*Hector has acquired a new body, and is looking at the camera. Although he doesn't have a face, his body language is apologetic in nature.*
Hector: Yo. If you haven't noticed, Tronmaster hasn't updated this, and An Arc of Fates in a while. And, he would like to apologize. He's been playing Destiny 2 recently. And I mean A LOT. So, yeah, he's sorry. Anyway, here we go. And, let's see what our readers are doing.
*Chrom crawls on Hector's head and looks to the camera.*
After Tai and Summer went to yell at Yang, Tronmaster and the others were playing "Injustice 2." Right now, Blake was playing as Cheetah using the Vixen legacy skin. While Qrow was Red Hood.
"Ah! Dammit!" Qrow swore as Blake had won the second, and final round of the match.
"Looks like this kitty has claws." Blake joked as Summer and Tai had entered the room. With a visually red-faced Yang.
"Jesus guys, what the hell did you do to her?" Tronmaster asked, chuckling.
"I think they might've embarrassed her beyond belief." Alicia said, a huge grin on her face as well.
"Sh-shut up." Yang muttered before grabbing the book and began to read.
[Team RWBY Dorm]
[No P.O.V.]
"Looks like we're starting in Team RWBY's Dorm room." Penny said.
"Seems like it." Pyrrha agreed.
"Gaaaah." Ruby groaned as she tumbled over in front of Weiss as she attempted to follow her out the door, Yang and Blake already going on ahead.
"Stupid lady stilts." All the Rose women said at once.
"No joke, heels absolutely SUCK." Alicia groaned.
"Ruby, are you okay?" Weiss asked kneeling down to help her date up.
"Yeah, fine." Ruby chirped, "Just... ugh, I really hate heels. How in Remnant do you fight in these things?"
"Far too much practice." Weiss said.
"That, and Father's impossible standards." Winter added.
Weiss simply sighed, "Far too much practice I'm afraid." Weiss admitted, "Truthfully I'd rather have rather fought in boots like you do, but father I that I wear heels as much as possible to keep up the appearance of an Heiress. This meant I never wore anything other than heels, nor do I really have anything other than these in my wardrobe."
At that, Alicia tossed Weiss a pair of boots similar to Ruby's boots, but in Weiss's preferred color scheme.
"Thank you Alicia." Weiss said, taking off her heels, and putting on the boots, finding them to be a perfect fit.
"And if you old man has a problem with them, let me know, and I can shove a flashbang up his ass." Tronmaster chuckled.
Ruby looked at Weiss in sympathy, "Well then next time we're in Vale we'll buy you a pair of plain old boots... or plain shoes." Ruby said.
"That sounds like a good idea." Weiss said.
"Next chance we get, we're going on a shopping trip!" Yang said.
"Fortunately, we've got a shop on the ship." Alicia, "Just, don't agree to pay Anna's ridiculous prices."
Weiss smiled and hugged Ruby, "Thanks Ruby." Weiss said.
"No problem Weiss." Ruby said, "But, I could use some escorting to the dance hall."
"Seriously, I absolutely HATE heels." Summer said.
[FF8 OST: Dance with the Balamb-Fish]
The music changed to one befitting of a ball.
"This music I rather like." Glynda said.
"It does sound right." Penny agreed.
A few minutes later Weiss and Ruby successfully made it to the dance hall, where the two began to dance to their hearts content.
"Aww, that's so cute!" Yang said.
"Yang!" Ruby cried out, hiding in her hood.
"Yang, would you quit embarrassing your sister?" Pyrrha asked.
Team JNPR was already there, Nora standing by Ren as he simply drank a cup of punch.
Jaune was in a simple tuxedo as he was arm in arm with Pyrrha.
"Looks like I'm not wearing a dress this time." Jaune said, breathing a sigh of a relief.
"Yeah, but that was easily the funniest moments of the episode in my opinion." Alicia said.
And all the GF's were translucently waiting by the punchbowl.
"I wonder what our others are talking about." Shiva said.
"Siren how in the world did you get Jaune and Pyrrha to take each other as dates?" Pandemona asked.
Siren simply giggled.
"Oh boy." Diablos said.
"I don't like that look on her face." Ifrit said, shuttering.
[flashback]
"Looks like we're looking at Siren's plan." Jaune said, gulping.
Jaune was talking to Pyrrha after their training session.
"I wish there was someone I could take to the dance, I mean after Siren told me Weiss wasn't interesting me I've been looking fr anyone that might want to go to the dance with me, but nobody seems to be interested." Jaune said looking away from Pyrrha.
Siren, Minotaur, and Sacred couldn't help but facepalm.
"Okay, I've had enough." Siren whispered to the brothers, who looked at her in surprise. Siren was always patient to an extreme when it came to getting people together romantically, it takes a lot to get her to step in.
"Siren is pretty much every shipper ever." Alicia said, making Tronmaster chuckle.
"Jaune..." Siren said putting her hand on Jaune's shoulder, "You could always ask Pyrrha out, I don't think she has a date yet."
Pyrrha suddenly turned as red as Ruby's cloak.
"Jeez, I didn't even think anyone could turn THAT red." Penny said.
"Yeah, she's redder than a tomato." Summer said.
"No, she's probably got guys clambering over her for a date." Jaune said.
"Incorrect!" Alicia said, a buzzer sound effect playing.
"Nope." Sacred said, causing Jaune to look at him in surprise, "People are too scared to ask her out."
"Bunch of pansies is what they were." Nora said.
"I'm guessing that I'm not wearing a dress?" Jaune asked, both Tronmaster and Alicia nodding in response.
"W-wait, wh-what?" Raven said, doubling over in laughter.
"Buncha chickens is what they are." Minotaur said, "I swear I've seen Oilboyles with more spine, and those things have an interior build of one hundred percent oil, no bones."
"Ugly as hell too." Siren said.
"Oum, they sound disgusting." Weiss said, grossed out.
"They smell extremely nasty as well." Alicia added, scrunching her face in disgust.
"No one's asked you yet Pyrrha?" Jaune asked.
Pyrrha shook her head, "I've noticed people try to walk up to ask me, but they lose their nerve and walk away."
"Spineless cowards." Qrow said.
Suddenly, Tronmaster's head shook, "Huh, awesome." Tronmaster said.
"Hmm?" Ren asked.
"A copy just got done watching the first episode of Volume 5." Tronmaster replied.
"Really? How was it?" Ruby asked.
"Awesome. But yeah, Leonardo Lionheart is indeed a traitor." Tronmaster said.
"SON OF A BITCH!" Qrow shouted.
"I'm just gonna get back to reading." Yang said, returning to the reading.
Jaune blinked in surprise, "Well then... Pyrrha, would you like to go to the dance with me?" Jaune asked.
Pyrrha smiled, while her mind and soul practically melted, "Of course I would Jaune." Pyrrha said.
[Flashback end]
"Whoo!" Nora said, as Jaune gave Pyrrha a quick kiss.
"Awww... young love." Summer said.
"And while they're dancing I'm going to get those two to kiss." Siren said rubbing her hands together.
"Oh shit." The Arkos couple said.
"Nice deadpan you two." Alicia said with a snicker.
Mist Dragon turned to Siren, the mist on her lower body gone to reveal she did have four slender legs with five claws on each. "Is she always like this?" Mist Dragon asked.
"I can answer that: Yes, yes she does." Shiva deadpanned.
"Yep." Ifrit said, "Once she's gotten it in her head that two people are perfect together that's that."
"Once she's sighted her targets babies will be made." Diablos said, "Well, unless its a same sex couple, in which case they'll just bang each others brains out."
"Way to put it dude." Sun said, rolling his eyes.
"Hey, I calls it as I see it." Diablos added.
"Must you say it like that?" Quezacotl asked, "Nevermind, you just don't have too many people skills."
"Hey, it's not my fault I keep oversleeping." Diablos defended.
"Hey, it's not my fault I keep oversleeping." Diablos said holding up his hands.
"Look, an echo." Glynda joked.
"It kinda is." Alexander said watching Ruby and Weiss carefully, "What is the point of high heels anyway?"
"As a form of cruel and unusual punishment?" Ruby joked.
"That's what they seem to be." Alicia added, Summer nodding in agreement.
"Well, it makes a stomp hurt a lot more..." Sacred said, "Not as much as a good old fashion hoof though."
"Although, it makes getting kicked in the crotch hurt a LOT more." Tronmaster said.
"That happen to you?" Tai asked.
"Me? No. Jenkins? Hell yes." Tronmaster replied, chuckling.
Eventually Weiss and Ruby chose to step out for some fresh air, Shiva and Alexander close behind.
Only for them to notice a figure dashing across the rooftops.
"Is that..." Weiss said, before her girlfriend interrupted.
"CINDER?!" Ruby shouted, steam literally coming out of her ears.
[OST End]
Weiss and Ruby looked at each other in surprise, before nodding and taking off, though Ruby had to pop off her heels and hopped along as she peeled off her socks so she didn't ruin them.
"Those... are nice socks though." Ruby said, finally calmed down.
Several minutes later Ruby and Weiss arrived at the CCT, where Weiss almost immediately found an Atlas soldier who was knocked out.
"Knowing Cinder, I would've thought she'd kill them." Tai said.
"Not exactly. She most likely wouldn't like to draw attention to herself by doing that." Winter clarified.
"We're gonna need our weapons." Weiss said pulling out her scroll.
"Yeah, got it." Ruby said pulling out her scroll.
Moment's later two lockers landed next to them, Weiss's locker opened up to reveal Myrtenaster, while Ruby's opened up to reveal a pair of boots and Crescent Rose.
"Why exactly do you have boots in your locker?" Sun asked.
"I'm sure my other might explain." Ruby answered.
"You put an extra pair of boots in your locker?" Alexander asked.
"Well to be honest I was expecting the NG to suddenly show u and attack." Ruby admitted, "I mean the dance would be a good time to attack, nobodies even remotely prepared for an attack at this point in time."
"You have a point there." Weiss said.
"That, is a good point actually." Glynda said.
"Yeah, that's one moment where you'd be most vulnerable." Raven added.
"That, and the finals of the Vytal Festival Tournament." Alicia added.
The two of them ran into the CCT and stepped on the elevator, where they noticed two female Atlas soldiers knocked on the ground in the elevator.
"One of them should have a scroll." Weiss said searching one of the guards, "We'll probably need it for access, seeing as Student Scrolls are probably no longer allowed access for the night."
"Why is that?" Jaune asked.
"So that no one decides to upload any, explicit materials to the school's servers." Glynda replied, "After that one... student bonding experience."
"In other words, they were either making, or uploading porn?" Tronmaster asked, earning a sigh from Glynda as conformation.
"Got one." Ruby said holding up the scroll to the elevator, which soon started taking them up, "Wait a second, Weiss, the I.D. in this scroll is a picture of a guy."
"And, that's a NEO Galbadian operative." Nora said, making Tronmaster's eye twitch in annoyance.
"What?" Weiss asked as she picked up a scroll off the other guard, which was also a guy, "What the..."
Weiss then took off part of the Atlesian armor, revealing a white suit underneath, marked with the grey letter, N-G-S-U.
Before anyone could process Nora being right, Tronmaster had already duct taped her mouth shut, and tied her hands behind her back.
"NEO Galbadian Stealth Unit." Weiss said, "They've infiltrated the Atlas military."
"That's all kind of bad." Shiva said.
"No kidding." Winter said, shocked.
"As if the virus in the CCT wasn't bad enough." Glynda growled.
"We better warn General Ironwood after this." Ruby said as she removed the NG's forearm armor to reveal a thin, 6 inch metal bracer that could be size adjusted, "This must be what they use to mimic the Draw ability." She muttered as she removed it from the NG's arm and slapped it on her own.
Weiss smiled at the idea and did the same with the other NG soldier, "Now it will be less suspicious when we use magic." Weis said.
"That's certainly a good idea squirt." Tai praised.
The Elevator soon opened, Weiss and Ruby held their weapons at the ready, "Hello? Anyone there?" Ruby called out.
"Really Ruby?" Summer asked her daughter, said girl chuckling nervously.
"Ruby." Weiss sighed, just as a woman wearing a ballroom mask stood up from around the corner of the room.
"It's her, the woman from the Bullhead." Alexander said, "Ruby, Weiss, Junction Firaga to your Elemental Defense."
Ruby and Weiss smirked, "You scan, I'll distract." Weiss whispered.
"Cinder." Ruby growled.
[FF8 OST: Don't Be Afraid]
The music changed to an almost-triumphant beat.
"Not bad, not bad at all." Penny said.
Ruby didn't wait another second before firing Crescent Rose, distracting the intruder from Weiss slightly, just enough for Weiss to cast her Scan Spell.
[CCT World wide call monitor: A computer connected directly to the CCT and all attached systems, a Virus has been planted recently.]
"Damn, just missed her." Weiss grumbled.
"Sorry snowflake." Ruby said, comforting her girlfriend.
'What!?' Weiss thought for a moment before shaking her head, "Blizzaga!" Weiss shouted out, her Bracer glowing.
This caused a sphere of ice to suddenly appear and fall onto the intruder, AKA Cinder's, head, knocking her for a brief loop.
"Take that, bitch." Ruby growled.
Cinder turned to Weiss, fully expecting her to be the Winter Maiden due to her ice attack, but was annoyed when she saw the NG bracer on her arm and instead sent a ball of fire at Weiss.
"Nope, just having a Guardian Force." Shiva said, smirking.
"Stupid bitch." Weiss said, making Ruby chuckle.
Weiss let this attack hit her, as all it would do was heal her thanks to Firaga being junctioned to her Elemental Defense, and took this chance to Draw what she could from Cider, which turned out to be 9 Flare spells.
Cinder quickly checked her body to figure out what Weiss did to her, leaving her open to take a slash in the back from Ruby knocking her forward.
"Doesn't feel so good being surprise attack, huh bitch?" Ruby spat at the screen.
'Jesus, mom's got some vendetta issues to work out.' Alicia thought, raising an eyebrow.
Cinder stumbled around as she re-positioned herself to face Weis and Ruby, only for the elevator to ding.
"Oh right, this is when General Ironwood came up." Ruby said.
"Poor timing General." Winter sighed.
Everyone turned their heads to see General Ironwood step out of the elevator, Weiss and Ruby turned back to their target, only to find Cinder was gone.
"Dammit!" Ruby and Weiss cried out.
"Dang it!" Ruby cried out.
"Oh, so close." Blake said.
"Clever girl." Tronmaster said, making Alicia chuckle.
"It's alright Ruby, but we've got something that needs attention now." Weiss said turning to General Ironwood, "General sir, I have bad news. It appears whoever has infiltrated the CCT has planted a virus into the system!"
The General's eye's widened as he rushed to the nearest and quickly attempted to isolate and remove the virus.
"At least James is aware of the virus, which is something we should let him know as soon as possible." Glynda said.
"Yeah, Jimmy's heart is in the right place, but he's stubborn as hell." Qrow said, "Hey Tronmaster, when this is over, mind explaining things to Jimmy?"
"Gladly." Tronmaster said.
[Deling City]
[FF8 OST: Under her control]
The music shifted to an almost neo-noir sound.
"Neo-noir music? I can dig it." Blake said.
Musaline sat at a public dining table with 7 of her 8 Commanders, and her Chocobo, Night, sitting at the same table.
"Well, guess we're finishing this chapter looking at the NEO Galbadians." Pyrrha said.
"Yeah, seems like it." Nora added.
"Could someone please tell me where Slate has gone?" Musaline asked as she took a bite of her spicy chicken leg.
"Yeah, where is that jackass?" Jaune asked.
"Probably off being a racist jackass." Raven replied.
"He said something about heading to Mountain Glenn to burn off all his murder urges." Beige said in between bites of her boneless smoked salmon, "He also said that's where there was a White Fang gathering so for him it's a double deal."
Musaline sighed, "I suppose that's only natural, he was on Death Row in Atlas as a committed Serial Killer." Musaline said.
"Wait, he was a Death Row inmate?!" Weiss cried out.
"Makes sense." Winter said, "Although, why Musaline made him one of her commanders, just baffles the mind."
"Yeah, he's nuttier than a fruitcake." Alicia added.
"Muse, I know I've asked this several times, but are you sure it's a good idea for him to be in the position you gave him?" Veil asked, her remaining eye full of worry for her old friend.
"Well, it's clear Veil is caring." Summer said, "But I wonder why."
"Veil, Slate has earned that position." Musaline said, "I don't fully trust him though... I'd rather have given the position to..." Musaline sighed as she left her hand on the middle of the table, subtly reaching out for support among her friends.
Rojo, Beige, Aurum, Veil, Powder, and Clay all put their hands on Musaline's, "We know you miss him Muse." Aurum said, "the guy was a friend to all of us, he was like a second brother to me."
"Jeez, first losing her parents, and now we know she lost someone she possibly loved, I know Musaline's the bad guy and all, but I feel sorry for her." Penny said.
"Will one of you please tell me who in the hell you are talking about?" Widow asked, "Over sixteen years as one of your commanders Musaline and I still don't know who the hell you're talking about."
"Yeah, probably not the best idea to ask that in that manner." Ren said.
"Why do I feel like I know who they're talking about." Ifrit mused.
Musaline simply sighed as she stood up, "I'm sorry, I need to take a walk." Musaline said leaving, she had also left 400 Lien at the table, more than enough to cover the bill and tip the waitress.
"What's up with her?" Widow asked as Night followed Musaline.
"Oum, she's even more thick-headed than I am!" Jaune cried out.
"And that's saying something." Nora said.
The remaining commanders looked at each other, "It hurts for any of us to really talk about him... Sorry." Veil said as she went back to her food.
"Who is 'he' anyway!?" Widow shouted.
Aurum looked into Widow's eyes, "His name's... well, perhaps his family name is one you might recognize a bit better." Aurum said, "After all, the Leonhart family have been true masters of the Gunblade for generations."
After that, the book shut, and Diablos came to a realization. "SQUALL?!" Diablos shouted.
"Well, it's a member of the Leonhart family, but it's not Squall." Tronmaster said.
"It's one of his descendants." Alicia added.
"That, makes sense." Sacred said.
*Adam, OOH Ruby, Jenkins and Melody returned as Hector and the Kitsune kids were playing catch.*
Adam: We're back!
OOH Ruby: Jesus, what the hell happened?
Hector: Hey guys!
Jenkins: Uh, Hector, what happened?
Hector: Well, your kids destroyed my old body, and there was an explosion.
Melody: Anyway, I'm sure you kids missed mommy and daddy, didn't you?
*Melody's question is answered by the kids crashing into both Melody and Jenkins.*