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"See, Weiss, told you it was okay!"
"You just got lucky something broke our fault, you dolt!"
On top of Minato, both Ruby and Weiss were arguing with each other. Besides the blue-haired male, everyone else was staring at the two of them incredulously. "…Did the both of them just fall out of the sky?" Blake asked.
"Seems like it." Yang answered, slightly weirded out. "Still, nice to see my sister drop in." A grin then grew on her face.
As if it were a signal, Ruby immediately shushed Weiss. Ignoring the angry look she got from the white-haired girl, Ruby craned her head over into Yang's direction. "…Really, Yang?" She asked dully. "That pun?"
"Hey, take what you can get." Yang held her hands up in defense. "Also, you may want to get off of Minato already."
It was at that moment that both girls wondered what exactly had broken their fall. Looking down, their eyes came to witness Minato on the ground, face first, while they both were piled on top of his face. "Whoops," Ruby said as she crawled off. "Sorry, Minato."
Weiss however was a bit louder, and her words were directed towards Ruby. "Sorry?" She asked in disbelief. "I don't think sorry would cut for something like two people falling from the sky with gravity accelerating their descent and landing on top of someone! We possibly have injured him severely! He could be in absolute agony right now!"
Right, two interactions and Yang got a good understanding of what kind of a girl Weiss was. At this point, it was more annoying rather than something to be angry at. "Ruby, why don't you go grab a relic?" The red-hooded girl wore a bit of a concerned look, but then jogged over to where Yang pointed to grab a chess piece.
Taking in a deep breath, Yang folded her arms and wore a frown. "Now listen here, princess," Her tone now took on a stern persona and made sure that she had Weiss' attention. "You're attitude towards Ruby is really starting to piss me off an even greater deal than when we first met."
"It's not my fault she's such a child." Weiss defended herself with a scoff, folding her arms back in return.
"Yeah, because she's only 15 years old." Yang stated, getting a bit of a surprised look from the white-haired girl at the sudden admittance. "But since that is the case, you should be helping set an example for her since you're the older one. And since you are, act like it."
Weiss rolled her eyes but did not reply. For a couple of seconds. "That does not change the fact that she forced me to do reckless things and hurt someone in the process!" She pointed down towards where Minato was… only to really be gesturing towards grass. Looking around, she saw that Minato was up on his feet without any sort of discomfort or indication that he had been crushed by two girls.
"…Yes?" He asked when he saw Weiss staring at him.
"…How?!" Weiss exclaimed, gesturing with both of her hands towards the blue-haired boy.
"Yang, which one did you grab?"
"Golden horse."
"Okay, thanks!"
"How what?" Minato asked as Yang and Ruby were having a conversation of which relic Yang had grabbed in the background.
"How can you get up so nonchalantly as well as not even look injured in the slightest bit?!" Weiss pointed out. "I at least expected you to be knocked out cold!"
Minato simply shrugged his shoulders.
Before Weiss could even respond, everyone's attention was diverted. A large Ursa suddenly came barging in from the forest and came right for them. As it roared in anger, Minato was quick to react. His left arm was a blur as it snapped out while the sound of a gunshot rang through the air. The Grimm then collapsed, with a single bullet hole in the center of its head. Someone dressed in pink and white, and was a ginger, then rolled off its back.
"Aww… my merry go round broke down…" The ginger seemed to pout. She then looked over to see that Minato's arm was outstretched. "You!" She suddenly dashed up towards Minato and grabbed him by the collar and shook him. "How dare you down Nora Valkyrie's steed! Sir U Ride So Awesomely was a loyal subject and my best unit, and you just killed him like a mere dog! I hope you are ready to face the conceque- Ooh, are those the relics?"
The ginger, probably now identified as Nora, threw Minato to the side and ran right towards the cess pieces.
As Minato lifted himself off the ground once more, he brushed himself off. "It's like a hyperactive combination of Yang and Ruby." He muttered to himself.
"Sorry about that."
Hearing the apology coming from a male, Minato turned his head. Approaching was a calm looking and stoic faced boy with black hair that seemed to have a pink stripe on it. "Nora's… Nora." The boy could only give the name as an explanation, but it explained so much. "Lie Ren." The boy extended his hand.
…Looking at this Ren character was like looking into a mirror… almost.
"Minato Arisato." The two of them shook hands, somehow getting the feeling that they would get along fast.
"Am I seriously the only one questioning the durability that Minato is displaying here?!" Weiss exclaimed, grabbing most of the attention again. "That girl," She pointed at Nora, who was balancing a black rook piece on her nose. "Threw Minato several feet away and he gets up like its nothing. Not five minutes earlier did Ruby and I fall on top of him and he's still unaffected!"
"You're the only one being verbal about it. Everyone else at least has a bit of common sense to know that this isn't exactly the situation that you want to question something like that." Yang pointed out. But before Weiss could say anything else, Yang continued to talk. "Well, it looks like we all have what we need. Let's start heading back."
A large shadow immediately flew above them, making everyone pause. Looking up, the sight of a Nevermore loomed above. The very bird-like Grimm peered down towards them as if they were tiny worms just waiting to be plucked from the ground. The humans on the other hand were very surprised at the sudden sight. Except for two of them.
"Ah… I forgot about that." Ruby stated.
"How could you forget about the very Grimm that we rode on and jumped off?!" Weiss questioned.
"At least that explains how you two came from the sky." Blake deadpanned.
A loud screech filled the area, and everyone covered their ears at the noise. With a few flaps of its wings, the Nevermore sudden had its feathers shoot out from such long limbs and fly to the ground like bullets.
Due to being stunned, everyone couldn't really move effectively. Fortunately, most of the feathers missed them all. "Right, as Yang said," Ruby exclaimed. "We got what we need! Now let's get out of here!"
"I believe that's easier said than done…" Pyrrha replied. Seeing Ruby give her a confused look, the red-head pointed in the direction that they were supposed to go.
Looking over, everyone realized that the Nevermore screech had attracted attention. A large Deathstalker had heard the bird Grimm's cry and came over to investigate what the commotion was about. Apparently, it didn't like the idea of humans in its territory as the massive, demonic scorpion began scuttling towards them.
"Everyone, make a break for it!" Ruby shouted suddenly, bolting towards the right into the forest. Everyone looked at one another before going after the younger girl, somewhat to Weiss' displeasure.
As their running brought then to a cliffside that had more ruins, Minato had fiddled around with his mp3 player while adjusting his single earphone. He had a feeling that a fight was going to break out.
(Play Sonic Adventure 2 – Live & Learn [EPIC METAL COVER] (Little V))
He was right.
The chasm in front of them meant that there was nowhere to run. But that didn't mean that they were helpless. As the Nevermore was swooping down towards them, Nora was quick to react. Reaching to her back to grab a grenade launcher. She immediately began to pepper the Grimm right on its face with explosives, forcing the Nevermore to swoop back up. But that moment was short lived as it only divebombed again.
"Good job, Nora!" Ren called out as they all continued to run. It seemed that everyone knew that they had to kill these two Grimm. But a few of them were already at a bridge of the ruins, thinking that the Deathstalker behind them would follow them onto such a rocky structure.
They were partially wrong. The Grimm didn't follow them. But that didn't mean that did not attempt to harass them from afar. They were just in distance of the massive scorpion trying to constantly strike them. Minato, Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora were all on the bridge while Yang, Ruby, Blake, and Weiss were all on higher parts of the ruins dealing with the Nevermore.
After sidestepping a stringer attack, Nora rushed right in. Raising her grenade launcher, the weapon sudden grew a handle which turned the item into a hammer which she immediately used to start walloping on the Grimm. The Deathstalker raised its pincers to defend itself while attempting to retreat. But it couldn't walk backwards. Minato had grabbed onto the stinger without a second thought of being stung and made sure to pull to prevent its retreat.
When it saw this, it immediately started swinging its tail around. With nothing to help hold him down, Minato was waved around like a ragdoll until he released his grip and dropped back down next to Ren and Pyrrha. Nora meanwhile was knocked back towards the group and was fortunately caught by Ren before she could fall off the side.
"That Deathstalker's armor is next to impenetrable." Ren noted with a frown. Holding his arms out, two submachine guns with blades on the ends of the guns. "Even Nora could only seem to dent it."
"Plus, it looks as it can attack from close to mid-range." Pyrrha added. "That stringer is proving to be tougher than expected while those pincers are great for defense."
"What about the underside?" Nora asked. "The belly shouldn't have armor, right? How do we get to that?"
…No armor on the underbelly… No armor… "…What about the legs?" Minato asked, pointing towards the exact limbs that he was talking about. While the others looked over, Minato assessed the situation. "Ren, Nora, I know that we just met, but are you willing to lend me a hand?"
Both addressed people blinked at the question. Yet they nodded at the same time while one smiled ferociously.
"The both of you, go left. Pyrrha and I, right. Make sure to take out those legs first." Minato stated, rolling his neck.
Hearing confirmation from the three of them, they all leapt into action.
Splitting up into their pairs and directions Minato had assigned, Ren was the first to act, firing shots from his guns. With enough bullets, Ren was able to punch holes in the legs of the Deathstalker after leaping over one of its pincers. Sliding on the ground, he slashed with the bladed ends around the area where he shot and cut right through the weakened area with ease.
Nora on the other hand was much simpler and more brutal. Swinging her hammer like a baseball bat, she smashed right through one leg. During her spin, she jumped into the air and brought the weapon up. With a smash, she completely crushed the last leg on their side.
On the opposite side, Pyrrha handled their task with equal ease. Minato however was preoccupied with the stinger and pincers. Kicking the stinger to the left so that Pyrrha could make it to her task, Minato also took a quick shot with his left-hand multiple times which almost hit all the eyes of the bug Grimm.
Pyrrha had changed her weapon into its short sword form and with her strength, cleanly cut straight through the bottom half of the Deathstalker's leg. Tossing her shield like a deadly frisbee, she was able to just as quickly take care of the second leg. But as the shield flew and hit a tree, the metal object bounced back towards the red-head and cut right through the final leg.
As the now legless Deathstalker screeched in pain in collapsed to the ground, Minato gestured over towards Nora. "Flip it." He called out. Shooting both of his grappling claws out, they grabbed both pincers and he pulled to make sure that they couldn't swing around.
Giving Minato a vicious grin, she also performed a bit of a mock salute. "You got it!"
Letting her hammer fall to the ground, Nora skipped to the front of the Grimm. "Feel the love of Magnhild!" As the eccentric teen tapped the tip of her weapon against the Deathstalker's face, she then hefted it up. "Fore!" She yelled as she swung. Just before the weapon encountered the Grimm, Nora pulled a trigger and while shooting out another grenade.
The combination of the explosive and force behind the attack plowing right into the Grimm's jaw was powerful. As the Deathstalker took the full impact of the attack, the Grimm was sent into the air before it collapsed onto its side. Thanks to its rounded shape, the Deathstalker rolled onto its back which exposed its unprotected underbelly.
As the group approached, The Deathstalker only thrashed around as a last resort. Seeing the stringer go towards them, Minato raised his right hand and balled it into a fist. Embedding the flesh against the point, he knocked the sharp end right into the ground when it thrusted towards him at full force. Ren immediately unleashed a hail of bullets right were the tail was connected to the stinger. With a fierce slash, the large point was disconnected.
As Minato picked up the massive bulb with his two hands, Pyrrha had her shield up over top of her head. Nora immediately hopped up and onto the metal. "Express elevator, going up!" She commented, sitting on top of her hammer. As Pyrrha pushed up, Nora released another explosion and both forces launched the ginger high up into the sky.
Walking over, Minato raised the stinger up and stabbed it right into the Deathstalker. Ignoring its cries, he hopped off. Hearing a blast from above, all three of them looked up. A streak of white and pink was careening down before Nora was identified as such and slammed her hammer right onto the stinger and drove it into the Grimm's body even further.
(End Song)
As the body of the Deathstalker began to disintegrate, the four of them celebrated a bit over their victory against the Grimm. Nora let out a cheer of excitement while hugging Ren. Ren just looked like he was about to collapse with a shake of his head yet smiled a bit. Pyrrha smile while Minato nodded her head.
Turning to look at the others, Minato found himself a bit pleasantly surprised to see and hear Ruby issuing orders out the rest of them listening. Well, it was no surprise for Yang. He didn't expect anything from Blake. But Weiss was the odd part.
Now, Yang and Blake were using some unusually long and elastic ribbon (or something of the sorts) to create a makeshift slingshot. Weiss meanwhile had created a glyph that created a platform for Ruby to stand on and be shot from… Or at least he assumed. The white-haired girl even seemed to have a slightest amused look on her face when trying to aim the red-hooded girl towards the Nevermore.
Unfortunately, that plan was interrupted when that exact Nevermore flapped its wings while shot more feathers in their direction. All of them were forced to scatter. Fortunately for them all, they each had platforms which they could stand on.
From Yang's perspective, she groaned at how the Nevermore was proving to be a lot more difficult than anticipated. They even had a plan at the ready but was completely ruined. But in the middle of her thoughts while seeing the Nevermore fly back around, she saw something…
A single strange of blonde hair falling into the chasm below.
"…You…"
Yang gritted her teeth.
"…Are…"
Yang balled her fists.
"DEAD!"
(Play Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN – [Heavy Day] at 00:57)
A massive cloud of flames roared out from where the blonde was standing. Everyone was absolutely startled at Yang sudden anger as the blonde had just snapped out of nowhere. From their perspective, they couldn't really see Yang very well due to her distance away from them.
But if someone had managed to get in close, they would have noticed that not only were her eyes red when the fire died down, but also that there was a faint amount of white aura surrounding her eyes.
Slamming her fists together and watching the Nevermore come after her due to her anger, Yang fired off a shot that was a combination of the Winter Maiden powers with her ammunition right towards one of the wings. Causing the monstrous bird to spin out control right towards her, Yang began to throw fist after fist right against its face without mercy right as it came into reach.
Hitting the top of its head with an overhead smash after her vicious combo, Yang immediately uppercut the jaw of the beast into the air. Jumping while using her gauntlets' shotgun function to boost her height, she punched the Grimm back down onto the ground with both of her fists.
Landing down next to the bird, Yang cocked her weapon and arm back before releasing a furious roar. Nailing the bird right against its face, she had released another punch enhanced by Maiden magic and her weapon which caused a small explosion upon impact.
Chasing after the body into the forest, Yang used her gauntlets once more to catch up and grabbed the Grimm. Just as the Nevermore fell onto the ground, Yang immediately started unleashing blow after blow. After a few seconds of beating the Grimm while it skidded on the ground, Yang threw the Nevermore up while flipping backwards. Swinging left and right, the head of the monster was knocked in each direction before Yang knocked it high into the air with both fists.
Quickly popping out all of her now empty shotgun shells, Yang immediately reloaded. Letting out one final roar as the body fell, Yang released a final flurry of blows at an incredible rate while expending all her ammunition. With the final blow, Yang watched the Grimm disintegrate as it soared away into the distance with satisfaction.
Y13 (End Song)
"…WHAT IN ALL OF REMNANT WAS THAT?!" Weiss screeched as everyone had witnessed Yang's temper.
"Something that will happen to you if you make her mad." Minato stated.
Y13
Minato stood with his hands in his pockets as he listened to Ozpin announce the names of the team that had finished along with the other students that had passed. Apparently, the way teams were organized were depending on which chess piece that was grabbed. Bit of an odd way. There may be flaws, but he couldn't really come up with it.
When it came to his and Pyrrha's turn, he was not surprised when Nora and Ren stepped up with him. Ozpin turned to regard the four teens that stood before him. "Minato Arisato, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, and Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the black rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team ARNN (Arsenic)… Led by Minato Arisato."
…Was this only because of him giving an idea on how they could have taken down the Deathstalker? Either way, Minato only nodded his head in thanks.
Walking off stage, the now named Team ARNN bumped into Yang, Ruby, Blake, and Weiss. Both girls which he lived with hugged him and he hugged them back. Seeing Blake stare, they both only nodded at each other in respect. The same was done for Weiss, albeit a pause on Minato's part.
Ozpin then began calling out the remaining names, which happened to be the four girls. As the four of them lined up, Ozpin began once more for the final time of the night. "Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna… and Yang Xiao Long…"
Minato and Yang both raised an eyebrow at the small pause when it came down to Yang's name.
"You four retrieved the gold knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY (Ruby)… Led by Ruby Rose."
Claps of congratulations erupted among the audience. Yang rushed over to crush her sister in a hug while Weiss looked offended. Blake meanwhile stood in place stoically, taking the news with what was apparently a typical brand of apathy. Ruby looked over towards Minato, who had a small smile of his own while nodding his head in her direction.
As the headmaster began walking away, his eyes stayed on Yang for a slight moment. "…" No one saw him frown in a bit of concern, but he still walked away, wondering how this new generation will turn out.
Y13
"How much stuff have people lost and never retrieved for the past years?!"
Ruby shouted in absolute shock as she, Yang, and Minato were digging through piles of objects in the area that was the lost and found room. The small space was nearly covered in all sorts of objects ranging from shoes, to books, to even an expensive looking watch. All they wanted was to find a pair of headphones. They thought that since it would be the latest item possibly here, it would be at the top of the pile. But the staff member who let them in said that he did remember seeing a pair of headphones with a rose symbol on them be brought to the exact location.
"Seriously," Ruby continued, picking up a few scrolls with an odd expression before throwing them over her back and digging through the items. "It's almost alarming how apathetic people are when losing their things!"
"I don't know." Yang said, grabbing a shirt and looking over it for a couple of seconds. "People just pretty much assume that if it's missing, it's stolen. That's just the kind of society we live in." Tossing the shirt away, the blonde continued to go through the pile. "Aha, I found them!" In triumph, Yang pulled out the exact item that they were looking for.
"Awesome! Thank's Yang!" Ruby exclaimed, rushing over and grabbing the accessory eagerly. That happy emotion was tuned down a bit as she immediately held out at arms' length gingerly. "Eww, looks dirty."
"Don't worry." Yang reassured. "Pretty sure some water and sanitizer will do the justice it deserves." She then looked over towards the blue-haired male who was oddly a lot more silent than usual despite his already quiet nature. "Minato, we found what we came here for. Let's get moving. I want to get some good sleep before classes tomorrow." But the boy didn't react. "…Minato?"
"You don't have a diary, do you Ruby?"
Minato sudden question was completely out of the blue. Thankfully, none of the girls needed to ask since the boy turned around and showed them what he was talking about.
In his hands was a small white book with an emblem that looked like Ruby's but had red outlines instead of black.
Ruby and Yang both froze at the mere sight of the object in his hands, and their reactions caused Minato to frown a bit in concern. Ruby didn't even say a word, holding her hands out timidly as if asking if she could hold it.
As Ruby took it out of his hands, all she could do was stare at the small book. Looking up towards Yang, the blonde had the exact same reaction. There was a silent atmosphere amongst the three of them.
Eventually, Ruby took a deep breath and opened the book. She had flipped over towards the first page and saw that there was writing on it.
Dear journal,
Well… perhaps I should be writing dear diary instead. Nah, journal sounds much better. I'm an adult anyways, and journal sounds like something an adult would say!
Anyways, I'm writing this down as this is the start of something new. This will be a good way to make sure that I don't forget any special things so that I can show these to Ruby and Yang when they get older or if they want to know what I was up to when I'm gone.
Unfortunately, I was asked to go on a mission. Despite my two daughters being at such a young age and that I should be there for them, it was insisted upon me that I help. Well, I suppose it can't be that bad since I'm told it's just a recon mission. Though why me? There were plenty of other teams that were better at stealth. Qrow and Raven were both the only ones who are also ideal for stealth. But Qrow is constantly away on other missions while Raven is taking care of the tribe where they came from.
It wouldn't kill her to at least visit occasionally though. Not like the camp will burn down to the ground if she were gone for a few days… She even has her daughter still growing up without her! Sheesh, how Tai managed to even lay her is something both Qrow and I wonder to this day…
Oh dear, I'm rambling on. Wait, can you ramble in writing?
Anyways, asked to go on a mission. Accepted it in the end… unfortunately. But hopefully this will be nice in the long run. I must look on the bright side.
For my two daughters!
Summer Rose
BOOM! I've seen next to no fanfics touching up on details of how Summer possibly died. So, hopefully I can keep you guys interested long enough to see what Ruby, Yang, and Minato do to figure/find out what kind of mission Summer Rose was on… and perhaps find out how she died. After all… just being told that she died on a mission is rather vague…
Originally, I was going to put a "Season 2" intro of sorts after this AN… But I'm trying to make "omakes" of sorts almost every 10 chapters if I want to put some random thing in… and this is only 6 chapters away from the previous one. So, you all are spared from bad filler…
For now…
No flames please.