-Ruby-
The resent idea of the mission to destroy hordes of grim was taking its toll on Ruby. she didn't know what to do, she had wanted to do this her whole life, why was she hesitating to jump at the chance now?
'Oh god what if I can't make up my mind? What if I get hurt while doing this mission? What will my team think if I decline? OH I CAN'T TAKE FEELING SO HELPLESS!' Ruby thought to herself as she threw her head into her pillow. Blake came over and of all people she wouldn't expect Blake to help her with such an emotional task so she didn't ask her to. This is why when Blake said to her "I can see your worried... is their anything I can do to help?" She was extra surprised.
"Uhhhhhh..."was all Ruby could muster as she was still a bit in shock.
"Well yeah I could use someone to talk to.. "Ruby said a bit sheepishly.
"Well what's on your mind Ruby?"Blake asked
"I guess the stuff Ozpin said...I mean I don't know what to do...I've been training to do this sort of thing for my whole life but I'm not sure if I am even ready"Ruby spoke uncertaint about what she was to do.
"Follow your heart, and what does it say first. Don't get caught up in the danger, the emerald forest was dangerous but we got through it easily, imagine that with 3 whole teams side by side." Blake said
"I...guess I want to go on this mission thing, this is what I want to do in 3 more years so why not start now. but what if not all the people want to go?"Ruby said with a hint of boldness in her voice.
"Then we still have a lot of people, but Ruby your sister will be out there and you are the leader of this team so remember that we need you, even Weiss needs you though she may not show it."Blake said as she stood up with cat like grace.
'Well I guess I'm not really aloud to say no even if I wanted to. I guess I have to say yes' Ruby thought, almost happy she had been forced to one side.
"Thanks Blake... that actually helped" Ruby said to the back of Blakes figure.
Turning her head she grinned at Ruby, nodded slightly and left.
Later Yang walked through the door, Ruby took the chance to get the mission off her mind and gossip a bit with her had recently made a wager with weiss and blake about why yang was hanging back at the office. She had already made up her mind.
"Ok team RWBY! Team meeting! Gather round the coffee table!" Ruby ordered
"What is it now Ruby!" Weiss said being a bit crabby
"Oh lighten up princess I'm sure its somewhat important!"Yang said playfully, putting her arm around Weisses shoulder and messing up her hair.
"Oh this team is insufferable." Weiss complained as she did every day.
"Can we please just get along for more than 5 minutes?" Blake asked.
"That would be nice" Ruby asked
"Hmph" was Weiss's smart retaliation
"Look all I want to know is who's going to come with me on this 'Oh so important mission'" Ruby said cutting to the chase.
"well I know I'm going" Yang said with bravado
"I am as well" Blake stated quietly
A moment of silence occured as they all looked at Weiss
"I...I can't decide" Weiss admitted
"That's ok...do you want to...uhh...talk about it?" Ruby said adventurously
Weiss let out a audible sigh before continuing "I just don't know what to do... I'm not sure weither I'm ready for that level of combat without full training... I just..." Weiss studdered as her cheeks began to glow red with embaressment.
"I'm also not so sure we all know what we're getting into. Ozpin's being very timid about explaining what exactly we would be doing. That means this mission is much more than it seems to be. I'm so unsure because of the lack of information. Its going to be a lot harder than he makes it sound."
-the next day-
Team RWBY and team JNPR walked down the high ceilinged hallways of beacon to Professor Ozpin's Office. The teams didn't speak much due to the high tension of what was about to happen. Ruby lead her team towards Ozpin's office with butterflies in her stomach. When they arrived Ruby stood at the doors looking up at the crest situated right over the doorway she sent a silent prayer, hoping she had made the right choice she pushed the door open. Ozpin sat at his desk. He had obviously been restless. He had dark bags under his eyes and even his coffee couldn't keep him from looking uterly exhausted.
"Hello Ruby, Juane, Pyrra, Weiss, Blake, Nora, yang, Ren. Thank you for choosing to join us.
"What do you mean us? Theirs no one else here...sir" Weiss said in her usual snobby way even though there was worry in her eyes.
"Well your fellow student is also here, you may not see him, he prefers to be away from the comosion, he is only perched up on the loft" Ozpin said with slight amusement as they all turned around. Noticing every one was looking at him the only other student quickly pulled a hood over his head. Ruby examined him as quickly as she could. The stranger had a hood over his face concealing him from view, a hand that held it down was very tan and slightly calused, his hood was black with a purple eagle embroidered onto it with a thin gold outline, his hood came down to a black cloak with white detail that covered most of his body, akmost like Ruby's cloak. He had what looked like a grey shirt on with dark jeens. He had another eagle, same as on his hood, standing out on the left side of his cloak like a pin. Finally Ozpin got the two teams attention again.
"Thankfully we now have enough people to run this mission. I thank you all in advance for your contributions but first I will tell you what you are to face, the grimm are large in numbers, grouping at what seems to be an ancient temple, where the grimm were worshipped. The grimm are seperated as of now which gives us the upperhand. What I need from all of you is to take down as much grimm as possible, but beware of what happens at night... as soon as we bring you to the first large group of grimm you will have two days time to rest until the next horde is close enough to strike. Glynda will give you more imformation before you land but today will be the day you leave. Be at the front of the school at sundown to be transported if you wish to come. I wish I could give more guidance but this is all I have, good luck. You are dismissed" Ozpin finally ended.
-Yang-
As Yang and her teammates left the office, team JNPR right behind them, she told ruby "hey sis you go on back to the dorm ill catch up with you, I have some... business I want to take care of..."
"Sure Yang but... what is it?"Ruby questioned
"Ill tell you when I get back, ok?"Yang said
"I guess, see you later then"Ruby said turning to leave.
"See ya" yang replied.
'Great now I can figure out what this kids deal is' Yang thought as she waited for the mysterious boy to come out. The man made her skin crawl because of how odd he was acting and she didnt like the way he tried to hide his face...like he had something to hide. So she intended to find out what was wrong with the stranger. She didn't have to wait long, the door opened seconds after everyone had turned the corner. He didn't look suprised when yang stood in front of him, blocking his path.
"Can I help you?" He said in a deep voice catching yang a bit off guard.
"Yeah. Whats your deal. What were you doing in Ozpins office" Yang questioned menacingly.
"I'm just another student at beacon asked to go on this mission like you.?" He said in his deep tone.
"Well you just seem out of the ordinary. Your kinda creepy if i have to point out the obvious, you act as if you have something to hide and I don't like it." Yang said still very uneasy
"Listen I don't know why you think of me as such a wierdo or... whatever is worse but I can assure you I'm not... I just don't like being the center of attention." The boy said
"Still, why do you wear a hood if your not hiding some horrible secret, its common courtesy to take hats, hoods, whatever off when meeting someone else,"yang said angrily
"Would it help if I took the hood off?"he said after a sigh.
"Fine with me" Yang said sarcasticly a slight relief came over her as he complied to what she wanted. Still keeping her aggregated tone.
he pulled off his hood revealing his face. Yang didn't understand why he would hide it. His face was very handsome, he had beautiful skin, the color of a dark tan, with deep brown eyes and white pearly teeth, he had a slight grin that made yang blush. The only imperfection was a scar that marked his left cheek.
"Uhhhhhh..." was Yangs snappy comeback
"You happy? Or am i going to have to do something else to assure you im just another stident" He said with a hint of annoyance
"I uhh, no I'm not...I just..." Yang trailed off
"You just what?" He said taking yang out of her daze.
"I just...uhhh... want to know your name. Then i might not hate you." Yang said finally regaining her composer.
"My names Kai." He stated
"Really? I've never heard that name before." Yang said trying to spark a conversation.
"Yeah my mother picked it from an old tribe name." Kai said a bit more openly, scratching the back of his neck nervously.
"Thats interesting, what does it mean?" Yang said actually interested in something educational for once.
"It means head of the clan in the context of what my mother picked it from" Kai said proudly
"Well I'm..." Yang started
Yang, right?" Kai interupted.
"How do you?" Yang began thinking it was wierd for him to already know her name.
"I know because of the cerimony after the emerald forest" Kai interrupted again almost urgently "it means the suns little dragon right?"
"Yeah, it does, I was given it because of my hair" Yang said bringing her hair over her shoulder, stroking it.
"Well that's a lot of hair you have, isn't it heavy? "Kai asked
"Well I guess but I'm used to it..." Yang said proudly still stroking her hair.
"Well I like my deal, its got to be annoying to keep your hair loose in combat." Kai said and then regretted.
"It is sometimes but I like it the way it is." Yang said with more pride in her voice, snuggling up to her hair.
"I'm sorry I acted so...odd in the office I just, I'm not good with people..." kai apologized
"Its alright but the whole group felt uncomfortable because of it, you acted as if you had something to hide like a identity or a crime or something." Yang explained. "What's the deal with the cape thing anyway?"
"It conceals my weapons and hides my figure from enemies. But mostly its a wind breaker. but its essential for my fighting style." Kai explained.
A silence passed as yang stared intently at kai until he asked "What weapons do you use?"
"Huh?"yang said snapping out of her light daze
"What weapons do you use? Like on the field killing things." He repeated
"Oh, I use these things!" yang said wirling around revealing her Ember cicilia as they shifted from bracelets to guantlets.
"Gauntlets?"
"Not just gauntlets, they shoot short ranged dust capsules." Yang said excitedly "Well they're officialy called duel ranged shot gauntlets" She added.
"Interesting, I've never heard of that sort of weapon" Kai stated as he stared at her guantlets, then his eyes traveled around her figure to her face which was absolutely stunning.
"Well what have you got there?" Yang asked staring at his deep brown eyes.
"Well, I have this..."kai said reaching behind him to a silver object poking out through a hole in his cloak. Kai grabbed it and pulled it out to its full length. What he held in his hand was a staff of a dark oak staff with silver reinforcements that was just taller than him. He twirled it around him switching hands, letting it spin over his shoulder only to catch it and finally stick an end into the ground just before his feet.
"A staff? Thats pretty cool... but how do you kill stuff with it? Isn't it hard to beat Beowolves to death with a stick?" Yang said giggling
"Well its not just a stick you know... And theirs a whole style of how to use this thing effectively. But anyway it switches into something else." Kai said as a smirk came to his face. He pushed a button on the grip of his staff. The staff shifted into a sharp one edged katana. He swiped it in a X pattern then spread his feet apart and getting into a lower stance, putting his right hand up a distance away from his stance, index and middle finger pressed togetjer but the rest of the fingers in a fist, finally bringing the sword up over his head its point facing the ground at a shallow angle. Pressing the button again the sword switched back to a staff and got up from his stance.
"It has a few other tricks to it but I'd rather keep those secret. Its just good to keep all your tricks tricky ya know" Kai said
"Yeah I get that but next time dont show off." Yang said with a smile.
The two exchanged small talk about classes, the best places for views, and other things.
"Yeah the view from the top of the schools bell tower is amazing you have to see it!" Kai advised
"It sounds a bit to romantic for my taste" Yang said
"Hey, a good view is a good view" Kai replied
"Yeah I guess." Yang replied
"Well I better get going Rubys probably getting worried that I did something stupid" Yang said not wanting to leave 'I wish I could stay and talk to you, your so nice and funny and handsome...' Yang thought as they exchanged goodbyes before Yang mustered up the courage to bring him into a hug. as supprised as kai was he hugged back as he smelled the sweet sent of tulips from Yangs hair. Yang also notices that kai smelled of vanilla, a scent she loved. Finally after an abnormaly long time hugging they let go, both wishing they didn't have to but not wanting to make an awkward situation.
"See you on the ship later then" Kai finally said
"Yeah definatly"yang said reluctantly
Finally they parted ways.
When yang came to the door to the team dorm she realized she had been gone for a hour and 45 minutes.
'Oh great now I have to explain what happened' Yang thought to herself
She pushed through the door, first thing that happened was a happy yell from her little sister.
"YANG" Ruby exclaimed pulling her into a hug before she even got through the door.
"Hey sis sorry I took so long, ran into some... complications" Yang said trying her best to hide her obvious reasons for taking so long.
"Oh yeah? What type of complications?" Ruby said with a hinting look on her face showing she already knew why.
"Oh well sis since theirs no point in hiding it...'sigh'...I met a boy."yang said almost dreamingly.I
"HA I knew that's why you stayed!" Ruby said teasingly
"I figured as much" weiss said standing just in earshot pretending she wasn't interested.
"It would make a lot of sence" said Blake with a smirk as she came over to hear the story.
"Well come on sis fill us in theirs got to be some story!"Ruby said excitedly trying to get something else of her mind.
"Oh well I guess I can tell you about him"yang said.
"But first let me make sure you know I was originally really creeped out by him..."
-Authors Note-
Hey readers! As you noticed I did a little switching of characters and then introduced my own. His name is pronounced a bit oddly. It sounds like k-I or kie. It kinda rymes with pie. Anyway the next chapter will be out shortly and will probably have some real action in it. These last 2 are for plot set up. Also a quick note- I would appreciate any ideas and things you guys would like seeing in the story but don't expect the ideas to be implomented instantly, I've already writen about 7 other chapters that need revision. Anyway see you guys in the next chapter!
P.S. Please tell about spelling errors, even through revision I do miss some.