The Adventures of Team WA: Volume 2

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY, it is the property of Rooster Teeth. I only own my OCs.

I remember another time I was on an airship reading a book like this, thought Wayne as he glanced around the cargo hold of the airship he was currently on, I was heading to Beacon for the first time. Shifting his position, Wayne glanced out the window at the water and mountains below. Of course there are a few distinct differences this time around, like how I'm on a cargo ship and not an official passenger transport.

There's also the fact that I'm not traveling with my little brother Aegis, but with the heiress, pardon former heiress, of the Schnee Dust Company, Weiss Schnee. Who'd recently begun wearing an aqua blue version of her outfit.

And while it was true they were heading to a huntsman academy, Haven academy to be precise, they weren't going there to enroll, but to prevent its downfall. To prevent it from becoming a Grimm infested ruin, just like Beacon was now. Wayne sighed as he tried getting back to his book, but was having trouble keeping his concentration on the story when a voice suddenly made his ears perk up.

Weiss had gone to the pilot's cabin to see how much longer it would take them to get to Mistral, something her and Wayne had been taking turns doing every few hours of flight time or whenever the pilot seemed to be making a stop. Thanks to being a half-bear Faunus, and a good bit of training from his mother, a number of Wayne's senses were sharper than an average person's. A fact which often came in handy, such as now.

From what he could hear, the pilot was saying they were in the home stretch. Not much longer now, Wayne thought as he directed his eyes back to his book. Or at least he would have if the sound of loud static didn't start ringing in his ear. Aw gosh, thought Wayne as his hand instinctively reached up for his ear, one of the downsides of enhanced hearing is those sudden loud noises tend to hurt a lot more.

After rubbing his ear for a second, he was able to make out some of the noise from the radio, and a lot of it sounded like yelling. Wayne realized he was listening to a distress signal as Weiss's voice cut in. From what he could make out, Weiss wanted to go help whoever was sending out the distress call, but the pilot wasn't having it. After another few seconds of listening, the door to the pilot's cabin opened.

"So how much farther to Mistral," asked Wayne as he put a marker in his book and closed it. "He says we're in the home stretch," said Weiss, somewhat distractedly, "It won't be much longer." "And I'm guessing he said 'no' to that distress call on his radio," said Wayne.

"How did you," Weiss started to ask, "Right, enhanced hearing." "Pretty much," said Wayne, "Though I do wish he'd turn that thing down, the high pitch from the interference kinda hurts." "Well we'll be off soon enough," said Weiss as she sat down on one of the cargo crates, "To be honest I don't wanna hear any more of that radio either." "If you want," said Wayne as he returned his book to his travel bag, "We can always go back in there, put a weapon to his head and demand he let us help the people in trouble."

"Wayne!" Weiss said, not sure if she should laugh or scold him for such a remark. "I'm just kidding," said Wayne with a slight smirk as he stood up, "Though I think I might have a way to take your mind off of it at least." "And what way would that be," asked Weiss.

Instead of answering immediately, Wayne took a relaxed fighting stance and held out his hand. "If I remember right, you still need to work on your hand to hand, so we're gonna need to set Myrtenaster aside for a bit," explained Wayne. "This is your big idea," said Weiss with a raised eyebrow, "You want to hit each other for a bit."

"It's a great way to work out frustration," said Wayne, "And I'm certain I've mentioned before, a true huntsman or huntress should know how to fight with or without a weapon." Weiss sighed as she drew her weapon and handed it to Wayne, who leaned it on a couple of storage containers a few feet away. "Just know," said Weiss, "I'm only doing this out of boredom."

"It beats the heck out of 'I Spy'," said Wayne as he held his hands up, "Now throw your best punch." Weiss took a fighting stance of her own, albeit an amateurish one as she curled her fingers into a fist. Then, winding up a bit, Weiss swung her fist wide against Wayne's hand, and nearly fell over in the process as Wayne directed the blow aside.

"Wooh," Wayne said as he managed to catch Weiss's arm and pull her back up, "Hand to hand requires balance, just like with your weapon, I know Yang's told Ruby the same thing." "Yeah she has," said Weiss before suddenly throwing another punch at Wayne's head.

"Hey," Said Wayne as he caught the first blow, avoided the second, then caught the third. "And she told me to be more unorthodox," said Weiss as she continued throwing punch, after partially skilled punch. Wayne had to maneuver around the cramped confines of the airship as he blocked and dodged every blow which was sent his way. Finally, Weiss threw one blow a little too quickly towards his head and her hand slammed into the nearby wall when Wayne dodged it.

"Aww, ow," said Weiss as she examined her throbbing right hand. "Is uh, your frustration worked out," asked Wayne as he relaxed his stance. "No," said Weiss, "Now I'm frustrated at something else." "Well I can blast the wall out for ya," said Wayne as he crossed his arms, "But somehow I think that's a bad idea." "You think," said Weiss as she rolled her eyes while still holding her hand.

"Here let me take a look at it," said Wayne. "It's only a little bruised," said Weiss, "That's what I get for not activating my aura." "All the more reason I should take a look at it," said Wayne as he held out his hand. Weiss looked like she wanted to protest more, but decided against it as she held out her hand for Wayne to examine.

"It doesn't appear to be bruised," said Wayne as he took Weiss's hand and turned it over a couple times, "And fortunately nothing broken, not that I expected that anyway." "It's just a case of me hitting a wall out of frustration," said Weiss, "And because you moved." "I'm supposed to move," said Wayne, "You don't stand still when you're sparring, as for your frustration, why don't you tell me what's really bothering you if it's bad enough you forgot to activate your own aura?"

A look of unsureness passed Weiss's face before she answered. "I guess it's just starting to hit me," said Weiss, "Having my birthright revoked, running away from home, and now that distress call just brought back that same feeling of powerlessness I felt when Beacon was falling." "You mean the realization that we can't save everyone," said Wayne, "Yeah, I doubt it's been easy for any of us to accept it."

"Do you think we'll be able to help this time," asked Weiss. "We've got actual details on their plan this time," said Wayne, "And we're expecting them, one way or the other it's not gonna turn out like Beacon." "How can you be sure," asked Weiss. "I didn't leave home, hop continents and fight off Neo, Exo, and the White Fang just to watch it all happen again," replied Wayne, "And I know you didn't leave your own home unless you expected to change something."

"I suppose that's one way of looking at it," Said Weiss as she cheered up a little, "And Wayne." "Yeah," replied Wayne. "You can let go of my hand now," said Weiss. "Oh right right," said Wayne as he realized he was still holding onto her and quickly released her, a feeling of embarrassment passing over him, "Sorry about that." "Don't worry about it," said Weiss as she renewed her stance, "Now, shall we continue." Wayne simply smiled as he took his own fighting stance.

Menagerie: The Streets of Kuo Kuana

The market place was crowded as always, which came as no surprise to Aegis at this point, but that didn't make it any easier for him to move through the streets. How can a place with so many small buildings be so crowded, thought Aegis as he made his way around a corner, his destination finally in sight. The building was like an outdoor style bar with several different types of Faunus sipping at one exotic beverage or another that Aegis had never heard of. Pulling his scroll out, Aegis checked the picture of his target one last time as he looked around the bar.

There near the end of the bar sat a warthog Faunus with tusks protruding out of his mouth and a nasty scar over his left eye. Can't believe that guy's supposed to be an undercover agent for the White Fang, his face has got trouble written all over it, thought Aegis as he checked the photo one last time to be sure before heading over. The White Fang agent didn't notice as Aegis was walking up, too engrossed in his pint of whatever he was drinking.

"Pardon me," said Aegis, getting the warthog Faunus's attention, "I hear you got some connections to some unsavory folks." "Oh and who are you?" questioned the agent, "Some kind of law enforcement." "No," said Aegis as he showed him the picture on the scroll, "But I am here to take you in."

"There's a bit of a problem with that," said the warthog Faunus as he turned to face Aegis, "You see my organization is paying good lien for someone to bring YOU IN!" The warthog faunus pulled out a double barrel shotgun with a large blade and tried pointing it at Aegis. But Aegis caught the weapon with his left hand, pointing it away from him as it discharged into the side of a nearby building.

Using his other hand, Aegis smashed his quarry's hand, knocking the weapon out of it as he elbowed the White Fang agent in the face, causing him to topple out of his chair and onto the floor. Aegis kicked the shotgun blade away as the Faunus rose back to his feet and threw a straight punch at his head. Aegis caught his wrist and used his other hand to grab and slam the Faunus's head on the bar before shoving him backwards onto the ground.

"We can still do this peacefully," said Aegis, "I'm not real good at this holding back business." The warthog Faunus didn't see it that way as he pulled himself back up and rushed Aegis one last time. Aegis simply rolled his eyes as he ducked under his quarry and lifted him over his shoulders before slamming him back down onto a nearby table, smashing it the force of the throw. "I tried to be nice," said Aegis as he turned to address the frightened onlookers.

"Don't worry folks," said Aegis as he waved his arms reassuringly, "Just some huntsman business, nothin' to see here." As Aegis was saying this, he heard movement below him. Moving fast, Aegis slammed his foot down on the Faunus's hand, keeping him from bringing up the shotgun he'd somehow gotten his hands on. "Owwww," groaned the warthog Faunus before Aegis pulled out Ursus Cleaver and knocked him in the head with the pole, rendering him unconscious.

"I know I told him we could do this peacefully," said Aegis as he returned his weapon to his back, "But this way was definitely more fun." Aegis then proceeded to haul his unconscious quarry up onto his shoulder and turned to leave. "Oh and you can send the bill for the table to the Belladona household," Said Aegis to the bar owner, "They said they'd cover for damages." "Uh sure," said the bar owner as Aegis headed back into the crowd.

Belladona Household: Night Time

It didn't take Aegis too long to drop off his target at the station where the proper authorities resided before he headed back to Blake's rather large house. Him, Blake, and Sun had been going around the city rounding up any known White Fang agents, though that chameleon girl, Ilia, had been making it difficult for Blake. Aegis had just gotten back to the house when the Belladona family, plus Sun, came walking up the path, having just returned from confronting those two fox Faunus, Fennec and Corsac. By the sound of it, things hadn't gone well.

"This is unbelievable," Yelled Ghira Belladona, Blake's father, as he shoved the doors open. "It's complete garbage," said Sun as he and Ghira turned to face each other. "They're not gonna get away with this!" They said at the same time. "Well at least you two have something you can finally agree on," said Kali, Blake's mother.

"So everything turn out well," asked Aegis, sarcastically as he stood in the hallway. "It was utter nonsense," seethed Ghira. "It was obvious they were guilty," said Sun. "And the absolute nerve of them," said Ghira. "Guys," said Blake as she walked up behind them, "It's okay, everything is gonna turn out fine."

"I hope you're not being optimistic just because Ruby ain't here," said Aegis. "No Aegis," replied Blake with a small smile, "But maybe when this is over we'll be able to go looking for her and the rest of our friends." "Hope so," Said Aegis, "All this political stuff is giving me a headache, but at least I get to bring in wanted felons so there's that." "No kidding," said Sun as he, Ghira, and Kali made their way inside.

"Don't worry Aegis," said Blake as she began heading up the stairs, "After tomorrow we should at least have one less problem to deal with." "Speaking of problems," said Aegis as he started to head upstairs with Blake, "I need food, bringing in bad guys makes me hungry."

I know I've talked to Blake about this, said Aegis as he grabbed a jar of peanuts from one of the kitchen pantries, we need more honey in this household if I'm gonna be doing an extended stay. As he was about to eat one of the peanuts, he noticed a shadow move by the window and onto the roof. What the heck, he thought as he moved towards the window and slid it open.

Taking several quick sniffs of the air, Aegis knew all he needed too. Back again, thought Aegis as he climbed out the window and pulled himself onto the roof. He listened as a thud on the outdoor balcony, followed by the sound of voices told him were to find the intruder.

"Why did you take the blame for them Ilia," Aegis heard as he poked his head over the side of the roof to see Blake talking with her former chameleon friend, Ilia, "Corsac and Fennec pinned everything on you when we confronted them tonight, they even acted disappointed that you'd sided with Adam and about everything we found on your scroll, but we both know they're guilty."

"You won't be able to prove anything," stated Ilia. "The data on your scroll might not be enough to put them away," said Blake, "But the data on the scroll Aegis brought us will be more than enough to sway the people here. Once we go public with it tomorrow, none of them are going to stand for it, and you shouldn't either."

"It won't work Blake," said Ilia as she removed her mask, showing her sad blue eyes behind it, "Please just leave before things get worse." A look of determination crossed Blake's face before she responded. "Unless you make me, I'm not going anywhere," Said Blake. "That's the way it'll be then," said Ilia as she put her mask back on and hopped off the railing into the forest below.

Blake grit her teeth at her former friend's statement before her face relaxed into a sad expression. "Want me to go after her," asked Aegis as he dropped down from the roof. "Aegis," said Blake, "Tell me there isn't someone else on the roof who wants to talk to me after you?" "I'm the last roof appointment for tonight," said Aegis as he looked up one more time, "At least I hope so, but anyway you didn't answer my question."

"No," replied Blake as she rubbed her forehead, "We've already got a plan set up for tomorrow, we'll get to Ilia afterwards." "We could've taken care of her a while ago," said Aegis, "Last I checked she keeps getting in the way, if you just let me and Sun take care of her." "No I can take care of her," said Blake.

"You sure about that," asked Aegis, "I'm certain you've had more than enough chances to deal with her already." "She's not a priority right now," said Blake. "I don't think that's the reason," said Aegis, "You just don't want to go up against an old friend, well newsflash, she ain't your friend anymore."

"Then what should I do Aegis?!" Exclaimed Blake, "I know she can't want the destruction of Haven, she's not like Adam!" "But she still listens to him," said Aegis, "If she continues following the White Fang you're gonna have to face her eventually and if you can't do that she'll wind up hurting the friends you have now!"

"So I should just cut her down the next time I see her?" Asked Blake, her voice lower but no less angry, "Do you really think it's that easy, what if I decided to go back to the White Fang tomorrow, would you just kill me like that without any remorse?"

"Of course I'd be remorseful!" Exclaimed Aegis as he held his arms up in exasperation, "The last thing I'd want to do is take on someone I once called 'friend,' but I'm not willing to let all my other friends and loved ones suffer just because I refused to do what I had to."

Blake kept an angry look on her face for another few moments before letting out a sigh. "You're probably right Aegis," Said Blake as she looked out into the woods, "I just want so badly for there to be a way around fighting her." "Well if it's any conciliation," Said Aegis, the anger dying down in his voice, "I wasn't trying to suggest you outright kill her, gosh how would Wayne explain this, I was just saying you need to be ready to take her down when the time comes."

"Yeah that sounds like Wayne," said Blake, "Come to think of it, you told me he fought Emerald at the fall of Beacon, did he ever tell you how he was able to do something like that, fight a girl he'd been falling in love with?"

"He doesn't like talking about it, not that I blame him," said Aegis, "What he told me was he tried to avoid fighting her as much as he could because Cinder was the real threat, but when it became obvious that was out of the question he didn't back down, he said it was because he knew all our lives were at stake, and he was just plain pissed."

"Yeah that sounds like Wayne," said Blake with a light smirk as she looked back at Aegis, "Alright, if it comes down to it I'll fight her, but I'm not gonna kill her if I can avoid it." "Hey just keep her from zapping me with that whip of hers and we'll call it even," said Aegis as he held up the can he'd been carrying, "Peanuts?"

"You made all of those intimidating remarks while holding a can of peanuts?" said Blake with a raised eyebrow. "I'm still hungry," Said Aegis with a shrug. Another second passed as they burst out laughing. Maybe everything's gonna be alright after all, thought Aegis, I just hope the rest of our friends are doing okay.

And so ends the first chapter of a new volume of Team WA's Adventures! That's right, Team WA is back and this time they'll be taking on not only Grimm and White Fang, but bandits, old and new enemies, and potentially lethal family members of some of their own friends. So get ready as Team WA follows the members of team RWBY in a race against time to prevent the fall of Haven academy. And to all the reviewers, followers, and viewers of the first story, welcome back. Stop by next time as Wayne and Weiss fight a desperate battle against Grimm among the floating landscape of Anima. 'Til next time.