RWBY A Day in the Life of Crime

Chapter Eight: A Date with a Bang

Ruby and Cinder were walking hand in hand down a main street in the city. Their hands were swinging together and Ruby was humming merrily to herself. She and Cinder had finally found time in their hectic schedule in order to go out on a proper date. Right now the two of them were dressed up nicely. Ruby in a white button down shirt and plaid red skirt and Cinder in a long red dress with a slit on the side to showcase a glimpse of her pale and smooth thigh, one that Ruby's gaze would return to ever so often. She was trying to hide the fact that she was looking but she wasn't doing a good job because Cinder noticed, but she just laughed to herself softly, not choosing to mention this. She would tempt and taunt Ruby purposefully with her body and get her energized for the later portion of the date that would be spent in much more private and closed quarters. She couldn't wait for that fun part. She was going to make Ruby scream out loud.

"So, what's the restaurant we are going over to?" Cinder asked as way of conversation. Ruby had insisted on keeping the details of the date a secret. Not that she was any good at keeping secrets. Cinder already had an idea of what exactly they would be doing today. Dinner and then a movie. She knew it was going to be an action movie about gangsters, but she didn't know where dinner would be held.

"It's a really good place," Ruby said as they paused to wait for the walk sign before crossing the street. People gave them appreciative looks. They both looked good. Cinder, a seductress in her red dress and with her hair in an updo, and Ruby cute in her short skirt. Very short. Suddenly Cinder felt a flare of protectiveness. How dare they look at her Ruby like this. Her fingers tightened on the purse in her hold. She was half tempted to pull out the gun there and fire off a couple of rounds into the air, scaring off the people and leaving the two girl's with no staring as they walked to the restaurant.

Ruby was having much the same thoughts. Her hand tightened over Cinder's, the older woman's grip mimicking hers. How dare people look with dirty eyes at her Cinder! Ruby was contemplating pulling out her scythe which had been packed neatly into the little tote bag slung over her shoulder. As soon as she showed it people would run because they knew by now that the Grimm leader was one who carried a scythe, even if they didn't know her face. Both girl's were glaring evilly at the people as they passed them by and this freaked out the people so much that they dropped their eyes and began to walk on the other side of the street to avoid getting so violently stared at that they could feel the blades the women wanted to plunge into their backs without the two even having to do anything.

"It's just a small place not far from here," Ruby answered Cinder vaguely as she eyed a man next to her who gulped and dove into a potted plant to avoid her.

"Come now, Ruby. Out with it. We both know you want to tell me," Cinder said with a playful lithe to her voice, death glaring another man who ran out into traffic to get as far from her as he could. There was a screech of tires and a loud scream and Cinder redirected her gaze to someone else.

"Noooooo," Ruby insisted, this time her eyes landing on a man peering out the window. Quickly he jerked back and closed the shades.

"Ruby," Cinder pouted. "Stop being so mean and tell me." The two girl's tone of voice was completely contradictory from the hard looks they were giving everyone on the street.

The two girls, satisfied that the people were leaving them alone and had effectively cleared out the street, sniffed in unison before turning their eyes back to one another, smiles on their lips.

Now she'll be safe from those lecherous stares! They thought in unison.

"But if I tell you, then what's the fun. It's supposed to be a surprise date. Emphasis on the surprise part."

It seemed like Ruby was going to play hard. Nothing that Cinder couldn't deal with. "Please Ruby?" she stuck out her bottom lip and batted her full lashes at the girl. This had the intended affect because Ruby's resolve hiccuped. "Well...I mean, I can't tell you." She didn't say this as insistently as before.

"Please? Ruby I need to know," Cinder husked and rubbed circles on the back of Ruby's hand with her thumb. The girl began to blush and Cinder knew she just needed to give her one last push before she caved in. She brought her mouth closer to her ear but before she could so much as say a single word, Ruby's Scroll went off.

Ruby let out a little grumble. "What now?" She pulled her hand away from Cinder's in order to pull out her Scroll. Looking at the caller id, a frown grew on her lips. Cinder already knew who it was that was calling without having to look.

"Mercury...this better be damn good if you're calling to interrupt my date time," Ruby's voice was low.

"It is boss. I swear! And you know I wouldn't usually call you on your date since last time I did you gave me a date with your fists," at this Mercury winced at the memory but shouldered on. His face had looked like it had gotten rammed by a truck. "But there's been an attack. One of our gang busts went sour because some of the men got spotted by some huntress from Beacon academy!"

"What? Which operation is this?" Ruby began to rub the bridge of her nose, getting stressed already. She could feel her blood pressure rising. There was no way this could be happening. All this time spent waiting for a date with Cinder and it was interrupted by some idiot huntress.

"The one by Ronald street."

"I sent twenty men for that one. How are they getting taken down by one woman?"

"They can barely hold her off, because their getting distracted by her giant boobs and are unable to counter attack her attacks!"

Ruby resisted the urge to slap herself in the face at her henchmens stupidity. "Fine, I'm on my way. I'll take her out."

Then she hung up and rolled back her shoulders, getting out of her date mindset and into her battle one. "What's the situation?" Cinder asked, loathe to see her girlfriend go before they could even make it to the restaurant.

"Some huntress is busting our operation and the men we hired seem to have dicks for brains because their too busy ogling her to hit her right." Ruby let out a sigh. "I won't be long. If it's one then I won't even have to worry about breaking out a sweat."

"And I suppose you want me to stay here?" Cinder said with a bit of a smile. "I would like to help you with your fights, if-"

"Not now Cinder, we already had this discussion and my position stays the same on the issue," Ruby gave Cinder a hard look to which the woman shrugged at. Ruby was really stubborn when she wanted to be.

"Alright," Cinder spoke. If Ruby was going to make her wait then perhaps she could do it at the restaurant they were supposed to be at. "Just tell me the restaurant's name and I'll wait for you there." She said this casually and smoothly.

"It's just down the block. It's called-" Ruby paused at this, closing her mouth before turning narrowed eyes at Cinder. "Oh, you're good. You almost got me there. Later." And then with that Ruby was gone, a lone rose petal landing in Cinder's outstretched hand due to her activated semblance.

"Darn. I almost got her," Cinder mussed with a sigh before she lifted the petal up to her nose and took a deep inhalation. It smelled sweet and delicate like Ruby did. "Hurry up," Cinder whispered to the petal. "I'm hungry." And Cinder wasn't referring to food.

Ruby made her way over to where the gang had been positioned. The smell of fire reached her nose, mixed in with the powdery residue that hung in the air after a weapon utilizing dust was fired. She stopped on top of the warehouse that overlooked the scene below her. Spread out on the concrete parking lot by the warehouse were her men, most of them knocked out by the huntress who was nowhere to be seen. But the fires she had caused raged on in small batches, one of them edging dangerously into becoming larger. The truck that was meant to be loaded up with dust that had been stolen from the Schnee company was left idling, the cases of dust spread haphazardly around, colorful powder on the ground. Idiot. The dust can catch on fire. The huntress should have been more careful with it.

Checking that the coast was clear, Ruby dropped twenty feet to the ground, rushing towards the spilled dust. Already one of the flames had gotten closer to it, and wishing she had her cloak, the younger girl settled for stripping one of her unconscious workers free of his jacket and using it to swat the fire with. The flames were hot and Ruby's cheeks grew warm from the closeness. But with strong waves of her hand she was able to put it out. She was wondering if she should put the others out too when there was the sound of a gun going off inside the warehouse. Ruby turned to look at it, the door cracked partially open into the dark interior. She wondered if that was the huntress. There was a louder gun shot this time, closer, and then a cry. "Out with a bang!" At that a Grimm gang member crashed through the doors, knocking them wide open before he skidded to a stop in front of Ruby's feet where he lay still.

"Well, well. Looks like there's someone else here. You also part of this operation?" asked the huntress, cracking her knuckles and gesturing to the knocked out men on the concrete as she exited the shadows of the warehouse. The shadows melted off of her face, leaving Ruby with a clear look as to who it was. She had changed since Ruby had last seen her. She was taller and her outfit was really skimpy, her boobs practically spilling out of her thin tank top. Were those the uniforms that Beacon issued? If so, then Ruby was glad she hadn't gone there.

"Yang?" she questioned hesitantly.

This paused the girl's cocky walk towards the parking lot. Her eyebrows rose up and she lifted the shades off of her eyes. "Holy shit-Ruby, that's you? Holy hell I couldn't tell. These sunglasses make everyone look different!"

"Yang!" Ruby rushed over and hugged her sister, the blonde nearly stumbling under the force of Ruby's hug. But she went with it, stepping back two steps to regain her balance before picking her sister up in a bear hug and spinning her around.

"Ruby!"