It's OK, Omega is here! So, here's the last chapter for this volume and then my hiatus. Which may be a tad longer than it usually is, I've kinda been struggling the last few chapters and I'm not sure if it shows or not, but I really need to get my story straight. Anyway, here's the chapter rec.
Catnip by FiercesomestDefenestrator. Summary: Slow burn Monochrome. At least it might have been slow if Blake wasn't high as a kite. A really entertaining WeissxBlake fic. Oh, and Blake isn't high as much as the summary would insinuate, it happens like twice in the entire fic or at least what I've read so far of it.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
[The day after the party, Cyan POV]
I groan as I return to conciousness. I hold my hand to my head and wonder why it's ponding so hard, since alchohol has not effect on me. Getting stabbed by a Deathstalker tail does wonders for boosting your poison resistance. I felt a sting on my neck, then I reached towards my neck and pulled a small dart out of it.
Goddamit, Dice! You freaking drugged me, you asshole! It's the water bottle incident all over again!
To make a long story short, I had broken my leg doing something stupid and Dice had been helping me out until it got healed. At one point, he got bored and spiked my water bottle with alchohol. I didn't even notice and got super drunk, the hangover that followed made me swear off alchohol for the rest of my life.
Crushing the dart in my hand, I take stock of my surroundings. We kinda tore Babylon up with our party yesterday and there wasn't even alchohol involved! I think everyone got drunk off the atmosphere. There was trash everywhere and a bunch of people were passed on random things.
There almost wasn't enough room here for everyone that was invited. Since they were such a big help during the invasion I gave the go-ahead to Team RWBY to invite all the visiting students from the different academies. Which meant they invited Teams SSSN, ABRN, FNKI(although, I never saw any other members besides Flynt and Neon), NDGO, BRNZ, and CRDL. They also invited the staff from Beacon as well which included Port, Oobleck, Glynda, and Ozpin, although from what I could see the staff and the adults left a bit before the party had been completely finished which was mildly upsetting.
All in all, it had been one hell of a party. . .Well, from what little I remember of it. Thankfully, 'Gamer's Mind' and 'Gamer's Body' were working overtime to sort through my jumbled memories. I was broken from my observations when I felt a warm body burrow into my side more.
I hadn't even noticed Velvet had been snuggling me, but I wasn't going to complain. I just smiled and gently pet her ears, which made my girlfriend let out a content sigh in her sleep. After I stroked Velvet's hair for a few minutes, an incredibly relaxing acitivity, I felt a buzz in my left pocket.
I gently reached into my pocket and pulled out my scroll. Ozpin had just messaged me.
'Mr. Matu, would you mind getting Team RWBY to come to my office. There is an. . .issue that needs their presense.'
Intrigued, and simulatenously confused, I wrote back.
'And this issue would be?'
The reply was near instant.
'Ms. Schnee's father is here.'
I had to bite down on my lip to stop the insant cackle that was building in my throat. I've been waiting for this for a long time. Apparently, so has Dice, if what he told me about his own plans is right.
'Give me twenty minutes and have a camera ready.'
I slipped my scroll back into my pocket and immediatly started formulating a plan. All the members of Team RWBY were in my site. Ruby, Weiss, and Penny were all snuggled up together on the couch with Ruby in the middle. Blake and Yang were on the ceiling, telling me that Blake had been practising her 'Naruto' techniques religously.
I didn't want to make my adorable little rabbit, so I made my fingers form an 'X' shape. With a small bit of MP, I created a shadow clone and used the 'Substitution Technique' to switch it with my main body. A trick you learn very fast when you have a clingy girlfriend, although I never complained.
Making sure that Velvet was still sleeping peacefully, I went over to the couch and gently shook Ruby. The little reaper yawned cutely and looked up at me with a sleepy expression.
"Cyan?" She asks blearaly. "What's going on?"
"We're needed in Ozpin's office, so wake up your girlfriends while I get Yang and Blake," I tell her. She shakes off her sleepiness and nods at me, nodding in return I move over to where Yang and Blake were.
I look up at the bumblebee duo and snicker at the reaction I would get from what I was about to do. I charge my electricity into a small ball and let float up towards the two. As soon as the ball touched Blake, her connection with the ceiling was momentarily interrupted and she seperated from the ceiling.
I was seriously impressed when Blake managed to reorient herself midair and land on her feet, while catching the, somehow, still-sleeping Yang. I pull a large cue card with the number ten written on it from my inventory and hold it above my head.
"Thank you," the cat-girl remarks with a smirk. "Now, why did you wake me?"
"Weiss' father, Jackass Schnee, is here and I thought you'd find the incident that will follow to be entertaining," I tell her with a feral grin, before I looked down at the sleeping dragon. "So. . .How do we wake her?"
"Give me a second," Blake told me. The faunus leaned down toward Yang's ear and whispered into it. Yang immediatly turned beat red and sat straight up.
"I'm up!" She shouted, I immediatly shushed her since there were still people sleeping around us.
"You two go get some coffee or something to eat," I order them. "I need to go find Dice and my sister."
Leaving the room, I head towards the spare bedroom I let Dice have. I would've knocked, but we had to hurry somewhat, so I just walked in. As Babylon was my own personal base I could override any and every lock in the place. I walked in on a rather amusing sight.
Dice and Susa were sleeping in the same bed. That wasn't the funny part though. The funny part was that Susa was hugging Dice's head to her chest, while she also chewed on his hair in her sleep. I had stifle my chuckles at the odd sight.
"Yes?" Dice's voice broke me away from my mirth. He always had been a light sleeper.
"Jackass is finally here," I said simply. That was all it took for Dice to maneuver out of his girlfriend's grasp and start getting ready.
I left his room and went to find my sister, only to be met with confusion. Her name tag wasn't anywhere near me, wasn't anywhere in Babylon for that matter. Figuring she must've gone somewhere else to sleep, I talk to her through our link.
Alice.
I wait a few seconds, but I don't get a response.
Alice!
Still no response.
ALICE!
This time I got a response.
Goddamit! Will you shut the hell up!? I'm trying to eat out my incredibly sexy girlfriend over here!
Oh, I so did not need to hear that. I didn't even know that Winter was still in Vale, although given how obssessed my sister is with the elder Schnee sister she may have just teleported to wherever Winter was.
Just. . .go to Ozpin's office as soon as you can.
Oh, I shouldn't be much longer.
I groan outloud at the tone of voice she got when she said that. I know she's doing it on purpose, because of how much it bothers me.
I get back to the main room to see that Team RWBY, Penny, and Dice were all awake and ready to start the day.
"Alice'll meet us in Ozpin's office," I told them. "Apparently, she snuck out last night to have some fun with Weiss' sister."
Weiss and Ruby both turned red at that comment, making me snicker. Always nice to know I won't suffer alone in my discomfort. With that out of the way, we all take out our cards and teleport out of Babylon.
After reorienting ourselves post-teleportation, we made our way to Ozpin's tower. Oddly enough, the giant structure managed to remain untouched save the few scorch marks here and there. On our way to the elevator, I caught sight of a familiar head of white hair alongside a head of blue hair.
"Winter!" Weiss squeeled excitedly, running up and hugging her big sister. The ice queen had really melted from the time we first met, probably has something to do with two happy-go-lucky girlfriends. "What're you doing here!? I thought you left?"
"Well. . .I had," Winter had the decency to blush. "I was. . .on a date, with Alice when Cyan told her about what was happening. I obviously wasn't going to let my little sister face our father alone, so I asked her take me with her."
It was at that moment that I noticed that Winter had a white scarf wrapped around her neck. I turned to my sister, who was grinning impishly, and deadpanned.
"Alice," I called her out.
"Yes, big brother?" Alice's gigantic grin did not fade.
"Why is Winter wearing a scarf?" I ask with my deadpan going full force. The other members of Team RWBY noticed as soon as I pointed it out. Yang burst out laughing, Blake and Ruby both blushed, Penny giggled, and Weiss just groaned.
"Oh you know," Alice shrugged innocently as she slung an arm over Winter's shoulders. "We dragons are very territorial."
"Let's. . ." I pause as I grip the bridge of my nose between two fingers. "Let's just get in the elevator before I have an aneurysm."
Thankfully, they all obliged and followed me into the elevator. Weiss was looking progessively more nervous as we neared the top of the tower, until Ruby and Penny hugged her. The heiress immediatly calmed down. When the elevator doors dinged open, we all walked out.
Ozpin was sitting behind his desk with a barely-hidden scowl on his face. Glynda was standing beside him and made no effort to hide her disgust and rage. And, sitting in a chair in front of Ozpin dressed in incredibly-expensive white clothing, was the person at the top of my shit list, Jackass Schnee.
The CEO of the SDC stood up as her heard the sound of the elevator doors opening. The well-dressed man had a pleasant expression on his face that I instantly knew to be complete bullshit! There was a flash of displeasure in his eyes when he saw that his heiress had no come alone and with both a faunus and his eldest, estranged daughter.
"Ah, Weiss," he had a silver tongue and was not afraid to use it. "It's been a while, come here."
I grinned at Jacque's irritation when Weiss stood right where she was. I, as well as everyone else, stepped in front of our friend causing Schnee to look at us with obvious distaste.
"Thank you for bringing my daughter to me safely," I could easily hear the superiority in his voice. "You may go now."
"Hi there!" I stepped forward some more and smiled as if he hadn't just shooed me away. "My name is Cyan Fenrir Matu, may I ask yours?"
"I am Jacques Schnee," he sniffed haughtily. "CEO of the Schnee Dust Corporation."
"I'm sorry, did you just say 'Jackass'?" I ask innocently, causing the CEO to redden with anger.
"It's Jacques!" He shouts at me.
"Jackass?" I ask again, causing Yang to snort.
"Jacques!" He yelled at me, the red on his spreading further.
"You know, you keeping saying something," I tell him, while barely keeping my innocent tone. I could see that Ozpin had cracked a smile, while Glynda was trying to hold in her snickering. "But, all I hear is 'Jackass'."
"ENOUGH OF THIS!" The elder Schnee roars at me in his rage. He jabs a finger at Weiss, causing the girl to flinch slightly. "Weiss, you will be coming back to Mantle with me! The recent attack on Vale has shown that you will be a lot safer at home, if you still insist upon being a huntress than you can attend Atlas."
Don't pretend to care, you asshole!
I was three seconds away from shoving my fist down Jackass' throat, but I stopped when I heard a voice.
"No," Weiss stated simply, although her voice trembled a little. Schnee's rage seemed to double after that one word.
"What!?" Schnee shouts at her. "Don't talk back to me, girl! I am your father! You will obey me!"
"NO!" Weiss shouts back at her father, looking better than she had been. "I'm staying here with my team, my friends, and, most importantly, my girlfriends!"
"Ah yes," the clear disgust on his face made it even harder to resist punching this asshole. "I've heard about your choice in life partners. . . Completely ridiculous! Nothing more than a ploy to gain my attention! On top of such a disgusting life-style choice, you want me to believe that you would give your time to a peasant and a science experiment?"
This time, I wasn't the only one who was beyond pissed. Everyone in the room was glaring at the CEO, some of them, like Yang, could barely contain their power from destroying the man in front of them. The only ones who weren't glaring at him were his own robot guard and I doubt that if they hadn't been programmed to, they would have tried to kill Schnee as well. Weiss looked practically apocalyptic with frost steadily building on her skin, making the heiress look like a Yuki-Onna.
"If you still feel the need for companionship, then I can arrange for one of the heirs of an business associate to keep you company," the fact that he seemed to honestly believe that he was doing Weiss a favor set my blood to boil. But, Weiss was the one who actually acted.
In a flash of movement, Myrtenaster was out and had elegantly dismantled Schnee's mechanical guards. Then, Jackass found the tip of a rapier pressed a centimeters from his throat as his eyes widened from fear. Although, I'm not sure what he was more afraid of. The weapon at his throat or, the look of absolute fury on his daughter's face.
"You will not be taking me away from them," Weiss told me with a voice equivalent to the arctic. "I am not a child anymore and you can not tell me what to do. So, do me a favor and FUCK OFF!"
Jackass sputtered as he had been slapped, while the rest of us were grinning at Schnee's terrified expression. I'm pretty sure Qrow missed out by skipping this. By the time Schnee recovered, Weiss had sheathed her rapier and went back to her two girlfriends, where she hugged both of them possessively.
"Well, if you insist on acting like this, I will be forced to resort to other measures," he grinned evilly at us, as if he had just declared 'Check' on our board. "Effective immediately, I will be declaring Whitley my heir to the Schnee Dust Company. I have also heard that General Ironwood is going to be discharging you from his ranks, Winter. I will also be disowning both you and your sister from our family, you will no longer have claim to the Schnee name.
Okay, yeah, I think that did some damage.
I looked over at the sisters and saw that their father's word has really affected them. Both of them had turned even paler than they usually were, and the cold that had been building from Weiss' rage had completely erased. I remembered that Weiss' goal for the longest time had been to correct the mistakes that her father's company has made. From what I knew of Winter's character, she got into the military to escape her father and it has since become her entire life. Thankfully, their respective partners were making sure that they knew they weren't completely alone.
I was about to go through with my threat about shoving my fist down his throat, but Dice stopped me. 'The Gamer's gaze was determined making me stop and let him have the stage, so to speak.
"Mister Schnee," Dice says cordially. I could tell that he was barely restraining his own rage due to how long I've known him. "Allow me to introduce myself; my name is Dice Odin Gambit, the CEO and founder of the Roll the Dice Dust Corporation."
That definitely drew stares from our group of friends. Even I was surprised! I knew that Dice had something prepared, but I had no idea that he had made his own dust company just to screw with Jackass Schnee. The older man looked shocked at first, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Yes, I have heard of your company," Schnee admitted. "A new company that appeared out of nowhere. That gained influence and capital with extraordinary speed. Selling a brand of dust with incredible quality and power. I had no idea that the CEO was one so. . . young."
"Yes, due to the abilities of 'The Gamer' that Cyan and I possess," Dice slipped into the same silver-tongued tone that the elder Schnee had been using. "We are able to produce very pure and high-quality dust by doing the same things that huntsmen and huntresses do on a daily basis; that is, killing the creatures of Grimm. The method in which we do this, I can not tell you for it is a secret. But-"
Dice turned on his heel to face our friends. Specifically, he was looking at Weiss and Winter. He gave the two sisters a kind smile.
"I have no understanding of business, really," that I knew for a fact was bold-faced lie, but I was starting to understand why he was saying what he's saying. "I've mainly been making lucky guesses with my investments and, as you very well may know, luck doesn't last forever. I've also been in need of a head of security. I can take care of myself well enough, but I do need someone to protect my employees."
At that point, everyone had gotten what Dice was doing. With the exception of the jackass, everyone was smiling and happy again. Weiss and Winter looked particularly radiant, right above their girlfriends in levels of happiness.
"So, with that in mind," Dice's smile became mischievous. 'The Gamer' offered his hand to the two sisters. "I believe the two of you are in need of a job, as well as a family. Would you care to join mine?"
Dice didn't need to say another word as both sisters ran up and hugged 'The Game' tight. I grinned at the sight as did many others with the obvious exception of the jackass. The hug lasted for a minute or two, before they let go of my old friend.
"We can discuss sur names later, since I believe you both have your own," Dice paused to grin cheekily at the respective girlfriends of Weiss and Winter. "Preferences, when it comes to a new name. Now, as for you," Dice was releasing a full-powered, icy glare against Schnee as he spoke. "You are to stay far away from my new wards. As I do not trust you to obey my order by your own will, I will be writing up a restraining order against you making you stay a hundred feet away from my wards and any of their descendants at all times."
The elder Schnee looked absolutely pissed at what Dice was currently telling him. I, on the other hand, was trying very hard to suppress my cackles.
"Now then, unless you have anything else to say?" Dice waited a second, but Jackass said nothing in response. "Then, I believe we're done here. Headmaster, Professor Goodwitch, I bid the two of you good day."
"I say the same to you as well," Ozpin told him with a small smile that I knew to be a grin.
Just like that, Dice turned around and headed into the elevator. Taking his lead, the rest of us decided to follow him. Once inside the elevator, we let loose everything we had been holding in since the beginning of the meeting. Everything from insane laughter to radiant happiness was expressed in the ride down to the ground.
At one point, I shared a glance with Alice and we nodded at each other. Everything was great at the moment, Vale was protected, my friends were safe, and everyone was happy. Which meant one thing.
Time to initiate Plan Theta-Sigma!
[The Next Day, Babylon, 3rd Person]
"So, why'd Cy bring call us here this time?" Yang asks with her hands folded behind her head. Team RWBY was currently in the elevator, heading towards the seventh floor, of Babylon.
"No clue," Ruby shrugged. The reaper took her scroll out from the pocket in her skirt and showed it to her big sister. "He just said he needed us all in Babylon, didn't give a reason."
"Well, considering that the past-times that Cyan has asked us here involved a battle with god-like beings from a different dimmension, literally facing our demons, and the rebirth of Ruby's mother," Weiss counted off the instances on her fingers followed by her deadpanning. "I can assume it's something big."
"I'm really excited to see what!" Cresent Rose squeeled, in her human form for once. Following the squeel was an extreme switch in personality, showing that Thayna had taken over. "B-but, it could mean that something really bad's happened too."
"We won't know until actually get there," Blake replied calmly to the dual-personalitied girl's worry.
As if a god of timing had decided to step in, the doors dinged open at Blake's words. The quintet walked out of the elevator towards the main room, where a lot of noise could already be heard coming out of. When they got close enough to open the door, they were somewhat confused/happy.
Quite literally everyone who helped fight against the invasion was there; ranging from Team JNPR to Team NDGO. That included the staff; Ozpin, Glynda, Port, and Oobleck. As well as anyone Cyan had helped along the way; Neo, Roman, Emerald, Mercury, and even Ruby's mother.
"Mom!" Ruby instantly tackle-hugged Summer. The little reaper was still having trouble deciding whether or not it was all a dream, so she was savoring it with all she could.
"Do you know what's going on, Mrs. Rose?" Weiss asked politely.
"No, I don't," Summer answered, pouting at the formal name that Weiss had said. The elder Rose had already accepted her daughter's partners as her own children and was a little upset that Weiss wouldn't call her 'Mom'. "Cyan just asked me here and to bring Tai along with me. No one seems to know what's going, except Ozpin, but he's not saying anything."
"Has anyone seen Penny?" Ruby asked, wondering where her other girlfriend was.
"Ruby! Weiss!" Said android had just arrived and was already pulling her two girlfriends into a hug. "I just got here, it's so good to see you!"
"You saw us yesterday," Weiss remarked dryly, although the affection for the ginger girl was definetly there.
"Yeah, but I had to spend most of the day with Ozpin because of my transfer here," Penny remarked. The robotic girl was the leader of the brand new Team PENM(Pendulum), consisting of her, Emerald, Neo, and Mercury. "Plus, you spent the day hanging out with Dice and your sister going over documents and stuff."
After the. . .unfortunate events of yesterday, both Weiss and Winter had spent a lot of time signing things and discussing terms with the other Gamer. Most of them involved their new stations in Dice's company. The most important one though, was the one that involved their new last names. Given that they were both legal adults, they didn't need a guardian, but they did need new sur names. Winter had chosen the name 'Schulz'; she thought it was fitting for her new station. Weiss, on the other hand, had chosen the name 'Fuchs' for the sake of humor.
Oddly enough, Dice was not one of the people in Babylon at the moment. He and his whole team was missing from the meeting, along with Cyan's.
'Well, it seems everyone has arrived.'
All chatter that was going on quickly ceased as they looked to the middle of the room where the voice was coming from. Over the large table that sat in the middle of the room was a holographic projection of Cyan. 'The Gamer' wasn't dressed in his usual outfit, if anything he looked like he was about to go out on the run. Cyan was wearing a simple outfit consisting of jeans, a navy t-shirt, running shoes, and a black zip-up hoodie.
'I want to start by saying that this is not a transmission, only a recording. I had it set to go off when everyone who had been invited got into the room.'
That stopped everyone from shouting out any questions.
'Now, I'm sure all of you now me, but my name is Cyan F. Matu. The reason I called you all here was to tell you that I won't be in Vale for the next six months.'
That definetly got a reaction as almost everyone who knew Cyan personally was protesting that plan. Cyan seemed to have predicted this as he stopped talking for a minute.
'Now, I know some of you are probably upset about that, but it's for a very good reason. And that reason is. . .I need to get a lot stronger than I am at the moment.'
Quite literally everyone deadpanned at that statement.
'Wow, I can actually feel the deadpan and it hasn't even happened yet. Anyway, Dice and I haven't mentioned it before now, but we almost died during the invasion. That bitch Cinder turned out to be stronger than either one of us realized and I had to do something incredibly dangerous just to beat her. I can't have that happen again.
'So, I've decided to inact Plan Theta-Sigma, or Plan 'Time-Skip'. For the next six months, you will not see my team or myself whatsoever as we train ourselves. Well, I'll still be in contact with Velvet, but that's mainly because I can't stay away from her very long and she promised not to tell any of you about how I'm doing.'
Some people chuckled at that last statement. It was well known how whipped the blue-haired Gamer was.
'From my understanding, Dice is doing the same thing except you'll get to see him every once in a while. The reason being that he needs to keep a public showing for the sake of his company. Anyway, I'm encouraging all of you to train yourselves as well during the time I'm gone. You're going to need it for future battles, because Cinder was just the beginning and there is still more to come. To aid in that, I'm letting you all have unrestrained access to Babylon's facilities. Training, weapons, research, the whole shebang. You will also be able to utilize the time dilation settings I have in every single room in Babylon, letting you get in a day's training in the span of minutes.'
Everyone who had been trained in Babylon before was very excited about that. Cyan had always restricted their access when they trained alone, in case they needed Cyan to bail them out. But, apparently 'The Gamer' deciced it was time to take off the training wheels. The time dilation part was just a huge bonus.
'Good luck, you guys. I'll see you in six months, later!'
Then, the recording cut out, leaving the audience in a sort-of stunned silence. That was, until a certain little reaper spoke up.
"Team RWBY!" Ruby shouted, instantly gaining her team's attention. Ruby grinned at her three teammates and they returned it after a moment. "We got work to do!"
[Outisde of Vale, Cyan POV]
It was a pleasant sight to behold. The rays of the dawning sun peeking over the horizon to light the city up like a golden castle. It was even better when you're standing at the peak of a giant mountain with eyesight better than a hawks.
I'm broken from my musings by my sister/familiar.
"Come on, Cy!" She calls out to me, my other teammates not that far away. "We've cleared the area and we got more work to do!"
"Got it," I tell her, sending one last look towards the city before I start running after my team.
Just you wait, guys. I'll be back before you know it and stronger than ever!
Well, there you have it! Time skips may be incredibly cliche, but I've always wanted to do one and none of you will take this from me! Moving on, I hope you all liked what I did with this chapter. If you didn't, leave a review or PM me, always up for constructive critism. Compliments don't hurt either.
Anyway, I'll see you guys in a month or so, talk to ya later, OK is out!
P.S. Almost forgot, the last names that Winter and Weiss choose. Winter's, Schulz, was a German title(according to wikipedia) meant for a medieval sherrif. Weiss', Fuchz, means 'Fox-like' referencing Weiss' demon being a Kitsune.
