Hey guys, Thrawn92 here, back with another chapter! Sorry about not having the fight scene in the previous chapter longer, but I really find it hard to write fighting scenes. However, I will tell you guys that I will be rewriting this story in the future, and longer fight scenes will be in the works, as well as some additional character interactions. This "author's cut" will probably not be written until after this story is done, however.
I did notice that not many people have been spotting the references I have inserted into the previous chapters. Fortunately, at the end of the story, I will have a chapter dedicated to the references placed throughout this story.
Enough jabbering out of me, here's the next chapter!
Still don't own Sonic or RWBY, by the way.
Team RWBY's dorm, 8:00 p.m.
It was a few hours after the battle with Eggman's Dark Pawns, and most of the students at Beacon were gossiping over the events of the late afternoon. Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles were in Team RWBY's room doing some discussing of their own.
"Robots powered by dark creatures. That reminds me of the Dark Gaia incident back on Mobius," Sonic reminisced. He reached under his glove and felt the charm that was given to him by Light Gaia/ Chip.
"Technically, it was only the Egg Dragoon that was powered by the energy of Dark Gaia," corrected Tails.
"Well, whatever. Maybe we should just sit back and relax until his plan inevitably blows up in his mustache," suggested Knuckles.
"Be as it may," interrupted Yang, "we should still fight his robots until that moment."
"Oh, yeah. Absolutely," agreed Knuckles as he and Yang bumped fists. They seemed to be hitting it off well.
"Hey, can I ask you all something?"
Team RWBY turned their eyes to Amy.
"When we were fighting that Torchwick guy, I noticed that some of you could do stuff not associated with your weapons. Like when Yang impersonated Omega and destroyed that one spider droid."
"Well, for your information, some of the humans in this world have special powers. We call them 'Semblances'. People with very powerful or unique semblances end up in the academy. Not all people who have them go to warrior academies like Beacon, but most do."
"Really?" Amy looked at Weiss with interest. "What are your… semblances?"
"You already know mine," said Yang cheerfully.
"Yup, cut one hair, and she goes nuts," confirmed Knuckles.
"My semblance is actually pretty simple. I can leave afterimages of myself when fighting. Plus, my Faunus characteristics give me better hearing and sight in the dark," said Blake.
"I can summon glyphs that can do a variety of things, depending on what I want them to do," Weiss said proudly. "But I think Sonic will like Ruby's, in all honesty."
"Really? Why is that?" asked Sonic.
"My semblance is high speed."
"Woo! A speed demon!" Sonic high-fived Ruby. "How fast can you go?"
"Nowhere near as fast as you, or for long, but I am very dangerous over short distances."
"I take it that Crescent Rose compensates with those long distance kills?" asked Tails.
"Yep!" said Ruby.
"What are you working on, Tails?" asked Blake.
The two-tailed fox was currently working on his Miles Electric pad, which had a few electrodes trailing to the red Chaos Emerald.
"Well, I am trying to make a Chaos Emerald locator. Considering we got here by Chaos Control, and that two emeralds are already here, I think it's safe to assume that the other five are in this world," he explained. "After all, we don't want a super powerful Eggman on the loose."
Suddenly, the Chaos Emerald started glowing brightly. "Whoa, what's happening?" asked Ruby in alarm.
On the Miles Electric, the screen suddenly showed a map of Vale. "I think that the detector is working!" exclaimed Sonic in delight. However, when a dot appeared in the middle of the bay, his happy expression comically turned into fear. "Oh boy, not good."
"What makes you say that, bro?" Tails took a closer look at the map. "Okay, now I see why you are scared."
"It's just in the middle of the bay. You look like you've seen a ghost!"
"Weiss, I think Sonic is scared of water," giggled Ruby.
"My Sonniku isn't afraid of anything!" proclaimed Amy. Then she saw the screen. "Okay, he can't stand water."
"Hm… this could be a problem. And I am talking about logistics, not Sonic's hydrophobia. How can we even get there?" wondered Tails.
"Maybe we could hire a boat?" suggested Knuckles.
Everyone stared at Knuckles like he was the biggest idiot on the planet. "… What?"
"Wait a minute, I know someone who owes me a favor. I can get us a boat, no problem," said Yang.
"I guess we can make Sonic a lookout, then," said Blake, who looked very amused at Sonic's expression.
"Great, staring at miles of water. Woo," said Sonic deadpanned.
Beacon hallways, 8:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Rouge was hard at work at thinking of a way to get Juane and Pyrrha together. She was so busy that she jumped when she felt a poke on her wing. Because Rouge was on the ceiling when she was startled, she of course ended up on the ground. She looked up and saw a girl from Team RWBY.
"What are you doing?!" shouted Weiss. She was on her way to get changed for sleep, but saw Rouge being secretive. "Are you planning to steal my fortune?"
"Sweetie, I promised you I would not steal from you," answered the annoyed bat. "If I'm gonna steal jewels from anyone, it's gonna be from Eggman, Torchwick, or a jewelry shop."
"Well, sorry, you looked pretty suspicious up there."
"I forgive you."
Weiss was still curious about what she was doing though, so she asked her.
"Well, before I say anything, how much do you gossip?"
Weiss haughtily replied, "Ugh, I don't really care about the lives of others unless it directly affects me." She suddenly donned a pained expression. "Sorry, I really need to stop saying things like that. I almost lost a friend because of my behavior."
Rouge's expression softened. Clearly, Weiss was a girl who had a relatively easy life compared to some, and overcoming those years of indifference and prejudices acquired from a wealthy lifestyle were pretty exhausting.
Weiss gestured to her scar on her face. "I received this from a fight with a giant armored knight. I thought the lesson I learned was to be better than everyone else, but I guess I really needed to learn that I have flaws like everyone else. Otherwise, I would end up being no different than the monsters I fight."
Rouge was suddenly embraced by the ice heiress. She returned the hug.
"Weiss, honey, I am glad that you know that you are not perfect. It is hard thing to admit to yourself, but you have friends that can help you be a better person. And you can consider me a friend as well."
"Thank you for listening. So, about that gossip…"
"Well, this afternoon, I found two potential couples. The hedgehog Silver has a thing for the purple cat, Blaze," whispered Rouge while grinning.
"Really? Now that I think about it, they did look great together when fighting all those robots. They would make a cute couple. And the other one?"
"You know that Juane fellow, right? He apparently likes that redhead from his team."
Weiss looked shocked. "Juane likes Pyrrha? Hmmm… I have seen Pyrrha look at Juane with lovey-dovey eyes, but he likes her, too?"
Rouge was confused. "What, she likes him?"
"It seemed pretty obvious to me when I first saw them meet. Juane is more naïve than I thought if he can't see that his crush is reciprocated."
The new friends continued to come up with plans to get those couples together late into the night. They eventually did come up with a plan, but it would have to be implemented on the weekend.
Midnight, warehouse district
"Hm…"
Roman Torchwick was currently pacing in his seaside hideout. He was still mad at the humiliation at the hands of Sonic and his friends.
"What can I do to get into a position to kill those meddling animals…" he thought to himself.
"Don't tell me you are still trying to come up with a plan to kill those Mobians," a voice rang out. Roman jumped about three feet in the air before pointing Melodic Cudgel at the voice. He put it down when he saw that it was Cinder.
"Well, hello there. What are you doing here, boss? And where are your two associates?"
"They had a previous engagement. I have someone else I would like you to meet."
Inwardly, Roman gulped. He was not looking forward to this. "And who, pray tell, is this person?"
A door opened up, and in stepped a large man with a red jacket, black pants, and a large orange mustache. "May I introduce our new business associate, Doctor Ivo Robotnik."
"Cinder, my dear, you don't need to be so formal. Since this partnership might become very profitable for all of us," the man grinned evilly, "why don't you call me… Eggman?"
Dun dun DUN!
Hopefully the message Weiss is trying to say to Rouge is clear enough. If not, Weiss is trying to be more considerate to others, so she isn't viewed like the monsters she fights.
In the very likely event that I am not finished by the time Season 2 of RWBY is released, I guess you could consider my story to take place after Season 1, and will not follow the events of the second season. Will probably make appropriate adjustments in the "author's cut", if some parts of the actual story are awesome enough to be mentioned in mine. Which they most likely will be.
Anyways, goodbye, and please review! :)