Ruby sobbed as she sat on her knees, both hands clutching Crescent Rose tightly as her body shook, she lifted her head, tears streaming from her eyes as she watched the golden dust that was once a life slowly float through the air. 'From Dust we are made, to Dust we return.' She remembered someone saying a long time ago.

This wasn't the way it was suppose to happen, she leaned forwards pressing her forehead into the ground and screamed, voicing the pain she felt inside. If she had of killed the huntsmen when she first found him none of this would be happening right now.

"Ruby?" Blake's voice said softly from behind her. Ruby turned looking towards the older girl. She was laying on her back her hands laying at her side. Ruby left her weapon and scrambled across the concrete towards Blake, pain flared in Ruby's right shoulder as she placed her weight on her hand and her arm gave out making her fall she whimpered as she landed on her shoulder.

In her rage she hadn't felt it but she was starting to now, before she had killed the huntsman he had stabbed her through her shoulder. As Ruby looked at it she realized she was bleeding very badly, it ran down her arm and dripped off of her hand.

"Ruby are you there?" Blake asked her voice was weak and fear was starting to creep into it. Ignoring the burning pain in her shoulder Ruby made her way to Blake's side, blood was spreading out along asphalt under her.

"I'm right here Blake." Ruby said wrapping Blake's hand in her own it felt cold and clammy , "Your going to be OK, the White Fang are on their way." tears fell out of eyes as Blake looked at her.

"You kill him?" Blake asked already knowing the answer. Ruby nodded sniffing and Blake sighed, "I didn't want you to have to do that, your to good to have blood stained hands." Blake said softly. "But I messed up big time, he was stronger then I thought."

"Why didn't you run away if you knew he was stronger?" Ruby demanded fearful of her friends life. She looked around hoping to see the White Fang or anyone that could help but the streets were empty.

Blake lifted her hand and touched Ruby's cheek, smearing blood on it slightly. "I didn't want to run, I wanted to keep you safe."

Ruby felt more tears start to fall and all the confused emotions she felt towards Blake filled her until she couldn't stand it anymore. As the sound of airships filled the sky she leaned down and pressed her lips to Blake's, their was zero hesitation as Blake kissed her back.

In this moment Ruby didn't feel any pain, not from the wound in her shoulder, or in her heart from killing someone that was her ally, nor was Blake hurt and dying in front of her, all there was was her kissing the woman that she knew now she loved and her kissing her back. Till her lips grew still.

Ruby's eyes shot open as dread ran through her body, "Blake!" she shrieked, hands grabbed her and pulled her away as people surrounded Blake. Ruby struggled against the hands holding her. "Stay away from her!" She screamed in panic.

"Calm down Ruby it's just us!" Adam shouted grabbing Ruby's face and forcing her to look at him. Once she realized who it was she relaxed but stared as the medical personal was busy around Blake, one was trying to restart her heart as another was running a field IV while some where readying a stretcher.

"This is all my fault." Ruby sobbed leaning into Adam, he wrapped one arm around the girl showing sympathy, Ruby didn't care that this man was the one holding her it didn't matter, she just needed someone to hold her together.

"It'll be OK, Blake isn't going to die that easily." Adam stated. 'I hope.'. It didn't look good for his old partner.