Hey! Been about two weeks since I've last updated this. While I'm here, I just want to announce this will be now updated once a month. As to why? It's because I've started two new other stories. I would dedicate a whole week for each stories for me to update them.
That's really the only thing I have to say. Read and review!
Planned Pairings:
Starcrossed(NaruHina),Dark Blossom(SasuSaku), Arkos, Team Sloth, Snow Bubble, Desert Rose, Explosion, Toad and Slug, God's Angel
Sasuke leaned on his left arm, watching the digital clock in front of him with laser-focus. They had a minute left till class is dismissed.
And in the background was Professor Port, yet again recounting a tale of his youth. Jaune slowly inched towards his friend and nudged him by the side.
Sasuke looked up from the clock to face the blond. "You need something, Jaune?"
"Nah, just a reminder. Even if me and my team already have plans, don't hesitate to ask for backup if things get a little out of control."
The Uchiha smiled and nodded at the offer. The last minute had past, prompting the bell to ring. This signalled everyone to stand up and leave to go back to their respective dorms.
In RWBY's Dorm Room
The all female team were in their dorm room, getting ready for their little investigation. The four of them wore outfits normally different from what they usually wore.
Ruby was wearing a long-sleeve, light gray shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves. Over top of the gray shirt is a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red stitching that resemble the lacing on a corset. A red skirt with a large black print of her emblem on the side and matching black tulle underneath.
Her stockings and shoes remain the same as her usual outfit, though the boots lack the red trim that decorated the top. A few pieces of metal arranged in an abstract shape are attached to the shoulder of her left sleeve, and her cloak's hood is wrapped around her neck in a scarf-like fashion, while the rest hangs down like normal.
Weiss wore a white, double-breasted jacket with black piping, cuffs and buttons over a white, pleated full skirt with black lace trim. She's also wearing a pair of white, thigh high boots with black heels and lace-topped black stockings.
Blake's outfit consisted of white, v-neck, zip-up crop shirt with a black hem and three quarter sleeves. Her emblem is printed in off-white on the left side of the shirt. Black pants that have a vertical gray stripe on the outer side of each leg and a black belt.
Attached to the rear of the belt is a black piece of fabric that covers her from hip to hip. Underneath this is a longer, translucent, purple piece of fabric. For footwear, she had on black high-heel boots with two straps and buckles and purple undersoles, reaching to mid-calf. She still has the black ribbons on her forearms and her black bow.
Yang was wearing a deep-collared cream vest worn over a low cut black shirt; both covered by a dark gray shrug with a raised collar, three-quarter sleeves adorned with a single black stripe down the outside of each sleeve, and gold cuffs and a black miniskirt under the vest. A pair of crooked black belts with gold accents are slung around her hip, with a purple piece of fabric attached to the left-rear section of the lower belt.
Thigh high stockings attached to her miniskirt by garter-belts on the front and back of each thigh, decorated with four golden studs above her knee and her emblem on the outside of each thigh in gold. She also wore black ankle boots with multiple buckles and white ribbons on the back tied in a bow. Around her neck is a purple pendant set in silver.
"I thought that class would never end." commented Blake, who was adjusting the ribbons on her arm.
And as soon as she finished saying that, the four heard a knock on the door. Weiss walked up to the door and opened it up, revealing Sasuke and Sakura.
Sasuke was wearing a dark purple jacket, a plain black v-neck underneath. The Uchiha emblem was printed behind the jacket. Around his neck was a small pendant of the Uchiha clan. He wore black braces on both of his wrists, a red ring on his left ring finger.
He wore simple black pants, a black and white holster pouch tied right around his left leg. For footwear, he just wore navy-colored open-toed ninja sandals.
Sakura's outfit consisted of a blood red, long-sleeved, unzipped rider jacket, white stripes over the right arm and the left breast. Underneath it, she wore a mid-riff white shirt, a black sash wrapped around her stomach. She also wore white colored pants, and black, high-heeled sandals.
"Hey guys." greeted the pinkette.
Yang waved at the two. "Hey." She blinked, noticing one missing party. "Where's Hinata? She still getting ready?"
Sasuke shook his head as he and Sakura entered. "No, she's not coming with us. She rather prefers to stay at the dorm, then come and investigate because as according to her, 'I can't really help much besides for scouting but you guys already got it covered.' Word for word."
Ruby slightly pouted, before replacing it with a look of excitement. "Alright guys, today's the day. The investigation begins!" she said as she jumped off her bed, making Weiss scoot back into hers from Ruby's sudden jump.
"Well, I'm glad you're taking this seriously." snarked Weiss.
Sasuke rolled his eyes as he leaned against their bookshelf. "Oh come on, Weiss. The sarcasm isn't necessary. Besides, we have a plan."
The Rosette nodded. "Right, you guys remember your roles?"
Weiss got out of her bed as she stood besides her partner. "You and I will head to the CCT and check the Schnee records for any other Dust robberies, or inconsistencies. It shouldn't be a problem getting that information since I am a part of the family."
Blake placed her hands behind her, as she said her role. "The White Fang has regular faction meetings to hand out orders and recruit new members. If I can get in, I can hopefully find out what they're planning."
Yang grinned as she walked up to her pink-haired friend, a grin on her face. "Sakura and I have an old friend on the shady side of Vale that typically knows everything that goes on in the city. Plus, we're bringing Sasuke so getting information out of him shouldn't be too hard."
"Great! We'll meet up with Yang to go over what we found. Let's do this!" said Ruby enthusiastically.
Sasuke smirked, eyes closed and arms crossed. "So when do you plan on speaking up, Sun?"
This pretty much signalled everyone to turn their heads to the window, where Sun was hanging outside. The monkey Faunus sighed as he pointed at Sasuke accusingly. "I can never escape your senses. How do you keep finding me?!"
"Sun!" said Blake in surprise as she and her teammates took a step back. Sakura just waved at the blond, who waved back.
"How did you even get up there?" asked Yang with a raised eyebrow.
Sun smiled. "Oh, that's easy. I do it all the time!"
Weiss titled her head in confusion. "Um, what?"
Seeing the need for clarification, Sun did so. "I climb trees all the time!" And he flipped into the room, revealing the tree his tail was hanging on too.
"Huh, since when has that tree been there?" asked Ruby to no one in particular.
The monkey Faunus placed a hand on his hip, looking at everyone. "So, think I can join in on your little outing?"
"Sorry Sun, but we don't want friends to get involved in this if it's possible." said Sasuke.
Sun scoffs and waves him off. "That's dumb. You should always get friends involved, that's why I brought Neptune." He said, pointing outside of the window.
Team RWBY leaned out of the window to see Neptune standing on the narrow ledge just besides their window. The neon blue-haired male face the four and greeted them with a nod and a smile. "Sup?"
"How did you even get up there?" asked Ruby with a bit of awe and confusion.
Neptune shrugged. "I have my ways." A few seconds went by before Neptune asked, "So, can I come in, or what? We're pretty high up right now and I don't wanna risk falling."
Sasuke sighed as he rubbed his temples, feeling a mild migraine coming. "Where the hell did Sun even get the idea of climbing up to RWBY's dorm window to listen in on us? He doesn't even know what happened in the docks. Oh well, looks like we have to make a few modifications to the plan."
"Okay, I'm still with Weiss. Sun, you can join Blake. And Neptune, you can go with Sasuke and the others." she said as she pushed Neptune towards Sasuke.
Sakura shrugged. "Eh, you got no complaints from us."
Ruby looked around. "No more objections?" And she received a round of nods. "Then let's go!"
Beacon's CCT
Ruby looked around in aswe, gushing at the sights. "Wow! I forgot how big the transmit tower look so close!"
Weiss smirked as she and her partner walked up to the entrance. "You should see the one in Atlas." said the Schnee with pride.
"That was the first one, right?"
"Yup." And she then descended into babbling on how Atlas created the first CCT and its eventual distribution to further allow better communication within the four kingdoms.
Ruby gave her a teasing a grin and started doing a slightly mocking impression of her. "Ooo, look at me, my name is Weiss. I know facts, I'm rich!"
Weiss rolled her eyes and pointed at the Rose with an accusing finger. "Don't be such a nuisance. We're here because you like the towers so much when we could've just made a call from the library."
"But it's so cool!" argued Ruby. "Ooh! I'm gonna take a picture!"
Ruby took out her Scroll, but accidentally fumbled with it, causing her to drop it. The device slid across the floor and onto a pair of boots. The figure crouched down to pick it up, handing it over to Ruby. "You dropped this."
It was Penny.
The White Rose partners blink surprisingly at the sudden arrival of the ginger. "Penny?!" shouted Ruby in surprise.
The ginger blinked, her eyes significantly widening. "Uh..."
"Where have you been?" asked Ruby. "We haven't seen you since the night at the docks."
"S-sorry, but I think you're a bit confused." said Penny with some uncertainty. The ginger-haired female hiccuped, squeezing the Scroll, the device flying out of her hands and right onto Ruby's. "Uh, I got to go." And she spun around, leaving.
Weiss faced the reaper with a raised eyebrow. "Any clue what that was about?"
Ruby looked sad and troubled. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out." Ruby started walking away, telling Weiss to make her call and that she'll meet up with her later.
Before she could even say anything, Ruby was gone. Weiss sighed exasperatedly before shrugging and walking towards the CCT's entrance. The white-haired female walked around, marvelling at the CCT. She spotted the elevator and went towards it.
The doors slid open, allowing Weiss to walk in. As soon as she entered, the doors closed and a voice spoke.
"Hello, welcome to the CCT. How may I be of service?"
Weiss smiled and crossed her arms haughtily. "I'd like to go to the communication's room, please."
"Very well. Please place your Scroll in the terminal to verify your identity."
Weiss did so, allowing the terminal to scan her Scroll. The terminal beeped, signalling Weiss to pocket back her Scroll.
"Perfect. Thank you Ms. Schnee."
For some odd reason, Weiss felt mixed emotions at that. She shook her head to get rid of the thought and sighed. A couple of seconds later, the elevator arrived at the communication's room. Weiss walked out of the elevator and walked towards the empty reception's desk, where the hologram of a female appeared.
The holographic receptionist looked up, noticing Weiss standing over. "Welcome to the Beacon Cross Continental Transmit Center. How may I help you?" asked the receptionist cheerfully.
"I need to make a call to Schnee Company World's Headquarters in Atlas." said Weiss.
The receptionist nodded, typing in something. "Absolutely, if you can head over to Terminal Three, I can patch you through."
Weiss nodded gratefully and walked over to the aforementioned terminal. She sat down a took a deep breath before sighing. The heiress waited until the screen gained life, showing a female receptionist, the Schnee logo circling right behind her.
"Thank you for calling the Atlas-" The receptionist cut herself off, seeing who she was speaking to. "Oh, Ms. Schnee. Good afternoon. Would you like me to patch you to your father? I think your elder sister might be here as well."
Although she smiled, Weiss shook her head. "No thank you. Actually, I was wondering if you can find some files for me. I've compiled a short list." Weiss took out her Scroll and inserted it onto the slot.
A couple of beeping sounds went off. The receptionist received the list, one of her brows hiking up. "Okay. Might I ask what this is for?"
"School project." simply replied Weiss.
The receptionist looked unsure. "Well, there are some sensitive documents in this list, ma'am."
"You don't have to worry, I'll be sure to treat them with care." said Weiss with confidence.
That cinched it, as the receptionist relented. "Very well, data's being transferred to your school now."
Weiss smiled at her gratefully. "Wonderful. That'll be all, thank you."
"Are you sure you wouldn't like me to patch you to your father before you go?" asked the receptionist.
"Yes, I'm sure." stated Weiss with clear assurance.
The receptionist didn't ask further as she bid farewell to Weiss.
With Hinata
Hinata contently hummed to herself as she cranked the dough into the machine, slowly turning it into fresh pasta noodles. She was preparing a huge bowl of ramen to cook for later once Naruto comes back home. After all, who doesn't want to be greeted back with a huge serving of their favorite food?
The bluenette took of the lid of a boiler, steam pouring out. Gently, she placed the noodles in and closed it off, letting the pasta cook. Hinata then went and started readying went towards the fridge. She took out a chunk of beef, some vegetables and fish cake. Aligning them across, Hinata smiled and went to get a knife.
She sorted through the drawers, till she came across a kitchen knife safely sheathed in a scabbard. Smiling, Hinata grabbed the sharp tool and unsheathed it out of the scabbard with a satisfying schwing sound.
Hinata's smile seemed to slowly widen, almost creepily in a scary way. What's even more creepy is that her eyes glazed over, becoming glassy-like. The Hyuuga slowly hovered the knife over her wrist, seemingly preparing to cut herself.
The knife slowly inched closer and closer towards her wrist, the sharp blade touching against the soft flesh.
Luckily, at the very last second, Hinata snapped out of her state, shaking her head. The blue-haired beauty blinked a couple of times, seemingly have subconsciously dozed off. She looked at the knife in her hand, an eyebrow raised confusingly.
"Huh, did I doze off or something? So strange." she muttered to herself.
Hinata shrugged it off and started slicing the meat and vegetables.
Ruby and Penny were walking alongside the sidewalk. The cloak-wearing female looked at the ginger, asking her what happened to her after the skirmish at the docks.
"I've never been to another kingdom before. My father told me not venture far and always stick by Big Brother Zero's side. So, after the battle, they arrived to take me back home. I wanted to say goodbye very much, but we already left. My father loves me very much, but he just worries so much." explained Penny.
The Rosette couldn't help but agree and sympathize to the father statement, remembering her own dad. The two smiled at each other, before Ruby asked why she didn't say anything to them to tell that she was okay.
"Well, I was asked not to talk to you, or Weiss, or Blake, or Yang, or Team JNPR or Team SNSH. Anyone really."
Ruby quirked an eyebrow. "Was you father really that upset?"
But much to her confusion, Penny shook her head. "No, it wasn't my father." Before she could continue, the two of them came across a hologram of General Ironwood speaking to the citizens of Vale, standing on top of a platform with some Atlesian Knights behind him.
They are humanoid in shape and a metallic dark-gray in color, with red highlights on certain parts of its body, particularly its "face" and chestplate. A retractable visor-mask covered its face. The "face" has a lower jaw but is otherwise completely blank, with a smooth, bright-red surface and no facial features.
"The AK-130 has been a standard security model of Remnant for several years. And they have done a fine job, wouldn't you agree?"
The mentioned models bowed as the civilians started clapping. Once the clapping died down, Ironwood spoke again.
"But, the kingdom of Atlas is a kingdom of innovation. And fine, well, that's just not good enough, is it?" as he said that, the containers behind him started opening up, showing much more sleeker and, well, less-scary versions of the AK-130. "Presenting, the Atlesian Knight. 200."
The AK-200 kicked over their predecessors and the crowd started clapping yet again. The AK-200s have a more slender, humanoid appearance than their predecessors. They are clad in white armor, with their black robotic workings visible underneath. Their armor is thin at the midsection, neck and joints, but their chest and legs appear to be well-protected.
"Smarter, sleeker and admittedly, a little less scary." And to further prove his point, some of the AK-200s started flexing, while the others did finger guns. "These models will become active later this year but they won't be alone."
Ironwood then began saying how the Atlesian Military has always supported the idea of taking out the men and women from the dangers of the battlefield. He then admitted that some situations still requires a "Human Touch". He announced that some of the kingdom's greatest minds have come with the Schnee Dust Company to collaborated, producing another invention.
"The Atlesian Paladin!"
Ironwood disappeared and was replaced with the hologram of a giant mech, its height very enormous, easily taking up an entire lane on a highway. The mech is armed literally to the teeth with weaponry. On the middle was a cockpit, presumably for someone to enter and pilot it.
The crowd starting clapping yet again, with Ironwood apologizing for not being able to bring them for presentation but assured everyone that the mechs will be seen defending the kingdom's borders within the year.
Penny looked scared and tried to get Ruby's attention, who was unfortunately staring at the mech because of her uncontrollable love for weapons. "Ruby, maybe we should go somewhere else." she suggested.
Penny took a step back, but some Atlesian Soldiers spotted her, prompting her to start running away. Ruby saw the Atlesian Soldiers, making her connect that they were the reason why Penny started running. The Rose spun around and starting chasing after Penny through the alleway.
One of the soldiers stopped and motioned for his partner to follow. "Down here, she went this way!"
The two females ran across the street, the soldiers following. A car was speeding, almost hitting the soldier if it weren't for him grabbing onto the hood to stop the impact. While his partner ran ahead to catch up, the soldier looked at the driver before going back to the chase.
Ruby looked behind her, seeing that soldiers were still on their tail. She unfolded Crescent Rose and sliced a platform, with boxes right on top of it. The boxes fell down, blocking the soldiers' path. And comedically, all of the boxes had the words "Breakable Things" on them.
Seeing that Penny was getting farther away, Ruby ran across the wall before launching herself towards Penny, grabbing her by the waist and using her Semblance to hasten their escape. Surprisingly, Penny was quite heavy, which forced Ruby to let go and stop herself, dropping themselves onto the ground, with Ruby rolling down the street.
The Rosette groaned, rubbing her head. Right behind her, a truck started blaring its horns, trying to signal her to get out of the way. However, Ruby wasn't fast enough to react. Penny quickly pushed Ruby out of the way and held out her arms, holding the truck back with surprising strength, which also caused a crater behind her.
The driver, who was shockingly the owner of the Dust Till Dawn shop, looked relieved yet scared at the same time. Penny looked at the driver and asked, "Are you alright?"
The old man just nodded. Ruby looked at the scene quite slack-jawed. "I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I am." she muttered.
Penny looked at her palms, then at Ruby, who was still shocked, then at her right, where a couple of bystanders were looking to see if anyone was hurt. Penny turned to run yet again, just as the Atlesian Soldiers arrived. The bystanders started murmuring, wondering how a young girl, IN A WORD FULL OF PEOPLE WHO CAN DO STUFF THAT NO NORMAL PERSON, can stop a car with her bare hands.
Ruby snapped out of her stupor and went to follow Penny. Yet again, she caught up. The two of them stopped running, Ruby asking what the heck was happening, why she was running and how she managed to stop that truck.
The ginger failingly tried to convince her first friend that everything was okay, with her having another hiccup as soon as she finished saying that.
"Penny, if you can just tell me what's wrong, I can help you!"
Penny declined, saying she wouldn't understand, but Ruby was adamant, asking for her to let her try, that Penny can trust her. Out of nowhere, Penny asked about their friendship, if they were truly friends. Ruby smiled, saying that they were.
Seeing it as enough reason, Penny sighed and showed her palms. It was scraped, showing a metal palm. "I'm not a real girl."
Ruby looked at the palms, a look of shock on her face yet again. "Oh." she said simply. Before her thought process resumed. She zoomed towards Penny, her hands on the girl's shoulder. "You're a robot?!"
"Actually, I think android is the more correct term. I'm the first ever synthetic person to capably generate Aura." But then Penny looked down, frowning. "I'm not real. I was made, not born."
Ruby smiled and pulled her friend into a hug. "Just because you have nuts and bolts instead of organs doesn't make you any less real than me, Penny."
Penny broke away and looked at Ruby quite confusedly. "You're taking this EXTRAORDINARILY well."
"It's because you're not like those things we saw back there, Penny. You have a heart, AND a soul."
This made Penny smile and was the one to initiate the hug this time. "You're the best friend anyone could ever have!"
Ruby felt her face go blue, Penny's monstrous strength pressuring her arms as she pushed Ruby's face into her chest. "I can see why your father wants to protect such a delicate flower!"
Penny broke the hug. "Oh, my father is very sweet. He was the on that built me. I'm sure you will love him. Oh, and Mr. Ironwood."
"Wait, the General?" It was there, that Ruby connected the dots. "Wait, is that why those soldiers were chasing you?"
The android nodded. "Yep! They're my bodyguards, Clay and Crimson. They protect me too because Mr. Ironwood thinks I'm not ready yet. That's why my father let me join the Vytal Festival, to see the rest of the world and test myself in the tournament."
"By the way, what about Zero? Is he an android too?"
"Nope. He's entirely different, but I'm not allowed to say. You'll have to ask him when you see him again."
Their conversation was completely interrupted as they heard one of the soldiers. "She's down here!"
Penny faced Ruby with panic. "You have to hide. Please, don't tell anyone about my secret."
Ruby looked at her straight in the eye and nodded. "I promise." And she disappeared in a flurry of roses, going towards the other direction of the alleyway. Penny smiled and was about to wave goodbye, until Clay and Crimson arrived. The android turned around and greeted the two.
"Sal-u-tations officers!"
Somewhere Else in Vale
Neptune, Sasuke, Sakura and Yang were somewhere in an alleyway. The blonde had her motorcycle, Bumblebee, and was revving up the motor. "So, what's your ride, Sasuke?"
The Uchiha smirked and took out his keychain. He broke apart the box and pressed the button on it. He placed down the box as it started to shake. It grew in size, about the same height as their stomachs. The box then started to unfold and fold, forming a motorcycle, a black Ducati Super Sport.
"Woah!" shouted Neptune in awe.
Yang went wide eyed as she saw Sasuke's motorcycle. "Oh my God that's a Ducati Super Sport!" She walked over the motorcycle to inspect it. "Where did you find this? I thought they were rare."
Sasuke smirked as he fished out a helmet from the compartment. "It pays to have some connections in high places." he said cryptically. He put on the helmet and pointed at the neon blue-haired male. "Neptune, you're with me. Sakura, you're riding with Yang."
This brought shock, sadness and anger to the pinkette. "What? But why? I've been dying to ride on Kaleidoscope for a long time now! I haven't ridden her, not since after we've parted temporarily."
Sasuke smiled at Sakura and poked her forehead affectionately, making her blush. "Sorry Sakura, but I really don't trust Yang's driving skills. You can survive it, no problem. But I don't think Neptune can. Next time, I promise."
Sakura pouted before relenting. She glared at him and poked him on his chest. "You better keep that promise."
The Uchiha chuckled and got on to his motorcycle. Neptune quickly went to the back. Sakura and Yang hopped onto Bumblebeed, the former pulling out a helmet. The blond placed on hers and looked at Sasuke. "Be sure to keep up!"
Yang revved up Bumblebee and left them in the dust. Sasuke shook his head and hit the ignition button on Kaleidoscope, starting up the engine. Revving it up for a moment, Sasuke pulled up the safety bar. He grinned and sped off to follow Yang.
The two raced off through the highway, Sakura's excited shouts being obviously heard. Sasuke shook his head as looked at Neptune for a split second. "You still good?"
Neptune just nodded, holding on tightly. "Yeah! Don't worry, you can speed up a bit."
Sasuke smirked from his helmet. "If you say so." Sasuke revved his motorcycle and started going faster. The Uchiha swerved around the cars, dodging them with a grin on his face. He saw Yang and Sakura ahead and brought his ride besides them. "So, where we heading?"
Yang didn't look as she focused on the road. "To a club, right at the end of Vale. It shouldn't be too far now."
Sasuke nodded as they zoomed off.
Minutes later, their motorcycles came to a halt, stopping right besides a building. Sasuke and Yang took off their helmets, the latter straight right at the building. She looked at the others and got off Bumblebee. "Come on, our friend's right in here."
Sasuke and Neptune looked at each other before looking at the building. "Where exactly is here?" asked Neptune.
The scene cuts to the inside of the building, revealing a fully rebuilt and refurnished club, which said club belonging to Junior. The doors burst open, Yang and Sakura striding into the building. Sakura grinned as she and Yang placed a hand on their hips.
"Guess who's back!"
Almost immediately, everyone present pointed their weapons at the two. Yang narrowed her eyes, as the music kept glitching and glitching. The DJ's head popped up from below and stopped it, right before sinking back down.
Neptune and Sasuke walked in, prompting Junior's men to aim at them as well. Sasuke looked at Yang and his girlfriend with an unamused look. "So define "friend" for us."
"Stop stop! Nobody shoot!" Junior walked up to the four, his men allowing him a path. "Blondie, pinky. You're both here. Why?"
The two grinned, with Yang pointing at him. "You still owe us a drink." They walked up to Junior and dragged him towards the bar.
Neptune crossed his arms, eyebrows raised. "Wonder what they did to make these guys angry at them to aim at sight."
Sasuke sighed and placed a hand on his hip, trying to prevent a migraine coming. "If I know them, they probably demolished this club for some reason."
With Naruto and Hidan
The whiskered blond inspected the Jackal and the Casull all around, looking at them with a smile. Hidan leaned against the wall, smirking as Naruto practically gushed at the weapon.
The priest looked at the pilot, asking how long till they'd reach Beacon.
"ETA is 50 minutes."
Hidan nodded, satisfied with the answer.
With Blake and Sun
Blake ran her fingers over three scratch marks on the wall, looking at it with a frown. She move her head to the right, peeking at the corner. She saw two deer Faunus, possibly twins, talking with an elderly man, though his Faunus feature isn't quite visible. He moved out of the way and gestured for them to enter. Blake looked back at Sun and nodded.
"This is it."
However, Sun looked really unsure. "Really?" This earned him a deadpanned glare from the female. "You know, I'm just gonna take your word for it."
Blake slowly walked up to the entrance, untying her bow. The two entered, hearing a White Fang grunt speaking to some other new recruits.
"New recruits, keep to the right."
Sun walked up to Blake, holding up a Grimm mask. He tapped Blake by her back, making her turn around. "I don't get it, if you believe what you're doing is right, why hide who you are?"
"The masks are a symbol. Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters."
Sun frowned. "That's...pretty dark."
Blake shrugged. "So was the guy who started it." she commented.
The two strode up to the orientation room, where there were a lot of White Fang grunts and fellow Faunus standing around. One stood on the platform, greeting his fellow Faunus brothers and sisters.
"Thank you all for coming! For those who are joining us for the first time tonight. Allow me to introduce a VERY special comrade of ours. I can assure you, he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for, for so long!"
Roman Torchwick strode into the platform, his ever-present cocky smirk still plastered on his face. The appearance of the human criminal was quickly met with boos and jeers, which the dapper man took with stride and sarcastic gratitude.
Sun looked shock and leaned in near Blake to whisper. "What the hell is Torchwick doing here? He's not really well-known to be a pro-Faunus guy."
"We don't know, apart from the fact that they're apparently on a "joint business venture together". Those were the words that came from his mouth"
One of the Faunus in the crowd pointed accusingly at Roman, asking what a human was doing in a FAUNUS group. Roman smirked and looked straight at the female.
"I'm glad you asked, dearie. Now I'll be the first to admit, humans are pure utter scum. Case and point. So I understand why you want to see us all locked away. Or even better, brutally murdered. But, I'd like to mention the fact that we all have a common enemy. The ones in control. The puppet masters. The dirty, scums who run the system."
Roman stopped speaking as he walked forward to near the crowd, pointing out three key factors . "Government. Military. Hell, even those schools. They're the ones to blame for your rotten life."
At this, everyone started cheering. Roman smirked and continued, walking up to the end of the platform, nearby where Neo stood.
"Yes, and they're all pests that need to be dealt with. Fortunately for all of you, I'm the best exterminator around." He stopped walking, spinning around. "No ofense to any rodents in the room, of course."
The dapper criminal snapped his fingers, signalling the grunt to pull down the curtain, revealing a fully built Paladin, bringing shock to Sun and Blake. THe Faunus and White Fang started cheering and whistling at the sight of the big mech.
Roman smirked and knocked on the Paladin's leg. "You may have heard that this right here, is Atlas's new line of defense against all the scary things in the world. And thanks to my employer, we managed to snatch a few before they, uh, hit the shelves."
Torchiwck started pacing around, still talking. "Now, many of your brothers have moved down to our operation in the southeast. If you'd rather stay within the city, that's fine. No big whoop." He shrugged, before looking at everyone dead in the mask. "But if you're really ready to fight for what you believe in. This is the arsenal I can provide you with." Gesturing to the Paladin. "Any questions?"
No one asked, as they all began to pump their fists, cheering at the human criminal. Blake looked at Sun, before looking around. "We need to get out of here."
Unfortunately, the recruits started moving forward, as per instructions of a grunt, trapping Sun and Blake between a rock and a hard place.
Back at Junior's
Junior slammed down a cup, massaging his temples. "I don't know." He simply said.
Yang raised an eyebrow, while Sakura crossed her arms. "How can you not know? Aren't the two of your friends?" asked the blonde.
"I haven't talked to himi or even see him since the night you two first came in here. He paid up front, I lend him some of my men. But not one of them even returned." Emphasizing his anger by slamming down on the bar.
Neptune leaned in forward, really curious as to why they never returned. "So, where did they go?"
Junior looked at the two slowly, anger still present on his face. "How the hell should I know? They never returned!" He looked back at the two females, and pointed at the two males. "Just who are these guys?"
Sakura's face slowly contorted into that of anger. "Oh don't worry about them, worry about us if we don't find out what we want." said the pinkette. She raised her knuckles and cracked them to really emphasize.
"I already told you everything! Torchwick hired my men and I guess he wasn't happy with them, which is something I can relate to!" shouting out the last part as he looked at his men.
Sasuke surprised Junior by grabbing him by the tie, making the club owner look at him in the eye. "I don't believe you."
Before any of the grunts could even take a step, Sasuke's left eye bled, encasing the five of them in the flames of Amaterasu. Seeing the black flames for the first time made Neptune panic a bit.
Junior looked at Sasuke with fear, the Mangekyo on the Uchiha's eyes. The pattern started to spin around, Sasuke widening his eyes. Unfortunately for Junior, he stared too long into Sasuke's eyes. The club owner's own eyes glazed over, making Sasuke grunt in satisfaction.
"Now talk. What do you actually know of Roman's activities?"
"I really don't know. Torchwick really never came back to return my men."
Sasuke clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Useless!" mumbled Sasuke. "Anything else worthwhile? Maybe something he mentioned to you in a conversation."
"There is, actually." revealed the hypnotized Junior.
"Well, what are you waiting for? An invitation? Say it!" barked out the Uchiha.
"Back then, he's been mentioning about a new crazy employer of his that's been running him to the ground, having him rob Dust stores left and right or else she'd roast him."
With that, Sasuke had a look of realization. "Of course. How could I have forgotten? Back then when I first met Ruby, Roman had a female associate help him escape! She used some fire-based techniques. So it's possible she's the employer."
Yang nodded, slightly satisfied. "Finally, we got something." The blonde turned around to leave. "Let's get out of here and meet up with the others."
The other three nodded. Sasuke released his grip on Junior and dispelled the illusion he was in, also extinguishing the black flames that surrounded them.
Back at the Warehouse
Blake and Sun looked around, trying to find a way to escape. Roman looked through the crowd, spotting the familiar cat ears back at the docks. Sun panicked, seeing the dapper man's sights right at them.
"He sees us!" he shouted in a whisper.
Roman groaned and dropped his cigarette, walking down to the crowd. Sun could only smile awkwardly and wave. Blake spotted the circuit box, giving her an idea. "Well, he can't see in the dark."
She took out Gambol Shroud, quickly shifting it into its pistol mode and shot her target, the lights closing off. Everyone stirred into a panic, a grunt barking orders to not let them get away. However, the two quickly smashed through the windows, landing nimbly on the ground. They stood up and started sprinting away from the building.
The walls were broken down by the Paladin, piloted by Torchwick. Noticing this, the two used their heightened senses to jump on top of a rooftop, parkouring their way out. But Roman was still in hot pursuit, chasing them through the streets.
"Hey!" shouted Sun. "You wouldn't happen to have. Oh I don't know, some form of backup?!"
"On it!" quickly replied Blake.
Blake then called everyone on her contact list, which was also accidentally called in Hinata and Naruto.
The scene cuts to Weiss, having just exited the CCT, holding her Scroll "Everyone! If you can hear me, we need-"
"HELP!" cut in Sun.
Weiss rolled her eyes and quickly rushed to the scene.
"They got a robot! And it's big, really big!"
Ruby smirked and used her Semblance, not wanting to miss this.
The scene switches to Sasuke and Yang about to leave, their respective plus ones already on board. "That Torchwick guy is in it! But not like it ate him! He's like controlling the robot, or something."
"Where's your location?" asked Sasuke.
As soon as he said that, Blake and Sun appeared in the background, still running away from the giant mech. The four looked at each other and nodded. Sasuke quickly pulled up the safety bar and they sped off.
In a cinema, Team JNPR were watching the latest Spruce Willis movie, their Scrolls vibrating, but they paid no heed as their focus was on the movie screen.
In Central Vale, Hinata received the call after she was just about to enter a supermarket to pick up some ingredients. She sighed and quickly rushed to where her friends were.
On the Bullhead, Naruto also received the call. He shot up and ran towards the hatch, opening it quickly. He still wasn't bothered by the turbulence as he looked down, trying to spot where his friends were. Luckily, the giant mech was pretty easy to spot.
Naruto looked at Hidan with a serious look. "I'm going."
Hidan nodded giving him a salute. "Good luck and be safe. May be the Lord be with you."
"And with your spirit." finished Naruto. The blond let out a deep sigh before jumping off, curving his body into a freefall position.
With Black Sun
The two ended up in the highway, landing on some car's poor hood. Torchwick was still in purist, crashing against the cars, not even concerned for the driver's health. Sun and Blake kept on jumping from one car to another, trying to keep distance between themselves and the mech.
Torchwick just kept on, hitting every single car in the highway, throwing them off and having them crash into the border. Sasuke, Neptune, Sakura and Yang appeared, speeding enough to be besides the mech.
"Think you can slow it down?" Sasuke asked to Neptune.
Neptune nodded and placed on his goggles. He went to grab his weapon, which was on his back in stand-by mode. Roman noticed the new arrivals and cranked up the speed, dashing through the cars, throwing them away like ants. Sasuke clicked his tongue, telling Neptune to hold on. Sasuke went faster, almost throwing Neptune off of Kaleidoscope as they dodged the falling cars.
Luckily, Neptune regained balanced and took out his weapon, turning it to its gun mode. He took aim and started repeatedly blasting the mech with electrical blasts. Roman gritted his teeth, being thrown around inside the cockpit, sustaining some amount of damage.
The neon-blue haired male stood up, shifting his weapon into a trident form. He launched himself off the motorcycle and onto the Paladin, stabbing right on the head. Sun and Blake landed right on top of trucks, the former seeing his partner holding on tight as the mech tried to shrug him off.
Sun focused deeply and clapped his hands, three yellow apparitions of himself materializing in front of him. It all pounced towards the mech, two of the apparitions hitting it with a variation of their weapon, the third hitting it with its feet. All three disappeared as soon as it hit the mech.
Sun brought forth his weapon, twirling it around into its staff form. With a battle cry, he jumped forward, only to be met with Neptune, having been launched off of the mech, slamming the two of them off the high way.
Blake witnessed them and gritted her teeth, before she jumped back, dodging as the Paladin charged right at her. Weiss dropped down from a higher high way, right onto the same one where her friends were.
Torchwick saw her and grinned, very eager to crush the Ice Queen. Weiss stood her ground as the Paladin quickly approached. At the very last second, Weiss embedded her weapon into the road, coating it with Ice Dust, causing the Palading to slip and slide off of the highway, dropping down onto an empty lot, where Ruby was waiting.
The remainder of team RWBY dropped down alongside their leader. Roman chuckled as he slowly walked towards the team. Ruby narrowed her eyes, calling out one of their team attacks.
"Freezerburn!"
Ruby and Blake made themselves scarce, leaving Yang and Weiss alone. The blonde launched herself into the air, while the albino struck the ground below, coating it with ice. Yang cocked her gauntlet and struck the ice below, melting it and turning it into steam, blinding Roman.
Roman gritted his teeth, using the mech's sensors to search for the girls. However, the four of them were hidden quite well, which irritated Roman really much. The sensors picked up a blurry figure, making Roman looked towards the direction it was sensed. Until more figures started popping up, confusing the criminal on which should he shoot. So, he decided screw it and blasted at random, luckily hitting Yang and Blake.
Ruby charged forward, using her weapon's recoil to further launch herself towards the Paladin. She furiously slashed against the mech and sent herself back, cocking out the Dust bullet. Before she could shout out another team attack, from above, Sasuke and Sakura appeared, still on Kaleidoscope.
Sakura jumped off of Kaleidoscope and punched the Paladin, sending it stumbling forward. Sasuke landed, drifting his motorcycle to a stop. Ruby nodded and then said the next team combination attack. "Checkmate!"
Weiss and Blake charged forward, slicing at the mech's legs while it was distracted. Weiss relied on her speed, flexibility and grace while Blake attacked with the help of her Shadow semblance.
The Schnee jumped forward and stabbed the Paladin in its knee joint, disabling the turret attached to it. She flipped back, before noticing Blake about to be crushed by the mech. Using her Glyph, she pulled Blake back just as Roman stomped the leg, crushing the street.
Roman growled and fired off the missiles. Blake and Weiss back flipped away, dodging the missiles with grace before jumping up into the air to attack. Torchwick saw the opportunity and fired off some energy blasts, hitting Weiss.
But before she was knocked back, Weiss casted a Glyph right underneath Blake, empowering the cat Faunus. Roman smirked and fired off more missiles. Blake roared and started swinging around Gambol Shroud and its sheath, slicing through the missiles like butter, blowing them up before they could even hit her.
Ruby was about to suggest to do their combination attack, but was thrown back by the mech's leg. Blake jumped back on time to dodge the oncoming leg, but didn't manage to react on the energy blast that sent her flying.
Sasuke concentrated, right on top of a pillar, his bow out and ready. The Uchiha's left hand crackled with black electricity, shaping into three arrows and loaded it on his bow. He cocked back the string and fired, hitting the right arm, the left arm and the spot right above its cockpit. Sasuke smirked as the three arrows exploded in an arc of electricity, similar to an EMP.
Torchwick gritted his teeth as the systems started to malfunction because of the electrical discharge before it shut down. While he was distracted, Ruby and Blake recovered, charging towards the mech.
"Ladybug!" she shouted.
Both of them started running around the mech, hitting its legs, trying to damage its mobility. The dapper criminal gritted his teeth, as he furiously typed away, trying to get the Paladin back up. The two launched themselves into the air and sliced the left arm off.
Roman growled and slammed his hand against the controls, which just so happen to start back up the mech. Sakura and Yang ran towards the mech, pouncing on top of it. The two started punching the mech, throwing Roman around the cockpit. He gritted his teeth and was about to push them off by slamming the mech onto a pillar.
Four grenades sailed through the air, blowing up in front of the mech, throwing it off balance. Everyone looked back, seeing Hinata land with Jyuho on-hand. "Hinata!" shouted Sasuke in surprise.
"I got your call. I'm here to help." she said, twirling her naginata and slipped into a stance. Sasuke nodded and dropped down, staring at the pinkette and the bluenette. "Sister's Rampage!"
Yang made herself scarce as Hinata's Aura surged around her arms, forming into the heads of a lion. The fairer half of SNSH started slamming their fists, Hinata sending the lion heads like a projectiles, while Sakura activated Blossom Crash to add further power to her punches.
Roman was thrown around, making him bump his head around the cockpit. He shook his head, growling and threw off Sakura. The pinkette caught herself mid-air and backflipped to land right next to Yang. Sasuke and Ruby looked at each other before nodding. The Uchiha looked at his girlfriend and Ruby's big sister.
"Time for a collaboration, you two. Lovely Rage!"
Sakura and Yang nodded at each other. A diamond marking appear on the pinkette's forehead. She clenched her fist tightly and clocked Yang straight in the cheek, the power behind the punch sending her flying. Sakura jumped after her and punched her in the chin, before following it up with a back flip kick to the stomach, sending Yang to the ground, creating a small crater around her.
RWB looked gobsmacked at what happened, before Ruby realized the reasoning for this. "Don't worry guys. This is Yang's power. Every time she's hit, her power grows! It converts into energy and she can use that energy to add in her own strength!"
As she said that, Yang slowly stood up, looking quite determined despite just being hit by three hits that would've shattered a dozen of support pillars. With a smirk she smashed her fists together, activating her Semblance; her golden locks burning and eyes turning blood red.
Roman saw this and blinked. "Oh crapbaskets." Been watching a lot of TFS lately, have you?
"Bumblebee!" shouted out Ruby
Blake threw Gambol Shroud at her partner, who promptly caught it. Blake held on tightly as Yang circled around, building up the momentum for her attack. She used Ember Celica to further add in her speed. With a final lap, she threw herself towards the Paladin. Yang roared and slammed her fist on the cockpit, sending it back a few feet and almost dismantled it to bits, if the machine wobbling was anything to go by. Roman got himself unstuck and aimed all of the weapons on the mech at the seven.
"Goodnight, kiddies!" shouted the criminal with an evil grin.
But before he could even fire, Naruto dropped down like a missile, a Rasengan in his right hand. The blond's descent hastened as he slammed the spiralling sphere onto the mech.
"Rasengan!" he shouted.
The large ball of Aura shredded up the mech, damaging it further, exposing Roman. Naruto jumped back, landing next to his team. The fox Faunus looked at them and smirked. "Guess who's already back?"
Hinata smiled and beamed at him brightly, Naruto returning it with a nod. Torchwick growled. Even if his Paladin was practically 80% destroyed, he's not gonna give up just yet. Sasuke smirked and looked at his partner. "Brother's Warpath?"
Naruto looked back with a smirk. "Brother's Warpath."
The Uchiha's left hand crackled with black electricity, while another Rasengan formed in Naruto's right hand. The two joined hands, fusing the two attacks before holding their other hand out to contain it as blasts of lightning started to scatter from the sheer power, striking a few pillars.
RWBY, Sakura and Hinata braced themselves from behind the duo, lest they want to get hit. Sasuke nodded at his best friend, as the two of them charged at Torchwick. The two roared and jumped, slamming the lightning-infused Rasengan onto the mech, completely destroying it. Torchwick gritted his teeth as the cockpit ejected him out from the back, landing on top of the dismantled parts.
Roman groaned, holding his head as he dusted his clothes. "And I just got this cleaned too." The dapper criminal noticed everyone staring at him, their weapons cocked and ready to shoot. He smirked as he brought up a trigger button. "Good thing I pre-installed this." And he pushed it.
Among the rubble and scattered parts of the Paladin, one of the arms starting moving around, before it separated and showcased a giant Dust missile. No sooner did it appear, it launched towards the two teams.
Sasuke panicked and ran in front of everyone, activating his Semblance to the highest level he can access. Both of his eyes bled as the missile exploded, making Roman laugh. Neo dropped down right besides him, a parasol in hand.
"Why hello Neo! You just missed the firewor-" Roman stopped himself as the smoke cleared itself, showing a panting Sasuke, dried blood staining his cheeks, hunched forward, clutching his chest. His clothes were singed and damaged, probably from the explosion.
A purple skeleton surrounded him and anyone who was close by, which was Naruto, Ruby and Blake. Threads began to surge from inside the skeleton, covering it up before it resembled a more humanoid figure.
"W-what is this?" asked Ruby. She didn't know if she should express awe or fear.
Sasuke finally caught his breath, explaining what it was. "Susanoo. The strongest defense an Uchiha can possess. We need to possess the Mangekyo to even use it. Unless you have a nuke, you can't dent this armor. So to balance it out, we need Aura to keep it up."
Torchwick clicked his tongue in annoyance and looked at Neo and nodded. He looked at the two teams and tipped his hat. "Well everyone, Ice Queen." earning him a 'Hey!" from Weiss. "It's been a fun evening. Neo, if you please."
The heterochromia girl bowed, smirking mockingly at the two teams. Sasuke's eyes widened, seeing something else. "Gu-Hrk!" But he wasn't able to say it as the Susanoo leeched at his Aura until it was red, causing him to faint, dispelling the ethereal warrior. He coudl've kept it for much longer, had his Aura not been reduced by the missile.
Naruto saw what Sasuke saw and shifted Maelstrom into its pistol mode and fired, hitting the two. But instead of piercing them, the two shattered like glass. The blond gritted his teeth, as two had already escaped.
"What the- Where'd they go?!" shouted Yang.
Everyone looked around, before spotting them, already in an air-born Bullhead. Naruto clenched his fist tightly, angry at getting tricked with an illusion.
"I can't believe you fell for an illusion." commented Kurama. "Your Aura's always fluctuating, so something like that shouldn't have fooled you."
"Shut up fuzzball! I haven't faced someone using illusions for a long time!" Naruto thought angrily. "Sasuke doesn't count, his needs eye contact."
The blond exited his mental conversation with the Biju and slung Sasuke over his shoulder. He looked at with a bit of concern. The others approached the two, with Weiss expressing her concern. "Is he gonna be okay?"
Naruto slightly smiled and nodded. "Yeah. This isn't the first time he's overstrained himself. As long as he just rests, he'll recover in no time."
RWBY sighed in relief, with Yang placing a hand on her hip. "I'd make a pun about Torchwick shattering our plans, but now's not the right time."
"Good." said everyone, besides Naruto and Sasuke. Blake then looked at Hinata. "By the way, Hinata. What were you doing in Vale?"
"Oh, I was just about to go to the supermarket to pick up some ingredients for Naruto-kun's Ramen, but I kinda prioritized helping you guys. I'll just shoot JNPR a text to get some for me."
Naruto smiled and would've pulled in Hinata for an embrace, but he was kinda busy slinging Sasuke over his shoulder.
Ruby blinked, looking around. "Hey, where are Sun and Neptune?" she asked to no one in particular.
Cut to them, eating at a Simple Wok stand, their weapons right besides them. Neptune looked up from his plate and at his partner, eyebrow raised. "They're probably fine, right?'
Sun nodded, slurping up some noodles. "Probably."
Neptune stared at the monkey Faunus for about a minute before he shrugged and went back to eating his noodles.