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Ruby

Ruby had been forced to stay in the hospital after her incident with Torchwick. She didn't want to be here, but she understood it. She was dehydrated and otherwise beaten up.

Her dad had been in to see her, worried, and looking haggard. But overall happy to see her well.

Her team and JNPR had visited her as well. All the standard well-wishes and so on had been observed, but Yang and Wiess had seemed particularly odd.

But not Thor. She wanted to see him. After everything, she wanted to at least talk to him. To get something straight. He'd told her that he didn't think they were right for each other, but she hadn't taken much time think this before she ran off.

She really wanted to see him and get this all straight.

"Ruby?"

The voice was familiar but made her shiver with anxiety. "Thor?"

She looked at the door and saw the tall, strong object of her heart. And her heart skipped a beat.

"I.." He said, walking to her bed and taking a seat next to it, "I wasn't fair to you." He said and grabbed her hand.

"Thor." She started " I think…I might."

"Ruby." He cut her off "I'm… Sorry, for…everything." He said and pulled out a box. "I brought you these." He placed the box in her lap.

She looked from it to him and back to it. Smiling, she opened it up to see a stack of cookies, not homemade, but still, her heart fluttered at the gesture.

"Thanks, Thor, and I'm sorry if I hadn't run off like that… this whole mess wouldn't have happened."

"It was my fault…" Thor said, "If I had just…"

"You were honest." That hurt her to say, but she didn't want him blaming himself for this whole debacle.

He grabbed her hand and said, "Not entirely."

She looked him in the eye, his startling blue eyes. "What do you mean?"

"I was worried that I would…ruin you." He took a deep breath "But I'm seeing…that isn't fair to you, or giving you the credit you deserve. Thinking I'd have that much influence on you." He sighed, "I never should have said what I said."

"So…" she almost didn't want to hope " So are you…un-breaking up with me?"

He smiled, "Well if I recall, we never officially dated."

She punched him in the should "Well, let's make it official!"

He pulled her into a hug and kissed the side of her head "Of course."

Yang

Ruby would be back to class on Wednesday, so until then, she had made it her responsibility to get her homework and take notes for her. She didn't typically take notes, but for her sister, she could suffer two days.

As she wrote down the history notes, she eyed Thor out of the corner of her eye. He'd been to see her sister, and apparently, they were back on.

This caused a wave of feelings she didn't like at all. She had all this frustration and didn't know how to deal with, this wasn't an issue she could punch or smash. Combat class was tomorrow, and she thought she might volunteer to fight Thor and work out some of this aggression she felt.

She knew this was misplaced, but didn't really care. She hated herself for what she'd done, but it was easier to focus on Thor because he was part of it. She knew, in an overall sense, the entire incident with him had been her fault. She'd wanted to bring him out, she challenged him to a drinking contest, and she was the one who initiated the whole incident.

He wasn't blameless, but she knew more of the responsibility was on her, and she hated that she'd been the one to do that to her sister, especially when the whole day had been planned with the intention of looking out for her.

To make things worse, she felt that it wasn't just drunk that caused it. Thor was…well, her idea of a perfect man. Strong, handsome, and not a jerk. He was cocky, but it played well with his personality and came off as more playful than arrogant.

But he liked her sister. He liked her too, but not in the same way. She knew she was hot, and boy's drooled over her, and Thor appreciated her looks, and they got along, they were alike. Bold, outgoing, and they both could drink better than most.

This ugly jealousy made her angrier. She didn't want to feel this way, but couldn't help it.

Thor

Another day of classes and Thor was mentally wiped, especially after the whole ordeal of with Torchwick. Still, he felt oddly calm after it all, and after talking to Ruby, he felt better. As he strolled around some of the more deserted parts of the campus.

"Thor!" someone called. He recognized it as Yang's voice.

"Yes?" He said, turning to look at her.

"Time to talk." She said, walking up to him, "I hear you and Ruby have…reconciled."

"Yes."

"I thought…I thought you didn't think you would be good for her?"

"I've changed my mind." He said, "I didn't think it's fair to say I could…ruin her, she's had enough sense of self to remain who she is."

"Did you forget what you did to her? How you and me." She said, but he cut her off.

"No, but don't place this all on me. We both made a mistake."

"Mistake?" Her voice cracked, and she looked hurt. "Look, big guy." Her face hardened at this. "I'm happy Ruby's back, and I appreciate your help, but I won't let you hurt my sister again."

Thor's whole body tensed up at this, and he clenched his fist. "Take responsibility for your part in this whole affair, and stop laying all the blame on me!"

Yang's eye's flashed red, and before he knew what happened, he was crashing through a tree. She'd punched him, and hard.

He looked up to see her semblance flaring, her hair and eye's red. He smirked and stood up.

Holding his fist out, lighting started to arc off his arm, and out of his eye's. "So it seems to me we need to work some of the excess energy out."

Yang

She knew she'd made a bad choice as soon as her fist connected with Thor's stomach. She didn't know what had come over her, but her anger flared up, and she hit him as hard as she could.

And he got up, smiling and lighting arcing and shooting off him. He was ready for a fight, and frankly, so was she.

She rushed forward and raised her fist to strike, and her fist collided with Thor's. The force of his punch was greater than hers' and the electricity arced through her body and she was thrown. But the damage made her stronger. She lunged again and this time caught him on the jaw and sent him to the ground.

She jumped to hit him again, but he rose and wrapped his arms around her and body slammed her and started raining punches on her.

She turtled up and let him, building her strength. After a few moments, then she bucked him off her and kicked him way, and rolled to her feet and hammered right in his temple and he moved to his feet, and he went skidding across the ground, only to pop back up to his feet.

But she was on him and threw another haymaker at him, but this time he palmed her punch away and sidestepped her as she flew by him.

She then felt a tight grip around her ankle, and she had a flashback to the other night when Thor had helped her fight that girl.

Then she felt her self being slammed into the ground over and over with electricity coursing through her body. Then she was flying through the air, and they suddenly stopped as she hit a wall.

Her aura flared, and she clenched her jaw and flew at Thor again, this time he hammered her right on top of the head and send her right into the ground. She actually bounced off the ground he walloped her.

She felt a boot in her side as he landed another hit and she was flying through the air then rolling on the ground.

Pushing herself up, she saw Thor looking down at her, and she realized how much further ahead he was compared to her. She'd gotten her licks in, but he was standing, and she felt like standing would be a challenge. What in the world made him this good?

He was smiling and holding a hand out to help her up. "Get it out of your system?"

She wanted to hit him, but she knew he was out if her league. But at that moment she didn't care. She launched an attack and landed her fist dead center of his face, and hear a satisfying crack.

Thor flew back and Yang though she saw some red mix with it.

Thor

The sudden attack enraged him but got his blood pumping in a way few things had. He landed on his back, and he thought his nose might be broken but felt more alive in this moment than he had in some time.

Yang came down on him, but he rolled out of the way as she smashed the ground.

He rolled to his feet and saw her glaring at him. Fire seemed to radiate off her, but to his own regard, lighting was arcing off him.

He charged her, but she raised her fist at the same time, she was a natural fighter all thing considered. Their fist's collided, and they blew back from each other.

They both rolled to their feet and rushed each other, but this time as Yang threw another punch, Thor wrapped his arms around her waist and tossed her to the ground.

While she bounced off the ground, Thor mounted her and started raining punches down on her.

She covered herself, but was helpless against the barrage, and soon let her guard drop as Thor hit her over and over in the face.

But this didn't last long before a voice shouted "ENOUGH!" and both were separated but some unseen force.

Yang

The next thing she remembered after Thor bringing a lighting fist into her face was being in Goodwitche's office.

"You two." Was what she remembered first. "Have displayed behavior completely unforgivable for two students of this illustrious academy." She said, "Fighting on the ground, a shameful display."

Thor said, "I'm sorry for this…"

"Silence!" Goodwitch said, "This is a serious offense." She shouted. "Detention for you both, and be grateful for that, report to me tonight after classes."

She walked out of the room at this, but Yang glared at Thor, but he kept smiling, and an urge to continue the fight rose in her.

Thor

Detention wasn't the worst; He, in fact, thought it a mild thing. He didn't enjoy it, but he could handle it fine.

Yang, however, kept shooting dirty looks at him while they did several tedious task's together. Sorting old files, moving equipment for classes, and so on.

They'd been at it for two days, and Yang just seemed to get angrier and angrier. This culminated in him accidentally bumping into her, which resulted in an explosion of anger from her.

"Watch it!" She shouted.

"It was an accident." Was all he said and kept to his task, not liking the idea of another fight. He'd seen Yang's team afterward, and Ruby and Blake were extremely distressed over it. Weiss hadn't seemed at all bothered by it.

"You!" She shouted. "I…HATE YOU!" She screamed.

He turned to her and said, "No…you don't. You hate what we did, and can't reconcile the act from the people."

The anger on her face dropped into confusion and then her shoulder's slumped, which surprised him. He'd been expecting another blow-up.

"I can't believe I did that to my sister." She said and dropped down on the ground, "I'm mad, but…I can't punch this problem." She laughed at her own comment.

"I can't tell you how to handle this…but you need to work this out, you can't keep picking fights with me, it isn't good for your health."

She laughed at that, "I think I was giving you a good fight before we got broken up." Thor smiled at her and walked over, extending and hand to help her up, this time she took it, and he pulled her up. "How do you do it?"

"What?"

"Deal with it, I mean, you even went back to my sister after all this, doesn't it eat you up inside?"

"I" Thor started to say and paused to think, "I think it's simply I don't dwell on the past. I can't change it, only learn from it. I'd tell her if you were okay with it, but you aren't, and I recognize it will affect you more than me."

"Thor." She said, "I don't think I'll ever understand how your brain works."

"No." He said, smiling, "I don't think you will."

That made her laugh, "So…Sorry about…attacking you."

"Oh, it was fun even if we ended up here for it," Thor said.

She extended a hand and said, "Friends?"

"Friends." He said as he took it.

Blake

Her hearing was coming back, but she was still on edge, with her hearing compromised, she had to be more aware of her surroundings than before.

But there was the fact that Thor knew now. She'd been in shock from the incident but once her head had cleared, but she felt foolish over it now.

But he hadn't said anything to her about, and she didn't push the issue. He had enough on his plate after his fight with Yang. She still didn't know what that whole thing had been about. Her best guess was over Thor and Ruby, but it still seemed like a massive overreaction.

She needed to talk to Thor and make thing clear on her situation. She thought he got a general idea, but she needed to make it clear.

But recalling the incident, she felt a pure fondness for Thor. Genuine appreciation for what he'd said and done. She'd never really considered herself a close friend of his but thought now she'd done a great disservice to him.

He was, despite all his bragging and big talk, a good guy. This made that fact her partner had picked a fight with him all the more irritating. She knew Yang had a temper, but that had seemed out of bounds for most situations.

That made her think something else was at play in that fight. What that was, she had no idea, but Yang had unloaded a lot onto Thor, the damage o the campus said as much. Thor hadn't held much back either from what she'd heard.

Yang just seemed, frustrated lately. She picked up on it in a vague way, and any attempt to bring the subject up had resulted in a shutdown.

She cared about her partner, but Yang made it hard at times, with her temper and unwillingness to discuss her feelings in certain situations. But she was great in so many other ways. She was kind, outgoing, nurturing, and caring.

She just wished she could learn to temper her more volatile traits.

Thor

As he packed up his few belonging to move to JNPR's dorm, he thought over what had caused this change in room assignment.

He thought the fight with Yang may have been a factor, but still, it seemed like there might be more. He couldn't help but note her and Pyrrha were the best in there year, possibly, no probably in the school.

Maybe that was something. Getting the two best to interact, make them improve each other.

He didn't know Pyrrha well, but he liked her well enough. She was strong but humble, something he'd never managed to master.

"Thor?"

It was Ruby, he turned to look at her. "Ruby."

"I'm going to…miss having you around all the time." She blushed and put her hand behind her back and kicked at the ground.

"I will miss being around." He said, setting his box down and walked up to her, "But I'll just be across the hall."

"I know…" She said "But now that we're…officially…you know, I kind of liked the idea of you…being…you know, near me."

Thor smiled at this, she was so uncomfortable in the phrasing of there relationship, but so cute in it all, it made him want to laugh, not that he would, that would hurt her. "I'm still near." He said, "Just across the hall."

"Well, I'll let you move in, I'll see you at dinner." She said, hugging him and heading off.

Team JNPR wasn't around while he moved his few possession's in. Unlike team RWBY, JNPR hadn't opted for bunkbeds, it seemed all of them had far few personal effects than anyone on RWBY except Blake. He didn't know if them not being here meant they were okay with it or not. As he looked around, to see where he was going to set up. Then he spotted it, a corner of the room had a camping bed folded up with a piece of paper taped to it.

He walked over to it and looked at the paper, and it said "Thor" on it. Plucking it up, he opened it, and it read

"Hey, thought you might like something to sleep on other than a bedroll." -Team JNPR.

That made him feel better, a small act of kindness, it amazed him how much that could make someone feel better.

He'd have to pay them back…somehow.

Pyrrha

Jaune had seemed excited when they were told that Thor would be moving into their dorm, which surprised Pyrrha, but confirmed something she'd hoped wasn't the case. Jaune's increase in skill was astounding from the start of the school year, he had to of had a teacher or trainer. And she was sure it was Thor now. What bothered her was why he hadn't come to her. Not to seem vain but she knew she was probably the best fighter in their year, except…for Thor.

Their sparing match had made it clear he was on another level to the other students, just like she was. But she was Jaune's partner, and it made her upset that he hadn't asked for her help.

But, she also understood Jaune was embarrassed over his…short comings. Maybe turning to someone outside of the team was easier for him to handle, someone who he didn't see all the time.

That would change now if he'd been reassigned to their dorm. And that was another thing, why?

Sure the fight he'd had with Yang had been bad and resulted in a moderately severe amount of property damage for the school. But in all honesty that didn't seem right, as the very nature of the school made such loss reasonably common. Maybe not in the same manner, but in a more general sense.

Was it maybe something to do with his relationship with Ruby? Or was it a combination of several factors?

Or something she wasn't seeing. It all seemed odd at any rate, it just changed where he slept, and to a lesser extent when he was around.

Thor didn't have a team, do to pure coincidence, or so it was claimed. If he wasn't like he was, she might have bought that line, but he was so…good. It felt more like Ozpin didn't want to lose him and re-worked the rules on a technicality to keep him around.

That seemed somehow nefarious to her like he was using the students for something. But she shook her head and pushed it out of her mind. That was ridiculous, she was just over analyzing things.

Weiss

Thor had taken his sparse belonging out of the dorm by the time she got back. If she was honest, it was a relief to her. Having a boy in their room made certain things harder. Just dressing was awkward for everyone, well, Thor and Yang didn't mind, but the rest of them were uncomfortable with it. Not that Thor had ever spied on them, he was respectful in that regard and left whenever one of them needed the room.

She knew that wasn't fair really, because many of the teams were co-ed and had to put up with similar situations.

But there was more about Thor that made her uncomfortable. He was…to strong. It wasn't that she was jealous, well maybe a little, but no it was more than that. It didn't seem at all natural he was this good, especially given his background.

People like her and Pyrrha had exceptional training, and Pyrrha combined that with extraordinary talent. Weiss knew she wasn't untalented, but Pyrrha was on another level. But they had both received exceptional training.

Thor had not, he'd gone an ordinary school with combat courses. And even then he was unnaturally good. She'd gathered bits and piece of information over the time he'd stayed with them and learned enough of his back story to get the picture.

And then there was his equipment. How had he made it? It was far more technical than any other students, or even the fully trained huntsmen she'd meet. It seemed far to advance for a student to have made, yet it was accepted that he did. In truth, it seemed beyond even the Atlas military in some regards, which was astounding.

She didn't think anyone else had picked up on how bizarre it was his gear was a full weapons system, probably because he rarely showed it's full capabilities, he didn't need to.

But she'd seen at least some of it during initiation, and Thor had made a few mentions of what it could do to Ruby. Ruby…being the weapon's fanatic she was, just absorbed it, but she didn't think she really processed what it all meant.

This brought her to the one question she'd had in the back of her mind since day one but now dominated her thoughts ever since they'd saved Ruby.

Where the hell did he come from?

Jaune

For the first time what felt like forever, he was training with Thor on the roof. After the whole ordeal with Torchwick, Jaune wanted to get better, because he'd honestly felt useless.

Thor had actually praised his efforts, but he still felt like he'd been little more than a distraction. He wanted to be better.

And he took to his practice with more vigor, and this had resulted in a much quicker beating from Thor. But it felt good to be working this hard. And he always enjoyed how they had their little talks afterward. Thor seemed to be able to give good advice whenever they talked.

"So…" Jaune said as he sat down from the match. "After all this, and with the dance coming up, I think Weiss might…well wanted to ask her to go."

Thor raised his hand in a manner that seemed...almost irritated. "Jaune." He said, "Weiss…she will not accept your invitation."

"But…" He said feeling like the wind had been taken out of his sails.

"It's not you." He said, "She isn't in mind, set to accept your…feelings." He said, "You are genuine in your feelings, but she is cynical and suspicious of them." He said, "You can't blame her, after the life she's lived, but it doesn't matter for your situation, she isn't going to reciprocate."

"But…I'm stronger, and I even was helpful during the whole Torchwick."

"It doesn't matter." He said, "She's not in place to trust." He said, "She'll only be willing to expose herself to someone she initiates the relationship with."

Jaune's shoulder's slumped, and he felt suddenly drained.

"Jaune." He said, " You have someone who likes are you right in front of you." Thor said.

Jaune sat upright in an instant, suddenly scared "Thor…you aren't…I mean, you and Ruby…"

Thor broke out in laughter, and Jaune suddenly felt stupid.

"No I'm not, and I'm talking about Pyrrha."

"Pyrrha?"

"She is clearly into you." Thor said, "Ask her, you'll both be happier for it."

"But…She's my partner."

"Trust me," Thor said. "She likes you."

Jaune felt…weird. He liked Pyrrha, but the idea of liking her like that? It made him uncomfortable, but it excited him at the same time. She was beautiful and strong and kind…but she was so much…better than him. Thor had to be wrong.

"Thor." He said, "She's just…better than me. I mean why me when she could have anyone?"

Thor laughed, "Love." He said, "That is the one universal equalizer. Even the All-Father has no power over it." Thor walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder "Love can't be controlled, it simply is, and we can either embrace it or reject it, what will you do?"

Jaune was confused with the wording of "All-Father," but he liked the idea of love being a force unto itself, that simply was. And the fact it made his general situation seem less hopeless.

But he felt scared at the idea of Pyrrha liking him. If Thor were wrong, he'd embarrass himself and make his partner feel incredibly awkward.

"Trust me," Thor said, smiling at him and Jaune felt like he could.

Blake

She'd been waiting for Thor for a while, but she knew that he'd be coming back to his room around this time. He'd had this pattern for a while and only broke it a few times. He and Jaune would both return late at night after some serious activity, and Jaune was always covered in bruises.

She had a good idea of what they were doing but wasn't her business. But she needed to talk to Thor, and now that he was haring living quarters with Jaune the chance to catch him alone was virtually zero. Jaune would know about at least the fact she wanted a private talk with Thor.

But that didn't worry her too much, aside from Ruby, she didn't think there was another student she knew who would keep these types of facts to themselves.

But as the two walked down the hall, she walked up to them. "Thor," she said, "We need to talk.". Jaune gave her and Thor a confused look but soon moved on. He was a good guy, but he was so…submissive in general that it made it hard for her to respect him as a leader. She was left alone with Thor in the hall, and he just looked at her with patience. "Follow me." She said and lead him to a stairwell.

Thor sat down on the stairs and said before she could say anything, "How are your ears?"

Blake reached up to touch the bandaging he'd put on. She hadn't recovered her hearing totally, but she was on the mend. "Better." She said, "And that's what I wanted to talk to you about."

"You don't have to worry about me saying anything." He said. "I know or suspect at least you have your reasons."

She hugged herself, yes, she did have reasons to hide, but they shamed her. "Thor…I just…no one knows except you."

"And no one will until you are ready." He said, standing up, "But I suggest you tell your team at least, the longer you wait, the more betrayed they will feel."

He was right, of course, but the idea seemed so…risky. He walked up to her and put a hand on her shoulder and seemed so much older at that moment. "They will understand, even if they are angry initially over the secrecy, but they will understand. Don't wait on this." He smiled and walked out of the stairwell.

That smile. He was always smiling, and she couldn't understand it. He seemed…so sure of what would happen and how things would turn out. He smiled at most things and was so confident. She wished she could that confident with her own issues.

She wanted to believe him, that they would fine with her, but doubt still lurked in her mind. Especially with Weiss.

At least, for now, Thor had given her his word that he would be quiet.

Yang

With Thor out of their dorm, it felt oddly…empty. She guessed she was just used to him being around after all this time, but still, she sort of missed him even though he was just across the hall.

After her fight with him and the detention, which she and he were still serving, she'd realized that she needed to work on some of her anger issues. The fact she attacked him and demolished part of the school really did tell her something of her temper.

Up until now, she'd seen her temperament as an advantage, it let her semblance fire up and gave her a considerable boost. But this sort of thing, attacking a classmate was not really constructive. She wasn't even sure she had a right to be mad at him, which made the whole situation worse.

She may not like what he and Ruby had going on, but her sister was old enough to make these decisions herself, and Thor was…well he wasn't answerable to her.

But she felt like he should be, after there night together. She knew that wasn't something they were proud of and was a really just a night that came from drinking. But it still happened, and she couldn't let it go.

But she had to. She'd made the decision to not tell Ruby, and that meant she had to accept the fact this was something bury. Thor had been willing to tell her sister, but she wasn't. That would be a catastrophe for both of them.

But she couldn't stop thinking about it. How…great the whole thing felt.

She wanted Thor…but he liked Ruby and Ruby liked him, and she would die to make Ruby happy. She felt like that was what was happening.

She never expected a boy to come between her and her sister, but that seemed like it was happening, and she hated it. She hated herself for what she was doing to her sister.

She just wished all of the things would go away. She wished she could have these feeling without hurting her sister. But she couldn't, so she only had one choice.

Her sister came first, and that was all there was to it.

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