The first scene was of random students schmoozing at the dance. Oobleck was shown to be listening intently as Port laughed over some unheard anecdote. Ozpin is standing off to the side with Glynda Goodwitch until General James Ironwood offers his hand for her to dance with him.

The scene then shifted to Yang leaning on a handrail and overlooking the festivities from a second tier as Ruby approached and leaned on the rail. "You know? I think we really needed this." Yang said.

Blake and Sun were slow dancing while Ryu and Nora appear to be Waltzing. Penny was shown to be dancing alone, guarded by two Atlesian Soldiers. "Yeah, and you did a great job planning it too!" Ruby complimented.

"Aw, thanks!" Yang said happily, reaching over to Ruby, crushing her in a one-arm hug as she flailed frantically. "It wasn't all me, though. Weiss did a lot too." She admitted as Ruby stopped struggling and looks down at Weiss, who was taking a break, sitting down and talking to Dante, who was also taking a moment to rest. "Tomorrow it's back to work." Yang said.

"I'm sure we can handle whatever gets thrown at us." Ruby said.

Ryu and Nora continued to dance together throughout the night, now waltzing as a slow song came on. Nora sighed in content and rested her head on Ryu's shoulder. "It's been a long time since we had a calm moment together like this, hasn't it?" She asked.

Ryu smiled at this. "Indeed it has. And I'm glad we were able to have this time together." He agreed. giving her a quick kiss on the lips, causing her to blush and giggle a bit.

"Yeah. We could keep this up all night." Nora said, before noticing her team gathering in the middle of the stage. "After we do our awesome team dance, of course!" She said, pulling away and hurrying to her spot on Jaune's right as they began dancing to the new song that came on.

Ryu was a bit shocked when Nora suddenly, pulled away, but chuckled when he saw team JNPR do a great dance number together. "Not bad at all, wouldn't you agree, Bayonetta?" Ryu asked as the former Umbra walked up beside him, along with Dante.

"It looks like we're being showed up. We'll have to kick this party up a notch!" Dante said.

"Try to keep up with me, boys!" Bayonetta said, walking up on the stage with her team, a distance of maybe 5 feet between the two of them as Bayonetta led Team SCRN in a fast-paced dance (the one she does at the end of Bayonetta. Look up Bayonetta dance and you'll find it).

"Oh, it's on now!" Jaune said, him and Bayonetta stepping forward to engage in a dance-off, Jaune pulling off a few decent moves, but nothing compared to the moves Bayonetta was preforming, with short pauses in between to end a few moves in a sexy pose, like the ones she did against the first Joy she encountered, which got the crowd roaring in approval.

"Whoo! Go, Bayonetta! Show him that the girls own the dance floor!" Yang cheered.

The two of them finished and Team JNPR looked at them as if to say 'bring out your next challenger'. "Alright, not bad. But it's time fore the big event of the night." Dante said, heading onto the stage he had been setting up earlier, picking up Nevan and strumming a powerful chord huge spouts of fire rising from the pyrotechnic machines.

Taste The Blood from Devil May Cry 3

"The flinch in your eye calls your bluff
Feel free to die when you've had enough
Useless cause is breaking your back
Your life will end when you attack

Make your move
Make your stand
Make the win
(ha..) Like you can

See the war
See me rule
See the mirror
You'll see a fool

To take me out you must fight like a man
(To take me out you must fight like a man)
You've yet to prove that you can
(You've yet to prove me that you can)
I see your might and it compares to something
(I see your might and it compares to something)
That is if something is nothing
(That is if something is nothing)

Time to figure
Time to sin
Your times done
When you begin

Live for suffer
Live for revenge
Now your life
Comes to an end

Taste the blood
Taste your fate
Swallow your pride
With your hate

Your last breath
Your last stance
The last of all
In your command

Knee's in the (blood) with your crying pleas
Wade in your sorrow, bathe in your fear
Clear the mind from righteousness suffered
Witness the moment of (your) failures prosper."

The crowd roared in approval and began jumping to the beat. "Yeah, Dante!" Yang and Ruby cheered as Bayonetta whistled.

Even Weiss was ecstatic over her twin's performance. "Incredible! That's my brother!" She called out.

However, from the back of the crowd, Mercury and Emerald looked at each other and smirked. "Too easy." Mercury said.

"All the students are pre-occupied." Emerald said.

"How long do I have?" Cinder asked over an earpiece.

"You should probably be home by midnight, to be safe." Mercury advised.

Cinder Fall was shown to be somewhere outside, holding her fingers to her ear. "I'll keep my eye on the clock." She said.

Ruby, having made her way to the exit, walked out of the dance and into the night air. She watched a figure running along the rooftops and then moved to pursue. However, Kratos noticed this out of the corner of his eye. "Where could she be going?" He wondered, hurrying after her.


Outside the Cross Continental Transmit System Tower, Cinder, dressed as a cat burglar, stealthily approached an armed guard. She knife-handed the back of his head, rendering him unconscious with a stunned grin on his face. She dragged him behind some bushes, looking up and gasping as she saw Dio standing just behind the bush, looking at her. "So far, so good." He said.

"What are you doing here?!" She demanded.

"I had a feeling you'd be detected, so I decided to drop by and tie up anyone who might become a loose end." He explained.

"I don't need help. I'm perfectly capable of doing this on my own." She said.

"Very well, but don't come crying to me if someone does happen to discover you." He said, vanishing into the darkness.

Cinder growled at this, but continued towards the tower. Inside the building, Cinder approached more guards. "Excuse me, no one's allowed in this area." Soldier #1 told her. However, Cinder continued to approach. "Stop!" He ordered.

The soldier open fired when Cinder didn't heed him. She managed to overpower him, using his gun to take out another approaching soldier. She then threw him against a handrail. Two more soldiers rushed her wielding batons. Cinder flash-forged a pair of black blades from fire Dust and trounced them both. Two guards were shown to be on an elevator. "Hey, man, do you know the Wi-Fi password?" Soldier #2 asked.

"It's Beacon, but replace the E with a 3 and add a pound symbol to the end." Soldier #3 answered. The elevator door opened to show Cinder waiting. One of the guards noticed the fallen men outside. Both guards grew apprehensive as Cinder casually walked onto the elevator, the doors closing as she turned around. Thrashing sounds could be heard from outside the elevator.


Outside the building, Ruby approached and saw the unconscious guard. She gasped and pulled out her scroll, dialing for her weapon locker which crashed into the courtyard and opened to reveal Crescent Rose. From his position on the roof of the tower, Dio smirked. "I knew it. Oh, Cinder, you always were too sure of yourself. But now I'll have the chance to knock her down a few pegs when she sees she was indeed caught." He said, diving down from the roof, summoning Za Warudo, who prepared to throw a massive punch down on Ruby just as she looked up to see her attacker.

But suddenly, chains wrapped around Crescent Rose and yanked back, taking Ruby with them, causing Dio to crash to the ground, instead, glaring up at whoever ruined his attack. Ruby also looked back, shocked to see Kratos as the chains unwound from around Crescent Rose and retracted into Kratos' vambraces, which he had on under his shirt. "Kratos! What are you doing here?" She asked.

"I saw you leave the party, so I figured something better would happen here." He explained.

"Someone broke into the communications building! I think they're still in there!" She told him.

"Then go on. I'll handle this guy." He said.

"Right!" She said, rushing towards the door, which Dio still stood ready to guard.

"Useless!" He said, readying an attack, but using her semblance, Ruby managed to maneuver around Dio and get inside. "Dammit! A little girl caught me off-guard! Inexcusable! The Worl-!" He started, preparing to use his semblance and stop time to attack the girl, but then a head of one of the Nemean Cestus slammed into the back of his head, causing him to fall forward. He got to all 4's and turned around, glaring furiously at Kratos as he approached, his other vambrace became the second cestus. "How dare you, maggot!" Dio snapped as Ruby made it into the other elevator.

"Your fight is with me, coward!" Kratos snapped as he rushed towards Dio, who launched himself forward, summoning Za Warudo to attack.


On the top floor of the building, the elevator doors opened to show Cinder examining a scroll. The two guards were knocked out. "Oh! That's handy." She said, pocketing the scroll and walked out of the elevator and toward the control consoles nearby.

"A party guest is leaving." Emerald warned her via earbud.

Cinder sighed at the potentially inconvenient news. "Which one?" She asked.

"Ironwood." Emerald explained as she was shown to be dancing with Mercury.

Ironwood was shown to be walking out the door as Ozpin gave his send-off. "I guess the general's had enough fun for one night." Mercury said off-screen. Random code appearing on a computer screen was shown to change into a Queen chess piece. "Should we intervene?" He asked over the earbud.

The other monitors in the room then lit up. "No... we're done here." Cinder said. But as she started to walk away, she noticed the elevator doors opening. Ruby stepped out of the elevator slowly, brandishing her weapon.

"Hello?" Ruby called. She stumbled due to her high-heeled shoes, but continued forward. "Is anyone there? Hello?" Ruby called again. Cinder rose from her hiding place and stepped out toward Ruby. "Excuse me? You know, it's not a masquerade party, so why don't you take off that-!" Ruby started, before Cinder suddenly attacked!


Kratos blocked The World's haymaker with his cestus, staggering him a few steps, before Dio delivered a kick to his stomach, knocking him back a few feet and causing him to roll back into a 3 point landing, slamming one fist into the ground to stop himself. Dio launched himself and The World at Kratos once more, but this time Kratos raised the fist he didn't slam into the ground and launched the lion head at the monster, catching him off-guard and hitting him directly in the face, blood spewing from split teeth and a broken nose.

"How dare you lay your dirty fists on me maggot!" He snapped.

"You're with Torchwick and the others. We already have all we need to know on you. Now we just have to take you down. And here's the first step!" Kratos roared, shooting the lion heads out to his sides, then swinging them forwards towards Dio.

"The World!" He announced, stopping time. The two lion heads stopped mere inches from Dio's head as he simply took a step back, using his aura to heal his nose and such as he sent The World forward, hitting Kratos over a dozen times. "A shame. You took your first step and you fell. But that is exactly what happens to all who face us. Fighting back is useless, useless, useless, useless, useless, USELESS!" He ranted as The World threw one more punch just as time restarted, sending the former Spartan flying back once again.

Kratos groaned as he sat up, feeling the pain from the various hits. "Damn. I couldn't even see what happened. He was right where I wanted him, then countered in an instant. Is it possible? He might have a time semblance like Bayonetta. In that case, I've got a plan for next time. He called out 'The World' before he countered me. So at least I have a warning." He said getting back up and slamming his fists into the ground, creating a shockwave towards Dio, who jumped to avoid it, but was shocked to see Kratos right below him, the older Nikos twin having rushed forward just behind the shockwave, concealing himself behind it until he was below Dio, launching himself into the air and swinging his right fist upwards.

Dio summoned Za Warudo again, the golden phantom's throwing a haymaker and clashing fists with Kratos, breaking the gold creature's hand and the damage reflecting back on Dio. "No, my sexy hand!" He screamed as blood spilled from three cuts ripping open on his hand. Kratos then swung his other fist and sent Dio to the ground. Dio growled at this, healing the wounds on his and The World's hands, his aura starting to run low. He'd only be able to use his semblance one more time in this fight and still be able to heal a few wounds. "This time, I'll kill you! The-" Dio started.

"Now!" Kratos said as he landed, unloading a flurry of quick, but powerful punches into the ground at his feet, breaking large slabs of ground around him into a crudely-made dome. Glynda would be pretty annoyed at having to fix the courtyard, but that's easier to deal with than a dead student.

"World!" Dio finished just as Kratos finished his dome. He was shocked to see Kratos had a counter in place in the event of fighting someone who could manipulate time. "Impressive, Kratos. This must be why you and your sister are champions. But you only delay the inevitable!" He shouted, The World rushing forward and pulverizing the dome until it could finally reach Kratos. The golden spirit threw one more punch just as time restarted, knocking Kratos to the ground once again, his aura flickering as a sign of running out.

Kratos grunted as he hit the ground and looked up in time to see The World right in front of him. "Damn!" He shouted, preparing to block as best he could, but he then heard a gunshot rang out, a bullet hitting The World in the shoulder, and a similar hole appearing in Dio's shoulder. "What?" Kratos asked, looking back to see the general beside him. "General Ironwood!" He said.

"Dio Brando. We've been after you for a long time. A terrorist with possibly the most dangerous semblance there is. Putting a stop to you would make a lot of people sleep better tonight." Ironwood said.

(Damn! I don't have enough aura left to use my semblance! And against a full-fledged Huntsman and a world champion like Kratos, even I don't stand a chance!) Dio cursed. "You've won this round, but don't EVER think you can stop the great Dio!" The former vampire snapped as he jumped into the air again, vanishing into the darkness.

"Are you alright?" Ironwood asked, helping Kratos to his feet.

"I'll live, but they still have someone up in the tower and a friend of mine is in there. She might be in over her head." Kratos explained.

"Then let's go!" Ironwood said, the two hurrying inside.


Cinder produced a container of ice Dust and sent shards of ice flying at Ruby. Ruby twirled Crescent Rose to block the shards and retaliated by firing rounds at Cinder, who blocked these rounds just as easily as she did during their first encounter. Cinder then summoned her dual blades. Ruby whipped Crescent Rose around and fired off a round-going upward and somersaulting down for an attack. Cinder dodged and formed a bow. She fired three arrows that explode on impact with the floor, Ruby was pushed back and stumbled on her heels, but managed to hold her ground.

Suddenly, Ironwood and Kratos arrived on their floor in the elevator. Ruby was visibly glad to see them until she noticed that Cinder has disappeared.

In a hallway, Cinder discarded two bracelets and her mask to change from her stealth suit into a black dress and entered the dance. Two guards following her crushed the bracelets underfoot and were visibly confused at the sight of the crowded dance hall. We see Emerald and Mercury dancing again, until Cinder tapped Emerald's shoulder. "Oh, may I cut in?" She asked.

"Of course." Emerald confirmed, stepping aside and leaving as Cinder began to dance with Mercury.

"And how's your night been?" He asked.

"Mmm... a little more exciting than expected." She answered.

"Should we be worried?" He wondered.

"Hardly... They'll be scratching their heads long after we finished what we came here for." She assured him.

"So then what now?" He asked.

"Enjoy the rest of the night. After all, it is a party." She said simply.

The camera panned away from the two showing the rest of the party. Jaune and Pyrrha were sitting at a table, Sun and Blake were dancing, there was a squad of red and yellow soldiers out side and Ironwood was shown approaching Ruby and Kratos before one last shot of the Queen chess piece appeared on the computer screen and the clock chimed midnight.