A/N: Here is the climax of the story. I proof read this rather quickly so there might still be mistakes in it, hopefully not to many. Hope you enjoy.


Baited Rose

Her head was groggy and it hurt like hell. The world was returning to Yang in a blurry haze. She tried to remember where she was and what she had been doing. But the blonde was having a hard time with her head pounding like a drum. As her thought began to return to her, she felt that her hands and feet were bound together. It was then that Yang realized what must have happened. Someone attacked her and now held her captive. Poor fool didn't know who they were dealing with, was all she could think about.

The world finally returned to her vision and the lilac eyed girl looked around to take in her surroundings and figure out what she could do. Yang saw that she was in Beacon's dining hall. She could see the long tables and the light coming through the large windows on either side of her. The blond looked at her bindings to see that her feet were tightly bound by rope. The bindings around her hands were metallic and there was a metal box with a couple of small dust filled canisters attached and a cable leading somewhere behind her.

In her grogginess Yang slowly pushed herself up into sitting position as best as she could with her feet bound. The blonde looked back at her metal bindings and studied them. The brawler flexed her wrist a bit to test the sturdiness of the metal. With a small smile she estimated that she could break them with ease. But just before she could a voice behind her made her stop any further action.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The voice said. "Those retrains might react explosively."

Yang turned her head to see a black hooded figure standing over a large container. Her fist tightened at the sight of the man. Kaito, with his back to her, was doing something with whatever was in the container. The blonde didn't know what he was doing exactly but she knew that the container had to have the bomb in it. She also noticed that the cable connected to her restraints was going into the container. Sitting on a distant table were Ember Celica. Too far for her to get to.

"You!" Yang growled at the man who was after her sister's life. The bawler tried to get up to attack him but immediately fell back down due to her feet being bound. All she could really do was glare at the man's back. "What's going on? Why am I here?"

"You're here as bait." He said without turning to face her. Continuing his work on the bomb.

"Bait…" The blonde haired girl said in horror realizing what he meant. "No."

"Yes." Kaito said finally turning around to face her. "I will be honest. I did not expect my riddles to be solved. I had planned to bring the bomb here and set it off to be with my beloved. But when perpetrations for an evacuation began I had to move quickly. I had to bring the device here as quickly as I could. But that left me to solve how to make sure my dear Rose would be here. Ozpin would for sure send her away. So I need something… someone that she cared about for her to stay. Imagine my luck when I saw you running across the campus. With you here my beloved will come. And then we can finally fulfill our destiny."

"How does killing my sister fulfil you deluded sense of destiny!" Yang yell at the man.

"This world will never allow me and my beloved to be together." Kaito said with a bit of venom as he glared at her. "People like Ozpin. People like you, will make sure of that. I was denied love once before. I will not be denied again. The only way for that to happen is to for me and my Rose to be in the afterlife. And the whole world will see and know it."

"You're insane." The lilac eyed girl said while glaring at the dark haired man.

"Insanity and love go hand in hand with one another." The dark haired boy said as his hand reached for her cheek. Yang flinched away from him. He only gave a small smile as he dropped his hand.

"So you have your bait." Yang glared at Kaito. "Just how are you planning to get my sister to know this? By now she is far from here."

As if fate was just waiting for her to say something, her scroll went off. Kaito just smiled and reached for it. Yang tried to pull away but the blonde could only go so far while she was bound. Once he had the scroll he pulled it open. To her horror, Ruby's name and picture showed up.


Ruby paced back and forth as she and her friends waited for her sister's return with Zwei. It had been an hour already since Yang took off and the younger sister was beginning worry. Many of the airbuses had already taken off with students on board. Their pilot was getting anxious and saying they had to leave. But Ruby refused to go anywhere without Yang.

"Ruby, I'm sure she will be back any minute now." Weiss said reassuringly. Although the young leader appreciated her partners attempt to calm her down, Ruby couldn't stay calm.

"She should have been back by now." Ruby said worriedly. The silver-eyed girl looked back at the school looking for any movement. When she saw nothing her anxiety only grew. "What if something has happened?"

"Ruby, your sister is quite capable of looking after herself." Blake said as she leaned against the Bullhead. "You've got nothing to worry about."

She knew they were right but she could stop feeling like something was wrong. Ruby continued to pace back and forth and waited for Yang's return. Eventually Weiss let out a frustrating sigh.

"If you are that worried about her just call her." The heiress stated. The young leader felt a bit stupid that in her anxiety that she had completely over looked just calling her sister up. Ruby pulled out her scroll and went to her contacts to call up Yang. After a moment the call went through.

"Yang, where are you?" Ruby asked, but she received no answer. "Yang?"

There was a moment of continued silence which only served to raise Ruby's concern event more. Finally, someone answered. But it wasn't Yang. The voice that answered made her blood run cold.

"Hello my sweet Rose." The familiar voice said.

"Ka- Kaito?" Ruby strutted. She saw Weiss and Blake tense up but the young girl was to stunned to say anything to them. The silver-eyed girls voice began to rise as she continued question the man. "What- What is going on? Where's my sister? Why do you have her scroll? What have you done?"

"No need to worry my dear, Rose." Kaito's voice came through with an eerie softness. "Your sister is fine."

"Ruby!" Yang's voice came over the scroll loudly. "Don't come for me! Get as far-"

Whatever her sister was going to say was cut off with a cry of pain.

"Yang!" Ruby screamed.

"Do not worry my, Rose." Kaito said again in an eerie softness. "She still lives. But I can't say for how long. Come to the dining hall. Let us fulfill our destiny."

The young girl heard a series of beeps and then a low humming sound come through her scroll.

"The clock is ticking." He said before the line went dead. Ruby hand began to shake. Her grip loosened and her scroll slipped out of her hands and fell to the ground with a loud thud.

"Ru- Ruby?" Weiss asked obviously worried. "Don't- Don't worry we'll- "

The young leader didn't give her partner a chance to finish. Ruby ran as fast as she could, leaving a trail of rose petals behind her. She ignored the call of her friends. The young girl had to get to her sister and save her.


Yang hoped Ruby wouldn't come for. She hoped her little sister would do the smart thing at get as far away from here as she could. But the blonde new her sister to well. Ruby wouldn't stand by when people were in danger. Especially when those people are family. So Yang couldn't say she was surprised when the doors to the building burst open and the hooded girl ran in with Crescent Rose at the ready. That didn't stop the bawler from yelling at the girl.

"Ruby, what are you doing here?" The blonde yelled. "You need to run! He's activated the bomb! Get as far away as you can."

"I'm not leaving you behind!" Her sister yelled back adamantly. "We are getting out of here together."

"Touching." Kaito said. He walked around his bomb and stepped towards Ruby. "But our destiny cannot be stopped now. Embrace it my dear Rose. Soon all of Vale will know that we are meant to be. And we will be together forever."

"I can't let you do this." Ruby said sincerely while hold up her scythe defensively. "I've tried to reason with you. But you won't stop. Will you?"

"Of course not." He said as he pulled out his weapon and it unfolded into a scythe. "Our fate has been decided. We will go with a blaze of glory and all of Vale will see it."

"Ruby!" Weiss and Blake came running into the hall with weapons drawn. "Yang are you alright?"

"Define alright." She snarked back. Yang noticed Kaito tense up at the new arrivals.

"I don't like uninvited guest." The dark haired boy growled as he raised his hand into the air. The blonde noticed the tables on either side of her give off a slight purple glow. When Kaito sung his arm forward the two tables flew off the floor and towards her sister and friends.

"Look out!" Blake yelled as she tackled Weiss to the ground. Ruby reacted quickly and ducked underneath the incoming barrage.

In the commotion Kaito made a beeline for the dinning hall's wall, touching a table along the way before sending it through a window. He only took a moment to look at Ruby before jump through the hole he had crated. Before Yang could stop her, her little sister had already run across the room and out the window.

"Weiss, go help Yang!" Blake's voice brought her attention back to her friends. Her white haired friend was running towards her while Blake ran towards the container holding the bomb. Once Weiss made it to the blonde she cut the rope around Yang's ankles and began to inspect the bindings holding her wrists.

"What is this?" The heiress asked in bewilderment.

"He said they were explosive." Yang informed her. "Forget about me. Go help Ruby."

"Guy's we have a serious problem here!" Blake yelled. The shakiness of her voice made Yang uneasy. "This far worse than I thought."

"What is it?" Yang asked as she and Weiss made their way over to the black haired girl. The lilac eyed girl inspected the containers contents. There were numerous wires and dust canisters with tubes connected to them. Which all connect to a metallic sphere with a metal tube coming out either side of it. "What kind of bomb is this?"

"This- This is," Blake stuttered to say. "This is a high yield dust bomb."

"What?" Weiss asked with a bit of fear in her voice.

"Mind explaining what that means?" Yang asked growing a little uneasy by her friends' increasing anxiety.

"The dust in the canisters are being forced into the sphere creating an unstable mixture." Blake stated. Yang took a moment to look at the canisters and noticed that they were filled with various types of dust and were halfway filled and slowly going empty. "Once the sphere is full the bomb will be primed. Then all it will take is two opposing dust crystals from these tubes to be fired into one another to cause a large explosion."

"How big are we talking about?" Weiss asked. "Beacon?"

"And part of Vale with it." Blake answered.


The red hooded girl chased after her target through the school's campus. Kaito already had a head start on her and she considered using her semblance to catch up. But seeing the direction he was heading in Ruby decided to conserve her energy for the impending fight. Eventually the black hooded boy came to a stop at the cliff overlooking Vale.

"This will be the perfect place for our final dance." He said once Ruby caught up.

The young girl charged forward with Crescent Rose at the ready. Kaito was quick to respond as he turned around and used his own weapon to block her attack. Ruby was quick to jump away before he could mount a counter attack. She quickly put herself into a defensive stance just as the dark haired boy came running towards her. Kaito's strikes were quick and precise. But Ruby was able to block each of them.

One of his strikes hit Crescent Rose so hard that the black scythe bounced making black hooded man lose his balance leaving the dark haired boy open. Seeing this Ruby quickly sped around him and slammed her weapon into the man's back sending him flying until he hit the ground. Kaito was quick to pick himself up and the red hooded girl couldn't help but shiver at the slight smile on his face.

"Now we can have a really dance." He said in an eerie softness. Kaito quickly ran towards her and Ruby readied Crescent Rose for his attack. The moment he was in striking range she swung her weapon but the dark haired man was ready for that. He jumped back just in time for her blade to miss it's attended target leaving her exposed. Ruby was helpless to stop the back of Kaito's scythe from striking her across her face. The dual colored haired girl slammed into the ground with a cry off pain. The silver-eyed girl quickly regained her senses and got on feet quickly and put some distance between her and the black hooded boy.

"Yes, that's it." Kaito said pausing a moment to look at a watch on his wrist. "Let's make our final moments on this plane of existence glorious."


Blake slowly used Myrtenaster fine point to remove the final screw holding the sphere in its cradle. Once the screw fell aside she set Weiss' weapon aside and began feeling around the core for any connecting wires to the cradle. Satisfied that there was no booby-trap in place for moving the sphere the Faunus girl continued with the disarming the bomb.

"Okay," Blake said as calmly as she could, "now lift the sphere slowly. But be careful. It's volatile. That alone can take out the building."

"Ri- Right." Weiss said, clearly nervous at the task she was assisting in. The white haired girl slowly reached down and slowly began to pick up core. Blake intended for her to just set it aside but then the wires and tubes tugged once the sphere was just a couple of feet above the container.

"Stop!" The amber-eyes widening at the sight of the tension between the core and everything connected to it.

"What?" the white-haired girl looked like she was read to jump but luckily kept her cool.

"If we break any of these connecting wires and tubes it could trigger a reaction." Blake informed her.

"Can't you just cut a red wire or something." Yang asked with a hint of irritation.

"This isn't a movie, Yang." Blake said sternly. "That's not going to work and will more than likely set the bomb off."

The Faunus understood Yang's frustration. The blonde haired girl had been forced to sit aside as Blake and Weiss handled disarming the bomb due to her hands being bound and while her sister was off fighting a mad man. Blake assured her that once they disarmed the main bomb the one around her wrist would be deactivated as well. At least she assumed that would be the case based on the metal cable connecting the two.

"So how do you plan to keep this thing from going off then?" Yang asked firmly.

"We have to find some key component." Blake stated. "If we can find something vital and remove it then we can keep the bomb from detonating."

"Um, Blake." Weiss' urgent voice drew the amber-eyed girl's attention back to white-haired friend. "My arms are getting tired and this thing is getting louder."

Indeed, the humming had increased in volume causing Blake to turn her eyes to the canisters in the container. To her horror they were nearly empty. She urgently began shifting through the wires looking for anything vital. At this point she could only hope to find something before their time was up.


Ruby backpedaled as the black hooded boy continued his assault on her. Kaito had been keeping the red hooded girl on the defensive for a while now making sure she couldn't mount a counter attack. Every time she would try to move to the side to get around him he would quickly move with her to block her. The dark haired boy had learned from his past attack and was keeping his strikes from being too hard which could leave him open for Ruby a chance to get an attack in.

The two were getting closer to the cliffs edge and he was going to have try and redirect Ruby's direction otherwise his dance with his sweet Rose would end. Just as he was about to make a precise strike to make the young girl go left, a loud bang emanated from her weapon and Ruby was propelled right. Far enough away from him to continue his assault. The red hooded girl came charging at him laying down her own barrage of strikes putting him on the defensive. Her attacks were quicker and fluid then his own. It grew more and more difficult for Kaito to keep up with Ruby's strikes.

Her efforts made his heart pound in his chest. The thrill of the dance was getting to him. One hit was strong enough to knock his weapon out of his hands. Suddenly he felt his feet were swept out from under him by the shaft of the girl's weapon causing him to fall to the ground. By the time Kaito regained his senses Ruby was already over him with her weapon in its rifle mode, pointing at his head.

"It's over, Kaito." Ruby said between huffs of breaths. "Surrender."

"It's not over yet my sweet Rose." Kaito said with a smile. Suddenly the watch on his wrist began to beep. The girl's eye's darted to the item and he took to opportunity to kick her in the chest causing her to fall the ground. The dark haired boy quickly got up and picked up his weapon and then kicked Ruby's weapon away. He watched briefly as it slid across the ground closer to the cliffs edge.

Kaito returned his attention to the red hooded girl and saw her trying to get up. He quickly jumped on her and buried the blade of his scythe into the ground and used the shaft to bin the girl down. He pulled out a cylinder device with a button on top.

"It's only the beginning for us." Kaito said holding up the device. The girl's silver-eyes widen as he pressed the button. But nothing happened. He pressed it again. And still nothing. The dark haired boy smacked the detonator and pressed it again. The blinding light and heat that should of hit them in an instant never came. His brown eyes looked back at the school. "No!"


Weiss let out a sigh of relieve as she felt the humming from the device in her hands began to die down. Blake was hold a small black box in her hands.

"Is that it?" Yang asked hesitantly. "Is it safe?"

"Yeah." Blake said letting out a breath. The girl's amber-eyes seemed to study the black box.

"What is it?" The blonde asked eyeing the same item.

"I don't know." Blake said simply. "Could be the trigger. Could be the power source."

"That nice and all." Weiss said starting to get annoyed. "But can I put this thing down now my arms are getting tired."

Blake quickly got up and took the sphere from the white-haired girl's hands and genially set it back down in its cradle. A loud snapping sound drew their attention back to their blonde haired friend. The metal bindings that had been holding Yang's hands together were now on the ground. The blue eyed girl couldn't help but notice a look of shock on Blake's face.

"What?" Yang asked.

"I wasn't sure if that was disarmed as well." Blake said quietly. The lilac eyed girl looked at the metal bindings for a moment and just shrugged.

"All well," she said as she went to the table that held her weapons, "what's done is done."

She began putting on Ember Celica and then head for the broken window made by Kaito.

"Let's go help my sister."


This was Ruby's chance. Kaito seemed to be stuck in a stunned fury. Before he could regain his senses she quickly kicked him in the back causing him to tumble off her. The dark haired boy had kept his grip on his scythe long enough for his sudden movement to dislodge the blade from the ground just enough for the red hood girl to crawl her away out from under the shaft. She made a dash for Crescent Rose using her semblance to cover the distance.

The dual colored haired girl picked up her weapon and unfolded into its scythe mode. As soon as she turned around Ruby was forced to bring up Crescent Rose in defense as Kaito's weapon came crashing down on her. The look in his brown eyes said it all as he pushed down on her. He was angry. His plan had been ruined.

"I will not let our destiny be thwarted." Kaito proclaimed. Ruby jumped back and took a swing at him at the same time he swung at her. The heads of both scythes met each other and locked together. Both her and the black hooded man pulled at each other's weapon making sure neither would gain the advantage.

"Ruby!" A voice cried out. The young girl looked to see her sister and friends running up from the school. The silver-eyed girl turned back to Kaito to notice that he was still being distracted by the presence of her teammates. So she decided to take advantage and pulled the trigger of her weapon. As expected the recoil sent her back and caused the dark haired man to stumble forward. What she failed to take into account was how close to the cliff edge she was. But now her feet had no surface below them for her to stand. She fell and Kaito came along.

"Ruby!" her sister's voice screamed. She acted quickly and dug Crescent Rose's blade into the cliff side bring her to a sudden stop. Ruby held on as tight as she could as gravity tried to force her down causing her to slide down to the end of her shaft. The young girl looked down to see that Kaito had done the same thing and was just a foot below her. "Ruby!"

The silver-eyed girl looked to see her sister looking over the edge just a few yards above her.

"Guys hold my feet!" Yang said to the others as they helped lower her down the cliff edge. "Ruby climb up and grab my hand."

The young girl began doing so but stopped half way. She looked back down to see Kaito dangling from own weapon. Ruby didn't even have to think about her next move as she began to climb back down.

"Ruby, what are you doing?" Her sister yelled but the younger sister ignored her as she reached the end of her weapon.

"Kaito!" Ruby yelled as she reached down. "Take my hand!"

When he looked up at her she couldn't understand why his eyes her filled with such sorrow.

"They're never let us be together in this life." He stated solemnly,

"Forget about that and take my hand!" Ruby tried to reason.

"I can't let that happen." Kaito almost sound he was broken.

"Just give me your hand." She pleaded.

He raised his hand but instead of reach for her own the dark haired boy grabbed the edge of his shirt and tore it off. Ruby's eye's widened at what she saw. A bomb strapped to Kaito's chest. He grabbed a detonator off of the bomb.

"I will not be denied again!" Kaito yell. A loud bang went off above Ruby and she saw a dust round impact into the dark haired boy. The attack caused him to lose his grip and fall. The red hooded girl was so stunned by what was happening that she vaguely felt herself being pulled up. Then Kaito's falling body was consumed by a blinding light. Ruby felt a wave of heated air engulf her before everything went dark.


A/N: What a cliffhanger. Hoped you enjoyed the chapter. Just one more to go.