It was a wonderful day at Beacon Academy, a prestigious school for students all over the world that has stood for centuries. While on the outside, its architecture reflected its age with ancient design with stone bricks and whatnot, it featured a fully modernised interior well equipped for students of a modern era.

By the main building's side, lay the dormitories, with rooms of varying sizes that fit varying numbers of students. In one particular 4-person room, lay our intrepid heroes.

Ruby was sleeping in her bed, snoozing off the previous day with cute little snores, while Yang was all sprawled out over her own bed, snoring much more loudly. They would have continued to do so for an indefinite time, until…

*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG!*

A sharp ringing sound sounded from nowhere! To Ruby at least, since in reality, it just came from her bedside, from a particular white-haired heiress.

"Wake up Ruby! Classes start at 9! And it's already 8.30! Hurry up!"

Ruby just continued to lie down in bed.

"Nrrgh, just a few more minutes, please. Besides, I can just speed off to the classroom in a few minutes. I'll be fine!"

"What about cleaning up? You're in no shape to go to class like that you dolt!" Weiss said, pointing at Ruby's dishevelled hair and uniform laid out by the side.

Yang got up from her bed, giving a huge yawn. "Come on, ice queen, Ruby knows what she's doing. She's not a little girl, you know. You can be really hotheaded for an ice queen."

"Don't call me that. Besides, I'm just trying to show concern for Ruby, who is going to make a bad impression on everyone in school like that!"

"Hey, cool it ice queen, I lived with Ruby all her life, and I know that pushing her like that isn't really going to work. Just let her go at her own pace and she'll adapt soon enough."

Weiss huffed. "Well, if she's not going to get up, then I'm not going to be accountable for any trouble she runs into." She walked out of the room, having woken up at 7 to prepare herself properly.

Blake woke up even earlier at 6, silently leaving the room for a walk to think about the past events that transpired.

Ruby glanced at Yang, giving a tired smile. "Thanks Yang, I owe you."

Yang smiled back. "Hey, that's just what sisters do, right? Now just get some shuteye quickly." She got up and walked to the bathroom to wash up.

Ruby would have heeded Yang's words, only for their Aura Changers to start beeping, before speaking up with Ozpin's calm demeanour.

"Rangers, I apologise for the interruption, but I would like to see you all in my office during your lunch break. Please be present."

Yang looked at Ruby. "No rest for us Rangers, huh? See ya soon sis."

Long ago, the Creatures of Grimm threatened mankind, but they were sealed away, leaving mankind at peace. However, the Creatures of Grimm have returned, and four youths have unlocked the power of their souls, called 'Aura' to fight against them.

They are the…

Aura Rangers!

Hunt 2: Dissent Among The Ranks

The Rangers made their way to Ozpin's office at the highest point in Beacon, a tower that stretches out beyond the rest of the campus, and featured incredibly complex designs, with massive gears turning in the background for some reason, and in the middle of it all, sat Professor Ozpin in a strangely phallic chair behind his desk, similarly decorated with gears and whatnot.

"Welcome, Rangers. I hope that your time in Beacon has been good so far?"

Ruby went first. "Well, it has been pretty good so far, but I'm kinda struggling with a few of the lessons here."

Weiss scoffed at that. "Well, maybe if you'd actually try to listen, you'd have an easier time."

"Hey!"

Before they could escalate into a full blown argument, Ozpin cut in. "I understand, after all you basically skipped two years, so you may have some things you may have difficulty with. No matter, I'll assign you to some supplementary classes to help you later on, is that alright?"

"Understood, sir!"

Weiss went next. "I appreciate you assigning us Rangers to the same room, but Ruby and Yang are just too untidy for me! I mean, they just throw their stuff all over the room! It's chaos! Additionally, I'm not sure Ruby is allowed to wear her cape with her uniform."

Yang was not amused. "Hey! It's called 'organised chaos', and besides, we mostly do it on our sides of the room, right?"

Ozpin raised an eyebrow. "I see… while I understand your view, Yang, but I would refer if you made some sort of arrangement with Weiss before you and Ruby make your own 'modifications' to the room. Ruby is allowed to wear her cape. We appreciate individuality here in Beacon."

Ruby whispered to Yang. "Does this mean that we aren't going to make bunk beds?"

Yang whispered back. "We'll find a way, don't worry."

Blake spoke up. "Everything is fine. The other Rangers may be a little loud, but I'm used to creating privacy for myself anyway."

Finally, Yang spoke. "Everything is going pretty well, if I say so myself. It's just that it has been quiet for the past few days, if you know what I mean."

Ozpin was unamused at Yang's insinuation. "That would be a good thing, Yang. Besides, considering the difficulty of travelling across dimensions, attacks will probably be sporadic for now."

Ozpin continued. "This isn't the main reason why I've called you four though. I feel that as a team, you all need to work together. As you've demonstrated earlier, there are some kinks to work out between you all. To do this, I'm going to assign one of you as team leader."

Weiss pointed her nose up. "Great! I'm willing to take the position right now Professor Ozpin!"

"Ruby Rose, as of now, you are the leader of the Aura Rangers."

"Excellent! Wait… WHAT!" Weiss exclaimed, leaping up in shock.

"Ruby has basically taken charge in battle both times now, and I can see her growing into a strong leader for the team." Ozpin replied.

"But… but! She's not leader material! Besides her general tardiness, I'm more disciplined and can take charge if need be!" Weiss complained.

Ozpin remained ever so calm. "Discipline is important, but not necessarily paramount in being a good leader. Ruby has shown combat sense and adaptability in battle, not you. Unless Ruby makes a massive screw up that you don't approve of, she is going to stay as leader."

Ozpin's comments struck Weiss like an arrow through the heart. Disheartened, she gave a simple "Yes sir," before remaining silent.

"Wonderful. That's all, you can leave." Ozpin proceeded to turn his chair around, admiring the scenery from his office.

In their next class, the Rangers were seated next to each other, waiting for their lecturer to make his appearance.

He was not what they expected. Instead of cool and professional, he was large and jolly, with an impressive moustache sitting on his face and covering his mouth. If not for the fact that he was probably human, you might mistake the moustache for being his actual mouth.

"Greetings, my students! I am Professor Port, and I will be teaching you Advanced Biology today!"

Professor Port continued, "Ah, yes! Nature is so fascinating, isn't it? Effectively a massive machine working together in harmony, created by no one but simple adaptation to the environment. My, it reminds me of how I got so interested in the first place! I was just a boy then…"

The professor continued to drone on, telling a story that might have been interesting, but droned on, and on, until it had little to do about him discovering his passion for biology, instead talking about his high school sweetheart and the airspeed of an unladen swallow.

Ruby, being a hyperactive sort, had little patience for such a story, and decided to lie her head on the table, dozing off. Even when she woke up, Professor Port was still not finished, now talking about his moustache. She decided to pass the time by doodling on her notepad, drawing random stuff like the Rangers kicking Grimm butt, to Professor Port himself, creatively renamed 'Professor Poop'. Proud of her crowning achievement of art, Ruby decided to show it to Weiss, sitting next to her.

Naturally, Weiss was listening intently. Or rather, trying to listen, since his overly long story was getting more and more unbelievable by the moment, including him using superpowers to fight monsters. Ruby distracting her with her magnum opus only made things worse. She showed her frustration with a simple scowl, leading Ruby to look ashamed of herself.

"At least she can understand what irritation looks like"

For the next few days, things went as well as you could imagine, with a bossy heiress being snubbed for what she felt was an immature kid unsuited for leadership. Weiss, befitting her nickname of Ice Queen, mostly stayed cold to Ruby, begrudgingly listening to her, but not liking it.

For Ruby, she was ecstatic over being chosen leader, continuing to live her dreams of being a superhero. She tried to get Weiss to open up, but to no avail.

Life continued as normal, until Friday came. Most of the Rangers were relaxing one way or another, though White was down at the command centre, reading up on how to use her Semblance and Aura better. Unfortunately, their activities were interrupted by their Aura Changers buzzing.

"Rangers, there has been a new attack! Transmitting the location to you now! Activate the Aura Changer when you are ready for teleport!"

Becoming alert upon hearing those words, they quickly got dressed and smacked the button on their Aura Changers, and in a blink of an eye, they were gone.

Arriving at the scene, an industrial district covered in various Dust refineries, workers were scrambling from the factories, with some even yelling more about 'losing their pay' than caring that they may be killed. Beowolves poured out of the factories, chasing the workers, until…

"Halt fiends!" The Beowolves looked at the source of the voice, a figure in red flanked by figures in white, black and yellow.

Ruby continued her speech. "Your days of terrorising people are over! With our souls united together, we will defeat you!"

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Ruby, please let's just morph now."

Ruby blushed a little, embarrassed. "Oh, right."

The Rangers lifted their arms up, pushing the button.

"Aura Form, Change!"

In a flash of light, the Aura Rangers were suited up and ready to go.

"Swift Justice! Aura Red!" Aura Red gave a thumbs up.

"Cooling Calm! Aura White!" Aura White gave a polite bow.

"Silent Shadows, Aura Black!" Aura Black lowered herself in a crouch, with her legs spread and one hand on the ground.

"BURNING PASSION! Auuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrra Yellow!" Aura Yellow bent over a little, clenching her fist hard, before thrusting it up high in a fistpump.

"AURA RANGERS, READY!"

*BOOM*

"So, you are the cosplay brigade interfering with our rampages huh?!" A gravelly voice called out from one of the factories. Walking out of the factory, it was what appeared to be giant humanoid blowtorch covered in unhealthy looking black growths around it.

"No matter, I'll make you all feel the heat of Blastburn!" Blastburn proceeded to blast out streams of fire at the Rangers, which they dodged pretty easily. "Huh, not going to go easy huh?! Beowolves, attack!"

Yellow quipped back. "You'll be feeling the heat so much, you'll need a cold shower afterward!"

The Beowolves advanced, but by this time, they were basically easy pickings for the Rangers. Red using her speed with Crescent Rose unfolded to rush through multiple Beowolves. White was using Myrtenaster with skill and grace, augmenting her attacks with her Dust chambers, freezing Beowolves to take them out of the fight and make them easy targets. The Beowolves couldn't even find the real Black, with the each Black they attack being a shadow clone, while Black herself struck with backstabs left and right. Yellow was doing what she did best, punching Grimm.

Blastburn realising that the Beowolves are effectively done for, yelled out in the air.

"Boarbatusks! Come out!"

Suddenly, more portals opened around the Rangers, with rolling masses of black fur and bone bursting out of them, catching the Rangers by surprise and striking them multiple times.

The Rangers' helmets HUD showed their Aura levels dropping, while Ozpin's voice came out of the helmet.

"These are Boarbatusks. Their bone armour covers most of them while rolling out like that, so stay on the defensive until they unfurl, allowing you to attack their softer bellies."

Red, Black and Yellow nodded, and started to dodge the Boarbatusks, leading them to crash into the walls, forcing them to stop and open up, but Red had other ideas.

"Everyone! Attack Blastburn! I've got a plan!" to White's dismay.

"Red! Hold back for now! We'll stand a better chance if take this slow and stop the Boarbatusks first!"

"No, you listen to me for a minute!"

Red rushed forward, but the lack of coordination between her and White left the team confused, and left Red on her own to fight Blastburn.

"Hah! Is that all you can do?" He grabbed onto Crescent Roseand pointed a blowtorch right in Red's face.

Red could only gasp in shock until White came rushed out, striking Blastburn and puncturing one of his gas tanks, resulting in an explosion that knocked back both Red and White, while Black and Yellow were finishing up the Boarbatusks.

"Woah! I've heard of getting heated up, but this is ridiculous!" Yellow said.

White was blown back, and as the smoke cleared, Blastburn was gone.

"Did we do it?" White asked.

Demorphing, Blake had an answer. "No. When we defeated Fountainhead, he left behind what was probably the plaza's fountain behind. Considering how Blastburn looked, there should be a blowtorch of some sort left behind, but there's nothing." Ozpin confirmed Blake's observations, stating that similar things happened in the previous war with the Grimm before.

"The best way we'll be finding him again would be in another attack, unfortunately."

Ruby was dismayed. "What did you do that for?! Like I said, I had a plan! What were you thinking?!"

Weiss looked at her and began to speak. "Why? It's because I can't trust you to be leader! You just don't have the maturity for it! I've observed you in class, and you are not someone that I will willingly place my life in their hands, simple as that."

Much like Weiss during the meeting with Ozpin, Weiss's words struck Ruby like an arrow the heart, but she was not going to take this lying down. "If you would have listened to me, we could have forced Blastburn into one of the factories where the Boarbatusks would have been unable to enter! You just assumed that I can't do anything right!"

Weiss had no response to that, just huffing and stomping off.

Back at Beacon, Ruby was reeling rather down about the whole situation. The Rangers' first fight with her as their leader, and it was a bust. Weiss just did not want to listen to her. Standing alone out in Beacon's courtyard, she just looked up at the sky, thinking to herself. At least Yang and Blake volunteered to try and look for Blastburn, but she was too occupied with thoughts to join them.

"Having some team troubles?" Ruby turned her head around to find the source of the voice. It was Ozpin, casually strolling in behind her.

"Yeah, I mean, Yang and Blake are fine, but it's Weiss. She really doesn't approve me as leader, and as you saw, even outright disobeyed me. I thought that this would be simple, come up with tactics to beat the Grimm, and then pose for explosions. But…"

Ozpin continued for Ruby. "… The chains of commanding prove to be more difficult to handle than you expected?" Ruby nodded in response. Ozpin continued on. "You may feel that you are unsuited for leadership, but while I've made plenty of mistakes before, I feel that appointing you leader was not one of them."

Ozpin didn't stop there. "Remember, leadership isn't just a thing you do during battle. It lasts beyond the battlefield, especially since you're living with your teammates in the same room. The most important thing every leader must pursue from their leaders is one simple word, Respect." Ruby cocked her head up toward Ozpin as he said that one word.

"It someone does not respect their leader, it shows a lack of faith in them, an unwillingness to acknowledge or follow that leader. Does that sound familiar?"

Ruby looked down, understanding what he meant. "Yeah, I know, but how do I do that?"

"Prove it. Show you conviction at being the Rangers' leader, simple as that."

"Prove myself…" Ruby thought to herself.

Before leaving, Ozpin said a few final words. "Remember this too, a leader does not just need to get their subordinates' respect, leaders are also responsible for them as well. I know it is a huge burden, but I know that you can do it."

Soon enough, Ruby was alone in the courtyard again.

Weiss was in a hallway in Beacon's main building, similarly thinking to herself as well, until a jolly voice shook her out of it.

"Hello there, Miss Schnee! I see that you have some troubles of your own." Professor Port said.

"Huh? Oh hello Professor, it's just some issues with a… friend of mine."

The professor looked at Weiss intently, trying to get a read on her, until he glanced at her wrist.

"An Aura Changer? So you're the one of the new Rangers that has been fighting the Grimm."

Weiss was naturally rather surprised at this. "What?! How did you see it?!"

Port gave a hearty laugh. "Ho ho ho! I was a previous Ranger myself, looking out for any potential Grimm incursions that may happen. After all, if a single, limited attack gets bad enough, it could create enough negative energy to bring larger attacks with it."

Weiss pondered on that. "Huh, I guess that does make sense, operating as a lookout and first response," Weiss had a double take. " Wait… are you saying that your story about using superpowers to fight monsters is true?!"

"Correct! You are an observant student Miss Schnee, I can only wish that more students are as attentive." Port said, with pride welling in Weiss's chest.

"Well, if you know about us, then I guess I can tell you what's really bugging me. It's our newly appointed leader, Ruby. She's not leader material, I mean, during your class she was doodling you and not listening! I have no idea why Ozpin picked her instead of me!"

Port stroked his moustache. "Well, I see that you have a point. However, I trust Ozpin, he has never failed me before and probably not soon."

Weiss frowned at that. "So you'll blindly trust Ozpin just like that even after what I said?"

Port chuckled at that. "Oh yes, but looking at you, I see a bad attitude towards this whole situation."

Weiss was chagrined. "What?! No I'm not!"

"Case in point. You should try to look at this from another angle. Ask yourself this, have you given Ruby a chance yet?"

Weiss was somewhat indignant at that. "Of course I have! I've observed her and as I've said before, she lacks the maturity and discipline to be a leader!"

Port seemed amused. "That's it? From what you've said, it seems that you are looking at her with a very critical eye, looking for chinks in her armour rather than looking at her in a balanced way. I agree that she may seem childish at first glance, but what about the good things about her?"

Weiss had to think a little for that. "Well, she does have surprisingly good combat sense for someone so new, and she was disruptive during some classes, she was trying to cheer me up from the boredom from your stories, no offence."

"None taken. See, how difficult was that? Everyone had strengths and flaws, Ruby is no exception. Just simply focusing on one thing will make you short-sighted and inflexible.

Just like you put your life into her hands, Ruby is also depending on her teammates, putting her life on their hands, yours included. Always remember that." With that, Professor Port left the hallway, leaving Weiss to think about what he said.

Trying to clear her mind, she decided to return to the command centre and read up on whatever records it had on Aura and how she could use it, trying to find a way to prevent Blastburn from running away again.

The next day…

The Rangers were spending their time in the command centre, learning more about Aura and the Grimm in preparation for the inevitable rematch with Blastburn, until…

"Rangers! Blastburn has been detected again! Prepare to teleport!" Ozpin said, pointing at the location Blastburn has been detected.

Teleporting to the location, they could see plenty of people running away from the Grimm again.

Blastburn, upon sighting the Rangers, decided to taunt them. "Ah, the costumed squadron has returned! Here to try and do what you couldn't do before?"

Yang had a response to that. "Oh yeah, we'll see you hosed down before long!"

Everyone whipped out their Aura Changers and pushed the button.

"Aura Form, Change!"

Now morphed, the Rangers charged towards the mass of Beowolves.

Not wanting to waste any time, Blastburn quickly called for another hidden group of Boarbatusks, rushing the Rangers with their rollout attacks and forcing them onth the defensive as they dodged and took potshots at the Beowolves swinging at them.

White, in the midst of all this, kept an eye on Blastburn. One of his gas tanks on his chest was punctured, and gave a perfect target for her new move.

"Red! I'm going in!" White yelled, thrusting through multiple Beowolves on the way.

Red was shocked at White's insistence on advancing ahead just like that. "White! Not this again!"

"Don't worry, I've got an idea." Red would have responded had it not for the constant threat of the Boarbatusks and Beowolves.

Black was doing her best, using shadow clones to lure the Boarbatusks into crashing into walls, forcing them to unfurl and slow down, while Yellow went on the offensive, blowing Beowolves away from Black, covering her.

White advanced forward, switching the chamber on Myrtenaster to ice Dust and pulled the trigger, launching freezing projectiles at Blastburn's feet.

"Ooh! You'll give me freezerburn with that!" Blastburn taunted, while launching fire blasts at her, while White dodged with mechanical precision, managing to freeze Blastburn in place.

"Arrgh! I kept the heat on you constantly!" Blastburn was pissed. Spotting that White had stopped for whatever reason, he raised his blowtorch arms and fired directly at her.

It was right then when White realised a fatal flaw in her new technique. Bracing herself and closing her eyes, she expected to go into a whole new world of hurt from this blast from flames.

But they never hit.

"ARRRGH!" White heard a familiar high pitched voice cry out in pain as she heard an explosion go off, but didn't feel much from it. Opening her eyes, she saw little else but smoke, until she saw a familiar cloaked figure on the ground in front of her.

"Red?!" White yelled in shock. "Why… why did you do this?"

Red's voice was strained and she was clearly in pain. "Because… because I'm your leader. You put your life in my hands, and I cannot just stand by and let you get hit like that. I'm responsible for you after all, if you get hurt, it would at least be partly my fault."

White started to tear up at those words, but before she could say anything, Red stopped her.

"Didn't you have an idea? This smoke… he has no idea you're still standing… surprise him!"

White nodded. Getting up on her feet, she used the smoke as a cover to prepare her attack. Channelling extra amounts of Aura into Myrtenaster and supercharging the ice Dust in the loaded chamber, she pulled the trigger.

"Aura Art, Frost Lance!"

Blastburn was stunned by the attack call.

"WHAT?!" as he saw White standing in front of the fallen Red, with an absolutely massive lance made of ice expanding from Myrtenaster. Black and Yellow can only look on in wonder.

"Take this!" White charged forward, the ice lance protecting her from any of Blastburn's attacks, aiming for his punctured tank.

She hit, driving the lance right through the hole and Blastburn, landing behind him as he collapsed.

"I'm feeling the heat!"

*BOOM!*

After the explosion, there lay nothing but a simple blowtorch.

That would have been the end of it, but…

The Ranger's helmets crackled to life with Ozpin's voice, "Rangers! Subdimension transport detected! It's a Goliath-class!"

White was flummoxed. "What? We destroyed the Grimm right there!"

"Yes, but he has produced enough negative energy from his attacks to summon a Goliath-class…" Ozpin could not finish, interrupted by a massive special rift opening above the Rangers.

The Rangers could do little but stare in shock at it, until a massive Beowolf emerged from it, but with Blastburn's head and arms instead.

White balked at that sight. "What. Is. THAT?!"

Her helmet crackled to life with Ozpin's voice. "That would be a Goliath-class Grimm, ancient beings with massive power that require a good amount of negative energy to be released. It seems that by using the negative energy Blastburn collected, it has taken his features and abilities as well."

Yellow responded to that. "While punching a giant to death sounds fun, I'd prefer something to even the odds, since living is a rather high priority for us, you know?"

"You'd be glad that I do a means to channel your Aura into forms capable of defeating these Goliath-classes. Just activate your Aura Changers and say "Aura Zord, Activate!""

Red, despite White's insistence on laying down and resting, stood up. "Alright Rangers, let's do this."

The Rangers pushed the buttons. "Aura Zord, Activate!"

The Aura Changers started to glow with their colours, surrounding them before continuing to extend outwards into massive humanoid forms. The glow wore off, revealing their new armoured forms.

Red was medium sized compared to the other Rangers, her head covered in a hood and wielding two sickles with glowing red blades.

"Rose Aura Zord, ready!"

White was the smallest of the four, with long spindly limbs, and a headpiece looking like a crown covering her head, and constantly flying with back mounted packs that spewed out wing-like jets of Aura. Instead of a melee weapon, she wielded Aura cannons in her arms and shoulders.

"Frost Aura Zord, ready!"

Black has the strangest form, as it looked like a humanoid mass of shadow partially covered up by free floating pieces of armour, and wielded a similarly shadowy whip.

"Shadow Aura Zord, ready!"

Yellow was the bulkiest of the four, covered in heavy armour, exhaust pipes spewing flames and having similar gauntlets on her arms.

"Blaze Aura Zord, ready!"

Finishing up their roll call, the Rangers marvelled at their new forms.

"Everything just looks like a model from here…" Red said, amazed at the sight

"I'm the smallest…?" White said, somewhat dejected. "Well, size doesn't matter, probably."

Black was silent, observing her new form and how she could use it.

"Woah, everyone is just like ants here-," Yellow started to speak, but…

"DON'T use this power willy-nilly. The Rangers are supposed to fight to save people, not to cause collateral damage, so be careful as you fight the Goliath-class." Ozpin interrupted.

Red nodded. "Alright Rangers, let's do this!"

"Roger!"

The four Zords advanced on the Goliath-class, while it started to attack them, blasting flames at them, specifically at the White.

Fortunately, the Frost Aura Zord's smaller size and flight made White much more manoeuvrable, dodging the Goliath-class's attacks.

"See, size doesn't really matter!" White called out to the rest of the Rangers, "He's occupied with me, attack now!"

The Rangers nodded, and proceeded to strike at the Goliath-class's exposed back with their attacks, with Black using her whip to restrain him, while Yellow wailed on him with punches. The Goliath-class could only roar in fury as he was being outmanoeuvred by the Rangers.

Red gathered next to White. "Come on White! Let's finish him together!"

White nodded in response. "Yes, let's do so."

Red's blades glowed brighter with more Aura, while White's cannons similarly glowed brighter. With a flash, White fired her cannons, firing out a freezing blast that encased the Goliath-class, while Red rushed ahead, raking him with her sickles and shattering the Goliath-class into tiny pieces.

The Rangers turned their backs to the Goliath-class's icy remains.

"Grimm, hunted!"

In a bright flash, the Rangers were reverted back to their normal demorphed selves. But before any could celebrate, Ruby collapsed onto the ground, her injuries catching up with her.

Weiss feeling her heart skip a beat, rushed towards the collapsed form of her leader. Checking her for any injuries, she was glad that the suit took much of the damage, though Ruby may be feeling the pain from that for a few days.

"You… you dolt! You just had to protect me like that didn't you? But, for that, thank you."

Ruby gave her a weak smile. "Well, that's just what a leader does, right?"

Weiss nodded at that, giving a warm smile, "Right! Now come on leader, let's go home."

Teleporting back to the command centre, Ruby's injuries were taken a look at and patched up.

"While she's going to be fine, she should probably take it easy for the next few days," Ozpin said, glad that the team has come closer together.

While Ruby could probably have walked back to the Rangers' room, Weiss insisted on carrying her there, saying about how she feels responsible, and 'not to expect this sort of thing again', but Ruby knew better.

Tucking Ruby into bed, Weiss glanced at Ruby's face, and looking at its peaceful expression, Weiss gave a small smile before going to bed herself.

The next morning…

It was a beautiful Sunday at Beacon Academy, with the sun shining like a great big beacon telling students to get up and make it a productive day.

However, Weiss is rather indifferent to the sun, instead preferring to sleep off the previous day on her bed, until…

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!*

An incredibly loud airhorn sounded out, shocking Weiss awake so hard that the fell off her bed.

"W-what was that?!" She yelled in confusion, her vision sharpening, turning the featureless blob in front of her into a chipper and energetic Ruby.

"R-Ruby? What are you doing up and about so early? You should be resting to recover!"

Yang rushed to Ruby's side while Ruby gave Weiss a great big smile. "Who needs rest when they have the power of youth? I feel absolutely fine, and as such we are going to start up the redecoration of our room, starting with BUNK BEDS!"

Weiss was a mixture of annoyed and marvelled by Ruby's energy, in fact, it was starting to pick her up too, despite her sleepiness.

"Well, I always did want bunk beds, lead the way Ruby!"

Despite initial misgivings, Weiss is touched by Ruby's heart and has gained a new respect for her as the team grows closer.

Aura Rangers Hunt 2… ends here!