'friend'! Am I really your friend?" Penny asked.

"Uuum..." She looked over Penny's shoulder while her teammates motion to deny her. "Y-Yeah, sure! Why not?"

"Sen-sational!" Penny happily jumped before turning his attention to Sonic. "And you!"

"W-What did I do?" Sonic asked.

"You called me 'dudette'!" Penny said.

"Uh...Yeah. You don't like it?" Sonic asked while sweating.

"Of course I liked it! It's just that I haven't heard anyone calling me that..." Penny answered.

"Well, to be fair, that word isn't used anymore..." Blake said.

"Well, consider me as your first friend that called you that." Sonic answered.

"Hooray!" Penny happily jumped. "We can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys!"

"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby whispered to Weiss.

"No - she seems far more coordinated." Weiss answered.

"So...what are you doing in Vale?" Yang asked.

"I'm here to fight in the tournament." Penny answered.

"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss was shocked.

"I'm combat ready!" Penny told the group.

"Well, I look forward in fighting you in the tournament, Penny." Ryu told Penny.

"Are you a fighter too?" Penny asked.

"Yes." Ryu nodded.

"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part." Weiss told Penny.

"Says the girl wearing a dress." Blake said.

"It's a combat skirt!" Weiss clarified.

"Yeah!" Ruby dashes on Weiss' side.

They then perform a low-five on each other.

"Wait a minute." Weiss realized something. "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed...rapscallion?" Weiss asked.

"The who...?" Penny was confused.

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" Weiss told Penny.

"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake got angry.

"Huh?" Weiss was confused.

"Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person!" Blake told Weiss.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?" Weiss asked.

"Stop it!" Blake shouted.

"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time. He'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!" Weiss exclaimed.

"You ignorant little brat!" Blake growled as she walked away.

"How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" Weiss shouted.

"You are a judgmental little girl." Blake shouted back.

"What in the world makes you say that?" Weiss asked.

"The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be!" Blake explained.

"Uh...should we stop them?" Mega Man asked.

"Don't even bother. We don't want to get involved in their mess." Sonic shooks his head.

"Um...I think we should probably go..." Yang told the group.

"Where are we going?" Penny asked.


Back at Team MMRS dorm, they can still hear Weiss and Blake fighting over.

"And they're still at it..." Mega Man said.

"My god...How long will this end?" Sonic asked.

"Probably for an eternity, unless one of them stepped out." Mega Man said.

They heard a dashing coming out of the dorm. Mega Man scanned the area and it was Blake who ran away as fast.

"And Blake just dash off." Mega Man said.

"Oh, thank god. I was hoping that will end." Sonic said.

"Okay, now that it's finally-a quiet, let's call it a day!" Mario announced.


The next day, Ruby, Weiss, Yang and team MMRS walking through the town searching for Blake.

"Blaaaake!" Ruby called out.

"Blaaaake!" Yang asked.

"Did you find anything, buddy?" Sonic asked.

"No, I can't detect her. It's almost like she's...out of range."

"Well, I guess we're out of luck there." Sonic said.

"Blaaaaaaake! Where aaaare yooooouuu?!" Ruby continued to scream.

"Blake!" Yang continued to scream.

"Weeiiisss, you're not helping!" Ruby turns on Weiss.

"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" Weiss suggested.

"Ugh, Weiss..." Ruby crosses her arms in anger.

"It was just an idea!" Weiss said.

"Even if the police found her, she would just evade capture." Ryu told her.

"I agree with Ryu here." Ruby said.

"Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang suggested.

"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" Weiss followed behind Yang.

"And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today!" Penny said.

The group turned around and they were surprised that Penny was right behind them.

"Aaah! Penny! Where did you come from?!" Ruby asked.

"Geez, dudette. Don't scare us like that!" Sonic told Penny.

"You still calling her that?" Mega Man asked Sonic.

"She said she liked it, so I'm gonna call her dudette from now on." Sonic answered.

"Hey guys! What are you up to?" Penny asked.

"Uhh..." Ruby was nervous.

"We're looking for our friend Blake." Yang answered.

"Ooooh, you mean the Faunus girl!" Penny guessed.

Ruby, Weiss and Yang stare at Penny.

"Wait, how did you know that?!" Ruby asked.

"Uhh...the cat ears?" Penny asked.

"What cat ears? She wears a...bow." Yang said until she realized.

This leaves them in silence as a tumbleweed passes by.

"She does like tuna a lot..." Ruby whispered.

"So, where is she?" Penny asked.

"We don't know. She's been missing since Friday." Ruby answered.

"That's terrible!" Penny gasped. "Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend! I won't rest until we find your teammate!"

"Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right guys?"

She looked over Penny only to find out that they were gone, except Sonic who stayed behind.

"Where's everybody?" Ruby whispered to Sonic.

"Oh, they're just going 'somewhere', I guess..." Sonic whispered back.

"And you didn't come along?" Ruby asked.

"Why would I? I'm not the type to be hanging around." Sonic answered.


Sun and Blake are seen walking down an alley.

"So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked.

"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never need that much Dust before." Blake contemplating.

"What if they did? I mean...the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?" Sun asked.

"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." Blake said.

"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas." Sun told Blake.

"How huge?" Blake asked.

"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter." Sun answered.

"You're sure?!" Blake asked.


Weiss and Yang comes out a shop while Mario, Mega Man and Ryu were waiting outside.

"Thanks anyways! This is hopeless!" Yang sighs. "You really don't care if we find her, do you?"

"Don't be stupid. Of couse I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her. The innocent never run, Yang." Weiss told Yang.

"Still-a find anything?" Mario asked Mega Man.

"No, I still don't detect her." Mega Man responded.

"Well, this is going to be harder than we thought." Yang said.

"Are you sure leaving Sonic behind was a good idea?" Mega Man asked.


Ruby, Sonic and Penny walks around the town.

"So, Blake is your friend?" Penny asked Ruby.

"Yes, Penny." Ruby answered.

"What about you?" Penny asked Sonic.

"Well, duh. We've been friends ever since we first met." Sonic told the obvious.

"But you're mad at her?" Penny asked.

"Yes. Well, I'm not. And Sonic isn't either. Weiss is." Ruby answered.

"Is she friends with Blake?" Penny asked.

"Well, that's kind of up in the air right now..." Ruby answered.

"But why?" Penny asked.

"Well, you see, Blake might not be who we thought she was..." Ruby answered.

"Is she a man?" Penny asked.

"No! No, Penny. She's..." Ruby sighed. "I don't know what she is. She didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off."

"I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things." Penny said.

"Me too..." Ruby said.

Penny turned his attention to Sonic.

"Why do you like a hedgehog?" Penny asked.

"Oh, now you're talking about me?" Sonic sarcastically asked.

"Of course! We may be friends, but I don't know a lot about you." Penny answered.

"Well, first of all, I don't look like a hedgehog, I AM a hedgehog. It's in my name! Sonic the Hedgehog!" Sonic answered her question.

"But you're less...spiky." Ruby added.

"Also, you walk on two legs instead of four." Penny added

"I guess I'm a rare breed of some kind..." Sonic said.

The group went into complete silence...

"Hey, Ruby." Sonic called.

"Yeah?" Ruby said.

"I've heard from Mega Man that you have super speed." Sonic told her.

"You have super speed?" Penny asked her.

"Yeah, it's my Semblance, actually." Ruby answered. "Also, I saw you running past us during our first day of class, so I figured you have super speed as well."

"Huh. That's rather coincidental, isn't it?" Sonic asked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ruby asked.

"I mean, you and I are almost the same. We both have super speed, we're both reckless in fighting and we both fight for our friends..." Sonic said.

"Hmm...You're right." Ruby realized.

"Also, we're both 15." Sonic added another similiarity between them.

"Wait, you're 15?!" Ruby was shocked by the revelation.

"Yeah, believe it or not!" Sonic answered.

But they were interrupted by an explosion. The three turned around and they see a smoke.

"Oh, no..." Ruby said.

"Well, we better check it out." Sonic said.

Both Ruby and Sonic dash off to where the explosion is.

Then we see Blake and Sun fighting against Roman.

"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." Roman approaches her.

Sun leaps from the container above Roman and drops down on the criminal's face feet-first, rolling up.

"Leave her alone!" Sun shouted.

The Bullheads open to let more White Fang members descend on the scene.

"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?" Roman asked.

The White Fang charges at Sun, but he manages to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolls out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly uses this to beat down on each opponent that nears him. Blake peers around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around beat more White Fang soldiers.

"He's mine!"

Blake goes in close and becomes a blur of afterimages as she slashes both blades at Roman, who backs away and deflects each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speed. The fight goes on until Sun manages to hit Roman.

On his back, Roman notices a container hanging by a crane right about Sun and Blake, and gets up to fire his cane at it's supports. But Sun and Blake rolled in time to dodge it, but Roman aim the nozzle on Sun. Just as he's about to fire, his and Sun's attention are drawn to a familiar voice.

"Hey!" A voice can be heard.

In the rooftop overlooking them, Ruby appeared, readying her Crescent Rose. It was followed by Sonic.

"Fancy meeting you here, orange boy." Sonic said to Roman.

"Well, hello, Red and Blue! Isn't it past your bedtime?" Roman asked.

"Hah! We don't care if it's past our bedtime, so long as we kick your ass!" Sonic said.

"Ruby, are these people your friends?" Penny asked as she approaches Ruby.

"Penny, get back!" Ruby looking behind her.

Roman took this opportunity and fire his cane at her, knocking her back.

"AAAH!"

"Rubes! You okay?" Sonic asked as he helps her get up.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Ruby grabbed Sonic's arm.

Roman gives off a laugh after attacking her. Penny turns her head towards the criminal and glares at him.

"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby tried to stop her.

"It's too dangerous!" Sonic added.

"Don't worry, Ruby, Sonic. I'm combat ready!" Penny said.

Her backpack suddenly opens, revealing a single sword that forms into multiple swords hovering over her back. She then jumps into action, killing two White Fang members in the way. More members tried to attack her but was stopped by Ryu's arrival.

"Need a hand?" Ryu asked.

More White Fang has coming from both sides to attack them, but they were blown away by Mega Man's Mega Buster and Mario's Mario Finale.

"I knew you were a robot like me." Mega Man said.

"Wait, you're a robot too?!" Penny was shocked by this.

"Yep." Mega Man nodded.

"Whoa!" Sun was amazed by her skills as he runs off to satety.

Four Bullhead come from the skies and open fire on the battlefield, but she shield them from the attack with her sword. She then prepares to fire a beam at them, while Ryu prepares another Shinkuu Hadouken, Mario preparing another Mario Finale and Mega Man firing a Super Mega Buster. The four beams managed to take down the Four Bullheads. Then, Penny strikes her sword onto the last Bullhead that was carrying a container. The four then steps back.

"Whoa...How is she doing that?" Ruby watching in awe.

"I don't know, but it's crazy!" Sonic also watches in awe.

He managed to take down the last Bullhead with it. Roman decided to escape from the scene via the Bullhead.

"These kids just keep getting weirder..." Roman said.

The Bullhead soon took off. Mario, Mega Man, Penny and Ryu tried to go after it but was too late as it already reached the sky.

Later, a handful of police cars are at the docks, where Ruby, Blake, Sun, Penny and Team MMRS are sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang appear on the scene.

"Hey, you missed all the fun! Where you two been?" Sonic told them.

"Ugh, we were busy looking for Blake over there!" Weiss ranted as she points to Blake.

"Yikes..." Sonic was scared by her ranting.

"Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." Ruby explained.

"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-" Blake was interrupted.

"Stop! Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you? Twelve hours. That means I've had twelve hours to think about this." Weiss ranted.

"Geez! It took you guys THAT long?" Sonic asked.

"And you three dolts left us behind!" Weiss said as she approached Mario, Mega Man and Ryu.

Both Mario and Mega Man were freaked out by Weiss' comment, but Ryu was simply unfazed.

"W-We were about to tell you...but...uh." Mega Man couldn't come up with an answer.

"We were-a far away from you two by the time we find out about-a Blake." Mario continued.

Weiss lets out a sigh and focuses her attention to Blake.

"And in that twelve hours, I've decided..."

Yang, Sun, Ruby and Sonic look on, worried.

"I don't care." Weiss said.

"You don't care?" Blake was confused.

"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss asked.

"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-" Blake was interrupted.

"Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah! I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up...you'll come to your teammates. And not some..." Weiss said as he looks to Sun. "Someone else."

"Of course." Blake sheds a tear.

Weiss smiles and nods. The moment is serious for a second more until Ruby screams:

"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!"

Team RWBY, Team MMRS and Sun all gather with each other.

"I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!" Weiss said as she points to Sun, who laughs nerviously.

Sonic turns his attention to Mario, Mega Man and Ryu.

"So, how did you guys found out about Blake?" Sonic asked the group.

"Her Aura." Ryu answered as he smiles.

Team RWBY and Sun could only look at him in confusion, until Mega Man steps up.

"Turns out Ryu can actually sense anyone's Aura from any distance." Mega Man explained.

"And that's-a why we came here." Mario concluded.

Team RWBY were surprised that Ryu has such ability.

"You can do that?!" Ruby looks at Ryu in awe.

"I'm guessing that's your Semblance...?" Blake asked.

"You could call it that." Ryu nodded.

"That's so cool!" Ruby squealed in excitement.

Then, Ruby noticed that Penny was gone.

"Hey, wait a minute...Where's Penny?" Ruby asked.

"I think I saw her left all of a sudden..." Mega Man answered.

"She didn't even say goodbye to us?" Ruby asked.

"Nope. Looks like she was in hurry or something..." Mega Man answered.

Mega Man looks at Penny who was in a car.

"Don't worry, Penny. Your secret is safe with me." Mega Man thought in his head.

"You should know better than to go running around in a strange city." Penny's driver told her.

"I know, sir." Penny lowers her head.

"Penny, your time will come..." Penny's driver said as they took off.