Disclaimer, I do not own RWBY

AN/ Im back and completely throwing my writing rotation out the window with an anchor on it. After a very enthusiastic review, the gears just started and would not stop and me being the way I am, I would've exploded if I didn't write soon. Anyways, onto the story.

That day, Blake spent with Ruby glued to her side. She didn't care though, which confused her, especially since she didn't like to be around people all the time. With Ruby currently taking a nap, Blake read on in silence, having been sure to hide the pages of her book from Ruby's young eyes. Thinking back over the weeks, Ruby had been showing her the utmost in trust for her, And Blake was silently grateful for it.

*Flashback to initiation*

They had all picked up the relics, her partner choosing to go with 'A cute little pony,' as she put it. Now the group of eight new students were running back towards the cliffs, though a nevermore was chasing them all from above. At the head of the group was the girl in the red cloak. Silently, Blake hoped to catch her attention and prove she wasn't going to be a problem for the young girl.

As the group made it to the cliff side, the giant bird landed across a ravine on the old ruins that fought against time, remarkably holding the weight. From behind, the deathstalker burst through the tree line, forcing the students to have to fight. Splitting into teams without their partners, aside from Ruby and Weiss, they began to fight for their lives, her, Ren and Pyrrha taking on the deathstalker, while Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Nora and Jaune began to fight the nevermore. After a few slashes at the scorpions thick armor, Blake was knocked back, while Nora used her hammer to send Jaune towards the deathstalker, while riding her hammer as she pulled the trigger, sending her on her way in the same direction.

Swinging around the ruins with the ribbon on Gambol Shroud, Blake landed on the nevermore and ran down its back, slashing alternately with her katana and cleaver. Landing next to Yang, they all began to use long range attacks in the hope of bringing it down. Instead it just became angry and swooped down on the first target it saw, which was Ruby. As the flying grimm carried her over the ravine it then dropped her, intent on letting her fall to her death. What neither noticed though was a certain raven haired girl swinging from the ruins to catch the falling Ruby.

Catching Ruby in her open arm, Blake brought her back to the ruins, where she devised a plan to kill the nevermore, using Blake's ribbon, Weiss's glyph's and her speed and scythe. Quickly getting into position, her and Yang fashioned a makeshift slingshot, as Ruby came down and was caught in a glyph. After making sure the aim was true, Weiss launched Ruby, who used the shots from her rifle to propel her faster towards a line of glyph's behind the nevermore, using them to run up the side of the cliff and decapitate the bird.

Locking eyes with each other, the two faunus shared a smile at the victory.

*End flashback*

Blake had never done anything to cause Ruby to distrust her after that day. Smiling to herself, Blake shut her book as she heard Ruby stir from her nap.

"Hey Blake, how long was I out for?" Ruby asked as she stretched her arms, eventually settling to scratch behind her wolf ears.

"Only about forty-five minutes I think. Want to head back inside?" Blake asked, to which Ruby nodded. Walking back to the dorm room, Ruby got a message on her scroll, from Yang.

"'Meet us at the front of the school.' Why would they want us to go there?" Ruby asked, as Blake had just settled into bed.

"Who knows, but we should probably go see what they want." To which Ruby agreed. Stepping out of the room again, they made their way to the cliff overlooking Vale. As they walked through the halls, Ruby began asking Blake about the books she has read and which ones she liked. Blake gave off a huge list that Ruby committed to memory, asking if she could borrow some later.

"Here you are, we were just about to go looking for you." Yang called out from the back of a bullhead.

"Uh Yang, why are you in a bullhead?" Ruby asked, absolutely confused.

"Just get in will you? Were leaving soon!" Yang called out as she climbed back inside. Shrugging to each other, Ruby and Blake followed suit, noticing that Weiss, Qrow and Tai were seated in there as well.

"Sit Ruby, were taking off soon, were going somewhere for your extended weekend." Qrow said, as Ruby sat there confused, as Yang face palmed.

"Ruby, did you forget that we had an extended weekend?" Yang asked as Ruby replied by nodding sheepishly.

"Well, either way, take a nap or do something while you wait, it'll be a little while before we land." Qrow said as he laid back in his seat. Weiss was absorbed in her scroll, talking only to say that she wished to not be disturbed. Tai and Blake began to read from their scrolls, though Balke was reading fanfiction of one of her favorite shows while Tai was reading the news. Ruby and Yang both fell asleep, Yang against the bulkhead while Rub found more comfort in Blake's side.

Two hours passed, and everyone aside from Ruby was awake, as they prepared to land on the island of Patch. As the bullhead touched down, the resulting shock caused Ruby to jump awake and look around as the others began to stand up.

"Wah, where are we?" Ruby asked groggily. Eyeing the bags that were stashed out of her eyesight when she got on, Ruby was surprised to see six suitcases, all of which belonged to her team and family.

"Ok, whats going on here?" Ruby asked again. Nobody said anything, but Tai just gestured towards the opening door, to which Ruby gasped, tears welling in her eyes. Before her, lay Patch, her home, the one place she truly missed.

"Welcome home Ruby. Everyone will be happy to see you again." Tai said as he braced himself for the tackling hug from his younger daughter. Pulling herself from the hug, Ruby looked back out into the small city that made up a large portion of the island. While nowhere near the size of downtown Vale, it still was a large city for an island. For late afternoon, it was fairly quiet, which meant that getting to their house would be easy.

"Hang on, let me see where I left my car, and we can start heading towards our house." Qrow called out as he left to find his car. Ruby still couldn't contain her excitement as both Yang and Tai tried to keep her from running off. Though they didn't have to keep up there hold on the fifteen year old as a single thought crossed her mind.

"Hey dad, while were here, can we go, you know." Ruby asked solemnly, which shocked both Blake and Weiss, both wondering what she could mean.

"Of course Ru, do you want to bring your team along with you this time, so that way you aren't alone?" Tai responded, to which Ruby nodded. Noticing their confused faces, Yang explained.

"Its something that means a lot to her, its from when they first found her on the island." Yang said. Blake was the first to recall what was explained to her a week prior, and Weiss shortly after, and they both said quietly so as to not catch Ruby's attention.

"Her mother?" To which Yang nodded to the two girls. Blake would've gone no matter what, but Weiss still needed a little convincing.

"If you want to make up for the way you treated her, this would be a good way for you to do so. She hates letting people anywhere near there unless its okay with her." Yang explained, to which Weiss agreed, knowing just what could happen to her if she doesn't make up with the younger girl.

"Good, we'll be going after we eat dinner. Just don't say anything about it though, whenever going to her grave gets brought up, Ruby gets a little depressed for a little while." Yang said as Qrow pulled around in a rather large car.

"Alright, put the bags in back and climb in you guys, lets get these dropped off and go eat!" Qrow exclaimed as he clapped his hands together. As Yang piled the suitcases in back, Ruby and Blake climbed into the third row of seats in the back, while Weiss sat behind Qrow in the drivers side. Once Yang climbed in, the car sped off down the streets, towards the suburbs. Blake spent the entire car ride cheering up Ruby, while Weiss and Yang talked about possible uses for dust in Yang's Ember Celica aside from the explosive rounds she already uses.

"So Ruby, what did you used to do around here?" Blake asked, hoping Ruby wouldn't be moping for the rest of the night.

"Well, I played with Yang a lot, and sometimes I would play with her friends too. I was really good at hide and seek with them." Ruby said as she flattened out her combat skirt in her lap.

"Sounds like you had quite a bit of fun." Blake said, which caused Ruby to giggle a little bit. Smiling to herself at her personal victory, Blake went back to her scroll as Ruby dug hers out and both settled into doing random things while they waited.

About thirty minutes later, the car pulled into a driveway that lead up to a large house. Now from the looks of the house, it wasn't impressive, but from what it lacked in looks, it made up for in size. It was a large two story house, that covered what would have been two plots of land dived for two individual houses. Weiss was shocked at just how large the house actually was, while Blake just looked on with passing interest.

"Welcome to our house, Ruby, do you Remember where your room is?" Tai asked, but turned to notice Ruby already at the front door. Laughing to himself, Tai threw the house key at Yang, who caught it and ran to let Ruby in.

"Could you girls help us get this stuff inside? Ruby is going to be busy going through all of the stuff in her room, and Yang probably has already found a way out of helping." Qrow said as he started passing suitcases to the others. Leading the white and black styled girls into the house, everyone noticed one thing, Ruby was locked in a staring contest with a black and white corgi. Expecting something bad to happen, everyone was surprised to watch Ruby start playing with the dog like she herself was a dog.

"I see you met Zwei." Yang whistled as everyone else just let their jaw hang open.

"He's so cute! When did you guys get him?" Ruby asked as she held Zwei in her arms.

"We got him two years ago. He was a gift from the baker from that one shop you really liked." Tai said as he quickly recovered. Blake instantly set her suitcase where the dog wouldn't be able to reach it. Weiss instantly ran over and started showering him in affection as Ruby passed Zwei off and ran to see her room. Opening the door, the first thing Ruby noticed that it hadn't changed in the years she had been gone, and that it was spotless. As Ruby began to head back downstairs, she noticed Yang coming up.

"Figured you would be up here." Yang said as she hugged Ruby. Quickly separating from the hug, they made there way back downstairs, where they found everyone else heading back out to the car. Quickly making sure everything was locked up, the two sisters ran out and jumped back into their seats as they left for dinner.

"So Ruby, did Yang already tell you what my new thing is?" Tai asked from the passenger seat.

"That you own a restaurant now?" Ruby replied.

"Thats right, and thats where were going. Everyone is going to be there too, so expect a big welcome party." Tai explained as they headed for the edge of the city. Pulling into a parking space, Ruby saw that while it wasn't fancy in any way, it was a very popular place for people to eat.

"Alright, come on now, lets head inside." Qrow managed to get everyones attention, including a drooling Yang. Walking inside, the place felt very homey, and the food smelled amazing.

"Hi welcome to- Oh, mister Xiao Long, we weren't expecting you back so soon, and you brought mister Qrow too." A hostess greeted them.

"And you brought Yang with you. Is this your team at Beacon?" She asked.

"Thats right Lilith, how have you been by the way?" Yang asked, but never got a reply.

"Oh my Oum, Ruby, is that you?!" Lilith ran over and grabbed the younger girl and wrapped her in a hug that would rival Yang's.

"Yes Lilith, its me. How have you been?" Ruby asked, hoping not to draw to much attention.

"Worried sick about you, along with most of Patch, here let me get a table ready for you guys." Lilith said as she gathered menu's and silverware, leading them to a large booth in the center.

"By the way Lilith, please keep this a secret for now, okay? I'll make an announcement later." Tai asked as Lilith walked away.

"Who was that?" Blake asked.

"That was Lilith, she was a really good friend of ours, but she never went to a combat school. Dad eventually gave her a job here, as you can see." Yang explained. When Lilith came back, she was carrying drinks for everyone, and a plate of cookies fro Ruby.

"Here you go. And I brought you some cookies Ruby!" Lilith exclaimed happily as Ruby instantly began to shovel cookies into her mouth.

"How the hell do you not get fat or sick from all the cookies you eat Ruby?!" Weiss yelled, just loud enough to catch her partners attention. Giving a quick shrug, Ruby returned to satisfying her everlasting sweet tooth. As everyone laughed at Weiss's expense, Ruby finished her last cookie as everyone began to order. After sending the order to the kitchen, Lilith left the group to go and help other customers.

"So mister Xiao Long," Weiss started.

"Please, just Tai is fine." Tai said.

"As I was saying, how long did it take you to start this place? It couldn't have been easy." Weiss asked.

"Well, it took about a month to get everything around and ready, not to mention the month and a half of renovation, and any downtime, I would have to say it took about three months until we were able to get our first customer." Tai explained as the time went on. Eventually, their meals arrived, a wood smoked salmon for Blake, a parmesan chicken for Weiss, hot wings for Yang, a steak for Qrow and Tai, while Ruby got a triple stack bacon cheeseburger. Stuffing their faces with the delicious food in record time, they all sat around lazily as other patrons ordered food and left.

"Hang on, I gotta go do something quick." Tai said as he climbed out of the booth. Walking up to the bar, he grabbed the mic that was linked to the speaker system.

"Attention everyone! Three years ago, as we all know, we started a massive search effort to find one of our own!" Tai said, earning shouts of affirmation from the entire restaurant.

"But today, we are putting an end to the search, because we have finally found our little rose. Ladies and gentlemen, we found Ruby!" At the mention of Ruby, everyone erupted into cheers as Qrow lead Ruby next to Tai. Ruby was obviously wary of the large group of people around her, and everyone respected that, instead opting to greet her, in small groups as they passed by. The night continued on like this for another hour as news spread all over Patch that the search was now finished. As the group of six left, Ruby became quiet, as she knew where they were going next, her mothers grave.

AN/ and done with that chapter. I will continue this sooner than usual, so expect maybe a Monday update if I can get the time to write. Sorry to leave you on a cliffhanger too, but this chapter is already fairly long, and I need more meat for the next one, so you'll get it soon, I promise you that.