Ok before we get started I need to get something off my chest.

This will include spoilers for RWBY V7 EP6 so if you haven't seen it yet, scroll past to the story.

All that I can say about the episode…. RENORA IS CANNON! HELL YEAH! I AM SO HAPPYYYYYY! WOOHOOOOO!

Ahem, ok I'm calmed down (slightly) but I cannot contain how happy I am that my ninja boy and mad bomber are 'together-together' at last. It's only a matter of time before Bumbleby becomes canon and I can't wait!

Alright now that my happy scream is over let's get on with the show!

Chapter 9: Vanilla Is White

"Before we begin I just wanted to make sure you were all still ok, I noticed one of you was quite emotional from watching the previous scene" their host Ethan said with concern as he looked at specifically at Nora who appeared to have returned to her lively self.

"Yes we're all fine and Nora is feeling much better, thank you for your concern" said Pyrrha in a grateful tone with the others nodding in agreement.

"Alright since you're all doing ok I'll start the next scene, oh and Nora I'm sure you're gonna enjoy this one" quipped the other worldly being before disappearing to wherever he went to and started the next scene.

Nora had just finished her day at school and was currently leaving the building but stopped at the top of the front steps in surprise, her reason being a certain collard boy was waiting at the bottom of the steps and looked to be in his own world, not paying attention to anything specific.

Getting over her surprise Nora descended the steps and snapped the daydreaming boy out of hi trance.

"Earth to Ren" she said while tapping his shoulder, this did the trick as Ren snapped his head towards her in surprise.

"Oz sent me" he explained which surprised the girl as he was here to pick her up alone.

"All by yourself?" questioned Nora who got an affirmative nod in response. "Wow big day, this calls for celebration" said Nora in excitement but Ren was a bit more apprehensive.

"Ozpin said straight home" said Ren not wanting to get in trouble with his blind guardian.

(off screen)

"BOOOO! No curfew, go and celebrate Renny!" said Nora enthusiastically to the onscreen Ren.
"Nora he cannot hear you and it's important to follow curfew" said Weiss who always tried to follow the rules.

"Oh lighten up Weiss-cream, it's not we always follow the rules, like when we decided to find out what Torchwick and the White Fang were up to and we fought a giant robot in the city" said Yang to Weiss who fumed at the 'Weiss-cream' nickname.

"Would you care to repeat that miss Xiou Long, I'm certain you just said that you broke curfew to investigate a wanted criminal and a terrorist organisation illegally" Professors Goodwitch's voice was cold as ice as she questioned her student's on their 'extracurricular activities'.

The students had forgotten that their professors were with them but were silent so they forgot to keep their activities secret.

"Oh uhm well, you see…what I meant to say was-….yeah I got nothing" a sheepish Yang concluded while not making eye contact with the irate professor.

"wedidn'tmeantobutblakewasactingstrangeandworriedsowedecidedtoinvestigateouselvessopleasetoexpellusweareverysorry!" rambled Ruby in speeds that only professor Oobleck could possibly understand.

"No need to worry miss Rose, no one will be expelled but try to be more discreet next time" spoke professor Ozpin while calmy sipping his coffee and giving his colleague a look that said to let matter go.

Letting out a frustrated 'humph' the blond witch turned her attention back to the screen.

(on screen)

Nora, who ignored Ren's pleas to go home directly practically dragged the boy to an ice-cream store and ordered a cone for each of them.

"This is a cone and this is the ice-cream" explained the orange haired girl who held up the dessert treat for Ren to see. "You ever had ice-cream before?" she questioned.

"No" said Ren as looked at the strange food in his hand.

(off screen)

"What blasphemy is this! Never had ice-cream before!? That's like never having pancakes! We need to fix this now!" exclaimed Nora and continued raving on about the different flavours of ice-cream that Ren's 'other' has to try, ranging from ordinary chocolate and vanilla to Neapolitan.

(in a secret warehouse)

A short woman with different coloured hair let out a silent sneeze and wondered who was talking about her. Suddenly having a craving for her favourite ice-cream she held up a sign to her boss and partner in crime 'Ice-cream, now!'

"Really Neo? You want dessert now?" asked Roman Torchwick to his smaller partner who gave a nod in retun.

"Alright, let's hit the town, I'm sure we can get your favourite flavour too" said Roman which got Neo mentally drooling at the thought of her favourite ice-cream flavours.

Walking up to her boss Neo put her hand on his shoulder and the two of them seemed to crack like glass before vanishing from the warehouse just a woman with amber eyes, wearing a red dress entered and found no one there which caused her to growl in anger that her 'subordinate' was not present.

Meanwhile at an ice-cream store where two criminals were currently enjoying two bowls of Neapolitan ice-cream, Roman for some reason felt very smug as if he pissed off somebody he really didn't like. His good mood improved, he continued to enjoy the triple flavoured dessert with his partner and only friend, not that he'd tell anyone that little fact.

(back with the audience)

Ren managed to calm Nora down after he reluctantly promised to bake pancakes and buy ice-cream for the later.

Now calmed down they returned to the viewing.

(on screen)

Getting over the shock of Ren never eating ice-cream before, Nora quickly decided to educate the boy on what he's been missing.

"This is vanilla ice-cream and vanilla is white" she explained.

"Vanilla is white" repeated Ren.

"Go on, taste it" encouraged the girl.

Instead of taking small licks like a regularly person Ren took a massive bite of the cold dessert and Nora could only stare with her mouth agape in disbelief.

A few seconds passed before Ren looked ready to gag out the big chunk of ice-cream he took.

"Oh no, just work it around, work it around" said Nora who after getting over her shock could only laugh at the funny faces Ren was making as he tried to move the ice cold treat in his mouth.

Not being able to endure the coldness in his mouth for a second longer Ren took a massive gulp and swallowed the chunk of ice-cream whole which just made Nora stare again in shock and disbelief.

(off screen)

The students were all laughing loudly at what they just witnessed with the exceptions being Ren himself who just blushed and looked down in embarrassment, Pyrrah who didn't want be rude but was holding her hand in front of her mouth to muffle her laughing, Blake who did find the situation funny held her chuckling to a minimum and Weiss who was trying and failing to stay dignified but was chuckling ever so slightly.

The others however were not restraining themselves.

"HAHAHA OH MY OUM! HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS! I CAN'T BREATHE HAHAHA!" Bellowed Yang who was clutching her stomach and laughing like there was no tomorrow.

Nora was no better "HAHAHA RENNY THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST FACE I'VE EVER SEEN YOU PULL, YOU HAVE TO DO IT MORE OFTEN HAHA. I KNOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU ICE-CREAM AND YOU CAN TAKE BIG BITES AND PULL THOSE FACES ALL THE TIME!"

The thought of eating ice-cream in such a way regularly made the pink streaked boy shiver in fear and prayed to whatever deities that still existed to never let Nora get her hands on ice-cream any time soon.

(on screen)

"Oh my god!" a shocked Nora exclaimed after seeing Ren swallow the ice-cream in his mouth whole and was now shivering slightly.

"You know the thing about ice-cream is that first it's cold but then it becomes sweet but if you freeze you whole mouth out you're never gonna be able to taste the sweet part" she explained amusingly.

Deciding to demonstrate, Nora took her ice-cream cone and took small licks while Ren tried to copy what he was seeing but was a little sloppy and spilled a little on his jacket which just made Nora giggle and helped him clean himself.

(off screen)

"So if we just lick you gently you'll stop being so cold and become sweet, huh Weiss-cream?" teased Yang while licking her lips suggestively.

Blushing like a tomato, Weiss looked at the blonde with an expression of embarrassment, anger and disbelief. "H-how could you even suggest such a thing!?" exclaimed the snow themed heiress with a blush that could light up a room.

"I'm just kidding Weiss, jeez you don't need to be so uptight, maybe I really need to find a way to loosen you up" teased Yang even further which made the heiress once again sputter in embarrassment.

Ruby could only hide her face as her sister teased Weiss. Meanwhile Blake who was blushing with a perverted smile was currently taking writing ideas for a new scenario that could take place in her favourite book series 'Ninja's of Love'. "A yuri scene where the princess is feeling afraid in her bedroom after a failed attack earlier in the day, so the frightened princess asks her bodyguard to spend the night in her chambers and after reluctantly agreeing, her bed as well and then after giving her protector a grateful hug and kiss, quickly escalades to the them removing each other's clothing and then-…" Blake's thoughts were firmly in the gutter as she pictured the XXX scene which caused her to have a massive nose bleed.

Jaune was blushing as well as his mind pictured the busty blonde and white haired heiress in different scenarios involving them licking each other while covered in ice-cream. Quickly shaking his head to banish such thoughts Jaune instead focused his attention on his red headed partner who looked at him with concern at seeing his flustered state.

"Are feeling ok Jaune?" asked Pyrrha.

"Y-yeah I'm fine, no problem at all" he answered quickly but his blush returned full force as he now pictured Pyrrha as well in an erotic manner.

"If you say so" relented the Spartan as she watched her partner blush and look away towards the screen and couldn't help but feel that Jaune was embarrassed because of her which made her grin for some reason.

After everyone got over their embarrassment at hearing Yang's comments, they all continued their viewing experience.

(on screen)

The two teenagers were now on their way back to the apartment while finishing the last of the ice-cream cones when Nora noticed how late it actually was and urged Ren to hurry.

"Remember if Oz asks where we were let me do the talking ok" said the girl while the two of them jogged up the stairwell that led to their apartment.

"If he knows we had ice-cream before dinner he'll be pissed that we ruined our appetite" she continued.

"What's 'appetite'" asked Ren, confused at the unfamiliar word.

"Appetite is what you have when you don't have a belly full of ice-cream" she hurriedly explained while wiping her mouth clean of any excess ice-cream.

"How's my mouth" she asked, showing he brace filled teeth.

"Nice" replied Ren firmly with a smile.

"No it's not, it's full of hardware but not for long" playfully denied Nora while blushing slightly at the sincere compliment.

Just as she was about to open the door Ren asked a question that made her freeze momentarily.

"Do you miss your mom?" he asked curiously.

Turning to face him "Everyday; you miss your mom?" she asked back.

"I don't remember my mom" he sadly replied, his eyes not meeting hers.

"Sometimes I think it's easier not to remember" said Nora after opening the door and entering with Ren following.

(off screen)

"Not remember mom? I don't think I could ever do that" thought Ruby to herself as she recalled all the happy moments she spent with her mother Summer who was 'the greatest mother in the world' in her mind.

A tear left her eye before she was pulled into a one armed hug by her sister who had a look of understanding on her face. Snuggling closer, Ruby let out a sigh of happiness as she was held in her sister's protective embrace.

Looking at his niece's, Qrow smiled a rare true smile as he watched them comfort each other but then frowned as he thought of his deceased teammate "you should be here Summer, not me" he thought and took a missive sip from his flask.

Ozpin also frowned as he recalled the mission Summer went on only to never return. "What happened to you Summer Rose?" It remained a mystery on what really happened to Ruby's mother and the headmaster had a slight suspicion that foul play was involved. "Did you have something to do with her disappearance, Salem?" he thought to himself but quickly decided to think on the matter later and returned to watching the theatre screen.

(on screen)

"Hi" chirped Nora as she and Ren entered the kitchen to find Ozpin preparing dinner.

"You're late" he replied in a tone that suggested he was not amused at all.

"It was so nice out we decided to walk the long way" explained Nora in hopes calming her step-father.

"Oh you deci…. Didn't I say bring her straight home?" scolded Ozpin at Ren who could only look down as his guardian's disappointed voice rang through his ears.

Coming to his defence Nora tried to shift the blame onto herself "Oz. it was me. Not him." She firmly stated, however this just seemed to make the older man even more irate.

"Oh it was…. If you wanted to take the long way home, you could've gone to that school in Patch. Then you could've taken the long way home for fifty miles and wouldn't care" he said with his voice rising a little.

"Fifty miles of corn" quipped Nora.

"Corn is safe!" fired Ozpin

"Corn is boring and anyway this was the better school" said Nora as if she wasn't just yelled at.

"Which is why we're here and not with the corn, right?" So do me a favour and don't make worry, ok." He said more calmly.

"Ok Oz" agreed the girl who hugged the man tightly.

Before he completely let go of his daughter his nose picked up a certain odour.

"What is that" he questioned while sniffing the air.

"What?" a nervous Nora asked while backing away slowly.

"Smells like ice-cream, vanilla ice-cream" he said, still sniffing.

Hearing the familiar word Ren's head snapped up and he spoke without thinking.

"Vanilla is white. First It's cold. Then it's sweet. Sweet is good" he finished while smiling as if he won the lottery and Nora could only lower her head in defeat and Ozpin just gave a pointing at her in a way that said 'nice try'.

(off screen)

"Dang it! Almost got away with it" said Nora, a bit disappointed that her counterpart was caught because of Ren couldn't keep his mouth shut. Her comrades just laughed light-heartedly.

"Better luck next time miss Valkyrie" commented Ozpin who smiled and continued to sip his never ending mug of coffee.
(on screen)

With dinner finished, Ozpin and Nora were busy cleaning up while Ren was in his room playing a tune on the keyboard.

Glancing at the sound the keyboards tune Ozpin shook his head slightly as he picked up the dinner plates.

"Sometimes I worry about that boy. It's as someone or something made him shut down his feelings so hard, he no can no longer get in touch with them" spoke Ozpin with concern.

"That's what I've been trying to do" said Nora softly as helped clean the table.

"With vanilla ice-cream? Maybe we should come up with a different strategy" advised the older man to his daughter who looked down in thought.

"Goodnight" said Ozpin as he finished cleaning the table and made his way to his bedroom.

"Night" replied Nora, who suddenly had an idea, after having a bath and putting on her pj's she quietly tip-toed her way to Ren's room and knocked before entering.

Finding Ren sitting on his bed and playing the keyboard, Nora quickly told him to be quiet and to follow her silently to the living room where the piano was currently standing.

"When I was little I used to do this with my mom and Oz. It's kinda how I fell in love with music" explained Nora softly as she and Ren sat down in front of the piano opened one of her music books and placed it on the piano to see.

"You see these thingies? They're called notes" she said, indicating to the notes on pages of book.

"Notes" confirmed Ren.

"Ok notes are signals" she explained further.
"Notes are signals" he repeated again.

"So if you see this note, it's the signal to play this key" she indicated to white key and placed one of his fingers there.

"Ok so you're gonna play and you're gonna hop…

Continuing to indicate which notes signalled which key Nora placed Ren's finger's on the appropriate keys and instructed him on how to play them.

After playing the keys and finding his rhythm, Ren started to play more confidently and Nora joined in and soon a lovely tune was being played by the two young teens.

(Off screen)

Weiss immediately recognized the tune being played as 'Habanera', a beautiful opera song.

"That's a beautiful piece they are playing" said Glynda Goodwitch who was currently enjoying the lovely tune. This got nods of agreement from the students and Ozpin but not Qrow who wasn't really interested in classical music.

(on screen)

Ren and Nora playfully bumped each other's shoulders as they continued to play. Meanwhile in Ozpin's bedroom the blind man woke up to the sound of music being played and after recognising the tune he smiled to himself and closed his eyes to return to the world of dreams as the screen darkens once more.

(off screen)

Everyone could not stop smiling as they witnessed Nora seemingly bring new life to Ren as they played the piano and couldn't wait to see more.

"I told you Nora, you're going to be a key part in bringing Ren true happiness, you didn't think I was lying did you?" questioned Ethan who returned to the theatre.

"No I didn't and I'm just so glad I'm helping him and giving him a new and happy life" said the now blushing but happy Nora.

"Well I'm glad to hear that, now before I leave I've decided to give you all some more company."

After snapping his fingers three more figures flashed into existence and when the light died down General James Ironwood, Winter Schnee and Penny Polindina were left standing in the theatre looking very confused.

"What the- I could have sworn I was in my office just a minute ago" said the General who took in his surroundings and noticed the other occupants.

"Ozpin? Glynda, Qrow? Where are and what's going on?" he questioned.

Before he could get an answer a very excited cry got his attention.

"SALUTATIONS FRIEND RUBY!" greeted Penny as she tackled the tiny reaper in a massive bear hug that made her ribs cry in agony.

"It's great to see you again Penny" Ruby managed to choke out.

Realising her friend was having trouble breathing the disguised robot girl quickly released her death hug "apologies, sometimes I forget my own strength" said an apologetic Penny, however Ruby just waved it off.

"Will someone please explain how and why exactly we are in a theatre" said Winter in a demanding tone.

"Sheesh, lighten up will ya snow-queen" slurred Qrow in a drunk way that he knew would immediately anger her and was not disappointed.

" . .THAT" hissed Winter in barely contained anger, but the drunk huntsman just laughed and took another sip of his flask.

Before things escaladed Ethan quickly got their attention and promptly explained multiverse and that they were viewing a different version of one of the students.

"I can't believe something like this is real, other worlds, just imagine all we could learn" spoke the general with aw in his voice.

"Just to be clear if you witness something that can be used for terrible purposes for example instructions on how to build a destructive weapon, I will erase it from your memories, are we clear?"

"Yes, crystal clear" replied James and Winter, not wanting to anger the other worldly being.

"Excellent!" a cheerful Ethan replied. Ok I'll fill you in on what you missed so you're not confused.

The newcomer's heads were then assaulted with everything that has currently been shown and when it was over the three of them could only feel a mixture of anger, disgust and sympathy at the life of the on screen Ren but they were also grateful for Ozpin and Nora for saving the boy and giving him a new life with a chance at happiness.

"Now that you are caught up I'll give a chance to catch up with each other, then continue the viewing."

With his piece said their host once again vanished leaving the general to talk to Ozpin, Glynda and Qrow while Winter caught up with her sister.

END.

Author's note: Well that's another chapter done and dusted. General Ironwood, Winter and Penny have now joined our cast and I can't wait to see their reactions. I want to thank all of you guys for reading and reviewing my stories, it really means a lot to me as a novice author who creates content that people actually enjoy.

Also just a heads up, I might not update regularly because of the festive season. So if you see no new updates then I'm on hiatus for a while but this story is not abandoned. I'll see you all next time.

Ja Ne!