A/N

Thunder Dragon- Well to answer your first question would be spoiling the ending so sorry, I can't tell ya! And for your second question He will be getting the royal arms but I'm not sure if I want to add the summons into the story. As of right now I plan on ending the story at RWBY Vol. 4 which will be drastically different than the canon Vol. 4 and The answer to your last question shall soon be answered!

Chapter XIII: The Prince And The Red Rose

It had been 3 days since the boys had returned from Insomnia and Noctis had been in a comatose like state. The blinding white light from the hospital room assaulted Noctis' eyes when he first opened his eyes. He moved his hands in front of his eyes to block out the light till his eyes could adjust to the light. Once his eyes adjusted he laid his hands to his side and looked around the room looking for his scroll and found a familiar crimsonette sleeping at the side of his bed. Noctis watched the sleeping Ruby and couldn't help but smile at how cute she looked when she slept. The wounded Prince scuffled the sleeping girl's hair causing her to wake up.

"Morning." Noctis chuckled as he saw a strain of drool leave Ruby's mouth as she sat up

"Good morning, Noctis." Ruby said before she realized what was happening "YOU'RE AWAKE!" She shouted as she jumped on top of Noctis, happy that he had lived.

"Ow ow ow, Ruby I'm still injured, you know."

This caused the young girl the blush at her actions and pushed herself off of Noctis "S-Sorry, Noctis." She sheepishly said as she rubbed the back of her head "I'll go get the nurse!"

With that Ruby rushed out of the hospital room, leaving Noctis to his thoughts, something he wanted to ignore.

Noctis laid back down onto the soft pillow and stared up at the ceiling fan that had been barely producing any type of air. Noctis clenched the blanket at his side as he grew angry thinking about the events that had aspired, he grew angry at the thought of Drautos still alive after everything he had done to his father.

Before Noctis could get deeper into his thoughts Ruby came rushing in with a nurse not far behind.

"Noctis I brought a nurse!"

"Mr. Caelum. How are you feeling today?"

"Okay, I guess. Can I get a glass of water?"

"Of course, I'll go get you a glass. I'll be right back" The nurse said with a smile

The nurse left the room to get his water and Ruby took her seat next to Noctis' bed and gave Noctis an angry look, that he could feel radiate off the young girl without having to look at her.

"You promised me, Noctis. You promised me you wouldn't do anything that would get yourself killed."

Noctis closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh "I'm sorry, Ruby."

Ruby got up from her seat and slapped Noctis across his face "I was so scared when I saw you on that stretcher!" Ruby said as tears began to form in her eyes "I thought you were going to die!"

"You shouldn't worry about me, Ruby." Noctis said with his head down "I never asked you to."

Ruby had to hold herself back from slapping Noctis again and sat down "You don't have to ask me Noctis, and saying I shouldn't isn't going to make me stop worrying about you, I can't help but worry about you!"

"Why?!" Noctis shouted catching Ruby off guard with his sudden change in tone. "Why do you care so much about me? We haven't even known each other long, so why would you care about me?!"

"BECAUSE I LO-" Ruby caught herself before she finished and stood silent.

'What?"

Ruby didn't respond, she couldn't respond, so she did what she knew she could do and ran out the room. Before Noctis could say anything she was already out. He stared at the open door and let out another sigh as he rubbed his cheek "Geez, for a girl her size she has a hell of an arm."

Library

Gladiolus was in the library by himself sitting at the far end corner of the second floor of the library. He had spent the last 3 days pondering what had happen. He felt ashamed of himself that he was not able to help his leader in the fight when Glauca revealed himself to be Drautos. The events kept replaying themselves in his head till it drove him insane.

"Hey, Gladio!" A familiar voice called out to him, pulling him back into reality.

Gladiolus turned towards the source of the voice and saw a familiar bunny eared faunus standing over him with the same soft smile that only he had seen. "Hey Velvet."

"Is it okay if I join you?"

"Sure, go ahead."

The bunny faunus took a seat next to Gladiolus and took out some books from her book bag. She looked at Gladiolus and noticed the sad look on his face "R-Ruby told me what happened, I'm so sorry about your father, Gladio." She said in a soft sincere voice as she rest a hand on his shoulder.

"Thanks. Velvet." Gladiolus said as he did his best to smile.

"I hope you know you can talk to me."

"Thanks, but seriously. I'm okay." The two of them sat there silently until Gladiolus couldn't take it anymore and let out a deep sigh "Noctis could've gotten killed because of me."

"What?"

"The guy who attacked us, he was a friend of my father, he's the one that taught me how to fight. Seeing him dressed in Niflheim armour and finding out he's the one that killed my father…. I couldn't believe it and I froze up. I couldn't fight him, so Noctis fought him alone and almost died because of me." Gladiolus hung his head in shame and sat there silently.

Velvet gave Gladiolus a hug to try to comfort him "You know Noctis would never blame you for what happened. He was your teacher and friend, it's not easy finding something like that out and having to fight the one you looked up to. You shouldn't blame yourself, Gladio."

"How can I not? If I had helped Noctis he wouldn't be laying in a hospital bed while I'm here with only a few scratches."

"There's nothing for you to do but get stronger."

"Huh?" Gladiolus said as he freed himself from Velvet's hug.

"If you feel bad for what happened to Noctis then get stronger and when you face Drautos again, you'll be ready!" Velvet said giving Gladiolus a supportive smile

"You're right. Drautos may have been a close friend, but not anymore. The Drautos I knew is dead, and next time I'll make sure he pays for what he did to Noctis and our fathers."

Gladiolus looked at Velvet and gave her the same soft smile that she had grown to love, which made her blush "Thanks, Velvet. I really do feel better now."

"O-Of course, Gladio. Anytime"

With that Gladiolus gave Velvet a goodbye hug and made his way to the Beacon Academy gym with a new goal in mind, to never let anyone he cares about get hurt again.

PING'S Dorm room

Prompto entered his dorm room and saw that he was the only one there. He had been by his brother's side since after their meeting with Nyx and Ozpin and he returned to their dorm room to get Noctis some clothes and charger for his scroll. A cool breeze came through their open window and he felt the relaxing breeze. He went over to his bed and laid down as he let out a relaxing sigh. It had been a few days since they had gotten back to Beacon and with his brother being in a comatose state he never really had the chance to unwind and just relax. Prompto closed his eyes as the gentle breeze brushed against his face and he began to drift off to sleep until a knocking came on his door. His eyes shot opened and he reluctantly got up from his comfy position and made his way to the door. He opened the door and a familiar blond brawler greeted him with a smile.

"Hey, Yang." Prompto said returning the smile.

"Can I come in?"

"Sure." Prompto said as he moved to the side and gestured for Yang to enter. "Make yourself comfortable."

"Thanks."

Yang made her way to Prompto's bed and sat on the edge "Why don't you come join me?" She said as she padded the seat next to her.

Prompto did as she asked and took the seat next to her on the edge of his bed "So what's up?"

"I just wanted to see if you're okay. I know these past few days haven't really been easy for you guys."

"No it hasn't."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No, it's okay. I just came by to pick up some stuff for Noctis."

"How is Prince Charming? I heard he's doing better. I feel bad for not visiting."

"It's okay, Ruby's been by his side the whole time."

"It's crazy how much she cares about him."

"It's nice to see someone care about Noctis like that. I know Noctis can be antisocial at times, but I feel like Ruby can get him out of his shell."

"She does have that effect on people." Yang said with a chuckle. "So what's next for team PING?"

"I honestly don't know. I just know that we can't do anything until Noctis has recovered."

"Well whatever you guys have planned, know that RWBY has your guy's back %100!"

"Thanks, Yang. I know we can count on you guys."

A silence fell between them until the blond brawler spoke up "Soooooo… You have a girlfriend?" Yang asked with a teasing smile

"H-Huh? W-Why would you ask that?" Prompto said as a bright red blush began to form on his face.

"Oh no reason, just wondering." Yang said with a playful smile and laugh "Come on we should get these clothes to your brother before he goes back to sleep." She said as she gave Prompto a playful punch on his shoulder causing him to wince.

Prompto grabbed his brother's clothes and charger and the two of them made their way out of the dorm room.

Beacon Medical Wing

Noctis began to feel bad about the exchange he had with Ruby and decided to go after the crimson teen. He had asked his brother to bring him an extra set of clothes but he grew impatient of waiting and decided to leave without the extra clothes. He got up from the bed and grabbed his shoes and left the room with the patient gown that he had woken up in. He knew there was only one place Ruby would go to when she felt down and so he made his way to the school's flower garden.

Beacon Flower garden

Noctis made his way to the flower garden and saw Ruby sitting at a nearby bench with her face buried in her knees. He made his way to her and sat next to her.

"Hey, Ruby." He said but received no response. Noctis let out a sigh and scooted a little closer to Ruby. "I know I was a jerk, Ruby and I'm sorry. I guess I'm just not used to having people worry about me. I… I never really had anyone worry about me as much as you do…"

Ruby lifted up her head from her knees and showed that she had been crying which made Noctis feel even worse, if there was one thing he would never want to do it would be making Ruby cry.

Noctis couldn't help but hug the crying teen "Please don't cry Ruby. I didn't mean to sound like such a jerk back there."

"It's not that you were a jerk, Noctis. Which you were, but I seriously thought you were going to die!"

Noctis let go of Ruby and she got up from the bench and turned her back to the roses that were blowing in the breeze. "I-I was so scared when I saw them take you out of the airship on a stretcher. I felt my heart drop. I lost my mother and I didn't want to lose someone else close to me."

Noctis stood up from the bench and walked towards Ruby and stood by her watching the roses sway back and forth.

"Please Noctis, next time you do something that stupid, let me help you, okay?"

Noctis smiled at the young girl and nodded "Okay, Ruby." Noctis replied as he wiped the tears that had formed on Ruby's face. She looked up at Noctis as he did that and the two looked at each other in silence. Noctis felt his heartbeat began to race as he stared into Ruby's eyes. He put his forehead against hers as he never let his eyes leave hers "I'll never make you worry again, Ruby."

"You promise?"

"Yes."

Slowly he began to inch his lips closer and closer to Ruby's until they made contact. He cupped her face as she put her hands on his waist. After a few seconds Noctis broke the kiss and rested his forehead on hers. "I love you, Ruby Rose."

"And I love you, you idiot."

They embraced each other and stood there in silence. Noctis began to feel a cool breeze coming from the opened gown that exposed his butt cheeks. "I should really go change my clothes." Ruby chuckled at Noctis and the both of them left the garden hand in hand.

"Awwwwwwwww, they're so cute!" Yang said as she and Prompto watched the scene from behind a building.

Vale

Nyx had left Beacon to explore the city of Vale. He got a few Lien from Ozpin and he planned on using it to get a nice cooked meal, something that he hadn't had since he started traveling with Qrow. He came across a noodle stand and made his way to one of the open seats.

"Can I get a large bowl of regular noodles."

The man behind the counter nodded and made his way to the kitchen and began making Qrow's order.

"Well if it isn't the hero!"

Nyx turned around and saw a familiar face that he hadn't seen since the attack on Insomnia, a man around the same age as him, a little on the overweight side and on crutches

"Libertus?! What are you doing here?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing, Nyx!"

Nyx got up from his seat and greeted his old friend with a hug. Libertus took a seat next to Nyx and ordered the same thing he was having. Their food comes and they begin to eat.

"So is this where you ran off to after the attack?"

"Well Vale did seem like the safest place. So what are you doing here?"

"I'm helping the Prince, he's a student at Beacon Academy."

"I know."

"You know? How?"

"I've been ordered to watch over him."

"Ordered? By who? Please don't tell me you're still with that organization responsible for helping Niflheim." Nyx said as he gave Libertus an angry look.

"No. I cut ties with them as soon as I left Insomnia. No, the people I'm working with want to help out Noctis against Niflheim."

"Who exactly are you working with, libertus?"

"I'm sorry, Nyx but I can't say."

"You can't say? After everything that's happened you're gonna keep things away from me."

"Listen, you don't understand. Niflheim is setting up for something big and as of now we don't have a way to fight against them. That crystal was the only thing that gave us a chance against them, and now they have it."

Libertus gets up from his seat and gives Nyx a piece of paper with a number on it.

"What's this?" Nyx asked as he examined the piece of paper.

"When you see the Prince tell him to contact that number." Libertus grabbed his crutches and began to walk off "There's a war coming, Nyx and Noctis is the only one that can save Remnant."

Nyx grabbed the piece of paper and shoved it in his pocket

"And thanks for grabbing the check!"

Nyx just realized that Libertus had left him to pay for his meal and chuckled "That son of a bitch."

To be continued...