Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Wolf and Reaper. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Mistral.)
Ruby cut a Beowolf in half before twirling around her weapon and firing a bullet into the head of another.
"GET. AWAY." Ruby hissed, gritting her teeth at the Grimm before firing her weapon and throwing herself back at the Grimm.
She could see Azul having a bad dream, something born from misery and fear. She hoped her fighting would wake Azul up. Ruby knew for a fact that the Grimm were drawn to Azul because of the darkness within his thoughts.
Ruby spun and impaled a Beowolf through the mouth with her scythe before twirling it to blast another Beowolf through the torso.
One managed to score a hit before she reared back and slammed into the monster so hard the mere force annihilated it.
Ruby continued to fight, one Beowolf dismembered, another stabbed and then decapitated, a third shot in the head.
The Grimm blinked, not used to seeing prey so eager to deny it what it wanted. Ruby panted and leaned on Crescent Rose.
3 more Beowolves set in, eager to have a go at the young Huntress. Ruby didn't notice the being perched in the trees watching the duo.
He chuckled insanely before departing to continue his work. Ruby spun, fired which cut a Beowolf down at the legs, and smashed its skull in with her feet.
It was then Azul finally woke up just as the last Beowolf threw itself at Ruby.
He quickly grabbed Violet Shadow and aimed. Ruby heard a loud CRACK, and the Grimm fell dead to the ground.
She turned to look at Azul who looked at Ruby before noticing the pack of Beowolves dead all around the duo.
He then noticed he was sweating, taking deeper and deeper breaths of air, he was scared… a nightmare had befallen the young Faunus.
Azul looked at Ruby who rested her smoking scythe into the ground and walked over. Azul sighed and pulled his knees to himself.
"This is all because of me," Azul looked at the trees, claw marks. He's angry and stupidly foolish nightmares had led the Grimm to them like it would sharks to fresh meat in the water on a hungry day.
"This isn't because of you. they came because we were vulnerable. I should have known trying to camp out in the woods wasn't a good idea," Ruby stated, more to herself than to Azul.
It didn't entirely matter to Azul. he knew for a fact Ruby was only covering for him so he wouldn't feel bad. His memories of Beacon, of Vale, of Cinder? They had brought the Grimm down on them, and Ruby had fought them off for him.
He checked his scroll; she had taken a hit. A single one was still more than enough for Azul to blame himself if he wasn't around? Ruby wouldn't be up right now fighting the Grimm.
Azul got up only to be tackled by a crimson blur and flipped onto his chest. He looked at Ruby.
She perched on his chest, staring into his cerulean eyes with her sliver orbs. She blinked as Azul grunted for a moment, confused about Ruby tackling him.
"Stay. You go off, the Grimm will kill you. I'm not going to let you kill yourself just because I got into some trouble. Stay." Ruby stated before Azul sighed and put his scroll to the side.
"Ok, but I'm going to sleep in at times… we need to cover as much ground as we can tomorrow before we stop and rest. You have a way to keep the Grimm from bothering us?" Azul questioned the scarlet reaper as she gazed around the clearing.
Ruby didn't have an answer for that, she hadn't expected to be surrounded by Grimm.
Still? She had an idea; she drew a Fire dust Crystal and then tied a wire around it before setting it to the tree. Ruby then attached a bullet to the crystal and tied it in a tripwire before starting to do the same with the trees until they had a clearing.
"If any Grimm emerge? These will trip and shoot them in the legs… if they trip the crystal trap? It will make an explosion big enough to wake us up and cover our escape into the forest… we can get some sleep and be ok enough to travel... but you're sleeping here if I have to nail you to the ground by your hood." Ruby laid down, cracked her neck, and looked at her feet before cleaning the leaves and dirt off.
One thing she wanted right now was a washing machine… still, Ruby had roughed it in the forest before… it was no different than that time.
She crawled over to Azul who set his weapon aside just in case it was needed before pulling Ruby to him.
The duo knew they'd be yelled at when the others found them in Mistral… but they had each other.
Neither noticed the black feather as a caw split the air.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter is done! I want to point out that since Tyrian is the main villain for Azul and Ruby? He will be appearing in the next chapter. The next chapter will be in a week and will show Azul and Ruby encountering Tyrian and their first battle with him. until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: I might make a Summer story on Tuesday or so.