Well here we go the start of volume 2 hope you guys enjoy it.
I don't own RWBY otherwise we would see machine gun gauntlets kind of like STR from BRS, now that would be cool.
Team RWBY plus Jaune stood in Ozpin's office, eyeing the floor as Prof. Goodwitch continued her angry lecture at the poor students. Meanwhile Ozpin just watched with mild amusement as each of them flinched under Glynda's angry gaze.
"Never in all my time have I met a team as reckless and disobedient as you all. You not only knew about an upcoming White Fang raid and refused to tell us but you also participated in it," ranted the professor.
"But it all worked out in the end besides if we weren't there then Ruby and Jaune wouldn't have been able to escape," argued Yang.
"That is beside the point, you should have come straight to us the moment you received this information. I have half a mind to give you all detention for the rest of the week," threatened Glynda.
Red immediately paled before she spoke up, "P-Prof. Goodwitch since Jaune and I had nothing to do with my team's reckless and disrespecting action can we be excused from detention?" she all but begged.
Her three teammates all glared at her, "traitor," muttered Yang.
Ozpin had to hide a smile as a thoughtful look crossed Glynda's face, "you make a valid point, very well Mr. Arc you can go."
Jaune looked relieved as turned towards the door, all but sprinting out of the office as Red turned to follow.
"Not you Miss Rose, turn around," she ordered.
"But why I had nothing to do with this!" cried Red.
The professor didn't look impressed by her outburst, "as leader of team RWBY it is your job to discipline them which as we can see has failed miserably therefore you must accept the consequences of their actions."
"It's true," cried Yang with a fake sob. "I remember how she got our little Weiss here involved in one of her schemes, the poor girl just isn't the same."
Catching on quickly Weiss followed suite, "she kept trying to get me involved with her other scams sir. I remember she kept saying, they're more guidelines then actual rules."
Blake smiled before quickly covering it up with fake tears, "why on the day she was kidnapped I remember her starting a riot in History class over a page of notes, Prof. Oobleck was very upset."
Both the professors blinked and turned to look at Red, "umm…they're exaggerating?" she tried with an innocent expression.
Judging by the frown on Glynda's face the expression had little effect, "but they aren't lying? Very well Miss Rose you are going to report to detention for the rest of the week," she announced.
"What!" shouted Red, a shattering sound being heard by all in the room.
"Glynda don't you think that is a bit harsh, she just got back after all," commented Ozpin.
Red looked up to him with a grateful smile, "thank you Headmaster."
A small grin appeared on his face at this, "I think just one days of detention will be enough, the rest of you are dismissed," he concluded, amused.
Red swallowed as Glynda grabbed her hand and began dragging her to the detention room, passing her teammates she saw them all with her own trademarked smirk on their faces.
"You better sleep with one eye open tonight!" she raged at them as the door to Ozpin's office slammed shut.
Red sighed tiredly, rubbing her eyes as she made her way over to team CRDL's table before taking a seat next to Cardin. All of them looked at each other in confusion, seeing Red barely able to keep her eyes open as she struggled to eat her strawberry flavored cereal.
"Hey Red, welcome back. Umm… why the long face?" asked Cardin.
Red growled angrily, "I just spent most the night in a late night detention session with Goodwitch, so forgive me if I'm not in the best moods."
They all jumped at her angry response, Russel mentioning something about it being 'that time of the month' before stopping mid-sentence at the glare she sent him.
"Finish that sentence Russel and you'll find yourself learning to fly off the roof," she threatened.
"Anyway that isn't very fair you just got back, shouldn't your teammates have covered for you?" exclaimed Cardin, getting them back on topic for Russ's sake.
Red's expression darkened considerably, "who do you think it was that ratted me out in the first place?" she hissed.
Cardin blinked, "oh so you're giving them the cold shoulder then?"
She nodded before her customary smirk spread across her face, "for now but I'm patient I can wait awhile. I will have my revenge though, you can be sure of that."
"Speak of the devil," commented Sky, pointing as the rest of team RWBY and JNPR entered the cafeteria.
All of them watched as the two teams took their usual seats, Blake was reading a book until Yang began pestering her and Weiss seemed content just drinking her tea. Watching as Yang and Nora began to throw food at each other a Cheshire grin grew on her face as she turned to Cardin.
"No I'm not helping!" he cried, immediately.
Red frowned, "but you haven't even heard what I'm going to say yet."
"It doesn't matter. Every time you get that expression on your face it means you've got a scheme planned and I always get pulled into it. I do not want another detention session with Goodwitch," he replied, crossing his arms.
Red gave a fake sob as she looked at him with a pout that would make even the most hardened criminals putty in her hands. Unfortunately after hanging around with her for so long Cardin had grown had immunity to this and just turned to look away.
"Fine be that way then, more fun for me," she replied, eventually giving up.
Realizing something bad was going to happen team CRDL grabbed all their food before rushing out of the cafeteria, deciding to eat it in the relative safety of their dorm. Seeing them run Red merely shrugged before getting as close to the two teams as she could without them seeing her. Grinning evilly Red picked up an apple, weighing it in her hand. Nodding in satisfaction she waited until Nora grabbed a nearby pie to throw at the blonde. As the ginger threw it Red's smile grew, tracking it's movements she used her semblance to throw the apple into the pie. The apple shot through the air so faster that it was just a little blur as it tapped the pie mid-flight causing it to veer off course. 'Bingo,' thought Red happily as the pie soared through the air and hit Weiss in the face. Her job done Red snuck away to watch the end result of her work, struggling to keep herself from bursting into laughter. Neither team noticed her sneaking away as they all turned to face Nora whom just pointed a finger at Ren.
There was a brief moment of silence before Yang stood up, "this means WAR!" she declared, flipping the table and picking up a couple of turkeys as gauntlets.
Red's mouth dropped open as within several seconds the entire cafeteria had been turned into a battleground, soon she was the only one watching as everyone else fled to the safety of outside. Team JNPR had gathered most of the chairs and tables into a fort with Nora sing how she was 'king of the castle.' Meanwhile the WBY of team RWBY had gathered on the floor each armed with a food item. 'Maybe this wasn't such a good idea,' thought Red worriedly as JNPR began bombarding RWBY with watermelons. Hearing the door behind her open and a two gasps, one of shock and one of admiration, she turned around to see Sun and a blue haired boy she'd never seen before.
"Wow Red here for only one day and look what's happened, you work fast don't you," teased the monkey Faunus.
"Ha ha very funny Sun, this wasn't… my… fault," she said, hesitantly.
"You don't sound too sure of yourself," commented the blue haired boy.
Red was about to respond when her aura warned her of something incoming, quickly diving to the ground she only just avoided a soda can that then hit the blue boy. Shortly after this the can exploded, coating him in a purple liquid. As she got up from the ground Red and Sun turned to his friend, stifling the laughter that threatened to escape them.
"Red meet my friend and teammate Neptune, Neptune meet Red," introduced Sun, unable to keep a smirk off his face.
"Thanks for looking after my idiot teammate," said Neptune, holding out his hand.
"No problem but how come he stowed away on a boat when he could have just arrived with you guys?" she asked, curiously.
Neptune grinned, "boy do I have some stories to tell you."
"Which we agreed never to bring up again Neptune," growled Sun.
The blue haired boy's grin only widened, "of course Sun I wouldn't dream of it," he replied.
Red looked between the two of them and just shrugged before turning back to watch the ongoing food fight. Currently Pyrrha was dueling Blake with bread sticks, Nora fighting Weiss using a melon hammer and the heiress using a fish as a rapier. Meanwhile Yang was nowhere to be seen and Ren was lying on the ground, Jaune appeared to be picking himself up from the floor but seemed to be struggling.
"Umm…shouldn't we stop this it's getting a bit too serious," commented Neptune.
"Don't worry," replied Red with a wave of her hand. "They're all smart, none of them would take this too far, well except maybe Nora… I hope."
As if to prove her wrong the minute Red finished Pyrrha placed her hand on the ground and activated her semblance. All three gasped as they saw a horde of cans begin to levitate around the red head which then preceded to crash into Blake, smashing the Faunus against the wall. Red was so preoccupied with this spectacle that she failed to notice some stray bits of food and cans coming right for her. Growling she removed the pieces of salad from her hair and looked down at her now multicoloured outfit, trembling with rage.
"That's it!" she cried, drawing the attention of the two teams.
Getting into a footballer's stance she activated her semblance, using her speed to round up the remaining cans and food. Rushing past the two teams she caused both Blake and Weiss as well as team JNPR to get caught up in the slipstream. Stopping in front of a wall she caused it to crack before dodging out of the way as her six victims hit the wall, followed by a wave of food and cans. Red smiled as she watched them all collapse to the ground, their outlines still visible on the wall. Her smile dropped however as she turned to see a very angry Prof. Goodwitch strolling in before waving her crop and the room instantly repaired itself.
"Children please do not play with your food," hissed the professor before turning to Red.
"Now Miss Rose care to explain this," she demanded.
"Why do you think I'm responsible for it?" shot back Red.
Glynda just glared at her, "name one incident like this that has happened and you weren't responsible for," she replied.
Before Red could argue they all heard a cracking sound as Yang fell through the roof and broke one of the tables. She wasn't sure who started laughing first but within a couple of seconds all of them were unable to control themselves and the sound of laughter filled the cafeteria.
Glynda just growled before feeling someone place a hand on her shoulder, "let it go," ordered Ozpin.
She sighed, "they're supposed to be the defenders of the world."
"And they will be but right now they're still children. So why not let them play the part, after all it isn't a role they'll have forever," he replied, walking up to Red.
"Miss Rose," he said, causing the laughter to cease. "I would like to see you in my office tomorrow and before you asked no you are not in trouble."
With that he and Glynda walked away leaving a very confused and relieved Red to release a breath she didn't know she was holding.
Yang groaned as she got herself up from the broken table, picking at the pieces of watermelon still stuck in her hair. Looking around at the two now multicoloured teams she smiled and took a seat on one of the undamaged chairs, the others following suite.
"Hey Ruby how come your eyes went weird that time? You never explained it," asked Jaune, making everyone turn to look at Ruby.
A confused expression crossed the reapers face before being replaced with an understanding smile, "that's right I haven't show you guys yet," she exclaimed.
"Shown us what Sis?" asked Yang, confused.
Ruby smiled, "I picked up some new tricks back on Earth."
"Oh oh what is it? Is it magic tricks? I love magic tricks especially where they pull a bunny out of a hat. What about making lien appear from nowhere? We could buy all the pancakes in the world! No make pancakes appear from nowhere, that's even better!" listed Nora, jumping up and down in excitement.
"Nora I've told you there's no such thing as magic," sighed Ren.
"Quiet Muggle!" shouted the ginger.
Hearing Ruby clear her throat Yang turned to face her and froze, Ruby's eyes were black where they should have been white and her pupils reminded her of Blake's. She fearfully glanced at her two teammates and saw them nod to her, they knew as well.
"Apparently this is part of Earth aura's abilities. It's great! I can track smells, see better than probably even Faunus in the dark and my hearing's amazing. Well what'd you guys think?" she asked, revealing her sharp canines.
"Oh my god that's so cool!" cried Nora, loudly.
To the surprise of everyone present Ruby gave a high pitch inhuman yelp before covering her ears, "please Nora not so loud, my hearing is sensitive."
"Sorry," apologized the ginger in a much softer voice.
While team JNPR continued to question Ruby and Jaune about Earth, the rest of team RWBY exchanged glances. All of them realizing the significance of Ruby's demonstration.
"Hey Sis," questioned the blonde. "How have you been sleeping recently?"
Ruby frowned in confusion as she turned to face them, her aura still active much to Yang's chagrin. "Fine, I guess," she shrugged.
Yang's eyes narrowed on her little sister, "you know you can talk to us if you're having nightmares. We won't think anything less of you for it."
"Yang I'm fine really," replied Ruby, confused.
"Listen Ruby I want you to promise me that you won't use this ability anymore," said Yang.
Ruby looked at her with a shocked expression, "why this could really help us in missions. In fact this is the only reason I was able to bust us out of that damn base."
"The combat and tracking potential for this ability is phenomenal," agreed Pyrrha.
Yang just glanced at her teammates looking for support, they couldn't tell them, after all there's no telling what Ruby would do once they found out. Aura was the most trusted tool in a hunter's arsenal and the very idea that it was able to kill the host still sent chills up her spin. If Earth aura could do it then wasn't it possible for their own to do it as well?
Shaking the troubling thoughts from her head she turned her focus back to the present, "Ruby we can't tell you but this is for you own safety, trust us. Please for my sake don't use it," she begged.
Ruby looked at her in the eyes before sighing and her features returned to normal, "alright Yang I promise."
Yang smiled and squeezed Ruby in a bear hug, "thanks Ruby, now come on let's have a shower and get changed I don't like smelling of rotten fruit."
Red grunted as she strapped on her combat gear, making sure to double check Crescent Rose before walking to the door. "I'm going to head out for a bit," she called to her teammates.
"And you need to go fully armed?" replied Blake with raised eyebrows.
Red nodded, "it's been awhile since I used Crescent Rose so I wanted to get some extra training in," she informed them.
Weiss nodded in understanding but Yang and Blake narrowed their eyes, "if that's true then you won't mind if I go with you. I could use the extra practice," said the blonde.
Red frowned, "Yang you asked me to trust you and I did, now I'm asking you to do the same."
Yang flinched, "alright Ruby we're sorry, just don't stay up too long," she sighed.
Red nodded as she closed the door behind her and walked down the halls. To any observer it would look like a normal student heading out for an afternoon training session, however this changed when instead of heading to the training room Red walked outside. Once outside she made her way to Emerald Forest using her semblance to avoiding anyone seeing her. Arriving at the cliff she used the launch plates and landed with a flurry of gunshots and midair maneuvers.
Looking around making sure the area was secured she relaxed, "Sorry Yang but I'm going to break my promise," she muttered to herself.
Closing her eyes she again felt for the two currants flowing through her body, briefly marveling at how they now blended together. Feeling for the red current she took a deep breath before she shut it down, allowing the black currant to flow completely throughout her body. Instantly she felt almost lighter, as if taking off a heavy weight you never knew was there but at the same time she felt more vulnerable, like taking off your helmet before riding a bike.
Opening her eyes she flared her aura and saw it was now a deep glossy black, walking over to a nearby river she did a double take at her reflection. Her eyes and teeth were still cat like but the teeth were larger almost like fangs and her eyes seemed to have a slight red glow to them. Her hair had changed colour as well becoming the same glossy black as her aura. Reaching out to her reflection she gasped as her hand came into view, her fingers and nails had changed and enlarged to form some sort of pseudo claws.
Jumping up in shock Red smacked her head against an overhead branch, crying out in pain she placed her hand on her head, blinking as she saw it covered with blood. 'What's going on my aura should have shielded me from that, let alone heal the wound,' she thought puzzled. Groaning from the pain she found the red currant before letting it flow freely again. As soon as she did she felt heavier as the pain faded away, frowning she flared her aura again and saw it the familiar blood red colour. Checking her reflection and hands Red saw that most of it was back to normal with only the eyes and teeth showing the weird traits.
Her curiosity getting the better of her she shut down black currant entirely before flaring her aura for a third time. As she expected her aura outline was the familiar bright shade of red that she recognized from Ruby's memories. Instantly pain flooded through her head and she fell her knees gripping her head in pain as slowly everything became dark.
"Alright class today we're moving on from theory to practical work. Starting off I'm going to be teaching you about dueling," informed Prof. Goodwitch.
There was excited rumbling as the class heard this, "did you hear that Yang finally I get to have some fun with my sweetheart," purred Ruby.
"Yeah for a course called Combat Class you'd think we'd get to have more fights not write essays on the different styles of combat on Remnant," agreed an equally excited Yang.
"Quite you two I'm trying to hear," scolded Weiss.
The two siblings glanced at each other before looking back to the professor who was in the process of explaining how duels work. Ruby sighed it was nothing new to anyone here why did she even bother to explain it, if you went to a combat school then you were taught about dueling.
"…he stage is isolated from the rest of the students by numerous safety equipment so you can fight without the need to hold back. Now the first pair to face off will be Cardin Winchester and Jaune Arc, please step onto the stage," ordered the professor.
Ruby watched as her blonde friend trudged up to the stage followed by the bully whom simply looked bored as he took his mace from its holster. She sighed and looked away, already knowing how the match would end for the blonde.
"Well I guess we finally get to see if Vomit Boy has any moves," commented Yang.
Ruby nodded and turned to face her sister when the sound of shattering as well as screaming was heard before she felt something slam into the back of her head. Collapsing to the ground she saw a red liquid pooling around her as Yang rushed over to her before Ruby's vision began to blur. 'Is that Yang? What's she yelling about? I can't feel anything am I injured? It should hurt right? I… feel really tired, maybe I'll just take a nap,' she thought as her eyes closed.
When she opened them she found she wasn't in Beacon anymore but instead a very familiar forest. Checking herself for wounds Ruby gave a small gasp of surprise, her entire body was covered in a bright red outline. 'But I'm not flaring my aura, this must be a dream,' she realized. Walking through the forest she headed for the clearing however shortly after setting off Ruby noticed bits of the environment changing. There were trees that didn't seem to belong to the snow covered landscape as well as animals she never remembered learning about, including a brown bipedal creature that just hopped everywhere.
"Maybe Yang's right no more cookies before bed," she muttered.
Arriving at the clearing she frowned, the grave was missing and there was a city below that she didn't recognize. Her eyes widened as she saw a girl lying unconscious on the ground, "hey are you alright?" called Ruby as she rushed over.
Approaching the girl she took a moment to examine her for injuries, she was a blonde haired girl just like her sister and she was outlined in a glossy black colour. Ruby sighed in relief, she didn't seem injured just unconscious.
"Hey are you alright? Come on wake up we need to get out of here," said Ruby as she reached out to shake her, however the minute she touched the girl there was a flash of red and black before everything disappeared.
Red snapped her eyes open as the memory faded from view, 'was that what I think it was?' Looking up at the sky her jaw dropped, the moon was already out in full. 'Damn it Yang's going to be mad,' she thought as she made her way back to Beacon. However her aura instantly began ringing alarm bells in her head and Red spun around, hand on Crescent Rose, to see a pack of Beowolves emerge from hiding.
"Perfect thank you for volunteering to be my test dummies, now let's see what this Earth aura can do," she said, grinning as she was surrounded in a black outline.
However instead of charging like normal the minute she flared her Earth aura all the Beowolves stumbled to a halt. The Alpha sniffed the air and looked at her before giving a fearful whine and fleeing into the tree line, the rest of the pack quickly following suite. The now alone Red just stood there, an expression of shock on her face, 'did a Grimm just run?'
Omake- Ten Little Hunters Part 1
Yang smiled, "come on guys let's have some fun."
A loud cheer rose up in response and they all began to dance as the music blasted through the main building. On any normal day this would have led to a violent tongue lashing by Prof. Goodwitch however as a reward for the teams hard work Ozpin had blocked off the whole building and given them free reign stating, 'it will be a night to remember.' Of course the fun wasn't limited to just team RWBY and JNPR, Blake had also invited Sun whom in turn had invited his friend Neptune to the party.
As the night went on the group friends began to have fun in their own ways. Nora started scoffing down pancake after pancake while eyeing Ren and Blake reading in the corner with a suspicious glare. Weiss was relaxing in her chair while shooting jealous glances at Neptune's attempts to flirt with Yang. Sun was just messing around at the food area. Yang was dancing the night away with Neptune but occasionally sent angry glares to Jaune. The blonde boy was currently engaged in conversation with Pyrrha and Ruby, apparently oblivious to their less than subtle attempts to get him to dance with them.
"So what's the Grimm you think is the worst to fight?" he asked them.
"Hmm…that's a tough question. I guess it would be a Death Stalker, they're heavily armoured and have a lethal sting, one mistake and you're dead. What about you Ruby?" asked Pyrrha.
The reaper frowned, "definitely a Nevermore. Those things are hard to ground and near impossible to fight in the air. What's yours Jaune?"
He flushed in embarrassment, "well for me it's Beowolves, they kind of scare me. I mean just because they aren't the strongest people underestimate them. With most Grimm they're mindless and easy to trap but with Beowolves you need to watch out for tricks and tactics, as well as the large numbers they travel in."
The two red heads gave him a surprised look, "I never thought of that before," commented Pyrrha, to which Ruby murmured in agreement.
"Yeah but enough of these depressing thoughts it's a party so let's have some fun," cheered Jaune as he dragged Pyrrha to the dance floor.
The Spartan glanced at Ruby just in time to see a darkened expression on her face before it disappeared, replaced by the cheerful smile they all knew. Shrugging it off she began to dance with her partner, both unaware of the multiple glares that were sent to the dancing duo. Exhausted they eventually returned to sit with Ruby whom gave Jaune a smile as she handed him a Beowolf shaped cookie.
"Here you go Jaune you must be hungry after that. Besides what better way to fight your fear," she offered, shyly.
He smiled as he ate it, "thanks Ruby you're the best friend I could ever have."
Ruby smiled but it quickly dropped as Jaune's face turned red and he began coughing before he fell to the ground.
"Jaune!" cried the two red heads as they rushed over to him.
Their cries instantly drew the attention of everyone in the room and they all crowded around as Pyrrha checked his pulse.
"He's dead."
Ten little hunters all gather to dine; One choked on his fear and then there were nine…
To be continued…
So did you guys enjoy it? Also for anyone who hasn't seen Ten Little Roosters I'd really recommend it, it's going to be a good series to fill the void left by RvB and RWBY. Until next time cya guys and as always thanks for the support.