Sorry that this one is so late, I tried to fit it in yesterday but had to write an essay. The length isn't my longest so that doesn't make up for the lateness, but too bad. However I was thinking. Would you guys rather longer chapters that took longer to post, or shorter chapters that I can get in one, maybe two per day? It's up to you.
Also during the last chapter I did not receive any votes towards my update, not that I expected any as I added it in late and no one rereads chapters. So there is definitely no lemon or yuri thing, but there is at least something. It is pretty PG regardless of your level of imagination, but still at least something.
Enjoy chapter 10!
Yang was at the foot of the beast within a few seconds. She jumped onto it's leg and began to climb, all the while it dragged the airship closer and closer.
'I'm coming Ruby.' She had nearly reached the main body part when it had fully brought the airship into itself. The arachnoid used two legs to hold the ship while also ripping into it with massive mandibles. On the inside of the ship, all hell was breaking loose.
"Get us on the ground, ALIVE!" Dylan was yelling at the pilot while keeping an aimed gun on Ruby. "And don't you think for a moment that I won't hesitate to shoot you if you attempt to move that is not a direct order." Ruby had to stifle a smile, but nodded. She couldn't help it, he was just so…. Not intimidating. He had a powerful position, stance and voice, but nothing about his screamed a leader. She just couldn't help but laugh when he tried to be commanding.
A large hole appeared in the roof of the ship. Ruby watched as it was completely torn off in a matter of seconds, the spider obviously not taking any time for a polite knock. "Get on the ground." She snickered.
"Is that an order sir?" He squinted at her and nodded.
"You just can't help but push your luck can you?" Ruby pulled the most innocent, puppy dog face that she could muster…. Which was still actually quite adorable.
"What, me? I would never do anything like that." Dylan sneered.
"I can see how you have Ozpin and so many others fooled." They laid on the ground and waited for a time to spring away from the ship. Ruby watched through the hole, hoping that Yang had caught on to her plan. She focused on the rampaging monster. It didn't take long for her to notice the bouncing bundle of hair.
Ruby didn't even look at Dylan in case he followed her gaze, so instead she looked to where he was looking. There was an escape hatch only a few feet away, but there was only one parachute, which Dylan seemed to be eyeing.
He dove towards it and jumped out the hatch before he even finished putting it on. Ruby watched as he fell for a few meters before deploying the parachute, slowing down greatly.
'Well I guess he is still going to be a problem.' She turned her attention back to Yang, who was getting increasingly close. Ruby waited until she was right above the arachnoid's head before calling out.
"Yang, distract it!" Yang gave a quick nod before firing several rounds into the roof of the spider's head. Although it may never give up on it's prey, an arachnoid can still become very, very pissed off at another person. It screeched at tried to snap at Yang, succeeding only in catching several mouthfuls of air.
Ruby saw her chance and jumped through the hole in the roof to join Yang on the back.
"Nice to see ya sis'"
"You too Yang, shall we run now?"
"I think that's a swell idea." The two of them started to work their way down the body while the arachnoid pivoted and tried to bite at them.
"Before we leave I have to talk to Dylan, he has crescent rose!" Yang was about to protest, but stopped when she realized how stupid that would be, as well as a waste of breath. Instead she nodded and they hopped from the edge of the body, only to land in a few taller trees.
"That's one way to get down."
"Yeah, and the other way takes about six hours, now let's go!" Yang spotted the discarded parachute on the ground.
"I guess we should start there, any idea where he might have gone?" Ruby shook her head and they moved to the parachute. The battle was still going on around them, but there were obvious signs that it was slowing. Very few grimm or soldiers were still standing, but Yang and Ruby watched as the soldiers slowly finished off the creatures of grimm. "Hey guys, yooo hooo. Yeah, there is still one more!"
Yang pointed behind her at the arachnoid, who was still frantically searching the area for it's prey. The soldier grunted and ran at it.
"Think we should help them?"
"No, you don't have your weapon and when you get it we need to get as far away from here as possible." After a few minutes of searching for Dylan, they finally found him leaning against a tree, gasping for breath.
"You don't look so good, are you ok Dylan?" He glared at her.
"Stop calling me that, and I'm fine. You try killing a death stalker without any help, see how hot you look then." Yang laughed.
"Whatever man, I captured all of them on my own, you ain't got nothing on this. But I am flattered that you called us hot." She smiled as he rolled his eyes.
"Can I have my weapon now? Pretty please?"
"What? NO! You are still under arrest and people that are going to jail, do not get weapons." Yang looked at Ruby, who nodded. The two of them jumped at Dylan, Yang held his arms while Ruby searched his bag. Every time he would try to move, Yang kneed him in the back.
"You don't EVER, get to arrest my baby sister. Got that?" He had no choice but to nod, being powerless in his current situation. It didn't take Ruby long to find Crescent Rose. They prepared to run, but worried that Dylan would follow them.
"I have an idea." Ruby walked up to him, and kicked him hard in the thigh. Yang looked at her quizzically. "I was watching closely in Professor Port's class." Dylan grunted in pain, he realized that he couldn't use his right leg anymore.
They set off towards the forest.
"About time, we were starting to think you weren't going to show up!" Weiss and Blake walked out of the bush, but neither Yang nor Ruby jumped.
"We had to remove any, risks." Yang emphasized the last word, making the other two girls wonder what had happened. "But we need to keep moving, there aren't very many of them right now, but I have no doubts that they called for reinforcements. So let's go!"
The four of them started to head east, towards Forever Falls. Ruby walked off to the side with Yang.
"Did you plan for things to go wrong?" Yang smiled and ruffled her hair.
"Not quite, but I always like to be prepared for the worst. So I just told Weiss and Blake to wait for us, if we didn't show up, then everything went as planned. As for the grimm, well I had that prepared before the three of us even went back to Vale to help you out. I figured if Ozpin didn't take the news well, we would have a good distraction to get away." Ruby nodded.
The sun was starting to set as they walked into the edge of Forever Falls.
"We should try and look for a pre-made shelter, or almost anyways." They agreed and started to look for a cave. Ruby stopped to take a drink near a fairly large waterfall. It stood about twenty feat and water was roaring down But as she squinted, she thought that she could see an opening behind the water.
Unsure, she opened Crescent Rose and held it underneath the water. It gave her just enough room to see the large cave that stood open and wide, completely hidden by the falls. "Hey guys, I found one, and I think that it's safe!" Blake walked over first and looked where Ruby was pointing and smiled.
"It should be perfect, all grimm except water based ones hate any form of water. Plus, if any more soldiers some looking for us, this is completely hidden." Ruby became very hopeful, and gave an very gitty look.
"So we don't have to take shifts?" Blake laughed.
"Didn't you not even take a shift last time?"
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean that I want to take one now." Ruby stared at the ground sheepishly. Yang and Weiss appeared behind them, finally catching up to Blake.
"Is this it?"
"Yep."
"Good." Yang jumped through the raging water, only to get across and flop onto the ground. Ruby smiled, Yang could sleep anywhere, hard or soft, warm or cold. She actually found it quite inspiring. The three of them followed much more cautiously, trying anything they could to help them not get so wet, but to no avail.
"Ugh, I'm soaked!" Weiss stomped her foot in exclamation. "There is no way that I can sleep like this!" Yang and Blake laughed, but it was Blake who was the first to say anything.
"Well I think that there is a pretty obvious solution to that. I don't know about you guys, but I don't plan on getting hypothermia." Blake walked around a small bend in the cave and removed her shirt. Ruby was turned towards the water fall and her face was beet red. She thought about how awkward it would be if both her and Weiss slept naked.
"Whatever, I guess you're right." Weiss sounded confident, but was very nervous. She had never shown her body to anybody before except as a baby. She slowly walked to another part of the cave before stripping off her clothing. Yang laughed again.
"Ha! I don't have to. Watch this." Yang started to get a red glow around her as she began to focus her aura. Within a matter of seconds she was streaming. Once she seemed satisfied with her level of dryness, she looked at Blake.
"Maybe I won't have to strip, maybe I can just sleep next to you." Yang shrugged and Blake started to don her shirt again.
"But we can't all sleep with Yang." Ruby did not want to be the only naked, or naked with Weiss for that matter. She couldn't help but think that the princess might end up hating her by the end of the night. 'I don't know how long I could restrain myself.'
"Too bad, I called her first."
"Woah, woah, woah. So now I'm just an object that can be called with dibs?"
"No, but your aura is." Yang punched Blake, causing her to fall over. She laid down next to her and started to slowly warm up the area.
"Sorry sis' you're on your own." Ruby huffed and started to move to a more discrete corner. She was about to start taking off her clothes when Weiss walked by, completely naked.
"Oh, uh, hey Weiss. Um, I'm sorry I'll move." Weiss blushed.
"Don't bother, you're going to see me at some point tonight anyways."
"Oh, uh, ok." Ruby turned around and started to remove her battle skirt. Followed by her corset and shirt. She decided to leave on her underclothing, being the only thing still covering her. When she got back to the others, Weiss looked at her.
"No, nuh uh. If I have to be naked so do you. I will not be the only one." Ruby looked horrified at Weiss' comment, but still took off her bra and underwear, feeling very uncomfortable. Weiss felt scared, she had actually liked Ruby back, but she wasn't sure that she wanted her to know yet. 'Because practically telling her to get naked isn't a dead giveaway.'
Weiss found a small nook that she found acceptable and laid down. Soon Ruby walked over and laid down a few feet away.
"Uh, hey Weiss?" She turned and looked at Ruby, her face turning red.
"Yes Ruby?" Ruby cleared her throat nervously.
"I just want you to know that, you can forget I ever said anything about having a crush on you. I don't want you to feel obligated or anything because I couldn't keep my mouth shut. But please, I don't want to ruin our friendship." Weiss laughed, but Yang scowled beside Blake silently. How could Ruby just give up?
"No Ruby, it's ok. I-I think that it's time that you knew. I've also had a crush on you for a while, but I never wanted to say anything because of how I treated you during the first few days, I thought that you would never like me back." Ruby became excited and rushed to give Weiss a hug. But blushed and pulled away when she realized that they were both still naked.
"Ok so guys, yeah, Blake and I are going to go somewhere else so that you can deal with your little, thing that's going on here." Yang got up and started to turn the cave corner, followed by Blake. Ruby and Weiss sat uncomfortably for a few minutes.
"So does this mean that we are…."
"I think so, I have never really been in a relationship before." Ruby shivered.
"Brr, it's cold. I still might get hypothermia anyways." Weiss had an idea, but was very nervous.
"Well, we, uh, could al-also sleep together. I mean like if you wanted to." Ruby smiled.
"Of course I would love to sleep with my girlfriend." She put a lot of emphasis on the last word, making Weiss grin. Only Ruby could be so innocent yet mischievous at the same time. Ruby crawled over to Weiss and got into a comfortable position. It was only a few minutes before they had both fallen asleep.
Blake was sleeping easily beside her, but Yang was awake, worrying.
'Where do we go from here?'
Ruby yawned and slowly sat up. She looked out the waterfall and saw that it was still early morning. She got up and looked around, Weiss was asleep and upon investigation, so were Blake and Yang. It didn't take long for Ruby to find that her clothes were still soaked. Looking over at Yang, Ruby walked over and gently kicked her. "Hunh? Oh Ruby, it's you." Ruby smiled.
"Come on get up."
"Why did you wake me up first?"
"Because now that you're not exhausted from the fight, YOU can dry my clothes, oh and Weiss' too when you're done." Yang glared at Ruby and she responded by sticking out her toungue.
"Fine, but you better wake the others up. It's going to be a long day."
So I let this one end on a bit of a happy note. It was pretty fun to write and I hope you guys enjoyed it. Make sure you give your vote towards the chapter length. Reviews, pm's with ideas, ect. , do it. The force commands you so.