RWBY at Animecon: Winter Edition, Part 1!

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to Weiss Reacts! Woo! This is it! I think! The second time we've done this! Yep! Also, a little heads-up; we're just over a month away from Weiss Reacts' first birthday! Woo! That's right; it's almost been an entire year since Weiss Reacts was first released! In preparation for that, we'll have an anniversary chapter lined up for the day Weiss Reacts Volume 1 was released; January 28, Wednesday. Keep your eyes peeled for that date!

Now that that's settled, let's get this chapter on the road!

DISCLAIMER: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, otherwise Adam would probably have a Semblance called the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu.

All mentioned franchises and characters belong to their respective owners.

"Hey, guys!" Yang busted into the room, waving around tickets. "Guess what I got!"

Weiss was still slumped in bed, tired from the events of yesterday- which had involved chasing a horrified Nora around school while screaming about perverts- a white, snow-patterned sleep mask covering her eyes. She turned over in bed, away from where she thought Yang's voice came from.

"No."

"Come on!" Yang pouted. "Weiss-"

"It's six in the morning." The heiress grumbled. "Go away. How in the name of Oum are you awake anyway?!"
"I just got tickets to the Winter Animecon!" Yang cheered happily. "I managed to get them literally just when they came on sale, too!"

"...when is this stupid Animecon anyway?" Weiss grumbled, pulling her eyemask off and rubbing her eyes. "Also, how long were you up last night trying to buy those tickets?"

"All night!" Yang announced proudly, holding up a thermos of coffee, before thinking carefully. "Well, actually, I didn't buy them last night, I had them physically delivered here. I actually bought them months ago..."

"...we're letting Blake drive and I don't care how crazy she drives. I'm not letting you anywhere near the wheel of a car until you get some sleep." The heiress sighed. "But still, why the effort?"

"It's my Christmas gift to everyone." Yang winked, smiling.

Weiss blinked. "You bought tickets for everyone?"
"Of course! It's my...err, combined apology gift and Christmas gift for all the times I pranked you!" The brawler laughed, hugging Weiss tightly.

Weiss struggled, unused to the hugs. She managed to wheeze out a request to be let go.

"...y-you're...crushing...me..."

"Oh. Sorry." Yang relinquished her, dusting her off. "I just...you know...you're technically my little sister now, so..."

"I'm hardly married to Ruby." Weiss scoffed. "Not that I don't plan on being so."

"See? You're practically one of us!" Yang smiled. "And I realised that since you're going to be my little sister-"
"I'm barely a month younger than you, moron-"
"That I have to treat you like one!"

"So..." Weiss inquired hopefully. "No more antics?"

Yang merely broke out in laughter, before smiling.

"Not on your life, Schnee."

"...that's comforting." The heiress sighed. "...but...I suppose I...might care about you. Slightly."

"That's the spirit!" Yang cheered.

Ruby stirred, looking down at her sister and Yang. She lifted her sleepmask, looking down at the girls, discarding her Cookie-chan plushie.

"Ugh...guys...it's six in the morning..." The reaper croaked out, pouting. "What's going on?"

"We got the Animecon tickets!" Yang cheered.

Ruby's eyes widened. "What, seriously?"

"Mhm!" Yang gave her a thumbs up. "Aaaaand guess what? We're gonna show up in cosplay!"

"...you realise I don't have a cosplay, right?" Weiss reminded her. "I'm probably not going to-"
"Well, actually, I bought you a Fiora cosplay~" The brawler corrected her. "We'll be going at ten. Oh, and team JNPR are coming. As are Velvet and Minako."

Weiss blinked, looking to Ruby. "Is Fiora skimpily dressed?"
"Fanservicey, but not in the barely-clothed sense." Ruby nodded. "You'll be fine."

"...hmph." The heiress grumbled. "I suppose I'll take it. But...I want to take a nap first. I need my sleep." She climbed back into bed to sleep for a couple more hours.

Ruby yawned, slipping her mask back on and grabbing her cookie plushie. "Yeah, me too. Later, Weiss, sis." She turned back to her bed to sleep, leaving an indignant Yang.

"Hah!" Yang crossed her arms, smiling smugly and brandishing her coffee thermos. "Mortal. You need sleep...but I am trained! I'm festival ready!

I'm-"

"Zzzzz..." Yang lay asleep in Blake's lap as Ren drove the Yangmobile to the Vale Convention Center.

Weiss rolled her eyes, fixing her dyed black hair, making sure the tips remained red. Her normal clothing was replaced with an elegant breastplate and chainmail combo, with a cape on her shoulder cut into three strips, and her Myrtenaster completing the cosplay.

"Yang talked herself up and didn't even last the hour. She barely even got that...getup...on before she fell asleep." The heiress sighed. "Ruby, do you mind checking if this dye's wearing or not?"

Yang was indeed in a strange get up; a white shirt with a yellow corset, her normally loose hair twirled into twin curls, a light yellow hat on her head and a flower-themed orange gem in her hair. In lieu of her normal shorts and boots, she wore a skirt, black tights and long, elegant shoes to match her clothing. She curled up in Blake's lap, shifting slightly to support herself.

Ruby, who was next to her, was wearing a black school uniform in favour of her normal red and black hood and shirt, with her normally crimson hair covered with a platinum blonde wig with twin pigtails. Her beloved Crescent Rose was at her side, painted blue and white as opposed to its normal colors.

She looked over Weiss' hair, nodding. "Your dye's not wearing off."

"Oh, good."

Blake chuckled, patting Yang's head. "She acts so childish and yet she's the oldest of us. Perfect."

Blake herself was dressed in a plainer white shirt with a brown vest, a simply engraved buckler and a fake gun.

"..." Ruby nodded approvingly. "Homura and Mami?"

"We were meant to dress as Yukiko and Chie last time, but she wanted to try an Aigis cosplay." Blake shrugged, patting the buckler and inserting contact lenses into her eyes, covering her golden irises with purple.

She sighed. "If only I could hide my ears, this would be the-oh, wait." She whipped out a blue headband and casually slipped it over her cat ears, patting them flat. The catgirl nodded.

"Peeeeerfect."

In front were Nora and Ren- Nora had decided to cosplay as herself this time, while Ren hadn't had the money to buy a good kit for cosplay this year. Nora was babbling about pancakes again while Ren chuckled, focusing on driving the car- he took special care not to dent it. Yang loved this car almost as much as she loved her bike and if it was damaged, all the antics in the world would not save him.

Pyrrha and Jaune were sitting in the back with Minako and Velvet. Pyrrha and Jaune, finally, were dressed as the people they promised to be dressed as; Jaune was dressed as a female knight, his hair covered with a wig extending to a long ponytail, while Pyrrha's hair was under a net and covered with a wig to make herself seem boyish, her chest bound, and her normal attire replaced with a blue shirt and khakis.

Opposite, Velvet lacked a cosplay- Vivi, indeed, was sitting on her head and crossing her arms at the lack of cosplay-, but Minako's hair seemed shorter and she wore a pair of red-rimmed glasses, with a navy blue school uniform and her Evoker holstered somewhere to her hip.

"Coco said she had to use my cosplay stuff for something..." Velvet complained.

"Pipipipipipi."

"S-she's my teammate!"
"Pi!"

"B-but-"
"Pipipipipipi!" Vivi pointed towards Weiss and then Velvet. "Pipipiiipi!?"
"...you're right, I should've tried harder to impress Weiss-sempai." Velvet clenched her fists. "I should've tried harder..."

Minako looked over at her. "Hey, do you think these glasses suit me?"
"I dunno." The bunnygirl shrugged. "They look alright on you."
"For some reason, this feels strangely familiar." The girl mused, looking at the glasses curiously. "Have I worn these before?"

"I don't think so..."

"Pipipipi?" Vivi tilted her head, rubbing her chin with the stub of her plushie hand. "Pipipipi."

"That is a fair point, Vivi. It feels as if she has worn those things before..." The bunnygirl nodded slowly.

Minutes later, Yang stirred in Blake's lap, rubbing her eyes. "Urgh...are we on our way to the convention already?"

Ren nodded, barely sparing her a look. "Yeah. Everyone made me drive even though Blake has a driver's license too."
"And I drive like a REAL MAN!" Blake declared proudly.

"I would prefer to keep my breakfast where it belongs- in my stomach." Weiss remarked.

"If you were a real man, then it would."

"If you knew how to drive like an actual person, then I wouldn't need to be a real man to survive getting into a car with you, dimwit."

"Touche, Schnee." The catgirl conceded defeat.

"Right." Ren pulled to the tollgate, paying the appropriate fee and driving into the parking center. "NOW we're here, Yang."

"Oh, perfect." The brawler pulled herself up so she was still on Blake's lap, sitting. The catgirl was blushing at this arrangement but if Yang noticed, she paid no heed.

The brawler rubbed her stomach. "Man, I'm hungry..."

Nora nodded quickly. "I haven't had my hourly pancake fix, Renny! And you know how I get when I don't have my pancakes!"

"Relax." The gunslinger pulled into a parking space, sighing and turning off the ignition after adjusting the handbrake, before pulling out a brochure.

"So, the convention's across two floors this year. Upstairs is the main con, downstairs are some of the bigger stalls and a food court. So, how are we doing this? Partners?"

"I'm not going with that traitor. Dressing like the enemy..." Blake glared at Minako, who shrugged.

"What, still mad because Yui wrecked you?"

Blake growled, her pride still wounded from having her beloved manliness fall to the charms of moe schoolgirls. "One day, Yui Hirasawa...one day."

"She didn't even notice you when she was here." Weiss rolled her eyes dismissively. "Give me a break."

"S-shut up!" Blake snapped. "Y-you don't know what it's like to have an archnemesis!"

"I'm pretty sure that that girl is too ditzy to have an archnemesis, let alone have you as one." The heiress scoffed, before turning to Minako, tilting her head curiously. "Who are you dressed up as anyway?"

"Nodoka." The girl clarified. "And these glasses really do suit me..."

Ren looked around, nodding. "Okay, that's convenient. Weiss, go with Ruby, Yang and Blake, Minako and Velvet with Vivi, Pyrrha with Jaune and me with Nora."

"I'll make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble." Pyrrha promised, gripping Jaune's arm tightly. He gulped.

"Y-yeah."

Ruby raised her hand. "I have a question!"
"Yes?"
"What's at the con this time?"

The brawler raised her finger. "I can answer that." Pulling out a brochure with the con's logo, she read through it carefully.

"The usual guest appearances...Rooster Teeth, etc, etc...showing off the new Persona game today...still don't know why they're doing that at an anime convention.."

Ren shrugged noncommittally. "Cheaper. Sponsoring and advertising costs for one con's expensive enough. Better just to shove everything into one."

"Point taken...oh, hey, they've got a Puella Magi shop this year! We're definitely hitting that one. Shame there's no Featherman this time..." Yang frowned. "Would've liked to talk to Yukari...she was nice when we talked to her last time."

"Oh, right, she comes to these cons now." Minako nodded. "Right. Well, I'm going to go hit the imported doujinshi stall. Velvet, you with me?"
"Is there Weiss doujinshi?"

Weiss glared at Velvet. "Pervert..."
"Yes." Minako nodded.

"I'M IN" Velvet hurriedly dragged Minako away, as the girl struggled to resist the bunnygirl's manic strength.

"H-hey! Watch it! This uniform was specially tailored!"

"I MUST HAVE THE DOUJINSHI NOW I NEED TO KNOW IF THEY WROTE ME INTO THEM" Velvet squeaked out, dragging Minako into a nearby elevator. Vivi, who was sitting down on her shoulder, sighed, crossing her stubby arms and shaking her head, still managing to maintain her balance despite the blinding speed of her insane mistress. By that time, Nora had already run off to acquire her beloved pancakes, as Ren sighed, shaking his head and following her.

"I'll see you later. I'd prefer to have antics I can control, and I'd prefer to keep going to Animecon. Letting Nora run rampant...not particularly conducive to that aim."

With that, the boy disappeared off into a crowd of RWBY cosplayers, dressed as team CFVY, heading off to somewhere or other.

Yang and Blake looked over at Weiss and Ruby. Jaune had already disappeared somewhere with Pyrrha- somewhere Weiss didn't want to think about, although knowing Pyrrha was nowhere on Velvet's level of perversion and insanity was at least of some comfort to her.

"So, how are we going to do this?" Yang inquired, holding the brochure in her hand as she read it closely.

Blake scrutinized it closely, rubbing her chin. "I want to head to the manga shop first. I hear they're having a reprint of the Gurren Lagann high school AU manga! And translated into English!" The catgirl squeed.

"And you know I've been dying to find those for ages."

"Fine..." The brawler chuckled, shaking her head. "We'll head to the manga place first. You two?"
"I wanna check out the video game places and then the Puella Magi shop. Apparently they're just testing that out this year but they'll keep it if people love it." Ruby said, excitement clear in her voice and eyes.

Weiss shrugged casually. "Eh, I'm fine with whatever. Let's go."

"Okay, we'll meet at the Puella Magi shop!" Yang declared. "That's a done thing! As long as Blake keeps away from catnip..."

The catgirl glared at her, crossing her arms. "Y-you know that was an accident and no fault of mine!"

"You'd better be careful this time, too." The brawler continued teasing her. "Pyrrha's around now~ And you know that we can't have you giving Jaune little smoochies this time~"

"Grrr...s-shut up!" Blake yelled and chased Yang off into the crowds, leaving the reaper and the heiress.

Weiss sighed, rubbing her temples. "Good grief. I may not have Velvet stalking me around this time, but I have a feeling this time's not going to end well for me."

Ruby took a moment to look around, making sure there was no Velvet about to pop out and grab Weiss, before chuckling.

"Weiss, you're so paranoid! Come on, just enjoy yourself for once. It'll be fine!"

"I doubt it...but fine. I still don't feel like everything's right..." The heiress shook her head and took Ruby's hand, walking off to the stairs leading to the video game center.

Meanwhile...

Pyrrha felt nervous as she clutched Jaune's hand and followed him around to what looked to be a K-On stall, judging by the plushies, posters and packs of cookies stacked on the desk. She sighed.

'I...I will put my plan in today.' The spearmaiden thought carefully. 'Clearly, the Velvet approach hasn't been successful in achieving my aims...but I must prevail!

Today, we'll try a...new...tactic to get J-Jaune-kun to love me...'

"Hm?" Jaune looked at her, feeling her trembling hands. ...Pyrrha, you alright?"

"Absolutely." She nodded, swallowing. "I'm fine."

"Right...you seem unnaturally...shaky today." The knight tilted his head, looking at her concernedly.

"I-I'm fine. It's just the weather...it's winter and all..." Pyrrha rubbed the back of her head, shades of pink filling her cheeks.

Jaune nodded. "Okay then..." He sighed and let her go, heading towards the K-On stall. Pyrrha gazed at him forlornly, sighing and clenching her fist.

'Today...today will be my day! I WILL get Jaune-kun to go on a date with me!'

END of Part 1

A/N: Expect Part 2 later today. Oh dearie me this will be fun.

So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, reviews, suggestions, comments, thoughts and criticisms and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!