Author's Headnote: Back to Ruby! Now let's just see how Ruby would react to knowing about the rest of her team knowing about Ruby's secret. Because Ruby doesn't know that they know. And oh boy this would make this chapter interesting. So, let's just jump onto it, shall we?
RWBY: Festival of Blood: Acknowledging the Wilted Rose
Ruby Rose:
Aura Status: 11%
Thirst: Very Thirsty
Semblance: Wilted Petal Burst
Grades:
- Grimm Studies: B +
- History: B
- Dust Studies: B
- Combat Practice: B
- Mathematics: C -
- Weapon's Smithing: A -
- Tactics: B -
- Training Missions: C
Team Activity: Done.
Team Relations:
-Weiss Schnee: Ruby's worried about Weiss knowing something she shouldn't.
-Blake Belladonna: They're dating, hope Blake wasn't too hurt.
-Yang Xiao Long: Ruby's worried about her sister knowing about Ruby's secret.
End of main character status report.
Beacon Academy, 12:00 AM, Tuesday, RWBY Dormitory
Ruby spent a lot of time finding the third year's dorm. Thankfully she managed to find it. As for her team. She couldn't make herself strip her team, not even Blake. So, she put them to bed in their current clothes and made sure they're recovering. From an event like that, they're going to need time to recover. Zwei was placed on Yang and is asleep. Whatever that event was. Ruby was Feral for the entire thing so she didn't know what happened. But after her team was put in bed with their blankets tucked in... and a smooch on Blake's forehead from Ruby. She went to get herself something to drink, because she was thirsty.
Ruby's never been thirsty post-feral before, which means something must have happened. And it involves Feral Ruby getting beaten up or losing a fight. But it doesn't matter... Ruby opened the fridge and downed blood packs until she was full. Afterwards she checked her scroll for her aura... which was at 64%. Well, hopefully Blake can resolve that when she wakes up.
From the looks of it, it appears RWBY is the only student team to return early. Every other student was on their shadowing mission. Wonder how Ozpin would grade the mission. Although Ruby herself wouldn't be able to say much, so she really has to rely on her teammates explaining everything. Which means she'll be spending all night with her team, wonderful!
Ruby sighed and kept her bandana lowered. Chances are that her team knows about Ruby, or at least has seen Ruby gone feral and would want an explanation. But she'll wait until her team has recovered, no need to wake them up just to tell them that their team leader or loving sister is a bloodsucking monster. She'll also have to tell Yang that her contacts are in their case. She had to take them off so she could recover, which was creepy on Ruby's part.
Ruby ended up taking off her clothes, being that they were ruined. And proceeded to take a cold bath. Because she needed the time to relax. She spent an entire two weeks trying to conceal her vampirism, along with trying to avoid confrontation getting to Beacon whilst carrying five people and a dog, all at 11% aura. She needs this.
She was in the bathtub, which was surrounded in bubbles. Relaxing and taking her mind off everything for now. It just feels good not to feel anyone's negative emotions for like a brief time, so she's enjoying this while she can. Because she's a vampire, she can submerge her entire body into the water and she would be completely fine, which is what she did. The upside of not having to breathe is that she can't drown.
Ruby doesn't know how long she was submerged and unconscious, but she was in the bath water long enough and she was most likely clean. So, she got out of it and drained the tub, and than presumed to go on to changing into something lazy and comfortable. Whilst applying a new bandana. She also put her cloak back on, which she personally cleans herself.
She's the only one whose awake right now. She may as well go to the weapon's forge to tune up her two weapons. Maybe she should use her new pizza-cutter for something. Better not let a new weapon collect dust after all, maybe in her next mission, she'll use slice of life.
Beacon Academy, 1:13 AM, Tuesday, Weapon's Forge
Ruby went to the table and went to do some tune-ups with Crescent Rose... and it looks like it was used by someone other than her, she can tell when someone else misuses her sweetheart. She managed to tune-up the blade and firing mechanisms, better that she doesn't let her weapon to break. After that, it looks like just as she made it.
She than went on to tuning up Slice of Life. Can't exactly let this weapon break exactly. It's pretty unstable as it is. Although she has been trying to tune down the potency of the weapon, so she doesn't risk breaking any laws. And especially not letting this weapon near lightning dust. The shock from that was so potent in it's testing phase; Ruby could still remember she could feel her heart beating for a moment. But that doesn't stop Ruby from trying to get this weapon right in condition. After some tune-ups, it's back in peak condition.
Now for her team's weapons. No doubt they'll need repairs. Myternaster looks somewhat damaged, just need to tend to the blade and it'll be good as new. Looks like Weiss was using fire dust on the blade... and a lot of it, like enough to melt steel... guess that explains the weird shape the blade is in. Ruby reforges the blade of Myternaster and re-attaches it back to the rest of the weapon. Gambrol Shroud is another problem, she has to reforge that blade too... it looks like someone stepped on it, how strong was that kick if it was to minorly dent the blade? But no matter, Ruby reforged the blade.
As for Ember Cecilia, Yang's weapon. Good to see the upgrades are keeping the weapon intact, she just has to clean it up a bit. Ruby still remembers when she made Ember Cecilia. It was a brief memory, but one still memorable.
Flashback, 5 years ago
Ruby at the time was ten years old. She started attending Signal academy, her sister has been at Signal for two years. However, Yang was not good at weaponsmithing. Most students in Signal make their weapons, Yang was one of the exceptions. She mostly uses training swords. She does win her spars and duels, but always break her weapons. But Ruby thought of a solution.
Ruby was at the weapon forge at Signal to create a simple design. Something that would be hard for Yang to break. It can't be something to wield. So, she figured some bracers would do... that fire... shotgun shells. Ruby proceeded to head to work. As she was creating this weapon for Yang, she would be brainstorming on how to improve Crescent Rose. Her uncle was teaching her how to fight, so it would be best to try and emulate the weapon to improve that. But she doesn't want to remove the importance of the rifle part of weapon. She'll come up with something later.
But for now, she's working on her sister's weapon. Or soon-to-be her sister's weapon. She started by measuring for her sister's size in arms. And temporarily adjusted them to fit Ruby for the testing phase. And the recoil on those is tough. She punches, but the recoil pulls the arm back, if not for her aura, her arm would be across the room. But this recoil would be fine for Yang. The bracers shoot, and currently no different than her father's weapon, except that it's more slim. She may upgrade it for the shots to be concentrated at a longer range though. But that's for later.
After finishing the weapon and fully testing it. She went to her sister.
Yang at the time was learning to put her contacts on, and one of her eyes were acting up... so she was wearing a monocle and it looked silly. Ruby was laughing when she saw her came out with a monocle on.
"What?" Yang asked.
"You look like one of those weird fancy people!" Yang joked.
"Ya, ya. My left eye wath acting up when putting on my contacth. Tho, I had to wear thith until the eye dethideth to co-operate with me."
"Well, I got you something."
"What ith it?"
Ruby revealed the weapons. She called them 'Ember Celica', figured Yang would like them. Although she hasn't painted the weapon, she figured she'd let Yang choose the color for her own weapon.
"Ruby! You made me... bratherth?" Yang said confused.
"Not just bracers, they're also shotguns. I notice you tend to break your swords, so I figured I'd make a weapon that you wouldn't break so easily."
"Ah Rubth, thankth! Did you name it?"
"Yes, it's called: Ember Celicia."
"Ember Thelithia."
"CEL-I-CAH."
"Rubth, I can't really thay that cauth of my lithp."
"I know, I'm just messing with ya, sis."
"Well, I apprethiate the weapon. I'll tetht it out thoon. Ath thoon ath I get the other contact lenthe one!"
Yang went back into the back to the bathroom to put her other contact lens on. At the time Ruby was unsure why she needed to put contact lenses on. Ruby's eyesight was perfectly fine.
Ruby was just glad that she doesn't have to repair the training swords one by one anymore. The workshop was running out of adhesive anyway. And she was tired at the time, so she went to take a nap.
Back to Present
Ruby went through a lot effort to make this weapon; she does not want it to break. Thankfully with the upgrades, she managed to make sure it's not on the brisk of collapse every month. So, she just cleaned up the weapon and her teammates weapons are back to top condition.
Maybe her team should transfer to Atlas when the Vytal Festival is over, Weiss' father wants her near there anywhere. The weapon tech is more advanced too. That, and the sun is almost never up in Atlas, so she can be up and about at all hours without having to fear the sunlight turning her to ash.
On the other hand, she wouldn't know anyone in Atlas and the process of making friends would start all the way back at the beginning. Not to mention Yang doesn't like the cold. So, it's something she'll need her entire team wants before she decides to transfer schools. Sure, Beacon is a good school, but no night classes are not a good thing for a vampire, and she has to be at the Academy building super-early to avoid Aura damage. So, Atlas academy is objectively the better choice for Ruby at this point.
And transferring schools is a decision that requires the entire team to approve. Chances are none of them would want to transfer schools, especially with all the things in Vale going on. The blackout and White Fang are a couple of things that Blake wouldn't want to leave unfinished.
But who knows, she has until her first year ends to decide to transfer schools. So, she has until the three months after the Vytal festival to decide if she wants to transfer out of Beacon.
Ruby puts her team's weapons back, along with her own. And went back to the dorm.
Beacon Academy, 4:59 AM, Tuesday, RWBY Dormitory
Ruby was watching over her team's sleeping... when suddenly...
BEEP BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEP!
Their alarms went off. And Ruby could hear alarms from across the other rooms. That's going to be annoying, thankfully she knows that alarms turn themselves off after thirty minutes.
Her entire team woke up from the orchestra of alarm clocks. And turned theirs off. Yang was getting out of her bunk to try and find her glasses. She did find her glasses though after two minutes. The other two got up too. They both noticed that they're in their damaged clothing, whilst Ruby was wearing a tank top with sweatpants, along with her cloak and bandana. To them, it looks like Ruby was just fine. Yang checked her scroll and than she looked surprise.
"Ruby, you don't look like you've been in a fight lately." Yang stated curiously.
"Ya, it's been like 5 hours since I put you guys to bed." Ruby answered honestly.
"So, why's your aura at 64%?"
Oh ya, forgot teammates can check each other's auras. I'm surprised this has been noticed just now to be honest.
"And what was with you when we were at mountain glenn?" Weiss interrogated.
"I honestly didn't remember what happened at mountain glenn, I sort of well... blacked out."
"Blacked out? You mean you don't remember a thing?" Yang asked.
"Last thing I remembered before waking up at the train station was being held prisoner... they were damaging my aura... I felt pain... and... I blacked out." Ruby confessed.
"Well, it was one hell of a blackout. You had grimm claws and you were mauling faunas."
"You... saw me with what?"
"Grimm claws. You were leaving a bloody mess, Blake went to retrieve your cloak and bandana when I saw you, on all fours... with grimm claws growling and killing people, covered in blood."
Ruby looks at Blake for some help, she just shrugged. Looks like they saw 'Feral Ruby'. Which would explain a lot. Although why her team isn't dead and covered in claw marks is beyond her, and relieving to be honest.
"Ruby, are you some kind of weregrimm?" Weiss asked.
"Don't be ridiculous Weiss, the moon would have to be not shattered for that to be a thing." Yang commented.
"Even than, Weregrimm aren't real." Blake commented.
"No, I'm not a weregrimm!" Ruby yelled.
"Wait a second... you're a vampire, aren't you!?" Yang interrogated.
"What? No! Vampires aren't real!" Ruby lied.
"Yang, don't be ridiculous, vampires aren't real." Blake defended Ruby.
"I don't know, Yang makes sense here... would explain a whole lot actually." Weiss commented.
"Ruby... lower your bandana." Yang ordered.
"No." Ruby barked.
"Ruby."
"No, I don't want to."
"Ruby, if you don't take off your bandana, I swear I'd-" Yang stated before being interrupted.
"Yang, I'm team leader, counting to three won't work on me."
"Oh, I'm not counting to three."
Ruby look a bit nervous. Ruby wasn't sure what to do... she was scared... and looked to Blake again to help her.
"Yang, you don't want that." Blake warned.
"And why's that?" Yang asked.
"I can't say."
"Blake, you and I both saw what Ruby did last night, I just want her to cough it up."
"Ruby had a hard time making sure all of us are back at Beacon. So please, when Ruby lowers her bandana. Do not overreact." Blake stated.
"I see. Ruby, we promise we won't overreact, so just please lower your bandana." Yang said.
Ruby shyly lowers her bandana, and than smiles, revealing her vampire fangs. Ruby's prepared for the worst.
Blake just sighed whilst Yang and Weiss just looked surprised. Ruby could feel the anger and paranoia before... now it's just... fear and sadness.
Ruby close her mouth and went to try and make them feel better by hugging them. Although Weiss and Yang pushed her back. Guess they need to time to get this around their heads.
"Sorry, I just thought you needed a hug." Ruby said.
"We do... just we don't want you to hug us right now." Yang said in fear.
"We like it if our necks did not have bite marks." Weiss also said in fear.
"Yang, Ruby's your sister. She wouldn't bite you without your consent." Blake stated.
"You're taking this very well." Yang said in surprise.
"Well, I had my time to get this over with around two weeks ago." Blake said.
"TWO WEEKS!?" Yang and Weiss yelled.
"She's right, I've been... like this... for two weeks." Ruby confessed.
"That... actually explains a lot." Weiss commented.
"She's been drinking my blood with my consent for the first week, but than she went a bit over and she had to stop drinking me for a whole week." Blake said.
"That explains last Tuesday." Yang commented.
"I didn't even explain the side effects." Blake stated.
"It was kind of obvious."
"So, you're telling me for the last two weeks, Blake was the only one who knew Ruby's a vampire?" Weiss asked.
"Well... Ozpin and the Third year knows." Ruby confessed.
"WHAT!?" Blake yelled.
"Sorry Blakey. Forgot to tell ya about them."
"Wait, how did they know?"
"Y'know the third year's semblance?"
"Ya, he can detect aura and grimm... Which means he could spot vampires that were trying to conceal their true nature." Yang said.
"Exactly. He knew I was a vampire from the moment he saw me." Ruby said.
"And he told Ozpin?" Weiss asked.
"Yes. In fact, I'll have to go talk to him around 6PM." Ruby said.
"Why?" Blake asked.
"I can't really say."
"Wait, on an unrelated note. Why did you call Blake, 'Blakey?'" Yang asked out of curiosity.
"Oops, sorry. Forgot to tell ya that." Ruby said out of embarrassment.
"We're dating." Blake stated.
"Officially dating." Ruby added.
"Okay, now my head is just spinning. First, I found out my little sis is an undead bloodsucking creature of a night, second, I find out she's offically dating someone, and at the same time, I find out Blake's a necrophile!" Yang briefly ranted.
"Hey! I am not a necrophile!" Blake defended herself.
"I know this is all hard for you to take in, I didn't even want you two to find out in the first place." Ruby said.
"So, you planned on keeping this a secret from us!?" Yang asked.
"Yes..." Ruby said silently.
"Why?"
"Because I didn't want you to be afraid of me or se me as some sort of selfish bloodsucking monster!"
"Ruby, we just found out about this, and we're taking it in. Blake being a faunas is one thing, but we all knew that faunas had existed beforehand. Now I have to deal with the fact that vampires are real, and my little sister was turned into one."
"And let's not forget we're technically harboring a grimm." Weiss stated.
"Doesn't Port have a nuckaleeve under the school?" Ruby reminded.
"Loophole, apparently Port can keep grimm so as long as it's for educational purposes." Blake stated.
"What kind of teacher would use a nuckaleeve on a test?" Yang asked.
"Port."
"True."
"Let's just keep one thing straight. Don't tell anyone." Ruby commanded.
"Of course, if anyone found out. We'd get expelled or worse. And you'd be killed." Weiss stated.
"I think they'll put us in prison for this." Blake said.
"That's the worse part, I won't survive!"
"Look, look! Just we got to keep our mouths shut about Ruby's vampirism. And she needs to really explain how she really does that stuff." Yang stated.
"From what I know, what you saw was 'Feral Ruby'." Blake said.
"Ya, that's the nickname for her." Ruby stated.
"So, what exactly is... 'Feral Ruby'?" Yang asked.
"... The grimm side of me."
"I figured. Would explain the behavior, and why you don't remember anything."
"So why doesn't Ruby's aura recover?" Weiss asked.
Ruby went on to explain everything she knows about her condition and helps them to get back in the loop about Ruby. She also explained how she became a vampire, and that the bad people she fought when her team passed out near the karaoke bar were also vampires, specifically looking for her, Ruby. And would be using her team as bait to lure her out likely. She's also been using this time to work on a new weapon and upgrading her team's weapons.
Ruby's also said that 'Feral Ruby' only comes out if Ruby hasn't been drinking blood, or apparently if she's nearing death. Since she was put in a room with sun lamps, essentially emulating sunlight. That and all the negativity she can sense made her lose control.
Ruby than described her powers. She said she has night vision and can detect negativity, along with this she said she could only use shift claws and turn into a bird. But that's about it.
"Okay, that's bull, we saw you as a beowulf!" Yang objected.
"A beowulf? I don't think I can turn into one of those." Ruby said.
"Maybe it's because Feral Ruby has more access to the grimm powers than normal Ruby does. Atleast that's my theory." Blake stated.
"Could it be possible to tame 'Feral Ruby'?" Weiss asked.
"Weiss, I know what you're asking, and no I will not let you degrade me into your pet dog." Ruby stated.
"I don't feel comfortable with having my girlfriend be a plaything." Blake said.
"Ya, let's not force Feral Ruby out just for a humanoid pet dog. It's kind of disturbing." Yang stated.
"And I think you only asked this because you could have used this to make you leader." Ruby said.
"What? Don't be ridiculous! I plan on being the best teammates!" Weiss defended herself.
"Sure, you are."
Awkward silence came in from the subject, well... until someone in the room decided to change the subject.
"So... You said you can turn into a bird, right?" Yang asked.
"Yep. That's about right." Ruby said.
"Can you show us?"
Ruby sighed since they would pester her otherwise. She went and turned into her bird mode. Blake just stared with a stern look, and Yang and Weiss looked surprised.
"Can she understand us?" Weiss asked.
"Yes, she can. Just because she's a bird, doesn't mean she can't understand us." Blake stated.
Ruby turned back into human form. Looking sterned at Weiss.
"I can still understand you, even as a bird." Ruby said.
"Well, I just feel new levels of unsafe now." Weiss said.
"Don't worry, I won't use my powers for perverted means..."
"Good." Both Blake and Yang said.
"So... do you have means to keep yourself sated. Other than Blake feeding you?" Yang asked.
"I keep bloodpacks in the fridge." Ruby said.
"So THAT'S what those were for." Weiss commented.
"Yes, I've been drinking them. Only way I could heal up that chest hole I had. It's the only way I can recover my aura too." Ruby said.
"Your aura can't recover on it's own?" Yang asked.
"Sadly no, which means I have to down a lot of blood. And before I went through my supply to recover aura, it was at 11%." Ruby said.
"So... why not drink some more?' Yang asked.
"Cause I'm full." Ruby said.
"Well, that's a relief that you can drink blood indirectly from the source." Yang said.
"Ya. I'm not really much a fan of having bite marks on my neck. Or my wrist." Weiss commented.
"I'm just glad I'm the first one to find out than." Blake commented on Weiss' commented.
"Well, I'd figure I'd make you guys some breakfast and I'll just hope into bed." Ruby said.
Ruby went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for her team. Save for herself of course. Figured they'd make something that's filling so they don't wake up Ruby whenever they're hungry. Just because she really can't eat her own cooking anymore, doesn't mean she won't let other people enjoy it.
Figured she'd make pancakes while Nora is away. Considering her team doesn't have them often because Nora would find some way to get inside the dorm to just eat the pancakes. So, it's something that's rare and simple. And everyone just about likes pancakes. Especially Nora. Which is why Ruby's making them, so Nora doesn't come in and eat them all when she's about to serve breakfast.
She went with the same recipe she made two weeks ago, the first meal she made after she became a vampire. She repeated the steps she made the last time she made it... and went out to prepared it.
Afterwards, she prepared to go to sleep for the day and set her alarm for 6:00 PM. It's releaving for her team to find out, yet at the same time... they worry that they may slip and her secret would become public knowledge. Thankfully, the only other people here are the third year and the headmaster. All the huntsmen are out guarding the walls, whilst others are either in Vale itself, or out of the city walls doing other various missions. She got into her bed, closed her eyes, and stopped breathing to fall asleep.
Beacon Academy, 6:07 PM, Tuesday, RWBY Dormitory
Ruby had woken up a couple minutes ago and had just got out of the shower, although Weiss looks confused about it.
"Ruby, you're clinically dead, right?" Weiss asked.
"Ya, we went over this." Ruby stated.
"So... why were you taking a shower?"
"Being dead does not excuse me from having poor hygiene. Infact, I shower more often than I used to because of the vampirism."
"How come?"
"Have you ever smelled a dead body after a couple days, Weiss? It smells horrible! Just imagine if Ruby were to smell like that." Yang stated.
"Oh, dear god!" Weiss said in disgust.
"Ya, that's why I'm cleaning myself." Ruby said.
"Besides, I thought you'd like Ruby showering more often." Yang joked to Weiss.
"Shut up!" Weiss retorted.
Ruby could just feel the anger and humiliation from Weiss, although she doesn't say anything about it. "Excuse me, I'll just need to grab some clothes to change into." She spoke.
The rest of the room looked away as Ruby was grabbing a change of clothes to put on and went to somewhere that no one would peep on her. She quickly got dressed and went back with everyone else. Ruby's just glad that her team didn't attack her for knowing that Ruby's a vampire.
"Ruby, you said you have no restraint on how much muscle you can use, right?" Yang asked.
"Ya, why?" Ruby asked.
"Arm Wrestle, now." Yang said, putting her elbow on the kitchen table.
Ruby smiled and accepted her challenge. She sat across Yang, putting her elbow on the table and having her hand hold Yang's... after three seconds, she started to push. It looks like Yang is winning, but Ruby hasn't even started. She started pushing things her way and slammed Yang's arm across the table. Thankfully the arm is still attached. Although Yang's arm does look a bit sore.
"Ow, ow... That was a real good wrestle, been awhile since I lost too." Yang congratulated Ruby.
"Thank you. Sorry, if I went a bit over." Ruby apologized.
"No no, it's fine. My aura would make me shrug this off in a couple hours."
"I wish I could say the same for my aura."
"Ruby, just don't worry about it, you were never one to give up something."
"Yes, I know. I already gave myself that talk like two weeks ago."
"Oh. Okay than. Jeez, your vampirism is making you colder than Ice Queen over there."
"Hey!" Weiss retorted.
"Try feeling the negative emotions of everyone in the room." Ruby stated.
"Fair point." Yang said.
"Well, if you excuse me. I'll need to report the outcome of the mission to the Headmaster. He'd want to know why we're back early." Ruby said.
"Well, that's a fair point. I had everything you needed to know written down, just grab the sheet on your way out and read it and than tell Oz' that our mission was a success." Yang stated.
"Was it a success? Did we destroy the thing we're searching for?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know, I was honestly either fighting grimm or running away from you for most of the mission." Yang said.
"Ya, I did notice you all were wearing White Fang uniforms."
"And you didn't take them off?"
"No, you know how awkward it'd be to take your clothes off and put new ones on for someone else?"
"Again, fair point."
"Now if you excuse me."
Ruby went and grabbed the sheet of paper Yang mentioned and went to do a quick smooch on Blake before heading to the headmaster's office. He'd sure want a report from Ruby.
Author's Headnote: Yep, I wrote this chapter in two days. Because I had nothing else to do. I ended the chapter here because I figured I'd center this chapter around the reaction over Weiss and Yang reacting to well... Ruby. I'll be covering what happens next chapter. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc. Leave them in the reviews. And I'll be bringing a small Omake for ya guys along with this!
Omake: A Vampire's Friend's request: By Scrambleman17
Beacon Acadmey, various times, various locations
Ruby was having a normal evening... well until she got a text from Weiss.
'Ruby, could you clean the dorm? I know you're a vampire so you can't get tired.'
Ruby sighed and grabbed cleaning supplies. And proceeded to clean the entire dorm. Every single room had to be cleaned of various trash. Ranging from simple rubbish to full on garbage. She spent the hour cleaning the entire dorm because she always misses a spot. She finally went to relax... but than she got a text from Yang.
'Sorry Ruby, but Yang got stuck on the bench press and Yang wanted me to text you – Jaune.'
Of course, it has to be that. Ruby went down to the gymnasium to pick up the weights Yang was stuck in.
Yang got up and got out. "Thanks Rubes, I just wanted to increase my challenge, you just saved me in the nick of time." she said.
"Of course sis." Ruby said without emotion.
Okay, now she can relax. And than another text from Weiss. She wants Ruby to help her cheat in poker. Ruby sighed and went down to where Weiss was.
Ruby was reading the emotions of all the other gamblers and telling Weiss who was bluffing. And who had a good hand. So far, she's gotten all the Lien... and the clothes of her opponent. Ruby was disgusted at this because she was not in the mood to see a bunch of people in their underwear tonight.
"Okay, you can go now, Ruby." Weiss said, making it off with her gains.
Ruby went out of wherever that was to finally relax... and than she got a text from Jaune?
'Hey Ruby, Yang said you can help me with Dave.'
Why did Port name a Nuckaleeve 'Dave'? Why did he name a nuckaleeve in the first place? Why does he have a pet nuckaleeve? WHY IS THERE A NUCKALEEVE UNDER BEACON ACADEMY!? Screw whatever Port had planned for this thing. It's acting up and would destroy the entire school, Ruby flipped the switch and had the cage electrocute the nuckaleeve at a high wattage, killing it.
"Why did you kill the nuckaleeve?" Jaune asked.
"Never thought I'd hear that question." Ruby stated.
"Port's gonna kill me."
"Better Port than a nuckaleeve."
There, now that 'Dave' is dealt with. Ruby can finally...
AH COME ON!
Ruby spent the whole night doing mundane tasks that would take advantage of Ruby's vampirism for all of her friends, even those who don't know that Ruby's a vampire. But by the time she was about to be done... she had to prepare for classes and thus the entire cycle begins anew. Well, that's what happens when someone finds out when their friend is a vampire. Hopefully this cools down soon.
Omake Footnote: Told ya it was short, I had this idea where people would take advantage of Ruby's vampirism, but I didn't want it to make it a part of the story, so I wrote this instead. Hoped you enjoyed it. See ya next chapter.