Kirito and Asuna's house…
"We've been together for what feels like forever." Kirito said, lying down on the bed with Asuna. "Whether it's in the real world or the virtual one."
"I won't ever leave your side. Even if we get separated ever." Asuna said, getting a phone call message appear on her dashboard. "Hello?"
Kirito and Asuna watching Jared run towards something for six seconds, coming from Jared's Augma, before the call ends.
"Yui?" Kirito asked, when their daughter appeared in front of him and Asuna. "How is he?"
"He's in danger." Yui said, closing her eyes for a moment. "I was able to track him through his Augma for a while. Until he lost consciousness for a few moments."
"I wonder what's up." Asuna said, smiling.
Team JNPR's dorm room...
Jaune Arc is sleeping during the night inside Team JNPR's dormroom, "Waffles…"
Jaune suddenly wakes up to a call on his Scroll, with the ringtone 'It's a Big Ursa!' playing.
"Hello?" Jaune asked, hearing a noise for six seconds from Ruby's Scroll before the call ends. "Uh, Ruby?"
Beacon Academy...
Team JNPR is walking at dawn towards their Bullhead.
"I'm sure they're fine." Pyrrha said.
"You think?" Jaune asked.
"Probably a butt dial…" Nora said.
"Team RWBY has always performed exceptionally in the field. And Jared helps them out now and then. We should be focusing on our own mission." Ren said.
"We're gonna be deputies!"
"I just got this feeling...I don't know." Jaune said.
"Jaune…" Pyrrha said, when alarms ring out as they see the city up in smoke.
"We're changing our mission. Everyone on board!" Jaune said, as the team heads toward their Bullhead, he does a headcount. "Ren, we'll make it to that village another time. Take us into the city!"
As the Bullhead takes off, Mercury Black, Cinder Fall, and Emerald Sustrai watch nearby.
"You don't think…" Emerald said.
"Sure looks like it." Mercury said.
"That's still days away!"
"So? What do we do?"
The camera pans to a close-up of Cinder's face, before she makes her decision.
Remnant…
Team RWBY and Jared are surrounded in the middle of the pavilion by Beowolves, Ursai, and a massive King Taijitu.
"Great, a big Grimm." Jared said, and the King Taijitu unleashes a mighty roar, signalling the Grimm to attack. "I don't know."
Ruby Rose plants Crescent Rose on the ground before kicking away the Grimm, Yang Xiao Long propels herself upwards, performing aerial bombardments with Ember Celica on the Grimm before three Giant Nevermores send her crashing to the ground.
"I don't know what to do next." Jared said, as Blake Belladonna slashes a Beowolf with Gambol Shroud before firing on the other approaching Grimm. "I really don't."
Weiss Schnee slashes three Beowolves, before summoning a glyph to conjure up an ice blade. Yang, back on the ground, sends several cars flying towards the Grimm.
"We got this." Ruby said, finishing slashing at a Grimm, she notices the King Taijitu ready for the attack.
"Starburst Stream!" Kirito said, doing some slashes with two blades at King Taijitu, with a big amount of a combo.
"Hey." Asuna said, looking over to see Nora Valkyrie flying on her Magnhild hammer towards the King Taijitu, slamming it on the head and killing the beast.
"Nora Smash!" Nora said, angrily.
Jaune, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren, soon follow. Along with Sinon and Suguha behind Kirito and Asuna.
"Team JNPR." Sinon said, looking at Team JNPR. "And Team RWBY. Nice to see you guys again."
"Us against Grimm." Suguha said, taking out her Sword.
"Let's move!" Pyrrha said.
"Okay, who's first?" Jaune asked, turning around to notice a giant Ursa standing behind him. "Oh-oh-okay, you're first, huh? Okay, no, that's fine. Totally fine, done this before, done this before…"
"Let me." Kirito said, holding out the dual swords towards the Ursa, but Asuna stopped him.
"No." Asuna said, and she's watching Jaune slash the Ursa several times with a mighty scream, before it falls. "We can defeat some Grimm together. Let Jaune and Pyrrha handle some."
"At least you get it, Asuna." Pyrrha said, smiling as she notices Jayne's improvement.
"Who are those guys?" Kirito asked, and Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias arrive a few feet from the fallen Ursa.
"Klein and Agil." Jared said, as Sun and Neptune flash their badges. "Whoops. They're not here. I mean, Sun and Neptune."
"Nobody move! Junior detectives!" Sun said.
"We have badges so you know it's official!" Neptune said.
A fleet coming from the Atlesian Military, consisting of dropships deploying Atlesian Knight-200 units and the flagship of James Ironwood.
"That's a big fleet." Kirito said, as he, Sun, and Neptune react in awe of the fleet as Sun drops his badge to the floor.
As Team RWBY, Jared, Kirito, Asuna, Suguha, and Sinon look up in the sky, an Ursa takes the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind.
"Don't worry." Suguha said, slicing the Grimm down. "I've got this."
As the robotic Knights deploy, they start gunning down the Grimm with Kirito, Asuna, Suguha, and Sinon. Two of the Knights are stampeded on by a Boarbatusk, but a separate group of three Knights fire on an Ursa, and another Ursa has fallen from a Knight's punch.
"This isn't half bad." Asuna said, taking out another Grimm. "It's actually pretty easy."
Cinder nods her head, signalling Mercury and Emerald to attack the Grimm as she walks off. As an Ursa receives the business end of Mercury's Boots, at least half a dozen assorted Grimm stand in front of Emerald. It turns out that Emerald's Weapons are actually a pair of bladed, revolver shaped pistols firing Dust particle lasers at the Grimm. The Grimm pack learn this the hard way, when all but a single Ursa fall while charging at Emerald. Emerald quickly transforms her pistols into kopis blades, flipping and slashing at the rampaging Ursa to kill it. Out of the opening comes Zwei, followed by Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck in a damaged Atlesian Paladin-290.
"And here comes Team CFVY." Jared said, when an airship arrives, dropping off Team CFVY and Professor Peter Port. "Listen up, strap in, notify your next of kin. You're about to take a ride a little on the blazing side. Guzzle down your Red Bull, you're gonna need a bucket full. You're watching me accelerate, tear up on the interstate. A certified monster, I'm an absolute trip."
"What's that song about?" Sinon asked, as Yatsuhashi Daichi is surrounded by a pack of Grimm, he swings his mighty greatsword on the ground, unleashing a shockwave. "Is it interesting?"
"Oh, it's just about Team CFVY, and the many varieties of coffee. Like java, black, espresso, cappuccino. Sugar, Splenda, Equal. Maybe Sweet and Low. A cup of joe." Jared said, when Velvet Scarlatina and Fox Alistair respectively kick and punch the Grimm.
"They made a whole song about coffee." Suguha said, and Fox unleashes a combo of slashes and punches that make a spiked Ursa explode, impaling the nearby Grimm with its spikes.
"Nice hustle, Fox. Good job." Coco said, giving Fox a light pat on the butt before approaching a large Beowolf. "You just destroyed my favorite clothing store." She spits out some saliva. "Prepare to die."
"Whoa." Kirito said, watching Coco kick the Beowolf in the crotch, after swatting away it's right hand. "Who is she?"
"That's Coco Adel." Asuna said, as Coco leans down at the Beowolf, as it falls to the ground and slams her bag onto its head. "The leader of Team CFVY."
"How do you know that?"
"Jared told us." Sinon said, as Coco effortlessly swats away more beowolves, and the rest of Team CFVY resume fighting with Kirito, Asuna, Sinon, and Suguha. "Well, let's take down some more Grimm."
"She does have a point." Suguha said, when Velvet steps forward, about to open her box.
"Hey, come on, you just spent all the semester building that up. Don't waste it here." Coco said, looking at Velvet.
"What's her semblance?" Asuna asked, taking out another Grimm. "I bet it's cool."
"It involves hard light copies of the person's fighting style and their weapon. For example, if Velvet takes a photo of Kirito with his Elucidator and the Dark Repulser. She could mimic Kirito doing all of that combo hits with dual wielding." Jared said, when Coco then transforms her handbag into a giant minigun, and starts firing, slaughtering the advancing horde of Grimm, including a Death Stalker and three Nevermores.
"Is that one use?" Kirito asked, looking back at Jared.
"Yeah. It is."
"So, if Velvet takes a photo of me and my Lambent Light, she could temporarily get a picture of me using Mother's Rosario." Asuna said, when Port and Oobleck regroup at the opening, nodding their heads. "Even if it's one use. It's actually pretty cool."
"Velvet should save it though." Sinon said, holding her sniper rifle. "Just in case."
"She really should." Suguha said, as Port and Oobleck fire their weapons at the approaching Grimm, while Glynda Goodwitch mops up the remnants and immediately closes the opening with the power of telekinesis.
Pavillion...
Later on, everyone meets in the pavilion as Roman Torchwick is escorted by Mercury and Emerald towards an Atlesian airship.
"Oh, I can't believe that you caught me, you've really taught me the error of my ways." Roman said, looking at an Atlesian Knight, who grabs him by the arm. "He-hey, watch the hat!"
Emerald and Mercury then approach Ruby and Jared and they smile at each other. Team JNPR is seen exchanging smiles, Sun and Neptune bump fists, Kirito, Asuna, Sinon, and Suguha smile at each other, Team CFVY likewise smile at each other, and Port and Oobleck do the same while Glynda watches from behind.
"That was a lot of fun." Asuna said, looking at the orange and pink-colored sky. "But we should get going."
Afterwards, Team RWBY, Jared and Zwei are sitting on the edge of Beacon's landing platform, overlooking the City of Vale from across the lake.
"Well, we did it." Yang said.
"We did it." Blake said.
"If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed." Weiss said, angrily.
"Weiss, a two-headed snake literally crushed a bakery. I wouldn't count on it." Yang said.
"And we had Kirito and Asuna show up." Jared said, laughing a lot. "I wasn't expecting them to come. Thank you, Yui."
"Plus, I mean, we didn't solve everything. A lot of people were hurt, and we still don't even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was." Ruby said, recalling what happened.
"Well, not every story has a neat and tidy ending." Weiss said.
"We might not have all the answers, but we do have a lot of dangerous people behind bars. And I think that's something we could be proud of." Blake said.
"Yeah! And if anyone tries something like this again, we'll be there to stop them." Ruby said, happily.
"Yay, teamwork, camaraderie, good guys, go team, alright, good job...so, what now?" Yang asked, lying down on her back.
"I suggest training for the tournament.." Weiss said.
"And you guys did get more training by taking down bosses in virtual reality." Jared said, knowing how many bosses they took out with Kirito and the others. "And we stopped some aliens with the Doctor too."
"But I guess we have that covered at this point. Well, more than enough."
"So then…" Blake said.
"Uhh...time for bed?" Ruby asked.
"Please." Yang said.
"Absolutely." Blake said.
"Yes." Weiss said.
"I'm going to sleep forever." Yang said.
Team RWBY, Jared, and Zwei then stand up and heads back towards Beacon's main campus.
"If there are two people I wish I could meet, it's Madoka and Haruma." Jared said, holding Ruby's hand. "Sayaka, Mami, and Kyoko too."
"You want to meet some magical girls." Blake said, crossing her arms. "Isn't that dark?"
"Yeah. The story involved with that anime is just sad. I don't want us to go up against an enemy we couldn't beat."
Ozpin's office...
Vale's Government Council calls on Ozpin, who responds in his office. The headmaster aloofly stares outside his window.
"Ozpin?" Councilman 1 asked, getting no response from Ozpin. "Ozpin!"
Ozpin turns his chair towards his desk, "Yes, Councilman."
A video feed of the councilmen is shown on a holographic screen with Ironwood's video feed in the corner.
"You've left us no choice! The Vytal Festival tournament cannot be broadcast, let alone held, if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens." Councilman 1 said, as Ozpin sips from his cup. "Ahem...therefore, we have reached out to the Atlas Council and together have decided that the best action is to appoint General Ironwood as head of security for the event."
"Thank you, Councilman. Our Kingdom is happy to lend as many troops as it takes to ensure that the event runs smoothly and safely as possible." Ironwood said.
"And we thank you, General."
"Will that be all?" Ozpin asked.
"For now. But after this festival comes to a close, we are going to have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood's reports over the last few weeks have left us somewhat...concerned. I am sure you understand."
The faceless councilmen's video feed disappears, leaving Ironwood's video feed alone with Ozpin. They silently stare at each other for a moment.
"This is the right move, Ozpin. I promise, I will keep our people safe, you have to trust me." Ironwood said, hanging up on the video call.
Ozpin then turns his chair around to look at the large Atlesian Ariship outside his window.
Beacon...
Ironwood is looking towards Beacon and Ozpin's office through a window.
"You brought this on yourself." Ironwood said, then walking towards a heavily guarded Roman in his holding cell, albeit without his signature hat. "Leave us." The soldiers leave Ironwood alone, so that he can talk to Roman. "I've been informed that so far you've refused to co-operate with the authorities."
"I know this might be hard to believe, General, but uh...I'm not the biggest fan of local law enforcement." Roman said.
"How about the world's strongest military power?"
"Hmm..first impressions...not great."
"I'm going to give you one chance. Who's really behind all this?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Roman asked, andIronwood leans his ear toward him to hear his answer. "You're looking at him."
"Hm...very well then." Ironwood said, and he started walking away.
"What's the matter, General? I thought you wanted to talk."
"The council's given me custody over you for as long as I see fit. So you can make yourself comfortable. I can be sure that you'll have plenty of time to talk."
"Oh, wonderful. Hehehe…" Roman said, laughing and his holding cell door closes.
Rooftop...
Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald meet discreetly at a rooftop.
"All in all, I call today a success." Cinder said.
"Those stupid kids really made a mess of things." Emerald said.
"Yeah. A lot of Faunus didn't make it out the tunnels. You still think the White Fang's gonna listen to us?" Mercury asked.
"No, but they'll listen to me." Adam said, and Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald look at him.
Beacon Academy…
Yang is walking in the Beacon Academy courtyard towards the mysterious swordswoman, who saved her before.
"Who are you?" Yang asked.
The mysterious swordswoman removes her mask, revealing herself to be Raven Branwen, similar to Yang in appearance.
"Yang, we have a lot to talk about." Raven said, and Yang's eyes have turned red.