RWBY x T.A.O.TRQS (Vol. 1)

5. First Step Pt.2

[In air over emerald forest]

T-Burns POV

Ruby: "Birdie, no!"

Ruby fires off a few rounds from Crescent Rose to slow her down, then turns the weapon into its scythe form to catch the branch of a tree in her blade and fall downward at a slower pace.

Weiss, armed with Myrtenaster, summons a white snowflake circle under her and leaps off of it to the forest below.

Ren descends (with Nora Valkyrie being seen next to him at a faster speed) and spins in the air, eventually using StormFlower's blades to spiral around the trunk of a large tree and hit the ground, brushing off his clothes before looking up to see...

Yang: "Woo-hoo! Yeah! Alley-oop!"

Yang, soaring right over the treetops, is using her gauntlets and its fiery force to push her through the air further and further north, spinning and laughing with each blast, even when she crashes through the leaves of a tree and leaps off two trunks to tumble to the ground.

Yang: "Nailed it!" *runs off*

Pyrrha, her weapon in sword form and armed with a shield, crashes through several trees and rolls on a branch, immediately shifting her blade into a rifle and looking through the scope at Jaune as he continues to scream and fall helplessly. Pyrrha coolly transforms her weapon again to its spear form, takes a moment to evaluate her throw, and rockets the javelin deep into the forest until a "THUNK!" is heard.

Jaune: (in the distance) "Thank you!"

Pyrrha: *waving* "I'm sorry!"

Rick punches so he could jump off broken to land on the ground.

Swift uses a sonic boom to speed to the ground in the forest

T-Burn sees a beowolf and makes a fire portal at him and goes through and slashes with his sword before he could land his hoodie got pinned to a tree by four swords.

T-Burn: "Hey, what gives!"

Jack: "My bad. I seen that Beowolf and I wanted to kill it, but I didn't see you there."

Jack pulls his swords out of T-Burns hoodie.

T-Burn: "Your fine. Aren't you Jack?"

Jack: "Yea."

T-Burn: "I was still wondering if I could see your weapons."

Jack: "My answer is still no."

T-Burn: "Fine, but since we found each other I guess were partners."

Jack: "Yup. So, let's go."

T-Burn: "Ok."

[Somewhere in the forest]

Ruby's POV

Ruby (thinking): Gotta find Yang! Gotta find Yang, gotta find Yang, gotta find... (shouting) Yang! Yaaaang! (internally, now seeing herself partnered with various people) Oh, this is bad, this is really bad... What if I can't find her? What if someone finds her first? Well, there's always Jaune. He's nice. He's funny! ...I don't think he's very good in a fight, though. Ooh! What about Blake?! So mysterious, so calm... Plus she likes books! Then again, I'm not sure I'd be able to hold a conversation with her... Ugh! (shakes her head of daydreams) Okay... Who else do I know in this school? There's Yang, Jaune, Blake, T-Burn, Swift, Rick aaaand..."

Time seems to slow down as Ruby skids to a halt in front of Weiss as she is turning to face her. She stops just in time for their eyes to meet and a freeze pause follows. This ends when Weiss turns on her heel and walks the other way.

Ruby: *following her slightly* "Wait! Where are you going?! *stops and kicks the ground dejectedly* We're supposed to be teammates..."

Weiss is seen struggling through the forest, giving an occasional grunt or "Ow!" as she pushes plants out of her way. She brushes herself off and sighs in relief when she hears a voice above her.

Jaune: *apparently struggling to free himself* "Come on, come on! Stupid...!"

Weiss sees Jaune hanging a few feet in the air by the spear embedded in his hood and the tree behind him. As he gives up trying to pull it out, he looks down and sees Weiss, giving an embarrassed wave. Weiss simply heads back in the direction she came from and Jaune groans in dejection.

Weiss: *as she passes Ruby and pulls on her hood* "By no means does this make us friends."

Ruby: *overjoyed as she's dragged away into the bushes* "You came back!"

Jaune: *seeing the scene and waving his arms* "Wait! Come back! Who's going to get me down from here?!"

Pyrrha (below): "Jaune? (he looks down at his savior) Do you... have any spots left on your team?"

Jaune: *crossing his arms* "Very funny..." (he eventually looks down at her and gives a smile, which she returns)

The scene changes to Weiss trudging through the forest, with Ruby back a ways behind her.

Ruby: "What's the hurry?"

Weiss: "I will not let my mission be delayed because you're too slow! I swear, if I get a bad grade because of your- *a smiling Ruby suddenly appears next to her* What the...?"

Ruby: "I'm not slow, see? You don't have to worry about me!"

Weiss: *looking back, slightly amazed* "When did...?"

Ruby: "Weiss, just because I don't exactly know how to deal with people doesn't mean I don't know how to deal with monsters! (gets an arm around a skeptical Weiss' shoulders) You're about to see a whole different side of me today, Weiss, and after it's all over, you're going to be like, "Wow! That Ruby girl is really, really cool... (somewhat mousily) and I wanna be her friend!"

Ruby disappears in a shower of rose petals, which Weiss waves away from her face just as she hears crackling and rustling in the bushes around her.

Weiss: (calling out to Ruby) "You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time! (silence, save more noises) Ruby? *the forest darkens, forcing Weiss to lean in to try and find her new partner as a pair of red eyes are seen glaring behind her* Ruby...?"

Weiss turns around until she spots a large, jagged Beowolf emerging from a bush and approaching her.

Weiss: "Ruby!"

The Beowolf roars as the scene goes black