And now, the last bout... for now at least.

I do some setup for the next chapter, just bear with me as it's really another original chapter, like the one with RWBY and Summer.

Disclaimer: RDF1 doesn't own RWBY, WATCH THE SHOW!

(Chapter Begin)

(Recap)

Yang headed up, but Ruby waited a moment when Raven didn't move. Ruby's eye twitched as she pointed to the roof. Raven rolled her eyes, hard to see as her mask was still on, as she followed her daughter onto the roof, followed quickly by Ruby. They were joined by Weiss and Blake seconds later, noting Raven's presence but not saying anything for now. Ahead, less than five miles ahead, was the seal between the tunnel and the city.

"Raven, transform, it'll reduce the space needed," ordered Ruby, much to Raven's irritation, "Weiss, we need the strongest Ice Shield you can muster. NOW!"

Raven transformed into, yes, a raven and landed on Ruby's shoulder. As RBY huddled around Weiss, she called forth her Dust to create an Ice Shield which formed mere seconds before the train hit the barrier, breaking on through to the City on the other side.

Ruby groaned as she forced herself to stand. There was no time to rest, and only they, and Raven, stood between the Grimm and the Civilians in the city. Until the other Huntsman and/or the Atlas Military gets to their location, they were the only line of defense. Taking a breath, her Silver eyes glowed, ready to take down the Grimm.

(Recap End)

Jaune was awoken from sleep by his scroll ringing. Checking it, it ended up being a missed call from Ruby. Strange... why would Ruby call him... unless? Checking the time, it was not even Dawn yet, but late enough that he wouldn't get anymore quality sleep before his alarm went off. He went ahead and got ready for the day, his team following suit and Team JNPR headed down for an early breakfast before heading out to the Village where they would help out a Sheriff for a few days. Over breakfast, Jaune shared his wake-up call from Ruby.

"I don't understand. It's a routine mission," said Pyrrha, clearly confused, "Ruby and her Team are among the best fighters in our year. Unless it's a situation similar to what CFVY encountered last week, Team RWBY shouldn't have any problems."

"They did say they were 'saving the world'," inputted Nora, eating a bagel, "But you'd think they'd invite us, wouldn't you?"

"We don't have much information to go on," added Ren as they finished up and went to get their gear.

As they were exiting the building toward the airship platforms, Jaune's bad feeling only grew worse.

"Guys, it's not right. Ruby wouldn't call me by accident. And what she said to Coco yesterday... Something's going on. Ruby's hiding something."

"What, like a secret boyfriend?" smirked Nora.

(AN1)

"Nothing like that..." replied Jaune, "At least not during a mission like this. No, something's wrong, and..."

Jaune was cut short by air raid sirens going off. This signaled a Breach in the City's Defenses and Grimm had gotten through. Jaune looked at his team, any sense of being right absent from his face, "Get on the ship, Ruby needs us!"

As they got onto the airship, Jaune turned to Ren, "We'll head out to that Village another time."

Ren nodded, knowing the immediate concern was the Civilians in the crossfire.

"Take us to the City, we need to help stop that Breach!" ordered Jaune to the pilot, who nodded as they took off to the rising smoke in the distance.

Team RWBY got their bearings as they formed up back to back against the encircling Grimm. Raven took some initiative and covered the perimeter, allowing Civilians to get clear.

"Alright Girls, free for all! Take them down! We have to hold the line here!"

WBY nodded as everyone engaged into battle, taking down Grimm in varying numbers. Ruby focused more on the Breach Point, mixing in her Silver Eyes to take the edge off of incoming Grimm alongside her Scythe Fighting Style she learned from Qrow.

Weiss managed to Plinko her way through Grimm, taking each one down with precision strikes while remaining fluid in motion, and thanks to her Glyphs, she's able to press her advantage in keeping the Grimm from getting too far.

Meanwhile, Blake was using all her tricks to destroy Grimm left and right. Exhausted as she was, her adrenaline was double what it was fighting Roman, and she wasn't going to let these Grimm hurt innocent people.

Yang, having recovered slightly after being knocked out by Neo, managed to manipulate her distance with her Ember Celica to avoid anymore unnecessary damage. That Mute Girl was a wakeup call. Pure Strength wasn't going to get her through this, even if she could take the hits.

Raven, for her part, helped to keep the Grimm locked into the square block radius where the Train had plowed through not minutes earlier. Thanks to her years of training and Maiden Powers, she wasn't nearly disoriented as Team RWBY was at first and was able to get the jump on the first few Grimm entering the City.

Everyone was so busy, no one noticed a King Taijitu closing in on Ruby until they heard a family voice.

"...Nora... SMASH!" called out Nora, who leaped out of the Airship to get to her friends faster, and using said momentum to SMASH! her hammer onto the King Taijitu, effectively removing it from the battle. As she landed, JPR joined her, ready for battle.

More Grimm poured out of the Breach, but with JNPR helping them, RWBY was able to keep more Grimm occupied as a whole. Just then, Sun and Neptune showed up.

"Nobody move!" called out Sun, "Junior Detectives!"

"We have badges, so you know it's official!" added Neptune.

"SUN! REMEMBER WHAT I SAID ABOUT THAT SHADE?" called out Ruby, jumping over a Creeper.

"Yeah, what about it?" asked Sun... when a large shadow 'eclipsed' him and Neptune.

Everyone looked up to see one of the Atlas' Larger Airships and several smaller ones as well enter the battle, using their turrets to take out some of the unattended Grimm.

(AN2)

Ruby waved her thanks before turning to find Raven. Now that the battle was handled, she needed to make sure Raven didn't slip away.

Ruby blurred into a run, taking a sweep of the perimeter to find Raven cleaving an Ursa Major alongside two regular Ursa in a single slice of her sword.

"I want to say I'm impressed, but I grew up with Dad and Qrow," remarked Ruby honestly.

"Trust me, Ruby," said Raven, her smirk hidden by her mask, "You haven't seen us at any of our best."

Ruby and Raven headed back toward the contained battle, noticing CFVY entering the fray, and cleaning up most of the Grimm that were giving the robots trouble. Eventually, Glynda walked onto the scene, pissed off that the morning started out like this and slapped a couple of Creepers before using her Semblance to cover up the Breach, sealing it from further Grimm invasion. Threat neutralized.

(AN3)

Everyone gathered up, including Cinder's team who were keeping up appearances.

"Thank you guys," said Ruby, "If you guys didn't show up when you did... I'm not sure we could have kept that Breach contained."

"Thank you for alerting us," nodded Fox, getting agreements from CVY.

"Seriously, you guys don't go half-way," chuckled Nora, before adopting an indignant look, "Next time, invite us along!"

This got a chuckle out of everyone as they turned to see Roman getting 'taken in' by Mercury and Emerald to Atlas Custody.

"Team RWBY," said Glynda, giving them a look, "I expect a full report from this Mission, understood?"

"Yes ma'am!" nodded RWBY, not wanting to upset their teacher.

"You haven't changed, Glynda," remarked Raven, getting her attention.

"Well, I never expected to see you in Vale again, Raven Branwen," remarked Glynda, doing her best to keep a neutral tone, "What brings you to Vale?"

Raven shot Ruby a look, before replying a bit stiffly, "Family business."

(AN4)

Glynda glanced at Ruby, who gave a curt nod, giving Glynda everything she needed to know about the subject.

"Very well. I'll begin organizing the Cleanup. Students, back to the School. Except you Mr. Wu Kong and Vasilias. Back to your mission."

RWBY and Raven stepped off the Airship, and looked out over Vale, a sight Raven hasn't let herself see for years.

"Ruby, with all due respect, I am the leader of my Tribe. If I don't report in, my people will riot, and possibly raid a nearby village," informed Raven.

Ruby sighed, knowing where this was going, "I'm coming with you. Blake, Weiss... stay close to Yang. We'll be back a moment. After that, Yang, Raven, and I have Family Matters to take care of."

"Girls, get some sleep back in the room. It's going to be a long day for us," sighed Yang, as Raven once again opened a portal, only for Ruby to join her through it.

Raven appeared in her private camp, except for Vernal as her trusted second in command, and Ruby followed her. Vernal looked at Ruby before glancing at Raven, wondering how to proceed.

"Stand down Vernal, she's not an enemy," said Raven, "But I'm going to need a few more days. Ruby's... made a few things complicated and as to not compromise anything, I'm sticking around to not make things worse."

"Understood, Leader," said Vernal, before looking at Ruby, "If she's harmed, I'll kill you myself."

"Don't waste the effort," said Raven, "She had the guts to threaten me to my face, so the fact that I didn't call her bluff means there's no bluff."

Vernal was a bit startled, but hid it well. She sighed and fell back into a chair, "I'll pass the word along. Stay safe, Leader."

"Keep them safe as well," replied Raven, before she and Ruby stepped back through the portal.

"She must be Summer's child if she's able to get Raven to listen," mused Vernal, before getting up to address the Tribe.

(AN5)

To say Weiss and Blake were a little startled when a portal appeared in their room was underselling it. Yang, though expecting it, still got down from her bed in anticipation. Ruby and Raven stepped through the portal, which closed behind them.

"Ruby, I'm sure you know I'm not normally this patient, so let's get on with this, or do you plan on dragging this out? I can portal us directly to Patch so we don't have to waste public transportation," informed Raven, keeping her irritation to a minimum.

Yang smirked at this statement, though while true... she knew otherwise, "Dear Mother, that's not how this is going to work."

"Blake, Weiss... if anyone asks, we stepped out for a Family Reunion LONG overdue."

Blake and Weiss nodded, figuring how exactly WHO they were going to meet.

Ruby placed her hand on Raven's forearm while Yang grabbed Ruby's shoulder and they disappeared.

Ironwood and Ozpin looked at each other for a long moment after the Vale Council disconnected from their conference call.

(AN6)

"Ozpin, don't misunderstand," said Ironwood, feeling much older than his looks implied, "This is the right move, even if only for the public to see. Vale was Breached and Atlas Military helped to contain it."

"And unless you failed to notice, one of my Teams was already combating the threat. Two if we're splitting hairs," replied Ozpin, if only to make note of it.

"Yes. Security showed they appeared with the train that burst through the ground from the abandoned track to Mountain Glenn. Unless I'm mistaken, Team RWBY was assigned that Mission. What happened?"

"White Fang were planning an attack. The Breach we experienced was NOT the worst case scenario, if you can imagine. If not, I'll tell you: No other Teams in the City save for maybe SSSN from Mistral and they were already minutes late as it was even before you overshadowed their arrival. Several minutes of uncontained Grimm running amok through the city. That was the plan I concluded from the information gathered beforehand and all the White Fang bodies we found in the Tunnel itself afterwards, having cleared even more Grimm as well thanks to my teachers."

"I'm on your side Ozpin, that hasn't changed. And since Ruby was at Ground Zero, we know she has more information to share as well."

"Yes, but we cannot be obvious about it. Maybe sometime during the tournament, to give us more plausibility."

"Agreed," said Ironwood, before hanging up.

Ozpin looked out the window, wondering what surprises were in store for him during the Tournament.

(Chapter End)

And with that, RWBY's mission, while complicated, had some success.

Author Notes...

AN1: Romance? Nah... WELL... at least not yet. As slow burn Rooster Teeth is doing with RWBY, Romance is still a few extra chapters away. How many? Well, got to be patient!

AN2: Okay, people were actually thinking Romance, but that wasn't what I going for. Do people really not remember Volume 2 Finale? Sun and Neptune try to make a big entrance only to be 'Eclipsed' when Atlas's Shadow is cast over them, taking away any attention they had. That and what they said about staying in town to AVOID fights, looks like they can't win either way! LOLZ!

AN3: I'm starting to see why Volume 2 is considered worst ending; however, I still loved it. Sure it didn't have a lot of character interactions, but in a show, don't tell, it showed an amazing fight and highlighted several people and gave character progression to a few other characters as well.

AN4: Just because Raven's going along with it, doesn't mean she likes it. Also, Glynda was more than likely around when STRQ was at Beacon, and would of course recognize on of the members of Team STRQ. Also also she works with Qrow, who would mention his sister, so Glynda would recognize Raven from that if nothing else.

AN5: Since Raven knows about Ruby being Tai and Summer's kid and all, she'd more than likely inform Vernal in case Ruby ended up in Anima for various reasons.

AN6: This is that evening, several hours after the Breach in question, so all investigations had gone through from both Vale and Atlas in a cooperative investigation.

Next Time: Reunion!

Thanks for reading.

Until then...

Later,

RDF1