3 months after the last chapter.
Blake and Yang are walking down main street and come to a place that sells noodle bowls and, of course fish, like Blake likes. They walk up and sit down at the bar. Yang tells the shopkeep "I'll have whatever's got the most meat!...just not the fish" Yang looks over at Blake as she says that last part. Blake smiles guiltily and says "Yeah...I"ll have the fish...like...whatever youve got, (she starts drooling) j-just all of it!" she clears her throat and returns to normal. The shopkeep nods at both of them, and starts preparing their meals.
Blake looks down the bar and points "Yang", Yang looks over where shes pointing and sees Nora waving at them, "Heyyyy! How are you twooo!?"
Blake tries to talk "Welll We've been.." but is intereupted,
"So you've been great right!? Cause we've tooootally been great! Heyy why are you two here (gasps loudly) ARE YOU GUYS OUT ON PATROL TONIGHT!?", Nora asks hyperly.
Yang gets a word in quick as she can, "Yeah! We gotta fill our bellys before watching the town".
Nora jumps back in even quicker, "(gasps) OH, MY, GOSHH...(begins talking fast and gradually getting faster) That's great! cause were like totally on patrol too! Oh my goshhh were all so going to be awake until dawn and out patrolling together! ITLL BE LIKE (she starts leaning more and more forward on the counter) A SLEEPOVERRR BUT FILLED WITH DANGER AND FUN AND FRIENDS AND WE'LL BE LIKE HEEE, Who SHALL NOT BE NAAAAAAAAMED..." Nora tries catching her breath as she slumps down on the counter coughing.
Ren asks, "Nora, who exactly is he who shall not be named?"
Nora immediately jumos back into soeed talking mode "REEEEEN! (snorts) He's thwt guy with the cape! And he has those pointy things that probably totally hide some faunus ears!"
Yang speaks up, "Are you talking about Ba..." her mouth is covered swiftly by Nora's hand as she shouts at her "HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAAAAAAMED!".
Just then the food is dropped in front of them, Yang reaches for her wallet and hands the shopkeep her card, struggling to free her mouth from bora's hand she bites her, "YPUWCH!" Nora belts out. Yang then smikes and tells the shopkeep as she points to blake "I got mine and this fishy gals" The shopkeep nods and runs it and hands it back to her, he hands them silverware, but blake just dives head first into the bowl. Nora skips back to her seat and continues eatting her food with Ren. the shopkeep asks them,
"So, you ladies and gentleman are our huntsman and huntress for the night? How does that go typically? If I may ask."
Yang speaks up first, "It's pretty easy, just staying awake is the hard part, but we're always told quite a bit in advance so we can prepare ourselves for it."
"I would say it's boring but..." Ren looks over at Nora as she is slirping her food obnoxiously, everyone is staring at her and she just casually looks up with food in her mouth says "What?".
The shopkeep chuckles a little at this, "My oh my, Well at least you kids, excuse me, young adults have fun and dont get into too much trouble."
" yeah...trouble..." Yang says thinking about Ruby. The shopkeep looks out at the sky and concentrates, "my, looks like its going to be a stormy night, clouds just came in out of nowhere," He exclaimed.
"Yeah, At least You're not partnered with Neptune right" yang says as she winks and shoulder bumps blunk, who is too enthralled with her fish to take notice. Nora tilts her head looking at the two of them, "Ohhhhhh? Did something juice happen!?" Nora asks.
"No, well (starts to giggle a little) let's just say Blake got put on the second night of patrol with Neptune and it rained hard, all night, (she bumps blake again, who glares up at her and continues eatting her fish)."
"Hmmm? Is there a problem with storms and this Neptune?" the shopkeep asks.
"More like, a phobia of water" yang says as shes laughing.
"Oh myyyy... how on earth did you manage your patrol?" the shopkeep asked looking at blake who just sat back finishing her fish.
"Well, with a little will power.." Blake is interruoted by Yang, "And some ductape!". Blake continues, "Yeah, I think that's why he hasn't partnered with either of us sense".
"Well At least We can trust that you do your jobs no matter what. (the shopkeep looks out at the sky again as he speaks) I remember when the curfew order began a couple months ago, when the panic began. I didn't see the bodies but, I have heard the stories."
"There were a (voice cracks) lot of them..." Nora says as she contimues to eat.
"I was one of the first on the scene" Blake tells them.
"If you could describe what you saw, what would you say?" Ren asks.
"Horrifying and Bloody", she pushes her bowl forward emphasizing on her words, as thunder crashes with the storm hitting. The huntress's and Huntsman stand up and grab their weapons and thank the shop keep, while they head off to protect the town.
While walking Ren asks Blake, "Do you think we'll see her tonight?".
"If we do, I-I don't know If I can face her. I haven't been face to face with her sense before all of this started. I don't know what happened to my teammate, one of my closest friends, but, If I see her try to harm anyone (making a fist) I will do, whatever is necisary to protect them." Blake responds with.
Yang nods in agreement but Nora has a different reaction, "Mmm, I Don't think we should kill herrr. Weiss wants her alive after all!" Nora says.
The 4 of them stop as they hear a russtle in bushes at a nearby house. They crouch down and walk silently toward the bushes, Yang holds back the bushes, and what everyone sees in them, is a very bloody Faunus who is missimg their ears, and a human girl is holding onto them as if to peotect them.
The begin asking her when this happened and asked the description of the attacker, they told them the attacker was still nearby hunting for them, and that they were wearing what can only be described as Ruby's outfit.
Ren and Nora banadage up the faunus as best they can they stay to protect, while Blake and Yang head off looking for Ruby.
The scene transitioms to when its completely dark outside except for the dim street lighting and the lightning.
The rain is coming down hard and Blake and Yang are trying to keep dry moving from building to building. While Ren and Nora are strolling casually through it, well, Nora is skipping and splashing Ren while he's just leasurely walking.
Another group is out on patrol in the outskirts of the emerald forest, Velvet and Neon. Theyre moving from tree to tree trying to stay dry and hidden while they look out for any activity and hunt any grimm they see.
Velvet and Neon stop and look around as they listen to the rain fall.
"See anything?" Velvet asks Neon. "Nope! Nothin But the wet drops" Neon responds.
They continue to look around, they let down their Aura's hoping to draw attention to anything nearby. Meanwhile they sit down on branches in the trees and talk.
"Are you cold in that outfit?" Velvet asks Neon. "No, well, maybe, but yah know, easiest way to move around, before you ask, my skates come off of the shoes, I wasnt going to exactly be able to skate in an unfamiliar forest." Neon replies.
"You never did get to see our forest before? It is dangerous but, I think its nice during this time, seems peaceful enough. If I could capture the essence of this forest I would love to. But, you can't create a weapon from an idea." Velvet says as she looks down at her camera. Neon looks at her and smiles saying "Of course you can!", Velvet looks back at her and smiles. Velvet holds her camera up at Neon and takes a picture, then takes another of her weapons, in that moment lightning strikes a tree nearby and in the flash and fire that starts they see movement coming straight for them. They put their aura's back up stronger and ready themselves as they leap forward at the moving object.
The scene blackens.
The scene opens up in town, showing Ruby on a roof top under a gazebo like shack hiding in the shadows. She's watching the patrols moving around in the rain from a far away distance, keeping her aura low so she isnt noticed. She sees 4 groups, a group of 2 faunus and 2 humans, a group of 4 humams, Blake and Yang, and Nora and Ren. She clutches her scythe unlocking Crescent Rose, and looking back and fourth at each group waiting. Until finally the group of 4 humans is far away from the other patrols and enters a dark area of town where all the shops are and the water. Ruby takes this oppertunity and sprints off of the building toward them. In the same instance the scene transitions back to Neon and Velvet who are sprinting toward movement in the emerald forest, it switches back to Ruby, rushing toward the group of 4, side by side the three are scene running and drawing their weapons and slashing, punching, and kicking at once, a flash is scene. It fades to normal showing Neon and Velvet gaurding against larger grimm creatures, trying to attack them while defending themselves. Velvet bounces off of the grimm pushing her back and uses momentum from a tree to fling herself back forward and slam her fists and kicks into the grimm at high speeds until it falls. Neon meanwhile slips underneath the grimm pushing her back and pops out behind it, cracks her glowsticks and tapping on its shoulder, when it turns to look at her she slams it with her glowsticks in whirlwind of fury.
more grimm try to swarm in on them as they go back to back, they turn their heada and nod at eachother. The grimm flood in trying to attack them from all angles. Neon gaurds herself as Velvet goes on the offense, she holds her hands in neon's arms and kicks 2 grimm away woth heavy force, the momentum gives neon the force to slip down and toss velvet up in the air over her head and flip her glowsticks in between her legs behind her smacking more grimm away and she spins around gaurding incoming attacks from behind, the scene enlarges and zooms in up above to velvet who has made use of her recent picture and brought out Neon's glowsticks for herself, she lands down and smacks a large grimm. a good dozen grimm flood in at the two of them and they lock arms and spin in a circle, they duck as one grimm leaos at them, then release flipping in circles their glowsticks swinging wildly at everything around them, until finally Velvet's use has run out. They are face with a larger grimm than any that had come at them already. It immediately attacks Velvet, feeling exhuasted Velvet tries to block it closing her eyes hoping, and she blocks it, but the force sends her flying backward toward Neon. Lightning strikes and the scene flashes.
The scene transitions directly to Ruby who is blocking attacjs from one human boy who wields 2 swords similar to Jaune's, but more shiny and black. Another student swings an axe at her while shes blocking. Ruby ducks and swings her scythe at the boy who she was blocking he nearly missed getting his head cut off. She swings it so the girl jumpong at her slams her head into the side of it and falls down in pain rubbing her head. Ruby points Crescent Rose directly at the girl's head and as the girl looks up, the other 2 humans in the group, a Girl with a halbard and a boy with brass knuckles turn their weapons into guns and shoot at Ruby as Ruby shoots the defenseless girl in the face. As the shots are fired the screen turns to negative red colors, a moment later, the girl falls backward and blood comes spilling out from in between her eyes and nose, pooring into her eyes and mouth. Ruby was completely missed by the two who shot at her. The patrol group looks scarcely at Ruby who is looking at the girl she killed and begins laughing in a hysterical fit. Ruby stands up and walks over to the dead girl and touches the girls wound with her fingertips. She takes her fingers saturated in blood and wipes it on her own cheeks and laughs as she cocks her head back and smiles maliciously staring at the 2 who shot at her. The two of them looking very afraid start to back up slowly, but quicker than the human eye can catch, she uses her semblance and appears behind them and slices their heads off with crescent rose. As their heads hit the ground and Ruby laughs even further, the remaining boy is on the ground, completely traumitized he is unable to move while he stares directly at Ruby who does a laugh so evil and chilling that time felt as if it stood still, and lughtning flashed hard. In that moment Blake, Yang, Nora, and Ren turned in the same direction feeling a strong Aura and Ren and Nora hearing the laughter. As lightning flashes we see it flashing with Ruby's creepy smile, as she closes Crescent Rose and pulls out Penny's sword and walks toward the Freightened boy. Hse starts muttering, chanting, "Until I am dust, I will return them to dust. Until I am Dust, I Will return Them To Dust. Until I am..." Over and over, as she creeps closer to the boy, until she gets to him and puts her hand on his head and leans it up and he stares death in the face, As she says "Until I Am Dust, Until I Am Whole, Until I am loved and not alone. I will punish the world, and send you back to Dust." The boy crys and closes his eyes and a flash of lightning shows as she swings Penny's sword.
When the flash dies down,
The scene has transitioned back to Neon and Velvet. Neon has quickly gotten her skates on and not a moment later she catches Velvet flying through the air, the force sends both of them flying backward whilest Neon holds onto Velvet. Neon wraps her arm around a tree they fly by. They swing around it and fly at full speed toward the grimm, Velvet opens her eyes and looks at Neon who nods at her ans says, "Count of 3! 1,", Velvet responds "2!" they both then say "Three!". Neon throws her glowsticks forward wrapping them around its wrist, it lowers its head and moves its hand up looking at the brightly colored sticks, and immediately Velvet slams a kick directly into his head, and Neon swings her fist into his abdomine as hard as she can. The Grimm coughs and makes unpleasent sounds as it clutches its stomache and rocks. Velvet and Neon stand back as the grimm falls forward.
The two of them try catching their breath and look at eachother in relief and high five eachother. They then look up when the lightning flashes, feeling an intense Aura and look back toward the city.
"Do you feel that?" Velvet asks Neon, who responds with a nod and "do you think its her?" Neon asks Velvet. "I don' Know, but ...are we supposed to stay to our area or..." She is interrupted by Neon who grabs her arm and tries to skate off, downhill. Attempting to dodge every tree while being dragged by Neon Velvet keeps running with Neon. Until they reach a part of the forest that's flat and neon quickly removes her skates and starts sprinting, not govong Velvet any moment to breathe. As they run off in the distance toward the city, lightning flashes again.
We're back to Ruby and her final victam, where the boy is opening his eyes to see Ruby's attack has been blocked by Gambol Shroud and Magnhild. Ruby taken by suprise looks up seeing her former friends and teammates, Nora, Ren, Yang, and Blake. Who all don't look happy with her at all. Ruby brings her weapon back and stays standing with her Aura up strong.
"RUBY WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? Blake screams at her as she lowers her weapon. Nora lowers her's looking seriously at Ruby, "What is the matter!? You didn't used to be like this!" Nora professes. Ren is standing watching, waiting. Meanwhile Yang is so upset shes tearing but making a fist raising it to Ruby, she swallows her emotions, lowers her head and numbly says to Ruby, "You're my sister, I grew up with you, and this is what you've become...why, why are you killing innocent people. Why (she looks up with tears starting to form again) WHY ARE YOU HURTING AND KILLING EVERYONE!?" She angrily jumps at Ruby, who pushes her away, and to the groune, she coldly stands over Yang and says, "You're weak Yang, You let your Aura down when you started letting your emotions get the better of you. I am a lost cause. If you wanted this to never happen, you shouldve...shouldve..."
Ruby starts thinking back, remembering the memeories they share. Ruby starts to tear a little and she kicks Yang and yells at her "IF YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO TURN OUT LIKE THIS (kicks her again) You shouldve protected me! You shouldve...(she clinches her fists and closes her eyes tearing) YOU SHOULDVE LOVED ME! (she looks out at everyone standing there) ALL OF YOU...(she kicks yang in the stomache, who is coughing and too weak now after being hit so much when her aura is low) SHOULD (kicks harder) HAVE (evem harder kick) LOVED MEEEEE!" she kicks yang so hard and repeatedly that Yang coughs up blood. Blake unable to stand by and watch this anymore angrily Charges at Ruby and clashes her Gambol Shroud with Penny's Sword. "AND YOU! YOU ..." Ruby is intereulted by Blake is heavily pushing against her, "WE ALL LOVED YOU! What the hell do you think we were your friends for!? Is this what caused you to turn into such a monster!?".
Ruby gasps hearing her call her that, and she is knocked down by blakes force against her, which also knocks the sword out of Ruby's hand. Ruby's anger swells, heavily, and she closes her eyes, and screams, she screams with all the fury in her heart, and jumps at Blake and bites into her leg so hard blake screams and blood poors out.
Ren and Nora rush in and try to pull ruby off of Blake, Nora starts smacking ruby on the head while Ren does more prying apart. "Bad! No Crimson Faunus sandwhich for Ruby!" Nora says, she finally takes Magnhild and smacks it on Ruby's head lightly but repeatedly. "Nora, that's (struggling trying to pry Ruby Off of Blake) Not helpiiing" Ren says. "Ughhhh Fiiine! We warned you!" Nora days as she takes up Magnhild and slams it hard onto Ruby's head that slams into the ground and creates a crater.
Knocked Unconscious, Ruby Lay there, while blake falls back on the ground crying, "Why!?...why would she do that!?" Blake starts to get up and run, but Yang grabs her other leg and grips tightly and looking up at her says, "I won't, let you leave again". Blake tries to get free but Yang wraps herself around Blake's legs, Blake sighs and gives up, "Alright, fine", blake says, Yang responds with, "A fine isn't good enough, Give me your word, you aren't leaving me again." Blake nods and looks down "I wont, just..let me sit down please." Yang looks up at her with a pouting face but serious look, and scoots back off of her, watching her. Blake sits down as she said and touches her leg showing sighs of pain, she starts to take one of her arm wraps to tie around it. from behind someone holds their hand out with a wrap beside her face. Blake looks back and it's Neon, with Velvet. "Oh, Th-thank you" Blake takes it from her and wraps it around her wound. "Don't worry about the blood, it'll wash put! (smiling big at her) I've slippee, fallen, broken things and everything else in that, and somehow it still gets clean!" Neon says to her excitedly. Blake looks down at it feeling slightly disgusted by smiles softly at it.
Ren and Nora are peaking at Ruby, "Nora I think you knocked her out pretty hard. I hope you Didn't kill her." Rej says. "Nahhhh! I've whacked Jaune on the head hundreds of times with that and he's still alive!" Nora exclaims. "Uhhh...Maybe that's why he's...nevermind" Ren brushes the topic off. Neon and Velvet walk up to Ruby's unconscious body and look at her. "So, it was her We felt" Neon says. "We all felt her" Blake says. Yang nods and says as she sits up, "We all feared it, but, who knew this is who she's become. She acted so much like a child, it's hard to beleive she's been so coordinated with all...her deeds."
"Maybe She was normally very coherant, and abke to keep her own emotions in check, but we, or namely you yang, reminded her of Her past, and in mocking your emotions, she felt something, that drew out what she felt was weakness, and she spiraled uncomtrollably, reverting to a part of her she held locked in" Ren explains. Silence falls as everyone thinks. The silence is soon broken by Nora, "Oh Ren (snort) You're so serious!" She boops him and he softly smiles. The moment is broken, by roars of a horde of grimm flying down from the sky and on foot. Everyone taken by suprise jumos up trying to bring their aura's up and circle around Ruby as They all become surrounded. "She may be a killer, but we can't let anything bad happen to Ruby. We have to protect her!" Yang says. Everyone else nods in agreement, blake pauses with her nod and swallows her pride and nods as well after a moment. As the grimm close in on them they stop in place, watching them, the grimm move out of the way in one spot as one giant grimm steps forward and walks up to them, to Velvet, He stares directly into her eyes. She stares back and gasps as she remembers. This is the grimm who Saved Ruby before when they were fighting. The grimm Points to Ruby's body and makes noises at them. "Why arent they attacking? whats going on!?" Nora asks confused. "I think...Is that grimm trying to communicate with us?" Blake says as she stares at the grimm looking at Velvet and Ruby. Everyone turns to look at this Grimm who makes more noises and points at Ruby again. "I thought they were supposed to all be hostile? wha..." Yang asks but is interrupted as it walks up to Velvet, who stands strong. The Grimm roars at her and stands up on his back legs. "Velvet, Let us see what he does" Ren says quickly. Velvet breathes deep and exhales slowly, as she moves out of the way, Blake and Neon Follow suit and do the same. The Grimm gets on all four leg's and walks up to Ruby and picks her body up with his arms, as a flying grimm comes down and he sets her on its back, the grimm carefully flies up and away. The grim who picked up Ruby stares Velvet in the eyes, and Roar's a fearsome growl, Velvet's eyes widen and she and Ren jumps into defensive stance's swiftly everyone else follows through as this grimm turns around and runs away following the flying grimm and the rest of the grimm, close in, in attack mode on the 6 of them.
"Not the best Of choices to let the enemy take our hostage Ren" Yang says as she readys her Ember Celica. "It was useful information" Ren responds as he takes out Stromflower. "Well, Now we have to stand and fight to protect this town" Blake says preparing Gambol shroud. "No, They aren't after the town, They're after us" Velvet responds readying herself. "Be ready to move fast!" Neon says equiping her skates and cracking her glowsticks jumping into attack position. "Time to diiiie!" Nora shouts as shoots Magnhild and the grimm all roar and the storm rages with their weapons clashing against the grimm, all through the night.
END CHAPTER 4
Author note; I'm thinking about changing the name to Crumson ose Reaper Ruby, what does everyone else think?