A/N: This is PerfectAngle with the next chapter of Your typical RWBY OC fanfic. I would like a little more feedback on how well I'm writing this story. Please leave a review or something.

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Where we left off in previous chapter:

"Most girls are born. My father made me in a laboratory. I am the first synthetic human capable of generating an aura. But I am not real", Penny solemnly said. Joshua had to admit, he was surprised by the revelation. Another thing he wouldn't have discovered without Ruby. He now saw Ruby putting her hands on Penny's.

"Of course you're real. You're just made with nuts and bolts instead of squishy guts. How are you any less real?"

"I don't… you are taking this extraordinarily well Ruby."

"You're not like those things we saw back there", said Ruby, referring to the robots at the demonstration. "You have soul. I can feel it." At this, Penny's expression brightened.

"Really?! Ruby, you're the best friend anyone could ever have!", exclaimed Penny as she tightly hugged Ruby. Penny then looked at Joshua. "What about you? What do you think of me?"

"I agree with Ruby. You have an aura, meaning you have a soul. Oh, and can you let go of Ruby? I think she's starting to suffocate." Sure enough, Ruby's face began to turn blue. Penny instantly let her go. Ruby stumbled a bit while gaining her breath.

"I'm sorry Ruby!"

"It's okay, I'm fine. I can see why your father cares so much about you."

"He is very sweet. You would probably like him. He's the one that built me."

"Wow, you father made you all by himself?"

"Wellll, he did get a little help from Mr. Ironwood."

"The general?" Ruby's eyes widened a bit in realization. "Is that why those soldiers were chasing us?"

"They like to protect me too."

"Aren't you able to fight though?", asked Joshua.

"They're not sure if I'm ready yet. Someday, I will have to save the world. I'm competing in the Vytal Tournament to test myself."

"Save the world from what? Besides Grimm, we're in a time of peace." Penny then looked confused.

"That's not what Mr. Ironwood said." Voices suddenly came from further down the alley.

"I think she's here!", one of the voices called.

"Quick! You two have to hide!" Penny then used what had to be her robotic strength to pick up Ruby and Joshua and drop them into a nearby dumpster.

"Hey! What are you - OOF!", Joshua shouted as he hit the bottom.

"Don't worry. They are nice people. I just don't want you guys getting into trouble." Penny then turned around to converse with the officers who arrived seconds after. Joshua was unable to hear what they were saying but he could have sworn he heard Penny hiccup. Why would a robot hiccup? Ah, whatever. What's on top of me anyway? After waiting until he heard the officers' footsteps go away, Joshua opened his eyes to see… darkness. But he did feel a bunch of fabric and something soft and warm on his face.

"MMMphhh! Befph ofph phmee! (Get off me!)", he attempted to yell. He had just discovered that Ruby's butt was on his face.

"Ohmygosh! I'm so sorry!"

A few minutes later

"I'm so sorry!", Ruby yelled again, face flustered and hood on. Not only was she embarrassed about sitting on Joshua's face, but it was actually a bit difficult to get out of the dumpster.

"It's nothing really. Let's just forget about it", replied Joshua. Had he been any other slightly perverted teenage boy, he would have had a small nosebleed right now. Luckily, this slightly perverted teenage boy had a healing factor that could stop such mishaps from occurring. "At least Yang isn't here. We would never hear the end of it!"

"And Weiss would probably impale you", Ruby added.

"Yeah, that too. Anyway, the others are probably still doing their investigations. Do you wanna go anywhere to pass the time?" As Joshua asked this he saw the grin on Ruby's face grow wider and wider. "And yes Ruby, buying cookies is an option."

"YESSSSSS! Let's go right now! I know a good cafe nearby with some of the best cookies ever!" Ruby grabbed Joshua and zoomed off using her Semblance.

DustBucks cafe: 10 minutes later

Ruby and Joshua had now found the cafe (Ruby passed it at least two times without knowing) and got food and seats. Joshua had an iced tea with coffee cake and Ruby had coffee with cream and five sugars (Joshua couldn't understand why someone would want sweet coffee) and of course, a bunch of cookies. They shared stories of what happened between Ruby going to Beacon and Joshua's arrival. Ruby looked like a toddler being told a fairy tale as Joshua recounted his fight against the malfunctioning robots and Joshua was surprised that Ruby was able to become a leader as early as Initiation. It was these pleasant times he spent with Ruby that made him feel truly at ease. The topic eventually got to the time they spent together at Signal.

"Remember when we used be 'rivals', Ruby?" It was true. Being the two proclaimed prodigies of their class, Ruby and Joshua had a long standing rivalry. Their sparring matches almost always ended with a draw, and if one won, the other would win the next time.

"I still say you started it."

"Hey, you can't blame me. What would you do if someone ruined your reputation for never missing?"

"Hahaha! Your face was so funny when I dodged your shots!" If someone took a picture of Joshua's expression when he missed, he would've become the laughingstock of Remnant.

"To be fair, I had no idea you moved faster than sound and I only had that wimpy 5-shooter while you had a fully functioning training scythe. Speaking of weapons, when did we become friends and make Tulip Eclipse and Crescent Rose?"

"You don't remember? Uncle Qrow had us team up during a training exercise. We were the only ones in the class to make it through. We went all hiyaaa, huahhhh, hachaaa!" said Ruby, making various karate motions.

"Ahh yes, now I remember. And that's when we decided to make a spell-cannon and a sniper-scythe." It was thanks to Ruby that they were able to come up with such designs and Joshua had used his decent knowledge of magic that he found in his search to find some way to not miss Ruby to make the rune systems in the weapons. If it weren't for their rivalry, they would've never been able to be the warriors they were now. Ruby reached her plate to grab another cookie only to touch thin air.

"Awwww, we're out of cookies."

"Well then, we should go. I have a few errands I need to run. After that, we'll go back to Beacon, okay?"

"Sure! Let's have some fun!"

Streets of Vale: Evening

Joshua and Ruby had now visited several weapons shops, bought more cookies, went to an arcade, and many other things to pass the time. Ruby's scroll then began to ring. It was Blake.

Everyone! If you can hear me! We need help! Torchwick's in a big robot! We're leading him to the freeway!

"Let's go Ruby."

After a few minutes of tracking Torchwick, Ruby and Joshua saw his Paladin fall below the freeway, not to far from where they were. They joined up with Yang, Blake, and Weiss. The Paladin recovered and started to advance towards them.

"Guys! I can slow it down! I just need some cover!", Joshua called. He drew Tulip Eclipse and activated the runes. 6 shots. Activate Bramble Punishment!

"Freezerburn!" Weiss froze the ground using Myrtenaster and Yang jumped up and punched it with Ember Celica, causing a cloud of thick mist to form. Team RRWBY then scattered to avoid the rockets from the Paladin. Joshua saw red beams through the mist. From the demonstration he saw earlier he figured they were the Paladin's detection system, though right now they just told him where to shoot. He fired two shots in the direction of the beams' origin. The sound of something growing out of the ground was heard. The mist went down a bit, showing thick brambles wrapping around the Paladin's legs. Said machine was struggling to free itself.

"Checkmate!" Weiss and Blake started slashing at any weak points on the Paladin, including joints and large cameras. Their attacks however weakened the brambles, allowing the Paladin to break free. It then tried to step on Blake but Weiss quickly put a glyph which pushed Blake out of the way. Joshua could only imagine the look of irritation on Roman's face, being beaten by five teenagers while using a mighty war machine. He saw a barrage of rockets come from the Paladin's top. 4 shots left. Activate Fireball. He launched the fireball which exploded, causing the rockets to destroy each other in a chain reaction.

"Ladybug!" Blake and Ruby launched another assault on the Paladin. Joshua quickly reloaded manually (he has his sash with ammo). 6 shots. Activate High Impact Blast. He started applying supporting fire for the black and red duo. While his bullets didn't have the penetration to go through the Paladin's armor, the vibration and sound would disorient the pilot, aka Roman. Ruby managed to cut off the left arm when Yang jumped out of nowhere and punched the Paladin repeatedly. It managed to retain control and ran itself and Yang into a couple of concrete pillars. As Yang fell off, it punched her mid air through an additional pillar.

"Yang!", Blake yelled worriedly. Joshua was also worried about the brawler. Not many people could recover from getting slammed into concrete.

"Don't worry", said Ruby. "With every hit, she gets stronger. That's her Semblance." The Paladin tried another punch, only for Yang to stop it with her own fists. The blonde's hair was glowing and her lilac eyes had become a crimson red. She retaliated with her own punch, shattering the Paladin's remaining arm. It kicked back sending Yang past Blake.

"Bumblebee!" Blake used her ribbon to catch Yang, who then used it as a slingshot to swing at the Paladin. It was able to dodge though.

"We need to slow it down!", exclaimed Ruby.

"And how should we do that?", asked Weiss.

"Ice Flowers." Ruby went into sniping position and Weiss activated a glyph in front of Crescent Rose. As Ruby fired the bullets made ice form around wherever they hit. Joshua had reloaded again. 6 shots. Activate Glacial Trap. He also joined in on the action, slowing the Paladin even more. Yang had now gained full speed and punched with earth shattering power, disassembling the giant machine. Roman had gotten up and brushed himself off. Yang fired a shot at him, only for a pink and brown haired girl to block it with her umbrella. The newcomer then raised her umbrella and smiled, almost in a taunting way.

"Ladies", Roman started. "Ice Queen (Hey!), and Joshua, what a surprise. But I think it's time to say farewell. Neo, if you would." Neo bowed in an elegant pose. Yang rushed forward and punched, only for the image of Neo and Roman to shatter like a mirror. All of RRWBY looked up to see a bullhead carrying the two fly away.

"Looks like he got a new henchman", said Yang.

Weiss, thinking it was time to lighten the mood joked, "I guess she made our plans… fall apart?" Everyone else groaned. That was so bad. "What?"

"One, this isn't the best time to make a pun. Two, it wasn't that good", said Joshua. "Well, we should go back to Beacon. We are totally late for curfew." He saw Weiss' eyes suddenly widen.

"Wait, how do you know Roman?"

"What do you mean? He's one of the biggest criminals ever."

"He said your name. Did you two know each other?"

"Well you see…"

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A/N: Whew! This actually took a while to write. I think this is where the story goes a little AU and I had to watch the episode over and over to see how to write it and where to put my own parts. I hope you guys liked this. See ya!

Spell Explanation:

Bramble Punishment - many thorny brambles grow out of the point of contact, more ground = more brambles

High Impact Blast - similar to the shots fired from Crescent Rose, but slightly less powerful

Glacial Trap - similar to the "Ice Flower" combo seen in the episode "Painting the Town"