AN: What do you guys think of the new story title? I like it, but of course, I get it already. I'm torn between giving it away or enjoying the suspense…I just don't know. In related news, this is probably going to be another short chapter, because I'm still, I dunno, introducing characters, showing how quickly things go non-canon I suppose…but enough of that time for FUN!


Pyrrha felt bad. She had run off so quickly after seeing Jaune and the other blonde that she hadn't really said much. All she had wanted was to get closer to Jaunne, but clearly that wasn't going to happen…oh how she wished it would.

"I suppose I'll have to find someone to partner up with." She sighed, exasperated with herself and the emotions that were ripping her apart.

"Don't be so down, maybe you'll like your real partner even more!" Shouted a loud red pile of roses.

'Wait, a pile of roses can't talk. Pyrrha get a hold of yourself woman. Now, where's the voice coming from?' Pyrrha thought to herself, while looking around.

"Do you make cookies? I like cookies!" Now it sounded like it was coming from above her. How did it move so fast?

"Where are you?" She muttered quietly while looking up.

"I'm right over here, silly!" Now it was unmistakably behind her!

"Hah! Got you!" She yelled as she turned around…and saw nothing. 'What the heck!'

"Nope!" A bush nearby shouted cheerily.

Pyrrha wasn't really in the mood for this today…but she suddenly found herself enjoying this little game. "You're not the only one with a semblance." She shouted while using polarity to pull on the only metal she could sense nearby, what seemed like…a scythe?

"Wahhh!" A little girl screamed while trying to stop the scythe from moving. "What's happening!?"

Pyrha grinned, "Found you!"

"Awwwww," the little girl said, then cheerily shouted. "OOOH, but now you can get me some cookies!"

"That'll have to wait," Pyrrha said. "We still have to find the relics…partner."

"Maybe the relics will be cookies! And then we can eat them! But wait we have to give them to Ozpin…OOOH we should just go give him some other cookies!" It was getting hard to understand her, as she talked more and more about cookies.

"Do you mind telling me your name?" Pyrrha asked, hoping she wasn't hallucinating this cookie-crazed girl.

"My name's Ruby Rose! But you can call me crater-…please just call me Ruby." She finished shyly.

"I'm Pyrrha Nikos, pleased to meet you." She stated somewhat formally. Then a grin split her face. "I heard something about an exploding girl, that wouldn't happen to be you would it?"

"Oh, I was hoping that story hadn't gotten around the school yet…" She trailed off. "But it's nice to hear you making a joke! See you're already happy again! Yay!"

"I suppose I am," Pyrrha said nicely. "We should really get a move on to the temple though."

Ruby nodded her head and they set off towards the temple.


Ren was stealthily following someone he hoped would eventually lead him to the temple when suddenly, she disappeared.

'Where did she go?' He thought to himself, searching everywhere with his eyes. 'She can't have gone far.'

He felt a slight pressure at his throat. 'Aw crap, looks like she found me first.' He silently looked over at her, wondering what to do next.

The pressure disappeared, and the girl put one finger on her lips, then pointed towards a sleeping King Taijitu. Ren nodded to show that he understood then moved stealthily towards the white head, motioning for the girl to go towards the black head. She nodded and started moving.

Ren got behind a tree ten feet away from the white head and checked to make sure the dark-clothed girl was near the black head. She saw him looking and nodded again. He pulled out his Stormflowers and started shooting.

He jumped up and started slashing at the head before him, running towards the black end as he saw the shadowy girl was having a bit of issue with her end of the snake. He blocked a particularly vicious strike from the white head with his hands, and set to work trying to attract the black head's attention. He slashed and slashed moving around on the snakes back, then he noticed the white head behind him. It was striking again. Then he had an idea.

He swiftly dodged the strike, flipping over its head, then watched in disbelief as his plan worked and the snake, moving too fast to stop and being too dumb to close its mouth, ran its fangs into the other snakehead, killing it instantly. Then he saw a dark blur jump past him and behead the white snakehead.

He looked at the other girl with a bit of trepidation.

She said nothing.

He stared.

She stared back.

Finally, he decided he should probably say something, but couldn't decide what to say. She appeared to be in a similar state of mind.

Then she said, "Blake Belladonna."

He replied, "Lie Ren."

With the introductions having been made, they quickly and stealthily made their way towards the temple.


AN: I felt bad for the other chapter being so short, and knew this one would be about the same so I decided to upload it sooner rather than later. I was going to write from Blake's perspective rather than Ren's, but I decided that Ren might be more fun, I always wondered what he was thinking about in the show while he was just being quiet. I had so much fun writing the Ruby/Pyrrha scene, i hope you guys enjoyed it too. Also, first fight scene! Congratulations to me! Let's see…oh thanks to the two people who decided to follow! You guys were part of this being posted so soon after the other one. Speaking of which it's now four a.m. my time so I'm just going to post already. Seeya guys next chapter.


[Edit:] Crap i did it again. Sorry! LOL time for underlining again