A/N: It's finally done! No but seriously this chapter kicked my tail. I felt it was important to introduce Yang through her trailer since she was so different...but this was probably the hardest time I have ever had writing a fight scene. If any of you were wondering why I hadn't updated this story in a little bit, that's why. But yeah Yang's different because again, Taiyang died when Summer did. So Yang is an anxty teen who has been trained to use a scythe by her constantly drunk uncle. I know that a lot of people were interested in this fic so I decided to really buckle down on it while I was at my military annual training, unfortunately I had no signal at AT, so I couldn't upload till now.
"What exactly were you thinking!" An irate Glynda Goodwitch nearly shouted at Ruby, "you put yourself and others in great danger!"
'Ruby, we need to get out of here! Now!' the voice whispered in Ruby's mind, as it had the entire way to the police station from the dust shop. 'Let me take control, I can take her easily and get us out of here!' between Glynda's scolding and It's frantic pleas to escape Ruby was quickly reaching her limit of what she was able to take.
"Shut up" she said it quietly but it caused both voices in the room to take pause.
"Excuse me?" Glynda said giving a small glare at the girl in question. Ruby took a breath and continued.
"I said shut up. You don't know who I am or what I am capable of, yet you come in here and lecture me like I am an idiot who doesn't know what she's doing." Ruby vented for a moment.
"Indeed, why don't you tell us who you are then?" another voice coming from outside the room spoke. Ruby felt a cold dread wash over her from her other half.
'We are so dead.' was all the voice said. Ruby looked cautiously, given her companions reaction, at the man that stepped into the room. He didn't look to tough, he was holding a coffee mug for himself and a plate of cookies that he set down in front of Ruby. Ruby cautiously picked one of the cookies up and sniffed it. Thanks to her companion her senses were enhanced far beyond what she would have had if she had been normal. She smelled no drugs or other foreign elements of the cookie and took a bite all while keeping her eyes on the two adults in the room.
"Well?" Ozpin asked. Ruby narrowed her eyes at the man. "Who are you that we should trust that you knew exactly what you were doing?" when Ruby didn't answer he continued, "It's just that your description and fighting style matches that of the Red Ranger, a vigilante who operates out in the reaches of Vale." Ruby realised that if this man already knew of some of her escapades, lying to get out of the situation wouldn't work.
"Yeah that's me," Ruby answered, "what's it to ya?" she said staring at him defiantly. Ozpin chuckled at her attitude.
"Why don't you tell me why a girl, as young as yourself, has taken it upon herself to single handedly act as judge, jury," He paused to take a sip of his coffee, "and executioner in the reaches?" Ruby scowled at him, so this is how he wanted to play it.
"Someone has to ensure that justice is enforced in areas where the kingdom's police will not go," Ruby answered, "and before you ask yes, I realise that I have no technical authority, and no, I don't care."
"Very well," Ozpin said, "but why?" Ruby could feel her scars itch at the question.
"Because if you let someone get away with hurting another person," Ruby said, "they'll just do it again and lead others to do the same."
"A good answer," Ozpin said, "Now, who are you?" Now Ruby was confused, the man knew who she was, he had as good as said so. "As you said you were operating without authority, so either the police will get to bring in the Red Ranger tonight or," he paused again and smiled, "well do you know who I am?" Ruby shook her head, "I am professor Ozpin, and I run a huntsman academy and I am always looking for talented students." Ruby realised what he was suggesting.
"Ruby, my name is Ruby Rose," she told him, "but I'm only fifteen, I thought huntsmen academy's don't take people until their seventeen."
'Ruby, what are you doing?' the voice asked in a panic, 'everyone there will be a huntsman or huntress, you know, the people that kill creatures like me!'
"Normally, yes," Ozpin said, "but as I told you, I run the school, if I want to make an exception I can."
"Alright, I'll do it." Ruby told him.
'Why me?' the voice asked dejectedly.
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Business was good for Junior. The dance floor that one of his goons had suggested was actually doing pretty well to bring in more money for the legitimate side of his establishment. Yes, everything was going well for Junior, then he noticed a girl walk in the door. Normally junior wouldn't be bothered with another customer walking in, but he recognized this girl's type. It may have been the cocky look she had, the flamboyant clothing, or maybe it was the hulking massive greatsword on her back, probably that last one. The girl was a huntress, or one in training by the looks of it. She wore knee high riding boots, short black shorts, a yellow tank top that exposed part of her midriff, a long brown leather trench coat, and her long blonde hair was tied into a ponytail that came halfway down her back. Junior headed to the portion of the bar that she was currently walking towards. If there was going to be trouble he needed to head it off quickly.
"Whiskey, no ice." the girl told the bartender.
"Aren't you a little young to be hitting it that hard?" Junior asked. It was unlikely but asking that question might be enough get her out of the club.
"Aren't you a little old to have a name like 'Junior'?" the girl responded.
'Great' Junior thought 'not only is she not going to leave, she knows who I am, probably wants information.'
"Well you know who I am," Junior said, "so what do you want?"
"This whiskey and this," she put a picture on the bar counter, it depicted a young girl with a dark red hair and silver eyes, "I want to know anything you know about that girl." Junior looked back at the young huntress.
"I'm sorry but I don't work for huntsmen or huntresses," he told her, "It's bad for my other business partners." Faster than Junior realized the girl grabbed his head and slammed it into the counter.
"Look again." the girl commanded. Junior got back up red faced.
"You'll pay for that, Blondie" Junior said while motioning for his men to grab the girl.
"Man, I was really enjoying this too." Yang said while looking at her half finished glass of whiskey. She then threw it over her shoulder where it shattered on one of the goons getting close to her. Next she grabbed the massive greatsword on her back and pressed a button that caused flame to jet out of several vents along the blade, lighting the poor goon on fire. The rest of the goons hesitated at their comrades screams, which gave Yang enough time to transform the greatsword into a massive scythe. She swung the scythe around her and caught several bottles from the bar on the curve of the scythe. She then swung the scythe causing the bottles to fly and shatter lighting several more goons on fire. As the rest of the goons finally decided to charge her she brought her scythe around and began taking them out two or three at a time. Once the goons were taken care of she was about to find Junior again when she felt bullets start flying by her head. She turned and saw the dj had pulled out an extremely old machine gun and was shooting at her. She switched her scythe back to a greatsword and threw the whole weapon at him. The dj ducked but still had the rediculous bear head he was wearing get pinned to the wall behind him on the massive sword. Yang ran and jumped after her weapon, when she got to the dj she grabbed the barrel of his machine gun and slammed the butt of it into his face. She then slammed his face into his mixer swept the legs out from under him and then stomped on his head to ensure that he was unconscious. Yang's attention was suddenly drawn to the red and white colored twins that had walked onto the dance floor beneath her, as the red one spoke.
"Melanie, who is this girl?" she sounded like a snotty teenager.
"I don't know Miltia, but we should teach her a lesson!" the white one said. Yang scowled as two girls began to charge towards her. She grabbed her sword that was stuck in the wall, pressed a button on the hilt and withdrew a pump action shotgun from within the frame. She began firing flare rounds at the twins, forcing them to begin dodging. Realising that they would need to close the distance in order to effectively fight this interloper, the red girl ran forward and leaped onto the dj stand. She swung at Yang with an overhead strike, which Yang blocked with the barrel of her then grabbed the girl by her hair and slammed it into the flat of her sword which was still embedded in the wall. As the Red girl stumbled back Yang returned the shotgun into the frame of her sword and withdrew it from the wall. Yang then swung at her opponent. The blade didn't connect with the girl but it did split the dj stand in half, sending both combatants to the dance floor below. Yang saw the white girl moving in to attack her and that the red girl was starting to get back on her feet. Deciding to deal with the red sister first since she was already slightly spent from the previous fight, Yang rushed her with a heavy horizontal swing. The girl looked up too late to do anything but watch as the massive greatsword caught her directly in the face. She went flying and fell through the glass off to the side of the dance floor. Now with only the white girl left standing, Yang turned and focused on her. The girl was skilled, using her heel blades quite proficiently. Yang was practically spinning her greatsword and blocking on both the blade and hilt, and still the girl was able to land several hits. Yang could feel her semblance starting to ignite and knew she could knock this girl out with one hit, if she could hit her. Yang got her opportunity when she managed to wedge one of the girls heel blades on her sword. Yang twisted the sword and stabbed it into the ground, simultaneously twisting the girls ankle and trapping her against the sword. Yang then grabbed the handle of the sword and swung herself around to deliver a devastating blow to the girls face while the afterimages of flames burned on her hair. With both girls down Yang once again began her search for Junior. She found him off to the side of the club walking in with, 'is that a rocket launcher!?'
"You're going to pay for this Blondie." Junior said it calmly, with certainty. Yang scowled, and for a second neither of them moved. Yang moved first drawing the shotgun from the frame of her sword once again. She switched to the second magazine that contained spread shot, and pumped once. Almost at the same time Junior aimed the rocket launcher and fired six missiles from it. Yang used three shells to block the rockets when she noticed Junior charging her. She slammed the shotgun home and drew the sword from the dancefloor. Juniors first strike connected, the second Yang deflected with her blade, the third she caught on her hilt. Yang smirked, reeled back her hand and delivered a bone shattering punch to Juniors face. Glass windows along the back wall and Yang practically exploded as she delivered her strike. Junior fell to the floor a short distance away, and Yang took her time walking towards him. He tried to reach for his rocket launcher bat when he finally noticed her approaching, only to find it split in half as Yang's sword came down on it. He looked up as Yang kneeled over him.
"Now let's try this again…" Yang said.
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