We see Jaune sleeping during the night inside Team JNPR's dorm room. "Waffles..." He murmured in his sleep. He suddenly woke up to a call on his scroll, with the ringtone "It's a Big Ursa!" playing. "Hello?" He answered. He heard a loud noise from Ruby's Scroll, causing him to let out a small yelp before the call ended. "Uh, Ruby?" He asked worriedly, holding the scroll close to him
Later on, Team JNPR walked at dawn towards their Bullhead. "I'm sure they're fine." Pyrrha assured her leader.
"You think?" Jaune asked.
"Probably a butt dial..." Nora said dismissively as she skipped towards the Bullhead.
"Team RWBY has always performed exceptionally in the field. Not to mention Team SCRN is with them as well. We should be focusing on our own mission." Ren added to help reassure his friend.
"We're gonna be deputies! Aww, I wish Ryu could be here with us to see it!" Nora said happily.
"He'll be proud to hear of your success when he returns." Ren told her.
"I just got this feeling... I don't know." Jaune said.
"Jaune... Their our friends. Some of them are even family. I trust all of them to come back safe. You should, too." Pyrrha said.
Suddenly, alarms rang out, Nora covering her ears. They looked out to the city to see it up in smoke. "We're changing our mission. Everyone on board!" Jaune ordered, ushering his team toward their Bullhead, Jaune doing a headcount, before stopping Ren. "Ren, we'll make it to that village another time." He promised, Ren nodding, before the two of them got in the Bullhead. "Take us into the city!" He ordered.
As the Bullhead took off, Mercury Black, Cinder Fall, and Emerald Sustrai watched nearby. "You don't think..." Emerald asked.
"Sure looks like it." Mercury said.
"That's still days away!" Emerald said.
"So? What do we do?" Mercury asked.
The camera panned to a close-up of Cinder's face, before she made her decision.
Teams RWBY and SCRN were surrounded in the middle of the pavilion by Beowolves, Ursai, and a massive King Taijitu. "You know, just once, I'd like to just face two or three enemies instead of a whole swarm." Ryu said.
"Then you're in the wrong line of work, buddy." Dante said.
"Where's the fun in only a few enemies? At best, this will only be a light workout." Bayonetta said.
The King Taijitu unleashed a mighty roar, signalling the Grimm to attack. "No more time for talking. Now it's time for action!" Kratos said, rushing toward the enemy, leaping and latching his blades into a massive ursai (V5 Yang trailer), pulling himself in and repeatedly stabbing it in the chest, bringing it down then executing a cyclone of chaos to slice apart a group of Creeps charging at him from all directions.
Ruby planted Crescent Rose on the ground before kicking away a large group of beowolves that perfectly circled her, Yang propelled herself upwards, performing aerial bombardments with Ember Celica on a group of Grimm. Three Nevermores about the same size as her were about to attack and send her crashing to the ground, Each was hit with a couple of red energy feathers, killing them. Bayonetta suddenly appeared by her sister in the air. "Going down, sis?" She asked.
"You know it!" Yang said, grabbing her younger twin's foot, Bayonetta flipping and flinging Yang directly down into an Ursai Major, the older twin slamming her fist down into the monster's head, instantly taking him to the ground. Bayonetta then slowed her descent with a barrage of bullets from her pistol, raining bullets down on a small horde of Beowolves. A group of mixed Grimm rushed at her next, but when they were at the right distance, she activated Witch Time, equipping her Rakshasa swords to her feet and executing a break dance maneuver, slicing the monsters to ribbons.
Blake slashed a Beowolf with Gambol Shroud before firing on the other approaching Grimm. Weiss slashed three Beowolves, before summoning a glyph to conjure up an ice blade, slicing quite a few Grimm circling her. "Not, bad, sis. But how about we show them what the Schnee twins can do together." Dante said, walking up, before sliding past her and stabbing an Ursai rushing at her with his Stinger attack. Weiss then noticed a couple of Beowolves rushing at them, jumping one slashing at her feet and turning upside down, slashing the Beowolves in mid-air while Dante had drawn Cerberus and beat a couple of Boarbetusks back with them, before leaning back and holding out Cerberus, allowing Weiss to grab one of the prongs, letting Dante throw her forward to impale another Ursai.
Yang, back on the ground, sent several cars flying towards the Grimm. As Ruby finished slashing at a Grimm, she noticed the King Taijitu ready for the attack, until she also saw Nora flying on her Magnhild hammer towards the King Taijitu. "Nora Smash!" She announced, slamming it on the head and killing the beast.
"That's my girl!" Ryu said. He used the Flying Swallow to decapitate a Creep rushing at Nora while she swung her hammer to knock away a Beowolf that was behind the Creep, charging at Ryu. He turned and drew his Vigoorian flail, slicing apart a trio of Creeps running up behind him and Nora. "I told you we'd get to save the world together!" He told her with a smile.
She giggled at this. "I think this calls for fireworks!" She said, turning her hammer into a grenade launcher and firing on Grimm in the distance charging at the two of them. For a moment, it seemed like the coast was clear, so Nora walked up beside Ryu and gave him a kiss on the cheek, causing him to smile and blush.
Jaune, Pyrrha and Ren soon entered the battlefield as well. "Let's move!" Pyrrha ordered, her and Ren rushing into the fray, however, grumbled that Pyrrha stole his thunder, before jogging forward, looking for an enemy.
Nora swung her hammer like a mix between a baseball and golf swing to send a creep flying. "Smack!" She said as she did so. Ren jumped above and kicked a Creep in the head, launching himself higher into the air, coming down and hitting another Creep in the face with a left insider crescent kick in mid-air, before landing and scoring a trio of slashes on a Beowolf.
"Okay, who's first?" He asked. Suddenly, he heard something big stomping up behind him, turning around to notice a giant Ursai standing behind him. "Oh-oh-okay, you're first, huh? Okay, no, that's fine." Jaune said nervously, backing away a bit.
The Nikos siblings reunited and fought together, Pyrrha stabbing a Creep in the back of the neck with her spear, then swung wide and sliced a Beowolf's throat, spinning and stabbing another Beowolf and throwing it over herself, spinning again and stabbing a Creep attempting to bite her in its mouth. Kratos shield slammed an Ursai and stabbed it through the head with his own spear, a couple of wide swings cutting down a couple more Beowulves and a few dozen high-speed stabs to the chest putting down a Beringel. The two then turned to see Jaune backing away from his Ursai. Pyrrha looked in concern and started to head over to help him, before Kratos put a hand on her shoulder to stop her. "Wait. Give him a chance. We improved his strength and skills. Now believe in them." He said.
"Totally fine, done this before, done this before..." Jaune said, letting out a sigh. With a mighty scream, Jaune slashed the Ursai several times. It stood still for a few seconds, before it finally fell back, dead. Pyrrha smiled, as she noticed his improvement.
"He's improved far more than I gave him credit for. He's come a long way." Kratos said.
A few feet from the fallen Ursai, Sun and Neptune arrived. "Nobody move! Junior detectives!" Sun ordered, flashing his badge.
"We have badges so you know it's official!" Neptune said, presenting his own badge.
An Alpha Beowolf ran up behind the two and lunged at them, but Dante slashed it with Rebellion, sending it flying away, before shooting at it 10 times with Ivory, putting it down. "Then how about you do something official and help fight!" Dante snapped.
"O-oh... right..." Sun said, the two of them putting away the badges and drawing their weapons. Sun ran in and jumped into a decent-sized group of Beowolves, beating a few of them down with its staff form, before separating them into a pair of gun-chucks, simultaneously smacking around and filling the Beowolves up with holes as they tried to close in on him. Meanwhile, Neptune played the role of supporting fire, gunning down a number of Grimm getting too close to either himself or Sun. An Alpha Beowulf caught him by surprise and almost hit him, but he rolled under its attack, changing the weapon from gun to Guandao, impaling the alpha and swinging it in a full circle around him to knock away several more Beowolves coming at him from multiple directions, before throwing the alpha at a charging Ursai.
A fleet coming from the Atlesian Military flew above the city, consisting of dropships deploying Atlesian Knight-200 units and the flagship of James Ironwood. Sun and Neptune reacted in awe of the fleet. As Team RWBY looked up in the sky, an Ursai took the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind. However, it was gunned down by a dropship's machine gun, Ruby saluting in thanks."Hello, Ruby!" Penny said, walking up to her friend.
Ruby jumped and shrieked in surprise, turning around to face her friend. "Penny! What are you doing here... and who are those two with you?" She asked, looking at the people behind her Android friend. The first was a floating girl with unkempt silver hair with a cowlick much longer than Yang's and a long, braided ponytail with what looked like a strange spear head at the end, wearing a light blue skin-tight bodysuit and futuristic sword-themed armor that featured a set of eight disembodied blades that floated behind her in a wing-like formation. She also had a visor with a singular eye and horns at the end. The second was a handsome young man with spiky blond hair and pierced ears. Most interestingly, his eyes had black sclera with yellow irises. He wore black pants and a white, sleeveless shirt, revealing he had muscular-looking robotic arms.
"Oh, right! Ruby, this is my older sister, Nu and my boyfriend, Genos!" Penny introduced, shocking Ruby.
Nu moved in a bit close, but her lips turned into a delighted smile that defied the look of her intimidating visor. "Whassup, girl? Thanks for being friends with my lil' sis here!" The girl spoke, flying back and hugging Penny, who blushed a bit. Her voice also had a mechanical echo to it.
"Greeting, Ruby Rose. As Penny has said, my name is Genos. It's an honor to meet a friend of Penny's." Genos said, bowing to Ruby.
"Oh, h-hi..." Ruby said somewhat nervously.
"Whoa, head's up! Beowolf at6 6 O'clock!" Nu said, flying in, miming a bow and arrow with her arms as her swords flew in and stabbed the Beowolf, pulling themselves back and flying in all at once to slice the Beowolf diagonally in half.
walking up and grabbing Penny. "So, they're robots, too?" She asked quietly.
"Well, my sister is, but Genos is simply a cyborg. He was human, but a horrible accident with a Grimm forced General Ironwood to replace pretty much all of Genos' body with a new mechanical one." Penny explained as they turned to watch Genos masterfully beat down a group of Ursai, jumping into the air and shooting a massive stream of fire down at them, reducing them to Dust.
"I see." Ruby said, looking back at Nu, who had created some circle on the ground, a group of Creeps inside the movement trying to attack her, but moving at speeds slower than a crawl, leaving them helpless to Nu's swords. "But it's a lot more obvious that she's a robot than it is with you, doesn't her being a robot make people think you are?" Ruby asked, shooting at a few Beowolves out of the corner of her eye, still focusing on Penny, who had her swords ready and with the occasional flick of her wrist, sent them at a Creep getting too close.
"Not at all. People just assume I use the term endearingly, not literally. Nu is actually a prototype for me, but she was built too advanced, so my design had to be scaled down. I'm happy she still works, though." Penny explained, the sister's waving to each other, their swords flying around wildly and killing a few Grimm as a result.
"Awesome. I'm happy you have family, too." Ruby said with a smile.
"Me, too!" Penny said, before the two moved to rejoin their own groups.
As the robotic Knights deployed, they started gunning down the Grimm. Two of the Knights were stampeded on by a Boarbatusk, but a separate group of three Knights fired on an Ursa, finally putting it down after like 5 seconds of non-stop shooting. "What the hell kind of weak guns are those?! 3 of you were shooting him at once and he was standing there like he didn't even feel it! Ironwood needs to go back to the drawing board with those things." Kratos said.
Another Ursa had fallen from a Knight's punch. Cinder nodded her head, signalling Mercury and Emerald to attack the Grimm as she walked off. As an Ursa received the business end of Mercury's Boots, at least half a dozen assorted Grimm stood in front of Emerald. It turned out that Emerald's Weapons are actually a pair of bladed, revolver shaped pistols firing Dust particle lasers at the Grimm. The Grimm pack learned this the hard way, when all but a single Ursa Major fell while charging at Emerald. Emerald quickly transformed her pistols into kopis blades, flipping and slashing at the rampaging Ursa to kill it. Out of the opening came Zwei, followed by Dr. Oobleck in a damaged Atlesian Paladin. The dog barked proudly, before diving from the massive mech and headbutted a beowolf.
Black Panther soon burst out of the rubble behind the Paladin, rushing at some Beowolves and lunging at one of them claws-first, impaling them. "To challenge a king is to face the might of his people!" He said, pushing off the corpse of the Beowolf and slashing apart a few others, catching a charging Boarbetusk and tossing it into the air, slicing it in half with his claws, before rushing at an Ursai, slashing it a few times and with a powerful upward slash, cleaved its head off.
An airship arrived, dropping off Team CFVY and Professor Peter Port. As Yatsuhashi was surrounded by a pack of Grimm, he swung his mighty greatsword on the ground, unleashing a shockwave that sent the Grimm flying. Velvet Scarlatina and Fox Alistair respectively kicked and punched the Grimm, and Fox unleashed a combo of slashes and punches that made an Ursa Major swell up and explode, impaling the nearby Grimm with its spikes. Some spikes flew towards Team CFVY, but they managed to block or deflect them easily, Coco with her purse and Yatsuhashi with his shoulder/upper arm armor, protecting him and Velvet.
"Nice hustle, Fox. Good job." Coco said, giving Fox a light pat on the butt before approached a large Beowolf who glared down at her. "You just destroyed my favorite clothing store." She said angrily, spitting. "Prepare to die." She told it. After swatting away its right hand, she kicked the Beowolf in the crotch. As it fell to the ground and looked at her, she leaned down and slammed her bag onto its head. She effortlessly swatted away more beowolves and kicked one in the ass, the rest of Team CFVY resumed fighting. Velvet stepped forward, about to open her box, but Coco stopped her. "Hey, come on, you just spent all the semester building that up. Don't waste it here." She told her. Coco then transformed her handbag into a giant minigun, and started firing, slaughtering and literally SHATTERING the advancing horde of Grimm, including a Death Stalker and three giant Nevermores, which were effortlessly ripped in half. Port and Oobleck regrouped at the opening, nodding their heads. They fired their weapons at the approaching Grimm, while Glynda Goodwitch mopped up the remnants and immediately closed the opening with the power of telekinesis.
Later on, everyone met in the pavilion as Roman Torchwick was escorted by Mercury and Emerald towards an Atlesian airship. "Oh, I can't believe that you caught me, you've really taught me the error of my ways." He said, struggling a bit as he was transferred to a pair of Atlesian Knights. "He-hey, watch the hat!" He snapped at an Atlesian Knight, who grabbed him by the arm.
Emerald and Mercury then approached Ruby and they smiled at each other. Team JNPR was seen exchanging smiles, Sun and Neptune bumped fists, Team CFVY likewise smiled at each other, and Port and Oobleck did the same while Glynda watched from behind. The camera then pointed towards the orange and pink-colored sky.
Black Panther then walked up to Team SCRN when they broke off from the rest of the group. "You were every bit the warriors Ozpin told me you'd be. And every bit the heroes I expected." He said.
"We aim to please." Ryu said.
"So, how long has Ozpin known we were reborn on this world?" Bayonetta asked.
"That is a question better suited for your headmaster than me." He said.
"Then we should go have a few words with the headmaster ourselves." Kratos said.
"Yeah, we'll do that... but first we need to kick back and relax with our friends for a bit. I'd say we earned it." Dante said.
Afterwards, Teams RWBY and SCRN, along with Zwei were sitting on the edge of Beacon's landing platform, overlooking the City of Vale from across the lake.
"Well, we did it." Yang said.
"We did it." Blake confirmed.
"Yeah, I think we can all pat ourselves on the back for that." Bayonetta said.
"If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed." Weiss said.
"That's a little TOO much patting on the back, sis." Dante said.
"Weiss, a two-headed snake literally crushed a bakery. I wouldn't count on it." Yang told her.
"Plus, I mean, we didn't solve everything. A lot of people were hurt, and we still don't even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was." Ruby added.
"One question is answered and two more take its place." Kratos said.
"Well, not every story has a neat and tidy ending." Weiss said.
"But it's lazy writing when they don't." Ryu said.
"We might not have all the answers, but we do have a lot of dangerous people behind bars. And I think that's something we could be proud of." Blake said.
"Yeah! And if anyone tries something like this again, we'll be there to stop them." Ruby said.
Yang laid down on her back, Zwei mimicking her action. "Yay, teamwork, camaraderie, good guys, go team, alright, good job..." She said tiredly.
"Yes, hip-hip-hooray, huzzah and all that." Bayonetta said, laying on her back as well.
"So, what now?" Yang asked.
"I suggest training for the tournament, but I guess we have that covered at this point." Weiss said.
"Really? So, you already forgot about the guy with the chainsaw beating you up? You might need to check for a concussion there, sis." Dante teased.
"Oh, quiet, you!" Weiss said, beating on his arm.
"So then..." Blake said, trying to think of something.
"Uhh... Time for bed?" Ruby asked.
"Please." Yang agreed.
"Absolutely." Blake concurred.
"Yes." Weiss confirmed.
"I'm going to sleep forever." Yang said.
The teams and Zwei then stood up and headed back towards Beacon's main campus. Team SCRN looked at each other and nodded at this. "You know what? You guys go ahead, we'll catch up." Dante said.
"You guys okay?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah. We just need to go talk to Ozpin about something." Bayonetta said.
Vale's Government Council called on Ozpin, who responded in his office. The headmaster aloofly stare outside his window.
"Ozpin?" Councilman #1 asked. No response. "Ozpin!" He snapped.
Ozpin turned his chair towards his desk. "Yes, Councilman." He answered.
A video feed of the councilmen was shown on a holographic screen with Ironwood's video feed in the corner. "You've left us no choice! The Vytal Festival tournament cannot be broadcast, let alone held, if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens." The councilman explained. Ozpin simply sipped from his cup. "Ahem... Therefore, we have reached out to the Atlas Council and together have decided that the best action is to appoint General Ironwood as head of security for the event." He finished.
"Thank you, Councilman. Our Kingdom is happy to lend as many troops as it takes to ensure that the event runs smoothly and safely as possible." Ironwood said.
"And we thank you, General." The councilman said.
"Will that be all?" Ozpin asked with annoyance in his voice.
"For now. But after this festival comes to a close, we are going to have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood's reports over the last few weeks have left us somewhat... concerned. I am sure you understand." The councilman said.
The faceless councilmen's video feed disappeared, leaving Ironwood's video feed alone with Ozpin. They silently stared at each other for a moment. "This is the right move, Ozpin. I promise, I will keep our people safe, you have to trust me." Ironwood said. Ironwood then hung up the video call. Ozpin then turned his chair around to look at the large Atlesian Airship outside his window.
The camera cut to Ironwood, looking towards Beacon and Ozpin's office through a window. "You brought this on yourself." He said. Ironwood then walked toward a heavily guarded Roman in his holding cell, albeit without his signature hat. "Leave us." He ordered. The soldiers left Ironwood alone, so that he could talk to Roman. "I've been informed that so far you've refused to co-operate with the authorities." He explained.
"I know this might be hard to believe, General, but uh... I'm not the biggest fan of local law enforcement." Roman said.
"How about the world's strongest military power?" Ironwood countered, somewhat threateningly.
"Hmm.. first impressions... not great." Roman said.
"I'm going to give you one chance. Who's really behind all this?" Ironwood asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Roman said quietly. Ironwood leaned his ear toward him to hear his answer. "You're looking at him." He said, opening his arms to refer to himself.
"Hm.. Very well then." Ironwood said, walking away.
"What's the matter, General? I thought you wanted to talk." Roman teased.
"The council's given me custody over you for as long as I see fit. So you can make yourself comfortable. I can be sure that you'll have plenty of time to talk." Ironwood explained.
"Oh, wonderful. Hehehe..." Roman chuckled darkly before the door to his cell closed.
The camera pans towards Roman's face as he laughs. His holding cell door closes.
In Ozpin's office, Team SCRN arrived to find their headmaster standing in front of his desk, waiting for them. "I've been expecting you four." He said.
"So, I'm assuming you know what this is about?" Dante asked.
"Yes. T'Challa had informed me that you knew I found out your secret and you'd likely want to talk about it." He explained.
"How did you know?" Kratos asked.
"You were not the first warriors from other worlds to be revived on Remnant and you certainly weren't the last. I gather information from all over the world about people with extraordinary abilities that put even veteran hunters to shame. And we are in dire need of those talents. Ryu, that's why you and your friends were accepted into Beacon. Their talents are great and with further training, will carry them far, but your skills were exceptional. As were all of yours. Remnant needs people like you to fight for it. All of you." He explained.
"Why did you never say anything?" Ryu asked.
"I assumed you wanted your privacy. Most revived, as we call them, do. T'Challa denied any notions of it for quite some time and only admitted it once we built his trust over many years. He didn't even admit it to his loved ones... as I assumed you haven't." He said.
"No. The lives we lived before are in the past. And they should stay there." Dante said.
"Especially mine. If my family, especially Pyrrha, knew of my past, she'd never look at me again." Kratos said.
"We can agree on that. Who you were in your past lives doesn't matter. All that does matter is what you do with the lives you live now." Ozpin said.
"You said Remnant is in dire need of skills like ours. What did you mean?" Bayonetta asked.
Ozpin smiled at this. "What's your favorite fairy tale?" He asked...
Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald met discreetly at a rooftop. "All in all, I call today a success." Cinder said.
"Those stupid kids really made a mess of things." Emerald said.
"Yeah. A lot of Faunus didn't make it out the tunnels. You still think the White Fang's gonna listen to us?" Mercury asked.
"No, but they'll listen to me." A new voice said as the camera panned to Adam Taurus.
Back in the tunnels, Medusa and Terumi moves some rubble, eventually finding Dio's crushed, mangled body. Terumi scoffed at this. "Ha! After all that talk about being the greatest being and the most powerful of all of us, in the end you got your ass stomped by some kids! How the mighty have fallen, eh, Dio!?" He snapped, kicking Dio in the head.
"Still, he wasn't exactly wrong. With a semblance like his, not many people really could step up to him. Just a shame that ego of his always got in the way." Medusa said, before gaining a snake-like grin. "But maybe he'll be a little more humble after we put him back together." She said, the two snake-themed villains sharing a laugh and dragging away the blonde monster's body as the camera cut to black.
