I am not dead, despite what you may think xD I've just had school and stuff, but I have managed to find the time to write an additional chapter! After this though I may not update for another while, because I have exams, but I'll try to get one out at least every two weeks (Sorry!)

And it's just been so hectic, and gaah... Let's just get to the chapter :3

Saturday- 3:PM: Qualifying 3- Emerald Forest Grand Prix.

1. Ruby Rose

2. Victoria Urshman

3. Yang Xiao Long

4. Vincent Marsh

5. Weiss Schnee

6. Blake Belladonna

7. Pyrrha Nikos

8. Jaune Arc

9. Nora Valkyrie

10. -

Ruby had taken pole position, but she wasn't in the mood for celebrating. Nobody was. They were all still shocked by the news that had just come in. Nobody could celebrate when this had happened.

It was early in qualifying when it had happened. There was nobody around him. It just happened... He was turning the fifth corner, there was a small bang, and then he was off the track and hard into the barrier. It was a miracle he'd survived. It was thanks to his aura apparently. It was so strong that it had protected him from being burnt alive, but not from any damage from the impact. It was unlikely that he'd be able to race for the rest of the season.

Ruby considered Lie Ren one of her best childhood friends. He was calm, cool, always managed to calm Nora down, and was a generally nice guy.

It was currently unknown how Ren had crashed, but the strongest suggestion was that it was something to do with the fuel. Just this season, the cars had changed the fuel provider to Torchwick Co. Of course, there was no plausible evidence behind this theory. It just seemed like a normal accident. Except nobody could identify the cause of it. Or any evidence at all to back up their theories. The fuel had been fine up until now.

It just didn't make sense. The owner of Torchwick Co., namely Roman Torchwick, had rubbished claims it was to do with the fuel. He had been supplying fuel to other racing events, such as Indycar, and there had been no accidents then.

Ruby was just sat down in the team garage quietly, still in shock over what had just happened.

"You alright?"

Ruby looked up as she saw Yang looking concernedly at her, still in her race gear. She nodded and sniffed.

"Aw Ruby..." said Yang and she quickly rushed to Ruby, embracing her sister in a tight hug.

Ruby just suddenly couldn't keep it in, and found tears flowing down her cheeks as she returned her sister's hug.

The two siblings stayed like that for several minutes, before Ruby finally trusted herself not to cry anymore, and she slowly slipped out of Yang's grasp.

"Ruby, the doctors said that Ren would have a good chance of making it... And believe me, Ren is one tough bastard, he'll make it alright."

Ruby smiled slightly. "I know... It's just... you know... He was pretty close to..." She trailed off and bowed her head.

"Yeah... I know Rubes..." Yang looked downcast for a moment, before her face brightened up. "Ooh! Chen's making us pancakes, so if you'd wanna come, you should probably get ready." She winked and quickly rushed out of the garage.

Ruby shook her head with a smirk. "I never even said yes..." Nonetheless, she quickly ran to her trailer. After all, her brother made the best pancakes!

Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang were sat round a table, the wafting smell of pancakes meeting their nostrils. They were waiting hungrily with anticipation as they waited for Yang and Ruby's brother to finish making his infamous pancakes.

"Pancakes are served," said Chen cheerfully as he placed down a full plate of pancakes, which were all quickly snatched, and had various toppings put on them.

"Your pancakes are the best!" said Ruby, who was munching happily on her pancake, basically covered in maple syrup.

"I doubt you can hardly taste the pancake you put so much syrup on you dolt," teased Weiss.

Ruby fake pouted as everyone around the table laughed. The trauma of Ren's earlier accident was slowly subsiding, especially how after the hospital said that Ren would make a full recovery, but it would still take months.

"Are you sure you're okay Ruby?" asked Weiss, lowering her voice and leaning close to her girlfriend.

"I'm fine," Ruby nodded. "The doctors said he'd be fine." She managed a smile.

"Okay..." said Weiss. "Well, I'm here for you if you need." She gave Ruby a genuine smile, which only widened when she saw Ruby smile back earnestly.

"Thanks Weiss... You're the best."

Weiss couldn't stop her cheeks burning bright red. Blake had noticed this and nudged Yang with a smirk. Said blonde noticed this and tried to stifle a giggle. She whispered something to Blake, who couldn't help but laugh out loud. Chen noticed too and ruffled Ruby's hair. The red and white pair blushed furiously at this, and the rest of the meal was eaten in awkward silence, with the occasional giggle.

Sunday- 2:PM: Race- Emerald Forest Grand Prix.

Despite Ren's accident, the race would go on as normal. Ruby was sat in pole position, putting on her gloves. She would try and win today. For Ren.

After they had completed their warm-up lap, the cars lined up on the grid. Ruby looked into her mirror towards Victoria's car. She no longer saw her as a rival, so maybe they'd actually have some fun competing for first place. The red lights lit up, and when the second one disappeared, there was deafening roar of engines, and when the green showed, they were off.

Ruby immediately shot off, and was happy to see that she had made a better start than Victoria. She turned the first corner and looked back again, but it seemed Victoria had recovered well and she was gaining on Ruby.

It was going to be a long race...

Well, that's what she thought...

Yang loved the thrill that Formula One gave her. That feeling when you won after a hard race, or just the adrenaline constantly pumping around. Every race was fun, and hardly anything made her happier. Only Ruby, Weiss and Blake would be ahead of it. She grinned as she thwarted an overtake attempt from Vincent. Formula one was so much fun!

Mercury was currently in 17th place, and was content here. After all, the reason why he was here wasn't because he wanted to win. It was just because that was what his employer wanted him to do, and he'd get paid. He flicked open a panel on his steering wheel and smirked. It was fun being the bad guy.

Yang's grin faded as she heard a weird noise from her engine. She'd better not get a DNF. She growled, but then yelled out in shock as she felt a small explosion, and the rear end of her car lifted up into the air. She found that her steering wheel wasn't responding, and neither were her brakes.

She was also on the fastest straight on the track, with a sharp turn up ahead. She knew this was only going to end up badly, so she stopped trying to get the car under control, and concentrated all her energy on her aura, so hopefully she would have a chance of not dying. But Yang wasn't complaining, she was going to die doing the sport she loved.

But then what about Ruby? She had to protect her sister, and help her become a world class racer!

"Sorry Rubes..."

She closed her eyes and waited for impact.

Weiss smiled as she overtook Vincent, but then realised that ahead of her, Yang's car was smoking, but still going at a dangerously high speed. She was going to crash!

She saw the blonde's car approaching the corner, and shook her head. This couldn't be happening, could it?!

At the last moment, and to her relief, Yang's car swerved sharply, but then that was short lived as she didn't turn the corner. It was spinning right in front of Weiss. The last thing she saw was a bright yellow rear wing smash into the front of her car, and then everything went black...

Ruby was three quarters of the way across her first lap, and was still ahead of Victoria. However, she saw a steward frantically waving a red flag, which signaled that the race was being called off. Ruby was confused as she hit the brakes and slowly drove onto the grass. Had there been another big crash?

Was it Yang? Ruby's eyes widened in panic, and she quickly threw her helmet off and got out of the car. She used her semblance to quickly zip across the track, and her worst fears were confirmed as she saw at least ten smoking cars, and many stewards trying to put out the fire.

And, to her horror, she saw a mangled, yellow car with black stripes.

"Yang!" cried Ruby as she quickly ran over.

To make things worse, she also saw the smoking car of her girlfriend...

This couldn't be happening! She looked at the other cars involved in the crash. Jaune, Pyrrha, Vincent, Nora, Sun, Neptune, Blake, Cardin and Velvet. Most of them were okay though, and were being helped off the track. Nora looked to have broken an arm, and was being stretchered off. But what about Yang and Weiss, were they okay?

She saw paramedics running on, and then the limp forms of the two girls that mattered most in Ruby's life.

She cried out and ran over.

"Yang! Weiss!"

Tears were streaming down her eyes as the stewards tried to calm her down and move her away.

"Ruby!"

Her older brother was running towards her, and wrapped both arms around her, successfully getting her away from Weiss and Yang.

"But Chen! Yang and Weiss!" cried out Ruby, uncontrollably sobbing at this point.

"The paramedics know what they're doing! You've got to trust them!"

Ruby knew Chen was right. She was only going to be a distraction if she was just going to be crying over them and going hysterical.

"They'll be alright Rubes, I promise..." Chen said as he held Ruby tight.

Ruby nodded and buried her head in Chen's shoulder, and just cried, until she had no more tears left to shed...

She so hoped that her brother was right. She could't bear losing the two most important people in her life. It wasn't that she didn't love her brother, she did! He was definitely one of the most important people in his life, but Ruby had always found herself closer to Yang. If she did lose Yang and Weiss, she didn't know what she would do...

"So that's the only time I'm ever getting directly involved in something like this ever again..."

Roman Torchwick couldn't even meet the eyes of his employer. Her gaze was unsettling, and even not meeting it, it still made him nervous. He was the one who had first pressed the button and caused that Ren guy to crash. It went against all his morals, but he was greedy. Whenever money was involved, morals flew out of the window.

"Don't worry Roman~" said his employer, a woman in a red dress and with long, dark hair. "My people will initiate the next phase from the track... We were just seeing whether you're... committed to our cause..."

"I'm only doing this for money, so as long as I get my payment, I'll do whatever you want. Apart from causing people to crash, of course." Roman scratched the back of his head as he tried not to meet his employer's gaze.

"As long as you cooperate, you will get your money~" she crooned.

"Okay, no problem," said Roman, standing up and lighting his cigar before putting it to his mouth. "It's been a pleasure Cinder... I mean Ms. Fall."

A smirk was playing on Cinder's lips. "I actually prefer Cinder~"

As soon as she walked out of the room, Roman stumped out his cigar and buried his face in his hands.

"Is this really worth it?"

DUN DUN DUUUNNNN :0 I'm so sorry for the cliffhanger guys D:

And I know I've not shown much, well hardly anything, of Ren and Ruby interacting before, they, as the fanfic states, are childhood friends.