Chapter Juan
Disclaimer: RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth. I do not any part of RWBY. Please do not sue me. The brothers Grim (Grimm?) were real people, and I don't own any part of them either. Please do not haunt me.
A/N My first fic. This story takes place during volume four of RWBY, just after Qrow was injured (~episode eight). Probably not very good, so if you have any ideas feel free to leave a comment or P.M. me. WARNING: OOCness, the bad kind of crack and OCs
Our heroes, team RNJR and a deabilitated Qrow are walking along the path they have been walking on for the past three months. There are trees all around them and blue sky above them. It is an absolutelly gorgeous day, which none of them are properly appreciating. Ruby and Ren are carrying Qrow on a stretcher, Jaune is looking at the map, and Nora is being. . .Uh, Nora.
"Hey guys, look what I can do!"Jaune looks up at Nora. She lifts her arms above her head and prepares for her fight against gravity.
"What are you doing, Nora?"
"You'll see."
She stays in that pose for a few more seconds. Then in an instant, Nora starts to cartwheel down the path at supersonic speeds, and Qrow feels a wave of pain wash over him. I have no idea what could have caused it, though.
"Ah! Pain! Stop! Rest! Alcohol!" Qrow grunts out inbetween labored breaths. Ruby looks down at her uncle and sighs. "Okay, we can rest. But only for a little bit, we need to reach . . . uh, Jaune?"
"Schintar's Rock." Jaune says, looking back down at the upside-down map.
". . .Schintar's Rock before we make camp for the night!"
Nora, using her deus ex hearing, could tell what Ruby said from one mile away. Once she heard the word rest, she bolted back to the group and started to stretch. "Well, I mean, while we're resting I might as well-" There is a loud thud as Nora hits the ground, asleep before she finishes her sentence.
Ruby and Ren extremely carefully put Qrow down on the flattest section of rock they could find. Yet somehow its still hurts Qrow. "Goddang!" Jaune continues to look at the map as Ruby leans down to comfort her uncle. "Hey Uncle Qrow," Ruby says softly." what's going on?"
'Well, I guess now's a good enough time as any,' he thinks to himself. "Oh, just the normal pain." He winces as he looks up at the boys. "Is it okay with you two if we talk?"
Ren could tell from his expression that he wanted to be alone. "Yes, of course. Jaune and I should probaby check for Grimm. Right Jaune?" He not so subtely got Jaune's attention.
"What?"
A loud sigh emanated from Ren. "Just come with me." Ren grabs Jaune's hand and the two walk off towards the woods. Ren draws his weapons, charging into the brush and leaving Qrow and Ruby alone.
"Kid. . ."
"Yes?"
Qrow attempts to slow his breathing, but fails miserably. "Kid, I know this isn't the best time, but. . ." He tries once more to calm himself. "Ruby, even if we make it to Haven, there's no guarantee that the healers there can-"
"They can." Ruby says sternley.
"What?"
"I said that they can heal you."
"Kid, as much as I appreciate your enthuisiasm, now isn't the time to be naïve. You need to accept the fact that I might not make it." He then takes on the same stern face Ruby had on not one second ago.
"I am not naïve. It's called being hopefull." Ruby said indignantly.
"Y'know, you sound a lot like that Schnee that was on your team."
"WHAT!!" Ruby looked angry. "NO I DON'T!!"
"Heh, alright kid. We'll talk later." Qrow closed his eyes.
'Goddang it, Qrow. How are you so bad at this? You know how to do this, god knows you've had enough practice. She just. . . Ah, whatever, she'll be fine.'
Ruby, still a little flustered, sits down next to Nora and tries to be chill.
Deep breath in. . .
Deep breath out. . .
'Okay, don't know why that got me all riled up, but I'm good. Just keep focusing on the ambient noise. Birds are singing, cicadas are making that annoying chirping noise, Jaune is yelling and all is right with the world.' "Wait, CRAP."
"I'm coming Jaune!!" Ruby petals away towards the sound of Jaune's war cry. Eventually, she comes to a clearing.
"Hiiiyaaa!" Jaune yells, diving towards the Ursa. "Take that!" he peirces the Ursa with his blade, but doesn't get deep enough to do any major damage. "And that!" He tries to remove his sword by pulling it out of the Ursa. Unfortunately for him, Grimm can easily hit targets focusing on removing their weapons instead of defending themselves. Jaune, needless to say, goes flying.
Lucky for him, Ruby just came to her senses she and takes aim. She knows what she has to do. She steadies her hand and prepared to pull the trigger.
"Hallo Grimm!" (Hello Grimm!) A voice rings out from the north side of the clearing. "Mein name ist Wilhelm!" (My name is Wilhelm!)
Another voice speaks, much less enthuisiastic than the previous. "Und mein name ist Jacob." (And my name is Jacob.)
Then finally, the two voices sing out in harmony "Und wir sind, die brüder Grim!" (And we are, the brothers Grim!)
At that moment the brothers sprang into action, one holding a saber, the other a musket. The saber weilding brother, who called himself Jacob, charged at the Ursa. While he ran up and distracted it, the other brother, Wilhelm, took aim at the beast, not noticing Ruby in the distance.
Ruby at that point was too stunned to react. Don't get me wrong, Ruby is one bad mamma jamma, but this. . . What even is this!?
While Ruby was still trying to comprehend what was going on, Jaune landed safely in Ren's arms. He's been there the entire time, waiting for Jaune to get flung into the air. It was bound to happen af some point.
Jacob made his first swing at the Ursa, slicing partially through it's right thigh. This was the same side that Jaune had almost stabbed through. With the Grimm still staggered by this attack, it became an easy target for Wilhelm, who shot it twice in the chest. As it began to disintegrate, Wilhelm breathed a sigh of relief and, after noticing them, then walked over to the travelers.
"Hallo!" He raises his right arm.
Ruby, still not quite aware of what just happened, takes a moment to think. As she does that, Wilhelm continues to stand with his right arm raised.
She finally decides what to do. "Hello
Man, that was awful. Hopefully I will get better in upcoming chapters. Again, feel free to comment on what I did wrong and what I did right.
Tenses are hard.
