Amity Colosseum
The crowd was continuing to cheer as the next match was about to begin. This match was between teammates Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai and Coco Adel and Yatsuhashi Daichi, who was mediating as they waited to start. Both teams had been waiting the center of the arena and began to prepare themselves for battle. As they waited for the signal to duke it out, the holographic roulette began to run through the selector as to pick the field for the fighters.
Port and Oobleck waited in anticipation for the battle to start but Port decided to go ahead and announce the fighters.
"Well we are almost complete through these rounds and taking the stands today are Emerald and Mercury of Haven, as they are up against Coco and Yatsuhashi of Beacon! Let's see what our fighters today have in store for us" said Port as the crowd cheered in anticipation as they wanted the fight to start.
CFVY's other teammates were sitting next to team RRWBY's seats and they began cheering for their team to win as Velvet cheered
"Good luck, you two!"
As she finished cheering, The Colosseum chose four fields to rise up from below in quarter sections. In one spot was a patch of tall grassy plains which has a single tree and some rocks, while in another section was the ruins of a city, complete with buildings holding shattered windows and rubble among the pavement. Another section had a hot spring containing geyser spots along a small river and some blue Dust crystal growths and the last quarter was a familiar section of dense forest.
Coco was staring at Emerald and lowered her sunglasses as she looked up and down at her opponents and she gained a smirk and said
"Hey! Love the outfit, kid!"
Emerald just chuckled at her as she said "I'll try not to get blood on it."
Yatsuhashi got up from his mediation as he said" I can't promise you'll leave without a scratch"as he unsheathed his weapon.
Emerald began stretching her arm out as she said, "I won't be the one bleeding."
Coco admired her fighting spirit as she said "Ooh, I like her!"
Then, over the lout speaker, they heard Port as he yelled "Three, two, one, begin!" and the battle began, but in a very strange way.
Instead of charging forward, Mercury and Emerald slowly walked back into the tall grass and disappeared behind the leaves.
Coco and Yatsuhashi thought this was some kind of joke as they both smiled at each other. Coco then popped out her Gatling gun and began mowing down the field as the crowds of sunglasses-wearing fans roar their approval, even when bullets nearly hit them from the other side of the forcefield.
Rex was able to see her adoring fans and then began looking around and noticed that he hadn't anyone wearing his clothes nor even having things made to represent his builds. He silently pouted as he slumped in his chair as he thought,
"Why does she have fans to wear her own clothes and I've got no one willing to embarrass themselves to cheer me on. Man, this bites" complained Rex in his head.
He then looked back down to the arena and saw that Coco had let up her firing as she and Yatsuhashi realized the two opponents aren't in the plains section anymore. Rex took notice of this and wondered the same thing.
Coco and Yatsuhashi looked at each other in confusion as they didn't know where they went. Rex looked around the arena and saw that they were attacking from either sides. Then he saw Blake jump from her seat as she yelled,
" Look out!" as out of the sky,Mercury dropped in and was falling towards Coco, but Yatsuhashi pushed her out of the way and blocked Mercury's legs with his blade, and shoved him back away from him. Coco saw her chance and open fired at Mercury, but he began running around them and was avoiding her shots.
Sun and his team were sitting away from the others and were surprised by Mercury's attack as Sun said,
"He's good!"
Scarlet joined the commentary as he said "Yeah, but where's the girl?" as the others looked around for her too.
Back in the arena, Mercury reached the two and kicked away Coco's weapon while dodging Yatsuhashi's blade, then delivered a double blow to the giant warrior before jumping over Coco's continued barrage of bullets. He landed on the gun and kicked her in the face, while he kept over Yatsuhashi's sword, as he had swung at him, but Mercury used the swing to his advantage as he climbed over Coco and got behind her and forced her to press the barrels up to her own teammate.
Rex saw this happen and just thought "Dirty trick."
Everyone stood still as they were afraid of the outcome of what might happen, until Coco compressed her weapon back into its handbag form and tried to hit Mercury with her bag as Yatsuhashi swung his sword at the same time, but Mercury jumped back and launched two blasts from his boots at the two team members but they both were able to dodge or deflect them.
Coco was unfazed by his shots and turned towards him with a glare but when she turned around, her scowl turned into shock as the both of them saw Mercury spinning around, while dozens of the shots were now spiraling around Mercury, who was still handstand-spinning until he sent all of them at Coco and Yatsuhashi. They all came in at random as a barrage of light and smoke surrounded them. That was enough to give Mercury the perfect cover to appear behind the two. He grabbed the both of them by their arms and gave Coco flurry of kicks that knocked Coco got up to face him again, a chain came out from the forest trees and wrapped around her and it dragged her back into the forest.
Yatsuhashi saw his leader being dragged away as he shouted "Coco!" as she disappeared into the forest out of sight.Not paying attention, Mercury was able to deliver a powerful kick to his face. But before another kick could be given, Yatsuhashi grabbed Mercury and threw him into the hot spring area. He jumped high in the air as Mercury still slid back, but his blade only came down on Mercury's boots, which created a shockwave the shock the area a bit.
Mercury fired his boots and got out of the hold and aimed a swipe at Yatsuhashi's feet to bring him down but Yatsuhashi was able to dodge it and began swinging his blade at him but Mercury was able to them. Mercury then managed to kick Yatsuhashi down to the ground, but unfortunately, he landed on top of a geyser and he was too late to get off as it burst open and scorched his head, causing him to scream in pain as he frantically got back up, but only to be met by a powerful kick.
Meanwhile
Coco was still being dragged back into the forest until the chain made her collide with the trunk of a tree. She grunted in pain and got up but then she realized her sunglasses were gone. She looked to the side and saw that they were broken.
This did not sit well with her as she glared out into the forest as she said
"I take it back. I don't like her."
Just as she spoke, a gunshot were charging towards her, which she barely managed to jump back from as more came down on her. She looked up and saw the Emerald was sitting in the trees, with her guns in her hands. She glared at Emerald as she then unleashed her Gatling gun again and shot towards Emerald, but she was able to jump to the next branch and started firing back at her. The two fired back at each other, but Coco lost Emerald deep into the trees. She kept gazing around but couldn't find.
She quietly swore as she kept looking around for her but then she heard her teammate say,
"Coco! What are you doing."
Coco then turned around to see Yatsuhashi walking towards her. Taking this as a sign that he defeated the other guy, she turned back around and said "Watch out, she's in the trees!"
But then Port could be heard from over head as he said,
"Oh, and with that final blow, Yatsuhashi is eliminated!"
Coco was shocked by the announcement. She thought her teammate had won. Wasn't he behind her not too long ago. She quickly turned around to notice that he was gone.
"What!?" she said in confusion. She slowly kept turning around, her hands shaking as she held her gun. She was so busy looking that she didn't look behind her. But once she did, she was only met with a punch to the face, which caused her to go flying out of the forest, and ended up landing near her defeated teammate.
Emerald came out of the forest and walked over to Mercury, who was smirking at the twos defeat. And as they looked at their victory, Oobleck had announced,
"And with an amazing upset, Emerald and Mercury are victorious!"
Stands
Back in the stands, Velvet gasped at her teammates defeat while Fox just shook his head in defeat while Velvet yelled " Coco?" She then felt a hand on her shoulder as she saw Fox had placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder as Ruby and Rex looked into the stadium. Little did they know that Cinder was sitting right behind as she got up to go meet her teammates but as she did, she gave Rex a secretly long look at the back of his head and just smirked at him as she walked away from her seat.
"It's only a matter of time before his powers will be ours" thought Cinder as she began to walk away.
Meanwhile
In an elegant twilit pavilion area of ivy-covered pillars, rounded archways, and lion-decorated fountains, Weiss Schnee and her elder sister Winter were sitting at a simple table with a plate full of croissants and strawberries. Winter is sipping from her teacup as Weiss repeated the news she was just told.
"You're... leaving?" said Weiss surprised.
"Yes. I was merely needed to oversee the transport of additional units to Vale. Our last shipment was lost to an ambush. I believe you had a run-in with its cargo, actually. It's fortunate those Paladins were in the prototype stage; otherwise your team may not have fared so well. But then again, that boy on your team surely could've handled it."
Weiss gave a versos chuckle as she said "Yes, indeed. He would be able to" as she looked down at her cup. Winter gave her change of expression as she then said,
"Weiss, you've done... well, out here, on your own. You should be proud. I'll be honest, it was quite amusing seeing Father's face the day you left for Beacon! So that boy has something no one has seen. That doesn't make you any less a great fighter than him.
Weiss was surprised by her words and then said "I can't wait to show him what I learned! And his name is Rex, Winter"
"Right, right. Rex. So, tell me. Then what do you think you've learned?
Weiss decided not to look her in the eye as she said
"What do you mean? I'm getting better and better with my glyphs! I've even started Time Dilation!"
Winter then stared intently at her sibling as she asked "And what of your Summoning?"
Weiss looked down in defeat as she said " You know I can't."
Winter scoffed as she said "Don't be ridiculous. Every Schnee has the ability to summon. We have for generations."
Weiss just slammed her fist on the table as she exclaimed "I've tried! It's just... it's the one thing I've been having trouble with!"
Winter: We Schnees are unique. Unlike many, our Semblance is hereditary. But that doesn't mean it will come easily" as she lifted her hand to summon a small, elaborate glyph over her palm.
"Your Semblance is like a muscle. The more you practice with it, the stronger it will become. But if you only focus on one aspect of it" she said as a white-and-blue Beowolf was now at her sister's side as then said "If you fail to test the limits of what you think is possible, then you'll never truly grow.
Weiss knew her sister was trying to help her so she couldn't help but smile. She decided to take her lesson to heart and said
"I will try Winter. I'll keep trying until I'm ready" she said in confidence. Weiss then said
"And if I fail, I have my teammates to cheer me on. As they have been."
Winter was pleased to hear that her sister was making friends at Beacon and knew that she was on her way to be a great huntress one day. On the subject of teammates, she thought she would ask,
"Speaking of teammates, so the boy on your team" she then covered her mouth at her mistake and said "Sorry. Rex. So tell me, what is he like?" asked Winter.
Weiss sat quietly as she began to think on it. She then looked back at Winter and said
"He's stubborn, egoistical, annoying, and tends to make bad jokes like Yang does....." as she paused for a moment, getting the annoying stuff about him out of the way as she continued saying ".... but he does have his moments of where he can take things seriously. Is he a perfect teammate. Absolutely not. But he is one that I've grown accustom and I am glad he is on our team."
Winter was happy to hear that the boy wasn't a delinquent and was getting along with her sister. She too had questions about him but she was at least happy to know he was a good guy. Mostly.
In RRWBY's dorm
Ruby, Yang, and Rex were in their dorm room while Ruby and Qrow were playing a fighting game. Ruby and Qrow were duking in out in the game and Ruby yelled "You'll never beat me, old man!"
Qrow just laughed at his niece as he said "You're nothing but talk, kid!"
Yang was on Weiss's bed as she cheered "You can do it, Ruby!"
Rex was on Blakes bed, with a bored expressionas he said "Hurry and cripple the old man, Red, so I can play next."
Their cheering didn't seem to help because Qrow's character had just chopped Ruby's characters head and fell down in defeat. Ruby just sat their with a shocked and surprised expression. The game then yelled "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!"
Qrow just grinned at his victory as Ruby lowered her head in shame.
Yang just whispered "Ouch" as her sister defeat.
Qrow then leaned towards Ruby as he said "And by the way, don't ever call me old" as he also glared at Rex but Rex just brushed the glare off.
Seeing this as an opportunity, both Yang and Rex charged towards the game yelling "My turn!" but as they ran towards the controller they both knocked Ruby aside and pulled on the controller back and forth saying "My turn". Yang then thought of an opportunity to win the controller as she said
"How about a kiss and I'll give you the controller" said Yang as she leaned forward with her eyes closed.
Qrow immediately turned to them and said "What" but Rex knew that she would pull a stunt like that and said
"Ok fine. But it won't be my first." This caused Yang's eye to widen in shock as she said "What?!"
Seeing as she was know distracted, Rex yanked the controller forward and as Yang fell towards him, Rex rolled back and used his legs to launch her off her stomach and cause her to land on her back. She groaned in pain as Rex just laughed and said
"Hook, line, and sucker" as he faced the screen as the game said "NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES!"
Yang got back and complained saying "Hey that was a dirty trick" as she folded her hands and pouted at how he tricked her.
"It's your own fault for being a tease. Don't forget, two can play at this game. Speaking of which, You ready to die, old man" chuckled Rex.
Qrow just laughed at Yang's little stunt but then said to Rex in a menacing tone "Don't call me old. I hate that"
Rex just turned to him and said in a mocking tone "Uh oh. Did someone forget to take his medication" as he just gave him a look that showed he was making fun of him.
Qrow just sighed in annoyance as he faced the screen and said "Now, where was I?"
Ruby then popped up from behind the two and said excitedly "You were telling us about your last mission!"
"Right, right..." said Qrow as his voice changed to a mysterious tone as to make the story more scary sounding. "I'd come across a small village in the swamps west of Mistral. Right off the bat, I knew something wasn't right."
"What were you doing there?" asked Ruby.
"I needed information. Tired from battling Grimm along the way, I decided to start my search at the town's inn. The place was crawling with lowlifes and thugs, even a few Huntsmen that I could only assume had been hired by less-than reputable people for less-than respectable jobs. And that's when it happened" said Qrow as his voice changed dramatically.
"What happened?" asked Yang.
Qrow lowered his head and said "I was defeated...
by the mere sight... of the innkeeper's skirt length!"
Rex just grew a deadpanned face and said "Seriously" but he seemed too annoyed but Qrow cause them he heard the game say "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!"
Rex just groaned as he said "I hate you!"
Qrow just chuckled as he said "Best two out of three?"
Ruby just sat on Weiss's bed as she asked "So, Uncle Qrow, did you get in trouble with Ozpin?"
"Nah, me and Oz go way back. We're cool."
Yang just scoffed as she said "Cool for an old guy."
"Not funny" Qrow complained.
"So, what are you doing here anyway? I thought Dad said that you would be on a mission, for like... ever." said Ruby.
Qrow turned his attention back to the game as he said "Well, a professional Huntsman like myself is expected to get results, as soon as possible."
Ruby nervously chuckled as she said "Yeah, I get that. I mean, we're pretty much pros, too."
"Oh, really?" said Qrow as he raised his eyebrow in question.
"Of course, we are. Do you ever read the news. We totally saved Vale while you were gone" said Yang in her confident way.
Qrow just chuckled as he said "Funny, because I heard Vale suffered a Grimm attack after you almost managed to stop a train" as he leaned towards Rex as he said
"But they don't give out medals for almost" but then he heard the game say,
"IRON GIANT WINS. TOTAL ANNIHILATION" as he turned to the game and saw that Rex had won the game. He turned to a smirking Rex as he smugly said
"They do, and it's called silver. Which is also what your hair is turning into, old man."
Qrow glared at Rex as he just laughed as he said " I hate ya, kid. But I also love ya." Rex just chuckled.
They then heard Yang say "Even if it was almost, we still helped take down Roman Torchwick! He's locked up in Ironwood's ship and crime's been down ever since! That's basically a bounty mission!"
"Sure, you may be acting like Huntsman but you're not thinking like ones. You really think four girls, a boy, and their friends could end all crime in a Kingdom?"
"Give me time and I can" said Rex in his cocky attitude.
Qrow just stared at him as he said "You're strong and powerful kid, but you're still just a kid."
Rex just turned towards him as he said "Better a kid than an old man."
Qrow grunted in annoyance as Rex said "Ya walked into that one on your own. No one to blame but you."
"You're lucky you have those giant hands of yours or I'd strangle you" said Qrow in a grumpy manner.
"Anyway, you were talking about us stopping the criminals in the Kingdoms. I mean, we can but.... I mean, I did until you said that..." said Ruby until she was interrupted by Qrow saying in a serious manner.
"Violence hasn't dropped since Roman got nabbed; it's stopped, completely. No White Fang activity anywhere around the city. You cut off the head of the King Taijitu, but now the second head's calling the shots. That's what Ironwood can't get through that thick metal head of his."
"You... know the General?" said Yang.
Qrow's attitude dropped completely and he went back to his humorous manner as he said
"Hey, I know everybody to some extent. Remember, you're talking to a member of the coolest team that graduated Beacon!"
He then pulled a picture out of his pocket and showed it to the girls and Rex which showed four figures standing under a tree. They were himself, Raven Branwen, Taiyang Xiao Long, and Summer Rose as Yang's eyes widen and he sighed in remembrance.
"Ah, Team STRQ... That's where I met your parents. We were pretty well known back in the day."
"Yea, well known for crummy fashion sense!" said Rex.
"Hey, we looked good! And I have a number of inappropriate stories to back that up!" said Qrow as he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively but noticed Yang continuing to stare at the picture and put it away. "But, I'll save those for when you're older."
Ruby recoiled in disgust at his words and said "Oh, gross!"
Qrow then got up from he floor and said "Anyways, I'm too old to be hanging out with a bunch of kids. You're gonna cramp my style" as he turned around and walked towards the door. He then paused and turned towards the groups as he said
"Look, just remember that you've still got a long way to go... And don't think for a second that graduating means you're done. Every day out there is worth a week in this place. You three, you're gonna go far. But only if you keep learning; if you never stop moving forward."
As they heard him walking down the hall, Rex just chuckled as he looked at the girls as he pointed to the door with his thumb saying "Cramping his style. If that style is crocheting and bingo, then clearly we are not right to be near him even" as they heard footsteps running down the hall and were getting louder towards them. Then the door flung open as they saw an angry Qrow saying,
"THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DEAD MEAT, KID" as he charged at Rex with his sword out. Rex just turned towards window and jumped out it while also forming his wings and flew away. Qrow looked out the window and yelled
"Just because you can fly doesn't mean I can't shoot your sorry butt down" as he too jumped out of the window. All that could be heard from Yang and Ruby's side was a bunch of flying sounds, gun shots, and metal clashing. Ruby turned to her sister in a very panicked manner saying,
"Shouldn't we stop them." Yang gave her a surprised expression as she said,
"You really want to deal with an angry Uncle Qrow." Ruby raised her finger to answer her question but then she thought back on her question and said,
"No, not really." They both turned to the window as Yang said,
"Sorry Rex. You're on your own" as they both turned back to their game and began playing as Rex was still getting shot at outside.
Back to Weiss and Winter
Back in the pavilion, Weiss was working on her Summoning. Weiss was pointing her sword at the ground, creating a rotating glyph made of blade symbols with Winter behind her, appraising the effort.
"Excellent form! Now think to your fallen foes! The ones who forced you to push past where you were, and become who you are now. Think of them, and watch as they come to your side" said Winter as the glyph flickered in and out of existence and Weiss grimaced in concentration.
Weiss kept trying to hold her form but it seemed to be difficult for her as the glyph eventually dismissed itself and she just stomped the ground angrily and said "I can't!:
Winter just slapped Weiss's head as she told her "Stop doubting yourself!"
"I'm trying!" complained Weiss.
"If this is what you call trying, then you have no hope of succeeding as a Huntress!" as she thought on the question and then smiled as she said "Why don't you just move back home? I'm sure Father would give you a nice job as a receptionist!"
Weiss looked away from her as exclaimed "I don't need his charity!"
Winter leaned close to Weiss as she said "But you do need his money, don't you?"
Weiss was surprised by her answer as she said "What!? How did you know about that!?"
Winter just straightened up as she said"Lucky guess. I may have been in a similar situation when I joined the military. So what have you done this time?"
"Well, that's the thing: I'm really not sure! I went to pay for lunch the other day, but the card didn't work!"
Winter just teased her saying "How embarrassing."
"I know!" she exclaimed but saw her sister shaking her head. She knew that it was embarrassing but all she could say was "Well, it was! Why would he cut me off like that?"
"Perhaps so that you'd stop avoiding him and call home."
Weiss internally gasped at her assumption but knew that that would be a reason but she decided instead of answering her, she decided to attempt to create a summoning glyph, gritting her teeth until Winter placed a consoling hand on her shoulder.
"Emotions can grant you strength. But you must never let them overpower you. It sounds to me like you have two choices in front of you. You can either call him, beg for his money back, and explain once more why you would want to study at Beacon over Atlas, or you could continue to explore Remnant, discovering more about the world and honestly, more about yourself."
Weiss knew that what she saying was her only options but she still didn't want to deal with her father. But as she thought on her options, an explosion could be heard. Winter and Weiss jumped at the explosion and turned around to see where it was but as they turned around, they heard a loud voice saying,
"Call me old man again and I'll cut you into 2x4's."
They turned to the voice and saw that Rex and Qrow were fighting with each other. Rex had his sword on his right arm out out as did Qrow but he then used the gun function of his weapon and fired at Rex, but Rex formed his Fun chuck on his left and swung and Qrow but he jumped away from it. Rex took this as his chance and charged towards him with his new build.
Seeing the fight happening, Winter and Weiss groaned as Weiss turned to as she said "Shall we" as she pointed towards the two. Weiss just gave her a nod and the two ran after the two.
Later that night
After dealing with the two, leaving them both with giant bumps on their heads as they went their separate ways, Winter and Weiss said their goodbyes as Weiss waved goodbye to Winter as she flew away in her ship.
She turned back towards her dorm but she stopped just as her scroll started vibrating with an incoming call. She read the screen and it said Father. She pondered on what to do as her finger hovered over the screen in uncertainty until she closed her eyes and forced herself to press it as she turned it off. She smiled at the sight of her closed scroll and began walking back to her room.
The Next Morning
It was the next morning and team RRWBY were chilling in their seats as they were watching the battle taking place in the arena. Explosions could be heard all over the area as the battle was between Penny Polendina and Ceil Soleil against Russel Thrush and Sky Lark of Beacon. They were members of Cardin's team and Rex already knew which team he wanted to win, even if they were from a different kingdom.
"Even if Penny is from Atlas, this'll show those morons to be make fun of people" he said as he clenched his fist in annoyance.
Russell kept running from the two and jumped behind some rocks, and readied his weapons to fight. But all Penny did was released her swords and sent them towards Russell. He jumped out of the way and ducked behind a big boulder, as the swords lodged themselves in the boulder. Looking to his right he saw his other teammate clinging to one of the boulders.
Wasting no time, Penny does the same thing with another group of blades, but aimed them at the other teammate and lodged them in the boulders. The two exchanged a worried look at the sight of their rocks still pierced with multiple blades, and Penny just grinned in combat-ready fierceness as she looked to her partner giving her a look that said "We've already won this" but all her teammate did was tap her watch, telling Penny to hurry up and end this.
Penny's grinned expression dropped as she sighed and raised her hands like a puppetmaster and used the near-invisible strings attached to each hilt to lift the giant rocks up in the air, with Russel and Sky still hanging on. Bringing her arms down to her sides, the stones came crashing to the ground as well, leaving Penny's opponents knocked out in the grass. Her swords came back to her pack as the buzzer rings.
"And victory goes to Penny and Ciel of Atlas!" chanted Oobleck.
Penny walked over to the fallen opponents and bowed as she said "Thank you for a wonderful time."
The two victors turned to leave the stadium as Russel feebly reached out, only to get hit in the head by a stone.
Watching from the stands, Ruby jumped in happiness that Penny won and turned and ran away from her group to go congratulate her. Her team saw her run away. Weiss groaned at seeing her run away and said
"Rex, go follow her."
"Why do I have to follow her. Ask Yang. She's her sister after all" said Rex as he pointed at Yang in annoyance.
"She may be her sister, but did she get a big bump on the head from yesterday" threatened Weiss as she cracked her knuckles. Rex flinched at her threat, as he held his head in fear as he still had lingering pain from her hitting him on the head for fighting with Qrow. He backed away said,
"Ok. Ok. I'll go. Good grief" as he turned and tried to catch Ruby before he lost her.
Penny and Ciel were walking away from the arena until they were stopped by a screaming voice saying "Penny!"
Penny turned her head to see Ruby at the stands opening. Penny gasped as she said "Ruby!" and tackled her into a hug as they both fell to the ground. Ruby just groaned as she said weakly, "Why...:
Penny and Ruby got up as they heard footsteps and turned to see Rex running towards them. He stopped as he said "For the last time red, stop running away without one of us with you."
Ruby just grumbled as she said " I don't need a chaperone. I'm fine on my own."
Rex just raised his eyebrow as he said "You make us question that sometimes."
Penny gasped as she said "Rex. Oh it is so good to see you again" as she wrapped her arms around him and squeezed him to death. He just stood there as she hugged him to death. When she released him, Ruby expected him to fall down but he just stood there as she asked "How are you not in pain?"
Rex looked at her as he said "I've been hugged to death so many time, I'm numb to it."
Penny then faced her teammate as she said "Rex, Ruby, this is my teammate...."
"....Ciel Soleil" said the girl as she bowed in hello.
Ruby decided to introduce herself as she said"Hi! I'm Ru-"
"Ruby Rose. 15. Hails from Patch. Leader of Team RRWBY. Status: Questionable" Interrupted the girl.
Ruby just stood in silent as she felt both awkward and a bit insulted by the "questionable" part. Rex thought he should introduce himself as well but as he was about to, the interrupted saying,
"Rex Salazar, Age 17, Origins: Unknown, Member of Team RRWBY, Status: Divided
"I don't like her already" said Rex as he whispered in Ruby's ear.
"Rrright. Sooo... Penny! You two were incredible out there. How do you keep control of all those swords? It's so cool!" exclaimed Ruby
Ciel pointed at her watch as she said "Penny. I believe it is best if we move on to our next location."
Penny looked towards Rex and Ruby and then back to her teammate as she said "Could we have just a minute to talk?"
In response, Ciel checked the time, then took a step back and nodded, and started the countdown.
"So is she... your friend or..."
Penny gave an unsure look as she said "Well, in a way. She's like Blake, but if Blake was ordered to spend time with you."
"So she's basically Ice queen" joked Rex.
Penny nodded as she said "Precisely."
Ruby wanted to ask Penny a question but since Rex was here, she didn't want to spill her info about Penny. So she turned to Rex and said
"Rex, I think I saw some people wearing clothes like you and have cardboard pieces of your builds" as she pointed down the hallway.
"*Gasp* Fans!!!" exclaimed Rex as he ran towards the hall and disappeared around the corner.
"I do not remember seeing people wearing strange clothes as him" said Penny.
"There wasn't. I just said that so he wouldn't hear us. About what I wanted to ask" said Ruby.
"Ask about what" asked Penny.
"About your teammate. Does she know about... y'know... beep boop bop, does not compute?" said Ruby as she moved her hands like a robot.
Penny shook her head as she said "Oh no. General Ironwood doesn't really want anyone to know. There was an incident with a magnet, but I was able to play it off" as she remembered a magnet was stuck to her head but she hid it under a giant sun hat. That caused Ruby and Penny to chuckle at her predicament.
When Penny stopped laughing and her expression changed to a serious one as she said
"Ruby, there's something I've been wanting to talk to you about" as she glanced back at her teammate as she then whispered "I want to stay at Beacon."
Ruby looked troubled by the news as she said "Penny, they'll never let you do that."
Penny frowned but then grinned with mischief as she said "I know, but I have a plan."
Ciel stepped into the mix as she said "It's been precisely one minute, ma'am."
"I'll talk to you more soon, Ruby. And tell Rex I said Good day" as the two began walking away but as they left, Rex came storming around the corner as he yelled "Ruby, You stinking liar. There was no people wearing my clothes. Not even toys nor cutouts of my awesome builds" as he gripped her shoulders and shook her like a rag doll. He stopped shaking her as he looked at her and said "Why I'm so mad, I'll....I'll....."
"Our next match will begin in 15 minutes!" said Port over the stadium speakers.
Rex had looked at the speakers then back to Ruby as he said "I'll get back to you once I win the match" as he released her and began walking towards the arena.
Ruby became giddy and happy as she said "Oh, boy. Oh, boy. This is going to be....."
Amity Arena
"..... A piece of cake" said Yang as she was stretching herself, preparing for battle. Then over the stadium speaker, they heard Oobleck say,
"In this battle, Yang and Rex of Beacon are up against Neon and Flynt of Atlas. I don't know about you but this is a battle I have been excited for. Let's see what our battlers have up their sleeve for us" as the Holograms began picking out the battle arenas.
Rex was just standing still with his arms in his pockets as he waited for the buzzer to start. He began to think on their opponents. He remembered that they were from Atlas so he asked Yang,
"So if they're from Atlas, do you think they'll be Weiss-like or what" as he asked trying to be funny. Yang could see what he was doing and said,
"Maybe but if they aren't do you think we can trade them with our Weiss" as she tried to be funny too.
"Maybe but I wouldn't hold my breath" he said. But then at that very moment, a rainbow zoomed past the two. They both stood in shock at the sudden whoosh but then they looked ahead of them and saw them running rainbow come to a stop, revealing to be a pigtailed Faunus girl with roller blades and a cat tail swishing around her weapon next to a young man wearing a fedora and sunglasses, holding a trumpet in one hand.
Rex and Yang just stood there in as amazement as he said "Ok, Maybe you can stay breathing."
The boy with the trumpet then walked up as he said "Hey!" which made Rex and Yang turn to him.
"I saw you fighting out there at the beginning boy, and we have to say, those are quite some impressive powers you got there. Is it your semblance or something."
Rex looked at Yang as she just shrugged her shoulders. He then turned back to him as he said "Lets just go with or something" as he pulled his hands out of his pockets.
The boy just chuckled as he said "Fine, whatever. But don't go getting a big head. Just cause you can pop some big fancy sword out of your body, doesn't mean you're going to win, since you're up against us Atlas people" said the boy as he readied his trumpet.
"I didn't think it was possible but I've found a male Weiss" thought Rex.
Yang didn't like how the man was making fun of them so she raising her finger while yelling
"Hey! Why don't you-"
"Hey! Why don't you?" insulting the girl while pointing at Yang as she said "That's what you sound like!"
Yang wasn't sure how to react and neither was Rex. They both looked at each other as they weren't sure how to respond to something as stupid as that.
"Hey! Where'd you get your hair extensions?" said the girl.
"Oh, no" thought Rex.
Yang wasn't sure what she was meaning by that as she said "This is just my normal hair."
"Ooh, really?" she said.
Yang was getting annoyed as she said "Yeah! Is that a prob-"
"You should try rollerblading sometime! It's super fun! It'd probably take you a while, though, since you're so... you know, top-heavy" she said as she pointed at Yang.
Yang wasn't sure what she was meaning until she saw her pointing down. Yang looked down at herself and realized what she was meaning. "Excuse me!?" she yelled. Rex just stood to the side as he didn't want to get involved with the issue.
Yang looked at Rex with anger in her eyes as she said "You get trumpet boy, she's mine" and she readied her gauntlets. Then the field opened around the four combatants, and up raised a volcanic area, sandy desert, steaming geysers, and ruined buildings.
The fighters gazed at each other as Port yelled,
"Three! Two! One! Begin!"
Right as the whistle was blown, The trumpet boy, Flynt, raised the instrument and blew a sound wave towards Rex and Yang and the force of the sound caused them to fly back. Rex managed to grab Yang while he formed his left Smack hand and held onto the ground. He tried to look forward but he was met by Neon's speed and got hit in the face causing them to fly back, but then Neon gave Yang a quick kick to the stomach causing her to fly back into the city region.
Flynt stopped blowing his trumpet as Rex got back up and turned towards Flynt. He began to charge towards Flynt. Before Flynt could start playing again, Rex formed his whip, pulled his right arm towards his left side and swung it towards his opponent.
Flynt saw it coming and back flipped to escape the whip swing. As he looked back at Rex, he was met with something heavy and hard and it sent him flying to the side as he landed with a thud.
Flynt groaned in pain as he got back up and turned towards Rex. He then saw that Rex had a giant Nunchuck on his left arm.
"Was that fun for you" smirked Rex.
"No, it wasn't" yelled Flynt.
"Oh, that's strange cause you just got hit by my "Fun-chucks" said Rex as he held his smile in his cocky way.
"Do you get it" asked Rex.
"Uh huh. I got it. How do I return it" said Flynt in an annoyed manner.
"How about... with you giving up" said Rex as he retracted his builds and formed his rider and charged towards him.
With Yang
Back in the ruined city, Neon managed to roll ahead of every blast from Yang's gauntlets as she skated on the railings and kept making faces at Yang, which kept irritating her. She continued to flip and slide over any terrain in her way, all the while repeating a mantra to herself,
"Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat! Never miss a beat!"
She eventually came down to the ground and charged towards Yang and swung her weapon at Yang, hitting her multiple times. Yang gritted her teeth as she unloaded the spent shells in her gauntlet as Neon smirked as she cracked her glow sticks, turning them blue. She charged towards Yang and in a bright flash, Yang felt something on her leg and realized her right leg was now encased in ice.
Neon just giggled as she said "Now you're bottom-heavy, too!" While smacking her butt for emphasis.
Annoyed by her insults, Yang broke the ice on her leg but she couldn't stop Neon from freezing her left arm now. She saw Neon skating away from her but then she sped back and kicked into a wall. She then heard Neon laugh as she said,
"You should cool off! Get it? Because you're angry" while she smirked.
Not appreciating the pun one bit, Yang smashed her arm against the wall, once again shattering the ice and the structure itself.
Back with Rex
Rex and Flynt were facing each other in the burning section as Rex charged Flynt with a shield in one hand and his Bad Axe in the other.
Flynt blew his trumpet in a high pitch and as it was aimed at Rex, Rex hid behind his shield and tried to hold his ground, but the force was too great which caused Rex to fly back. Flynt just chuckled as he said
"All those builds and you can't even stop me" as he continued to chuckle. Rex got back up and said
"Yea I know. But the only reason for that is cause I've been having fun being able to fight opponents that might be able to give me a decent warm up and there's something me and my teammate want to try out before we defeat you" said Rex as faced Flynt.
Flynt just chuckled as he said "Oh and what could that be."
"You'll just have to wait and see" said Rex.
"Well you're lucky I have a lot of patience" said Flynt as he pointed his trumpet at the ground as fire went up and he blew his trumpet, which caused the fire to fly towards Rex.
Being quick on his feet, Rex formed his shields and blocked the fire. Seeing as how Rex was distracted, Flynt took a stance and before Rex could see it, a second Flynt appeared next to the first, and then another, and another after that, each with different colors on his suit and they joined their waves of noise together to send Rex flying back.
Jaune was amazed at what happened as were many people as everyone heard Oobleck say,
"It appears young Flynt has just activated his Semblance! And quite a remarkable one at that. Maybe not as much as Mr. Salazar but it is one not to trifle with. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on Flynt Coal's Killer Quartet!"
The Flynts flipped their hats around to the audience, then they began to absorb back into one Flynt as they walked over to the fallen Rex, who was dizzy and couldn't exactly hear much now.
Flynt then saw that his teammate was still giving Yang a hard time as she kept insulting her. As she skated to an open area, Neon looked back to see Yang but with her eyes now red.
Neon saw her eyes change as she said "Ooh! Flashy eyes! Y'know, you're actually kinda pretty when you're angry. And truth be told, you and your teammate do things in come. You're both quite flashy with your powers."
"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" yelled Yang as she shot several shots towards Neon.
Rex finally gained consciousness and got up on one knee as he saw Flynt standing over him while holding his trumpet as he said "Any last words."
Rex just smirked as he said "Yea, a question. How do you discipline your pet rock."
Flynt moved trumpet to the side and asked "Huh."
Seeing he was distracted, Rex jumped at him quickly and in a split second, he began to form his smack hand on his right arm and as he charged at him he said "You.....Hit..." as his hand grew closer to Flynt, he managed to catch him on the front of his fist and began aiming it at the ground as he yelled, "ROCK...BOTTOM....."
as his fist collided with the ground with Flynt under neath it. And a giant impact and a giant gust of wind blew from their spot. The impact caused Neon to fall off of her skates while Yang was more able to keep her balance. The audience cringed at the punch as Port said,
"Oooh. And with that huge punch, Flynt is down for the count. I sure hope that boy's still alive after something like that" said Port. Neon gasped at the announcement and saw on the screen that her partner was indeed, out for the count.
When the dust was clear, Yang and Neon looked towards the cause of the tremor and saw rex kneeling on one knee, still having his smack hand on his arm, and as he deactivated it, the girls could see Flynt flat on his back with his trumpet to the side, smashed to pieces.
"Oh dear" thought Neon as she quickly got off the ground and rolled back slowly, assessing the situation. She then saw Rex turning around and walking towards Yang. She then saw the both of them turning towards her, both of them having smirks on their faces.
"You want to try out our new technique, Yang" said Rex as he raised his right arm.
Yang slammed her hands together as she said "Yes. She's insulted me for the last time."
Rex walked in front of Yang and he formed his Slam cannon and stood in position.
He turned to Yang and said "You ready."
Yang had gotten behind Rex and said "Ready when you are" as she readied her gauntlets.
Rex looked back to Neon as he said "Sorry to burst your bubble but this match was already won the moment I stepped into the arena" as the maw on the back of the cannon opened up and captured Yang inside it.
Neon's eyes widened in surprised at seeing her getting supposedly crushed by the weapon and said
"What happened. Did you just kill her."
"Pfft, no. Why would I do that. She's fine" he said.
"Then where the hell is she" Neon asked.
Rex smirked as he said "Right her" as she aimed the cannon as he yelled,
"EMBER" and fired at her and out of the cannon came Yang with her red eyes on full display and before Neon could do anything, Yang pulled her arm back and she then yelled,
"SLAMMER" and gave Neon a giant punch to the face, which sent her crashing through the buildings and fell to the ground with a thud.
"And with that amazing attack, Team RRWBY advances to the finals. What a spectacular battle" said Port as the crowd cheered in anticipation.
Ruby jumped up and down at seeing her sister and friend win the battle. Blake just clapped but from out of no where, Weiss jumped up and cheered at Yang and Rex. When she realized what she had done, she looked back at Ruby and Blake and saw them with smirks on their faces.
"Uh... They won and that means we have this battle in the bag" she said trying to defend themselves. Ruby and Blake just chuckled at her while Weiss just huffed at them.
Back in the arena
Yang got back up from being launched at and turned back towards Rex and then jumped into his arms and hugged him as she said "Yea, we won."
Rex had a blush on his face at Yang's sudden his but he gained his thoughts and said "You doubted that we would win this."
Yang just chuckled as she got down and said "No. Just saying the truth" as they both saw Neon skating back to them and over to Flynt. He was trying to get up as Neon then said
"We lost? We lost? Team FNKI lost? That was... that was..." she paused until she said
" ... amazing! Oh my gosh, you guys were super crazy awesome! We should definitely party together sometime, right Flynt?" she asked as Flynt got back to his feet. He struggled to keep his balance as he looked at Rex and said
" That was a gutsy move, Boy." he then paused as he said "I didn't like it..... but I can dig an attack like that. Not bad. Remind me not to get on your bad side" he said as the two began to leave.
Rex and Yang then heard footsteps coming their way and turned to see Blake, Ruby and Weiss running towards them.
"Good job, you two!" said Blake.
"Yeah!" yelled Ruby.
"Of course, it was. We were quite amazing out there. Especially our finishing attack, right Rex" said Yang.
"Hell, ya it was" said Rex as he and Yang bumped fists and they began walking out of the arena. But out in the stands, Mercury and Emerald looked at each other with smirks on their faces as they walked away from their seats.
Later that night
"And you were surprised they won" said Cinder as she continued to stare at her screen, while Mercury was doing push ups while Emerald just laid on the ground.
"No, I always knew he would've been the reason they won. I'm just bummed it was so short. Would've liked to have seen a lot more" said Mercury as he continued to do push-ups.
"I see. He's is quite impressive, is he not" said Cinder.
"He's annoying but he is a force to be recognized" said Emerald.
"By the way, what's the plan for figuring out his abilities" asked Mercury.
Cinder looked at the two as she said "Well its not going be easy, but if we use what we used against Amber, it could work but since we don't know what his abilities are, if it's his semblance or what, it could be a double edged sword. So when we do get him off guard, we have to be ready to run if it doesn't work."
"So I've had to change somethings around. So hopefully, things will go according to plan" said Cinder as she continued to stare at her screen.
Meanwhile
Within the headmaster's office at twilight, Ozpin was facing the window, staring out at the academy
until he heard the elevator ring and out stepped Qrow with a coffee mug in his hand.
"You know, he's making you look like a fool" said Qrow.
Ozpin knew the Qrow comment was both right and wrong as he said "His heart is in the right place. He's just... misguided"
"Sometimes, I'm not even sure he has a heart. So, have you chosen your guardian yet. Or is it still that kid on my niece's team?
Ozpin turned around in his chair as he said "Maidens choose themselves. I simply believe I've found the right candidate. Ever since the day I met her, I had the feeling she would be the one. She's strong, intelligent, caring... but most importantly, she's ready."
"I see. But what about robot boy. I still think he would've been an obviously choice." Said Qrow taking another swig.
Ozpin let out a sigh as he said "While Mr Salazar is amazing with his abilities and powers, I'm still unsure of him. We have no memories nor files of him anywhere. And he just shows up out of the blue with these powers I've never seen before and it worries not knowing who he is and I still have questions to ask him. But I also don't want to scare him away. We need him in this time of desperation. Not to mention, after our encounter with your sister, I fear that more gang leaders or anything else is targeting him...."
Bottom of the elevator
At the base of the elevator, Pyrrha was walking up to the elevator and just as it came down and she stepped into it, she heard a loud
"Stop the elevator."
She immediately shot her hand out and saw Rex running towards the elevator.
"Oh hey, Rex. You going up to Ozpin's office" she asked.
"Yea, I was called to his office so I saw you were going up so I thought I'd catch the ride too" he said as he got on the elevator and went up with Pyrrha.
".....so I called him and told him to come here with Ms. Nikos. We need them both right now" said Ozpin as the elevator dinged and out stepped Rex and Pyrrha, curious as to what they were called for.