Yang laid in her bed for most the day face down. Blake and Weiss had tried to help her feel better but nothing worked. She was angry with everything that had happened. She was angry they trusted a machine to send her little sister back in time. No one knew how far. No one knew where she was at. There was no way to reach her.

"Yang, you need to get up."

"No."

Her voice was muffled by her pillow.

"We have to look for pieces for the time machine."

Yang looked over at her teammate and partner. Blake offered her a small smile.

"Ozpin had located some pieces we could use. He already got some of the Dust needed for it."

"Ok. Where are these pieces?" Yang asked.

"We have to travel for them. They are on the outskirts of Vale going into Vacuo."

Yang sat up and tried to smooth down her wild hair.

"Are we looking or just wasting time?"

"I don't think Ozpin would do anything else to anger you at this time," Blake said brushing some strands of Yang's hair of her face, "Get ready ok?"

"I find this all hard to believe. I can't believe the "pieces" this man wants is somewhere else when he should have had everything here already!"

Weiss threw open the dorm room door with an aggravated look on her face.

"I am serious! This is a bunch of crap!"

Yang glared at Blake.

"Even Weiss doesn't believe it!"

"Well, we are excused from school work while on this mission so I say we do it."

Yang flopped back down on her bed.

"I'm not going."

Weiss pulled off of one her heels and threw it as hard as she could. It hit Yang in the ribs making her howl with pain.

"I don't quite believe it but I want to bring my friend back so you will get off your ass and get ready!" the heiress yelled.

"ARGH! The women in this room I swear!" Yang yelled throwing her arms in the air.

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Ruby walked out of her room and headed for the small lunchroom the motel had. She grabbed some coffee and ate a few donuts. She watched a few people did the same as her. It looked like everyone else was tired too just like her. She had to go back to that bulletin board and look again for more jobs. She managed to pay a good bit of her stay already but she needed to be sure she would be ok until she went back to her time.

Once she finished, she headed out into the busy streets of Vale. It was as busy as it always was. She couldn't get over how different it looked such a long time. She took a deep breath and headed for the bulletin board. She pulled off several papers and headed for the addresses of the individuals asking for help.

X

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Roman woke up and looked around his dingy apartment. He rubbed his eyes wondering what the hell was wrong with himself. For some reason… he had been dreaming about the black haired girl with the giant scythe. She had entered his dreams for the last few days. The sickening part….

He liked her.

But only in his dreams…

It was the strangest thing he had ever experienced. Just thinking about her made his heart skip a beat and it bothered him. They had been enemies for years already. The feelings were so random… he picked up his scroll and looked up her file. He tapped on her file and watched her fight.

Roman watched it over and over and over for at least twenty minutes. In his dream, he left her rose because he was sorry that he was in her motel room. It was so weird because he was sixteen in that dream. He never met anyone like her at that age. Not her mother.

He looked everything he could on Team RWBY.

Summer Rose died or disappeared… It was unsure. Ruby was three that year. Summer had left on some mission and she never returned for her child, stepchild and husband. He could see where Ruby Rose got her looks. Roman was one hundred percent sure he never saw Summer in person from what he could remember.

Whatever the cause was for the strange dream of the huntress in training, he was going to keep it to himself. Last thing he needed was his boss thinking he was hung over a small girl. He wasn't a big fan of being beaten senseless half of the time and Ruby was the one who usually did it. He groaned as he went to the bathroom.

Roman still had plenty of time to sleep but he was no longer tired. He was pissed off. He laid back on his bed and picked up his scroll. He stared at Summer's picture for a few minutes longer and flipped back to Ruby's. He was absolutely sure it was her and not her mother.

Ruby Rose… Why do you torment me in my dreams when you beat my ass in real life? Isn't that enough for you?

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Ruby laid in the grassy field watching as the clouds went by. She finished seven quests already. She earned more money than she ever had in her life just in eight hours of work. At least she could buy some clothes and pay another month on her motel room. She had never been more exhausted in her life until now.

Ruby was drifting off to sleep when she heard the crack of sticks and crumble of dried up leaves.

"Hello?" she called out.

Silence.

"HELLO?"

WOOF! WOOF!

Ruby looked to the left to see Rooster running at her with his tongue hanging out. She couldn't help but smile.

"Hi Rooster!"

He flopped down on her lap and she rubbed his belly.

"Roman are you there?"

He poked his head out from behind the tree and looked at her with red cheeks.

"Y-yea. I saw you come back here a little bit ago. I waited a little bit before I came this way."

"Oh."

"I'm sorry… that's weird. I should leave."

"It's ok. If you want to enjoy the sun and grass you can sit beside of me."

Roman looked at the grass then at her like he was trying to decide.

"Come on. I don't mind," she said, patting the place beside of her.

Roman scratched his face for a minute and gave her a small nod. He had a small white plastic bag in his hand. Ruby arched an eyebrow at him wondering what he had but she wasn't going to ask. He sat down beside of her, leaving about a foot of space between them. He dug through the bag and held out a cold bottle of water.

"I thought you might be thirsty."

Ruby smiled and took the bottle.

"Thank you. I am actually. I finally managed to cool down finally."

"I want to say I'm sorry… I feel like I made things awkward. You know breaking into your room…"

"It wasn't all weird," she said with a smile, "The rose is really pretty."

Roman's face heated up with embarrassment.

"Th-that's good."

"You're pretty shy. It kind of surprises me," Ruby said.

Roman gave her a weird look, "It… it does?"

Oh no… Shut up. Shut up Ruby!

"Yeah! You look like the type to be more assertive I guess. I'm sorry…. Just rambling."

"I… I don't talk to very many girls so this is a new one for me."

"Really?"

Ruby's memory of Roman and the younger version of himself are two different people. She remembered catching him before smooth talking a hot, rich woman once. It was the strangest thing she had ever seen. Honestly, she listened to him up until the point they started doing dirty stuff. She remembered her face turning beet red but he was a great smooth talker.

"I don't mean to sound rude but… but do I know you?" Roman asked.

"No… I don't think so. I guess maybe I am confusing you with someone else."

Roman looked unconvinced.

"Alright."

"You know… I do have a question for you," Ruby said putting the cap back on her water.

"Yea?"

"No one else in this town talks to me unless they need too but instead… you do. Why is that?"

Roman's face flamed up and looked down at the grass trying to hide it with his orange hair.

"A lot people here aren't so friendly. The economy had gone bad a lot in the last few years so it makes it hard for regular people to find work. Huntresses and huntsmen are the highest playing jobs. You really don't need training or anything to hunt Grimm but people have died trying to make money. A lot of people don't like huntsmen."

Ruby looked down at her lap.

That explains a lot.

"Oh."

"I think it's great though. You're not even twenty and you've taken on all of the jobs people have been posting recently."

"I'm a third year that's why."

"That explains a lot."

"Yea."

"I have a hard time finding a job. That's why… I steal things. I know it's not a great thing to do but… I have friends to take care of."

Ruby looked at him. He looked sad.

"Where are your parents?" she asked.

"Well… They were huntsman and a huntress."

Ruby was extremely surprised.

"They had a job here and they set me up in a hotel… It's been three years already. My friends took me in."

"I'm sorry Roman."

"It's ok. I mean… I knew someday it was a possibility something would happen."

"I lost my mom when I was three."

"She was a huntress too?" Roman asked.

Ruby nodded.

It's a shame I wasn't sent back in time further. I could've seen Mom at least once.

"I'm sorry. I know it still has to hurt even though it's been longer for you than me."

Ruby smiled, "Thanks. It hurts no matter how much time has passed."

"That's true."

Roman dug into the bag and handed her a small bag of chips.

"I bought these… I wanted to buy them instead of taking them… for you."

Ruby smiled and took the bag.

"Thank you. That's very sweet of you. I… um… shouldn't you keep them for yourself though?"

Roman shook his head.

"Naw, I would end up giving it to one of my friends."

She smiled.

He's so thoughtful. I can see why he ended up the way he did.

"What are you doing tomorrow?" Roman asked.

Ruby stared at him for a second.

"Work probably. What's up?"

"Oh… Do you have a day off?" he asked.

"I… I haven't thought of it. I was worried about having some place to stay…"

"Yea… Never mind."

"If you want… Your friends and you can come along."

"Wouldn't…. Wouldn't we get in the way?" he asked looking surprised.

"No. Do you guys have weapons of any kind?"

"We have a few swords… They aren't in the best of shape."

"Good enough! Meet me at seven in the morning tomorrow."

"Why would you do that?" Roman asked.

"You might need some help?" she asked looking at him while batting her eyelashes.

His face turned bright red and he had to look away.

"I… I have to go…" he said.

"No… you don't have too."

Roman looked at her again. She looked lonely.

"You ok?" he asked looking worried.

"Yea… um… yea."

Ruby stood up and started walking away. Roman scrambled to get up and grabbed her hand.

"Wait!"

She looked surprised.

"What? Is something wrong?"

"You look upset. Um… would you need a hug?" Roman asked.

Ruby swallowed hard.

She didn't like to let it show but she was nervous. She had been here several days already. Ruby was lonely. Scared. What if she never made it back? Yea… She would have succeeded in her mission but at what cost? She wouldn't see her friends anymore.

Ruby nodded.

"I would, thanks."

Roman wrapped his arms around her shoulders. He pulled her in close and she could smell the scent of his cologne. Ruby closed her eyes and took a swallow breath in. Roman was only an inch taller than her at this age. It was weird but it was so nice.

The best part was she could feel his heart beating fast…

…and it was all because of her.

I never thought this story would gain some popularity so fast. (compared to what I'm used too) I'm already up to chapter eight on my flashdrive. It makes me proud of myself so many people like this because I was unsure how to do this and it has taken a lot of thought. I had started working on it before I mentioned it in my other story. I'll update friday and saturday this week.