Team Back Together.
Things had been rather calm lately. No major battles was happening yet. Ruby and Yang was spending some sisterly time together away from the rest. Sure they knew going of on their own was not a smart idea but they needed the alone time together. Besides they did tell the rest what they were up to and where they would be so everything should be good unless a serious surprise came their way. They sat on a rock with Yang having her arm around Ruby's shoulders as Ruby was leaning on her. Moments like these always helped.
"This sure is a crazy world, ain't it?" Ruby asked.
"Sure is. And just the fact that we are in an completely different world, fighting with and against people from their own worlds... well, one heck of an vacation spot" Yang tried to joke.
Ruby giggled a little "Well I would've preferred a nice beach with a good drink".
Yang smiled at that "I could kill for an sunrise".
Both sisters shared a laugh. After everything they've been through, they needed it. They sat in silence until Ruby brought up something that has been on her mind ever since they reunited. She was unsure if she should, but she needed to know.
"Do you think Weiss and Blake is OK?" She asked.
Yang's face fell a little "Weiss is almost as smart as she thinks she is, so I'm sure she is fine".
Ruby did not like it that Yang left out their other teammate "What about Blake?".
"Blake is a big girl, she can handle herself" Yang said with some bite in her tone.
"Don't you want her here?" Ruby asked in concern.
Yang took a deep breath to calm down "Yes... I want her here... I'm just not sure if she will be here. I talked to Tifa and Tidus about Blake's actions. And while I am still not happy that she left us without as much as a single word... I want to hear what she has to say, but that can only happen if she choose to talk to us. We can't force her to do it".
Ruby was relieved that Yang had dropped some of her grudge towards Blake for what she did "I just hope she is OK".
"Me too... she always knew how to survive. But the enemies we fight now are more dangerous than anything back in our world. Can't believe I am saying this, but I almost feel we are way out of our league" Yang said.
"Maybe. But it wouldn't be the first time we've face something that should have been to much for us to handle. Besides, Cosmos gave us some of her power to help us in the fight" Ruby reminded.
"Power we still have no clue on how to use" Yang pointed out.
Ruby was silent for a moment "I... may have tapped in to some of it. Or at least I believe I have".
"What makes you say that? Did something happen?" Yang asked.
Ruby was about to answer until the sky suddenly exploded with strong magic, forcing the two sisters to hold on to each other to keep from being blown away. Ruby looked and saw a large monster emerge from the explosions. But this was no ordinary monster. This was an Behemoth.
Behemoths are large, purple, canine-esque creatures with two bull-like horns and flowing manes. Due to their great power, Behemoths usually attack alone, but occasionally attack in small groups of two or three. Behemoths use strong physical attacks and often counter attacks with an attack of their own. Ferocious beasts with regal, fluttering manes and roars violent enough to shake the earth itself. After rending foes with long claws and horns, they usually use their sharp teeth to deal the killing blow. Also known to use high-level magic, Behemoths are enemies of the top rank.
Ruby and Yang looked at the monster in complete shock. The beast was scarier than most grimm they've seen and they could tell it was much more powerful than most Grimm too. The large monster noticed them and roared as it charged the two sisters.
"Move!" Ruby shouted as they jumped to the side before the Behemoth's paws could crush them. However the beast was faster than it looked and swiped Ruby with a strong paw that sent her in to a wall.
"Ruby!" Yang shouted, though her shout caused the Behemoth to turn and glare at her. A glare Yang "Alright you ugly beast. You will pay for that!".
Furious, Yang activates her Ember Celica as the Behemoth charges on all fours towards her. Yang meets this charge by firing a round to propel herself towards the monster. She then somersaults mid-flight before running forward to finish her advance. She uses her left punch to fire a round and avoid the Behemoth's left swipe by using the momentum to move to the right. She then lands three punches to the Behemoth's right leg, which causes the beast to roar in anger, as it seems apparent that they haven't done any significant damage, and only managed to annoy it. A retaliatory right swipe sends Yang tumbling back, before she flips back upright and slows her momentum by firmly gripping her legs on the ground, with her left arm to support her in a three-point landing.
This beast hit harder than any grimm Yang had ever face before. It was clear that she would not have an easy fight on her hands. But she had to keep it's attention focused on her and away from Ruby who was still recovering from the blow. Yang dusted herself of and glared at the beast, sending a clear message that it would need to kill her if it wanted to be rid of her. Something the Behemoth seemed to understand fully well as it never took it's eyes of her, matching her glare with it's own.
Yang fires two more rounds, which arc towards the Behemoth, forcing the beast to back up a little, before roaring and charging again. Yang grits her teeth as she then blocks the Behemoth's overhead swipe with her left arm, stands her ground and lands an uppercut to the Behemoth's chin, propelling herself upwards to perform an airborne left side kick on the monster's chest, before landing back on the ground, propelling herself forward to slide under the Behemoth's belly, firing six more shots from behind, forcing the beast to turn around, the projectiles apparently having no effect either.
Putting her hands behind her back, Yang then fires again to propel herself, before landing a powerful right hook to the Behemoth's right jaw, forcing it to wince in pain, before the second left hook keeps forcing its head to its left, as Yang uses its momentum to move to its right. Finally, she had managed to harm it. But the damn beast just wouldn't go down.
A right swipe from behind is blocked with Yang's right forearm, she then proceeds to grab the limb, twists it and punches the Behemoth with another right hook, forcing it back. Yang then slides underneath the left paw to dodge the low left swipe, before propelling herself, sliding underneath the Behemoth again to dodge the right swipe, finishing her movement with a cartwheel. As the Ursa turns around, Yang boosts herself upwards, dodging the fifth right swipe, firing another round to spin herself up for a left tornado kick, which pushes the Behemoth's head to the left, before the beast tries to use both paws to pin her down with a swipe, which misses as Yang propels herself backwards, ready for another charge as the Behemoth is now on all fours.
As Yang prepares another left hook, the Behemoth times its right swipe perfectly to swat her away, sending her to the ground on her back and crashing into a boulder, the impact shattering the boulder. When Ruby finally recovers, she only sees the Behemoth, as it charges up it's magical power. Ruby gasped and speeds over to Yang and tries to pull her up.
"Yang, get up! We need to go!" She shouted before she gasped again when she saw the Behemoth unleash a destructive ball of magic at them. They would not be able to dodge in time.
But just as the Behemoth unleashed it's attack on the sisters, something came between them and the attack. A large cloud of mist appeared as an ice barrier was shattered after appearing to defend Ruby and Yang. The two sisters looked up and both got wide eyes at who they saw.
"Weiss!?" Both yelled at the same time.
"I finally found you two. And just in time by the looks of it" Weiss said with a smile, despite of the situation.
Ruby smiled widely at her partner, she would've hugged the life out of her if not for the obvious problem that still remained.
The Behemoth roared, seemingly enraged that it's kill was taken from it. It was clear that the beast would not stop until all of them were dead. Something the three girls would need to do something about.
Weiss points her weapon at it "The beast don't seem to know when to quit".
"Careful, it's packs a nasty punch" Yang said as she got back up.
Ruby did the same, taking out Crescent Rose "It caught us by surprise before. But we are ready this time".
The Behemoth roared and was about to attack again, but several shots to the head caused it to halt it's movement as it shook it's head and glared at whoever dared to attack it from the shadows. And from the shadows came the only missing member of Team RWBY.
"Blake..." Yang said in shock.
Blake slid under the Behemoth to rejoin her friends "Sorry I took so long. Had to sort somethings out. But I am here now".
Ruby smiled at her "Good, we will need you for this. Alright Team RWBY, let's show the beast why we are called the huntresses".
With her small speech finished, the team got ready to end the battle.
While that was going on, all their traveling companions had arrived at the scene. Cloud was ready to jump in and help them but Lightning stopped him.
"What are you doing?" Cloud demanded.
"Let them handle this" Lightning said but held up her hand when her friends were about to protest "Think about it. If we always jump in to save them every time something dangerous happens, how will they protect themselves when we are not around?".
Squall sighed at that "I hate to admit it, but she has a point. They are still new comers here, and they will never learn to survive here if we keep protecting them all the time".
Lightning nods "Besides, they were a team long before we met them. If they still remember how to fight together, then it's the Behemoth that needs protection".
"Fine, but if anyone of them is about to die, I will step in" Tifa declared.
Lightning did not argue with that as the looked back at the fight.
Back in the fight, Team RWBY hadn't forgotten any of their old combat moves together. And Ruby's leadership had not dulled at all. She was still fully capable of commanding her team.
Ruby uses Crescent Rose to swing off the Behemoth's head to send herself behind it. She then fires to propel herself back toward the monster, passing through and slicing at the its legs, while Blake does the same. The duo switch back and forth repeatedly, slashing at the mech's legs with each pass. Then, the Behemoth tries to slam it's paw down at Ruby, but she jumps upwards and dodges the attack. She and Blake strike, slicing out one of the Behemoth's hornes and eyes, causing it to roar in pain and fury. It's magic about to go of again, but this time it had no chance to unleash it as a large ice shared hit it in the face, curtisty of a Weiss and Yang combo.
Perfectly in sync, Ruby sets Crescent Rose parallel with the ground and Weiss charges her Semblance, a white flare edged with dark blue streaming through the air with Myrtenaster. Weiss creates three white glyphs in front of Crescent Rose's barrel, each smaller that the last. When Ruby fires, the bullet passes through the glyphs, and it becomes a blue streak of energy with a swirling trail of smaller cyan colored streaks. Upon striking the Behemoth, the shot produces a large amount of ice crystals that prevent it from moving. Three more shots of ice follow, completely freezing the Behemoth in place.
Blake helps Yang swing around with her line, and Yang fires a shot to lift off. A trail of gold light following her hair, Yang speeds toward the Behemoth just as it frees itself from the ice, rising on it's back legs with one last powerful roar. Yang's fist strikes it in the side of it's head. A loud crack was heard through the area, along with a big shockwave that sent the dust flying away.
The Behemoth's head wobbled a little, a clear sign it's neck was broken. It then fell to the ground, finally dead. All thanks to the team work of Team RWBY. The four girls took the chance to catch their breaths and make sure the beast wouldn't get back up. Once it was clear it was dead, everyone looked at each other.
Ruby did not waste any time to hug Weiss hard. Weiss stumbled at little, but smiled as she hugged her best friend back. Blake was nervous as Yang walked towards her... looking real angry, and Blake knew why.
"Yang, listen, I am sorry for leaving. So much happened and I was scared, I didn't know what to-" Blake was cut of as Yang slapped her hard.
"That was for leaving!" Yang snapped. But before Blake could say anything, Yang hugged her hard, refusing to let go "Never do that again. Never again".
Blake was speechless for a few seconds before she slowly hugged her partner back "I'm not going anywhere... not ever again".
Ruby and Weiss smiled at the scene before they joined in and the team formed a group hug. Their new friends were all watching with smiles on their faces, happy to see the four girls reforge their bonds. They may not have realized it at the time, but Team RWBY's adventure with their new friends had helped them talk out a lot of their issues and was able to understand each other's reasons for doing what they did. Making it a lot easier to reform their bonds.
Team RWBY where officially back together. And this time, nothing would separate them. Not even Chaos himself... a challenge he was more than willing to accept.
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