As Jet waved goodbye to Yang, his eyes travelled across the tree he had seen Ruby and Izzet in. He chuckled to himself in amusement. Really, if anything, he had expected Ruby to want to know his feelings about her, but Izzet? Jet had decided to stop lying to himself when Yang had quizzed him. He had fallen for Ruby.

However, he had also told the truth when he had told Yang that he wasn't sure if Ruby loved him back. She was young, after all. He'd pried the information out of Yang about her move of two years. Maybe she was still too young. Jet shook those thoughts out, as he walked towards a nearby bathroom. He had other pressing matters.

After locking himself in the cubicle of the gent's bathroom, he starting taking his jacket off, letting his wings unfurl. He removed his shirt, and peered at his chest. He was muscular, but wiry, with unrepressed strength in his arms. He didn't have any chest hair, but in the centre of his body, where his heart should be, was a machine, cylindrical, with a black crystal in the centre. It was the size of a large marble, and he checked the crystal.

There was no damage to it. Jet sighed, putting his shirt back on. He was distracted by a knocking on the door of the bathroom. After putting his clothes on and concealing his wings, he stepped outside. He immediately came face to face with Izzet. She smiled in greeting, then pointed to Jet's chest, a look of concern on her normally sweet and cute little face. "I'm fine." Jet said warmly.

"No, you're not." Izzet's voice came from within Jet's mind. The two sat down on a bench, and Izzet took Jet's hand in her own. Jet did not retract from her contact, Izzet had always been a touchy, feely kind of person, and Jet appreciated it as an endearing aspect of her personality. "You're changing because of these new emotions you're feeling, and that," she pointed to his chest, "is telling you that as well." she continued.

Jet finally turned and gazed into the girl's silver eyes, which were struggling to withhold tears. With a pang, Jet recalled the events of what had happened the last time they had felt such emotional strain. The crystal in his chest was the source of his repressed power, and the machine took the role of his heart. His team had learned of it during their second excursion into the Emerald Forest.

Jet had learned of his parents' deaths just beforehand, and he was halfway through fighting when he had heard an audible smashing sound, along with pain in his eyes. He had collapsed and blacked out, and the next thing he knew, he had awoken to the news that the extreme sadness had caused his heart to malfunction. The crystal had cracked severely, and he recalled with an unpleasant tug at his feelings that it was a case of literal heartbreak.

But this was different, he told himself, as she continued to gaze upon him in fear. 'It feels, different,' he thought, deciding to use the same form of communication that Izzet used. 'It's like the crystal feels fuller than it did before.'

"Well, whatever happens, just know that we're here for you." came Izzet's reply. Jet stood up, still holding Izzet's hand, and she quickly rose.

"I know." he said aloud. "I really appreciate it." Izzet smiled, and the pair started to make their way back to the dorms.

Ruby was overjoyed as she stepped into her dorm room with Yang, finding Weiss and Blake already asleep. Jet did have similar feelings to her! To think that her first crush had also fallen in love with her so quickly!

Yang yawned, and Ruby couldn't stifle her own tiredness. Yang mumbled "Night sis" before climbing into her own bunk, still fully clothed. Grinning inwardly at her sister's lack of decency in bedtime clothes, Ruby changed into her pyjamas, before hopping up into her own bunk, the ropes straining with the sudden force.

'An early night for an early wake-up for the second day of the weekend', she thought, but her mind kept her from getting to sleep for a good half an hour, still thinking about how she was going to eventually tell Jet about her feelings for him.

When Ruby next awoke, she checked her scroll. It was 6AM in the morning, but as she curled up intending to go back to sleep, she gazed sleepily out through the window. It was at the point that she saw daylight. Wondering if Jet was awake at this time, she gradually got dressed, careful not to wake her team, and left the dorm building quietly, not wanting to disturb anyone.

She walked to the training grounds, and was surprised to see Jet there, practising with Shadow Meteor. Ruby watched entranced, as Jet practised. The purple flames left a scathing trail where they had been previously.

He was fighting a training robot, one of the latest models by the look of it, which had a light on its head that was shining red, meaning it was at the height of its capabilities. It was no match for Jet, however, as with one final swing, he decapitated it, sending the head flying straight up into the air, while the body crumpled. Ruby felt that now was the time to make her presence known.

"Hey, Jet!" she called out tentatively. He looked up, and grinned at her presence, though this was rewarded by the severed head of the chrome robot coming back down and landing on his own head.

Dazed, he said sheepishly as Ruby approached "Apologies. Forgot to look up."Ruby giggled. "So what brings you out here?" Jet asked, still blushing a little from the embarrassment. Ruby knew the real reason she'd wanted to find Jet, but kept it hidden.

"I just came out to train." Ruby said. This WAS true, at least, she did do an early morning session during the weekend.

"In that case, why not spar with me?" Jet suggested. "The training bots here aren't really doing it for me." At his suggestion, Ruby noticed that Jet suddenly had his arm behind his back. It had been there for a while, but she was curious as to how her crush fought. Unfolding Crescent Rose, she quickly dropped into a combat stance.

"Sure." She said, a smile crossing her face. Jet smiled, and adopted his own stance. Before Ruby had a chance to even move, however, a black mist started to envelop Jet, covering him utterly in a dark cloud her eyesight could not penetrate.

As suddenly as it had appeared, it began to disperse, revealing Jet, still in his combat stance, but he was not wielding Shadow Meteor. Ruby's eyes widened as she gazed upon the familiar scythe clasped in his hands. 'He was wielding Crescent Rose! But how?' Ruby thought to herself.

It was a duplicate of Crescent Rose, but all the red details had become black, and the metal had a purplish tinge to it. The metal blade had also been replaced with a purple laser-like blade, glowing darkly. Spinning the scythe and causing black rose petals to scatter as he did so, Jet anchored the shimmering blade into the ground.

"Ruby, meet Midnight Rose." Jet proclaimed, grinning devilishly.

Blake opened her eyes. It was another day. She pushed herself up, looking at the clock on the wall of the dorm. It read 7:30. Knowing that Ruby was probably doing her secret training, she glanced at the other two bunks, Weiss sleeping peacefully, with Yang's soft snores giving Blake all the information she needed to know.

As she got dressed, Blake's mind drifted over to all the new people she had met while being in team RWBY. Many of them she probably would have never met if she hadn't been here. Sighing, Blake adjusted her bow that often sat atop her head, and decided to go out and find Ruby. It hadn't been the first time she'd watched Ruby train.

Reaching the training grounds, Blake wasn't surprised to see Ruby. She was surprised to see her backed up against a wall, however, with her shadowy opponent countering any attempt to escape. Blake frowned, before she recognised Jet, and even more when she saw his weapon. It looked like Crescent Rose, but had more of an 'evil' feel to it. Blake leaned against a wall, and decided to watch.

Ruby was tiring, and Jet knew it. He was a terrifying opponent, matching her in speed and agility but he fought with a skill that reminded her of her uncle, but Jet was a little more defensive. Even so, his brutal attacks quickly drained her energy when she blocked them. 'I really should have loaded up on cookies before facing him.' Ruby thought.

Desperately, Ruby continued to try to parry every single swipe of Midnight Rose with Crescent Rose, but Jet was too quick, getting in the odd hit here and there. Little nicks from it were starting to get sore, but Ruby knew that she had to get away from this lock, or Jet would easily overpower her. Before she could do anything, however, Jet managed to penetrate her defences and slash her across the chest! Ruby's aura had saved her, but Jet had just dealt a major blow to her aura levels.

The moment Ruby's shocked cry sounded out, Jet capitalised on her distraction, swinging Midnight Rose by gripping the haft very close to the blade. The blunt end of the haft smashed into Ruby, knocking her backwards, and the laser blade hooked Crescent Rose before pulling it away from her, leaving Ruby on the ground, defenceless. Jet immediately folded up Midnight Rose, before running towards Ruby.

Gritting her teeth in pain, Ruby only said "Too… strong" before Jet picked her up in his arms and retrieved Crescent Rose. Blake was worried. What had he done? She was already running towards Jet, to find out what was wrong.

Before she could reach him, Jet lifted up his jacket and unfurled black wings, similar to that of a Nevermore, and immediately took off, headed for Sunset Hill. Blake growled in a combination of fear and anger, before turning around and heading for the exit of the training facility.

At Sunset Hill, Jet put Ruby down and checked her wounds. Ruby felt searing pain from Midnight Rose's touch, freezing cold, coupled with searing pain. She looked at Jet, whose face was pained with worry.

"I-i-it h-h-h-urts" Ruby stuttered, still groaning in pain and shivering from the unnatural chill. Jet said nothing, but held his palm up to the sky, which suddenly shone a scattering of red and blue lights. Ruby heard rapid footsteps near her head as Jet lowered his hand.

Jet stood back from Ruby, and Ruby looked down at her body. There was an orange aura surrounding her, and without warning, she felt the agony of each of her injuries as fresh as if Jet had dealt them again. She screamed in pain, but it suddenly stopped, and as she looked again, they had all been healed.

No, more than that, it had felt as if she hadn't even suffered them. What was going on?