A lone Ruby Rose was kneeling over her mother's grave, excitedly recounting the latest happenings of school, Yang's crazy shenanigans, and the results of her training with her dear Uncle Qrow.
"And then, Uncle Qrow was like Pow! And Yang was all, 'Grr! Stop it!' But Uncle Qrow was like, 'Sorry kiddo, you're just too predictable' and then-" so said the Silver-eyed huntress-in-training as she formed a myriad of weird poses, kung fu moves, and surprisingly accurate accents to the grave marker, only to pause in surprise as she heard a light thud some ways behind her. She peeked around only to find a boy who looked to be around her age with hair brighter than Yang's in wet, tattered green clothing.
Obviously, she instantly panicked, and as her little 12-year old mindset of becoming a Hero rushed forth, she utilized her semblance and rushed towards the prone body in a flurry of roses and kicked up grass. In her panicked state of mind, she didn't think about the consequences of turning over a possibly very injured body in a very hasty manner at the time, only that she needed to help in any way she could. His eyes were slowly fluttering on his pale face, which only gave way to even more panic and desperation.
"Are you okay? Hello?! Don't go into the light!"
She shook him with a surprising amount of power, possibly further injuring his poor, weak, and, again, possibly injured body. She desperately looked around for anyone else that might be of help, as it's become clear to her that she's probably not helping by shaking him up like she would to a can of fizzy pop. 'Heh heh, Soda bubbles...' She thought wistfully, only to snap back to attention on the comically white body of the boy. If one were to look closely, they'd see something akin to what can only be described as a soul being sucked out from his mouth, open due to the shaking of his currently limp body.
"Nooo! I'm sorry! Uh, uh, oh wait, Dad can help!" Exclaimed the young Rose. Smiling to herself in determination, she rushed on over to the log cabin they called home in a growing trail of fluttering roses with another generous use of her semblance. If only she realized that she had dropped the boy at the edge of the hill sooner. Speaking of the boy, he seemed seriously ill. Dropped onto his back, limp head turned sideways, and his soul still slowly leaving his addled body. Our poor, poor Hero.
"Dad dad dad dad dad!"
Taiyang Xiao-long was enjoying the what little of his day off he had left to enjoy, as the sun set beautifully in the horizon, just atop a lush forest. Ahh, life was pretty good right now. Until his little bundle of sugar and roses came rushing into view via semblance. Of course, considering that she recently acquired aforementioned semblance, she didn't have much experience in using it and tripped over a tree root belonging to the one of trees surrounding their house.
"Dad dad dad da-Oof!" Exclaimed the little bundle of sugar and roses, adorably throwing out her hands above her head as she fell down face first, eerily similar to how a certain young boy fell down earlier. Neither of the Father-Daughter pair knew of this of course, but Taiyang was a dad. A very protective and somewhat overbearing dad, but we'll get back to that sometime soon.
"Ruby!" Taiyang shouted in worry and surprise. The father rushed over to his hurting daughter as she briefly sulked over the embarrassing fall before she seemed to remember something important. She looked up at her now very-worried father from her seat on the ground and started yelling out a rapid string of statements that only Taiyang, with his years of experience with dealing with his lovable energy-filled daughter, could understand.
"Dad, yougottacomequick! There'saboyandIthinkhemightbedyingbutIswearitisn'tmyfaultoh, dadwhatareyoudoingwegottagonownownow!"
Taiyang, of course, could only answer accordingly. "Huh?"
We now see our rescue team hurriedly bring the boy to their cabin, carefully as well now that an adult with a more developed mind was with them. They hurried him to the couch in the living room, desperate to bring him aid as soon as they could.
"Ruby, I need you to go call Miss Kei and tell her that we seriously need medical help, also call Yang and tell her to hurry home as well!" Ordered Taiyang, his prior years as an experienced Hunter coming to the forefront, along with his basic knowledge of first aid. To quickly interlude, for those of you that don't know, Taiyang Xiao-long is a retired hunter-turned-teacher and as such he would have some sort of knowledge on how to deal with this situation.
"Aye Aye Dad!" Here we could see the young rose saluting what she mentally referred to as "Boss-Dad". Boss-Dad was really cool, unlike her normal Boring-Dad who followed rules and stuff. It's why she looked up to Qrow as an idol more than her father. After all, he always told Yang and Ruby that famous life changing quote when Boring-Dad wasn't around. 'Love is for suckers and Rules is for fools, Love is for suckers and Rules is for fools' she chanted mentally as she hurried over to their home phone to dial up the nearest clinic owner, Shah Kei, or Miss Kei as everyone referred to her. She had a weird name, but she gave Ruby some of the best cookies ever made, second only to her Mother's of course, so she was cool in Ruby's book.
Ring... Ring.. Rin-"This is Kei Clinical, how can I help you?" A motherly voice intoned from the phone.
"Miss Kei, Miss Kei! You need to come quick! I found this boy outside but he looked like he was dead but he wasn't so I came over to get dad but I tripped an-"
"Whoa whoa whoa! Ruby, calm down honey, what's this about a boy?"
"He needs help! He's Dying But I Swear It's Not My Fault!"
"Okay! I'll come over as soon as I can, I trust that your dad is taking care of him?"
The little rose looked back over to see her dad fussing over the aforementioned boy, panicking over the fact that his complexion was somehow getting even more paler as he looked liked all the air was sucked out of him, frail and bony, and the fact that Ruby could now see the ghost of his soul hovering over his mouth now. But since it was Boss-Dad, she assumed he knew what he was doing. He usually did after all, and that's part of the reason he was cool.
"Uhh, yeah! He's totally got it covered Miss Kei!"
"Ok...? Anyways I'll hurry on over as soon as I can, so just make sure the boy doesn't go into the light, okay?"
"Already got it covered Miss Kei, no need to worry!"
As the call ended and Ruby quickly switched gears to call her Older Sister, allow me to explain some things you might not know. Patch, although growing, is still a relatively small town and group of people scattered around the island. They do have a hunter-training school yes, but that's due to the fact that the island is a suitable place for some Hunters to retire to from their gruesome jobs and relax. So it's understandable that they don't exactly have a hospital, but a scattered group of Doctors, nurses, healers and such in designated clinics, Miss Kei was obviously the owner of the Kei Clinical and was the closest to the Xiao-Long household, so she was their go-to Doctor of sorts. Ah, now that we have that covered and Ruby had finished her call with Yang, we now currently see her waiting patiently for the lovely and ever-so helpful Miss Kei, nibbling on a cookie with a glass of milk at her side as Taiyang was seriously panicking on how to prevent the strange new boy from going into the light.