Here's 3, Chapter 4 is pretty much done. Had less free time thanks to work and Resident Evil 2 so it threw off my writing time some but I got it mostly done over 3 days. I'm trying to go slow so no naughtiness for probably a couple more chapters before any of that happens. If you want some lewd Ruby while you wait there is a one-shot called Passion by StandAlone86, I recommend it highly. I own nothing but my OCs, everything else belongs to Rooster Teeth.

"Hmm." Nathan rubbed his chin as he stared at the weapons wall in his workshop. After agreeing to fight with Ruby he was trying to decide what to go with that would give him an upper hand. From what she told him and briefly saw Ruby can move very quickly, so slow firing weapons were mostly a no-go. Her weapon seems more geared towards ranged combat even her scythe mode gives her more reach than a typical melee weapon. Nathan didn't have much experience with any melee weapons except for a cutlass preferring if he got into a combat situation like a Grimm attack or occasional bandit to use a firearm or other ranged weapons.

Hefting one of the likely candidates: a boxy submachine gun that accepts magazines through the grip(MAC10). It has a ludicrous rate of fire that can counter Ruby's semblance but he would have to get in close due to the weapons inaccuracy.

Another choice could be one of the new Atlesian laser rifles that came into the shop. The beams from it would travel to its instantly however the rifles are a bit finicky and all the bugs haven't been worked out yet.

Maybe one of Nathan's favorite weapons? A dust assault rifle with an underbarrel mounted grenade launcher(M16A1 w/M203). It was little different to most commonly available dust assault rifles but the grenade launcher gave Nathan more options from fire, ice and lightning dust explosives to large shotgun rounds.

He looked at another weapon he was currently developing to be its replacement but it was still too early for combat use, most of the electronics still needed debugging.

Ultimately he decided on the small SMG, they were going to fight after the arcade and Nathan didn't feel like lugging around a larger weapon.

It was Friday so Nathan got set up for the night, going with a tighter fitting tan shirt and woodland pattern combat pants with black boots. He worn a matching woodland camo top with the sleeves rolled up just past his elbows. He carried the SMG on a single-point sling under his top along with the spare ammo in pouches underneath similar to leather shoulder holster rigs.

Grabbing his scroll off the charger he sent a message to Ruby letting her know he was on the way to the arcade as he walked to the door.

"See you later mom." He said to his mother who was watching TV in the living room.

"Have fun." She answered back.

Leaving his place he got a reply on his phone: "K, see you there :D"

The trip there took him through some of the busier parts of Vale, getting even more so as the sun went down to be replaced with the fractured moon. Many people were out partying with their friends, Nathan even saw a rather rowdy blond girl in an outfit that greatly accented her curves.

Eventually getting into the arcade he found that the only lighting in most of the place was from the machines and some neon lights scattered throughout the place. Nathan found that Ruby was already there playing some kind of dancing game, he watched her jumping around and almost lost balance a few times.

"I didn't know you could dance." Nathan said as he got closer.

This startled Ruby slightly making her mess up, she was blushing in embarrassment. "I didn't think you'd be here already." She looks away, "And no I can't dance."

"Neither can I, so what game you wanna play."

"Hmm, we can do that mecha fighting game, its pretty realistic." Said Ruby pointing over to the game cabinets.

"Played before?" Nathan asked as they approached the machines.

"Yeah, I played some with Yang and Weiss after we pestered her into playing. She wasn't half-bad actually."

When he entered one of the game cabinets there was a seat like a fighter pilot's with two joysticks and peddles, he hasn't played this game before so he assumed Ruby was going to win this one. She got into the machine next to his.

"Ready? Just pick the private game I started." Said Ruby.

Nathan refreshed the menu and saw a game listed as "natsgetinrekt", he chuckled slightly at the name.

After clicking the game it began a countdown from 10, he wasn't sure how to control the mech in the game but he'll figure it….probably several seconds before Ruby kills him. Soon he got a HUD readout showing his heath, weapon and ammunition. His mech was equipped with some kind of auto-cannon that was basically an oversized assault rifle with a knife as a secondary. The environment they were going to be fighting in looked like a city that has become the site of a warzone.

"Alright Nate, you in?" Asked Ruby.

"I just spawned in. Were you already in?"

"Yup~" Said Ruby suspiciously.

Nathan's mech started taking hits from explosive rounds and he scrambled to get behind a building losing most of his health. "Ruby?"

"Yes?~" She said back.

"You're a cheater."

"I didn't say no cheating did I?" Replied Ruby as she advanced on him.

Nathan aimed at the likely direction Ruby would be coming but quickly changed his mind and decided to surprise her with the knife. Ruby came charging around the corner of the building firing her auto-cannon as she went thinking she could finish him off in a couple more shots, however she didn't expect him to do a suicide charge with a knife. Nathan clumsily got in a couple hits but Ruby managed to bat him away and fired a quick burst into him killing his mech.

"Nice try Nate, want a rematch?"

"Sure and no spawn killing this time."

"No promises." Said Ruby making a smirk Nathan couldn't see.

They did several more matches with Ruby winning all of them but one simply because Nathan had more ammo in his auto-cannon than Ruby when they shot at each other and her gun ran empty. Nathan briefly stuck to the seat as he got up, he sweated some from the games they played but when he saw Ruby she looked barely flustered at all from their matches.

"What's next?" Ruby asked with a small hop.

Nathan checked the time, it still wasn't that late. "Maybe some Deadhouse?"

"Ohh! I like those zombie shooters!" She said excitedly.

They started playing competing to see who gets the highest score with the two occasionally pushing or nudging each other to make them mess up their shots. The only time they cooperated without messing with each other was on the boss stages. Nathan actually managed to beat Ruby in score but it was mostly because he was more experienced with light-gun shooters. Afterwards they played a couple other games until it started to get late.

"So, you still want to do that spar?" Nathan asked Ruby.

"Of course, we just need to go to the edge of town. The park isn't big enough and we'll get in trouble if we wreck the place." She answered.

The two rode a night bus to the outskirts and went into the forest. The area was well illuminated with the moon shining down from above. They made idle chit-chat as they traversed the terrain until the forest opened into a clearing with a hill in the middle.

"Perfect, nice and open." Said Ruby as she pulled out Crescent Rose and deployed it into scythe mode. "So what did you bring?"

Nathan revealed the SMG, Ruby looked at it but wasn't particularly impressed with it as she has seen similar weapons being used by criminals and terrorists before. "I figured you woulda brought something bigger?"

"You don't need a big weapon to win." Said Nathan as he racked the bolt back of the small subgun.

"Mmm, Ready?" She asked taking up an almost runner's stance with Crescent Rose slightly angled behind her.

"Ready when you are." He said getting into a shooter's stance with his gun held at the low-ready.

"Ok, first one who's aura goes into the red or surrenders loses." Ruby stated.

"Got it."

"Alright….GO!" Ruby yelled and disappeared into rose petals.

Nathan swung his gun back and forth scanning for Ruby possibly flanking from the sides but didn't see her briefly being silhouetted by the moon as she came down from above whacking him in the skull with the dull side of the scythe head.

Without hesitation he pointed his gun and dumped half the magazine in her general direction but didn't know if he hit her as she disappeared again. Then he felt a large caliber bullet hit him knocking Nathan into the tall grass followed by several more shots in quick succession. Knowing Ruby doesn't have a thermal mode for her scope Nathan hid in the grass and waited for Ruby to come near to ambush her. When she got very close he could even smell her, Ruby smelled like strawberries. Nathan aimed his SMG and fired the whole mag into Ruby draining much of her aura.

"Sneaky Nate!" She yelled as she charged him knowing he had to reload.

"Shit!" Stammered as he tried to switch magazines but Ruby beat him to it by knocking the gun out of his hand and pointing the tip of Crescent Rose's blade at his neck.

"Ok I give." He said slowly raising his arms like a prisoner-of-war.

Ruby retracted her weapon and stowed it. "You almost got me there, I need to be more mindful of ambushes."

"Have to use the environment to your advantage, but I just lucky."

"Yeah! My aura was almost put into the red from that." She said before looking up at the stars.

Nathan thought that she looked particularly beautiful in the moonlight but kept that to himself. Ruby looked back down to check the time. "Man its late, we should head back."

Nathan nodded as they gathered their things and walked back into town. The two took another bus to some bullhead landing pads that went back to Beacon. On the way there Ruby was starting to get a little drowsy and nodding off. Sometimes she rested her head against Nathan without her realizing it, but Nathan sure did as he turned red at her touch.

When the bus got to the landing pad Nathan woke her up and told her they arrived. She was still sleepy and walked somewhat like a zombie causing Nathan to decide to go with her to make sure Ruby makes it back ok. Ruby passed out again on the flight to Beacon but this time not on Nathan. He looked out the window watching as they approached Beacon all lit up with its large clocktower.

When the bullhead touched down Nathan woke Ruby up again and helped her out of the dropship but she waved him off and was able to walk on her own. They talked some as they strolled up the sidewalk leading to Ruby's dorm building before she turned around to face Nathan.

"Well tonight was fun, we should do it again sometime." She said the last part around a yawn.

"Sure, but you better get to your room before you fall asleep on the stairs."

"Yeah yeah. See ya later Nate." She said going into the building.

Nathan left back the way they came and boarded up to head back into Vale. He just sat down when his scroll buzzed from a text, it was from Ruby.

"My team saw us together! So embarrassing I wanna die!"

Nathan laughed.

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