The beginning of the Vytal Festival...
Sorry for making you wait -.-'
Enjoy the chapter.
"And the victory goes to team RWBY!" yelled Oobleck.
"It's only natural" said Relius "The battle was one sided. Team RWBY's team cooperation was the key, and their coordination was perfect. Team ABRN on the other hand wasn't coordinated, they were like flies trying to land a strike"
"I see your point" replied Oobleck "And we shouldn't forget that Team RWBY was the first team that updated their weapons"
"Getting Nox Nyctores wasn't the key factor" said Relius "Their souls were singing in perfection, they were playing a beautiful symphony"
"Yes" added Oobleck "In a way you could say that they have something that Team ABRN lack"
"They have experience" said Relius.
Outside of the stadium, in an unknown location.
"What do you think of them?" asked Jubei.
"I don't know" answered Nine "I'm just a little worried that the plan backfire at us"
"Relius said that he has things under control" replied Jubei "Beside, you need to worry about the enemy"
"Being played in the hand of One without being conscious of can be very irritating" commented Nine.
"By the way, how are you doing with your sister?" asked Jubei.
"She jumped at me at the first sigh" answered Nine "Crying and saying that she missed me"
Jubei chuckled and said "It's heartwarming to see a family reunited" he then took a serious tone "It's now"
Nine nodded and teleported them away.
At the stands.
"Seriously, they were weak" said Yang with an annoyed tone "They aren't worthy being called appetizers"
"Appetizers?" said Blake with confusion.
"I was expecting a real meal" added Yang "But that was disappointing"
"That's… awkward" commented Ruby.
"What's awkward?" asked Ragna as he arrived with Nu, Makoto and Azrael.
"The fact that Yang began to talk like Azrael" answered Blake.
Ragna looked at the Mad Dog with suspicions.
"What?" said Azrael.
"By the way?" said Ruby "Did you saw us?"
"Yup" answered Ragna "You were good"
"Come on Grim reaper" said Azrael "I could tell that you were worried for them"
"Shut it you damn mutt" growled Ragna "Or I'll shut you myself"
Azrael grinned and said "Come and do it"
"Okay you two" said Makoto as she separated the two men of team RNAM "You can fight later. First, we need to get ready"
"Ready for what?" asked Ruby.
"Relius told us to prepare some stuff" answered Ragna "We'll go back to Mt Glenn"
"Why go back there?" asked Blake.
"I don't know" answered Ragna "He just asked us to get ready"
'Wait a sec' thought Ruby 'Mt Glenn…? Isn't that where…?' she then turned to Ragna "When are you going there?"
"After the festival" answered Ragna.
"Then I'll go with you" said Ruby.
"Rubes" began Yang "Why do you want to go there?"
"Did you forget what dad said?" asked Ruby.
"The mission of Summer was to investigate the ruins of Mt Glenn" began Taiyang "But Oz was septic about it, Qrow was on another mission, and Raven was Qrow's mission"
"But why investigate an old ruined city?" asked Yang "The masked weirdo said something about research, so it was understandable, but what was the point of sending mom?"
"There were some strange events" answered Taiyang "Many disappearance of hunters in the area, strange Grimms appears, bodies of the dead were moved…"
"Someone was there" said Yang.
"Oh. I remember now" said Yang.
Both teams arrived at a noodle stand, where they sat.
"A regular for me" said Ragna as he putted the money on the counter willing to pay for his team.
"Nu wants like Ragna!" said Nu.
"Same here" said Makoto.
"Meat" said Azrael.
The shopkeeper disappeared in the kitchen then reappeared with three bowls of noodles and a plate of meat, he then turned to Ruby and her teammates.
"A bowl of the regular with meat on it" said Yang.
"The same as my sister but without meat" said Ruby.
Before Weiss could talk, a bolt of lightning rushed at Ragna's bowl. Fortunately for the Grim reaper, he saved his food at time.
"Two more bowl of noodles" said Ragna as he putted more money on the counter "And quickly"
"Tao knew that Good Guy would buy food to her!" said a catgirl with brown skin and long blond hair tied up into two braids and a black cat tail with a faded white tip. She seems to spend her entire time wearing a beige-colored hoodie with a cat hood and long cat-themed sleeves that cover her arms. She wears a pair of unusually-designed high-heel boots with the same cat theme but appear to be more fit for a creature with high ankles.
"Who's that?" asked Blake. Meanwhile, Weiss ordered for herself.
"This is Tao, a true walking stomach" answered Ragna "She will eat more than anyone you know"
Tao ate her noodles and said "Thanks Good Guy"
"Just stop lighting my wallet" growled Ragna.
As the shopkeeper gave the noodles to the girls of team RWBY, Weiss gave him her card, deciding to pay for her team, but the card got rejected.
"What?! How can my card get declined?!" she asked in a state of shock "I was barely into my monthly allowance!"
Seeing how thing are going, Blake tried to get her bowl of noodles filled with fish toward her before that the bowl disappeared.
"NO!" yelled Blake in desperation.
Ragna sighted and took out more money "You'd better pay me back"
Blake looked at him with tears in her eyes and sobbing "You are indeed a good guy"
"I thought that I could help" said Pyrrha as she approached the stand with team JNPR.
"Pyrrha!" said Ruby with excitement.
"You don't have to" said Yang in friendly manners.
As Ragna was eating, he stopped then grabbed his blade while mumbling "I swear, I'm going to chain him if he tried to attack me again" He then blocked Jin another time "You can't wait until I'm done eating!"
"But I missed you, Brother" said Jin.
"And here I thought that I have family problems" mumbled Jaune.
"We should try that Ren!" said Nora with excitement.
"No" replied Ren.
"But why not?" asked Nora
"No and that's final" replied Ren "Beside, we need to get ready for our match"
"We still have ten minutes" said Pyrrha "Let's eat and enjoy ourselves"
Jin began to look at Pyrrha.
"Is something wrong?" she asked.
"It's nothing" replied Jin "You just remind me of someone"
"When you put it like that" began Makoto "She does look like Tsubaki"
"Who?" asked Pyrrha.
"A girl that –And that still surprises me– caught the heart of my stupid brother" answered Ragna "By the way, when and where are you going to do the wedding?"
"That's still unclear" answered Jin "But don't worry, you will be the first to get the information. And to be sure of that, I'll kill anyone who caught the wind of it before you"
"I don't know if I should feel relaxed or freaked out" commented Ragna.
"What are you planning to do, Hero of Ikaruga?" asked Azrael.
"That's none of your business, Mad Dog" answered Jin.
"Next time don't jump at a group of monsters like that!" yelled a voice.
"I didn't jumped at them" said a cold feminine voice "I charged them"
The group turned toward the origin and they found Naoto Kurogane and Es.
"Long time no see" said Weiss "Where have you been?"
"Hi there Weiss" greeted Naoto before feeling a killing intend coming from Nu and Jin.
"How dare he have the same presence as Ragna / Brother" mumbled both Nu and Jin.
"I didn't know that you could make friends Ice Queen" said Blake.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" asked Weiss.
"You sure got the jackpot with this hot shot" said Yang as she eyed Naoto.
"I-it's not like that" protested Weiss.
'She's totally a tsundere' thought Naoto.
Later.
"If I barf, I'm blaming you" said Jaune.
"Come on Yellow Boy" said Tao "You have hardly eaten something"
"Would team JNPR come to the arena?" said Relius through the intercom.
"Your match will begin in a minute!" added Oobleck.
"I guess that we should go" said Pyrrha.
"Good luck!" said Ruby.
"Let's go watch" said Ragna as he moved to see the match with his team.
"If this is what you want to do brother, then I'll follow you" said Jin as he walked with Ragna and his team.
Next chapter, the match of team RNAM.
Try to guess who will be the team that will face team RNAM.
And I shouldn't forget the guest who knew the forth member of Cinder's fake team.