Chapter 1
== Hell's Deception ==
~ If I had author notes I would write them here
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"Ironwood certainly loves bringing his work wherever he travels." Glynda muttered.
"Well, running an academy and a military makes him a busy man." Ozpin replied. Three Bullhead aircrafts fly by the tower, making loud screeches in the air. "But yes, those are a bit of an eyesore."
With the Vytal festival soon beginning, students were not the only one travelling to Vale. James Ironwood. The General of Atlas military and head of his own academy in Atlas traveled to Vale alongside his students to have a long chat with his old friend. The renowned General often kept to himself, taking charge of defensive matters. With that known he decided to bring his entire defense force to Vale with his trip, much to Glynda's dismay. Today however he awaits in the elevator rising towards the Beacon Headmaster's office.
Chirping beep sounds rang multiple times, catching Ozpin's attention. The headmaster saw a hollow-message with the words "Access Requested" on his deck. "Come in." he says, granting access.
On Que, The General, a well dressed man with a white overcoat, a gray undercoat along with a red tie, entered the room from the tower elevator. He had a fingerless glove on his right hand and a what appears to be a metal plaster upon the right side of his forehead.
"Ozpin!" The general cordinally proclaimed as he walked towards the Headmaster.
"Hello, General." Ozpin replied, standing at attention.
"Please, drop the formalities." The general stated. The two men began approaching each other to shake hands. "It's been too long."
Noticing the light-blonde professor in the room, General James Ironwood began to greet: "Glynda! It has certainly been too long since we last met."
"Oh, James!" Glynda responds with false enthusiasm. "I'll be outside" she mutters to Ozpin.
"Well she hasn't changed a bit", Ironwood stated.
As Glynda walks out of the room, Ozpin turns to his desk, intending to grab his coffee.
"So, what in the world has brought you all the way down from Atlas? Headmasters don't typically travel with their students, for the Vytal Festival. " Pouring a cup of coffee, he offers the cup to the general has he ends his speech.
"Well, you know how much I love Vale this time of year. With you hosting I thought this might ba good opportunity for us to catch up." Ironwood states, accepting the coffee and adding some sugar cubes from his pocket canteen.
Sitting down on his chair, Ozpin pours himself more coffee. "I can certainly appreciate the quality time between friends, however, a small fleet outside my window has me concerned." Ozpin replies.
"Well, concern is what brought them here." The General explains.
"I understand that travel between kingdoms have become increasingly difficult, and while that is so there isn't much conflict going on. The Grimm are under control and the Ghouls have not caused a major incident yet." Ozpin said, sipping his coffee.
"Oz, you and I both know why I brought those men." Ironwood states once more.
Ozpin with sigh, takes a sip of his coffee and sets his cup down. "We are in a time of peace. Shows of power like this are just going to give the wrong impression. We don't want to attract unwanted attention, do we?"
"But what if Qrow said is true..."
"If what Qrow said is true, we shall handle it tactfully." Ozpin ensured, raising his index finger to emphasize his point. "It's the Vytal festival. A time to celebrate unity and peace. I suggest you not scare people by transporting hundreds of soldiers halfway across the continent."
"I'm just being cautious" Ironwood states.
"As am I. We will continue to train the best Huntsmen and Huntresses as we can. If ghouls are your concern then the CCG will take care of them. Ozpin said, placing his coffee on the table.
"Believe me, I hope so." James Ironwood said. The General begins to walk towards the elevator door, but turns around to question the headmaster once more. "But ask yourself this," General Ironwood began. "Do you honestly believe your children can win a war?"
Ironwood walks into the elevator as it's doors close, bringing the General to the ground floor.
"I hope they never have to" Ozpin mutters, staring at the window behind his desk and taking another sip of his coffee.
The Beacon Academy Library. A place where students come to read, learn and study. The Library was expansive, containing much information from all sources possible. You name it, Biographies, Grimm Biology, Ghoul taxonomy, basically everything. However today, a certain duo of a team are playing a certain popular card game on scrolls. Team RWBY was seated upon a desk, tending to a bet of who would buy this evening's Dinner. Team JNPR was situated right across the room, most of whom were reading. One was sleeping with a large snooze bubble however, having given up studying the boring books.
"Hmm..." Pondered the young huntress in red. "So many possibilities..." Ruby Rose contemplated her next move. Should she attack her opponent directly in the face, or shall she use her minions to trade with the enemy forces.
"All right... All right! Yang Xiao Long, prepare yourself for battle!" Ruby exclaims, preparing to play her cards.
"Bring it on, sis!" The opposing blonde proclaims, slamming her elbow on the table.
"I deploy, Lord Jaraxxus!" Ruby announces, making Yang look back in shock. "Looks like you aren't winning yet, I still have fifteen health points from this minion!"
"You face Jaraxxus! Eredar lord of the Grimm Legion!" The card announces, as it replaces Ruby's hero with itself.
"With the Grim lord taking over my character, I get his weapon too! I'll attack your weakened hero myself too! Attack my minions!" Ruby said, preparing to command her minions to damage Yang's hero.
"You fiend!" Yang said, feigning shock.
As Ruby ends her turn, Yang prepares to counterattack. With her hero at 10 health, she cannot risk holding back anymore.
Looking at her cards and her minions, she realizes what she can do to win back the game. She couldn't use her minions to attack Ruby, as she had Taunt minions down. Instead, she could do something that could bypass them.
"I summon the firelord, Ragnaros!" Yang announces, placing her card on the table.
Ruby squeals in shock as the minion announces his awakening. "BY FIRE BE PURGED!"
"Oh... you think that alone will win the game?" Ruby recomposes herself. "If he attacks the wrong minion you might just fall by my forces!"
"I'm not finished yet, sis." Yang proclaims, raising up a spellcard. "Fireball!" Yang sends a spell that dealt seven damage to Ruby's hero, bringing Jaraxxus down to eight health.
"GAH!" Ruby could not understand how Yang did that. "But but Fireball costs four Dust and deals only six damage! How could you do that!" Ruby questions in a frenzy.
"Well you did leave my Emperor Thaurissan alive for two turns..." Yang responds, grinning at her turnaround. "Plus you left my Bloodmage Thalnos on the board."
"Hmm! Well then." Ruby straightens herself as she gets her bearings. "You only win if Ragnaros hits my valuable Jaraxxus! If he hits anyone of my minions, you will lose!"
"That's just a chance I'm willing to take." The dedicated Blonde says, praying silently that Ragnaros attacks Ruby's hero.
"DIE INSECT!" The Firelord minion announces, preparing to send out the attack that would declare who would win the game.
The match ended with a deflated Ruby lying on the table crying, as her poor Lord Jaraxxus was destroyed by Ragnaros the Firelord.
"And this means Ruby is buying us all dinner!" Weiss Schnee announced, as A cheer was heard on Yang's scroll while a miserable key was heard on Ruby's.
"Nooooooooooo!" Ruby shouts one final cry as she is forced to check how much money she has.
"Oh, um, what just happened?" Blake Belladonna asked, not paying attention to the drama and tension that just occurred.
"Ruby's buying dinner cause she lost against me!" Yang childishly said in a cheerful manner.
"...Right" Blake replied, returning to her book.
As Team RWBY chatted among themself, across them was Team JNPR with most of them reading. The leader was Jaune Arc, a teenage blonde with dark blue eyes and messy hair, with chest plates and shoulder armor along with a black shirt and blue pants. Jaune put textbook down as he saw Team RWBY finish their game of Duststone. He was originally reading a comic book, but his teammate Pyrrha confiscated and replaced it.
"Hey, can I play?" Jaune asks, walking towards the team.
"Sure, but I can't play with you. I need to go buy some dinner stuff for my team. I lost Yang's bet..." Ruby frowned. The entire team was too lazy to go get their own food, especially after the massive food fight that happened earlier in the morning. The team agreed to have a round of Duststone to settle it. Ruby smirked at the amount of Watermelons used during the fight. You could fill up fifty punches from them and still have some left!
"Are you sure?" Weiss inquires, doubting the boy's ability. "This game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt you possess."
"Uhh, you lost against us several times in the past cause you missed lethal." Yang stated, earning an annoyed grunt from the Schnee Heiress.
"Bring it on, Ice Queen!" Jaune said, smirking with confidence. "I'll have you know that I have been told that I am a natural born leader."
"By who, your mother?" Weiss retorted sarcastically.
"A-and Pyrrha!" Jaune replied. The redhead overhearing her name being said, waved towards the table greeting them. Jaune getting desperate, put his two hands together to plead with The Ice Queen. "Come on, let me play against you for a game!"
"I'm not facing some incompetent dork. I have pride to uphold you know." Weiss once again retorted. "Why not? Are you too afraid I might win you?" Jaune talked back, attempting to grind her gears and cogs.
"Hmmph, fine! I'll face you. You shall fall before the might of my Mage deck!" Weiss said, accepting Jaune challenge.
Before they could begin, three figures approached Team RWBY... and Jaune.
"'Sup losers" Team RWBY turned to the voice to see a trio of students walk to them .
"Hey Sun!" Ruby greets. She turned to look towards the Blue and Red students next to him. They were new...
"Ruby, Yang, Blake, Ice Queen." Sun introduced, earning a pout of Weiss "Why does everyone keep calling me that?" she complaint.
Ignoring the rant, Sun continued. "I never got a chance to introduce you to my old friends.
"Um, aren't libraries for reading?" The Blue student, Neptune inquired. This earned a distant thanks from Ren across the room, and Nora randomly saying "Pancakes" as she woke up from her nap.
"Shut up, don't be a nerd." Sun retorted.
Neptune made noises with mouth to stop Sun. "Intellectual", okay? Thank you." The blue haired student turned to Team RWBY. "I'm Neptune" he introduced.
"And I'm Razor." The Red student introduced.
"Oooh, sharp." Yang muttered, earned a giggle from Ruby and an annoyed look from Razor.
"So Neptune, where are you from?" Weiss asked, unusually nervous as opposed to her prideful self.
"Haven" Neptune answers, walking towards The Ice Queen. "And I don't believe I've caught your name, Snow Angel." Jaune seeing this, jealously yelled to himself an "Are you kidding me?"
"Um, I'm Weiss." The Snow Angel replied, feeling her heart rate increase slightly. Her other teammates looked at her, mild amusement from seeing her acting unusually nervous.
"Pleasure to meet you." Neptune said, his tone as cool as ice, making Weiss' heart beat increase significantly.
During this time, Sun turned to look at the book Blake was reading, and was mildly surprised to see a book he had saw in the past.
"You reading the Black Goat's egg, eh?" Sun said. He saw his younger brother read that book once when they were younger, and he remembered himself childishly stealing the book and put it on a high shelf. Sun chuckled to himself at how his younger bro didn't know how to use his Faunus abilities to get it at the time. Monkey Faunus could jump higher than most humans anyway.
"Yeah. It's about serial killer who had a son as he tries to live with his mother's murderous urges. I never thought you would know of this, Sun." Blake explained, questioning how Sun knew of this dark themed book.
"Nah. I just stole it from my brother and put it somewhere he couldn't reach. Recognized the cover." Sun said, recalling those fun antics he had once again.
"Right..." Blake deadpanned. "Can't expect much from you." Sun simply gave off an annoyed groan. "Always sunshine and rainbows..." The yellow faunus muttered.
Razor Rivers turned to the two who weren't talking to his friends. Only Yang Xiao Long and Ruby Rose weren't talking, and he'd rather speak with a Young introverted red wearer than a Loud obnoxious yellow blonde. Besides, little red riding hood was his target anyway.
"Hello there." Razor began, preparing to give Ruby some sweet talk.
"Um, hi there Razor. I'm um, Ruby. Where are you from?" Ruby said, somewhat nervous with the handsome looking guy right beside her.
"Same place as Uranus here, Haven." Razor answered. His choice of nickname for Neptune got a stare of disgust from him. Razor noticing this, returned back with a smirk.
"Oh, so you are um... Haven?" Ruby asked, not sure what else to say.
"Of course, Rosey". Razor smoothly replied, his nickname for Ruby giving her a mild blush. "Unlike Sunny there, I know how to wear clothes." Razor boasts. "Hey, I may have moved to in Mistral but I grew up in Vacuo. That place isn't really a shirt and tie kind of place." Sun retorted. "And it's Sun Wukong! Please!"
"Whatever Fallen Monkey God." Razor replied, earning an annoyed stare from him. "What were you doing before we arrived here?" Razor asked, looking at the game was on her scroll.
"Oh! That's Duststone by Snowstorm Entertainment. It's a really fun game, you should try it!" Ruby brightened up, able to find something to talk about.
"Interesting, is Warlock your favorite class?" Razor inquired.
"Yes! How did you know that?" Ruby said surprised. Razor played Duststone? She thought to herself. Awesome!
"You have Lord Jaraxxus on your defeat screen." Razor answered, pointing over to her game which was not closed. A storm brewed over Lord Jaraxxus' portrait, which was broken with deflated confetti horns. "Eek! I forgot to close the app!" Ruby exclaimed, quickly closing the application and locking her scroll.
Razor looking at how fast Ruby was moving made him chuckle. He hadn't seen such a childish behavior in a long time. It reminded him of happier times before he ever entered Beacon. "Too bad you are going to die." Razor thought to himself. "Poor souls like you deserve more."
Ruby saw Razor chuckling to himself, and smiled at the joyfulness he had. She was always an optimist, and seeing other people happy always made her happy as well. "So what are you gonna do later, Rosey?" Razor said, with a tinge of smoothness in it.
"I'm going to buy dinner for my team. Yang won me in a game of Duststone and we made a bet..." Ruby explained. "It's cause I'm just too good." Yang said, emphasizing the vowels of good. Ruby seeing this, simply frowned. "I'll win you one day. I mean it, Yang Xiao Long! This isn't over!" Ruby declared. "I'll be ready for a duel anytime you want sis. Bring. It. On." Yang replied. The two sisters stared at each other, their grudges over a card game influencing their actions.
"Woah woah woah girls girls girls." Razor said, trying to ease the tension. He had saw teams as close together as this before, with their friendships and rivals just competing with one another. He calmed himself, they were going to die like those teams. Better to have food just wiggle and die then struggle and strike, right?
"How about, I go along with Ruby to buy dinner for you all?" Razor suggested, smiling vividly at his own suggestion. Team RWBY looked at him with varying looks. Ruby was nervous, twiddling her thumbs in attempt to calm herself. Weiss had a narrow glare at the unknown ghoul, raising an eyebrow. Blake had the same stare as Weiss, only without the eyebrow raise. Yang however, saw this as an opportunity.
"Sure thing! Ruby would LOVE your company! It gets lonely in the dark after all!" Yang exclaimed, appearing between the two and squishing them together. "YANG!" Ruby exclaimed, her face as red as roses as she struggled from Yang's grasp. "Um, okay then it's settled. I'll join Ruby in buying dinner for your team!" Razor said, his mouth slightly muffled with Yang's arm over it. "Please let go of us though, I can't feel my face." Razor said, feeling himself losing breath by the second.
"Alright! Razor and Ruby, the red coloured duo!" Yang said, letting go of both of them. The moment Ruby was freed she pulled her sister towards a bookshelf, Yang barely struggling.
"YANG! What are you doing!?" Ruby whispered with annoyance. Yang was literally shipping the two of them together, with their liking of colours too! "What? I'm only trying to get you more friends, or are you simply awestruck by Mr. Sharp there?" Yang replied, with a hint of seductiveness in her voice. "NO NO NO NO NO NO!" Ruby suddenly squealed, her face much more red than simply roses. Recomposing herself, Ruby began to explain to Yang. "Look, I see Razor as a friend, not a boyfriend! You can't just go pairing us up after we just meet up!" Yang after hearing this, simply chuckled. "Ahh, fine fine... Mr. Knife there won't be your boyfriend today, but maybe in the future?" Yang states. "Wha, -ahh -ahh! Whatever! You can go ship us all you want but I won't be dating him for reals!" Ruby proclaims. "And Mr. Knife isn't a good nickname!"
Razor, who was watching the little squabble, had broken into a heavy laughter. "Ahh, sisters. Always nice and close with each other." He mutters to himself. Weiss overhearing this, looks down towards her side.
Ruby walked back to Razor, and seeing him laugh had made her even more nervous. "Okay then Razor! Let's go get dinner for Team RWBY!" She announces. "What would you all like to have?" Ruby asked her fellow teammates.
"I'm not hungry. Some drinks would do." Weiss said, her eyes still looking down to the table.
"Some fruits would be nice." Blake says, looking at Ruby with her book closed on the table. Ruby glanced at the book and noticed there was a black bookmark that had cat ears on the top. "Cute."
"Give me a Chicken Burger with extra Pepper spice on it!" Yang exclaimed, her eyes glancing at her stomach. "I'm really hungry." she said, and as if on que, her stomach growled.
"So..." Ruby began. She knew what Yang always liked, but she was deciding on what fruit to give Blake. "Would some apples do, Blake? I hear they are ripe this month of the year." Ruby asked. Blake responded with a nod. She then returned to her book, opening where her bookmark was at.
"I'll get a peachy drink for Weiss and that appears to be all!" Ruby concluded. "Great, shall we go Ms. Rosey?" Razor said, acting like a refined gentlemen that was ruined by the nickname he called her. "Um, alright great let's go!" Ruby exclaimed, pulling Razor with her to get away from the snickering Yang.
"Heh, Rosey Ruby." The Blonde muttered to herself.
The red duo travelled down the streets of Vale. Ruby and Razor looked around the city, Razor most interested. He had never really taken a tour of the city, having been moved directly to Beacon without a chance to fully enjoy the place. Ruby had been here many times, but seeing the city every once in awhile still made her feel joyful inside. The huntress checked her location, they had to walk a pretty long distance to reach the Burger store where Yang's favourite burger was made. Ruby, not wanting to walk in silence with the Red Haven student, tried to muster up some small talk.
"So um, how does Vale seem to you?" Ruby asked, a little hesitation in her voice. She had never felt this nervous before. She may have felt a little bit bad at how her teammate Weiss was towards her at first, but they eventually got along pretty well. She silently recalled the time where they slapped hands in sync at Blake's remark at Weiss' "dress." "It's a combat skirt!"
"Well, Vale is a pretty chill place. Definitely not as cold as Mistral though, Brrrrgh." Razor said, with a little stress in the first word of his sentence. He wasn't wrong to say that, as Mistral was normally a very cold place. Razor sighed to himself, the freezing temperature of his homeland had intefered with his feasts one time too many. He hated how easily the food got cold, having always it warm and delicious in the past.
"I guess so. I've lived most of my life in Vale, so I kinda know how the place here works." Ruby replies. The duo continued to walk in silence, both of them having nothing much to say. "Well, there have been some stuff going on. Just a few months ago I fought some criminal at a Dust shop." Ruby began, attempting to break the awkward silence between them. "Hmm? You fought a criminal before eh?" Razor replied, curious of what could have transpired there. "Yeah. Roman Torchwick and his gang tried to rob me, but I could take them. Roman got away though..." Ruby explained, looking down to the floor. She always wondered how Roman could escape all the time. "That was also the time when I got into Beacon!" Ruby remembered, brightening up.
"Oh... So I guess you could say Roman kinda helped you get into Beacon in a way." Razor said, implying that his actions were the cause of them walking side by side right now. "Now that you put it like that, yeah it kind of does seem so." Ruby replied, thinking about the past.
"Hey, could that be the dust shop where you encountered them?" Razor pointed towards the newly reopened dust shop. It had the sign of "From Dust Till Dawn" on a bronze board with the words "Newly re-opened!" below it on a banner. "Yeah that's right!" Ruby said, recalling how she took down Roman's pawns. "First off, there was this guy who came up to me when I was reading a magazine and then I was all like "Put your hands in the air!" and I was like, "Are you robbing me?" and then I made him fly out of the shop after he continued threatening me and then..." Ruby recalled her memories enthusiastically as ever, describing the encounter. As she was going into the childish rant, Razor noted that Ruby was while young, able to hold off against the infamous Roman Torchwick and his minions. "I'm gonna have to kill you when your offguard." The Mistral student thought to himself. He didn't want to cause a scene, even in the night.
Razor, trying to change the subject, pointed towards an incoming Burger Joint. "Grimmish Burgers.", a restraunt named after the souless monsters that roamed the world of Remnant. It was quite a parallel now that Razor thought about it. Grimm often killed humans, so humans decided to show how it was like to kill Grimm without having Hunter training. "Hmm, interesting." He muttered to himself.
"Ahh! That's the place. Let's get Yang's burger." Ruby said, tugging Razor's jacket and pulling him towards the human's diner place. Razor hated thinking of the consumables man ate, having a very bad experience in the past. In an attempt to not enter the store, Razor struggled. "Ruby, how about I wait outside. I happen to be um... Midly claustrophobic." Razor improvised, pointing at the packed food joint. "Um, if you insist. I'll get them myself. Don't run off!" Ruby said, mildly curious as to how someone as cool as him could have claustrophobia. "Hey, if I had claustrophobia I wouldn't force people into it." Ruby thought to herself.
"Urrrgh. I'm so hungry." Razor muttered, out of hearing range of the Huntress. "I cannot, cause a scene yet. I must... hold it back. Gather information, that's all." The male student in red told himself. His mission must not be compromised by his instincts
After purchasing Yang's dinner, Ruby and Razor walked to the direction of her remaining teammates prefered dining areas. "The simple wok, "noodle house." Weiss and Blake didn't prefer the main courses there, but they loved the sides such as the fruits and drinks served there.
The two R's walk to the stroll was rather uneventful, aside from Ruby spontainiously talking about her backstory. Razor found himself snickering at Ruby's childishness yet again. "And then Weiss and I rode a Giant Nevermore! It was so scary, but fun at the same time!" Ruby herself was proud at herself for breaking out of her normally introverted self. "Must be the red." Ruby thought to herself.
Once they reached the noodle store, they decided to take a break there. The sun was setting, but there was still quite a bit of time before night truly rose. Ruby ordered herself a cherry drink and a simple Apple. Noodles weren't her type of pick either. She had offered to buy something for Razor, but he declined, saying that he had quite a hefty lunch. "A hefty lunch two months ago, yes." he thought to himself.
Razor felt annoyed at the awkward silence returning as they sat by the noodle store. He had to gather information about her and her team. he always asked this question to people he encountered, as a manner of gathering their opinions and personality. Today he wanted to ask this question huntress next to him, before her inevitable demise by his hands. The old shopkeeper entered the door to the noodle kitchen, and at that point Razor decided he should just get out with it. "So... Ruby. I've been meaning to ask you this." Razor began nervously, putting his hand on the back of his head. "What is it?" Ruby wondered, chewing her apple. She was expecting a question about her backstory or her adventures, but she wasn't expecting a question on her opinion. "What do... What do you think about Ghouls?" Razor asked hesitantly.
Ruby swallowed her fruit and thought about the question. She joined Beacon to become a Huntress in order to fight Grimm and protect the innocent, but she did not really factor Ghouls into her life. The Comission of Counter Ghoul handled them, and she accepted that. Ruby pondered about the facts that seperated Ghouls and Grimm. The grimm were literal darkness, having no soul, no feelings or remorse at all. They lived to destroy mankind, and as long as mankind existed the grimm would be there as well. The ghouls however, were different.
The ghouls had souls, they had feelings and they had remorse. Sure there were some reports of extreme murders and violent bloodbaths, with some of them being crime lords such as Roman Torchwick, but other than that they were the same as Humans. Their only flaw was that they were forced to eat humanity, and she could not really blame them. They were not grimm, most of them did not kill for the sake of killing, they killed for the sake of living. The Huntress, having composed her thoughts, was ready to give her answer.
"Ghouls are people. They are humans who are forced to eat others to survive." Ruby began, Razor looking intriguied for the rest of her reasoning. "They are forced to kill just to live, not like the grimm. They just kill for the sake of killing. I think that Ghouls can live alongside humanity, though it would be inconvienient..." Ruby scratched her head, trying to muster up the words to explain her thoughts on the situation.
"Ghouls can be bad though, but then again all of us can. Look at the White Fang and Roman Torchwick! They aren't ghouls and yet they still be bad." Ruby said, earning a look of amazement from Razor. "We may not be the doves, but we can and will protect the peace! We are here to protect the ones we love, even if they are human, faunus, ghoul or grimm. For as long as they have evil intentions, we will stop them!" Ruby proclaimed, making her points. "Although we always have to kill grimm, no choice there." The huntress in red corrected, ending her speech with a smile.
Razor was flabbergasted. A human that believes Ghouls and Humanity can coexist? That's new. He was here to gather information of Beacon Academy and his students, and instead found himself reconsidering his place. This girl gave those species a chance, and Razor was dumbstruck at such a young lady that had so much potential. He hadn't cared for the lives of his food before, and this girl certainly was making him think twice.
The belly of Razor suddenly growled, and the redheaded student put his hands to his head. He could no longer contain his hunger, and he didn't want to become like his sister. "I... will eat later... Not now... LATER..." He told himself, attempting to suppress his instincts. He needed to eat sooner or later, or else he would cause a massive scene.
"Razor?"
The voice of the Young Huntress awakened him from his episode. Razor opened his eyes to see Ruby's innocent grey eyes looking at him with concern. "What's wrong?" She asked, worry befalling her.
"Um, just trying to um..." Razor stuttered. Within himself he had a decision to make, kill this girl and survive another two months, or let her live and go through ghoullish hunger. "I'm just having an um, bad flashback of sorts... Yeah, just that. Nothing to worry about. I'm fine." Razor said, withholding his murderous instincts. "Um, Okay. Well that's what I think of ghouls, you satisfied?" Ruby said, twiddling her thumbs.
"Yeah. Your answer's neat. I'm Just trying to get opinions of whoever I meet." Razor replied, calming himself by breathing at a steady pace. "Your's is perhaps the most accepting answer of all. You're willing to accept the Ghouls into society?" Razor questioned, having fully calmed down from his internal fight. "Mhm!" The huntress muttered. She didn't want to repeat her speech. Making complex sentences like that was usually reserved for her school essays.
"Well, I guess you're done with your apple." Razor pointed out. Ruby was holding only an apple stem left. "In that case let's get back to Beacon. Your sister must be really hungry." The conflicted student suggested, which The huntress agreed with a nod.
The two got off their seats as Ruby dug into her wallet to pay the shopkeeper.
"Really hungry" the last two words words Ruby said bounced back and forth in his head.
"EAT" His instincts called out to him, and he could faintly see a red shadow in his sight.
I... WILL. STOP...!
"KILL"
"No... The mission!"
"CONSUME"
"I must not cause a scene...!"
"OR DIE"
"...Fine."
The duo walked from the Noodle shop to the city area. There were dozens of denizens around at this time of the day, or rather evening. The sun had all but set after their trip to the noodle store. Ruby silently frowned, she was going to make her sister wait. Razor walked by Ruby, also silently frowning. His frown however was because of his dilemma. His instincts tore and tattered against his sanity, to wilt the rose or to let her bloom. Razor could not bare the torment, he had to do it soon before he could wait no longer.
"So Ruby, do you have a weapon with you?" Razor asked, sounding as innocent as he could. "Not really, I left my Scythe in my dorm today. We were gonna have the best day ever, planned by me today!" Ruby replied ethusiastically. "Why do you ask?" Ruby questioned. Did Razor want to have a spar or something?
"Just curious..." Razor said, scratching his right arm. "Plus you said you encountered that Roman guy at this timing." he explained, making it as believable as possible. "Oh don't worry. We setback Torchwick awhile ago. He's probably recovering from it still." Ruby assured.
The two walked downtown towards Beacon. Razor saw a dark alleyway and on the moment, suggested to Ruby that they should go down that path. "Why should we go through there?" Ruby wondered. "I saw the place when we first came here. I think that route is a shortcut to Beacon." Razor explained. "You aren't wrong, but... um..." Ruby hesitated. She didn't want to disagree with Razor, she was kind of fond of him, he had this love of red colour like she does, and his face looked so ha- "No no no, just friend." Ruby told herself.
"Sure let's go there."
This was his chance. The hunger within him was about to break out, and had to use this chance to have a meal. One student missing wouldn't cause panic, right?
The two walked into the alleyway with dim lights glowing within it, giving the alley a very eerie atmosphere. Ruby was creeped out of this place. If Razor had claustrophobia why did he decide to come here?
"Um, Razor. I think we should get through here quick." Ruby recommended. She really did not want to be here right now. "Huh? It's fine, heh. We won't get killed here." Razor reassured, the tone of voice betraying his words.
"I think I'll go back to Beacon first. I'll see you there..." Ruby quickened her pace, she believed was going to get claustrophobia herself if she stayed here any longer
"Wait hold on, Ruby!" Razor called out.
"Yes, Razor?" Ruby turned back to look at the Red coloured Haven student
"I... I want to make a confession." Razor began. The hunger killing him from the inside.
"A... what? What confession are you talking about?" Ruby walked back towards Razor, curiosity growing within her.
"It's about you. I have this certain liking about you, sweety." Razor admitted, the sanity he longed to retain quickly disappearing.
"Eh?" Ruby was surprised. She was not expecting this for she saw him as a friend.
"No no no, not like that. It's just... it's just..." Razor muttered, the pain his stomach felt increasing.
"What is it, Razor?" Ruby asked hesistantly. Something was going on with Razor, but she couldn't tell what.
"It's just... You... It's... Just..." Razor attempted to speak. He could not control it. He was going to eat.
Suddenly Razor lunged and hugged Ruby. Ruby, not expecting this, squealed and struggled in return. He was going to eat.
"You've been the kindest girl I've ever met, ever! You're sweet, you're kind, you're cute and you love red! We have so much in common..." Razor said, his grasp of Ruby growing tighter by the second. He could wait no longer.
"That's... very sweet of you... Razor but... you're hold me... too... tight...!" Ruby stumbled, trying to gasp for air. Her aura failing to protect her from the hug due to the pressure being placed on her.
"I've been so lonely for so long. Now that I've met you I... I..." Razor weakened his hold on Ruby, as red streaks began appearing in his eyes. Ruby watched in horror as his eyes turned Black with a red Iris, signifying only one thing.
"I'm sorry."
Razor was a Ghoul.
"I CAN FINALLY EAT MY DINNER!"
Razor, with a big lunge, chomped upon Ruby's left shoulder. Blood poured out of the open bite mark splashing all over the area and onto both of their faces. Ruby fell down to the ground, completely stiffened at this realisation. Razor closed his eyes and licked his lips, clearing the girl's blood that dripped upon his mouth. "Delicious... You are, no?" Razor began, his tone uncomprehendable.
Ruby felt her mouth dry up. She could not bring herself to say anything. Razor was her friend! How did this happen!? How did she end up like this!?
"No no no no no no..." Ruby exclaimed within her mind. She got up from the floor to see Razor beginning to giggle to himself.
"No no no no no no..." Ruby stepped back from Razor, his giggles slowly turning into a chuckle.
"No no no no no no..." Ruby quickened her pace, as the ghoul began to laugh manically, completely drunk from the taste of flesh.
"No no no no no NO!"
At this moment. Ruby Rose Ran. She did no believe it. Razor was a kind cool guy, right? He would never have thought of doing this at all!
"NO NO NO NO NO NO!"
Ruby realised what Razor thought of her the whole time.
Food.
Ruby never believed she would meet such a creature in her life.
Ghoul.
Grimm were incarnations of evil which lacked a soul. Ghouls however were poor humanoids forced to eat one another, they were forced to be evil.
Evil.
Ruby began to sprint away from the bloody ghoul. She ran as fast as she could, never looking back, never thinking back, never stopped running.
Run.
Razor was an Evil Ghoul.
NO!
"HAHAHAHAHAAAAA! RUNNING? PATHETIC!" Razor finally recovered from his drunken state, only to see his dinner run away from him. Food wasn't supposed to run, it was supposed to lie down and be consumed! This revelation only stirred up hatred within him. He was going to eat her, and she was going to die.
Ruby tried to use her semblance, but instead she found herself squealing in terror within her mind. She couldn't. A wound as deep as the ghoul's bite drained her energy immensly. She could not even feel her aura, and she regretted not bringing her baby Crescent Rose along with her.
"RUBY ROSE YOU WILL DIE! BWAHAHAAHAHAAAAAA" Razor exclaimed manically. Seeing that Ruby was getting further and further from him, Razor resorted to using the ability only Ghouls had. The Kagune.
Razor's back began pulsing red, continuing until four tentacle-like limbs were exposed. The Kagune of Rinkaku. Immediately after, Razor began to chase Ruby. His speed in the ghoulish form overpowering the weakened Rose.
"COME BACK, I'M NOT FINISHED!" Razor exclaimed, his pace bringing him dangerously close to the young huntress.
The chase eventually led them to a construction site, barren due to the time of the night.
"No no no no no no -ack!" Ruby cried, as Razor brutally pierced Ruby's shoulder. A shower of blood spewed all over the floor, leaving a trail of crimson red.
"Please no!" Young Ruby Rose pleaded. Her legs finally gave up as her stamina depleted. Both of her shoulders were bleeding as blood all over her shined bloodied over the moonlight.
"DELICIOUS FOOD NEEDS TO BE TENDERED!" Razor used his kagune to wrap around the weakened Ruby's limbs. Holding her up, Razor brought the Huntress to his face.
"SAY DIE!" Razor manically yelled, an inhumane look on his face.
"NO! Please Razor! I trusted you!" Ruby screamed.
"THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD! IT'S PRONOUNCED DIE!" Razor pierced Ruby's abdomen with his Kagune, blood spewing out everywhere around them. Ruby screamed in pain, that hurt her so much that she wanted to wilt and fall. Razor's ghoulish behavior completely betrayed what Ruby first thought of him.
"I'm going to say this ONE MORE TIME. SAY DIE!" Razor yelled, his kakugans staring into Ruby's grey eyes.
"...No...I wi- ACK!" was all Ruby could mutter up before she felt red liquid being expunged out her mouth.
Razor angered by Ruby's defiance, threw her towards the barrier of a building under construction. The huntress crashed onto the steel hard metal, breaking some bones and much of her already gone will.
"I will ask you this one more time, sweety!" "SAY DIE!" Razor exclaimed once more as he approached her. However with the condition Ruby was in, there was no response this time. "Hmm? Dead already? Pathetic." Razor muttered to himself. "Oh well... heh. Oh well... Hah..."
Ruby could barely hear or see Razor talking to himself, her weakened state taking a toll on her senses. She could not hear much of what the Ghoul was talking about.
"Heheh... Ghwweeehhahaa... HAHAHAAHaaaa..." Razor's chuckles turned into uncoordinated laughter.
Ruby Rose, 15, First year Huntress of Beacon Academy, killed by a Ghoul. She felt ashamed of herself, she had so much more to do, so much more to learn, so much more to protect.
"Yang... Weiss... Blake..." She pleaded to herself. "save... me."
In her dying breath, Ruby panned over to see Razor's ghoulish face, with the typical ghoullish eyes all of them had.
"They... they all die so fast. When will I ever find someone who does not die instantly!?" Razor exclaimed to himself. His first meal in two months did not even bring up a good fight. "Why did she not bring her weapon!? THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH FUN!" The ghoul within commanded him without restraint.
Ruby's vision now completely faded.
Suddenly, a rattling sound was hear from the area.
"YOU ALL DIE TOO QUICKLY!" Razor screamed to himself. His ghoul instincts completely taking over his sanity.
Steel beams hung by ropes, which were loosely attached, quickly snapped apart.
"YOU ALL BLEED SO MUCH!" Razor yelled, the blood from Ruby flowing toward the mad and hungry ghoul.
The beams quickly descended towards the ground.
"YOU ALL DESERVE TO BE CONSUMED BY THE GHOULS!" Razor announced, his eyes twitching at the thought of eating.
The beams' shadows quickly consumed the unaware psychopathic Ghoul.
"AND THUS YOU SHALL ALL DIE! NOW DIE RU-" Razor's manic cries were interrupted with the sounds of metal above him. The ghoul panned up to see those Steel Beams about to drop onto him.
"Oh sh-" was all Razor could mutter before he was crushed by the fallen construction materials. Dust clouds flooded all over where he was standing, metal clangs sounded throughout the area. Razor's Kagune quickly faded by the impact, and all could be seen was his ghoullish eye returning to normal under the steel cold rubble.
"how... could..." was all the formerly mad drunken ghoul could mutter up, before he felt darkness overwhelm him. "This is how I die." Razor's thought rang throughout his mind. "This... is how... I die..."
"Oh my god...! Someone call an ambulance!" Voices could be heard throughout the area, the crash attracted the attention of many. Bystanders quickly flocked towards the area, taking out their scrolls and snapping photos.
Razor's last moments was of this final regret. Under the cold steel, he felt himself losing control of his limbs.
"Sorry." Razor muttered out, as his eyes fell limp.
End
P.s. My profile picture is not a good representation of this story. If someone could like, get a Ruby image with a ghoul eye for my story, thanks.