A/N: This is kind of a new ship idea, but here. It may be part one of a series if I feel like continuing it, or you guys do.
But anyway, Red Like Roses, unoriginal name, unconventional shippings, and mild profanity.
Chapter 1: The First Step
It was a bright sunny day on the day the teams were to be created. Every student was excited about it, even people that were antisocial like the faunus student Velvet Scarlatina. Because today was the day they received their teams for the next four years. Today was the day they were partnered up, and today was the day they proved their worth in battle. It was no exception for the younger students like Ruby Rose, either.
"-So, Yang?" She asked her older sister, opening her locker. Yang filled the clips on her gauntlets before looking up at her.
"Yeah, Ruby?" Yang said, standing up and testing out her gauntlets again. Ruby pulled out her scythe from the locker.
"You want to be on a team with me?" Ruby asked outright. Yang gave it her best not to facepalm at the question. She sighed instead.
"Ruby, shouldn't you try and be social, and open your circle of friends more than just me? I mean, it'd be cool if we were on a team, but you should meet other people." Yang said walking towards her little sister. Ruby groaned, dropping her shoulders.
"You sound just like Dad!" Ruby complained. Yang smiled warmly.
"What I'm trying to say, Ruby, is that you aren't exactly the social type. You need to talk to people some more." Yang explained, putting her hand on Ruby's shoulder.
"Well, today, I won't have to worry about that! Because today, I let this baby do the talking..." Ruby said, running a hand up her scythe. Yang chuckled and grinned again, playfully knocking her sisters shoulder.
"Alright, tough gal. We can talk about this later, but now we have to get to the cliffs." Yang walked towards the door, past Weiss, Pyrrha and Jaune who was stuck to a locker by Pyrrha's spear. Ruby dropped her shoulders once again, following after her sister.
"Now, I know all of you have heard talk of teams being formed, and I'm here to put an end to that rumour." Professor Ozpin began. "You will have teams, but you will not form them. Step onto a launch pad, and you will be shot off into the forest. Once there, the first person you make eye contact with is your partner. Then, you will head out into the forest and look for a temple. Then, you must collect a relic."Ozpin took a break to take a sip of his coffee.
"Any questions?" Ozpin asked, looking among the small group of students. Only Jaune raised his hand. "Good."
And with his comment, the first student was launched off at the opposite end.
"Uh, sir?" Jaune asked. Ozpin tiredly turned his attention to the blonde boy. Blake was launched.
"Yes?" Ozpin asked, taking another sip.
"How are we supposed to land?" Jaune asked, awkwardly laughing. Beside him, Ruby ws launched.
"With your landing strategy, of course." Ozpin said.
"Yeah, but which one? Did you hand out parachutes or something?" Jaune asked. Ozpin shook his head. Yang was launched
"No." And with Ozpin's final comment, Jaune was launched.
Ruby soared freely through the air, cheering as she did. Until she hit a crow.
"No, birdy!" She screamed as she wiped it off of her cloak. Fortunately, it regained its senses and began to fly again. Ruby, however, did not. She lost her balance and thought process and soar helplessly through the air, bound to knock into something.
She struggled to grab her scythe, reaching backwards helplessly. She grabbed at it continuously, barely skimming it. She dared a forwards and at the trees she would hit if she didn't do something quickly. She got closer and closer to an out sticking branch, but she finally grabbed the scythe, quickly turning it into the sniper form of it.
She blasted it downwards, propelling her into the air. She would've have given a sigh of relief if she weren't still in survival mode. She regained her form, firing round after round as she got lower and lower to the ground, her speed rapidly decreasing.
Not too far from her was somebody else, who had had a much smoother landing. He had used his two pistols, the Jade Dragons, which had blades on the front ends to slide down a tree. He had heard the gunshots coming from Ruby's weapon, and immediately thought that somebody required assistance. He hurried himself in the direction of the gunshots, worrying the Grimm might have been closer than he imagined.
He slid under a branch, and jumped over a fallen tree, until he reached a small clearing with one girl in it. He eyed the girl suspiciously. Her cloak, which was red and black, looked too much like the colours of Grimm to him. He raised the Jade Dragons and walked towards her suspiciously.
"Grimm or human?" He asked, resting his fingers on the triggers. Ruby turned quickly, raising her scythe.
"Human!" Ruby shouted, pointing it at him. He smiled, lowering his Jade Dragons.
"I guess that makes us partners." He walked towards her and offered her his hand. "I'm Lie. Lie Ren."
"Ruby Rose!" She shook his hand, a smile on her face. He smirked a little, taking his hand back, and walking forwards. She ran up alongside him, remaining quiet. She knew nothing about him, and he knew nothing about her. But he already liked her. With Nora chattering in his ear all the time, it was nice to have someone to talk to that wouldn't annoy him.
Don't get him wrong, he liked Nora and all, but she was sometimes crazy to know. But Ruby didn't like the silence too much. It usually meant that someone didn't like her, except for Weiss, who would always be loud about disliking her. Or at least as loud as someone like Weiss could be.
But Ruby still didn't like the silence at all. She felt like if they were to be partners for the next four years, she should at least get along with him.
"So, Lie- are you okay if I call you that?" She asked quickly.
"No. I prefer Ren." He said, turning his head to face her.
"Oh okay, Ren. Anyways, what school did you go to before this one?" Ruby asked.
"I went to Sanctum." He told her, resting a hand on one of the Jade Dragons for good measure.
"Oh. Cool!" She smiled and practically skipped along happily. Now, she was reminding him too much of Nora.
"Mhmm. What about you?" He asked. She stopped skipping, but kept the smile.
"I went to Signal. My uncle Qrow taught me there, and I was even better than my older sister, Yang!" She tried hard not to make it sound like she was bragging. He smirked.
"That's impressive, Ru." He said, not exactly realizing he just gave her a nickname.
"Ru?" She asked curiously, tilting her head.
"Did I say Ru? I'm sorry. I meant to say Ruby." He apologized. She giggled.
"It's fine! I like the sound of Ru!" She cheered. He smiled before they came to a clearing. This clearing had nothing in it, but a huge stone ruin. In the stone ruin was a collection of pillars, and on those pillars were a collection of statues shaped like chess pieces. On the opposite side of the clearing, two more figures emerged; Yang and Nora.
Ruby gasped when she saw her sister, and smiled. She waved her arms ferociously across the way, hoping to gain the attention of her older sibling.
"Yang! Yang!" She shouted. Ren winced at his new partner's screaming.
"Why the need to yell?" He asked, cupping his ears. She looked at him, and silenced herself.
"Oops. Sorry, heh." She giggled nervously. He shook his head and smiled again.
"Don't worry about it, Ru. It's just that my friend, Nora-"
"RUBY! RUBY!" From across the clearing, Yang waved her arms like Ruby did, and Nora bounced up and down beside her, trying to get Ren's attention. Ren waved, sighing. Ruby waved back. Suddenly, Ruby ran forward, and so did Nora and Yang.
Ren just sighed again.
"This is going to be difficult..."