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Ruby was nervous. The reason why was because today was the day. She would take the first step in finding out what Yang was on about, about this little game of hers. Today was the day that the huntsmen from Beacon would come visit her school.
She couldn't sit still, with her impatience for the huntsman or huntress increasing with each passing minute. Even though She was sure her teacher was just mistaking her excitement for what was being taught today, Ruby just couldn't pay attention to the topic that the class was teaching. Was today's lesson on dust? Or about math and science? Ruby wasn't paying attention and she could only wonder what the time was.
She curiously glanced at the clock to find that she only had to wait another five minutes for the class to be over. It seemed that the almost everyone else was bursting with excitement. To some of them it was the potential to go to the last class of the day. To others they had important meetings such as a date or a family outing. To Ruby Rose next class signaled that a huntsmen will be speaking to them. A real huntsmen from Beacon Academy, one of the four most prestigious schools in Remnant, who would probably be talking about what to expect when attending Beacon.
Sure,it would be another lecture,but it would be so cool just to hear them talk! Ruby wondered. She also was curious on who would grace Signal with a speech today,and she quickly packed her bag to head over to the next classroom that housed her father of all people. One Mr. Taiyang Xiao-Long.
Entering the room,she scanned for anything out of the ordinary, maybe another person who she had never seen before. But to her disappointment,she saw no such person.
She took a seat,a glum look reflected in her eyes, and she sulked by putting her head into her arms. The crowd of students moved to their seats, as friends greeted each other as they came from different classes. Some pulled out their books to take notes, while others just did what they did in the class. There wasn't really a huntsmen to be excited about... to them it was just another class with another teacher.
A bell rang as the class settled down, footsteps echoing in the room. Not long after, Ruby's dad's voice bellowed into the quiet classroom.
"Hello,class. Today we'll be taking a break from our usual lessons for a special guest speaker coming from one of the prestigious academies that reside in each corner of the world.
The class became lively,as people turned to talk to each other about what kind of huntsmen would be coming and from which academy. Ruby specifically knew the person was coming from Beacon and she couldn't wait to talk to them.
Taiyang waited a few minutes for the class to settle down before he went over to the door and ushered someone in. "Class, meet Professor Peter Port and Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck from Beacon Academy," he announced. The class clapped and cheered as the two entered the building.
One was large and rotund, with a grey mustache that took over half of his face. He wore a large red coat jacket and seemed to have a jolly demeanor, as he laughed at something her father had whispered to them. The other was tall and spindly,with glasses and green hair. He was dressed intellectually with a buttoned shirt and tie.
The two made it up to the front of the class, with the portly man making his way to the front. The other stood at the board and started to write a vast quantity of information, from what Ruby inferred it seemed to be dates and names, down at an insane speed. Ruby knew about speed, how fast someone can move can baffle people but she understood, she had a semblance that focused on speed as well. The speed at which he was moving his arms and hands made it impossible for her naked eye to catch.
Meanwhile,her attention was brought back to Professor Peter in front,who started his lecture to the class.
"Monsters, demons, prowlers of the night! The creatures of Grimm have many names that people call them, yet to me I call them prey!" The man started strong. Ruby was on the edge of her seat,waiting for the knowledge to pour into her.
"Let me tell you all a story about a man, a young man... me!" Professor Peter Port explained, as he talked... and talked... and talked some more.
Where was the knowledge about Grimm? Could they really be taken down by a left shoe. What was with these ridiculous, silly stories... she wanted a real huntsmen. Not a fake.
"And there I was,a beauty in one hand and my belt in the other,wearing nothing save for my shorts that somehow survived the blast! I looked to the damsel and reassured her with a smile before I..." the portly professor exclaimed as he positioned himself just as he described himself in the story, his arm hooked as if it was around the waist of a person and a hand raised as if he was holding a belt or a whip, to further immerse them into his story,when the other huntsmen, Professor Oobleck if Ruby recalls, tapped him on the shoulder, interrupting him mid-sentence.
"Yes,Bart?" The professor raised an eyebrow before he noticed. "Ah, I may have lost myself there. Off you go, Bart. Show them what being a Huntsmen is all about!"
Ruby perked up at the thought of someone other than Professor Peter speaking as she excitingly picked up her pen once more, ready to write down the good advice on how to be a huntsmen.
"History. A topic many find boring,yet a topic that is of great importance! For you see, if you cannot learn from history,then you are doomed to repeat it!"
Ruby slumped a bit, her smile turning back into a frown. Maybe she could put the pen down this time around… She was starting to think to ask Uncle Qrow if he had some good tips. As messy and drunk as he was, he may have been a better alternative.
Ruby gave a tiny slap to her cheeks as she focused on the front of the class again. No! I have to get these teachers on my side, she thought to herself. She needed to get someone with resources to go out and find what Yang was looking for.
So Ruby sat through the class bored, as they explained more and more subjects to her. She sat through and waited, biding her time. She patiently waited until the bell rang, knowing that it was the last class of the day. She had to go see the two guest speakers, the two huntsmen from Beacon.
Bounding from her seat as the rest of the class got up to exit the classroom. With the display today, no one was really looking to ask the two huntsmen questions . But in Ruby's case,that was perfect. She wanted to question the two and potentially sway them if she could...but what could she offer? Cookies? They were the greatest thing to ever exist so they surely wouldn't turn that down would they?
How about weapons... like tips about weapons and what to build. Ruby realized she didn't have much to offer the two professional huntsmen anything, other than cookies and weapon parts. She didn't have fortunes, and she didn't have supplies and such to sway them to her side. She had information,but that in itself was limited. That was the reason why she wanted to recruit the two, so that they can gain information and do something with it.
Ruby thought of other ways that she could bring the two to her side. The movies that her dad used to watch when he thought Ruby and Yang were asleep . The ones where those women were shaking their hips and bending over a bit to seduce the guy on TV so that they could get information from them.
She thought the action was really kickass, with shouting and shooting. Though if she was to run a gang, she would have tied the main character up unlike the movies. She wondered how they didn't know that the good guys always got a weird crime movie, she thought. Ruby remembered the memories about what the girl did to get the information from the guys-or, well, have them join her side-, while glancing at her own body.
"They're still growing…" she said to herself, when a voice from behind made her jump. "What, still growing? Thinking of seducing me already? I've been told I have that charm. Alas, you are much too young for me, and if I were to oblige your desires then that in itself would be a crime!" the portly professor chortled, making Ruby gulped.
"Enough, Peter, we cannot frighten the young girl now, she obviously wants to ask us questions, yes! That is why you stayed after everyone left around. ten minutes ago, am I right?"
"Yes! Exactly. I wanted to ask you some..." the vision of the girl in that weird crime movie flashed into her mind as she stuttered. "ques... questions," she nervously giggled.
"Ask away child, ask away!" Professor Oobleck spoke, which helped Ruby gained the confidence she needed.
"It's just that... I need some help with something. My sister said there was a game that required people to find the other sides' boss. She used to have Uncle Qrow on her team and someone else, but they were found out so she dropped them."
"And what do you propose for us to do, miss?" Professor Oobleck spoke
"I thought we could work together. I can talk to my sister and you guys can talk to my Uncle. We could meet up again to find out what she wanted."
" You're asking us to find out what your sister is dealing with? That she may be in trouble?" Professor Port asked. Ruby nodded her head in response.
"I can't exactly talk to Yang or Qrow about it since they're in on the secret. I can't talk to Dad about this since he'll freak out. So I only got the two of you, since none of my friends would be able to dig out information from my uncle... I need an adult for that."
"Splendid reasoning, Miss. I agree wholeheartedly because I can sense your love for your sister!" Professor Port exclaimed. Ruby shrunk back as her cheeks heated up, as she was only looking for her own sister's wellbeing.
"Then I must agree with you as well. It is a huntsman's duty to help those in need, and you came to us with a problem we can solve." Professor Oobleck agreed with his compatriot, as he zeroed in on Ruby. "Tell us more about what's going on and we will do all we can to help".
Ruby shook with excitement, she jumped up and gave the two men a hug.
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!" Ruby was pleased. She was elated, elated that her scheme was going as planned. She could let them do the researching , while she could enjoy a nice cookie celebration.
The two watched as the young girl ran out of the room and proceeded to look at each other. Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck went forward to lock the door and turned to his professor in arms.
"So Ozpin's suspicions were true," Oobleck spoke, as Professor Peter Port nodded his head.
"Ms. Xiao-Long seems to know a good deal of what Mr. Qrow Branwen does if she knows about his activities that he does for the headmaster."
"This Ruby girl is awfully concerned about Yang. Do you think this faction is threatening her?" Dr. Oobleck asked.
Peter Port recoiled in surprise. "Blasted, what tipped you off about that?"
"She stuttered and hesitated when was asking us questions. Maybe she wants protection, or maybe her family is in danger. That's also maybe why Ms. Yang Xiao-Long, her sister, is doing what she is doing." Dr. Oobleck said. He observed Ruby's body language and it spoke of someone uncertain of themselves, that something wasn't going to go right.
It could have been that she couldn't ask them to help her out of a dire situation. Or maybe it was because she knew others would be hurt if she didn't act swiftly. Only time can tell, and they had to move fast.
"Also, it has come to my attention that she knows information that even we don't know." Dr. Oobleck sighed. "Is the Branwen family that special?"
"Time will only tell my friend. Time will tell." Professor Port said as he clapped his hands. Welp! Time to report to the headmaster.t It will be a long flight back!"
The two huntsmen and professors unlocked the door and made their way out of the bullheads.
Back at Beacon, the two gave their report as the two left Ozpin glanced toward Glynda.
"It seems there are more players than we were led to believe." Ozpin sighed.
"Do you think Salem could be working her way into the Xiao-Long family?" Glynda Goodwitch asked as Ozpin shook his head.
"They wouldn't have stopped their efforts on Qrow if he was a known asset to them. If anything, they would have tried to silence him. It seems there is another faction at play here... and a birth of a fourth, if I am led to believe." Ozpin looked at the papers on his desk. Papers that contained information about a new point of interest. About a Yang Xiao-Long.
Yang Xiao-long with an unknown amount of associates, and Ruby Rose with herself and his own teachers acting as a double agent for her own faction. They would bring information from both of them in time. If I am led to believe that the two were going to split the tasks, one was going to monitor Ruby and the other on Yang herself. Glynda and him would monitor Qrow for any chances he may have betrayed them.
Ozpin felt his headache grow as he took a drink from his coffee.
"Take the rest of the day off, Glynda. More work is coming our way with this mishap."
"Understood," Ms. Goodwitch simply said as she departed.
As Ozpin stared at his papers, he looked at the information on Salem, on the maidens, on the information that Ironwood had sent him in regards to a crazy scientist that experimented on Grimm.
"It's going to be a long few months." Ozpin sighed. He got his favorite pen and took the first page off the stack.
Meanwhile, there was an individual who was typing away at their scroll.
It was simple,really. A message-an update-to the current situation.
To A.1 and Co.,
There is a contingency this time around. Ozpin knows about A.5. He knows that she is up to something and that something is going to clash with his own plans and intent.
He has already sent out people to observe A.5-and by that extension, the one who started to pique his interests. Ruby Rose has spoken to Ozpin's faction about Yang's "game" and she seemed to be wanting to form a faction of her own.
If you want me to, I can deter the formation of this group, or even aid it depending on what the general consensus of the group will be.
It would form another player that can take Ozpin's mind off of our group, as well as introduce a new element that Salem's faction will have to deal with.
It is lonely here without A.6 to aid him in swaying the group. But,alas, I must shoulder the burden by myself as I did in my heydays.
It's only for another three years, but I do plan to see most of you before then. Three more years before the downfall occurs, and we can move freely as we please.
Looking forward to reliving old times.
A.4
Welcome back to another chapter of MSIATT.
Ruby makes her move to find out more about her sister. Ozpin knows whats going on and so does the Time Travel committee.
I really need to start planning again since I reached the amount of chapters I've planned ahead... to be honest I was stuck on how Ruby was going to pop the big question and ask for help and to say the least I am still not satisfied by this.
On another note, I want proof readers to help me bring this story to its full potential. I had someone beta the first 75% and they were unable to finish the last 25% so I tried my best to put it up to their standards and then I updated this when it was fully beta read... to say the least I am disappointed with myself in how many errors popped up.
To those interested, and to those who just want to say something in general. I appreciate a PM or a review as they always motivate me to continue writing. Be they good or bad.
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