I feel that this is obvious but I haven't said it yet so… For everyone that has already read these fics, don't say anything in a review that would spoil it for those who are reading this for the first time. The last review that was posted made me think about that so I just thought I should point that out. Spoilers are a no no.
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"There's a moment that changes a life when…"
Key:
"Speech"
'Thought' OC thought unless it says otherwise.
Team S.P.W.M. Ch.3
"Ok."
"What?" Blake asked, confused and sad.
"It's better you just tell the truth, thank you, goodbye." AJ said emotionlessly and walked away.
The way he said that brought her to tears. "No AJ I-" It was too late and he was already walking away from her. She ran back to her dorm crying.
'Poor thing, she really feels bad about doing that to me huh? Well someone will be lucky enough to have her someday…'
"What!?" Yang shouted when Blake explained what happened. "Why?!"
"I… I-I can't tell y-you why." Blake said still crying.
"Why? What the heck made you tell him no after what he said!?" Yang demanded to know, luckily Ruby and Weiss weren't there. Weiss had taken Ruby to the library to study.
Blake took a minute to calm down and now that she only occasionally sniffled she answered.
"I can't tell you. I know something about them that I shouldn't and it is the reason I said no." Blake explained. She wouldn't look Yang in the eyes with the glare she was giving her.
"That's stupid! You two were getting along well, I thought you two would be happy! That's all that should matter, that you both are happy in the end! Forget whatever you know! Tell him how you really feel!" Yang demanded before picking Blake up and shoving her back out of the dorm.
Blake eventually found AJ in the training room. The bots were surrounding him but they weren't attacking. AJ stood in the middle and just stared at the ground.
He had just been standing there the whole time, holding in his emotions like he had always done… then a tear slipped out, and he wanted to scold himself. 'No point in crying about it', but you don't just keep emotion like that in.
And so he stood there sobbing as tears flowed out, he tried to calm down but couldn't.
"Why… is it always me?..." He whispered to no one as his emotions kept coming out.
"Why… is it always… me, that suffers?..." But it wasn't just what he held in now that came out…
"Why?"
"Why?"
Everything he had held in his whole life came out.
"WHY!?"
And his Aura exploded out of him in a lightshow of yellow electricity.
He finally looked back up at the bots, glaring as lightning kept flying out of him, the air forcing the bots to back up. His eyes were yellow and glowing brightly. His cloak, his hair even, his clothes, all turned yellow.
He suddenly appeared near a few in front of him and cut them down with his claws before they could even see him move, lighting flowing out of every part of him.
He pulled out his rifle in a flash of speed and the brown parts of the weapon had turned yellow as well.
He pulled the trigger and a bolt of lightning came out and took out a bot. At this point the bots now charged him.
He shot 10 more before turning his weapon into a war axe, the weapon now covered in electricity. He swung it around and took out another three before getting sliced in the back. He grunted and stumbled slightly before turning around and giving a terrifying glare to the bot and using his right hand to fire electricity into it, destroying it.
He turned the weapon into a one handed sword and pulled out the pistol, which had also turned yellow. It fired bolts of electricity through a few before he was hit again and collapsed. The bots stopped attacking as he had drained all his Aura into the red.
His clothes, hair, eyes, weapons, cloak, all turned back to normal and Blake ran out to make sure he was ok.
He glared at her before standing up and putting his hand out towards another bot weakly. His yellow Aura appeared in his hand before fizzling away and he simply grew more angry, he wasn't done venting yet. He fell down again, unable to stand at the moment.
"Please! AJ, stop! I'm sorry! I lied!" Blake said clinging to him desperately, wanting him to stop being angry. Now she truly understood why she cared so much about his wellbeing.
"What?" AJ asked anger fading away quickly at what he just thought he heard.
"I lied! I do love you! I'm so sorry!" Blake shouted and clung to him, starting to cry into his chest.
AJ froze for a moment before hugging her, trying to get her to stop crying, and he was trying not to pass out as well.
"Explain." Was the only thing he could think to say.
"I wasn't sure if I liked you or not, I didn't really know what it felt like. But the way you described how you felt about me, that is exactly how I feel about you." Blake said when she stopped crying.
AJ carefully wiped away her tears and held her.
"Why did you lie then?" AJ asked, curious. He could feel his tiredness just fading away with her near. He needed to hear this and nothing would stop that.
"I… heard you talking about… Earth…" Blake said and noticed how his body grew tense but didn't take away the comfort she felt being held by him.
"I realized you and Raymond said Earth and Remnant like they were two separate things, so I came to the strange conclusion that must be from somewhere else, and that you must be trying to get home, to go back to your friends and family… I couldn't keep you from them." Blake explained.
"I would leave them all for you." He suddenly said, hugging her tighter.
"What? Why?" Blake asked, confused.
"I will leave them all to be with you if it works out between us. You must have heard me say that I would never be in love? That's why I will leave all that for love, maybe that's stupid, but I don't care." AJ explained tearing up and holding her tightly.
"You really want love that badly?" Blake asked, looking up at him. He simply nodded and they stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds.
"I love you!" Blake said suddenly, smiling.
"I love you too!" AJ said, smiling, and hugged her again.
"Oh… problem." AJ said, worried.
"Hmm?" Blake asked not really caring, too busy cuddling.
"Raymond said he doesn't want this." AJ pointed out. "So it isn't a difficult decision to leave."
"Well I think you already made that decision." Blake said, taking her face out of his chest again and looking up at him, still smiling despite the more serious look AJ had. "Would you really be willing to leave your life behind for me? Because I would never force you to do that." She said and he shook his head.
"I insist. I will stay here if things work out." He said smiling.
The thought that he would really do that for her made her feel good, really good. If he really was willing to do that he must really like her, and she found herself loving the idea of him staying.
"We should probably stand up and leave the training room." She pointed out.
"Yeah. But… I'm thinking for now we should keep this a secret from Raymond. So just, act like just a friend around him, ok?" AJ requested.
"Ok…" Blake said sadly, her ears going flat despite the bow making them hard to move.
AJ felt bad about that but noticed something else. "That raises another problem." AJ said pointing at her ears.
"What?" She asked, tilting her head cutely.
"Either we deal with getting picked on for being a Faunus and 'human' going out or you take off your bow." AJ pointed out and Blake's eyes went wide.
"I… I don't know if I can do that… Do you mind if I kept it on?" Blake asked hopefully.
"If you kept it on, I would prefer something like this." AJ said before taking the bow off, and moving it to just above her left ear, in a smaller form so it fit the area. "That is too damn cute! I don't think I can stand having it any other way."
Blake sighed. "Ok, just… give me a week or two, ok? I need to get ready for this…" She said and put her bow back over her ears.
"Ok. Just know that no one in RWBY, JNPR, or SPWM will hate you for it." AJ said reassuringly.
"Even Weiss?" Blake asked, unsure.
AJ's eyes went wide, remembering canon. "Hmm… that could be a problem… take your time to think how you will go about it." He suggested, now hoping she takes too much time and canon continues. Now he really was worried what would happen if he messed with canon… he wouldn't know what to do then… "You know what? If you don't want to take off the bow, that's fine. I can certainly deal with what the other students will say." AJ said, hoping Blake would listen.
"No, I like the way you looked at me with the bow like that…" She stated, blushing. "I'll take off the bow in two weeks, I promise." Blake said as they finally left the training room.
AJ was both happy and worried about this.
"You might as well know now, the real reason I wanted you to look at me when you talked to me is because you have really pretty eyes." Blake said, looking up at him before kissing him on the cheek and walking away. She swung her hips more than usual as she left, leaving the boy stunned and blushing a color resembling Ruby's cloak.
"Where were you?" Raymond asked AJ when he came back.
Luckily AJ had planned for this.
"Blake just turned me down, so fuck off will ya?" AJ asked rudely and fell in his bed.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Raymond asked. "It won't be so hard to leave when we do."
"I know, but it still hurts, ok!?" AJ growled at him.
Raymond realized he should back off and leave his hurting friend.
"Is it really that important that he doesn't have a girlfriend?" Isaac asked.
"In any other scenario I would happily help him find a girl, but now? We have family and friends to come back too! That's why we're going back, remember? We stay alive and go through this so we can go back to them." Raymond explained. "What if AJ had a girlfriend here? It would be really hard to leave, I don't want him to have to make that decision. Besides, he has family to go back too, and I wouldn't have as much fun online if he wasn't there to kick butt with me!" Raymond said, smiling.
"Maybe Ozpin finds some sort of artifact that can connect our worlds?" Isaac suggested hopefully.
"And if it doesn't? If it only sends us back to Earth and then… breaks, or whatever?" Raymond asked, making Isaac stop asking questions. "I just don't want him to have to make a really hard decision."
"He's got a point." Sam spoke up, looking at Isaac.
AJ heard this and turned to face the wall. He wasn't going to change his mind, it was too late for that. 'Decision has been made.'
AJ had also planned for when he and Blake would seem like good friends at breakfast and lunch, etc.
"I got over it. No hard feelings." AJ said smoothly.
"After how you were acting last night?" Isaac questioned.
"I bounce back, ok?" AJ replied.
"Well, as long as you are feeling better. I hated seeing you so pissed off the last however many weeks it's been." Raymond said, smiling comfortably.
"Where did Yang go?" Ruby asked noticing her older sister was gone.
"I think she said she was going to do something at the library." Blake mentioned.
"Yang? At the library?" Weiss asked not believing for a second Yang would read a book.
"Hey! Don't be like that!" Ruby said, defending her sis. "She's very smart!"
"She sure has a way of showing it." Weiss commented rudely.
"Geez, someone doesn't like Yang's teasing." AJ noted to which Raymond chuckled.
They actually didn't see her till after dinner when AJ and Blake were heading towards the library.
Realizing they were alone the new couple had just grabbed each other's hand and were strolling down the halls smiling at each other.
"I love you." AJ said happily.
"I love you too." Blake said and giggled lightly.
When suddenly they were stopped by a familiar yellowness in their peripheral vision.
They looked to see Yang standing in front of them and before they could say anything she put a hand on AJ's chest and her other hand on Blake's. They both stared at her for a moment and were thoroughly confused to see her eyes closed with a pleasant smile on her face. Not here usual grin that spelled trouble for whoever was her target, but a truly happy smile.
She sighed happily before speaking. "Just being near each other and I can feel your hearts pounding." AJ and Blake both blushed at this comment.
"I thought it was a bit early to be using the L word, but you two seem really happy, so I guess I can rest easy. You two don't look like a couple that will just end after a week or two, or at all really." Yang said, still giving her new smile. Her face turned serious rather than going back to her cheeky grin as she got really close to AJ and looked up at him.
"If you do anything to hurt my partner, there will be hell to pay. Got it?" She said threateningly. AJ didn't seem scared, simply caught off guard, and he just smiled.
"Would never dream of it." He promised and smiled at Blake.
"Alright." Yang said gaining her usual grin, which scared them. "So, you two kissed yet?"
"Um… well…" AJ started shyly.
"We haven't had that much time together, so no. I already told you that we have to lay low." Blake said to Yang, looking disapprovingly at her for the question.
"What?!" Yang exclaimed overdramatically before turning more serious. "You mean you two didn't kiss when you admitted your love for each other?" Yang teased.
""Well…"" They both started hesitantly.
"Alright, both of you kiss, now." Yang suddenly ordered.
"Wait what?" Blake asked, not sure she heard that right.
"Huh?" AJ thought the same thing.
"Both of you need to kiss, now. If you decide to say you love each other this needs to have happened already." Yang explained.
"Whoa, don't you think you're making us go a bit too fast?" AJ pointed out.
"You two decided you were deep enough in love to say it." Yang pointed out in return, shrugging. "Now hurry up before someone else sees."
The two Faunus both sighed before facing each other awkwardly. Then slowly AJ put his arms around her waist and she put her arms around his neck and looked up at him before they shared a quick kiss.
Rather than cheering for them or teasing them, Yang had quickly taken out her Scroll and turned on the camera.
The couple broke from the quick kiss and were soon gazing into each other's eyes, both seeing a beautiful sparkle in them that soon brought them back in for another, longer kiss. Yang knew this would happen and it was then that she took the picture.
The couple eventually stopped for air and stared at each other again, still not letting go of each other.
"Alright love birds, that's enough." Yang said, bringing them back to reality and making them blush more than they were already as they broke apart and went back to holding hands.
"You guys did pretty good for a first time. So, you both enjoy it?" Yang teased. Both Faunus looked away, blush not receding.
"So, where have you been all day?" AJ asked after a minute of awkward silence that Yang decided not to break herself. He wasn't sure if the library thing was true.
"I was in the library, like I said." Yang said like it was an everyday thing for her to be in the library.
"And?... What were you doing there?" AJ asked, wanting her to elaborate.
"I was researching something." Yang explained, clearly leaving things out.
"Care to tell us what?" Blake asked.
"Hehe…" Yang laughed sheepishly, trying to find a way out of this. "Have fun in the library! Don't do anything naughty!" Yang teased before running away from further questioning.
The couple watched her till she turned a corner and then decided they didn't really care enough to chase her. So they went to the library like they used to do, and sat at the same table reading books. This time holding hands while they did so.
Thankfully Yang actually kept the couple a secret, didn't even tell Ruby, who would have definitely let it slip by accident. Not even Weiss who would have probably had a fuss about it for some reason, was told about it. Yang was actually helpful for once, not ruining things with her teasing, it was really weird actually. She seemed the kind of person to let out secrets, especially ones like this.
'That look they have in their eyes when they look at each other…' People probably wouldn't expect it, but Yang was actually very knowledgeable when it came to love. The kind of knowledge you would expect from an adult. But she knew better than others. 'I have never seen such a strong bond, and it's only been a week.' That seems like something an adult would say seeing a young couple, but it was Yang who noticed this, no one else. Pyrrha and Ren noticed the secret couple as well, but only Yang knew how strong it really was. 'Where did it come from? Why are they so attached? So deeply in love after such a short time? I'm actually jealous!'
"So, if it's safe to ask now, and you don't have to answer if you don't want too, but, why did you get really angry for awhile?" Blake asked AJ on another reading session in the library.
"That's ok, I can answer that. I just thought you didn't like me then, and I got into a… period, where I was just angry that I never was going to be in love. But that doesn't matter now." AJ said smiling at her and they kissed quickly.
'I knew that was why!' "So, you were just putting yourself down again, basically?" Blake asked with a disapproving tone.
AJ sighed. "Yeah…"
"You still haven't stopped that…" Blake stated more than asked.
"I'm sorry." AJ said, his cat ears hanging down.
Blake kissed his cheek so he'd smile again. "I'll get you to stop someday." She stated, determined.
"Heh, good luck." AJ said, still unsure how she would convince him to think otherwise on that matter.
"So… we got a problem." AJ said as he walked into the SPWM dorm another week later.
"What kind of problem?" Sam asked, not really caring.
"The kind that Yang has to do with?" Isaac guessed with a chuckle.
"The kind where canon is in danger?" Raymond guessed.
As you might be able to tell, Sam still hates being here, though they all had gotten used to it awhile ago. Isaac had molded to the world pretty well, already getting how things work. Raymond loved being here almost as much as AJ did but definitely worried more than anyone else did about various things.
"The kind-" AJ paused, thinking about what they both said. "You're… both right… technically…" He said pointing at both of them. "You remember the episode The Stray, right?" He asked Raymond.
"Yeah, the one that doesn't exactly end well." Raymond said after some thought, nodding.
"Well… I hoped we could stay out of the way of that… but Ruby just invited us along to Vale to meet the new arrivals from the other academies. Kind of hard to say no to a friend inviting other friends along." AJ explained, rubbing the back of his neck worryingly. Blake actually was the one to invite them… Raymond didn't need to know that, and AJ couldn't say no to her.
"Alright, fine. Just try not to screw anything up." Raymond said pointing at all of them.
"Well you'll need to tell us exactly what happens and why we need to not mess it up." Isaac mentioned and AJ and Raymond both explained what happens and how it affects the episode after that.
"So there will be yelling if we didn't change anything, but we have to let it play out." AJ finished.
Isaac sighed. "Fine, should be easy enough."
"What about you AJ?" Sam asked, one of his rare moments where he actually speaks to someone other than Raymond, or speaks at all really.
"What about me?" AJ asked.
"You are a Faunus too, what if Weiss tries to drag you into it somehow?" Sam asked.
"I'm gonna stay out of it, maybe I'll just chase Sun or something. That will get me away from her." AJ answered.
"That might work." Raymond commented.
And now that "Welcome to Vale" sign looked very familiar… no doubt about it… canon had continued.
"The Vytal Festival! Oh this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss said happily.
"Never seen you smile this much Weiss." Ruby commented.
"I would be lying if I said it didn't creep me out a little bit." AJ said. Raymond elbowed him.
"I was just about to say that." Ruby noted.
"Oh quiet you!" Weiss said to AJ who flinched slightly.
"I need to stop pushing my luck with her. I'm on thin Weiss as it is with her." AJ said seriously to his team in the back of the group. Raymond groaned from the pun. Yang had apparently heard him and gave a thumbs up.
"I mean, how could you not smile?" Weiss asked, regaining her unusual smile. "A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world!"
"Why don't we have that?" Isaac asked the other guys who shrugged.
"Maybe we do any just don't know about it." AJ wondered.
"There will be dances, a parade, a tournament! Oh the amount of planning and organization that goes into this is simply breathtaking!" Weiss said as they all started walking again.
"It certainly sounds exciting." AJ commented, hoping to make Weiss dislike him a bit less.
Yang sighed. "You really know how to take a great thing and make it sound boring." She commented.
"Quiet you!" Weiss said before realizing she had just said that a moment ago.
"Hey, I think it's pretty cool how much work goes into it. Weiss raises a good point you know." AJ said to Yang who turned and stuck her tongue out at him childishly. Weiss looked back at him and confirmed he was being honest when defending her. She of course made no move to thank him.
"So, remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon at the stupid docks?" Yang asked as they reached the docks.
"Really Yang? Even I was able to remember why we're here!" AJ teased and Yang turned to him rubbing something out of her eye with her middle finger. AJ simply chuckled slightly as she was clearly enjoying the playful banter.
"The docks smell like fish. I don't like it." Ruby commented, pinching her nose.
"They are the docks." Sam smartassly remarked. (That's a word now)
"I agree though, it does smell pretty bad." Isaac said pinching his nose as well.
"Actually, it kind of smells good." AJ said and took a deep breath through his nose. "Oh no… don't tell me I like fish now?" He asked himself, voice filled with overdramatic dread.
"Anyway, I heard that students from Vacuo will be arriving today by boat. And as a representative of Beacon, I fell as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom." Weiss said proudly as they started to walk over to the dock to meet the students.
"She wants to spy on them so she'll have an advantage in the tournament." Blake explained.
"You can't prove that!" Weiss replied.
"Notice she didn't deny it." AJ whispered to the guys, but Blake heard it as well with her cat ears and chuckled lightly.
"Whoa." Ruby commented and they all looked to see what she was talking about.
The yellow police tape, the two detectives, the broken glass from the windows of the shop. 'So far so good I suppose.'
"What happened here?" Ruby asked the detective closest.
"Robbery, second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." The detective said before walking to his partner.
"That's terrible." Yang said sadly.
"They left all the money again!" The second detective said.
"Yeah, it just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust?" The first detective asked.
"I don't know! An army?" The second detective guessed.
"You thinkin' the uhh… White Fang?" The first asked the second.
"Yeah I'm thinking we don't get paid enough." The second commented, taking off his glasses.
"Hmph! The White Fang! What an awful bunch of degenerates!" Weiss commented.
AJ felt stress take hold of his chest, realizing he needed to find a reason to leave… now!
"Oh! Guys!" He exclaimed, turning to his fellow Earthlings. "We still need to see those new students! Let's go!" He said and started dragging Raymond with him.
"Hey! I'm not the shortest one anymore! I'm not much shorter than you now at all! You can't just drag me around!" Raymond complained but couldn't get free of his grip. Sam and Isaac turned to follow, while Ruby and Yang were distracted by the argument that was quickly becoming heated.
"Alright, he should be here any-"
"Hey! Stop that Faunus!"
"And here we go." AJ finished.
Sun, the blond monkey Faunus, ran out and jumped onto the edge of the boat as two men chased him.
"Thanks for the ride, guys!" Sun exclaimed before laughing and jumping off the ship.
"You no-good stowaway!" One of the men yelled as Sun hung off a light post by his tail, and peeling a banana.
"Hey! A no-good stowaway would have been caught! I'm a great stowaway!" Sun said and AJ and Raymond chuckled.
Team RWBY finally joined the guys.
"Hey! Get down from there this instant!" One of the detectives asked as they both approached Sun. He was met with a banana peel falling on his face.
Sun flipped onto the top of the light post and laughed. He jumped and landed in a crouch before continuing his run off the docks, up the stairs, and towards the two teams. He noticed the cat Faunus boy glaring at him as he got close and got the message, deciding against winking at the pretty Faunus girl next to him and instead giving AJ a double thumbs up to say "good luck."
AJ nodded thankfully to Sun as he ran by, running from the detectives. Blake looked at him curiously, noticing how the Faunus gave AJ a thumbs up. AJ simply shrugged, feigning ignorance and looking away from her.
"Well Weiss? You wanted to see the competition, and theeeere it goes…" Yang pointed out.
"Quick! We have to observe him!" Weiss exclaimed before running after Sun, the two teams soon following.
Weiss turned one corner and immediately ran into someone, Penny, not that RWBY knew that.
"Weiss. You might want to get up." Raymond suggested while AJ ran after Sun even as he hopped up a building.
AJ followed Sun across a few more buildings before suddenly stopping on the roof of one to take a breather and turn to AJ.
"So, now that those cops won't be following me anymore… Hey! I'm Sun!" Sun said holding his hand out to AJ.
'Quick to trust a Faunus I see…' "Hi, I go by AJ." AJ said, shaking Sun's hand.
"So, why did you follow me?" Sun asked, sitting down and looking out at the city.
"Umm… to be honest? I needed to avoid someone in the group for a bit, figured I might talk to you." AJ said sheepishly.
"Fair enough, but what about that girl? Shouldn't you be trying to get her attention?" Sun asked as AJ sat down next to him.
"Nah, we're already going out, I'm sure she won't mind. I think they're busy meeting someone anyway." AJ said, briefly looking in the direction of his friends.
"Oh! Well let me take back my thumbs up of luck, and turn it into a 'good job' thumbs up!" He said excitedly giving an overdramatic thumbs up. They both laughed at this.
"So, you're new to Vale. I assume you're one of the students from… Vacuo?" AJ tried to remember.
"Yeah! Check out my cool weapon!" Sun said standing up and pulling out his staff.
"Awesome! Check out what I got!" AJ said standing up and pulling out his rifle.
"Nice!" Sun commented checking out AJ's weapon. "Would look better with some cool engraving on it though." He commented.
"Yeah, you're probably right. But it can do this." AJ said casually and his weapon became a one-handed sword, then a war axe, then a bow and arrow, then Sun's staff.
"That is awesome! How can you do that!?" Sun asked, astounded at the versatility of the weapon.
"I don't know honestly. Whatever weapon I want it to be, I can make it become that weapon, makes for a difficult weapon to counter." AJ said.
"Oh, I did also want to make sure you weren't gonna make any moves on her." AJ said suddenly, looking back up at him seriously.
"What? Nah man! She's clearly yours! I won't steal her!" Sun said truthfully.
"Good, just making sure." AJ said smiling again.
"YOU IGNORANT LITTLE BRAT!" AJ just faintly heard Blake's voice.
"Oh crap! Um… great meeting you Sun! See you later!" AJ said, putting his weapon away in rifle form before jumping backwards off the roof and jogging down the street to find his friends.
"Hey what-" Sun stopped, seeing his new friend walking away, so he sighed and went on his way.
"So, time to go?" AJ asked Raymond as he approached behind them, seeing the argument that he wanted to jump into.
""Yeah…"" Raymond and Yang both said.
"Where are we going?" Penny asked.
The trip back to Beacon was not a pleasant one. AJ shook his head when Blake looked in his direction, telling her he couldn't help, not now. When they had gotten back to their dorms the argument still hadn't stopped and SPWM decided to just let canon play out.
The moment they got back Isaac went into the restroom.
"Oh come on! I gotta go!... There's a public restroom down the hall!" AJ remembered before leaving the dorm before Raymond or Sam could say anything.
He stood outside the RWBY dorm waiting for things to play out, desperately wanting to ease Blake's pain right now rather than wait.
"WELL MAYBE WE WERE JUST TIRED OF BEING PUSHED AROUND!"
"And now, it's time." AJ said quietly and prepared for Blake to run out the door and run away. He stayed out of her sight while she ran until she was outside and at the statue. He immediately pulled her into a tight hug and let her cry into his chest for awhile.
"I- *hick* I-It wasn't supposed to come out like that!" Blake said into his chest.
"It's ok… It's ok… It'll be ok." AJ whispered, taking off her bow and scratching behind her cat ears.
"What happened?" Sun asked, concerned, from behind AJ who didn't move from his position.
"Another day. Can we go somewhere else?" AJ asked over his shoulder.
"Yeah, sure." Sun said, nodding, and it took a few more minutes for Blake to calm down.
"I promise you, this will all work out in the end." AJ said softly to Blake as she finally looked up and he kissed her.
"How do you know?" Blake asked.
"Just trust me, ok?" AJ requested and she nodded.
"Are you're telling me AJ went with her!?" Raymond yelled angrily.
"Yeah, that's what I saw. Maybe he'll bring her back?" Ruby suggested hopefully.
"If what I think has happened, has happened… then I don't think he'll bring her back." Raymond guessed, angry tone not leaving.
"What do you think happened?" Ruby asked.
"I think they might be going out without AJ telling me. Do any of you know anything like that?" He asked glaring at them. He noticed Yang flinch ever so slightly and approached her, Aura causing his eyes to glow.
"Are you keeping something about my friend hidden from me Yang?" He asked threateningly.
Yang eventually cracked. "Look! They never told me why I couldn't tell you! They just said that I couldn't tell you!" She said, afraid of the dark Aura he was giving off.
"If he did what I think he did… we have to find him!" Raymond demanded.
"Don't bother. He just ran off with her to join the White Fang." Weiss said rudely and found Raymond giving her the death stare, his whole body glowing purple.
"He never did anything to you." Raymond said with quiet anger, defending his friend the much scarier way.
Weiss actually flinched at the usually calm boy's anger.
"Look, if I know AJ, I'm sure he will convince her to come back, just give him till Sunday." Yang said to Raymond who didn't seem to like the plan. "And you, Weiss, need to not call out Blake the moment she gets back." She said, pointing at Ice Queen.
"How can I not!?" Weiss asked.
Raymond growled in annoyance before turning and heading back to their own dorm.
"You can't seriously be thinking about staying, can you AJ?" Raymond asked himself as he tried to fall asleep.
"Look, I'm sure he is just getting her back." Sam said.
"You don't get it! He is going out with Blake! He isn't going to want to leave! What do I say to his parents!?" Raymond asked angrily. Sam and Isaac backed off and let Raymond be till Sunday, when the search began.
"They've been gone all weekend… I thought they would come back…" Ruby said sadly as they were now walking through Vale.
"Well they didn't! Now we have to look for them." Raymond said with an irritated tone.
"Blake's a big girl, and AJ has that strange weapon of his. I'm sure they can take care of themselves." Weiss said carelessly.
"Come on! They're out teammates!" Yang scolded.
"Is she though? Is he even!?" Weiss asked.
"Yes. He is." Raymond glared at her.
"Yes, but we heard what Blake said, and we have to assume AJ heard it as well. So why did he go with her?" Weiss questioned.
"Because they're in love! He was just comforting her!" Yang defended AJ. "And maybe she is, maybe she isn't, even!" Now defending Blake.
"I have known AJ all my life." Raymond lied. "He had no time to be a member, so I know he isn't." Raymond was now losing his patience with Weiss.
"Yeah, and Blake-" Weiss started.
"IS MISSING!" Yang interrupted. "And we need to find her!"
"I just can't believe it! A member of the White Fang! Right underneath our noses!" Weiss exclaimed, unable to keep her mouth shut no matter how much Raymond and the others glared at her.
"I just hope they're ok…" Ruby said, depressed.
"AJ has some explaining to do." Raymond said darkly.
"Honestly, I get that bad things happened, but AJ had nothing to do with any of that." To everyone's surprise, Sam was the one that said that.
"You wouldn't understand." Weiss said simply and chose to ignore him.
"Yeah, because I don't understand stupid." Sam said simply before backing up to Raymond and Isaac, who were still shocked by Sam's sudden momentary change in behavior.
AJ, Sun, and Blake had been sitting at a table and drinking tea (AJ wasn't drinking tea though, just soda) and AJ was now patiently waiting for Blake to say her well known quote that ended off the episode.
Sun took a drink of his cup that he held with his tail, Blake took a drink and sighed, this was it…
"So… You want to know more about me?" Blake asked them. AJ couldn't help but notice fear and worry in her tone this time… not like canon.
"Heeeeyyy! She speaks again! You haven't exactly done much of that these past two days." Sun mentioned making Blake frown at him. "Though you have given me looks like that sometimes." AJ chuckled at the pleasant change of canon. "And you made out with your boyfriend sometimes." He said tilting his head at AJ, sat next to Blake, who casually looked away and blushed lightly.
"Are you both familiar with the White Fang?" Blake asked them slowly, that odd fear still present.
'Why would she be afraid? How would I change this scene?... oh…'
"Yeah, a violent Faunus rights group, used to be more peaceful." AJ explained before Sun could say his opinion.
WHICH HE STILL TRIED TO SAY ANYWAY.
"More like a bunch of-"
"Sun! Quiet!" AJ demanded.
"What? What did I do?" Sun asked, confused.
"I… was once a member of the White Fang." Blake said and looked at AJ. 'Yep, I get it now.'
Meanwhile Sun was coughing from tea going down the wrong pipe.
"You really think that would change how I felt about you?" AJ asked her, smiling.
"Well I-" AJ cut her off with a deep kiss, holding his right hand to her left cheek before putting that hand behind her head and his left hand on her back, pulling her deeper into the kiss.
"Never." He said when they separated. "What you did then doesn't change how good of a person you are now, and how beautiful you are." He finished, smiling at her and brushing his hand on her right cheek now. Blake blushed, and seeing that he was telling the truth on the first part smiled greatly, feeling a great sense of relief. "Go on." He said motioning for her to speak.
"I was once a member, for most of my life, almost like I was born into it. Like you said AJ, back then, they were peaceful. Back then, they were a symbol of peace between humans and Faunus. But despite being promised equality, we were still treated like lesser beings, so the White Fang rose up as a voice for our people. I was at the front of every rally, I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference, but I was just a youthful optimist. Then five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place.
'Ever since she was 12 she had to deal with that? Five years of that violence? Pretty much raised in it…'
A new leader, with a new way of thinking. Then our organized protests were replaced with organized attacks. We set fire to shops that refused to serve us, stole shipments from companies that used Faunus labor, and the worst part, it was working. But we weren't being treated equally out of respect, we were being treated equally out of fear… So I left! I decided I wasn't going to use my skills to aid in their violence. I would instead dedicate my life to become a Huntress, all with the help of this little black bow here." Blake said and her bow moved.
"A bow that you might as well take off now." AJ added.
"Did you tell your friends any of this?" Sun asked.
"She didn't want to tell me, thinking I would leave her, so what do you think?" AJ asked Sun, who nodded slightly in understanding.
"I'm just glad you aren't angry about it." Blake said, smiling at AJ.
"Like I said, never." He said, smiling back.
"AJ! BLAAAAKE!" Ruby yelled.
"BLAAAAKE! AJ!" Yang yelled.
"AJ! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Raymond yelled angrily.
They were drawing quite a few looks from the civilians, walking through the city streets and yelling.
"Weiss. You're not helping!" Ruby complained.
"Oh, you know who could help? The police!" Weiss suggested.
"Weiss…" Ruby growled.
"It was just a suggestion!" Weiss lamely defended.
"AJ didn't do anything to deserve the police on him, and I doubt Blake is a bad enough person to deserve them either." Isaac said, defending AJ.
"Hello!? White Fang!?" Weiss stated like it was an obvious thing.
"Again, maybe she isn't." Yang suggested. "We really should hear her side of the story before we jump to any conclusions."
"And I think when we do, you'll all realize I was right!" Weiss stated proudly.
"And I think Isaac is really tall for his age!"
"AGH! Penny where did you come from!?" Ruby asked, surprised.
'Whoa! That change to canon though!' Raymond thought as he turned to see Penny behind them.
"Hey guys! What are you up to?" Penny asked, ignoring the question Ruby shot at her.
"Well…" Ruby started.
"We're looking for our friends, Blake and AJ." Yang answered.
"Ah yes! AJ. That other friend of yours that didn't come by till later and then left without a word to me… And Blake! That is… the Faunus girl! Right?" Penny asked.
"Um… yeah… How did you know she was a Faunus?" Yang asked, confused.
"The cat ears." Penny stated pointing at the top of her own head.
"What ears? She has a… bow…" Yang realized and a tumbleweed that doesn't belong in the city went by.
"She does like tuna a lot…" Ruby commented.
"And I think AJ might as well." Isaac stated leaning forward and whispering.
"So, where are they?" Penny asked.
"We don't know, they've been missing since Friday." Ruby said sadly.
"Which is why we need to keep looking for them!" Raymond exclaimed angrily before walking off. Sam and Isaac shared a concerned look before following.
"Don't worry Ruby my friend! We won't rest until we find your teammate! Just follow your friend Raymond's example!" Penny said pointing at the boy who was stomping off down the street. "Just look at his enthusiasm!"
"Uh… yeah… enthusiasm…" Ruby said then looked and saw she was the only one there with Penny, Weiss and Yang leaving her alone. "Even my own team!?" Ruby whined.
Another tumbleweed.
"It sure is windy today."
"So… what's the plan now?" Sun asked, looking to his right at the couple. AJ's arm wrapped around Blake as they walked.
AJ's face turned serious turning from Blake to Sun. "We find out if the White Fang are behind the Dust robberies." He answered.
"I still don't think it's them. They never needed that much Dust." Blake said, managing to follow canon perfectly again.
"How would we know if they did or not though?" AJ asked, sounding truly confused but just letting Sun have his part. He questioned briefly why he even bothered but found no time to answer as Sun moved in front of them.
"The only way we could know, is if we go to the most likely place they would be if they were to do it! Maybe we won't find them!" Sun wondered, though being overly optimistic didn't really suit him.
"Maybe, but where would that be?" Blake asked.
"I heard about a shipment coming in from Atlas." Sun suddenly commented.
"Really? Where did you hear this?" AJ asked, curiously. Well, feigning curiosity.
"While I was on the ship." Sun said sheepishly.
'Guess he didn't want to talk about illegal things around Blake, she did sort of bite down on him about that when he tried to steal food for us yesterday. Heh, that was the first time she had spoken to him. Great start.'
"So why aren't we just waiting for him at the docks? You know, where the canon story will continue." Sam asked.
"Because we need to find him now! Before he messes anything up!" Raymond yelled.
"Ray. Why don't you stop yelling!?" Sam said, anger in his low pitch voice.
Raymond sighed. "Sorry." He said, anger not fully leaving.
"Ray, come on. Do you really think he will mess with canon?" Isaac asked.
"Yeah he-"
"Ray. Calm down and think, would he really mess with the canon story?" Isaac asked calmly and let Raymond think for a minute.
"…No… I don't think he would…" Raymond said slowly, realizing the point.
"You just want to ask him things, I get that. But you still need to calm down, you've been so pissed off since AJ left." Isaac said.
"I'm just worried he decided to leave us." Raymond said sadly.
"And you can't make him change him mind about that. If he does decide to stay here, then it must be because he's happy, and you need to let him be happy. As cliché as that sounds, cliché tends to be for the best." Isaac finished.
"Besides, it's not like we're going back anytime soon." Sam pointed out grumpily. The tone he had got a chuckle out of them, lightening the mood.
"Alright then, so let's just keep looking until it gets dark. Then, we head to the docks, or the port… shipyard… whatever it is." Raymond said, confused.
"You're really tense. You gonna be ok?" Blake asked, putting a comforting hand up to AJ's cheek.
"Yeah, I just have a bad feeling." AJ said. 'We've been sitting here for so long! What if Sun doesn't come back and then they get here! Forget that! They're gonna be here soon! That's a fact!' The fact is that he and Blake, more importantly, Blake, are gonna be in danger soon. The stress had been gnawing at him ever since they got there. It didn't matter to him that they hadn't been together long, all that mattered to him was that she was in danger.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun asked as he came back.
AJ sighed in relief. 'At least he's here.'
"Not really." Blake said.
"No, offloading the cargo was real eventful. We're just waiting right now, the crates have just been sitting there." AJ finished.
"Cool. Got you guys some food!" Sun said holding out two apples, AJ took one while Blake looked at the other, then at Sun.
"I thought I told you not to break the law." Blake deadpanned.
"She did." AJ agreed.
"Yeah, but weren't you in a cult or something?" Sun shot back, earning a glare from her and strangely a laugh from AJ. "Ok, too soon." Sun said, shying away from the amber glare.
Just as AJ got ready for it, the ship flew over their heads, scanning and soon finding the cargo containers.
"Oh no…" Blake said grimly.
"Is that them?" Sun asked.
"Yes. It's them." Blake said sadly.
"I'm sorry. I hoped it wasn't them too but…" AJ said, putting a comforting hand on her bare shoulder.
Blake sighed. "It's alright… I think deep down… I knew it was them, I just didn't want to be right."
"Hey! What's the hold up!?"
'Oh shit, right, forgot about him!'
Roman Torchwich stepped out of the airship, bowler hat, cane, orange hair, white suit, nothing has changed with him it seems.
"We're not the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so! Why don't you animals try to pick up the pace!" Roman ordered.
"No… this isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a human, especially not one like him." Blake said but AJ grabbed her hand before she could jump down.
"Just please be careful." AJ pleaded, looking her in the eyes with a pleading look.
"I will." Blake said with a nod and they kissed quickly before she jumped down.
"Hey wait!" Sun called out too late. "You mean you're not stopping her!?" He asked AJ.
"You better take care of her down there." AJ glared at him.
"What are you gonna be doing then?" Sun asked.
"Taking care of the leader of course." AJ said simply before jumping down.
"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you adding this scum!?" Blake asked as AJ approached the group, hidden from sight.
"Oh kid, didn't you get the memo?" Roman asked smug as ever.
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together." Roman answered.
"Tell me what it is, or I'll put an end to your little 'operation'!" Blake demanded. But there was a loud noise of an engine about them when the airships flew in.
"I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation." Roman said looking up at the ships, before one was taken down by a rocket. "What!?" The other ships backed off seeing this.
They looked over to see AJ jump out, weapon going from rocket launcher back to rifle.
"Hi! I'm here!" He stated angrily, pointing at the White Fang men who turned to point their weapons at him.
Roman used this as his chance and fired off his shot from his cane, sending Blake flying away.
"Well, it looks like he actually followed canon…"
"See? I told you he wouldn't mess with anything!"
"Do we jump in?"
"… No… let's see how he handles things by himself…"
"Why!? We need to help our teammate!"
"Maybe then he'll realize he can't just leave without us…"
"Are you really still trying to change the decision that he has to have already made!?"
AJ charged at Torchwich, seeing Blake hurt slightly. He turned his weapon to a metal bat to knock out the first grunt he got to, running through the group to get to Roman.
Roman fired a shot from his cane and AJ threw a nearby grunt into the shell before it could hit him. He then turned and fired two shots from his lever-action-rifle into the grunts on his left and right, their Aura taking the large caliber round but still knocking them out, before dodging more shots fired by Roman's cane.
"Now!" AJ yelled and Sun landed on Roman, knocking him down face first.
"I got this! You're the one that should take care of her!" Sun said as he stared down Roman.
"Alright!" AJ said, nodding, before running of to help Blake hold back the White Fang grunts.
"The other airships dropped soldiers while you were distracted! Be careful!" He heard Sun shout as he ran.
He jumped in and kicked away a grunt as Blake turned to fight that very grunt. "You ok?"
"Just fine!" She said as she slashed a grunt across the chest, knocking him down. "We need to stop Roman though!" She yelled blocking an overhead strike from another grunt before slashing at him, making him take a step back.
"Don't worry! I'm gonna make sure he doesn't get away!" AJ said as he spun his axe around him, taking out two grunts that came at him from his left and from behind. He then spun to his right, making his weapon a war hammer than sent another grunt flying away.
They quickly ran out of guards. The fact that one ship full of them was taken out early meant there were fewer to deal with. They ran over to find Sun firing off shots from his gun-chucks unable to get a hit on Roman. Blake jumped in and got a quick hit before all three came at him.
Roman tried and failed to block the combined attacks, after being hit multiple times and clearly not faring well, he took a chance and fired at their feet, blowing away all four of them. It was worth it for Roman, he couldn't take the combined barrage of their attacks. He stood up and thought of his next move when he got a message on his wrist communicator. He looked at it before laughing victoriously.
"Would love to stick around and get my butt kicked, but I gotta go! Have fun Aiden!" Roman said and waved, turning to just casually walk away from them.
"You really think I'll let you get away!?" AJ yelled and fired a shot at Roman.
The bullet was blocked by a brown circular shield, a young man suddenly appearing between Roman and the bullet.
The man wore light brown armor, full upper body, leg armor, shoulder pads, boots, all steel, but no helmet. This showed he was not much older than them. Smooth, greasy black hair, blue eyes, looked like he was the cool kid in school with that smirk. He had two swords on his back, the light brown handles sticking out over both shoulders. His shield compacted itself, not like Jaune's where it pops out, but where it shrunk in a circular motion. Apparently the thing was attached to his right arm, folding into the armor of the lower right arm, suggesting he's left handed, or ambidextrous.
"Oh look, someone else who likes brown a lot." The guy, obviously Aiden, said smiling casually. "Cool cloak."
"Who the fuck?" AJ asked himself. This guy was definitely not canon, and that worried him.
"Wanna play around a bit?" Aiden asked, excited.
AJ quickly pulled up his rifle again and fired, trying to catch the guy by surprise. His shield unfolded as he suddenly crouched behind it, blocking the attack with no problem. He looked over the shield which was no larger than Pyrrha's, and smirked. He suddenly disappeared in a faint flash of green Aura and AJ was hit in the back, stumbling forward.
"Huh?" Sun exclaimed before he was hit hard with the shield, almost knocked out.
Blake finally turned to her right and saw the guy holding one sword in his left hand, shield out for the other, standing right behind where AJ was standing. Now it was clear he stood at 6'1, just under AJ's height. His sword was simple, sharp on both ends, standard straight sword. The blade is not colored in any way, staying the normal grey color of steel.
"Well hello beautiful!" Aiden said turning to Blake, who glared at him in disgust.
"Wanna come with me and skip town? Leave these losers behind?" He asked approaching her, not even getting to touch her cheek as she had lashed out with Gambol shroud's katana and hit air. He was standing behind her, slapping her ass made her jump away and growl at him fiercely.
"Oh I love it when they fight baAAAACK!" Aiden shouted in an uncool way, barely dodging yellow electricity that AJ had shot at him. "NOT COOL MAN!" He shouted angrily at AJ who hissed at him in return, sparks flowing off his left hand.
Aiden left with another flash as he magically, and instantly, appeared behind AJ and sliced him with his sword. "Don't ever do that again!" He yelled, pointing at AJ as he stumbled away.
"Don't ever touch her again!" AJ shouted at Aiden as he spun around to face him.
"Now!"
Aiden was suddenly trapped in a purple coffin, Raymond, Sam, and Isaac all jumping in.
"Sup." Isaac said casually.
"Don't make the usual hero mistake, just kill this guy now." AJ ordered, not showing any surprise.
"If you say so." Raymond said, still holding out his hand to keep the coffin there.
"Whoa! Why we killing people here!?" Aiden yelled from inside. As usual with anything Raymond creates with his Semblance you can see right through it, just with a purple tinge to everything, so they could see the guy freaking out. Fake freaking out.
Then he was suddenly behind Raymond and sliced him. Then he did the same to the other guys, only pausing one second at a time between teleportations.
"You guys are really getting on my nerves!" Aiden yelled angrily as the guys took their stances, ready to fight. "You know what!? Fuck you guys!" He said, flipping them off. "I'm out of here!" He shouted, throwing his arm up dramatically, before disappearing in another flash of forest green Aura.
AJ growled at the spot the guy once stood at before turning back to Blake they hugged and kissed briefly. "You're ok?" He asked as they broke the kiss.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Blake said. "That guy was an asshole though." She said, shuddering at the thought.
"Don't remind me." AJ growled. "Just thinking of him makes me want to-"
"HEY!"
AJ turned around.
"YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!" Raymond yelled before Isaac grabbed him, making him stop yelling.
"Raymond… NOT THE TIME!" AJ yelled back angrily.
"Why are you with her!?" Raymond asked pointing at Blake.
"That's what this is about!?" AJ asked. Realizing Raymond had Aura he decided to indulge in his want to punch his best friend in the face for that. Raymond reeled back from the hit and went to respond when Isaac and even Sam grabbed him by the arms.
"YES IT IS!"
"Ray! You said you would work this out!" Isaac reminded him and Raymond eventually calmed down.
"Your best fucking friend… and you would just leave!?" Raymond yelled.
"It's not like it was a fucking easy decision!" AJ yelled back, Blake let go of AJ and took a step back.
"And what about your family!?" Raymond asked.
"I'm going to miss them… a lot! Especially my mom! I am really, really going to miss her!" AJ said tearing up, now facing what his decision really meant.
"How can you say that and just leave?" Raymond asked, voice lowering much since this started. Now just filled with concern and sadness.
"It's not like I don't like them, or playing games and texting with you, but I want love so damn badly Raymond! So badly that I am happy enough just being with her! I accepted that when I made the decision to be with her!"
"I don't understand how you can leave everything behind for one person!" Raymond yelled looking at Blake for a moment.
"What about your girlfriend!? Would you do anything for her?!" Raymond glared at AJ for a moment, he had been avoiding thinking about her all this time, but AJ had a point…
"I… I…"
"And I would do anything for her. My mom was so nice to me, and my Dad always bought me things when I asked for them, I was nice enough to not always ask for stuff though… But I know what I'm leaving behind, so stop reminding and questioning me! Just accept that I made my decision! It's not like you're leaving yet anyway." AJ finished and turned to walk back to Blake.
"Fine." AJ stopped and looked back, seeing Raymond staring at the ground. "I get it… You are happy with her… and you feel she's enough for you to live here… Fine… I'm sorry for trying to change your mind about it… It's a big decision. That should have told me that you weren't gonna change your mind." Raymond finished, looking up at AJ again.
"Thank you… I'm sorry for punching you in the face and bringing up things you didn't want to think about." AJ said, smiling sadly.
"Heh. Just the face? So you would gladly hit me anywhere else?" Raymond asked, smiling at his joke.
AJ didn't want to say anything that might ruin the mood so he simply laughed with him. The others smiled at this, seeing that the two friends had gotten over their troubles, and they would still stick by each other's side for as long as they were still around to do so.
"One problem though." AJ said a while after laughing. "Actually two."
"What?" Raymond asked, curious more than anything.
"One: I kept another secret from you." AJ said before his hand started giving off electricity. "I found my semblance!" He stated, smiling.
"Yeah I saw, you never showed that during training… Meh, it's ok I guess… Though lighting is really cliché, don't you think?" Raymond commented, frowning.
"Hey, lighting is awesome!" AJ childishly defended, smiling, then turning serious again. "The other problem: Weiss." He said simply.
Raymond stared at him for a moment. "Oooohhh…" Raymond realized, then Sam and Isaac remembered what they were told was supposed to happen after this.
"Actually three. WHO THE FUCK WAS THAT GUY!?" AJ remembered.
"He wasn't canon right?" Isaac asked, to which the two RWBY experts nodded.
"Aiden is definitely not canon." AJ said. They had moved away from Blake and Sun for a moment so Blake didn't have to hear anything.
"Are you still keeping secrets from me?" Blake asked in a teasing tone when he came back, she didn't really care.
"Hey, aren't you?" AJ defended.
"No…" Blake said not looking him in the eyes.
"Heh, I love you." AJ said and hugged her.
"I love you too." Blake said and they kissed again.
"I mean come on, they make a cute couple!" Isaac commented.
"I guess they do." Raymond said hiding his sadness with a smile, as everyone does.
"Um… wasn't Ruby supposed to come here by now?" Isaac asked Raymond.
"Yeah she was… where is she?" Raymond asked out loud. 'What could have delayed her?...'
"Hey guys!"
"Agh! Ruby where did you come from!?" AJ asked, imitating the girl. He then noticed she had torn the clothes on her left leg, and her clothes also looked burned slightly in that area. "What happened?"
"Oh! Right! Hehe… big airship came down and almost crushed me." Ruby said casually.
"Oh, glad you're ok." AJ said looking over her to make sure she really was ok.
"Oh, don't worry! My Aura kept any bones from being crushed in my leg, and I'm pretty sure Penny saved me… though all I remember was seeing flames and then her coming towards me then I passed out from shock, then I woke up and saw her taking care of me… by the way, where is she? I thought she followed me here." Ruby said it all quickly.
'She still has Aura and her usual energy despite how close she came to death… by me… whoops… Maybe I shouldn't have shot that thing down… probably caused quite a bit of damage in the town as well.'
"Uh, guys?" Sam brought their attention to Weiss and Yang approaching.
"Kay. I'm just gonna-" AJ started to turn and leave.
"YOU!" Weiss apparently wanted to get at him before Blake. "What do you have to say for yourself!?"
"We worked things out Weiss, he's cool." Raymond said, now defending the person he was yelling at not long ago.
"Look. I may believe everything you said about him, but with how angry you were I find it hard to believe you just-"
"We worked it out, ok?" Raymond asked, irritated. Weiss reluctantly left AJ alone, seeing as Raymond seemed to have calmed down. Weiss decided to actually believe what he said, she still wanted to yell at him and question him, but there were more pressing matters.
Meanwhile AJ nodded towards Raymond in thanks for making Weiss leave him alone.
Weiss approached Blake and suddenly AJ went from wanting to leave, to ready to step in.
"Weiss, I want you to know, before we start, that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang!" Blake said, standing tall.
(A familiar piano starts playing in the background)
One life…
Is not a long time…
…
"That's it?" Weiss asked simply.
"Um… yes?" Blake answered reluctantly.
Shadows…
"Good! Because we've been searching for you for twelve hours, Belladonna! And in that time I've decided… I don't care!"
Seem to fill…your life…
"You don't… care?" Blake asked.
"You said you aren't one of them! If that's true, then you aren't a danger to me, and AJ really isn't secretly about to leave to go to the White Fang." Weiss reasoned. "Just know that the next time something like this happens, you need to go to your teammates, and not some… someone else." Weiss finished, avoiding saying anything rude when she looked at Sun.
Don't spend another minute in…this…way…
"Of course." Blake said wiping away a tear of joy.
"YEAH! Team RWBY is back together!" Ruby cheered.
"Don't think that means I like you though!" Weiss said to Sun. "Because I'm still not sure how I feel about you!" Sun chuckled sheepishly.
Blake turned to AJ and hugged him, happily cuddling her face in his chest.
It's…O…K…
"I told you it would all work out in the end." AJ whispered to her while the others all had started talking about the fight.
Twelve…hours…
Raymond glanced sadly at AJ while everyone else was laughing. 'Someday we'll have to leave him… never thought our friendship would end this way…'
Is a long…night…
'At least he's happy…'
"I'm glad it did." Blake whispered when she looked up from his chest at him. They both gazed into each other's eyes for a few seconds, both reflecting the beautiful moon and starlight, and soon fell into a deep kiss, along with pulling each other further into it.
I know you can't stand the thought of be…ing… stray…
One…more…day…
Final scene with the camera at level with everyone, couple kissing in the foreground, everyone else in the back,
Dry your eyes now baby…
before fading to black…
Yeah yeah I messed with the lyrics on purpose, calm down.
So I'm a dumb, I thought there was one more chapter after this but nope! That's the end of volume one everyone! Know what that means?
This is the end of Fate, Book 1: Beginnings!
Sorry, but because of the SPWM storyline, book 2 and every book after it will be M rated. It says it in the summary of this fic so you should already know that.
Hope all of you new readers are enjoying this so far! I have to do homework now, so I'll see you all when I come back with Book 2!
Have a great week everyone!