Ruby pumps a fist into the air at finishing her solo combat final mission. It was supposed to be an easy find and clear in an area near a town about an hour outside the walls of Vale proper. She smirks at the word "easy". Two Beowolf dens and a small herd of Ursa, easy no…. But a hell of a lot of fun. The Bullhead pilot, Tim, had tried to get her to extract when it looked like it was too much and she was about to be over run. "Curses no", had been Rubys reply. Instead she finished in record time with a record number of kills and the recordings of the battle had already been sent out to Beacon for her instructors' review. Now she too was headed back home, almost a week earlier than planned. Ruby had had plenty of time to do a little shopping in the town where she had stayed. Little gifts for Yang and Blake, and a small black box for Weiss.
Ruby flipped the small black box from hand to hand. This box held Rubys' hope for the future. A small ring for the small hand of Weiss Schnee. While their relationship had a bit of an explosive start it had grown so much in the year and a half they had been "officially" dating. Weiss' cold heart had thawd and grown into something that Ruby could see a future in. One where should dream of a life of love, laughter, and family. Ruby held no illusions that Weiss and her were to young to marry. Yes, too young for marriage, but not a promise. A gold band, a small diamond, surrounded by four small gems with her name.
All the extra missions had made Wiess angry. Ruby believed wises thought her grades were substandard and lectured her to no end. She had grown aloof in the last few months, spending more time with her teammates than her girlfriend. They were not physically close any longer either. Wiess was closer to who she was when they had met these last few weeks. Yang and Blake both had been distant as of late. Ruby had assigned blame to stress of finals and these solo missions. Professor Goodwitch had said how important these exams were heading into their last year at Beacon. Ruby had spent a lot of time studying by herself as her team was nowhere to be found. It had been incredibly stressful. She had gone into her finals 7th in grades and first in combat, having overtaken Pyrrha in the middle of the year. She wanted to show Wiess how well she could do when she was left to her own devices. She had withheld her grades from the others on purpose, wanting to surprise her team and friends with how well she had done. It had defiantly taken its toll. Rubies temper had been short, well short for her. She hadn't smiled as much, laughed as much, and her energy levels had been low due to the extra workload she had taken on. Still, her team had excelled, she just hoped the box would make it up to Weiss. Hoped that she would understand that all the extra work was for them. Hoped that it would all make one perfect moment last forever.
Ruby was awakened by the jostling of the Bullhead. It was well before dawn as the walls and towers of Beacon came into view. The sight never failed to take her breath away. Even in the dark it had a beauty that called to her soul. She was home. It was where her heart was, and she would move heaven and hell to make it stay that way. A sharp jolt notified Ruby that they had landed. She straps Crescent Rose to her back, grabbed her bag, and headed to the locker room. Her darling Crescent Rose would be first on her to do list. She needed a through cleaning and a good sharpening. Her baby had done well on this mission. You must take care of the ones that take care of you. Weiss gets so jealous when Ruby get like this. "Soooo Cute", thinks Ruby.
Work complete, Ruby decides it's time to scrub the crap off herself. She was sure her cloths would crawl to the washer by themselves soon. Her poor cloak was stained so much it looked like camo. "I really need to remember to change more on these missions." whispers Ruby to herself. There was always so much to do though. Kill zones to setup, traps to lay, dust rounds to load, and explosives for the dens to name a few. Well several dens she had found out. Oh well, she won, they died, Go Team RWBY! With all this on her mind Ruby didn't notice how brown the water that was falling from her body had become. There would be new scars. They came with the job. She just hoped that Yang didn't see them anytime soon. She loved her sister very much, but sometimes, she was just too much. It had gotten better when Yang had started dating Blake. Now Yang had to split her time on who she was chasing around.
Finally, Rubies cloak was clean and dry. One last task before she could head back to her room to surprise her team. The "Official Report". How she dreaded it. The only positive here was that Weiss wasn't here to knit pick her about it. "So, to the cafeteria I shall go!" There was nothing like a mountain of cookies and a hot chocolate to make report writing worth it. Well, that and she would fail if she didn't write it. Ruby was happy though. As of now, nobody has killed the number of Grimm she had in such a short period of time. Ruby hoper her Mom was watching and was proud of her.
As the plate of cookies dwindles down, the dregs of which were swallowed with her cold chocolate, marked the end of her report. Once sent to Ozpin, she would be able to return to her dorm and curl up with Weiss. That alone made this whole ordeal worth it.
Rubies feet drug on the carpet as she approached her room. She noticed the smell of scented candles and a white ribbon on the handle to the door to her room. It was their sign. Did Weiss find out she would be back today? "That wonderful woman.", stated Ruby. Ruby slowly opened the door and was hit with the potent smell of alcohol and soon after the smell of sweat and sex. As the door opened all the way Ruby was greeted by a pile of flesh and limbs in the middle of the floor. All the beds blankets, including hers, was tangled in the pile along with the bodies. Beer and wine bottles rolled by her feet as she stepped fully into the room. There was Blake and Yang, entwined and then she saw it, Weiss, nude, wrapped up with the other two.
"What the hell?"
The three on the floor are startled awake, eyes wide, as they stare at their leader. They each grab some cloths to put on as Ruby paces the room. Yang was the first to approach her.
"Ruby, it's not what it looks like!"
"Not what it looks like? It looks like my sister, her girlfriend, and my girlfriend got drunk and slept with each other. So tell me Yang, how is that not what it looks like?"
"Ok, it is what it looks like. It was just a onetime thing. We were drinking and one thing led to another…"
"A onetime thing Yang? You are my sister! You know how much Weiss means to me, but you went and did this anyway! And you, I thought you loved me?"
Weiss slowly looks up at Ruby. "You have been gone so much the last few months. I… I thought you didn't love me anymore. Even when you were here you spent all of your time training and studying alone. I was lonely and Yang and Blake were comforting me.."
"ENOUGH! I don't want to hear anymore!" Ruby grabs cloths from her dresser and pulls her school uniform from the closet.
"Where are you going Ruby?"
"Anywhere but here." Ruby opens the door and storms out into the hallway knocking a startled Juane out of the way and disappears in a cloud of rose petals.
Juane picks himself up off the floor and addresses Yang.
"We heard the yelling. Is everything ok?"
Yang runs a hand through her hair. "No, I don't believe it is. I should try to find her."
"I don't know Yang. I have never seen Ruby mad before. leaningever in my wildest dreams could I imagine her yelling at her team like that. What happened?"
"She found out about the three of us."
"We were wondering how long it would take. We had our suspicions that something was going on. I didn't want to believe it was true Yang, but I guess I was wrong about you three. With Ruby, my suggestion is to leave her alone for a while. Let her calm down, then, tell her the truth. Best to get it out now."
WBY went about cleaning up the mess that was their room. All were quiet as they went about putting the room back in order and showering. Not a word was said as they finished and sat on their beds waiting for their leader to return. It was then that Blake noticed a little Black box under Ruby's' dresser. She walks over, picks it up, and opens it.
"Oh no…."
AN. Ok folks. Sorry for the delay in the rewrite. I would like to thank all my reviewers for the advice and suggestions. Please continue with the reviews and suggestions.
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