Chapter 4: A Long Walk On The Beach

"What was that?" Yang asked, clearly annoyed that in the minute she had been distracted, Blake had gotten into trouble like that. They started walking back towards Bumblebee together.

"That," Blake said with a smile. "Was me taking care of some garbage."

She lost the smile and took on a more worried look.

"Although I'm upset that one of them was killed, it wasn't supposed to happen that way."

"Well he tried to shoot you, it was unfortunate for his friend that he had terrible aim."

"Yang," Blake started, then realized the woman was still looking at them. "We should go."

"But what about our luggage?"

"Ugh, how long will it take for the school to get here?"

"I don't know, fifteen minutes maybe?"

"I don't like the idea of that woman staring at us for that long."

"What do you suggest we do?"

"No clue. Are you sure that you can't ditch anything at all?"

"Positive."

"Well then, this'll be a long fifteen minutes." Blake said with a sigh as she slumped down to lay back on Bumblebee.

Sun was bored, there was no way around it. He had lost whatever tour guide he could have had when Blake left and he was left to find ways to entertain himself.

He thought briefly about where he could go within the school. He wanted to go to the library, not that he usually liked books, but he had seen Blake reading a lot in their stay together. He wanted to give them a try, and this seemed like a good opportunity to do it. There was one problem: He couldn't go to the library without knowing where it was.

'Where could it be?' He asked himself as he thought back to last night. He had not passed it on the way in so it had to be in the other direction.

He shrugged and walked through the door. He turned left as he got there, and found that there were people roaming about in the halls. As he started to walk, someone behind him put a hand on his shoulder. As he turned around, he recognized who it was.

"Good afternoon." Ren said with a smile. "You're the new guy, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so, do you happen to know where the library is by any chance?"

"Yes, I have to go there anyway, Nora wants me to start reading to her at night, and I can't say no when she does those puppy dog eyes."

"Did somebody say Nora!?" Nora popped in and started rapidly looking between the two boys.

"Yes," Ren replied. "I was just telling Sun, was it?"

At a nod of assent Ren continued.

"I was just telling Sun about the library."

"Okay! I heard my name and I got all excited, do you want company?"

"No thanks Nora, I think I can show Sun on my own, bye."

"Bye-bye Ren!" Nora yelled as she slipped back through the door.

"Okay, are you ready?"

"Whenever you get done talking with your girlfriend." Sun said with a smirk.

"She's not my-" Ren began, but after a tilt of the head from Sun he never completed the statement. "Never mind. Let's just go, follow me."

Blake and Yang reached the ice cream parlor just after dark. They had just made their escape from the mall after someone from Beacon took their luggage. They walked in and were greeted by a warm glow from inside, and the ding of a bell from above.

"This looks nice," Yang said with a smile. "Too bad we aren't staying."

"What do you mean?" Blake asked.

"We're going to go for a long walk on the beach."

"Could you get any more cliche?"

"I could, but then even I get bored."

They reached the counter and ordered their ice cream. Blake got a plain vanilla shake, while Yang got a superman waffle cone.

"Interesting choice." Blake smirked, looking up at her partner.

"Don't make fun of it, it's been my favorite since I was a kid."

They walked out, hearing the ring of the bell as they did so. As they started down the boardwalk towards the beach, Blake slowed down.

"Something wrong?" Yang asked.

"How close to the water are we getting?"

"Why do you ask- oh wait, are you afraid of water?"

Blake looked down and sifted through the sand with her shoe.

"Maybe."

"Well have no fear little kitten. Momma Yang will keep you protected from the big bad water."

"Shut up." Blake replied as she playfully shoved Yang.

As they got down to the beach, they took their shoes off and walked barefoot. As Yang had promised, they stopped well clear of the water and turned to walk parallel to the water line.

After they had been walking for a few minutes, Yang stopped for a second to look at her partner's eyes, watching how they reflected the moonlight.

"Blake?" Yang started.

"Yes Yang?"

"Uh, I don't know how to say this, but I mean I have been thinking that you and I should maybe, um-"

At this Blake looked up with a glint in her eyes. She stopped herself for a second to make sure she was interpreting Yang's words correctly. As she reassured herself Yang was serious, she leaned in as close as she could.

"Yes." Was all Blake said before she kissed her partner on the lips.

They reached the library and, after making sure Sun knew how to get back and checking out a few books himself, Ren left him to his own devices.

As Sun went down row upon row of bookshelves, he pondered what he was doing here. He had never read a book before, as he had grown up in a very poor setting.

'Interesting,' He thought. 'That even after years of learning to read, I have never once read a normal book.'

As he was contemplating this, a colorful spine caught his eye. He moved over to it and pulled it out. 'Thus Kindly I Scatter' was the title on the cover. He opened the book and read a few words, before closing it and walking to the front desk.

"How can I own this book?"

"You don't own it, you borrow it for a period of time and then give it back." The librarian replied with a friendly smile.

"Well how do I do that?"

"Give it to me and I will check it out for you. What team are you on?"

"I'm new, I don't have a team yet."

"That's okay, your name?"

"Sun."

The librarian scanned the book and handed it back to Sun.

"Enjoy!"

As Sun returned to Team RWBY's dorm room, he saw that the door was left ajar. He walked in to find Ruby and Weiss already in there.

"Hey." He said.

"Oh, hey Sun." Ruby replied.

"Ruby, I need your help."

"Oh, and what would that be?" Weiss chimed in sarcastically.

"Ruby, I need you to take me to Ozpin. I need to get put on a team." Sun explained.

"Alright, let's go now and get it over with." Ruby said as she jumped off her bunk.

They walked through the hallways before coming to a pair of massive oak doors.

"This is it, you ready to go in?" Ruby asked.

"I guess so."

Ruby knocked on the door with the brass knocker.

"Come in." Said a voice from inside.

Author's Note:
So Bumblebee is really starting to kick off and it is really fun to write. The story may be centered on Sun, but it is fun to write other characters as well. Thank you to Niteloc, another writer on FanFiction, who let me use the title of one of his books. He is the writer who got me into reading these stories, and was the inspiration for writing my own. So again, thanks to him for everything. As always, constructive criticism is appreciated in the reviews. Thank you for reading, and have a great day. Chas1881