(Welcome back, everyone! Chapter 4 is here! Yay! Things will happen! Yay!)
(RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth. Otherwise Nora would have a lot more hair.)
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I woke up on the top bunk of my new bed. I looked around, and everyone else was up, as well. It was 7:00 in the morning, and classes started at 8:30.
So we changed, brushed our teeth, and Yang cooked some breakfast. Today, we would have a breakfast sandwich. Not my favorite, but OK!
I had a chat with Blake, who was having cereal. "So… um… did you know I am, like, madly in love with you?"
"Ruby… I feel the same way." she confirmed.
"Well, in that case… ahem… Blake Belladonna, will you be my fiance?" I proposed.
"Yeah, definitely!" she nodded.
"Thank you, Blake. I know we're not at the level where we can get married yet, but… I think for now, we can make this work." I spoke.
"Th-That is so touching…" Yang sobbed. "W-Weiss-chan, will you-"
"Don't even think about it." Weiss cut her off.
"I was going to ask if you could pass me a tissue, Weiss!" Yang glared. "I'm not proposing NOW, it would obviously break the dramatic tension!" she gushed, being the otaku that she was.
Those two were in love, I knew it, and so were Blake and I.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. I opened the door, and there was a package. It read:
TO: RUBY AND YANG
FROM: DAD
"Dad sent us a package?" Yang asked. "Wonder what it is."
She tore the tape off, and then the unthinkable happened.
Zwei jumped out.
Zwei was my pet corgi, but he was no ordinary corgi. He was the God of Adorableness and Fluff, Great Lord of All the Lovable Things in This Chaotic World, and Protector of the Kingdom of Charitomenia, the Land of Cuteness.
And he had graced our presence by the mail, in a box full of food, and also poop. We threw the poop out, obviously.
He had also come with a letter! It went:
Dear Rubes and Yang,
I hope you enjoy your present. He's been acting strange since you left, so I figured he might miss you. Also, I thought you might miss him too. So that works out! Anyways, enjoy your school year, but make sure to take care of him.
Love,
Dad
"Your dad… sent this THING… through the mail?" Weiss questioned.
"That's Dad for you." Yang accepted.
"He's so… CUTE!" Weiss squealed, then proceeding to carry Zwei off to the kitchen, gushing things like "WHO'S A GOOD BOY IT'S YOU YES YOU AREEEEE!"
Blake didn't say anything, except for, "Please keep him on your side of the room."
"Well, here's another catalyst for our romance." I guessed. I looked up at the clock. 8:20. Almost time for class.
I bolted out the door, everyone else following me. Eventually, we made it to our first class, which we all happened to share: Motorization 101.
I found my seat, and sat there. The professor, Professor Port, began with attendance.
"Do we have a Neon? Neon? No Neon? Ok, no Neon… how about Weiss.."
"Here, Professor." Weiss confirmed.
"Ok… do we have a Jaune Arc?"
"Here, Professor." Jaune answered. I hadn't noticed him at first, even though he was right next to me. He seemed to just… blend in.
"Alright, that's good… do we have a Velvet?"
"Here, Professor." Velvet answered.
"I thought Velvet was a second year." I thought to myself. I turned, and she was there. I waved "hi," and she waved back.
I didn't question it.
After attendance, it was time for class. Here we would be learning about Motorization, and how it happens in the first place.
Professor Port introduced himself. "Hello, everyone, my name is Professor Port. I will be the one to teach you about the phenomena dubbed Motorization."
"Now, does anyone know how Motorization works?" he asked the class
Yang spoke up. "Yeah, you just focus really hard and, boom, you're a car, or a bike, or something like that."
Port answered with, "Yes, I know that, but does anyone know how it actually happens?"
No one answered.
"That's alright. I'll explain." Port allowed.
"You see, most Humans and Faunus have an inert energy in them called Aura, which also prevents blows on the body. An individual with Aura, by focusing very hard, as you said, can metamorphose their physical form into that of a vehicle, be that a car, truck, boat, submarine, bicycle, or aircraft of any make or model. Any questions?"
Blake spoke up. "How is one's vehicle form determined? I assume it's genetics, but…"
"You would be partially right." Port answered. "The vehicle that an individual takes the shape of upon Motorization is formed by, among other things, genetics, but also has a sense of randomness, since the child's vehicle form can be entirely different than that of either of the parents'."
Huh. So that's why I was a hot rod, even though my dad was an electric scooter. My mom… not sure about her.
"Any more questions?" Port asked.
Jaune spoke up. "When will we be learning to, um, fight Grimm using our vehicle forms?"
"Oh, that'll be tomorrow, in Combat and Grimm Study 202 with Professor Oobleck. Better hope you like going outside a lot."
"Oh, phew," I heard Jaune whisper.
Yang spoke up. "Adding on to that, what are those cool things we can do in our vehicle forms? Like, one boat will, I dunno, control people's motors or something, and someone who is the exact same type of boat can't do that."
Port smiled, "Oh, I'm glad you brought that up! You see, that is what we call… an Approximation."
"Never knew our special abilities had names." I thought.
"An Approximation," he continued, "is a special ability unique to each Motorizer. Approximations are developed when there is intense need for them, but an individual can only have one. According to legend, Approximations were created when the God of Darkness first created the Creatures of Grimm. Enraged at his brother for attempting to destroy his creations, the God of Light gave Humans and Faunus special abilities to help fight off the Grimm. Does that answer your question?"
"I guess it does!" Yang admitted.
"Oh, and would you look at the time!" Port concluded. "It's about time for your lunch! You kids head off now. See you Wednesday!"
"Wednesday?" I asked. "But what about the time before dinner? Shouldn't you be teaching us then?"
"I'm glad you're concerned, but I'm afraid not." he assured me. "That will be time for you and your team to bond. Now hurry, you'll be late for lunch!"
"Ok, sir!" I cheered, skipping out of the classroom.
And then, it was indeed lunchtime.
Just then, I found myself bumping into someone. "Oh, sorry, didn't see you there…" I apologized.
"Oh no, it is alright… I did not see you either. It is my fault." the girl forgived.
I looked, and saw a girl with orange hair, wearing a bow. She was dressed in creamy white, with a green skirt.
"Hi, my name's Ruby. What's yours?" I introduced myself.
"Salutations, new friend! My name is Penny! It is very nice to meet you." she replied, cheerfully.
"Nice to meet you too, Penny. Wanna sit at lunch with me?" I invited her.
"That would be lovely!" she cheered.
"Goddammit, Ruby, now look at what you've done." I scolded myself, as we walked. "You've fallen for some girl you just met, like the fairy tales specifically told you NOT TO DO, and now you're bringing her to the LUNCH TABLE? What is Blake gonna think?" I berated myself.
As we sat at the lunch table, I introduced the girl. "Everyone, this is Penny!" I said, sheepishly.
"Salutations, new friends!" She greeted everyone.
Blake leaned over to me and whispered, "Ruby, she's… kinda cute."
"Like, 'adorable' cute, or…" I asked quietly.
"No, like THAT cute." she whispered back, anxiously.
"Blake…" I reassured her. "I feel the exact same way."
"Thank the Gods." she sighed. "So, you wanna both date her?" She challenged me.
"Heck yeah I do." I confirmed.
So we chit-chatted with Penny about nothing in particular, until we finally got to that point.
"Ruby," Blake looked at me. "Are you ready?"
"Of course I am." I nodded. "Penny, would you like to… join our harem?"
"What… does that mean?" Penny asked, genuinely confused.
"Well, um…" I explained, "A harem is a thing from anime where one person has a bunch of other people who are interested in them. Does that clear things up?'
"Indeed, it does!" she cheered! "I will add the word 'harem' to my mental dictionary."
"Alright then!" I smiled.
"The time is 1:30. It seems we must return to our dorms for now." Penny noticed. "I will see you soon, friends!"
"See you soon too, Penny!" I called as we took our leave.
In our dorm, Blake told me she had something to tell us. I fed Zwei some Pumpkin Pete's Calamitous Kibble, which was somehow the best dog food brand out there, then met the rest of the team in the bedroom.
Blake spoke. "Fellow members of Team RWBY, I apologize. I truthfully regret hiding this from you for so long, but it felt like it needed to be said. I hope you will accept me for this, and I wish that you will continue to trust me, but here goes…"\
She clutched her hair bow in her hands, and pulled it off to reveal…
Pause for suspense…
A pair of cat ears, with a white and red tag attached to the left ear.
Weiss stood up. "So you are with the White Fang, I see?"
Blake whimpered, "Well, I used to be, but…"
Weiss cut her off. "Well, I will see you all soon. Since this idiot is siding with the mongrel, I see no use in convincing you to side with me. I must go. Goodbye, Team RBY, and have fun hanging out with a pus-"
I ran in front of Weiss, stopping her.
"Now, you can call me a dunce.
You can scoff at me and ignore my apology when I SAVED OUR LIVES from a pair of MURDEROUS BEASTS.
You can yell at me for not being careful when I run into your clumsy butt instead of, you know, helping me up?
But I draw the line, I hit the brake, I put the period at the end of the GOD DAMN sentence, when you say something like THAT, to MY girlfriend.
You can and will NOT just walk out of here, like you own this whole school, which you do NOT, and you never WILL, after calling MY girlfriend ANYTHING like THAT.
You can and will NOT denounce her because of her past, because of who she is.
If you find that because of her character, you don't like her, then sure, you can leave. Go right ahead.
But you just learned that she left, keyword LEFT, a life of criminal activity, because it didn't, keyword DIDN'T, make her feel comfortable. And, just for that, the second you walk out of this room.
I. Will. End. Your. Life."
Of course, really I wouldn't, but was Weiss Schnee going to get away with saying THAT to her? No. No she wasn't.
I started crying.
"I… I'm sorry… I don't know why I said that… I am so sorry… please forgive me…"
But then, what she said, I would never have expected. Ever.
"No, Ruby… It's alright."
I stopped apologizing profusely for a second, and just whimpered, "Huh…? Really?"
"You love her. I get that." She comforted me. "I really do. It's just… the White Fang… you're not really supposed to like them, y'know? So, even then, when you confronted me, I knew you loved her unconditionally."
Silence for a while.
"Let's go talk to them."
"…Ok."
We walked back upstairs.
"Blake, can we talk?" Weiss asked her.
"Rubes, do you wanna go play with Zwei for a while?" Yang asked me.
"S-Sure." I sniffled.
We stepped outside, and I thought it was done, but Yang stopped suddenly, and put her ear, as well as mine, to the closed door.
"We HAVE to hear this, Ruby." she whispered, excitedly.
"You know what, I think we do." I whispered back, feeling a little better.
Weiss began.
"I… I'm sorry. I know you'll never fully forgive me for that, and knowing me, I won't either, but I'm sure we can… let bygones be bygones for now."
"I feel the same. I know that our history will cause a natural rift between us, but I think we can close it."
"Well, let's make up then."
Blake opened the door. I smiled. She hugged me. It felt like a kitten. I started crying again. "Goddamnit, me, stop being so dramatic!" I thought. But I couldn't help myself.
Meanwhile, Weiss and Yang hugged. I was surprised, given the one Yang was hugging had just left me, her little old sister, in complete tears. But eh, that whole thing is over now, who am I to complain?
We agreed to order delivery for dinner that day.
Blake knew a good sushi restaurant, and got some sashimi and ramen delivered to Beacon, and then a different delivery person picked it up at the gate and took it to our dorm.
The delivery lady was… short, with pale skin, and a flat chest, flatter than mine even. And I swear I saw her eyes change colors, maybe 3 times. Probably just me being paranoid though.
The food was good, especially the ramen. We even shared a bit with Jaune! He came in once we had started eating, probably confused by the shouting.
Thank the Gods he was the only one who heard it. We made him tell no one.
That night, I had the weirdest dream. I met me, but I was in a chibi art style somehow, like, really short with a big head. Also, Chibi-Me was riding a chibi version of Zwei through the Emerald Forest for some reason.
I wonder what it could mean?
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(Well… That was dramatic. Looks like Ruby is pretty damn defensive of Blake, after that whole spiel.)
(Also, yes there will be more Penny starting Chapter 5. She is Best Girl [c] and I will not let r/fnki tell me anything else.)
(Chapter 5 coming soon! Leave a good review, read, enjoy, and stay tuned for more!