Chapter 9: CHEESECAKE! \(^o^)/


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(September 27th, 2015) Hi everyone TTOA here with Chapter 9 of RWBY: The Hunter from Earth! I'm really excited because I have new stories uploaded and I just really liked writing this Chapter – if the title is anything to go by.

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Without further ado, lets begin Chapter 9!


"Speech"

Thought

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{Letters/Notes}

[Flashback] begins/ends

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Narration/Log

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~Point of View~

[#] Author's Comments which will be shown at the official end of the Chapter and before the ending A/N.


March

Opallios's Log

So. It's been a couple of months since I last wrote. I decided to take a break from writing in this since I figured I didn't need to write in this every single day. As far as what happened in those two months since I last wrote, which I think was in January or something, I did some decorating at the waterfall cave I sometimes go to. Other than that, I pretty much did my usual training routine of keeping my body up, mastering my Tree Climbing, which after much consideration I decided to call it Aura Concentration, and trying to have better control of my Lightning Dust so it doesn't drain my body so much. I'm getting much better with my weapons, but Master hasn't really taught me any kind of combat strategies and he instead wants me to read. I'm not complaining since I love reading and the more I get to learn about this world the better. In my free time I am keeping up my part-time job at The Wolf of the Moon, hanging out with Saga, and keeping in touch with Cinder.

On the subject of Cinder, I still don't know how I really feel about her and I don't know how she feels about me. I can't tell if she is messing with me or actually has feelings for me. It's all very confusing for me, but I don't really bring it up for fear of upsetting her.

I don't know what I'll be doing tomorrow, I think it'll just be a relaxing one...


Downtown Vale

Saga and I were walking around not really doing anything. We were just bored and were trying to find something to do.

"What do you want to do?" Saga asked. I shrugged my shoulders. "We need something to do."

"Wish I could help you there." I said. We continued walking around aimlessly. "I have a question."

"What is it?" Saga turned to me.

"How did you unlock your Semblance?"

Saga was silent for a bit. "I guess I was experimenting with something and I stored a book I was reading. When I didn't think I was able to get it back, it just kind of appeared." Saga answered.

"That pretty cool. I got into a fight at a cafe." I said bluntly. Something caught my eye.

~Saga~

"That's, interesting." I said to Opals. He didn't say anything. I glanced at him and saw he was gone. I stopped and looked around before I saw him staring at something from across the street. I walked over to him. "What are you staring at? Someone caught your interest? Better not let your girlfriend know." I asked jokingly. I looked at him and he didn't say anything. "Hey, you alright?" I asked hesitantly.

"CHEESECAKE!" he suddenly shouted and in an instant he was at the window of the store. It took me a minute to register him not being near me and I quickly made my way over to him. "We're going in here." Opals said almost authoritatively.

"What?"

"Now."

"Okay!" I said and we headed inside. When we walked in there was a lot of different flavors of cheesecake. I didn't understand what had gotten into Opals, but the look on his face and especially the brightness of his eyes answered my questions. He looks like a kid in a candy store. I chuckled but he seemed to pay me no mind as he slowly browsed the flavors. He walked back and forth along the isle looking at every flavor as if it was a do-or-die mission. I noticed a female clerk was watching him and I decided to use my skills to talk to her. "I don't know what's up with him. I'm just here for the ride." I said casually. The girl turned towards me and rolled her eyes. "Come on! I'm here too!"

"Are you looking to buy something?" she asked with so much bluntness not even the bluntest of weapons could pair up to it and it hurt me a little bit. I honestly wasn't a big cheesecake fan.

"Not really." I said slowly. "But I'm looking for someone to hang out with. What do you say?"

"Sorry. Not interested." she said with a smirk. I hung my head in shame.

Why is it always me? I glanced over at Opals and he hovered over a particular slice. From the looks of it it appeared to be a cinnamon roll flavor. He was looking at it as if it was the Holy Grail or something. I heard him make a purchase and I decided to find a seat for us to sit down at. He came by a few moments later with a plastic fork and some napkins and slowly began to eat his cheesecake, taking small bites to savor the flavor. I noticed his expressions were in ecstasy and I was slightly creeped out by it because I honestly didn't think he could make those kind of faces.

I decided to mess with him for a bit. "You better make those faces when your with Cinder."

He nearly choked on the cheesecake. After a full minute of choking, he was finally able to speak. "Not. Funny." he said with such a cold demeanor that I felt the room temperature drop. He also gave me a death glare so deadly that I think even Death himself would avert his gaze. "Don't even joke about that. I would never even think of doing something like that." He continued to eat what was left of his cheesecake.

"Jeez, I was just joking. No need to take it so seriously." I said.

"I don't care. I will never stoop myself to be so low." he said with a small hint of anger.

"Alright, I'm sorry. I won't joke about it again." I said with sincerity.

"Ever." he deadpanned as he took the last bite of the cheesecake. He wiped his mouth of crumbs on his face and got up to dispose of his trash. He sat back down and brought out his music player and started to listen to his music. I could slightly hear it and it sounded like a metal song. I knew I wasn't supposed to bother him while he had his music playing, but I had a couple of questions to ask him.

"Why do you like cheesecake so much?" I asked.

Opals took out one earbud and looked at me before he spoke. "Cheesecake is my absolute favorite dessert. There were not any places like this close to home, and when I came to Vale I was nervous that I wasn't going to be able to have cheesecake; but you see that's not the case."

"What's your favorite flavor?"

He paused and he took on a thinking pose by stroking his goatee. "I honestly don't have a favorite, but a few are the cinnamon roll one I just had – along with any cinnamon flavored ones – strawberry; plain; ones with a chocolate crust instead of graham cracker, although I can go with either or; chocolate cheesecakes; and one of my personal favorites is a chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake since cookie dough ice-cream is one of my favorite flavors."

"Soooo, does this mean I can bribe you with cheesecake?" I asked him.

He cocked an eyebrow at me. "Elaborate."

"I mean, if there was something I wanted you to do and you didn't want to do it, could I bribe you with cheesecake in order for you to do the task?"

He thought about it for a bit. "That would only work 98% of the time."

"What's the other 2%?"

"It's a no since I wouldn't do anything that puts my life or friends in danger. I may love cheesecake, but it's not worth risking my life over. It also may just be no simply because I don't want to do it and not even bribing me with multiple slices or an entire platter would convince me since I would despise the thing so much that cheesecake will not be worth it."

'I'll keep that in mind.' I nodded. "So, about Cinder..."

"What is it?" he said with slight annoyance.

"When are you going to tell her how you feel?"

He sighed. "Let's get out of here, first. I would rather not talk about it here. In fact, I have a good place to talk about this with you. Follow me." I nodded in understanding and we got up to leave.

Somewhere

It took us a bit but Opals lead me to a forest and he leaped into the trees and looked down at me. I was startled that he could easily do that.

"Since when could you do that!?" I called to him.

He smiled. "It's part of my training. I use this forest to train my aura." I thought he was going to continue on that thought, but he didn't. "Try and keep up." He began to leap through the trees and I had to almost sprint to keep up with him.

Someplace new

I could hear water running nearby and I came onto a clearing and I was sweating and out of breath. I looked around for Opals and he was standing at the shoreline of a small basin that had a huge waterfall. I walked over to him and stood next to him.

"I call this area my meditation realm. It's a place I go to whenever I want some piece and quiet. Follow me." he said without turning to me. He walked along the edge of the basin until he got to the waterfall. I hesitated at first, but followed him. He got to a rocky ledge and hoisted himself onto it. He offered his hand and pulled me up. He then slowly made his way behind the waterfall and into a cave. I followed him and what I saw were a fuck-ton of lit candles along the sides of the surprisingly large cavern. There also were a few tables which had some vials and Dust. There was also a couple of small areas where some strange plants grew. There was also some archery targets and practice dummies near the back and a large mat or rug of some sort in the middle of the room. The entire cave was lit with candles and a couple of torches.

"What is all of this?" I asked with wonder.

"This is my little base behind the waterfall. I mostly come here to meditate and practice my alchemy. On occasion I would practice my weapons, but only when I wanted to test out a new Dust combination or poison. How the water sounds in this cave is the main reason why I chose this area. I've been building this place up for the past couple of months. You are the first person to see all of this."

"This is really impressive. How were you able to afford all of this?"

"Most of the stuff I gathered around this forest, but I paid for the targets, the practice dummies, the rug, the candles, and the Dust. I made the tables and torches myself. If you're wondering how this cave doesn't get spotted at night, I put out the candles and torches before I leave, and I usually don't work at night. If I did, I would rather use the Night Vision feature on my armor to find my way here until I got to the waterfall. I'll have an easier way of getting in here, but I need to practice before I can pull that off." he explained.

"You've really outdone yourself." I said. He smiled before he sighed.

"Sit down over here." Opals gestured over to the rug. "Don't worry, the rug has fire dust woven in it so it's always dry."

~Opallios~

I had Saga sit across from me on the rug. I took in a deep breath. "I'm going to let you know now, it is a bit difficult for me to express my feelings to others. I'm going to tell you some things I did during the two months before I tell you what I think of Cinder. I would rather you not laugh at me, but I don't mind if you do." Saga nodded his head. "Where I come from, February 14th is a special day for people..."


[Flashback to February 14th]

I looked at the calender on my Scroll and was surprised that today was February 14th. Back on Earth I would have paid no mind to it or I would roll my eyes in annoyance. This is because it is Valentine's Day and I was absolutely sick of it. I hated the fact that people would make cards for each other and the whole love aspect of it was stupid in my opinion. As I got older, I think the reason for my hatred of Valentine's Day was because I had no one to be my Valentine. I was so used to being alone that I didn't think anyone really cared about me. I was honestly okay with being alone as it's where I was most comfortable. However, I am no longer on Earth and I actually might have someone to call my Valentine. Cinder and I have been talking to each other a lot these past few months and I think we have gotten close in some sort of regard. There is no denying I find Cinder attractive, but what knowledge I have of her from the show is preventing me from providing certain feelings. I was always cautious around her, but at the same time I enjoyed her company. She seemed to enjoy mine as well, but there is a part of my brain that is unsure of it. I was walking around Vale and I noticed there wasn't really anything that was letting me know if Valentine's Day was even celebrated. I guess the problem is that Remnant seems to not celebrate any of the holidays Earth has, but Volume Three didn't come out yet and I wasn't even sure what was going to be announced at RTX.

As I thought more about RTX, I was a bit upset that I wasn't going to be able to see it and I was curious as to what would be featured at the RWBY panel. I figured that Volume Three would be mostly about the tournament since it was mentioned in Volume Two and it seems to be a big deal. Weiss having a sister was briefly mentioned in an episode as well as Qrow having a silhouetted appearance. I imagined that they would possibly be announced at RTX or at the very least have character designs. Since the tournament would be the most likely thing to talk about at RTX, there was also a possibility for new teams to be announced as well. I was pretty sure figurines for the rest of team JNPR would be there as well. A final thought came to mind was Ren's new voice actor. With Monty Oum's sudden passing, I was worried that Ren would either be absent or be changed into a mute or something. I didn't know Monty Oum on a personal level, but I knew some of his other projects before RWBY. I believed Ren would get a new voice actor and I figured it would be someone good although I had no idea who would fit the role. This was all just speculation in my head, but given what happened between the end of Volume Two and the time before I left Earth, I figured those were the most likely options [1].

I placed my thoughts back to today. I decided to make a card for her. It wasn't much, it just said be my Valentine just this once or something along those lines. I knew it was extremely corny to do something like this and I could probably spend my time better, but for some reason I felt I needed to do this. I already called her for us to meet in the park and I was just about to arrive there.

I got there and I glanced around for her. I would try to use my aura sensing ability, but I was still a bit rusty with it. I spotted her sitting on a park bench in front of a fountain. I was surprised to find out she was wearing a more casual outfit and not some kind of dress I was so used to seeing her in. Her out fit consisted of a black jean jacket over a red sleeve wrap top. She was wearing a dark red, almost black colored pair of skinny jeans which admittedly showed what a killer figure she has-


"So you were definitely checking her out."

"Dammit Saga! Don't interrupt me again or so help me god I will end you!" I yelled with my face turning red.

Saga was unfazed by my pointless threat. "But you're not denying that you were checking her out." He said with a shit-eating grin.

"...Shut up." I pouted as I crossed my arms over my chest. "Anyway, where was I?"


She wasn't looking at me and I did my best not to stare at her. I seriously can't help but admire at how beautiful Cinder is. I took in a deep breath and walked over to her. She noticed me walking over to her and her face visibly brightened.

"Hey, Opals." she greeted me.

"Hi, Cinder. I hope I didn't mess anything up." I replied with a small smile.

"Oh you're fine. Is there any reason you wanted me to be here?" she asked me.

I averted my gaze and shuffled my feet. "Y-y-yeah. I-I want-ted to give you sss-ss-s-" I had to take in a breath. "-something. Ugh, I hate it when I stutter! Sorry." I said. She giggled at me as I brought out the card and I gave it to her. Her expression showed curiosity.

"What's this? Some kind of love letter, you're bold." she teased.

My eyes widened. "N-no! It's not like that-"

"But don't you want it like that?"

My face turned red. "Look, back in my hometown February 14th is known as Valentine's Day. It is a time where people are supposed to be with those they cherish. Usually Valentine cards are exchanged and the woman receives chocolate and roses. Unfortunately my pay doesn't get me to afford them, but I would've given them to you if I could."

"What does it mean to be someone's Valentine?" she asked me.

"I'm honestly not too sure. I actually hate Valentine's Day since I would always see couples together and I was so used to being alone to the point where I preferred being alone that I developed a hatred of Valentine's Day. When I came to Vale I wanted to start anew, and I got to meet you in the process. Since we have been talking to each other over these past few months – and you're the first woman I have been able to talk to for more than three minutes – I thought that you would like to be my Valentine. If I had to describe it, being someone's Valentine is like a having a boyfriend or girlfriend without actually being in that kind of relationship. It's hard for me to explain since I'm not used to doing this sort of thing."

Cinder looked at the card I made before she placed it in her bag. "Well it was really sweet of you to do this for me, Opals. Thank you." She gave me a sweet smile that made me blush.

"You're welcome. Sorry it isn't much. I wasn't sure if Vale did anything like this and I wanted to try and introduce it to others." I said while scratching the back of my head.

"I have a question, though. A hypothetical one" Cinder asked me.

"What is it?"

"Would you like it if we were boyfriend and girlfriend?"

[Flashback end]


"What did you say?" Saga asked me.

"I said I don't know. She simply nodded and after a couple of minutes she left." I said with slight grimace.

"Why didn't you tell her?" he asked.

"It's because I'm still afraid of her!" I slightly raised my voice. Saga was surprised by my sudden outburst. I took in a breath. "There is something about her I am unsure of, and I don't know if she is like that. Because of it my mental and emotional states leave me distraught. I've been trying to figure out the answer for quite some time."

"Well, I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out." Saga said as we got up to leave. "There is one thing I want you to do, though."

"What's that?"

"When you figure it out, tell her; and please try to figure it out before we go to Beacon. You might not be able to see her for a long time." He left with those words for me to take in as he left the cave. I turned towards one of the larger candles I had and I gazed into the fire.

"Let's hope I figure it out soon." I said to myself. I put out the remaining candles and torches and left the cave.


[Author's Comments]

[1] Keep in mind I did watch RTX irl, but not at the time of this fic. I would think that what was actually shown at RTX would be what this version of me would imagine to be shown. I didn't want to just have what I actually saw at RTX be fact in this fic.


So I'm going to stop here this time. I hope you enjoyed this Chapter as it took me a bit for me to write it. Me with cheesecake is like Ruby with cookies or Nora with pancakes; just to show how much I love cheesecake.


With that this has been TheTriforceofAwesomeness and I will see you in Chapter 10.

Peace!