Author note: For those who weren't my readers last year, I'm puertorican. That's a small island in the Caribbean. I'm latinoamerican and giving my place of birth, we celebrate something after New years, and we celebrate "Dia de los reyes" the day of the 3 wise man that came see baby Jesus. So, since it's a holiday, each one of my stories is getting an extra chapter today.

*pyrrha was not in her element. She thought she was going to fight the slavers, with just ruby, Raven, and her team. But no. Every single member of Raven's clan is coming with them, and the clan are all currently preparing for the battle. Pyrrha walked inside Raven's hut, where Raven, her second I'm command Vernal, and Ruby were talking strategy all looking at the schematics of the location as they spoke. Pyrrha gave out a fake cough to get their attention, but only Ruby looked at her*

Ruby: Yes, angel?

Pyrrha: Ruby, can I have a word with you? Alone?

*pyrrha asked, looking at Raven and Vernal. Ruby hummed and walked up closer to pyrrha, nodding her head when she reached the taller girl. It creeper pyrrha out a little how little emotion ruby was showing. It was all just a neutral expression *

Ruby: Fine, let's go to Raven's room

Raven: Don't touch my shit

*Raven said, suddenly getting herself into the conversation. Ruby rolled her eyes and turned her head to look at Raven. She was insulted at the very idea of touching that garbage. And calling it garbage was saying it kindly*

Ruby: I won't touch shit, relax. All your crap is either ugly or tacky.

Raven: fuck you, I have great taste

*Raven said with an indignant growl, since ruby has always told Raven time and time again that her taste of decor is horrendous to say least. Ruby stopped looking at Raven and looked at the other female in the home*

Ruby: Yeah, that's why Vernal is trying her best to look as small as possible, so you don't ask her for confirmation

Vernal: You bitch

*Vernal said with a mix of a growl and a whine as Raven's attention went from the flower girl, to the fake maiden of the tribe, with a raised eyebrow, waiting for her to tell them that Raven does in fact have great taste. Ruby, for her part, shrugged at Vernal as she spoke up, in her new devoid of emotions, tone that she and Raven still haven't gotten used to*

Ruby: Like you wouldn't have done the same

Vernal: doesn't make you any less of a bitch

*Vernal said with a lot of snark on her tone. But their interaction was cut short by Raven coughing loudly.  Vernal flinched and reluctantly looked at the real maiden of the tribe, hell the double maiden thanks to Ruby. And she was not pleased. Raven had her arm crossed waiting for a response from her second in command*

Raven: well Vernal? What do you think about my decoration?

Vernal: Um. Well. You see, the thing is...

*Vernal tried to say, but she couldn't find the correct words she kept getting tongue tied. Pyrrha flinched when Ruby grabbed her hand and walked with her to Raven's room*

Ruby: All right, we've got like 20 minutes of that. Let's go

Pyrrha: ok

*pyrrha said softly as they walked. Ruby's hand felt so warm and small inside of her own. She rubbed her thumb on Ruby's palm a little, but she didn't see any reaction out of ruby. Ruby, for her part, felt her heart race a little feeling how Pyrrha's thumb was rubbing her own, but she didn't let it show. They made it to Raven's room and closed the door. Pyrrha looked around, and she could see what Ruby was talking about. The place looked as if it was being lived by some sort of viking barbarian*

Pyrrha: Wow... this is... a little much

Ruby: Tell me about it. She doesn't even have regular sheets. She uses grimm bear pelts as sheets. As a pet owner of a grimm bear, I'm rather insulted by that, if I'm being honest.

*Ruby said  with a shake of her head, thinking of her giant pet who was currently sleeping in a cave nearby. Pyrrha nodded a little till she noticed something on the wall*

Pyrrha: Why does she have a wall of weapons?

Ruby: That's her collections of every person she's beaten in a fight. She takes their weapons as trophies

*Ruby said with a shake of embarrassment to her head. Ruby noticed that Pyrrha suddenly got quiet. She looked at her with a raised eyebrow, wondering why she stopped talking*

Pyrrha:.......

Ruby:.............?

*Ruby looked at her confused, wondering what the problem was. Pyrrha started feeling her sins of cringe, crawling on her back, as she finally spoke with a nervous stutter on the tone of her voice*

Pyrrha: I...I mean. That's not... that tacky.

Ruby:.... you have one too, don't you?

*Ruby said with a small huff of amusment. Pyrrha, for her part, blushed deeply as she started to play with her fingers a little with how nervous she was from being called out like that*

Pyrrha: I mean,  is it any worse than the notches you have on your guns?

Ruby: I'll take your deflection as a yes. And yes. Yes, it is. This is nerdy. My notches are badass. They tell a story

*Ruby said with a shrug. She took one of those jakal sisters out of the holster and held it upside down, showing the new notches she made for this gun. Each a reminder of every person she killed, each one a different story of trials that made ruby the Rose of vacuo. Pyrrha stomped her feet a little as she spoke, feeling attacked by Ruby's dismissing of her victories*

Pyrrha: My wall of weapons tells stories, too!

Ruby: Not as good as mine, yours are how you won a fight in a tournament. Mine? Mine are how I escaped the jaws of death and slaved from hundreds to thousands, depending on the story

*Ruby said, not taking her eyes off the notches on her gun, thinking of every single slaver she killed, every single one that inflicted the same pain that Jake inflicted on her. She shook her head and put the jakal sister back in her resting spot before her mind began to wonder.*

Ruby: But we're splitting hairs here. What do you want to talk about?

Pyrrha: Oh, uh. Right. I guess I'm just confused. You said we were going to the giant prison

*pyrrha asked as she sat down on the bed. Ruby nodded, leaning against the door since she wouldn't be caught dead resting on the pelts of the same race as her zwei. She nodded and waved her hand for Pyrrha to continue*

Ruby: we are?

Pyrrha: No. But I mean. Like alone, I thought this was gonna be a small mission

*pyrrha question,  then the blush that started to disappear came back at full force. Since what she just said caused a reaction out of Ruby, and it wasn't a good one. She looked at Pyrrha as if she was stupid.*

Ruby:....that's fucking stupid

Pyrrha: rude. And I just thought it was implied.

*pyrrha said, trying to justify her line of thinking. Ruby shook her head in disappointment. Apparently, Jaune wasn't the only one who watched too many westerns where 1 man goes against an entire army and somehow winning.*

Ruby: Angel. We're rescuing around 9 thousand people. Do you have any conceivable idea how big of a number that is? How many workers will you have to have to make all of that work? How many guards, security cameras, drones, automatic weapons, etc. They'll have in that joint? This is a big operation.  It'll take more than just a couple of people to do it.

Pyrrha: Yeah, I guess I was just letting myself get carried away by your legend.

*pyrrha said with an embarrassed chuckle, ruby hummed as she pushed herself out of the wall, and walked to the window, opening the curtains of the window and waving at pyrrha for her to join ruby, which she did.*

Ruby: That's fine. Besides, we're not keeping that legend alive. Look outside

Pyrrha: they're all dressed like you?

*pyrrha asked with a raised eyebrow,  since people were in fact dressed like ruby, some with wigs, other with full on face masks covering their faces, all with red gloves, a cowboy hat and a red bandana. Ruby nodded, looking out the window, though she was a bit annoyed seeing the males dressed like her. But she let it go for now*

Ruby: more than that. They have similar weapons to my old revolvers and smoke bombs that also expel rose petals. This is how you create a myth for the slavers to fear. Make it so they believe the rose can be anywhere and everywhere

Pyrrha: That's pretty cool. So I guess I'm gonna get a costume of my own?

*pyrrha asked with a small smirk. She raised her eyebrows a little when Ruby nodded. She looked at the champion of Mistral with the smallest of smirks, but there were no emotions behind her eyes as she spoke*

Ruby: Unless you want the world to know that mistral's champion is responsible for the destruction of a camp, from a fairly higher up organization. I can only imagine what that will do for your image

Pyrrha: I thought we already talked about this. I don't care about my image

*pyrrha asked with a sigh and a shake of her head. Ruby just hummed as she placed her finger on her chin, as if she was in thought. Before she spoke again, this time wirh a hint of concern inside of her numb tone*

Ruby: You say that. Yet do you really know what will happen if they find out? How will your parents react when they find out you are involved?

Pyrrha:..... I'm not saying you're right. But where do I get my costume?

*pyrrha asked with a small chuckle, rubbing the back of her head. Ruby hummed, nodding her head, and she pointed to a group of people at the distance. Pyrrha looked at where Ruby was pointing, wondering what was in that distance.*

Ruby: Follow the line on the left. They're you'll get your fit in.

Pyrrha: Also, I want it on record that I'm not scared of the consequences. I just don't want to deal with my parents bullshit

*pyrrha said with a sigh, ruby nodded, knowing that feeling. She still wants nothing to do with Tai or Qrow and  especially not that spirit or near death illusion of summer. She can eat her entire ass. Ruby gave pyrrha pat on her shoulder*

Ruby: I get that. Well, get going. The attack is happening tonight. The clan will get their information at dusk.

Pyrrha: People are gonna die, aren't they?

*pyrrha asked bluntly, seeing all the weapons people were getting. Ruby glanced at the crates of revolvers and shrugged, looking back at pyrrha. Even without the pills, she's completely numb to death, so much that the concept of the grim reaper is pretty much an old friend*

Ruby: from both sides, yes. But everyone here knows what they were volunteering had risks. So be careful. Even a champion like yourself isn't a legend like me.

Pyrrha: A little arrogant, aren't we? But I'm not the only one who needs to be careful. Seriously. Don't do anything too stupid. You've become someone extremely close to me, and I would hate to lose you...

*pyrrha said in a gentle tone that was full of emotions. She grabbed Ruby's hand and rubbed her knuckles. Ruby felt her heart start to race, and she pulled her hand back to her own chest. Holding it as she dodged Pyrrha's gaze*

Ruby:.... you should get going.  Call your boyfriend, say what you need to say all of that

Pyrrha: Why do you keep pushing me away?

*Pyrrha asked bluntly, crossing her arms as she looked at Ruby with so much concern under her gaze. Ruby shifted a little on Pyrrha's gaze as she spoke softly. It was basically a whisper, but Pyrrha heard it*

Ruby: Why do you keep trying to get me close when you aren't single?

Pyrrha: Because I'm spoiled and I want it all. Your turn

*pyrrha asked, taking a step closer to ruby, ruby took a step back and walked around Pyrrha, making it to the door. She turned around and looked at Pyrrha*

Ruby:....go call jaune angel

Pyrrha: Fine. But you still owe me that conversation. Don't think I've forgotten about that

*pyrrha asked with a sigh. She was getting tired and annoyed that Ruby kept dodging the question. Ruby shrugged and nodded as she walked away, back to the discussion room in the living room*

Ruby: Fine. Don't blame me if you don't like what you see after we have that discussion.

*Ruby said as she walked to the long hallway. Once alone, she allowed herself the luxury of singing. Those who were insightful enough would be able to tell that what Ruby was singing spoke to what the relationship of pyrrha and Ruby truly is*

Ruby: Play the guitar, play it again, my Johnny

*Ruby sang softly, as in her head she imagined herself as a wandering outlaw and Pyrrha's as the singer who fell in love with her. Pyrrha was at the saloon as she sang to the crowd*

Inside Ruby's imagination

Imaginary Pyrrha: Maybe you're cold, but you're so warm inside

* The imaginary pyrrha sang, as she thought of that on the run outlaw who saved her life so long ago, that outlaw she gave herself fully to, only for the outlaw to leave the very next day, before she woke up *

Imaginary Pyrrha: I was always a fool for my Ruby
For the one they call Ruby Guitar, play it again, Ruby Guitar

* pyrrha asked, while a thousand miles away that same outlaw was finally meeting her fate. We see Ruby crawling herself to rest against an old dried out tree, blood coming down her mouth, multiple bullet holes on her chest*

Imaginary Pyrrha: What if you go, what if you stay, I love you, but if you're cruel, you can be kind, I know

*Ruby rested her back to the hot rock and coughed up some blood, didn't even bother to clean it up, she knew there was no point. She knew this was her end. She smiled softly as at least she was facing west, seeing the setting sun*

Imaginary Pyrrha: There was never a girl like my Ruby like the one they call Ruby Guitar

* With a trembling weak hand, Ruby took out a picture from inside her jacket pocket. She looked at it and smiled lovingly. She placed the picture on her lips and gave it a little kiss as a final gesture before she had to leave*

Imaginary pyrrha: There was never a man like my Ruby like the one they call Ruby guitar

* The picture fell from the corpse's fingers as it flew to the 9 winds. The bloodied picture was one of ruby and her love sleeping under a tree, where Ruby first told her, " I love you,".*

Back to the present

Ruby: Play it again, Johnny Guitar...

*Ruby finished with a shake of her head of the mini story that her brain just made up of Angel and herself. She made It to the living room and kept working, ignoring how pyrrha walked past them to get her costume. Tonight was gonna be a bloodbath, and they needed to get ready.*

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