Hi everyone! This is my first RWBY fanfic, so I hope that you guys will like it :). I'm planning on making this story a little long, but not too long to where it will become a novel :). Please tell me what you think. Any and all suggestions or criticism are welcomed.

Just a side note, team ASAK, my team, is pronounced team Asaki. And now, let the story begin!

Roses, Flames, and Cookies

Around nine o'clock, Ruby Rose was roaming the halls of Beacon Academy. She was hoping to get her mind off of the world. Ruby and her teammate, Weiss, had gotten into another heated argument; one that not even her other teammates, Blake and Yang, could cease. She had stormed out of their room because she was not being able to handle any more of Weiss voice. However, try as she may, she was still steaming mad. She decided that she should listen to some tunes and hoped it would take some of the stress off. She reached into her pouch to take out her Red like Roses headphones. She put on her ears and hooked them up to her mp3 where she put the volume up to full blast. Red like Roses Part 2 was the song that started to play. Closing her eyes, she started to feel the music and swayed with the beat. Suddenly as she was dancing, she tripped over her hood and fell backwards. With her arms swinging madly to grab something, she crashed into the floor. However, she had taken someone with her...

Ruby cried in pain, "Ooow..."

"Hey! What did you go and do that foo...uuuh..." the person under Ruby started to say in pain as well.

Ruby looked in the direction the person she had slammed into. It was...a guy? Ruby instantly started to blush and thought she was such a klutz. She sat up quickly with rose-petals blowing in the breeze behind her. He seemed to be around her age... He had red and black hair, a red trench coat, and red and black boots. Ruby apologies, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that..."

"N-no worries, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going either...," the guy started to scratch his head nervously.

Ruby then noticed that he himself was blushing. This confused Ruby. Why is his face so red? she thought. Soon, the thought was interrupted by him getting up.

He stretched his arms over his head, and then held out his hand to Ruby's. "Here, let me help you up. My names Ace, by the way...Ace Hogana."

Getting to her feet, Ruby introduces herself, "T-thank you, and my names Ruby Rose." Ruby looked up into Ace's eyes and could see they were fiery-red; almost crimson. She was lost in his eyes memorized by the color.

Ace asked waving his hand, "Ruby? Are you alright?"

"Huh...Oh, yes...I'm just fine..." Ruby regains focus. She took a step back feeling embarrassed that she had been caught.

"A-alright...anyway, why were you up here this late at night?" Ace asked curious.

Ruby responded, "Oh, well... I had gotten into an argument with one of my teammates and I stormed out. I was listening to music to help me try to take some of the stress off. What about you?"

Ace froze for a second and answered, "W-well...you'll probably think it's dumb..." Ace looked at Ruby nervously.

Curiosity took over her and Ruby took a step closer to him to know more. "Why would I think it would be dumb? Come on, tell me...pretty please?"

Ace started to blush while switching his gaze from Ruby to the night sky outside the window. He then sighed. "Alright... I was training in the arena trying to build my speed with my weapon..." Ruby giggles with her hand partly covering her mouth. Ace looks back shocked by her reaction. "What's so funny?"

Ruby continued to giggle and replied, "Well... it's that you were so embarrassed about telling me that you were training... I mean, why would you be embarrassed telling me something like that?"

Ace being unsure himself answered, "Well I...I don't know. I guess I don't want anyone knowing that I was training alone."

Ruby nodded her head feeling for Ace. She had gone through what he is going through before. It was the mindset of wanting to protect everyone, to become strong enough to face any foe.

Ace continued, "Not only that, I didn't want my team to know about it; team ASAK. I'm the team leader..."

Ruby amazed, "Funny, I'm leader of my team as well, team RWBY. But...why don't you want anyone to know that you train alone? Shouldn't you train with your team so you can all grow stronger as a team?"

Ace hesitated before answering the question. He walked towards the window to gaze out into the city. Ruby followed positioning herself next to Ace. "I want to become stronger... stronger than anyone, so that I can protect those that I hold dear to me... I already train with the others, but I train alone to hone my own skills. They can't know because... well, never mind..."

Ruby understood and finished his statement, "...You want to protect your team and others... That's not a bad thing, but-"

Ace turned around back facing the window.

Ruby jumped in front of him smiling. "You need to tell your team about it, at least."

"But I-" Ace protested.

Ruby interrupted, "No buts! Listen... you gotta let them know. I know you want to get stronger, but if you don't let them know, they won't be able to trust you as a leader. You can tell your team, they are like your family, so you can't keep secrets. Trust me on this one... Please, tell your team at least... for me?"

Ace opened his mouth to say something, but then he closed it and thought about what to say. He then sighed heavily. "F...fine, I'll do it, I'll tell them..."

Ruby cheers, "Great! I'm glad you're going to do it!"

Out of nowhere, both of their scrolls started beeping and vibrating. Ruby jumped, startled by the scrolls. Ace nearly fell out of the window.

Ruby cried out, "YAAA!"

Ace startled as well, "What the-?!"

Ace and Ruby took out their scrolls, examining them. Ruby's screen blinked on and it showed Yang had messaged her. She was trying to figure out where Ruby was. Ruby then noticed the time. She had been out for quite a while now. Turning to look at Ace's phone, he got a similar message from someone. Before she could see a name, Ace had hurriedly put his scroll back.

Ace starts to say apologizing, "Hey, I gotta go. My team is worried about me..."

Ruby replied, "Yeah, me too...well...good bye..." Sadly, Ruby turned to walk away. Ruby didn't want to leave just yet. She liked Ace's company... Suddenly, Ace reached out grabbing Ruby's arm making her turn. "Ace, what-?!"

"Sorry, but I just ... I... I... Oh, what the heck! I wanted to know if you would like to hang out again?" Ace asked unexpectedly. Ace started to blush a crimson-red glow.

Ruby turned to face Ace, blushing as well. Ace just asked me out! She couldn't believe her ears or eyes.

"S-sorry, I shouldn't have done that..." Ace apologizes again while letting go of her arm.

Ruby smiles, "No, it's okay... Actually, I wouldn't mind at all. Maybe sometime tomorrow?"

Ace looked rather dumbstruck. Ruby had agreed to go out with him! Ace really couldn't believe his luck. "Y-yeah, maybe we can meet in the cafeteria at breakfast.*

Ruby states excitedly, "Sounds like a plan! See you there!" Ruby darted for her dorm room while leaving rose petals behind.

Ace darted for his as well while leaving little embers in his wake.

Both did little jumps of glee and were super ecstatic with what just transpired.

When arriving at her team's dorm room by 9: 50 pm, Ruby ran into the room and closed the door behind her. She exhaled deeply as she sunk down to her knees.

"Hey sis!" suddenly a voice called.

Ruby was surprised by the sudden voice and exclaimed loudly. Hearing someone laughing, she turned to her right and saw her sister, Yang, hanging off the ceiling. "Yang! Cut it out! And how did you even get onto the ceiling?!"

Yang laughs loudly, "Hahaha! I can't! That was beautiful. Also, Nora taught me how to, it's soooo cool!"

Ruby then pushed Yang, which made her fall off the ceiling. Yang came down still laughing and crawled onto her bed. Ruby looked around the room and saw her other teammates, Blake and Weiss. Weiss was filing her nails and Blake was reading her favorite book, Ninjas of Love.

Blake looking up from her book asked, "Where were you Ruby? You usually came back in a half-hour. This time you where gone nearly an hour... Did something come up?"

Ruby waving Blake's worries to rest answered, "What? Noooo...nothing came up..."

Weiss asks not believing Ruby, "Really? Then explain this, why are you blushing?"

Ruby looked at the mirror and saw that she was indeed blushing. Ruby instantly covered her face with her hood. "I-I don't know what you're talking about!"

Weiss demanded to truth, "Say it! What happened!?''

Yang curious as well asked, "Wait... Did you meet someone?!"

Ruby instantly answered, "No! I... well... I mean yes... wait-?"

Yang jumped from her bed to Ruby's side to hug her sister and shook her like a ragdoll. "I can't believe it! My baby sis met a guy!"

"What?! Who said it was a guy!?" Ruby muffled.

Blake explains, "Your blushes say it all. What's his name?"

Weiss gets an evil look on her face and states, "So, you met a guy huh? Very interesting..."

After breaking the death grip of her sister, Ruby collapsed to the floor gasping for air. The others made their way to Ruby forming a circle around her. Ruby then sat up looking around at her team. "Ok, fine... I did meet someone while I walking around. I'll tell you guys on one condition... Yang, don't go crazy..."

Yang offended asks, "Huh? What do you mean?"

Blake states her presumption, "I think she means she doesn't want you to go on a man hunt trying to 'protect' your little sister..."

Yang objects to Blake's claim, "I would never do such a thing! I would only do something like that if the guy hurt my dear Rubes. Cause they could have to deal with me and my beauties, Ember Celica!" With that Yang activated her gauntlets. After reloading and cocking them, she put them back into bracelets.

Ruby shaking her head continues with her story, "...Anyway, his name is Ace Hogana... He, well... I bumped into him in the halls after I stormed out. We talked for a little bit and we are both team leaders. His team is team ASAK, which is pretty cool in my opinion. He's got a good heart..." Ruby's concentration shifted. She then envisioned in her head Ace. His crimson eyes flaring, his red trench coat... she continued to daydream till Blake snapped her out of it.

Blake notices that Ruby was daydreaming and gets her attention back, "Ruby? Are you still with us?"

Ruby snaps back her concentration towards her teammates, "Huh...? Oh, yeah... Ace asked if I would like to hang out again sometime and I said yes... and that's the end of that."

"That's it?" Weiss asked wanting more.

Blake gives a comment to Ruby, "Sounds like you enjoyed every moment of it, Ruby."

"There's more, isn't there?!" Yang asked wanting more details as well.

Then they came down on Ruby like a ton of bricks. Bombarding her with questions; Blake, Yang, and Weiss pushed for more details. Ruby was overwhelmed by the questions, she used her semblance to escape the circle she was in and darted for the bathroom. Locking the door, she prayed that Ace was having better luck than she was...

During the same time, Ace hesitated before going through the door of his team's dorm room. The promise he made to Ruby was swimming through his mind. He was going to keep the promise, but what would his team say? He knew that they wouldn't be so upset about him training, but what about Ruby? He wondered if they would accept her... Gathering all the courage he could, he opened the door and found his team on the other side as if they were waiting for him to return. It was his 2 sisters and brother, Aqua, Kora, and Soul, his team ASAK.

Ace trying to play off the situation he was in greeted them, "Heeey guuuys...what's up?"

Kora yells at him "Don't play dumb, you snuck out on us again!"

Soul asks agreeing with Kora, "Come on dude, what's going on? Why do you keep ducking us like this?"

Ace gives in and confesses, "Okay... Guys listen I have something to confess..." Ace told his team the truth. He talked about how he trained in the arena alone, how he wanted to become a better leader and stronger to protect those who he holds dear to himself. Aqua, Kora, and Soul listened intently making sure not to miss any details. After Ace had finished, they all looked at each other and back at Ace.

Aqua spoke first, "You know, you overcomplicate things sometimes..."

Ace confused asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well... we know you wanted to get stronger... but why conceal it from us?" Soul asked in a matter fact.

Kora suddenly thinks of something, "IDEA!" Everyone looked at Kora who had a smile on her face. "What if we extend training hours? That way we all train together and Ace doesn't have a reason to go off training by himself! Not only that, we can work on a couple of power moves!"

Aqua thinks the offer over and has no complaints, "That's... actually not a bad idea. Nice thinking Kora. What about it Ace? Wanna try training longer?"`

Ace thought about the offer for a second. Training longer would be great. He couldn't think of anything wrong with the idea, so he nodded his head. "Why not? It'll definitely do us all some good, especially since we only train 2 hours together."

Kora calls out, "Alright! Now, one last thing!" Everyone looked at Kora again, who had a giant smirk on her face. It looked rather evil...

Soul tried to stop Kora in her tracks, "God, NO! No more blowing things up!"

Kora offended, "What? No, I wasn't thinking about blowing things up. Although my next target will definitely be a great one... Anyway, Ace, who was that girl you were talking to earlier?"

Ace became dumbstruck. How did?! Who told her!?

Kora answered the unspoken questions, "No one did. I just read your mind. She seems pretty cute, for you anyway."

Ace feels violated, "Kora! Stop doing that!"

"A girl? I thought you were training..." Aqua asked upset and felt lied to.

"Yeah, training huh?" Soul asked smirking.

Kora explores Ace's thoughts, "Let's see... Ruby Rose, leader of team RWBY, had a chit chat, blah blah blah ...oooh! You asked her out, huh?"

"What?!" Aqua yelled outraged.

Soul does a little clap for Ace, "Bruh..."

Ace looked at Soul with a straight face and replied, "Yeah, I did, as a matter of fact! And she said yes!"

Kora giggled. "Nice job! Ten out of ten for actually asking and succeeding with the hook up!"

Soul started patting Ace on the head like he always did when he did something good, "He takes after me because as you already know I'm a lady killer!"

Aqua crossed her arms not amused, "Yeah...anyway, when are we going to meet her?"

Ace was caught by surprise by the question. He started to jump around panicking that he couldn't think of an answer. Then he remembered something. They were going to meet in the cafeteria tomorrow! That's right!

Aqua insisted, "Well?"

Ace finally answered, "Tomorrow at breakfast, I think you guys can meet all of team RWBY there."

Aqua blew the hair out of her face before turning to leave. "Fine, but she better not be a bad one, Ace. Good night."

With that she vanished into the shadows and reappeared on her bed meditating. Following his sister's example, Soul teleported to his bed and fell asleep on contact.

Kora, however, stood by Ace. "You ok?"

Ace replied less tense, "Yeah... I'm just hoping that Aqua will like Ruby...she isn't bad at all, she's just..."

Kora finishes his sentence, "Perfect?"

Ace nodded, "You could say that... but I guess we won't find out till tomorrow, huh?"

Kora thoughtfully states, "Seems that way... Anyway, Ace, I want you to treat her like a princess. Don't overdo it, though. That'll just be creepy..."

Ace taking his sister's suggestion into thought and replied, "...yeah, I'll do that. How come you're giving me advice about this?"

Kora shrugs her shoulders and then flips onto Ace's back. "Carry me! To the land of my bed, underling!" Ace could only laugh. Giving Kora a piggyback ride, he carried Kora to her bed, playfully slamming her on it.

Kora and Ace had always been close. They were closer than twins were. They always understood one another. In fact during their entrance exam, they were originally the first pair made, making the first half of team ASAK.

They were both laughing on the bed, hugging and bunting fists. They goofed around for about another hour until Kora fell asleep. After tucking her in, Ace changed into his pajamas. Then he looked out the window gazing over the campus.

Looking across the lawn he saw something unexpected; Ruby was sitting in a window not too far from his dorm! She seemed to be looking at the moon. Ace started to think. How can I get her attention? Ace turned on his Scroll and saw that there was a database for all of the students at Beacon. Searching through it, he came across Ruby's name and the database said she was online. Thinking about it for a second he realized this resembled Facebook a lot...

Well, Ace then started messaging Ruby. Their conversation on the SMS System went as follows;

Ace: Hey Ruby, what's up?

Ruby: Huh? Ace?! Is that you? How did you get my Scroll's number?

Ace: Uumm, it's the SMS system that comes with the scroll, it's under the profile button...

Ruby: Oh, I see it now! Anyway, how did your team take the news?

Ace: Well... they liked the fact that I didn't lie to them about what I was doing... but they all wanna meet you...

Ruby: What?! Oh noo...

Ace: Don't Worry! It'll be ok. Soul and Kora, my brother and sister, like you already. Aqua, however, is a little judgmental... she wants to see if you are... you know...

Ruby: I get it. So, I just have to impress Aqua?

Ace: Yeah, that pretty much sums it up... anyway, what about you? What happened when you got back?

Ruby: Weell... hehe, ok, Weiss and I made up, but they wanna meet you as well. Especially, Yang, my older sister. She despises any and all boys who bat an eye in my direction. I hope that she doesn't try anything tomorrow...

Ace: What? Oh oh... I pray that we'll make it through the day, hahaha!

Ruby: Same here...anyway, I gotta go, I'm gonna try to get some sleep. Good Night!

Ace: Ok, night!

Ruby and Ace both turned off their scrolls and put them to charge next to their beds. Smiling they both laid down and close their eyes. They fell sound asleep and dream t about all of the great things that'll come into the morning...

(And that's a wrap! Hope you enjoyed it! Quick explanation, Kora's semblance is telekinesis, Aqua's is shadows and water, while Soul teleports. Ace's semblance...well, let's wait and see, shall we? Again, any criticism and suggestions are accepted. Thank you, and see you guys later!)