Very Long Author's Note: This chapter is a weird one. Probably the most bizarre one I've made. It's a combination of weird and drama cause let's face it, the episode itself was drama between Weiss and Blake. I toned out some parts overall though. I remember someone saying they wanted Penny in the harem, so this chapter mainly focuses in on her for the most part. I really thought about adding a lemon between Penny and Ringo, but I held off against it because it'd be too soon. You'll see the part I was considering to add a lemon when you get to it. I think I got her character down decently. Not perfect but decent enough for me.
Yang's date will be next chapter. I may or may not stretch it out to two chapters, depending on if I want to make up a section on what Blake doesn't when she runs away. Then Black and White after that. Plus, I want to put in some action scene because this chapter doesn't have any. I like writing/typing about Ringo's semblance. Just to be clear about Ringo's views before you read this chapter, he hates the White Fang and anyone aligned with them, not Faunus' in general.Note I realized that The Stray actually happened on a Friday. That mistake is on me. I don't feel like rewriting everything last chapter so the episode begins on a Saturday instead. I say this for people who spot my error in advance.
Lelouch-Strife: Yep. Ringo is a bit of a coward, especially towards Coco. Her not talking to him is part of the reason why he broke up with her over text, the other one mainly being because… well she's not even there. She's on a mission.
Guest Q: Whoops. I gave you the wrong chapter, my bad. I'll save you the time and just say it. A 'male' professor died during the mission. I think you understand where I'm getting at and why Glynda does like him. I kinda still might do Emerald in the end. A genderbent Mercury? I've never worked with genderbent characters so that'll be in the maybe column. Ilia is another interesting choice. I can see her going in the harem. Sienna… well considering how when she became leader and all the White Fang members turned rogue, and the fact that Ringo suffered because of that alone… that's an unfortunate no at the moment. As for your last suggestion, Vernal, I don't know too much about her other than she's in the Brawen's tribe. I'll keep her in mind for now.
Blaze1992: It was always going to be Weiss when I thought of it. Since she is his partner, it just made the most since to me. And yeah, he was asleep. If you can recall, he rarely gets sleep. When he does, that dude is out of it. Before it happened, the voices in his head were making him lose his mind. With those two added together, he's out of it.
Razmire: Emerald is still under works on how she'll contribute to the plot. I very rarely read Pyrrha's death scene. I guess most fanfics I read save her too. There will be bad things that'll happen and I hope I can surprise everyone with it. There's not much to Ringo liking hooks. It's just a little reference I put from the character I got inspired by for the making of his semblance and some personality traits. It's just The Doctor from DBD, where the killer can hook survivors. Maybe I'll incorporate the hook thing some more, but that's probably won't happen.
Thanks for the reviews. Even if it isn't much I appreciate it all the same. Keep them coming. I enjoy responding to those of you reviewing this. This is the first time I'm doing this in a fanfic and I found myself wondering why I haven't done this sooner. That said, enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY… for the seventh time in the row.
It was a bright sunny day in Vale. There were multiple streamers and decorations hung throughout the streets.
Team RRWBY were walking down the streets of Vale. It was originally supposed to be just Ringo and Weiss going on their shopping date, but somehow the others found out they were leaving and decided to tag along. That cut off their plans, which annoyed Weiss immensely.
That irritation was briefly lightened by the preparations for the Vytal Festival in Vale. It was always one of her goals to compete in the tournament. Everyone in her team was strong. Ruby's speed, Yang's strength, her intellect, Blake's evasiveness, and Ringo's relentlessness. Of course everyone had their weaknesses too, most notably Ringo.
His aura was cut in half. He only has had one real battle. Weiss was unsure if he could really pull it off during the tournament, but the stories of him being undefeated before his team died told her he can handle himself just fine.
Weiss was really looking forward to helping Ringo buy some new clothes. It was going to be their time together, but Ruby, Yang, and Blake ruined it. It didn't really matter as much now, Weiss had another plan in the works.
There was a sign up above, reading: WELCOME TO VALE!
Weiss assumed it to be for the foreign people coming from the different kingdoms of Remnant.
Weiss stopped and raised her arms. "The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!" She expressed her excitement for the preparations.
"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss." Ruby paused, frowning. "Well, it isn't the first time. That doesn't mean it doesn't weird me out."
Ruby thought about it, realizing that she did smile a lot when she was with her partner, Ringo.
"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There'll be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization is simply breathtaking." Not everyone shared her level of enthusiasm. They continued walking.
Yang crossed her arms. "You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring."
"Quiet you!" Weiss snapped. "Doctor, back me up!"
Ringo rubbed the back of his neck. "Eh, the Vytal Festival never really interested me that much." As expected, everyone gawked at him. "Don't get me wrong. It's a good thing. It just isn't my cup of tea, you know? I remember Silver talking about it last year. I think he would've liked to see this…" Weiss and Blake's eyes softened at his words. Ruby and Yang didn't know who Silver was, so they didn't understand.
"Remind me again why we're spending our Saturday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang moved on, hearing the fog horns nearby.
"Ugh, it smells like fish!" Ruby's face scrunched up, disgusted by the smell. She covered her nose with her hand.
"You two weren't even supposed to be here!" Weiss said bitterly. "If you have a problem, you can always head right back." Ruby and Yang raised their hands in defense, giggling with each other that they made the heiress mad.
"If you must know, I've heard students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by the ship today." She didn't miss the quiet gasp let out by Ringo. "What is it now?"
"V-vacuo, you say?" Ringo stuttered. Blake understood why he was getting jumpy since he was from Vacuo himself. "Oh no. There's gonna be a surplus of Faunas here then." Ruby and Yang gasped, surprised by his offensive words. Weiss nodded, knowing that he was right. Blake took offense by that and smacked the back of his head hard.
"I told you-"
"Woah! Woah!" Ringo backed up, holding the back of his head in pain. "I didn't mean that in a bad way! I'm just saying that I might run into… those kind of people." He chomped the air, giving her a message.
'Is he talking about the White Fang? He must be.' Blake calmed down, though she was still a little miffed by his comment.
"It isn't that bad. I've met a couple of nice Faunus here and there at Vacuo too." Ringo soothed her worries.
"You're from Vacuo?" Ruby asked curiously. It was another bit of information that she learned about her teammate.
"Yep. Spent thirteen years there before I moved to Vale. I hear that Vale is where most people could live a normal life. Let me say, the only place where the law is actually followed is at Shade Academy. Everywhere else is dangerous," He informed them. He visited Shade Academy one time with his then-backstabbing friend. That academy had to be the most civilized place he had ever been to.
"That sounds rough." Yang grinned, wrapping an arm around his shoulder and giving him a noogie. "Glad you're here with us, Ring boy."
"You have to tell us more stories later on!" Ruby said, intrigued by his background. Blake cringed, knowing that Ringo probably wouldn't be on board with sharing his run-ins with the White Fang.
"Maybe…" Ringo wiggled free from Yang's hold.
"Regardless of where they come from." Weiss brought their attention back to her. "As a representative of Beacon. I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom."
Blake saw right through her facade. "She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." It was a fine strategy, though Blake would prefer if she didn't do it right as they arrived.
"You can't prove that!" Weiss scoffed.
Ruby directed her eyes to a shop that had shattered windows and had yellow police tape surrounding the area.
The five walked to the scene of the crime. "What happened here?"
A detective was writing down something. "A robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." He went to chat with his teammate.
'I have a sneaky feeling on who is behind this. There's only one group that loves to steal dust.' Ringo noted in his head.
"You thinking the White Fang?"
"Yeah, I'm thinking we don't get paid enough." Ringo snickered, amused by their banter.
They proved his theory. Only the White Fang had interests in stealing high amounts of dust and leaving the money. Back when he was unofficially associated with them, the feud between the Schnee Dust Company and the White Fang was unruly. Stealing dust must have been their way to get them back.
"Hmph! The White Fang." Weiss crossed her arms and haughtily pointed her nose up in the air. "What an awful bunch of degenerates."
"What's your problem?" Blake bit back the hostility in her voice.
"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane," Weiss said, unaware that she chose the wrong words.
"You don't care about me?" Ringo pouted. He classified himself as a criminal because he usually stole from shops when he started out in Vale. He also considered himself to be quite insane.
"You're an exception."
Blake didn't let Weiss off hook for her comment. "The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths." Ringo snorted, Blake's eyes glaring daggers at him. "They're a collection of misguided faunus."
"Sure, back when they were an activist group. I say they're just as insane as me now." Ringo spoke from his personal experiences. Weiss smiled, pleased to have Ringo on her side.
"They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet!" Weiss added in, outnumbering Blake.
"So then they're 'very' misguided." Ringo chuckled dryly, though not understanding why Blake was defending the organization. It may have to do with her being a faunus , but Ringo doubted that she was with them.
"So I guess killing hundreds of humans makes them 'very' misguided? Good one Blake," Ringo said sarcastically. "They're nothing but faunus looking for trouble."
Weiss nodded. "Yeah, and that doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum." Blake grew angrier, offending by their words. "Those faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."
"Finally, someone who sees the truth!" Ringo and Weiss high-fived, supporting each other during their argument with Blake.
"That's not necessarily true. I thought you of all people wouldn't be against faunus." Yang shook her head, disappointed in him.
"I'm not against faunus! I just don't like the Wh-"
"Stop that faunus!" A voice cried out, cutting off Ringo. The five quickly rushed to edge of the docks. There, they saw a monkey faunus running across the ship. He was being chased by two guys.
'Behind you!' The voice in Ringo's head shouted. Ringo snapped his head back, catching a glimpse of something hiding around the corner.
'They're here!'
'Always watching!'
Ringo gulped, a sense of dread building inside of him. He didn't notice that the monkey faunus was heading their way. He put one foot forward, preparing to check out whatever was watching him.
"Gah!" Ringo unintentionally got in the faunus' path, tripping him. The monkey faunus face planted to the ground, groaning. Ringo stepped over his body as he continued his trek to where the mysterious person hid.
He rounded around the corner, catching who the culprit was. It was a curly orange haired girl with bright green eyes. She wore a pink bow above her head. She had a tan colored blouse with overalls over it. There was a green and black collar on her neck.
'They're gone!'
'You missed them again!'
'Girl isn't what she seems!'
Ringo scratched his head, approaching the unresponsive girl. She just stood there, staring at him. It creeped him out more than it should've. He felt the faunus and the detectives brush past him. That didn't matter to him. His eyes were solely on the orange haired girl.
Someone from behind bumped into him. Ringo fell forward, taking the newcomer down with him.
"No! He got away!" Weiss groaned. Due to Ringo's more sturdier build, she didn't fall. She was pushed back some.
"Uhh… Ring boy?" Yang coughed awkwardly.
Ringo opened his eyes, seeing that he was inches away from the girl's face. His body pinned her to the ground. The fright caused a small trickle of electricity to burst out of his chest. Since his body was touching hers, the electricity went within her. Her body shook excitingly.
"I don't recognize your model…" The girl mumbled, smiling brightly. Ringo nervously got up. "Salutations!" Her greeting was met with an awkward pause.
"Um… hello…" Ruby was the brave one, speaking with the odd girl.
"Are… are you okay?" Yang asked.
"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking!" The orange haired girl closed her eyes, wanting to recreate the feeling of Ringo's electricity sparking within her.
"Do you… wanna get up?"
The girl thought about it. "Yes!" She leapt to her feet. Everyone distanced themselves further from the strange girl. "My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!"
Ruby introduced herself, "Hi Penny. I'm Ruby."
"I'm Weiss."
"Blake."
While Weiss and Blake followed her lead, Yang didn't get the memo. "Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Blake elbowed her side. "Oh, I'm Yang."
Ringo politely extended his hand, getting over his fear. "I-I'm Ringo…" Instead of shaking his hand, Penny hugged him.
"That feeling was absolutely marvelous! You must do it again!" Penny tilted her chin up, making eye contact with him.
"D-do what!?" Ringo was freaking out. He tried to escape but she was surprisingly strong. Her grip was like that of a snake.
"You let out electricity!" Penny squeezed him a bit tighter, hoping to spark some electricity from him.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Penny shook her head. "Geez, you really are strange…"
Weiss got annoyed at the looks Penny was giving to Ringo.
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny said, mainly towards Ringo.
"You already said that." Yang chuckled, getting a kick out of how uncomfortable Ringo appeared. It was then that she remembered that he was supposed to be 'her' date. "Hey! Paws of my date!" She attempted to pull Penny off. Like Ringo, she was shocked at how difficult the task was.
Ruby went in to help. She put her arms around Yang and pulled with her. Their attempts were futile.
"Just give her what she wants," Blake said, not seeing another way around it.
Ringo sighed. He closed his eyes and channeled his electricity from within his chest. A much larger spark of electricity left his body and went in Penny's.
"Woo!" Penny jumped, her orange hair standing up straight because of the electricity. She felt her circuits gain more power than usual.
"I'm sure Ringo's sorry for running into you. Let's go, doctor!" Out jealousy, Weiss possessively grabbed his arm, keeping him close to her. She glowered at the jittery Penny. With a huff, she turned around and began to walk away alongside her partner.
"Take care, friend." Ruby awkwardly waved her goodbye. It would be rude to not to. Her friendly nature prevented her from acting rude to new people.
Once they were far enough from Penny, Yang spoke. "She was… weird."
"Hmph! She should keep her hands to herself next time!" Weiss leaned her head on Ringo's arm. She glanced over at her right. "Now, where did that faunus riff-raff run off to?"
'I swear, if she downgrades us again…' Blake's fists tightened. She was fed up with Weiss' attitude towards faunus. She expected Ringo to be on her side, yet he chose Weiss' instead. Her mind momentarily forgot about the reason why Ringo was cautious of the White Fang.
"What did you just call me?" Penny's voice mystically came from in front of them. She stood in front of Weiss, appearing out of thin air.
Weiss was appalled. She looked back and forth, trying to comprehend how Penny even managed to sneak up on them when she was just right behind them.
Yang flinched, "Oh, I'm really sorry! I definitely didn't think you heard me!" Her apology was weak. She was sorry that she was caught, not for her mean words.
"No, not you." Penny marched forward, leaning her body at a startled Ruby. "You!"
"Me?! I-I don't know. I… what, um… uh…" She was at a loss of words. Ruby thought it was Yang that was going to get in trouble.
"Quick! While she's distracted!" Ringo suddenly exclaimed. He bolted away from Ruby and Penny. Yang, Blake, and Weiss followed him, leaving their leader alone.
"Not so fast!" Ruby shouted. A mysterious force pulled them back. The four all fell on top of each other, Ringo being the unforgettable soul crushed on the bottom. He landed on his back, facing Weiss.
"This isn't as bad as I thought," He whispered, pecking Weiss on the lips. She blushed lightly at the intimates gesture.
"Ruby has secret powers!" Yang gasped, removing herself from the pile first. She saw her sister in a new light. Whatever she did made them come back in a snap.
"Nope! I just tied your feet to this lamppost!" Ruby chirped, indicating to the pieces of rope tied from the lamp, to her teammates legs. No one questioned how she did it, mostly out of fright.
"You called me friend! Am I really your friend?" Penny asked, getting back to the topic at hand.
Ruby blinked, "Umm…" She gazed back at her teammates, each one motioning her to reject Penny's friendship. "Y-yeah! Sure! Why not?"
Ringo, Weiss, Blake, and Yang fainted because of her response.
Penny laughed, "Sensational! We can paint our nails, and try on new clothes, and talk about cute boys!" Her eyes fell upon a frightened Ringo. "Do you think he can be my friend too?"
"Of course!"
"No!" Both Ruby and Ringo said at the same time. It was Ringo who took initiative. "My friend capacity is full so you can't be my friend!" His lame excuse convinced no one other than Penny.
"I wasn't aware you can have a limited amount of friends!" Penny gasped.
Ringo nodded frantically. "Uh-huh! It's true! Sucks to be you, I guess." He shrugged, doing his best to ignore Penny's devastated expression.
"Oh… I just wanted to make new friends…" Penny teared up. Ruby shot him a death glare.
"Ringo…"
"Fine! I'll be your friend then." Ringo grunted. He knew how persistent Ruby could be, especially if someone was being disrespectful. She'd be nagging to him about it if he didn't say yes.
"Amazing! Now I have two friends!" Penny squealed. "You can watch me fight in the tournament, friends Even saying the word made her giddy.
"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss didn't believe her. She thought the foreign students would look more brutish.
"I'm combat ready!" Penny saluted. She swooped in and hugged Ringo's leg. He groaned, now having to deal with her again.
"Why do you keep doing this!? Get off!" Ringo kicked his legs up and down repeatedly. Penny didn't budge, giggling as she was taken up and down too.
"You definitely don't look the part." Weiss observed her childlike personality. She was willing to bet Penny wouldn't even survive during the tournament with all of the bulkier and stronger people.
"Says the girl wearing a dress," Blake mused.
"It's a combat skirt!" Ruby rushed over and high-fived her fellow combat skirt companion. "Wait a minute… if you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed rapscallion?"
Penny cutely tilted her head sideways. "The who…?"
Weiss quickly scribbled something on a piece of paper and showed it to Penny. "The filthy faunus from the boat!" Her drawing had to have been worse than Ruby's Professor Poop one.
'That is it!' Blake was ready to go off on the heiress. She wasn't going to allow her to talk about faunus like that any longer.
"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake said, irritated with Weiss' ignorant behavior.
Weiss merely glanced at her teammate. "Huh?" She sounded like she didn't cared all that much.
"Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him degenerate! He's a person!"
"Oh I'm sorry…"
While the two were arguing, Penny let go of Ringo. Ruby and Yang shifted uncomfortably.
"Why is that girl angry with the other?" Penny asked him.
Ringo shrugged. "There's not much to say honestly. Weiss is a racist and Blake is trying to defend them."
"A racist?"
"You know, she hates the faunus race. Basically thinking you're better than another race. That's a racist." Ringo explained to the girl. It was weird that Penny was unaware of what it racist was. He didn't have time to think about it as Penny jumped up and landed on his shoulders.
Penny hugged his head. "Wow! You're pretty tall!"
"I'm not that tall…" Ringo's cheeks flushed, feeling two orbs resting above his head.
"You ignorant little brat!" Blake yelled. She turned around, in the midst of leaving.
"How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" Weiss followed her, not backing down an inch.
Ringo grabbed a bag of popcorn from out of nowhere. He offered some to Yang and Ruby. They rejected it, both giving him a dirty glare as if saying, 'What the hell!? We got bigger things to deal with!'
Penny didn't mind. She helped herself to some popcorn. Ringo grumbled when he felt some crumbs fall down his face, courtesy of Penny.
"Where are we going?" Penny questioned, mouth full of popcorn.
"So you admit it! The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists!"
"That's not what I meant, and you know it!"
Ringo grew tired of their arguing. He should've intervened in it, but he simply didn't care. The weekend was supposed to be two days of relaxation. He wasn't going to babysit his teammates.
"Let's go see a movie. I rather not spend my afternoon hearing those two argue." Ringo thought about telling Ruby and Yang if they'd like to join him, but remembered that someone had to keep an eye on them. Besides, he was already going to do go on a date with Yang tomorrow anyway.
"A movie with my new friend? Splendid!" With that, Ringo and Penny left without the others noticing their absence.
When Ringo and Penny made it to a movie theater, Ringo removed Penny from his shoulders and gave her a stern lecture.
"Listen here. Do not do anything weird. The people here are this close from putting me in the mental hospital. We're just going to see a movie and that's it, got it?"
Penny registering all of that in her head. "Got it!" She rushed over to the front to order the tickets. "I will like two tickets for my new friend and I, please!"
The man working there tiredly yawned. "Tickets for what?"
"Huh?"
"What are you paying to watch?" The man pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Pay?" Penny was promptly pushed away by Ringo.
"Ignore her. She has no idea what she's talking about," He chuckled. The man there recognize him in an instant.
"Oh. It's you." The man closed the blinds and put up the closed sign.
Ringo banged his fists on the window. He somewhat expected this. Last time he came here with Vinny, they trashed the whole place. Ringo himself went crazy and frightened multiple adults and children. Needless to say, he hadn't come back here since then.
"Allow me, Ringy!" Penny punched the window, glass shattering on impact. The man shrieked, avoiding the shards of glass flying at him. Penny giggled. "We will like tickets for that movie!" She pointed to a random movie poster that had a heart on it. It was titled: Android Love.
"What in the actual fuck…" Ringo wasn't up to date with movies. Judging by the poster itself, it was a romantic film. He came for an action packed movie.
"Th-that'll be ten dollars," The man squeaked, now afraid of Penny and her strength. Penny looked at Ringo expectantly.
"Right." Ringo had a wallet full of cash. Weiss lent him some dough for clothes while Yang gave him his money back. He didn't know how much his date with Yang would cost. Either way, he wasn't going to risk it. "I forgot my money, but you'll let us in, right?"
Ringo stood beside Penny, patting her head. The man cringed. He quickly gave them the tickets and cowardly crouched down.
"Yes!" Penny grabbed the tickets and ran inside the movie theater, Ringo in tow.
The line for Android Love was empty. People were at other lines for the movies that Ringo would've liked to watch.
The ticket attendant there put out his hand. "Tickets please." Ringo and Penny gave them their tickets. "You don't look like you meet the age requirement." His eyes were on Penny specifically.
"Well I'm eighteen so…" Ringo took his words in seriously. "Wait. An age requirement?"
"This is Android Love..." The ticket attendant deadpanned. He pointed at the movie poster. Ringo's pupils dilated when he saw the rating.
'NC-17!?' Ringo screamed in his head. 'What kind of movie did Penny pick!?'
"I assure you that I am, mister!" Penny insisted, wanting to see the movie badly. It had an android in it, which interested her the most out of the rest of the movies.
"Whatever." The attendant let them through. Ringo gulped, not knowing what to expect. Penny grabbed his hand and dragged him inside.
The first thing that he noticed was that there was no one inside. It was just the two of them. Alone. Penny forced him down one of the seats in the front row. She sat down at the seat next to him, jumping excitedly.
The lights dimmed and the movie started. Right off the back, Ringo knew he was in for a long ride. The opening clip started out with a woman being made from scratch. The movie didn't shy away from showing her more… 'interesting' body parts.
Penny's eyes widened. She watched how the woman was made curiously. She looked at her own body too, wondering if that's how she was made too.
The majority of the movie was cliche, in Ringo's opinion. The female android trie8s to fit in but she can't. She wants to be a normal person, yadda yadda. Once the male protagonist showed up, Ringo found out exactly why the rating was so high.
"You are a regular person to me! I don't care if you're an android!"
"Oh, you don't know how happy that makes me!" Ringo gagged at the cheesy lines. Penny on the other hand, was mesmerized by it. A few tears leaked from her eyes, happy that the female android found love.
That's when the android and the human kissed each other. Penny watched the scene intently. Ringo closed his eyes, desperately hoping that they wouldn't go beyond that.
"Ringy, what are they doing?" Penny asked, nudging his shoulder.
Now Ringo had a choice. Tell the truth to Penny or make up some half assed lie. It would shatter her innocence.
He decided to do both.
"They're kissing. It's what… it's what really close friends do," Ringo replied anxiously. If she didn't get the concept of kissing then there was no point of explaining what a boyfriend or girlfriend was.
"Kissing? Close friends?" Penny watched the android expressions. The female android seemed to enjoy this 'kissing' significantly. "Friends…"
"That's what I said." When Ringo looked at Penny again, she was staring at him oddly. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"We're friends, aren't we?" She leaned in closer. Ringo got what she was getting at and quickly detached himself from his seat.
"Woah! Woah! Woah! You can't just try and kiss me!" Ringo shook his head rapidly. "Only boyfriend and girlfriends can do that!"
"You're my boy friend though," Penny pointed out, a bit upset.
"Not that type of boy friend! A boyfriend that you date! We aren't dating! We haven't even known each other for a day!"
"Date?" Penny paused for about ten seconds. "Isn't this a movie date?" It was true. It was just them alone at the movie theater.
"Well…" Ringo couldn't argue with that logic. He asked her if she wanted to go to the movies. "I guess but I meant it as friends!"
"Friends?"
"Yes! And as my friend, you'll understand that we should go see Planet of the Grimm instead of… that…" Ringo's whole face shined red when he looked back at the screen. The female android was doing… 'something' with her mouth.
Penny looked too and observed her actions carefully. She had no idea what was going on but the moans coming from the human indicated that he must've felt good.
"Is that what you what me to do? Looks strange but I'll do anything for my new friend's happiness!" Penny grinned, approaching him.
"No! That is not what I want you to do!" Ringo climbed up one of the chairs, avoiding Penny. "This movie is a bad influence on you! You don't even know what a blowjob is called! I have to get you out of here!" He ran out of the theater, Penny not too far behind.
"Wait, Ringy!" Penny called out to him.
"It's Ringo! What the hell type of name is Ringy!?" Ringo made it out of the building and was now running across the streets. Penny managed to keep up with him. She didn't even look the least bit exhausted.
"I heard friends have nicknames for each other! I like Ringy better!" Penny was nearing him closer and closer. "I got you friend!" She tackled him to the ground.
"No! Wait! I don't want to-mmph!" Ringo's words were put on hold as Penny sloppily smashed her lips against his. The kiss itself… had to be the worst ones that he had ever experienced. Not only was it out of his will, Penny didn't even know what she was doing.
Ringo pushed her off of him and wiped his lips. Penny eagerly pounced on him again.
"That was most enjoyable, new friend! I can see why the people from the movie liked it!" Penny twitched with enthusiasm. The electrifying first kiss feeling beat the feeling she got when Ringo electrocuted her. She wanted to do it again. To increase her friendship with Ringo. Perhaps it'd help her friendship with Ruby too. That movie taught her a lot of things about friendship.
"No! That had to be the worst kiss in my life!" Ringo said, shielding his lips with his hands.
"It was?" Penny deflated. She failed her task.
"Look," Ringo sighed. He picked himself up and took Penny's hand. He led her to an alleyway so no one could catch them. "Penny, we can be friends." Penny perked up. "But this has to stop. Friends do not kiss or do anything sexual to each other. Do I make myself clear?"
"Why not? It feels good!" Penny whined.
'What did that movie do to her?' Ringo sweatdropped. He should've just went by himself, maybe even have had Ruby tag along instead. At least she would've chosen an action packed movie.
"You don't kiss someone for the fun of it. Don't go kissing random strangers either! You'll probably end up in jail if you do."
"So I should only kiss you? Got it!"
"No! You don't understand-mmph!" Penny once again attacked his lips. Like before, it wasn't pretty. He wasn't even sure if she was even kissing him at this point.
Ringo shoved her. "If you're going to kiss me at least do it right! And no, you can't kiss me either! We're not dating!"
Penny pouted, "So being friends and dating are two different things?"
"Yes! Was that so hard to understand!?" Ringo almost shouted. Penny really was getting on his nerves.
"Can we date then, friend?" Penny asked, eyes filled with hope.
'Crap!' Ringo was positive that Penny didn't hold any feelings for him. They only just met! He didn't believe in love at first sight. Yet, he was against breaking her heart. That dreaded question was one he wasn't expecting. 'Great. Now three girls want to date me…' It could be seen as a good thing, but Ringo favored rest and relaxation more than the stress of handling his romantic lifestyle.
"Can't. I'm already with someone," Ringo replied, intentionally not revealing a name. As of right now, he wasn't officially with someone. If it weren't for Yang, he'd probably be with Weiss.
"Oh…" Penny frowned. Then an idea came to her. "You can date the two of us then! I don't mind sharing! Especially if we're friends!"
"Penny…" Ringo smacked his forehead against the wall. Penny sure knew how to get under his skin without trying. The reason that she even wanted to date him was for the kissing. That alone made him refuse her offer.
"Not only is that weird, but you don't truly like me so there's no point in asking."
"Polygamy isn't weird! It's uncommon nowadays but it was a huge hit in the past!" Penny trudged closer. "Why else do people kiss?"
Ringo was about done dealing with Penny. "Oh I don't know. Maybe it has to do with them being in love," He said sarcastically.
For the first time today, he saw Penny genuinely confused, as if it hurt her not to know. "Love? What's that?"
"You know, it's that feeling that you get in your chest when you care about someone a lot." Ringo spoke from the heart. He had this feeling whenever he was with Weiss and back when he was with Coco.
"A feeling?" Penny stood close to Ringo. She waited for something to happen but it didn't. "I don't feel anything in my chest."
"Aha! See? Once you get that feeling, come talk to me again." Ringo grinned, proud that he had finally gotten some sense knocked into Penny's thick skull. He would later regret the phrasing of his words to Penny.
"I see…" Penny understood it now. She wasn't disappointed about it though. Since Ringo was still her friend, everything was all good. Yet, she yearned to get that unusual but pleasant feeling again.
"Can't we kiss one more time? Please! I won't ask again!" Penny pleaded. Her innocent curiosity was what pegged her to even want this. She compared herself to the female android from the movie. They were both struggling to fit in. But when they met the human male, everything changed.
'Maybe I'll get my happy ending too with Ringy!'
"No."
"Please!"
"No!"
"Pretty please!"
"Still no!"
"Pretty please with a microchip on top!"
"What? No no, and no!" Ringo kept denying her wishes. It bothered him to no end. After the twentieth please, he finally gave in. "Ugh! Alright, fine! But-" Ringo catched her in time before she leapt on him again. "But I'm going to have to teach you how to kiss. Whatever you did isn't kissing."
"Okay! Teach me Ringy!" Penny giggled, amped to learn the art of kissing.
Ringo grabbed her shoulders and pushed her against the wall. She smiled brightly, trusting him at the moment.
"First things first. You got to look into their eyes deeply." Penny's eyes squinted, almost making it seem like they were closed. "Not like that! I mean like in the loving way. Here." Ringo placed his hand on Penny's cheek and tilted her head up. He lowered his head so that their faces were closer.
Her bright green eyes met his dull blue eyes. Penny was smiling widely the whole time.
"Next. You got to tell them a compliment." Ringo used his other hand to pet Penny's orange hair. "Your green eyes are really pretty. It helps make you look even cuter."
'Eyes can be pretty?' Penny's eyes scanned Ringo's blue ones. She was slightly taken aback once she really looked at them.
"Thanks! Your eyes are pretty too!" Penny chirped.
'Geez. She piggybacked on my compliment.' Ringo rolled his eyes.
"Third step. You have to get really close." Ringo grabbed both of her hands and interlocked them with his. He pressed his forehead against his, still keeping eye contact with her.
Her smile faded. For some reason, a tiny pit feeling formed in her stomach.
"Final step, you kiss." Penny didn't initiate the kiss. She was frozen in place. Her eyes widened. Ringo frowned. "Fine. I'll do it."
The moment his lips touched hers, fireworks went off inside Penny's body. This was way different than their previous kisses. That feeling arose higher. To experiment with it, she let him take charge while she took notes.
Ringo was quite surprised that Penny was letting him do all the work. She was so eager to kiss him, he guessed that that urge went away. He noticed how cold Penny's lips felt. Cold like metal.
He was about to depart from the kiss but Penny wrapped her legs around his waist. With the assistance of the wall behind her, she scooted closer up so that her face could reach his height.
"Ringy! I felt it! I have this warm feeling in my chest!" Penny squealed. Ringo's eyes shrunk. "That means we can kiss forever!"
"That is not what I meant-mmph!" Penny kissed him mid-sentence for the third time that afternoon. Her passion grew stronger. Her arms wrapped around his neck to ensure maximum closeness.
Ringo was forced to spend his day kissing Penny in an alley.
Ringo returned to Beacon late evening. He was in a bad mood. He got a many stares from other students when they saw the kiss marks all over his face.
"Stupid Penny and her stupid kisses…" He grumbled. "We haven't even met for a stupid day!" Ringo was frustrated by the turn of events. His lips were a little swollen from the kissing. He reminded himself to never take anyone out to a movie ever again after that experience.
He didn't even get the chance to explain to Penny that he messed up on his word. She gave him a goodnight kiss and skipped away to who knows where. He hoped that he'd never see her again, even if he did find her cute.
'No! Stop thinking! I just need sleep!' Ringo entered the dormitory building and could hear Weiss and Blake arguing.
"Can this day get any worse!?"
Team JNPR was nearby. They poked their heads out of their dorm.
"Can you do all of us a favor and get them to stop? We're trying to sleep!" Jaune said tiredly. Everyone was too tired to notice the marks on his face.
"Yeah, yeah. Leave it up to Ringo to do everything… again." Not in the mood to talk, he slammed their door shut. The sound of tumbling could be heard from Team JNPR's door. Ringo entered his own dorm, bracing himself.
"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem!"
"That is the problem!" Ringo bailed last second but Weiss noticed him come in.
"Doctor, where have you been!? You worried me sick!" She ran up and hugged him.
"Please. No more hugging!" Ringo shuddered, his experience with Penny flooding back in. He pushed Weiss away.
Weiss' eyes were filled with hurt. "Why are you-"
"Don't ask, honey. I just want this day to be over." Not thinking clearly anymore, he hugged her with one arm kissed her forehead, then headed for the bathroom.
"Did my date just kiss you!?" Yang's voice echoed through the dorm. Their voices dimmed when Ringo turned on the sprinkler and showered.
Once he got out, he ignored everyone's stares and collapsed on his bed. Not even a second later, Blake and Weiss continued their arguing.
"You realize you are defending an organization that hates humanity, don't you? The faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!" Weiss argued.
"What about Ringo? He was in the White Fang too!" Blake threw Ringo under the bus, exposing his secret without a second thought.
"Oh come on!" Ringo threw his arms up, exasperated. He looked over to Weiss, who backed away, frightened at the revelation.
"I-is that true?"
"Well yeah, I was technically with them in a way." Weiss distanced herself even further from Ringo. "But I'm not a faunus, I was like a helper back when they were… hey!" He caught her in the act. "You were totally going to ditch me if I was a faunus, weren't you!?"
Weiss didn't respond.
Blake finally had Ringo on her side. "See? You're discriminatory! There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you." She smirked, watching Ringo continue off where she left from.
"Blake's right. People like you are what force the White Fang to take drastic measures," Ringo stated harshly.
"People like me? Ringo, I thought you were on my side!" She exclaimed, hurt by his words.
"I hate the White Fang." Blake glared at him. "But that's because of how things are now. Back then, they were just an activist group wanting the same treatment as us. People like you, and the Schnee Dust Company is what ruined it. I know because I was there." Ringo lowered his head.
"I was there, since I was six. The White Fang took me in. I protested with them, I ate with them, I lived with them. Faunus are some of the nicest people I've known. But the Schnee Dust Company is what made them snap. They kept on discriminating against them. Hell, they even branded one of my former best pal's eye."
Blake's heart nearly stopped. She knew only one other person who had the Schnee Dust Company's logo branded on their eye.
"I was there when they went rogue. Became a terrorist group. Everyone turned on me and I was forced to run away and come here. I may think that the White Fang are criminals, maybe Blake is right and that they're misguided. What I do know is that they're tired of being pushed around," Ringo finished, panting angrily.
Ringo's bad mood followed him to the dorm. He actually made Weiss cry. He didn't even know that that was possible. He was just speaking his mind. Weiss' discriminatory attitude towards faunus in general was getting on his nerves.
He may have been discriminating faunus' too, but that was in the past. Ringo's traumatic experience with them was what caused his hatred. Once faunus' like Leia and Velvet came in his life, he realized that they're were two types of faunus' in the world. They're either with the White Fang or they aren't. Personally, he hated the former. Anyone associated with the White Fang.
"I thought we had something, Weiss. You were willing to turn on me if I was a faunus. You were going to throw all we had right out the window just because I was probably a different race. That's not what I like in people. I told you to not be like your father, but I guess it just runs in the family."
Ringo hated that Weiss betrayed him. If he was a faunus, she probably would've stopped associating with him. He believed that love shouldn't have any boundaries. Weiss proved that there are some people in the world who just can't accept others.
With that, Ringo headed out the door, ignoring Ruby's cries to stop.
Ringo was now outside staring at the statue. He reflected back on what he said. He didn't regret anything. At least Coco wasn't like that. She liked everyone, even if she was mean towards most people.
"I thought we truly did have something, Weiss. I even broke up with Coco for you," Ringo sighed, and stared at the statue.
"Ringo." Ringo glanced back to see Blake there.
"Hey." He wiped his moisty eyes. "Did you tell them about your...?"
"Kinda had to. I told them that you were with the White Fang after all." Blake responded, standing beside him. They both focused in on the Beowolf portion of the statue.
"That was a jerk move."
"I know. Sorry."
The two stood in silence for about two minutes.
"Will you at least show me?"
Blake closed her eyes. She slowly lifted her arms up to her bow and pulled the string. The bow fell off, revealing her cat faunus ears.
"Cool." Was all that Ringo said. They looked at each other, silently making a decision together. The two walked away from the statue, heading to a random direction. "I know a place in Vale where we can take shelter for the night. You in?"
Blake didn't take long to think about it. "Sure. I need to take a break from all this." The two shared a chuckle. Blake thought back to something that Ringo said during his rant.
"You know Adam Taurus, don't you?" Just saying his name made Blake feel disgusted.
Ringo grimanced. "He's the guy I've been talking about. You know him too?"
"He's the reason why I left the White Fang. I don't agree with their methods anymore, like you." Blake realized how much they had in common. She was relieved that Ringo took in her being in the White Fang well. A few minutes ago, he was going off of how much he hated them.
Ringo smiled weakly. "At least you learned your lesson." It suddenly struck him. "Huh. So we both got screwed over by Adam. Small world," He laughed, Blake joining him as well.
What neither of them noticed was a certain monkey faunus spying on them with jealousy in his eyes.
Second Author's Note: Yeah… that interaction with Penny was a thing, haha. There'll be more Blake and Yang bonding next chapter. We'll also have one jealous monkey faunus spying on them. Weiss and Ringo had yet another big argument again, which is where the drama part I talked about above comes from. The fallout between that, Ringo and Blake out on the run, the date, and the Stray will all be next chapter, or maybe next two chapters? Stay tuned.