Two chapters left, hope you guys are enjoying it because I enjoy writing it. If you haven't checked out the story that will replace this in my upload schedule it is called "Shining Gems," it is romance that is about Ruby and Weiss with their children.

Chapter 9: The Dance

"Oh my god Rose… he isn't going to care that your dress isn't a 'modest' length. Hell he will most likely be over thrilled that it is a bit short." I said annoyingly at Rose. I've been trying to convince her to come out of the bathroom for a few hours now.

"Well you maybe pig but Micah is a gentle soul and he is innocent." I hear her quip back. "He just threatened a few teams to quite yesterday all be it, it was to stop any needless violence but still." I yell at her through the door.

"You see he is a nice guy he doesn't want to injure more people." Rose is still trying to resist, unluckily for her I have an ace. "Fine you know what Rose if you want to stay in there fine but I swear on all that is holy in remnant that I'll get a queue of girls to make out with him and send you a video of it." I say and not even a full second later she throws the door open. That got the job done.

"There happy! I'm going to die of embarrassment because he will hate this dress." Rose complained pointing to a decent length of a dress. It stopped just above the knee and was a nice purple colour, almost violet. It was the perfect mixture of formal and casual. The dress was complemented with a locket Micah gave her when he proposed, I don't think she has even taken it off since he put it on her.

"He won't die from it he has survived a lot worse than his fiancé showing up to a dance in a decent length dress." I say as I walk to the door. "Why did you stay again?" She asked stepping up to the door.

"Because you said about an hour ago you refuse to come out if Micah was here, Fionn got bored and left and Hobbit had to go get his Girlfriend so someone needed to convince you to get out of there." I say opening the door just in time to see Blake and Yang stepping out of their room.

"Remember Rose you are meeting him just outside the doors of the dance okay." I say walking just up to the building where the dance is going on. I leave Rose there and walked inside to see Fionn getting stalked by a group of girls and Niall getting his face lazily slapped by Tami and he is just giggling at it.

I walk up to Fionn to strike up a conversation. "So Fionn I didn't picture you as the lady killer." I say causing him to stop and attempt to give me a death glare. "I'm not they just won't leave me alone even after I asked them to." My response was just to laugh.

"Watch and learn there Fionn." I turn to the group, "Sorry honeys but he is playing for a different team than you guys, plus his sweetheart back home would kill every last one of yous for trying to change him." I say to the group and dragged Fionn off.

"You can't be overly polite to them, most girls have awful boyfriends so when someone treats them kindly they change and want him instead. That is how I got so many with me last time. I treated them with the respect they deserve." I say to him as I lightly slapped him on the shoulder.

"You still didn't need to lie to them… I wish I had a boyfriend but all the ones I have been trying to get with they always get a different man." Fionn said pouting, he has been trying for a while but what he doesn't know is they are only trying to make him jealous and at this point if I said it to him he would most likely kill me for withholding that kind of information.

"Well I'm sure you could get one here but I'm pretty sure that most of these guys are straight or at least so far in the closet they are finding Christmas presents." I say making him crack a smile. "Thanks man but I'm sure that you are only saying that to get me to force Niall to forgive you for the nude photos." He said still with a genuine smile.

"No, no I'm fine with that and if I wanted him to forgive me I would go about the route that has his girlfriend in it." I say as we find seats to watch the dance. "Are we weird for not having any dates for this?" I hear Fionn ask.

"No not really. You never do the asking and I couldn't dishonour her memory by taking someone else's hand to dance." I say remorsefully. "You and I both know she wouldn't want you to stay caged up like this." Fionn says trying to offer some form of sympathy to me.

"I know but for right now it is still to fresh, maybe in a few years I may leave this cage but right now it is still cosy for me to leave." I say with a sad smile as I see Ruby run away from Weiss and go out side. "Right it was fun to chat but it looks like little Red and Snow white just had a fight and I have a betting pool going as to what their next big fight would be about." I say standing up dusting of imaginary dust from my clothes.

"Is there even a bottom to how low you will sink?" Fionn asked sarcastically. "I'll let you know when I hit the bottom but until then no." I say as I made a b-line for the door she took. I step outside to see her cry silently. I pull out a handkerchief and tap her on the shoulder.

"Hey Little Red what has you so down, whose legs do I need to break." I say giving her the handkerchief. "I'm sorry I didn't think anyone saw me leave besides Weiss." She says wiping her eyes. "And no one's legs. Weiss and I just had a small fight." She says sniffling.

"Little Red a small fight wouldn't have you running out here like that nor would it have you cry. Now are you going to tell me the truth or do I need to go break Snow White's legs." I say not trying to scare her but trying to get her to talk to me because I don't want to see them break up when they are so cute together.

"She refuses to tell her dad about us and won't even tell me anything about her life let alone I only just found out about she has a sister." Ruby says again wiping her face a bit. Which I just laugh at, "I'm sorry Little Red but I have seen some stupid fights in my life and that takes the cake." I say wiping a fake tear from my eye which she just pouts at me.

"Okay I think I calmed down a bit," I began and walk over to lean on the ornate railing. "Okay here is why it is stupid, one she doesn't tell Snowball about you and her is because she fears how he would react. It may be good and he welcomes you with open arms and thinks nothing of it, or he disowns her and attempts to strike her name from all records. As for Winter well she is somewhat a bitch that would steal you from Weiss just because you are with Weiss, she once tried doing that to me so my love would break up with me but I sensed something was amiss." I say and you could see the hope come back into her eyes.

"Now I feel like a bitch. I said she doesn't care about me and how I feel." Ruby said looking at the ground. "Yeah you may want to apologise for that comment, she clearly cares for you, which is why she chose to come here with you even though Snowball might see you two." I say to her and she visibly seemed to become better at my words.

"Wait did you say Weiss' sister tried to break you and someone up? Who?" Ruby asked with full curiosity. "I'm not entirely comfortable talking about her with anyone even the people that knew her know I don't like talking about her." I say but Ruby just pushed further. "If you don't talk about something that hurts you on the inside then you can't get better." As she hugs me from behind, I can feel her trying to pout.

"If I tell you, you have to apologise to Snow White and drop those silly arguments." I say and feel her nod furiously trying to urge me to continue. I sigh and begin to talk, "Her name was Sakura Haru and she was the most beautiful person I have ever met. Her hair was just like her name, it was as though it was a deity gently took the blossoms from a tree and placed it into her hair. She always had a smile even when it got dark… it is that same smile that haunts me deeply." I can feel Ruby's eyes beam wanting to hear more.

"Well we did everything together, we fell madly in love. She even spent all she saved for years to achieve her dreams to buy the cloth for the suit I yelled at Weiss crying into and spent months at least learning how to tailor a suit. She kept all of this hidden from me and I always asked why she had bad cuts on her hand and arm but I know now that it was because she was making it. Every cent, every spare second she had, she was trying to make me something I didn't have something that could protect me when me and the guys went out. Eventually we in the team learned Micah's parents were killed years back but he never showed and we knew him and his parents pretty well. Once I found out I began to search for them the people who caused him and Luca to suffer. Well they found me and started leaving death threats for me to see. Me and Sakura had a fight over why I should continue with searching for the murderers. That was the last conversation we had, because the same men captured her when she stormed out."

I can now see Ruby begin to cry, as she stepped out from behind me, "Then what?" She asked fearing she knew what the answer was. "Well I knew who took her it was the council of Vollen the same people who killed Micah's parents. So we went to where we knew they were. Unfortunately to late, when we got there all that was left was Sakura… dying barely clutching to life and all she did was smile to me and saying she was sorry. With her last breath she told me to look at a place and how she left a gift there for me. It was the suit in all its glory. I felt depression for the first and only time in my life. That is when we started to plan the Coup, we all eventually did get what we seek being revenge, but that image of her smiling face out of my mind as I held her dying in my arms. That is why I didn't bring a date here, that is why I get angry when my suit is dirty, that is why I never step into a couple and break them up when I know the make each other happy." I say to her and she is in full tears over my past.

"A wise man said mankind has but one chance to be happy but he rarely notices it until it is too late. I was one of those who say a stupid argument too late, don't let the last thing you do with Snow White be something as stupid as a silly little fight." I say patting her on the shoulder and make a turn to step back inside the building.

"Don't tell my story to anyone. Okay Lit- no Ruby please for me." I say not giving her a chance to respond before I go back inside. Shortly finding Rose and Micah slowly dancing to a classical song with Niall and Tami a few couples over and Fionn with some red haired man I think his name was Scarlet. Well at least he found someone. I walk over to see a slightly sad Weiss.

"Hey Snow White how is it going, I just talked to Little Red, I'm curious to see how you are doing." I say taking a seat next to Weiss who just gave me a huff. "Snow White she admitted to me what the fight was about and I agree she is wrong so giving me the cold shoulder isn't going to make me go away." I say to her and she responds by glaring daggers at me.

"Not going to work there I have an immunity I developed from years with Rose." I say with a snicker. "Why haven't you written Winter back… or even called her? She does have feelings for you." Weiss said not as her normal cold self but a concerned sister.

"Many reasons… some I'm not going to tell you but the main one is I'm still in love with someone else and she isn't with us anymore, so if I did try to contact her I would feel bad because I would feel like I was cheating and I would be hurting her further because I can't return her feeling right now." I say to Weiss causing her to soften up a little at the comment.

"Does she know the reasons you won't tell me?" Weiss asked, "Well she should. Now are you going to tell me how you feel about that stupid argument with Little Red or should I give her Winter's number?" I ask causing Weiss revert back to glaring daggers. "Do that and I swear I will freeze you on sight and shatter you like an ice cube." She said through gritted teeth.

"Well then talk before she comes here to admit she was wrong." I say again causing her to soften up a bit. "It's not like I don't want to tell my father but I don't know how he will react and that scares me deeply and well you met my sister." Weiss said almost like she was lost in thought.

"Well I've learned that it is the words we don't say haunt us the most. So if you are scared do it with Ruby next to you she gives you unnatural strength and it only stands to reason that she will be next to you through all that attempts to hinder you." I say standing up as I see Little Red searching for Weiss. "Plus if he does disown you or anything let me know and I'll have some words with him and no bloodshed don't worry. I'm not a monster." I say vanishing into the crowds to let the couple reconcile over the moronic fight.

I eventually through weaving in and out of the crowd I step up to a very angry Yang over a certain monkey Faunus sitting between her and Blake and completely ignoring Yang.

"Sun, do you not remember our chat yesterday? Tell you what I'm in a sporting mood I'll give you a five second head start." I say snapping the group out of their own little world. "Well I'm not so sure you would do something like that here with all these nice people who could see that action." He says smugly.

"Tell you what pick a wall and I'll send you through it. In case you didn't know I've only sent two people through walls this time and I fear I may be slacking." I say to Sun dead in the eye as he stands up ready for the challenge. "That one." He says pointing to one with a very unamused looking Glynda next to it. I see what he is trying to say but I always liked a challenge at talking my way out of trouble.

He stands ready to fight hand to hand and before he can raise his guard to block my fist connects full force with his jaw sending him flying in the direction of his chosen wall. I can hear Niall shout "I'll forgive him when sea monkeys fly." Fortunately I see on Sun's arc Neptune standing trying to flirt his way to Weiss and Sun clings to Neptune's head as they flew towards the wall and through it.

"Hey look at that two birds on punch." I shout loudly giving Niall the middle finger being are groups signal Glynda was on her way to ask questions. He clearly remembered it and took Tami to a different part of the mass of dancing students. Just as Glynda storms over with a different look than the one from earlier.

"What was that confrontation about? Why is half of Team SSSN unconscious?" Glynda asks with clear rage building and I know my normal tactics won't get their normal her walking off in a huff result, so I did something I never thought I would do… tell her the truth. "Well Mister Wukong there was given a friendly warning about trying to separate a close friend from her girlfriend I caught him ignoring it and I went through with giving him a nice punch as for Neptune he just happened to be in the wrong place at the right time." I say looking her in the eye to show it wasn't a lie.

For once she stayed there and relaxed, "I doubt you gave him a 'friendly' warning but your just lucky his team already pulled out because they saw they were against your team." She says with slight irritation in her voice. "Well seeing as you are tense Professor Goodwitch will you give me this dance?" I ask and she instantly gets angry again but takes my hand and we danced our last night in Beacon away because we all knew come tomorrow we had to fight.

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