Fates Will Be Crossed in Remnant!

Ruby Rose walked through the crowded courtyard of Beacon Academy, a distraught look on her face as she walked aimlessly through the sea of people, her brain fried from attending another one of Professor Oobleck’s lectures. Currently, Ruby and her team had a short break between their classes, meaning they were free to rest up before heading off to their next. The rest of her team had split up to do their own thing since they’d meet up again in just a few hours, leaving Ruby by herself, massaging her temples while letting out an exaggerated groan as she mindlessly walked through the crowd.

Ruby would eventually snap out of her adrift state after accidentally walking into someone. "Sorry about that!" She called out to them in her usual cheery tone, not bothering to get too good of a look at the person she had just bumped into besides seeing a tall silhouette in the corner of her eye.

"It's fine, just be careful where you’re walking, alright?" answered back the person that Ruby had walked into, their weirdly familiar deep voice catching the silver-eyed girl's attention. Ruby turned to face them, her eyes widening upon seeing the man in front of her. He almost looked unrecognizable wearing the Beacon Academy uniform, but Ruby was nonetheless able to recognize him. Spiky hair, heterochromatic eyes—one red, the other green—and on his left ear was a green studded earring. Outside the uniform he was wearing, he also wore a pair of black gloves on his hands, each glove having a red circle in the center of it.

"Ragna!" Ruby shouted in surprise upon seeing the wanted criminal in front of her. "W-what are you doing here?!" the huntresses asked. How was it even possible that he was here? For a second, Ruby thought she was in the Phantom Field again, but quickly shook off that thought; no, she was definitely in Remnant and not some false replica created by System XX. So, that means Ragna is in her world, but why?

"Oh, hey, it's you, kid." Ragna said with mild surprise in his voice, "So, I’m guessing this is your world then, right?"

Ruby pointed a finger directly into the white-haired man’s face, causing him to lean back with an annoyed look on his face. “Are you just going to ignore my question?” Ruby questioned. Rather annoyed by the girl's antics, Ragna’s lips parted to mouth but would soon be interrupted by Ruby speaking once more, “And also, why are you wearing one of Beacon Academy’s uniforms.” The girl began to further probe Ragna for information. “Aren’t you a bit too old to be going to this place?” Ruby asked, wondering why a man in his early to mid twenties needed to be attending a combat school with a bunch of teenagers.

The Grim Reaper clicked his teeth together in annoyance. "Oh this? You can ask the Wizard of Oz all about that." Ragna grumbled while kneading the lapel of his unbuttoned jacket with his thumb and index finger.

“Wizard of Oz?” Ruby raised an eyebrow as she inquired.

“Hair the same colour as mine, always holding a cane, breath smells of coffee grounds, any of that ring a bell?” Ragna retorted in annoyance, putting a gloved hand into the jacket pocket of his uniform.

“Oh, Oz! You mean Professor Ozpin!” the huntress exclaimed before becoming confused once more, “Wait, what does the Professor have to do with-”

Before Ruby could finish her sentence, a short girl with hair similar to Ragna’s suddenly showed up between the two, interrupting her. "Who’s this girl you’re talking to, Ragna?" her voice irritated as she glared at Ruby. The girl wore a red eyepatch over her right eye; it had a similar appearance to that of the circles on Ragna’s gloves. The visible eye was also a bright red colour. Her hair was spiky and tied into a long ponytail that reached down to her calves; a white and blue dagger was tied at the end of it. Her fingernails were painted blue. Ruby recognized the girl; she had also been at the Phantom Field, though the two had never properly met, Ruby having only seen her from a distance. She looked rather similar to Noel in terms of facial structure.

Ragna clicked his teeth in annoyance once more, “You’re not glued to me, you know? No need to follow me everywhere I go!” Snapped at the girl, having been surprised by her sudden appearance.

The girl’s voice and expression changed when she addressed Ragna, becoming more cheery, “But Nu wants to be by your side, Ragna!” Nu chirped, a slight blush appearing on her face. Ragna’s face contorted to a mixture of both disgust and annoyance as he took a step back from the white-haired girl, only for Nu to take step closer to Ragna.

Ruby awkwardly chuckled at the interaction before noticing that Nu was wearing a Beacon Academy uniform as well. It looked more natural on her than it did on Ragna, mostly because Nu appeared to be around the same average age as most students at Beacon. "You always gotta be so goddamn annoying." Ragna huffed.

"Well, I’d say she’s better than how she normally is." A voice spoke out from behind Ragna, causing the criminal to turn around and Ruby to peer over his shoulder to get a look at the newcomer. It wasn’t just one person but two, neither of whom Ruby recognized.