Author's Note

Hello again readers! I have returned with a new chapter! So remember how I said this was going to be a side project and that "The Taboo" was my main project? (.-.) I changed my mind about it. This story has been in my mind so long that this is now my main project and "The Taboo" is my side project. OVEGI doesn't mind. In fact, she likes this story also so that's good. Well, great actually! No need to thank me people just stay happy.

Anyway thanks for reading the story peeps! So far it's up to 3,054 views! And thanks for following/favoriting and reviewing. So far this story has 17 favorites, 27 followers, and 20 reviews. Thanks guys, really! I appreciated it and keep that up.

In this chapter there's probably no angst. Maybe some but not really. A little humor in here too but like I said last chapter, Weiss is going to confront Ruby and Blake will appear also. So, review and let me know what you think after you read this chapter. Anyway, enjoy!

I do not own RWBY or any of the songs that will be in this story...

Song for this chapter: Jaymes Young- Fragment


Amnesiac

Chapter 6: Fragment

The next few days were alright. On the weekend, I went to eat at the diner. I didn't feel like making myself anything for breakfast. I also read the newspaper. I came upon an article about the murder of Velvet. It said that the police has not yet discovered the murderer yet and the only lead they have is the the murderer is a faunus. What the hell? A faunus on faunus murder? Usually faunus don't kill their own kind and only kill humans. This doesn't add up to anything.

At school, I still stayed lazy but I did some work for the best of it. I also didn't see Cardin and his gang at school(good). Weiss probably got them suspended or even expelled. Speaking of her, I avoided her everyday. I didn't look at her. I didn't walk in her direction. If I saw her in the hallway, I'd turn the other way. She kept calling after me and it took all my strength to not stop. I'm starting to feel terrible.

Blake also talks to me more. I feel like she's still looking for something out of me because she keeps asking me how my day is, how my parents are, and if I'm doing okay. What is wrong with this girl?

Since the end of the school year is coming up, we have to practice our graduation ceremony everyday which is troublesome. There's always this one idiot who messes it up for all of us. I really hope he won't do that at the real ceremony.

I also went back to work again, since I have some of my strength back. The boss was much nicer to me and all of his other employees but he was mostly nice to me. He asked me if I was doing okay. He was taking it pretty hard too since he always talked to Velvet back when she was with me here. The twins and Mercury also asked me if I was okay. I said that I was doing a little better but it would take some time.

But I'm really not getting better. Slowly, very slowly, I'm getting worse. I cry myself to sleep every night when I get home. I blame myself for everything. I regret things I did in the past. I constantly wake up from nightmares. Scared and sweaty. I guess I'm still too stubborn to let someone help me.


So today, I was riding the subway train. I take the subway sometimes when I don't want to walk or take the bus. I stare at the people who were sitting in the seats across me. One person was a woman with a large trench coat and blonde hair. She was looking at herself in her pocket mirror as she put on her make-up. Another person was a fat old man leaning on her, snoring like a pig. I scrunch up my nose in disgust. People these days.

As I was sitting there, continuing to stare at the two people, I hadn't noticed the person in a white hoodie sit down next to me, until I felt a large flop as he sat down. I look at him. His hood was over his head, making it hard to see his face, and his hands were shoved in his pocket. He looked a little built but I don't know if that's the sweatshirt hanging big or it's really his body.

I squeak and jump a little when I feel something touch my rear. On reaction, I smack the man in the hoodie. He falls to his side and cries out in pain. What the hell was that? If his hand was in his pocket then what...oh...he has a tail. The hood falls from his head, revealing a blonde, tanned man. He rubs the part I smacked on his face then glares at me with his piercing blue eyes.

"What the hell?!" He snaps.

He spoke the words that came out my mouth. I glare back at him. "I should be asking you that!" I snap back.

"That fucking hurt!" he cried. "I was trying to pick-pocket you!"

I stop for a moment. What? That explains why his tail was going on my ass. Too bad I don't keep wallets in my back pocket. He must be stupid or something. I start laughing.

"What the hell is so funny?!" He snapped.

"You," I giggled, "you call that pick-pocketing? That's too funny."

He sits up straight, still glaring at me. Looks like I made him upset. Good job Ruby. "Like you can do better."

I smirk at him. "Oh I can. I've been doing it my whole life."

His mouth hangs agape for a moment. "So you're..."

"Well...yea," I admit.

He eyes me up and down, causing me to frown. "That explains the raggedy ass clothes."

"Hey! I paid good money for these!"

"That you stole." There's a smirk on his face now. "Anyway, why's a little girl like you living homeless?"

"I'm not a little girl, asshole, I'm eighteen." His eyes widened in shock. Yea, be surprised!

"Wow, you're so short for your age. You're like a fucking midget!" He starts tumbling over in laughter. Well that's rude to both me and all short people. He stops laughing and wipes the tear from his eye. "So anyway, what's your name?"

"Ruby," I told him. "And yours?"

"The names Sun. Sun Wukong." He pulls a banana out of his hood pocket and starts peeling at it. What the hell? He looks at me. "Oh you want some?" He breaks off a piece and hands it to me.

"I didn't really want any..." Even though I say that, I still take it and eat it.

Well this is weird. At first he tries to steal from me, which he did poorly, then we start yelling at each other, and now we're giving each other our names and acting like buddies. I don't even know who the hell this guy is and yet I feel comfortable around him. Maybe he feels the same way.

I finish eating the banana half he gave me. He already finishes his and throws the peel on the ground. I scrunch up my nose and glare at him. His eyebrows furrow in confusion.

"What?" he asked.

"You're just going to throw your trash in the middle of the floor there for someone to trip and fall?" I replied.

"Look here midget." Did he just call me a fucking midget? "I do what I want."

I really want to hit this guy right now. So I did just that. I punch him in the side of the face, making him fall to his side again as he cried out in pain, again. He then sits up and rubs his face. This time he's glaring hard at me. A smirk forms on my face.

"Why the hell did you do that?!" he snapped.

"I didn't like the way you were talking to me," I simply tell him.

"Why yoooouuu-" Before he could say anything else. The train stops at my station. I quickly get out of my seat and leave.

"Bye Sun," I bid. "It'd be nice to see you again."

And with that, I left the train, not caring if he was going to say something or not. I'm suddenly in a good mood and decide to whistle a tune that I heard from my radio on the way home. I'm so lame, aren't I?


The next day of school, Yang invites me to go shopping with her to find a dress for graduation. At first, I didn't want to but then I give up after she asks me about ten times. This woman does not take no for an answer. Nikos and Valkyrie are also accompanying us on this day. Great...

In classes, I've been getting these strange stares from Weiss. She's been doing that a lot since I started ignoring her(it was for my own safety!). She'd mostly glare at me the whole time. I'll admit, it was scary. It's like she wants to kill me. I bet she does too.

After school, while I was walking to my locker, I heard the sound of Weiss calling after me. Before I could get a chance to escape, she grabs my forearm tightly and slams me into the lockers. Holy shit, this girl is strong. I guess I underestimated her because that hurt like hell. Her hands then go to my shoulders as she grips me tightly, making me stay in place. Her gaze is piercing at me.

"Now you better give me a damn good explanation for this!" she snapped.

I gulped loudly and nodded hesitantly.

"What the hell is all of this about?!" she asked. "First you run out of the limo after I asked you where you lived as if I said I was going to kill you and now you're running away from me and ignoring me?! Why?"

"Du...uh...you see," I started. What do I do? I clench my fists tightly and swallow the lump in my throat. My heart rate was going faster from fear. It was pounding so loudly that I bet she could hear it. This is not good. This is not good!

"Ruuuuby!" she calls, squeezing on my shoulders tighter than before. My god that hurts!

"What's going on here?" asked a voice that was all too familiar.

I look over Weiss's shoulder and find Blake standing there behind her. Thank you! Her arms are crossed and her eyebrow is raised in slight confusion. Noticing this, Weiss let's go of my shoulders and turns to her. Thank god! I thought she was going to break them. I begin to move my shoulders to ease the uncomfortable feeling.

"Hello Blake," said Weiss. "Well you see, I was just confronting the dolt here for something."

The raven hair looks from her to me then back at Weiss. "About what?" she asked.

"For the sake of dust," Weiss mumbled. "Look, a few days ago I found her getting attacked by Cardin and the rest of his group."

Her eyes widened in shock then her features turned into a look of worry. Can I...can I just leave? I really want just get buried in a hole right now. This is embarrassing.

"Wait, they attacked her, why?"

"You should know the reason why," said Weiss. Blake mouthed an understanding 'ah' then waited for her to speak again. "So I saved her and asked her where she lived because I wanted to take her home." She sighs. "And then she runs off like I told her something bad. I just want to know why she's doing this."

They both turn to me. What the hell?! You guys are gonna do me like this? I really want to run away right now but if I do that, they'll both confront me. A deity has given me luck once, please do it again!

"Ruby," called Blake. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm...I'm fine," I told them.

They both don't look convinced. Jeez, I'm so socially awkward. I can't even tell a good lie like I used to. Maybe it's because of all this shit that has happened. Before either one of them could say anything, big sis(1) and the others come to the rescue. Yang is approaching us with a huge grin on her face, unaware of the tension that's over here.

"Heya Rubes," she greeted. "Are you ready?" That's when she notices. He grin falters into a confused frown. "What's all this."

I quickly run over to her. "It's nothing Yang," I told her. "We were just having a friendly conversation!"

She raises an eyebrow but nods anyway. "Okaaay...so are we going? We're waiting on you."

I look back at Weiss and Blake. They both look unamused. Welp, this isn't good but it's for the best. I don't need them knowing about my life. I mouthed my apologies and followed Yang and the others out. I ended up not getting my stuff from my locker but it wasn't like I needed anything anyway.


Later on, Yang, Nikos, Valkyrie, and I were walking around in the strip mall. Yang was telling us how Mrs. Goodwitch almost gave her detention for disrespecting her in class. That was pretty funny though. Nikos kept giving me these weird glances for some reason. Valkyrie was singing some annoying song that I can't seem to get out of my head. Blurred liiiines. I know you want it(2). Like that.

"There's this store I know around here that sells these nice dresses for a cheap price," said Yang.

Cheap? I'm in. "Better be cheap," I told her. "I'm not spending my money on anything expensive!"

"Don't worry Ruby," she said. "I've been there before."

We continued to walk until we came across a store called, "Amazing". Hmph, better be amazing like it says. We enter the store and meet a man with blue hair and goggles, a red jacket with black leather gloves, and black skinny jeans(3). Hipster much? Anyway, he greeted us with a wide grin but it was more specifically pointed to Yang.

"How's it goin Goldilocks?" he asked.

"Good," she answered. "My friends and I are here to buy some dresses for our graduation ceremony that's coming up soon."

His smile widened which was creepy as hell. Could his grin get any wider? You know what...scratch that...forget that I ever asked that question. I don't even want to know.

"That's wonderful!" he said. "Well, choose whatever you like. I'll have you know, the dresses over there are incredibly nice so you should check them out."

"Thanks," Yang replied.

Once, he left we went to the area of dresses he was talking about. He was right, these are incredibly nice. Better be cheap though! I looked through the dresses but there wasn't really anything in my taste. Yang was trying to decide between two dresses that which looked good on her. Valkyrie already found hers off the bat and Nikos was in deep thought. Why is it so how to pick out a dress?! This is why I don't like shopping all the time. I thought that when you go shopping, you get the first thing you look at. I guess not.

As I was looking through the dress, one specific one caught my eye. It was a white, sun dress covered in rose petals. I don't just like roses because Rose is my last name but because they're the most beautiful flowers in my opinion. I hold up the dress, examining each part of it. I also checked the price tag. This better be cheap! To my relief it was. It was in the lower twenties which is decent. I prefer something lower but this is still cheap. Regular dresses cost like somewhere in the fifties or sixties which is hell of a lot to pay for one piece of clothing. It was also my size, luckily.

"Ooo that's pretty Ruby," said Valkyrie. "Are you gonna buy it?"

"I guess so," I replied. "This is the only one that caught my eye."

Yang stops staring at her two dresses and looks over in my direction. A wide grin forms on her face when she sees the dress I'm holding up. It seems like her and that other guy have something in common.

"That totally suits you Rubes," she told me.

"It is indeed a nice dress," said Pyrrha. I was about to say thanks but she interrupted me. "Coming for someone who isn't a shopper." She gives a sly smile.

I frowned. Well then..."Hey! Sometimes I don't have time to shop for clothes. I have work you know." Then they all start laughing. I'll admit that I joined in at a certain point but only for a little.

After all that looking around, we came up to the clerk, which was the same guy, and paid for our dresses.

"See ya around Goldilocks," he said. "Come by anytime and good luck at the graduation guys!"

"Bye," Yang relied.

Before we left, the guy winks at me. I turned away in slight disgust and awkwardness. Ew...

"You should totally come over tomorrow so I can do your hair Rubes," said Yang as we were walking home. "I know this hairstyle that goes good with people who have short hair."

"Oh," I started, "that sounds...good...but uh..."

"Aw come on Ruby," she pestered. "It's not like I'm going to cut it. I wouldn't even cut my own hair."

"Alright," I finally give in.

"Great!" She looks at Valkyrie and Nikos. "How about you guys? Nora? Pyrrha?"

"Thanks but no thanks Yang," said Valkyrie. "I have things to do tomorrow."

Like your boyfriend, I thought. I snicker at my own immature thought. Hey, she set herself up in that one. I just had to do that. Don't give me that look. I didn't say it out loud.

"Sorry I can't either," said Pyrrha.

"Welp, looks like it's just me and you Rubes," said Yang. She then turned back to Pyrrha. "By the way, Pyrrha. Did you get Sun's text?" Wait...

"No, what did he say?"

"He won't be able to go to the gym Saturday so we don't have to go." Did she say Sun? As in the monkey faunus I met on the train? No. That could possibly be another Sun.

"Oh alright. I wonder why he can't go." Yang shrugged.

"Don't know. He only texted me that. He didn't give me a reason." She can't be talking about him, can she?

"How'd you two meet him again?" asked Valkyrie.

"He tried to pick a fight with me after I caught him trying to steal my purse," Yang answered. "Pyrrha had to stop us both from causing a scene."

I stayed silent as I was in deep thought. The more she talks about him, the more I think it's the faunus that was on the train. This is not good. This is NOT good! I'm so fucking stupid! Why did I have to tell him my goddamn name?! Now that he knows, Yang'll find out that I'm homeless. He'll here the name Ruby and say that he knows me or either he'll say he met me and it goes on from there. Damn me and my stupid mind.

On the rest of the way home, we talked about other things. I didn't talk so much but continued to think. I left the group once we got to an area I was familiar with. They did ask me if I was okay walking home alone but I said it was alright. Gotta keep my safety in check. I can't let anyone know where I live. Though, for some reason I felt like I was being watched but maybe that's my paranoia. When I'm scared about something I get paranoid.

I can't believe I was so stupid! Why did I have to tell him my name? Usually I don't tell people my name unless I truly know them. I'm going to have to find that guy again, where ever he is. I can't have her know. If Yang know's that I've been lying to her, she'll hate me and I can't have that. I don't want my friends to hate me. I just have to do this for my safety.


Author's Note

(1) Ruby will call Yang that sometimes when she's in big trouble.

(2)This song was stuck in my head and I just had to put that out. Sorry.

(3)Neptune

And there we have it! Looks like Ruby got herself into more trouble. Uh oh. Welp, I introduced Sun in this chapter. He'll be back again. Well, he has to because Ruby's in deep trouble and if she can't find him something very bad will happen. Very, very bad. And thank Yang for saving Ruby from having to explain the whole Ruby and her living situation. Also about the police, they will show up, but it's not going to be for a while. I'm thinking about how they're going to show up but you'll see soon.

Anyway, how was this chapter? Good? Bad? Let me know what you think by reviewing! How's the story so far? Any likes? Dislikes? Let me know! Any questions review or PM me and I'll kindly answer them.

Next chapter someone's going to find out Ruby's secret but it's not going to be handled as bad as she would expect it to be. Welp, that's all. Koda out!

P.S. I fixed the whole yesterday thingy there. Thanks for pointing that out growlscout.