Experiment V
Hey guys I'm back, sorry it's been a while since the last update but I promise to try and be more consistent with my updates and I'm glad to know that you guys love this story so much so here's the treat in the form of the next chapter. Before you read however, I must tell you that at the bottom of the chapter is a couple of questions for you guys on the concept of a new story so leave your answers in the review section or PM me but enough of my rant, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 11
Once I had found out that Blake watched me and Cinder do…certain things in the gardens, I told her to leave back for the party while I check on something and she agreed. I went over to see if I could carry Cinder somewhere to hide her until she woke up but when I went back to her, she was gone and in that moment, I felt my scroll vibrate and I checked the message "You are to not come near Ms. Fall again." That's the entire message said but without any name or anything else and not wanting to take the chance of it being an incredibly dangerous enemy, I left it alone.
On the way back to the room, I soon bump into Yang who looked as in she was looking for me because once she saw me, her face broke into a huge grin bit not wanting to hear her jokes, I walked past her but I heard her call my name "Hey James, wait…I have something to tell you" I stopped and turned around "Yang I swear if this is a bad pun.." I started to say put she held her hand up to stop me and I did. "Actually I wanted to say that…I…I don't know how to put so I'll just say it" she said then taking a deep breath to continue "I don't care if you're Ruby's brother, I've been with her the longest so don't do anything to ruin that..." she decided to suddenly grab my shirt and pull me nose to nose with her "…Or I will crush you" she threateningly as she change her eyes to their angry red but it did nothing but infuriate me and I decided that countering it with more fear would get my own point across much better.
I quickly delivered a powerful kick to Yang's stomach, causing her to let go of my shirt to clutch her stomach in pain but I wasn't finished, changing my own eyes to their new found evil glare, I grabbed the blonde by her throat and proceeded to lift her almost an entire foot off the ground with my new strength "Now listen here blonde…if you think that a small threat like that is enough to scare me then you're as dumb as that dumbass known as Siegfried Schnee, I love Ruby too much to ever do anything to hurt her so I'll say this to you once, if you ever come at me with any kind of threat or attempt of fighting me then I'll snap your neck, now am I clear?" I finished and suddenly I realized what I had said and done to Yang and immediately let go of her, causing the boxer to drop to the ground and rub her throat.
Yang looked at me, stood up menacingly, and I knew that she was about to lose it when suddenly, a blur of black and red flew between us in the form of our little sister Ruby "Stop it! Don't fight! You two are supposed to be siblings and not want to actually kill each other" after a minute or so of Yang and me glaring at each other, Yang replied with "This bastard will never be my brother...I hate him too much to allow it" and with that she walked away leaving Ruby shocked with tears welling up in her eyes while I turned around and punched the wall as hard as I could, breaking a couple of bones in my hand in the process.
"James, stop it!" Ruby yelled at me as she rushed to me and let the tears fall. I looked at her and felt bad for letting Ruby see me do that to Yang; I pulled the girl into a hug as she wept. Once she had stopped crying, I sat her down on a nearby bench and sat next to her "Ruby, listen, Yang and I aren't gonna get along for a while but I'm sure she didn't mean it" I explained to her which helped her cheer up a little but not completely. "Tell you what…let me tell you anything you want about me" I said which made her brighten up immediately and she suddenly asked me "Where are you from?" I thought for a moment then my memories came back and answered "Mistral…that's how Phyrra and I became friends"
From there Ruby asked me any and every question that came to mind until finally she yawned and I realized that it was late so I decided to walk Ruby back to the room and we made it back, got ready for bed, and went to sleep.
The following day, I reported to Ozpin's office early in the morning after eating breakfast and sneaking away from my friends. Upon opening the door, I saw Ozpin with Goodwitch, Ironwood and Mom standing there "What are you doing here mom?" I asked but before she said anything, Ozpin spoke up "She will be your medic in case you get injured from any of the many educational things in the program" the headmaster said and I nodded in response "What's my first lesson?" I asked and Ozpin smirked but this time Ironwood spoke up "Agility and endurance training; you are to scale this entire tower without any form of assistance and take a picture of the Northern tower from the very top."
I looked at the adults as if they were crazy but I sighed and turned to go change "Mr. Rose, you will complete this starting now, you cannot change your clothing" I sighed and walked out of the office, once I was at the bottom of the tower, I decided to get a running start then with a semblance boosted jump. I started climbing, grabbing onto the ledges and cracks of the structure with my fingertips and about halfway up, I started to feel the exertion on my arms but I knew that even at this point, if I fell then I'd be in horrible condition so I continued to climb. Once I made it to the near top, I ran into another problem which was; Ozpin's office didn't have anything to hold onto except the bottom and the top.
"I hate this, so very much" I mumbled out when suddenly I felt my scroll vibrating in my pocket but I couldn't answer it so instead, I came up with a plan and the only option is push myself up and jump the gap. After timing it, I took the chance and threw myself forward catching the ledge with my finger tips of my right hand but almost losing my grip in my left hand. I recovered and soon climbed up far enough to where I could just sprint and climb the needle but I didn't have any energy left 'Come on, James, push yourself…if not for yourself then for Weiss…wait…why'd Weiss pop into my head first? Have I…fallen for her?' I thought as I remembered all the fun I've had going places with just her but I suddenly realized that I was getting side tracked but kept the image of Weiss in my head and that alone gave me the energy to scale that needle, balance on top of it (Although shakily), and snap the picture of the Northern Tower.
Once I had taken the picture, I sent it to Goodwitch and then opened my messages, which were all from Ruby and Weiss, but mainly Weiss, with them starting from asking where I am to being frantic about them seeing me climb the tower. 'How'd they know I was climbing the tower?' I thought then I looked over to see RWBY looking at the tower and panic suddenly set in when I realized that I didn't think of how to get down "Well…better start climbing down" I mumbled to myself and began my decent downwards.
Once I got to Ozpin's office again, I dropped down but what happened wasn't what I expected. Instead of grabbing the ledge, I missed and was now freefalling down the tower at a fast rate and I couldn't grab anything but before I could scream, I suddenly felt small arms wrap around me and suddenly I started to slow down. I looked to where the arms seemed to come from, only to see Weiss focusing on making glyphs to try and stop us from falling but the closer the ground got, I suddenly wrapped my arms around her as we landed onto the ground with a thud.
I groaned and started to sit up only to have a hand push me back down, I cracked my eyes open seeing Weiss looking over me as I layed in the grass. I sat up and looked at her "Uh…Weiss…that wasn't…" I started to say only to have her slap me across the face "That's for making me worry!" she yelled at me as she glared me down "But I'm glad you're okay, James" she said as her gazed softened and she smiled. I then noticed that on her right ring finger was the ring that I had gotten her.
"Nice to see you're wearing my gift" I said as she immediately went beat red and went to stand up to leave but I quickly grabbed her wrist and sat her back down "Wait…uh…Weiss…can I ask you something?" I asked which earned me a nod as a way to say 'go on' and I did "Do…do you like me?" I asked and her face went from one of confusion to shock, then to embarrassment as her face grew pink and she put her head down "I…I don't know, Jay…I'm not sure what I'm feeling when I'm around you…I-I had this feeling when Neptune first showed up and everything but he…he turned out to not like me the same way" she said and I looked down in shame for asking "Well…what do you feel around me?" I asked and she went into shock and said "Wh-When I'm around you, I can't help but feel…happy? At peace? I don't know…I just feel…complete with you around but…I-I'm scared to say anything because I wouldn't be able to take heartbreak again…especially so soon."
Once she had finished, she sprung up and attempted to run but I quickly got up and grabbed her wrist. "Weiss…you shouldn't be scared…I feel basically the same way about you, so please just…give me a chance to show you" I said and she looked at me shocked at what I had said and she said "You mean…you want to date me? But…why? I'm just so-" but I didn't let her finish, instead I grabbed the sides of her head and crashed our lips together and once we broke apart I said "You're perfect to me…just as you are and I don't care what I have to do to prove it"
She smiled at me and said "That's all I've ever wanted to hear" and we kissed again.
We soon returned to all of Team RWBY, holding hands, and that just started a whole new chapter for me…dating.
Well that seems to be a good stopping point now for the question but first an explanation: I've been thinking about writing a RWBY high school AU story and I want to ask you all this: Do you want James to be in the story? And if yes, do you want him to be Ruby's brother or not? Leave your answers in the reviews or PM me the answers, now enjoy and as always…stay tuned readers.