AN: They say there's always time for a laugh or two, so by that logic, I guess that means that there's always time for a little bit of Chibi fun. And that my friends, is basically just a way of saying that we're back with more of the comedy skits and gags that can only be...SLVR Chibi!

[audience applause]

Yeah, that's right, and this time around is quite the interesting one. But first, let me start off by recognizing the requesters of two of today's skits: "Spiderfan626" and "Monkey D. Conan"!

Ruby: Two requests in one thing? I'm not sure if that's impressive or if I should be worried about you.

AN: What do you mean?

Sora: Well, you have been absent from this story and Remnant of the Key for a little while now, and I know that's because you've been working very hard on other stories, but at the same time, doing two requested skits in one chapter kind of, sort of...

Weiss: It makes it seem like you're running out of your own ideas for these things.

Sora: Yeah that.

AN: WHHAAA- WhaT'chu talkin' 'bout? I've got plenty of good ideas, it's just that these ones were particularly good and I thought them to be pretty funny when offered, so I just had to run with them. That said, thanks for the ideas, you two. Here, is your reward: the skits brought to life (to the best of my ability at least). Enjoy everyone!

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 4: Sora-Related Issues

Lessons in Flirting

Ruby happily skipped into the kitchen, eager to get something from the cookie jar, but sadly when she reached in, her smile vanished faster than a Keyblade after being dismissed by its wielder. Still, she ran her hand through the jar several times over, her face now scrunched up in focused concentration, until finally she retracted her hand and let out a sad sigh of defeat. "Awww! No more cookies," Ruby whined sadly.

"Hey Ruby," someone suddenly greeted, and Ruby quickly became bright red once she recognized the person.

"Oh! Uh, h-hey Sora," Ruby bashfully stuttered. "What's…uh…How are you doing?"

"Pretty good, all things considered," Sora casually shrugged. He then noticed the empty cookie jar behind Ruby, and asked, "I'm guessing you missed out on the last cookie, huh?"

"Yeah," Ruby sadly sighed. She perked up a second later when she noticed Sora actually had one such cookie in his hand, namely when he suddenly split it in two and offered one of the halves to her.

"Here, we can split mine," he easily offered.

Normally, Ruby would not hesitate to take an offered cookie from someone, be it half of one or otherwise, but for some reason, she felt that it had a little more meaning to it being a cookie that Sora was offering, and her blush only grew stronger. "O-oh…Are…Are you s-sure? I-I mean, it is yours, and well…Y-y-you don't ha-have to d-do that…"

"I know, but I want to," Sora nodded.

Ruby still continued to hesitate before she slowly accepted the cookie half with a small smile, and said, "O-okay. Th-thank you."

"No problem," Sora waved as he then went on his way to some unknown destination, leaving Ruby to watch him depart with a love-struck gaze and a dreamy sigh.

She kept looking after Sora with that same gaze even as Yang walked in with arms crossed and a disappointed frown, like she had just seen an extremely hyped up movie that turned out to be a waste of time and money. "What in the world was that," Yang asked.

Ruby instantly straightened up at the sound of her sister's voice, while mentally wondering why people just started talking to her after coming from out of nowhere today. "Uh…what was what," Ruby asked, not sure what her sister was referring to.

"That horrible attempt at trying to talk to your crush! What was with that," Yang elaborated. "I mean, did you even try to flirt with him a little?"

"Hey, I'm not like you, Yang! I can't just bat my eyes or flaunt my looks and get every guy in a room to fall at my feet," Ruby snapped in a moment that was uncharacteristic of her, waving the cookie half that Sora gave her like a wand or a small knife to better emphasize her point. She then dropped her head in misery as she added, "Besides, Sora's not just any guy. He's kind, and sweet, and helpful, and has the most amazing smile, and…and…" Ruby finally just sighed when she failed to find another way of describing her crush. "I'm just not good enough for him. There's no way he'd ever notice me as anything more than just another friend."

Never let it be said that Yang is a bad sister, especially when it counts the most, and from what she saw of Ruby right now, this was most definitely one of those moments when it counts most. "No worries, Baby Sis," Yang confidently assured Ruby while throwing an arm around her shoulder. "I've got you covered."

Ruby could not explain why, but she suddenly felt very worried. "Uh…what do you mean? What are you doing?"

"Simple. I'm gonna teach you how to flirt," Yang promised with a prideful grin.

That did not help Ruby's concerns. "This isn't going to be like when you tried to be Jaune's life-coach, is it?"

"Pfft! No, of course not! He wasn't ready to be a Yang-man," Yang scoffed. "Besides, you're my little sister. If anyone should benefit from my experience and knowledge, it should be you; especially if it'll finally put an end to the nightmare of seeing you turn into a blushing, stuttering mess nearly every time Sora's around."

Now Ruby was feeling both worried and a little insulted. All the same, if Yang could help her so much as hang out with Sora without turning into a stuttering, blushing mess, what did she really have to lose?

Later on…

Yang's first lesson was how to give a come-hither look. You know; that one look that girls would give a guy that they are interested in that is flirty and says that they would not mind if said guy were to kiss them, at the very least? Yeah, Yang tried to teach Ruby that, along with how to enhance said look with a hair flip. It did not go well.

Ruby's first attempt just looked like she was trying to make a silly face that you would use to make someone laugh. Her second attempt looked more like she was cringing and trying to hold in cries of pain and agony. The third attempt just scared Yang so much that she wished she could forget the sight of it. She also made absolutely sure that Ruby did not look in the mirror when that third try came around. Just because she had been horribly scarred, did not mean she wanted her sister to be too. All of this was just with attempting the look itself.

When it came to the hair flip, Yang could acknowledge that she probably should have realized sooner it was not going to work for Ruby like it did for her, if at all, namely because of Ruby's much shorter hair. Still, that did not mean it should have been this impossible. Ruby made her basically fly all over the place, never in the way that they were aiming for. At one point, it even ended up getting caught in her mouth. Don't ask Yang how it happened; she was still trying to figure it out for herself.

Ruby's last attempt ended with stumbling into a nearby wall, making her whine sadly while giving Yang the sad, hurt puppy eyes she would occasionally get whenever an apple fell out of a tree. Too bad for Yang she could not punish the wall for hurting her baby sister like she did the tree. Ozpin had already threatened her with detention if she ever tried it.

"Okay, so flirty-looks might not have been the best start," Yang acknowledged as she pulled out a list and crossed one of the items off it.

Come-hither look: Fail

The next lesson in Yang's school of flirting was how to attract guys just by walking past. The old, hips swaying, confident stride that said a woman knew what she had. Yang had turned many a head with her own flirtatious walk, and even though Ruby did not have the same…assets as Yang, the blonde was still confident that Ruby could pull it off. Such confidence was misplaced.

Ruby ended up looking like a very stiff robot at first, just basically trying to copy everything she saw her sister do. That was natural; Yang had expected this to be how they started off. She did not expect for Ruby to try again at least ten times before it actually started to look something close to natural, and even then, she had maintained better balance walking normally in the heels she wore to the dance. Ruby tripped over her own feet so many times that Yang had perfectly timed when she would need to throw out a pillow for her sister to land on. Just when it seemed like she had started to get it, Ruby got a very uncomfortable cramp in her leg, and ended up not only falling over, but even spinning into a tree like an out-of-control top.

All of this, and Yang could only wince in sympathy as she took out her list from earlier.

Flirty walk: FAIL

This lesson seemed like it would be a real winner in Yang's mind: pick-up lines. Never in history (or at least as far as Yang had known in all the time since she stopped thinking boys were icky and had cooties) had a good pick-up line ever failed to snag someone a date. Sure, this may have required Ruby to actually interact with Sora, but Yang figured that they could just power through that little obstacle. Boy was she in for a surprise, but not just because of how lacking in confidence her sister would be when she actually started talking to Sora.

"No, no! It's not gonna work," Ruby whispered in a near-panic as Yang struggled to push her towards Sora, who had just stepped out of the boys' locker room. "I really don't think this is a good idea…"

"Oh, come on, it's perfect! Trust me," Yang assured her.

"Isn't it supposed to be the guy who delivers the pick-up line, though," Ruby asked, trying to use some form of reason to get out of this now.

"No one ever once said that girls couldn't use pick-up lines though, especially not in this day and age. Get with the times, Sis, now come on," Yang insisted as she finally reared back to just shove Ruby over to Sora with all her might.

"But, Yang, that line in particular doesn't seem like the best thing to use right…" Ruby started to protest, only to cut off when Yang finally shoved her over to Sora. More accurately, she was nearly shoved right into Sora, but luckily she caught herself before they both crashed to the floor. "Uh…H-hey! Hi, Sora."

"Oh. Hey, Ruby," Sora casually waved in reply. Ruby was silent aside from a bunch of muttering and stuttered nonsense, leaving Sora very confused. "What's the matter? Blake got your tongue?"

"I heard that," the cat Faunus in question could be heard shouting from somewhere in the distance, clearly not amused.

Hearing Sora's joke, despite knowing that he would probably pay for it later, did get Ruby to calm down a little, even if she did still have to keep her laughter down at the Yang-level pun. There was a good chance Blake would exact vengeance on her as well if she did laugh, but at least she could now talk normally again. "I wanted to ask you something important," Ruby informed him.

"Okay. What is it?"

Ruby could hardly believe she was about to say this, but she still powered through and asked in the smoothest tone she could manage right now. "Did it hurt?"

Normally, the follow-up would be for Sora to ask what had hurt, and Ruby would reply "When you fell from heaven." Granted, it was a line that typically came from a guy to a girl, but like Yang said, one needed to get with the times. Too bad for Ruby, she fell victim to the drawback that she had been trying to tell Yang about.

"I mean, a little bit, but you can't really expect be in a sparring match during combat class and not sustain any injury at all. Unless you're really good in a fight," Sora reasoned, missing the lead-in completely, but it was not like his reasoning was unfounded. He had in fact just come out of combat class, during which he had taken part in a few matches. "I'm pretty much all healed up now, but thanks for checking up on me. It's always nice to have such caring friends."

"Uh…yeah…Of course," Ruby could only nod in response, mentally scolding herself for actually following Yang's suggestion and not using a different line that could not be related to combat class at all. Yang had now realized the blunder as well, or at least, Ruby assumed so from the sound of a hand slapping against a forehead that came from Yang's direction.

Not that she was too bothered by it. Yang was certain that Ruby would be able to deliver a good pick-up line without any trouble. Again, she was in for a surprise.

"Hey, are…are you using f-fire Dust," Ruby had asked, preparing to lead into saying that Sora really warmed her heart. Too bad her nerves kept her from getting the whole thing out, and lead Sora to the wrong conclusion.

"No, I don't use Dust at all. You know that, remember," Sora replied with a confused look on his face.

And then there was this time when they were in the forest, and Ruby said, "Hey Sora, I'm a little lost."

Sora was expected to ask, "Where are you going?" and then Ruby confidently would reply, "Your heart." Granted, Yang thought a line like that would work better if her sister had mastered the come-hither look, but as long as Ruby smiled, it should not have been a problem. Too bad for her, this time also came with a flaw.

"But, you're the one holding the map, and didn't you say earlier that you live near here," Sora pointed out. Ruby had in fact made that claim to him, and she was in fact the one with the map, and she could not even excuse herself by saying she had just realized she had been holding it upside down, because one could clearly see she had it the right way.

The final attempt just hurt everyone, and that is not an exaggeration, because all of their friends were there to see it happen. From the moment Yang had insistently nodded a go-ahead to her sister, to the moment when Ruby nervously shook hers in reply, to the second that Yang grinned with a thumbs-up, and right to the end when Ruby asked Sora the question. "So…you come here often?"

Sora's only response was to give her a confused look, take in their surroundings, and reply, "Considering this is the school cafeteria, it'd be a little weird if I didn't, wouldn't it?"

Ruby's awkward laugh probably could have inflicted physical pain, assuming none of the head-banging, moaning, and groaning that the others did not do it. Yang on the other hand, just shook her head as she pulled out her list yet again.

Pick-up lines: Fail. Fail! FAIL!

After several more attempts at lessons, and subsequently equal results, Yang decided to just call it quits. "Yeah…I don't think you're ready to be a Yang woman," the brawler said as she tossed her list away, on which one could see the word fail being written several times over, until it pretty covered the entire page.

Ruby just growled angrily at her sister, and said, "What did you expect?! I'm not like you, Yang! I don't just go and flirt with any boy I see!"

"Okay, that's a little harsh. I don't flirt with 'just any boy I see' thank you very much," Yang huffed indignantly. "And for the record, if my crush ever tried to do something very meaningful for me, I wouldn't turn into a stuttering, bumbling mess."

Just as she said that, Lea approached the girls, or more specifically the older of the sisters, and nervously held out a yellow sunflower as he stuttered, "Uh…H-hey Yang? Would you…Maybe…want to…g-go out for diner, some time? With me? Like a date?"

Yang froze stiff upon hearing that, and nervously brushed a hand through her hair as she became a the stuttering, bumbling mess she had just claimed she would not turn into, barely able to do more than just laugh giddily at the offered date. Ruby, on the other hand, just shook her head in dismay as she came to one realization. "I think I'm going to need to either get a different teacher or just change tactics on this flirting thing."

Cinder's Hero Woes

In the secret villain lair of nefariousness and evil, the door just got kicked open as Cinder and her crew entered in a march of shame, the fiery false maiden seething angrily and stomping to the point where it was a miracle her heels were not breaking by now. "Unbelievable," Cinder grumbled as flames built up in her hands due to her rising temper. "Another nefarious plan down the drain. Another plan foiled. And why? Because of that annoying, smiley, spiky-haired, Keyblade brat!"

Those last words ended up being paired with quite the impressive explosion that scared the others a little, but Neo still pulled out a sign to ask what she felt to be an important question. "Which one?"

"What? What do you mean…Sora, of course! Who else," Cinder demanded.

"I mean, to be fair there are at least three other people besides Sora who fit that description, all of them being his teammates," Roman pointed out.

"Oh…right," Cinder moaned in despair upon hearing that reminder. "But still! Sora's the one who's caused us the most trouble, both with and without the help of his friends, and despite all of our best efforts to get rid of him, he still somehow manages to win! How does he always win?!"

Neo had an answer for that, printed out on another sign of course. "Probably because we live in a fictional world of fantasy, magic, and adventure, and the hero always wins in the stories."

Everyone just gave Neo a weird look for that explanation, stared at one another for a minute, and then burst out laughing like no tomorrow. "Oh Neo, that's rich!" Roman cackled. "And who says that your sense of humor is just sadistic and creepy?"

Neo put away her sign and then gave her boss (read her dumb-dumb) a flat look for his comment. Emerald on the other hand just quietly noted, "I thought that girl with the hammer was the only one who said weird things like that."

"Enough!" Cinder finally snapped, her laughter having passed quickest. "Regardless of that, it doesn't change anything! Ever since Sora and his fellow do-gooders showed up in this pitiful kingdom, my nefarious plans have been getting ruined left and right. We've thrown everything we've got at him, and it doesn't even…" Cinder's rant ended up being cut short at the sound of rubber squeaking. "What was that?"

The others just shrugged in reply until the squeaking started again, and they all looked over to Mercury, who was just going over to a chair to sit down for a bit. At least until he realized everyone's eyes were on him, or more specifically, his feet. "What?"

Most of his fellow villains did not say anything, but instead quickly put some distance between them as Cinder's angry look intensified at the sight of Mercury's newest choice of footwear: a pair of yellow and black sneakers that had Sora's face on them. "Mercury," Cinder growled. "What? Are? Those?"

Realizing he had been caught, Mercury instantly became worried, but still gave tried to shoot his boss a disarming smile as he replied. "W-What? These? Um, I don't know. I just…um, well…I saw them in a store window, and…I-I thought they actually looked kinda cool? Hehe…Heh."

Cinder did not find that funny, or as an incentive to do anything but grow angrier. "We have a limited amount of time to get rid of that smiling bozo and his tag-alongs, or our ultimate nefarious plan that we've been setting up for months, if not years goes up in smoke…" Whether she realized it or not, the more Cinder spoke, the more her Maiden powers built up towards an inferno, making Mercury start shivering in his stylized shoes. "And you. Are wearing! HIS! MERCHANDISE!"

Mercury let out a very girlish squeak and shut his eyes in anticipation of Cinder's wrath when they suddenly heard a loud slurping noise. They both then turned to where the other three had gathered together, likely to enjoy the show of Cinder setting Mercury ablaze once more, only to see them all wearing a variety Sora-themed attire, while enjoying Keyblade-themed treats and drinks. The slurping itself actually came from Torchwick, who had actually forgone his usual hat in favor of one that had a row of Sora's crown necklace pendant going around the brim, and then turned to Neo and Emerald after finishing his drink. "You two were right! Sora's blueberry punch is better than Cinder's dark grape drink," Roman exclaimed happily.

"Told ya!" Emerald cheered as she proudly showed off her shirt an image of criss-crossing Kingdom Keys on the front and back. "They've also got the best treats too! Like Ventus's frosted cookies!"

Neo had a very large surplus of Roxas and Xion-themed items on her person (I'll give you three guesses as to why), and quickly held out a sign as Torchwick took another slurp of his drink. "I always enjoy the Sea-Salt Trio Ice Cream myself!"

When the temperature in the room suddenly seemed to rise a little, they finally turned to see that Cinder had turned her glare on them, and was now blazing with nearly enough fire to light up the room. None of them could do more than nervously laugh, save for Torchwick when he nervously held out his drink to Cinder in hopes of making it a peace offering. "Uh…thirsty?"

Sad to say, Torchwick's peace offering did not work, and Neo knew it was doomed from the start, given what her next sign said. "Uh-oh."

At the same time at Beacon…

Teams SLVR and RWBY were all just relaxing happily in their own ways, though for some of them, that consisted of laughing happily as they watched Ruby and Sora play with Zwei. Interestingly enough, some of the girls had recently acquired their own KH fandom merch, though the guys were not entirely sure how they did. Right when Sora was about to kneel down to grab a stick to throw for Zwei, a loud, angry yell suddenly seemed to echo out from the distance, along with an even louder explosion that made everything in the area shake and jump, including a few nearby trees and lampposts.

"What was that?" Sora asked everyone.

Yang just shrugged happily and said, "I'm sure it's nothing."

"I don't know. That explosion sounded like it had a lot of fire behind it," Ventus reasoned, having actually felt a little bit of the heat from said fire for a brief moment.

"Okay, before anyone says anything, I want to make it clear that whatever it was, I had nothing to do with it," Lea immediately insisted, not realizing he was waving around an enflamed chakram as he spoke. At least, not until the last second, and he quickly put out the flame on said weapon.

Blake merely rolled her eyes at her other-worldly friends, and proceeded to remind them of a very important detail. "Guys, you do remember that we're attending a school that trains kids to become huntsmen and huntresses, right? Explosions happen all the time around here."

"…That's a good point," Sora conceded, his friends nodding along with him, and with that, they all returned to what they were doing before.

Back at the villain's hideout…

A dark corridor suddenly opened up, allowing Luxu to come in and check on his favorite Remnant locals. "Hey kids," Luxu greeted with a grin. "How are things going…?"

He stopped short when he took in the scene before him. Cinder was breathing heavily with a scowl on her face, scorch marks blanketed the entire room, and everyone else was covered in flames and soot, while the remains of their Keyblade-hero themed merchandise were slowly turning to ash. The only sign that they were not dead was the fact that Neo somehow still managed to hold up a sign to describe their pain. "OW!"

"You know what…I'll just come back later," Luxu wisely decided, and he slowly backed out of the room and into the corridor he just entered from. Unaware to the other villains, he actually had a Sora drink of his own in hand, but wisely kept it hidden behind his back.

Ruby's Change in Tactics

Very late at night, Team SLVR were all asleep in their beds. The room was dark and quiet, only the light of the moon providing illumination, while the only sound to be heard was the faint breathing and snores of the four boys. That is, until a sudden flash of red swiftly swept into the room, and made its way up next to Sora's bed. A difficult feat, given that Sora's was the top bunk of the bunk bed he shared with Ventus, but the intruder still managed to get to her target. She would not let anything stop her from accomplishing her mission.

"Sora," Ruby quietly called out. "Are you asleep? Soorrrraaaa?"

"I'm ready for our next adventure whenever you are, Kairi," Sora muttered in his sleep.

Ruby's happy expression became a disgruntled one upon hearing him mention the MIA Princess of Heart's name, but regardless of that, she could still proceed with her plan. Especially since it would change the subject of his dreams if it worked. "Listen closely," Ruby whispered into his ear. "You want to ask Ruby on a date."

"I do? Are you sure," Sora muttered.

"Oh yes, yes, yes you doooooo~," Ruby eagerly cheered, still keeping her voice as hypnotic as possible. "You want to have a special day full of fun, romantic activities with Rubyyyyy~."

"I don't know. I've never even been on a real date before," Sora mumbled, still asleep, but now starting to toss and turn a little.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine," Ruby assured him while softly petting his hair, which appeared to calm him down. She also noted that his spikes were not only still in their usual style, but also incredibly soft, but she could not let that distract her right now. "Also, you're going to shower Ruby with flowers, affection, and all other kinds of romance related things~."

"Okay…I guess I can give it my best shot," Sora finally conceded, much to Ruby's joyful relief. It looked like this would be an even bigger success than the last time she hypnotized someone.

"Perfect," Ruby cheered, still whispering in the hypnotic voice. She still had one last thing to add before she left the room entirely. "Oh, and one more thing. The very next time you see Ruby, you're going to give her a very sweet, romantic….kiiiiiiissssss~."

At that moment, a bolt of lightning flashed outside alongside a clap of thunder, despite the fact it was a clear, peaceful night, and that, coupled with the last thing Ruby said, was what finally startled Sora from his slumber. "Oh my gosh! WHAT?!" Sora cried out as he shot up in bed. His eyes immediately went towards where Ruby had just been, only to see nothing there. He then looked around the room for any other signs of things that might be out-of-place, but found nothing out of the ordinary. "Whoa. Talk about a weird dream. Then again, it's not like that's anything new for me," Sora mused to himself as he nestled back into bed. He then proceeded to let out a small yawn as he said, "I'd better get back to sleep. Can't be too tired tomorrow."

Once Sora began snoozing again, Ruby crept up out of whatever hiding place she had been in, and whispered, "Sleep my handsome Keyblade king. It's all going according to plan."

The next day…

Ruby could hear Sora humming as he came down the hall, and quickly fixed her hair and clothes to make sure she was as presentable as possible. Upon completion, she took a deep breath and then stepped out in front of him with a happy wave. "Hello Sora," Ruby called, not a hint of a stutter in her voice at all. "How are you today?"

"Morning Ruby. I'm doing good, thanks for asking," Sora replied like everything was normal. This came off as odd, because even Blake showed some small signs of being hypnotized when Ruby tried it on her, but she figured that Sora would just need a little more push, seeing as he was from another world and all.

"So…do you have any big plans for today," Ruby prompted.

"Um…Not really," Sora shrugged, surprising Ruby a little, until he adopted a pondering look. "Then again…"

"Yes," Ruby coaxed, thinking that this was it.

Sora just hummed in thought, crossing his arms and scratching his chin as he tried to figure out the puzzle that had now formed in his mind about his plans. "Oh yeah! I did promise Jaune to help him with his swordplay later today. He said that he wanted to make sure his coaching from Pyrrha wasn't just helping him to improve how long he lasted against her alone," he recalled. "Thanks for reminding me, Ruby."

"Uh…Yeah, sure," Ruby stammered, having not expected that response at all. Wasn't he supposed to have asked her out by now? What was going on? Still, Ruby Rose was not a quitter; she still had a couple things to try. "But is there anything else that you want to do today? Maybe something extra special? With someone just as special?"

"Mmmm…No, don't think so," Sora shrugged, still not showing any signs of being under hypnotic influence, much to Ruby's astonishment.

Fortunately, the young Rose still had one card up her sleeve. "How-how about something you want to give me? Something super important and that you may want to give me right now? At this very moment?"

Now Sora was starting to get a little confused, until his face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Oh yeah! Now I remember," Sora exclaimed, and Ruby closed her eyes in preparation for the kiss she expected. Too bad for her, Sora was going to shatter those expectations as well. "Here you go," Sora announced as he held out a game case to her.

"Huh? What's…?" Ruby asked, completely puzzled beyond belief now.

"This is that video game that you lent me the other day, remember? It was pretty fun, and yes, I did in fact beat Yang's high score just like you asked. Guess that means she's lost her bragging rights, huh," Sora explained. Ruby could do nothing more than weakly nod as she accepted the game back from him on autopilot. "Whelp, I'll see you later, Ruby."

Ruby just nodded again, barely even noticing Sora's departure or the weight of the game as she robotically pocketed it. In fact, she was so disconnected from the rest of the world that she barely even noticed Roxas's presence until the blonde chuckled. "Let me guess: hypnotism scheme didn't work out as planned?"

At that moment, Ruby not only came out of her confused shock, but also went ramrod straight upon realizing something else. "Did…Did you know…How do you…?"

"When you spend most of your first year of existence living in the Castle That Never Was, you quickly learn to be a very light sleeper for many reasons. The main ones being in case there's an emergency meeting in the middle of the night or early morning, in case one of the other Organization members decide to try and sneak into your room to pull a prank on you, or to try and stop the Dusks from drawing on your face while your asleep," Roxas explained, an annoyed look taking over his face at the mention of that last one.

Thankfully, Ruby was not so out of it that she could not understand those lines of reasoning, but she still had a hard time keeping her thoughts to herself on the reason why she had been so shocked. "But how come it didn't work," Ruby finally asked, thinking Roxas might have an idea for why her plan had failed. "I mean, it's worked before, so why didn't it this time?"

Roxas simply smiled and revealed, "Sora can't be hypnotized, at least not by conventional, ordinary means."

"Huh?"

"It's a whole, complicated laundry list of things, but the short answer is that after what happened on his first visit to Castle Oblivion, and all the stuff that happened to him in the sleeping worlds, Sora's mind has built up a natural immunity to most forms of mental manipulations. So unless something especially powerful, like an unreasonably strong Heartless or a villain that's on the same level or stronger than a member of the Real Organization XIII was behind it, Sora can't be hypnotized."

Ruby's shoulders fell as she slumped down on the floor, right at the very moment that her teammates started to pass them by, each with rather annoyed looks on their faces. "Serves you right," Blake stated.

"Yep," Yang agreed.

"You definitely deserve this," Weiss nodded. Clearly all three of them still remember what Ruby had done to them when she hypnotized them.

Ruby was not going to have any of that though, and with a scowl at her teammates, she snapped her fingers. In an instant, Yang and Weiss stopped short and went ramrod straight as they spun around to face Ruby with painful looking smiles on their faces. "Cheer up, super-bestie-better-than-the-restie," Weiss stiffly comforted. "How about we go do something to take your mind of things, despite the fact I'm screaming on the inside from the thought of hanging out with you all day."

"And feel free to use my motorcycle and this large amount of spending cash for whatever you deem necessary to help with that, too," Yang allowed as she stiffly dropped the lien and keys to her precious bike into Ruby's waiting hands.

Roxas went wide-eyed at this sudden change, now casting worried looks at the three members of Team RWBY, mainly the Freezerburn duo, and only grew more concerned as Ruby pulled Weiss away with minimal effort. He could still see Weiss's eyes darting between him and her partner, as if some part of her was screaming for him to help, but he had been so surprised that he could not think of anything to do in response. By the time he woke up again, Ruby and Weiss were already gone, and Yang had shaken herself out of it too late.

"Aw not again," Yang moaned.

"Um…What did I just witness," Roxas questioned.

"Unlike Sora, the rest of us don't have a magically-induced, natural resistance to hypnotism. We have to rely on having strong minds that are not easily manipulated, which Yang and Weiss obviously don't have," Blake informed him. Apparently, she did not notice that at some point, she had changed into a white t-shirt that had the words "BACKUP BESTIE" written on the front, but Roxas and Yang sure did. "What?"

Roxas just leaned over to Yang and whispered, "Should we tell her?"

"You can, but I'm not telling her. I've already had to do it once before. Never again," Yang insisted, and she quickly beat a hasty retreat, leaving Roxas alone to deal with the fall out of explaining to Blake that she too had fallen victim to Ruby's methods of hypnotism once again. Honestly though, he was not sure what was worse: explaining that to Blake, or how she would react to being labeled as the "backup bestie."

AN: Whelp, that's a wrap. Now, as we get into the wrap-up, let me start off the conversation about that first skit by reminding everyone of a very important fact. That being...I'm a guy! Ergo, I have no idea of the exact intricacies and details on how girls flirt, so if that first one seems a little lacking to some people (or possibly insulting to others), my apologies. That's really the best my male brain can do in that regard. Besides, when "Monkey D. Conan" suggested doing a skit in which Yang tries to teach Ruby how to flirt to build her confidence, only to end up just like her sister at the end during an encounter with Lea, how could I resist? It was just too good to ignore.

Secondly, everyone knows where the idea for that second skit came from right? "Spiderfan626" suggested it, and I felt that it was just too golden to pass up. I could totally see it being an actual thing done in RWBY Chibi. Who's with me? Huh? Huh?

Finally, the third and final skit...well, what more can really be said about it? Ruby may be able to hypnotize some people, but against Sora, no such luck with her level of skill. I'll admit, I did get the idea of Sora being immune to hypnotism due to some of his past experiences from a couple other stories, and the idea was so good that it only made too much sense for me to use it here. Though in the case of the inspiration, it was kept a little more simple and said that he can't be hypnotized in general just because of his experiences in Castle Oblivion, so I thought I get a little more specific this time around with my version of it. After all, if he really was immune to that kind of thing, he probably wouldn't have fallen into that trap in Dream Drop Distance so easily. Or maybe I'm just overthinking it. Does anyone think I'm overthinking it?

Sora: Hm, maybe just a little bit.

AN: Eh, still works in my opinion. Now, let me see if there are any reviews we can answer today...Oh, and before I forget, if you're waiting on a review answer for another story, check out the Studio Fandom YouTube channel's latest video. We've got a few quick review answers in there this time, so there could be a chance that one of yours made its way in.

"SuperSayianFever", I'm not entirely sure when I'll be able to update Remnant of the Key again, seeing as I'm trying to work on so many other stories at once right now (including but not limited to RWBY Meetings, Enter the Spider-Verse: A Code Avengers Story, and Kingdom Hearts Keyblade Legion), but I promise I won't leave it alone for very long.

"keybladelight", there is a good chance that you will see a more of this humorous approach to Ruby and Kairi's rivalry (for lack of a better word) here in SLVR Chibi, so keep your eyes out for that.

"Dragon Rider 66", thanks for your feedback on the matter of the Keybladers, especially in regards to the changes to Roxas's coat. I'm thinking that maybe something a little closer to a trench coat would probably be a better call in this case now that I've had a chance to think it over a little more. What're you thoughts on that? Also, I wouldn't expect any kind of jealousy-induced rivalry between Sora and Oscar. At least, I'm not planning on it right now. And regarding your question about Nora and the Keyblade...please don't give her any ideas.

Nora: Too laaaate~. [grins with an almost sinister michief]

AN: Oh boy. I think we might be in trouble.

Ruby: Hey! "Monkey D. Conan", thanks for the cookies! [stuffs her face full of said cookies]

AN: And on another point of said reviewer's...well, review, I did have a couple of ideas in mind for a possible, musical-based chapter in this, so glad to see we're on something of the same wavelength there.

"SeereSakura", ask you shall receive, for Luxu has arrived in SLVR Chibi! For at least a few minutes or so. There's a good chance we'll see him again though, don't worry.

Finally, "TheRedeemer1995", that laser eye surgery for Penny actually had rather...destructive results, so I'd say it went perfectly. [rim-tone] As for Pyrrha and the Infinity Gauntlet, as cool as that was...yeah...We don't talk about that. It was a very dark day for many of us.

Well, time to call it to a close for now, but don't think we're done just yet. There's still plenty more RWBY-story updates to come this month, along with some other updates as well, so for now, I'll simply just wrap things up by saying...

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.

Please read and review, and I'll see you next time for some more Chibi fun!