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"Sun," Ruby shouted before tackling the monkey fanus in a hug with surprising force. Sun stumbled back caught off guard by the tiny human. Neptune grabbed his leaders shoulders to steady him while the other two members of their team watched in amusement. All four boys were fond of the girl. Blake watched the interaction with a smile. It was strange how she got jealous if anyone who wasn't on her team or Sun's team interacted with Ruby. it mainly happened around Weiss though.
"Hey Blake," Sun greeted smiling. Blake returned the smile even as she felt her cheeks heat up in a blush. He was always so happy.
"You guys were amazing, and Neptune was super funny," Ruby said catching the blue-haired boy by surprise. His fear of water was not funny. Sun grinned at the look on his friends face.
"I know right, and we get to go on to the second round," Sun said exited. Ruby smirked and he winced when he saw the look his mood deflating. Pouting he asked, "you two are going on to the next round aren't you?"
"Yep," Ruby said before realizing that she was still hanging off him. With a small blush, the girl stepped back releasing the taller boy. Blake watched the interaction with a smile. It was amazing how the two acted around each other.
"And I actually thought we'd have a chance to win," Neptune grumbled. He already knew if they fought the girl they would lose. Mainly because Sun would hold back and if they were really unlucky then the battlefield would have water in it again. Shuddering at the thought of having to fight near water he didn't notice the amusement on the faces of his other two teammates.
"You might," Blake said lightly not actually believing it in the slightest. Ruby watched the banter with a smile. It was fun to be around the two fanus. Neptune caught her look and grinned.
"Hey Ruby," he started waiting until she looked over at him to continue, "isn't your dad supposed to be coming to Beacon today?"
The girl nodded happily, "yep, me and Blake were about to go to the courtyard to say hi. Want to come?"
"Not right now," he said before looking at his blonde partner, "take Sun with you though, I have to go take the rest of our team out to eat. We have to celebrate our victory and he eats enough to fill up a person twice his size."
"Hey, I do not," Sun protested glaring at the other boy. Neptune just wanted to save money at the fairgrounds again. Ruby decided to intervene before it could turn into an argument.
Smiling the girl took the hands of both fanus and began dragging them to the bullheads. Sun waved goodbye to his team who looked more than amused at their leader's situation while Blake simply tightened her grip on the girl's hand.
The second they reached the courtyard and saw the chaos around them Blake knew immediately that it had something to do with Qrow. Ruby watched Mercury run past them before releasing the hands she was holding and moving to the front of the crowd. She had a good idea of what was happening.
"What's going on," Ruby asked Weiss coming to a stop beside the girl. She already knew what was happening so she didn't wait for the girl to answer before looking at the fight and asking her next question, "why's my uncle fighting your sister?"
"Of course he'd be related to you," Weiss complained. Ruby smirked despite the fact that she couldn't call Qrow her father in public she could still claim him as her family. Blake's eyes followed the fast-moving fighters the best she was able and determined that her team still had a long way to go before they'd be on the same level as them. When Ironwood called Winters name and stopped the fight Ruby pouted. He'd ruined her chance to see her dad using his scythe.
Leaping forward Ruby wrapped her arms around her dad in a hug. Qrow caught the reaper easily and ignored the surprised look James and Winter wore. If he wanted to hug his daughter he would hug her.
"That was so cool," Ruby said once he'd lowered her to the floor, "you've got to teach me how to do the shockwave thing with Thorn."
Chuckling he ruffled her hair, "maybe later or you could just get Blake to teach you."
"But that wouldn't be as much fun," Ruby protested she wanted to spend time training with just her father. She hadn't seen him since they left Patch a week ago, they still called each other every other night though.
"Qrow what are you doing here," James asked interrupting the reunion. Qrows eyes hardened as he pushed Ruby slightly behind him. James may not hurt a child but he also brought a fleet of ships into Vale airspace and that wasn't the smartest move. Qrow didn't want him near his daughter until he figured out what the man's agenda was.
"I could ask you the same thing," Qrow said coldly narrowing his eyes. Sensing the tension Sun grabbed Ruby's shoulders and pulled her back away from what could turn into a brawl between the two men. He didn't want the reaper to get hurt.
"Qrow I-" James started only to be cut off by Ozpin. Sighing in relief Sun released the younger girl while Blake stood slightly behind him. She wasn't a coward but she didn't like being around the general. He was a major player in Atlas and she'd been on enough white fang missions to know how cruel he could be to his enemies.
"I'll stop by your dorm later kid," Qrow told her as Ozpin called for him to follow, "I think I'm in trouble."
"I would think so too," Ruby replied, "destroying the courtyard isn't really a good thing."
"It did look fun though," Sun stated drawing the mans attention. Qrow studied the fanus boy for a second noticing the way he stood between the two girls.
"I better go, Blake watch over Ruby," he said and trailed after Ozpin. He had a lot to discuss with his old friend and none of it was good.
"Your attitude makes more sense now," Weiss said coming to stand beside the younger girl. Ruby grinned at the heiress. Seeing as how it was the same look the girl wore before battle Blake decided to cut in.
"Ruby don't we have to meet up with Pyrrha and Jaune," she asked changing the topic to a safe one. Ruby pouted knowing what the fanus was trying to do. She let the older girl change the subject mainly because she couldn't deny the older girl anything. Smiling the reaper nodded. She started to lead the way to the dorm when she saw Yang walking over.
"You guys go on ahead I need to talk to my sister," she said and waited until they passed her to address the blonde, "so I guess you know Qrows here."
"Hard to miss," Yang said, "what are you going to do Rubes? My dad will be here by tonight."
"Our dad," Ruby corrected, "just because we're not related by blood doesn't mean he's not my father."
any thoughts on who I should make their opponents in the next round of the tournament or about how she should handle the situation with Ozpin wanting Pyrrha to be the fall maiden?