A/N: I know this isn't the pace of the previous chapters, but I still hope you enjoy. I also hope I won't be hunted down for using Gavin and Geoff in this chapter. I apologize for any grammatical errors, I'm the only one who edits the chapters and I'm not perfect. Review, favorite, follow, and most importantly enjoy.

Chapter 26:

"Ruby why did you enjoy it? You should have been terrified." Weiss said to Ruby as they both sat on Weiss's bed.

"I did enjoy it." Ruby said. "It was a game to me, I thought my parents were invincible. I thought my torture methods were just amusing them. If they were enjoying themselves then I wanted to enjoy myself."

"And you didn't know they would die?" Weiss asked skeptical of Ruby's reasons for enjoying torturing her parents to death at the age of 4.

Weiss suspected that Ruby had been placed under the influence of drug dust. Weiss at the time of the incident was 7 years old, the same age as Yang. Weiss had known of the drug dust's existence early on in life, she also knew the effects the stimulant could have on a person all to well. Weiss's dad had educated Weiss on the dust of the world, informing her of the type and its properties. The drug dust had an effect on the mind that could be cured, but only with the addicts consent. Once a person tasted the drug they couldn't go back, without active will power.

"Weiss why haven't you said anything for the last 5 minutes? Have you even been listening to me?" Ruby said. Apparently Weiss had been so lost in thought that she hadn't been paying attention to her girlfriend.

"I was thinking, have you ever been given a colorless dust before?" Weiss said starting her drug rehabilitation questions.

"Yes actually…at least I think…aw damn it I don't know." Ruby clutched her head in pain. "Ah I remember, the memory of my parents must have brought back the addiction."

"Well then we need to get you to the doctor. I'm sure he has a cure." Yang said.

"Fine we should probably head over there now…shit! We have classes today. I totally forgot." Blake said. The cat Faunus had written down all their schedules, since she had remembered them. The actual schedules had been lost, so the team had to improvise and make new ones. "Classes start in 20 minutes. We should probably go now. Remember Ruby, right after classes you need to see the doctor."

"Yes, I will remember." Ruby said. Ruby wrote on the inside of her wrist with a pen, reminding herself to got to the doctors after she was done with classes.

As Ruby walked towards her first class she met her school friend Jaune Arc. "Hi Ruby. How you doing?" Jaune said in a happy tone, that was attributed to seeing Ruby.

"Oh hello Jaune. I haven't been her for the last 3 weeks, what's happened with classes?" Ruby said.

"Well since some of the teachers died when the Darkness Plague struck they had to rearrange some of the classes. That means you and I have the same class together. Unfortunately it means we were put in Advanced Combat Workout. Which is pretty much self explanatory." Jaune said in a deadpan tone of voice. "Really how do they expect the both of us to succeed?"

"I'm pretty sure I won't fail in the end. You however I'm not sure, but I still believe you have massive potential. You just need to discover your true self." Ruby said trying to give her friend some motivation.

"Well you're perfect. No really. You have the perfect…everything. The prefect weapon, body, romantic girlfriend, and you have the perfect family." Jaune said steering the conversation away from the subject of his own insecurities. Apparently Jaune was better at BS than he thought.

"I agree with you on all those accounts, except one…I don't have the perfect family." Ruby said.

"What do you mean? What about Yang and your parents." Jaune said.

"That's the thing Jaune Yang is a…not the best sister. I mean I love her to death, but we aren't that close on some things. My parents are dead because of me, I killed them…tortured them to death. My family is fucked up." Ruby confessed.

Jaune couldn't answer because one of his team members, Pyrrha Nikos had just caught up with them. "Hi guys I must have the same class as you." Pyrrha said bouncing with excitement. "I've heard about Advanced Combat Workout. It's tough, but if you work hard while attending the class you will get a hell of a lot better than you are now. That's what I plan to do."

"Wait how do you get into the class?" Ruby asked.

"I was afraid you'd say that. I lied to you both. You have to get invited to attend the class; you can't take it if you didn't get an invitation. I never got an invitation." Jaune said. "I guess only you two will have the class."

Ruby and Pyrrha looked at each other, completely ignoring the dejected Jaune. They didn't exactly know each other. "A friend of Jaune is a friend of mine." Ruby said extending a hand.

Pyrrha accepted the hand, shaking it she replied, "Same goes with me, and any friend of my team leader is a friend of mine."

The friendship wouldn't extend beyond the class. Once the two got inside the actual classroom, a very large gym, they made a lot of easy small talk. The only other students included all of team captains Cardin Whinchester of CRNL, Mason Markov of MOVE, George Sylvester of GILZ, and of course Ruby Rose of RWBY. Apparently Jaune, although he was the team leader of JNPR, hadn't been invited.

"Wait why didn't Jaune get invited? Isn't he the team leader of JNPR?" Ruby said, she heard guffawing behind her. Turning Ruby saw Cardin, doubled over in laughter.

"Ha you dolt. Didn't you know? Jaune wasn't cut out to be team leader of JNPR, so they replaced him with Pyrrha." Cardin said with a smirk on his face. "In my opinion they should have kicked Jaune out a long time ago."

"No one asked, you son of a whore." Ruby spat. There was a gasp of sock behind them.

"What did you just say to him? I'll have you know me and Geoff have set specific rules; First never insult someone unless you are prepared to back it up with a fight, Second never kill the person after insulting them beating the shit out of them should embarrass them enough, Third and most important never change your personality always come as yourself"

Ruby turned around, an instructor was speaking to her. "I'm sorry Gavin. But this is who I really am. I tortured by parents to death under the influence of drug dust when I was 4. So of course I'll be a little hostile." Ruby responded.

Gavin was a handsome British man. Geoff had the most epic beard, and coolest tattoos Ruby had ever seen. These two men were the Advanced Combat Workout trainers and instructors. "Okay. I always enjoy someone who was honest about his or her feelings. This is not therapy class! This is ACW! Prepare for pain motherfuckers!" Geoff yelled at the stunned class, the students weren't used to their instructors swearing at them.

"If your mind needs to refresh, simply eat grapes. People like grapes." Gavin said.

"No shit Gavin. Anyway lets get started." Geoff said. "Today me and my partner Gavin will teach you how to really workout your bodies. At the end of this you all will be exceptional leaders. You will be buff like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but agile like Jackie Chan. You will fly like a butterfly, but sting like a bee."

"BEGIN! Ruby, Cardin, Pyrrha, Mason, and George move to the starting position. I want you to stick it to the track. Remember, full out 100% sprint on the straight ways and 75% sprint on the corners." Gavin dished out instructions; blowing the whistle he officially began ACW and hell on earth for the team captains.

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