Hey everyone HAPPY NEW YEAR. A new chapter but its on the short side so I hope you can bear with it. I do not own RWBY or Game of Thrones those belong to their respective owners. ENJOY:)
FIRE and BLOOD in Remnant
Never Miss a Beat sheesh
The Amity Colosseum's mountain biome being bombarded by several explosions all around the area. Russel Thrush, Shortwings in hand, is running from the mayhem before spinning around, ready to face his opponents, who turns out to be the familiar face of Penny Polendina and her beret-wearing teammate. With an ever-present smile and simple arm movements, she summons six floating swords from Floating Array and rears them back before launching them in a ring at Russel, who barely manages to duck behind a rock to protect himself.
Wasting no time, Penny does the same thing with another group of blades, homing in on the other CRDL teammate Sky Lark until he uses Feather's Edge to vault over another stone for defense. The two exchange a worried look at the sight of their rocks still pierced with multiple blades, and Penny grins in combat-ready fierceness as she looks to her partner, who simply taps her watch as if hurrying Penny up. Wasting no time, Penny raises her hands like a puppet master and uses the near-invisible strings attached to each hilt to lift the giant rocks up in the air, with the screaming Russel and Sky still hanging on. Bringing her arms down to her sides, the stones come crashing to the ground as well, leaving Penny's opponents in the grass. Her swords come back to her pack as the buzzer rings.
"And victory goes to Penny and Ciel of Atlas!" Oobleck shouts over the broadcaster's system.
Penny placing a fist in her palm and bowing in respect to her fallen foes, still smiling. "Thank you for a wonderful time." She spoke. The two victors turn to leave the stadium as Russel feebly reaches out, only to get hit in the head by an errant stone.
Watching from the stands, Ruby and Draegon sees them start to walk away and she excitedly gets up from her seat where the rest of her team are sitting to meet them at one of the exits. Draegon decides to follow along, wondering why she always fights unusual.
"Penny!" Ruby calls out and spreading her arms.
"Ruby! Draegon!" Penny replies lifting up her own arms, she tackles her friend into a hug that leaves them both of them on the ground. Draegon quickly steps to the side with a raised eyebrow.
Ruby grunts, then groans weakly, "Why..."
Penny gets up energetically and gestures to the other girl. "Ruby, Draegon this is my teammate." She introduced.
"Ciel Soleil." She said and bows formally.
Ruby raises her hand in greeting. "Hi! I'm Ru…"
"Ruby Rose. 15. Hails from Patch. Leader of Team RWBY. Status: Questionable." Ciel informs.
"And this is Dra…" Ruby starts but Ciel interrupts her again.
"Draegon Targaryen. 17. Unknown where he Hails from. Fifth member of Team RWBY. Status: Very Questionable." Ciel spoke Draegon narrowed his eyes.
Ruby is silent for a second before speaking. "Sooo... Penny!" Turning back to her friend. "You two were incredible out there. How do you keep control of all those swords? It's so cool!" Ruby praised.
"Penny?" Ciel asks and looks at her watch and gestures at it. "I believe it is best if we move on to our next location."
"Could we have just a minute to talk?" Penny exchanges a look with Ruby before asking Ciel. In response, Ciel checks the time, then takes a step back and nods, starting the countdown. Draegon crosses his arms and steps back since this is they're conversation.
"So is she... your friend or..." Ruby asks slowly.
"Well, in a way. She's like Blake, but if Blake was ordered to spend time with you." Penny stated.
"Oh. So, Weiss." Ruby realized.
"Precisely." Penny replied.
"Does she know about... y'know... beep boop bop, does not compute?" Ruby asks lowering her voice and moves her body abruptly as if imitating a robot, leaving her arm to hang with a noticeable squeaking sound.
"Oh no. General Ironwood doesn't really want anyone to know. There was an incident with a magnet, but I was able to play it off." Penny said shaking her head.
In the Vytal Festival grounds with Ciel and Penny, who's wearing a large sun hat. The wind picks up and lifts the hat from her hair, revealing the aforementioned magnet on her skull, and Penny quickly shoves the headgear back on before Ciel turns back around. The story causes Ruby and Penny to laugh about it in the present for several seconds.
Penny who is still smiling, but getting serious. "Ruby, there's something I've been wanting to talk to you about." She asks and glances over at Ciel then at Draegon who is now looking at them before leaning in and whispering to Ruby. "I want to stay at Beacon."
Ruby looking troubled by the news. "Penny, they'll never let you do that." She speaks.
"I know, but I have a plan." Penny frowns, but then grins with mischief.
Ciel stepping back up to Penny's side and pointing to her watch. "It's been precisely one minute, ma'am." She spoke.
"I'll talk to you more soon, Ruby." Penny said and the two Atlesians leave, but Penny turns to give a wave of farewell to Ruby, who does the same.
Draegon walks up to Ruby and begins speaking. "Ruby is Penny a robot? I'm just asking because you making robot poses is weird." Draegon stated with a raised eyebrow.
Ruby shocked before sighing since she knew she couldn't keep a secret from Draegon. "How long have you known?" She asks sheepishly.
"Let's just say at the docks I've been having a hunch that Penny isn't human. I don't mind but I just wanted to finally confirm to get it off my chest." Draegon replied. Before Ruby can speak again Port voice is heard over the stadium speakers.
"Our next match will begin in 15 minutes!" Port speaks.
Ruby suddenly looking really excited as she clasps her hands together and looks at Draegon. "Oh my gosh, that's right! It's time for…" She says and soon Weiss and Yang are standing in the stadium.
"Well, now it's our turn!" Yang said enthusiastically while stretching her arms.
"Just remember to keep proper form." Weiss warns.
Yang chuckles "Alright." She replies but her tone shifts to talk strategy. "You're from Atlas. What could we expect?" She asks.
Weiss begins listing off the facts as Yang loosens up her legs as well. "Well, seeing as their Kingdom, academy and armed forces are all merged as one, I think we can expect strict, militant fighters with advanced technology and carefully rehearsed strategies." She spoke.
At that very moment, a rainbow zooms past the two surprised Huntresses-in-training, coming to a stop opposite them, revealing a pigtailed Faunus girl with roller blades and a cat tail swishing around her weapon next to a young man wearing a fedora and sunglasses, holding a trumpet in one hand.
"... Or whatever they are." Weiss recovering from her shock faster than the open-mouthed Yang.
"Hey!" Flynt calls out and Weiss looks over to him as he gestures at her, smiling. "You Weiss Schnee, right? The heiress." He asks.
"I am." Weiss replied bowing her head, smiling at the recognition.
"I take it you're pretty good with Dust, then?" Flynt asks.
"I do my best." Weiss shrugging humbly.
"Yeah, my dad was good too. Owned a little Dust shop of his own." Flynt said and nods his head, eyes hidden behind his shades, until his smile turns into a scowl, tone turning hostile. "Till your father's company ran him out of business." He spoke.
"Oh." Weiss looks ashamed now. "I'm sorry to hear that." She apologized.
"Sure, you are." Flynt looks away sarcastically.
"Hey! Why don't you…" Yang raises her finger but is cut off by the other teammate Neon.
"Hey! Why don't you?" Neon copies but then drops her unflattering imitation as she points at Yang, smiling. "That's what you sound like!" Neo points out.
"Uh..." Yang said not knowing how to react.
"Hey! Where'd you get your hair extensions?" Neo asks.
"This is just my normal hair." Yang states.
"Ooh, really?" Neon asks sarcastically.
"Yeah! Is that a prob…" Yang said getting annoyed but gets cut off by Neon.
"You should try rollerblading sometime! It's super fun!" She says and starts spinning in place. "It'd probably take you a while, though, since you're so... you know, top-heavy." Neo points out.
Yang looks down at herself as the holographic roulette begins and Yang gets ticked "Excuse me!?" She asks.
"Oh, here we go." Ruby says rolling her eyes from the stands.
"Oh Sheesh, why do I get the feeling this is going to be embarrassing?" Draegon asks Ruby who nods her head while Blake continues to watch.
The field opens around the four combatants, and up rises the volcanic area, sandy desert, steaming geysers, and ruined buildings.
"Three! Two! One! Begin!" Port shouts to both teams.
Right as it starts, Flynt raises the instrument to his lips and blows, issuing forth a sound wave that blows both Weiss and Yang back from the force. Weiss is able to create a glyph under her to stop sliding back, but doesn't see Neon spinning into the attack and using it to push herself forward so she can charge at Yang in a rainbow burst of speed and push her into the city portion.
Flynt stops blowing as Weiss readies her Myrtenaster, a second passing until the musician starts playing again. This time, Weiss uses darker glyphs to move her forward through the cone of waves, making another one to get closer and closer so she can land a blow. Suddenly, however, Flynt stops playing, and Weiss is forced to move forward, earning a kick to the back as she slides past. She crashes through a red Dust crystal, and Flynt grins when he sees her lying in the area now spouting pillars of fire.
Back in the ruined city, Neon manages to roll ahead of every blast from Ember Celica, skating on the railings and making faces at an irritated Yang. She continues to flip and slide over any terrain in her way, all the while repeating a mantra to herself.
"Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat!" Neon says to stay focused.
She eventually comes down to the ground and charges at Yang, becoming a rainbow blue while hitting the blonde multiple times. Yang grits her teeth, unloading the spent shells in her gauntlets, as Neon smirks and cracks her glow sticks, turning them blue. She comes forward again, dashing past Yang before she even realizes that her right leg is now encased in ice.
"Hm-hmm! Look! Now you're bottom-heavy, too!" Neo giggles and smacks her butt for emphasis.
Getting quite irate now, Yang slams her foot down and frees her entire leg, but is unable to stop Neon from freezing her left arm now. She sees Neon rollerblading on rails and through archways, gaining distance until she speeds forth and kicks Yang back into a wall, cracking it behind her.
"You should cool off! Get it? Because you're angry." Neon mocks.
Not appreciating the pun one bit, Yang smashes her arm against the wall, once again shattering the ice and the structure itself.
Meanwhile, Weiss and Flynt are facing each other in the burning section, Weiss gesturing all around her with the blade and spinning wildly to summon four glyphs that shoot out an equal number of large ice chunks headed straight for her enemy. Flynt looks down and smiles, leaping forward onto his knees and blowing his horn just as a column of flame erupts right in front of him, diverting the fire to melt each of Weiss' frozen projectiles.
"Too bad all that money can't buy you skill." Flynt said getting back up as he twirls his trumpet.
Weiss grimaces at him before revolving her hilt to use a white type of Dust. She aims a stream of wind at Flynt, who matches her power with his own blowing, creating a standstill until Weiss uses a mere gesture to form several more glyphs around the field. She quickly bounces off each one, striking Flynt with each attack, until she puts his foot down and starts playing once more. Weiss is still propelling herself around, but nothing prepares her for a second Flynt appearing next to the first, and then another, and another after that, each color-coordinated musician joining their waves of noise together to send Weiss flying back.
"Whoa!" Jaune said amazed from his spot watching the fight.
"What's this?" Port asks turning to Oobleck in the announcer's box, both equally shocked.
"It appears young Flynt has just activated his Semblance! And quite a remarkable one at that. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on Flynt Coal's Killer Quartet!" Oobleck announces.
The Flynts flip their hats around to the audience, then look up at the scoreboard to see Weiss and Yang down to half their Aura levels, but still in the game. He steps forward, absorbing each of his duplicates as he prepares to finish this.
His teammate is still giving trouble to Yang, using a ramp to outrun her now red-eyed opponent.
"Ooh! Flashy eyes! Y'know, you're actually kinda pretty when you're angry." Neon spoke by slowing down to admire the change.
"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" Yang yells shaking her head, eyes going back down to purple. She propels herself forward using her shotgun blasts.
Weiss is getting back up and sees her sword, reaching out to it only for Flynt to step on the blade. She looks up at him before their attention is drawn to their partners.
"Get back here!" Yang shouts.
"I wasn't trying to say that you should go on a diet, I was saying you really need to go on a diet!" Neon pointed out while rolling around Yang in a lazy circle.
"THAT'S IT!" Yang shouts.
"You're fat." Neon mocks one more time for good measure.
Flynt looks back at Weiss before deciding to focus his attention on Yang, once more becoming four fighters and ready to blow her away. Weiss looks through the clones and sees Yang completely distracted, as well as a pool of lava bubbling away right in front of him/them. Without pause, Weiss jumps up and knocks the original into the magma just as it erupts several feet in the air.
"What?" Yang asks noticing what just happened.
"Weiss!" Ruby and Blake shouted simultaneously panicked.
"That was dangerous and stupid," Draegon said looking worried at Weiss.
"It appears we have a double knockout on our hands!" Port announces.
"In fact, it looks as though Miss Schnee's Aura has been completely depleted! She sacrificed herself to take out Flynt! Wait a minute. What's this!?" Oobleck asks through his microphone.
"This" he was referring to turns out to be Flynt, wobbly and almost at his limit, but standing back up from the smoke.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Flynt Coal remains standing!" Port shouts. Flynt begins walking toward Yang, a look of pure anger on his face.
"You did it, Flynt! Don't worry about her, she's easy! But kind of annoying." Neon skating back over to her leader as he marches forward.
Port sees Yang finally reaches her breaking point, fists clenching and ground trembling. "Ooh, looks like Yang's angry! And you wouldn't like her when she's... upset." He warns.
Her scream of rage combining with the group of lava bursts from the rocks, she punches out several shots at the two opponents, who manage to dodge the blasts.
"Yo, Neon, go!" Flynt commands quickly.
He blows again and helps Neon rush forward, and Yang meets her in the waves of sound, using her shots to keep her from being pushed away as she attempts to get a hit on the girl. Failing that, she leaps out of the noise and blasts the ground where Neon is, then launching herself back to create some space. Her blasts almost gets Flynt, who's forced to change the direction of his tune and direct Neon elsewhere, still avoiding the blasts and even rolling on the debris being formed, though with a noticeably more shaky stance than usual. She rolls up on a ramp made from the debris into the geyser biome. Yang lands on the ground away from her and runs right at Flynt, rocketing forward even as he uses his Semblance once more to deliver a fourfold attack. Shooting behind her, however, provides the necessary boost to finally get close and clap her hands over the mouth of the trumpet. Less than a second of silence is broken by the musical backfire right in Flynt's face, becoming one person for the final time as he's knocked on his back and the buzzer rings.
"Oh, sour note for Flynt!" Oobleck calls out.
Yang slides back from the blast, searching for her remaining opponent as Neon tries avoiding the geyser spouts.
"Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a..." Neon says to keep herself focused but at that moment, her front wheels catch on a crack in the ground, losing her balance and causing her to shed a few quick tears.
"...beat?" Neon asks realizing what just happened.
Time catches up as she pitches forward, trying to roll up in a ball only to get caught in the blast of a geyser. She's helpless to do anything as Yang smirks, fires off a single shot, and hits her screaming target in an explosion of sparks and smoke, as well as a third buzzing sound.
Yang continues to look enraged until she blinks her eyes back to purple and realizes something.
"Weiss!" She calls out and runs back into the fire section and kneels next to her ash-covered teammate "Weiss! Are you okay?" She asks.
Weiss gets up and coughs some smoke before weakly responding, "I may not be singing for a while." She replies.
Yang looks both worried and relieved until she breaks out into a joking smile. "You know, I'm not sure that was proper form."
"Oh, ha ha." Weiss sarcastically replies before she suffers another coughing fit.
"WHAT!? We lost? We lost?" Neon says and gets Yang and Weiss' attention are drawn to her, now devoid of color, as she freaks out. "Team FNKI lost? That was... that was..." She starts as color returns to the suddenly-overjoyed redhead as her eyes turn into rainbow sparkles for a moment. "... amazing! Oh my gosh, you guys were super crazy awesome! We should definitely party together sometime, right Flynt?" Neon asks.
Flynt getting back to his feet before speaking, "That was a gutsy move, Schnee." He pauses before continuing. "I dig it." He speaks.
Yang and Weiss smile at the good losers and see the rest of their team coming to the injured heiress' side.
"Good job, you two!" Blake congratulates.
"Yeah!" Ruby adds.
"Impressive, but still a little embarrassing," said Draegon.
The team stays like that, cradling Weiss in their arms and soaking in the cheers of the crowd.
"All right let's get you looked at," Draegon said and quickly picked Weiss up bridal style causing Weiss to yelp in surprise as he started walking off the stadium with their teammates following behind them.
"I'm the only one who is fireproof so you need to be checked out by a doctor for that foolish move you pulled." He commanded and Weiss saw how she was being carried and when Draegon spoke of concern to her health she blushed a little. She looked and saw Ruby and Yang grinning in a weird way and Blake was trying not to laugh.
"What's… COUGH…. So funny?" Weiss asks while coughing.
"Now you truly are a princess being carried off by a handsome prince." Yang said smoothly.
Ruby makes some air kisses before going to a gauging sound but still laughs. Blake giggles a little as well.
Draegon rolls his eyes but smirks at the joke. "Shut up," Weiss commands to everyone.
"Yes, your majesty," Ruby mocks and everyone laughs.
Later on that evening in a certain Beacon dorm room, Cinder Fall is sitting on her bed looking through files on her Scroll. Emerald Sustrai is lying on the floor also playing with her own device, and Mercury Black is doing push-ups beside her.
"Oh." Cinder spoke up with her eyes widening in surprise, followed by a smile.
"What?" Emerald asks looking over with Mercury.
Cinder access a document regarding the blueprints of "P.E.N.N.Y." "Oh nothing. We're just going to be making a slight, hmm...alternation in the plan." Cinder asks.
"What does that mean?" Mercury asks as he and Emerald share a somewhat concerned look.
"It means that this will be even easier than we thought." Cinder replied while continuing to look at the familiar image of a robotic redhead.
Within the headmaster's office at twilight, Professor Ozpin is facing the window, his back to the elevators when the doors open and Qrow Branwen steps inside, approaching his desk with coffee mug in hand.
"You know, he's making you look like a fool." Qrow states.
"His heart is in the right place. He's just... misguided." Ozpin points out.
"Sometimes, I'm not even sure he has a heart." Qrow says as he takes a drink from his cup and shifts his weight before asking. "So, have you chosen your guardian yet?"
Ozpin swirling his chair around to face Qrow. "Maidens choose themselves. I simply believe I've found the right candidate. Ever since the day I met her, I had the feeling she would be the one. She's strong, intelligent, caring... but most importantly, she's ready."
As he lists these qualities off, Pyrrha Nikos is seen entering the elevator of the Cross Continental Transmit System tower. She turns just when the doors close on her ambiguous smile.
"But is she ready for the whole truth that you and the others like to keep to yourselves Ozpin?" Lester says as he appears in the room shocking both Qrow and Ozpin while his cane clicks on the ground. His face showing that he is not happy.
"Lester." Qrow says shocked.
"We need to talk." Lester said angry.
Boom I hope that was a cool cliff hanger. Anyway sorry for the short chapter but thats how it is. Once again comment and vote and I'll see you all next time.
