A/N: Apologies for short chapters... I write most of it on my phone, so it seems like it is alot longer than it actually is... that being said, this fic is not lacking in storyline... and will be updated whenever possible... just have to edit/have someone edit it to fanfic-form for me... btw, the author who did this is an awesome writer in itself: CakeLegends. go read his stuff. Thats all for now... reviews would be super awesome!

Prologue

Yang, Blake, and Weiss jumped down the hatch and into the train car.

Yang straightened her stance and spoke to her teammates. "Guess this is what we've been training for."

The Heiress rolled her eyes. The Faunus sighed.

Weiss gave Blake a cartridge of dust infused ammunition as they moved forward. Suddenly, their path was blocked. A figure stood crouched. Yang immediately recognized her: the mysterious girl from under the freeway, the one who had run away before she could engage.

Yang distinctly remembered the girl's name, Neo. In her book, this called for a rematch.

"You two go on ahead. This one's mine." She muttered darkly. Her teammates noticed the seriousness in her voice and nodded. As they sped past the girl, Yang fired a blast from Ember Celica, both to experiment and distract Neo from her fleeing teammates.

After they disappeared into the next car, Yang charged, punching rapidly at her enemy. Neo simply smirked and dodged every attack. With each miss, Yang grew angrier and angrier. They girl's smirk persisted. Yang felt her blood boiling.

"STOP DOING THAT YOU LITTLE WEASEL!" Yang suddenly shouted.

Neo, currently out of her reach, shrugged and smiled. The girl now went on the offense.

Despite the monopoly Yang had on height and strength, Neo's speed and agility outmatched her. Neo eventually decided to end it. In a blur, she grabbed Yang's arm and jump-spun, throwing the brawler and leaving her spinning like a top.

Keeping the brawler off balance, Neo planted her foot and placed a knee in Yang's back, lifting her and propelling her skyward. Yang slammed into the roof with a harrowing thud, then fell lifelessly into the floor.

The Brawler had lost consciousness.

Neo's psychotic grin grew wider. Her eyes glowed with hunger. She drew her sword and approached the unconscious blonde. She pointed her sword at her chest, looking around quickly to ensure nobody would interfere with her kill.

Convinced she was alone, she brought her sword down.

Chapter 1

Flaming Ruby Rose/Ruby Rose's Flames Flaming Rose

Ruby had just sped through another line of White Fang soldiers.

'Huh, maybe we can do this after all!' She thought to herself.

Under her feet, she felt something crash hard against the metal. She stumbled, collapsing to her knees. She felt wrong. Her limbs felt as though they were suddenly doused in ice water, and her vision was blurred. She shook her head to clear it.

'Go check on Yang.' called a low voice in her head.

'What? Why?' She thought back.

'Just go. Now.' She got up, motioned to Oobleck that she would return shortly, and walked to the hatch.

For each step she took toward the hatch, a nagging feeling settled deeper into her stomach.

When she reached the hatch, the nagging feeling exploded into full blown fear. She opened the hatch and leapt down. "Hey Yang, I-"

She stopped dead.

WEISS POV

Weiss easily dealt with the giant White Fang Lieutenant and was deciding whether to help Yang or Blake, when a scream seemingly came from all around her. Weiss covered her ears, trying to figure out what could make a scream that could drown out a train.

The scream was really a long, drawn out word. It was a short, simple word that rang through the train with guttural pain.

No.

It came from behind her. Weiss rushed to the door and opened it.

She thought she was ready for anything, but she could never prepare for the scene before her.

Yang lay sprawled on the ground in a pool of blood. The multi-colored girl stood over her, holding a long bloodstained sword.

Ruby stood further down the car, her eyes wider than dinner plates. The Heiress could only watch in frozen horror as her leader collapsed to her knees, bowing her head and closing her eyes.

In a heat of rage, Weiss drew Myrtenaster and moved in on Neo, but stopped when she heard a voice in her ear.

"No…she's mine."

Ruby had only whispered, but Weiss heard it louder than if she had yelled. Ruby slowly stood and opened her eyes.

The normal silver eyes shone yellow.

Yang's eyes turned ruby red when upset. Ruby's eyes now shone with the fiery intensity as Yang's hair.

Weiss felt a rush of fear. Ruby's head and hands were now cloaked in dark red flames.

"You...you MONSTER!" Ruby screamed with rage, and launched herself at Neo.

As fast as Neo was, Ruby was still much faster. Weiss noticed that Crescent Rose lay abandoned where she had collapsed, but she saw Ruby didn't need it.

Neo tried to swing her umbrella, but Ruby caught it. Her flames burned into the fabric, and quickly spread to the rest of the umbrella. Weiss took satisfaction from the look of surprise and fear on Neo's face.

Ruby's fist smashed into it repeatedly at high speed. Weiss heard a noise behind her and spun around, drawing Myrtenaster once again. It was only Blake.

"Roman has been taken care of..." The Faunus informed. "I heard a scream. What-"

Blake stopped short as she saw the scene.

By then, Ruby had beaten Neo to a bloody pulp, extinguished her flames, and was now bowed over her sister head. Blake pushed past Weiss and rushed to Ruby's side. Weiss, still in shock, walked on weak knees toward them.

Ruby was sobbing unrestrained. Even Blake had tears flowing down her cheeks. The hatch above opened again, and Oobleck dropped down.

"Girls! We must- oh my."

Oobleck covered his mouth with his hand. "You stay here, I can do it." He said, softer than any of them had ever heard. He sped off toward the engine.

Weiss stumbled as the train slowed suddenly. Blake and Ruby didn't even move.

Neither of them moved for what seemed like hours, until Oobleck returned.

"We must go, we are directly under Vale. If you'd like, I can call someone to help move the b-"

Weiss turned and shot him the darkest glare she'd given anyone, let alone a teacher.

"…To help move Ms. Xiao Long to a more comfortable place."

Ruby nodded slightly. Oobleck made the call.