Chapter 2

I am sorry for the crappy writing this chapter, I was doing exams when writing it and was preoccupied because of it hopefully I do better next chapter, enjoy.

Ruby opened her eyes expecting to see her saviour and the Ghoul fighting but instead she was greeted by the sight of a bright light and blurs moving around, her hearing was fuzzy and her eye lids heavy, she could make out bits and pieces of what they were saying but not all of it, she felt lonely she felt scared

'I am pathetic I couldn't even handle a single Ghoul what good am I to others if I can't even protect myself' she felt a sudden spike of pain rise in her arm and she felt tired and fell asleep.

Ruby opened her eyes again but this time there were no lights no sound, but she wasn't dead she knew that much, she moved her head around and noted she was in a hospital room, the next thing she noticed were the machines next to her bed then the tubes in her arms, when she looked down she saw them.

Weiss Blake and Yang were asleep on the other side of the room Weiss on the couch Blake in a chair and Yang on the floor, she called out weakly "Hello?" no one moved, she looked down to her body and moved the blanket covering her and she saw the bandages wrapped around her midsection soaked in blood, she tried to sit up but then a quick and loud beep sounded off startling and forcing her back down into the bed and the others to wake up.

Both Weiss and Yang ran over to the bed to see what had happened, when they were next to her they realised she was awake "H-hey g-gu-guys what's wrong?"

Weiss and Yang were both crying as they looked at her Weiss held her in a hug and said "I-I thought w-we had lost y-yo-you"

Ruby felt saddened when she had heard this and asked "Ho-w long?"

Yang asked "What?"

Ruby asked again "H-here. How lo-ng?"

Blake was the one to answer her "A week, you were out for a week"

Ruby looked back to the other two and said, "I- alright"

Blake nodded with a sad smile then said, "We were told once you woke to get a nurse, are you ok with that?" Ruby nodded slowly.

Five minutes later a nurse walked in followed by Blake and another doctor, "Ms Rose how are you feeling?"

Ruby gave a pained smile "Ali-ve"

The doctor chuckled a small bit and said, "That's good, now I need you to try and move your eyes and follow the tip of my finger" Ruby nodded again and did as he asked.

After a few tests, Ruby asked "When I lea-ve?"

He looked at her carefully than answered, "Well for a normal person I would say two months but for a Huntress in-training since you have an Aura, I would say three weeks before you could go back to Beacon another two taking it easy" everyone looked somewhere between sad and worried.

Once the Doctor left the room, Ruby looked over to Weiss and Yang "It ok now" she smiled weakly to try and comfort them but it didn't work, she then asked, "So who sa-ve me?"

Blake answered, "Nora and Jaune were out and heard you screaming for help, so they ran over as fast as they could."

Two weeks had passed since that day and Ruby was recovering well much to her surprise, but as for her teammates only Yang and Blake would leave the room, but the furthest Yang would go was either to get food for Weiss and herself or go to the bathroom, and as for Blake she would return to Beacon and bring back some of her notes for them to look over and not fall behind.

Walking into the room that team RWBY resided in and followed by a nurse the doctor happily announced, "Ms Rose I am happy to announce you're able to leave in a few hours"

Ruby and the others looked to him with surprised expressions on their faces, Weiss then asked, "I thought you said three weeks what happened?"

He answered in a calm tone "We don't know what happened but she's mostly healed and her Aura's healing rate seems to have been increased as well"

The group were a bit shocked by the statement, Ruby asked anxiously, "So am I able to get real food now?" he nodded and Yang ran off in that moment,

Moments later she returned with a juice box strawberries, "Thanks Yang!" within seconds Ruby was wolfing down the whole box of strawberries then something happened,

Ruby got out of the bed and into the rooms bathroom leaning over the toilet and she let it all back out, "What did they put in those Strawberries!?" she exclaimed as she came back out of the bathroom and sat back down on the bed,

Yang asked in a concerned tone "Ruby are you ok?"

She nodded looking to her sister "Yeah but those strawberries tasted terrible" she shuddered from the clear memory of the taste,

The doctor then said, "Ms Rose since you haven't had any solid food for three whole weeks your body might need some time to get used to it again, and it's most likely a psychological effect to cope with what had happened to your body, it isn't fully healed but it's healed enough to have you go back to Beacon."

The next day Ruby woke up in her dorm noticing the presence of her teammates were missing meaning they had gone to class, she looked over to where her Scroll was charging and found a note,

'Ruby

we had to go to class I didn't want to leave you, hope to see you feeling better when we get back, I will be sure to grab all the strawberries for you,

Yang P.S I hid some cookies under Weiss' bed if you got hungry'

She smiled and went to get out of the bed but then a pain shot through her midsection where she had been stabbed by that Ghoul, she laid back down and was going to go back to sleep but then Yang and Weiss came through the door,

"Hey Rubes, I am back!"

Ruby sighed "Hey Yang, how was class?"

Yang laughed "Boring, are you hungry?"

"Yeah but I couldn't get up and grab those cookies you left me"

Weiss glared at Yang "You what!?"

Ruby went into a sitting position and said, "Oh hi Weiss, I missed you so much"

Weiss gave Yang one last glance and said, "I missed you too, are you feeling ok?"

Ruby frowned as she nodded "Yeah it just hurts to get out of bed"

Weiss frowned as she asked, "Why would you get out of bed?"

Ruby looked to Yang who was scared for the answer she was going to give, "I left some cookies under your bed, and I wanted some"

Weiss looked back at Yang and sighed "Would you like me to get them for you?" Both Ruby and Yang stared at her wide eyed for a moment but then she nodded her head vigorously,

Weiss went over to the bed and looked under it, when her eyes adjusted to the lighting under the bed she saw a box with a note attached to it 'Ruby's cookies' and pulled it from under the bed,

Once she pulled the box from under the bed and opened it she handed it to Ruby who was eager to eat them, Ruby ate three of the cookies with a large smile but then her smile turned into a frown, Ruby then started panicking and tried to get out of her bed, though instead of getting out of the bed she fell and hit the floor with an audible thump but ignored the pain and ran straight to the bathroom.

After three minutes of constant vomiting she had stopped and exited the bathroom looking to both Yang and Weiss she said, "I think I'll just go back to sleep" and climbed into her bed, once she was on the bed she laid down "Sorry to worry you guys"

Yang was the first to speak "It's alright Rubes if you need anything just let me know"

Weiss looked to her with a worried expression and asked, "Ruby would you like me to stay with you?"

Ruby rolled onto her side looking down to Weiss and Yang "Yeah thanks Weiss, do you think when I get better we could go out somewhere to eat?"

Weiss looked to Yang who nodded "I guess we could"

Ruby's smile grew "Thanks Weiss" within seconds she fell asleep.

After another two days Ruby was now up and walking around the campus but she didn't leave the dorm as often as she did since her leave from the hospital, it was after class and Ruby was on her way back to the dorm but was stopped by someone,

"Ruby are you ok?"

Ruby looked to who was talking to her and smiled when she saw Jaune next to her then the rest of JNPR, "Yeah just really tired and haven't eaten in a while is all"

Pyrrah frowned and asked "Why? Is something wrong?"

Ruby nodded with a frown as she said with a pout "Yeah after the attack all food tastes like garbage and the doctors are saying it's some psychological thingy and I can't eat anything because of it"

Three of the four members of JNPR had a confused look on their faces,

Nora than said "Well I am sure it will all be fine later, right?"

"Yeah, I guess, I am just gonna go back to my dorm and rest now, it was good talking with you guys again, I'll see ya around" Ruby turned around and started headed back to her dorm where she knew her team were waiting.

Ruby opened the door to her dorm and after taking a single step in an arm reached out and grabbed hers pulling her the rest of the way in,

Ruby then saw who the arm belonged to "Ruby we need to talk"

Ruby groaned as she sat on Weiss' bed with her head in her hands "Yang there is nothing to talk about"

Blake then said, "Ruby you haven't eaten since leaving the hospital this isn't good for you and you know it"

Ruby looked back to Blake tears in her eyes and said, "I can't whenever I eat something it just comes back up! I can't, I can't I can't I can't!" both Yang and Blake were shocked at what had happened next as Ruby broke down still repeating those words, "I can't, Yang it hurts what do I do?"

Just entering the dorm Weiss asked with a worried tone "Ruby what hurts?"

Ruby looked to Weiss with tears in her eyes "I am hungry but I can't and it hurts sooo bad"

Weiss pulled the younger girl into a protective hug as she said, "It's ok Ruby, it's ok" she cradled Ruby and looked over to Yang, "What happened?"

Yang sighed "I told her we needed to talk then she said there was nothing to talk about, then Blake said how she hadn't eaten in a long time and well you know the rest" Weiss looked at Ruby who had fallen asleep and was cuddling up to her tears still streaming down her face,

Weiss looked up at Blake then asked, "Hey Blake could you get me a coffee? Please"

Blake looked at Weiss and asked in a calm tone "Why do you want me to get it?"

"Well I don't trust the brute to do it and I don't want to wake her up"

Blake nodded as she stood up and left the dorm.

Jaune walked out of his dorm room followed by Nora and Ren, they heard a door click right across hallway and saw Blake, "Hey Blake how's it going in there?"

Blake jumped and whipped around fast but relaxed when she saw who it was, "Yeah Ruby's just going through a tough time but I am sure she will manage"

Ren spoke up "If you need any assistance I am sure all of us would be willing to help"

Blake smiled towards him "Thanks, anyways I better get going now, say hi to Pyrrah for me"

Once Blake was far enough away Jaune said, "We need to talk and I know just the place come on."

Ten minutes later and Jaune Ren and Nora were in a cave in the Emerald forest "Alright what is going on with her she smells human but not human as well"

Nora spoke up "I am not sure but if it's what I think then this will be tough"

Ren then stated, "Nora we don't know what it is but I am sure she is fine, it probably is what the doctors have said"

Jaune sighed as he shook his head "Ren if you could smell what we can then you wouldn't be saying that, but you are right those are just false rumours and stories... but still?"

Nora then asked in an annoyed tone "So what do we do!? Tell her and if it turns out the doctors are right, hope she won't tell anyone!"

Ren rested his hand on her shoulder and said, "I am sure she will be fine, so how do we help her without her knowing?"

Jaune's shoulders sagged "I don't know what we can do if Nora's right we will have to tell her and hope she takes it well."

Ruby was starting to wake up but kept her eyes closed, she could hear someone talking, the voices they sounded familiar it was Weiss and Yang "Well look if you think you can handle it then go ahead I just wanna look out for her"

Weiss sighed in mild frustration "Yang you've said that at least five times already I know, look I just want Ruby to be happy how do you think I could cheer her up?"

Yang eyed her suspiciously and answered, "Well she always enjoyed fairy tales maybe you could read her some"

Weiss glared at her in frustration as she asked, "Are you joking or being serious right now because it's hard to tell and believe me I am trying"

Yang answered calmly "Just do it trust me she will enjoy it, I used to do it all the time and I'm sure her girlfriend reading them to her won't be any different than to her sister reading them to her"

Weiss sighed finally giving in "Fine I will give it a shot, do you know any of her favourite fairy tales or do I have to guess"

Yang went to answer but then Ruby's stomach grumbled and with it came a pained groan from the young leader "Hungry food, please food"

she begged Weiss looked over to Yang who then asked, "Rubes would you like to try the cookies again?"

Ruby looked over to her and nodded and held her hand out, Yang gave her half a cookie and Ruby brought it closer to her mouth she hesitated for a moment then took a bite chewing on it slowly, it tasted awful but she powered through it and swallowed seconds later it came back up and all she could do was let it all out with tears pouring out of her eyes.

Blake entered the dorm and saw the scene in front of her and looked at Ruby with vomit down her shirt "Ruby are you ok?"

Ruby looked up to Blake and shook her head vigorously then got up and ran out the door, Blake looked to Yang who was frowning "She tried another cookie"

Weiss looked to Blake and asked, "What took you so long?"

Blake's expression turned from worried to sad as she said, "Professor Ozpin wants to talk with Ruby about her problem, it seems to be affecting her grades and I think we all know that could only mean a few things."

Ruby ran out of the dorm tears running down her face as her stomach growled the pain it was unbearable, she exited the second-year dormitories and ran to the courtyard as the sun was setting. She was running as fast as she could but then stopped she could smell it from a distance she could smell a metallic but sweet scent coming from the training area, her mind went blank all she could focus on was that smell she had to know where it was she had to have it,

Ruby bumped into Jaune falling to the ground, he was being followed by his two teammates "Ruby are you ok?"

Ruby looked up and she saw fear present on their faces but she didn't care she was far too gone "Food finally!" she got up and ran,

Nora then asked in a panicked tone "Did you see her eye? We need to get her now!" Jaune and Ren nodded following Nora, they chased Ruby as fast as they could but it was useless once they rounded a corner she disappeared behind another,

Jaune could now smell it and said, "I can smell it, now follow me quick!" he rounded a corner and went down a hall jumping over a table and barging out the other side of the building cutting across half of the academy grounds, then they saw her. Ruby was standing still not too far ahead her back faced to them once Jaune had gotten close enough he could see her face, the expression was one of confusion her eye had gone back to normal and then he looked at what she was looking at, Cardin had a broken nose with blood pouring out fast the smell was intoxicating that's when Jaune put two and two together, "Ruby we need you to come with us"

She looked to him tears starting to form in her eyes again "Jaune what's happening to me?" she sounded scared, she looked scared of course she was who wouldn't be in her situation,

"It's ok Ruby I will explain but we need to go somewhere away from campus, ok?" Ruby could only nod and followed behind.

Half an hour it took them half an hour to get back to the cave, Jaune looked to Ruby a frown present on his face, "Jaune can you please tell me what's going on?"

Her eye was acting up again he sighed and pulled out his scroll, he opened the camera app and tapped a button for it to face the user, "Just look at this and please don't freak out" he passed her the scroll,

Ruby took the scroll and looked at it she looked completely normal all except her right eye, the whites were now black and the pupil a blood red colour, she dropped the scroll and backed away slowly "Please, please don't tell anyone I-I wouldn't hurt anyone I-I didn't know-"

Jaune interrupted her as he closed his eyes "Ruby it's ok you're not alone" he then opened his eyes, they were both black with red,

Ruby looked into his eyes and backed away with fear "Yo-you're one of them, get away from me!"

Nora grabbed Ruby "Ruby it's ok we aren't going to hurt you" Ruby turned and faced Nora whose eyes were now the same as Jaune's, "We are not like them, you can trust us"

Ruby turned to Ren "You! Your one of them as well aren't you get away from me I am nothing like you!"

Ren sighed "Ruby I am like you- well not so much like you anymore but I am Human, look we want to help you so please calm down"

Ruby looked to Jaune and Nora who were taking off their weapons and putting them on the ground, "Ruby something happened to you and we want to help you find out what, please let us help you"

Ruby took a step back "Why should I trust either of you?"

Nora answered this time "Because we are your friends, if we weren't would we have saved you when that Ghoul attacked you?"

Ruby stopped and took a deep breath, "What is happening to me? I can't eat food and what smelled like food was- I don't know what it was but it came from Cardin. What's happening to me?"

Jaune took a step closer "I don't know but whatever it is we will help you, but for now you need to eat here" he held a large chunk of raw red meat,

Ruby stared at it drooling as she reached out for it but pulled back "I-I can't there must something else there has to be please" tears were once again forming in her eyes,

Jaune shook his head sadly "I am sorry Ruby but this is all we can give you right now it's gonna be a while before we can do anything else"

Ruby's head hung low and her back pressed up against the cave wall as she slid down to a sitting position, "Why did this have to happen to me?" Jaune walked over and sat next to her,

"Look Ruby I am not going to pretend I know what you are going through but whatever it is I will be there for you, count on it"

Nora then looked to Jaune "Are we gonna take her to the Re café?"

Ruby looked to her in confusion "Why would we go to a café?"

Jaune smirked "The owner is a Ghoul like us, she lived in Atlas and worked at a place called Anteiku"

Ruby smiled nervously "Maybe another time, I just want to go back to bed"

Jaune looked over to her worriedly "Your eye can you change it back?" Ruby shook her head and he frowned,

Ren spoke up "I have a first aid kit so I could cover it up with something"

Ruby asked, "Does that mean I have to wear a bandage around my head?"

Ren shook his head and answered, "You could or you could have this medical eyepatch"

Ruby nodded and said, "Thanks Ren you're the best."

Hey guys, I just wanted to make somethings clear before I continue this story.

First off, this story is requested by a friend of mine and he asked me to put certain things in here, if he didn't I probably would have had a Ghoul OC instead of the main character being Ruby as a half-Ghoul.

Second, everything in the Tokyo Ghoul side of this Fanfic was mostly based off the anime since I didn't have the time or money to get the manga and only heard small bits and pieces, but I recently got caught up with the manga but I was in a rush to get through it since I had a lot going on, so sorry if I screw some of the stuff up.

Third everything in Tokyo Ghoul part 1 and 2 did happen but Re never happens this is meant to replace that, the similarity's will be there but I have done my best with what I can, since I started this before Re came out and as I stated earlier only recently read the manga, Kaneki did face off with Arima but he didn't lose and he didn't win, something stopped the fight and forced Kaneki to run off.

And finally I may add Kaneki in later but for now it's most likely just Touka and Hinami. I hope you look forward to the next chapter see you all next time.