Hello Fanfiction readers! Ashbel Longhart here to bring you a second Halloween special! Now what's different between this and the first one is that this isn't just a Halloween special, it's also a birthday special! And guess whose birthday is it...if you said Ruby then you are correct! For those who don't know, sometime ago, it was released that Ruby's birthday is in fact on October 31st aka Halloween. So I thought I use this chance to make a birthday special for one of my favorite characters of the series. Now I bet some of you are wondering where Seth is. Well, I will tell you after the disclaimer.

(Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY, Bleach, any songs, any anime elements, or anything else that may appear familiar to you. They all belong to their respective owners. I just own this story and my OC's. Please enjoy.)

Now, to tell you where Seth is, the second I told him it was Ruby's birthday he dashed off to get her a present as seen last chapter. How well is he doing? Well, let's find out.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Grimmified"

"Kuro"

"Shiro"

"Crescent Rose"


Halloween Special: Ruby's Birthday


(RWBY Dorm Room)

All was quiet in the dorm room of the five man team, RWBY(S). Soundly they slept as cool brisk winds blew outside, sending autumn leaves flying through the air as was a norm in the month of October and any other months during the season of Fall.

However, exactly a minute later, the silence was broken by the ever annoying sound of the alarm clock that sits at the center shelf, awakening everyone in the room, groaning in annoyance.

"Shut...up!"

*BAM!*

In an instant, the alarm clock was destroyed yet it had done its deed and now everyone was slowly getting up.

"Can someone please tell again why we even have an alarm clock when we could use the app on our Scrolls?" Weiss asked before letting out a long yawn.

"Because it does jack shit." Yang responded before flopping back down into her bed, trying to go back to sleep but failing. The same could be said for her partner, Blake, who had unconsciously rolled herself up like a cat.

As for the leader of the team, Ruby Rose, she lets out a cute yawn, blinking her eyes as said eyes picks up her Scroll to check the time and date.

6:30 A.M. October 31st

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October 31st

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She wasn't reading that wrong.

In an instant, energy flowed through Ruby's entire body as she cheered and jumped out of bed like a kid on Christmas or, you know...

"It's October 31st!" Ruby cheered as she landed on the floor safely.

"What's got you so excited?" Blake asked, her eyes a bit droopy.

"Don't you no what today it is!?" Ruby asked as her sister, Yang, realized what Ruby was asking.

Of course, Weiss and Blake gave their leader a confused look as Weiss said, "Halloween-?"

"It's my Birthday!" Ruby interrupted, making Weiss jump a little at the volume of her voice.

"Wait, birthday? It's your birthday?" Weiss said in disbelief before looking towards Yang for confirmation.

"Yep," Yang said, popping the 'p' as she got up and stretched. "It's her birthday today."

Weiss gave a look of disbelief before turning to her partner/leader. "Your birthday's on Halloween?"

"Yep!" Ruby smiled as she turned to the fifth and final member of the team who also happens to be her boyfriend. "Seth! Get up! It's-!" Only to see the spot where Seth sleeps, which is right next to her, to be vacant, his pajamas folded neatly on the bed.

"Huh?" Confused, Ruby and the others look around the room and find no sign of him.

"Huh, that's strange. Where is he?" Weiss thought out loud. Last time the team checked, the amnesiac was a heavy sleeper.

'Crescent?' Ruby spoke to her weapon spirit.

Inside Ruby's Inner World, Crescent shrugged. "I don't know. He just suddenly woke up and left the room, never told me why. And for some reason, he's forbade the other spirits and I from entering his Inner World like we usually like to do. But don't worry, he knows full well that today's your birthday."

'Does he even know what a birthday is?' Ruby asked/thought as the amnesiac was ignorant to all holidays.

"Surprisingly, he remembers what a birthday is so no need to worry. If I had to guess, he's probably trying to get you a present. And knowing how he is with you, he won't stop until he finds the perfect one."

Ruby let a smile appear on her face, happy that her boyfriend was going though so the trouble of trying to get her a present.

"Anyway, shouldn't you be worried about tonight's Halloween party? Your old costume won't fit you so you need a new one."

'Oh shit! You're right!' Ruby thought in alarm before she had an idea. 'I wonder if I can get the girls to buy me one. I mean, it is my birthday.'

"Oh boy..."


(Meanwhile, with Seth)

'Shit! This is not good!' Seth cursed in his mind as he wandered the streets of Vale City.

"Relax, King. You're freaking out over nothing."

'Over nothing!? This isn't something that can be brushed off so easily! Today is Ruby's birthday and I need to get her something to show how much I care for her!' Seth thought as he had just been told yesterday by Crescent that Ruby's birthday was on Halloween. He didn't even know people could have birthday's on holidays!

'Dammit! What do you get a girl who's favorite things are strawberries, cookies, and weapons!?' Seth thought.

"Why not get her a cake? She'll need a birthday cake after all."

Seth slammed a fist down on his palm. 'You're right! I should get her a cake! Thanks, Kuro!'

"Anytime..."

'But that still leaves me with getting a present for her! Grr, what would dad do?'

"Do you really want to know what the crazy guy would do?"

'Okay, you have a point there.' Seth thought before growling and scratching his head in frustration. He's been at this for nearly two hours now,

"Sigh, might as well get that cake first. She likes ice cream cake though which flavor should I get...?" Seth mutters as he heads towards the bakery that serves Ruby her favorite sweets when suddenly...

"Kyaa! Someone, help!"

Seth turns to see a pregnant woman on the ground surrounded by men who all bore a cross-shape scar across their foreheads. The leader of said group was a man who had either been to the gym one too many times are was injecting himself too much.

"Hehehehe, scream all you want honey. No one will come." The leader of the scar-forehead crew laughed evilly. "Don't worry, I'll be gentle."

"Please have mercy...My child! At least spare my child!" The woman begged, eyes stained with tears.

Seth growled, angry at the group when he noticed that the streets were empty with only he and the group around.

"The fuck did the people go?"

'Who cares? I've got to help!' Seth thought as he was about to dash in when a police car sudden zoom passed him, skidded to a stop in front of the group, and a policeman stepped out, looking ready to fight.

"What the hell is going on here!?" The policeman asked in a demanding voice.

Seeing the man, the woman cried out, "Officer! Please, help-!"

"Who the fuck are you!?" Before the woman could finish, the scared leader stepped forth and faced the policeman. "Get lost, punk!"

"Who the hell do you think I am!?" The policeman said. "I'm the law itself, you little shits!"

"Huh, I do not remember policemen swearing that much."

"I'm fine with it though why do I have the strangest sense of deja vu right now?"

Seth said nothing as he stood back and watched, deciding to jump in if the policeman couldn't handle the situation.

"Oh ho? We have a badass over here!" The scared leader said. "You do understand...that we pay our 'taxes.'"

And just like that, the fighting aura that policeman emitted vanished like smoke to the wind.

"Eh? Really? My bad...You should have told me that earlier! Thought you guys were up to no good. Very well then, you gentlemen have a very nice Halloween." And with that, the policeman got into his car and zoomed off like a racer, leaving behind a flabbergasted Seth who's jaw dropped from sheer disbelief.

'D-Did that...just happen?' Seth thought in disbelief. 'Did that guy seriously leave just because those guys said they 'paid' their fucking taxes!?'

"Has the law fallen so low?"

"Really getting a strong sense of deja vu here."

"Heh, what a joke." the scarred leader said before turning around to face the scared woman. "Now, for you, my dear..."

"Shit!" Seth grabbed the handle of Zangetsu and was about to jump in when he had to step back in order to not be run over by...

'Is...that police car on fire?' Seth thought as the siren lights and wheels of the car were on fire.

Said flaming car skidded to a stop in front of the scarred group.

"Who the hell are you!? We paid our 'taxes'..." The leader of the group began when he trailed to a stop at the sight of the man that stepped out.

Actually, the word 'man' could not describe the person that stepped out. Who stepped out was a being dressed in a black police uniform, a cop cap, and a skull head...that was on fire. Oh and he also had a pair of aviators on.

"...Holy shit! It's Inferno Cop!"

"Inferno Who?" Seth said out loud.

"I am...the purgatorial flame of this rotting shit-hole...Inferno Cop!"

"Well, there you have it."

'That doesn't answer my question.' Seth thought.

"Inferno what? Whatever, fuck him up boys!" The leader commanded as his lackeys all attacked Inferno Cop at once!

"Look out!" Seth cried out, but...

*BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG!*

*BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!*

Right before Seth's eyes, Inferno Cop fired his pistol which shot more bullets that a regular pistol could hold. If that wasn't and crazy enough, each shot destroyed a goon in one shot, setting them ablaze and into ashes as in 10 seconds flat, all the goons were killed and the leader was left alone, cowering in terror.

"Wa-Wait! I don't want to die yet!" The leader cried out.

"In that case get on your knees and beg for your life. Amuse me." Inferno Cop said.

The leader growled, wanting to refuse but he also wanted to live so he did as told and got on his knees.

"P-Please spare my life-!"

*BANG-BOOM!*

Before the leader could even finish, Inferno Cop fired his gun and killed him anyway.

"A-Amazing..." Seth said, amazed at what Inferno Cop had just done.

"Are you alright, miss?" Inferno Cop asked the pregnant woman.

"Y-Yes, thank you so very much." The woman said, crying tears of joy as she was not the least bit afraid at Inferno Cop's appearance. It is Halloween so she thought it was the man's costume, just really realistic. Though she wondered why he looked so...flat and frozen.

"That's good to hear. You should run along now, these streets are dangerous."

"Yes, I'll do that. Thank you again for saving me." The woman said, bowing in thanks before running off.

"Sigh, here's hoping I didn't just make another Claudia." Inferno Cop sighed, seemingly remembering a bad experience before suddenly turning to Seth. "Now for you, Seth Aberrant!"

"Eh?" Seth jumped in surprise before pointing to himself.

"Yes, you! Who else is named Seth Aberrant?"

"How do you know my name?" Seth asked, suspicious of the flaming skeleton police man.

"Let's just say a certain 'god' *coughAshbelLonghartcough* sent me in order to help you in getting the best gift for your girlfriend's birthday."

"A god?" Seth raised an eyebrow at that before brushing it aside. "How are you going to help me?"

"Tell me, what do you know about the girl you love?"

"Ruby? Well...She really loves weapons, she also really loves cookies and can really bake which surprises a lot of people, she's a great help with weapons maintenance, she had a hard time at first but she's a really great leader, she's determined to become a Huntress and to make sure everyone's happy though the same can't be said for those that try to touch our 'special jewel', and she really cares for her friends and family."

"Hmm, I see..." Inferno Cop hummed to himself as he thought to himself before an idea came to his head. But first, he had to make sure... "Does she have any dead relatives that she wishes were alive right now?"

"Huh?" Seth raised an eyebrow at the question but answered it anyway. "Well, if I had to guess, she'd probably liked to see her mother who...well it's not my place to tell."

"That's alright, you don't need to say it. Anyway, come on. Let's go."

"Go? Go where?" Seth asked as Inferno Cop oped the door to his flaming car.

"Why to Heaven of course."

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"...Huh?"


(Back with RWBY)

"...And that student's is how I proposed to my wife!" Port finished off his story on how he proposed to his wife, chuckling at the memory. "There's nothing like saying 'Well you Marry me?' like suplexing a couple of Ursa."

No one bothered to respond back to the man or comment on his unbelievable story. And they wouldn't have to for the bell rang, signalling the end of class.

"Well class, then ends today's lesson." Port said as he gestured to a bowl filled with candy right on his desk. "Since today is Halloween, fill free to take some candy with you before leaving."

*ZOOM!*

Before everyone could get up to grab a piece of candy, a red figure zoomed passed them and towards the bowl. In an instant, an empty bowl was left with a letter that said: It's my Birthday - Ruby Rose.

The WBY of Ruby's team all face palmed themselves as everyone glared at them for their leader had already left the room with candy in hand.

"We are so sorry for her behavior." Yang apologized before she and the others quickly left the room. They weren't scared of the students for they could easily take them down, but that would bring Glynda on their backs and they didn't want that.

It took a while for WBY to find their leader but they soon found her casually walking down the halls eating the candy she got which is piled up in her arms.

"Oh! Hey girls!" Ruby said once she saw her teammates before handing them some candy. "Want some candy"

"We're fine, thanks." Blake said as there would be plenty of candy at tonight's party. She knew Ruby's liked sweets but even she couldn't eat that many. Even Nora had a limit so there should be enough candy for people.

"And here I thought you would have matured a little since we were away for two months." Weiss said, crossing her arms and giving Ruby a small disappointed look.

"Says the girl who had an explanation prepared for Seth about birthdays." Ruby shot back, smirking as Weiss began to stutter and blush.

"Still somewhat surprised he knows what a birthday is when he didn't even know about Halloween, Christmas, and Valentines." Yang said. "Speaking of our fifth teammate, has anyone actually seen him today?"

"I was gonna ask the same thing." Blake said as the team have yet to see their fifth teammate around campus.

"What do you think he's doing?" Weiss wondered.

"Probably getting me a birthday gift." Ruby said as her walking turned into skipping. She was both excited and anxious about what Seth would get her.

"When did you tell him that today's your birthday?" Yang asked for she was sure her sister had never told her boyfriend yet.

"I didn't. A friend did." Ruby said as she wondered what her boyfriend was doing right now.

"Why do I have the strangest feeling that he's caught up in something crazy?" Crescent thought out loud.

'I'm sure he's fine." Ruby assured her weapon spirit. The only trouble she could guess for Seth is that he's having trouble what to get her or is fighting someone over a specific item they both want to get. What could top that?


(With Seth)

"I thought you said we were going to Heaven!?" Seth shouted as he was currently in Inferno Cop's car with said flaming-skulled policeman was driving.

"We are going to Heaven!"

"They why the hell are we in Hell!?" Seth shouted as the car passed by hell fire and tortured souls.

"You think I have the power to just magically transport us to heaven? Ha, get real! I died and went to hell so the only way to get to Heaven is to work our way up!"

"Getting to Heaven by climbing through Hell? I don't think it works like that." Kuro said as Seth repeated him to Inferno Cop.

"Well in this story it does!"

"What do you mean-Oh my god what the hell is that!?"

"That would be a Kushanāda."

"It looks fucking awesome!"

"Of course you would say that."

"The fuck is a Kushanāda!?"

"No time to answer! Brace yourselves!"

"Oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!"


(Back with RWBY)

"Hmm..."

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"Hmm..."

"We're waiting, sis." Yang said, arms crossed as she and WB waited for their leader.

"Don't rush me!" Ruby said before turning back the selection of costumes on display.

If you're all wonder what was going on, Team RWBY were, at first, all shopping for a costume for Ruby for tonight's party. Ruby had tried to make her team get one for her using the excuse, 'It's my birthday' when Yang threatened her to put her in a trash bin and say it was her costume. Knowing that pushing too far was a bad thing, the team compromised and promised to pay for Ruby's costume granted she find one for herself. That was the pan at first when the others realized that they also needed new costumes for themselves. WBY had already gotten theirs so now they were waiting for their leader to pick one...it's been an hour since then.

"Maybe we should have picked a costume out for her. Or just dumped her in that trash bin and call it her costume like you suggested." Weiss said, starting to lose patience with her partner/leader.

"Oh don't worry too much, she's always like this during her birthday/Halloween." Yang said.

"What? Like Coco at a clothing store sale?" Blake asked.

Yang answered with a, "Yep."

"Hmm..." Ruby hummed again as she looked at the costumes before her.

'Hey, Crescent?'

"Hm? What's up?"

'Which of these do you think...Seth will like?' Ruby thought/asked with a small blush.

"Oh? And what do you hope to accomplish by getting Seth's attention, you naughty girl?"

'No, that's not what I-!'

"I'm just kidding. You're still too young and shy to try anything like that."

'How do you even know that anyway?'

"Anime. And a couple of manga."

'Anime? Manga? Wait, I have a TV in there?'

"You don't, Seth does though."

'Seth has a TV in him?'

"As unbelievable as it is, yes he does. Don't know how considering it's his soul, but Shiro doesn't question it and neither do the others."

'Huh...'

"Sis," Yang's voice brought Ruby out of her conversation with Crescent. "If you don't pick a costume in the next ten minutes, we're going with the trash bin."

"No, not that!" Ruby said while feeling a bit annoyed. Today is her birthday so why was she getting threatened?

Turning back around to the costumes, her eyes caught something and she grabbed it to get a better look at it.

"Hmm...This will do." Ruby said before she made her way to the paying register, much to the other girl's happiness as they could finally now pay.

'I wonder if Seth always has a costume.' Ruby thought as she wondered what her boyfriend was doing now. She and the team have gone into town to get costumes and have yet to see any sign of him.


(With Seth)

"Where the fuck are we right now!?" Seth exclaimed as Inferno Cop drove past trees the size of skyscrapers.

"Oh no! It seems we've slipped into the Cretaceous Period!"

"Uh...what?"

"We've went back in time!"

"How the hell did we travel back in time!?"

"I must have driven so fast that I slipped through time!"

"How!? You were not driving that fast-Oh my fucking god, what the hell is that!?" Seth screamed when what appeared to be a dinosaur the size of Mount Everest nearly crushed them.

"Oh my Oum...!"

"Holt shit! That thing's bigger than Godzilla!"

"Oh shit! It's a Dilosmonotolcoltsaurus!"

"A what!?" Seth exclaimed in confusion as Inferno Cop immediately started to drive in reverse.

"That's the most savage carnivore which inhabited Remnant 65,000,000 years ago in the Cretaceous Period! The large jaw is one of its distinctive characteristics and-mother of god!"

"What fuck are those!?" Seth pointed to new, more savage looking dinosaurs.

"It's an Edolnixcyunotops and a Cerasauloarupenatolpritex that brought an Igniorxdeltosuriel!"

"How is he able to say all those names without biting his tongue?"

"I don't think he has a tongue to begin with."

"Hang on to your pants, Seth! We're gonna outrun these motherfuckers!"

"Oh goooooooooooooooooooods~!"


(Back with RWBY)

"Where is he?" Ruby thought out loud as she laid on her bed, just staring up at the ceiling as the team had just gotten back from shopping for costumes and candy, half for Ruby and half for tonight's party.

"Normally I would say to not worry about it, but it is concerning that we haven't seen Seth all day." Weiss said as she was making sure her costume was in perfect condition for tonight.

"Yeah, it's not like him to be gone all day, that's more of Blake's thing." Yang said, trying to pass the time on her Scroll as the party wasn't until a couple more hours.

"I'm right here, you know." Blake said from under Yang's bed.

*knock-knock*

Suddenly, there was a knocking at the door.

"Do you think that's him?" Blake asked and before anyone could answer, Ruby jumped off her bed and zoomed to the door.

"Se-!?"

"Happy Birthday!"

"Wah!" Ruby jumped in surprise at the loud shout before seeing who was at the door. It wasn't Seth but rather his father, Takeru who was holding out a present to her.

"Mr. Go?"

"Happy Birthday, Ruby!" Takeru said, handing her the present. "And please, call me Takeru. Well, until you marry my son and all. Then you can call me father-in-law."

"What!? M-Marry!?" Ruby instantly went as red as her name as the others came to the door.

"Oh hey, Seth's dad. What are you doing here?" Yang asked.

"Well, I overheard from a couple of friends of yours that today was my son's girlfriend's birthday so I decided to drop by and give her a present before tonight's party." Takeru explained.

"You're going to the party too?" Weiss asked, a bit surprised.

"My little girls begged me to go and I couldn't say no. Lucky for me, I have a costume with me and I just bought the girls some new costumes so I'm good for tonight." Takeru said before looking inside the room. "By the way, where's Mamo-er, where's Se-er, my son?" The problems with your son having two names was trying to decide which one to call him by. It didn't help that's called him Mamoru most of his life and said son prefers to be called Seth.

"He's out getting Ruby a present, we guess." Blake said.

Takeru raised an eyebrow at that last part. "You guess?"

"We haven't seen him all day." Weiss said with a shrug.

"I see. Well, I'm glad to see that part of him hasn't been erased like his memories." Takeru said with a small smile.

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked with a title of her head.

"My son would run all over the place trying to get the perfect gift for whenever a family member's or a friend's birthday came around." Takeru explained. "He ran all over the place getting two dolls for my baby girls and learned massage techniques for old man Yamamoto."

"Wait, Seth can give massages?" Weiss pointed out that surprising fact.

"Surprised us too when we saw him giving a massage to the old man." Takeru said. "From your reactions I'm guessing he's never done that before?"

"No." Blake spoke for the entire team on that.

"I wonder what else can Seth do?" Yang thought out loud.

"I'm sure he'll surprise you in the future." Takeru said before turning to Ruby. "Well, what are you waiting for? Open your present!"

"Now?"

"Yes, now! You think I'll wait until the party?"

"Well, okay. Thanks again." Ruby said as she ripped away the wrapping paper, wondering what the father of the boy she loved got her. The present in her hands was pretty small in thin so she wasn't expecting anything grand.

"...huh?" Ruby blinked at what was in her hands.

It was a magazine...depreciating a variety of wedding dresses!

"Wh-What is this!?" Ruby exclaimed as she had a feeling why Takeru was giving this to her.

"Well, since you're going to be marrying my son in the future, I wanted to know what kind of wedding you wanted." Takeru said with a big goofy smile before taking the magazine from her hands and showed off a few pictures. "We could go for the classics with you in this stunning white dress. Or, we could go for my favorite, a Mistralian-style wedding. My wife, Setsuna, looked absolutely stunning in this kimono and I'm sure my son will feel the same way if you wore one."

At this point Ruby's face was redder than her namesake as she turned to her teammates for help. She found them all trying to hold back a laugh.


(Meanwhile, with Seth)

"The fuck are we now!?" Seth exclaimed as he found himself in what appeared to be a race.

"We're in America bitch!"

"The fuck is America!? And why the fuck are you a car!? And why am I driving you!?" Seth exclaimed as Seth was indeed driving a car-turned Inferno Cop which was more of his head slapped onto a car, really.

"No time to answer! The goal is in sight!" Inferno Cop said as ahead is a bright light that all racers were driving towards.

"W-What is that?" Seth asked as he sped past a couple of racers. How the hell he was driving when he was only 16 and didn't have license yet was unknown to him.

"That, Seth, is our destination. The gateway to Heaven! Now push it to the metal in order to get that present for your girlfriend! Go Full Throttle!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" Seth roared as he slammed down on the accelerator and raced towards the finish line and towards the gate to Heaven.

"And here I thought we were supposed to avoid the light when dying." Shiro commented before light enveloped Seth.


(Back with RWBY)

After many long hours, the Halloween Party was now in full swing. Music blared loudly as everyone in costume did their own thing. Students danced on the dance floor or, like the teachers, talked amongst one another.

The only one who wasn't enjoying themselves was one Ruby Rose, dressed as mock Grimm Reaper. She still wore her usual red hooded cloak but it was now accompanied by a fake skeleton mask. Under her cloak was a combination of ragged bandages over skeletal outfit. With her mask off and the cloak pushes aside to revel her outfit underneath, she didn't make for a very convincing Reaper but cover the outfit and put on the mask and it was whole different story.

"Something the matter, sis?" Said girl turned around to find her teammates.

Weiss' costume could be summed into one word: gallant. Weiss had said that she was trying to look like her sister, a high-rank military officer, but with the shoulder pads, the cravat around her neck, and her pure snow white coat, she looked more like a prince than a military officer, much to her chagrin as that was no her intention. So she was a prince.

Blake had taken a more animal-like approach with her costume, in a sense. She wore a tight black shirt with sleeves that ended just above her elbows. Black fur cuffs covered her wrists as her black pants that hugged her legs was decorated with a fake cat tail. And finally, much to her annoyance, Blake was convinced to forgo her bow, allowing her Faunus cat ears to be out in the open. Blake felt exposed without her bow but her partner helped her...by drawing cat whiskers on her face. As annoyed as she was at the blond, it make her ears look like a part of her costume which was a cat.

Finally, Yang was cosplaying as a zombie. She had a bit of makeup on to make it seem her face was ghostly pale to the point of it looking like it was going to decay. She wore a tattered grey shirt that looked like it had dirt on it, brown pants with the ends being tattered as well, a pair of sandals that was the only thing that appeared new, and over her shirt was a grey jacket with the sleeves rolled up. To complete the look, the had drown stich markings all over to one of her face, a couple on her abdomen which was left exposed, and a couple on her legs which were only seen at the bottom of her pants.

Ruby sighs before she answers, "Seth's not here."

"Still no sign of him, huh?" Yang said as she looked around to see if she could maybe catch a sign of the amnesiac but there was not even a hair of him to be seen.

"I'm starting to think Seth's father was not exaggerating about him running all over the place to get the perfect gift." Weiss commented.

"What in the world could he possibly be doing right now?" Blake wondered out loud as she tried to imagine what kind of crazy situation Seth had got himself in.

Suddenly, the door of the party room was pushed open with a loud *bam!* Everyone jumped in surprise before turning to see at the door was an exhausted Seth, breathing heavily.

"Has…anyone…seen…Ruby?" Seth breathed out as he tried to catch his breath.

"Seth!" Seeing her boyfriend, Ruby got up and instantly went to his side via Semblance.

"Oh, hey Ruby." Seth said as he got enough air in his lungs and stood back up.

"Seth, where have you been all day!? You've been gone since this morning." Ruby asked, not bothering to mask her worry.

"I'm sorry I worried you, but let's just say I went through some crazy shit to get you your birthday gift." Seth said.

"That's an understatement."

'Shut it.' Seth thought.

"You didn't have to go through all the trouble just to get me a birthday gift. I'm more than glad just to have you here with me." Ruby said as she took one of Seth's hand into her own, getting "awwwwwwwwwww" from the people around them.

"I guess, but I really wanted to get you something that would make you happy." Seth said.

"Well, okay." Ruby said before looking left and right. "So, where is my gift? You've been gone all day so it must be something amazing."

"Trust me, it'll leave you speechless." Seth said before gripping Ruby's hand in his own. "But not here. It's gotta be private."

"Huh?" Was all Ruby got to say before she was dragged out of the room.

"What do you suppose Seth got her?" Blake asked, her and the others having seen what happened.

"Who knows?" Weiss said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Well, whatever it is, I'm sure it'll make Ruby happy. We all know how Seth is with Ruby." Yang said as WB nodded in agreement.

With Seth and Ruby, Seth had taken the little reaper to the dormitory, specifically their Team room.

"Uh, mind telling me why we're back at our dorm room?" Ruby asked as Seth finally released her hand.

"Well, besides a birthday cake waiting for you on the other side, your birthday gift is also in there." Seth said as he grabbed the handle of the door. "Now before we go in I just want to say…try not to freak out."

"Seth, what could possibly freak me out after all we've been through?" Ruby said as Seth opened the door.

"How about meeting your dead mother." Seth said before flipping the light switch.

"Wait, what?" Ruby said before the lights went on and her whole body froze up.

Standing right in front of the room window was a woman. It was a woman she knew all too well. Her white hooded cloak flowed with the autumn night wind that blew in from the window. The same black hair tipped with red just like hers. And finally, the same beautiful silver eyes.

"Wha…Wha…?" Ruby could not get a proper word out, too stunned to think clearly.

"Now I know what you're think. This can't possibly be real." Seth guessed what Ruby was thinking before saying, "Trust me, this is real. I love you too much to play a joke as sick as this."

Ruby knew that. Seth would never go as far as to play tricks with her. Which means…

"Mom…?" Ruby uttered softly, her eyes slowly being filled with tears.

"Happy birthday, my little rose." Summer Rose, mother to Ruby Rose, smiled down at her daughter, holding up a white, beautiful cake decorated with ripe looking strawberries and with the right amount of candles to tell Ruby's age.

"My baby girl, how much you've grown." Summer began as she set aside the cake and slowly walked up to her daughter before wrapping her arms around her into a loving, warm hug. Ruby had not felt this warmth since she was a little kid.

Ruby could not hold back the feelings welling up inside her and she soon started to sob into her mother's chest. Summer did not mind this one bit as she gently stroked her daughter's back, always smiling.

"But…how?" Ruby calm down somewhat to ask her question, looking between her mother and Seth.

"Well, believe it or not, I actually went to heaven and kind of dragged your mother here." Seth said, scratching the back of his head. "Apparently, the boundary of life and death wane on this specific day, Halloween. It wasn't easy and I had a little help but I hope you like this."

"Like this? I love it!" Ruby said as she removed herself form her mother and ran up to her boyfriend to give him to biggest hug she could muster. "This is worth more than anything I could have asked for! Thank you, Seth."

"You're welcome. And Happy Birthday, Ruby." Seth said as he returned the hug before looking up at Summer who was smiling at the two. "Um, I guess you two want to alone time? To catch up and all that."

"Oh no, please stay." Summer insisted. "I want to get to know the man who's made my daughter so very happy."

"Well, if you insist." Seth said.

"Seriously, this is so awesome and amazing!" Ruby squealed as she couldn't help but twirl around. Both the man she loved and her mother were here with her. "What could be better than this?"

"Hmm, I can think of a way." Summer said as she went over to her daughter.

"Huh, how?" Ruby asked when suddenly, Summer leaned down and tapped on the jeweled necklace around Ruby's neck.

*shine!*

There was a small glow as a small light appeared from Ruby's necklace. Ruby and Seth stepped back in surprise as everyone watched the light soon took the shape of a young girl. And when the light faded to reveal the appearance of the girl, both Ruby and Seth almost felt their heart's stop.

"Holy…"

"Mother of…"

"Oum…!"

The eyes of the little girl fluttered open before she set her eyes upon both Ruby and Seth…and soon tears of happiness welled up in said eyes.

"Mama…Papa…?"

"Scarlet…?" Seth breathed out in disbelief.

"Scarlet!" Suddenly, Ruby ran up to the girl, kneeled down, and quickly embraced the girl in her arms with tears streaming down her eyes. "Scarlet! Scarlet! Scarlet!"

"Mama! Mama!" Scarlet replied back, tears also streaming down her eyes as she returned the embrace.

"This…isn't a dream…right…?" Seth couldn't help but ask as he slowly went over to the two, kneeled down, and embraced his daughter for the first time in a long time. "Scarlet…!"

"Papa…Mama…" Scarlet kept repeating those words as both her parents never let go of the girl.

Meanwhile, Summer continued to smile at the three before saying, "Happy Birthday, Ruby."


Ashbel: And…done!

Seth: sniff…sniff

Ashbel: Seth? You alright?

Seth: sniff…thank you…for this

Ashbel: *pats Seth's back* Don't mention it buddy. Just trying to give Ruby the best gift I could think of. Well, I don't have much to say to this. It's been a while since I've done a special like this so I had some trouble in the beginning, but I managed to make something that I think everyone can enjoy. There were some funny times but it ended with a happy note. I hope everyone is having a good time tonight. This has been Ashbel Longhart, his OC, Seth, signing out. See you readers next time and Happy Halloween!