Chapter 3: Memories Fade
"I thought I would never forget...until the day I did."
Ruby woke up the next day and felt a lot better. She smiled, genuinely smiled for the first time since she lost her girlfriend.
"Ruby?" Vytel asked the young huntress, shaking a hand in her direct line of eyesight, a look of concern adorned his face.
"Huh? What did you say?" Ruby asked in a state of confusion before realizing that she must have zoned out of their conversation.
"I said, do you want to do a little bit of shopping at this store?" Vytel asked the rose politely, gesturing to his right hand side.
The young cloaked teen spun on her boots to face the building Vytel was talking about. A flood of recent memories enveloped her mind as she recalled what they were last doing. Vytel had suggested that they spend some time looking around at the street shops in downtown Vale to ease the young roses mind.
The bright blue building was of considerable size, about the size of 10 Beacon dorm rooms. A large neon sign hung above its main doors, its lights off but still giving away its name.
Vale's Greatest Clothing.
"Vale's Greatest Clothing... I haven't been here since me and Weiss bought some dresses for the dance at Beacon." Ruby said with a hint of sadness as Vytel walked towards her, hugging the young Huntress before looking directly into her silver orbs.
"Aww, Ruby. Well, we'll go on a shopping spree for whatever you want. Hopefully this helps ease the mental pain about your loss, of which I, and everyone else at Beacon and everywhere else, give you our deepest condolences and blessings." He said and held the wooden door open for the young little rose, who entered.
"Thank you so much, Vytel. But yeah! Let's go shopping!" Ruby said with a new found hope in her heart, who for the first time, forgot about the pain and focused on the happiness.
The duo walked fully into the store as Vytel closed the door behind him before he seen hope and joy in Ruby's silver eyes for the first time in about a week or even longer.
"Ooooo! Vytel!! Look at this dress!!! Can I please? Please?!" She begged the black jacket wearing Huntsman who nodded and gave her all the lien she needed to buy whatever it is she wants.
The dress the young huntress was eyeing up was a red dress that went down just past her waist but not fully down to her knees with black long sleeves and a white rose emblem adorned on both the back of the dress and along the sleeves, while she also chose and picked up a pair of leggings to match with black roses going from the botttom up and a pair of black heels with red accents to match the whole outfit.
"Go try it on Ruby." Vytel said to the young huntress who nodded and went into the changing room to begin her change into her new outfit. She remerged from the room looking like a rose freshly bloomed in the summer time, so to put it frank, she looked gorgeous.
"How does it look?" She asked the Huntsman who looked at the younger girl with a soft nod and gave her a warm and hopeful smile before nodding at the Cashier.
"Would you like bags for that, Miss...?" The Cashier asks Ruby as she exits the changing room in her regular outfit as the young huntress nods at her.
"Rose. Ruby Rose, and yes I would like a bag please!" Ruby said with a huge smile on her face and shining silver eyes as Vytel is waiting at the counter.
"Here you go, Miss Rose. It comes out to 2,565 Lien." The Cashier says to the young huntress who pulls out her wallet from her purse and pulls out 3,000 Lien, handing it to the female Cashier with a happy smile.
"Keep the change ma'am." The young humtress said as she took her bags around her arms as her and Vytel gave one last nod to the Cashier as they left the store.
"Your two other members will be very suprised at the new outfit, I think." Vytel says to Ruby who smiles and giggles happily before smiling even more.
The pair of Hunter and Huntress finally return to Beacon as they split their ways, Vytel heading to Ozpin's office and Ruby heading to her dorm room with a huge smile on her face.
"So. How did the mental training go for Miss Rose?" Ozpin asked his old friend who looked to the Headmaster with a smirk on his face.
"It went well, Professor. She felt happier than she ever has these past few days, but now begins the training like yesterday, correct?" Vytel asks the Headmaster who looks at his friend with a nod.
"That is correct, old friend. Summon them and let us begin." The old Headmaster said as Vytel nodded and went dowm the elevator, into the hallways, and towards Team RBY's room.
Meanwhile, in Team RBY's dorm, the young leader was smiling bright as she showed her purchases to her other two Team members.
"Awww Ruuuuby! That looks so cute!" Yang said in glee, giggling as her sister was currently debating putting it on or not, she eventually gave in and went into the dorm room's washroom to change.
"Yaaaang don't embarrass me!" Ruby yelled out from the washroom as she left said washroom, changed into her new outfit as Yang's jaw dropped and Blake just smirked.
"Wow Ruby. You look like a freshly plucked rose in the summer." Yang said with a smile as her younger sister blushed and giggled before looking at Blake, who simply nodded at the roses fresh attire.
"Ruby, you look stunning in that dress." Blake said with a soft smile towards her friend as all three of them embraced before a sudden knock made all three people in the room look at the door.
"Hello?" Yang asked as she slowly opened the door, revealing Vytel as the man who was knocking before Ruby came up and smiled.
"Hello Vytel. How are-" Ruby got cut off by Vytel who raised a hand and made a gesture.
"Hello laides. I am here to bring you three down to the training room floor. Ruby, that means get changed and meet up with the rest of us." He said calmly before apologizing to the young huntress for cutting her off.
"It'a fine Vytel, and of course. I'll meet you all down there." Ruby said with a smile before she went into the washroom to change into her regular combat attire.
15 or so minutes later, Ruby finally joined up with the rest of the group on the training room floor which consisted of Ozpin, Blake, Yang, and Vytel who were already prepared to begin.
"Ruby, Yang, Blake. You three will be placed in a simulation. Ruby, this will be especially difficult for you, but push through as best you can." Ozpin says to Ruby, who looks to be confused as to what the Headmaster is implying.
The simulation begins, and it's the day Ruby lost her innocence.
More importantly, the day she lost Weiss.
The scythe wielders hands began to shake violently, but she persevered and managed to gain control over herself as waves and waves of holographic Grimm and White Fang began to flood the White Rose resturant and café.
"Blake, The Fang are yours! Yang, me and you will handle the Grimm and provide assistance to Blake when she calls out for it! Understood?" She asks her teamates, who immediatly nod in understanding as they ready their weapons and await their leaders call.
"One...Two...Three...GO!" Ruby shouts out, and from then on, Team RBY trained and trained. Blake and Yang, physically. As for Ruby, she had to focus on fighting on two fronts: With her Scythe and with her Mind.
In the end, the three girls stayed determined and passed their training session. Ozpin and Vytel congragulated the trio on a great training session.
"Miss Rose. You are a great warrior. But your mind, that's where it really payed off. You're beginning to forget the pain of that day. We are all proud of you, Ruby Rose." Ozpin said with a small smile on his face before nodding to the three girls, allowing them to be dismissed.
The girls went on their way, and went to their dorm room with a new sense of pride and joy. As for Ruby, she went off to sleep.
Just like that night, when she went off to bed, she saw a white light. This time, however, the light...was talking to the young rose, and it's words made the young huntress smile in her sleep.
"I love you, Ruby."
