(Heyo, everyone, and welcome to Revved Up Chapter 5! More Penny! More Oobleck! And… a surprise!)
(RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth. Otherwise Volume 9 would be here.)
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I woke up from that weird dream. "Yeesh, yesterday was awful." I thought. But… today was Wednesday, and it would be the day that I'd actually go out and fight Grimm, so that made me feel much better!
I brushed my teeth, got changed, fed Zwei, then ate some breakfast! For today, I tried some Salmon Sam's Fishy-O's, because Blake had those yesterday, and I wanted to try.
They tasted like… fish. Don't know what I expected.
Yang shared some eggs with Weiss, who seemed to be enjoying herself. Blake sat down next to me, and whispered in my ear.
"I know you eavesdropped last night."
"H-How?!" I whispered back, shocked.
"Well, when I opened the bedroom door, I found you sitting there, with Yang." she explained.
"Oh." I realized.
"And don't tell Weiss, but I only really agreed to her little truce because I didn't want to see you cry. I care about you, Ruby. I want you to know that." she whispered.
"Thank you, hun." I smiled.
"Anytime, sugar." she smiled back. I felt like we were already married.
Let's get to the point, though. I looked at the clock. 8:10. 20 minutes until class started.
We hurried to Combat and Grimm Study 202, with Dr Oobleck. Why Doctor, no-one knows.
I quickly sat in my seat, passing empty seats labeled things like Flynt Coal, Nolan Porfirio, or someone named Cabeza Rezenante who didn't show up. I sat right next to Ren, from JNPR.
After attendance, which is always boring, Dr Oobleck began.
"Students, students! My name is Dr Oobleck, and I will be the one to teach you how to survive. This is Combat and Grimm Study 202, and it is a serious class. If it weren't for these lessons, you would all be getting massacred in the middle of a warzone, without proper knowledge of the use of your gun barrels and your sword blades!"
Everyone was on the edge of their seat. After all, we were all eager to learn what this guy, with his fogged up glasses and wild green hair, could teach us that we hadn't already figured out.
"Today will be a very special day. In the morning, which is now, you will be learning about the different varieties of Grimm in this world, and how to combat them. In the second half of the day, you will be bonding with not just your team, but a staff member! On the battlefield."
We all shuddered.
"Beginning now, the Grimm! First of all, what ARE Grimm exactly? These are dangerous beasts, created by the God of Darkness to destroy specifically Humans and Faunus, the creation of the God of Light. They pay no mind to regular creatures such as animals, plants, and fungi, but sapient species will make them attack! However, they can be killed. By using the weapons which are attached to your vehicle forms, you are able to slay these ginormous beasts, causing them to disintegrate into a fine dust, which they cannot return from. Any questions?"
Cardin, who sat in the far back, raised his hand. "What if you don't… have a vehicle form?"
"In that case, handheld weapons work too." Oobleck comforted him. "No more questions?"
Nope. No more questions.
"Then, let us continue onward. The types of Grimm! Starting with…"
Oobleck pulled up a slide, showing a large, black lupine creature with what appeared to be a skull-like mask on its face. I recognized it from the Emerald Forest initiation.
"The Beowolf. This Grimm is very common compared to other types, but still very dangerous. It is about the size of a Mustang, from head to tail, armed with sharp claws, teeth, and spines, which are located on its back. Being the most common Grimm, it is weak compared to other Grimm, so it often travels in packs. Interestingly, it also comes in an albino variety, which is white, somehow."
I nodded. I did remember the Beowolves that Weiss and I encountered traveling in a pair. I didn't know there was a white kind, though.
"Next up, the Nevermore!"
Oobleck pulled up a new slide, showing a corvid creature with a similar aesthetic. I was amazed. I had never seen any Nevermore before.
"It is avian, as you may have guessed, and travels alone, being much more powerful than a Beowolf. It usually has a wingspan of two Beowolves, give or take, but can be larger or smaller. It attacks with a swoop, but can shoot its feathers if necessary. It also attacks using its talons, but not very often."
I got busy writing down notes. I might need to know this.
"Then, there is the Ursa!"
Oobleck pulled up yet another slide, showing a large ursine creature with black fur, and again, a mask.
"It is around four times the size of an actual bear, and has five claws on each foot. Due to its extreme strength, size, and hunger, it can be very dangerous, and yet it usually travels in groups of three. Now, unlike most Grimm, which do not seem to require sustenance, Ursae are obsessed with the red sap of the Kanarien tree, and will devour anything covered in it on sight. Unfortunately for us, the Kanarien tree, which grows to be very thick, tends to spurt out sap at anything that approaches, Huntsmen and Huntresses included. So be very careful in the woods where it lives, because where this tree grows, Ursae will go, as they say."
Be careful when you see this perpetually red tree. Got it.
"Lastly, there is the Boarbatusk!"
Oobleck pulled up yet another slide, showing a large, Grimm-y wild boar.
"The Boarbatusk is a dangerous creature, even more dangerous than a Nevermore, a Deathstalker, or even the sound of the shampoo bottle hitting the shower floor!"
We all shuddered, Yang especially.
"Unlike most Grimm, the Boarbatusk is highly intelligent, and has been known to break weapons before going in for the kill. Its main form of attack, other than its tusks, should also be watched out for. It will roll into a ball, rotate in place for exactly 3 seconds, and then dash forward at lightning speeds! However, there is a creative method to defeating this creature. Simply trigger it to roll into a rock, tree, or other solid object, stunning it, and leaving its stomach exposed. The Boarbatusk's stomach is the only place on its body that is not covered in armor, and therefore its only weak point. Simply stab or shoot into its fleshy stomach, and it will be slain with ease."
I took vigorous notes, until the lunch bell rang. Good thing, I was getting hungry.
"It appears to be goodbye for now, students. See you after lunch!" Oobleck concluded.
We all left for the lunchroom, and the girls and I sat in our usual spot. I was chomping on an apple when I noticed Penny sat across from us, along with three other people who we didn't recognize.
"Friends, allow me to introduce my team, Team PCMR! Everyone, this is Team RWBY!"
The other three waved, and we waved back.
The person to Penny's left, with darker skin and a blue hat, introduced themself. "Hi guys, I'm Ciel Soleil, but I prefer C, and my pronouns are they/them. Just wanted to say that, because people often get it mixed up, and y'know. I like cats, the color blue, and not being late."
"I also enjoy being on time. Being late makes people see you as someone who doesn't really care, as does things like poor hygiene or, you know, not actually caring."
"I see." Ciel said, smiling. Tell me more.
As Weiss and Ciel had discussions about psychology, the girl on Penny's right, with reddish-purple hair and gray gloves, introduced herself. "Hey guys, my name's Tyra Mulberry, and my pronouns are she/her. I like pizza and listening to Wellenstier, and my favorite video game is Ultra Punching Kids Mega, only the best crossover fighting game out there."
Yang LOVED Ultra Punching Kids Mega. "OH MY GOD YOU PLAY UPKM TOO?! I LOVE THAT GAME!" she gushed.
"Who you main?" Tyra tested her.
"Mespia, all the way!" Yang confirmed. Mespia Hardolis was a spy girl, originally from an anime series called Konpeki Zassho, whose main gimmick was to imitate the forms and moves of other characters. Yang, being a weeb, found this fictional character VERY attractive.
And Tyra seemed to agree. "Heck yeah, fellow Mespia main! She's so OP, I'm surprised they haven't banned her from competitive play like Pjeroh! I hope they never do it to her, though!" she gushed back.
Yang and Tyra had a very exciting almost-argument about their latex gun waifus and their sword-wielding masked men with four different ways of cheating death, and as they did, Penny's final team member, a rather handsome man with blue hair and a raccoon tail, introduced himself. "Hello, everyone. My name is Rocco Snuftabak, and my pronouns are he/him. I have a dark sense of humor, but I enjoy a good cup of tea now and again."
"That's nice." Blake responded. "I also like tea. I like mine with a little lemon juice, it's good for the throat."
"I've tried having a cup with some cream cheese, and it actually turned out quite well." Rocco shared. I felt a little jealous of him, actually, since he had bonded with Blake so quickly. He seemed nice, though, so I didn't really worry.
I began to chat with Penny, who was the only one not having a conversation. "Your team is so nice!"
"Yes, they are! They teach me so many new things, like sharing secrets!" she smiled. "Speaking of sharing secrets, meet me at lunch tomorrow. I have a secret for you." she whispered to me.
I was intrigued. I wondered what this secret was. "Ok, see you then!" I confirmed.
After a few minutes of chatting about nothing in particular, we looked at the time. "It is time to go, Ruby." Penny pointed out. "Goodbye!"
"Bye, guys! Nice talking with you!" I called back.
No bonding time today. Time to go to war with whatever Oobleck wanted us to fight. He spoke: "Students, it is time to go on your first of many field trips, into battle with the Grimm. I hope class served you well, because battle against Grimm, as with man-to-man combat, requires strategy, confidence, and plenty of improvisation. Now, come with me, or one of my assistants, and we will fly to someplace where battle will be done."
My team had the luck of being partnered with Oobleck himself. We all boarded a plane, which took us to a highway that was swarming with various small Grimm and hosting a few large ones as well, but otherwise empty. As we exited the plane, Team RWBY, and Oobleck, Motorized and prepared for battle!
We split up. Weiss plowed through a few Sulfur Fish while in her Mustang form, but the small insectoid Grimm clung to her roof. She used her door-mounted lances to shake them off, but they merged together into a massive form! I glimpsed Oobleck, who was a Ford Standard Coupe, helping her out by blasting the crustaceous conglomerate with a beam of scalding liquid.
I turned, and noticed a Boarbatusk had rolled into a ball in front of me. I goaded it towards the barrier on the side of the highway, and as it charged, it didn't crash, but fell off the highway, about 15 feet down! It was stunned and exposed, but I couldn't drive down there in time. I didn't know what to do. Luckily, Blake came to the rescue, circling over the prone pig and dropping grenades on its stomach!
Meanwhile, Yang was tussling with a Deathstalker, a giant scorpion Grimm. I helped her out by turboing behind it and clawing into its carapace with my rear-mounted scythe blades, while Yang scorched its face with her exhaust! Eventually, the Deathstalker, like the Boarbatusk, vanished into the wind.
There was only one group of Grimm left: the Sulfur Fish colony. Blake, Yang and I charged at it, firing away with our guns. The Sulfur Fish released a few members of the colony to try and fend us off, but we exterminated the puny creatures with ease. We continued our assault on the massive collective, but it withstood our bullets, which went through cracks in the huge mass. Suddenly, Yang had an idea. She turned around and flared up her exhaust, letting loose a flame that burned the colony to the ground!
We congratulated each other on our victory, when a Chinook helicopter, going 105 mph, sped past and dropped a pack of TNT on us. Thinking quickly, I managed to cut the fuse, disarming the bomb. Oobleck told us that he'd stay at the highway to watch for Grimm, and that we had to investigate who dropped the bomb.
So Team RWBY drove east, the direction the chopper had gone, when we encountered, of all people, Roman Torchwick.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Little Red! I see you brought a few friends with you!" he taunted.
We all changed to our humanoid forms, and I stared Torchwick down. "These aren't just my friends, Torchwick. This is my TEAM."
"Well, in that case, why don't I introduce you to a partner of mine?" he grinned. "Meet Neopolitan, master of disguise, and the one who'll put you in your grave."
A woman emerged from the shadows. She was short, with pale skin, a flat chest, and multicolored eyes. Indeed, I had met this woman before; she had delivered ramen to our dorm last night. Why, I didn't know, but it seemed suspicious.
I did know, though, that Yang would find her hotter than the Sun in the middle of July.
Neo Motorized into a Fiat Spider, even though she had been a helicopter just a moment earlier, and brandished a pair of blades on her sides. I dodged out of harm's way, and shot at the blades with my snipers. I managed to break one of the blades, which slid back into its hole and re-emerged as an umbrella shield.
Blake lowered to a foot above the ground and tried to fire through the umbrella, but it wouldn't go through. Nothing would go through that canvas shield, which eventually was replaced with a brand-new knife blade.
Weiss snuck up on Neo, charging through with her lances, but Neo, doing something we call "cheating," morphed into a jet-ski and slid out of reach! This would be a tough opponent to beat.
In a moment of genius, I turboed toward Neo, who, as I predicted, glided across the ground as if it were water. I goaded her to the west, where Oobleck would be waiting. Sure enough, he was. I called out to him in two simple words:
"Beam her!"
It worked. Oobleck, recognizing the signal, shot his coffee beam directly at Neo, who rode it like it was a wave. Now, I had leeway. With Oobleck holding her up, I pointed my snipers at her and fired a single shot.
It was a direct hit, morphing her into her human form instantly. She scowled at me, so I turned human again, and scowled back. Having had enough, she turned into a Chinook and soared off.
Oobleck and I caught up with the girls just in time to see Neo flying off into the distance. Yang called out, "Hey pink girl, if you're looking for a good time, meet me at Enkyoku's!"
I knew it. I honking knew it.
Weiss gave her a look, muttering some variation of "You are such a pervert."
We all drove up to the plane, returned to our humanoid forms, and flew back to Beacon.
"Today was a good day," I thought to myself as I got ready for sleepytimes. "I met new friends, learned about Grimm, and fought a new enemy." But I was ready to get to bed, and as I slept, I dreamt of people I'd never met, like a girl with a cat tail and long hair, a blonde girl who hung out with Jaune, and a girl with a mask and, for some reason, color-changing skin.
I wonder what it could mean?
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(Well, that was much better than Chapturd 4. Mostly because there's no drama. I'm not good at writing drama.)
(Also you might wanna start looking for teasers in the text. Just sayin.)
(Chapter 6 coming soon! Leave a good review, read, enjoy, and stay tuned for more!)
(Oh, fuck it. Here's a stinger.)
It was about 3:00 AM, more or less, when I heard Blake shifting in the bed above me. I kept quiet, so as not to alert her to my presence. Sounded like she was taking a call.
"Hey, wassup? … It's like 3 in the morning here so try to be quiet. … I don't care about him, he's a beeping Chevy Vega! … Yeah, I told a few people, and we had a bit of a disagreement, but they don't really mind. …
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…Ilia?"