*Melody and Jenkins are in the security room, setting up traps in case Cactuar shows up.*
Melody: Alright, all the traps are set up in case that green prickly bastard shows back up here.
Jenkins: It sucks that the captain had to delay this to Saturday.
Melody: Huh? Oh yeah, the site kinda screwed him over.
Jenkins: Anyway, you watch the cameras, while I try and use my Semblance to locate Cactuar.
Summer had the book in hand but before she began to read, Blake had something to ask Tronmaster.
"So, any idea when Volume Five starts on Earth?"
"Sometime this Fall. That's all that's known." Tronmaster replied.
"Fair enough." Blake said.
"Alright, so Grandma Summer, please start reading." Alicia said.
"No problem." Summer said.
[Ruby's P.O.V.]
"Alright, back to Ruby's point of view." Penny said.
"Can I get a little help with this?" Weiss asked as she lifted up a Dinosaur bone, attempting to put it on a newly installed wooden plaque on the wall.
"Looks like Weiss is about to go boning." Yang punned, causing a chorus of groans from everyone except Tai, Ifrit, and Sun.
"Goddammit Yang." Ruby mumbled.
It wasn't that big, but it was still surprisingly heavy so Yang went to help Weiss.
"Jeez Weiss, at least buy me dinner first." Yang said, before getting socked by Ruby.
"Never. Make. A dick joke. At my girlfriend. Ever. AGAIN." Ruby said.
"I still can't believe this thing was left behind by that big ass dino..." Yang groaned.
"That's right, they fought that T-Rexaur last chapter." Jaune said.
Yes, for some reason after Weiss killed the creature called the T-Rexaur it's body dissolved and it left behind this big bone.
Before Yang could make another pun, Ruby covered her mouth.
"Not. Another. Goddamn pun. Out. Of. You." Ruby said.
"You sure you don't want me to refine that thing into a set of 20 Quake spells?" Diablos asked watching Yang and Weiss lift the bone onto the plaque and secure it.
"That's actually a good question." Diablos said.
"I'm certain." Weiss said dusting her hands off, "This is a Trophy, a symbol that we killed a dinosaur."
"Talk about your weird-ass trophies." Nora said.
"I suppose that is pretty true." Shiva said.
"It's quite an impressive accomplishment to make a species extinct once again." Ifrit joked.
"Shut up hothead." Shiva said.
That's when someone knocked on Team RWBY's door, "Girls?" Jaune's voice called, "You uh... got a delivery."
"Who would deliver anything to you girls?" Tai asked.
"Said the guy who packaged our dog in the mail." Ruby said.
Weiss raised an eyebrow and opened the door, true enough Jaune was indeed carrying a box the size of his torso, Ren, Nora and Pyrrha standing behind him.
"Damn, that's a huge box." Raven said.
"Wonder what's inside." I asked taking the box from Jaune and putting it on the table, then noticed Team JNPR still standing at the door, "Well, come on in already." I said.
"It is rather rude to stand in the middle of the hall." Pyrrha said.
Nora skipped inside as Blake handed me a pocket knife she carried, followed by the rest of Team JNPR coming inside.
"Do you actually have a pocket knife?" Sun asked.
"Yep." Blake said, taking out a black and blue pocket knife.
"Sweet." Sun said.
I cut the tape of the box with the knife and opened it, revealing...
"Eight Triple Triad Starter decks?" Ren asked picking one up.
Without warning, a stack of several magazines were dropped into Yang's lap.
"Oof!" Yang said, as the magazines landed on her lap.
"What the hell?" Qrow asked.
"Oh that's right, Yang, those are Combat King magazines, courtesy of Phoenix Champion." Tronmaster said.
"Neat." Yang said, immediately cracking into one of them.
"What?" Nora asked picking one up herself, "Oh Quezacotl and I can really make use of these."
"Sweet!" Nora said.
"What's Triple Triad?" Weiss asked.
"Time to see more of my other being a dumbass." Weiss said sarcastically.
I looked at Weiss like she was crazy, "You never heard of Triple Triad!?" I cried out, "It's only one of the most popular card games for centuries!"
"Wow, talk about persistence." Tai said.
"There's a letter." Blake said reaching into the box and handing me a letter.
"Wonder who's it from?" Jaune asked.
"Probably Musaline." Nora said.
"Dear Team RWBY," I read, "I'm rather impressed you managed to defeat the T-Rexaur, it normally requires the deployment of one of my commanders to dispose of one, then again I shouldn't expect anything less from those Junctioned with a GF. By now I'm sure word would have spread across Beacon about your mission to destroy a NEO Galbadian Facility, such news isn't something that just blows over people's heads, and I'm pretty sure you've restricted yourselves from using Magic in your combat class, then again why would you need to do that? You've got that magic unctioned to your capabilities. As a sign of your victory over me I'd like to reward you with a few cards, if you already have the cards in those decks feel free to have the GF junctioned to your friend Nora turn them into things yu can certainly find a use for.- Musaline, leader of the NEO Galbadians."
"Jeez, Nora's right again." Neptune said.
"How does she know about Quezacotl?" Ren asked as Yang opened her deck of cards.
"Probably because she's been hunting the Guardian Forces for years?" Penny asked rhetorically.
"Let's see..." Yang said, "Geezard, Bite Bug, Fungar, Red Bat, Gayla, Blobra, and Gesper."
"Those sound incredibly weak." Pyrrha said.
"They probably are." Glynda said.
"Man those are really weak cards." Nora said, "You really only have a good chance of winning against people with level 1 cards."
"Damn, that's kinda pathetic." Qrow laughed.
"You know, if you guys all play Triple Triad, I think this might help you Jaune." Siren said holding out a card to Jaune.
"Could that actually work?" Jaune asked Siren.
"Oh yeah." Siren replied.
"At the break, you can play Triple Triad in the break room." Alicia said.
Jaune took the card, "You have your on card?" Jaune asked looking at the Siren card.
"Bingo." Siren said, handing Jaune the same card.
"Here Weiss, Triple Triad is actually a pretty fun game once you've gotten a few good cards to use." Shiva said handing Weiss her card.
"Thank you Shiva." Weiss said, taking the card from Shiva.
"You're welcome." Shiva said.
"Ruby and I already got an Ifrit and Alexander card from our GF's." Yang said holding up an Ifrit card.
"Check in your pockets." Alexander said, Ruby and Yang doing so.
"Awesome!" Said the Xiao Long-Rose sisters.
"Pyrrha, a gift from me and my brother." Minotaur said handing Pyrrha two cards, a Sacred and Minotaur card respectively.
"Here ya go Pyrrha." Minotaur said, handing Pyrrha the same two cards.
"Ren, Nora, here are mine and Quezacotl cards." Pandemona said, handing Ren and Nora two cards.
"Awesome!" Nora said.
"uh guy's, We're gonna be late for class." Jaune said.
"Ah, crap." Team RWBY said.
"Uh oh." I said running out the door.
"I hated running late to class." Tai said.
Today's match was Jaune vs Cardin, and truthfully, I think Jaune would have gotten the snot beaten out of him if it weren't for Siren giving him constant pointers.
"Yeah, I got my ass handed to me." Jaune said dejectedly.
"Alright that's enough!" Summer called as Cardin's Aura hit the Tournament minimum.
"I've noticed something, why am I calling Mom by her first name?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know. Anyway, that thing that was seen last chapter wasn't in fact one of gaming's most iconic mounts." Alicia said looking at Tronmaster, who just proceeded to whistle innocently, "It was something referred to as the 'RWBY Rex'." Alicia continued.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm an idiot." Tronmaster said, "Now Summer, please get back to reading." He finished, motioning to Summer, who complied.
Jaune ended up falling onto his rear at that he was tired.
"I don't blame me." Jaune said.
"Alright kids, break for lunch!" Summer called, not even bothering to correct Cardin for his reckless fighting style.
"Yeah, he's kinda stupid like that." Nora said.
"You and me Yang! Triple Triad!" Nora demanded at the lunch table.
"I'm not surprised that Nora would say that." Ren said.
"Jaune are you alright?" Pyrrha asked as Nora and Yang pulled out their cards respectively.
"Oh boy, time to relive one of the worst days of my life." Jaune said.
"Huh, oh yeah why?" Jaune asked.
"Oh brother." Jaune said.
"It's just that you seem a little... not okay." I said.
"You really weren't okay." Blake said.
"Guys, I'm fine, seriously, look." Jaune said giving a painfully fake smile as well as a nervous chuckle.
"I wasn't convincing at all, was I?" Jaune asked.
"Not really, no." Ruby said.
"Not buying it." Ifrit said as he watched over Yang's shoulder as Nora set down a card.
"Jeez, even Ifrit's calling me out on my bullshit." Jaune said.
"Careful Nora, she's planning something." Quezacotl warned.
"I'm not surprised that Quezacotl would be giving Nora advice on Triple Triad." Diablos said.
I looked over to see team CRDL laughing at a faunus girl with bunny ears.
"Oh Oum, those guys are a bunch of asshats." Pyrrha said.
"Is that Velvet?" Blake asked.
"Oh yeah, it is." Weiss asked.
"Worthless waste of flesh." Sacred said looking at Cardin.
"Damn, if Sacred doesn't like Cardin, it must be bad." Glynda said.
"Is he really that much of an asshole?" Neptune asked.
"You, you have no damned idea." Nora replied.
"We have more important things to worry about and he chooses to laugh at a girl with rabbit ears." Alexander said with a surprising amount of scorn.
"Damn, I'm surprised at the amount of scorn from you dude." Ifrit said.
"Shut up Ifrit." Alexander said.
"Jaune, Cardin has been picking on you since the first week of school." Pyrrha said.
"He's a total prick." Yang said.
"Who Cardin Winchester, nah, he just likes to mess around you know, practical jokes." Jaune said.
"Bullshit!" Ifrit coughed.
"He's a bully." I said.
"He's a racist asshole." Blake said.
"Almost as bad as Seifer from way back." Shiva said.
"Seifer?" Winter asked.
"I'm guessing a Final Fantasy 8 character." Penny replied.
"He better not go turncoat like Seifer did though." Quezacotl said.
"Oh great, even better. Not only is he a bully, but he's a damn traitor." Weiss growled.
"Please, name one time he's bullied me." Jaune said.
"And, cue the cavalcade of my humiliation." Jaune said.
"He knocked your books to the ground." I said.
"Dude." Neptune said.
"Activated your shield going through a door." Ren said.
"Jeez, talk about a doorstopper." Tai punned.
"Goddammit Tai." Summer, Raven and Qrow groaned.
"He threw you into a locker and launched it." Yang said.
"Dick move yo." Sun said.
"I didn't land far from the school." Jaune said.
"I'm guessing that it was farther than he anticipated." Raven said.
"It was a three hour walk back to the school." Siren reminded.
"It was a long three hours." Jaune admitted.
"Jaune you know if yo ever need help you can just ask." Pyrrha said.
"The same is true here." Pyrrha said.
"Thanks guys." Jaune said.
"Oh, we'll break his legs!" Nora declared standing up, inadvertently showing her hand to Yang.
"GAH!" Nora said, falling over.
"Rookie mistake." Quezacotl said, shaking her head.
"Hell yeah!" Ifrit, Sacred and Minotaur shouted in agreement.
"Is there a way of bringing in an army of Cardins whose legs we can break?" Nora asked.
"Um, maybe..." Alicia said, slightly fearful.
"Guys it's fine really it's not like he's only a jerk to me, he's a jerk to everyone." Jaune said.
"Unfortunately, that's true." Ruby said.
"That's it, when we get back to Beacon, Cardin's ass is mine." Glynda said, "And don't even think about it Mister Vasilias." She continues, giving a stern look to Neptune.
"Oww that hurts!" a woman called out, I looked over to see Cardin was pulling on the rabbit Faunus' ear.
"All of my hate." Blake said.
"See I told you it was real." Cardin said as the girl pulled away and went over to the rest of her team, Diablos stalking over to Cardin Translucently.
"Oh, I like where this is going." Yang said grinning.
"It must be hard to be a Faunus." Yang said.
"It really is." Blake said.
"Some asshole likes to yank on my tail like it's a fucking rope." Sun said.
I looked over to Alexander, "I really wish we could summon you guys during combat class." I said.
"Oh boy, soooooo tempting." Ruby said.
"Agreed." Alexander said, followed by a less than manly scream from Cardin, so when we turned to see what happened.
"Oh boy, this oughta be good." Yang said, smiling.
I fell over laughing, his belt had been 'Mysteriously' cut, and now his pink flowered underwear was showing.
This proceeds to get a chorus of laughter from everyone.
"Good lord, that's freaking hilarious." Jaune said laughing.
"I won!" Yang called throwing her hands in the air.
"Boom! I'm awesome!" Yang said.
"Noooooo!" Nora cried, "Please don't take my Quezacotl Card Yang, Pleeeeeease!" Nora begged, shocking Ren.
"Nora never begs." Ren said.
"Alright..." Yang said, "I think I'll take... your Tonberry King card instead."
"Tonberry King?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know." Alicia said with a shrug.
"Awwwwwwwwwww-w-w-w." Nora moaned holding out the card to Yang.
"Wow, that's pathetic." Shiva said.
[Summer's P.O.V.]
"Time to see things from Summer's perspective." Tai said.
Tonight was a nice clear night, perfect for stargazing.
"Aww, it really is a beautiful night." Pyrrha said.
Although I was disappointed at Mister Winchester's actions during Professor Oobleck class today. Heh, I really find it fun to irritate Barty by calling him Professor instead of Doctor like he insists.
As I approached the roof I heard a familiar voice.
"Hmm?" Jaune wondered.
"I forged my Transcripts Pyrrha." Jaune almost shouted.
"Ah crap, it's this night." Jaune said.
"Jaune..." I sang stepping over to him and Pyrrha, "You really should be careful what you say, someone might over hear you."
"Like Cardin." Jaune growled.
"P-Professor Rose, I-I..." Jaune stammered.
"Oh boy, although I have a feeling that I'm not the one that Summer's going to tear apart." Jaune said.
"You'd be right." Tronmaster said.
"Still, forged transcripts or not you have more than earned your place here at Beacon." I said.
"Especially considering how far your main timeline counterpart has progressed post-Fall of Beacon." Alicia said.
"Really?" Jaune asked.
"Oh yeah, if you want, I don't know if that's technically cheating, but we can show you everything from Volumes Three and Four at the break." Tronmaster said.
"Sounds good to me." Ruby said.
"I have?" Jaune asked.
"Hell yeah Vomit Boy." Yang said.
"Of course." I said, "I mean you have the Guardian Force Siren, if you aren't eligible to enter Beacon with her at your side then that means Ozpin's gotten far too senile."
"And with Oz, that's hard to tell sometimes." Qrow said with a chuckle.
"W-wait, you mean Ozpin knew? About my Transcripts, about Siren?" Jaune asked.
"Considering he also knows about Ifrit and I, yeah, that's a big possibility." Alexander said.
"Yep, and yep." I said popping the 'P' on the last yep, "But you really should be careful when speaking out loud, you never know who might hear you."
"Oh boy, Cardin's fucked." Jaune said.
With that I pulled out my weapon, unfolded it into Melee form, and hooked it around the neck of an eavesdropper just below then pulled him up.
"Eep." Cardin said.
"That's one sound I never knew Cardin could make." Yang said with a snort.
"Jaune, you and Pyrrha might want to start training together after this, you've lacked proper skill with your weapon and that could cost you your life." I said, "I'll be overseeing it to make sure it happens until further notice." With that I grabbed Cardin and Teleported him to my office.
"Ohhh, Cardin's in trouble." Nora mocked.
I let go of Cardin who quickly out his tough guy act up once again, "So what's my punishment now Professor?" Cardin asked.
"A kick to the balls?" Ifrit joked.
"Dude, don't joke like that." Neptune said.
"Clearly standard punishments aren't enough to get you to see your actions are getting you." I said, "And I'm certain you know Beacon rules state that racism is severely looked down upon and highly punishable."
"If there's one thing I hate more than normal bullies, is racists." Tronmaster growled.
Cardin gulped, now knowing I knew about young Velvet.
"Prepare to say sayonara to your Huntsman career jackass." Weiss said.
"So here is what is going to happen Mister Winchester." I warned, "Next week Professor Peach is having a field trip to Forever Falls, normally student's would only have one professor watching over the entire class in case of a large amount of Grimm attack. However due to your recent actions I have full authority to place you and your team under watch for the rest of the year, should I see you do something that will endanger other students, or commit act's of bullying and, or Racism I can and will have you and your team expelled.
"And if we know Summer like we know her, that ain't no idle threat." Qrow said, Raven and Tai nodding in agreement.
"Yeah right, my father-" Cardin started.
"Wouldn't do a fucking thing." Weiss said.
"Would not be able to do a damn thing." I said cutting him off, "Beacon has security camera's hidden all over, if I expel you Professor Ozpin has more that enough evidence to hold our own in a lawsuit of any kind."
"Wait, seriously?" Neptune asked nervously.
"Yes Mister Vasilias, and you should be very ashamed of yourself." Glynda scolded.
"Even the bathrooms?" Cardin asked referring to the security camera's.
"Oh crap." Neptune said.
"Not in the stalls." I said, "But they do have sound access."
Neptune turned as pale as a ghost at that.
Cardin gulped, that last part was actually a lie, we didn't have security camera's in the bathrooms, nor in Student Dorms.
"Sneaky work Summer." Raven said with a laugh.
"Thank you Raven." Summer said before she continued to read.
"Listen mister Winchester, I want you and your team to reel in that Racist attitude, or you and your team will be kicked out of Beacon and will be blacklisted from any other Huntsman academy am I clear." I demanded.
"Whoa, I just felt a massive chill down my spine." Sun said, shivering.
"Same here dude." Neptune said.
"Yeah, Summer can be intimidating like that." Tai said, laughing.
Cardin nodded vigorously.
"Good, now get back to your dorm." I demanded.
"Never piss off a Rose, we've got thorns." Alicia said.
"Yep." Ruby said.
"Damn straight." Summer said before she continued reading.
[No P.O.V.]
[Forever Falls]
"Alright, time to see what's going on." Penny said.
"I'm just glad my other didn't have to get Rapier Wasps." Jaune said, shuttering.
As the airship landed in Forever Fall forest to let off student, not too far away two NEO Galbadian commanders were doing something themselves.
"Oh great, more of those NEO Galbadian assholes." Yang mumbled.
One of them was Powder, the other was a woman as well, but she gave of a far creepier vibe.
"How creepy can she be?" Jaune asked.
Her grey uniform appeared to be worn and tattered, with flayed out cuffs at the ankles and wrists, she wore an eye patch over her right eye, which also covered a large scar that vertically went from her chin to her hairline, her hair was a silver color, reaching to her lower back and was tied in a ponytail that was split into two ponytails halfway down her back like and upside down 'Y' and strapped to her back was a crooked handled Scythe with several Dust compartments by the blade.
"Alright, I'll relent. That's modestly badass." Ruby said with a nod.
The two Commanders were pushing a cage by the handles on it's side, but said cage was covered by a tarp.
Suddenly, a banging sound was heard from the vents.
"Oh dammit, what the hell is it-" Tronmaster said before a cactus-like creature appeared out of the vent.
"Oh shit!" Alicia said, grabbing Wilt and Blush, as Tronmaster unsheathed Devil's Requiem.
Suddenly, a whistle noise was heard coming from the creature, before the creature shot a bunch of needles at Alicia and Tronmaster. Alicia used Wilt and Blush to block them, while Tronmaster was hit by the needles.
"WHOOP!" The creature said, before it jumped back into the vents.
"Ouch." Tronmaster said.
"Grandma Summer, please continue reading.
"Sure..." Summer said.
"How long did it take you to catch this thing anyway Veil?" Powder asked.
"So Veil is her name." Winter asked.
"Anyway, that thing that attacked Tronmaster and I was a Cactuar. A creature in the Final Fantasy games." Alicia said, pulling the last needle from Tronmaster, who yelped.
Veil looked at Powder with her good eye, "Far too long Powder." Veil said, her voice making it seem darker than it actually was.
"Why?" Pyrrha asked.
"Probably to add that extra edgelord feel." Sun joked.
Powder rolled her eyes, "Jeez Veil, do something about that tone of voice, you sound like you're visiting a dead relative." Powder said.
"Yeah, she's like that one villain who has that 'tragic backstory' feel." Yang joked.
Veil rolled her eye now, "Just keep pushing." Veil said.
"If that's Cactuar, our others are going to be in trouble." Jaune said.
Just then the cage hit a bump, causing the cage to jostle a surprising amount.
"Oh boy." Ren said.
"What a bump." Powder said, "At least the creature is still-"
"And, unleash the troll." Weiss joked.
The tarp shot off the cage as it's door flung open, causing the captive creature to speed out of the cage faster than the two commanders could process what just happened.
"That thing is fast." Penny said.
"And it's annoying." Tronmaster said.
"Fuck it." Veil said turning around and leaving, "I'm not gonna catch that stupid thing again."
"I don't blame her." Raven said.
[Ruby's P.O.V.]
"Time for more from my darling little rose." Weiss said.
"That trip went well I think." I said.
"Considering that there probably wasn't an Ursa attack, yeah, I can agree." Jaune said.
"I can't believe you mother was shadowing Team CRDL the whole trip." Blake said looking at the Team.
"Idiots." Yang said.
"Hey guys." Jaune said looking a few jostling crates as the Airship landed, "I think we may have brought something with us."
"Yeah, that prickly little monstrosity." Alicia growled.
"What!?" The whole ship shouted as the door to let everyone off opened, causing everyone but Teams JNPR, RWBY, Summer and Glynda to rush off board.
"Disembarking!" Penny said.
"Chickens." Yang said as she approached the boxes.
"No Yang, you're a turkey." Ruby said, causing a few chuckles.
Suddenly there was a sound of a whistle going off twice as something small and green shot out of the pile of boxes.
"Time for some trolling from the little green pincushion." Qrow said.
"What the!?" Yang shouted stumbling back as the green creature ran out of the airship.
"Freaking little troll." Alicia said.
Outside the student's had already headed back into the building, leaving us with the creature.
"This isn't going to end well." Neptune said.
A small, green, cactus like creature with two arms and legs, all bent at 90 degree angles. The left arm pointing up, the right arm pointing down, the left leg bent out to the side then downward to touch the ground, the right leg bent downward then outward, it had three little needles on top of it's head like hair and two black circles for eyes, and one long rectangle with the thin sides rounded to make a face.
"I want to bludgeon that thing with a rusty crowbar." Tronmaster said.
After aquick scan spell I knew what it was.
"A small little bastard." Alicia.
"A Cactuar?" I asked.
"What's a Cactuar doing in the airship?" Shiva asked, "They're desert dwellers, sometimes they appear elsewhere, like but nothing like the area around Vale or Forever Fall."
"Jeez, are they that prevalent?" Jaune asked.
"It depends." Alicia replied.
"It's so cute!" Nora called, "I just wanna hug it!" With that Nora leapt at the Cactuar.
"Not a good idea." Nora said.
"Nora!" Ren called as he failed to stop her.
*Crash*
"Whoops." Nora said.
The Cactuar had run off just moment's before Nora tackled it causing her to crash into the ground and was currently running a surprisingly fast circle around Nora.
"Jeez, that thing's almost as fast as I am." Ruby said.
"Almost being the key word." Weiss added.
"Wow, who knew a cactus could go so fast." Nora said slightly dazed, "Owie..."
"Yikes." Pyrrha said.
The Cactuar seemed to shudder as it ran, it's body looking as it tilted from one foot to another as ran sideways.
"Okay..." Winter said.
"I'll catch it." Weiss said drawing Myrtenaster, then created a Glyph to launch herself at the Cactuar, which ran past her as she flew at it.
"Damn, it's annoying." Weiss said.
Seeing as she missed it she set up another Glyph to launch herself at it again, only to get the same result.
"I feel like it would be repetitive." Ren said.
"Yep." Tronmaster said.
This went on about five more times before Weiss crashed to the ground as the Cactuar ran off toward Beacon itself almost as fast as Ruby using her semblance.
"Why did Ruby refer to herself in the third person?" Blake asked.
"I don't know." Alicia said with a chuckle.
"Was I just outrun by a cactus?" Weiss asked.
"Yes." Ifrit said, "Yes you were."
With that, the book closed, and Summer passed the book to Ruby.
"Alright, I'll be back. I'm going to make that thing into cactus juice." Tronmaster said, drawing Devil's Requiem.
"Good luck babe." Alicia said, giving Tronmaster a quick kiss.
*Melody and Jenkins are playing Triple Triad.*
Jenkins: Oh boy, the captain's on the warpath.
Melody: Yep. This isn't gonna be pretty.
Jenkins: Nope, but it'll be gratifying.
Melody: Damn straight.