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The roads were wide and clear, Ruby's head felt clean and fresh after the trip to the salon and Yang looked really happy considering she had just suffered the travesty of having her precious hair tampered with. All in all it looked like it was going to be a rather fun evening, despite how absolutely nervous Ruby was about it all. Nora and Ren were trotting along happily behind the two sisters and actually holding hands, they were never like this around other people so they must really be having a nice time. The air smelled fresh and Ruby could say that she was really, really happy for the first time in weeks.

"Okay Yang, which way?" Ruby looked excitedly around the block, expecting to see a big neon sign that said 'Club' hanging from a door somewhere. She had always turned Yang down in the past with her offers to go out dancing. She knew she would want her to dress up and wear heels and not bring her cloak. But Nora was right, they were already here so she just got to wear what she had on. That included her boots, her cloak, her combat skirt and her corset over her usual top. She was in her happy place, she felt good, and she was wearing all her favorite clothes so what could go wrong?

"Oh no Rubes, we gotta get on an airship. They don't have clubs in this part of town, ya know?" Yang laughed at Ruby's naivety and walked off towards the nearest airship stop.

"Uhh hey, can we maybe grab some food though?" Nora asked from her spot glued to Ren's side, "I know we're gonna hit the Mistral Truck after but I'm really hungry right now."

"Oooh yeah." Ruby yelled excitedly, "Come on, there's a bakery right over here." She whipped down the road, past Yang off towards a bakery that had absolutely the best double chocolate chip cookies for at least a block or two but stopped mid-air when Yang caught her cloak. She choked on the clasp as she crashed to the ground, "Acghk, Hey Yang!" Ruby stood, coughing and pulling at the clasp of her cloak to loosen it again.

"I think burgers is probably better, don't you?" Yang kept one hand firmly on Ruby's cloak to prevent her from zipping off again and leveled that big sister 'do what I say' stare at her. Ruby crossed her arms in a huff. "I'll get you a shake if you stop being such a spoil sport about it."

"Really?" Ruby jumped at her sister and wrapped her arms and legs around her, nearly tackling Yang into a building.

"Oh yum, that sounds really good. Do you ever dip the fries in the shake before you eat them? If you put lots of salt on and then do that it's so good." Nora hummed in anticipation, literally licking her lips. Ruby thought about it and it was a pretty hard concept, making a chocolate shake better with fries, but she would try it. If Nora said it was good then it probably was. Not everyone agreed with their sense of taste but they did and that's what mattered.

"Nora, that's terrible." Ren said flatly at her side. "Neither of those things are good for you." Nora looked up at him in confusion.

"Yes, they are. The chocolate is what makes me so sweet and the salt keeps me from getting too soft." Nora poked him in the nose with a smile and Ren just shook his head, exasperated but not upset.

"Alright, burgers it is." Yang released Ruby's cloak and headed down the street towards a sign for a burger place. They all filed in behind her and were there in just a few moments. The line wasn't overly long and it wasn't a very long wait before they had placed their orders and found seats at one of the plastic booths around the edge of the room.

"Really Ren? Protein style? Isn't that more like a wrap than a burger?" Yang looked at him in disbelief.

"Yes, this already isn't a healthy dish. The least I can do is have it without the bun and add some extra lettuce." Ren said calmly. Ruby let her attention drift a little and she stared at the couple who was so lovingly embraced and yet interacting with everyone else perfectly well.

"You really gotta cut loose some time man, let yourself go a little." Yang nudged him in the shoulder. "Maybe take an example from your girlfriend here." Ruby watched as Ren smiled ever so slightly and Nora chuckled loudly. They were so different but so in sync the two of them, it made her happy just to see them like this with each other.

"You'll get to see Renny cut loose don't worry," Nora laughed and hugged close to Ren, nearly wrapped around his arm with her fingers laced through his. It was exactly that kind of clinginess that had annoyed her so much with Jaune, true they weren't kissing or anything but still, they were really close together. For some reason though, it didn't bug her at all. It was just nice to see them like that, to see how much they cared for each other and how happy they were to be together.

"Guys, I really don't want this to sound weird. Really, really I don't. I mean I know how I was but I want you to know I don't care and that I'm just asking because it's weird and I wanna know. It isn't embarrassing me at all." Ruby tried desperately to frontload her statement with as many qualifiers and apologies as possible because she did not want to offend either Ren or Nora but it had been bugging her since they were back at the salon and she needed to know. Everyone watched on patiently as Ruby mustered the courage to spit it out, "Why are you two so lovey dovey today? You said you try to not be like that right? But today you are way more than usual."

There was a short moment of silence and then both Nora and Ren laughed, breaking the tension that had been building in Ruby's chest. She was so worried that perhaps they were just more relaxed or something and that by pointing it out she might make them feel awkward and like they couldn't be a couple around her. She didn't want them to feel that way, whatever they were comfortable with was really fine. They weren't making out or anything and she doubted they ever would in front of others, so it should be totally fine.

"Oh Ruby, you don't know? I thought we told everyone." Nora laughed and leaned on Ren heavily. The way they were able to be with each other but not separate from everyone, Ruby smiled as she realized that was really what she was looking for.

"Today is our anniversary." Ren grinned wider than usual, overcome with happiness, "In a way at least." Yang and Ruby both squealed in delight and surprise. They had definitely not known about this and if they had they would have done something, or gotten them something or anything. An anniversary was a huge deal, especially for a couple as young as they were.

"Oh that's so adorable." Yang laughed out loud, "How many years as it been for you two?" Yang looked incredibly happy for them, long strand of purple hair obviously forgotten.

"It's been ten years." Ren said as calmly as ever. Ruby was so happy for them she could explode, so happy in fact that it took her a second to do the mental math and her face scrunched up in confusion. Both Ren and Nora laughed and giggled good naturedly at the sisters' confusion.

"It's not the anniversary of how long we've been dating sillies." Nora pulled away from Ren just enough to sit up on her own but left her hand firmly in between his. "Today is the day that we met exactly ten years ago when we were both seven."

"Oh my Oum, of course you two remember the day you met. That is just like you." Yang's laughter rose in volume as she enjoyed the happiness both her friends had. Ruby saw though that Nora's smile dropped a little and Ren's usual neutral face returned.

"Well, we have a lot to remember about that day. But we try and focus on having met each other and just hold on to that." Ren's small smile returned though nowhere near as large as before.

"Orders 75, 77 and 78. Your food is ready," the teenage employee at the counter called out.

"We'll get it," Nora sang out and pulled Ren bodily out of the bench and off towards the counter. Ruby looked to Yang worriedly as they trotted off, Nora skipping and pulling Ren along behind her.

"Okay, I don't know a lot about them, but maybe we just shouldn't bring that up again." Ruby tried to whisper as best as she could so they didn't overhear. She also was trying to hurry though, they would be back any second.

"Nope, totally agree. Changing the subject now to something happy like puppies or rainbows." Yang grimaced and shook her face to reset herself, try and think happier thoughts. Ren and Nora returned carrying the platters covered in food, shakes, burgers and fries as well as two patties without cheese, layered with tomatoes and lettuce and onions and wrapped in an overly large lettuce leaf with a cup of water for Ren. "Alright Ren, I gotta admit, that doesn't look half bad." Yang grabbed her food and pulled it to herself.

"Thanks for grabbing it guys," Ruby grabbed her single burger, bag of fries and chocolate shake that Yang had bought for her to celebrate her first trip to the club, "So how do I do this?" She held out the fries and shake towards Nora in askance.

"Well that's easy," Nora reached forward and pried the lid off of Ruby's shake easily without taking the cup from her hands, "You just take off the lid, dip the fries in the shake," she grabbed a few fries from Ruby as she spoke and plunged them into her delicious looking mixture of milk and ice cream, "and eat it." She tossed the fries in her mouth with a giggle and pulled back before Ruby could protest.

Ruby scoffed at Nora's blatant food thievery but quickly recovered as she realized she had almost literally asked for it. She pulled her food back to a hopefully safe distance from Nora, side eyed Yang cautiously and repeated the fry dipping. She had to admit the mixture did taste way better than she thought it would. The way the sharp flavor of the salt stood out in the chocolate really was quite good.

"Yep, yep. You're totally right. That's delicious." Ruby smiled at her redheaded friend who was already halfway through her burger.

"I tolf you it wash." Nora managed to say around a full mouth, halfway through chewing.

"Nora please chew at least a little more before you talk." Ren requested and went straight back to eating without waiting for a response. He didn't really care if she did or not, he just had to always remind her that everyone else wasn't quite as comfortable around her antics as he was. Ruby was reminded again by the way Nora smiled at his little reprimand just how well the two of them worked. She was sure of it now, that kind of mutual bond is exactly what she was looking for.

"Nah ish cool," Yang also spoke with her mouth full and then swallowed, "We can do it together." She reached over and high fived Nora before they both returned to their food with renewed vigor. Ren and Ruby both sighed and ate at a perfectly normal pace, though Ruby did keep dipping her fries in her shake as she went, it was kind of addicting.

It didn't take the foursome long to finish their food and head back out into the city. Through sheer luck and absolutely no forward planning of any kind they managed to arrive at the airbus station just as the ship pulled in for a soft touchdown. Ruby was full but not bloated, she knew she would get nervous at the club because people and dancing and crowds and right, there was also dancing. Nora had made sure to mention that to her. Ruby had never really danced before.

The airship carried them over near the bay, but, not quite into the industrial district where she knew Junior's club was that Yang usually went to. They landed on the commercial side by where she had ended the double date with Jaune and the couple they were with now after the whole thing on the beach. She tried to push that memory as far out of her mind as she could and just enjoy the night as it was. She had enough to worry about right now without dredging up all of that stuff she had just managed to get over.

"So Ruby, you ready to go crazy?" Nora spun in a tight circle on one foot as they walked, throwing her hands up in the air in sheer happiness.

"I don't know." Ruby pulled at the edges of her cloak nervously. Yang sidled in next to her and dropped a heavy, reassuring arm over her shoulder.

"You're gonna be fine, just have fun and enjoy yourself. Plus, don't worry. You'll probably never see anyone here ever again so who cares if something happens." Yang patted her on the shoulder and stepped away again, letting Ruby have a little room to breathe.

They continued down the block, with the beach on one side and the city of Vale on the other. Little shops lined the boardwalk and were mostly closed up by now because all the tourists were gone and there was no point in selling sun block and kites when the sun was already well below the horizon.

It was already dusk when they left the burger place and by the time the airship landed the street lights had burned to life and the moon was coming up over Beacon in the distance. The whole undamaged side of their celestial partner was facing them tonight, just a few loose pieces drifting about near one edge as they finished their rotation. These nights happened sometimes, where the moon wasn't quite flawless because there were still a few shards in sight and then tomorrow they would already be starting up on the other side again so Ruby never got a quite perfect moon. Not every thing could ever be perfect all the time, not even the moon.

They came to an intersection and Ruby got her first glimpse of what was probably the club. Extending in a long line out of one particularly bright alley were a bunch of people, humans and faunus all done up in party dresses and stylish clothing. It was way beyond anything Ruby had ever been to and most of the people looked rather bored to be there. The line was long and the whole time they moved down the block towards it, it never budged.

"Oh Yang, I don't wanna just stand around out here." Ruby whined, expecting her sister to say something about this being part of the experience. She understood, kind of, it was a Friday night and lots of people probably wanted to get in, but that just meant there was somewhere all these people weren't. Like curled up back in their dorm room in their pajamas playing a game or reading a book or maybe even sleeping. Those sounded like pleasant alternatives to standing outside in an alley doing nothing.

"Don't you worry little sis'. We don't wait in lines." Yang lifted her shoulders, walked with confidence and pulled at the front of her shirt a little, exposing a tad more cleavage than usual. Nora giggled and skipped along beside Ren. Ruby sighed, she knew this was how her sister was, but she really didn't like it when she used the way she looked to get her way. It was really degrading and she was better than that.

"Really Ruby, we'll get right in, just watch." Nora's smile never faded and even Ren who Ruby knew didn't come down with Yang and Nora often seemed to be happy enough. Ruby took a deep breath to steady herself and followed her big sister's lead as they strode right past everyone in line and directly to the front door. It was just a simple brick wall, no fancy ornamentation or large glowing sign to indicate where they were. Ruby would have assumed this was a stockroom or a backdoor to another shop if she hadn't been told otherwise and seen the huge line of people outside.

There was a big burly man standing by the front door and Ruby giggled to herself. He looked like he was trying to appear intimidating but she knew from how he stood, where his shoulders sat, and the lack of aura radiating off of him that any of them could deal with him in the literal blink of an eye. He noticed their approach and jumped a little, trying to maintain his professional, imposing demeanor for the other people in line but obviously shaken.

"Hey there pal, how ya doin' tonight?" Yang strut right up to him and planted her hands firmly on her hips. Ruby was getting a better idea of why they never waited in line and it had a lot less to do with how Yang looked than she had thought.

"Ma'am you have to go to the back of the line." the man folded his hands in front of him and Ruby wasn't sure if was trying to appear calm and collected or if he was guarding his crotch, probably the second one though. Yang cast a long, forlorn look over her shoulder the way they'd come and then turned back to the man, her lip quivering with a pout.

"But that's so far. I'm sure we could just slip in and no one would notice." Yang lowered her voice now, "Or everyone might notice when I leave you right here on the ground and go inside anyways." The man shivered and clenched his hands a little tighter, definitely guarding his manly bits.

"I'm so sorry," he started, his voice wavering slightly, "I didn't recognize you with the new purple in your hair. Please go right on in." He stepped off to the side and opened the door for them. Ruby was immediately assaulted by pounding bass and screaming music from inside. Lights flashed from every direction, spilling out into the darkened alley from inside. She couldn't see very far beyond the entryway but she understood immediately why Yang and Nora loved it here and was thankful she had never come before. Yang motioned them to go inside and dropped a hand onto the man's shoulder menacingly.

"You don't dare mention my new hair again, got it?" Yang growled and the man nodded weakly. She released his shoulder with a smile and followed everyone else inside.

Right on the other side of the door, a man in a suit motioned Ruby over politely and requested her ID. She handed over her huntress in training ID without hesitation since Yang and Nora had both warned her about this ahead of time. He checked it quickly and attached a bright yellow wristband to her arm to show she was underage, thanked her for her service as a huntress and ushered her inside. Nora, Yang and Ren were waiting right nearby and she hurried back over to them.

"Okay what do we do?" Ruby had to raise her voice to be heard over the music. Yang didn't respond and just waved her over towards the lights and the music, pretty much exactly where Ruby did not want to go. Wasn't there a quiet corner somewhere, or a part with less flashing lights and maybe some comfortable chairs?

They pushed out towards the dance floor and then Yang took a sharp turn off to the side. There were a few small tables scattered randomly about with lots of room in between. They were high enough that you didn't need to sit to be at them, so high in fact that Ruby felt a tad short when she stood at the empty one Yang chose. Lots of people were milling about, leaning on support pillars, gathered around the tables or just standing off to the side. They were all dressed in incredibly bright colors, glowing wristbands and necklaces, even body paint. Ruby looked over her black and dark red clothing and felt very out of place.

"Alright, ready to go dance?" Yang asked the table at large. Why had they come over to a table if they were just gonna leave right away? Ruby figured that at least this way she would have somewhere to get back to if they got separated on the dance floor.

"Wooo!" Nora pumped both hands in the air and dashed out towards the mass of glowing, pulsing bodies in the center of the room with Ren in tow. They disappeared into the throng but even over the music Ruby could still hear Nora's whoops and hollers. At least she didn't have to worry about losing her in here.

"Come on Rubes, it'll be fun. You just gotta dance. It's kinda like fighting but don't hit anyone. You got this." Yang leaned in closely enough so that only Ruby would hear her words of encouragement. Ruby looked out at the dance floor, looked at the excitement in Yang's eyes and took a deep breath.

"Okay, okay. You can do this Ruby," she chanted to herself. "You've got this. It's no big deal." Ruby stood from her seat and strode as confidently as she could at Yang's side out towards the dance floor. She tried her best to look relaxed, taking nice even steps, keeping her arms straight down at her sides swinging in time with her legs.

"You gotta loosen up." Yang lifted both her hands above her head and began to rock her head and hips to the music as they walked. She made it seem so effortless, the way all the different parts of her body moved as one but in different directions all at once and in time with the heavy bass beat thumping through the room. "Just feel it Ruby." They broke through the edge of the crowd and Ruby did her best to move through the people and follow Yang as she danced. Yang let out a howl of excitement and began spinning side to side as she walked, moving her body more and more as she got into the feel.

Ruby watched her sister move and tried to analyze it, tried to break it down like a fighting technique so she could copy it but she couldn't find a real pattern except the beat of the music. She always moved in time and the beat didn't change. Even from song to song it really stayed the same. Eventually Yang stopped pushing deeper into the throng and began to dance in place. Ruby looked around and realized Nora had been right, no one was watching her. She took a deep breath and held it in, then released it slowly and relaxed her muscles as she went, like meditation.

The beat, she had to start with the beat. Ruby tapped her foot on the ground with the beat and closed her eyes, she tried to feel the rhythm as best as she could. She kept tapping her foot and started nodding her head forward at the same time like she was head butting something over and over and over again with her forehead.

"Yeah there you go Rubes. Come on, you got it." Yang cheered from her side. Ruby stiffened a little. She hadn't even been doing anything really yet and Yang was watching her. It was so embarrassing, she really wished she had some time to practice and figure this all out before they came so she wasn't learning in the middle of a room full of strangers.

She forced her breathing to steady and started tapping her foot and rocking her head to the beat again. The song began to fade and another came in. She promised herself that during this song she would start to actually dance. She kept with the song for a little while, trying to figure out what else to do but it just felt so awkward and like she looked silly. She refused to open her eyes and see how much better everyone else was than her at this.

"The counter syncopation makes you want to dance" a robotic voice said in time with the music. Another beat started up opposite the bass, is was higher pitched and made the song feel kind of bouncy. Ruby kind of understood what the robot man was saying, she could sort of bounce back and forth between the two beats, she felt the tapping of her foot start to go up her leg and shake her hips a little.

"Feel the bass." the voice said again, "Surrender your booty to the bass." Ruby listened to the first real instructions she had been given all night and let the tapping of her foot shake her hips and her butt with the beat of the music. She could feel it now a lot more than before and her hips started to move her torso.

"This is the hook, it's catchy, you like it." the voice kept in perfect time with the song and Ruby lifted her arms just to her sides and started to let them move with her body as she bounced back and forth with the beat. She felt silly but she felt good too, like she could do whatever and as long as she kept moving it would be okay. She kept her eyes closed because she was sure Yang was laughing at her but this was all she could think to do so she just kept doing it.

"Wooooo!" Nora screamed and Ruby's eyes flew open. Ren and Nora were right by them now and both dancing what Ruby had to consider was really well. Ren seemed like he really enjoyed this and he was really good. He had his eyes closed too but he was moving his body a lot more than she was. He would swoop down by the ground and spin and twirl and move his arms and legs in weird jerky motions that still looked really good. She understood it even less than she understood what Yang had been doing but she knew it looked awesome. "Yeah Ruby, go." Nora yelled again and Ruby realized that even though she had opened her eyes she hadn't stopped moving. She hadn't been thinking about it but she had been dancing the whole time.

"It's catchy, you like it." the voice repeated and Ruby had to admit, the song did sound really, really good. She squealed and spun in a little circle with her arms out to her sides and then kept dancing. It took her a beat or two to find her rhythm again but once she did she fell right back into her little hip shake, head bob arm wiggle dance.

She stayed right by Ren, Nora and Yang for a few more songs. It was kind of hard to tell because they had these weird transitions and sometimes she wasn't sure if it was a new song or just a different part of the same song but it didn't really matter because she kept doing the same dance the whole time. The other three changed a lot, they had all sorts of different things they could do. Ruby wanted to try but she also didn't want to forget how to do the hip/arm wiggle she had down and so she stuck to it. After what she figured was three or four songs Ruby stopped dancing and waved at her sister and friends to get their attention.

"I'm gonna go sit down," she hollered over the music, hoping they could hear her.

"Are you okay?" Yang leaned down and nearly yelled right in her ear but Ruby could still barely hear it over the music.

"I'm fine. Just need a break." Ruby screamed back.

"Want me to come with you?" Yang asked, still right by her head. Ruby just shook her head in response and waved another farewell to their little group. They all waved back and went right back to dancing. They really looked like they were having fun and she didn't want them to have to stop just because dancing was way more tiring than she expected. What was it about moving like that? She could run miles and miles and train for hours but twenty minutes of dancing had her breathing heavy. It was probably just because of how muggy it was in the group of bodies. She could get some air by the table and then she'd be fine and go back in and find them again.

Ruby found their table from before and it was still deserted. There were more people in the club now, but if anything there were less people by the tables than before. The mass of bodies had grown a lot though and was spilling off the sides of the dance floor into the rest of the club. She slid around to the side of the table where she could face the dance floor, just in case the others came out and rested her arms on the table. It was still really tall and she felt like leaning on it, with her arms all the way up by her chest made her look really short. She stepped away and tried to think of a better way to stand but couldn't. So, she found the nearest pillar and moved to lean against that instead.

She listened to the music and looked around the club while she tried to catch her breath. The lights flashed in time with the music and pulsed through every color she could think of. This is the kind of place that wouldn't have survived the great war if they had lost and look how much fun everyone was having. Ruby smiled as she realized that as a huntress she was carrying on the legacy of the people who had protected things like this, like her and Yang's dad, like her Mom. That man had thanked her for being a Huntress too. Did he realize what he was really thanking her for?

"Hey there." A cheery voice said beside her and Ruby nearly jumped out of her skin. She had been watching the dance floor and not looking anywhere else. It was so loud in here she hadn't heard this girl approach. She had to be more on guard than that, just in case something happened. She took a deep breath and turned to see who it was.

The girl beside her had a huge smile and even bigger hair in big tufts on either side of her head. She had a tattoo or body paint or something on her arm but it made a rainbow that wrapped up from her elbow almost to her shoulder. Her hair was all a deep red color except for two little bits dyed blue right in front and was she wearing a collar? She was, it was a big white collar with an oversized gold bell.

"Uhh hey. Hi." Ruby started awkwardly and waved to the girl who was less than a foot away from her. She was about Ruby's height, had bright green eyes and seemed to just radiate energy.

"Your hair is soooo cute," the girl chimed and moved in closer. She shot a hand up and felt the tips of Ruby's hair so suddenly Ruby didn't know what to do so she just fell back a step, trying to use the pillar for support. "Oh I'm sorry!" the girl yanked her hands back and threw them behind her, way away from Ruby.

Ruby glanced back at her hands, waiting to see if she would do anything with them again. She saw something move behind the strange girl and tensed up, ready for anything. She pooled her aura in her feet just in case she needed to dart away on her semblance. She saw it flash by again but the girl's hands never moved.

"Oh my…" Ruby gasped as she realized what it was, "Do you have a tail?" she threw her hands to her mouth in shock. She had never met a Faunus with a tail before. It kinda explained the collar that she was wearing if she was a faunus, but, at the same time Ruby felt like that was kinda of being rude to her own kind. She couldn't imagine Blake doing something like wearing a collar. The girl crossed her arms and her face went from pleased and apologetic to upset and angry.

"Yeah I do. Why, can't I party here too?" the girl started to turn away but Ruby lunged out after her shoulder and just barely missed grabbing her.

"No, no I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that." Ruby shouted and the Faunus girl turned back around, "I just…." Ruby stopped as she thought about how to mention Blake without mentioning Blake, "I have a friend who is a Faunus and she doesn't have a tail. It just caught me off guard." Perfect Ruby thought, that way she could just say she meant Velvet, everyone knew Velvet was a Faunus.

"Oh really?" the girl's arms were still crossed and she didn't exactly look happy, especially compared to how she had been before.

"Yes really." Ruby was upset she wouldn't believe her, how could she convince her? Ruby whipped out her school ID and showed the girl, "See I'm a Huntress student up at Beacon. We have a lot of Faunus students there too." Ruby tried to give her the best winning smile she could.

"You're a huntress?" the girl shouted in delight, automatically switching back to over the top energy. "I'm a Huntress too!" she shouted again and pulled out an ID that said she was a Huntress student from the academy in Atlas. Wait, Atlas? She did not seem like she was from Atlas, Weiss was from Atlas.

"You're from Atlas?" Ruby asked incredulously. Maybe she was a transfer student like Weiss was to Beacon.

"Oh yeah," the girl laughed easily, "Not everyone from Atlas is a stuck up, high and mighty Schnee." the girl scoffed. So it was probably better not to mention that Ruby's partner was exactly a stuck up, high and mighty Schnee. Not just any Schnee either, the one and only, always perfect, Weiss Schnee.

"Well I think your tail is really cute too." Ruby said, hoping to keep this strange girl on her good side and not switch her back to angry mode. "What's your name?"

"I'm Neon Katt." the girl yelled happily, "What's your name?" Ruby realized they had both just looked at each other's IDs and not checked their names. That seemed really silly but then they had both just met another huntress in the middle of a crowded night club.

"I'm Ruby Rose." Ruby stuck her hand out for a handshake just the way her Dad had taught her. Neon glanced down at the big bracelet on Ruby's arm. So now she knew that Ruby was a little girl, but she also knew that she was at Beacon, what was she thinking? Ruby was surprised again when Neon slid forward and threw her arms around Ruby in a tight hug.

"Well it is very nice to meet you." Neon nearly purred the word 'very' and Ruby was reminded of Blake around tuna. This girl seemed really happy to be around Ruby and she hoped she wasn't thinking of eating her.

"So why are you here from Atlas?" Ruby asked once they had pulled apart.

"I'm here for the Vytal Festival of course! That doesn't I can't out on the town a little before everything starts." Neon smiled at her again and lowered her eyebrows a little like she had an idea. "I'm really glad I did too, got to meet you didn't I?" Neon giggled again and put her hand out to rest on Ruby's shoulder. It looked really innocent, like she was trying to balance herself but for some reason it made Ruby feel a little uncomfortable.

"Oh that's cool," Ruby took a little tiny step away, just enough so Neon's hand fell back to her side. Neon took a matching step towards her but didn't lift her hand again.

"Ruby." Yang's voice called out from the dance floor and Ruby jerked her head in that direction to see her big sister coming happily up from the mass of bodies, "Ruby! Are you flirting?" Ruby's face immediately dissolved into a terrible blush and she realized that Neon had been flirting with her, that's why that hand made her feel so weird.

"Wuh? No!" Ruby screamed back, equally upset with Yang and herself.

"Oh hey I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were with someone." Neon threw her hands up by her shoulders and took a quick step back.

"What? No, no I'm not. I mean we're not." Ruby stumbled over her words trying to explain herself. "We're sisters," she finally blurted out.

"Oh really?" Neon spun on her heel and faced Yang as she caught up to the two of them, "Well then hello there big blonde and beautiful." Neon stuck her hand out, fingers extended down like a princess from one of Blake's books. "I'm Neon." she winked at Yang. "And I think your hair is just beautiful, really brings out those eyes." Neon actually purred a little at the end of her compliment.

"Hey there girly," Yang grabbed her hand in a firm handshake and nearly pulled Neon off balance but she quickly righted herself with the help of her tail. "Yang Xiaolong, this one here's big sister." Yang pointed one thumb back at herself and laughed. "You havin' fun Rubes? I can just go off somewhere if you two need to be alone." Yang winked at Ruby and her blush deepened.

"No! I mean yes. Uggh." Ruby grabbed at her cloak, "Don't go anywhere, it's fine. I'm not flirting with her." She said, staring at the ground, face as red as her cape.

"I don't mind entertaining the both of you." Neon stretched her arms out and pulled them in a little closer. Ruby pulled back a little and Yang just laughed it off.

"Ya know, I think I might actually stay here." Yang pulled her arm out of Neon's grip with one firm swing of her shoulder, "Ruby here doesn't need that in her life quite yet." Ruby was glad Yang had come to save her, she wasn't sure what this girl might have tried if she hadn't shown up when she did.

"Oh well, I guess I'll just go then." Neon spun on her heel and left, she didn't seem to upset Ruby thought as her Faunus tail disappeared into the crowd, just impatient.

"Don't take it too hard." Yang called out after her, "So she was kinda forward wasn't she?" Yang laughed as she turned back to Ruby, "Did she get your scroll number?" Ruby looked up at Yang in shock and then threw her hood up over her head and began carefully examining the patch of floor between her feet again.

"No," she mumbled. She knew Yang couldn't hear her, but she also knew that Yang already knew the answer. Ruby saw Ren and Nora's shoes appear near hers and looked up to confirm it was them and some new, very forward suitor.

"Hey you two. Ready to head back out there?" Nora asked and waved her arm back towards the dance floor. Hadn't they just left?

"Actually can we go back?" Ruby asked, making sure she was loud enough to be heard, "To Beacon I mean."

"Yeah totally sis'. You okay?" Yang leaned down so they were eye to eye, "Do I need to go pummel that Faunus girl?"

"No, no." Ruby shook her head quickly, "I'm just tired, I had fun really."

"Alright let's go." Nora pumped another fist in the air, as excited to leave as had been to keep dancing. That girl's energy literally never ended. Just about the only place Ruby remembered seeing her sleep was in the library and who could blame her, it was the library.

Ruby grabbed onto Yang's arm to ensure they wouldn't get separated on the way out and followed her to the exit. The air outside was cool and fresh compared to the stuffy club and Ruby was amazed to see the moon was already well on its way down into the ocean, maybe only an hour or two of actual night left.

"I am gonna sleep forever." Ruby moaned and trudged down the alley, away from the club and everything inside it. They got to the corner and Ruby started to cross the street back towards the airbus station but Yang pulled her off the other way, "Where are we going?"

"We have to get Mistralian food remember?" Yang pointed further down the block and Ruby saw a big, brightly lit truck with a decent sized crowd milling about in front of it. Ruby's head perked up and she stood a little straighter, her fatigue forgotten as she started to catch hints of the smells coming from the truck.

Once they arrived it turned out that most of the crowd already had their food and was just standing by to eat it before heading off to whatever else they had planned. There were only a few people in line when they got there and from how fast their food came out after they ordered Ruby had to assume the truck was used to much heavier traffic than this. She barely had time to look at the menu before they were up against the counter and being asked what they wanted.

"Do you have those little squares?" Ruby held her hands up to indicate the size, just larger than a one lien coin. "They're like really sugary and flaky." she looked up desperately at the rotund, middle aged man in the window. He looked tired but had a big smile, happy to help her out.

"Oh you mean Baklava? Yeah we have Baklava. That's ten lien for a bag." the man chuckled as he took her money and handed out a small bag of premade baklava. Ruby stepped away to let everyone else order as well. Yang came back with a large strip of meat on a stick with veggies and stuff skewered all over it. It looked really good but Ruby was sure that if she tried to eat it off the stick like that she would just get grease all over her face and probably drop most of the food on the ground.

Nora and Ren came back clutching a small bag just like Ruby's so she assumed they had also gotten Baklava. She waited until everyone was together and then tore into her bag for the little treats. They were just what she remembered, small squares of very thin, layered bread with a glossed sugary coating that crumbled away into sweet bliss in her mouth. They started the short walk back to the airship and Ruby realized that despite everything that had gone wrong, she had a really good night.

A/N - Okay, so that is for sure the end of the whole SalonDay/Clubbing Adventure… I mean those three chapters on their own are over 20k words…. So yeah that happened. Back to Beacon! Kind of, we're actually going to resume with some good old fashioned Team Training out in the wild. You know what that means? Fight scenes! Which means more long chapters because I love me a good fight scene.

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