A/N:

So this is kind of like a part two to chapter 7

That is why it is short

The next chapter is in production

So I hope you enjoy

I don't own RWBY

Chapter 8

A Snowy Occurrence

"Who are you?" weakly asked Signi.

"My name is Eirwen, and you?"

"Signi, but call me Sig."

"Alright, Sig, do you remember what happened here?" asked Eirwen. Signi explained the fight and how her father died in that fight. "That must be unfortunate, losing a father like that." Signi was surprised at her response. " I apologize for talking about it."

"No big deal now. What are we going to do?" Signi pondered that a bit but looked to her right.

"Oh right, I don't have a right arm," Signi said jokingly. "I guess I have to make one now."

"Ok, I'll help you with that," said Eirwen with an honest face.

"Do you know dust engineering or anything about the human body?"

Eirwen had a sad look on her face looking down and had her two pointer fingers hitting each other, "N-no."

"I guess that was a good try."

"I have money and resources," said Eirwen with a brightened face.

"Wait… how?"

Eirwen put her hand on her collarbone and let out a laugh," I am the daughter of a noble military family of Atlas, so I do." Signi was imagining sparkles surrounding Eirwen

"Wow, pretty flashy."

"So are we going to start?"

"Well, I got nothing else to do, so yeah, but I have to do something first." Signi got up and started hobbling over to her father's corpse. "We need to lay someone to rest."

They placed the last shovel of snow over the small mound where a single flower stood. They stood there in silence for a while. Signi was the first to speak. "So, how did you get here?"

Eirwen opened her eyes and turned towards Signi, "I had to run away from some bad people."

Seeing Eirwen's apparent age, she came to a conclusion. "So you didn't run away from your parents?"

Eirwen pulled a cold look, "I couldn't run away from my parents if they're dead."

Signi was unsettled by the awkward silence afterward. "Anyway, we should get to work," Eirwen said in a cheery mood.

"Alright then." They started for the shop.

-
Two years later after the event

Eirwen was at the door to Romanova's Mechanical Shop when she was reminiscing what happened that day. She took a deep breath and opened the door. She entered the lobby with a chime at the door. That chime was followed by a series of bangs and bumps above her as the shop owner rushes to receive the customer. After a few moments, the door behind the counter opened with a start with an exhausted girl with no right arm, a cyborg eye, and an apron. "Welcome to Romanova's Mechanical Shop," the girl said between huffs, "How may I- Oh it's you."

The girl's mood improved significantly at Eirwen arrival. "Hello, Sig, have you been doing well?"

Signi straightened her posture," Yes, I have, but business is not." Her expression changed to a droopy one. "Not a lot of people come out here apparently."

Eirwen put a hand on Signi's head. "That might be the case, but, you still are my go-to mechanic."

Signi started blushing. "Aw, stop it." She tried to resist, but couldn't. At least, Signi got away but that required a lot of effort. "Alright, enough of that! Do you have what I requested?" Eirwen pointed to the bag she carried. "Good, to the lair!" They walked over to the back door behind the counter. Eirwen was reminiscing about all the time they had going back and forth. As they entered the room, Signi flicked on the lights.

The room was in the same state as the last time she visited. Parts were scattered everywhere, clothes were draped along some hanging parts, and different colored rags were all over the place. It felt like normal. The only thing different was the center table. On that table was Signi's new project that they had worked on for two years together. "And here we have the new arm." The arm was of simple design on the exterior with a plain gray but has a very complicated interior of various circuits that could perform all the tasks a regular arm could do. Eirwen could not help but marvel at their accomplishment. Signi fidgeted with a scroll pad and a part of the arm opened up. "Alright, now for the last piece." Signi held out a hand outstretched towards Eirwen. Knowing what she meant, Eirwen opened her satchel and revealed an object. This object was a proto-Dust core that was rumored to be able to run forever, and those rumors are partly true.

"You know, getting this core was a very difficult process, so I hope this works."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll treat you to some ice cream, now come on." enticed by the offer, she handed the core to Signi as she inserted it into the arm. "Now for this part, I need your help."

"Whatever you say." Eirwen helped position the arm into Signi's arm joint which resulted in a confirmative click. Signi tapped on her scroll pad again and the arm activated. She was slowly moving the arm till it was natural.

"Yes, it works!" she pumped her "new" arm up in the air. "Hi-five!" Her arm was answered with another arm being Eirwen's. "Now, time to sync it." She took two cords out, one for her arm and another for her neck. Eirwen had forgotten that Signi also had a cybotic right eye because, a little bit after that event, she noticed that she could not see out of her right eye either. After she synced them, Signi retracted the cords. "Let's test it." Signi headed for the door, picking up her gauntlet on the way out. "This is going to be fun."

"You bet." Eirwen had laid out a set of ice targets for Signi to test.

"I didn't know you controlled ice."

"Well, that is my semblance, now hurry up, it's going to melt."

"Yeah, yeah, but couldn't you make more?"

"The sun will still melt it."

"Ok then." Signi used her right arm to equip her gauntlet and powered it up. "I've actually made some adjustments to the gauntlet so the power is more controlled." Signi raised her gauntlet towards the first target and fired. The blast completely annihilated the target. She continued to do so with the other targets.

"That is some splendid marksmanship!"Eirwen saw the power she had and thought that it can be better than what she saw today in a few years of practice.

"I say, I'm pretty good," Signi said, patronizing herself. Suddenly, a Beowulf jumped out of the bushes to slash at Signi's back.

"Watch out!" Eirwen tackled Signi out of the way and launched an ice javelin to impale the Beowulf. Her attack was successful and the Beowulf disintegrated. Eirwen was on top of Signi who was laying on the ground, and both of her hands were on top of Signi's arms.

"Ha… ha... what an awkward position."

"Yeah, you're right." Both of them were blushing hard at how close they were to each other. "Well, I guess I can tell you now."

" What?" Eirwen let go of Signi's arms and straightened her back. She started unbuttoning her black and red military uniform. "W-wait what are y-you-," Eirwen's jacket fell to the ground, exposing her pure white skin and black ornate bra. Signi was extremely red in the face, but it all flushed away when she saw the scars. They were everywhere, from her stomach all the way to her back. Stab wounds, sword swipes, whip marks, she had all these marks along her body.

"When I told you I had to run away from some bad people, those bad people were the White Fang. They did this to me because I was a Noble." Eirwen's voice got lower and lower as she spoke. "They did this to me even after they took away my father and my mother." She began to sob. "I don't know what to-," Signi pulled her into an embrace.

"It's okay now, you have me," she pulled out slightly, "You have it much worse than me. Us two together, we can get through anything." Signi flashed a smile. Eirwen hugged back.

"Thank you." On that day, in that forest, Eirwen finally found the someone. That someone who will make her complete. She would do anything to keep her by her side, no matter the cost. Eirwen grew a small grin on her face. This was going to be fun.

A/N:

Yay pairings

It was hinted earlier

anyway, on to the next