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Chapter 3: Back to School

Ruby Rose was known for many things. She was known for inhaling cookies unlike anyone had ever seen. She was known for being the fastest person at her school. She was known for going overboard on learning about, as well as designing, anything pertaining to guns and any assortment of melee weapons. And of course, she was known for wearing the red hood that her mother had gifted to her as a young child.

However, she was not known for being good with people. Especially not people around her age and of the opposite sex. Which of course was the reason her current predicament seemed so difficult to solve.

Only twenty feet ahead of her was the boy who had saved her life only a few days ago. A boy she only knew for a total of a half hour. So obviously, this meeting was probably going to be rather… uncomfortable.

The giant suit of hulking armor didn't exactly help either. The teen was covered from head to toe in giant shiny plates made from some type of metal that simply gave him an air of invincibility. This appearance was made even more imposing and unapproachable by the design of said plates.

The body was a massive assortment of metal covered in giant rivets and steel bars that gave it a militaristic design. Each line and edge seemed to have some form of purpose as the metal indentations molded into the pieces lined up perfectly with one section or another that required room for maneuvering.

Accompanying it was a large metal tank paired with a set of thrusters that seemed to be bolted onto the back of the suit. The unit was covered in warning and caution labels that simply added to the overall industrial military feel that the armor gave off.

Not to mention that from head to toe the thing looked like a walking tank. Massive shoulder plates and huge limbs that were each about the size of a tree trunk, and the helmet was no different. It of course still kept to the efficient and military feel of the rest of the suit, along with it being absolutely huge, and also seemed to serve another purpose: intimidation.

The '"face" looked like that of some kind of predator made of steel. The eyepieces were angled into an angry glare as the angular edges of the lower mask-like front section came down into a metallic snout that ended in a respirator of some kind. The thing looked both terrifying and mysterious.

The whole thing seemed extremely complex and intricate though, and that was saying something coming from Ruby. Honestly, it made her nearly want to try and one-up the thing somehow. But that was getting off track; she needed to introduce herself and thank him.

"What are you looking at?" an inquisitive, feminine voice asked from beside Ruby.

With a small yelp, the young teen turned to see a blonde haired girl sporting a brown leather jacket with a yellow shirt underneath, an orange bandana around her neck, black shorts, and brown boots that came up to just below her knees accompanied by several more bandanas in an assortment of grays, purples, and yellows that sat just above them.

Her lavender colored eyes squinted ever so slightly as she peered in the direction of the giant knightly figure in the distance with a hand placed just above them as a makeshift shade. She continued to look about for anything specific that might have caught the fifteen year old's eye to no avail.

As she did so, her long main of blonde hair swayed back and forth, occasionally obstructing her rounded jaw, rosy cheeks, and petite nose from view. However, her brow and eyes seemed to remain in sight, continuously scanning the surrounding port.

However, even with the assortment of colorful shops and people that covered the area, she couldn't seem to pick out the one man who stood out the most from the crowd. Which was totally fine of course. Ruby really didn't want her to know about the other teen at the moment.

After all, how was she supposed to explain it? Did she just flat out say "this giant armored guy who looks really scary helped me stop the robbery the other day"? That didn't exactly seem like the best way to introduce the boy; especially not to your sister.

"Nothing Yang," Ruby said sheepishly, hoping that the blonde would continue to miss the large armored man.

Naturally, she wasn't so gullible as to just simply brush off the quiet and nervous tone in her little sister's voice. Thus, with an upturned eyebrow and an inquisitive look upon her face, Yang crossed her arms and turned to face the younger teen.

"Is that so?" She asked with an obvious sarcasm prevalent within her tone.

Ruby, already beginning to try and find a way out before her sister managed to pry out the truth, began laughing nervously as she scratched the back of her head and glanced to the hulking man who looked so out of place. Unfortunately, that glance was all Yang needed.

"Who's that?" she asked curiously as she pivoted slightly to get a better look at him.

Ruby's head drooped in defeat in an overly dramatic fashion as she sighed deeply. It seemed like this always happened when the young girl tried to hide something. Every time, without fail, Yang would notice Ruby acting strangely in one way or another and would discover what caused it purely through her sister's actions.

"One of the people who helped try to stop the robbery with me," she said in a mopey fashion with her head still hanging low.

Part of Ruby hoped that keeping her eyes pointed at the bright grey concrete beneath them would somehow stop her sister from trying to introduce herself. Of course, it didn't.

"Well we should go talk to him then!" Yang told her happily.

Ruby's head shot up with a look of terror spreading across her face. She couldn't let this happen! There had to be a way to stop this; anything to stop this.

"Wait!" she pleaded quickly as her sister began marching towards the teen, "I don't even really know him yet."

The blonde stopped mid-step at that. Ruby could feel a wave of dread begin to rise within her as she slowly turned back to face the younger sister. The feeling began to grow even worse when she saw the look on the girl's face.

She looked like someone had just given her a new toy. Her face had morphed into a devious grin while one blonde eye brow had risen to give her the look of someone with evil plots fluttering in their head. It wasn't a comforting look for Ruby to find.

"Well then let's go get to know him!" she cheered.

The blonde quickly hooked an arm around the younger girl's shoulders as she marched happily over to the boy. Ruby, however, was much less enthused. She began digging the heels of her black and red combat boots into the ground before her, hoping to halt Yang's progress. Sadly, all it accomplished was a slight delay and Yang's grin turning to one of determination.

Arthur stared wide eyed behind his helmet at the port around him. Honestly, he found that he had been doing it quite often since his arrival to Remnant. Even after his little chat with Ozpin about some of the basic information about the world, he was almost awestruck with the things he had seen.

The man had naturally given him a crash course about the history of Remnant, the species that resided upon it, and the monsters that the citizens of Remnant faced. Each subject seemed so similar, yet vastly different to the ones of Earth. Even the monsters that remained a constant threat, though Earth's equivalent was a direct side- effect of mankind's own need to destroy itself.

Yet Arthur found that the subject he was most amazed with (even more so than the fact that there were people walking around with tails and cat, dog, or monkey ears which were a really strange subject all their own) was the technological advancements that the people had made. Not too surprising, considering who he was really.

He had watched in awe as people carried around small computers and portable phones that seemed like something out of a novel written before the apocalypse. What was more, they could pull an assortment of information from them as well.

People could learn the local news, find information on political debates, and a myriad of other useful or simply interesting tidbits about the world around them. Personally, Arthur found the idea amazing.

To be certain, such technology was still somewhat worrisome, but he seriously doubted any government was foolish enough to leave sensitive files on this "net" that the rest of the world's information resided on. Hell, if the countries of Earth were sensible enough to keep news about the world's impending doom from breaking out, then surely this world's governments were at least competent enough to leave certain things away from almost literally everyone's fingertips.

Now that's not to say Arthur wasn't still suspicious, far from it in fact. He knew that there was always the danger of the wrong scientific inventions being made or researched, and he knew that, from where he was now, he wouldn't be able to do much about them.

So his best bet would be to use Ozpin's offer to learn more about the world of remnant through taking classes at Beacon Academy. After all, if he was to protect the people, he would have to learn about those people and what dangers they faced.

So, here he was. Standing in a bustling "Dropship Landing Port" as the sign had called it, waiting for his ride to Beacon. Well, that was what he was doing until he felt something collide with the back of his hulking armored frame, making a small clang as it connected.

Ruby stumbled back in a slight daze as she rubbed the bridge of her nose in pain. She could feel heat rising off of the small facial feature when she wiggled it back and forth in hopes of making the pain go away.

The young girl grumbled to herself silently as she continued to scrunch up her face in annoyance. Stupid Yang and her stupid brute strength. Apparently, digging your feet into the ground and making it hard to be pushed forward doesn't mean "stop" to Yang. To her, it somehow means "throw me."

How could she do that to her little sister? Her own flesh and blood? Does she even understand the meaning of sisterly love? Apparently not.

This was cruelty; better yet, this was abuse! Actually, no! She knew what this was.

Betrayal to the highest degree! That was what it was. Well, two could play at that game. Victory would be hers. It will be known that Ruby Rose, soon to be the greatest huntress the world had ever seen, would not allow such treachery!

Yes, there would be planning. There would be vengeance. There would be justice for Yang's actions. Soon; soon she would know that one does not trifle with a rose unless one intends to meet the thorns!

Ruby grinned at the ground beneath her feet as a plethora of ideas poured forth: Neon green hair dyes to be used on the sleeping traitor, cookies baked with jalapenos within, and a thousand more cruel ideas.

She began to rub her hands together in imitation of every cheesy villain stereotype she had ever seen; maniacal chuckle and all. Revenge would be sweet indeed. But more importantly, it would be hers.

"Miss Rose?" A distorted and metallic voice called out to her, forcing the young girl's mind to come crashing back down into the realm of reality.

Ruby squeaked in surprise as her body spun to face the voice, her eyes going wide as she did so. Towering above her, a certain armored teen stared down at Ruby as the suit's angry mask bored into her with its pitch black eyepieces.

"Yes?" Ruby asked quickly, mentally kicking herself for forgetting exactly what, or rather who, she had hit in the first place.

"Are you alright?" Arthur asked, tilting his head to the side as he did.

Ruby could feel her face go beat red at the question. Did he just see that? Did she seriously start her introduction with a crazy daydream and psychotic chuckling?

The girl's blush began to grow even darker as she shrank beneath the boy's gaze. This was going horribly already.

The young huntress' eyes zeroed in on the metal boots of the boy, trying desperately to find words. Too bad none came to her.

Instead, her face remained a deep crimson as sweat began to bead-up on the back of her neck. She honestly had no idea how to respond. She couldn't exactly say everything was "fine" because she totally just went to La La Land and she sure as all hell wasn't going to admit to doing that.

Luckily, or perhaps unluckily depending on how things were about to play out, Ruby's awkward silence with the hulking teen ended soon enough. But of course, it didn't end in a way likely to be very helpful to the poor scythe wielder.

"Oh good!" came the bright voice of Yang as she strolled up next to Ruby and proceeded to throw an arm across her little sister's shoulders, "looks like my aim is still spot on huh?"

Ruby's head shot to the side as she glared at the blonde. This was not a good thing at all, and it was obvious to see that Yang knew it from the conniving grin plastered on her face when she met her little sister's eyes.

"I'm sorry," came the warbled synthetic voice from the metal man in front of the siblings, "I don't believe we've met."

Ruby watched her sister's grin morphed into a full smile of excitement when she turned to the boy. The younger sibling didn't like that smile in any way, shape, or form.

"Yang Xiao Long!" the blonde exclaimed, shooting out a hand for the young man to shake, "I hear that you're the one who saved Ruby the other night."

The boy accepted Yang's hand and gave it a firm shake while nodding his head.

"Yes mam," Arthur said curtly, "and, if I may ask, what is your relation to Miss Rose?"

"Well I'm her sister of course!" Yang said happily, even though it obviously wasn't something you could tell without someone specifically telling you they were siblings.

One of the side effects of being half-sisters, Ruby supposed.

The metal man seemed to stop for a moment, cocking his head to the side in apparent surprise. Naturally, no one could blame him for not being able to tell. If memory served her, Ruby could still recall a time when even relatives had been thrown off by the vastly different appearances between the two.

"Of course," he replied with a hint of hesitance.

"You know," Yang said, "I never caught your name, tin man."

"Arthur," he answered with more confidence in his robotic voice.

"Well Arthur," Yang said, finally releasing Ruby from her grasp and folded her arms, "is there any particular reason for the mask, or do you just like scaring people?"

He seemed to stop for a moment before realization apparently dawn on him and he reached up to begin pulling off his helmet. There was the sound of two synchronized clicks and a small huff as his metal fingers worked quickly to remove the protective headwear. Soon enough, the angry mask was raised over his head and quickly clipped onto a small latch on his waist, revealing his face.

What came into view was certainly not what one would expect to be beneath such an imposing suit of armor. Instead of an old chiseled face covered in a massive beard, it was extremely young with peach fuzz just barely sprouting out from the edge of the jaw. However, aside from the lack of facial hair and the youthful quality to it, Arthur still gave off the appearance of some hero from one of Ruby's favorite children's stories.

Indeed, every other aspect about him screamed hero. From the strong square jaw to the piercing blue eyes that seemed to shine with bravery. He even had jet black hair that fell and covered his scalp in a cloak of blackness. And, as if to complete the look, a long grey scar ran from his left cheek bone down to the bottom of his jaw.

Ruby quickly tore her gaze away from the boy to see her sister's reaction. Like one would expect, Yang wore a rather similar expression of shock to the one Ruby had dawned a few nights prior when she had first encountered the extremely young, be it weathered, face; wide eyes and all.

"Sorry," Arthur said after a moment, still managing to keep his rather official tone even with his much younger voice. "I probably should have kept the thing off in public."

Yang sputtered for a few seconds, struggling to get her mind rolling again before seeming to finally catch back up with reality.

"No problem," she mumbled, betraying her rather stunned surprise in a rather distracted tone, "I just didn't expect you to be so…"

The blonde's sentence trailed off into silence for a moment, most likely having difficulty deciding on the proper words to use to describe what all three knew she was referring to.

"Young?" Arthur supplied at last, a small grin spreading across his face.

"Well yeah," Ruby replied, finally putting in her two cents, her previous embarrassment long gone thanks to the new subject, "who wouldn't be surprised?"

"Trust me, there's a good reason for it," he said with an apologetic smile.

Not one to be placated so easily, Ruby raised an eyebrow as her head cocked to the side in curiosity.

"Why?" she asked.

Arthur crossed his arms and shifted to face her completely. He stood at least a full foot taller than her at full height and it was really nerve wracking for the small teen.

"Unfortunately," he began, sounding even more official, if that were even possible, "I'm not at liberty to disclose such information at this time."

Ruby scrunched up her nose at his reply, crossing her arms and puffing out her cheeks at the same time. It was bad enough when people who were older than her acted superior to her, now Arthur was doing it too.

"More importantly," Yang piped up from beside the two of them, her shock now finally turned to curiosity of her own apparently, "how are you so tall if you look like you're the same age as Ruby?"

"Well," Arthur began after a moment of contemplation, allowing his voice to become slightly less serious, "I guess that one really isn't much of a secret anyway."

Before Ruby could ask how, she began to hear the sound of whirring mechanisms and a distinct set of clicks emanate from Arthur's suit. Her eyes went wide when she saw the boy's suit seem to open from the back, causing the metal plates that once protected Arthur's back to rotate outwards. It reminded her vaguely of watching a flower bloom.

Ruby's jaw was once again hanging wide as she looked at the giant metal suit that looked more like the empty shell of a metal spider that grew too big for its exoskeleton. Part of her was excited and the other was just dumbfounded.

"The Armor's feet and hands are extensions that make me seem bigger than I really am," Arthur said, almost as if he were giving a short lecture.

Ruby blinked for a moment before realizing that Arthur had left the suit. He now stood beside the opened armor in a pair of scuffed black combat boots, torn and fraying tan cargo pants that came down to his ankles, a faded black t-shirt, and a worn leather jacket that looked reminiscent to an old military officer's coat.

The sight was actually rather jarring for her. She wasn't exactly sure what she was expecting him to look like without the armor, but it wasn't so… worn down. To be fair, he still held himself with an air of confidence and focus, and he still easily stood a full head taller than Ruby herself. But the lack of armor, the shredded attire he currently dawned, and his disheveled hair made him look like he had been living out in the wilderness his whole life. Really, he looked like someone who went to hell and back.

"Gees," Yang said after a few moments of silence, "You make it sound simple."

Arthur just smirked at the comment, almost like he had expected the statement. Actually, he probably was now that Ruby thought about it.

"Yeah," he said with a small shrug, allowing his authoritarian demeanor to fall, "it sounds like it when I put it that way, huh?"

"So how does it work?" Ruby asked, her inner tech nerd to finally get the better of her.

Once again, Arthur reverted back to his serious tone and crossed his arms back across his chest. Ruby could already tell what his answer was going to be and she already knew that it was going to irritate her for all eternity until she figured out how the suit worked.

"That part," Arthur replied, "is definitely classified Miss Rose."

The young girl glared at the boy and growled while he simply stared right back at her. What was so important about keeping the suit a secret? They were all on the same side weren't they? It's not like anyone was at war in the kingdoms, and Ruby knew for a fact that almost any other hunter on all of Remnant would be more than happy to show off how their personal weapon worked. Besides, this was like Ruby's thing. How could she not get mad when people kept tech out of her reach?

"I don't mean to interrupt," Yang said, "but this is kind of making a scene."

Yang gestured towards the hulking armor that stood ominously beside the trio. The massive suit was still opened, giving off an intimidating presence which the people in the port obviously picked up on. People were openly staring at the thing and, by extension, the three teens. The slight sound of quiet whispers and curious murmuring seemed to surround them.

"Right," Arthur replied quickly, moving to the back of the armor again with a rather crisp turn on his heel.

Another round of clicks and whirring noises reached Ruby's ears when she watched Arthur disappear back behind the suit. Then, just as quickly as it had begun, the sounds stopped and the only thing left visible of Arthur was his head and the mop of black hair atop it.

Unfortunately, the action only seemed to make the muttering of the surrounding people increase slightly. Ruby supposed the whole scene probably would seem bizarre for people who weren't accustomed to witnessing hunters. Not to mention almost no one would be used to seeing a teenage boy enter a hulking suit of shiny metal armor like he was putting on a jacket, even she wasn't used to that one really. Still, it didn't make her any less uncomfortable.

"Maybe we should just head to our gate," Ruby offered after a small, awkward glance to the people around them.

"Agreed," Arthur mumbled quietly, apparently also uncomfortable with all the looks he was getting.

"Awesome," she said hurriedly, "Yang, where are we headed?"

"What?" Yang asked, "You both have stage fright? And I thought one was bad."

"Just get us out of here!" Ruby growled, glaring at her sister who simply smirked at the girl's discomfort.

"Alright," the blonde sighed dramatically, "I suppose I'll save the unsocial duo."

Ruby groaned inwardly, already dreading the no doubt long ride to Beacon with her teasing sister that awaited her.

Author's Note: Okay, this has been a long time coming. Now, I know some of you might hate me for how short this feels. And if you're mad about it then let me know. If you guys are upset with the length of the chapter or the amount of stuff that did and or did not happen here then please say "hey, what the fuck man?" (Don't actually do this I'm joking.)

Either way, if you guys would like I can add in the trip to Beacon from Arthur's perspective. It will probably still take a week to get it done but I think I can pump it out quickly enough for you guys. The main reason it isn't here is because I simply wanted to get this chapter out there before people started to assume that I had just quit or something. No, I am in fact still here and plan to keep posting.

I also wanted to put this up so I can let you guys know that I have in fact noticed this story has basically blown up. Since the first two chapters came out you guys started coming out of the woodwork and I must say, I'm totally honored by that. So, in order to show my appreciation, and to let you guys know that I am paying attention to the reviews, I would like to tell you that I will start answering questions whenever I can.

Furthermore, I have noticed that I received a review from a user by the name of Bear of Cali who suggested that I add in more Fallout lore. So far, I've been planning on sticking to the main story with a few changes to it. The main one being that Arthur throws a fit about Penny being a Synth and then basically goes on a crusade against her when shit starts to hit the fan down the road. Now though, since Bear of Cali brought it up I have considered having Fallout bleed into Remnant and causing a lot more stuff to go down. This will seriously change some things. Things I am not at liberty to tell you, but things none the less. (Note that Arthur will still end up going after Penny)

So please, let me know if you guys prefer me sticking closely to the original RWBY plot or if you guys want it to branch off some. I would love to know which one you guys prefer and I think I can make a pretty decent story out of either one. I'll probably let you guys decide over the next two chapters or so too on account of it not really changing much until after initiation. So no pressure if you can't decide right off the bat yeah?

Finally, I want to know whether or not you guys want me to make this RubyxArthur. The reason being that I don't want to play around with them being a thing unless you guys are cool with it. I want to do it mainly because it gives me a chance to work on writing romance and I think that it would be interesting once Arthur starts up the whole Penny arc. But if you guys don't like it then I won't do it. Voting for that won't close for a while either by the way. Until a decision has been made on it though I will still be laying the ground work for it so please don't kill me when the two start getting all uncomfortable around each other.

Review response

Mr Fizz: Arthur hasn't killed anyone. He doesn't know that he hasn't killed anyone but he never cared to ask. The reason being that in the wastes it doesn't really matter whether you kill them or not. Luckily for Arthur though, there's this thing called aura that keeps people from dying after getting shot a few times. Regarding the Faunus, you'll find out later I can assure you.

Dead Pann: Yes, most normal subjects would be pointless for Arthur. However, learning about Remnant's history, how to fight Grimm, and how Aura works are all perfectly good reasons for him to go to Beacon.

Guest from chapter 2: He is wearing T-60 power armor. Check chapter 1 because I think it says it when he gets up off the ground. If it doesn't then please let me know so I can fix it.

KingArthur3: yes, the only weapon he has is the laser rifle… for now. Also, no Pipboy because the way I am writing it, his power armor basically does everything a Pipboy can. Except for let him carry around a bottomless sack for obvious reasons.

Firestorm808: They just got knocked out.

Brandon Vortex: I don't know if he'll star up a whole new chapter but he will definitely leave a mark on Remnant.

Okay, I think that was the last of the questions. If I missed any please let me know so I can go back and answer them.

Thanks for Reading guys! Please drop a review if you haven't already and try not to cry next weekend when volume 3 comes to a close!