Chapter 8
Back To Strike
Saxon paced around his dorm room in a panic, it was Saturday morning and Blake had ran away last night. Ruby told him just 10 minutes ago that she'd ran out after having a argument with Weiss about the White Fang.
Which lead to the discovery that she was a faunus and used to be part of the White Fang. Which lead to Saxon freaking out because he knew Ruby would want to stay in the city to look for her which left him partnerless. He'd begged every member of JNPR but they were all too busy to come to Snowfall.
Which lead to him pacing and swearing like a maniac. Saxon was sweating, the bullhead and pilot Ozpin had scrambled for him was gonna be here in 15 minutes and he had orders not to take off unless Saxon was with someone.
A knock on the door had him running towards the door. Was it Jaune telling him he change plans with his sister? Pyrrha telling him she had cancelled her photo shoot for that new cereal?
Or Ruby, Saxon thought as he saw Ruby Rose standing there with her normal combat clothes on and a black backpack with the Beacon symbol on it.
"Come on let's go! The bullhead leaves in 15 minutes," Ruby said loudly and in a hurry.
"What about Blake," Saxon asked walking past Desmond and Miles, who were playing Battleground on their old XStation.
"She needs space, we'll start looking for her if she doesn't come back by Monday," the redhead said fidgeting by the door.
Saxon grabbed his duffel with 2 spare pairs of clothes and basic camping necessities inside and rushed to the door, "Ok, guys!"
Saxon's teammates turned to their leader, "Jace is in charge and if he does anything stupid then command changes to Desmond, get your stuff done!"
"Yes, sir," his teammates responded half jokingly half completely serious.
Saxon and Ruby quickly made their way to the launch pad and arrived just as their bullhead was landing.
It was a small bullhead only capable of carrying a team of 4 but it was more than enough for Saxon, Ruby and the pilot, Dez. As Saxon and Ruby boarded the pilot asked, "You two are going to Snowfall right?"
"Yes, sir," Ruby said settling into one of the four seats.
"Thank you by the way, this means a lot to me," Saxon told the Dez.
"Course kid, Snowfall is a beautiful place for a romantic getaway this time of year," Dez said as he powered up the bullhead.
Saxon and Ruby were too embarrassed to even correct him. Dez smiled at the supposed couple, ah to be young, he thought as he started north towards Snowfall.
Two hours into the ride Ruby woke up from her nap and she could already feel colder. Thankfully she had fire dust infused into her clothes to keep her warm. Ruby barely had raised her head and heard someone singing.
Sing, sing, sing just a little bit more, more
More than they're asking for for
Some of us never change
But we can give, give, give just a little bit
Live, live, live just a little bit
Love, love, love just a little bit more
It's all that we're asking for
It's all that we're asking for
Ah, just a little bit more
It's all that we're asking for
Ah, just a little bit more
Oh
It was Saxon, "That was pretty."
Saxon blushed and looked at Ruby, "I-I thought you were napping."
"Why are you embarrassed that was as good as Weiss's singing," Ruby asked.
Saxon pulled up his hood down and smiled at the red reaper, which surprised her because he rarely smiled, "No one knows I can sing."
Ruby smiled, "It was very pretty."
"Thank you," Saxon said before looking out the window at a forest that had just started frosting.
"So anything you wanna do besides what we came for," Ruby asked.
"Visit my friends at Strike," Saxon said tapping out a quick message to Jace telling him thru were ok.
"What about your parents," Ruby asked confused.
"My dad is dead and my supposed mother can go jump off a cliff," Saxon said staring out the window.
Ruby looked surprised by his sudden anger but calmed down a little when he said, "Sorry, I'm not exactly happy with my mother."
"Do you wanna talk about it," the redhead asked.
"Eventually Rose," Saxon said watching as the frost down below turned into a light snow cover.
Saxon directed Dez as they grew closer to Snowfall, "Are you sure kid? This is a little out of the way of Snowfall."
"I'm sure, you'll save us some walking," Saxon said guiding Dez who was landing the bullhead.
"Remember I'm a call away. Call me and I'll be there as fast as possible," Dez said as they exited the bullhead with their bags.
"We will, thanks Dez," Ruby said as Dez closed the door and took off.
Saxon sighed, "Ok, it's judgement day."
Saxon and Ruby walked through the snow covered forest, their boots crunching against the snow. "Saxon, where are we going?"
"Calm yourself Rose, we're close."
Ruby huffed as she followed Saxon, slowly a building came into view, it was a big, gray and black, single story building surrounded by a 15 foot high fence, as they grew closer she could read the sign hanging above the opening in the fence. Strike Academy, was all it said. Ruby marveled at the building, it was nowhere near the size of Beacon but it was still impressive somehow.
Saxon held the door open as they walked into, what Ruby guessed was the front office.
To their left their was a young woman behind a thick glass panel with a small window at the bottom, "Hello, welcome to Strike Combat Academy. How may I help you?"
"Hi, I need two visitors passes. One returning, one first timer," Saxon said to the woman smoothly.
"Can I have your previous number for the pass," she asked clearly able to tell he was the returning.
"Four-seven-niner-alpha-epsilon-omega," Saxon said not skipping a beat.
She tapped away on her holo-computer and said, "Approved, welcome back Saxon, what name should your girlfriend's ID be under?"
Both of the teens grew bright red, "Ummm Ruby Rose and we aren't dating," Saxon told the woman.
She laughed as she reached into a machine and pulled out 2 plastic ID card and handed them to the two teens, "Yes, I'm sure you aren't."
The pair walked down the practically abandoned hallway, class must be in session, she thought. It surprised her when Saxon told her that Strike was in session every day but Sunday. It was about 1 so all his friends should still be here Ruby thought as she realized Saxon was standing at a closed classroom door staring at the number, 343.
Saxon motioned her towards him and she stood beside him, "You might get a little overwhelmed with questions, just know its because their practically my family and they worry about me," Saxon said to her and Ruby nodded her head as Saxon kicked the door open, "KNOCK! KNOCK!"
As Ruby walked in behind Saxon she saw a lot of teenagers jump out of their seats and stare at Saxon like he was on fire.
Then one boy with spiky blonde hair,blue eyes and who was wearing gray and yellow said in a deadly tone, "You think you can ditch us for Beacon and then come back like we're family?"
"Yes."
The boy charged Saxon to which Ruby reached for Crescent Rose but stopped as the blonde hugged Saxon, "You're absolutely right," he said.
A hoard of students joined the blonde hugging Saxon and welcoming him back. Some of them were very attractive girls and she felt jealousy tear her up as a redhead who looked similar to Pyrrha hugged him.
"Everyone, return to your seats," a man said loudly.
All the students but Saxon and Ruby returned to where they had been when they walked in. And Ruby saw a tall muscled man who was only showing age in his hair which was stark white and he had a thick mustache.
"Professor Dragos," Saxon said in greeting.
"Saxon Armonia, it's good to see you again, things haven't been the same without you and the red one and my my why don't you introduce us to your girlfriend."
Saxon and Ruby were both blushing to the entire class's amusement, "This is Ruby Rose, leader of team RWBY and she isn't my girlfriend, sir," Saxon managed to say through his embarrassment.
"Yes that's what they always say, anyway would you like to introduce your classmates to her?"
"Sure, where to start? Ok the blonde who tackled me when I came in is David Washington aka Recovery One," Saxon pointed to the blonde.
David gave a half smile and waved.
"His partner, with the jacked up left eye is Sean York," Saxon gestured to the guy to David's left.
"Thanks Saxon, you're totally helping the healing process," a guy with dark brown hair and a dark brown right eye but his left eye was completely white.
"The guy in the black and orange is Felix McScouty and his partner in the gray and green is Locus Gray," Saxon said gesturing to the two guys in the front row.
"Yo," the guy she was assuming was Felix said.
"Hello," the other one, Locus, said.
"The dark skinned fellow is known as Lavernius Tucker, wearing the teal," Saxon pointed out.
"Hey that's racist!"
"His partner in the cobalt jacket, is Leonard Church and you will fear his laser face," Saxon said and the entire class laughed.
"That was one time," the guy said blushing lightly.
"And finally the only females in this class and the second best partnership, Allison Texas and Jen Carolina, the blonde is Tex and Carolina is the one who looks like Pyrrha."
The blonde smirked and waved and the redhead who looked almost exactly like Pyrrha simply nodded at her.
"That's everyone now we get to do what we always do when one of our family comes back," Professor Dragos said to the entire class.
"Me and Locus want him," Felix said to his teacher.
"Ok so it will be Saxon against Felix and Locus," Professor Dragos said to his class.
Strike had a very impressive indoor training field. It also had bleachers which is what Ruby and the rest of the class were sitting on. Ruby cheered Saxon on as he fought Felix and Locus, even though he was going against to very skilled opponents, Ruby could tell Saxon was winning.
Ruby was so focused on Saxon she didn't notice everyone else slowly close in around her, like Beowulves. "What are your intentions with my brother," a voice similar to Pyrrha's asked.
"What," Ruby tried to ask but was cut off.
"What? Is Saxon not good enough for you?," Tex asked the red reaper.
"What? No, he's amazing," Ruby tried to start again but was cut off again.
"Then why aren't you two dating," York asked.
"My feelings are complicat-,"
"What's complicated? You like him tell him and he'll-," Church started but was cut off.
"Guys!"
Everyone looked to see Saxon walked towards them, swords drawn and Felix and Locus laying on the ground behind him. Everyone was scared, besides Ruby and Wash, Ruby because she was too busy being happy Saxon had saved her and Wash because he was the one who messaged that Ruby was getting interrogated to Saxon.
"You idiots are unbelievable," Saxon said glaring at his friends.
Saxon's glare disappeared when he looked at the time, "Wow, Ruby we gotta get going."
Professor Dragos was reluctant to let his former student leave but eventually let Saxon and Ruby leave.
Ruby's breathe hung in the air as mist as she walked beside Saxon through the snow, her mind was also racing from all the questions Saxon's friends asked her. Why hadn't she just told him and her feelings and hoped for the best? Ruby continued to think as she walked but after awhile she couldn't take it anymore, "Saxon where are we going?"
Saxon took a deep breath, "To see my father."
AN: It's done hooray! In case you were wondering the song from chapter 7 was Holding onto you by twenty one pilots and the song Saxon was singing is Sing by Hollywood Undead. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and please drop a review on what you think of the story.
