It had been quite an eventful week for the heroes who saved Haven. Everyone had accomplished - or at least tried to - what they needed to do in Mistral. With their business in Mistral settled, the heroes were getting ready to head to Atlas.

Team RWBY and Qrow already left the lodge to meet with the flight crew who agreed to get them to Atlas as close as possible. Jaune was still in his room, putting on his gear and double checking to make sure he had all his belongings, most importantly the omamori given him to by Pyrrha's father. He tied the omamori to his jeans and placed it in his pocket, then met with his teammates outside of his room.

"Is everyone ready to go?" asked Jaune.

"Whenever you are, team leader!" said Nora.

"Then let's not keep the others waiting. Time to head to Atlas, Team JNPR!"

Team JNPR were about to leave the lodge when they noticed Oscar in the living room waiting for them. They were surprised to see Oscar still there, assuming he had gone with the others to make their final arrangements.

"Hey Oscar," said Jaune. "Unless...are you Oscar or Ozpin?"

"I'm me," said Oscar, "but Ozpin did want to speak to you before we left."

Oscar closed his hazel eyes and briefly flashed his aura, before opening again to reveal their yellow color, indicating the soul now in control of the body was Ozpin.

"Hello, Mister Arc," said Ozpin. "Since the others aren't here, I thought now would be the best time to talk before we left."

Ren and Nora could feel a slight chill run down their spine. There was only one thing he could possibly be bringing up, and if it turned out anything like the last time the subject of Pyrrha was brought up, the day was going to start off horribly.

"Qrow told me how you really felt about him and I. I understand why you would feel that way towards me. What I did would be deemed unforgivable to many. Mister Arc, if there's something you want to discuss with me, feel free to let it out."

Ren grabbed Jaune's shoulder, assuming Jaune was going to tense up and lose it. Jaune patted Ren's hand to signal he would be fine and stepped towards Ozpin.

"Professor Ozpin," said Jaune, "the truth is I hated what you did to Pyrrha, and honestly, I'm not sure how long it will take me to get over it. If you were really here instead of stuck inside Oscar, I'd probably lash out at you the way I did to Qrow."

Jaune took out his omamori and gripped it tight. Having the charm in his hand made him feel as if Pyrrha was there, and imagined what she'd say if Jaune decided to yell at Ozpin for his actions.

"But doing that won't change anything. Right now, we need to focus on Atlas and dealing with the real enemy."

"Mister Arc, I appreciate you doing this for me. I truly am."

"I'm not doing this for you, Professor. I'm doing this for my team."

"...I completely understand. Well then, let's hurry to the others."

Ozpin relinquished control of Oscar's body as the four of them left the lodge together. On their way there, Oscar ran up to talk to Jaune.

"You didn't have to hold back on my account," said Oscar. "If you really had something to let out-"

"I'm all right," said Jaune. "Even if Ozpin was still here, I still don't think Pyrrha would have appreciated me talking to him like I did to Qrow."

"She must have been really important to you."

"Important? She's the reason I'm even half as good of a huntsman as I am."

"You're still a lot stronger than me. I just hope I don't pass out after another fight again."

Jaune smiled and placed a hand on Oscar's shoulder.

"Hey man, if I can go from a loser stuck in a tree to a half-competent fighter, I'm sure you'll be surpassing me in no time."

Oscar looked up and smiled back.

"Thanks, Jaune," replied Oscar.

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Qrow and RWBY were at the airfield, waiting to board for their flight out of Mistral. Yang stood by Blake as Bumblebee was being placed in a cargo container and transferred to the ship's cargo bay. Yang never felt easy having to be separated from her bike on public transportation.

"Man, I hope Bumblebee can withstand the cold weather," said Yang. "I'd hate for it to break down in the middle of Atlas."

"Considering how small of a kingdom Atlas is," said Blake, "you'll probably won't be using it that often."

"But still, what if the freezing air temperature does something to it while in storage and I have to replace more parts? I don't think Atlas even uses motorcycles!"

"I'm sure your bike will be fine. You just need to show it a little love and keep its engine running."

Yang went silent for a moment, trying to comprehend what Blake had just said.

"Wait," said Yang. "Did you...just make some kind of double entendre?"

Blake pouted and punched Yang's left shoulder.

"Now you know how I feel every time you do it!" said Blake.

"Oh, so NOW you don't like it when I make those kinds of jokes?" Yang put on an evil smile as she snickered. "Then I'm going to make sure to do them as much as possible!"

"Then maybe I'll just have to run away again."

Hearing Blake make her threat of deserting the team yet again, Yang suddenly wrapped her arms around Blake's waist to prevent her from even trying.

"Then I'm going to buy a lock and make sure you don't go anywhere!" declared Yang.

As annoyed as Blake was over Yang's bad comedy, it felt good to finally be free of tension around her teammate. It reminded her of their days in Beacon, when even with the threat of the White Fang and Cinder's faction, they were still able to have somewhat care-free days.

Thinking about the White Fang suddenly reminded Blake that her parents and friends were supposed to arrive any minute and say their goodbyes. With her father having taken up the headmaster position at Haven Academy, Ghira and Kali were going to remain in Mistral for a long period of time, and Sun was going back to his original team. Blake quickly detached herself from Yang just before the three of them showed up.

"It's never easy saying this," said Ghira, "but at least I get to see you off this time."

"We're so proud of you, Blake," said Kali. "Please be careful out there."

"I will, mom," said Blake, giving her parents a big hug.

"Sorry I can't be there for you," said Sun. "You're gonna have to learn how to fight without me by your side."

Blake rolled her eyes at Sun pretending to be her knight in shining armor, but knew Sun was being semi-sarcastic about Blake's capabilities.

"Somehow, I think I'll manage," replied Blake. Blake expected Ilia to be with Blake's parents, but suddenly noticed Ilia wasn't standing by them. "Has anyone seen Ilia? I was hoping she would come with us."

"Blake!" said Ilia. "Over here!"

Blake turned around and saw Ilia, this time in a completely different outfit. Blake was so used to Ilia always wearing her battle outfit that she was taken aback by Ilia wearing a black jacket and checkered skirt, the signature uniform of Haven Academy.

"In case you haven't noticed," said Ilia, "I have an announcement for you."

"Isn't that Haven's school uniform?" asked Blake.

"It is. I'm enrolling in Haven and helping your fa...well, I guess I should say, Professor Belladonna."

Ilia held Blake's hands together and smiled.

"I'm going to find more allies like you said. I know it'll be frustrating at times...but I'm going to keep trying. We're going to rebuild the White Fang from the ground up and turn this kingdom around, and we'll do it the right way."

"I'm so happy for you, Ilia!" said Blake. "Good luck in Haven."

"You're going to love Haven, Ilia!" said Sun. "Stick with me and I'll tell you about the secret vending machine trick!"

"That reminds me," said Ghira. "Sun, why aren't you in a school uniform?"

"Huh? Well...you know...they don't design them with Faunus in mind, so they're...um...racially biased?"

Ghira knew Sun was completely full of it, as there were plenty of alternate uniforms to accommodate Faunus students. Instead of losing it like he usually would, Ghira decided to play along with Sun's lies.

"You should have said so in the first place!" said Ghira. "If that's the case, I'm sure Kali would be more than happy to adjust your uniform, right darling?"

"Of course!" said Kali.

"You don't need to do that!" said Sun. "I mean, I'd feel bad having to make you go out of your way just to fix my uniform. You know what I think would be a better idea? If we didn't-"

"Have them in the first place?" interrupted Ghira. "Absolutely not! Tomorrow morning, I expect you in uniform or else!"

"Oh c'mon, sir!" said Sun. "I'm not the kind of guy that wears something so dorky!"

"Then you can find another academy to enroll in!"

"You can't force me to wear a uniform! This is tyranny! Sick Serpent Tyrant! Sick Serpent Tyrant!"

"That's not even the right saying!" yelled Ghira. Kali quickly got in-between the men before Ghira decided he would clock Sun.

On the other side of the airfield, Ruby and Weiss were discussing potential plans for arriving at Atlas - or rather, Weiss was creating plans and Ruby was trying to pretend as if everything Weiss was saying wasn't going in one ear and out the other. Weiss noticed Blake's family arrived along with Ilia. Despite their radically different backgrounds, Weiss and Ilia had surprisingly gotten along better than expected when they went shopping with Kali, although there was that one moment in the night lingering in the back of their minds when things got a little too emotional between them. Wanting to get it out of the way immediately, Weiss went up to Ilia after she was done saying goodbye to Blake.

"Hello, Ilia," greeted Weiss.

"Oh!" said Ilia. "Um...hey Weiss..."

It was clear Ilia was also feeling somewhat embarrassed about that night, and she too wanted to get it off her chest.

"So...about that night," said Weiss. "No offense, but...I think we got a bit carried away that night."

"Yeah," said Ilia, scratching the back of her head. "I guess between the stress of saving Haven and dealing with that shop clerk and talking about our personal problems and all that drinking we did, we weren't in the right state of mind exactly."

"Agreed."

Weiss and Ilia stood there in a bit of awkward silence, not knowing where to go from there.

"But hey," said Weiss. "I still think we got along really well. We're still good friends, right?"

"Honestly, Weiss?" said Ilia. "Aside from maybe Blake...I think you might be my best friend."

"NO SHE ISN'T!" yelled Ruby, somehow having the ability to hear from long distances when her friendship status with Weiss was in jeopardy. Weiss was now feeling more mortified than ever by Ruby's outburst.

"Did I say something wrong?" asked Ilia.

"No," said Weiss. "Ruby's just being...well, being Ruby I guess."

As the ship was just about ready to begin boarding, Oscar and Team JNPR finally arrived. Seeing the Belladonnas present, Ozpin briefly switched places with Oscar to discuss Ghira's new position.

"I hope everything is going well for you, Professor Belladonna," said Ozpin.

"It still feels weird to be called that," said Ghira. "Aside from that, it seems all the students have been really supportive of my ideas."

"I can't thank you enough for taking on this role, Professor Belladonna. I know Haven Academy will be in good hands under your leadership."

"I appreciate you having faith in me, Professor Ozpin."

"But I should warn you; you're going to have a lot of paperwork on your hands."

"Leave it to me!" said Kali. "I'll make sure my husband focuses on the more important work."

"Good luck in Atlas, Professor Ozpin," said Ghira, shaking Ozpin/Oscar's hand.

With their journey in Mistral officially over and Ruby's teammates back together, Team RNJR was now disbanded. The four of them got together for one last team meeting to reflect on everything they've been through.

"Well team," said Ruby, "we weren't the ones to quite stop Cinder once and for all, but at least we saved Haven and obtained the relic. I can't thank you guys enough for coming with me."

"It was an honor serving with you," said Ren, giving her former captain a salute.

"As much as I enjoyed being part of Team RNJR," said Nora, "it's great to have the original teams back!"

"We've all come a long way this past year," said Jaune. "I finally learned how to use my semblance! I feel like I can actually contribute something to the team now!"

"At least you understand your powers," said Ruby, disappointed she didn't master controlling her silver eyes. "I'm supposed to have a power to destroy the Grimm, but I have no idea how to use it."

"I'm sure you'll learn sooner than you think, Ruby. I mean, it took me about a year to learn my semblance and people think I'm an idiot. A genius like you can surely learn faster than that."

"I hope so, Jaune. The last thing I want is to lose one of you because I couldn't..."

Ruby folded her arms, making herself upset from being reminded of the two friends she lost at Beacon. Jaune placed his hands on her shoulders and looked into her silver eyes.

"That's not going to happen, Ruby," said Jaune. "Whatever name or formation we have, we're all one big team working together, and we're all going to help each other get through this."

Ruby wiped her eyes and smiled. "Thanks, Jaune."

With the ship prepped and ready to go, Qrow announced it was now time to board their flight out of Mistral.

"Listen up, huntsmen and huntresses!" said Qrow. "Now boarding for a nonstop flight to Atlas!"

"Be safe, everyone!" said Ghira. "Send us an update whenever you get a chance!"

"And if you happen to see that Adam jerk again," said Sun, "give him a kick to the face for me!"

"Thanks for all your help, Mr. and Mrs. Belladonna!" said Ruby. "Good luck running Haven Academy!"

Everyone got on board and waved one last goodbye to Blake's family as the boarding door closed. As the ship was taking off into the sky, everyone looked out their windows to get a final look at the Mistral Kingdom.

"Goodbye, Mistral!" said Ruby. "Now, onwards to Atlas!"

The view of the Mistral Kingdom soon faded away in the background as the heroes set off for the next chapter of their journey: The Atlas Kingdom.