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Chapter 1 – Crimson and Gold

If one was to see the cliff from below, most would say that claiming it would be impossible. Then again, the ones that would actually come here wouldn't be considered most people. The reason it was said to be impossible to clime was because its ledge actually stuck out longer than the natural cliff face. However, if one was able to climb up it or find a way up it from the other way, they would see a view that would take their breath away. The ability to see across the forest of evergreens that spread out in a scenic view was one of the major amazements of this cliff. However, ones eyes would be drawn to the small stone memorial that stood at the edge of the cliff. The fact that it would be here of all places would be a surprise to most, and yet, it fit the scenery. By having that memorial there, it created a since of sacredness that even the darkest of hearts wouldn't dare tarnish.

Serene. That was one word that fit this place more than any other. There were only a few places on this world that could even hope to match this one spot.

Surprisingly enough, the person to enter this serene spot was a young girl. Only about the age of 15, she was cloaked in a red cape and hood that obscured most of her features. As soon as she entered the clearing, she paused. Taking a breath of some of the only true clean air on the world, she continued to walk to the stone memorial. As soon as she reached it, she flipped off her hood, revealing her face. Her hair was cut short and was black with red tips. Brilliant silver that seemed to convey intelligence as well as innocence. To some, both these features would cause the most attention. But what drew most attention were the scars on her face. Two scars on her cheeks and one that split diagonally across her forehead. Now, though, her eyes were slightly darkened with sadness. She knelt down and brushed off the snow from the memorial, allowing it to be read.

Here lies Summer Rose

Fighter of Monsters. Baker of Cookies.

"Hey, Mom." Ruby Rose said with a slight smile. She always smiled when she read that epitaph. It was so ridiculous, and yet fit her mother so well. She paused, almost as if she was waiting for her mother to respond. Then, she spoke again.

"Sorry that Dad and Yang weren't able to come this time. Yang had her finals and Dad is on a hunt with Uncle Qrow. At least I'll be able to introduce you to Fenrir."

'YO, SUMMER.'

The deep voice rumbled through Ruby's mind. Its guttural tone amplified by an odd echo that reverberated in her thoughts. She looked up at her temple for a few seconds, then back at the grave.

"Well, he is a bit crass and very bloodthirsty."

'HEY!'

"But in reality, he is a good friend, quite smart, and I wouldn't ever trade him for anyone else."

'AW, THANK YOU. I THINK.'

Ruby smiled a bit at the interaction. She and Fenrir had been friends for about 5 years, so it was nice to finally have her mother 'meet' the voice in her head. However, she frowned.

"Yang and Dad don't really like that I am talking to Fenrir. They think that I should somehow keep him locked away."

'HELL NO. WE ARE A GREAT TEAM AND WE WILL KILL ANYONE IN OUR WAY!'

"Well, not really. But you were the one who taught me to accept everyone for who they are, and I decided to get to actually know Fenrir instead of trying to keep him from being a problem."

'I'M NO PROBLEM. I JUST A GIANT WOLF GRIMM STUCK INSIDE YOUR DAUGHER'S HEAD WHO RANDOMLY COMENTS ON HER EVERYDAY LIFE, GIVES HER ENHANCED EVERYTHING, AND A SECONDARY GRIMM SEMBLANCE.'

"In all honesty, we figured out the name 'Fenrir' only about a year ago."

There was another lull in the conversation, and then Fenrir spoke up again.

'WOW, I REALLY AM A PROBLEM, AREN'T I?'

Ruby lowered her head. Tears slowly dripped from her face.

"I'm sorry." She said, slightly chocking on the words. Fenrir stayed silent at this.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault you died. If I hadn't been kidnapped by those scientists you wouldn't have been overwhelmed by the Grimm they had locked up and Yang wouldn't have trouble sleeping some nights while fighting her Grimm and Dad and Qrow wouldn't have to bother teaching us how to control our Auras and I wouldn't have to hide how much I've actually done with Fenrir and-"

'RUBY, SHUT UP!'

Ruby snapped shut at that, eyes still dripping.

'NONE OF WHAT YOU SAID WERE YOUR FAULT. IT IS MOSTLY MINE AND THOSE SCIENTISTS WHO DID ALL OF THIS TO YOU. I WAS THE ONE WHO PUSHED YOU TO DEVELOP YOUR GRIMM POWERS. BUT I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO FALL INTO SOME SORT OF DEPRESSED STATE BECAUSE YOU THINK EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU.'

Ruby blinked, tears slowing down. She then smiled, though it wasn't one of her usual smiles. It was a bitter smile full of regret and acceptance.

"Yeah, your right. Sorry for breaking down on you."

Fenrir grunted, and then spoke up again.

'AND SUMMER, SORRY FOR CORRUPTING YOUR DAUGHTER.'

Ruby laughed softly. Sure, Fenrir could be a bit crass at times, but he was caring when he needed to be.

"I'm sure she would forgive you. After all, you're me."

'AND I'M YOU. NEVER FORGET THAT.'

Ruby smiled and stayed silent for a few seconds longer. Just as she was going to continue her conversation with her mother, she heard something that surprised and angered her.

'YOU KIDDING ME? THEY ARE TRYING TO COME TO THIS PLACE?' Fenrir's comment accurately described what she was feeling.

"Sorry Mom, but I have to keep the Grimm from coming here." Ruby stood up and turned to face the woods where she heard noises coming from. Eventually, the Creatures of Grimm slowly walked out of the tree line. Black fur ruffled in the slight wind. Moonlight glinted slightly off of the white bone armor. Glowing red eyes flashed hungrily, drawn to this place of purity.

"Fifty matured Beowolfs." Ruby muttered, taking count of the eyes.

'NO SWEAT, THEY ARE THE WEAKEST GRIMM OUT THERE.'

"Also the fastest. Don't dismiss your own species." Ruby responded to her Grimm's careless comment. The Grimm growled at their prey seeming to ignore them and talk to herself.

"I think I'll need to borrow your power now."

'I WOULDN'T ACCEPT YOU DOING ANYTHING LESS.'

Ruby's face split into a maniacal grin, the scars on her face making the image all the more terrifying. The Beowolfs stopped, slowly realizing that they had not found prey, but predator.

"You stepped on sacred ground…" Ruby said, pulling out an odd box from behind her back. With a flexing of her Aura, the box unfolded to reveal a scythe that seemed to also be some sort of gun as well.

"And for that…" She continued, slowly reaching up to her face. Ruby then seemed to take off a non-existent mask, and a burst of crimson energy flared from her hand. Now, a bone white mask in the shape of a wolf's skull with odd crimson tribal war paint adorned her face. Her eyes had changed as well. Gone was the intelligent and innocent silver, replaced by a crimson iris on black sclera. The Creatures of Grimm began to back away, their instincts telling them 'BY THE SEVEN HELLS, GET OUT OF THERE THE FASTEST YOU CAN!"

"I shall devour you!" Ruby yelled, the same reverberating, guttural tone that was similar to Fenrir's. Grinning beneath her mask, she disappeared in a flurry of crimson rose petals. The sound of wolves crying in pain and terror filled the night for about 10 minutes after that.

And then, silence.

'Now, how did thing end up like this?' Yang Xiao Long wondered to herself. She had just finished her finals (Probably getting barely passing grades on anything except the physical portions. Those she excelled at) and had decided to try and find some more information on two things. One was the whereabouts of her mother. Which actually reminded her just now that today was the day that her other mother died. Man, she was totally going to have to apologize to Ruby about that. Then again, she hadn't been getting that much sleep due to studying for finals and her having to fight that Grimm of hers.

Stupid thing. Why couldn't it take a hint and just stop resurrecting every few weeks? That was a Phoenix's thing, not a Dragon's.

That was actually the second thing. Finding the people who actually gave her and her sister their Grimms. If those scientists could actually get those Grimm inside of them, then there had to be a way to get them out. She did not want to deal with the crude comments and horrible things it had to say about her.

Anyway, she had taken Bumblebee and ridden all the way to Vale to find exactly the information she needed. There was only one problem. Junior, the most infamous information broker and mob boss in all of the four kingdoms had nothing on either her mother or the scientists. So she responded the best way she could think of.

By grabbing his balls and demanding that he tell her the truth. The look on his face and all of the gang members was absolutely priceless. She so wished that she had some sort of camera so that she could have taken a picture of the incident.

After the mob had gotten over that she had just grabbed their boss's balls and was threatening the thing that all men (and some woman) treasure the most, they took extreme offence and started to try and shoot her head off. She threw the whimpering man at his men by the balls and started fighting off the mob. That was when she realized she might have bitten off more than she could chew. Everyone in the bar and club was part of the club. Everyone! Especially that Teddy bear-head DJ with the rocket launcher! That was quite the surprise.

Then the twins got involved in the brawl. And oh, how she hated those twins. Especially the one with the feet weapons. She never did completely figure out how to fight people who mainly used kick. It was just such an uncommon way of fighting that threw her off balance. She wasn't training to be a public safety officer; she was training to fight giant soulless creatures that ate humanity!

As soon as she finished with the terrible two (Ha, a pun! Going to have to remember that one), Junior finally got up from his small pain coma. Grabbing the rocket launcher the Teddy Bear DJ had, he then revealed he had a trump card this entire time. He could use Aura, and that rocket launcher was a Hunter's weapon.

And that is how Yang got here, fighting the biggest crime boss in all of Vale in the middle of a club with her theme playing in the background. Well, it wasn't her theme, but she and Ruby considered it such because of how much it fit her. Man, if her mind could go on tangents like this from this, then she must be really tired.

Yang ducked another swing of the Rocket Launcher Club (Gonna call that the RLC from now on) and delivered a mighty punch into his solar plexus. The air rushed out of his lungs as he reached for something to grab to keep from flying away. Yang felt a slight yank on her hair, but thought nothing of it as she watched the crime boss fly away with the RLC in one hand and a lock of… golden… hair…

Her golden hair. Her hair, which had taken her entire life, an hour in the shower and bathroom, and another hour of brushing to get that luxurious feel and golden color. And he just ripped a lock of her beautiful hair out of her head.

Nobody. Messes. With! The! HAIR!

Yang's eye turned crimson in anger, a power previously untapped flowing through her body. Dark gold flames raced across her body and hair.

"That's it! You die tonight, Junior!" She shouted, her voice reverberating slightly. Junior, for his part, realized that by grabbing his hair, he unleashed a dragon of gigantic proportion into the world. He took a step back.

"Whoa, hold up blonde! I'm sure we can work this out!" Junior yelled, but Yang was already rushing towards him. Once more she slammed her fist into him, not caring about holding back any longer. Her fist exploded with the dark gold fire that her aura had become, creating a shockwave that shook the building to the core.

That was when Yang's eye turned back to their normal lilac color. She blinked twice, then looked around.

"Damn it." She swore, realizing she had lost control of her powers once again. Now that meant that stupid dragon would come back even faster. And she only had a month to prepare for going to Beacon. If she got in, that is.

She sighed as she exited the slowly collapsing club. Today had really been a bust. No new information on her mother or the scientists, her finals were probably crap, and she was tired and sore from not getting any sleep for 42 hours. What could possibly go wrong?

"Yang?"

'I just had to tempt fate, didn't I?' Yang thought to herself as she turned around. Her sister, her darling little sister, was behind her, looking in awe and slight terror at the sight that Yang just came from.

"Hey sis." Yang replied. Ruby blinked her innocent eyes and Yang had to physically struggle to keep herself from glomming her.

"We have a lot to talk about." Ruby said sagely. Yang just tried to ignore the exploding building behind her.

"Just… Get on Bumblebee and I'll tell you about it on the way home." She said, hoping that the incident wouldn't be tracked to her.

And if it was, she was going to punch Fate in the face. After sleeping for an entire day.

And there you have it, my new fanfic. For those of you who want to see more of Fate Stay With Me, you're going to have to wait because I am basically going through the whole thing and rewriting it. I apologize, but it had to be done. I failed so hard when writing chapter 5 of the story that I felt that I needed to go back and redo it.

Anyway, on to this fic. This is RWBY with a twist. Both Ruby and Yang have Inner Grimm. These things actually are inspired by two sources. One was the idea of Inner Hollows from Bleach. The second was Personas from Persona 4. I won't explain why or how, but you will just have to guess. Ruby is going to be a little smarter and Yang is going to be a little more tired. You will see why in the upcoming chapters. I also haven't decided on the pairing as well. Yes, this will have pairing and will eventually reach M territory. Not for lemons, but for the dark themes and such I have planed. Mostly it is going to be from Yang's side, due to her way of handling her Inner Grimm, but that is here nor there.

I guess the main reason for me writing something like this is because RWBY is one of those worlds where the developers really won't go deep into the darker parts of it. It is the same thing with Highschool DxD. I want to write something where at times it is still funny and amusing, but still serious. Also I noticed the parallels between Hollows and Grimm and decided to write something similar. For those of you wondering, the situation with Inner Grimm will be nothing like the situation with Inner Hollows. Also, the eyes are going to be important for how much power they are channeling. I will explain more next chapter.

Read and Review, because I need to know how well I am doing and how I can improve.

Next up: Ruby goes to a store, participates in a robbery, and becomes a protégé

Ultima Out!