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Chapter 14

"Okay you two, Mama's gonna be heading to Vale today with your big sister. So behave while I'm gone, alright?" said Yang as she stood at the door of their dorm in front of Ember and Celica.

The twins looked back up at her and nodded in affirmation.

"We'll be out for most of the day, so Blake and Gambol will be keeping an eye on you two." said Yang, pointing a thumb over at Blake who was, unsurprisingly, reading another one of her books and Gambol Shroud who was sitting next to her.

Blake looked up from her novel and walked up towards them. "Don't worry, Yang. They're good kids, but I'll make sure they keep out of trouble." she said.

"All right." said Yang. She then kneeled down and scooped up both Ember and Celica a warm hug before giving them each a kiss on the forehead. "Be good for Aunty Blakey, okay?"

"Yup!"

"Yes Mama!"

They replied.

"I'll be headin' out now." said Yang, waving goodbye as she closed the door behind her.

Blake, Ember and Celica watched the door for a minute after Yang left.

"Alright you two, Yang left me in charge of the both of you. So just stay put and ask me if you anything." said Blake and as she looked down to where they were.

"Now I'll be reading my book so you two can play here, but try not to make too much noise." said Blake.

Both twins nodded in understanding.

Blake smiled and walked back to her bed as she picked up her novel where she last left off. Oblivious to the fact that Ember and Celica started whispering to each other before giggling.

This'll be easier than I thought. thought Blake before she continued to read.

After a few minutes of peaceful silence, Blake's ears soon were twitching underneath her bow.

Something isn't right here. . thought Blake, brows furrowed. It's quiet. . . too quiet.

Blake peeked over her book and quickly scanned the room expecting to see the twins, but found that it was only occupied by Gambol and herself.

Blake's eyes widened in shock at their sudden disappearance. "Where'd they go?!" she exclaimed, dropping her book as she snapped her head back and forth, searching for them.

"Gambol, did you see where they went?" asked Blake, panic filling her voice.

But Gambol shook her head and gave her a shrug with a deeply apologetic look, indicating that she too had no idea where the twins had gone.

Blake then spotted that the door was slightly ajar, giving her an idea of where they went. She pinched the bridge of her nose in an attempt to relieve the slowly building pressure of an incoming headache and let out a deep sigh.

"I let them out of my sight for a minute and they're already gone. . ." muttered Blake. She then turned to Gambol once more, "Come on, Gambol, we have to find them." said Blake walking towards the door.

Gambol jumped to her feet and followed closely behind Blake.

Blake placed a hand on the door knob and pushed it open as she walked through the doorway, ready to search for the pair of girls. Only to feel a sudden splash of cold water on the top of her head, getting her completely drenched from head to toe.

Blake's eyes narrowed and looked up to see a empty bucket attached to some wire hanging off the door.

"Those two. . ." growled Blake, but before she could finish her thoughts she caught the soft noise of a familiar giggles down the hall. Her eyes traced to where she heard the noise and saw a pair of red eyes peaking from behind a corner before jumping in surprise as they made eye contact and they dashed off.

"Come back here!" shouted Blake, taking off after them with Gambol in tow.

Blake ran as fast as she could to where they were, but as she turned the corner, all she found was an empty hallway.

"Where are they? They were just here." muttered Blake to herself. Straining her ears trying to catch the sound of their footsteps.

But after several seconds, she still couldn't hear anything.

"They got away. . ." said Blake, then she felt someone tap her shoulder and she turned her head to see Gambol holding out a towel towards her.

Blake smiled softly, forgetting for a moment the current situation, "Thank you, Gambol. I appreciate it." said Blake accepting the towel and began drying herself off.

"I have got to find those two, before Yang finds out."

X

Ember and Celica both ran as fast as they could holding each other's hand, dashing through the halls of the dorm laughing and giggling all the way.

"I can't believe Aunty Blake fell for it!" exclaimed Celica.

"I know!" agreed Ember as they both laughed loudly.

They exited the dormitory and dashed across the courtyard off to wherever their feet would take them.

They ran past groups of students, not minding whenever they bumped into someone and just kept running.

The two of them went by in a blur as they ran off the paved concrete paths and jumped into the bushes and stopped. They both laid down on their bellies and crawled underneath the brush and, for the most part between giggles, kept silent and waited.

A pair of black high heeled boots and shoes slowed from a run in front of them. They could hear the loud pants coming from above them.

"Where. Did. They. Go?" said Blake between breaths.

Peering up from their vantage point, they could see that Blake, hands on her knees as she panted heavily.

They watched as the two pairs of feet shifted around as Blake and Gambol looked around.

"They couldn't have gotten far. Come on. I think they went this way." said Blake as she began to walk away in the same direction.

When their footsteps were out of earshot and feet were out of sight, the twins popped their heads out of the bushes. They took a glancing look around surveying the area, making sure that Blake and Gambol were no longer there before jumping out of the bushes and dusted off the dirt and leaves that clung to their clothes. As one they both turned back to where they came, in the opposite direction their pursuers went, but as they took their first step.

"There you two are!" yelled a loud voice, and they then heard the sound of two pairs of feet landing just behind them and suddenly felt a pair of hands grabbing the backs of their shirts and they were lifted up into the air.

Both twins momentarily shocked, slowly inched their heads around to see Blake, face red and fuming, the bow on her head was twitching erratically.

"Got you." she hissed, and she began to stomp back in the direction of their dorm while gripping onto the two trouble makers.

"Did you really think that you got away from us that easily?" grumbled Blake, "We could hear both of you giggling down there."

"Besides, it's dangerous to wander around on your own like that." began Blake in a lecturing tone. "One wrong turn and you two would end up in the Emerald Forest. Yang would be dead worried for you two."

The twins faces went from shocked to ashamed when they imagined how Mama Yang would react to them wandering in the forest alone.

"Sorry Auntie Blake," said Ember.

"Sorry Big Sis Gambol." said Celica.

"We're sorry." they said at the same time in a mournful tone.

Blake's scowl was replaced with a softer expression. "Good." said Blake, "Now I'll be letting both of you go and I expect you both to hold my hands until we reach the room. Promise?"

"We promise." they said once more in unison.

Blake nodded approvingly and gently let them down. It wasn't until the last second that Blake realized her mistake.

Ember and Celica grabbed her right and left hand respectively and, in a surprisingly strong grip that you wouldn't expect from kids their size, took off in a dead sprint back towards the dorm room with Blake flying behind them in the air like a flag.

Gambol stared blankly at the dust cloud kicked up by them before realizing that she should actually start running after them.

X

Myrtenaster walked down the halls of the dorm, the hard heels of her leather shoes clicked loudly on the tiles as she neared her destination.

Her Mistress was in the library, and thus didn't require her services so she had been dismissed, though somewhat insistently, so that she could concentrate.

Now she was searching for another particular individual to "assist".

When she stood at the door of Team RWBY's room, Myrtenaster took a deep breath. She looked herself over and made sure that she looked presentable before turning the knob, hoping to find whom she was looking for.

"Ruby, are you there?" she asked as she opened the door.

Only to find the room empty.

Myrtenaster allowed herself to show a look of disappointment, that same feeling in her eyes as they changed to a dull grey as she entered the room and closed the door behind her.

Her eyes scanned the room for anything that needed tidying up.

Everything seemed to be in place until she noticed a stray book on Blake's bed lying open face down. Myrtenaster picked up the book, being careful to stay on the same page, and slid the nearby bookmark between its pages and set it down on the nightstand.

Letting out a quiet sigh, Myrtenaster turned towards the door to search elsewhere. But as she took her first step there was a sudden thump that stopped her in her tracks.

She turned to face where the sound had originated and saw the bathroom door. As she stood stock still and waited in silence.

After a minute or two she began to wonder if it had just been her imagination, and then

Thump.

The noise came again.

Curiosity overcoming her Myrtenaster took a step closer to the bathroom door, and another thump came from it. Which caused her to freeze.

"What in the world?" muttered Myrtenaster, then another thump came.

Now sure that the noise was coming from the bathroom, Myrtenaster stepped closer wondering what was making that noise.

"Maybe Zwie got himself locked in?" she asked no one in particular, as she reached for the doorknob.

The moment she rested her hand on it the thumping became more insistent.

"Yes, yes, I'm opening the door now." said Myrtenaster, raising her voice so she could be heard from the other side and turned the knob.

Myrtenaster had to jump back as the bathroom door was flung open and to her shock, she saw Blake and Gambol fall to their sides on the floor. They both were tied up to each other with liberal amounts of duct tape. Even their mouths were gagged with the stuff.

Myrtenaster's mind raced at the sudden appearance of the pair and she quickly kneeled down and helped them sit up.

"Who did this to you?" she asked worriedly, her eyes a dark orange as she tore the tape off Blake's mouth in a single motion.

Blake let out a gasp for air and took several deep breaths, er eyes narrow and from what Myrtenaster could see burned with a vengeance.

"Get me out of here Myrtenaster! When I catch those two I'll. . ." Trailed off Blake, in a fuming tone.

"Again, who did this?" asked Myrtenaster, reaching out to take off Gambol's own tape gag. But Gambol vehemently shook her head trying to get away from Myrtenaster, ears flat against her head and tears welling up in her eyes miserably.

"Who?" said Blake, nearly yelling. "I'll tell you who, those two brats of Yang's. They dragged me halfway across the campus and then tied Gambol and I and trapped us in the bathroom!"

"Ember and Celica?" wondered Myrtenaster aloud, "but they're normally so well behaved." she said in surprise. But now that she had gotten a closer look at Blake, she could see that there were dirt stains all over her clothes, her hair was dishevelled, and even her signature bow was askew.

"That's what I thought as well, but they couldn't have gotten far. Now get me out of here!" demanded Blake.

Still perplexed by the situation Myrtenaster complied and with a swipe of her hand sliced through the tape that tied Blake and Gambol together.

Once she was free Blake dashed to the window and jumped out of it to, Myrtenaster presumed, catch the troublesome twins.

As for Gambol, once the tape was off she hurled herself into Blake's bed and promptly hid under the covers, glad to finally be free.

Myrtenaster looked back and forth to the window and the bed before letting out a sigh and crumpled up the rest of the duct tape and tossing it into the bin.

She then walked over to Blake's bed and lifted up the sheets so that she could face the quivering weapon-girl, who still had a piece of tape stuck to her mouth.

"Are you alright?" asked Myrtenaster gently, her eyes had returned to their normal light blue hue.

Gambol looked up from her curled up position and gave a soft nod, then a soft shake.

"Do you want me to take the tape off?" suggested Myrtenaster.

Gambol shook her head again, this time with more vigour.

"Do you just want to stay here?"

This time Gambol slowly nodded her head and made a muffled noise, which sounded remarkably similar to how she normally talks, that seemed like she said "Yes, please."

"All right then." said Myrtenaster and she put the covers back down over Gambol and she walked out of Team RWBY's room and closed the door behind her.

Still confused as to what exactly had occurred that brought them into that particular situation, but she decided that it needn't concern her for the time being. Besides, Blake could handle herself and the twins could'n't have been that bad, could they?

With that in mind, Myrtenaster resumed her search for Ruby.

Walking out of the dorm, Myrtenaster placed a hand on her chin, Now, where would Ruby be at a time like this? she thought as she began to let her feet wander.

Mistress is studying in the library and Ruby wasn't accompanying her, so that's not it. She wouldn't be with Team JNPR, they have all gone to Vale. She didn't mention going to the city with them or even with her sister. So she must still be at Beacon. The question now is where. . .

Myrtenaster stopped in her tracks as a location came to mind. She perked up and smiled. Yes. She will definitely be there.

With the place in mind, Myrtenaster turned and walked in the direction of her next destination.

It was the weekend, so the students who weren't buried under piles of homework were free to spend their day freely within the academy or even the city. Despite this, Myrtenaster passed by several students, some were in the same year level as Team RWBY while others were ahead of them. She paid them little mind, as she normally did during school days, but now even more so that she had a goal in mind.

Her destination was quite a ways off from the main building of the academy for safety reasons, so it took some time for her to reach it. But once she arrived she could hear the sounds several teams and individual students practicing, training, the odd explosion or two and occasionally, if one were lucky, sparring.

It was the Beacon Academy Multipurpose Activity Center, or BMAC as the students generally referred to it.

The BMAC was arguably the largest building of the entire academy. With complete facilities from a standard gym, a shooting range, to a sparring arena. But the BMAC didn't just house facilities for physical exercise, but it also contained several laboratories and workshops so that students may experiment, upgrade, or even modify their weapons and tools to better help them prepare for their lives as Huntsmen and Huntresses, keeping the peace and safety of the four kingdoms.

Myrtenaster entered the open archway of the large building, following the noise of hammering and grinding of metal, and made her way towards the workshops. Hoping that Ruby would be there. Even if Crescent Rose, who would most likely be there with Ruby, grated her nerves, a few hours with Ruby was always worth it.

She passed through the doorway of the open workshop. There she could see a few students repairing, creating, or modifying their own weapons. She had always found it odd, it was a place where weapons were created and much like the raw metal they were created from they were just blank slates ready to be imprinted on.

But sadly Ruby wasn't there in the open workshop, but maybe she was in one of the many private workrooms, where more delicate work could be done.

Walking up to the young woman who sat at the reception desk near the entrance Myrtenaster asked,

"Good day, Miss. Would you kindly assist me? I'm looking for someone."

The young woman looked up from her computer, brushing aside her pink bangs as she flashed a smile.

"Sure!" she said brightly, "Who're you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Miss Ruby Rose, I was wondering if she is here." replied Myrtenaster.

The young woman placed a finger to her chin and hummed in thought then recognition dawned on her face.

"Oh! Little Ruby, Yeah she's here, been here for a couple hours now. There's rarely a week when she isn't here." said the young woman.

Myrtenaster smiled, "Would you mind telling me where she is?" she asked.

The young woman smiled back, twirling a lock of hair around one finger. "Sure! She's in private workshop seven ."

"Thank you for your assistance, I'll go see her now." said Myrtenaster, placing a hand on her chest and giving a slight bow.

The young woman smile widened, "You're welcome." she replied.

Myrtenaster walked into the main workshop the young woman suddenly called out behind her.

"Oh yeah, recently Ruby's been coming over with someone, a tall girl with long red and silver hair. Is she a relative of Ruby's?" asked the woman.

"Myrtenaster turned around, putting forth her best poker face with a smile, "You could say that. Thank you for the information." she said as she started walking, but suddenly stopped once more.

"By the way, is there a coffee machine around here?" she asked.

"It's near the private workshops, next to the toilets." the young woman giggled, "Ozpin practically made it a school mandate that there's a coffee machine every few hundred feet."

This time Myrtenaster's smile came back and gave a nod as she finally made her way inside the workshop.

It didn't take long for Myrtenaster to find private workshop seven, but not before stopping by the coffee machine to get Ruby some probably much needed coffee. She prepared it just the way Ruby liked it, one cream and five sugars.

Holding the coffee along with a glass of cool water and some biscuits on a tray in one hand. Checking the number on the doorway just to be sure, Myrtenaster rapped three times on the heavy wooden door and opened it.

She saw Ruby sitting at the work table headphones on, her head bobbing slightly as she listened to whatever music that was playing. There was a tall machine in front of her which made a clinking sound every time Ruby pulled a small lever on it.

A cursory glance around the room caught her by surprise, with Crescent Rose being nowhere in sight. With a smile on her face Myrtenaster walked towards Ruby and paced the tray of refreshments next to her.

It took a moment before Ruby saw the tray out of the corner of her eye and her gaze traced up to see Myrtenaster smiling at her. Grinning back, Ruby quickly took off her headphones and turned her rolling chair to face her.

"Hey Myrtenaster!" greeted Ruby. "What'cha doing here?" she asked.

"I came over to see if you required any assistance." said Myrtenaster offering Ruby the mug of coffee, which she accepted.

Ruby took a sip of from the steaming cup and smiled, it was just perfect like always. "Thanks, Myrten." said Ruby appreciatively.

Warmth swelled in Myrtenaster's chest as she bowed with a tilt of her head, "You're welcome." Once she got a good look on the table, she saw rows upon rows of Dust rounds and a box of brand new bullets and several canisters of Dust. "May I ask what are you doing?" asked Myrtenaster.

"Oh! I'm reloading all my ammunition for Crescent Rose. I noticed that I was kinda running low, so I'm just making sure that I have enough." answered Ruby.

"Is that so? I had expected that you were performing maintenance on Crescent Rose." replied Myrtenaster.

"I already did her maintenance yesterday." said Ruby.

"Then where is she?" asked Myrtenaster. "I would've thought that she would be here with you."

"I dunno, actually." said Ruby, her lips pouting in mild thoughtfulness, "She said she had something to do this morning."

Myrtenaster's eyes narrowed slightly, Now what in the world would that nuisance be doing if it meant not hanging off Ruby? She then smiled as an idea occurred to her. No matter, her loss is my gain, and whatever scheme she might think up I'll deal with it later. But for now it's better not to look a gift horse in the mouth, as they say.

"If that is the case, would you mind if I stayed here? My Mistress had requested to be left alone to her studies, so I am free until she requests for me." said Myrtenaster.

"Okay!" said Ruby cheerily. "I'm normally by myself whenever I do this, having someone to talk to would be nice."

The warmth that Myrtenaster had felt earlier grow once again. "I will gladly keep you company, Ruby." said Myrtenaster smiling brightly.

Both Ruby and Myrtenaster stared into each other's eyes. Ruby was captivated by Myrtenaster's deep blue eyes, so similar to Weiss' and yet, so different. They were much. . . warmer, in a way. Myrtenaster, on the other hand, was entranced by Ruby's silver eyes, she felt as if she would fall into their depths. There was an innocent spark within them, and a strange gravity within them that you couldn't help but be pulled towards her.

They both realized what they had been doing at the same moment and both their faces turned red and they averted each other's gaze.

There was a moment of awkward silence as their thoughts reeled at what just happened. Myrtenaster recovered first and let out a small cough to clear her throat and break the tension in the air.

"So. . . would you care to explain how reloading works?" asked Myrtenaster.

Strangely enough that was enough to bring Ruby out of her embarrassed state and her eyes sparkled with childish enthusiasm.

"Sure!" she said excitedly, and she quickly swivelled her chair back to face the tall machine.

"So this thing right here is the reloading machine. The hoppers up there is where I put my primers, casings, and Dust." Began Ruby.

And so started Ruby's ramble about how the reloading machine worked, the steps for reloading her Dust rounds, what formulation of Dust went into them, and so on. Eventually Ruby had somehow shifted the topic to Nora and Ren's relationship status, and after that moved on to her favorite cakes.

But despite all that, Myrtenaster hung on Ruby's every word, nodding her head every so often, asking questions when she didn't understand, or even bringing her own comments to the conversation.

Time seemed to fly for both girls, even as Ruby had finished reloading all her shells, both she and Myrtenaster continued their conversation. They would have continued like this for several more hours, that is, until Myrtenaster had an idea.

"Ruby. . ." she began.

"And then she punched him right out of the window! It was hilarious, hahaha!" laughed Ruby, then she realized that Myrtenaster had said something. "Yeah?" she asked.

"Would you mind. . . I mean. . . if it isn't much trouble." said Myrtenaster hesitantly.

"Do I mind what?" asked Ruby.

"Would you mind. . . doing some maintenance on me?" she asked, her face now beet read, her eyes a light magenta color.

Ruby tilted her head to one side like a confused puppy. "Do maintenance on you?" she repeated.

Myrtenaster nodded, her head bowed low, now avoiding as much eye contact as she could.

"Hasn't Weiss done some maintenance on you already?" asked Ruby.

"She has," began Myrtenaster, "but I feel like there might be something lodged inside my Dust exhaust port and a screw in my hammer mechanism might be a bit loose." she explained, "I would have mentioned it to my Mistress, but she said that she was busy studying and I didn't want to disturb her."

A complete lie of course.

Ruby straightened her head with her mouth in an 'o' shape.

"I mean, if you don't mind that is!" blurted out Myrtenaster, clutching her own arms nervously.

"Okay." replied Ruby simply.

"If it isn't then–" started Myrtenaster, then stopped and asked confusedly, "come again?"

"It's okay." said Ruby, "I don't mind. I totally understand, it'd cause a lot of trouble if you end up jamming in a fight."

Myrtenaster was slightly taken aback, her eyes wide and a light turquoise blue color. A lump seemed to form in her throat at the thought of Ruby actually going along with this.

She tried to swallow the lump in her throat. "Well then, I'll be in your hands, Ruby." she said, quite glad that her voice wasn't shaking all that much. This was going against her very principles, tricking Ruby like this. But it would be a very long time before she could get another chance like this.

"Yup!" said Ruby enthusiastically, "Let's get started."

"O–okay." said Myrtenaster. She closed her eyes and concentrated on her original form, a moment later in a flash of light Myrtenaster the weapon floated in the air for a second. Ruby quickly and gently caught her before Myrtenaster could fall on the ground and placed her on the work table. Making space by clearing out her ammunition for Crescent Rose.

Ruby's hands felt very warm in her weapon form, Myrtenaster guessed that it was due to not having her own body temperature as a weapon. Early on they had been asked what it felt like to be in their weapon forms, and each of them had a different answer. Myrtenaster, personally saw it as if she were floating in empty white space with a window to the world around her.

Ruby pulled out her tool box and opened it, showcasing a plethora of different tools. Most of them were specifically for Crescent Rose, but she had a number of other tools to tinker with other weapons.

Firstly she clicked open the lock which enclosed Myrtenaster's revolver.

Within her inner landscape, Myrtenaster shuddered as Ruby did this, it almost felt like Ruby was popping the stiffness from her neck after a long day. It hurt a little bit at first, but not all that much, and afterwards her neck would feel loose and relaxed. If Myrtenaster had lips at the moment she would have smiled contentedly.

Next Ruby slid out her six Dust cartridges.

To Myrtenaster it felt as if Ruby was pulling those out from somewhere else entirely. Within her mindscape Myrtenaster gasped and groaned as each cartridge was removed. Good thing she didn't have a mouth otherwise Ruby would've been able to hear her.

Once the Dust cartridges were removed and safely set aside, Ruby grabbed a wrench and slipped it between the revolver and its ratchet mechanism. Taking a long rubber strip, she carefully wrapped it around her revolver. Holding onto the wrench firmly and grasping the revolver, Ruby twisted it counterclockwise and the revolver was unscrewed from its housing.

What Myrtenaster felt on the other hand was as if the rubber strip was wrapped around her neck. The pressure of the strip along with Ruby's grip sent an almost electric surge of pleasure throughout Myrtenaster's whole body. Even though she didn't even have a need for air in this state, the sensation was still painfully exciting.

With the revolver out of the way, Ruby gently placed it down to the side and lifted Myrtenaster up. Lining up the blade with the light above her, she looked up and into Myrtenaster's Dust exhaust port. She looked into it as close as she could, but not finding anything lodged inside. Ruby gently blew down into the portal, making a low whistling noise. Ruby hummed curiously and rummaged through her tool kit and pulled out her cleaning rod. Placing a small piece of tissue on the end and sprayed on some lubricant. She then lined up the rod and pushed it through the portal in a slow measured pace until the rod went all the way through. She inspected the tissue on it, and found nothing on it.

"Myrtenaster, I don't see anything, but I'll do a couple more passes just to be sure." said Ruby to Myrtenaster, tracing a finger gently along the length of Myrtenaster's blade. Admiring the runes engraved on her, before continuing.

The moment Myrtenaster saw the cleaning rod, her, at the moment, metaphorical heart skipped a beat and she squeezed her thighs together in anticipation. As the rod lined up to her Dust portal, Myrtenaster swore her heart was beating at a million miles an hour. The moment the rod entered her portal in her mindscape, Myrtenaster screamed in ecstasy. Her back arched as she felt the rod passed into her, the sensation nearly causing her mind to go blank, but the whole time Ruby's gentle touch made it all the more intense.

Once Ruby was satisfied with the Dust portal being clear, she then set her eyes on Myrtenaster's handle. Ruby took a screwdriver and unscrewed the metal plate that housed the trigger and hammer mechanism. As she inspected it, she used a much smaller screwdriver to prod and test the tolerances of the springs and pins before checking all the screws ensuring that they were all snug. Once she was sure that everything looked like it was in place, Ruby took her time reassembling Myrtenaster, taking care with each part and admiring each one as she put them back into their proper place.

After the ordeal with the rod, the inspection of her internal trigger mechanism and reassembly felt like a deep tissue massage. It was soothing and relaxing, and allowed her to regain some semblance of decency before she would have to transform back.

"Okay, Myrtenaster I'm done." said Ruby.

That was one heck of a maintenance session she thought, though a bit disappointed that it had all ended too soon.

Myrtenaster concentrated and in another flash of light her human form reappeared and she sat on the desk. She stretched her arms over her head, pretending what he had experienced under Ruby's dexterous hands never happened.

"I checked everything that you said was wrong, but I'm sorry I couldn't find anything." said Ruby apologetically.

Myrtenaster smiled and jumped off the table right in front of Ruby and took her hand.

"You don't have to apologize. In fact it should be me who should be apologizing for asking such an unreasonable request. I guess that it as just my imagination." She then paused for a moment then Myrtenaster said, "But despite all that, thank you for this" and Myrtenaster kissed the back of Ruby's hand. Meaning that in more ways than one.

Ruby's face suddenly turned bright red and averted her eyes embarrassedly, but did not pull her hand away.

That reaction in of itself almost relieved the weight in Myrtenaster's chest, almost.

"I–it's nothing, really. It was fun doing it."

It was more fun than you will ever know. thought Myrtenaster.

"We're back!" greeted Yang loudly, kicking open the door to their room and was surprised to find the scene playing out in front of her.

Blake sat on her bed, hair disheveled with a few leaves and a twig poking out of it, a scowl on her face and arms crossed, grumbling to herself. Gambol Shroud was lying curled up underneath Blake's blanket, her eyes peaking out from underneath the edge.

But what truly surprised her was Ember and Celica animatedly talking and showing off toys and drawings to a pair of twin boys around their age with slightly long black hair and a streak of green running through it, wrapped in a blanket because it seemed that they weren't wearing anything underneath.

Ember and Celica stopped their antics and noticed that Yang had arrived and rushed towards her in a tackling hug yelling in unison,

"Mama Yang meet Storm Flower!"

Yang's eyes widened at the two boys, standing in place while Ember and Celica both hung off her midsection. Taking a better look, oddly enough the two of them kinda look similar to Ren if he were a kid. The two of them shying away slightly. Seeing this, Yang softened her expression, the same one she used with Ember and Celica all the time. She detached the twins from herself, ruffled their hair affectionately and let them go back to playing with Storm Flower.

Yang then proceeded towards Blake's bed, leaning over resting a hand on her knees for balance and pulled a twig out of Blake's hair.

"So how was babysitting?" she asked teasingly.

Blake turned to face her glowering, staring bloody murder at Yang. "Horrible." she said curtly and pointedly looked away from her partner.

Yang chuckled as she watched the two pairs of twins play together, a small smile on her face.

Author's Notes: Hey everyone, sorry for taking so long with the chapter, I've been super busy the past two months, even more so than before, so I had literally NO time to write. It doesn't help that my muse won't write anything unless it's 2am onwards. Also THANK YOU EVERYONE SO MUCH for having Ruby vs The Machines reach 100k views, over 800 alerts and over 600 faves! I'm so overwhelmed that so many people have enjoyed my story. I'm very grateful.

Anyway i hope you all enjoyed this long-ish chapter to make up for the two months and think of it as a early Christmas treat. If my muse is good to me then you guys might get an extra treat this month hopefully. So be on the lookout for that~

This chapter was a lot of fun to write despite my brain being fried from sleep deprivation, but it's a small price to pay since I love writing this story. Anywayz that's all I have to say for now, I hope to see you all again soon and remember

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