A/N: Weeks, hm? Anyway, here's another chapter for you in A New Purpose? To be honest, I am still upset due to the FA Cup lost but nothing can be done there, we just have to accept it.
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Here you go!
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It's morning. And it is the day. Right on time, of what the author about to say, No more-
"No more awkward small talk or "getting-to-know-you" stuff. Today, I get to let my sweetheart do the talking." Ruby Rose replied to Yang, while stroking Crescent Rose, sighing happily.
"Well, remember, Ruby, you're not the only one going through initiation. If you wanna grow up, you're gonna have to meet new people and learn to work together." Yang scolded, or advised, Ruby.
Ruby sighed, frustration clearly on her voice. "You sound like Dad! First of all: what does meeting new people have to do with fighting? And secondly: I don't need people to help me grow up! I drink milk!"
Yang gave her a deadpanned stare. "But what about when we form teams?"
Anxiousness took over frustration for the young Rose. "Um, I don't know… I… I'll just be in your team or something."
Yang asked her, "Maybe you should try being on someone else's team?"
Ruby stared at her older (read: half older sister) sister. "My dear sister Yang, are you implying that you do not wish to be on the same team as me?"
Yang's eyes went wide. "What? No! Of course I do! I just thought... I don't know, maybe it would help you... break out of your shell!"
Ruby gasped, as if petrified. "What the-?! I don't need to 'break out of my shell'! That's absolutely-"
"Ridiculous!" Jaune suddenly appeared, walking between the sisters with a map looking lost. "There's no way I put my gear in locker 636 yesterday! I would've remembered having to count that high! Why does this have to happen today?" He whined. He passed Weiss and another female the former talking with.
She has a waist-length red hair she wore in a ponytail-style, slightly curled into a loose ringlet. She also wore light-green eyeshadow around the far upper corners of her green eyes. She was tall and quite muscular compared to most of the other girls at Beacon. For her top clothing, she wore a brown overbust corset with a vertical strip of lighter brown in the center. Another addition, she wore an elastic, black, A-line mini skirt and brown opera-length gloves on both arms. She wore a red, ankle-length sash that wrapped around her skirt. She wore armor. She had elaborate bronze greaves that started below her mid-thigh before continuing downwards into her boots, as well as a pair of cuisses that began mid-thigh and ended slightly above her knees. She was also equipped with a bronze bracer capable of connecting with her weapon, atop the sleeve on her left arm. Her high-heeled boots were brown with bronze trim, matching her skirt and sleeves and reaching up to mid-calf.
This female is known as Pyrrha Nikos, a famous celebrity, which will be revealed soon.
"So, Pyrrha, have you given any thought to whose team you'd like to be on? I'm sure everyone must be eager to unite with such a strong, well-known individual such as yourself!"
Pyrrha shook her head. "Hmm... I'm not quite sure. I was planning on letting the chips fall where they may."
"Well... I was thinking maybe we could be on a team together." Weiss had a strange glint in her eyes when she's saying that.
The redhead smiled. "Well, that sounds grand!"
The pale girl smiled (a bit maniacal). "Great!" She proceed to speak internally. 'This will be perfect! The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class! Together we will be unstoppable! I can see it now! We'll be popular! We'll be celebrities! We'll get perfect grades! Nothing can come between us now!'
Jaune got himself between the two. "You know what else is great? Me. Jaune Arc. Nice to meet you."
Weiss, irritated at his appearance, spoke. "You again?"
Pyrrha ignored the heiress as she smiled at Jaune. "Nice to meet you, Jaune!"
"Yeah, yeah." Jaune pushed the redhead a bit, talking to Weiss while posing a bit. "So, Weiss, couldn't help but overhear your fondness of me the other day."
A vein appeared on the heiress brow. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!"
"Don't worry!" The Arc assured, "No need to be embarrassed! So, been hearing rumors about teams! I was thinking you and me would make a good one! What do you say?"
"Actually, I think the teams are comprised of four students each, so-", Jaune turned her attention to Pyrrha, though cutting her off in the process.
"You don't say. Well, hot stuff, play your cards right and maybe you could join up with the winning team!"
Weiss separated the two, then turned to Jaune. "Jaune, is it?" the said man nodded his head. "Do you have any idea who you're talking to?"
"Not in the slightest, Snow Angel." Jaune replied.
"This is Pyrrha." Weiss said, earning an 'Hello' from the redhead. "She graduated top of her class at Sanctum."
"Never heard of it."
Weiss continue, though begin to be much more irritated if the scoff was any indication. "She's won the Mistral Region Tournaments four years in a row! A new record!"
Jaune blinked owlishly. "The what?"
The heiress waving her arms rapidly in anger. "She's on the front of every Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes box!"
Jaune gasped. "That's you!? But they only do that for star athletes and cartoon characters!"
Pyrrha let out her cent. "Yeah, it was pretty cool. Sadly, the cereal isn't very good for you."
Weiss continued her assault on Jaune. "So, after hearing all of this, do you really think you're in a position to ask her to be on your team?"
"I guess not… Sorry…" Jaune hung his head in defeat.
"Actually, Jaune. I think you'd make a great leader!" Pyrrha encouraged.
"Duh, stop it!" Jaune spirit went back up at full level.
Weiss with a deadpanned stare, said. "Seriously, please stop it. This kind of behavior should not be encouraged."
"Sounds like Pyrrha's on board for Team Jaune. Spots are filling up quick! Now, I'm not supposed to do this, but maybe I could pull some strings, find a place for you. What do you say?" Jaune said, getting close to Weiss.
Weiss yelled a bit. "All right, that's a bit too close! Pyrrha, a little help, please?"
Jaune looked at Pyrrha's direction, noticing a javelin coming towards him, which hit him and pinned him onto the wall.
"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha yelled.
An intercom announcement rang.
"Would all first year please report to Beacon Cliff for initiation? Again, all first-year students report to Beacon Cliff immediately."
Weiss walk passed the blond without giving the latter a single glance. Pyrrha followed her, grabbing her and dropping Jaune on the ground in the process.
"It was nice meeting you!"
Jaune, slumped against the locker replied a bit with no spirit, "Yeah…"
"Having trouble there, lady-killer?"
Jaune looked towards the direction of the voice and saw the sisters, Yang and Ruby approaching.
The blonde accepted the offered hand from Ruby. "I don't understand. My dad said all women look for is confidence! Where did I go wrong?"
Yang decided to help. "'Snow Angel' probably wasn't the best start." The probably emphasized.
"Come on, Jaune. Let's go."
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On the cliff, all the first year students stood. In front of them, are the duo Ozpin with his mug and Glynda with her tablet.
"For years, you have trained to become warriors, and today, your abilities will be evaluated in the Emerald Forest." The Headmaster began.
Glynda took over the control. "Now, I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about the assignment of 'teams'. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates... today."
A crack could be heard from Ruby.
"These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon. So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well." The Headmaster retained control.
A groan from Ruby.
Ozpin gave no mercy. "That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years."
"What!?" This time, a shattered glass sound definitely could be heard from the young girl.
One girl however, "See? I told you-"
Her words were ignored however. "After you've partnered up, make your way to the northern end of the forest. You will meet opposition along the way. Do not hesitate to destroy everything in your path... or you will die."
The students stood determined, with Jaune gulping nervously.
Ozpin continued. "You will be monitored and graded through the duration of your initiation, but our instructors will not intervene. You will find an abandoned temple at the end of the path containing several relics. Each pair must choose one and return to the top of the cliff. We will reguard that item, as well as your standing, and grade you appropriately. Now, before we move on, there is something that you should know."
His words stopped everyone's murmuring.
"Should you make it to the abandoned temple, don't panic and think someone is lost, needing help. His role, is something you will find out along the way."
The murmurs from everyone louden, while Ozpin smirked with Glynda sighing at the former's antics.
'Now that I think about it, where is Gintoki?' Ruby thought.
"Now, is there any questions?"
Jaune raised his hand. "Yeah, um, sir?"
Ozpin ignored the raised hand from the Arc. "Good! Now, take your positions."
Everyone prepared themselves, with many of them struck a pose.
"Uh, sir? I've got um… a question." Weiss sprang to the air courtesy of the springboard. "So, this landing... strategy thing... Uh, wha-what is it? You're, like, dropping us off or something?" Jaune asked.
"No. You will be falling." Ozpin replied bluntly, though inwardly he smirked sadistically.
Jaune still missed the students were sprang into the air. "Oh, uh, I see... So, like, did you hand out parachutes for us?"
Ozpin shook his head. "No, you will be using your own landing strategy."
"Uh-huh… yeah…" Jaune nervously said.
Yang winked at her younger sister, put on a pair of aviators, flying off with a loud 'Wohooo!'.
"So, what exactly is a landing strategYYY!" Jaune's words were carried off with him to the sky.
Ozpin took a sip from his mug, letting out a satisfied sigh.
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He had been sitting for perhaps half an hour already.
The reactions he received definitely amused him. Ranging from shocked, confused, panicked, and amused.
Now, Gintoki do not know what the pieces are for, but if it's a piece for a pair, then there's only four pieces left. 2 pairs of a different pieces for each one. Two knight pieces and two rook pieces.
"Really interesting way to decide a team, Oz."
The wind blew, birds chirping as silence engulfed the area.
Tempted by the peaceful surroundings, Gintoki closed his eyes
However, he soon opened an eye as he heard a footstep.
"A child?" a voice that definitely belonged to a female rang, though familiar to the silver head.
He opened both eyes, and observed the two in front of her. While he knows the two of them, he didn't met one of them yet. The first is a raven-haired girl, the faunus girl that which he met at the same time as meeting with Ruby.
The other girl however, he knew she is Ruby's sister, but this is the first time he met her. If he was not mistaken, her name is Yang Xiao Long. In his opinion, sounds like a name from Japan (Read: China).
Yang is a fair-skinned young girl with lilac eyes and bright golden hair worn loose that fades to pale gold at the tips with a cowlick sticking out at the top. She wears a tan jacket that bares her midriff, with golden brown piping and short, puffy sleeves with black cuffs that feature two gold buttons. Underneath this, she wears a low cut yellow crop top with her emblem on the left breast in black.
She also wears a brown belt covered by a pleated brown piece of material reaching from hip to hip around the back of her waist, with her emblem emblazoned on the right-most pleat in gold. Underneath this is a longer, white, asymmetrical piece of material reaching to her knee on the right side, as well as a pair of black mini-shorts. She wears a pair of brown, knee-high boots and orange over-the-knee socks, with the right sock pushed down just below the knee. A purplish-gray bandanna is tied around her left knee. An orange infinity scarf and black fingerless gloves complete her outfit.
"Well, what are you girls waiting for? Grab a piece." Gintoki told them, while still in a sleeping pose.
"A child, alone at a Grimm infested forest?" The hidden-faunus girl spoke.
Gintoki stared at her unamused, unnerving her slightly. "I will let you know that I'm not a kid, cat." Her eyes widened when she heard that. "I am… I don't know, 11 to 12 years old."
All 3 drawn to the girlish scream. But then there is also another scream, they looked up to see:
"Heads up!" Ruby shouted from above, in the sky.
As they were preparing to catch her, another figure intercepted and slammed into Ruby into a tree, revealing Jaune.
"Did your sister just fell from the sky?" the girl asked.
"I… uh.."
A sound of a bear broke their conversation. It revealed a huge Ursa but it seems to be not functioning well. Why?
"Yee-Haw!" an orange-haired girl yelled, riding on top of the Ursa.
"Well, that is new." Gintoki stared at the girl owlishly.
"Did she just ride an Ursa?" Stating another obvious occurrence Blake.
"I…"
Another tremor, this time from another side and this time, Pyrrha running away from a giant scorpion, aka Deathstalker.
"Ok, that took the cake of the most bizarre thing I've ever seen." Gintoki commented, then felt someone poking his back.
"Gintoki, what are you doing here?" Ruby asked, worry clear in her eyes.
Gintoki never saw those kind of eyes aimed at him before, so he was a bit surprised seeing it. "It's a part of a deal."
"What deal?"
"You don't need to kno-" Gintoki was cut-off by a flaming hot girl.
"ARGH, I can't take it anymore! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds before something crazy happens again?!" Yang exploded in flames, and everyone can hear the sound ticking exactly for 2 seconds.
The blonde bombshell felt Ruby tugging her sleeves, seeing her pointing her hand up to the sky. "Um… Yang?"
And up into the sky, on top of a Nevermore, is Weiss. "How could you leave me!?"
Ruby yelled back. "I said 'jump'!"
Gintoki didn't know the black haired girl name yet when she spoke. "She's gonna fall."
Ruby waved her off. "She'll be fine."
"She's falling." A guy with black hair with a strand of magenta which is the same as his eyes spoke.
Jaune, after shrugging of the dizziness from the fall, saw Weiss falling. He smirked. 'My time to shine!'
Jaune did jumped off to the sky, his arms in ready as he caught Weiss. "Just dropping in?" he smiled at Weiss.
However, the blonde Arc forgot one important thing, something that may threaten his life, along with Weiss', if they don't have Aura.
Gravity.
Both were speechless for a moment. "Oh Nooooo!"
Both fell down hard on the ground, their weapons following shortly. Jaune faceplanted on the ground, with Weiss landed on perfect seated position on the former's back.
"My hero…" Weiss mocked.
"My back…" Jaune groaned.
They heard clapping, and all eyes landed on Gintoki as he kept on clapping.
"Wonder, wonderful. Now, as beautiful love story than Twilight it is, the lovey dovey is finally done." Everyone didn't know whether GIntoki was serious, mocking or being sarcastic. Perhaps all three.
He earned a glare from the heiress though, which he replied back with Weiss stiffened at the glare sent at her way.
Pyrrha managed to stir away from the Deathstalker as she's now with the gang.
"Great! The gang's all here together along with a child! We can die together!" Yang's voice full of sarcasm.
"Not if I can help it!" Ruby rushed to the Deathstalker.
"Wait, Ruby!" Yang's shout of wait was ignored by the young reaper.
Ruby, still screaming, fires Crescent Rose which proved ineffective and charges at the oncoming Death Stalker. When the two meet, the Grimm swipes Ruby away and she is knocked back.
Ruby groaned, getting up slowly. "D-Do-Don't worry! Totally fine!"
She turned her attention back to the Deathstalker, shooting at its skull, then proceeded to run away from it and sheathing her scythe as the Grimm chased after her.
"Ruby!" Yang's voice carried some panic as she ran forward towards Ruby.
A caw could be heard, as they forgot the presence of the Nevermore, flapping its wing, sending lines of sharpened feather that catch Ruby's cloak, pinning her to the ground.
"Ruby, get out of there!" Yang shouted.
"I'm trying!" the Rose shouted back, with some desperation clear in her voice.
The Deathstalker now at a closer range, raised its large golden stinger to… well sting, or with how large it is, probably stab Ruby, which true as said stinger went down towards the girl.
"Ruby!" Yang's eyes lost some light in it, as she reached out to Ruby helplessly.
Everyone heard the sound of a blade unsheathed.
And a silver blur dashed past everyone, on par if not faster than Ruby's Semblance.
The sound of a slashing sound could be heard and everyone was shocked by the scene.
A scene, where Gintoki's eyes much more lifeless than what they've seen so far. His blade unsheathed, on his right hand and the scabbard on his left.
The stinger flew and landed on the ground beside its owner. Gintoki glared dangerously at the Deathstalker with his lifeless dead-fish eyes. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?"
Everyone felt a chill crawling up their spine as the silver head spoke.
And the impossible thing, was that the giant scorpion stiffened for a bit, the pain of losing its stinger ignored for this child that threatened its live. It can see its own black blood on Gintoki's blade.
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Meanwhile back on the cliff, stood the two professors, one of them shocked to the core.
"H-He made the Deathstalker hesitated in fear!?" Glynda shouted, eyes widened.
"It seems so. A bit too impossible considering only the Silver Eyed Warriors can do that. And as we can see, Young Gintoki's eyes are crimson red." Ozpin replied back. "To be honest Glynda, I am glad Qrow found him and brought him to us."
"Why is that, Headmaster?"
Ozpin humored her. "Should any of the Queen's men found him, Young Gintoki will no doubt be a threat to us. The Queen will no doubt gave him a purpose that will lead him to follow her orders at all costs."
Glynda's eyes widened as she heard the Queen's name, and then widened much more as she knew how true Ozpin's words were.
"He managed to injured Qrow in a fight, and while Qrow was not expecting the kid to attack, it is still need to be accounted for."
"Perhaps, we truly are lucky to found him first."
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Back to the action, readers.
Yang arrived at the scene, and hugged Ruby for dear life, the latter though still shocked at how cold Gintoki's voice was.
Another white blur this time, and it was Weiss who arrived and froze the distracted Deathstalker, not completely however.
"You are so childish!" The heiress began. Ruby gave no response to her words. "And dim-witted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style. And I suppose I can be a bit... difficult... but if we're going to do this, we're going to have to do this together. So if you quit trying to show off, I'll be... nicer." Her anger dissipated in time as she released everything.
Ruby looked at Weiss. "I'm not trying to show off. I want you to know I can do this."
"You're fine." Weiss walked away, though did not noticed the barely noticeable smile on Ruby's face.
The four of them reached back to the temple. All of them were relieved that none were too injured, or worse, dead.
Jaune saw the Nevermore still circling them like sharks. "Guys! That thing's circling back! What are we gonna do?"
"Easy." Gintoki brought everyone's attention. "Get your pieces and then we can GTFO of here." Everyone winced at his colorful language, but none more so than Pyrrha and Ruby.
"He's right! Our mission is to grab an artifact and make it back to the Cliffs. There's no point in fighting these things." Ruby agreed with him.
"Run and live! An idea I can get behind!" Jaune said.
Ruby's and Yang's pair picked the Gold Knight, while Jaune's and the orange-haired girl's picked a Gold Rook.
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Now, we skip a few moments later. They did walked or ran if you prefer, though they were followed by the Nevermore and the Deathstalker who broke out from its prison.
They ran away after some action with the two, or mainly with the Deathstalker, with the result being a bride being split.
"Man, we need to get over there! They need help!" Jaune shouted.
"Let's do this!" Nora Valkyrie, the orange haired girl which Gintoki found out later from Lie Ren, the guy with the magenta eyes.
"He can't make that jump unless…. Ohh, I get your idea now." Gintoki has a matching grin with Nora.
Jaune looked between the two but realized the fact too late." Wait! Wait!" Nora smiled diabolically at him, laughing as she knocked him back, turned her weapon to its full-length hammer form, and jumped to the edge of the bridge. "Oh nooooo!" Jaune's cries were ignored as Nora slammed the hammer into the bridge and threw Jaune to the other side.
Nora placed one foot on the hammer and fired it off the collapsing section of bridge, launching her to slam its face right in the center of the Death Stalker's skull. The Deathstalker is not entirely helpless as it used its large claws to wave Nora's off.
"Hahaha! Bet you missed your stinger didn't ya?" Nora taunted, and as if it understand her, it began to strike, hitting Nora.
Nora almost flew somewhere before she was caught by Gintoki with an 'Ooomph!' from the silver head.
"Thanks!" She smiled too brightly for Gintoki to see clearly.
"U-Uh, no problem."
Pyrrha, Jaune and Red arrived at the two.
"Now, I've got an idea to pierce the skull but thanks to you, Gin, I don't think the idea can be carried on." Jaune frowned at Gintoki.
'Gin is a first…' Gintoki thought. "Well, you choose whether you want a plan to kill this thing or a corpse of a girl who didn't achieved her dreams yet."
Jaune winced at Gintoki's words, it is much sharper than thousands of swords stabbing his heart at the same time.
"Alright, I think I've got another plan in ready." Jaune eyed the claws. 'With enough force, if it's split, we can use Nora's inhuman strength to strike it full power towards the skull.'
"So?" Gintoki asked while playing with Nora's hair which the latter didn't mind, though Ren sighed as if doom is inevitable.
"We gotta sliced off the claws. Without it, it is defenseless. We can use one of it to pierce through the skull." Jaune told them.
Gintoki raised an eyebrow in sign of impressed, Pyrra smiled, Nora got a glint in her eyes and Ren sighed.
"Nora you're going with me and Pyrrha. Gin, you'll be with Ren. Let's move!" Jaune ordered, and the others obeyed it.
Jaune, Nora, and Pyrrha fought at the left side, the claw already aimed to make a kebab out of them, but it didn't hit. With it being slow to raise, the three didn't waste their time as they hit it at their will. Pyrrha stabbed and slashed at the same time with her weapon in the form of a xiphos, Jaune slashed at it as time by time giving slashed marks, and Nora smashing as much as she want.
The right side is easier as the Deathstalker is still distracted with the left side, Ren and Gintoki didn't waste the opportunity to strike it down. With more time given, than the left, Ren made one final rush, then signaled Gintoki to finish the deeds. The silver head jumped high and sliced off the right claw cleanly.
"Right side obliterated!" Gintoki shouted.
With the pain being unbearable, they slashed hard, altogether though in Nora's case it is smashing, and Jaune's last slash cut if off cleanly.
Ren and Gintoki stabbed hard at the skull, making a spider web. Jaune smirked at the sight. The Deathstalker in agony as it stepped back, each step further than before.
"Nora, smash it!" Jaune ordered.
"Right on it, Sir!" Nora let out a war cry, rushed towards the claw she deemed sharpest and struck hard on it, sending it forward to the Deathstalker, directly on the skull.
As if in slow motion, the vile creature saw the claw aimed directly at its skull.
Then
A shriek belong to a giant scorpion is heard. It wailed off, sending down trees it hit in its wailing, then after a few moments, it finally died out, dissipating only few seconds later.
They looked behind them only to see Ruby slicing off the Nevermore's neck cleanly.
"While I think that is badass, I think our way is much more effective and badass." Gintoki commented, which earned him a fist bump with Nora, a chuckle from the other three. "Well, let's get back to the Academy."
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"Russel Thrush. Cardin Winchester. Dove Bronzewing. Sky Lark. The four of you retrieved the black bishop pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CRDL, led by... Cardin Winchester!"
The crowd cheered, giving them an ovation. Four more students, who we all familiar with, walked to the stage and stood in front of Ozpin, their faces filling the screen.
"Jaune Arc. Lie Ren. Pyrrha Nikos. Nora Valkyrie. The four of you retrieved the white rook pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team JNPR."
Another roar of cheers, and clapping. Amid the clapping, Nora laughed and gave Ren a hug, though she wondered of someone after said exchange.
Dramatic pause as people waited to see who will lead the team. "Led by Jaune Arc!"
"Huh… L-Led by?" Said Arc stared dumbly at Ozpin, clearly asking for more.
"Congratulations, young man." The Headmaster however ignored the look.
A grinning Pyrrha offers a friendly shoulder bump to Jaune, but her 'fine leader' is knocked over and falls to his butt in front of the laughing audience.
"And finally: Blake Belladonna. Ruby Rose. Weiss Schnee. Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward, you will work together as Team RWBY. Led by... Ruby Rose!"
Weiss looks to her right surprised, where Ruby is obviously in shock as Yang goes over to hug her sister.
"I'm so proud of you!"
"It looks like things are shaping up to be an… interesting year." Ozpin commented, humming.
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Ruby, after entering her dorm, decided to get an extra set of natural air. She went outside, to the courtyard and sat on the bench, it is not that late but it is not early. Most students like Weiss would probably be sleeping.
Ruby sighed. 'Can't believe all that had happened.' An image of Gintoki glaring at the Deathstalker appeared in her mind.
Her sighed attracted someone though. "What made you distraught this time?"
Ruby yelped at the voice. "G-Gintoki?" She looked everywhere around her except one area.
"Up here." She looked up, on the branch of the tree, laid Gintoki.
"I guess... she 'Weiss' shocked that she's not leader." Gintoki punned, which Ruby groaned.
"Please… not you too."
"I was joking to light the mood, Red." He replied bluntly. "That was reckless of you." His voice turned serious.
The ground became interesting for Ruby so she looked down. "I… I know it is pretty reckless of me…"
"But?"
"But… I, I was just trying to prove myself to Weiss!" Gintoki motioned for her to continue. "She's… just too bossy, always holier-than-thou attitude, it irks me a bit…" Ruby released her vent.
"You already skipped two years of the normal 17, isn't that enough of a way to prove yourself?" Gintoki asked, eyebrow raised.
"She'll find her way! She'll just probably said I bribed Professor Ozpin so I could get in!" Ruby shouted, some tears in her eyes because of the stress.
"Quiet down, Red, some people are sleeping." Ruby was about to throw another tantrum, but Gintoki hugged her, as funny as it is for someone as short as him hugging someone taller. "Shush, shush, Red. It's alright, it's alright…"
Ruby, who couldn't resists, cried her hearts out, sobbing silently, as her tears wet Gintoki's shoulder. Gintoki still hugging her, with his right hand patting her back to sooth her down. He felt a sudden increase in weight as saw Ruby fell asleep, hence no control of her body dropping.
'Waking her up would be a bad idea and too cruel. Although carrying someone larger for me is new, I welcome the challenge.' Gintoki mused internally.
He piggybacked Ruby, a bit of a comical scene really, all the way to her room.
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Here lies Yang Xiao Long, the older (half) sister of Ruby Rose.
She's not the last to sleep since she can still hear the sound of a page flipped over. Weiss is already sleeping, drop dead on her bed. But Yang Xiao Long, no matter what, can't sleep and she knew the reason.
Ruby Rose, her (half) younger sister, isn't back yet.
"What's the matter?" Blake attempted for a conversation.
Yang faked a gasp. "Is the world ending? Blake Belladonna starting a conversation?"
"Screw you, Yang. I was serious."
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist. It's… Ruby, she's not back yet and it's late already, um…. 10:57pm already. Wh-" Whatever Yang was about to reply Blake was cut-off by a knock. "Who is it at this time?"
Yang opened the door and found:
"Ruby!" Yang saw Ruby's sleeping body twitched a bit at her call. "Is she alrig- Whoa, you're strong for your size."
"I am pretty strong if I may do say so myself. And yea, she's alright. She just fell asleep while chatting with me." Gintoki replied, no smile or frown on his face.
"Now that I remember, I don't think you've introduced yourself." Yang said, an eyebrow raised.
"The words 'I don't think you've introduced yourself' applied to you, and your partner."
"Touché, kid." Yang pointed at herself with her thumb. "Well, I'm Yang Xiao Long, the older sister of Ruby Rose! My partner there," she pointed a thumb at Blake's direction, "is Blake Belladonna. May I know your name?" Her question carried some sort of mocking tone.
"Gintoki, Sakata Gintoki." Blake's ears twitched at the language of his name. "Sakata is my family name however, so call me Gintoki. Actually, up to you."
'Silver Soul?' Blake mused, flipping a page.
"Well, little Dem-" Yang froze for a second, noticing the dark look crossed on Gintoki's face.
"Please, don't call me that."
"My bad, Silver." Yang apologized while nervously rubbing her head.
"Well, take care of yourself." Gintoki laid Ruby down onto Yang's arms. "I will be going now." Gintoki waved two times before walking away, his form blurring in each distance covered.
Yang kept on looking Ruby. Then a light bulb flashed on top of her head. 'Wait, I forgot to ask how is a chat so long it took almost half an hour.'
!THE END!
A/N: Welp, that was pretty long chapter. Again, hopefully you guys enjoying this so far. Was surprised to see that there was many people liking it actually, if the reviews, followers and favorites were any indication. As stated before the story, I appreciate the follows, favorites and reviews you've sent to me!
Ciao, Silver III Jhin, out!