Chapter 8

The next day came too quickly for the crimson leader as she awoke and looked around the room, she saw that once again everyone had awoken before her but this time they waited for her to wake up, Yang was the first to speak up as she asked, "Hey sis how are you feeling?"

rubbing her eyes as she sat up in her bed Ruby replied , "Fine"

Yang shook her head as she quickly countered her younger sister, "Nope, Weiss told us, she didn't tell us everything but we do know that Uncle Qrow knows"

Ruby looked over to where Weiss was standing with an annoyed expression "Why Weiss?"

Weiss decided to answer her with concern clear in her voice "You weren't really yourself yesterday and I needed someone to talk to, Yang picked up on it and I couldn't really avoid it"

Yang quickly pitched in "I made her and she didn't tell us everything and so when I asked for more she told me to talk to you, so here I am"

Ruby looked at Weiss then Yang, "There really is no way out of this is there?" Yang shook her head, "Fine. The Ghoul that attacked me the day I met Weiss' dad, he found us and he attacked us, I-I think, I killed him?" a tear now slowly tracing down her cheek, "I-I killed someone" she repeated the realisation finally hitting her,

In the next instant Yang was next to her pulling her younger sibling in a comforting hug, "It's ok Rubes you did what you had to, your safe"

Blake was the next one to speak up, "Yang is right he followed you, your uncle and Weiss with an intent to kill, you were defending yourself and them if anyone is to blame it's him"

Ruby shook her head, "I killed him, how is that ok?"

Yang pulled her in closer "Shh, it's ok now"

Weiss walked over and sat next to Ruby as well, "Ruby I was there and I saw what had happened" as she finished the sentence Ruby's head sunk and her shoulders sagged "But you did nothing wrong, I agree with Blake to some extent"

Ruby looked to Weiss and frowned "B-but Weiss I-"

Weiss cut her off with a glare "No Ruby he came after us he died because of his choice, you killed him with no choice that's all there is to it"

Ruby sighed and looked to Blake who gave a reassuring smile, "Ok can we talk about something else now I don't want to talk about it anymore"

Yang let go of her breaking the hug and looked at her "Ruby you need to talk about it with someone, if not us maybe uncle Qrow" Ruby shook her head with a frown "Ok how about Jaune or Nora, maybe even Ren, everyone in Re would help you with this"

Ruby nodded with a thankful smile and grabbed her Scroll then began texting moments after she was gone, Weiss looked over towards Blake then Yang "Are you guys sure she's going to be fine?"

Yang nodded confidently with a sad smile "Yeah she'll be fine, Ruby just needs time, I mean she killed someone I won't be able to look at her the same way again but she's still my baby sis and I will protect her no matter what"

Blake nodded "she can take care of herself so she should be fine."

taking a sip from his coffee mug Ozpin looked down towards his monitor "So what did you wish to talk about Qrow?"

"Oz I found out why Ruby healed faster than she should have a few months back and it's not her eyes, she hasn't even found out about those yet"

Ozpin looked away from the monitor and out the window behind him, "Well at least we know she doesn't need to be told yet, but if that is the case what did heal her?"

sighing Qrow said, "Sorry Oz it's something that should remain a family matter but keep a close eye on her, now more than ever even around her team"

"What happened?" Ozpin's voice was in a calm neutral tone but it also held some curiosity to it,

"Oz please don't make me answer it, I just need to know that she and everyone around her remains safe and I have a feeling she will go and talk to you about it soon"

"Alright so is that all you have to report?" Ozpin took another sip from his cup as his head looked back to the monitor,

Qrow grew a bit relieved as he answered, "Yeah, but I also need you to keep me informed about Ruby and fill me in on anything you have noticed change, any new places she's been going to, people she's been talking to?"

Ozpin nodded but then remembered Qrow could not see him through the call and said, "Yes there are a few things I have noticed, we have been receiving a lot more cookies and strawberries after the food breaks we have given the students, and as for places there is a coffee shop called Re, it's not too far from the Vale air docks"

Qrow's voice came through with a lighter happier tone to what he had during most of the call as he said happily, "Thanks Oz, I'll talk to ya later"

A few weeks had passed and Ruby was starting to calm down but she had also been less cheerful and it was starting to worry everyone, she had spoken to Jaune Touka and Nora about the camping trip, after that Touka was making sure to keep an eye on her and told Jaune to do the same.

Now Ruby stood just outside of Re and began pondering if she should go in before entering the front door, Jaune was behind the counter taking the orders and noticed Ruby had walked in, "Hey Hinami's upstairs if you wanted to talk to her"

Ruby gave him a smile as she had said, "Thanks Jaune" Jaune could see her smile was empty but he already knew why and knew it was best to not talk about it unless she wanted to,

Ruby travelled up the stairs and around the corner into the hallway then knocked on Hinami's door, "Oh hi Ruby would you like to come in?"

"Thanks Hinami" she walked in and sat on the couch in the living room,

Hinami sat next to Ruby and gave a concerned smile "Are you feeling ok?" Ruby nodded as she sat there but she didn't utter a word, "Would you like to tell me something?" Ruby nodded again and still she didn't say anything "If you think it's going to upset me I promise it won't"

Ruby took a deep breath as she asked, "How can you guys deal with it? Not feeling the guilt of ending a life"

Hinami knew something like this was coming and she knew it was soon but today she just wasn't prepared for it "We-well the best we can give is a reason, we use it to justify what we do, some Ghoul's just say that it was because it's their nature"

with a frown beginning to form Ruby said, "I know this may be a bit hard to answer and if you don't want to I will understand" she took a deep breath before continuing "What do you think Kaneki thinks when he does it, how does he justify taking a life?"

Hinami stopped for a moment "W-well I am not sure. I know he would stop everything he was doing to save those he cares for, he did that during the attack at Anteiku, but I don't really know what he was or does think about it. You would have to ask him yourself if you wanted to know the answer to that"

Ruby gave Hinami a thankful smile unlike the others which were hollow and empty this one was genuine and filled with true gratitude, "Thank you Hinami, I am sorry if I upset you or something"

Hinami shook her head with a smile "It's ok I understand why you asked it, if you need any more help you can talk to me"

Ruby nodded and hugged Hinami "And if you need to talk to anyone that isn't Touka you can talk to me" Hinami seemed happier once those words left Ruby's lips as she knew the half-Ghoul didn't have much to offer in return,

"Thank you, Ruby but I'm fine, I just haven't really had to answer anything like that about him in a while I'll be fine in time but thank you" Hinami looked over to the clock and smiled as she turned back to the younger girl "But right now I have to get ready, my shift starts soon and I don't want to keep Touka waiting"

Ruby nodded with a brighter smile then what she had been walking around with earlier, "Ok. Thanks again Hinami, I promise when you need to talk I'll be there to listen" Hinami smiled back as she went to leave the room as Ruby followed her out.

Ruby and Hinami began to walk down the stairs and opened the door entering the coffee shop, but that was when Ruby's blood ran cold as she saw him leaning against the far wall and waiting then his eyes landed on her,

Jaune stopped and looked to his right to see Hinami then Ruby come back to the service area but that's when he and Hinami both noticed Ruby's hesitance to continue walking, following her gaze to the man they both knew something bad might happen as his eyes met hers, Jaune decided to ask, "Ruby you ok?"

Ruby nodded "Y-yeah I am I just-" the man walked over to her and cut her off,

"Hey kiddo you know we need to talk" said the man now kneeling in front of her,

Ruby nodded "I-I know, how did you find this place?"

He smiled as he answered back "Now that's a secret, but look I need to talk to you about this now"

Ruby nodded and began to walk back into the back approaching the kitchen slowly her nerves began to get to her "T-Touka I need to tell you something"

Touka sighed "Can it wai-" she cut herself off once she saw the look Ruby had "Ok what's wrong?" she walked over to Ruby and leaned on a table as she waited,

Ruby took a deep breath "M-my uncle, he found this place"

Touka's posture went stiff "What is it you need?" she asked

Ruby took another deep breath "I just need somewhere private to talk to him"

Touka nodded with a sigh "Yeah go ahead, but if he tries to tell anyone we're Ghouls you know what I'll have to do"

Walking back to where Qrow was waiting she looked at him again clearly not happy with what's about to happen, "Follow me" without another word she turned around and went through the back with Qrow following not too far behind, they went up the stairs and into the break room, Ruby walked to the furthest couch and sat down waiting for him to do the same, once he was seated Ruby spoke up again "What do you know so far?"

Qrow smirked "Well apart from you not being Human anymore the whole entire staff at this place being Ghouls excluding that one kid and two of those Ghouls being at Beacon, not much"

Ruby rested her head in her hands for a moment "Are you going to tell anyone?"

Qrow sighed "Depends, how do they survive and are they the ones helping you?"

Ruby frowned "Well um they eat people who've committed suicide and Grimm, and yes they are the ones who've helped me"

Qrow looked curious "Wait how do they- no never mind I don't want to know, but don't worry I won't tell, now I know you don't want this but Tai's gotta know at some point, if you don't tell him then he'll find out some other way"

Ruby's frown grew "I-I know, but what do I say, how do I say it, when should I tell him, is there ever a good time to tell someone their daughter was turned into a Ghoul!?"

Qrow's expression was mournful as he watched his niece ask questions he doubted anyone would have the answers to, "Ruby I don't think there ever is meant to be a time for that but you need to be tough, I know I ain't gonna hate ya because you can only eat people now, and I'm sure Tai will be the same way, but you need to be the one to tell him"

Ruby frowned "Are you really ok knowing I might lose control and try to kill someone?"

Qrow smiled as he reassured her "Ruby you are strong, I know you would never hurt anyone like that-"

Ruby cut him off quickly as she shouted, "But I did, that guy that attacked us when we were camping I did kill him and you know it, you saw it!"

Qrow frowned remembering that day "If you'd have let me finish, I was gonna say you'd never hurt anyone like that without a very good reason"

Ruby groaned in frustration as she said, "But uncle Qrow how can you be so calm knowing this stuff!?"

He began to chuckle once he heard the question, as he exclaimed "Do you really think I was calm, once I dropped you two off I went to the nearest bar and got hammered!"

A small smile appeared on Ruby's lips from the statement as she giggled, "You really need to lay off the booze"

The response brought a smile to his face as he sighed with an offhand remark, "You're a good kid and no matter what, you'll always do what you think is right" after a few moments of silence sighing again, he warned, "Ruby please just don't wait too long to tell him, the longer you wait the more it's gonna hurt the both of you"

Ruby frowned "B-but what if dad hates me, what if he doesn't want me around anymore, what do I do, I can't ju-"

Qrow interrupted her "Ruby he won't care about what you are, he will just be upset you didn't tell him sooner"

Ruby's fearful look told him all he needed to know but he waited for that one question he knew was coming "H-how do you know that?"

"Ruby did Yang care when she found out?" he asked wearily

Ruby frowned as she looked back on the memory "W-well uh a bit" Qrow gave her a questioning look as if asking 'Why?' "but that may have been because I tried to eat her when it happened" she admitted sheepishly,

Qrow's expression was unreadable for a full minute before he began to laughing "Of course you had to get back her for all the times she jump scared you" Ruby began to laugh along with him before it all died down again, "After that did she treat you any differently?"

Ruby shook her head "The only difference at first was just keeping an eye on me, but after she knew I wouldn't eat her she let it go" Qrow grinned "B-but what if dad doesn't treat me like his daughter after I tell him? What then?"

"Well then I beat it into him, he shouldn't treat you any differently just because you've changed" Ruby leaped at Qrow trapping him in a hug,

"Th-thank you uncle Qrow, I-I will try t-to tell him soon" hugging back and rubbing her back with soothing small circular motions,

"That's all I ask, if you like I can be there for you?"

Ruby nodded "I would like that" she smiled again before breaking the hug,

Qrow looked over to the clock on the wall and sighed "Look I gotta go soon but when you call I'll be there."

Qrow and Ruby opened the door to see Touka on the far end of the hall waiting, once she noticed the door opened she approached "Does he know?" Ruby nodded, turning her attention to the drunk in front of her she asked, "What are you going to do now?"

He couldn't help it as a grin appeared on his face "Well since you don't kill to eat and you've been helping her I'll pretend to not know a thing. But only if you'll call me if something happens to her"

Touka sighed knowing the she really couldn't argue "Alright, just don't tell anyone about this place" he nodded handing her a piece of paper with his scroll number,

"I'll be seeing you later" he turned to Ruby "And you stay outta trouble ok?"

Ruby smiled "You don't need to worry about that" he nodded then left the coffee shop.

To say Ruby had a stressful day was an understatement as she walked back to where an airship to Beacon was, reflecting on what she and Qrow had talked about, she frowned at the thought of having to tell her dad, how was he going to react? What would he say? Would he still love her? All these questions kept piling up and at this rate she would never have another stress-free moment for the rest of her life, "HELP!" The voice belonged to a young girl, Ruby stopped and waited to hear where it had come from "HELP! SOMEONE HELP!" Turning around and going down the closest street to the right was a carpark and the only thing in the carpark was a car two dead bodies, two children one appeared to be injured and two Ghouls closing in on the children,

She reached into her pocket and pulled out her mask then put it on, she jumped in front of the two Ghouls and said with a tone full of disdain "Leave them alone" the two children had turned silent as they watched,

the two Ghouls looked at her then the kids, "Why should we, we have just as much right to feed as you, now move outta the way"

Ruby glared at the Ghoul who had just told her what to do "Last chance, walk away now" they began to laugh before lunging at Ruby, she jumped back and caught the first Ghouls' fist before it could retract pulling him closer towards her, she sent a punch to his face before flipping over him to avoid being hit by the other Ghoul, she slammed her foot down breaking the leg belonging to the Ghoul she had just flipped over,

Letting out a blood curdling scream the Ghoul fell to his knees, the other Ghoul looked beyond pissed as he saw what Ruby had done to his friend and charged at her now using his Kagune, Ruby also let out her Kagune to block the attacks and hit back twice as hard, the other Ghoul on the ground didn't seem to be healing so he began to crawl towards the two children and once they noticed they began screaming again, Ruby noticed once the screams started but couldn't help, that was until she gained the upper hand as the Ghoul attacked and she dodged ending up behind him, she sent her Kagune through his back and out his chest then threw him to the side.

She sent her Kagune over and picked up the Ghoul going after the children, her glare was stone cold "You will never attack those two again, I am not going to kill you two now but try it again and I will"

He began laughing as he said, "I will find you and I'll kill you, you fucking bitch!" Ruby simply punched his temple knocking him out and throwing him onto his friend who was also down but not unconscious,

Once she released her Kagune she approached the two children, one was a girl of about nine or ten she had blue hair and green eyes, the other a boy who looked a bit younger his hair Auburn, his left eye green and his right one blue, the boy scampered behind the girl who was kneeling defensively, Ruby slowly walked over and stopped when the girl flinched, an indication that she was about to move, kneeling on one knee she asked, "Are you ok?"

The girl spat "Why would a monster like you care!?"

Ruby frowned "I am not like them you can trust me" she held her hand carefully, "I want to take you somewhere safe"

The boy spoke up this time "N-no yo-you'll kill us like they did to mom and dad"

Ruby frowned when she heard that "I am sorry for your loss but right now you need to come with me" the girl shook her head again "Please I promise I won't hurt you"

The girl growled like a wild beast as she snarled "You already stopped them so go leave us alone!"

Sighing Ruby frowned "Look they won't attack you while I'm here, they may be hurt but they still know how to fight, you don't"

Again, the girl growled "You want us all to yourself, you want to eat us, you want to kill us, leave us alone!"

"No, I won't, I know what it's like being attacked by a Ghoul like you were" Ruby smiled sympathetically

The girl asked, "What do you mean you know what it's like you're not a Human or a Faunus how would you know what it's like!?"

Ruby frowned "I wasn't born a Ghoul I was turned into one, I am not like the others and I know what it's like to fear Ghouls, I was a Human"

The girl shouted "You're lying! There is no way that can happen! If you were a Faunus or Human then you wouldn't do what you just did!"

Again, Ruby sighed "Look if you like I can prove it to you later"

The boy spoke again, "How could you prove it!?"

Ruby frowned choosing to ignore the question she said, "Look the moment I leave he will be after you, I have friends who can look after you, it's not too far from here"

The girl glared "I said leave us alone!"

Ruby's frown grew then she had an idea, "Wait right there" she used her Semblance and got to a car across the street and opened it, knowing that most people carried guns in their glove compartments she decided to check there first, inside was a Beretta APX Semi-Auto Pistol, she knew it wouldn't do anything to her since she was a Ghoul and she had an Aura so there was no way that gun could harm her but she hoped the kids wouldn't know that too, within seconds she came back, as the two children were about to make a run for it, that was until they saw Ruby approaching,

The boy yelled "Just leave us alone!"

Ruby showed them the gun then let her Kagune back out resting the gun on the predatory organ and raised her hands, it slowly moved towards them and stopped a small distance away "If I give you this will you trust me?"

The girl looked at the gun then Ruby "M-maybe"

Ruby sighed as she said, "But don't shoot me then run, I just want to help you"

The Kagune slowly moved forwards and stopped at an arm's reach then it went to the ground letting the gun slide off, once the gun was on the ground the Kagune retracted back to Ruby then disappeared and the girl grabbed the gun, "Ok we follow you and I keep the gun pointed at you"

Ruby shook her head "No it's ok you don't have to do that, I just gave you a weapon to show you I am on your side you can trust me" the girl hardened her glare so Ruby asked with a smirk "How will I know you won't run off?"

After a quick moment, the girl smirked "You must be really smart"

Ruby looked to the boy then the girl "What are your names?"

The boy asked still a bit scared "W-why?"

Ruby smiled as she answered, "Well what do I call you then?"

Again, the girl growled with a glare but then sighed "I am Sapphire That's Nix now move, show us this safe place you are talking about" Ruby nodded as she began leading them back to Re.

Knocking on the door Ruby and the two children waited for someone to open it, Touka was the one to answer the door and upon opening it Touka looked at Ruby when she saw the mask on she raised an eyebrow then saw the two children and one of those two pointing a gun at Ruby! "Uh what's going on?" she questioned

Ruby answered carefully, "Um two Ghoul's kinda killed their mom and dad, I saved them but they wouldn't trust me so I gave them the gun to show them I was friendly"

Touka couldn't come up with a response for a few moments but when she found the ability to speak she did so "Ookayy? Why are they here?"

Ruby didn't answer and instead said, "I need to talk to you and Hinami" Touka looked at the two children again and noticed Nix was hiding behind Sapphire

Touka nodded then stepped to the side allowing Ruby and the children to enter the coffee shop, Sapphire looked around then demanded as she pointed to the other side of the room "You can sit over there, I don't want you near us" Ruby did as she was told which just confused Touka but she just didn't ask,

"Hinami! I need you down here for a minute!" Touka called out,

Hinami came from the back probably just having finished what she had to do, "Of course what do you nee-" she stopped talking as she saw Ruby not just in her mask but with a gun pointed at her in the hands of a child! "Um what's going on?"

Ruby answered with a frown "Well I was on my way back to where I am currently staying but then I heard one of them calling for help so I ran over to help them. When I got there both their parents were killed by two Ghoul's so I put on my mask and saved them, they didn't trust me so I figured if I gave them something like a sword or a gun they would. But um what I wanted was if one of you could look after them until the police find any living family they may have, if that's ok with you?"

Touka looked at the children then Ruby as did Hinami, both quickly responded "Ok" looking to the other with a bit of surprise,

Sapphire looked at them with a grateful smile "Really?" they nodded "Thank you so much, Oum bless your kind heart"

Ruby smiled as she asked, "Does that mean you won't shoot me now?" She asked trying her best to sound a bit nervous,

Sapphire looked back to her in thought for a moment before lowering the gun "For now"

Nix spoke up again looking at Ruby "Y-you said you would prove you were once a Human, can you show us now?"

Ruby smiled "Only if you promise me that you won't tell anyone that than sure"

Nix said with a smile "I promise, what about you sis?"

Sapphire looked at Nix with a frown "O-ok, but if she tries to hurt you I don't care I'm telling" Ruby smiled as the two children looked at her, she took off her mask and the two kids looked at her in confusion for a moment, Sapphire asked, "So what, how are you going to prove it?"

Ruby just let her right eye change "Ghouls should have two eyes like this but because I was Human before I only have one" Nix stared at Ruby's eye with a growing fascination,

Sapphire decided to ask, "So what is your name then?"

Ruby sighed "Only if you promise not to give that away too" they both nodded "Ruby" was the simple answer she gave,

Touka spoke up with mild irritation "Look I am sorry if this sounds rude but Ruby are you going to trust two kids with your identity because they promised not to tell anyone?"

Sapphire spoke up before Ruby could answer "We won't tell anyone we promised and if we break that promise it would be because she hurts one of us" Touka eased up a bit but was still dumbfounded by the reasoning,

"Touka I know what you're thinking but please just trust me on this" Ruby pleaded

Touka sighed "Do they know anything about this place?" Ruby shook her head,

"What are you hiding?" Asked Sapphire,

Touka looked to her then Ruby again with a small glare, "You two know Ruby is a nice person and a half-Ghoul now do you trust her to keep you safe?"

Sapphire and Nix nodded, "Of course we do now, she saved us and brought us here to keep us safe, she told us her name and showed us her face, if she trusts us with that than we trust her not to hurt us"

Touka sighed 'I can't believe I am doing this, Ruby is to blame. I blame her' "Do you think all Ghouls are bad after meeting Ruby?" Sapphire and Nix shook their heads, "Can you keep a really really really big secret?"

Sapphire looked at Nix then Touka and Hinami "Yeah why?"

Touka smirked "Me and Hinami are Ghouls too but we are one of the good ones"

Sapphire's and Nix's eyes widened "O-oh uh, ok um" Ruby stood up and walked over to them and reached out but Sapphire grabbed the gun and pointed it at Ruby again "What are you doing!?"

Ruby smiled sadly "It's ok I'm not going to hurt you, I just thought you would like someone with you right now"

"For all I know you just took us to your friends so you can eat us!"

Ruby's eyes widened in response to the sudden outburst "Wh-what no that's not what I did"

"Then why did you take us here?" Ruby could still see the fear in Sapphire's eyes and frowned

"Look I know you don't like Ghouls right now but they are good Ghouls I promise you"

Sapphire looked to her left where Nix stood and asked, "What do you think Nix?"

Nix looked back to Sapphire with a small smile "I think we should trust her, she hasn't hurt us yet"

Sapphire lowered her gun reluctantly with a nod, "O-ok I guess I trust you enough, you were once a Human" Ruby took a step closer and pulled Sapphire into a hug which at first scared the the small girl but after a moment Sapphire hugged her back,

Nix looked at Sapphire with a smile "Sapphire I'm tired can we go to sleep?"

Hinami smiled "We do have a spare room with a bed, do you two mind sharing?"

Sapphire pulled out of the hug and shook her head "It's fine, I don't think I could handle being away from him" Nix ran up to his sister and hugged her,

Hinami smiled warm heartedly at the two before she spoke up "Follow me I will take you to your room" Sapphire and Nix followed Hinami into the back,

Ruby smiled at Touka "Thanks Touka"

Touka smiled with relief "Well it's as you said, 'Let's show them they are wrong' if we help these two it will show them not all Ghouls are what they were led to believe, I want to believe that we can change what everyone thinks of us"

Ruby's smile grew "Wow you mean you're trying my idea?" Touka nodded "That's awesome, wait uh what time is it?"

Touka looked at her watch "It eight twenty-five, why what's wrong?"

Ruby looked panicked "Oh god I have five minutes to catch the last airship to Beacon gottagobye!" she rushed out the door and used her Semblance and turned the five-minute trip in to thirty seconds.

Yang continued walking back and forth as she grew more worried "Don't worry Yang she's fine" said Blake,

Yang glared at her partner as she said back "She's my sister she's had a rough month and she isn't back yet, of course I should be freakin worried!"

Weiss stepped in "Yang Blake shut up! Blake I know Ruby can handle herself but Yang is also right, Ruby needs our support otherwise she could feel like nobody wants her around and then she will lose it"

Blake was about to argue but couldn't find a reason to, Weiss was right, ignoring Ruby or just pushing her away could set her off, "I-I, ok fine should we go look for her?"

Weiss shook her head, "We can't the last airship left fifteen minutes ago we just have to hope she's on the one coming back to Beacon or we'll be searching tomorrow", it was at that moment the door opened and Ruby stepped in, "Ruby where have you been!?"

Ruby laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head "Uh can I sit down before I start?"

Weiss moved over on her bed and pointed, "Here, now tell us what happened."

By the end of the retelling Weiss Blake could only stare at her with dumbfounded expressions "So wait you gave a little girl a gun to point at you!?"

Ruby nodded "The bullet would only hurt a small bit and even if I wasn't a Ghoul, I have an Aura so it wouldn't really do anything, it was just to show them I wanted to help, and giving them, a weapon was the best way to show them I wouldn't hurt them"

Yang smiled "Well I'm glad you did that, it's not every day a Ghoul saves a Human or Faunus" Ruby nodded happily with the choice she had made,

Weiss sighed "Well it has been a busy day for all of us, so I suggest we all get an early night's sleep we have a test for Grimm studies and professor Oobleck's history lesson tomorrow"

Blake nodded as she spoke up "Agreed as much as I would like to read more of my novels" Yang snickered and for a moment Ruby thought she heard Yang cough, Ruby also agreed and so the team went off to sleep.

The next day didn't really have many crazy events it was just tests and assignments but that was it really, Ruby of course had the problem of needing to tell Taiyang but held it off for as long as she could, but that became increasingly difficult when Yang and Weiss went to Re with her and found out about Qrow's visit and the conversation it lead to, Ruby seemed to freak out or zone out into deep thought when someone brought up the topic.

and it didn't seem too long when five days had passed they seemed to stop bringing it up two days ago, not thinking about the two of them too much Ruby had to wonder what she would say 'Hey dad I'm a Ghoul now but I only eat the Grimm and people who have killed themselves?' 'No to blunt what can I say, how do I say it!?' Looking over to the other side of the table she saw Blake had been reading diligently on this one book written by 'Sen Takatsuki' as Ruby recalled Blake mentioning the author once or twice, and as Ruby's focused on her quiet teammate she only just realised Blake's cheeks turned to a light shade of red, 'Maybe Blake can help me?', Ruby looked to the left of her and realised Yang had left to get more food for herself, but when her sister returned she also sat a coffee down on the table in front of her,

"Hey Rubes you feeling ok?" she asked with that loving smile she always had when it came to her little sister,

Ruby smiled back "Y-yeah just trying to figure out somethings, I'll be fine and thanks Yang" she picked up the coffee and took a sip with a satisfied smile,

It was then Nora noticed Ruby's coffee and went off somewhere, Jaune looked over to her "Hey Ruby, you feeling alright?"

Ruby nodded with a small smile "Yeah just thinking, why is everybody asking me that?"

Jaune answered "It's just that you seem a little... not okay" he gave her a small and nervous smile "If you need to talk you know all of team JNPR are willing to help and I am sure your teammates will be there too"

Ruby nodded with another smile "Well thank you Jaune, but I'll be fine for now, but if I do want to talk I'll be sure to find you guys"

Jaune nodded "Cool, anyways I'm setting up a trip to the cinema did you guys wanna join us?"

Ruby frowned and shook her head "Sorry Jaune but I got things to do maybe in another week or two?" He nodded with a goofy smile on his face. That was when the lunch break given to them had ended, Weiss and Yang had to share a class in studies for Dust, Ruby knew why Weiss went into the class but never knew Yang's reason for it, but what was good for Ruby was that she and Blake had no classes it was perfect, just as she had snapped out of her thoughts Blake had closed her book and was about to get up and leave "Heya Blake can we talk for a bit?"

Blake rolled her eyes with a smile "Sure I can spare some time"

Ruby smiled then stopped for a moment "Wait we can't talk here" she grabbed Blake's arm before she could question anything Ruby used her Semblance and brought them back to the dorm,

Blake glared at Ruby "What was that for!?"

Ruby smiled apologetically "S-sorry I just wanted to talk somewhere private…. It's about talking with my dad about all this"

Blake's glare softened "It's ok what did you want to ask?"

Ruby frowned "W-well um I don't know how to say it"

Blake arched an eyebrow "What do you mean by "don't know how to say it?""

Sighing she answered, "I am not good with putting words together and I thought you could help since your good with that, I just don't wanna tell dad the wrong way" her shoulders slumped and her head lowered showing how ashamed of herself she was,

Blake was at a loss for words but when she found what she wanted to say she said it "Well Ruby I don't think I'll be of much help for you there, I don't think there is any way you could easily say something like this but I can tell you this, don't mention eating anything other than the Grimm, you may have not done so yet but it's better than the other method and it will hurt him a lot less"

Ruby sighed "Thanks Blake, I guess I can't really say it without upsetting him" Blake gave Ruby a sad smile before walking over to her bed to continue her book whilst Ruby decided to lay down in her bed and relaxed.

Hey guys I hope you've enjoyed this chapter and continue to follow this fic, I also need to say that I wasn't going to upload this for a few more day but since someone broke something that is going to prevent me from using my computer for a while I'll just be uploading this now and fixing the problem later.

I also am starting a new fanfiction along side this one so please check it out, I may not upload for it as often as this seeing as I have fifteen chapters for this that are just needing to be looked over while I've only just started the forth chapter to it.

But anyways it's getting late and I have a lot to do, so please continue to follow, favourite and reveiw.