AN: Chapter 7 hot off the oven. There are probably a few mistakes, but it should still taste ok. Ok enough of that food analogy. On to the story!
(Ruby POV)
"You don't have to hold me. I can walk on my own." Garnet was still sore about me forcing him to go to the medical ward.
I continued walking, but turned to face my twin brother. "Ok then. Have it your way." I let go of his shoulder.
Garnet wasn't prepared for me to agree so readily and his reaction showed it. He tripped over his feet and fell, hitting the floor with a loud thump.
I'll admit, maybe that was a bit much. Still I think it was justified. Garnet will be less likely to argue with me now. "Impressive. Would you like help now?"
"Yes please," came the muffled voice from the floor.
The rest of the walk to the medical ward was uneventful. Once there, I plopped Garnet in a chair and explained what I knew about Garnet's wound to the nurse, which wasn't much. Garnet offered up most of the answers to what happened.
"I was attacked by three beowolves. I managed kill two of them, but the third one gave me some nasty gashes on my left side. My friends managed to stop the bleeding and bandage me up, but the wound reopened when I slammed against a wall. I think I lost a lot of blood."
"I'm going to need to see the injury," the nurse said.
Garnet shrugged out of his hoddie and shirt, revealing three very large gashes on his side. The nurse inspected them and reached a decision.
"You'll need stitches to close the wounds and some blood transfusions to replace all the blood you lost."
I glanced over at Garnet nervously, prepared to chase after him if he tried to run using his semblance. He hates needles.
To my surprise he just sighed. "I'm too tired to argue. Just get it over with quickly."
Ok, that's weird. Who are you and what have you done with my brother?
The nurse directed Garnet to a bed and ushered me out of the room. "Come back to check on him in the morning."
With that over and done with I headed over to the dinning hall for dinner. My team was seated at a table with Jaune's team. I grabbed a plate of food and sat down next to Yang.
"How is he?" Yang asked. Everyone turned to me expectantly.
"He's basically fine," I said telling them the good news first. "He does need a couple of things though."
"Like?" Jaune prompted. Of course he's worried. Garnet's his teammate and the first friend he made after coming here.
"He needs some stitches and blood transfusions. He'll be all patched up by morning, so don't worry."
"He'll probably need some time to recover his strength as well." Ren added, absentmindedly munching on a baked potato.
"I know!" Nora exclaimed jumping out of her seat. "Lets bring him pancakes!"
"I hate to ask, but why?" Pyrrha had a confused look on her face. Actually all of us did. Except for Ren that is.
"You don't like pancakes?" Nora asked staring at Pyrrha.
"No. I… Never mind."
"Anyway," Blake said trying to move the conversation along. "We might as well head back to the dorm and get some sleep."
It turns out team RWBY's room and team JGNPR's room are right across the hall from each other. We bid each other good night and turned in for the night.
(Garnet POV)
I woke up feeling a lot better than I had the previous day. Sure I had three new big ugly scars, but I wasn't tired or sore anymore.
"Well you're good to go. You can leave once that girl that brought you here yesterday arrives. Please try to rest for a day or two. This is for you." And with that the nurse handed something that looked like a tablet and left the room.
"What the hell is this thing?" I muttered turning the tablet on. I saw a button that read 'map'. I selected it and looked for team JGNPR's room in the section of the map that showed the dorms. I left the room and followed the map.
I reached my dorm room, but the door was locked. I looked around for a way to unlock the door. All I had was the tablet so I tried waving it in front of the door. To my surprise the door unlocked. I quietly stepped into the room.
Everyone else on my team was still asleep, breathing quietly except for Nora who was muttering something about pancakes. I tiptoed to the only open bed and found my luggage, consisting of two suitcases and my beloved skateboard. I grinned seeing my board.
The nurse said to rest. Rest means relax right? Skating is relaxing. I put the tablet down on my bed and grabbed my board before quietly leaving the room.
In case you haven't guessed, my semblance is speed, which makes skating even more fun. I hurried out of the dorm building and made a beeline for the open paved area in front of the school.
It was still fairly early in the morning, so the area was completely empty. This gave me a perfect skate playground, full of stairs, benches, handrails, and other goodies. I laid my board on the ground and hopped on, pushing a few times to pick up speed.
I rolled up to a bench and kickflipped into a grind, smiling at the feeling of being able to move freely. I skated around, pulling off random tricks until I lost track of time.
My fun came to an abrupt end. I was in the middle of a heelflip when someone shot my board out from beneath me.
"What the hell was that for?" I turned in annoyance, ready to tell off whoever ruined my fun. My annoyance quickly turned to extreme fear. Standing there was Yang, a scowl on her face and a smoking gauntlet on her wrist.
I dove for my board so that I'd have something to defend with.
Yang walked up to me and I held up my board in case she decided to punch me. Yang simply knocked it away, but was merciful enough to leave it in one piece.
"WHERE WERE YOU!? We went to check on you at the medical ward, but you weren't there. Then we checked your dorm room, but you weren't there either and your team didn't know where you were. Do you have any idea how worried you had us!?" Yang was yelling at max volume. People were starting to stick their head out of their window to see what was going on below them.
I thought very carefully about my next move. One slip up could mean another couple of days in the med ward.
"Um… May I go see my team?" I asked sounding like a child asking their mom if they can have dessert.
Yang took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. "Yes, but I'm coming with you. To make sure you don't 'get lost' on the way." She said that last part with and irritated tone.
I knocked on the door of my dorm since it was locked and my tablet thing was inside.
Jaune was the one who opened the door. He saw Yang standing behind me as I entered the room.
"What, no hug for your mother?" Jaune teased. I responded by punching him in the arm. "Ow! I was just making a joke. See you later Yang." Jaune shut the door. Instantly Pyrrha appeared wearing an expression similar to the one Yang had when she found me. Oh god. Not again.
"Why didn't you have your scroll with you?" Pyrrha demanded.
"You mean the tablet thing?" Pyrrha nodded, still scowling. "What's the big deal? It's a map and it opens the door."
"It lets us communicate. If you had it with you we could have gotten in touch with you."
Oops. "How was I supposed to know? I've been in the medical ward." Pyrrha pointed at my skateboard that was in my hand. "Um… Would you believe that I wasn't using it?"
"No. Get ready for class." Pyrrha threw me a pair of khaki slacks, a white dress shirt, a black blazer, and a tie.
I quickly changed into the clothes. I noticed my team sneaking glances at my new scars.
Ren came up to me. "Good to have you back."
I smiled. "Thanks Ren. So… Care to show me where class is? I haven't had much time to explore the school building."
Nora appeared next to me. "Sure thing buddy! We'll all go together." Nora put me in a headlock while everyone followed behind us.
Our first class was Grimm Studies taught by Professor Port. Professor Port is a larger gentleman with a very full white mustache. He's wearing an outfit similar to the school uniform I have on, and he's holding a battle axe/shotgun.
"The creatures of Grimm, monsters, demons. All these are names for our primary enemy. However I prefer to call them prey." Professor Port chuckled at his own joke. No one else did.
"You as huntsmen and huntresses are individuals sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. That reminds me of a story of a young and handsome individual. Me!" At this point I gave up trying to pay attention and just zoned out.
"The moral of the story," I heard Professor Port wrapping up his boring, self-indulgent tale. "Is that a true huntsman must be honorable, courageous, well educated, and wise. Who among you believe you possess these traits?"
Eh, why not? I raised my hand, as did Weiss who was sitting in front of me.
Professor Port had a strange glimmer in his eye as he presented a cage containing some sort of Grimm. "Well then. Let's find out. Miss Schnee, Mr. Rose, please come to the front of the room."
Weiss and I obliged coming to stand in the large open area of the lecture hall. "Please draw your weapons." Now this is my type of class.
"Weiss, do your best!" Ruby chanted.
"Ruby, I'm trying to concentrate," Weiss scolded in an agitated tone.
"Garnet, if you get hurt again I swear…" Yang didn't even need to finish the threat.
"Break its legs!" Nora suggested. Nora you are amazing, but you scare me sometimes.
Professor Port cut off the lock keeping the cage shut and a boarbatusk raced out, charging at us.
"Weiss dodge left. I'll go right. Don't bother trying to block it." I tried to formulate a plan with Weiss.
"Fine." Man, what's with the attitude?
I dove, kicking the boarbatusk as I rolled. Weiss slashed at the monster but its tough skin protected it. I shot a combination of fire and electricity at the boar, only succeeding in making it angry. Weiss rushed forward aiming for the monster's face.
The boar angled its head catching Weiss rapier in its tusks.
"Show it who's boss!" Ruby cheered. Damn it Ruby! Don't distract her!
Weiss turned to yell at Ruby, and the monster saw its chance. Before I could intervene the monster ripped the weapon from Weiss' hands and pushed her back.
"Oh ho!" Professor Port cheered. "What will you do now without you weapon?"
"Look over here you stupid monster!" I rushed the monster that was focused on the weaponless Weiss. I unleashed a barrage of slashes increasing the speed of my blades with each stroke.
The boarbatusk roared and turned on me and charged, giving Weiss a chance to retrieve her weapon. Without having time to dodge the oncoming assault, I raised my blades in an x in front of me.
The monster rammed into my blades pushing with all its might. I felt myself slipping. Come on Weiss. Any time now. As if on cue I noticed Weiss in my peripheral vision. I kicked the boarbatusk in the chin causing it to reveal part of its vulnerable underbelly.
Weiss activated a glyph to hold our enemy still. She charged blade ready to plunge into the monster's underbelly. Her attack connected and the boarbatusk snarled in pain. Weiss backed off and lowered her weapon as the monster sank to the ground.
I was about to do the same when I noticed the boarbatusk getting up for a final desperate attack. I sent aura to my arm and legs, hurling Red Raven at the monster while rushing at it with my other blade.
Red Raven sunk into the Grimm's eye, causing it to screech and fall to the side. In the blink of an eye, my other blade was deep in its stomach. I held my blade there until I was sure the monster was dead. I collected my other blade and walked back to my seat, panting heavily.
"Bravo! It seems we are indeed in the presence of a true hunter in training. Class is dismissed."
We had a few other classes that day. One was General History taught by Doctor Bartholomew Oobleck, who rushed around the classroom in a green blur, occasionally writing something on the white board. I couldn't catch most of what he was saying, but I took notes to the best of my ability.
During class I noticed Weiss casting annoyed glances at Ruby. I sighed. Just another one of Ruby's messes to clean up. I'd better talk to Weiss.
Class was dismissed and Weiss rushed out of the room. I tried to politely push my way through the throng of students to follow Weiss. I found her staring at the sunset on a balcony on the upper level of the school.
"What do you want?" Weiss said icily.
"I just want to talk." I joined Weiss, leaning against the railing. I can see why she chose this spot. The sunset is awesome up here. I'll have to remember this spot. "I've lived with Ruby my whole life. I know she can be hard to deal with so let me help make it easier."
Weiss softened a bit. "I…" She paused looking at me apprehensively. "I think I should have been team leader instead of Ruby."
I sighed, sitting down on a bench behind us. "I'm not going to lie. Skill wise, you may be better than Ruby. She's impulsive, wild, childish, and just plain weird. Sorry ignore that last part. Still, there's no one more loyal and devoted to other than her." I paused to look Weiss in the eyes. "On the battle field are you prepared to give up your safety and possibly your life for your teammates?"
"Well…" Weiss began, but I cut her off.
"If you were in trouble, Ruby would go to hell and back to help you. She's done it for me far too many times." I thought about how to finish up my point. I glanced down at my wilted rose symbol on my belt. I showed it to Weiss. "This symbol represents my commitment to Ruby. If she's in trouble, I will be there to back her up. If she goes down, I won't be far behind. That is the type of commitment Ruby has to her allies, to you. Until you are that committed you shouldn't be team leader." I turned leaving Weiss in my wake, stunned.
I slid a hand over my personal symbol. I promised to be there for Ruby no matter what after "that" happened. Now that she's leading a team she'll need me more than ever.
"Why is having a sister so exhausting?" I asked myself.
AN: What is "that"? Will Garnet actually have some development as a character? Find out next time on One Piece! Wait that's wrong. Whatever. Read, Rate, and Review. Rinse and Repeat.
Now to address any reviews:
-Petrol Oil – First of all, thank you so much for giving me some constructive feedback. You have no idea how thankful I am. 1) I apologize for all the errors. I've been so excited for people to read my work that I post, read my work and find awful mistakes, then fix them (in theory) and post again. I'll switch up the order in the future. 2) There is a method to my madness. Meaning there are a few reasons why Garnet is not on team RWBY and I made team JGNPR (please excuse the stupid acronym). First I didn't want to be tempted to go overboard on sibling jokes. Personally I have two of them, so I have a never-ending supply of back sibling jokes. Second, I love Jaune and wanted him and Garnet to be bros. Third, this lets me have Garnet be more open about his sister. Like shown in this chapter.
Thank you all for reading! If you read all of that CONGRATS!
-Roxasblade
