Date: Unknown

Location: Unknown

"Do you expect me to believe…"

"…that I was branded by voice in head?" I spoke loud enough to stop her in her tracks. "In all honestly Prosecutor Schnee, most of them didn't when I first told them."

Standing up, I heard the scraping of the metal chair as it gets pushed back.

"What are you doing?" She asked as stern blue eyes watch my every movement.

"I plan on showing it to you." I wince as I remove my school blazer and my slightly damp red shirt, leaving me in my equally as damp, red sports bra. Standing there in the interrogation room, I felt her eyes rack over my body. I noticed her clench her jaw and I knew what she was looking at.

I was glad that the months were kind to me as the abs that I had were somewhat decent, but nowhere near the level Sun has. The only thing I could remember on how I got here (apart from being gun butted twice), was by being dragged out, but judging from the bruises and the pain in my chest, they must have had fun beating me up.

"See something you like?" I asked with a smirk and when I see looks up, soft blue eyes great me, but her voice never changed.

"I've seen police use brute force before… but never to this extent. And while I've seen my fair share of topless people, please hurry up."

"Sorry, but the last time I was like this, a certain white-haired girl couldn't keep her hands off of me." I say knowing that she never really approved of our relationship.

"Look, Ruby… I may never approve of your relationship with her, but leave my sister out of that." Soft blue turn to ice as she spoke.

Placing my blazer and shirt on the table, I turn around and hearing her gasp at the sight of it wouldn't be the first time. "Don't worry about the scars Prosecutor, I got them when we were fighting some strong shadows, I'll get to that later on."

After getting silences from her, I turn and put my uniform back on and sit back down. "So… where was I?"

Date: 4/13

Location: Shujin Academy, Aoyama-Itchome

Looking around in hopes of finding out who said that and after finding nothing, I look back at Sun.

"Did you hear that?" He asked and I nod in return.

"I'm glad you did, I don't think I could cope with another voice." I wipe my brow with my sleeve.

Me and Sun step back when the most adorable black-haired Welsh Corgi with a red collar on, jumps onto the table, turns around and sit down with angry dark grey eyes looking at us. "Don't think you can get away with not paying me back for helping you."

"Wait… is that you Zwei?" Sun spoke with shock.

Zwei shakes his head a little before speaking with annoyance. "How dare you, up and leaving me the other day!"

"Why is that dog talking!?" I heard Sun say as I continue to focus on the cutest Corgi in front of me.

"I am NOT a dog! This is just what happens when I come to this world! It was a lot of trouble finding you two."

"Wait… how did you even get here? Does that mean you can use a phone too?" Sun asked as I take a step closer to Zwei.

"You don't need one when you're at my level." Zwei said with smugness and I hear him mumble something about getting lost.

"That aside, why can you talk!? You're a dog." I heard Sun say in annoyance.

"How should I know?" Zwei says as he scratches his head with his back paw.

"You hearin' this too?" I look at Sun after he spoke and smirk graces my lips.

"Woof." And all I got was silences till Sun spoke up in a serious tone a few minutes later.

"This is no time to be jokin' around Ruby."

"You guys are having a rough time of this it seems, but I have to agree with blonde here. You mentioned something about witnesses?" Zwei said looking at the both of us.

"Yeah, Sun had the idea of getting evidence about Taurus' physical abuse from one of the other students, but it turns out that the principal and the parents know about it all." I said, rubbing the back of my neck slightly before lowering my arm.

"Hay! It was a good plan; it just… didn't work out the way I hoped." Sun spoke with a bashful look.

Like a lighting blot, an idea hits me. "The king! Let's punish the king."

"What do you mean about "punish him", you remember what happen' the last time, right?" Sun asked and I rub my cheek in remembrance.

"You know, I could tell you a thing or two about what to do about Taurus." Zwei then looks at me before speaking again. "You were pretty close just a moment ago. You'll need to attack his castle."

"What do you mean?" Sun asked while scratching the side of his head.

"Taurus views this school as his castle. He doesn't realize what happens in there, but it's deeply connected to the depths of his heart. Thus, if the castle disappears, it would naturally impact the real Taurus." Zwei spoke calmly.

"So, what'll happen?" Sun asked crossing his arms.

"A Palace is a manifestation of a person's distorted desires. So, if that castle were no more…" Zwei left his sentence open in hopes that one of us gets it, which I do.

"Then his desires would go too." A happy look appears on Zweis' cute little dog face as he looks at me.

"Precisely! You sure pick things up fast!" Zwei says and I rub my neck again.

"For real!? We do that and he'll turn good?" Sun shouts and I wince when I remember that we are outside.

I tune out of our conversation and look around in hopes that no one is looking this way and when I think no one is watching, I tune back in and catch the end of Suns' sentence. "…gettin' back at him?"

"Erasing a Palace essentially means forcing the owner to have a change of heart. However, even though their warped wants disappears, the crimes they have committed remain. Taurus will become unable to bear the weight of those crimes, and he'll confess them himself!" Zwei spoke in an odd gleeful tone.

"That's possible!?" Sun shouts again and it was Zwei who beat in speaking up.

"Yes… but it seems like you've still coming to grips with all this, so I'm going to give you some time to come to grips with everything and it would be best if we spoke in a more privet location."

"The roof is probably the best place for this topic of conversation." I said putting my index finger to my chin in thought.

"Right!" Zwei says before he stands and scampers off.

Looking over to Sun, I see him still standing there, with a look of utter confusion all over him. Removing what space there was between us, I place my left hand onto his shoulder. "Let's get some rest Sun, it's been a long day and let's hear what Zwei knows about palaces before you go and do something stupid, ok?"

He looks me in the eyes, sighs and in a worn-out tone, he spoke. "Yeah… you're right. It's been one hell of an afternoon, heh?"

"Yeah," I moved my hand and scratched the back of my head. "It has been. Let's go." I said leaving the courtyard with Sun in tow.

Location: Leblanc, Yongen

By the time I got back to LeBlanc, the sun was casting a nice orangey-red over the sky and as I opened the door and walked in, the smell of coffee and curry flooded me. As soon as my eyes finished adjusting to the shift of light, I notice that the café was empty apart from James sitting at the bar with the newspaper in hand with the TV playing but with no sound.

At my commotion at the door, he looks up at me and then back to his paper.

"Good evening James-san, how was your day?" I asked in hope that we could at least bond.

"Evening," I watch as he places the newspaper on the bar and stands. "all the better now that I can head home."

Placing my school bag on the table near the entrance, I slump into the bench seats facing inwards and I feel my body sink into the leather chair as James walks into the kitchen, it wasn't long till James came out wearing his white jacket and trilby.

"Did you flip the sign outside?" James asks as he adjusts his hat and when I shake my side to side, he sighs and walks towards the door.

When I heard the door open, I feel his eyes on me and the April night air rush in. "Goodnight Ruby." I heard James say and then the door shutting and the lock clicking, locking me in. It wasn't too long till the only noise in the building was whatever James had left going in the kitchen.

After getting my phone out and seeing no messages from anyone, I grab my bag and move closer to the TV and after dropping them off on a table, I head into the kitchen in hopes that James might have been kind enough to me and got me some other food.

Finding and making some instant ramen, I turn the TV up slightly and let the news play as I sit down at the booth where I left my bag, that's when I notice my phone blinking with Suns' stupid cheesy grin showing. Setting my cup of ramen down, I swipe to answer the call and press the speaker icon.

"God, 'bout time you answered." Sun said as I pick up and break my chopsticks apart.

"Sorry, I was getting some food Sun, so I didn't notice." I said just as I picked up some noodles and start to eat them. "So what do you want, Sun?"

"I was going to say that one of Taurus' followers doesn't give one shit about what's happening before Zwei showed up." I heard Sun and then some sports noise.

"Who are you talking about? Most of the student body look up to him." I said grabbing and eating more noodles.

"I'm talking 'bout Blake Belladonna… the pigtailed cat faunus in your class." I heard him sigh and I sit up more in the booth-seat when he mentions her name.

"Oh her! What is her thing with Taurus?" I asked glancing at the TV and seeing the second detective princess Emerald Sustrai appear on some talk show.

"I don't know dude! That's the most she's talked to me in a long time." I heard him chuckle before he spoke again. "Ugh! What a load bull, we can't let it carry on like this."

"Like I said Sun, let's go after the King, after we hear what Zwei has to say." I said before eating some chicken and noodles.

"I still can't believe that that dog is Zwei." Sun said and then some more noises from the TV his side.

"I know it's hard to believe how cute he his." I said as I remember the adorable the corgi is Zwei.

"Sheesh, it's like you never had a pet before Ruby." I hear him laugh and I smile in response.

"I never had a pet Sun, my dad wouldn't allow it, especially when my mom became pregnant and I never really ask again after that." I said, resting my chopsticks in the half-eaten cup of chicken ramen. "Though there was a pretty friendly fox that lived around the local shrine back in Inada."

"Wait, hold on… a fox? You know how deadly they can be." Sun said in a shocked tone.

"Yes I know Sun, but apparently this fox has never harmed anyone since it's been living there, plus she had a cute looking red apron with hearts on." I said before I brink some of the broth.

"You're a strange one, Ruby." I heard him chuckle again.

"Yeah, I use to get that a lot back home, it's how I got my scar and my last girlfriend." I said remembering that day with more pain than fondness.

"You're goin' to have to tell that story another time Ruby; I think my dinner is ready. Speak to you tomorrow. Goodnight." I heard him shout to his mom that he would be down soon.

"Goodnight Sun, enjoy." I said before he ends the call and I'm left alone in the café.

Finishing my ramen off and disposing of the container, I grab my bag and phone and head to bed and hope that I don't wake up somewhere else.

Authors Notes

A shorter chapter this time, but it's hard to believe that this story is already a year old. I want to thank everyone who reads this story and has come back with every chapter, I appreciate, I really do.

So I thought I'll give you a riddle in honour of this anniversary.

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

I look forward to many more years.