"WHAT!?"

The combined exclamation of the two men was loud enough to get the attention of the entirety of team RWBY, even though they were on different parts of the lookout. Weiss happened to be the closest and; looked up from her steaming cup of coffee, over to where was being harassed by the two Saiyan's. Sighing at her peace being disturbed, Weiss got up and began to approach the excitable old men, listening to their almost alarming eagerness that came from complete silence.

"Yes; Buu repaired it, didn't you guardian?"

Buu let out on of his high pitched noises to serve as 'yes', "Mm, Buu fix."

Weiss wasn't sure what this chamber was, but the effect that its repair had on these two men was astounding, they looked both terrified and as if all their Christmas' had come at once. Vegeta was gripping Popo by the collar with eyes like dinner plates, and Goku or Kakarot or whatever, was dancing on the spot like he was desperate for the bathroom.

"But-But how, I thought it was destroyed?!"

"Well the entrance was, but the dimension remained intact." Popo politely removed his shirt from the Saiyan's grip, which was no small feat since Vegeta's fist was shaking with the force of his excitement. "All it needed was a door. But its back now, do you wish to use it?"

"Yes we do..." Vegeta whispered, a small smile spreading his thin lips, his fists still clenched. Goku was now full on jumping for joy, whooping and cheering late an excitable child. The sight of an elderly man behaving like this was ridiculous enough to get a smile out of Weiss as well.

"What are you talking about, what is this chamber?"

…

Weiss looked significantly at Goku, who had not returned from his own giggling machinations, he was staring into space with a big stupid grin on his face, as though making plans for extremely amusing jokes.

"Are you daydreaming!?" Weiss snapped, losing patience. And with a little jerk, Goku came to his senses.

"Oh right, sorry this has probably gone right over your heads."

Goku laughed and rubbed the back of his head, but this was such a common gesture of his air headedness that it did little to calm Weiss. Seeing that he wasn't going to explain, Vegeta pushed Goku out of the way and addressed Weiss directly, as though continuing a conversation they had already been having.

"It's called the hyperbolic time chamber; it's a room that condenses a whole year into a single day; it's a parallel dimension that's perfect for training. It's come in handy in the past; we've used it to great effect to train our bodies in very short spaces of time. Kakarot's son became the strongest fighter in the world for a time at the mere age of eleven by using this room. "

"Excuse me" Weiss shot at Vegeta, her eyebrows raised at this, but Vegeta's expression of satisfaction made the young heiress feel uncomfortable; he never looked like that for anything good. Her cyan eyes travelled from one earnest expression to the other and she considered that they might actually be telling the truth. The prospect of a years' worth of training in a day began to grow on her, and Weiss Schnee found that she was staring into space in a similar fashion to the old man, and corrected herself quickly as Goku spoke again.

"There are catches though. "He said, now paying attention fully to the young heiress." The room's conditions are very severe, every second you spend in there will test your will to live and grow stronger. The air is almost painful to breathe and the gravity…well this'll all become apparent when you're inside. It's not a training regimen for the faint of heart." Vegeta frowned slightly at this, but his expression was blank and unreadable almost a spit second after, and Weiss was still on the topic of the Hyperbolic time chamber and did not pursue this thought.

By now, the rest of the girls had wandered over, curious at what Weiss was shouting about. They looked at her and asked what was going on, but she was still digesting the idea of a parallel dimension and did not answer. Once they were filled in by the old men, Blake and Ruby looked at each other and smiled excitedly.

"We can learn to fuse properly if we have all that time to practice." Ruby grabbed hold of Blake's arm as she exclaimed this, her face very close to Blake's.

"Y-Yeah" and Ruby had her hands politely but firmly removed by the Faunus.

"I could use a room like that to practice my new technique, as well as some more complex glyphs. Yang could also get used to her…um" Weiss faltered in her enthusiasm as she knew how touchy Yang was about her new challenges with mutilation. She did not expect to hear the poor girl laugh however, but she defiantly was.

"Its fine, you're right too, I need to get used to being…disarmed." Yang sounded embarrassingly proud of her own joke, and allowed the silent void of nobody laughing to persist for a few agonising moments before lamely continuing. "…A year of fighting should be long enough to get used to it.

Goku clapped his hands together, in a way that effectively settled the matter; all faces were set as Goku began to explain the terms of entry. Ruby caught Blake's eye and they both nodded mutely. They knew what they were getting into would be tough, they might change forever once this was done, but they would gain the power to unite and finish off Adam for good.

"…Alright then, we can only go in two at a time, after that it's a whole day before we can switch, once those doors close, there's no coming out."

At these words, Buu's innocent smiley expression became puffy and irritable, as though remembering something unpleasant. He folded his arms and shook his head. Everybody was too excited to notice.

"So, who's going with who?"

"I will enter first, and I'm taking the blonde one with me". Vegeta exchanged looks with the huntress. "She's by far the one here who needs the most training, an arm down and a recovery period has made her a target. The short one and cat girl will go in together; they should perfect their fusion in a year…Probably. You can go in with the damsel Kakarot."

Blake felt someone tap her on the shoulder as she and her team mates watched Weiss shout at Vegeta, outraged at being referred to as a 'damsel.' Looking around, she saw that it was Goku, with an uncharacteristically serious look about him.

"We need to talk."

"Can't it wait?" murmured Blake, only half listening as she stared mesmerised at Vegeta, who shouted to Weiss that she looked more like a child's doll than a warrior. Goku looked at his feet for a moment and then spoke again, in a lighter tone than before.

"If you say so, but I wanna talk before you enter the chamber."

"Sure whatever- Weiss come on, he was just kidding."

"Why are you defending him, his attitude is abrasive!?"

"It's just his stupid way of getting under your skin, you get used to it." Blake shot a nasty look at Vegeta who was looking exceptionally smug. "Just drop it."

Weiss relented, but still looked sulky and unhappy. She glowered at Vegeta from a distance and he did not look at her again. She got the impression that he took pleasure from the fact that he had gotten a rise out of her, and this just made Weiss' mood worsen.

proffered his arm towards the inside of the castle, and then strode inside, his hands behind his back. They all looked inside for a moment, and then followed wordlessly. In no time at all, they arrived at a single door on a long stretch of otherwise undecorated wall. was smiling next to it, his hand on the door knob. "Now say your goodbyes, only a day will pass for those of us on the outside, but a whole year shall pass for those within."

Yang turned to Ruby, she was so tall now that she barely had to stoop, and hugged her around the middle "I guess I'll see you when I see you sis."

Ruby hugged her back, sniffing loudly, Yang felt to large bumps as Weiss and Blake joined in.

"Please don't get hurt worse." said Weiss who felt her face burn when Yang smirked at her.

"Hey, I'm still Yang, don't you worry about me."

"It's time!" barked Vegeta.

With a final squeeze, Yang released her sister and team RWBY parted again. pulled the door open and darkness was all that Yang could make out, but Vegeta was striding forward passed her already, and Yang followed.

"Try not to break Kakarot, your majesty!"

Vegeta smirked to himself as he walked on, not turning as Yang did. Yang Xiao Long had one final glimpse of her team mate's screaming face before the door slammed shut behind her.

"I'm not a princess, I'm just extremely rich!" The heiress shrieked out, and actually kicked the door of the hyperbolic time chamber, which she immediately regretted, it was very hard. Ruby turned to Goku as Blake dashed forward to help Weiss to remove her shoe and tend to her swollen toes.

"So what do we do now?"

"Wait for a day and with luck, they'll come out stronger than ever." He gazed happily at the closed door. "Vegeta will make a fighter out of your sister." He nodded contently and turned to the two three girls, one standing and looking politely interested, to the two girls kneeling by the door, one whispering comforts to the other who was fighting tears of pain. "Right you three, time in, out front now; I got stuff to show ya!"

Mr. Popo smiled embarrassedly as Blake helped Weiss limp out of the corridor. "I'm sorry; the last one broke so easily, so I asked the Guardian to make this one extra hard."

"What is this, where does it end?"

Yang had passed through a short dark passage, leading a room much like the others at the lookout, like a common room of sorts, with doors leading off to other chambers. She ascertained that these rooms would hold what they needed to survive for a year. It was only when she stepped through an archway and walked out onto the foyer of the building that she took a sharp step back and grasped her own mouth with her hand.

The outsides of the house…were not there, just a blank void of endless white, a boundless plain of nothing. The lukewarm air had become hot and dense, it seemed to enter and leave her lungs reluctantly. This didn't seem to be bothering Vegeta, who had walked forward eagerly to stand on the flat white…something that was apparently a floor. He looked back at her and Yang was happy to see that he had to gasp a little to breathe properly.

"It doesn't, this dimension is flat and endless. You could hike for years and years and never get anywhere, the perfect training room." Yang pushed her fringe aside and rubbed the sweat off her forehead. There was no visible sun, but all the same yang felt it mercilessly beat down upon her, as though she was inside a colossal tanning booth. Her lungs were buckling and burning with that sauna like air and it couldn't be her imagination that she felt heavier all of a sudden, in a way that she knew had nothing to do with heat exhaustion. "Oh, that's right. The gravity here is ten times that of earth."

"It's so hot…I can't breathe…" said Yang as she followed Vegeta down the short flight of stairs and out onto the time chamber floor. She could swear that she had run up and down them twice when she reached the bottom. The floor felt solid enough, kind of like marble, but a bit off. But it seemed sturdy enough, a strong flat something on which to train.

"You suffer for a time, but your body will adjust to the harsh conditions. Come on, we train now". Vegeta tensed his body and got into a combat stance, "Hit me".

Yang smiled sarcastically "Are you sure, I'd hate to hurt an old man." But she did as she was told, and made to activate her Ember Celica. But the instant it clunked into like, Vegeta dropped his guard.

"Take that thing off for starters, I'm not training you with weapons, your fists and feet, those are your weapons in my boot camp."

On some level Yang had expected this, and did what she was told without argument, but blankly stared at her wrist when she made to remove it. The occasion of her realising that she only had one hand always came at the most inopportune times.

"Could you give me a hand getting this off?" Yang asked with a pained smile. Vegeta's expression did not soften and he folded his arms.

"No, first lesson: get that off your arm. Come and find me when you get rid of it."

Before Yang could say anything, Vegeta had risen off the floor and flown away, leaving the huntress opened mouthed, not just by the fact that the old man could fly, but also by his refusal to help a one armed woman take a bracelet off. Frowning for the first time, Yang placed the gauntlet to her lips and bit as hard as she could, and attempted to pull it free of her arm.

"Alright" croaked Goku, placing his hands behind his back, "Perform the technique". They had been at this all evening and for the hundredth time, Goku declared the order making his sour throat even worse.

Ruby tensed as she got into position, mirroring Blake's posture and stance about three metres across from her. Both expressions were tight and focused. Simultaneously, both girls raised their arms to point in opposite directions, their posture and expressions not wavering slightly.

"Fuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Ruby and Blake proclaimed as they took three large steps towards each other, moving their hand up over their heads and bringing them to rest, pointing towards one another. Weiss watched on from beside Goku, and in her opinion, this all looked completely ridiculous.

"-SION!"

Both raised their inside knees and moved their arms back to their original position. Their forms tensed and became very still.

'Come on...' Goku begged in his mind. This try was different, before one of their voices would have wavered by now or one of their feet would slip, but no imperfections existed in their form and their powers were exactly equal, this time it was all perfect. Goku thought his little chat with Blake and Ruby had assisted with this little pitfall.

He had explained that Ruby's power greatly exceeded Blake's and that in order to fuse, their powers needed to be equal. They both seemed confused at the time because Blake was older than Ruby and in their minds therefore more powerful. Goku had found it difficult to train Ruby to supress her power, as she was very unaware of most of it. In the end he had resorted to ask Blake to supress her power as much as possible, just so they could get a feel for the technique. He told her not to worry; as most extraordinary powers reveal themselves at the right moment…he of all people knew that.

"HAAAAAAAA!"

Ruby and Blake both sharply tilted their torsos towards each other and brought both their hands, now with index fingers outstretched to connect at both small points. Both pairs of index finger connected and the aura was free to flow through them.

A blinding light from an indiscernible source forced Weiss and Goku to cover their eyes; the forms of the two huntresses were becoming warped, overstepping the two connections, their two physical presences' overlapping, overstretching, becoming one...

A billowing mist combined with the light to make visibility impossible for a time on the lookout, all the while Goku and Weiss stared over at where the two huntresses had connected, where a shadowy figure now stood. It was formless for the most part and Weiss had difficulty discerning body parts in the smoke, at least until she saw two red slits snap open that were defiantly eyes. Eyes that seemed to cut the mist like icing, and Weiss could feel the gaze as though it was poking her, it felt…untoward, indecent.

The light slowly began to fade and the wind blew at the mist, causing it to subside. It revealed that the two girls had vanished. In their place a new person stood, with sanguine eyes and very pale skin, flashing in stark contrast to the blacks and reds of her dress, and her scarlet smiling lips. It put Weiss immediately in thought of a vampire. Just above her horizontal fringe, she wore a frilly black and red bow, similar to the one Blake usually wore. Her clothes were very similar to miss rose's, the corset, boots and ruffled skirt had remained, however far more vibrant and complex in their decorations and patterns of black and red. In this woman's hand, she held not a scythe, not a thingy, but a purple halberd, that was at least two feet taller than her. It towered above her head and looked far too heavy for her to be holding so casually with one hand.

Goku whooped and clapped, he was clearly ecstatic at the technique not having gone wrong. He grabbed Weiss' hand and jumped up and down in excitement. Weiss didn't pull away; she was still transfixed in that woman's gaze. The eyes that had looked so demonic in the mist, looked more inviting now, long lashed and relaxed. They were supremely confident eyes, and again Weiss got that chill of sleaze, depravity.

"I knew you could do it, I just knew it!"

Seeing that the girl was now looking at him with those shadowed eyes, he regained his composure.

"Excellent work girls…um…girl, exceeded my expectations…again. Weiss, can't you feel that!?"

He took a single step forward towards the new girl and smiled curiously at her.

"And what would your name be"? Goku asked politely, but with excitement edging his voice.

The girl licked her lips and spoke in a salutary, seductive voice.

"My name...is" she paused, making some final adjustments to her title.

"Rory...Rory Bellarose, pleasure to meet you". And she laughed under her breath, a laugh that sent a chill down Weiss' spine.