"So you brought a dog. A dog to an apartment complex." Raye groaned after Glynda refused to help him (probably the first time I actually liked Glynda Goodwitch).
'It's just a dog." Ruby whined.
"Yeah. But there is a principle. What if Cinder decides to bring an ursa and call it a pet or something?" Raye argued.
'I'm pretty sure a grimm can't be a pet." Blake said.
"Blake, they make Tiger's pets in this world, that doesn't mean they don't still maul people's faces off." Raye argued.
'What's a tiger?" Ruby asked.
"I think that is something to deal with later. What of our living quarters?" Winter interrupted.
"Fortunately, we bought some extra futons, so there are enough. But I don't know about utilities or what rooms are vacant." Raye said, turning to Glynda.
'The third and fourth floors are vacant. As is the apartment right next to this one."
"I will take the apartment next door." Winter said.
"hey Ice queen, why are you even here?" Roman asked.
"The same could be asked of you." Winter shot back.
"Enough fighting." Raye said briskly, clearly annoyed.
'Winter get's the one next door. Roman will get one on the fourth floor. Weiss and Ruby will take 401, Blake and Yang, 402. Grab your futons and go; I'll bring the cards with me once I get Glydna sorted.
"Already got the boss lady around your little finger? How far did you guys go?" I asked jokingly. At this Glynda paled, horrified at the implication that she had slept with him.
"Yang, What I do in my time is my business, just how your not so secret love affair with Blake is yours." Raye replied, making me conclude that he actually had not slept with Goodwitch.
I didn't react well to that. Mostly because my mouth clicked shut.
"He's got you there sis." Ruby said, hoisting a rolled up bundle of cloth, which was actually a futon. "I just hope our apartments aren't this bad."
"They're not, Just don't let Goodwitch in and you should be fine." Raye said grimacing as Glynda kicked him in the shin.
It felt like forever before Raye came over with our plastic key cards.
"Don't lose these. And don't stick them with anything magnetic." He said sliding one into the door. He twisted the doorknob and the door opened with a metallic click. Raye pushed the door inwards before stepping out of the way.
"Make yourselves at home." He said casually. Blake grinned as she walked inside with her futon, thanking him as she passed the doorway.
"Not coming inside with us?" I asked with a grin.
"Do you want any help unpacking?" He asked calmly. I shook my head.
"We'll be fine." I said. Suddenly there was a thunderous crash. Ryae and I spun towards the apartment next door.
"What the hell?" Raye asked. I groaned.
"You dunce!" Came a voice that clearly belonged to Weiss.
Ryae rushed over and yanked open the apartment door. Within what must have been half a second, all color drained from his face and his jaw dropped open, eyes wide.
"What did she do?" I asked, strolling up before glancing inside. "Oh man, I didn't think it would be that bad."
What had once been a two room apartment was now an apartment with half of its floor missing. Ruby was standing still on the further tatami matted room, it's floor unharmed. The wooden floor leading to the room however mysteriously vanished once you left the hallway leading to the actual apartment.
"I didn't mean to! I thought what's a few pieces of wood? I didn't mean to have the floor give way!"
"You dolt! You took out the supports and then tried to build a bed on it! Don't you know whose apartment we are over? I told you to ask first!" Weiss shouted at my poor sister, hands on her hips as she continued her rant.
"Ruby, how the hell did you do this?" Raye asked. He cautiously took a step into the room, wary of what else could collapse.
"I used some of the boards! I wanted bunk beds like at Beacon!"
"Have you checked how low the ceiling is?" He asked.
Ruby slowly glanced up, noting that the ceiling was actually only three or four feet above her head. Bunk beds could have fit, but whoever was on the top would not have been able to sit up Ruby would have smashed her head into the ceiling enough times to put holes in the floor above her, as well as the floor below.
"Um… oops." Ruby said, chuckling uncomfortably. I glanced over at Raye, our would-be manager who currently was not managing very well. Wasn't this his job? I get being a sucky fighter; he has no muscle on him, but also not being able to manage anything? I wondered why Professor Ozpin chose him.
Before the situation could escalate further I clapped a hand down on Raye's shoulder. "Well! It's getting late! We all are stressed out, we should go relax."
"I agree!" Ruby said quickly, clearly she had picked up a few of my lessons about getting out of trouble, always propose doing something fun, people forget that they were ever angry when they had fun.
"Like what?" Weiss asked.
"Am I the only one who hasn't forgotten we are talking across a hodl into my apartment?" Raye asked loudly.
"Whelp we can fix that later!" I said quickly, grabbing his collar and dragging him back outside.
"Let go! let go! leggo!" he begged as I dragged him towards the stairs. Weiss and Ruby followed behind. I pulled out my scroll and sent a quick text to Blake telling her to meet us downstairs. I smiled, I was so going to enjoy tonight!
A few minutes later Blake met us all outside of Raye's apartment. Raye was shaking his head.
"Completely unacceptable." He muttered
'What is?" Ruby asked. Raye pointed to our clothes.
'Your clothes aren't something that one goes on to the street with."
"Hey!" I exclaimed "These are nice clothes!"
"You are in Japan, it isn't the most accepting country when it comes to revealing clothes. You'll attract more attention than… than…" Raye paused, not knowing how to finish the sentence.
"Than what?"
"Than a bull in a china shop!" He finally said.
"A what in a what?" Ruby asked.
"You dolt! China is the name of a luxury furniture brand!" Weiss snapped. Turning to Raye "On that note, do they have any stores here?"
Raye shook his head.
I clapped my hands together "We should be off! Where is the nearest club?" I asked.
Raye looked at me aghast. "You are not going to a club armed to the teeth!"
"We're not!" Ruby argued, "I'm only bringing Crescent Rose!"
"None of us have weapons that have to do with our teeth anyway." Blake pointed out. Raye slapped himself in the face. His palm covering almost the entirety of his face.
'What are you doing?" Ruby asked. Raye's hand dropped as he stared at Ruby incredulously.
"Have you never heard of a facepalm?" He asked.
"A facepalm?" Weiss asked. A look of confusion on her face as she cocked her head to one side.
"You know what, Forget it. This is going to be hell for me regardless of what I do. I might as well get used to this mess." He began, a hint of anger in his voice. He spun around "Where's Glynda? If we are all going out we should bring her, winter and Roman."
I grabbed his shoulder, "Nope. You are not doing that this is a bonding experience with Team RWBY!"
He looked at me before nodding slowly. A sigh escaped his lips. "There's a club called Duckbeak nearby. Follow me, I'll cover the entry since you guys have no money."
Weiss opened her mouth to protest but Ruby covered her mouth quickly, My little sister has learned so much! I thought happily. Now to see how much I could screw with Raye. A few moments later Raye walked by us and opened the door to the main staircase.
"Well, coming?" He asked impatiently.
"no duh!" I said, sauntering over.
"What are you writing Yang?" A voice said behind her. Yang spun around, slamming her right fist into the person's face. A small squeal of pain followed as the man, dressed in workout clothes clutched his face.
"Yang!" Ruby shrieked
"What was that for?" Weiss demanded
"I think she broke my face! Damn it! Don't you know what holding back is woman?" Raye said furiously.
"That's what happens when you sneak up on someone." Yang said haughtily, she stood over Raye, placing her hands on her hips.
Raye slowly stood, "How do I look? Anything broken?" He asked Ruby, A thumbs up from Ruby caused most of the tension to slip out of his frame and the fury to recede from his eyes.
"Yang What the hell are you doing in my apartment?" He asked calmly.
"Writing." Yang replied calmly.
"What are you writing you huge oaf?" Weiss demanded, marching over to the laptop.
"I'm writing about the club trip and our first day on Earth."
Weiss spun around, terror on her face. Ruby also looked a little frightened, frozen like a deer in a car's headlights.
"I thought Weiss was supposed to write the next one!" Raye said quickly, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.
"Yeah but Glynda was sooo boring. Weiss would have been the same!"
Raye groaned. "You Yang, will make me old before my time. Just write it."
"Sooo, no punishment for entering your apartment?"
"Breaking and entering is a crime, I will be sure to report it to everyone." Raye said. Yang snorted in a response.
"And then post those magical girl pictures of you and Ruby. I'm sure the CCT will love having Yang Xiao Long in a fluffy tutu. "
"I gave those to you in confidence!"
"You also taught me to use blackmail. You reap what you sow."
Yang pouted. Before she sat back down at the computer. "I will get my revenge!" She exclaimed as Raye, Ruby and Weiss sat down on the couch and turned on the Xbox.
"Sure, Whatever Yang. Weiss, Ruby, Battlefront or Grimm Eclipse?"
Anyway back to the party! Raye blushed, as I got close. This was going to be so fun. He spun around, "follow me!" he said quickly. We all followed him happily, not even noticing that we had picked up a hanger-on.
Down a dingy street, turn right, walk another five minutes and take another right and you hit yet another dingy street. In the middle of this dingy street is a small, cramped, underground club called Duckbeak. The club itself was in desperate need of redecorating, not to mention an expansion, but hey, it was the only one Raye knew of, he wasn't much of a party guy at that point. We followed him down the stairs. All of us were dressed well, or as well as we had been when we fought that paladin our first year. Blake whimpered slightly.
I turned to look a her. 'What's wrong?" I asked, wondering if she could already hear the music.
"The music is a little loud, I'll get used to it." She said quietly, throwing ona slight grin to comfort me. I knew that the second half was bullshit, and thinking back, I should have cared more, but Blake was an adult, just like the rest of us, If she wanted to leave, she would. At least, thinking back that's how I rationalized it.
To be fair, I didn't expect to spend the next morning in a cell.
"You never do." Blake said over Yang's shoulder.
"Yeah, but hell, that was a lot of fun."
"I don't think everyone else thought that. Winter was almost apoplectic that her sister had a record."
"It was just some slight vandalism!"
"And battery, and assault with a deadly weapon, be thankful that Raye was there to basically lie us out of prison terms."
"I thought that was Glynda giving the cops bags full of money."
"That too."
The night started out well enough. They didn't have strawberry sunrises, hell, they had no idea what a strawberry sunrise was. I tried pantomiming, drawing and crying, zilch, the bartender was useless. I eventually got a mojito and they gave it to me in a PLASTIC CUP! And at the risk of sounding like the Ice Princess, It was just so low class, hot sweaty crowded with loud music Maybe if the bartender was dressed in something better than a T-shirt, handing out old plastic cups, I might have liked the place. But to make matters even worse, it was only ten PM and people were stumbling around drunk. My hope of a fun night faded a little.
After that, things went south fast. How fast you ask? I hadn't even hit the dance floor.
"pretty lady, good hair." Some weirdo behind me said. I turned,
"back off, not interested." The guy was dressed in a crummy stained T shirt and ripped jeans, His sneakers were falling apart, he had a patchy beard and four piercings on one ear. He stumbled about. Several other people turned to look at him. Most looked on in mild curiosity, some with disgust.
"Pretty lady, how would you like me?" He asked attempting to sound sly.
"No." I said turning and walking off.
Honestly, drunk guys hitting on me are a dime a dozen, sometimes it's fun to flirt, but that guy was SMASHED. There was literally nothing to flirt with but a bottle of booze.
I saw Raye standing by a corner, talking to Blake, Weiss and Ruby were on the dance floor, Weiss attempting to dance to EDM was a laugh, I made note that next time, I would need to bring my camera.
Then that drunk bastard grabbed my hair.
'I want some." He said. My aura flared, eyes crimson with fury. I turned to see him making a kissing face.
I doubt he expected to end up kissing my fist.
His head spun around, a creaking sound coming as he crashed into a table.
Raye and Blake ran up. "What the hell was that for?" He asked in a panicked tone. Staring at at mess I had just caused.
"He grabbed my hair!" I exclaimed, my eyes clearly crimson colored.
Raye stared at me, a look of confusion on his face. "he grabbed you're hair?" He asked calmly. I nodded.
"And so you, who can punch giant steel robots apart, decided to punch an aura-less human?"
"When you put it that way It doesn't sound so good." I muttered, feeling mildly concerned.
"We have to get out of here." Blake said quickly.
She lurched forward as Weiss slung her arm over Blake's shoulder. "Nah Blake.' She slurred, her face bright red, "We shhhould shtay longerrrrr."
Raye turned. "Weiss Schnee is drunk?" He put a hand to his head and groaned. "I feel a headache coming on. Is this what Glynda feels like on a daily basis?"
"Probably." Blake said, annoyance clear on her face.
"I only had one drink…" Weiss moaned "I'm not that drunk!"
"What drink?" Raye asked. The look on his face making it clear he had several ideas.
"Shomyu? Shoki? Something like that…."
"Was it Shochu by chance?"
Weiss pointed at him "yeah! Good stuff."
"No wonder she's hammered." Raye said, turning to look for Ruby.
"Where's ruby?"
"Weiss! Where did you go? It's bright and loud and everyone smells funny!" Ruby said wandering up to us. Raye tapped her shoulder. She spun around
'Raye! What happened to Weiss why is she all-"
"Ruby!" Weiss exclaimed peeling herself off Blake and giving Ruby a big hug. "My best friend in the whole world!"
Ruby turned several shades of red, although it might have looked more like blue, probably due to the strobe lights.
"Am I the only one creeped out by this?" I asked. Raye and Blake nodded in unison, each looking like they were observing a strange, unknown animal.
Then again, Weiss Schnee is a strange unknown animal.
This was conveniently interrupted by several uniformed people. One of whom unfortunately attempted to rip Weiss off of ruby.
"Don't touch my friend!" Weiss exclaimed casting a glyph, the man flew into a nearby wall with a crack.
"Not this…" Raye moaned as the other two drew weapons, ad we did likewise.
Half a hour, three riot squads and two downed helicopters later, The four of us (Raye somehow got away) ended up in a jail cell.
Somehow, we actually ended up assaulting police officers; you'd imagine they would stay out of the way of hunters, or at least announce that they were police officers. Certainly something for the guys in full body casts to remember next time.
So how did we get out of this little problem?
Well, we had no ID, we had military grade equipment (Ruby used her snipe rifle warscythe A LOT, which presumably did not help our case), and we basically shrugged off bullets. So we were in some really, really deep crap.
All resolved with the power of money!
That is right! Glynda paid someone, who knew someone, who knew someone who further down the line knew someone else who eventually got our charges dropped. How that worked, I have no idea, but let me tell you, Glynda's lecture SUCKED. What was worse? Raye tried to do a pun.
"You wanted to start your time off here with a bang. Looks like you started it of with a yang."
I punched him through a wall for that one, it was just a bad pun, and probably intended to be insulting,
I have better puns than Bang + Yang (Which sounds odd now that I think of it, is it an innuendo or something?).
Anyway the next day was quiet for us. And Blake had us utterly convinced that we should go to the library, and Idea that Raye (and Glynda) enthusiastically supported as it would probably cause way less property damage than any of my ideas (MMA combat tournaments are cool), and ruby wanted to have a street race, which would have been AWESOME (So proud of my little sis) but Raye didn't have the money for cars.
So we headed off to the library, Which we all expected to be boring, but was actually pretty awesome, SPOILER! We're now banned from the library.
So yeah, look forward to Blake's entry coming up next!
SO that was a thing? I had this sitting on my computer for a while and finally decided it's better to release than have it gather figurative dust.
I'll be changing the update schedule. I haven;t decided exactly to what, but it won't be consistent, If i write a chapter and think it is actually funny I'll upload it probably as a oneshot rather than as part of this story. I've learnt a lot and gained experience, but I need to work on my humor a lot more. The last few chapters haven't really been funny in my opinion, so pointers on funny-ness would be appreciated. For example: what was the funniest chapter up until now and why? Why was it funny?
For those how have reviewed, followed and favorited, thank you. this hasn't been dropped, but don't expect anything for a few months while a figure out what I am doing.
Thanks a ton for reading.
Until next time.