You tell them things that you've never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more.

A/N: The last chapter was merely showing how Yang and Ruby meet, also more of their past. This one should be back to the present, but I may flash back every now and then.

Chapter 40:

Ruby stood looking out at the Soldiers. The odd feeling of nostalgia settled over her. Apparently a group of Soldiers, highly trained dangerous and completely loyal to an Elf leader, had sworn allegiance to her. After the first 36 made their vows more and more started to trickle in and stand before Ruby. 72 came after the vows, which brought up the total number of Soldiers to 108 or 9 dozen.

Yang, who stood beside Ruby, looked out on the gathered Soldiers. "Their armor doesn't shine. I guess it's because of their invisibility. Apparently they can pass through both light and darkness simultaneously without being seen." Yang said. The Blonde stood shorter than Ruby, so the dark haired girl had to look down upon her sister. Not that Ruby was being rude it was just…necessary.

"Yang do you think I can do this? I don't know if I'm up to the task. I mean I'll to it, yeah. But I'm not sure if these Soldiers should be pledging their loyalty to me. I mean, what if I mess up? What if I don't do things the way they expect, and I let them down?" Ruby said.

"I have every confidence that you'll do fine." Yang said looking up at her younger sister, who stood a full foot taller than Yang. Not to say that Yang wasn't tall, she was 6' 6" it's just that recently Ruby was…well Yang didn't know why Ruby suddenly had a 'freak' growth spurt. Felling like she could ask Ruby anything and get an honest answer Yang asked, "How did you get so tall? I know you're an Elf, but Elves don't really grow over 7 feet in their lifetime."

"Well to tell the truth…I don't know. I don't think…" Ruby suddenly stopped talking and her eyes glazed over. She didn't sway but her mind seemed to flee the moment. Yang chuckled and thought, 'She must be remembering that first day we meet. Although if I'm being honest, she's probably thinking back from that point in time.'

After several minutes that stretched into almost an hour, Ruby came back from her trip down memory lane. "Well that's interesting. I don't know why, but I remember my father saying that I'm only half Elf. And half…something else, I can't really remember."

"Well maybe we could use some healing dust, I'm sure that'll jog your memory." Yang said. Taking her sister's arm Yang led Ruby inside the dorms. Ruby called back to the Soldiers to remain in the area, but not anywhere inside of high traffic areas. Ruby leaned against Yang, her height did nothing do suggest she was light. Not as heavy as Yang, but she still was pretty heavy. This was due to her 7' 6" frame and all the muscle attributed to endless workout hours spent completing very complex and demanding exercises.

Yang led Ruby down the corridor, past all the doors that granted access to the students' dorm rooms. When they reached the RWBY dorm room, Yang paused and said, "Ruby we're here."

Ruby started and said apologetically, "Sorry I'm kind of tired, and after we talk I need to take a nap."

"No you need a good long sleep. Come on let's go in." Yang said shaking her head. Reaching into her cleavage to retrieve the lanyard that held the dorm key, Yang unlocked the door. "Looks like Weiss and Blake aren't in right now, where could they have gone? I mean we were only gone for like…okay we were gone for more than an hour. I guess they left and locked up." Yang said.

"They left for classes." Ruby said.

"Oh shit! I totally forgot about them…do you think I'll be excused?" Yang said a little worried, but she was more worried about her sister.

"I'm sure you'll be fine. After all you were helping me, and besides you need rest as much as I do." Ruby said.

Yang sighed. Turning back to the door, after grabbing her bag that contained her school stuff, she said reluctantly, "I guess we should leave. Do you want me to walk you to the gym?"

Ruby shook her head and said, "No. Besides it's our second year at Beacon, I'll be starting new classes. I won't be having ACW for quite some time, mainly during weekends and during the breaks." Ruby began walking down the dorm corridor, Yang walked with her because they only had to part ways once the exited the dorm building.

"Why not during the weekdays after school? Why don't you take ACW then?" Yang asked her sister, Ruby wore her leather satchel which was now stained a deep red to match her outfit.

"No I've got a job. Only after school on weekdays." Ruby said finally breaking the news that she hadn't told anyone since she had received the news before she started the assignment months before. Ruby would now work in Vale between Endless Books library and Red Rose café.

"Oh that's right you work shifts between Endless Books and Red Rose. That's nice, I guess…by!" Yang called to Ruby. She was now sad that she wasn't going to see her sister at all this week, and probably next week and the weeks to follow.

Ruby simply waved a hand at Yang. Not that she wouldn't miss her sister, she was just distracted. Ruby, as she walked along, had pulled out her schedule. Ruby knew where her fist class was, but she didn't know where the others were. Ruby's class schedule read;

1st AP Physics - Breakfast break - 7th AP Study and history of dust

2nd AP Biology - 5th AP HTH combat - 8th AP History of Vale II

3rd AP Sociology - 6th AP Martial arts - 9th AP Basic rune study

4th AP Dustology - Lunch break - 10th AP Scythe wielding

Ruby had placed in AP in all of her subjects. HTH (hand to hand) combat and Martial arts took place over a 6 hour period, both classes were 3 hours long. The rest of Ruby's classes ran for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Breakfast and lunch both ran for 30 minutes each, with 5 minutes between period changes. Classes for 2nd year students would run for, 19 hours and 55 minutes.

Ruby worked the night shift at both the library and café. Ruby didn't tell Yang her real secret, despite being able to tell Yang seemingly everything, she just didn't want to admit to Yang her true nature. Ruby was half Elf and half Beowulf. During the hour of recollecting of memories back at the dorm building, Ruby had remembered what her father had done to her at a very young age. Reginald had injected Ruby with Beowulf genes, she wasn't able to turn into the beast until the tests and experiments were completed.

Ruby apparently had the ability to go without sleep indefinitely. Ruby never slept, but she faked it convincingly for her friends and team. Did she miss it? Well Ruby couldn't remember what it felt like. Whenever she fell unconscious, she was really faking but for a better reason than deception. Ruby had a regenerating factor, that although was fast, it could be speed up when she was dormant.

'I'm not Wolverine from X-Men. But I still regenerate…or heal myself.' Ruby thought as she walked into AP Physics and was surprised to see both Pyrrha and Yang. Yang hadn't told Ruby she would share a class with her. Ruby felt nervous, the two together were a ticking time bomb. Both Pyrrha and Yang were always deadlocked in first for strongest person inside Beacon. Ruby sat still realizing that she couldn't talk to Yang, taking the book the professor handed to her Ruby delved into an intense study that would last quite a while.

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