Important: It was brought to my attention that some of my OCs resemble characters from video games. Note, I did not intentionally do this. I was just following the color rules and pairing them with weapons I also liked. Based on their weapon, I choose their semblance. Just wanted to clear that up.
I'm so sorry that I didn't have this up sooner. What's it been...a month? I've had writers block and it makes me really mad. The next chapter will be much easier to write. After Day 5, I'm going to do one chapter for the weekend. Then things get a little difficult for Ruby. Well, more than she already has.
Day4
Home
Ruby woke up feeling worse than she had when she went to bed. Fighting two matches really took a toll on one's ody. She rolled out of the bed and landed on the floor with an oomph. Yang soon joined, landing on top of her little sister and resting, unmoving. Ruby couldn't breathe.
"Yang!...Can't...BREATHE!" She huffed out. The blonde groaned and rolled off of her, but remained on the floor. SO did Ruby. She looked over at her sister.
"You tired too Rubes?"
"Oh yeah. My arms burn. And so do my legs." Ruby whined.
Yang murmured her agreement. They both looked at each other. And promptly burst out laughing. Ruby rolled onto her back and clutched her stomach.
"Yeah. Everything's sore. Why'd they have to have 2 fights?"
"Cause there were too many students." Ruby replied casually.
"At least you got the first years. I had to fight my best friend and her little sister." Yang complained, rolling onto her arm. "Why couldn't I be paired with you?" She continued to whine. "I seriously think that it was rigged."
"The only real reason that I could think of, for us to face first-years, was cause we would go easy on them." They're only 2 years younger."
"its gonna be like you going to beacon." Ruby stiffened. "Except your mixed in with girls two years older than you."
Ruby rolled over and stood up. "Unfortunately."
"C'mon Ruby you're gonna fit right in."
ruby scowled at her from above. "No way. I'm gonna fail."
"What makes you say that?"
"I'm going to be learning things 2 years above what I'm supposed to be learning. I'm gonna be so behind with all the lessons and then I'm gonna fail all my classes and then I'm gonna get kickoutandliveonthestreetanddonothignfortherestofmylifeand-"
"Ruby!" The girl gasped. "Breathe!"
Ruby took a deep breath in and smiled weakly at her sister. "I'm just...so nervous. What if the people at Beacon treat me the same way that people do at Signal."
Yang immediatly sat up. "Ruby, how are they treating you."
Ruby's face bursrt into a flush. She stuttered over her words. "Ah-um. N-no differently. Th-they just k-keep pr-praising me."
Yang's purple eyes narrowed. "Ruby..."
"I'm just uncomfortable with all the attention Yang." Ruby lied. She grit her teeth and stalked out of the room.
Signal Pt. 1
"Come on Ruby!" Aero drawled. "Focus."
She yelped, ducking under a punch thrown at her face.
"I'm...Sorry!" She puffed. They paused. "You know that I'm not very good at hand to hand."
"But practice makes perfect." Aero snarked.
Ruby huffed, dodging a punch to her stomach. "I'm sorry, alright. I prefer just to use Cresent Rose to do my fighting...speaking of which."
"yes I think for our next match up, you should remain sniper. I'm glad we get to do it outside."
"Much better cover. And more obstacles."
"Those two are going to have no idea what hit them." Aero replied happily, standing proudly.
Ruby saw the oppurtunity and swept his legs out from underneath him. Aero groaned as he hit the ground. Ruby jumped up and down excitedly.
"Never let your guard down Aero." Ruby chided.
Aero just glared and slowly pulled himself up. Ruby helped him.
"Hey guys! Do you mind if we join?" A girl asked. Ruby turned to see Maggie and Mari walking over. Mari didn't look too happy about this and kept casting glances at the door.
"I suppose. We were just practicing for our match later." Ruby replied nervously. She shuffled her feet.
Aero swung an arm around her shoulder. "How about us against you? I think that'll be fair."
Mari nodded. "Uh...sounds good. I guess. No harm no foul right." She gave a nervous chuckle once more looking back at the door.
"Then let's do this." Aero laughed he took his read position. Ruby did the same, hand hovering over Cresent Rose.
The 'match' started in one quick motion. Ruby had snapped out the scythe and propelled herself in the air while Maggie had snapped her ribbons where Ruby had just been. Mari flipped backwards dodging the shots that Aero was taking at her.
Ruby yelped as she felt a ribbon wrap around her ankle. Her eyes narrowed as she transformed the scythe back into her gun. Taking shots, Ruby was able to loosen Maggie's hold. THe girl moved fluently around the shots and was soon on Ruby's tail again. Aero dodged through the few shots Mari had managed to get off. As long as he could keep her distracted and grounded, Ruby could take her out. As soon as she was done with Maggie.
Aero turned, keeping one gun trained on Mari while firing at Maggie. Ruby saw this and she too began firing, if they could distract her semblance, then Ruby could get away.
But suddenly, Mari wasn't there. Damnit. He forgot about her semblance. She could basically go into stealth mode. That's why her weapon was only a sniper rifle. Nothing else. Using it with her semblance made er a deadly opponent. That's why he was worried about facing her in a match. Hopefully she would be eliminated this round. Although, seeming as they were outside, that wasn't going to happen. Whereas Ruby had to train herself to adapt to a specific environment, all Mari had to tune her semblance.
Ruby seemed to have noticed that Mari was gone. She gave him a slight nod of her head. Aero immediately threw himself at Maggie. While she was caught off guard, she still dodged easily. Ruby took the chance to rocket herself into the rafter. She ducked behind cover and quickly scanned for Mari. If it were anyone else looking for the girl, Aero would be afraid. But it was Ruby, a great sniper. He believed in her to watch his back.
Her eyes scanned, around she looked through the scope. There! A glint of metal! She shifted slightly, aiming for Mari. It was always hard to get the drop on Mari because her semblance enhanced her senses. Which made it much harder for anyone to sneak up on her. But like anyone else, it could be confused. Especially in metal rafters, the sound would confuse her and the ringing would remain. Just long enough for Ruby to sneak up.
She crouched down low and took a few shots. She winced as the sound reverberated around. Mari cried out, dropping the gun and clasping a hand over her ears. Ruby was gone immediatly, rose petals raining down. She shoved Mari, sending her sprawling across. Ruby jumped on her, struggling to keep her down. It was a good thing Mari was just as bad as she was in hand-to-hand combat. If not, she was worse. Ruby eventually got her down.
"I hate you." She hissed.
Ruby looked shock. She yelped when Mari managed to get a hand free and slap Ruby across the face. The girl remained her hold, but turned her stinging cheek, with tear filled eyes, back to her used-to-be friend.
"So does everyone else." Ruby muttered.
Mari sat up. "You will lose everyone who ever considered being friends with you. Most of the school hates you because you get to move up 2 years. What makes you so special? It's probably because your Uncle Qrow and father both work here. Didn't they know the headmaster personally."
"Shut up." Ruby yelled.
"Ruby?" Aero called. He looked up. "I guess Mari's out. You can come back down."
Ruby said nothing, leaping backwards off of the rafters. She landed gently next to Aero. There goes one more friend.
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