Well, like in the previous chapter, there's nothing important to say just enjoy.
"You are going to try to do what!?" Qrow, and almost everyone else in the room, yelled.
Summer and Raven crossed their arms while they looked each other. The pair expected this reaction. Raven sighed and she began to scratch her head. She was certain that the next few minutes were going to be difficult and filled with complaints and warnings, but she didn't care, neither did Summer.
"In the first place." The blonde said. "I'm not going to try, I will defeat Salem. And please don't worry about me, I know my own skills."
"Don't worry!?" Qrow said as he took Raven by her shoulders. "Do you have any idea of what fight against Salem means? That isn't something that you can do on your own!"
"This is one of the few occasions in which I will give support to Qrow." Glynda said before looking at Summer. She wasn't sure if what she was about to say was correct, but there wasn't the time to worry about that. So, she spoke to the red-hooded girl. "I suppose that you're the team leader, and Raven's cousin too, so how can you put your own family in danger like that?"
"That's right." James said. "You and your sister's missions aren't too bad, but your cousins' missions are the more dangerous ones. Neither of you know if it is possible for Cinder Fall to wake up while Mia is stealing her powers. I don't even need to say my opinion about Raven's part."
Ozpin hadn't uttered a single word. He just was watching Summer and Raven, the girls' faces were stoic, like they already have expected those reactions from Qrow and the others. But Ozpin's mind was thinking the same at his friend's, Raven and Mia had the more difficult parts of the mission, especially Raven. He was going to share his opinion but, before he could ever open his mouth, Summer spoke.
"We can understand why all of you are reacting like this, but we know what we are doing. We have trained for this moment for six years. All of you future selves agreed with this plan, every single part of it."
Summer had to be kidding, there's no way Qrow, Glynda, James, and Ozpin willingly agreed with that plan. Salem wasn't someone who you can defeat in one vs one fight. So, why did their future selves agree with letting Raven fight alone?
"Mia and I have those missions due to semblance issues."
"What?" Qrow said, even though he already heard her.
"Summer inherited the Schnee summoning semblance and, for ten seconds, Silver can move herself at the speed of the sound. Mia can manipulate her shadow to create ribbons capable stopping people and grimm. She also can also use her ribbon to create a shield. My semblance can manifest flames around my whole body and the flames can burn grimm and melt any inanimate thing before they can even touch my body."
A silver-eyed warrior with the Schnee family semblance, a girl who can move herself at the speed of the sound, a girl with the ability of manipulate her own shadow, and a girl with a literal flame shield. The next generation sounded very powerful. Raven continue to speak.
"Silver can use her semblance about five times in a row before she needs to take a very long break and we need Summer eyes for when Exitium awakens. With her semblance, Mia can easily stop Emerald and Mercury, so she can just as easily steal Cinder's powers. And for me? Salem is basically a Grimm, so my flames can hurt her. We thought through this plan very carefully and we ended up with the conclusion that my and Mia's semblances are more appropriate for these missions."
When the hermit lost the humanity of his heart, he basically had turned his soul into a Grimm soul. So, when he awakens, Summer's powers will be required. That is why she can't put herself in danger in a battle against Salem. Salem knows how dangerous the silver-eyed warriors could be, it was the reason why she left Ruby without her right eye in the bad-time-line. Salem also had a weakness that team SSMR knew very well, the crystal in her forehead.
Salem was the hermit's half-soul in women form. Heart, brain, lungs, she didn't have any organs and, because of that, she was pretty hard to defeat. But, even if the hermit was the one who created her with his magic, she can't stay in the world without something to anchor her physical form. That anchor was the black crystal in her forehead's function. If the crystal was destroyed then Salem will "die".
As for how Raven will reach Salem's "home" was an easy answer. One of Raven's abilities is combining certain metals and Salem's dark crystals so she can open a portal whenever she wanted. They also had an extra dark crystal with them and Raven was going to give it to Mia so, when she finished her part of the mission, she could go and help her twin with the fight.
Basically, things were like this. Team 1's (Summer/Silver) first destination was the Atlas army base, and the second one was the Schnee Dust Company. Summer said that she had some things to do there. In Team 2's (Raven/Mia) case, Mia's destination was the Heaven academy. After what happened to Beacon, the classes of all the other kingdoms' academies were cancelled. Like Beacon, all the other academies had secrets rooms, so Cinder's group was hiding in one of those rooms. Raven can open a portal at any time, anywhere, so Cinder doesn't have a safe location.
"Looks like you two thought very hard on this plan." Ozpin said. He really hated to admit it, but the girls plan was well put together. Taking the advantages and disadvantages of each team member in consideration to see who is the most appropriate person for each task. Learning the enemy's weaknesses, and having a backup plan in case that Raven couldn't handle the fight by herself. "Just a question. When Salem is defeated we will have five days until Exitium attack, what do you will do when that happens?"
Summer and Raven turn to look at each other. It was like they didn't want to talk about it, but they had already said that Summer's eyes will be crucial in the battle. There were a moment of silence and Summer began to open her mouth to answer the question. Before she could even say a single word, the room's door suddenly open. Silver and Mia ran into the room.
"That was close." The two said while they closed the door.
"What happened?" Summer asked.
"We barely managed to run away from Nora." Silver said. "Mia wasn't able to think of a good lie to explain our resemblance to Mom and aunty."
"Also, it is looks like Nora "kidnapped" Mama, Dad, and aunties Ruby and Weiss. If I'm correct, they are all in Pyrrha's room right now." Mia said before looking at her partner. "And now that we are here, there's only one thing that we need to do."
Before Summer or Raven could ask what their final task was, they heard Mia and Silver yell "Grunkle!" while they threw themselves on him. Qrow was pretty surprised when he ended up with two girls hugging him. First, when they called him "Grunkle", he felt old and, second, it was strange that he was seeing his future great-nieces. All of them in the same place. Suddenly, Mia and Silver showed surprise when they saw Ozpin and Glynda, they had hardly aged, and finally James…
"Who are you?" the girls asked.
"I-I'm James Ironwood."
There were a little moment of silence until Mia and Silver yelled, "No way! Grandpa James you look so young!" Of course, Qrow began to laugh when he heard how James was called "Grandpa", and Ozpin and Glynda giggled a little. And James… his pride and soul had been destroyed thanks to those words.
Whatever question or doubt that Ozpin's team could have had vanished thanks to Mia and Silver. Now James was too busy feeling bad for himself and Ozpin and Glynda were trying to cheer him up. Qrow kept laughing harder and harder, allowing Summer and Raven to feel a little relief. They didn't have to answer about what they will do when Exitium awakens… yet. Summer couldn't stop repeating the word "Grandpa", making Jame feeling worse and worse.
"Summer, stop, You're going to kill James with that word!" Raven said, and suddenly her partner looked at her. "What?"
"I remember that Silver and you have a job."
Raven looked confused, and when Summer showed her a pair of black sunglasses an "Ah!" come out of her mouth. She had totally forgotten about it.
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"For all the problems that our team caused, we're really sorry." Raven and Silver said trying to make amends.
Taiyang didn't know how to react, a lot of things happened to him in less than an hour. First, Yang and Ruby had come back from who-knows-where and, second, Yang had, somehow, her right arm again. Before she could even say something about it, she and Ruby were "kidnapped" by a girl with orange hair who said something like, "I will return them to you in a couple of hours." Now, two girls who he have never seen before were asking for his forgiveness. They also claimed that they were the team that had been responsible for team RWBY's disappearance. Seriously, what was happening?
"L-let me see if I get it..." Tai said, trying to calm himself. "Your team's mission was to save Ruby's team after what happened at Beacon. You also gave Yang a new arm and you were not allowed to return until the beginning of december? On top of all that, everything was Ozpin idea? Did I get it right?"
Raven and Silver nodded but, now that they heard it from Tai's mouth… that story was pretty bad. However, they didn't know any better way to explain it. There were several minutes of silence and the girls were terrified that their grandpa wouldn't believe their story. They were worried that he will demand another answer. Silver was crossing her fingers and Raven had begun to think of another lie and then they heard Taiyang sigh.
"That Qrow. If he know about it he should have told me."
Raven and Silver couldn't feel more relieved. Thank Oum their grandpa had believed it. Raven answered any further questions Tai had while Silver was playing with Zwei. It was something that Tai found strange. He knew that Zwei was a friendly dog, but he was playing with Silver like he had known her for a long time. Meanwhile, in Ozpin's room, Mia was still calling James "Grandpa". Ozpin was giggling and Glynda was trying to stop the black-haired girl from talking, without success. Qrow and Summer were watching Raven, Silver, Taiyang, and Zwei from the window.
"Remind me why those two are talking with Tai." Qrow said.
"Because I look like my mum and Mia looks like aunt Yang."
Oh, right. Except for the hair color, Mia was basically Yang and the same went for Summer. Taiyang had seen Ruby's partner once, and the same going for Blake. Though Raven needed to wear sunglasses due her eye color but, without that, they were the best people to talk to Tai. Speaking about the girls' parents, Qrow had a few questions about what they will do after Salem's defeat but, right now, he was wondering what Yang and Ruby were doing.
Meanwhile with Pyrrha…
"You two should have seen it." Nora said. "Those girls were identical to Yang and Weiss. Their hair color was different, but their faces and body forms were the same. However, the reddish-white one looked friendlier than Weiss."
"Hey!"
Both teams, RWBY and JNPR, were in Pyrrha's room and having a nice and touching reunion. Well, they were until Nora mentioned Mia and Silver. That made Pyrrha comment about how two girls, who looked like Ruby and Blake, respectively, had helped her a month ago. Summer and Raven were the only people who came to team RWBY minds when they heard that, but neither said anything about it. In first place, no one knew where team SSMR was and, second, they were a little shocked because neither Summer nor Raven had mentioned anything about it. Nora continued talking about Mia and Silver, and the incredible resemblance that they have with Yang and Weiss.
"Nora." Weiss said, she sounded angry for some reason. "That reddish-white haired girl has a name, and it's Silver. Remember it."
"And the other girl has a name too, it's Mia. Please be sure to remember it as well." Blake said.
"O-ok, but why do you two sound so angry?" She turned to see Ruby and Yang and, to her surprise, they looked angry too. "Those descriptors were just because I didn't know the girls' names!"
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"That was close." Yang said to herself.
She had run away when everyone started asking about her arm. She didn't know if she could even talk about the prosthesis, it seemed it should be a huge secret. So, she decided to search for Raven or Summer to ask what she should say about her arm but, continuing her bad luck since got back from Beacon, team SSMR was missing. There weren't any signs of where they could be either. "Seriously, where they are?" Yang thought while she walked around the building's corridors. Then she heard her uncle and Summer's voices coming out of a room, but she couldn't open the door, it was locked. So she put her ear to the door so she was able to listen. Why Summer was talking to Qrow? Since when she know him?
"At what time tomorrow?" Qrow asked.
"Five in the morning." Summer answered.
"That's too early!"
Yang was even more surprised when she hear Mia's voice. She could also hear Glynda's voice too. What was happening?
"By the way." Summer said. "James call Winter, Raven and Mia are going to use our ship, so we need another one."
"Why do you want the Ice Queen here?"
"One, she trusts in James, and vice versa. Two, she must be angry with Weiss, so we can use Silver, she can handle the scolding."
"You're going to use your sister as a sacrifice?" This time it was Ozpin's voice.
"She offered herself to do it! Don't took me as though I am a bad big sister."
Ships? Five of the morning? Weiss' sister scolding Silver? Yang had a lot of questions in her head but, before she could continue listening to the conversation, she heard Mia say, "I'm going to the bathroom." Then the door opened. Luckily, Yang had backed herself away from the door so she didn't fall, but that didn't change the fact that Mia saw her. The black-haired girl barely could say, "What are you doing?" because Yang covered her mouth and pulled her down the hallway. The door closed loudly thanks to that but, knowing Mia's normal attitude, everyone that was in the room didn't think anything about it.
"Where are you and the others gonna go? And I won't accept "Classified" as an answer." Yang asked. She didn't know why she was doing this, but she felt that if she did not, there was the possibility that maybe she wouldn't get to see Raven or Mia again. To her surprise, Mia didn't show a single sign either fear or distress. It was totally the opposite, she looked happy "Why are you making a happy face?"
At this point, Mia was thinking that a family trip didn't sound bad. Silver would probably agree with her if she brought it up, but Summer and Raven would get angry. But that wasn't anything that she couldn't handle.
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Summer and Raven found it really strange how, at the 4:40 a.m, Silver and Mia were totally awake with big smiles on their faces. Neither of them were exactly what you would call a morning person. The younger sister's were planning something, but they didn't care at that moment. Raven and Mia said, "Bye" while they began to walk to the place where they had left their ship. In a normal ship, the trip from Vale to Atlas and from Vale to Mistral took four hours each, but Summer, Silver, and James, who was holding Roman and Neo, were using an army ship. That ship was faster, so their travel time was reduced by about an hour. So, according to Summer, Team 1 should arrive to Atlas at 8 o´clock and team 2 at 9. Well, only if Mia wasn't the one in flying the ship.
"By the way, why we need to leave this early?" James asked.
"Because we don't want our parents see us leave." Summer said. "Also, it's better if we are in Atlas before Roman wakes up. I mean, knowing the the possibility of a last minute "I won't go." is very high. Before I forget, when you see your bosses, tell them that you were searching for Roman and Neo. That is a good reason for why you didn't return."
Summer and Raven acted very friendly with Neo mere hours ago but, right now, James didn't want to ask about what kind of relationship Roman and Neo had with team SSMR in the future. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't ask because he saw an Atlas army ship landing in front of him and the girls.
"Young auntie Winter." Silver said, excited.
"Remember, don't call her auntie." Summer said.
The three heard the ship door begin to open. James and Summer's faces were completely stoic, on the other hand, Silver was nervous. Not because she was going to get to see her aunt, but because of what she was about to do in a few moments, She turn to look at her sister and said, "Summer… please forgive me for this." Before she could even hear a reply from her sister, she used her semblance. In a matter of seconds, she was back with Ruby and Weiss. Summer's face didn't show any emotion, but James looked a little shocked. He was going to say something but, before she could do it…
"Weiss!" That was Winter's voice.
Someone could say that she had lost her cool as she was hugging her sister and a few tears were coming out of her eyes. No one could blame her though, Weiss was missing for a whole month and the only thing that Winter knew about it was what Ironwood had said to her. He told her that Weiss had decided to stay in Vale. Or, in other words, what Future Winter told him to say. For James it was strange seeing Winter acting no-so-Winterlike. It was touching for Ruby and Silver to see beautiful sisters moment and Summer just looked at her little sister.
"Sis…" Weiss said softly, but suddenly she felt the hug finish and when she saw Winter's face… she laughed with nervousness.
"Can I know why you decided to run away like that?" Winter voice sounded darkly.
"I… well… I can explain it."
"It was my fault!" Silver cried. "Aun… I mean, Miss Winter. If you want to blame someone, then that someone is me!"
Winter was a little shocked when she saw a short-reddish-white haired version of her little sister, but that feeling suddenly disappear and was replaced by the next thought; "She's so cute". Winter felt the urge to hug that girl, but she keep her cool this time. She was in front of her general after all, but that thought didn't want to leave her head. Things got worse when she saw Summer. For some reason those two unknown girls were the cutest things that she had seen in her whole life, and it made her face a little red.
"Is she ok?" Ruby asked Weiss.
"I… don't know. I have never see her like this."
Silver looked to Summer, she was wondering why she hadn't reprimanded her yet. But, when she saw Summer she could see how she was smiling while she was looking in Ruby and Weiss' direction. After that a big smile appear in Silver face, it was like Summer wanted a family trip too. Meanwhile, Raven and Mia…
"You can fly the ship, I'll be in the back. See you when we reach Haven." Mia said trying to not sound nervous. She knew how angry Raven would get if she knew who was in the back part of the ship, but she heard her twin say, "Wait."
She began to feel scared. "W-what happened?"
"Here." Raven said, showing Mia a blanket. "Give this to mama and mom, they must have cold in there."
A "Eh…" come out of Mia's mouth and some seconds later she yelled, "What!"
Raven quickly told her to shut up.
"B-but… since when? How do you know… WHY ARE YOU NOT ANGRY WITH ME!?"
"Don't yell." Raven said. "Summer and I came here earlier to see if the controls and the fuel were ok and we found mama and dad sleeping in the back. You and Silver have been acting strange since you two woke up. Also, I saw you and Silver talking with mama, dad, and aunties Ruby and Weiss. We are sisters, you really believe that I won't notice something."
"But why you are not angry? Why didn't try to get mama and dad back into the building?"
Raven didn't answer, but Mia saw how her face was blushed. Mia smiled while she let go an "Eh…" This was one of the few times that she ever saw her sister like that.
"You also wanted a family trip." Mia said.
"Shut up"
"Why you didn't say so? You are so shy, Raven."
"Shut up and go into the ship…" This time Raven sounded angry and she look at her sister with her angry red-eyes."Now."
"Y-yes, ma'am."
Mia had just remembered why she never teases her sister with things like that.
Next chapter: Of Vale to Atlas and Of Vale to Mistral.
Winter had discover her weakness, Summer and Raven are to shy, Mia had remember why she never bother her sister with something, Silver is to cute, Silver and Mia just want to spend more time with their parents and no one of you know how badly I had wanted to write the next chapter, the next chapters rather, but please be patients, as always I hope everyone had enjoyed, leave a review, fav or follow and see you next time.
Atte. Kaze-chan.