A/N: well, I'm sorry about the wait for this chapter for any of you who have been waiting. And Eldrick, dude thank you seriously. I always elaccept pm's reviews and the like both positive and negative. The reason this chapter took so long is because I have been very busy with work and the Air Force lately. I hope you all enjoy this chapter... I have a... Interesting development. And it's time for the race! Also i am looking for a new title to the story. So if you have one pm me and il see what comes up. I'm also gonna change the description to the story soon... So without further delay the story.
Pov: Weiss.
"And if you can't accept what she is gonna tell you then DO NOT ask her out. But don't shut her out either." Then with that she turns and walks away from me. I sit in the chair behind me. I have about an hour before I have to be in place. All I knew was that I must win this race. "But what if Ruby doesn't like me that way? I'd only ruin a good friendship. And what is this secret Ruby has to tell me? It has to be important or Yang would not have warned me." I had suspected that Ruby held some secret from me for a while now, I just couldn't get her to tell me.
If Yang was that worried about it then it must be something important. But what? I sat on the couch for an uncertain amount of time lost in these thoughts. I looked down to my scroll. "Oh shit. I have thirty minutes to get in place." My scroll vibrates with a message from Ruby at the same time.
Ruby: Weiss we need to talk before your race. Can you meet me at the track?
Me: yes Ruby. I will.
Ruby: great thanks.
Great, I was hoping that Yang was lying to me. Now I have to hear the final secret that Ruby kept from me. I begin to tremble. I just can't seem to shake the feeling that comes with you being so close to asking out your first crush. I shut my eyes mentally prepping myself for what is about to happen. No matter what I am going to go through with this. I mean what is the worst that her secret could be, she was actually a master criminal? Yeah right.
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"Ok" I thought sighing inwardly. "I only have ten minutes of the twenty I planned on. But where's Ruby?" My thought was interrupted by a gust of wind as Ruby used her semblance to come stand next to me.
"Hey Weiss." She says seriously. "Before you say anything, I want to tell you this. Otherwise I'm going to change my mind. Again." She says. Stressing the word again.
"You mean-" I try to say but Ruby cuts me off.
"I said no Weiss. Now, no matter what you hear or see you must first promise not think or treat my any different. Just nod if you understand." I nod. "Weiss, watch the top of my head as I say this." I look to the area she indicated. "Weiss, I'm a Siberian tundra wolf Faunus. The only reason that my ears are not white is because I dyed them to match my hair so I could hide them." As she says that the ears she keeps concealed in her hair pop up.
I was stunned. Not for the reason one may think. I may be a Schnee but I have no qualms with the Faunus. And apparently I fell in love with one. "Now I know you have questions but your race is in about three minutes and you need to stretch for at least one. No go on and win that race. I'll be cheering you on I promise." With that she speeds off using her semblance.
Well Yang, I accepted it. So now I have to win this race Ruby will be mine.
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"I must win. My future with Ruby depends on it." I look to the stand as I line up and see a smiling Ruby blushing from something Yang is saying to her. Her ears standing up. I look around at all of the other contenders and sign in near defeat. "Look at them. The shortest of them still has three inches on me!" I look one final time at Ruby and see another thing that grabs my attention. My father. "No no no nonononono! What the hell is e doing here. At least he's smiling. That can't mean it's all will just make my end game all the more difficult. But I don't care. As long as I have Ruby." With that thought in mind I lean down into my runners pose. That's when Dr Oobleks voice comes over the intercom.
"Ladies and gentlemen it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the third annual Vale county race!" He says in his ridiculously fast voice. "Racers from all over the kingdom have come to participate in this event. We have three students from beacon, three from signal and three from the lesser know Vale High. Without further ado, racers are you ready for your three lap's? On your mark, get set…" I tense all the muscles in my legs, "GO!" Ooblek shouts. At that sound I race forward. I'm a sprint runner and can easily sprint for all three lap's. I look to my left to see a boy in a black sweatshirt and sweatpants of the same color. "Ooh it looks like crowd favorite Weiss Schnee from Beacon is neck and neck with a new student Jonathan Cobalt." We are tied in first at the moment. It's weird as we are the shortest. I will NOT lose. With that thought I put all my muscle to work in overtime. One lap is gone already.
Halfway through the third lap he begins to overtake me. "No. you cannot win" that's when I did something I thought my body was incapable of, I put even more strength that I didn't even know that I had into my legs and ran faster. I've never ran this fast.
"What's this? In a strange and sudden turn of events crowd favorite Weiss Schnee overtakes Jonathan!" The excited Ooblek shouts. "Weiss is now in the lead with but mere seconds left in the race. Who knew she could run so fast?!" I am nearing the finish line when something sweeps my ankles out from under me. "Oh no. I'm gonna lose come on Weiss think!" "And Weiss Schnee is down! She tripped on her way to the finish line with no time left to get up she can only hope for second. Wait what's this, instead of standing she's crawling, yes crawling her way to the finish line. It is it enough. Jonathan is catching up and…" time slows around me as I see my hand and his foot reach the finish line at near the exact same time. But I was first. I know I was. "It would seem they got there at the same time. Give us one moment folks as we decide on who won." I stand up and look for my father in the crowd but he was nowhere to be seen. "Good. I don't like him and he doesn't need to know about what I'm gonna do if they decided that I won. Which I did."
"Hey Weiss just trust me when I say that you won." Ruby was suddenly next to me. I jump to my right to get some distance.
"Jesus Christ Ruby you gave me a heart attack! And how do you know that?" I ask. "That's for Ooblek to decide. And he's always been fair…"
"I know because they have definitive proof that Jonathan cheated. I don't exactly know how but I caught it on tape along with the entire rest of the race." Ruby smiles sweetly at me and my heart flutters. I look down blushing. Do I really have a chance with her?
"Oh Ruby I have a question for you." I look at her ears beckons for me to continue. "Why are your ears the same color as your hair? You said you were a Siberian tundra wolf Faunus right? Shouldn't your ears be white?"
She looks at me with a sadness in her eyes. "I died then so that they would blend in so I did not have to leave the hood from my cloak on. I told you this so why do you ask?"
"Oh right." I blush embarrassed. "Why did you hide them from me? I made it clear that I have no problem with the Faunus. So why?"
"Because you may have no problems with them but that does not mean you would be able to like one."
"What do you mean" I ask confused. "I like Blake? So why would you think that?"'
"I meant-" Ruby tries to say but is cut off.
The results are in. Weiss Schnee and Jonathan Masnor please come to the stage in the center of the track." Oobleks voice shout out.
"Ok Ruby hold that thought." I say as I make my way to the stage.
I climb the three step stairs to the top. "Now that our two runners have gathered we can proceed with the winner." I look over to see Jonathan giving me and the professor an odd look. "The winner is…"
