Alright, I can finally see the reviews and everything again. Thank goodness. It's always good to get feedback and to interact with everyone I can.
Now, onto a few things I saw asked, while Shirou and Ruby are twins, he still looks like himself, though obviously he has a few characteristics that would be similar to his new family, but overall he would still look like himself. Main difference being, he has slightly darker red hair with black tips, as opposed to Ruby who has more red tips with blacker hair.
Also, the backstory of Shirou will be explained in the future chapters. Such as why he summoned Hippolyta and his access to a few different greek NP's, he does have a few different NP's he favors and even weapons he made in Signal that resemble said Np's. He did have Avalon implanted into him by Kiritsugu, to save his life. You'll be seeing a few more of his skills going forward.
After thinking about it, I'll be going with Team SPVR, though Jaune will still be in the story, just not like he was before. I want to try something different with him. Shirou and his sisters will still interact, though I want to show how Yang and Ruby do things thanks to Shirou. Got to play the long game with the story. I will say that I will add in some characters, based on heroes as the story goes on.
As for romance partners, I think we all know that it'll be Ruby and Yang, of course. Just kidding. I will say that Weiss, Pyrrha, and Velvet are the front runners at the moment. Though this can change, as I like Blake. I'd even consider Penny, I am open to suggestions for other pairs, just let me know.
While the story will of course follow canon, their will be deviations, since Shirou is around, I don't want him to be a non-factor. One such deviation will be Ozpin, Shirou won't take kindly to manipulating his sisters and while he is aimless at the moment, one thing he is focused on are his sisters.
Also, some people have pointed out my use of sis and the like, I'll try to limit my uses on things like that, but I do know Yang tends to use that. I will try to limit , thanks for correcting me on the bull horn bullhead thing, I tend to mix up my words from time to time.
Some fun things to mention are, He named his semblance, Blade Works. He has a few different techniques he created. When using 'Set' as platforms and such, the swords immediately dissipate, leaving a trail behind like Ruby. I forgot to put it in last chapter, but Shirou wears a small white bandana/scarf similar to Yang, it was made from the remnants of Summer's cloak. While his outfit will change, that will always remain, as Summer left a big impression on him as his mother, hence why he refers to her as mom. Also, being around Qrow has caused Shirou to develop some attitude similar to Archer at times.
Now, as usual, on to the story.
Chapter 2
Shirou scrunched up his face, placing his cookie back down. Even Ruby seemed a bit disappointed, but she kept eating, though she made sure to drink more milk with it. "Seriously, come on guys, everyone knows that without enough sugar, the the taste and texture of the cookie ends up being sub par. You know, you don't have to force yourself to eat that Rubes, I'll make you more when we get back home."
Ruby looked at him, her mouth stuffed with some cookies. She attempted to speak, but it came out as gibberish. Shirou let out a sigh, "Don't talk with your mouth full Ruby, its rude." Ruby quickly swallowed the rest of the cookies, before replying.
"I said, if I don't eat them, then they'll just go to waste, and wasting cookies is the ultimate sin of mankind." She quickly took another cook and dipped into the milk, causing a smile to form on Shirou's face. Unknown to the two of them, two people were watching them from behind the glass window in the room.
"What do you think of them Glynda? This footage is certainly something else." A man with silver hair and dressed in a suit asked.
"The two are obviously experienced in combat. The one named Ruby is naturally gifted. From the looks of it, she fights based on instinct and has a general flashiness that is still efficient. Her brother on the hand, while he only used ranged attacks, was efficient and calculated, seemingly relying on past experiences to make the best decision. Both are quick on their feet and seem to have a great handle on their abilities, more so than most that apply to Beacon, most of whom are two years their senior in most cases."
"Hmm, a good overall summary from what was seen. I believe the two would do good in Beacon if enrolled early, wouldn't you say?" Glynda let out a huff and rolled her eyes. "Shall we?" The two then made their way into the interrogation room, hearing the end of a conversation.
"But, come on? It'll look so good and we'd match." Ruby pleaded to her brother.
"For the thousandth time Ruby, cloaks were always more you and mom's thing." Shirou replied, before noticing the two enter, after which his eyes narrowed. Something both people picked up on. "It seems our captors have graced us with their presence. I'm guessing that you both wanted to ask us something?" Glynda quirked her eyebrow, "Yes, actually. I wanted to talk to you about your actions tonight. Though, I can tell that nothing I say will catch considering you both seem to understand the danger you placed yourselves in. Frankly, I'd like to send you both home with nothing more than a warning and to tell you good job, but someone here would like to speak to you." Shirou let out a sigh, Ruby though seemed a bit worried.
"Could we maybe just be sent home with the warning? Mom often told us not to talk to strangers. Especially when in a dark, cold room, sends a lot of mixed signals you know." He said with a smirk, Ruby letting out a snort, while stifling a giggle. Glynda's eyes narrowed however, not amused with Shirou's attitude.
"Seems like good advice, though I'd like to have a quick word despite the setting. You see, I've wanted to meet you both, Ruby and Shirou Rose." The man walked into the light, holding a mug of what Shirou assumed was coffee. He stopped on the other side of the table, before slightly leaning in "Hmm, you have silver eyes." Shirou quickly grabbed his sister's chair and pulled her closer to him, causing her to let out a small 'eep'.
"Not really helping your case by commenting on my sister's eyes. If you're going for the creepy old man archetype, then you're knocking it out of the park." Shirou said narrowing his eyes at the man. Glynda could tell he was protective of her, and she would normally think it was being overly so, but the way her colleague focused on Ruby's eyes rather than Shirou's when they both had the same eyes was odd.
He only let out a smile before standing upright once again, though Shirou remained on edge. This guy was giving him a weird feeling, something he used to feel from certain magi from back in his world. Which wasn't a good thing for Shirou. "Moving on then, could you tell me where you both learned how to do this." he said as he brought attention to the video playing on a Glynda's scroll.
Ruby looked at Shirou with a questioning gaze, before he simply nodded. "Signal Academy, well technically it was one teacher in particular. He taught Shirou and me both!" She said with a smile.
"Is that so? I know of only one other wielder of a scythe in Vale with that much skill, a certain crow." Shirou merely rolled his eyes as his words. He knew that the person in front of them already knew who trained them. He was simply beating around the bush in a very annoying way.
"That's Uncle Qrow! When I first joined I wasn't all that good at handling a weapon until he started training me. Now, I can do all kinds of cool things, especially with Shirou helping me out!" Shirou let out a smile at the animated way his sister was describing everything. She was certainly a tiny ball of energy, in fact, she was a lot like their mom, especially when it came to looks.
"And what exactly are you doing at a school for training warriors? To slay monsters perhaps?" He sat down on the chair opposite of Ruby and him.
"Well, I really want to be a huntress. Once my remaining two years at Signal are done, I'm going to apply to a huntsman academy, more than likely Beacon. Our sister is starting at Beacon this year because she wants to be a huntress too, and thats what I want to do, because I really want to save people. Our parents used to always teach us to help others and mom used to say that we should use our gifts for the benefit of those that can't defend themselves. Even though the police is a good job to do that, but being a huntsman or huntress is a whole lot more romantic, heroic, exciting and cool you know?!"
After she finished, Shirou simply pushed a glass of milk over to her, which she promptly took a drink of. The two were simply looking at Ruby after her long rant, though Shirou didn't really know what they were thinking. The man then looked at Shirou, "And what about you?"
"She took the words right out of my mouth. Though, I'd rather be huntsman rather than huntress obviously." Shirou didn't feel the need to explain his reasoning to the man in front of him. Especially when he didn't trust him. If this was going the way he thought it was, then he'd have to make sure to keep his promise to his mom and watch over Ruby and Yang.
The man hummed in thought, "Tell me, do you know who I am?"
Both Shirou and Ruby answered in tandem, "Should I?/Your're professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon." They both looked at each other for a moment, before Ruby let out a mischievous smile. "Ha, I knew something you didn't for once." Shirou simply huffed before crossing his arms and closing his eyes. Glynda actually had a small smile on her face from the small interaction from the siblings. Ozpin simply raised a brow.
"Well, how would the two of you like to come to my school?" Ruby's face lit up, while Shirou opened one of his eyes. Shirou was a bit suspicious of the offer, but figured that it would Ruby's dream of being a huntress was more important than verifying his suspicions. Needless to say, they both accepted. However, Shirou had to point something out to his sister.
"So Rubes, do you want to be the one to tell father, or should I?" He said with a smirk.
After informing their father, gathering their belongings, and saying goodbye to all of their friends from Signal, the three siblings were ready to head off to Beacon. Currently, the three were on a transport headed to their destination. Shirou was sitting by a window, letting out a sigh. Instead of wearing his kimono, he was wearing a black jacket with his sleeves rolled up. "I hate flying so much." He simply said.
"Oh, come on Shirou, you shouldn't let a little flying put a damper on your mood. You and Ruby managed to get enrolled to Beacon a whole two years earlier than everyone else your age!" Yang said, grabbing him by his arms and standing him up. Shirou simply sighed and allowed it. "You should be jumping for joy."
"I am jumping for on joy, on the inside." He said with a dead tone. He smiled, "I think you should focus on Ruby, she's the one that managed to talk Ozpin into letting us in, she was truly charismatic that night you know." Ruby, who was standing nearby, flinched before Yang gave her a big hug.
"Oh, Rubes, I knew you had it in you to be a smooth talker." She let her down, before ruffling her hair. "I can understand Shirou being all calm and collected, it'd take this thing getting shot down by a bunch of killer clowns to get a fun reaction out of him." Shirou let out a small grumble, but Yang continued, "But I expected to see you bouncing all over the place, come on, wasn't being a huntress our dream? Remember, we used to play huntresses and grim and chase Shirou around the house."
Shirou remembered that, he also remembered being tackled to the ground and nearly breaking his bones when Yang decided to give him a bear hug. 'Fun times.' Shirou thought sarcastically. "Yes, but I wasn't expecting to become a huntress so early. Everyone's going to older than Shirou and me, we'll stand out and I just want to make friends as a normal person, not as some person who was special enough to get in early." Ruby replied, a bit downtrodden.
"Eh, come on Rube's, it'll be fine. If nothing else, you'll still have me to hang out with. I'd say Shirou, but he's pretty much a given. Come on Ruby, it'll be a bunch of fun." As Yang was speaking a hologram of Glynda appeared, interrupting the news, which slightly annoyed Shirou. Yang liked to call him an old man for actually keeping up with the news, but he couldn't help it, it was how he used to keep track of where to go in his old world, old habits die hard. After the hologram disappeared, Ruby finally noticed the view outside. He smiled as he saw his sisters enjoying the view outside. It was small moments like this that made Shirou happy that he was reborn into this world.
The aircraft landed and the siblings finally caught their first glimpse at Beacon Academy and all it's splendor. Shirou had to admit he hadn't seen something so grand in his life, either of them. Considering the Fraga clan preferred keeping themselves isolated and, in this life, he lived in a small village. He supposed when he travelled around the world he got to see some pretty cool sights. He thought Greece was pretty nice, he idly wondered if this world had an equivalent.
After he was done reminiscing, he caught the tail end of Ruby and Yang's conversation, or rather, his little sister's geeking out over the different weapons she was seeing. "I'll have you know our weapons are an extensions of our selves, who we are as people. So, seeing other people's weapons is always so cool!"
"Come on Ruby, why don't you just swoon over Shirou's weapons again. He has like a billion of them. Or your own? Isn't it like your baby?" Yang replied, with her hands on her hips.
"Well duh, Shirou only shows me different weapons when its night time. Plus, Crescent Rose is my baby, but that doesn't mean I can't look at other weapons. Besides, Shirou's horrible at making weapons with gun mechanisms." Shirou let out an annoyed mumble at that. It wasn't his fault his reality marble couldn't store guns. At least he could make the non gun parts, it just couldn't mechashift. He was working on it.
"Ruby, why don't you try to ask some of the people about their weapons and make some new friends? That way, you won't have to rely on me and Shirou all the time."
"Huh, but that's so scary, I'm much better at fighting than talking. Plus, I do have you and Shirou, so why would I have to worry about that?" Ruby said she turned to look at Yang, before noticing that she had disappeared. Shirou walked over next to his twin.
"She can be as fast as you when it comes to dodging the subject. Pretty impressive actually." He said as as he gave his sister a small smile before ruffling her hair. "Come on Rube's, lets find out what we're supposed to do." As the two began to walk, Shirou noticed his clumsy sister trip and fall into some luggage.
Shirou let out a sigh as he saw the insignia on the luggage, before he heard what he was dreading. "What in the world? What are you doing?" Shirou turned and saw his sister on the ground, a white box in her hands. He then noticed who's voice her heard. A girl in a white dress with a small white jacket, with red accents on the inside. She had marble colored skin, long white hair worn in a ponytail with a hair ornament that looked like a crown, and ice blue eyes, a small scar over her left eye.
She reminded him of the Einzbern girl in the grail war. He heard his little sister stammer out a small 'I'm sorry', though it didn't do much to calm the girl down. He decided that it'd be best if he saved his sister, especially since she wasn't the greatest at social interactions, then again, the white haired girl didn't seem much better at the moment. "This is dust, from the Schnee quarry. You should know how dangerous it could have been." She said as she shook the vial of dust.
He noticed some dust leaking out, he quickly ran over and pinched Ruby's nose closed so she wouldn't sneeze. "Apologies miss, but can I ask that you be a bit more careful with your product? A seal must have been knocked loose, some of it is flying around, I wouldn't want for something to..." Shirou's eyes widened as he realized the girl was now about to sneeze.
He quickly grabbed Ruby and turned his back to the dust cloud as an explosion went off. As the smoke cleared, Shirou could be seen waving his hand around, coughing slightly. "You alright Ruby?" He asked, getting a quick nod from her. "How about you Snow White?" Shirou noticed the girl's face redden, whether it was embarrassment or rage he didn't know.
"Snow White? What's that supposed to be some kind of insult? I'll have you know that I'm Weiss Schnee,..." Shirou slightly winced at the girls high pitched screaming? Yelling? Whatever it was, it caused Shirou to wince. However, he was saved by a calm and cool voice, though Shirou noted that it was slightly sweet when entering his ears.
"The heiress of the Schnee dust company. Known to be one of the largest suppliers and producers of energy propellant in the world." 'What was the heiress of such a profitable company doing in a huntsman academy?' He looked at her sword and a flood of information entered his brain. 'So that's why she's here. Admirable, though she'd be a lot more popular if she dropped the attitude.' "Also known for their questionable practices and business partners."
Shirou took the time to look at the long black haired girl, and quickly realized who she was when he caught sight of her weapon. Her name was Blake, a faunus, he supposed it was fair that she wasn't the biggest fan of the Schnee. Weiss quickly tried to refute her, or fire off a comeback but nothing came out, only stammers and half completed sentences, before she got frustrated enough and walked away, grabbing the vial of dust that Blake had in her hand.
Both Ruby and himself were simply standing to the side while the drama was happening, though when Weiss walked off, she decided to try and apologize by saying sorry, though it wasn't heard. She turned, obviously wanting to say something to Blake, but saw that she too was walking away. She let out a sigh and had a sad look on her face. Shirou frowned at the sight, knowing that such a look shouldn't be on his sister's face. He smiled and pulled Ruby's hood over face. "Hey! That wasn't nice." She said, a pout on her face.
Still smiling, Shirou simply kneeled down. "Come on, Ruby. I can tell you twisted your ankle, hop on. We'll find our way to the auditorium." Ruby gave him a sad smile, before hopping onto his back. He quickly stood up, before making walking towards where he thought they were supposed to be going.
"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Ruby asked in a quiet voice. Shirou let a small laugh, slightly turning his head.
"No clue actually. I figured I'd head to the building that looks like it houses the most people." He replied as he walked. It was silent for awhile before Shirou decided to try and make his sister feel better. "You know Ruby, you shouldn't let one interaction from the beginning of the day get you down. Just keep trying and I'm sure you'll be making tons of friends. Just give it some time, and remember what mom used to say, just be yourself and the rest will follow." Ruby let out a groan behind him.
"But it's so hard, talking to people just seems so complicated. Why can't it be simple like when we hunt grimm in the woods? No one wants to be friends with a girl two years younger than them who's more interested in weapons than talking about, whatever it is people talk about." Shirou raised one of his hands behind his shoulder and flicked his sister in the forehead. "Ow, what was that for?"
"Because you're being silly. You made friends back home. You made those friends, not me or Yang. Sure they were our age, but that didn't change the fact that your interested in weapons. You're making it more complicated than it needs to be Rubes. Mom was right when she said to be yourself. If people don't want to be your friend because they think your hobbies and interests are weird, then they don't deserve to be your friend. You're plenty interesting and I think anyone would be lucky to be your friend."
"You're just saying that to make me feel better, and because your my brother." Shirou could practically hear the pout on her face. He let out a soft laugh.
"Well, being your brother does have a little bit to do with it." He smiled to himself, thinking about his past life. He remembered Bazett, who Ruby did remind him of. "But, I also know that you have plenty of qualities that people would want in a friend. You're hardworking and always trying to improve yourself. You're one of the kindest people I know, even to people who don't deserve it and, despite what some people may say, your dreams and sense of justice are some of your best qualities. You can also be charming when you wish to be."
Ruby had heard Shirou try to cheer her up many times in the past, in fact, she remembered that he was often the one who helped both her and Yang get through many things, including their mom's death. He was always more mature than them, which made her sad when she grew up. He had taken on their mom's role so young that he didn't really get to have a childhood, choosing to let her and Yang experience one instead. Both sisters also knew how close he was to mom, which is why they wanted Shirou to have the pieces of mom's cloak that their Uncle Qrow brought back.
Shirou was Ruby's hero for many reasons, not just because he was strong. He was always there when they needed him and seemed to always know the right way to cheer them up when they were sad. She also knew that when Shirou said something to them during these times, that he wasn't lying. He was rather bad at lying, though she supposed it may have been a twin thing considering she couldn't lie either.
One of her fondest memories, was when they were attempting to build their weapons. A lot of people said that choosing a scythe with her skills, would basically be pointless and a waste of time. Even their Uncle Qrow thought that she should choose another weapon, but Ruby was determined, though hearing everyone say things about it began to bother her.
She remembered the next day, when Shirou arrived with a partially built scythe. He had worked throughout the night to get it to Ruby's progress level. He said to her, "I'm your brother Ruby, if everyone thinks you're wasting your time, then I'll just have to waste my time with you. I'll always be right beside you. Through failure or success, I'll always believe in and support you."
That was the same day that he gave her the bracelet she wore. She remembered him telling her that it was magical, and that if there was a time when he couldn't be there to help her, then her bracelet would be not only protect her, but give her strength. To others, his words would just be sentimental, but she knew that Shirou wouldn't lie to her. Which is why, when he would speak to her like he was currently, that it was enough to make her smile.
"Shirou,..." He continued walking, only offering her a small 'hmm', "you should try to make friends here too. I know you considered things like that secondary to taking care of Yang and me, but we're training to be huntresses, you don't always have to keep looking after us like you used too. So, I'll keep trying, as long as you do. If I'm making friends, then you have to do it too, that's what you told me in school."
Shirou stopped walking for moment, before continuing, letting a small smile and laugh escape his lips. "Alright, deal. Though, if we're going to do that, we should probably be on time to the orientation, wouldn't you agree?" Shirou turned his head and saw Ruby's face brighten up, nodding her head with a 'mmhmm'. "Hang on." Runes that were placed on Shirou's boots activated and the two sped forward, Ruby's semblance activating, leaving behind a small trail of rose petals.
Shirou and Ruby eventually found their way to the auditorium. Ruby hopped off of Shirou's back as they entered, both taking note of the large amount of students. Yang was waving at them from a spot some ways away. "Shirou, Yang saved us a spot, come on." She said, pulling on his sleeve.
"You go on ahead Rubes, I'm going to take a look around, maybe I'll find a few cool weapons to show you later." He ruffled her hair, earning him a pout from Ruby. He smiled before beginning to walk away, "I'll find you both afterwards, as long as you have your bracelet, I'll find you." Ruby quirked her eyebrow, not knowing it could do that. She looked down at her wrist, before smiling and offering a nod before making her way to Yang.
Shirou had begun walking through the room when someone accidentally bumped into him, causing him to stumble slightly into another person. "Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you miss." He quickly apologized as he recovered.
"It's not a problem, it was just an accident." Shirou finally managed to get a good look at who he was talking to, and was nearly breathless. For a moment, he swore Hippolyta standing in front of him. His eyes widened and his breathing quickened.
"Polyta?" he managed to squeak out, before the image vanished, a girl with green eyes and red hair in worn in a long ponytail was in front of him. Even her weapons seemed to be greek in style, which further served to frazzle him.
"Um, I'm sorry?" She said with a puzzled look on her face. She seemed to be worried about him.
He coughed into his, clearing his throat. "Apologies, you just reminded me of someone I knew. Are you sure you're alright?" The girl's eyes widened for a moment before she shook her head.
"Yep, I'm fine. I'm sorry if I brought up any bad memories for you." Shirou let out a small laugh.
"No need to apologize." He replied, a stood there for a moment, before remembering what he told Ruby. "I think I should introduce myself, considering we may be classmates, my name is Shirou Rose."
"It's nice to meet you Shirou, my name is Pyrrha Nikos." She said, though Shirou noted that she seemed to be a bit down when she introduced herself. A faint sadness tingeing her words. Shirou quirked his brow, not understanding. He could trace her weapon and find out the info there, but he was fine with just having the weapon in his reality marble, he thought he'd be cheating by learning about her in that way.
"Well, Pyrrha, it's nice to meet you too." He let out a small laugh, "I suppose I can finally relate to my sister, I suppose it's been awhile since I've actually attempted to make conversation with someone on my own." Pyrrha seemed a bit surprised at something, before replying to him.
"It's fine, I'm not personally used to someone wanting to speak to me as a person." Shirou looked at Pyrrha. "It's nothing, just some personal things is all." Shirou wanted to continue talking but was interrupted by Ozpin giving his speech.
As he was giving his speech, Shirou narrowed his eyes towards the man's staff. A sharp pain entered his brain, not like Ea, as it did seem man made, but the magic inside of the cane was something else. Shirou noted that it wasn't anything on the level of any of the true magics of his home, but it was the sheer volume of it. It also caused Shirou to want to keep a closer on him. He hadn't seen anyone use any magecraft or anything besides semblances, so to see a huge amount of magic inside of a cane was disconcerting.
"Kind of an odd speech huh." Shirou was drawn back into the moment by Pyrrha. Who still had a kind smile on her face.
"Indeed, though he could have worded it better. Well, it was nice to talk to you Pyrrha, I should probably try and find my sisters before they get into any trouble. I'll see you around." He said, while giving her wave as he began to walk towards where he left Ruby. Not realizing what was now going through Pyrrha's head, nor that his lack of knowledge on famous people had caused her to see him as one of the few people that she actually wanted to see again.
After catching up with his sisters and finding the spot they had claimed for the night, Shirou decided to take a moment after his shower to get some fresh air. He was sitting on a bench in front of a fountain. He looked up at the broken moon in the sky, looking at the one major difference between his world and this one. He held out his hand and what looked to be a metal ball forming above it.
"That which comes later cuts first." He whispered to himself. The noble phantasm entrusted to his clan, Fragarach. He hadn't called it forth since arriving to the world, not knowing if it would be possible. The fact he could, meant that he still had the right to use it. A small smile formed on his face at that knowledge. He knew the knowledge of his clan still resided in his head, but he wasn't sure about the rights to Fragarach.
He may be the pillar of support for his sisters, but sometimes he needed a reminder that he was still on the right path. Bazett wasn't in this world, but Fragarach was something he associated with her. It let him feel like she was still a part of him, even if they were literal worlds apart. With Fragarach now at his disposal, he knew that she could continue watching over him if he ever got in over his head. That was all Shirou needed to know. She would allow him to continue to keep watch over his sisters, much like she watched over him.
He felt his bracelet begin to hum on his wrist. He let a small smile creep onto his face. It seems his sisters were looking for him. Fragarach then turned into a ball of petals, before blowing away in the wind. Shirou knew that the two of them were ready. Tomorrow, would be the day that he allowed his sisters to begin their own journey towards their goal. He would do his best to stand beside them, whether that was with them or as a rival, he would make sure their dreams came true.
He stood up from the bench and began to make his way back to them. He wasn't sure about his purpose before. However, after today, after seeing his sisters together and remembering how much they wished to be huntresses. He supposed he could give being a hero another shot. This time however, he wouldn't be doing it for his sense of justice or some ideal. He said the last line of his Aria, though no magic could be found in his words. "Flames and Roses light the forge to..." He would do it for his sisters. He wouldn't allow them to do it alone. "Unlimited Blade Works." The embers of the hero once named Shirou Fraga McRemitz became kindling for the huntsman Shirou Rose.