Author's Note

Hello, and welcome to my story. Sit back, grab something to drink, and relax, as I casually explain to you exactly what the fuck you just clicked on. Unless you skipped this.

This is WIN the GAME, a crossover story that blends the universe of RWBY, with the universe of Battle Royale...Not the video game genre, like...The actual movie. Even though they're the same thing- you get it. Basically, the premise of the original story was that a randomly selected class of over forty students was kidnapped by the government for their annual program, a game where the students are placed on an island and have to kill each other in order to survive. By the end of three days, if no winner is decided, everyone dies! It's pretty fucked up.

...This is why I thought it'd be fun to write a story where the cast of RWBY gets involved! I mean, why not right? The majority of the cast are already essentially child soldiers training with highly dangerous weaponry to become monster slayers. Not the worst group to put into this type of scenario in my eyes. However, keep in mind this takes place in an alternate universe more similar to Earth than the world shown in the show. Grimm, Faunus, and Auras aren't here. They're every bit as fragile as actual humans now. However, characters who have most of their personality engraved in these parts of the show (like say, Blake or Ilia) I'll try and do the best I can with what I got. Thanks for reading this...Now a warning!

Warning: This story will be featuring prominent violence, uncomfortable imagery, sexual themes, mild language, abusive backgrounds, and more. If you are uncomfortable with any of these things, I recommend you do not read this story. But with that said, if you're still around...Enjoy.

With a single twist of his key, the bus driver could feel his bus come roaring to life, as a smile formed on his face, only for it to disappear upon looking up at the sky above. The usual blue soon found itself covered by thick, grey clouds, as drops of rain fell to the earth below. Meanwhile, a tall and scraggly man with a huge, crazy hair filed his students inside the long white bus beside him. And at the back of the line of students, was a boy stood off to the side, scanning the bus with wary eyes.

Said boy wasn't an especially impressive sight by any means. Blonde hair, average looks, decently tall; basically your average teenager. Really the only thing notable about him was that he was actually surprisingly muscular, with well-toned arms and legs.

The boy was Jaune Arc (Male Student No. 3), and he...Didn't do well in tight spaces. Or vehicles. Or-

"Hey, Jaune!" He seemed to snap out of his thoughts at the voice, and upon turning around was quickly greeted with the presence of two girls.

The first girl, and the one who called him, was short and had shoulder-length raven hair, and more so resembled a middle schooler than her actual age. Meanwhile, beside her, the second girl was actually almost as tall as Jaune, with long golden hair, a pretty face, and considerable...To be honest he probably wouldn't finish that thought. They were Ruby Rose (Female Student No. 3) and her older sister, Yang Xiao Long (Female Student No. 4), some of Jaune's closest friends...Or at least Ruby was. He was pretty sure Yang tolerated him at best.

"Long time no see," Ruby added on, her smile shining bright despite her darkened surroundings, "aren't you excited for this trip?! Three whole days of no school, or responsibilities-"

"Or nagging parents," Yang quipped out with a small smirk.

Jaune however, wasn't really paying a lot of attention to them, having turned his attention back to the bus. "Yeah, yeah, it'll be great."

The sisters looked more than a little confused at his hollow response, with Ruby walking up to him and placing a hand on his shoulder. "Um...Jaune? Are you okay?" While he looked a bit confused at her question, it was pretty clear he wasn't paying a lot of attention still. "...Are you worried about getting sick again?"

"Uh-huh- wait, what?!" Jaune jumped back a bit, as if offended at the question, swiftly saying, "No! No, that's not the reason!"

"Oh, look out everyone," Yang called out, as she continued down the line without Ruby, "'Vomit Boy' is making a comeback!"

On cue, a chorus of both laughter and disgusted grimaces came from those still in line, as Jaune's face lit up a bright red. "It was one time…" Shaking away the embarrassment the best he could, he let out a low groan as he turned to Ruby, "But...No that's not it. It's just...Doesn't this feel a little weird to you?"

"Weird?" She asked, clearly not understanding what he meant.

"It's just, why would they suddenly announce a free field-trip out of the blue only a month from finals, and only invite a select group of people, with seemingly no correlating connection?" He asked, narrowing his eyes in suspicion. "It doesn't make a lot of sense…"

However, Ruby seemed to still not really understand, as she let out a sigh and pat his back, "Jaune, I think you're overreacting. It's probably just a treat from the teachers so we could have a bit of fun. It has been a bit of a rough year...Maybe they're trying to make it up to us?"

This only seemed to make the boy tenser, "Yeah, but-"

"Children!" The two turned their attention toward the end of the bus, where Yang was already getting on board, as the teacher screamed out, "Get on the bus! A storm is coming!"

They flinched a bit at his tone, though Jaune lingered for a moment as Ruby walked up to the door, but not before turning back with a soft smile, "Trust me, Jaune...Everything is gonna be alright."

The boy stared on in silence as she got onto the bus, eventually letting out a low sigh, as he followed a few moments later. "I hope you're right…"

For just a moment, Lie Ren (Male Student No. 12) could swear the fluorescent lights above had shaken out of place, hanging by whatever thread remained above. But to him, it was only expected. The school's budget, while high, had seemingly never been used to actually update what they had. They still had computers from the nineties in the lab, were still using chalkboards, and rarely fixed their malfunctioning lights. If it weren't for the school's reputation, it likely would have been shut down for repairs by this point.

But at this point, he had far more pressing concerns.

All around him, forty-one rowdy students were essentially doing whatever was physically possible on the bus, and at this point, he was positive they were louder than his actual thoughts. Whether it be the groups of jocks nearby, who were being spurred on by their captain, Sun Wukong (Male Student No. 10), or that Flynt Coal (Male Student No. 2) was playing his trumpet in the back, to even something minor like the gossip of the clique of popular girls close toward the front of the bus. Every conversation was being dug into his head like a tumor.

As far as he was aware, he and everyone else on the bus was on their way to a campground in northern Oregon. They'd stay there for three days, likely working on some sort of group project, or at least that'd be his best guess if Mister Oobleck came along...But he wasn't on the bus. Neither was Mister Port for that manner...Perhaps they're simply taking a different mode of transport.

Personally, he didn't really want to come on the trip. After getting the invite he was all but about to toss it aside, but his friend convinced him otherwise...Though admittedly he probably wouldn't trust her being out there without someone watching her back. She simply can get a bit…

"Ren! Ren, Ren, Ren, Ren, Ren! Look at this!" Within moments, Ren was having his cheek bombarded by a serious of pokes, each one pressing harder and harder, as he let out a groan to himself.

Sitting beside him was a short, though notably strong-looking girl, who looked more muscular than some of the guys in class. She was Nora Valkyrie (Female Student No. 12), his best friend since as far back as he can remember. Practically family...Or maybe-

"Ren, come on!" Nora grumbled out, latching onto his arm and practically pulling him by this point, "It's so cooooooool!" She looked out the window, and as expected since it's...Well, a bus, it was long gone. She whimpered at this, before wailing out rather obnoxiously and throwing herself against the seat with folded arms, pouting to herself. "You're no fun."

"Sorry." Ren simply replied. "Perhaps you'll see something a bit better in a bit."

The girl continued to pout to herself, though seemed to look up a bit at his words. "...Maybe. But if I do, you're totally looking at it!" Ren smiled in response, before bringing up his book and going back to reading it.

Meanwhile, in the seat behind them, Jaune Arc was, similar to Nora, staring out the window. Something he had noticed for a bit now was that they had actually seen a town in a while. Right now they were just driving through a large number of rocky mountains, vast forests in all directions, along with a sizable amount of fog. It was...Disconcerning, to say the very least.

Beside him, was a beautiful girl with sparkling green eyes, and an appearance striking enough to resemble a celebrity more than a student. Her name was Pyrrha Nikos (Female Student No. 11), and she was probably Jaune's closest friend. She was a bit of a star student, with the grades and experience to get into basically any college she wanted, along with being the target of most of the guys' in class' affection.

And yet for the entire bus ride, instead of actually talking or striking up a conversation, here she was in the back just...Standing still and smiling contently, as if there was nothing else she'd rather be doing in the world. She had admittedly always done stuff like this, rarely really acting on how she was feeling and instead waiting for something to happen to her first. To Jaune, it sounded sorta miserable, to be honest, but he'd obviously never tell her that.

Usually, he'd probably say something, but admittedly right now there really wasn't anything he could say. He was a bit too distracted with his own thoughts...The rest of the class certainly wasn't helping. And as soon as he thought that, he couldn't help but scan the rest of the bus.

Nearby was Ruby, who seemingly babbling incoherent nonsense to the person she was sitting with, who was…

Weiss Schnee (Female Student No. 2)...The apple of his eye...Kind of. To be honest, he sorta...Barely knew her. She mostly kept to herself, and only really talks to Ruby when it's with anyone, and even then she seems to barely stand her presence at all. She was by every definition a loner, or as Yang has put it so many times, an 'ice queen'. Her pale blonde hair certainly helped the image, as it was so bright it could almost pass as being white.

Weiss was the youngest daughter of the Schnee family, which ran the well-known (and well-loathed) Schnee Company, which handled residential development, produce production, marketing...Basically everything to be honest. If it makes money, they have their hand in it somehow, and as such it's actually driven a lot of companies out of business, mostly local ones. As such, she wasn't especially popular among the rest of the school, but Jaune admittedly didn't care. It hadn't really affected him, so he had no real reason to.

But he couldn't lie...He was absolutely infatuated with her. How could he not be? She was pretty...A-And smart! Yeah, that too...And other things he'd probably learn about if they actually talked. Which he was working on! It was just gonna take the right moment is all.

A bit ahead of them was Yang, who was standing in the aisle chatting to a pair of girls; Blake Belladonna (Female Student No. 20) and Ilia Amitola (Female Student No. 13), the foreign exchange students, the former having shown up from from the Republic of Greater East Asia, while the latter had come from India. He knew close to nothing about them, but they didn't have the best reputation in the class, especially thanks to some pretty nasty rumors that were spread about them. Really, Yang was probably one of the only kids in class who actively spoke to them, which if Jaune had to guess why...It was probably the accents. She loved accents.

Meanwhile, up ahead in the front row was a small group of girls. In particular, some of the most popular ones in school; Nebula Violette (Female Student No. 19), and her three best friends, Dew Gayl (Female Student No. 1), Gwen Darcy (Female Student No. 9), and Octavia Ember (Female Student No. 14). All of them were absolutely stunning to look at, and nobody would bat an eye if they all became models after high school. Basically, whenever they entered a room, all eyes were on them.

The same could actually be said for the rowdy bunch behind them; the jocks! Sun Wukong, the star running back of the football team, and a party animal who basically everyone knew, and he was seemingly leading some sort of chant with the rest of his group; there was Neptune Vasilias (Male Student No. 19), his best friend and the quarterback, Sage Ayana (Male Student No. 8), a member of the basketball team, Scarlet David (Male Student No. 9), who played soccer, and lastly, Brawnz Ni (Male Student No. 21), who was the king of the wrestling team, and founder of the boxing club. They were the big men on campus...So yeah, obviously Jaune didn't talk to them either.

Across from them, Flynt Coal was playing on his trumpet along to their chanting, which only riled them up more. Next to him sat some of the coolest kids in class. Sitting next to him directly was Neon Katt (Female Student No. 18), who hosted just about every major party off-campus and had one of the dumbest names he had ever heard. And just behind him were Kobalt Leaf (Male Student No. 20), another jock who primarily played tennis, and Roy Stallion (Male Student No. 14), who was dancing in his seat along to Flynt's music, before getting up, as if getting ready to put on some kind of show in the middle of the bus.

And right behind them, was none other than Coco Adel (Female Student No. 15), who about a year ago, probably would have been sitting with them. But these days, she hung out with a different crowd; Fox Alistair (Male Student No. 17), Velvet Scarlatina (Female Student No. 6), and Yatsuhashi Daichi (Male Student No. 4), some of the biggest outcasts in school. Fox was blind, and always wearing thick, pitch-black glasses. Velvet was another exchange student, though from Spain, and arguably had an even worse reputation in the class. And Yatsuhashi...He was just scary.

Speaking of scary, that was probably the best word to describe the next group, made of Arslan Altan (Female Student No. 5), Bolin Hori (Male Student No. 6), and Nadir Shiko (Male Student No. 16). Jaune knew close to nothing about them, and neither did anyone else in the class. Nobody talked to them, and it wasn't because they were hated or anything...It was more than nobody wanted to piss them off. Both Arslan and Nadir have gotten into some pretty serious brawls that put kids in the hospital before, while Bolin...He just had something off about him, and considering his company, most didn't wanna risk it.

But somehow, someone even more feared than them was none other than Cinder Fall (Female Student No. 17) and her group of delinquents, which was rounded out with Emerald Sustrai (Female Student No. 16) and Mercury Black (Male Student No. 5). The trio was widely hated and avoided by the sane students of the school, knowing full well just how dangerous they truly were. Mercury alone had started close to a dozen fights in the last year alone, and Cinder was a notorious hustler. Emerald, however, by comparison, actually didn't have a lot to be said about. She was actually remarkably well-behaved, which only further brought into question why exactly she hung around the two.

Another similarly despised group was a gang lead by Cardin Winchester (Male Student No. 11), who cruelly ordered around his subordinates made up of Russel Thrush (Male Student No. 7), Sky Lark (Male Student No. 13), and Dove Bronzewing (Male Student No. 1). The four regularly bullied and harassed basically anyone they could get their hands on...Which sadly, included Jaune.

He was Cardin's favorite punching bag in fact. Back in elementary school, the two actually got along pretty well. You could almost have called them friends. But at some point...Something just clicked in Cardin's head and he...Stopped really acting like that. Nowadays if he got a smile from him, it'd probably be one of pure sadism, thinking all sorts of horrible things he could do to Jaune that day. Sometimes Jaune would just straight up cut school if he just couldn't take it that day…

Luckily for him, even if it was quite selfish, he wasn't the gang's only target. They also harassed the exchange students pretty often, and along with that, targeted the "geeks" of the class pretty regularly. Ciel Soleil (Female Student No. 8), Ivori Frame (Male Student No. 15), and Penny Polendina (Female Student No. 21) were all to some degree bullied or mocked by the gang, though unlike Jaune, they all seemed to have actual ways to avoid their wrath. Ciel seemed to get enough of a handle on her schedule to avoid direct confrontation with them usually, Ivori spent almost all his time in the computer lab so they had to go out of their way if they wanted to bother him, and Penny...For some reason, they just stopped bothering her, and would probably never explain why. Maybe it was embarrassing?

And rounding out the class were probably the three Jaune knew the least about; May Zedong (Female Student No. 10), Nolan Porfirio (Male Student No. 18), and Reese Chloris (Female Student No. 7). He wouldn't call them 'unmemorable' or anything, it was more that...He couldn't really relate to them. The former two had been dating for a long while, he knew that at least, and he'd usually see Reese on his way to school riding her skateboard, but otherwise...That was it. That was all he had on them. He almost felt bad about it to some degree.

As he finished scanning the bus, a single thought was left in his mind…

"Why these people?"

Sure, most of them knew each other, but he couldn't really say there was much of a connection beyond that. They didn't all share the same class, or were studying the same subject, attended the same clubs, some weren't even in the same grade. This all felt...Random to a degree. As if they wanted to just grab a much of people that don't mix well and force them into the same environment-

"Why is the bus driver putting on a gas mask?"

Jaune's face paled at this question, as Pyrrha stood up from her seat, a confused and worried look on her face. As if on instinct, she started storming through the aisle of the bus, pushing people out of the way as she made her way through. Jaune soon followed after her, "Pyrrha, wait!"

However, she didn't listen, instead only picking up the speed, seemingly not noticing the hissing sound erupt through the cabin from the roof. Within moments, the entire bus had been filled with a cloud of thick smoke. But Pyrrha didn't care, instead, all she wanted was to figure out what...What was...What...W-What...W-W-Whaaaaa-

Without another word, the girl abruptly collapsed to the floor, as screams and panic suddenly sparked throughout the bus. Some like Octavia and Velvet simply began screaming in horror, while others like Brawnz and Arslan instead pounded on the windows with all their might in a desperate attempt to smash them open.

As they did so though, Jaune ran up the unconscious Pyrrha, picking her up in his arms. "Pyrrha! Pyrrha, wake up!" He let out a series of coughs as the smoke grew thicker, as the rest of his classmates began to collapse as well. "P-Pyrrha...Pyrrha...Pyrr…" And with that, Jaune collapsed as well, smashing his face against the hard metal floor.

The bus driver whistled to himself as he casually drove along a hidden road through the woods, barely paying the unconscious students in the bus any mind. If everything was on schedule, he'd be at the pier in about...An hour, give or take. After that, his job was done, he'd get that nice, big check, and he could be home on time to watch the game with his boyfriend.

Life was good.

After a moment, he picked up the radio off the dashboard, before saying into it, "The kids are good and ready for extraction."

"Delightful to hear, Atar. Would you say they're the right bunch for our little game?" The man took a moment to look back at the class, and soon after, a smirk appeared.

"Trust me, boss...These kids are gonna tear each other apart."

Third/Fourth Year Classes A/B/C/D, Beacon Junior High School Student List

Males

#1. Dove Bronzewing

#2. Flynt Coal

#3. Jaune Arc

#4. Yatsuhashi Daichi

#5. Mercury Black

#6. Bolin Hori

#7. Russel Thrush

#8. Sage Ayana

#9. Scarlet David

#10. Sun Wukong

#11. Cardin Winchester

#12. Lie Ren

#13. Sky Lark

#14. Roy Stallion

#15. Ivori Frame

#16. Nadir Shiko

#17. Fox Alistair

#18. Nolan Porfirio

#19. Neptune Vasilias

#20. Kobalt Leaf

#21. Brawnz Ni

Females

#1. Dew Gayl

#2. Weiss Schnee

#3. Ruby Rose

#4. Yang Xiao Long

#5. Arslan Altan

#6. Velvet Scarlatina

#7. Reese Chloris

#8. Ciel Soleil

#9. Gwen Darcy

#10. May Zedong

#11. Pyrrha Nikos

#12. Nora Valkyrie

#13. Ilia Amitola

#14. Octavia Ember

#15. Coco Adel

#16. Emerald Sustrai

#17. Cinder Fall

#18. Neon Katt

#19. Nebula Violette

#20. Blake Belladonna

#21. Penny Polendina

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