Chapter 13 - Mario Party Madness
The next day, Team RWBY, Team JNPR and Team MMRS can be seen in the library. While Team JNPR were studying, Team RWBY and Team MMRS were playing a Mario Party-inspired board game. After Mario explained the rules to the team, they are eager to play.
"Well, this should be fun!" Sonic commented.
"Yeah, let's get started!" Ruby added.
"Okey-dokey! Let us-a decide the turn order!" Mario said.
Mario hands out two six-sided dice to each player as they rolled it and he take notes on what number each player rolled. After taking notes, it's finally time to start the game. Each player were provided with 10 Coins at the start of the game.
"Okay, looks like I'm going first, since I got the highest number." Mario said.
Mario grabs the dice and rolled a 7. He goes to the right side of the map and lands on a blue square, giving him 3 coins.
"Whoa! That was too close, man." Sonic told Mario as he realized that the red square was next to it.
"It was-a definitely close. Anyways, next up is...Ruby!" Mario announced.
"Yay! It's my turn!" Ruby happily said as she grabs the dice.
She rolled a 11. Like Mario, she goes to the right side until she lands on a blue space with a star.
"Oh, looks-a like you landed on a minigame space." Mario told her.
"Okay, what should I do?" Ruby asked Mario.
"Draw a card and read what it says." Mario told her.
Ruby draws a minigame card and reads what it says.
"Pick 1 player. Then, you and the one you picked must engage in an Arm Wrestling Match. The winner of this mini-game will take the loser's Coins." Ruby read what the card says.
"Well, looks like we're off to a good start." Mega Man commented.
"So, which one of us should you pick, Ruby?" Mario asked.
"Well, let's see..." Ruby carefully looks at each player.
After looking at each player, she finally decides which player she should pick.
"I'm picking Weiss!" Ruby said as she points to Weiss.
"Why me?" Weiss asked.
"Because I figured you might easily lose in this mini-game." Ruby told her.
"Me? Lose? Well, I'll have you know that I'm not gonna lose that easily!" Weiss said.
"Well then, why don't we settle this?" Ruby asked.
"Very well. I accept your challenge!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Oooh, this one's gonna be so fun to watch." Yang commented.
Moments later, we see Ruby and Weiss facing each other and they look determined to beat each other. They placed their arms on the table and grip into each other with Mario holding them at the top.
"Okay, ready..." Mario announced.
Ruby and Weiss continued to stare at each other while the rest of the team are just watching them fight.
"Begin!" Mario announced as he releases his hand.
And the fight begins. Both players are doing their best to win this minigame.
"You can do this, sis!" Yang cheered.
Both arms are still standing, it's as if they never moved at all.
"Looks like the two are evenly match in strength..." Ryu commented.
"Well, it won't be long until someone eventually moves." Sonic added.
Right after he says that, Weiss' arm began to descend. She tries her best not to let her arm get pinned, but it keeps going down no matter what.
"Looks like Ruby's got this." Sonic said.
However, to their surprise, Weiss is able to overpower Ruby, pinning her arm in the process.
"Weiss wins the mini-game!" Mario announced.
"...Or maybe not." Sonic added to his previous statement.
"Aww, I almost had it..." Ruby said.
"See? I do not lose that easily." Weiss told her before turning to Mario. "How many coins exactly?"
"Well, it depends on what you prefer." Mario answered.
"Well then, I'll be taking all of Ruby's coins!" Weiss smirked.
"What?!" Ruby was surprised by Weiss' statement.
Mario grabs Ruby's 10 coins and pass it over to Weiss.
"Nooooo! My coins!" Ruby shouted.
"That's what you get for challenging me to an arm wrestling and think I'll lose!" Weiss told her.
"Told ya this game ruins friendship." Sonic told the team.
"Well, let's-a move on. Next is...Ryu!" Mario announced.
Ryu grabs the dice and rolls a 5. Unlike Mario and Ruby, he decides to go to the left side and lands on a blue space, giving him 5 coins.
"Wait, how come he gets 5 coins?" Ruby asked.
"The number of coins you get is completely random. The minimum is 3 and the maximum is 9." Mario answered.
"Well, that's good to know." Weiss said.
"Okay. Next is...Sonic!" Mario announced.
"Finally! I'm starting to get bored waiting for my turn." Sonic said.
Sonic rolls a 2, which is the lowest he can get in this game.
"Ugh really?!" Sonic was annoyed.
He goes to the left side and lands on a mushroom space.
"Ah, you landed-a on a mushroom space." Mario told him.
"What does that do?" Sonic asked.
"You roll a die and depending on what you roll, you either get another shot or you missed your next turn." Mario explained.
"Well, let's hope my luck isn't as bad..." Sonic said.
Sonic grabs a die and rolls a 5.
"You rolled a 5. That means, you get to roll again!" Mario told him.
"Cool!" Sonic happily said.
"So, what are the chances?" Mega Man asked Mario.
"Roll a 1-3 and you'll lose your next turn. Roll 4-6 and you get to roll again!" Mario explained.
"Oh. That's explains why..." Blake said.
Sonic rolls a 8. He goes to the left side and lands on a blue space, giving him 5 coins.
"Huh. That wasn't so bad." Sonic commented.
"Either that or you're just extremely lucky..." Mega Man said.
"Okay. Next is...Mega Man!" Mario announced.
"Alright, it's finally my turn." Mega Man happily said.
Mega Man rolled a 10. He goes to the right side and lands on another minigame space.
"Oh, looks like I landed on a minigame space." Mega Man said.
"Okay. Draw a card." Mario told him.
Mega Man draws a card and reads it.
"Pick 3 players. Then, you and 3 players you picked must play a game of Balloon Burst. The winner of this minigame will get 10 coins as a reward." Mega Man read the card. "So, am I going to pick 3 players?"
"No, we'll use the roulette to pick 3 players for you." Mario said as he grabs the roulette and placed it on the table.
The roulette contains pictures of Team RWBY and Team MMRS.
"Okay. Mega Man, you spin the roulette." Mario told him.
Mega Man nods and spins the roulette with full force. The roulette keeps spinning until it finally stops, with the arrow pointing on Sonic.
"And the roulette picks Sonic as the first opponent!" Mario announced.
"Heh. I guess I can play along." Sonic said.
"You better not cheat on me, Sonic!" Mega Man told Sonic.
"Ha! Like I would do that!" Sonic answered back.
Mega Man spins the roulette again to pick his second opponent. The roulette stops and the arrow is pointing to Blake.
"Okay. Blake will be your second opponent!" Mario announced.
"Well, I guess I can have some fun..." Blake said.
"Go, Blake!" Yang cheered.
Mega Man spins the roulette once more for his third and final opponent. The roulette picks Weiss as his third opponent.
"And Weiss will be your third and final opponent!" Mario announced.
"Again?!" Weiss was furious until she calmed down. "Okay, I guess I can play one more..."
"Okay, now that all players are here, let us begin the minigame!" Mario said.
Moments later, Mega Man, Sonic, Weiss and Blake were sitting on a table with 4 pumps containing 4 balloons.
"Okay, the rules are simple. You must pump the balloon until it bursts. Whoever gets their balloon burst first wins 10 coins!" Mario explained.
"Sounds simple enough." Weiss said.
"Alright, ready?" Mario asked.
The four players prepares themselves.
"Begin!" Mario announced.
And with that, the Balloon Burst minigame starts. The four players tried their best to pump the balloon while Mario, Ruby, Yang and Ryu just watched and cheered them.
"You can do it, guys!" Ruby cheered.
A few seconds later, Blake's balloon popped first, making her the winner of the minigame.
"Blake wins the mini-game!" Mario announced.
"Way to go, Blake!" Yang cheered.
"That was...easy." Blake commented.
"Here's 10 coins for you, Blake." Mario hands out 10 coins to Blake. "Okay, next up is...Yang!"
"Now that's what I'm talking about! It's my turn to shine!" Yang said.
Yang rolled a 11. She goes to the left side and lands on a blue square, giving her 4 coins.
"Well, that went pretty smooth, I guess." Yang said.
"Yeah. You almost stepped on the red square." Ruby said.
"Alright, next up is...Weiss!" Mario announced.
"Finally! I got to move!" Weiss happily said.
Weiss rolls a 6. She goes to the right side and lands on a blue space with an exclamation mark on it.
"Huh. I wonder what that does." Weiss wondered.
"You have landed on a Chance square." Mario answered.
"So, what does it do?" Ruby asked Mario.
"Well, we'll use the roulette to pick two players. After that, we'll use another roulette to determine the outcome of the two players." Mario explained.
"Well, let's find out!" Weiss said.
Weiss spins the roulette with full force. The roulette eventually stopped with the arrow pointing at Ruby.
"Okay. We have Ruby on the left side." Mario announced.
"Alright!" Ruby was happy.
Weiss spins the roulette again. This time, it landed on Weiss.
"And we have Weiss on the right side." Mario announced.
"Wait, I can pick myself?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah. This is how Chance Time works. Now, let's determine what would happen to these players." Mario said.
Mario grabs another roulette. This roulette contains coins ranging from 10 to 30 and they're all pointing to two directions: left and right.
"Okay. Let's-a go!" Mario said.
Weiss spins the new roulette. It eventually stopped, landing on a 10 coins with the left arrow.
"Ah, you landed on a 10 coins to the left." Mario told her.
"Huh. What does that mean?" Weiss asked.
"That means Weiss will transfer 10 coins to Ruby." Mario explained.
"What?!" Weiss was shocked.
"Oh yeah! Give me back those coins you stole from me!" Ruby happily said.
"Okay, fine." Weiss gives 10 coins to Ruby.
"Yay! Got my coins back!" Ruby was happy.
"So, I guess Blake's the last one." Mega Man guessed.
"Yeah. It's your turn, Blake." Mario told her.
"Right." Blake nodded.
Jaune soon approaches the table.
"Hey! Can I play?" Jaune asked the group.
"Sorry Jaune, we've already got 8 people." Ruby told him.
"Besides, this game requires a certain of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt that you possess." Weiss added.
"Uhh, you do realize that you literally lost 10 coins to Ruby, right?" Sonic told her.
"Yeah! I'd say that's not part of your 'tactical cunning'." Ruby nodded.
"Bring it on, Ice Queen! I'll have you know that I have been told that I am a natural born leader!" Jaune said.
"By who? Your mother?" Weiss asked.
"A-And Pyrrha!" Jaune added.
"Hello again!" Pyrrha waved at them.
"Come on, let me play on your stead for a turn!" Jaune said.
"I'm not trusting you with the dice!" Weiss said.
"Why not? You've trusted me with way more important stuff before. I mean, you told us all that Blake is secretly a Fa-" Jaune was interrupted by Pyrrha.
"Fun-loving person, whom we all admire and respect." Pyrrha said.
Everyone looks nervously at Blake who was annoyed.
"Right. That. Ladies and gents, enjoy the battle." Jaune told them.
"Sup, losers." A voice can be heard.
They turned around and see Sun appearing.
"Hey, Sun." Ruby greeted.
"What's up, dude?" Sonic asked.
"Ruby, Yang, Blake, Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, Ryu...Ice Queen." Sun greeted each of them.
"Why does everyone keep calling me that?" Weiss asked.
"Uhh, 'cause you have white hair?" Sonic guessed.
"I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend." Sun told them.
"Uhh, aren't libraries for reading?" Neptune asked.
"Thank you!" Ren throws his arm up.
"Pancakes!" Nora added.
"Eh, reading is so much boring. I'd rather play some games than reading a book for a day. Well, unless if it's a fairy tale." Sonic said.
"Don't be a nerd." Sun told Neptune.
"Geh, geh, geh, geh! 'Intellectual', okay?" Neptune said to Sun. "I'm Neptune."
"So Neptune, where are you from?" Weiss asked.
"Haven." Neptune said before approaching Weiss. "And I don't believe I've caught your name, snow angel."
"Um, I'm Weiss."
"Are you kidding?!" Jaune said.
"Pleasure to meet you." Neptune told Weiss.
"I never took you as the board game playing type." Sun told Blake.
"Right, well, I think I'm done playing actually. I'll see you guys later." Blake was about to leave the library.
"But you haven't finished your-a turn yet." Mario told her.
"Just go on without me." Blake said as she leaves the room.
"Man, what's up with her?" Sonic asked Ruby.
"I have no idea." Ruby shrugs.
"Women." Nora shrugs as well.
It was already night time and Team RWBY are in their dorm room.
"Well, that game was certainly both fun AND frustrating." Weiss commented.
"Mario DID warn us about the game ruining friendships and everything." Ruby told her.
"Ugh, we should have never let him play!" Yang ranted.
"You're just mad because the new guy beat you in a mini-game and literally took all your coins! See, if you had just listened to me, none of this would have happened." Ruby told her sister.
As they enter, Blake approaches the door to leave.
"Stop." Weiss told her. "Lately you've been quiet, antisocial and moody!"
"Uh, have you met Blake?" Yang asked.
"Which I get is kind of your thing, but you've been doing it more than usual! Which quite frankly, is unacceptable! You made a promise to me, to all of us, that you would let us know if something was wrong!" Weiss said. "So, Blake Belladonna, what is wrong?!"
"I just, I don't understand how everyone can be so calm." Blake said.
"You're still thinking about Torchwick?" Ruby asked.
"Torchwick, the White Fang, all of it! Something big is happening and no one is doing anything about it!" Blake exclaimed.
"Ozpin told us not to worry. Between the police and the Huntsmen, I'm sure they can handle it." Yang told her.
"Well I'm not! They don't know the White Fang like I do!" Blake said.
"Okay, between blowing up nightclubs, stopping thieves, and fighting for freedom, I'm sure the three of you think that you're all ready to go out and apprehend these ne'er-do-wells!" Weiss said.
"Uh, who?" Ruby asked.
"But let me once again be the voice of reason. We're students! We're not ready to handle this sort of situation!" Weiss said.
"Well yeah, but..." Ruby was interrupted by Weiss.
"We're not ready!" Weiss exclaimed.
"And we may never be ready! Our enemies aren't just going to sit around and wait for graduation day. They're out there, somewhere, planning their next move, and none of us know what it is, but it's coming! Whether we're ready or not!" Blake exclaimed.
"Okay, all in favor of becoming the youngest Huntresses to single-handedly taking down a corrupt organization conspiring against the Kingdom of Vale...say aye." Ruby raises her hand.
"Yes! I love it when you're feisty!" Yang told her sister.
"Well, I suppose it could be fun." Weiss said.
"None of you said aye!" Ruby told the group.
"Alright then, we're in this together!" Blake said.
"Let's hatch a plan!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Yang shouted.
"Uhh, should we tell them about this 'plan' that we're hatching?" Weiss said as she points to their neighbor team.
"Of course! They've been helping us throughout, from fighting the Grimm to finding Blake in the docks." Ruby answered.
"Besides, the more the merrier, right?" Yang asked.
"I guess you're right." Weiss said.
"But it's getting late. We will tell them about our plans tomorrow after class!" Ruby said.