RWBY Kid AU: Semblance (Race For Ice Cream)

It was the middle of July, Ruby and Yang were dressed for the weather, both wearing shorts and tank tops. The pair were walking down the sidewalk, Ruby was balancing along the edge of the curb while humming a cheerful tune. Yang on the other hand wasn't quite as chipper.

She rather be inside, where there was air conditioning and video games. However the two girls lost these privileges when they accidentally knocked over one of their Uncle Qrow's antique vases, a souvenir from his travels. They had been at his home, visiting him for the weekend.

After some scolding he sent them outside, that's when Ruby began pestering her to take her to the park. When Yang had declined her first few attempts, Ruby had resorted to using her adorable kicked puppy expression. It was hard to say no to that face.

So here they were, headed toward the park.

Yang could tell that they were nearing the park since she could hear children's laughter not too far away. She was brought out of her thoughts when Ruby shouted suddenly. "Ooooooh! Ice cream!" The eager eight year old disappeared in a swirl of rose petals, reappearing in front of an ice cream truck.

Yang smiled while shaking her head and soon followed after her. "Oh Yang, can we get some?" The small girl chirped eagerly.

The blonde looked at the menu on the side of the van, seeing all of the different selections available. Unfortunately she had left her allowance back at Uncle Qrow's, and she didn't want to make another journey there and back

"Sorry to disappoint you sis, but I don't have any lien with me right now." The goofy smile Ruby had turned into a pout. Yang chuckled at the sight.

"C'mon, let's go play at the playground now."

As they headed over, Yang noticed a small group of older boys atop the monkey bars, all of them eating some ice cream. While Ruby preoccupied herself on the slide, an idea sparked in Yang's mind. Yang strode over to the boys, there were three of them, and called up to them.

"Hey! Hellllooooo. Down here." When the three boys noticed her, they hopped down to her level and Yang got a better look at them.

Two of them were wearing red tint sunglasses and similar black outfits, they looked like copies of each other. The third boy had short dark hair and wasn't wearing any discernable accessory. He seemed like the leader of the group, as he approached Yang first, giving her a look of suspicion. "What do you want Blondie?" He said as he took a bite from his popsicle.

"Oh, well I was wondering if you'd mind lending me some lien." She told him casually.

The leader looked at her and scoffed. "I'm not going just give my money to you, I don't even know you."

"I'm Yang." She told him, sounding cheerful.

"Junior." He looked at her skeptically.

"Well, Junior, how about we make a bet?" Yang asked innocently. "You race my little sister, if she wins you give us enough lien for ice cream, and if she loses I'll stop bothering you. How does that sound?"

The boy considered it for a moment before he replied. "Deal. I doubt she could beat me anyways." He gloated.

Perfect, everything was going according to plan.

"Hey Ruby, come over here please." Ruby hopped off the seat off a swing and skipped over to them.

"What is it Yang?" She looked curiously at the three boys, wondering if they were friends of Yang.

"Hey Rubes, my pal Junior here was wanting to play with you. Said he wanted to race." The small girl's eyes lit with excitement. "But if you don't want to—" Yang was cut off as Ruby zealously shouted, "Yes!"

"Alrighty then, so let's make this easy." Yang said. "You guys will start at the edge of the woods and run to the slide, I'll stand by to see who makes it first. Sound good?"

Ruby and Junior nodded, already heading toward the woods. Yang stood near the slide while the other two boys sat on a teeter totter nearby.

They weren't really paying attention since they knew the inevitable winner would be Junior.

"Alright, ready on my mark." Yang shouted to the racers. "Ready, set, GO!"

Junior started off strong, already halfway to his goal. He looked behind himself for a brief moment to see how far Ruby was, only to not find her there. Confused, he looked ahead only to find the little girl already waiting at the finish line. As he reached the goal, he looked at his friends and Yang questioningly.

"How…but I was…and she was…" Junior was at a loss for words as he tried to wrap his mind around what just happened. He looked to his friends, but they seemed just as baffled as he was.

"I think you owe us some lien." Yang said to him, grinning.

Junior knew he didn't have to hand over any of his lien if he didn't want to, but he was taught to be a man of his word, and that he should never go back on his word. Grumbling silently to himself, he dug his hand into his pants pocket and handed over some of his lien to the blonde.

Some of the other children notice the exchange and, curious, went to see what was going on. Upon finding out a small girl like Ruby beat a tall boy like Junior in a race, they wanted to try their luck against her too. Yang took the opportunity to make deals with those who had lien to spare. Ruby, oblivious to the exchange of lien going around, simply thought that a bunch of Yang's friends wanted to play with her.

By the end of the day Yang had acquired more than enough lien to buy some ice cream. The leftover money she decided to use to buy a video game she'd been wanting for a while. However, Uncle Qrow questioned her about the game and manage to get the truth from her. As punishment, he had her use her allowance to pay back the kids she got the lien from, and confiscated the game as well.