Here we are at chapter 14. Time to see how things will play out for our team. I do not own RWBY or Tales of Berseria. They belong to their respective owners. Here's chapter 14. Enjoy.
Chapter 14: Remembrance
Ruby and Weiss are sitting on Weiss' bed while Blake and Yang sit on Blake's bed, leaving Velvet to stand in between them and act as mediator, or peacemaker if necessary. She watches as Blake tells her story to the others, making sure Weiss lets her say her piece before she makes a decision about Blake.
"…And after I left, I decided that I would become a huntress, and dedicate my life to protecting the people…So now you all know about me," she ends her story and looks at Weiss. "Weiss, I know the White Fang and your family have been enemies for some time. To be honest, I'm not a fan of your father's either, but I never wanted to kill anyone. I wanted peace and equality between humans and Faunus, not this mindless bloodshed. I just couldn't stay there anymore. I thought that what we were doing would be for a better world, but it turns out that world that the White Fang wants would only be better for some people, not all of them…I'm sorry I kept this from you, from all of you. I was…just afraid of what you'd think about me being a Faunus or a former member of the White Fang. I'm just…I'm sorry," she confesses, lowering her head in shame.
At this point, Blake expects them to start yelling at her about how she kept secrets from them, or that she's an animal or a murderer like the rest of the White Fang. But fantasy and reality are two different things. First, Yang pulls her into a one-armed hug, shocking her.
"Blake, it doesn't matter if you're a Faunus or a human to me. And even you were a member of the White Fang before, you left because you wanted to do something good in this world, and that's why you came here. But most of all, you're our friend, and that will never change," she comforts her.
Ruby then chimes in, "She's right, Blake. You're our friend, and friends stick together. It doesn't matter what you did in the past. What matters now is that you're here, with us, and you're still trying to make a difference in your own way, just like us," Ruby says.
Then they all look to Weiss.
"Weiss…" Blake mutters.
Weiss looks down, thinking about her answer, for a few minutes. The silence only makes everyone aside from Velvet tenser. Eventually, she breathes a heavy sigh.
"Blake…After hearing your side of the story and having some time to think about things, I've decided…I don't care," she declares.
"You don't care?" Blake asks, confused.
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right? You said that you didn't agree with how violent they were becoming now, correct?" she asks.
"No, I told you, I haven't-," she begins.
Weiss raise her hand, "Ah, I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that when something this big comes up…You'll talk to your teammates and let us help you instead of trying to keep it locked inside, and dealing with it on your own. Okay?" she says.
Blake sheds a few tears, but with a smile as she wipes them away, "Of course. Thank you, Weiss…All of you," she looks at all of them.
Weiss smiles back and then looks at Velvet, "Velvet, I want to apologize for my earlier behavior. You were right about everything, including about how I was letting my emotions and my upbringing get the better of me. Thank you," she says.
Velvet nods, "We're all friends here. That's all that matters. And I'm sorry too for shooting at you. I had to get you to calm down and that was what I came up with on short notice," she apologizes, making Weiss laugh nervously. "You know, you two remind me of me and an old friend of mine that I travelled with back home," she notes as she walks up to the dorm window.
"Really, who?" she asks, getting them all curious.
"Her name is Eleanor. Truth be told, when we first met, we were enemies and wanted to kill each other," she begins, shocking everyone. "We fought against each other one time, and I won. I could've killed her, but instead I forced her into becoming my servant. She swore an oath that she would obey any order I give her and follow me wherever I go. It was tense at first, considering our histories, but over time, we got to know each other, and eventually came to become close friends. In the end, she became someone I could trust with my life," she says as she reminisces about her old friend.
"Wow, I had no idea that happened to you, Velvet. Where is she now?" Ruby asks.
"I don't really know. But…I know she's doing fine, and living her live according to her own beliefs, just like me," Velvet replies.
"Well, that's good to know. Thank you for sharing that with us," Ruby says.
"Hey, since we still have the weekend ahead of us, why don't we try heading to the city again tomorrow. Our little trip kind of got put on hold because of all this chaos, but that doesn't me we can't still try to have some more fun. What do you guys think?" Yang suggests.
"Fine by me," Velvet says first.
"Yeah, let's do it," Ruby adds.
"Agreed," Weiss says next.
Yang looks at Blake," Blake? Feel up to going?" she asks, hoping for a 'yes'.
"…Okay," Blake says.
"Awesome, we got ourselves another trip to the city," Ruby says. "…But first, how about we get some shut eye?" she says.
"Yes," they all say in unison.
However, before they can get ready for bed, someone knocks on their door. Velvet goes to open it…only to reveal four guys with flowers in their hands.
"Velvet Crowe, will you go out with me?!" they all shout.
Velvet closes her eyes, her right eyebrow twitching, "You all want my answer?" she asks, barely containing her anger and aggravation.
"Yes!" they all yell, but when they look up, all they see is Velvet's gauntlet aimed at them.
"Here is my answer!" she says and starts firing off some shots at them, making them all run for their lives. Seeing that they're all gone, she slams the door. "At this rate, I'm gonna have to kill some of them to get the message across," she notes.
The others laugh nervously before deciding to finally go to bed for the night.
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The next day, the team manages to make it back to the city, after having to deal with a few more of Velvet's fans. Checking out the scenery, the girls are glad to get some fresh air, along with the tension between them, while not completely gone, has dropped greatly. After walking for a few minutes, Ruby notices a weapon shop nearby.
"Ooh, how about we go there. I want to check out the latest addition of their weapon's magazine. Weiss, they also sell Dust there too. You can see what they have if you're interested," Ruby suggests.
"I doubt they have anything I need, but I wouldn't mind seeing their selection," Weiss says, trying to be more considerate.
"Hey, that works for me. I needed to pick up some more Dust rounds anyway," Yang adds while the others just nod.
With them all in agreement, they head into the store and immediately Ruby zooms over to the magazine section. Meanwhile, Yang and Blake check out the Dust rounds while Weiss and Velvet check out the Dust cases.
"How have the Dust crystals I gave you been working out?" she asks.
"They've been working fine. Thanks for helping me with that," Velvet says.
"…I should be thanking you Velvet. You made me realize how much of a fool I've been since coming here, even more so because of last night. It made me realize how much I was blinded by my privileged lifestyle and my father. I feel like I can truly accomplish my goals now thanks to you. So thank you," Weiss says, offering her a smile.
"No problem. We're friends, are we not?" Velvet replies, to which Weiss nods.
A few minutes later, they leave the weapon's shop after getting what they needed and decided to stop by a local café for lunch. Each of them got some pastries to eat and either coffee or tea to drink. They make simple small talk until eventually, Ruby decides to ask Velvet a question.
"Hey Velvet, can I ask you something?" she asks.
"What is it?" Velvet replies.
"I wanted to know more about your travel companions. We've given you your space about that, but I was hoping you could tell us more about them. You already told us about Eleanor, do you think you could talk about the rest of them a little? Please?" Ruby asks.
Velvet sighs, "I suppose I could tell you about them. You've given me space about that for a good while now, so I suppose you deserve to know. Well, you already know about Eleanor, but the others are different. First, I met this samurai as he likes to call himself named Rokurou. He was a guy that liked making chaos and getting into fights, but he knew how to keep his blades sheathed when he needed to. Next was a girl named Magilou…she was a handful. She loved playing pranks on us and usually just went where the wind took her. After that, we met a man named Eizen. He and I got along fine. People back home called him the Reaper because it was like he had a curse on him as people would get hurt around him, but despite that, he enjoyed being around people. He has a little sister named Edna whom he sends letters to during his travels. Finally there was…" Velvet trails off.
"There was who? Who else?" Yang says, very interested.
"…During our travels, we came across a little boy who was essentially a slave, so much so that he had no name and did whatever his master told him too. We rescued him, and because I didn't have a name, and with the fact that he…looked a lot like him…I gave him my little brother's name…Laphicet," Velvet admits, looking down at her coffee cup.
"Wait, you gave him your little brother's name, who you told us died some years ago before this? Doesn't that seem a little weird to you?" Yang asks, only for Blake to elbow her in the gut. "Ow!"
"Yeah, I thought it was weird, but it just felt…right in a way. He reminded me so much of my little brother. We took him with us and taught him about living his life of his own free will, and he started acting like a normal kid. I guess he was like another little brother to me. Before I…left to come here, I made Eleanor promise to look after him while I'm gone, which she agreed to, and I told Laphicet to follow his own path in life, not anyone else's," Velvet says.
"…Do you miss them?" Ruby asks.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that. I have no idea where they are now, but I'm sure they're happy and living their lives as they want to. Just as I hope they are," Velvet says, showing a sad smile.
However, she feels a hand on hers and looks up to see Ruby reaching across their table to rest a hand on hers.
"I'm glad you told us about them, Velvet. I'm sure you miss them, and I'm sure you'll see them again someday. But don't forget that you're not alone here. We're here right beside you, as a team and as your friends. Okay?" Ruby comforts her.
Velvet looks around to see them all giving her supportive smiles, and can't help but have a small smile as well.
"Thanks, you guys," she says.
They remain silent to just enjoy the moment, until…
"Hey, I saw you guys yesterday," they hear someone say. They look around and see the same Faunus boy from yesterday standing behind them. "Hope you ladies are having a good time," he says as he walks over.
"You're that…guy we saw stowaway on the ship yesterday!" Weiss yells, trying to refrain from insulting his heritage.
"Yeah, maybe we could keep that on the down low for now, please…Anyway, the name's Sun Wukong. Your turn," he introduces himself.
"Hi Sun. I'm Ruby. This is Weiss, Blake, Yang, and Velvet," Ruby introduces her team.
"Nice to meet you guys. So, I was hoping I could talk to you for a bit," Sun says, pointing to Blake.
"Me? About what?" Blake asks.
"Well, I was hoping maybe we could hang out sometime, maybe catch a movie. My treat," Sun asks her out.
"You're asking me? Wouldn't you want to go with someone else?" she retorts.
"Well, I'm not really from around here, but you're the cutest looking Faunus girl I've seen in this city," Sun says, making Blake go wide-eyed at his words.
Blake holds her bow, "How did you-," she begins.
"Eh, I could just tell. Although, if you ask me, you'd look better without the bow…So what do you say?" he asks, feeling confident.
"I'll pass," Blake rejects him.
Sun slumps in disbelief, "What? Was it something I said about the bow?" he asks.
"No, I just rather spend the day with my friends today. We've…had to deal with some things, and we just want to have a nice, peaceful day today in the city," Blake explains.
"Oh…well…I guess that's okay…Just know that I'm not giving up," Sun says, regaining some of his confidence.
"Hooray," Blake mutters sarcastically.
"Well, I guess I'll see you around then," he says and leaves.
The rest of their lunch goes off without much going on and soon they leave. Deciding to explore some stores, Weiss and Yang head to a clothing store…and dragged Ruby with them against her will. Meanwhile, Velvet went with Blake because she wanted to check out the local bookstore. However, along the way, Blake sees the same Dust shop from yesterday, still taped off. This gets her thinking about the possibility of the White Fang being the culprits, and Velvet notices.
"Blake, everything alright?" she asks.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine…It's nothing," she lies.
Velvet doesn't buy it, "Yeah right. You're thinking about whether or not the White Fang is really behind these Dust robberies, aren't you? Don't lie to me," Velvet says.
Blake sighs, "I guess I'm a little concerned. The thing is, the White Fang has never needed this must Dust before, so if it is them, I have no idea why," Blake says.
"Well, maybe I can help," they hear behind them and turn to see Sun smiling.
"Are you stalking us now?" Blake asks, slightly irritated.
"No! No! I was on my way to get some grub and ended up behind you guys along the way. Anyway, why are you concerned about the White Fang? If you ask me, it be best to stay away from those psychos," Sun notes. Curious about what he knows, Blake tells him about her past. A few minutes later, they finish and Sun takes it all in. "Wow, I had no idea. Guess it was a good thing you left. Well, as I said before, I might be able to help out with that," Sun says.
"Explain," Velvet demands.
"Well, the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there. Right?" Sun suggests, standing in front of them, smiling and pointing fingers at them.
"The only thing is, I have no idea where that would be," Blake says, and starts thinking of a suitable place.
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of dust coming in from Atlas," Sun mentions.
"How huge?" Blake asks.
"HUGE. Big Schnee Company freighter," Sun notes.
"You're sure?" Blake asks further, earning a smile from Sun as an answer.
"Then let's check it out," Velvet suggests and they leave.
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Meanwhile, Weiss, Yang, and an exhausted Ruby exit the clothing store, the former carrying a few bags.
"That was a nightmare," Ruby groans.
"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad," Yang says, but then notices the two missing members. "Wait, where are Velvet and Blake?" she asks.
They look around, but don't see them.
"We'd better find them," Ruby suggests.
"Find who?" someone asks.
They jump and turn around to find Penny standing behind them.
Ruby freaks out, "Ahh! Penny, where did you come from?!" Ruby screams as they turn around to see her.
"Hey guys. What are you up to?" Penny asks, waving a hand at them in greeting.
"Uh…" Ruby tries to answer.
"We're looking for our friends, Blake and Velvet," Yang clarifies.
"Oh, you mean Velvet and the Faunus girl," Penny says, confusing the other three as to how she knew that.
"Wait, how did you know that?" Ruby asks.
"Well, the cat ears that she hid in her bow," Penny replies, pointing at the top of her head.
"Okay, that happened," Yang says.
"So, where are they?" Penny asks.
"We don't know. We went to different stores, but were supposed to meet up here," Ruby says.
Penny gasps, walking up to Ruby and grabbing her arms, making Ruby give off a nervous smile, "That's terrible! Well, don't you worry Ruby, my friend. I won't rest until we find your friends," Penny says, hand on her hips.
"Uh, that's really nice of you Penny, uh but, we-were okay, really. Right guys?" Ruby looks to Yang and Weiss…only to see that they already left and are long gone.
Penny then sees a tumbleweed roll by again as a random breeze comes by.
"It sure is windy today," she says.
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Later that night, Velvet and Blake sit on a rooftop overlooking the docks. A moment later Sun shows up.
"So, did I miss anything?" he asks, carrying some food.
"Not really. They've offloaded all the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there," Blake informs him.
"Cool. I stole you some food," he says, offering a green apple to her.
"Do you always break the law without a second thought?" she asks him, raising her eyebrows.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" he asks, but Blake gives him a death glare. "Okay, too soon," he quickly says before looking away.
Suddenly, a rush of wind blows from behind them and they look up to see a bullhead airship coming down from the air, with its spot lights on as it goes and lands at the docks, in between the crates. The two engine rotors on the ends of its wings fold down as it lands, and when it does, a walkway folds out and men start walking down the ramp. These men are wearing black hooded shirts and black pants, with a white vest over the shirt and a black belt around the vest. They have on white vambraces, combat boots, and a white mask that covers the top half of their faces. Finally, on the back of the vests is the White Fang symbol, a red wolf head showing its teeth and three claw marks behind the head.
"Oh no," Blake sadly says.
"Is that them?" Sun asks.
"Yes…It's them," Blake answers as more White Fang members exit the airship.
"Alright, grab the tow cables," they hear one member say, wielding an assault rifle in his hands.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun asks her.
"No, I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right," Blake answers, sad at the picture before her.
"Hey! What's the hold up?" they hear a voice from the airship and go wide-eyed at seeing the person who spoke. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, sooo why don't you animals try to pick up the pace," that person turns out to be Roman Torchwick as he walks out of the airship.
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a human, especially not one like that," Blake says as she stands up and draws out her blade before jumping off of the roof of their building.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Sun tries to stop her, but she doesn't listen.
"What's that idiot doing?!" Velvet says.
Blake lands on the ground and moves to hide behind one of the crate, looking over one corner at Torchwick from behind him.
"No, you idiot. This isn't a leash," Roman berates one White Fang member who is holding a tow cable while Torchwick has his cane behind his back. A moment later, Blake quickly appears behind him, with her sword at his throat. "What the-oh for fu-."
"Nobody move," Blake warns them as one White Fang member points his gun at her while another draws out a regular sword at her.
"Woah! Take it easy there, little lady," Torchwick says as more White Fang members surround them.
Blake eyes them for a moment before she takes off her bow, revealing her cat ears, "Brothers of the White Fang, why are you aiding this scum?" she questions her former comrades, making them hesitate for a moment.
Torchwick chuckles, "Oh kid, didn't you get the memo?" he playfully asks her.
"What are you talking about?" she angrily asks him.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together," he says.
"Tell me what it is, or I'll put an end to your little operation," Blake demands, inching her blade closer to Torchwick's neck.
Suddenly, a rush of wind blows by, and they both look up.
"I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation," Torchwick says as two more Bullhead airships appear above them.
With Blake focused on the airships, Roman smiles before aiming his cane at her feet, and pulling the trigger, causing an explosion that sends her flying backwards.
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Ruby and Penny are still searching until they hear the explosion and look back to see smoke rising into the air.
"Oh no…" Ruby mutters.
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Blake is shaking her head on the ground as Roman fires off another shot from his cane. Blake looks up and quickly rolls out of the way from three shots and gets back on her feet. She angrily looks back at Roman, who fires off three more shots, to which she evades by doing two backflips, and then using her semblance to jump back from the third shot. The then starts running to her left behind some crates as Roman takes another shot at her before he starts walking aft her.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty," he mutters until a banana peel drops on his head.
He takes it off and looks up to see Sun above him.
"Woo-hoo!" Sun yells as he falls, his feet landing on Roman's face, forcing him to the ground as Sun jumps off him, does a roll and then two front flips before landing on his feet and looking back at Roman. "Leave her alone," he says, eyes narrowing at Roman.
Next, the two airships in the air open their side doors as several White Fang member jump out of them and surround Sun, either with guns or swords.
"You are not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you kid?" Roman rhetorically asks before the Faunus soldiers attack.
Sun throws a right punch, then backhands it at one thug, knocking him away, and then spins to evade another attacking with a sword before hitting him with his tail, and then spin kicks another enemy. He then kicks another goon, pushing off of him and rolling on the ground before he pulls out his weapon, Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang, from under his jacket. His weapons are dark red with gold details, and can take the form of a bo staff, and a pair of gold-chain-linked lever-action shotgun nunchaku. He pulls out the weapon and it extends into its bo staff form, and he slams it against one thug before spinning it and hitting another. He then spins it around him and over him again, while hitting another White Fang member multiple times, sending him flying. As two more enemies approach him, Sun spins his staff before slamming it into the ground, releasing an orange shockwave that knocks out the other two. A third goon tries to attack, but Sun kicks him and starts breakdancing while spinning his staff, simultaneously hitting the last goon on his side.
Meanwhile, Blake looks on as she tries to get closer to Torchwick. As Sun is breakdancing on the ground, he dodges one sword strike from another enemy before he kicks him, flips over him, planting his feet on his back onto the ground, and then kicks him away. The guy gets sent flying over to Torchwick, who ducks under him, before firing off another shot from his cane. Sun spins his staff as a shield to block the shot as Blake appears in front of him.
"He's mine!" she yells before charging at Roman.
Blake takes out her two blades, swinging her left blade at him which he blocks and then swings his cane at her. She ducks under it and then swings her blades at him, only to be blocked again. She spins with her swords before back-flipping into the air, then using her semblance to shoot towards Roman with another strike that gets deflected. Using her semblance again, she shoots at his right with another strike that gets blocked by his cane as he spins to evade the attacks, and he blocks another strike when she charges back at him. She then spins in the air at him, swinging her swords, to which he blocks her attacks twice. Roman then punches her in the face, but she uses her semblance to deflect the blow and backflips onto her feet and blocks his cane with her swords. She attempts to stab him with her right sword, but he deflects it with his cane and then hits her in the stomach with it before swinging it upwards and hitting Blake's face. Roman then spins his body before swinging his cane, hitting her again and making her stumble backwards, and then hits her again with it, knocking her to the ground.
However, as Blake is falling, Sun jumps over her, dealing a jump kick to Roman before changing his weapon into its nunchaku form. He spins his right nunchaku first, firing off one of the shotguns, before he starts spinning both of them, firing off round after round as they keep spinning. However Roman manages to block every shot and every blow without much effort. Towards the end, Sun throws his left nunchaku up in the air, spins, and then fashionably grabs it, slamming it against Roman who still blocks it and laughs at him. However, Blake appears, swinging her right sword that hits Roman, sending him to the ground. While on the ground, Roman looks up to see crate hanging over them by a crane. Roman gets up and then shoots at the hook of the crane holding up the crate, destroying it and causing the crate to fall to them. Blake backflips out of the way while Sun jumps forward onto the ground. As he starts to get up, he looks over his shoulder to see Roman pointing his cane at him, smiling.
"Oh no you don't!" he hears behind him and looks only to get kicked in the face.
Roman shakes it off and gets up to see Velvet, "You kids are really starting to piss me off," he says and fires his gun at her.
Velvet rolls under the shot and runs at him. Activating her foot blades, Velvet performs a tempest of steel as she swings all three blades at Roman. Roman manages to block all of them, but the second Velvet lands on her feet, she fires off a surprise shot at Roman's left knee. This makes him stumble, giving Velvet the chance to activate her demon claw, grab his skull, and conjure up a fire arte attack point blank, sending him flying in a blazing explosion. Roman slowly gets up and grits his teeth as he stares at Velvet's arm.
"Well, that's new," he notes.
"Hey!" a voice yells.
Velvet then sees Ruby on the roof of a nearby building, her sniper scythe deployed, spinning it and stabbing it onto the roof.
"Oh, hello there Red! Isn't it passed you're bed time?" Roman taunts her.
Penny walks up behind Ruby, "Ruby, are these people your friends?" she asks.
"Penny, get back," Ruby tells her as she turns to Penny.
Seeing Ruby taking her eyes off him, Roman fires his cane at her, getting a direct hit, and sending Ruby screaming and flying backwards, and laughs maniacally at her.
"RUBY!" Velvet yells.
Penny looks at Ruby for a moment before she turns back to Roman, with a mad look on her face. She then starts walking in front of Ruby.
"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby begs her as she starts to get up.
"…Don't worry Ruby. I'm combat ready," Penny replies, narrowing her eyes.
Penny's small backpack then opens up like a machine, and a gray blade with a luminous green power symbol at the center of a bronze-colored hilt, with a green line running parallel to one side, floats out from the opening. The single blade then splits into ten blades of the same design, spreading out behind her almost like wings, and she then jumps of the roof and into the battle. Three blades shoot forth, taking down two White Fang members before she lands on the ground, her swords spinning behind her. She then moves her arms, and the swords spin like a disc, knocking out one goon before thrusting them at another into a nearby crate. Two more thugs run and jump at her, but her blades return to her, spinning and making a shield that deflects them back. Another comes at her from behind, but she backflips with her sword hitting him, before she lands and then throws her swords, spinning like a disc, which barrels through ten more goons running at her like bowling pins.
"Woah!" Sun says as he watches this unfold before he moves away.
Suddenly, three Bullhead airships show up, and start firing their guns at Penny. Penny blocks the shots with her swords spinning as a shield, and then two more swords appear from her backpack before they shoot over and stab themselves into a building behind her. Very thin green wires can be seen as Penny is pulled away from the enemy fire towards the building. When Penny lands, her swords fold into a more compact gun-like shape, and start spinning in front of her, a green orb of energy forming in the center of the circle. Penny charges her attack for a moment before thrusting her arms forward, firing a massive beam of green energy that cuts two of the airships in half before falling over Ruby and into the bay, her watching the scene before turning back to Penny. Penny looks up at another airship with a crate attached underneath it. She then sends six of her swords to stab it at one side, and begins walking backwards as she pulls the ship to her with the help of her swords' strings.
"Woah, how is she doing that?" Ruby asks herself as she watches Penny.
Meanwhile, Penny manages to pull the airship she is pulling straight into a pile of crates, sending them flying and the airship exploding.
"These kids just keep getting weirder," Roman says as he uses his cane to pull the door on the airship closed and it then takes off.
"Get back here!" Velvet yells.
Roman's airship flies off as another starts shooting at Velvet. Velvet jumps back to avoid the shots and conjures up another fire arte that she fires right at the airship, destroying it, and ending the battle.
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A little while later, the police show up to arrest any White Fang members that they get there while the group waits for Weiss and Yang to show up. A few minutes later, said duo shows up and surprisingly, Weiss walks up to hug Blake.
"Oh you had me worried, you dolt. Don't you ever disappear on us like that again, you hear me," Weiss says.
Blake hugs her back. "Of course," she says and they release the hug a moment later.
Weiss then looks at Sun, "I'm still not quite sure how I feel about you," she says, making him laugh nervously.
"Ruby, are you okay? You took a nasty hit back there," Velvet asks, concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine. My aura protected me. But thanks for your concern, Velvet," Ruby says, smiling.
Velvet sighs, "As long as you're okay, that's good enough for me," Velvet says.
Ruby then notices something, "Hey, wait a minute. Where's Penny?" she asks as they look around to see that Penny is gone.
In a black car not too far away, Penny watches everyone from inside through one of the windows.
"You should know better than to go running around in a strange city," an unknown male voice says.
"I know, sir," she replies sadly at leaving her friends as the car starts and drives away.
"Penny, your time will come," the unknown man says as the car drives away.
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In Professor Ozpin's office, Ozpin is watching a live feed of the docks, particularly on Ruby and Velvet. He then gets a message with the sender named "Qrow" and the message saying "Queen has pawns."
"Hm," Ozpin hums to himself. "It looks like they may begin their move soon. I only hope Ruby, Velvet, and the others don't have to get too involved in this."
Wow, that ended up being a lot longer than I thought, so sorry about that. So ends Volume 1, but I'm just getting started. The next chapter will come in soon enough. Until next time, please Read and Review.