Chapter 9: New Friends and Concerts

Sun opened the door to his room to find Ruby bouncing off the walls, literally.

"Calm down, sis, it's just a concert." Yang said, head moving to keep pace with her hyper sister.

"No, it's not, it's a concert by the Achieve Men!" The sister in question replied, voice fluctuating as she moved about.

Nobody seemed to notice Sun standing in the doorway, looking on with an amused expression on his face.

"It is pretty cool." Blake broke in.

"Pretty cool?" Ruby looked mortified. "They are amazing! Which shirt should I put on?"

"Blake said to put on your Achieve shirt." Yang suggested.

"Which one? I have several."

"Can you wear the Jack one? And give the Ryan to Weiss?"

"I guess."

It was at this point that Sun cleared his throat, grabbing the attention of all the ladies in the room.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Yang said. "We didn't see you walk in."

"How did it go?" Blake walked over to Sun, not noticing her partner tense up.

"I did fine, some random chick attacked me though."

"What was she like? Was she any good?" Ruby asked.

"She was just a child, twelve at most, I was able to take her down easily."

"Twelve?" Blake's head shot up at this.

"Yes, at most."

"Did she say anything about her?"

"Yeah, she's a member of the White Fang. Do you know her?"

Blake's face turned deathly white and she sat down before replying.

"Yes, I do."

"She gave a name as well, Voila or something."

"Was it Vayla?"

"Yeah."

"This is not good, but she doesn't seem to know about my whereabouts yet. I should be safe for tonight."

Weiss, who had been sitting quietly on her bed so far, stood up and walked over to the group.

"Whatever it is, we can't let this ruin our night out."

"By the way, what are you guys talking about?" Sun asked.

"Oh, sorry, we are going to see an Achieve Men concert tonight. We have tickets for everyone, including you and Team JNPR." Blake responded with a sly smile.

Sun started as he felt his conciense, Michael, start yelling excitedly in his mind.

"Sun, are you okay?" Blake asked concernedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Do you want to go? We would have to buy you a suitable shirt though."

"Yeah, I'll go, have you told Team JNPR yet?"

The other team in question took that perfect opportunity to barge in the door, all wearing appropriate shirts for the occasion. Nora was wearing a "Team Lads" shirt while Ren was wearing the "Team Gents" one. They offset perfectly with one another. Ironically, Jaune had ended up with the "Fake AH Crew" shirt, while Pyrrha wore the more heroic "X-Ray and Vav" one.

"OF COURSE WE DO!" Nora screamed as she careened into the room.

"Uh, Nora?" Ren started.

"Yes Ren?" Nora appeared behind his shoulder and he turned to speak to her.

"That answer has nothing to do with what they just asked."

"It's not?" Nora looked crestfallen.

"No, Sun asked if they had told us yet. What were you responding to?"

"I was responding to 'Do you want to go?'"

"Nora, that was three questions before. But it's a small matter," He elaborated as Nora gave him an uncharacteristically pained look. "Is everybody ready to go?"

"Yep, let's first go shopping for Sun."

And with that, everybody took off, each eager for the night ahead.

'That one!' Sun heard Michael yell in his head.

Sun was directed towards the shirt rack, and sifted his hand through the fabric.

'Which one?' Sun asked himself.

'The one right there.!'

Sun grabbed a shirt from the rack and looked it over. It was the Michael shirt.

'Funny.' Sun thought. 'This one has Michael, did my conscience direct me to this one on purpose?'

"Hey Sun!" Yang yelled out, breaking him out of his reverie. "Picked one out yet?"

"Yeah," Sun yelled back. "Just let me pay for this!"

Sun walked up to the register, pulling out a few bills in the process.

"Is that all for you today?" The cashier seemed like a nice lady, and her voice was friendly enough.

'Maya.' He read the nametag on her shirt in his head.

"Yeah, that's it." Sun replied.

"That'll be sixteen ninety-five."

Sun handed over a twenty.

"Excuse me, sir." Sun heard a voice from behind him, and he turned to see who it belonged to.

It turned out to be a pretty blonde, looking up at him from behind cute, hazel eyes. She was wearing a black t-shirt and dark jeans. The t-shirt he recognized, it was another of the many Achieve Men shirts. This one simply had the words "Rage Quit" on it, with two white dashes on the sides.

"What can I help you with?" He asked.

"Well, you see, I am going to the Achieve Men concert today and I'm looking for a group to go with." The girl explained. "I saw your friends outside, and I wanted to go with you guys. You are going, right?"

"Yes we are, and sure, you can come with us." Sun replied, taking his shirt and change from the cashier.

"Sweet!" She said. "My name is Krystal Rain, by the way."

"Sun Wukong."

The two walked outside to where Sun's friends were wating.

"What took you so long?" Yang asked, sounding exasperated.

"I just got held up at the cash register."

"Who's that?" Ruby joined in.

"This is Krystal Rain, she'll be joining us for the concert today."

After everyone had said their hello's, they started walking towards the stage, already hearing the excited crowd screaming about something.

The group walked up to where their seats were, and they looked down to admire the stadium. They had a beautiful view of everything, Blake had done a great job with the tickets, and they weren't too far away either.

There was a teenage boy already sitting in one of the seats that they had reserved, and he quickly made an apology and moved over to his seat. He then struck up a conversation with Krystal, of all people. He explained that his name was Colton Canius, and that he was the son of the guy who ran Colton's Garage.

The rest of the crew chose their seats, and Sun ended up next to Krystal. The problem was, they didn't have the correct ticket for Krystal, as her's was across the stadium. As Sun started to state this fact, Blake immediately solved the problem by curling up on Yang's lap, surprising everyone with how quickly she had done so.

"I guess that's wasn't so much of an issue after all." Sun said with a smile.

Everyone fell quiet when the opening band started, and Sun recognized the group to be Anberlin.

Sun looked over at his friends, Ruby had her head on Weiss's shoulder, Blake was snuggled up on Yang's lap, Ren was trying to keep Nora in check, Pyrrha and Jaune were awkwardly holding hands, and as he looked to his right, he saw Krystal and Colton, still in deep conversation.

He laid back in his chair, listening to the band go on, content to be somewhere that he could be around his friends.

Author's Note:
This has probably been my favorite chapter to write so far, but it has been topped already by some future chapters. There are some special thanks I would like to issue before I continue: First, my two friends Colton and Kyla, you might recognize them from the story (Kyla=Krystal) and they have been a huge help. Colton is my editor and Kyla provides support along the way, I would not be able to write this without them. Second, Rooster Teeth as a whole, they were, after all, the ones who made RWBY. But also, all of the references that I made would not be possible without the company making them first. Along the lines of the shirts, I tried to fit each character's personality (Ex. Sun=Michael). Lastly, I want to thank all of you, the readers, for supporting me through all of this. This story would have stopped on chapter three if everyone hadn't shown so much enthusiasm in views, follows, favorites, and reviews. So again, thank you to everybody, and I hope I can continue to entertain with my new characters being added to the mix. As always, don't forget to follow, favorite, and review. Chas1881