A/N: Back with more! Finally, it's been a while. That's all I'm gonna say up here. I hope you enjoy!
Presenting: RWBY Chibi - Magnetic Personality
"Wait, hold up a second." Sun abruptly said as he raised his hands.
"Uh… Sure…" Yang responded warily. "Is something up?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well… since we usually get new people after every new... universe thing we watch, are we going to get some new people now?" He asked.
"Uh…" Blake's ears flicked as she thought it over. "I mean… Maybe? But wouldn't we have been notified with that scroll Professor Ozpin has?"
"I believe so, Miss Belladonna…" Goodwitch replied as she glanced over at Ozpin. "Have you received any notification?"
"Give me a moment…" Ozpin said as he tapped the Theater Scroll a few times. After a minute, he shook his head. "I don't think I've received anything-"
The theater went quiet as a loud ding came from the scroll. Ozpin sighed at the quiet snickers that came from Torchwick, Qrow and several of the students.
"I stand corrected." He finally admitted with a sheepish smile.
Winter leaned over to Qrow. "Is this what happened when I arrived here as well?"
Qrow only nodded in response. "Yep. Oz gets a notification on that custom scroll he has, then that door-" Qrow pointed to the 'New Arrivals' door. "-opens up and someone new walks in. Don't know who it is until after and because of that some weird scenarios can happen. Hell, when I first got here I was thrown around like a sack of potatoes." He explained.
Winter nodded in bemused understanding before the door actually opened. A good portion of the theater leaned over in anticipation to see who had walked in.
"Ok… When I got up this morning, this was the last thing I was expecting." The voice belonging to a pale girl who had brown hair with a streak of caramel, stylish clothes, shades and a beret, with a black and yellow handbag in her hand.
"Miss Adel?" Goodwitch asked in surprise. Despite it all, she wasn't expecting the team leader of Team CFVY.
"Oh. Hey, Glynda!" Coco waved at Glynda casually who glowered at the casual use of her name.
"Uh? Coco?" Another new voice asked. Coco, and everyone else, turned back towards the door which had opened again someone else to walk in. Brown and yellow attire with brown hair and cute bunny ears.
"Oh, there you are, Velv!" Coco greeted her teammate. "I thought I lost you."
"I was still getting ready… Sorry." Velvet said sheepishly as her ears twitched.
"You know, considering the difference in style between the two, It's really ironic that the bunny girl took longer to get ready that her partner." Neptune whispered to Sun who nodded in agreement.
"So uh…" Velvet started as she finally realized she had found herself in a room with a bunch of people, some of which she had never met before. "Where is this place exactly? And… how did we get here?"
"Kinda looks like a movie theater." Coco said before her eyes landed on Torchwick. "Oh damn! I didn't think a notorious criminal would be here. What's up?" She said with a smile. Velvet flinched when she saw him but Coco looked unbothered.
Roman raised an eyebrow. "When people first notice me sitting here, they lose their shit. I've been slammed into a wall with telekinesis-" He said, glaring at Glynda as he said that. "and I've been shot at." His glare swapped to Ironwood who returned his stare unflinchingly. "Yet here you are, whoever you are, casually greeting me like it's nothing."
Coco shrugged. "If you're sitting in a room with veteran huntsman, Beacon staff and Atlas military personnel and they aren't doing anything, then I don't think I have a reason to freak out." Coco explained confidently. "Love the outfit by the way. Same with the ice cream girl, you both have great taste." She said approvingly, lowering her shades slightly to get a better look.
Neo blinked, turned to Torchwick and held up a sign. 'I approve.' It read. Roman begrudgingly agreed.
"Ahem…" Ozpin cleared his throat to get the attention of Coco and Velvet. "I'd imagine you're both confused so, if I could just have your attention for several minutes, perhaps I could explain our situation?"
"Sure. Not like we got anywhere to be other than class but if Miss Goodwitch is here, I feel like it isn't so urgent anymore." Coco said as she crossed her arms, before frowning. "Okay, I can't see shit with these shades…" She said, before taking them off and hanging them on her belt, revealing chocolate colored eyes.
Ozpin hummed in agreement. It was rather dark in the room but that was to be expected of a theater. He then turned towards Velvet. "Miss Adel is in agreement but I'd like to ask if you're okay with this as well." Ozpin said.
"Yes please…" Velvet mumbled.
Ozpin smiled.
"Huh." Was the first thing Coco had said once Ozpin had finished his explanation. Where Velvet's eyes had went wide with surprise and shock, Coco had stayed absolutely quiet with a neutral expression on her face. "That's pretty cool." She muttered out before Velvet snapped her gaze onto her.
"Hu- bu- How in th- What…?" Velvet stammered out as she tried to comprehend what she had been told. Ozpin just smiled internally at the half horrified half confused look on the Second Year's face. He may have been a Headmaster, but after living for millennium, he'd found messing with his students had a certain… allure to it.
He believed today's generation called it 'trolling'.
"So… How long have you guys been in here?" Coco asked while Velvet continued to reboot.
"About half a day give or take." Yang replied with a shrug.
Coco went silent for a second, before turning towards Velvet. She wrapped her arms around the girl and slung her over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes, which made her yelp in surprise, and then turned towards one of the empty seats. She gently placed Velvet down, who was shaking slightly, before Coco sat down next to her.
"So… Does this mean you're down?" Sun asked with a grin.
"Oh, I'm down." Coco replied with an excited smile.
Ruby looked at Penny. "Do you think Velvet is going to be okay?" She whispered.
Penny only smiled. "If my calculations are correct, then Friend-Velvet should recover from her shock momentarily."
"Oh… Well alright then…" Ruby said quietly.
"Can we get the show on the road already?" Torchwick drawled as he popped a peace of buttered popcorn into his mouth.
"I believe we can." Ozpin said as the screen began to play.
The screen lit up, only to reveal the interior of a small, yet homey kitchen.
Coco turned to Sun. "By the way, do you know what we're watching?" She asked in a whisper.
Sun shrugged. "Something about dumb gags involving the people in this room but that's about it. Other than that, I know as much as you." He whispered back.
Ruby leaned forward and narrowed her eyes. "Is that… Is that our house?"
"Huh…" Qrow mumbled as Yang stared at the screen with surprise. "It is… but it looks a bit… off."
"Off?" Winter parroted.
Qrow nodded. "Yeah… But I'm not sure why…" He shrugged before bring a glass of brandy to his lips.
Mere seconds later, soft footsteps sounded as Ruby Rose came into view while holding a jar of pickles. The only problem was that this Ruby was, for lack of a better term, chibified. She was short, with a head larger than her body, had similarly large eyes and an all around cutesy appearance.
Qrow's brandy spewed out of his mouth from shock, like a faucet all over the ground in front of him before he started coughing his lungs out. He felt a hand patting him on the back but it didn't help much.
"The hell…?" Roman asked with a tilt of his head. He'd seen some shit in his life but he had no words for… whatever that was. A glance at Neo had him leaning back in surprise when he noticed her eyes were sparkling.
"Oh my god, it's adorable!" Nora squealed as Yang did her best not to burst out laughing.
Weiss was already beginning to regret even entertaining Nora's suggestion of whatever this universe would entail and it seemed like her partner was of a similar mind if her red face and sputtering lips were anything to go by.
"How are you… What is… I don't even…" Blake tried to form some kind of sentence but the sheer ridiculousness of the sight on screen had her drawing blanks.
Ruby has a bright and wide smile as she pranced into the room. When she reached the counter, she placed her comically large jar of pickles on it before gazing at it proudly.
"A… pickle jar…" Neptune noted with a hand raised to his chin.
Velvet's eyes twinkled with a realization of what was going to happen. She'd overheard Sun telling Coco about what this was supposed to be and if she knew her dumb gags, then that was going to be one stubborn pickle jar. She giggled quietly to herself, earning a few weird looks that had her blush but her grin never faltered.
Beside her, Coco snorted. "I can already see where this is going…" She said.
Then, Ruby placed both hands on the lid, took in a deep breath and twisted in an attempt to open the jar to reach her tasty snack, only to groan and struggle. Her eyes snapped open in a comical, almost cartoon-like look of surprise as she failed to even remotely twist the lid.
"What?!" Ruby squawked in indignation as her face reddened even further. If she it had been possible, she was certain steam would have been spewing from her ears.
Weiss, in a moment of pending retribution, smirked. "Really, Ruby? Can the esteemed leader of our great team be so incapable as to be unable to open a mere jar of pickles?" She asked in a playful mocking tone.
Ruby sputtered. "H-hey! At leas-t-t I-I can… Uh- I but… Y-" Her cheeks puffed up as the snickers around her only increased in volume. "YOU HAVE NOODLE ARMS TOO, YOU KNOW?!" She finally yelled with a face redder than her own cloak.
Weiss, surprisingly, instead of getting offended at the remark merely burst out laughing, Ruby crossing her arms over her chest in response.
Neo couldn't help giggling at the sight. She paused, before conjuring an illusion of a replica jar of pickles using her semblance. She smirked cheekily, before sauntering over to Ruby's seat all while Torchwick and Qrow strained to keep their laughter under control.
Ruby opened her eyes, which she had snapped shut earlier in tandem with her pout, only to glance at Neo smirking at her with the smallest shit eating grin in the world due to her strain at trying not to laugh. Her shoulders shook and her lip wobbled but her only action was to place the jar of pickles in Ruby's lap.
When Ruby tried, and spectacularly failed, to open the jar which she didn't know was a fake, she yelled in embarrassment as the entire theater erupted in laughter, even those such as Glynda or Ironwood who didn't laugh much, were having trouble suppressing their mirth.
"I hate you all…" Ruby sniffed, teary eyed, before Yang smushed the younger girl against her, even as she tried to get her own laughs under control.
Ruby paused in her struggle and thought for a moment, before smiling mischievously. She jumped up, laying her whole weight against the jar, before twisting once more. Her face scrunched from the effort as her legs kicked back and forth but still, she made no progress.
"How would that even work?" Sun asked incredulous. "Wouldn't it make twisting the jar even harder due to all the weight- I'm not calling you fat." He immediately added with a nervous grin from the red faced glare from Ruby.
"Nah, we all know you're probably the lightest person here, Rubes." Yang said comfortingly while affectionately rubbing Ruby's head. "But I have no idea how that's possible due to all the cookies you scarf down on a regular basis- Ow! OW!" Yang yelled while laughing from the punches Ruby began slamming into her sides.
Torchwick leaned over to Qrow. "She's being really feisty today, huh?" He whispered with a grin.
Qrow just took a gulp of his drink with a fond smile. "Yep." He said with a popped P.
She stepped back and glared at the jar, before bringing her hands to her face. She spit once on each hand and rubbed them together, all while she maintained her glare.
Winter and Weiss blanched simultaneously. "Miss Rose, did no one teach you proper manners or hygiene when you were younger?" The former asked.
It was Qrow who responded. "We did." He said with a nod. "It just didn't stick. She has a one track mind and it's always set on weapons, cookies or being a Huntress."
Goodwitch sighed tiredly. "As much as I would like to argue otherwise, I'm forced to agree from… Personal experience…" She grit out.
Ruby chuckled nervously.
Once she was done, she leaped into the air with a cry and latched onto the pickle jar's lid and twisted, only for her grip to slip. She screamed as the saliva on her palms sent her flying into the kitchen wall with a mighty crash. The items in the room, the jar included, shook from the impact.
"Called it!" Coco snorted while Velvet giggled beside her, hiding her smile with her hands.
Penny giggled slightly before glancing at Ruby. "Friend-Ruby, might I suggest using a rag or some kind of cloth to achieve a better grip?" She asked with a kind smile.
Ruby's eyes snapped open, before she whirled to face the ginger haired girl. Penny blinked, before a red blur slammed into her. Instead of being toppled, like most expected, Penny didn't even budge as Ruby groaned in pain from slamming into something that felt like a steel wall.
"Oww…" Ruby moaned. If she could, Penny would be sweating. Ironwood was sweating.
Luckily, Ruby was more focused on other things. She brushed off the ache, before tightly hugging Penny. "Penny, you're my only friend now! I've been betrayed and you're the only one I can trust!" She squeaked.
"What are you on about, you dolt?" Weiss asked with a raised eyebrow.
"She might laugh but at least she wants me to succeed, Weiss!" Ruby cried angrily although everyone, bar Penny who blinked in confusion, knew there wasn't any real heat in it. "She actually gave me advice!"
The view then focused on the table, before slowly moving upwards to reveal Ruby straining her teeth as she took a large wrench to the jar, while standing on top of the counter. It was tightened around the lid with Ruby pulling with all her might, the jar making ominous creaking noises but still it did not budge.
"Ok, what?" Yang blinked incredulously. "Yeah, now that jar just looks like it's rigged." She said.
Ozpin sighed tiredly. At that point, even he knew the pain of opening containers which were so tight that it should have been illegal. He had to call in Glynda a few times after he had had enough and simply smashed whatever he'd been trying to open against the ground.
"See?!" Ruby beamed at the prospect that it wasn't her fault. "I can open jars!"
"But what about the one Neo-"
"SHZGSH!" Ruby pressed a had against Jaune's face. "Shhh…" She whispered, her silver eyes glowing ominously.
Jaune wisely kept silent.
Ruby paused and took in several heaving breaths as her glare pointed at the jar increased in it's heat. She let the wrench drop from her hand before grasping the wrench and lifting it above her head.
"That's not gonna work squirt." Qrow shook his head. "Trust me."
Winter raised an eyebrow at that last part. Did he know from experience or…?
She swung down, slamming the jar against the counter will all of her might. To her surprise, the jar did not break as she expected and instead bounced back, crashing into Ruby's face. The jar bounced off of her face as Ruby was sent flying, spinning rapidly in the air as she screamed with swirls in her eyes indicating her dizziness. She found herself embedded into a cabinet a moment later.
"Okay… That looked painful…" Jaune winced along with a good portion of the rest of the audience.
Qrow snorted in amusement but didn't hide the pity in his voice. "Told you so, Kid."
Despite it all, Velvet couldn't help but giggle. "That jar isn't going to break short of a highly explosive Dust bomb."
Ruby groaned as Coco and Velvet started laughing together. "Why me…?" She asked herself.
Weiss just sniffed. "If I have to go through humiliation, then so do you."
"That's fair…" Ruby whispered, although she didn't need to like it.
The view refocused on the jar and all was quiet for a second before Crescent Rose slammed blade first into the counter top. The view them zoomed out slightly only to reveal Ruby, who was breathing from fury as she bored holes through the jar with her gaze.
"Woah…" Yang said, wide eyed. "I don't think I've ever seen you that angry…"
"Does… Is it possible for Ruby to even get angry?" Ren asked with a hand raised to his chin. "Genuinely angry I mean and not just embarrassed or frustrated." He corrected after noting Ruby's current state.
Qrow snorted. "Ha! Nah, she's too innocent and naïve to stay mad at anyone for too long."
With grit teeth, Ruby raised her scythe with very malicious intent.
"Betting time." Coco said, grabbing a few cards of Lien and placing em on a sort of coffee table in front of her. "Who thinks it's gonna break and who thinks the jar is invulnerable?" She asked with a smirk.
"Oh come on! Guys!" Ruby whined when about 80% of the theater bet on the jar not breaking. The only people who didn't bet were the professors or Winter.
"I might regret this…" Torchwick muttered, before placing a stack of Lien on the table. "I say the jar breaks."
"Eh?" Ruby mumbled.
"Yep…" Sun agreed, as did Penny who did it more to support her friend other than a desire to win but being a robot had it's perks. Calculations really came in handy.
Qrow snorted. "Alright, sucks to be you but to each their own."
A war cry tore out of her throat as Ruby spun in place, the scythe cutting through the glass like a hot knife through butter. She spun around twice more in quick succession, before halting in her attack. With Crescent Rose still raised in the air, she turned her head to glance at the jar.
Ruby's eyes bulged out of her sockets and her mouth dropped at the sheer ridiculousness on screen and when RUBY of all people thought something was ridiculous, you knew it was bad. "What kind of jar is that?!" She yelled while gripping her hair in frustration.
"HAH!" Nora shouted triumphantly while pointing at Sun, easily ignoring Ren's requests for her to calm down. "Pay up, bucko! I'll use the Lien to buy a life time's supply of Pancakes!"
"Nora, no…"
"NORA, YES!" She refuted, causing Ren to throw his hands in the air in exasperation.
Roman just narrowed his eyes. "Give it a minute..."
The jar abruptly split into glass rings and sliced pickles which spilled all over the counter.
Roman slammed his hands together as victorious chuckles sounded throughout the room. "Ah! Sweet, sweet victory!" He said with a smirk.
"WHAT?!" Nora shouted in disbelief. "NO! My pancakes…!" She slumped back in her seat with the most dejected expression anyone had ever seen her with.
Yang was having a bit of a crisis. What did it look like when Vale's most wanted criminal had more faith in Ruby than her own sister? Grated she was overreacting but still. With a trembling hand, she snaked her arm around the silver eyed girl and hugged her. "I'm never doubting you again…" She whispered misty eyed.
It took her the better part of a minute to realize she was choking Ruby, after which, she let go with a nervous chuckle.
Ruby's anger dissipated immediately. With a bright smile that rivaled her earlier expression she hugged Crescent Rose to her face as she let out a noise that was best described as a mix between a squeal and a sigh of relief.
"Is… Is that normal for her?" Winter asked Weiss, referring to the 180% shift of her mood.
Weiss only nodded. "For better or for worse, yes it is…" She said
Sun only snapped his fingers before pointing at the screen. "Watch her think they don't taste good, after all of that."
Pyrrha could only giggle at the idea while Weiss's eyes went frigid.
Crescent Rose then dipped down, neatly impaling one of the sliced pieces of pickle and bringing it up to Ruby's mouth. She happily bit into the pickle, an audible and satisfying crunch sounding out before Ruby's eyes snapped out with a comical 'Pop'.
"That's… one way to eat a snack, I suppose…" Pyrrha stated, slightly bewildered.
Velvet, noticing Weiss' almost furious expression, nearly doubled over in laughter but a hand patting her back from Coco helped to get her under control.
"Ack!" She stuck her tongue out in disgust as she grimaced. "Dill!" She complained with a small scowl.
"After all of that?!" Weiss snarled before whirling towards her team leader who stared slightly back with a slightly nervous expression.
"I don't like dill pickles…" Ruby mumbled while pressing her index fingers together.
Weiss looked like she was going to explode, before she froze, inhaled, exhaled, and settled into a state of calm so terrifying that Ruby would honestly prefer is she was shouting. The serene smile on the heiress' face didn't help.
The screen transitioned as Yang Xiao-Long hopped onto the screen as a white and orange background spilled over the old scene. A second later, Yang crouched and fired Ember Celica, which propelled her away and revealed the next scene.
"Woah!" Yang exclaimed with a wide smile. "I got a chibi version of me too?"
"That's what that is?" Weiss asked with a tilt of her head.
"You… Didn't know what a chibi was?" Velvet asked with a blink.
"No…" Weiss admitted with a slightly embarrassed frown.
Blake shrugged noncommittally. "It's not like I watched much TV when I was younger either."
"Huh…" Coco mumbled. "Welp, now you know."
Yang was humming jubilantly as she walked through Team RWBY's dorm room, only to pause as she passed by a mirror. "Hmm?" She hummed, turning towards it to gaze at her reflection. She frowned when she was something off.
Qrow burrowed his head into his hands and groaned quietly.
Torchwick raised an eyebrow.
When Qrow noticed, he elaborated. "Yang puts… too much time into her looks…"
"Ehehe…" Said blonde chuckled nervously. "I gotta keep in shape you know?"
"If only it was you trying to keep in shape!" Qrow said with a growl. "You spend hours in the bathroom doing your hair alone!"
"Tell me about it..." Blake mumbled quietly.
Weiss took one look at Yang, glanced at her own chest and grumbled quietly.
She turned towards the mirror dully before the view zoomed in slightly for a better look. Yang pinched at her cheeks slightly before looking down and patting her belly while she hummed in contemplation. Finally, she looked back up and nodded with a determined glint in her eyes.
"Wait… Is Chibi Yang thinking she's put on weight?" Jaune asked with a confused look.
"Serves her right for those mounds of fat on her chest…" Weiss mumbled quietly but it was just loud enough for both Blake and Velvet to spit their drinks out and start hacking which caused Weiss to go bright red.
Motivational music began to play as Yang suddenly found herself in Beacon's courtyard. She was sitting on the ground doing sit ups, her teeth grit and eyes shut in concentration.
"What the hell is this…?" Torchwick asked as he gazed at the screen with glazed over eyes. "Is this a god damn training montage?"
"What else would it be?" Neptune asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Eh, fuck it. Point." Roman admitted with a hand gestured towards the boy.
Ironwood just decided to watch on quietly. If this current scene was going to be as silly as the last, he was curious to see what would happen.
Next she was on the field near the row of pillars which enveloped the courtyard. She laid prone, her hands pressed to the ground as she worked her muscles via push ups. She pushed herself up and down thrice before she paused to regain her breath, only to resume with increased vigor, her comically large head blurring after a few seconds due to her speed.
"Ayo." Sun mumbled at the sight. "That looks… disorienting." He admitted with a chuckle.
"Pfft." Nora shrugged nonchalantly. "Child's play."
"Huh?" Yang mumbled with a glance at Ren's partner.
"You heard me. Child's play." She said with a smirk.
"At this point… I think I'm just going to let her do as she pleases…" Ren whispered to Jaune who nodded in sympathy. Pyrrha only giggled.
Yang's eyes flashed with competitiveness. "Alright then. When we get out of here, we're having a competition. You and me." The two shook on it and Ren feared for the safety of the world.
Yang shut her eyes and grit her teeth once more, before a low growl began to build up in her throat. The view suddenly changed although zoomed in on Yang's face. Then the growl that was building in her throat erupted in a cry of effort.
The view zoomed out only to show Yang pushing Blake up and down while she read one of her books. The Cat Faunus looked entirely indifferent to her predicament and was able to keep her eyes on the words with little effort, all the while Yang strained to keep at her workout, breathing heavily.
Blake's usually fair skin erupted with red as her skin flushed from the sight on screen. She pressed her hands to her eyes and whimpered as her ears pressed against her head. "Why me…?" She mumbled while her teammates giggled at her. "What did I do to deserve this…?"
The view shifted one final time to show Yang sprinting through the courtyard, keeping a steady pace. The screen slowly bled to white when Yang reached the end, before the view shifted once more.
"Eh." Yang shrugged. "That was a pretty quick montage, but whatever."
"And… You look exactly the same…" Coco noted with a bit of a smirk. "Then again, people don't really work out just for looks but still."
"True, but I didn't really look fat beforehand anyways, so…" Coco simply relented as she returned her gaze to the screen.
Inside her home, Yang walked up to her fridge while humming, before pulling a bottle of water out. She turned to the kitchen table as the view zoomed out, only to see Nora Valkyrie sitting in front of a large, pink frosting covered cake.
"WHOA!" Nora exclaimed as her eyes shone and her mouth began to water. It wasn't exactly pancakes but still! "Come to Momma!"
Ren raised a hand.
He paused.
He lowered it a second later with a frustrated sigh.
"She's not…" Ruby started even if she was also drooling a bit. "She's not going to eat that whole thing herself is she?"
"The cake is bigger than her entire head." Velvet pointed out softly with a shrug. "But I wouldn't be surprised if she just swallows it whole..."
Nora grabbed the cake, opened her gaping maw wide and swallowed the entire cake in one bite, her entire body bloating as if inflated like a balloon.
Qrow downed a shot. "Now I've seen everything…" Came the slurred admission. He was pleased to see Torchwick join him.
Weiss' only option was to question reality, so she did. Her eyes went wide before her gaze snapped to the real Nora sitting not too far from her, before she swapped her gaze to the screen again with such a speed that anyone watching would have been concerned of whiplash. She repeated the motion several times, enough for Ruby to get concerned, before her brain had had enough and she shut down.
"Umm…" Pyrrha muttered with a concerned look. "Will she be okay?"
Winter just sighed. "I… I believe so…" She said with a look at Penny who gave a thumbs up as confirmation.
Nora groaned quietly as her stomach growled from the large meal, then she belched loudly and her body suddenly shrunk to its normal size before she let of an immensely satisfied sigh.
Nora flinched as she suddenly found herself under the furious glares of every single girl and woman in the room. Sure, Pyrrha and Weiss were at least polite and subtle but the way Glynda's eyes pierced her soul would give her nightmares for years to come. The only one to spare her was Ruby who tried to make herself as small as possible so as not to draw attention to her own gluttonous ways.
'Traitor!' Nora screamed in her mind as sweat poured down her forehead.
"Hold on…" Yang mumbled with grit teeth as her eyes flickered between lilac and red and she tried to suppress her rage. "What?" She asked.
"I'm going to die…" Nora mumbled with quiet yet hysterical chuckles fueled by her nerves. "I'm not leaving this room alive..."
Yang stared.
"Even the chibi version is jealous, huh?" Roman mumbled to himself all as he kept Neo pinned so she wouldn't try to murder the Valkyrie girl.
The view zoomed in on Yang's face. She blinked. Then her eyes blazed red as she crushed her bottle of water, the pressure from the water sent the bottle cap rocketing away as Yang growled audibly, barely restraining herself from murdering the red-headed girl.
"If I'm being honest, I'm surprised the on-screen version of Miss Xiao-Long is even more furious than her original counterpart." Ozpin muttered to Ironwood who was trying his very best to keep Glynda from handing out a punishment the likes of which Remnant has never seen, while also trying to fly under the irate Vice-Headmistress' radar.
"Despite the short time I've know her, I think I agree." The general muttered.
Pyrrha's shield flew across the screen, before ricocheting off of the edge and flying back to where it came from, signaling the transition to the next scene.
Pyrrha gasped and fidgeted in her seat slightly. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't excited.
"Oh this'll be good…" Coco muttered with a chuckle. "Are you gonna embarrass yourself like Ruby did or are you going to do something cool? Or neither?"
"With who Pyrrha is I find it incredibly hard to believe she'd embarrass herself like the dolt sitting next to me." Weiss casually leaned away to dodge a swipe from Ruby who fumed silently.
The Mistralian champion was washing dishes inside a kitchen, a neat pile of pots and pans stacked on the counter beside her, as she hummed happily while scrubbing away.
"You're…" Jaune started with pure confusion. "Washing dishes?"
"Uh… I guess so?" Pyrrha muttered confusedly.
"Do you even wash dishes?" Qrow asked with a bit of a slur in his voice. "I know the Schnee over there wouldn't know how to scrub to save her life-" He ignored the jab at his side from Winter. "either of them if I'm being honest-" The second jab nearly took the wind out of him but he prevailed with a stifled hiss. "-but personally I can't picture you scrubbing dishes." He finally finished.
"Well… Ren often cooks in our dorm…" Ren waved silently but no one really payed attention. "and so I help him clean up afterwards…" She explained.
"Eh. Fair enough, Invincible Girl." He said as he downed another shot.
Then Nora jumped into the kitchen with a shout. "Hey Pyrrha!"
"Aah!" Pyrrha screamed from shock as her eyes widened. Her semblance went haywire as she fainted and all of the pots and pans on the counter were enveloped in a black glow, before launching themselves at Nora. They all slammed into her, Nora groaning with each strike as even other objects such as the stove, a coffee maker and even the trashcan crashed into her.
"Ow, that looked like it hurt!" Jaune winced with a chuckle as Ruby nodded her head furiously in an attempt to hide her giggles.
She failed.
"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha cried out in worry even as the rest of the theater burst out into laughter.
"Well…" Ozpin started, trying to suppress his own chuckles. "That was definitely not something I was expecting."
"Are you really startled so easily?" Blake asked, even as her lip wobbled and shoulders shook.
"I- I- No, not normally. I have no clue why I got so spooked." Pyrrha explained with a blush. She was used to attention but that was usually awe and praise, not this… Although she'd be lying if she said she didn't enjoy the change of pace.
"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha cried worriedly as she got her semblance under control.
Pyrrha only blushed further as the laughter in the room redoubled.
"Wheeze- Hahahahaha- aha o-oh man…" Yang said as she tried to get her laughter under control. "Chibi or not, P-money is still the same!"
The scene then changed to Beacon courtyard, before Nora, Ren and Jaune, the last of which holding a compass, walked forth, Nora leading the group and skipping along. "We're going on a HIKE! We're going on a HIKE! Today's the day, hip-hip HOORAY! We're going on a HIKE! WHOO!" She then zoomed away, leaving both Jaune and Ren in the dust.
"Friend-Nora, do you have a speed semblance too?" Penny asked with a blink.
"No, Penny, Nora is just…" Ren paused as he looked back to his partner with a flat grin, only to watch as she slurped up a pancake. When she saw Ren watching, she smiled and waved. "She's just Nora…" He finished.
Penny blinked. "I… I don't believe I understand what you mean…" She admitted.
"Don't bother." Blake drawled with half lidded eyes.
"I… Okay…?" Penny said before turning back to the screen.
Ren groaned and slumped. "It's been hours and we haven't made it out of Beacon." Nora skipped in the background, heading in the opposite direction.
Glynda's eyes twitched before she whirled to face Jaune. "What level of incompetence does it take to walk around Beacon for several hours without leaving the campus?!" She asked with barely restrained rage.
"I'm with Glynda on this one." Coco said with a smirk. "It takes a… A special kind of stupid for something like that to happen, no offense." She quickly added, oblivious to Pyrrha's glare.
Jaune only chuckled nervously, not trusting himself enough to respond.
"Hey don't look at me!" Jaune scowled as he turned to the raven haired boy. "This stupid compass must be broken!" He said, shaking the aforementioned item up and down as the needle jiggled. He held the compass up above him at a 90 degree angle. "It's leading us in circles."
Yang sucked a breath in through her teeth with a wince. "Yeah… I don't think that excuse'll help you, buddy." She said while patting Jaune on the back.
"Do I at least get a bit of leeway?" He asked softly with fairly impressive puppy eyes.
Ruby's were much more dangerous.
"Yyyyeah, no…" Yang said.
Jaune only sighed.
Suddenly he growled before shoving the compass into Ren's face. "SEE?! NOW it's telling me North is back THAT WAY!" He shouted, pointing behind him to emphasize his point. The compass was covered in a faint black glow.
Ruby snickered as she realized what was going on. "That's so mean!" She said in between giggles.
"Huh?" Jaune asked. "What is?"
"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha gasped at the mere implication of doing something like that to Jaune. She couldn't help but giggle slightly, it was funny after all, but it was still really mean!
Pyrrha walked up from behind the two, looking around at the sights before eventually turning around and stopping directly in front of Jaune. Jaune's arm, still outstretched in a point followed Pyrrha as he mimicked the compass's needle which was affected by her semblance. Ren stared with a mouth slightly open in exasperation.
"Wow…" Torchwick said. Sure, he knew these were gags and that that Jaune kid wasn't actually that stupid, but it was still painful to watch.
Ren himself was similarly stupefied. He'd known Jaune for several months and he could safely say that the display on screen wasn't exactly accurate of his original counterpart but it was still disappointing to watch. Then again, he didn't notice either, even if he wasn't holding the watch, so he didn't have much room to complain.
"Wait a second, I'm kicking myself for not realizing it sooner but is that your semblance?" Yang asked with an excited grin. "You can control metal and stuff right?"
"Well…" Pyrrha pondered slightly, before sighing and resigning herself. "My semblance is… Polarity." She giggled as he remembered Ruby's reaction to it. "When Ruby first heard it she thought I could control poles."
Ruby squawked as Yang and Qrow burst out laughing. "Pyrrha! Why?!" She yelled with a cherry red face. Pyrrha only giggled harder.
"Uhh… Jaune?" Ren asked. Jaune looked up, only to see his arm and the compass pointing directly at Pyrrha.
He looked back down at the compass, his neck squeaking like a poorly oiled door hinge, before looking back at Pyrrha with the same noise occurring. He repeated these actions a few more times before he lost his angry glare and his arms dropped to his sides.
"Oh…!" He said.
"Ugh…" Jaune groaned as he slumped in his seat while throwing his arms in the air in frustration. "Why me?"
"Hey, props to the kid, at least it didn't need to be spelled out for him." Qrow slurred with a grin that told anyone who saw it that he was drunk,
Winter and Glynda both pinched the bridges of their noses, the former due to Qrow's drunkenness and the latter due to Jaune's less than stellar performance on screen.
Pyrrha realized what had happened and gasped. "I'm sorry!" She said, looking concerned, all while Nora now found herself on some rocks on the outskirts of Beacon in the background, skipping upon them happily.
Nora giggled at the apology as Pyrrha blushed, before she turned towards her. "Why do you apologize so much, Pyrrha?" Nora said in between her giggles.
"Huh…" Blake noted with a twitch of her ears. "I never realized it but if you point it out, yeah, you really do apologize a lot."
"Well… I was always told to be polite to my fans and to people in general… At first it was just to keep up appearances but now it's a bit of a habit…" Pyrrha explained sheepishly.
"So…" Ruby began with a hand raised to her chin. "Like what Weiss is supposed to be, right?"
"What's that mean, Dolt?!" Weiss yelled at her partner but even then she had a ghost of a smile on her face.
Winter just rolled her eyes playfully as the rest of Team RWBY and JNPR giggled.
The view changed once more, Pyrrha finding herself in Team JNPR's dorm room. The girl was sitting on her bead with a pleased smile as she used her semblance on Milo in it's xiphos form, which spun around in circles.
"That's…" Jaune muttered as his cheeks tinged with a slight bit of red. 'That's kind of cute…!' he thought, not daring to let the words slip out. He'd never seen Pyrrha do something so casual like that and it looked… really nice.
"I didn't know the Invincible Girl knew how to vibe." Coco nodded with a smirk.
"Huh?" Pyrrha muttered, completely lost at the subject but Coco only winked for some reason.
"Hey Pyrrha!" The girl yelped in fright, accidentally launching Milo into the ceiling lamp, the light flickering from the damage as sparks flew. She turned towards the door to see who had spoken.
"Again?" Neptune asked with a grin as he turned towards Pyrrha. If she was red before, she was scarlet now.
"I'm sorry…!" She said, with a lower tone as she hid her face in her hands.
Velvet just giggled happily before throwing a piece of popcorn into her mouth.
By the door, was Jaune, Ren and Nora, the latter two holding a large stack of VHS tapes. The group looked startled for a second before regaining their composure. "Ren found this old stack of VHS tapes!" Jaune said in a spooky voice, wiggling his fingers for emphasis. "You wanna help us sort through em and see what's on em?" He asked with a tilt of his head.
Pyrrha glanced up at the still flickering light, before fidgeting and pressing her fingers together. "Ummm…" She replied uncertain.
"Wait, why VHS tapes of all things?" Yang asked with a frown.
"What's wrong with it? Some times they have cool stuff hidden on them. It's fun to pick through em I guess, what else do you want me to say?" Jaune asked with a shrug.
"Oh no, I'm not judging, It's just I haven't met a lot people who do that." Yang explained quickly before her look turned contemplative. "Actually, do you have any? I'm kind of curious about em now."
"Uh… Actually, yeah, I have one I haven't looked at yet. You're welcome to join me." Jaune said with a small smile.
"Sure!" Yang agreed easily.
A background made of pink rose petals floated onto screen as Crescent Rose flew through the air with it, twirling all the while, before it flew off screen, the pink petals following it.
"Oh, not me again!" Ruby half shouted, half whined when she saw Crescent Rose fly past the screen. Her face had already flushed just from remembering the first scene with the pickle jar.
Ozpin chuckled heartily at the sight before taking a sip of cocoa. "I'm sure it won't be as bad this time." He said.
"Yeah, the professor is right, sis." Yang comforted with a half hug. "It'll be fine!" That seemed to placate the young girl somewhat but she still held a level of trepidation.
Team RWBY found themselves standing in front of Beacons elevator. "C'mon! Let's head down to the courtyard!" Ruby declared as she pranced into the elevator, her team following behind her. The filed in, before the door closed behind them.
"Pretty basic…" Coco commented with a frown.
"For now." Velvet added. "I'm willing to bet it'll get a little crazy and or weird in a minute." She said with an excited grin.
Ruby pointed her finger towards the button and looked through them. She passed by the buttons labeled 'Fourth-Second floors' and found the 'Ground Floor' but in her curiosity, she kept going.
Ironwood raised an eyebrow. "Has she not seen the buttons multiple times? Why would she need to have a look at the others if she's already found what she was looking for?"
"You don't really question Ruby half of the time, Jimmy." Qrow slurred at the General.
"At this point, I'm half expecting the new buttons to just be something weird." Blake sighed as she sipped on a grape soda.
She found a button labeled 'Basement' but after that, was a button labeled 'Second Basement'. "Huh?" She mumbled in confusion but decided to keep going.
"Beacon has a second basement?" Torchwick asked incredulously as he looked over at Ozpin. "Why?"
"I haven't seen the button before." Goodwitch spoke up, for once in her life while not scowling at the master thief. "Would you care to explain yourself, Ozpin?" She asked although it was merely curious, not accusatory.
"Well- I…" Ozpin stuttered out as he began to sweat ever so slightly. "I don't know… Beacon really doesn't have a second basement." He said, hiding his nervousness well.
Nora glared at Ozpin with narrowed eyes for what felt like eternity, before shifting her gaze back to the screen.
Ruby crouched down as she went lower, passing an ornate red button labeled 'Art Gallery' and a button labeled 'Third Basement' of all things. The second to last button was labeled 'Fort Port' with a small sticker with "No Girls Allowed!" written on it in red marker.
And the entire theater collectively lost their shit.
Ozpin had to cover his mouth with a hand in order to avoid spitting his cocoa but Qrow was not so fortunate. Ruby cried out in disgust as hard liquor splattered all over her body but even then she couldn't help but giggle hysterically at the button. She released a sigh of relief when the liquid seemingly evaporated from her skin and hair. Whatever this Theater was, it got more amazing by the hour!
Yang clutched at her abdomen as he laughed. "Wait- wait, wait, wait Port has- wheeze- I can't- Does professor Port really have a whole floor to himself?! AHAHAHAA!" Yang asked in the midst of her hysterics.
"And I thought Port wouldn't surprise me anymore!" Coco shouted as she cackled, Velvet giggling beside her. "Guess I was wrong!"
"What the hell is up with these kids?" Torchwick asked as he fought an up-twitch in his lips. Neo just said 'fuck it' and let loose, rolling in her seat from silent laughter.
But it was the last button the caught her attention. The aforementioned button was one in bold green with large, bold gray writing. It read: 'Super Secret Vault, Do Not Enter'.
Any mirth in Ozpin's system vanished in an instant, replaced by a cold dread. His eyes snapped to Glynda and then James who had paled and broken out in cold sweats. Even Qrow, as drunk as he was, recognized the potential danger and quickly got serious.
"Oooooh!" Nora hummed in interest as she leaned forward. "I've never seen that secret button before!" She said.
"I wonder where it goes…" Jaune mused while scratching his cheek.
Ironwood glanced at Ozpin and raised an eyebrow but didn't dare speak due to the faunus in the room but nevertheless, Ozpin got the message. 'What do we do?' He mouthed wordlessly.
Ozpin just shook his head subtly. Ironwood's eyes widened and he looked like he wanted to argue but relented with a deep breath. 'I'll need to play this off… Ignorance, perhaps?' Ozpin thought to himself.
Ruby paused and turned towards her team. Blake looked indifferent, Weiss looked confused but Yang was withholding snickers of mischief as she grinned brightly, bouncing on her heels in barely restrained excitement while nodding her head. Ruby smirked back at her.
Yang gasped and her hands shot to her mouth as her eyes widened and watered slightly. "My baby sister is growing up!" She said in a voice that resembled a squeal.
"Wait- Yang, NO- AACK!" Ruby shouted as Yang did what any good big sister should do and thus proceeded to crush Ruby's soul out of her body with a bear hug.
"Um… Friend-Yang?" Penny asked with a tap on the blonde's shoulders. "I believe you are… 'Pulling a Penny'?" She asked uncertainly with a small smile.
Yang paused in her, what some might describe as strangling and turned towards Penny with surprised eyes. Even in her grip, Ruby managed to smile brightly. "They grow up so fast..! Ow-" She said weakly with a sniffle.
A second later, the door opened only to reveal a large room, the walls and floor gleamed with shine as green torch like lanterns illuminated everything in a dark green glow. The four girls stared in surprise when the got a look at the room in front of them.
In the room, was the same shop keep who owned Dust Till Dawn and A Simple Wok, mopping the floors. Behind him was a complicated piece of machinery, filled with tubes and computer panels. It could only be described as the most advanced of Atlas Technology.
"Oh." Coco said simply with a surprisingly neutral face. "Well that's not what I was expecting…"
"What… is that, exactly?" Weiss asked with a confused frown.
"I'm not sure, Weiss…" Winter admitted, equally confused as her sister.
"Does anyone remember that noodle stand we saw in our first viewing?" Ren asked, turning towards the rest of Team JNPR and Team RWBY.
"Yep."
"Uhuh."
"I think so…"
Ren nodded at the affirmatives. "Wasn't that the same person who tended to it?" He asked confused.
Yang leaned in with narrowed eyes. "Huh… He is." She confirmed with an intrigued glint in her eyes.
There was a beat of silence, which easily told Ren that no one knew why he was there, before Ruby spoke up. "He also runs the Dust Till Dawn store…"
"Can confirm." Roman said as he took a drag on his cigar. Neo just raised an eyebrow at him.
"I don't understand why that man would be in… Whatever that place is…" Pyrrha said with a confused frown. Ozpin was sweating metaphorical bullets.
"Huh?" The shopkeeper mumbled as he noticed the four girls.
"Uh…" Ruby mumbled as she stared awkwardly along with Weiss as Blake and Yang gave each other confused looks.
"Okay, this is officially beyond weird." Sun commented with a small grimace.
"You can say that again." Velvet said with an uneasy look.
"Umm… Professor Ozpin?" Ruby asked as she turned towards Ozpin. "Can you tell us what that place is?"
"Well…" Ozpin started before pausing. "I'll explain in a moment." he said. Ruby seemed to take it at face value.
The shop keep growled, clutching his mop tightly. A not so subtle warning to get out.
"The guy's got balls for a civilian." Roman admitted. Even during his robbery at that Dust store, the man was remarkably calm in comparison to other store owners he'd crossed paths with.
"I'd ask you to be less crude but I think we both know that that won't happen." Winter scowled at the thief. Torchwick just winked at her.
"Uhhh…" Ruby mumbled again, before pressing the Ground Floor button. With their eyes still filled with confusion, the elevator door closed. Then the screen went black.
"That was…" Neptune spoke up, breaking the silence that had enveloped the room after the viewing had ended. "Something." He finally decided on.
"You said you were gonna tell us, right, Professor?" Yang asked curiously.
Ozpin sighed and ignored the concerned looks from the members of his Inner Circle. "I did, yes. While I will not tell you everything, I will give you some information. Is that fair?" He asked.
He received a few shrugs and nods in response. "Sure. I don't see why it wouldn't be." Yang said neutrally.
"Is it a sex dungeon?" Ozpin choked.
Blake did a spit take, her smoothie flying all over the carpet before the mess was cleaned up automatically. Even then, she kept hacking and coughing with flushed cheeks as she tried to compose herself. She mentally thanked Weiss from trying to help her by patting her back.
Ruby herself adopted a skin tone so red that it wouldn't be far fetched to assume she was no longer human. She sputtered and stammered out incoherent garbles of mess which should have been words but the embarrassment she felt canceled out any clear words.
"Coco?!" Yang shouted with flushed cheeks, yet the grin on her face said that she was enjoying the chaos. "What the hell?!"
Coco, who sat next to a Velvet that looked no better than Ruby, looked like the smuggest bitch on the planet, even Neo was impressed. "What? It's a fair question. Who knows what kind of kinks and fetishes Oz has and Glynda being the Vice-Headmistress is doing him no favors. I mean, who uses a Riding Crop of all things as a weapon?" She asked with a chuckle under her breath. "That just screams dominatrix."
"Miss Adel, you will shut your mouth or I promise you, detention will be the least of your worries!" Glynda snarled with a blush on her cheeks.
"You gonna spank me, Glynda?" Coco asked as she bit her lip with a knowing smirk. "I wouldn't say no..."
"Coco!" Velvet whined while hiding her beet red face in her hands.
Roman chuckled and spared a glance at Neo who- Oh no. He knew that look. Neo had that look on her face when she was planning something mischievous.
"Neo, no!" Roman hissed in a whisper.
'Neo, yes!' Her conjured sign said. Suddenly, a paper spawned from Neo's semblance appeared in Coco's lap, the aforementioned young woman grabbed the paper and read it over, before smirking. "Rawr…" She growled playfully with a glance at Neo who stared at Coco with bedroom eyes.
"Children, please!" Glynda demanded with the most terrifying glare she could muster. "Stop. Talking." It was only slightly hampered by the blush on her cheeks.
"Coco! Come on, you can gamble with your life but don't take the rest of us down with you!" Yang hissed as cold sweat poured down her forehead.
Coco just snorted and rolled her eyes. "Alright, fine…" She said but didn't hesitate to flick her scroll number at the Ice Cream girl. "Call me!" She said quietly, receiving a lecherous grin in response.
"Ahem…" Ozpin cleared his throat after he had composed himself. "While I'm sure Miss Adel would have loved to be correct in her assumption," The girl in question gave him a smirk. "the label in the elevator was correct. It is a vault and what it houses is not something I'm going to disclose."
"Can you tell us?" Nora asked hopefully while doing a fairly decent impression of the Puppy dog eyes.
Little did she know, after receiving Summer Rose as a student, if he wasn't immune to it before then, he certainly was after. "I apologize Miss Valkyrie, but no."
"Awww…" Nora moaned as she sagged in her seat but her spirits rose as Ren patted her back.
A/N: RWBY Chibi is fun. Ima do more of them at some point. Dunno when but it will happen. I'ma prolly have em react to a RWBY episode again next chapter before moving onto other shit again. (Btw, are there any specific RWBY episodes or scenes you wanna see? I have several in mind but I'd still like to hear what you guys think.) Like always, feedback, suggestions, tips n tricks, etc... are all welcome. I read every review you guys send so keep em coming! I'll see you all next chapter.