Ruby wasn't in a good mood since the morning with Blake. She was still pissed and it was even worse now. She had cried in front of someone, it didn't matter if it was only Neo. Ruby doesn't cry, she hasn't cried since day she almost died. Crying made her look weak and she refused to be weak. Weakness is unacceptable. Ever since she almost died Ruby was determined to never be weak again, to never let anyone be able to stand over her again. She had done to much and gave up to much to let any kind of weakness show. What put her into an even worse mood were the events that took place after Blake. First being attacked by Blake's father and then her fight with Yang."
Blake herself had spent a few nights in the hospital after the beating she took from Ruby. A few broken ribs, a concussion, bruises and lacerations all over her body, a dislocated jaw, broken nose and a black eye. Blake wouldn't tell anyone what happened but Yang and Weiss were pretty sure it is was Ruby. The fact that Junior was the one who dropped her off is what gave it away. Her parents were worried about her and also pissed and as you can imagine Weiss opened her big mouth. The Schnee girl let it slip that it was Ruby that did this to their daughter. Ghira was enraged and had actually took off and went to confront Ruby. It didn't go to well for him when he did.
Ruby had been out outside keeping an eye on some painter she hired to touch up the outside of the club. Ghira didn't even say a word before lunging at her. Ruby heard him before he was even close enough so she easily dodged and countered him. Ruby already wasn't in the mood so for him to have the balls to attack her set her over the edge. Normally she didn't use her abilities that often but she was going to use them now and not even try to hold back. It's as she said, no one fucks with the queen.
When Ghira got up after her counter she disappeared leaving petals behind like she usually does. He quickly turned around but it was to late and she hit him full force throwing him through a brick wall. She followed him into the building he was thrown into and was there before he could even recover. He was thrown again but this time she didn't even touch him. What did touch him was a large gust of wind that actually cut into his clothing. It was like a tornado was inside of the room with and it was emanating from her. She was unarmed and didn't even have any dust on her so he couldn't understand where it was coming from.
The wind was picking up all the dust and debris making it difficult to see. What Ghira did see though was a pair of flaming silver eye's shinning through the thick debris filled wind.
"YOU DARE ATTACK ME!" Ruby yelled in anger. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO YOUR FUCKING WITH!"
The wind started forming a vortex around him lifting him up before it started to suffocate him. She could have killed him but decided not to, she knew who he was and knew why he attacked her. If she were in his position she would do the same. She tossed him back outside leaving him gasping for air as she simply walked away. Ghira went back to the hospital and just pretended like nothing happened and even when asked. He was dirty, his clothes were torn up and he had some cuts and bruises but overall he was fine. It was more his manly pride that kept him from saying anything. Plus the way her eye's had looked kinda terrified him and he felt it would be better not to discuss it.
It would be a week later when Yang was determined to confront Ruby. She was convinced to leave Ruby alone but that only lasted a day. Yang was not only pissed at Ruby because of Blake but she was also still determined to bring her back home. Yang went to the club during the day before it was open and kicked the door in.
"RUBY!" Yang yelled. "GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!"
"Blondie what are you doing here?" Junior said stepping out in front of her.
"You know damn well why I'm here!" She hissed out. "She hurt Blake!"
"Look, this won't end well, so please turn around and leave." He told her.
"RUBY GET DOWN HERE!" She yelled some more.
"Stop yelling she's not up there." He said as he covered his ears.
"Where is she Junior!" Yang asked as she grabbed him by the collar.
"She's down stairs. Down that hall first door on the left." He told her knowing this wasn't going to end well for her.
Yang dropped him and went to the door he mentioned. Heading down the stairs she could hear cheers, whistles and yells. Reaching the the bottom she peaked through the doors window. The basement was large and had dozens of men and women in it. Ruby stood there in the middle of them with Neo by her side. She could hear everything as Ruby stated talking.
"All right boys and girls, you know rules!" Ruby yelled aloud so everyone could hear her. "No killing, Tyrian that means you, I will 'NOT' get rid of another body for you!"
"But that's no fun!" He whined. "Such a buzz kill!"
"You'll get over it." She told him. "Also, no killing doesn't mean beat your opponent into a coma. I'm looking at you Hazel!" She said pointing at large man who simply rolled his eye's. "The first fighter to lose consciousness, tap out or give up is the winner. Now let's..." That's when Yang choose to kick the door open.
"RUBY!" Yang yelled.
"Do you not know how to knock?" Ruby said annoyed. "And it's Mistress Rose to you blondie."
"Ruby what the 'FUCK' is wrong you!" Yang yelled up at her.
"Me? What about you? Your the one breaking and entering right now." Ruby sarcastically said.
"Don't be a smart ass Ruby! What is all of this?" Yang asked as she pointed around the room. "Your holding underground fights now!? What the hell Rubes! And Blake! Why did you hurt Blake!?" She angrily asked.
"I have no idea what your talking about." Ruby smirked. "I didn't touch the kitty cat."
"BULLSHIT!" The blonde seethed. "Don't lie to me! I want the truth Ruby about everything! Blake, the club, this and everything else!"
"You break into my club and start making demands!?" Ruby scoffed. "You have some nerve!"
"Either you tell me or I'll make you tell me!" She glared at Ruby. "And then I'm dragging you home kicking and screaming if I have to!"
"I don't know about everyone else but that sounded like a challenge to me." Ruby said getting cheers and whistles. "If you think you can take me Yang by all means go ahead and try." She and everyone else chuckled.
"Seriously Rubes? I have always won when we sparred. Plus your wearing a dress. You don't stand a chance and you know it!" The blonde said.
"Step over here and bring it then since your so confident." Ruby smirked.
"Kick her ass Mistress Rose!" Someone yelled.
"You got a death wish blondie!" Another person yelled.
"Break her in half!" Some woman shouted.
"It looks the people have spoken!" She laughed. "It looks like the first match will be between me and the Branwen tribe reject!"
"Branwen tribe?" Yangs eye's went wide in shock. "Ruby do you kno..." She didn't even get to finish her sentence before Ruby ran at her and hit her with a cheap shot throwing her backwards.
"Come on get up Yang! I don't have all day!" She told her.
"That was a cheap shot!" Yang hissed out.
"This isn't some spar or tv sport fight." Ruby looked at her with a disappointing look. "It's all prison rules here."
"Even so your forgetting about one thing." Yang smirked. "My semblance." As she said that Ruby and everyone else laughed. "What's so funny?"
"There's no aura or semblance use in prison you idiot." She continued to laugh. "And my whole building is rigged with the same tech the prisons and jails use. Nothing but good old fashioned fighting here."
"I'm still stronger than you!" Yang yelled as she got up and rushed Ruby in anger.
Ruby's attitude had her pissed off. Yang was to brash and reckless and would always charge in head first. She was an idiot who never thought things through and it usually always bit her in the ass. If it wasn't for others coming to save her ass she would probably be dead already. Ruby was easily dodging every blow Yang was throwing at her. The past three years Ruby not only gained new power and martial skills but she trained her body. She wanted to be able to handle herself without her abilities. Her natural speed and strength was far better than it had been. Yang was no longer the stronger sister.
She toyed with Yang a bit by simply dodging for awhile. Eventually she started parrying her strikes with open palm slaps to the face and head. Everyone laughed at the blonde and it was pissing her off even more. Ruby decided to start being a little more serious and started throwing strikes of her own, all of which landed with ease. Yang hadn't even touched Ruby once but she herself was bruised and bleeding. Once Ruby had her fun she jumped back and waited for yang to charge her again. When she did she parried the blow, grabbed her arm and wrapped herself around it, taking Yang to the ground. She put pressure on the joints and without even giving Yang a chance to give up she simply broke it with a loud gut wrenching snap.
"AHHHHH!" Yang yelled out in pain as she cradled her arm after Ruby let go of it. "You broke my arm!"
"Yes, I did break your arm." Ruby stood up and kicked Yang in the face. "Maybe I should break the other one to for good measure." She chuckled.
"Wha-what happened to you? What happened to my baby sister?" She got out while wincing in pain.
"What happened to me!?" Ruby said in utter furious shock. "You happened! You and everyone else!" She stomped on Yangs midsection. "You turned your back on me! You all did! Your just as stupid as Blake for asking such a stupid question!"
"We-we made a mistake! Everyone makes mistakes, even you!" Yang gasped out.
"I have only made two mistakes in my life." She glared at the blonde. "The first mistake was trusting all of you." She stomped on her again. "The second and biggest mistake..." Ruby trailed off.
An image, a memory briefly flashed in Ruby's head. A tired and worn out Ruby stood there the hallway of the hospital looking through a window of the adjacent room. A smile on her face as she watched one of the occupants of the room but that smile turned into a frown as she held back tears of sorrow. Neo stood beside her with a worried frown on her face. She didn't want to do this, but it was for the best. She couldn't allow herself to be weak even if it meant giving something like this up. She knew she would regret her decision but it was for the best for both of them. The memory faded and Ruby pulled herself together.
"...I gave up my most precious possession. A possession I will never get back!" She grabbed Yang by the collar and punched her. "You will never understand what I went through! You can never fix my life! You can never give me back what I lost! You can never return the one thing I want back the most!"
"Ru-Ruby..." Yang tried to talk only to be cut off.
"Your so stupid! You have never been very smart! Always reckless, putting yourself and others in danger. Rushing off without thinking about the consequences. You look at the world like its black and white, well guess what it's not!" She hit her again. "The world is cruel and unforgiving, I learned that first hand. Maybe if I stabbed you a few times you'd understand. Your blind to everything around you that doesn't fit into your happy little fantasy world. You let others dictate and control your beliefs. Your a pawn Yang, to be used and tossed away by others. It's always about what you want, your selfish!"
"I'm sorry." She told Ruby.
"That's one of you're problems right there! You think apologies fix everything, well news flash they don't! Weiss has always been right about one thing, your nothing but a dumb childish brute." After hitting her a final time Ruby composed herself. "Would somebody get this piece of garbage out of my club!"
It had been a month since Junior dragged Yang out of the club and like Blake took her to the hospital. For the whole month things have been relatively peaceful for Ruby, for which she was grateful. Currently she was sitting at her desk watching a live security feed on her computer. A small child no more than two years of age at most sat on the floor playing. The child was happy and smiling as he played with his blocks. After ten minutes of watching the child had moved on to fitting shapes into their respective holes. When he got to a shape he couldn't make fit he threw it and started pouting. Ruby smiled and laughed at the scene but her face fell into a frown when two women walked in. Ruby sat there and listened to them talk.
"Adrian honey how many times do I have to tell you, no throwing things." One of the women said.
"Saphron he's just being a baby and babies throw things." Another woman told the other.
"He is still old enough to start understanding what no means." The woman known as Saphron picked the baby up and held him. "How did we get so lucky to have you in our lives." She smiled at him.
"Nothing to do with luck saph, just a bad mother tossing her kid away." The woman remarked.
"Terra that's not fair. We don't know what the circumstances were." She defended.
"Maybe, but no real mother would..."
The feed was cut off as an angry Ruby put her fist through the computer screen. She picked the monitor up ripping the cords from the wall and hard drive as she threw it out of her office window. It landed on the bottom floor of the club giving Junior a fright and more work to do. After that Ruby was in a extremely bad mood all day and well into the night. She snapped at anyone and everyone including Neo who she yelled at to leave her alone. Everyone avoided her, both patron and employee alike knew better than to bother her. It was later on when she was walking to her room that Velvet appeared in front of her.
"What do you want Velvet?" Ruby huffed in annoyance.
"Ruby what's wrong?" She asked.
"You standing in my way is what's wrong." She hissed out.
"Ruby please talk to me." Velvet said with a concerned face. "Friends talk to each other when things are bothering them."
"I don't have friends. I don't want them and I don't need them." She coldly told her. "Now move or I will move you."
"No." Velvet defiantly shook her head. "I'm not moving until you talk to me."
"I DON'T WANT TO TALK!" She yelled. "I don't need anyone's help!"
"Your wrong, no matter what you say I'm your friend and you do need help. Please talk to me." She pleaded.
Ruby started pushing past her but Velvet defiantly stayed in her way. Again she went to push past her but the bunny girl just kept getting in the way. Ruby getting frustrated tried to throw her out of the way but when that didn't work she tried hitting her. Velvet just agilely moved around the hit. There was a small struggle that ended with Velvet pinned against a wall by the neck.
"I could and should break you're neck!" Ruby seethed.
"But you won't." Velvet calmly said.
"TRY ME!" She yelled.
"Do it then." Velvet just looked into her eye's.
"Don't tempt me!"
"Ruby I just want to help."
"Why does helping me matter so damn much to you!?" Ruby asked.
Velvet slipped out of Ruby's grip and reversed their position. Before Ruby could even react her eye's went wide as Velvet pressed their lips together. She was kissing her, Velvet was kissing her. After some brief shock Ruby's body relaxed and calmed down as she kissed her back. A few minutes later and velvet pulled away.
"It matters to me because I care about you."velvet told her as she placed a gentle hand on the side of Ruby's face.
"What do you want from me Velvet?" Ruby asked as she grasped the hand on her face.
"I want you. I've wanted you ever since that day you stood up to Cardin for me."
"Vel...I'm not the same person I was back then." She told her.
"I know that. But I still see a part of that kind, caring woman I met at Beacon." Velvet smiled.
"I'm not a nice person. I do things, illegal things." Ruby responded.
"Your nice to me. And I know you do some..." She hesitated. "...questionable things but I don't need to know about any of that, I won't judge you."
"Being with me will only get you hurt." The shorter girl shook her head.
"Your worth the risk." Velvet kissed her again but this time more passionately.
Down the hall Neo stood there having stopped dead in her tracks. She was on her way to confront Ruby and try to comfort her. Instead she came across Ruby and Velvet kissing with fervent passion. A passion Ruby's never showed anyone. Neo turned around with tears in her eye's and silently walked away.