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AN/ I'm back! And hopefully I can clear up a little issue I made with the last chapter without sounding like an idiot. Also, to address a review that came up in chapter 3 recently, Ruby does have use of her aura to "see" but it only interacts with another person's aura or dust, not something like say a book or shelf, so to maintain a good sense of awareness, she needs to be able to hear the world around her as well. Anyways, onto the chapter!
When Ruby awoke, she was surprised to not see Weiss anywhere near the room. Slowly pushing her aura out as she woke up, Ruby searched the dorms for Weiss's aura. After being unable to find her partner, Ruby got out of bed to start her day.
"Yang wasn't here either, so they must be in the cafeteria, that, or they got an early start in Vale." Ruby said to herself. As Ruby dressed herself, she took notice of the influx of people in the dorms on the eastern end of the campus.
"Haven must be settling in right now. I haven't come across any of them yet." Ruby spoke aloud. As she finished getting dressed, her scroll rang. Picking it up, she answered quickly. "Hello?"
"Morning Ruby, you ready to head into Vale? Weiss is starting to get a little antsy." Yang joked.
"Yeah, I'll be down in a minute, where are you two?" Ruby asked as she gathered her things.
"We're down by the CCT, think you can get here by yourself?" Yang joked.
"Oh, ha ha, I'm blind, not crippled." Ruby shot back.
"Some would argue that they're the same thing. Come on, we don't have all day." Yang said before she hung up. Before she put away her scroll, Ruby prepared to send a message.
"Scroll, send a message to Blake." Ruby waited for her scroll to respond to the voice command. Hearing the chime, Ruby continued. "We are heading out soon, we will find you tonight, enjoy the rest of your day until then." Waiting again for another chime, Ruby issued one final command before leaving. "Send message."
With her message sent, Ruby stepped out into the hallway, making sure the door locked behind her. Finding the stairs and eventually stepped outside, Ruby let her sense wander as she took in the day. As she started walking, Ruby's mind continued to drift. Hearing the familiar taps of her boots against the cobblestone, Ruby let the pathways guide her. However, before she could get too far, she felt something run into her, bringing her and the unknown object to the ground with a thud.
"Ah, sorry! Wasn't paying any attention to where I was going!" A female voice said quickly.
"It's no problem, I wasn't paying attention either." Ruby apologized.
"Reese get off the poor girl, here, you okay?" Another female voice asked as Ruby brought her aura to focus.
"Thanks, so you must be Reese?" Ruby asked as the other female pulled her up.
"Yeah, sorry for that, I should've been paying attention to where I was going." Reese apologized.
"I said it wasn't an issue. And who are the rest of you?" Ruby turned to ask the other three.
"My name is Arslan, this is Bolin, and this is Nadir." Arslan introduced as she gestured to her other teammates.
"Ah, you must be from Haven, welcome to Beacon, the name's Ruby." Ruby introduced. Suddenly, she could feel their stares. "What? Is there something on my face?"
"If you call a blindfold something on your face, then yes." Bolin said.
"It's not a blindfold! Why does everyone call it a blindfold." Ruby said before using her semblance to sprint away.
"Well, I think you pissed her off Bolin." Arslan joked.
"What did I do?!" Bolin asked.
"Hey Arslan, I just remembered something from that article about that prodigy." Reese said, realization hitting her.
"And that is?" Arslan asked.
"It said that she was the first blind student at Beacon." Reese explained.
"And a black cloth around a part of the body is a Patch tradition for identifying the disabled." Arslan said as the realization hit her.
"Well Bolin, at least now we know what you did wrong." Nadir joked.
"I hope we don't ever go up against them in the tournament." Was all Bolin said.
*The CCT*
"There you are, we were wondering when you would show up." Weiss said with an annoyed huff.
"Sorry, I ran into one of the teams from Haven. I really want to punch one of their faces in during the tournament." Ruby said, equally as annoyed as the heiress.
"What'd they do sis?" Yang asked.
"One of them called my shata a blindfold!" Ruby huffed, crossing her arms.
"I'm sorry, a what?" Weiss asked.
"A shata, that's what this thing is called." Ruby explained pointing to the black cloth.
"I've never heard you call it that before." Weiss said.
"Because there isn't much of a reason to use traditional Patch outside of specific conversations. It would be like you referring to your heels in some old Atlesian language outside of some high society event or history lesson." Ruby explained.
"Still, you've never once mentioned what it's called. While everyone from Patch may know what it's called, everyone else from the other kingdoms don't unless they actively research other cultures and traditions." Weiss explained.
"Doesn't mean I can't call someone out for it." Ruby pouted.
"Ok, impromptu lesson over, Ruby, lead the way to Vale, oh fearless leader." Yang said with a dramatic bow, preventing Weiss from saying something.
"You two are just too much sometimes."
*Vale*
"So, you're absolutely certain the White Fang isn't behind the dust robberies?" Sun asked.
"They've never needed this much dust before. I can personally vouch for the fact that if they had the amount that was stolen, they wouldn't know what to do with it all." Blake defended.
"Then why don't we prove it?" Sun suggested.
"What do you mean?" Blake asked.
"Well, when I was on the ship, I overheard them talking about a huge shipment of dust coming in tonight, so to prove that it isn't the White Fang, you would go somewhere they would be, and not find them, right?" Sun explained.
"The fact that I made it through that explanation without having a stroke is astounding. But yeah, that's right. Come on, we don't have long before sun down." Blake said as Sun lead the way.
"What about your leader? She did say she was going to get you at sun down." Sun asked.
"She can wait. I need to prove that this isn't the White Fang, not for them, but for me." Blake responded.
"Alright, I can understand that. Come on, I know a little shortcut."
*RWY*
"Ruby, you said so yourself that this should be easy for you, so why has it taken us so long to find her?" Weis asked as the street lights turned on.
"I'm not going to lie, I was hoping to kill time, but I actually am struggling to pick her out from the crowds right now, thankfully though, it's getting dark out and the crowds are shrinking. Tell you what, let's take a quick break, you two go eat." Ruby shooed her teammates away as she extended her cane.
"Alright, just be careful, let us know if you find anything." Yang asked.
"Thank the gods. Any more complaining from Weiss and I would've snapped." Ruby said to herself. Pulling out her scroll, Ruby waited for it to chime. "Scroll, send a message to Blake. Where are you? It's getting late and Weiss is starting to grate on me."
"Are you looking for your friend?" Ruby jumped, not expecting someone to talk to her.
"Oh! Uh, yeah, I am, what time is it? If you don't mind me asking." Ruby asked.
"Of course! It is currently twelve minutes after eight. Do you require assistance in finding your friend?" The girl asked. Focusing on her aura, Ruby noticed something was incredibly off about her, but decided to file the thought away for later.
"That would be amazing actually. The names Ruby, what's your name?" Ruby asked.
"My name is Penny, I'm visiting from Atlas for the festival!" Penny introduced excitedly.
"Well, it's nice to meet you. I'm just waiting for a message from my friend and we can start looking. Suddenly an explosion sounded from where Ruby had to guess the docks were.
"We should investigate that explosion Ruby!" Penny said, as Ruby pushed her aura towards it. Before Penny could say anything, Ruby was running.
"You're right Penny, we should, I found my friend!"
*Blake*
Blake wished that just once, her life would calm down for more than a few weeks at a time. Fighting off White Fang grunts while Roman Torchwick took potshots at Sun and herself was not how she planned to spend the end of her weekend. Dodging a swing from a deer faunus, Blake struck him with the flat of her cleaver, turning to watch Sun begin a shotgun nun chuck assault on the crime lord.
"He's mine!" Shouted as she leapt over Sun, engaging the criminal herself while Sun caught his breath. Before she could react, Blake suddenly found herself on her back, with Roman pointing the end of his cane directly at her face.
"Hey!" A shout from the roof tops stopped the action around them as everyone present looked up to see a figure in a red cloak.
"Oh, hello Red, isn't it past your bedtime?" Roman asked with a smug smile.
"Ruby, are these your friends?" Penny asked.
"Stay back Penny!" Ruby ordered. Taking his chance, Roman shot at Ruby, hitting her in the gut and sending her sprawling on the roof. With Roman laughing at his shot, Penny took this moment to drop down, releasing her swords.
As more White Fang charged her, Penny beat them back one by one before she fired two of her swords behind her. As she pulled herself back two of the three bullheads lined up for a strafe run. Folding her swords and spinning them, Penny shot a large beam of energy at the two ships. Cutting each one in half, Penny set her sights back on the remaining grunts on the ground and charged.
"Kids these days just keep getting weirder and weirder." Roman muttered to himself as he and the last few grunts ran for the last bullhead. Penny watched them flee, electing to instead assist Ruby who was slowly standing up.
As Penny reached Ruby, she extended a hand. "Friend Ruby, the enemy has retreated. I feel that the remaining people are those that you were searching for, can you confirm?" Penny asked.
"Yeah, they're who I was looking for, thanks Penny. Think you could help me down? I can't tell if any was moved during the fight." Ruby asked as she checked to make sure no lasting damage was done.
"Of course, Ruby. If you would allow me to, I can carry you down safely." Penny said.
"That works, whenever you're ready." Ruby replied, right before Penny picked her up bridal style and carefully hopped down.
"Now Blake, I said to enjoy yourself, not run off and fight Roman Torchwick, care to explain?" Ruby asked with a voice the made even Sun flinch.
"It just kinda happened?" Was all Blake could respond with.
"I'm glad you're ok, but next time, ask one of your friends to help you." Ruby sighed.
"So, uh, you going to introduce us or what?" Sun asked awkwardly.
"Ruby, this is Sun, he's been keeping me company for the weekend. Sun, this is my friend and leader, Ruby." Blake introduced.
"Thanks for staying with Blake, I appreciate it." Ruby offered her hand.
"It was no big deal really, I have to say though, not even a week away from Haven and I'm already having fun." Sun joked.
"So how long until the police arrive?" Blake asked. As if to answer her questions, sirens rang through the night, followed immediately by multiple squad cars appearing at the docks.
After a short while of questioning by the police and explaining themselves the four students were allowed to rest. After having caught their breath, Penny had disappeared, much to Ruby's disappointment. However, it was short lived as she noticed Weiss and Yang coming closer.
"Brace yourself Blake, Weiss is coming." Was all Ruby said as Blake turned towards the entrance of the docks. True to Ruby's word, Weiss walked through the gates, followed closely by Yang. The white themed girl silently walked up to the faunus girl.
"Do you know, how long we have been searching for you?" Weiss started.
"Weiss, I-" Blake started before she was cut off.
"I have been looking for you all weekend. And in that time, I realized just how badly I reacted. The White Fang do not represent all faunus, and you said that you weren't affiliated with them anymore?" Weiss asked.
"That's right, I left them almost a year ago." Blake explained.
"Then I owe you an apology. Blake, I'm sorry I said what I did. And next time something like this comes up, you come to us first." Weiss apologized.
"Alright! Now, who else is tired?"
AN/ And that is a chapter. Hopefully I fixed a little inconsistency I made last chapter. I will hopefully get started on the next chapter of Street Gem very soon. Depends on if my friends are online and I get dragged into CoD tonight. Anyways, until next time, have a great day!