Hello, this is my second story, don't worry RWBY histories will finish, but I'm gonna leave out other characters because I just can't make it worth it. Sorry but in return this is my new story I hope you like it and review it, cause I would really like feedback, so…review please.
Attention: I do not own RWBY that honor belongs only to Roosterteeth
A leaf floated in the breeze, as it fell closer to the ground a sudden wind picked up; the single green leaf mixed up in a storm of rose pedals. Clanging filled the air, several feet ahead a young girl stood her bright red cloak fluttering in the wind, surrounded by bleeding men all of who were backing away.
The girl planted her weapon, a 7-foot scythe in front of her and looked up, her startling silver eyes showing from under her red hood, the men all backed away as she smiled, silver eyes were the trade mark of the north ninja clan, skilled scythe wielders. They were surprised; usually such an amazing young woman would have sold at a high price on the market, but what they hadn't intended was her skill, or brutal accuracy, they tried to run but the girl disappeared in a flash of rose pedals and appeared in front of them.
With a smile and a swipe from her scythe she swung the blunt part, knocking them out instead of killing them. Standing strait she collapsed her scythe, putting it away she searched through their belongings, looking for identification and money. She pocketed several bags of lien and was flipping through a book when a sound hit her ears, a soft rustle, acting like she hadn't heard she started to pinpoint the sound, hearing nothing it was like everything had stopped, then started again all at once.
A figure leapt through the air, swinging down a dark scythe, larger then the girl's own by at least two feet the girl responded quickly, disappearing in another flash of pedals, as the strangers scythe landed exactly were she had been. Prying the scythe out of the ground the figure stood there, covered from head to toe in dark leather and cloth he looked dark and imposing, he looked around one silver eye glinting from the head covering.
Suddenly the peace was shattered again as the girls came from behind ands swung at the man, who easily deflected the attack and retaliated. Swinging the blade down to her head it once again hit the ground as another burst of petals floated through the air, more and more started showing generated as the girl ran literal circles around the man. While he seemed to be distracted by the confining petals the girl moved through them easily, dashing forward to attack him, while he just managed to deflect them.
Finally the man seemed to have enough, after deflecting another attack he swung his scythe around, going faster and faster until a small whirlwind formed around him, dragging in all the petals, before dispersing them out, in a wave over the ground.
The girl looked dismayed he had dispersed the petals but before she could move a blade was placed against her neck "still up to your tricks ruby?" a voice rough and unfeeling, the girl sighed "only what you taught me uncle" she said feeling the blade relax. She was disappointed she hadn't even seen her uncle move from the whirlwind but quickly swiped her foot, knocking the older man off balance and swinging her own scythe, still in her hand towards him in a surprise attack. Only to have the wind knocked out of her as a foot hit her back, making her fall over her prone weapon and into the dirt.
Sighing she turned over to her uncle, still clad in his black cloth and his single eye twinkling of mirth. Now his voice was softer, gentler "just like your mother you are, horrible at surprises" he laughed, reaching down his hand to help her up, as she got up she started brushing off her skirt. Feeling eyes she looked up at her uncle
"Why exactly are you outside the village" ruby smiled sheepishly "I felt like taking a walk, they weren't any trouble, you know I can take it"
"That's not what I meant, what if you were outmatched, I told your parents I would take care of you"
"But I can handle myself, you saw how I did"
"Sloppy and poorly executed, go back to the village now, I'll clean up here" he finished with a threatening tone, ruby flopped defeated. Sighing again she retracted her weapon "yes uncle Qrow" she said as she ran off, heading in the direction of the hidden village, feeling down the whole way.
On the whole other side of the Grimm ridges mountain range another teen stood in the forest, panting slightly, her golden hair glowed almost on fire while her eyes held a blood like red color, she looked around, ears perked for any sound and looking through a blood red veil. Finally after what seemed like forever two figured jumped out, swinging heavy swords down on her, rolling away the teen activated her gauntlets, the gold plating shining as she pulled her hands into a fighting pose and dashing forward, planting one fist in the sword of the smaller figure. The result caused him to go flying back, crashing into the trees.
The other one growled and ran forward, a well-timed hit landing on her gauntlets, shrugging them of she punched again; this time a burst of fire followed, sending him back and down. She just barely dodged another attack, a sickle weapon, she realized what this was, by sending out two fighters and replacing them when they were hit would tire her out, not likely. Yelling she slammed her metal covered fists together, sending out a wave of heat, lowering herself she shot forward, her heightened senses recognizing the attacks almost automatic, in her head she willed herself to not black out.
The first thing she felt was a pain, a sharp piercing pain in her head, opening her eyes she tried to sit up, but fell back as her head swam, blinking she saw, her house? She racked her brain trying to think what had brought her here, then she remembered, going to get water, getting ambushed, her blaze out. Sighing she sat up, more slowly this time as a man entered "you over did it again" he said, his dark purple eyes same as every other member of their village held a well covered worry. The teen sighed "don't worry dad, I handled it" she said rubbing her head "yang, you were passed out with a scorch mark bigger then the moon surrounding you" he said folding his arms, yang just smiled "that big? I'm getting better" she laughed holding her head now.
Her dad sighed and picked up a bucket of water, a ladle, and a packet of medicine "here, after that I'll get you dinner" he said getting up and walking out of the hut. Sighing yang swallowed the nasty powder and took big gulps of water before placing them down and reaching next to her bed, tracing a finger on the ground she located a niche. Hooking her fingers under the board she reached down and searched through the mess, letters and noted laid on top, then pictures of a brown haired woman holding a younger yang, the mother's eyes gleamed silver. She paused a moment before digging deeper to find another picture, it was taken 12 years ago.
On the parchment were two adults and two girls, the older one had long blonde hair that suck up, next to her was a much smaller girl, her face was half pressed into her mothers body, but never the less silver eyes shone through along with reddish-blackish hair. Looking up she saw her father, he was still tall and strapping but the years had given him an aged appearance, again the eyes showed up well, deep purple. She bit her lip before moving to the woman, her hair was the same reddish black as her daughters but darker, more pure.
A drop of water fell on the picture; yang put it down and wiped her teary eyes, before picking up a mirror, peering at her reflection she noticed how strained she looked, then she noticed her eyes; almost every clan member had deep purple eyes but hers were; lilac. The result of outside blood, that's what she was, a half breed, not fully part sun warrior, she put down the mirror and picked up the paper again, she stared at the picture as her memories unfolded.
It was warm, and clear, yang remembered playing by the river, splashing around and trying to catch the fish-swimming past, on the bank her sister ruby stood there, watching her sister run around but she was too young to join her in the water. Finally yang came out grinning, held in her arms was a sizable fish, ruby jumped happily, and ran forward, wanting to see it up close. As they were looking a figure came up behind them "yang, ruby, what's that?" ruby turned around, grinning a toothy smile "mommy, look, look, yang got a fish" she said running to her mother. Yang just stood there proudly "are we gonna cook it?" she asked, their mother shook her head "no yang, we already have food. You can't take a life unless you absolutely need to, but you caught the fish, it's yours now" she said as she detached ruby and went back to tanning hides.
Yang thought for a moment, hers? What could she do with a fish? She turned to ruby "what do you…" she trailed off when she saw ruby's tears "w…what's wrong" ruby rubbed her eyes furiously 'I…I don't…don't want to…k…kill the fish". Yang stood there dumbfounded, now she was stuck, she wanted to show her friends the fish but ruby didn't want it killed. She looked at the fish, staring into it's black eyes she sighed and turned around "ok ruby, lets let him go" she said as she marched back down to the bank with ruby following. Standing waist deep she put the fish into the water, only for it to slap her with water and swim off, she turned back, glaring at a laughing ruby.
Yang was knocked out of her trance as the door opened again, this time it was her father, bringing two bowls of food, thanking him she started eating, it was dead silent between them. Finally yang spoke up "when's the next meeting?" she asked concentrating on her food, her father shrugged "sometime next month, I'll speak to Qrow, it's been way to long, almost two years since the last time we met" he said offhandedly. He suddenly noticed the hurried hiding spot behind yang, and could see the corner of that picture, sighing he looked back at his meal "you've been looking at it?" yang stiffened and shifted so the picture was better hidden.
He frowned, more wrinkled appearing on his aged face "listen, you're not a half breed, there's no such thing, your half sun warrior and half silver clan, your mothers, both of them were proud members of silver clan. Just as you are a proud member of us; the sun warriors, don't you dare forget" he said staring strait at her, yang's anger suddenly boiled over, the stress from before exploding "no I'm not, I'm not a sun warrior, I'm not part of silver clan either. They're gone because of me, if I wasn't born then you and mom would…" she trailed off.
Tears trickling down her face burned as they evaporated, her body temperature was nearly double then usual, looking up she saw her father, pain showed in his eyes "yang…" but she couldn't take it. Getting up she ran out, leaving a scorched trail behind her, knowing she could be followed she jumped, using blasts of fire to keep herself aloft and soaring off, a flaming ball of feeling.
A calm and tranquil night, the lake shone brightly, the lights from the lightning bugs reflected brightly off the surface, suddenly a ball of fire lands in the center, emitting a bellow of steam as the water evaporates. 'I'm the cause of it' 'I'm the one who killed her' 'I'm the reason dad lost his position' these thoughts rolled through the blondes head as she stayed underwater, letting the deep water cool her body. Finally she couldn't hold her breath and popped to the surface, coughing she treaded water and looked around, steam bellowed around her, hiding the shorelines, sighing she floated on her back, now much calmer. She looked at the sky, a pang in her chest reminded her of how things were before, after her fist mother, with ruby and summer rose, tears filled her eyes again as she paddled to shore. Reaching the bank she did a customary check for enemies before jumping into a tree, reaching a high yet secure branch she sat down, exhaustion starting to over came her, her last thoughts were filled of that day.
Ruby jerked awake, a sudden painfully warm feeling had sprouted in her chest, sitting up she panted and noticed that she was sweating, weird it wasn't hot tonight, was it something she ate? Shaking her head she got up and looked out the window, it was clear and cold, in the north it was usually very cold anyway. She grabbed a ladle and started to drink some water, trying to cool down.
Going to the door she exited and walked through the sleeping village, she promptly silenced her footsteps as she walked past the dogs, not wanting to get caught, finally she reached the forest, the trees here were small and undernourished, but still provided shelter any day. She thought about the winter, when packs of beowolves would travel through the forest, killing any one unlucky enough to be in the way. Walking clear of the forest she saw what she was looking for, a small white alter set on the cliff; summer roses grave.
She sat in front of it tracing her fingers over the rose that was carved there as well as the inscription 'Summer Rose / Thus Kindly I Scatter' a simple saying. She started talking, telling the altar about how the day went and the strange feeling ruby had felt, like something deep inside her had been broken. After what seemed like hours ruby stood up, bid the grave good bye and started running back to the village to catch a couple more hours rest, she had a lot to do tomorrow.
Yang woke to a stiff back and a painful chest ache, sitting up she forgot she was on a branch and nearly slipped off, but managed to catch herself, she looked around, then remembered her blaze out last night, she had to apologize. Standing up she was about to jump down when a sound caught her ear, leaning back into the tree cautiously she looked to a path ahead, on it she saw two riders going down it, both wearing official royal couriers uniforms. She furrowed her brow, wondering what the court messengers was doing this far away from the capital, probably nothing good, making up her mind she jumped from tree to tree, heading back to tell the village.
Reaching the village she saw the villagers gathering, their messengers scattered around the forest had already arrived with news. Landing she stood next to her father, who looked at her, she nodded her head down, showing shame for last night, he just ruffled her hair. They were interrupted when the two riders came up. Their horses pawed the ground as they dismounted, one held the horses while another walked up "we request a meeting with your village head, please" he announced as an old man came forward, his long gray beard tucked into his belt, his eyes also bearing the clans purple eyes. Agreeing to the meeting the horses were taken to rest and the messengers followed the elder to his house, yang and her father looked at each other, her dad giving a small nod, smiling she walked off in the opposite direction from the elders house.
Ruby woke up groggy and tired, looking around she noticed the house was empty, uncle was probably doing some mission. Getting up she quickly grabbed an apple and a piece of meat, before changing into her clothes and walking out to see the village deserted, looking around a pebble hit her head. She noticed her uncle's stern looks from the trees and quickly climbed up the tree, wondering who was coming.
She didn't have to wait long, only a few moments' later hoof beats reached her ears as two court riders entered the village, they looked around before a figure appeared in front of them using their clans speed semblance, the village head. She was too far away to hear but the head made a sign with his hand telling them to stay put, settling down she watched as two villagers appeared to take the horses and they moved to the heads house. Biting her lip she looked at her uncle, who nodded confirmation, she nodded and moved silently from the tree to the roofs, heading silently to the heads house.
Reaching the house she peered in through to roof, listening as they talked, it turned out that the Daimyo wants protection from a rival, and wondering if they could borrow a couple warriors. The head was originally unconvinced but finally relented to let one go and maybe more, if the first member sent good word. Ruby smiled, finally a chance to get out of the village, climbing down silently she dashed back to her uncle and relayed the message.
Yang sighed silently as she sat on the roof of her house, she had listened to the elders meeting, he had been adamant about not sending anyone to help the Daimyo, he never helped them, but finally he agreed to send just one person.
Yang wondered about that one person, was he or she an adult or a junior like her? How were their skills? She was jostled from her pondering when her father called her, saying they needed to talk. Yang sighed she knew this was going to half to talk about this sometime or another. Jumping down she sat opposite from her father, who looked more guarded then normal
"Listen dad, about last night…"
"I don't care about that"
"Huh"
Yang was speechless, usually they had long talks after a blaze out but not now? "What's going on" I asked him, noticing the grave look on his face, he looked away
"The village elder has decided to send you on the guard mission"
Yang paused, stuck in time, really? She was going? She was about to cheer when she saw the broken look on her father, looking worried she took his hand "what's wrong" she asked again.
A couple tears escaped his eyes "you'll be living at the Daimyo's palace for an unknown amount of time" yang stopped. Now that she thought about it, the Daimyo's palace was very far away, a 5 days journey on horse back, 10 on foot, if your lucky. She sat back down; the full realization dawned on her, she was going to be separated from everything she knew, her dad, the area, even the cranky old woman who threw things at her, all out of reach.
Her father seemed to recover "you'll be leaving at day break, I trust you can follow the messengers horses on foot?" she nodded "of course, I'll start preparing now" he nodded getting up he paused on his way out the door, "and yang… I love you, no matter the past" he said as he left, yang slumped before a familiar fire filled her, not anger this time but excitement new people, people who didn't know about her. Feeling happier she started packing, removing her secret hiding place she saw the picture of her and ruby together, picking it up she smiled. This new job meant that she would be even closer to ruby, and her village, the thought calmed her, she was going to see her cute little sister.
Ruby stood dumbfounded, the head picked her? She jumped around, dashing from place to place, spreading her rose petals around, the head waved them away "ruby, sit" he commanded as ruby stopped in front of him "sorry sir, it's just that this will be so cool, it'll be the plains, flat land, new weapons, new monsters. I'm gonna be like pow, swish, chop, all of them" she was bouncing in her place.
The heads assistant whispered to him "sir, is it safe to send her? She may not be ready for the royal court" the head sighed shaking his head "maybe, but it'll be a good experience for her, she needs to socialize more". He whispered back before turning his attention to ruby who was playing out a fight scene she would have, sound effects and everything, he spit out several rose petals; nasty taste, and wiped a small pile of rose petals off his shoulder as ruby stood still again, with some difficulty. The head sighed
"Be ready to leave at day break, you'll be following the riders on foot, I trust you can manage?"
"Of course I can, I…"
"No going ahead or wandering off, ever" he warned, cutting her of as he walked off, the beginnings of a headache starting.
Ruby dashed back to the house in a matter of seconds, aided by her semblance, and started hastily packing random things. Hearing a cough at the door she looked to see her uncle, his always covered face with a smiling eye, stood with a partly packed bag "it has all the necessities, just fill the rest with your own belongings. You'll be gone for quite a while" ruby stopped "what do you mean?" she asked looking worried, her uncle sighed "you never remember do you? It's a 5-day journey to the city by horse and at least 10 by foot, this job requires you to be living in the palace for a currently unknown amount of time. You are to send a letter every 6 months to tell us how things are going, if it works well you might get more villagers to accompany you".
It sunk in, she was going to be alone, no friends no uncle Qrow, ruby sunk down, looking upset, but her uncle sighed and pulled out a picture "but… you'll be 10 days closer to yang" he said, showing her a picture of her and yang, to cheer her up. Ruby immediately brightened up "really, meaning I can visit her?" ruby asked looking hopeful, her uncle nodded "if you get permission from the Daimyo". Ruby jumped up and hugged her uncle "thank you uncle Qrow, I've got to pack now, I'm gonna go see yang" she zipped off, leaving a trail of petals behind her, Qrow grabbed a couple. They really were just like her mothers, and she never noticed them either, he noted watching as the petals skimmed her cheeks without her noticing, or she's just dense he concluded walking off to work. Under his mask he smiled, proud of his sister's daughter, shaking his head he dashed off, leaving only the smallest pile of black feathers in his place.
thank you for reading, and please let me know if you like it or not, so… again, review please, thank you.