In an unused dorm room, Sapphire sat with her son while Summer sat with her daughter. "I've missed so much of your life...All to fight a pointless battle. Can you ever forgive me, Little Pup?" She asked.

"Nothing to forgive, Mom." Lapis assured her.

"And you, Little Rosebud? Can you forgive me?" Summer asked.

"What Lapis said, Mom. I'm just glad to have you back." Ruby said.

Sapphire and Summer looked at each other with a smirk. "These two will get along just fine." Summer said.

Sapphire nodded. "Knowing how we turned out, these two will become best friends." She said.

Ruby and Lapis smiled at each other.

A knock came to the door and all four turned to it.

"Come in." Summer said. The door opened to reveal Raven on the other side. "Yes, dear?"

"I believe Sapphire's boy had a question for me?" Raven said.

Lapis nodded as he stood. "People across the world have said my sword skills are as good as yours." He said then picked up Blood Blade. "Care to see if they're right?"

She smirked. "The courtyard in an hour?"

"I'll be there." He smirked back.

"A word in private, darling?" Summer asked then the two stepped into the hallway while Ruby and Lapis began to talk about weapons.

Sapphire turned her hearing to the conversation with Summer and her wife to be. "...don't use the Spring Maiden power in this match with Lapis."

"You know?" Raven asked in shock.

"Blasting Tyrian the way you did exposed it to me. You'll be lucky if they don't pick up on it."

Sapphire was shocked to hear this news. "Raven...is Spring now...?" She thought to herself. She saw Lapis was too wrapped up in talking to Ruby to listen to Summer and Raven.

"Don't worry about the Maiden power. I want to keep the fight fair for him. Plus, I'm also curious to see if he is in my league with a sword." Raven said.

"That's good." Summer said then the sound of a kiss could be heard. "I'm gonna go find Tai and see about getting a wedding ring for you."

"Please be careful, sweetie."

"I will."

With that, the two women walked away from the room.

"...Where is she?!" Ruby asked when she saw her mom didn't walk back into the room, her sudden panic catching Sapphire a bit off guard.

"She's okay, kiddo. She's going with your dad to Vale to get Raven a little gift." The mutated Faunus said. "And Raven's going to prepare for her duel with my son."

Ruby relaxed and nodded.

"I should probably go practice too." Lapis said then left the room.

Sapphire turned to Ruby. "Summer and I heard how you ended up here at Beacon. It was brave of you to stand up to Roman. You may be a first year at this school now, but I think you have the skill of a licensed Huntress, Ruby."

Ruby smiled then it dropped. "Was she mad?"

"Until she understood that you would be safest here, yes. Now she's just nervous about you, but she won't be forever. I know her well enough to assure you that."


A few minutes later, Summer and Taiyang were in Vale, Summer wearing gloves to hide and a face mask to hide her more noticeable Grimm features, walking to a jewelry store.

"Welcome. You guys need any help?" An employee asked.

"We're looking for a wedding ring for someone dear to us." Taiyang said.

"She'd be here herself, but she didn't feel as though she wouldn't be welcomed." Summer said.

"Okay. Anything in particular for her?" The employee asked.

"...Do you have a ring with a ruby?" Taiyang asked. He remembered Raven liked rubies.

"Yes, we do." She replied then led them to where the rings were and picked out a ring with a gold band and rubies in the band as well as a slightly bigger one. "Would this be to her liking?"

"Perfectly." Summer/Taiyang said in unison.

They bought the ring then left the store, heading back to Beacon.


They made it back and saw Raven was practicing with Omen in the courtyard with Lapis elsewhere in the same locale

"Rae?" Taiyang said, getting the Spring Maiden to look at them.

"Hmm?" Raven replied.

"We don't mean to distract you from your duel with Lapis, but..." Summer said then showed her the ring they bought her.

The swordswoman's eyes lit up she she slipped it onto her ring finger. "It's beautiful..."

"We'll work out the rest of the process later." Taiyang said and Raven nodded.


Sapphire, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Ember, Magenta, Onyx, Jaune, Pyrrha, and Ren were Yang, Nora, and Team SHCK in the infirmary when the door opened to reveal Ozpin and a woman walking in as Yang and Nora woke up.

"I am glad to see you all are alright." He said.

"How did my mom and Lapis' end up like this, Professor?" Ruby asked.

Ozpin looked at Onyx. "A similar way my daughter did."

"A madman experimented on your mother and I for twelve years and mutated us." Sapphire told Ruby.

Ember saw the woman signing to Magenta. "So, he has an interpreter for deaf students." She thought to herself.

"Dad told me you and Summer found me and brought me to him after the destruction of Mountain Glenn." Onyx said to Sapphire.

The veteran turned to her. "Yes, we did. But I had no idea that you were experimented on by that lunatic." She said.

Onyx didn't bother to mask the rage in her eyes or her face. "If I ever see him, I'll make him wish he never did this to me." She snarled, her eyes turning into a Grimm's.

"Onyx..." Ozpin said and Onyx calmed down.

"Sorry. Being a hybrid often either drives me mad or makes me want to kill something. Sometimes both."

Sapphire nodded in understanding.

"Anyway, since that happened, what will our teams be?"

Ozpin turned to Nora and the three with her. "Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren. You four retrieved the White Rook pieces. From now on, you will be...Team JNPR (Juniper). Led by Jaune Arc."

"...Led by?" Jaune asked.

Ozpin turned to Ember, Magenta, and Onyx. "Ember Gold, Magenta Magnolia, Onyx Black. Along with Lapis, you retrieved the Black King pieces. From now on, you three and Lapis will be...Team LEMO (Lemon). Led by Lapis Lazuli."

The three nodded.

Finally, Ozpin turned to the last four first years. "Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long. You four retrieved the White Knight pieces. From now on, you will be...Team RWBY (Ruby). Led by Ruby Rose."

Weiss wasn't happy to hear this news and Onyx could feel her negativity.

"Miss Xiao Long and Miss Valkyrie will be able to leave the infirmary in the morning. For now, all of you rest up. Or prepare to watch Lapis and Raven's duel." Ozpin said then left the room.


That's chapter fifteen

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