A cool breeze blew through the tall trees of the Emerald Forest and both Ruby's let out a relaxed sigh as they felt the wind against their pale skin.

"Ah...man does that feel good. There's nothing better than a nice breeze to cool you down on a hot summer day." the younger Ruby said.

"Well we wouldn't know. We're always hot." said the older Yang and nudging her younger self. Not a second later she felt someone's hand slapping the back of her head.

"Ow! Blake what was that for?" she asked while rubbing her head.

"Why do you think, Yang?" the older faunus asked with her arms crossed.

"I wasn't making a pun! I was talking about my body's naturally higher body heat!"

"Were you?" Blake asked with an eyebrow raised. The older blonde shrugged.

"Meh, little bit of both actually." she said causing both Blake's to roll their eyes.

A smile formed on the older Ruby's face as she watched and remembered all the good times she and her friends had had. She watched as her young self pretty much zipped around while Weiss just kept telling her to calm down. Looking over her smile grew when she saw that Yang had wrapped an arm around Blake's shoulders, laughing and talking with Blake only nodding and giving the occasional "hmm or uh huh" as they walked. She shook her head when she looked at JNPR. Nora riding on Ren's shoulders and calling him her noble steed while Pyrrha talked with Jaune about his training.

'Good times.' she thought to herself.

She turned her attention to the forest and took in how quiet and peaceful it was. She let out a sigh, not realizing that the others had heard it.

"What's with the sigh, sis?"

Ruby shook her head, the sound of Yang's voice pulling her out of her little day dream. She looked around and saw that everyone had stopped and was looking at her. A light blush appeared on her face as she started rubbing her neck.

"Oh, forgot you were all here." she said.

"Caught up in your own little world there, big little sis?" the younger Yang joked.

"Yeah, just thinking."

"About what?"

"Oh nothing much. I'm just taking in how quiet it is."

The younger Weiss raised an eyebrow. "Is that a bad thing?"

"Nah, its just...sometimes you forget how beautiful the Emerald Forest can be when your not fighting Grimm. It's nice."

Everyone went silent as they listened and looked around, small smiles on their faces.

"You're right, it is nice. No threats of danger, no sounds of fighting." Pyrrha said.

"Even the little things can have a great impact." Ren added.

"How very poetic, ninja-boy." The older Yang said causing everyone to laugh.

It didn't take the group long to reach the edge of the school. After a quick look around they found what they were looking for. In the middle of a small clearing stood a giant white pylon which was obviously of Atlas design. Ruby just looked at it, a look of confusion on her face.

"How exactly does this thing protect the school?" she asked.

"Actually, this pylon is one of twelve that surround the school."

Everyone turned when they heard the future Weiss speak.

"These pylons link up with one another and form an electrical barrier around the school. This keeps the Grimm from assaulting us by ground." she explained.

"But what about avian Grimm?" Blake asked.

"There's another pylon at the top of Beacon Tower, this pretty much covers Beacon in an electrical dome."

The young leader's eyes practically lit up.

"That's so cool!" she squealed. The older Weiss smirked.

Walking over to the pylon, the older Weiss knelled down and saw that a small red light was blinking.

"Looks like this pylon is malfunctioning. Ruby, hand me that maintenance chip Ozpin gave you." she said to the young leader. Reaching into one of her pockets, Ruby pulled out a small chip and handed it to the older woman. Weiss inserted the maintenance chip and after a moment the pylon began to rise into the air and reviled a maintenance hatch. The others walked over and looked at the machine.

"Atlas technology at its finest." Weiss said before reaching out to open it. Unfortunately she was stopped when she saw a surprised look on her younger self's face.

"Uh is everything okay?" she asked.

"Your...your hand. Is that a..." The older Weiss raised an eyebrow before looking down at her hand and her eyes went wide, having realized what her younger self was looking at.

Her wedding ring.

Slowly she closed her eyes and sighed.

"Crap." she said under her breath.

"Holy crap! Weiss you actually found someone who could warm that cold heart of yours!" Yang joked.

"Hey!" both of the white haired girls said.

"Well while it probably won't happen for a few years, I guess congratulations Weiss." Pyrrha said.

"Thank you, Pyrrha. Oh this is wonderful! You have to tell me about the wedding and..." As Weiss began rambling, the older Ruby listened and felt her heart clench. The future Weiss turned and looked at her and saw her looking at the ground, a look of pain in her silver eye.

"So who do you think you end up with?" Yang asked.

"No doubt a handsome and high-class man. Oh or even better, it could be Neptune."

That was the final nail in the coffin for Ruby. Everyone turned when they heard an almost angry groan come from the older sniper. They watched as she spun around and stomped into the forest.

'Ruby.'

"What's her problem?" the young heiress asked.

"It's...complicated." said her future self. She turned and looked at her fellow time travelers.

"Blake, Yang can you take care of this? I..."

"Go Princess. We'll take care of everything." Yang said.

"Thanks." The future Weiss then headed into the forest and after Ruby. Everyone was confused by what just happened, but turned when the future Yang clapped her hands together.

"Okay, while Weiss goes to look for Ruby, Blake and I will get this thing fixed. The rest of you go...search the area, I guess." she said.

They all looked at each other and shrugged before heading off with their partners. But as soon as they were out of sight, Yang pulled Blake behind a tree. Blake let out a surprised squeak which was muffled by Yang's hand over her mouth. The young faunus pried herself free and turned to her partner.

"Yang, what are you-?!"

"Shh!"

Yang looked behind her and when she was sure there was no one around she turned back to Blake.

"Okay look, something is going on between Ruby and Weiss and I want to find out what it is and you're gonna help." Blake let out an annoyed sigh.

"You're not serious are you? You want me to help you spy on your sister?" Blake asked.

"It's not spying. It's just me looking out for my little sister. She may be from the future, but she's still my little sister."

"Yang, I'm not saying you can't be concerned. But whatever is going on between her and Weiss is their business." Blake said before turning and started walking away only to feel Yang grab her wrist and pulled her back over.

"That's fair. But let me ask you this Blake. Aren't you at least curious as to why our dear Princess was the one who went after my sis and not me?" the blonde asked with a raised eyebrow.

Blake looked at her partner for a moment before crossing her arms and looking away.

"...Fine."

Yang followed Blake as they made their way through the forest. Blake's faunus ears flicked as she listened for anything that would tell her where the older Ruby and Weiss were.

"Hear anything yet?" Yang asked. Blake let out a frustrated sigh and turned to face her partner.

"Yang, I can't hear anything if you keep distracting me every few minutes to ask if I heard anything." Blake said a bit louder than she had intended. Yang held her hands up, slightly shocked at the normally quiet girl's reaction.

"Okay okay sorry. No need to bite my head off."

Blake's ears flattened against her head

"Yang, I'm-"

"No, no. You don't have to apologize. I was being pushy and you have every right to be annoyed with me."

"Still though..." Blake said. Blake let out a small gasp when she felt Yang pulled her into a hug. The feeling of being in the warm embrace caused Blake to blush.

"Don't worry about it, Blake, it's fine."

Blake's blush was replaced by a smile as she returned the hug. Pulling back, they looked into each others eyes, the very sight caused both girls to blush and turn away.

"Um..." Blake said, her mind unable to find the right words to say. She glanced over at Yang, who was looking away and rubbing her neck. Clearing her throat, Blake turned and opened her mouth only to shut it and perk her ears. Yang looked at her partner in slight confusion.

"What is it?"

Blake said nothing, but motioned for Yang to follow. After a short walk, Blake pulled Yang down to the ground and put a finger to her lips. Blake pointed at the bushes and the two made their way over.

Peeking through the bushes, Yang felt her heart clench at the sight before her. Sitting by a small stream was Ruby, they watched as she picked up a pebble and toss it in the water the whole time her expression switching between frustration and sadness. The urge to run out and hug her sister was intense, but Yang knew that that wouldn't end well. Turning away she looked at Blake.

"She looks so sad, I want to do something." she whispered.

"I know, but if she found out we're here..." Blake trailed off when she heard a voice.

"There you are, Ruby."

Ruby turned and saw Weiss stepping out of the forest. Quickly turning away, Ruby did everything to try and hide her face. She listened as Weiss walked over and sat down next to her. Together the two sat in silence for what felt like forever until Weiss's soft voice broke it.

"What's wrong?" Weiss asked, despite already knowing the answer.

"You know what's wrong." Ruby said still looking away.

"I know. But someone dear to me once said that even if you know what's wrong with someone, that they should talk about it none the less."

The two turned and looked at each other, their gazes locking. Ruby sighed.

"It's just...you know how I get when Neptune get's brought up."

"I know. And I still don't understand why you let it get to you. He's a flirt, always has been, always will be."

"I don't let it get to me...normally. At worst I just get annoyed even if it's just playful. But..." Ruby said. Weiss raised and eyebrow.

"But?" Ruby said nothing for a few moments before letting out another sigh.

"But...when your young self brought him up..." the sniper said before looking down.

"Ah...so that's what this is really about." Weiss said. Reaching down, Weiss took hold of Ruby's armored hand, her ring clinking against it. Ruby looked up and her silver eye locked with Weiss's ice blue ones.

"It was just painful to hear...to remember what it felt like when you used to go on about how cool he was. And me just sitting there, knowing that I felt the same as you did with him." Ruby said, tears threatening to fall.

"Ruby. You have to remember that it was around this time when I had that stupid crush on him. I didn't realize my feelings for you until..." Weiss trailed off as she looked at Ruby's eye patch. Ruby knew what Weiss was thinking about and gave her hand a light squeeze. Weiss looked back and smiled.

"You're the one I chose to be with, Ruby. You're the one who I have given my heart, body, and soul to. I..." Weiss was cut off when Ruby suddenly pulled her into a tight hug. Weiss could hear that Ruby was crying, but not out of sadness, but out of joy. Weiss smiled and happily returned the embrace.

"Oh, Weiss. I love you so much." Ruby said as the tears continued to fall. She pulled back when she felt Weiss's grip loosen and she looked once more into her eyes. Weiss raised her hands to Ruby's face and wiped away the girl's tears.

"I know. And I love you too, my rose."

The pair looked at the other before their eyes closed and they leaned in, their lips meeting one another.

Yang's eye went wide as she watched the two women kiss. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Future or not, here was her little sister lip-locking with the Ice Queen of Beacon. She was feeling so confused, she didn't know if she should be happy or upset. She could only watch the two, frozen in disbelief. Meanwhile, Blake felt a warmth spread across her cheeks as she too watched. She knew that she should turn away and give her teammates privacy, but she found herself unable to look away.

The pair were shaken from their shocked state as the two women broke and stood up.

"We should head back. Blake and Yang might come looking for us, and Oum knows that Yang would tease us if she saw us like this." Weiss said with a smirk. Ruby put a hand to her mouth and giggled.

"Yeah, as if she needs another reason to, right?"

From their hiding place, Blake and Yang watched as the pair walked back into the forest, their fingers locked together. Once they were gone, Yang smacked her back against a tree and looked at her partner.

"Blake?"

"Yeah?"

"Please tell me that you saw that too?"

Blake nodded. Yang wrapped her arms around her legs, still in shock.

"How...how in the world did...did those two...?"

"I don't know, Yang. But from what we heard...Ruby seems to have a crush on Weiss right now." Blake said sitting down next to her partner.

"Why didn't she...I mean she hasn't...Ruby and I tell each other everything. Why would she keep the fact that she has a crush on Weiss a secret from me." Yang ran a hand through her hair.

"I don't know, Yang. I don't know."

"There you two are! I was wondering where you guy went!" a young Ruby said as she ran up and hugged Blake and Yang.

"Uh...yeah...uh sorry, sis." Yang said, trying to hide any remaining shock from the young leader. Ruby raised and eyebrow and her sister's loss for words but shrugged it off.

"Well the pylon is all fixed, so we can head back."

"Okay uh cool, come on Blake." Yang said they headed after the rest of their team and JNPR. As they were leaving however, Ruby noticed that their future selves weren't following.

"Hey! Aren't you guys coming?" she asked.

"We'll catch up. Just want to do a double check. Yang isn't known for good work." the older Ruby said while Yang stuck her tongue out.

"Okay, see you soon!" said the younger sniper before running after her friends.

The older Ruby smiled before turning to Blake and Yang.

"So what's up? You said you needed to talk to us about something?" Blake and Yang looked at each other.

"Yeah, and that something is the fact that this thing wasn't malfunctioning." the blonde said.

"What do you mean, Yang?" Weiss asked.

"What she's saying is that someone was here and was tampering with it." Blake said. Ruby and Weiss looked at each other.

"You don't think?" Ruby asked. The looks she got told her they were all thinking the same thing.

"We need to tell Ozpin. She's made her move, now it's our turn."

Sorry for the long wait, but I've been busy with College and Work. I just wanted to say a few things.

1. I have no intentions of canceling this story. Unless I otherwise say so, this story is NOT canceled.

2. I would really appreciate it if you guys would tell me a little more about what you like about the story and what I should try to improve on. I'm not saying that this is an expected thing with every review, I'm just asking that you mix it up a bit, instead of just saying you love the story and can't wait for more.

3. Don't bother asking me to update. I write when I have the time and I'm in the mood. Like George R.R. Martin said when asked about his next book, "I can't write that fast." Don't think that just asking me to update will make it go faster. That being said I don't mind if you say stuff like "Update soon."

4. Finally I wanted to let you guys know that I have a few ideas for more RWBY stories. I have an idea for a RWBY/Dark Souls crossover fic. Let me know if that would be something you guys would like to see happen. On a somewhat related note, I'm planning on just doing super long chapters for this story from now on. Also if you have an idea for a chapter you'd like to see, PM me your idea and I'll let you know if I might do that.

That's everything. I'm gonna get to work on the next chapter right away so until next time, enjoy!

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