Hey guys, this is TyForestWrites, and welcome back to Team SHDW Volume 1 Rewritten! I know it hasn't been that long, but I make it a habit that whenever I enter a new volume of the RWBY canon, I make an intro to signify it. A habit that likely won't break until Team SHDW Volume 3, where the story divulges from the canon of the show. But I'm getting ahead of myself here.

RWBY Volume 2 is certainly going to be an interesting animal to tackle. This section of this book is where a lot of character growths will happen more than cool fight scenes (though there will still be plenty of those), so there's that to look forward to. Some characters and concepts will be introduced sooner than I originally thought they would, but hey, I don't think I'll be hearing any complaining.

But without further ado, enjoy!
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One semester of Beacon has gone and went, as well as the break that followed. Everyone had left the school for winter break, and all came back two weeks later, ready to start the new year and semester (or not, who knows?). Hazel Tikal and Walker Elliot were sitting on a bench near the landing area for the airships. The two had arrived at roughly the same time, and were now waiting for their last two teammates to arrive.

Hazel had spent her two weeks back in Mistral with her mother, where there was a touching reunion and she could tell her mom all about her exploits as a Huntress in training. Unlike certain other parents, Kendra was extremely proud of her daughter for helping take on Roman Torchwick and his forces. She had never seemed to mind in the rare times Hazel got in trouble, simply because she trusted her daughter to keep a clear head, or be completely justified in her offense. Hazel nearly cried when she got home, learning that her mom finally had a stable income and was renting an apartment. Hazel knew that it was probably only because her mom only had herself to feed with her daughter being at Beacon, but she didn't exactly care, only for the newfound stability in her life.

For Walker... his was a different story. Yes, he had gone back home just like his teammates, a two story house near the coast next to the island of Patch, but his two weeks were much less warm than his teammates. His parents were treating his arrival as if he had been gone to the store for fifteen minutes rather than gone to a Hunter Academy for almost five months. At least his twin sister, Samantha, seemed to be overjoyed at his arrival, though it was hard to tell, her being mentally handicapped and all. It was because of this that Walker at least understood why his parents were neglectful towards him in favor of Sam, but that didn't mean he had to like it.

"Hey guys!!"

Hazel and Walker looked up to see an airship docked and a crowd of people dispersing from it. And speeding towards them were Walker's partner, Dante Williams, and Hazel's partner and Team SHDW's leader, Skyler Yin. The two on the bench quickly got up to meet their teammates halfway with wide smiles. As much as Hazel had enjoyed being with her mom again, not having her team around just felt wrong to her. Walker, on the other hand, was almost overjoyed to see them all again, as his team was the closest thing he had to a real family aside from maybe his sister.

"Yo!" Dante grinned as he gave Walker a fist bump. "It has been far too long, my friend!"

"I couldn't agree more," Walker smiled back.

"Just didn't feel right not having everyone around," Skyler said, giving Hazel a high five.

"Ugh, I know!" the Huntress in training groaned in agreement. "As much as I loved seeing Mom again, it was, dare I say, boring without you guys around!"

"Even more boring for us, though," Dante interjected. "As soon as my parents caught wind of our escapades at the docks, we were pretty much grounded the entirety of break! What a thanks for saving the day, am I right?"

"It was the same for Yang and Ruby," Skyler added. "So at the very least, we were all able to share in the misery."

"Speaking of whom," Walker said, looking behind them, "I assume they came on the same ship as you? We saw Weiss and Blake around earlier, but not the others."

"Yeah, they were right behind us," Dante looked back and quickly spotted Ruby Rose's excited form giving quick hugs to Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna as Yang Xiao Long watched in amusement. "No offense to this obviously awesome team, but me, Skyler, Yang, and Ruby? We're, like, the team. We're sticking together to the end."

"None taken whatsoever," Hazel replied. "That's to be expected."

"And not to break up this touching reunion," Walker said, "But I've barely eaten, and it's one in the afternoon. I'm ready for lunch."

"Same here," Skyler responded, beginning to walk ahead. "Let's get our first meal as a team since last semester!"

The rest of them gave approval to their leader as they quickly followed. But then, Dante pulled Hazel back, falling behind their teammates.

"What is it?" Hazel asked.

"Just got to let you know," Dante informed. "New developments on the Skyler and Yang front."

Hazel's eyes bugged, "Oh, I've got to hear this! Those two are my soap opera."

"Well, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is, they've finally accepted the fact that the other has a crush on them."

Hazel blinked, "Okay, that sounds really freaking definitive, so what's the bad news?"

Dante gave a hiss as he made a weird expression, "The bad news is that because they came to these conclusions of their own accord, and not via confessions, both are now hellbent on getting the other to confess first. They've been at it since a few days after last semester ended."

Hazel felt as though her soul had been dropped into the pavement, "...You're kidding."

"Oh, how I wish I was."

"They were doing so well!! How could you let this happen?!"

"Me?! What do you think I've been trying to do?! I tried to stop this from happening, but they're too freaking competitive! There just comes a point in time where you lose control of a situation and have no hope of ever getting it back."

Hazel gave a heavy sigh as they approached the doors to the school, "Love truly is war, after all..."

"I could not have said it better myself."
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Auriel Hawk had never really considered herself a leader in any sense of the word before attending Beacon. Despite her extroverted personality, she didn't think she could connect with people on that kind of level. Maybe it was the teammates she was given for Team ATUM, but she surprised herself on how quickly she took up the mantle of leadership with ease. Meta Simuna was the easiest to lead, as he definitely seemed as though he was used to obeying orders without question. Uriel Seraph was a lot more skeptical, but he at least seemed to go with the flow with her. And if Tatiana Epona had any complaints, she was too socially inept to voice them.

That being said, while she couldn't exactly say she was friends with Team SHDW, the two teams were certainly on good terms, despite Auriel's clear disagreement with the whole 'getting involved at the docks' situation. She definitely liked Dante the best out of them all, as they had strikingly similar personalities, aside from Auriel's money-grubbing. So when she saw SHDW enter the cafeteria and get their lunch, she waved excitedly at them while she sat with her own team.

"Hey guys!" she exclaimed. "Good to see you again!"

"Is it really?" Skyler replied with a small smile and a raised eyebrow.

Auriel shrugged, "Look, we may have displayed a bit of hostility for getting dragged to the docks in the middle of the night-"

"You displayed hostility," Uriel was quick to correct with a sigh.

"Which isn't the point," ATUM's leader glared at her teammate before addressing SHDW again, "But the past is the past. No sense holding grudges over it."

"Hey, we got our due punishment for that," Dante pointed out. "So I guess it all evens out anyway."

It was at that moment, as SHDW took their seats next on the table next to them (so that the two teams were on the same row) was when Team RWBY entered their cafeteria and got their lunch trays, soon followed by Team JNPR. They made their way over to the table where SHDW was sitting, and as they approached, Skyler and Yang locked gazes with narrowed eyes. There was no hostility between them, but there was... something Auriel could not identify.

Meanwhile, Skyler and Yang's thoughts were moving a million miles per hour, analyzing the situation and thinking how to gain an advantage. RWBY sat down at the same table as SHDW across from them, and Skyler and Yang's eyes never left each other. Dante, Ruby, and Hazel could only look at them with exasperated expressions, already tired of all of it.

Skyler was currently concocting plans by thinking back to what he had seen earlier on in the day when walking through Beacon's halls, thinking about where and when to get his victorious moment of Yang confessing to him. Yang, on the other hand, had a different mindset. While Skyler was great at general, long term strategies, Yang was a perfect 'in the moment' strategist, great at thinking on her feet. She was analyzing their surroundings and thinking of ways to lure her crush into a self-made trap. Perhaps those early-Valentines cookies at the end of the lunch line could be used for something?

But before either of them could enact a plan, they were met by the chaotic, unpredictable interference in their lives, also known as Ruby Rose. The younger girl had thankfully thought ahead by grabbing her newly made binder that was filled to the brim with new ideas for the new semester. She interrupted the two's thought process by slamming down said binder at the head of the table and clearing her throat.

"Sisters!" she said, addressing everyone. "Friends! Weiss."

"Hey!" the white haired girl exclaimed.

"Four score and seven minutes ago," Ruby continued, "I had a dream!"

"This oughta be good," Dante grinned before a grape flew at his face via Nora Valkyrie, who had sat down next to ATUM along with the rest of Team JNPR, and he promptly caught the small fruit in his mouth.

"A dream that one day," Ruby said dramatically, "All of us will come together as friends and have the most fun anyone has ever had... ever!"

Weiss then eyed the folder suspiciously, "Did you steal my binder?"

Ruby made peace signs with both of her hands, "I am not a crook."

"What are you talking about?" Blake asked, her attention previously being on her now closed notebook.

"I'm talking about kicking off the semester with a bang!" Ruby smiled.

Yang's mouth suddenly shot up into a large grin, "I always kick my semesters off-"

"Don't you dare-" Skyler warned, him and Dante looking fearful.

"With a Yang!" the blonde finished, earning groans from a all around the table. "Eh? Guys? Am I right?"

She was suddenly hit in the forehead by an apple, followed by Nora shouting, "Boo!!"

"Godsdammit, Yang..." Skyler muttered, his face in his hands.

"Look guys, it was a good first semester, and between more exchange students arriving and the tournament in the summer, our second semester is going to be great!" Ruby explained. "But classes start back up tomorrow... Which is why I've taken the time to schedule a series of wonderful events for us today!"

"I don't know whether to be proud or scared of what you have in store," Weiss stated.

"I think it's good to have a healthy combination of both," Dante replied with nods of agreement from Walker and Hazel.

Meanwhile, Yang, now mad that Nora dared to challenge her, threw her own apple, but missed and nailed Auriel on the side of the head, "Hey, watch it!"

"I don't know," Blake muttered nervously. "I think I might sit this one out."

Skyler took notice of the nervousness and eyed the notebook in Blake's hands. While observing everything earlier, he had noticed Blake looking through the book and looking at some old drawings. He noticed a few White Fang stuff in it, but nothing too remarkable... until he saw the outline of a familiar looking sword. She had closed the book before he could think about it further, but he noticed she did not look pleased when gazing at the page.

"Sit out or not," Weiss interjected, "I think that however we spend this last day, we should do it as a team."

Suddenly, Auriel had a pie in her hands, ready to enact her vengeance, "I got her!"

Weiss stood up, not noticing ATUM's leader, "I, for one, think that-"

She was interrupted by the pie missing Yang entirely and slamming into Weiss' face. The pie slowly slid down, the whipped cream that was on it remaining on her face. The heiress' eye twitched as they all slowly looked at Auriel, who had momentarily frozen up at her mistake before swiftly pointing at Uriel, who could only face-palm. All of a sudden, there was a snort as Hazel absolutely lost it.

"L-Look at this!!" Hazel laughed loudly. "Her face now matches the rest of her!!"
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Skyler wasn't sure just how things escalated so quickly, but then again, he didn't necessarily have time to ponder it. All he remembered after the pie slid off of Weiss' face was Hazel laughing, students running, students screaming, and Jaune Arc being hurled into a window. And now, his team, RWBY, ATUM, and JNPR were the only ones left in the cafeteria in a team v team v team v team free-for-all. The tables were now even arranged into a stack, with JNPR on multiple levels, with Nora at the top.

"I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE!!!" Nora bellowed. "I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE!!!"

Ruby slammed her foot down, clutching a milk carton in one hand, "Justice will be swift!! Justice will be painful!!"

She squeezed the milk out before yelling, "It will be DELICIOUS!!!"

Her team cheered behind her as the battle commenced.

One day, I set my eyes up to the sky
And like a plane, my dreams were passing by
And I awoke to tears that had filled my eyes
I need to spread my wings out and fly

As RWBY battled it out with JNPR, ATUM rushed towards SHDW, an assortment of various foods in all of their hands. Skyler ran towards Uriel first, snatching a baguette from the nearby food counter to collide at Uriel's own. Dante managed to grab two leaks and proceeded to swing to counter Auriel's celery. Hazel grabbed her own baguette and fought with Tatiana, who already looked terrified while clutching her own two leaks. Meta provided backup for his team by shaking up a few soda cans and using them as makeshift grenades, while Walker did his best to bat away the cans with some celery.

I lie awake at night with these memories
Of feeling powerless and they're haunting me
I'm always reaching out for this destiny
To make it happen, that's all on me

Eventually, their fight wound up getting intermingled with RWBY and JNPR's fight, and it became utter chaos. Skyler and Uriel's baguette brawl soon came into contact with Pyrrha Nikos and Ruby, causing SHDW's leader to think quickly before breaking his bread in half to block both Pyrrha and Uriel at once. He began to dual wield the bread, managing to keep his opponents away at a safe distance, though Ruby occasionally zoomed past his defense to try, and fail, to smash some mustard packets in his face.

Cruel fate sets in motion
And no one else knows why
Waiting for the day to come, when will it show up
Claiming what's before my eyes?

Meanwhile, Weiss had somehow found a swordfish and proceeded to charge at Hazel, who found herself now fighting on two fronts with her rival and Tatiana, but her struggle was alleviated by the intervention of Lie Ren, who jumped into the fray with his twin leaks. The Schnee heiress was knocked out of the fight when the boy slammed both of his hands into her chest, like how he took care of a King Taijitu Grimm back in the Emerald Forest, sending her careening into the pillar near the entrance.

With every issue
I gotta breathe through
Or the moment might just pass

Dante and Auriel's fight crashed into Yang and Nora's, the boy making a squeak as he was barely able to duck under one of Yang's turkey punches. Nora, who had somehow found a bar and an entire watermelon to attach to it, took a swing at ATUM's leader, who only managed to block it because of her Semblance. The four Hunter fight then became a three Hunter fight, when Nora landed a soaring hit on Yang, smashing the blonde through the roof.

They all told me I can't
They were laughing
Well, look who's laughing now!

Walker made his way over to Blake and Jaune, the latter of which dodging as much as he could in the environment he was placed in, while Meta's makeshift grenades crashed around him. Walker tried hitting the Faunus with his celery while dodging her sausage chain, but her Semblance allowed her to avoid each strike. Blake's luck soon ran out though, since Walker managed to weaken her defenses before blasting her with a gust of wind, sending her flying to the opposite side of the cafeteria and out of the fight.

Now I can feel the fire burning deep within me
I'll be the hero and no one can stop me
Loudly I will scream it from the top of my lungs!!

Ruby, now being the last one on her team standing, glared at her opponents with a determined gaze before crouching. Her form began to vibrate, almost like the starting up of an engine.

Seeing this, Skyler momentarily panicked, "Everyone get down!!"

But his warning came too late. Ruby used her Semblance to blast forward, zooming past everyone. A sideways tornado of debris soon followed her, and the air currents quickly scooped up the Hunters in training as well. She skidded to a halt at the end of the cafeteria, the force from her stop cratering the wall, and the people caught up in the whirlwind slammed into it.

You've got those tired eyes from crying every moment
You cannot hide it, someone's gonna notice
I'll be your hero, no one's gonna hurt you again!

They could only look on in horror as Ruby jumped up and out of the way. Food, silverware, plates, and even parts of tables and chairs crashed into them, painting them and the wall behind them. And all was said and done once Ruby landed back into the ground dramatically, her cape flapping a little from the remaining wind.

Gonna raise my hand with a peace sign!
Our story will last forever!!

The three teams, now completely covered in edible debris, slowly slid down the ruined wall and collapsed onto the floor. But before another word could be said by anyone, the admittedly joyful atmosphere was cut in half by the cafeteria doors slamming open, and in stepped Professor Glynda Goodwitch. She growled as she marched into the midst of what used to be chaos incarnate and flicked her wand a few times. Tables, chairs, and rubble all began to levitate and swiftly go back to where they belonged, fixing the lunchroom as if nothing had happened.

"Children, please," Glynda pushed up her glasses, "Do not play with your food!"

The tension was broken by two things: Nora letting out a large belch and Yang crashing back down from the ceiling where the aforementioned girl had launched her and smashing into a table. At that, everyone couldn't help it and just started cracking up as Yang got to her feet and gave a grin and a thumbs up. Glynda growled again, but felt a hand on her shoulder, and she turned to see Headmaster Ozpin giving the group an amused look.

"Let it go," he stated, giving her a small smile.

The female professor gave a heavy sigh, "They're supposed to be the defenders of the world..."

"And they will be," Ozpin replied, "But for now, they're just children. So why not let them play the part? After all..."

He turned and began to walk out before frowning ominously, "It isn't a role they'll have forever."
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OH MY GOSH, I'M FINALLY DONE.

You know, going through the older volumes of the show is so weird now. Because you hear all of these ominous messages from people like Ozpin, and then you remember what the canon does later on and you just say to yourself, "Really? THIS is what they were building up to?" Like, sometimes it's not all bad (hints at Salem are particularly clever), but then you remember the background of these hinted at concepts, and you can't help but facepalm.

And yes, I am basically basing Skyler and Yang's situation off of the "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War" series. Because I can. And because I need to spice up Yang and Skyler's relationship. But I digress. Thus ends the first chapter of the RWBY Volume 2 section of Team SHDW Volume 1! Sorry it took so long to come out... The song used was NateWantsToBattle's cover of Peace Sign, the second OP of My Hero Academia. Hope you all enjoyed, and there's so much more to come! Till next time guys!