Okay, back to this, just posted the newest chapter of 'Corruption Of My Mind' if you don't read that and are just here for this, fine, no skin off my back. I'll give you what you want.

Chapter 6:

"Okay there is the bell, but before you students leave I first have to hand out homework." The fast speaking history teacher spoke beating everyone to the door blocking it. "You all have been getting by easily on your own, time to work as part of a team. You will work in pairs that you can decide yourself. All the history classes this year have the same project. The years available to study for this project 1810 to 1950. Eight A4 pages each by the end of the day on the thirty-first,"

With that the green haired man ran out of the room as Ruby smiled. She knew Yang was going to try and drag her into being partners but Ruby knew exactly how that song and dance went. Ruby did all the work, Yang alter some words and phrases here and there to just swoop in to get a B.

She however already had a plan. Anyone would be better than Yang. She quickly saw the person she was looking for getting ready to leave. She ran up to the girl and quickly hugged her. "Hey Cinder, can we work together on this project you are gonna need to answer fast before Yang asks please say yes." Ruby recited off at such speeds it would put their teacher to shame.

"Okay... um... why may I ask though? I mean... she isn't that bad." Cinder asked as Ruby relaxed.

Ruby let out a loud sigh as they began to walk out of the room. "You've only known her a month... you can ask anyone, I'll do all the work, she'll take the credit... it got annoying when I was eight when she learned she could do it. Took all of a month." Ruby continued as Cinder smiled as shortly Yang came running up.

"Not happening this time Yang. Cinder already agreed to partner with me." Ruby stuck her tongue out as Yang rolled her eyes and began to feign hurt. "The betrayal! The hurt! The knife is is stuck in my back. Pull it out fast!" Yang yelled showing her back to the duo as Ruby slapped her back.

"Fine, I'll go see if my Snow Pea wants to help. And we will get a higher grade. You fine hoofing it home tonight?" Yang asked as they began to walk out of the building. She could feel Ruby glaring into her back as she continued to walk out. "Yaaaannnngggg! No booty calls during the week! Especially when it is Mom's final day off for awhile." Ruby whined as Yang chuckled infuriating the smaller of the sister duo more.

"It isn't a booty call. I promise. I'm just going to study at Weiss' and I'll be back by dinner." Yang stopped mid sentence once she saw the rain starting to pelt down in sheets.

"Cinder did you drive today? Please say yes..." Ruby pleaded as Cinder smiled. "Yeah... but you still need a helmet... I can not stress that enough. It is dangerous to drive around without one."

"How do you think I got to school today? Yang drove, actually have my own helmet this time. Not Weiss' stupidly awkward fitting one... she has such an odd shaped head... it is the German blood I think..." Ruby joked knowing Weiss wasn't going be too far behind. She never was.

It wasn't too long before she felt a smack on the back of her head. "For that, it may just turn into a booty call. It depends on how much work Yang does." Weiss spoke as Yang held open the door and smiled. "Gonna text block you then!" Ruby yelled out to them as she turned to Cinder.

"Crap... I need to go get my jacket and helmet out of my locker... want to come? We can start spit balling ideas for this project Oobleck has us doing. Because I have nothing." Ruby asked as she gestured down a hall as Cinder smiled and began to walk down the hallway. Cinder had come to enjoy the time she spent with Ruby.

Even though they only knew each other for a month, but Ruby had always found a way to make her day. "Well, we can pitch ideas all we want... now, but that is a large time gap. We need something to limit it. Like do we want to do something from the world, or do you want to do something from US history... Do we do the twentieth century or the nineteenth century. Because that will limit what we can spit ball and be more productive."

"Kinda why I asked you... I got nothing... but do you want to go to the library tomorrow? We can start looking at random topics." Ruby asked as she opened her locker and pulled out her jacket and something that made Cinder frown a little. She wasn't sure what she was looking at was either decals or her helmet actually getting damaged.

Something Ruby noticed and began to poke Cinder in the nose. "It is decals, I have never crashed, or been in a crash on a motorcycle. Why does everyone act like I'm a danger to myself?" Ruby rhetorical asked as Cinder snapped out of her trance, "Sorry, It is just an odd choice of design... but I can't do tomorrow, need to help my dad out at the garage. It was kinda what I agreed to when he gave me my bike once we got it and he made sure it was safe. Sunday though I should be free."

Ruby froze mid zipping of her jacket. 'Think of a lie... I can't suddenly be sick Sunday... she may show up to check on me... I can't tell her the truth... Think think think!' That was when a light bulb moment happened as she finished zipping up her jacket.

"Can't... I'm meant to go and do some community work in the hospital... my parents are still punishing me for the crash. I have no idea why they keep this up... the car wasn't that bad. But that is just my opinion." Ruby continued as she picked her helmet back up and they began to walk towards the front door. "Something about them needing to spend a lot of money in repairing it. So I need to be there every other Sunday..." Ruby continued her lie as she rested her helmet just barely on her head.

"So we won't be able to get a start on this until today, which is kinda too early, we have no idea, or Monday... which suits you better?" Cinder asked pulling her helmet out and pushing it onto her head as they began to walk towards one of the few remaining vehicles in the school parking lot.

"Either work really. I mean like yes if we did some tonight no matter what I need to be back home at the latest of half six... parents are working like non stop then so they can get Christmas off... the last four years it has been just me and Yang. So they promised in January that we will be together as a family this year... so this is the last time we will see our Mom for twelve weeks, and the final time we will see our dad is this day next week... and then he is gone for eleven weeks."

"Damn that must suck... so Monday then. Give you all the time you can get with your mom... I do not want to come in between that. If we have like ten ideas each by Monday that would make us at least a little focused when we go to the library." Cinder responded as she kneeled down and began to unlock the brake lock.

Ruby smiled as she pushed her dark crimson helmet down fully as Cinder sat on on her bike and slipped the key into the ignition. Ruby flicked her black visor down as she climbed onto the back and wrapped her arms around Cinder who smiled as she turned the key and began to drive out of the car park. Causing them to smile as they turned onto the main road as Cinder held down the accelerator causing both girls to laugh.

There was something about Ruby's laugh that Cinder had just found contagious. As she laughed slowing down to a halt at a red light. "I always forget how sweet this thing is... pity you can't really go much faster the rest of the journey too many turns." Ruby spoke as Cinder began to turn.

"It's okay. Kinda gets dangerous the faster we go." Cinder spoke trying to just enjoy the rest of the journey with the smaller girl attached to her waist. She loved it whenever they were going anywhere, Cinder had a total of four different people from the friends she made on the back of her bike, and she only seemed to enjoy it when Ruby was holding onto her waist.

Ruby just smiled as the familiar scenery passing by, causing her to smile. She enjoyed it. For whatever reason she always was mad when she had a real coat, she liked it when Cinder would go fast, and the wind would nip at her skin. But as her house came into view she frowned knowing she would need to disengage from her comfortable spot.

Cinder pulled into the nearly empty driveway just as the door opened to a woman Cinder did not recognise. Ruby jumped off and pulled her helmet off. "Bye Cinder, safe trip the rest of the way home." Ruby got out as she walked up to the person standing in the doorway.

"Hey Aunt Raven..." Ruby got out quickly turning around to wave Cinder off as she quickly turned around and drove off. Ruby turned back to the brunette who gestured them to walk in. "Where is mom? Not that I'm not happy to see you. It has been so long." Ruby asked as she quickly hugged the woman.

"She is upstairs. Who was that?" Raven asked as Ruby rested her helmet on the post at the base of the stairs as she took her jacket off and hung it up. "That was Cinder, she is a new student, she is so cool. Totally has Yang jealous with that motorcycle."

"I'd say... what is that the Ninja H2? Those are expensive. How did she afford one?" Raven asked as she followed Ruby into the kitchen. "A friend of her dad races them and got it from Kawasaki but disliked the street legal model. And her dad doesn't like riding them. So he gave it to her. It is so sweet. Kinda makes me want to learn how to drive one just so she would let me drive it... but everyone is scared I'll total another thing. Like it was nearly a month ago." Ruby continued as she opened the fridge and began to rummage through it.

"From what I heard the worry you put your parents through is what is causing some distrust with them. I don't really blame them mind you." Raven answered as Ruby spoke up, "They worry over everything about me though... I cough up a little blood, they worry. I crash a car they panic. I learn how to hot wire they panic. I throw up from chemo they panic." Ruby continued to rant as she smiled at what she was looking for. She reached into the fridge and pulled out a large black can with green lettering.

She closed the fridge and was about to open it when the can was taken from her. She turned around to see Summer holding the can. "You know I don't like you drinking this stuff. It is full of sugar and chemicals. It is terrible for your health." Summer continued as she walked back and placed the can back into the fridge and grabbed a clear plastic bottle and handed it to her daughter.

"Neither is Chemo. Which does so many more bad things..." Ruby huffed as she opened the bottle and took a drink. "Where is Yang? I was just about to start dinner." Summer asked as Ruby held a finger up taking another big gulp.

"Does she always pull excuses like that?" Raven asked as Ruby recapped the bottle. "I'm not wrong. Chemo sucks... and burns a little... could be because the stuff I'm getting pumped with is essentially poison. But the entire year got a history project and I already got partnered with Cinder so she went with Weiss. She said she would be back by dinner."

"Would have loved to see her... and actually talk to her instead of a lightning visit Tai or Summer would send me on to make sure neither of you having set the house on fire. It just doesn't feel right."

"Like I could call her... but Weiss does live nearly half an hour away. If we knew you would be here we would have come straight home. We love spending time with you and haven't seen you since the end of summer vacation." Ruby spoke as Raven rounded the island in the middle of the kitchen. "Would you please do that?"

"Okay, I'll be upstairs mom. Gonna get some homework done. I'll let you know if Yang is on her way." Ruby got out and began to climb the stairs and fished her phone. 'I just hope Yang isn't busy studying that would suck. Only need to do that once in a lifetime.'

As she opened her door, she tossed her bag onto her bed and quickly took a seat in her chair. As the ringing filled her ear she was happy that Yang answered. "Rubes this best be good."

"Raven is here, she wanted to talk with you. I bet it is to take that trip with you she has always wanted to do. You know seeing as the end of high school is within sight." Ruby spoke and heard a distinct sound of Weiss groaning in the background.

"Fine I'll be on my way in a few. Just need to sort some things out here, with the studyin-"

"Don't need to know the rest Yang. I'll relay the message to Raven and mom. Just for the sake of my sanity and my friendship with Weiss, please stop there." Ruby spoke and got slightly annoyed when she could hear the groan from Weiss and snicker from Yang. "Fine, but if you get snappy, I start to describe. Now I need to go Ruby. Bye."

Ruby heard the dial tone causing her to roll her eyes, "Bye then Yang. Just hang up on me."

"MOM! AUNT RAVEN! SHE IS ON HER WAY NOW!" Ruby yelled causing a single "THANKS RUBY!" from Raven.

Ruby quickly leaned over and pulled out some of her books to get the little homework she had to get done. "Might as well get that freaking essay on Macbeth done... why does this year have to be the year we do a Tragedy? Just seems to be a buzz kill for me." Ruby spoke as she opened the book and began to read scene again so it was fresh in her mind.

"Hey Raven, been a while. How are the little shits doing?" Yang asked walking in through the front door, helmet in hand quickly hugging Raven. "Why do you keep calling them that? It wasn't that long ago you were in Middle School..."

"Come on, I was not that bad like the worst thing I did was piss off a few teachers." Yang joked as Raven raised an eyebrow. "What about that chicken you placed into my ceiling? Or that time you started to place tarantulas in the boys bathroom to hear them scream?"

"Actually since you graduated the complaints have decreased to what I should be dealing with. Not my biological daughter wanting to cause havoc." Raven continued as Yang snickered at the memory.

"Those were funny and you know it. Damn private school kids don't know how to deal with a freaking spider. That is totally not my fault." Yang joked as she walked into the kitchen. "Mom, you need some help with dinner?" Yang asked as she opened the fridge and grabbed a black can and opened it.

"No Yang, I got it covered. Raven wanted to talk to you about that trip you both wanted to take once you graduate." Summer spoke as she quickly replaced the lid on the pot on the stove. As Yang smiled, "Okay Mom. If you need help just holler." Yang quickly ran up and hugged Summer and began to walk into the living room where Raven sat.

"Yang, get up. You are meant to take me to chemo. We need to get going if you want to eat anything." Ruby stated pushing Yang out of her bed. Yang sat up and glared at Ruby. She just knew it was too early to even do anything, let alone drive.

"What time is it? If it is before six, cancer or not, I'm going to kill you. I need sleep." Yang spoke rubbing her eyes as Ruby turned the light on. "It is seven, and we have an hour to get to the hospital, now go get some coffee and something to eat... I'm going to try and find something somewhat entertaining I haven't done a billion times over." Ruby continued crossing her arms waiting for Yang to get up.

"Go and get changed in the bathroom. I do not trust you to do it here. Go! I want to get this stupid ass hospital trip over with so I can go and puke up my guts out, and deal with a slew of other issues. That always comes with this. I will crash your motorcycle if you make me drive myself." Ruby demanded as Yang stood up rubbing her eyes further walking out of her room grumbling.

"Is the coffee brewed? Because if not, you may be late. I really need a lot right now. I was up super late." Yang asked closing the door as Ruby walked up just behind her to pound on the door.

"Hard to get changed without clothes! And no! We ran out yesterday! And don't bitch about a lack of sleep!" Ruby yelled as Yang opened the door and took the clothes in Ruby's outstretched hands. "Jeez you think if you were sleep deprived it would be less pushy... especially seeing as you hate chemo and hospitals in general." Yang muttered closing the door again.

"It is because I don't like them I want to get this out of the way. Now hurry up, and you may get some time with Weiss while I debate if I should get a bed for the bathroom." Ruby yelled back and soon the door was thrown open once more to reveal a slight sluggish blonde. Ruby could just see the rings under her eyes.

"We need to go find a Starbucks... or anywhere I can get coffee first. Unless you have like meth or something... I just need to wake up... I'll deal with the addiction issue later."

"I'm too tired to make some bitchy comment. If you don't want to eat anything, let's go. I'll impress what's his face... three years and never once been early." Ruby spoke walking down the stairs. Ignoring the sluggishness of her sister behind her. "Ruby if there isn't a single place open for coffee you best hope the cancer beats me to killing you."

"It is seven in the morning. If they all were closed it would be the first time ever. In the history of the world. Especially seeing as there is a Starbucks like three blocks from the hospital." Ruby continued as she quickly grabbed her set of house keys and placed them into her pocket. "I thought you were too tired to make bitchy comments." Yang asked as she quickly grabbed her keys and began to check to see if she had everything as she grabbed her jacket and zipped it up her jacket and held out Ruby's who came back in holding both helmets.

"I have some on hand. I always do. And you owe me some because I shouldn't have to wake you up when you know you're meant to take me to chemo. It isn't fair on either of us. And I doubt Mom and Dad will let me drive any time soon even when I do get a licence." Ruby continued as she quickly swapped with Yang and began to zip her jacket up and rested her helmet on her head.

"Come on, we need to get me wired. I need a caffeine fix." Yang spoke holding the door open as Ruby smiled and grabbed her messenger bag and pushed her helmet on fully as she stepped out closing the door as Yang unlocked her bike and began to wheel it out as Ruby locked the front door. And quickly walked over to Yang and climbed on just as Yang turned the key.

Ruby closed her eyes lightly as she held onto Yang and frowned. It just felt different compared to when she was with Cinder. She had tried to figure out why a few times and could just come up that. But she let the vibrations lull her into a small pseudo rest. Just focused enough in the real world as to make it easier for Yang to turn. She knew the trip was never that long. Only half an hour from their home with Yang's normal route. But just enough for her to relax into her big sister's back.

As she felt the motorcycle come to a stop she pulled her head up and looked around to see them parking in the hospital car park. Ruby climbed off and removed her helmet and squinted at the bright morning sun. "Right, you go in... I'm going to go get coffee. I'll be in to find you shortly. I just need like four or five red eyes... I got like an hour's sleep if that." Yang spoke taking her helmet off and tossed it to Ruby who began to walk into the hospital.

Once she was through the door she could see some of the staff surprised at her appearance. When she walked up to the desk to see a nurse look up, "Your in early... granted I'm sure Jim is going to be happy." the nurse said looking up from her computer. "Yeah there was no coffee, and I had to wake Yang up. Mind if I leave our helmets back there?" Ruby asked holding both helmets up as the nurse took them behind the desk

"Jim is in his office. You know the way. Just try not to cause any trouble." the nurse spoke as Ruby nodded and quickly walked behind the double doors and began to walk down the all too familiar hallways as she approached the oncology department. She quickly found the room she was looking for and knocked. She heard a loud 'Come in' as she opened the door to see her oncologist sitting at his desk.

"Sorry I'm early. Just had no coffee and had to get Yang out of the bed. So it was going to be either late or early." Ruby spoke unzipping her jacket as the tall blonde haired man stood up and quickly fixed his suit jacket and smiled. "It is okay Ruby. Thankfully we can get the treatment started early. Get you out of here by noon." He continued as he lead Ruby out of the room.

"Yay... vomiting most of the day... fun," Ruby sarcastically said as she followed him into a large open room with multiple seats. And machines. "Mind if I get the machine next to Neo? You know at least I can talk to someone and not tempt to kill someone."

"Fine, room is empty. Go get comfortable I'll go and get the things needed." Jim spoke as Ruby smiled and walked over to the seat after waving in her hand in front of girl's book to attract her attention. She smiled at how the girl's face lit up, followed by reaching into a bag next to her to pull out a note pad and pen.

'Hey Ruby' Was written in big letters as Ruby smiled. "How have you been? Haven't seen you here in a while." Ruby asked as the other girl quickly turned the notepad facing her again.

It wasn't long before it was facing Ruby again, 'Only a few more sessions after this. Then hopefully it has gone into remission. What about you?'

"Nowhere near remission. It is just barely controlled if the last scans are anything to go by. But final year of school started. So college panic... yay." Ruby joked as the Oncologist came back into the room causing Ruby to groan a little and removed her jacket as she rolled up her right sleeve.

"Well, only a few more left this year Ruby. So there is that to look forward to I suppose." Jim tried to joke as Ruby rolled her eyes. "Not really something to look forward to until the tumour starts to shrink." Ruby joked back as the doctor smiled.

"This may be the treatment to start that, so let's get started." He spoke as he started the machine as Ruby laid back into the chair to let the doctor start his work. 'Hopefully this is also the first treatment I don't get violently sick.' Ruby mused to herself as she closed her eyes.

Author's Note:

Okay, fun to write, but a few more plot points and an excuse for Cinder and Ruby to be together... don't you love them? Not noticing their feelings just yet. Gonna be fun. Time to quickly rest and then start another round of writing. See you guys then.