RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 17

Chrome

"Hmm..." me and my team stood in front of one of the mission boards. "I'm open to suggestions." I said as I searched for a mission to select.

"Here." Maya pointed to one of the missions. "Patrol for Grimm in a nearby village."

"Should be pretty easy." River said.

"Could also be an easy grade, too." Nicci added.

"Alright." I selected the mission and put in our team name. A message then popped up. 'You will be sent out in approximately one week.'

"Oh..." me and my team glanced at each other.

"So, I guess we just wait, then?" Maya asked.

"Seems so." Nicci said.

"What should we do until then?"

"We could train." River suggested.

"That isn't a bad idea. The Festival is arriving soon." I said. "Wouldn't be a bad idea to train for the tournament."

"Okay."

The four of us turned around and started heading for Goodwitch's class to train. "Hey, Chrome!"

Hearing my name, I turned around to see Yang run up to me. "Hey, Yang." I greeted. "What's up?"

"Me and my team were about to head out on our mission and I wanted to see you before we took off." she told me.

I glanced back at my team. "I'll catch up with you guys." The three of them continued heading for Goodwitch's class. "So, what d'ya wanna talk about?" I asked as I turned back to Yang.

"I didn't really want to talk." she told me. "Just wanted a 'lil somethin'."

"Oh? And what would that be?" I asked.

"Well, if black cats bring bad luck, I wonder, what do white cats bring?" she suddenly grabbed my shirt and pulled me into a kiss. After a few seconds, she broke away and leaned forward, her breath tickling my ear. "For luck."

And with that, she turned around and walked off back to her team. Standing in place, I couldn't help but smile. "Hey!" River shouted to get my attention. "You comin' or what?"

"Yeah!" I looked back to Yang before rejoining my team. Heading for Goodwitch's classroom, I couldn't get my mind off of her.

"When did you and Goldilocks get together?" Nicci asked.

"The night of the dance." I replied.

"You're definitely one lucky guy to have such a hottie all to yourself." Nicci said.

"Yeah...I guess I am lucky."

Minutes later, Goodwitch's class

I blocked River's shots as I rushed him. He tried to attack with his blades, but I blocked them with one of my swords before kicking him back. Pulling the release, I threw one of my blades at him. Rolling out of the way, River shot off three bullets at me.

Using my glyphs, I moved out of the way. Seeing River was standing in front of my blade, I smirked as I called it to me. The blade swept River off his feet and onto his back before reattaching to the hilt.

Rushing him as he got up, I pulled my foot back and kicked the side of his face, knocking him over. Creating a glyph above him, I rained icicles down on top of him, draining his aura.

Seeing he was finished, I took a step back and sheathed my weapons. "Gotchya."

"Damn, Chrome!" River said as he stood up. "You coulda gone a little easier on me."

"Aw, quit complaining." I said. "Our opponents in the tourney aren't gonna go easy an ya."

He opened his mouth to say something but quickly retracted it. "A...I suppose you're right."

"Okay." I turned to the sisters. "Ladies. Care to give it a go?"

A few hours later

Me and my team were out of breath, our auras on the brink of breaking. "I think... That's enough... For one day..."

"I... Agree..." Maya said.

"Well then..." I took a breath as I stood up straight. "We'll continue tomorrow."

The next day

Since we didn't have classes, I decided it'd be a good idea for us to sleep in. However, that plan was thrown out the window when an ear piercing alarm woke the four of us up.

"What is that?!" Nicci shouted over the alarm.

"It's so loud!" Maya covered her ears.

"Those are the kingdom's alarms for Grimm attacks." River said, the alarms making it hard to hear him.

"Looks like we aren't getting any rest today."

End of chapter 17