"Now that we have all the lovey dovey stuff out of the way," Weiss' Myrtenaster stabbed the floor of their dorm, "It's time we discussed, Goodwitch's assignment."
"We have to fight her at the end of the semester," Yang answered nonchalantly.
"Yes, we have to fight a trained Huntress with years, perhaps decades of experience. And the only advantage we have is numbers,"
Ruby rested her head on Crescent Rose while on her bed, "And she even told us that numbers didn't matter to her."
"Exactly! So we have to start training for the battle with Glynda Goodwitch!" Weiss declared, raising her sword triumphantly.
Blake looked at her white-haired girlfriend, awkwardly raising her arm, "And how exactly do we train for her?"
Weiss felt a strong sense of pride when she heard Ruby making a plan, "Let's see. I haven't seen her fight except that night I met her. So she uses a lot of magic spells. That means that even at a distance she could take us all down."
"What about up close and personal? She doesn't seem like a very physical person," Blake noted.
"Goodwitch is highly skilled huntress prepared for any situation. I doubt she isn't prepared to summon magic at point-blank range," Weiss guessed her professor's abilities.
The girls came up on a blank, leaving them a few moments of awkward silence, "Well I'm out of ideas," Yang fell on Blake's bed, giving up.
"WAIT I HAVE ONE! Glynda's seen us fight with our weapons right? How we use them and all the strategies we use?" Ruby asked.
"Y-yeah?" Blake and Weiss raised their questioning eyebrows.
Her Crescent Rose formed into its scythe form, which Ruby, with hesitation, handed to Blake, "She's expecting us to fight with our weapons. So why don't we give her a little surprise?"
Blake felt the weapon in her hands, "Ruby. You're not thinking what I think you're thinking."
"Admittingly, we'll be a little a rusty, but if we practice a little with each other's weapons, I think we'll have the upper hand. Who's with me?! Weiss are you, Weiss are you ok?"
Weiss held her Myrtenaster close to her, struggling to keep the rage inside of her, "Ruby. You may be my girlfriend, and my trust and care for you is only equal to the other people in this room. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M LETTING YOU USE MY MYRTENASTER!"
Weiss pushed Ruby away with her free hand, "Weiss! My strategy can't work unless we use each other's weapons!"
Yang and Blake tilted their heads, confused as to how they should react to what their girlfriends were doing. Yang looked at her Ember Celica and shrugged.
"I know this is odd to hear, but I'm gonna have to agree with Weiss on this one. I'm not sure any of you can withstand my Ember Celica," Yang explained, one arm around Blake, "Afraid I'll have to back away from this plan."
Blake stepped up from her bed and approached Weiss, "Weiss. Hand me your sword."
"What? Why should-
"Just do it. Trust me," Blake offered her Gambol Shroud to her.
Weiss looked up at the Faunus, breaking away from gazing at her eyes to her cat ears. She took an inward breath and offered Blake her sword. Blake reached for Myrtenaster and pulled it away from Weiss, and Weiss doing the same for Gambol Shroud.
"Ruby, here's Weiss' sword," Blake tossed Myrtenaster to Ruby.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Weiss screamed, aiming Gambol Shroud's pistol form at Blake.
Jean looked up from his desk in JJNPR Dorm. He raised his brows and rubbed his chin.
"What are you thinking, Jean?" Pyrrha asked the Trost-born soldier.
"That Team RWBY has been up to something. I can feel it. I mean, after classes they don't come out of their rooms for hardly anything, weird noises happen in their all the time. I can't put my finger on it what they're planning though," Jean stated.
Pyrrha looked at the door, as if trying to see Team RWBY's dorm, "You're right. I have been noticing they've been acting strangely as of late."
"Oh, don't worry about it. Each half of Team RWBY are in a relationship with each other. I'm sure they just want to spend time together," Ren offered his answer to Jean's curiosity.
The four members of team JJNPR heard a pounding on their door, "Guys! Can you let me in? I'm the real Jaune!"
"So, Ruby? Where do you suggest we train?" Weiss asked.
"Hmm. Well, we can't do it in the arena in her class. I know about this beach Yang and I used to go to when we were kids. Remember the beach, Yang?" Ruby looked over at her sister.
"Oh yeah! Man, you and I and dad would hang at that beach for days. Camp out, roast marshmallows, and go swimming all day," Yang reminisced of the days of her younger years, "Those were the days."
"It's an hour trip by airship, but it's secluded. No one will be able to spy on us there," Ruby looked at her teammates, "Is it a plan?"
Weiss and Blake looked at each other and nodded, "Next weekend we go to that beach," Blake agreed.
"And train to take down Glynda Goodwitch!" Weiss exclaimed.
The Friday before they left for the beach, they witnessed the first battle against Goodwitch. It was Team CRDL. Goodwitch had been able to keep them all at a distance and still beat them to a pulp. Cardin came closest to landing a hit, if five feet was considered close. Team RWBY witnessed this battle, with the resolve to train until they ran themselves to the ground.
A/N What's this? Sombrero updated within the same month? Doth my eyes deceive me?
Chapter is kinda short, I realize, but I want to set up next chapter's plot. And we're getting a beach chapter. Go grab your tissues. And we're introducing this fic's first story arc. Huzzah. This arc isn't going to last long, probably till chapter 17 at the earliest or chapter 19 or twenty at the latest.
Also I wanted to update this fic before RWBY gets released publicly tomorrow. I was going to upload a podcast of me doing a retrospective and discussion on RWBY, but I scrapped it. I didn't think it was gonna turn out that great.
Also, don't forget about my YouTube channel. I haven't uploaded a new video yet but I should near the start of November or end of October. It's gonna be about Onechanbara Z2 Chaos. Anime titties.