"...that day Ozpin found me and wanted me to be a hunter and attend beacon." Ricky finally had explained what the Assassins and Templars were to Ruby. Ruby had stayed silent the entire time listening to what Ricky was saying. There was no way he was making this up, with so many details and the fact that Ricky knew his history on most things, this had to be real for him to know so much.

"And so I did..." Ricky continued. "It's one of the reasons I stay away from most people."

Ruby sat in silence, she remembered when she had asked Ricky to sit with the rest of the team. She also remembered when Ricky referred to himself as a 'Roof-Runner' the night they where at the concert. What he had really meant was an Assassin.

"Ruby, I've kept my promise and have given you answers" Ricky put his hand on top of Ruby's. "Now I need you to promise not to tell anyone what I've told you."

Ruby held his hand and nodded.

"And I mean it, you can't tell your team, family, not even Ozpin can know about this."

Ruby nodded and said, "I promise." Promises were something Ruby took seriously, she still hadn't told anyone about Penny being a robot. She was going to keep that promise and this one.

"One more thing," Ricky moved his hand back and pulled up his right sleeve to his elbow. Around his wrist was a gauntlet of some sort, and from what Ruby knew, on it was the symbol of the assassins.

"This is a hidden blade, it's the trademark weapon of the Assassins," he said starting to undo the buckles on it. "As I've told you I an Assassin rank member in the creed, so I am allowed to recruit new members." He took off the hidden blade. "I'm not recruiting you, but if anything happens and I'm not there, I want you to have this." He handed the gauntlet to Ruby who slowly moved both her hand to hold it. "Where it under your sleeve and keep it hidden unless you run into trouble with the creed, if they ask just say I recruited you." Ruby looked at the hidden blade, she had never seen a weapon like this before. She had trouble understanding how it worked.

"Here I'll show you how to put it on." Ricky said grabbing Ruby's right hand and moving her sleeve up. "May I?" he asked, his left hand out and his right one holding on to Ruby's wrist. She handed him the gauntlet. He put it around her forearm and turned it over to tighten the buckles. Ricky moved into a kneeing position as he tighten the straps to fit Ruby's arm. He pulled down Ruby's sleeve saying "there that'll do." When he moved his head back up he was much closer to Ruby now. He could see her silver eyes under her hood and she could probably see the same. They stayed like that for a while staring into each other's eyes. Ricky still had his hand on Ruby's and they stayed like that the entire time. Both of them had feelings for each other but neither of them really admitted it. Ricky moved a little closer to Ruby and she did the same. They slowly moved until their lips touched and a small kiss was exchanged. It didn't last very long as both of them moved back after contact. Ruby was blushing a little. Ricky, still holding on to Ruby's hand, stood up with her. They both made their way back to their dorms.

Ruby entered hers with her team still sleeping. She slouched in the chair at one of the desk. She rolled up her sleeve and began to mess around with the hidden blade. It's design intrigued her. She didn't know how to use it, there where no triggers or anything that could be used to activated anything. She grabbed onto a ring that was hanging on it and pulled it, when she did a blade popped out from the palm end of the gauntlet. The blade was in pristine condition and almost shined in the darkness of her room. She touched the metal with her left index finger. She could feel it cold and sharp. She moved her finger to the left and the blade swiveled to follow. She kept moving it down until it bent at a ninety-degree angle. She let go and the blade swung back straight, she pulled the wire once more and the blade retracted back into the gauntlet. It scared her a bit but it made little to no noise at all. She put the ring on one of her right fingers and flicked her wrist, once again the blade popped out. This time she used her right hand to swivel the blade and hold it like a dagger. She let go and flicked her wrist, it once again retracted back into the bracer. She rolled her sleeve back down and sat back in the chair, she looked over at the clock 4:03am. She let out a small yawn and closed her eyes to sleep some more.

Morning came and Ruby and her team went to go get breakfast at the cafeteria. She was still a little tired so she stayed quiet while team JNPR talked with Weiss and Yang, Blake was quiet as well.

"Hey" someone asked out and Ruby turned and was surprised to see Ricky with two cups in his hands.

"Mind if I sit here?" he asked.

"Sure" Ruby answered still half asleep.

"Tired?" Ricky asked as her sat down next to her.

She nodded. Ricky set one of the cups in front of her, "Hot tea, just how you like it."

"Thanks" she replied and took a sip of the tea. Being at the edge of the table no one really noticed Ricky sit down until after the fact.

"Hey haven't heard from you in a while what's up, where's your team?" Yang asked when she saw Ricky.

"Not much, Cyrus and Iris went into town and Harper is still sleeping" He answered.

Ruby was slowly falling back to sleep as she began to lean and actually rested her head on Ricky's shoulder before popping back up right after contact. She blushed a little and said "sorry, I'm still kinda sleepy."

"It's fine...I know a quiet spot in the recreational center if you'd want to go."

"Yeah that'd be nice" she replied.

They both looked to see Yang with a big smile on her face.

"You okay sis?" Ruby asked while Ricky took a sip of his tea.

"I'm just happy to see you two together again."

Ruby blushed a little and Ricky nearly spit his tea but instead swallowed and let out some coughs.

"Yang, we're not together, together" Ruby said still blushing. Ricky cleared his throat and once again sipped his tea.

"Even I have to admit you two are a cute couple" Weiss said entering the conversation. Ruby's blush grew darker and Ricky once again almost spit his tea but instead coughed again.

"Weiss!" Ruby let out a small shriek.

"You want to go now?" Ricky asked Ruby.

"Yes, yes please," Ruby said before she disappeared into rose petals. Ricky got up and headed to the exit of the cafeteria. He found Ruby sitting at the steps of the front sitting with her hood on. Ricky went and sat next to her.

"Sorry for disappearing like that" she said.

"Its fine, I'm guessing this the first time then?"

"What do you mean?"

"The first time Yang has seen you with a boy." Ricky couldn't see but he could tell Ruby blushed a little.

"Yeah, at Signal I never really talked to anyone else but Yang."

"I understand, I remember seeing you the day new students arrived, needless to say you had trouble finding friends."

"Thanks" Ruby said sarcastically.

"But look where you are now, your the leader of a team and probably have more friends than you would've made a Signal, and you even taught me to open up more, I mean, if it weren't for you I'd probably be in a tree meditating right now."

Ricky stood up and put his arm out to Ruby who looked up. She grabbed his hand and stood up.

"Now take off that hood, who are you me?" Ricky joked. Ruby pulled down her hood and Ricky could see her with a smile on her face. They walked to the recreational center where there were not that many people. The place they stopped at was indeed quiet and with little people around. Ricky sat in front on a tree and Ruby sat next to him. They both enjoyed the silience and Ruby rested her head on Ricky's shoulder. The two enjoyed each other's company.

"What happens...if they do find out...and...they don't buy that I'm a recruit?" Ruby asked.

"Then you'll become a target to them."

"Will I be...your target?"

Ricky turned to look Ruby in the eyes. "No...I won't hunt you down if they find out."

"Then what will you do?"

"I stand by your side, no matter what, I'll fight with you."

"Even if you become a target as well."

Ricky thought for a little. "I couldn't live with myself if you were hurt because of me."

Ruby scooted away slightly and turned away from Ricky. To his surprise though she laid back with her head on his lap.

"So now what?" she asked looking into the sky.

"Now," Ricky thought before continuing "we try to live normal lives."

'Normal' the word went through Ricky's head. Nothing about him was normal, there was always another secret he kept, but not this time, Ruby knew every thing about him and she still treats him like a good friend, or something more. Yet Ricky couldn't help but feel like he's put a burden on Ruby by telling her. What would he do if the time came were the hunters became the hunted. Only time would tell so Ricky enjoyed the time he had with Ruby.