A/N: I'm back and as I promised, I have uploaded the next chapter of DB: RWBYverse. I also have fixed some minor mistakes in the previous chapters as well.
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Chapter 2: Ruby at VPD? The Unexpected Outcome
Xiao-Long-Rose Home, Patch, Remnant, One week before the school year begins
It was an average day in the life of a Huntsman. Training, taking care of your children, training the future protectors of the world; unfortunately for three people, it wasn't an average sparring session. It was Tai, Yang, and Qrow vs. Manami. For the latter, she was having fun while the former was struggling to even land one hit on Manami, even if it was just a love tap.
"You guys okay? We can take a break if you guys like?" a concerned Manami asked.
Surprisingly, a heavily breathing Qrow was the one to announce, "Nah we're good; we can keep this up all day."
Tai and Yang thought the same thing, "Qrow / Uncle Qrow, you are insane to think that we can fight Manami all day!"
Manami smirked and stated, "I agree with you two, Qrow is definitely insane to think that way."
Qrow was confused until a shocked Yang and Tai looked at the Saiyan girl and semi-shouted, "Did you just read our minds?!"
Manami grinned and announced, "Yep, it's one of the tricks that I picked up in Universe 7."
Qrow scowled and asked, "I thought you told us all of your abilities?"
Manami smiled, vanished, reappeared behind Qrow, and stated, "If I did, I probably would've broken your mind by now."
Qrow quickly turned and slashed at her, only to hit an afterimage. Manami appeared behind Qrow again, this time leg sweeping him, followed by a knee-kick to his stomach, extending his air time, and finally finishing with a downward smash, sending him to the ground and effectively shattering his Aura. Tai and Yang saw this happen with comically wide eyes.
Yang was the first to shake off her stupor and say, "Okay I think I'm done for today."
Tai, also shaking out of his trance, quickly said, "Me too."
As both Xiao Longs went inside the house, Qrow slowly picked himself off the ground and grunted, "Ugh, damn you pack one hell of a punch, even if you are holding back. I think I'll need to rest for a while."
Manami laughed a little, before reaching into a small brown pouch tied to her belt, took out a small bean, and gave it to Qrow, who had a confused look.
"What's this bean for?" he asked.
"Just eat it, trust me, it'll help," Manami stated.
Qrow reluctantly gave in to her request, chewed on it a few times, and swallowed. Qrow's muscles expanded to twice their size then shrunk back to their original size all in two seconds; he instantly felt energized, like he could take on an army. Confused, Qrow opened his mouth to ask what happened, but Manami was already ahead of him.
"Feels good, right? What you just ate was called a Senzu Bean, it is a miracle medicine that heals all wounds and restores someone to full health. Cool, huh?"
Qrow smiled and chuckled, "Yeah it is; you know I thought you couldn't surprise me more after what I've already seen, but you still manage to surprise me even now."
"Heh. Well, believe me, I still got a few more surprises."
"Normally I'd call BS, but after seeing a tiny capsule turn into a huge spaceship with a gravity generator that you use for, and I quote, 'training under +1000x Remnant's gravity...'"
"Well, my friend told me that the corporation that designed the ship massively upgraded the gravity tech in the last 75 years so now it can go up to about 500,000,000x Remnant's gravity."
"And therein lies my point."
Manami chuckled at the statement before announcing, "Listen I'm gonna stay out here and continue to train, you go and rest up."
Qrow asked, "What kind of training?"
"The kind that focuses on honing your combat senses: Image Training."
"What?"
"Basically, I just sit down, meditate, enter a mental battleground, call to mind whatever enemy I've faced in the past, and beat their ass down."
Qrow was about to say something but the house's front door opened up, revealing Yang and Ruby who looked ready for a trip.
Yang announced, "Hey guys, Ruby and I are going to head to Vale for a few hours; we'll be back at night."
"Okay, but be careful you two," Qrow replied then turned to Manami to ask, "Did you practice with your sword, using what I taught you?"
Manami sighed, "Yeah I did; I incorporated it into part of my gravity training."
"Alright, it's just that I'm still surprised that you managed to learn everything I know about swordplay in just two and a half months."
"Uncle Qrow, do I have to remind you that I'm a full-fledged Saiyan warrior? I earned the right to call myself that in the first year I saved Universe 7 and its history, meaning I learned all my martial arts and Ki control skills in just several months and then continued to improve."
"Heh, good point. I'll see ya around, Ana."
That was when everyone went their separate ways. Yang and Ruby sped off to the docks on Yang's bike, Bumblebee, to catch a ship to Vale. Qrow started his walk back to his home. Manami just continued with her training, this time in her mind. Little did they know, well mostly the three sisters that their night was about to get a little more interesting…
Vale, Remnant, an hour after dusk
[Music Start - "This Will Be the Day" RWBY Vol.1 OST]
At a Dust shop appropriately named From Dust Till Dawn, Ruby was just browsing the weapon magazines in the back, admiring the articles of weaponry whilst listening to one of her favorite songs… until someone grabbed her shoulder and forced her to turn around. She saw a mean-looking man in a black suit and fedora, complete with red shades and tie, gesture to his ear, a sign for her to remove her headphones.
Ruby did so and asked, "Yes?"
The man threatened with a red sword, "I said, 'Hands in the air!'"
Ruby asked, "Are you robbing me?"
"Yes!"
"Oh…"
In one swift movement, too fast for the robber to even react to, Ruby sent him flying to the front of the store which drew the attention of his associates. One of them tried to subdue her, instead, he was knocked to the ground as Ruby broke through the window. All the robbers looked on, including the leader who wore what looked like guyliner, a white suit jacket, black gloves, pants and shoes, a small grey scarf, and a bowler hat, as Ruby stood up, unfolded her massive scythe, Crescent Rose, and skillfully twirled it around before slamming the blade into the ground, an action that screamed "Try something, I dare you," before turning off her music player.
[Music End]
The leader looked to his men and said, "Okay… get her."
The thugs did as they were told, starting the scuffle that would lead to Ruby's fateful meeting…
Xiao-Long-Rose Home, Patch, Remnant, 30 or so minutes later…
It was quiet throughout the house, something that Tai enjoyed every once in a while, even if he was busy with something at the time. Right now, he was busy preparing for dinner for himself, Manami, and some extra food for when Yang and Ruby return. Just as he got finished making Manami's dinner, the Saiyan girl in question walked into the kitchen/dining room.
"Hey Manami, you finished with… Image Training, I believe you call it?" Tai asked while handing Manami her dinner.
Manami took her plate to the table and answered, "Yeah just got done with Image Training right now, why?"
"Heh, still getting used to the fact that you go through an extremely hardcore training regime that none of us could keep up with."
Manami smiled at her father's words as she ate and thought, "Not yet anyways…"
Suddenly Tai's scroll started ringing, which he answered almost immediately when he saw the caller I.D.
"Hello?"
Manami just continued eating but listened to Tai's side of the call.
Tai shouted, "SHE'S WHAT?! Wait you want Manami to…"
Manami's interest was piqued at this point.
Tai sighed, "Alright if it's that important then I'll send her over… yeah goodbye."
The second Tai hung up, Manami asked, "Okay, what's going on?"
Tai gave Manami a hard look and sighed, "Ruby is at the police station in Vale and an old friend of mine is about to meet with her, but for some reason, he also wants to meet with you as well."
"Okay, why's Ruby at VPD? And why does your friend want to meet me?"
"Didn't say, just that he wants to meet with you in five minutes."
"What?!"
"Yeah, I suggest you head on over right now."
Manami reluctantly stood up as she groans, "Fine, what could go wrong anyways?"
She went out through the front door walked a few feet and then blasted off to Vale. Taiyang witnessed this while he smiled, knowing that she is about to meet the one headmaster she wanted to meet four years ago…
VPD, Vale, Remnant, exactly four minutes later…
"Me and my big mouth…" Manami thought.
With all her abilities, Manami thought that the most discreet way to reach her destination would be to fly into an alley near the police station. She did so and had arrived with more than two minutes to spare. However, the second she stepped into the station, she was approached by an officer who asked if her name was Manami Aoi, to which she nodded yes. He told her to follow him, and not wanting to cause trouble, she reluctantly followed; eventually, they arrived at an empty interrogation room and the officer told her to wait inside and that someone will speak with her in a minute. Now here she is, sitting behind the table and waiting for whoever needs to speak with her, which thankfully was not a very long wait. The door opened up once more and revealed a blonde woman with glasses who had her hair in a bun, wearing a white blouse, black skirt, black-brown stockings, and black boots with brown heels, as well as holding a datapad and… a riding crop?
"Manami Aoi, I presume?" She asked, keeping a stoic expression.
"Yes; am I in trouble or something?"
"That depends young lady," the woman answered as she pulled up a video on her datapad and placed it in front of Manami, one that shocked even her; the video was of her taking down the abnormal Grimm from a while back.
"About three months ago, give or take, we asked Qrow Branwen and Taiyang Xiao Long to investigate a disturbance in that specific area. We did not expect these… Super Grimm - as researchers dubbed them - to have powerful capabilities and we certainly did not expect you, someone, who is supposed to be dead, to be able to overpower them."
Manami was speechless, she was in a corner and had no idea what to say. She had no choice but to listen to what this woman had to say.
The woman stated as she walked around, "I hope you realize that your actions that night will not be taken lightly young lady; you've put yourself and others in great danger."
"Well, what the hell was I supposed to do, let them die?! They're my family for Kami's sake!" Manami snarked.
The blonde interrogator just continued, "If it were up to me, you'd be sent home, with a pat on the back…"
Manami lightly smiled as she thought, Why does she remind me of Bulma and Chichi?"
"…and a slap on the wrist!" the woman snapped as she slammed her riding crop on the table, an action that made Manami slightly jump in her seat.
"That's why she reminds me of Bulma and Chichi. Great..."
Continuing, the blonde stated, "But, there is someone who would like to meet you."
She stepped aside as the door opened once again, allowing a silver-haired man to step inside; upon further inspection, he was wearing glasses, a black suit with a green shirt, and holding a coffee mug and a cane.
The man announced, "Manami Aoi… you've grown so much for a dead girl…"
Next door…
Ruby was still waiting inside the interrogation room waiting for someone to get her. She had been waiting ever since her meeting with Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy, and she wanted to tell her family the news that she got accepted into Beacon two years early. Well it only had been about ten minutes, but she is more impatient than most people believe; luckily, Ruby did not have to wait very long. The door to her interrogation room was finally opened by none other than her big sister, Manami Aoi.
"Ana! Guess what?! I got accepted Beacon!" Ruby exclaimed as she rushed to her sister.
"Nice! I guess that makes the two of us," Manami said casually.
"What?! You also got accepted?!" Ruby semi-shouted.
"Yup! And I believe we should find Yang; she should be the first to know that we got accepted…"
Unbeknownst to the two of them, a spy watched them, learned where they will be going, and reported it to Demigra's spymaster in the Grimmlands.
Downtown Nightclub, Vale, Remnant, 10 minutes later
[Music Start - "I Burn (Remix)" RWBY Vol. 1 OST]
Yang had one objective tonight, shakedown some informants, and find information on the one person she's looking for. Unfortunately, this shakedown became fight club in one moment; now here she is, in the middle of a nightclub full of unconscious or barely conscious thugs facing down Junior, the boss of the club, who is holding a rocket launcher.
"You're gonna pay for this," he announced, before firing his launcher, unleashing multiple rockets at once.
Yang backflipped to avoid the initial barrage, some of which impacted where she last stood, then she rolled right to dodge the rest. Junior fired another barrage at Yang; she blasted the missiles with her shot-gauntlets, detonating them before they reached her. Junior shifted his weapon to club form before leaping through the smoke cloud and swung at Yang three times. She blocked the first two strikes, but the third forced her back a few feet; Junior followed up with another swing. Yang blocked again, but this time, it sent her flying into nearby glass furniture.
Junior smirked at what he'd done, but it was short-lived. Yang slowly stood up and as she did her hair began glowing; Yang smiled as she slammed her fists together, causing a fiery aura to surround her, a sign that she is unleashing more power before she charged at him. Junior switched his weapon back to launcher form and fired two more rockets only for Yang to sidestep them both as she got closer. Junior switched back to his club to better defend himself; the second Yang was close enough, he gave a few swings but missed. Yang took this chance to counter-attack and hit him with a left hook, then a right hook, and repeated a few more times before Yang's eyes turned from lilac to red and she hit Junior one last time with a powerful right hook, breaking his weapon and sending him flying towards some stairs.
Junior quickly recovered as soon as he hit the ground; he looked at his broken weapon, then his right hand to see that he is holding some of Yang's hair, and smiled. The blonde in question saw this and was instantly enraged; she unleashed her every ounce of power, breaking every single glass object in the club, and charged at Junior one last time. To say that Junior was terrified was an understatement; unfortunately, he couldn't do anything since Yang threw her strongest haymaker, which connected with Junior's face and the force of it broke all the club's windows and sent him flying through one of them.
[Music End]
Yang quickly jumped through the same window to talk to him one last time but stopped when someone asked…
"Yang? Is that you?"
She looked up to see two familiar girls, one wearing blue and white, and the other black and red.
"Oh, hey Ruby, Ana!"
Ruby asked, "What are you doing here?"
Yang remarked, "It's a long story; what are you two doing here?"
Manami smiled and answered, "Long story short, Ruby and I got accepted into Beacon!"
Airship to Beacon, Remnant, One Week later…
"Oh, I can't believe that both my sisters are going to beacon with me! This is the best day ever!" Yang exclaimed as she bear-hugged her younger sister.
As she was being crushed, Ruby managed to utter, "Please stop."
Manami just chuckled at the scene.
"But I'm so proud of you!" Yang praised.
Manami added, "We both are, Ruby."
Ruby lightly smiled but said, "Really, guys, it was nothing."
Yang just smiled and kept praising her, "What do you mean? It was incredible!"
"I agree; someone your age facing off against one of Vale's most wanted, as well as someone powerful to counter a huntress's every move and block sniper rounds with nothing but her bare hands, is nothing to laugh at," Manami added.
"Yeah, everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees," Yang finished.
Ruby frowned and said, "I don't wanna be the 'bee's knees,' okay? I don't wanna be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees."
Manami noticed her reaction and asked, "What's wrong Ruby?"
"Yeah, aren't you excited?" Yang followed up.
"Of course, I'm excited…" Ruby replied, "I just… I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything."
Manami shook her head, smiled, and countered, "Ruby there's nothing wrong with being special; I mean, look at me! I have years of actual combat experience and I barely had any formal combat training. I'm just as special as you are Ruby and so is everyone else here, after all only a select few can enter such a prestigious academy."
Ruby smiled but before she could say anything they heard a news report on the holovision, "… The robbery was led by the nefarious criminal, Roman Torchwick, who continues to evade authorities." A mug shot of a man with orange hair and green eyes, wearing a white coat, appeared before the reporter continued, "If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa."
The news switched to a woman with lavender hair, appropriately named Lisa Lavender, who began her report, showing a photo of a Faunus labor protest followed by the White Fang emblem, "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…"
A recording of a huntress, the same one that interrogated Ruby and Manami, overridden the feed to greet the future students, "Hello, and welcome to Beacon!"
Yang asked, "Who's that?"
"My name is Glynda Goodwitch."
"Oh."
The recording of Glynda announced, "You are among the privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy!"
Manami whispered to Ruby, "Told you."
The recording continued, "Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsman and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. 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."
The recording ended and faded to reveal a beautiful scene of the island of Patch.
"Look, you can see Signal from up here!" Ruby giddily announced.
The three took in the scene for several moments before Ruby said, "I guess home isn't too far after all!
Yang corrected, "Beacon's our home now."
Manami thought to herself, "Here we go again, spending the next four years at my home away from my home."
However, the moment was ruined when they heard groaning to their right. A blonde knight looked like he was trying not to vomit with very little success; he shortly ran off past the three sisters to search for a suitable container to spill his guts into, literally.
Yang stated, "Well… I guess the view isn't for everyone."
Ruby added, "It was a nice moment while it lasted."
"I wonder who we're gonna meet," Yang said.
"I just hope they're better than 'Vomit Boy,'" Ruby said before semi-screaming, "Oh, Yang, gross, you have puke on your shoe!"
The aforementioned blonde started shaking it off and repeated, "Gross, gross, gross…"
Manami backed up and shouted, "Yang! Stop! You're going to get puke on me!"
Ruby followed her sister's example but yelled, "Get away, get away! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get away from me!"
This continued for a while until they almost arrived, preparing for their first day at Beacon…
[Music Start – "This Will Be the Day" RWBY Volume 1 OST - Performed by Casey Lee Williams]
As the theme starts to build up to the first lyrics, several words appeared in a black background, stating:
Dragon of Beacon presents
Shortly after, the words and the black background faded to show a figure with a red cape and hood on a cliffside with the full moon above the person; their cape billowing in the wind and as it did, the end of their cape had rose petals flying out of it. The next shot revealed the figure to be a girl who was wearing black and red clothing beneath the hood and was kneeling in front of a gravestone.
They see you as small and helpless
They see you as just a child
As the lyrics began, the girl soon looked up to see that behind the grave was a figure wearing a white hood and cape whose billowing cape was turning into rose petals at the end and another girl with long raven-colored hair, wearing a white shirt underneath her simple blue Gi with a matching blue skirt. However, it was soon revealed that there was no one underneath the white hood and cape as if there was a ghost while the girl in blue was merely transparent.
Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild
The white hood and cape then faded away into rose petals while the girl in blue simply disappeared, floating past the girl in the red hood who continued to look at where the figures were. The final shot showed that the moon was also turning into rose petals before the screen went white.
Prepare for your greatest moment
On the first "Prepare", the red-hooded girl then dashed across the screen in a blur leaving behind rose petals, which in turn revealed the title of the series.
Dragon Ball RWBYverse
Prepare for your finest hour
On the second "prepare", the title faded away to show Weiss, who was currently under a spotlight.
The dream that you've always dreamed is suddenly about to flower
The scene quickly changed to show Blake on a tree branch somewhere in the Forest of Forever Fall. Moments later she vanished but in her place was a white outline of a mask very familiar to her; once more the scene changed to show Yang looking at an image on her scroll before she looks up in determination. She was then seen revving up her motorcycle, Bumblebee, doing a quick 180 and leaving in a hurry as she does a wheelie, leaving behind tire smoke causing the screen to fade to white.
We are lightning
As the next set of lyrics begin, a Nevermore flies over an army of various Grimm before the scene changes again on the lyric "lightning" to reveal Roman Torchwick with a bunch of black-suited henchmen behind him before the scene caught fire as it faded away.
Straying from the thunder
We go through the fire to reveal a woman in a red dress whose face is hidden by shadows with her Amber eyes visible; she was flanked by four silhouettes. One was a young man, another a young woman, while another was of a taller muscular man, and the last being another young woman with some kind of staff.
Miracles of ancient wonder
The scene changed once more to reveal that the first girl from earlier was Ruby who was currently flanked by Weiss, Blake, and Yang, and all of them were surrounded by Grimm while a large sphere of darkness hovered above them.
This will be the day we've waited for
As the first part of the chorus begins, Ruby turned around before she moved to block some kind of attack; the sphere of darkness crashed down from above, causing a powerful shockwave and forcing Weiss, Blake, and Yang to dodge and move toward Ruby. The four quickly recovered before the girl in the blue Gi joined them, revealing herself to be Manami Aoi, as she dropped down from above and dashed toward the incoming darkness with the four girls quickly joining her.
This will be the day we open up the door
The scene then changed once again, showing a large statue in the middle of a courtyard which depicts a Huntsman and Huntress with a young man with blonde hair wearing some armor looking up at the statue.
I don't wanna hear your absolution
The young man was soon revealed to be Jaune before a hand was then placed on his shoulder before he looked to his left to see Pyrrha.
Hope you're ready for a revolution
The scene reveals Ren and Nora standing next to him before it changed once again.
Welcome to a world of new solutions
Welcome to a world of bloody evolution
The next scene started to pan out to reveal Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch on the bow of a transport class airship joined by Manami Aoi who is leaning on the safety rail.
In time
The shot then fades to show a black background with Ruby and her red rose emblem behind her, followed by Weiss brandishing her rapier, Myrtenaster, with her elegant snowflake emblem behind her.
Your heart will open minds
Next was Blake preparing to unsheathe her weapon, Gambol Shroud, with her black flower emblem behind her.
A story will be told
She was quickly followed by Yang and her burning heart emblem, finishing off with Manami opening her eyes as she stops meditating with her emblem of a blue four-star dragon ball behind her.
And victory is in a simple soul
The scene changes one last time to show the entrance of Beacon Academy with Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch in front of the doors; the camera pans outward to Jaune sheepishly scratching his head, Pyrrha with her weapon Miló on her shoulder, Nora being her carefree self with Ren close by. Yang was shown to be standing confidently and winking, Blake on guard with her hand on the handle on Gambol Shroud, and Weiss standing with her hand on Myrtenaster's guard. The final shot is of Ruby twirling Crescent Rose and Manami twirling her sword, R-Blade, before slamming it into the ground fading into a black background; in between the two girls and their weapons was once again the title of the series before completely fading to black.
Dragon Ball RWBYverse
[Music End]
A/N: Okay first off, I'll apologize for leaving out two of the most iconic scenes in RWBY's very first episode, but I had to since this story focuses more on Manami, even though it runs in parallel with the original story up to a certain point. Let's be honest though, we already know what happens, and we don't need to rehash a lot of the scenes now do we, just a handful of them.
Second, if you noticed during the interrogation scene, Manami mentions Bulma and Chichi. Before any of you guys ask, yes she did meet them sometime before she returned to Remnant. You will know why in future chapters.
Anyways, thanks again for reading, leave reviews of what you guys thought and so I can improve the story, and stay tuned for what happens next on Dragon Ball: RWBYverse.
Next Chapter: Fated Gathering! The Shining Beacon.
