Kira: Amazing reception for the first chapter of this. I knew some people would read it, but not that much in one day, and not even that! :) I want to thank all the people who have favorited and followed this story, and I hope you continue to enjoy.
"Weiss, wake up." A feminine voice muttered, catching the fleeting girl's attention. The white lover opened her eyes slowly and met her peripheral vision with that of the Faunus, who towered over her, dressed in her casual clothing.
"Five more minutes..." She muttered, turning away. Blake sighed heavily and went for drastic measures. That is, pulling the sheets off of Weiss' bed and dragging her down with. Needless to say, it worked and Weiss was sent toppling to the floor.
"What the hell?" Weiss spurted, now fully awake. Blake fought to keep a straight face, but abandoned that thought not a moment later.
She split a grin with a shrug, "It worked." She left it at that. Weiss stood there dumbstruck before shaking her head, fixing the bed that Blake used to wake her friend up. A knock on the door prevented her from finishing.
"Who is it!?" Weiss yelled loud enough for the person to hear. The door opened and Yang peeked her head through, a small smile on her face.
"Hey guys! Get ready as soon as you can. Recca found a quaint restaurant that sells amazing breakfast." Yang said quickly, shutting the door afterwards. Weiss and Blake glanced at the door and each other repeatedly before shrugging with a sigh, thinking the same thing.
All to forget her sister.
Ruby sneezed unexpectedly as she washed her face, splashing water all over her mirror.
She wiped her nose, "That was unexpected." She mumbled, but shrugged and went on fixing her mirror before finishing what was needed with her face and hair. After that Ruby went on to look for her contact lens, and realized something was wrong.
"Wait, where's the other one?" She asked, her eyes flying wide. Ruby closed up her contact lens case and started sprinting around her abode, almost quite literally leaving no stone unturned.
After about five minutes she dragged her tired body back into the bathroom, staring gloomily at her contact lens, one of her contact lens to be specific.
She opened it up again, "Looks like I need to head to Dr. Randal again. I need a check up anyway, so I'll get double done." She paused for a moment, "But what do I do about today, before the appointment?" She checked her phone and saw it was Friday.
She frowned, "That's right, today I was supposed to go over to Jaune's house, wherever he lives anyway. When's that appointment?" She fast walked out of her bathroom and over to her calender which was magnetized to her fridge and poked out her appointment.
"4:00..." She mumbled, planning out the day ahead.
"Alright, as long as-" Her monologue was interrupted by her cellphone. She tracked back to the bathroom and picked it up, reading who was calling/texting her. It was Jaune.
"What does he want?" She asked herself, clicking on the view message.
Slight change of plans. Pyrrha and I need to go visit her doctor later so could you come over earlier? Probably around 11:00 if possible?
Ruby went downcast, "Shit." She grumbled, now needing to make a decision. She could blow Jaune off and possibly make a story later, or just suck it up and ride on.
The latter was better, because Ruby already had a cover story.
"I just hope they don't start asking questions." She groaned, slipping in her one contact lens into her silver eye, changing it to brown. She glanced by her clock as she moved to her room and saw it was already 10:30, and inwardly panicked.
Before any verbal cursing could be released, her phone rang again. Ruby dashed towards it and opened another text from Jaune.
Oh, and don't worry about no knowing where I live. I asked Pyrrha to come pick you up. I looked up your address in the phone book. Ruby sighed gratefully, but felt slightly weirded out that Jaune went through the trouble to look up her address, through a phone book.
"Well, Jaune was always a weird character." She admitted with a smile, before moving back into her room to get dressed properly.
In town...
Weiss took a sharp intake of breath as she stared up at the restaurant that Yang had told her and Blake about.
Blake spoke for Weiss, "Well, I knew that you said they sold good breakfast, and I see where that money went to." She spoke in a calm tone, trying to keep the excitement and awe from showing.
Recca stared at Weiss for a moment, "I'm assuming you answered for Weiss as well?" He asked in an amused tone. Blake only shrugged with a slight nod in response, before turning to their leader.
"Well Yang, you going to bring us in or just stand there listening to our oh-so amusing conversations?" Yang turned to face Blake and blew a raspberry before leading them in, where a slight surprise met them.
"Jaune, is that you?" Blake asked, first noticing the leader of Team JNPR. The man, after signing the receipt at the counter, turned towards the quartet with a shocked expression.
"H-hey guys!" He greeted with a smile and wave.
"What's up? It's been a while!" Yang greeted with her perky attitude. She gave a light smack to Jaune's back, sending the poor man forward into Recca.
"Oh, sorry." Jaune apologized, moving backwards to straighten and face the person who saved him from meeting the floor.
Recca smiled down at Jaune's surprised face, "Let's go outside. I have a feeling us five will be here for a while."
Outside...
"So, what's with the bag?" Yang asked, pointing down to a plastic bag that Jaune held in one hand.
He glanced back and forth for a moment, before bringing the bag into full view, "Oh, this? I came here to get some food for a guest coming over to my house later today."
Blake raised an eyebrow, "It may not be my place to ask, but who is the person who you invited?" She asked.
Jaune shrugged, laughing lightly, "It's quite alright. Her name is Scarlet Rosette."
Weiss and Recca had slight shock, "You mean the Scarlet Rosette?" Recca answered this time. Everyone else turned to them with confused looks.
"Who?" Yang asked first.
Weiss had a look of betrayal, "You mean you don't know the person who five years ago singlehandedly stopped a Grimm invasion from destroying this town?" She spoke in a fast tone of voice. Everyone else did a triple take, where as Recca just laughed silently.
"If Scarlet did what something that extraordinary then why haven't we heard of her accomplishments?" Yang asked, speaking for everyone who didn't know.
Recca jumped in before Weiss could retaliate, "It's because, what we've been told anyway, is that when she noticed that the media started invading her, she begged to just let her live normal life. When the media wouldn't listen, a week later the local police found their bodies scattered and buried out in the forest nearby." He explained, his look amused when seeing their somewhat horrified looks.
"Are you telling me I invited a murderer to my house?" Jaune asked, his pith getting higher by the word.
Weiss fast walked up to him and slapped his mouth shut, "No, you did not. That explanation started as a rumor and still is to this day. Plus, everyone who knows about her being a hero and a possible murderer looked over the murder because without her, there wouldn't be a town of Hirano today."
Blake spotted odd about their conversation, and decided to speak up, "Quick question." She spoke, grabbing the others attention.
When all eyes were on her, she started, "You said that Scarlet stopped a Grimm invasion five years ago," When she stopped Weiss nodded in confirmation, reading her silent question, "Well, 10 years ago the Spirit of Grimm was destroyed, evaporating the Grimm presence in our world. So, how did Scarlet stop a Grimm invasion if there's none to speak of?"
Weiss was able to answer, "That was actually not true. Beowolves, Ursai, Boarbatusk were actually created from Dust in its volatile form. Volatile dust is compressed powder that is injected into the veins of a subject, most likely land animal or human, weakened by a terminal disease. The Dust, which depending on the color and element changes the product, is shifted evenly throughout the body and dissolves into pockets of deoxygenated blood that, when those pockets are taken into the heart, the Dust leaves the pockets and starts infecting the afflicted mammal through the inside out. It then is only a matter of time until death before the afflicted starts changing and morphing into either a Beowolf, Ursa, or Boarbatusk. This part can be summed up to them being turning into a zombie. When the transformation is complete, they then spread the disease the same way a zombie bite can." Weiss explained. Everyone stared dumbstruck at Weiss' explanation of how a Beowolf is born.
Yang blinked rapidly, before shaking herself out of her stupor, "Thanks for the explanation Schnee. Now, never say something like that ever again." Blake, Jaune, and Recca nodded swiftly in conformation.
Weiss rolled her eyes, "You guys asked, I answered."
Jaune sighed a laugh, "Anyway, now that we got that done," He turned to Recca, "Who are you?"
The man in question gave a two finger salute, "The name's Recca. I'm the new addition of Team RWBY." He informed in a polite tone.
Jaune nodded, "Oh right. I won't delve into that lest I want to end up like that media man." Yang snorted and turned around, visibly showing that she didn't want to go back into the subject. Jaune stared blankly at her while Weiss just waved it off.
She spoke up not long after, "Ignore her. Anyway, yes, Recca became the newest member of our team about a year after that event." Blake shook her head, staring down at the grass. Jaune saw the depressed looks in Yang's and Blake's eyes but surprisingly, not in Weiss' eyes. She held a solid front, leaving Jaune a little skeptical on her attitude towards Yang's sister. He didn't have enough time to elaborate when he noticed what time it was.
"Oh, I gotta go guys. Can't keep Scarlet or Pyrrha waiting." He said, starting to jog in the opposite direction with the bag of food.
Weiss spoke, trying to grab his attention one last time, "Ask Scarlet if we could meet with her!" Jaune gave a thumbs up before he left their range of hearing.
Blake raised an eyebrow, "Did he say Pyrrha?"
Weiss turned towards her, "Do you have to question everything?"
At Ruby's Place...
Ruby walked outside and closed the door behind her. She looked out into the busy roads and crowded sidewalks and frowned, wondering if Pyrrha would know where she was, or if she was-
"Are you Scarlet Rosette?"
-never mind. Ruby turned to the voice and saw Pyrrha, a blood-red haired woman with emerald-green eyes. She wore a brown t-shirt with her emblem on it, with purple jeans that reminded Ruby of the Beacon homecoming dance their second year there. Her hair still had its high pony tail, unlike Weiss' hair which was cut down to shoulder length.
Ruby nodded, "I am. And I can only assume you're Pyrrha Nikos?" She asked.
The woman in question nodded with a smile, "You would be correct. I assume that Jaune has told you that?" Ruby nodded this time. The two stood in a sustained silence before Pyrrha broke it.
"Well, instead of standing here and having a staring contest, shall I escort you to my car?" Pyrrha waved her arm out. Ruby nodded and both walked over to the suggested vehicle, where both entered in their respected seats, Pyrrha at the wheel and Ruby at passenger.
Not wanting to have a boring ride, Pyrrha spoke up, "So, is there any reason you have one brown eye and one red one?" She asked, keeping her eyes focused on the road.
Ruby jumped her head slightly, secretly thanking Pyrrha for starting a conversation, "I have contacts, but I lost one earlier today. I'm going over to Dr. Randal later today to get hopefully another pair." She informed with a slight shrug, shaking off her tiredness.
Pyrrha nodded in response, "Alright then. And if you don't mind me asking, why did you prefer to live your normal life after that Grimm invasion against this town some time ago, instead of treating yourself as a superstar?" She asked, taking a turn.
Ruby gave a deep sigh, "Because... I never really wanted to be in the spotlight. Tell me if this makes sense; I'm shy, but outgoing." They sat in silence for a minutes before Pyrrha clicked her tongue, ready to speak.
"I see what you're getting at. I used to know someone who is similar to you."
Ruby raised an eyebrow, "Who is that?"
"Ruby Rose."
Back inside the restaurant...
The quartet had already ordered what could be considered lunch by this time, and now everyone sat bored, drinking their respective beverages.
Yang spoke up, hoping to dissipate the boredom, "If you mind me asking Weiss, could you tell us more about this Scarlet chick?" Weiss rolled her eyes at Yang slandering Scarlet, through her ears anyway. Recca stiffled a laugh, but didn't speak up, hoping to relieve the boredom through this hopeful conversation as well.
Weiss gave a sigh, trying to not yell at the hyperactive teammate, "Well, Ms. Scarlet is a mystery to all of us. The only real read my family even has on her are actually two things, one is that story of her and the second is she may have connections with the FBI."
Blake raised an eyebrow, sipping her milk, "Really? Connections with the FBI?"
Recca jumped into the conversation, "Actually, I've heard of that as well. What I've heard is that after that media incident she got involved in a scandal that kind of sucked her into the entire operation with that scandal itself."
"What happened?" Yang was now deep into the conversation.
Recca shrugged, "That's where it becomes thin, not enough information. All we know with the scattered information provided is that the investigation was about someone with the ability to control Grimm." Yang and Blake exchanged surprised glances.
Blake treaded into dark territory, "Didn't Ruby-"
At Jaune's House...
"Well, this is the place." Pyrrha said, stepping out of her car after they pulled into the driveway. Ruby stepped out a few seconds later, trying to contain her. Ruby shifted her attention to the structure in-front of her, and took to admiring it instead of worrying about anyone finding out about her. It was a simple single floored white-painted exterior house. Ruby, if she met the person, would've given a nod to the architect for the simple design in the exterior. Pyrrha led Ruby to the entrance, where the latter took her time to smother her eyes among the rows of flowers, bushes, and other beautiful yard art that no doubt Pyrrha picked out. She led Ruby inside and the place was that much nicer. The living room was decorated with pictures, ornaments, antiques and comfortable looking furniture. Speaking of which, the furniture surrounded a knee-length, 6 foot length coffee table. In front, towards the wall that was connected to the kitchen wall, was a couch about two feet longer that the table, and on opposite ends of the table, about 90 degrees to the couch, were two dark blue reclining chairs. Ruby gave a slight nod in respect, before snapping her eyes to the flat screen that was situated on a T.V. stand of sorts.
"You like the house I assume?" Pyrrha asked, breaking Ruby out of her silence.
Ruby nodded, "Seems very cozy."
Pyrrha chuckled, "Costs less than it looks. But I guess that's the props of being one of the teams that stopped the Grimm uprising 10 years ago."
Ruby raised an eyebrow, "The stop of the Grimm uprising?" She was confused with how Pyrrha worded it.
Pyrrha glanced at Ruby, "That's the name my team came up with for the "baby boom" of the Grimm, 10 years ago."
"What happened?"
Outside the restaurant...
Team RWBY left as a whole, though Blake popped out of the building first stumbling before she fell to the ground. Yang came out next, rubbing her right hand. Weiss and Recca slid out next, Weiss holding a bag similar to Jaune's when he left.
"Honestly Yang, I think you took it too far." Weiss said, observing the downed Faunus. There was a red mark on her head, where Yang had hit her. Yang just grunted and finished wiping the last of the scratches off of her knuckle. Recca laughed lightly at the interaction, before grabbing their attention.
"Hey guys, we should probably head back to our apartment before the media finds out we're here." Recca stated. The three girls turned to look at him, before realizing that they hadn't been ambushed yet.
"Yeah, we probably should before we get caught. Plus, I need to look up more about this Scarlet Rosette character." Yang informed seriously.
Weiss mocked being impressed, "Wow Yang, I don't think I've seen you this serious in a long time." Yang snapped her attention towards the ice queen and snarled, before turning her back on them, literally.
Blake by this point was able to stand, albeit with a little shake in her step, "Weiss, just give her a break. We all know what's happened after the fall of the Grimm."
Recca cut in, "Actually, I'm curious to know what happened before that. I know the events after Ruby left to go to her uncle up till now, but what happened before that, at the end of your guys' Beacon Academy school time?"
"You really that curious?" Weiss asked. At Recca's nod Weiss took a deep breath, ready to start the tale.
Pyrrha tried to recall the memory, "Well, towards the end of my school time at Beacon Academy, we noticed an increase of attacks by the creatures of Grimm, which I'm sure you know about that since you stopped an invasion from them five years ago, did you not?" Ruby went slightly red and just nodded, not wanting to interrupt.
"Well, anyway, with those increased attacks, the White Fang took advantage of the chaos and they upped their Dust store scavenging as well, leaving the Hunters and Huntresses dry in terms of ammo for spells." Pyrrha took a long sigh after that.
"It became a bloody battle, into a war. Soon all of Vale took part, and it was us in a losing fight against both the White Fang and the Grimm. Soon we noticed coordinating attacks against us between the two." She took a long pause, her eyes sinking.
Ruby became anxious, "What is it?" Even though she'd heard something like this a long time ago, she was still curious.
"It was too late when we noticed a conjoined treaty between the two, and for about a month straight, the city became ravaged by war, and those who didn't escape to the height advantage of Beacon were torn to shreds and devoured in the streets." Weiss felt soft tears cloud her vision as she retold the tale.
"What happened?"
"Well, about halfway through the fight, Prof. Ozpin took note of weakening attacks from the Grimm offensive. He told all of us who were fighting in the bloody war, and then offered for up to eight people to rush the Grimm and push them back. My team, Team JNPR and Team RWBY quickly accepted the offer, and for some reason Ruby Rose herself seemed eager to take up the position."
Now Ruby's brain kicked in, That's because the Grimm almost killed my sister. She though with an eye roll, realizing how brash she was then.
"After we were briefed on what to do, Ozpin then trusted everyone else to guard the last line of defense, Beacon. We never found out if they held them off or not." Weiss sighed.
"Well anyway, our teams then set of to try to push back the Grimm assault, with moderate success. When the White Fang realized that their flankers had been pushed back, things went awry fast for them, and we started winning some battles." Pyrrha gave a small grin.
"When we got word of this, we got this massive adrenaline rush to push harder, knowing that it was Team RWBY and JNPR who helped them." Blake said with a smile.
Ruby smiled, "Well congratulations on that." Recca complimented.
"However, when we started pushing the Grimm back into the Emerald Forest, we noticed that with every mile, the eight of us were cutting down about, I'd say about x1.5 as more Grimm creatures."
"Once again, we realized too late something very important."
"What was it?" Ruby asked. She knew everything from this point on, but she was entertained with Pyrrha's tale on it. Recca was enthralled by Weiss' interpretation was well, and no one the wiser that they were telling the same tale in different areas.
Weiss gave a deep sigh, "We didn't know it at the time, but we were reaching ever so closer to the Grimm home base, where something even more terrifying than what he had seen so far was waiting for us."
Recca's curiosity had been peaked, "What was that?"
Pyrrha and Weiss glanced at their respective listeners, "The Spirit of Grimm."
Flashback: 10 years ago... Grimm Home Base, Emerald Forest...
The last Beowolf cried out as it was sliced in half by Ruby's Crescent Rose. The eight were tired out after about eight hours straight of fighting Grimm.
Ruby took in a large breath, "Has anyone kept count of dead Grimm? I've lost count at 2,000." Ruby huffed with a slight laugh.
Weiss snorted, unhappy, "Would you keep focused Ruby? With how long we've fought I'd rather stay focused and not get snuck up on!" She snapped.
Yang growled lowly, "Oh quit your bitching!"
"Yang!" Ruby gasped.
She was ignored, "I can understand how tired and frustrated you are but that doesn't give you a reason to complain about my sister trying to cheer us up after we've fought for almost eight hours!"
"If you're so annoyed about me acting like a competent team member than maybe you should just up and leave! You seem to be good at that when it comes to your one-night stands!" Weiss yelled. Yang snarled and punched the heiress square in the cheek, sending her flying into a nearby tree. Everyone stared at them, before Pyrrha very quickly stood in between them with her weapons drawn, shield against Yang and her spear pointed at Weiss.
"Both of you need to calm down. It's very easy to tell that tensions are high, but fighting each other is not even close to a thinkable option." Pyrrha ordered with a calm tone, glancing back and forth between the arguing teammates.
Ren stepped up next, his arms crossed, "Pyrrha's right. With everyone else at Beacon holding off the White Fang they're counting on us to keep the Grimm away so they can stay focused. Speaking of which, why don't you two do the same thing instead of arguing about something so stupid!" He ordered, causing silence to reign, no one ever witnessing such anger from someone as calm as Lie Ren. Yang and Weiss glanced at each other, meeting in a silent treaty, until after the ensuing struggle is finished. Ruby and Jaune gave sighs of relief, seeing that they weren't needed to calm the eye of the storm.
The feminine leader smiled brightly, clapping her hands together, "Ok then! Let's finish this!"
"Hoorah!"
Five minutes later... Forest clearing...
Teams RWBY and JNPR reaching a clearing, relief that they could finally see the sunlight. What they saw was definitely out of the ordinary. What they hoped to see was sky was instead a dark cloud looming overhead, a foreboding feeling vibrating through their nerves.
"Something doesn't feel right." Jaune said calmly, though his eyes were opposite. He pulled out Crocea Mors and his shield, ready. Everyone else followed respectively, shuffling slowly so they were all back to back in a circle.
"While I would make a smart ass comment in any other situation, I'm going to refrain this time." Yang commented, her eyes snapping back and forth.
Weiss rolled her eyes, shifting the dial on Myrtenaster, "Oh, I'm sure we feel oh so heart-broken that Yang doesn't say such a tease." She commented snidly.
Pyrrha broke the scuffle this time, "Quiet you two. I hear something." She hushed them. The two bickering teammates went quiet as they joined everyone else in listening closely.
"I don't-" Nora started.
"Move!" Ren yelled, pushing Nora out of the way of a projectile, said object instead ramming into Ren's chest, rag-dolling him into a tree. Everyone stared appalled seeing the stream of blood fly from his body, acting as a trail.
"Ren!" Nora cried in anguish. Before she could rush to him, Jaune gripped her shoulder with a strength even he didn't know he had, but one would've just chalked it up to his aura helping him.
"Let me go!"
"If I do I guarantee you fall victim as well!" Jaune yelled with ferocity, stopping the girl almost immediately. Ruby heard something, and immediately turned to Nora's left. She jumped there and sliced Crescent Rose, slicing a shadowed bullet in half, stopping the assassination attempt.
"Oh, I see the leader's got some ken eye sight." A raspy voice spoke suddenly, causing everyone's nerves to rumble.
"Oh well, I always preferred seeing my prey's dying glance." It said again, before purple mist rolled through, the rain starting to drop as well.
Everyone had their concentration divided, one at the surroundings, now that they've heard this mysterious assassin was going to reveal himself, and the other at their friend who Pyrrha took note that his chest was still rising and falling.
"Are you gonna show yourself or shall we destroy the forest to try to find you?" Ruby asked dangerously. Her teammates had slight shock adorning their faces at her new found confidence and anger.
The voice gave a loud laugh, "Oh, that is just so sweet to hear that coming from a girl like you girl. Why don't you go back to your mother? Oh wait... That's right, she fell to my minions claws. HAHAHA!" The voice echoed. Ruby's and Yang's face contorted in anger and pain respectively, and as the voice continued bellowing its laugh, Ruby scrambled her hearing and sight, before she pinpointed the direction.
"Eat this you bastard." She said, folding up Crescent Rose into its sniper form and blasting a high-powered round into her desired direction. She grinned in victory when she heard a loud piercing sound followed by a gurgling scream.
"Yang, Weiss, blow that part of the forest away!" Ruby ordered, pointing towards the area where she shot at. Weiss and Yang nodded before they took their spots in-front of their leader, readying their weapons. Weiss pushed the hammer on Myrtenaster and the dial spun till it landed on blue, while Yang readied her gauntlets.
Myrtenaster glew an ice blue before Weiss slammed the weapon into the ground, sprouting a stem of ice speeding towards the trees. When it hit every tree about 50 back, left and right froze up, leaving them vulnerable for Yang's barrage.
Ruby turned towards the up members of Team JNPR, "Get Ren and make sure he's still alive! I'd rather we leave with none dead!" She ordered. The shaken team nodded and started moving towards the fallen Lie Ren.
Ruby then turned to Blake, "Blake, make sure they're unscathed!" She walked quickly up to Blake, "And make sure they get back to Beacon." She whispered. Blake had barely heard her over Yang's unrelenting attack against the frozen nature, and faced Ruby with a raised eyebrow.
"You and I both know we could use their assistance. So why turn them away?"
The young leader frowned, "Because I want someone to leave here with information on where we are. If we all get trapped, no one will know where we are or how to get us."
"You know I don't believe you."
"No one ever said you had to." Was Ruby's final word. Blake nodded deftly before running towards their three friends who were trying to stabilize Ren's heartbeat. When Ruby turned back she saw what Yang and Weiss had created, or destroyed. There were little to no trees left within a 50 yard radius, and no sign of the thing that fired at us.
"Where is he?" Ruby asked loudly, shocked. A grim chuckle grabbed their attention again, forcing the three to form a small triangle, Yang focusing all her attention on the four nearby Ren.
"Do not worry about your coordinated attack Ms. Rose. I was dealt a blow. However..." The three's attention was swapped to a black mist that was making itself known through the purple.
"A simple attack like that won't kill a ghost."
A doorbell interrupted Pyrrha's focus, causing her to blink repeatedly.
"Huh?" She asked, confused at the reality as it swamped her vision.
"Someone rang the doorbell." Ruby reminded her, seeing the confusion in her eyes.
The second redhead laughed a moment later, "Oh, my bad. I must have got caught up in the moment. I'll be right back." She excused herself. Ruby nodded to herself and finally moved over to a seat. She sat down and felt great relief at not having to stand, and waited for Pyrrha to return.
Not a moment later she heard her voice, "Jaune, I know you like being polite but this is your house as well, there's no need to ring the doorbell." She laughed, before walking back. Ruby caught sight of Pyrrha and Jaune with their hands entwined, causing the younger of the three to smile.
It's still nice to see everyone I once knew live wonderful lives. She thought. That thought however led to her remembering her time with her teammates.
"Hello again Scarlet." Jaune greeted with a wave. Ruby mimicked it and allowed Jaune to move into the kitchen where he set up lunch. About five minutes later everyone was in the livingroom eating what Jaune had bought; medium-rare steak.
Ruby chuckled at Jaune's choice for lunch, "Steak for lunch Jaune, really?" Pyrrha gave a small laugh of her own and Jaune gave a timid shrug.
"He's always had a taste for steak, and with how long I've lived with him it doesn't come as a surprise when he brings something like this home." Pyrrha answered, taking a bite of her main course. They sat in a comfortable silence before Jaune spoke up.
He wiped his lips with his napkin, "Actually Scarlet, there's something I want to ask you."
Ruby raised an eyebrow, "Go ahead." She pressed, both her and Pyrrha curious.
"Well, earlier I ran into some old friends and they told me something... interesting about your past, involving about your stopping a Grimm invasion about five years ago." Jaune treaded on thin ice with that comment.
Ruby paled at that, No, this isn't going to be about-
Pyrrha nodded, "Oh, I think I know what you're talking about; it's about that scandal that Scarlet murdered those reporters that kept following her, isn't it?"
-shit, it is. Ruby finished. She felt the two pairs of eyes push her down into the seat, and soon found it better if she spoke before she was buried by the stares alone.
Ruby sighed, "Before I answer, can I safely assume that the 'old friends' you're talking about are the members of Team RWBY, correct?" Jaune nodded in response, and sat patiently. Ruby assumed that Jaune knew it was a sensitive topic, and was grateful that he was allowing her to calm her nerves.
"Well, now that I know that, it should be easy." Ruby started, "Well, that rumor is true to a degree. Those reporters did get killed, but not by me."
"If not, then who did they get killed by?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Well, let me see if this will clear the confusion; I am apart of the FBI." Jaune and Pyrrha's eyes widened, and Ruby was quick to respond.
"Let me try this then; my boss didn't want any top secret information to be leaked so he sent four specially trained soldiers to get rid of them."
"Well your leader went overboard. He could've just kept them under surveillance if any information did get leaked." Jaune retorted angrily.
Rub stood up abruptly, "Listen here Jaune Arc! What my mission was back then and is now cannot have anyone know about, else my target react in a brutal manner that could destroy everyone in Hirano!" She yelled. Pyrrha and Jaune stared silently, and Ruby regretted it instantly.
"I... I believe I've overstayed my welcome." Ruby muttered, before stepping quickly out the front door. The girl sprinted down the crowded streets trying to not run into anyone with decent success. It was about 10 minutes of straight sprinting before she reached her apartment building, where she rested against the front wall next to the front door.
Oh my go! Oh my god! I so overreacted back there! She thought desperately, now running scenarios through her head of how to apologize to Jaune and Pyrrha. She stood up after about five minutes of resting and feeling about 50 pairs of eyes graze her in curiosity. She entered the building and made her way up to her room where she stayed there for about an hour straight before remembering something.
"Oh right, I got an appointment with Dr. Randal in 90 minutes. I'd better get going." She muttered to herself in defeat. She got up from the couch and tossed her sweatshirt, which she was using as a pillow, over to the nearby chair. Ruby was glad it was close to summer and chose to walk to the hospital. After grabbing her wallet Ruby left her apartment room and took two steps down the hall when an unfortunate surprise met her.
"Are you Scarlet Rosette?"
It was Team RWBY.
Kira: I actually don't know what to think of this chapter. It was a somewhat all over the place for me, so I'm not to sure how this'll work out. Anyway, I'm still working on my other stories, but at a slower pace. Now, there's a Rooster Tetth made RWBY coffee mug for sale and I want it. Bye! :D