"Ruby, do you know where my sister is?" Lucian asked, still feeling down from Ruby's disapproval of him. Ruby simply pointed a finger towards Vi who was sitting next to Greene and having fun talking with him. Ruby turned her head away from the boy and walked away from Lucian. He glared at the two before briefly thanking Ruby who had already left him alone and left to go to her sister.

The weather forecast had said that today had a very slim chance of raining but Ruby was stuck inside a building next to the airstrip where she was awaiting for her team's Bullhead to arrive. A stormed had brewed earlier that morning so their team's mission was delayed until the storm dies but that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Instead of just waiting, Ruby pulled out her scroll and started to play some games while sitting down on a beat-up chair.

Ruby had been alone ever since she had practically broke off with Lucian. In her fit of anger, Ruby challenged Lucian to a duel during class one day after returning from visiting her mother's grave. Despite Lucian's soft-heartedness and unwillingness to fight Ruby, she called the boy a coward and punched his face with enough force to break his nose but she had used her semblance so she was able to create such power through a small punch. Although Lucian's nose had been quickly healed thanks to his own aura, it had deformed slightly and he would need a real doctor to snap it back into place. Due to this incident between the two, Ruby had gotten in trouble from his own uncle who was supervising the matches. Ruby had only gotten a lunch detention which took her precious time away from her precious strawberries, cookies, and milk. The worst thing that had happened that day was Goodwitch scolding Qrow, a drunk teacher at Beacon Academy, about him not being tight with the rules. Ruby had been saved that day. Although Ruby had gotten the satisfaction of punching her own team's leader, Vi stopped talking to her, not out of anger but of fear of what Ruby might do next. Ruby definitely did not want things to end that way but it was way too awkward for the scythe-wielding girl to her best friend as of the moment.

The loud and constant patter of the rain outside along with the gale had made airship landings nearly impossible. Team Lavender was supposed to be at the mission site and meet a senior team with a hunter there right about now but the unexpected delays changed their plans. The senior team might have not even taken off because the storm cancelled virtually every flight in Vale due to the strong winds and numerous counts of lightning striking within close proximity of the Bullheads. To pass the time, Ruby hid her scroll to save the battery life of her scroll and took out a book she had borrowed from Weiss the day before today. The book that Ruby borrowed was about a tale of two sisters which caught the red-haired girl's interest in the first place.

The two sisters had lost both of their parents and the younger sister fell ill and the older sister who was at the age of ten at the beginning of the story had to fend for her own sister and herself at a time of need and depression. Being an orphaned girl without anyone to turn to or depend on in this period of time was not ideal at all. It would be a miracle if the two siblings survive through this ordeal. But through the older sister's persistence on supporting her sister through hard menial labor, the two were able to survive and keep their house in their possession through the help of the older girl's connections from her varying jobs. Within a few a years, the two sister develop a close bond and both mature in their own ways. The older sister grew up as a young independent woman while the other grew up as a dependable young girl.

The older sister, although looked healthy, kept her declining health a secret from her sister and others she had depended on throughout her life. One day she collapses in front of her own sister and falls ill as her sister had when their lives had been changed for the worse. The younger sister now at the age of ten was left all on her own to take care of her sister.

Ruby closed the book after she heard the announcement say that the storm had calmed down and it was now safe for Bullheads to resume flights. Ruby stood up but was quickly sat back down by a pair of hands pushing her down back to her seat.

"How's my baby sis doing?" Yang said while giving Ruby a hug from behind, "My team and I were supposed to be flying hours ago but you know what happened. Anyway, what're you reading? Saw you earlier reading a book. I mean it's not unusual for you to read a book especially at a time like this so uh… you know…"

Ruby gave Yang a confused look and asked, "Yang, you're usually straightforward but right now, you're just rambling about me reading a book."

"Ehehe… do I really sound like that nervous?" Yang said, scratching the back of her head and smirking a little bit.

"Yeah, you definitely nervous. What made you nervous?"

"Ah… You know. The usual stuff that makes me nervous?"

"You mean me fighting and collapsing like usual? You're pretty easy to read today, Yang. I think the only thing that would make you this nervous is Blake. Remember when we had that one fight a couple weeks ago? You told me that you gave up on Blake. I didn't understand what you meant back then but I found something that made me understand."

Yang's face flushed with redness and hid her face with her hands and buried her head on top of Ruby's head. "You caught me. Ehehe… You figured out that I'm in love with Blake. Please don't judge me because I like girls."

"Yang you are definitely, I mean totally not acting like yourself. I think I'm going to miss my sister if you're going to keep this up, Yang." Ruby lifted Yang's face and straightened her face, "Yang, even if we're half-sisters, I still grew up with you since I was born. We've been through a lot together and I don't regret you being my sister at all even if you like girls!" Ruby's smile was very infectious that Yang started smiling as well. This time, Ruby was the one hugging her older sister tightly. Yang didn't seem to mind that Ruby was at the verge of crushing her bones but she was already used to it by now.

"You're right, Rubes. I guess I shouldn't be worrying about this, huh?" Yang sighed and pushed her away gently and kissed her forehead, "Thanks, I think I needed this kind of talk. I don't what to do after my team and I get back from our mission. There's an upcoming dance and I want to invite Blake as my partner during the dance. At least I'm not organizing the entire party by myself this time unlike my first year. I did almost all the work if it weren't for team Juniper. Pyr-…," Yang slightly paused and hesitated to continue but she just sighed, "Never mind that I said that. Anyway, you got me curious. What do you mean by something changed that made you understand? You got a crush on someone, Rubes?"

"Oh…," Ruby simply said, "Well! Look at the time! I think my team needs me to go with them now or we would be late for our mission. Good luck, big sis!" Ruby rushed to get away from Yang and managed to keep her own face from blushing while in Yang's line of sight. After she turned around away from Yang, Ruby walked at a fast rate and her face started to redden just like Yang's face had earlier.

"TEAM LAVENDER AND BASIL, PLEASE REPORT TO BULLHEAD NUMBER TEN. TEAM RANGER AND GNEISS, PLEASE REPORT TO BULLHEAD NUMBER TWENTY-THREE."

The announcement continued to read other team's names to call them to their respective Bullheads that they will be flying on so that they can proceed to their mission site. Ruby heard her sister's team name and panicked since Yang would obviously be in Team Basil and Ruby had realized that the senior team that Ruby was supposed to meet earlier if not for the storm was her sister's. Yang would definitely tease the living daylights out of Ruby about who her crush was and most likely would not stop until Yang had been satisfied at her own expense. Ruby tried to ignore the fact that Yang was going to be bothering her but on the bright side, Weiss was there. Ruby already accepted the fact that she liked girls as well. If Ruby had lied to Yang earlier, it would only make her seem as a hypocrite.

Ruby ran inside of the Bull head along with her luggage and Crescent Rose. She had left both of her pillows back at her dorm since it would just get dirty if she brought it with her. Her team had settled down inside the airship not too long ago and Vi approached Ruby.

"Hey, bestie. I'm sorry for yesterday," Vi apologized, "I should've been with you yesterday. I personally think that… Would you like to take a seat first?" Ruby nodded and followed Vi to a vacant seat and sat down with her luggage in front of her. "I personally think that Lucian took it way too far. I heard the reason why you got mad at him and I would've been mad at him as well if I were in your shoes…"

"Don't worry about it Vi," Ruby said, giving Vi a small hug before letting her go, "I just needed to release some stress that's been building up because of my condition but I did find out that I can now use my semblance twice in two quick burst unlike before. I could only do it once. So I guess that's good news, right?"

"WHERE'RE YOU HIDING, BABY SIS?! WE'RE NOT DONE TALKING ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE YET!" Yang yelled inside the Bullhead even though she was clearly aware where Ruby was. Lucian snuck a peek at Ruby but Ruby caught him and instantaneously glared at the boy which made him look away. "AH! FOUND YOU RUBY. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ALL ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE NOW!"

"YANG, STOP THAT!" Ruby yelled back. Yang approached the two and sat down next to Ruby.

"So, who is it, baby sis?"

"Stop!"

"Nope! You know that my thirst for love stories will never be quenched unless you tell who it is," Yang smirked, knowing that Ruby would be defeated no matter what she did and Yang would be able to find out either way, "So, is it someone in this ship right now?" Yang swiped Ruby's hand and curled them into fists. Ruby's eyes widened because whatever Yang planned, it was always a hundred percent guaranteed that it was going to be painful.

The entire Team Lavender was present but Weiss, Blake, and Aqua had yet to show up. "No." Yang slightly squeezed Ruby's hands and Ruby winced as she felt a lot pain on her hands. "NO! SHE'S NOT HERE!"

"Oh!" Yang said excitedly, "Now I know why you didn't even ask me why I liked the person I liked." Yang was being cautious around Violette.

"Ruby, I didn't know you liked girls," Vi whispered to Ruby. Ruby's only response was to put her down in shame as she had carelessly revealed that she liked girls as well.

"Well, this is very enlightening! I won't judge you either but I still have to find out who. Ehehe." Yang didn't let go of Ruby's hands, "So who is it?" Yang squeezed Ruby's hands once again and Ruby's face was simultaneously red from pain and embarrassment.

"It's no one!" Ruby screamed in pain.

"Sure"

"Yang, aren't you taking it a bit too far?" Vi was showing concern for her partner who was wincing in pain.

"Nah, I don't think so. I told her who I liked so I think it would be a little fair that she tells me," Yang said while laughing cynically.

"Yang! I'm already seventeen years old! P-plus, I figured out yo- oww! You liked! Leave me alo- owwowowow!" Yang put more pressure on Ruby's hand. To escape, Ruby kneed Yang knee and she whelped in pain and let go of Ruby's hand to caress her knee. Ruby stood up and ran behind Vi and sat next to her away from Yang.

"What was that for?" Yang hissed.

"That was what you rightly deserved!" Ruby scoffed.

"Guys, you're being childish in front of them," Vi said, pointing a finger at Blake, Weiss, and Aqua."

"How is it going, friends?" Aqua greeted.

"Nothing much, just trying to figure out who Ruby likes," Yang said. It caught Weiss' attention who was previously leering at Yang, "Should be interesting, right Weiss?"

"Shut up you brute!" Weiss retorted, "We're going to take off in a couple minutes so I suggest that you shut up and let me read my book in peace."

"Yeah!" Ruby added.

"Fine, fine," Yang said in defeat, "I'll just seat right next to you Princess. Don't worry. I won't be bothering you at all." Yang carried Ruby by her waist and sat down next to Weiss with Ruby next to her.

"Are you all fine back there?" the pilot asked.

"We're alright. We have everything that we need so we should be fine for take-off," Aqua replied.

A couple seconds later, the plane hatch closed and the plane took off shortly towards some abandoned and grimm-infested village on the border of Vale.

First Arc Complete

I wanted it to be short today so sorry for disappointing you guys after waiting for two weeks. I really had my monthly thing so I couldn't write last week. By the way, I made the cover myself. What do you guys think? It's my first time drawing digitally. I personally don't think it's anywhere good.