Chapter 26

Fuck.

That was the one word coursing through Qrow's mind right now. In terms of worst-case scenarios, Winter meeting Ruby was just about at the top, just slightly below her meeting Salem. Still, the former in hindsight was much more likely to happen than the latter, and Qrow kicked himself in the balls mentally for not realising until Winter literally shouted 'Hutten!' in the middle of the street. In his defence, he was certain Ruby was still in Patch when he left, which should also have not been so certain with hindsight because of her transforming into a ship and everything. A little water wasn't gonna stop her from reaching Vale.

Qrow, behind the two Schnee sisters, quietly, yet frantically used every signal he knew to convey a message to Ruby: Winter Schnee does not know about this, and should not know. For a few seconds, he felt beads of sweat race down the back of his neck as Ruby (hopefully) came to realize what he meant.

"Hutten? Who's Hutten? Do you mean that terrorist who humiliated you in that video?"

Nooooooooooo!

"Aha! So you do admit it! Stay right there, criminal, the least I can guarantee you is a fair trial-" Winter fumbled out her scroll with one arm, only for Ruby to scoff at her.

"Admit what? That I and everyone else in Vale watched the video on the net? You have no right to do anything in Vale, Atlesian." Qrow was about to point out Ruby was half Mantellian but there were much more pressing concerns right now.

"How dare-Qrow! What are you standing there for?! Arrest her!"

"Winter, you're telling me to arrest my goddamn Niece right now, wait a minute, what am I saying?! She's not even Hutten, you're delusional!"

"Delusional?! She. Is. Right. THERE! Look at her! She's the spitting image of her, a hardened terrorist-"

Ruby cut Winter off with a grunt. "I'm fifteen."

Winter, to her credit, paused for a brief moment, before continuing. "A fifteen-year-old terrorist mastermind!"

"The hell you just say about Ruby?!" By this point Yang decided to tag in, with her lilac eyes turning to a blood red, and sparks of fire beginning to emerge from her long hair. Qrow realized this situation was rapidly spiralling out of control, and just as he was about to drag Winter away, Weiss Schnee beat him to the punch.

"Winter…"

"Stay behind me, Weiss! I'll have this terrorist behind bars even if I have to use my teeth-"

"WINTER! SHE is not Hutten!"

Weiss all but shouted it out, which was impressive, for someone that small to have the Lung space for that. Qrow was worried they were going to attract a crowd, but thankfully that wasn't the case, back to Weiss however…

"Please stop embarrassing me in Vale, that girl over there is clearly not the 'super-terrorist' you claim her to be."

"But-"

"Why would she, a terrorist wanted by the VPD who is also viral on the internet, be walking freely in public? And a fifteen-year-old no less? Who is also Mister Branwen's niece? I find that hard to believe."

"I was face to face with her, I swear, she's the spitting image of Hutten!"

Weiss took one glance at Ruby, who still had that annoyed expression from earlier.

"They do resemble each other, in passing only. I've seen the video myself, didn't you describe Hutten as a Faunus? With horns and slit eyes like those belonging to a reptile? If so, I see no Hutten here."

Qrow wasn't quite sure how Ruby's powers worked, but it was safe to say that her horns and other parts of her Kansen self could be retracted, probably how she managed to evade being discovered for so long now that he thought about it. Her appearance as Hutten did indeed have similarities to Ruby's regular form, but right now? She was as human as any other teenage girl in Vale.

"A Schnee mistaking someone for a Faunus? A White Fang Terrorist at that? Guess the stereotypes were true. Are you sure whatever happened in the docks didn't mess with your thoughts as well? That punch certainly looked painful." Ruby added in another insult, causing Winter to look even angrier than she already was, albeit with a little bit of doubt clearly shown.

"You-but, two nights ago-"

"She was eating dinner with her family, in our house on Patch, Uncle Qrow can vouch for us!" Yang added, standing just behind Ruby while crossing her arms. Winter looked towards Qrow for confirmation, and he quickly seized the opportunity.

"Yeah, got an image of them eating together in Patch on the day of the raid," He even pulled out his scroll and opened the image for her to see, entirely hiding the other messages in their family group chat of course. "Unless you're saying that she somehow went to Vale after dinner, beat your ass, escaped in your ship and evaded your Aunt, then made it back to Patch in time for breakfast yesterday?"

"Yes! Wait, no, that's not…" Oum, Qrow felt like Raven right now, especially during the team STRQ days.

"Her eyes! They're silver, no one else has silver eyes-"

"I could say the same about our hair, Winter." With the last blow coming from Weiss, that finally shut Winter up, but like any good Huntsman, she went in to make sure whatever suspicions Winter had were well and truly shot. Damn, maybe Ozpin was right about recruiting her to Beacon.

"After all of the things you've heard, would you be comfortable writing a report to General Ironwood, or our dear Aunt about why you've decided to conduct a citizen's arrest of a civilian in Vale, where the only evidence you have of her being Hutten are their vaguely similar appearances?"

"..."

Winter slouched, finally getting the message.

"I…no, you're right, I should not have immediately jumped to conclusions."

"I'm not the one you should be saying it to, it should be to Mister Branwen's niece."

Qrow rubbed his eyes, was he just about to witness Winter giving Ruby an apology? When he, despite having (reluctantly) worked with her for over half a decade, never received anything remotely similar? Good Oum, he was!

"I…apologize Miss…?"

"Rose, Ruby Rose."

"I apologize, accusing you of being a terrorist was entirely uncalled for and unprofessional on my part, I hope this does not sour the perception of Atlesian specialists in Vale."

"Don't worry, it could not have been any worse than it was before I met you."

"I can see how you are Qrow's niece now…albeit with much more formality in speech."

If anything, Ruby was more of a younger him these days than Qrow himself, age finally caught up with him somewhat. With that out of the way, Qrow could breathe a sigh of relief. While Winter was trustworthy, she was trustworthy in the sense that she would not babble about it to anyone else, besides Ironwood. He wasn't sure if that was better, but if Ozpin did not feel it necessary to have his continued involvement in the matter, then that was a-okay in Qrow's book.

"Well, now that the misunderstanding has been cleared, Brunch, anyone?" Weiss clasped her hands together and asked his nieces, only to be met by Ruby's dismissal.

"With you? No offence, but we just met, and there's the five of us-"

The youngest Schnee did one thing, reach into her wallet, and pull out a Golden Deluxe S+++ Schnee Banking Services card, it was a credit card that figuratively glowed as if it was made out of gold. It was, in fact, worth much more than that, not surprising, considering it came with having the biggest golden spoon on Remnant. Qrow could have sworn it was just the sun, but the blinding light coming out of it definitely made him cover his eyes.

"It's my treat!"

"Rubes, can we…" Yang asked beside Ruby, with an answer said even before she finished her sentence.

"Fine."

Within the upper echelons of the Ironblood, Ulrich was no stranger to the supposed 'finer' things in life, expensive spirits, Junker manors and even lavish receptions were all things she had experienced. Ruby, on the other hand, belonged to a middle-income family, smack dab in the middle by Vale's standards. Even then, however, she had rarely stepped into anything that was considered as 'high society'.

Here she was now however, in one of Vale's numerous high-class restaurants that she would normally avoid, sitting with the heir of Remnant's richest conglomerate. There wasn't a person on this planet who didn't at least hear of the Schnee name, with opinions varying wildly of course.

However, what those tabloids talking about her didn't say was how…cheery she was.

"It's a beef patty, cooked on a grill, then placed in between a bun cut in half, with cheese and other toppings like lettuce and bacon, I just wanted to know if you had a dish like that-"

"I…I will go and check, please, excuse me, young Miss!"

Ruby watched as the middle-aged man dressed in a Butler's uniform scurried away before Weiss could even finish, either wholly ignoring or just so distracted that he ignored her cries.

"Wait, it's fine if you don't! I just wanted to know-"

The door to the terrace they were in was slammed shut, thankfully they were the only ones there, the restaurant having opened up their roof section for her their use alone. Despite feeling out of place, especially considering she was just wearing her hoodie and metalhead skirt, Ruby did not bat an eye at the antics surrounding her, instead wholly focusing on the heiress. There was a sense of Deja Vu that kept growing stronger by the minute, but she could not pin down exactly what.

"Y'know, I was totally fine with going to the food court, didn't have to come to this place, isn't there like a three month reservation needed here? I had a friend in Signal who wanted to have their graduation party here, got turned away pretty quickly." Even Yang felt the awkwardness of their treatment here, and it was all because of the person paying for their meal. Status was something else after all.

"Sorry, I never thought it'd be like this here as well…we could call my Sister and head somewhere else."

"We're already here, leaving would be an even bigger problem for the restaurant. I don't think they have a dish like that on the menu though." Speaking of, Uncle Qrow and Winter Schnee were at separate tables due to some 'work-related issues' they needed to sort out.

"Oh, that! Don't worry, it's just something I hoped Vale would have…Atlas isn't particularly known for its colourful variety of food after all. Have you heard of that dish in particular? I've only been in Vale for a day or two, so the local cuisines are still new to me."

That sounded like an Eagle Union dish called a 'burger', something that Ruby had not encountered in Vale, not that there were many restaurants selling that particular dish in Ironblood. Despite being a completely different world with its own histories and the like, many things were strangely familiar to her, with foods such as Pizza or Ramen remaining a constant for some reason.

"We do have something called a Burrito, it's minced beef wrapped inside of a flatbread with veggies, that what you were referring to?"

"You have burritos but not hamburg-"

Ruby's enhanced hearing caught Weiss's whisper before she cut herself off, it was hard to notice, but there was definitely a second of irritation shown on her face before it went back to the usual smiling and cheerful expression she had. With control like that, no wonder she was the heiress, but something about her still felt off, and not in the regular human way.

"Oh don't worry, I'll just…keep trying to find it on my own. Anyways! How's it like being a family of huntsmen? Winter tells me of military families in Atlas, and with hunters more connected with the Army, there often isn't much separation."

They talked briefly before entering the restaurant, well, mostly it was just her and Yang who talked, while Ruby hung back trying to find out where the sense of Deja Vu came from.

"Aha…well, there's Uncle Qrow, who you know, my Dad, a teacher at a preparatory academy, me, going into Beacon in like two months…Ruby isn't training to become a Huntress."

"Really?" The Schnee turned to look at Ruby, her full attention now on her.

"I'm also in Signal, just in the regular academy. I have no intentions of becoming a Huntress." It was the same old song and dance, already done endlessly before.

"Fascinating, an odd one out?"

Ruby narrowed her eyes at her. "They respect it, though there have been…challenges."

"Ah, you too? Seems as if we're both running from destiny then…"

This felt increasingly like a meeting between two faction leaders in her old world, Ulrich was part of negotiations between the Ironblood and the Sakura Empire once, the feeling right now was not at all too different.

"Uhm, you two okay?"

Ruby realized she had been staring intently at Weiss, who was also doing the same thing to her. Breaking eye contact, she laughed off Yang's concern before taking a sip of her water.

"Oh dear me, I do get absorbed into these conversations I have every so often…how about a change of topic? Ever heard of someone online called the FightingLady? "

"Uh, yeah? Who hasn't? You go online and her name gets referenced every so often, kinda hard to miss it. Isn't she some extremist or whatever?" Yang was referring to FightingLady-10, a poster with an unnaturally large following on various forums and the like who posted ideas considered radical, by Remnant's standards of course. To Ruby, it was just what was the Eagle Union's ideology, but much more anti-corporation than the former. In short, it threatened Atlas's current status quo, and that was enough for it to be labelled as such by the mainstream, another such thing that was a constant between worlds.

"Extremist? I suppose from their point of view, she is one. If the White Fang are extremists, then so are the Atlesians for creating the status quo in the first place."

"Uhhhhh, Rubes? You know who you're talking to, right?"

Ruby knew, she knew very well who she was talking to.

"And? This is Vale, I have the liberty to say what I desire, if she is going to stay here, may as well get used to people having a different opinion."

"Ruby-"

"Ah, how have I missed this…"

Instead of being offended, the Schnee looked even more content, the smile she had earlier was still there, but it seemed softer, more relaxed if she had to describe it now. Akin to a stage actor having to adopt a persona, then once the drama was over, putting down the metaphorical mask. Ruby was not the best at the whole 'meeting people' thing, but she knew subtle changes when she saw it, a lifetime of battle honed her into the smallest of details.

"Don't mind me, it's just that those I've talked to in Atlas usually have a more…visceral reaction. You seem to have read her works, right Ruby? What do you think of her stance on liberty?"

Who the hell asked a question like that on their first meeting? All this talk of liberty and freedom from her reminded her greatly of the Eagle Union, and she blurted out the first thing that came to mind about the subject matter. Ruby wasn't quite sure where it came from.

"Give me liberty, or give me death…"

"Kinda extreme there, don't ya think? I mean, I'm all about living that life but don't know if I wanna go ride or die like that-"

Clink

Yang was interrupted by the sound of a spoon hitting the teacup, causing Ruby to look back at Weiss. Her eyes were wide, the widest she had seen them in the short time frame they spent together, and they weren't the ones belonging to someone who said something shocking, no, they were the eyes belonging to a fanatic; similar to the ones in various Ironblood temples to the Gods. It unnerved her, but those wide eyes went away as soon as she noticed Ruby was staring, reverting back to its original state.

"You…are you…"

The door to the balcony suddenly opened again, and whatever she wanted to say was interrupted by the same middle-aged butler assigned to them, beads of sweat on his forehead.

"E-excuse me, young Miss, but there seems to be an issue with-"

"Ah, uh, don't worry about the dish, I'll have the Salmon instead-"

"Erm, no, it is an issue with your sister and the…male guest, we are afraid they will fight each other in the main dining room."

At that sudden, but not wholly unexpected turn of topics, both Ruby and Weiss stood up from their seats at the same time, and bowed their heads slightly downwards.

"I apologize for his actions."

"I apologize for her actions."

They then quickly followed the man to the main dining room, in hindsight, leaving them alone was not the greatest of ideas.

"Today was a splendid day, I do hope to see you again soon!"

Ruby awkwardly shook Weiss's hands, the two having broken up a potential fight before it could have begun in the afternoon. With the sun setting however, Weiss and Winter had to return to their accommodations, and Ruby, the same applied with going back to Patch. Taiyang was not strictly happy with finding out Ruby snuck off with Yang, but Uncle Qrow somehow managed to smooth everything over, thus saving the two of from a potentially long lecture. She knew he was their uncle for a reason.

"If you're actually staying in Vale, perhaps we will." Ruby meant it, despite her eccentricities she didn't find her bad to talk to at all, the celebrity gossip surrounding the young heiress did not give her a good initial impression after all. It just went to show that you couldn't trust most things at face value.

"What joy~" Weiss held out her hand, waiting for Ruby to shake it, and upon doing so, her other remaining hand also grasped onto Ruby's.

"Be seeing you tonight?" Weiss leaned in and whispered, making sure that Ruby was the only one who heard it. On the palm of her hands, she felt a crumpled paper be nestled into it tightly, a bit too much force applied. It was her Aura, it had to be.

Before she could get another word in, however, the heiress skipped backwards, rejoining her sister who hung further back and into their personal car, also of SDC-make. Weiss gave her one last wave before disappearing behind the car's tinted windows, prompting Ruby to unrol the piece of paper given to her. She swore that if it was a number or something she was going to-

They were coordinates. In latitude and longitude, not in the style Remnant was used to, but in the style of her old world. They were for one of the islands off the coast of Patch, uninhabited and devoid of any towns, she herself had sailed past them many times. There was also a time written on it, midnight, presumably today judging by her last words.

Though what made Ruby's breath hitch was the addition of a small drawing, of an eagle standing on an anchor, against the backdrop of a shield.

It was the symbol of the Eagle Union, unmistakable, even if it was hastily drawn on a napkin.

"Impossible…"

Weiss Schnee was the Kansen she was looking for.

Isle of Patch

0 Nautical Miles from the Xiao Long residence

2300 Hours

"It's just a walk, I'll be back within the hour."

"Suuure, and I'm not going to find out that Patch has a brand new crater within the hour as well, right?"

Ruby's conditions for bringing her rigging out were one, under adult supervision, it did not specify what exactly constituted as an 'adult', and two, if she was going to leave the general vicinity of Vale, she had to get prior approval. There was some grumbling from Tai about her smuggling 'side job' but the moment Ruby mentioned that the funds could now be used towards paying for college he quickly began considering the more financially abundant future he had. In other words, he could retire, very soon, or at least now have to worry about needing to pay for anything related to schooling for the next decade or so.

She was still going to live in Patch, they were a family with Mistralian roots after all, 'why pay rent in the big city when you can live cheaply in Patch?' was something their Dad always said when Yang wanted to move out to Vale after first year in Beacon. Then entirely unaware that Beacon had a dorm system for the entire four years.

"If you're hearing explosions, then that means I'm fighting some big Grimm. I'll be fine."

What Grimm were actually a threat to her? Aside from the larger Sea varietals like a Feilong or something similar in size, few Grimm could actually harm her, in rigging form or with her hull out. There were those that could prove troublesome, but nothing she couldn't handle with a few well-placed armour piercing shells, they were designed to punch through Siren battleships, and Grimm were considerably less armoured than they were.

"It's just that Patch is dangerous at night, you know what those safety classes in Signal taught you right? I just don't want to see you get into a potential fight." Ruby remembered, considering Uncle Qrow taught that class, much to her embarrassment among other classmates.

"Are you more worried about me being hurt or for Patch being caught in the crossfire?"

"Pffffft-"

"Dayum…"

Yang and Uncle Qrow, sitting not far away from where she and Tai were talking in the kitchen, turned out to be eavesdropping after all. In hindsight, the fact that they were watching a golf show should have clued Ruby into that.

"Well…"

"I promise to not use my main cannons, unless absolutely necessary."

"Aren't those smaller ones also kinda big…?"

"...I'll only use my anti-aircraft batteries, happy?" Of course, her anti-aircraft batteries included her secondaries, just with the shells swapped. Not that Tai would have known the difference.

"Just Patch?"

"Just Patch. Around the Island maybe."

"Homework done?" She did it in five minutes, math was always laughably easy.

"Done, and I'll be back by midnight." Ruby held out her hand, pinky outstretched, this was something she used to do with her Dad as a kid, though these days she obviously didn't do it too often, especially not in public.

"...my little Rose is becoming independent, huh? Guess having enough firepower to level Patch would do it…" She could probably level a good half of Vale, but she wasn't going to mention that. Tai used his own pinky to shake hers, it was as good as a blood oath.

"Alright, keep your phone on, and tell me if the Grimm out there are too much to handle! I'll have my weapon ready just in case, Qrow too. Haven't seen you in action yet, might be a good idea for us to spar, but we'll leave that for later." Ruby did mention that she got into fights every so often, not of her own volition of course, but Qrow backed her up before Tai could blow a gasket by showing him the video of hear punching Winter Schnee.

Grabbing her coat on the way out, she waved at Tai on the front porch before making her way to the coastline. Usually, before her Kansen side was found out, she would be escorted by some of her family when it was dark, in their eyes then she was still a regular, non-Aura civilian.

Walking through the dark woods, with only the moonlight for any source of light, Ruby took the opportunity to summon Schwarz out, sort of like taking out a pet for a walk. If said pet was a metal serpent, then it was just like any nightly stroll, but the growling all around Ruby said otherwise. She counted a group of five Beowulves, all infants, she wouldn't even bother getting into a stance.

"Kill."

Schwarz did exactly that, and within a few seconds, the Beowulves that had circled around her met their end, sometimes in pieces. Though there was one more, a smarter one, didn't Uncle Qrow say that smarter Grimm were the most dangerous? Evidently, however, it wasn't smart enough, for it still lunged at Ruby, only to be caught in the neck by her steel grip.

"Ruhe in Frieden."

CRACK

The black-furred canine went limp, and began dissolving. She reached for the smoke that always came off of them, feeling a particular kind of energy, but never being able to identify or even manipulate it. Friedrich would have known something about it, or any other in Ironblood who dealt with technology. They were not here, and thus Ruby continued on.

With the brief distraction out of the way, she reached the coastline after a few more minutes of walking, summoning her full rigging and dropping onto the sea below. She made her way towards the coordinates, a confused set of emotions in her mind, the sort that would fall under the category of an existential crisis. If she was not the last Kansen, then what did that mean for her in this world?

Ruby needed answers, and she got them soon after, for right behind the second island in the Patch island chain, was a ship.

An Aircraft carrier, unmistakable with its flat top and size, it was roughly the same size as herself, giving her a clue as to who the mystery Kansen was. It had to be a fleet carrier, but again, the Eagle Union had dozens of them, it did not help her narrow which one down whatsoever. The only option was to board it, she was waiting for her after all.

Approaching it at a steady pace, Ruby did not notice any lights or movement on the ship, if she had not had her enhanced vision she wasn't sure anyone could have spotted it without being right in its face. Using the anchor as a rope, she gently climbed up and onto the flight deck, at least, that was what she remembered as a flight deck. Ironblood did have carrier Kansen of their own, but not to the same extent as other factions.

Dozens of planes, propeller planes she was familiar with, were parked on the flight deck. Dive bombers, fighters and torpedo bombers were all neatly arranged in rows, most of them probably never having gone on a mission against the Siren fleets, just like Ruby herself.

Walking closer to the flight control tower, the door leading into the ship suddenly opened, she knew Ruby was here. Schwarz nudged her side in concern, and despite the grip on her scythe tightening, she eventually dismissed it and patted her rigging in reassurance.

Ruby and Schwarz walked down the steps, most naval ships had similar enough architecture, but the foreignness of it still gave her pause. Similar to when she guided the Atlesian Naval Officer they kidnapped, blinking lights on the hallways directed her on where to go. Deciding to follow along, the winded and long hallways filled with pipes and other machinery eventually led her to…a diner?

No, it was a diner, the Eagle Union kind she saw in movies. The neon lights, checkered floors and the tables filled with condiments all pointed to it being an authentic roadside diner, somehow fit into an Aircraft Carrier, but then again, she had a beer garden fitted into her hull so who was she to judge their odd design choices?

Walking through the doors, she was immediately hit by the music of a Jukebox, playing songs from the Eagle Union, and after a few seconds more, the sizzle of meat on a pan, and the smell of grease.

"Just a few seconds, and I'll be right with you! Take a seat on any table you'd like."

Ruby did exactly that, the voice was unmistakably from Weiss Schnee, albeit much more relaxed now compared to the afternoon. Taking a seat on the nearest table, she slid into the red velvet leather, careful to not rip anything with her clothing. Wait a minute, though she didn't realize at first, Weiss spoke to her not in the common language, but in the Eagle Union dialect of the Royal Navy's language, the first time she heard anyone speak it in Remnant.

"Alright, cheese is on the patty, just need to wait for it to melt…you want anything to drink?" Weiss appeared from the window peering into the kitchen, she still wore her sundress from this afternoon, with the addition of an apron and spatula in hand.

"I've got Oxy-cola, milkshakes, good old Tennessee whiskey…dub light even…though I guess you Ironblood folks hate that stuff, right?"

Ruby had no idea what she was talking about, especially when it came to the last drink she offered, but more importantly, Weiss knew she was from Ironblood already.

"I will have the Oxy-cola." Her own use of the Royal Navy's language was quite rusty, and even she was surprised by the accent that came out.

"The classic! Comin' right up."

Weiss pulled two bottles of the famous Eagle Union soft drink for Kansen out from a fridge, opened the cap, and slid it over to Ruby. She took a swig, and immediately felt any tiredness from today disappear, what did they even put in this stuff? No wonder it was banned for sale in Ironblood, the civilian version, not the Kansen one.

Weiss then took the seat across from Ruby, she poured the Oxy-cola into a cup, and then took out a huge bottle of whiskey from seemingly thin air.

"I like to have Jack and Cola whenever possible, believe me, it wasn't easy sneaking off to drink this stuff in the Schnee manor."

Ruby knew that cocktail, it was mixing a cola with whiskey together, though instead of it being one part whiskey and four parts cola, Weiss's version was more like half and half. She watched her down half of the glass in one go, before turning to Ruby with a content smile. What the tabloids would pay for an image like that, Ruby didn't even want to know.

"Don't really get the chance to take my hull out y'know? With Atlas being in the sky and everythin'. Usually I get the opportunity whenever my family goes on vacation to a resort near the sea, and even then I've got to sneak past the guards assigned to protect us. Privileged, I know, but that was how it was for me, guessing you grew up differently, right?"

Very much so. Ruby just nodded, she couldn't imagine guards watching her every move since birth, she would have rather shot through the walls than endure that.

"Must have been nice… excuse me, where are my manners? We've already introduced ourselves, but I feel like another introduction is in order."

Two feathered wings sprouted out from behind her, and the eagle Ruby saw from earlier today, landed on Weiss's outstretched arm. Her sundress was replaced in another flash, instead, a dress with a corset, arm cuffs and necktie appeared in its place; a blue rose adorned on the side of her hair.

"I'm Weiss Schnee, and in my past life…I was called EUS Yorktown, Essex-class Aircraft Carrier of the Eagle Union."

Yorktown, named after the battle in the Eagle Union's revolution against the Royal Isles, and the sister ship of the legendary Grey Ghost. The Eagle by her side was no mere eagle at all.

Ruby gave her own introduction next, the first to a fellow Kansen graced with a Wisdom Cube for the first time, in Remnant.

"Ruby Rose. In the memories I inherited, I was KMS Ulrich Von Hutten, H-39 Battleship of Ironblood."

Before continuing on however, she had to confirm just one, small tiny detail. "Tell me then, before we continue, are we still enemies?"

Fair winds and following seas.

AN:

Something that really irks me in regards to 'Fantasy' worlds like Remnant is how many of them in a 'modern' setting just feel Americanized. Probably due to RT not really paying attention to the world-building, but I don't get the sense that Vale is a 'distinct' Kingdom in RWBY unlike Atlas or Mistral for that matter, and the latter just mixes like all of East Asia into one.

Also, there is no way in hell Remnant only has one language, considering they fought a Great War over letting people have freedom of expression and all that, having just one universal language like the show suggests sends very mixed signals. You'd think with the lengths they go to show the different kingdoms, there'd be something, anything on there being language issues.

Be civil in the comments below.