Welcome back to the next chapter of "Sideline: Another Chapter", readers! During the last chapter, Fragment Hunter enjoyed a little time off from their missions and most of them went swimming with Bianca Coloratura. However, a girl is looking for Beacon Academy for some reason and has asked Smoke Shadow's gang while they enjoyed their own day off in Vale. Just who is this girl and why does she want to find the school? Find out right now as we pick up where we left off.
Let the fun begin!
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"Can you tell me where I can find Beacon Academy," the pink-haired girl with viridian eyes asked Smoke Shadow as she looked at him with a smile on her face. She was 5 feet tall, had lightly tanned skin, and she had a developing hourglass figure that she seemed to keep in shape. The girl was wearing a simple outfit with a white t-shirt that had pink shoulders and sleeves, an emblem of a pink crystalline peach in the shape of a heart on the chest of her shirt, blue jean shorts, white socks, pink sneakers, and a belt buckle in the same shape as the emblem on her shirt.
As she rocked back and forth on her feet, Smoke answered her question. "I've actually been there before," the Raccoon Faunus replied. "I can show you the way."
As soon as she got her answer, the girl hugged Smoke tightly for a second and caught the thief off his guard. "Thank you! Come on! Let's go! I wanna get there now! I'll race you," she said very fast as she ran off down the street.
While the phantom thief fell to the ground after he was released from the 14-year old's grip, the others looked at what just happened. "Well, that was a thing," Kun Agate remarked as he finished off his popsicle.
"You meet all kinds of characters in places like Vale," Oliver said.
"You might want to chase after her before you lose sight of her," Veronica told Smoke as he stood back up.
"On it," Smoke said as he ran after the young teenager. Watching the girl duck and weave through anything in her way as if she knew where they would be, Smoke was a little impressed at the girl's agility. Dodging people and obstacles himself, Smoke caught up with the girl and watched her stop dead in her tracks when she saw something in a store window. "Huh? What's she doing now," Smoke said to himself before he noticed the building they in front of was 'Magnolia's'. "Oh, she wants a snack," Smoke realized when the girl entered the store.
Following after her, Smoke immediately noticed Sunset Blaze at a seat enjoying a dish of frozen yogurt. When she was about to have another spoonful, she saw the Raccoon Faunus and placed her treat to the side. "It's been a while, Smoke. Or should I call you something else," Sunset greeted the thief.
"You can call me whatever you want as long as I can do the same, Spitfire," Smoke flirted as he took a seat next to the Huntress-in-training. "So, what have you been up to lately," he asked with a small grin on his face.
"Oh, you know... Beating the heat here, went swimming with my friends yesterday, killed a swarm of giant mantis-like Grimm called 'Scykiri' in Forever Fall," Sunset listed before she had a spoonful of froyo and bit down on a piece of cookie with a crunch.
"Neat," Smoke Shadow replied. "Those Grimm are difficult to face off against. Can we go back to the part where you and that beautiful flower, Azalea, were in swimsuits?"
Sunset rolled her eyes at Smoke as he asked more about what she had said. "Maybe you'll see us wearing them in your dreams," Sunset retorted. "Besides, Azalea isn't the type to wear a bikini with somebody like you around."
"Oh, that's right," Smoke remarked as he pulled out his Scroll and started browsing through it. "She'd probably put on something a little less revealing. Kind of like this," Smoke said as he showed Sunset a picture on a social media account. The profile said that it was posted by Bianca Coloratura and the picture showed the rising star taking a selfie with Azalea, Sunset, and Vinyl around her with Silver, Celadon, and Layla swimming in the background. "Before you ask, I am a fan of her music and that's why me and the others follow her online. Plus, all of you look good."
"No doubt about that," Sunset had to agree with that last part. "Why are you even here," she asked as she looked at Smoke.
"I'm just here because this girl wanted to go to Beacon Academy and I said I'd take her there. All of a sudden though, she chooses to come in here and get something to eat," Smoke explained as he pointed to the girl who was now paying for her very large frozen treat. Sunset could tell that he was being truthful again, but she was wondering who the girl was until Smoke Shadow caught her attention again. "But since I'm here, I do have something I plan to steal," he said and caused Sunset to glare at him. Acting quickly, Sombra stood up and was at Sunset's side when she felt his lips on her own. After a few seconds, the phantom thief separated from the Huntress student and licked his lips. "Mmm, vanilla," he remarked. "I'll be seeing you again, my lovely ray of sunlight."
While Sunset processed what just happened, she watched as Smoke Shadow left out the front door and brought her fingers to her lips. She went over the moment several times and had to admit that she liked the kiss before the sound of a young girl snapped her out of it. "Was he your boyfriend," the pink-haired girl asked and startled Sunset.
"NO! Nonononono! He's not my boyfriend," Sunset rapidly and furiously stated. "I just know him. Even if we did do a tango together during the Beacon Dance."
"You go to Beacon," the girl excitedly asked before taking a large scoop of her frozen yogurt and placed it in her mouth.
"Well, yeah," Sunset replied. "Smoke said that you wanted to head over there?" As the girl nodded, Sunset looked at the girl's face and wondered why it was a bit familiar to her. "I'll take you there. What should I call you," Sunset said and asked for the girl's name.
"You can call me Momo," the girl answered as she swallowed her fro-yo.
"Okay, Momo. Let's go to Beacon Academy," Sunset said as the two exited to shop, but the Smoke Shadow's kiss still lingered in Sunset's thoughts.
At Beacon Academy, most of Fragment Hunter was exhausted from another sleepless night. The only one who was perfectly fine was Azalea. "I swear, Azalea. How is it that you can sleep when your parents are doing the horizontal mambo and are loud enough to reach our rooms," Slate asked as he rubbed his eyes.
"Maybe because I lived with them for about 17 years and got used to strange noises at home," Azalea remarked as she finished eating a plum. "Also, please don't mention my parents and anything related to rolling in the hay," she added with a disgusted tone as she threw away the pit.
"Speaking of your parents," Layla mentioned as she pointed to Terracotta Gaia and Ivy Dahlia Holstein walking into view with Ventus Gaia by their side.
"Hi, Azalea. Everyone," Ivy greeted.
"Hey, Mom," Azalea said. "Anything planned for today?"
"I'm actually meeting a few people in Vale about work back at the farm, so I'll be heading out now," Ivy told them. "Your father said that he wanted to help you and your friends train some more as well."
Terracotta nodded in response to what Ivy said. "You and Slate could use some more practice," the Bull Faunus said. "The others can join when they're ready."
"Alright. See you later, Mom," Azalea said as she was leaving, but remembered something from the other day. "Oh, Bianca invited us to a photo shoot and we wanted to know if you wanted to come with us."
"I'd love to," Ivy agreed. "You all have fun with your training while I'm out," she told her daughter as she left.
"Let's get going ourselves," Slate said as he stood next to Azalea and followed Terracotta to their training area.
After Terracotta, Ventus, Slate, and Azalea left, the other members of Fragment Hunter just talked about a few other things before Sunset showed up with somebody. "Hey guys, this is Momo. She was looking for Beacon and I helped her get here," the leader of Fragment Hunter explained as she introduced the pink-haired girl.
"Hello there," Layla waved to Momo. "I'm Layla."
"And there's Cereza, Celadon, Vinyl, Rebecca, and that's Team SLVR right over there," Sunset introduced the present members of Fragment Hunter to Momo.
"Hi! What weapons do you use? What kind of Semblances do you have? You think you could take on a Goliath," Momo asked excitedly and rapidly. "Oh, this is going to be so fun! I want to check out everything," she exclaimed and ran off to explore.
"Ah crap! Split up and help me find her," Sunset said as Momo vanished quickly. "No telling how lost she could get in this place."
"And there's no way that an energetic girl like her wouldn't get into trouble here," Cereza added. "Let's go."
After Fragment Hunter split up to look for Momo, Sunset was searching with Layla and Vinyl in the courtyard. "Anyone find her yet," Sunset asked with her Semblance.
"She's not in the library," Silver replied as he looked around with Team SLVR.
"Haven't seen her around the dorms yet," Cereza answered as she searched with Celadon and Rebecca.
"Well, this is just great," Rua deadpanned. "It's not like we'll be able to find her immediately."
Just as Sunset was about to argue, Vinyl tapped her on the shoulder and pointed to Momo running by and passing Team SSSN. "Found her," Sunset told the others before she, Layla, and Vinyl gave chase. Following Momo, they saw her enter the ballroom and admired the area for a few moments before confronting her. "There you are. Don't run off like that. You have no idea where everything is," Sunset told Momo.
"Wanna play a game," Momo asked as she pulled out a yo-yo with the same emblem as her shirt and belt buckle on the sides of the apparent toy. "Try and knock my yo-yo out of my hand," she stated as she gave the simple rules.
"Really? You want to play a game," Layla questioned before she saw Momo move and strike at Layla's legs with the yo-yo. Grabbing her shin in pain, Layla hopped up and down on one foot before Momo used the string to grab Layla by the leg and pull her to the ground. Bring the yo-yo back and playing around with it, Momo giggled to herself as Sunset and Vinyl noticed that she seemed to be pretty skilled with the toy as a weapon.
"Come on, it'll be fun," Momo said as she began to do tricks with her yo-yo. As she performed a 'Walk the Dog', she moved the yo-yo next to Sunset's foot and manipulated her string so that it would catch Sunset's ankle like it did to Layla and tripped up the flame-haired girl. Vinyl watched as her friend and teammate fell to the floor and landed on top of Layla. Adjusting her sunglasses, Vinyl used her Semblance to fire an energy blast at Momo, but the girl spun her yo-yo around at fast speeds to act as a shield. "Wow! That's so cool," Momo exclaimed excitedly about Vinyl's Semblance. "I wonder what the rest of you are like? I'm going to go see," she mused out loud and used her yo-yo as a grappling hook to grab onto a chandelier. Pulling herself up above the girls, Momo landed on the other side of them and ran out the door to somewhere else on campus.
"Guys, she's heading toward the courtyard again," Sunset told everyone through the telepathic connection.
"On it," Rua replied.
Momo was running around with boundless energy as she checked out the school and stopped to look at the statue in the Beacon Courtyard. "Cool," she said to herself before she felt her wrist shaking and her foot twitched. When she noticed, Momo jumped onto the statue and several bystanders were wondering what she was doing. Almost immediately, Rua suddenly appeared and landed on the ground as if she was trying to grab Momo from above. "Oh, that's amazing! You can teleport?!"
"How did she know I was going to do that," Rua asked as Lapis and Silver joined by her side.
"We'll find out later," Lapis said as she held her trident at the ready. Thrusting it forward, Lapis used Water Dust to create a whip of water to try grabbing at Momo. However, the pink-haired girl jumped over the attack and a split in midair. When the first attack missed, Lapis continued to use her water whip to catch Momo.
In return, the younger girl kept dodging the attacks and even started to turn her movements into a dance routine and started to even sing a song by Bianca Coloratura. "Listen, girlfriend...can't you see?~ I'm all of the things that you'll never be~ I'm cool like the rain and I'm hot like the sun~ I'm a neon rainbow and you're no fun~" Seeing her dodge the attacks with ease and even turning it into a performance was irritating Lapis and Rua quite a bit as they believed the 14-year old was taunting them.
"I'm starting to understand how my sister felt when I bugged her before she started Beacon," Lapis remarked.
"How is it that we can't handle one kid," Rua exclaimed angrily.
"Let me and Vixen try," Silver said to the girls and he subtly pointed to Vixen starting her illusions behind the statue. Vixen used her Semblance to create a fake version of the statue that came to life. With the Huntsman and Huntress apparently fighting the Grimm, Momo was captivated by the scene before she felt her wrists shaking again. Jumping up, she landed on Silver's back when he pounced at her in wolf form. "Hey, get off of me," Silver exclaimed as he tried to throw Momo of his back, but she kept holding on and cheering like she was part of a rodeo's bull riding event.
When Silver managed to throw Momo off of his back, she used her yo-yo to grab onto a lamppost and pulled herself onto the top of it. "That was so fun, guys! But I need to find somebody now. Let's play again later," she told Team SLVR before leaping off the post and started running toward the dorms.
"She's going to the dorms now," Vixen told the rest of Fragment Hunter who were connected telepathically. "Think you girls can handle this kid," Vixen asked.
"I'm sure that we can handle a child," Cereza replied.
Momo managed to enter the dormitory hall and started to look for a specific room. "Hmm, is this one his," Momo asked herself before she heard somebody speak to her.
"And what are you looking for exactly, little one," Cereza inquired as Celadon and Rebecca stood on either side of her.
"Catch me and I'll tell you," Momo said as she jumped up and bounced off of Celadon and Cereza like a springboard. Rebecca watched as she maneuvered past them and chased after the girl. As the two ran down the halls and jumped off of walls, the noise caught the attention of several other students. Momo watched as Rebecca used her Semblance to create a smokescreen to obscure the pink-haired girl's vision, but Momo just closed her eyes and continued running through the halls. Rebecca was surprised by the fact that Momo was easily making her way through the dorms without hitting any walls. Soon, Momo opened her eyes and she saw an open window. Jumping out of it, she waved to Rebecca and the other girls with a big smile on her face. "Hahaha! That was fun! Let's do that again later," she said before landing outside and ran off.
Cereza and Celadon were shocked at how the girl was able to avoid Rebecca when she used her Semblance. Looking out at where Momo was heading toward, they contacted Sunset and the others. "She's going toward the arena," Celadon told her team leader.
"We'll corner her there," Sunset instructed the others. "Maybe Azalea and Slate can help out when we get there."
When Momo reached the arena, she saw Terracotta and Ventus sparring against Azalea and Slate. Azalea ran at her father and threw a punch, but the Bull Faunus caught the punch and lifted her above his head. While Azalea repositioned herself behind her father's back to prevent being tossed around, Slate retaliated by pulling out his revolvers and shot at Terracotta. Getting hit by the bullets, Terracotta released Azalea from his grip just before Slate kicked at the Huntsman a few times. After dealing the hits, Slate was soon grabbed by Ventus and thrown into the air. Taking advantage of being in the air with Ventus charging right at him, Slate spun around and reloaded his revolvers before firing at the Falcon Faunus. Several bullets managed to hit Ventus, but the Huntsman maneuvered around most of the shots and kicked Slate back to the ground. Azalea saw that Slate was falling as she dodged one of Terracotta's smashing punches and caught him just before he hit the floor. "You know, isn't it usually the other way around," Slate commented with a small blush as Azalea held him in her arms.
Azalea blushed herself before letting Slate go. Terracotta, Ventus, and Momo saw this and smirked at what they saw between the two. "Dad, I know you and Uncle Ven are taking things easy on us, but go ahead and give us a challenge. We're getting stronger every day, aren't we," Azalea mentioned.
"You are and you're right. But you do remember your mission out at Port Mako, correct? How tough those Grimm were," Terracotta reminded. "Every single day out in the real world is like a week in one of the Academies. You're going to go far, Azalea. Your friends as well. But only if you keep moving forward and learn from everything."
"Well, if she needs to learn, I say that we go with 'Heaven's Tornado', Terra," Ventus said and caught the attention of the younger fighters.
"Haven't done that in a while, Ven," Terracotta remarked. "Okay, let's do it." Ventus pumped a fist in celebration before he jumped in the air and grabbed Terracotta's hands. Now holding up Ventus as he did a handstand, Terracotta began to spin around while Ventus used the Wind Dust in his greaves to stir up the wind. As the two approached Slate and Azalea, they prepared to guard themselves when Ventus unleashed powerful kicks with blades of wind following his strikes. The attack was too powerful and they got knocked around before the brothers separated to the end the combination attack. Ventus delivered a powerful heel drop at Azalea while Terracotta struck Slate with a clothesline and the two members of Team FCSA were knocked into each other to end the battle when both of their Auras reached the red on the readout.
While Terracotta helped up Slate and Azalea, Ventus noticed the girl who seemed to have watched the sparring match. "That. Was. So. Cool! Where did you guys learn that," Momo asked excitedly as she jumped into the battlefield. "How strong are you two? You think that you can lift a house? What was your toughest battle with something? Do you like mazes and labyrinths? Is your favorite food chicken?"
As Terracotta and Ventus were asked a barrage of questions from an excited girl, Slate stood above the girl and grabbed the collar of her shirt. "What did we say about asking so many questions at once, Sugar Rush," he said to the girl.
"They won't understand me and know what to answer first," Momo said.
Azalea was wondering who the girl was until she remembered back when she first went out with Slate and he showed her a picture on his Scroll. "Slate," Azalea asked. "Is this..."
"Yup. This is her," Slate replied as he and the girl turned to Azalea. "Azalea, meet my little sister. Pinkamena Momo Quartz, this is Azalea Calla Holstein." Momo, or rather Pinkie, looked at Azalea and immediately noticed the physical features of the older girl. "If you're going to ask what I think you're going to ask, don't," Slate warned his little sister. "Her appearance is a little bit of a... sensitive issue for her."
"Are you Slate's girlfriend," Pinkie asked bluntly. "Because I never expected him to have a pretty girlfriend like you." Immediately when they heard Pinkie, Slate and Azalea began to stammer and awkwardly explain that they did go out with each other before. "Have you two kissed yet?"
"PINKIE," Slate yelled as he and Azalea blushed so furiously, they began to turn redder.
"Have you," Ventus teased.
"Uncle Ven," Azalea exclaimed with a bright red face that started to hide her freckles.
"I'm sure that they won't stop until you two actually kiss to answer them," Terracotta remarked with a grin. "Your mother would be the same, Princess."
As Azalea groaned at the idea of her mother teasing her and Slate, the Huntsman-in-training sighed and looked at his sister. "Just one quick kiss, got it," he told Pinkie and she nodded. Slate then approached Azalea and while it wasn't the ideal scenario for them to actually kiss each other, he got it over with and held Azalea's chin. While they began to lean toward each other, the doors slammed open and Fragment Hunter came bursting in.
"Spread out and find that pink-haired little... are we interrupting anything," Sunset said as she saw Slate and Azalea separating quickly while Terracotta, Ventus, and their target turned to the commotion. "There she is!"
Slate looked at his friends and then turned back to Pinkie with a stern look on his face. "You were exploring around here, weren't you Pinkie," Slate asked. Pinkie only giggled in response as she rocked back and forth on her feet. "Everyone, this is my sister, Pinkamena Momo Quartz," Slate said to Fragment Hunter and watched as their eyes widened. "As you probably found out, she's basically like Nora on a nearly-permanent sugar rush."
"A bit," most of Fragment Hunter said in the same deadpan voice.
After everything settled down, Terracotta, Ventus, Pinkie, and Fragment Hunter moved to the cafeteria to something to eat and talk about a few things. "So where are Mom and Dad," Slate asked his sister.
"They went to talk with this woman who's going to be Dad's boss," Pinkie explained as she started to chow down on an assortment of cupcakes. "Apparently, she was already in Vale for the Vytal Festival coming up, so she asked to speak with them over lunch somewhere. I think they said her name was Ivy or something."
Hearing that, Azalea messaged her mother on her Scroll about who she was talking with. A few seconds later, she got a reply saying that the last names of the people she was possibly employing were 'Quartz'. "Oh, my god! Slate, you and your family are probably going to live in Mirabelle," Azalea exclaimed as she read the reply she got and hugged him tightly. "You're going to stay at Plum Blossom Farms with me and my family!"
"I'm going to have a sister," Pinkie asked equally as excited.
"I can be like a sister to you," Azalea said to Pinkie as she released Slate, who fell onto the table in slight pain from Azalea's grip.
"That would be so amazing! I've always wanted to be a Huntress since my brother started getting into it," Pinkie stated as she moved next to Azalea and Sunset. "It would so cool to hang out with you and so many awesome Huntresses," she said as she hugged the girls she was next to.
"It would be fun to spend time with you, too," Azalea replied. "Hey, Slate. Don't you still have that thing from before what happened earlier?"
Slate thought about what Azalea said and remembered back when Fragment Hunter was bodyguarding Bianca Coloratura. "I'll be right back! Rua, help me out," he said. With a flash of light, Rua and Slate vanished only to reappear with a CD in hand. "Here you go, Gumball," Slate said as he gave the autographed CD to his sister.
Taking the gift into her hand, Pinkie's eyes widened as she saw the autograph. "You met Bianca Coloratura?! How," Pinkie asked in a very loud voice.
"Indoor voice, Momo," Slate scolded before explaining. "Bianca's actually one of Azalea's old friends from Mirabelle. We bodyguarded her before."
Upon hearing what Slate said, Pinkie immediately grabbed a hold of Azalea's sweater and looked at the girl. "You know the Angel of Anima," she questioned with a big smile on her face.
"Yeah, Bianca's my childhood friend. She even wants me to come to a photo shoot later in the week," Azalea said. After hearing that, Pinkie squealed in delight and started bouncing around the room like a pinball as she started to ramble on fun things that she and Fragment Hunter could do. "Maybe it's a good thing that I didn't mention we were going to play at the upcoming concert," Azalea whispered to Sunset.
"Probably," Sunset commented. "Anyway, I actually met up with her when I was at Magnolia's and something weird happened there. Smoke Shadow dumped her on me after he flirted with me a bit. He even managed to kiss me before he left," Sunset explained.
"He did," Azalea gasped. "Wow. Slate nearly kissed me earlier before you guys showed up."
"Too bad we didn't show up a few seconds later," Sunset teased in order to embarrass her friend.
As everything started to turn chaotic, Terracotta caught everyone's attention. "Okay. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to start putting you through 'Advanced Training'," Terracotta told the teenagers. "You'll be needing it with the Vytal Festival up near the end of the season. And it's approaching fast. You better make sure everything is ready for fighting all kinds of opponents." Fragment Hunter all had serious looks of determination on their faces as they nodded to Terracotta.
And done! With this chapter, we're slowly approaching Volume 3 of the main RWBY story and the Vytal Festival. I hope you all enjoyed meeting Pinkamena Momo Quartz because she's going to play an IMPORTANT role in the story later. As for the next chapter, I'll be bringing in previously mentioned teams to join in Terracotta's 'Advanced Training'. So, expect a few fight scenes during Chapter 35 of Sideline. However, I might be focusing on a few other side projects for the next while because I have been putting a LOT of effort into this story recently.
During the sparring match with Terracotta and Ventus against Slate and Azalea, the 'Heaven's Tornado' technique is from Kamen Rider W. I just used a variation of that because it was a pretty awesome move in the show and I thought that it could work with not only Ventus, but also Vinyl and a few other characters for RWBY as a Team Attack.
Who's going to battle who in the next chapter? Will anybody get stronger as they endure what comes at them? Will we see any familiar faces in the advanced training session? How was Pinkie/Momo able to do all of those things earlier? Stick around to find out those answers and more in the next chapter of "Sideline: Another Story".
Until then, WaterDragonMaverick signing out.