Special thanks to:
Pearl Darkness, Kyle Johnson
First of all, Happy New Year guys! I know, I know, it's already weeks pass that.
Second of all, this is a special episode of Dear RWBY, so it's a little lengthy. Nevertheless, I hope you all enjoy it.
FB: IBurn 'Tank' RWBY Fanfic Author, Pa-treon: Freelancer Tank (Note: Yes I changed my name.)
I do not own RWBY.
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Dear RWBY: Year End Special Vlog
Start.
The camera was blurry until it started to focus - and Yang's face appeared in a close-up.
"Is it working?" The blonde raised an eyebrow, checking out her scroll as she shifted around. After a while, the screen zoomed out, showing her from an upper angle as she exclaimed, "Alright, done!"
She cleared her throat before continuing to speak, "So...this is a year end vlog with just me, walking around and showing you guys what Beacon students typically do on the last day of the year. Although by the time this is edited and released, it's probably already way pass New Year so...uh...belated Happy New Year!"
The screen cut to showing different places of Beacon Academy on a warm sunny day; it was filmed on a drone that was gifted by their kind and great sponsor, IBurn a.k.a. Freelancer Tank.
"IBurn requested me to let you guys know that they changed their name from 'The Tanker' to 'Freelancer Tank'." Yang shrugged when the camera cut back to showing her. She was currently in the front yard of the academy. "To start this off...I kinda heard about the vlogs that my dad did with a totally different style from ours, so I thought I might try to make a similar one as well. And no, I did not crash my drone like how he crashed his."
The blonde then turned her scroll to the other side, showing her point of view as she made her way back to Team RWBY's dorm.
"Every school in Remnant uses more or less the similar type of identity verification; some uses specially-made cards, some uses thumbprint, but ours…" Said the brawler as she stood in front of the thick, white wooden door, "Uses perhaps one of the most advanced piece of technology in Remnant."
The screen shook violently as Yang scanned her scroll on the sensor; an unlocking beep was then heard as she twisted the door knob gently.
"Sorry for that." She stuck out her tongue mischievously.
Some noise was heard when Yang once again turned her scroll around so that it recorded her instead of her P.O.V.
"You might feel like we don't have any privacy here, since with a scan of our scroll any one of us could get into this room; but fear not, for there's an internal lock for some...well...privacy."
A lenny face appeared at the lower left corner of the screen for one second.
She turned her scroll back to show the inner part of their dorm, where they have done all their shootings for the Dear RWBY vlogs. The sound of vacuum was heard when a slender figure with white hair appeared on screen.
"Weissy~"
"Can't you see I'm busy cleaning our dorm alone?" The heiress snorted without looking at her, "Come help me."
"Of course you'd be alone." Yang shrugged, although it wasn't shown on the camera as it was shooting the petite girl, "I bet Blake ran away immediately after you turn that vacuum on."
Weiss gasped, then turned off the switch and yelped, "How did you know?!"
"There's a reason Blake always suggests using regular equipment that does not produce any sound during our weekly cleanup, princess."
"Stop calling me that!" The heiress pointed the vacuum towards the blonde, "And precisely because of that, we need to clean our dorm thoroughly with powerful cleaning equipment at least once a year!"
Yang whispered at her scroll, "Princess' never had pets before."
"What did you say?" Weiss huffed, "Nevermind that, just come help me out! After all, it is our dorm."
"Well...I'm busy vlogging." The blonde smirked as the screen cut to recording her, "And that, is what our team member Weiss Schnee does on December 31st!"
The heiress scowled, "And what does our team member, Ruby Rose does on December 31st? I couldn't find her anywhere."
"I know where she is." Yang puffed out her chest proudly.
"Then get her here."
"Aren't you coming with me?"
"Of course not." Weiss sighed, "I'll clean while waiting for you to get Ruby. And possibly Blake as well."
"Sure. No guarantee though."
"Either help me clean or I'll make use of the internal lock that secures privacy."
"Yes, your Majesty." The blonde did a knight salute.
"Why you-"
"Run!"
The camera shook violently before a long beep was heard. The screen then showed Yang's P.O.V once again as she navigated through the long corridor. Team JNPR was seen walking towards her after a while; Jaune and Ren were carrying two crates of...probably food; Nora was carrying three crates of unknown substances; and lastly Pyrrha who was making use of her semblance, dragging along cooking utensils behind her.
"Guys?"
Jaune stopped in front of her, causing the whole group to come to a halt. He sighed heavily and said, "Nora insisted we held our own New Year's Eve party inside the dorm."
"It's no fun if it isn't us!"
Pyrrha giggled nervously, "Well...it's good to have a little team bonding exercise before the countdown party tonight…"
"Be prepared." Ren shook his head in dismay.
Yang laughed merrily as she gave Team JNPR a thumbs-up, "Gotcha!"
"See you at the countdown party, firecracker!" Nora said loudly.
Team JNPR then continued their way, walking pass Yang one by one. After they were out of sight, the blonde whispered at the camera, "Not sure if she's drunk already. Anyway, let's continue!"
The screen then cut to Yang reaching the workshop. Nobody was seen around, although there was a faint sound of machine coming from the inner room.
"Pretty sure she's in here." The brawler moved her scroll around, showing the viewers Beacon Academy's very own workshop, "This is our workshop, and I'm not boasting, but we have the best workshop facilities in the entire Remnant! There are complete weapon cleaning tools, both old school and high-end ones, ranging from guns to swords to even flail customized cleaner; there is also a 'surgery' room for repairing weapons that require extreme precision...and so on. There's just a lot for me to explain in one vlog."
Yang paused for a while, catching her breath after the long speech; she then pushed open the door gently and stepped foot in. The sound of machines running became even clearer as she moved towards the most inner part of the workshop.
"That room has the most advanced technologies, and among our team, only Ruby knows how to use them. Not even Weiss. And I'm serious."
A girl in red hood was standing near the corner of the room operating on a huge scythe laying flat on the table with a machine that Yang had never seen before. It looked like a combination of crane, drill, duster, vacuum and gummy worms.
"Hey sis." The blonde greeted.
"Just a sec!" Came the immediate reply, "This is a very delicate process and I cannot be interrupted."
Yang turned the camera to shoot herself and shrugged at it, then continued recording their leader.
After a few intense moments, Ruby Rose threw both her arms in the air and declared her victory against this complicated device, "Done!"
"I knew you'd be here all day giving Crescent Rose a thorough clean-up!"
"All morning." Her sister corrected, "It's just afternoon now, and I'm already done with it. Also you didn't tell me you'd be vlogging."
"Surprise!" Yang tried to clap, but failed as her right hand was holding her scroll, "Well...now you can show your baby to the world!"
Ruby gave the camera a smirk as she transformed her weapon into its scythe mode; it looked sparkling new without a single scratch on it - or in it. The barrels and the inner parts were polished with great care, and it just went to show how much the owner treasured it.
"New year means a new beginning for my lovely Crescent Rose!" The brunette went from a smug rose to an innocent rose seconds after, "Aw I love you sooooo much!"
"New year also means a new beginning for the cleanliness of our dorm."
"Huh?"
"Weissy's cleaning our dorm and she…" Yang paused, trying to figure out the best possible word to convey the message, "Demanded everyone's presence."
"Ah…" The girl transformed her weapon back to its resting state, "I'll be turned into an ice statue like you if I refused the Queen's order, isn't it?"
"Let's not even go there."
Ruby laughed merrily, and it resembled Yang's cheerful laughter. The blonde's lips curved upwards, observing her precious younger sister. She definitely had matured over time, and although it made her extremely proud, it made her frustrated as well. The little girl that always needed to hide behind her whenever a stranger came up had grown so much, while the blonde herself was still standing at where she started.
"Alright." Ruby took a deep breath when she stopped, "I'll get Blake and we'll head to the dorm together."
"We will get Blake."
"Right." The girl giggled, "Well, I'll go on ahead. You know where she is, right?"
"Ye-" Before Yang could reply, rose petals appeared with a sound of 'whoosh' as the huntress in red hood disappeared.
The blonde chuckled as she pointed the camera towards her, "I'm so proud of her. I feel like she could be on her own now and not rely on me as much as before."
A pause.
"Well...I've had that feeling for a while, haha. But I know things are going to get dark in the future...that's what we signed up for anyway. I just hope not something as dark as...you know, us being separated...or I got my right arm chopped off...or one of us getting impaled…or burned to ashes..."
The blonde shivered, "Ugh, feels bad just imagining them."
She soon started walking slowly, trying to balance her step while holding her scroll just above her height, and continued on her emotional rant, "After two years of studying in this academy, as well as being dragged into some weird conspiracy with things getting blown up all of a sudden...I came to realize that being a huntress isn't just all black and white. There will never be easy choices for us. But...you know...with Ruby, I feel like...even if bad things do happen to us and we fall apart, she'll always be there to guide us, to lead us onto the path that she chose. Ruby always knows what is the right thing to do, ever since she was a child."
"The right thing for you to do now is to move out of our way, hottie." A husky voice was heard.
The screen turned around and revealed Team CFVY in their casual outfit; Yang noticed that the V was missing though.
"Fancy meeting you here Coco!"
Coco Adel smirked as she put one hand on her hips, "So this is the vlog thing you guys are doing for money eh?"
"And for fun too."
"We do watch you guys. I think most of Beacon students do." The woman said nonchalantly, "Although we're not as crazy as Fox. He's a big fan."
Fox blushed while Yatsuhashi continued, "But he never sent in any question."
"What's the point of sending question if we can just knock on their dorms for answer?" Coco said.
"That's...a good point. Well, do you want our signatures then?" The blonde giggled.
"We have the signature boards prepared. Here." Yatsuhashi took out some flat boards that was conveniently stored in his green sling bag.
"...Really? We literally live in the same building. Like Coco said, you could've knocked on my door and just…"
"This part is different." Fox said, his voice barely audible.
"Have you ever been a fan of someone that's very close to you?" Coco raised an eyebrow, "This part is very important."
"I don't get you."
"So are you going to sign it or not?" The woman asked.
"I'll get the others to sign them. I'll get back to you tonight." Yang took the signature boards from Team CFY.
"Oh right, the countdown party. We're actually in charge of the setup, just like the Beacon Ball, and we need Velvet, but she's been missing since morning. Have you seen her?" Coco crossed her arms.
"Nope. I'm about to head to the courtyard. If I see her, I'll let you know." The blonde pointed at the direction she was about to go, "Keep your notifications on."
"Alright." The leader of Team CFVY gave her a seductive wink, "I'll see you tonight, hot stuff."
"See ya!"
After waving her seniors goodbye, the blonde whispered, "That sounded wrong, right?"
She couldn't resist giggling, but she made sure to have told the viewers that she wasn't cheating on Weiss. "Can't help that I'm a chick magnet, right?" The blonde shrugged, "But in all seriousness, Coco goes surprisingly well with Ruby. She's interested in her minigun."
The journey continued and it took quite a while, considering how many people she bumped into, so it was fast-forwarded to the scene when she had reached the courtyard. There was a big tree that grew slightly nearer to the building and two figures were seen sitting on a rather stable branch.
Yang stopped filming herself when she arrived just under the tree; instead she turned her scroll to record her teammates - the red and the black, who were enjoying themselves in their little gay bubble.
"Sorry to burst your bubble but-" Yang paused, smirked and whispered really quickly, "No pun intended."
"You're so late." Ruby teased.
"I knew Blake would be here." The blonde ignored her sister on purpose.
"Did Weiss send you?" The Faunus said.
"Yeah." A naughty grin appeared on the brawler's face as she mimicked a knight's way of talking (although not really alike), "Queen's order. You have to come to the castle with me now, Belladonna."
That caused their leader to burst out laughing.
"Tell the queen to turn that damn thing off." Blake retorted.
"Stop resisting, Belladonna!" Yang pretended to hold a sword and pointed it towards her partner, "Although, the Queen is probably done with the vacuuming already."
"We better get back and help her as soon as possible...she'll be really mad if we don't finish cleaning before next year...which is in around nine hours." Ruby sighed.
"I will be glad to help if that evil monster is turned off."
"Arf!"
"Zwei?" Yang zoomed in the camera a bit; her pet dog was seen sitting beside the Faunus.
"He's already here when I arrived." The brunette giggled, "Probably hiding together with Blake to avoid the vacuum."
"You guys have become best friends eh." The blonde teased her partner.
"We're only allies when we have a common enemy." Blake smirked, "When our enemy perishes, I shalt stop standing on the same side with...a dog."
The sisters laughed while Zwei just tilted his head.
"Anyway, are you vlogging, Yang?"
"Yes." Came the immediate answer, "Did you not notice my scroll?"
"Just wanted to make sure."
"Since we forgot to record a Christmas vlog...and our sponsor was so busy that they forgot too…" Yang shrugged, "I suppose we should at least make it up to our viewers by making another...special episode."
The Faunus just raised an eyebrow as she spoke, "I see. So...I think we should get back before our dorm turns into Queen Elsa's castle."
"Elsa who?"
"Don't mind her." Yang said to her sister, "Let's go."
-beep-
The screen cut to the countdown party that Team CFVY mentioned, with most of the students of Beacon Academy participating.
"So we've arrived at the rooftop of Beacon dorm." The camera moved and showed Yang's face, although a little too zoomed in, "We've discussed with different teams and the majority agreed on holding the party here."
She turned her scroll again to navigate around the area; Professor Port and Doctor Oobleck had gotten drunk and was playing strip poker at a corner; Team CFVY seemingly was having a 'talk' with Team CRDL at the back while the rest was just eating and chatting casually.
A high pitched voice was heard when Yang arrived at a wooden table, "Why is all the food here meat? Where is the salad? And why are there only bananas in the fruit area?" Weiss Schnee complained.
"Team SSSN is in charge of the food. They like meat." Ren answered the heiress calmly; he was taking care of a Nora who mumbled something with her mouth full of food.
Weiss just smacked her forehead in response.
"Hey princess!" The blonde greeted.
"Stop calling me that!"
"Team SSSN's on the other side. Let's go and meat them!"
The ladybug pair, who had just arrived came to a halt when everyone around Yang just simultaneously face-palmed.
"What did I say?" The heiress pinched the bridge of her nose, "New year pun is forbidden!"
"It just came out naturally!" The brawler exclaimed, "Can't blame me, princess!"
"Grr…"
"And it's not even a new year pun!"
"Puns that are being made in a new year countdown party are new year puns!" Weiss yelled.
"Where is the tuna? I need tuna." Blake interrupted the lovebirds.
"And I need a drink." The heiress gave out an extra long sigh.
"You get agitated too easily." The Faunus said without even looking at Weiss, "That kind of reactions fuel her desire to make even more puns."
"Aw c'mon girls!"
"Our viewers are gonna go crazy over that pun after we release this." Her sister sighed too.
"We need to edit this part out to not further embarrass ourselves in front of the entire Remnant." Weiss scowled.
"Hey! This is Yang's vlog, I can do whatever I want with it!"
"Since when is this a Yang's vlog? This is a Dear RWBY's vlog!" The ice queen retorted.
"But we didn't answer any questions!" Yang tried to argue with her princess.
"Technically Miss Xiao Long is right." A nasal male voice was heard from behind Team RWBY.
Ruby, Weiss and Yang turned around and exclaimed in unison, "Professor Ozpin?!" (Blake was gulping down the tuna she found.)
"Sorry we're late." Qrow spoke with his incredibly deep voice. He then whipped out his flask and proceeded to unscrew it, taking a sip of the unknown liquid within, "Had something to do."
"I hope this doesn't turn into another best day ever food fight later." Glynda Goodwitch arrived after the drunkle, "Do you understand, Team RWBY and JNPR?"
"Y-yes professor." Both team answered together, save for the Faunus who just gave the woman a thumbs-up because of her tuna-stuffed mouth.
"Umm…I'm sorry to interrupt, but the countdown is starting." Velvet spoke timidly. Coco had sent her to get everyone together.
"C'mon guys, let's go!" Ruby tried to hype up the slightly awkward atmosphere.
Yang took some time to set her scroll still in a spot where it could film the center of the rooftop - that was where the countdown being held. Sun and Neptune were leading, and everyone started shouting together with all their might.
"Five, four, three, two, one!"
As the last word being spoken, the rabbit Faunus took out her copy of Crescent Rose and pulled a few shots towards the sky; fire and lightning dusts combined, producing a variety of different colored fireworks.
"Happy New Year!"
-beep-
"Hi guys." The screen cut to Yang sitting on her bed filming herself talking, "Just wanna thank you all for watching our silly vlogs last year! I hope that we can improve this year and be a better version of ourselves."
A moment of silence.
"Also, I'm not editing any important parts out. Wish me luck, guys!"
The blonde then took out a piece of wrinkled paper and read it out loud, "IBurn our sponsor would like to apologize for the inactivity, and they also wish you all a happy new year!"
-static noise-
"Sorry, me again." Yang, this time was sitting on the chair at her study table. The screen only showed her face while she spoke, "I was editing the video, and suddenly remembered Uncle Qrow's gifts to us. So he was late because he was busy preparing gifts and guess what…"
She stood up and walked backwards slowly so that her scroll could film her entire body; she was in a new outfit that had an inflatable helmet around her neck; it was overall brown, orange and black themed with two removable pieces of cloth near her waist.
"Everyone has one. Ruby's looks like a pirate; Weiss' looks like a figure skating costume and Blake's...well...looks like a mafia boss. Apparently Uncle Qrow can sew. And that's it, bye!"
End.
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Three thousand words for a Dear RWBY! Phew!
It's not easy writing it, and I'm glad that I pulled it through. And yes, Qrow can sew. He gave Team RWBY their volume 5 outfit.
Note: I'm not sure how long have passed when this gets uploaded onto FF. So the time frame in my A/N might be misleading.
Team RWBY will resume with the usual Q&A style in their next vlog. What do you guys think about this kind of vlog? Please leave some feedback if you're willing to, I appreciate them!
And no this is totally not a rip-off version of Burnie's vlogs. No!
FB: IBurn 'Tank' RWBY Fanfic Author, Pa-treon: Freelancer Tank.
I do not own RWBY.
Special thanks to:
Pearl Darkness, Kyle Johnson.