Hey readers, I had forgotten to tell you guys/girls last chapter that it was the first time having POV's and timeframes...so that's what I couldn't remember last chapter... XD

Also it's Christmas Eve YAY...or is it Christmas...meh depends when you read this :D

And so to the next chapter we go...


Ekuro POV: Few minutes ago...

"I got an idea of how we can get to the temple faster!" Ruby announced to Weiss and I.

"And that would be?" Weiss asked Ruby.

"We hitch a ride onto one of the Nevermores," Ruby explained her "great" idea.

"That's a terrible idea, how can we even get up to one in the first place?!" Weiss screamed, shocked about Ruby's idea.

"Well, I've got these," I announced, showing my right gauntlet that was hiding under my sleeves and presented the grappling unit on the right right of the gauntlet.

"They can carry five times my weight and they can shoot out in a distance of 100 feet," I explained to the two.

"How does that work?" Ruby asked.

"Forget about questioning its logic, I haven't figured it out myself," I answered back to Ruby.

"We can't be doing this are we?" Weiss asked in disbelief.

"Come on, how bad can it be?" I asked Weiss.


Weiss POV: Minutes after the conversation...

"OKAY, I WAS WRONG, THIS CAN BE BAD!" Ekuro yelled over the sound of the wind, holding onto one of the Nevermore's feathers for dear life.

"Ruby I told you this was a terrible idea!" I yelled out to Ruby.

"We're fine, stop worrying!" Ruby yelled back to Ekuro and I.

"I am so far beyond worrying!"

"...In a good way?!"

"In a bad way, in a very bad way!"

"The hell do you think we can worry in a good way?!" Ekuro yelled out to Ruby.

"Well why don't we just jump?!" Ruby suggested out loud.

"What are you, insane?!" I questioned Ruby only for her to be gone.

"OH YOU INSUFFERABLE LITTLE RED-!" I cursed out loud before I realised Ekuro was on as well.

"You're not gonna jump are you, Ekuro?!" I asked Ekuro only for him to be gone as well.

"OH NOT YOU TOO?!" I yelled out from the top of my lungs.


Ekuro POV:

After jumping off with Ruby, I continued to halo dive my way down faster than Ruby only to realise that I did not have the same equipment to slow myself down.

"Well...shit..." they were my last words before I crashed straight into the ground in front of Yang and Blake, creating a crater under me.

"Oww...that's gonna leave a mark tomorrow," I groaned as I slowly got up.

"Did he just survive a crash landing from the sky?" I heard Blake ask.

"I-" Yang started before she was interrupted by Ruby.

When I looked up I saw Ruby falling from the sky before she was pushed by another object into a tree.

"Did your sister just fall from the sky?" Blake then asked Yang another question.

"I-" Yang said before she was interrupted again by an explosion, spotting the girl in pink, riding on top of an Ursa, then jumping off.

"Aww. it's broken," the girl said before standing on the head of the Ursa.

Just as she was on top of the Ursa the boy in green appears next to the Ursa looking tired.

"Nora, please...don't ever do that again," he asked the now named Nora only to find her missing on the Ursa.

Looking around I noticed Nora looking at a large gold rook chess piece before grabbing it and started singing.

"I'm queen of the castle, I'm queen of the castle!" Nora sung, putting the rook on her leg, then on her head.

"NORA!" I heard the guy yell out.

"Coming, Ren!" Nora called back to the now named Ren.

"Did that girl just ride in on an Ursa..." Blake asked Yang another question again.

"I-" Yang said again, trying to say something before being interrupted another time by a Death Stalker chasing Pyrrha that tried to swipe at her only for her to jump in between the claws before barrel rolling away and screaming out Jaune's name.

I then see Ruby jump down from a tree to meet up with Yang.

"Ruby?" Yang called out.

"Yang!" Ruby said out loud and was about to hug Yang before-

"NORA!" Nora called out, appearing in-between the two.

"Did she just run all the way here with a Death Stalker on her tail?" Blake asked Yang once again. I don't think Yang could hold it anymore.

"Grrr I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! COULD EVERYONE JUST CHILL OUT FOR TWO SECONDS BEFORE SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPENS AGAIN?!" Yang exploded in flames and yelled at everyone.

Within two seconds, everyone was quiet while I looked at my wrist as if there was a watch there, and Ren running up to the whole group, breathing heavily.

After the two seconds, Ruby tapped Yang on the shoulder.

"Um...Yang?" Ruby called out Yang, looking and pointing up to the sky.

"HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME!" I heard Weiss yell out loud, hanging on one of the claws of the Nevermore.

"I said 'jump'," was all what Ruby said.

"Well, you did tell us to jump in an optional tone," I pointed out to Ruby.

"She's gonna fall," Blake said to Ruby with her arms crossed.

"She'll be fine," Ruby reassured us.

"She's falling," I heard Ren pointed out.

"May she rest in pieces-" I said before I caught myself. "I mean peace!" I quickly said, "yeah...peace..."

"Not funny, Ekuro..." Ruby angrily scolded me.

Then the unexpected happened, I spot Jaune jump out of the trees and caught Weiss in bridal carry, hovering in the air for about five seconds, breaking all logic, before they started to fall.

I walked to my rough guess of the area they were going to land and extended my arms out, the result...Jaune landed in front of me, onto the ground, so I moved another step forward, stepping on Jaune's back.

"Sorry, Jaune, gotta have to use you for a sec," I apologetically said to Jaune as I extended my arms out again to catch Weiss, catching her in a bridal style carry when she landed on my arms, with the cost of my arms.

"My hero," Weiss sarcastically thanked me, getting off of my arms, although I think I did notice a tint of blush on her cheeks.

"My arms..." was all I said, getting off of Jaune.

"My back..." was all what Jaune said.

After a good minute of recovering, I noticed Ruby fleeing away from a Death Stalker.

"Not good, Weiss, we better help her before she gets herself killed," I said to Weiss.

"And why should I help her?" Weiss asked me.

"Because she's your partner?" I tried which didn't convince her.

"*Sigh* Because she wants to prove that she can be a true teammate and be able to help others," I told her which got her thinking.

"Fine, let's go," Weiss concluded, running towards Ruby which I follow behind her.

We ran towards Ruby who is now trying to free her cape from the Nevermore feather before she looked up to see the Death Stalker about to strike her with its stinger.

Weiss used a glyph to speed herself forward to Ruby, using ice dust to freeze the stinger in place from hitting Ruby.

"You are so childish," I heard Weiss complained when I arrived.

"Weiss? Ekuro?" I heard Ruby call out.

"And dimwitted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style," Weiss listed off to Ruby as I cut through the Nevermore feather with Midnight effortlessly to free off of Ruby's cape.

"And I suppose I can be a bit...difficult, but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be...nicer," Weiss finished off.

"I'm not trying to show off, I want you to know I can do this," Ruby said to Weiss.

"You're fine..." Weiss said before walking off.

"Told you so," I quietly whispered in Weiss' ear as she brushed passed me.

"Oh shut up..." Weiss quietly said to me.

"Normal knees," I heard Ruby quietly mumble.

"What was that, Ruby?" I asked Ruby.

"Oh, it's nothing, Ekuro," she replied as she got up and looked to the side of the ice barrier.

"Woah..." I heard Ruby express out loud, looking at the Death Stalker.

As ruby turned around to see Yang, Yang bear hugs her. I ended up walking away to give them privacy as I headed to the group.

Once everyone was gathered together, Jaune and I spotted the Nevermore flying over us.

"Guys, that thing is circling back, what are we gonna do?" Jaune asked the group, pointing at the Nevermore.

"Look, there's no sense in dilly dallying, our objective is right in front of us," Weiss pointed out, speaking up.

"She's right, our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliffs," Ruby instructed us, while I noticed Weiss nodded to Ruby which in return Ruby nods back.

"There's no point in fighting these things," Ruby concluded.

"Run and live, that is an idea I can get behind," Jaune agreed on Ruby's conclusion.

"That is an idea we all can get behind," I said to Jaune.

Everyone started walking to the pedestals with chess pieces and picked one up, unfortunately, there was no left over pieces for me to pick up.

"Where's your relic Ekuro?" Weiss asked me.

"There isn't any for me to grab," I told her which she gave me a worried look.

"Don't worry about me, I'll somehow manage," I assured her.

I turned back around to spot the Death Stalker breaking free from the ice wall Weiss had formed.

"Time we left," I heard Ren announce.

"Right, let's go," Ruby announced and everyone follows.

We head towards the abandoned temple only for the Nevermore to fly over us and circle around so we took cover behind some pillars, seeing the Nevermore land on top of the temple, it screeched loudly.

"Well that's great," I heard Yang say.

I turn around to spot the Death Stalker free and angry from being stuck, crashing through the trees in its way, along with the packs of Beowolves that I thought had lost...again.

"Oh man run!" I heard Jaune yell out loud which we all obliged and ran.

I noticed Nora staying behind us so I moved back to where Nora was. The Nevermore threw more of its feathers towards me an Nora.

I extended out midnight back into its longsword form and swatted way the Nevermore feathers that were in my or Nora's way. Nora took out her weapon, which was a grenade launcher, and launched off a volley of grenades at the Nevermore, seeing Ren and Blake is taking care of the Death Stalker, and saw Jaune and Pyrrha running up to the bridge.

"Go, go!" I heard Pyrrha ordered, turning around and took shots at the Death Stalker with her rifle, me taking shots with my Five-Sevens and Ren firing his automatic pistols before we retreated from the Death Stalker.

As the whole group ran towards the temple, I looked to the left to spot the Nevermore heading straight for the bridge we were on.

"Watch out! Nevermore nine o'clock!" I quickly called out loud but I was too late as the Nevermore crashed headfirst into the bridge we were on, causing Blake, Ren, Pyrrha, and I to land on the Death Stalker's side of the bridge while the rest are on the other side.

As I got back up, I noticed Pyrrha and Ren firing rounds at the Death Stalker as Blake went up close, I looked behind the Death Stalker to notice the Beowolves were still charging towards us.

"I gotta stop them before they over-run the group," I thought out loud before I got myself ready to sprint.

"Ekuro, what are you doing?" Pyrrha asked me but I ignored her and ran up to the Death Stalker before jumping on its head and leaped over it, facing the packs of Beowolves instead.

"Ekuro!" I heard Blake call out to my name.

"I'll be fine, just go on without me!" I yelled back to Blake as I drew my Five-Sevens once more and open fired at a whole pack while I kept moving up slowly.

Each round I fired off was met with a skull of a Beowolf, taking out a whole pack until my Five-Sevens clicked empty, I quickly reloaded before they were within ten metres away from me. I holstered my right Five-Seven and drew out Midnight in its long-sword form.

"Alright, round two it is then," I announced, referring to the packs of Beowolves before I charged at them.

Immediately I jumped over a Beowolf and put a few rounds into its skull before I planted Midnight into another skull when I landed, turning around, I saw another Beowolf about to swipe at me, only for me to block it with Midnight, although it caused me to skid back a metre.

"So is that how your want to play? Then let's go!" I said to the packs before charging at them, cutting down any Beowolves that were in my way, decapitating them or cutting their vital body parts.

As I was taking many Beowolves out with Midnight and my Five-Seven, then Eclipse when the pistol clicked empty.

I then spotted a Alpha Beowolf, the last Beowolf out of all the others I took down.

I quietly stared down the Alpha Beowolf as it circled around me, waiting.

Then it huffed at me before it took a step back before running away.

"Hmm funny..." I quietly said to myself before turning back around and ran back to the group.

As I ran, I looked up and spotted Ruby, Weiss, and Yang up at the tower with Blake swinging up and landed on the Nevermore and cutting its back before jumping off and landed next to the group.

I ran as fast as I could, jumping over the Deathstalker, running past Jaune, Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora, and leaped to the other side of the bridge before I landed with a barrel roll and continued to run before I used my right grappling unit to pull me up to the group and landed next to them.

"It's tougher than it looks!" I heard Blake informed the girls as I climbed the rest of the way up.

"Then let's hit it with everything we got!" Yang suggested, loading her gauntlets as I reloaded one of my Five-Sevens.

"Fire at will, ladies!" I called out loud, leaping onto one of the battlements before unloading both my Five-Sevens on the Nevermore with Ruby firing her scythe, Yang firing her shots with her gauntlets, Blake unloading with her pistol, and Weiss using dust to create ice projectiles to launch towards the Nevermore.

All the firepower we put into it didn't stop the Nevermore which caused it to ram into the tower, bringing us with it.

"Time to leave, ladies!" I yelled out loud before I ran and leaped off the tower.

Everyone found their own ways to get up, Blake jumped onto one of the debris, then ran up a pillar, Yang used her gauntlets to blast her way up, Weiss used her glyphs to glide around the falling debris, and Ruby used her scythe's recoil to push herself up, while I used both my grappling units to pull myself towards a pillar, landed, sat down, and observed the battlefield.

I spotted Ruby exchanging quick words with Weiss before I spot Yang catching the Nevermore's attention by firing her gauntlets at it, then I spotted Blake landing on one of the temple grounds.

I look back to where Jaune was and spot Pyrrha blocked a claw swipe before she took a slashed at the Death Stalker, while Jaune blocked the other claw with his shield while Pyrrha leapt over him, hitting the claw that Jaune had blocked, to push it back.

Then I spot Ren suppressing fire and pushed on towards the Death Stalker which it tried to strike Ren with its stinger only for him to jump onto the stinger and unloaded on its weak point.

Jaune and Pyrrha continued to block the claw swipes until I noticed Nora fired a volley of grenades with her grenade launcher which the Death Stalker blocked, causing Jaune and Pyrrha flying back.

Pyrrha already recovered from the explosion, got up and threw her spear at the Death Stalker. The Death Stalker tried to block it but it was too slow and was struck in one of the eyes.

The result of this flung its stinger around, with Ren on it, sending him flying to a wall.

I then saw Jaune get up and shout out something to Pyrrha which she threw her shield at the Death Stalkers stinger, cutting it off and impaled itself as the shield came back to Pyrrha.

Jaune then shouted something to Nora. Nora then jumped on Pyrrha's shield, sitting on her grenade launcher turned war hammer, and fired on the shield, sending her flying up in the air before falling back down with the war hammer, smashing the stinger deeper into the Death Stalker, while Jaune and Pyrrha jumped over the Death Stalker, before Nora fired another explosive onto the stinger, causing the Death Stalker screech out its final cry before falling into the abyss, ending its life.

I turn around again to spot Yang continued to fire at the Nevermore in the face. The Nevermore then turned towards to Yang, opening its beak to eat Yang. However, Yang jumped and kept the Nevermore's beak open with her left arm and legs, and proceeded to fire rounds into its mouth.

Yang then jumped off of the Nevermore and landed on the temple grounds, looking at the Nevermore, it crashed on its back into the wall and landed on the ground before it screeched out loud. Weiss passed Yang and jumped to the Nevermore's tail, freezing it before running back.

I then spot Blake tossing her weapon that was tied to a ribbon towards Yang who caught the weapon, both of them tying up the pillar with the ribbon.

That was when I noticed Ruby jumped onto the ribbon, stretching the ribbon back before she was held back by Weiss' glyph. Before she was launched off, I noticed Ruby and Weiss had some quick small talk before Weiss fired off Ruby which Ruby flew straight for the neck of the Nevermore with her scythe. Weiss summoned a line of glyphs on the cliff wall so Ruby could stay on the wall to run up.

I now witnessed Ruby run up the cliff wall, dragging the Nevermore with it by the neck, while firing her scythe to continue to push her up until she reached the top of the cliff, beheading it with one final shot, leaving the Nevermore's body to fall back down.

"Heh, not a bad plan, Ruby," I quietly complimented Ruby before I got up.

I then heard another screech behind me.

I turned around I spot another Nevermore, bigger than the one Ruby recently beheaded.

I then brought out Last Regret under my trench coat and out of its holster, pulled out a glowing blue pointed tip magnum round from the side of Last Regret's holster, holding four more of the same round, before loading it into the chamber, held Last Regret with my right hand, and aimed straight for its head with the iron sights and waited for the Nevermore to come closer.

"Ekuro, what are you doing?!" I heard Weiss called out. "get down there!"

I ignored her warning and cocked the hammer of the hand-cannon back, keeping my sights on the Nevermore, waiting.

"Some Grimm just doesn't learn how to not fuck with humanity," I quietly cursed before I pulled the trigger and braced for the recoil of the hand-cannon.

The result of pulling the trigger, fired off a bright electrical streak of blue light through the Nevermore's head, completely disintegrating it, straight through the other end of the Nevermore's body.

I lowered the smoking hand-cannon and watched the headless Nevermore free fall, crashing into the forest as everyone stared in awe.

"Heh, works every time," I thought to myself, holstering Last Regret and jumped off the pillar to meet up with the group.


Beacon amphitheater...

"Russel Thrush, Cardin Winchester, Dove Bronzewing, Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the Black Bishop pieces, from this day forward you will work together as 'Team CRDL', lead by Cardin Winchester," Ozpin announced Team CRDL with the screens showing the team members in order of the teams name and everyone in the audience started clapping.

Now back at Beacon Academy, I waited for the formation of team to be called out while wondering what would happen to me, another team gets called out.

"Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the White Rook pieces, from this day forward you will work together as 'Team JNPR', lead by Jaune Arc," Ozpin announced Team JNPR with the screens, showing the team members in order of the teams name on the screens.

I then noticed Jaune's surprised look, I guess he didn't expect to be a leader. Pyrrha seeing this, playfully punched Jaune's shoulder, the result, Jaune ending up being pushed down by Pyrrha's playful punch, causing everyone in the audience to laugh.

"And finally, Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the White Knight pieces, from this day forward you will work together as 'Team RWBY', lead by Ruby Rose," Ozpin announced Team RWBY with the screens then showing their team members in order of the teams name.

I saw Yang hugged Ruby with joy when she heard the announcement.

"There is one more announcement I would like to make," Ozpin then said. "Ekuro Kita, would you please step up to the stage."

Surprised to hear my own name to be announced, I got up to the stage.

"You have showed exceptional skill and agility during the initiation, able to hold off three Beowolf packs alone and single handedly take down a Nevermore," Ozpin explained to me.

"Unfortunately, due to the odd number of students, you are the only remaining student not allocated in a team, but due to your skill, I have decided to create a five member team, with you acting as co-leader. The team I have decided to place you in is 'Team RWBY.' So, to add another name of the team..." Ozpin announced, smiling, the screen showed the team members of RWBY before I appeared in between Blake and Yang.

"From this day forward you will work together as 'Team RWBEY'," Ozpin then announced which everyone in the audience started cheering.

"Congratulations, young man," he congratulated me, a smirk across his face.

To my surprised to be a co-leader, let alone to be in a now five member team, I felt someone patting me on the back.

"Welcome to the team, Ekuro!" Ruby welcomed me, patting my back.

"Looks like things are shaping up to be an...interesting year..." I heard Ozpin comment.

"An interesting year it will be indeed..." I thought to myself, looking at Ozpin suspiciously.

Then something clicked in my head. I had just realised...I'm the sole male in the all-girl team...

"Goddammit Ozpin..." I quietly cursed Ozpin.


And so I'm done :D

So again Merry Christmas Eve or Christmas.

So till next time of the next chapter...