A/N: Heeeeeerrrre's JOHNNY!
Wait my name's not Johnny…oh well.
I guess I'll do reviews now. Also, there are more than 100 now! Whoo!
yaoiprincess101: You were pretty quick on the draw there! You showed up like, a few minutes after I uploaded it a 2 am. Also, thank you! You're so inspirational!
Guest(1): Yeah, that's true, but I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to not answer reviews and look like I'm ungrateful. But I do agree with you that it's a bit unfair that the reviews make my chapters seem longer than they really are.
Depri Nemias: I don't know. I'm kinda leaning towards that but I might change my mind. I'm also not good with ship names.
Cooleffects99: Thanks, I decided to put some feels in there as a last minute thing, since I usually make up this story as I go. That whole chapter was some spur of the moment type stuff. And yeah, Sans is a great guy.
Jack Whitters: Flashback-ception maybe…? Also yeah, I had a lot of fun with that fight scene.
FluffySheepLion: Thanks, also, most likely not. I don't even know a good 90% of the AU's.
Firehedgehog: Thank you!
River king: Thanks!
Robin Halliday: It's fine, we all make mistakes!
FalloutBoy2020: Uh, yeah sure. Let's go with that.
Guest(2): Thanks so much! I'm not quite sure about the pairing either.
King Joker: Sans really wasn't trying to beat them, but rather just show off, because he knew that's what Glynda wanted.
Tristan Elder: Oh, sorry then. I don't really know actually. I'm up to suggestions.
Guest(3): Sounds cool, sure.
vonz: Yeah, pretty much.
Derpitay: Ha ha ha! Thanks!
Guest(4): Thank you! Your words mean a lot!
Server lock: Thanks for more of that beautifully brutal critique! I applied some of those suggestions but not all. Since some of them weren't exactly "necessary"
Tyrant211: You're welcome, but next time, a period or two would be nice! Thanks for the review!
endertree; You like it that much? Thanks
OfLifeDeathAndAllBetween: DBZ references are always nice. I've been trying to make a fanfic on that for a while now…
madmalitiangamer: Thanks for sticking around!
Guest(5): Ha ha HA! A smirk is enough! Also yeah, but he doesn't really need to so he doesn't do it much.
Guest(6): ALL THE DBZ REFERENCES!
Blazedragon94: Thanks for the reviews! And don't worry, I understand how you feel about not liking something and getting in trouble with a fanbase.
Guest(7): That'd be pretty interesting
Guest(8): I don't know who Neo is, but I'll consider her!
Guest(9): I refreshed the page and it said you showed up secs ago! XD Anyway, probably not, it'd be hard to pull one over on Sans.
Whew! That's done! In relation to what Guest(1) said I might start not replying, but still give shout outs to some reviews. Would that make you guys unhappy…? I'll wait until next chapter to see what you guys think.
Now, without further a doo-doo,
Enjoy!
Team RWBY was strolling down the street while taking in the sights. Weiss seemed to be especially excited to be going so.
"The Vytal Festival! Oh this is absolutely wonderful!" She cheered.
"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much Weiss." Ruby commented. "It's kinda creeping me out." She added after a moment.
"How could you not smile?" Weiss turned to look at Ruby. "It's a festival dedicated to the world! There will be dancing, and parades, and a tournament!" She gushed. "The amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is breathtaking."
"You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring." Yang spoke.
"Quiet you."
They turned a corner and Ruby spotted Sans asleep on a hot dog stand. It looked to be rather well made out of wood and had the words "hot dogs and more" crudely written on the sign.
"Hey look it's Sans!" They curiously walked over to his stand. He didn't wake up though until Ruby gently nudged him. He sleepily sat up.
"How's it goin'? What can I get yah?" He said the sentence automatically. His droopy eyes then focused on Ruby's team. "Oh, heya RWBY," He greeted.
"Hi Sans! I didn't know you had a job." Ruby greeted the boy. He nodded his head.
"Yep, I have lots of jobs. What can I get you guys?" He grinned at them.
"Well, since this is a hot dog stand I guess we'll have hot dogs." Blake spoke up.
"Oh sorry about that, we ran out of hot dogs, but we do have hot cats." His grin increased as he winked at Blake and handed her one. "They're usually 1.50, but I'll give you a discount and make it 1.25."
"Hot cats?" Weiss asked. "But it looks like a regular hot dog." As she and her team talked about it, Blake handed him the money, while giving him a suspicious stare.
'That was a little too suggestive…does he know?' As she pondered this, she took a bite of her hot cat and it meowed while she did so, causing her and her team to stare at it in shock.
"Blake…did that hot cat just…meow?" Yang asked in surprise. Blake looked back at her partner with wide eyes before turning back to the hot cat. She hesitantly took another bite and it meowed again.
"This is…uncomfortable…" Blake spoke after a few long moments of silence. She could tell that it was coming from the hot dog, but she didn't know how. Despite this, she continued to eat it.
"I WANT ONE!" Ruby yelled excitedly as she turned to Sans. He shook his head and held his hands up in the "what can you do?" gesture.
"Sorry Rubes, but we're all out of hot cats." He smiled. "But we do have hot dogs. The price is 1.50."
"I thought you said that…" Yang trailed off as Ruby bought one. Yang shrugged and bought one as well. They didn't make any noise like the hot cat though. Weiss stared at her teammates eating and decided to buy one.
"That'll be 1.75" Sans told her. She frowned at him.
"What? Why do I have to pay more?!" She yelled. Sans grinned at her.
"Well, Blake's 0.25 had to go somewhere." She glared at him, but paid the money nonetheless.
"Thanks for the food Sans, I was feeling a bit hungry." Yang thanked Sans.
"No problem." He replied, before laying his head on his arms and falling asleep instantly. Yang looked at him surprised before turning to her team. They shrugged in response to her unanswered question. She then turned back to him and nudged him a few times to wake him back up.
"Huh? Oh my bad. I thought the conversation was over. Yah need something else?" He asked while looking at her.
"Well, we were going to the docks. Do you want to come with?" Yang invited.
"Nah, sorry, I'm still working right now." He declined. Yang nodded as they said goodbye to him and left him to sleep. They turned another corner and jumped a bit in surprise as they saw Sans asleep on another stand a few yards away from them.
"What the…?" Ruby began as she and her team looked back around the corner to see Sans asleep on the hot dog stand. They turned back and he was asleep on the new stand as well. "HOW?" Ruby loudly asked. They repeated the process a few more times before giving up and going over to Sans' new stand. This one was made of wood as well and had a sign that had the words "nice cream" written crudely on it.
This time Blake was the one to wake Sans up. He sat up and assessed them.
"Huh? Are you guys following me?" He asked with his regular droopy eyed grin.
"How did you do that?" Weiss accusingly asked. "Can you make clones along with your other wide array of abilities?"
"Nah, I can't make clones. What are you talking about?" He grinned at her, with a touch of smugness. She glared at him and made to say more, but was interrupted.
"Disregarding that waste of two minutes, what is this stand?" Blake asked. Sans leaned back in his chair as he answered.
"It's a nice cream stand, that's a pun, get it?" He asked, getting a giggle out of Yang and a groan from everyone else.
"Yah know, you're a pretty cool guy Sans." Yang decided to add in, making Sans snicker and the girls groan. He then opened up a cooler behind the counter and took out four nice cream bars.
"Here, yah get the first one's free." He said as he rested his arms on the counter and used one to prop his head up. "There are notes in the wrappers, so don't tear them up too bad."
They tore open the wrappers and a little white card came out. They each read theirs individually.
"Mine says 'You have nice eyes'. Aw, thanks Mr. Wrapper!" Ruby gushed as she took a bite of her nice cream bar. "It's pretty good too!"
"Mine says 'You are very charming'. I'd like to think so too, what do you think Sans?" She wiggled her eyebrows at him. He only shrugged and grinned.
"Sure." Blake frowned a bit at hers.
"Mine says 'Your friends like you for who you are'." She then narrowed her eyes at Sans, who only innocently smiled at her. 'He's getting way too suggestive about this, there's no way he can't know. But how does he know?' She asked herself. Finally Weiss took off her wrapper and read hers.
"Mine reads 'You have a great personality'. I suppose they are right." Weiss said. She then saw her teammates staring at her. "What are those looks you are giving me supposed to mean?!"
"Nothing," They quickly and collectively said. Weiss only huffed and crossed her arms. Ruby turned back to Sans, but found him asleep and lightly snoring.
"If that's not narcolepsy then I don't know what is." Yang said with the rest of the team agreeing. They opted to just leave him there as they continued to their original destination.
"Remind me again why we're going to the docks?" Yang asked Weiss as they followed her.
"I heard that the students arriving from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. As a representative of Beacon it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this kingdom." She explained.
"She wants to spy on them so that she can have the upper hand in the tournament." Blake translated, causing the two sisters to nod.
"You can't prove that!"
The girls then came across a crime scene that was blocked off with yellow tape. They went to go investigate to find out what happened, and by 'investigate' I mean they asked one of the officers.
"What happened here?" Ruby asked.
"Dust shop robbery, second one this week," The man answered.
"That's terrible." Yang commented. They then overheard a couple of investigators talking.
"They left all the money again."
"It doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much dust?"
"I don't know."
"You think it was the White Fang?"
"I think we don't get paid enough." The girls tuned out the conversation after that.
"It figures that the White Fang are behind this. What an awful bunch of degenerates" Weiss turned up her nose at the crime scene. Blake narrowed her eyes at her.
"What's your problem?" She asked. Weiss looked back at her.
"I simply don't care for the criminally insane."
"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided faunus." Blake folded her arms.
"Misguided? They want to wipe out humanity!" Weiss exclaimed.
"So they're really misguided. It still doesn't explain why they would rob a dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale."
"Blake has a point." Ruby interjected. "That Torchwick guy that I fought still hasn't been caught. Maybe it was him." She offered. Weiss placed her hands on her hips.
"That doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum. Those faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."
"That's not necessarily true." Yang disagreed. Before anymore words could be said they heard a distinct shout of "Hey, stop that faunus!" over by the docks. They raced over there and saw a blonde haired monkey faunus running away from some men on the ship.
"Thanks for the ride boys!" He yelled as he jumped from the ship he was on.
"You no good stowaway!" The men on the ship yelled.
"I'm a great stowaway! A no good stowaway would've been caught!" He ran away from them and passed the girls, taking only a split second to wink at Blake, before continuing on with the officers on his tail. Pun intended.
"Well you wanted to see the competition. There it goes." Yang addressed Weiss. Weiss's eyes widened.
"Quick, we have to observe him!" She yelled as she gave chase, with her team following afterwards. They were soon gaining on him but stopped when Weiss ran into an orange haired girl.
"Darn it! He got away!" Weiss yelled in frustration.
"Uh, Weiss?" Yang gestured to the girl she had run into. Weiss jumped back once she realized.
"Salutations!" The girl greeted from the ground earning a small "Hi" from Ruby. Yang looked at her strangely.
"Are you okay?" She asked, receiving a nod from the girl.
"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking!" The girl replied. Team RWBY all stared at each other, before looking at the girl.
"Do you…wanna get up?" Yang asked. The girl seemed to consider this.
"Yes," She answered after a moment. She then flipped into a standing position, making Team RWBY take a collective step back. "My name is Penny; it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"I'm Ruby."
"I'm Weiss."
"Blake,"
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" An elbow to the ribs "Oh, I'm Yang."
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny repeated.
"You already said that." Weiss told her. Penny paused.
"So I did!" She said. Everyone paused for a moment before RWBY decided to leave.
"Well, uh, sorry for bumping in to you." Weiss awkwardly apologized as she walked away with the team following her.
"See you friend." Ruby called behind her as they left Penny standing there.
"She was weird." Yang commented with everyone nodding in agreement. Penny was suddenly in front of their group, causing them to halt.
"What did you call me?" She asked. Yang began to panic.
"O-oh! U-uh, I'm sorry! I-I didn't think you heard me!" She apologized. Penny shook her head.
"Not you," She directed her attention to Ruby as she walked up to her. "You. You called me friend. Am I really your friend?" Penny asked.
"Uh…" Ruby turned to her teammates, seeing them all shake their heads negative. "...yeah sure, why not?" She stated.
"Sensational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" Penny spoke animatedly.
"Was this what I was like when you met me?" Ruby asked Weiss.
"No, she seems more coordinated." Weiss replied.
"So," Yang began. "What are you doing in Vale?"
"I'm here to fight in the tournament!" Penny answered.
"Wait you're here for the tournament?" Weiss asked.
"I'm combat ready!" Penny proclaimed.
"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part." Weiss commented.
"You said the same thing about Sans, just saying." Yang interjected, causing Weiss to wince.
"Plus you are wearing a dress." Blake added. Weiss folded her arms.
"It's a combat skirt." Ruby was by her side in an instant in a similar pose.
"Yeah!" The two shared a low five.
"Wait, if you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey tailed rapscallion?!" Weiss asked clutching to the girl's shoulders.
"Who?" Penny blinked.
"That filthy faunus from the boat!" She exclaimed while holding up a poorly drawn picture of said boy.
"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake snapped causing Weiss to turn to her. "Stop calling him a rapscallion, stop calling him a degenerate!" Blake walked up to her.
"I'm sorry! Would you also have me stop referring to a trashcan as a trashcan, or a lamp post as a lamp post?" Weiss gestured to the objects as she said them.
"Stop it!" Blake yelled.
"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time and he'll soon join those other faunus in the White Fang!"
"Ugh, you ignorant little brat!" Blake angrily walked away. Weiss frowned.
"How dare you!" She walked up to Blake. "I am your teammate!" She then started the longest argument in the Team RWBY's short history. By nightfall when they had returned to their dorms they were still arguing.
"You're discriminatory!" Blake yelled.
"I'm a victim!" Weiss retorted causing a pause in the argument. Weiss voice began to take on a quieter tone as she continued. "Do you want to know why I hate the White Fang? It's because they've been at war with my family for years, war as in actual bloodshed. Ever since I was a child I've seen family, friends, all disappear. Board members executed. An entire train car full of dust was stolen. My father would often come home furious, and that made for a very difficult childhood, if you understand what I mean." She finished with a clenched fist.
"Weiss," Ruby attempted to comfort her.
"NO!" Weiss shrugged Ruby off and turned back to Blake. "Do you want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!" She yelled.
"WELL MAYBE WE WERE TIRED OF BEING PUSHED AROUND!" Blake screamed. Everyone fell silent as they stared at her. Blake's eyes widened as she realized her mistake, and she quickly ran away.
"Wait, Blake!" Ruby called after her in vain. She was already gone.
LINE BREAK
Ruby, Yang, and Weiss roamed the streets looking for Blake. Yang and Ruby shouted her name while Weiss stayed silent.
"Weiss, you're not helping!" Ruby said at her teammate.
"You know who might be able to help? The police!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Ugh, Weiss…" Ruby folded her arms as she groaned at her teammate with a glare.
"What? It was just an idea." She defended.
"Yeah, a lousy one." Ruby retorted before continuing to walk.
"I think we should hear her side of the story before we jump to conclusions." Yang suggested.
"I think that once we hear it you will realize that I was right."
"I think Weiss's hair looks wonderful today!"
"Gah! Penny, where did you come from?!" Ruby yelled in surprise.
"Hi guys! What are you up to?" Penny asked, disregarding Ruby's question. Team RWY all stared at each other, before deciding to tell her.
"We're looking for our friend Blake." Yang answered. Penny's eyes widened in realization after a moment.
"Oh, you mean the faunus girl." She concluded. They gave her confused looks.
"Wait, how did you know that?" Ruby inquired. Penny pointed to her head.
"Well, she has cat ears." Yang frowned.
"What cat ears? She wears a…bow…" Tumbleweed decided to roll past them as they stood in silence for a moment.
"She does like tuna…" Ruby muttered.
"So where is she?" Penny asked. Ruby shook her head.
"We don't know, she's been missing since Friday." Penny gasped and clutched Ruby's shoulders.
"That's terrible! Well don't you worry Ruby my friend!" Penny placed her fists on her hips. "I won't rest until we find your teammate!"
"That's fine Penny, we can handle it, right guys?" She looked to her sister and teammate but they were gone. More tumbleweed rolled past the two.
"It sure is windy today." Penny observed.
LINE BREAK
Blake and Sun, the monkey faunus, walked down the street while they talked.
"So what's the plan?" Sun asked.
"I don't think the White Fang are behind that robbery, but I don't know how to prove it." Blake crossed her arms and frowned.
"Well, the best way to know they're not behind it is to go to the place where they would be if they were behind it, and not find them there." The boy reasoned.
"But I have no idea where that would be."
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about a huge shipment of dust coming in from Atlas." Sun offered. Blake fixed him with an inquisitive stare.
"How huge?" She asked.
"Huge,"
"You're sure?"
LINE BREAK
Yang and Weiss were walking around still searching for Blake.
"Ugh, this is hopeless." Yang groaned. Weiss said nothing. "Do you even care if we find her?"
"Of course I do." Weiss sighed. "I just fear what she'll say when we find her. The innocent never run." Yang frowned and said nothing in response.
She then spotted Sans with his headphones on about to eat a hot dog. "Hey, there's Sans, maybe he's seen her?" Without waiting for a response from Weiss she started after the boy.
Sans hadn't noticed them yet as he pulled out a bottle of ketchup and took of the cap he was about to start pouring when he felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned and saw Yang so he took off his headphones.
"Heya," He greeted with his usual grin.
"Have you seen Blake at all today Sans?" Yang didn't waste any time in asking him. Sans shook his head and started pouring ketchup on his hot dog.
"Nope, is somethin' wrong?" He asked. Yang sighed.
"She took off Friday, we haven't seen her since."
"Oh, did you guys find out she was a faunus? It looks like the cat is out of the bag meow." His ketchup now covered his hot dog. Yang giggled at him while Weiss groaned.
"How do you even know that?" She asked. Yang seemed to finally notice that too.
"Yeah, it seems like everyone but we knew." Sans grinned a little wider.
'I read her soul.' "I'm a good judge of character." He decided not to voice his immediate thoughts.
"Well, do you know anywhere they could be-that can't be healthy." Yang paused as she looked at Sans' hot dog. It was piled in ketchup and some began to spill on his hand.
"Oh, looks like its spilling." He quickly ate the hot dog in a few bites and then licked his fingers clean. Weiss looked about ready to faint as Sans put his ketchup bottle in his inside coat pocket.
"A-anyway, do you know where they could be?" Yang asked. Sans hummed.
"She's probably where that black smoke cloud is." He stated with his hands in his pockets. The two girls groaned at the obviousness, before taking off running. Sans walked in a different direction. Yang noticed this and stopped, prompting Weiss to do so also.
"Where are you going, Sans?" She loudly called to him.
"Shortcut," He called back simply. The two girls shared a glance, almost everyone knew about Sans' shortcuts. He'd most likely get there before them, so they jogged back to him.
"Take us to the shortcut. It's pretty important for us to get there as fast as possible." Yang told him. Sans grin turned into a lopsided smile as he scratched his head with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Hmm, okay," He grinned again. "Stay close to me, we wouldn't want you to…well just stay close." He began to walk away. The girls shared a skeptic look but followed him while being shoulder-to-shoulder with him. They walked at a leisure pace.
"Um…could we go a bit faster Sans?" Yang asked, looking unsure. She was beginning to have doubts. Sans shook his head.
"No need to rush, we're almost there." He spoke.
"What do you…?" Weiss began but trailed off as they turned a corner. Her vision blurred as the two girls felt an uncomfortable feeling. It was as if they were being stretched and compressed and burned and frozen all at the same time. When their vision cleared they were next to a blue crate and they saw men in White Fang uniforms everywhere. Before they could assess what was going on though they needed to get a hold of their bearings first.\
Yang and Weiss stumbled around a bit as they struggled not to vomit. "Ugh…did we teleport?" Yang asked.
"Nah, that was a shortcut." Sans said off-handedly. Weiss shook her head as she stood.
"Whatever it was I never want to do it again." She groaned, before taking a look at what was going on with Sans and Yang. Blake was battling against Torchwick alongside Sun. They were doing a good job it seemed as they were able to knock him onto his back. He quickly stood though and fired his cane gun up at a crate, making them jump back to dodge it. Torchwick then aimed his gun at them from their position on the floor. Weiss and Yang made a move to go but they were stopped by Sans.
"Hold up a minute." He told them without taking his eyes off of Torchwick. Before they could reply another voice sounded.
"HEY!" Ruby chose that moment to make her presence known as she stood atop a crate.
"Oh hello Red," Torchwick greeted her jovially. "Isn't it past your bedtime?"
Penny walked up behind Ruby. "Ruby, are these people your friends?" She asked.
"Stay back Penny!" Ruby yelled. Her momentary lapse in concentration left her open to a shot from Torchwick, making her fall back and drop her scythe. Penny frowned as she saw this, along with Ruby's sister. Penny then walked towards Torchwick.
"Penny wait, stop!" Ruby tried to warn her.
"Don't worry Ruby!" Penny smiled back at her, before fixing a hard stare at the group of bad men. "I'm combat ready!" [*]
A knife floated from Penny's backpack that quickly turned into about a dozen. She leapt off of the crate and towards the White Fang soldiers.
"Alright, you can go now." Sans said.
"Thank you!" Yang yelled as she and Weiss also charged towards the battle. Penny, Weiss, and Yang made short work of the White Fang soldiers. Penny's knives formed a fast spinning circle in front of her as she pumped her fists forward, making a green laser that tore through two planes, causing them to explode. She then made her knives latch on to another plane as she began to pull it down with the strings that were attached to them.
"Man, Penny's freaking awesome!" Yang whistled as she knocked more White Fang soldiers around.
"How is Penny doing that…?" Ruby wondered. "And when did Yang and Weiss get here?!"
Torchwick looked on at the development and felt it was time to depart. "These kids just keep getting weirder…" He muttered as he entered a plane and got ready to leave. His plane was suddenly coated in a blue glow as it stopped moving. "What…?" He looked out of the window at Sans, who's eyes were black with a blue iris in the left one. His hand was currently outstretched as he held the plane in place.
Sans hummed as he held the plane, before he shook his head. "Nah," He then let it go as it dipped before gaining its balance and leaving.
Weiss had then stalked over to Blake and Ruby as the police started to arrive.
"Look Weiss it's not what you think she has a bow that hides her kitty ears that are actually kinda cute and…" Ruby rambled on but Weiss tuned her out as she stood directly in front of Blake. The two stared at each other a moment before Blake decided to speak.
"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer a part of the White Fang. Back when I – " She was cut off by Weiss.
"Stop it. Do you have any idea how long we have been looking for you? Eleven hours. That means I've had eleven hours to think about this. Do you know what I think?" Everyone held their breath as they waited. "I don't care." Weiss finally said.
"You don't care?" Blake was surprised.
"No, you said you weren't with them anymore right?" At Blake's nod she continued. "So I don't care what happened before that. Just promise me that in the future, if something this big happens, you come to your team, not some…someone else." She finished. Blake wiped away a stray tear that that threatened to fall from her eye as she smiled and nodded. Ruby let out a cheer.
"Yeah, Team RWBY is back together!" Weiss pointed a finger at Sun.
"I'm still not quite sure how I feel about you!" Sun let out a nervous laugh at that.
"Hey, where did Penny go?" Ruby asked, everyone shrugged and gave confused expressions.
"She probably went home to take a nap, like I'm going to." Sans spoke as he walked away.
"But you're going the wrong way."
"I'm taking a shortcut."
A/N: DONE! That was an "OK" chapter in my opinion. Not really a lot of action to speak of.
Sans let Torchwick go because he knew it wasn't worth the effort.
[*] I don't like RWBY much, but I loved when Penny said that in the episode. That simple sentence sounded so awesome coming from her, the performance after was a plus as well.
I can't really think of anything else to say. So Review or PM me if you have questions. That's all for now.
Buh-bye!