I'm back baby! I know it's been a while but I had some major writers block while working on a chapter for Team BAWM over on TheBurningRulers page. (which you should totally check out if you haven't yet) Anyway on with the reviews.
Merendinoemiliano: Thanks once again. As for Jaune's fate what's gonna happen is [redacted].
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Now on with the chapter… sort-of. I never thought this story would be going this long. So, I decided to do a 25th chapter special. So, for this chapter we'll be doing the Crimson and Pals Holiday Spectacular! So, since it's the holidays all the friends Crimson's made are free to join with no adverse effects to timeline. (disclaimer: while invited to attend not all responded to the invites so some may not appear. Some invites may have also been misplaced in other dimensions.)
Crimson and Pals Halloween Special!
Weiss and I were on our way back to our dorms after we'd finished studying in the library and I was once again trying to convince her to go to the Costume party Beacon was holding for Halloween this weekend.
"No." Weiss said.
"Oh, come on it'll be fun." I said.
"The last party was one thing this is just childish." She said.
"Exactly, we're allowed to cut loose once in a while and have fun and act like children." I said.
"I'm not going to a costume party and there is nothing you can say that will change my mind." She said.
"We'll see about that. I'll get you to go one way or another." I said.
"Wouldn't you rather just go on a date just you and me?" She asked.
"Of course, I would but you know why we can't." I said.
"We'd be back with plenty of time." She said.
"What is so bad about going to a costume party? Don't rich people do the same this but with a different name?" I asked
"Masquerades are not the same thing. They are classy affairs where guests gather in dresses and tuxedos and wear specific masks." She said.
"You mean like the mask Cian wears?" I asked.
"Yes, but way more colorful and with decorations added." She said.
"So, let me get this straight. You dress in an outfit you wouldn't normally wear at a party where people don't fully recognize each other." I said.
"That's one way of putting it I suppose." She said.
"That's literally the same thing. The only difference is its less high society. Therefore, you should have no reason not to come to this one." I said.
"You really expect me to dress up in some cheep costume around these degenerates?" She asked.
"It would make you seem less of an ice queen and more relatable." I said.
"That's what you're for." Weiss said giving me a small kiss on the cheek.
"You know I could always just tell your team and they would hound you just as much." I said.
"Don't you dare. Yang and Ruby wouldn't let me hear the end of it." She said.
"Exactly, so you may as well give in and go." I said.
"Ugg, you can be such a pain sometimes." She said.
"I'll make you a deal. If you go to the party on Saturday, I'll take you out for the whole day on Sunday. We can do whatever you want." I said.
"You sure you're up for it? Remember what happened last time we did whatever I wanted." She said with a mischievous grin.
"I mean it wasn't that bad. Besides I can't imagine you thinking of anything too bad." I said.
"If you say so. You realize you have to help me figure out a costume, right?" She said.
"I might have a few ideas." I said.
"Why does that worry me?" She asked.
"It'll probably be better than anything Yang would suggest." I said.
"Sadly, you're probably right." She said.
The rest of the day was spent looking for a costume for Weiss. With her rejecting most of the suggestions.
"How about Harley Quinn?" Skyler asked.
Weiss looked the character up on her scroll. "No"
"I still think you should be Elsa." Yang said.
"For the last time I'm not letting giving you the Ice Queen joke!" Weiss yelled.
"Sephiroth?" Crys suggested.
Weiss looked the character up. "That's a guy."
"Well you've said no to pretty much anything else. Figured it was worth a shot." Crys said.
"I'm not dressing up as a guy." Weiss said.
"Emma Frost." Xana suggested.
"I don't care if that is a real character or not. You are spending too much time with Yang." Weiss said.
"Seriously, I didn't expect this to be so difficult." I said.
"It wouldn't be if Weiss would stop being so picky." Blake said.
"How about Black Cat?" Cian asked.
"No." Weiss said.
"Probably a longshot but how about Angewomon" Blake asked.
Weiss looked up the character and her face turned red. "Absolutely not!"
"She does give me a different idea though." I said.
"Oh no…" Weiss said.
I pulled up an image of Kanade from Angel Beats.
"How about this?" I asked.
"She doesn't look too bad." Weiss said.
"Crimson just wants you to be his Angel." Crys said.
"Well I mean she kinda already is." I said.
"Kinda?" Weiss asked.
"You know you are." I said kissing her on the cheek.
"That's what I thought. This will work." Weiss said.
"The long search is finally at an end." Yang said.
"It's a miracle!" Skyler said.
"Very funny." Weiss said.
"So, what are you gonna be Crimson?" Yang asked.
"Well I suppose I could be Otonashi, but I think I'm gonna go with Super Saiyan Four Vegeta." I said.
"Wouldn't it be better to match with your girlfriend?" Skyler asked.
"Could look at it as a beauty and the beast situation." Crys said.
"Why Super Saiyan Four though?" Cian asked.
I held up my tail.
"Fair enough." Cian said.
"How about you Cian?" Yang asked.
"I haven't quite decided yet." Cian said.
"What about you Crys?" Weiss asked.
"I think Ren and I are going as Kirito and Sinon." Crys said.
"Wait when did you and Ren start dating?" I asked.
"Well my girlfriend is with Ruby in this story, so I took who she's dating in my story. Not that it matters since I won't be in this story any chapter after this anyway. I had a major crush on Ren anyway so bonus that he was single in this story." Crys said.
Everyone in the room stared at her in confusion.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Xana asked.
Crys sighed. "We've been dating for a month."
"Oh my god. That's so cute." Yang said.
"What about you Cerise? You and Coco gonna match too?" Skyler asked.
"You know gatherings like that aren't for me. Coco and I are just gonna have a date night instead." Cerise said.
"That's a great idea. I wish I'd thought of that." Weiss said glaring at me.
"Hey when you can either out smart me or throw shit at me from across the room with your mind you can take advantage. Until then I win." I said before sticking my tongue out at her.
"It may not be with my mind, but I'm pretty sure I can do both of those." Weiss said.
"Perhaps. But if you throw something and miss you can't continuously move it in the air ensuring it hits its target. So once again, I win." I said.
"This also coming from the guy who constantly makes reckless decisions without thinking of the consequences until after they happen." Blake said.
"Speaking of bad decisions. Any idea if Neo's gonna come out not?" Yang asked.
"I'm not sure. You should be asking Cian. He's been talking to her more than me lately." I said.
"I thought you were dating Hailey?" Skyler asked.
"Where did you get that idea? Were just really good friends." Cian said.
"And here I thought Crimson and Jaune were the densest students here." Yang said.
"What do you mean?" Cian asked.
"Never mind, anyway did Neo say if she was going to be coming?" I asked.
"She's still not sure if it would be a good idea." Cian said.
"She totally should! No one would know it's her whatever she dresses up as." Skylar said.
"I'll keep trying to convince her." Cian said.
"Awesome." Skylar said.
"Yay…" Yang said less enthusiastically.
The next couple days Weiss and I spent any free time we had getting our costumes together. She ended up convincing me to dress up as Otonashi. Insisting that since I convinced her to dress up for the party that I have to match her. The day of the party Yang Weiss, Xana and I went to the city to pick up some things last minute.
"So, everyone is clear on the plan for tonight, right?" Yang asked.
"It's not that hard to remember." Weiss said.
"I more meant those two." Yang said.
"I'll probably be with you the entire time anyway, so I don't think it'll matter." Xana said.
"We just have to make sure she doesn't try leaving early. Shouldn't be too hard." I said.
"Good. Remember she can't come back to the dorm until after nine." Yang said.
"We'll keep in contact with Velvet just to be safe." Weiss said.
"Great. And remember no one tell her 'happy birthday.' We want her to think everyone forgot and to be completely surprised when it happens." Yang said.
"Shouldn't we be worried about Skylar and Nora?" I asked.
"Nah, I made sure no one told them, so they don't accidentally say anything. They'll be just as surprised as Ruby." Yang said.
"I still think this is a bit cruel." Xana said.
"Trust me, she'll be perfectly fine once the party starts." Yang said.
"So now the question is how are we going to get all the decorations and stuff in the room without her knowing?" I asked.
"Oh, I already had that taken care of. We've already gotten everything we need." Yang said. '
"Then why did you bring us out here?" Crimson asked.
"Well you two are the biggest part of the plan and I wanted a way to go over the plan one last time where Ruby wouldn't hear." Yang said.
"And what makes you think she didn't just follow us?" Weiss asked.
"I told her the four of us were going on a double date before the party." Yang said.
"And you expect that to be enough?" I asked.
"Not in the slightest. So I had Blake run interference to distract her." Yang said.
"This probably could have been a text rather than dragging Crimson and I out here." Woods said.
"Probably, but what would you two have been doing anyway?" Yang asked.
"Sleeping in sounds like it would have been fun." I said.
"Getting in some extra studying." Weiss said.
"See you had nothing better to do." Yang said.
Weiss and I groaned and headed back to Beacon the first chance we got to slip away. The two of us went back to my dorm and got a head start on our homework before the party started. We changed into out costumes and headed down to the party.
"I still can't believe I let you talk me into this." Weiss said.
"You'll have fun, trust me." I said.
We entered the ballroom which was already packed with students in all sorts of costumes. On the stage was the DJ Ozpin had hired for the party. Weiss and I were able to pick Ruby and Velvet out of the crown immediately and headed over to them. They were dressed as Joker and Queen respectively from Persona 5.
"Excellent costumes girls." I said.
"I don't get it. The two of you don't look like you match at all." Weiss said.
"They are two characters from a video game. Two of the more popular ones." I said.
"If you say so." Weiss said.
"You look beautiful Weiss." Velvet said.
"Naturally." Weiss said with a smile.
"Well that compliment didn't go to her head." Blake said walking up to the group. She had dressed up as Hermione from Harry Potter.
"Hey Blake, Where's Sun at?" Ruby asked.
Blake sighed. "He and Neptune are still on there way."
"He didn't come with you?" Weiss asked.
"Let's just say his costume idea wasn't really as simple as mine." Blake said.
"Come now my dear. Halloween is a time for us to break the chains of who we are and go wild." Artemis said. He had dressed up as Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate.
"And you are?" Weiss asked.
"I've gone by many names over the years. Prince of Wallachia, Vlad Drăculea III, The Crimson Fucker, The Vampire King. But you my dear, may simply call me. Alucard." Artemis said.
"I'm so confused." Weiss said.
"I'll explain later." I said.
About an hour and a half later. Yang and Xana, who were dressed up as Frankenstein's Monster and the Bride of Frankenstein, came up and let us know they were gonna start setting up the party.
"We'll try to get it set up as soon as possible. Just make sure Ruby doesn't leave." Yang said.
"We got this." I said.
Weiss and I began searching for Ruby and Velvet. We ended up finding them sitting at a table. Ruby was looking kinda down.
"You know, I know Joker was framed for something he didn't do, but that doesn't explain why you look upset." I said as Weiss and I walked up.
"What's wrong Ruby?" Weiss asked.
"It's nothing." Ruby said.
"Ruby, just tell them." Velvet said.
"I really didn't wanna make a big day about it, but it's my birthday and it seems like Velvet's the only one who either knew or remembered." Ruby said.
"What? Weiss, why didn't you tell me it was her birthday?" I asked.
"Don't blame me. I told you multiple times." Weird said.
"Then why didn't you say something to her? You live with her." I asked.
"That's… Well… I meant to, but you and Yang pulled me away before I had a chance." Weiss said.
"Guys it's fine. Like I said I didn't wanna make a big deal about it. If anything, I'm just upset Yang didn't say anything." Ruby said.
"Maybe she's just been busy with other things." Velvet said.
"Yeah. That could be it. I'm sure she'll say something by the end of the night." I said.
"I hope so." Ruby said.
"Hey, Crimson how about you and I go gets some drinks?" Velvet asked.
"Great idea. You two stay here we'll be right back." I said as Velvet and I started walking away.
"Has Yang started setting up the party yet?" Velvet asked.
"They left a few minutes ago. I think I'm gonna have Jaune and Pyrrha go help them if I can find them." I said.
"Good, she's trying to be tough about it, but I can tell this is bothering her more than she wants to admit." Velvet said.
"Yeah, I don't think she realizes how easy it is to read when she's upset." I said.
"I just hope you have some ideas to help get her to stay." Velvet said.
"I'm sure I'll think of something." I said looking around the room. I stopped when I saw the DJ on stage. "Perfect."
"What?" Velvet asked.
"Alright, So, you beat me in a solo singing contest. Think you could beat me and Weiss in a duet battle?" I asked pointing to the DJ.
Velvet got an evil smile on her face. "Good idea, but do you really want me and Ruby to embarrass you that bad?"
"Well of course it wouldn't just be us. Gotta make sure we waist a little time. Think you could handle the pressure?" I asked.
"You're on." Velvet said.
The two of us started heading to the stage when someone in teal armor accidentally bumped into us.
"Oh my gosh, I'm sorry." The girl said.
"Wait Pyrrha?" I asked.
The girl took off her helmet to reveal that it was indeed Pyrrha.
"Wow nice costume." Velvet said.
"Thanks, but they here Jaune's idea." Pyrrha said.
"Where is he anyway?" I asked.
"Well you know what they say. Speak of the devil and the devil shall appear." Jaune said in a modified voice walking up to Pyrrha in black armor with orange accents.
'Devil seems pretty accurate.' I thought. "These costumes are awesome Jaune."
"Yeah, I know." Jaune said.
"Umm, if it's not too much trouble could you two go help Yang set up for Ruby's party?" Velvet said.
"Absolutely." Pyrrha said.
"Thanks guys." Velvet said.
"Of course." Jaune said before the two started walking away.
"I still can't believe they're actually together." Velvet said.
"Something tells me his change in personality had something to do with it. Hopefully it doesn't backfire on him." I said.
Velvet and I continued to the stage.
We walked up the DJ and asked if we could have our competition. He was happy to oblige us and handed us each a mic.
"Attention students of Beacon Academy!" I said over the speakers. "A gauntlet has been thrown! Some of you may remember how a certain Rabbit Faunus was able to best me in the singing contest earlier this year. Well this same person has claimed she could do the same thing in a duet contest! So, would Ms. Rose and Ms. Schnee please come to the stage. As well as any others who think they could best either of us."
Ruby and Weiss made their way to the stage as well as a few other costumed pairs.
"What on earth do you think you're doing?" Weiss whisper yelled at me.
"Creating a distraction." I whispered back.
"You could have at least told me about this first." Weiss said.
"I just thought about it a couple minutes ago." I said.
"Alright, then do you have a plan for what we're gonna sing?" Weiss said.
"I may have an idea." I said. I pulled a song up on my scroll.
Before Weiss could respond Nora, dressed as Thor, ran up and grabbed the mic from me and ran out on the stage.
"Alright folks! Skyler begged me not to sing because she thinks I'd get carried away and break something. So instead I'll be taking over the roll of the announcer! Can't have Crimson unfairly declaring himself the winner at the end, right?" Nora said which got a few laughs. "Let's get started then! First up, we have the dynamic duo of Nightwing and… I'm not sure exactly what her costume is. Either way we have Cian Riley and Hailey Sakura!"
Hailey was dressed as Hinata from Naruto and looked about as nervous as the character. Cian looked somewhat confident.
(Cue Don't Stop Believin' by Journey)
Cian: Just a small-town girl. Livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' anywhere.
Hailey took a deep breath before she started.
Hailey: Just a city boy. Born and raised in Southern Mistral. He took the midnight train goin' anywhere.
The crowd started going nuts after Hailey started singing.
Cian: A singer in a smoky room. The smell of wine and cheap perfume.
Hailey: For a smile, they can share the night. It goes on and on and on and on
The crowd began singing along with the duo.
Both: Strangers waitin'. Up and down the boulevard. Their shadows searchin' in the night. Streetlight people. Livin' just to find emotion. Hidin' somewhere in the night.
Cian: Workin' hard to get my fill.
Hailey: Everybody wants a thrill.
Both: Payin' anything to roll the dice just one more time.
Cian: Some will win.
Hailey: Some will lose.
Both: Some are born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends. It goes on and on and on and on.
Both: Strangers waitin'. Up and down the boulevard. Their shadows searchin' in the night. Streetlight people. Livin' just to find emotion. Hidin' somewhere in the night.
They two started dancing on the stage and Hailey looked like she didn't even realize the two were on stage anymore.
Both: Don't stop believin'. Hold on to that feeling. Streetlight people. Don't stop believin'. Hold on. Streetlight people. Don't stop believin'. Hold on to that feeling. Streetlight people. Don't Stop!
The crowd erupted with cheers from the audience. Before the two left the stage Hailey kissed Cian on the cheek causing Cian to turn red.
"And just like that we're already starting off strong. Gonna be hard to beat that let alone follow it. So, next up we have…" Nora started before someone dressed as Deadpool and Spiderman jumped up on stage and took the mic from Nora.
(Cue Dubstep by Ninja Sex Party)
Deadpool: Spidey, all the kids are listening to Dubstep, and we don't have a dubstep song. You know what to do.
(Instrumental) Spiderman stood silently with his arms crossed.
Deadpool: Dubstep! Nailed it.
Deadpool tossed the mic back to Nora and the two jumped off the stage. The crowd was a mixture of laugher and confusion.
"Was… was that Sun?" I asked.
"I think so. Then the other one must have been Neptune." Weiss said.
"Well that was unexpected, but at least it took the pressure off our next contestants. Let's hear it for… I don't know these costumes either. Crys and Ren!" Nora exclaimed.
Crys was dressed as Sinon and Ren was dressed as Kirito from Sword Art Online.
(Cue Bring Me to Life by Evanescence)
Crys looked just as nervous about this as Hailey if not more. She closed her eyes and started singing.
Crys: How can you see into my eyes like open doors? Leading you down into my core. Where I've become so numb, without a soul. My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold. Until you find it there and lead it back home.
Ren: Wake me up.
Crys: Wake me up inside.
Ren: I can't wake up.
Crys: Wake me up inside.
Ren: Save me.
Crys: Call my name and save me from the dark.
Ren: Wake me up.
Crys: Bid my blood to run.
Ren: I can't wake up.
Crys: Before I come undone.
Ren: Save me.
Crys: Save me from the nothing I've become.
Crys turned to Ren and looked directly at him as they continued singing.
Crys: Now that I know what I'm without. You can't just leave me. Breathe into me and make me real. Bring me to life
(Ren: Wake me up!) Crys: Wake me up inside. (Ren: I can't wake up!) Crys: Wake me up inside! (Ren: Save me!) Crys: Call my name and save me from the dark. (Ren: Wake me up!) Crys: Bid my blood to run! (Ren: I can't wake up!) Crys: Before I come undone! (Ren: Save me!) Crys: Save me from the nothing I've become! Bring me to life.
Ren: I've been livin' a lie, there's nothing inside
Crys: Bring me to life. Frozen inside, without your touch. Without your love, darling. Only you are the life. Among the dead!
Ren: All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see! Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me!
Crys: I've been sleeping a thousand years, it seems. Got to open my eyes to everything!
Ren: Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul. Don't let me die here. There must be something more.
Crys: Bring me to life
(Ren: Wake me up!) Crys: Wake me up inside. (Ren: I can't wake up!) Crys: Wake me up inside! (Ren: Save me!) Crys: Call my name and save me from the dark. (Ren: Wake me up!) Crys: Bid my blood to run! (Ren: I can't wake up!) Crys: Before I come undone! (Ren: Save me!) Crys: Save me from the nothing I've become! Bring me to life.
Ren: I've been livin' a lie, there's nothing inside
Crys: Bring me to life.
The crowd cheered loudly for the two.
"So, this may have been a mistake." Velvet said.
"No kidding I thought this was gonna end up being a close one between the two of us. This isn't gonna be easy." I said.
"Amazing job you two. Even if your costumes don't make sense to me. Next up, we'll have the first of our duo of our competition starters. Dressed in… Okay I'm not announcing costumes anymore cause none of you know how to pick normal costumes! Velvet and Ruby!
"I would say wish us luck, but We won't need it against the two of you." Velvet said sticking out her tongue.
"She really gets competitive with this sort of thing." Weiss said.
"Yeah, it's weird to see her so confident about something like this." I said.
(Cue Angel by Anna Blue)
Velvet: You're like a light within the dark. Just like an angel (angel, yea)
Ruby: You're breathing life into my heart. Just like an angel (angel, yea)
Both: And you lead me through the darkest time. Gonna leave this world behind. Angel. Take me to a better place, where I see those brighter days. Angel. Let's seize the day and break away. My angel.
Velvet: You raise me up when I am down. Just like an angel (angel, yea)
Ruby: I feel the love when you're around. Just like an angel (angel, yea)
Both: And you lead me through the darkest time. Gonna leave this world behind. Angel. Take me to a better place, where I see those brighter days. Angel. Let's seize the day and break away. My angel. And when I cry you're always there to dry my tears. A single word from you can take away my fears. I hang onto you, baby, just you and I. You gotta spread your wings and fly. Angel. Take me to a better place, where I see those brighter days. Angel. Let's seize the day and break away. My angel. My angel. Angel.
The crowd erupted with cheers once again.
"Another excellent performance as velvet reminds us why she won the last competition. The competition has been pretty tough this time around though. Will she and Ruby be able to pull off the sweep or will another duo end their streak? We only have two more groups left so first up…" Nora said before five characters jumped down from above the stage in superhero landing poses. Two of which were Deadpool and Spiderman again. Joining them was Hawkgirl, Harley Quinn and Nightwing. "Hey three of you already went you can't go again!"
Hawkgirl took the mic this time. "The next contestants were kind enough to give up their place and allowed us to make an unofficial surprise appearance before the final contestants."
She passed the mic to Harley Quinn. "So we aren't going for the win, Just for the fun of it."
"Hit it!" Deadpool shouted.
(Cue Ginyu Force Theme by Friedrich Habetler & Son Wukong)
Spiderman (Neptune): My Name is Recoome. I've got the strongest powers ah! I'll take all your lives without even breaking a sweat. (Touh) With my Ultra-Fighting Pose. The Miracle Bomber, oh yeah! I'll sweep all the scum off of the battlefield.
Hawkgirl (Skylar): The name is Burter here comes the blue hurricane. woah, my speed is unmatched by anyone.
All: Yes, we are!
Nightwing (Cian): We've just arrived! and we're the most elite warriors in the universe. We even shut up whining kids, we're the Ginyu Special-Squad.
All: Yes, we are!
Skylar: We'll arrive in a flashy way, and we'll show you our Special fighting pose. You'd better go on and kneel before its ultimate beauty.
All: Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai!
Deadpool (Sun): Hey there my name is Jeice. They call me the Red Magma. I'm also known as the special-squad's number two man. Shall I pet you using my signature crusher ball, and by pet I don't mean just patting you on the head.
Harley Quinn (Neo): Guldo, That's what they call me. I have the power to stop time. Woah, I am full of real psychic power.
All: Yes, we are!
Sun: We've just arrived! and we're the most elite warriors in the universe. We're the best in the world, the one and only Ginyu Special-Squad.
All: Yes, we are!
Neo: We have just decided on a chocolate parfait, as our afternoon snack, and we'll never ever share at all. you don't get any.
All: Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai!
Cian: Hey, my name is Ginyu. The one and only Team Captain. When fighting me you better give it all you've got. I serve under Lord Freeza. Don't really give a damn who you are. All I know is that you'll be on the ground soon. CHANGE! You know you should feel honored. How about now I show you my dance, prepare yourself to see my Dance of Joy
All: Yes, we are!
Cian: We've just arrived, and we're the most elite warriors in the universe. I hate frogs, though I don't know why, maybe it's their color.
All: Yes, we are!
Neptune: We decide when we fight with Rock-Paper-Scissors, it's only fair. Fairness is what warriors are all about. You'd better remember that
All: Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Yes, we are!
Neo: We've just arrived! and we're the most elite warriors in the universe. We even shut up whining kids, we're the Ginyu Special-Squad
All: Yes, we are!
Skylar: We'll arrive in a flashy way, and we'll show you our Special Fighting Pose. You'd better go on and kneel before its ultimate beauty.
All: Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai! Tokusentai!
Once again, the crown roared with a mixture of laughter and cheers.
"Oh, sure I'm not allowed to compete, but you can." Nora said puffing out her cheeks. Skylar came over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before flying off. "That isn't gonna work every time you know! Anyway, since apparently the actual next contestants gave up their spots we'll be moving on to our next and final contestants. Give it up for Weiss and Crimson!"
"Crimson I love you, and I mean this in the nicest way possible. If you want a chance at winning. We'll have to change the song. How about Phantom of the Opera instead?" Weiss asked.
"Honestly I don't care about winning. Singing with you is all I care about right now. I don't think we've sung together once despite us clearly being the best. And we don't need no stinking non-existent trophy to prove it." I said.
"Then why did you make it a competition?" Weiss asked. I pointed to Ruby who seemed a lot happier. "Oh, right."
"I said I was creating a distraction." I said.
"You just really want me to sing that song don't you." Weiss asked dreading what was about to come.
"You've come this far haven't you? What's a little more embarrassment?" I said.
"Will our final competitors make their way to the stage or else they'll be disqualified." Nora said.
"You owe me." Weiss said.
"Yeah I know." I said before kissing her.
We made our way to the stage and took our positions.
(Cue It's Not Like I Like You! (feat. Amree & Emirichu))
Weiss: A-á-a, a-á-a, pa-zim-da-zum-da pam-pa-du-pam
Both: A-á-a, a-á-a
Weiss: nááá (Crimson: Hey. That's pretty good.)
Weiss: Wha-! No one asked you!
Crimson: I've got myself just a little bit of love that I wanna spend on you. But baby, I'll never get that chance to dance that romance with you. Oh, no, cause You're always hittin, (Weiss: hiyah! {Throwing a punch at me.}) And kickin (Weiss: hugh {Sending a kick towards me.}) And putting me down. I hope you don't mean what you say.
Both: But I keep seeing you stickin' around. Like you can't get enough. So I stay and I wonder, How my hand would feel intertwined with yours.
Crimson: As of now though (Attempting to grab Weiss' hand)
Weiss: What are you doing? (Pulling her hand away)
Crimson: Nothing but closed doors. My girl's a dere. A tsun-tsundere. Just saying "hi" gets me a punch in the face. (Weiss tries to punch me, but I dodge and run away) And if I should compliment her, she starts to chase. (Hiding behind one of the curtains)
Weiss; Hey! That was a direct attack!
Crimson: Oh, no! The wild cat found my hiding place!
Weiss: Stupid octopus! Take it back!
Weiss and I make our way back to the center of the stage.
Crimson: So, uh, how am I an octopus?
Weiss: How am I a cat!?
Crimson: Well-uh-cats are cute!
Weiss: (Acting flustered) Go away!
Crimson: Can we get along? You're so headstrong.
Weiss: There's no way, go away, now so long! (Turning away from me)
Crimson: (Moving in front of Weiss.) Just talk to me and you will see.
Weiss: That's not fair, using flair you dummy! I've got myself just a little bit of love that I wanna spend on NOT you. Cuz baby, I'm afraid you'll say, that it's not okay with you Oh, oh, cuz. You're always laughin (I give a small laugh) And jokin (boop) You look like a clown. But I hope you mean what you say
Crimson: I do
Weiss: And I wonder what you would think. If I let my pride down, let it sink. Could we hold hands, kiss? Live our lives in gentle bliss?
Crimson: We could
Weiss: Ah! I'm not talking about you! You're not my prince in this. I'm not a dere. A tsun-tsundere. I have a jello heart, I'm not that mean! I'm not blushing, I was just rushing and forgot the sunscreen!
Crimson: Your smile is really cute though.
Weiss: You'll never see it from underneath my ponytail! (Covering her face with her hair.)
Crimson: (Sigh) Alright. I just wanted to let you know. (I start walking away.)
Weiss: Uh-um hey.
Crimson: Yeah? (Weiss: Um) Are you okay?
Weiss: Y-yeah, um, well, heheh. Hey, hey are you free free today?
Crimson: Oh ho ho. Why do you want to know?
Weiss: It's not like I like you, okay?!
Crimson: Alright cool, where do you want to go? We could rent a boat and sail, find a bunny and feed it some juicy kale. (Weiss: No that sounds really stupid) Okay well how about a classy dinner by candlelight, or scary stories til midnight, so then I could hold you tight (Weiss: And get cheeto crumbs on me?! No way!) Ba da ba da ba!
Weiss: Okay, I think you're a little dense. I really do not like all of this talk you have in the present tense. Ba ba da ba da! So listen here buddy. It's all just a big fantasy you see inside of your head! No! So just say goodbye!
Crimson: Eh-whatever.
Weiss: Ba ba da ba da!
The two of us look away from each other. Weiss peaks over at me and when I catch her, she tries to look away again. I smile until she looks back again and pretends to get angry with me.
Weiss: I'm not a dere. A tsun-tsundere. (Crimson: My girls a dere. A tsun-tsundere) Hey! I can kick your butt even in this dress!
Crimson: Ugh! I digress! So let's just go to the park I guess
Weiss: Pff, you wouldn't even know what to bring.
Crimson: Oh, come on, will you please just say yes!
Weiss: Geez, fine, baka tako! It's not like I'll enjoy it or anything.
Weiss smile and puts her arms around my neck.
The crown cheers loudly. We clearly weren't the winners, but Weiss clearly had more fun than I think either of us anticipated.
"Alright folks It's time to cast your votes! Who do you think won tonight? Was it, Ren and Crys?" Nora asked.
The crowd started cheering.
"Ruby and Velvet?" Nora asked.
The crowd cheered a bit louder
"Whatever Deadpool and Spiderman's thing was?" Nora asked.
The crowd got a little quieter and mostly turned to laughs.
"Crimson and Weiss?" Nora asked.
The crowd cheered a bit more.
"Or finally, Cian and Hailey?" Nora asked.
The crowd erupted in a sea of cheers.
"Well that sound unanimous to me! Your winners Cian Riley and Hailey Sakura! Although with what happened after their performance. I'd say they won in their minds either way." Nora exclaimed.
Yang texted me letting me know that everything was ready to go and to start having people head over. I showed the text to Weiss and we started going around to everyone except Ruby and Velvet. Letting them know to head over. I messaged Velvet and told her to distract Ruby for just a few more minutes to get everyone over out of the party. A few minutes later Weiss and I got together and made sure everyone had left and confirmed it with Yang before heading off to find Ruby and Velvet. We found them on the balcony talking. Ruby seemed to be in a better mood, but it was obvious something was still bothering her.
"Well, who'd have thought both our parings would have lost. I thought at least one of us was a sure win." I said.
"I'm pretty sure Sun's group thing with everyone would have won if they'd have wanted to." Ruby said.
"Somehow I'm not too sure about that." Weiss said.
"Well no use complaining now. We tried our best anyway." Velvet said.
"Yeah and you looked like you were having a lot of fun out there Weiss." Ruby said.
"I… Okay maybe it was kinda fun." Weiss said.
"Told you." I said.
"Watch it." Weiss said.
Ruby and velvet started laughing at us.
"Anyway, I know I've been busy today, but I did manage to get you a present Ruby." Weiss said.
"You did?" Ruby asked surprised.
"Of course. We are partners after all. Let's head back to the dorm and I'll give it to you." Weiss said.
"Thanks Weiss." Ruby said.
The four of us started heading back to the dorms and I messaged Yang letting her know. When we got to her dorm the lights were out and the curtain was closed. Weiss turned the light on once the four of us were inside.
"Surprise! Happy Birthday Ruby!" Everyone in the room said.
Ruby started to tear up with a huge smile on her face.
"By the way, this was all Yang's idea." Weiss said.
"Yeah most of us have known for a couple weeks." I said.
"Thanks guys." Ruby said hugging both of us.
The rest of the night was spent enjoying the party. Mostly a few of us stopping Nora from eating the rest of the cake. It was the best Halloween most of us had ever had. Especially Weiss who would still deny it, but she was smiling any time she said it. Unfortunately, it would also be the last one we would celebrate for the foreseeable future.
Happy Halloween!
RWBY: Red Ice Christmas Special!
"Merry Christmas Everyone!" Ruby yelled at the lunch table.
"Ruby, Christmas isn't for at least another week." Weiss said.
"I know, but some of us are going to be leaving soon. So I wanted to say it before anyone left." Ruby said.
"She has a good point. Ruby and I will be taking off after classes tomorrow." Yang said.
"I don't suppose you'd be able to bring a guest?" Xana asked.
"Wouldn't you wanna spend time with your parents?" Ruby asked.
"Well, to be honest. Not really. I don't need them lecturing me the whole time about how I should return to Atlas. Plus, Christmas was never really something we celebrated. It would be nice to experience it with a normal family." Xana said.
"If you want normal you probably shouldn't come with us." Ruby said.
"Yeah, dad goes kinda overboard when it comes to Christmas." Yang said.
"He puts up so many decorations, you could probably see it from here." Ruby said.
"Sounds perfect." Xana said.
"If you say so. I'll call dad later and ask if it's alright." Yang said.
"Are you and Velvet gonna be able to spend any time together?" Pyrrha asked.
"Actually, dad and Velvet's parents said it was okay if she spent the first week with us and then me and her go to her place for the rest of break." Ruby said.
"What about you Blake?" I asked.
"I'm not sure yet. Right now, I think I'm just gonna stay at the dorms." Blake said.
"Well then you can spend Christmas with Nora, Ren, Crys and I." Skylar said.
"I'll think about it." Blake said.
"All of you are staying?" I asked.
"Yep, Ren and I don't really have any family other than each other, so we really don't have anywhere else to go. Skyler doesn't wanna go back to Vacuo. Then there's Crys'… well interesting background. So, she doesn't have anywhere to go either." Nora said.
"If you'd prefer a quieter Christmas, you could stay in our dorm." Cerise said.
"That sounds a bit better. No offence guys. If it's not too much trouble would it be alright if I bring Ilia along?" Blake asked.
"Should be fine." Cerise said.
"What about Sun?" Ruby asked.
"His team insisted they head back to Haven. Something about a Bro's Christmas Bash. I don't think I'll be missing anything. so we agreed to have our Christmas with before he left." Blake said.
"So how about you two?" Yang asked Pyrrha.
"We'll pretty much be doing the same thing Ruby is. The first part of break I'll be spending at Jaune's. and the second part will be at my place." Pyrrha said.
"Which just leaves Artemis and Cian." I said.
"Artemis and Clover will be staying too. Ilia and I thought about hanging out with them a bit too." Blake said.
"I think Cian was heading back home to Mistral. I think he was gonna invite Hailey, but I'm not sure if he did or not." Pyrrha said.
"Which just leaves Weiss and Crimson." Yang said.
"I've taken care of that." Weiss said.
"You have?" I asked.
"Of course." Weiss said.
"Well then don't keep us in suspense." Yang said.
"Well I'm not going into detail, but obviously I'm not going home with the way fathers been acting. So, instead Crimson and I will be staying somewhere else for break." Weiss said.
"So when did you plan on telling me?" I said.
"Later today, but I had planned it to be more of a surprise. It's not like you would have had any other plans anyway." Weiss said.
"I mean your not wrong." I said.
"Great. So start packing soon, we'll be leaving after class tomorrow." Weiss said.
"You gonna at least tell him where your going?" Blake asked.
"Nope." Weiss said with a large smile.
When we were done eating I headed back to my dorm and started packing still having no idea what Weiss was planning.
"So you have no idea what Words was taking about?" Skyler asked.
"None whatsoever." I said.
"Knowing her it's probably something really expensive." Cerise said.
"I mean your not wrong, but if it really wrong to wanna be pampered once in a while?" I asked.
"The perks of dating a rich girl." Cerise said.
"Aren't you dating Coco? She's probably the next richest girl here." I said.
"Like I said. Perks of dating a rich girl." Cerise said.
"You know I don't usually try talking advantage of her money." I said.
"If course not. Your loaded too why would you need to." Xana said.
"Plus your money comes from the SDC too. So either way they are paying for whatever happens." Skylar said.
"You know just once I'd like to win against you guys." I said.
"Stop making stupid decisions and maybe you could." Cerise said.
The next day after classes I finished some last minute packing and met Weiss at her dorm. After we said our goodbyes we headed out and boarded an airship for the city. From there we ended up taking another airship to a southern part of Vale. From there we got a limo taking us into the woods.
"So, you gonna tell me where we're going?" I asked.
"Just be patient. We'll be there soon." Weiss said.
About an hour later we arrived at a small cottage in the middle of nowhere.
"Surprise." She said.
"I don't know what to say." I said.
"Just tell me you love me." She said.
I smiled and kissed her cheek. "I love you."
After we got our stuff inside Weiss tipped the limo driver and he took off.
"So not that I'm not happy with this, but why couldn't you just say what you were planning yesterday?" I asked.
"Because telling them 'Crimson and I are going to a secluded cottage in the country' isn't smart. Plus the look on your face was amazing." She said.
"Okay you've got a point." I said.
"Well one of us has to be the smart one." She said.
"Hey, my grades are just fine thank you." I said.
"True, but refresh my memory. What deal did you make with my father?" She asked.
"Never gonna let that one go are you? " I asked.
"Nope." She said.
"So I'm guessing all expenses paid?" I said while looking around.
"Actually, I decided to go with a cheaper option." She said.
"Really? Are you sure you'll be able to live without the lifestyle you've become accustomed to?" I asked sarcastically.
"All I care about is that I have you. Plus if things don't go well I'll probably need to learn to live like this before too long anyway." She said.
"You make it sound like I won't win the tournament." I said.
"It's not that…" She said.
"Then what is it?" I asked.
"Even if you do I'm sure father will have some sort of backup plan to screw us over." She said.
"Then we'll deal with it when the time comes. Worse case scenario I have to go to another school. No one said you couldn't also transfer." I said.
"I guess…" She said.
"Let's I worry about it. We've got two weeks to ourselves. No sense worrying about what ifs." I said.
She smiled and nodded. "Your right."
"See I can be smart." I said.
"I wouldn't go that far." She said with a small laugh. She put her arms around me and gave me a quick kiss. "But you do know how to cheer me up."
"I'll take it." I said.
We took our stuff into the bedroom and started putting it away in the provided dressers.
"Oh, I did splurge a little extra for one thing." She said.
"Which was?" I asked.
"They had an extra package for Christmas. They put a bunch of decorations in the closet. We can put up as much or as little as we wish." She said.
"You put up decorations that aren't for a fancy event? This I gotta see." I said.
"Would you rather I make you do it?" She said.
"Please. If you try that nothing is getting put up." I said jokingly.
"And if I say no kisses until they're up?" She said smiling and crossing her arms.
"Then I guess we'd see how long you could go without it." I said.
"You think I'd break before you?" She asked.
"Well we could try and find out, or we could just not and set them up together." I said.
"Sounds good." She said.
We started pulling stuff out of the closet to decide what to put up. They had a decent sized tree some garland, lights, and ornaments. We put the tree up and decided to put some lights around the windows.
"This doesn't look too bad actually." She said.
"Surprisingly yeah." I said.
"Didn't think I could do it did you?" She asked.
"It's not that. I had no experience decorating so I was more doubting myself than you." I said.
"I think there's some stuff to make coco in the kitchen. Would you mind making some? I'm gonna go change quick." She said.
"Sure." I said.
I heard for the kitchen and looked for the stuff to make hot chocolate. Surprisingly the kitchen was stocked pretty well. Shortly after I started Weiss came into the kitchen wearing a white sweater and light gray sweatpants with her hair down.
"S-so… what do you think?" She asked.
"I mean it's definitely different. If we weren't the only two people here I'd think you were someone else. You just look like ten times more relaxed." I said.
"Thanks… I think." She said.
I gave a small laugh. "You look amazing snow angel."
She blushed a bit and walked over to me. "Still hard getting used to you calling me that."
"Well you've got a couple weeks to get used to it." I said.
"I guess so." She said.
"I'm gonna guess you'll want yours without marshmallows?" I asked.
"You could put a couple in." She said.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yeah." She said.
"So let me get this straight. You got regular people clothes, want a sugary drink with added sugar that you'd get on Ruby for, you willingly helped decorate for Christmas…" She cut me off.
"Is there a point to this?" She asked.
"What's up?" I asked.
She sighed and grabbed her coco and gestured me to follow her. We went into the living room and sat on the couch.
"Look I know I'm not acting like my normal self. Just like Xana said I wanted to experience a normal Christmas. Honestly even the time of year that's supposed to be about family and fun ect. It was anything but that growing up. I figured you'd be able to give me the Christmas if always wanted as a kid." Sure said.
"Well no pressure." I said with a small laugh.
"I should clarify I don't expect everything to be perfect. Honestly just this day has been better than any other year so far. I don't expect you to do anything extra. Just indulge me please." She said.
"As you wish my dear." I said.
She moved closer and rested her head on my shoulder. "Thank you Crimson."
"So I just realized something." I said.
"What?" She asked.
"We'll be sleeping together the entire time." I said.
"T-that's not a problem… is it? " She asked.
"N-no… I mean as long as your okay with it." I said.
"It should be fine. I mean it wouldn't be the first time right?" She asked.
"True." I said.
The next few days were definitely different. It was like Weiss was a completely different person. She seems so relaxed, like she didn't have a care in the world. Then again she really didn't. I don't think I've ever seen her smile or laugh so much since I met her.
"You know, I almost wish we didn't have to go back to Beacon." I said.
"Why's that?" She asked.
"Just seeing you so happy has been amazing. I know when we go back things will mostly just go back to the way they were before." I said.
"I see…" She said.
"I didn't mean that in a bad way. Either way your still the girl I love." I said.
"But you'll keep thinking of the girl you see now wishing she was around more." She said.
"It's just with all the extra stress of school and the others you are clearly more tense. These past few days you've had absolutely no stress and you've smiled and laughed so much I don't think anyone would believe me if I told them. I've seen both sides of you and either way I know I'll see you smile." I said.
"I know what you mean. The worst part is your not wrong. I know life is gonna have its struggles and stress regardless. Just being able to get away from it all has been the best feeling. As much as I don't want to I'll start getting stressed with school and everything else that I'll start getting irritable and live up to the Ice Queen nickname." Sure said.
"I'll still be by your side either way." I said.
"And you don't know how much that means to me. Honestly with how I act towards people I'm surprised I have someone who cares about me as much as you do. More than most of my family does." She said.
She stood up and walked over to the tree. She stood there in silence.
"I don't care." She said.
"About?" I asked.
"At the rate he's going my father is going to run the company into the ground if they don't force him to step down. Unless the board decides to put me in charge they'll probably do everything themselves or put my little brother in charge. There's a good chance I wouldn't even have a chance to make the changes if like to make. It would just be so much added stress that I don't need. I hate for my father to run my family name into the ground. Especially one he wasn't born into, but your right. So once I graduate from Beacon all I want to is to spend the rest of my life with you." She said.
"I'm beyond happy that you'd wanna spend the rest of your life with me, but isn't this a bit drastic?" I asked.
"Probably, but right now I don't care. You're right this is the best I've felt in a long time. I don't know if I've ever been even close to this happy in all my life and all it took was being away from all the things that have been causing me nothing but stress. I know even after we graduate that there will still be things in life that will stress me out, but I know as long as I'm with you it won't seem near as bad." She said.
"I'm not gonna tell you what to do, and I'll support you no matter what your decision, but before you go making a rash decision. I think you should give it a few more days to make sure this is what you want to do. This is a pretty important decision and I want you to make sure this is what you want." I said.
"I doubt I'll change my mind, but I'll take your advise." She said.
"like I said I'll support your decision, but the thing that worries me is this sounds like the kind of decision I would make." I said.
That seemed to make sense to her. Before she could respond she paused and took a second to think.
"While I see your point. Things have found a way to work out for you haven't they?" She asked.
"This is no time to use logic." I said.
"If you say so." She said with a laugh. She came back over and sat on my legs with hers on each side of me. "Since we're throwing logic out the window. How about we have a little fun."
"Your trying to tease me again, aren't you?" I asked.
"Maaybe." She said sliding her hands around my neck.
I put my arms around her back and pulled her closer. She moved one of my hands lower and then leaned in for a kiss. Her tongue entered my mouth and soon after mine was intertwined with hers. I moved my hands up to her sides and started tickling her until we had both fallen to the floor. Somehow, she managed to turn the tides on me and ended up back on top of me.
"That wasn't fair." She said smiling.
"Maybe not, but it was funny." I said.
"Now who's the tease?" She asked.
She kissed me and laid down beside me.
"So, not that it matters, but how far were you gonna go with that?" I asked.
"We've got a few days left. Maybe you'll find out." She said winking.
"You're doing it again, aren't you?" I asked.
"Maybe. Maybe not." She said with a small laugh.
"What am I gonna do with you?" I asked.
"Hmm, I might have a few ideas." She said.
"I need to learn to choose my words more carefully." I said.
"Don't worry I'm only kidding, but you have to admit it is kinda fun." She said.
"I'm not saying it isn't." I said.
"Then as long as we only stick to what we're comfortable with then everything should be fine." She said.
"Which almost makes me wonder where that limit is." I said.
"Well if you want, we do have plenty of time to find that line." She said.
"I promise nothing, but we'll see." I said before kissing her on the forehead.
"Alright." She said smiling. "I'll still think it over like you asked, but you have to admit spending our lives together like this would be wonderful."
"No argument here." I said.
We got up and sat on the couch and covered ourselves with a blanket.
"You know. Something still seems off about the tree." She said.
"Like what?" I asked.
"Aren't there supposed to be a bunch of presents under the tree? All I see are the ones we got each other." She said.
"You're asking the wrong person. At the orphanage we each only got one thing." I said.
"Didn't Santa ever bring you something?" She asked.
It took a minute for me to register what she had just said.
"Come again?" I asked.
"What about Santa? Surely he'd have brought you something." She said.
"I'm sorry, you bringing up Santa sounds so wrong." I said.
"Don't tell me you don't believe in him." She said.
"It's not that, but this, once again, sounds like something you'd be getting on Ruby about." I said.
"Ruby is so innocent though. Her believing makes sense. Especially if their father is as into this stuff as they said. I had to keep it hidden for years. It was like my only symbol of hope for the longest time." She said.
"I guess that makes sense. Growing up with so much negatively you need something to try to cling to in order to stay hopeful." I said.
"Just don't tell anyone, cause I never will hear the end of it." She said.
"Of course." I said.
The next couple days passed until Christmas morning finally arrived. To my surprise when we woke up, we found a couple more presents under the tree marked 'from Santa.' Weiss ended up getting me a new mp3 player with her emblem on the back. I got her a locket with our pictures in it. Inside the two from 'Santa' were a pair of necklaces. Weiss' had a mulberry topaz gem with my emblem (eighth note with he circle replaced with a heart) embossed in silver. Mine had a sky-blue topaz with her emblem embossed in the same way.
"These are beautiful." She said.
"They are amazing." I said.
"Thank you Crimson." She said hugging me.
"Your welcome snow angel." I said.
After we got dressed, we laid on the couch watching tv.
"You know, just cause, I said I believed in Santa didn't mean you had to rewrap the necklaces." She said.
"Wait, I thought you did that since you were the one who brought it up. I thought you were just thanking me for the locket." I said.
"So, if you didn't get them. Where did they come from?" She asked.
"You know, I don't think anyone would believe us if we told them." I said.
"Maybe you're right." She said.
The remaining days came and went faster than either of us wanted them to.
"So, back to Beacon tomorrow." I said.
"Unfortunately." She said.
"Well, it would be nice to see everyone again. This has been nice, but I kinda miss the hell we'd all get into." I said.
"I'm sure we'll get put into some life-threatening situation within a week." She said.
"A week? I was thinking less than that." I said with a small laugh.
"We should probably start packing." She said.
"Probably." I said.
"So, I thought about what I said the other day." She said.
"And?" I asked.
"I'll agree that it was a fairly rash decision. Thinking back though, Winter essentially did the same thing. She chose the military life over our family. This is my life and I'm so tired of everyone trying to tell me what's best for me. I know this means I'll be giving up a lot, but I don't care. I want my life to be determined on my choices. Not the ones others make for me. I wanna make mistakes and learn from them. Most of all. I want a life that you'll always be a part of. Because it'll be my decision." She said.
"You're positive about this?" I asked.
"I am." She said.
"Then I'll do my best to make that possible for you." I said.
"This means I'll have to start saving some money on the side. I can't rely on you to pay for everything right away." She said.
"True. Especially since you should probably have Ruby or Blake help plan the wedding. Don't want you to go too, overboard right?" I said with a slight laugh.
"W-wedding?" She asked blushing.
"I mean, that is what you meant right?" I asked putting my arms around her.
"Yes." She said tears rolling down her face.
"I love you Weiss." I said.
"I love you too Crimson." She said.
Happy Holiday's Everyone!