Author's Note: Hey guys! So, today's chapter is going to be 10000 words! I know a few things that I'm gonna write about, but most of it is going to be decided by what my hands type. Let's just say I have about 4000 words roughly planned. So that leaves about 7000 words of free writing. So here to hoping it goes well! I also hope you guys liked Beta's work last chapter. Beta did really well in my opinion, and I hope we work together for a long time.
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Spoiler Warning for the movie Sucker Punch
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Chapter 10: Like Together Together?
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Michael's POV
*Ding* My phone vibrated, so I grabbed it to see who texted me...It felt as though my heart tried to jump out of my throat when I read the text
[Ruby] Hey… About yesterday… How do you feel about it?
[Michael] Uhm… How do you feel about it? Like about what happened Yesterday?
[Ruby] Hey I asked first
[Michael] Honestly, I don't really know. It kind of just… happened
Ruby didn't text back right away. "What if she actually liked it and I just ruined us getting together? Or what if she hates me now? What if she agrees? What if-" *Ding*
[Ruby] Oh… Okay no that's cool. Still Friends?
[Michael] Yeah of course Rubes
[Ruby] See you in class!
[Michael] Yeah see you in class!
"I feel like I fucked up. Why do I have to suck at socializing!" I yelled in frustration at the ceiling, successfully waking up Laga.
"What's wrong, leader?" She asked.
"Oh, just social problems. I never had this problem back at Signal" I said falling back to my bed.
"What kind of Social problems? I could help, after all I am quite sociable" She said with a smirk.
"Girl problems Laga, girl problems" I said rubbing my face to wake me up.
"My specialty. Who is it? Ruby?" She asked.
"How'd you know?" I asked.
"Okay so fill me in" She asked not answering my question. I opened my phone to the text's me and Ruby just had.
"Here read that" I said handing the device to her. She went through a lot of emotions while reading it.
"Alright so what happened last night?" She asked handing my phone back.
"We kind of… Kissed last night" I said trying to hide my blush. Laga's eyes grew wide.
"Really? Then why aren't you guys together?" She asked, with a cheshire like grin on her face.
"Well we're both socially awkward people… What do you think happened? We blew it off and headed back to our dorms. And then she texted me about my feelings towards it and I say that shit. So now I might have fucked up our friendship and possibility of going further" I said without thinking.
"So, you want to be more than just friends?" Laga asked. Well, she's a very blunt person.
"I don't know, Laga" I said sitting up on my bed. I checked the time and we had to be in class in an hour. "Alright guys time to get up" I said shaking Nelson awake, with Laga shaking Gen awake.
"Fucken hell I'm awake!" Gen said rolling off her bed. "OW!"
"Well maybe you shouldn't roll away from me when I'm trying to wake you up then" Laga said crossing her arms.
"Why you! Come here" gen said takaling Laga. They settled down after a bit "Are you going to apologize?" Gen asked.
"I guess" Laga said planting her lips onto Gen's. She parted with a smile. "Is that good enough for you?"
"Yes, very. It was way too short, but we do have to get ready for class" She said getting up off the bed and heading into the shower with Laga.
"I think I'm gonna skip the shower today. I took a shower before I went to bed last night" I said ,packing my things and heading out at the worst time. Team RWBY walked out of the room and looked at me.
"Oh, hey Michael" Weiss greeted tiredly.
"Yeah hey" Blake and Yang said in unison.
"Hey guys… Hey Rubes" I said rubbing the back of my head.
"Oh uhm… Hey M-Michael" Ruby said. Team WBY looked at Ruby and then at me with a questioning look.
"What happened last night you two?" Yang asked with an teasing grin.
"N-nothing Yang" Ruby said with a blush.
"Oh, come on Rubes" Yang persisted poking Ruby's arm in the process.
"Seriously Yang drop it" Ruby snapped.
"Okay geez, sorry" Yang said in a saddened tone. Ruby turned on her heel and started walking to class, her tail flicking angrily while her ear's clung to her head.
"Man, she's pissed" Blake said.
"Yeah, what happened Michael?" Weiss asked, but Ruby turned around and pointed to her ears.
"I don't think I should say?" I said questioningly. Ruby shook her head up and down before turning around and heading off to class again. "Alright guys let's go" I said, following Ruby with team WBY behind me. We sat in the empty classroom for a while, Ruby and myself not speaking to each other the entire time. Qrow came walking in with a confused look.
"You guys are here early" He said setting his cup of coffee down onto his desk.
"Ruby woke up early as fuck and said to get ready. Kind of annoying really" Weiss said, looking at Ruby, with said girl huffing in response.
"You okay kiddo?" Qrow asked Ruby.
"I'm fine, just tired" Ruby said rubbing her eyes.
"Alright then, well class should start here in a sec, so just hang on till then" Qrow said going through some papers. "I wasn't supposed to work, but of course he cancels last minute. Asshole" Qrow whispered loudly to himself.
Sparring Class
"Alright up next is Michael and Weiss" Qrow said reading from a piece of paper. Today he's taking people who have advantages over the other. Although I don't know what my advantage is over Weiss, her advantage over me is noticeably speed. "I bet you're wondering what your advantage is over each other?"
"Well I now I have speed over Michael by a long shot" Weiss said holding her head up proudly.
"Michael's advantage over you, Wiess, is that he doesn't underestimate his enemy. He can also make quick decisions without anyone else telling him what to do. You have showed constant signs of thinking you're gonna win every time and losing because of that reason. Granted you and your team have gotten the most wins, right in front of team MGNL and JNPR, but you need to go in every battle thinking of a way that your opponent can beat you and take precautions. And Michael you have trouble reacting fast enough to block hits" Qrow informed, making Weiss mad.
"There's no way he can beat me. I mean, I'm way faster than what he can react to" Weiss said.
"Wiess, don't underestimate him" Ruby said from the bleachers. We both looked back at her "Did you see him fight me? I'm leagues faster than you and he managed to hold out for quite a bit. So, don't underestimate him"
"Alright fine" She said turning around crossing her arms.
"Alright get on your respective sides of the Battlefield" Qrow said. Both Weiss and I did as he said and unsheathed our weapons. I went straight to the third variant and waited for Qrow to call the fight. "Fight!"
Weiss rushed forward with her rapier. I could feel the danger coming from my lower right side, so, I moved My scythe to block it, but My semblance all of a sudden changed locations and Weiss changed direction and got a good hit on me. I brought my knee up into her stomach hard trying to push through her attack. The force pushed her back and I retreated. She gave me a wide eye look. Okay, she's fast as fuck, so I'm gonna have to block her attack last second if I want to stop her from getting hits on me. But if I wait to long then she'll get a free hit in. God damn I need to better my skills with my semblance. Wiess did another charge and I could feel the danger coming from behind me. How is she going to do that? All of a sudden, she stop and slammed her rapier to the ground. Knowing what she was doing, I jumped out of the way. The Ice spike came out of the ground and just barely grazed my leg, luckily my Aura protected me.
"Fuck" Weiss cursed, preparing to use her glyph abilities. All of a sudden, a gravity glyph appeared in front of me and slammed me back to the ground
"Alright, that's fucking it!" I yelled. I rushed forward and landed five blows to Wiess, she tried to block them, but wasn't fast enough. She tried to send in a jab, but I dodged it last second and kept my barrage going. I sent a slash of my scythe, but she caught it with her Rapier.
"I got you know" She said with a smirk. However the end of my barrel is aimed right at her chest.
"Do you?" I asked pulling the trigger of my .50 Sniper. The bullet hit Weiss so hard she flew off the battlefield, her Aura breaking when she slammed into the wall.
"Aghh!" Weiss screamed in pain. I rushed over to her to see if she was okay.
"Are you alright Weiss?" I asked.
"Yeah I'm fine that was just a rough slam. Good fight" Weiss muttered, obviously trying to hid her annoyance.
"Yeah, good fight" I said heading back up to the bleachers sitting next to Ruby. She gave me a look but didn't say anything. Because of this, I barely managed to do anything other that look down.
"Do you know why Wiess lost?" Qrow asked the class, with Ruby raising her hand. "Yes Ruby?"
"She didn't take my advice and she underestimated him" She said giving Weiss a look.
"Corre-"
"What the hell is your problem today?!" Weiss asked Ruby, effectively interrupting Qrow.
"I'm just annoyed that you didn't take my advice. You never do. Need I remind you that I'm the leader of this team? I don't expect you to 'obey' me. I just want you to take my advice" Ruby defended.
"No that's fine, but the shitty tone is what I'm talking about. You've had it all goddamn day. And it's really pissing me off" Weiss said sitting in her seat, done with the conversation. Ruby seemed to not have a comeback, so she stayed silent.
"Well, that was a thing. Anyways, Ruby is correct. Weiss thought she won the minute that battle started, however that was her downfall. Yes, Michael had trouble at the beginning of the fight, but he noticed his errors and corrected them, figuring that Weiss had trouble with constant assaults. But Michael you should learn how to hone in on your semblance, I won't say what it is, but you need to unlock its full potential. That is a reason you're here. So, if you ever need help, I'm close by" Qrow said
"Oh, uhm thank you sir" I said. He gave me a look before smiling.
"Ruby and Michael you can leave early" Qrow said waving his hand.
"Uh w-w-w-why?" Ruby stuttered out.
"Because you both seem off today. So, go and do something together. You guys are good friends so I'm sure you'll get back to normal while being around each other. Now go" He said. Both Ruby and I left the classroom and looked at each other.
"So, w-w-what do you want to d-do?" Ruby asked with a blush.
"I d-don't really know… Do you want t-to go to the courtyard?" I asked, mentally -and almost physically- slapping myself for stuttering.
"Yeah sure w-why not" She said, almost completely silent at this point. We started walking in that direction without saying a single word. We sat down near the statue that we met at "So how's your d-day so far?"
"Look we should probably talk about yesterday" I said ignoring her question. Her ears went down at that.
"What do you mean? We already talked about it" Ruby said. I could see her eyes tear up.
"I liked it" I said hoping it would go well. Ruby's ears went up at what I said.
"Liked what?" She asked looking me in the eyes. We locked our silver orbs with one another.
"The kiss… I liked the kiss" I said, sliding a little closer to Ruby. "What about you?"
"I uhm I-I-I liked it as well" Ruby stuttered with a major blush.
"Well that's good" I said looking at the statue.
"S-so what does this mean?" She asked.
"Have you ever dated someone before?" I asked. She shook her head negatively. "I have, well it doesn't really count sense I was in elementary school. But I was wondering if you would want to go out with me? Like...m-m-my...my..." I stopped there, not being able to continue, so I avoided eye contact with Ruby. She moved her hand up to my face and made me look at her. And that's when I broke and my blood rushed up to my cheeks.
"Like be your g-g-girlfriend?" She asked. She seems more nervous than I am.
"Well yeah… as my girlfriend" I said still looking into her silver orbs "Would you like that?"
"Y-y-yes… Sorry for the s-stutter. I'm just r-really nervous" She said laughing nervously.
"It's okay, I am to" I said. All of a sudden I got that urge again. I brought my hand up to her cheek again. She leaned into my touch just like last time. I started moving forward as did she. When our lips met it made me feel warm, and protective. It's such a weird, alien feeling, but a good feeling nonetheless. We broke apart and looked at each other.
"I liked that one more than the last one" She said.
"Hey you didn't s-stutter" I said mocking her. She huffed and punched my arm playfully. I smiled at her cute pout "Ow! The pain!" I said over exaggerating
"Oh ha ha…" She muttered dryly.
"So we're dating?" She asked to clarify.
"Yeah, we are" I said grabbing her hand with mine. Her hand is so small, and soft. She smiled at the touch.
"So… you don't care that I'm a Faunus?" She asked me.
"Rubes of course I don't care you're a Faunus" I said sincerely.
"Okay. I just want to make sure… hehe, i feel tingly. What do you want to do now?" She asked.
"You still have a lot of movies to watch. And I know the next one to start with. Sucker Punch" I said with a smile.
"Alright that sounds fun. Which dorm are we going to?" She asked.
"Yours. Yang would kill me if I brought you to my dorm alone" I said. Ruby laughed as we stood up and made our way to team RWBY's dorm, hand in hand. This feels...perfect...as if it was always meant to be this way.
1 hour later
Ruby's POV
Michael and I were sitting on my bed looking at the T.V screen with this movie called Sucker Punch on the screen. And so far it's really good. Hard to follow, but I feel like to get this movie you need to watch it more than once. So far, I've learned that this girl Baby Doll is a very imaginative person. She's in an asylum, but she imagines it as a brothel. When she dances, she escapes into a world where they get items to escape the Asylum. In truth, she's actually distracting people so her friends can get the items to actually escape. The action is amazing, and the acting is okay,seems forced, so it could be better. Overall it's a really good movie. Michael had his arm around me, while I had my head on his chest as we watched the movie. At first we were just sitting next to each other, but slowly we got closer and closer.
"So what do you think of the movie so far?" Michael asked.
"I really like it so far. But I'd need to watch it a couple more times in order to fully understand it. How much is left?" I asked.
"About 15 minutes of movie time left. I don't really count the credits" Michael said tightening his hold around me. I leaned in more and watched intently at the movie. Near the end of the movie Baby Doll was caught and Sweet Pea got away. "So how's Baby Doll going to escape?"
"Just keep watching" Michael said with a chuckle. They put Baby Doll on a table and did a lobotomy on her as the authorities entered the room. The movie ended with Baby Doll brain dead and Sweet Pea escaping. "What did you think?"
"We need to watch it again. I feel like I can't really judge it until I watch it at least one more time" I said looking up at him.
"Really? I mean that's good, but most people say it's trash without even looking into the story and indications of things" Michael said while clicking the rewind button. "Now we wait for it to rewind back to the beginning"
"So what do you want to do until then?" I asked smiling.
"I don't know... talk? How was your day" I rolled my eyes and moved up to kiss him. But right when our lips made contact someone slammed the door open. Both Michael and I jumped and fell off the bed and onto the floor, in a pile.
"Ow, what the hell was tha-" I stopped at the sight of my team giving me a look that was one of questioning. "I can explain"
"Ruby what were you two just doing?" Yang asked.
"W-w-we were just w-w-w-watching a m-movie I s-s-swear" I said slamming my hands together.
"Then why were you making out?" Blake asked with a smirk.
"W-we weren't I ss-swear" I said with a huge blush coming up to my cheeks.
"So you guys made up right? No more bitchy Ruby?" Weiss asked. I rolled my eyes at that.
"Uhm Ruby are you going to tell them?" Michael asked me.
"Fine… Michael and I are d-d-d-dating" I said shrugging with a huge blush. Yang for some reason didn't smile, but the rest of team RWBY did. I wonder why Yang didn't smile…
3 Weeks later
Yang's POV
"Hey Yang" Ruby called sitting next to me by the lunch table along with Michael and his team. Ruby and Michael have been dating for about 3 weeks now and it's really cute… But I don't like the thought of Ruby dating yet. I mean she's still my little sister. Sure, Michael is a great guy… But I still don't like it. I plan on giving her the talk soon, something she dreaded. I mean they were about to make out on her bed the first day! Granted they are teens and that's how there hormones work, but still.
"Sup Yang" Michael said.
"Hey guys what's up. What have you been doing?" I asked them.
"I was hanging out with Michael and his team. We were just watching movies mostly" Ruby said.
"Yeah because she hasn't watched any of the classic movies. I mean she's never even seen Leatherface" Michael said taking a drink of his bottled water. I felt the annoyance rise in me.
"You let her watch Leatherface?!" I asked him. He gave me a weird look.
"Uhm yeah she wanted to watch it?" Michael said/asked.
"That's a rated R movie Michael" I said.
"Yang all it showed were some girls boobs and gore. That's not a big deal" Ruby said with a confused look on her face… Am I overreacting?
"Whatever" I said getting up and heading back to our room. I fell on my bed and let my thoughts run. Ruby has never had a boyfriend Before so it's just hard for me to accepted that she's growing up… I mean what if Michael changed his mind set on the Faunus? I know that's dumb to think but I think of the worst case scenarios. Keeps me on my feet.
"Hey are you okay Yang?" Blake asked walking into the room "You kind of just walked off without saying goodbye"
"Yeah… What's your thoughts on Ruby and Michael?" I asked.
"I think it's really 're really good together In my opinion. They're both the leaders of their teams. And they're just showing puppy love so it's nothing to worry about" Blake said with a smile. "You're worried about their relationship?"
"No… I'm worried for when they break up. Ruby doesn't handle her emotions very well" I said thinking about her younger days.
"If they break up" Blake said.
"When they break up. Blake there's no way there going to be together forever. Life just doesn't work like that. I mean I've had like 5 boyfriends and that's mild compared to some 18 year olds out there" I said rubbing my face.
"Well look at it this way. She's happy, and I bet it's tearing her up that her sister doesn't approve of it" Blake informed.
"I do it's just… I don't know" I threw myself back onto my bed.
"Look Yang, just talk to her about your worries" Blake said patting my hand.
"Yeah I know… can you go ask her to come to the room? Alone?" I asked. Blake nodded and headed for the door. "Thanks Blake" I waited for a while for Ruby to show up, but when she finally did she looked scared. "What's Wrong?"
"Nothing… What do you want?" Ruby asked with her ears downcast.
"Do you think you're in trouble or something?" I asked with laughter. Her ears seemed to calm down a bit.
"Well you left saying 'Whatever' Just because I watched a rated R movie… So I thought you were mad at me" She said sitting down next to me.
"Yeah I am mad about that… But I did the same thing, younger even. I just… look Ruby you're my little sis okay. You're always going to be my little sis… And if you and Michael break up I'm worried on how you're going to take it" I said truthfully.
"Yeah I know… But that's just life Yang. If it works it works… If it doesn't then it doesn't. Nothing can go right all the time, but sometimes it can" Ruby said with a smile.
"Yeah I know that but still… Are you happy with him?" I asked.
"Yeah I'm happy with him. I mean we haven't been together long but he does make me happy… What upsets me is that you've never acknowledged it and have ignored him since we started dating. And it hurts his feelings that you're doing that. And honestly makes me a little annoyed" Ruby said huffing adorably.
"Yeah I know… Alright that's all I wanted to talk about. Can you go get Michael?" I asked.
"Oh yeah he's right outside the door. As well as his team" She said walking over to the door. When Ruby opened it all of team MGNL except Michael fell into the room.
"That's why I told you guy's to stop eavesdropping" Michael said crossing his arms.
"We weren't!" Gen said getting up.
"We were" Laga said getting up.
"I wasn't interested that much" Nelson said with a shrug not getting up from the ground.
"Hey Michael Yang wants to talk with you. Come on guys let's go back to the cafeteria" Ruby said walking off with Gen and Laga dragging Nelson by the feet. Michael walked into the room and shut the door.
"So what do you want to talk about?" Michael asked politely.
"I don't like that you showed Ruby that movie" I said.
"Well I don't see a problem with it. Not in a rude way, that's just my opinion" He said holding his palms up in defense.
"Hmmm… Do you like her?" I simply asked.
"Yeah I do" Michael said with determination.
"Alright then you have my blessing" I said getting up from the bed and embracing Michael As a sign of acceptance. He returned it, though hesitantly. I broke it and looked him the eyes "If you hurt her then you'll be in a world of hurt. But I don't think you will" I said opening the door for us to exit.
"Come on let's head back" Michael said leading the walk back to the cafeteria.
"Oh yeah make sure you wear protection. I don't need a little Faunus Ruby walking around while doing school work" I said laughing at how red Michael's face got.
Qrow's POV
"Alright Class" I spoke loudly trying to calm them down. Everyone but a couple people went silent "As you all know I don't care that you talk amongst yourselves while I'm teaching, it's your choice to pass this class, but do not interrupt or talk over me" I said sternly. Everyone in the class went silent. "Alright, now, back on track. So where did we leave off yesterday?"
"We left off on the origins of Vacuo" Ruby said aloud. Ever since her and Michael have started dating her grade has gone up an entire grade level. Michaels went down, but only 2 percent so that's fine. He's still got the highest grade in my class. All in all I approve highly of their relationship. And I trust Michael with Ruby, any other boy and it would be a while until I trust them with Ruby. But Michael is smart, strong, and most importantly he's protective over family.
"That is correct Ruby, good job" I complemented. "Michael can you sum up all that we talked about yesterday?"
"Yeah sure. So the continent of Trius is a huge desert, but it's not all too dangerous. Early Faunus settlers knew how to harness the lands resources and make it their home, before Menagerie was even known of. The humans had trouble figuring it out, so they just let them be. Later, Atlas found out that there were huge dust deposits riddling the land. They basically invaded their land and mined all the dust. After they were done they left all their stuff, that the Faunus used to make a new home for themselves. The civilization of Vacuo is a giant 16 level pyramid. Each level defines what class you will be apart of, with Shade Academy at the very top. And that's where we stopped" Michael said.
"Alright so there was only one thing that really happened that we need to discus. About A human boy and a Faunus girl. They fell in love and wished to be wed. Well at the time there was a rule for Humans not being higher than upper 3rd class. This Faunus girl was Upper 1st class, the second highest standing in vakuo. So there was a 3 year long court session that went straight to the console. And that's when they ruled that no matter you origins you can be any class you want. The Faunus girl and Human boy were wed and their daughter is Shade Academy's professor. And that's about all for the overview for Vakuo's origins. For the next 2 weeks we're going to be going into depth of Vacuo. The first Unit is there social standards and how there different from the other three kingdoms" I said pointing at the board with a drawing of the pages they need to review this week.
"Sir?" Colina asked.
"Yes Colina?" I asked.
"What if you're from Vacuo? Do I still have to take this unit since I know everything" She asked.
"Then this should be an easy unit for you" I said sitting down into my chair. She nodded and set back down in her chair. "Alright read these pages and remember them. Tomorrow we'll go over them" I said. I set down in my own chair and waited for Michael and Ruby to come see me. They always sit at my desk when it's time to read or catch up. Sometimes their team members join them but they sit here every time.
"Hey Dad" Ruby said with a smile. God I'm still not used to her calling me dad.
"Hey Qrow" Michael said sitting down in a chair next to Ruby.
"What's up kiddos. So have you guys already been reading up on this subject?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"Well Michael has been talking about it while I try to pay attention. I'm getting it… well, most of it" Ruby said shyly.
"Yeah she has been having a hard time with this subject" Michael said "I mean I already know everything about Vacuo but I've been reading it out trying to help her. She knows a lot of it, but she still has trouble with some things. Mostly the social standing, which is understandable"
"Yeah, but Michael's a great teacher so It's been great" Ruby said grabbing his hand. Man this reminds me back when Summer and I were together.
Flashback
"Qrow why the hell is Vacuo's social thing so fucking dumb?" Summer asked. I laughed at her bluntness
"Well you see Summer, before the Faunus Equal Civil Rights Act there were even more. And the reason is how Vakuo was made and their beliefs. Each level gets more and more important, but there's also less and less room. So, if you have the money to live on one of the 15 levels that you can live on, with one more level for the Academy. That's the main reason at least. Do you get it?" I asked. Summer looked at me confused, but less than last time.
"Yeah a little bit. I'm still confused, but you're a better teacher than fucken Pelosi" Summer said. She got a huge grin on her face as she set down the history book. She crawled up to my bed. "Want to do something?"
"Summer it's in the middle of the day?" I said laughing.
"What?" She asked confused. When she noticed what I was talking about she got a huge blush. "Oh my god no not that you dumbass!"
"O-o-oh I'm sorry i-i-i thought t-that's what you were talking a-about" God damn why do I have to stutter.
"I love it when you stutter" Summer said sitting in my lap with a huge smile.
"W-w-why?" I asked.
"Because it's really cute. But no I just wanted to lay down for a bit, you know... take a break" She said embracing me, making me fall down onto my bed. I pet her head until she fell asleep on top of me.
"Well I think you're cute when you're asleep. Good night babe" I said kissing her forehead as I fell asleep.
Flashback End
"Well Qrow's taught me everything so you can thank him" Michael said, breaking me out of my trance.
"I mean yeah I g-guess" Ruby sad stuttering. "Damn I hate stuttering"
"Really? I find it cute" Michael said poking her on the nose. Ruby's cheeks grew red at that.
"Yeah well you're cute when you pass out when we're watching a bunch of movies" Ruby said countering Michael. Michael set his hand on her head and kissed her on the forehead.
"Because you're a great pillow" Michael said. Ruby pouted with a huge blush. I couldn't believe what just unfolded in front of my eyes.
"Hey dad are you okay?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah why?" I asked confused. Do I look like there's something wrong?
"Oh well there's a tear coming down your cheek" Ruby said pointing at the left side of my face. I brought my hand up to my cheek and felt a tear running down my face. I wiped it off with the sleeve of my jacket.
"Yeah don't worry Ruby I'm fine" I said. I guess you still get to me… Summer…
At the end of the day in Ozpin's Office
"Hey Oz… I have a Question" I asked the man that changed my life.
"Sure, ask away" He said taking a sip of his coffee.
"I was wondering if you could help Michael expand his semblance. It's good, but he can't take full advantage of it yet. And you're the better teacher when it comes to Semblances" I said rubbing my head sheepishly.
"I planned on it. I'm just waiting for a good time" He said setting his coffee down. "And I think that may be soon. Michael and Ruby are the future of this world so we need to do as much as we can with them. Refine them to their peak potential"
"Oh yeah aren't they the only Silver eyed warriors of this generation?" I asked.
"That we know of yes. So, we need to make sure they unlock their full potential before they graduate. So, we'll tell them about the silver eyed warriors next year and train them in their capabilities in that. This year we need to refine their Semblances" It sounds like he has this all planned out.
"What if something goes wrong? I mean we know she's doing something, we just don't know what. The Grimm activity alone is convincing enough" I said remembering that the Grimm activity has increased by 15 percent in the last two months.
"You're right… I think I'll start now then" Oz said getting up from his desk.
"Wait who are you going to train first?" I asked.
"There dating right?" Oz asked. What does that have to do with training?
"I mean yeah" I said confused.
"Then I'll train them at the same time. At first I was gonna train Michael before Ruby, but if their together I can teach Michael a skill that is unlocked because he has Silver eyes. And both of them literally hold the world in their hands so training them at the same time would be time efficient. But I want to strengthen their bond as well" Oz said leading me to the elevator.
"Why?" I asked still confused. Oz is a man of many words, yet he says very little.
"I mean I need them to care for each other. The power of the silver eyes are powered by emotion, so they need to care deeply for someone that will be with them at all times. Yes they'll have their teammates but a lover in harm's way is a better turner of emotion than someone that you consider your brother or sister. I mean they'll be 19 and 20 when they graduate so they'll be adults, and adults care more than teenagers" Oz said as the elevator reached the bottom floor of his office.
"So do you think they can do it?" I asked.
"Qrow… I've been trying to beat Salem for 2 thousand years… And I've never been more confident in my entire life until now" He said stopping. He looked straight ahead with a blank stare. "Qrow out of everyone I know you're the one I trust most" He said.
"Thank you sir" I followed his gaze and didn't see anything special. "What are you looking at Oz?"
"Just the craftsmanship of the CCT. Atlas is full of amazing men and women… It's just sad that their greatest mind ran off and joined Salem in her conquest to kill all of humanity. Watts was a brilliant man, but he was troubled" Oz said.
"Oz why bring this up all of a sudden?" I asked confused on the reason he brought Watts up.
"Sometimes I see certain things and memories flood my head. Like whenever it's the first day of Summer… Can't help but blame myself" He said.
"That was not your fault Oz… you were trying to help humanity" I said trying to steer his mind away from those thoughts.
"Qrow I'm not doing this for humanity. Yes I believe they will prevail, but If I could die I would. I'm doing this to find peace, not for the sake of humanity" I was shocked by his reason. I was about to further explore this fact but he snapped out of it. "Alright come on we need to go get Ruby and Michael"
"I'm going to go home, so have fun with that" I said steering off to my car.
"Ruby and Michael will be with me for the next few days, so don't do anything important for the next few days alright" I nodded and waved Oz goodbye. He nodded in response and continued the walk to team RWBY and MGNL's dorms.
Ruby's POV
"Hey can I come in?" I asked knocking on team MGNL's door.
"No" Nelson said on the other side of the door. "Kidding. You can come in"
"Oh har har very funny. Where's the rest of the team?" I asked him.
"They left to train a bit. I wanted to hang back" He said laying back down on his bed. It was quiet for a bit.
"Want to watch something?" I asked. He started laughing at my question.
"Why are you laughing?" I asked sitting on Michael's bed. Makes him feel a little bit closer… god we are a puppy love couple.
"I just didn't think you would want to hang out with me" He said with a low tone.
"What do you mean?" I asked confused.
"Remember when I first found out you were a Faunus?" He asked sitting up on his bed. There must be a story coming. I nod for him to continue. "Yeah well let's just say that my dad and mom were Faunus… They adopted me. A Faunus couple unable to have kids adopts a human boy. They lived in a Faunus neighborhood so they didn't treat me as their equal, but someone that's below them. Adam Taurus was the head of that little 'Squad'. I still remember his burning blue eyes. One day my parent's just decided they didn't want a human child anymore. They beat me and left me in the streets of Vale. I saw Beacon Academy in the distance and swore to help people who couldn't help themselves. I hated Faunus for the longest time… I still do, but for some reason you're different than most Faunus. I actually like your company to be honest. And I'm sorry for being rude to you when we first met" Nelson said with his voice cracking. That was a lot that I didn't think he would tell me.
"I'm sorry that happened too you" I said getting up from Michael's bed and sitting down next to him "I've dealt with that too… though not as drastic. I mean I was bullied, but not to that extent" I said rubbing his back. "Have you told anyone else?"
"Just my team and you know about it" He said as a single tear slid down his face. "I just want to apologize for judging you without getting to know you"
"It's fine Nelson really. Want to watch a movie with me to apologize?" I asked making him laugh.
"Fine. Wanna watch Rocky?" He asked
"Yeah sure that movies pretty good. Michael said it's the best fighting movie besides Creed" I said as Nelson walked over to put the movie in. I moved back to Michael's bed and we both watched the movie, talking about it every now and then until Michael, Gen, and Laga came back "Hey guys" I said walking up to Michael and giving him a hug. "Hey Michael"
"Hey Rubes. How's your day been?" He asked. I looked at Nelson and he just shrugged
"Oh me and Nelson just watched Rocky and hung out really" I said standing on my tippy toes to give him a kiss on the cheek. "What about your day?" I asked.
"Oh Laga and Gen tried to help me with making my reaction time better, but nothing improved" He said sighing.
"Want to try with me? My semblance could help" I suggested. He pondered the idea for a second before a smile spread across his face.
"Yeah sure why not" He said "Alright guys I'll be back in a few hours. After that we need to get assignments done alright team?" Michael asked sounding sarcastic.
"Fuck off" Gen said, earning a swift jab from Laga. "OW! What the hell!?"
"Yes Leader" Laga said while ignoring Gen's outburst.
"Alright cool, later" Michael said waving.
"Yeah later guys" I said waving as well. Michael and I left to the arena Qrow let students use for training. "Alright you ready?" I asked.
"Yeah sure, just need to get ready" Michael said taking off his weapon.
"Alright" I said taking my cape off. I folded it and set it down on a bench. I turned back around and felt the warmth rise to my cheeks. "Why don't you have your shirt on?"
"Oh because it makes me sweat. Don't you get into sporting gear too? Gen and Laga get into leggings and sports bras. It's pretty normal, I mean go to a gym" What he said made sense, but also didn't.
"Yeah no Michael I'm good" I said subconsciously checking my clothes making sure they were on. For some reason I focused more on how much my skinny jeans hugged my figure
"That's fine. Well what do you think?" Michael asked showing me his muscles. There not chiseled, but there definitely not small or non existence.
"T-th-they're alright… not too b-bad?" I said/asked. STUPID RUBY
"Alright let's get to training" He said laughing. He gets into a stance and waits for me to make a move.
"Okay but you're gonna have to not flex as much" I said covering my eyes.
"But I'm not flexing?" He said.
"Okay let's just train" I said with a huge blush. I think Michael noticed it because he started laughing his ass off. Taking him off guard I make my move. His semblance kicked in and he moved to block it. And actually managed to do so. I quickly went in for another attack from behind him. He tried to block it, but couldn't and I got a hit in, knocking us both over. I was on top of Michael and my hands were on his shoulders. I could feel... everything.
"Ahem. I don't recall this being a dorm room you two" Oz said from behind us. Both Michael and I scramble to our feet and stood straight up.
"Oh uhm s-s-sorry s-sir" I said dusting myself off.
"Yeah sorry, we were training and… fell" Michael said trying to cover our backs.
"Don't worry I saw you two training, and though I am impressed, you both could use a lot of work. Especially you Michael. And I don't mean that in an insulting way. I want to teach you two how to expand your semblance. You see the silver eye trait unlocks certain abilities that a normal persons semblance couldn't do. Like Ruby, Your mother had the same semblance as you so I already know your hidden ability. You can materialize others into Rose petals as well, as long as you are there. In other words you can transport up to two other people when mastered. At least that's the most your mother was able to do. Michael, a long time ago I met someone who had a… similar semblance as your's. So my theory is that you can tap into other's senses, though only other silver eyed warriors. Again it's just a hunch from past experiences" He said walking over to us with his cane.
"So how do we even do that?" Michael asked seeming very intrigued.
"Well you have to concentrate very hard on the other person. And a lot of meditating on your off time. This won't be learned in an hour, it'll take a few days, if not weeks, depending on how well you understand the training. Took your mother a week before she learned how to unlock her extra ability. But you're both very capable Hunters so I belive it will be sooner than that. Alright, let's begin" Michael and I sat on the ground to listen to his instructions.
Two days later
"Alright Ruby try again" Oz said. This'll be my 25th time trying to get it done. I think about Michael and what he means to me, but every time I use my semblance and try to materialize him into petals as well I just go right through him.
"I can't!" I yelled.
"Ruby calm down and just try again" He repeated.
"No! I've tried constantly for the past 5 hours. Using my semblance that much tires me out" I said wiping the sweat off of my forehead.
"Ruby try one more time. I believe you can do it alright. You just need to think about moving me, don't think about me in general, thinking about moving me from point A to point B" Michael said looking me in the eyes sincerely.
"Alright fine. I'll try one more time!" I changed my focus on just moving Michael from where he's standing to the end of the arena. I materialize into pedals and rush forward and into Michael. I then unmaterialized at the end of the arena. I open my eyes and look behind me. Michael wasn't standing there. I looked in front of me and Michael was standing there. He looked sick, but I actually managed to move him "YES!" I yelled hugging him aggressively (AKA squeezing the hell out of him).
"No squeezing" Michael pleaded, but he did return the embrace. "Alright, time to learn what I can do" Michael said turning to look at Ozpin.
"Alright Michael I need you to close your eyes" Michael obeyed and closed his eyes. "Now concentrate on harm coming to Ruby" Michael's eyes contorted "Now concentrate on protecting her from harm, and having the ability to know if harm will come her way" Oz waited a second and then took a baseball out of his coat and tossed it into the air. He brought his cane into a bat like position and slammed it into the ball. It came rushing towards my face. I went to cover my face, but no pain came my way. I open my eyes to see michaels arm in front of me. "Very good. You got it on the first try, I don't think that's ever happened. I want you two to master these new abilities, to the point that it's just second nature to you. Am I understood" Oz said.
"Yeah sure" I said giving him a thumbs up.
"Yup sure" Michael answered bringing his hand up to make an L position. But he didn't wave it, which was odd.
"Alright well I have to go do two day's worth of paperwork. Good luck you two" He said making his exit. It was quiet for a bit before Michael spoke.
"Well let's hone our skills" He said shrugging.
"Let's start with me" I said concentrating on moving him. The next few weeks are gonna be hell.
4 Weeks later
Michael's POV
"Girl's and guy's… And I guess Weiss too" Ruby started.
"HEY!" Weiss objected, but Ruby ignored her and continued.
"I have the best day ever planned" Ruby said slamming a huge binder on top of our lunch table.
"What is that Ruby?" Nora asked her while tossing a grape into Yangs mouth.
"Is that my binder?" Weiss asked.
"I'm not a crook" Ruby said quickly. "Anyways I have the best day planned for team RwbyJnprMgnl"
"Ruby that's not a colour so it can't be a team" Ren said.
"Also it has more than four people" I said agreeing with Ren.
"Whatever. My point is classes for the next semester start tomorrow, so we need to have one last day of epic proportion" Ruby said throwing her fist into the air.
"That sounds fucking dumb" Weiss said bluntly.
"Okay that was a little harsh" Yang said eating another grape thrown through the air by someone across the way.
"I kind of just want to spend the day in our room to be honest" Blake said. Weiss stood up to preach something.
"Well I for one think that whatever we do, we do it together" Weiss said throwing her hands behind her back and standing up straight.
"Do you have to stand up like that? Makes you look stupid" Gen said taking a bite of her pizza, earning a swift kick from under the table. "OW!"
"I agree with Weiss" Laga said with an innocent smile.
"Thank you Laga. What about you Nelson?" Weiss asked
"Honestly don't care what we do. But I'll be there" He said with a small smile. That's when someone threw a pumpkin-pie at yang, but miss calculated and ended up hitting Nelson. He stood up and grabbed his own pie and threw it across the room without aiming. That pie ended up hitting two girls, and they seemed pissed. Next thing you know there's food everywhere and the last teams still in the lunch room was my team MGNL and teams RWBY and JNPR.
"AHAHAHA I'm queen of the castle, I'm queen of the castle!" Nora screamed across the room on top of a huge stack of tables… how did she?
"Justice will be swift, Justice with be painful, It will be, DELICIOUS!" Ruby screamed running into battle.
"Come on team weapon up" I said running into battle. I couldn't find anything that resembled a Scythe so I went in with my fists. Gen had a long carrot with a short carrot. Laga had a semi long staff like piece of cheese. And Nelson a chain of sausages. We ran in and I found myself paired with Jaune. He's been training with Pyra so he should be quite the challenge. I ran in and he throws a huge right hook. I easily dodge it with the help of my semblance and uppercut him, taking him out with one hit. That was it? I felt my semblance kick in, but it wasn't me in danger, it was Ruby. I could feel danger all around her, which meant it would be an explosion. I take a look at Nora and see her grabbing soda cans. I jump up into the air and kick them back at her taking her out of the game. Yang was in the air and my whole team was down. The only one's still up is me, Ruby, Pyra, Weiss, Blake, and Ren. I ran over to fight Ruby. Both me and her were using hand to hand, and we both suck at hand to hand combat.
"Come at me!" She yelled with excitement. I throw a right hook fake out, she felt for it and dodged, I bring up my left knee hard enough to throw her back. Pyrrha took Blake and Weiss out. Ruby saw Weiss falling and rushed to catch her "Weiss? Weiss? Nooooooo!" Ruby cried as ruble fell to the ground. She stood up and looked at team JNPR and got down on the ground with all fours and boosted our direction. She was going so fast that she created a vacuum that took me with her as she passed. When she reached the end of the cafeteria she stopped suddenly, the force cracked the wall behind her. She then proceeds to jump up into the air to avoid all the food. Team JNPR and I get slammed against the wall with a bunch of food slamming into us. A few seconds passed until the food finally stopped. I fell to the ground covered in food. Goodwitch slammed the doors to the cafeteria open with a face so full of malice that it would kill anyone who looked to long into her eyes.
She fixed everything in a few seconds with her semblance "Children Please… do not act like mongrels. You're training to be Hunters, protectors of humanity, for god's sake" Glinda said with so much anger, again would kill someone/
"Glynda calm down they're just children. Let them play the part" Oz said. I stopped listening however to listen to my friends.
"Man that was really good footwork nora" Yang said.
"Thanks Yang you too. Hey Michael, how did you know I was throwing those soda cans at Ruby?" Nora asked.
"Me and Ruby did some training for the past month. Let's just say I just knew" I said with a smile.
"Hey Michael what's your semblance?" Pyra asked.
"I don't really want to say until after the Vytal Festival" I said. I want an advantage going into the games.
"Aren't we friends?" Jaune asked "I mean if I had a semblance I'd tell you. And you know all of our's so…"
"Alright fine but this doesn't leave these three teams, understood" Everyone nodded there head before I continued. "Alright well I can sense danger. Like if someone has the intention to hurt me then I'll be able to tell where it's coming from. I can't tell what it is, but the direction I can tell. And I just picked up a trick so that I can sense if Ruby is in danger as well" I informed.
"So like if you were walking and a car was about to crash into the building you'd be able to tell?" Jaune asked.
"No, the person has to have done it on purpose. So if someone were to crash, They wouldn't have ill will towards him, so Michael wouldn't be able to sense it. But if someone was in a car and wanted to hurt him or I, then he would be able to tell" Ruby said explaining it for me.
"Wow man that's OP" Nora said.
"Not really" Ren spoke up "Just because he can sense where it's coming from doesn't mean he can react fast enough. And if you're up against more than two people then it would get increasingly difficult with all the areas that would be in danger. But definitely very helpful. Especially if you can get your reaction time really high. Then yes, it would be 'OP' as you say" Ren said with quotations over OP.
"That's Right Ren. That's actually what I'm working on right now, so hopefully I can master that by the time the Festival arrives" I said as our teams exited the cafeteria.
"I'm hungry" Jaune said holding his stomach.
"Yeah same" Gen said with her stomach growling.
"We just ate?" Weiss said.
"Correction, you ate your tiny ass salad while we threw our food at other people" Yang said with a sheepish smile. And I would have to agree with Yang.
"Yeah I think we should go get something to eat" Ruby said as she grabbed my hand.
"Yeah, I mean everyone can pay for themselves. I think Tico Tella is open this early" I suggested. Tico Tella is a pretty popular Taco joint.
"Yeah sure. I haven't been there in a while" Jaune said shrugging.
"Yeah agreed" Pyrrha said. The rest agreed and we started making our way to Tico Tella. During the walk Jaune and Pyrrha broke the news that they're dating. Her teammates, Team RWBY, and my team MNGL congratulated them.
"Man finally" Ruby said leaning in closer to my side. "You guys have been flirting with each other since day one"
"I mean yeah I guess" Pyrrha said with a major blush. "Well what about you and Michael huh? You two were as close as close can be and you guys didn't start dating until half way through last semester"
"W-w-well I don't think y-you n-n-need to bring up our relationship. W-we're talking about you and jaune h-here" Ruby managed to get out.
"I mean look at how close you are right now. It's adorable, but I'm just trying to get my point across" Pyrrha said crossing her arms, but with a smile.
"I think you guys need to focus on ordering because we're at Tico Tella" Nelson said laughing at Pyrrha's stance.
"Oh damn yeah we should!" Nora yelled as she ran through the doors to order food… probably riddled with sugar...ew.
"You would think I'd be used to this, but it still amazes me that she can run as fast as she can when it comes to food" Ren said with a smile. Our teams walked in and ordered our food and brought three tables together so we could all sit together. We talked a bit until our food came, which took a while since there were a lot of orders. But when they did conversation and sounds of munching broke out.
"So Michael you can sense whenever something bad is going to happen to you and Ruby right? If they want to hurt you guys?" Ren asked.
"That would be correct yup" I answered.
"That's really cool. Is there a distance to it?" Ren asked as I took a bite of my Fritto Beef supreme burrito.
"We haven't really tried, but yesterday a guy hurt her. I was in my dorm while she was getting some snacks from the vending machine. I felt something and somehow knew it was Ruby in danger and not me. I got there and this dude and his friends were walking up to Ruby. I ran as fast as I could, but he got a hold of her tail and pulled. Before she could do anything though I punched the guy. I'm not a fighter so they started beating the crap out of me, but my team was there fairly shortly. I mean if I bolt out of the room there's only one reason I would do that. Nelson tackled the guy that I punched while Laga and Gen took the other two on" I said taking a sip of my raspberry water.
"If you want I could teach you how to fight via hand to hand?" Yang suggested. "I would teach Ruby too, but she can't seem to get it down. So what do you say?" Yang asked.
"Yeah honestly that would be great. Because unless they haven't fought a day in there life, then I can't really fight people hand to hand without help" I said. I'm definitely okay with Yang teaching me how to fight via hand-to-hand combat.
"Alright cool we start tomorrow" She said smiling. I returned it and changed focus unto Ruby.
"Can I come?" Ruby asked. I was about to say yeah when Yang spoke up.
"No, you'll just be a distraction. Not in a bad way Rubes, but He'd always try to look at you. He needs to stay focused. So I say no, but it's up to him" Yang said shrugging. Ruby gave me the puppy dog eyes, and purposely dropped her ears.
"I agree with Yang, sorry Ruby. I would definitely be distracted if you were there" I said hesitantly.
"Okay" She said sliding away from me. And here comes our first disagreement. Dad told me that it's worse the older you get, but that couples have highs and lows. My guess is we're going into a low. Although she didn't mover her foot that I intertwined when we sat down. So that's good news. "Anyways when are you guys going on your first actual date?" Ruby asked Jaune.
"Well as a couple I don't know, but we already went on a date. That's why we're together" Jaune said.
"Well no shit. I mean as a couple? when are you planning on going on a date?" Ruby asked. I think she's upset with me not letting her come. Because Ruby doesn't curse unless there's a good reason… or apparently if she's irritated.
"Uhm… well no we haven't planned. Why do you want to know?" Jaune asked, obviously sensing the tension.
"I don't know, was just curious" She said ending the conversation. Me and Jaune gave each other a look
"Well guys we should go and get some training in" I said standing up. "We can take what we didn't eat with us" We went up and payed for our food. I walked back up to Ruby "Hey you want to come with us to train?" I asked her already knowing the answer. I went to grab her hand until.
"No it's fine. I don't want to distract you" She said pulling her hand away and continued to eat her food. I stood there for a second just blinking.
"Oh… okay" I said making my way out trying to catch up with my team. "Man I really upset her"
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Author's EndNote: Aaaaand that's the end of this long as fuck chapter. And the reason I decided to have Jaune and Pyrrha together is because it makes sense. I never understood why they didn't get together in the show. However I really enjoyed this chapter. I have it planned that every tenth chapter will be this long, and that it will be the end of each 'Arc' So this will probably be 30 chapter's long (Probably not : P) or 30 plus a short sneak peak of the next story of this soon to be series. And I'm working on my next Fic already (By that I mean on my off time I think of how to start it and what the concept will be) But I can tell you that It will be a Fairytail Fic. Anyway's, until then, Review and enjoy your day. See you next chapter : P
Beta's EndNote: Well, that was a thing? Such a long chapter! Anyways, it's finally done, I got around to editing this monster of a chapter. I hope you all liked it. Stuff is finally getting set in motion...I wonder what will happen next. And all of you readers will have to wait to see haha. I'm currently helping Goat with thinking of ideas for the FT fic, but that won't be happening for a few more months at least. Its that time now, so we will see you all in the next chapter
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