Broken Apart Ch. 6: Reunion

And we're onto the main part of the story. I will be disappointed in myself if I can't push up the length to a more normal area for me {2k+ roughly}. But first up, thank you to everyone who has gotten me to 30 favorites. I mean, I only just finished up the short intros. Anyways, let us begin again.

The airship touched down at the landing field, and the two sisters exited out of it. Ruby briefly said her thanks to the pilot, but then walked after Yang. The blonde only wanted to get home so that she could take a shower, and Ruby recognized that fact. So, being the gracious sister, Ruby was going to steal a trip to the shower first. Before either of them even got a chance to go home, Ruby heard her scroll go off. She raised it up, and answered it without even checking who was calling.

"Hello?" Ruby asked.

"Hello Ruby," someone replied. Ruby instantly recognized the voice, and a tiny smile broke out on her lips.

"Professor Ozpin," Ruby said, raising up her finger to quiet Yang. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"No need to be formal with me, Ruby. I'm just calling in to see how you and Yang are doing, and to see if you'd be able to get out to Beacon by tomorrow."

"Why do you ask?" Ruby asked, curiosity instantly swarming her.

"Tomorrow is going to be the reunion for your class," Ozpin continued. "We have one every year until the fifth, and then it's spaced out until the 10th year. Regardless, tomorrow is the big day. You've been too busy these past few days for me to contact you, and you were busy last year as well. So, are you in?" Ruby lowered the scroll, and briefly explained the scenario. Yang just gave Ruby a thumbs up, and the younger girl picked up the scroll again.

"We'll see you there," Ruby said reassuringly.

"Excellent," Ozpin replied. "It'll be good to get the Ember Sisters into Beacon. You're some of our more famous graduates from that year."

"Yeah," Ruby said sadly. "I guess I'll see you then."

"Goodbye Ruby." The line went dead, and Ruby turned to face Yang.

"Well," Ruby started. "I guess that we leave again."

"At least this time we get to stay for a few days," Yang said. "It kind of sucks having to travel all the time. I get really bad jet lag sometimes." Ruby just nodded, and looked ahead of Yang. She spotted the apartment, and flashed a large smile at Yang.

"Oh no you don't," Yang said. "Don't even-." Ruby took off in a flurry of rose petals, leaving Yang alone. The brawler sighed, and realized that it was going to be a while before she could shower.

The Next Day: Beacon Airfield

Ruby and Yang both slowly exited the bullhead that had taken them there, and looked around Beacon. They felt as though it was just the other day that both of them had marveled over the spectacle of Beacon. Now, they had seen so many things that it was going to be hard to find anything visually stunning.

"Any collapsible staffs?" Yang asked with a grin.

"A few," Ruby replied with a huge smile. "And a couple of fire swords." The sisters laughed at the memory, and just started to walk forward.

"What do you think they're gonna make us do?" Yang asked.

"Probably just socialize," Ruby replied, her eyes trailing around the students. Yang was doing the same thing, and both girls knew exactly what they were looking for. Blake and Weiss, but it would have surprised both of them to find them. From what they could understand, Weiss and Blake were often incredibly busy, similar to them. So the odds that any of their schedules would line up were slim. But that didn't mean that they couldn't hope to find them, or maybe JNPR.

"Come on Ruby," Yang said. "It looks like everyone else is flocking towards the assembly hall."

"Another initiation?" Ruby asked disgustedly. "Aw man, I thought we did this 6 years ago." Yang just gently shoved her sister, and dragged her along towards the assembly hall.

Both girls entered it, and saw how different it looked. The stages had all been moved {to which Ruby and Yang were puzzling over how they managed to do so} and they had been replaced with things such as tables holding some foods. Most people had some form of a drink in their hands, to which Yang immediately sought out for. But overall, it looked like a party atmosphere.

Everyone had gone on to do something. If one were to live out their four years of Beacon, one would go on to do something. Some teams stayed together, much as their old friends team JNPR, and went on to become famous hunter teams. Some others, such as CRDL, did minor things. They survived, but only just. Others, such as RWBY, broke apart and went off to do their own things. Of course, very few saw what RWBY had seen. Almost two years as a famous hunter team, and then becoming possibly even more famous on their own jobs.

But, many here were friends. RWBY hadn't gotten a chance to know all of them, and some of those that they did get to know perished prior to reaching the end. But they had still befriended a fair amount of students during their time at Beacon, and the sisters set out to find as many as they could.

Within a few moments, part of that ambition was killed when Yang noticed the drink table. She decided to not inform Ruby of her findings {knowing that Ruby would want anything sweet and non-alcoholic} and just left. Ruby sighed, and shook her head.

"Ruby?" A voice asked. Ruby turned around, and let a smile break out on her face.

"Hey Jaune," Ruby said happily. She wrapped up the blonde knight in a hug, and backed away after a moment. "How're things going?"

"They're going great," Jaune replied, happiness in his voice. "My team is getting called out to lots of things right now. Actually, this is the first time I've really been away from them. What about you?"

"Do you not know?" Ruby asked. Jaune shook his head.

"We've been on non-stop missions for about three months," Jaune replied. "If we weren't contacted directly we didn't see it."

"Weiss is taking up her role as an heiress and Blake joined the Faunus Rights group that just formed." Jaune went silent, and looked over at Ruby. "Yang and I are sticking together as a huntress duo, the Ember Sisters."

"I'm sorry," Jaune said. "I thought that they were just getting something."

"It's fine," Ruby replied. "You had no reason to know."

"At least they might be here," Jaune added in reassuringly. Ruby just sighed, and took a look around. She still didn't catch any sight of Weiss or Blake, and just shrugged.

"I didn't think they would be here," Ruby said sadly. "But thanks for trying Jaune." The two friends talked for a little while longer, but then Jaune looked around again.

"Well it was nice to see you again," Jaune said. "I hope that we'll get more of a chance to catch up again."

"Good to see you too Jaune," Ruby said happily. "I should probably go find Yang now." Jaune and Ruby parted ways, and Ruby set out for her misplaced sister.

She navigated through the crowds, briefly stopping to say hello to some of her friends. But Ruby had to find the drink table, which was made even more difficult since Yang didn't tell Ruby where the drink table was before taking off. Finally, Ruby spotted a blonde mane slightly higher then all of the others accompanied by another head.

"Yang!" Ruby yelled out. The blonde turned, and so did who was accompanying her. Ruby smiled in recognition, and raised up her hands. "Pyrrha!" Ruby called out.

"Ruby!" Yang replied. "I was going to return to you a while ago, but I happened to stumble upon this celebrity." Pyrrha gently slugged Yang, but faced Ruby again.

"Hello Ruby," Pyrrha said. "It's good to see you again."

"I saw Jaune earlier," Ruby said instantly. "We talked for a bit."

"That's good," Pyrrha said. "Yang was just filling me in on the fun adventures that you and Ruby had, and I gave her an interesting little piece of information as well."

"What's that?" Ruby asked, posing her question mostly at Pyrrha rather then Yang.

"Blake and Weiss are here," Yang said happily. "I don't know for how long, or where they are, but they are definitely here." Ruby's expression became one of pure joy, and she took a look around the room. Sighing as she still didn't see Weiss or Blake, Ruby raised an eyebrow at Yang.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Ruby asked. Yang nodded, and waved her hand at Ruby.

Blake

The Faunus was navigating the crowds slowly. She had arrived with Sun and Velvet {as neither Tauran nor Lyria attended Beacon} and instantly split off from them. She liked Velvet and she could tolerate Sun, but she saw them every day. Literally, she hadn't been without them in a month. So Blake's goals were instantly set elsewhere, find Ruby, Weiss, and Yang.

Normally Blake would have called them, but since arriving at the Faunus Camp, Blake had to swap out her number. Thus meaning she lost everyone that wasn't deemed important to her in her new job, which unfortunately cut ties with RWBY.

"Alright you three," Blake whispered. "Where are you?" Blake noticed a slight shift in the crowd, and watched as something red and black was hoisted into the air. It took but a moment for Blake's eyes to adjust, and she identified the wearer of the black and red. Smiling, Blake started to move through the crowd a little bit faster.

Weiss

The heiress let out another sigh as she tried to navigate through the crowded room. Since she had been {by almost every virtue} locked inside of her home, she never had to deal with any kind of crowds. Everything was simple, and very easy to do. Weiss had actually come to see the former members of her team, but so far she was having no success. It certainly didn't help that she was shorter then most of the others within the confines. So she couldn't see anyone over them.

"Is that Ruby?" One of the students in front of her asked.

"Yeah," another agreed. "What's she doing up in the air?"

"What?" Weiss asked impatiently. "Where?" One of the students pointed in a direction, and Weiss nodded in appreciation. She instantly tried to part through the crowd in the direction a little bit faster.

Ember Sisters

Ruby had been hoisted on Yang's shoulders. A common practice while they were younger had turned into a good way to get noticed in their current life. They rarely used the Ruby-scope unless they wanted to see something and to be seen. Now was a perfect chance.

"Oop," Ruby said suddenly. "I see a black bow, amber eyes, and wavy black hair at 2 o clock. She is on her way over here."

"Now for the heiress," Yang said quietly.

"Three o clock," Ruby called out. "She's almost here too. Don't drop me down yet, I think they see me."

"Ya think?" Yang asked with a smile. But she was smiling from ear to ear in happiness. The sisters saw the other girls get close enough, and Yang finally let Ruby down.

The students in front of them parted, leaving the former teammates to face each other.

"Blake!" Yang said instantly. She ran over, and wrapped the Faunus in a big hug. To the surprise of absolutely no one, Yang had selected to be the first to break the ice. "I missed you."

"Hey Yang," Blake replied, keeping a gentle hold on the brawler. "I missed you too." Blake made sure to keep a light hold on the brawler because she knew that as soon as Yang had finished her hug with Blake, she would move on. And if Blake's hold was too tight... Well Blake wanted to keep her arms.

"Weiss!" Yang then said, moving away from Blake. She wrapped Weiss in a hug, fighting against the heiress with every movement.

"I missed you," Weiss said. "But I'm still delicate, now put me down!" Yang dropped the heiress, and watched as Weiss regained her breath.

"I really did miss both of you," Yang said sadly. "But come on, Ruby, step in here."

"I don't want to die," Ruby said instantly.

"What does this have to do with death?"

"Getting between you and either of them is what it has to do with it." Yang just shrugged, and held her arm out. Like Yang had, Ruby chose to hug her former partner first.

"Hey again," Ruby said awkwardly.

"Hello," Weiss said, lifting her arms over the awkward girl. Ruby kept up her awkward hug, but Weiss just sighed. "You can let go whenever you please."

"Oh, sorry." Ruby backed away, and shifted her attention to Blake. Without giving the Faunus a time to think, Ruby walked over to Blake and gave her a big hug. "Hey Blake."

"Ruby," Blake replied, this time returning Ruby's hug. After a short while, she stopped hugging Ruby, and the younger girl backed off. Then, Blake and Weiss exchanged nods and smiles. Neither girl was as big on hugging as Ruby and Yang were, so they had decided that just acknowledging the other's presence was enough.

"Gah," Yang said happily. "I can't believe that it's been a month already. How have you two been doing?" Blake put on her poker face, and got ready to start.

"I've been great," Blake said. "Sun's a handful, Velvet's doing well, and I've made some new friends. We've had a good run so far."

"And I've been doing good work for my company," Weiss followed up. Both girls had practiced what it was that they would say, but both of them were lying. They hated their current jobs, but they had to lie to their former teammates. If they were to tell the truth, the way they've been justifying their lives was gone.

"That's good," Ruby said. "Yang and I have just been taking down Grimm and criminals when needed. We miss you though."

"Duty called them elsewhere," Yang said, nudging her sister slightly.

"Oh I know. It's just, it feels weird now. Almost lonely..." Ruby trailed off as she realized that she rambled on about a little bit more then she had intended. Weiss and Blake just felt their hearts twist. They wanted nothing more then to return to their prior lives. But if they were to do so, they would admit their errors.

And sometimes pride made you do things that you regret.

End: No Torchwick/Cinder combo this chapter, but they will come. Had to work this in, things will get a little less friendly after this {since this chapter was almost all fluff}. Questions, comments, follows, favorites, and feedback is appreciated.