beta read by: Crescent Sunrise

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~MZ~

Rifle slung over one shoulder, gym bag over the other, May enters the locker room connected to Beacons Gym. The cool AC pumping through the building causing shivers to run down her spine and goosebumps to break over her skin, but she shrugs it off. She will be warming up soon enough. She changes slowly, putting her day clothing in a locker in exchange for a simple red tank top that ends just under her chest leaving the taught muscles over her stomach exposed. Her waist down to her knees are covered by a pair of dark blue track pants rolled up to her knees exposing her calf muscles as they lead down to plain white sneakers.

May Zedong does not have a soft body, a lithe frame wrapped in tight corded muscle built for running, jumping, and climbing. One would be perfectly justified in labeling her a muscular girl. They would be right, but not overly so for a huntress-in-training. She trains hard to kill monsters, and sniping positions require one to be able to climb effectively. Especially when the Grimm start to get close and the sniper has to relocate. Still, she is not built like a wall or body builder. She simply doesn't have the body type to allow for that without it looking rather unseemly.

Not that May is vain by any means. But a girl needs to be able to look at herself in the mirror and feel good about what she sees looking back.

After removing her beanie and placing it with her weapon and clothing in the locker she tilts her head back and ties her hair into a simple pony tail to keep it off her neck. One would argue why she would remove her beanie if that is the case. Those people don't know May. May loves that hat, and she would hate to make it all sweaty if she doesn't have to.

Finally she clips her bangs out of her vision to keep it from sticking to her forehead later, stepping out of the locker room. The gym is silent. Mostly. This early in the morning it's only the very dedicated who hit the gym. Most would be content with a light run. So May is taken a bit by surprise when she hears the steady grunt of someone working a machine in the back.

Making her way towards the sound to sate her curiosity, she comes across a girl with wild blonde hair tied in a band to keep it from her eyes pulling down on a bar from a seated position. Dressed in black shorts with an orange top that hide absolutely nothing. Clinging tightly to what little skin they hide from view. The sweat clinging to the blonde's skin says she's been going at it a while but her speed says she's only getting started. Next to this girl May looks a lot softer.

'Must be her arm day.'

And what arms they are, May can only imagine the massive weapon that this amazon must wield in battle.

When her lilac eyes open after finishing her set the blonde leans forward and stretches a bit, giving a pleased groan before noticing she's not alone. The blonde preens a bit at the attention to her frame giving small flexes and watching May twitch in response. It's her voice that snaps May out of her thoughts. "I don't mind you looking but could you pass me my water if you're going to?"

May blinks and gives a shake of her head to clear her wandering thoughts before leaning down to grab the bottle, tossing it to the blonde before taking the machine opposite her. "Sorry about that, I was just surprised someone else was in here so early." May replies hooking her legs in before starting.

"Well usually it's just me until Pyrrha shows up dragging Jaune in with her. I'm Yang by the way. I haven't seen you around before, are you from another school?" The Blonde asks, setting her bottle down and leaning back against the machine to rest.

"Oh, I'm May. And yeah, I'm from Shade. My team and I are here for the tournament." She replies grunting softly as her legs lift upward dragging the weight behind her upwards with them.

"May, as in May Zedong?" Yang asks giving the sniper a searching look her eyes narrowing as they flick across her frame before setting on May's eyes.

"Well, I certainly didn't expect someone to know my name so soon, we've only been here a few days and I haven't really spoken to many people. But yeah, that's me." May replies taken aback a bit by the oddity and the intense gaze from the other girl.

"What were you doing messing with my sister?"

The eyes flash red but they didn't need to for May to get an idea that danger lurked if she didn't answer correctly. May blinks rapidly as her mind spins in its tracks for a moment trying to figure out where the conversation took a bad turn.

'Wait did she say sister? She can't mean... They look nothing alike!'

"You wouldn't happen to mean Little Red would you? Short girl about this tall," Raising her hand around five feet from the ground. "Black hair, red tips, silver eyes, red cloak. Weapon bigger than she is, talks a lot?" May asks giving a bare bones description of the cute girl she had been teasing the day before.

At the blonde's nod, May chuckles a bit pausing her workout to lean back and sip from her own bottle before responding. "Wow, she's you're little sister? You two look nothing alike." She comments before shaking her head and holding up a hand to buy herself some time to finish. "But to answer your question, I didn't mean any harm by it. I was just considering signing up for that competition when I noticed her at the booth. Then suddenly she was right in front of me, talking too fast for any of us to keep up." May responds and Yang leans back her eyes still red but she's listening for the moment.

"I thought she was cute so I teased her a bit, and when she started getting mad I told her she was cuter before. Then I kissed her cheek. I've never seen someone blush that hard. She's adorable when she's flustered." May admits freely, leaning back into her machine before starting her work out again where she left off.

Yang looks at her for a long moment before she blinks her eyes returning to that lilac color while a large grin splits her face. "That's it? I thought you were bullying her or something. Why didn't you just ask her out if you think she's cute?" Yang responds shifting in her machine to bring her arms together working out different muscles.

"And miss out on all her flustered blushing and sputtering? Where's the fun in that?" May questions with a small smirk on her lips. "Besides, I moved too quickly in my last relationship and it didn't pan out." May shrugged, "For her it was a phase I guess. Anyway if she asks I'll tell her but otherwise I'll be content to rile her up."

Yang can only shake her head and chuckle at that frank admission. "After these sets you mind spotting me?" The Blonde adds getting a shrug and nod in return.

"Sure, gotta admit though. With the view from here I'm starting to regret going after the little sister." Giving Yang a quick once over.

That gets a loud laugh from the blonde and soon the sniper joins in.

~RR~

It's a rare sight to see Ruby Rose without her cloak. The only times being when she's getting ready for sleep, washing said article of clothing, or when she is out running like she is now. Weights strapped to her arms as they pump at her sides. Clad in black shorts with an airy red t-shirt. Red running shoes on her feet with her headphones over her ears

Yang woke up first this morning, she'll likely shower in the locker room and slink back under the covers of her bed before Ruby finishes, letting the young team leader wash up before waking Blake and Weiss for the day.

Running is great for a lot of things. Keeping in shape, burning off what calories her Semblance doesn't go through in a day. And finally, it gives her a chance to think. Ruby doesn't typically run from her issues. More accurately she chases them down one by one confronting them and putting them behind her.

The thoughts concerning her competition however are persistent. Part of Ruby is caught up wanting to find out more about the flirtatious sniper from the fair, another is adamant about dismissing her and her obvious head games. And the rest? The rest is furiously telling the her that she isn't even slightly interested in the hot, hip swaying, heart melting—

'Bad Ruby! Dirty thoughts do not happen while running. Not that I have dirty thoughts about her! She's just trying to throw you off your game Ruby. She's just trying to get an edge over you in the competition. That's it, so what if her lips are soft and she smells so good and GAH!'

Ruby almost trips as she forces herself to come to a stop her shoes skidding on the ground a bit.

She collects herself and shakes her head rapidly trying to physically clear the thoughts in it. Sighing softly and leaning forward her hands on her knees as she pants quietly. Her thoughts calm as her breath evens out and she stands up hopping from one foot to the other before starting her run again.

She pulls in air through her nose and exhales through her lips softly as she moves her shirt starting to stick to her lithe frame as sweat builds across her body. The fabric darkening around her neck and down her back before being pulled away by the breeze of her increased speed. Her legs pumping hard as they start to burn, she pushes herself to move faster without activating her Semblance. Her body leaning forward as she moves into a full sprint rapidly closing on the last leg of her run.

She slows her pace gradually coming to a stop next to her water bottle and towel, grabbing both using the latter to wipe off her face and neck before opening the former and taking small, measured sips as she starts moving again. Walking to keep her muscles from locking up and cramping before she can get back to the dorm room and a warm shower. A hand coming up to turn off her music moving her headphones to wrap around her neck as she heads to the warm siren call of the showers.

On her way she hears a familiar laugh accompanied by another that tugs on Ruby's memories that she just can't place.

'Huh, Yang's a bit late out of the gym this morning. We can walk back together then!' She cheerfully thinks breaking into a light jog to catch up to the voices. She rounds the corner her eyes falling on the back of her sister facing away hands behind the back of her head chuckling.

"—and then Roy told her that he's 'built like a Stallion'! She had no idea that he was making a pun and punched him right in the jaw! I laughed so hard I almost passed out because I couldn't breathe."

'Wait, I know that voice.'

Ruby pauses before her eyes narrow and she stomps over grabbing Yang by the arm and glaring at May, her eyes not at all wandering over the toned muscled skin of the older girl. Nope, not even a little. Even if she does look amazing like that—

'Focus!'

"Yang what are you doing talking to her?" Ruby asks turning her eyes to her sister, missing the roaming eyes of the taller girl who then looks at the blonde and points to the diminutive team leader before pretending to swoon.

Yang looked like she was about to answer before spotting May eyeing her sister, obviously the moment Ruby turns away only to start acting up when she realizes what she was doing causing Yang to laugh openly.

"Yang it's not funny! She's the enemy!"

This gets a snort of amusement from May, still wearing her gym clothing for the moment having decided to shower back in her teams guest room.

"Rubes calm down. I was just joking around with my new friend." Yang replies with a wide cheerful smile ignoring how her sister sputters at that.

"See? Totally adorable when she gets all out of sorts. Just look at the red coloring of those cheeks." May comments leaning down and kissing Ruby's other cheek this time before hopping back and away before turning away again.

"I'll see you around Little Red!" May calls back.

"My name is Ruby!" Comes the reply, halfway between annoyed and embarrassed.

"I know!" Comes the sing-song reply before the sniper rounds the corner. Ruby huffs glaring at her sister as the blonde struggles to hold in her snickering.

'Not attractive at all. She's going down hard.' Ruby thinks blushing darker as that thought calls up thoughts of other ways May could 'go down'. It's a very frustrated Ruby who's stomping her way back to her dorm.

AN:

I said within a week of IMS and lo and behold! Chapter two is done and uploaded. You can all thank the gods of sickness that cursed me to remain bed ridden for an entire day with nothing to do but watch anime (that I need to see at some point), read manga (that I also need to read at some point for context), read my backlog (you see the trend forming here), and write some of my various stories. So I sat down, started with an Idea for this chapter and like always. I didn't get to it. but whatever I'll use it for a later chapter.

Here we see May meeting up with Yang. The only reason there's little conflict with Yang here is because well... I see this May and Yang meshing so very well. When I started writing I didn't know how I would write what happened. It could have ended in a big fight. But it didn't. that's not what my muse decided and she's fickle when ignored. So I try to listen.

And we all get to see our (read my) favorite flustered Ruby. expect a lot of that. I love to write it.

Don't expect this story to go like IMS did, this isn't just about the build up to a relationship like In My Sights was. This story does not end with them becoming a couple. that will happen during the first 'arc' in the story. meaning the competition they are in.

Assuming my Muse doesn't deside to make this a YangxMay story (Lens Flare anyone? Yea I came up with that with less than 10 seconds of thought and i love it already. God I'll have to write a oneshot later... CS gave the opinion of naming it Crystal Sun. Something to ponder on at any rate. only after sleeping on this have I realized Crystal Sun matches my Beta's initials.)

Kidding, This story is Long Distance as promised.

Reviewer responses!

TheSuperLucius: I agree, site definately needs more May. And i will deliver.

AntonSlavik020: I'm glad you enjoy it. I know She's different but IMS May would not have fit in as well with a lot of what i had planned for this story. I needed a more confident May and this one I feel is more fitting to a snipers personality. I live in a large military area so I've met my fair share.

Inkboy: Happy to have you around. Glad you like her. And i will of course deliver more.

Guest: Thanks for the support! Mays personality is yet to be addressed in canon so it makes her a very flexible character to write with.

KevinDynamite: Good to see you enjoying it. and as I mentioned in PM I'll say here too. I included the breaks as they are in the first chapter so it wouldn't be jarring at all when I use them later. If I start with full names then it might get confusing when I shorten them suddenly to initials. this way it stays consistent and I like consistent.

CinderBurn: The competition makes up the first 'Arc' of the story. I plan on running this through the tournament and afterwards. I have no idea if I'm going to include Cinders plot in this story and the fall of beacon. maybe I will. I'll see how it goes.

Knight: How violent do you think Ruby really is? O_O I know the title is "Must Kill" but I didn't mean for it to be taken litterally.

Crescent Sunrise: Har Har, You read it before I even wrote this note. Readers do not be fooled by my Beta.

That's it! So many coming over from IMS to read this. I hope I don't dissappoint.

Give it up for my wonderful Beta for reading over this only a few hours after i finished it so I could get it out to you so fast. I love you all so much, I''ll see you next time.