Team RWBY

(Alternative Title: Ohana)

The great and amazing Ruby Rose stood at the edge of the cliff, her red cloak fluttering, and her brave face hidden for no one to see. The sun shone and cast a halo of gold around her, making her look even more awesome.

(Wait, is it more awesome or awesomer?)

"Great work as always," she said, turning to face her trusted confidants with a cocky smile. They'd bested five Ursas with naught a scratch. At least she had. Her partner Weiss Schnee had beaded a sweat, for she was not as charming and wonderful as Ruby was. No one was. "We've saved the world. Not that it's unusual, or anything."

She flicked her hair. Her perfect teeth glimmered as she smiled.

"Now, let's defeat more Grimm, and free this world from the treacherousness known as-"

"Wait, what's Grimm?"

Ruby frowned and turned to look at Weiss. "Grimm's Grimm."

Weiss scowled, and tilted her chin up like how an adult would do so. "Yeah, but what is it?"

Ruby looked down at her craftsmanship. She pointed to one of the papers sprawled out on the floor of their room with her color-sprinkled finger. "This! This is Grimm!"

Weiss looked down with a small amount of interest and a smaller amount of irritation in her eyes. "What even is that?"

Ruby's frown returned. She looked down and gauged her art better. Granted, she could've added more rainbows and fire and cute clouds to make her drawing more epic, but overall, it was pretty obvious what this was.

"It's Grimm."

Weiss groaned. The infruiration in her face made Ruby infuriated as well.

"And what, Ruby, might that be?"

Ugh! Why was Weiss being so difficult!? "What do you mean what's Grimm?! Grimm is Grimm!"

"Girls!" a voice from downstairs said, exparated. "Keep it down!"

They both winced and waited until the footsteps were inaudible before continuing on their bickering.

"Well I don't know what that grim thing is! Unlike you, I don't fuss over children's show, so I've no clue as to what that is!"

Gasp. How dare she. "Anime is not a children's show! It's a super mega grown-ups show, thank you very much."

Weiss looked like she wanted to argue, but for once, held back. She slapped a hand to her forehead and massaged it. It reminded Ruby of Mom, not for the first time.

"Ugh, let's just get this over with so I can finish reading your stupid story."

Ruby winced, feeling more hurt than she should. "Is it really stupid?"

Weiss blinked, looked at her, and softened. Her jaws loosened, and her eyebrows didn't crease together as intently. "It's only half-stupid, and that's only because you haven't finished it."

"Really?" Ruby brightened. Weiss was smart. Smarter than most kids their age. Dare she say, Weiss was nearly as smart as a grown-up! If she'd said that Ruby's story was good, then it must be true!

"Really-really."

With that, Ruby continued.

"So, what do you say, partner?" Ruby chuckled and met Weiss' eyes. "Wanna rid this world from evil?"

"Of course, dear teammate. We shall-"

"Wait, teammate?"

"Yeah!" Ruby's smile might've been too goofy for a serious, adult conversation, but she couldn't help herself.

"But I thought we were partners." Weiss looked visibly confused.

"We are." Ruby nodded. "And we're also in the same team."

Weiss' confusion doubled, and Ruby's smile widened.

"Speaking of-" Ruby turned to look around, a nonchalant frown on her face "-where are the rest of our team? I could've sworn I-"

"Oh, I get it." Weiss deadpanned. "You're gonna put Jaune on our team, aren't you? Or Penny."

Ruby fought back her annoyance. "Just keep listening. And don't interrupt me." Her pause was short. "Please."

After all, it was rude not to say please. Mom had told her so, even if Mama sometimes forgot to do it.

Weiss didn't say sorry, but her mild apologetic look would have to do.

"Oh, why they're right behind us, of course," Weiss said, nodding. "Yes, yes. While we were out fighting Ursas, they've encountered Beowolves."

"Beowolves, you say?"

"Yes, it is troublesome, for there were infinite-bajillions of them." (Infinite-bajillion is a real word, right?) "But they are strong, for they are a part of our team. A part of Team RWBY."

"Really?"

Weiss wasn't even trying to hide her amusement.

Ruby blushed. "Shut up."

Ruby heard rustling from behind, and chuckled. "Speak of the devil."

Two women emerged out from the forest, a rainbow in the sky highlighting how great they were. They weren't as good as she was, of course, but they came close.

"Devil? Is that what you really think of us, Rubes?" One of them put a hand on her heart. "I'm hurt."

"Are you both okay?" the other asked, far more serious.

"Of course they're fine, kitty. Just look at 'em!"

Yang Belladonna and Blake Xiao-Long stood alongside her, proud and cool. Together, Team RWBY stared at the setting sun, content that they'd saved the whole world of Remnant once again.

"The end."

Weiss' smile was wider than she expected. Granted, it wasn't that wide, but it was, like, super wide in Weiss' standards.

"Did you really put them in our team too?"

"I did." Oh yeah. I am such a genius.

"Really? Them?"

"Really-really."

Weiss' lips twitched up. "Not bad, dolt."

"Super good, you mean?"

"Don't push it."

"Girls! Dinner is ready!"

The girls looked at each other and made the move to leave their room and go downstairs.

"Wait," Weiss said before Ruby could grab the door handle. "Your hands."

Ruby looked down on said hands. She held them out proudly for the world to see. "It's full of rainbows."

"It's full of crayons."

"Rainbows."

"Crayons, and we should clean it up before Mom sees."

Despite Ruby's protests, Weiss used a tissue to clean up the colorful mess, or as she liked to call it; 'Crayainbows', which was a totally wicked combination of the words 'crayon' and 'rainbow'.

"Girls! Hurry up, or else we'll throw all of these delicious cookies away!"

Ruby snapped her head up to Weiss. "They have cookies?"

Weiss bit her lip, looking as struck as Ruby was, though not as excited. "I heard."

Ruby nodded in grim acceptance. "They have cookies."

And with that, she bolted down, ignoring Mom's cries of "no running in the stairs, missy!" as her wolfy hunger grew. (Is wolfy a word? Wolfy's a word, right?)

She stomped her foot to gain the attention of both of her parents in the kitchen. "Where are my cookies?"

"Your cookies?" Mama asked, pressing a fork on her forehead, feigning ignorance. "Whoever said these cookies were yours?"

"I was promised cookies. Give me my cookies. Now."

"Ruby…" Mom, sitting down with a book on her hand, fixed her a stern glance.

Ruby winced, and rephrased her words. "Give me my cookies right now or else, pretty please."

Mom blinked, put her book down, and sighed as she regarded Mama. "Yep. That's your daughter, alright."

Mama winked at Mom. "Don't forget she's yours too, Blakey. I'm not the only one responsible for raising such a hellraiser."

"Hey!"

They ignored Ruby's offended yelp, caught in their own world.

"Oh, but you're more of a hellraiser than she is," Mom said.

"I'm no hellraiser." Mama walked to her, put both hands at the edge of the table, and leaned so she was face-to-face with Mom. "I'm an angel."

"Right, I'll believe that." Mom leaned in.

"You should." Mama leaned in closer.

"Ew! Cooties alert!" The two lovebirds stopped on their tracks. Ruby turned to see Weiss behind her, looking positively stricken, and not in a good way. "Seriously, you guys. Ruby's, like, right here."

Ruby's sigh was one of relief. "Golly, Weiss. Thanks for saving me from witnessing something that'll scar me for life."

"No problem." Weiss gave her a court nod before she sauntered to the table. Ruby followed suit, though hers was less of a saunter and more like a trudge. A zombie-like trudge. "So, Ruby made a new story."

Mama brightened right as Mom said, "Ah, what's it about?"

"Monsters, heroes, death, the usual stuff." Both of Ruby's parents nodded, not at all surprised. "At least I think they're monsters. I don't know. Ruby calls them Grimm."

Mama tilted her head as she sat down. "Grimm?"

"Yes." Weiss waited until her plate was filled with spaghetti before saying, "It's actually quite clever. They have semblances there, which is basically magic, only it's not magic, and magic doesn't exist there. Everyone's semblance is different. And people who use semblance are called hunters and huntresses. They're like heroes, only they go to school to be them."

"Weeeiss…" Ruby shuffled in her seat. This was so embarrassing.

Mama waved a hand and said, "Keep going, Snowflake. I wanna know all about it," before she shoved a large meatball into her mouth.

Mom, however, was far more sophisticated. And by that Ruby meant that she actually had table manners. She brought a napkin to her lips after a dainty bite and smiled calmly. "It's good, Ruby. Really."

Ruby shrunk even more, her blush redder than her name. "We were in it. And we were partners. You guys were in it too."

Mom blinked, the tenderness in her changing into something more along the lines of amusement. "Oh?"

"Yeah." Weiss gave a curt nod. "We're on the same team. Team RWBY."

Mama raised an eyebrow. "RWBY?"

"Don't ask," Weiss deadpanned.

Mama snorted, shoved an even bigger meatball into her mouth, and somehow swallowed it without choking. "Well, if you and Weiss get to be partners, don't we too?"

Ruby blinked, once, twice, before-

"Ew, no! She's my sister! And it's not that kind of a partner! It's, like, Sherlock and Watts kinda partner! Good-cop bad-cop partner!"

"Work partners?"

Ruby appreciated Mom's suggestion. "Work partners! Yes! Thank you!"

"... Can I and my dear wife here be partners?"

A pause. "Fine, Mama." Another, smaller pause, then a smile and a chuckle. "Only if I get to be the leader of my team."

"Deal."

I think the lesson I learned from Q&M is to sometimes loosen up with my writing, and not take everything so seriously. Stories, especially in fan fictions, don't have to have a concrete plot, foreshadowings, and character development. Sometimes they can be timeless, endless. Sometimes I worry about how to make the story great, and not about how to make the story fun. So… there.

This is a new story that'll be updated every weekend. There are 8 chapters in total, and, like Q&M, I don't know if I'll continue making it or if I'll leave it on 8 chapters. Either way is fine for me :)

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Tell me if you have any prompts or ideas for this AU I've made! Maybe it'll inspire me to write more chapters.

See ya~