AN- You guys know the drill,
Tigervolcano5000- Yeah, I liked Unlikely Hero to, as you probably found out already :). Also thank you, I tried last chapter.
Guest- Thank you for your thoughts, and well. I decided on a new one, I hope you like it anyway. At least it still has Unlikely in it right?
Zeldawolffang- That is understandable, thank you for that.
Astra- I wouldn't actually do that, don't worry, after all this time there's no way I can end the story so abruptly. Yeah, 'research', wish me luck. What do you think of the new title? Hector just needed to take a little nap, and I must be making the shippers pull their hair out for how long i've been putting off the pairing, well hint hint it's not going to be that long of a wait anymore. Of course I have plans for Rhea's semblance, as for what it is, you have about maybe one to three chapters to predict it. Ilia will get a proper update soon, just have to focus on the main cast for now. As for the Summer Maiden, the same goes with her, except her update is going to come much sooner. In this world, I am god, and I didn't feel like writing a whole mini-arc just to keep Mercury out of prison, cuz screw logic and for Jauney boy… Ooooohhh just wait for his family to show up. I'm still deciding on what to do with Weiss honestly, maybe yes maybe no to that one. You'll see why no doctors came to check on Hector this chapter, I have a feeling you might laugh or D'aww at it. Like I said before, I love teasing the pairing :). You read my mind on the Mercury/Qrow training. Hector can have a bunch female friends hugging him! Even if it isn't team HAMR, he saved all their lives twice now, therefore he is now claimed by all of them (Platonically, except for Ruby). Oh yeah, Hector and Ruby get together, then Ruby runs off to fight Salem on her own, and then he gets with Yang, and then she dies, shortest story I've ever written, Tai 2.0 is now born. Hector didn't really stop to look at any reflective material, even if he did I don't think he would have gotten a good look of himself to even notice the eye is blue. There's a reason behind it, don't worry. Thanks for the compliment man, I'll do my best to make the romance part of this story as romancy as possible. See ya in the next one!
Kage-kitsune9001- It's just blue eye man, I just thought it'd look cool, there will be some meaning behind it but it's not going to mean much. Thanks for the review.
Now let's get right to it! A chapter that I am sure, so many of you have been waiting for ;).
Chapter 36- Red Rivers
"IT IS!?" Hector asked as he nearly feel running to the window to confirm this revelation. He looks into his own eye and sees that it is in fact blue, an ocean blue to be specific, like, the kind of blue eye you see only in anime. It looked good on him if he is being honest with himself. "Wow…" Hector says to himself as he stares into his own reflection. "I never thought I'd look good with blue eyes until just now."
"You didn't look into any mirrors on the way here?" Weiss asked. "I know for a fact that there are plenty reflective surfaces in the manor."
"Well it's not like I actually stopped and looked into any of them, I might have been able to if someone wasn't constantly ushering me forward to see you guys." Hector looks straight at Ruby as he said that, making her laugh nervously and play with her hair.
"How did you even manage to get out of there? I had the best doctors in Atlas take a look at you and said they needed to run tests to see if you were okay to move around after you woke up." Weiss points out, now that she mentions it. Everyone thinks the same thing.
"Really? I just woke up, said hi to Ruby, and then walked out to meet you guys here." Hector admits right away.
"What!? Oh those unprofessional, insubordinate-"
"Woah… wait a second." Hector cuts off Weiss and returns his gaze straight back at Ruby, who seems to shrink even further at the attention. "I've been lied to."
Everyone is surprised to hear of this, even Zwei, whose ears flatten against his head as he whimpers disappointedly. Tai has his jaw hanging open, never in a million years did he ever think that his little Rubaby would lie about something, same goes for the rest of the group, besides Nora and Yang of course, who are just impressed with the young leaders boldness.
"I can explain…" Ruby begins.
After about ten seconds everyone realizes that she has no explanation for her actions, but luckily she is saved when Qrow and Hector burst out laughing at the same time. Shortly after, others begin to join in, with Zwei barking happily along.
"So let me get this straight." Hector said as he stepped behind Ruby and placed his hands on her shoulders. "You wanted me off that bed so badly, that you lied to me. In my face no less, and took me to the others before someone could find me and bring me back." Hector ends that sentence with a chuckle. "I have newfound respect for you."
"Respect!? What she did was immature, selfish and-"
"Weiss, I don't think I need a doctor to tell me that I can move around right now." Hector points to himself. "I mean, I've been up and about for the past hour so far, so I think I'll be fine."
Weiss opens her mouth to protest, but Hector stops her before another word can come out of her mouth.
"If I find myself needing medical support, then I'll go get it myself. Deal?" Hector offered with his signature smile that almost no one can say no to.
Weiss stares him and Ruby down for a couple more moments, before sighing and waving it off. "Fine, but no fighting or training until a doctor gives you the okay."
"Deal, now then." Hector steps away from Ruby, using one crutch to hobble back a couple steps. "Did you all miss me- AHH!" Zwei jumps straight into Hector's face, and begins to show how grateful he is for taking a big part in saving two kingdoms and all of his friends. By of course licking his face in every spot possible, the unexpected force from something so small knocked Hector over as well.
"How did you even get here?" Hector asks as he picks the dog up from his face and lifts him in the air above his face.
Zwei looks back at him with his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth, and tilts his head to get a better look at his new best friend that isn't Ruby, Yang, or Tai. The look in the dogs eyes is too much for Hector, and with a sigh he returns the dog to sit on his chest and Zwei goes back to licking his face.
Everyone of course, instead of helping the very sore and much weaker Hector, just watch and laugh at the spectacle in front of them.
"Wow, so one of the strongest people on Remnant is being defeated by a corgi, this is just too much." Yang teased as she wiped a tear from her eye. Her partner Blake, while also finding this particularly amusing, is currently slowly backing away from the dog before it could notice her. That demon also haunted her during the nights at Beacon.
"I'm too hungry to fight back…" Hector weakly defends himself as his sits up, letting the dog sit in his lap.
"I've never seen Zwei show so much affection to a stranger before." Tai pointed out.
"I know it's crazy right? It's almost like I saved all your lives before." Hector sarcastically said with his own laugh as he pushed himself back on his feet with the dog in his arms. "Jokes aside, can I eat now? I feel like I haven't eaten in like… a month."
"Ah! That reminds me." Nora said as she clapped her hands together. "I brought it upon myself, to get my leader a gift for this very day, and that gift is… a feast!"
"Do I even want to ask?"
"Nope!" Nora sped out of the room, and a couple of minutes later, half a dozen Schnee servants with carts of food rolls into the room.
Everyone is aghast as the table is quickly cleared and plates of all kinds of exotic and good looking foods are placed in front of them, conveniently with their favorite foods. Even more pancakes for Ren, a bowl of something tuna related for Blake, who drools out of her mouth and purrs as she digs into it right away, ignoring the giggles of those around her. More pancakes for Jaune, who doesn't even want to point out that pancakes aren't his favorite food out of fear of a Nora attack, Rhea gets a cute bowl of cereal that she actually doesn't mind having since it is actually her favorite brand, and too many others to list off so we're gonna skip a few. Ruby gets a strawberry sundae with a side of cookies, her eyes sparkle as the dish is placed in front of her, and lastly but certainly not least, Hector gets a big, thick, juicy, steak, with mashed potatoes and a wide assortment of sides for him to try. He doesn't even think that this is real at first, blinking his eyes a couple times to confirm that this isn't some illusion.
"I haven't had steak… in forever." Hector said as he picked up a fork, and only a fork. Who needs knives when you have the strength to rip apart Grimm with your hands. "I never thought I could love something so much before I brutally rip it apart and eat it."
"Then eat it! You know how long it took me to convince the cooks to make that for you in like… twenty minutes!?" Nora said through a mouthful of guess what? Even more pancakes! It's a miracle that her words were even understandable, somehow.
Hector doesn't even respond, instead he digs right in like a savage animal getting its first meal after a couple of weeks. Rhea and Ruby actually have to scoot away just a bit so that the bits of food that gets flung around doesn't get into their own meals.
After some time of everyone eating their own meals in their own ways, Hector takes his final bite, and then cleans the rest of his plate before leaning back in his chair and taking his first deep breath since he walked into that room. Everyone else is more amazed that Hector is still conscious after barely taking in any airs into his lungs for so long, and also impressed that he can do something like that straight after a month long coma.
"I am so sleepy now." Hector mentions as his eyes slowly close. Only for him to be nudged awake by the redhead beside him.
"You're not going to go to sleep for another month are you?" Ruby asks playfully, with a hint of genuine concern in there that Hector of course doesn't pick up on.
"I dunno maybe." Hector yawns as he stretches his arms out in front of him, the taste of fresh steak still plentiful in his mouth. "What time is it anyway?"
"Three am." Ruby answered with a shrug.
"What!?" Hector snaps himself awake in a flash, and looks around the room to see that Yang is asleep in a chair in the corner of the room, Nora and Ren aren't even even the room anymore, Jaune is somehow back up in the ceiling, his legs are hanging out of the hole, Rhea is asleep beside him, her head resting on the table and her hood being up. Tai and Qrow are also just gone, Weiss is to. Mercury is sleeping on the couch where Tai and Qrow once were, and only God knows where Blake is.
"How long was I eating? Wasn't it just light out like… ten minutes ago?" Hector asked as he finished looking around the room.
"Yeah, and now it's dark and everyone is asleep. What, you think you woke up in the morning?" Ruby asked with a tired laugh, then yawns herself and almost dropped her head on the table. Somehow eating all that sugar has given her the opposite effect and just made her even more sleepy.
"Wow, and here I thought time itself wasn't going to start fucking with me." Hector said with a short laugh, then realizes something. "Wait a sec," He looks to Ruby, who looks back at him with a questioning expression. "Did you wait for me?"
Ruby goes beet red, and looks away for a moment. But looks back and nods quickly, even smiling slightly.
Luckily Hector's skin is just dark enough so nobody can see his own blush as he actually received an answer from Ruby, her blush is very obvious to him, since her skin is almost white, and the way her silver eyes look into his blue one makes his stomach get butterflies in it.
Instead of succumbing to the embarrassment, Hector just closes his eyes and shakes his head, then surprises both of them when he wraps his arm around Ruby's shoulders and pulls her in.
"I should have known you would have done that so I wouldn't be alone." Hector said as he slowly let his head rest atop of hers.
"Mhm." Ruby blush gets even deeper, and she lets her head rest against his chest. She can hear his heartbeat, and is oddly comforted by the soft gentle vibration. "You should've known a lot of things."
"My eye." Hector said suddenly. "You wanted to know what happened right?" He asked as he took in another deep breath. He nuzzled into her head just a little bit more as the painful memory of him ripping out his own eye, the feeling of the venom flowing throughout his body, the sickening giggles of the crazed Tyrian return. But he takes another deep breath as he begins to tell the story of what happened literally a day after RNJR left Mistral.
He tells her about the bomb going off, how he used his semblance, or ability, he doesn't even know what it is now. To enhance his hearing to hear the bomb beep before it went off. How he told Ozpin to put up the shield just in time when he grabbed his team and pulled them in to protect them from the explosion and the impact of when the train landed in a ravine that lead deeper into a cave. How they traveled for countless hours, perhaps even days in that cave looking for a way out, how he used his Kaioken to heat his body up so that he can radiate warmth to the rest of his team, and that he was willing to lose sleep and hurt himself with his ability as long as it kept his team healthy. Then he got to the part when Tyrian found them, how he separated them all and injected his venom into his body, the venom being very dangerous and blocked out his ability to use his semblance. He only kept himself alive with Ozpin's skills and his unwillingness to go down. They fought for what felt like hours, until Nora was able to break a way up back to the surfaces by using one of his gauntlets to electrocute herself and boost her strength up way past her usual limits. Then it got to the part where he ended up killing him, and to the part where his left eye was Grimm, and that part of his face looked like Salem's.
Hector's breath seemed to get raspier and raspier as he continued the story, and Ruby picked up on this and just hugged him tighter, letting him know that she is there for him.
"I think I can fill in the rest." Ruby said as she made him look her in the eyes. She hesitantly placed a hand on his left cheek, and put on her most comforting smile. "I told you that you were a hero."
Hector chuckled and looked away, standing up suddenly and surprisingly without needing the help of his crutch this time.
"Yeah, a very unlikely one now that I think about it." Hector replied as he walked over to the door, but before he left the room, he looked back to Ruby and flicked his head, silently asking her to come with him.
Ruby stood up next and followed him out, noting that he got suddenly got strong enough to be able to walk around on his own, and that his steps seem to have gotten a bit heavier.
They walked side by side in silence until they got back to the hospital part of the manor, how long this had actually been here, neither of them know for sure. Hector figured that since he wasn't technically allowed to leave, and didn't want to just claim a random room as his own and risk getting an earful from Weiss about it. Or worse…
"Were you really waiting for me to wake up everyday?" Hector asked suddenly as he sat on the bed, patting the spot next to him to let Ruby know that the spot is open.
"Eh, about every day or so, the chair was surprisingly comfortable... Heheh." Ruby answered honestly as she sat next to him, sitting closer to him to the point where their arms are touching.
Hector nodded and smiled to himself, trying to suppress the heat that is rising up to his chest, after everything that was said, and the talk with Tai he had not too long ago about his relationship with Ruby, and the talk with Qrow a couple months ago right before the battle of Haven, and then combined with all the times he and Ruby would hang out together, talking about anything they can and always having fun with it. He'd have to be even more dense than Jaune was to see that there wasn't something between them, something that hasn't stopped growing even after being separated for so long. "What happened after I went out?" Hector asked next in an attempt to change the topic his head is thinking about.
"Oh, well at first everyone freaked out because we thought you were dead, but then a medic told us that you were just in a coma due to extreme aura exhaustion. A couple days later and Weiss took over the SDC, and people started to rebuild Atlas, starting with the walls of course, every huntsman in Atlas, and some even from Mistral came to help out with the building and defence. Oh! I gotta tell you about us saving Mercury." Ruby said with a laugh, despite it being so late, the two are talking like nothing ever happened, right back to how they always were with each other back at Haven.
"Oh, I gotta hear this one. How did you convince Ironwood to not throw Mercury in prison?" Hector asked as he leaned back on the bed. Ruby followed suit right after.
"After a couple days went by, we all decided to help pitch in to help out in the city, the general himself came to take Mercury away, and he just stopped what he was doing, and raised his hands." Ruby begins.
"Huh, I guess Mercury really has changed." Hector said as he stared into the ceiling.
"Yeah! You should talk to him more, he's cool now. So anyway, you should have seen the look on his face when Yang of all people rose to his defence, even let her fire eyes out to, it went a bit like this…"
"You're NOT taking him away from us!" Yang shouted at the general, her maiden flames lighting up around the corners of her eyes.
"M-miss Xiao Long, please, this is the law we have to abide to. Mr Black, although he has done good deeds recently, along with saving my own life and without a doubt many others, cannot just be acquitted of his past crimes." Ironwood explained calmly, not wanting the secret of the maidens to get out to the public due to a temper tantrum.
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. This asshole." Yang looked to Mercury, who still has his hands in the hair but with a shocked look on his face now. "Is not one of my friends, despite what he did back at Beacon, he explained to us how he got where he was, and how he got out of it. He's better now, and his punishment for everything he did is being forced to hang around us for the rest of his life."
"So long story short she basically threatened him into submission." Ruby ended with a giggle.
"Heh, looks like those two are hitting it off pretty well now. But enough about all of them." Hector turns his head so he can look at Ruby. "How have you been?" He asks.
Ruby seems to be caught off guard by such a simple question, and doesn't know how to answer properly right away. "Uhjuebawha?"
"Somehow, I understood that. Ruby I asked how have you been, we haven't seen each other for months, and then when we did we had to save a kingdom." Hector reiterates.
"Well uh… I did a lot of training with my eyes, Mercury became a good guy, ran into some Grimm. But nothing too serious." Ruby answers finally.
Hector laughs and looks back to the ceiling, finding it amusing that Ruby didn't answer the question properly. "That's what you did, not how you felt and all that sentimental shit while we were on opposite sides of the world-"
"I liked the rose you gave me." Ruby says suddenly, turning her head to face him. "I kept it."
Hector coughs and wipes something from his mouth, most likely left over food. He honestly almost forgot about that. "Oh, I uh… Ozpin sort of, suggested for me to do that for you and I uh… y'know, did it."
"Ozpin playing fucking matchmaker there... should've known."
After getting no response he looks back to Ruby, who has an adoring smile on her face. Hector actually gets visibly red for the first time since being at Haven, and Ruby just thinks it's adorable. Even getting butterflies of her own when he doesn't look away from her.
Ruby decides that it's rather now then never, she knows her own feelings, and judging by the look in his eyes, he must be thinking something similar to her right now. It's the first time she's ever had a crush on anyone, and she didn't even notice that she did, and didn't dare go to her sister for advice on it, but she figured it out after a talk with Blake on her way to Atlas. Then her sister found out the next morning and that whole debacle was a thing that happened.
On Hector's side of things, he is a bit more experienced when it comes with relationships, back on Earth he had a few girlfriends here and there, even less of those being intimate with, but nothing too serious, or lasting anything more than a couple of months. He gets the basic idea of it and knows when he is attracted and romantically likes someone. But it has become increasingly difficult for him to be able to express himself properly, with everything that has been going on, between the seasonal magic ladies, the thousands of years old wizard living in his head, and the constant violence he has been forced take part in after Haven. That's not even considering the literal incarnate of evil that has also taken her place in his mind from time to time. But even through all of that, when he looks into those silver eyes, it's like all of that weight on his shoulders is lifted off him, like the fate of the world isn't actually riding on him, no matter how irrational that sounds, and he can truly be happy.
"Ruby, I…" Hector's voice trails off, and his eye trails around the room rather then into silver. He sits up and leans on his knees with his elbows, not even trying to suppress the heat rising up from his chest to his face anymore.
Ruby stands up, and moves in front of Hector, feeling the same way he is at the moment. Something they have both been holding back on for a long time, trying to figure out if it was true.
"I like you!" Ruby blurts out, shutting her eyes and grabbing her skirt so tightly her knuckles turn white. "I really like you… like, a lot." She confesses, getting more red than ever before. "I know what you said before… you're afraid that you would end up hurting me instead of making me happy… but I am willing to take that chance if you… y'know." Her voice trails off, and she takes a deep breath and forces herself to open her eyes to look back at him.
Hector widens his eye, and can't seems to formulate a response to this confession properly. He knew something was up between them, but he thought they would dance around it for a bit longer until he got brave enough to make the first move, but life has a funny way of telling you to go fuck yourself, in a nice way of course.
"I…" Hector stands up and takes Ruby's hands in his own, he towers over her by a full head, but the distance can easily be closed if she stood on her toes. Despite his doubt telling him no over and over again, he finds himself smiling anyway.
'Is this a bad time to point out that I'm back.'
Hector nearly jumps after hearing that voice in his head. So much so that Ruby almost jumps with him, but when she sees the look on his face and how he seems to be thinking very hard to himself she instantly understands, and is willing to wait a couple of more seconds.
"Yes, now shut up it's been way too long of a wait for this to happen."
'I was gone for just a few hours and I find you and Miss Rose in such close proximity with each other, my has the children grown so much.'
"Oz, glad you're back and all, but shut up."
'Very well.' Ozpin said with a chuckle, and gives to two lovebirds the privacy they need.
Hector reopens his eye and stares back down to the girl, who is barely able to hide her amused smile. "Good news, Ozpin is back."
"Oh, does that mean we're not alone anymore?" Ruby asked in a somewhat sad tone.
"Oh no we're still alone, Oz is going back to sleep." Hector said with a smile, slowly taking his hands and wrapping them around Ruby's waist. "You can tell it's still me right?" Hector asked in a quiet voice, the look on his face instantly transformed from awestruck to one of desire.
"Mhm." Ruby hums. She places her hands on his chest and shoulder, but doesn't look into his eye. She takes this gesture as the answer she has been waiting for.
"Ruby… I think you can take a good guess about how I feel about you. I'm not really good at the romantic crap so I'll make it short and simple. I like you, romantically," Both of their hearts skip a beat as he says this. "And while I am afraid that I might not be able to be around long enough for Salem to be put down…" Hector takes one more deep breath. "If you want to give this a shot, then I'll give it my all for you." Hector leans in, and rests his forehead against Ruby's. It was hard for him to say that, but now that it has been said, there's no going back.
Ruby nudges Hector's face so that it hovers in front of hers, noses touching, she is way too nervous, and excited to say anything, so she decides to take a page out of her sisters book.
Speak with your actions.
She slowly pushes herself up on the tips of her toes, until they can both feel the warmth of each other's breath on each others faces. She hesitates before she makes contact, she has never kissed anyone before, so she doesn't really know how she is going to do this. Especially with how tall the young man before her is.
Luckily for her, Hector isn't as inexperienced.
Hector leans down, letting go of every ounce of doubt that has been holding him back this entire time, and gently presses his lips against Ruby's with just the right amount of passion. They both feel a shock course through their bodies, but that doesn't stop them from wanting more of this feeling. Ruby deepens the kiss, throwing any sort of awkwardness that she once had within herself out the window. She moves her hands up to the back of his neck, and pulls him down and herself up. Hector wraps his arms fully around her, and places one hand gently on the back of her head to further deepen the kiss.
They both separate but stay close, breathing in after such a passionate kiss. To his and her own surprise, Ruby initiates the next kiss, pulling Hector down and pressing her lips against his own for a second time, just as passionate as the first, if not more. Hector smiles as they kiss, and sits down on the bed while pulling Ruby with him, letting her stand between his legs so that they can reach each other better. Their lips staying together the whole time.
The continue to kiss each other for several minutes, not wanting this very early morning to end just yet, and then get constantly teased about it by all of their friends. Hector laid down in the bed, and Ruby didn't hesitate to follow suit, lying beside him. As they lay on their sides facing each other, Ruby cups both of his cheeks, making sure she has his full attention. Face as red as her cloak, and heart beating out of her chest.
"D-does this mean we're… together?" Ruby asks hesitantly, if it was possible for her to get even more red then she was before, then she managed to achieve it.
Hector laughs and pulls Ruby in, letting her head nuzzle against his neck. "I think the answer to that one is obvious."
"I-I wanna hear you… say it." Ruby admits, hiding her face in the crook of his neck to hide her face.
"Yes, we are." Hector says right away with very little hesitation. "So much so, that my eyes can't stay open from how excited I am." He jokes as he feels his body start to succumb to sleep.
Ruby literally vibrates after hearing those words, and buries herself even further into his chest, obviously showing that she is not going to be going to a different bed tonight. She can feel and hear Hector's heart pounding fast every second, and can feel her own in her ears and chest. She didn't exactly plan this, it kinda just happened the way it did. But she is glad it happened like this, better late than never. She has never been happier.
Hector's mind is racing as he falls asleep, he is both afraid and excited for the future. For the obvious reason that he has plenty more fights ahead of him that are probably going to force him to break his limits and risk his life more and more. But now he has something new to fight for, instead of fighting for the world and his friends, he can fight for this. Him and Ruby, when he came here from Earth, he had no real intention to get with any of the girls, just planned to become great friends with them, if he is being honest with himself, then he wouldn't mind anything casual either. But that all changed when a certain hood wearing girl kept hanging out with him almost every one of his training sessions. He found himself wanting to be around the young leader more and more, and missed her terribly when they had to separate. He didn't want to at first, but decided it was healthier to just accept it all in the end.
Now he just has to worry if they get caught in bed together in the morning…
It is the middle of the night, and Hector wakes up with the heavy need of using the bathroom to relieve himself. It took him a couple of minutes to snake himself out of Ruby's surprisingly strong grip, and he tiptoed his way to the bathroom he didn't know was in his hospital room, he can see the sun start to rise, but with the time they fell asleep during, he wouldn't mind a few more hours. He enters the bathroom, empties his bladder, making sure his stream made as little noise as possible as it hit the ceramic bowl. Then he stood in front of the mirror and stares into his own face, taking note of just how different it looks now then the first day he walked on Remnant.
But that isn't what is going through his mind right now. What is going through his mind, is much more concerning, and sadly, it doesn't involve his new girlfriend.
"You have been busy Hector." Salem's voice says to him as a silhouette of the Grimm queen in question appears behind him in the mirror. "You have a lover now, and with the silver eyed girl no less. Very, interesting."
"What do you want Salem?" Hector asks aggressively, but quiet enough so that the only one who can hear him is himself.
"You know what I want, didn't Ozpin tell you already?" Salem fully appears behind him in the mirror and steps closer. Hector wants to spin around and punch her, but he knows that she isn't actually there with him. Salem, a shorter version of herself mind you, steps up behind Hector and places both her hands on his shoulders. The worst part is that he can actually feel her hands. "I want what is mine."
"You can't have me," Hector rebels against the voice in his head. "You should know by now that humans from Earth can be quite stubborn when they want to be." Hector said next.
Salem visibly laughs, and the sound of her laugh echoes throughout his ears for several more seconds.
"That is the most amusing thing about you Hector." Salem said as her red eyes seem to glow brighter in the mirror. "I suppose you've earned the right to know the little secret about yourself."
Hector averts his gaze to the crimson eyes in the mirror, intrigued by this information, but not willing to fall into any traps. "What secret? Where is Ozpin? And how are you able to talk to me like this? I took out the eye that you infected."
"One question at a time Mister Rivers." Salem replies with a smug grin. "All will be answered soon enough, but this is something you should know now. You'll find me much more willing to share secrets then dear Ozpin."
"Just spit it out so already." Hector barked at the Grimm.
Salem leans down, and her head appears to be right next to his, and she whispers in his ear.
"Have you ever wondered how it was so easy to kill for the first time?" Salem whispered in his ear.
Hector looked back down and into the sink, and to his hands, blood appearing on them, and the look on Cinders face still burned into his memories as he brutally murdered her. The countless number of poor people infected by some kind of Grimm infection. He barely felt anything for them.
"Have you ever wondered where all this power came from? How you got it and what kind of magic it really is?"
Hector's red flaming aura flares out on just his hands, and for a split second it flickers blue before going out. He's been wondering about that ever since he first unlocked it and dubbed it the Kaioken.
"Have you ever wondered if Earth really existed? Wondered if your memories are even real?"
Hector snaps his eyes back up to the mirror, to see the smirking pale face of the Grimm queen.
"W-what do you mean by that?!" Hector asks with a terrified voice. Tears beginning to form at the corners of his eyes.
Salem begins to laugh, and it only makes it worse when Salem of all people starts to giggle.
"Do you really think I just 'summoned' you to this world?"
"SHUT UP!" Hector screams, turning around and cutting through nothing with his hand. Tears flowing free down his face and falling to the floor on his knees.
"The Summer Maiden is within my reach, you will be presented with a choice to make then. Don't be late~, I'll leave you to think on this." "Salem's voice trails off, until it is no longer possible to hear it.
Ruby dashes right into the room, and with a concerned look in her face and gasps when she sees Hector in such a state. She falls to her knees in front of him and hugs his head into her chest. Mumbling 'it's okay' to him over and over, thinking back to earlier the day before to what he told her when he woke up. She knows Salem has something to do with this.
"Hector, look at me." Ruby says softly as she places her hands on his cheeks and makes him look at her in the eyes. "Whatever she said, don't fall for it." She said as she pressed her forehead against his. "I'm here for you, I always will be. No matter what happens." She said as she pecked him on the lips, sealing the deal.
"Ruby." Hector calls to her. "I need you to promise me something." He said as he wiped a tear from his face.
"What is it?" Ruby asked right away, hugging his head against her chest again, smothering him with affection in an attempt to dispel all of those negative emotions.
"If Salem gets to me… and I become her monster." Hector begins.
"It won't happen, I won't let it happen." Ruby interrupts.
"If it does. I need you to do something for me." Hector continues.
Ruby looks down at the tiled floor, thinking for a moment before she nods her head and looks back at him in the eye, tears drying on his face.
"I think you'll be the only one able to do this… If Salem gets me, and manages to turn me into what I was meant to be." Hector closes his eye and pressing his forehead against hers. The words that come out next are forced, but need to be said.
"If there's no other way of bringing me back, use your eyes and kill me."
AN- Oh dear, what have we here? Finally, Ruby and Hector finally hit it off, but with a stunning revelation later on, it ended up bittersweet. I don't have much to say, and these next couple of chapters might be slow, but I can guarantee that it is going to be full of content of basically every character. And yes, EVERY character ;).
What do you guys think of my first attempt of actual romance? I tried my best, I hope I did well, please be honest and tell me how to improve.
Yes, Hector and Ruby slept together, but they did not have sex. I feel like I should point that out.
This chapter was focused solely on Red Rivers and the bit at the end there. But it won't be like that every chapter, sorry, just see this as a sort of fan service maybe, just exclude that last part and all the fluff was for you.
Please review and tell me what you think!
Disclaimer- I do not own RWBY in any way shape or form.