An hour later Teams RWBY, JNPR, LEMO, STRQ, and SHCK were outside with Ozpin and Glynda as Lapis and Raven smirked at each other. Even Team CFVY was there to watch the spectacle.

"Hope your ready for this, kid." Raven said.

Lapis popped the joints in his neck. "I'll try not to cut you too deeply, Raven." He said.

The two held their swords ready before charging forward and clashing blades several times before they connected a bit longer. Lapis kicked her leg out from under her and she fell to one knee before pushing him back with Omen. She stood back up then the two charged forward again. This time, he flipped over her and went to strike her side but she grabbed his wrist then tossed him to her left. He switched his sword to rifle mode and fired at her, resulting in her blocking his bullets while he charged towards her.

Velvet watched Lapis in awe. "Wow. He's incredible..." She thought aloud in a whisper then blushed brightly when she felt Coco smirking at her.

"Even I have to admit I'm surprised. I'd heard about his reputation but I didn't expect him to be this good." Yatsuhashi said.

"My dad taught him well." Sapphire said, proud of her son.

Lapis broke the current red blade on Omen, causing Raven to place the hilt back in place and pull the sword out with a blue blade. He loaded a cyan Crystal into the hilt of his sword and the blade turned cyan before he shot a wave of hardlight from the blade towards Raven. She blocked it then smirked.

"You certainly have your mother's creativity." The Spring Maiden said to the young Faunus.

He smirked. "That's not all I got from her." He said then charged forward but she saw his eyes change colors briefly. She soon went to slash at him, but she got an illusion and he kicked her from behind.

She turned to him with a look of shock before smirking. "You used your Semblance to screw with me. Ruthless." She said.

"My mom and grandfather weren't my only teachers." He said before sweeping her legs out from under her and holding his sword to her throat to stop her. "And that's your head."

She smirked then he helped her to her feet. "I'm impressed. You actually beat me and I wasn't holding back. Only few have ever been able to do that. You definitely are in my league with a sword."

Lapis shook her hand. "You're no slouch yourself, Raven. You gave me a run for my money and almost had me there several times." He said.

The two smirked at each other then Tai and Summer headed to Vale with Raven, causing Yang and Ruby to become confused.

Sapphire looked at the two girls and sighed. "Raven still loves your dad...but she loves Summer too, so Tai and Sum are headed to Vale with her to take care of an...arrangement." She said.

Both girls slowly nodded, not fully understanding what she meant by that.


In Ozpin's office, James appeared on a holoscreen.

"By a miracle, we've done it, Oz. We've brought them home." He said.

"Yes. Thank you for helping, James. Now, hopefully we can find a way to cure them." Ozpin said.

"I'm already speaking with one of my best doctors about that. Here's his information."

Ozpin read the information. "Dr. Pietro Polendina. Renowned medical experts and robotics engineer. Let's hope he's up to the task. An excellent suggestion, James."

James nodded. "He and the team his daughter is a part of will arrive with me around the time of the Vytal Festival. I've sent you the team's file as well."

Ozpin pulled it up. "Team CPAA (Sepia). Ciel Soleil, Penny Polendina, Rachel Amaranth, Amethyst Watts. Only one loss in training but most successful team in their year." He read aloud then looked at a video of the four girls sparring against Team FNKI, another strong team from Atlas Academy. In the video, Ozpin noticed Penny and Amethyst fighting with identical methods: controlling multiple swords at once. The fight ended with Team CPAA as the winners. "Powerful and excellent coordination between the girls."

"Indeed. Pietro is concerned about his daughter competing, but still supports her."

Ozpin nodded. "Then until the time of the Festival, James."

Ironwood nodded then the two ended the call.


Later, Team LEMO was getting to know each other in their form room and coming up with Team attacks.

"How about...Catfish? For Ember and Onyx?" Lapis asked, signing to Magenta. "Ember fires a flurry of arrows to stun opponents then Onyx charges in with a flurry of strikes from her swords."

Ember, Onyx, and Magenta seemed to like the name and what the former two would do.

"Sounds cool!" Ember said.

"Yeah!" Onyx agreed.

"Okay, so what about us?" Magenta asked as she signed.

He looked at her. "Flying Wolf. You carry me while flying while I fire Dust bullets from my rifle to disorient opponents." He said/signed.

"Ooh! I like that!"

He smiled and nodded.

"Any others, chief?" Ember asked.

"Wildlife. I fire at opponents' feet to distract them then Ember strikes with her spear."

They all nod with smiles.

"And for another one, how about...Winged Shark?" Onyx suggested as Lapis translated for Magenta. "Magenta carries me in the air before dropping me near opponents then I take them down with my sabers."

"I'm down!" Magenta smiled. "I have an idea for one that involves all four of us in a two pronged attack. Hunting Party. Ember and I fire bolts and arrows from the air while you and Onyx attack from the ground with your swords, Lapis."

Her teammates all smiled and agreed. "Let's practice with them every chance we get." Lapis said.

The three nodded then went to bed since it was dark.


That's chapter sixteen

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