Spoilers if you don't read the manga

Switched the chapter, Dream Date, out with Sabbath for chronological sake. Will get back to it later.


I don't own anything. All characters belong to their respective owners (except the Hosts).

Pardon my grammar.


Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun - Sabbath (Manga Chapter 90)


Blake stood up and stretched from her seat, shaking off her tensed muscles. "Augh. I tried to squeeze myself into my seat when those soldiers started charging towards each other."

The cat faunus had seen many things. The cruel treatment and discrimination of the faunus will forever leave mental scars that will carry on for years to come. But the amount of violence the people of Earth were willing to inflict against each… It was an entirely different level. So much so that she tried to shrink away from it to the best that she can, thus causing her slight muscle cramps throughout her body.

"You certainly know how to make things gloomy, reminding us of that." Yang sighed, "At least it's over."

"We'll probably see something just as worse further down the line," Blake grumbled.

Her partner snorted, "Someone is having a hissy fit. When did you become more cynical?"

"Okay. That's enough." Weiss pinched her forehead, "Let's just take a deep breath and relax. I'm certain we're all high strung after witnessing all of that."

"Yeah!" Ruby pumped her fist and raised a hand for a high-five from Weiss, which never came. "Aw…"

"I wonder what we'll be watching." Neptune mused.

Coco tilted her head at him, "That's always the question of the day here. If time works properly in here."

"The viewing is about to start." The Hosts alerted them, "This reality takes place in the demon realm. We shall provide more details when we deemed it necessary."

"Is this the same one from the Dark Tournament thing?" Mercury asked.

"The world you all will be watching will not be from that same reality. This world is much more peaceful compared to what you had referred to."

"That's a relief," Jaune mumbled.

The room darkened as the screen flickered to life, starting the next viewing.

The scene immediately opens up to a cute demon girl with black horns and unusual four clover-like pupils cheerfully talking on her cellphone.

"Right!" She chirped, holding up a finger in the air. "The next Sabbath!" She was talking to Shax Reid, a demon boy with blondish hair and antennal-like horns. "There will be four of us, so… Can you gather four people?"

"Looks like demons are a sentient humanoid race, similar that to the faunus." Blake said with interest, "With extra sets of appendixes." Aside from that, it was blatantly obvious they these demons were just ordinary teenagers.

"Sabbath?" Oobleck raised an eyebrow, "As in, a day of religious observance and abstinence? Or the superstitious, supposed annual midnight meeting of terrifying creatures… Ah. Demons. They're demons. I see. I see." The doctor chuckled at that. "That's very fitting."

"No problem!" Reid made an 'OK' gesture.

"Bring someone cool, okay?"

"Leave it to me." They ended the call, with Shax grinning darkly.

A Mixer! The meeting of fellow demons! Nowadays it's become an established way of meeting with the opposite sex – In other words… Sabbath!

"So, they call a mixer a Sabbath?" Coco scratched her head, "It does sound kinda cool."

"It would seem so, Miss Adel." Oobleck nodded, "If only I would know more of their culture and history… I believe it would be unbelievably fascinating."

"Anything related to history would fascinate you, Barty." Port chuckled.

"And anything within the confines of a great hunt would have your undivided attention."

"Ha! Why wouldn't it?"

Standing outside of their Sabbath meeting place is an assembly of the Abnormal Class Demons (and one human) of Babyls Demon School; Shax Reid, Sabnock Sabro, Andro Jazz, and lastly… Suzuki Iruma!

"Let's go, guys!"

"Yeah!" Everyone cheered, though only Iruma seemed to be the only one that does not know what is happening.

"Aw! He's so tiny compared to the rest of them…" Yang cooed, "And he has that same confused and innocent look just like you Ruby."

Ruby looked embarrassed and offended by that. Mostly embarrassed. "What?! I do not!"

"Got a picture, firecracker?" Tai called out to his eldest daughter with a wide grin.

"Yup!"

"No!"

"He does look a bit out of place." Pyrrha frowned, can't exactly figure why she singled Iruma out. It's possibly due to his size, or meek appearance that sets him apart from the rest of the current demons on screen.

"Suzuki Iruma or Iruma Suzuki is a human whereas all of his companions are demons." That got a few Oh's out of the audience.

But before this sudden time skip; Reid had to assemble his friends and proclaim is reasons (his rant, so to speak), for this sudden organizing of a Sabbath. Standing on a wide dirt road, Reid was ranting on about how their school and break was dreadfully boring and painful.

"We didn't have much fun at school until now!" Reid complained to them a few minutes ago. "Our semester break can't end without us having some fun with girls!"

"But we've been to the amusement park with Amelie-san, Clara, and…" Granted, their amusement park trip was ruined by an infamous criminal group, but Iruma did have a point. Somewhat.

Nevertheless, Reid disagreed with Iruma's point. They were stuck with their horrible homeroom teacher and had to fight against a giant monster after all.

"We were fighting the whole time! Our memories of that place are dark!" Reid protested with Jazz nodding in agreement.

Raven raised an eyebrow, "What kind of amusement park did they go too?"

"I don't know, but it sounds like fun!" Nora cracked her knuckles. "Do we have amusement parks in Vale?"

"Yes, Nora. We do." Ren replied, "Plenty is going up with the Vytal Festival coming up soon."

"We barely talked!" Jazz added in.

Emerald snorted, "Sounds like they weren't amused at the amusement park."

"He's got to be exaggerating." Coco looked uncertain. She knows she can't make assumptions and knows better since she has a faunus on her team, but do demons share the same entertainment as them? "The amusement park can't have been that bad, right?"

"The amusement park they visited was suddenly under attacked by a terrorist group that unleashed enormous demonic beasts upon the park." The Hosts explained, causing several audiences to do a doubletake. "The demonic beasts were stopped by the combined forces of Iruma, his friends, family, and teacher with great difficulties."

"You're joking," Qrow said with a deadpan expression.

"We may show you the incident at a later time."

"No, that… Won't be necessary." He rubbed his neck, "And I thought I had the worst luck."

Reid levitated up into the air with his legs crossed. "It's important for our school life that we hang out with cute girls!" He shakily gestured at the skies with a torturous expression fused with determination. "We're going to make our days brighter!"

Everyone stared at the floating Reid with an expression of doubt, uncertainty, and confusion. Iruma, on the other hand, seemed to be swept up by Reid's short rant/speech and decided to go along with them, not understanding what the blond demon boy meant.

"After all, there are fewer demon girls than boys." Said Jazz, "Getting closer with the girls from other classes is not a bad idea."

'Does he mean networking?' Iruma thought to himself, looking clueless.

"I mean, he's not wrong." Said Velvet. Social gathering often leads to networking if things go well.

"How old is he anyway? He looks younger than the rest."

"He is 14 years old." The Hosts answered Weiss's question.

Coco jerked a thumb at Oscar, "Similar to the farm boy's age, huh?"

"He is rather relatable so far," Oscar muttered to himself. Him, a simple farmhand finds himself roped into a magical theater hosted by almighty beings with most of the guests being huntsmen and huntresses. Such a thing is definitely confusing.

Sabnock cupped his chin thoughtfully, while balancing his large, muscularly frame on his tail. "It is important to know your subjects… But why this lineup?"

"Asmodeus would just steal all the girls." Reid bluntly said, cutting back to a pretty boy demon with pink hair and sharp eyes. The sparkling aura and handsome appearance would certainly undermine their Sabbath.

Coco let out a woof whistle, "Hello there, pretty boy."

"You're whistling because you like his fancy uniform." Fox bluntly said, knowing his partner is digging the uniform Asmodeus is wearing.

"Don't be jealous. Besides, the face –"

"Is a bonus. I know."

"And Caim is out of the question." The owl-like demon is a huge pervert, which will kill the event.

Blake eyed widen in surprise. "Huh… It looks like demons are a lot more diverse in appearance than we would have thought."

"Looks like an andromorphic owl." Stated Neptune.

"Who appears to be a pervert," Weiss said with disgust.

As for the rest… They don't appear to be interested in hanging out with girls. Especially Agares who is constantly napping on his cloud. And Goemon… Well, he was forgettable.

"Sabro is a bit risky too, but we'll have to take our chances here." Reid softly coughed. He can't help but gamble. It's just who he is.

"Your gambling habit is showing…" Jazz worryingly pointed out.

Glynda narrowed her eyes. "Gambling addictions should be addressed."

"He's gambling their social status, huh?" Sun scratched his head, "If it fails, they'll be a laughingstock or outcasts. If it pays off, they'll be popular?"

"Just like gambling with money." Roman nodded.

Reid brushed Jazz's remark aside and brought everyone together in a huddle. "Anyway! Time to say goodbye to our dull school life!"

"It's battle time!"

The scene instantly cuts to four boys, and four girls sitting across each other within the Tea-House Devix establishment.

"I'm Haruno!" The demon girl who scheduled the Sabbath with Reid earlier introduced herself.

"Azuki…" Said a shy demon girl with long, straight black hair.

"Konatsu here~!" An energetic girl with blond hair greeted them with a victory sign.

Last, and least… There was an odd-looking demon with an elongated body deprived of any other features except a single eye. "And I am Dosanko."

"What on Remnant is that thing?" Vernal recoiled at Dosanko's appearance.

"It's a demon." Blake flatly responded.

"Whoa, you were right about the diverse appearance stuff, Blakey."

Blake hissed, elbowing Yang in the ribs. "Don't call me that."

The Sabbath was off to a great start with a mood being soft and flowery.

"Nice to meet you!" Reid greeted them.

He silently eyed his fellow bros (excluding Iruma) with a serious expression, who silently returned it with a nod, accompanied by a flashback to Reid's plan and restriction that would enhance their experience of the Sabbath.

Tai chuckled, "They might be taking this a bit too seriously…"

"Says the guy who went overboard on our series of date." Scoffed Raven, remembering fonder times.

"Listen carefully! To make sure the girls don't get scared off…" Reid pointed at Sabnock, startling the giant demon. "Sabro! No 'Demon King' talk!"

"Wha-?!" Such restrictions should be considered blasphemous…

"Jazz, no pickpocketing!" He snapped at his dark-haired friend. In response, the pickpocketing demon looked at him in shock. "Don't give me that surprised face! No means no!"

Emerald smirked, "I like this Jazz guy already."

"Guess he already stole your heart." Mercury jeered, earning him a glare from the dark-skinned girl.

"Someone's in the right profession." Roman grinned approvingly.

"I would say otherwise." Glynda hissed.

Reid turned to Iruma, suddenly losing all of his intensity. "Iruma, you can just be yourself. The Cinnamon Roll Iruma"

Iruma in question didn't know what was happening but nervously nodded. "Uh, okay!"

Ren smiled with amusement, "He must really be confused."

"Sabbath is all about teamwork," Reid said cheerfully, before cutting back to the present with a contradicting internal statement.

'No! Sabbath is a war!' He thought to himself with a troubled expression. 'Sorry guys. But I have a plan!' He sipped nervously from his drink. 'And the plan is…' A scene from his fantasy manifest itself; two girls sitting on Reid's side, giggling while Reid looked like a successful playboy. 'To stand out while the others are keeping quiet and get the girls to myself!' Reid clenched his hand. 'I'll be the star today!'

"That's low, kid." Qrow rested his head on one of his fists. "Betraying your teammates like that."

Sun and Neptune nodded. "Not a bro."

"How despicable." Winter monotonously added in her thought to Reid's 'betrayal'.

While Reid was internally monologuing, the girls were getting acquainted themselves with the boys, excluding Reid.

"Hey, hey~!" Konatsu chirped for Sabnock's attention. "Sabro-kun. You're so tall!"

"Just like the demon king!" Dosanko added.

"De…!" Sabnock quickly caught himself from making a pleasant outburst and instead, opt for a small, chill smile with a low-key response. "I see…"

The girls' heart jumped.

"So manly!"

"So cool!"

'EEEEH?!' Reid was caught completely off guard by their response. 'An unexpectedly good reception!'

"Hey, the big guy didn't scare them away." Coco laughed Reid's reaction to the backfiring of his schemes. "That guy is bigger than you, Yats."

"And more muscular too." Yatsuhashi grudging admits.

On the other end, Haruno was casually chatting with Iruma.

"I've seen it on the news! Is it alright for you to be here?" She asked him, "You defeated the demonic beasts, right?"

"How massive were those 'demonic beasts'?" Port asked the Hosts.

"Larger than most of what any of you had ever fought. They also possess great powers, having been breed with demonic magic."

"And he helped defeat them?" Cinder inquired.

"Iruma played an extremely crucial role in ending the demonic beasts' threat and ensured the safety of civilians."

"Impressive."

"Quite so." Ozpin nodded.

Iruma shyly nodded at both of her questions. "It'll be harder for reporters to find us if we're not home. Opera-san said so."

An exasperated sigh escaped from Pyrrha's lips, "Tell me about it."

"You're so small, but you're amazing Iruma-kun! Even your hands are small! So cute!" She gushed, placing their palms together to measure his hand. They were smaller than hers.

"B-but, I think girls' hands… Are cuter and prettier." He said with an adorable smile, fluttering their hearts.

Haruno couldn't resist and rub Iruma's head like a little puppy. "Cute, cute…"

"He certainly knows how to slay a girl's heart," Maria smirked.

"I believe the appropriate word for him is, adorable." Said Penny, cheerfully.

'This is… Iruma being himself…?' Reid sweated and trembled. He was being outclassed by everyone here… Is Jazz in the same spot as him? 'This is bad, Jazz!'

He turned towards the dark-haired demon, showing off a trick with several large coins nested between his fingers.

Roman tapped his armrest thoughtfully, "I wonder how much those would cost in the black market."

In with swift motion, he made a grabbing motion with his hand and opened it revealing an empty his hand was now empty. "And it's gone."

"Nice trick," Praised Emerald.

"He certainly has the sleight of hands," Roman said approvingly.

"But where did all the coins go?" Ruby swayed her head around to see if she could somehow spot the coins hidden somewhere.

"Who knows?"

"Woooow!" The girls clapped, eyes sparkling with wonder. "Amazing! How did you do that?"

"A secret." Jazz coolly replied. 'I get restless when I don't move my hands…'

Now Reid was panicking. 'At this rate, I'm going to be left alone!' Racking his brain, he tried to think of anything that could draw their favorable attention. 'No, no, no, no! I have to do something!"

Sun held back his laughter at Reid's predicament. "That moment when you accidentally ostracize yourself…"

"He brought it upon himself." Neptune grinned.

Utilizing his bloodline ability, Controller, he stole Haruno's taste bud as she chomped down on her food.

"Huh? I can't taste it!" She exclaimed.

"It's my ability!" Reid hastily explained, "I stole your sense of taste! Interesting, right?"

Their response was fairly flat compared to what the other boys received.

"So funny~"

"Interesting."

"More juice, please!"

'HUUUH?!' He internally screamed. "I expected slightly different reactions…" His voice was weak enough for them not to hear his query. 'Where are the sparkling hearts…?'

"What is this ability of his?" Ozpin asked the Hosts.

"All demons have a bloodline ability. Think of it as a semblance that is passed heretically throughout one's descendants."

"Just like our glyphs." Winter mused.

"Correct. Reid's bloodline ability is called Controller, allowing him to steal a person's basic senses such as sight, taste, or hearing."

"I can easily imagine a semblance doing just that," Glynda said to herself.

"How interesting."

The girls got up from their seats. "Ah, excuse us for a sec."

"Gotta powder our noses~" Konatsu lied.

Reid slouched on the table with a gloomy aura as he watched them walk away from their table. Iruma walked over to his friend, trying to find a way to comfort him.

"A-are you alright Reid-kun?"

"He's lucky to have Iruma as a friend." Coco took some pleasure at Reid's suffering, seeing how much of a backstabber he is.

"No, I think the kid's way too nice for his own good." Said Qrow.

"There's nothing wrong with being too nice." Ruby proudly remarked, puffing her chest out.

"That goes for you too, squirt."

"I'm careful enough."

Yang shook her head, "Only with Crescent Rose and your cookies…"

Jazz unintentionally twisted the knife a bit with a careless remark. "We're getting along with the girls."

"No! It's too early to celebrate!" Reid firmly declared, "While they're away, they have their 'mini-Sabbath' and are talking about us!" He explained to them. "We need to hear what they are really thinking!"

Iruma looked lost, "Hear…?"

Winter looked at Reid disapprovingly. "He's going to eavesdrop on them?"

"Not cool, dude." Neptune shook his head before looking at Sun, recalling how they got dragged into Team RWBY's White Fang investigation that leads to them fighting a giant military mech.

Sun looked away. "Eheh…"

'I'll steal a nearby customer's hearing and listen to their conversation!' Activating his ability, Reid stole temporarily stole the hearing sense from a male demon, who looked confused by the sudden loss of hearing.

"That's a useful semblance… Ability, I mean." Cinder said under her breath.

"Wished I still had mine." Mercury scowled, cursing his dead father for stealing his.

The audio picked up for Reid as he zoomed in on the girl's conversation.

"So… Which one do you like?!" They asked each other.

Konatsu went first, "I like Sabnock-kun! He looks strong!"

"I think… Jazz-kun." The dark-haired girl named Azuki shyly poked her two fingers together. "Those bad boys vibe… So cool."

"I like Iruma-kun!" Gushed Haruno, "He's adorable! And being the principal's grandson is a big plus."

Back to Reid… The demon boy was not taking it well, angrily grinding his teeth and glaring at his 'traitorous' friends.

"Ha! That's what you get." Maria guffawed.

Winter had a rather smug and amused expression on her face. "He doesn't have the right to be angry."

"Hoho. Reminds me of my youth." Said Port, making nearby students gag.

Sabnock raised an eyebrow, "What's up?"

"He's glaring…" Jazz said with concern.

However, the next sentence caught Reid's attention. "But I like Reid-kun."

The boy in question instantly brighten up and placed both hands on his pointed ears to get a better hearing of who it was. 'Here it is!'

Tai barked a laughter, "No question about it. Whoever this is won't be appealing to him."

"You've been watching way too many romantic comedies, Tai," Qrow said with a concerned expression.

It was none other than Dosanko. "That 'Controller' thing was quite amusing."

'WHY THAT ONE?!' Reid bend his body back in frustration and agony, only able to stay standing for a while due to his tail and the ability to levitate. 'Of all people…'

"Called it!" Tai chortled.

Yang placed a hand over her face. "Don't embarrass us, dad…"

Her mother also shared a similar sentiment. "Damn it, Tai. Pipe down."

"I would let him steal my sense of smell." The odd-looking demon girl continued.

'Where do you even have a nose?! ARRRGH!' He collapsed on the floor, looking very wounded.

"Does she even have a nose?" Penny tilted her head in confusion, trying to analyze the strange-looking demon girl. "I cannot tell."

Ruby shrugged, "Me neither."

Iruma quickly kneeled near him and was determining whether or not his friend needed help getting up. "Reid-kun, are you okay?"

"It wasn't supposed to be like this…" Reid uttered with his 'dying breath'.

Yang nodded while grinning, "It backfired spectacularly on you."

The girls returned to the table not soon afterward. "Sorry for the wait!"

"Alright, let's continue!" They toasted with their glass with a clink. "Cheers!"

"We'll speed up this viewing a bit. To prevent our guests from becoming fatigued with this viewing."

"Gods, yes." Vernal gave her thanks, already feeling bored with the viewing.

The next scene was practically a montage. Dosanko decided to switch seats to sit next to Reid while the others ordered a large desert. An extremely large and colorful frosty treat that looked like ice cream mixed with strange fruits, a variety of pastry… And something that with numerous eyes and multiple legs all mixed into the desert.

"That's food?!" Coco yelped in shock. "Is that even editable?!"

"It is very much editable."

"With a multiple eyed and legged thing in the mix?" Blake leaned back into her seat.

"Iruma looks like he's looking forward to the consumption of their ordered meal." Penny pointed out, "Perhaps it's also editable for humans and faunus as well."

Jazz took a photo of the desert along with the group posing alongside the large desert. Among them, Iruma looked ready to dig into the giant frozen treat with his spoon and knife.

"Yeah… Still. No, thanks."

The scene progresses to them playing 'Demon King' where the person who pulled out the stick proclaiming them king is allowed to command others to do one thing. In the background, poor Reid was being force-fed by Dosanko, stuffing his mouth with the desert they've ordered. As the game progresses, it was Dosanko who became 'Demon King' causing Reid to flee for his life.

"Ahhhh!"

"The Demon King's orders are absolute! Kiss me!" She said while sprinting after him.

He frantically picked up the pace. "Ahhhh!"

"Run for it!" Mercury hollered at the screen.

Emerald snorted, "He won't make it."

"Oh, rest in peace."

By the time the Sabbath was finished, it was near dusk.

"We had so much fun!" Haruno and her friends happily waved the boys goodbye. "Let's hang out again!"

Everyone sent off their farewells, except Reid, who looked battered and exhausted. 'It's over…' He mentally sighed a relief before breaking down. 'It was punishment for being greedy...'

"Now I feel bad for the guy," Roman said sympathetically. "He looks like he's been through literal hell."

Qrow nodded in agreement, "He certainly been put through the wringer."

"It's ironic since he's a demon." Read Neo's sign.

He stopped grieving when he saw Iruma's held out his hand for him.

"Thank you for today, Reid-kun," Iruma said with a pure, innocent smile.

Reid looked stunned, "Thank…?"

"You wanted us to have fun, right?" Said Jazz.

"We had a great time!" Iruma chimed.

Even Sabnock nodded in agreement. "The girls were happy too. Good job."

"Eh? Eh?" Reid kept turning his head back and forth, staring eyes wide at his friends.

"Looks like he got off lightly." Qrow scoffed and smiled, "Good thing they didn't know that this entire thing was meant for him instead of them."

"That's what friends are for." Nora wrapped her arms around her entire team and pulled them close.

"Gah! Nora! Can't… Breath…!" Jaune gasped.

Jazz looked amused at Reid's expression. "Next time I'll introduce you to some beautiful upperclassman. I think older girls will like you."

"Anyway, thank you for arranging this!"

Reid started to tear up and jumped into Iruma's arm despite their size difference. 'BEST TEAM!'

Vernal gagged, "How touching. I think I have diabetes now."

"Don't kill the mood, girl." Yang shot back.

"I'm so sorry!" Reid confessed, leaving much out of context.

"For what?!" Iruma yelped.

Jazz snorted and took out his phone, going over the pictures.

"Hm? A picture?" Sabnock asked upon glancing over the demon's shoulder.

"It's the one we took before. I sent one to you."

The giant demon smirked, "Alright, let's share it."

"Eh?" Jazz turned to Sabnock, looking baffled.

"… His expression tells me that's a bad idea. For some reason." Tai scratched his stubbled beard.

Qrow crossed his arms, "Guess we're about to find out soon."

"I learned how to do it…" He uploaded the image into the group folder, sharing it with everyone within their group, and by extension, their entire class.

DING!

"Dinner with girls" Read the caption of the photo. It was the one taken with the group surrounding the gigantic desert.

Immediately, their notifications went off like a hurricane.

"Oh boy…" Jaune winced, "The storm of texts."

"Something I need to know, Jaune?" Pyrrha raised an eyebrow at her team leader and partner.

"Just some past experiences with my family, especially with a large one like mine."

"DEETS!" Caim instantly replied. To think there was that much hatred in a single letter.

"IRUMA-SAMA!" The pretty demon boy, Asmodeus's 'sounded' frantic in the comment section. "Where are you?!"

"Iruma-chi, not fair! I wanna go too!" Was Clara's angry reply.

Goemon also voiced his displeasure at being left out of the Sabbath. "Curse you! Curse you!"

"IRUMA… WE NEED TO TALK." The heavily toned comment came from the Student Council President, Amelie Azazel, who has a crush on Iruma.

"Someone sure is popular," Coco said, surprised by how many people were tethered to the meek-looking boy that is Iruma. "I'm beginning to see why Jazz guy looked scared."

Iruma visibly looked scared at the comments directed at him, while everyone else, minus Sabnock who looked clueless, had a horrified and nervous expression at the backlash and consequences they were going to receive when they get back to class.

"Aaaaaaa!" Reid let out one last cry as the camera pans up to the beautiful orange skies.

Their notifications would be going off for another hour…

"That was kinda amusing." Mercury placed his leg on the footrest of his seat. "A shame they didn't get off scot-free."

"And refreshing after all those unpleasant viewings." Added Weiss.

"Indeed. We are pleased to hear that. Now then, it is time for us to add in more guests."

"Oh?" Ironwood sat up straighter, "And who will be joining us soon?"

"Dr. Pietro Polendina, the Ace-Ops, and Robyn Hill's will be joining you shortly."

Penny gasped and jumped up from her seat, "Father will be here?!"

"The Ace Operatives?" Ironwood looked stunned, quickly processing the information. "Along with Robyn Hill?"

More of Ozpin and his allies. Cinder silently thought to herself. This might prove to be a good opportunity to gather more information on Ozpin's pawn.

"How convenient." Maria smiled upon hearing that Pietro will be joining them. "Now I don't have to get through Cordovin to have my eyes repaired."

"Our guests have arrived."

In a blink of an eye, Dr. Pietro Polendina appeared with his mechanical robotic walking contraption, along with the entire Ace-Ops; Clover Ebi, Harriet Bree, Vine Zeki, Elm Ederne, and Marrow Amin. Not far from the Ace-Ops is Robyn Hill, unfortunately, separated from her band of Happy Huntresses.

"Oh my! W-where am I?" Pietro looked around with eyes as wide as they were physically capable of. "Oh. Pardon me." The kind doctor and scientist corrected himself when he saw the Ace-Ops and Happy Huntresses. "Where are we?"

The professional huntsmen and huntresses immediately got into a defensive stance but faltered when they saw a mass of mostly teenagers sitting in comfy theater chairs. Huntsmen and huntresses-in-training from the looks of it.

Robyn shuffled slightly away from the Ace-Ops, arms raised defensively, "I would like to know that as well."

"And how." Clover appended a question of his own. He quickly spotted a giant man in a familiar white military dress suit, standing up from his chair. "General Ironwood?"

"Special Operative Ebi." Ironwood greeted the Ace-Ops leader, "Bree, Zeki, Ederne, Amin, Dr. Polendina, and… Miss Hill."

"General Ironwood, sir!" The Ace-Ops saluted.

"Oh, General Ironwood! You're here? What a surprise!"

"…" Robyn stayed silent, giving the general a steady gaze before surveying her surroundings.

"At ease." Ironwood chuckled before clearing his throat. "I would say it's nice to see you all, but even I don't know what to make of this… Odd situation."

"Where are we, sir?" Vine asked, taking in the sight of the large theater.

Ironwood was about to respond before Penny dashed past him and into the arms of Pietro. "Father! I'm so happy to see you!"

"Penny!" Pietro exclaimed with joy, "You're here too? And looking fine as well! How are you doing lately?"

The volume of the theater became exponentially louder as the newcomers constantly peppered their peers with questions. Where are they? How did they get here? Why are they here?

"Allow us to explain." The Hosts interjected, silencing their barrage of questions. "But first, allow us to welcome you to our domain."

/-/

Pietro scratched his head, "How baffling."

"This is unreal." Marrow absentmindedly staring at his steak dinner that he jokingly challenged the Hosts to conjure up. "It must be an illusion or a trick of some kind." He hesitantly picked up his silver fork and prodded delicious, warm steak. Meanwhile, the smell hit his sensitive nostril, making his stomach rumble. "Must… Be a trick."

"Trust me. I thought I was completely wasted when I first got here." Qrow chuckled at the Ace-Ops reaction. "The food and drink though. You won't be finding it anywhere on Remnant. Even in those fancy high-class restaurants."

Several seats away, Pietro and Maria were conversing with each other. Or something along those lines as the doctor appeared to have a hard time remembering who Maria is.

"Ah, yes. Yes…" Pietro adjusted his glasses and stared at Maria with a smile. There was a brief paused before he asked, "Have we met?"

Maria didn't look amused and pointed at her eye. "Cybernetic optical implants? You adjust them? Every ten years or so?"

One could hear the cogs in Pietro's brain grinding itself loose before finally recognizing Maria Calavera. "Maria! Yes, with the cybernetic optical implants! Wow, has it been that long already?"

"Ha! I know. I aged like a fine wine. Come, sit next to me. You too girl."

Pietro and Penny situated themselves with Maria, while the entire Ace-Ops had decided to sit a row ahead of their general. As for Robyn Hill, she didn't even know where to sit. Without her Happy Huntresses by her side, she was truly alone. Well, there was Clover whom she knows but their relationship is a bit sour.

"Why wasn't my team able to join?" She sighed.

"Our apologies. They will join you when the time comes."

"And when is that?"

"Only time will tell." The Hosts replied cryptically.

"Right…" Robyn refrained herself from rolling her eyes and sat not far from Professor Ozpin.

"This next viewing might interest all parties with their various aspects. A world where dimensions clash. A world centered around a biological power source known as Trion."

Weiss looked interested by the mentioning of an alternative power source, "That sounds interesting."

"It will be, for all."

"Well, then." Clover relaxed in his seat, seeing that they don't have much of a choice but to follow along. "Let's see what we'll be watching."


NEXT: World Trigger - Aftokrator Invasion

The upcoming chapter has been listed in the priority section for way too long... I am so sorry about the delay on that.


Pardon my grammar. Feel free to point out any mistakes I might have made.


Sorry about that Robyn.