The afternoon sun shined it's light brightly upon a clock tower within a quite large town. Light that was so bright, Ruby had to cover her eyes from the sun. She had no idea why she was on top of this clock tower in this random town. All she knew was that she was here. She looked over to her right to see a girl was sitting on the edge of the tower, watching as the town people moved all around. The girl, who looked like she was Ruby's age, had short black hair and white skin, but her face was kept facing completely away from Ruby. The girl was wearing a checkerboard tank top, with light purple straps, and dark purple leggings with black slip on shoes with white soles. The girl also wore a necklace with a strange looking silver cross on it as well as a bracelet with grey beads and a black rose. The girl gave Ruby a strange feeling she didn't know how to describe
"Who are you?"
The girl asked, surprising Ruby. Though she still didn't face her
"My name is Ruby" She answered "And who are you?"
The black haired girl paused, as if it was a tough question on a quiz
"I don't remember" The girl admitted
Ruby raised an eyebrow "Do you remember anything?"
She sighed "No, I don't. I don't remember my name, my friends, where I live, who I am... anything"
Ruby felt bad for this girl. It must be hard for her to not remember anything. The more she felt bad, though, the more the strange feeling grew
"However..." The girl suddenly spoke again "Now that you mention it, I think I might remember my name"
"What is it?" Ruby asked. grabbing the girl's solder from anticipation
"My name is..."
Suddenly the girl turned, her head poofed into a head of white hair bundled into a pony tail, and 1 of her icy blue eyes had a small scar on it
"Ruby Rose!"
Ruby's eyes shot open as she felt a cold hand shaking her by the solder. She looked next to her to see Weiss, in her combat skirt ready for the day, was the shaker. As soon as Ruby rubbed her eyes, Weiss grabbed her blanket off the top bunk to reveal Ruby's pink polka dotted sweat pants
"Get up, you dolt!" Weiss yelled as she jumped down from Ruby's bunk "We only have an hour and a half before we get our mission, and I will not miss choosing the best missions because our team leader overslept!"
Ruby rubbed her eyes even more "Sorry. I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night"
"Because of the encounter last night?" Ruby heard Blake ask
"Just because some members of the organization attacked us last night, doesn't mean we can afford to be late!"
Ruby got up and looked around the room. She saw Weiss was pacing back and forth, waiting for everyone else to get up. She saw Blake was under her bed, tying her bow to hide her cat hears. Ruby looked more around to find Yang, but she was nowhere in sight
"Where's Yang?" Ruby asked as soon as she jumped down
"She said she was going to get the mail" Blake explained, her bow completely covering her faunus inheritances
"And she was completely dressed and everything before doing so!" Weiss angrily pointed out
"Calm down, Ice Queen" Ruby rolled her eyes "I'll get ready!"
Ruby stomped her way over to their closet to grab her combat cloths. As she grabbed them from the hanger however, her scroll started beeping. She grabbed her cloths and walked over to see what was going on. She saw that she got a next from Professor Ozpin
I would like speak with you as soon as I can, Miss Rose. Meet us in my office as soon as possible
"What's going on?" Blake asked
"Professor Ozpin wants to talk with me. And from the sounds of, so does Miss Goodwitch too..."
"All the more reason to get dressed as soon as possible!" Weiss yelled
"Alright already!" Ruby yelled back as she got dressed
Ruby rushed over to the closed doors of the elevator that went to Professor Ozpin's office. The doors opened and a fellow student came out of the elevator, wearing an orange shirt with black pants and metal shoes. Ruby entered the elevator and as soon as she did, the huntsman in training pushed all the buttons on the elevator that led to the top. Before Ruby could get out, the doors closed and the boy ran as fast as he could, snickering the whole way
"Oh well this is just great!" Ruby said angrily as she laid on the walls of the elevator
The elevator doors opened up, and no one was there to come on. As the doors closed, Ruby had a feeling that no one would get on the elevator with her for a while. The only good thing about this was that she had time to think about all the stuff that's happened since last night. Mainly the mysterious woman. Ruby still didn't completely understand this whole X-blade thing, but she knew with that woman it was getting closer and closer. She wished she could do something to help Sora, Riku, Kairi and Lea, but it wasn't her fight. Not unless she got a keyblade, and it's not like they fell right out of the sky into other people's arms. So at this point, much to her annoyance, she could only cheer her friends on when this keyblade was finally begins
another elevator opened and closed
Another thing that came to Ruby's mind was the vision she got from Sora. More specifically, the part where he became a heartless. Ruby didn't know how he got back from being a heartless, or how he became one, but it was still a little heart-pounding to think that one of her friends had become a vicious monster made from shadows who destroyed worlds. Ruby knew he didn't become one by a heartless ripping his heart out, like he and Kairi said, but the thought of those glowing eyes and cold claws creeping up on you until they turn you into one of them scared Ruby more than it should have for some reason. And the sudden boy before Sora turned back into Sora was confusing. And as short as he appeared, he looked familiar to Ruby. The first part of his name Ruby heard also sounded familiar. "Ro..." That could be any name, but it seemed familiar to Ruby for some reason
another elevator opened and closed
The last thing that came to Ruby's mind recently was the dream she had lat night. The sunset town and clock tower gave Ruby a strange feeling, as well as the girl she dreamed about. For some reason, it all seemed familiar. Ruby had no idea why though. She knew she had never seen that town, and this girl was just someone Ruby apparently made up while dreaming. She never dreamed of that place or the girl before, so why did they both give Ruby a feeling like she knew them before?
The elevator beeped twice, signaling Ruby that she made it to the top floor
"Come in" Ruby heard the voice of her headmaster say
The doors opened, and Ruby walked into the office
"Sorry it took so long" She apologized "Someone accidentally hit all the buttons on the way up here"
Before Ruby could explain how it wasn't her, she looked around the room. Not only were Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch there, but 2 other surprising faces. One was General Ironwood, wearing his classic Atlesian army suit, and Sora
"Thank you for coming, Ruby" Ozpin greeted her as he stood up from his chair "How are you feeling?"
"Ok, I guess. Why did you call me up here?"
"Simple. Sora explained you had an encounter with 2 members of a group called Organization 13. And how you and your team are now aware about the existence of other worlds, including the ones his team all come from"
Ruby's eyes widened at Sora. She thought that he was afraid at how mad his master would be if he found out he let word loose about her team knowing about other worlds
"Yen Sid has to know about the completion of the organization" Sora explained "This was the only way"
Ruby's eyes shifted towards her headmaster "So did he tell you everything from last night?"
"As well as your visions of him, yes" Ozpin nodded
"Oh, that too" Ruby became a little nervous
"If it's any constellation..." The general started walking toward Ruby "I think what you did last night is exactly what being a huntress is all about. You recognized a threat, you took action, and you didn't back down, even though you had no weapon"
"Thank you sir"
"But now that you've rested..." Ozpin spoke as he stood up from his chair "We were wondering if you had anything to add that Sora might have missed"
"What powers did she use?" Glynda asked "Did she look familiar to you at all?"
Ruby thought hard about last night "I don't know. She was wearing a hood, and all she said was she was in the organization to be strong. The inside of her hood lit up when she fired at me, but i don't think it was her semblance"
"Embedding dust into clothing is an age old technique" Ironwood added in "it could have been anyone"
"Perhaps" Ozpin said it a deep trance of thought "But considering we are dealing one of the strongest keyblade wielders to ever live, I have a feeling this attack was more magic based. Meaning for as short of a time this woman may have been in the organization, she is getting stronger. Meaning the keyblade war is closing in on us"
"Me"
Everyone's attention turned to Sora
"It's coming closer to me and my friends. You guys and Remnant aren't effected by this"
"On the contrary, Sora. This war effects all worlds. True the clash shall be between a simple 20 keyblade warriors, but 20 clashes will cost many, if not all worlds. The first keyblade war was powerful enough to shatter the world all worlds use to be, almost destroying everything. When this war happens, i fear that it will have the same impact. But that's not all that I'm worried about" Ozpin turned around to the glass behind him, looking down on the peaceful world below
"Xehanort wants something from this world, not just a final piece of darkness. I have a feeling this woman does too. And once both of them have what they want, they will have no more use for this world and possibly even the white fang. If we had a lead to where organization 13 was staying, we might be able to find a way to stall them from their goals. But seeing as we have a lack of reports of suspicious activity, all we can do is wait for another move"
Ruby grew a little scared about Ozpin saying they'd have no more use of this world. She hoped that she would find out. They needed to find out what to do about the organization asap. Than Ruby remembered something that might help
"Actually..." Ruby spoke out loud "I think I remember her or Young saying something about a hideout or something in the southeast. Just outside the kingdom"
Ozpin turned to the leader of RWBY. He also noticed Sora was confused, as if he didn't remember anything like that. And he especially noticed the wink Ruby gave Sora, and him getting an idea
He smiled "Interesting"
"Isn't it?" Sora sporadically said "I can't believe I forgot about her- he- them saying that!" Than he simply gave a nervous laugh with a grim screaming he was hiding something"
"And how exactly did you for-"
"Thank you for your cooperation Ruby" Ozpin interrupted Glynda. He than turned to his old friend's student "I shall let Yen Sid and King Mickey know about the organization as soon as I can. In the meantime, why don't you and Ruby go and spend some time with your teams? You have a big day head of you"
"Anytime" Ruby said as she and Sora walked over to the elevator
"And Miss Rose"
Ruby turned over to the headmaster, who's smile faded into his more serious face
"Please try and be... discreet about this matter"
"Yes sir"
Ruby continued her walk towards the elevator, where Sora was already waiting for her inside. Once she entered, he pushed a button down to the tower's lobby. He waved goodbye to the headmaster and company as the elevator closed
As they went down, there was a feeling of tension within the compact box. Not that Sora and Ruby being alone has always been a joy ride due to those stupid vision He causes Ruby to have, but there was a lot more than usual. He looked over to his fellow leader to see she wasn't exactly looking like the brightest girl in the world
"Are you ok, Ruby?" He asked
"Oh, yeah I'm fine" Ruby answered "It's just I've been thinking about the vision from last night is all"
"What happened in it? Did you hear me sing again?"
"No no it wasn't that! It was..." Ruby paused, having a hard time getting it out "It was when you became a heartless"
The ominous feeling grew. Sora became gloomier than Ruby was
"It was scary, right?"
"Yeah, it was. How did you come back?"
"It was because of Kairi. If she hadn't had her feeling of love..." Sora clenched his chest "I might not be here right now"
Ruby tilted her head to him "You put your whole life on the line just to get her out of you?"
"Wouldn't you do the same for your friends?" Sora gave a wide grin, and Ruby's smile seemed to return
It only came back for a little bit though "Yeah, but the idea of those things- those golden eyes that are hungry for hearts and dark shadows looming over your skin it... it terrifies me. More than I feel like it should"
Sora gave a confused brow. Sure he'd become a heartless, but it wasn't through conventional ways. He wouldn't question why she was thinking about a different way of becoming a heartless than he did, as he could clearly see she was scared
"You don't have to worry Ruby. I haven't seen a single heartless since we got here, and I doubt we'll come across any as long as we're here"
"Yeah, but it's still a bit scary. And you know what the weird part is?"
The elevator opened and the both of them exited it
"What's the weird part?" Sora asked as they continued to walk outside the tower
"Those heartless things look familiar to me, but I don't know why"
Sora's eyes widened from surprise. Creatures that, according to Master Yen Sid, haven't been on Remnant for a long time, that Ruby had only seen through the visions were familiar? How was that even possible? Sora decided to not focus on it for now though. Not when they were getting missions today
"Well let's worry about it when our missions are done, alright?"
Ruby decided to take his advice and return to her smiling, happy self "Yeah, good call"
And with happiness returned to the both of them, they walked back to their dorms to discuss their talk with Ozpin with their teams
Unbeknownst to them however, a man in a black coat wearing a pony tail and eye patch was watching them
"The heartless are familiar to her, huh?" Xigbar asked himself and a devilish smile grew "Man little red, every time I see ya, you just convince me even more"
He summoned one of his snipers and fired a bullet a foot away from him and a portal came from the bullet
"I'd better let Torchwick and those animals know to get ready"
Xigbar walked into the portal. But not before giving one last look to Ruby and Sora
His grin grew even wider "You'd better get ready too...
Xion"
The portal closed, leaving no trace that he was even there at all
Author's note: Alright before we go over the chapter, I just want to say that I am super sorry for how late this came in, everyone. See i got a new computer earlier this summer so i've been spending a lot of time downloading steam, playing games like team fortress 2, undertale and Gmod, and basically stuff I couldn't do on me chromebook. I haven't given much time to write my fanfics, and I'm really sorry. I'll try to get into the grove again, but with school already started it will take time
alright with that out of the way, welcome to the final arc of SKRL Part 1: A new beginning, the Glenn arc! There is a lot planned for this part of the story. JNPR becomes relevant to the story, we'll begin to get some actual development from coco and velvet, lots of fights, grimm, heartless, and plot twists all around that will get more explanations in part 2
This first chapter, I really like. It sets stuff up that i'm excited to show off and...
alright, let's address the elephant in the room. Yes you read right, Xigbar said "you'd better get ready too, Xion" I can't say what it is yet, but I think at this point a lot of people know what he means (hell, some people have already guessed it) but i'll keep hush hush about that until we find out what he means by it. But for now, let's get into some reviews
Guest: Firstly, you spelled roxas and try wrong. Secondly, Roxas won't get a real part until the second part, and even than it's only a chapter or 2. he get's mentioned a couple of times later in this first part, a sorta part much much later on, and until kh3 comes out that's the most i have planed for him
Librarian343: with jaune x pyrrha and riku x blake. i can promise that those 2 ships will stay the same, but i can't promise the same for sora x kairi. The thng is that Ruby X Sora is one of my favorite crossover ships. They just looks super adorable together. I like Sora X Kairi and hope that they'll give a kiss by the end of KH3, but it is in competition with a ship that i like, and on top of that Ruby and Sora will have a lot of moments that could bring them together in that way. But like i said, which ship gets chosen in the end is still up for grabs, but don't be surprised if i choose ruby x sora
and as for your second review, no i defiantly had kairi point at him. Kind of like how Weiss pointed to Jaune in volume 1, except she ment it
Well guys, all I can say is i'm excited for this next arc, and it's good to be back. If you like this chapter, leave a follow, a favorite, a review and i'll see you all next time