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RWBY: Press Start

Level Twelve

Stage One Complete

After the events that took place, everyone returned to the guild. IF and the girls walked up to the terminal. Like before in Leanbox, IF touched the screen and placed her card inside the machine. "Welcome guild member IF. Are you returning from a quest or selecting one?" She chose the second option. In the next screen, she chose the quest that she and team RWBY had to take. The quest was marked as complete. A 1000 popped up in the middle of the screen and it rapidly dropped to zero. "Your reward has been transferred. Would you like to choose a quest?" IF selected no. "Thank you and come again."

IF turned to the girls. "And that's it. We successfully completed a quest."

There was question Ruby wanted to ask. "What was that number that appeared on the screen?"

"That was the number of credits rewarded. You ask me, you girls deserve a lot more than 1000 since we saw Fenrir appear in an E class quest." IF replied.

Now that they thought about it, they really never knew what the currency was called in this world. "So is 1000 a lot?" Yang asked.

IF scoffed. "Not really. At most that gets you something to eat for lunch. Then again it was an E class quest. Some of the higher quests pay out over 200,000 credits." 200,000?! They couldn't imagine what kind of stuff they would buy with kind of money. "What's the money called back your world?"

"It's called lien." Weiss replied.

Ruby had another question. "So would having one million credits make you rich or something?"

The brunette shook her head. "Try one hundred million credits. With that kind of money, you can afford all the items and weapons you can have. I even heard there was some kind of achievement if a person saves up that much." It was insane to hear that someone would have that much in their account. In Weiss' mind, that would make them rich enough to buy several mansions if that kind of money was lien.

"So how much money do you have in your account?" Yang asked.

IF actually had to think about that. "Not sure. I kinda lost count after I hit ten million." The team really didn't know how to react to that. She had that much money in her account. "Any case let's get back to the CPUs."

Everyone headed out the building and saw the CPUs smiling at them. "So everything is hunky dory?" Neptune asked.

IF nodded. "Yeah, we're done."

The Planeptune CPU jumped and cheered. "Awesome and we still have a whole day ahead of us!"

Weiss crossed her arms. "So what now? Do you have the slightest idea of what to do next?"

Neptune put some thought into it. An idea came to her. "How about a grand tour of Planeptune? You're out of town and you need to find your way around. Hey, that rhymed!" She giggled. The team looked around the area and thought that would be a good idea. All of them saw how large this city was. There was one problem though. They all looked at the goddess with suspicious looks. "Uh…what's with the suspicious looks?"

"You just don't seem like the type to know where you're going." Weiss spoke up.

The CPU made a hurt sound. "Ouch. You really do live up to your name as ice queen." Weiss growled at her while Yang laughed. "Don't worry about the small details. So…where do you want to go?"

"Cookie shop!"

"A bookstore."

"A place to shop."

"One of those awesome arcade places!"

The team looked at each other when they heard all of their suggestions to go to. "Hmm seems we have a little problem here."

While Neptune was thinking about how to deal with this, Noire rolled her eyes. "How about we split them up? We each take them to where they want to go."

That was an idea everyone can agree on. Well except for Blanc because she really didn't want to spend more time with Yang. "Ooh, good idea Noire. So who's going to get who?" Neptune looked at the goddesses and at team RWBY to see which of the pairings will be.

"How about we show them around?" Everyone looked at Nepgear. "I can show Weiss around; Uni can show Ruby around, Rom and Ram and can show Yang around and…" She didn't know who should show around Blake.

"I can show Blake around." IF suggested.

Weiss of course opposed to one of the ideas. "And you're going let two children walk around in the city?"

"Well, they are goddesses. Who's going to kidnap them?" Blake asked. That brought up a good point but if they were kidnapped, their sister would most likely be pissed and crush the guy who did it.

"I can accompany them if that'll make you feel better Wei-Wei." Compa spoke for the first time in two chapters.

The heiress glared at the nurse. "I keep telling you to stop calling me that!" She sighed and thought more about how it was a good idea to split up.

If she knows Ruby as well as she thinks she does, the young leader would probably say something like "How about me and Weiss go together?! That way it'll be twice as fun!" and then Weiss would correct Ruby's grammar. "Yeah, sure that sounds like a great idea." And the heiresses' assumptions were stomped flat.

Uni nodded. "Ok. I'll lead you to a bakery around here." Ruby cheered and both girls left the group.

Weiss just continued to stare at her partner just leaving her the way she did. The others may not see it but this was Ruby leaving her out again. "So…uh…you want to go now, Weiss?" Nepgear asked.

The heiress sighed. "Fine. One of us on this time has to prepare." Weiss walked pasted the younger Planeptune sister. Nepgear ran to catch up to her.

"Well…" Yang stretched her arms out. "Guess I'll be doing my own thing. Which way to one of those arcades?"

Compa pointed a direction. "Over this way. Come on I'll show you." The twins giggled as the blonde smiled. All of them went to the direction the nurse pointed at.

Blake had the same feeling Weiss felt about Ruby. She figured the brawler would say along the lines of hanging out together. She felt a hand on her shoulder. "Something on your mind?" IF asked.

The Faunus girl shook her head. "No. I'm fine. Let's get going." IF complied this time but she knew there was something on Blake's mind. Both girls headed to where the bookstore.

The only ones left were the CPUs themselves. "So now what?" Noire asked as she crossed her arms under her breasts.

"Guess we do our own thing." Neptune suggested. "Besides, our sisters gotta have some screen time this story." And there goes Neptune breaking the fourth wall again. "You know Noire...we could go on a-"

"Shut up you idiot!"

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Weiss and Nepgear were at a shopping mall looking around. Again the heiress was impressed how vast the building was. If she was in this building alone, Weiss would be easily lost. Luckily Nepgear was here to guide her. She mentioned how she and Uni would go here to see what weapons were in stock at a weapon store. That raised an eyebrow from Weiss as she wondered who would ever set up a weapon shop in a public building. As one to the two sane members of RWBY, Weiss opted to look for a clothing store. The reason why was that if they were going to stay here for a while, they might as well have the proper sleeping attire. Weiss found one and entered the shop. It seemed to be normal enough as it is. All expect for the prices of the clothing. "1500? For a shirt?" Weiss didn't have enough money for it.

"Do you want that Weiss?" The heiress turned around to see Nepgear.

She looked away. "Well someone has to prepare the team with the proper means if we're going to be stuck in this world. I figured the best part would be clothing we could sleep in." Weiss was thankful for Nepgear lending her sleeping clothes but she didn't want to depend on her too much.

"Oh so if that's the case, I'll be happy to buy them for you. I have plenty of money." Well if the opportunity presents itself.

"Fine but I will repay you for this."

The younger purple sister smiled. "Ok then." Both of them browsed through what would look like proper sleeping clothes. Weiss at least tried to find them similar to their own back in their own world. Thankfully she saw a black tank top and pink sweats along with a sleeping mask for Ruby, a white nightgown for her, a yellow tank top and black shorts for Yang, and for Blake, an outfit similar to the one she slept in. Once everything was picked out, both girls went to the cash register and the total came out to be 7500 credits.

The heiress still thought it was absurd the cost was this high but Nepgear was able to pay it no problem at all. They left the store and wondered what to do next. The purple sister did have a question in mind. "Are you feeling ok Weiss? You've been acting a bit weird since we left."

The heiress looked the candidate. "I'm fine. Let's continue on." Weiss walked on ahead. Nepgear, however, didn't buy what she was saying. She knew there was something bothering the heiress.

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Ruby was happily eating one cookie after another. Killing a bunch of wolves and facing almost certain death can rack up an appetite. Uni, on the other hand, was busy watching the young leader devouring the cookies one by one. "Don't you think you should slow down?"

The young leader munched down a cookie before looking at the Lastation CPU. "Why do you ask?"

Uni saw the pile of cookies on the plate. "It just seems a bit much. You'll get a cavity or something?"

Ruby took another bite of her next cookie. "That's what everyone keeps saying about me but I haven't gotten any."

The younger Lastation chuckled weakly. "Even so, you're not going to grow up if you keep eating junk food."

That comment made Ruby cease her eating and looked at Uni angrily. "Hey, that's not nice! I will grow up because I drink milk. That's what I keep telling my sister."

That brought up something Uni wanted to ask. "Speaking of your sister, I have a few questions."

The red hooded girl took another bite. "Go ahead and ask."

Uni nodded. "Are you two really sisters? You two don't look alike." Ruby didn't eat the next cookie and looked down at the table. Uni thought she accidentally hurt her feelings. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

"It's fine." Ruby interrupted. "You see the thing is that we had different moms and the same dad. When my mom Summer Rose died, Yang pretty much had to be the mother for me while still being my older sister."

Uni was touched by Ruby's words. She had no idea both girls had a hard time. "What about Yang's mom and your dad?"

Those were easy questions to answer. "We don't know what happened to Yang's mom and my dad took her leaving and my mom's passing pretty hard. He's doing fine now but now that I think about it, he could be worried about us since we're probably missing. Our friends too." That's right. Since they came from a different world, they had friends and family possibly worried sick about them.

This reminded her the same situation Nepgear was in some time ago. "I'm sorry to hear that. Don't worry. We'll help you get back to your world."

Ruby smiled at the younger Lastation sister. "Thanks."

Uni smiled back. She was more than glad to help Ruby and her team. Speaking of her team… "You must look up to your sister a lot huh?"

Ruby gladly nodded. "You bet. She's part of the reason why I want to be a huntress." Uni smiled at that fact. In some way, they are the same when it comes to their sisters. What about you Uni? What do you think of your sister?"

Now it was her turn to look at the table. "I think Noire is amazing. She's the best big sister I have. More than anything, I want her to be proud of me for what I do."

The young leader nodded her head a few times. "You know what I think?" The candidate looked at her. "I think Noire does think that but can't bring herself to say it."

Uni raised an eyebrow. "Why do you say that?"

Ruby smiled. "Because that's how big sisters act sometimes." She giggled. Uni giggled as well. They spent the remainder of their time at the bakery.

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Yang sneezed loudly while walking down the street with Rom, Ram, and Compa. "Bless you." Compa spoke.

The blonde rubbed her nose. "Thanks."

"Are you getting sick Yang?" Ram asked.

The brawler shook her head. "Don't feel like I'm getting sick."

"Maybe someone is talking about her?" Rom suggested.

Yang just shrugged and continued walking down the street with the other girls. She was enjoying the sites the city had to offer. The twins were fun to hang around with and Compa seemed like a good girl to her. It didn't take long to find an arcade since there were a lot around in the city. All of them entered the arcade and the twins were already running off while Compa was chasing after them. Yang laughed at the scene and took a good look at the arcade. There were many games but there was one that caught her eye the most. The blonde walked up to punching bag game. She saw that the high score was over 600. Right now the bag was currently up in position so Yang needed a coin to play it. Yang felt someone tapping her shoulder. She turned her head to see Compa smiling at her. "Need a quarter?"

The nurse fished out a coin out of her pocket and gave it to Yang. The blonde took it and put it in the slot. The game lit up and the bag dropped right in front of her. The twins ran up to her see what was going on. Yang smiled and cracked her knuckles. "Now this is my kind of game." She put up a stance and pulled her arm back. In the next second, Yang punched the bag as hard as she could. The bag slammed back into the position hard and the numbers were climbing high fast until they hit 999 and the words new high score appeared. Yang smiled. "Ahh yeah!" Compa was very impressed with what she saw. Then again she did see the blonde fight against the wolves earlier today but still. Yang turned around to the girls. "So what else can we play?"

The twins took the next game which was Whack-a-Kupo. It was a two player game and they both picked up their hammers. The game started and both girls started to hit the Kupokitties that started to pop up. Yang giggled to herself as she saw the two young girls trying to beat each other. In the end, Ram won. After that, the next game was a motorcycle racing game. This time it was Compa vs Yang. Being on a motorcycle reminded the blonde of her own. She felt a bit a sad that she was a world away from one of her most precious possessions but she was in a different world so there wasn't much crying about. After a few rounds, Yang made it to first place while Compa ended up in dead last. After that, Yang had her fill for now and wanted to explore the rest of the city. The other girls complied and continued to show her the rest of Planeptune.

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Blake sighed as she put another book away. It wasn't the fact the books weren't interesting Not at all. How can she read a book when a certain fiery blonde was continually on her mind. She didn't get why Yang was acting the way she was. It wasn't like the brawler at all. The Faunus girl remembered how kindly Yang treated her after she fled from her when she accidentally let out her secret. Shortly after that, she started to distance herself. Blake just didn't get why. "And here I thought we were supposed to be partners. Why won't you talk to me, Yang?"



"Everything all right?" Blake turned around to see IF.

"Y-Yeah."

IF looked at the bookcase behind the Faunus girl. "So are you liking the books?"

Blake took a quick look at the bookcase then looked back at IF. "They're really interesting. They're unlike anything I've read before."

The brunette smiled at the other girl. "Well, you're in a different world so that's to be expected. Any you want to buy?"

Blake shook her head. "No, I'm good for now. Thank you for doing this."

IF shrugged. "No problem. You want to get something to eat?" The Faunus girl nodded and both girls walked out of the bookstore. There was a stand that sells parfaits not too far off from where they were. They walked over there and IF paid for the two. The two girls started to walk down the street while enjoying their treat. Blake could taste the milk in hers. Even though she's enjoying herself, her mind still continued wandering to Yang. "Something on your mind Blake?"

Blake looked at IF and shook her head. "I'm fine."

IF narrowed her eyes. "Well, that's crap. I can tell something is bothering you. You'll feel better if you talk about what's on your mind. We're friends for a reason."

IF brought up a good point. Blake has had these thoughts in her head for quite some time but hasn't had anyone to talk to so this would be as good a time as any. "It's about Yang."

The brunette raised an eyebrow. "Yang? What about her?"

Blake sighed as she took another bite of her parfait. "She's been acting not like herself lately. She was always in my personal space and I sometimes didn't mind. When I returned to the team after I ran away from them, Yang was there to comfort me. However lately she's been distancing from me for some time now. Whenever we talk, Yang would just say a few words and that's it. I know something is wrong because we're partners. Why can't she just tell me what's wrong?" Blake's grip on the cone tightened.

IF took what Blake said and thought of something. "I really don't know much about your history with her but it sounds like she's afraid."

Now it was Blake's turn to be confused. In all the time she knew Yang, fear was definitely not in her vocabulary. "Yang afraid? That's not likely. She's the type of person who would take on several Ursa and not bat an eye of fear. Why do you say that?"

IF took another bite. "Well this is just a guess but maybe there's something that's making her afraid. It's hard to explain but that's the best I can come up with." It wasn't enough for Blake. What would make the crazy party hard brawler afraid? She doubted Yang would tell her directly. Blake had to get to the truth. "Look, deal with it later. For now, let's enjoy." IF looked at her watch. "It's almost time to regroup. Let's head back to the basilicom."

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The sun began to set on Planeptune. The first ones to arrive at the basilicom were the CPUs themselves. The next group to arrive was Yang, Compa, Rom, and Ram. "Blanc!" Both twins ran up her.

The Lowee CPU smiled softly at her sister. "You two have fun?" Both sisters smiled at her and laughed meaning they did.

The next group to arrive were Ruby and Uni who looked very content. Second to last were Weiss and Nepgear who was holding bags. "Hey what's up with the bags?" Neptune asked.

"Clothes." Weiss replied.

Yang scoffed. "Only you would shop for clothes princess."

The heiress glared at the brawler. "Well, what else are you going to sleep in?" Yang opened her mouth. "On second thought, don't answer."

The last group to arrive were IF and Blake. As soon as they arrived, Blake took a quick look at Yang and wondered what is making Yang afraid and how was it connected to her. Neptune looked at everyone. "Well how did it go and what did you think?" Team RWBY looked at each other.

"It was great!"

"Fine."

"I had fun."

"It was nice."

Neptune smiled at the responses. "All right! Great to hear. Let's head back." Everyone nodded and started to walk toward the basilicom. Once they entered, all of them stayed in the main living room and started to discuss what do next with Team RWBY. "So are you all going to do? I kinda doubt all of you would want to split up."

All of the members looked at each other. "Well, we kinda decided we could spend the night here and try to find out what do next." Ruby answered. Since they have to wait three days just for an answer why they're all in this world in the first place.

The CPU nodded her head. "Ok then. So what's in store for tomorrow?"

Noire had a suggestion. "Well since they saw around Planeptune, maybe they should see around Lastation." That was great idea from Ruby's standpoint. While she flew over the nation, it looked really cool to her and she really wanted her team to visit.

"Yeah, that's a great idea!" She turned to her team. "It's really cool! It's all industrial and stuff!"

Vert giggled. "If that's the case, maybe they should visit Leanbox as well."

"Guess they can visit Lowee too I guess." Blanc added.

The group of girls smiled when they heard their options. At least they have a way to spend the time now. "Yeah, thanks!"

The Leanbox CPU smiled at the young leader. "Think nothing of it." She stood up. "Well, I believe it's time for me to go now."

Neptune let out a whine. "Aw going so soon, Vert?"

"I have to leave too." Blanc spoke.

Her sisters whined as well. "Aw come on Blanc. Can't we stay a little longer?" Ram asked.

"Just while longer?" Rom added.

"We're leaving you two." The older sister told them.

Neptune looked at Noire. "What about you Noire? You leaving the party too?"

Oddly enough the Lastation CPU slightly blushed and looked away. "I guess I can stay a bit longer…"

Neptune hugged her tightly. "Really? You're the best!"

Noire felt embarrassed by this action. "Let go of me, you idiot!" The team felt like they saw this scene before.

Nepgear giggled nervously and walked up to the team. "I can show you your rooms where you can stay for the night." That sounded great to them. All of them said their goodbyes to the Lowee and Leanbox CPUs as well as IF who was leaving with Vert. After that, Nepgear showed them their rooms while Uni was accompanying her. They all walked up to a room. "Here's one of the rooms." The younger CPU sister opened the door and the girls saw how large the room was. It was much bigger than their dorm room and it even had a bathroom to the side. The bed was large enough to hold two people. "So are you going to bunk together?"

That sounded like a good idea to most of them but once again… "I'll take the room Nepgear." The rest of the girls looked at Ruby with a surprised looks on their faces. Their leader wanted a room for herself without even suggesting Weiss. The heiress clenched her hand tightly as she was becoming annoyed of this again.

The younger purple sister didn't argue with the decision. "Ok then. If that's what you want."

Ruby walked into the room but not before Weiss stopped her. "Hold on Ruby." The leader turned around while Weiss fished out her sleeping clothes from the bag. "Here." She presented them to her leader.

The red hooded girl took them but a bit hesitantly at first. "Thanks, Weiss." She took one last look at her and smiled. It wasn't a true smile the heiress knew that. "Well…night." She closed the door. After she did that, Ruby turned around and pressed her back against the door while clutching the clothes close to her chest and looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry."

After Ruby closed the door, Yang had the same idea. "I'd like a single too if you don't mind." Blake looked at her partner and couldn't believe what she just heard.

Now Nepgear was wondering why they were picking to sleep by themselves but didn't decide to ask. "Ok. What about you two?"

Blake tried to answer but Weiss interrupted. "We'll bunk together." She needed to vent out some frustration and Blake was the only person she could do it.

Again Nepgear didn't object. "All right then. I'll show you your rooms." The Planeptune candidate led the rest of the team to their rooms. As soon as they arrived at Yang's, Weiss gave her sleeping clothes. Once that was done, Nepgear showed the two remaining members their room. "And here is yours."

Both girls entered their room and looked around. Weiss turned to her. "It's adequate. Thank you."

Nepgear smiled at the two of them. "It's no problem. I guess we'll see you tomorrow." She closed the door and left the two of them alone.

Both girls looked at each other. "We need to talk." They both spoke at the same time.

After both of them changed into their sleeping clothes, Blake was sitting down on the bed while Weiss was pacing back and forth. "Seriously what is the deal with that dolt!? First, she's happy to see me, then we work together then she decides to go with Uni to look around and now she decides to take a room to herself! What is going on with her? I thought we were partners! Doesn't that mean anything to her now?!" She groaned in frustration.

It was a problem Blake noticed early on. "Seems both of us are having problems with our partners."

Weiss stopped pacing and looked at the Faunus girl. "Is it a sister thing or something? What is it that they're not telling us?"

Blake thought about something. "Well earlier today, IF mentioned something about Yang being scared about something."

Now that something to laugh about. Yang being scared. "Oh come on. We both know Yang doesn't even know what fear is."

"That's what I thought at first but if you think about it, whatever it is it's enough for her to be scared. Maybe the same thing applies to Ruby." Blake suggested.

That was another thing that seemed preposterous. What would be scary enough to scare a girl that wields a scythe twice her size and yet able to use it flawlessly. She sighed. "Whatever it is, it's working on my last nerve. If it comes to it, I'll force Ruby to tell me what's going on and why she's avoiding me."

Weiss headed over to the door. "Where are you going?" Blake asked.

The heiress turned the knob and opened the door without looking back. "To take a walk."

"At night?" Blake didn't receive an answer as Weiss left the room and closed the door.

The heiress walked through the hallway trying to figure out what would make Ruby scared. Sure she's fifteen but she's seen her ride the back of a nevermore without hesitating. What was more frightful than that? Before she knew it, Weiss found herself at the entrance of the balcony. There she heard voices. Weiss peeked around to see Noire and Neptune together and looking at the moon. "You're such a show off you know that?" The Lastation CPU started off.

Neptune smiled at the notion. "Well, I had to if I wanted to make a good impression to the girls. Besides, you liked it. I saw you."

Noire looked away. "Shut up." She hated it when Neptune was right.

An idea formed in Neptune's head. "Hey Noire…I got something important to say."

The other CPU took the bait and turned around to her. "Ok what is i-" She didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as she felt Neptune's lips pressed against her own.

The kiss didn't last long as the other CPU quickly pulled away. "I've been meaning to do that all day."

Noire blushed furiously at what just happened. "Why did you have to that?"

Neptune smiled brightly at her. "Because I like to surprise you. Why do you ask?" Noire tried to answer but the other CPU answered instead. "Maybe you wanted to kiss me?" The Lastation CPU blushed a deeper red. She was always embarrassed when Neptune said stuff like that. "I'll let you do it ya know."

Noire saw Neptune close her eyes. She took a large gulp and laid her hands on the other girl's shoulders. The Lastation CPU leaned in and lightly kissed Neptune on the lips. The kiss lingered a bit longer and Noire became a bit bolder by kissing deeper. She felt arms wrap around her waist and Neptune gladly returning the kiss. After a few minutes, the two separated and looked at each other. Noire's heart always raced whenever they did this sort of thing together. She saw Neptune smile at her. "You're kisses are way better than mine." She continued to look at the other CPU. "I love you Noire."

Those three words always manage to make her feel more warm than usual. "I love you too Neptune." The two decided to share another kiss under the light of the moon.

Little did they know, they had someone spying on them while they kissed. Weiss pressed her back against the wall trying to comprehend what she just saw all the while feeling her own heart racing. For some reason for a brief second, she imagined herself doing the same thing to Ruby under the same bright moon.