SZ: So….the latest Volume of RWBY wrapped up not too long ago

GT: On a cliffhanger of all things. ...Leave it to Rooster Teeth to pull this off and make it work. Here's hoping we get to see what happens instead of a timeskip like Red VS Blue did.

Z0: Shit got crazy *censored from spoiling for those who haven't seen* and then *censores once again* Oh man...and then Qrow got framed for murder….oh the censor GT made did not stop that one…

GT: Eh, it's already been spoiled by Twitter, so I let that one slide.

Z0: Fair enough...anyway our world has its own adventures to continue upon. And yes I say our world as our stories don't always follow the original paths of the canonical sources.

SZ: Yup. We add our own unique twist to them to make them feel a bit more original, btu at the same time make sure not to deviate from the source material

Z0: Spoiler...we are broke and don't own the legal rights to anything really. 'Xcept some OC's here and there.

SZ: and with that said, let us begin!

GT: Yep. *puts up a picture of Star Fox beating up a chibi Wolf* Bye~ *vanishes in a puff of smoke*

SZ:...ahh cr-*area explodes*

Ex-Aid chuckled as he dodged swing after swing from Brave. He flipped back, letting the next low swing miss. Brave grunted, losing his balance, only to stop as Ex-Aid tapped his chest plate to keep him balanced.

"Never trust your opponent even in training!" Ex-Aid cheered, spinning and landing a kick to Brave, knocking him away.

"Yeah...duly...noted…!" Brave grunted as he got back up.

"Oof...Emu is not holding back now that Jaune has Level 3." Ruby spoke.

"Shoryuken!"

"HOW?!" Brave cried, flying back.

"Lots of practice!" Ex-Aid laughed.

"Face it...This is the level you gotta be at, Jauney-boy," Kiriya sighed, "You are getting the extra hard training to make up for it."

"Alright...Next you'll come at me with Level 3." Ex-Aid sighed, stretching his arms.

"Huh...We'll fight as Level 3 next?"

"No...you will fight me with your Level 3," Ex-Aid explained.

"...This is gonna get harder, isn't it?"

"Oh you betcha…" Ex-Aid cheered.

"Aw…"

"You think that'll help him win?" Weiss asked Pyrrha.

"Maybe…" she responded.

"GAH!" Brave cried as explosions went off, "How are you avoiding sound based attacks!?"

"Real training begins now!" Ex-Aid shouted, landing a flying kick to Brave.

"Why're you so excited?!"

"Can't help it! Gonna be doing a Star Fox gaming marathon, and another Megaman Collection is gonna be coming out in a few days!" Ex-Aid beamed.

"Huh?" Brave blinked.

"I'm so excited...I have to burn off the Ruby levels of energy!" he cheered, "Which is why I decided to try and see if I can handle a Level 3 opponent while still Level 2."

"...Oh this is gonna be brutal...and I mean CTR Online brutal…." Brave paled a bit.

"We don't speak of that…" Ex-Aid replied in a deeper threatening voice.

"AH! Triggered!" Brave panicked as he began to run from the livid Ex-Aid, a running theme going off on his speakers.

"I had no idea Ex-Aid could move that fast..." Weiss muttered.

"Or that Brave could run so fast with a worse running stat," Ruby spoke.

"What?" Weiss asked.

"Oh, ya see me and Emu keep track of who's suit does what better." she explained while holding up her Scroll ,showing a blueprint-like image of Ex-Aid, "See Emu has speed agility and reflexes going for him. Jaune has strength, defense, and stamina going for him. Which is why he makes a great practice dummy."

"I heard that!" he snapped, blocking a punch that still sent him skidding back, "His rage has empowered him!"

"Shouldn't have mentioned that toxic online!" Kiriya shouted, only to tense when Ex-Aid turned his attention towards him, "...uh oh. I mentioned the you-know-what." a rope tied around Kiriya.

"Get over here!" Ex-Aid shouted.

"Oh no!" Kiriya cried as he was dragged into their battlefield, "Don't MK me, bro!"

"What about Kiriya?" Weiss asked, ignoring the cries of pain.

"Oh, well as a bike he's the fastest on land. As Level 3, he's actually the strongest in terms of strength, power and most other stats except for agility." Ruby explained, she then scrolled over to Snipe, "As for Snipe? He is the most well rounded. He's stronger than Emu...and faster than Jaune, but vice-versa his suit lacks in comparison to their primary stats." she went on, "What he makes up for is that he's the only one with ranged weaponry and enhanced sensors."

"Enhanced sensors...his helmet has only one eye!" Weiss complained.

"The hair is a heads up display…" Ruby explained.

"How do you know that?" Pyrrha asked.

Ruby paused as she blinked a few times.

-flashback-

"Professor, why does your helmet block one eye!?" Ruby asked, appearing in Taiga's office...out of a cupboard.

"It's a heads up display and targeting system," he explained, examining something via a virtual microscope.

"Professor, why do you have a cape!?" Ruby asked, hanging from the ceiling in Taiga's classroom.

"It's a bullet proof material that can also manifest a hard light shield." Taiga explained grading papers.

"Professor!" Ruby shouted, appearing from the fridge in the teachers lounge.

"...No...My body can't turn into a bullet in level 2." Taiga explained, sipping his coffee.

"Are you standing on my quiche?" Professor Port asked.

"..." Ruby looked down, "...No."

"Carry on."

-end-

"I find time to ask him..." Ruby muttered.

"Go, go, go, go!" Brave shouted as he sped by on Lazer LV2.

"I am so glad that I'm a bike!" Lazer yelped before both screamed as blocks were thrown at them.

"Get back here!" Ex-Aid snapped, making another block and threw it at them, "You must pay for saying the taboo!"

"NEVAH!" both screamed in stupidity-induced fear, Brave bashing the block away.

"Emu gets...quite scary, doesn't he?" Pyrrha pondered.

"I call it weird," Weiss argued, "But he can be controlled. Ruby...the thing." she snapped her fingers.

"Emu! New Mii Fighter skins for Smash!" Ruby held up a Switch.

"Mine!" Ex-Aid blurred past, taking it from her, "Eee~! Cuphead!" he cheered, sitting in a tree as he began playing.

"Huh...so you've also gotten good at handling him," Pyrrha noted.

"Uncle Dan pays us to!" Ruby cheered.

"FREEDOM~~~!" Brave and Lazer cheered as they drove away...off a cliff, "WE'RE DOOOOMED~~~!"

"...Who's turn is it?" Yang asked.

"Mine," Ren replied as he walked off to grab some rope.

"Despite their…" Ozpin began.

"You can say it...some of them are utterly stupid." Taiga bluntly spoke as they watched from a window.

"Inexperience…" Ozpin corrected.

"Stupidity...some of them had to have been dropped as kids…" Taiga replied bluntly again, "Valkyrie and Rose especially."

"They might be a little scatter brained, but they are good kids and are improving greatly." Ozpin argued.

"Tell that to the holes in the mud at the bottom of the cliff," Taiga replied as Brave and Lazer shimmied up the rope Ren had thrown down.

"Well I bet they'd improve even better if they had a teacher that understood their problems...in this case, both the virtual world monsters and the mechanics of puberty," Ozpin began, "Teaching them and explaining how things worked."

"...I don't like them that much…"

"Oh please...If someone were to jump out of a fridge before this school year, you would have shot them in the face," Ozpin argued.

"Not inaccurate…" Taiga muttered.

"Professor Peach's medical report for needing that bullet removed from her leg after she got stuck in the fridge and got it open when you were in the teachers room last year begs to differ."

"We all know I'm a very on edge person." Taiga argued.

"Not anymore," Ozpin spoke, getting Taiga's attention, "Taiga...you've relaxed so much since those kids got here. Haven't you even noticed how much you've changed? You barely even take your medicine anymore…"

"..." Taiga took a moment to think of that.

"Seems Ms. Schnee's tutoring of Ms. Rose on the subjects she skipped from her early admittance is going well," Glynda noted, sitting at her desk as she was assembling report cards to send out to families, "Honestly, what was Ozpin thinking of having her skip two entire grades and admit her to Beacon?"

As she continued her work, she failed to notice a figure sneaking up to her door. They crouched down and put the barrels of a Bugvisor to the small opening under the door. They pulled the trigger, letting the cloud of virus enter in a small stream so as to go undetected.

"Oh, Mr. Hojo...How can someone so skilled also be so unpredictable...I swear I'm not sure if you are a good student or a terrible one…" Glynda muttered, "I may need to see if another student would be willing to tutor him in Grammar. Perhaps Ms. Scarlatina..." she paused for a moment to hold her head, feeling a slight headache all of a sudden.

"...And that is why you never try to subdue a Goliath with a mouse made from Dust when your partner has a Semblance that is essentially telekinesis," Port finished lecturing, "Any questions?" several hands rose up, "None about if we're all still paying for damages incurred by what happened." all the hands fell asde from one, "Yes, Ms. Rose?"

"Um...Why did you make a mouse?"

"Because elephants are afraid of mice and we thought it would be the same for Goliaths. We were right...but oh so very wrong, too. Speaking of Goliaths," Port pushed a button and the floor opened, bringing up a large cage with a car-sized elephant Grimm, "I have a young Goliath today for practice. Who wants to volunteer to fight it?"

"Yes!" Emu cheered.

"Wonderful, Mr. Hojo! Come down please with your armor and weapons at the ready," Port ordered.

"Wait, what?" Emu asked, the Nintendo Switch falling off his lap and bounced off Zwei's snoozing head and landed in his backpack.

"You just volunteered to fight a baby Goliath," Ruby replied.

"Ah man…" Emu groaned, he leaned down, "Zwei, keep hands off my Switch and I'll buy you all the doggie treats I can with my next allowance." Zwei's tail wagged as he panted excitedly at that, "Good dog," he grabbed his Gashacon Breaker and jumped over the desk and onto the main floor.

"Oh come on, like that'll...AH!" Kiriya cried as Zwei bit his finger, he held his hand up and made it look like his middle finger was chopped off...only to slowly uncurl it, "Oh...thank you reflexes…"

"So let's see...Goliaths…" Jaune muttered as he looked at it, "Looks like the Eletusk enemies in Taddle Quest. High defense, slowest speed yet also included a skill to boost speed, high attack stats. Real pains to fight in the games."

"In real life, they are wise and often lead large swarms of Grimm," Weiss spoke, "They are a sign that you are deep in dense Grimm populated territory."

"Sure tells you how experienced Professor Port is if he caught a baby one," Ruby noted, earning looks from her teammates, Jaune, and Kiriya, "...What?"

"Alright, Mr. Hojo, prepared?" Port asked, earning a nod, "Then face your opponent!"

With that, he undid the lock and ran behind his desk, flipping it up and poking out, his blunderbuss/axe in hand. Emu blinked before the cage swung open and the black elephant Grimm ran out and tackled Emu before he could properly anticipate it. Emu grunted as he was being pushed back towards a wall. He grunted again and lifted himself and kicked his legs back. Everyone expected him to kick off the wall only to blink as they stopped before even hitting the wall. The Grimm trumpeted in confusion...it was as if Emu was standing against an invisible wall. Emu chuckled as he took his Breaker and thwacked it on the head making it cry and stumble back.

Emu landed on the ground before jumping up. He kicked his legs down and jumped up even higher as he landed on its back. He smacked the B button three times before he leaned forward and smacked it into the Goliath's head once more. A burst of air sent it skidding back before a second burst kept it going back further a third burst sent it slamming into the wall on the other side of the class. Emu grunted as he jumped off and swapped from Hammer to sword. He tapped the B Button before he began swinging his sword quickly while jumping back with each swing. Emu twirled his sword around before stabbing it down. The Goliath trumpeted and charged. However, just before reaching Emu...it stopped. Those with better eyes could see thin strings straining to hold it back from reaching Emu.

Emu rolled his right shoulder before raising up his right hand as he curled it his fingers into a fist. A faint glow went along his arm before stopping at his hand. He took a breath as he opened his eyes. He swung his fist as he punched the Goliath as a sudden burst sent it skidding back once more. Emu kicked up his Breaker, letting it flip through the air a few times. Once it began to fall he swung around and kicked his leg up. His foot hit the handle of his weapon, sending it flying forward...and stabbing into the Goliath's forehead. It gave a final trumpet before falling over...slowly dissolving away.

"Whoa…" Juane and Kiriya awed.

"What...what was the punchy thing he did?" Yang asked.

"He focused his aura instead of over his body into just his hand," Ren explained, "Then he released it upon impact to increase the damage to his strike, like an explosive punch."

"Hey, it's like what you do," Nora realized.

"It's an advanced form of control to make up for not having a combative Semblance," Ren added.

"Emu's Semblance seems to let him double jump...and stand on air," Ruby muttered.

"Meaning fighting in the air is something he excels at. Explaining why he's so agile." Blake noted.

"That's still a very complex skill to master," Pyrrha spoke, "He must have trained a lot to achieve what he has."

"Meanwhile, the other two can barely fight without their armor…" Weiss replied.

"Yeah...HEY!" both Jaune and Kiriya complained.

"What? It's true…"

"Well you didn't have to be so brutally honest about it…" Kiriya muttered.

"I feel I did," Weiss replied.

"I bet even Professor Hanaya could do that," Yang smiled.

"Splendid work, Mr. Hojo!" Professor Port applauded, standing up fully behind his desk while the bell rang, "And that's all for today, students. Your homework tonight is to do research on Goliaths and devise plans on how to deal with an adult Goliath with your teammates."

"No. Upsetting Yang and letting her loose on one is not a plan. Furthermore, she's Team RWBY; not on our team," Emu cut off Kiriya before he could speak, "Zwei!" he whistled as the dog ran out and gave him his backpack and Switch, "Good boy. I owe you some bacon flavored dog treats this weekend." he cheered while picking him up, he then reached into his backpack, "But as a down payment...pastrami." he smiled, holding a sandwich up as he took the meat out.

"Ah! Emu, no!" Ruby yelped, zipping over and taking Zwei, "Pastrami goes through him like water down a river."

"TMI…" Emu muttered as Zwei whined, "Sorry, boss says nope. Just wait for this weekend, little guy."

"Mmm…" Zwei whined as his ears flattened.

"No, Zwei. Remember the last time you had pastrami," Ruby reminded, "It was good at first and then your butt…"

"Again, TMI," Emu held his hands up.

"It is important to accept the truth!" Ruby shouted, "Besides, I had to clean it…" she shivered.

"Because you were the one who fed him the pastrami," Yang noted.

"Mistakes were made…" Ruby replied.

"Well one more class…" Emu spoke, changing the conversation as they made their way down the hall.

They blinked as the upperclassmen all began walking out in very good moods, which was rather off as it was Ms. Goodwitch's class. Some being in a good mood from someone embarrassing themselves in a match was normal. But everyone in the class entity in an ecstatic mood? That was just plain strange to these first years.

"...Something smells fishy…" Kiriya muttered before tapping an upperclassman's shoulder, "Hey. What's going on?"

"Ms. Goodwitch is sick with some kind of bug, so we got out early."

"Huh?" they blinked.

"Ms. Goodwitch is sick? ...But...that's not possible. She's too scary to get sick…" Emu spoke.

"She gives the germs detention…" Ruby agreed.

"She once caught me and Kiriya getting in a fight with some thugs...and she gave the thugs detention," Yang added.

"...Should we get Professor Hanaya?" Weiss asked, earning confused looks, "Think. She got sick out of nowhere when yesterday she was perfectly healthy and having Pyrrha take on an entire team on her own to show one way a four-on-one battle can happen."

"That was enjoyable," Pyrrha noted, "Though, you are right."

"...How much sap do we still have?" Jaune asked.

"None," Ren stated.

"Well there goes my normal way of getting something done fast," Jaune noted.

"Nora, would you trade a favor for a full hour of cuddle time with Zwei?" Ruby asked.

"Huh? Sure, whatcha need?" Nora asked.

"Can you please get Professor Hanaya if Ms. Goodwitch isn't already in his office?"

"Sure thing!" Nora beamed as she ran off.

"Points for the corgi!" Kiriya joked.

"Yeah...uh, good dog…" Blake muttered, keeping as subtle a distance from Zwei as she could.

"Come on...We got shenanigans to get involved in," Emu sighed as they walked off, passing Ozpin.

"Where are you kids off to?" he asked.

"Getting into trouble, headmaster," Emu and Ruby spoke.

"Okay stay safe," Ozpin replied simply.

"...Is anyone gonna ask why he's just…" Jaune began to ask.

"No," Yang replied, grabbing him by his tie and yanking him along.

"Really, Taiga, I don't have time for this," Glynda sighed, sitting on the medical bed, her skin paler than normal as he was giving a routine inspection which currently had him checking her blood pressure.

"Your blood pressure is higher than usual," Taiga noted, "When did you get to sleep last night?"

"Considering I was doing report cards, not until one forty in the morning," Glynda replied.

"As someone who rarely sleeps...even I know that's not good," Taiga spoke, "But even still these symptoms are much more than normal sleep deprivation and weakened immune system." his eyes flashed for a moment and he opened the door before Nora's foot could kick it, "If it's Arc again, he better have taken those pills for his air sickness I gave him."

"Um, no. I'm looking for Professor Goodwitch and thought you'd have her since her classes are canceled," Nora noted.

"Cancelled? Oh, that…" Glynda growled before she started coughing.

"It's just for the day while we figure out what's wrong...and I think that more or less confirmed it," Taiga sighed, "Let me guess: the idiots sent you?" he looked at Nora.

"No...Jaune didn't ask me…"

"I mean the real masterminds," Taiga replied.

"Oh...Emu and Ruby," Nora realized, "Yep!"

"...Sap?"

"No. Ren got rid of it all," Nora pouted, "But I get to cuddle Zwei for a whole hour! Oh, that corgi is just too precious and can blow up in all sorts of ways!"

"Just get them here," Taiga sighed.

"Okay~!" Nora saluted before skipping off.

"Kids get crazier each year…" Taiga shook his head.

"It makes work harder…" Glynda sighed.

"You rest," Taiga replied as he began looking around in his supplies, "This should help you to relax and not get stressed out." he explained, taking out some medicine, "I'll make sure nothing happens." he promised, his normally angry and scary facial expression for a rare moment becoming softer.

"Thank you," Glynda nodded as she accepted the medicine and took it with an offered paper cup of water.

"I guess you are a great teacher if those little idiots are so worried about you," Taiga chuckled.

"Any luck?" Emu asked as they all regrouped.

"Nope," Ruby shook her head, "Now we wait for Nora,"

"Found her," Ren spoke as she was running towards them.

"Professor Goodwitch is with him," Nora informed, "Can I haz cuddles now?"

"I regret showing you that poster," Jaune deadpanned, "But great job."

"Here you go," Emu spoke, digging Zwei out of Ruby's hood and handing him to Nora.

"Eee~! So fwuffy~!" Nora squeed as she hugged the corgi.

"To Taiga's office!" Emu declared.

"And fast!" Ruby added.

"...Yeah...It's the Bugster virus," Taiga frowned as he looked at a screen as Glynda rested on the medical bed, "And mixed with two strains again…" he sighed, "This is getting repetitive…" he walked over and opened the door just as the young students prone to trouble arrived, letting them all fall over and into the room.

"Ow…"

"Professor," Blake greeted, she and Ren the only ones that hadn't fallen over since they had stayed at the very back.

"Ms. Belladonna," Taiga lightly nodded, "Good. You all made it. I just confirmed it is the Bugster virus. A mixed strain again."

"So that means this is likely the last of the LV3 Gashats," Ren noted as the others started getting up.

"So what is that last one?" Nora asked, "Since it's supposed to be Professor Hanaya's...Dr. Mario?"

"Eer," Emu crossed his arms in an x pattern, "Dr. Mario's a good guy; not a bad guy."

"Oh...RE boss?" Yang guessed.

"Nope."

"...Eggman?" Ruby asked.

"NOPE!" he hissed, "Especially with what's happening in the comics right now…"

"I miss the pre-reboot days," Jaune sighed.

"Agreed, but that's a discussion for later," Emu replied.

"I wasn't talking about the Bugster; I was talking about that LV3 Gashat," Nora pouted.

"Oh…"

"I'm amazed you guys can barely function…" Taiga deadpanned.

"So what is the LV3 Gashat? Is it Dr. Mario? Pikmin? ...Galaga? Ooh! Command and Conquer!" Nora guessed, "...Or maybe it's Doom. ...If it is, I hope you get the BFG9000! Or a Bugster-version of the UnMaker!"

"...Nora, go take a nap with the dog." Taiga replied simply.

"Okay!" Nora saluted, taking the other medical bed and instantly going to sleep, Zwei snuggled up into her side.

"...Who gave her coffee this morning?" Taiga asked.

"Kiriya," Weiss stated.

"Lies and slander," Kiriya argued before Weiss held up her Scroll, playing a feed of Kiriya handing Nora a cup.

=It's hot chocolate= Kiriya informed /before Nora drank it all in one go =Now go wake up your team= Nora zipped off and Kiriya walked away with a chuckle =Payback's one mean lady, Brave Boy...enjoy the triple shot of espresso Nora just drank=

"...Five pages on the findings of giving a hyperactive person several amounts of concentrated caffeine on my desk by tomorrow," Taiga ordered.

"Dang it…" Kiriya sighed.

"So what do we do?" Emu asked.

"Unsure yet. For now...we wait." Taiga explained.

"Will Ms. Goodwitch be okay?" Ruby asked in concern.

"Her...she'll be fine. I gave her some meds meant to keep her euphoric and relaxed," Taiga explained.

"Hubbah-wha?" Ruby blinked.

"She's high as a kite," Kiriya translated.

"Gasp!" Ruby spoke.

"Oh relax. It's safe. I ordered it to keep people from stressing out because you idiots do something like talk about a girl's crush in front of her roommates…" Taiga explained.

"Wha...oh...oh no...we totally did that," Yang blinked.

"Wait, does that mean all the Bugsters have...been half our fault!?" Jaune panicked.

"I'm fairly sure you stress your family out without being an armored superhero Arc." Taiga muttered.

"...No, that's true…" Jaune sighed, calming down.

"I'm curious. What game was meant for you, professor?" Ren asked.

"Given the line of games Gemn Corp has released and the Bugsters from them…" Emu muttered, "Ah. Jet Combat probably."

"What's that game?" Pyrrha asked.

"Aerial combat simulation game using Jets and other combat high speed aircrafts." Emu explained, "It's a military centric game as well...like Bang Bang Shooting…"

"Rose, your uncle is an idiot." Taiga spoke simply, looking at her.

"Hey…" Ruby complained.

"Well he's the smartest of your odd little family at least." Taiga countered.

"Aw thanks...I mean; Hey!" Ruby complained again.

"Anyway." Taiga replied changing the subject, "Moment the Bugster pops up, you know the drill."

"So what do we do in the meantime?" Ruby asked.

"Not stress her out…" Taiga replied, "Arc...Rose...Nora."

"Aw...Why's she called by her first name?" Ruby complained.

"It's easier."

"Score!" she cheered before snoring and going back to her nap.

"You three are the most stressful students here…" Taiga added, "And most chaotic. In fact...I dread the day you kids cause a food war."

"Don't you mean…?"

"I know what I meant…" he replied, "So...you three...are exempt from this one."

"Wait, what?" Jaune blinked.

"Take Kujo with you, too."

"Woohoo! Vacation!" Kiriya cheered.

"But...that's two of the Four Riders…" Weiss argued.

"...Hmmm…" Taiga muttered, "...We can manage with who we have."

"But...I…"

"Don't ruin this for me, Ruby!" Kiriya shouted, picking her up and tossing her over his shoulder.

"Try not to get arrested," Yang waved.

"Ha! Please...like they can catch me," Kiriya smirked as he walked out.

"Yang, I don't want to get arrested again...Ms. Goodwitch arrested me before! It was scary!" Ruby cried with developing tears in her eyes.

"I'll keep them from doing anything stupid," Ren spoke, lifting Nora up and walking out with her and Zwei.

"My fwuffy…" she mumbled in her sleep.

Parad sighed as he sat back. He let out another sigh as Graphite, in his human form, lowered a Scroll. Graphite grunted and looked back down. Parad noticed this as he rolled over and jumped onto the couch next to him. He leaned against Graphite as he sighed even louder.

"What?!" he snapped, lifting and tossing Parad into some of Roman's goons, making them scream and panic.

"Why did I have to infect the one teacher that has a fun class?" Parad whined.

"Because she's also among the strongest so the Bugster born from her infection will come out even stronger," Graphite argued.

"But it's so boring...and it's taking forever!" Parad complained, "The Quack doctor has medicine that calms people down so they don't stress."

"That's a thing?" Graphite asked.

"I guess…" Parad shrugged.

"...Ugh…" Graphite groaned, "Great…"

"Problems?" Genm asked, appearing from literally nowhere, making Parad jump into Graphite's arms.

"He's bored," Graphite said, dropping Parad.

"Been waiting for the Bugster to appear…" Parad pouted a bit, "I picked a good one, too...especially given the two choices there were between them."

"Don't worry...We will see action soon. Knowing that man, he won't put off letting it out for long." Genm explained, "It's what he does after he gets what he wants that I can't wait to see!" he laughed walking off.

"Hey what's...he's gone!" Parad panicked, as he shot up "How does he keep doing that?!"

"Mmm mmm..." Graphite shrugged.

"But Graphite~! You spend more time with him than me!"

"I'm not his babysitter. I don't keep track of everything he does," Graphite argued.

"But you legit go everywhere with him," Parad argued.

"As muscle…" Graphite argued, "Now get back to being annoying to humans."

"Hmph..fine," Parad huffed as he walked off, "Ass."

"I heard that!" Graphite snapped, picking up his spear and tossing it at Parad.

"AH!" he and several goons panicked as an explosion went off.

"Crap, I hit the Dust supply…" Graphite sighed, "Ugh...Sometimes I don't know whether he or Torchwick are the most annoying…" he took a quick look around, "...Okay good. Little Ms. Silent and Literally Deadly didn't hear that last part…"

"Hey, look! It had Hardlight Dust...oh...isn't that expensive?" Parad spoke.

"Crap...now he's gonna make me replace that…" Graphite sighed.

"...She seems to be stable enough," Taiga muttered, looking over some papers, "Good...as long as we keep her calm, we...no no. Not gonna jynx it…"

"Oh come on...that's not a thing," Emu spoke.

"It is with us..." Taiga sighed.

"Aw...you said 'us,'" Emu sniffled jokingly.

"Stop it," Taiga deadpanned, tapping his forehead with a pen.

"Ow…"

"Just remember...nothing stressful," Taiga reminded, "Stress means exacerbation of her infection."

"Gotcha," Emu nodded before sighing a bit, "Might have to reschedule my Star Fox marathon…"

"Star Fox?" Taiga raised a brow.

"...oh right. Don't play games as much as me and the others," Emu muttered

"That's...a matter of opinion." Taiga muttered, "But regardless, might as well kill some time talking...so explain."

"Huh?"

"It's only to humor you...I'm not gonna get sudden interests or anything like that," Taiga clarified, "Besides...could help incase we face a Bugster from that game."

"Series. It's technically a series," Emu explained.

"That game…" Taiga frowned, not liking being corrected.

"Right…" Emu muttered, scared of his glare.

"I can't tell if they are getting along or not and that's concerning." Yang muttered as those who remained behind watched the two Riders interact.

"At least we're able to work on our assignments for tomorrow," Weiss noted.

"This is the boring part of it..." Blake spoke, "Where they act more like doctors."

"But I'm not a medically trained Huntsmen…" Emu spoke.

"You should consider training to be one," Taiga spoke, "You're the only one besides Ren...darn that boy's name…" he grumbled the last part, "You and him are the only ones with advanced Aura control."

"What's that got to do with it?" Yang asked.

"Those with advanced Aura control can train to use their Aura to heal others," Taiga explained, "With how all of you are focused on running in...one of you having the ability to heal the stupid ones who rush in head first...Blondie…" he coughed.

"Hey…" Yang grumbled.

"You think I could become one?" Emu asked.

"I think your friends could use someone to patch them up when I'm not around to do it. Seriously, do you know how many times the blonde one has come in here with a sprained wrist from punching something after running out of Aura?"

"Why does it always come back to me?!" Yang cried.

"Sush," Weiss sushed.

"Well I guess that's a good point," Emu nodded.

"Besides you are probably the only one good enough at multiple talents to pull it off." Taiga added, turning away, "Even if half of them are useless…"

"Aw...so close to forming a bond." Blake snarked.

"I can and will pull out a special whistle, Ms. Belladonna," Taiga casually threatened, making her tense up a bit, "...Yeah. That's what I thought."

"Whistle?" Yang and Weiss blinked.

"Besides, men don't form bonds...we just begrudgingly accept one another." Taiga argued.

"Aw." Emu smiled.

"Not sure if these idiots count as men yet though…" Taiga sighed.

"Ahh…" Emu slumped at that.

"Now then..let us just get back to the task at hand and…" Taiga began.

"Ahh! Cardin's abusing his family's power again and bullying others!" Parad's voice shouted from outside.

"...No..." Taiga whispered, seeing Glynda twitch slightly.

"...Maybe it's a false alarm a-" Yang began.

"It is not a false alarm! He's forcing one of the students to change his grade so he'd score higher!"

"Dang it, Parad...the one time we need you to not be a total snitch!" Yang complained.

"Is now a bad time to say he's also lowering Pyrrha's grades?!" Parad asked, "No...yeah. I hear it now...I'll shut up."

"...You three, stop that idiot before he makes things worse," Taiga ordered, seeing the readings going off, "Hojo, you and I are gonna hold off the Bugster, because I forgot Cardin being well..."

"Cardin?"

"A total ass, yes." Taiga nodded, "Blondie...you are exempt from any punishment...no matter how badly you hurt him."

"Grr...Where is that gaming dork?" Cardin growled as he looked around for Parad near the school fountaine, "...Whatever. With Goodwitch sick and the doc busy, I can get…"

"Hya!" Yang shouted, punching him and knocking him down, "Wait...what was he doing out here? ...Ah well." she shrugged as she continued hitting him.

"...Is that really necessary?" Weiss deadpanned as she and Blake watched.

"It's entirely necessary!" Yang laughed before spotting some broken sunglasses falling out of Cardin's clothes, "..."

"...Huh. So that's what happened to Kiriya's shades," Blake noted.

"Oh so now you're stealing from my friends, huh!?" Yang shouted as she kept punching.

"Yang stop. He's already dead…" Weiss sighed.

"Knocked out," Blake corrected.

"I know what I said," Weiss argued.

"...I feel like we're missing Cardin getting karma again for being an ass," Kiriya muttered, "...Meh. No skin off our noses."

"What did you do to him after I got my armor anyway?" Jaune asked.

"...It's better if you have plausible deniability." Kiriya replied.

"That just makes me even more worried…"

"...Wait. Wasn't Parad shouting that Cardin was abusing his family's power and forcing students to change their grades earlier?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah…" Kriya replied with a raised brow.

"And we can't let anything stressful happen, otherwise the Bugster in Ms. G…" Jaune began before it dawned on him and the others, "..."

"...DARN/DAMN IT, CARDIN!"

"BWAH!" Nora yelped as she shot up, "What?! What happened? What I miss?!"

"You get to break Cardin's legs in Ms. Goodwitch's next class," Jaune stated.

"I...don't think you need to fully worry about him…" Ren spoke, looking out the window, "I think Yang is murdering him."

"Don't you mean…" Jaune began.

"I know what I said," Ren replied simply as he cringed, "That had to have broken something."

"Oh this I gotta…" Kiriya began as he moved over to the window, "Wait...are those my sunglasses?! I was looking for those for weeks!"

"...Kiriya…"

"Too late! Already thinking of hitting him in the kiwis!" Kiriya shouted before wincing, "...Nevermind. Yang beat me to the punch...oh...oh lord. She is going all Sonya Blade on him…"

"...Don't ask," Jaune spoke before Ruby could answer.

"Aww~"

"Wasn't that...harsh?" Emu asked.

"..." Taiga looked at him.

"No you're right…" Emu sighed.

"Guh...must...Punish...Winchester..." Glynda grunted, the readings starting to spike further and further.

"Darn it, Parad," Weiss sighed once she returned.

"Get ready," Taiga ordered as he and Emu strapped their Drivers on.

"Here it comes." Emu spoke, clicking his Gashat with Taiga.

=MIGHTY ACTION X/BANG BANG SHOOTING!=

"Henshin!" the two shouted.

He and Taiga quickly slotted them as they turned to Level 1. Just as their chibi-like armors formed, Snipe hit the Stage Select button, sending them to an abandoned half constructed building as their battle field. The two grunted as the Bugster's Level 1 form took the shape of an odd flying ship.

"Game Start!" Ex-Aid declared.

With that, the Bugster took off into the air, doing a quick barrel roll to deflect Snipe's shots as it did a quick U-turn and began to fire lasers at the two Riders, causing them to roll out of the way and duck for cover.

"Ah!" Weiss yelped, quickly summoning a glyph to deflect some of the lasers as she joine Ex-Aid and Snipe in their hiding spot.

"Wait a minute...I know those maneuvers…" Ex-Aid spoke, "Oh life. What cruel irony…"

"Translation?" Snipe asked.

"It's something he brought up earlier…" Weiss sighed.

"...Star Fox?"

"Yup. Or to be more precise…" Ex-Aid began, lightly poking out of his hiding spot to see the ship split into three, "Yup. It's Star Wolf, Star Fox' rivals...wait. Three ships? ...Ahh. Star Fox Assault and Command versions of the team….shoot. Was hoping to shoot down Pigma."

"Why a pig?" Weiss asked.

"I...don't know...but to be fair, the hero is a Fox…" Ex-Aid argued.

"Move!" Snipe barked, tackling Ex-Aid out of the way of several shots fired at where he had been, "Schnee, see if you can contact Arc and the other idiot. We need more cover fire. Hojo, explain what this 'Star Wolf' is!"

"Well th-" Ex-Aid began before the three ships divebombed towards the ground before they transformed into wolf-like mechas, "...EEE~! It's a mix of Assault/Command and 64/Zero!"

"FOCUS!" Snipe barked, smacking Ex-Aid with the butt of his gun, "What. Is. A. Star. Wolf?!"

"A group of bounty Hunters that worked under Andross, the main bad guy of the Star Fox series," Ex-Aid explained, rubbing the back of his head, "They consist of Wolf O'Donnel -who's the leader of the group-, Leon Powalski-who really hates Falco-, and given the third ship...either Pigma Dengar-a REALLY sleazy and cowardly pig that betrayed Fox' dad long ago and I am hoping is him- or Panther Caroso, a more recent member of the team and a bit of a flirt-."

"Right. Any strategies?"

"As their name implies, they usually attack in a pack, or spread out to thin out the other team," Ex-Aid explained before they dodged another laser, "Best strategy is to strike them from behind before they get the chance to fly behind you...and Smart Bombs also help."

"Smart Bombs?"

"Basically think Screen Nukes that hit every enemy on screen."

"...And the transforming ships?"

"It's from Zero. Basically it's an alt form where they can strike hard and fast on the ground, much like a...well wolf."

"I hate cutesy gimmicks…" Snipe sighed, "Schnee...I'm gonna transform into a bullet...I want you to use your semblance to aim and shoot me," he ordered, "Ex-Aid...distract them. Can you be loud, annoying, and make people want to shoot you?"

"Is that sarcasm?" Ex-Aid asked.

"JUST DO IT!"

"Long live Fox!" Ex-Aid shouted, running out from their cover, "Hey, Wolfy! Bet ya can't hit this!" he taunted, turning around and slapping his rear.

The main mecha-wolf howled before lunging at him.

"Miss!" Ex-Aid laughed as he jumped out of the way, "Ahh...That seemed to have got him.." he paused before looking back, seeing a bright red aura around it, "...uh oh. I forgot it can do th-" he began before the mecha-wolf became a blur, shooting past him as sparks came off of Ex-Aid, "Gah~! The Lightning Tornado!"

"Will he be okay?" Weiss asked.

"He's had worse…" Snipe argued.

"This is a deep deep pain!" Ex-Aid cried.

"And it knocked you down by a quarter of your health," Snipe added.

"That too!"

"...Ugh. Please tell me you managed to contact the others…" Snipe asked Wiess with a groaned.

"Yes. Hopefully they'll be here soon," Weiss nodded, creating a glype just as the three ships transformed and took off into the air once more.

"Ah! My butt!" Ex-Aid cried, being sent flying from a laser shot.

"Good...It'll give them more t-I mean distractions," Snipe stated.

"You're gonna use them as bait, aren't you?" Weiss asked.

"Wouldn't you?" he argued.

"Touche…" she shrugged.

"...Why?" Ren demanded as Nora sighed in content as she was being carried on Ren's back as she ate pink pancakes.

"Because I knew you'd run out of Sap from Forever Falls or, more likely, threw it away when no one was looking to not be used as a cook for Nora's Bribe Pancakes," Kiriya replied, tossing away an empty jar that had once been filled with sap.

"You...are a dangerously resourceful person," Ren spoke.

"I manage."

"Is no one else worried Yang is being detained by police?" Ruby asked.

"She'll be fine...I hope," Kiriya muttered, "I'll be honest...I'm running out of favors to get her off with just a slap on the wrist."

"I worry about what happens when you're not around one day," Jaune spoke.

"Don't you jinx me…" Kiriya complained, "Just worry about saving Emu and the doc from the Bugster that came out of Ms. Goodwitch."

"Given what Wiess told us, I can't help but be worried…" Jaune muttered as they arrived in front of Taiga's office.

"Well…" Kiriya spoke, opening the door and pushing Jaune in first.

"Kiriya!" Ruby panicked.

"Oh my god! What is going on!?" Jaune panicked.

"Help! I caught one of the ships and am stuck on this crazy ride!" Ex-Aid shouted, riding on top of one as it was in the form of a wolf once more., "Bad, doggy! Bad big metal flying dog!"

"...It's a mix of both versions…" Jaune paled a bit.

"Just hurry and change and help me~!"

"R-right!" Jaune yelped as he and Kiriya quickly strapped their Drivers on and pulled their Gashats out.

=TADDLE QUEST/BAKUSOU BIKE!=

"Henshin!" the two shouted, quickly inserting their Gashats.

"AH!" Ex-Aid shouted as he crashed in front of them, "They're coming back…"

"Huh? Wh-OH GOD!" Lazer freaked as the three Riders and Ruby quickly jumped out of the way of a lunge.

"What...what's the plan?" Brave asked.

"Give an opening for Snipe to shoot 'em down…" Ex-Aid groaned.

"...So in other words, we're bait," Brave sighed.

"Business as usual," Lazer rolled his eyes.

"Scatter!" Ruby panicked as the three jumped and were blown away.

"Keep them focused on you!" Snipe shouted.

"Easy for you to say! You're not dealing with transforming ships piloted by highly trained and dangerous bounty hunters!" Brave argued, "..."

"There's no Andross," Ex-Aid quickly spoke.

"Oh thank gods…"

"Ah!" Ex-Aid cried as he was blasted.

"Ah!" Brave panicked as he was blasted next.

"Oh man...They are getting hurt real bad." Ruby spoke as she jumped to a safe spot.

"Not yet…" Snipe spoke, "Wait for it...wait...there! Now!" he ordered as he was fired. His bullet mode flew and struck two of the three ships from behind making them fall and explode.

The last ship's windshield shone as if it looked back. It looped around and flew at Snipe as he jumped from footing to footing. Snipe spun around mid air and began shooting at the same time as the ship as both blasted one another. Snipe grunted hitting the ground as the last ship began losing its stability from a damaged side.

Snipe grunted rolling back up as he looked up at the ship as it did a slow turn to try and aim at him again. But before it could fire a bullet bounced off it sending it off course. Snipe looked to Ruby, who reloaded and fired again hitting the Bugster. Snipe grunted jumping as he spun around and became his bullet form again, he shot forward and aimed at the Bugster. The Bugster ship rolled around as well as the two collided and bounced off one another. Snipe flipped and used his legs to bounce off a support beam as he spun into his bullet form again. Once more the two collided while spinning as they bounced off, Snipe stopped spinning and aimed his Magnum at the Bugster ship before unleashing a barrage of bullets right into it sending it trailing off and crashing into the ground.

Snipe grunted landing on the ground as the others rushed to his side. They all looked as the last ship sputtered and sparked. After a moment it exploded dispensing the orange mass that made the Bugsters level 1 form. It began reforming and coming together into a more stable figure.

The figure seemed to be an anthropomorphic wolf, his fur a mix of dark grey and white with an eyepatch over one of his red eyes. He wore a purple jacket with magenta accents, his arms covered in matching gloves with armor plates over his hands ending in claws, he had shoulder pads with golden claws extending upwards. He had black boots with silver armor over the fronts with four crescent blades ending at his boots like claws. A gun was holstered to his side with a small little bayonet blade under the barrel.

"...I am seriously containing my urge to geek out!" Ex-Aid squealed, his 'eyes' as he shook in excitement, "His Smash Ultimate Appearance!"

"...hmm. Rather impressive," the wolf noted, a bit of an accent to his voice as he looked at Snipe, "Using yourself as a bullet...not bad. But do not get cocky."

"That's my line, mutt…" Snipe complained, "This fight's far from over."

"Good…" Wolf smirked, popping his neck a bit as he got into a fighting stance, "I didn't want this to end so soon…"

"Dai nii-senjutsu." Snipe spoke flashing to Level 2. He tapped his gun as the two stared one another down, "Stand back brats."

"They are so alike…." Brave gasped in fear.

"Shut it!" both snapped, making him yelp.

"Wouldn't it be better if we…" Ruby began.

With that Snipe and Wolf aimed and began shooting at one another as laser bullets flew back and forth. Everyone panicked and scrambled for cover as the bullets flew over their heads. The two began running as they shot at one another. Both ducked behind the cover of an unfinished wall. Both aimed and began shooting through it.

"I am very mixed right now…" Ex-Aid muttered, peeking out, "For one...he's fighting Wolf! On the other...he's fighting Wolf."

"Wait. Why's that last one b-" Weiss began.

"One of his special moves is a reflector."

"...I-I'm sorry. A r-"

"Gh!" Snipe grunted as he skidded back, sparks coming off of him for a moment as a dark-magenta 'spiked' barrier surrounded Wolf before banishing, "Clever…"

"Hmph. I'm not like the boy," Wolf smirked.

"Hmph…" Snipe twirling his gun around. He aimed and began shooting only for Wolf to put up his barrier. Snipe jumped and cartwheeled to the side to avoid his own shots. The sharp shooting Rider stopped and aimed up before shooting.

Wolf looked up and jumped out of the path of multiple steel support beams and concrete mixture sacks began falling where he stood. He growled and spun around to begin shooting, only for Snipe to spin and hold up his cape. A hexagonal barrier formed and blocked the blasts.

"But I can be tricky too." Snipe replied as he changed his Gashacon Magnum from handgun to Rifle mode.

"...Clever," Wolf smirked before sidestepping the shot fired at him and shot back.

"Wow. Th...they're evenly matched," Lazer blinked as the others watched the two continue with their gunfight.

"Wow...from this angle, it looks like they are fighting in Smash Bros…" Ruby awed.

"It does!" Ex-Aid cheered, slapping the sides of his head, "Oh this is so cool! Oh! Here comes a n-"

"Stay out of this!" Snipe barked, making Ex-Aid flinch, "He's mine…"

"He's very determined." Weiss noted.

Snipe swung his cape as he blocked a jumping slash from Wolf's claws. Snipe rolled back and fired at the Bugster, making him stumble forward. The two got up and began shooting as Snipe's rifle rounds tore through Wolf's lasers. Wolf growled as he jumped over the lasers, running right towards Snipe with his claws out...only to jump over the Rider before he could fire a shot and slashed his back, making him stumble forwards before turning around, his and Wolf's guns aimed right at each other's heads.

"...Hmph. Not bad," Snipe admitted.

"Can say the same to you," Wolf said back.

"Wait a minute…" Brave spoke, "There were...three ships...why one Wolf?"

"...What if…" Ex-Aid began in realization.

"An ambush tactic…" Snipe spoke, quickly turning to block a pair of lasers from behind..only to grunt when a long rose-colored laser shot him in the back before Wolf kicked him away.

"That's the difference between you and me…" Wolf smirked as an anthropomorphic chameleon and panther came out from behind some rubble, "When I fight...my pack isn't too far from me."

"Hmph. Rather pathetic…" The chameleon snorted, "..can I activate the bomb now?"

"Bomb?" the group tensed before looking behind them, seeing a red and white bomb with a large 'B' on it behind them, "?!"

"A Smart Bomb…" Ex-Aid gulped, "Don't...move…"

"Why? It looks…" Weiss began.

"One hit and it can set off a blast radius large enough to wipe out a good chunk of this area," Brave explained, making Weiss tense a bit.

"It's why when it's used in the Star Fox games, it's a screen nuke…" Ex-Aid added.

"Seriously, can I activate the bomb, Wolf? I…" the chameleon began.

"Must you always be rash with the violence, Leon?" the panther huffed, a bit of a spanish accent pulled out a rose as he took a sniff a it, "The men I could do without. The women with them however...it would pain me to see them in pain."

"Aw thanks." Ruby smiled.

"Ruby!" Weiss hissed.

"What? He doesn't want to see us hurt."

"You do realize he's semi-flirting with you, right?" Lazer pointed out, "Also...be kinda thankful Blake isn't here."

"Hmm? Why's that?"

"...oh you sweet, redvelvet cinnamon bun."

"So...here's what's going to happen…" Wolf began as he stepped up to Snipe, "Even though I hate to end this fight so soon, I'd rather be on my way...so here's the deal. You dispel the field and let me and my boys go...or Leon sets off the Smart Bomb. And trust me...he's really eager to see some blood spill and some bodyparts be sent flying…"

"...And what makes you think I'll let you step away?"

"Because I can already see what type of person you are…" Wolf smirked, their gaze not once leaving one another, "You once had a team of your own...but something happened that made you drift away from making bonds. And from the way you had reacted the moment Leon mentioned the bomb...that very moment before you could pull the trigger...you blinked."

"..."

"In fact...how about this? The next time we meet...it'll just be between you and me. My boys will keep your little circus act over there busy...while you and I settle this little score...wolf to man," Wolf offered.

"..." Snipe lowered his gun, "Very well...Brats...stand down. Or I'll end you myself."

"?!" mostly everyone's eyes widened at that.

"But…" Ruby began.

"He's right Ruby...stand down," Ex-Aid stated, holding his arms up as he dropped his weapon, "They got the tactical advantage."

"He's right…" Weiss added, jabbing her rapier into the ground as she did the same.

"...Fine…" Ruby pouted as she held her hands up, letting her scythe fall to the floor.

"...Don't do it...don't do it…" Leon whispered, eying Brave and Lazer before they did the same as the others, "Shoot...was hoping one of them would be cocky...much like that buzzard."

"Heh...I look forward to the eventual rematch," Wolf smirked at Snipe just as the area began to revert back to Taiga's office.

"Grr…" Snipe frowned behind his helmet just as Wolf, Leon, and Panther walked past them, opening the window as the three leapt out.

"Oh good we're alive." Ex-Aid sighed in relief.

"...Rose, Schnee, Arc...Bike…"

"Ow…" Lazer winced at that.

"Go gather the others…" Snipe ordered before looking over at Ex-Aid, "Hojo...we got training."

"T...training?"

"Yes...teach me everything you know of this Star Fox series," Snipe stated, dropping his transformation.

"Eh? Wh...wait. I thought…"

"I was paying half attention at the time, but now…" Taiga began as he looked over at the window, "I have some studying to do...and not gonna be outplayed by a mutt."

"Okay but...and I'm being dragged." Emu spoke having just canceled his armor, "If I die...Kiriya knows what to do."

"Drill hole into the motherboard over a pit of magnets." Lazer replied.

"Thanks man."

"Hew...thanks for the save there…" Yang sighed in relief, stretching a bit as she, Blake, Ren, Pyrrha, and Nora were walking back to the others, "Though I was gonna be locked up."

"We are lucky Kirya has blackmail on the chief…" Blake sighed.

"I want to know...but I think his argument of plausible deniability is important." Pyrrha awkwardly chuckled.

"He's good at finding secrets." Yang nodded, "Speaking of finding, might as well go look for him and the others."

"I'm being boy-napped!" Emu cried as Taiga dragged him down the hall.

"Training begins now." Taiga replied simply.

"...Training?" Nora blinked.

"The doc wants Emu to teach him what he knows on Star Fox," Kiriya explained as he walked past the group.

"For strategic purposes!" Taiga's voice shouted.

"I did not agree to this!"

"Your consent is not a factor!"

"So that's what game it was." Yang spoke, "...Wait. It…"

"It wasn't Andross."

"Oh that's a relief and saves people from them seeing nightmare fuel."

"I...feel like I'm missing some context," Pyrrha blinked.

"Trust me...it ain't pretty." Yang spoke.

"Very much so," Kiriya added when Ren raised a brow.

"...th...this doesn't make sense," Taiga muttered, controller in hand as he had paused the game he was playing, "Wh...Why the sudden genre shift for StarFox Adventures? The other games didn't have that...Well, the second one before that 64 game was more of a strategy tactics shooter, but this? Why an adventure game?"

"Mmmm," Emu shrugged.

"...Next game."

"Okay...Oh! You'll like this one, as it emphasizes the shooting on both land and air," emu smiled as he switched games.

"...Star Fox Assault?"

"It'll help you." Emu added.

"Start it up." Taiga ordered.

"Yes sir," Emu nodded as he started the game.

'Wow. He's just breezing through the games," Jaune noted as he and the others watched.

"I'm amazed he can keep pace with Emu in his gamer mode," Kiriya spoke.

"Again, it's for studying purposes," Taiga stated, not once turning to look at them as he focused on the screen, "And I encountered the mutt and his team again...stupid pig is lucky he's not here."

"Trust me. You'll like one of the upcoming boss battles after this stage," Emu assured.

"So long as I get to fry the backstabbing porker."

"So better gaming skill equal better fighting skills with the Driver," Ruby muttered, holding up Emu's, "So is the reason why Jaune and Kiriya keep losing in training 'cause Emu beats them in fighting games, too?"

"Have you seen the combos he can pull off?" Kiriya asked with a deadpanned look.

"We can barely even get a move in edgewise in the fighting games," Jaune added, "Plus we're afraid of what'll happen if he and Yang got into a long fighting game session."

"We promised to never speak of it," Emu spoke.

"Gh?! F-Fair enough," Jaune gulped.

"...I'm not that bad when I lose," Yang muttered.

"..." Everyone stopped and looked at Yang.

"What?" she asked confused.

"Mmmm-Hmmm…" they all replied.

"Guys...Oh come on…" Yang complained.

"You nearly burned the entire room down when Ruby beat you in a game of Mario Kart," Blake pointed out.

"...Well the Blue Shell…"

"And then there was the time you and Pyrrha tred a puzzle game for fun...and got frustrated over so many failed attempts when she got them perfectly," Ren added.

"To be fair, those…"

"Also, didn't you and Nora try for a Co-Op on Castle Crashers and…" Kiriya began before tensing when Yang and Nora aimed their weapons at him, "...Shutting up."

"Yang, you stink at games," Taiga spoke as he kept playing.

"I do not!" Yang argued.

"Yell at your own concern. I will give you so much detention, you'll get out by the time your grandkids graduate from here," Taiga spoke as he continued playing.

"You can't do that...can he?" Yang asked.

"Want to test it?" Weiss asked.

"..."

"Are you really considering it?" Blake deadpanned.

"...No..." Yang blinked a few times.

"Were both sisters dropped on their heads?" Weiss asked.

"Maybe," Both Yang and Ruby replied honestly.

"Their paternal parent figures are all idiots," Taiga spoke.

"Dad's...No, can't say it with a straight face," Yang shook her head.

"Uncle Qrow is kinda clumsy…" Ruby muttered.

"What about Uncle Dan?" Yang pondered before Taiga held up a hand, "No, wait. Please don't answer."

"There you go...all three of the men who raised you are idiots," Taiga spoke.

"No wonder you two are so weird..." Weiss muttered.

"Are you one to talk?" Kiriya argued, only to grunt as she stomped on his foot, "Little pinky toe!" he cried, falling over.

"Zwei, Kiriya needs Kiss-Kiss," Yang said.

"?! No, no, no, no, n…" Kiriya began before Zwei pounced, "Ah! Ick! Ptui! Halp~! Agh! Guh! Urk! Corgi tongue in the mouth! Ack! Oi! Those are my nostrils your tongue is going in!"

"Aw...It's adorable torture." Weiss laughed.

"Yeah...adorable…" Blake muttered, sitting far away from the Corgi yet still in view of what Taiga was playing.

"So what's the plan to beat them?" Jaune asked.

"I shoot that mutt…" Taiga looked down at Zwei, "You're not a mutt...you're a good boy." he patted his head, making him bark happily, "But yeah, I'm going to shoot him dead."

"That is not a plan!" Jaune cried.

"Don't need one. I fight solo," Taiga argued, "My plan is not to die, and get my bullet from point A...my gun, to point B...his skull."

"Is that how you handle all your fights?"

"Quiet. At the boss," Taiga ordered, focused deeply on the screen, "Don't care if you're mutated...you're mine, you goddamn pig…you're gonna be bacon."

"Arf!" Zwei cheered on hearing that.

"...Feels like someone mentioned Pigma…" Wolf muttered, sitting near a bar with a pile of guards nearby, "...Meh. Like I care about that little greedy bastard."

"You seem complacent here," Graphite noted, "Why not leave and attack that Atlas place? Might have aircrafts you like?"

Wolf snorted, "Please. I've read 'bout them. Can't even get close to breaking the atmosphere without their systems shutting down because their powersource needs to be in a certain range of the planet's surface or it turns itself off."

"So you want to go back into space…" Graphite spoke, "I assume that will be difficult."

"Massively…" Leon muttered, currently fixing one of his blasters.

"I, however, am in no hurry," Panther spoke...surrounded by a few female Faunus' as he sniffed his rose, "The women here are rather...enjoyable."

"Well just hope the human host perishes or else you'll not really be able to go far," Graphite spoke, walking off.

"...hmph. Keep that cocky attitude up and you might see the same fate," Wolf snorted.

"Okay...that's all the games...right?" Taiga asked, finishing the current game in the Star Fox series.

"Yes," Emu nodded.

"...What about the Smash Bros. Series?" Yang asked.

"Those were the first ones he played to understand how he fights on the ground," Emu replied.

"Who did he play as?" Kiriya asked.

"Snake…" Emu replied.

"I blew him up a lot," Taiga replied.

"I'm worried he's begun learning how to set up explosives," Kiriya spoke as Taiga pushed the button of a trigger...and suddenly the chair cushion beneath Kiriya expanded with an airbag and launched him into the ceiling.

"...When did you do that?" Weiss asked, everyone slowly looking at Taiga with surprised looks.

"Please, I've been a teacher here for years. I have traps for surprise training exercises for students everywhere," Taiga snorted, "With Ozpin's approval and Glynda's discouragement."

"Wait...you mean...you Boobey trapped the entire school!?" Jaune panicked.

"Yes," Taiga nodded, "Pray this place is never invaded without it being altered by Bugster powers...otherwise...no one will make it past the main floor. Not even if they had a whole horde of Grimm with them."

"...Eep," Ruby squeaked at that.

"Only issue is that the fourth year students trigger them on purpose for training," Taiga huffed, "Will admit the last time they did it, they managed to nearly make it to the second floor. Still got a week in the hospital for the majority and then off to their assignments all over Vale."

"Has anyone ever made it to the end?" Ruby asked slowly.

"I did once...but I was kinda hopped up on pain medication to deal with the 16 broken bones and internal bleeding," Taiga admitted, "Then...I woke up...and it was Tuesday…"

"What's so bad about that?"

"...Of the next month just two days before it changed to the month after that," Taiga finished.

"..." everyone looked at him with wide eyes.

"So...Is there some sorta special extra credit in doing it?" Nora asked.

"Ozpin said if a team can get through it with all the members of the team managing to make it, it's an immediate graduation, licenses and all," Taiga stated.

"So why did you do it?" Emu asked.

"I like extreme danger," Taiga replied sarcastically, "Also we needed to make sure it was passable...Otherwise we'd need to remove the final floor…"

"Is that…?"

"It is the worst."

"You are a scary man," Ruby spoke.

"I pride myself on that," Taiga spoke, "Now to find that damn wolf."

"And w-"

"No...He's mine," Taiga stated with a frown, "You deal with the lizard and the perverted panther."

"I got the Lizard," Emu sighed.

"Jaune and I got the perverted cat." Kiriya spoke, his eyes looking at Blake before looking away once she turned in his direction.

"Wait, what?" Jaune blinked.

"Well, panther, but still a cat."

"I feel like you meant something else…" Yang spoke.

"Whatever could I have meant…?" Kiriya turned to Blake again before turning away once she turned his way.

The four Riders walked down the road of the older, more run down district of town. Taiga claimed he tracked their signal down to here. They also made sure the others were checking a perimeter so that no one would get involved in the eventual fight.

"Well well…" Wolf's voice echoed within the area, "I was afraid you wouldn't show up."

"..." Taiga glanced around.

"So…" Wolf began, leaping down from a nearby window before landing across from him, "Ready for round two?"

"...Where are your two teammates?"

"Hmm? Oh..well they are off doing their own thing, so it'll be just between us," Wolf answered before eying Emu, Jaune, and Kiriya, "But if they're looking for someone to play with...they're down the other two ends of this intersection."

"Which way's the cat?" Kiriya asked.

"He means Panther Caroso," Emu clarified.

"The left road," Wolf clarified, "Leon's down the opposite end...Better hurry though. He's antsy and wanting to use some target practice in the populated areas."

"Hup!" Emu shouted, jumping off and jumping from wall to wall to clear the distance faster.

"Okay Kiriya...turn into a bike." Jaune spoke.

"...I'm not letting you ride me…" Kiriya spoke simply.

"But you…"

"That was a one time thing." Kiriya spoke before he had a moment of thought, "In fact...you owe me a ride...come on. Let me get on your back."

"You're surrounded by idiots, too?" Wolf asked as Jaune fled from Kiriya.

"You have no idea," Taiga deadpanned.

"Hmph. Just be thankful Andrew's not around...whiny little brat riding on his uncle's legacy," Wolf snorted.

"I'm just glad the Bugster isn't Andross," Taiga muttered.

"Oh? Been doing some research?" Wolf asked with a smirk.

"I am a meticulous man."

"Good to know…" Wolf grinned as he got into position, his hand near his blaster, "So come on...transform so we can begin this little rematch of ours."

"Then so be it," he aimed his Gashat like a gun, "Henshin." he slotted it and opened the belt.

=BANG BANG SHOOTING~!=

With that, the two stood face to face before charging and shooting. The two reached one another as they both fired. The shots hit the ground as both pushed the others firearm away with their free hand. Snipe grunted and brought his knee up and knocked Wolf's gun up into the air. Wolf swung his claws and did the same to Snipe's Gashacon Magnum. The two spun away to gain room from one another.

Wolf swung his claws as Snipe swung his arms and blocked each and every swing short by the crux of his elbow. Snipe grunted as he slammed the palm of his hand into Wolf's chest, making him swung back. Wolf leaned back and swung his leg. Snipe ducked back letting the kick swing over his mask. The two flipped back and spun around on their arms before rushing one another again. The two swung as their arms met by lashing at the wrists. The two growled before jumping back, they spun around and grabbed the falling guns.

Both stopped and aimed at each other, revealing they were both holding one another's gun. The two stood there for a second before tossing the other their gun back. They caught their personal weapon and spun around before unleashing a barrage of shots that clashed with one another. Green and purple energy bullets clashed in the air with small explosions as the two kept shooting. The smoke cleared as Snipe rushed through and swung with his Magnum, making Wolf jump back to avoid a strike to his head.

The two began running to the side as they shot at one another. They crashed into an abandoned building. Snipe flipped across the floor before jumping on a table. He aimed and began shooting as Wolf flipped over a bar, letting the bullets hit the wood and blast it apart. Snipe waited before grunting as Wolf fired through the holes Snipe made in his cover. Snipe rolled to the ground as he looked at his smoking shoulder. Snipe rolled to the right as more shots came at him. Snipe tapped the B Button before he flipped to the left avoiding another shot. Snipe landed and balanced on his hand as he aimed and unleashed a barrage of bullets that pelted the bar and splintered it.

Wolf growled as he escaped from his cover as his back smoked from a few shots that hit him. The two took a moment to let their guns cool down. This reload time allowed the two to look around and take in their surroundings and begin thinking of a plan.

"Alright..gotta be careful…" Ex-Aid whispered, cautiously looking around the area, "Given he's a chameleon, Leon would use camouflage to hide himself…" he spoke looking around, "But if I was a sneaky scaredy cat named after a cat...where would I go to hide?" he tensed when he narrowly avoided a laser shot.

"Heh heh heh...careful boy. The next shot might be aimed at your head…" Leon's voice echoed throughout the area.

"I worried he'd shoot…" he sighed, he pulled out his Gashacon Breaker as he summoned his gashat's Choco blocks. He began jumping from block to block. He grunted as the next one he landed on was shot and he began falling.

"Heh...got him...wait...where is he?"

"Hey...down here!" a very high pitched voice spoke, making him look down at a shrunken Ex-Aid, "You're a lizard...so...would your big toe grow back if I did this?" he asked before slamming his Breaker on his boot with amazing force.

"GH~?!" Leon tensed, becoming visible as he gritted his teeth, "You...little punk!"

"Yoohoo!" Ex-Aid cheered, standing by his other foot, he jerked his thumb at it, "Eh...eh?" he taunted, pointing to his Breaker still in hammer mode.

"...You sure that is wise?"

"Huh?" Ex-Aid blinked before hearing a beeping sound, making him slowly look over to see something glued to his back, "...ahh cr-"

*BOOM!*

"Hmm...Perhaps this one…" Panther mummered, looking through some untarnished roses, "No no...I need to find the perfect one..and the perfect beauty to go with it."

"Hyah Jaune!" Lazer Level 3 cheered, riding on Level 2 Brave's back.

"Dude! I am not a horse!" Brave snapped.

"...Hmph. The idiots of the quartet," Panther huffed, grabbing a lone rose as he turned towards the two.

"It's okay...it's okay...you can pass out now…" Lazer spoke in a hushed tone as Brave fell over, "Okay...let's do this." he spoke, putting his hands on his hips as he stood on Brave's back.

"I hate this...and you…" Brave groaned.

"He's a shooter type...I'm the only other guy with a long range weapon," Lazer argued.

"Hmph...that information you got half-wrong," Panther huffed, making the two blink, "I only resort to long range if it is necessary. But in close quarters…" he held his rose up, "Anyone who gazes upon my rose...is guaranteed death…"

"Oh why does that fill me with dr-" Brave began before some rose petals obscured his vision for a moment..and Panther's leg was near his face, "?!" he tried to block it, only to wince as the kick sent him flying back and crashed into a broken light post, bending and breaking it further, "Oh...oh great...he fights like Sanji from the Pirate Warrior games…"

"Hmp," Panther huffed, his rose intact before dodging a strike from Lazer from behind, "Too slow…" he whispered as he quickly turned, aiming his foot right at Lazer's head, making him tense as he quickly raised his weapon to block, only to blink as the kick sent him skidding to the side but didn't bother him.

"Sorry...my Level 3 armor has the others beat in all stats but speed!" Lazer laughed.

"...Hmph. Duly noted," Panther huffed.

"Brave...you okay?"

"I'm fine…" he sighed.

"Good...go rest and spectate. I call dibs."

"Hmph…" Panther scoffed.

With that, the two kicked as their legs clashed with a loud clap of force. The two stepped back as they began clashing legs again and again. Their kicks countering one another as Lazer's pushed with more force but Panther used his better mobility to block and attack from different angles. Both swung reverse kicks as they locked their legs for a moment. Both aimed their weapons and began shooting covering the area in smoke.

"Holy cow...I forget...Kiriya is actually stronger than me…" Brave muttered.

"I have been Yang's best friend for many years...trust me when I say this, Meow Mix...you can't beat me in stamina…" Lazer replied as they skid back and away from one another, "And yes...that...was a double entendre!"

"Hmph...No class whatsoever…" Panther frowned.

"I'm an acquired taste…" Lazer argued, "And yes...that was also a double meaning joke!" he laughed.

"Is your power annoying people?" Brave asked.

"Yes!" Lazer cheered as their legs clashed again.

"Okay...that happened…" Ex-Aid spoke as he stood up from the rubble, his body turned to metal, "Though I lost him...shoot." he yelped when a shot tried to hit him, "Not literally!"

"Should've worded it better, boy!" Leon's voice shouted as a flurry of lasers came right towards Ex-Aid.

"I hate when they are clever…" he grunted as his power up began fading. He looked around before tossing his Breaker at another block and got an Energy item. Another laser hit him and seemed to go right through him, "Ah…" he cried, falling over.

"Huh...I got him." Leon blinked walking out of his cover as he got closer to be sure, "Wait...wha...where did?" he looked around before a pink slime reformed into Ex-Aid behind him, "He's right behind me isn't he?"

"Wakka-wakka." Ex-Aid cheered punching him sending him flying into a wall, "Heh heh...I g-" he began before noticing some bombs at his foot, "...Oh sh...CRUD!" he freaked before quickly running, jumping just as the bombs went off.

"Okay, so I hear a lot of gunshots that way," Ruby pointed, "Explosions that way...and...I guess the sound of fighting and cursing that way."

"HAHAHA! I made him say it!" Lazer shouted loudly, "Victory for Kiriya!"

"And that sounds like Kiriya…" Blake noted.

"Think they'll be okay?" Yang asked.

"Who?"

"Who do you think? The dumb ones." Yang corrected.

"Well, I'm sure they can handle it...eventually," Blake muttered, "I'm more worried since it sounds like...and looks like Ex-Aid is getting blown up a lot."

"GOD DAMN SPAMMING!-!-!" Ex-Aid shouted as he was launched into the air.

"...Okay, I think the two of us should split up…" Ruby suggested, "Weiss and I will help Ex-Aid, you and Yang help Lazer and Brave, Blake."

"You sure that's a good idea?" Blake asked before the sounds of lasers and gunshots came from a nearby empty building,"...On second thought nevermind."

"I bet Kiriya can ha...No, can't say that with a straight face either," Yang agreed.

"Oi! I h-" Lazer's voice began before he cried out in pain, "Gah!"

"He got distracted…"

"You got…" Brave began, looking at Lazer embedded in the wall face first.

"Shaddup…" Lazer groaned as he pulled himself out, "Okay kitty litter...you're asking for it…"

"Hmph...then try and focus on the f-" Panther began before quickly dodging a gunshot, "Oh? Backup?"

"Got distracted again?" Yang asked, her and Blake running up next to Lazer and Brave.

"Did not." Lazer crossed his arms in a huff, unaware of Panther staring at Blake with wide eyes.

"Did so."

"Did...not."

"D-" Yang began.

"Uh guys...Panther's looking at Blake f...oh~" Brave spoke before it hit him.

"What?" Blake asked before Panther was instantly before her.

"Well hello, senora~" Panther greeted in a suave manner, presenting a rose to her, "It is rare to see such beauty on the battlefield..and one that match's Krystal's beauty at that too."

"What's going on here?" Blake asked confused.

"I think he's hitting on you…" Yang muttered.

"You have to be kidding me…" Blake spoke. Before she could say anything Lazer and Yang dragged her away and began talking to her in a huddle.

"Uh guys...do...should I join the huddle?" Brave asked as he and Panther looked at each other awkwardly.

"Do it…" Yang and Lazer cheered.

"No!"

"Come on...maybe it'll work!" they pleaded.

"I refuse."

"Why?"

"He's not my type," she said bluntly and loudly.

Brave blinked as he heard a gust of wind and turned to a stunned Panther...who looked like he turned to stone. Brave looked back and forth a few times in shock.

"...Dios….mio…" Panther whispered as he collapsed onto his knees, his hands hitting the floor as a spotlight shone upon him, "Such...cruel honestly…"

"Uh...Where's the guitar coming from?" Brave asked, hearing the music of a spanish guitar fill the air.

"To think...such a beauty would have such an icy shoulder…" Panther whispered.

"Why is this so fun to watch?" Yang asked.

"Surprise attack!" Lazer shouted swinging his Sparrow in double scythe mode with charged up energy. The slash sending Panther flying away and into a wall, "Payback is sweet!"

"Oi…"

"...Bomb me once...shame on you...bomb me twice….shame on me…" Ex-Aid panted heavily, covered in soot and burnt marks, "Bomb me three or more times...I ai~~~n't having any of that shiitake!"

"Oh yeah what are you...and that's a car!" at that a car crashed into a building and exploded.

"HA! How's that feel!?" Ex-Aid cackled.

"What in Remnant did just walk in on?" Weiss asked as bead of sweat came down her and Ruby's heads

"Don't you judge me!" Ex-Aid growled.

"I haven't seen him this mad since the camper in that one game…" Ruby spoke.

"What did he do?" Weiss asked.

"Found the ignition keys to drop a nuke on him…" Ruby explained.

"Worth it!" Ex-Aid shouted as he tossed his hammer and beamed Leon in the head, knocking him over.

"D'oh...stupid brat…" Leon growled, about to go invisible again.

"Nope," Ruby spoke, shooting him before he could fully vanish.

"Gah!" Leon yelped as ice covered the part he had been hit with, "C-c-c-cold…!"

"Eh?" Ex-Aid looked at Ruby.

"New ammo," Ruby replied, holding up Crescent Rose to show her ammo clip had a snowflake printed on it, "Ice Dust rounds."

"Oh no you don't! I..." Leon began, aiming his blasters at the two girls before Ex-Aid managed to knock them out of his hands, "Gah! You…!"

*BANG BANG!*

"Heh heh. Guess he…" Ex-Aid began, standing near a frozen Leon.

"Don't…"

"...he…"

"I'm warning you...I will hurt you if you finish that…" Weiss frowned.

"He…" he flinched at her rapier/revolver aimed at his face, "...Shutting up."

"Good…"

"...I wanted to hear the pun…" Ruby pouted.

Back with Snipe, he panted as he hid out in a corner, waiting for his opponent to make a move.

"You're quite skilled with land combat," Wolf noted, "But how do you deal with an enemy who knows aerial combat?"

"You have Jet Combat...and combined with your power...you can spawn combat aircrafts…" Snipe spoke as he looked around, "It's true...on the ground, we are even. But I have one advantage…"

"Oh yeah...and what's that?" Wolf chuckled.

"My team...are all idiots," he laughed.

"Wha…?"

"AH!" Ex-Aid riding his Sports Gamer bike with Ruby sitting on the handlebar crashed through the wall with an explosion behind them. They shot past Wolf, confusing him as to what that was.

In that same moment, Lazer and Panther crashed through the ceiling. Wolf gawked in shock at how insane this was getting as the chaos grew. Snipe jumped out his cover as he aimed his Rifle mode Magnum. He jumped forward and kicked his legs forward as he began sliding across the ground. He aimed slowly before pulling the trigger and shooting. His energy bullet flew through the chaos, going between Lazer and Panther mid-lunge to kick. The bullet kept flying as it made it through the spokes of Ex-Aid's bike. Wolf blinked as it went past his left hip and hit a wall. Everyone blinked as it looked like Snipe...missed.

"Huh?" everyone blinked.

"Hah...missed…" Wolf noted before he paused, feeling around his body, "Wait…"

"No I didn't...I just wasn't aiming at you." Snipe held his hand up as an orange Gashat landed in his hand, "I never miss."

"...Huh...Not bad…"

"Dai-San Senjutsu," Snipe spoke, clicking the Gashat.

=JET COMBAT!=

Behind Snipe, a gaming screen appeared. It was a vast sky with a fierce-looking WWII jet shooting by, firing guns as a silver star with blue inside with the words 'JET COMBAT' printed over the star was shown beside the jet. From out of it, an orange and silver robot resembling a jet shot out, the top of its head painted black and resembled an aviator's hat while its arms were gatling guns with 'STG' printed on the left wing. It flew around and stopped next to Snipe. As he spun around the Gashat and slotted it into the second section of his Driver, he quickly closed and opened the panel activating the next step.

=Gachan! Level Up! Ba-Bang-Bang! Bang-Ba-Bang! Yow! Bang Bang Shooting!=

The Combat Gamer flew up before nose diving down. Snipe jumped up as the Combat Gamer opened its mouth. Snipe's cape vanished as he let the armor slide over him. The shoulders locked into place as the two Gatling guns slid under his arms as he grabbed the handles attached to them. His RideHair lifted up revealing both of his red eyes as a Jet oxygen mask linked to his mouth piece, an orange visor forming over his eyes.

=A Gacha! Jet! Jet! In the Sky! Jet! Jet! Jet Comba~t!=

"Wow...He looks like he lost in a paintball game," Lazer noted, earning a dope slap from Brave, "Gah! Why and why?"

"So he doesn't drag everyone off to a paintball ground for field training in trade of our normal field trainer and leave us terrified of paintballs for a week...again," Brave replied before pulling out DoReMiFa Beat, "And I'm tagging in because your footwork was horrendous and an insult to every dancer out there. Class Change 3."

"I'm a fighter, not a dancer…" Lazer argued as he adjusted himself to lay on the floor, "Have at it." he laughed, "Oh this should be a laugh riot."

"So you are up now?" Panther asked as Brave donned his LV3 armor.

"It was how you were fighting compared to Lazer," Brave noted, "You incorporated flamenco in your close quarter movements, samba and ballet in the evasive movements, and don't deny that you moonwalked to avoid those shots Yang sent as we were coming this way."

"...Say what?" Lazer shot up as Brave played the discs on his mixing board and music began to play from his shoulder speaker, primarily a Spanish guitar, "Huh...Seems dancing gets him just as excited as games do Emu and weapons for Ruby."

"Beginning Bugster Slaying Quest," Brave stated as he approached Panther, his body moving in time with the music.

"Oh right...Level 3…" Ruby spoke as she and Ex-Aid stood back up.

"Oh right...Level 3…"

"Did you forget you could do that?!" Weiss snapped.

"...Maybe…" Ex-Aid muttered before a pair of lasers shot above his head, 'singing' his Ridehair, "Ahh! My do!"

"Grr...I am growing tired of your antics…" Leon growled as he walked in, a look of death in his eyes as he aimed his blasters at Ex-Aid.

"Dai~Dai~Dai~Henshin!" Ex-Aid cheered, opening his belt as his Sports Gamer latched to his torso and formed armor. He removed his Right wheel and used it as a shield to deflect all of Leon's blasts.

"Th...This is happening…" Wolf muttered, seeing that and then to Panther actually being forced back by Brave's dancing skills delivering increased damage with each rhythmic strike, before looking at Snipe, "...Well, if this is how things will turn out...may as well make it a battle to remember." he grinned ferally, "Bring it on!"

"Let's go," Snipe grabbed his gatling guns and began unleashing a barrage of energy bullets.

Wolf quickly brought up his reflector to deflect the shots, dismissing it once they died down as he quickly fired at few shots at Snipe. Snipe flew up and away from all of his shots. He looked up before flying straight up. Wolf blinked as Snipe flew until he broke past the clouds. Snipe stopped as his visor lit up and began showing targets.

"Targets locked...triangulations set…" he spoke, removing his Jet Combat Gashat and slotting it into the Kimewaza slot.

=KIMEWAZA=

"What's he doing?" Lazer asked.

"Fire," Snipe spoke, clicking the button.

=JET CRITICAL FINISH!=

Snipe began diving down as his visor flashed and locked on three targets. He suddenly turned up as his Gatling Guns began to fire, Missiles fired from his back and all aimed at the three Bugsters.

"OH SHI-!-!" Lazer panicked as all the attacks hit at the same time.

*BOOOOOM!-!-!-!*

"Everybody okay?" Ex-Aid groaned, the explosion reverting him to level 2 but not before he metalized as he covered Ruby and Weiss.

"Managed to keep my rhythm!" Brave replied, still in LV3 by a twitching LV1 Lazer, his eyes wide and blank with foam bubbling over where his mouth was supposed to be, "All those times my sisters set off Fire Dust firecrackers when I played DoReMiFa Beat to try to mess me up came in handy!"

"Ugh…" Wolf groaned, still standing there as his body smoked and sparked.

"I'm surprised you survived that," Snipe floated down, "Your friends were cleared. But I guess as the leader, you are stronger." he complimented as he pulled out his Magnum, "But now that I have what I wanted...I can stop relying on my idiot students."

"...One last shot?" Wolf offered.

"...Fine. One shot...one bullet," Snipe nodded as the two turned, their backs facing one another.

"Huh?" Ex-Aid asked as Ruby helped him stand, "Why…?" he pondered.

The two began walking a few steps. They stopped before turning around and drawing their guns. Everyone cringed as the shots flew. They finally opened their eyes as both Gunmen were still standing in the same spot. Snipe has a smoking mark on his chest armor...but it looked like it did no damage at all. Wolf groaned as he fell to one knee.

"As Level 3, your attacks would do much less damage," Snipe spoke, "The truth was...dodging was pointless. But you knew that...didn't you?"

"...Heh...that obvious...huh?" Wolf asked, a weak grin on his face as he sparked further.

"Why...you're a Bugster...Why would you concern yourself with this?" Snipe asked.

"...Maybe you remind me of myself...or rather...you remind me of the kid's old man," Wolf admitted as he began to fade, "Heh...Man, that was one fght I'll never forget…"

"Hmph…" Snipe spoke, "It was a good game." he spoke, getting his attention one last time, "If you ever come back...I'll play you again." he turned his back to Wolf as he let him fade away further.

"...heh. That doesn't sound half bad…" Wolf chuckled before within a matter of seconds, no trace of him was left.

"Mission...Complete," Snipe spoke simply.

"So cool…" Ruby spoke, ruining the atmosphere.

"Damn it, Rose!" Snipe complained.

"What?! It was!"

"Good...It's over...Why did he blow us up, too? Ex-Aid asked in an exhausted and loopy tone before falling over, his legs kicking up for a moment as he did.

"I had a reason," Snipe explained.

"Was that reason you hate us?" Weiss asked as she helped Ex-Aid sit up.

"Well...I wouldn't say hate," he replied.

"Aw...He does like us." Ruby smiled.

"Like is...a strong...strong word," Snipe replied once more.

"Yay?" Brave asked.

"Oh shoot...I missed you," Snipe spoke.

"That's a confidence booster…" Brave muttered, "So what do we…?"

"Get back before curfew," Snipe answered as he flew off into the sky.

"Wait...but...ah man…" Brave sighed.

=Rawr…=

=I know I lost...but it was worth it= Wolf stated, not looking at Bowser as he was focused on his hand.

=Ra-rawr…=

"Now that we've given our all the Gashats, what's next?" Parad asked.

"I've acquired the Data. Now I can move the project ever forward. They shall be handed out the three level 4 Gashats soon...but those are no concern to us. What matters is the Level 5 Gashat...Drago Knight Hunter...Z," Genm spoke.

"AHHH!-!-!-!-!" Parad gasped loudly in excitement at that, "I love that game...the Elder dragon bosses are amazing!"

"He said 'Drago Knight Hunter.' Not 'Monster Hunter'," a female figure corrected, making him slump, "But...It does give ideas for the next Bugster."

"Shut up. I'm the one who plays all the games…" Parad mumbled in a corner.

"I'd say act your age...but you kind of are…" Genm sighed.

"Hmm...but which one...?" the female figure pondered as they looked at a list, "Deviljho...Rajang...Brachydios...Zinogre…"

"Ahhh…." Parad gasped.

"Tempted to choose one of these Elder Dragons…." the female figure continued, "...Hmm...This one."

"Wait..but that's the same Br-" Parad began before it dawned on him, "...Oooh~ I am giddy with excitement!"

=You sure that is wise?= Wolf asked =Bowser and I dealt with a Rathalos in the Smash Tournament...Damn thing was hard to take down=

"More data to collect," Genm argued.

"Besides, Ex-Aid's friends are hunters…" the female figure added as a Gashat lit up, "It should be easy for them."

=Rawr…=

=Exactly...The regular kind is hard enough, but that kind? ...You're asking for…= Wolf began.

"I said...it should be easy for them. Right?" the female spoke, her eyes glowing as she glared.

=...Tch...fine…= Wolf muttered, turning as he walked towards his teammates and the other Bugsters =Trust me when I say this...you'll regret it if you end up destroying the entire city=

"And what'll be bad about that?" she countered

=Rawr…= Bowser paled at that.

=Yeesh...Dat dame's crazy…= Bendy winced.

"Mmm…" Glynda groaned as she began to wake up, holding her head a bit, "What happened…?"

"Would you believe me if I told you it involved a Wolf, Chameleon, Panther, and dumb kids?" Taiga asked, sitting next to her bed.

"...I shouldn't have asked," Glynda sighed.

"Relax...They are fine. And all the damage that matters has been undone," Taiga replied as he flipped through a book, "The idiot is still in the hospital though...the blonde one really did a number on him...I didn't even think it was possible to break that many bones without...dying…"

"I may need to speak to Ms. Xiao Long about going overboard on Mr. Winchester outside of physical classes," Glynda frowned, "If not, then it could be seen as a double standard and no one wants to have Beacon caught up in a scandal like that."

"We can call it a training exercise…" Taiga offered.

"...Fair enough," she sighed, "Still, I feel better now. I need to get on with finishing the progress reports for the students and contact some of the second year students that have time available to help tutor some first years that need it."

"Just try and not to stress yourself too much," Taiga stated, "Those kids were way too worried about you. They need to know you're fine to get back to being their scary favorite teacher."

"...Of course," Glynda nodded, grabbing her glasses from the side table near her and putting them on, "And for the record...I am not 'scary'; I am strict."

"And yet the brats here never understand that until their last year," Taiga rolled his eyes.

"Sometimes they need a hard reminder on the rules," Glynda countered.

"Right," he smiled, "Just get better. I can't deal with Rose and her friends bothering me." he picked up his Scroll and it rang, "What did you do?"

=Ah! Professor Hanaya, help!= Ruby panicked on the line as sounds of crashing went off =We were doing some training and then Kiriya gave Nora coffee after saying it was hot chocolate and Nora ended up taking off an entire lock of Yang's hair and now there's explosions, screaming, and we need help please!=

An explosion made the two look out to see several trees going in the air in the forest outside of the school. On the Scroll, they heard the crashes and a girl screaming.

=The trees landed on Jaune and Kiriya! Girls, calm d-gah! My 3DS~! Why you...Dai-Dai-Dai Henshin!= Emu's voice shouted.

"Ah...I'll fix it. Just...make sure they stay in place for…" he pulled out a rifle and loaded it with two darts, "Oh...ten...twenty seconds. As for Hojo...oh...I'll handle him right after." he walked to a window and aimed with one hand as his eyes began glowing, "Pop...pop…" he fired two times.

=Uh, Yang. You got something in your...she passed out…= Ruby spoke.

=So did Nora= Ren sighed.

"Now...For the pink one," Taiga slotted his two Gashats, "Hojo!" he roared, jumping out the window, leaving behind an amused Goodwitch.

"You really are starting to open up again, Taiga," Goodwitch noted, shaking her head in amusement, ignoring the sounds of machine gun fire and cries of fear.

GT: And with that, we are outta LV3 Gashats! And boy was that nuts!

Z0: Indeed, and yes there are Level 4 Gashats but those will just be handed to them for simplicity. Level 5 is the next arc!

SZ: Yup, and hoo boy..things will get cray-cray.

Z0: Let's see what happens next time shall we?

Jikai, Ex-Aid Grimm Eclipse!

Taiga: Something is wrong...Hojo and Rose are...hiding something.

Blake: There has been something off about them.

Yang: Wait, off? What do you mean? ...WHAT IS HE DOING WITH MY BABY SISTER?!

Pyrrha: I'm sure it's nothing too bad.

Weiss: Ruby...Emu...what are you two hiding?

Ruby, Emu: Nothing….

Nora: Are you two secretly buying burgers and not sharing them with us? Hmph! How rude!

Kiriya: I don't think that's the case.

Game 11: A Nonstandard Burgster

Ex-Aid: No continue de...Hamburger yaru ze!

GT: Seems they're gonna have burgers next chapter. Think they'll replace the buns with ramen noodles that were shaped into the shape of buns? (earns looks from the two) What? It's a real thing. It's called the Ramen Burger.

Z0: Hmm...sounds good...actually...till next time!

GT: Please read and review!