AN: So this was was supposed to be out last week, but I lost a good chunk of the chapter, but I think it's for the best, because I prefer this version.

So something I want to address and make clear. I am changing a lot of thing's here in this re-write. But some things will have to stay the same, because I'm writing another story in this line, and things were set up in the original that pay off in that story. So I'm trying to make it so that story can be read if you read either this one or original. I won't say what, becasue I think that will spoil it.

Also, I know the story have been slow on action aside from the sparing matches. I wanted to set up character interactions and relationships before I took a crack at that again, but the time is coming for there to be more action, not this chapter, but the next, and you'll probably see what that is when you finish this chapter.

Also, thanks to everyone who faved, followed or reviewed. It means a lot, and I truly appreciate it. But, I will say, I won't divulge plot points, so if someone asked about something, I won't answer in order to keep the surprise, so if you ask a question and I don't answer, I'm not shutting you out, I just don't trust myself to answer them without giving away information I want to keep secret.

So, as always, please leave a review and tell me what you think. Anyway, onto the story.

Thor

For the first time in some time Thor felt content. He was more emotionally fulfilled than he'd been in some time and he thought Ruby had more than something to do with this. She woke something up in him, a fire he'd let smolder rather than burn. Why he didn't exactly know. But he saw she had a similar effect on other's, although maybe in different ways.

This was something he'd learned to pick up on, when a person had their fire in their stomach lite. There was a change in a person who had new motivation and purpose in their goal. He'd seen it in Jaune, Pyrrha and Weiss. Jaune he suspected he knew why, but the two girls he was less sure.

Still he felt there was something waking up not just in him, but around him. He could feel it in other's as well, whom didn't know as well, but there was a firing rising.

The tournament was a cause he was sure, but there was more. He could feel it in the air, something was coming, and he didn't know what it was. But anyone with a warrior's instinct was feeling it, and that was most the students.

Still, he had other matters to think of. He was near as ready for anything he could ever be, in this body and with his power. Still he wasn't at the level he should be, or rather wanted to be. He was strong for his age, and well developed. But if he was compared to a professional, he was behind. He and Pyrrha we're close in combat. And he knew she was prodigy, but still, he should have been able to handle her easily, but he simply couldn't. He was certain he'd have won…eventually. Still, that she was only seventeen or eighteen, yet pushed him to use his semblance when he never had need to use it, that was something.

Her semblance deflected his lighting, he could only think of few abilities like that, and he'd faced one before and he was sure from her other displayed skills, she had some kind of magnetism semblance. How she slipped his strikes, he felt like she was leading his maul away, but not enough to notice, at least for others. He noticed however, and when she made the lighting arc away, he was sure.

But that aside, he'd yet to face someone who pushed him. Some like Wiess had been fair, but lacking in certain areas, and others like Cardin was so focused on one area that he left all others to waste and were easy to deal with.

Still there were other thing's going on other than combat classes. Standard classes were more of a challenge for him, he wasn't dumb, but he had little interest in them. They seem so…inconsequential compared to what he'd dealt with.

Still, other things, like his social life seemed more important than they had in a long time, sense he was a teenager.

He and Ruby had…bonded in way he hadn't with other students. She liked him, and he her. But what they were wasn't clear. She was still to shy to out right ask him, although she seemed to think of him as her boyfriend as much as she could.

For his part, any lack of confirmation lay in his uncertainty of what he truly felt. His teenager mind conflicted with his ancient soul. He wasn't exactly sure what feeling were what. He was certain he liked her, but he wasn't sure it was romantically. He may or may not, he felt like his brain was giving him different signals.

But he liked Ruby…a lot. She was immature in a lot of ways, but at the same time could be wise beyond her years. There was love there for her, but which kind he didn't know.

He felt physical attraction many other's in his class. Young woman who seemed to develop much too early.

One of the girls was also watching him like a hawk. Yang, Ruby's older sister. While she'd seem okay with and even pushing her sister to hang out with him, now the long after the initial "date" she seemed more stand offish. She'd talked about having a "talk" with him, and he'd asked Ruby why she meant by this.

Ruby told him she may want to talk to him about making sure she didn't do anything to hurt her. Yang was oddly supportive of her sister in many things, but fiercely protective at the same time.

Yang

Yang felt a little guilty over her behavior. She'd been the one to pushed, and a little bit tricked, Ruby into hanging out with Thor, and at first, she thought it was great, and really cute how he teased her. And more than anything she thought Ruby laughing and blushing at it rather than have break down and trying to fight Thor, showed two things. Ruby was coming out of her social shell and that she had, of course, been right that she liked Thor.

But now she had some fears mixed in with this. She supposed or knew it was just her protective instincts, but still that did nothing to keep the feelings at bay. Thor seemed great, key word being "seemed". She knew some guys put on acts to get girls into bed.

Granted this was long time to do that if that's what Thor wanted. Still, she just couldn't shake the thought once it was in her head.

If she could get to know him better, she might get a better idea. She'd voiced the idea to her sister, and while Ruby wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea, she didn't openly oppose it.

She knew Ruby could handle herself, but that didn't seem to matter, especially in an area like this, where her experience was virtually nonexistent. In an outright fight she was fine, but while she was becoming more social, she was still inexperienced.

This weekend would be the time, it was a long weekend with no class on Friday. The school's computer and security systems were getting a system update. Computers would be down, and the doors and alarms would be tested, making it to disruptive to bother trying to teach anyone anything.

She'd get Thor out there and maybe get a few drinks in him, he seemed to like it, given he used it as a means to warm up over anything else. And she might glimpse a bit of the true him, and it might be him like he was now, only louder.

Thor

That Friday came, and Thor felt, not fear exactly, but more annoyance. He was only doing thing to keep peace. Yang was stubborn and hotblooded, and he didn't care to have her on his case or sniping at him if she was mad at him. Or getting into a fight with him outside of combat training. He had a clean record at Beacon so far, but his academic history was littered with more than few fights, and he didn't need that trouble.

So, he'd indulge her. He liked Yang, but she was starting to take the protective big sister thing a bit to far. Hopefully this might make her calm down. It was ridiculous really, he and Ruby weren't even dating, not really. Although the rumor mill made it seem like they were, and honestly, they were only a little off.

He headed to the docks to meet Yang, and for Ruby to see them off.

Ruby looked nervous, Yang mischievous.

"Thor." Ruby said, "Don't let Yang intimidate you."

Thor cocked and eyebrow and smiled "As if she could." He said smiling.

"Oh, we'll see about that." Yang said with a smirk. "Come on let's go."

With that Thor gave Ruby and hug and boarded the Bullhead.

Yang

"Okay, so I've us a hotel room for tonight so we don't have to worry about getting back. We can have…as much fun as we want."

"Oh." Thor said, "I thought this was a one-day thing."

"We'll head back tomorrow." She said with a smirk "But tonight, we're going to." She finished by pantomiming taking a drink.

Thor smirked at this "Is that a challenge?"

That wasn't at all what she'd intended to convey, but that sparked her competitive spirit. "Sure, tonight, in the hotel bar. But first I want to see what you did with my sister." Thor didn't answer, just give her a look. "The store, the museum, well maybe not the expo, I don't think they're doing one this week."

Now she knew that there were two things to look out for while they did these activities. One was if he was noticeably different from what she'd heard from both Ruby and Thor on how the day went. Two, if it was exactly the same. If it was the same down to the detail, that was probably an act.

Not a perfect plan, but all she could manage without spying on him, which wasn't something she was at all good at. Blake could probably do it, but she doubted she could convince her partner to go along with it, and didn't want to ask anyway, it wouldn't be fair.

But he seemed…normal, but Thor standards anyway. He ate like normal, showed the level of interest she'd have expected in the museum and shopping. He seemed, well normal.

Truth be told, she hadn't expected much from this section of the day, maybe something little, but not much. It was the night she thought she'd find something to find, if there was anything. It was just that day drinking seemed so…lame.

But so far, he seemed to be just what he showed himself as. At this point she felt like she was looking for things to find wrong with him. Which wasn't fun, being that suspicious.

But still, as the day wore on, she didn't see anything. But he could be hiding it of course, he wasn't stupid. And she had more or less announced her plan to do this a good week before they even did it.

Not one of her brighter moves. Still, she also felt this was totally insane to even try and do it. She recognized that she was projecting her own insecurities about being hurt by people close to her onto her sister and Thor. The combined with her protective nature over Ruby, made this whole insane plan a reality.

There was more to it than that though, she could feel it, she just wasn't sure what it was. Just some vague feeling she couldn't put her finger on.

Looking at her scroll, she smiled that the day was almost over. Time to head back to the hotel.

"Thor time go see who's the bigger man!"

Thor

They sat at the bar of the hotel, hashing out the rules for the contest. They'd settled on matching drink for drink and alternating between choice. Each would choose the drink of the round and both had to get one. This was decided because Thor preferred beer, Yang liked mixed drinks. This kept thing fair.

They flipped a coin for who got to choose the first round, and Yang won, and ordered two Strawberry Sunrises.

Thor didn't hate flavored drinks, and they tended to be stronger than normal beer. But he liked beer and mead, and mead was a rare find here.

"Bottoms up." He said as the drinks arrived and He knocked it back in one go. It made his stomach feel weird, with it'd syrups and flavors. That was what he didn't like about these types' drinks, they were supposed to sipped at, not drunk like a beer.

The look on Yang's face told him she just realized the same. She probably had never tried to down said drink that fast before.

Thor got the next round, this time, two pints of beer. Again, he downed it, but Yang also took it in one go. The look on her face told him she didn't care for the taste of beer, but could clearly handle it better than the mixed drinks sweetness.

Following this, beer was the main stay choice for both. Although each decided to throw a few shot's in here and there to keep the other guessing.

To Thor it seemed it had been and hour, maybe and hour and a half. But once he glanced up at the clock, he noticed they'd been at this for hours. And by his tally, he and Yang had drunk…way too much. He was feeling dizzy in his seat, and he didn't want to imagine how it would feel when he stood up.

Yang looked flushed and was leaning on the bar. "You ready to give up big guy." She said smiling, but Thor could tell the drink was having a strong effect on her. Granted they had both taken in much more than he would have expected two human teens being able to drink. He supposed aura had something to do with it.

"I think we should just finish this, one last drink, who ever drinks it fastest wins." Thor said.

"Oh, wimping out…but fine." She said, it was clear she was trying to save face, but he could tell she was done with this. "What drink…is it your turn or mine?"

"Yours." Thor said, but it wasn't, it was his turn, but he'd let her have what ever advantage she thought she could have.

She settled on boiler makers, and again Thor downed it before her, like he knew he could.

"Yeah…well, I can beat you in a marathon." Yang said as she stood up. "I'm ready for bed." She stumbled, and Thor grabbed her to steady her, but once he stood up, she had to grab him to keep him from falling.

This made them both laughs.

They walked out of the bar, laughing and supporting each other. One they got into the hall though Thor became quieter and started to humming a pub song he'd heard long ago, he wasn't sure were.

Yang

Thor started off humming, but eventually started singing lyrics to some song she'd never heard. The song seemed…sad.

The room, as she unlocked it for the first time, wasn't big or lavish, but had a bed…one bed. She hadn't thought of that, and frankly it didn't seem important right now. But she had a ghost of a feeling it might be once she sobered up.

She Thor sing "For all I've done, for want of wit." He stumbled and muttered some more lines.

"I'm going to take a shower quick." Yang said, feeling a bit a dirty after tromping around the city.

Thor didn't respond, but kicked off his boots, and flopped down on the bed.

Going into the bathroom, she stripped down and got in the shower. She didn't take long, this wasn't her normal morning routine, just a way to rinse herself off. Still, she took longer than what she probably thought was average.

But it did sober her up. Well not really, she knew this sort of thing didn't make a person sober, just gave them a bit more alertness, she was that special kind of drunk where she knew she was drunk and aware of how impaired her actions were, but still not care.

Wrapping a towel around herself, and her hair she stepped out and heard Thor still drunkenly warbling his song.

"Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had, Are sorry for my going away, And all the sweethearts that e'er I've had. Would wish me one more day to stay, But since it falls unto my lot, That I should rise and you should not, I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, Good night and joy be with you all."

"Who are these 'sweethearts' you've had?" She asked in playful tone but thought she might have something here.

Thor smiled "Just a song, don't worry about it."

She didn't push it, she felt like she could trust him now, although the little clarity she had made her think is a vague way that was due to the drink.

"So fill to me the parting glass." Thor sang.

He actually had a nice voice, despite being drunk. It was now that she realized he stripped down to his boxers on the bed. His skin was slick with sweat. A result of the drinking, it made you feel hot. That was part of the reason she took a shower.

But damn, he had one hell of a body. He was one hell of a male specimen, and he was good looking, strong, and funny in his way. She understood why Ruby liked him, hell almost any girl would, but beside that, all the information she had on him, both first and second hand, he was a good guy. Something rare, especially in the are of people who were as naturally talented as him, at least at his age.

She climbed into bed next to him, he hardly seemed to notice he just muttered "Goodnight and joy be to you all."

She could smell him now, and something about him…just.

"So, what is that song?" She said, distracting herself.

"The Parting Glass, it's a pub closing song I don't remember where I heard it." He said, his eye's closed.

Yang could almost feel herself getting drunker as she lay there, realizing the last drink she had was partly hard liquor, she thought that made sense. But she placed and arm over Thor's chest as he hummed.

And he stopped, opened and eye and looked at her. She pulled herself next to him, he felt so warm, through her towel, which she just realized was all she had on, and frankly didn't care.

"Thor…" She said "You are one…" she didn't know what, but she saw what her sister saw in her drunken haze and pulled herself on top on him and kissed him.

Thor

He felt himself waking up from a haze, but in warmth. He felt a warm body next to him in his arms and pulled it closer and felt hair in his face. He smelt a pleasant sent of strawberry and lilacs. He smiled and drifted off again.

He woke again and reached for the warmth but felt cold sheets. Finally, he opened his eyes, the curtains were drawn in the room he didn't know. It took him a moment to remember where he was. Sitting up he tried to remember the details of the night before, rubbing his head.

He then spotted Yang, sitting in a chair, her face in her hands.

Then it all came back. The drinking, the night.

"Yang." He started.

"Shut up, this is your fault!" The venom in her voice could be felt, but that didn't affect him as much as her eye's, which were red. Not from her semblance but from her tears.

He wanted to be mad but couldn't. He knew it was his gault, partially at least, but he knew they were both drinking heavily, and she had initiated the incident. Still, he couldn't help but feel for her, because he felt bad, terrible even over the previous night.

"Yang." He stood up and walked over to her, but she stood up and walked away.

"I can't believe I did that to Ruby." He sobbed.

"You didn't do anything." He said, "The skein of life if woven at birth, what will be, will be."

"Don't give me that destiny crap?" She yelled "I've…betrayed my sister and done to her what I thought you might do." She laughed in an angry tone "I guess I was right about you then."

Thor felt his sympathy fade into anger. "I didn't start this." He said, "I'll take responsibility for my part, but it isn't all my fault."

Yang dropped onto the bed, and that was when Thor realized she was just wearing a bed sheet around herself.

Thor sat next to her and placed and arm around her shoulder. He pulled her close, wanting to share her grief, and hoping she'd share his.

Ruby was such a pure soul. And he felt like he would taint her, especially after this. But overall as well, he'd ruin her somehow.

She was pure and good, he was not. He was tainted and filled with regret. He liked Ruby, maybe even loved her, but he knew, now more than ever, he'd hurt her. He already had, even if she didn't know it.

But he and Yang. He felt they were not good for each other either, they were both hot blooded and quick tempered. A friend, sure, but he felt any attempt at a relationship would result in a rather stormy affair.

"We need to talk about Ruby." Thor said, rubbing her back "I don't think it would be wise for me to…well allow things to continue on as they have been."

Yang looked at him, and the mix of emotions on her face told him all he needed to know about her confused state.

"Thor, she's totally enamored with you, you're her first crush, you can't hurt her like that."

"I already have, even if she doesn't know it yet. She's…" He paused for a moment to think of how to word his thoughts "innocent and good, I am not. I feel like, I wouldn't be good for her."

Yang just stared at him "Thor…I get not being innocent, but, what do you mean you aren't good?"

"I don't mean I'm evil, but…" He didn't know how to word this part either, partially because he didn't know what he meant by it either. But he was here, so he'd screwed up again, even if he didn't remember what he'd done.

"Thor, you're good, you…we might have screwed up, but that doesn't make you…not good it just makes you human."

He smiled at that. "Will we tell her?" was all he said, this was going to be her choice. It would impact her sister and team, the potential fallout was going to affect her much more.

"IF you're going to not pursue anything with Ruby…" She said, rubbing the back of her neck "Maybe we don't have to, she's going to feel bad enough, and I don't want her to think I made you…I didn't did I?"

"No." He said, "I'd have come to this realization sooner or later."

"You know we aren't going anywhere else with this right, I mean, I like you, just not like that…I mean, like in a relationship. I don't think we'd be making good decisions, if last night was any indication."

He didn't say anything just nodded, he'd come to same conclusion already. "So I'll have to talk to Ruby about us. It will be odd to break up with someone I'm not even really dating."

"Just…let her down easy." Just then Yang scroll started to buzz on the nightstand. Walking over to it, she picked it up and answered. "Yeah Ruby."

Thor listened to Yang talk on the phone with her sister and felt guilt over the upcoming unpleasantness.

Their remaining time in the city, they got something to eat, and then headed back. They didn't talk, and hardly looked at each other.

The thing of it was, the actual night had been…as far as Thor was concerned, excellent. Which made the whole thing more complicated.

Disembarking off the Bullhead, Thor was blindsided by a red blur that knocked him onto the ground.

"You guys are back! Did you pass!" Ruby's voice rang in his ear, and his heart sank. He wanted to put this off, but he knew from experience that sort of thing never helped.

"Ruby, we need to talk."

Ruby

She did not like those words, and she looked at Yang, and she seemed upset about something.

"Come on." Thor said, "We'll talk in private." He said leading her away.

This was not good, and what it would be, she didn't know and didn't think she wanted to.

"Thor…is everything okay?"

"Yes…and no. Here will be fine." Thor said, stopping on a secluded part of the school campus. "Ruby, I've come to realize…I'm…" He started "You're a very sweet girl, and good. To good for me…I think."

"Thor." She cut him off "What ever it is…we can work it out…I can…." She didn't know. But her heart was racing and her stomach was sinking.

"It's not about fixing, it's about me. I'm…not good for you. It's not fair to you to be with someone like me."

"Like you!" Her voice was getting higher and cracking "You mean strong, and brave and kind and…. and." she sputtered.

He placed his hand on her shoulder "You haven't seen me at my worst, I can be terrible at my worst. You are to kind and good for that…."

Ruby felt like there was more he wasn't saying, but she was now in full panic.

"So, I'm not perfect either!"

"Ruby…I don't like this but trust me…it's for the best. You are better off finding someone more like you." He leaned down and kissed her forehead "I'll be moving out of the dorm, Ozpin can put me somewhere else, it's not fair for me to…"

But Ruby didn't let him finish, she shoved him away and used her semblance to take off to the bullheads and board one and was off to the city.

Yang

Yang saw the blur of her sister head to the bullheads. She didn't go after her, to let her be alone. First heartbreak, that was rough. She'd leave her alone for now, and honestly it wasn't just for Ruby, but herself.

Thor came back, scanning the area. "She's gone." Yang said, "Into the city."

Thor sighed "She didn't take it well."

"Did you expect her to?"

"No." He said with another sigh. "I need to talk to the Headmaster about a room change."

Yang understood that, but she felt an odd sense of loss at the idea, she'd gotten used to him being around.

"Ruby will get over it, she's resilient like that. She's upset, but she recover's quicker than most." Yang said, at least in part to ease her own guilt.

Yang was getting worried. It was Sunday and Ruby still wasn't back. And she wasn't answered her scroll. She'd reported it to the teachers.

But she was worried, Ruby never went dark like this. She wanted to blame Thor, but it just wasn't fair to.

Then her scroll hummed, and Ruby's name came up on the caller ID.

"Ruby! Thank god, you had me worried." She said, but the voice that came over the scroll wasn't Ruby's, it was a man's, one she didn't know.

"Hey there girly." He said, in smug, oily voice "I'm a friend of your sisters, we had a run a couple months ago and she cost me some money."

"Where is my sister!" She yelled into the scroll.

"You'' find out, if you done exactly what I say." The man said. "Just be a good girl and listen to Uncle Torchwick."

AN: So I'm trying to diverge more off canon here, and you can probably see where the action I mentioned will come from. Well please leave a review.