Sorry this was a little late but here we go! Next chapter will start on the city arc!
Beacon's library was silent today, surprisingly. Today most new students were exploring Beacon and getting a hold of their schedules today, leaving many students at Beacon to have a easy day.
It was the afternoon now and many of Beacon's students were in their now, either reading or trying to avoid the others new students here trying to find their classes now. Off in the corner of the library, two tables were almost squished together. The first table held team RWBY as a board game was in front of them showing all of Remnant with tiny soldiers scattered all over, plus one overly excited turtle who was watching the game excitedly. While, the other table held the rest of the turtles who were doing various activities and team JNPR as well.
Mikey quickly looked between all for girls of team RWBY with a look of anticipation. Weiss looked over her cards with a face of confusion, Yang seemed relatively calm yet cocky with her set, Blake seemed to be thinking, probably over her strategy, and Ruby was practically grinning like a mad man.
" In this corner, we have the Queen looking very uneasy with her set of cards!" Mikey announced.
" Hey!"
" In the next corner, we have Yang looking very confident with her set of cards! Going to protect Mistral with your life?"
" Yeah!" Yang laughed with a triumphant cheer.
" Now here, we have Blake, Oooooo she's thinking of a plan of action! I can feel it!" Weiss looked over to Blake a little nervous, then stared at her cards.
" And lastly," Mikey strummed his fingers against the table," We have Rubes! Defending Atlas! Heh, Ice Queens turf!" He snickered. Weiss huffed loudly and tightened her hold on her cards.
" Thank you my good fellow! Ahem." Ruby cleared her throat dramatically." Yang Xiao Long, prepare your nation for battle!"
" Bring it on!" Yang shouted dramatically.
" I deploy the Atlesian Air Fleet!" Ruby declared. Standing up towering over everyone at the table. Causing Yang and Mikey to gasps in surprise." Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursi and attack your walls directly!" Ruby stated, playfully making airplane noises.
YANG gasps again." You fiend!"
" Weiss! You better start preparing for Ruby's attack." Michelangelo said anxiously, peeking over Weiss's cards.
" Stop that!" She snapped and shook her cards at him to shoo.
" I was just saying," He leaned forward," You should start a alliance-"
Weiss only shooed him away again.
"-Oh! And since Atlas is part of Mantle, my repair time only lasts one turn." Ruby watched the board cockily with a smirk at her sister. Her expression changed at she head her sister laugh dramatically.
" Hehehe… pretty sneaky sis." She held up a card slowly." But you just activated my trap card!" Ruby and Michelangelo gasped loudly as she through down the card to show it off." Giant Nevermore!" She cried triumphantly and slammed her arm into the table, causing all the pieces to go everywhere." If I roll a seven or higher, Fatal Feathers will slice your fleet in two!"
" But if you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces!"
" That's just a chance I'm willing to take."
As Yang ran victorious, Ruby let out a wail of anguish while nobody else seemed to even bother looking up at the seen. Over at the tables, Ren was reading away at some book he had taken a liking too, flipping the pages onto Nora as she slept on the book. Jaune was trying to reads a comic, but Pyrrha replaces it with an academic book making him groan as a Nevermore piece hits Jaune.
Donatello was reading a collection of Dust textbooks, Semblance and Aura textbooks on his scroll, taking notes on papers as well as his scroll as well. Leonardo was quietly reading a book as well on Aura's and semblances as he had yet to unlock his yet out of his brothers. And the last turtle Raphael, was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed trying to rest, Chompy pulled at his mask quietly. Leo saw this and rolled his eyes. He flicked Raph in the back of his head, causng him to jump up and groan. Leo chuckled and looked away as Raph growled and rubbed his head.
Back at the table, Ruby was laying on it with tears streaming from her eyes intensely and giving a tiny wail in protest," Nooooooooooo..." She whimpered.
"You'll get her next time." Mikey pats Ruby backs." Okay Weiss, Ruby is out for a while, which leaves Yang a target you need to take down if you want to win-Are you listening?" Mikey snapped his fingers at her, causing her to jump as she wasn't focusing right now on the game, but on Blake." I have...absolutely, no idea what's going on." She said.
" Oh come on Weiss, I just gave you like two good tips!" Mikey shouts as Yang leans inward." I got it, so Weiss. You're playing as Vacuo, which means all Vacuo-based cards come with a bonus." Yang explained to Weiss, leaning towards her and looked at her cards.
" That sounds dumb." She complained.
" Hey! Yang! You can't just do that! You're on the enemies side!" Mikey shouts as she picked up a tiny figure and threw it at him," Shoo!"
" See. You've got Sandstorm, Desert Scavenge… oh, oh! Resourceful Raider! Now you can take Ruby's discarded air fleet-" Ruby whines," And put it in your hand!" Yang cheered as Ruby cries out a small," Noooooooo..". Mikey shook his head and glared at Weiss.
" Weiss! Stop listening to the enemies! She's gonna use you to win, I know it!" Mikey exclaimed in dumbfound as she kept listening.
"Okay…?" Weiss questioned with a confused look.
" And since Vacuo warriors have an endurance boost against natural hazards, you could use Sandstorm to disable my ground forces and simultaneously infiltrate my country!" She suggested, only to point at her and narrow her eyes." Just know that I will not forget this declaration of war."
"And that means…?" Weiss asked meekly.
" You're just three moves away from conquering Remnant!" Ruby sobbed loudly.
" Don't go for it Weiss! It's a trap! Look at how guilty Yang is! Look at her!" Weiss ponders for a few moments then stands up to laugh menacingly.'' Yes! Fear the almighty power of my forces! Cower as they pillage your homes and weep as they take your children from your very arms!-"
" Trap card."
"Huh? Weiss gasped in confusion as she watched Yang rearranged the board completely then leans back cockily, stretching back in here chair." Your armies have been destroyed."
Weiss fell back into her seat." I hate this came of emotions we play!" Ruby jumps into Weiss's seat and hugged her tightly.
"Stay strong, Weiss! We'll get through this together!" Ruby cried with her as Weiss hugged back.
" Shut up! Don't touch me!" She hugged her back tightly.
" Weiss, come on. Even I saw that! Yang was definitely sizing up your cards up to see what you have, so I propose you put me in instead!" Mikey declares with Weiss glaring at him.
As Yang was confidently watching the three, she turned to Blake looking a bit concerned at her quietness." Blake?" The huntress jumped in shook as she was caught off guard.
'' Huh?..S-Sorry. What am I doing?" She questioned nervously.
Everyone looked at her worriedly, but Yang gave her a smiles." You're playing as Vale. Trying to conquer the kingdoms of Remnant." Yang reminded.
"Right…" Blake whispered meekly.
" Hey! Can I play?" Jaune called from his table, bored of studying already.
" Sorry Jaune. We've already got four people people, plus one." Ruby declined.
" Besides, this game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt you posses." Weiss protested, cunningly.
" Weiss, weren't you the one who attack their own navel fleets two whole turns ago." Mikey shouted in annoyance. Weiss huffed and hid her cards away from everybody. Ruby giggled.
" He does have you there."
" Bring it on Ice Queen, I'll have you know that I've been told I'm a natural born leader!" Jaune said confidently posing.
" By who? Your mom?" Weiss teased.
"-And Pyrrha!" Jaune pointed to the red heart warrior as she grins and waves to them quietly.
" Weisssss!" Jaune drew out and pleaded." Let me play your hand for a turn! "
" I'm not trusting you with the good citizens of Vacuo." Weiss scold at him and held her cards away.
" Why not? House of Arc seems like a better choice instead of the Ice Queen icy tyrant clutch on Vacuo." Michelangelo jumped in.
" Say Ice Queen again and I'll show you a icy tyrant!" Weiss stood up and threatened.
" EEP!" He ducked down.
" He has a far point, though." Jaune jumped back as she turned to him and exhaled when she sat down." N-Not that I'm saying it's right! B-But! You've trusted me with way more important stuff before! I mean, You told us all that Blake is secretly a-" Everyone practically jumped up from their seats as Pyrrha sprinted over and covered his mouth, seeing many other students walking by." Fun loving person whom we all admire and adore!" She covered up quickly as Blake was staring daggers into Jaune now. " R-Right." He bowed." Lades. Enjoy your battles." Jaune scurried off.
" What a idiot," Raph whispered with a snicker.
Before the game could start again, a new voice entered the scene." 'Sup losers. Sun said as he walked into the game with a cool confident smirk, followed by the same friend he was with yesterday at the food fight.
" Oh great, It's that Sun guy..." Mikey groaned loudly. He pushed Sun's tail back as he smirked walking by him.
" Hey Sun!" Ruby greeted and got a wave from Yang.
" Ruby, Yang, Blake, Mikey, Ice Queen." He smirked greeting everybody at the first table and looked over them.
" Why does everyone keep calling me that?!" Weiss grimaced.
" It's a mystery, ain't it?" Raph shouted and was proceedingly nudged roughly by Donatello." Ow."
" I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend." Sun continued and stepped aside," Are other teammates, Scarlet and Sage went site seeing." He explained as his blue hair friend stared down at the game board.
"Aren't libraries for reading?" He asked as Ren shot his arms up into the air." Thank you!"
Nora's eyes shot up," Pancakes!" but she quickly fell back to sleep.
" Agreed. Well, not on the food case, but reading wise. And studying. Quietly." He eyed the girls table with game pieces all over. Mikey chuckled nervously and rubbed his neck.
" Shut up, don't be a nerd." Sun turned to his friend as he leaned on Blake's head making her groan.
" Ah Ah Ah, intellectual. Okay." He asserted." Thank you. Hi, I'm Neptune and for the record Sun, this '' Nerd'' beat you with straight A's all through Mistral's feeder school program." Neptune flaunted but Sun only rolled his eyes and pushed him away.
" A fellow intellectual I see." Donnie grinned.
" Great more nerd for Don." Raph teased as Donnie groaned and went back to his notes.
"So Neptune," Weiss said almost dreamily as he waltzed over to her smoothly." Where are you from?"
" Haven. And I don't believe I caught your name...Snow Angel~" He grins smoothly and leans forward towards Weiss.
" Ummm..." Her cheeks lit up," I'm Weiss.." She answered to his smooth questioned, while in the background Jaune was losing it as he couldn't believe what he saw. Raph feels a large smirk grow on his face as he turns towards Donnie." Looks like another one of your girlfriends has a crush." Donnatello slowly pulled the book down from his face and glared back at him.
As most of the group watched Neptune smooth talk his way towards Weiss, Sun who was leaning on Blake leaned forward more so he was upside down talking to her." Never took you as the board game playing type." Sun tried joking with her, but she didn't feel like dealing with it right now. Her head wasn't in the right space. She looked at him and at the rest of the table a his face went to a more concern one." Hey? You alright? Your kinda glum and spacey right now. You wanna get some fresh air and get a good bite to eat? Being new here I don't know whats up."
" Right...I'd loved too but..'m not feeling that hungry..." She stood up and puts her cards down," I think I'm done playing. All see you guys back at the dorms." She said anxiously and walked off quickly. Everyone watched as she left in a hurry. Yang turned to Sun." She alright?" She stood up.
" Yeah, she said she's just tired." He sighed and shrugged."...What are you guys even playing?" Before he could sit down to see it, Mikey swooped in and stole his cards." Finally, now I can show you how to run a kingdom Ice Queen." He glared over at Weiss, wanting victory.
At the table, Leonardo opened his eyes after seeing Blake part with the group and decided to get up." I think I'm going to head out as well." Raph raised a eyebrow at him and shrugged," Don't do anything I would do." Leo nodded and left to go after Blake.
"...Hey!...What are you doing?! Come back here..."
" I can't believe he just let you like that.."
" I'm surprised Adam hasn't but you six feet under the dirt yet..."
Blake flinched as she held her legs tightly together. She closed her eyes tightly, until she heard a tiny meow, getting her to open her eyes. Ice cream kitty was on her bed, staring back at her. She gave another meow.
" Oh..Hey there kitty..?" She said in confusion and ran her hand down her back. She purred and flopped onto her side as her tailed wagged." This is a little awkward..." Blake muttered and picked the cat up." Let's get you back to their room.." She sighed and got up, caring the cat all the way back to the turtles dorm.
She placed the cat down as a shadow loomed over her." Bla-" Her eyes widen as she grabbed Ice cream kitty and used her semblance to get away. She aimed the blade quickly." ADAM-" Her eyes widen when she saw Leonardo standing their, holding up his hands in defense.
" Woah! Woah! Blake it's me!" He explained.
She shook her head and sighed." What do you want?" She looked at him tiredly.
" You kinda left out of nowhere. And I came to check on you. If you were okay." He stepped forward as she turned around.
" Leo, I know you want to still apologize what we went through last semester, but we've been through it already." She held her arms tightly over herself as he stepped forward.
" Blake, wait-" Her eyes widened as a bright red light shot over her vision.
" NO!" She gasped, using her semblance to turn into a shadow and jumped forward, escaping from the threat she thought she was facing. Leo's eyes widened and stepped back in shock. The cat faunus stared in fear before she disappeared again.
Leonardo went after her, not wanting another situation like last semester to occur once again. But with her semblance, plus skills, she managed to avoid him and get herself back into her room, where her teammates came in after finishing their game in library, wanting to give Blake space.
" We should have never let him play!" Yang groaned as she stormed into their dorm as Blake was facing her bed and grabbing extra Dust for her weapon.
" You're just mad cuz the new guy beat you see if you had just attacked when I said too none of this would happen." Ruby said as Weiss stared seeing Blake stalk by, clutching her weapon close.
" Stop." Weiss commanded, as on top of the dorm, Leonardo skidded across as he heard team RWBY from bellow. In the dorm below, Blake held her hand back from touching the doorknob." Lately you've been quiet, antisocial and moody, Blake. It's worrying." Weiss stated.
" Uh, have you met Blake?" Yang quipped, but regretted it.
" Which I get.." Weiss stepped towards her, unsure." But, you've been doing it more than usual, which..quite..frankly is worrying. You made a promise to me. To all of us. That you would let us know if something was wrong. So, Blake..What is wrong?"
Blake let out a sigh," I just..don't understand how everybody can be so calm."
" You're still thinking about Torchwick?-" Ruby questioned.
" Torchwick! The White Fang! All of it! Something big may be happening and we aren't doing anything about it! Since we never caught Roman he may still be out their he and..That..White Fang guy! Are still causing so much trouble now! All I know is that the White Fang is getting worse! They've stolen all types of Dust, all these military weapons, and now they're planning on killing defectors in Vale!"
" Ozpin told us not to worry though. Between the police and the Huntsmen. I'm sure they could handle it-"
" Well I'm not!" Her team jumped back in shock as she lashed out," They don't know the White Fang like I do.." Blake looked up to her teammate," We have. To stop them. Stop them from keeping this own. All three of them at the docks. To stop ruing the name of the White Fang." Leonardo moved down the building side as he went silent as her team did the same.
"Hold on. You don't mean… you can't be serious. We're students. We're not ready to handle this kind of situation." Weiss stuttered a little shock.
" And we may never be ready! Our enemies aren't just going to sit around and wait for graduation day. They're out there… somewhere planning their next move, and none of us know what it is, but it's coming. Whether we're ready… or not." The room went silent as Yang stepped forward.
" I'm with you." Yang nodded to her as Ruby smiled." I'll help too!" Blake looked towards Weiss. She gave a look at her,only to give her a nod.
" Alright..I'll help you do this. So long as we remain cautious and level-headed." Blake explained to her.
" Okay! All in favor of becoming the youngest Huntresses to single-handedly bring down a corrupt organization conspiring against the people of Vale… say "aye." Ruby cheered, holding her hand up into the air.
" Yes!" She grins, pointing at Blake," I love it when you're feisty!" Yang pointed towards Blake with a laugh.
" Okay. I suppose it could be fun." Weiss crossed her arms and smiled at them. Ruby whimpers and pokes her fingers together," None of you said "aye."
"Alright." Blake nodded to them." We're in this together." Team RWBY huddled in close to each other.
" Let's hatch a plan!" Ruby cheered with her sister." Should we tell anyone?" She questioned. Leonardo's eyes widened as he listened closely and ready himself to get back to his brothers to tell them what may happen.
" No. We shouldn't draw anymore attention to this. We can't let this get it out and for others to find this out too. Not anyone here, no other schools, no teachers. Nobody." Blake admitted.
" Okay." Ruby nodded quickly, then her eyes widened with a gasp." I left my board game in the library!" Ruby cried, holding her hair up.
" We're doomed." Weiss shook her head.
Right as Ruby zipped off, leaving petal's behind. Leonardo was off, racing across the rooftop. He made his way to the other side of the building and used his katana to make his way down the building. Leo aimed to get back to his dorm to tell his brothers walk was happening, until his eyes widened and stopped in place as from against the dorm's wall he saw a tall, skinny woman waltzed out with look, raven curled locks, laying on her shoulder. She was followed by a dark skin girl with bright mint colored hair and a lanky, silver haired boy. He had never seen them before, but something drew him to the one in the middle. He face was obscured so he couldn't what she looked like as they walked off.
" She was.." The girl with green hair dragged on," Interesting." She grimaced.
" As interesting as a sugar high puppy." They stretched, walking calmly out.
" You two, such negativity." The taller woman smirked, shaking her head." Go back to the dorms, I have to make a call." She smirked as the two nodded.
" Yes, Cinder." The girl nodded while the boy with grey hair only shrugged, turning on his heels as he and the young girl left. Leonardo ducked behind the wall and stopped for a moment. He stepped forward as his name was called.
" Mercury.." The guy hummed and sighed," Coming' Emerald" He nodded and left after her.
Cinder, Emerald..Mercury? He gave himself a mental note, trying to remember their names for later. Once he heard their foot steps leading off, Leo grabbed his climbing claws to quickly get back up the building to follow the other mystery woman. He followed after her as he held his katana's out, racing under the moon and jumping over large gaps between building's, but as the line of dorms were ending he realized he would catch her now. With a silent bounce over the roof side, a large light of orange erupted, like hot lava and she was gone.
His eyes went wide in shock. He stared for moments as he landed and quickly looked around defensively, seeing that she wasn't their and left no trace either. No burn marks on the ground from that explosion as well...
A loud buzz came from Leo's belt, causing him to jump in fear as he quickly gripped onto it to answer it. When he saw it was just his T-Scroll he let out a sigh and answered it.
" Leo! There you are! Where the shell are you?!" Raph angrily cried.
" I was..." He breathed heavy, looking around as he saw nobody," I was..on a run." He swallowed," Just a..run." He nodded to himself.
" Well, get back here! We got classes tomorrow, which I ain't happy 'bout, and you can't skip them like I would! If your doing this then I am too!" Leo nodded and looked around once last time before he answered.
" Alright, Alright..Be back soon. I have something to talk about."
Leonardo hung up as from a window of a car, he was seen jumping up onto the wall and getting back up their once more that night. His shadow illuminated by the crescent moon that night.
" Well done, Neo." Cinder grinned as she was inside a long limousine. Next to her, the colorful girl nodded silently with a evil smile. The outside of the chair was camouflage into the darkness of the wall with the shadow's to stay hidden from the turtle. Neo rolled down the window as the car's allusion broke like glass, turning into a stark white colored." I must say, I was worried after seeing you so sick for the first time that you couldn't handle this," Neo glared at her as she held up her hand," But, after your fight at the dock, proved me wrong. You and Roman will make it big with us...If you stay by are sides." The girl looked side to side, but nodded and tapped the side of the car with her umbrella, signalling them to go." You three will be expecting something big next tomorrow with that shipment. I'll see if Emerald and Mercury can find more information out for you and Roman for tomorrow.."
With a long fire of orange and yellow Dust, the limo pulls out, leaving nothing but a dark alley and the moon glowing above it all.