Happy Father's Day everyone, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
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Now without a further adieu, Let's begin
"You do know there is fifty/fifty chance he'll do this with you, Right?" Yang asked skeptically as Ruby began walking towards the elevator that leads out of their dorm
"I'll be fine, don't worry" Ruby said waving her sister off
"Alright, if something happens call us and I'll come get you" Yang said worriedly, not truly believing her.
"I'll be fine, say hi to dad for me" Ruby said waving goodbye as she entered the elevator
"I will Ruby I will" Yang said with a sad smile waving goodbye to Ruby as the elevator went down.
Ruby walked around Beacon until she arrived in front of Death's classroom. Ruby took a deep breath before putting a smile on her face and opening the door to reveal the room was bleak and dark
"Why are the lights off?" Ruby said to herself as she noticed a single light above Death's desk. She then noticed Death was hunched over and filling out papers with a tired sigh before noticing Ruby
"I would say that you shouldn't be here but. Thank the ever existent dust I needed this distraction" Death said pushing himself away from the desk and walked towards her
"Um, Okay?" Ruby having no idea how to react to that or being considered as a decent distraction
"Trust me Ruby if you ever have an opportunity to teach anywhere. Don't. The endless paperwork will be your downfall before your students idiocy" Death said as he placed his hands on Ruby's shoulders as Ruby couldn't help but feel insulted with that last comment before realizing something
"Wait, I thought you only have one class. Why do you have so much work?" Ruby asked tilting her head ever so lightly
"I could only guess why I'm being tortured so" Death said as he grumbled out something bitterly very quietly that even Ruby couldn't pick up with her new found faunus hearing "Now, what is it that you need? And if you need me for the rest of the day until the Academy closes then by all means, please do" Death asked slightly desperate as Ruby wondered it couldn't be that bad to sign papers. . It was until she finally noticed the massive pile of papers that was on his desk that made her rethink that last thought.
"Actually. . I just wanted to know if you wanted to spend the day with me, You know like father-daughter bonding" Ruby said meekly as she held her head down with somewhat embarrassed in asking her father to actually spend the day with her. Death was taken back with the request and thought about for a bit
"Okay, Lets go down to Vale. The farther away from this place the better" Death said as he mumbled the last part before leaving the room with a smiling Ruby behind him
After they were a good distance from the room Death let out a breath of relief "Never thought I miss fresh air so much and I've once been stuck in a burning building as it collapsed on me and that didn't even affect me like right now" Death said tiredly as his head was leaning back as he looked up at the sky. Ruby sweat dropped at what her father said and gave a weak laugh "So what are we going to do anyways" Death said calmly before a jolt went through Ruby
'Dammit. I wasn't expecting him to actually agree to actually spending the day with me so I didn't really plan ahead. Dammit me, think of something' Ruby thought as Death just looked at her with a brow raised while she was having an inner monologue with herself before remembering something "Well I heard there is a carnival taking place in the docks of Vale for the weekend, so how about we go have some fun there" Ruby asked shyly as she had her hands clasped together
". . . . Alright then let's-" before Death could finish what he could say another voice came
"There you are Death, have you finished those papers I gave you" the duo turned to see Goodwitch walking up to them
"Actually you see. . Ruby-Needs-me-for-something-I'll-give-you-the-work-later-Bye" Death said quickly as he picked up Ruby in one arm and started running away from the blonde who was yelling at him to 'get back here'
Ruby who was being carried laughed weakly at what happened and saw they were heading towards the cliff towards Vale "Um~ aren't we supposed to take the airship down" Ruby asked nervously as Death sped up
"I'm not taking a chance of that woman catching me" Death said seriously as he neared the as Ruby struggled in his grip
"No, no, no, not agaaaaaaaaaa~!" Ruby shouted as Death jumped off the ledge with her.
Death was standing upright as he fell down the side of the cliff with Ruby flailing in his arms still screaming 'Note to self, Get rid of her fears of falling off cliffs' Death thought to himself as he landed on the ground below in a massive crash as the ground caved in from his fall. Death walked out of the small crater he made with Ruby still in his arms as he noticed she was out of it at the moment
'Note to self, REALLY do something to get rid of her fears of falling off cliffs' Death thought to himself as he ignored the looks he was getting from the citizens around him 'What was it we are going to do again' Death thought as he started walking down the street he fell down onto ignoring the blaring sirens of the police and fire department
Death snapped his fingers "Right, Ruby wanted to go the carnival" Death muttered to himself as he started walking towards the docks where he saw a Ferris Wheel in the distance. As Death walked up to the carnival he saw the admittance gate with a poster hanging up on top saying fathers and children get free "Okay~ that's convenient" Death said to himself as he felt Ruby move again
"Uh, what happen" Ruby said slightly groggy as she rubbed the side of her head
"Well you went out of it for awhile and now we're at the carnival that you wanted to go to" Death said simply as Ruby jumped out of his grip and ran forward towards the carnival's entrance with stars in her eyes "Come on lets go" Ruby said excitedly as Death shook his head at her excitement before following her into the carnival
Death had some slight problems getting into the carnival as the attendant didn't believe he was Ruby's father and demanded proof. This became a verbal argument between the two as Ruby was in middle of the two pleading to her father to just pay so this could be over with. Didn't help the situation when the man said Ruby was a bastard faunus child he conceived with some bitch. At that moment all of Remnant seemed to go to a standstill as everyone around them stopped moving when the attendant said that.
Everyone around Death started backing away and cowered in fear from him when they started to feel the killing intent he's radiating "Say. That. Again" Death said slowly, laced with malice as he leaned into the attendants face as his aura flared around him "I'll say it again. Say. That. Again. Let's see what the FUCK happens" Death threatened as his killing intent was smothering the man as he pulled out Redemption and shoved it against the man's face
"I-I'm sorry, p-please I beg of you I'm sorry" The attendant pleaded in fear as he moved away from Death who stood upright again
"Consider yourself lucky that I'm too tired to even consider killing you" Death said as both the attendant and Ruby let out a sigh of relief. . Until Death kneed the man in the gut then grabbed the man's face before slamming it into the counter next to them and then pistol whipping him to the ground as fell down unconscious with a thud. Ruby gaped at what her father did as he lifted her up by her hood and dragged her into the carnival
After they were a good distance from the entrance Death put her down "I could understand you being mad but, what the hell!" Ruby said in a hushed voice so not to attract anymore attention than they had. Death raised a brow at Ruby's hushed voice
"If you know why I'm mad then you know that no one gets away with insulting my family, living or dead" Death said as he crossed his arms as Ruby had to admit she kinda happy he cared for his family like this. . . . And the fact that she wanted to do the same to the man when he insulted her mother. . . . That train of thought scared her at how she wanted to hurt someone like her father
"So what are doing first" Death asked startling Ruby a bit
"Well there's a-" Ruby stopped what she was saying with a gasp before squealing in excitement "A Pie eating contest!" Ruby exclaimed happily as she looked around and saw the pie eating contest still getting people to join. Death gave her a blank look when he looked at the stage before looking back at his daughter
"No" Death said as Ruby turned her head at him with her eyes shimmering and her lip pouting. Death gave her an even more blank look before "No" Death said uncaringly making Ruby to hung her head in despair as she gave out silent sobs "Enough of the crocodile tears Ruby. You do know I can tell people lie, right?" Death ask as Ruby stopped and lifted her head up and glared at him with a pout
Death sighed in exasperation knowing she won't give in "Fine, make it quick" Death said knowing if she's anything like her mother, she'll eat her body's worth of sweets and more
"Okay~" Ruby said happily before disappearing from sight in a flurry of roses. Death shook his head as he turned to see Ruby signing up for the contest.
Death looked up to see Ruby walking up to him with pie smeared on her lips while carrying a giant trophy and a key "Finished" Death said as a statement and not a question as he could see the people behind her giving Ruby an astounded look
"Yep, First place and I just won myself a Dustcycle" Ruby said happily while waving the keys in front of her. Death just looked at the keys before looking up to see there were people taking a red and black Dustcycle away probably to some storage area for Ruby to pick up later
Death shook his head and playfully ruffled her hair before pushing himself of the column he was leaning on "Come on, what else do you want to do" Death asked as he plucked the trophy out of Ruby's grip and walked ahead with Ruby right behind him as the two spent the day together. The two went on rides, mostly Ruby as Death protested he has no need to partake in things like that, won prizes left and right, due to Death's intimidation behind Ruby when she won so the stall owner would give her a good prize.
They ate together, well Ruby ate as Death just sat down looking up to the sky no matter how much Ruby protest for him to eat something with her. They were almost kicked out due to Death nearly killing someone when a racial prick started insulting Ruby just for accidentally bumping into him and starting calling her a dirty faunus which Death responded to by taking out one of Harvester's miniature scythes and walked up to them with him smacking Harvester's staff part on his open palm.
The racial pricks didn't stay for a second longer as Death wind back the scythe ready to strike them down until two small time cops came up to them. The cops wore a maroon uniform and the other an orange uniform as they tried to arrest Death for disrupting the peace and attempted murder. . Emphasis on Tried.
"Now what else are we going to do as from the position of the sun, I say we have about one more stall or ride left" Death said as he clapped his hands together while walking away from the dumpster with the cop knocked unconscious inside
"Was it really necessary to beat them down like that. . . and kick the orange one down there so much" Ruby said flinching a bit at memory as she looked at the dumpster where the orange one said one more thing very weakly before passing out
"Protect me cone"
"I don't know why I did that actually. It felt like the world wanted me to hit him there" Death said looking up at the sky while Ruby was giving him a 'you-got-to-be-kidding' look
"I don't know why I even bother to try and understand you" Ruby said with a sigh
"Then don't and just accept the fact that I am one messed up person" Death said uncaringly that he basically insulted himself "Though not really that messed up in the head as the others that I know" Death added in as Ruby held up her hand to him
"I don't want to know" Ruby sighed once more while shaking her head at her father. Ruby looked around and her eyes landed on the last ride at the end of the docks "Come on, lets go ride the Ferris wheel" Ruby said walking ahead with Death behind her
"I'll never understand why people like those things when you could do the same thing while riding in an airship" Death said dully while Ruby turned around and pouted at him.
"It's because it's fun. To be able to see from a bird's eye view while the sun is going down is a very tranquil thing" Ruby said as she clasped her hands together with a longing look in her eyes
". . . I could do that using Dust and you don't see me getting wide about that" Death muttered under his breath as Dust appeared on his shoulder "Get back to where you were" Death said in a hush voice as Dust pecked his mask before flying off and disappearing in the distance. Death and Ruby got into one of the cabins of the Ferris wheel and sat down as the ride started going "I've been thinking about something" Death said abruptly as their cabin went up slowly
"What is it?" Ruby asked looking at Death who had his arms crossed with his head tilted slightly
"Why did you want to spend the day with me in the first place" Death asked looking directly at Ruby who gave him a dull look
". . . When Yang told me you didn't know about Mother's Day I thought she was joking. Now, not so much" Ruby said blatantly making Death raise an eyebrow behind his mask at her tone
"I don't understand. What does that have to do with this?" Death asked still not getting what Ruby is going at. Ruby sighed with her head down
"What day is it" Ruby said in a dry tone as Death was about to answer but what Ruby said about Yang talking about Mother's Day made him think what today is.
Death thought for a moment 'Let's see here, today is the fifteenth of June. What's so important about today' Death thought about it to himself 'It's not her birthday, so what is i-. . . . oh' Death came to an realization of today is and looked at Ruby.
Ruby was leaning her elbow against the ledge of the window of the cabin as she huffed a strand of hair out of her face as she waited for him to figure it out ". . . If today is Father's Day then why are doing what you want today" Death said with his arms crossed as Ruby gave him a blank look
". . . Dad. . What's your definition of fun" Ruby said in a dry tone
Death thought for a moment "I guess it would be beating people into submission, making people fear me for the hell of it and torture a Xiao Long if they cross my path when I'm irritated. . . . I understand what you're saying but the last one would've been fun" Death said as Ruby gave him a glare "It would've been" Death grumbled before Ruby sighed once more ."I don't understand why you're trying so hard to make me like you though" Death said shocking Ruby slightly
"W-Well it's just. . . It's just that I've never had a real father to do all these things with, sure I had Yang's dad but I don't think that really counts" Ruby said as Death's brow twitched when she said that "I just wanted to spend the day with my actual father and have some fun. I know that's selfish of me but I just wanted to spend time with you" Ruby said biting her lip as Death's eyes soften at the confession her daughter gave him
"Ruby, I don't care whether or not you're selfish. All you wanted to do is spend time with me and I have to admit I did enjoy spending time with you Ruby so don't feel bad about yourself" Death said softly as Ruby lifted her head up to look at him before a small smile formed on her lips
"Thank you" Ruby said softly
A few moments went by before Death let out an exasperated sigh "I'm getting soft for what I'm about to do" Death said as he shook his head and before Ruby could ask what he meant Death pulled her towards him.
Ruby took a moment to figure out what was happening as she felt something wrap around her and noticed that it was her father's arms making her realize that he was hugging her.
"Enjoy this moment Ruby, because the moment we leave this cabin I'm going to have to punch something get rid of this awkward feeling" Death said as Ruby couldn't help but giggle as she wrapped her arms around her father and hugged him back "No matter what I do, what I say, or act just remember this Ruby. You're my daughter and no matter what happens I'll always care about you" Death said softly as Ruby hugged him tighter as the two hugged each other in peace
"By the dust this feels weird" Death said breaking the serene scene as Ruby pulled away and slapped his shoulder with a smile on her face as the cabin stopped at the bottom as the two got out.
A woman wearing a white hood was watching with a smile on a building far away from them. She watched happily as the two spent the day together but sighed in exasperation when Death attacked the attendant, threatened that random civilian, and attacked those cops. But what made it up was him spending time with their daughter like a father should and smiled at the happy scene of Ruby walking down the docks with Death both smiling at each other.
She watched as they continued walking until Death passed by the orange cop who was woozily wobbling out of the dumpster before being punched directly in his face by Death who didn't even turn and stop when he did that.
The woman sighed before shaking her head at the scene before a smile appeared on her face "At least you now having something worth fighting for love" the figure said before fading away with white rose petals swirling around where she stood as the petals flew by the family of two who were playfully bickering with each other with smiles on their faces.
Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you all later. I hope you have a great day and a wonderful Father's Day, So long.
