Warning! Oncoming fanservice! You have been warned!

Hyde knew that he was in trouble when he found Yosuke was grinning like an idiot. Truth be told, Yosuke was a really good friend of his. But he knew that Yosuke could easily get him into trouble, the whole incident with the beauty pageant and subsequent drag contest at the Vytal Festival being a prime example. Henceforth, when he saw Yosuke making that stupid face that showed that he wanted something, which would no doubt get him into trouble with the girls, Hyde was primed and ready for fight or flight mode.

What made the situation even worse was the fact that Makoto was right there with him. Yosuke and Makoto had been going out for some time, and everyone was happy for them about it. The girls had been happy about it in particular, because they were under the impression that with Makoto being the center of Yosuke's attention, it would mean he'd stop messing with them as often... Problem being that Makoto was easily as perverted as Yosuke, so that idea went up in smoke.

Case in point:

"You want us to do what with the who now?" Hyde asked.

"The girls from Gessen," Yosuke said, "got into an argument with Team RWBY, so they decided to settle the disagreement by pairing up Weiss and Yumi-chan to a match!"

"Why should I care?" Hyde asked.

"Because~" Makoto said. "Haven't you heard about the unfortunate things that happen in the ninjas' world?"

"Of course I have," Hyde said. "Why do you think I do everything in my power to avoid their world?"

Hyde was of course referring to the infamous fact that in the world that Yumi, Asuka, Katsu and the other girls from Gessen, Hanzo, Hebijo, and so on come from, whenever they get into a fight, their clothes have a tendency to... evaporate. Or at least that's the best way to describe it. Clothes would shatter like wet toilet paper in a fight between shinobis in manners that would fulfill the hopes and dreams of any preteen boy.

Naturally, for those somewhat more "shy" or outright considerate about these kinds of things, like Hyde, or if he could help it, Narukami, they knew to stay far away from any of that. But then there were those that had no concept of shame. And one of them happened to be Yosuke Hanamura.

"You are no fun," Makoto said.

"Come on!" Yosuke said. "It's gonna happen regardless, so we may as well watch! I mean, don't you want to cheer Team RWBY, and more specifically, Weiss on?"

"Of course," Hyde replied. "But I'm not just gonna up and treat them like eye-candy and take advantage of what will obviously be an embarrassing situation for Weiss. That's disrespectful."

"So you find the feminine form to be something to avoid?" Makoto asked. "Are you some kind of nark that thinks that natural feminine beauty is something to be ashamed of!?"

"W-what!?" Hyde said, suddenly finding himself on the receiving end of some very disparaging accusations! "Of course not! Why would you ever think that-!"

"So why do you suddenly think that the mere potential of seeing more of the beautiful woman's body is a problem!?" Makoto demanded.

"Because it isn't by choice!" Hyde said.

"Be that as it may," Makoto said, "that still doesn't change the fact you find seeing a woman's body as revolting!"

"Of course I don't!" Hyde said.

"But you wouldn't look at a woman!" Makoto said.

"I would so!" Hyde retorted.

"So will you?" Makoto asked.

"I will!" Hyde declared, before he even realized what he just agreed to. "Wait a minute," he said, as he saw Makoto and Yosuke share a high five.

"That's my girl!" Yosuke said happily, kissing Makoto on the cheek, causing the demi-human to giggle. "And," Yosuke added, looking to Hyde, "no take backsies."

Hyde rolled his eyes with an exasperated sigh. Knowing full well that there was too much effort to bother trying to get out of it, he figured it would be easier to just let it go and commit. But things got put on hold for a moment as the three heard Ruby scream at the top of her voice!

The group ran over to the source of the noise, finding Ruby in a bathroom with a mortified expression on her face! Hyde had Insulator in his hand, ready for a fight at a moment's notice! "Ruby! What's wrong!?" he said.

"My hair is getting too long again!" she yelled, holding her hair that was just about down to her shoulder now.

Hyde stopped in his tracks, a somewhat miffed expression on his face. He knew from past experience that Ruby hated having her hair grow out, and went into a full blown panic if it started to get too long. For her, nothing could be below the nape of her neck, or else show's over.

"Really?" he asked. "This again?"

"Shut up!" Ruby said. "It's horrible! And no hair salon is open! I... I think I'm gonna...!"

"Ruby, calm down," Hyde said. "It's just hair."

"I don't care!" Ruby said. "It's hot! It get's in the way! It's super hard to maintain!"

"Ruby, for pity's sake!" Hyde said. "You're acting like a toddler!" Ruby could only splutter awkwardly in response, Makoto and Yosuke merely standing off to the side with mildly entertained looks on their faces.

Ruby and Hyde practically never got into any actual fights, regulated solely to Hyde having to put the brakes on some of Ruby's more exagerrated moments. Hence they knew that this wasn't really a legitimate argument between the two. Merely a little disagreement with Hyde having to reel her in.

"What's all the commotion?" a new voice asked. The group looked at a passing by figure who stopped to listen to what was going on. It turned out to be none other than a Hanzo student themself, in the form of Yagyu, the eyepatch wearing, coolheaded albino.

"Oh, nothing in particular," Yosuke replied. "Ruby-chan was just freaking out over her hair growing out."

"Again?" Yagyu said.

"Again," Makoto laughed.

"Don't laugh at my pain!" Ruby said.

"You know, Ruby," Yagyu said, "I can cut your hair if you'd like."

"Really?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah," Yagyu said. "I cut Hibari's hair all the time, it's no trouble. Plus, the others from Hanzo and I were going to join you in watching the match with Yumi-san and Weiss-san, so I can cut it while we're watchi-"

Yagyu was cut off as she found herself tackled by Ruby in a histerical hug! "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she said, comically crying as she rubbed cheeks with Yagyu, causing the shinobi's eyepatch to be scrunched up on her face!

Hyde looked at the ground as he recalled what Yagyu said about the fight. He still couldn't believe he'd let Makoto swindle him into watching it go down. As he thought this, he looked at the demi-human, who met his gaze with a cocky look.

"Don't give me that look," he said.

"I don't know what you mean," Makoto said, tail wagging happily.

Later, Team RWBY and the Hanzo girls were meeting up with the girls from Gessen Academy. They were standing in the training yard of the academy in question at that moment in time, with a warm, somewhat muggy heat was in the air, sure to elicit waves of sweat later on from the fierce bout that would soon commence, which would thankfully be counteracted by their cold powers.

From the sidelines, Hyde was watching as he sat with his elbows propped against his legs, with his chin cupped in his hands, his blood red eyes firing off on all cylinders. To his side were Yosuke, Makoto, and Narukami. Yu had his typical stoic mien on his face, whilst Yosuke and Makoto were giggling with excitement, Makoto having a camera prepped in her hands to take some snapshots of the "action."

Naturally, nobody from Hanzo, Gessen, or Beacon knew the true reason why these individuals were so eager to witness the oncoming fight, the implication merely being that they wanted to cheer the cold girls on. (How naive of them.) And any consequences that the likes of Makoto or Yosuke might receive for their inevitable gocking was put to the side to be worried about when it came about.

And that brought one final spot of questioning to the In-Birth as he looked at the Kingpin. He knew that Yu had some "appreciation" for the feminine form, but unlike his more perverted companions, it was more of a genuine analysis and not full blown hounding. And if the whole Peach Beach Splash incident was anything to go off of, Yu would not face the same berating that the demi-human or magician would receive. But that still begged the question...

"So Narukami," he said, "what're you doing here exactly? I mean, don't you know how much you're gonna be murdered if even part of what I've heard happens in this place happens to Weiss?"

"Quite the contrary," Yu replied. "As I have a fool-proof strategy to save me in the event of just such an occurence."

"Oh is that right?" Hyde asked.

"Care to share?" Makoto asked, squirrel ears perking up.

"You're on your own," Yu replied, prompting Makoto to double over in defeat. "But in truth," Yu said, "I actually came here truthfully to cheer on Weiss. As a friend, I want to see how my friends fare in their battles and encourage them all."

Hyde smiled. In spite of being nearly the same age, it seemed that Yu Narukami was wise beyond his years. He wished that he had the capacity for social links the same way that Narukami was. It would certainly make him less socially awkward all the time.

In about another minute, the cold-hearted battle between Weiss and Yumi was set to begin. As everyone got a safe distance away, the two freezing opponents stood about ten feet apart with their weapons primed; Weiss holding Myrtenaster in her left hand, tip pointed right at Yumi, as she stood in her confident battle stance, as Yumi held one fan at her back, with the other held in front of her face.

The main reason why it was Weiss and Yumi specifically selected was the two were rather well acquainted with one another, comparing their days at their respective academies and their time spent with their teammates. They had very similar lives as it turns out, with the lifestyles of Huntresses and the shinobi having many similarities - utilizing shinobi techniques and/or Semblances and Dust, fighting yoma or Grimm, the works - but they had fiercely different outlooks when met with it, so they ended up looking to one another for advice on different approaches. Yumi found herself asking for advice on being more assertive, whilst Weiss asked Yumi how to be more patient. Suffice is to say, they ended up being a natural choice for a fight. In addition, it was suffice to say that Hyde was also very nervous about watching them fight.

He was rather concerned about seeing anybody fighting for fear of what he would bear witness to, but this matchup was a relative nightmare for him. He was pretty close with Weiss, having helped save her from Azrael, and was very courteous and polite to her ever since, garnering him the moniker of "gentleman" from Weiss ever since and becoming one of the few individuals that Weiss confided in or sought advice from. He was also pretty close to Yumi as well, in spite of being hard pressed for varying conversation material with her thanks to his prior awe over hearing she was a ninja, but thankfully she was very polite to him and was willing to spend time with him as she admired his role in the Hollow Night as an In-Birth and honorary member of the Night Blade, feeling an otherworldly kinship with him.

For a long moment, Weiss and Yumi merely looked one another in the eye with their mirroring blue eyes, before Ruby finally fired off a shot from Crescent Rose, prompting them to begin! Yumi was naturally the faster one, with Weiss choosing the initiative and summoning a glyph to block her oncoming strike! Yumi proceeded to swing her fans against Weiss's glyph for a few seconds, before the Ice Queen dug the tip of Myrtenaster into the ground to summon a wave of ice at her feet!

The shinobi had leapt into the air to avoid the assault, before sending a good deal of ice spikes down at Weiss! The Huntress herself summoned another glyph to send her backwards, the ice darts embedding themselves into the ground harmlessly! Yumi descended, spinning around in a circle before slamming her dual fans at Weiss, who blocked them with her rapier!

They both separated, circling each other for a fierce moment! The cold hard glares they were giving each other spoke nothing of their friendship, easily cold enough to freeze any solid object without the use of their special abilities! Quick as a flash they went from their positions in front of one another, before they rushed and locked blades once more, Weiss having to utilize her weapon's longer length to block Yumi's dual fans!

From the sidelines, the others were watching with awed expressions as they saw the multiple strikes clash against each other, neither seeming to get a leg up over the other!

"Wow!" Ruby said. "They're really going at it! I don't think I've ever seen Weiss so determined when sparring before!"

"Yumi is the only one who seems to match Weiss's capabilities," Yozakura replied.

From the other side of the arena, the other casual spectators were watching with equally impressed looks.

"Man," Hyde said, "this is one close fight!"

"Weiss-san and Yumi-san are equally skillful it would appear," Yu said.

"Come on, come on, come on!" Makoto said angrily. "This isn't what I paid for!"

"What exactly did you pay for?" Yu and Hyde said threateningly. Makoto jumped in the air as she felt a threatening aura coming off of the two of them, with the phantom image of Izanagi hovering over Yu's body as Hyde's Void Red EXS flowed off of him in smokey waves.

"W-well what I mean to say is," she said. "Is that I... well I was... Yokee, honey, help me!" she said, grabbing Yosuke's arm!

"Don't you drag me into this!" he said.

Back with the fight, Yumi had kicked things up a notch as she backed twenty feet away from Weiss, using waves of icy wind to keep her opponent at bay! Then, a cold air flowed condensing in a mist that surrounded her in a cloud! Waving her hands out, icy spikes shot up towards Weiss!

The Huntress in training was quick to react, summoning a half dozen glyphs that surrounded her in a horshoe shape, before with a spin of Myrtenaster's barrel, she created waves of fire that burst the ice that got close to her! When the flames died down, Weiss maintained her glyphs as she shot a blast of earth that rose up at Yumi with the Dust she had at her disposal! Yumi merely side stepped the strike in an elegant spin, before nearly being caught off guard as blades of wind came at her!

Yumi was able to slice the blades away, but was still narrowly scraped by them, causing the bottom of her robes to get torn as her left sleeve also got caught! Her skin was only somewhat raw from the scrapes; not quite cut, but enough to assuredly be sore. Weiss knew that from whatever training they got the shinobi were fairly durable, not because of any Aura, but for whatever reason it meant that Weiss didn't need to hold anything back from claiming victory.

Back on the sidelines, Makoto was quick on the draw with her camera and took a photo of the battle damage that Yumi sustained! "And so it begins~" she giggled hungrily. From beside her, the guys edged away nervously, not wanting to get in the way of this nutty (get it?) girl by any means.

As the fight continued, Yumi was determined not to let this minor upset get the better of her. From the sidelines, she could also hear her comrades cheering for her, giving her a further drive to win!

"You can do it Yumi!" Minori and Murakumo yelled.

"We know you can do it!" Yozakura called out.

"You still got this Yumi!" Shiki called. "Show that pale broad who's boss!"

"Hey!" Weiss said.

"That was taking it a bit too far," Katsu said.

"I calls em' like I sees em'," Shiki said.

"How's about you call my fist in your face?" Yang said.

"Woah now!" Shiki said. "Let's not get violent before our own match!"

"She's right Yang," Blake said. "Simmer down. Besides, she has to worry more about me strangling her with Gambol Shroud's ribbon."

"What!?" Shiki said fretfully, far more afraid of Blake than she was of Yang.

"Guys! They started again!" Ruby said, pointing to the fight. "And besides, we all know the biggest threat would be me putting a bullet in her kneecaps."

Shiki was white as a sheet as she looked at her fellow Gessen students! "Aren't any of you going to help me!?" she said.

"You dug your own grave you nimrod," Murakumo said.

Sure enough, back in the fray, Yumi had shot towards Weiss with remarkable speed, feinting so as to slash at her from below! Weiss was quick to react in time so as to block her attacks by twisting Myrtenaster at different angles, and riding along with the strokes of the frigid shinobi's attacks! Yumi then proceeded to try and sweep out Weiss's feet from under her once more by slicing at her with freezing cold air, forcing Weiss to move, which allowed her the opportunity to strike from above!

Yumi leapt at Weiss, fans aimed downward! However, anticipating an attact like that, Weiss merely blocked her upward attack with her sword! This however proved to be a fake out, as Yumi dove for the ground, completely overshooting Weiss's prepared block, so as to slash at Weiss's back with a backhanded swing! The heiress proved just barely fast enough to block the attack, but had to painfully bend over backwards in order to do so!

Yumi still proved to have thought well ahead, as she followed up the attack with a diagonal slash of freezing darts with her other hand that shredded up Weiss's back! The Huntress spun around to face Yumi with her sword at the ready, looking at the damage she sustained with eyes as wide as dinner plates! Her jacket was shredded at the back, the entire right sleeve obliterated as a matching set to the damage she did to Yumi's robe. But what she was more confused about was how that even happened!

Aura was like a protective membrane that protected a person's body and could be projected into their weapons to amplify their power. By that logic, they can also protect a person's clothing. How in the world her jacket was able to get shredded when she knew that her Aura should've protected it!

In spite of this confusing turn she knew she had to remain focused. She tossed the now useless jacket aside as she kept Myrtenaster trained! From the sidelines, Makoto merely got more excited! "Yes!" she said. "Show me those bare shoulders!"

"Should I feel threatened or something?" Yosuke asked.

"Not at all sweety," Makoto said, tapping Yosuke with her tail affectionately.

Yumi could tell that Weiss was put on edge for whatever reason, so the shinobi was determined to keep the initiative! She sent a flurry of ice darts at Weiss, along with a wave of spikes from the ground once more! Weiss dug her sword into the ground, stopping the ice in its tracks! Yumi leapt towards her with remarkable speed, with Weiss barely having enough time to leap over Yumi with a glyph!

Weiss was quick to realize that Yumi definitely had the speed advantage, with the heiress's glyphs the most she would be able to survive any great speed strikes! Weiss was able to put some distance between the two of them, but Yumi was right in front of her by the time she landed! Yet Weiss had planned ahead, as the ice around her that Yumi had made shifted back towards its owner!

The ice slammed into Yumi, blowing the shinobi backward! Weiss smirked as she watched her opponent roll across the ground, waiting until Yumi was ready to get back up. But by the time Yumi did, Weiss had her face drop in shock and horror!

Yumi's robe had been shattered from the waist down, revealing her blue and white patterned panties, as what was left of the robe in the upward direction was barely long enough to reach her belly button in its tattered state! The Beacon students all gaped in horror, and even a few from Hanzo or Gessen were at least somewhat flustered!

"O-o-oh my gosh!" Ruby said, her face turning red as her hood as she pulled up said article of clothing to cover her face!

"Poor Yumi," Blake said.

"Jeez Weiss! Why'd you do that?" Yang asked sarcastically, though still feeling sympathetic for Yumi's current state.

"I-it was an accident!" Weiss said, hearing the blonde brawler's joke. "Y-Yumi I'm so sorr-!" She stopped as a few darts of ice shot by and shredded parts of her skirt!

Weiss looked down at her skirt, seeing that it had thankfully only been cut on the sides, leaving her modesty intact. She looked up at Yumi, who was merely smiling at her confidently. She was not even blushing at the embarrassing situation!

Weiss was naturally confused. Why in the world was she not embarrassed? Yumi seemed to notice Weiss's surprise, and felt it would be kind enough to respond.

"As a shinobi," she said, "I've been trained so as to be not the least bit embarrassed in such situations, or allow said embarrassment to slow me down."

The Huntress in training felt that made enough sense, but given that she was not trained in such a manner she was sure to not let such embarrassing consequences befall her! She summoned her time glyph and shot forward at remarkable speed! Yumi was still quick enough to block Weiss's oncoming strike and sidestep around it! Now behind her, she slashed at Weiss's legs forcing her to jump over the attack! Yumi then slashed upwards, Weiss incapable of blocking in her awkward jump, her top suffering damage as a result!

She backed up, showing that a portion of her top had been cut off, revealing a patch of white still barely hidden by what was left of her top! Her face glowed red in embarrassment, desperately tossing Myrtenaster to her right hand so as to use her left arm for covering more of herself! From the sidelines, the others all gaped at the sight!

"Well," Yagyu said, looking up from cutting Ruby's hair, "this is already proving to be more of Weiss than I needed to see."

"You won't find me complaining!" Shiki laughed.

The others from Team RWBY all stayed silent. Weiss was a very private individual, opting to always change into her different clothes in the bathroom. She was just far too shy, so this... this was a bit much.

"Oh dear," Ikaruga added. "Weiss is already looking embarrassed. Do you think she'll be able to finish the fight?"

"I'm not sure," Asuka relented. "It's gonna be a matter of her pride for maintaining her modesty versus her pride for not losing the fight."

"Please finish the fight!" Katsu said. "Mama's gonna need me a pale as-agh!" She stopped as a pair of fingers had jammed themselves into her neck, causing her to drool and pass out on the ground! The other Hanzo students all looked at Blake and saw that it was the faunus who'd done so.

"Wow," Yagyu said. "How'd you do that?"

"Pressure points," Blake said. "Courtesy of Akihiko."

On the other side, Hyde, Yu, and even Yosuke were all blushing greatly at that tiny tease of Weiss's more private parts that had come by! "Holy smokes!" Yosuke said.

"T-this is going too far," Hyde said.

"Are you kidding!?" Makoto said. "It's not going far enough! We're barely starting!"

Hyde shook his head at the beastkin's actions. "Yu, are you okay?" he asked.

Yu shook his head lightly, sitting back up as he looked at the fight again with his typical stoic face once more. "Soon," he said. "I can feel it."

"Huh?" Hyde said. "What's soon?"

"Just wait," Yu said.

"Dude," Hyde said, "when you get like this, it makes me nervous."

"Welcome to my world," Yosuke said. "Nearly every single day."

Back with the fight, Yumi held herself steady, giving Weiss a moment to pull herself together out of courtesy once again. "Would you like to stop?" she asked. "We can hold for now."

Weiss scowled as she looked at Yumi. "No," she said. "I have to remain firm. I'm not going to falter just for some paltry embarrassment!"

Yumi gave a nod. "I can respect that," she said. "So allow me to speed up the process of the fight."

Before Weiss could question what she meant, Yumi's body was overtaken by cold energy, which obscured the shinobi's body for a moment! When it died down, Weiss was surprised to see that Yumi's appearance had changed. Her once dark gray hair had become an icy blue, as well as slightly longer than it was before. In addition, her cold blue eyes were now as red as Hyde's.

Weiss was surprised with Yumi's change, feeling the power that had come off of her now, turning her a great deal stronger than she was prior, that much was obvious! Yumi smirked at Weiss as she felt the awestruck gaze of her andd everyone else that had never seen her like this before. "You're called 'Ice Queen' by your friends, yes?" Yumi said. "How fun, as I call this my Ice Queen Mode!"

With a wave of both hands, ice shot towards Weiss far faster and in far larger quantities than the heiress had seen thus far! Weiss desperately tried to launch herself away, but the ice was too fast! Before she could think to block with another glyph, Weiss found herself overtaken by the ice! Cuts and slashes sprinkled her body before her momentum finally released her, causing her to stumble on her feet!

When she looked down at herself, she saw that her skirt was far more shredded now! More of her white bra was shown from the shreds in the top of her skirt, and the sides of the skirt itself was now revealing a lot of her leg, leading up to parts of some white fabric that anybody could assume its origin! Embarrassment flodded Weiss in full, making it far more difficult to concentrate on how to retaliate, as Yumi's boosted state came down at her again!

Weiss found herself unable to block many of Yumi's attacks, as the cold shinobi slashed at her from multiple angles, with Yumi's superior speed and dual weapons far too much for Weiss to match! While the attacks themselves didn't hurt too much, more of Weis's clothes were destroyed with each strike!

Face glowing in embarrassment, Weiss finally felt the last bit of her inner restraint finally come undone! With a burst of cold air, a giant armored figure emerged from behind her, which brought down a giant sword on top of a very stunned Yumi! The shinobi's body bounced across the ground, having been hit so hard she slipped out of her Ice Queen mode. On top of that, she'd also "slipped out" of the last of her robe, leaving her only in her underwear.

She sat up off the ground, rubbing her aching head. From the sidelines, there was silence as Weiss's summoned Grimm vanished from sight. Until, finally, a burst of applause and cheers came out!

"That was awesome!" Minori yelled.

"Damn! Yumi's finally lost it all," Murakumo said.

"Not just yet!" Katsu said. "We can still see if they can go til' there's no clothes left at all-agh!" She crumpled to the ground again as Blake retracted her fingers. "Must I continue to do that?" she asked.

"Now that I'm thinking about it," Hibari said, "what happened to Weiss?"

They got their response as they heard the Huntress in training in question yell out at the top of her voice! As the steam died down, they saw her crouched on the ground doing her best to shield herself, but any sense of mystery was lost as they could see plain as day that her skirt was totally gone, leaving her in her white, frilly underwear! "What in Dust's name is this horrible place!?" she yelled, more angry than embarrassed it would seem.

From the other side, Hyde and Yosuke both found it difficult to turn their eyes away as their faces were practically as red as Weiss's own! Makoto on the other hand was as shameless as ever, as she continued to take as many pictures as she could!

"Man," Yosuke said, "if Chie or Yukiko or even Rise knew I was watching this, they'd kill me for sure! Just be happy that Ted ain't here."

"S-so..." Hyde said. "I-I guess this is a draw, eh Narukami? ...Narukami?"

Both the In-Birth and Persona user looked where the Investigation Team's leader had been just a moment ago, only to find that he was gone. "W-where did he go?" Hyde asked.

"I can give you one guess," Makoto replied, prompting both boys to look down and see that Yu had jumped right over to Weiss's side, throwing his jacket over her shoulders to give her extra coverage.

"Huh," Hyde said. "You don't think he was waiting to do that all this time, do you?"

"Honestly, with Narukami, it wouldn't surprise me," Yosuke replied.

With Yu and Weiss, the heiress was embarrassed to be so close to Narukami in such a vulnerable state, only fueling her further embarrassment, but saw that he was polite enough to not look directly at her. "Are you alright?" he asked.

"Y-yes," Weiss replied, standing back up and holding Yu's jacket over her shoulders, attempting to regain some sense of control. "I... appreciate the help. Know that I was not anticipating this whatsoever."

"I understand," Yu said politely. He looked over her shoulder to see the rest of Team RWBY approaching.

"Gosh Weiss," Ruby said, "that was one intense fight! You're seriously brave!"

"Well no need to-" Weiss said, before she registered what she said. "Wait, huh?"

"Yeah!" Ruby said. "If I was in your shoes, I'd have died of embarrassment the moment my dress started ripping!"

"She's not buttering you up," Yang said. "Choosing to keep fighting in spite of that was pretty hardcore." Blake was naturally quiet, but gave an encouraging nod.

Weiss looked aside, an unreadable look on her face. "Thanks," she said.

Yumi approached next, still only in her underwear. Team RWBY at large all looked embarrassed, Yang and Blake both throwing their hands up to cover Yu's eyes as Ruby hid in her hood again! "You did very well," Yumi said, holding a hand out to Weiss. "I look forward to training with you again."

"Y-yes," Weiss said, holding the jacket with one hand as she shook Yumi's hand with her other. "But, preferrably in a place where our clothes can sustain."

"Fair enough," Yumi giggled.

"Wait! That's it!?" Katsu said. "You're not gonna keep fighting!?"

"What makes you think we will!?" Weiss asked.

"Seriously!" Ruby said, emerging from her hood. "They've got nothing left to lose!"

"Of course they do!" Katsu said.

"What a rip off!" Shiki spoke up as well.

At that moment, Yu pushed Blake and Yang's arms aside as a deadly look was in his eye. "Are we gonna have a problem?" he asked threateingly, as the shadow of Izanagi-no-Okami hovered over him.

"N-n-no sir!" Katsu and Shiki said, ducking down in fear.

"Good," Yu said, calm as a cucumber in the next instant. "I'm glad we're in agreeance. Now then, I take it Weiss has a spare outfit in her bag. Let's get her changed into it. I'll find a changing room."

Team RWBY and Yumi all looked at Yu leave with impressed expressions.

"Dang," Yang said. "And I thought we were protective of each other."

"He does have the power of bonds for a reason," Blake added.

"And that's why he's my favorite," Weiss said proudly, her confidence renewed as she moved to catch up with him.

From the sidelines, Makoto, Yosuke, and Hyde all saw that exchange and were equally as impressed. None of them had anything to come up with to reply to such as sight save for a natural "Wow."

A/N: It's been a while once again huh? For one thing I'd like to apologize once more for taking so long. At this point I think it's safe for me to put [Slow Updates] In the description of this story for the way in which life and my general train of thoughts get in the way. But I thank you all for your patience and understanding once again.

With that being said, this is a concept that was inspired by a recommendation by William DeGrave to see a Shinobi vs. Huntsmen battle! Now this is not exactly the same as his actual suggestion, but one can attribute it as a prologue of sorts to what he wanted to see! I was kind of struggling to find a concept to use for a while with a lack of motivation for a time, but this was the first one I felt click and run off with my own idea inspired by it, and I found a flash of inspiration hit me like a freight train as I continued to go with it! Now I can hopefully see another chapter less than a month away, so this one is kind of special for that reason, and you can rest assured the idea as Will left it will be done properly in the future!

In terms of what I actually included, I really enjoyed writing the fight between Yumi and Weiss, with poor Weiss's growing embarrassment in contrast to Yumi's iron will, and the different incorporations of their abilities. Not to mention we got more Hananaya, Hyde feeling self-conscious, and Yu being the ultimate chad. We even got a call-back to Ruby's hair problems, which I still enjoy way more than I should.

Review Time!

To Mystech Master: As always, your suggestions are great and give me a lot of material to use, which in my current state is very appreciated!

To fernandamichelleraya: Thanks for your continued support, and I will definitely get to that Adachi suggestion eventually, rest assured. (Also what you mentioned about Hazama adopting Ruby is nervewracking, as I need my baby protected at all costs!)

To William DeGrave: Once again, the idea you actually left is very great and I hope to write it in full in the future. I hope there's no trouble with the fact that I had a similar concept utilized for this chapter, but not the one you actually left. Thank you again for leaving a suggestion that inspired me back into the fray!

To archive4465: I hope that this chapter was also worth the wait that I left you with from last time as well, and hopefully I can update again sooner.

To Naoto Redgrave: While they might have been stuck for a while, hopefully they won't be stuck again unless other ideas come about.

To Kinaki747: As I've been thinking about it more as of recent, I think that the others discovering the connection between Naoto K. and Ragna would definitely be interesting and leaves room for experimentation. So you can look forward to that soon.

And on that same wavelength, To 5had0wHand: I like that take on the idea quite a bit and feel can lead to a lot of comedic possibilities, whilst still playing straight in some places! Thanks for your feedback! Also, I have been needing Maria to show up, so that should happen soon.

To Last Step: I definitely think that an idea regarding the P3 Protag would be interesting, I'd just have to find a good matchup. And yes, I feel exploring some more of the dark pasts regarding characters is a must have! Also so many people have connected Ozpin and Linne that I feel that must be one of the next stories I do, as another guest user recommended that too! (Also, I hope you're staying safe too!)

To the guest that left other name suggestions for Ragna and Mitsuru's pairing, those were all good, but I chose to go with Grim Executions. I hope that's not a problem, and I do appreciate the feedback! And in regards to incorporating the Phantom Thieves, that's a bit up in the air. Incorporating characters from P3 like Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Aigis is exempt since they are supporting characters in P4A, but we've not seen the P5 cast meet them outside of PQ. But if there are enough suggestions, I'd be happy to have them show up for a chapter. Also, I definitely standby Adachi and Hazama being made for each other! XD

And the guest user that recommended Terumi and the other bad guys, know that I have a follow-up villain focused chapter in mind! Rest easy!

And the last thing I'll mention for this chapter is I have planned on writing independent spin-offs dedicated to particular character match-ups like Night Rose and Royal Flush. Self-contained narratives that leave room for more focus on romance or character focused drama. If you guys would like to see that, just let me know!

As always, let me know any suggestions or recommendations you have, stay safe, wash your hands, don't hog all the toilet paper, and until next time, take care!