SSKT 3

by Deku -Hisui no Ken- Midoriya

The City of Vale was saved from the attack of Grimm, now the tournament has begun! But what the world doesn't realize that the true call for war is on the way by the ambition by one woman. And her name is Cinder Fall. Can Team SSKT stop her or will the world fall! (Sequel of Team SSKT 2) Rated T for Knuckles' mouth and some gore in later chapters.

4. Chapter 4 Lessons Learned!

What's poppin' my friends, this is your boy LilMichaelxSonikku! Now, I have an update to give you all, next week, I don't know what day it is but next week I'll be going on a trip up to Virginia for a few days to see some family and my grandfather is going to see his heart doctor, but there's nothing wrong with him. Just his usual visits; plus I go back to school at the 10th of August to finish my senior year, hell yes! Then once I graduate, I'll be in a couple programs to get me ready for my adult life so who knows when I will have the chance to write more chapters of SSKT 3. But I'll write them when I can, oh and at the end of the chapter I got a surprise for ya. Oh yeah, and we have only 92 days left till RWBY Volume 4! The promised land is getting more closer by the day! That's all for this update, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: Sonic goes to SEGA and RWBY goes to Roosterteeth and Monty Oum!

In the Amity Colosseum, it is still floating high amid the cheers of an excited audience as the two opposing pairs of partners for the match, the grinning Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai against a confident Coco Adel and meditating Yatsuhashi Daichi, wait in the center of the stadium for the holographic roulette to pick the field.

"Emerald and Mercury of Haven, versus Coco and Yatsuhashi of Beacon!" Port said enthusiastically from the sound systems.

Velvet stood up from in the stands alongside Fox Alistair, Ruby Rose, and Sonic Maruti. "Good luck, you two!"

The Colosseum chooses four fields to rise up from below in quarter sections: A patch of tall grassy plains which has a single tree and some rocks; the ruins of a city, complete with buildings holding shattered windows and rubble among the pavement; a hot spring containing geyser spots along a small river and some blue Dust crystal growths; and a familiar section of dense forest.

Coco lowers her sunglasses as she eyes her opponents. "Hey! Love the outfit, kid!"

Emerald smirked. "I'll try not to get blood on it."

Yatsuhashi was getting up as he removes his sword from his back. "I can't promise you'll leave without a scratch."

"I won't be the one bleeding." She said stretching her arm with a glint in Emerald's eyes.

-Music: Breakdown (Breaking Benjamin)-

Coco grinned. "Ooh, I like her!"

"Three, two, one, begin!" Port announced.

Instead of charging forward, Mercury and Emerald slowly walk back into the tall grass and disappear behind the leaves. Coco and Yatsuhashi smile at each other before the leader pops out her Gatling gun and begins mowing down the field as the crowds of sunglasses-wearing fans roar their approval, even when bullets nearly hit them from the other side of the force field. Coco lets up as she and Yatsuhashi realize the two opponents aren't in the plains section anymore.

Coco rose an eyebrow. "Huh?"

"Look out!" Blake and Tails cried in unison.

Mercury drops from the sky, aiming for Coco, but Yatsuhashi pushes her out of the way and blocks the boots with his blade, pushing him back. Coco opens fire at him again, though Mercury is able to outrun each shot.

Sun grinned. "He's good!"

Scarlet nods but then looks around for Emerald. "Yeah, but where's the girl?"

Mercury reaches the two and kicks away Coco's weapon while dodging Yatsuhashi's blade, then delivering a double blow to the giant warrior before jumping over Coco's continued barrage of bullets. He lands on the barrels and kicks her in the face, leaping over another of Yatsuhashi's swings, only to let himself be hit so he can get behind Coco and force her to press the muzzle up to her own teammate. Everyone stands still until Coco compresses her weapon back into its handbag form and tries to hit Mercury with Yatsuhashi, but he deftly jumps back and launches two blasts from his boots that the members of CFVY deflect. Coco is unfazed by the one shot, but looks surprised at the dozens of them now spiraling around the handstand-spinning Mercury until he sends all of them at his enemies, a barrage of light and smoke surrounding them that provides the perfect cover for Mercury to appear behind the two. He grabs the both of them by their arms and delivers a flurry of kicks that knocks them back, looking back as a chain comes out from the forest trees to wrap around Coco and pulls her back.

Yatsuhashi tried reaching out to her in vain. "Coco!"

Despite his cry, Coco disappears into the trees, and he has to endure a blow from Mercury before being able to grab and throw him into the hot spring area. He jumps high in the air as Mercury's still sliding back, but his blade only comes down on his opponent's boots, the shockwave from this clash causing the water to fly back, the earth to crack underneath, and multiple geysers to form around them. Mercury fires his boots and gets out of the hold, aiming a swipe at Yatsuhashi's feet that misses, then ducking around each of his sword's swings. One of his kicks lets loose some stones from the ground, which Mercury kicks into Yatsuhashi and leaves him at the mercy of another foot-happy assault. This leaves his head in a small super-heated geyser, erupting and causing him to scream in pain as he frantically gets up, opening his eyes just in time to see Mercury coming at him. Meanwhile, Coco is still being dragged back into the forest until the chain makes her collide with the trunk of a tree. She shakes it off until she realizes her sunglasses are lying shattered on the ground.

Coco glared angrily as she looks around. "I take it back; I don't like her."

Just as she says this, a green shot rapidly comes at Coco, which she barely manages to jump back from as more come down on her from Emerald's position up in a tree above her. Coco unleashes her Gatling gun again and shoots high in the branches, but Emerald jumps around, using her own revolvers to fire back and change them to sickle form so she can swing from each tree until she suddenly vanishes behind one of them.

Coco is now looking around for her lost opponent. "Damn!"

Yatsuhashi is now coming up from behind her, hand on his sword's hilt. "Coco!"

"Watch out, she's in the trees!" She called Yatsuhashi back.

"Oh, and with that final blow, Yatsuhashi is eliminated!" Port announced as the buzzer rang.

Coco eyes widened in shock. "What!?"

She looks behind her, only to see no one there. Her hand is shaking on the handle of her gun, and she doesn't even see the blur between the trees moving in for the kill.

Coco growled in anger. "Damn!"

Little does she know that Emerald is rising up from behind her, blades raised, turning around a second too late. The weapon descends with a ringing gunshot, and Coco is seen flying out of the forest, landing all the way in the center of the stadium next to Yatsuhashi, also knocked unconscious. Emerald swings her sickles by their chains as Mercury looks over their defeated opponents.

-Music Ends-

"And with an amazing upset, Emerald and Mercury are victorious!" Oobleck said.

Velvet placed her hand over her mouth as Fox shakes his head. "Coco?"

Fox places a reassuring hand on Velvet's shoulder as Ruby looks into the stadium at her "friends", no one noticing the smiling Cinder Fall behind them, getting up from her seat and walking away amid the combined cheers and boos from the crowds.

Then the Jinchuriki and Faunus hybrid saw a flash of the stadium in flames which made him flinch as he rubbed his eyes, then as he opened them; the stadium was normal. "What? What was that?" Tails thought in bewilderment.

In an elegant twilit pavilion area of ivy-covered pillars, rounded archways, and lion-decorated fountains, Shadow Donovan, Weiss Schnee, and her elder sister Winter are sitting at a simple table with a plate full of croissants and strawberries. Winter is sipping from her teacup as Weiss repeats the news she was just told.

Weiss couldn't believe her ears. "You're... leaving?"

"Yes. I was merely needed to oversee the transport of additional units to Vale. Our last shipment was lost to an ambush. I believe you had a run-in with its cargo, actually. It's fortunate those Paladins were in the prototype stage; otherwise your team may not have fared so well." Winter stated seeing her younger sister having a dejected look on her face, then smiled softly. "Weiss, you've done... well, out here, on your own. You should be proud. I'll be honest, it was quite amusing seeing Father's face the day you left for Beacon!"

Shadow snorted with a smirk. "I bet it was funny, I would long to see this but your older is sister is correct."

Weiss straightened up and smiling now, arms crossed. "I can't wait to show him what I learned!"

"Oh? Then what do you think you've learned?" The Elder Schnee asked.

"What do you mean? I'm getting better and better with my glyphs! I've even started Time Dilation!" The Ice Queen said not looking at Winter.

Winter stared intently at her sibling. "And what of your Summoning?"

"I…" She sighs and looks away. "You know I can't."

Winter shook her head. "Don't be ridiculous. Every Schnee has the ability to summon. We have for generations."

Weiss splayed her hands. "I've tried! It's just... it's the one thing I've been having trouble with!"

-Music: Mysticland (Hunter x Hunter 2011)-

"We Schnees are unique. Unlike many, our Semblance is hereditary. But that doesn't mean it will come easily." She demonstrates this as she lifts her hand to summon a small, elaborate glyph over her palm. "Your Semblance is like a muscle. The more you practice with it, the stronger it will become. But if you only focus on one aspect of it…" The glyph expands suddenly in a bright flash, causing Weiss to turn away before looking back up in awe at the white-and-blue Beowolf now at her sister's side. "If you fail to test the limits of what you think is possible, then you'll never truly grow. I assume you, Shadow knows I'm correct since you were able to summon."

"Yes Winter, indeed you are correct. But I'm not a master of summoning, mainly Tails has the mastery of summoning. Due to his shinobi heritage, he has gained natural mastery not only summoning but "Fuinjutsu" which is the art of sealing. I've only learned from him, he maybe young but his experience and skills are more extraordinary than a Mastered Huntress yourself Winter." He rose his hand as a black snake came from his sleeve and it slithered up his arm as it went to his shoulder. Then he glanced at Weiss and Winter's shadows as two bats formed from their shades making the two Schnee sister's eyes widen in amazement and shock as the two bats dangled on the ceiling upside down as their red eyes look at the three. "This can be reached once you connect to your natural affinity. Ice is a common element in the your family, the elemental powers of ice is one of the rare elements and the most difficult to master; but Weiss, I know you can reach my level of how to summon. It all depends on you."

Weiss smiles at this display of power she hopes to achieve. "With that display of summoning… It amazes me of how powerful Shadow is but if he says I can do it… I will DO it!" She thought with a determined look on her face.

-Music Ends-

-Music: MegaMan X4 Stage Select Remix [ Cyber Assassins ] (DJBlazeWave)-

"You'll never beat me, old man!" Cried the Little Red Reaper Ruby as red lines appeared behind her.

"You're nothing but talk, kid!" Qrow sneered as similar blue lines appeared behind him.

"You can do it, Ruby!" Sonic and Yang supported Ruby as purple lines appeared.

Then the entire scene is revealed to be in team RWBY's dorm room at Beacon Academy, and the screen of the video game Ruby and Qrow are playing is shown just as one of the pixelated ninjas decapitates the other, with the announcer saying "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!" Qrow grins at his victory as Ruby lowers her head in shame.

"Ouch." Yang whispered.

"And by the way, don't ever call me old." The Drunk Huntsman said with a grin.

Knuckles laughed. "Wow Qrow! You got some skills, that's for sure!"

"Nice try Rubes. You'll get'em next time." Sonic said patting her back with smile.

Yang pushed her sibling out of her spot as she grabs the spinning controller from the air. "My turn!

"Now, where was I?" Qrow asked trying to remember something.

Ruby popped up from behind the two players excitedly. "You were telling us about your last mission!"

"I bet it's about flipping a girl's skirt." Sonic whispered to the red head Echidna Faunus.

Knuckles snorts. "He's thirsty as fuck. I'm surprised he didn't get charged for sexual assault."

"Right, right... I'd come across a small village in the swamps west of Mistral. Right off the bat, I knew something wasn't right." Qrow said seriously

"What were you doing there?" Ruby asked.

"I needed information. Tired from battling Grimm along the way, I decided to start my search at the town's inn. The place was crawling with lowlifes and thugs, even a few Huntsmen that I could only assume had been hired by less-than reputable people for less-than respectable jobs. And that's when it happened." He explained as his tone gotten more darker.

"What happened?" Yang asked as her interest was at it's peak.

Qrow grins. "I was defeated... By the mere sight... Of the innkeeper's skirt length!"

The vision of pink hearts, a beautiful maid with slightly-skimpy clothing, and the very happy Qrow is interrupted by a thrown dog-head pillow, which Qrow deftly catches much to Yang's ire (not helped by the game announcer calling out once more "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!").

Yang growled. "You are the worst!"

"I'm surprised that your drunk ass wasn't hauled to jail for sexual assault Qrow. You need to seriously cut that shit out. I know you're thirsty for some of 'it' but please don't; just give it up. You're too damn elderly to get some." Knuckles laughed as he roasted on Qrow.

Sonic laughed with his teammate and then snickered. "Damn Knux! Shots fired!"

Qrow glared at the two laughing Faunus for calling him old. "Well, you two don't want to be castrated do you?" He held his weapon in scythe mode which made the two stop laughing as they covered their jewels.

"N-No sir." The scared Faunus croaked in fear and sweating.

Ruby laughs as she seats herself on Weiss' bed. "So, Uncle Qrow, did you get in trouble with Ozpin?"

Qrow waved the question off as he placed his weapon away. "Nah, me and Oz go way back. We're cool."

Yang scoffed. "Cool for an old guy."

Qrow looked mad now. "Not funny."

"So, what are you doing here anyway? I thought Dad said that you would be on a mission, for like... ever." Ruby asked her uncle.

"Well, a professional Huntsman like myself is expected to get results, as soon as possible." He said as the game was about to start.

"Yeeeeaaaah, I get that." Ruby laughs. "We're pretty much pros, too."

"Oh, really?"

"Psch, yeah! Read the news sometime. We totally saved Vale while you were gone." Yang added playing the game.

"Funny, because I heard Vale suffered a Grimm attack after you almost managed to stop a train." He said as he glances at Yang's scowling face. "But they don't give out medals for almost."

"They do, and it's called silver!" Ruby said resolutely.

"Well, Sonic's team and our team helped take down Roman Torchwick! He's locked up in Ironwood's ship and crime's been down ever since! That's basically a bounty mission!" Yang stated not getting what Qrow is saying.

Qrow glanced at Sonic and Knuckles who was in a meditative position. "Sure, you may be acting like Huntresses, but you're not thinking like one. You really think four girls and their friends can end all crime in the Kingdom?"

Ruby now tapping her fingers together in embarrassment. "I mean, I did until you said that…"

"Violence hasn't dropped since Roman got nabbed; it's stopped, completely. No White Fang activity around the city. You cut off the head of the King Taijitu, but now the second head 's calling the shots. That's what Ironwood can't get through that thick metal head of his." Qrow said more seriously now.

"Qrow is right. You guys might think I'm crazy but we know when something more foreboding is coming by Tails' luck. Tails has the most good luck than any other person, sometimes we play card games or poker, Tails wins all the time; but if a certain round if he loses and the most unluckiest person wins, that tells us that something that an enemy or an event of epic proportions could be the end of the world itself… And due to our misfortune… When we were betting on who will win in Team SSSN's match the other day; I betted on Sun's team and Tails betted for Team INGO, and then when Team SSSN won; I knew something bad was coming. Right Knux?" Sonic said grimly looking at his hot headed teammate who nodded.

"Yeah man. At first, I didn't believe you till that "Metal Sonic Incident." That shit was crazy deadly as fuck! Now I knew that Tails' luck was like a premonition of what's going to happen. So when I, Shadow, Sonic, and Tails saw Team SSSN's victory, the four of us knew that some deadly shit is about to go down, so we trained not only for the tournament; but for whatever catastrophic event that will hit us. We're not fucking joking, I swear on Oum's grave that something catastrophic is coming our way." Knuckles said seriously looking at the sunsetting sky. "Hell, Tails had won bets that he didn't know what he was getting into."

The five Huntsmen were sitting silence absorbing this grim information of Tails' misfortune till Qrow stood up and went for the door.

"Anyways, I'm too old to be hanging out with a bunch of kids. You're gonna cramp my style." He pauses in the doorway and sighs before addressing his family, Ruby and Yang looking up to him and Zwei sleeping on Blake's bed and then looks at Sonic and Knuckles. "Look, just remember that you've still got a long way to go… And don't think for a second that graduating means you're done. Every day out there is worth a week in this place. You four, you're gonna go far. But only if you keep learning, and only if you never stop moving forward." With these immortal words of wisdom, Qrow exits down the hall.

-Music Ends-

-Music: Mirror Mirror Pt. 2 (RWBY)-

Back in the pavilion, a caterpillar is slowly inching around on the edge of a fountain at Weiss points her Myrtenaster at the ground, creating a rotating glyph made of blade symbols with Winter and Shadow behind her, appraising the effort.

Winter smiled. "Excellent form! Now think to your fallen foes! The ones who forced you to push past where you were, and become who you are now." As the glyph flickers in and out of existence and Weiss grimaces in concentration. "Think of them, and watch as they come to your side."

Weiss was doing her hardest to make the wobbling circle follow her will, but eventually dismisses it and stomps the ground angrily. "I can't!"

Winter's hand immediately comes down on Weiss' head in a slap. "Stop doubting yourself!"

Weiss turned around to face her sister with 2 tick marks on her head. "I'm trying!"

"If this is what you call trying, then you have no hope of winning the tournament, let alone succeeding as a Huntress!" Winter scolded and then suddenly smiling as if an idea has occurred to her. "Why don't you just move back home? I'm sure Father would give you a nice job as a receptionist!"

Weiss looked away. "I don't need his charity!"

Winter leaned in. "But you do need his money, don't you?"

Weiss was flabbergasted. "What!? How did you know about that!?"

Winter straightened back up. "Lucky guess. I may have been in a similar situation when I joined the military. So what have you done this time?"

Shadow frowned at what the Elder Schnee was trying to do. "...I hope Winter knows that she's treading on thin ice." Shadow thought.

"Well, that's the thing: I'm really not sure! I went to pay for lunch the other day, but the card didn't work!" Weiss said as Winter circles around her.

"How embarrassing."

"I know!" She sees Winter shaking her head. "Well, it was! Why would he cut me off like that?"

"Perhaps so that you'd stop avoiding him and call home." Winter suggested.

Instead of answering, Weiss attempts once more to create a summoning glyph, gritting her teeth until Winter places a consoling hand on her shoulder.

"Emotions can grant you strength. But you must never let them overpower you." The attempted glyph flickers and fades once more, though neither of them pay it any attention. "It sounds to me like you have two choices in front of you. You can either call him, beg for his money back, and explain once more why you would want to study at Beacon over Atlas, or you could continue to explore Remnant, discovering more about the world and honestly, more about yourself." She allows Weiss a moment to absorb this information until revealing. "It's time for me to go." Winter gives her sister a hug, which is returned.

Weiss broke the embrace. "It was really good to see you, Winter."

Winter smiled sadly. "Until next time, sister. Shadow, please look after and continue helping her grow."

"I will." Shadow stated looking at her.

The two Schnees walk out of the pavilion and go in opposite directions, neither of them noticing the caterpillar coming across a miniature, brightened version of a familiar-looking broadsword before disappearing into icy sparkles. Later at night, Weiss and Shadow is in the school courtyard, Weiss waving goodbye at the airship carrying her sister. She stops just as her Scroll starts vibrating with an incoming call from "FATHER", and her finger hovers over the screen in uncertainty until she glances at the Black Knight whose eyes said: "It's your choice" and closes her eyes and forces herself to press it. Suddenly smiling at the sight of her closed Scroll and the setting of a new path in life, she puts it away and walks with Shadow back inside.

"Weiss, you've grown so much since our first meeting. I know you'll improve, it takes time to reach our goals, dreams, and wishes. You have broken free of your shell and now experiencing what it feels to be in a world where you can make your own decisions and determine your own future. Money and power, the common vices that's responsible for this world's corruption used to be your stepping stool, now you see that those doesn't even matter. You've gained something more precious than that. Your friends. Hope you never forget who got you this far." Shadow thought as a small smile grew on his face as he looks at the starlit sky as a constellation of Maria Robotnik appeared with her smile. A lone tear fell from his face as the scene turned grey and froze. "I know I haven't forgotten who gotten me this far… Thank you… Maria."

-Music Ends-

-Music: Mavis' Speculation (Fairy Tail)-

In the middle of the night, a portal opened as two figures appeared through it as the portal closed itself as the two figures looked around.

"Silver. Is this the place?" A feminine asked.

The figure nodded known as Silver. "Yes. This is it, I can feel Sonic's presence here. Blaze, they must be warned of what's coming! We don't have much time left!"

The moonlight shone over the two figures revealing two Faunus, one cat and one hedgehog. The cat Faunus had lavender hair wrapped into a ponytail with purple edges, gold eyes, a red gem on her forehead, wearing a red bindi, violet coat with a dark pink hemline, white tights with a flame design on the side, dark pink high heeled shoes with white straps and fluffy cuffs, white gloves with fluffy cuffs, a gold necklace, and she had a sheathed rapier on her hip. She is Blaze Eithna. Silver had yellow eyes with silver hair color, he had a grey trench coat zipped with cyan lines at the hemline of his sleeves and back of his jacket and fur around his collar, a white shirt inside, grey pants with the same cyan line on the side, his gloves had a cyan glow and a design on the back and inside of his hands, he had boots with the same cyan glow but they were black with a white line at the center and had a cyan toe, and he had a sword-sized dagger sheathed at his side. He is Silver Fulbright.

"So this is the domain where Sonic had disappeared to… We need to get to the tower." Silver pointed to Beacon. "We'll find Sonic there."

Blaze nods as she looks at the tower. "Silver. You didn't explain to me what was your vision."

Silver looks at Blaze with a stern face. "The vision I had that this town here will we ruined in flames by a woman who seeks to be "complete." A woman with an unquenchable thirst for power of this "Fall Maiden" who seems to in an resting and recovering stage in an unknown room which the woman's thirst is quenched and begin using it to reduce this town to ash. Many people will die. This is why we're here and get the message to Sonic and quickly."

Blaze frowns but then gasped which caught her comrade's attention. "...Silver… I sense a very powerful person in that tower… And I can feel her flames of evil…"

Silver's eyes widen in shock by this. "T-That means! We're too late!"

"No Silver, the woman you said will bring the flames of her wrath to this town has not reached the Fall Maiden yet but her lust for completion and power are rising… She rivals the power of Iblis, not only that, she's in the tower where Sonic and the others are. They don't know that the enemy has infiltrated." Blaze said forlornly.

Silver grits his teeth. "C'mon Blaze! We gotta hurry!" He runs as Blaze follows him heading to Beacon.

To Be Continued...