Disclaimer: Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo while RWBY belongs to Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth

Chapter 07: Team Up

Yang pushes away a large leaf to see the destination. "Oooooh...Hey Blake, I think we found it!" Yang announced to her new partner.

"I can see it," Blake said, walking past Yang. The blonde only shrugged and followed. They take a closer look at the 'relics'. "Chess pieces..."

"Some are missing," Yang noticed. "So, I guess we pick one, right?" She picks up a white knight. "How about a cute little pony?"

Blake tries to hold back a smirk. "Sure."

Yang then clapped her hands together. "Whelp, since Ruby isn't here yet, let's chill for a moment before—" A high-pitched scream can be heard from somewhere in the forest. "Some girl's in trouble!"

Blake looked skeptical. "That sounded too...falsetto to be a girl."

"Come one, Blake!" Yang urged. "We have our relics, so let's go into the forest to – "

"Head's uuuuuuuup!" A familiar girl in a red hood shouted...from the sky? Everyone looks up to see Ruby falling towards them, only to be hit by an airborne Jaune and into the trees.

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"That...wasn't the best idea..." Ruby groaned from her position on a tree branch.

"Tell me about it..." Jaune muttered, who is sprawled over her, not looking any better.

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"Uh, wasn't that Ruby just now?" Blake asked Yang.

"And Vomit Boy?" Yang added.

A low growl is heard from back in the woods as an Ursa appeared. Everyone would have ready themselves for a fight if it wasn't for the fact that there was a girl riding on top of the Grimm like a mechanical bull.

"YEE-HAAAW!" The girl shouted with absolute glee. Her ride was unfortunately over as the Ursa killed over, motionless. "Awww, it broke," She pouted for a moment before dashing off. Following close by was Ren, clearly exhausted from catching up to his partner. Over back to the girl, she grabbed a white rook from a pedestal. "I'm queen of the castle~" She sang.

"NORA!" the boy shouted, now near Blake. "Get...over here...now." He finally stops to catch his breath, his hands on his knees. Blake backed away to give him room to breathe.

"Coming, Renny!" Nora said, prancing over to her winded partner.

"Okaaay, that was weird," Yang said.

"You think?" Blake questioned.

Then, out of the blue, Pyrrha Nikos comes running in with a giant Death Stalker on her tail.

"Well, that's fantastic," Blake said sarcastically.

"Yang!" Ruby shouts as she runs towards her sister.

"Ruby!" Yang shouts, enveloping her sister in a bone crushing hug before letting go. "Are you okay? You're not hurt, are you?"

"I think the better question is: Where did you fall from?" Blake asked.

Ruby suddenly looked nervous. "Uhhhh..." She pointed upwards. Everyone looks up to see a Giant Nevermore flying above them. There was a white figure hanging off one of its talons. It was Weiss Schnee.

"Why were you on a Giant Nevermore?" Yang asked her sister.

"I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA!" Ruby shouted.

"She's gonna fall," Blake said, referring to Weiss.

"Oh, she'll be fine," Ruby said.

"She's falling," Ren pointed out.

Somehow, Jaune manages to jump in the air from the tree in an attempt to catch the heiress. Which failed horribly that ended with Jaune face-planted in the dirt and Weiss landing on top of him.

"My hero..." Weiss said, unimpressed.

"My back..." Jaune groaned.

"Ouch," Yang said at the sight. Then, everyone moves out of the way as Pyrrha was knocked onto the ground by the Death Stalker.

Nora zipped in. "Oh, hi Pyrrha!"

"Hello, again..." Pyrrha greeted, trying to remain cheerful despite everything.

"Don't worry. I got this!" Ruby said as she sprinted off, her Crescent Rose ready.

"Ruby, wait!" Yang shouts, running after her. Naoko was going to follow, but was prevented when Ren firmly grasped the crook of her arm.

"What are you doing? Let go!" She demands. She then sees the Giant Nevermore shooting feather missiles towards the ground, preventing Yang from reaching Ruby, who is at the Death Stalker's mercy. "Ooh, that's why. Um, thank you." She thanked awkwardly. Ren merely nodded and let go of her arm.

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"Nice job on breaking my fall, hero," Weiss said sarcastically at Jaune, who was still in pain.

"Anything for a damsel-in-distress," He groaned, rubbing his back.

"I am a damsel, and I was in distress, but I could've handled it myself. Thank you, though," The heiress said in a condescending tone, turning around as she looks for her partner. She finally spots her trying to 1v1 a Death Stalker. The heiress rolled her eyes at the sight. She's definitely crazy for trying face Death Stalker that size on her own. She thought back to the...conversation they had before the Giant Nevermore appeared. Weiss would be lying if she didn't think that Ruby was committed to this. She would also be lying if she said that she didn't had the same fairy tale dreams that Ruby have about heroes and villains. Unfortunately, life didn't remain that way for the young heiress. She no longer had a caring father, a loving mother who turns to alcohol, an older sister who's barely there, and a younger brother who slowly turning into their father. Weiss could tell just from meeting Ruby's sister, Yang, that the red hooded girl lived in a much more stable household. Weiss can't help but feel just a ping of jealousy of the silver-eyed girl.

A hand on her shoulder took her out of her thoughts. "Huh, Weiss?" Jaune said looking up.

"Ugh, what is it now?" She questioned. A monstrous caw makes her look up to see the Giant Nevermore shooting out it's feathers to the ground, preventing Yang from helping Ruby and Ruby's cape gets snagged. Weiss then gasps when the Death Stalker moves in to kill Ruby. Without thinking, Weiss summons a Glyph and dashes forward, vaguely registering Jaune's shout for them. She readies Myrtenaster, setting the revolver to a white capsule. Her Ice Dust.

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Ruby closed her eyes and shielded herself from the stinger. When she realizes that she wasn't hit yet and the air felt chilly, she opened her eyes slightly, seeing a faint glimpse of an ice wall and the back of her partner. Weiss' rapier is embedded in the ground, the source of the ice.

"...Weiss?" Ruby wondered. Said girl removed Myrtenaster from the frozen before she sliced at the feather pinning Ruby's cape. "Whoa..." Her moment of awe was cut short when Weiss faced her, her expression stern.

"Look, let's just go ahead get this out in the open: You are probably the most childish teenager I have ever met." Weiss confessed. Ruby looks down in shame. "However..." Ruby almost looked hopeful again. "It's obvious that you are serious about you being here. And I'll admit that I can a little...difficult to deal with. If we could just push all that aside, I think that we could work together. So, try not to kill to kill yourself from showing off and I'll...manage my temper."

"I-I'm sorry," Ruby apologized. "I just wanted to show you I can do this." Much to Ruby's surprise, Weiss smiled.

"It's okay," She reassured before walking away.

"Normal knees..." Ruby said to herself. She then finds herself in another hug from her big sister.

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Ruby and Jaune went to retrieve their pieces from the pedestals, a white knight and a white rook respectively.

"Okay, so what's our next plan?" Yang asked.

"Well," Weiss started. "We've got what we came for and there isn't a reason for us to fight the Grimm."

"Weiss is right," Ruby said. That earned a smile from the heiress. "Our objective was only to get a relic and get back to Beacon Cliff."

"Sounds like a plan," Jaune agreed, giving a thumbs up.

Ruby nods. "Okay, let's go!"

As the group ran for the cliff, they were intercepted by the Giant Nevermore and Death Stalker. The group was split into two groups of four to fight them off: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang vs the Giant Nevermore and Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren vs the Death Stalker.

Glancing at her new teammates, Ruby aims her Crescent Rose at the avian Grim with a confident smirk.

She cocks her sniper.

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"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark," Ozpin announces as the screen of the amphitheater shows each of their profiles as the boys are lined up for the applauding audience to see. "The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL, led by... Cardin Winchester!" The audience claps, Cardin having a smug look on his face.

"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR. Led by... Jaune Arc!"

The look on Jaune's face very much matched Naoko's not too long ago. "M-me...?

"Congratulations..." Ozpin said.

A grinning Pyrrha offers a friendly shoulder bump to Jaune, but he was knocked over due to her strength. "Oh, I'm sorry." Jaune smiles bashfully, his face turning red from the crowd's laughing.

Ozpin couldn't but laugh at the spectacle as well before continuing. "And finally: Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by... Ruby Rose!" Just like Jaune before, Ruby was in shock. But, not as much as Weiss, who looks at her in disbelief even as Yang gave her baby sister a bone crushing hug. Why is she team leader and not Weiss?

Ozpin began to clear his throat as the applause quiet down and the newly formed Team RWBY left the stage. "Before you leave for the night and to your dorms, I have a special announcement." The audience stayed silent in bated breath. "As you all know, Huntsmen Academies was established almost eighty years ago, not too long after the Great War ended. Since the day the four major Academies were first opened, the practice of forming four-man teams were used to promote camaraderie and cooperativeness. This year, however, will be slightly different." The statement causes the new first-year students to mutter among themselves at this new development. "This year, starting tomorrow, Beacon Academy would be implementing a new project that what I liked to call: The Mentorship Program." The crowd started to ooh and awe at the idea. Ruby and Yang looked each other all giddy.

"Each freshman team will be assigned to either a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year team as your guides. They will help you with your way around the school, train you, and assist you with any sort of problems you may be experiencing. They will not, however, be holding your hand. They are going to help you grow into the Huntsmen and Huntresses you are meant to be." Ozpin continued. "You all will know tomorrow at 9:30 am of whom your team is assigned to. On the same day, you will meet that assigned team in order to create. Now, you are all dismissed and have a good night."

Next Chapter: Apprentice and Mentor