Chapter 2: The World of Remnant

A/N: Hey guys! Nitro here, and here's chapter 2 of Remnant Online! Not much to say about this chapter, except that I hope you enjoy it!

Also, I watched the finale of RWBY Volume 3...THE FEELZ, BRUH! :'(

Anyhoo, hope you enjoy!

"WELCOME, NEW PLAYER." A female robotic voice said. Kirito looked around him. He was in an empty white room that stretched as far as his eyes could see. As he looked around him, he couldn't help but remember the first time he had logged into ALfheim Online, when something similar had happened. "PLEASE ENTER YOUR IN-GAME-NAME." The voice said, as a screen and keyboard appeared in front of him.

"No turning back now." He said, as he calmly typed in his name. K-I-R-I-T-O.

"WELCOME, KIRITO." The voice said again. "DO YOU WISH TO TRANSFER YOUR DATA FROM ALFHEIM ONLINE TO JUMPSTART YOUR ADVENTURE?"

So you really CAN transfer your data. Kirito thought to himself. He pushed the "Yes" button.

"THANK YOU." The voice said. "AND WELCOME TO REMNANT ONLINE. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME HERE." As the voice stopped talking, the white room turned into a blood-red, and the screen in front of Kirito displayed a strange symbol. Kirito tried to see what it was, but it was only displayed for a split-second, and then disappeared. A blue light gathered around him, and the next thing he knew, he was at the docks of a large city.

Kirito looked around him in surprise as he took in the sights around him. Behind him was the sea, and there were multiple ships docked left and right around the dock. In front of him were several buildings, and he could see people walking up and down the busy street. As he started walking he heard a loud noise coming from above him. He looked up and saw to his surprise a large ship-like airplane flying towards the center of the city. "Man, this place is even bigger than I expected!" He exclaimed as he watched the airship fly off. He continued walking down the street, trying to figure out where he needed to go when he heard a familiar voice coming from behind him.

"Hey, Kirito!"

He turned around and started as he saw Asuna standing behind him.

"What? What's wrong?" She asked, a bit confused on why he started, and why he continued to give her a strange face.

"Hey, Asuna," he said. "Did you transfer your data from ALO?"

Asuna was really confused by the question. "Of course I did." She said. "What do you mean?"

Kirito walked up to a window and motioned for her to look at her reflection, which she did. She, like Kirito, started when she saw herself. Instead of having the light-blue hair that her avatar in ALfheim had, she looked almost exactly like she did in real life! Her clothing had even changed as well, and consisted of a dark-red leather tunic with a lightweight copper breastplate, leather pants, boots that went up to her knees, and a hooded cape. "Why…why do I like look like I'm back in SAO!?" She asked, confused and to be honest, trying not to panic.

Kirito shrugged, and then Asuna looked at him. "Why do you still look the same? I'm so confused!"

Kirito laughed a bit. "Who knows?" He asked. "But let's meet up with the others. Maybe some of them got a new look as well."

"All right."

Meanwhile, in a different part of the city, there was a bit of a ruckus going on in a bar. Guns were firing, tables and chairs were flipping, and people were shouting so loudly over each that you couldn't hear what was being said. Walking out of the door of the bar was a lone girl, who, as she was walking out, narrowly avoided getting hit by a glass bottle, which hit the doorpost next to her and shattered. She shook her head and walked to a young girl who was sitting down against the wall of the building next door.

"Did you find anything?" Silica asked as she stood up.

Sinon shook her head. "No." She said. "They wouldn't even let me ask a question. As soon as I walked in, they started to throw things at me."

"Man, how will we be able to find Kirito and the others?" Leafa asked, as she casually leaned up against a wall. She originally had volunteered to go ask instead, but Sinon insisted that she went in.

Sinon shrugged. "We'll just have to keep looking." She said. She looked around her as she searched for any sign of her friends, but she couldn't see anything. Just how large is this place? And how will we meet back up?

Meanwhile, in a library nearby, a tall man and a pink-haired girl was walking down the street. "I can't believe you got us thrown out of the library!" She said, her voice dripping with distaste.

"Hey! It wasn't my fault! All I did was tell the librarian that she looked nice today. What's wrong with that?"

"Ugh!" Liz groaned, slapping her face with her hand. "You know Klein, it's not always what you say, but HOW you say it. The way you said it to her made it seem like you were some sort of sick pervert! Now how are we going to find the others!?"

"Jeez, sorry." Klein apologized, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. Just then, a man walked by then, and Klein grabbed his arm. "Excuse me, sir." He said. The man stopped as Klein grabbed him, and turned around to look at him. "We're looking for a few friends of ours. Perhaps you know where we could find them?"

The man looked at Klein with an examining expression on his face. "I may be able to help you." He said. "What are their names? I know several people in town, perhaps they're some of them." The man was quite tall, and had short, black hair that was slicked back. He had dark eyes and glasses, and he wore a business suit and red tie.

"Well, let's see…" Klein said, counting on his fingers. "There's Silica, Leafa, Sinon, Asuna, and Kirito."

The man started a bit at the mention of Kirito, but quickly recovered. "Kirito, huh?" He asked. "I've heard the name before…wasn't he the Beater who cleared Sword Art Online and saved thousands of trapped players?"

Klein beamed as he nodded. "Yep!" He said energetically. "That's him. Have you seen him?"

The man shook his head. "I'm afraid not. But if I do, I will certainly tell you. May I ask you name, so I can contact you when I find him?"

"Name's Klein." The red-head said, extending his hand, which the man shook. "And this is Lizbeth."

"I never gave you permission to tell him my name!" Liz shook her head.

"Well, Klein, Lizbeth, call me Ron." The man introduced himself. "I'll tell you as soon as I find your friends."

"Thank you, sir!" Klein said graciously, at which Ron nodded.

"Well, if that's it than I'll be off. Good day." With that, Ron nodded towards them, and then walked away.

"See?" Klein said after Ron walked off. "Sometimes the good ol' Klein charm works."

"Whatever."

As that was happening, back with Asuna and Kirito, the two were walking down one of the main roads when they saw a large sign that was in the process of being hung up.

"Vytal Festival?" Asuna asked, reading the sign. "I wonder what that is."

"The Vytal Festival is a celebration that makes the end of the Great War." A voice said from behind them. Asuna and Kirito turned around and saw a middle-aged man with tousled gray hair, black eyebrows, and thin brown eyes standing behind them. He had a light complexion and sharp facial features. He wore shaded glass spectacles and a dark-green scarf with a small, purple, cross-shaped emblem on it. His clothing consisted of an unzipped black suit over a buttoned vest and green undershirt. He also wore black trouser shoes and long, dark-green pants. In one hand was a mug with an emblem on it, and his other hand was a long cane; which was gray in color for the majority of its length. It had a large crossguard that reached down to the bottom of the handle. Inside the larger area where the gray and white meet, there were small gears.

"The Great War?" Kirito asked, a bit curious.

"Indeed." The man said. "The war was fought between the four kingdoms over questions of individuality and self-expression. Named after Vytal, a small island north of Vale where the treaty was signed, the Vytal Festival was created with the purpose of celebrating the diversity of the cultures of Remnant." He smiled as Kirito and Asuna looked at each other with surprise on their faces. "My name is Professor Ozpin," he introduced himself, extending his free hand to Kirito, who shook it. "I am the Headmaster of Beacon Academy, a school devoted to training huntsmen and huntresses to defend our world from the creatures of Grimm."

Kirito shook his hand and smiled. "I'm Kirito." He said.

"I've never seen your face around her, Kirito." Ozpin admitted, looking closely at his face. "Are you visiting from one of the other kingdoms?"

Kirito shrugged a bit. "I guess you could say that."

Ozpin gave him a suspicious look, and then took a sip out of his mug. "Well, in any case, I welcome you to the city of Vale. Please, make yourselves at home." He nodded politely, and then walked down the street towards a well-dressed man at the other end.

"Well, he seems nice." Kirito said, at which Asuna nodded. Before she could say anything, however, a scream was heard coming from the direction of a large building a couple blocks away, followed a few seconds later by the loud sound of a gun going off. "What was that?"

"Come on!" Asuna urged, running in the direction of the scream, with Kirito close behind. When they entered into the back of the building they saw a strange sight.

The room was dimly lit, but it was quite large. There were several balloons, banners, and other festive decorations up on the walls and ceiling. In the middle of the room was a hole in the other-wise clean, red-carpeted floor. The hole was smoking a bit, and a couple of inches away from the whole was a young girl. She looked to be quite young, sixteen at most; with large, innocent silver eyes. She wore a black blouse, a black waist cincher with red lacing, and a skirt with red trimmings, complete with a red cloak. Her whole outfit was made up of various shades of red and black, with black being the primary color on her main clothing, and red being the primary color on her cloak. Even her shoulder-length hair was black with a red tint. She had cross-shaped pins holding her cloak down to her shirt, and around her waist was a belt that held several large cartridges in individual loops. In her hand was a rose-red rifle that was of medium-length, the barrel of it was smoking.

"Ruby!" A voice shouted from the next room over. A young girl stomped over and looked at the other girl angrily. "What's this ruckus all about!?" She was dressed in a pale-blue bolero jacket, which was over a similarly colored thigh-length dress with a piece of black lace which made up the neckline on the dress. The inside of the bolero was red, and the sleeves turned blue as they got closer to her wrists. The back of the bolero displayed what appeared to be a snowflake. She wore an apple-shaped necklace along with a pair of thin, rectangular earrings. She had white, heeled wedge boots that went to her mid-calf; the insides of which were also lined with red. Her long, white hair was pulled back in an off-center ponytail, at the base of which was a small tiara that resembled icicles. She had a pale complexion and icy-blue eyes, and down her left eye was a crooked scar.

"Sorry!" The girl known as Ruby apologized sheepishly.

"Did Ruby find another cockroach?" Another young girl asked. She had a light-olive complexion, similar to Ruby and the white-haired girl. She had long, wavy black hair, and her eyes were amber, and was complemented by light-purple eye shadow that flared backwards. Her eyes were slightly tilted upwards at the ends, which gave her somewhat of a catlike appearance. On her head she wore a black ribbon that was tied in the form of a bow. She wore black low-heeled boots and stockings that started off black at her hips, but gradually fade to purple as they near her shoes. On the outside of her stockings were white emblems that looked like belladonna flowers. She wore black ribbons on both of her arms, with a black detached sleeve and a silver band on her left arm. Her clothing consisted of a black buttoned vest with coattails, and a white sleeveless undershirt that exposed part of her midriff, with white shorts that appeared to be connected to her shirt, although it was partly obscured by her vest. Her shorts had a zipper on the front of each leg, and she wore a detached scarf-like collar around her neck.

"It wasn't a cockroach!" Ruby shook her head. "It was a spider! I was sweeping and I felt it crawling on my shoulder. It felt SO creepy!"

"So what, you shot it?" Weiss, the white-haired girl, asked; at which Ruby energetically nodded her head. "Ridiculous. If anything, you should have just stepped on it."

"Sorry," Ruby apologized again. "But whenever I'm in danger, the first thing I think of is using Crescent Rose." To Kirito's and Asuna's amazement, the gun folded up, and Ruby put it in her dress.

"That's my sis for ya!" A girl said as she bounced into the room. She looked to be a few years older than Ruby, and she wore a tan vest with gold piping over a yellow low-cut crop top, with a black crest that resembled a burning heart. The vest had puffy cap sleeves with black cuffs, and on the sides of the cuffs were two small golden buttons. She wore a brown belt with a buckle, pouch, and a small banner-like object. The same burning heard crest was on the banner, except it was golden in color. She wore black shorts under her belt, which resembled a pleated skirt in the back. Over the short shorts, but under the belt, was a white asymmetrical back skirt. She wore brown knee-high platforms boots that appeared to be made out of leather, with orange socks that were different lengths. Her left leg also had a gray bandanna-like object wrapped around the top of her boot. She wore fingerless black gloves underneath what appeared to be two yellow, mechanized gauntlets with a black design. Her long, blonde hair became lighter in color at the tips, and flows in a loose and messy manner, with a few locks sticking out and a small cowlick on the top of her head. She had a pale complexion and lilac eyes.

"Sorry." Ruby chuckled. Just then, she heard a creak coming from the door, and turned around to see Kirito and Asuna standing there. "Hello!"

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To be continued...

A/N: So there you go, Kirito and Asuna have met up with Team RWBY. Wonder how that's gonna go... :P

So, a few things: #1: I've had a couple people asking me whether I should put Yui in this (as in, in Remnant with the others). I don't know. What do you guys think? Should I add Yui as a character in this?

I want to quickly thank thrawn92 for the idea of Ruby and the spider. Seriously dude, I died when you did that! :D

Also, I will be going on vacation with family for a couple of weeks, so this will be the last update for a little bit. I hope you understand, and I'll update this ASAP. Love you all, and I'll see you in the next chapter...ciao!