AN: What's this?! More SLVR Chibi?! [sighs in false sorrow] Well, might as well get it out there.
Sora: Don't you think we should be posting something a little more Star Wars-like? You know, since it's Star Wars Day?
AN: Well, I mean, I could, but none of the stuff I'm working on for my actual Star Wars stories are finished. Plus, if I knew that this was going to get posted on this day, I probably would've worked in a skit related to Star Wars. I can't always help when these things get posted; the chips just fall where they may.
Ruby: Hey, it can't be all bad. I mean, you get to let everyone know the big news now, right?
AN: [grins excitedly] Oh yeah.
Weiss: Big news? What big news?
AN: Ahem. Drum roll please!
[drum roll starts going]
Ladies and gentlemen! Readers, writers, reviewers, and more! I am proud to announce, that as of now...We. Are. ON. YOUTUBE!
[fireworks start going off, including some that take the shape of the studio logo]
That's right folks, you're old buddy lyoko Prime is now on his own YouTube channel, and as such, we're not just simply the Studio of lyokoMARVELanime anymore. As of now, we are rebranding as Studio Fandom! When you get the chance, by all means, hop on over and check out our first video now. It's a pretty sweet one if I do say so myself, and all thanks to yours truly and the awesome team that was assembled to help make it possible.
Sora: So what kind of things should we expect on this YouTube channel of yours?
AN: I'm glad you asked! For starters, our first video serves as a good example of one of our bigger projects: Reading Videos. We're now working to make some of the stories I've written and posted on here into hit videos, so if you know someone who you think would enjoy my stories but can't for whatever reason, now, you can direct them to our YouTube channel. Sure, we've only got the one at the moment, but given time, it's going to grow quite a bit.
Another thing I should mention is that I also plan to do little news bulletin videos as well. Nothing too big or boring like you would see by turning on the TV for your typical news and weather reports. No, this is stuff that you would actually go to sites like this one or YouTube for: The fun stuff! It's where I keep you guys in the loop as to what stories I'm currently working on (be it in terms of the written ones or the Reading Video Series {Mostly the former for now}), along with answering some recent reviews that I feel just can't be left to wait until the story's next chapter posting to be answered. I may throw in a few other small tidbits here and there, like about my opinion on recent rumors regarding movies, video game series, and all that, but the main focus of those Studio Fandom News Bulletins would be anything regarding the work I do here and then expand out to YouTube.
Jaune: Sounds like fun! How often can we expect those kind of videos?
AN: Hmm...I'm aiming for every two weeks or so right now in terms of the News Bulletins. As for Reading Videos...Yeah, those take a great deal of work to get done, and my team and I are already working on our second one, which directly follows after the first so that you guys can enjoy the full story on that bit as soon as possible, but any more after that, we're hoping to debut plenty more come this fall at the earliest. Don't worry, I'll be keeping you all up-to-date on that, but for anymore information on this...well, you now know where to go.
So, what're you waiting for? As soon as you're done reading this, by all means, check us out on YouTube. We're Studio Fandom; look it up, subscribe for the content, and if you enjoy our first video, hit the like button. Leave a comment too if you want. I'm very eager to see you all there.
Now, I suppose all that's left is to leave you guys to read the disclaimer and then the story, but before that, I'd just like to say one last time...
Everyone...Welcome...To Studio Fandom!
[audience roaring applause as the studio name/YouTube Channel name flashes over head in brilliant lights]
I do not own anything from any of the Kingdom Hearts, RWBY, or RWBY Chibi franchises, or any other franchise mentioned in this story.
Chapter 2: Game Time
Sora's Ball Team
Sora is happily coming down the hall with a baseball cap on his head (no, it's not able to cover his spikes, it's just sitting up on top of them), a baseball bat resting on his left shoulder, and a baseball in his other hand, humming the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as he goes. Everything is otherwise fine, with little getting in his way, until the tranquility is broken by the resident, hyperactive, overly strong crazy girl of Team JNPR. "Hey! Who're you calling a crazy girl," Nora shouts out of nowhere.
(Nora! Don't go breaking the fourth wall now! We've only just started! Save it for when you somehow get some coffee.)
"Sorry," Nora quickly apologizes for some reason, earning her a concerned look from Sora, who has now halted his trek to stare at her with worry.
"Uh…Are you okay, Nora? You haven't had any coffee recently, have you," Sora questioned, his concern mounting more and more with every word.
"Pfft! Nah! I was actually just coming to look for you," Nora waved off, completely brushing aside her moment of fourth-wall-breaking. "I heard you started up a baseball team for Beacon, and I wanted to know if I could join."
Sora had started off smiling when Nora mentioned the baseball team he had helped organize, but when she got around to her question of whether or not she could be part of it, his smile was wiped away and replaced with a mildly concerned, worried look. "Oh, uh…Well the thing is…" Sora stuttered, trying to find a way to break the news to her gently. He ultimately gave up though, knowing that Nora would not be able to figure it out without him just telling her straight up. "Sorry Nora, but I've already got a full team lined up."
"What?! Already? Awwww," Nora whined in despair. "But I thought you only started it a couple days ago."
"It was two weeks ago that I put up the flyers, and tryouts were last week. I just posted the team's listings the other day, and I'm on my way to the first practice now," Sora corrected her.
Nora's bad mood did not improve upon hearing that correction, but that might have been because she was focused on another topic. "Well how could you have filled all the spots already? Did you get students from the other academies to do it?"
"No, of course not. It wouldn't really be much of a Beacon Baseball Team if some of the players weren't from Beacon," Sora pointed out.
"Then who's on the team?"
"I don't think you really know them that well. You don't really have many classes with them," Sora shrugged.
Nora perked up a little and said, "Well why don't you tell me so I can know." Her face then turned a little sinister as she muttered, "And then destroy them to open up a spot for me."
"What was that?"
"Nothing! So…Tell me who's playing on the team! Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me!"
"Okay, okay! I'll tell you," Sora agreed, still a little concerned about the last part of Nora's previous statement that he had missed. "But fair warning, they've got some pretty funny names."
"Really? 'Cause I've heard some pretty ridiculous names like Sebastian Dimwitty," Nora waved off, thinking they could not be that strange.
"No, these are pretty ridiculous."
"Funnier than that?"
"Yeah," Sora nodded, and he then pulled out a booklet that he had wrote down the names of his players in so that he could be sure that he was remembering right. "Alright, on the bags, we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third."
"Yeah, that's what I find out," Nora suddenly interrupted.
"What," Sora asked, feeling confused.
"That's what I want to find out; the names of the guys on your team," Nora elaborated.
"And I told Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third," Sora repeated.
Nora was clearly not getting it, as her expression turned flat when she asked, "Sora, are you running this baseball team?"
"Yeah."
"And you really don't any of the names of the guys on your team?"
"I just told you some of their names."
"You didn't tell me anything."
"Yes, I did. I told you Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third," Sora repeated once again.
"You're not telling me anything, you're just asking me a bunch of questions," Nora insisted, still not getting it.
"I'm not asking you questions, I'm telling you their names," Sora told her.
"Well then who's on first," Nora asked.
"Yep."
"I mean the guy's name."
"Who."
"The guy playing first."
"Who."
"The first baseman."
"Nora, Who is on first," Sora told her flat out.
"What are you asking me for? I'm asking you who's on first," Nora shot back.
"No Nora, that's the guy's name."
"That's who's name?"
"Yep."
"…Well go ahead and tell me."
"That's it."
"That's who?"
"Yes!"
From the look on her face, Nora's perpetually happy state was close to breaking, and the frustrated growl just added to that proof, despite Sora's attempts at trying to keep her calm. Still, Nora was nothing if not stubborn. She would get the answers she was seeking, darn it! "Look, Sora, all I'm asking you is what's the guy's name on first base?"
"No, What is on second base," Sora quickly corrected.
"I'm not asking you who's on second."
"Who's on first!"
"That's what I'm asking you!"
"Whoa, hey! Take it easy, Nora," Sora attempted to soothe, not knowing how futile it was growing to be right now.
"Then tell what's the guy's name on first!"
"What is the guy's name on second."
"Who's on second?!"
"No, Who's on first."
"What're you asking me for?! I don't know!"
"Oh, he's on third. We're not talking about him right now," Sora waved off, but he only confused Nora further.
Lucky for him, it seemed that his comment did calm her down a little. "Wait, how did I get on third base?"
"You mentioned his name," Sora answered.
"I didn't mention his name. How could I mention his name when I don't even know his name," Nora asked.
"You just said it," Sora insisted.
"Then who did I say is playing third?"
"No, no, no; Who's playing first," Sora corrected once more.
"STAY OFF OF FIRST! I want to know what's the guy's name on third?!"
"What is the guy's name on second!"
"I'm not asking you who's on second!"
"Who's on first, Nora." Now Sora was on the verge of shouting, apparently thinking that it would help get the message across.
"I don't know!"
"He's on third!"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?! Back on third again?!"
As he looked on at Nora's no longer happy, but very frustrated, and slightly angry looking face, and took in the fact that she had not understood any of the answers he had given her thus far, Sora could only sigh, grab his Scroll from his pocket, and dialed a number before talking to the person on the other end. "Yeah, it's me. You guys might want to go ahead and start the practice. I think I'm going to be a little while."
Face-Off
The air was so tense in the room, dramatic music was playing in the background, all while these two fierce opponents glared one another down, neither willing to give the other an inch. Jaune, knight of Arc, and Lea, pyro of the Firebrand. Two mighty warriors, each with one overwhelming, all-encompassing desire: to win…no matter what it takes, and from the look of things, Jaune held the advantage for the moment.
"It's over, Lea. I have the high ground," Jaune proudly declared, confidence shining through his expression for once.
"Ha! We'll just see about that. This is the end for you, Vomit-Boy," Lea dramatically promised, his glare not faltering at all.
"We'll just see about that," Jaune determined.
It was at this point that the stand-off between the two reached a new level of anticipation, each of them readying themselves for one final strike. Much like a western showdown, the wind seemed to whistle in the air; Zwei could even be seen rolling past them in the background like a tumbleweed, until finally, the boys made their move.
"HrrrrAAAAGGGGGH," Lea roared.
"HI-YAAAAAAAA," Jaune screamed.
The two's attacks came down, and the results of their strikes echoed through the room shortly afterwards. "Game over. Blazing Flame wins!"
"YES! That's right! In your face," Lea cheered triumphantly while Jaune sagged in his seat on the floor with his jaw dropping open in disbelief as he stared at the screen their game was being played on. "Uh-huh! Ah yeah! Who's hot? I'm hot! You're not!"
"H-hey, wait a minute! How's that even possible?! I still had like half of my health left and you barely had anything! How did you do that," Jaune complained.
"Skills, bro. Mad skills," Lea grinned in reply with his arms crossed to better boast his gaming ability. He then dropped the look and said, "So, wanna go again? I mean, what's the win-loss ratio now? Four to nothing in my favor?"
"Actually, this would be your fifth win, but it's five to one," Jaune corrected.
"Wait, really? When did you win a match," Lea asked in confusion, honestly not knowing what Jaune was talking about.
"Don't you remember? Our third round? When I landed all those hits and you didn't even get one," Jaune reminded.
"Oh, right! You mean the one when I stepped out to get a quick snack," Lea recalled, indicating that he had not even been present for most of that round.
Realizing that his one win was pretty much a fluke, Jaune sunk further down to the floor, letting out a very pathetic whine of misery, and drawing the attention of a certain Faunus girl who was trying to read her book nearby. "Seriously? And people wonder why video games are considered a bad thing."
"Hey, it's better than them playing another board game," Weiss shrugged, her mind already going back to the time when they and their other two teammates were playing one such game in the library, to which Blake just nodded in agreement. They probably would have acted a lot more dramatic in that case.
Arcade Trouble
Roxas was just minding his own business, going about the city when he heard the tell-tale sounds of classic arcade game music playing nearby. Looking to the source, he could not help but smile and say, "Huh. Guess they must've finished fixing the place up after what happened that time Yang, Nora, and Ren were there. Maybe now I can check it out."
His hopes were quickly dashed though when the door to the arcade suddenly sprang open, and Xion, Yang, and Ren were all thrown out of it until they landed in a dog-pile with Xion on the bottom. Right after the last of them had landed, Old Man Shopkeep popped out from behind the door, growled angrily at the three, and then slammed the door shot, causing the open sign to flip around so that it said "Closed for repairs. AGAIN!"
"Or maybe not," Roxas muttered a little irritably, hardly believing that his friends had demolished the place again. Despite this, he still hurried over to help his friends up and out from the middle of the street.
Before he could perform his duties as a good boyfriend though, Xion had already jumped back to her feet so that she could send her own glare back at the arcade, and called out, "Excuse me!" Right after that, the door slammed open again, and a giant, Moogle plush toy was sent flying out to land on Xion's head before the door was slammed shut again. Apparently, that was just what Xion was hoping for, as she quickly beamed brightly as she happily said, "Thank you!"
Roxas could not help but watch his girlfriend skip away with her massive prize, already flashing back to when Nora came back from her trip to this arcade with an equally-sized bear, but shook it off soon after so that he could address Yang. "Really? You guys couldn't wait for the rest of us to try this place out before demolishing it again?"
"Hey, we can't help it. We're just too good at those games," Yang shrugged without any shame whatsoever.
"And what games would those be," Roxas pointedly inquired with his arms crossed.
"Well, I'm too good at the Shooting Range, Xion dominated Whack-A-Grimm, and Ren pretty owned the dance game."
The first two things made sense to Roxas, but that last one ended up throwing him for a loop. "Wait…how do you help destroy an arcade by being really good at a dance game?"
"Because I love the sacred art known as dance with all my heart," Ren passionately professed. Or at least, as passionately as one would expect of Ren.
Yang nodded to that with a certain smile, while Roxas could only stare before he ultimately came to one conclusion. "I have some weird friends."
Sora's Ball Team Conclusion
Pyrrha was just enjoying a peaceful day in her dorm room, taking her doubtlessly brief Nora-free time to do some light reading, when the door suddenly burst open. The redhead fully expected Nora to be coming through now, but when she looked up she was surprised to see she was only half right. Sora was actually bringing in a very much unconscious Nora, and Pyrrha could already feel her more motherly instincts taking over.
"Oh my gosh! Nora! What happened," Pyrrha gasped as she jumped up to help Sora get her teammate into one of the beds.
"I'm not sure! I was just telling her about my baseball team, but she didn't seem to really understand what I was trying to say, and then all of a sudden, she hit herself with her own hammer," Sora explained.
"Seriously?!"
"Yep."
What Really Happened Just a Couple Minutes Ago…
"Will you just tell me who's pitching," Nora ranted.
"Now listen! As you know, Who is not pitching. Who is…"
"I WILL BREAK YOUR LEGS IF YOU SAY WHO'S ON FIRST," Nora interrupted before Sora could finish. Frankly, she was getting a little sick of hearing that. "I want to know what's the pitcher's name!"
"What's on second," Sora replied like clockwork.
"I don't know! Third base," Nora stated, quickly getting the second statement out before Sora could open his mouth. "You know what? Forget it! Forget it! I'm done asking! As of now, I don't care!"
"Uh…what," Sora asked, just missing the last part because of how freaked out he was over the sight of Nora this worked up.
"I said I don't care," Nora repeated.
"Oh! That's our shortstop," Sora gasped in realization.
That was the straw that broke the camel's back for Nora, because the next thing anyone knew, she was whipping out her hammer and launching at Sora with a roar. In a panic, Sora could only react on reflex and raised a hand up while calling out his strongest reflect spell. The end result was Nora striking the reflective barrier and having the force of her attack get sent back at her so hard that she was sent flying all over the hallway like a ball in a pinball machine, with the accompanying sounds and everything, until she ultimately dropped on the floor.
While Nora lay on the floor groaning in pain and seemingly out cold, Sora nervously glanced all around before he asked, "Nobody saw that, right?"
Back in the Present…
"Yep, done in by her own power," Sora confirmed once more for Pyrrha with a slightly skittish look in his eyes.
Good thing for him Pyrrha was so trusting, because if it were anyone else, he was sure that there would have been much more questioning in response. "Oh, not again. Honestly Nora, you really need to be more careful."
"Yeah, no kidding. I mean…" Sora stopped short when he realized just what Pyrrha had said. "Wait, again?!"
Pyrrha's only reply was to sigh and say, "Let's just say that there are many reasons you should be thankful that you don't live with Nora."
After bearing witness to what happened when Nora tried getting the others to join her in her workout routine, Sora could honestly say that he believed it. If anything, this just hammered something else home for him: Team JNPR was just crazy in more ways than one.
AN: Okay, not a lot of Team RWBY this time around, unfortunately, but there was at least a little bit of them. And we got a very nice dose of Team JNPR.
Lea: I'm just glad we avoided that close call with Nora earlier.
AN: Define "close call."
Lea: The fourth wall break.
AN: Oh yeah. That. Hey, like I said, still too early for her to be getting into her coffee-antics, but apparently not too soon for her to start going nuts on us.
Blake: You know, you said that you didn't have any Star Wars related stuff, but that second skit definitely had a couple Star Wars elements in it, or at least a quote or two.
AN: Hmm...Yeah, I guess you have a point, but then again, I would probably have only felt like I really did a real Star Wars Day thing if every skit was clearly a Star Wars-styled thing.
Now then, I hope you guys don't mind if I answer a review or two, but let's be honest, it's mainly a general answer or two. Starting with me saying, thanks to everyone who's favorited and followed the story so far, and posted such glowing reviews for the first chapter. Guess I did better than I expected on my first try. Here's hoping this second attempt shows that it wasn't a fluke.
Also, nice to see all the comments that everyone made on Chibi Neo's amped-upped obsession with Roxas and Xion.
Now, specifically directed answers...
First off, "Ham1999", yeah, a little bit.
"Monkey D. Conan", thanks for the advice, but I can only promise to do my best on following through with it. Also, I like the ideas you suggested for future skits. Definitely going to have to try and remember those.
"Dragon Rider 66", Yes, he most definitely would follow through with it, even if it was Yang. Lea is very protective of his kids.
Lea: Can we please not phrase it like that?
AN: Too late. Already. Moving on with the answer. Who's to say we won't see Kairi and Oscar appear in this? I mean, they already had a special appearance in the main story, after all.
"Spiderfan626", there is a reasonably good chance that some characters that haven't appeared in Remnant of the Key will show up here. Assuming we reach those skits before the main story gets to their first appearances. Oh, and don't worry about Chibi Ozpin. I'm sure he's fine.
[cuts to a view of Chibi Ozpin in the hospital wrapped in a body cast]
Nurse: So, tell me again how this happened?
Ozpin: [muffled by the cast] I'm not sure. All I know is that a giant rose fell on me completely by accident.
[cuts back to interview room]
AN: Uh...Next review. SeereSakura, glad you enjoyed the first chapter so much. Hope you enjoy this one too. Also, regarding where Ruby got that Sora picture from...Uh, I'm not entirely sure. Ruby, where did you get it from?
Ruby: [smirks knowingly] I'll never tell.
AN: [playfully rolls his eyes] Anyways...
What wacky adventures will come next? Who can say for sure? After all, it's all just a bunch of fun and games when you go chibi, and there's no way to know for sure just what will entail along the way.
Once again, please check out our YouTube channel (That being the channel Studio Fandom), hope you all continue to enjoy the fun that comes from Studio Fandom, and as always...
Please read and review, and I'll see you next time for some more Chibi fun!