A/N: Howdy readers! The Viewer-X here!
... Yeah, I know, I suck okay? But, hey, in my defense my next semester of school started last week and I had to adjust to a new schedule! And the past few days were also busy since I had to go shopping one day, and then I was kept up until, like, three in the morning and barely got over five hours of sleep! So I'm kinda sleepy!
Alright, in all fairness, this was a brain child that came the deuce out of nowhere, and since I wanted to write something for you guys because I felt so freaking bad that I have not written anything in nearly two weeks, I figured I might as well post this one up right now!XD
With that said, thank you for your patience. I sincerely apologize, but work should hopefully be a lot faster in the next coming weeks. To give you guys a heads up, the next chapter will be a Peach Beach Splash based chapter, thanks to the number of requests I had received asking for it! So you can rest easy and anticipate that next.
With that all out of the way, please enjoy this - spontaneous - Chapter of Cross Tag Character Collision.
Ragna the Bloodedge couldn't help but rub his eyes in pure, unbridled rage and annoyance. He wasn't particularly known well for his patience, yet in this case he was at least trying to keep it all bottled up. Particularly because... well, he knew it wasn't from a directly malicious place. More accurately, a monumentally stupid place. Which, in all fairness, was something he'd grown used to after the Phantom Field incident.
To backtrack a bit, it first began earlier that day when Ragna came across Kokonoe's lab upon hearing that Akatsuki had gone there with the desire to do more... science, or something, Ragna really couldn't be bothered. After the debacle that happened last time with all the body swapping, Ragna was not going to let something like that happen under any circumstances. At least not without proper supervision.
"Did you learn nothing from last time?" Ragna asked Akatsuki.
"Actually I learned quite a lot," Akatsuki replied. "The data that Miss Kokonoe gathered was quite informa-"
"I meant," Ragna snapped, "did you not learn anything about what kind of damage could be done if you allow this kid to run rampant!?"
Akatsuki deflated. "I... I know," he said. "But I can't deny, what she is capable of is quite intriguing."
"Akatsuki," Ragna said sternly, "I definitely should not be the person to tell you this, but I think you need more friends. That way you won't feel obligated to do this every day."
His eyes drifted over to the console where Kokonoe was already typing away and doing any number of bizarre things that went right over the Bloodedge's head. "So what the fuck are you doing now?" Ragna asked. "You know, to bring down the foundations of the collective sanity of myself and the innocent people and creatures you will undoubtedly drag into this?"
"If you must know," Kokonoe replied, "I was going to do some experimentation on these Dust crystals from that Remnant planet. They strikingly remind me of many of the similar crystals on our own world, like the Phantom Field crystals. Due to their own capacities capable of altering fundamental laws of nature, albeit on a smaller scale, I wanted to see if it would be possible to 'supercharge' them, in a manner of speaking."
"Fascinating," Akatsuki said, rubbing his chin.
"Oh hell no!" Ragna yelled. "If half of what that Ice Queen has told me about those things is to be believed, they cannot be allowed anywhere near you for as long as I can allow it! Back the fuck up and put them away!"
"I think not," Kokonoe said, attempting to hold Ragna back with one hand as he tried to reach across the console!
"Ragna, this is unnecessary," Akatsuki said, attempting to calmly hold Ragna back. But the Bloodedge was certainly not going to have that, as he instinctually shoved Akatsuki back.
"I'm telling you kid," Ragna said. "Don't make me do something we're all going to regret!"
"Like what?" Kokonoe asked.
"You challenged me," Ragna said, grabbing his sword. "You made me do this!"
"Ragna no!" Akatsuki said, leaping for the sword! Ragna slammed the blade on top of the console, with Akatsuki holding onto the blade as it connected! The Dust crystals that were sitting on top already fell over, as the monitor began to glitch out!
And then... things happened. That's the best way that could be described.
Akatsuki's body was sparking as he attempted to use his Blitz Motor so as to hold Ragna's sword from breaking the console, which it did, but not for the best. Sparks connected with the Dust, as the crystals began to glow and shine! A chain reaction of energy blew through Kokonoe's lab, as a white light occurred!
"Oh... shit..." Ragna said.
"Everyone get back!" Kokonoe yelled, but it was too late! An explosion occured, slamming Kokonoe against the far wall! When she was able to reorient herself, she saw that most of her equipment had exploded... and Ragna and Akatsuki were gone.
The demi-human's heart sank as she knew full well what must have happened. It wasn't just that Akatsuki's Blitz Motor reacted with the Dust and her equipment, creating a simple explosion. There was something else that was there at the heart of the incident.
A Memory Fragment. A crystallized manifestation of a person's memory created in the Phantom Field. It was to be used as a base for Kokonoe to analyze in her experiments. It must have reacted to Ragna and Akatsuki as well, throwing them to parts unknown... And Kokonoe had no idea where they must have ended up.
So now, Ragna was angered beyond compare. He wasn't just blaming Akatsuki for what happened, although a part of himself did hold Akatsuki at least partially responsible for... whatever it was that happened, as he didn't know about the Memory Fragment. But he was also blaming himself for not handling the situation as well as he could have.
In the end, Ragna was keeping his temper in check, before taking a breath. "Okay..." he said. "I don't suppose you have any trucking idea where we ended up, do you?"
"I do not," Akatsuki replied. "I have spent much of my time since the Phantom Field incident studying the different worlds, yet I do not recognize aspects of this place just from a cursory glance."
Ragna had to admit, there was no clear indicators for where they were at the moment. They were in a forest, plain and simple. Although, a strange fact about this forest was the fact that the leaves looked like they belonged in Autumn, despite the fact that it was not even Spring by the time Ragna and Akatsuki had been in Kokonoe's lab.
From the back of Akatsuki's mind, he recalled a place in Remnant called "Forever Fall," where the leaves were caught in a perpetual Autumn aesthetic and behavior. Perhaps they were in that place? It was hard to tell.
"It would be best," Akatsuki said, "that we investigate and find somebody to question."
"Whatever you say," Ragna replied. "All I know is that I'm tired and need a damn nap."
"When we find somebody to tell us our location," Akatsuki replied, "we can find a place to rest. I myself could require something to eat."
"I didn't..." Ragna said. "Do you seriously take everything literally?"
"Being a soldier," Akatsuki replied, "I have been told that sarcasm is oft lost on me."
"Riveting," Ragna replied.
For the next few minutes, the Thunder God and Grim Reaper just walked for several minutes in silence. The pathway was fairly overrun by leaves, making it somewhat difficult to locate where they were supposed to go for any chance of finding civilization. Somebody should clean these leaves, Akatsuki observed. It would make it easier to find your way in the event you get lost.
His thoughts were cut off, however, as Akatsuki heard a sound from nearby. A growling sound off the beaten path. A strange creature must have been watching them.
Akatsuki's fist clenched, as he lifted his arms to enter a combat stance. Next thing he knew, a Griffon type Grimm launched itself from the woods right towards him! Akatsuki bent down to enter a roundhouse kick to knock the creature down, only for Ragna to launch himself over Akatsuki's head and butchered the enemy in one fell swoop, two halves of the Griffon falling down beside Akatsuki, the body beginning to dissolve!
Ragna sheathed Blood Scythe back on his back, before shooting Akatsuki an honest to goodness grin. Akatsuki returned the grin, lowering his defense. "I could've handled it," he said in a shrug.
"You're welcome," Ragna replied.
Turns out, however, that one Griffon was just the precursor to dozens of more that appeared around the duo. Akatsuki resumed his fighting stance as Ragna held Blood Scythe in hand. From a cursory scan, Akatsuki confirmed there must've been about twenty-eight in total.
"On the bright side," Akatsuki said, "at least this confirms my suspicion that we are in fact on Remnant."
"Fucking brilliant," Ragna said. "Now shut up and fight."
The two dispersed, each charging for a different amount of Grimm! Ragna was able to take them all down with minimal effort whatsoever! Each time a Griffon got close to him, he just broke them to pieces with nearly a single slash from Blood Scythe each time! He barely even needed to pump any of his Grimoire into his strikes!
Akatsuki had a bit more effort than Ragna, but he was still able to protect himself! He would deliver powerful strikes from his fists, before finishing each Griffon off with rapid kicks that blew the Griffons into the air! With his Blitz Motor, he was able to pump electricity into the Grimm as he struck them, snapping the Griffons' body parts at unnatural angles as he kicked them around!
From his studies, Akatsuki had no indication that Grimm had any bones to break, or hearts to stop, but that changed nothing. The strikes were enough to break something inside the Grimm and knock them apart! Hell, on a few occasions, he actually struck hard enough to imbed his feet inside a Griffon's body on one or two occasions!
Suffice is to say, the Grimm began dropping like flies. What started as twenty-eight soon began to drop to twenty - sixteen - twelve - nine - four.
Eventually, Ragna and Akatsuki returned back to back as the remaining Griffons circled them by hovering low in the air, circling the two. It seemed these Grimm had enough intelligence to know that these two were not to be trifled with, and were rethinking their "strategy."
Our duo was about ready to butcher these Grimm like the rest... until a white blur shot in! To both Ragna and Akatsuki's surprise, the four remaining Griffons were cut down one by one by a white blur, their lifeless bodies dropping to the ground and beginning to dissolve! Before Ragna could even question what exactly it was, he saw something that was hovering in the air that caught his eye; white rose petals that floated in the path that the blur had shot through.
"Wait a minute?" Ragna asked, grabbing for one petal before it dissolved. "Rose petals...?"
Both he and Akatsuki turned around, where the blur had come to a stop. To their surprise, they saw a white cloak knelt on the ground, before they stood up and revealed what looked almost exactly like Ruby, but her dress did not bear much of the red that she normally wore, in addition to her dress now being an overbust that exposed her cleavage, and her corset having white interior as opposed to red, and white frills underneath her skirt. The biggest difference however was her hair, which was about shoulder length, which was only partially obscured her white hood she kept on her head. This stuck out the most since Ruby hated long hair with a fiery passion!
"Ruby...?" Akatsuki asked, approaching her.
"Oh my, are you two okay?" 'Ruby' asked, jumping over to Akatsuki, getting quite close to his face, even getting on her tippy toes to look him in the eye. "What are you two doing so deep in the woods? From seeing your fight on my way here you both look like Huntsmen, but you should've known better to get this far out here! This is where most Grimm nests are found! What're you doing?"
She actually knocked on Akatsuki's forehead, before her attention fell onto Ragna. "So what're you two doing out here?" she asked. "You don't strike me as coming from Beacon. Namely because I haven't seen you before. So, what's the story?"
Ragna blinked a few times as he found himself thrown by this girl. This girl was acting almost like if Ruby fused with Nora. Ruby was fairly shy and awkward upon first meeting people, whereas this girl was energized and talkative.
So the easiest thing that Ragna could attest was, despite visual similarities, this girl was not Ruby.
"Uh..." Ragna said. "We got turned around. Sorry. We're here from, uh... a transfer. And we got turned around."
The girl raised a brow as she looked skeptically at Ragna. It was a BS excuse, that much was clear, but Ragna couldn't think of what else to say since he had no idea who he was looking at. But, the girl gave a shrug. "Okay," she said. "Whatever you say."
"All the same, that fighting was awesome! You reminded me a lot of my teammate Qrow. Except, not only did you look a bit stronger but, and don't tell him I told you this, you're way more coordinated than he is. Oh, I know he means well, but he's about as majestic as a Beringel."
"S-sure," Ragna said, still feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
"So!" the girl said. "My name is Summer! Summer Rose! What's yours?"
"Uh, Ragna," Ragna replied. The girl, Summer, still looked at him expectantly, nodding slowly. It took Ragna a second to figure out she was waiting for a last name. Of which, Ragna had none that he used. Fuck, he thought.
Recalling the person who brought him here, Ragna finally said, "Ragna Mercury."
Meanwhile, as she continued to desperately repair her devices and see if she could find Ragna and Akatsuki, she let loose a sneeze! "Damn smoke getting in my nose!" she cursed.
"Nice!" Summer said. "Sounds cool. And you?" she asked Akatsuki, who'd been looking at Summer with the most befuddled expression on his face the entire time.
"U-uh," he said. "My name is Akatsuki." Much like Ragna, Summer nodded and waited for a last name, causing Akatsuki to sweatdrop awkwardly. "Uh... A-Akatsuki... Eltnum."
Meanwhile, a partial vampire sensed what had just happened in the plot. "Seriously?" she wondered. "You couldn't have thought of anything else, Senpai? Eh, I don't mind."
Sitting next to her, Coco raised an eyebrow as she looked around for what Eltnum was talking to. "W-what're you-?"
"Ooh~" Summer said. "Exotic. So, you said you were transferred? Were you, by chance, headed to Beacon?"
"Well," Ragna replied, "yes that is the case. You said you're from there, yourself?"
"Sure!" Summer replied. "If you want, I can take you there!"
"If you could," Akatsuki, "that would be very much appreciated."
"Sure thing!" Summer said. "But not so fast. For now, I want to learn more about you both."
"Huh?" Ragna asked.
"I want you both to tell me about you two," Summer said, offering a wink. "I mean, it would be fairly wrong of me to just bring two complete strangers over to my school without at least knowing more about where they came from and what they really want~"
Shit. She's good, Ragna thought. If she really were like Ruby she wouldn't have caught onto that. Or at least been brave enough to ask.
"I am from Atlas," Akatsuki replied. "I was working as a senior from Atlas Academy. Mr. Mercury here was a Huntsman originating from Vacuo who had been working in Atlas for the past two years ago on a bounty mission of which my team and I had been investigating. You could almost think of it as a 'internship' from my angle. We chose to come to Beacon for assistance in part of an experiment."
Summer looked impressed, whilst Ragna let his jaw hit the floor! It took a moment, but Akatsuki caught on to the idea of hiding his identity, though he still didn't know why. All the same, he chose to role with it, and had spent the past minute or so establishing a solid made-up backstory for himself and Ragna for the time when somebody had asked. Which was thankfully not hard considering the fact that he had spent a good amount of time travelling across Remnant and studying their history.
"I see," Summer said, rubbing her chin.
"Is there anything else you would like to ask?" Akatsuki asked.
"What is this 'experiment' you mentioned?" Summer asked, thought not in a scrutinizing manner. More like a legitimately curious one.
"Transportation," Akatsuki replied. "We were looking for Dust to create a new means of instantaneous transport, but we ended up losing our supply. We were hoping that Ozpin would be able to help us in continuing our mission."
"Oh, I get it," Summer said.
"Anything else?" Akatsuki asked.
"Nothing that matters right now," Summer replied with a shrug. "Although I would like to learn about your Semblance and weapons later. Just outta curiosity."
"Fair enough," Akatsuki said with a smirk. "But if you don't mind, Miss Rose, I would like to ask you something in return."
"Shoot," Summer said happily.
"You seem to resemble somebody we know," Akatsuki said, rubbing his chin. "Tell me, are you perchance-?"
"Akatsuki!" Ragna said firmly. "I - ahem! - I know what you mean, but let me tell you it's just a coincidence. So there's no reason to bother asking!"
"But she's-" Akatsuki began, but Ragna cut him off again!
"Believe me!" Ragna said. "It's just a coincidence! So don't bother Summer and go prying!"
Summer looked confused, but shrugged it off for the time being. "If you say so," she said. "So! Want me to take you to Beacon?"
"If you could," Ragna nodded. "I need a freaking nap."
Summer giggled. "Sure thing," she said, gesturing for the two to follow.
Akatsuki kept pace with Ragna as the two walked along behind Summer.
"Ragna," Akatsuki said, "what's going on? You didn't even let me ask her about-"
"I know what you were asking," Ragna said. "And I know who she is. She's Ruby's mother."
"Really?" Akatsuki asked, looking back at the white hooded woman. "I see. Yes, that would make sense. But she looks so young."
"It's because she is," Ragna replied. "I can tell. She's too young to have given birth to Ruby by this point. We have to be back in time or something."
Ragna felt a tug at his gut as he continued to look at her skipping along in front of them. She was so full of life. It was definitely not an illusion or some imposter, Ragna could tell.
She was real. She was alive. But that shouldn't have been possible.
"Summer Rose," he said. "This can't be our time, we have to be in the past. Because she's..."
Before Ragna could finish, the light from the sun seemed to get far too bright for the two to take! The world itself around them seemed to be collapsing in the white light! The last thing that Ragna saw before he completely suffered from white out, was Summer's face turning curiously back at them.
Ragna landed face first on the cold, steel ground of Kokonoe's lab! Akatsuki collapsed beside him, as they both felt as if the muscles of their body were burning! The two pushed themselves up off the ground, as Kokonoe let out a massive, exhausted sigh! "Thank Amaterasu!" she said.
"Wha... what the fuck happened?" Ragna asked.
"I was able to ascertain a signal from the Memory Fragment that caused you both to disappear," Kokonoe said. "All I had to do was reverse the polarity to bring you back."
"A... Memory Fragment?" Akatsuki asked.
"Yes," Kokonoe replied. "The Fragment was part of that chain reaction that happened back there that caused you both to disappear. That was what caused you both to vanish in the first place."
"... Memory Fragment," Ragna said. "So that's what it was." Akatsuki looked to Ragna as he seemed to be musing over these things.
"Ragna," he said. "What were you going to say back there?"
Ragna looked to Akatsuki, unable to bring himself to say anything. Whether or not they had really gone back in time, or were in some artificial recreation in the Phantom Field created by the Memory Fragment, either way, Ragna didn't find it right to tell him the truth. It was not his place.
"Don't worry about it," he said. "It doesn't matter now. What matters is we're back and that whole ordeal is all over."
"And for another thing!" he said, standing back up. "This is exactly why I was telling you that playing science games with this kid is a recipe for disaster!"
"Fair enough," Akatsuki said, rubbing his head.
"Which reminds me," Kokonoe said, pulling out her phone. "I should proably tell the others that you're back."
"The others?" Ragna asked.
"Yes," Kokonoe replied. "I had enough sense to tell a good number of others about what happened to you and that I was working to bring you back. Most of them are waiting in the lobby right now."
"And according to what I've heard, one of them in particular is losing her marbles over you."
Ragna raised a brow, wondering exactly who she was referring to.
Ruby Rose was running around in a panicked circle, losing her freaking mind over the concern of what may have happened to Ragna! Sitting in a bench right next to her circle of fear were Hyde, Yumi, and Heart, with Hyde holding his face in his hands as Yumi and Heart watched Ruby freak out with wide eyes.
"And there's no way of contacting them!?" Ruby said. "And we have no idea where they went or if they're even okay!"
"Ruby I think that-" Hyde began, only to find Ruby continue panicking, not listening to a word he said. "Why do I bother?" he added, putting his head back in his hands.
Meanwhile, Yu was doing his best to soothe an equally angry as Ruby was panicked Mitsuru Kirijo, as her arms were firmly crossed and she was positively vibrating in rage. "If that brat doesn't bring Ragna back safe and sound," Mitsuru said, "I swear, there will be no end to the torment that she will be subjected to..."
Well, thankfully he did get back safely. Otherwise the rating would have jumped to M.
A/N: And here we are folks!
This story just kinda popped into my head and I wrote it up in one day as something just to give you guys something else to tide you over until I could finish my next "True" chapter of the story. I will admit though, I did click with this idea the more that I wrote, even having to chop a bit more things down like the inclusion of the rest of Team STRQ, and I would certainly be ready to make a full, multi-chapter "book" out of this in the future.
I came across this upon going back and looking over Team STRQ related stuff, and I can tell you outright, I am a sucker for STRQ shenanigans. While I headcanon the idea that RWBY are the biggest group of lovable morons that Beacon Academy has seen in a long time, but there's something about the novelty of having a team staring Ruby and Yang's parents and uncle that I can't get over.
And, yeah, I was going to tie Summer Rose in this eventually, I think we all knew that. Not in this exact manner, obviously, but we all knew that Mama Rose was gonna get tied in this eventually. Just so we're clear, my headcanon personality for Summer is like Ruby, which I am sure we all agree with, but a bit more extroverted where Ruby is introverted. Ergo, kinda like a hybrid of Ruby with some aspects of Nora. I dunno, I just always loved the idea of Summer being this open and energized person 24/7 to play off of people like Raven and Qrow.
So yeah, expect in the future one of the first "spin-off novels" of Cross Tag Character Collision featuring Ragna and Akatsuki back in time with Team STRQ!
And yes, as I mentioned before, my next "True" chapter will be based on the SK game Peach Beach Splash, so you can expect that soon I swear! Again, with my new schedule having been assimilated, I can write more I swear!
And finally, a new announcement I wanted to make that I have thought of is a Q&A! Yeah, considering I have a lot of ideas in terms of character interactions and character relationships, I wanted to just make the option open for you guys to ask questions if you want to for specific characters, and I can dedicate some chapters or even a separate page to each character answering your guys's questions! Leave me suggestions on whether or not you guys like the idea of having a Q&A chapter/fic, and some questions if you would like. It could be questions for anybody, the main characters, supporting characters, from whatever series and what have you! I at least like to think I know enough to answer your guys's questions, and there should be no issue in regards to if they're related purely to the story itself, which I am already anticipating. (And if you guys want to ask about what happened to Yosuke and Makoto on New Year's, don't worry all will be revealed~)
Review Time!
To Neptunia56: I totally agree that Nanako visiting the other worlds would be amazing, and can totally picture characters like Blake, Akatsuki, and "big sis" Weiss dotting over her the whole time!
To SolarS: Yeah, I think I mentioned in the chapter itself that I was half-expecting to write it longer, but I did what I literally was capable of doing. Also, I'm so sorry about Weiss and Yu making you sad! XD But I'm happy you felt good afterwards. And, lol at that Touhou part!
To Mystech Master: I love the ideas you suggested (as always) and will totally bounce on, like, all of them! It's moments revolving around characters like Amnesia that make me half-tempted to branch out and make short novels and the like dedicated to different pathways of this series, so thanks as always! You've certainly got my gears turning. And don't worry about leaving long suggestions, because if anything the more detail the more I have to work with.
To jadasimone16: I think it's safe to say that nobody keeps their cool for very long in this story. XD
To fernandamichelleraya: Thanks so much! Yeah, I like to play around with ideas and get peoples' feedback on whether or not they like certain pathways so that way I can do something that both feels right for me, and the audience. And no problem, thanks for suggesting the idea!
To Praxus84: Glad you enjoyed it. I did find playing off the idea of Sun being the more responsible one for this chapter something that appealed to me and felt natural since, I do just recognize aspects of his character that I feel people overlook. Like how he selflessly followed after Blake and was there to be her emotional crutch in a time when she was devastated and was desperate for somebody like him to be there for her. (Which is why I will ship BlackSun to death and find Bumbleby to be shilling and lazy, but I'm not here to rant on that.) Also, glad you enjoyed the other character interactions, and I had not considered having Winter suffer from both Qrow and Daidoji at once but that idea has clicked with me and I totally love it, so thanks!
To Will DeGrave: The Yomi idea sounds cool and one I can work with it! Same thing goes for the Haruka and Kokonoe one. And don't worry on suggesting a bit of SK chapters, I can feel that. It's similar to me doing a lot with RWBY! XD And yes, I have been a bit tired lately, so thank you for your support! ^^
To AzuriteInsanity: Glad to hear you enjoyed it. And I agree, we need ship names for all of the pairings we got going so far! Let's get on it people! (Something like Tough Love came to mind for Yang and Aki, but that one doesn't seem to be that "original" or so. At least as much as Night Rose and Royal Flush.)
To Naoto Redgrave: Yeah! Hero Sun! And yes, I pictured drunk Mitsuru would be a bit dangerous, hence why she kinda let go of her normal restrictions back there.
To FightingFlash64: Yeah, I have thought of/been suggested to try storyline chapters, so I am going to try something like that in the future. Also, that suggestion with Platinum and Yosuke sounds positively hilarious so I will definitely keep that one in the list! Thank you very much! (Also, of course I get the Band Geeks reference! That's from Spongebob! At least, so long as that's the extent of it and there's no secret meaning beyond that I'm just really dumb and totally missing. Which is entirely possible.)
To BooDawg: Glad to hear you like it. And I concur that Yu says everything with a straight face. And don't worry, I don't try to go overboard with political themes (I mean what do you take me for, a modern comic writer?) so I'm not gonna go spitting on another person's country/culture, since I don't have the right. But thanks for thinking me level-headed, I appreciate that. And as far as I can tell, everyone is original/canon power level? I mean, since I haven't included many fights I have to presume that everyone is as they are in-game. (Though I will admit that astronomically catapults all Blazblue characters leagues above anyone from RWBY, Senran Kagura, Persona, and Under Night.)
To the Guest user who left the "list" review: 1.) Yeah, I was totally keeping that in mind when portraying Mitsuru's drunkness. I picture that she typically has herself more well put together than somebody like Aki, but when drunk she just kinda "let go" and had her emotions totally fall apart. 2.) I can picture the exact situation happening with Hyde, Jaune, and Yu all going ballistic, and I will admit I would have never pictured Adachi ending up with Velvet, but I will keep that in mind and look into that story you mentioned. Sounds interesting, not gonna lie. And yes! One of the first pairings I had ever thought of was Sho Minazuki and Scharlachrot! I totally love that idea but I hadn't gotten to portraying it yet because... reasons. And finally 4.) Like I mentioned, all will be revealed~!
To the separate Guest user: Thanks for agreeing with the whole Mitsuru thing, and I like the idea of Ragna working with SEES, so I'll keep that in mind. Also, teaming up Kagura and Qrow is a thought that I hadn't considered yet, but has some merit. I can just picture Daidoji watching them move with the most shit-eating grin on her face! And Kagura x Glynda made me chuckle like a dork upon reading that, and I can't stop! XD So, thanks for that suggestion!
Also the guest who suggested Seth x Neo, I don't lie that sounds interesting and has some appeal. Like, imagining if Seth butt heads with her after the RWBY Vol. 3 finale, where Neo is hunting Team RWBY out of revenge, and crosses blades with Seth as he himself is teetering on the moral line. It'd also be especially interesting since Neo chooses not to speak, and much of their interactions would be regulated to Seth being the one to speak for them both. Let me know everyone else what you think! (In the meantime, however, I am still gonna have Seth being all crushin' on Blake since I take pride in that idea.)
So that does it for this one! Apologies again for taking so long, but I should hopefully get a new chapter out sooner. And please let me know if you guys want me to do a Q&A chapter and if I should either have different chapters dedicated to each answering session or a totally different fanfic page. Please let me know! And until next time, thanks as always for reading, have a wonderful day/evening and take care!