Chapter 3: Beacon

Yang waited on the launching pad, there was the sound of students up the row getting flung and she smiled as she felt the ground under her vanish. Wind whipped her face and she gave an exclaimation of joy while firing off a few blasts from Ember Celica.

Guess we'll see where the die roll. She thought as she rolled to a halt. The blonde started traveling, until a growling came from up ahead. A pack of beowolves was surrounding a girl in white.

Yang grinned and launched forward, smashing her gauntlet into the side of the face of a beowolf as the girl suddenly lunged forward and struck a beowolf in the chest. They dispatched the Grimm easily enough, and the girl met Yang's eyes. "Yang Xiao Long! Nice to meet you!" She held her hand up.

"Weiss Schnee." The girl responded, but didn't take the hand. Instead Weiss started walking deeper into the forest. Yang shrugged and followed her.

"So, you know where we're going?" Yang asked, Weiss didn't turn and just kept walking.

"Of course I do." She said.

It was about a half hour before Yang sighed. "Are you sure you know where you're going?" She asked. Weiss spun around

"I am, why are you assuming I don't? Its right up ahead, I'm sure of it!" Weiss declared. Yang rolled her eyes as Weiss kept walking.

About twenty minutes later, Yang asked again. "You said it was "right up ahead". Why aren't we there yet?"

Weiss growled. "Yang. Just shut up! I know where we're going!" She snapped.

"Sure you do." Yang said, Weiss threw her arms in the air.

"Fine, Xiao Long. If you're so sure about us being in the wrong direction - you lead!" She told Yang, who shrugged.

"I didn't say I knew where we are. But if you insist." Yang winked and shut her eyes before spinning in rapid circles.

"What are you doing?!" Weiss demanded. Yang reached an arm out and pointed in a radom direction.

"This way!" She said when she stopped. Yang shook her head rapidly to dispel her dizziness.

They started walking. "Well if I wasn't going the right direction, I doubt your method will reap us any sort of reward!" Weiss huffed after a few minutes.

"Ssh!" Yang held a hand up. "I hear something."

There was voices.

"Illia, its not a problem."

"Blake, I know. I'm just worried."

"Well we'll be safe here in Beacon. Don't worry."

Yang picked up the pace until two heads came into view. "Hello!" She called. The girls turned around.

"Oh, hi." The brown-haired girl said, the noirette next to her nodded.

"You guys know where the temple is?" Yang asked.

"Yes. I just checked from over the trees. Should be coming up on our right side any minute." The brown haired girl informed Yang.

"I'm Yang and this is Weiss." Yang introduced. Both the girls' demeanors shifted slightly, but Weiss was oblivious.

"I'm Illia." The brown-haired girl spoke.

"Blake." The noirette added. Their voices seemed a bit stiff, and Illia kept glancing at Weiss while they walked.

When the arrived, Yang bounded to the relics. "How about this!" She grabbed the pony chess piece. Blake and Illia were talking quietly, and then Illia walked forward before grabbing the other chess piece.

"Red! Time to get up!" Roman called. Ruby rolled off of her beanbag chair which she had fallen asleep in. Moonlight shone through the window in her room as she rubbed her eyes.

"Alright!" Ruby grumbled and shuffled to the door. Roman had told her to take a nap because they were going to be meeting with buissness associates tonight.

This time Neo took pity on her and gave Ruby a tumbler with some coffee in it. Unfortunatly, Ruby had recently become addicted to the substance and insisted she had some daily.

Ruby took a deep sip from it as the trio walked out. Drei's leash was held by Roman and he leapt into the backseat by Ruby.

The drive was in silence before they pulled to the outskirts of the city where an abandoned warehouse was. Ruby smiled, it was actually the one they trained Ruby in. Shelves were everywhere and there was some furnature bent out of shape from training. Drei barked and Roman unleashed him. "Red, go sweep and check for intruders or anything abnormal." He told Ruby. She nodded and about a minute later she was finished with her sweep.

"Nothing!" She reported. Roman pulled out his Scroll.

"Good. I gotta make a call. Can you watch the door?" He asked. Ruby nodded.

She knew "Can you go watch the door" was Roman's own way of saying "You aren't exactly suppossed to know what we're doing right now."

She walked to the door and pulled out her Scroll. After a moment's hesitation she opened up the CCT Web and pulled up a private search bar. Ruby Rose Missing Patch she typed in the key phrases quickly and looked around before hitting "enter".

There was a loading bar that filled up before thepage refreshed to show several articles.

There was missing posters and pleas for information on her. Ruby saw a few lists of numbers and saw Yang's Scroll number. Her finger paused before she copied the number into her contacts. Immedatly she regretted doing so.

Why are you doing this, they'll think you're betraying them. Her mind whispered. No, Ruby shook her head. I'm not. Its just to keep tabs on her. She tried to lie to herself. Her shoulders slumped. I'll keep it - just in case. She told herself and nodded. That's what I'll do.

That out of the way, Ruby closed the tab and innocently opened Grimm bashers to pass the time.

Finally Roman and Neo's meeting was over and they all went home.

A/N

: I said there would be a break. Screw that. Overwhelming you guys all agree Illia was to replace Ruby. I may find a way to incorperate Rain into the story at some point.

Ok, now for the actual reason there may be a small break: I have no idea what the team name will be. Submit your mash-up and what it stands for.

Example: RWBY (Ruby)

Please use the letters of W, I, B, and Y only. Remember that whoever is the first letter is the team-leader, so place that into consideration.

I will not work on the next chapter until I found the perfect team name. It pains me because I love this story, but the next few events will be swapping between Ruby and Yang's perspectives. I'm sorry for how short the last few chapters have been, but I nedd there to be a team name before I can continue writing.

Also, I have a Discord server for those of you interested in it. Code is 5AYbh

Thank you for reading and I'll see you all in the next chapter!