A/N: Hello, Everyone! I'm glad and honestly quite surprised to see so many of you like and are already following Team SCRN! I thought I'd have to get at least to the Emerald Forest before it really took off. But the Emerald Forest is exactly what this A/N is about: I have a poll on my profile for you all to look at and decided how Team SCRN should partner up once they're launched into the Emerald Forest. With that out of the way, onto the story!


Ruby was happily sitting at home, reading a magazine about weapons, when it was suddenly snatched from her by... "Bayonetta! Give it back!" Ruby said, reaching for the magazine held out of reach by her older, much taller sister. Bayonetta wasn't extremely tall, actually shorter than Yang by 2 inches (making her 5'6", Yang is 5'8"), but she wore heels that put her up to 6 feet.

"Actually, I was thinking you could come with me into town. I have an errand I need to run and I want you to come with me." She said, pulling her sister into a hug.

"Ugh... You always want me to go places with you." Ruby grumbled, trying to pull away.

"I like spending time with my little sister. Besides, you need to get out more." Bayonetta countered, tossing the magazine onto the table.

"Right. Or..." Ruby said mischievously, about to take off with her semblance, but the instant she started to run, Bayonetta used her own semblance to stop time and snatch her little sister under her arm.

"Honestly, how many times have you tried that now? Probably since the first time you ever used your semblance and it never worked. You really need to think outside the box, sis." Bayonetta said, carrying Ruby towards and out the door. (By the way, this version of Bayonetta doesn't have an English accent.)

"Oh, come on! At least let me walk on my own!" Ruby said, squirming.

"Lucky you, I'll need my arms for carrying things home. BUT, try that again and I'm sure I'll find a way to carry you and them." She said, setting Ruby down.

"So, why are we doing this so late at night?" Ruby asked.

"It's my favorite time, dear sister. And where we're going is only open at night." Bayonetta explained.

So, the two went into the city, heading towards a place that looked suspiciously close to a night club Ruby had caught Yang literally bursting out from a few weeks ago. "Bayonetta? Isn't that a bar? You know dad doesn't want us going to those places. Yang got in trouble for that when Dad found out." Ruby said, looking at her sister with a look of suspicion that matched the tone of her voice.

"Of course not, Ruby. I'd never take you to a bar... Until you were 21, anyway. But no, a friend of mine works here. I'm going to Beacon with Yang in a few days, so I need some better weapons. My friend makes them for me." Bayonetta explained.

Ruby gasped in delight at this. "New weapons! Why didn't you say that from the start! Let's go!" Ruby said, about to rush in, but Bayonetta held her back.

"Sorry, sis, but my friend gets a little weird around new people. But you'll get to see them as soon as I come back out, okay?" Bayonetta said, before turning around and entering The Gates of Hell..

Ruby pouted at this. "Fine, maybe they have some magazines next door. They might even have the one you didn't let me finish reading at home!" Ruby called after her sister before entering the shop next door: From Dust Till Dawn.

Inside The Gates of Hell...

"My, my, my. It's been quite a while, hasn't it, Bayonetta?" Rodin asked from behind the bar.

"Rodin. I swear you're stalking me. I died and was reincarnated in a whole new world, yet somehow, you found a way here and found me." She said, walking up to the bar. It was indeed a bar, which was why she didn't take Ruby in with her. She didn't need to get grounded like Yang did.

"It must just be our Bloody Fate, babe." He said.

"A: I'm 17, so don't 'babe' me. B: if you said 'bloody' to make fun of my accent, I'm afraid I lost that when I lost my first life. Now then, you called me here because you had weapons for me, right? Let's see them. I'm going to be going to Beacon soon, so I'll need a few new things to really wow my fellow students and teachers." She explained.

"Don't worry. I got 'em right here. All your favorites." Rodin said, opening a secret room, the bar sliding away to reveal a wall full of deadly weapons. He laid down enough weapons to cover the entire bar with them. "Here you are. They might now be magic, anymore, but Dust and the technology this world has is just as good." Rodin said.

First, Bayonetta picked up a familiar set of twin curving swords and by spinning her wrists backwards, they changed form, becoming a pair of shotguns. The next was a menacing scythe with 3 blades that looked to also be some form of bolt-action rifle. After that came a pair of claws loaded with Dust Crystals that could alternate between Fire and Lightning, that turned into large launchers powered with either fire or ice Dust. The next were a set of wrist-mounted chainsaws that also transformed into a fusion of tonfas and rocket launchers. These were followed by a pair of thorn-like whips that combined into a dragonfly-like bow. And finally, at the end were the weapons Bayonetta was most fond with: 4 beautiful blue pistols that fit in her hands like gloves and connected to her heels perfectly. "Once again, a job well done, Rodin. When can I expect the bill?" She asked.

"Consider them a going back to school present. Besides, you brought me the Dust, so it only makes sense I give you something you can use it with." Rodin said. Suddenly, the sound of glass breaking could be heard outside. "Sounds like somebody's throwing a party." He said.

Bayonetta sighed. "I gotta go. My sister's probably in trouble out there. It will give me a good excuse to use these, though." She said, rushing outside. Sure enough, Ruby was the cause off the damage, her scythe deployed and 5 thugs laying unconscious around her, with the apparent leader standing in front of her, looking down at one of the unconscious goons at his feet. "You were worth every cent, truly, you were." He said, before raising his cane at Ruby. "Well, Red, it's been fun. But what do you say we call it a night?" He asked, pointing the bottom of his cane at Ruby. Suddenly, the bottom flipped open, at which point some explosive projectile flew out at Ruby, who easily dodged it with a backflip.

The man prepared to run off, but Bayonetta caught him and put one of her Rakshasa blades to his throat. "Roman Torchwick. I've heard of you on the news before. And it looks like you're causing trouble again. Luckily, you won't be getting far this time." She said.

"Bayonetta!" Ruby said happily.

"Hey, sis. Getting yourself in trouble again?" Bayonetta asked.

"More like dealing with trouble like an awesome huntress!" Ruby countered.

"Well, not that this hasn't been fun, but I've got other things to do. Medusa!" Torchwick called out. Suddenly, a number of black, arrow-looking projectiles flew towards the sisters from up above, forcing them to jump back, allowing Torchwick to bolt for a nearby building and climb the latter.

Then, woman with a fairly average physical build, and a large, black, dotted snake tattoo winding down either arm. Her facial features consist of eyes containing yellow irises with black pupils, and blonde hair arranged in a spiked style, with two long strands extending downwards framing either side of her face, that entwine each other like a caduceus' snake to rest upon her chest. She wore a black body-length suit with hood, which extends downwards to her knees. The hood itself is adorned with an eye-like marking upon either side which, interestingly, when worn in addition to the shape of her hair, gives it the appearance of a snake's mouth, with teeth and fangs. Her fingernails were also painted black with yellow arrows pointing upwards, as were her toenails, which Bayonetta could see as the woman was barefoot. She was Medusa Gorgon, the villain once responsible for releasing a demon to push her world to the brink of chaos. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't let you stop him. We have plans that you could never even imagine. Luckily, you won't have to. Because I'm going to kill you here an now!" The woman said, again launching the arrow-like projectiles from her back at the sisters, who dodged again, Ruby simply jumping back and Bayonetta dashing and rolling. coming to a stop in front of Ruby.

"Ruby, go after him. I'll handle this barefoot bitch." She said.

"Language!" Ruby said teasingly, before following her sister's orders and easily reaching the top of the building.

"Well, you certainly are confident to face me alone." Medusa said, creating a Vector Blade with her Semblance.

"I'm sure I've faced worse before." Bayonetta countered with a shrug.

"We'll just see about that!" The woman said, rushing in.

Background Music: "This is Gonna Hurt" by Sixx AM

Depsite the blade being rather large, the woman had no problem swinging it fast enough with one hand to match Bayonetta wielding two swords. However, Bayonetta had quickly managed to force Medusa into a defensive position, trying to prevent the former Umbran Witch from bringing the two blades down on her. Eventually, she did push back and open up Medusa's defenses, preparing to land a powerful blow that would take a considerable amount of anyone's aura, but before she could land the strike... "Vector Plate!" Medusa announced, creating an arrow on the ground underneath Bayonetta, pointing away from her, sending the black-haired girl flying back. Bayonetta managed to plant one of her hands on the ground and gracefully do a handspring to land back on her feet, firing both pistols and her right foot gun at the blonde woman, who was shocked at this kind of fighting style, struggling to block it as Bayonetta transferred from foot to foot to close the distance while keeping up her fire. "Enough! Let's see how well you dodge when ALL my arrows come after you! Vector Arrow!" Medusa announced, unleashing another, much larger swarm of arrows that flew towards Bayonetta in a wide arc, cutting off almost every angle of escape...

... For a normal person. "Oh." Bayonetta said, before using her semblance to stop time, casually walking forward and passing through the gap in the center of the arrows. "You know, you should really start wearing shoes. There's all kinds of unpleasant things on the ground you could step on and hurt your feet, but also, someone could step on your toes." She said, stomping on Medusa's feet, then blasting the evil woman away with Lt. Kilgore.

The woman rolled across the ground a few times, before stopping herself and creating another Vector arrow to rush at Bayonetta. However, instead of a direct, head-on attack the woman created 3 angled arrows to zip around behind Bayonetta and strike her with the Vector Blade, knocking her forward, rolling to a stop in a cat-like pose, before pouncing forward, where the woman waited in preparation for another attack, but once again, Bayonetta used her semblance to stop time, slamming the gun into the woman's face, then firing a barrage of bullets, kicking her in the stomach and following up with another barrage, before running forward and kicking the woman in the face, sending her skidding down the road.

Medusa brought herself to a stop and prepared to fight again, before noticing an airship flying quite low was now starting to take off. "you've won this round, but I won't forget this. The next time we fight, you won't be so lucky." Medusa threatened, somehow creating a giant serpent's head from her tattoo and using it to fly after and land on the airship.

End Music

"Glad that's taken care of. Better check on Ruby." Bayonetta said, easily reaching the top of the building where her sister now stood with a tall, middle-aged woman with very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face. Her eyes are bright green and she wears thin ovular glasses. She has dangling teal earrings that match the hanging pendant on her collar. She wears a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body is covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings. She wears black boots with brown heels, and a cape that is purple inside and black on the outside. The cut of the cape is stylized to end in flames and arrows, with a row of diamond-shaped bronze beads on the back. Above this line of beads appears an emblem of a tiara.

"You're a huntress?" Ruby asked the woman, before entering fan girl mode. "Can I have your autograph?!" She asked.

"Ruby!" Bayonetta called before jogging up. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks to her." Ruby said, gesturing to the woman.

"Well, then thank you for saving my sister." Bayonetta said.

"Your sister? And did you have anything to do with this incident?" She asked.

"Yes. I came out of a nearby building after talking to a friend, where I saw Ruby had handled a bunch of thugs. We tried to catch the leader, but a strange woman attacked us from nowhere. But I like to think I handled her pretty well. No need to thank me." Bayonetta said with a smirk.


"Well, if this is the alternative, I would've preferred if you just said thanks." Bayonetta said as her and Ruby were now sat at a table in a dark room as if they were being interrogated.

"I hope you realize your actions tonight will not be taken lightly, young ladies!" The Huntress said sternly as she paced back and forth behind them. "You put yourselves and others in great danger." She said, now in a more concerned tone.

"But they started it!" Ruby objected.

Bayonetta rolled her eyes at her sister's childish statement, but she wasn't wrong. "Self defense." She agreed.

"If it were up to me, you'd be sent home. With a pat on the back..." The Huntress started, supportively at first, putting hopeful smiles on the girl's faces. "And a slap on the wrist!" She snapped, slamming her riding crop on the table, causing Ruby to yelp and pull her hands away while Bayonetta also flinched, then glared at the Huntress in front of her and protectively held Ruby's arms, pulling her close. "But... There is someone here who would like to meet you." She said.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes, a light complexion, sharp facial features and black eyebrows wearing shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck, an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green shirt, black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. He held a plate full of cookies in one hand and in the other, he had a mug with the symbol of Beacon academy on it, from which Bayonetta could smell hot cocoa. They knew who he was, but they'll say later."Ruby Rose. You... have silver eyes." He said, leaning in to look at her.

"Um..." Ruby said, unsure of how to react.

"And Cereza Xiao Long. If I'm not mistaken, you are to attend Beacon soon. Is that correct?" He asked.

"Yes, sir. I'm really looking forward to it." She said.

"I see. And would you mind telling me why you took your younger sister to a bar?" He asked.

"I knew it!" Ruby said, turning to Bayonetta, giving her an accusing, "you're busted" look, to which the older sister countered with a look as if to say "tell Dad and you're dead".

"If it helps my case, I didn't take her INTO the bar with me." Bayonetta said defensively, before answering. "I was meeting up with an old friend of mine who use to make weapons for me to see if he could make me anything special to bring to Beacon." She explained.

"And he certainly did. I must admit, even I've never seen weapons quite like those before." He admitted, before turning to Ruby. "So, where did you learn to do this?" He asked, showing her the video of herself beating down Torchwick's thugs.

"Well done, Ruby. I couldn't have done better myself." Bayonetta said as she watched the video, although it was clear she was pretty much brown-nosing her sister to keep the bar thing a secret.

Ruby caught onto this, however, rolling her eyes and shaking her head at her sister, before turning back to the man in front of her. "Signal Academy." She said, slightly nervous.

"They taught the two of you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" He asked, since Bayonetta had also brought in a scythe.

"Well, one teacher in particular." Ruby explained, to which Bayonetta nodded.

"I see." He said in acknowledgment, before placing the plate of cookies on the table. Both sisters took one, Bayonetta biting off about a quarter of it while Ruby engulfed the entire cookie in her mouth, pausing for a moment and looking at the adults, before rapidly firing down 6 more (I counted).

"How many times have I told you to eat slower? Especially in front of people!" Bayonetta said, slightly scolding her younger sister.

"About as many times as Dad has told you and Yang to stay away from bars and night clubs." Ruby retorted.

"It's just that I've only seen one other scythe-wielder of that skill before. A dusty, old crow..." The man explained as he thought of the scythe-wielder.

"Oh, that's-" Bayonetta started, before Ruby let out a small, muffled cry.

"Thash ouh unkul!" Ruby said with a mouth still full of cookies and one more in her hand.

Bayonetta facepalmed at this. (I can't believe she's talking with her mouth full in front of one of the most important people in Remnant!) She thought worriedly. If things go wrong here, she might not get to Beacon.

The young sister then swallows and wipes her mouth, embarrassed. "Sorry. That's my Uncle Qrow! He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like— Hooowaaah! Witchaaaa!" She said, making Karate-style poses and noises.

"So I've noticed." The man said, placing his cup on the table as he leans in, then sits down opposite Ruby. "And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?" He asked.

"Well... I want to be a huntress." Ruby answered.

"You want to slay monsters?" He asked.

"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon!" She said, talking faster and faster with her enthusiasm growing.

(Uh-oh. She's getting herself worked up again.) Bayonetta thought worriedly.

"You see, both of my sisters are starting there this year (gestures to Bayonetta), and they're trying to become Huntresses, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, Hey, I might as well make a career out of it!" She continued, giggling. "I mean the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting and cool and really, GOSH, you know!" She finished, flipping out at the last part, staring at the two adults with a wide, crazy smile.

They study her for a moment before the man speaks. "Do you know who I am?" He asked.

"You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon." Bayonetta answered.

He then nodded and smiled at the girls. "Hello."

"Nice to meet you." They said together.

"You want to come to my School?" He asked, moreso to Ruby, since Bayonetta was already going to be attending.

"More than anything." She answered.

He looked to Glynda, who clearly didn't approve of his idea, looking away with a "hmph", before he looked back to her. "Well, okay." He said, leaving both girls shocked and delighted.


Ruby's face changed to one of horror as the scene changed, the girls being on an airship with Yang pulling Ruby into a hug, crushing the air out of her. "Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" She said excitedly, hugging Ruby a little tighter.

"Please stop." Ruby said as she gasped for breath.

"But I'm so proud of you!" Yang said as she backed up.

"Hey, I think I deserve some credit here. I made sure she was in the right place at the right time." Bayonetta added.

"You let her in front of a bar! It was just luck on your part! It's thanks to you she was put IN DANGER." Yang said disapprovingly.

"She handled herself perfectly fine." Bayonetta countered.

"Yeah, really Sis, it was nothing." Ruby said to Yang.

"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees." Yang said excitedly.

"I don't want to be the "bee's knees", okay? I don't want to be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees." Ruby said.

"Ruby, what's wrong?" Bayonetta asked, sitting down, Ruby taking a seat beside her and Yang taking a seat to Ruby's right.

"Yeah. What she said. Aren't you excited?" Yang asked.

"Of course I'm excited... I just..." She started, sighing. "I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything." Ruby said.

The twins looked at each other, before looking to their younger sister, each putting an arm around her shoulder. "But you are special." Yang said.

"I always say, if you got it, flaunt it." Bayonetta said, gesturing to her body with her free hand. (side note: Bayonetta now wears a catsuit, similar to Nina Williams, or Jill Valentine in RE5. It's as close to her original outfit as you can get)

"Yeah, we know." Yang said challengingly and teasingly.

"Well, at least my clothes cover everything." Bayonetta countered.

"But they're tight enough to the point nothing's left to the imagination. You could be naked and there wouldn't be a difference." Yang retorted.

"Agree to disagree, dear sister." Bayonetta said, knowing...

"You're just saying that because you know I won." Yang teased again.

Suddenly, their attentions were turned to the window as the news somehow played on the screens, where mugshots of Torchwick were being shown. "The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa." The newsman spoke, the screen shifting to a woman named Lisa Lavendars, with a photo of animal-eared demonstrators holding signs saying "WE ARE NOT ANIMALS!" followed by an image of the logo of a growling red wolf's head with three scratch marks beside her.

"Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..."She started, but the news was cut off by an image of the Huntress who had helped Ruby the night before.

"Hello and welcome to Beacon!" She said.

"Who's that?" Yang asked.

The Huntress must've known that was going to be a popular question, as she answered it almost immediately. "I am Glynda Goodwitch."

"Oh." Yang said simply.

"You are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it." She started.

"No pressure there." Bayonetta said, to which her sisters giggled.

"You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." She finished, before disappearing.

This however, gave them a beautiful view of the city below them now. "What a view. Isn't this amazing?" Bayonetta said to her sisters. She had experienced views like this before, often in much more exciting situations, but something about having her sisters here to enjoy it with her made it better.

Ruby was left in awe as well. "Oh, wow! Look, you can see Signal from up here! I guess home isn't too far after all!" She said.

"Beacon's our home now." Yang said, putting an arm around both her sisters' shoulders. The three then hear a passenger groaning and hunched over nearby, running to the back of the ship. "Well... I guess the view's not for everyone." Yang said, rolling her eyes.

"There was BOUND to be one person who couldn't hold their food down." Bayonetta said.

"It was fun while it lasted. I wonder who we're gonna meet?" Ruby wondered.

"Hopefully there will be some nice boys there." Bayonetta said, earning a high-five from Yang.

"I just hope they're better than Vomit Boy." Ruby said, to which her sisters nodded. Suddenly, Ruby and Bayonetta smelled something, looking down and discovering to their horror... "Oh, Yang, gross! You have puke on your shoe!" Ruby said, disgusted,

"Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross, gross!" Yang said in a sickened tone, shaking her foot to rid it of the puke, almost getting some on her sisters.

"Well, don't do that near us!" Bayonetta said, using her semblance and clearing as much distance from her older twin as she could.

"Get-Get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!" Ruby said urgently as she, too tried to escape Yang and the puke she was flinging from her feet.