[Cafeteria, 12:00 pm]

{Justin/Achilles' perspective}

Weiss, Blake, Yang and I all were at our normal spot in the cafeteria, in our school uniforms of course. We were waiting on Ruby to get back from whatever she was doing.

Weiss looked at me disapprovingly, "Do you ever get full?" She asked me.

"No" I said with my mouth full. I then swallowed my food "My metabolism lets me eat what I want and not worry about getting fat. Besides, after swinging a sword around almost all morning, I should be able to eat as many calories as I lose."

She leaned away from me "That's… disturbing," Weiss commented.

I wiped my hands on a napkin nearby "No one asked" I replied.

I then looked at Jocelyn, she was hanging out with CRDL, of course picking on whoever was nearby. Cardin sure recovered quickly from those wasps, I might just sneak some in later. Just for my friend Aaron.

Yang got into Blake's face "What'cha doing?" Yang asked Blake.

"Nothing," Blake replied, closing her book.

I gave her a look of concern and she shot back a look that pretty much said 'don't tell them' "Just going over notes from last semester."

Yang caught a grape in her mouth. Huh I wonder… NO no no bad Justin. She is 17 right now. Stop.

"Lame" She said, still chewing.

I narrowed my eyes at Yang "Yang, that is gross," I said.

"You're one to talk Achilles" Weiss deadpanned.

"Well at least I don't talk with my mouth full" I retorted.

Weiss narrowed her eyes at me and said "You did a few seconds ago."

Nora shot another grape as Ruby slammed a comically big binder at the end of the table.

She then cleared her throat "Sister, Friends, … Weiss."

"Hey!" Weiss protested.

"Four score and seven minutes ago-" Ruby started.

"You haven't even been alive for one score," I interrupted in a snarky way.

"Sush!" Ruby yelled with a finger to her lips "Anyway, I had a dream."

I tilted my head in question.

"This oughta be good," Yang said before catching another grape in her mouth.

She pointed at us and said "A dream that one day, the five of us would come together, as a team."

Phrasing Ruby, my god.

"And have the most fun anyone has ever had, EVER!" she exclaimed.

"Did you steal my binder?" Weiss asked with her hands on her hips.

"I am not a crook," Ruby replied.

I pointed at the binder, "The crossed out name says otherwise" I retorted.

"What crossed out name?" Ruby said innocently.

I swear to god I have had to deal with Jocelyn doing shit like that, now Ruby? God seems to hate me for some reason.

"What are you talking about?" Blake asked.

"I'm talking about kicking the semester off with a bang!" She answered.

And here it comes... "I always kick my semesters off with a Yang!" Yang said not resisting the moment for a pun.

We all groaned in annoyance as Nora threw an apple at Yang's head.

Honestly I would have thrown my drumstick too if I wasn't already eating it.

Ruby sighed "Look guys it's been a good two weeks. Achilles got a new weapon, which he refuses to show me!" Ruby said, frustrated with her hands on her hips.

I chuckled and waved my hand dismissively "Maybe some other time Little Red Reaper, in action." I said. In truth I was waiting until Mountain Glenn to use it, its high rate of fire will work wonders against the grimm. Amongst other parts of it as well. I still need a name for it.

She rolled her eyes as she continued "Anyway, between that and more exchange students arriving, and the tournament at the end of the year. Our second semester's going to be great!" Ruby continued. Oh if she knew… "But… classes start back up tomorrow."

"Ugh, don't remind me," I said, putting my head on my hand.

"... Which is why I've taken the time to schedule wonderful events for us today," Ruby continued.

"I don't know if I should be proud, or scared of the events you have in store" Weiss said.

Well, considering they were interrupted by a food fight… wait… Shit. I waved at Jocelyn to get her attention. She saw and I did a couple of hand signals that I thought read 'Get the fuck out of here, the food fight is going to start. You don't have an aura'. She nodded and headed for the door, thank god she'll be at least sa- wait did she stylize her uniform again? Oh Glynda isn't going to like that at all.

Meanwhile, Blake said "I don't know, I think I might sit this one out."

"Blake Belladonna, as your friend and teammate I will drag you out of the room if I have to" I said pointing at her.

"Well sit out or not, I think however we spend this last day, we should do it as a team" Weiss said standing up "I for one think that-."

Weiss then got creampied. As in a creampie hit her face, not the other thing you hormone ridden bastards. Regardless it slid off her face and I dragged my finger across her cheek to get a taste.

"Hm… lemon" I noted.

She turned her head at me slowly with a glare.

Nora pointed at Ren, who was facepalming, to shift the blame. Pyrrha held her hand to her mouth and Jaune looked either concerned or intrigued. I hope for his sake, it's a concern.

Welp, might as well start. I grabbed a handful of my potato salad and yelled "Hey Jaune, catch!" and hurled it straight at his face.

What happened between then and now I completely lost track. One thing led to another, Someone threw Jaune at the window where I saw Sun and Neptune talking.

And after a few more minutes of chaos, Nora was proudly singing "I'm queen of the castle. I'm queen of the castle!"

I laughed and held my hand out to her "Enjoy the view your majesty, it won't last long!" I yelled back as I waved it away with my palm facing the ceiling.

"Justice will be swift. Justice will be painful!" Ruby yelled before crushing her milk carton. "It will be DELICIOUS!" She yelled.

We all battle cried behind her with our fists raised.

"Vive la Revolution!" I yelled, grabbing some leftover mashed potatoes and hurling them at JNPR.

"Off with their heads!" Nora said as she jumped down from her throne, she then flipped a table full of watermelons at us.

"Yang! Turkey!" Ruby yelled. Yang put her hands in some turkeys, seriously that has to hurt even with an aura. I would know, I worked in a grocery store deli. She then put her fists together, then punched a few watermelons out of the air.

I caught one mid air and threw it back at Ren yelling "Here catch!" who then swiftly kicked it in half.

I then grabbed two bottles of ketchup and mustard and squeezed both in rapid succession.

While Yang punched the remaining watermelons flying at us into mist.

I then kicked up some baguettes and threw one to Blake. She caught it, and charged at Pyrrha.

This will sound weird, but they clashed with their baguettes and I joined in, slashing at Pyrrha. She then went in to try to slash me but I caught it, and redirected it and hit her with the side that my hand was near, what I would consider the pommel of my blade.

She went flying and landed on her feet.

Yang launched her turkeys at Pyrrha which ended up landing on Jaune as Pyrrha dodged them.

Pyrrha and Blake clashed again and this time before I was able to help.

Jaune had thrown an apple at me, I bated it out of the way breaking my baguette in the process. I guess these things weren't imported from The Dragon Prince. I tossed it aside and grabbed a grape soda and shook it. I then threw it at Jaune yelling "Heads up!" it beamed Jaune in the head and as a result, made the grape soda explode in his face.

Ruby was skating on the tables as Pyrrha had just knocked Yang to the ground with a comically oversized baguette, she then threw it back at Pyrrha, only for Pyrrha to dodge it.

Ruby then skated towards her and used the tray to do some offensive damage. I then used a tray to catapult a cake at her which landed square in Pyrrha's face. She then wiped it off and charged at me with a baguette again. I had one on hand to be ready to clash once more.

She was good, but I've seen how she fights, I can read her movement before she can even- wait is that a heel? I was sent flying into a wall where my aura protected me. I then grabbed an apple and chucked it at Nora who had her watermelon hammer ready and bated it out of the way to send Yang flying out of the cafeteria. For a moment, I thought I saw pink…

No no, bad Justin. Focus.

Weiss then countered with a swordfish. And she did well until Nora sent her into a wall.

"Weiss, WEISS. Don't leave me. NOOOOOO!" Ruby yelled.

I then knelt next to her and said "I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with light!" With a little voice crack and echoing.

I took the swordfish out of her hands and looked at Ruby. "Remember our training yesterday?" I said with a smirk.

She nodded and grabbed my hand. She then used her semblance to charge at JNPR and threw me, with the point of my sword… fish. At Pyrrha, and struck her down, she was pinned against a wall, only to have Ren beam me over the head with a leek.

Like that, I was out.

Blake got knocked out too because of Pyhrra's cheap polarity semblance, Oh yeah she managed to get back up. Wasn't really paying as much to my teammates as I probably should be.

Ruby then got into a runner's stance and used her semblance to create a vortex pinning JNPR against the wall then jumped out of the way just in time for the vortex of food to hit JNPR. Ruby then did the superhero landing as JNPR fell off the wall.

"Now that is art," I said using one of the nearby tables as support.

"I love these guys" I heard Sun say. I looked back to see that Neptune was covered in grape soda. I couldn't help but laugh my ass off. It's still just as funny seeing it in person now.

Glynda then stomped in, using her semblance to stop some incoming food and redirecting it. She then put everything back to the way it was in the cafeteria "Children, and You" She said glaring at me as if I could have stopped this. "Please, do not play with your food." I shrugged it off as if to say 'sorry, not sorry.'

Nora then burped. After that, Yang came crashing down.

"Yang you alright? That was quite the fall" I said helping her up.

"Oh that? That was nothing." She said, doing the 'please' wave.

I looked over to see Ozpin and Glynda talking.

Knowing him, he's right now talking to Glynda about letting us be kids.

...

I kind of just wish I could tell him what I know.

{Ozpin's perspective}

Here I am in the cafeteria where I see both team JNPR and RWBY, and Achilles all covered in food. And Mr Vasilias covered in grape soda.

Oh dear, another food fight. I swear this happens almost every year. One of the many voices in my head said.

Well, they won't be children for long. Might as well let them have this moment I responded.

I grabbed Glynda's shoulder "Let it go" I told her to which she sighed

"They're supposed to be defenders of the world" She said looking at RWBY+A.

"And they will be, but right now they're still children… aside from Achilles, who is, in fact, an adult" I replied.

"Why didn't he do anything to stop this then? He should be more responsible." Glynda said, crossing her arms.

"If I had to guess, he never really got to let loose as a child, and is making up for it now." I said with a shrug.

"I suppose, but there has to be some sort of punishment for them," Glynda said, mostly glaring at Achilles.

"We will let it slide this one time, any more and they will face punishment" I replied.

"Fine, we'll let them off with a warning, but what about-" Glynda said.

"Let them play the part, after all… it isn't a role they'll have forever" I said walking to the door.


[Meanwhile at the Villain's hideout]

Emerald and Mercury were walking back into their leader's hideout, where the White Fang were unloading a bullhead with supplies. They soon come across Roman where he spreads his arms out.

"Oh look, she sent the kids again…" He walked up to them and hugged both of them "This is turning out just like the divorce."

"Please spare us the thought of you procreating" Emerald groaned.

"That was a joke" Roman deadpanned "And this, might just tell me where you two have been all day." He said, waving a piece of paper in the air to Emerald's confusion.

"I'm a professional sweetheart, pay attention. Maybe you'll learn something." Roman said in a cocky tone. He then looked at the paper "Why do you have this address?"

"Because you failed to eliminate him you dimwit" Said Ferret King on a catwalk next to Cinder.

"Now Mr King, I will handle this." Cinder said pushing him aside, descending down the elevator alongside Ferret King "Roman, I thought I made it clear you were to eliminate the would-be run-away"

"I had that under control" Roman mumbled.

"Two packed bags and a ticket out of Vale said otherwise" Mercury pointed out.

"Listen here you little punk, if it weren't for her and your street rat friend I would-" Roman retorted.

"Enough!" Yelled Cinder "Emerald, Mercury? Did you eliminate him?"

"Yes ma'am, he was going to escape to Vacuo. Mercury and I took it upon ourselves to kill the rat" Emerald said nodding.

"I think he was some sort of cat or something," Mercury said.

"What? Like a puma?" Emerald asked.

"Yeah that's it" Mercury said.

"Red vs Blue reference, I like it" Said Ferret King.

Cinder and everyone else looked at him in confusion before speaking a moment later. "...Anyways, didn't I specifically tell you two to keep your hands clean while in Vale?" Cinder asked.

"I'm sorry, I thought-" Emerald stammered.

"Don't think, obey," Cinder said while Roman was childishly silently taunting Emerald.

"And you Roman, Why wasn't this job done sooner?" Cinder asked.

Roman looked around the room and gestured to all of the dust they stole "Sorry if I've been a little preoccupied. We're not exactly the most inconspicuous thieves on Remnant as I mentioned before. I've got this town running scared. Police camping around every corner, dust prices through the roof, and making sure those psychics like that dog you have on a leash, didn't come to try to mess with anything again!" He said pointing his cane at Ferret King.

"I'm not a dog, I'm a FERRET" Ferret king fired back.

Everyone looked at him confused for a moment before Roman cleared his throat.

"Pet" He corrected.

"Seeing as they didn't stop any other robberies other than the ones at the docks, I believe they aren't truly psychic" Cinder explained.

"And like I said, they're selective about where they want to strike" Ferret King commented

"Well anyway, we're sitting pretty on a huge stockpile of dust rounds, crystals and viles than we know what to do with." Roman said gesturing once more to the amount of dust they had "Speaking of which" He said putting his cane to the floor leaning on it "Would you mind filling me in on what your grand master plan is? It might help my next string of robberies go a little smoother!"

"Oh Roman" Cinder said, placing a hand on his cheek "Like I said before, You'll know everything you need to know when you need to know. So quit trying to ask so much."

"In other words Roman, get fucked" Ferret king said.

"Do you ever shut up?" Emerald asked furiously.

"Will you get over your 'mommy never loved me' complex?" Ferret King asked snarky.

"Enough both of you. One more word and I will make sure you never have children" Cinder threatened to Ferret King.

"Go ahead, do it then!" Ferret King retorted.

Cinder's eyes started to glow but then they stopped "No, this is not the time." she started to walk away from Ferret King. "Besides we're done with dust. Have the White Fang pack everything up here, I'll send you the coordinates at a later time."

"Coordinates?" Roman said as he took out a cigar thinking What have I gotten myself roped into?

He then realized he was missing his lighter. He then looked up at Ferret King and Emerald.

Ferret King held up his middle finger at Roman as they left while Emerald held his lighter with her tongue out.


[RWBY's room after the food fight]

{Justin/Achilles' perspective}

"That was so fucking fun" I said pumping my fist in the air "Score one for the team!"

"You performed well enough, though your footwork could be better," Weiss said, crossing her arms.

She was in her normal combat outfit, along with the rest of the team, since our uniforms needed to go to the drycleaners. I was waiting on Blake to finish her shower.

I pointed at her "Oh shove it Ice Queen, I rocked!" I said sitting down.

Yang had already showered so she was getting dressed. "Yeah, how did you manage to do most of those anyway? Like that one move with Ruby?" Yang asked as she got her jacket on.

"Oh that? We had been training in our spare time. She uses her semblance to build up momentum and she flings me towards the enemy. So far her accuracy could use some work as I ended up on the training ground walls most of the time instead of the target dummies." I explained.

Ruby shushed me "They weren't supposed to know that!" Ruby put her hood over her head.

Blake then came out of the shower in her combat outfit "Your turn Achilles" She said as she stepped aside.

I nodded as I grabbed my soap. "Thank you Blake. Maybe after I'm done, we could all go hang out somewhere. Is there a Star-" I said before stopping midway through. I nearly said Starbucks which doesn't exist in Remnant. God that would have been awkward "I mean is there a coffee shop somewhere nearby?"

"I know of one" Blake said with a shrug "But it's pretty far."

I shook my finger at her with approval, "That's perfect. We'll go there once I'm ready. Right now though, I think I got some orange peels in my hair" I said running my fingers through my hair that went down to the back of my neck. In my defense, I was unable to get a haircut before I died due to a global pandemic…

… Shit I hope whatever god brought me here purged it out of my system before I got here. I don't need to be patient zero in Remnant.

"I won't be long" I said closing the door as Blake went to her bed.

I then looked down at the floor, sure enough, there were orange peels.

"Great..." I mumbled.

{Weiss' perspective}

As soon as I heard the showerhead turn on I turned to the others "Don't you guys find it strange?" I asked.

Yang was combing her hair probably to make sure there aren't any knots in it. "Find what strange?" Asked Yang.

I crossed my arms "The way he acts, the way he talks, isn't a little weird?" I asked.

Blake shrugged "A little, but I never put much thought into it" she answered.

I nodded towards Blake, "Me neither. But I get the feeling he's hiding something. His mannerisms definitely don't speak Mistralian. And yet he claims he's from there." I said.

"Guys, we need to respect his privacy." Yang said "He has his secrets like we all have ours."

"That's the thing though" I started "He has barely known us for more than a few months but he acts as if we've been friends for years." And that was just one thing. The other is how he says weird things that he claims are 'obscure references that I'll never get'. "Not to mention he was able to catch up to us pretty quickly despite only just unlocking his aura. And no semblance as of yet?" I noted with my hand on my hip. "There has to be more to him."

I then glanced at his 'laptop bag' as he called it. He's been very protective of that since day one. I wonder…

I got up from my bed and walked to his and picked his bag up.

He's got to be writing something in here.

Yang stared at me with her eyes wide. "Weiss, that is a bad idea," Yang warned.

I quickly turned my head to Yang, "I just want to know why he's protective of this. There has to be something keeping his thoughts in ." I said as I unzipped the black bag to find a grey thin device. I pulled it out and inspected it. It had a weird logo, something that looks like it says DELL or something. It also seemed to fold up, but I don't think it's of any importance. I then placed it on his bed.

I then found something else, something with the word Bakugan written on it with a bunch of little balls inside. I opened it to find a good majority were red, one was blue, two green, one white, two that looked almost like gold, and two black in the box.

"Weiss, he'll be out any minute, he won't be happy if he catches you." Yang warned again.

I closed the case and placed it back, keeping one of them for myself so that I could figure out what they were. And put everything back to the way it was before Achilles came out.

He came out in his combat outfit, his black pants and shirt with that jacket with the weird brand on it, Guess I think it's called, with his crossed his arms at me "Weiss, what're you doing with my stuff?" Achilles asked.

I have to make something up, "Oh it fell, I put it on your bed just to be safe" I lied.

Yang gave me a sideways glance.

He walked away from the bathroom to have Ruby go in next, she used her semblance to get past him and shut the door behind her.

"Good. I have some important stuff in there" He said as he grabbed it out of my hands.

"I know, you don't want it to get ruined" I said putting my hands together as I walked to my bed. Blake and Yang looked at each other uneasy.

He then sat on his bed "Well, after Ruby gets out, we'll get going to that place Blake mentioned" Achilles said as he took out his scroll, probably to text his fiance.

Minutes pass and eventually Ruby was done. Achilles got up and put his scroll away. "Alright, let's go then." He then opened the door and walked out. my teammates gave me one last uneasy look before following him.

Earlier I had taken out the little ball that I got from his bag. I gave it a quick inspection. It had some weird symbol on it, almost shaped like a star or something. I quickly shoved the thing I got from Achilles' bag into one of my pouches on by belt. Girl pockets are the worst.

"Weiss you got an icicle in your ass or something? Hurry up!" Achilles yelled.

"Coming!" I yelled back "And there is no reason to be that rude!"


{Jocelyn/Rose's perspective}

I was on my way back to CRDL and my room when I bumped into team RWBY and my fiance.

I waved at them, "Where are you guys heading?" I asked.

Justin smiled at me and said "Oh we're heading to a coffee shop, wanna tag along?" he asked.

I nodded "Sure, Cardin and his boys don't ever clean up after themselves" I said with an annoyed sigh. "I need a break from them. Dealing with you wasn't nearly as bad."

He smirked at me. "Karma," He said holding his arm out to me.

I narrowed my eyes at him "Oh go fuck yourself" I said.

He continued to have his dumb smirk, "Fuck me yourself coward" He retorted.

"Hey! We're still here!" Weiss yelled from behind him.

I looked at her directly, "We know!" I said.

Blake then said "I'll lead the way, I know where it is," as she walked ahead of us.

Was it just me, or was she blushing?

Weiss crossed her arms, "You two I swear." she mumbled.

"You guys are adorable," Yang said with a grin.

I cuddled myself close to him, "Yeah, we are soulmates" I replied.

He looked down at me with a smile "And no matter how much we may insult each other, we still love each other even more." Justin told them.

"That sounds… wrong." Weiss commented.

I looked back at her "Well Weiss, Achilles has never been abusive towards me" I told her. "Besides, if anything, I was abusive towards him when I first started dating him" I continued with a darkened expression.

He patted my head. Even though I'm only a few inches shorter than him "Honey, it's ok. We were young, and stupid" Justin reassured me.

I shook my head "No it wasn't." I replied "I forced you into certain outfits you clearly weren't comfortable with. I manipulated you to fight my battles for me. I even tried to ruin Christmas for you once!"

He looked at his team then leaned close to my ear, "Hey Joce, we're not on Earth, they have no idea what Christmas is" Justin whispered.

Oh shit, what have I done?

"Do you mean the nondescript holiday?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah that" Justin said quickly.

Ruby crossed her arms "That sounds horrible," she commented.

I shrugged as Justin explained "At the time she was extremely jealous of me and my family dynamic. How I got along so well with them and seemingly never fought with them." he sighed "Well that was the past, she apologized and now we're getting married…"

His voice trailed off…

I remembered our wedding plans after he said that. He wanted to get married at his parents gazebo that was at their house. I wanted the rest of the event to happen on a beach.

I then started thinking of his parents. I know he is too, I want to talk to him before we go into the coffee shop "Hey just send us the address, we'll catch up" I told them.

They looked at each other then back to us. "Um ok if you're sure" Said Yang as the rest walked away.

{Justin/Achilles' perspective}

"Hey are you alright?" Joce asked as soon as the others were out of earshot.

"Yeah… it's a bit hard you know. Thinking about my parents and how devastated my parents must have been to hear that I died…" I said somberly "Especially for my mom, and I can't communicate with her and tell her I'm alright."

She nodded "You miss them a lot don't you?"

I looked at the ground somberly. I can barely put it into words how much I miss them, but I must try. "... Yeah" I said with tears welling up in my eyes "There was so much I left unsaid. So much I didn't get to do with them. Oh gods, how did my little brothers react?"

She hugged me as I started bawling my eyes out and held me there for what seemed like forever not saying a word. I do wonder sometimes how my parents are doing after they heard I died. If they will ever move on from my death. Or if my sister on Earth will continue to honor my memory. There are a lot of questions I have, and I don't have any answers, I would absolutely love some to be completely honest. But I doubt I'll get any.

I finally released my grip on her looking into her eyes.

I held my hands onto her waist as she wrapped her arms around my neck. "Thank you Jocelyn Rose. For being here with me" I said with a smile. "Dunno what I'd do here without you by my side."

She smiled sweetly "Babe I'm always here for you ok?" She responded and her scroll vibrated. She then checked the message. She then turned back to me, "Still wanna go meet your team?" She asked.

I nodded "Yeah, I want to spend some good times with them while they last. Until Volume 3" I said.

She then looked back at her scroll "Ok, Lets go. I'll just search up the address…" Joce said before looking at her scroll.

She then looked at me after a moment of silence as she was looking for something. "There's no Google here is there?" she asked turning back to me.

I facepalmed "The fuck were you expecting? they don't have any GPS satellites!".

She threw her hands up "I don't know, something like Google!" She yelled.

I held my finger to her, "Not too loud! We still have people who can hear us!" I yelled back.


[Meanwhile at the Villain's new Hideout]

Emerald, Cinder, and Neo received their Haven uniforms and put them in their room in their new hideout putting them aside in a separate part of their base of operations. Meanwhile Mercury was napping on some nearby crates. Ferret King took this opportunity to remove his robotic legs and tied them to a nearby tree while Cinder wasn't looking.

Mercury then woke up a few minutes later to find he was unable to walk. He then noticed his legs were missing and started to crawl on his hands. "Has anyone seen my legs?" Mercury yelled. That was a sentence he never thought he'd have to say

Emerald held back her laughter, "Did you check with the doctors?" Emerald mocked.

Mercury looked at her angerly "Not helping!" he yelled. He then looked outside to see that his legs were tied to a tree. He crawled to it and tried to reach them.

It was then I heard footsteps approaching behind me "Aww look, the cripple is trying to climb a tree" Ferret King said with Emerald close behind trying her best not to laugh.

Mercury rolled his eyes "Ha ha. GIVE ME A HAND HERE" he demanded.

Ferret King shook his head "Nah watching you is way more fun" he retorted.

Mercury made a rude gesture, "Oh go fuck yourself!" he yelled.

Ferret king turned to Emerald "Well you heard him Emerald, get to it".

She backed up out of shock, "You're not serious are you?!" Emerald said, crossing her arms.

He gestured to the crippled Mercury, "Only he is, he came up with the idea" Ferret King retorted.

Emerald then walked away in disgust.

Ferret king returned his gaze back at Mercury, "Welp Mercury, looks like you're on your own, I'm going to go get something to eat" he said.

"Don't you dare-" Mercury protested.

Ferret king's Revolver transformed out of his sleeve and leveled it at Mercury's head "Excuse me?" he said quietly.

Mercury didn't say another word. For one he was disarmed… well more like dis-legged (Damn it Yang) so he wasn't going to pick a fight. And for another thing, this guy is powerful and is quick in a fight.

Ferret King then chuckled, "Yeah that's what I thought" he said as his pistol went back into his sleeve.

Mercury grunted in annoyance as he walked away.

Roman then approached laughing "I may not like that guy but he knows how to mess with people" He said walking with his cane.

Mercury fixed his gaze to Roman, "You gonna help?" Mercury asked.

Roman looked up at the sky for a moment thinking "Hm… let me think on it… um no" Roman said walking away.

Mercury growled annoyed "Bastard" he mumbled.

Neo then walked by. "Hey Neo! Wanna help me?" Mercury asked.

She put a finger to her lips as if deep in thought before shaking her head for 'no'.

"COME ON!" Mercury yelled "I need my legs back!"

She covered her mouth with her hand as if to laugh at Mercury.

Mercury extended his hand out to her "I will buy you ice cream if you help me" he bribed.

Neo shook her head and presented an ice cream cone From Ferret King She signed.

Mercury looked at where Ferret King was last at "Bastard" Mercury mumbled.

Roman then called out "Neo quit taunting the crippled man." Neo then skipped to Roman's side.

It was then the sound of glass high heels could be heard walking towards Mercury. "Mercury, what is the meaning of this foolishness?" Cinder asked.

Mercury gestured to his legs that were up on a tree "I think Ferret King over there tied my legs to this tree. I can't reach them." He explained.

Cinder sighed, grabbing the robotic legs and placing them next to Mercury. "You put them back on yourself" Cinder said walking away.

"Thanks I suppose" Mercury said putting his legs back on.


[Cafe, near Sunset]

{Justin/Achilles' perspective}

"Finally! You're here!" Ruby yelled with her arms raised excitedly.

Weiss' arms were crossed as she looked at us "Did you get lost? I gave you specific directions!" she berated.

"Oh I'm sorry!" Joce said with her hand on her chest, "I just don't like to listen! I just want to get my coffee, that's all!" Jocelyn fired back.

I crossed my arms at her "And to spend time with me" I deadpanned.

She then gestured to me, "And to spend time with my fiance. Is there a problem with that Shnee" Jocelyn said.

Weiss pointed at Joce "Do not talk to me like that!" She yelled back.

Joce crossed her arms "You're just a person, not my boss. So I can talk to you however I want!" Jocelyn replied.

Weiss looked at Joce angerly "Excuse me? I am a Shnee! I will have you know I'm one of the most influential families in the world" she said as she stood up.

Joce tilted her head "You sure about that?" Jocelyn deadpanned. "'cause your daddy ain't right about everything."

At that point I could barely contain my laughter. And from the looks of it, neither could Yang.

Weiss leaned onto one foot, "And how do you know my father?" she asked.

Joce leaned forward towards Weiss "I used to work for him" Joce said "And he tried to get with me. Only for your mother to walk in and tried to throw an empty wine bottle at me. So your choice, either trust your nemesis. Or trust your foolish father."

Wow she managed to wing a backstory pretty well there.

Weiss couldn't respond to that. And quite frankly I didn't want to try to say anything. I removed myself from the situation by walking up to the counter and asked "Hey you guys got any refreshers?"

"Sure sir, right now we have a strawberry acai refresher, Berry Blitz, and for this season our pumpkin cold brew" Said the person at the cash register.

Great, even in this universe I can't escape the pumpkin spice stuff.

"Can I get a venti strawberry acai with no berries, apple juice instead of water and light ice?" I said instinctively.

"Um do you mean large?" the cashier asked confused.

Finally! They do sizes right here! "Yeah large. My mistake."

"Alright that will be 5 lien" The cashier would say.

Joce then suddenly appeared next to me "Ahbububu, I would also like to order" Joce said.

"Oh you two together?" The cashier said.

I nodded "Yes we are" I answered.

Joce started to order, "I would like a pink drink with light ice and no berries in a venti" she said instinctively.

I leaned into her ear, "Um Joce, they don't speak Starbucks here" I whispered.

The cashier raised an eyebrow "You also mean large right?" the cashier asked.

"Sure" Joce deadpanned "Just go for a large."

"We do not have a 'pink drink' we have our strawberry acai refresher which sounds similar" said the cashier.

Joce then dropped her arms in defeat "I'll just have a mocha latte in a medium" she said.

The cashier tapped a few buttons on his register "Sure thing. That raises the price up to 10 lien" he said.

Good thing that Lien is basically the same as American Currency. "Alright, and no I will not need the receipt, I will not be returning it" I joked.

The cashier politely laughed. "Your order will be ready shortly."

I smiled and said "Thank you" before taking my seat by RWBY.

Yang looked at me confused, "What was that about?" she asked.

Gotta make something else up now... great. "Oh a store we used to frequent back in the day used a different sizing method" I quickly explained "It was destroyed along with everything else in our home town."

She scratched her head. "Oh… Must have been weird" Yang commented.

I shrugged. "It was, and only the whitest of whites would visit there often" I said.

"I don't get it" Yang said, scratching her head.

"You don't need to" I said quickly.

"Strawberry Acai refresher and Mocha Latte!" yelled one of the servers.

I turned to Jocelyn. "Rose, will you get our drinks?" I asked.

"Sure" She said, rolling her eyes while getting up .

Once she went up to the counter Blake spoke up. "You two seem happy together" she said as she sipped her tea.

"Well, it helps that I can match her sass" I said with a shrug.

Yang leaned back in her seat putting her empty drink down. "You said you met at Sanctum?" she asked.

I nodded "Yeah, it was a bit silly" I said looking at the floor smiling like an idiot.

Yang's and Blake's eyes sparkled "Ooh tell us!" Yang said resting her head on her fists.

"I would love to know" Blake said looking at me.

I made a settle down gesture. "Alright alright settle down, we'll tell ya." I said before Rose came back.

"It was before class" Joce started, setting my drink in front of me "He was staring at the door just to see who he would have to deal with in class, and staring at the bust sizes of every girl that walked in."

I waved my hands quickly in a 'don't tell them' sort of way. "SHH. They don't need to know that!" I said putting my finger to my lips.

Weiss rolled her eyes at me "Oh so you're a pervert too?" Weiss deadpanned.

"Back in the day, yes. Now? Not really as much" I said with a shrug. "So y'all don't need to worry about me."

Joce crossed her arms at me "Oh please, you're still perverted to me" She said, narrowing her eyes.

I put my hand to my chest, "You're my fiance, am I not allowed?" I asked.

She then put her hands to resemble cat paws and looked at me with puppy dog eyes. "But what if I want cuddles and snuggles?" She replied in her cute voice.

God she knows that makes me melt.

"Then I cuddle you. Let's not forget though, you are the same way" I said pointing at her face.

She shook her head "But I'm innocent. I'm an innocent little girl" She said still in her cute voice.

I narrowed my eyes at her, not buying any of her bullshit. "No you ain't, you lost your innocence to me, remember?" I said.

She smiled. "But I'm innocent" She argued in her cute voice.

"No" I deadpanned.

"Yes" She argued with a cute pose to go along with it.

Yang giggled, "You two are so meant for each other."

I sighed annoyed "Thank you." I said sipping my drink.

"Anyway, continue your story please. I want to hear more" Ruby said.

I couldn't help but chuckle. "Ok Supreme Leader Ruby" I said with a smile.

Ruby then made her adorable groan "Please don't call me that."

I raised an eyebrow "How about Little Red Reaper?" I asked.

She turned away from me. "Just Ruby is fine with me," Ruby said.

I chuckled more. "Ok Ruby. Anyway, so there were two others that walked in before her" I began "one was a total bitch at the time. One was her best friend. And then she strolled in. With a posture and a look that said 'don't you dare mess with me.' I could tell from a glance she was confident in herself." I told them.

Yang was aiming at a nearby trashcan to throw her empty drink. "So she quite literally walked into your life" Yang commented.

"Yes Yang, now don't interrupt" I said "At the time, I was… well I still had my v-card if you get my meaning. Two thoughts rolled across my mind which were 'Holy crap she is beautiful' and the other was more or less my carnal desires," I said laughing after that. "Oh how young I was. Anyway class was about as long as you'd expect. We had one annoying kid, and at one point Rose mumbled 'This class is irritating' I then replied 'Tell me about it.'"

"Aww... " Yang said with a grin "Sounds like it was love at first sight."

I scratched the back of my neck. "Well, for me it was." I said with a shrug taking another sip. "Back then though, I thought she wouldn't fall for me. Mostly because I saw her as a divine beauty, and I grew up in the mountains near Argus so I thought that she would never see me in the same light. So I was ok with being her friend. It wasn't until a classmate of mine told me multiple times to go for it, and one dare later. We were in love."

Joce put her hand on my hand. "Well honey, you made me fall in love with you" she replied.

I tilted my head towards her. "Yeah?" I said with a smirk.

She confidently smiled. "Well yeah, you were one of the only ones that actually cared about me. I don't care for physical appearances. I go for the heart." She said placing her hand on my chest.

Blake and Yang awwwed.

"That sounds so sweet" Blake noted.

"Almost like a fairy tale" Yang remarked.

Weiss twirled the ice in her drink with her straw "Sounds like a perfect storybook ending" she commented.

I shrugged "It was anything but. For one, She and I used to manipulate each other. We had constant arguments. And at one point her mother's boyfriend threatened to beat me up because I was in the house with Rose alone. Even though all I was doing was using the can" I explained with a shrug.

Weiss looked back at me "And now you two are getting married and seem to be perfect for each other" she commented again.

I looked at Joce who nodded as if she knew what I was going to tell her. "Well, back then I was seriously thinking about breaking up with her. But I saw an opportunity to maybe fix her, since she was broken by her past." I said somberly.

She then put her head on my shoulder "And he did," Joc said with a smile.

I looked at her. "And in turn, she fixed me." I said with a smile.

Weiss then smiled "Well, you certainly were meant for each other."

"Yeah…" I said looking at my cup. Looks like I finished my acai while talking.

I gently pushed her head off my shoulder "Well that's enough backstory for one day I suppose" I said getting up to throw it away "Should we head back?" I asked my team.

Ruby looked at the clock "It is getting late. And we need to be back before the school curfew" Ruby said.

I nodded and got up. I bumped shoulders with someone in a beanie and pink sunglasses with a black hoodie "Oh I'm sorry sir!" I said as we exited the coffee shop.

"No worries man!" Said the stranger.

Wait, why does he look familiar? And sound familiar too?

Oh well, no time to think about it. Now I have to think about Operation Arkos. I looked at Jocelyn once we were outside the store "Shall we?" I said holding my arm out to her.

"We shall" She replied, grabbing my arm. We then walked back to Beacon, talking about quite a lot. Ruby talked about upgrading her Crescent Rose to… well I wasn't entirely paying attention because I hung back a little to talk to Joce.

I whispered to her "Rose, I do believe we need to get Operation Arkos underway" I told her.

She nodded "They would have been such a good couple. Plus maybe…" She trailed off.

She didn't need to finish, it was evident that Pyrrha's death caused the fandom to mourn, and to meme her death for some reason. See the various RWBY crack videos that are on YouTube.

I looked up at the orange sky. "Yeah…" I said with a smile "Perhaps."

Yang yelled from in front of us "What are you two talking about back there?" she said "You better not be planning to sneak off again."

I waved my free hand at her. "Oh relax your hormone ridden teenager." I said waving my opposite hand "Unlike what you may think, relationships aren't always about sex. Though it is a nice bonus."

Rose smacked me. To which Yang laughed "Oh you two would make a fine cover of Huntsman Weekly as a power couple."

"So people have told me." I said, "We'll see, I'm not a fan of cameras" I added, rubbing the back of my head.

Ruby looked back at me "Wait, you're camera shy?" she asked in disbelief.

I shrugged "Is that such a hard concept to grasp?" I asked.

Weiss then looked back at me "Well your theatrics certainly say otherwise" she commented.

I pointed to her. "For your information my 'theatrics' are just me being naturally stylish" I said with a shrug.

Jocelyn looked up at me "You just want to impress me" she deadpanned.

I fixed my gaze back at her. "Yes, that too" I said with a smile.

Weiss looked forward. I can't exactly tell what her expression is from here. Eh must be nothing.

{Weiss' perspective}

Well he certainly seems happy with Rose. I mean he is engaged to her after all…

So what is this feeling in my chest? Jealousy? no that can't be, I'm happy for them... but at the same time I envy them, despite how they were they found out how to see passed physical appearances.

I won't ruin what they have. It seems good, better than when my dad married into my family. But… if what Rose said was true then… I want to try to get to know her too. Since Achilles said they helped each other, or as they put it 'fixed'. Maybe she can help fix my heart of stone...

Right, I need to give this thing back to him somehow without him thinking it's me. It was wrong of me to snoop where I didn't belong. But it still drives me insane how little I actually know of him. Where did he come from? Why does he want to be a Huntsman? And most importantly, what was this town that was on the outskirts of Argus? And was it really razed by the creatures of grimm? If so I should be able to find it on a map, but he refuses to give a name.

"Weiss you're spacing out" Yang said tapping my shoulder. We were right in front of an airship back to Beacon.

"Right, thank you Yang" I said with a nod.

"Are you ok Weiss?" Yang asked.

"Sure I am, I just… want to go to sleep, it's been a long day," I said. It was an excuse, but I don't want to say what's actually on my mind.

"Ok Ice Queen," Yang said, entering the airship. I followed behind her realizing that I was the last one.

"Wait for me!" I yelled getting into the airship.


[RWBY+Achilles' room, 8:50pm]

{Weiss' perspective}

The others were waiting in their beds for Achilles to be done in the shower. We were all in our night outfits. I inspected the ball that I had commandeered from Achilles' bag behind a book I was studying for classes tomorrow. It looked like it had some sort of wing-like design on it alongside the odd symbol, it looked like a star. I have no idea what it means to be quite honest. It might just be a game piece that he carries around. I sighed, as Achilles then came out of the bathroom.

"Alright, feel free to use it before lights out" he said sitting in his bed. He then looked into his case and inspected something in there.

"Hey guys, did you see a little ball that is colored like Weiss?" he asked.

I glared at him. "If that was a subtle way of saying 'Ice Queen'-" I said.

He quickly turned around to face me "No, I meant that as in it's white with light and baby blue" He interrupted

Blake and Yang looked at each other tensely from their beds, they better not say anything.

They then turned their attention towards me. "Weiss?" Yang said, and suddenly I feel like I need to give this back to him.

I sighed and put down my book. I then got up and handed it to him. "It um… fell out and rolled to my bed. I was looking at it, I hope you don't mind" I said unable to meet his eyes.

He then grabbed it quickly out of my hand. "Thanks Weiss, you didn't try to open it did you?" He asked.

Wait it opens? "Open it?" I asked looking into his hazel eyes

He nodded, "Yeah it has a magnet on it" He then put it onto a lamp in which it opened to a dragon-looking creature

He then held it out to all of us. "His name is Haos Dragonoid" He proudly proclaimed holding it in his palm as if it were a small creature.

Ruby waved at it. "Hello Haos Dragonoid!" she said.

Achilles then made his voice deeper. "Please, Drago is fine" Achilles said making the small toy look like it was talking

I can't believe this. "What a child" I said rolling my eyes

He then chuckled and said "Hey you were the one who picked me up" Achilles said in a deep voice "Drago it's time to get back in the case" he told it

"Alright, it was nice meeting you all!" He made Drago say before putting him into a ball and putting him away.

Yang couldn't help but laugh "I didn't realize you were so childish you made your toys talk" Yang commented.

"Eh that's probably the child in me" He said with a shrug.

I sighed annoyed before heading back to bed.

"Well it appears to be lights out now" Blake said closing her book.

"I'll get the light" Achilles said reaching for the switch.

The lights were soon off.

...

Everyone else was sleeping peacefully but I couldn't get a wink of sleep. I sat up rubbing my eyes when I heard Achilles shuffling in bed. I looked over to notice that he was shaking his head quite a fair bit. I got up and walked over to him.

"Achilles?" I whispered as I got closer, no response. I was soon at the side of his bed.

"Hey Achilles" I whispered again this time touching his forehead. And in that brief moment, I thought I saw something. A woman who looked… old judging by the grey hair looking right at me. But I don't think it was me she was looking at.

"- Do you want to end up like your sister?" the woman said.

"No! I don't!" Said a voice that sounded like a younger Achilles.

"Then start actually studying and doing your homework instead of playing those damn games all day!" Yelled the woman.

I then reeled my hand back with my heart racing. Who was that? His mother? If so, where was that? Surely it was the outskirts of Argus like he mentioned. But he doesn't want to be like his sister? Unless she means dead then... I… need to go to sleep.


Author's note

Well this has been a development. Is that my semblance? I hope not, doesn't seem to be a very good one if so. In all seriousness. Thank you for reading. I may open up a in the future, but that depends on how well this story does. I may start to seriously consider it if I can get more than 10 followers. But I don't think that will happen any time soon. Anyway my rambling aside, I own none of the characters outside of the ones presented in this story, RWBY is a series made by Roosterteeth, all thoughts and opinions are all my own. Please go support Roosterteeth's series through their website: