RWBY: Son of Qrow Branwen

Liam's POV, a few days later, cafeteria

I sat with my team, eating my lunch. "So, what are your guys' plans for our last free day?" Mina asked.

"Training." Annie told her.

"Studying." Rico said.

Mina turned to me. "What about you?"

I shrugged. "I don't really have anything planned."

"Oh. Well maybe we could trai-" she was cut off as everyone started to run out of the cafeteria.

"What's going on?" Rico asked.

"Food fight!" someone yelled as they rushed out of the cafeteria.

"Oh." she gathered her things and walked out of the cafeteria. "I don't want any food getting on my uniform."

"Same." Mina said as she joined Rico.

Annie stood up and left without a word as I continued eating my food.

Teams RWBY and JNPR set up a stack of tables to use as a fort.

"I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE!" Nora sang.

"Justice will be swift! Justice will be painful! It will be DELICIOUS!" Ruby shouted as she squeezed a bottle of milk.

"YEAH!" her team agreed.

"Off with their heads!" Nora shouted as she jumped down from her 'castle', throwing a bunch of watermelons at RWBY.

I continued to eat my food as the fight got more intense.

It was pretty crazy. They were using bread as swords, sausage strings as whips, leaks as knives, it was entertaining.

I ducked under the table as a turkey was thrown at me, hitting the wall behind me with a splat. Soda cans were thrown at me by Nora, cleary wanting me to join in.

I caught a can and tapped the top of it a few times before opening it, taking a pretty long sip. I crushed the can and stood up, as Weiss was knocked into a pillar. She fell to the ground, unconscious, as Ruby caught her.

I glanced over the battle and watched as Nora hit Yang through the ceiling with a makeshift hammer out of a watermelon and a metal pole.

Getting to her feet, Ruby glared at JNPR as she ran at them, Pyrrha using her semblance to throw a wave of soda cans at the scythe wielder. Ruby, using her speed, managed to turn the cans against them. She turned into a red blurr as she picked up speed before stopping a few feet away from the wall, her sudden stop caused the wall to dent.

JNPR was knocked into the wall as the soda cans smashed into the four, covering them from head to toe in rainbow colored soda.

They slid off the wall and onto the floor as I took the last bite of my food.

"I love these guys." Sun said. I glanced at him just as Goodwitch barged into the cafeteria, clearly not in a good mood. She used her semblance to put the tables back and fix the damaged room.

"Students, please, do not play with your food." she said as she pushed her glasses up.

Yang fell back into the cafeteria, landing next to her team with a loud thump.

I smirked as I spun on my heel, heading for the exit.

I passed by Sun and...blue, because of his hair. "Hey, Liam." Sun greeted.

"Sup, Sun." I nodded. "Who's the blue haired guy?" I gestured to him.

"My best friend, Neptune." he replied.

"Sup."

"Neptune." I shrugged. "Cool name."

"Thanks."

"I'll catch ya later." I said as I left the cafeteria, heading back to my dorm.

I entered my room and sat down on the edge of my bed. "Couldn't handle the fight?" Rico asked with a smirk.

"I didn't get into it." I replied as I fell back.

"Oh." she shrugged. "Annie and Mina are in the training room if you want to join them."

"Hmph." I left the room and started heading for the library to see if it had any books that might ease my boredom.

A few minutes later

"Hey, Liam!" Ruby called me over as I stepped inside the library.

"Hey." I said as I walked over. I noticed they were playing a board game. "What're you playing?"

"Kingdoms of Remnant." she replied. "Wanna watch? I'm winning."

"Pfft, yeah right!" Yang laughed. "I just defeated your forces with Fatal Feathers!"

Ruby glared at her sister.

"Riiight." I glanced over the board.

"Weiss, your turn."

"I have...absolutely no idea what's going on." Weiss said as she looked over her cards.

"Look, it's easy!" Yang said as she slid over. "You're playing as Vacuo, which means all Vacuo-based cards come with a bonus!"

"That sounds dumb."

"See...you've got Sandstorm, Dessert Scavenge- Oh! Oh! Resourceful Raider!" Yang said. "See now you can take Ruby's discarded air fleet, and put it in your hand!"

"Okay..."

"And since Vacuo warriors have an endurance boost against natural hazards, you could use Sandstorm to take out my ground forces and simultaneously infiltrate my kingdom!" Yang added. "Just know that I will not forget this declaration of war."

"And that means?"

"You're just 3 moves away from conquering Remnant!" Ruby cried.

"YES! FEAR THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF MY FORCES!" Weiss said. "COWER AS THEY PILLAGE YOUR HOMES AND WEEP AS THEY TAKE YOUR CHILDREN FROM YOUR VERY ARMS-"

"Trap card." Yang held up a card.

"Wha-"

Yang ran her hands over the board. "Your armies have been destroyed."

"I hate this game of emotions we play!" Weiss cried as she sat down.

"Stay strong, Weiss." Ruby jumped into her arms. "We'll make it through this together."

"Shut up! Don't touch me!" Weiss cried as she hugged Ruby.

"Alright Blake, you're up!" Yang said.

"Huh?" Blake seemed to be a bit...out of it. "Oh! Uhm... Sorry, what am I doing?"

"You're playing as Vale, trying to conquer the kingdoms of Remnant." Yang replied.

"Right..."

"Hey! Can I play?" Jaune asked as he walked over.

"Sorry Jaune, we've already got 4 people." Ruby replied.

"Besides, this game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt you possess." Weiss added.

"Uh...you attacked your own navel fleet 2 turns ago." Yang said.

"Bring it on, Ice Queen!" Jaune challenged. "I'll have you know that I've been told I'm a natural born leader."

"By who? Your mother?!" Weiss asked.

"And Pyrrha!"

"Hello again!" Pyrrha shouted from the other table.

"Come on, let me play your hand for a turn!" Jaune pleaded.

"I'm not trusting you with the good people of Vacuo!" Weiss defended.

"Why not?! You've trusted me with way more important stuff before!" Jaune replied. "I mean you told us all that Blake is secretly a Fau-"

Pyrrha quickly covered his mouth. "Fun-loving person whom we all admire and respect!"

Blake glared at us, doubtful.

"Right...that. Ladies, enjoy your battle." Jaune did a bow.

"Sup losers?" Sun asked as he walked over, holding up a peace sign.

"Hey Sun!" Ruby greeted.

"Ruby, Yang, Blake, Liam, Ice Queen."

"Why does everyone keep calling me that?!" Weiss growled.

"I never got the chance to formally introduce you to my old friend." Sun said, gesturing to Neptune who stood beside him.

"Aren't libraries for reading?" he asked.

"Thank you!" Ren shouted.

"Shut up. Don't be a nerd."

"Intellectual. Ok. Thank you." Neptune said. "I'm Neptune." he told everyone else.

"So, Neptune, where are you from?" Weiss asked.

"Haven..." he replied as he walked beside her. "And I don't believe I've caught your name, Snow Angel."

"Ugh." Weiss grimaced. "Please, don't call me that, my name is Weiss."

I held back a chuckle. "Hey, Jaune." I leaned over to him. "Looks like you and Neptune are in the same boat."

"Shut up."

"Pleasure to meet you." Neptune said to Weiss.

"Sure." Weiss looked away, uninterested.

"I never took you as the board-game-playing type!" Sun said to Blake.

"I think I'm done playing, actually." Blake stood up and walked away.

"What's up with Blake?" I asked. "She seems off."

"I'll ask her about it." Ruby replied.

I turned around to see Jaune quickly take Blake's spot at the table. "My turn!" he grinned.

I turned to leave. "You're not sticking around?" Weiss asked.

"I wanted to go see if Annie could teach me anymore moves." I replied. "Rico said she is training with Mina."

Yang smirked. "Those won't help against me."

I shrugged as I headed for the exit.

End of chapter 12