"And that's how you do it, again." Yang said triumphantly at Ruby as she dropped an imaginary microphone.
"You always win, Yang!" Ruby protested as she fell onto her back.
"You were the one who wanted to play video games sis." Yang replied with a cheeky grin. "Round two?"
"You're on." Ruby was glad that she was able to stash her gaming system into her suitcase last minute before they had left. Besides chocolate chip cookies and killing Grimm, Ruby enjoyed nothing more than spending time with her sister. Especially if that time included playing video games. She didn't, however, enjoy losing.
As Ruby continued to trail behind her sister in their one-on-one game, things got more heated.
"Take that sister! Feel the burn of my fire fist." Yang said confidently.
"But now you are defenseless against my rocket powerup!" Ruby returned as she clicked away at her scroll. Soon the verbalizations got so intense the siblings were drowning out the soundtrack. But not loud enough to miss the banging that suddenly came at their door.
"What's going on in there?" An accusatory voice came from outside their hotel room.
"Turn down the volume Ruby." Yang whispered as she got up and put the chain lock on the door.
"Are we going to have to intervene?" A second voice questioned, knocking again.
"Nope." Yang answered, not opening the door yet. "Just playing video games."
"Video games! Yang, let us in!" One of the voices said excitedly.
"What? How do you know my name?" Yang asked, gingerly opening the door. However the intruders didn't know she had put the lock on the door and proceeded to run into the door trying to get in.
"Yang, what's going on?" Ruby asked as she came from behind her sister. Yang unlocked the chain and opened the door wide. Ruby's mouth dropped open at Sun and Neptune on their butts, rubbing their heads.
"Just Tweedle- Dee and Tweedle- Dum apparently." Yang joked as she put her hand out to help the boys to their feet.
"Geez, Yang, if that was a prank that was uncalled for." Sun commented as he walked into the girl's room.
"That was not a prank. That was called a protective measure. I don't think Weiss would want me blasting someone in the middle of the hallway." Yang explained as she took her seat back in front of the TV.
"You could have told us that you had locked the door." Neptune retorted.
"You two didn't give me much time to tell you." The boys huffed a little as Ruby and Yang started at their game again.
"You're not gonna let us play?" Neptune asked, upset.
"You interrupted a very intense battle. You're not getting on until we finish." Yang replied back.
"Well, I guess watching video games is better than listening to a quiet radio." Sun commented, getting comfortable on one of the beds.
"How can you listen to a quiet radio?" Ruby asked as she blocked an attack by Yang.
"Just like you'd listen to a loud one, with your ears." Yang joked, trying to attack Ruby again.
"It's the police station." Sun explained "We thought we could practice our skills here but all we've gotten is static."
"No action whatsoever." Neptune agreed, watching carefully as Ruby pressed a combination of buttons on her controller. Her avatar then leaped into the air, intending on crushing Yang's avatar. However, that effort did not go as planned for the youngest huntress. "Why did you choose that combo move?" He asked the very upset Ruby after Yang overpowered her and won again.
"What do you mean? That's my most powerful attack." Ruby said confused between tears, having come so close to winning.
"But it's a predictable move. You first need to disorient your opponent before you can use an attack like that." Neptune explained.
"When did you get into video games?" Yang asked.
"I have for a while." He replied confidently.
"Yeah he even has a gaming nemesis." Sun commented with a smirk.
"TailFail01." Neptune held a fist up at the mention of his hated rival.
"Tail fail?" Ruby looked over at Sun with a raised eyebrow. "Sounds like a name that Yang would use." Yang threw a pillow at her which Ruby happily caught and used under her head.
"Are you just gonna lay there or keep playing?" Yang asked.
"Pick your battles, Yang. I know that I'm not gonna win against you so why injure myself further?" Ruby commented, getting comfortable on the ground.
"Then who am I gonna play against?"
"I'll do it." Neptune volunteered. A wicked glint game to Yang's eyes as he sat down next to her.
"Alright but no mercy will be given."
"Oh, I won't be the one needing it." Neptune replied coolly.
"You cheated!" Yang screamed as she watched her health plummet to zero.
"I don't think he did." Ruby tentatively disagreed, hoping Yang wouldn't throw Neptune out the window. The man in question simply stared at Yang, praying that she didn't hurt him. She's so much hotter when she's mad at someone else.
"How did you do that?" Yang practically demanded.
"I just did a combo move."
"That was not just a combo move!" Before Yang could go on a knock came at their door.
"Hello again!" A chipper voice called from the other side. Ruby quickly scrambled over to open it before she got caught between Yang and Neptune.
"Hey Pyrrha! Hi Jaune." Ruby smiled as she let the two in.
"Yes, more witnesses in case I get murdered over a video game!" Neptune commented as he backed away from Yang.
"Geez Mr. Junior Detective, don't get your badge crooked. I'm not going to kill you and Pyrrha is just stopping by."
"For what?" Ruby asked curious.
"Conditioner." Pyrrha answered as Yang got up to go to the bathroom.
"Why do you need that?" Sun commented confused.
"Listen Sun, other than you and maybe Nora, the rest of us have to work a little bit to keep our hair nice." Yang explained as she returned with a large bottle.
"Or in Yang's case, a lot." Ruby loudly whispered to Jaune, earning a sisterly glare from Yang.
"So what have you been up to?" Jaune asked as Pyrrha took the bottle from Yang.
"Video games. Wanna join?" Ruby asked excited.
"Uh, I don't know. Never really got into them. My family played board games and cards."
"Well, you certainly won't get bored with games like these." Everyone groaned at Yang's pun while Neptune was just happy that her rage had subsided.
"Yeah, come on Jaune. I think you'd really enjoy it." Sun commented, tossing Jaune Neptune's discarded scroll as his controller.
"Oh, um, OK." Jaune said as he fumbled to catch the controller. He sat down in front of the screen next to Ruby, who had stolen Yang's spot.
"So what you do is first you have to choose who your avatar is going to be during the battle. Then you choose the location. The goal is to knock out your opponent. You get points for how quickly you defeat them as well as any specialty moves that you pull off during the fight." Yang quickly explained as Jaune and Ruby began fighting.
"Jaune, get the power up!" Neptune urged Jaune as a fireball icon appeared on the screen.
"I'm trying not to die!" Jaune frantically responded, still trying to figure out how to block Ruby's multiple attacks. Jaune just managed to snag the power up before Ruby dealt a finishing blow.
"Alright! Now press the uppermost controls at the same time." Neptune instructed. Jaune did as he was told and fire rained down around Ruby's avatar.
"No helping Neptune!" Ruby protested as her character recovered from the fire. Despite Neptune's coaching, Ruby was still able to win out.
"Alright, my turn." Sun said pulling out his scroll and tapping in for Ruby. Just as he sat down, a static crackling came.
"Attention all units. Attention all units. We've got a Code 9 at the South Beach."
"What's that?" Pyrrha asked looking for the source of the static.
"Oh, the radio." Sun commented, taking something out of his pocket and throwing it onto the bed.
"What does a Code 9 mean?" Ruby asked, picking up the small radio.
"I think that was, uh, minor Grimm attack." Neptune said, engrossed to
"There are Grimm here?" Yang said, perking up. "Dudes we have to go check it out!" She shouted, hopping off her bed.
"Really?" Jaune asked, grunting as he attempted a combo move against Sun.
"Yeah. Come on, we gotta help." Ruby said enthusiastically.
"Shouldn't you be working on your party?" Neptune asked.
"Yeah, isn't it tomorrow?" Sun added.
"Blake and I will have all day to finalize the details for tomorrow." Yang said waving her hand dismissively. "But right now my fists are aching to crush some skulls." She finished punching her fist into her palm.
"Careful there Yang, you're starting to sound like Nora." Pyrrha smirked. "Plus, I'm sure the local authorities will be able to handle it."
"Yeah. Just enjoy the game." Neptune said, sitting up as Jaune was gaining on Sun.
"Well I'm not gonna just sit by." Ruby said joining her sister. "Come on Yang. Let's do this!"