RWBY
Project Z
The Emerald Forest
Two girls walked along the dirt path toward their destination. One, adorned with a red cloak, was Ruby Rose the scythe wielder. The other, with snow white hair, was Weiss Schnee Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. The two were partners, and Huntresses-in-training for Beacon Academy. After their latest argument, the two had walked for the past half an hour in awkward silence, Weiss attempting to ignore the red streaked hair girl and Ruby having nothing to say to the girl who berated her for fighting off a Grim.
"how was I supposed to know she was gonna attack the same one!?" Ruby angrily thought as she shifted her way behind Weiss. "and how is it my fault if she set a tree on fire?! Ugh. This is gonna be a long four years…". Ruby looked up to her partner, "Weiss, do you know where we even are?"
Weiss turned to the whining girl, an unamused look on her face, "I know exactly where we are." the heiress said, "in fact our objective should be right around these trees up ahead." Weiss made her way to the other side of the tree in front of them.
"and there will be…" Ruby started, knowing it would lead them absolutely nowhere. Just like the last four times.
"And here we are!" Ruby was shocked back into reality by Weiss' announcement and quickly zoomed to her side. Upon reaching her, Ruby was meet with the sight of a large cathedral like structure, worn down over the years and overrun by plant life.
"Wow…" Ruby said as she and her partner walked into the temple. Weiss allowed herself a smirk, "See? I told you I'd get us here!" she said.
"Please, this was pure luck at this point." Ruby said, still ticked off. Weiss' smirk quickly turned into a scowl, "Luck?! How was this luck?!" the heiress angrily yelled back. "We've been running around this forest for hours, and the whole time you keep saying 'Just behind this tree.', 'Just around this rock.', and every time it was the same thing. nothing. absolutely nothing. Just can't accept you're not perfect." Ruby barked back.
"I'm. Not. Perfect!"
"SHUT UP!"
Both Ruby and Weiss turned to the new voice bellowing out from deep in the building. Out from the darkness came a teenage looking boy. He wore an oversized black and blue hoodie, the sleeves dropping over his hands, and baggy cargo pants. His hair was a bright golden color, and stretched beyond his shoulders. He had eyes of shiny blue, and a scruffy tuff of beard hair on his chin. He stared down the two Huntresses-in-training, the bags under his eyes clearly showed he was tired.
"Do you two mind?" He hissed lowly, "Do you two have any idea how long it took me to find this place? A really freaking long time!" He disappeared in a puff of gold smoke, reappearing next to Weiss, scaring her. "all I wanted to do was sleep! Is that too much to ask?"
Weiss and Ruby stared at each other for a second before staring back at the strange man before them. "um," Ruby started, "who are you? why are you in here…trying to sleep?". The blonde stared at her with the same scowl before it quickly switched to a bright smile. "Well my dear," He loudly said, "the name's Zak! pleasure to meet you!" he brought his hands up to the both of them, which they both hesitantly took his hand in their own, shaking them.
"I'm Weiss Schnee," the white haired girl said, "and this is…*sigh* my partner, Ruby Rose." Ruby could feel the resentment in Weiss' voice and shot her a death glare. Zak observed this thoroughly. "You two don't seem to get along very well," Zak thought for a moment and positively jumped at his own thought, "I know what to do!"
His hands quickly shifted from their hands to their throats, catching them completely off guard. They struggled as they were roughly lifted up into the air, their weapons falling to the ground. Energy crackled around the blonde's hands circling the Huntress' necks. They were dropped to the ground, coughing and struggling to their feet.
"What the-*cough*-hell- *cough*- was that for-" Weiss hacked about as she grabbed Mytenaster, preparing to strike at the blonde. As she tried to take another step toward him, she was stopped by a tugging force from her neck. She looked down to see a chain of energy protruding from a collar around her neck, and upon turning around saw that it connected her to a collar of her own around Ruby's neck. She swished her rapier to Zak's neck.
"What. Did. You. DO?!"
