(Kept you fuckers waiting, huh? Yea Yea here's the next chapter. Not much is really gonna happen except for some talking and shit... Though it will probably be pretty funny. It's the second to last chapter of the book. The last chapter is gonna be hype, so I hope you all enjoy this one enough to read the last one. ALRIGHT LETS GO!!!)

"-And so I woke up at Beacon." Y/N finished his story about his death and rebirth with a Semblance and an Aura. He explained his experience in heaven and everything. Weiss and Yang were a bit shocked, but everyone else knew.

"So... you missed Ruby so much that you basically imagined a version of her in your world too?" Weiss asked.

"Well.. When you put it that way... I didn't know I was really dead, I thought you guys were just a surreal dream I had. When I saw a modernized version of Ruby in my world, I was a bit skeptical at first, but then I thought it was some coincidence. Turns out, I just really missed her and so Heaven made a version of her for me to be happy with while I was there." Y/N looked away, scratching his head while laughing nervously. Ruby had a slight pink tint to her face.

"So then what?" Yang asked.

"Qrow found me and we went all the way to where Ruby and the rest were. When we got there, they were fighting some douchebag named Tyrian. He was a psychotic scorpion Faunus. They didn't know who I was at the time, and to be honest, I liked being mysterious for a bit. After a bit of fighting, I had to save Ruby's life... again." He looked over at Ruby who sarcastically rolled her eyes with a smile.

"I got stabbed by his poisonous tail and almost died a third time. Tyrian called Ruby a bitch after she ripped off his tail. I can't tell you how mad I got when I heard that. I shouldn't have been able to stand or even move for that matter, but damn I was literally to angry to die. I wasn't going to let him get away with that, so I kicked his rear-end and sent him off before almost dying again. At the camp, everyone figured out who I was and they were super shocked to see me."

"Then I made the mistake of punching him in the mouth and yelling at him" Jaune looked down.

"Don't worry about it, Jaune."

"Don't forget to mention that horrible nightmare you had." Nora spoke up.

"I'll save that for another time."

"That scar on your face is kind of worrying to look at."

"Well, to be honest, I think of it as an accessory. At Beacon, you told me I could have an accessory for my uniform. Though that's long gone, I feel like I have a bit of Beacon with me at all times y'know?" Y/N looked down. There was a long pause.

"So why don't you check this thing out? It's not a replacement for the real thing, but I'll make sure to make good use of it. " Yang stood up and flexed her newly built prosthetic arm for everyone.

"That's amazing." Jaune smiled.

"Incredible." Ren added. Ruby's eyes widened in happiness as she got up and zipped over to Yang to check out her arm.

"And it's just as strong?" Ruby asked.

"Hmph, Sure is." Yang nodded. A slam was heard at the table as Nora put her elbow on it.

"Wanna bet?!"

"Nora please.. Now is not the time." Weiss shook her head, but Nora and Yang were already at it, arm wrestling on the table.

"C'mon, sis!! You can't lose to a girl wearing a skirt!" Ruby cheered for Yang, while Jaune and Ren cheered for Nora.

"Uhh Ruby?"

"Yeah?" Ruby looked over at Y/N.

"You... Wear a skirt..." Ruby then went over to him and grabbed his shoulders.

"Y/N! You're not cheering loud enough!!"

"Wooh." He slowly pumped his fist up in the air.

"THAT"S THE SPIRIT!!"

"It definitely feels like the original, I'll give you that!' Nora grinned.

"Yep, but it does have some new features!"

"Oh Yeah?!" Suddenly, Nora was launched with Yang's arm, slamming into the wall.

"Woah!" Y/N was kind of surprised to see that the arm could do that.

"Did she.... Win?" Jaune asked. When Nora composed herself, she saw that she was holding Yang's prosthetic arm by the hand. She screamed loudly, throwing it back at Yang. Yang busted out laughing, putting the arm back into it's socket.

"So Yang, does the arm have a vibrating feature?" Y/N snickered.

"Grrrrr......" Yang's happy face turned into an angry one as she launched her arm at Y/N's face, punching him and sending him flying backwards into the wall behind him.

"C-Cool.... Vibrations..." Y/N nearly fainted while Ren and Jaune laughed a bit. Weiss look disgusted.

"You guys are so gross.." Weiss rolled her eyes.

"What? I had to ask." Y/N got up.

"What's the problem with having a vibrating function? It would make for great massages." Ruby looked at everyone with a shrug.

"Right...." Yang looked over at her younger sister.

"To answer your stupid question, yes it does."

"Called it." Y/N walked over and fist bumped Ren and Jaune as they all snickered a bit. He threw Yang her arm back. She put the arm back on.

"Jeez, I can't believe we ate all of it. I think I'm going to be sick." Jaune said, grabbing all of the bowls.

"Easy there. Vomit Boy. I believe in you." Yang laughed a bit.

"Ohhh we're doing nickname throwbacks now. Wonderful."

"I mean Ice Queen seems to like it." Nora looked over to Weiss with a grin. Ruby busted out laughing, pointing at Weiss.

"Wait wait wait.. Vomit Boy? What did I miss?" Y/N asked, chuckling a bit.

"Okay, okay. So on the way to Beacon Academy, we saw Jaune throw up on the ship several times. We didn't know his name yet, so we called him Vomit Boy."

"I guess its better than Crater Face. Airsickness is common among a lot of people." Ruby then elbowed Y/N in the side playfully.

"RIGHT?!?!" Jaune yelled from the kitchen. Everyone at the table laughed. After everyone calmed down, Ren spoke up.

"It's been a long time. We've all grown in our own ways." Ren started on a really deep speech..

"You think so?" Ruby asked.

"Well.. Think back when we were all at Beacon. Would you say you did anything foolish or embarrassing? Did you find yourself being perfect?" Ren asked a kind of deep question that made everyone think.

"Oh Gosh..." Weiss put her hands to her face in embarrassment.

"I may have gone a bit gung-ho from time to time." Yang answered.

"You? I tried to 1v1 a Nevermore on the second day of school." Ruby sighed.

"I kinda died... That's pretty cringe if you ask me." Y/N shrugged.

"Don't... Get me started on the crap I've done." Jaune said, leaning against the wall.

"Didn't you wear a dress to the dance?" Y/N asked.

"Yep... I Kinda regret it now."

"Don't, you made up for it with some well choreographed dance moves with your team." Y/N gave Jaune a thumbs-up.

"Well... That embarrassment, that desire to want to go back and tell yourself to be so stupid... Shows that you're not the person you were before." Ren smiled. Y/N clenched his fist, thinking back to the fight he had with Cinder... And lost. He grit his teeth with anger. Ruby looked over to Y/N, grabbing his hand. She knew what he was thinking about. She opened his hand and intertwined her fingers with his. Y/N looked back at Ruby, seeing her with a calming smile on her face.

"We're smarter, kinder, stronger... And we're not done growing yet. None of us are." Ren finished his speech.

"Yeah, Ren get's pretty deep when he feels like talking." Ruby laughed along with everyone else.

"Now hold on. I think I was pretty great in school." Nora stood up, pointing to herself.

"Even at the dance, when you spilled punch all over yours-"

"YES! ESPECIALLY AT THE DANCE!! THANK YOU YANG!!" Everyone laughed.

"How can 7 kids possibly make so much noise eating dinner?" Qrow and Oscar walked over.

"Sorry bout that. We were just catching up and got a bit... crazy." Y/N giggled.

"We... Need to talk. Everyone, in the living room." Qrow said as he and Oscar went into the living room. Everyone looked at each other with worried faces.

(Small time skip because... Tbh i have no clue. The show didn't reveal what yang and Weiss told everyone about what Raven said to them, and i don't have time to go back to the episode where she talked to them, cause that's annoying. so yeah. Time skip bitch.)

Everyone was in the living room. The mood changed from happy to serious. Yang and Weiss told everyone about Raven, Yang's mother. and what she had to say. Y/N already knew everything from Qrow. Everyone stared at each other in silence before Weiss broke it.

"So.... The maidens... Magic... Salem... It's all true?" Weiss asked.

"Uh-huh." Qrow nodded.

"Always has been." Y/N stated.

"Miss Xiao Long, Is this more or less what your mother told you?" Ozpin asked. Ozpin was controlling Oscar at the moment. Yang stayed silent with her arms crossed.

"For the most part." Weiss broke the silence again.

"You forgot something. You forgot to tell everyone about what you did to Qrow and my mother." Yang said with a stern look. Ruby gasped a bit.

"What is she talking about?" Jaune asked.

"Oh, Great." Qrow rolled his eyes.

"Mmm. Thats not a secret I thought she'd give up so easily. Your mother must trust you a great deal." Ozpin smiled at Yang.

"My ability to reincarnate, though a curse, didn't come without a few key benefits... Much like the maidens, I too possess a certain magical power. Using this power, I was able to allow them to see more, to move freely, and be unburdened by their natural bodies..."

"Ozpin... Turned them into bids.." Y/N confessed. Everyone went silent and looked at Y/N with shocked eyes as he hung his head.

"Now... You're just messing with us." Nora said.

"What else is new?" Jaune followed.

"Y/N's telling you the truth. Yangs mom changed... Right in front of us." Weiss looked at team RNJR. Everyone then looked at Y/N. Rubys face grew irritated.

"When Qrow and I were trying to get back to Ruby and the others, he showed me his power and told me everything about it and Ozpin, Salem, the maidens."

"Why didn't you think to mention this to us, Y/N?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah, that's pretty important information." Ren went along.

"I didn't know if you'd believe me. Heck, I bet you still don't believe me now, but I also thought it was something that he wanted to keep a secret, so I did." Everyone calmed down a bit, besides Yang, who was livid.

"Why would you do such a thing? What is wrong with you?"

"Yang, thats enough! We made a choice... We wanted this."

"May I?" Ozpin looked up at Qrow. Qrow nodded as Ozpin paced around.

"Granting this power to them was no trivial task and I can assure you that it wasn't done frivolously. I required assistance in gathering information on Salems plans, as well as searching for maidens when their hosts were unclear."

"So... What about the other teachers or even the general? Is Ironwood a Vulture or something and Professor Goodwitch a Mocking Bird?" Y/N asked.

"Unfortunately, as helpful as it would be for them to be birds as well, its not that simple. My power is finite, and to be honest, dwindling. The power I gave to Qrow and Raven, all things considered, were quite miniscule. You see, centuries ago, I sacrificed a great deal of magic to four young women who i hoped would use their powers for good. They... Were the first maidens. Miss Xiao Long. It was never my intention to lie to you... to any of you. There are some matters that I would rather... Lay close to the chest. I believe that's how you phrased it." Ozpin looked over at Qrow, who chuckled a bit.

"Everyone has a choice. The Branwens chose to accept their powers and the responsibilities that came with them. Later, one of them chose to abandon in favor of her own self intrest. Now, all of you have a choice. If you wish to leave, now is the time. There will be no shame in abstaining." Ozpin finished his large explanation There was a long pause before Yang stood up.

"Yang?" Ruby looked at her.

"If Ruby sticks around, I will too. If I know something about her, it's that she always knows the right thing to do. But, If were going to risk our lives and keep fighting, no more lies. No more half-truths." Yang crossed her arms.

"Understood." Ozpin nodded his head.

"Wait." Y/N interjected. Everyone looked at him.

"What is it, Mister L/N?" He turned towards the boy. It took a bit to get it out of the boy, but he answered.

"Why did you enroll Ruby and I into Beacon-"

"Becau-" Yang interrupted angrily.

"Let me finish, Yang... Knowing who you were and all of this going on behind the scenes, why did you let two kids into an elite academy? Now, I know Ruby is excellent when it comes to combat, but the mentality and the mindset that she was forced onto, and now... this... She watched Penny, Pyrrha, and me die... She didn't have to. Hell, Why didn't you just throw me back in Vale that day? You couldn't have known I would have turned out this way. For all you knew, I was just an alien with no powers, barely any combat experience, and no knowledge of the world I was dropped into." Y/N finished his question. Ruby looked at Y/N as he turned his head and looked back at her.

"Yeah.. Actually... Why did you enroll her into Beacon? I was really too happy to care at the moment when I heard the news, but it felt odd that you enrolled a second year at Signal Academy into Beacon." Yang added.

"That is an excellent question. Theres a long answer and a short answer. The long answer is meant for another time. I am not lying to you. I will tell you in due time, but as of now, you are not ready. The short answer is that I saw a miracle opportunity, and I took it. I remember telling you Ruby, that I have made more mistakes than anyone in Remnant.. Enrolling you in Beacon was definitely not one of them."

"What about me then? Why didn't you just throw me out?"

"To be fairly honest, Professor Goodwitch was set on trying to dispose of you." Ozpin chuckled.

"Hmph I knew she hated me from the start." Y/N crossed his arms.

"Either way, I felt that even though you didn't really meet the criteria of enrolling, but you were a special case, being not from this world. We didnt know of the power you possessed or who you were until we were able to speak. After understanding your motives, I decided it would be a good opportunity as the headmaster to educate you not only about the world, but how to fight as well."

"I see... Thanks..." Y/N looked away as Ruby looked at him with a slightly worried mood.

"Ohhhhhhhhhh. Raven.. Crow... they're birds!! Cracked it!" Nora shouted before relaxing with a smug look. Everyone had a chuckle before Ozpin turned back into Oscar.

The night went on as it did. Everyone was in their beds thinking about the talk they had earlier in the evening; Ruby especially. Oscar was outside on the balcony looking out in to the vast sea of trees and houses. Y/N walked out on the balcony and stood next to Oscar.

"Ozpin... Come out for a second. We need to talk." Oscar sighed as Ozpin came out.

"What is it?"

"I know the real reason you put Ruby into Beacon."

"I could have already guessed due to Qrow telling you everything."

"I know she has the power to beat Salem with her eyes and whatnot, but why her? Why do you have to put so much pressure on one girl. We have maidens and so many people in this world that could help us, yet we have to rely on one girl? I know she can do it, but... Its too much for her to handle at once. Youve known it from the start since you first met her that she was the one to stop Salem."

"Mister L/N, This entire ordeal was my fault from the beginning. It's gotten to the point to where she is immortal now, and the only way to really stop her is using Ruby."

"So what, You're using someone else, no, my girlfriend to fix your shit?"

"I know it may seem that way, but that's what has to happen. Salem must be stopped at all costs. I'll do whatever it takes."

"You... Aren't the Ozpin I knew you as back at Beacon."

"I knew the attack at Beacon was coming, but not as soon as it was, none of us were prepared for it, even James..."

"And where the hell even is Irondick anyways? Last thing I remember from him was his goons beating my ass in your office and him killing a Grimm during the battle of Beacon. "

"He should be in Atlas."

"Great..." Y/N rolled his eyes.

"Things take time, and time isnt on our side at the moment, so... We have to rely on what we have until something else can help."

"I understand..."

"I would like if you keep this a secret from Miss Rose for now."

"I know you still have secrets you're keeping from Me, the others, and even Qrow. To be fair, I don't care about your past or about this entire war were waging on Salem."

"Then, what do you care about, if I may ask?" Ozpin looed up at the boy.

"I want this world to be at peace so I can live the rest of my life with the girl I love, start a family maybe. I don't know. I don't want to have to worry about huge final bosses and saving the world or other shit like that. Thats all fine and all, but in the end, its what you do with the broken world after you beat the villain that matters. I mean, we still have to worry about the Human and Faunus war going on right now."

"You may be right, Y/N. Get some rest, we'll talk more tomorrow."

"I'm... going to sleep out here tonight. I have a lot to think on, for my sake, and for Ruby's."

"Very well then. Goodnight, Mister L/N." Ozpin turned back into Oscar.

"Oscar, don't worry about anything Ozpin and I-" Oscar was already on the ground, asleep.

"Ugh..." Y/N picked him up, carried him to his own bed, and went back outside. He laid down on the balcony floor and looked into the stars before falling asleep.

(Time skip to the morning because I have an M32 Rotary Grenade Launcher, so fuck you and everything near you.)

Y/N opened his eyes slowly to the sunrise. It was pretty early in the morning. He rubbed his eyes with his hands as he heard footsteps behind him. He didn't care to look back or anything, just at the sunrise. Then, over his head, came a cute face he knew and loved.

"Morning, Y/N." She smiled.

"Morning, Rubes." Y/N reached his hand up and booped her nose. She giggled cutely and sat next to him, laying down afterwards.

"You haven't called me that in a long time."

"Yeah, last time I called you Rubes was after the dance when we were about to get praised by Woody Iron." Ruby chuckled loudly as well as Y/N when he heard himself say that name again.

"Woody Iron, that name is so goofy."

"Hey, Ruby?" Ruby looked over towards Y/N.

"Mhm? What's up?"

"Do you ever wonder what would have happened if I wasn't here?" Y/N sat up.

"What? What do you mean?" She sat up with him.

"Like, would any of this would have happened if I didn't show up that one day during your initiation? I wonder if me coming here could have changed the world or something."

"I don't know.. I think things probably would have been the same, if not just similar. Ozpin knew all of this was going to happen at some point, so this is that some point."

"You're probably right, as you usually are. You know just what to say, Ruby."

"Did... you sleep out here?" She asked him.

"Yeah... Just feels nice once in a while to sleep outside under the stars."

"You still miss home... Don't you?"

"Yes. Though it doesn't exist anymore.. I miss it dearly. Every day." Y/N pulled out his phone and went through his photos, sharing them with Ruby.

"And these guys I tell you. I'd eat lunch with them every single day and they were the stupidest bunch I'd ever seen, but I loved them like family almost." Y/N showed her an image of the friends he ate with at lunch, being Sasha, Aaron, and Dylan. Ruby watched as he flipped through his pictures, telling the stories of each one. She had a smile on her face, but felt worried for him all the while.

"So, is that the only thing you have left from home?"

"Yeah, besides myself and my memories, this is it. It holds all of the photos I took from my planet." Y/N then scrolled to the next image, which was a picture of him with team RWBY after saving Vale from a huge Grimm invasion from a train wreck.. He didn't know why, but something hit him. He started tearing up with a smile on his face. Ruby turned to him and immediately hugged him tightly. He hugged back, sobbing quietly as she rubbed his back, trying to soothe him. After a bit, he stopped crying and dried his tears, letting go of Ruby.

"Thanks for that, Ruby."

"Don't even worry about it. I'm here for you. You were there for me back at the cliff when I was talking to my mom."

"Heh.. That's right.... I was..."

"I love you, Y/N, with all of my heart. To think, I'd have a boyfriend. When I first got into Beacon, and even back in Signal, I thought I'd never get a boyfriend. I really didn't need one. I thought boys were gross, and all I cared about was killing Grimm and passing classes, but you came into my life. You've made me the happiest person ever." Her face was slightly red. Y/N put his hands on hers as he leaned in. She leaned in as well. As they were so close to kissing, a voice was heard behind them.

"Ahem." Yang cleared her throat. The two split apart quickly and put their hands in their laps as if nothing's happened.

"What're you doing up so early, Sis?" Ruby asked as Yang sat on the other side of her.

"Couldn't go back to sleep." She replied.

"Yeah, well..... Me neither." Ruby sided with Yang.

"What about you?" Yang leaned forwards, looking at Y/N.

"I slept out here."

"Luckily, Coffee exists." The sound of Weiss's voice rang behind them. She had a tray holding four cups of coffee.

"Thanks, Weiss." Y/N Smiled at her. She handed Y/N and Yang their coffee. She then went over to Ruby.

"No.." She seemed like she didn't want any.

"Don't worry, I put loads of cream and sugar into this one." Weiss rolled her eyes.

"Yesss. Nice Weiss strikes again." She was about to grab the mug before Weiss pulled it back.

"I will pour this on you, and it will burn." Weiss said before handing Ruby the cup. Weiss sat down next to Yang.

"I cant believe we're in Mistral." Yang looked at the sunrise.

"That's what you cant believe?" Ruby asked sarcastically.

"Well, yeah, and all the other magic and stuff, but, okay you know what I mean."

"So why did you sleep out here, Y/N?" Weiss asked.

"He missed his home, so he wanted to sleep under the stars."

"Then just go back. I mean you're bound to go back to your planet at some point." Yang shrugged. Ruby and Y/N looked at each other.

"Yang... I didn't tell you before to hold a bit of my emotion in from the story, but..... My home planet... Doesn't exist anymore."

"What? What do you mean?" Weiss asked, confused,

"It was destroyed. The entire planet and everyone and everything on it, gone. The only remnant of that planet left is me, my memories, and my phone."

"I... I'm sorry.." Weiss frowned. Yang didn't say anything. She just hung her head. Y/N could tell she was thinking of something. There was a long pause.

"I honestly wasn't sure I'd ever see you three again. Y/N even more so, since he passed away. But here he is, all fine and dandy."

"Well, cheers to beating expectation." Y/N tapped mugs with the rest of his team.

"I just... Wish Blake were here."

"Yeah well, she made her choice"

"What's that supposed to mean, Yang?" Weiss asked her.

"She could have been here if she just stuck around. S'no big deal though, we'll be fine."

"Don't you want her here?" Ruby asked.

"Why would I want her here?"

"She's our teammate. We have been together since the end of initiation. She has the right to be here." Y/N said.

"Then why did she leave!"

"Yang, calm down." Weiss said. Yang got angry and her eyes went red.

"Don't tell me to calm down!!" She yelled.

"Woah... Yang?" Ruby looked worried. Yang then stood up.

"Whatever." Yang left and went inside. Ruby, Weiss, and Y/N looked at each other.

(Time skip because i'm to lazy to fucking write the entirety of the conversation between Weiss and Yang about Blake.)

Y/N sat in his room by himself, looking through his phone, until Ruby came in the room.

"Sup, Rubes, is Yang feeling better?"

"Yep. Yang said she needs you for something, so she told me to get you."

"Alrighty. Love you, Ruby, be right back." He put his phone away before ruffling her hair. She giggled a bit before kissing Y/n on the cheek. Y/N walked out of the room and went over to Yang and Weiss's room.

"Sup." Y/N said to both Yang and Weiss. Weiss smiled and left the room, leaving Y/N and Yang alone.

"Y/N..."

"Yang, are you mad at me?" Y/N asked.

"Not really. I just... Wanted to get something off of my chest is all." She sat on the bed. Y/N sat on the bed across from her.

"So... What seems to be on the chest.... of..... yours...." He quickly looked away from where he was looking.

"Sorry!!" Yang just laughed a bit before frowning again.

"Ruby came home unconscious after the battle of Beacon. She woke up not long after I did. She told me what happened and what you did."

"Yeah..." Y/N hugged his arm.

"You broke her heart, Y/N. You died in front of her. You promised her you would come back after fighting Cinder, but you didn't for an entire year."

"..."

"And speaking about that, why did you fight her?! Are you slow minded?! You knew one hundred percent you'd lose that fight, and yet you chose to fight her anyways and left Ruby."

"I was trying to help weaken her at the most. I was trying to hold her back."

"You don't always have to be the one to play hero. Every time you try to save people, you almost if not end up getting yourself hurt."

"...."

"Every day at the house, Ruby trained and trained. She said she was fine, day in and out, but I know she wasn't. She was depressed. She was in pain. She lost three of her best friends in one day, including you. You were the first boy she ever liked, hell, the first boy she ever fell in love with. I was so proud of her. She was maturing a bit and got a boyfriend who I knew was going to take care of her. I felt worse for her than I did for myself, and I lost my arm for Oum's sake."

"Yang... I... I want to apologize. I should have thought about everything first before springing into action. Jaune called me before I went up there and told me to save Pyrrha. I knew it was a battle I'd lose, but I wanted to take that risk, for his sake. I should have listened to Ruby and got out of there, but... I wouldn't have lived with myself If I didn't try to save Pyrrha. When I got to the top, I was blinded by so much rage after seeing her die... I... I couldn't run."

"Y/N... I get it.. I just want you..... to apologize to her... For me... It will make me feel better."

"You got it, Yang."

"Hey, Y/N...?"

"Yeah?"

"We cool?"

"Of course. We're best friends and teammates. I'll always have your back." Y/N gave her a thumbs up. She nodded her head with a grin. Ruby then opened the door to the room.

"Is... Everything okay?" She asked. Yang stood up and walked to the door.

"You're up, kid. Everything's alright, Ruby, but Y/N wanted to tell you something important." Yang went through the door after winking back at Y/N. Ruby came in and closed the door behind her.

"So... Uh... What did you want to talk to me about?" She swayed her hips side to side slowly, tapping her pointer fingers together innocently.

"Ruby... I... Wanted to apologize for... For leaving you."

"I-It's okay. I-"

"No.. Let me finish please... I want to say this to you. I should have listened to you back at Beacon. I shouldn't have gone up there, knowing I would lose. I made a dumb decision and I left you due to my stupid brain. I broke your heart. I left you to train at your house without me for an entire year. Yang told me how you felt.... You were hurt... Depressed... Broken, but you kept training as hard as you could to get better. That put a lot of stress and shit in your head... I realize now what Yang told me... And I never took your feelings into consideration after I came back...So... I'm sorry Ruby." Ruby was shocked to hear this, but smiled afterwards.

"Y/N, I may have been hurt and depressed about you dying, but I knew in my heart that you would come back. You made a promise to me that you'd be back and here you are. Also, about before when you asked if anything would have been changed if you weren't here... Don't talk like you haven't made a difference here either. You have done so much for me and for the team, that I can't even count what you've done. You've saved my life a bunch of times where if you weren't there, I could've died, or got hurt badly. I couldn't ask for a better teammate than you on my team, Y/N. And I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend." She stepped forward and put her arms around Y/N's neck. She went on her toes and kissed his lips gently. He kissed back, putting his arms around her waist. The door slowly creeped open without a sound as several people watched with a warm smile. As they parted, the people left.

"I love you, Ruby."

"I love you too, Y/N."

"Now, uhh we should go check on Ozpin and Qrow and see what we're doing plan-wise. I have a feeling in my gut that something bad is going to happen soon."

"Good idea." Ruby nodded. They both left the room and went downstairs to find Qrow and Oscar sitting in the living room.