15

Ruby lounged on a tree branch near the dorm. The cool, gentle breeze of the Summer winds blowing against her. She let out a deep breath as she felt herself drift off.

"What nice day to...take...a na-" The lethargic teen dozed off before she could finish her sentence, her eyes soon fluttering open to take in the new scenery.

Dreamscape

'Huh? Where am I?' Ruby thought as she noticed she was no longer on a tree branch, instead, she was in some kind of warehouse. She casually brushed it off as the results of her dream. Ruby squeaked when a dozen figures suddenly jumped down from the support beams of the warehouse, forming a circle around her as they pulled out their weapons and pointed them in her direction.

"Stop right there!" One of them demanded.

Ruby watched as a greatsword appeared in front of her. It was like any other greatsword she'd come across during her escapades. The only difference being that the blade was a sleek maroon colour. 'Oh!' Ruby shut out her surroundings, blatantly ignoring the assailants before her as she truly focused on the greatsword. She noted how it had a small switch near the handle, hidden from plain view unless one looked close enough. If the switch was hidden, it meant that there was some unknown ability the blade possessed. Ruby's curious nature to fiddle with weapons took over as she inspected the sword. A tall, bulky guard moved towards her, but Ruby paid him no heed. The blade was removed from her scrutiny when it was lifted from the ground, breaking Ruby's concentration. She turned her attention back to everything else, her eyes widening as the sword slammed on top of the guard.

'Whoa!' She watched as the scene in front of her played out. One after another, the guards crumbled under the sheer power of weapon and its wielder.

'I think they're dead.' Ruby gasped as she noticed the containers in the warehouse. They all bore the same symbol as her partner. 'Is...Is this a Schnee warehouse?! Why would I be dreaming about this? I know I was part of the White Fang, but still...'

The sound of a door scraping against the floor gained her attention, leaving her to wonder who it was. She tried to move, but found she was stuck in place; she couldn't control her body at all. After a few minutes of fitful struggling, Ruby gave up on trying to move, feeling exhausted from the struggle. Soon, a smug voice filled her ears. 'It can't be.'

Finally, after what seemed like ages, she was able to move and turned around to see who it was. Ruby blinked, completely lost as to why a criminal like Roman was in her dream. 'Why is he in my dream?'

"Man, you are quick. I wish the rest of these idiots were as quick." Roman said as White Fang members walked in, ready to take everything they could.

"Hurry up and take these already!" Ruby struggled to keep her eyes open and listen to the scene unfolding before her, but everything became a blur and faded away.

End of Dream

Ruby's eyes flew open at the shrill scream of someone calling for her. She looked down to see Winter, who was looking at her, anger abundantly clear in her eyes.

"Uh, yes?" Ruby cheeped out, Winter's expression scaring her.

"I need to talk to you." Ruby swiftly jumped down from the tree, landing in front of Winter as she waited for her to speak.

"Uh, what do you need to talk about?"

"Come with me, let's talk somewhere...private." Ruby noticed a smirk form on Winter's lips and she gulped, a familiar feeling she'd felt not too long ago, returning.

Dorms: Team RWBY

Ruby held the door open to her dorm room as she waited for Winter to enter before closing it and following her in. Winter walked over to her sister's bed and sat on it, waiting for Ruby sit with her. She gestured for her to come over when she saw the redhead was standing in the middle of the room looking lost.

Ruby obeyed her instructions and sat down by her. "So, what did you want to talk about?"

"I heard something interesting yesterday."

"Oh? What did you hear?" Ruby asked.

"I was walking by the kitchen when I noticed Blake walk inside."

"Hm, strange. Never thought Blake to be one who liked being in a kitchen unless she needed to. I wonder what she was doing in there."

"Isn't it?" Winter hummed. "I happened to be passing at that same time and heard a very interesting conversation between Blake and Pyrrha."

Ruby felt cold sweat form on her back. She got nervous every time she heard about Blake being in a room alone with Pyrrha. "W-What did they t-talk about?" She stuttered a bit, but stopped before it got out of control.

"It seems Blake figured out Pyrrha's little secret." Winter smiled rougishly.

'Oh, no! I should've talked to them about it.' Ruby thought. Her mind racing everywhere as she thought of different situations playing out in her mind.

"There seems to be a little friendly competition between them." Winter said.

"W-What?" Ruby sputtered, confused by Winter's statement.

"They started a competition to see who would earn your affection. To be honest, I find that a little unfair." Winter pouted and crossed her arms. Hearing Pyrrha and Blake's conversation had made her want to be apart of their little competition.

"What's unfair?"

Winter, once again, smiled mischievously and crawled towards Ruby and pushed her down. Ruby blushed furiously at they're somewhat embarrassing, yet intimate, position. "W-Winter, what are you doing?"

"I'm joining in, of course." Winter smiled at her crush seductively and Ruby had to use all her of willpower to stop herself from melting under her gaze.

Ruby watched as Winter's face was inches from her own. Ruby knew Winter had possessed a certain amount of affection for her, but she never acted upon her own feelings since she didn't know if she felt the same. Ruby jumped back which she instantly regretted the moment she did it, her head banged hard on the headboard. She held onto the back her head while she rolled around in pain. 'Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! I think I overreacted.' Ruby thought as she fell off the bed, taking Winter with her and they landed with a soft thud. 'Ow, I feel so unlucky right now. Well, actually most people would tell me I'm very lucky, considering the situation I'm in. Wait! What am I thinking? I got more pressing matters to attend to.' Ruby snapped out of her thoughts and looked towards Winter while she let out a breathy chuckcle at the young girl's actions.

"Ruby, don't worry. I promise you'll enjoy this." Winter rasped, the same provocative smile on her lips as she slowly crawled towards her. Ruby did the same thing, but crawled away until she felt the wall against her back, trapping her.

"W-Winter, don't do this! I'm as eager to do this as the next guy or girl is, but I don't think this is the time to do this!"

Winter froze at Ruby's words, hope filling her heart. "Ruby, does that mean you feel the same way?"

Ruby gaped at her question, her environment seeming to distort around her as she went into deep thought about the question posed.

'Do I feel the same way? I...don't know yet.' Ruby snapped out of her musings before Winter could get her and used her semblance to put some distance between them.

"I-I'm sorry, Winter, but this is something I can't do." Ruby apologized. 'Not yet.' She mentally added.

"Don't be like that, you'll enjoy this until lunch is over." Winter said, knowing Ruby loved her as much as she did Blake and Pyrrha. "You know, you're the first person to show no interest me when I met you."

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked.

"Usually, when I meet with someone for the first time, they instantly fall head over heels for me, and sometimes, it was with the same sex. But you, you're not at all like the others."

"Oh, yeah? How did you know I was into women?"

"It's not that hard to figure out." Winter smirked.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. I am pretty open when it comes to this stuff. Now that I think about it, I don't really hide anything." Ruby admitted. "Wait, is that why you decided to come to Beacon?"

"No, the reason I came to Beacon was to determine if you were worthy enough of a Schnee's time, but that reason changed when I first saw you in person."

"Oh… what are they now?" Ruby wondered what could've changed her reason for coming to Beacon, she tensed up a bit after remembering. 'Does she remember? I hope not.' Ruby thought.

"Since I've come to know you better, and realize you're not as much of a child as you appear to be, my view on you started to change. I realized that you were a hardworking individual who fought for her beliefs, and defended others even though there was no reward in the end. I, at first, thought it was foolish of you to waste such skill on incompetent people, and I still do, but seeing you look so passionate while helping others began to warp a few of my ideals." Winter made her way over to the young. "You're so unique compared to everyone else, so different, so...special. Maybe that's why I fell for you." Ruby watched as Winter stopped in front of her, and reached up to caress the her cheek. "I do want you, in more ways than one."

Ruby blushed furiously at Winter's statement. "S-Stop teasing me."

"Oh? So, you want to have a go already?" Winter teased further.

"You're doing it again!" Ruby knew she needed to leave, knowing something of great regret might happen if she stayed in the room with the woman in front of her any longer.

Ruby sped to window and climbed onto the sill. "Ruby, what are you doing?!"

Ruby smiled as she pushed her weight back and slowly fell outside. Winter raced towards the window, trying to catch Ruby before she fell. She could only watch as Ruby fell since she was to slow to catch her. She cautiously leaned out through the window and looked down to see Ruby holding onto a branch.

"Ruby! You idiot!" Winter yelled, worry coating her words.

"What? Did you forget our aura protects us from pretty much anything? The fall would've hurt me, yeah, but it wouldn't have killed me or anything like that." Ruby said as she let go of the branch and safely landed on the ground. "By the way, ow!" Ruby shook her hand from the pain.

Winter huffed at the actions of her sister's leader. The door clicked behind her and she turned around to see Weiss. "Winter? What are you doing here?"

"Oh...Ruby let me in."

"Where is she? I don't see her."

"She jumped out the window."

"What!? That idiot!" Weiss screeched as she marched over to window.

"I said the same thing." Winter sighed.

After school finished, Ruby and the rest of her team got ready for their night excursion to the city.

"Alright, gang, it's finally arrived." Ruby leaped off her bed in her new wardrobe which consisted of long grey shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves along with a corset and overalls. She also wore a red skirt that had a large black rose on it. She kept her usual black stockings put together with her black and red combat boots.

"Let's begin the operation! Everyone knows what they're doing?"

"You and I will head over to the CCT to check the Schnee records for Dust robberies. Since I'm a member of the family, there shouldn't be any problems." Weiss said, checking her scroll.

"The White Fang has regular faction meetings to recruit new members and handout orders. If I can get in, I can, hopefully, find out what they're planning." Blake drawled.

Blake felt Ruby's stare on her and cast her gaze onto her beloved. It didn't take her too long for her to realize what she was staring at, a hot blush heating up her cheeks when she did. Ruby ogled at her new attire, mainly her white v-neck zip-up shirt which revealed far more of her pale and smooth skin than her last attire. Blake felt her breath hitch when their eyes met. Ruby's eyes seemed to have grown a shade darker, making them more grey than silver. Her eyes were blown, filled with lust and desire and an equal amount of fondness as she continued to stare at Blake. The raven haired girl could hear the slight increase of Ruby's breathing and heartbeat. A surge of pride filled her being when she accepted the fact that Ruby was acting this way was because of her. The girl wanted her, in more ways than one, and Blake was certain that if Ruby could have it her way, she'd be sprawled across her bed as she screamed to the heavens from the pleasure of Ruby taking her. Not that she would mind, of course. However, their little exchange ended when they remembered they weren't alone in the room, meaning their desire to be...adventurous would have to wait until a later date. Ruby and Blake looked away from each other, snapping the younger girl out of her lust induced haze as a blush stained both their cheeks. Luckily, for both of them, Weiss and Yang had missed the trade.

Ruby had hoped that looking away from her goddess of a girlfriend would cool down her libido, but Remnant had other plans for her. When she looked away, her eyes fell upon Yang's new clothing choice, particularly her top where her breasts were close to spilling over. Ruby silently cursed her sister's high sex appeal as she looked down, feeling her face burn a little hotter than before. Yang smirked when she saw her sister's beet red face. She was happy that she'd captured her adorable little sister's attention.

'Damn you, Yang! Damn you and your accursed hotness!' Ruby shook her head to try and get the image of her girlfriend and her older sister out of her head.

"Uh, what were you doing again, Yang?" Ruby muttered, still trying to calm herself down.

"I have this old friend in the shady part of town who practically knows everything going on." Yang said.

"Oh, right. Uh, we'll go meet with Yang to go over everything we've found." Ruby said, finally clear of any lewd thoughts.

"Right, we have no more time to waste, so I suggest we get moving." Weiss reasoned, taking hold of Ruby and dragging her out of the room. Eager to spend some time alone with the girl.

"So, what are we going to do?" An obnoxious voice made everyone stop what they were doing.

As Weiss and Ruby were about to leave the room, Neptune entered with that same irritating smile on his face. Or that's what Ruby thought.

'This day just keeps getting better and better. First, I get Ruby to come with me on this mission and now, I get to put this blue dolt to use. It's cruel, yes, but when a Schnee wants something, they get it.' Weiss thought, evilly. She knew how much Ruby hated the boy and the notion of him spending any time with Weiss would always drive Ruby up the wall. This plan was cruel, yes, but so worth it.

"Wait, were you listening in on us?" Weiss questioned.

"Yes, but it was Sun's idea." Neptune pointed towards the window, a tuft of blonde hair popping up as Sun made his presence known.

"Yo." Sun greeted. "So, what's this I hear about you doing a little operation against the White Fang."

"It's just as you eavesdropped and heard. We're going to mess with the White Fang a bit." Blake droned.

"Well, we want in." Sun said, hopping off the window sill and into the room.

"Oh? And what exactly can you and blue boy wonder do?" Yang mocked.

"Hey, we can hold our own in a fair fight." Neptune defended.

"That's just it. This won't be a fair fight." Yang quipped. "I'm not about to have the death of two idiots on my hands cause they couldn't defend themselves."

"Let us come with you and we'll prove that we can duke it out." Neptune proposed.

"I say we let them come. Who knows, they might just surprise us." Weiss offered, moving sinfully closer to Neptune. Much closer than Ruby approved of.

"See? Snow Angel is all for us coming." At the mention of her unwanted nickname, Weiss had to force herself to keep up this ruse, lest she snapped on the boy. 'Remember, we're doing this to tease Ruby.'

"What say we, sis?" Yang asked, looking to Ruby.

All eyes turned to Ruby as she stood in the middle of the room, a hand crossed against her stomach while the other rested on her temple.

'Should I let them come? This was a mission for my team and my team alone. Don't need no outsiders coming in here and messing it up if they die.' A wicked smile crooked her lips at the idea of someone dying. That someone being Neptune in particular. 'On second thought, letting them come might not be such a bad idea, especially if he dies. Hehehe.'

"Fine, they can come, but you better be as good as you claim to be." Ruby hissed, her eyes narrowing at Neptune.

"Then it's settled, I'll go with Neptune and Ruby can go with Yang." Weiss declared, linking her arms with the boy who gave her that stupid sparkle smile.

A moment of silence passed before Ruby snorted.

"Yeah, I don't think so." She spun on Yang. "Sis, you go with king of the ocean here." Ruby turned to Blake. "Blake, you'll be going with Sun." And finally, she turned to Weiss. "And you, you'll be going with me. No arguments or protests."

"B-But..." Weiss began, but the look Ruby giving her silencing her. "Fine." She huffed for show. 'That was so worth it.' Weiss snickered in her mind.

"What're we waiting for? Let's go." Sun boomed, ready to kick some butts.

"Just a minute there, Sunny Boy. I wanna have a word with you." Not waiting for the boy to answer, Ruby yanked the boy by his shirt and into the bathroom.

Bathroom

Once inside the bathroom, Ruby relinquished her hold on the boy as she slammed the door shut.

"So, what was it-" He was cut off when he was yanked by his collar, forcing him to stand eye to eye with Ruby. He swallowed, the look in her eyes was simply frightening.

"Listen and listen good, Sun. When you go out on this mission with Blake, you will keep your hands to yourself. You will not touch her unless she needs help, which is very unlikely. You will not ogle her in anyway because of the clothes she's wearing. Monkey will see, but Monkey will not do. If you break any of these rules, you better move to Atlas. You got me?" Ruby snarled, her hold on the boy's shirt getting uncomfortably tighter.

"W-What are y-you talking about?" Sun choked out.

"I asked. Did. You. Hear. Me." Ruby said, syllable by syllable, bringing the faunus closer to her face.

"I-I get it, I get it!" The blonde hair boy gurgled.

"Good, follow those rules and I think we'll be the best of friends." Ruby smiled, all malice from before gone as she released Sun and left the bathroom.

Sun tenderly rubbed his throat as he exited the bathroom behind the small, yet strong girl.

Dorms: Team RWBY

The door to the bathroom creaked open as Ruby came out, tailed by a meek looking Sun.

"Everything alright?" Yang asked.

"Yup. We ready to go?" Ruby said, acting like she had not just almost killed the monkey faunus.

Blake watched the two as Sun walked over to her, his head down as he came to a stop beside her. Blake smiled after hearing their conversation. Who knew Ruby could be so possessive while still being protective. She found it strangely endearing, making her want to stay near Ruby at all times. It was as if she knew once she was with Ruby, everything would be okay; that there was no need to be afraid. Yes, she felt very protected and safe whenever Ruby was with her. The chat between Sun and Ruby displaying how much she cared for her.

"Time to go then. Follow me, waterboy." Yang said as she grabbed Neptune by his collar and dragged him out of the room.

"Lesgo, Weiss!" Ruby proclaimed, wrapping her arm around the girl and leaving the room as Weiss quietly enjoyed the close contact.

With the others gone, only Blake and Sun remained in the room.

"I'm guessing you heard all of that." Sun whispered.

"I did." Blake smirked.

"Your leader's scary." Sun licked his lips.

"I know." Blake agreed.

"I'll make sure to follow her rules." Sun sighed.

"It would be wise." Blake said, patting the boy on his back.