Beacon Academy

The air around Beacon academy was filled with excitement! In two days the Vytal festival would begin, marking not only the beginning of the festivities, but of the Vytal tournament as well! Truly, everyone was excited!

"My back!" Yelled a voice.

Unless your name was Jaune that is.

"Sorry!" Yelled the red reaper as she looked at her friend.

"Ouch, that had to hurt." Yang said as she dodged a hit from Ren, surprising him with her speed.

'How did she-?!' He began to think, before he was punched in the gut.

While Ren was coughing up a lung, Nora was trying to count the amount of clones Blake could make in rapid succession.

"Twelve… Thirteen… Ack! I lost count again!" She wined as she started over, while Blake had an apologetic look.

"Do you want me to slow down?" Blake asked.

"No way!" Nora said, refusing to back down from the challenge before she began to count again. "One… two…"

While they were doing that, Pyrrha was helping Weiss by monitoring her aura while she made glyphs.

"This is very impressive Weiss! Your able to use your semblance more efficiently now!" Pyrrha said.

"Thank you Pyrrha." Said the Ice Queen as she stopped to rest.

"Well then!" Ruby began as she and the others gathered around "I'm sure that were ready for the tournament! Tomorrow we can take the day off!"

"I can agree to that." Yang said as she deactivated Ember Celica.

With an agreement reached, the two teams began to walk back towards the dorms to relax.

"You know…" Pyrrha began as she looked at team RWBY "Your growth these past few months has been incredible!

"No it hasn't!" Ruby said bashfully as she blushed, trying to wave away the praise.

"Yes it has!" Jaune said "How did you guys do it? I mean, am I just that bad or are you guys just that good?!"

Looking at each other, each member of team RWBY nodded as Ruby took a breath. "We… We've been pushing ourselves real hard… You know… just in case…" Ruby said as Weiss rubbed her X shaped scar.

Wincing, Jaune realized what they meant "Oh… we- we're sorry we brought it up." He said, trying to apologize.

The incident a few months ago with 'The Unknown' a few months ago was still in people's memories. Truthfully why wouldn't it? A strange man infiltrates one of the academies of humanities future protectors and attacks a steam of students. Needless to say there is still a slight bit of paranoia around.

"It's fine!" Yang said, attempting to lighten the mood "Even if that creep comes back, the next time we will be ready to fight him!" She finished as she pumped her fist in the air, her teammates nodding.

Relived that their fellow team was okay, JNPR and RWBY continued their walk towards the dorms, unaware of a familiar presence.

At the top of Ozpin's tower

(Play KH 2.5 OST: Organization XIII)

Cloaked in his invisibility spell, Xemnas watched as the two teams headed to rest.

'Very good… Their growing stronger just as planned.' He thought, before chuckling slightly. 'Well, with a little help of course.'

Unfortunately, his thoughts were interrupted when a dark portal, or Corridor of Darkness, sprouted from the ground next to him, dropping off a man with long black-grey hair, a golden eye, an eyepatch over his other eye, and a black coat just like Xemnas'.

"Xigbar," Xemnas said curtly as he dropped his spell "is there a reason you're hear?"

"Hey! Don't be so cold!" Xigbar said in a casual tone, Xemnas never knew why he spoke like a surfer, as he summoned his weapons, two crossbow like weapons or 'Arrow Guns', and combined them into a rifle. "Just seeing how your pet project is going." He said as he looked at the two teams through the scope of his weapons.

"They are progressing as expected." Xemnas said as he turned to face the sharpshooter.

"Well! That's good to hear, given that Sora couldn't live up to our expectations I'm hoping that whichever one we end up choosing handles it better." Xigbar said as he dismissed his weapons.

Unamused by Xigbar's mentioning of their previous failure, Xemnas said "Sora no longer matters, whichever one we choose; they will fulfill their purpose as the thirteenth vessel."

"Glad to hear it!" Xigbar said, putting his elbow on Xemnas' shoulder. "Oh silly m, I almost forgot!" He said as he snapped his fingers. "They're ready."

Turning around, four white and silver creatures appeared and kneeled before the two members of the Organization.

Smirking, Xemnas said "Good, now we can test just how far team RWBY has come." Looking down at the lesser Nobodies, Xemnas said "Go and test them, do not hold back."

"Yes my lord…" The creatures said in unison before they disappeared.

"So, you gonna do anything else? Cause I'm about to blow this joint." Xigbar said as he formed a corridor of darkness in front of him.

Giving a slight smile, Xemnas said "Let's just say that I have a meeting with a fair maiden."

(A/N: Would you forgive me if I say I'm sorry? Okay look! This idea wouldnt leave me alone! But I promise I am working on the next chapter of Remnant Data Battles! It's halfway done! You can even expect slow updates on this story until Volume 3 is done! With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy this sequel!)