Robotic Voice: "Metroid"

Thinking: "Metroid"

Comms: [Metroid]

Texting: "Metroid"

Chozo: {Metroid}

Whispering: *Metroid*

Talking: "Metroid"

AN: I forgot to mention that Ruby's Paralyzer, Thorned Rose, does have the Plasma Whip from Smash Bros. and she can augment it with Dust, only fire for now though. I completely forgot she had that.

Chapter 4: Beacon Academy

The approach to Beacon was one of wonder. Ruby had seen amazing architecture before from a variety of races, the grandest mostly being that of Chozo origin, but the castle of a school was certainly magnificent. White stone pillars rose up in a circle around the school, a great wooden door for the main entrance, towers reaching to the sky, the statue of a Huntsman and Huntress standing over a grimm in triumph, it all looked like it came straight out of a fantasy. "Now that is quite the sight," commented Yang as the Bullhead started to land.

Unfortunately, the wonder was interrupted when a blond boy in partial knight armor ran past trying to hold down his lunch. "Not for everyone, apparently. Hope he will be alright," Ruby spoke in sympathy. She knew more than anyone how bad motion sickness can get, she flew a high speed spaceship for crying out loud and Zero G did not help. Thankfully that had passed quickly.

When the ship docked, everyone started to file out. The blond boy from earlier could be seen emptying his guts into a trash can. Seeing the academy from the ground was even more grand than it was in the air, you just could not get the right sense of scale from the air. Ruby and Yang walked side by side as they looked around. "I'm here," Yang mumbled, "I'm finally here, Rubes. I just wish you could see se- No… BE here with me." Ruby looked at her sister smiling, but said nothing. She could not wait to see the look on her sister's face when she finally revealed that her wish had already come true.

As they continued to walk, Yang was so distracted that she only noticed the luggage on the ground when she tripped over it. "What are you doing!?" came a voice that told Ruby of a life in the high class. She had been around enough aristocrats to know what that sounded like. Ruby turned to see a white haired girl with a ponytail, white dress ("Combat skirt," Ruby reminds herself) and high heels, and a Rapier with a revolver chamber. "I'm sorry, I was distracted." was Yang's reply. "Sorry?! Do you have any idea of the damage you could've caused?" was the princess's response. Ruby knew where this was going and she did not like it. She recognised the symbols on the luggage, and if she was right, the princess did have a point about the damage that could have occurred. "Easy there princess," interjected Ruby before things could escalate, "I am sure Yang here did not mean to cause trouble."

Ruby picked up one of the fallen cases carefully and handed it to the princess. "Sorry, I just don't want to get off on the wrong foot." The princess took the case and opened it, inspecting the contents. As Ruby expected, it was full of Dust of varying kinds. "Yah, well, she should be more careful. Even the most well refined Dust from the prestigious SDC is volatile if handled incorrectly." Ruby relaxed a bit, "Crisis averted," she thought as she helped Yang up. "She's just a bit overwhelmed right now, had a mental breakdown on the airship, so cut her some slack princess," Ruby said, ignoring the indignant squawk from Yang.

The white girl guffawed at the bit about "Princess" and was about to refute it, when she was interrupted. "It's Heiress, actually." Came a smooth and mature voice, one that had seen true pain before. The three girls turned to look at a girl with black hair and yellow eyes, wearing all black and some white, with a black bow on her head. She had some sort of sword on her back, the sheath itself also looking as if it could be used as a weapon. "Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy propellant in the world." the monochrome girl continued. "Finally, some recognition!" came the haughty reply from the now named heiress. But monochrome was not done, "The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners."

[Oooo, shots fired!] came Adam's first comment from her ear piece since Ruby left the Solar Rose that morning. Ruby and Yang stifled a few giggles at Weiss's expense as she struggled to respond to the slander. "What- How dare– The nerve of–!" she stumbled out, but she could not find a good comeback. Giving up, she stomped away as some butlers packed up the rest of the luggage and followed her. Ruby couldn't hold it in anymore and finally laughed out loud. "Hahaha, nice one!" she said, turning back to the monochrome girl, but she was nowhere to be seen. Yang noticed that she had disappeared, too. "Huh, where did she go?" They looked at each other before walking off, heading for the auditorium.

When they reached the auditorium, it was packed full of people milling about. There seemed to be a lot of hopefuls for getting into Beacon. They saw Wiess lecturing Vomit Boy from the bullhead and waving a pamphlet in his face. Suddenly, they heard the static from a microphone followed by someone speaking. They looked up at the stage to see Professor Ozpin. "Ahem… I'll keep this brief." he started. "You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of a purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." With that, he finished and walked off stage. "That was strange, sounded like he was on autopilot or something." thought Ruby watching him go. Turned out that Yang was thinking the same thing. "He seemed kind of off." she remarked Ruby couldn't help but agree with her.

Professor Goodwitch then took the microphone. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed!" she said, then walked off the stage herself. With that, people started to leave, headed to the ballroom. Ruby looked at Yang, "Go ahead without me, I have something I need to do quickly." She then walked away to somewhere privat.

"Hey Adam, what do you think so far?" she asked, holding a hand to her ear. [It seems to resemble some training installations for the Federation. Just a bit less strict. There were also people from all kinds of walks of life.] Ruby smiled. "I think I will enjoy my time here." Ruby then heard footsteps behind her. Turning around, she saw Professor Ozpin walking towards her.

"Hello Miss, Rose. How are you finding my school?" asked the Headmaster. "It's nice, reminds me of some bases that I have trained at." Ruby replied. "Is that so? I am glad it is living up to your expectations." said Professor Ozpin. Ruby laughed at this, "More so actually, I am looking forward to the start of the semester. I also got to meet my sister, but I have yet to reveal myself." The Headmaster smiled, "Well, I am sure the reunion will be pleasant. Speaking of which, you should head to the ballroom to get some rest. You have a big day tomorrow." With that Professor Ozpin walked off. "Well, time to get some rest." Ruby said and headed to the Ballroom.

Ruby entered the ballroom and looked around. She held her things for sleeping in a duffle bag. She had gone to the locker room to clean up and the rest of her luggage taken where everyone else's were, but there were a few things she wanted to keep close. Two of them being her Zero Suit and Paralyzer. She knew that everyone else had left their weapons in lockers, but she felt safer with them. She in fact still had the Zero suit on, just in disguise mode for sleeping wear.

Looking around, she saw Yang off to the side with an open space next to her. Ruby walked over and saw that she was holding the red cloak again. It just hit her then that the cloak had been hers. When she reached Yang, she spoke, "I hope you aren't going to fall back into depression town again. Also, is this space open?" she pointed to the space beside Yang. Looking up, Yang chuckled, "Don't worry, I'm good. And yes the space is open." Her smile widened as she said, "I'm glad you decided to come 'Yang' out with me." Ruby froze as the blood drained from her face "Oh no, she is a Punner," she thought with horror. "That… Was… Terrible." Ruby deadpanned. "Aw, common it was 'pun'-tastic!" Yang countered, inciting a groan from Ruby. Ruby dropped her bag in her space, grabbed her book and turned around. "I am going to leave before I experience death by terrible comedy. I'll be back in a bit." Yang's laughs followed Ruby as she walked away.

Ruby looked around and saw the monochrome girl from earlier in the day. She was sitting to the side next to a lamp reading a book. Ruby walked over, "Hi, I wanted to thank you for helping defuse that situation with the Ice queen earlier." She said, keeping her voice down. Monochrome looked up at her, "Don't mention it… Literally," she said, a bit standoffish. "Ehh, if you say so. Call me Samus. By the way, what are you reading?" Ruby asked as she sat next to her, keeping in mind personal space. "It's a story about a man with two souls, each fighting for control over his body. And it's Blake." the now name girl said, smiling at the fact that someone was taking interest in her favorite pastime.

"Well Blake, it's nice to meet you. I myself am reading a book, but it's not a fiction novel." She held up her book, the title "Faunus Rights Revolution" written on the front. Ruby noticed Blake's bow twitch when she saw the title. "I have always been interested in history. Reading this, it just seems stupid what the faunus needed to do just to get basic rights." This seemed to get Blakes attention. "You didn't know about the operation of Faunus?" she asked in shock. Ruby thought for a moment, "Shit, I forgot about how everyone knows about that. What should I say?!" Thankfully she came up with an idea. "The place I grew up in did not care about race. It was also heavily isolated from the rest of Remnant," a the truth, except where she grew up was not even on Remnant. Blake's bow twitched again but Ruby ignored it. "That sounds like a nice place. I would love to visit it someday." Blake said with an honest smile.

Ruby cringed at this, she had been thinking of the Chozo colony where she was raised, on planet Zebes, that was destroyed. The movement seemed to not go unnoticed by Blake as she spoke up. "Is everything alright?" she asked. Ruby sighed, "It's gone, destroyed. That's part of the reason I am here." Blake winced in sympathy, "Was it the grimm?" she asked. Ruby shook her head. "No, I almost wish it was. It was pirates after some of the tech that was developed there. Thankfully they didn't, but I was the only survivor." This was a half truth, as the space pirates did get what they were after, a base, Mother Brain, and the Metroids.

"I am sorry if I brought up bad memories," Blake admonished. "It's alright, besides I would not be the person I am today if it did not happen. I am not happy about what happened, but I pushed forward and fought for a better future, literally AND figuratively. Violence is not always the best solution. It's more of a copout than anything." Ruby explained. They smiled at each other for a moment before Ruby got up. "Well, it was nice meeting you Blake, I'm going to go get some rest now. Good luck tomorrow!" She waved at Blake, who returned the favor. "You too Samus."

Ruby walked back to Yang who was laying down, but still awake. "Out making friends?" Yang asked. "Yah, I saw the black haired girl from the courtyard and decided to make polite conversation. Her name is Blake by the way." Ruby said as she set up her sleeping kit. "Huh, well… I'm going to sleep. See you in the morning, good night!" Ruby layed down, "good night Yang." and soon fell asleep.

Ruby was always the light sleeper, she had to be to stay alive on missions that took multiple days, so it was no surprise that she was awake when Yang woke up from a nightmare. Ruby pretended to sleep but kept an eye on her sister. She watched as Yang got up and walked into the bathroom. Soon she came back out in her combat outfit and walked outside the ballroom. Ruby could tell that Yang was sad again, so she put back on her sunglasses, which by the way, only hid her eyes and did absolutely nothing to block light, had her Zero Suit discreetly switch to its lightly armored form, and followed after Yang.

Ruby found Yang leaning on the railing looking into the courtyard. Walking up to her she said, "Hard time sleeping?" Yang jumped as she was not expecting anybody else to be awake. "Oh uh, it's just you Samus." she leaned back on the railing again and looked down. "Yah, had a nightmare." Ruby stood next to her and leaned as well. "Let me guess, it was about your sister, Ruby?" she asked. It was weird to talk about herself in the third person. Yang sighed,"It was, specifically, the incident that got her killed."

Ruby placed her hand on Yang's shoulder, "Don't think about what was, think about the now. You are here at Beacon! Your sister would be proud of you for making it here," she said at the same thinking, "and she is! I am proud of you." Yang turned and gave Ruby a sad smile, "I know. I just wish I could see her, talk to her, heck, maybe even be here with her." Ruby smiled. "Now!" She thought, "this is the perfect opportunity." Yang had looked back out to the courtyard, "Well… what if I told you I could grant that wish?" Ruby whipped her head towards Ruby, "I'm sorry, I don't think I heard that right. What did you say?" Ruby's smile grew. "What would you think if I told you that I could grant you that wish, the one about Ruby?" Ruby repeated. "I would say that you are either crazy or you are a Fairy or Genie. I do not appreciate you messing with me, Samus." Yang deadpanned. Ruby laughed, "Oh, I am neither of those. No, I'm something better." Ruby reached up with both hands, one grabbing the wig, the other grabbing the glasses. "Besides, why would I want to mess with my sister in that way?" With that she pulled off her disguise, revealing her silver eyes and crimson hair.

Yang Froze, looking at Ruby. After a long moment she asked, "Ruby? Is that really you?" Ruby only smiled and opened her arms up for a hug, "Come her sis, it's alright." Had Ruby not been as strong as she was, she would have been knocked over by the force of Yang slamming into her while crying. "Oh, by the gods, it is you?" she sobbed while hugging Ruby with a death grip. Ruby returned the hug and rubbed her sister's back. "There, there sis. Yes I am here. I have been here since we met on the Bullhead. And everything I said about myself is true. I am proud of you and I don't want to ever see you beating yourself up about the past."

They stood there for a while, perfectly content with just holding each other. Eventually Yang released Ruby. "Where were you?! No one could find you after the incident." Ruby shrugged. "It's a long story. To put it simply, I was saved by some people and taken very far to be healed and trained. In time, I might tell you. Right now we should probably get breakfast and prepare ourselves for the initiation." Together they walked off.

Ruby and Yang were in the locker room preparing their gear. Not too far away a hyperactive girl named Nora was bugging a tired looking boy named Ren, something about sloths. On the other side was Wiess, Vomit Boy who's name turned out to be Jaune, and a redheaded girl wearing what looked like ancient Greek armor named Pyrrha, who turned out to be some sort of tournament champion. Weiss was lecturing Jaune about something again.

"So Ruby, what kind of weapon is that? It looks really simple compared to the other weapons I've been seeing." Yang asked, looking at Thorned Rose as Ruby checked it. "I may not have known you for very long, but I would have thought that you would go with something bigger." Ruby chuckled, "You should see what I normally use," thought Ruby. "This is a piece of tech from where I was living before coming here. It's called a Paralyzer and the basic models only do just that, paralyze enemies." Ruby held up her handgun. "I however upgraded Thorned Rose here to do more. Right now it has three different shooting modes. The normal Stun Bolt, a Plasma Bolt where it fires bolts of energy, and a Dust Augmented Bolt where it uses a Dust Crystal power cell to shoot with different effects. However, right now I can only use Fire Dust." Ruby then adjusted something on the gun, the grip of the gunturning to be in line with the barrel and the muzzle opened, a stream of energy flowed out. "This is the closest thing I have to a melee weapon. A Plasma whip that I can also augment with Dust." She then flicked the grip back in place, deactivating the whip.

Yang looked at the gun in surprise. "Whoever you were with, they sure had good tech. How come no one has heard of them?" Ruby shrugged, then looked sad. "The place was cut off from the rest of Remnant, it was also destroyed." Yang gasped, "Oh shit, I'm sorry! I didn't mean–" Ruby cut her off, "It's fine Yang, it's in the past. Besides, the ones who did it got what they deserve." They heard a loud clang and turned to see Jaune pinned by a spire in his hood. That situation did not last long as the Spartan girl, Pyrrha, had walked over apologizing before taking her spear and walking out of the locker room behind Weiss. Jaune groaned before getting up, mumbling something about his dad saying that girls liking confidence, and walked out of the locker room as well.

Yang looked at Ruby as they went to follow everyone leaving. "I forgot to ask, why did you call yourself Samus when we first met? I get that you wanted to surprise me, but why that strange name?" She asked. "That actually is my name. I took it as my middle name. That is a story for another time though" They then walked off to the initiation.

Everyone was standing at the edge of a cliff overlooking a forest. There was a metal plate under each one of them. Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch stood in front of them. "For years you have trained to become warriors." Ozpin started. "And today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." Goodwitch then took over. "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of teams." Ruby's blood went cold, "Shit, teams! Why did it have to be teams. I'm not against working with others, it's just that I have not had a good experience with teams." Ruby thought, remembering the disaster of a mission that was Adam's last day among the living. She had yet again, been the only survivor.

Prof. Goodwitch continued, "Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates… Today." Ozpin took it up again, "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well. That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next 4 years." Ruby raised an eyebrow at this, "Landing?" she thought. She looked down at the metal pad she was standing on "Oh…"

"After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest." continued Ozpin. "You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path, or you will die." Ruby rolled her eyes "Well that's foreboding, even if true." she thought. "You will be monitored and graded for the duration of your initiation. But our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one, and return to the top of the cliff. We will regard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Are there any questions?" Prof. Ozpin finished. "Great, more temples and relics. Just another day at the office," thought Ruby.

"Yeah, um, sir-" started Jaune as he raised his hand, however the Headmaster ignored him. "Good! Now, take your positions." he said. Everyone began to get ready, some crouching down, others getting into strange poses. Yang, next to Ruby, activated her Shotgun Gauntlets, Ember Celica, getting into a boxing stance. Ruby unholstered Thorned Rose, loaded in a Dust cell, and braced herself to be launched. "Uh, sir? I've got, um, a question." Jaune said, right as Weiss was shot into the air. He continued to ask questions about the landing strategy with Ozpin giving vague answers, all the while, students were launched into the air. When it got to Yang to be launched she winked at Ruby and put on a pair of sunglasses. "Wait, those are mine!" Ruby thought as she watched Yang go flying. Ruby was then in the air, only hearing Jaune's scream as he was launched. It was time to show Remnant just what the best bounty hunter in the galaxy could do!

AN: Hey everyone. Finally we have the true reunion. The sisters are back together and Yang is still as pun loving as ever. Does some of this seem forced? Maybe, but I am still learning to make a good story.

I found a perfect image of what Ruby looks like when she is going casual. Just imagine it is Ruby with her normal color scheme, the design on the back is the same design on the back of the Zero Suit, and the shoes are non heel, combat boot versions of her Zero suit footwear. Look up: Samus Aran and Chozo (metroid and 1 more) drawn by akairiot. Credit to the Artist.

Time for some Review Responses:

firewyrm2: Thanks for clearing that up, I also want to state that I feel like you are giving AI Adam more emotion than he/it had in canon, although that may be due to the robotic voice. Most importantly, I hope that the fusion of Metroid stuff is kept slow for a while as I would like to see Ruby's adjustment to life on Remnant before everyone else has their minds blown. Finally, I'm going to state that I would prefer the majority of the focus to be on Ruby as she is one of my favorite fictional characters period and I thought about the what if Ruby was Samus idea before (also, thank you on the no heels, I find that aspect of Ruby charming as it shows her preference for practicality).

No problem, and I agree, people learning about too much too soon would be too chaotic. That will actually go into one of my questions in a bit. Adam is more emotional than in the games, but in the Metroid fanfics that I have seen, many of them also have Adam have more emotion. He is the recreation of a human mind. As for focusing on Ruby, I actually appreciate the suggestion and I think I will go with it. It will make writing the story easier. I am glad you like the idea of the story and yah it does fit more with the character. I have no idea how Weiss and Samus can do all those acrobatics on those stilts, much less ones with jets in Samus's case.

firewyrm2: I ship Ruby with Oscar personally, though I like the idea from Rose Paladin of her getting together with Sage Ayana from Team SSSN (or Scarlet David). I'm pro LGBTQ, but I feel like Ruby x Oscar makes for a classic romance (plus the editors on the fandom are apparently convinced Oscar at least has a crush on Ruby). To me their dynamic is somewhat similar to Pyrrha and Jaune in that Ruby is someone Oscar looks up to. At the same time, given how romantic relationships are merely a side thing in RWBY, any pairings should likely remain in the background when not relevant.

Thanks for the suggestion! I will keep it in mind as more suggestions come in. I do have to agree with Oscar's and Ruby's relationship, so I might go with it if it gains support. Any ideas for the other character? Pyrrha x Jaune and maybe Nora x Ren, but what about the rest of Team RWBY?

ultima-owner: Yes to a melee weapon for her. something for close combat maybe to augments her punches or kicks, like blades for her boots and gloves.

Great suggestion, I might add that! I just realized that she does have somewhat of a melee weapon with the Plasma Whip from Smash Bros. and she has her jet boots. If you don't know what I mean with the Plasma Whip, watch Haloid Samus vs Master Chief.

ranjira1988: I really wanna see where this story goes it's interesting as fuck already. Ruby as Samus is a scary thought to be honest. Silver eyed warriors are called as such because they are like other warrior races in that they naturally excel at anything combat related but are unique in that their drive is to protect life. this is a SEW who was taken and augmented by the chozo then went through a decade of intense fighting and harrowing adventures through which she always survived, destroying her targets. this is indeed an OP Ruby lol really though right now I just wanna see Ruby reunite with Yang fully. anyway love the story so far. _

Glad you like the story! And yep, it is a terrifying combination. Lookout Salem, here comes the Silver Eyed, Metroid/Chozo Hybrid Bounty Hunter! And just like Yang you also get your wish ;)

With that out of the way, I want to let everyone know that the chapters are going to start coming a bit slower. Still got to balance my life. With that being said, it will give people time to answer/ask questions and make suggestions. As for questions, here they are.

Upgrade suggestions for RWBY and maybe JNPR

What should the pairings be?

What should be Ruby's melee in each of her suits? Zero, Power, Metroid

This last one is really important:

Should Ruby reveal her power suit during the initiation? If so, against what?

Thank you everyone, and remember, feel free to ask questions and make suggestions. Feedback is crucial for improvement!

Till next time!