Old Soul ( RWBY Fanfic with my OC)

Chapter 14

" So, everyone. This is Veena." Ruby said smiling cheerfully, she let out a bit of a nervous laugh as Jaune's team gave them a disbelieving look.

" Wow, you brought along an old lady that didn't get off the train and a blind girl that you found on your way here." Nora said, simplifying it for them.

" I don't mind, I'm just glad you guys made it back alright." Ren said with a smile. " Even though you made us wait a couple of days."

" I'm fine with all that but, what was it about Ozpin that you wanted to tell us?" Jaune asked them. They looked at each other before Ruby decided to explain to them about everything. About Salem, Remnant, the gods and about Ozpin himslef. They took a moment to process the information.

" You've been keeping that much from us?!" Nora asked in disbelief.

" I can't believe what I'm hearing." Ren got up to take a breather as Nora stood to follow.

" All this time..." Jaune's hands were shaking as hot tears started to fall. " I- So all this, everyone that we lost, Pyrrah, all that, was for nothing?!?!" He charged at Oscar with a cry of rage and grabbed him by the collar. " Tell me, Ozpin. Did you care when Beacon fell? Did you even care of the fact that people are dead?!" Jaune was crying now, Qrow did nothing as Ruby came over to calm.

" May I remind you there are two souls in that body. Also, I'm not blind." Veena said pushing him off and removing her binds. " You can be mad all you want, but don't you ever lose sight that an innocent soul has to suffer all of another's blame." She advised him and he slowly let go as he wiped his tears. " Your lady friend isn't very happy with your current state." Weiss opened her mouth to speak, she looked at the rest of her team and they had the same look as her.

" You mean Ruby, right?" Weiss asked, Veena raised a brow and shook her head. " Then, who?"

" The one you haven't intoduced me yet...Oh no," She was not dealing with this again. " Nope. I already dealed with one group of breakdowns, got hit in the gut, I am not doing this again." She said as she got up to leave. " What?"

" She's with Jaune?" Ruby asked in a whisper, knowing well enough who it could be. Veena nodded and glanced at Jaune. " So, Pyrrah never left?"

" I think it's more of an occasional thing." They walked together to discuss it as the others try to calm him down. " Let's not tell him. I'm guessing she only comes out when his spirits are at his weakest, to support him. That's the most likely outcome, depending on their relationship of course. Were they?"

" They were a thing for a short time..." Ruby said looking a bit upset. " She wasn't the only friend I lost that night." Veena gestured her to keep talking. " Well, there was this girl, her name was Penny. She was really nice, she was a good friend and a good fighter..." Veena placed a hand on her shoulder.

" To be honest with you, don't take this the wrong way but I feel like...like there's no point in crying now. No point in shedding tears for what's already happened. I don't know why I feel this way, but I feel like, deep down inside I've lost a lot of important people in my lifetimes. So many..." Veena let out a long sigh. " You might think I'm pretty cold hearted by now." She smiled to herself as she listened to her own statement. ' So I am still a little sad.' She thought to herself.

" Taken." Ruby said suddenly. " Weiss already took Ice Queen. So, you might wanna settle for something else."

" Really?" Veena laughed at this. It tickled her how quickly this girl coukd cheer herself up. " So what would you call me?"

" Well...Oh, sparrow's nice." Ruby insisted.

" Isn't that the nicknames for some of my past lives?" Veena said raising a brow. Ruby nodded, it was adorable. " So you took out the 'Midnight' and left the 'Sparrow' ? How simple. Then I'll give you a nickname. Let's see..." She took a moment to think of a suitable name.

" Aww, you got nothing? It's okay, you can come up with one tomor-" Veena put a hand over her mouth.

" I got it, I'm gonna call you 'Little Rose'. " She said with a teasing smile.

" What? Why 'little'?" Ruby whined.

" Because your mom is another 'Rose' I see and well, you're shorter than me anyway.." Ruby started to pout as Veena decided to compare heights. She was in fact, a bit taller than Ruby. But not as tall as Yang. " Don't be upset, Ruby. It's only for special occasions, Little Rose."

" This isn't an occasion!"

" Well, maybe whenever I feel like it."