My apologies for the last chapter. I looked back at it and found that I need to do a much better job at proofreading the chapters...I relied solely on spell and grammar check, yet it never informed me that one of the sentences wasn't completed. Anyhow, here's the next chapter. I'd like to point out that this is all arc one, which focuses primarily on Ruby and Yang, how their relationship works and how the world they live in affects them. Arc 1 should probably only one more chapter.

RWBY

The Last of Us

Ruby always hated being outside of the quarantine zones at night. She could hardly sleep, as the fear of being attacked by hunters or infected was always too great. One of them always had to keep watch, which usually meant only sleeping for three hours at a time. They were almost never fully rested, which left them more vulnerable to attack. Ruby never saw Yang slow down, even if she was tired. But she wasn't like her sister. Her boundless energy had died out years ago, after the first couple of years she had to survive without her mother.

Ruby used to be incredibly fast, never really tiring and able to keep moving for hours, even with hardly any sleep. As the years went on, traveling with only Yang, she'd had to witness and be a part of so many terrible things. A few years ago, her and Yang had come across a pack of infected attacking a small family. They were up on a highway, looking down at the family on the road beneath them. One male, about thirty years old, his little boy and somewhat older daughter. Ruby desperately wanted to help, but Yang told her they needed to keep moving. They didn't have any ammo at the time, and couldn't really do anything. Ruby could see the fear in Yang's eyes. The blonde wanted to help too, but they didn't have anything they could do anything with.

Ruby didn't sleep for days after what she saw.

Even though Yang told her not too, Ruby didn't look away as they ran. The infected had torn them to pieces. Ruby could hear the terrifying wails of the little boy as one of the runners tore into him. Blood was flying everywhere as the boy just screamed. The daughter screamed for her father, desperately hoping he would somehow save them, but their father was already dead. Ruby didn't know when, but she started crying and covered her ears, trying to block it all out.

This continued throughout the years, and Ruby began to slow, her body too fatigued to maintain all of that energy she once had. She could hardly sleep, and when she did, it wasn't very sound. Whenever she closed her eyes, she couldn't help but let her mind wander to every possible outcome of their lives. Often times, it was either her or Yang being torn apart. Other times, it was the possibility of her being infected, still able to see what she was doing, as she quickly slaughtered her sister.

Those were terrifying nightmares.

Despite not really being able to sleep, they couldn't keep traveling at night. It was incredibly dangerous. She could hardly see, aside from the small amount of light offered by her flashlight. The light that it offered wouldn't last very long, as they only had one final pair of batteries to use. Resources were getting more and more scarce.

They were walking through an abandoned city, one that had been unfortunate enough to fall without any protection. There were cities that had been turned into quarantine zones, under the rule of FEDRA, while other cities had fallen immediately. Rhiner had once been a lively city, full of shops, restaurants. It was normally jam-packed with thousands of people rushing to get to work, or home after. Years ago, you couldn't move an inch without finding yourself surrounded by people. Now, the streets were completely barren, aside from hundreds of crashed cars.

Yang wanted to avoid the larger parts of the city, mostly because they were highly sought after for shelter by hunters, and had the most infected at times. Seeing as how they hadn't run into any infected yet, Yang didn't feel very comfortable looking for shelter in there. Instead, they stuck to more of the back ends and skirts of the city. The blonde had lead them to, what appeared to be a graveyard mausoleum. Ruby felt uncomfortable, looking around at all the graves. Most of these souls had perished long before the outbreak. Not too many people died of natural causes anymore.

Ruby followed her sister across the lawn, leading up to the stairs of the mausoleum. The marble that formed the building was chipped and cracked in several places. It looked incredibly old, and yet still looked better than many of the buildings in the larger parts of the city. The mausoleum only had a single door, which Yang walked up to and started inspecting. She pushed and pulled on it, kicked and punched until she was satisfied by how sturdy it was. She took a step back and looked up, taking note of the single, circular window that decorated the building just above the door.

The door itself had various carvings of angels and crosses, etched into extruded squares in rows of two, eight in total. Above the door was an archway that was held up by four, bronze pillars that rested at the top of the stairs. At the very top of the building was an old cross that was completely broken at the very top.

Ruby quickly raised her gun when Yang started opening the door, expecting an infected runner or clicker to come running out the second it had the chance. Yang seemed to pick up on that too, staying behind the door as she opened it. When Ruby saw nothing at first, she pulled out her flashlight and shined it inside, illuminating the darkness. The entire mausoleum was completely empty. Nothing but the walls and floor were inside. Ruby sighed in relief and put the flashlight back into her pocket. Yang took that as the all clear and stepped out from behind the door. The blonde ushered for Ruby to get inside and she shut the door behind them.

A loud echo filled the room the second the door was shut. The silence and emptiness of the room made Ruby feel very uncomfortable. There was no light, other than the slight sliver of moonlight that made it through the window. Yang threw her backpack down carelessly on the ground, kicking up a small amount of dust. Ruby had been sitting next to where the backpack landed, and coughed when the dust entered her lungs. When the coughing subsided, Ruby turned her attention to Yang, who was sitting against the wall opposite the door. She had her hand firmly wrapped around her pistol, keeping her gaze fixed on the door.

"I'll take the first watch. I'll wake you up in about three hours." Yang said.

Ruby nodded, pulling her backpack off and setting it carefully down on the floor. She slid it up close to the wall and laid her head down on the makeshift pillow. However, she didn't try to sleep just yet. No matter how hard she'd try, it would take a while for her to get to sleep. Yang took her eyes off the door for a second and looked at her baby sister. A sense of worry washed over her for a moment. Ruby needed to sleep. They wouldn't be in a good position if her senses were dulled from exhaustion.

Ruby rolled over, facing away from Yang as she closed her eyes. A few sleepless minutes had passed before she heard Yang's footsteps behind her. Ruby didn't need to look up to know what she was doing, as it had become common for them. Yang would settled down beside her most nights, and would stroke her hand through her red-tipped hair. The feeling was nice and soothing, and was the only way she could sleep most nights. It didn't make her feel safe, but did help ease her mind knowing that Yang was still there with her. It still took a while, but she finally managed to fall asleep, her breathing slowing to an even pace.

Ruby had only been asleep for an hour before Yang felt her eyes slowly begin to droop. The blonde shook her head to try to wake herself up. She couldn't afford to sleep right now. She tightened her grip on her pistol, mentally daring anybody nearby to try to attack them now. The silence had long since passed after Yang started focusing on the sound of her sisters breathing. However, another sound starting mixing with that.

At first, it was just the sound of crunching leaves. Every second, she could hear it again and again. It was uneven, and Yang silently hoped she was just hearing things. However, when she heard a rather high pitched growling sound, she knew she didn't get so lucky. Infected had found their way to the graveyard. How many, she didn't know. She slowly got up, careful not to wake Ruby, and approached the door. She slowly placed her ear to the stony frame, listening carefully. She heard the crunching again, relatively close by. She figured it was just a runner, but her heart stopped when she heard a clicking sound.

"Oh shit..." She whispered, quickly but quietly moving away from the door. She gripped her pistol once more, keeping her eyes on the door as the clicking got louder, followed by several more. The clickers wouldn't be able to beat down the door, but that was their only exit. Yang cursed her stupidity for choosing a building with only one entrance. She started pacing around the room, her right hand grasping at her hair.

Suddenly her foot hit something as she was pacing, causing her to nearly trip. She managed to catch herself and looked at the floor. It looked like a handle, though she couldn't tell, as it was too dark. She squinted and got closer, trying to get a better idea. Still no good. She quickly rose up and rushed over to Ruby's back pack. She picked it up and unzipped it in a hurry. She dug through the contents frantically.

"Come on, come on." Yang whispered. "Fuck!"

Yang pushed the backpack away from her and jumped when Ruby began to stir. Yang jumped up from her spot on the floor, feeling guilty for waking her sweet sister. "Yang? What's going on?"

The sound of the clicker started pouring in from outside again, and Ruby jumped to her feet.

"Yang, what the hell is going on?" Ruby asked in fear. Yang made her way over to Ruby again, grabbing the nineteen year old and sticking her hands in her pockets.

"Wha-Hey! Yang, what are you doing!?"

Yang didn't answer, instead, she pulled out Ruby's small flashlight, turning it on as fast as she could and looking around the room. One of the clickers must've detected them, and started beating on the door, causing both girls to jump. Yang looked around the floor desperately until the flashlight finally illuminated a small, wooden cellar door. Yang pounced on the door, sticking the flashlight in her mouth to steady the light. She pulled the door open and shined the light down the stairs it revealed.

"Oh, phank god." Yang whispered, with the flashlight still sticking out of her mouth. When Yang stood up, taking the flashlight back out of her mouth, Ruby started pestering her for answers again.

"Yang, what the hell is going on?" Ruby whimpered.

Yang tossed the flashlight back to Ruby, who fumbled it before tightening her hold. "We have to get out of here. There's a shit load of clickers outside and I don't want to use up our ammo on them. Come on."

Without waiting for an answer, Yang grabbed her backpack and rushed down the stairs. After processing the information, Ruby followed suit, grabbing her own pack and throwing her arms through the straps. The stairs were made of an old wood that appeared to be very damp and rotted. Ruby nearly stumbled down the stairs as her foot found a loose board. She threw her right hand to the wall to steady herself and continued her descent. Yang stopped moving.

"Flashlight."

Ruby turned the flashlight on and scanned the new territory. It just seemed to be some old basement at first. Wherever the light from her flashlight landed, they could see a ton of rising dust. She squealed when Yang pulled her to her chest incredibly roughly and covered her mouth. Yang covered her own mouth with her shirt and guided Ruby's hand. The flashlight rested on what appeared to be a dead body.

The body was slumped over, sticking to the wall and covered in fungus. Protruding out of the body was large amounts of mycelium. The majority of the dust was emanating from around the body, and Yang knew exactly what those were.

"Spores." She said through her shirt, struggling to breath through her loose shirt. Yang backed them up, taking a few steps back up the stairs behind them. She took her hand off Ruby's mouth, wiping it on her shirt as Ruby had drooled slightly on her palm. Yang grabbed Ruby by the shoulders and turned her around, unzipping her backpack and sifting through the contents. She pulled out a gas mask and fastened it around her own face. Gas mask secured, Yang turned Ruby back around and looked her in the eyes.

"Ruby, I want you to listen carefully. You need to go back upstairs and shut the cellar door. I'm gonna go outside and try to draw the clickers attention. I want you to move as far away as possible when that happens-"

Ruby shook her head, eyes widening in fear. "N-no, Yang, I can't leave you here, I-I'm not-"

Yang roughly shook her shoulders. "Damnit, Ruby! I'm not arguing with you! Just do what I fucking tell you, alright!?"

Ruby didn't say anything. She just stood there, mouth agape and stared at Yang. Her older sister pulled her into a hug, whispering into her ear.

"I promise, I'll be right behind you once you get out. Just listen to me, OK?" Yang assured her.

Without arguing, Ruby nodded, handing her sister her flashlight and ran up the stairs. Yang watched her go and waited for the younger girl to shut the cellar door. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before beginning her trek through this new room. Turning on Ruby's flashlight, she examined this new environment.

The inital part of this room was large and open. There wasn't much to it, only various shelves that seemed to have been picked clean. Yang examined them, trying to see if she could find anything useful. Seeing nothing, she looked at the dead body slumped over by the wall. She knelt down and sifted through his pockets. She found nothing of use and gave up, continuing through the area. After leaving the initial room, everything appeared to be one long corridor with various amounts of stone shelving. As Yang walked through, each step echoing through the halls, she took note of the coffins resting on the shelves. Yang felt no fear as she passed by several open coffins, offering clear views of the decomposing bodies inside.

She made several turns, passing through more and more corridors until she finally found another staircase leading upwards. She jogged up the stairs until she reached another stone door. She made sure to grab her gun, checking to see if it was loaded. When she was sure she was prepared, the blonde pushed open the door and stepped out into the cool, night air. Once she was clear of the spores, she tore off the mask and fastened it to her pants via her belt. She looked around and focused on the mausoleum that Ruby was still taking shelter in. Now that she was outside, she could vaguely see about 4 clickers just wandering aimlessly around the building.

Yang looked around for anything she could use to distract them. Her eyes landed on a brick just a few steps away from her. She moved over to it, taking it firmly into her hand and jogged up to the clickers. She stopped just a few feet away, cocking her arm back before chucking the brick as far as she could. The brick collided with a grave, the sound of the brick breaking distracting the clickers. They clicked and clenched their teeth, making a loud clacking sound. They slowly made their way over to where the brick had landed.

Thinking that everything was safe, Yang slowly approached the mausoleum before she froze. A fourth clicker had made its way around the left side of the mausoleum and was making its way toward her. It didn't notice her, so she quickly ducked behind a nearby tree.

It was just one clicker. That would be fine. She could handle this. But when Ruby had prematurely opened the door to take a peek outside, her heart nearly stopped. She saw Ruby slowly poke her head out, peeking left and right, no doubt looking for Yang and the clickers. She didn't notice the clicker that just a few feet to her left.

"Damnit, Ruby." Yang hissed.

Slowly, she moved toward the clicker, taking extra precautions to duck behind cover whenever she could. She stayed low to the ground and dug her hand into her right pocket, pulling out a small pocket knife. When she got close enough to the clicker, she immediately pounced, jumping onto its back and throwing her left arm around its neck. The clicker screeched and tried biting at her arm. But Yang jerked its head back and slammed the knife into its neck repeatedly. Blood splattered against the small blade, and Yang continued stabbing the clicker until it fell limp. She guided its body down and laid it on the ground.

She wasn't able to relish in the victory as the clickers dying screeches alerted the others, and they were quickly coming after them. Yang kicked off the ground and ran to the open mausoleum, grabbing Ruby by the arm and tearing her away from the building.

"Move!" She screamed.

The two ran full speed out of the graveyard, three clickers trailing from behind. Both girls were panting heavily as they ran, having nearly tripped over various bits of debris. The clickers were beginning to catch up, and Yang was racking her brain to figure out an emergency plan. The two girls were now running through the larger sections of the city, and more infected began joining the clickers. As they ran, Yang aimed her pistol behind her, trying her best to aim and still keep moving. She fired three shots, landing a bullet a piece in the legs of two runners, causing them to trip and fall to the ground. As they did, they managed to bring a couple others with them. However, the clickers and some other runners were still following suit.

The two girls turned into an alley way that rested in between a hotel and some corporate building. As they entered the alley way, Yang immediately made a B-line for a trashcan, grabbing it and moving it up against the wall. Yang had noticed the fire escape and directed Ruby to climb up to it.

"Climb, climb!"

Ruby wasted no time in jumping on the trashcan and grabbing the ladder of the fire escape. By the time she had finished climbing, she leaned over the rail to look to Yang. The runners and clickers had caught up to them by the time Yang started climbing. A few runners tried grabbing at her legs, but she kicked them in the faces and pulled the ladder up once she was safe. Yang pushed Ruby along the fire escape, leading her through an open window and slamming it shut.

The two girls panted heavily, Yang taking a moment to catch her breath before guiding Ruby over to a bed. "Sit here, and don't. Move." she ordered.

Yang moved out into the hallway, looking in both directions before returning to the room and shutting the door. She locked it and started dragging the dresser across the floor. Ruby could practically hear the old carpet tearing as the wooden surface dragged across it. Yang had barricaded the door with the dresser and repeated this process with the entertainment center, placing it in front of the window. Once she was certain they were safe, Yang laid into Ruby.

Yang yelled, holding out her arms. "What the fuck is wrong with you!?"

Ruby bit her lip, not daring to answer her.

"I told you to stay inside and wait for me, and what did you do!? You could've gotten fucking killed Ruby! Is that what you want!?"

Yang was screaming at the top of her lungs, forgetting that there could be other occupants in the hotel. Ruby was crying at this point, and she'd be lying if she said she wasn't doing the same.

"I'm trying to protect you Ruby. And damnit if I'm not trying my fucking best." she cried, sniffling again as she took a moment to ponder her next few words. She shook her head, not tearing her eyes away from the crying girl. "After all these years, I would've thought that you'd fucking learned by now."

Ruby went to say something, but Yang just put her hand up, cutting the girl off.

"I don't want to hear it, Ruby. Just go to sleep. We can't stick around for long."

Ruby just nodded, wiping the tears from her now puffy eyes and laid her head down on the bed, trying her best to sleep. Yang figured they'd be safe long enough for her to take a quick rest. The blonde sunk into a nearby chair, taking one last look at Ruby before she descended into sleep. She didn't want to yell at Ruby, but she needed to learn. Yang knew, deep down, that she wouldn't be around to protect Ruby for ever.

And that's the latest chapter. If you guys could review and tell me if you guys think the story is moving too slowly, or is too descriptive with not enough dialogue. I need to know these things before I can move back into Princess and the Orphan, so reviews are appreciated!