Unwelcome Visitor

Chapter 1: A Sudden Surprise

Ruby Rose was driving home from her latest hunt. The young woman was tired from the long trip and just wanted to get some rest. It was supposed to be a simple mission as well. Take out a group of Beowolves that had been harassing a village, which should have been easy money. However, what was originally just a group of Beowolves, turned into three groups of Beowolves, five Ursas and a rather large Deathstalker. The redhead might have gotten paid well for her troubles, but the exhaustion from the job and the trip itself had taken their toll on her.

''I swear, those idiots should check their info first, before offering the job to anyone. Had it been anyone less experienced, they'd be dead right now,'' Ruby muttered to herself angrily while trying to keep her eyes open.

The redhead finally arrived at her home and got out of her car. While she was happy that she would finally get to rest, a wave of sadness also washed over her. Ever since she had graduated from Beacon two years ago, Ruby had been living on her own and away from the family and friends she loved dearly. As soon as the graduation ceremony had ended and the party was about to start, the redhead had excused herself and gotten away from the group. She then ran away before anyone noticed, leaving behind everybody without a word.

Although she knew that it was wrong of her to do that to the people she loved, Ruby had a reason for doing this. A deep and dark secret that she didn't want anyone to find out. Not only would it have hurt her, but also someone she cared deeply for. That was the main reason that Ruby had decided to run away. To keep the person she cared about safe and let them live a happy life.

But all of this came with a price. For the last two years, Ruby had been living completely alone. She had even cut off all of her communication with her family and friends, to ensure that she wouldn't accidentally get to reveal her secret. It had been hard, but the redhead was willing to go through with it. She just hoped that things would get better with time.

'It's all in the past now. There's nothing I can do about it now and it was for the best anyway,' Ruby thought to herself as she started to walk up to her front door.

However, as the young woman was making her way towards the door, she failed to notice that she was not alone. Thanks to her being as tired as she was, she didn't notice the extra tire tracks on the ground or the footprints left by someone else. Ruby didn't even notice someone watching her or sneaking behind her, letting the person get the drop on her.

Suddenly, a pair of arms seized Ruby. One arm went around her body and held her still, while the other went around her throat and started to choke her out. The redhead tried her best to fight back, but her exhaustion from her trip was too much for her and her attacker too strong. Whoever this was, Ruby was able to tell only a couple of things. One was that the person was very strong. While she could hold her own in a physical fight, this person was on a whole different level. Ruby could also tell that this person was very tall and also a woman, given the feel of the body pressed against her back.

Eventually, the redhead started to pass out from the lack of oxygen. As her eyes started to close, she heard her attacker whisper one last thing before she passed out.

''Finally found you, Ruby,'' the attacker whispered as Ruby went unconscious.

A while later, Ruby started to wake up. She tried to move around, only to find out that her arms had been tied together behind her back and her feet had been dealt with in a similar manner. The redhead looked around and noticed that she was in her own home, on the living room's couch. She also noticed that Crescent Rose had been placed on the living room table. There was also a strange collar around her neck, which she didn't have before. Ruby could only wonder what it was for.

The redhead wondered what was going on. It didn't seem like it was a robbery, as nothing seemed to have been taken. Her weapon itself could be sold at a good price, yet the attacker had taken it inside the house. Ruby started to fear that this might be an attack from one of her enemies, like a remaining member of Salem's faction. However, she soon realized that this couldn't be the case. If it had been someone like that, she would have been dead already. So who was this?

A sudden noise from the kitchen caught her attention. It seemed like someone was in there, opening cabinets and looking for something.

''Did she come here to make herself lunch?'' Ruby mumbled to herself, confused by her attacker's actions. She then started to struggle against her bindings, hoping to free herself.

''Oh, you're finally awake,'' a familiar voice suddenly said, causing the redhead to freeze on the spot.

Ruby started to slowly look up at the person, hoping that it was not who she thought it was. Unfortunately for her, her hopes came crashing down as she finally saw who it was. In front of her was none other than Yang Xiao Long, staring at her with a smirk while holding a jar of cookies that she had taken from the kitchen.

''Hi, Rubes. It's been a while, huh?'' the blonde said as she took one cookie out of the jar and begun to happily munch on it.

Ruby didn't respond as she was looking at Yang with wide eyes and her body trembling. Out of all the people that she had been avoiding, the blonde was the last person she wanted to ever find her. The redhead started to panic internally, as she wanted nothing more than to run away.

Upon not receiving any answer from Ruby, Yang frowned. ''You know, you could at least acknowledge me. It's pretty rude not to greet someone after so long and to just stare at them silently.''

Finally snapping out of her frozen state, the redhead started to fiercely struggle against her binds, praying that she could free herself and escape. The blonde let out a frustrated sigh. She had expected Ruby to resist, but it was still annoying.

''Well, this is starting out on a great note,'' Yang said with a roll of her eyes and placed the cookie jar on the floor. She then walked up to Ruby, grabbed her shoulders, pushed her on the couch and held her in place. ''Now listen here, missy. I'm the one in charge now. So you better start behaving, got it?''

The redhead glared at the blonde, angry that she wasn't able to do anything.

''How about I explain how things are going to be from now on? That collar around your neck shuts off your Aura, so you've got no other choice but to do as I say. I've also confiscated all of your keys and locked every door and window, so you can't run away like you did two years ago. I'll be staying here for a while and whatever I say, goes,'' Yang explained. ''Any questions?''

Why are you here and why are you doing this?'' Ruby asked with a small growl. ''Why would you go to these lengths just to pay a visit?''

''I have my own reasons for coming here,'' the blonde answered with a shrug. Then her eyes turned red as she glared at the redhead below her. ''However, isn't it obvious why I'm doing this? Last time we saw each other, you ran away without a word. Do you think that I would give you any chance to do that again? You've got a lot of explaining to do and I'm not letting you get away, got it?''

Ruby gulped as she saw how angry Yang was. ''I-I understand. I won't try to run.''

''Good! We've got that settled then,'' the blonde said, having returned to her usual cheery self again. ''Anyways, how about we start with some dinner? We can talk some more as we eat.''

''Fine. Just free me already, okay?'' the redhead said with a sigh. It seemed like there was no escape for her.

Yang went to free Ruby's arms and legs that had been tied with some sort of a black cord. The scythe-wielder looked at it with a questioning gaze that the brawler noticed.

''Oh, this is a new invention from the SDC. It's special cord that has been reinforced with Dust. They were apparently able to restrain an Ursa with it,'' Yang explained.

''Isn't that a bit too much on someone like me?'' Ruby asked as she rubbed her freed wrists.

''I didn't want to take any chances. You've been gone for two whole years and I didn't want you running away again.''

The redhead sighed. ''I'll just go prepare dinner. What would you like to eat?''

''Actually, I'm cooking dinner,'' the blonde said with a grin. ''I've come up with a couple of new recipes that I want to try on you.''

''Ummm... That's not necessary, Yang. I can do the cooking,'' Ruby said with wide eyes as she remembered how her sister's last cooking tasted. To say the least, it wasn't the best.

''Nuh-uh. You're not getting out of this that easily. Besides, remember what I said? Whatever I say, goes. Now stay put while I prepare us a real gourmet meal,'' Yang said as she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

''Last time I checked, gourmet food didn't mean that it gave you a heart attack,'' the scythe-wielder mumbled to herself and let out another deep sigh. ''Why do I have a bad feeling about this?''

Author's notes: And here's the first chapter of my new story! This will be a rather short one with only a couple of chapters, but I still hope that you'll like it. Please tell me in the reviews if you want to see more. If you do, I'll continue. If not, I'll delete it and hopefully we can forget about it.

I actually had quite a few chapters for this finished already, but I decided to rewrite it as I feared that they might not be of the best quality. This was done for the sake of you guys.

Anyways, next chapter is going to have more humor in it, so I hope you guys can wait for that. Things are going to get funnier.

Until next time.

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