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Chapter 5: Kiss, Marry, Kill
"So, who's going first?" asked Marcus.
"Me." Said Yang, before anyone else could speak.
"I'm concerned about this." Said Jaune.
"Don't be. Marcus. Kiss, Marry, Kill." Said Yang.
"Now I'm concerned." Said Marcus.
"Ren, Jaune and Ruby." Said Yang with a smile.
"Dammit. Let's see." Said Marcus, starting to think. "I would kiss… Ren. Marry… I guess… Ruby and kill Jaune."
"Oh thank god." Whispered Jaune.
"You'd rather die than marry or kiss Marcus?" asked Weiss.
"Um… yeah." said Jaune.
"I'm not surprised." Said Marcus. "My turn. Pyrrha. Yang, Blake and Jaune."
"Marry Jaune, kiss Blake, kill Yang. Sorry." Said Pyrrha, without hesitation.
"That was quick." said Ruby.
"Well I mean she's-" Weiss cut herself off. "That was close."
Marcus took a look at Pyrrha and realized what Weiss was about to say. "I see… interesting." Said Marcus.
The group continued to play for a few hours until they decided to only do one more.
"Alright Ruby." Said Yang.
"Oh no." said Ruby.
"Don't worry. Jaune, Ren, Marcus." Said Yang.
"I should have been worried." Said Ruby. "I guess… kiss Jaune, marry Marcus, kill Ren? Sorry Ren."
"Really. Interesting." Said Yang.
"How?" asked Marcus.
"Well, she said she'd marry you, and at the beginning, you said you'd marry her." Said Yang.
Marcus and Ruby looked at each other, their faces a new shade of red, before looking away quickly.
"Come on Yang. Don't tease them." Said Blake.
"Why not? It's fun." Said Yang.
Everyone but Marcus and Ruby let out a collective laugh before Jaune yawned.
"We should probably turn in for the night." Said Ren.
"Yeah. We'll talk with you guys later." Said Pyrrha, leaving with the rest of team JNPR.
"Alright. We'll talk to you tomorrow." Said Marcus as the door closed.
The rest of the group was preparing to go to bed when a loud clap of thunder startled them before the sky opened up, letting a downpour start.
"Great. Thunderstorm." said Weiss.
"Awesome. I'll be back." said Marcus, about to leave the room.
"Where are you going?" asked Ruby.
"Roof." Said Marcus, leaving.
"But, it's a downpour out there! You'll make yourself sick!" Said Ruby, but Marcus was already gone.
"What is he thinking?" asked Yang.
"He isn't stupid. I'm sure he'll be fine." Said Weiss.
"True. He'll be back soon enough." Said Ruby.
The rest of team RWBY got into bed and went to sleep, but Ruby didn't.
'Why do I care so much about why he went out there? I guess I'm just curious about why he went to the roof in a storm.' Thought Ruby.
Ruby stayed in bed for about five more minutes before sneaking out of the room in her pajamas, and heading to the roof. When she got to the door leading to the roof she saw Marcus sitting cross-legged in the rain, completely still. However, as she looked closer, she realized his clothes were still dry, and there was small amount of steam rising from his clothes.
"How are you doing that?" asked Ruby, from the doorway.
Marcus turned around to see Ruby. "Hey Ruby. How am I doing what?" asked Marcus.
"How are your clothes still dry?" asked Ruby, clarifying.
"Right. How should I describe it? See, while my semblance has the effect of making me blind after it is activated, there is another effect that is amplified after it is deactivated. It makes my body temperature rise very sharply. Even if my semblance wasn't activated, my body temperature is higher than the regular, but after using my semblance, it gets even higher than that. Sitting out in the rain cools me off, and because of my high body temperature, I don't get wet. The water evaporates as it hits me, causing the steam." Said Marcus.
"Really?" asked Ruby.
"Look." Said Marcus, holding out his hand. Ruby looked at his hand to see that whenever a drop of rain hit his hand, it started to boil immediately and soon evaporated.
"Then I guess I don't need to worry about you getting sick." Said Ruby.
"Nope. Not a cold, but a fever is a very real possibility." Said Marcus.
"Really?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah, my high body temperature keeps me from getting colds, but when I get fevers, they are absolute torture." Said Marcus.
"How bad are they?" asked Ruby.
"Well, let me put it like this. What is the highest fever you have ever had?" asked Marcus.
Ruby thought for a moment before responding. "When I was seven I had a fever of 103.6 degrees. It was really bad." Said Ruby.
"The lowest fever I have ever had was 138.2 degrees. That is how bad my fevers are." Said Marcus.
Ruby's eyes widened in shock. "Torture sounds pretty accurate." Said Ruby.
"Yeah." Said Marcus before standing up.
"You heading back to the room?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah." Said Marcus, leaving for the room along with Ruby.
Once they got back to the room, they collapsed onto their beds and fell asleep quickly.
The next day
Marcus woke up with a yawn and looked to the side to see that everyone else was still asleep.
He looked to the foot of his bed to see Dag waking up as he got dressed.
"Hey bud. How you doing?" asked Marcus.
Dag gave a quiet bark in return.
Marcus gave him a smile back and was about to leave the room when everyone else woke up.
"Where you heading Marcus?" asked Yang.
"Planning on heading into town for a bit." Said Marcus.
"Want some company?" asked Ruby.
"Well… I was actually planning on getting Christmas presents for everyone, so it's probably best that I go alone." Said Marcus.
"Isn't it a bit early for that? I mean, Christmas isn't for another month." Said Weiss.
"You know I like to be prepared." Said Marcus.
"True." Said Weiss.
"Actually, while we're on the topic of Christmas…" Yang started.
"What is it?" asked Blake.
"I was thinking that we should do a Secret Santa kind of thing for Christmas. We'd have a spending limit of course and that way everyone only has to buy one gift." Said Yang.
"I like that idea." Said Ruby.
"Works for me." Said Blake.
"I'm fine with it, but Marcus…" Weiss trailed off.
The three others looked at Marcus, who gave an odd smile.
"Look, it isn't that I don't like the idea, but I'm not a fan of Secret Santa. I would prefer to get everyone a gift, without having to adhere to a limit on how much I can spend." Said Marcus.
"But, then we can't do a Secret Santa." Said Ruby, sadly.
"Well, actually… I have a way we still can." Said Marcus.
"Really? How?" asked Yang.
"We still draw. I still get everyone gifts, but whoever I draw is who I'll spend the most on." Said Marcus.
The group looked to be thinking.
"That works for me." Said Blake.
"I like it." Said Ruby.
"Alright. Works for me." Said Yang.
"Let's draw then." Said Weiss.
Yang pulled a hat out from under her bed and held it out.
"You want to start Marcus?" asked Yang.
"Gladly." Said Marcus, reaching into the hat and pulling out a slip of paper.
Marcus looked at it and nodded, before slipping it into his pocket. "I'll be off then." Said Marcus, leaving.
"One of us is in for a real treat on Christmas." Said Weiss, pulling out a name.
"What do you mean?" asked Blake, picking a name.
"Let's just say Marcus usually gets very pricey gifts. With this Secret Santa, I'm expecting something quiet extravagant for the person he picked." Said Weiss.
"Wonder who he got?" asked Ruby, picking.
"We'll find out soon enough." Said Yang.
Three hours later with Marcus
"There we go. I got everyone's gifts." Marcus said to himself, carrying a bag containing the gifts for the girls. As he was walking he saw a few men walking into a small building. Marcus walked up to the building and saw a group of men. Marcus could tell at a glance that they were drug dealers, just like his gang.
'They need to be taken care of.' Thought Marcus, starting to walk towards the territory of The Celestial Serpents. After entering he walked deep into the territory to plan an attack.
"Hello sir. What is it?" asked Al.
"I found another group dealing in our town. I think they need to learn who runs this area." Said Marcus.
"Of course sir. How shall we bring them down?" asked Al, pulling out a map and laying it on a table.
Marcus grabbed a pen and circled the building he saw the men enter. As he was planning an attack, an alarm sounded. Marcus removed his shirt and put on his mask. Shortly afterwards, two men brought an intruder in. The removed the bag covering their head, to reveal that it was Ruby.
Marcus was initially shocked. "You returned… why?" asked Marcus.
"I'm sorry! I swear I have a good reason!" said Ruby, panicking.
"What might your reason be?" asked Marcus.
"I was walking through town looking for a friend of mine, when I thought I saw him enter your territory. He mentioned before that he had a previous run in with your group. I knew that if you caught him, he would be killed, so I ran to try and stop him, but I wasn't fast enough, and I ran too far and accidently stepped into your territory." Explained Ruby.
"No one came here before you." Said Marcus.
"What? I swear I thought I saw him come here." Said Ruby.
Marcus walked up to her and looked her dead in the eyes. After a few seconds he nodded and walked away. "I believe you." Said Marcus.
"Really?" asked Ruby.
"Yes. Tell you what. You managed to catch me in a good mood today. I will give you one more chance." Said Marcus.
"You mean…" Ruby trailed off.
"Yes. You may leave. However, I will not forgive a third transgression against us. Understood?" asked Marcus.
"Understood." Said Ruby.
Marcus nodded. "Escort her out." Said Marcus, as the other members led Ruby out.
Marcus walked back over to the table he was at. "Their hideout is too open. No way to attack without drawing attention. Send in a covert operative. Take them down from the inside. Recruit them if we can, destroy them if we must." Said Marcus, putting his shirt on and removing his mask.
"Understood sir." Said Derek as Marcus left.
Marcus walked back to the airships and boarded one to beacon. After landing he walked to team JNPR's dorm room. He knocked and Ren answered.
"Hello Marcus. How can I help you?" asked Ren.
"Can you hide these?" asked Marcus, handing Ren the bag of presents.
"Um, yeah sure, but what are they?" asked Ren.
"Christmas presents for my team." Said Marcus.
"I see. You're a pretty smart guy. They'll never look for their presents here." Said Ren.
"More than just a pretty face Ren. Thanks." Said Marcus, with a smile, before leaving.
Marcus arrived at his dorm and was immediately tackled by Ruby the second he opened the door.
"Woah!" yelled Marcus after falling to the ground.
"THANK GOD YOU'RE OK!" yelled Ruby, tearing up.
"Um… ok, but why wouldn't I be? Asked Marcus.
"Well, earlier I was in town and I thought I saw you go into the Celestial Serpents territory. When I went back in to try and help you-" Marcus then cut Ruby off, worried.
"You went back?! Are you ok?!" asked Marcus, getting up and looking Ruby in the eyes.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." Said Ruby.
"Wait, their leader gave you another chance?" asked Weiss.
"Yeah. When I explained that I thought I saw Marcus enter their territory, their leader believed me and let me go." Said Ruby.
"Strange, I didn't think their leader forgave two transgressions." Said Marcus.
"I imagine they don't unless you have a legitimate reason." Said Weiss.
"Well, either way, thank god he gave Ruby another chance. But, Ruby, you need to promise to NEVER go back there, no matter what you see." Said Marcus.
"Ok. I promise." Said Ruby.
"Thank you Ruby." Said Marcus.
"So, where are our presents?" asked Yang.
"Wait, you just found out your sister put her life at risk, and the first thing you care about is your present?" asked Blake.
"Ruby is fine and in perfect health. I don't need to worry about her right now." Said Yang.
"I suppose that's a good point, but at any rate, your presents aren't here." Said Marcus.
"Then where are they?" asked Yang, trying to trick Marcus.
"I'm not going to tell you where your presents are Yang." Said Marcus.
"Fine. Can you tell us who you drew for Secret Santa?" asked Yang.
"If I tell you, what's the point of doing Secret Santa in the first place? The point of Secret Santa is you don't know who anyone else drew, until Christmas. So if I tell you who I drew, wouldn't that kind of defeat the purpose?" asked Marcus.
"He makes a good point Yang." Said Ruby.
"Fine. I'll lock up my curiosity until next month. I can wait that long." Said Yang, crossing her arms.
"Good." Said Marcus.
There we have it. Chapter 5. Again, writer's block can seriously go fuck itself, and I hope you aren't too mad with how long the chapter took to come out. At any rate, hope you enjoyed this chapter, remember to leave a review of what you thought and I hope to see you guys in the next chapter as well as my other stories! Goodbye!