"Ruby, I've been flying for about an hour now, and even I get tired."

They were soaring above Vale, Jet having deliberately flown in circles, but Ruby didn't seem to notice. Jet descended to building level and eventually landed in a quiet alleyway between two shops, featureless save for two flimsy benches, one of which Jet placed Ruby on, before sitting beside her.

Ruby stared almost senselessly for a moment, before she broke down in tears. Jet embraced her and let her cry upon her shoulder. He rubbed her smooth back as she wept, gazing up from the shadowy alleyway up at a clear blue sky.

"I was so mean to Yang." Ruby cried as Jet held her close. "I made her cry and hurt her."

"You did the right thing, Ruby." Jet insisted, and lifted Ruby off him before staring into her silver, watery eyes. "You made her see that trying to force us apart through violence was wrong." He let her bury her head in his chest and patted her head, feeling her silky hair. Honestly, it broke his heart to see her like this.

"Just… please come with me to my mom's grave. Tell me that wasn't a lie." Ruby sobbed, almost desperate. Jet squeezed her head a little in his embrace.

"It was never a lie." Jet whispered. "Just let all of your sadness loose. You'll feel better, trust me."

Ruby didn't reply, still crying, and Jet merely held her, content to keep her in a comforting hug.

"I will protect you, no matter what. Just stay by my side, keep me in your heart, and I'll keep you safe. Okay?" he asked her softly, and he felt her nod into his shoulder. He would abide by that promise until the day he died, which, now that he thought about it…

He checked his scroll. It was December 21st.

"It draws closer, it seems." Jet muttered to himself.

After sending a message to Izzet and Nouvelle via his scroll, he tapped Ruby on the head. She looked up with puffy red eyes.

"I want to spend a little time away from Beacon. Just the two of us. Are you okay with that?" Jet asked her.

"Where are we going?" Ruby asked, and Jet smiled a little.

"My home. Where I was before Beacon." Jet replied, and chuckled a little despite himself at her surprised reaction. "It's quite a distance from here though, you up for a long flight?"

"Sure, Jet." Ruby replied, though to him her smile was a little forced. "Can I go back to my room though…" she trailed off.

"I've already thought of that. I'll stop time on the way back. It might cut us some slack on time." Jet responded, offering Ruby his back. As soon as she took hold on it, they vanished into thin air.

Weiss sat on her bed, thinking hard. As she'd predicted, the situation her team was in was becoming ever more dire.

With Ruby spending more time with Jet, and his conflict with Yang, their team was becoming more and more fragmented. The blonde herself was out on the balcony, alone, and Blake was spending time with Sun. She would have been with Neptune if it hadn't been for her worry for her team.

She was distracted from her thoughts when Ruby appeared from thin air quite literally right in front of her, along with the heart of her problems himself, Jet. She jumped naturally at their appearance, nearly hitting her head on Ruby's floating bunk.

"Hope we weren't interrupting anything." Jet said apologetically, as Ruby started fussing around with a pile of freshly laundered clothes, putting it into a small backpack.

"It is customary to knock before entering." Weiss replied frostily. "Ruby, why are you packing your bag with clothes and other apparel?"

"I'm going away with Jet for a couple of days." Ruby replied.

"What?" Weiss asked, somewhat stunned. She'd assumed that she'd wanted to spend Christmas with her team, and Jet with his. "Where and why?" Surprisingly, it was Jet who answered.

"We're going to where I used to live prior to Beacon." he explained, giving Weiss a meaningful look. "And because we want Team RWBY to reform."

This caused both Ruby and Weiss to look up, and Weiss shot her leader a questioning look, before asking "How will that help your efforts?"

"Simple, actually." Jet said, leaping up onto the bed that he and Ruby shared often. "Right now, there's an issue between Yang and us that's causing your whole team to splinter. By removing ourselves from this equation, you'll be able to work things out amongst yourselves before we return."

"Can I say something?" Ruby asked, and Weiss turned towards her as Jet nodded. "I wanted to spend time with a team that was whole and friendly, with both me and each-other. But right now, we're not that team. So I'm going to go for a while and give you time to do whatever you have to do. Because right now," she shot Weiss a saddened expression, "that's all I can do that's reasonable to me."

She finished packing her bags, and ignoring Weiss' reply, she gestured for Jet to come, which he obeyed. Weiss watched as she took his proffered hand, and vanished.

Izzet lay atop her bed, resting her body after an intense training session with Nouvelle. Her body was deceptively frail, likening her to a glass cannon. She could make them truly suffer if she wanted to, but if she was hit, her aura plummeted.

That mattered little to her at that present time, for she began to get the sense that someone was time-warping very close to her. Her suspicions were confirmed when Jet and Ruby appeared in front of her, but she was not startled. Jet had done this often, and she knew why he was here.

She felt a pang of jealousy for Ruby, but had done as Jet had requested, plus some. Against his expectations, she'd packed his bag for him, and watched as he checked the contents, smiling when Ruby said hi. She watched as Jet nodded in thanks, before he did something she didn't expect.

He blew a kiss at her.

Ruby looked surprised, but Jet took it in his stride, taking Ruby's hand before vanishing.

"I was still there you know." Ruby warned as they soared above Beacon, the bags hovering along-side them on two dark glyphs.

"I know, but Izzet is one of those girls who loves a little sass." Jet replied lightly. He reached back and grabbed Ruby, pulling her underneath him, the girl giving a surprised 'eep' at the sudden move. "I'm going to summon Burning Jet Venom, my flight armour."

He closed his eyes, and felt the armour plates start to cover his body, the wings extend, the engines roar, and he moved Ruby back onto his back as he completed the transformation. He activated the passenger rider function, and felt handles extend from his back, which Ruby grabbed onto, and a cover of glass surround her. A vent opened which allowed them to talk.

"Comfortable?" Jet asked as he hovered in place, his suit charging power for its flight, all of the joints locking into place.

"It's a little scary." Ruby answered honestly.

"You're fine." Jet replied soothingly, before he felt the suit give off the feeling he needed. "The ones we're leaving behind just need to see sense for our return."

They shot off with a sonic boom, travelling as nothing more than purple light.