Here we are at chapter 28. Now Ruby and Velvet begin their relationship as girlfriends. I do not own RWBY or Tales of Berseria. They belong to their respective owners. Here's chapter 28. Enjoy.
Chapter 28: Field Trip – Part 1
During the late night, Yang, Weiss, and Blake return to their dorm room after the dance ended a little after midnight. They were all tired, but felt that they had a great time at the dance. There was just one question on their minds: where did Ruby and Velvet go? Well, they found their answer in their dorm room. When they walked in, they quickly saw Ruby and Velvet, in their pajamas…and sleeping peacefully in Velvet's bed. Each of them had their own reactions to the sight. Blake was smiling at seeing them finally getting together (it sort of reminded her of her…romance…novels). Weiss had a slight blush along with a surprised look on her face. And Yang…well, she reacted as any older sister would react to seeing such a sight. Her eyes turned red and she was about to go nuclear.
"Why that little- that's it. Velvet's dead!" she quietly shouts and gets ready to pounce on Velvet. However, Weiss quickly used her semblance to conjure some glyphs on her limbs, stopping her advance. "Hey, what are you-," Yang begins before Weiss covers her mouth with her hand.
"If you don't calm down this instant, you can kiss that date with me goodbye," she threatens her, and that quickly makes Yang cool it (no pun intended) as she looks on with shock and betrayal. "Now, from the looks of things, they didn't do anything serious. Their pajamas are on and their asleep. There is no mess, and their dresses are put away properly. Besides, you were the one who wanted them to get together in the first place, and now it looks like that may very well be the case. They were probably just tired from the dance and came back to get some rest, and ended up sleeping in the same bed. It is nothing serious. Not to mention the fact that the last time we found them like this, you were enjoying it. Let them get some sleep and let's get ready for bed as well, okay?" Weiss says. Yang looks at her for a moment before she takes a deep breath and calms down, her eyes returning to their normal color. Weiss then releases her glyphs, freeing Yang. "Good, now let's head in," Weiss suggests.
"Um, guys," Blake gets their attention and points at Velvet's bed.
They both look and see Velvet, with one eye open, glaring at them. The two smile nervously and wave at her. Velvet's response is to narrow her eye at them, a silent message that says 'shut up and go to sleep. Wake Ruby up, and you're dead'. They quickly nod and leave to get changed and go to sleep. Velvet, meanwhile, pulls Ruby closer to her, who doesn't mind at all, and soon enough falls back asleep.
"Tomorrow's going to be a long day," Velvet thinks.
…
The next morning, Ruby wakes up to find herself in Velvet's arms, her new girlfriend. She smiled at this fact, but then noticed some movement behind her and glances back to see the rest of her team, waking up and taking turns getting changed in the bathroom. Blake glances at her and gives her a knowing smile. Realizing that they found them sleeping in the same bed last night, Ruby's face gets as red as her cloak out of embarrassment. But finds herself unable to get out or Velvet's arms. The position was too good to leave. Eventually, Velvet wakes up and releases Ruby with a yawn, and then they get changed after the others finish before them.
"Alright, now that we're all dressed, why don't you two tell us what happened to you last night? And don't leave any details out," Yang says, sitting on Blake's bunk with the Faunus girl.
"We figured you guys came back here after you left the dance. We leave anything out?" Blake asks.
"Well, you kind of missed a few things that happened last night," Ruby says, rubbing her head as she sits next to Velvet on Velvet's bed.
Yang then gets 'big-sister' serious, "Like what?" she asks accusingly.
"Like fighting some intruder in the CCT last night," Velvet blurts out.
This gets their attention, "Wait, what? What do you mean?" Weiss asks, sitting on her bunk.
"Well, after we left the dance for some fresh air, we noticed some woman wearing black clothing and a mask running along the dorm rooftops. We followed her to the CCT, and fought against her in the communications room. We might have stopped her, but then Ironwood shows up, and his appearance distracted us long enough for the woman to escape. That's basically what happened," Velvet explains.
"Someone infiltrated the tower. Why would they go there? And to do what exactly?" Weiss asks.
"We don't know. She never said anything to us. But she was good. Real good," Ruby says.
"You two weren't hurt, were you?" Yang asks.
"No, we were fine," Ruby says.
"Okay, but what happened after that?" Blake asks.
"Well, the general wanted an explanation on what happened. We told him, but it wasn't enough for him. However, I wanted to take Ruby home, and basically told him to shove it. I'm sure he's already told Professor Ozpin about what happened, and they'll want to hear about it from us later today. Anyway, after that, we came back here, and we…went to bed," Velvet explains, scratching her cheek at the last comment.
Weiss gives them a knowing look, "Anything else you want to add? It certainly seemed like something else happened last night, if finding the two of you sleeping in the same bed is any indication," Weiss asks, smirking.
Ruby and Velvet blush and look away from the others, "Well, you see we…well we…" Ruby trails off, playing with her index fingers.
"We confessed our feelings for each other, and now we're officially a couple," Velvet admits, seeing no way out of this.
Everything remains quiet, until…
"FINALLY! Geez, it took you two long enough to finally get together!" Yang shouts.
"YANG!" Ruby pouts, blushing madly.
"It looked like you were against the idea last night when you tried to wake us up with your fist," Velvet notes.
"Yang, you almost did what?!" Ruby yells.
"I'm sorry! I thought you guys did the deed. My bad," Yang apologizes.
"What do you mean 'did the deed'?" Ruby innocently asks.
"Don't worry about that," Blake quickly shuts her off.
"Yeah, don't you have to go to Professor Ozpin's office? I'm sure he'll want to hear about what happened last night," Weiss asks.
Just then, the announcements came on, "Would Ruby Rose and Velvet Crowe please report to Professor Ozpin's office," they hear Goodwitch's voice say.
"Well, we'd better get going. We'll see you guys later," Ruby says as she and Velvet leave the room.
"Let's just hope they don't end up doing anything…mature…at least until Ruby is older," Blake says.
"You mean like what all those ninja people do in your smut books?" Yang jokes.
"YANG!" Blake yells as she goes to try and kill the laughing blonde.
…
Meanwhile, in Ozpin's office, with Professor Ozpin sitting in his chair, accompanied by Professor Glynda Goodwitch and General Ironwood.
"…They were here. Ozpin, they were HERE!" Ironwood almost shout while slamming his fist on Ozpin's desk while Ozpin just rests his head in his hands.
"We are very much aware of that. Thank you, James," Glynda retorts.
"Fantastic! You're aware," Ironwood sarcastically replies. "Now are we going to do something about it or should we just stay the course and continue to ignore what's right in front of us?" Ironwood spitefully asks.
Ozpin then hears a beeping on his desk and stands, "Come in," he says.
The doors open to reveal Ruby and Velvet entering the room.
"You asked for us?" Velvet asks.
"Ah, sorry it took so long. Someone accidently hit all of the buttons on the elevator on the way up here," Ruby apologizes before looking around. "It wasn't me," she defends herself as she and Velvet walk up to the teachers.
"Thank you for coming, Ruby, Velvet. How are you two feeling?" Ozpin asks.
"I've been through worse," Velvet shrugs her shoulders.
"Okay, I guess. I'd feel better if my bad-guy catching record wasn't 0-for-3," Ruby says, showing three fingers. But the teachers just give them serious, bland, looks. "Okay, so that's the tone we're going for. Got it," she mutters while rubbing her head.
"Ruby, I feel it's appropriate that I-," Ironwood begins as he approaches Ruby, only for Velvet to stand protectively in front of Ruby. "Is there a problem, Miss Crowe?" Ironwood asks, narrowing his eyes at her.
"Aside from the fact that YOU'RE here, no, no problem," Velvet counters.
"You need to learn to respect you're elders, young lady," Ironwood warns her.
"Respect has to be earned, and you've done nothing to earn mine. I'll be honest, I don't like you, Ironwood. So as long as I'm here, you'll go nowhere near Ruby, got it?" Velvet retorts.
"That's enough, both of you. We have more pressing matters to attend to, if you please," Ozpin says, getting them both to calm down as Ironwood walks away and the two girls look at the headmaster. "Now then, the general here has already informed us of the events that…transpired last night. But now that you two have rested, we were wondering if you had anything to add," Ozpin says.
Glynda then steps up, "Was anyone else with her? Did she look familiar to you at all?" Goodwitch asks.
Ruby begins, "I…I don't know. She was wearing a mask, and she never said anything to me. But I know she fought with glass. I don't think that was her semblance though. Her clothing lit up whenever she attacked," Ruby explains.
"This was the first time I fought someone like that. All's I can say, is she's good, and smart. Not to mention that she pissed me off," Velvet adds.
"Save for the glass, that sounds like the woman I fought the night I met Ruby," Goodwitch says.
"Wait, you fought that woman before?!" Velvet asks Ruby, who nods. "You weren't hurt too badly were you?" she asks, concerned about her girlfriend.
"I didn't get hurt, Velvet. Luckily, Professor Goodwitch showed up in time and saved me," Ruby says.
"Imbedding dust into clothing is an age-old technique, it could've been anyone," Ironwood says.
"Wait, you think this girl's connected to Torchwick and the White Fang?" Ruby inquires.
"I wouldn't throw that idea out," Velvet says.
"It's possible…" Opzin begins, hand on his chin while Ruby looks off to the side. "…But we still lack the required evidence to link the two together," Ozpin says as he and Ironwood look at each other.
"Actually, I…I think I remember her saying something about a hideout or something, in the southeast, just outside the kingdom," Ruby says, pointing her thumb behind her, while Velvet raises one eyebrow at her.
"Interesting…" Ozpin says, smiling at them for telling him that.
"I thought you said that the intruder never-," Goodwitch begins as Ozpin walks up beside her.
"Thank you for your cooperation, Ruby and Velvet. Why don't you two go and spend some time with your team. You both have a big day ahead of you," Ozpin interrupts her.
"Anytime," Ruby says as she turns and begins to walks away.
"See you around," Velvet adds as she follows her.
"And Miss Rose, Miss Crowe," Ozpin begins, getting their attention. "Please try and be…discrete about this matter," Ozpin tells them.
"Yes sir," Ruby replies.
"Sure," Velvet says and then the two leave. When the elevator doors close, Velvet turns to Ruby. "You sure it was a good idea to tell them about the hideout?" she asks.
"I think we can trust Professor Ozpin. He's always been a big help to me. Why, you think it was a bad idea?" Ruby asks.
Velvet shakes her head, "Whatever you feel is right, I'll support you, no matter what," she says, smiling.
Ruby smiles back and then gives Velvet a kiss on the cheek, making them both blush. When the elevator stops, Velvet takes a chance to hold Ruby's hand, making them blush a little more as they walk back to their dorm, hand-in-hand. A few minutes later, they open up their door…only to find Yang and Blake on the ground, with Yang holding Blake's arms as the cat girl tries to slit her throat with her sword. Meanwhile, Weiss watches with indifference at the spectacle. However, they eventually notice that Ruby and Velvet have returned.
"So, uh…what happened?" Yang asks.
"That's what I want to know?" Velvet retorts flatly. "Let me guess, Blake's secret stash?" Velvet asks, making Blake blush. "I thought so. I told you they would've eventually found them," she says.
"It's appalling that you'd be into such…distasteful novels, Blake," Weiss criticizes her.
"What are you guys talking about?" Ruby asks, not getting it.
"NOTHING!" Blake yells.
…
Back in Professor Ozpin's office, the three teachers have just finished their conversation regarding last night's events, and the information that Ruby and Velvet gave them.
"…Fine, I'll hold…for now. But I'll be having my troops on standby should something happen," Ironwood says as he prepares to leave. "By the way Ozpin, you should really keep a tighter leash on your students. Velvet Crowe's lack of respect for authority is a problem," he notes.
"You forget one important fact, James. This is MY school. I don't pressure my students into doing something they may not want to do, unlike how you run your school. Miss Crowe has been through much in her life. I want to help her, just like I want to help all my students, but I can't accomplish that if they don't trust me," Ozpin explains.
Ironwood grunts, "Hmph, what could have been so bad that she'd act like this?" he asks.
"I don't know. But I know she won't tell me if I try to force it out of her. Many of my students have gone through hard times to get to this point. Harsher times await them in the future, but that doesn't mean every single moment of their lives have to be dark. However, I have come to trust her, just like with the rest of my students. Perhaps, you should give it a try," Ozpin says.
Ironwood just narrows his eyes at Ozpin for a moment before he sighs and leaves.
…
Back in Team RVWBY's dorm, Ruby and Velvet have just finished relaying what happened in Ozpin's office to them.
"That was a risky move," Weiss says, crossing her arms.
"No…I think you handled it well," Blake supports Ruby's decision.
"You did what you thought was right Ruby. I'm sure it won't be so bad," Velvet adds.
"I hope so," Ruby says while Yang has a supportive hand on her left shoulder.
"I'm sure everything will be alright Ruby," Yang comforts her. "Oh! I know what will cheer you up!" Yang gets an idea and walks over to one of their desks.
"What's that?" Ruby asks as everyone turns to Yang.
"I don't know yet. Dad sent it to us. I thought we could open it up together," Yang says, holding a cylinder-shaped package in her left hand.
"Oh, something from home!" Ruby squeals.
Using her semblance, she bolts over to Yang and jumps onto her back, wrapping her legs around her waist. She starts quickly waving her hands at the package while Yang holds it out of her reach. A moment later, some grayish-black cylinder-shaped object falls out of the package as Ruby stops trying to grab it and holds onto Yang as everyone looks down at the package. The object starts BOUNCING up and down for a moment before expanding into a four-legged, furry creature. Everyone looks down more closely at it with mixed expressions of confusion, awe, or fear. The object turns out to be…a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, with a black-headed- tricolor coat, gray eyes, a short, stubby tail, and a white stomach. The corgi then barks twice at them. Yang and Ruby jolt up with joy, Blake and Weiss reel back in terror, and Velvet jumps back in shock.
"ZWEI!" Ruby happily calls out the dog's name, indicating she knows it.
"He sent a DOG?!" Blake exclaims.
"In the MAIL?!" Weiss adds.
"And I thought Magilou did some crazy magic tricks like this," Velvet mutters.
"Oh, he does stuff like this all the time," Yang explains while Ruby is holding Zwei in her arms like a baby as it lovingly licks her face.
"Your father or your dog?" Blake ask…as she hides on top of Ruby's bed.
"If you ask me, I think it's a bit of both," Velvet notes. However, Zwei quickly looks at her, and then jumps out of Ruby's arms, and onto Velvet as he tries to lick her face while she holds him back. "Get off of me! I don't need your drool all over me!" she yells.
"Aw, he missed you," Yang teases her.
Weiss leans in closer to the dog, "Are you telling me, that this mangy…" Weiss begins as she scowls at the dog, who notices her and stops trying to lick Velvet and looks back at Weiss. "Drooling…" he licks his nose as they keep staring. "Mutt...Is going to wiv with us foreva?! Oh, yes he is! Yes he is! Oh isn't he adorable? Ah! Ah!" Weiss suddenly starts making baby talk to Zwei as she pets his nose.
"Fine, you hold him," Velvet says as she tosses the dog to Weiss, who happily catches and hugs him.
"Please keep it away from my belongings," Blake says as she sits on Ruby's bed as far away from Zwei as she can.
Then, the intercoms come one, "Would all first year students please report to the amphitheater," they hear Glynda's voice on the other end.
"Well, we can't exactly leave him here while we're gone for a week," Weiss notes as Zwei jumps out of her arms and immediately runs up to Weiss's bed, trying to get to Blake, who cringes back like a cat.
Yang then pulls out a letter from the package, "Look, there's a letter. 'Dear girls, I've got to leave the island for a few days, so I'm sending Zwei to you to take care off. Enclosed is all the food you should need. Love you both, Taiyang," Yang reads.
Zwei runs over to her and she points the opening of the package over him, and suddenly a large number of cans of dog food fall out of the package, burying Zwei until his head pops out.
"Where did all of that come from?" Velvet asks as she hunches over in shock.
"What is he supposed to do with that?" Weiss asks.
Yang shakes the package, and out comes a can opener that falls on Zwei's head, who continues panting with his tongue out like nothing's wrong.
"Don't tell me he actually knows how to use a can opener?" Velvet asks, but gets no answer.
Yang then tosses the package and the letter away, "Welp, that settles it. Come on guys, Zwei will be here when we get back," Yang says as she leaves the room.
Weiss then walks around Zwei, "Oh, I'll miss you so much! We're going to be best friends! I can't wait to see you again! Yeah, you're such a…" Weiss makes baby talk to Zwei as she pets him and leaves while Blake avoids Zwei by jumping off Ruby's bed and the desk to quickly run out of the room.
"Let's get going, Ruby," Velvet says as she leaves too.
However, Ruby just looks at Zwei, humming in thought for a moment before gasping as she gets an idea and smiles.
And that's the chapter. Not much going on other than the usual family stuff with Ruby, Velvet, and Yang. Some may wonder why I set it up with Velvet not liking Ironwood. One, because from what I read, he and Artorius are somewhat alike. Two, because I REALLY don't like him. Anyway, what awaits Ruby, Velvet, and the gang in the near future? Until then, please Read and Review.
