Chapter 2: Vigilantism Fail

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Ruby entered the Beacon infirmary, set in her goal and, more importantly, much calmer than she was 3 hours prior. She looked right up to the receptionist, her kind smile welcoming visitors. Ruby vaguely noticed the name tag on the receptionist, identifying her as "Blissey Joy."

"I'm here to see Lie Ren." Ruby calmly said. "My teammates were responsible for his injuries, and since I'm done punishing them, I felt it was only right to see how he's doing."

"Well aren't you being such a responsible girl~" the pink-haired receptionist cooed. "He's in Room 25. He's already got a visitor, so you won't be alone."

"Thank you, ma'am." Ruby said as she bows in respect. She walks off towards the patient rooms.

'23...24...25. Here we go.'

Ruby enters, immediately noticing Lie Ren, laying in his bed, bandages completely covering his waist. She also noticed Nora Valkyrie looking towards the door and preparing for combat.

"Wait, wait! Nora, I'm not here to hurt Ren. I already beat the living shit out of my team for doing that." The reaper tried to reassure.

"Oh? You won't try to break Renny's boop-boop machine like Blakey did?" Nora said in a threatening manner.

"Believe me Nora. Ren has already had it rough. No man deserves to take two dozen eggs to the crotch...rapid fire..." Ruby shivered at the thought of that happening to her. Whether you're a man, woman, or that technicolor rainbow in between, getting hit in the crotch hurts.

"It's ok, Nora. Let Ruby come in." Ren answered calmly and turned to Ruby. "Good afternoon, Ruby. It's nice of you to visit."

"It's nice to see you too Ren. This might sound obvious, but I'm really sorry about my team's idiocy." Ruby responded, giving a sheepish smile.

"It isn't a problem. I'm no leader, but even I can see how you struggle with them." Ren shrugged.

Ruby smiled at this. "I'm glad you see it from my perspective. How long are you due here anyway?" she asks.

"Tsune says that I should actually be out by the end of the day." Ren answers. "The wonders of aura, I suppose."

Nora raised a hand up in victory. "YES! I can still get my pancake dinner!"

Ruby sighed while Ren just shook his head.

"Anyways, I punished them for their antics after the Second Food War, so no need to worry." Ruby assured.

"You did?" Nora asked. "What did you do?"

Ruby gave them an evil smirk.

"You don't wanna know..."

The Next Day...

Ruby was busy studying in the library, picking up the habit of it since Weiss existed. Strangely, their faunus friend Blake was absent from the library. Ruby noted this absentmindedly, before returning to her textbook. The clacking of heels on the floor soon got her attention.

"Ah, Miss Rose. I've been looking for you." Glynda Goodwitch stated. Ruby looked up, seeing the deputy headmistress give her an expression of professionalism, curiosity and... lust?

"Um...hi Miss Goodwitch...what is it?" Ruby asks cautiously, hoping that it wasn't another detention. She was sure that her team learned their lesson after what she did to them.

"Well, I just wanted to bring something to your attention." Glynda cuts to the chase. "None of the staff have seen Miss Belladonna in the past few hours."

Ruby is taken aback by the news. Blake is missing? But she was in the dorm when they woke up this morning. Did she go out somewhere?

"Really? That's...odd..." Ruby says. "Have you checked with Weiss and Yang?"

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