Author's note: So my first RWBY x Red vs Blue crossover was something of a mess. So I decided to make another story where the two universes already started in the RWBY universe. And to start we won't start with the main characters, but instead, with two kids and one war dog.

(Warning, this chapter has some sensitive subjects that I may or may not have experienced as well as many others. I apologize in advance if many of you grow uncomfortable with this.)

[Emerald]

Emerald was running from a jewelry store as she normally did simply just to get by in life. Always getting into trouble, never able to feed herself properly, this was life for her. This was the life that she had come to know.

She was trapped in an alleyway thinking that this would be the end of her running. How all this was to end was approaching.

"Hey, Kiddo." She heard a rough accent call out to her. The man who called to her wore a brown hat she hadn't seen before. He wore a red poncho that only covered the top part of his shoulders, and had a brown shirt underneath. He had on beige loose fitting pants as well as a set of boots with some type of spinning stars at the back of them. On his back he had a pump shotgun with an axe blade on the pump end of it. His face was rough, no wrinkles yet, his hair was in a black crew cut, his jaw line was straight and slightly slanted, and his eyes were a dark brown.

"What do you want?" Emerald said as she pulled out her two heavy revolver weapons she had concealed behind her back.

"Easy there, I'm just asking if you could do me a favor." He said putting both his hands in the air.

"What kind of favor?" She asked getting a few thoughts in her head at the time.

"Well first, I'd like you to pay for that..." He said as he tossed Emerald his wallet.

She looked inside to find his I.D., credit card, and gift cards were emptied, but he left his wallet, all $379 dollars in her hands, "What else do you want?" She asked.

"Well, me and this one fellow, named General Ironwood, had a bet. He kept on bragging how his school and army are the best ones that are around. So I say to him, 'I bet I can find better talent on the street than from your school.' So yeah, want to hang with me and train?" He asked.

Emerald looked at him with more suspicion, "What's the catch?" She asked.

The man scratched his face, "Well, I do need help around my house and farm from time to time. Also, you'll be given whatever I give you for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Training will be tough but you'll have your own room, and for all your hard work I'll pay you monthly so you won't have to steal." He said.

At first Emerald was confused, he was attempting to make it sound like she would have the worse experience. However, in her mind she heard that she'd be given a job, a house, and be paid, "Really?" She asked.

"So, you coming?" He asked as he started to walk to his pickup truck.

"Excuse me, can I trouble you for a moment?" A woman wearing a red dress with bright orange yellow accents appeared as she approached Emerald.

"Hey Kiddo, how does a breakfast for dinner sound?" He asked as he looked towards Emerald.

Emerald's stomach rumbled, and just like that her mind was made up. She opened the door and hopped into his rusted red truck.

"So, I'm a little late on introductions but you can call me Sarge." He said as he extended out his hand.

"Emerald, my name is Emerald Sustrai." She said as they drove towards his house.

[On the drive]

During the trip, somewhere along the way towards his house Sarge and Emerald looked at a house they were passing by. They couldn't make out much but it looked as though there was a struggle going on in the house. Sarge hesitated for a moment, wondering what to do but instinctively drove towards the house and pulled over.

He started getting off the truck until Emerald stopped, "What are you doing?" She asked.

"Just going to see what's going on. I'll be back, five minutes tops." Sarge said as he walked over to the door, then knocked on it.

Soon it was answered by a man in a tank top, with brown liquid spots all over his shirt. He wore work boots just a little lighter than Sarge's brown shoes and had blue jeans. The man had a five o'clock shadow across his face, luggage under his eyes, and no hair on the top of his head.

"What you want?" He asked as Sarge just stared at him.

"Nothing, just heard a noise. wondered if everything was okay." Sarge said.

"Yeah, just that little shit over there, giving me a hard time." He said as he pointed to a grey haired kid with bumps and bruises.

"I see, I guess I'll be going then." Sarge said hesitantly. Before he had the door slammed into his face, Sarge saw a look of pure anger in the grey haired kid's eyes.

Sarge walked slowly back to his truck as he kept on overhearing the sound of curses behind him from the house. He slid into his seat, and for a long moment he simply sat there wondering what exactly to do.

"We're not done here, are we?" Emerald asked as she looked towards Sarge. Sarge sighed and looked at her red eyes, finding his answer.

"No, we're not." Sarge said as he got back out from his truck and marched towards the door. He slammed his fist on the door waiting for it to open.

"You again?" The drunkard asked.

Sarge took a deep breath, "Be honest with me now, did you give those bumps to that kid." As he clenched his fist.

"Yeah, so what?" The man asked as he took a swig from his bottle.

Sarge took a swing at the guy, however was pulled into his punch and stabbed in the back with a secret blade. Sarge rammed his elbow back and his elbow connected with the man's jaw.

Sarge pride the knife from his back, as the man wiped blood from his face. The man laughed, "You serious? You know I'm a trained assassin. This fight isn't fair." He said.

"You're right, let me even the odds." Sarge said as he placed his shotgun leaning against the wall of the front room.

"You should've kept that." He said.

"How about this, you get the first hit." Sarge said with his fists resting on his waist.

"Bad move." The assassin said as he lunged at Sarge with full speed aiming for his chest. When the blade he held came into contact with Sarge's chest, the blade had shattered on impact.

"My turn." Sarge said as his right fist turned to steel, the metallic hand knocked the assassin and some of his teeth clean out. Sarge heard a click-clack, turned around to see the kid with bumps and bruises aiming his shotgun at him.

He finally had a good look at this kid, he had blood coming down his lip staining his pale face. He had a smaller build than Sarge but other than that his legs were bandaged up with blood seeping through them.

"Kid, you don't have to do this. But I'm not gonna stop you. If you feel like killing something, believe me you don't have that in your eyes. I won't use my semblance to block it." Sarge said as he let his arms hang down.

The kid looked directly at Sarge's face, trembling, his hands were shaking. He was breathing so fast he would have thought he would have passed out by now. The shotgun stopped shaking for a moment and slid in his hands, one hand away from the trigger, the other away from the pump. He then pushed his hands away from his chest as he waited for Sarge to take it.

Sarge grabbed the shotgun, nodded and placed his weapon back on his back. He then carefully stepped over the knocked out assassin and opened the door outside.

"Hey, slick. What's your name?" Sarge asked as he looked back at the assassin's son.

"Mercury Black." He said through heavy breaths.

"Well then Mercury, want to spend the night at my place before he wakes up?" Sarge asked as he held the door open.

Mercury nodded as they began walking straight to his pickup truck. He opened his door to let Mercury slide into the middle of him and Emerald.

"Emerald this is Mercury, Mercury this is Emerald." Sarge said as he got into his truck.

"Hey." Emerald said as she just met him.

"Sup." Mercury responded.

"Get used to seeing each other, cause you'll be living at my place for a while." Before he began to put the truck into gear, he paused and looked at both of them, "I know what I'll be asking is stupid, hell you might hate me right now. I don't blame you for it. But I promise you, you two are under my protection. I will do everything I can do to make sure that you become the best people you can be. And in return, I hope you can do as I as, so if you have any second thoughts, now is the time to be honest." He said.

A moment went by as they all sat there quietly, nobody budge or reached for the handle. Sargent nodded as he started to get the truck in motion.

"C'mon let's go. I got to make bacon, eggs, toast, and hash browns tonight like I promised." Sarge said as the truck left Mercury's broken home.

And for two years to come, Emerald never stole or went hungry, and Mercury never killed and kept his legs with Sarge's help.

[Two Years Later]

As two young adults got out of the transport ship to Beacon Academy, they finally made it. The green haired beauty known as Emerald and the tall handsome boy known as Mercury looked at each other.

"We did it." Emerald said as she looked back at the ship, "Thanks for everything." She said to one person in particular on that ship.

So how was that, I hope many of you enjoyed it. I think this is something I stick with for a long time. Next we'll see how different students came to this school.

Also who should Emerald and Mercury team up with given their names and the characters.