Smile

Chapter 18

"I wonder who the guests are." Ruby muses to her teammates as they stand outside the academy not far from the landing strip where the airships dock. Weiss glances up at the sky out of mild anticipation, only seeing the various massive airships far above, no smaller transports just yet.

"I don't know, Winter said they're coming from Vacuo, Shade Academy if I remember right, so it could be anyone. Maybe Team NDGO, they competed in the Vytal Tournament, but... Honestly, there's no way to be sure." Weiss replies, attention quickly being captured by the sound of a transport airship making it's final approach to the academy. "And there they are." A few minutes pass after the airship lands before people begin to file off of it, the first group being a familiar team from their days at Beacon.

"... Team CFVY?" Yang quirks an eyebrow as Team CFVY comes into view, the third year team presently studying at Shade Academy, very near graduation to full fledged huntsmen and huntresses. Coco Adel, CFVY's leader, looks over the waiting group, her smile growing as she notices Team RWBY and the remnants of Team JNPR.

"Well hey there, fancy meeting you all here." She says while making her way over, Velvet, Fox, and Yatsuhashi following not far behind. "Can't say I was expecting to see some firsties from Beacon here, I didn't think Atlas was accepting transfers." Chuckling a little, Yang brandishes her scroll and shows off her huntress license, Coco blinking in surprise for a few moments as she looks it over. "Huntress? Well, damn. Can't say I expected that."

"We weren't expecting it either, to be honest, General Ironwood felt it was a good idea to grant us our huntress and huntsman licenses given all we had been through." Yang says, her attention being diverted away from Coco by a loud, cheerful voice joined by a few figures stepping off of the airship.

"Helloooooo Atlas Academy!" Sun Wukong cheerfully calls out, the enthusiastic leader of Team SSSN flanked by his teammates Neptune, Scarlet, and Sage, all four members in particularly high spirits but none as high as Sun's.

"Sun?!" Blake can't help but blurt out Sun's name in surprise as her gaze falls onto him, Sun perking up before looking towards her and making his way over with speed.

"Hey, Blake! What're you doing all the way up here? Last time I saw you was back in Mistral." He says with a grin before pulling Blake into a hug, the feline faunus gladly embracing him back with a soft, almost purr like noise becoming audible.

"It's... A really long story, what are you doing up here? You said you were going to Vacuo, that's... A ways away from here." Sun just grins wider before chuckling a little, a hand reaching up before rubbing at the back of his head.

"Me and my team transferred to Shade Academy, we've been studying there for the past while, but a few weeks back us students were told there was going to be special training up here with the Atlas Academy teams, so I signed my team up so we could get in on the action." Nodding, Blake steps back and looks to her teammates, Yang resuming chatting with Coco while Ruby speaks with Velvet, Neptune and Weiss converse, and Ren and Nora talk to Fox and Yatsuhashi.

"We've... Been through a lot since we left Mistral, between the Grimm, people who've tried to get in our way, and other issues, it's not been easy, but we're huntresses now." Hearing the word huntress, Sun blinks for a few moments, then grins the biggest grin he can muster before pulling Blake into a much firmer hug.

"No kidding? That's awesome Blake, I'm happy for you! It must be awesome getting to go on missions and not have to do schoolwork, it's real boring sometimes." Blake giggles a little as Sun speaks, leaning into the hug before looking towards her teammates and friends.

"It's not always easy, some missions are a challenge, but it's worth doing, helping everyone here." Nodding along, Sun gives Blake a squeeze before releasing her, then steps back slightly, however he's unable to speak as Winter Schnee's voice calls out from a short distance away.