Ch. 28 Vytal Preparations

3 Days till Vytal Festifall

Vale Skyline evening, Spider-Man is swinging through the city.

Spider-Man: Paging Green Goblin, Paging The Green Goblin.

He pearches on top of a billboard.

Spider-Man: You know I figured it out. Supervillains are like taxi cabs, you can't find any when you're looking and when you actually are looking, they're everywhere!

Spider-Man: *sigh* I hope that the girls are having a more fun time.

Beacon Academy team R.W.B.Y's dorm

The girls are spread around the room Ruby is sharpening the blade on Cresent Rose on the floor between the bunk beds because Cresent Rose was too big to fit on the table. Weiss is at the left table fine-tuning Myrtenaster to her standards, Blake is at the right table and has taken Gambol Shroud apart and is cleaning each and every piece to make sure they are working properly, and Yang is increasing the storage capacity of Ember Cilla on the desk on the far wall.

Weiss: Should we go over battle strategies, next?

Blake: Seems unnecessary, we don't know who we are going up against or what terrain we will be fighting on.

Weiss: *Thinks for a moment* Yeah good point.

Yang: Besides strategies are for Atlas, team RWBY does their best work when we're improvising.

Ruby: True that! By the way, who are we going to send to the doubles round if we win?

Yang: When we win.

Ruby: Oh right sorry, but still who are we going to send.

Blake: And after that, we still need to pick on of those two to represent us in the singles round.

Ruby: Right, we should put it to a vote, who wants to go first.

Everyone remains silent for a moment before Weiss breaks the silence.

Weiss: I think we should send Yang to the singles round.

Yang: Wait, what...me?

Blake: I agree.

Ruby: Me too.

Yang: Well...I...

Ruby: Yang are you doubting yourself.

Yang: No o-of course not, I am just...supprised you decided that so fast.

Blake: Well then with that settled let's go back to the doubles round.

Weiss: I think I should be the one to accompany Yang.

Blake: That sounds like it can work.

Ruby: Yeah, Yang is a close-range fighter, and Weiss is long ranged.

Weiss: My thoughts exactly.

Yang: *excited* Yeah we will kick some butt!

Ruby: *excited* I feel like we got a real chance here!

Blake: *excited* If we just stick to what we know, and do our best we should be great.

Ruby: *excited* Yeah I can hardly wait

Yang: *excited* I am getting pumped!

Ruby: *VERY Excited* I am soooooo giddy that I can hardly contain it!

Weiss: *exited* I think we should train to get our adrenaline levels down.

Yang: *excited* Yeah I wanna punch something!

Glinda Intercom: Attention students I have the following announcements.

Glinda Intercom: First of all the Ampa theater will remain closed until further notice, so the staff can prepare for an assembly.

Yang: *defeated* Oh are you serious NOW!?

Glinda Intercom: Furthermore an assembly will be held tomorrow morning.

Ruby: Well it could be...

Glinda Intercom: Attendance will be mandatory.

Ruby: ...worse.

Weiss: Ugh, what should we do now?

Blake: Pillow fight?

Meanwhile

Spidey has just stopped a car chase and is overlooking the police arresting the criminals from a nearby rooftop.

Spider-Man: This is why you don't skip drivers ed.

Timeskip

Y/n opens the door, and a pillow hits him in the face as soon as he walks in.

Yang: OH...My GODS, I AM SO SORRY!

Y/n: *a little dazed* Oh its...

He looks around to see the entire room in disarray, Desks and beds are being used as barricades and feathers are all over the floor.

Y/n: ...fine?

Yang: Sorry, for the mess.

Y/n: *scared* What happened here.

Ruby: Pillow fight, that escalated quickly.

Y/n: ...Uh...Okay? Who won?

Weiss: We have no idea.

His expression turns from boggled to happy as he just starts to laugh at the situation, it takes a few seconds but then the girls follow suit.

Y/n: *calming down from laughing* Oh, *deep breath* It sounds like you had fun today!

Ruby: Heh, yeah we did, we had a team moment earlier and that led to a pillow fight.

Y/n: I would love to hear that story.

Weiss: We should probably clean up first.

Y/n: Well then let's get busy I want to hear how a pillow fight got this...destructive.

Yang: You got it!

2 Days till Vytal Festifall

Team RWBY's Dorm, Morning

Today the entire school is headed to the amphitheater for a surprise assembly, Yang was brushing her hair, and the rest of the team knew that was going to take a while, so they went ahead to secure some good seats, and Y/n is waiting for Yang so they can walk to the theater together. Y/n is reading a comic book to pass the time.

Yang: *Opens the door* Hey handsome, ready?

Y/n: *puts down comic and gets up* Yep.

They then leave the dorm and start walking to the amphitheater.

Yang: *holds his hand* Hey have you made any progress on tracking down the Goblin guy.

Y/n: No, I still can't get a trail on the guy it's like he just vanished.

Yang: Hey I know it can sometimes be hard when the bad guy gets away, but don't worry I know you will get him sooner or later.

Y/n: Thaks babe, but nevermind that I want to talk about you.

Yang: About me?

Y/n: Ruby told me that they elected you to go to the singles round!

Yang: Aw Ruby told you, I wanted to surprise you, later tonight.

Y/n: Can you blame her you are going to be representing your team that's great I am so proud of you!

Yang: Thanks I, but I am a little nervous.

Y/n: Hey don't be I know that you can win this.

Yang: I know, but I just hope I can live up to everyone's expectations of me.

Y/n: Don't worry about that.

Yang: What?

Y/n stops walking for a minute and looks into her lilac eyes

Y/n: You don't need to prove anything to anyone, all that matters is that you go out there and give it everything you can because your Yang Xiao Long, don't focus on what you think others should expect from you, just focus on what you expect from you. Because that is what makes you the person and fighter you are, and the women that I fell in love with.

Yang: *smiles* You always know the right thing to say.

She then deeply kisses him patiently for a few minutes until they break for air.

Y/n: We should probably get to the amphitheater.

Yang: Yeah.

As they reach the amphitheater they are called over by team JNPR and the rest of team RWBY, so they make their way toward them and Yang ends up standing by Weiss, and Y/n by Jaune, but Y/n looks over to Jaune and notices that his hoodie and instead is wearing an orange shirt.

Y/n: Hey Jaune.

Jaune: Yeah?

Y/n: Why aren't you wearing your hoodie today?

Jaune: Oh its at the dry cleaners.

Y/n: The dry cleaners, won't it just be easier to just put it in the washing machine.

Jaune: Are you CRAZY, it will shrink if you put in the wash it will shrink.

Y/n: Oh I am so sorry man I didn't know, you can't ruin a limited edition hoodie with an iconic cereal mascot on it.

Jaune: Oh I know it.

Y/n: So how long will it be before you get the hoodie again it's a little weird seeing you not wear it.

Jaune: I know, they told me it will take about three days.

Weiss: Shhh. Ozpins getting on the stage.

A hush falls over the crowd as Ozpin approaches the microphone.

Ozpin: Hello everyone, first I would like to apologize about calling you all her on such short notice, but I have something very important to tell you. *ahem* I am sure that by now you have heard about our staff's little run-in with the criminal calling himself the Green Goblin three days ago.

The crowd talks among themselves.

Ozpin: What you may not know was that he used Atlas technology to endanger the lives of everyone who was present that evening. Which is why I have decided to recall all Atlesian Knights out of Beacon effective immediately.

Y/n: Wait, what?

Yang: All of the Atlas security?

Ozpin: As of today, the Vytal Festifall security, will instead be provided by Oscorp's Private Millita force, which is going to be overseen by Norman Osborn himself.

Y/n: ...

Everyone starts chatting among themselves.

Ozpin: I am sure you all have a lot of questions, but I will hand this off to Norman himself for his generosity to provide security to this event.

Ozpin walks away from the mic. as Norman walks toward it, they shake hands halfway, then Norman Reaches the Microphone.

Y/n: Oh no.

Norman: Thank you Ozpin, now before I answer some of your questions I would like to point out some general facts about my Militia. Now We don't have as many Soldiers as the Atlas military, but they are the best in their field and they will do the best job they possibly can...

Y/n was starting to tune Normans P.R speech out, and started whispering to Yang.

Y/n: I don't like this.

Yang: I know it seems to perfect.

Y/n: Osborn gets control of security right after the Goblins little stunt, it can't be a coincidence.

Yang: Think they're working together?

Y/n: Not sure yet, let's meet in Vale tomorrow morning and see if we can piece this together.

Yang: Alright I am here for you if you need help. *holds his hand*

Norman: And lastly I will do all that is in my power to make sure everything goes safely and smoothly.

Y/n: *squees her hand* Thanks, something tells me that I will need it.

The Countdown Continues