Chapter 108: Surprise!
~Ruby POV~
Oh boy, today is going to be a real treat for my teammates and friends!
After getting the correct timing placed to match our own time we already have everything in place and are ready to have about 1 week for training. I managed to convince my friends for the first week to have some training as a…
How did Tatsumi put it again?
Ah!
Bonding Exercise.
Yeah, that's how he put it.
"Hey, Ruby!"
Glancing over to my side I see the rest of my team, friends, and Weiss coming over to the Emerald Forest during our time here to meet up with some friends of mine. Man having to play the part is surely is exhausting really.
Is this how other MCs do this on the daily basis with their friends?
Meh.
Maybe it's just my imagination but returning to the subject at hand I see that my ever loveable and bearable pun master Yang spoke to me as I responded happily, "Sorry for not waiting guys I just wanted to make sure everything was perfect for the week. Like! Oh! My! Gosh! I can't wait for you to meet my other friends is all! Hehehe…"
At my words, they seem to process this as I never really mention much of the Group Chat Members that much since I kind of wanted to keep it a secret like with Yang Raven issues, Weiss with her family, and Blake… being Blake problems yeah.
Of course, the news of this did enter Yang's ears as she looked genuinely surprised by the fact as she then began to look shocked as Blake manages to go over her shoulder and speak, "Uh… Yang didn't your sister hadn't have enough friends when you were in the Combat Academy?"
Nora was then the next one to be very excited as she came rushing over holding my hands she began to get gitty as I am, "OH MY GRACE! You have other secret friends to meet and that is somehow really secret reality other universes of different worlds conflicting with our very own lives secret society with some form of Group Chat-like system!!!"
Uh…
Da fuck just happened…
Wait a cookie second here...
NANI!!!!
HOW DID SHE KNOW!
*Bonk*
Before I could even make an expression or sound Ren managed to bonk Nora on the head as he apologized to me about her today, "Sorry about that Ruby. Nora tends to get like this when she drinks too much caffeine or known as… coffee."
Huh?
Glancing at Nora now way more confused about how to define her as she pretty much told me about the chat group and the next second be chill about it?
Do I need to see or get her a therapist perhaps?
Before I could continue my train of thought my good friend Jaune began to speak again as he asked why I called him here, "Uh… sorry but I know the purpose to bond with our teams Ruby but what exactly are we doing in the Emerald Forest though? I mean isn't it filled with Grimm?"
Catching on to Jaune's words Pyrrha then began to talk like the true friend or in this case girlfriend to him talk, "Oh… I agree it's oddly quiet here? You would think there would be more Grimm in the area. Or at the very least some kind already chasing us but so far there haven't been?"
Oh, that well the members already arrived and with Grimm in sight or sound means that they already took care of the work.
Remember that Tatsumi, Saeko, Kaina, and Mavis managed to come for today. Hinata is busy with something in her world preparing for a mission with her team so she couldn't but hey she said she'll join when she has the chance.
Judging that no one of the members is here I can safely guess one of two options knowing their personalities.
One is that is they are super late dealing with Grimm or that are lost to my location…
Or two being they are already setting up a trap for me and my friends here depending on how training should go.
"ROAR!!!"
Ok, option two it is.
Glancing up to the sky honestly I was more than a little surprised to see a literal mythical creature appear out of nowhere. If I remember correctly that should be Tatsumi's Atlas Flame dragon dead body, right?
Guess we go by trial by fire then?
Eh…
Guess go with the flow then?
Getting my weapon out Crescent Rose out as did the rest of my friends I then hear Blake respond first to the situation handling her weapon in pistol mode, "What! How can a Grimm suddenly be here! And a massive one like that!"
*Bang*
*Bang*
*Bang*
That was when my older sister Yang started to shoot out her weapon shotgun rounds at her Ember Celica as she began to see the situation with her own words, "Whoa! Talk about dangerous here! I thought were supposed to see- Did that Grimm just dodge!"
Oh, right I forgot that everyone here kind of expects the Grimm to just stand there and take hits guess they don't expect it to actually fight back or evade. Right…. That is certainly something I need to work on with them.
The enemy isn't as dumb as they appear… that sounds like something I need to correct with them since we heavily underestimate the Grimm by a lot… no I mean by a lot since what Tatsumi told me about a Grimm Hybrid catching us off guard.
Learned the hard way from the members and I repeat NEVER underestimate anyone from their looks. The whole story from what Mavis said to the members was something I couldn't get my head around.
But hey at least it told me enough to never underestimate anyone if even she forced Tatsumi to get angry…
*Shiver*
Now that is actually a very scary thought of him going berserk…
No wait I need to focus on the oversized Dragon first before I have the leisure to think of anything else.
*Thud*
That was when we saw the oversized Dragon dived down to the ground causing a minor shockwave that pushed everyone back as we got to view what kind of foe were facing as it was kind of scary.
No like seriously do you have any idea of how scary it is to fight an oversized being made out of flame be that scary looking!
That was when we all took our chance to rush towards him to fight back against whatever the Dragon is composed of as we try out our different strategies on it. Brute force, tactics, and whatever we can throw at it…
…
…
Surprise and surprise… all of our methods failed after what seemed like an hour or more against the Dragon. Is this what Phantom Lord felt like against Tatsumi pet dragon because I feel like it's too much of a cheat.
Even Dust ammunition didn't seem to work.
*Brr*
Whatever that Dragon is made of completely nullifies our Dust to the point were only shooting bullets at the damn thing. And even then the bullets melt from just being inside the fire or it phases right through the damn thing.
I'm personally really starting to hate the concept of magic right now because of this thing.
*Swoosh*
Quickly avoiding a claw swipe from the dragon and so did everyone managed to avoid the attack as we all took careful stances keeping our distance Weiss was not amused by this in the least, "What! It's basically immune to Dust, we can't damage it physically without getting burned, and one swipe from that damn thing could be fatal! This is by far the most dangerous foe we faced and-"
"Now by dangerous, I wouldn't go as far as you put it. Alright, Atlas Flame that's enough."
Before long an echoing voice was heard as we all got out of our shock as we ready our weapons well my friends and team did. But I managed to breathe out a sigh of relief seeing the dead Dragon return to its coffin making the others look at me oddly.
Once the dragon was gone it showed Tatsumi, Mavis, Saeko, and Kaina waving in our direction as Tatsumi finished his words to introduce himself to my group, "Yo! Hey, Ruby been a while and I do apologize to sic Atlas Flame on you. Had to determine where your group stood."
That was when Yang got angry at Tatsumi about the whole Dragon thing as she had her hair go on fire again, "Wait… That was you that summoned that thing and made it sic at us! What the hell!"
*Swoosh*
Before Yang could do anything Nora was the first to rush toward Tatsumi surprising him by the look on his face as she gushed about his dragon, "Whoa! That dragon you brought out was yours! THAT IS SO COOL!! DO IT AGAIN!"
Mavis laughed at that slightly as we all get closer while Blake talked to me about Tatsumi's new appearance as she spoke somewhat surprised, "Hey Ruby when you said your friends will come out I didn't expect one of them to be a Faunus. And by the features, one with two animal traits is rare to see."
Yeah…
Didn't know Tatsumi got himself an upgrade but then again though he did mention turning into a Furry at one point using [Lionel] a Teigu of his.
That was when the rest of the members began to introduce themselves to my team as they began to talk mostly to Tatsumi about his semblance bringing out the giant Dragon but that was when he pointed towards Mavis as he spoke, "What are you talking about? I didn't summon the Dragon it was the old lady right next to me?"
Now that threw everyone to look at Mavis as she glared at that old lady comment towards Tatsumi phrasing as she pouts at him, "Rude. Just because I'm over a hundred years old and 13 give or take doesn't mean you have to be the mean guy here Tatsumi. Still feeling very sorry about what happened? But that doesn't mean you can lie your way and pin this on me."
"WAIT YOU'RE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD!!!"
A smirk escaped Tatsumi's face while Mavis pouts at him for turning the situation on her instead of him. Tatsumi responded not caring much like usual to her in a joking manner. I guess he still needs time of getting over the event from the looks of things but at least his making jokes about it that has to account to something right?
Whatever the case is though this is going to be a whole other can of worms to explain to my team once this trip is over. Well, I was the one who asked for them now I hope they won't do anything too extreme…
Who am I kidding it's them and Mavis.
Will be lucky if we manage to live for 3 days at the very least with their extreme abilities.
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A/N: Sorry for the wait but here we are to the next chapter with the RWBY portion of the story along with the chat members as they will be staying for a month. And with the highest concentration of Magic certain people are bound to notice them also thanks for reading.
A/N Extra: Also just to know do you want Salem or Ozma to talk to Mavis when they are alone comparing each other magic and their ideology to her.