Ruby and Yang are facing off against Emerald and Mercury. The sisters switch positions and leap forward to take on their opponents. Yang knocks into Emerald while Ruby takes on Mercury. He uses Talaria to kick Crescent Rose out of her hands, "Uh oh, what're you gonna do now?" Mercury tries to throw a left cross, but Ruby ducks and headbutts him upwards. Mercury steps a few feet backward and holds his nose in pain, before growling at Ruby.

Ruby picks up Crescent Rose, "Whatever it takes to shut you up."

Meanwhile, Nora is holding Magnhild up defensively protecting Jaune, who is still healing Weiss, "You guys doing okay?"
"I- I think so. She's coming to. I just wish this would go faster."
"How about you don't complain and just be thankful you unlocked your Semblance when you did."
"My Semblance?"
"How else do you think you're healing her, dummy?"

Jaune stares back at her in disbelief before looking back down at Weiss, "No. I don't think I'm healing her. Our Aura heals our bodies. It feels... it feels more like I'm using my Aura to amplify hers!"
"Wait, aren't you worried about running out?"
"Pyrrha once told me I've got a lot of it. I still believe her."

Suddenly, Weiss opens up her eyes, stirring, "Jaune?" Nora smiles before standing guard again. Meanwhile, Ren taking on Hazel, who punches the former back into the wall. Hazel then launches an electrical charge from his lightning-Dust enhanced arm, electrocuting Ren, causing him to scream in pain before falling to the ground, "REN!"
"Go! I've got her!"

Nora nods at him before proceeding forward, "Jaune... what's happening?"
"You took a heavy hit; you need to stay with me while the others fight."
"That's... annoying."
"Heh, good to have you back, Weiss."

Meanwhile, Lionheart is throwing projectiles at your direction which you try to block; you hear a grunt coming from Qrow, as you look up you see Qrow is getting knocked back into the wall, before he fits the ground you catch him to break his fall, both of you tumble over next to the downed Ren, who struggles to get back up as well. Oscar rushes to them only to be confronted by Hazel. Hazel charges forward and punches Oscar several feet back, "Hiding behind the face of a child? A monster like you must be stopped!"

Nora charges at Hazel with a loud battle cry. She leaps into the air, but Hazel catches Magnhild and slams Nora into the ground. Hazel then grabs Nora's head, electrocuting her with his lightning Dust-enhanced arms. She screams out in pain, "How many more children must die for you?!"

Suddenly, Nora grabs Hazel's wrist, "Huh?"

Nora, inadvertently enhanced by Hazel's electricity thanks to her Semblance, stands back up and flips him over her shoulder. He rolls back several feet away. Nora then holds Magnhild up defensively, before Ozpin gets her attention, "Nora! His semblance can block out pain. It's how he can handle injecting so much Dust into his body." You shout from afar.

Nora stares back at Hazel, who stands back up.

"I don't need him to hurt..."
Hazel screams and charges forward again.
"I just need him to GO DOWN!!" As Hazel nears her, Nora preps to swing Magnhild. She then swings her hammer right into Hazel's chest, her counterattack launching him through the wall and outside onto Haven Academy's quad. Adam and White Fang soldiers look on, "What's going on in there?"

"None of your concern..."

Adam and his followers stare in amazement as they watch Hazel get back up. He then takes out a pair of red Dust crystals and stabs them into his arms. He lets out another roar as Ruby watches from inside the building. She then looks back to her friends and allies, all of them looking tired and worn out from the battle they've endured. Qrow began to try to get up however, he stumbles over, you try to help him up, "Where's Leo?"
"Don't worry about him. Stay on the side I'll cover you."
"Aren't I suppose to do that?" Qrow says as you smile at him before a projectile hits your back, "Saint/(Y/n)!" Ozpin and Qrow yell as you get up from your fall, "I'm fine." Qrow takes hold of you, seeing if you sustain a fatal wound, you turn to Lionheart, who was about to fire another one at you however realizes his position, as Ajin formed behind you bigger than when you first summoned him. Ajin rushed to Lionheart, grabbing him by his shirt, Lionheart was in a state of fear, a voice whispered to him from Ajin, it was a deep calm voice of a male, yet it sounded nonhuman, "Treason against the Queen is unforgiving."  Lionheart stared at the summon then where you were crouching, "The Q-queen?"

Outside, Adam shouts at his fellow members of the white fang, "Stay focused! Our friends are almost done here."

Adam and his followers get back to work, but then they hear a voice call out to him, "ADAM!!" They all look up and see Blake Belladonna standing proudly on top of the roof of a nearby building, "Blake?"

"Who is that?"
"Stand down!"

The White Fang soldiers aim their firearms at her, "Wait!" Adam puts his hands up as the White Fang soldiers stand down, before laughing evilly, "To think that I went through so much trouble to find you, only to have you deliver yourself to me."

"This isn't what's right for the Faunus! Stop what you're doing, and we can end this peacefully."
"You're wrong, Blake, and you can't stop us."
"No, I can't. Not by myself."

"That's why she didn't come alone!" Adam and his followers turn to the left in surprise, seeing Sun standing in front of a massive legion of Faunus all armed with blunt weaponry, their shields bearing the old White Fang symbol, "What?!"

"Who's there?" They then turn to the right, and see Ghira leading another massive legion of Faunus, "Your brothers and sisters."

Adam and his followers look all around them, assessing the situation, "Make no mistake, brothers! These are our enemies! And we will not let them ruin-"

Suddenly, Adam is interrupted when a Mistral airship shines its searchlight down on Adam and his group. The Mistral police captain is seen on the plane with Kali Belladonna.

Mistral Police Captain over P.A., "Adam Taurus, this is the Mistral Police Force! Lower your weapons and surrender peacefully."

More Mistral airships arrive. Back inside, Ruby knocks Emerald back a few feet. Emerald then hears the sounds of the Mistral airships as their searchlights shine through the windows. Everyone stops what they are doing. Weiss leans up as Jaune continues healing her, "What's happening?"
"I'm not sure. How are you feeling?"

Weiss sits back up, "Better." Weiss activates a summoning Glyph in her hand, "Much better. Keep it up."

Back outside, Blake lands to the ground from the roof, "How?! How did you do this?!!"
"Adam, it's over."

Adam looks around as the crowds of Menagerie Faunus get closer to him and his group. He then pulls out a detonator, "Then it's over for all of us."
"Hey, wait!"

Adam's followers hold up their arms as they brace for the impending explosion. Adam presses the button, but nothing happens, "Huh?"

He presses the detonator button a few more times, nothing happens, "What are you doing? Trying to get us all killed?!"

Suddenly, Adam grabs his collar, "I am making humanity pay for WHAT THEY'VE DONE!!" Adam let's go and pushes the White Fang soldier back when Blake speaks, "We sent someone over to confirm your explosives, and once we did, she disarmed them."

Ilia walks out from around the tower, dropping her black camouflage as she holds the wires in her hand that disabled the bombs. Adam seethes, realizing that the situation is no longer in his favor.

Adam turns to Hazel, "What do we do?!" Hazel cracks his knuckles, "This... is your business. Not mine. Fix it."

Adam glares back at him before turning to Blake, "I told you, Adam. It's over..."

Adam, not having any of it, yells out in frustration and charges forward toward Blake. He takes out Wilt from Blush to slash at her, but Blake uses her Semblance to get out of the way, and she knocks him down by balling her fists together and hitting his back. Adam falls to the ground on his knees, before yelling out to his followers, "KILL THEM!!!"

And thus, the battle between both Faunus groups begin. The White Fang soldiers draw their weapons and attempt to fire at the Mistral airships. Sun leaps around twirling Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang in its staff form, while Ilia fights with Lightning Lash. Hazel observes the situation in front of him but is then suddenly impaled by a white, glowing stinger. He is then pulled back inside the building and sits up to see that Weiss is back on her feet with a summoned Queen Lancer flying above her. As she prepares to fight again, she gasps as she notices someone entering the building. Yang and Ruby look back as well and gasp when they see Blake, her eyes widening as she sees all of her teammates in the same place, "Yang?"

Yang stares back at her in disbelief, before her sister snaps her out of her trance, "Yang! Go!" Ruby points in the direction of the vault entrance. Yang runs forward. Emerald and Mercury try to stop her, "No!"

Emerald tries to stop Yang, but fails to and falls to the ground. Mercury grabs her prosthetic arm. Yang's eyes briefly turn red before turning back to normal. She detaches her arm and continues forward, causing Mercury to lose his balance for a bit. She jumps down the hole leading to the vault. Emerald and Mercury attempt to give chase, but they are stopped by an ice wall that suddenly appears in front of them. They turn around and see Weiss with her Queen Lancer summon as she prepares to fight both of them. Jaune watches from his position and smiles. Ruby then turns back around to look at Blake, and both nod at each other as the cat Faunus goes back outside to join the battle.

After the fight between the maidens came to an end, Raven sadly looks over to the now-deceased Vernal, whose eyes remain open on her lifeless body. Raven walks over to Vernal's corpse and gently closes her eyes. Raven then proceeds to the Relic chamber's doorway. She activates her Maiden powers again and begins the process to unlock the room. Eventually, the door opens up, and on the other side, a massive desert with a path leading to the Relic of Knowledge, which rests on a stone pedestal. Just as she's about to enter the chamber, Raven hears the sound of Ember Celica and turns around to glare at her daughter, landing behind her. "To think that (Y/n) would be the one to face me after this, but it's you." Yang did a three-point landing pose and stood back up to face her mother.

End of Vol. 5 chapter 13