I'm sorry if the story is short… probably it rivals with Red like Roses and Hunted so I have to blame myself for that. This is actually the end of the story, yeah, sorry to burst your bubble but I get the feeling that this is a good stopping point… even though there are a few things that I haven't explained in the story itself. I got a question strung up from this story… will there be another sequel like how I did with my very first story which is Red like Roses for those that didn't read that? I have had a difficult time with writing this story and that's no joke… I want to go back to starting with a fresh RWBY palette and paint something new. I hope that after this story, the one I'm starting next will do better… I'll try to make sure of it, even though I know it will take a few days for me to start a new story…
(Also, I said it in the last chapter but I finally reached a 100,000 views on all of my stories combined and I am just so happy! It hasn't been a year yet and that is just awesome!)
A day later…
"Are you sure it's okay for me to just walk out of the infirmary, I mean I am fine but shouldn't I stay a bit longer?" Ruby asked as I dragged her out of Beacon's infirmary.
I looked back at her for a second and smiled. "Today is important to me." I replied and continued dragging her. It was a very important day for the both of us… it probably had been a while since we had relaxed in the Blooming Forest but after the tragic events, they had finally ended thanks to us. There was a huge battle going on at Beacon from what I saw last night, but by speculation from Professor Ozpin and Goodwitch, after knocking Cinder out, the Grimm were taken out of her spell. After that, they were killed brutally by all the students. There were losses on both sides… but they had been given a proper sendoff with honor for risking their lives to save Beacon. That wasn't all what had happened while I was in the forest. Apparently, small amounts of Grimm reached the city of Vale but were killed shortly by the townsfolk themselves.
A lot of things can happen in one night. I decided to look on the brighter side of things, forget about what had happened to my friends and wife but one thing still lingered in my mind. What happened to me? It was strange tides of events that involved me… most of them were dealings with the past. Even before all of this happened, I still grew worried about the White Fang trying to get revenge on me, but now… I don't care at all. They can try all they want, but nothing will harm my friends and Ruby. "Where are we going anyways?" Ruby whined, snapping me out of my collective thinking.
"Somewhere special, you should know."
"Um… the forest that we always go to?" I gave her a nod and she smiled. "Great, but can you please stop dragging me, it's scraping my legs a bit?"
"Oh, sorry." I stopped and helped her up. "Before we continue on Ruby, do you know why I said it's an important day today?"
Silenced filled the air as she thought, then she gasped and smiled. "I think I know why." Ruby slipped her hand into my hand, holding it tight. "It's our one year anniversary, I can't believe I almost forgot, but shouldn't we just take a breath and relax, I mean we just went through a lot this past couple of days and I haven't had a good night's rest?"
"Well that's what we're doing, I feel tired too but I just want to head somewhere special… just the two of us." I said softly as we began walking again. The Blooming Forest was in our sights but I stopped as I heard someone familiar call for me from behind. I turned around and noticed that it's my friend Kira. She ran towards me and tackled me into a hug. "Ow! Kira… what's going on?" I asked.
"They're letting me into Beacon!" She shouted in a voice filled with joy. "I don't need to go back now; I can stay with you guys!"
I smiled. "That's great, well I guess since you entered late, you might need a place to stay right?"
She nodded. "Yeah, I knew you would already say yes so I went out looking for you so I can find your dorm."
"Well, I'm not the one that really makes that decision. The team leader does that and that person is Ruby here… wait, you two haven't met properly."
Ruby caught onto that pretty quickly. "You want me to introduce myself?" I gave her a look that told her the answer. "Of course, ahem, hello! The name's Ruby Rose, team leader of team RWBY. And you are…" She said, waiting for a reply.
"Kira… Kira Macgrath, once a member of the White Fang like Blake here." she replied in a soft voice so no one but Ruby could hear.
"Oh, you're one of Blake's friends. Well I'll be happy to let you stay in our dorm, I treat anyone, even faunus with respect, my team member's friends are my friends." she replied and smiled. Ruby handles this as if she were an office worker. I thought and sighed quietly.
"Well nice to meet you Ruby."
"I could show you to our dorm if Blake agrees… we were going to do something but it can wait right?"
I gave her a nod. "I wouldn't say no to that, c'mon Kira, let's get you settled in… wait, do you even have your stuff?" I asked curiously. When we both fled from the hideout of the White Fang, I didn't see her take any belongings and ever since I know her, she never leaves anything behind.
"I had some friends take my belongings for me since I can't just walk in there anymore, and I didn't let them forget anything important like this." She reached into her left pocket of her pants and handed a photograph to me. It was a photo of us having fun in Vale, the most casual photo of myself that will ever be taken. It was winter some years ago and the snow made Kira have the opportunity to have a snowball fight in the city with me when we took a stroll. Of course, we hid our faunus features so no one would discriminate us but we both kept our mind off of it as we played around.
I wrapped my arms around my long-time friend tightly and thanked her. "I hope we can have moments like that again later on in life."
Kira chuckled. "You make it seem like we will never have time with each other like the good old days, we can always have fun when we're not trying to slay monsters."
Ruby joined in on the conversation with one crazy suggestion. "We could always get a puppy if we can't go out into the city."
"I don't think they allow pets in Beacon Ruby." I said.
That didn't seem to faze her one bit. "That's why it'll always stay in our dorm, we can take it out for walks at night and stuff like that."
"I prefer it going out in the daytime and what are you going to do if it leaves any droppings in our dorm?" I asked, wanting to know the answer to that one important question.
"That's why I, Ruby Rose, will teach it to use the bathroom like any civil being."
I couldn't help but laugh at that. "It doesn't work like that Ruby, there is no way you can make a dog use the bathroom like any human being."
"But you're a cat Blake, how can you use the bathroom like me then?" she asked, tipping her head to the side.
My eyes widened. "T-that doesn't mean I need to things differently than you Ruby. I'm a faunus but that doesn't mean I am a pet." I replied. Oh god, I feel stupid right now. I thought and groaned.
"But you eat a lot of tuna and-"
"That does not mean anything, I-I just like tuna that's all!" Ruby was laughing so hard that she fell to the ground, I blushed intensely. Then I noticed Kira laughing along with her and I pouted. "Why are you laughing Kira, you're a cat faunus like me that eats tuna a lot?"
Kira stopped laughing and pretended to be hurt. "Shots fired Blake, I just liked the look on your face when she talked about your likeness of tuna. I mean, you're blushing right now." I turned away from her and she continued laughing along with my red-headed wife. I sighed.
"Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll be heading to the dorm." I said and storming in the direction of our team dorm.
"W-wait for me Blake!" Ruby exclaimed and caught up with Kira behind her. "I was just trying to have some laughs that's all, I'll do anything to make it up with you."
"Anything?" I asked curiously. She gave a quick nod and waited for my next response. "Okay then…"
A couple minutes later, in the Team RWBY dorm…
"This is so not cool Blake!" Ruby whined.
"Well that is what you get for making fun of my appetite for tuna." I replied and lied down on my bed. For the whole week, Ruby has to eat anything tuna related and the best thing about it was the fact that she actually hates tuna. "Well, you got a horrible week ahead for you." Kira tried to make me lower the amount of days but I couldn't be manipulated.
"Are you sure nothing bad will happen?" Kira asked in worried voice.
"She'll be fine, it's not like you can die of eating tuna every day." I replied and gave her a thumbs up.
"Blake… can I please eat something else, I don't feel so good?" Ruby asked.
"It's only been one meal Ruby, how do you feel horrible already?" She was about to answer but pouted, she was trying to trick me. "Anyways, welcome to our dorm Kira… I'll help unpack your things and we can sort the resting place situation later." She gave me a nod and began unpacking. I got up and began putting her things where she wanted them to be. There was one thing that did pique my interest as I took her belongings out of the bags she brought them in. I reached into a purple bag with a pattern of a flannel and took out a vial of a familiar, black colored dust. "Kira… don't tell this is-"
Before I could finish my question, she snatched it away from me and took a closer look at it. "Oh my god… it's that dust Cinder Fall used!" she exclaimed.
"Why do you have that?!" I asked in shock.
"I-I didn't know it was in one of my bags!"
"Well give it to me, I should give it to Professor Ozpin."
"Y-yeah… okay." She carefully placed it on the palm of my hand and I put a cautious grip on it with my other hand.
"I'll be right back." I opened the door to the dorm and walked out, but before I could take another step, the vial suddenly exploded with confetti and glitter, covering me in all of it. Behind me, Kira laughed uncontrollably.
"I can't believe you fell for it!" She exclaimed and fell on her body, rocking back and forth as she laughed. "Oh god! I-I think I'm going to d-die of, pffff, hahaha!"
I stormed towards her and shouted at her furiously. "That was not funny Kira! I thought our lives were in danger again! C'mon, I almost lost Ruby because of that stuff and Cinder, then you just brought it back up as a prank prop?!"
This caused her to stop laughing and gave me a saddened look. "Sorry, I thought it would be funny." she replied softly.
I sighed. I can't be angry at her, it's Kira after all. I thought and placed a hand on her shoulder. "It's alright… just don't do it again okay?" She nodded and gave me a half smile. "Now, shall we go back to getting you settled in?"
Before Kira could answer, Ruby gave a loud groan. "Blake… I think I need a trip to the bathroom." She was so pale-skinned that I thought she was a ghost. Maybe I did go too far with the tuna.
"Okay, fine… you don't need to eat tuna anymore, but make fun of my awesome faunus likes and features again and I will make your day terrifying." I said, adding a vigorous tone close to the end of my statement.
"Fine by me, I will never do that again." she said and walked slowly to the restroom, clutching her stomach as she walked. "I hate tuna…"
After that, I turned my attention back to Kira and she smiled. "I just want to finish getting my things out, can you make it quick please?" she whined.
I rolled my eyes and smiled. "Alright, quit your whining; let's put all of what happened so far behind us." We continued unpacking and didn't stop for anything else. Eventually, everyone else helped us until it was done. I could only think of so many positive things but one struck out of my mind as the best one. It's finally over and I can go back to eating tuna… by the way, I haven't eaten any since last year when Ruby became that beowolf. I took out a can of tuna and began eating it, ignoring Kira's demands to get back to unpacking. That is just so good.
This is the most random of chapters that I ever made… so that's it. I finally finished the story, I am going to have a more detailed final thought's again on this story since it steered a directly opposite course than I wanted it to go but I'm glad that some of you like it. I'll be taking a few days off to relax for once, since I kept on worrying and staying up late, to plan and work on this story, not to mention writer's block fucking me up. Anyways, thank you for helping me reach 100,000 views total and I'll be back with another story.
As always, stay classy and if you get bored of waiting, just check out my YouTube channel because I act like a retard on the videos I make and you will probably think why on earth do I make good stories if I am stupid on game capture. xD Just kidding but I hope you enjoy watching them or re-reading my old stories. I hope the next story will be amazing to y'all and did I forget to mention I'm going back to writing White Rose? Oops! I said too much!