Ruby gritted her teeth, this was bad. If she doesn't act fast then her mentor would be in serious trouble. Seeing her sister like this, it was new, it was foreign to her. Of course she'd seen her mad before, but not this angry. It scared her.

As much as she hate to hurt her sister, she has no choice. Ruby took two daggers in each hand and threw it directly to her sister. She was focused on Blake so she hadn't notice the two knives sink into her arm and thigh. Quickly using her semblance she grabbed her mentor and ran from the hallway. She could hear her sister cry out in pain and screamed profanities.

"W-We have to go now" Ruby stammered. She just couldn't believe what's happening.

Blake tried say something but the words wouldn't formed, she had hit her head against the wall when she had been thrown against it. It was a beginner mistake to not lower her chin so that her head would not collide with the wall. Everything that had happened, it was certainly the worst it could have been, Blake had been right about everything because she had survived this assuming the worst, but even then they were not prepared for what have happened.

Some assassin she was.

Just as they had come out of the secret passage, they were surrounded by guards. Ruby wasn't strong enough to get the both of them out of the church, especially since Blake probably has a concussion. She didn't have time, her sister might close her wounds with fire to come after them. She threw smoke bombs onto the floor, using the advantage to sneak around the guards.

"Blake, c'mon!" Ruby hissed, throwing her dagger at an incoming enemy, it lodged itself in his throat. "Snap out of it."

She opened the doors wide open, throwing yet more smoke bombs, but did not go through it. Instead she made their way to the stairs. This way they might assume that the two had gone through the main doors and out on the open, rather than sneaking out from the bell tower. She could hear her sister screaming orders. That voice, it was like she was a completely different person. Ruby had to choke down her sobs.

"What did they do to her?" She asked to no one in particular. Ruby used her shoulder to push the door open, half dragging Blake to the top.

Blake's knees were weak, with Ruby's assistance they reached their destination and slowly pushed herself away from her protégé to sit on the floor. The Bell Tower was smart, although neither of them were capable of climbing down at the moment. They would have to wait it out for now and sneak out later.

"I don't think… think." Blake stumbled on her words to speak. "The Templars did anything major. They lied to her to get her to join them." She winced as she sat down on the ground. She leaned back against the wall. "They told her that you were not with the 'enemy' so right now? She must feel the same way you do, maybe worse."

Blake had been, after all, warning Ruby constantly to expect the worse.

As much as Ruby hated to cry in front of the Faunus, she couldn't stop the tears that welled up from her eyes and cascaded down her cheeks. She couldn't stop her body from shaking as she held back her sobs to avoid compromising their position. The last couple of years she spent looking for her sister seemed to be in vain.

Yang's shouts reached the bell tower, although she couldn't make out the words, she could still hear her voice. The one she longed to hear for two years was one she did not expect. It was one she did not want to hear. She broke into sobs, covering her ears with her hands to drown out her sister's voice. It scared her, it scared her to the core that she didn't know her own sister.

Blake looked at Ruby before beckoning to come over to her, Ruby moved without complain and cried onto her mentor's shoulder. She knew the younger girl just wanted to cry. It was easier to let it out than hold it in, at least the Faunus' shoulder would serve to muffle the sound. She doubted the Templars were trained the same way the Assassins were. They would never think to look in the church, seeing as they thought they took to the streets.

"We know she's with the Templars now, all we have to do is get her sit down and talk with us." Blake said slowly, closing her eyes for a moment as vertigo hit her. "I can contact Weiss, maybe her connections can help us."

"I didn't want to believe it." She cried softly into her shoulder. "At the back of my mind I knew. All the clues, the signs. I knew and I just couldn't believe it without seeing it."

She clutched Blake's arms, just crying. She let everything out, all those years of being alone without her sister to be there for her. The nights where she longed for her sister's embrace every time she had a bad dream. To think she was so excited to tell her sister how much she had grown. All the adventures she was going to tell her, how she knew their parents professions and was following in their footsteps. How she was making the world a better place.

Blake slowly moved her hands, wrapping them around Ruby's waist. Blake's ears twitched, listening close as she heard footsteps nearing their position. She let out the breath she didn't know she was holding when they moved passed the tower. They might be searching the rooftops also.

"Things are never the way we want them to be, no matter how hard we try." She whispered. Talking in hushed tones will prevent them from giving away their position.

She had no idea how Ruby was feeling right now, she didn't know how to help her. Blake wished Qrow was here, the Master Assassin knew what to do in these kind of situations. He was better at cheering people up.

"You know I'm here Ruby." She said softly, not knowing what else to say. "I know I'm not Yang, but…I'm not going anywhere."

Blake didn't know why she had said those words, she was not even sure if she could fulfill the promise that she had uttered considering that their job is an occupational hazard. No words was said from the smaller girl, too shocked from the events that had happened. The tears have stopped long ago, but Ruby couldn't tell how long. She would breathe in sharply from time to time, an after effect of crying, an aspect she hated. The commotion below died down, no more shouting, no more footsteps in the distance. Even if the coast was clear she did not want to move. It was like all that determination and fire she had was gone from existence. Ruby held the Faunus closer, inhaling her scent.

How long did they stay there? Stay like that? Blake didn't know, she had fallen asleep at one point only to wake again when the bell rung, either to mark the hour or to start the evening mass, she wasn't sure. Her ears flattened against her head at the sheer volume of the metallic contraption, they were too close for comfort for her ears to endure, especially the migraine she was having.

"Ruby?" She did not answer.

Ruby wanted to be mute, she didn't want to say a single word at all. She wanted to be paralyzed too. She just wanted to shut down. Jumping down the tower was also an option in her mind. She just wanted everything to stop, the violence, the fighting, the blood, her heart; everything. She stayed silent for a long time, her mind blank and her chest empty.

But then that empty-ness was replaced with rage. Vengeful wrath that clouded her sense of values. She wanted to kill every single Templar. Blake shifted uncomfortably, somehow sensing the dangerous vibe that her disciple was emitting.

"I'm gonna kill them." Ruby seethed "I'm gonna kill every single one of them."

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Blake responded as she looked at Ruby, a frown marring her features. As much as she did not want to hurt her apprentice, if she really does go through with her words, she would have to kill Ruby. "It's against the creed."

Inside her a new fire sparked, it was one that was fueled with hate and revenge. Then Blake looked at her, those golden eyes that gaze upon her like a child being caught doing something bad. It was enough to put out that fire and replace it with shame. To think she had let her emotions get the best of her like that, but Ruby knew, that lately, she was letting her emotions cloud her sense of judgment most of the time.

It was painful to see Ruby this angry, Blake didn't have much to do but push a lock of hair out of Ruby's face. She stared into those determined silver eyes, the fire of vengeance burned within them. "But we can track down the one who lied to Yang, we can make him pay."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't think like that" Ruby said dejectedly.

Something about her gaze struck Ruby. She just couldn't put her finger on it. The way that she had been captivated by those golden eyes, the moonlight making it shine brighter. Her heart rate sped up, pounding against her chest. It was at that moment she realized their position. With her sitting on the Faunus' lap, her arms wrapped around her neck. The close proximity of their faces, making it impossible for her to not be stunned by what she saw before her.

Beautiful.

Blake must have felt Ruby's heart rate increase, there was a pause. One just a silver too long before the Faunus realized what exactly was going on, her hand already cupping Ruby's cheek. Her thumb brushed against the girl's lips, silver eyes avoided her gaze.

Stop. Blake shouted internally.

"I'm sorry." She whispered as she leaned down.

This is wrong. Her mind reasoned with her, but it was her body that moved on its own.

She kissed Ruby.

Ruby's heart pounded and her body felt like it was going to turn inside out. For a moment she was frozen in place, not knowing what to do. It was when she realized the situation and when she did managed to collect her wits did she move. Her hands trembled as she reached up to grab hold of her mentor's hair, fingers running through dark locks. Ruby kissed back, tilting her head slightly to the side to deepen it. The fact that they were kissing inside a church, which do not condone in same sex relationships was ironic.

It was when her lungs screamed for air did she pull back slowly, breathing heavily. By that time she had noticed that she was up on her knees, over towering the Fauna that was leaning against wall. She sat back down on Blake's lap.

Her face lit up like a Christmas tree as she stared wide-eyed at the Master Assassin. She couldn't believe it. Blake kissed her and she kissed back. She kissed back. She kissed back.

"W-Whoa" She exhaled.

"I shouldn't have done that." Blake responded, her furry ears falling slightly in embarrassment. "I acted out of line. This is not an appropriate time for me to do that."

But how long had she longed to do that? Probably since her return to Vale, after seeing how much the girl had grown under Qrow's care. Even then Ruby had grown even more under Blake's tutelage, the way she would have this child like optimism but would also be more mature than most adults. Also she had caught Ruby at her weakest moment, that wasn't fair, for both of them.

Ruby was a whole mess of emotions at the moment. She couldn't decide what to feel, everything was just blowing up in her face. Did Blake just kiss her to shut her up? To calm her down and think about what she was saying?

She might also be taking advantage of the situation, to take advantage of her…So why had she leaned in to the Faunus for yet another kiss?

For so long she had hidden her affections for Blake. The longer she had kept her infatuation with the Faunus the harder she fell for the other. She thought it wasn't love, more of a strong feeling that pulled her towards her mentor, but as time passed by it was clear that she had fallen for Blake and was scared. She was scared that Blake would not return her feelings, the fear of rejection had kept her from confessing to her for the last two years.

Blake honestly did not expect Ruby to lean in for a second kiss, she didn't intend for the younger one to respond at all. So when they broke apart for air once more Blake leaned back, a soft frown on her lips. Was Ruby reciprocating the kiss intentional or was she caught up in the moment?

"I shouldn't be playing you like this." She confessed. She held Ruby's shoulders and pushed her away gently at arms length. "Not after everything that has just happened."

"You're not playing me" Ruby said, she took hold of her wrists, laying her head on Blake's shoulder "I've wanted for that to happen for so long. It was getting troublesome for me to hide my feelings for you, because the longer I conceal what I really felt, the stronger it had became towards you."

The weight on her chest had lessen, of course a kiss would not fix everything. But it did calm her down enough to know that what she had said earlier in her fury was unacceptable. She held onto the Faunus tightly, her body shivering.

A slow, shuddering exhale.

"We should get going." She told Ruby, noticing how her body trembled. "Go back down and slip in with the parishioners at mass right now, if they are still looking for us we'll be harder to see when everyone leaves at the same time."

Ideally she would have rather to just stay here, but they had been here for hours. A report needed to be made to Opzin and probably a good warm meal was also in order.

At that moment Ruby's stomach made the loudest sound it had ever made. Heat rose up to her cheeks, her eyes wide with embarrassment. When they left earlier, she didn't get the chance to eat anything upon learning where her sister was.

"Uh…" A quick peck on the forehead.

"I think a meal is certainly in order." Blake told her. "Let's go down, we also need to tend to your burn as well."

The pain subsided a long time ago, while she was numb with emotions. She had completely forgotten that she was injured. So when she stood up, she let out a cry of pain and fell to her knees.

Ruby groaned, the cold hair causing her to shiver. "I-I can't walk properly with this. Much less jump to other buildings. This is going to be difficult."

Blake moved quickly, taking off her jacket and placed it on Ruby's shoulders then had her arm around her shoulders before helping her back up. "Lean against me, we're going to have to take this slow and through the streets, and just pray that the Templars have given up their search for our skins for now."

The effects of the ointment were coming off now. She was fairly surprised that it had lasted this long or maybe it was in the midst of her emotional breakdown that she had forgotten about the injured leg.

When they reached the ground floor Ruby's breath came off uneven and ragged, her forehead thick with sweat. Her eyebrows met at the middle, scrunched up in pain and discomfort. For Ruby her body was burning hot, but even with the jacket she was shivering badly. The wound was left unattended for hours without any medical attention. It was clear that she was sporting up a really bad fever.

"Let's take a break." Ruby panted once they had gotten our of the church and into an alleyway, her legs trembling.

Blake looked at Ruby for a moment then down the road and noticed a couple of Templars. "We don't have time." she said before picking Ruby up in her arms, carrying her bridal style. "I need to get you somewhere safe, now."

She wasn't going to let Ruby fight against her, not when she was like this, they had spent too long in the church and there was no idea how far Yang's semblance went. Ruby did not object in the slightest, letting her mentor- or girlfriend? Carry her effortlessly.

"I'm taking you to Coco and Velvet." She ignored the throbbing headache that assaulted her.

Ruby coughed, her throat dry and itchy, body shivering. She couldn't tell if she was hot, cold, or probably both. At first she was burning up, and now she's shaking like a chihuahua. In her mind she couldn't comprehend what was happening much. All she could think was how painful her body felt, how sluggish her movements were.

"I'm really thirsty." Ruby croaked, her lips dry. Talking was a bad idea as it sent her into a coughing fit. Blake had to tell her that she shouldn't talk, her cough almost got them caught.

Everything was burning. Her leg, her chest, her face. And yet at the same time everything was cold. She closed her eyes shut, gritting her teeth at how uncomfortable she felt. She breathed in heavily through her nose in hopes that it would distract her from her discomfort.

Blake picked up the pace, almost slipping when she turned a corner and was more than happy to find that the establishment was still open this late into the night. She adjusted her hold on Ruby, who curled up in her arms as she did so. She made her way to the backdoor.

"Velvet!" She shouted the moment she entered, pushing the door open with her shoulder, the rabbit Faunus looked up from the dishes she was working on; staring in horror at the sight of a bruised Blake, leaning against the frame of the door with Ruby in her arms. "Help us, please."

"Take her upstairs. I'll be with you shortly." She ordered.

She curled more into the person who held her, it felt familiar somehow. It wasn't Yang, her sister was much more bigger, warmer. This was something else, it was almost as if it was her mother. Almost, but it did not stop her from calling out her name.

"Mom." Ruby whimpered.

She coughed, her throat going dry, causing her to go into a coughing fit. Her lungs screamed for air as she gasped for breath. Tears welled up in her eyes, cascading down her cheeks. Blake paused at the stairs at the slip up, but didn't bother to say anything, there just wasn't the time. Not when illnesses as preventable as this still had the ability to take lives.

She walked into the first room that was open, setting Ruby down on the bed just as Velvet showed up with a small case of medical supplies.

"Maybe you should step outside Blake, you look like you're about to cry." The rabbit Faunus placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, I'll take good care of her."

Blake froze for a moment before slowly nodding.

"Oh dear" Velvet sighed worriedly, she almost gasped at how high her temperature was. "You are sporting quite a fever"

The rabbit Faunus placed a cold compress onto the ill girl, causing Ruby to sigh in content at the feeling. Velvet pulled up her sleeves to her elbows and got to work immediately and used scissors to cut Ruby's pant leg to reveal a blistered calve. She did her best to hold down her dinner at the sight of it. The red ring surrounding the burn sight seemed to have grown seeing as the burn sight was small and the red ring was questionably large, a sign of infection. Some of the blisters had also turned green for being exposed for so long and from the looks of it Ruby was sitting on the floor before they came here.

The medicine she had can only help reduce the girl's temperature, but the wound would be a problem, seeing as she did not have the necessary materials to treat it. The best she could do was clean the wound as much as possible and placed a cold compress to lessen the swelling before wrapping it with some gauze, if she couldn't find a way to treat the infection, it can potentially kill the young assassin.

Ruby's eyes cracked open slightly. She saw Velvet her face coated with a thin layer of sweat, her lips pursed, eyes that held so much determination. "Ve-Velvet?"

The small quiet voice caused her to look at the Ruby. A smile adorned her face upon seeing the girl return to the land of the living. This was good, she was conscious. She removed the once cold cloth from her forehead, submerging it in the ice cold bowl of water, squeezing it before putting it back.

"Rest up, sleep. You need to rest." She said softly, brushing her bangs from her eyes as Ruby nodded weakly.

It was a little while later when Blake woke to Velvet shaking her, she had fallen asleep at one of the tables down in the inn.

"If it were not for the burn getting infected, she would have been fine." She told Blake. "But if the doesn't fever break soon, preferably in the next twenty four hours there is still a chance she could die. You should have brought her to me as soon as she got hurt."

"We had to wait out the Templars." Blake admitted, it was the honest truth. Fear gripped at her heart at the thought of Ruby not making it. "We fell asleep while hiding, it was my fault for not paying attention."

Velvet nodded solemnly in kind.

"You can go up to her room, she's just sleeping."

"Thank you." Blake whispered as she stood up. "For everything."

"You saved my life Blake, it's the least I can do." Velvet smiled as Blake left to return to Ruby's room. Even when she was halfway up the stairs, she still heard the rabbit fauna's musing. "…I just hope I can save hers."

She didn't know how long she had fallen asleep, how many hours had passed or how she ended up in an unfamiliar room. All she remembered was the horrible nightmare she had dreamt. It was her sister, the funny thing was… The dream was about her sister being with the Templars. The dream itself was strange, why would her sister join them? Instead she had shrugged it off.

Have you ever had that feeling where you wake up as if you've gone through a volcano, then thrown into the Arctic ocean then back to the volcano? That's what she felt, not only that but her throat felt like a desert, like she ate sand for the past three months. She sat up going into a coughing fit by simply breathing, turning her body to the side of the bed thinking that she would throw up but ended up dry heaving instead. She didn't have anything in her stomach for her to throw up.

Blake was up on her feet in moments, woken by the coughs of the younger girl. She pressed a glass of water into her hands, urging her to drink.

"You're okay Ruby, everything is okay." Blake said softly as she sat on the edge of the bed. She paused, considering to tell her about her infected leg, but decided against it. "We're just waiting for your fever to break."

She wasted no time in drinking the cool liquid. It felt wonderful and refreshing as it went down her throat. Velvet came in not long after with a large bucket of water and a couple of towels on her shoulder. Her eyes lit up at the sight of the young assassin.

"Good to see that you're awake" Velvet smiled, although there was something off about it. "To lessen the fever we have to give you a cold bath and since we can't move you without hurting your leg, we just have to give you a sponge bath."

"My leg?" She croaked then turned her attention to Blake "What happened to my leg? Did something happen?"

Blake looked surprised and confused for a moment, pausing once before brushing the sweat matted hair out of Ruby's face. "We found your sister Ruby." she said softly. "And, it was what I had expected it to be. In her anger she tried to kill me."

She shifted her weight slightly. "You protected me, but your cloak was unable to protect all of your, she burned your leg with her semblance and I doubt it's just a simple burn."

"It wasn't a dream?" Ruby gasped, her eyes wide.

She looked down at her lap in disbelief. This couldn't be, her sister would do no such thing. Joining the Templars is something she would never do. Blake had to be lying, yes. She must be lying. Taking hold of the blanket she threw it aside. Her leg, her left leg, specifically, was wrapped in bandages.

"No" She whispered

"I know this may not be the perfect time but we have to lower your fever before it becomes worse. Blake you have to give me a hand, you two can talk while doing so" Velvet said, placing the bucket at the side of the bed.

Blake nodded at Velvet, willing to do anything to help.

"Joining the Templars might not be something Yang would have done, if she knew the same truth you do. I think someone has been lying to her, manipulating her to work for their cause." Blake explained slowly. "She say they had told her that you were somewhere safe, somewhere away from the assassins. So whoever this person is, knows your family."

Velvet took off Ruby's shirt and checked her temperature, placing the back of her hand on the girl's neck. She sighed dejectedly at the heat of the girl. It hasn't changed since last night. With each clothing removed the young assassin's blush grew, even her binder was taken off. She had to cover herself with her arms, hiding her modest chest. In her feverish state, the rabbit Faunus mistook the blush as an effect of the fever rather than being embarrassed by her body. Blake, however, could not hide her own blush at the sight of the naked assassin.

Velvet placed a few towels under Ruby, to avoid getting the bed wet. Unaware of the embarrassment of the two. She moved with expertise, as if she had done this before.

"Were you a nurse?" Ruby asked.

"No, but I did work with a doctor as an assistant before he died." Velvet explained, then turned her attention to the Master Assassin "Grab a sponge, Blake"

Velvet grabbed a sponge from the bucket and squeezing it tight then she scrubbed Ruby's legs, mindful of her injury.

"It's cold!" Ruby squealed, pulling back her leg.

"Of course, silly. We need something cold to bring down the fever" The Faunus chuckled, grabbing her leg to straighten it. "That's why I had Fox put a lot of ice in the bucket"

Blake had taken the sponge and had started to wipe down Ruby's arm that was closest to her. Guilt was eating away at her, if she had checked the wound, if she wasn't so distracted then this wouldn't have happened to Ruby.

"It was my fault you got sick. I must have been suffering a concussion after your sister threw me against a wall. She also broke Gambol Shroud as well. We should have come straight here instead of waiting them out in the church." Blake's ears lowered in shame.

"It's not your fault and not mine either." Ruby said, using her other arm to cover up her chest. A couple of years ago she would've internally complained of how small they were, but in time they had grew, not as big as Blake's though.

Everything that had happened in the church was hazy. All she could remember was a kiss, it was soft, gentle, and sweet. It couldn't have happened. Blake only saw her as a pupil, nothing more than that. The image had stayed in her mind.

They had spent the rest in silence as Velvet moved to clean her back. It was easy to tell that Blake was torn up about something, but didn't want to say what it was. She was just mindlessly scrubbing away, burdened by her thoughts. Maybe because Velvet was still with them.

Once Ruby was dressed again and the rabbit Faunus had said her goodbyes along with leaving a care list with the Master Assassin, Blake spoke again.

"Is there anything else you remember? Or feel out of place?"

"No" Yes

How would she react to such a thing? That image inside her head couldn't be real. It must've been a dream she had acquired during her feverish state. Ruby licked her dry lips, the thought of Blake's lips on hers. Just a dream, it was all just a dream. No more, no less.

"I-Is there something that I should know that happened back at the church?" She asked.

The way Blake's ears had shifted, it showed her that Ruby knew something she did not. That it was up to her to decide what to do about it. Had Blake been a human she might have kept it quiet, but her Faunus heritage gave her away like a guilty kitten.

"There was one other thing." Blake muttered as she moved to kneel beside Ruby. "But I am not sure what to say."

Ruby's heart skipped a beat. "Just say it as best as you can."

Why was she getting worked up? It couldn't be bad, it might even be a clue to find answers. She gripped the bed sheets beneath her, swallowing down the lump in her throat.

"Show it to me if you have to."

Blake moved closer to Ruby, taking a moment to herself before reaching out to touch her cheek. Now that Ruby wasn't crying her heart out over Yang, now that she was more confused than anything. Now would be the time to lie to protect her, but she didn't.

She exhaled before leaning down to kiss her.

I am mildly...ok really concerned at the lack of ladybug in the rwby fandom, like fanart specifically. I wanted to post this chapter tomorrow, but I just want some ladybug love.

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