Hello Everybody, I am the Kahlibear.

Keeper: And I am Keeper of the One Winged Angel and welcome back to RWBY: Against All Odds. So as you can tell this next chapter is the Halloween party, taking a step off the beaten path of the Canon until we get into the juicy part of this volume.

Oh yeah. But anyways, in this chapter like Keeper said it's the Halloween/birthday party for the little Rose and the Ghost. But either way, we won't keep you waiting, the disclaimer is in the first chapter and let's get our spookiness on!

Keeper: No….just…..no.

Normal: Hey

Thinking: 'hello'

Music Insert: (Come with me now)

Music Lyrics: Whoa, Come with me now!

Place/Flashback: Beacon Academy

POV (Point of View): First Person.

Person talking in flashback: Test run

Texting: 'Yo!'


Chapter eleven: Halloween birthday party extravaganza


In the Cafeteria with RWBY, JNPR and CKTN two weeks later, day before Halloween


It has been two weeks since the date between Yang and Nave and since that day, the two of them have been closer than before. Yang had a smile on her face almost every day just with being with Nave and vice versa. It was something that Ruby and Tyler, as well as a few Signal students saw out of both of them. Both of their auras are brighter and they give out a more positive energy than when Yang was with Matt, in which the Signal students couldn't help but be happy for Yang. Anyways, the teams of RWBY, JNPR and CKTN were in the lunch area with their food as they were talking about the last class they had together….and about the story that professor Port told them.

"I'm sorry but I still don't believe there is a Catdog Grimm." Nave said, eating an apple as Yang nods, sitting on his lap. While during the two weeks, both agreed to take things slow with their relationship and they have been loving each other more since then. One thing they agreed to however is that Yang can sit on his lap but that's it for right now. Yang is giggling because of what her faunus boyfriend said, although the heiress tried to defend the teacher.

"Well you never know, He is a huntsman and has fought one before?" She tried, weakly however as everyone looked at her. Tyler deadpanned as he looked at her.

"Ice Queen, I have a better chance finding a Unicorn than find a Catdog Grimm." Weiss looked at him confused.

"But…Unicorns don't exist."

"Exactly." Nora and Ruby were giggling at the embarrassed White haired girl. Then he saw at the lunch line they had dessert up there. A few milkshakes and other types and got up. "Well if you excuse me, I want to get some dessert. I think today is a lucky day for us."

"Oh! I'll go with you! I wanna see if they have something with strawberries in it!" Ruby got up quickly and walked with the younger brother to the lunch line.

"Well that was lucky." Yang said as she looked at the others. "Ok guys, we need to talk."

"This better not be about you and your new boyfriend's antics." Kahel sighed before getting a glare from Yang.

"It's not. It's about my sister and Wolfie's brother." She stated as they all looked at the blonde who had a serious look.

"What's about your sister and his brother?" they all looked at the new voice and saw it was Velvet joining them at the lunch table. "Sorry if I'm late, had to talk to my team leader. She's having us go out tomorrow for Halloween and help out passing candy to the little kids around Vale."

"Ah I see. When will we meet your team sis?" Cobalt asked as Velvet shrugged.

"I have no clue. Hopefully soon. Anyways, I apologize Yang what was it you were going to say?"

"Well as I was saying, is that since tomorrow is Halloween, I figure we also celebrate Ruby's and Tyler's birthdays at the same time." That got everyone's attention.

"Wait when is their birthday?" Cobalt asked, confused as the wolf faunus took his turn to speak up.

"The little speedsters is on the 7th and my brother's is on the 10th. And since we have classes pretty much all day those two days, Why not celebrate it sooner than later? Plus with Halloween, we can have a costume party as well so we can dress up. What do you guys say? You guys up for it?" Nave and Yang were nervous as to how the others would react, as they all were looking at each other until Weiss looked at them.

"So basically…it's like a surprise party?" She asked as Yang looked at Nave then back to her.

"…Something like that yeah." Weiss took a deep breath before looking at them. She was about to say something before the orange fox faunus chimed in.

"Oh hell yeah I'm in!" He said in a childish tone. They could tell that he was excited for this and turned to Blake for an explaination.

"We haven't really had a good birthday, or any type of party in a good long time. Especially since last time we went to one it went horrible." Weiss looked at the fox faunus, surprised he hasn't had fun at a party for that long time. It reminded her of herself of all the parties she use to have with her other friends before they were chased off and every birthday was just…empty. So even she couldn't help but feel a little excited for this party.

"Hhmm I suppose it would be…fun. So yes I am in. besides I already have a costume set out for tomorrow." She said as Kahel looked at her and smirked.

"We are in as well." Jaune said as his team all nods, only for Blake to silently curse at her slight problem.

"Well I am in….except I don't have a costume." She admitted, embarrassed that she hasn't found a costume yet, on the eve of Halloween. Cobalt chuckled as he was in the same predicament.

"Well it seems like we are in the same boat Blake." Yang would have gone off on both of them if it wasn't for the sounds of Ruby and Tyler coming back to the table. "Also yes I'm in as well." Cobalt said quickly as he looked at his team mate and the leader of RWBY.

"Oh my gosh Yang! They actually have strawberry milkshakes here! I can't believe it." Ruby said, really excited. She took a drink of the milkshake and sighed happily when the taste of strawberries in her mouth. Yang and Nave were shaking their heads and the others were talking to them about the milkshakes and other desserts at the lunch table. Cobalt nudged Blake a bit as she turns to him.

"Hey, wanna go down to Vale to find some costumes? Maybe get something to eat?" He asked whispers to her as her eyes widen a bit at the question.

"Are you….asking me out on a date?" she asked back, being cautious. He just shook his head and smiled.

"If you want to call it that, I just figured it be nice to go to Vale to get costumes." She was surprised that he waived it off, not really considering it a date. But she thought more about it, she knew this is who he was. He wouldn't force her to date him or do anything she wasn't comfortable with, within the weeks she's known him. But then again, she knows she can trust him, more than anyone that she has ever known. That and she gets to spend more time with him and just him. She smiles and nods.

"Ok then. Wanna just head out now?" both nod as they get up from the table and left, without anyone really knowing that they just left them as they went to the bullhead and head out to Vale.


Streets of Vale with Blake and Cobalt


The duo reached Vale as they walked the streets trying to find a costume shop. As they walked, they started talking about the books they were still reading. For Blake, she wasn't reading her sm-I mean art, but rather her Hero and Avenger book. She was at the part, since she was already far into the book before even coming to Beacon, where they were at the final battle after they defeated and sealed the goddess, the battle to end all battles back at the Final Valley.

"Wow…so even after all that, the Avenger still wants to get rid of the Hero huh?" Cobalt asked, stunned how the boy, the Avenger, who considered the other boy his closest friend still wants to kill him while the other boy wouldn't budge. Blake nods as she walks beside him with her book in her hand.

"Yeah, to be honest even I'm still surprised. But they are fighting again, to end everything. They actually went into their full body avatars now.*" she said as she looked at the book that Cobalt had in his hand. "So what about your book? Any progress?" Cobalt smiled and nods.

"Yes actually, the Knights right now have gathered together to fight off this giant grimm sea serpent, their final battle is ensuing too." he said as they walked around. His stomach started to growl as Blake's did the same. Both looked embarrassed as they looked at each other. "How about we eat first? Since we didn't really eat much back at Beacon." He offered as he looked at a ramen shop that was close by. "Hey there we go, you said that the Hero loved ramen right? Let's go have that then." Blake softly laughed at the suggestion.

"Alright then." Both of them went to the ramen shop and saw it wasn't really empty but not really busy at the same time, with a few people at a couple tables. "Hey uh Cobalt, wanna get a table away from everyone please?" she asked. Cobalt was confused as to why she would asked that but nods. He didn't know that she wanted to tell him a secret she has kept from everyone.

"Uh sure. No problem Blake." They both went to the farthest table, away from everybody and nobody could see them. As they sat down Blake was having second thoughts about what she wanted to tell him.

'Is it worth it? I mean will he turn me away and not talk to me ever again? Will he call the police and have me arrested? No he wouldn't…..but would he?' She was stressing out as the chef came out to take their orders. Cobalt ordered the miso but noticed Blake was still in deep thought.

"Uh Blake? You there?" She snapped out of it and saw the chef there, waiting for her order.

"Oh uh same…but add tuna with it please?" She asked then internally beating herself for mentioning tuna. 'Damn it! Of all times I wanted to get that, I ask for tuna on top of it?!' the chef nods as he walks back to the kitchen, leaving Blake and the heir by themselves.

"You sure like a lot of tuna." He said in a joking matter. Blake had a nervous chuckle as she looked at Cobalt.

"Y-yeah I do. It..is my favorite." She said hesitantly, something the blue heir caught on.

"Hey is everything ok Blake? Is it something I said?" he said concerned that he might of did something wrong. Blake looked at him and shook his head. She was happy that he was concerned about if he did something wrong, something she really liked about him.

"No it wasn't anything you said. It's just…" Sighing, she looked with a serious look in her eyes. "There's something I need to tell you. Nobody knows about this and…I trust you completely so you deserve to know." Cobalt raised an eyebrow as he looked at his black hair friend.

"You can tell me anything Blake. What's up?" She looked at him and took a deep breath.

"First off, you have to promise me to not tell anyone at all. Only Kahel knows about this but no one else needs to know yet. Please tell me you won't tell anyone yet." She asked and practically begged him, to his surprise. All he did was nod for his response. She took that as a yes so she went on. "Ok well….you see how I wear this bow everywhere right?"

"Of course. That and you love tuna….a lot of tuna." He said offhandedly. She softly giggles at him saying that.

"Yeah…but that's because of what I have to tell you. I haven't told my own team yet about this…" she said nervously. Cobalt heard this and managed to take one of her hands and holds it.

"Blake, you can tell me anything." He said softly as she looked at him, slightly blushing at him holding her hand. She took a deep breath as she looked into his eyes.

"The truth is…Cobalt….is that I'm a faunus." She said quietly so no one heard her but him. There was a silence between them as his eyes expressed the shock of the truth he had just found out about the girl he had been talking to the most. This girl, Blake Belladonna, was in fact a faunus in disguise. No wonder she kept this secret, seeing how the faunus get discriminated all around. While he knew that Kahel can just fend them off, that's who he is, There are others who didn't want that and just wanted peace. And now he understood why Blake was so into protecting the faunus in general, she was one herself. And yet, even after hearing this, he couldn't help but chuckle at this revelation. When she heard this, Blake was having some…troubled thoughts. 'Oh no….I just told him my secret and now he's chuckling. He's probably going to tell everyone and everyone get angry and…and…-'

"Well….I honestly feel stupid right now." He said, knocking her out of her thoughts and surprising her.

"W-wha?" She asked dumbfounded, but was even more stunned when she saw him smiling.

"I mean I should have seen it. The way you love tuna so much, the fact you want to help out all the faunus, the way your bow twitches. I'm sorry I didn't really see it until now Blake." She heard the honesty and sincerity in his voice. And in that moment, she realized something that she never thought she would have ever dreamed of having again, She was having feelings again, the feelings of having someone she can trust…and someone she can love on a deeper level, a more…personal type of love. And she found it again, this time with someone who was kind, this time with someone who has something in common with her, this time…with a human, and to her that was fine by her. She's glad that she met Cobalt and that he took the time to talk to her. She couldn't help but smile at him. But then she frowned because of her past. She decided to at that moment, to lay it all on the table.

"Thank you…but you should know something else about me….I…I was…part of the White Fang…" She said not looking at him and whispering it to him. She was expecting the worst to come out of his mouth. But what she wasn't expecting was the question that he asked her.

"Why did you leave?" Her eyes opened wide and looked at him, who had a serious look on his face. "I asked my uncle this before, so I will ask you now. Why did you leave the White Fang?" She looked at him and..rather than give him the full explanation of how and why she was even in the Fang in the first place.

"Because I saw that we weren't doing things the peaceful way. I wanted to have us Faunus be equal, not something above humans. I couldn't condone the way they went, the violence instead of the peaceful rallies. I chose to leave before it was too late for me and I put in a situation that will haunt me forever. I chose to fight for us being equal the right way, as a huntress instead of using violence to get our way." She told him in pure honesty. This was what she wanted to do, to do things the right way. She wasn't expecting a good response back, only to be once again stunned by Cobalt.

"Ok then. I believe you." Her eyes widen again and looked at him, once again sporting his smile and nods. "You're the same as my uncle. He wanted peace as well, and I know that you're the same as him, only result to it when you really have to. I can respect that." Once again today, she couldn't help but smile at him for this. "Besides, I can see it in your heart, you're a very kind girl, a sweet girl and very beautiful." His eyes widen and covered his mouth before cursing himself for doing that, knowing that it wasn't his intention. Blake however blushed at the accidental compliment before looking at him, who himself had a light blush on his cheeks.

"Do you…really think I'm beautiful?" She asked curiously, wanting to know if he's telling the truth or lying. She has dealt with something like this before so she's ready for the worst. Cobalt knew that as he saw her eyes, eyes that tell him that something happened to her before so lying will be the bad way to go.

'Well…might as well get this over with. I rather not hurt her, nor keep her waiting.' With a deep breath, he looked at her. "Yes I truly think your beautiful. Not just in appearance, but with your heart, mind, spirit and personality. It's what drew me to you, heh like a moth to a bright light." He told her, showing her that he can be trusted and that he wasn't lying. "I grew more curious to you so I tried to catch up to you on our first day, sadly I wasn't quick enough, funny of how my semblance is teleportation. Anyways, I knew we wouldn't have enough time that night so I waited. When I saw you by yourself in the library, I decided to take that chance to talk to you and I'm glad I did. I got to learn more about you within the weeks we talked. I got to see the real you. Not the fake one you think you are, but the one who loves books, wants peace not through violence." He kept speaking on and on but Blake couldn't hear it as she was in her own world. It confirm everything that she was thinking. He was really different and could be her one like the couples in her book. Only….different. She could only softly giggle, breaking the heir out of his ramblings.

"Well…I didn't think it would go like this in all honesty. I thought it would have gone way worse but now, I like to consider this a date If you don't mind." She said, making Cobalt smile as well. "Now I see that you are telling me the truth. I'm going to be honest, I had…problems with people lying to me before so…"

"Say no more, I understand Blake." The incognito faunus looked at him and nods.

"But hearing the honesty in your voice, confirm things that I didn't think would happen for a long time. Cobalt could…could we…" The red eye teen tilted his head confused.

"What is it Blake?" She couldn't believe she was having a hard time saying what she wants to say. She knew what she wanted to say but for some reason, no pun intended, the cat got her tongue. But she had to ask him.

"Could we….s-start dating? Can I be your um….g-girlfriend?" She asked shyly, making Cobalt shocked and surprised she even asked that. She noticed his confusion so she decided to help him out. "You see…Cobalt…I started to get these…feelings for you. Something I never thought would happen for a long time. When you started talking to me, I wasn't thinking anything more than having you as a friend. But as the time went on and we started talking, I started to get them…those feelings for you. When you asked me to go out today, I thought It was a dream come true. I could tell you something that nobody but Kahel knows."

"I see." The heir said. "Well then, Ms. Belladonna. I accept as I too have these feelings for you." Blake looked at him, smiling brightly with her bow twitching, signifying her happiness. "Speaking of Kahel, was he one of the White Fang too?" She nods, fearing that she just screwed her brother in all but blood. "Did he leave for the same reasons?" She nods again. "Then he's fine as well. I'm proud of him and you." He reached to take her hands only to be stopped by the bowls of ramen brought out by the chef. The chef told them to enjoy their meal as he went back to the kitchen, not knowing he ruined a moment for the new couple. "W-well…I guess it's time to eat?" He said nervously, only to get Blake to softly laugh and nodding her head yes. Both of them started to eat their food, enjoying the noodles and juices in each of their bowls.

"Hey um Cobalt?" the boy was slurping up some noodles when she asked as he looked at her. "Could we maybe keep this to ourselves? I'm not really….comfortable with people knowing about my secrets….or us for right now." Cobalt understood about them being a couple but for her secrets, he knew it would only lead to troubles later on.

"I understand not telling anyone about us, especially Yang. But for your secrets…you have to tell your team soon. The later you stall on telling them, the more trouble it will cause. Promise me you will tell them soon ok?" He asked, well practically pleaded with her. He didn't want her to be hurt because of the secrets of her past. She saw that and sighed.

"I'll try. But I can promise you it won't be pretty with Weiss. You know how much damage that the Fang did to her family so me being an ex-member, she still won't see it as a good thing." And with that they finished up their food. They got up, only for Cobalt to pay for it plus the tip. They left, Cobalt making the first move and held her hand, making her blush. She looked at him, who shrugged and smiled.

"Well we aren't with friends, so I'm taking advantage of every opportunity I get." She smiled and accepted it as they walked to the costume store. They got there and entered the store, being greeted by the attendant there.

"Hello there! Are you two looking for anything special? Something of the couples' variety?" both of them blushed and looked away, making the attendant laugh. "Well let me know if there is anything I can help you with! I'll be helping out the others who are also doing some last minute costume shopping." The attendant then went to another part of the store to help out, leaving the couple to themselves. Blake looked around to find a good costume for her while Cobalt does the same. Cobalt looks and finds one that he really likes, a costume that's makes him look like Jon Snow.

"Well found my costume." He says, showing it off to Blake. She looks at it and hums.

"Hhhmmm that's really good. I like it. Now to find something for me. But what?" she browses around, looking for a good costume for her. Cobalt looked around and saw something that may be beneficial to her.

"Hey what about this?" he brought out the costume, which is Catwoman ironically enough, to show her. She looked at it with an eyebrow raised.

"Really? That? Why would I wear that?" his eyes went to a certain part of her body, which she follows up to her bow covering her cat ears. "Wait my ears?"

"Yep. You can say its part of the costume and you can air out your cat ears. I bet they are being stuffy under that bow. What do you say?" She was contemplating it but she started thinking about it, she can be hidden in plain sight. All she needed to do was stay in the bathroom to change before the other girls come back. Plus she really needs to give her ears a good stretch and to relax them. With a sigh, she looks at him and nods.

"Ok. Looks like I'm wearing that. You do make good points about giving my ears some air. I'll chose this." She said as they go to the attendant, who was also the cashier.

"Ah these two huh? Very good, very good I like these a lot. Both of you will look great in them!" The attendant cashed them out and put the costumes in the bags. "Thank you have a great day!" they both left with their costumes in their bags as they went out on the street. As they got everything ready, Cobalt had one thought on his mind as he turned to Blake.

"So uh….wanna do something else?"


Beacon Academy night time


After getting their costumes, they decided to walk around a bit more and stop by the park to talk more, give themselves a time to relax until the party tomorrow…until they realized they needed to get their presents for both Ruby and Tyler and went to get their presents. They asked Yang if the others got their own presents for her sister and Nave's brother, to which she said that they did although she was surprised that they didn't run into the others. After that, they decided to head back to Beacon, costume and presents in hand and since they couldn't really show off their new relationship to anyone, it was better this way. They walked up the stairs up to their respected dorm rooms.

"I can honestly say, this was one of the best dates I have been on." Blake said whispering to Cobalt, making Cobalt look at her and smile.

"Well for someone that has his first date ever and first girlfriend ever, I can say the same thing." He told her as they reached the door. While they were in Vale, he mentioned that she was his first girlfriend, like at all. She was genuinely surprised hearing that and after seeing how she treated her on the date, she wouldn't have guessed it. "Well here we are. The end of our night." Both of them stopped in front of Blake's dorm room as they looked at each other. "And ready for tomorrow night."

"Yeah." She looked into his eyes and smiled. "I had a good time Cobalt."

"Same goes for you Blake." Both smiled before they started to inch closer to each other and started to lean in. Both started to close their eyes, getting close to each other's lips until…

"Oi Leader!" Both jumped and looked towards the sound of their voice, only to see their door open and Kahel walking out of the room, rubbing his eyes. "Where are-oh there you are." He said seeing him and Blake next to each other.

"Yes Kahel?" The red eye leader asked, trying to maintain a calm demeanor but was freaking out on the inside.

"Did you and Blake get your presents yet for Fly Boy and the little sugar high speedster?" he asked, not knowing that he ruined a good moment between the two of them. Blake took the opportunity to speak up, hoping to not make it seem suspicious.

"We did. And got our costumes. If both of you excuse me, I should get some sleep. I know that Yang will have my present for both of them and keep it secret for them. Night boys." She quickly said as she opened the door and entered her room. She closed it behind her, she would text Cobalt in a little bit. But until then, she has to deal with Yang.

"Hey there Blakey." And speak of the devil. She looked at the blonde fighter who was in her pjs on her scroll. "Get all the things for tomorrow?" Blake noticed that Ruby and Weiss were out cold and she assumed that Tyler and Nave were the same way.

"I did. Cobalt has his presents for the both of them and I have mine. Plus I have my costume."

"Good, your lucky I wasn't able to go off on you. Also if you were wondering, I knew you left with the heir." Blake paled, thinking she was going to tease her about leaving with him. "Did he get his costume as well?" Blake took a huge sigh of relief as she nods to the blonde. "Ah that's good. I have an idea on how we can set up for tomorrow so I hope you're ready to help out with decorating. Better than what we did in this room before." She chuckles at her joke while the black haired girl deadpanned at her. She shook her head and went to change into her pjs and laid in bed. She got her scroll and started to text Cobalt.

'Hey Cobalt, sorry for leaving you like that. I didn't want to make it suspicious.' She texted to him. She waited for a response only to get one very quickly from him.

'Don't worry about it Blake. In all honesty I was having a hard time keeping my composure.' She softly giggled hearing that. 'But I heard from Kahel that Yang has a plan for tomorrow. Whatever it is, it seems like we will have time to hang out a bit before we get started if you want to hang out.' She smiled before texting back

'I would love to. I'm going to get some sleep. You should too. Night Cobalt.' She sent off and began to think. She wanted to text something else but couldn't bring herself to do it, she was hurt by the words she wanted to say due to a bad past of a few people saying it in the wrong way. She hoped that with Cobalt it wouldn't be like that but hopes she didn't hurt him for not saying it. Her thoughts were answered when she saw the last text before she went to sleep.

'No argument here. Good night to you as well Blake. See you tomorrow.'


Auditorium the next day, Halloween in the afternoon with WBY, CKN and JNPR


Halloween day, a day where kids dress up in their favorite costumes to go get candy for free and have fun with the other kids. Luckily, it's a Saturday for everyone and it was exceptionally good for the Beacon students, mainly for teams RWBY, CKTN and JNPR. Yang already had a plan to get Ruby and Tyler away while they get everything set up, which does help when Ruby needed to get a birthday present for Tyler and vice versa. So while they are out, she got the three teams to come to the auditorium to set up for the party, making it the most Halloween-ish party that they can while making it a birthday party as well. Everyone already in their costumes, and they managed to get permission from the headmaster, to which he told them to have fun and to clean up afterwards. Yang was dressed as Leone from Akame ga Kill, thanks to Nave showing her the anime. Nave however, took a different approach, dressing up as one half of the tag team Young Bucks. [Keeper A/N: For a better description of what they look like, look up Young Bucks vs Broken Hardys on youtube]. He was helping her out with the banner saying "Happy Birthday Ruby and Tyler!" Blake was in her Catwoman costume that she got last night and thanks to the ears being perked up as part of the costume, she was able to hide her cat ears and fit them perfectly with the costume. She was with Cobalt who was in his Jon Snow costume setting up the food with Ren and Jaune, Ren deciding to go with a real twist and become a gender bent Mulan and Jaune doing the same thing being Joan of Arc. Pyrrha and Nora did the same with gender bent Achilles and Thor respectively, as they were with Weiss and Kahel putting up streamers. Weiss went with what was a surprise to everyone and went with Snow White as her costume. Kahel went with a Marvel approach with Wolverine in his prime as his costume, making Weiss do a double take and stared at him for a little bit. Yang smirked seeing the Ice Queen act like this but decided to not say anything.

"Alright, we are almost ready!" Kahel said to them as he was putting up the last streamer. Everyone was expecting Ruby and Tyler to come back soon so it was getting to crunch time for everyone.

"Alright it looks perfect guys! Thank you so much. This is going to be the best birthday party ever!" Yang exclaimed happily as she was nervously waited for the two to come back. Nave was with her, wrapping his arm around her waist, feeling the nervousness coming off of her.

"Sunshine, everything will be fine. Both of them will love this." He says, kissing her cheek and calming her down. She looks at him and smiles.

"Thanks wolfie." Meanwhile, the secret couple of Blake and Cobalt were by the food as Jaune and Ren left to help out the others and set up the presents. They managed to hang out for a little bit before getting called by Yang to help out, which also ruined another moment where they would have their first kiss.

"I can't believe it happened again.." Blake grumbled, remembering that moment. Cobalt felt the same way but instead sighed.

"Let's not rush it Blake ok? I don't mind waiting. Besides, let's not think about that now. It is going to be a party after all." He reminded her as she nods in response. "Wonder where those two are anyways?" He looked at his wolf faunus teammate and called out to him. "Hey Nave, where are those two anyways?" Right when he said that, Nave got a text from his brother as he looked at it.

'Hey brother, where the hell are you? I got my present for Ruby and funny enough, I ran into her. We're walking around right now and trust me, in our costumes it isn't really comfortable and the sun isn't helping.' Nave laughed at his brother's misfortune that's about to turn into a fortunate situation.

'Shit sorry brother. I'm in the auditorium, I was helping out some of the teachers with the Halloween party along with our teams. Meet us there.' As soon as he sent the text he looked at the group. "Alright everyone, they are here at Beacon and on their way. Lights off!" They all got into position and turned off the lights.


With Ruby and Tyler


While the others were getting ready for the surprise, Ruby and Tyler we're at their dorm rooms and saw that nobody was there. So the two of them walked around trying to find the others. That's when Tyler texted his brother and found out they were at the auditorium.

"Ugh sorry Rubes, it seems like they are at the auditorium." The Ghost told the red reaper who just sighed in annoyance. Tyler was dressed as the other half of the Young Bucks while Ruby was dressed as Chie from the Persona 4 game.

"Sheesh Yang, thanks for telling me…not!" she said, wiping some sweat off her forehead. When she woke up, Yang asked her if she had a present for Tyler to which she said no. So Yang made her go to Vale to get a present for him at that moment so in her words, "Won't forget about it later."

"Well at least Nave wasn't aware when he told me. He seemed genuine." The Ghost shook his head, telling the red reaper what he thought. Like Yang, Nave told his brother to go get Ruby a present as well so he wouldn't forget. "Anyways, let's head over there. No doubt those two will be waiting on us." He sighed as he walked over to the auditorium with Ruby in tow. Nave knew that they ran into each other but what he didn't know was that they decided to take some time to walk around and see what the kids were dressed up as this year, having fun with them before heading out.

"Well at least we had fun playing with the kids while we were in Vale. Those kids we're a lot of fun." She smiled, remembering playing tag with the other kids. "That Darren kid was pretty funny."

"Yeah he was. Reminds me of back at Signal where we played that at P.E class." He chuckled, remembering the time where they also played at Signal. "Everyone was upset when you got tagged because of your semblance."

"Hey it's not my fault I have a speed semblance!" She joked around, making both of them laugh at the memories they had. They kept walking until Ruby spotted something….weird. "Hey Ty didn't you say that Nave told you that he was helping a few teachers at the auditorium?" Tyler looked at her with an eyebrow raised, confused as to why she asked.

"Uh…yeah? Why Rubes?" that's when she pointed to the group of teacher that Nave was…supposed to be helping out. "Huh….wait but I thought…" He was confused, so much so as he started to walk towards the auditorium a bit faster. "Ok Nave better have a good explanation as to why he lied, not only him but Yang as well. Like seriously what the hell?" Ruby caught up to him as they reached the auditorium.

"Well here we are. I swear I'm going to….i don't know smack Yang a few good times in the head?" She pondered about it. Tyler looked at her and shook his head.

"I doubt that will work. Maybe threaten her with something. Or do something that she wouldn't expect from you." He opened the door, only to see it completely covered in darkness, even with the light coming through the door. They entered the room with the door closing behind them. "Uh…..hello?" he called out in the dark as Ruby was right next to him.

"A…anybody here?" she squeaked out. They then heard some creaking coming from the left side of them. The reaper grabbed onto the Ghost's arm scared as she wasn't expecting that. Then they heard a few hurried footsteps behind them. "T-this isn't funny!" Tyler however, was surveying his surroundings.

'Why would brother do something like this? He knows that Ruby would get scared like this. The lights are off but I know they could be turned on.' He then felt a breeze coming from the right side of his face, making him jump a bit. "What the?!" then they heard mice scurrying around to what sounded like it was near them.

"O-ok now I'm scared. Tyler what's going on?" She asked scared out of her mind. They heard whispers coming from all around them as the duo looked around, trying to pinpoint the location of the voices. She held on a little tight until they heard a voice yell out from the darkness.

"NOW!" The lights turned on as both Ruby and Tyler saw their friends and family, together with decorations and a banner that they didn't really expect to see, a banner with the words "Happy Birthday Ruby and Tyler!" on it. All of them had smiles, dressed in their costumes, with presents, food, games, everything they did at birthday parties. The Archer and the Speedster both stared wide eyed seeing all of this and shocked of what was going on.

"W-wha?" was the response of the both of them as everyone yelled out.

"Happy Early Birthday!" Nave and Yang walked over and hugged their respective siblings.

"Nave what the hell is going on?" the younger Convel asked as Nave smirked.

"What does it look like? We are celebrating both of our siblings' birthdays!" Yang released her hug as she looked at her sister.

"We knew we wouldn't be able to celebrate you guys birthdays since we have classes all day, so we decided to celebrate it early. And what better way of doing it than on Halloween! Pretty sweet huh sis?" Yang said cheekily as Ruby pouted.

"But did you really have to do all that? It scared me to bits!" Yang and Nave laughed their asses off hearing that.

"But it's Halloween! Of course we had to do it like that. It was the plan after all." That's when Yang leaned in and whispered to Ruby. "This was one of the reasons why I wanted you to go to Vale to get a birthday present for Tyler. You ok with that Ruby?" Ruby noticed that her big sister was a bit worried that she might have made her mad. But the more she thought about it, the more it made sense to her. Plus she got to hang out with Tyler so it was, in her mind, a big thumbs up. Ruby smiled and hugged her again.

"Yes I'm ok with that. Thank you Yang." She whispered back, making Yang smile and return the hug while closing her eyes. Nave was also whispering the same thing to his brother.

"So do you have a present for Ruby?" he asked to which Tyler nods.

"Sure do. Took a while to find one but I did find one. I hope she likes it." That's when Nave looked at him and nods.

"It's Ruby, of course she liked it. Now come on, it's time to have some fun!" The four of them went to the others and the party hit the ground running after that. Everyone was doing an activity of something, Whether it be a pin the tail on the beowolf with Ruby, Yang and the other girls. The boys decided to play the cake walk with the cupcakes as the prize, thanks to Ren's cooking surprising the boys. When they asked, he just shrugged and just continued on with the game. Everyone got the chance to do all the activities at the party and was having a blast, especially showing off their costumes, with the brothers partnered up since they went with a tag team, the sisters went together, leaving Cobalt with Blake as his partner luckily. Jaune tried to get partnered up with Weiss but she chose Kahel as her partner, so Jaune went with Pyrrha, Ren and Nora….well you get the point. But aside from that, everyone had a fun time. But alas it was time for the cake and presents, so Yang and Nave got the birthday girl and boy to the table as the others surrounded them to sing happy birthday to them. The cake, another creation from Ren, was designed with both of their emblems on opposite sides of the cake, and one side having a strawberry ice cream filling and the other side with vanilla ice cream filling, the favorite ice cream flavors for the respected duo. They both made their wish, which they chose not to tell anyone so it won't be bad luck. Both of them smile as they looked at everyone and started slicing a piece of the cake together, starting on each side.

"Yang. This is the best birthday party….EVER!" Ruby shouted out happily as she takes a bite of her cake. Those who had the strawberry side of the cake; Kahel, Nora, Jaune, Weiss, Ren, and Pyrrha all nod in response.

"Way better than the last one that me and Blake went to that's for sure." Kahel said, with his ears perked up and twitching happily, getting the attention of Weiss who thought that it was cute.

"Totally." Blake added, who was with her boyfriend Cobalt who nods in reponse. Yang and Nave both smile at the positive response

"Well I'm glad you like it Rubes. Tyler how about you?" The brawler asked as the Ghost had his side of the cake with the others who didn't have the strawberry side.

"I'm on board with Ruby. You guys really went over the top with this party! I love it!" Nave chuckled at the response as he and Yang look at each other, proud that they gave their siblings one of the best birthdays in their lives.

"Well I'm glad both of you enjoy this party but it isn't over yet." Both of them look at the older siblings as Yang smiled. "There's also the best part of the party. The presents!" Ruby's eyes were wide like saucers as she charged Yang and hugged her sister tightly….well tried to. Everyone laughed at the attempt as Ruby blushed in embarrassment. Soon enough, they all gather around the presents as Yang explained to them. "Now mind you, Dad and Mr. and Mrs. Convel haven't been caught up on what we had planned so they will be sending their presents on your birthdays ok? So don't feel hurt when you don't see their presents in there. We uh….kinda did this last minute so we didn't have time to let them know."

"Ah I see. Well for a last minute plan, you guys did very good. Like Ruby said before, this is the best birthday party ever!" Tyler said, getting excited for what presents he will get from his friends. 'Friends huh?...is this what it feels like to have all these friends? If so, then I love this feeling!'

"I guess we will start off then." Ren sighed as he and Nora got up to give Ruby and Tyler their present. "We know it isn't much. But we thought…for the time that we known you two, that this would be good for use." He hands them their gifts as Nora pops up from behind him.

"Yeah I mean, it's not as great as pancakes! But this should take the cake." She said as she grabbed her hammer, muttering something that made Tyler, Nave and Kahel shudder. When they open it, they saw it was only gift cards for the store From Dust Til' Dawn, and it was for 50 Lien.

"Wow really Ren?! Thank you!" Ruby said gratefully, as Tyler nods his head in acceptance.

"Yeah I mean, now we could go get dust if we ever run low but also if you guys run low as well. So technically you two are helping us. Thank you." Ren had a smile and bows his head, whereas Nora grinned widely. The two of them, happy with the response, moved over so the other two members of their teams went next, only for Tyler to make a remark. "I swear to Oum, if it's one of those footies pajamas I seen you wear Jaune, I'm going to be really…sad." Everyone, besides Jaune, was laughing at that as Jaune looked embarrassed and rubbed his head.

"It's not those type, but they are Pajamas." He said ashamed that they may not like their present.

"Well, aside from Jaune, I got maybe something you two might like." Pyrrha added as Jaune first gave them their presents. For Ruby while yes it was Pajamas, it wasn't really bad. What he got her was something similar to her old one, except it's grey with a red rose on the front and grey sweats with rose petals colored in white them. Ruby had a tear looking at the white petals, making her remember her mother's petals. Tyler saw this and, having no control over his body, wiped the tear from her eye. She looked at him, who was giving her a reassuring smile, and gave him a smile back. As he turned to look at his present, her blush showed up, making a few people look at her then to the Ghost. Yang and Nave looked at each other and smirked, already having a plan for afterwards.

"T-Thank you Jaune." Ruby said quietly.

"No problem, it's what friends do right? They be there for you with everything right?" Jaune said, remembering the words that was said that one night, making Tyler look at Jaune surprised but smile at the end. As Tyler opened his present, he sighed mentally it wasn't a footies pajamas like Jaunes, but it similar to his old one, but this one was a white tank top with a pack of wolves on the chest with blue shorts with his emblem on it. Tyler looked at him and smiled at the present.

"Thank you Jaune. I really like this present." Jaune smiled as Pyrrha walked over to them.

"Your welcome. Pyrrha it's your turn." Pyrrha, much to everyone's surprise, looked nervous about her present.

"Well…I know it might not be much. But I thought you guys might want these." The Spartan said as she brought out two items, something that Ruby and Tyler were wide eyed on. It was two headphones, JBL wireless with the colors red and blue respectively. The red colored headphones had Ruby's emblem on the black part of the ears while the blue one had Tyler's emblem on it.

"W-whoa that's the JBL headphones! H-how did you get these?" Ruby asked as she took the headphones and looked them over.

"Well….it does help with the sponsors that I have giving me a lot of money. S-so is it ok?" Pyrrha asked, hoping she didn't get them a bad gift. The only response she got was a giggle from Ruby and a chuckle from Tyler.

"Are you kidding me? Ok?! I love it!" Ruby exclaimed as she hugged her new headphones. "My old one's were starting to go bad, I couldn't hear anything out of the left one. Thank you!"

"And I don't have to borrow Ruby's whenever we want to listen to music. Thank you Pyrrha." Tyler added, putting them around his neck. Pyrrha sighed in relief, knowing that she didn't mess up. She smiled as Cobalt walked over to her, hands behind his back as he smiled.

"Well…this is something for you Ruby, maybe something you and someone else can go to together later on." He said, smiling as Ruby tilted her head. "Well here you go." He presented her with…two tickets. Nobody knew why he would get them until Ruby squealed and saw what they were.

"Two tickets to the Weapons Expo in Vale?! I've always wanted to go to one!" She held the tickets as she looked at the heir.

"That's not all, look closely at them." That's when she looked closely and saw something she wasn't expecting.

V-VIP PASSES?!" everyone, minus Blake since she already knew about it, looked shocked and looked at Cobalt who shrugged.

"Hey why not go to an expo the right way? With a VIP pass you can do pretty much everything and more there. I'm sure they will go into more details later. But for now, Happy Birthday. From one leader to another. And speaking of which." He turns to his teammate. "Do you know anything about….Casey Lee Williams Concert?" Tyler's eyes widen as he looked at Cobalt, who brought out two more tickets and smiled. "Same with you buddy. VIP tickets for you and another person. Now both events aren't until later so you have time to think about it." Tyler couldn't help but look at Ruby and smile. He then looks at his leader.

"Thank you Cobalt. It looks like I'll have time to think about this." He said smiling as Blake walked over to them. "So let me guess, you're going to give me a smut book?" the archer smirked as the others looked at Blake, who's cheeks were burning red.

"N-No! I remember you did like to read so I got you something like that. Maybe you will like it." She told him. The reason why she said that was because on one day, she was reading a book and he found her and talked to her about some other things, until he saw her….book. She was shocked that he immediately found out but was also surprised that he, along with Cobalt, did like to read books as well but he hasn't read one in a while. So that got her to this point, for his birthday she decided to get him a book, plus get Ruby one as well. With Tyler, she noticed how he did like the other one that she had with her so she got…

"Hero and Avenger?" Tyler said confused as he looked at Blake.

"Yes it's the one I had before remember? I found an extra copy and decided to get you this book. You will like it. Trust me." She said as he looked at the book. Weiss remembers the name of the book as the one that she questioned Blake the day after the whole Matt ordeal.

"Well thank you Blake. Looks like I have something that will pass the time in Port's class." He joked as Blake softly laughed and shook her head.

"No problem. As for you Ruby, I know you will like this one." She said as Ruby opened her present to see a fairytale book, with a few fairytales in it. Ruby saw this and smiled. She remembers these stories as they were the ones Yang read to her at night when she was young.

"Thank you Blake…This means a lot to me. I remember all these stories when I was younger. I'm going to cherish it." Blake smiled at the young girl, as she nods and moves away from them, back over to Cobalt. Kahel sighed as he got up and gave them his present.

"I may not really know you that much Red, but I hope that this is ok." He said as Ruby opened her present, which turned out to be a poster of the Avengers, ALL of the Avengers. Ruby's eye widen as she had a huge grin on her face.

"Oh my gosh! Thank you Kahel! I love it so much!" Kahel was surprised to hear that but smiled nonetheless. He had thought it was going to be a bad response, going on past experience but seeing the young girl so happy, he couldn't help but be happy as well. But then he turned to Tyler and had a smirk.

"And for you Fly Boy, I thought of something that might get a laugh out of you." He handed Tyler his present as he opened it. His eyebrow raised before starting to laugh, making the others confused. What was inside the present…was aviator sunglasses and an Aviator hat. Only his team and Yang and Blake were laughing at the present as the others were confused.

"Oh god that is funny Kahel! Thanks man! I needed that." Tyler said, still laughing.

"Um….please explain Kahel?" Weiss asked, with an eyebrow raised.

"You know how I call him Fly Boy right?" The ones who didn't get the joke nod. "Well there's a reason why I call him that. Back at Initiation, when we were launched into the forest, he was falling down into a descent, only to see him fly back up into the air. Right above me. I thought he was nuts at the moment so I decided to call him Fly Boy after that." The others ahh'd in response.

"Either way, Thank you Kahel." The fox faunus' ear's twitched happily as he nods and steps back while Weiss walked over to them.

"Well this is for both of you. As a Schnee, I thought of something that will benefit both of you very well. And, with some strings pulled, I got both of you something that will help you both out." She brings out her presents and gives it to them delicately. "And both of you be careful on opening them!" Both looked at her then to each other and shrugged. They opened the presents to see something that shocked them. It was a case and in it was six tubes of black dust.

"Holy crap black Dust! That's very rare to get!" Tyler exclaimed as he looked at the vials carefully. Weiss smirked as he looked at her. "Thank you Ic-Weiss."

"I know you want to call me by that ridiculous nickname. Go ahead you might as well say it." She said sighing. Tyler chuckled as he had a goofy grin.

"I don't know what your talking about Ice Queen."

"Doofus." Both of them look at each other with kindness in their eyes, knowing that they can joke around with each other now. They earned that respect with each other. Ruby noticed the look and smiled. Both of her best friends are getting along and she's happy to see this.

"Anyways, thank you bestie!" Weiss groaned hearing that but smiled.

"Your welcome dolt." She moved out of the way, leaving the older siblings the second to last ones to give them their presents.

"Well you two, it seems we are next. And for us, we decided to get you both the same thing…in a sense." Yang tells them, smiling. Nave walked over and hands them a present each.

"And since we both know you two very well, we know that this will be of use to both of you." Both of the birthday boy and girl quickly open both presents. Ruby and Tyler both were surprised to see that they were upgrades for Crescent Rose and Gorm Jager. For Ruby, it's an upgraded scope that can use Thermal so if there is bad weather, she can find the grimm better so she won't be in a bad situation. For Tyler, it's a better grip for both his sword and bow variant of the weapon, making it better for him to have better control and precise slashing with his sword, which also helps his bow so that it can help him steady it far better than before.

"THANK YOU NAVE!" Both Tyler and Ruby said loudly as Nave chuckled at their response.

"Your welcome you two. Now it's time for Sunshine's present." He said as he stepped back, giving his girlfriend a kiss on the cheek as Yang giggled at the affection.

"Thank you Wolfie." She then turns to both of them and smiled. "Well you two, it's been a wild couple of months huh? I wouldn't dream that you two would be able to join us in our first years. And here you are. One a leader of her own team and the other having his brother as his partner and teammate. I can't help but feel proud for you. Both of you. I can't really give you any other things aside from this." She hands them their presents, with Tyler having two instead of one, making him confused. "The second one is actually for both of you, from all of us." Ruby was the first one to open her gift, only to gasp in shock to see what it was. It was a picture, of her and her team together after the first week of being at the academy, (A/N it's the picture that you all saw in the Volume Four Finale back in Patch at 15:35 for reference.) Ruby's eyes watered as she looked at Yang, who had a loving smile on her face. Ruby got up and set the picture down and hugged her sister, who returned the embrace.

"Thank you Yang." She said softly, who smiled in returned. She then looked at the wolf faunus and did the same with him, and with the others, knowing that they all finished with their presents, telling thank you softly to all of them. She returns to where she was as she watches Tyler open the first one of the gifts, which he saw was pretty much exactly like the one Ruby got, a picture of his team. Cobalt had a smile and his hands up with the peace signs up, Kahel had his arms cross with a smirk while Tyler had his arms around him and Cobalt, grinning like an idiot and Nave had the bunny ears over his brother's head. Tyler let out a soft chuckle as he looked at Yang, who only looked at him smiling but having her eyes point to the last present from her. He opened that up, with Ruby watching him open it. But when it was revealed, both of them were shocked. It was another picture yes, but this time it had RWBY, CKTN, and JNPR in it, all of them with their arms slung around each other shoulders and smiling. But it was the writing on the picture that got Tyler tearing up more than Ruby. On it, it had the words 'New Family' on it. "I know I haven't been a good friend Tyler, no matter how much you forgive me, but I want you to know that I will be there for you, both of you. But it won't be just me, you have everyone else here that will help you out, no matter how small or large it is." Yang smiled as Tyler had his head hung low. "So whenever you need help, just come to any of us, or hell even me. Cause i-" She was cut off by surprise when the Ghost went to hug her. What also surprised her was the fact she heard soft sobbing and her shoulder becoming a bit wet as she looks at him.

"Thank you." He said quietly as he sniffled up. "Thank you so much. Thank you for being here. I love you sis." Her eyes widen a bit as she looked at Nave with a tear rolling down her cheek and a smile on her face. Nave heard what his brother said as he had a soft chuckle and nods, telling her that it's ok. She returns the hug as she quietly responds to him.

"Your welcome little brother. I'll always be here to help." Both of them separate as both of them had a goofy smile on each of their faces. Yang cleans up his tears as she watches him do the same thing that Ruby did, hugging the others and telling them thank you softly. He returns as the others looked at each other. "Alright now it's both of your turns to give each other presents." Yang said smirking. Ruby knew that this was Yang's plan and sighed. She turned to look at her crush.

"O-ok well…I got you this." She brings it out. "I mean, maybe Kat will probably top this but here you go. I uh…hope you like it." He looks at it before opening the present. His eyes widen seeing the present that she got him. It was a silver necklace of a ghost on it, his emblem colored blue. He looked at her, who looked away shyly.

'Wow…not even Kat gave me something like this. Sure she got me some cool stuff, but nothing like this.' He smiled as he put it on his neck. She looked at him and was surprised when she saw him put it on. "Thank you Ruby. I really like this. I'm going to wear this a lot." She was ecstatic to hear that, to know that he really liked her gift made her giddy inside. That's when he brought out his gift. "Now it's my turn."

"What is it?" She asked as she looked confused by the present. She opened it to find out that he thought of the same thing, a silver necklace with a red rose on it. She was shocked to see it, as she thought it was beautiful.

"R-really?" She snapped back to see that he looked at her, a tint of pink on his cheeks. "You really think it's beautiful?" She didn't realize that she actually said it out loud and in front of everyone. She looked away, making sure he didn't see the redness on her cheeks and nods.

"Yeah. It is." Yang and Nave both looked at each other and secretly high fived each other, they knew that it was getting close til Ruby finally confesses. "C-can you put it on for me?" he nods as she hands him the necklace and turns around. He starts to put it on around her neck as she looks down at it. She smiles, loving the feeling, however short it was. When he finished she turned around and hugged him. "Thank you for the present." He stiffens up before returning the hug.

"Yeah. Your welcome." Yang clapped as she turned to the others.

"Alright well, now that the party is pretty much over, we better clean this up." They all nod as Ruby started to feel tired. Yang noticed this as she walks over to her. "And I'll get my sister to bed. Can you handle this wolfie?"

"Of course. Goodnight Ruby." Nave said as he watches Ruby being picked up by Yang and carried out of the auditorium. He then turned to his brother as he smiled. "Well brother, it seems like Ruby really liked her present."

"Yeah…Thanks again Nave." Tyler smiled as he put his hand on his brother's shoulder. "Come on, I'll help you guys out in cleaning this party." He walks over to the others as he and his brother start cleaning up, as he now starts to think about the Red Reaper, and how happy she was tonight for this party. As the clean up was going on, Yang heard Ruby mutter in her tired state.

"Thanks…Yang…love you…I'll.." She yawns as she snuggles into her sister's arms. "I'll tell him real soon. Promise." Yang chuckled as she kept walking, hearing the quiet snores of her little sister.

"You better little sis. You better."


Chapter done! Two chapters in May and one more ship that is starting to sail but not yet, only when they kiss will confirm the Blue Shadow ship!

Keeper: That's Blake and Cobalt's ship name. and yes Blake and Cobalt are getting screwed over with it haha! But either way, it's only a matter of time before they finally have it but when will they? Next chapter? The chapter after that? You'll just have to wait and find out.

So we also had a bit of fluff for Ruby and Tyler, but don't worry, we all have that planned out so you will have to wait. Next chapter we get to the end of Volume One with the two chapters that are canon for Volume one. So what will happen afterwards? Also for you Nighthawk, great minds think alike with the ship names, (And you know which ones we are talking about). Anyways, Like, Comment, Favorite etc and we shall see you all next chapter with The Stray!

Keeper: See you all later!

*for this look up the final battle of Naruto vs Sasuke for this reference