(chapter 8: new friends, and new tattoos) [Ruby pov]
It has been two months since this school year began. Which means combat classes are beginning today. Once a week every student is grouped by grade, and are randomly chosen to battle another randomly chosen student. It's the first time we can show off our skill in both Tattoo, and weapon ability. I was excited about watching how other people used their tattoos. I've read about a lot of tattoos, but now I can see them in reality and learn how they work.
"Weiss! Weiss! Weiss! Are you excited about today!?" I asked, jumping in place with every word. "Yes you Dunce, I'm the one who reminded you about today. Remember?" Weiss said, but her slight smile made me understand her excitement under her annoyance. "oh, Right. So, do you think we'll be chosen to fight today?" I asked. Blake stepped into our conversation. We were all getting ready in our room, and Blake walked out of the bathroom as I spoke. "I don't think there's high chance of us being chosen. Only two fights take place in a day. But I'm sure it'll be an interesting fight regardless" Blake said, securely tying her bow. 'she always has that. I wonder if it holds special meaning to her. Like my cape' I thought to myself.
Once Yang finished getting ready, she takes the longest out of all of us. We walked down to the combat arena. On combat days, we were allowed to wear out own outfits. The school uniforms weren't as useful for combat, and sometimes restricted the use of certain tattoos. Flying tattoos were prohibited during the normal school day, today was the only exception. Looking up I saw two boys my age flying towards the arena. One had ghostly red wings on his back. He also had a heavy amount of armor, with a Phoenix emblazoned on his chest. The other had sky blue wings, almost invisibly while he was in the air but once he landed it stood out plain as day.
"those are so awesome!" I said, obviously talking about the two wing tattoos. "too bad the two that have them are the school's biggest bully's" Yang said, clenching her fist in anger. Blake put her hand on Yang's shoulder, "Guys like those, always get what's coming to them. Don't let them get in your head" Blake said soothingly. 'Knowing Yang, she'll probably rush over and fight them anyways' I thought amused. But to my surprise, Yang gave Blake a friendly smile, and kept walking side by side with Blake. 'What the heck!' I stared in shock at the unbelievable scene I just witnessed.
Weiss noticed my shocked look, "What's the matter Ruby?" she asked. "What's going on between Yang and Blake. She actually made Yang calm down. With a single touch!" I said, utterly confused. Weiss looked at the pair, walking farther away as we both stood and talked. "uumm…" Weiss trailed off, her face turning a mysterious shade of red. I was still confused, but I soon remembered where we were walking too. "Whatever, we'll think about it later, now let's go watch some battling!" I said, grabbing Weiss' hand and running to the arena.
Glynda was the combat instructor for all students. She explained the rules for tournament style fighting. She said that we should all take these classes seriously. She also mentioned that we would be allowed out into town, to buy equipment and supplies for training. That was a mistake on her part, no one paid any attention to the class after her announcement. Everyone was buzzing and talking about going into town. Everyone was so busy talking amongst themselves, that they didn't even notice a blond boy get defeated by one of the boys with wings.
After the second fight, Me and Weiss started walking to the ship docks. "So Weiss, where are Blake and Yang?" I asked. I figured we'd all go to town together. "I'm not sure. But I'm sure they'll call if they want to meet up. now come on, let's head to town" Weiss said, smiling a little at the end. Her smile only lasted a moment, a moment so short you could say it didn't happen. But I saw it, and it filled me with a warmth I didn't understand 'so this is what friendship feels like. It feels good' I thought, it's a feeling I've been getting a lot these past few months. I've never had a best friend before, just being near Weiss made me feel better. "let's go have fun" I said, grabbing Weiss' hand and pulling us onto a ship.
[Weiss pov]
We rode the small cramped airship into the town of Vale. Ruby and I were jammed, along with what had to be half the school, in the smallest ship they had. Ruby held my hand the entire ride, I think she forgot she grabbed it when we first got on. Not that I hated it, in fact I liked the felling of her soft warm fingers interlocked whit my own. It felt natural, like we were meant to hold hands. But those thoughts were ridiculous, Ruby was my friend, this was all new to me. So it makes sense I would enjoy our closeness, it showed just how good of friends we are.
As soon as we landed, I put my plan into motion. I wanted to watch and study the few students who are arriving today from the other schools. But I didn't want Ruby to know that was my main goal, I was just as happy being able to spend time with my friend outside of school. It was one of the few times we could leave campus and not focus on buying something. It was a day to just relax and talk, and I wanted to do that with Ruby, but first I had to see what I could learn from the few arriving students.
"you seem excited today Weiss" Ruby said as we walked towards the docks. 'I do?' I wondered. "I mean, I never see you smile this much, or walk this quickly." Ruby continued to add. I looked down at my feet, they were moving faster than I would normally walk. Searching my face with my hand, I felt my lips curved up in a smile I didn't know I could show. "I-I guess I am. But today is an exciting day" I said, explaining my feelings. Ruby seemed to brighten even more from my statement. "Yeah, we get to see all the decorations for the Vital festival, and taste all the unique food" Ruby said I a breathy dream-like tone.
"yes. That does sound nice. But first we must act as proper students of beacon, and greet the arriving students from the other kingdoms" I said, concealing my eagerness to get information about the future battle competitor's. "are you sure you don't just want to spy on them?" a voice said from behind me. Turning around I was face to face with Blake and Yang, Blake was the one who said aloud my plans. I had to think fast, I didn't prepare for anyone guessing my plan, "o-of course not. I'm just being a proper representative of Beacon academy. Nothing more" I said, but I knew Blake could see through me, she always seemed to be able too. "Well, what are we waiting for, let's go" Yang said, smashing her fist into her palm.
We found ourselves standing on an overhanging cliff, looking out towards the shipping docks. But instead of waiting for students to arrive, something unusual caught our attention. The front facade of a local tattoo shop had been destroyed, the police had taped everything off, and were interviewing an old man who appeared to work at the shop, guessing by his shirt that said the name of the store "From Dust till Dawn" Ruby must have thought it was more important than my plan, and guided us to the police men standing outside of the destroyed the shop.
"What happened?" Ruby questioned the man. She seemed determined to find out what's going on. The officer turned away from his partner and looked at Ruby, seeing her as a curious girl he decided to answer. "a group of guys robbed this place, then trashed it so it would stay closed" the man said. His partner added "but the strange part, none of the money was taken, like the other five stores, only the dust was stolen" the first man added even more information. "what could they need all that Dust for?" the second man scoffed at his buddy "they're the White Fang, who knows what those monsters want, whatever it is, it can't be good"
'Great. Not only do they terrorize me at home, but they follow me here and cause this kind of mischief' I thought. The White Fang was a radical group of Faunus that believe the Faunus are a superior race, and as such, should be the ones with all the power. They used my father's business ideals as a stepping stone to recruit and radicalize more Faunus. Borderline slavery tends to anger people, and the White Fang are a conduit for that anger. My voice said what my mind was thinking "can you believe those scum, attacking and robbing, just to steal some Dust" I said, but I knew it was the wrong thing to say when I heard the silence from my teammates
Yang was unsure about my words, she sort of agreed with me, but the look on her face said she wasn't happy about how I said it. Ruby was even more saddened by my words, her face showed how much my words hurt. Seeing Ruby look at me like that hurt, it felt like I was sinking to the bottom of an ocean of oil, the suffocating feeling of Ruby not wanting to be seen with me, it was too much to bear. I had to look away, my heart couldn't take the pain any longer. But Blake was the only person left, and she looked downright angry. She looked ready to explode at me.
"What is your problem, they're just fighting for what they believe in. is that such a problem for the Ice Queen. Can't stand to see someone else get their way?" Blake said, anger showing for the first time. 'What? That's not how I meant it at all. There terrorists! I don't have to explain myself to you' I thought "I don't have to explain myself, they are scum. The White Fang are a group of degenerates and should be dealt with accordingly" I said, and I turned away and walked back to the place that overlooked the docks. I didn't care if they followed me, I really didn't want to discuss it any further. 'Ruby' my mind told me. The look on her face was burned onto my heart. A slow but constant ache pounded with every beat of my heart.
After some waiting, the ships finally arrived. Only a few students were allowed to show up so early. The Vital festival was two months away, but certain special students were permitted to arrive and attend Beacons classes, and learn more about our kingdom. Most of the arriving students just wandered around, or got into cars and headed to beacon, most likely to sleep. But one stood out. An open shirt, blond haired boy jumped off a cargo ship, and was chased down the docks by security officers. The two men chasing him yelled "stop you!" and "no good stowaway!" but the boy was much faster and was much more nimble. Jumping from light pole to light pole, he outran the men and shot past us in a blur of blond hair.
As he ran past, his tail whipped around and hooked a light pole right above us. Giving a flirtatious wink to Blake, he did a back flip and landed on the ground. But the officers caught up by then and were just about to catch him. So the blond haired boy took off running, and got away. "well Weiss, you wanted to spy on the other competitors, there one of them goes" Yang said. 'really? Him?' I thought. "let's go observe him!" I called, half wanting to see his ability, but also to make sure he wasn't going to do anything illegal. So I took off running, hearing the footsteps of my teammates behind my own.
The boy and the officers rounded a corner, and I sped up so I didn't lose sight of them. but as I rounded the corner myself, someone was standing directly in my path. "guuaahh!" I yelled out as me and this new girl fell to the ground. I looked up and watched as the boy I was following jumped and scaled a small building, losing the officers in the process. "noo! I almost had him" I called out. "umm. Weiss" Yang's voice interrupted my thoughts. I looked back at her, she was pointing at me. Wait, not at me, below me. Looking down, I realized the person I ran into was still laying down under me. I jumped up and next to Yang, but the person continued to stay on the ground.
Yang broke the awkward situation "are you alright?" she asked the orange haired girl. "oh, I am wonderful" the strange girl said. But still made no move to get up. "do you need help getting up?" Yang asked, it was a straight forward question. The girl paused and thought about the question, but finally said "no" and did a kung-fu flip into a standing position. "salutations! my name is Penny, it is a pleasure to meet you" penny said in a chipper voice. Ruby seemed happy to meet someone "uh hi, my name's Ruby" Ruby gave a small wave. "Blake" was all Blake said to Penny. I greeted as well "I apologize for knocking you down, my name is Weiss" I didn't want to give my last name, people tend to act weird when I tell them. "are you sure you didn't hit you head" Yang said quietly but a little too loud, Blake elbowed her. "I mean, my name is Yang, it's nice to meet you"
"Sensational, it is so wonderful to meet you" Penny gave a bright, happy smile. But I wanted to continue and track the Faunus boy from a moment ago. Did you see where that Faunus went?" I asked Penny. Penny tilted her head and looked at me like I grew a second head. "why do you have to say it that way?" Blake yelled at me. "What?" I asked, turning to Blake 'what does she mean by that?' I wondered. "why do you have to say it like it's a problem being a Faunus?" Blake asked. "I never said such a thing, I only think the White Fang are the problem. Those are the real monsters" I said, getting frustrated by her misunderstanding me.
"you're such an insensitive brat. Who are you to judge others on what they do" Blake yelled. Her words cut deep, she was of course talking about my father's company, and its shady business practice of "hiring" Faunus as workers. "I do no such thing, I'm the victim here!" I yelled, my anger overflowing, Blake had no right, she didn't know my life, she didn't understand my suffering. I turned and walked away. Ruby wanted to follow me, but Penny was still standing there. "See ya, friend" Ruby waved by Penny and jogged up to me.
A green blur appeared in front of us "what did you just call me?" Penny said in what I thought was the most fear inducing voice I've ever heard. I trembled, the memory of Yang that morning those months ago came back. "look i-I'm sorry for whatever I said" I trailed off in a mumbling fit. "no not you" Penny waved me off, her voice returning somewhat normal. "You" she said, walking past me and looked right into Ruby's eyes. "i-uh, I don't know" Ruby stuttered. I didn't blame her, the situation was confusing and I was completely lost, my anger at Blake was almost completely forgotten, it looked like it was gone from her too. Blake moved closer to me, along with Yang. We were all ready to jump in and save our leader if things got out of hand.
"you called me 'friend' are we really friends?" Penny said. The enthusiasm of a child showing in her voice. Ruby had a panicked look, she peered over Penny's shoulder at us. We desperately waved our arms trying to tell her "NO!" but it was lost on Ruby. "Sure?" Ruby said. The young leader was too nice to deny someone friendship. "Sensational! A Friend. We can exchange numbers, and have sleepovers, paint our nails. Oh, oh and talk about cute boys!" Penny rambled on. But her ideas seemed like the things people in tv shows or in books did. They didn't seem like the stuff actual people did. 'but what do I know, I've literally only had one friend, and only for three months' I said to myself.
"that sounds like a great idea, but we have to get back to school. But I'll definitely see you later" Ruby said to Penny. The orange haired girl jumped for joy at the thought "oh this is spectacular. I will be looking forward to our next meeting Ruby" Penny said. Ruby just nodded and slowly walked back up to us. "you guys ready to go?" she asked. We all nodded and walked our way through the city, me and Blake not standing within direct sight of each other. Avoiding the enviable argument waiting for us.
[Blake pov]
Getting back to the team room was surprisingly without incident, Weiss stayed with Ruby, and Yang kept me distracted for the most part. Yang had been acting weird ever since we slept together, it was a moment of weakness, me giving into her beauty and not thinking about how it would affect our partner dynamic. It wasn't a mistake, not by a long shot. I was still filled with a warm felling whenever I looked back upon it. Yang however didn't treat it the same, I felt she thought it was some sort of stress reliever, like I was only using her to sate my lust. I didn't know how to bring up my feelings to her, I keep so many secrets from her already, adding my growing love for her was just another piece to my life puzzle.
I was a Faunus. To be more exact, I was a cat Faunus. I had entered this school with the intention of hiding my true self. But I knew it was only a matter of time before my teammates found out. I was concerned about having Weiss on the same team as me, but to my surprise she has shown a remarkable ability to show kindness to Faunus, helping them when some are bullied at this school, or teaching a few the class lessons. It was something I never expected a Schnee to do.
But today the comments about the White Fang worried me, the group was once peaceful. It was that way for the longest time, but that all changed (when the fire nation attacked) when new leaders stepped into power. That changed the once peaceful group, into what is now feared and hated. It was my fear of not being accepted by my team that made me argue with Weiss. I knew if she had those feelings, I could never be accepted by her or Yang. Ruby seemed innocent about the world, but Weiss was the deciding factor for our team. If she turned me away, it was only a matter of time before everyone turned me away too.
So here I am, sitting on my bed trying not to give in to my anger and slap Weiss. "I can't believe you are still able to defend those animals!" Weiss said, she had gotten much less descriptive about the White Fang. "what would you do, I you were constantly stepped on, if all of society looked at you like monsters. Do you really blame them!?" I argued back, our conversation had started back up, but the silence after my last statement was unusual. Movement out of the corner of my eye caused me to look over at Ruby. Ruby had taken a step towards Weiss, a look of sympathy and understanding covering her face. But Weiss held out her hand sending the message of halting to the young girl.
"do you know why I hate them, the White fang?" Weiss started, her tone shifted from the argumentative heat, into this cold dead tone. As if a great weight was being presented by these words. "I hate the White Fang because the pain they added to my childhood" Weiss said. I didn't know what to say, we were arguing so any words of comfort would only be taken in a bad way. 'did she say added? What does she mean?' I thought. Weiss continued "I was attacked almost every time I left my father's house. So no, I will not treat those monsters as anything but what they are. The moments were I could escape, and live a normal life were stripped away from me by them"
'that's it? Really? The White Fang disrupted the princesses "free time" and she ridicules and belittles them for that. How dare this spoiled rotten brat!' I thought angrily "well maybe if people like you didn't treat them like dirt, maybe if people treated us like we mattered there wouldn't need to be a group fighting for equality!" my emotions overwhelmed me, her shellfish remark took me over the edge.
The room was silent, an unnerving silence that caused me to look at everyone. The way Yang and Ruby's eyes looked back at me caused me to go over what I just said. 'I said "We" when talking about the Faunus' I realized. My fear of being rejected took over, I knew they would outcast me, so to save myself the pain I ran. I always run, it was the only defense I could rely on. So I used my tattoos and vanished from sight, slipping out the open window into the moonless night.
[Ruby pov]
I reacted fast, my feet already buzzing with the power of my tattoos. But Yang's powerful hand grabbed my shoulder. "give her space Ruby. She needs time to put things in order. We will go out and finder her tomorrow" Yang said. The feeling in my legs started to go away, the tattoos felt like they were complaining about not being used. "W-What did she mean "we"" Weiss said, her voice sounding hurt and confused. "don't worry about it Ice Queen, we'll deal with it tomorrow. For now, go to bed, get some sleep" Yang said, acting like the big sister to the both of us. I got changed and laid down in bed, but sleep didn't come and before I knew it, the sun was peeking over the horizon
I pulled myself out of bed to shower and get ready to go out looking. "you couldn't sleep either?" Yang asked me, her voice sounding as tired as I felt. "I was worried. I don't want our team to be split" I said as I gathered up a change of street clothing. "me too" Yang sounded deep in thought, but those two words carried a deep emotion I couldn't understand. I walked over and gave my sister a hug. We held each other in a tight embrace, giving each other the strength to get through today.
Weiss was the last to wake up, me and Yang were already dressed and looking at places where Blake would be. Of course we had no idea, but it was something to focus on. "why do you two look so serious?" Weiss asked. Yang looked up from her Scroll, "because we're going out today and bringing Blake home, and you're helping us" Yang said, with no room for argument. Feeling the seriousness of Yang, Weiss got dressed and we all headed to town.
Once we arrived to town, Yang told us to split up and call each other if we found Blake. I went to the center most area of the town of Vale. The communication tower, it's a tall spear that rises higher than all the other buildings in Vale. It's used for communicating between the other three kingdoms. As I was absent mind-idly walking, I bumped into someone. "ohmyoum! I'm so sorry" I hastily said to the person.
"Friend Ruby? Is that you?" the person who I ran into said. "Penny?" I asked as I looked down at Penny. "Salutations! It's great to see you again so soon friend" Penny said, this time getting up without me or anyone saying to. 'it's like she's learning the more she experiences the world' I thought about her. "what are you doing here Ruby?" Penny asked, a childlike need to know things was how she sounded. "Ah, well. My friend Blake is missing, and I'm looking for her" I explained. Penny gasped "you mean your Faunus Friend? That's awful" Penny said. "Wait, What? How did you know she was…" I wondered aloud.
"the cat ears" Penny said, like it was plainly obvious. "but she always wore a…bow" I realized it all right in that moment. 'no wonder she always had that on, she was hiding. She was hiding from everything' I thought. I felt a new feeling of sympathy for my friend. A friend I didn't really know anything about. "I will help you find her, I won't rest until she is returned home" Penny announced, grabbing me in a hug. She was surprisingly strong, she lifted me and Crescent Rose, who was strapped to my back. "thanks Penny" I said, used to talking while being hugged to death
So we set of. Walking aimlessly through the city, Penny decided this would be the perfect opportunity to talk about friendship. "So Blake is your friend?" Penny sounded happy to be talking. "Yes". "are you mad she ran away?". "yes". "is Weiss friends with Blake?" Penny's question caused me to pause. "I hope so, that's kind of up in the air right now" I answered, worried about the future of my team. "well I don't have many friends. But if I did, I would want them to talk to me about problems, rather than run away" Penny said, sounding oddly wise in that moment.
We walked in a grid-like pattern for what felt like hours. I was getting tired, and the lack of sleep made a sudden wave of exhaustion hit me after the sun went down. "Penny, I think we'll have to call it a day. I have school tomorrow" I said, but I didn't really mean it. I was going to stay out here until I found Blake, but I wanted to give Penny an excuse to leave, she didn't have to stay out here with me all night. "that's okay friend Ruby. Blake is your friend, so I, as your friend will help you. No matter how long it takes" Penny still had her cheery attitude. 'how can she still have this much energy?' I thought. Suddenly the ground rumbled and I heard an explosion from the direction of the docks. "we better go check that out" I said, worried people got hurt by the explosion.
[Blake pov] (earlier that evening)
I slept like I have for many of the nights in my life, in an abandoned warehouse. It brought me sense of both home, and disgust. It was the life I was away from. I was making a new life for myself as a huntress. But now that I was found out, my teammates wouldn't want me around. I might as well go back to fending for myself.
Morning came, I wanted to get out of the city as fast as possible. The only option was to be a stowaway. Buying an airship ticket, or a train ticket would allow people to find me, and I wanted to disappear. But my plan had a small hiccup. The Schnee Dust company took over the docks the night before, a large shipment of dust arrived and was waiting to be shipped around Vale. Seeing as I was in for a wait, I stuck around the docks, not wanting to wander the town.
Hours passed, I had to discreetly buy some food after some time, my stomach was protesting loudly at my lack of breakfast. The day crawled along slowly after that, I was dreading not grabbing any books. I wanted something to do while I waited. By the time night fell, I was just about at my limit for waiting. I was laying on top of a cargo box, out of sight from any workers that happened to look up.
The sound of an airship suddenly filled the air above me. 'Airships aren't allowed to fly so low, and what would one be doing over the docks?' I thought to myself. it was a mysterious situation I was in the middle of. The airship landed and my worst fear came to light, five White Fang men walked of the ship and begun tying up the Schnee cargo boxes. 'so it is the White Fang who are stealing Dust all around the city. Those police officers were right' I thought, confused as to why the White Fang needed Dust.
"Let's go people, we gotta get a move on" a man yelled, as he stepped off the airship. The man was wearing an all-white suit, with a bowler hat. His cane caused me to realize who he was. he was in almost every news cast lately. Roman Torchwick. 'why would the White Fang be working with a human, and a lowlife like Roman too' I wondered, but my anger for it pushed me to action.
Jumping down, I hastily ran up behind Roman, taking my sword and placing it to his neck. "you've got to be kidding me" Roman said, as if his life wasn't in danger. At his words, the White Fang members all turned and pointed their weapons to me and Roman. 'this is ridiculous, he is your enemy, why would you work with him' I thought in anger and confusion. I pulled of my bow, reviling my cat ears, the purple appendages wiggled from their sudden freedom. "Brothers of the White Fang, why are you siding with a human. He is your enemy! Not your ally" I said, using the new twisted values of the White Fang against them. they hated humans, seeing themselves as the superior race, I left wanting equality, not superiority.
The five men started to drop their weapons, showing me I had at least made them question the partnership they had with Roman. "didn't you hear, me and the Fang have an agreement" roman said, then a blast from his cane blew me twenty feet away. Recovering I rolled and landed, holding my sword sheath as a minor shield. The White Fang men didn't act, Roman gave a quick shout and they got back to work tying up the cargo. I activated my tattoos and disappeared into the shadow casted by the towering boxes.
"you can't hide forever little girl, but it doesn't matter" he paused and looked to the night sky "ahh, looks like my ride has arrived" as he spoke, two more airships flew in, the one he arrived in took flight. All three attached cables to the boxes and started to hoist them up. 'I need to stop this, I can't let him get away with all that dust' I thought, knowing the danger that amount of dust can be.
Swords, several swords flew through the air, sticking into the hull of the airship that Roman was about to jump on. I looked over to the other end of the docks. Two short girls stood there at the top of a tower of boxes. I recognized them, it was Ruby and Penny. Penny made a motion like she was grabbing a heavy rope then pulled with great force. The airship that had swords started to sway, it was fighting Penny's pull. But Penny quickly won, pulling the ship to the ground and hitting another ship along the way. The White Fang panicked and all jumped on the last remaining ship, releasing the box it carried. Roman gave the two girls a final look, then jumped on the ship and it flew away.
I walked up to Ruby, releasing the tattoos and showing myself. "Blake!" Ruby yelled, then ran into me bringing me to the floor as she collided with my middle. "I was so worried. Where have you been?" Ruby said, honest emotion pouring out from her. 'she was worried? About me?' I thought, not expecting any of this. "you have been looking for me? But I thought you all would-" I was interrupted by Ruby "of course we were looking, you are our teammate, and you are our friend. Don't think just because you're a Faunus we'll hate you. You're family" Ruby said. I didn't know what to say. 'I've never had someone call me family before' I thought.
After Ruby made a call, Yang showed up, seemingly out of breath and sweaty. "Blake!" was all she gasped out, then pulled me into a hug. I felt my heart do a series of complicated acrobatic maneuvers at Yang's closeness. But nothing more was said between us, just a recognition of our togetherness. But the worst wasn't over, Ruby and Yang showed me I wasn't without people who supported me, who didn't care I was a Faunus. But Weiss was the one, the one who had the power to drive me away.
Once the white haired heiress arrived, shortly fallowed by the police, she walked right up to me. "you know. I've had a long day. Running around this city has given me lots of time to think" Weiss started. I grew nervous "and I have a few questions for you" I nodded, I owed her that much. "you are a Faunus? Right?" she asked first. I took of my bow, I had re-tied it when Yang arrived. All eyes were now focused on my ears, but that made me notice something, Penny was gone "Ruby? Where's Penny?" I asked, dodging Yang's attempt to touch my ear
Ruby looked around, confusion marking her face "she was here a moment ago" she said, seeming sad at her missing friend. Weiss coughed, getting our attention again "first, those are the cutest things ever" she said, in a series voice that didn't match her words "my next question. Are you a member of the White Fang?" Weiss asked. "not any more" I answered honestly. Not seeing the point in lying now. "then let's go home, we have classes in the morning" Weiss said, then walked off, pulling Ruby by the hood of her cloak. "that's it?" I asked, blown away by her acceptance. "yep!" Weiss shouted.
hello everybody, i just wanted to say thank you. thank you everyone who has taken the time out of their day and read my story. i appreciate every single one of you. i hope my story helps you get over the depression of the volume 3 ending. as far as that goes, my story by then will go a little differently. i just wanted to take a moment to talk with you all. i really enjoy the world of tattoo magic, and bringing it to the world of RWBY is a fun and exciting experience. i would love to hear about all of your ideas, ideas about tattoos. about their powers, or about their looks. i have ideas for tattoos already, but if i see something better i would be more than happy to change my story to fit the new idea.
thank you again, Zodd