Chapter 11

Velvet stood atop the staircase she climbed so many times before but right now only one thing raced through her mind. Should she take a chance with possibly being pregnant with her fiance's child or should she risk her life by toppling down these very stairs. She couldn't explain it to anyone not even herself. One side of her wanted to have his child and be a mother to it while the other wanted nothing but the blood of her enemies. The darkest corners of her mind were on the constant prowl as she descend the staircase.

As she wasn't paying attention due to her light and dark thoughts, Velvet took one step too far sliding backwards as she thrashed her head against thee wooden case. Seeing her mistress falling down the large staircase, Emerald moved fast to stop Velvet's sliding before anymore damage was done to her. As Velvet's unconscious body came to a stop Emerald heard Velvet's mother approach in terror. Naturally Velvet's mother shoved Emerald aside taking her daughter into her arms. A tear streaming down her face as she turned to Emerald, "GUARDS!"

In mere moments thirteen guards appeared from out of nowhere to assist Velvet's mother. Before Emerald could explain she felt four cold steel gloves grasp her bicep and forearms lifting her off the ground. Velvet's mother was furious that a servant would do such a thing especially one her daughter saved out of thee kindness of her own heart. "Throw this trash in the dungeon!" Velvet's mother exclaimed as the two guards holding Emerald by her arms began to walk away.

Praying Velvet would be okay, Her mother carefully picked her daughter's body up in a bridal style before walking back up to Velvet's room. As she approached the room, Adam bolted out in terror only to see his soon-to-be mother-in-law carrying Velvet's unconscious body into the room. "What happened Lady Scarlatina?" Adam questioned walking in behind the madam of the house he was in. She didn't say a word as she placed Velvet's body onto the bed.

"One of the human trash pushed Velvet down the stairs." Lady Scarlatina stated pulling a first aid kit from under her daughter's bed. She always placed the medical kits in certain places from past experience with Sun, Velvet and Blake playing as children. Wrapping the gauze around her daughter's head, Lady Scarlatina could feel her future son-in-law boring holes into her skull. "Adam if you don't stop staring I will slap you."

"Sorry but that's hard to believe Lady Scarlatina." Adam stated handing his knife to the woman. He watched as she cut the bandage before tying it off carefully. Adam could then see the anger in Lady Scarlatina's eyes. The once light brown eyes were now tinted red and black with fury towards the humans. It was chilling as her stare roamed over to meet adam's.

"Get ready. In two weeks We're ending this bloody war once and for all." Lady Scarlatina stated leaving Velvet to sleep with Adam beside her.

Adam knew that Lady Scarlatina would forget her idol threat within the next hour or so. But it brought a simple thought to his mind. What if they did end the war, would he and Velvet be able to live peacefully. They were brought up since the beginnings of the war showing specific personalities to those around them including each other. He didn't even know which girl was his real fiance. A violence crazed murderer that loves to be sadistic or the soft woman who cared for everyone.

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Within the mess hall of the base was a wake for one Raven Branwen. Her body at peace as it laid upon the table in the center of the room, the room dressed in black including the Schnees. To the right side was Blake, tied and muzzled by military police as she was the last to be in a room full of guns and ammunition with Raven.

Blake's eyes scanned the room only picking up Coco, Yatsuhashi, Weiss and Winter out of the crowd before her. Ruby was missing from her aunt's wake but no one could blame her. Just a few weeks ago Ruby found her lost aunt before losing her to some sniper outside the base. Blake looked to Raven's body to see an orange haired woman standing by her before placing a white rose in Raven's goodbye bundle.

"Who is that woman?" Blake asked through her muzzle. The guard to her right simply mashed the butt of his gun to her face. It was a tell tale sign to any captive to be silent while under arrest. To her surprise the guard to her left decided to answer.

"That's Private Nora Valkyrie. She's shooting to take Bridget General Branwen's position in the CQC corps at Atlas." The guard answered before looking to see Nora approach with a black and pink haired man.

"Boop," Nora stated poking Blake's swelling lump causing the faunus to crying in pain. Blake could barely hear the man next to Nora yell, "Stop that Nora" through her own mental cursing and pain. "But why Ren? I mean she is a Beauty." Nora stated emphasizing the word Beauty towards the end. Blake's eyes shot open to see Nora's large grin towards the faunus before slowly strolling away.

"How did she know my codename..." Blake thought as Ruby entered the room holding a sniper casing. Blake could only assume Ruby was out for revenge and needed someone to analyze the casing for DNA. But that wasn't the case. Ruby approached the two men before saluting them causing them to salute her.

"C-Captain General Rose! H-How may I help you?" The left guard stated as Ruby placed the shell in his palm.

"I'm the one who shot my aunt. Release Blake immediately." Almost instantly three other guards tackled Ruby to the ground as Weiss and Winter just stared in confusion. They couldn't process why Ruby would admit to such an atrocity like murdering her own aunt in cold blood. Ruby was handcuffed behind her back as two guards carried her off with the evidence leaving only silence in the room.

Weiss stood there now shocked at her best friend's statement but from the range Raven was shot from there was almost no doubt she could've been the one. No matter how Weiss thought of it She always came to the same conclusion on Ruby being the shooter. In the middle of her third mental debate Weiss was snapped back to reality by a shocking pain to her cheek. Looking up She could see Winter with her hand near her left shoulder as her arm came back around sending Weiss to the floor. Now with both her cheeks hurting Weiss looked to winter in utter rage and confusion of her sister's action. Instead of meeting a stubborn Winter she was used to seeing, there her sister stood with tears rolling down her cheeks.

"ARE YOU SO BLIND THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT RUBY DID?!" Winter exclaimed as she left the room leaving Weiss to her thoughts. Unfournately Weiss couldn't figure out what Ruby did unlike Winter. She was still feeling the crushing sensation on her heart when she saw Ruby order Blake's release. Despite this Blake left with the MPs and Ruby even though they hate each other. Or so they say at least. Weiss wasn't blind, She knew Blake was in love with Ruby even if she didn't admit it.

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"Tell me why you did this Ruby." Blake demanded staring at Ruby through the glass. Ruby sat there remaining silent from the Faunus. Seeing the normally strong woman do this just to release a prisoner to walk the camp again made no sense to Blake no matter how much she thought about it. Yet here she was trying to get answers out of the 'Red Reaper'. "Tell me Ruby!"

Nothing, Ruby was completely silent towards Blake as she looked back to a guard. The guard nodded before approaching Ruby slowly placing the handcuffs back on her wrist and ankles. In silence Ruby began to leave the area causing Blake to punch the window. From the distance they made she could hear Blake yelling, 'This is why I hate Humans! You can never talk to someone who's trying to help!' It stung her deep hearing those words. She always hated hearing those words.

"Someone who's trying to help? Hmph. Good luck pussycat..." Ruby muttered under her breathe so the guard wouldn't hear. As they reached her cell Ruby felt a hard shove from behind her. As she landed on the ground Ruby saw the keys to her cell and handcuffs placed under her bed.

"Wait two hours then try and escape Little Red." Ruby looked to the guard as he shut the cell door before her. She wasn't expecting to escape this place nor did she plan too. Ruby knew if she tried to escape it would look bad on Blake and Weiss. So She sat down on her bunk pulling her wrist close to her. Sleep was finally taking hold of her and with it came her usual nightmares...

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Darkness fell around Ruby as she awoke in the field near Yang's grave. Silence filled the planes as Ruby's eyes darted around looking for the town that was supposed to be nearby. Nothing. Slowly rising to her feet Ruby began making her way towards New Patch in search of someone she knows. The other silence of her surroundings filling her mind and ears as she raced back in hopes to see Raven get home from a mission. As she turned the corner Ruby could see the familiar house from her childhood in view as the door opened itself. On the porch looking up and down the street was her Aunt who raised her from a small child. "Aunt Raven!" Ruby called out as she approached her aunt climbing into her embracing hug.

"There you are Ruby. Tai and I were starting to get worried about you." Raven stated leading the smaller smiling red brunette into the house. As she passed the kitchen, Ruby could see her father figure Taiyang Xiao Long reading a novel by Mika Arc in addition to a meal Raven had been cooking. The smell brought her back to her happy memories of Qrow, Summer, Yang and herself on the last camping trip before the wild bear attack. Despite this Ruby was happy to be with her adoptive parents even if it was for a little bit.

Taking a seat across from Tai, Ruby began flicking through the kitchen television looking for something on. First channel she came to was of the Schnee Family Concert. Atop the stage was Ruby's idol, the elegant Weiss Schnee singing her famous song "Mirror, Mirror" to her adoring fans. What those fans didn't know was that Weiss was her dear childhood friend from before she became a famous singer. Behind Weiss was Whitly and Winter Schnee both of which were playing the bass and electric guitar amping up the song while Klein was on drums.

"Seeing that reminded me. Is Weiss coming over tonight Rubbles?" Tai asked lowering his novel so her could see her response. Ruby replied with a single nod before changing the channel again. This time a MMA fight was going on between the light-weight and medium-weight champions Velvet Scarlatina and Pyrrha Nikos. Ruby watched as Velvet blocked Pyrrha's knee before flipping and sending the medium-weight champion flying towards a corner. As she landed, Pyrrha saw Velvet approaching making a swift low kick in hopes of slowing her futilely. Pyrrha simply blocked with her hand before kicking Velvet's other leg knocking the Faunus off balance.

After seeing the final strike Pyrrha did, Ruby changed the channel again before being forced to turn off the television by Tai. Looking to her aunt, Ruby saw Raven pointing to the nearby bathroom telling the young woman to wash up before dinner. Frustrated Ruby began making her way towards the bathroom only to see it was dark. Turning on the light Ruby could see Weiss' corpse partially hanging out of the once white tub. Ruby stood there frozen in horror as she saw how her best friend was murdered.

Weiss laided in the tub with her throat slit open and cut downwards towards her chest cavity. Looking inward Ruby could see Winter's head carefully placed in Weiss' open ribcage where her organs once was. As if it was some mad man's television. Winter's face showed a forced grin from ear to ear across her cheeks with what appeared to be a blade. Taking a step back from this Ruby could feel the cold chilling aura from it. Instantly the eyes on Winter shot open and began to look at Ruby then Weiss' head turned to the small red brunette, "Why... Why didn't you save us..."

In terror Ruby slammed the door shut feeling the bile within her stomach beginning to rise. The utter sight of her friend's body like that was horrifying. As Ruby opened her eyes she could see something crawling towards her from the end of the hallway. As it approached faster and faster Ruby drew both Ember and Celica aiming at the unknown being before firing eighteen rounds into it. Reaching for the light switch Ruby's eyes darted open as she saw a fusion between Blake and Yang laying on the floor goraning in pain. The lump of flesh bleeding from all bullet holes Ruby had just caused as it kept trying to approach her. Yang's head turned to Ruby with black and red eyes, tears flowing down it's cheeks, "It hurts... Why did you do that Ruby?"

Now feeling incrediably disgusted Ruby ran passed the monstrousity as the Weiss/Winter corpse began to leave the bathroom. Reaching the door Ruby ripped it open to see her aunt standing before her. Hugging her fast Ruby began crying into Raven's kimono telling her to make it all stop. Doing as her niece requested Raven threw Ruby against a wall before pushing her hands around Ruby's small neck. "Tell me why... WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE US!" Raven exclaimed slowly tightening her grip on Ruby's neck slightly.

Feeling the lack of air start Ruby's hands began trying to loosen Raven's grip to no avail. Her eyes could see the Yang/Blake and Weiss/Winter Corpses coming up behind Raven. Trying to warn Raven. Ruby began throwing her hands outwards as the burning sensation within her lungs began to take hold. As her chest began to contract Ruby frantaical began trying to remove Raven's hands and warn her about the monsters behind her. It was futile in the end as Ruby's vision slowly turned red as the burning sensation in her lungs lit to a full blown ember. Then Darkness.

Ruby awoke in her cell, her outfit dripping from her cold sweat. The dark dreams still flooding her psych despite her being awake. Looking to the cell bars Ruby could see a pair of red eyes glaring down at her. Looking across the room there were a pair of golden eyes staring towards her. The silence that once filled the prison was now broken by the golden eyes and the sound of a hammer being pulled back, "This is why I hate you Ruby Rose. Even in your dreams you can't admit who you really are. Not even to me. The one who. Stole that icy heart you once had."

Bang!

Ruby jumped up shaking her head in disbelief of what happened. Looking to her hands Ruby could see the handcuffs this firmly placed on them as she took a few deep breaths. Despite the horror of her nightmares Ruby laid back looking out the window. Her mind was trying to tell her something despite trying to get rid of this guilt she had. But somewhere in the back of her twisted mind one thing was clear as day, No matter the law Blake Belladonna was the woman who broke Ruby's icy heart and replaced it with a love filled one.

A/N: And done. Thanks again to my Editor Fallen Shadow69 for helping and adjusting this story. As for those who like the love/hate Ruby x Blake relationship it's still happening because neither want to accept them yet so don't panic. Next addition to CYSaN will have more of SD-05 working the bar scene maybe even some temporary Bumbleby depending if you guys want sometthing like that. But as always Thanks for reading. Please Favorite, Follow and leave me a Review. I love hearing your guys opinions. Oh last thing is the full on battle chapters are coming up fast. I hope to get this story to 25 chapters before it ends so Let's try to do this. Enjoy ~D2DBarbatos~