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Chapter 11:

"Kitten, calm down." Kali said softly as she grabbed the hands of her panicking daughter. She knew that this was really going to be a hard thing to really do but she had to try. She had to calm her daughter down from doing what she just knew was what she wanted. Something that was without a doubt going to be self destructive.

"How the hell am I meant to be calm! Ruby is in the hospital!" Blake yelled as she tried to fight the grip her mother had on her just groaning internally as she felt herself being pulled into a hug. It was something that she just wished it didn't feel like she needed it. "I'm stuck here... and my girlfriend is in the hospital... how am I meant to be calm?" Blake asked as she reluctantly returned the hug her mother was giving her.

"She has her sister and father with her. Trust that they are just as concerned about her and know how much you worry about her. Not to mention didn't her sister say as soon as they know something concrete she'd let you know." Kali continued softly as she started to rub her daughter's back. She just wanted to make sure Blake was going to be alright. She knew how hard her daughter would take something like this, but the fact remained that Kali knew there was nothing Blake could do in the situation.

"For all I know she could be close to death Mom... and all of this is because I'm here not helping her... I just keep hurting her." Blake cried out as Kali could feel a small wet patch develop on her shoulder from her daughter clearly taking this a lot harder than she had previously thought she would have.

Gently raising a hand to just gently rub the base of the feline ears, Kali just took some joy at the feeling of her daughter relaxing. Something that she really needed at this point. Even if it was a topic that was going to clearly be hard, it was still a lot better to her than Blake starting to get frayed as she began to venture down the path of 'what if's'. Something that Kali knew more than enough about to know that she wouldn't let Blake go down it if she could help it.

"She'll be fine Kitten. And you wouldn't harm her if your life depended on it. Ilia along with those three other girls harmed her last time and there is no way you could have known she would have been injured this time. I mean you've been here two days... there was no way to predict what would have happened." Kali continued to console her daughter who seemed to be clearly distraught. Something that Kali couldn't blame her. She knew that if Ghira had been in a similar spot she wouldn't be panicking. But she knew that she had to make sure her daughter was going to be alright. "Do you want me to make some batabatacha? That always makes you feel better when you feel bad about something."

"I'm fine... I may just go get a drink or two." Blake spoke as she quickly separated from the hug. She could see a slight look of apprehension on her mother's face. "I wouldn't get that drunk Mom... and even if I do, Dad'll have a group of guards around me the entire time there." Blake said softly as she could see the apprehension start to lift slightly.

"Okay... but make sure Perry is with you. He knows what I will do to him if harm happens to you on his watch." Kali said softly as Blake just nodded her head at her.

Shifting in the bed again, Ruby just groaned internally as she could see her Dad starting to pace again. It was something that just irked her but she knew what it was about. "Dad. Seriously, from what I've been forced to read if you pierced my bladder, there wouldn't be any urine and that crap would just be pooling." Ruby spoke softly as she just laughed internally at the sight of her white haired sister in law quickly walking into the room.

"I'm sorry. I got done as fast as I could." Weiss breathed out as Ruby just rolled her eyes at her. It was beyond comical to her. She knew that it was just a case of Weiss not wanting to be there for fear of what might have happened, even if it meant shoving Yang onto the river. It was something that Ruby had seen Weiss do countless times before.

It wasn't that Ruby wouldn't be doing the exact same thing if the situations were reversed. It was sort of an unspoken deal between them. One that Ruby was perfectly fine letting it maintain its course.

Before anyone could rebuke Weiss' comments, the door flew open again and in walked Ruby's doctor. A smile strewn across his face as he came to the bedside of Ruby. "We'll need to double check, but a cause is most likely this tearing up your ureters." The man spoke before producing a small clear bottle and giving it a gentle shake. "And judging by the colour, you've been inserting your catheter wrong because this is from repeated infections." The doctor continued as Ruby just looked up rolling her eyes at the irritation but relief as well.

"So what, drink more cranberry juice?" Ruby asked as she could see her father seeming to be relaxed at that comment. Something that she actually took some joy from.

"No, it means you probably need to learn how to reinsert a catheter. It is a lot more complicated than slipping a tube up a hole. Any sort of bacteria or fungi or virus on the tube or the opening repeated insertion tends to lead to this." The doctor continued as he gave the bottle a shake.

"That lotion smells like crap. I'll take the kidney stones I can't feel."

The tone Ruby was using she knew would be enough to get her father to glare at her, but for the life of her she really didn't care. The point to her still remained that she was he one that was going to need to smell the iodine and how she felt like the smell tended to linger.

"What my sister means is there was a lot of blood for just a kidney stone." Yang said as she could see the doctor almost roll his eyes at Ruby's comment about how she would rather a kidney stone.

"Depending where the stone was located, and even down to what type the stone is, it could have nicked a vein which could have lead to a lot of blood, or the more likely option it could have caused the kidney it came from expand which would lead to her body sending more blood and when it runs out of room it would lead to just flushing the blood from her system. As for why she was bleeding outside the catheter, it once again brings up my point that it was being done wrong." The doctor said as he placed the plastic bottle onto the table next to Ruby who rolled her eyes at the comment.

"I've only been doing it for about ten years. And this is only the second time in those ten years I've been sent to the hospital because of it. I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right." Ruby countered as the man just took a deep breath and stared intently at Ruby. As if asking a serious question that Ruby just sighed at. "Okay closer to twenty sixth time because of catheters. But this is only the second time because of kidney stones." Ruby corrected as the man just smiled before taking a few steps closer to the door of the room.

"Well, when an MRI machine is free, we'll get you in to check your kidneys."

"Now it is my turn to be smug. You can't do an MRI on me. Half of my lumbar region to coccyx is metal as well as what makes up a fair portion of pick a bone from the hips down. Just going into the room with that machine could possibly kill me." Ruby said happy that it was her turn to get a laugh at the man compared to her semi frequent trips to the hospital. Even if it was something that she knew deep down that it wasn't going to be a helpful thing in the situation.

"Okay, then a CAT scan. It is just going to take a bit longer of a wait. But the major threats are almost all gone. It seems whatever dislodged the kidney stones actually saved you. At the cost of some blood. So count your blessings." The man said with a smile as he walked out of the room.

Taking a deep breath, Ruby groaned internally as she began to drag herself back up into a better position just so she'd be comfortable in. Especially after she was forced to reveal to her family about how often she has been to the hospital.

But it didn't really matter to her. She just had to prepare for the berating that was to come. But she knew that she could get through this. She had gotten through worse. But she also knew what would make what was to come easier.

"See Dad. You saved me by dropping me onto my chair this morning. Not nearly kill me. So can we not talk about how shoving a tube up a tiny hole has understandably lead to frequent trips here." Ruby said as she barely could withstand the sudden hug coming from the blonde haired man.

"Why wouldn't you tell me you went to the hospital twenty five other times?" Tai whispered as Ruby just chuckled and returned the hug gently just rubbing her Dad's back.

"Because It doesn't really matter Dad. It was just minor stuff. You need to just relax Dad." Ruby said softly as she took a deep breath and gently continued to rub the man's back. "Now someone needs to call Blake and tell her I'm fine. It was just a mountain out of a molehill." Ruby gasped out as she gently started to try and push her father away. Just from how long it had gone on. It was something that was starting to pain her a little in how she knew that it was paining the older man to hug her. "Dad your back. I'm alive and thank you for causing that." Ruby laughed out as she could see her father separating before taking a seat on the edge of the bed.

As he turned to face his eldest daughter who had been just chuckling at what he knew was from the excessive amount of times Ruby had been in the hospital for seemingly the same issue was just something that he couldn't help but enjoy in a twisted way.

"How was Blake when you got done talking to her?" Tai asked as the blonde just smiled up at him and shrugged her shoulders. "Is that a good shrug, a bad shrug or an unsure one?" Tai asked as to try and gauge if he should be the one to make the call.

"Oh my God. Just give me a phone, I'll call her. Plus seeing as I haven't had a chance to talk to her today it will work to calm her down further which if I know her mother has already attempted and failed resorting to do this thing with her ears that calms Blake down instantly but if she doesn't like you or trust you she'll probably literally rip your throat out... don't tell her I told any of you that." Ruby snapped as she could see her sister snickering. "No Yang. She doesn't like her chin scratched and if you do the laser pointer thing she has told me to tell you you'll need a surgeon on call to remove it from your appendix."

Humming to herself softly, Kali glanced up from the knitting she had been working on to see the butler walking into the room holding a device that the ringing was actually starting to get on her last nerve. She was wondering why for the first time the butler hadn't answered the phone.

"Mrs Belladonna, it seems young Miss Belladonna forgot her phone." The butler said as Kali just rolled her eyes and gestured for the man to bring the phone to her. She couldn't help but wonder who was calling her daughter but knew that it was bound to be news on Ruby.

"Thanks... I'm almost finished the afghan for your daughter by the way. I hope her and that little adorable granddaughter of yours like it." Kali said with a smile as the man bowed his head gently before walking back. Resting the needles carefully on her lap, Kali swiped her finger across the screen once she recognised Ruby's sister's name on the phone.

"Blake Belladonna's phone, this is her mother Kali speaking." Kali spoke softly as she could hear a faint but satisfactory sound on the other end.

"Kali, long time no talk." She could hear Ruby's cheery voice on the other end. Almost like there is nothing wrong with her despite the fact that she had been in the hospital. "I hope Blake is alright right now."

"Despite what I would have liked she went to the bar, but has a few of Ghira's top guards around her, so there is no worry about you know who going to get near her." Kali said softly as she nestled the phone between her shoulder and head as she picked the needles back up. "But is there any news on your front? I heard that you were taken to the hospital." Kali spoke as she hoped that Ruby really was going to be alright. The only concession was the fact that she sounded fine.

"Yeah, just had an expanded kidney from a blocked ureter from kidney stones. The bleeding was just from the kidney being expanded which caused some minor faults. But I'm in the clear. Just I get the fun privilege of staying in the hospital for the night."

"Well, that is good news. I'll be sure to let Blake know as soon as she gets home." Kali spoke as she started to smile as she tried to scan to see where she had left off. "If you are looking for advice about kidney stones, what helped Ghira was cutting back on the red meat." Kali said smiling as she noticed where she had been.

Wrapping the wool around one of the needles, Kali pulled some free with the other smiling as she didn't hear Ruby hang up right away. "Different type of kidney stone. They were because of an infection. But I don't want to get into that. It seems wrong talking about it with you." Ruby spoke as Kali just smiled as she began to repeat the same process she had done a countless times before.

"Well I do enjoy this chat Ruby. And it is actually good to hear from you." Kali stated as she could just imagine the irritation coming from Ruby from the fact that she was still on the phone but it wasn't with Blake. Not that Kali couldn't blame her. Especially with the distinct tone of concern about Blake in her voice.

"You too Kali... And I am truly sorry I couldn't go but that hill is murder." Ruby continued as Kali just smiled at the fact that she knew if Ruby was here she wouldn't have been able to talk to Blake about any future plans for them. Not to mention the beautiful ring Blake had bought.

"I understand Ruby. And as I told Blake, I wouldn't trust Ghira with that tram. He has been too happy about it and to congratulate himself he bought a new harpoon for his collection. And he does not have a great track record with harpoons and being super happy about something. And for once I'm not talking about what he did to me." Kali continued with a slight chuckle as she could hear Ruby let out a bark of laughter coming from the other end. It just did her good to hear Ruby do that one thing.

It just meant that Ruby really was fine. At least enough to where she didn't sound hurt further. "Okay Kali, I'll let you get back to what I just assume is knitting, it is about that time there I think. It was nice talking to you, I'll just watch some tv here unless my dad gets back with a laptop. Tell Blake I called and tell her the news."

"I am knitting, and I'll make sure to tell her. It will be a load off her mind in so many ways." Kali said smile never wavering as she said a quick goodbye and proceeded to slide the phone from it's resting place and quickly hung up. Her smile growing as she rested it on the arm of her chair followed by her standing up lightly unfurling what she had been working on to get a better look at what she was doing. "Oh yeah, going to be done this tonight. Might even be able to start a new one to celebrate Blake and Ruby's future nuptials." Kali said smiling and laughing giddily again to herself.

It was the fact that deep down she was feeling like today was just a great day, it would have been better if Ruby hadn't been sent to the hospital, but she was at least glad that it didn't sound like anything majorly was wrong with her, and she was even able to go home really in a few hours. But she also was able to see how serious her daughter was when it came to Ruby which still was making her feel like a happy schoolgirl again. Everything was perfect and nothing was going to be able to ruin it.

Blake smiled as she could see the bar coming into view. Reaching towards her pocket to check to see how much time she'd have before last call causing her to curse herself mentally for forgetting it. She didn't know how she had been able to do that given how worried she was about Ruby. But she was also without a doubt positive that she couldn't go back and get it and still get bring herself to go back down.

Saying a small prayer that if something terrible did happen her Mom, Dad or any of the mass staff her family has amassed over the years would get the information to her. Feeling a hand press to her chest gently to hold her back, feeling a small vein develop on her forehead she glared at the offending hand when she could see the head of her family's security.

"Sorry, Your mother insisted I make sure Ilia isn't around so I need to send some people in in advance to make sure it is clear. And your Father has given me orders on what to do if we do find her." Perry spoke feeling a smile as he could see Blake just glancing back at him.

"Perry, it is a bar. Just send in two people to look around then get them out. I plan to get wasted. Ruby is in the hospital so I'd much rather it if I'm just allowed to get wasted by myself without the bodyguards being present at the bar with me." Blake said as the man took a deep breath. One that signified a lot to Blake. "Think about it Perry, if you have guys at the doors and you already know she isn't in the place, she isn't going to get past. Mom, Dad and I will all be satisfied with that."

"I have orders Miss Belladonna. And it would go by easier if you just help us out." The man continued as he gestured for some of the people to go into the building. "But if it will make it easier on you, I'll do what you requested but with a single addendum. I will periodically and near sporadically go in and just check on everything. And if word does get back to me I'll let you know if there has been any change in Miss Rose." Perry stated as Blake breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fine, but if you try and cut me off, I swear I'm going to lie through my teeth to both of my parents Perry." Blake snapped as the man just smiled at her and nodded his head as four people walked out of the building.

"I want every entrance and exit guarded with at least one person at each that knows what the target looks like." Perry yelled as he spun around and stared to gesture for the guards to go around.

Smiling as she followed the guard into the building, Blake just couldn't help but smile as the man quickly looked around before quickly leaving again. Just taking a deep breath, Blake walked over to the bartender who had a raised eyebrow as Blake took a seat.

"What will it be Blake?" The bartender spoke with a distinct voice causing Blake to tilt her head up to see the horns of the bull Faunus she had fallen out of contact and hadn't seen in a while.

"Something strong Adam... something very strong." Blake said as the man chuckled and spun around to grab one of the bottles off the shelf before picking up a glass and placing it down. As she watched the man pour the clear liquid into the glass, Blake just began to take a deep breath. "So have you heard. Ilia is out." Blake said as she could see the man stop before lifting the bottle to look at her.

"Yeah I heard. She shouldn't have even been arrested." Adam said as Blake met his eyes and just glared at him.

Taking a deep breath, Blake looked back towards the glass. Gently grabbing it she couldn't help but dryly chuckle as she remembered why she had fallen out of contact with the man. "She confessed to crippling a runner because she thought it would be what I wanted." Blake began as she took a sniff of the liquid if just to try and decipher what it was but all she could get was the pungent scent of alcohol. "Which I didn't. Would make being around Ruby a lot easier." Blake said softly as she took a mouthful of the liquid before contorting her face from the burning sensation.

Smacking the counter the bull Faunus smiled as he leaned his head back and breathed a sigh of relief. "That was her name. Was driving me crazy." The man said happily as he grabbed the rag and returned to washing the counter. "But why the hell does it matter?" Adam said as he could see some irritation in the woman's face who rolled her eyes and raised the glass to her lips again.

"Because I've been dating her. And yes she knows Ilia and I used to date and were dating at the time." Blake said trying to resist the urge to punch the man for rolling his eyes at that comment of hers. It was something that just took a lot of her self restraint but she knew that it wouldn't end well for anyone if she gave into that aggression. "Adam, seriously drop the racism until I leave. Ruby has nothing against Faunus or humans as a whole. Just very specific examples such as Ilia for what she did to her." Blake said trying to just to make this thing go by smoother.

"Not going to happen. I don't know the woman, but I certainly don't trust her. You know what they are capable of." Adam stated as he walked back over towards Blake and grabbed the bottle to just fill the glass up again.

Smiling at the gesture, Blake just shook her head. "They all aren't bad."

Author's Note:

And another chapter for you people. Hope you like it.