Hello everybody! I am The Burning Ruler and I am back with chapter 4 of RWBY: A Grey Heart! I'm sure you have noticed by now and I am even more sure this will get annoying before too long, but remember to check out Team BAWM on my profile and show some love to my co-authors on that story, Nightmare 6-4 and RebelKira. Anyways, enough self-promotion. Review time!
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Chapter 4: A night out
As six o'clock crept closer, Yang started to get nervous about her date with Saber, and it wasn't hard to notice.
"Come on Yang. There isn't any reason to be nervous about your date with Saber." Said Blake.
"See, that's where you're wrong Blake." Said Yang.
"I don't know why you're so hesitant for this date all of a sudden. You seemed to be looking forward to it when he agreed to it, but ever since you got back here you've been pacing back and forth with nervousness." Said Weiss.
"Well, it's mostly about what he told me about his past." Said Yang.
"Oh, come on Yang. Emerald and Mercury both told you not to worry about that. I'll tell you the same thing. Just because of Ca… what happened… doesn't mean that you shouldn't go on this date." Said Blake, catching herself.
"I guess you're right. Ok. Thanks Blake. Do I look good?" asked Yang.
She was dressed in a white casual dress with a small amount of makeup on.
"You may need to fix your eyeliner a bit." Said Blake.
Yang took a quick look in the mirror. "Oh, thanks Blake." She said before quickly fixing her eyeliner. "Better?" asked Yang.
Blake looked her over and nodded. "You're good Yang. Go get him." Said Blake.
Yang left the room and went to the infirmary to see Saber still in the restraint chair with his eyes closed, but he seemed to be fully calmed down and still awake.
"Hey psycho. How you feelin?" asked Yang with a slight chuckle.
"Hey Yang. I'm feeling much bett- WOAH!" said Saber when he saw Yang. "Yang, you look stunning! That looks great on you!" said Saber.
"Oh. Thank you Saber. I didn't expect such a plainly spoken compliment from you." Said Yang, slightly blushing.
"I suppose you didn't have a reason to expect one. Anyways, can you take these restraints off me now?" asked Saber.
Yang took the restraints off him and he stood up and stretched.
"Ready?" asked Saber.
"Of course. Where are we going?" asked Yang.
"Figured we go out for dinner and maybe a movie afterwards." Said Saber.
"Sounds good to me. Lead the way." Said Yang.
They left for the airships and boarded the first one they could.
They walked to the restaurant in a friendly conversation about each other, Yang getting Saber to open up to her about his past.
"So, you're an only child?" asked Yang.
"Yeah. I always wanted a little brother or sister, but it never happened. I'm actually a bit jealous of you and Ruby. You know? With how close you two are." Said Saber.
"That makes sense. We are pretty close. What about childhood friends? Parents?" asked Yang.
"Never met my biological parents, but I was adopted really quickly after I was put in the orphanage. As far as childhood friends, I didn't have many. Really the only one I ever had as a child was Blake." Said Saber.
"I see." Said Yang.
"It wasn't so much that I didn't have the chance to get friends. It was more that I felt like I didn't need them." Said Saber.
They arrived at the restaurant and sat down at a table that was kind of secluded from the other ones so they could keep talking about personal topics.
After the waiter took their orders Yang asked a question that Saber was hoping wouldn't come up.
"So, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine but, can I ask about Carrie?" asked Yang.
"Well, I would prefer to keep some things about her to myself, but I'm ok with you asking some questions." Said Saber.
"I only have one. I imagine you have some very fond memories of her. Can you tell me one?" asked Yang.
"Sure. Let me think…" said Saber, thinking.
It took a while but Saber eventually nodded.
"You got one?" asked Yang.
"Yeah. The happiest one. The day we got together." Said Saber.
"Whenever you're ready." Said Yang.
"Ok. It was a few years before I came to beacon. Me and Carrie had been hanging out in a park and we weren't really doing a whole lot, just talking about anything that we thought of. So after talking for a while me and Carrie decided to go for a walk around the park. There weren't many people around so we pretty much had the whole park to ourselves. I'm not going to lie, we were kind of stupid and childish, so we thought we would have a little competition. The competition was to see who could jump off the swings and go farther. So I went first and I got pretty far for my jump. Now she told me to stay there so we would remember how far I got. Then she jumped. I wasn't paying attention and when I turned around she was right there in front of me, but not on the ground. She was still in the air. She ended up slamming right into me and knocking me over, with her on top of me. We were both very nervous at this point, but neither of us wanted to shift our bodies. Now, I had a crush on her from the first moment we met. Deciding this was as good an opportunity as I would get, I took the initiative and I leaned in to kiss her. However, that was when she also decided to take some initiative herself and she leaned in to kiss me. We both leaned in at the exact same time in complete unison and we kissed. I'm pretty sure you can figure out the rest from there." Said Saber, finishing the story.
Yang was silent before speaking up. "Um, is it Ok if I ask another question?" asked Yang.
"Sure. No guarantee I will answer it though." Said Saber.
"What did she look like?" Asked Yang.
Saber smiled and reached into his pocket. He pulled out his wallet and fished out a photo. He handed it to Yang. It was a photo of Saber carrying a girl on his back. He was looking back at her with his eyes full of love. The girl was smiling so hard it looked like her face might split. She had wolf ears and black hair. Her eyes were jade green. She was wearing a black shirt and due to Yang being able to see her bare calves it was obvious she was wearing shorts, but she couldn't tell what colour they were. She also had a pair of pink shoes.
"Wow. Even I have to admit she is very attractive." Said Yang.
"Yeah." Said Saber said as their food arrived.
"Oh. Food's here." The two ate and talked a bit more about each other. After they finished Saber payed the bill and they went to the movie theater.
"So, what do you want to see Yang?" asked Saber.
Yang looked at the list of movies they were showing but no really called out to her. "Hm. None of them really look all that interesting to me." Said Yang.
"You too huh?" asked Saber.
"You thinking the same thing huh Saber." Said Yang.
"Yeah. Should we just head back to beacon?" Asked Saber.
"Yeah. Thanks for taking me out Saber. I had a lot of fun." Said Yang.
"So did I. I'm glad I took you out." Said Saber. They got on an airship and went back to beacon. They got back and went to their rooms. When they got to their rooms everyone else was asleep so they decided to turn in early, both of them happy with how their night out had went.
Monday
Saber woke up and got ready for class.
"Still not wearing your uniform, huh?" asked Christian.
'Nope." Said Saber as they all left for class.
Grim studies was nothing special, nor was history, but when they got to combat class Saber knew that it was going to be a fun day.
"Alright students. When you get into a heated fight in the field protecting the people, there will not be anyone there to stop the fight when your aura gets too low. Therefore today you will be placed in a match against another student, but the match will not end until someone's aura is completely drained." Said Goodwitch.
Saber put his hands together and started whispering "please Cardin, please Cardin." Few matches went by until Saber's name was called out.
"Saber Solbrig vs Cardin Winchester." Said Goodwitch.
'Yes.' Thought Saber, getting up.
Cardin also got up and stood across from Saber before Goodwitch started the match. From the beginning, it was clear Saber wasn't even trying, but it seemed like he should be because he was taking quite a beating. Cardin knocked him over. Saber's aura was already in the red, but Cardin's was still in the green.
"Wow. Who knew you could start sucking so much in such a short amount of time. You're just a little bitch after all aren't you?" asked Cardin. "Just"
Emerald realized where this would probably go.
"Like" he continued.
'Don't do it Cardin.' Thought Emerald.
"Carrie." He finished.
'He did it.' Thought Emerald.
The whole class gasped, because they saw what happened the last time Cardin said her name. Just like before, Saber started to enter a very feral state before he popped up and punched Cardin halfway across the room. After Cardin got up Saber was in his face in a second. Saber began throwing punches as fast as he could, hitting Cardin with all of them, draining his aura very quickly. It wasn't long until Cardin was on the ground coughing up blood. Cardin was still determined to fight until the end, however, every time Cardin got up, Saber just knocked him back down. Saber was just toying with him at this point, barely draining his aura at all with each punch.
"Saber is determined to embarrass him. That was why he wasn't fighting back at the beginning. He let Cardin beat him down, knowing that he could come back and win." Emerald whispered to their teammates.
Cardin the eventually gave up. "No more. No more. I give up." Said Cardin.
Saber just smiled, but he wasn't done yet. He wanted to completely emasculate Cardin. He started talking. "So Cardin. You said something earlier. I believe you said something along the lines of me being a bitch? Did anyone else hear that?" asked Saber turning to the crowd. There were some murmurs of agreement. "Yeah. I thought so. You know Cardin, it's kind of strange. See, I'm actually a bit confused. I mean, you said I was a bitch, but the way I see it…" Saber leaned down to look Cardin in the eyes."… I just made you mine." Saber finished getting some laughs from the crowd and going back to his seat.
After class ended a few people came up to him and thanked him for taking Cardin down a few pegs.
After they had all gotten to the cafeteria team RWBY saw Saber and just laughed.
"Way to go Saber. That should get Cardin to shut up for a bit." Said Yang.
"Yeah. So how was your date? We forgot to ask you earlier." Asked Raven.
"Pretty fun actually. It ended up being cut a bit short because there weren't any good movies playing so we came back early, but it was still a lot of fun." Said Saber.
Yang agreed and the group kept talking for a bit before leaving. As they were going their separate ways, Saber started thinking. 'Wait, Yang didn't react at all to them saying it was a date, is that how she saw it? I just thought it was a night out as friends. Then again, I guess I did kind of treat it like a date. Paying for everything, being gentle man. I went on an unintentional date with Yang. What could this lead to? No, nothing. I'm just here to kill Ruby, then leave. This can't lead to anything.' Thought Saber.
There we go. Four chapters in. I really like how this story is playing out. Remember to check out Team BAWM and leave of review of what you thought. As always, I am The Burning Ruler and I hope to see you in the next chapter! Goodbye!
