[Originally posted on my tumblr 'anaya-of-wolves. tumblr. comm/ post/ 100952387792/ fic-rwby-kh-crossover-training-from-a-master-1-2' (just remove the extra 'm' in 'comm' and remove the spaces.]

Well, here is the sequel from the first RWBY/KH I did. But, however, this got a bit too long and I'm working on a few other fic.s as well, so I broke it up into two parts. The second part may or may not be as long as this one since it depends on how long I have to work on it.

The outbreak of heartless hadn't stopped. Even if they weren't called that, heartless, Ruby still knew that it was heartless doing these incidents. Creatures unlike the grimm that were attacking people and towns were getting out and around more and more. Especially on the outside of Vale now more and more seemed to be conjugating. The young leader of team RWBY wasn't blind or ignorant to the fact that there was a really good reason as to why that was. After getting her keyblade, the amount of heartless increased over the past days. They were linked, and that left a sour taste in her mouth. She could go out and help. She could save those people, but one against waves wasn't an odd Ruby felt she could win against. Her teammates, though supporting, weren't helping either.

"Ruby, can't you do anything to help?" Weiss asked, asking this but the team leader heard a demand in those words. She could do something, couldn't she? But she was afraid, wasn't she? These creatures, heartless, weren't something she fought or really knew well about. The keyblade caused another problem as well on its own.

"I want to, but the keyblade..." She held up her hand in front of her, and nothing appeared. The keyblade was the only thing to stop the heartless, but it wouldn't appear no matter what she tried.

"Maybe you have to be near heartless for it to appear?" Yang suggested, her and the rest of team RWBY staring at the air where a weapon should be.

"Maybe, but what if it doesn't?" Ruby argued against, surprised she kept her fear at bay from her voice. There was a fear inside of her that festered within a pool of doubt mixed with a sliver of panic. So many things could go wrong with this. If this was grimm, it would be different. She was and is being trained to fight them. With heartless she just got a few words from a strange boy, and none of that she had told her team. What if she failed and-

"Ruby! Quite spacing out! This is important," Weiss called out, a deep and upset frown on her face, "Those creatures are appearing more frequently every day and getting closer to the kingdom. Tomorrow they might-"

"Weiss, calm down. There's no need for shouting." Blake's own words were turned against her when shouting did erupt. But it wasn't from the white-haired teammate or anyone else in the room. It came from outside the open window in their dorm. All four girls rushed over to look out and see what was going on. What they saw shocked them.

Heartless, some much bigger than the ones that hadn't told about from the forest, were forming in the courtyards of Beacon. Most of the students backed away, and some were being chased. Panic screams and shouts soon filled the air as team RWBY watched on with horror-filled faces.

"We have to go down and help them!" Yang finally said, breaking them out of the shock, "They can't fight those things."

Ruby knew that, knew that with every fiber of her being. But what exactly could she do with a weapon that wouldn't appear to her? If they rushed down there now with no plan or no way to really defend themselves, they could wind up being attacked just as those students were being. But if they didn't-

'You have to fight, Ruby. You have to save them and fight the heartless. Don't let the darkness in your heart cloud your judgment.'

She heard those words echoed inside of her head, wondering just where had they come from but finding them to be true. She was afraid, and maybe it was the darkness inside of her. However, she had to do something now, with or without the keyblade. She had been chosen for a reason, hadn't she? She had to do this!

So now, with that mindset, Ruby backed away from the windowsill, already drawing up a quick idea that she soon began putting into motion.

After a little bit of watching the scene below, Yang began asking as she glanced over her shoulder, "Hey Ruby, do you think-" But Ruby was nowhere in the room. "Ruby?" All three of the RWBY members turned and glanced around, searching for their team leader. But the youngest had vanished from the room. The only clue was the open door she had left open.

Down in the courtyard of Beacon, Ruby headed out of the dorms with a steady hurried pace. Students fled past her, heading towards the building and not away. Briefly she thought that that was a better idea than the one she had in her mind and executing at the moment. But she couldn't back down now. She had been chosen to help these people, as a huntress and a keyblade wielder. Backing down now would be the ultimate cowardly thing to do.

She stopped roughly ten feet from the nearest group of heartless that had surrounded three students. A lump formed in her throat that she battled down as she took in a deep breath and exhaled. 'Calm, focus, concentrate,' she thought to herself, willing all her might into the appearance of her keyblade. She reached back for Crescent Rose, ready for when her first plan failed.

Soon enough, she focused her energy, focused her will, and spoke, "Get away from them." The heartless that had been eyeing that small group all turned to look at her, curious as to who spoke before their attention fully turned on the one that they had been sensing. It was a bit unnerving for Ruby to be the center of attention for these monsters, but it was better her than innocent people. Of whom, she quickly told, "Go, get out of here!" The three Beacon students were stunned but quickly ran away to hopefully not get caught by these monsters again.

Now it was one person against roughly seven creatures of darkness. Three looked like those shadow things from before, but the other four looked different since they stood on two legs and had armor on them. Well, no matter what they looked like, Ruby knew that she had to face them and her own heavy fears about all of this. She had been chose and had a duty.

"I don't know how you got in here, but this is as far as you'll go," she spoke confidently, though not really getting an actual reply from the creatures. They just did those sporadic movements before they leaped at her at the same time. She back away quickly, willing for her keyblade to come. Just as one of the more soldier-like heartless could land a spinning kick, her arm went up to block it. Before contact, a shimmer of light appeared and the keyblade from before blocked the attack. Ruby then grinned and found the odds now evened. The young teen then began fighting back.

Unbeknownst to her, the rest of her team soon left the dorms and caught sight of her fighting heartless once more. But they weren't the only ones spectating this fight. Some students had stopped running away to witness it, along with a certain headmaster and professor. They all were surprised to see the creatures being knocked back by Ruby and the strange weapon she held in her hand that wasn't her scythe.

Only one out of all these spectators knew what the weapon was besides its wielder. He also had now to both call a 'friend' and have a talk with Miss Rose. Ozpin felt a small and strange sort of 'I knew it' within his mind that seemed a bit childish, but the way that some fates fell this was something that seemed to be of nothing of chance.

Ruby felt as though a hundred eyes were staring at her at the moment. It felt even worse than the time she had told her side of the story from the Tower incident when Ironwood had been present. But unlike that time, this was a subject in which the words and explanation failed her. How could she explain all this to Professor Ozpin? He wouldn't know, even she didn't know the full extent of all of this madness really. But the young huntress knew that telling what she did know, even including that of what could have easily been a dream, was the best and right thing to do.

So, she gathered up all of her courage and will, taking in a breath before explaining it to the awaiting seated man at his desk. "They're called heartless. I had been having a few dreams about them before we went on the mission a week ago. Then, during that mission, we ran into them, since they had been the cause of the problems, and then fell into a kind of...dream? I guess. In my, uh, dream, I met a boy, but before that I got the keyblade. The keyblade is that weapon. It can fight the heartless. After that, the boy 'Sora' explained that the heartless came from darkness, and that this world was experiencing them, and that there were other worlds. Then I came to in the woods again and fought off the heartless and then returned back to here after the mission was technically done. And that's all I know about that, Professor."

After that long-winded speech by the young girl, she took in a deep breath and waited for the verdict that she would be receiving. Ozpin hadn't said or questioned anything while she had been speaking, merely raising an eyebrow or getting a stern look on his face. Ruby didn't really know how to take that kind of reaction. Was that a good sign or not? Would he even believe here? All of those questions now began eating at her mind and causing her to feel worse.

"And this is all that you know, Ruby?" he finally asked her, softly and calmly which settled some of her fears and sparked others.

She nodded her head and answered back, "Yes, sir. That's all."

There was a pause while he thought, getting a look on his face that spoke of neither angry or disappointed, but he inclined his own head a bit. "Very well. You can go now." Ruby was shocked in hearing that, obviously showing it since Ozpin chuckled and followed up his dismissal. "Don't looked too surprise, this is not the end of this discussion. But you should go rest for a bit."

Whether that really meant was lost on Ruby, not knowing who else she would have to speak to. But she still thanked the other and left the office, wondering just who else and how many times else she would have to explain that a boy from a dream gave her a weapon.

Ruby took one step into her room, shutting the door behind her and then leaning against it as she felt as though her body had lost all of its bones. The weight on her heart about the secret of the keyblade and the heartless had seemed to lessen. Talking with Ozpin had set some unease to rest. But it seemed as though she wasn't done talking, or at least questioned.

"So, what happened? What did Professor Ozpin say? Did you tell him about the keyblade? What did he say? Does he know about you and fighting the heartless?" Yang asked those questions at rapid speed that nearly made Ruby's head spin. The red-head then pushed herself off the door and made her way past her teammates and over to the nearest bed, Weiss's, and landed face down on it. She let out a groan as a somewhat response that didn't answer anything.

Finally, she turned her head to the side and answered the questions in the ordered they had been asked, "I told him everything I knew about the keyblade, and what it could do against the heartless. He really didn't ask any more questions and dismissed me. That was it really." She then shut her eyes to fall back into her mind to just think over things. A secret was out, to not just Ozpin. The whole school, well some of the students saw who then could have told others, would find out about what she could do. If that didn't give her some anxiety, the looming cloud of Ozpin wanting to know more was.

"Well, it could have been worse, I suppose. At least he took it, well, well," Weiss attempted to provide some ease to all this, noticing how her team leader didn't looked to be in the best mood. Then again, she had been a bit for telling Ozpin when they got back about the heartless and keyblade.

The rest agreed with that, though Ruby still didn't think that settled anything. What would Ozpin eventually say about all this? Would her having the keyblade, a strange weapon to fight creatures that didn't even come from this world, stop her from becoming a huntress? Would she be asked to fight these heartless for however long? The grimm were bad enough, but these things, only she could fight. That nagging fear in her mind of just being overwhelmed came back, making her shoulders shake has she gripped the pillow tightly with her fingers.

Soon, however, they laxed when she felt a few comforting hands on her shoulders. Ruby turned her to see her team sitting on the edges of the bed, giving her soft looks of support.

"Hey, whatever happens, we're still a team. We'll have your back through this," Yang told her sister, giving her a grin and getting nods from the others.

"Whatever this problem is, we'll take one step at a time. We're not going to let this interfere with everything," Blake added in.

Weiss was the final word of encouragement, "We're stronger than that. No matter what happens or what Ozpin has to say, this isn't going to break us apart."

Ruby smiled at all of them, getting smiles in return. She felt better knowing that her team was behind her once more for this. She knew it was better to have support of friends than dealing with this whole mess by herself. Honestly, she probably couldn't have dealt with any of it without their supporting words and encouragement. She felt strength from them, feeling the bond between the team hardened even more. Sora's words came back to her briefly, remembering what he said about bonds of the heart between friends. Their strength was hers and vice versa.

But then that strength she felt from them stuttering a bit as there was a knock at the dorm door. All four heads turned to glance over to it, wondering who was on the other side. There was a good guess as to who it was. Ruby thought over things and thought over what happened. She had to do this now. So, she pushed herself up and climbed off the bed. She walked over to the door, casting a look over her shoulder to her friends and sister after she stopped. After opening the door, she steeled herself for whoever it was on the other side and whatever she was going to have to do.

"Ah, Miss Rose, Professor Ozpin would like to speak with you again."

It was Glynda, which wasn't a complete shock of sight, but she still brought about the news that she had been wondering about and waiting for. So, Ruby answered her back with a 'Yes, ma'am' before taking a step out of the room once the older woman moved away. However, neither of them got away from the dorm after a question had been raised.

"Ma'am, may we come?"

Both Glynda and Ruby glanced back at the team who looked ready to accompany Ruby to whatever fate she had in store, and the professor answered back, "I don't-"

"Please?!" they all pleaded, looking ready to beg for however long it would take to come with Ruby. The team leader found that a bit remarkable and heartwarming that they would stick out and want to come with her. Having them back her up would be great for whatever Ozpin needed to tell her.

She was about to ask the professor herself as well, but Glynda relented with a sigh and told them, "Fine, alright. Let's go, hurry up."

There was a small cheer, which stopped quickly with a look from Glynda, before the group headed out of the dorm and down the hall with the woman at the head. The team all gave each other grins, especially to Ruby who felt as though she would need it for whatever future she was going to have in store. Whatever this would be about, the keyblade or her whole self, Ruby felt ready with her team at her side now.

The group entered the spacious office, stopping in the middle of it while Glynda went to stand by the desk. Ozpin had his chair turned with his back towards them, seemingly talking with what looked to be himself. The team gave confused glances amongst themselves but snapped to attention when the headmaster turned to face them. He didn't look to upset that the entire team of RWBY had come and not just its leader. He more looked amused by that.

Ruby then took a few steps forward and greeting the man, "You wanted to see me again, Professor Ozpin?" She wondered just what this visit would entitle now and what would be discussed. She just hoped that this wasn't the speech that would remove her from Beacon. That was possibly the worst case scenario running through her head at the moment.

"Ah yes, Miss Rose," he greeted back with a slight incline of his head in a nod before standing up to move around to the front of the desk, "I called you here because I would like for you to meet a very special guest here at Beacon. He arrived once the knowledge of your special "gift" became apparent with the heartless attack.

Ruby wondered just how the other was talking about, since she didn't see anyone else in the room. She glanced around a bit before stopping once Ozpin spoke again, though glancing over his shoulder to his desk.

"King Mickey."

King? That confused the four teenagers in the room. The three still together looked around for whoever this King was while Ruby focused on the desk. She noticed a small movement before her eyes widened once she saw just was moving and walking around to the front of the desk to stand next to Ozpin. Not even nearly the same height as the man and not even human, this "King Mickey" was a sight that dumbfounded team RWBY.

"Hello Ruby, it's great to finally meet you. Your Headmaster has told me a few things about the situation," the creature greeted with both a bounce in his voice and grin on his face. He didn't look to be any type of king that Ruby or any of the other girls would have recognized. The eyes, especially, didn't help to give them a thought that this "King Mickey" was more like a mouse than anything else, which he could have easily been.

"Uh, I, hello, your Majesty?" Ruby finally snapped out of it and stuttered in response. She curtsied a bit, finding some manners and guessing that would be of some appropriate of a response as well. She didn't get an answer from Ozpin or Glynda saying otherwise for or against it. Though soon she snapped back to full stand when King Mickey chuckled and waved his hand.

"Oh no, none of that. You don't have to be so formal around me. I'm merely here to help with your heartless problem. As well, to help you especially," he told her, giving her a nod of his head and a reassuring grin that she really couldn't figure out. Questions were forming in Ruby's mind about what he had said. He was going to help her out with the heartless? A little doubt crept up in her mind for just how this...mouse was going to do so.

"Me?"

"Mmhmm, You have a keyblade, dont'cha?" Ruby answered that question with a nod of her head. She also soon found it apt to hold out her head and summon the weapon, which actually appeared to her call this time, to present to the King. He glanced over it, inspecting it really from what she could tell, before he nodded his head. Ruby let the blade disappear from sight, though now getting a look from Glynda about its appearance and disappearance from sight.

"It's a pretty powerful weapon," he began, soon summoning what Ruby suspected to be another keyblade as well though this one looked actually looked much more like what a key-blade would be, "One that requires some training and help to understand and master. I'm here to be of some help for that for the present time, as well help with the heartless infestation."

There was a brief pause of silence, after the King let his own weapon disappear after showing it to the young teen, before soon a voice spoke up since it seemed no one had gave any sign for her not to, "Uh, what exactly are you? I mean-"

"Weiss!" Yang hissed from where she stood, giving the other a look and finding it a bit blunt for the other to have asked that. Weiss shot back a look and asked 'What?' in return, though Blake having a mildly annoyed look on her face after her teammate had asked that. Ruby glanced back, shaking her head lightly, before looking over to King Mickey and hoping he wasn't too offended, if it had caused offense.

Mickey looked a bit confused before he grinned while answering the white-haired teen's question, "I'm a mouse, of course."

That hadn't really quite answered Weiss's questions, so she repeated it in hopes of getting a better answer, "A mouse?" Ruby wished that the heiress would just drop things, though the King still looked to be alright with answering those questions.

"Eh-yup." He grinned to them, seemingly find with whatever they needed and wanted to know for the matter. "But," he began once more and the smile slipping off and back to straight and serious face, "back to the matter at hand-"

Ruby soon interrupted the other, not really in disrespect to the King, but in the fact that the young girl really had some of her own questions that really needed answers, "Please, your majesty. I- what is going on here? I just got this thing a week ago, and I still have no idea what I'm really supposed to be doing." She attempted to hold off on some of the franticness in her voice, but it was clear it was there. The team leader really had no real clue in what she should be doing with the keyblade and how to effectively deal with the heartless. That and the fact that there was the overhanging fact of why everything was happening in the first place. Answers to all of these mysteries were needed, at least Ruby thought so.

But, instead of King Mickey answering the young teenage girl back, it was Ozpin who gave some small words in response, "King Mickey had briefed me on somewhat of the greater outline of what is going on, and what you told me has confirmed a few things that he had said as well."

"Wait, what?" Ruby asked, now figuring in the pieces of information into some of the other in her mind, "He's from a different world like Sora said?" Well, that was a bit obvious, now that she thought over that since well, two foot tall talking mice don't exactly run around Vale. But it was odd actually meeting someone else from the other worlds that Sora had mentioned to her.

"Sora? You know Sora?" King Mickey soon asked her, almost a small urgency in that voice along with a confusion that lead Ruby to believe that that was a part of what the other hadn't expected to find out while he was here.

"I talked with him in a dream."

Mickey chuckled after hearing her answer, and Ruby didn't really understand as to why he would since that didn't seem normal to her. "Seems like he is busy helping worlds still after all." Well, that really didn't explain as to why he had been in her dreams, which of course she asked about. It seemed like that and just the whole air of Mickey coming from an outside world still wasn't clear in understanding still.

So, the King then decided on a plan, which he began by saying, "Anyway, I suppose I could help ask some of your questions to all of this. I'll try to keep it somewhat short, but this story isn't a small one, I can tell you that."

He then begins to retell an adventure that really Ruby couldn't almost believe. It seemed to span a long while for what the story implied, wondering briefly just how long this mouse was. He told them of a man named Master Xehanort and of heartless and nobodies. He told of an organization and their role led by the nobody of Xehanort, Xemnas. But then Mickey began speaking of his friends, the ones who brought down Xehanort's and Xemnas's plans. She heard the name Sora and found out just how much the boy had a role in things. With his friends of Riku, Donald, Goofy, and Kairi -and the additional ones along the way-, they all managed to stop all worlds from plunging into darkness. It was an interesting tale, and one that Ruby was so easily reminded of by stories she had heard and read as a child. Sora could have easily been a hero for those tales with the feat that he managed.

"And that is my story," Mickey finally concluded with a small smile and nod of his head. All of the people there were in varying degrees of shock and wonder by this tale that he told. Even Ozpin, who had gotten a shorter version, was still a bit awed by the story and adventure that King Mickey had braved with his friends.

"That...that all happened?"

Mickey nodded to Weiss's incredulous question, and no one else spoke up to answer anything more after that. They took Mickey's word to be true, though those words spun an interesting and long tale. The King opened his mouth to start speaking once more, but a knock at the door seemed to shut his mouth for him.

All heads turned to the doors to the office, before Ozpin called out, "Come in."

"King Mickey, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I have some news."

A slightly older boy than team RWBY walked in, a few inches taller than Yang and hair and eyes similar to Weiss's own. The air around him really seemed a bit aloft and distant, reminding Ruby of when she had met Blake. The new boy stopped neared the king before glancing around at the others in the room.

"Everyone, this is Master Riku," King Mickey filled in the missing name for this stranger before turning his attention and questions to Riku, "What is it, Riku?"

"It's the heartless," Riku answered back, Ruby surprised that he knew about them as well and began figuring that Riku must be from wherever King Mickey came from, though found it odd that he wasn't a mouse as well. "I've dealt with most around the school and the kingdom. Most either scattered after that to wherever they're hiding."

King Mickey nodded his head, seeming to find that of some sort of reason that was lost on Ruby since she didn't know just how sentient these creatures were. They were similar to grimm, but not quite in some aspects. She also wondered how much more did this "Master Riku" know about things pertaining to the heartless and keyblades than she.

"So, they are still lurking around then?" Ozpin questioned, wondering how much more time would take to get rid of them all or how much time they would need to start preparing against this force that lurked more in the shadows than the beast they already had trouble with.

Mickey reluctantly nodded his head, a small frown on his face, "I'm afraid so. Heartless sometimes can linger, though if the keyhole is locked, then this world should be safe."

"Keyhole?" Glynda now spoke up to ask.

"Yes," Riku answered her back and then continued on explaining, "it's the roughly the lock that protects the heart of a world. Finding it and locking should prevent the heartless from ever entering the heart of the world and destroying it."

"Can the keyblade do that?" Ruby asked, wondering just how a simple weapon that she could barely get to summon on will could do something that seemed so fanciful and huge. The heart of this world? The simple thought seemed just too big for something she could accomplish, even doubting herself that she could or even would be doing something like that. Heartless already gave her enough trouble.

Riku then turned his full attention to Ruby, giving her a feeling of being judged and not exactly joining it all that much, "Yes, and how do you know of the keyblade? Mickey?" His face turned away, though those sharp blue eyes lingered on the young huntress and making her really wished people would stare at her like that. This was new to her, and she really wished she wasn't put on center stage for it.

Mickey chuckled, not really settling any of the feelings mixing and turning within the young redhead, "She a keyblade wielder as well. Sora seemed to have found and helped her."

"Sora?" Riku seemed surprised but then chuckled, "Seems like he is still meddling in the worlds. But, then again, he could not when a world needs him. Too big of a heart to do so otherwise."

Ruby it a bit...odd really hearing how Riku talking about Sora. He seemed so much less, aloof when he did so. So, she finally found her voice to ask him, "You sound like you're-"

"Friends? Yeah, we are. The best, by what he says." Riku's smiled as he seemed to reminisce about that. Ruby wondered just how this Master Riku could be friends with Sora, who seemed just so...not like Riku. Then again, it could be a bit like how she was friends with Weiss or even Blake, the beginning hadn't been the best but now things changed.

"But about the heartless-" Riku snapped out his thoughts, and the smile quickly squared itself away as he got back into protector-mode that he walked in with.

"I'll deal with those, I think you have another job to be taken care of," Mickey answered him, as if just waving off the problem as something simple to do that surprised Ruby a bit. Then again, with how long they had been fighting, they seemed to be able to be a bit laxed and not overly worried about things. Though she did wonder what other job that Master Riku had to do.

"Hmm?"

Ruby soon then got her answer from the King. "Training Ruby here."

The said person in question eyes widened a bit, and Riku spoke up with a bit more haste. "But, Mickey-"

"No 'but's. She needs some guidance, and I'm sure a Master such as yourself can help." Mickey smiled after that, finding that that decision would be the best one for now. Ruby wondered how much "guidance" she could get from this Master that Mickey spoke highly of. Not that she didn't think she didn't need more help, but she also didn't know Riku as well.

"I see," Glynda soon entered this small conversation between the two outsiders to the world, concerned more about what they were implying about this extra training, "but Miss Rose does have classes as well."

Mickey nodded his head in agreement, finding that the woman did have a point there. "Schooling is important as well, I should know. But I'm sure there can be a compromise on her behalf? Ruby?"

All attention and faces turned towards her, making the young teen feel a bit shocked to see them now relying on her answer for this question. The training would be good since she did have a keyblade, but she did have schooling. A huntress was something she had been aiming for before this own deal with the keyblade and heartless. But if she ignored her duty, the world may fall to the heartless. That kind of pressure made her feel a bit sick, but she swallowed that done and gave her response.

"I, uh, could train after class and still work on schoolwork. I'm sure I can balance both, for the sake of learning and the world."

Ruby thought that was a good compromise for her own self. It would hopefully balance out her schooling and this new training that she obviously needed to benefit the world. She just waited to see how the others took this news, especially the one that would be in charge of helping her.

Finally, Riku gave his answer after locking eyes with her and giving her a look that spoke of something deep and meaningful that she didn't know fully about, "I suppose I can help her."

"Good."

Ozpin nodded his head to the now resolved solution to the problem with the untrained keyblader, "Now that that matter is settled, I suppose you four may return to your dorm room."

Three of team RWBY were ready to go, but Ruby, however, had just a few more things that she needed to say to what would be her would be trainer for the foreseeable future, "Uh, Master Riku?"

"Riku's fine, and yes?" he answered back, slipping a bit in a more friendly tone that didn't sound much different than his regular one. But Ruby could hear the difference between when he was addressed as "Master Riku" and just "Riku."

"We could start right now, training I mean. There should be an empty gym."

"Alright, if that is fine with you."

Ruby nodded her head, finding that starting early with this while still in midday would be better than waiting until later and possibly finding herself within a problem that might cause if she wasn't prepared. Her team, however, thought differently on just Ruby sticking around this stranger while shouldering some of this new work that she would have to deal with in order to fight more monsters that were cropping up.

"We're coming as well," Yang spoke up for the rest of team RWBY, getting a few separate agreements from both Weiss and Blake. They weren't going to let Ruby deal with this alone. They were still a team, still had a bond. One that Ruby felt ever grateful for, giving them a relieved look before looking back at Riku. She, of course, didn't see the challenging looks from the rest of her team to Riku that dared him to deny them this.

Of course, Riku merely shrugged and answered, "That's fine."

Grins lit up all their faces in hearing that, soon showing the other teen the way to where this gym would be after getting the go ahead to leave the office since it seemed discussion was done. The team lightly chatted with this stranger as they left the room, and their voices were cut off after the door was shut.

After a few silent seconds for the three left, and then Glynda spoke up, more towards Ozpin than the outsider to this world, "Do you think that is wise?"

"I have full faith in Riku," Mickey answered her back, looking up at her and getting her to look down at him, "He will help Ruby out in what she needs to know."

The sound of conviction in the King's voice hoped to convey his full reassurance in the matter. This would not end badly, and they would fight this new force. Mickey's faith in things never wavered, though sometimes worry in others balanced it out for the bigger picture of things.