Chapter 9

Another eight days had passed and Ruby was still just as scared as she was when she talked with Qrow, Weiss had been a lot busier with classes since she had requested more work, Blake had been rather silent and read a lot more than usual and Yang had gone out to clubs a lot more than usual. But as for Ruby, she had been training more with Touka and if not her than Jaune mostly with using her Kagune, of course she was getting better with it, beating down the two Ghoul's that attacked Sapphire and Nix were proof enough, but she still felt weak and slow compared to Touka or Jaune, sighing as she rested back on her bed Ruby looked over to Yang's bed. She frowned upon the memory of the day her team found out as it resurfaced in her mind and kept replaying over and over.

Yang opened the door slightly and saw Ruby laying on her bed with a frown, 'I guess she is still thinking on what she could say' looking at her sister once more her expression turned to one of determination 'You know what? No more waiting it's just getting worse I need to do something now' she turned around and went to the library. Once she arrived she requested a private room to make a call and was directed to the only available room, closing the door behind her she plugged her scroll into the monitor and opened her contacts list and clicked on the number she wanted,

"Hello?"

Yang smiled "Hey"

The person on the other side of the call responded with surprise, "Oh Yang it's good to hear from you again how's Beacon?"

Her smile faded "Beacon's fine but I didn't call about that, I need some help with something do you think you could come over here soon?"

The person sounded surprised "If you're calling me for help then it must be bad news, I'll be there tomorrow if you'd like?"

Yang's smile returned somewhat "Yeah I think that would be good"

"Alright then I'll be there tomorrow see you then" as the call ended Yang's smile grew.

The next day Ruby and Weiss were sitting on Weiss' bed talking about the school work they were getting and Blake as always was reading her book, Yang had been waiting by the air docks for him to arrive and finally the eleventh airship had landed but once the crowd coming off the airship parted she frowned, 'I guess it's the next one'

But then someone rather familiar called out "Yang are you alright!?"

She got up and smiled "I'm fine dad, but I do need you to promise me something" he arched his eyebrow and nodded "I need you to tell Ruby you just wanted to surprise us when while you're in Vale"

Taiyang looked at his daughter with confusion but asked nothing "Alright, but only because you like someone killed Zwei"

She smiled as she nodded "Thanks dad, alright I'll need to be in my dorm when you arrive, wait like a few minutes before knocking on the door and say Ozpin told you where we're staying"

He nodded "Alright, alright fine" he smiled at her with a hint of concern in his expression.

The two arrived outside the door and Yang did her best to look bored, as she opened the door then closed it with a sigh "Hey Rubes ice queen, you two doing much?"

Ruby answered in the same bored tone "Nope just studying"

Blake spoke up "There was a bit of complaining"

Ruby sent a glare at Blake then sighed "Weiss can we take a break I'm borrreed"

Weiss looked over to her girlfriend with a smile "I guess we can take a short one but don't leave the dorm" and as if nothing had happened she continued to look over the papers they were reading,

*Knock, knock! *

"I'll get it" said Yang.

Ruby ran towards the door before Yang could get up and opened it, she froze in fear, "D-dad?" Weiss' and Blake's eyes went wide as their attention was now on the door too,

"Hey Ruby, are you ok?"

Ruby nodded furiously as she nervously continued, "U-uh yeah would you like to come in?"

He nodded before entering the room and noticed the other two girls in the room along with Yang were acting like Ruby had the moment she knew who was behind the door, it was at this moment Taiyang knew something was very wrong, "I am guessing these are your teammates?"

Closing the door Ruby nodded "Yup dad meet Weiss and Blake" she said while gesturing towards them,

"Well it's nice to meet you both" he smiled and they began to brighten up for a moment,

"Hey dad what are you doing here"

"Well to see the both of you, I would have called but I wanted it to be a surprise" he smiled though on the inside he asked himself 'What have I gotten myself into? Just leave it to Yang'

Yang put her plan into motion not so subtlety "Hey dad I think Ruby has something to tell you"

Right then and there Ruby's blood ran cold as the colour drained from her face and she turned stiff as fear went over her, Taiyang looked back to Ruby worriedly "Ruby are you ok? Is something wrong?"

Weiss spoke up nervously while sending Yang a small glare, "Ruby would you like Blake and I to give you three sometime together?"

Ruby shook her head slowly "N-no"

her legs were about to give out, but once Taiyang noticed this he asked, "How about we sit down first?"

nodding Ruby stumbled to Weiss' bed and nearly collapsed as she sat next to Weiss, Taiyang had pulled out the desk chair to sit in front of her, Weiss leaned in closer to Ruby trying to comfort her, "D-dad do you remember how I was attacked by a Ghoul?"

his expression turned to one of sadness as he was reminded of the incident "Yes I do?"

sighing Ruby met his gaze with a new form of resolve "After that day something happened to me I-I don't know how-"

tears started to break free and once Weiss noticed she pulled her into a hug "It's ok"

Ruby nodded slowly and took a few deep breaths "Something happened to me, I don't know how but I was changed into something else" she removed her eyepatch to reveal an uninjured and normal eye which confused Taiyang but then the whites turned sclera black and the pupil a blood red, she looked up to meet Taiyang's gaze and saw his face morphed into a mess of emotions, he looked confused, sad, angry and scared, he didn't know what to do, Ruby slowly pulled away from Weiss as her frown grew "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I-I was just scared and I d-didn't know what to do-"

He grabbed Ruby and pulled her into a hug "What happened to you?" he asked,

Ruby hugged back "I-I don't know, d-do you hate me?"

Taiyang pulled out of the embrace with a frown "Ruby I could never hate you, you're my baby girl I would never hate you, you should never think that" the words brought tears of joy for Ruby as she pulled him into another hug,

"Dad thank you"

"You don't have to thank me Ruby, I'm your father and no matter what you do or what happens to you I will always love you" once Ruby and Taiyang had calmed down enough Ruby had sat back on Weiss' bed and Weiss had pulled her into another hug, clearing his throat Taiyang gained there attention causing both of the girls to blush "So is there anything else you wanted to tell me Ruby?"

Ruby looked to Weiss who nodded "Y-yeah dad, WeissandIarekindaDating!" she blurted out, it took Taiyang a moment to figure out what she had said but once he had he turned to Weiss and put on a look giving a silent message,

"Dad I think your scaring them" Yang pointed over to her younger sister and Weiss who both looked nervous,

He nodded "Right, sorry. So, Ruby since you are?" He gestured to her right eye not knowing what to call it he asked, "What does this mean?"

Ruby frowned "W-well um can't eat food anymore, I can only eat other people and Grimm"

Taiyang looked down at her curiously and unlike Qrow not really considering what the answer would be he asked, "Wait how do you eat the Grimm?"

Ruby looked anxious and started to feel the same fear as from earlier "W-well um they kinda disappear too fast when their dead so I have to eat them alive" she said the last part in a whisper that no one should have been able to hear and yet only Taiyang and Blake heard Ruby's answer,

Taiyang turned green as his hands moved towards his mouth as he tried to hold in the sudden wave of nausea, after he regained the ability speak once more he said, "Ruby I'm so sorry, you should never have to go through any of this I-"

Ruby cut him off "No it wasn't your fault dad, if I hadn't gone into that alleyway and confronted the Ghoul and went to the bakery like I was meant to go to it wouldn't have happened, it was my fault I ended up like this"

Taiyang frowned "Ruby I-I"

Yang cut him off "Dad it's ok Ruby isn't upset about it anymore, and none of us care if she's a Ghoul"

Taiyang nodded with a small smile "Ruby who else know?"

Ruby nervously answered "W-well there are three of our friends who live in the dorm across from ours, a group of Ghouls who are helping me so I don't eat anyone and teaching me how to hide and uncle Qrow"

Taiyang's expression turned to an angered tone as he asked, "Why does that drunk know yet you weren't planning on telling me?"

Weiss spoke up "Mr Xiao Long, i-it's not really her fault, the Ghoul that attacked her, he followed Qrow Ruby and I on a camping trip, none of our weapons could do anything to him, only Ruby could stop him but she had to use her Kagune to do it, that's how he found out"

Tai-Yang then asked Ruby "Well why didn't he tell me?"

Sighing Ruby answered, "He thought I should be the one to tell you, I've been trying to think of how for the last two weeks and then… well you arrived" the rest of that day team RWBY spent telling Taiyang about almost everything and as expected he was shocked to hear a lot of it and a little worried about what would happen, the next day however Taiyang had to leave since he was only given one day off from his work at Signal.

Team RWBY were seated in their dorm remaining silent all of them had nothing to say nor did they want to as right now all they wanted was a moment of peace and quiet, Ruby had to wonder was it really when that Ghoul had first attacked that her life went to shit or was it when she woke up in the hospital? Because when she was dying she was still a Human it was when she woke up she was a half-Ghoul she didn't hate it not yet but it had caused a lot of trouble for her when it came to friends and family she knew more trouble was on its way but she didn't know when it would find them.

After a few hours had passed by Yang finally decided to speak up "Any of you hungry?" Weiss and Blake both answered with a 'yes' so the three got up to leave Ruby with her thoughts, as time passed she wondered what was keeping her teammates, getting out of her bed she walked out of the dorm and began her walk to the cafeteria that was when she saw professor Goodwitch talking down to her teammates and team CRDL, she approached and when she was close enough to listen in she heard Yang yell "I won't let anyone talk about my sister like that!"

Ruby was now standing behind Yang no one other than professor Goodwitch knew, "Yang I don't need you defending me like that" Yang Weiss Blake and all of team CRDL turned around in surprise from the sudden appearance,

"But Ruby I won't let-"

Ruby looked into Yang's eyes lilac meeting silver again "Yang I don't know what they said, and I don't care, they can say whatever they want about me, and for anyone who actually believes whatever Cardin's saying, they would have to be complete idiots to believe it"

Cardin glared "Alright bitch wanna say that again!"

Professor Goodwitch finally spoke up "Mr Winchester sit down and remain silent; Ms Rose I trust you can handle your teammates?"

Ruby nodded "Of course professor, come one guys lets go to Re" Weiss smiled and ran to Ruby's left taking her hand as they walked down to the airships, "I hope you tried to stop Yang?"

Weiss sighed "Tried and failed" her shoulders slumped,

Ruby giggled "It's alright she's a nightmare to deal with"

Yang heard Ruby say that last part "So that's the thanks I get for defending my baby sister?"

Ruby shook her head "No Yang that's what you get for getting into trouble"

Blake sighed "Is there any reason we're going to Re?"

Looking back to Blake Ruby answered cheerfully "Well I want to see how Sapphire and Nix are doing… Weelll that and I kinda want one of Touka's coffees" she said the last part sheepishly,

Rolling her eyes Blake smiled "Alright" they began their walk to the air docks.

As they entered the coffee shop Touka was nowhere to be seen, Nora noticed them enter and grinned "Hey guys!"

Yang answered back just as enthusiastically "Hey Nora!"

Ruby stepped forward with her smile growing "Hey do you know where Touka is?"

Nora nodded "Yup she's upstairs" Ruby walked into the back with most of her team following her,

entering the breakroom, they saw Touka and the two kids sitting on the couch when they heard the door open they all looked over to them,

Nix smiled "Ruby your back!" He got up off the couch and tried to tackle her into a hug,

"Hey Nix how are you and your sister doing?"

Nix answered back happily "We're doing great Touka's teaching me how to read and Sapphire's helping"

"Wow really?" He nodded "That's amazing, what else are you guys up to?" Ruby asked,

Nix began explaining what they had done so far whilst Ruby listened, Sapphire walked over and gave Ruby a hug before looking to the other two older girls, "Ruby who are they?"

Ruby looked back and smiled "They are my friends, this is Yang my older sister and that's Wiess-"

Before Ruby could finish both of the two children hid behind her, "Why is she here!" Sapphire asked defensively,

It was then that Ruby noticed two ears hidden in Sapphire's hair and a tail sticking out of Nix's pants, "Don't worry she won't hurt you"

Nix looked to Weiss and said, "N-no your wrong, her dad he's an evil man and he is the reason we had to move here"

Weiss frowned and slowly stepped forward "I know my father has done a lot of bad things but I am not like him, you can trust me too, Ruby told me how you two were really brave when you first met her"

Nix demanded "Prove it"

Weiss looked confused for a moment, "Prove what sorry?"

he answered her carefully "Prove to me you aren't like that monster!"

Weiss began to think for a few seconds "I am friends with a Faunus on my team and a few others at Beacon"

He shook his head "No show me that you're not like him"

Ruby smirked "Nix she won't hurt you, you know what I am right?" He nodded prompting her to continue "Well she's my girlfriend, so if she were like her dad would she be my girlfriend?"

He looked to Weiss who was smiling as she looked over to Ruby, "I-I guess not, I trust you Ruby and if you say she's good then she must be"

Yang looked at Ruby then the two kids behind her "Wow Rubes"

Sapphire walked over then asked, "Are you really Ruby's older sister?"

"Yup, I like to think she needs me, but the truth is she may not need me for much longer" she finished with a teasing smile

Ruby not seeing that Yang was just teasing her, tackled her into a hug her with a large smile "Yang I will always need you, you're my bigger sister what do you think I would do without you?"

Yang smirk "Probably be out hunting Grimm or working on weapons all day" she answered,

Ruby's cheeks turned a light hue of red as she quickly defended "N-no not just that, I would spend time with Weiss too"

Sapphire and Nix both giggled at Ruby's embarrassment "Alright you two how about you continue your reading while I go talk with Ruby"

Nix nodded "Alright Touka, come on Sapphire!"

Ruby and Touka left the room whilst Weiss and Yang stayed in to help the two "So, how are they?" Ruby asked

Touka looked at Ruby with a frown "They seemed pretty upset about losing their parents, but after a while they seemed to cheer up, they're only having one or two nightmares every two weeks now"

Ruby nodded "Have you told the police that you have them yet?"

Touka smiled "Yeah I did that not long after you left the night you dropped them off, I had to give the police a story of the whole thing which I'll tell you once I have everything sorted in case they asked you about what happened"

Ruby smiled "Thank you"

Sighing Touka turned her gaze to the ground "We can only keep them around for a few months before their either put in an orphanage or given to any living relative that they have left"

Ruby frowned and looked to the ground too "Wait if they can't find any living relative what if we were to find someone willing to adopt them, they won't need to go to an orphanage right?"

Touka stopped in thought "Well yeah, but if you're thinking what I'm thinking I couldn't raise a child in a coffee shop"

Ruby shook her head "No, not that my dad, he's been pretty lonely and has had nothing to do since I left for Beacon early and I'm sure that they could change that, they'd get a new parent and my dad won't be lonely anymore"

Touka looked at Ruby for a moment then asked, "What about your mom?"

Ruby frowned her gaze going back down, "Sh-she died when I was younger"

Touka's eyes widened in surprise as she said, "O-oh sorry, I shouldn't have said that"

Ruby smile returned as she reassured her "It's ok I know you didn't mean anything by it" her gaze met Touka's again as she asked, "But what do you think?"

Touka looked at Ruby for a few moments and smiled "If your dad doesn't do anything he shouldn't then I'll be fine with it"

As the two entered the room what they saw surprised them as Yang was teaching Nix how to read and Weiss was helping Sapphire draw, "Weiss how are you and Sapphire going out there?"

Weiss looked up with a smile "It's going well, Sapphire do you want to show Ruby what you drew?"

Sapphire nodded and picked up the paper then flipped it over, on the paper was a drawing of Ruby with her mask on and two smaller figures somewhat resembling both Nix and herself, and the picture displayed Ruby reaching out for them and the two of them taking her hand "Wow that's awesome Sapphire"

Sapphire moved her gaze towards the ground as she began to blush no doubt not used to the praise she was receiving "I-it's not that good, is it?"

Ruby laughed "You're kidding me, right? It's awesome I think if you keep practicing you could be a great artist when you get older!"

Nix looked over towards them and saw the picture "Yeah sis Ruby's right, you could do all that stuff"

Sapphire's smile grew as she looked at Weiss then Ruby, "So what else did you do today with Touka?"

Nix answered, "We went for ice cream and milkshakes!"

Ruby gave a sad smile "Yeah ice cream and milkshakes are pretty good"

Weiss noticed the sad smile and wrapped her arm around Ruby's shoulder "Don't worry Ruby, I am sure we can figure something out"

Sapphire arched an eyebrow, "What's wrong?" she asked the concern was clear in her voice,

Ruby let out a sigh "It's nothing I'll be fine" she then gave a small but unconvincing smile,

Yang walked over and sat next to her sister "Ruby what's wrong?"

Looking up she noticed everyone was looking at her with worried and concerned expressions, finally she gave in "I-it's just I can't enjoy any of that anymore, it's just going to taste bad and I'll just vomit it back up"

Touka rested her hand on Ruby's shoulder "It's alright Ruby, I understand this is still hard on you, but remember some of us will never experience the simple luxuries of life, at least you know what a milkshake tastes like" walking out of the room she looked to Sapphire and Nix, "Do you two want something to eat?"

They nodded with small smiles as they glanced at Ruby who was still sitting down with her girlfriend and sister giving her encouraging words, "Yes thank you Touka" replied Sapphire,

Nix ran over to Ruby and hugged her, Ruby caught off guard for a moment froze but after a few seconds hugged him back, "Ruby I am sorry if I upset you" he said,

Ruby looking at him with a smile and sighed "I'll be alright, thank you Nix, now go on you need to eat"

Weiss looked between Ruby and Nix, it made her so happy she couldn't help but smile, ever since Ruby had woken up in the hospital she noticed Ruby seemed a lot more sad, she did manage to hide it well, but Weiss had learned to read Ruby well enough to pick up on the small things, it made her happy to see her girlfriend this happy again, "Hey Ruby"

Ruby turned to Weiss "Yeah Weiss?"

Weiss pulled Ruby into a hug as she said, "I'm glad to see that after everything you went through your still here with us still doing what you think is right" Ruby hugged back as she held back tears,

Yang saw the tears from Ruby and began to get worried "Hey sis you sure you're ok?" she asked,

Ruby looked at Yang with a smile "Yeah I'll be fine"

"Alright how about we get you a drink" Weiss offered warmly,

Ruby looked to her girlfriend with a smile, "I-I guess" slowly getting up they left the breakroom,

they entered the café and sat at a table whilst Weiss got Ruby a coffee, once Weiss returned with a coffee for Ruby and one for herself Sapphire and Nix came out from the back with sandwiches on plates, once they saw Ruby and Weiss at one of the tables they joined them with large grins, Sapphire saw Ruby's drink and whispered, "I thought you couldn't have food or drinks anymore?"

Ruby looked up with a smile and answered back whispering "Yeah I can't but for some reason Ghouls can drink coffee" Sapphire and Nix looked at her strangely before deciding to start eating their food.

Ruby was deep in thought for almost five-minute before speaking her mind to the two children in front of her "Hey um Sapphire Nix, if they can't find anyone in your family, I think I might know someone who could take you in"

Both kids turned their heads to Ruby with large smiles, "Wait really!?" Asked Nix,

Ruby nodded Sapphire asked uneasily "Wh-who do you think would want to take us in?" she asked as she gestured to the ears atop her head,

Ruby's smile grew fondly "My dad, he would be happy to I am sure of it"

Nix looked even more excited as Sapphire asked, "Why do you think that?"

Ruby's smile grew "He hasn't had any reason to do much after Yang and I left for Beacon, and well I kinda left two years earlier than I was meant to so he kinda has the place to himself" she said the last part nervously with a guilty expression,

Weiss looked at Ruby with a smile "Ruby I am sure your father would take them in"

Ruby smiled "I know he would, my dad is awesome" Ruby and Weiss continued to talk with Sapphire and Nix until it was closing time and they had to be back at Beacon.

Ruby sighed as she woke up the next day, sitting up in her bed she looked around the room noticing that she was the first one up, picking out her clothes for the day she made her transition to the shower, and when she was out Weiss was waking up herself.

Once Weiss had finished her shower, Ruby expected Weiss to make her study but instead Weiss had asked "Hey Ruby did you want to spend some time out of the dorm today? The weekend is just about over and I know it's going to be busy around here for the next few days"

Ruby looked at Weiss grinning like an idiot as she nodded "I think I would like that." As they walked around the school they had stopped at the garden and sat at a bench for who knows how long, they didn't really care as the sat together in a peaceful silence "Weiss thank you. I think I needed this"

"You don't have to thank me, all I wanted to do was spend more time with you" Ruby moved closer to Weiss then rested her head-on Weiss' shoulder, "Do you ever have any regrets?"

Ruby sighed "Well not really, I do regret trying to eat Yang, I regret not killing that Ghoul when Touka stopped me, I regret not spending a lot of time with you… Do you have any?"

Weiss smiled "Plenty the most recent for me would be allowing my father to kick you out of that restaurant and me not going with you, the way I reacted when I found out what you are and not taking time to slow down and be with you" Ruby smiled,

Ruby took a deep breath and before she could say anything a loud alarm went off all over the academy, Ruby and Weiss stood up and ran to the large group of students to figure out what was happening but then Glynda Goodwitch walked towards the group of students "Attention everyone the Grimm are attacking the school, meet with your teammates and arm yourselves!"

Ruby and Weiss ran towards the dorms where they had last seen Yang and Blake were last seen, by the time they arrived it seemed they had already left, running back out to the hallway Ruby and Weiss got back outside, once in the courtyard they pulled out their scrolls and called their lockers to them, Ruby had pulled out her sweet heart and Weiss had grabbed her rapier, upon turning around they saw team CRDL struggling to deal with a large pack of Beowulf's so they jumped in to back them up.

Once team CRDL, Ruby and Weiss had taken out a large portion of the Beowolves a man dressed in white appeared, he wore a red lower face half-mask "Ms Schnee, you will be coming with me and my forces will leave the school"

Weiss asked, "And if I don't?"

He glanced at the others "Then I will kill everyone in the school and take you by force" he stood still and released his Kagune, his eyes were now Black and red "Which option are you going to choose?"

Ruby stood in a battle-ready stance as she growled "She won't go anywhere with you!" He began to chuckle until Ruby lunged at him and instead of using her scythe to attack she used it to stabilize herself as she kicked him in the face, the force was enough to send him back a centimetre at most but he didn't seem too bothered by the attack and sent her flying back to Weiss,

Cardin shouted, "You damned Ghouls I'll kill you all!" Cardin charged at the Ghoul in white before he swung his mace down he yelled "This is for my brother!" As the mace was blocked by the Kagune it snapped in half, he had no time to recover and the Kagune was coming down fear was all you could see on Cardin's face 'Is this it?'

Another Kagune cut off Tatara's Kagune and so he kicked Cardin back, "You will not touch anyone here! Not Weiss, not Cardin NO ONE!" shouted Ruby as she lunged at him again but this time her Kagune hit him sending him back a few steps,

"Hhhm, not bad for a hybrid" Ruby growled as he said, "But you will have to try harder than that" he lunged at Weiss with his Kagune raised but again Ruby got in his way once again.

(A.N Hey guys just a quick message before continuing on, I was really tired when writing this so I'm mainly just giving you a brief over view of this whole thing, but if I do get enough requests after I finish this I might rewrite the story and try to improve many of the scenes like this one, enjoy the rest of the chapter.)

Yang and Blake ran towards the Beacon cliffs and what they saw shocked them tremendously. Professor Ozpin, Glynda Goodwitch and at least over half the school were fighting the largest horde of Grimm they thought they would ever see in their entire lives, there were at least nine goliaths' and hundreds of Beowolves Ursa, and creeps running in to join the fight they also realised there were Ghouls as well but none of the Ghouls they saw were on their side, no these ones were killing many of the other students and feeding off of them. Yang and Blake knew to stay away from the Ghouls but that would be easier said than done.

At least twenty minutes had passed and both Ruby and Weiss were still fighting the Ghoul in white, he seemed intrigued and only defended himself when an attack would deal any serious damage both had quickly grown tried and were struggling to stand, this was when he decided to fight, his Kagune lashed out and knocked Weiss off her feet, then catching Ruby by one of her feet, he lifted her up and slammed her into the ground in front of him then stomped on her head, "This one has proven to be more interesting than I expected, for now I shall leave you and this school alone but she's coming with me."

Blake and Yang had killed plenty of Grimm and they feared they weren't going to be able to fight for much longer, both having used most of their energy at the start of the battle and now they could only just defend themselves, they thought it was over for them that they were going to die, but then the Ghouls and Grimm retreated "What's going on, did we win?"

Blake looked to her partner "I don't know Yang, but I've never seen a Grimm retreat before"

Professor Ozpin walked over to them as he added, "Nor have they been known to work with Ghouls"

Yang's scroll began to ring, she pulled it out and saw Weiss' picture on the caller ID, "Hey Weiss are you and Ruby ok?" Once the reply was given she looked beyond terrified "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY TOOK RUBY!"

Ozpin looked at Blake "Find Ms Schnee and bring anyone else who was there with you" Blake nodded and ran off.

In side Ozpin's office, there was only silence but then the elevator opened, all of team CRDL Weiss and Blake stepped out, "This is everyone professor"

Ozpin looked at them all then Yang who stood off to the side with tears in her eyes "Tell me what happened"

Cardin stepped forward "A Ghoul dressed in white attacked my team and two members of their team while we were killing a large pack of Beowolves, he wanted Schnee but then Rose stepped in and fought him off, but Rose didn't use her weapon she's a Ghoul" he glared at Yang as he pointed at her "And I bet she's one too!" He looked back to Ozpin expectantly,

"Ms Xiao Long is this true?"

Yang sighed "After she was attacked by that Ghoul a few months ago, something happened to her, it changed her she was a Human before but after"

Ozpin sighed "Team CRDL you may leave, and you are not to utter a word of this to anyone" they nodded as Cardin glared at Yang once again, once the elevator door closed Ozpin asked, "I'm guessing all of you knew?"

Weiss stepped forward "Yes but it was me who said we shouldn't tell you. I will take full responsibility"

He didn't seem fazed as he waved her off "You had no way of knowing what would have happened to Ms Rose should you have told me, it was wrong in not doing so but you were protecting your team leader, Ms Schnee you will not be punished for that but if there is anything else I should know you must tell me now"

Blake answered cryptically "We have nothing else that we should be telling you, will that be all?"

Ozpin nodded as he said, "Yes that will be all, I shall keep you all informed, now you may leave" WBY all entered the elevator and left the building, Glynda Goodwitch walked out from a corner in the room, "Glynda we need to call Qrow and James"

She nodded as she went over to the elevator shutting it down before walking back to the desk, "You know how Qrow will react is it wise to tell him now?"

He sighed "She may be his family but he is also a member to our order, you must remember that too Glynda" the monitor had two ID pictures on both sides as a ringing came from the speaker on the desk,

"Hello?" asked the clearly drunken man,

"Hello Qrow we just need to wait for James before we begin. I suggest you sober up if at all possible for this" said Ozpin,

A few moments later and another voice was heard from the speaker, "Ozpin is there a reason your calling me?"

Qrow laughed as he slurred, "It's nice to hear from you too Jimmy" Ironwood sighed once he knew what this was most likely going to be about,

Ozpin began "As no doubt you have both heard Beacon was under attack earlier today by the Grimm?" He received two voiced acknowledgements before continuing "But what you wouldn't have heard are the Ghouls that were working with the Grimm, it seems they were after Ms Schnee, but instead they have kidnapped Ms Rose instead"

Once Qrow heard this he snapped "WHAT!?"

"They have taken her Qrow, as of right now Ruby Rose is MIA, I have checked the footage around the Emerald forest but there are no signs of them there. The Ghouls have taken the last of the Silver-eyed warriors and we need to get her back, James I need you to send as many scouts as you can over to Vale in search of her, nothing more, no soldiers no war ships, just scouts, I don't want a repeat of last year's Vital festival"

Ironwood sighed "Alright Ozpin but if the situation is more than you can handle I-"

Ozpin cut him off "Then I will call for the CCG, they are more suited to deal with the Ghouls than Atlesian soldiers" after that he ended the calls "Now we just need to tell Taiyang" he frowned "Glynda will there ever be a time of true peace between man and Faunus or man and Ghoul?"

Glynda sighed as she answered, "I highly doubt it, though you should know that better than anyone."

Ruby's eyes slowly began to open as she tried to get used to the lighting of the room, "Wh-wha?" she asked, once her eyes were opened she tried to stand up but found herself chained to the wall she was leaning against, looking around Ruby noticed she was now in a large room, on the right side of the room appeared to be a cage built into the wall, on the left a table with a large bag on it, looking to the opposite side of the room was a door, not long after she looked at the door it opened revealing the Ghoul from earlier and a girl completely covered in bandages,

the Ghoul in white looked down at Ruby, then the girl asked, "Is this her Tatara?"

He nodded "It is her, do what you want with her I really don't care" he turned around and began to walk away,

Ruby looked up at the girl "Wh-what do you want with me?"

Laughing she answered, "Well I figured having a bit of fun would be good, but first I want to know how did you become a Ghoul?"

Ruby frowned "I-I don't know I just woke up in a hospital"

The girl turned to the door which Tatara was still waiting at? "Tatara can you please bring Naki here, I think I have a surprise for him" Tatara nodded and left the room, looking back down to Ruby she began to laugh again, for some reason the girls laughter made Ruby feel a little intimidated although that was probably because of the chains that were restraining her, she tried getting up but it was hopeless,

the chains weren't long enough to allow for much movement and her Kagune… why couldn't she use it? 'What's happening to me?' All she knew was it was nothing good,

Not a moment later a man wearing a white suit with blonde hair combed back entered the room, he stopped standing next to the girl looking down at Ruby "Tatara said you wanted me?"

The girl nodded "Yes I did, this girl, I thought it was time I gave you a gift, the tools are in the bag over there" she pointed to the bag on the table "You do remember how Yamori did it don't you?" he nodded again "That's great! Make him proud, after all he would want you to be the one doing this if he couldn't. Besides I think it's time for some fun."

Four days had passed since then and all Ruby had found out through conversations when she was meant to be blacked out, was the girls name being Eto and the Aogiri had been the ones to capture her. Ruby was dreading each day as Naki returned, Eto always seemed to come along just to watch and laugh, from what she could remember Eto had told Naki she wanted to test Ruby in seeing if she was a proper Ghoul so she had told him to do some regenerative tests.

*Crunch! *

"AAAHHHH!" screamed Ruby as yet another finger was cut off,

The seconds ticked by

*Crunch! *

"AAAHHHAHH!" Ruby screamed again, as the twentieth finger was cut off within the last five-minutes, Ruby was screaming and crying by the end of it as the two walked out of the room,

Ruby's tears were starting to burn as they went down her cheeks, 'What did I do to deserve this? What are they going to do with me?' her crying continued as she began to wonder what day it was, how long had she been here, time seemed to start slowing down seconds felt like minutes, minutes felt like hours, hours felt like day and days felt like weeks.

She knew she had to get out of here but how? How could a sixteen-year-old girl break out of a base belonging to a group just as dangerous if not more so than the White Fang, Ruby knew it would be near impossible but she couldn't wait she had to try, she began struggling against the chains holding her down but it wasn't working! "COME ON BREAK!" Moving around franticly she grabbed one of the chains and tried slamming it on the other, but it didn't work and so eventually she couldn't continue and collapsed.

Eto entered her room and noticed Tatara waiting for her, "Tatara what a surprise!" she exclaimed,

Tatara asked in a mundane tone "What do you plan to do with her?" It was at this moment that Eto noted he seemed genuinely curious for once,

gaving a twisted smile as she answered, "Well if she can survive the tests we should break her and have her join our ranks, it only seems right."

Tatara looked to the monitor in the room and saw Ruby attempting to break free, "She is strong willed, but everyone has to break at some point."

Another week had passed and by this point Ruby had no clue why they were doing this to her, she was scared but she never felt lonely oh no she believed Weiss and Yang would come for her she knew they were out there right now searching for her, of course they were they loved her but how long would it take is what she was wondering, not just how long but what if they never found this place what then?

The door opened and in walked Naki and Eto, but this time Tatara was with them? "Wh-why ar-are you doing this to me!" Ruby demanded

Naki was the one to answer her "Because I was told to, I would have killed you if I could but I can't" that only seemed to terrify her more.

Once again, he had cut off her fingers over and over, but once that was finished Tatara spoke to Eto "I think Zure might be hungry what do you say to giving him some time with our guest?"

Eto turned to Tatara she seemed ecstatic by the idea "Oh yes I want to watch this" Tatara walked over to the cage built into the wall on the right side of the room and opened it, what stepped out of the cage scared Ruby to no end as a Beowulf Alpha slowly walked out and into the room, Tatara grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and dragged it over to where Ruby was,

after letting go of the Beowulf Tatara along with Naki left the room, Ruby stared at the Beowulf fear was the only thing she could feel as it lunged at her and clamped it's jaws on her, "AAAHHHHAHHAA!" Ruby screamed louder and louder with each bite it took, as it seemed the Beowulf was taught not to kill its victims.

After a month had passed, Ruby was starting to not feel anything and the Ghouls seemed to pick up on it much to Ruby's dismay, instead they now forced her to eat from the bodies of dead civilians and CCG agents but then it moved onto to Ghouls then live Ghouls, they forced her to eat fifteen bodies a day and Ruby was ready to vomit with each bite, but she had to hold it in she had to, she knew if she didn't they would do something much worse so she ate.

But today was different as Tatara walked in alone? He carried two people both unconscious, Ruby opened her eyes and looked up 'No it can't be!'

Tatara looked at her and said with indifference "Pick one"

she asked fearfully "Wh-why?"

Looking down at her he saw the fear she held "You will eat one of them or I will kill the both of them"

Ruby's eyes went wide "N-no please not them!"

He sighed "You either eat the blonde or eat the Schnee your choice" he stated,

Ruby's stomach dropped as she stared at the two unconscious forms of Yang and Weiss, she felt the dread as she couldn't decide, that was until she saw his Kagune form and it went straight to Weiss "No not her!" His Kagune stopped a few mere inches from the unconscious form of her girlfriend, as Ruby looked back up to the ghoul he threw Weiss right in front of her and walked out with Yang, Ruby looked at her girlfriend and hoped she would wake up. But as time passed she realised Weiss wouldn't wake up not before her hunger took over she knew it was only a matter of time before she ate her she just knew it.

Hey guys I wanted to apologize for this chapter as you know it has a lot of time skips and it's not really done well, and not all of it was easy to do since I had a lot of work going on and very little time to do this as well, I would have edited it further but there was just too much to take out, and the start of Chapter 10 is a bit rushed as well.

I also wanted to make one thing clear because my editor pointed this out, Ruby is not another Kaneki but this story will give you that kind of impression for a while for now just know that isn't the case and also, we're getting really close to a point I've been looking forward to since the start of this story.

I have also stated in my other FanFic Redpool that I shall be starting some new stories and taking a small break from writing this and Redpool, but don't worry too much as I a few chapters piled up and ready for my friend whose helping me edit my FanFic's, he just needs a bit of spare time to actually look at them.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter nonetheless and keep supporting this Fanfic, so follow, favourite and review and I'll see you guys in the next chapter.