The Amity Colosseum is still floating high amid the cheers of an excited audience as the two opposing pairs of partners for the match, the grinning Mercury and Emerald against a confident Coco and meditating Yatsuhashi, wait in the center of the stadium for the holographic roulette to pick the field.
Port: (over the broadcaster speakers) "Emerald and Mercury of Haven, versus Coco and Yatsuhashi of Beacon!"
Velvet: (from up in the stands alongside Fox, Nick and Ruby) "Good luck, you two!"
The Colosseum chooses four fields to rise up from below in quarter sections: A patch of tall grassy plains which has a single tree and some rocks; the ruins of a city, complete with buildings holding shattered windows and rubble among the pavement; a hot spring containing geyser spots along a small river and some blue Dust crystal growths; and a familiar section of dense forest.
Coco: (lowers her sunglasses as she eyes her opponents) "Hey! Love the outfit, kid!"
Emerald: "I'll try not to get blood on it."
Yatsuhashi: (getting up as he removes Fulcrum from his back) "I can't promise you'll leave without a scratch."
Emerald: (stretching out her arm) "I won't be the one bleeding."
Coco: "Ooh, I like her!"
Port: (along with the countdown behind the combatants) "Three, two, one, begin!"
Instead of charging forward, Mercury and Emerald slowly walk back into the tall grass and disappear behind the leaves. Coco and Yatsuhashi smile at each other before the leader pops out her Gatling gun and begins mowing down the field as the crowds of sunglasses-wearing fans roar their approval, even when bullets nearly hit them from the other side of the forcefield. Coco lets up as she and Yatsuhashi realize the two opponents aren't in the plains section anymore.
Coco: "Huh?"
Blake: (as she and the rest of Team RWBY (Ruby) and NAAE (Unimaginable) look in shock) "Look out!"
Mercury drops from the sky, aiming for Coco, but Yatsuhashi pushes her out of the way and blocks Talaria with his blade, pushing him back. Coco opens fire at him again, though Mercury is able to outrun each shot.
Sun: (also in the bleachers with SSSN (Sun)) "He's good!"
Scarlet: "Yeah, but where's the girl?"
Mercury reaches the two and kicks away Coco's weapon while dodging Yatsuhashi's blade, then delivering a double blow to the giant warrior before jumping over Coco's continued barrage of bullets. He lands on the barrels and kicks her in the face, leaping over another of Yatsuhashi's swings, only to let himself be hit so he can get behind Coco and force her to press the muzzle up to her own teammate. Everyone stands still until Coco compresses her weapon back into its handbag form and tries to hit Mercury with Yatsuhashi, but he deftly jumps back and launches two blasts from his boots that the members of CFVY (Coffee) deflect. Coco is unfazed by the one shot, but looks surprised at the dozens of them now spiraling around the handstand-spinning Mercury until he sends all of them at his enemies, a barrage of light and smoke surrounding them that provides the perfect cover for Mercury to appear behind the two. He grabs the both of them by their arms and delivers a flurry of kicks that knocks them back, looking back as a chain comes out from the forest trees to wrap around Coco and pulls her back.
Yatsuhashi: (reaching out to her in vain) "Coco!"
Despite his cry, Coco disappears into the trees, and he has to endure a blow from Mercury before being able to grab and throw him into the hot spring area. He jumps high in the air as Mercury's still sliding back, but his blade only comes down on his opponent's boots, the shockwave from this clash causing the water to fly back, the earth to crack underneath, and multiple geysers to form around them. Mercury fires his boots and gets out of the hold, aiming a swipe at Yatsuhashi's feet that misses, then ducking around each of his sword's swings. One of his kicks loosens some stones from the ground, which Mercury kicks into Yatsuhashi who quickly recovers and attempts to retaliate. Mercury easily counters him and fires a couple of shots. Despite trying to block them Yatsuhashi is forced back, giving Mercury an opening to kick him to the ground. This leaves his head in a small super-heated geyser, that erupts causing him to scream in pain as he frantically gets up, opening his eyes just in time to see Mercury coming at him. Meanwhile, Coco is still being dragged back into the forest until the chain makes her collide with the trunk of a tree. She shakes it off until she realizes her sunglasses are lying shattered on the ground.
Coco: (glaring angrily as she looks around) "I take it back; I don't like her."
Just as she says this, a green shot rapidly comes at Coco, which she barely manages to jump back from as more come down on her from Emerald's position up in a tree above her. Coco unleashes her Gatling gun again and shoots high in the branches, but Emerald jumps around, using Thief's Respite to fire back and change them to sickle form so she can swing from each tree until she suddenly vanishes behind one of them.
Coco: (looking around for her lost opponent) "Damn!"
Yatsuhashi: (coming up from behind her, hand on his sword's hilt) Coco!
Coco: (calling back to him as she continues to glance around) "Watch out, she's in the trees!"
A buzzer sounds around the arena, as Coco looks up to see the footage of his coverage.
Port: "Oh, and with that final blow, Yatsuhashi is eliminated!"
Coco: (eyes widening in shock) "What!?"
She looks behind her, only to see no one there. Her hand is shaking on the handle of her gun, and she doesn't even see the blur between the trees moving in for the kill.
Coco: "Damn!"
Little does she know that Emerald is rising up from behind her, blades raised, turning around a second too late. The weapon descends with a ringing gunshot, and Coco is seen flying out of the forest, landing all the way in the center of the stadium next to Yatsuhashi, also knocked unconscious. Emerald swings her sickles by their chains as Mercury looks over their defeated opponents.
Oobleck: (in the announcer's spot with Port) "And with an amazing upset, Emerald and Mercury are victorious!"
Velvet: (hand over her mouth as Fox shakes his head) "Coco?"
Fox places a reassuring hand on Velvet's shoulder as Ruby looks into the stadium at her friends, no one noticing the smiling Cinder and Neo behind them, getting up from her seat and walking away amid the combined cheers and boos from the crowds.
Time Skip...
In an elegant twilit pavilion area of ivy-covered pillars, rounded archways, and lion-decorated fountains, Weiss and her elder sister Winter are sitting at a simple table with a plate full of croissants and strawberries. Winter is sipping from her teacup as Weiss repeats the news she was just told.
Weiss: "You're...leaving?"
Winter: (setting her cup down) "Yes. I was merely needed to oversee the transport of additional units to Vale. Our last shipment was lost to an ambush. I believe you had a run-in with its cargo, actually. It's fortunate those Paladins were in the prototype stage; otherwise your team may not have fared so well, without aid from the Kamen Rider."
As Weiss sighs and looks down dejectedly, Winter grabs her sister's hand reassuringly.
Winter: "Weiss, you've done... well, out here, on your own. You should be proud. I'll be honest, Mother is most likely very proud of you."
Weiss: (straightening up and smiling now, arms crossed) "I can't wait to show her what I've learned!"
Winter: "Oh? Then what do you think you've learned?"
Weiss: (not directly looking at her sister) "What do you mean? I'm getting better and better with my glyphs! I've even started Time Dilation!"
Winter: (staring intently at her sibling) "And what of your Summoning?"
Weiss: (as a white-and-blue Arma Gigas suddenly appears behind her) "Rather well, actually. Nick has been helping me train. As well as given me some unique ideas on new and interesting ways of using a Glyph Beast."
Winter: "I'm impressed that you've succeeded in summoning. But...what is a "Glyph Beast"?"
Weiss: "Oh. Well...Nick said that "Summons", and "Avatars" aren't "creative enough and too overused for a name". So, he suggested that I should try calling my Summons "Glyph Beasts" instead...and I kind of took a liking to the name."
"Glyph Beasts" does sound like a way cooler, and more fitting name.
Winter: "Hmm...You seem to talk very highly about that Nick boy."
Weiss: (lightly blushes) "Well...he is one of the top students here at Beacon. And, he is the Kamen Rider. So...of course I think very highly of him."
Winter: "Weiss...I can tell when you're trying to hide something. And...you also spoke very highly of him in your letter. More so then your other friends."
Weiss: (blushes more) "I-It's nothing. I'm not hiding anything. You're...probably just overthinking things, due to being overworked from your job."
Winter: (glares at her sister) "Weiss...I promise I won't be mad. Just tell me the truth...what is going on between you and the Kamen Rider?"
Weiss: (sighs in defeat) "Alright...you see...Nick and I...well...we're...together."
Winter: (continues to glare at her) "Weiss...I know he's your friend, but that doesn't-"
Weiss: "No, Winter...I mean...he and I are...in a relationship..."
Winter: (raises an eyebrow) "...What?"
Weiss: (sighs) "Nick and I are...dating...okay?"
Winter: (goes wide-eyed) "...You're in a romantic relationship..."
Weiss nervously nods.
Winter: "...With...this Nick boy..."
Weiss nervously nods again.
Winter: "...Who is a boy..."
Weiss nervously nods a third time.
Winter: "...Is your classmate..."
Weiss nervously nods a fourth time.
Winter: "...And is the Kamen Rider..."
Weiss nervously nods a fifth time.
Winter: "...The first Huntsman in history..."
Weiss nervously nods a sixth time.
Winter: "...The most powerful individual in the world..."
Weiss nervously nods a seventh time.
Winter: "...And I am just now learning about this..."
Weiss nervously nods a eighth time.
Winter: "...Does...Mother know?"
Weiss shakes her head "no", as Winter's face has a look that shows she is having a very hard time processing this new information and revelation, before cutting to...
Ruby: (as red action lines appear behind her with oriental battle music playing) "You'll never beat me, old man!"
Qrow: (with similar blue lines behind him) "You're nothing but talk, kid!"
Yang: (calling out her support as purple lines follow her) "You can do it, Ruby!"
Then the entire scene is revealed to be in Team RWBY(Ruby) and Team NAAE (Unimaginable)'s dorm room at Beacon Academy, and the screen of the video game Ruby and Qrow are playing is shown just as one of the pixelated ninjas decapitates the other, with the announcer saying "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!" Qrow grins at his victory as Ruby lowers her head in shame.
Nick: (while petting Zwei) "Or maybe not."
Qrow: "And by the way, don't ever call me old."
Yang: (pushing her sibling out of her spot as she grabs the spinning controller from the air) "My turn!"
Qrow: (while the game begins again with "NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES!") "Now, where was I?"
Ruby: (popping up from behind the two players excitedly) "You were telling us about your last mission!"
Nick: (under his breath) "Unfortunately."
Qrow: "Right, right... (flashes back to his story as the art style changes to reflect the dark setting and eerie neighborhood the blade-wielding warrior is walking through) I'd come across a small village in the swamps west of Mistral. Right off the bat, I knew something wasn't right."
Ruby: "What were you doing there?"
Qrow: "I needed information. Tired from battling Grimm along the way, I decided to start my search at the town's inn. The place was crawling with lowlifes and thugs, even a few Huntsmen that I could only assume had been hired by less-than reputable people for less-than respectable jobs. And that's when it happened."
Yang: (as Qrow looks at something in the shady inn, wide-eyed at what he sees) "What happened?"
Qrow: (kneels in his flashback under a spotlight) "I was defeated...by the mere sight... (suddenly grins at what he saw is revealed) of the innkeeper's skirt length!"
The vision of pink hearts, a beautiful maid with slightly-skimpy clothing, and the very happy Qrow is interrupted by a thrown dog-head pillow, which Qrow deftly catches much to Yang's ire (not helped by the game announcer calling out once more "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!").
Yang: "You are the worst!"
Nick: "And disgusting."
Qrow: (after he and Ruby laugh at Yang's anger) "Best two out of three?"
Ruby: (as she seats herself on Weiss' bed) "So, Uncle Qrow, did you get in trouble with Ozpin?"
Qrow: (waving the question off) "Nah, me and Oz go way back. We're cool."
Yang: (scoffing) "Cool for an old guy."
Qrow: (looking mad) "Not funny."
Nick: "Also...I've known Ozpin way longer then you have, Qrow."
Qrow: "...Yeah, that's fair."
Ruby: "So, what are you doing here anyway? I thought Mom and Dad said that you would be on a mission, for like...ever."
Qrow: (getting back into the game at the sound of "READY? FIGHT!") "Well, a professional Huntsman like myself is expected to get results, as soon as possible."
Ruby: "Yeeeeaaaah, I get that. (laughs) We're pretty much pros, too."
Qrow: "Oh, really?"
Yang: "Psch, yeah! Read the news sometime. We totally saved Vale while you were gone."
Qrow: "Funny, because I heard Vale suffered a Grimm attack after you almost managed to stop a train. (leaning over to rub it in his niece's face as she scowls at the repeated "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!") But they don't give out medals for almost."
Ruby: (resolutely) "They do, and it's called silver!"
Yang: "Well, we helped take down Roman Torchwick! He's locked up in Ironwood's ship and crime's been down ever since! That's basically a bounty mission!"
Qrow: "Sure, you may be acting like Huntresses, but you're not thinking like one. You really think four girls and their friends could end all crime in a Kingdom? Even if they have the Kamen Rider himself there with them?"
Ruby: (cutely tapping her fingers together in embarrassment) "I mean, I did until you said that..."
Qrow: (sounding more serious now) "Violence hasn't dropped since Roman got nabbed; it's stopped, completely. No Black Fang activity anywhere around the city. You cut off the head of the King Taijitu, but now the second head's calling the shots. That's what Ironwood can't get through that thick metal head of his."
Yang: (exchanging a look with Ruby) "You...know the General?"
Qrow: (back to his usual joking demeanor) "Hey, I know everybody to some extent. Remember, you're talking to a member of the coolest team that graduated Beacon!"
Qrow then reaches behind him into one of his pockets and pulls out a photo lined with stains and age of four figures - himself, Raven Branwen, Taiyang Xiao Long, and Summer Rose - as Yang's eyes widen and he sighs in remembrance.
Qrow: "Hah, Team STRQ...That's where I met your parents. We were pretty well known back in the day."
Ruby: "Well known for crummy fashion sense!"
Qrow: "Hey, we looked good! And I have a number of inappropriate stories to back that up! (wiggles his eyebrows suggestively, but notices Yang looking at the picture while smiling and puts it away) But, I'll save those for when you're older."
Ruby: (recoils in disgust) "Oh, gross!"
Nick: "Yeah, keep that filth to yourself, alright dude?"
Qrow: (getting up and walking out) "Anyways, I'm too old to be hanging out with a bunch of kids. You're gonna cramp my style. (pauses in the doorway and sighs before addressing his family, Ruby and Yang looking up to him and Zwei sleeping on Amber's bed) Look, just remember that you've still got a long way to go... (turning around and holding a finger up to express his seriousness) And don't think for a second that graduating means you're done. (hitches a thumb over his shoulder) Every day out there is worth a week in this place. You two, you're gonna go far. But only if you keep learning; if you never stop moving forward."
With these immortal words of wisdom, Qrow exits down the hall. Meanwhile, back in the pavilion...Winter finally managed to, somewhat, process what Weiss had just told her about her now having a boyfriend, who is the greatest warrior on the planet of all people.
Winter: "...This is...a lot to take in...I was hoping that you've managed to make legitimate friends here at Beacon, but...I wasn't expecting you to get a lover...especially if said lover is the Kamen Rider of all people..."
Winter then looks at Weiss, who looks very nervous, worried that her sister won't accept her being in a relationship with Nick.
Winter: "...Does...Nick...make you happy?"
Weiss: (nods) "Yes...he...really makes me happy...I'm really glad that he accepted my feelings...especially seeing as we didn't have the best first interactions here at Beacon."
Winter: "What do you mean?"
Weiss then explains how she and Nick didn't get along when they first met at Beacon, and all the way to when Nick angerly yelled at her about her attitude while transformed as Kamen Rider Buffa Ploison Rage Form, and everything he said to her at that time. This all made Winter surprised.
Winter: "Hmm...I see...that's quite the story indeed. And...Nick was correct, about how you were acting like Jacques."
Weiss nods, still feeling guilty by her behavior at the time school started.
Winter: "Though...I am glad you two are on better terms now. Do you...plan to tell Mother?"
Weiss: "...Yes...once she and I are able to call each other, that is..."
Winter: (sighs) "...While I am shocked to now learn that you have a lover...especially it being the Kamen Rider himself...it's clear that he makes you happy. So... (smiles warmly) I see no problem with it."
Weiss: (surprised) "R-Really?!"
Winter simply nods, as Weiss smiles with great joy that her sister approves of her being with Nick.
Winter: (stands up) "It's time for me to go."
Weiss also stands up as Winter gives her sister a hug, which is returned.
Weiss: (breaking off from the embrace) "It was really good to see you, Winter."
Winter: (smiling sadly) "Until next time, sister. And perhaps next time, I'll be able to properly meet your lover."
The two Schnees then giggle a bit before walking out of the pavilion and go in opposite directions. Later at night, Weiss is in the school courtyard, waving goodbye at the airship carrying her sister. She stops just as her Scroll starts vibrating with an incoming call from "MOTHER", and her finger hovers over the screen in uncertainty until she press it, as she picks up the call. She then begins to walk back inside while greeting her mother on the call and how she's glad to hear from her again, as the scene fades to black.