Chapter 5

Ruby and Yang headed out with Hinami leaving Weiss and Blake with Touka, Touka was watching the two of them carefully she didn't trust them but then again, she never trusted anyone after a first meeting, she looked over to them wondering what they were doing, their scroll's in hand and most of their attention seemed to be glued to the devices, upon a sneakier close inspection she could now see what they were doing, Weiss seemed to be looking at some texts from her father if the contact name was anything to go by and Blake was looking up a book, upon closer inspection with the title Touka's cheeks turned a bright red, she walked over to them,

"So, can I get you anything else?" Weiss and Blake both looked to her Blake smiled and shook her head, whilst Weiss seemed to be debating whether to or not,

"I think I could go for another coffee, also I must say they are really good"

Touka gave a genuine smile as she said, "Thank you I've had a lot of practice" she then walked over to the kitchen and started making the coffee, as she was doing this the kitchen door opened and she turned to see who it was, Weiss was standing in the doorway of the kitchen,

"Is it ok if we talk?" she seemed a little nervous now and as Touka herself would say 'Less bitchy' so Touka gave a welcoming smile,

"I guess what did you want to talk about?" She looked back to the coffee and put the finishing touches,

Weiss frowned as she said, "Well I wanted to know what exactly is going to happen with Ruby? I don't want to see her hurt but I know it's going to happen"

Touka let out a sigh then answered, "I am not even sure what will happen with her, I just want to help her with what I can" this caused the Heiress to smile,

"Well thank you no one asked you to help Ruby, but you chose to anyway" Weiss' smile grew just a bit more then even Touka thought was possible,

but Touka's smile shrank into a frown "Your wrong, Jaune came to me for help and I didn't have a choice, don't get me wrong even if I did I still would have helped her, but the matter of the fact is she needed someone who knew what to do, the only other people I can think of are in Atlas, no one else could have helped her"

Weiss' smile didn't falter "Well that doesn't change the fact that you are helping her, so thank you" Touka smiled lightly but then a look of curiosity flashed across her face,

"If you don't mind me asking what did she mean to you before?"

Weiss stopped and looked at Touka she gave a minute to think before answering, "Well she meant the world to me then, she was a close friend and an effective team leader"

Touka smiled but then suppressed it as she pressed for more "What about now has that opinion changed at all?" It had only just occurred to Weiss but for some reason Touka was looking out for Ruby, someone she barely knew!

Weiss nodded sadly "A little but not much, the change has effected everyone including her, apart from the obvious change of course, but I still feel the same way about her, even though I am a little scared to be near her"

Touka looked into Weiss' icy blue eyes searching for something as she searched she realised the heiress' uneasy expression from the look she was receiving, "What does she mean to you? To make you want to risk your life like that?"

Weiss froze out of all the question's she just had to pick that one, Weiss knew why, of course she did, she was hesitant at first but then thought 'She's doing this for Ruby so she can see if I am right to be around her or not, of course she is, but why? She barely knows Ruby so why is she so protective of her?'

Weiss spoke her answer "She's my girlfriend, I may be a bit scared of what she could do to me but I love her, I won't leave her to fight this on her own because I have faith in her" Weiss stopped after finishing slightly stunned by what she had said, 'Did I really just say that? I love her, why did I say it? I mean of course I do but am I really ready to say it out loud like that or did I just crack under pressure? Damn it'

Touka wasn't carefully examining her now, no now she looked surprised, she stood there speechless for a full minute, but once she snapped out of her daze she smirked "So the heiress to the SDC is gay, now that's something" Weiss glared at her until she saw the playful nature to Touka's tone,

Weiss frowned "It's just hard having to deal with that" Touka's smirk faded as she saw the shift in Weiss' demeanour, as Weiss slouched forward slightly she looked Touka in the eye's "I just want to know one thing, you said even if you didn't have to you would still help her, why? You have no reason to yet you'd do so happily"

Touka lowered her head with a bitter smile, "She just reminds me of someone I cared about, she is a lot like he was when we first met, just look after her, ok?" Wiess nodded with a smile, "Good now take your coffee and get out of the kitchen, what would people think if they walked in on us."

Ruby Yang and Hinami arrived at the shop, they walked in and Hinami walked over to the front desk ringing the bell, "Be there in a moment!" came the reply, a woman with long pinkish purple hair came out from the back with a large grin on her face, "Hinami how have you been, it's been too long ya know"

Hinami replied formally "I have been good; Tao I hope you have been behaving yourself"

Tao nodded and said, "Oh right, Uta called not too long ago, he hasn't seen him in a while are you sure he's still in Atlas?"

Hinami gave a confident nod as she said, "He is, but that's not why I am here" Toa gave Hinami a strange look before looking at the other two, "I am here so my friend here can get a mask"

Toa looked at Ruby and leaned closer towards her then sniffed , "She smells like a Ghoul but different, why is that?"

Hinami frowned as she looked at Ruby "She is like him, but also her sister wants a mask as well, your not to eat them do you understand?" Toa nodded and looked over to Yang

"She's Human? Ok fiiinnee but just for you, I can't stand it when you're mad at me like that"

She waved her hand telling them to follow her, following Toa into a room with a seat in the middle a desk to the side with a note book a pencil and an eraser, the room had plenty of shelves filled with masks,

Toa asked, "Ok who's first?" Ruby walked over and sat on the stool as Toa took measurements, "So tell me about yourself?"

Ruby looked uneasy but saw no harm in doing so, so she did "Well I am a huntress in-training I love weapons, reading and anime"

Toa nodded with an acknowledging hum then asked, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Ruby shifting in the sit nervously answered, "U-um no, why are you asking me that?"

Toa answered plainly "My brother Uta said the better you know the person the more the mask will fit with their personality"

Ruby seemed a bit calmer with the answer to give now "Oh well I do have a girlfriend"

Toa laughed as she said, "Ok now that's cute, do you have any preference on what type of mask you want?"

Ruby looked at her curiously "What do you mean by type of mask?"

Toa sighed as she began explaining "Would you like a full mask lower face mask or upper face mask?"

Yang spoke up "Do you think you could do an upper face mask for her?"

Toa nodded and Ruby looked to her then asked, "why Yang?"

Yang answered carefully "Remember what dad said about silver eyes?"

Ruby nodded confusedly "Yeah he said not many people have them, why does it matter?"

Yang answered, "Well I just don't want people knowing who you are, so if you hide your eyes then it should be easier for you to hide"

Ruby nodded now grinning as she said, "Oh yeah that was one of the first things professor Ozpin ever said to me"

Toa then asked, "What's your favourite song?"

Ruby answered happily "Either Red like Rose's or This will be the day, I can't choose between the two"

Toa nodded as she looked to Yang "Alright, now it's her turn"

Hinami spoke up in a stern tone reminding them that she was there "Remember don't eat her" causing Toa to frown,

She then tried to push her luck "Not even one bite?" she received a glare from the three and grumbled something about someone not needing a finger.

Once Yang had her mask measurements made they left, Ruby and Yang were excited whilst Hinami seemed deep in thought, she stopped and the sisters stopped as well looking back to see if she was ok, "Hinami what's wrong?"

Hinami murmured "Doves" the two looked back and saw two men with grey overcoats and suitcases, the two were panicking what if they got caught? What if they found out about Ruby?

The two Doves walked over to them "Hello have you seen this person?" On the picture was someone that looked ordinary except for his eyes, Ruby recognized him, the Ghoul on the picture was in Beacon, Ruby had lunch with him in the courtyard a few times, Ruby shook her head not trusting her own words,

Yang spoke confidently "No, I can't say I have, what did he do?"

Hinami shook her head as well, one of the Doves eyed Hinami with a suspicious look, then answered Yang "He attacked our men out of nowhere, that is one of the reasons we hunt the damned things. But anyways if you do see it call us" the three nodded and they walked off,

Ruby looked to Yang with a worried expression "I know him he's at Beacon, we need to warn him"

Hinami held Ruby back "If they are going this far to find him then he will already know, it's best not to think on it right now, let's head back" Ruby and Yang nodded following Hinami back to Re.

Once they arrived they saw Touka giving Weiss another coffee and Weiss giving much more lien then it had costed, "Hey Touka we're back" said Hinami,

Weiss looked over and smiled "Hey Ruby, how are you feeling?"

Ruby looked up at Weiss and smiled faintly "Fine, I am fine, just a little worried"

Weiss now looking concerned asked, "Why what's wrong?"

"We ran into some Ghoul investigators on the way back, they showed us a picture of a Ghoul on one of their scroll's, I know the Ghoul they're looking for, he is a good friend of mine and they are hunting him"

Touka looked to Hinami then Yang who both had frowns "Hinami why don't you get some rest, Yang I will need you to tell me everything including what happened in Toa's shop, Ruby would you like a coffee?"

Ruby smiled and nodded, "Yes thank you" Weiss rested her arm around Ruby's shoulder and guided her to their table,

Blake gave Ruby a smile, "Hey Ruby, I was thinking would you like to go to the book store later and pick up something for yourself?"

Ruby nodded with that still faint smile, Touka then called out "Here you go Ruby, it's my special brew" giving a warm smile she took the cup of coffee.

After everyone went upstairs Yang explained everything to Touka, she grew visibly angry and she looked ready to punch someone "Of course they would say that, the bastards are always looking for a reason to put a target on our backs, it's because of people like them that we are feared for being what we are"

Ruby looked at Touka then Hinami "Then we show them they are wrong"

Touka looked to Ruby with confusion in her expression "What? How do we show them we are not like that? How do we prove it? Kaneki tried that and now he's gone only god knows where and is probably lying face down in the dirt somewhere"

Ruby frowned at the mention of Kaneki before erasing the thought from her head as she looked over to Yang "Well the police are short on numbers and I am sure if someone were to lend a hand and if said person was a masked Ghoul then it would hide who they are and send a different message. I mean I am no expert but if that were to happen then we should gain more people on our side and save more of our own"

Yang grew visibly angry towards Ruby then said, "Oh no! You will not be going out and doing that. I forbid it"

Ruby glared at Yang and retorted "Well to bad, I am now part Ghoul I can't just let my friends, my kind get hunted down like that. I thought the C.C.G were the good guys the ones policing us, not exterminators trying to kills us. I won't let it happen"

Weiss spoke up "Ruby I know that you are now a Ghoul but just because you are one now it doesn't mean you need to go out and risk your life to change the opinion of others"

Ruby smiled as she said, "Thanks Weiss, I know you're worried about me but I wasn't asking, I need to do this"

Looking into her girlfriends' eyes Weiss said, "Ruby you can't just change someone's beliefs like that, I understand what you are wanting to do, but if you do they might find out who you are"

Blake spoke up "Ruby I am sure you've figured this out already, but I don't have the best history with Ghoul's and I am only trying because not just you but two of my friends are Ghouls and you guys are doing the best you can to not be the monsters I have been told you are, I have seen proof that more than one of you are good, that is why I am trying, just because I am willing to change it doesn't mean others are"

Touka nodded with an appreciative smile towards Blake "She's right, it's gonna take a long time before we can even gain enough trust for people to listen to us, I think you have a good idea to start off with, but there are too many risks as well"

Ruby smiled "Touka I need to try, it's who I am if I don't then what's the point? I need to do this"

Weiss walked up to Ruby and pulled her into a hug surprising the cloaked half-Ghoul "Ruby I just don't want to see you hurt, but if this is what you need to do, I'll help with what I can"

Blake looked a bit saddened "Ruby I understand why you are doing this and I respect it, but I won't help you get yourself killed"

Ruby looked at Blake her smile grew "Thanks Blake, I understand if you aren't up for this one, what about you Yang?"

Yang's gaze met the floor as she thought about it all, when her eyes met Ruby's she smiled "I ain't letting my little sis die because I wasn't there to save her"

Ruby ran at Yang tackling her into a hug "Alright you four, I understand three of you are willing to help us with the Doves and it's a big moment and all but we gotta close soon"

Ruby looked to over to Touka then gave an apologetic smile "Sorry Touka I didn't know it was so late already"

Ruby nodded but then stopped and said, "You guys go on ahead I just have something I want to do first"

Blake stopped beside her and asked, "And what would that be?"

Ruby shook her head as she said, "Just something I want to look at very quickly"

Blake narrowed her eyes at the young half-Ghoul in front of her, Ruby's left eyebrow twitched and Blake shook her head, "Your lying" Blake knew Ruby was going to try and do something that would have put herself in danger it was more then likely she was planning to try and do what she had suggested not too long ago, so Blake picked Ruby up and hauled her over her shoulder, "Come on Ruby we better head back to Beacon"

Ruby's eyes went wide and she began thrashing around "No wait! Blake! My eyepatch!" Blake turned around and saw it on a table on the far end of the room,

"Fine, if I get you it will you stop squirming?" Ruby stopped and put her finger to her chin acting like she was thinking about the answer,

"Hhmm, yup" and began thrashing around again, Blake groaned in frustration as she began her slow walk to the table causing everyone to laugh at them.

Once they all made it back to the dorm Weiss and Blake began getting ready for bed, Ruby looked to Yang and asked excitedly "What do you think my mask will look like?"

Yang laughed as she said, "Well I am sure it will match you perfectly, I can't wait to get mine"

Blake approached the two and held up the ropes "Are we going to tie you up for the night?"

Ruby looked at Blake her smile grew "Only if you aren't comfortable with me still, I mean come on it's been a while and I ate a few days ago"

Blake smiled as she said, "I'm fine with giving it a shot I mean it has been a while, but just know that if you slip up your going to have a hard time making it up to me"

Ruby nodded with a smile "Thanks Blake, what about you guys? Are you fine with it?"

Yang and Weiss both nodded "Ruby you aren't as scary as when we first found out, your fine without the ropes" Ruby smiled at Weiss and dash in for another hug,

Yang being Yang tried to not laugh which everyone in the room noticed and began looking at her confusedly, finally she couldn't help it and said, "I am sure that's not the only thing the ropes are for" Weiss turned a bright red whilst Ruby turned a darker shade of red that would put her names sake to shame, Yang's laughter began to grow louder at the look of the Heiress and her sister but then a large foam pillow slammed into her upper body and she flew into the wall next to the door,

All eyes went on to Ruby who looked just as shocked then looked at her hands and back to Yang, "I-I am sorry Yang"

Yang went from wide eyed to excited in an instant "Holy shit my little sis has super strength!"

Ruby Weiss and Blake went from shocked to relieved to laughing in moments after that and were getting ready to sleep, just as everyone got into bed Ruby said, "Hey Blake, thanks for being there today it means a lot to me"

Blake smiled back "It wasn't a problem it was more fun than I thought it would be, so thanks for bringing me along. I guess" after that everyone climbed into their beds and headed off to sleep.

The next day Ruby woke up and saw Weiss sitting in a seat near her bed and reading a book, it was a book Ruby remembered all too well, moving silently off the side of the bed she grinned as she saw Weiss smile, "That's one of my favourites" she said,

Once Weiss heard Ruby's voice she tried getting up as quickly as possible and turned to see who it was, then she saw Ruby half out of her bed now trying her best not to fall out of it completely and fail as she fell and hit the floor, "What are you doing?" Weiss looked and sounded a bit annoyed,

Ruby answered calmly "Well I woke up and saw you reading I wanted to see what you were reading and leaned down to get a better look"

Weiss smiled and asked, "What was it you said about the book?"

Ruby answered back solemnly "That it's one of my favourites"

Weiss' smile faded a small bit as she asked, "What's wrong, are you ok?"

Ruby's eyes went wide as she realised why Weiss had asked and nodded "Oh yeah, I am not upset or anything, it's just that not long after mom died Yang would always read me that book before I went to sleep"

Weiss' smile came back as she heard that and looked back to Ruby "Well, that was nice of her" Ruby smiled with a nod,

"So why are you reading it?" Ruby asked curiously,

Weiss looked back up to Ruby having forgotten what she was doing in the first place, "Well before we knew what had happened to you Yang said it would be a nice idea if I read to you and so the next day she and Blake dragged me to a book store, I decided to see why you enjoyed it so much"

Ruby's smile grew even larger "Thanks Weiss, I hope you are doing ok with all of this, I mean being turned into a Ghoul was something I never expected"

Weiss chuckled with a smile and looked at the time, "Is Hinami giving you lessons for today?" Ruby nodded clearly excited for it "Well then how about we go grab a coffee together?"

Ruby lunged at Weiss trapping her in yet another hug, "Yes!" came the reply,

Weiss sighed and asked, "Were you always this clingy or was it when we started dating?"

Ruby stopped and thought about it for just a moment "I think it was when we started dating"

Weiss looked into Ruby's eye and smiled but then frowned as she looked at the other eye being covered by the eyepatch, "Ruby I know this may sound silly but can I see your eye?"

Ruby smiled as she said, "Sure" her hand reached up and pulled the eyepatch off, it looked normal but then it turned black and crimson,

Weiss looked into the eye and her expression changed to a weird look that was somewhere between awe and sadness 'It looks so pretty but also terrifying how can something look like that and make someone feel this way?'

Ruby giggled at Weiss' expression, "What are you thinking about?"

Weiss smiled, "Nothing. It's nothing" the two stood up Ruby ran over to her dresser and disappeared with rose petal leading to the bathroom, moments later she came back out in a casual pair of clothing, "You ready to go?" A smile started to form on her lips,

Weiss returned the smile "Yes I am."

Ruby and Weiss both headed for the air docks and were a few minutes early for the airship so they waited around, and not too long into the wait Ruby saw someone she was still anxious to talk with as he made his way over to them, "Good morning Ms Rose and Ms Schnee"

Both Weiss and Ruby said in unison "Good morning professor Ozpin"

Ozpin looked at them both then asked as he focused on Ruby "How are you feeling Ms Rose?"

Ruby smiled as she answered, "I am feeling a lot better thank you sir"

He gave her a light smile and asked, "So you are, I have heard you are now doing better in all of your classes now?"

Ruby nodded as her nerves started to fade away, "Um yeah I guess I just needed time"

He looked over to Weiss "Ms Schnee may I ask something you may find a bit personal?"

Weiss nodded with a small smile "Of course professor, you may ask me anything"

Ozpin frowned before he spoke "With what's happening recently, I would like to know what you think of your family's company? You aren't blind to it all so I am rather interested to see what you see in what your father has built"

Weiss paused for a moment considering what to say, "Well I can't say I agree with how he treats a lot of the workers and how he handles things, but with that being said he has to make a lot of difficult choices, especially when the White Fang are involved"

Ozpin nodded and smiled "I see that is very interesting Ms Schnee, what about you Ms Rose?"

Ruby looked to Ozpin then Weiss "Well I um I know I don't approve with how he treats Faunus workers, but he does have confidence, I don't really know what to think on it all, because unlike Weiss I don't know that much about the SDC, so it's hard to say"

Ozpin nodded "Interesting. Oh yes that is right Ms Rose I also have a message from your uncle, I believe he said he wanted to go out camping and meet with Ms Schnee this coming break, Ms Schnee I am sure you could convince your father to let you go, and since I owe Ms Rose's uncle a favour I guess I could say that you are needed in Vale"

Weiss and Ruby both nodded, Ruby then started giggling "I am guessing you want to get that favour over and done with?"

Ozpin nodded "You are quite right Ms Rose"

Ruby's giggling turned into fits of laughter as she said, "Yeah I don't blame you, favours for uncle Qrow are never a good thing"

Ozpin shared a small laugh and turned around "It was good seeing you again Ms Rose and Ms Schnee but I have some business to attend to, and you have an airship in 3, 2, 1"

And at that moment the air docks speaker came on 'All passengers for flight 313 Beacon to Vale, boarding now'

Weiss looked at Ruby with confusion "How did he do that?" Ruby shrugged her shoulders and the two boarded the airship.

Entering Re, Ruby and Weiss both approached the counter where Jaune waited, looking up from the counter he smiled "Oh hey guys"

Ruby being the child she was gave an energetic wave "Hey Jaune, how's everything going today?"

Jaune smiled as he answered, "Well it's alright I guess, I mean I am not in detention with Goodwitch so I am great"

Weiss had a small smirk as she remembered the other week where the same couldn't be said and asked, "That's good is Nora or Ren around?"

Nodding Jaune said, "Yeah Ren's cooking and Nora is running delivery's for Touka around Down Town Vale"

Ruby's smile grew into more of a shit eating grin as she asked, "How many?"

Jaune's shoulders sagged and his head lowered in defeat as he answered her "Four"

Ruby's eyes went wide with shock "Why did you give her four coffees!?"

Once Weiss put two and two together she grew worried, Jaune shook his head "She said they were for customers"

Ruby then calmed down "Ok well anyways do you think I could get a coffee?" Jaune nodded then looked to Weiss,

"A coffee as well thank you" once Jaune had written down the orders and put the paper in the back he asked, "So Weiss, what's going on I know Ruby has lessons with Hinami in half an hour so why are you here?"

Weiss looked to him "Oh am I not allowed to spend time with girlfriend now?"

Jaune saw what she was doing and saw that evil smirk that she had it was that same smirk she used back in the first year to toy with him "You know what I meant" he replied plainly with a somewhat smug grin that said, 'I know what you're doing and it ain't working'

Weiss' smirk went away when she saw Jaune had picked up on it and decided to move on with the conversation "I am just here to have a coffee with Ruby" she answered plainly Jaune gave Weiss her cup of coffee with smile, "Thank you Jaune"

He then said, "No problem, if you need anything just let me know" she nodded back and lead Ruby to a free table.

The two sat there for the half hour that Ruby had to wait before she could start her lessons, they talked about things going on around the world, what they were going to do for classes and some other small topics, after the half hour was over Touka was just walking out of the back, "Oh, hey you two are already here?" Ruby nodded with a large grin,

Weiss had a smaller smile as she said, "It's good to see you too Touka"

walking over to them Touka said, "You too Weiss, so how are things with you guys at Beacon?"

Weiss stopped and thought for a moment before giving the answer "I guess we are good, it doesn't look like anyone other than the Ghoul's know about it, also Ruby's uncle invited us camping, is that a good idea with how she is?"

Touka glanced at Ruby then back "If she can fake eating anything he gives her it should be fine"

Ruby grew a bit nervous at the response "Uh I might need more practice on that"

Touka looked back towards her "Well you better learn quickly, also I think your mask will be ready later today or tomorrow" Ruby nodded and smiled as she looked back at Weiss,

Weiss gave Ruby a smile back as she said, "Well I had better get going, your lessons with Hinami should be starting soon"

Ruby nodded standing up and walked around the table, "Thanks Weiss, for coming up with me" Weiss' smile grew as Ruby trapped her in a hug and ran into the back,

Touka looked at Weiss her smile started to fade "So what's going on with the rest of the team?"

Weiss looked at Touka with confusion but answered anyways "Not much, Blake and Yang are out doing their own things."

Ruby ran up the stairs and within seconds was outside of Hinami's door and knocked, Hinami opened the door and smiled "Good morning Ruby, so are you ready to begin?"

Ruby nodded as she walked in, "Hinami I just wanted to say thank you for helping me with all this"

Hinami's smile grew "You don't need to thank me for it", Hinami walked along side Ruby to the lounge room and the two sat down at the coffee table, "Is everything ok at Beacon?"

Ruby nodded with a large grin, "Yup no one knows so far. Anyways I was hoping you could teach me more about Ghouls with what we can do and what things I should look out for, you know that kinda thing" Hinami smiled again and began explaining what Ruby wanted to know.

(Because I don't have much time to write it and most of you will know this stuff if you are a TG fan, Hinami is just teaching Ruby about the different Rc types and what the Ghouls abilities/factors can do and other related things to that)

Later that day when Hinami and Ruby were finishing up the lesson Hinami said, "Ok and that's it for the day, Ruby do you mind if I ask you for a favour?"

Ruby nodded with a smile "Sure, what can I do to help?"

Hinami took a deep breath before she spoke, "It's Touka's birthday soon and I was wondering if you could help me with the gift?"

Ruby nodded excitedly, "Yes I will be happy to lend a hand, so what is it you need help with? Finding a present, finding the best shops?"

Hinami began to laugh nervously "N-no that's not it, I wrote a song for her but I can't sing very well, I got Jaune to make the song on a computer I just need someone to sing it"

Ruby's smile grew "I am not much of a singer but I'll try, if you don't think I am good with it I could ask Weiss, she's an amazing singer"

Hinami's smile grew larger "Really you would do that?" Ruby nodded,

not long after that Touka knocked on the door then opened it, "Hey Ruby you ready for training?" Touka had a smirk which told Hinami everything,

"Yup! What am I learning today?" Touka's smirk was noticed not long after the question and they began walking to the abandoned building that they had trained in multiple times before.

Touka stood in the middle of the large room and a few feet from Ruby, "Ok so for today I thought you might as well get used to using your Kagune, that is if you want to? We could just continue with the normal stuff as well" Ruby nodded being both extremely excited and nervous, "Ok do you know how to use your Kagune?"

Ruby shook her head frowning, "No, I don't but I do have you to help me" she said excitedly,

Sighing Touka asked again "Are you sure you want me to help you with your Kagune?" Ruby just nodded making Touka look at Ruby with a look that she couldn't quite make out, "Ok if you're sure but I only know one way, and it won't be nice so I'll ask once more, are you sure you want my help?" Ruby nodded yet again, Touka knew the young girl had no idea what she had just agreed to,

Ruby was of course grinning like madwoman she was going to learn how to fight with a new weapon, it wasn't even this fact that made her so excited, no what made her so excited was knowing that she was the weapon herself, it was like a dream come true for the young Huntress in-training. That was until a fist landed in her face then a knee went straight into her gut forcing her down to her hands and knees, looking up she saw who her attacker was, Touka?

Touka looked down at Ruby's surprised and confused expression as she kicked the younger girls' teeth in, on the outside she held a cold expression but on the inside, she felt guilt? Why should she feel guilty? She did exactly this to Kaneki and felt nothing afterwards, even now she doesn't feel the guilt of hitting that idiot in the stomach or breaking his finger as she crushed it with her foot, hell she would have killed him if his Kagune didn't activate, as Ruby tried getting back up Touka kicked her back down agan, "Aahh!" she picked Ruby up by the collar of her jacket and began slamming her fist into the half-Ghouls face repeatedly, only stopping when she heard a crunch indicating she had broken something and threw Ruby to the ground,

Now looking at Touka in fear she began crawling away as she looked into the older woman's face with the cold expression it held, as she looked into the purple eyes of someone she thought was her friend she saw them turn into the black and crimson coloured eyes of a Ghoul and Touka's Kagune had formed, was she wrong? Were her teammates, right? Are they heartless monsters? Looking at her attacker she saw the Kagune turn into a crystal-like form then it sent small shards flying towards her, one of the small crystals actually managed to deplete her Aura and impale her right leg, Touka then said, "This next attack may kill you, is there anything you want me to pass on to your friends?" Ruby could only whimper as she saw Touka launch her next attack, closing her eyes Ruby braced for what was to come but then she felt a massive spike of pain and a lot of it was coming from her waist? She began to scream as the Kagune shot out with her blood spattering behind her and blocked the crystal shards,

Opening her eyes Ruby saw a massive red tentacle had blocked Touka's attack following it to where it had come from she realised it was her Kagune, to shocked to even speak she could only stare at it,

Touka now feeling relieved released her Kagune and walked over to the younger girl, but upon a second glance she noticed something about the Kagune and felt saddened as she continued to look at it, "Th-the same, it's the same"

Ruby then remembered Touka was still here and sent her Kagune towards the young woman, it hit Touka with no effort and sent her flying back, Touka only moved back into a sitting position as she stared at Ruby's Kagune, now seeing that Touka wasn't going to fight back she realised something in the young woman had snapped and she was utterly confused, "Huh?" before Touka could answer the obvious question the she had, Ruby yelled "You tried to kill me!"

Touka's frown returned as she said, "I didn't want to do that, but that was the only way I knew to help you learn to use it" seeing Ruby's confusion Touka said, "If it makes you feel any better, I did the exact same thing to Kaneki when helping him with his… well almost the same, you have an Aura so I may have needed to be a bit harsher this time" after explaining that last part she continued to look at the Kagune,

Ruby feeling a bit safer but still on guard now noticed Touka was having some sort of break down so she went to see if she was alright "Touka? Touka!" Touka's head snapped up after she heard the second one, "What's wrong?"

Touka looked at Ruby with something between a smirk and a frown as she said, "You really are here to haunt me" Ruby gave her a questioning look so she explained, "You don't just smell a lot like him, but you just had to have the exact same Kagune too" Ruby now surprised was also frowning, Touka saw this and smiled, "Hey cheer up it means that you can take a beating, you can already heal a lot faster than a lot of Ghouls because you're a half-Ghoul… although you will need to get stronger"

Ruby looked at her curiously as she asked, "How would I get stronger?"

Touka smirked as she answered, "Well at the moment it looks like you can only use one segment in time you should be able to get eight but your body needs to adjust to the new usage of Rc cells as well" Ruby's smile now returned as she knew she wouldn't be helpless "Now let's get started would you like me to use my Kagune or just fight with my fists this time?"

Ruby began to dread what Touka would do if she let the young woman use her Kagune so she said, "I think I will start off with fists since I need to get used to using my Kagune and wellllll…." Touka nodded with a grin.

She started running towards Ruby and went for a punch whilst Ruby went to block with her arm but her Kagune moved and intercepted the attack instead, looking at Touka as she in ran for another strike, blocking with her fist this time Ruby struck out with her Kagune much faster than she intended to. Touka jumped seeing the fast approaching Kagune and rolled to the side trying to get a kick in, she succeeded and swept Ruby off her feet and since Ruby hadn't gotten used to her Kagune she only managed to cushion her fall rather then turn it into a jump back.

It continued like this for a few hours but the two were growing tired, "Ok Ruby, next lesson you will be fighting me with my Kagune but our next lesson isn't for another week since I will be busy for a while, Hinami is also busy so she won't be able to help you either" Ruby nodded with her signature smile,

Now walking out of the abandoned building Ruby said, "Thanks, Touka I wouldn't have been able to figure this out without your help and well yeah…" Touka smiled then took a turn in the opposite direction to Re? "Wait where are you going?"

Touka smirked "Well I thought you would want to pick up your mask, thought I should give you some company" Ruby's confused look turned into yet smile as jumped onto Touka trapping her in a hug, "Wait what? Get off of me!" Ruby began giggling but after a moment let go and jumped back.

Hey guys I hope you enjoyed this chapter, as always I'd appreciate feedback about any mistakes you've found any criticism that'll help me improve is welcome.

Anyways recently I've ran into some trouble I'm not sure when but sometime between now and next month I won't have any internet at home and need to start searching for a job, I'll still be posting and all that but I won't have as much time to work on this stuff, I hope it doesn't take up too much of my free time but yeah expect uploads to take longer, my friend who's helping me edit this stuff has got quite a few chapters for this and just needs to get some free time to work on it too, but once I run low on those things will start to slow down.

Hopefully not too much but yeah, see you guys next time.