"GOD DAMN IT!" Ruby yelled in frustration. "I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR!" She shouted as a dress flew out of the closet. Right as she threw it Neo came walking in and it hit her in the face making her fall on her ass.
Ruby has been looking for a dress to wear. It was the day of the Vytal dance and she wanted to look more stunning than usual, especially for Velvet. She had been at it for hours trying to find something. But she was dissatisfied with everything she looked at, and everything she pulled out got tossed around. Ruby's closet was huge and she had tones of clothes, most of which were dresses. So it wasn't that she didn't have anything to wear it was just that she was being very picky. Ruby had become accustomed to her luxurious life style as well as getting what she wanted, when she wanted it. So for her to throw a boarder line tantrum like this wasn't unusual.
However Ruby was careful with how she acted around patrons of the club or when dealing with other business related things. Her temper was the only thing that would flare up in those situations. With the exception of her anger she was normally always calm, cool and collect. If something bothered her she rarely if ever let it show.
To be honest though Ruby was also still upset because her and Neo had been arguing a lot about many things. They rarely, if ever butted heads like they have been. But now it seemed like it was happening a lot but even with that Neo was always close by supporting her and being there for her. Neo was...Neo was the one reason that Ruby thinks she hasn't snapped. Neo was always there to hold her back and talk sense into her. But recently it felt like the relationship they had was slipping. Ruby wanted to ponder on this more but was interrupted.
"Ruby dear what have I told you about these tantrums?" An accented voice said causing Ruby to stand straight up in surprise.
A woman was standing there wearing a green and white dress. Her hair was blonde, her eyes blue and she was a plump, voluptuous, beauty. She had a spider tattoo on her shoulder and was fanning herself off with a hand fan. The woman was obviously older but maintained a youthful look.
"Mum!" Ruby yelped as she ran over and happily hugged the woman who owned the voice.
"Hello to you to Ruby." The woman said with a smile and hugged Ruby back as she turned her head to look at Neo. "And hello to you to Neo."
{Hi Miss Malachite.} Neo signed with a smile.
Little Miss Malachite, the leader of the Spider gang in Mistral, mother of the Malachite twins and pseudo adoptive mother to Ruby. Ruby remembered how her relationship with the woman started and the things that transpired during that time.
When Ruby killed Tock in prison it had caught the eye of some people there who worked for Miss Malachite. The older woman had heard about Ruby, the youngest to be admitted to a hunters academy. She'd also head about her being tried as an adult and her subsequent incarceration. When she had heard about it she was rather horrified that they would throw a 15 year old girl in the prison that they did. The supposed crime might have been a big and serious deal but the punishment certainly didn't fit the crime especially for a young girl with no criminal history or violent tendencies.
Miss had her people on the inside contact Ruby and offer her protection as well as a job and place to stay after she was released. She had taken a big interest in the girl after meeting with her at the prison itself. When she looked at and spoke to Ruby she saw a lonely, broken girl who was filled with so much anger and hate. She also looked ragged and dirty having obviously not taken care of herself well. The only thing Ruby ever did besides the normal was physically train and study, having no care about her hygiene while sleeping very little.
And then the day came when she found out that Ruby had developed a rather special medical condition. Miss started visiting Ruby more frequently making sure she had things she needed and was doing things to properly take care of herself. She had taken a liking to the young girl and even sympathized with her.
When Ruby got out of prison Miss did indeed still give her a job but instead of finding her a place to live, she had her come live with her. During that time she came to think of Ruby as a daughter while Ruby started to think of her as a mother. The young girl even started to call her mum and always introduced her as such as well. The twins didn't mind having a new pseudo sister especially one they had come to think of as family anyways. Her legal name may be Ruby Rose but she would sometimes use the name Ruby Rose-Malachite or just Ruby Malachite. Her stay with Miss was short however and lasted a few months before she had moved out. She had moved out during her attempt at living normally.
During Ruby's time with Miss she had helped the young girl dig up information on a few things. The first was looking into the four maiden fairy tales as she had heard somethings. Things that led the smaller girl to believe there might be some truth to it. The second thing was specifically what had happened to her mother. The other things was her being able to get stronger, gain more wealth and most Importantly ways to gain more power in general. Ruby's lust for power had become sizable with her drinking in as much knowledge about as much as she could. The prison didn't have nearly as much access to learning material and that was on top of her having more pull and access working for the warden.
While looking for information on her mother Ruby had come to hate her mother. She had wanted to know exactly what happened to Summer. It turned out she didn't die on a mission but did die in a car accident when she was 12. When she went out on a mission she was hurt pretty badly and had decided that a cripple couldn't be a wife or mother. So she simply left her with Tai while both Tai and Qrow lied to her that she was dead. For years they lied even taking it one step further by putting up that tombstone for a woman who wasn't dead. And one of the worst parts was that Tai was partially responsible for her mother leaving. The yellow haired man was supposed to go on that mission with her. But he didn't go because he was more worried about a lead he had on his ex Raven.
Ruby felt that Raven was just as responsible because with Tai and even Yang it was always Raven this and Raven that. Tai could never seem to let her go even though he had Summer. And Yang with her constant 'I have to find the mother who abandoned me and never wanted me'. It was annoying hearing them constantly go on about her. Even Qrow at times would talk about his sister and how great of a fighter she was. She was indeed a good fighter but to Ruby she was still a weakling, at least now anyways. Ruby had met the woman and even despised her but at the same time also respected her skills and power.
She could've had a chance to meet her mother but instead was denied the opportunity. Ruby hated her father, her sister, Qrow, her mother and virtually everyone. To her it had seemed like she was betrayed from the moment she was born. The only reason she still kept Rose as her name was because she still had an attachment to it. Despite hating summer it was still the only real thing she had to of her mother and that small part of her didn't want to let that go. Miss Malachite took her in and treated her like family, like a daughter. Ruby for the first time had felt what is was like to have a mother's love and attention. She got to know what it was like to have a mother who actually wanted her.
She had a new life, a new family and so much power that she felt invincible. She refused to give any of this up and would fight to keep what was hers. Brushing her memories to the back of her mind she focused all her attention to Lil Miss.
"What are you doing here? I wasn't expecting you." Ruby asked with face of happiness that was reminiscent of her former self.
"Well I heard that you were going to a dance with a very pretty girl so..." She took a few steps back, picked up a box she brought with her and handed it to Ruby. "I brought you this."
Ruby accepted the box and opened it, pulling out the contents. It was a gorgeous red silk dress that had golden rose petals at the bottom. It was a longer dress than she normally wore and even covered her entire midsection. It had a slit down one side that exposed her leg. With the dress was a pair of elbow high red gloves and a pair of black high heeled shoes. The dress was perfect for Ruby and she loved it, sure it didn't show her skin off much but it was still amazing. Even Neo stared at the dress in amazement. It was obvious that the dress was extremely expensive, hand made, and probably one of a kind.
"Tha-thank you!" Ruby stuttered out. "It's beautiful."
"It should be, it was originally made for me after all." The older woman smiled.
"You?" Ruby's eyebrow arched. "But it's my size and your..." She trailed off.
"I'm what?" Miss Malachite's eyes narrowed with a glare.
"Well I mean it's just..." Ruby stuttered nervously.
"YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT MY WEIGHT, WEREN'T YOU!?" Miss Malachite yelled through her gritted teeth as she took her fan and smacked Ruby on the head.
"Ow!" Ruby yelped with a pouting look on her face. This got a chuckle out of Neo.
"And what are you laughing about!?" Miss said as she glared at Neo. "I know damn well you were thinking the same thing!"
Neo shook her head and waived her hands in defense as she denied it. However she was indeed thinking the same thing since Miss Malachite was a thicker woman. Unsurprisingly Neo got a smack on the head to. For just being a hand fan it somehow hurt like hell and always has. Ruby and Neo usually got smacked with the thing every time Miss was around. However it was usually their own fault since they normally instigated things.
"I also brought these." Miss said as she pulled out another box and handed it to Ruby.
"Cookies?" Ruby asked after lifting the box lid.
"Well I know how much you love cookies. So I made them myself just the way you like them." The older woman smiled.
"I don't eat them anymore remember." Ruby told her. "To much sugar."
"Ruby some treats once in a while won't hurt you. Besides its better for you than all the drugs and alcohol you inhale." She said sternly.
"Not this again please." Ruby frustratingly groaned. "It's my life and my body, so what I do is my business."
"And it will become my business when I'm forced to arrange you're funeral because it killed you." Miss said with a slight rise in her voice.
"Can we please not talk about this." Ruby stated. "It always causes an argument and I'm really not in the mood."
"Fine but..." Miss was cut off as the door Burst open.
"COOKIES!" Velvet yelled after kicking the door open and sprinting towards Ruby. She snatched the box of cookies out of Ruby's hands knocking the other woman over in the process. Ruby hit the floor with a loud thud and a groan. Crouching down on her knees she hunched over, opened the box and started devouring the cookies. She was inhaling them in a way similar to how Ruby use to. She was making growling noises as well as eating loudly.
"Jesus fuck Velvet, what the hell!" Ruby shouted.
"NOM NOM NOM NOM!" The sounds came from Vel as she continued to eat them.
Lil miss was startled and confused as was Neo. So was Ruby but she was also annoyed. Ruby groaned as she got up and looked at the bunny girl.
"Velvet what the hell's your issue?" Ruby asked her.
"COOKIES!" Vel spouted out with a muffle as her mouth was stuffed full with cookies while looking like a squirrel or chipmunk with nuts in its mouth.
"Yes cookies, I know." She said Rolling her eye's in announce at her girlfriend. "Vel? Vel? VELVET!" Ruby yelled.
"Huh? what?" Vel looked up at Ruby.
"Vel mind telling me what this was about?" She asked with a raised brow and crossed arms.
"W-well I was outside about to walk in when I-I smelled the cookies." Velvet was doing her typical shy thing of poking her fingers together. "A-and w-well I'm really, 'REALLY' hungry and had just so happen to be craving cookies." Velvet blushed in embarrassment at how she had acted with her ears flattening down like a cats.
"Really Vel? You were that hungry that you had to burst in here breaking my door by the way," Ruby pointed to the front door. "Snatch the cookies and knock me over in the process?" Ruby starred at her with a quizzical and angry look.
"I'm sorry." Velvet looked up at Ruby with an apologetic look. Her eyes big, round and watery with her lips pushed out and quivering.
Ruby took one look at the bunny and her attitude completely changed with her face softening. God was Velvet just so damn cute right now. How could Ruby possibly stay mad at her. She walked over to Vel and kneeled down in front of her placing her hands on both sides of her face. She leaned in and kissed the girl on the forehead before speaking.
"What am I going to do with you my little bunny." Ruby smirked as she chuckled a bit. "Next time just ask and you shall receive, okay?" She smiled at Vel.
"Okay and I really am sorry." Velvet said feeling ashamed. "I've just been so hungry lately."
"Your forgiven Vel, so don't worry about it." Ruby brushed a strained of hair out of Vel's face. "How about on the way to the dance I get you as many cookies as you like?"
"REALLY!" Velvet's ears perked up at the prospect of more cookies.
"Yes really." Ruby smiled.
Ruby never smiled, not genuinely anyways but this was...different. It was legitimate and Velvet noticed it. Maybe she was finally breaking through that wall she knew Ruby had built. She smiled back at Ruby as she thought about how beautiful the other woman was when she smiled for real. For the bunny girl it made her feel at ease and know that Ruby did in fact care about her, that she would never hurt her. She knew what Ruby had been through, she had finally told her a few days ago. Obviously a few things were left out, things Vel knew were very personal but the fact that Ruby told her anything at all was a step in the right direction.
Ruby thought Coco would have come with Vel but she knew they haven't been getting along very well recently. The constant arguments between them was a disruption both at Beacon and at the club. Sure they argued before and had disagreements but it had escalated into more than that. A few times Fox and Yastsu had to break them apart before fists started flying. They barely spent time around each other with the only exception being when Coco, Fox, and Yatsu were on bouncer and/or guard duty for Ruby. The rare occasions when Vel was at school she sat away from Coco and didn't talk to her unless she had to. The other two members of their team tried to patch things up between the two but had very little luck.
"Ruby dear I hope you intend to introduce me." Lil Miss said.
"Mum this is Velvet." Ruby stood up bringing Velvet with her. "She's my girlfriend."
"Mum?" Velvet questioned. "But I thought you're mom died when you were little?"
"She did technically." Ruby told her. "This is Miss Malachite, she's basically my adopted mother." Ruby leaned over and whispered to Vel that she would explain later which Velvet nodded in understanding.
"It's lovely to meet you dear." Miss took Velvets hand and shook it with a smile.
The next half hour was spent with Lil Miss getting to know Velvet. The older woman couldn't help but find Velvet adorable. Looking at the contrast between Vel and Ruby was amusing to her. What she really found funny was how quickly Ruby's hardened expressions and body language would soften and relax because of the faunus. Not to mention how the bunny girl could get Ruby to do things she normally wouldn't. It might not be noticed by many, but if you really payed attention you could see that Ruby was wrapped around the other girls little finger. She had a feeling though that the faunus girl didn't really realize just how much control she had over Ruby.
When she found out Ruby was seeing someone she had hoped it was Neo. She likes this Velvet girl, but Neo was the one who has always been there for Ruby. Through thick and thin Neo has had the younger girls back. Lil Miss knew Neo was in love with Ruby and has been for a long time. It didn't help that Ruby was completely oblivious to Neo's feelings. Honestly she didn't understand how such a smart and hyper sexual girl like Ruby could be so much of a dunce with this. But regardless, at least Ruby was in a serious relationship again. After what happened last time Ruby had closed herself emotionally off for what Lil Miss thought might have been for good.
Lil Miss worried about Ruby, so much that she had Junior and Neo keeping her informed of most things involving the girl. The drugs, the alcohol and sexcapdes were dangerous enough on their own. But the emotional issues were just as much of a detriment to Ruby's health. When Ruby lived with her there were a few times where she caught stuff because of all her sleeping around. There were also times she came back battered and bruised because of how many fights she would get into on a daily basis. Ruby was so determined to become as strong as she could, eventually that determination turned into an obsession that was rather terrifying. Things got better for a time after she had meet someone that became special to her. But it tragically didn't last which sent Ruby back down her path of obsession, anger and hate.
Ruby was cold and distant with people and refused to get close to anyone. She was constantly paranoid and always un-trusting of others. Sometimes she wondered if the girl really trusted and cared about her like she indirectly claims. That was a problem with Ruby to as she would rarely, if ever admit to many things. She especially didn't like admitting when she was wrong or in the wrong. She hated to say it but Ruby was just as much of a hypocrite as the people she hated.
Perhaps this girl can truly open Ruby's heart and cause a change in her for the good. But if it went wrong then Lil Miss had a feeling that things would get very, very bad. Even she knew and had to admit that Ruby was very dangerous. If Ruby were to snap then the girl would truly become the very thing she hated, or rather become just like the very person she hated most.
"Ruby dear your girlfriend is exceptionally beautiful. As well as adorable." Lil Miss smiled at them both.
"Th-Th-Thank you." Velvet shyly said with a blush.
"Now then, I believe you two should be getting ready." Miss told them as she ushered them into Ruby's bathroom that was attached to the bedroom.
Lil miss and Neo left the room since the two girls would need to change and probably have a shower. Miss looked over at Neo who had been silent the whole time. Well silent as in she didn't engage in conversation with sign language. Miss could see the sorrow in Neo's eye's so she walked over and hugged Neo tightly.
"I'm so sorry honey." She whispered into Neo's ear. "I know how much you love her."
Neo's eye's teared up a bit as she hugged Lil Miss back. Neo hated seeing Ruby happy because of someone else. She couldn't understand why the younger girl didn't see her like she wanted. Sure the girl could be oblivious, but some times Neo wondered if she simply didn't see her that way. Neo was close to her limit and wasn't sure how much more she could take. Perhaps Roman really was right and she just needs to move on.
Meanwhile Ruby had already had her clothes off, not that she was wearing much to begin with. Ruby wasn't really one for undergarments anyways and would go without them if she could. Velvet stood there having stopped in the middle of undressing having being caught up watching Ruby slip out of her clothing. The way Ruby would shake her hips when removing her work out shorts was enticing and sexy. And they way her breasts would bounce ever so slightly had Velvets eye's moving up and down. Ruby was a tease and loved doing this to Vel. The other girl so was easy to rile up. The bunny girl loved seeing Ruby's muscles flex when she was doing things especially when she was working out.
Just a few days ago Velvet was watching Ruby do her work out routine. She was captivated while being red in the face. When Ruby was on the floor on her hands and knees doing stretches Vel watched her intently. Her eye's specifically were latched onto to Ruby's ass which was nice and supple with a toned thickness in her thighs. The way the skin tight work out shorts wrapped around the other woman made it so much more hot for the bunny. When Ruby's butt went higher in the air with a wiggle Velvet finally snapped and pounced. She had grabbed Ruby from behind pushing her upper body onto the floor and ripped the shorts open.
Ruby was stunned at Velvets sudden dominance with this being one of only a handful of times it's happened. Ruby was always the dominant one, so to have Vel taking control like this was surprising. Ruby was going to protest until Vel sank her teeth into the back of Ruby's neck. On top of the biting Velvet had started pleasuring them both. Ruby had practically went limp with enjoyment. She guessed this was okay since it was Velvet, had it been anyone else she would have hated being submissive like this. Oddly enough the past few months when ever Velvet did this the bunny girl would pass out afterwards. It was strange and Ruby suspected it might have something to do with the girl being a faunus. However, Ruby couldn't be bothered to look into the matter as she figured it was just sex so who cared.
If she was going to be honest with herself Ruby rather liked seeing that side of Velvet. It was hot but also adorable to see that aggressiveness. Velvet still retained that adorableness of hers even when she was being aggressive. In Ruby's opinion that adorableness is also what made her a good huntress since when fighting criminal's they would underestimate the girl. However not that she had to worry about anyone going after Vel since Ruby made sure the word was put out that no one was to touch her.
They showered together, taking much longer than they should have. Lil Miss was rather unhappy about that since she knew why it was taking to long, especially since they weren't exactly quit about it. Velvet would always try to keep her voice down but Ruby liked making her yell out in pleasure. The things Ruby would do to Velvet made it obvious that Ruby seemed to have plenty of experience. Eventually they did finish up and left the bathroom to get dressed. During that time Velvet was grunting in frustration as she was trying to get into her dress.
"Something wrong Vel?" Ruby asked.
"My dress doesn't fit!" Velvet groaned out.
"We just got that dress a few weeks ago and it fit." Ruby raised a brow. "I had it measured and tailored specifically to you."
"I know but it's tigh now!" Vel pouted in defeat. "And I could almost swear my boobs have gotten bigger to."
"Well I certainly don't mind bigger tits." She smirked. "Is my favorite little bunny getting chunky?" Ruby chuckled. "Must be the cookies."
"It's not funny!" Vel was pouting more. "What am I supposed to wear now!?" She was about to throw a tantrum similar to Ruby.
"Calm down Vel. A few of my dresses should still fit you." She told the bunny.
"But their so revealing." She whined.
"You don't really have a choice Vel. Besides I think you'll look very sexy my little chubby bunny." Ruby said with a seductive voice.
The dress Velvet picked was a black dress that had golden tribal rose patterns on the bottom. It had a short skirt that stopped just above the knees. The back and arms were exposed with there being a small open V on the chest. It was very revealing as was most of Ruby's dresses. The shoes were high heels obviously and were a matching black. Most of her dresses also had some kind of rose pattern. Seeing Vel in the dress made Ruby smirk because she loved how she looked in it. With the dress Ruby had her wear a special set of panties she had bought for the rabbit girl. Velvet was very unaware of the nature of the grift.
While Ruby was looking for matching make up she came across a jacket of hers. It was a blue jacket, with sleeves that stopped just after the elbows. The jacket was also short in length as it only came down just below the breasts. On the right sleeve of the jacket was a black symbol shaped like a snakes head. She stared at the jacket as she gently ran hand across it. Grabbing the jacket she held it up to her face where she smelled it.
"It still has the scent." Ruby whispered to herself.
She slipped her arms through the sleeves, putting the jacket on. She sighed as she walked out. Upon entering the living room Lil Miss and Neo looked up at Ruby and instantly froze up in shock.
"Ruby, that jacket, isn't it..." Lil Miss trailed off.
"Yea." Ruby calmly said. "I saw it and felt like wearing it. I know it doesn't match the dress but I don't care about that."
"You girls should get going so your not late." Miss told them after giving Ruby a knowing nod.
"Uhm excuse me Ru- I mean Mistress Rose before you leave a package came you." Junior said as he stuck his head in.
"What was in it?" Ruby asked. Every package was checked to make sure it wasn't it bomb or something else dangerous. There have been a few times that an attempt on her life were made that way.
"Some cans of dog food, a can opener and a dog. A corgi to be exact." He told her.
"Oh god damn it!" Ruby's face deadpanned.
"She finally sent him!" Velvet yelped in joy. "ZWEI!" She yelled out.
Walking through the door a black and white Corgi came in and barked. Velvet immediately pounced on the small dog giving him belly rubs. Ruby just stood there confused as to why Zwei was sent here and why Velvet seemed to know something about it.
"Vel, what's going on?" Ruby inquired.
"Well you see it's just that uhm..." Velvet was rambling.
"Vel?" Ruby pushed for an answer.
"Yang needed someone to watch him for a few day's!" She blurted out.
"And let me guess you volunteered us to watch him?" Ruby's raised her brow and crossed her arms as she glared at her girlfriend.
"Y-yes." Vel shyly said. "He's been using Blake as a chew toy s-so Yang wanted to separate them for awhile."
"You should have asked me first." Ruby sighed. "But what's done is done." She couldn't help but internally chuckle at Blake being bullied by a simple little Corgi.
Zwei walked over to Ruby and stood there looking at her.
"What?" She looked down at the dog. "I'm not peting you if that's what your wanting." Zwei cocked his his to the side. "I said no, now shuu!"
"Don't mind her Zwei, she's just a big grumpy pants." Vel giggled. "We should go so we're not late."
"To the roof then." Ruby stated.
"The roof?" Vel questioned.
"I'm flying us there in my private bullhead." After Ruby said that Neo's eye's went wide in fear. "Neo what's with that look?"
{I am NOT getting on that thing if your the one piloting it!} Neo signed.
"Not this again Neo." The younger girl whined. "I am a perfectly capable pilot, in fact I'm a fantastic driver regardless of the vehicle."
{No! No your not! Your a horrible driver and an even worse pilot!} Neo told her.
"If I was so horrible I wouldn't have a license." Ruby said as she starred at Neo.
{Ruby you bribed the instructors after you failed, multiple times! You even gave the one a heart attack!} the multicolored girl exclaimed.
"I-I did not!" She slightly stuttered out.
{You almost killed Roman after crashing into his house.} She glared at Ruby.
Poor Roman had been sleeping soundly and comfortabley when the next he knew he woke up to a loud crash. Right as he opened his eye's there was a bullhead just inches from his face. Ruby hanging upside down in the pilots seat only held there by a seat belt. Neo was laying on the window of the vehicle having not buckled up. Roman had literally wet himself at the prospect of almost being crushed death. Sometimes he wondered if Cinder had really been all that bad of a boss. At least with her when she threatened to kill you and she would, where with Ruby you were more likely to accidentally die because she refused to admit she sucked at things like driving. She may have changed a lot but there was one thing that hadn't changed, she was still a total klutz.
"W-Well maybe if he hadn't built his house in my way it wouldn't have happened." Ruby once again slightly stuttered but with a slight blush of embarrassment.
{What about when you almost killed Junior after convincing him to let you drive his new car?} She stood there with her arms crossed and her brow raised.
"That was his fault for standing in the way!" Her already red face turned a darker shade. "Besides that was a long time ago."
{THAT WAS LAST WEEK!} She put emphasis on her signing. {And he was trying to run out of the way! You hit the poor guy with his own car!}
"He was fine." Ruby tried to brush it off.
{Not the point.} Neo deadpanned.
"I'm sure she does just fine as a driver Neo. Ruby is perfect at everything she does." Velvet naively said with a smile and glowing happy eye's.
{Alright fine! But if we die don't come crying to me.} Neo started the walk up to the roof followed by Velvet.
With Lil Miss already being out of sight and ear shot having went down to the bar Ruby looked down at the dog. Zwei looked at her with his cute little face and barked a happy bark.
"Who's a cute little doggie!" Ruby said as she rubbed his head enthusiastically. "Your the cute doggie, yes you are."
"Uh?" Junior stood there speechless. Ruby had forgotten he was standing there.
Ruby froze up upon realizing Junior was still there. There was a brief awkward silence between them before Ruby looked at him and spoke.
"NOT. !" Ruby growled through her teeth. " .NOTHING!"
"Saw what?" He told her as he waved his arms in defense. "I have no clue what your talking about."
"Better stay that way." She said as she walked out heading to the roof.
Junior looked at the dog and quickly realized he was in trouble as Zwei growled at him. The man gulped and couldn't believe how bad his luck was. Had anyone been able to hear him they would have heard him crying out in terror.
Being a personal bullhead it wasn't as big as the ones the military or even Beacon used. Of course it was painted a dark red with black accenting. It also had the same rose emblem that was used as the logo for the club on it. The inside looked as you would expect which was very luxurious. The seats being the same dark red as the vehicle, with the emblem being emblazoned on the seats. As they all took a seat Neo strapped herself in tight doing a little prayer. Ruby didn't really bother with buckling up. Velvet was pretty calm since she didn't seem to grasp the situation.
The engine shook to life and rumbled as the vibrations spread through out the machine and it's occupants. Slowly and deffently not gently the bullhead lifted off the ground. Neo was still panicking while Velvet was still blissfully in her ignorance. What started as a slow take off quickly changed as Ruby went full throttle causing the bullhead to take off full speed. Vel's happy face and smile quickly turned into a face of terror as the vehicle tore through the sky clipping several billboard's. Other flying vehicle's were forced out of the way with most barely missing them. Neo hadn't exaggerated about Ruby's driving as she was a nut case behind the wheel. She was the one being a horrible driver and yet she was yelling at everyone else blaming them.
Ruby had loud heavy metal music blaring out which could probably be heard by everyone in the area's they passed. Velvet had started squealing in fear as Ruby barely missed some buildings. She tried yelling at Ruby to slow down but her pleas fell on deaf ears. She was going to die, that was all that was going through the faunus girls head as she hung there with her girlfriend flying upside down. Death by her girlfriends horrible piloting skills was not how she ever foresaw herself going out. There was a slight reprieve when Ruby did stop for the promised cookies but once in the air again it was back to fearing for her and Neo's lives.
Finally there it was, Beacon, it was in sight and approaching fast. They were approaching to fast with Ruby seeming calm about it. About the time Ruby did start slowing down they had already destroyed one of the decorative arch ways. They hit the ground sliding along it leaving a small ditch of dirt and stone. When the bullhead finally stopped they had broken the fountain with water spraying everywhere. Obviously students, staff and other guests rushed out side with others sweating after having had to jump or run out of the way so not to be hit. The ramp to the bullhead opened with the first one to come rushing out being Neo. The multicolored girl rushed to the brushes as she started to vomit behind them.
Velvet stumbled out having thankfully being able to keep her stomach contents in place. She had never been so relieved in her life to be on solid ground. Ruby confidently strode down the ramp of the bullhead, her head held high with a smirk. She then looked at Neo and Vel and frowned.
"Oh come on suck it up. My driving isn't that bad." Ruby rolled her eye's.
"Y-yes it is." Velvet said with a wheeze as her breathing evened out.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!?" A voice rang out loudly to the sound of high heels clicking.
Ruby knew that voice and even recognized the specific clicking those heels made. It was Goodwitch or as Ruby liked to call her Goodbitch. The older blonde still looked the same, still looking attractive but also still looking like she had a stick up her ass. Ruby used to kinda have the hots for the teacher but the attitude she had was always a put off. At that time however Ruby didn't exactly know her attraction to the older woman was of the sexual nature. It wasn't until Emerald that she realized specifically what the attraction was. She was rather stunted in terms of knowledge at that time having been sheltered to a lot of things.
Looking the teacher over Ruby still thought she was hot. The tied up blonde hair, the glasses and the shirt and skirt that was snug in all the right places. The skirt wasn't exactly very long as it showed off a lot of the woman's long legs. She still stood and walked with that strict confidence that reminded Ruby of a domnimatrix. She also had no doubt that she still terrorized students with her strict by the book rule enforcement. Ruby still remembered when she hacked the school's camera's so she could see the teachers face. That was when she was purposely trolling and causing problems for the school as payback. For the blonde teacher she had signed her up for all kinds of porn subscriptions via mail and email.. The look of embarrassment on her face had Ruby, Neo and even Junior laughing their asses off.
When the teacher thought no one was looking she did end up hiding and saving some of the material. She even kept a few of the subscriptions. It seemed that the blonde was not as much of the prude that she seemed to be. Oddly enough Ruby liked older women a lot more. Goodwitch, Kali, Raven and even that bitch Cinder she thought were attractive. Neo jokes that it's because she has a mother complex which pisses Ruby off.
"Do you realize the amount of property damage you just caused?" Goodwitch said as she stared intently. "Or how about the students and guests you almost hit!?"
"Is anyone hurt? No? Well then there's nothing to complain about." Ruby told her as she again rolled her eye's.
"There is still the matter of the property damage!" The blonde angrily said, not yet realizing who she was talking to.
"Calm you're tits Goodbitch." The younger girl said with a smirk.
"Why I never!" Goodwitch said in frustration.
In that moment having had enough Goodwitch pulled out her riding crop and attacked wanting to try and detain Ruby. Ruby jumped back to avoid the attack. Again she struck at Ruby just to miss time and time again. Ruby knew how the older woman fought, so it was easy to predict her movements and attacks. The girl was calm and relaxed and not even taking the older woman serious. For Ruby it was like playtime, not to mention it was always fun to piss people off. Ruby couldn't help but smirk as she kept making the teacher miss.
Goodwitch still had yet to recognize her former student. Her silver eye's would normally have been a dead giveaway, but Ruby's now longer hair was covering them. Ruby had decided to let her hair grow out which is why it was now below her chin.
That Smirk of Ruby's was getting on the blonde teachers nerves. She wanted nothing more than to smack that look off her face. She had to admit though that this woman was rather quick on her feet and able to adapt quickly. If she had to guess this woman either knew how she fought or was analyzing her, perhaps both. The thing was that Glynda didn't seem to notice that she was causing just as much, if not more damage by trying to catch the younger girl. Ruby was purposely making sure the teacher was accidentally destroying things.
"Glynda that will be enough." A voice said. "We can't have you attacking a member of Vale's council."
The blonde stopped dead in her tracks looking back at the man as Ruby did the same. Ozpin stood there with a mug in his hand that was slowly brought to his lips. He was dressed in his normal attire looking the same as the last time Ruby saw him. That face of his was something Ruby has wanted to punch for a long time. However she knew this wasn't the time or place.
"Miss Rose I apologize on behalf of my facualty." Ozpin politely told her. "However it would be much appreciated if in the future you could perhaps not park where you have." He said as he looked at the mess Ruby's parking job caused.
"Rose!?" Goodwitch said in shock as she finally got a good look at the younger woman. Those silver eye's were finally visible to her.
There were plenty of whispers, gasps and looks from the on lookers at the revelation of who Ruby was. Glynda couldn't believe it, it was Ruby, it was really her. She could tell she had changed so much just by looking at her. Taller with more muscle's and curves than she had the last time she had seen her. What was the most different though was the young girls eye's, they no longer had that innocent happy look to them. She had always enjoyed those silver happy eye's, they had always made her day.
"It's Mistress Rose thank you very much." Ruby walked up to him and started staring him down. "And my parking is just fine." She glared.
"Yes well, in any case welcome back to Beacon." He took a sip from his mug.
"You can take your welcome and shove it. I wouldn't be here if I didn't..." She was cut off as she felt an arm wrap around her waist.
"Ruby please be nice." Velvet asked.
"You expect me to..." She was cut off again as Velvet spoke.
"Please Ruby. Please don't cause trouble while your here." Vel's eye's looked sad. "I want this night to be about us, you and me and what we have." She took Ruby's hand in hers.
"Vel I..." Ruby trailed off.
"I know it's hard being back here and all but that doesn't mean you can't have fun. Your here with me so don't think about anyone else and just focus on me okay." The bunny girl told her.
"I-okay." Ruby took a breath. "I'll try to behave...for you my special bunny." She turned to Vel and tucked a strand of hair out of her face. "But I can't be held responsible if someone pisses me off."
"Just don't cause to much trouble and at least try not to overreact." The bunny girl said.
"I'll do my best." Ruby said before kissing her lightly on the lips. "Although I'm not sure you have a lot of ground to stand on, since you've been little miss starting fights and skipping class."
"Shush you!" She told Ruby gaining a laugh in return.
Ozpin and plenty of others were rather surprised at this display of affection. It was surprising because no one had known or expected it with the exception Velvets team, those who worked for Ruby and the frequent guests of her club. Obviously Neo and Lil Miss knew, and now so did pretty much everyone outside of Beacon that had been on lookers. Ozpin simply shrugged and walked back inside after asking Glynda to fix the damage like she normally would. Glynda wasn't very happy about it feeling as though she shouldn't have to fix the damage the other woman caused. While fixing things Glynda looked over at Ruby who by the looks of it was in a friendly argument with the multi colored mute girl, at least she thinks it's friendly.
Glynda was always a strict teacher but only because she cared about her students. She wants them to focus and learn so they could make a life for themselves once they graduated. They needed to learn the kind of discipline, respect and focus they would need once they were out in the real world. They were teens not long out of childhood that still saw things in a fairy tale manner. She wanted them to be ready to face the darker parts of reality once they were out there on their own. She thought of all her students as her own children, even Ruby.
That happy, smiling, and positive girl Glyanda met had such an effect on almost everyone around her. She could brighten someone's day with a simple smile. Her laugh and happiness could be contagious to those around her. She would always give others the benefit of the doubt and believed no one was completely bad. The young girl was extremely intelligent and full of potential. Goodwitch knew there was no doubt she could succeed at anything she did. So innocent, so pure and good, but now she was corrupted. Because of what happened Ruby was no longer that same girl.
Glynda felt ashamed that she had turned her back on the girl when she needed someone the most. They might not know what all has happened to Ruby since she was cast out but she could tell it probably wasn't good. She does know that the girl was probably alone, while feeling abandoned and betrayed. She should have done more, should have done better, she should have been there. She messed up big time, they all had.
"Damn it Neo give me my keys back!" Ruby yelled.
{No! I refuse to let you drive again later!} Neo told her.
"I have to agree with Neo on this one." Velvet said taking Neo's side.
"Your supposed to side with your girlfriend Vel!" Ruby pouted. "It's the rules of dating!" She proclaimed.
"Rules were meant to be broken, isn't that what you always tell me?" Vel gave a triumphant smirk.
"I-that's not-I meant-your..." Ruby deflated in defeat having no defense against that argument. "I 'WILL' get back at you for this Vel."
"So scared." Vel giggled. "Gonna withhold sex? Cause we both know that it would be more of a punishment for you." She giggled some more.
"Oh you'll see what your punishment is here soon." The younger girl smirked as she started strutting away. "Come now my little bunny, it's time to make a grand entrance."
{Pretty sure she already did that.} Neo remarked as she glanced back at Glyanda and the bullhead.
"Ruby what do you mean by 'I'll see here soon'?" The bunny asked just to be ignored.
Ruby walked into the school with Velvet latched to her arm comfortably, with Neo following close behind. They made their way to the ballroom passing many people on the way there who stared in shock. The school hadn't changed much, even with having to be rebuilt it looked like nothing had ever happened. One would think that having to rebuild the school would mean things would be changed visually but it wasn't, not really. The only real differences were the extended dorm area with slightly bigger class rooms and recreational area's to accommodate more people. Apparently Beacon surviving the attack by Cinder and the White Fang brought more prestige to the school. That also meant more applicants which in turn meant more students and faculty.
A small part of Ruby missed this place. She did have some good memories here but those were with people that betrayed her, that never cared about her. Well except for Velvet, Velvet was and is a fresh of breath air. Walking through the school memories were flashing through her mind. The day team RWBY was formed, becoming friends with multiple teams, the food fight. She couldn't help but smile to herself a bit but then it turned to a frown. The memory of meeting Emerald, being set up for something she didn't do. Then there's was the memories of being told she was a liar and a disappointment. How people started ignoring her and being mean to her. She was alone and even during the court hearing she was alone. The memory of being dragged out of court in cuffs while her friends and family turned their backs on her.
She has a better life now though, she had power they could only dream of. She didn't need or want any of them or at least that's what she has always told herself. Being with Velvet has...put some things into perspective. Perhaps she could open herself up to others, to start trusting others again. Her thoughts came to a halt as she entered the ballroom.
The ballroom was gorgeous and had been decorated similar to her club. Rose's scattered about, red and black color scheme with an overall gothic style. Obviously Ozpin was trying to suck up to her, why else would everything look this way. She had to admit though that she did like it. Being a suck up or not she figured at least he seemed to know his place. When she stepped further in and her presence was announced everyone in the room seemed to become silent as they stared at her. All the people who weren't outside hadn't expected to see her especially her former family and friends.
She could see Cardin and his goons in the back corner, apparently with out dates which made her laugh. There was WBY over by the punch bowl who were looking rather sad and pathetic. Team JNPR wasn't far away from WBY being over by the food which Nora was gulping down. There was the rest of team CVFY standing over by the windows. Coco was promptly staring Ruby down with a glare as Fox and Yatsu stood silently. Ozpin, Qrow, Ironwood and Winter were also by the windows having a chat which she had no doubt was one of their secret discussions. The many other visiting teams were scattered about as well. A few of the visiting teams Ruby recognized but didn't really care about them.
"Do you-do you like it?" Velvet asked.
"It reminds me of the club." Ruby responded.
"I suggested it to Ozpin. I figured it would make you feel more at ease." She told her.
"Thank you Vel." Ruby said with a soft tone to her voice. "It actually does help. Being back at this school, surrounded by so many that hurt me is...hard."
"I know it is, but you have me." Vel gave Ruby's hand a soft squeeze.
"Velvet I lo..." Ruby was swiftly cut off as a loud scream of her name was shouted.
"RRRUUUBBBYYYY!" The plump orange haired girl known as Nora yelled as she ran towards Ruby.
Nora went to hug Ruby but she quickly took a step back allowing Nora to fall face first into the floor. Ruby wasn't really a hugging type of person anymore. Obviously there was exceptions to her hugging rules, Velvet being one of the exceptions. Nora was not one of those exceptions, especially now that she had ruined a good moment between her and her girlfriend.
"Nora." Ren sighed as stood there shaking his head at the plump girl. "I told you not to try it." Looking up at Ruby he spoke again. "My apologies Ruby, I tried to stop her."
"First off its Mistress Rose and second try harder next time." Ruby wanted to snap at them but upon feeling Velvet's gentle fingers on her lower back she calmed herself. "I see not much has changed with her, she's still loud and hyper."
"Unfortunately." Ren sighed.
"Did you like the pancakes!?" Nora asked after standing up.
"Pancakes?" Ruby questioned.
"I sent you pancakes while you were in jail!" The hyper girl said.
"You did?" Ruby again questioned.
"She did." He shook his head. "Imagine walking in on her cramming pancakes into an envelope."
"I also added some metal files!" The orange haired woman said.
"You what?" Both Ruby and Ren said at the same time.
"I figured she could use them to bust outta prison!" Nora said with enthusiasm. "Like in the movies!"
"So it was your fault!" Ruby seethed. "Two and a half a months I spent in solitary. For bringing in contraband they said, but I had no idea what they were talking about." Ruby's free hand curled into a fist and started smoking as it lit up with fire. "I thought the guards were just abusing their power like usual but no, instead it was you fucking me over!" She snarled.
"Ruby look at me." Velvet gentlely took Ruby's head in her hands and made her look into her eye's. "I know your mad but you can easily just walk away. You don't always have to respond to frustration with violence."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you into trouble." Nora said with a surprisingly calm tone of voice. "I just wanted to show that you were still my friend regardless of everything."
"Nora you could have done that by simply visiting or calling her." Vel told her.
"I wasn't thinking." Nora said.
"That's the problem, you never think." She said to Nora before Looking back to Ruby. "Why don't we go dance and calm those nervous of yours." She smiled.
"Okay." Ruby softly said as the flame on her hand disappeared.
They spent over 20 minutes dancing before taking a break. Ruby's nervous had calmed, which was a good thing. She still wasn't happy with that little revelation by Nora. Velvet however reminded her that it was in the past and nothing could be done about it now. Letting go of the past was hard for Ruby as it was rooted deep inside her mind. All the emotions she had were ingrained and connected to the past. But Velvet was helping her overcome that.
After their break Ruby had to converse with some people that were there. Other council members, a few representatives for the SDC, representatives of the other cities among others. She did enjoy watching the spat between Winter and Qrow as it was like watching a married couple. Honestly they just needed to fuck and get it out of their system. Qrow also had a little accident involving his feet being set on fire. A little fire dust from Ruby and boom his shoes were ablaze with him standing there staring at the fire while yelling 'oh my god I'm on fire'. He was an idiot, who just stands there like that screaming that their on fire?!Yang was the one who put him out by throwing the punch bowl on him. Velvet was not amused by Ruby's little antic though.
At one point Juane spilled a bunch of punch on Ruby's shoes, causing her to promptly toss him out the window after asking him if his landing strategy has improved. Of course Phyrra went after him as it seemed that his landing strategy had indeed not improved. Once again Velvet was not amused even though she did find it funny. Ruby had been standing around talking to more people while Velvet went to get some cookies and a drink. While getting her snacks Velvet suddenly yelped out in surprise and dropped the contents in her hands. She felt a vibration between her legs that was coming from her underwear. The special underwear Ruby gave her were vibrating panties. This is what Ruby meant by finding out what her punishment would be.
She felt so embarrassed as her face was flushed and her legs a bit wobbly. The constant increase and decrease of vibrations was driving the bunny girl crazy. People were looking at Vel oddly and even asking her if she was feeling okay. Ruby simply kept on with her important conversations as if nothing was happening. Vel had to actually sit down for a bit just so she wouldn't fall. She finally got some relief however when Ruby shut it off feeling Velvet had been sufficiently punished.
Later on there was an incident with Cardin and his crew, which resulted in Ruby fighting them in the combat arena. Ruby barely even had to put in any effort to thrash them. They hadn't even laid a single finger on her which was to be expected to those who knew the new her. She had destroyed their weapons and tore Cardins armor asunder. For others it showed just how strong and deadly the girl was now. Many those there had no idea how she got so strong. Ruby used the fight as a show of power, to show not to fuck with her or velvet. She had used some of the dust she had weaved into the dress before coming to Beacon. Weaving dust into her clothes was a little trick she picked up from Cinder. The fight would never have happened if Cardin hadn't harassed Velvet. On top of that he had the balls to do it in front of her.
Velvet found it so hot to see Ruby fight and beat them down like she did. When no one was looking Vel had dragged Ruby off for sex. They spent a good 30 minutes doing that in an empty class room. To be more specific it was Glynda's class room and they were on the woman's desk. She had no doubt the older woman would end up noticing some one was on the desk.
Later on Yang had been occasionally glancing over at Ruby with sad eye's. Because of Ruby's comment to Yang about her mother the blonde girl kept annoying her about it. Sure the older girl was at least being respectful, apparently having learned her lesson after her beat down. However the constant letters, calls and showing up asking about her got on her nervous.
Eventually Ruby decided to shut her up by making her an offer. She would set up a meeting between her and her mother in exchange for a payment. What was that payment? Ruby requested the two things Yang would never give up willingly. Ember Cecila, and Bumblebee, those are what Ruby told her was to be the payment. She figured Yang would drop it after that but she didn't. Yang showed up with her weapon and motorcycle and handed them over. Ruby had laughed about it which obviously angered Yang but she knew better than to do or say anything.
So Ruby had set up a meeting at the club between the two. It hadn't exactly went well but then again what was Yang expecting? A happy reunion full of sunshine and rainbows? Yang was an idiot to think something like that. Raven wasn't exactly happy to see Ruby again but the feeling was mutual. Ruby needed help with something that only Raven could help with. However their encounter resulted in a fight that left Raven with a rather nasty scar on her face. Ruby herself had been left with some broken ribs and a broken arm. Their fight was a draw but would probably end differently now that Ruby could control her power. The fight only started because Ruby made a comment about Raven having abandoned Yang, with Raven making a similar comment in return about something she shouldn't know about.
Ruby did end up having Yangs bike and weapon delivered back to her. She didn't know why she gave them back, but she did. She surprised herself when she did it to, it was like a second thought in the back of her head when she did it. She knew how much those things meant to Yang especially because she was the one who helped make them. Maybe she was being sentimentally nostalgic, or maybe a part of her did still care. Like when she had encountered her father when he showed up wanting to talk to her. She wanted to break him like she did Yang and Blake but she didn't. She confronted him about her mother to and she surprising didn't even yell about it. He seemed generally remorseful and Velvet her urged her to not get violent with him. So she heard him out and when he was done he was told to leave and not to come back unless it was as a simple patron.
Ruby was scared of the changes going on inside of her. She had built walls inside of herself and they were breaking, she was feeling things she had long since buried.
During a point at the dance when everyone was relaxing and taking a break from the excitement Ruby was approached by Phyrra. The girl was respectful as always unsurprisingly.
"Yes? Can I help you with something?" Ruby asked with a raised brow.
"Ruby I just wanted to apologize and I hope one day you can forgive me." Phyrra lowered her head. After a few moments of silence she spoke again. "I uhm...I have admired you're charity work."
"I have no idea what your talking about." Ruby said with a straight face.
"I know you do all kinds of stuff from low income housing, feeding the poor, helping the disabled and elderly, to donating money for all kinds of medical research and educational programs." The slightly older girl said with a smile.
"Again I have no idea what your talking about." She had a bit of a scowl this time as she didn't want to talk about this.
"I've been at a few of the charity events where you actually showed up to in person." She continued.
"I don't want to talk about this so if you'll excuse me." The younger girl quickly walked away. She didn't like talking about those sorts of things, it made her oddly uncomfortable. She had a reputation she preferred and it wasn't as the nice charitable type. Despite somethings that had soured her mood she had to admit she was actually enjoying herself.
"RUBY! RUBY!" Velvet happily yelled.
"Yes my little bunny?" Ruby asked as she smiled.
"I volunteered you to sing!" The bunny smiled.
"Vel didn't we have a discussion about volunteering me for things?" She asked.
"Uhm...yes. BUT I know you love singing so..." Vel looked at Ruby with a cute pouting look.
"Alright I'll do it." Ruby gave in to the bunny girl pretty easily.
Walking up to the stage she was thinking about what to sing. Looking down at the jacket she had come up with the perfect song. She told the band on stage what kind of tone to play and then took her place in front of mic. Grabbing the mic and its stand she took a deep breath as slow music started to play and she started to sing.
"Musing through memories,
Losing my grip in the grey.
Numbing the senses,
I feel you slipping away.
Fighting to hold on,
Clinging to just one more day
Love turns to ashes,
With all that I wish I could say."
As she was singing an image of someone from her past entered her head, memories of the person rushing through her mind. A tanned beauty with golden eye's, freckles and silver streaked auburn hair. Ruby rushed her, attacking her but was pushed back and over whelmed by the tanned woman's attacks. Tossed into a tree hard, she could feel a few bones break. A sudden pain as a blade pierced her, she was going to die she thought. But she didn't die, she was alive and on a bed, her abdomen just above her stomach was covered in bandages. The golden eye'd woman sitting beside the bed. She called Ruby an idiot, said she shouldn't have come looking for a fight in her condition. Told her it was irresponsible, reckless and that she was lucky her blade missed her stomach.
"I'd die to be where you are.
I tried to be where you are."
"Every night, I dream you're still here.
The ghost by my side, so perfectly clear.
When I awake, you'll disappear,
Back to the shadows
With all I hold dear.
With all I hold dear.
I dream you're still here.
I dream you're still here."
Fighting that turned into friendship, friendship that turned into something more. That smirking grin on her face as she laughed, holding an annoyed Ruby firmly in a head lock. The woman was older and bigger than Ruby, and strong enough to hold her in place. Neo watched the two with a grin as she laughed at the pair. Lil Miss taking pictures as she smiled. Junior being picked on by the twins. The tanned woman picking her up and kissing her on the lips. A formerly happy memory that was now a sad one.
"Hidden companion
Phantom be still in my heart
Make me a promise that
Time won't erase us
That we were not lost from the start."
"I'd die to be where you are
I tried to be where you are"
An image through Ruby's barley conscious eye's as a frantic Neo pulled her out of the bathtub. Her heart barely beating, her breath slowly reducing, blood so much blood. A feeling of lose and lonelyness, despair and pain. Tears in Neo's eye's as her vision blurred more before everything goes black.
"Every night, I dream you're still here.
The ghost by my side, so perfectly clear.
When I awake, you'll disappear,
Back to the shadows
With all I hold dear.
With all I hold dear.
I dream you're still here.
(Every night I dream you're still...)
(Every night I dream you're still...)
I dream you're still here,"
"Ever slightly out of reach.
I dream you're still here,
But it breaks so easily.
I try to protect you,
I can't let you fade."
"I feel you slipping.
I feel you slipping away."
The memory of a frantic Ruby looking at her blood covered hands. She didn't mean to do it, it was an accident, but it was still all her fault. Those beautiful golden eye's looking into her silver ones, her soft voice as she told her it was okay. The hand on her cheek wiping away Ruby's tears as the tanned body slowly dissipated into glowing dust. Her body trembled and hurt as her eye's started glowing a fiery silver, a power she once wanted and now hated having. A painful memory that had led to the event of the previous one.
"Every night, I dream you're still here.
The ghost by my side, so perfectly clear.
When I awake, you'll disappear,
Back to the shadows
With all I hold dear.
With all I hold dear.
I dream you're still here.
I dream you're still here."
"I dream you're still here
(Every night I dream you're still...)
(Every night I dream you're still here)
I dream you're still here
(Every night I dream you're still...)
(Every night I dream you're still here)
Ever slightly out of reach."
"I dream you're still here
(Every night I dream you're still...)
(Every night I dream you're still here)
But it breaks so easily."
A few tears ran down Ruby's cheeks as she remembered things she had pushed deep down. She was glad her hair was hiding her teary eye's. She quickly realized though that singing that song might have given things away about herself. So she decided to sing another song, she gave the band a new tone to play. Retaking her stance at the mic she started with a new song, a song that was probably not very appropriate.
"This is not the way into my heart, into my head
Into my brain, into none of the above
This is just my way of unleashing the feelings deep inside of me
This spark of black that I seem to love"
"We can get a little crazy just for fun, just for fun
Don't even try to hold it back, just let go
Tie me up and take me over till you're done, 'til I'm done
You got me fienden and I'm ready to blow"
Her hips swayed to the rhythm and beat of the music as she sang. Her chest and behind bouncing with her movments, movements that were entrancing Velvet. With a smirk Ruby's eye's met with her girlfriends.
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)"
"Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough"
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh"
"Hold my hands above my head and push my face into the bed
'Cause I'm a screamer baby, make me a mute
You put your hand upon my neck and feel the pulse beat-beat-beat-beat
It's like a trigger getting ready to shoot"
Ruby knew she this song was aimed at her, and most people there probably knew it to. She also knew Vel was probably embarrassed but also turned on. How she loved turning her bunny on.
"Wanna wrestle with me baby, here's a sneak little peak
You can dominate the game 'cause I'm tough
I don't play around that often, when I do, I'm a freak
So you'd better believe I like it rough"
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)
Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough"
Many thoughts were going through her head as she sang, the sad ones being replaced by with good ones. Velvet was really something special and Ruby knew it. She made Ruby smile, she made her happy.
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh"
"Hold me down and make me scream
Lay me on the floor
Turn me on and take me out
Make me beg for more"
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)"
"Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough"
She continued her dancing further gaining her little bunnies attention. Others seemed to be enjoying the song as well, a few though were red in the face. Yang, Qrow, Ozpin and surprisingly Winter were blushing at the song with Yang and especially Qrow groaning in displeasure.
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh"
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)"
"Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough"
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh"
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)"
"Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough"
"Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh"
Finishing up the song Ruby smiled at Velvet and saw the girl smiling back. It was in that moment that Ruby made a decision, perhaps a rash one but a decision none the less. She moved off the stage and marched her way up to Velvet. She grabbed Vel, pulled her in with a firm hold and kissed her with a fiery passion. After a few moments she pulled away.
"I love you Velvet." Ruby finally told her.
"I love you to Ruby." She smiled as she received another kiss.
"Marry me." Ruby asked.
"W-What!?" Vel's eye's went wide.
"Velvet Scarlatina I want you to marry me." Ruby said loudly gaining many people's attention.
"I-I...yes, yes I'll marry you Ruby Rose." Velvet grabbed her face and kissed her hard making Ruby moan a bit.
Eye's went wide in surprise and shock as it was unexpected. Some people were happy for them, others were neutral about it and a few were unhappy, angry even. Neo felt herself break at seeing and hearing this. Married, she just asked the faunus to marry her, and she said yes. Neo left quickly not wanting to be there anymore, her eye's were wet with tears. Right now she didn't want to be around Ruby or Velvet. Coco was also in the process of leaving, she was pissed at this engagement of theirs. She didn't like Velvet being with Ruby, she was a bad influence and would only end up hurting her. She was going to lose Velvet to that bitch and she wasn't having it. When she had a chance she was going to talk some sense into the faunus.
Everything seemed perfect, this moment was a happy one. There was only one other time Ruby had ever thought about marriage, and she didn't think it was a thought she would ever have again. Nothing could ruin this moment at least that's what Ruby had thought.
"R-Ruby." A faunus girl said from behind Ruby. "It-it's really you."
Ruby turned around and her eye's went wide in shock. No not her, it couldn't be her, not now, not here.
"T-Tulisa!" Ruby stuttered out as she looked at the hyena faunus. "No you can't be here, you shouldn't be here." She gulped.
"You...you..." The faunus closed the distance between them and smacked Ruby across the face. "YOU BITCH!" She yelled.
"What's going on?" Velvet asked.
"Stay out of this!" Tulisa hissed before turning back to Ruby. "Where is he!?" She demanded.
"I-I don't know what your talking about." Ruby said playing dumb.
"Don't, just don't! Where is my son?" She started raising her voice more.
"Tulisa please not here not in front of..." She was cut off.
"What? Not in front of everyone? Don't want them to know what you did? That you used me? That you disappeared with OUR son!" The hyena faunus yelled.
Ruby started to panic, her breathing became shallow and rapid with her heart beat becoming erratic. It was silent in the ballroom now, people looking at the two of them. Her former friends and family stood there stunned at the revelation, all of them except for Qrow. Qrow had suspicions, mostly it was the main scar on Ruby's stomach that gave it away. An emergency c-section scar stuck out to those who knew what it was. Summer had the same scar on her stomach to.
"I was nice to you! I helped you and gave you things when I shouldn't have! You used me to get what you wanted in prison! I risked my job and lively hood for you!" She took a few steps towards Ruby with Ruby taking steps away from her. "You told me you loved me! That we would be together when you got out! And when you got pregnant with our child you promised we would raise Adrian together! That we would buy a home, get married that-that..." She trailed off as she started crying.
"I'm sorry I-I..." Once again Ruby was cut off.
"No your not!" Tulisa screamed. "I should have known better than to get involved with a prisoner, but you were so nice to me, I was so naive. I was stupid for ever trusting you."
Tulisa had been a guard at the prison Ruby was in. She was new and still very naive, she was very much like she use to be and Ruby took advantage of that. Ruby used the woman to help her get what she wanted. She made the love struck woman so many promises that she had no intention of keeping. Then she got pregnant with Adrian, turns out that the penis the female faunus had was fully functional. Go figure that despite how very rare it was for female faunus to get other women pregnant, it was her luck that it happened to her. Something about DNA and the evolutionary chain the faunus went down, she couldn't remember exactly. When Ruby got out of prison she never said a word to Tulisa and never once contacted her over the years. Now here the other woman was standing in front of her in an Atlas military uniform.
"Where's Adrian Ruby?" The woman demanded to know.
"Gone." Ruby lowered her head in shame.
"What do you mean gone?!" Tulisa asked. "TELL ME!" She pushed Ruby, shoving her back a bit.
"I-I gave him up okay!" Ruby cried out.
"You...you gave him up. Why?" She shook her head in anger. "Why would you do that!"
"Having a child would made me weak. I can't be weak, I refuse to be weak." Tears streaming from her eye's Ruby continued. "It was the biggest mistake of my life and I wish I had never done it."
"You selfish bitch! You took him from me and then tossed him away like trash!" The faunus was even more pissed off now. "I never even got to see him and now I never will!" Lashing out she punched Ruby sending her to the floor. "I wish I had never met you!" She yelled as several other Atlas personnel restrained her.
She was right, she was selfish, she tossed Adrian away like garbage. Sure she regretted the decision the moment she realized what she had truly done. She wishes she could have him back, that she could go back in time and tell herself not to do it. Having a child meant she would have a weak link, someone that could be used against her. He would have also been in danger because of the things she was doing and the people she was involved with. She didn't want that kind of life for him, to be raised in that kind of environment. So sure it wasn't for completely selfish reasons but it was selfish non the less. This also made her a hypocrite though to since she was with Velvet and before her she was with another.
She hated being weak or even showing weakness and yet here she was on the floor with a busted lip and was crying. Velvet was speechless and still in shock. They all saw her looking weak, she felt like she was suffocating and needed to get out of there. Before Velvet or anyone else had a chance to say anything she vanished in a trail of rose petals. She found herself in her old dorm room. Her bed still hung there above Weiss's, held up by the ropes. She didn't know why she went there, why she was sitting on her old bed. Maybe it just somehow comforted her, maybe it was out of old habits.
Yang stood outside the dorm rooms door and could hear Ruby in there crying. She knew there was a chance she might run here simply out of habit. She went to turn away and leave her sister alone but she stopped herself. She had turned her back on Ruby once before but she refused to do it again. She didn't care if Ruby yelled at her or hit her again she was going to be there for her little sister. Taking a breath Yang opened the door and closed it behind her. She climbed up onto the bunk and pulled Ruby into her arms without saying a word. Surprisingly the younger girl didn't yell or attack her, she didn't say or do anything though either. But at least she wasn't pulling away, she simply sat there and cried. It was something and Yang would take it, maybe in time things could be fixed.