"That was a risky move" Weiss remarked
"No, I think you handled it well" Blake disagreed
"I hope so" Ruby said
"I'm sure everything will be alright Ruby" Yang said as she patted her sister's solder
"Except for when Yen Sid knows about your team" Lea admitted
"I'm sure things won't go that bad" Sora shrugged "I've told plenty of people I'm from another world, and Yen Sid didn't go bonkers"
"I'm sorry, but who's said "I'll make sure no one will find out we're from another world, even if they try to torture me"" Lea said in a bad Sora impression
"Lea, it's Sora you're talking about" Riku pointed out
"And what's that suppose to mean?!" Sora asked, offended
"It means you're a kid who easily breaks the rules"
Riku heard a small laugh coming from Weiss's bed. Riku turned to see it was Blake, trying to hid her giggling. Riku couldn't help but smile at how the faunus found him funny
"Oh yeah?!" Sora said, stomping at the keyblade master "Well-"
Suddenly Kairi stepped in front of Sora, stopping him "Hey, let's not start fighting with each other again! Honestly, we've had enough of that crap for a while"
"Well let's not remark the past, and step back into the present!" Yang said, grabbing a container on a desk
"What's that?" Ruby asked
"I don't know yet. Dad sent it to us. I thought we could open it together"
Ruby squealed in a high pitch "Something from home!"
Ruby used her semblance to dash onto her older sister's back. She tried reaching for the present, flailing her arms in the process, but Yang stretched her arm out far enough her sister couldn't dent the tube. The bottom lid fell off and a black, skinny, hairy cylinder fell onto the ground. The cylinder started rustling and shaking until it turned into a dog. The four huntresses and four keyblade wielders leaned in to see the black and white corgi until...
"Ruh! ruh!" It barked
Everyone jumped back at the dog and how cute it was. Everyone except Blake of course, who held onto what she landed on tightly
"Zweeeiii!" Ruby squealed louder and jumped higher
"He sent a dog?!" Lea asked
"In the mail?! Weiss added
"H-how do you send something as big as a dog through a package shaped like that?" Kairi asked, grabbing the container from Yang's arm
"Oh he does stuff like this all the time" Yang answered, smiling at her sister holding their do as he licked away at Ruby's face
"Your father or your dog?" Blake asked, holding her landed spot even tighter
"Uh... Blake?" Riku asked
With how close the voice was to Blake, she realized a possibility of where she landed. She turned her head to be face to face with the silver haired keyblade master. She saw she was wrapping her arms on his solders for dear life. And she also saw she was laying on his arms that were holding her up. After realizing her predicament, she squirmed off her dance partner from last night and landed on her feet. She jumped up on the bed to get farther away from the dog, as well as to hide her embarrassment. Seeing this made Yang, Sora and Kairi almost laugh, but they were able to keep it in to save her more embarrassment
While they did that and as soon as Zwei took a break from licking Ruby's face, Weiss came closer to inspect their canine from the mail "Are you telling me that this mangy..."
"Oh boy" Lea turned away from what was he thought was about to happen
"Drooling..."
"This won't end well" Kairi said, gripping onto Sora's arm with her free arm to protect her from Weiss building anger
"Mutt... is going to wive with us forevah? Oh yes he is yes he is!"
Everyone was a little more that surprised to see Weiss's anger turn into adorableness as she talked to Zwei like he was the cutest thing in the world. But also sighed in relief. With Weiss's surrounding calming down, Sora, making sure to not trigger another vision for Ruby to see, came closer and started petting Zwei's head, which the little dog barked happily at
"Well don't you remind me of a friend of mine" He said in the same baby-talk tone Weiss was talking in "Just give him a shield and people cloths and you'd get a close match"
"You have a dog?" Blake asked, leering down at the flea bag everyone was loving
"You play dress up with him?" Yang asked, rubbing her own dog's belly"
"Well no, you see-"
"Will all first year students please report to the amphitheater" The P.A interrupted Sora, with Glynda's voice being the interrupter
"Well we can't exactly leave him here while we're gone for a week" Weiss argued while Zwei jumped of of Ruby's arms to meat Blake, who tried to stay away from him as much as possible from her height
"There's a letter inside" Kairi said as she grabbed a piece of paper from inside, giving it to Yang
"Dear girls..." Yang started reading "I've got to leave the island for a few days. So I'm sending Zwei to you to take care of. Enclosed is all the food you should need. Love you both, Taiyang"
After trapping Blake in her bed for a little bit, Zwei decided to join everyone else. Just in time for Kairi to drop like 50 cans of dog food from the container, forcing Kairi to question how this was able to fit in a little jar once again
"What is he suppose to do with that?" Weiss asked, not even stunned at how many cans just dropped on the corgi
Something else dropped from inside the container; a can opener landed directly on Zwei's head that just popped out of the pile of cans, but was barely phased
"Well, that settles it" Yang said, grabbing the package from a stunned Kairi's hand and placed it onto a table next to her "Come on, Zwei will be back here when we get back" She said as she cheerfully walked out of the door first
"Oh I'll miss you so much we're going to be best friends I can't wait to see you again" Weiss said as she petted Zwei on the way out of being the 2nd to leave
"Zwei, huh?" Lea repeated the name as he went out. He gave a small chuckle when he made it to the door "Alright, got it memorized"
Blake jumped down from her be, landing on her feet of course, an grabbing Riku by the shoulders. She than turned the silver haired keyblade wielder around and used his back to hide from the little dog, and much to Riku's surprise, she dragged him out until they were out of the room
"What are you doing?" An embraced Riku started to ask
"Just roll with it" Blake answered, burying her face so no one could see her blushing cheeks or embarrassed self. At least until they were out of the dorm
"Is- is no one going to question how he was able to fit an entire animal in that thing, along with like a hundred cans of dog food, complete with can opener?!" Kairi finally bursted out
"Come on Kairi, we need to go" Sora dismissed her question as she dragged her out by hooking his arm around her's "There's not much time for questions"
With a stuttering Kairi and her boyfriend out of the room, that only left Ruby with her pet dog. Even if Zwei was a master of using a can opener, she couldn't just leave him by himself, without anyone and especially without her or Yang or dad to have a familiar face around. That's when Ruby came up with an idea so crazy, it would no doubt work!
Both team had entered into the amphitheater, which was crowded with students. Not just students at Beacon of course, but also exchange students from Atlas, Mistrel, and Vacuo as well. It was so crowded, each student from the different kingdoms needed to be in sections depending on where they came from
"Quiet, quiet please" Mrs. Goodwitch said, calming everyone down
looks like they got there just in time for Ozpin to make a big speech. Ruby put down her bag, which ruffled and shook a little after she set it down, and she joined her team and SKRL to meet up with team JNPR in the back row of Vale
"Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin" Mrs. Goodwitch stepped out of the way for the head master to speak
"Today we stand together, united" Ozpin began "Mistrel, Atlas, Vacuo, Vale; the four kingdoms of Remnant.
On this day nearly eighty years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, of greed, and of oppression. A war that was about much more than where borders fell or who traded with whom. But about the very idea of individualism itself.
We fought for countless reasons, on of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self expression. And as you are all aware that was something many could not stand for.
As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself; color. It was their way to not only demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither would the generations to come. And it was trend to be held to this very day. We encourage individualism, expressionism, and unity. Through diversity.
As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bond cannot exists without effort. Which is why today, while the rest of the world celebrates peace, Huntsmen and Huntresses will work to uphold it.
As first year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional huntsman or huntress on a mission" As his speech continued, holographic boards showed up all around the amphitheater with different jobs on them "Some of you may be taken outside the kingdom for several days. Others may work within the walls for the rest of the week. But no matter which path you choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best"
As soon as Ozpin left the stage, the hunters and huntresses in training did either one of two things. They either clapped at the speech or got an early start and went to the boards
"This is perfect" Ruby said to the group "All we have to do is shadow a huntsman working in the Southeast"
"Yeah! We'll follow them around by day and give them the slip at night" Yang agreed
"And with two teams on two different missions around the area, we're sure to find out where the organization is staying" Sora added
"Let's check "Search and Destroy"" Weiss proposed
The two teams went to a holographic board that said "Search and Destroy" on top of it. It had a variety of jobs on it, but one that peaked everyone's interest was one that said "High Grimm Activity"
"Here we go" Ruby said "Quadrant five needs some grimm cleared out"
"Well, it's in the Southeast" Blake thought out loud
"Sounds perfect" Yang cheered
Ruby clicked on the mission and a keyboard appeared on the screen. When Ruby typed in the team name "RWBY", however, a message in red came up that said "Mission unavailable to first year students" and it went back to the job list
"Wonderful" Weiss said sarcastically
"Welp, I guess that one's for Team SKRL" Yang said, slightly annoyed
"Wait, what do you mean?" Sora asked
"Well, since you and Professor Ozpin seem to be real good with each other, doesn't he give you special privileges?"
"Just because he tells us stuff and is good friends with Master Yen Sid doesn't mean we get "special privileges"" Riku answered
"Oh" Yang remarked as she scratched her head "Than forget I said anything"
Blake rolled her eyes at her partner's crazy thinking "Any other ideas?"
"We mail ourselves there" Ruby answered
"Well that's one option"
The two teams turned next to them to see the green cladded professor, holding his activated scroll, walking in on their planning
"Unfortunately, we determined that the concentration of grimm was too extreme for first year students"
"Than why have the job on there if we can't accept it?" Kairi asked
"We decided to keep it up there for other years to accept, as well as any that get leftover after today" Ozpin paused after his answer, just looking at the two teams for a moment "It seems that particular region is rather popular. In fact, I have the sneaking suspicion that the eight of you will make your way there no matter what job you choose"
All eyes pointed to a nervous, head scratching Ruby
"Whatever makes you say that?" Ruby acted oblivious
"I'm still curious as to how you all found yourselves at the docks last semester" Ozpin addressed Team Rwby "I'm interested to know how you really learned about a "hideout" in the Southeast. And I certainly wonder why witnesses reported seeing robots and rose pedals in a dance club sometime ago"
"Uhhmm..." Ruby tried to come up with an excuse "Uh-well"
"And Yen Sid has told me more than my share fare of stories each of you have" Ozpin went on to address Team Skrl "Tell me, how many people have you met on your many journeys that are now aware of the existence of other worlds including my students right here?"
The whole team had their own reactions. Sora started counting, Kairi whistled like she did nothing wrong, Riku scratched his head nervously, and Lea pulled his hood over his head (Weiss noticed he looked a lot more like one of those guys from the organization)
Ozpin simply smiled at how both teams tried coming up with excuses "I doubt I'll ever find the answers I'm looking for. So, how about this? Instead of waiting to break the rules, why don't we bend them?"
Ozpin started typing in his scroll, with some beeps, boops and computating sounds and soon the mission grew slightly and had 2 white check marks next to it's name
"Why are you letting both our teams go here on the same mission?" Lea pulled his hood over
"Well if this is indeed where the organization is hiding out in this world, I'd like my huntsman and students have additional support"
"Are you saying you think we can't handle them?!" Weiss started arguing
"I'm not saying that's what I think, Miss Schnee. I'm saying that's what I know"
"We won't let you down" Ruby stepped in, stopping Weiss from getting their team in trouble "Thank you professor"
"Do not thank me for this. Teamwork and persistence have carried you far, but you must understand, the things that await you beyond the protection of the kingdom will not care. Stay close to your huntsman at all times and do exactly as he says. He will be leading you on this mission, and he can have you sent back to Beacon, if he finds your skills to be unsatisfactory"
The headmaster left his teams, seeming a little worried at these facts
"Good luck" were the last things he said to them
Teams RWBY and SKRL left the amphitheater, some feelings that weren't exactly possessive running through their brains
"That wasn't exactly uplifting" Yang broke the silence between the teams
"But it's the truth" Blake agreed with the professor
"It's gonna be tough but I know we can do it" Ruby tried to bring some positivity into the group
"And like Ozpin said, we won't let anything happen to any of you" Sora said with his arms behind his head
He had some mixed reactions from the team. Ruby, as always, smiled at his similar mission to brighten up the mood, Weiss was noticeably slightly annoyed, probably thanks to Ozpin doubting the team, Blake seemed like she didn't hear him and focused more on walking, and Yang rolled her eyes at how tough Sora thought he was compared to her
"Whoa, what happened to team CFVY?" A fellow beacon student walked by them, joining up with a big group
The two teams decided to see what was going on. When they saw what the commotion was all about, their jaws dropped. Like the student said, the group was looking at Team CFVY, but each of them looked like they went through a war and barely made it out. Team CFVY's leader, Coco Adel, was wearing her long sleeved, hot chocolate colored sweater and dark brown waist cincher, as well as her styling black pants, her parisian hat and weilded her suitcase, but they all were torn showing multiple injuries, bandages and even patches of blood. Her trademark glasses were missing so everyone could see her dark brown eyes were in a look of concentrated anger. But of course the most noticeable thing about her was the fact that she was using a crutch! One crutch on her right side, struggling to walk past the large group
Behind her was Fox Alistair. The darker skined, white eyed, orange haired boy with an orange vest to match, was covered in scratches and marks that looked like his arms caught on fire during some battle and was limping
Yatsuhashi Daichi, A huge man with tan skin, clothed in lime green clothing and armor with a giant sword on his back, grunted as he held his tightly bandaged left arm, looked so tired we was about to fall on someone, but he still continued along with the rest of his team, despite all the scratches and scars on him
And lastly, Velvet Scarlatina. The bunny faunus seemed to be holding her pain from walking in better than her team mates, but even than anyone could tell the poor girl was struggling. Her ears didn't have the energy to stand up, so they dangled behind her along with her long brown hair. Her clothing was also covered in cuts that showed multiple bandages. Most of the cuts were small, but one bandaged area in particular on her waist was bigger than most of the other injuries from the team, almost like a sword wound. It was even more noticeable because the young faunus placed a lot of pressure on her injury
"Velvet?" Blake walked up to her fellow faunus "What happened to you"
The bunny faunus turned to the worried member of RWBY "Oh, I'm fine"
"I'd say you're all far from fine. You look like you endured an explo-"
Kairi elbowed Lea in the gut to stop him from making the situation look worse "What he means you don't look to great"
"Heh, we've defiantly looked cooler" The faunus faked a smile
"What happened to all of you?" Weiss asked
Soon Velvet sighed and talked "At first, things were going well. There were more grimm than we expected, but we could still handle them easily. Than..." There was some shutter in her voice "Th-than they showed up. Those shadows with golden eyes and claws that could rip through your skin. But still, we were able to take care of them, even though they were tougher than grimm. A-and then..." She clenched onto her bandaged waist tighter "Than he showed up with his key shaped sword and treated us like we were nothing. We don't know why he didn't finish us off but..."
Velvet looked up to see she was kinda terrifying the two teams. Team Rwby was extremely nervous, and Team Skrl was more worried than scared
"But don't worry" Velvet tried to make them not worry "you first years are just shadowing a huntsman so you should be fine"
"Could you..." Sora hesitated for a moment "Could you tell us more about these "shadows"?"
Before Velvet could question it, there was a big thud ahead of them. Everyone turned to see coco tripped. She let go of her crutch and clenched her heart, grunting in pain
"Coco! Are you ok?!" Velvet did her best to rush to her partner
Velvet offered her hand to help her leader up, as did some other students, but the brown haired girl bushed all help away
"Don't try to help me!" Coco said aggressively, grabbing her crutch and got up on her own "Let's just get to the infirmary now"
Despite others still wanting to help, the injured leader ignored the help, did her best to push herself out of the group and head to the inside of the school, leaving everyone perplexed
"Coco..."
Velvet felt like she was about to cry, but the non-bandaged arm of Yatsuhashi came to comfort her
"It's alright Velvet" He said in his deep voice "She just needs time to forgive is all"
"You know, it wasn't the brightest idea to not accept everyone's help!" Yang yelled
The tan skinned man turned his head "It's not that she doesn't want the help. It's more or less that she doesn't feel like she deserves it"
The whole group questioned what the tall man meant by this. What would make someone feel like they don't deserve help?
"We should get to the infirmary as well. Farewell everybody"
People went out of the way for the rest of Team Cfvy, others decided to help the second year team to the infirmary. Teams Rwby and Skrl didn't. They were just left in thought as to what happened to this team. Team Skrl more than anyone in team Rwby
"Shadows with golden eyes?" Lea repeated what the faunus told them
"Key shaped sword?" Riku looked at his arm
"You don't think..." Kairi looked at Sora with worried eyes
"N...no it can't be them" Sora argued "We sealed the keyhole, they shouldn't be able to break through, at least not this soon"
"Either way, we need to be extra careful now" Riku pointed out
"We can do this" Rwby told the group "We've never backed down before and we're not going to start now"
"Right" Blake agreed
"Besides, it won't be just us out there. We'll be fighting alongside a genuine huntsman!"
"Yeah!" Yang, as well as the whole group got fired up to meet this incredible, awesome and powerful warrior!"
To say that the group of 8 wasn't expecting Professor Oobleck was at the aircraft they were going to board would be an understatement
"Why hello students!" The history teacher greeted the teams "Who's ready to fight for their lives?"
Author's note: OHHHH BOY was thing long overdue. It's been like what, 3 moths since I last updated this story even though I said, and I quote "I'd try to get into the grove again". I'm really sorry once again guys. Things were just chaotic in those 3 months with trying to get my grades up, homework and the musical that I was in, not to mention Rwby volume 4. I barely had time to be on the computer for a while. Well when Christmas started showing it's head I decided "You know what? I've stalled long enough to not finish this chapter. I know! I'll make it my own little Christmas gift!" So, Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you have a great time with family and have a happy new year. OK, now that the sentimental stuff is over, let's go over this chapter, shall we?
First off, Zwei! Everyone's favorite dog!... except for me. I'm just going to be frank, I'm not the biggest Zwei fan. Sure he's cute, but much like a lot of the last couple of episodes in volume 2, he feels like he was forced to be there. He just barks, does some stuff with Oobleck, and than disappears for practically all of volume 3 and has only made a cameo as of now in Rwby volume 4. Sure he's fun in Rwby Chibi, but if you removed him from the episode's he's in, not much would change from the plot. He just honestly seems pointless to me. But I know a lot of people like him, so I guess he can stay
The same can be said about Team Cfvy. I know the majority of the fandom really likes them, but I don't. I don't hate them, but I don't feel they've earned their spot in the fandom. I mean the first time we see them, only Velvet gets a line and in just a few episodes they come out of nowhere and fight really awesomely which would be fine... if it didn't come out of nowhere, they had some moments before and had some unique personalities. I mean, what do we know about fox? nothing! what do we know about Yatsuhashi? just that he seems quiet. Coco and velvet are better, but even than I've seen Coco's cool mean girl archetype done better in other shows and besides her TF2 minigun, she doesn't bring much to the table for me and none of them really have development. Which is why, even though they won't be in the big fight at the end, they are going to get some development, even though it's super small
But who is this key shaped sword wielder that seemed to have crippled Team CFVY? Will Teams RWBY and SKRL find the organization's hideout? And will Team JNPR be relevant to the story really soon? Find out in the next chapter! but first, reviews
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Well I think that about wraps everything up. If you like this chapter, leave a follow, a favorite, a review, Merry Chrismas, Happy New Year, and i'll see you all next time