Scythe woke with a start hearing someone thumping at his door. He looked around to see Ruby still in her bed, dreaming of cookies once again.

"She's cute when sleeping," Scythe smiled.

It had been two weeks since Ozpin agreed to let Ruby share the room with Scythe, and neither of them were regretting it one bit, for one they could watch movies all they wanted when it wasn't a school night. Another reason was Ruby felt better knowing she could keep a closer eye on him, still worried about his injury he gained from protecting her in the Emerald Forest.

Another knock at the door sounded as Scythe got up and out of bed, answering to find a couple soldiers bringing in two boxes each of the gear he requested.

"Thanks guys, go buy some drinks, on me," Scythe stated handing them a couple white cards.

After closing the door, Ruby started waking up with a bit groggily, not liking the fact she was awoke from her dream of eating a giant cookie that was attacking the city.

"Huh, what's going on?" Ruby asked sitting up.

"You know the gear I told you I had ordered last night?" Scythe asked opening one of the boxes.

"It came?" Ruby asked, sounding a bit surprised, opening the rest of the boxes.

"Go ahead into the bathroom and clean up, then put one of them on while I pack out bags for the mission," Scythe smiled handing her one suit already neatly folded.

"Alright," Ruby smiled excited to put on a new suit. She took the one Scythe handed her and ran into the bathroom.

As Scythe heard the shower turn on, he grabbed a couple bags and started packing them full of their suits. The big black bag was his, while Ruby had the medium red one. She insisted they used these bags, feeling it would help couple their feelings for one another.

Knock-Knock

"Who could that be?" Scythe questioned. He got up and opened the door to find Glynda standing there.

"Good, I got here before you left," Glynda stated walking in. "I assume Ruby is in the shower?"

Glynda had taken to call Scythe and Ruby by their first names, since feeling like Scythe's mother would make it weird for her to call him by his last. She only called Ruby by her first name, per Scythe's request.

"Yeah, she just got in. What's up?" Scythe questioned, closing the door.

"Well, I heard you and Ruby were going out on a mission for Ironwood, and I thought I would bring you… these," Glynda stated, with hesitance before handing him two boxed lunches. "I made you some sandwiches using an old family secret ingredient."

"You're taking this whole being my mother thing seriously aren't you?" Scythe asked with a smile.

"Look if you don't want them I'll…"

"Thank you," Scythe stated, causing Glynda to stop her ranting.

"What?" Glynda asked.

"I'm grateful to you, for being like a mother to me. I never really knew mine, since she died when I was five. So it feels nice to have someone like you around," Scythe explained with a smile.

Glynda was speechless for a minute before she took Scythe into a hug, which surprised them both. But did separate until they felt they needed to.

"Be safe out there, and be sure to take good care of your hygiene, I don't want you coming back with foul smelling breath or missing a few teeth to tooth-rot," Glynda stated.

"I get it, I'll take good care of my body," Scythe smiled.

"Scythe," Ruby called from the bathroom before opening the door.

Ruby was wearing a red tank-top with a matching scort. The same bottom cloak half was pinned to the sides of her pants as the boots were given a similar design as Scythe's only they had her flaming rose stamped in the leather. The Fairy Tail Guild mark was stamped in black on the back of the cloak piece, however, the shirt looked more like a sports bra, a size too small for her, revealing a large portion of her midriff.

"Why is the shirt like this?" Ruby asked, blushing at how tight it was.

"Ironwood," Scythe hissed, but blushed seeing Ruby in such an outfit.

Later on, after accepting the suits design. Scythe, Ruby and Glynda all went out to the docking area, the sun just barely peaking over the horizon, seeing a bullhead waiting for them with two drunken soldiers, who Scythe recognized as the two who brought in the boxes.

"I hope they aren't flying this thing," Scythe stated.

"They better not, or I'm going to give Ironwood a piece of my mind," Glynda stated.

"Seems like she really is taking the whole mothering role seriously," Ruby whispered to Scythe.

"Alright, listen you two, I want you to keep in contact, make sure you write to Ozpin, myself or your teams every so often. It will allow us to know you're still alive and well," Glynda explained.

"Glynda we're not going to be gone for a year, just a few days. We'll be back to tell you about the job. Right Ruby?"

"Right," Ruby stated.

"Oh, one more thing Scythe, this came for you in the mail before yesterday, we just never got around to getting it to you," Glynda stated as a package was brought over by a soldier with red on his armor.

Scythe pondered at the box for a minute before grabbing it and carrying it under his arm.

"Take care you two," Glynda stated before they loaded onto the Bullhead.

"We will, see you in a week or so," Scythe shouted waving at her before the doors to the Bullhead closed.

Scythe and Ruby sat across from each other, both wondering what was in the package, and who it was from.

"The note on it says, enjoy your new toy," Scythe explained reading the note aloud.

Scythe ripped the box open to find a double bladed, collapsible bow-staff with the blades too big for the handle. In the center of the staff was a circle indicating that was where the wielder of the weapon grasped it.

"It looks similar to Uncle Qrow's weapon," Ruby stated pointing to the gears and leaver it had in the circle grip. "The blades seem to be made of several small ones, indicating it can turn into something."

Scythe took the weapon and held it out before backing up to make some space and activated it. With a bunch of wiring and mechanical clinks, Scythe's new weapon, turned into a double headed death Scythe, with the handle about a foot taller than him, with the blades curved in a crescent form on opposite sides of the staff like a pinwheel.

"How the hell did Qrow get his hands on the blueprints for my weapon?" Scythe questioned, remembering that they were snatched by a crow that flew by while working on them under a tree.

"Well, I wouldn't dwell on it too much, I think we should give it a test run," Ruby smiled pulling out Crescent Rose.

"Sound like a good idea, but I don't think we should do it in here," Scythe stated seeing the very limited space they had. "This is a little small to be a Bullhead."

"It's a compact vehicle, meant for less passengers than the normal Bullhead," Ruby explained. "We could always go onto the roof of the vehicle."

"That seems dangerous, but I do want to test out my weapon, so let's get going," Scythe smiled before they went to hatch on the ceiling.

Once Scythe and Ruby were in their respective places for the sparing match, Ruby undid Crescent Rose and went speeding by on the roof, ready to strike Scythe. But as she swung, she was a little surprised to find him jump and land on her weapons back, digging it deeper into the metal of the Bullhead than usual.

"Nice," Ruby smiled before flipping onto the handle.

With Ruby now face to face with Scythe, they started doing hand to hand combat, Scythe's weapon still on his back.

"Seems like our sparring matches are paying off," Scythe smiled.

"I'm liking the new suit to," Ruby smiled, admiring how much faster she was.

"It allows more flexibility than the restrictions your old outfit used, though I'm still a little annoyed Ironwood made the shirt so… immodest."

"I know, but I guess I'll just have to get used to it," Ruby said blocking a much.

Scythe jumped from the stuck weapon and pulled out his own. He extended the staff without having the blades go crescent and he blocked a few shots from Ruby's weapon as she thought the force of gunfire would loosen it.

"Smart, you're getting a little cleverer at your combat skills, allowing yourself to use more close combat, preparing yourself in case you end up without your weapon," Scythe smiled.

"I learned from the best," Ruby smiled sticking her tongue out at him.

"Oh you cheeky little girl," Scythe smiled before slamming the flat side of one of his blades on the ground, making metal they stood on shake.

Unfortunately Scythe learned the hard way that it caused the vehicle to tip sideways, along with the reverberations to make Ruby let go, sending her over the side of the vehicle, without, Crescent Rose.

"Ruby," Scythe shouted putting his weapon away and leaping over the side.

While inside the Bullhead, the two former drunk guards were getting over their hang overs, as the figures of Ruby, then Scythe went zooming down out the window, causing them both to run and stare before the one in blue armor ran to the radio and called the pilot, stating the passengers were falling.

Back outside, Scythe used the weight of his body, and weapon, to reach Ruby faster than he normally would. He grabbed her and held her close, looking at the ground.

"Crap, not gonna make it like this, I've got to do a partial transformation," Scythe stated.

"A what?" Ruby shouted in question.

"Hang on Ruby," Scythe stated before his body started to vibrate as it grew a bit.

Ruby stared in shock as his face elongated a bit, and his teeth became fangs. She could feel his back as two protrusions started to push out from his shoulder blades. She gasped when she saw that two dragon wings, about the size of a dorm bed each, covered in black and red scales protruded. She looked over his shoulder and saw a tail with the same pattern as his wings. His eyes were nothing but crimson beads as he wrapped his wings around Ruby, and himself, forming a ball of scales, with this tail tucked in with them, wrapped and gripping around her waist.

"Hold tight," Scythe stated, his voice sounding deeper and fiercer.

Ruby braced herself and held tight to Scythe's torso. The impact force was enough to cause Scythe pain, even threw all his thick scales. Ruby opened her eyes and looked up a bit, seeing Scythe's pained face, obviously the force of impact was enough to cause him pain.

"Scythe, thank you," Ruby stated putting a hand to his muzzle.

"It was my fault you fell off in the first place, I was only fixing what I did," Scythe stated, as he painfully unwrapped himself from the ball form, and reverting to his original form.

"Why didn't you activate your aura?" Ruby asked.

"I… haven't unlocked it yet," Scythe stated, feeling a pain in his back. "I need you to do something for me."

"What's wrong?" Ruby questioned.

Scythe turned himself over, without using his legs. Ruby could see a definite bulge in his lower back, identifying it as a vertebra.

"One of my lower spinal vertebra is out of place, I can still feel my legs, but I can't move them. I need you to pop it back into place," Scythe stated lifting what remained of his shirt.

"B-but I'm not trained like my dad in medical treatments," Ruby stammered.

"It won't matter, my body will do the rest after you pop it back in, I'd do it myself, but I can't because of its position," Scythe explained looking at her. "Just stomp on it."

Ruby was hesitant for a minute before she sighed with defeat and painfully stomped on the protrusion in his back. Scythe had his head buried in his arms and gave a muffled scream of pain as it was popped back in place.

"There… now stand back for a second," Scythe stated, flipping himself over again.

"What are you going to do?" Ruby asked stepping back.

"Logia Dragon, Roar…" Scythe shouted, shooting a small ball of crimson light in the air. "Signal flare." Scythe explained as it exploded.

Within ten minutes, Ruby helped Scythe to his feet as the Bullhead came to their location. A three man team came out and helped them get back in, but not before Ruby raced up to the top of the Bullhead and grabbed Crescent Rose.

"Scythe, think you can stand?" Ruby asked.

"No, not for another hour or so," Scythe stated lying on a bench with a medical soldier examining him.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault you were hurt, if I had a better grip on Crescent Rose when the Ship went sideways, you wouldn't have gotten hurt," Ruby sighed sitting next to him.

"I must say, you're one tough kid, you must have a very powerful semblance," The soldier stated, packing his medical equipment. "You should be able to walk again soon."

After the Medic left, Ruby started confronting Scythe.

"Why didn't you tell me you still hadn't unlocked your aura?" Ruby questioned.

"It never came up in a conversation," Scythe explained.

"Well, now's a good a time as any," Ruby stated before putting a hand on his chest. "Close your eyes and concentrate."

"Fine,"

"Fir it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul and by my shoulder protect thee."

As Ruby finished, the light that had surrounded them both faded and left Ruby with less than a fourth of her strength left.

"Ruby," Scythe stated as she fell on top of him.

"I'm… fine, just tired," Ruby explained. "You have a massive aura reserve. I'm not surprised it took a large amount of mine to unlock yours."

"Why don't you rest a while?" Scythe asked, getting up.

"Hey look at that, your Aura allowed you to heal faster. Like it's supposed to," Ruby smiled taking his place on the bench.

"I'm grateful to you for that," Scythe smiled before putting a blanket over her. "Now get some sleep."

"Alright," Ruby smiled before exhaustion took her to the realm of dreams.

Scythe went to the other side of the room and sat down in a meditative position. Focusing his mind as to keep himself calm.

After about an hour, Scythe heard footsteps approaching them, he looked up to find a familiar face.

"I thought we weren't going to meet you until later tonight Ironwood," Scythe explained closing his eyes again.

"I figured I'd let you think that just so I could surprise you both. It seems she's still out cold though," Ironwood explained.

"She's been through a lot this morning, of course she'd be this tired afterwards," Scythe explained not removing himself from his meditative position.

"Well, I'm here to debrief you on your mission," Ironwood stated.

"Tell me, how did the Leader of the White Fang find out about me anyway?" Scythe asked.

"Like most people I assume, he saw the news footage of you and Ruby fighting Roman Torchwhick," Ironwood stated.

"Fair point," Scythe stated. "What's his name?"

"Adam Taurus," Ironwood stated.

'Taurus, kind of reminds me of one of Lucy's spirits,' Scythe thought before standing up.

"He's a read head like you, but he wears a grim mask, signifying his leadership. It's up to you two to put a stop to his killing spree," Ironwood explained handing him a file.

"I'll let Ruby know about it," Scythe stated.

"We're nearing the drop point," Ironwood explained.

"I'll alert Ruby that we're getting there," Scythe stated before Ironwood left.

Scythe grabbed his weapon and put it on his back before shaking Ruby awake.

"Ruby, we're nearing our destination," Scythe stated.

"Huh, oh alright then," Ruby said getting up.

"I've got a cookie for you,"

Ruby jumped up fully awake at that looking around Scythe to find her cookie, until he handed her a packaged cookie.

"Thanks," Ruby smiled before devouring the cookie.

"Alright, you ready to jump?" Scythe asked.

"Yeah, let's get this done," Ruby stated grabbing her bag.

After putting his bag on, Scythe and Ruby both went to the door before hearing the countdown, signalling for them to prepare to jump.

"Go," Scythe shouted as the countdown ended.

Ruby and Scythe jumped out the Bullhead, free falling towards a deep, darker forest. Scythe grabbed Ruby's hand and slung her on his back, using his partial transformation again, Scythe used his wings and tail to allow them to glide down and do a superhero landing. Before Ruby jumped off his back.

"I'm still not sure how I feel about that form," Ruby explained, knowing the history of Acnologia all too well from Wendy and Scythe explaining it.

"Acnologia only went crazy because he enjoyed killing the dragons and fighting. I only use my other two forms for emergencies. Or when I come face to face with him again," Scythe explained returning to his normal form.

"Good to know you won't go crazy," Ruby smiled before they took off to the north.

After catching Ruby up on the mission, Scythe stopped them after he caught the scent of a bear.

"That's not an Ursa," Scythe stated looking around.

He looked all around them until he found where the scent was strongest.

"I know you're there, you might as well come out," Scythe stated.

"So you are a Faunus," A Russian voice stated stepping out, revealing a female bear Faunus wearing a black hood with a grim mask covering her eyes and part of her cheeks.

"What's it to you?" Scythe questioned.

"Why do you fight with the humans, when they persecute and hate us?" The bear asked.

"He doesn't let it bother him," Ruby stated.

"Shut up little girl, the grownups are talking,"

"She's only a year younger than me," Scythe stated elongating his nails.

"I thought you were her papa," The woman explained pulling a club out from behind her.

"Ruby, there aren't any White Fang members anywhere else around us, go get to higher ground, you know what to do after that," Scythe stated pulling his weapon from his back. "I'll take care of the ground fighting."

"On it," Ruby stated, before flashing off up the mountain side.

"Prepare to die little iguana," The bear stated.

"I'm not an iguana," Scythe hissed, his eyes going completely red. "I'm a dragon."

"Ha, the last Dragon Faunus was alive over four centuries ago," She stated, thinking he was bluffing.

"Then allow me to prove you wrong," Scythe stated appearing behind her.

"Scythe, I'm in position," Ruby stated over the radio.

"How in the…"

The White Fang Bear was unable to finish her sentence as she was knocked over into the more open area and hit in the back of the head with a bullet. Thanks to her aura, she wasn't dead, just knocked out.

"Great job Ruby," Scythe explained.

Ruby came zipping down the mountain again, using her semblance as she made her way through the trees and bushes.

"So we must be getting close to the base camp," Ruby explained.

"C'mon, I'm not sure how many other White Fang members heard that gunfire, we'd better keep moving," Scythe explained before they kept running. Little did they know, someone was watching them from the sky, the same someone for Scythe and Wendy's current problem of dimensions!