After a whole night of driving, the mini truck stopped at the gas station in a small town early in the morning.
" So will you now tell me when are we going to reach our destination? " Asked the tired and sleepy Ruby who was awake for the whole night just because she thought they might take her back the the dojo if she falls asleep.
" you seem pretty tired already brat, how are you going to make it till the destination? it will still take like a day or 2 to reach there. " answered the old man
" A day or 2!!? " Ruby was surprised about how big the outside world is.
" Now now you two don't start fighting again like you did all night. " Said the young lady who was driving the truck.
" Huh? it was this brat's fault for not keeping her mouth shut! " Said the old man angrily.
" My fault!!? I was just asking questions about things I didn't knew. " said Ruby with a cute pout.
" You asked questions about stupid and usless things like why is the moon following you! "
" Well he was following me!! "
The lady came and put 3 bowls of soup infront of them.
" you both stop fighting or you'll not get this delicious soup. "
The smell of the soup made Both the old man's and Ruby's stomach make noise.
upon hearing the noise of the stomach all 3 of them started to laugh.
" Let's forget about night now and eat this delicious soup, didnt you heard that popular saying, ' The nights gone, the fight's gone '. " Said the old man confidently.
" Never have I ever heard that in my entire life. " Said both Ruby and the lady together.
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They ate the soup, filled the tank of the mini truck and once again started their journey to an unknown destination.
" Miss nice lady, you never told me your name? Did you forget or you didn't wanted to tell me your name? " Asked Ruby being worried that the lady don't like her.
" Oh! Silly me, I must have forgotten to tell you. My name is Ivy Redriver, and this is my father his name is Sumac Redriver. " Said the lady driving.
" You didn't have to tell my name to this brat. " said Sumac to Ivy
" Don't be like that Dad, well then Would you like to introduce yourself Ruby? "
" Yep, I'm Ruby Katz, I'm 14 years old. " Ruby introduced herself.
" Oi brat, can't you stay quite and enjoy the nature for a while. " said Sumac.
" haaa! It's boring. " said Ruby immediately.
" Yaa dad, it gets pretty boring for me to drive as well. " said Ivy backing Ruby up.
" Oh look at you 2, already backing each other up against this me. " said Sumac.
" Old man Sumac, why is your name soo weird? " asked Ruby.
" Huh!!? My name is weird!!? You brat don't know a thing about good names. " Sumac said loudly.
" Even my mom used to think that dad's name is weird so she used to call him Su. " said Ivy.
" Hey Ivy, why are you telling her about that? " said Su (a.k.a. Sumac) angrily.
" I don't see any problem in telling her about it, though the name Su don't suit you at all. " Said Ivy
" Yaa Su seems like a name of a calm and composed man, it don't suit you old man. " Blurted out Ruby.
" Now you both girls are just straight but bullying me. " Said Su angrily.
" So old man, will it be Ok if I call you Uncle Su? "
asked Ruby.
" didn't you just said that it doesn't suit me at all. "
said Su.
" But it's better then calling you old man. " said Ruby
" You are pretty smart at convincing people, you can call me uncle Su if that's what you wanna call me. " Said Su.
" By the way if you are gonna call dad uncle su then call me Big sis or somthing like that, you decide. " said Ivy happily.
" Is that OK for me to call you that? " asked Ruby.
" of course it's ok. " answered Ivy.
" Then I'll call you big sis Ivy. " said Ruby with a huge smile on her face.
" Well your name is already short so I'll call you just that. " said Ivy.
" yep. " Said Ruby.
While talking and talking Ruby fell alseep. Su stopped the truck and brought Ruby from the back to inside the truck so that she isn't cold, and he himself went outside so that she gets enough space to sleep. This was the best sleep she ever got.
" You didn't have sit in the back, you could have just drived and I would have sat beside with Ruby on my lap. " Said Ivy
" It would be confertable for her. " said Su.
" Since where did you became so soft? " asked Ivy.
" I heard about villagers talking about how much she had gone through. " said Su.
" I could tell that by looking at her wounds but wasn't wounds like this a normal sight for you till few years ago, what made you take interest in her? " Said Ivy coldly
" Why did you have to bring this up now? " Asked Su.
" Just answer the question dad. " Said Ivy
" I want her to be the one who'll take my position and become my successor. " said Su.
" wha-!!? You want her to be your successor!!? She is just a small kid. " said Ivy being worried.
" Yes, a small kid who has already seen hell. " replied Su.
" I won't allow it!!! She needs to have a normal life. " said Ivy.
" it's her choice what kind of life she want and she has already made her decision, you can't stop her. " said Su. "
" Is that why you let her come with us? I can't believe you could do this to a little innocent girl. " said Ivy angrily.
" It wasn't my intention, I would have just help her get away from that area and left her in an orphanage or someone, but those eyes, the moment I saw those eyes I knew that no matter what we do, she won't have a normal life. " said Su.
" Eyes? what do you mean. " asked Ivy
" Her eyes were so determined and dare I say straight up scary, even some of the deadliest criminals won't have those kind of eyes. " said Su sounding terrified.
" Wait do you mean!! "
" Yes, if she was left alone I can't even imagine what she would have become. I don't know if Hadley had realized this already or not, but that girl has the most twisted personality deep inside which she is hiding from the world. " said Su.
" So that's why you decided to make her your successor, now I understand. " said Ivy and kept driving without asking anymore questions
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The days goes by and they finally reaches their destination.
" Woooow, what a beautiful house. " Ruby Said
" Well from today you'll be living in this house with me and dad.
" I'm sooo happy~ " Ruby starts crying.
" Uh, don't cry, I don't know how to stop someone from crying, what do I dooo~ " Ivy starts crying as well
" These girls are hopless!! " Su thought to himself
Su opened the lock and welcomed Ruby. Just as Su was going to tell Ruby about the plan for her future Ivy takes Ruby and goes on a house tour.
" This is living room, that's toilet, that's torture room that we don't use now , there is the kitchen and up the stairs are our room. " Said Ivy very quickly.
" Wait I think I heard something weird in between something like torture room. " said Ruby.
" Let's forget about it and go up stairs. " said Ivy.
" Let's gooooo. " Says Ruby excitingly.
They both goes up stairs making a lot of noise which pisses Su off but he don't say anything to them because sometimes it's ok to make noises.
" So this one is my room, That is dad's room and this room is your from now on. " says Ivy
" I'll be getting my own room!? " asked Ruby
" Of course, I can't let a girl sleep in the open, who knows what will happen. " answered Ivy.
Ruby had never felt somthing like this, this feeling of being cared was totally new to her, she was overwhelmed by this feeling I'm a good way, without knowing how to express it all she did is smiled with the bottom of her heart.
Her smile was enough to show how happy and thankful she is towards Ivy. Her smile melted Ivy's heart.
Ivy was the only child and even though she felt alone a lot of times she never complain, but deep in her heart she always wanted a younger sibling.
Now with Ruby there, she considered Ruby as her little sister.
It's hasn't been that long since they meet but even in this short amount of time their bond has grown a lot. The house in which Ivy once felt alone, now the same house as a different kind of aura just with the addition of a single person.
After settling down, Ivy started to clean the house.
" Big sis Ivy! let me help you!! I may not look like it but I'm pretty good at housework!! " Ruby said proudly.
" Is that so, then Ruby I'm counting on you. " Saod Ivy with a smile.
" Conting on me!!? I'll clean this house and make it as clean as new!!! " Thought Ruby as fire started to burn I'm her eyes because Ivy is counting on her.
Clean! clean! clean! clean! clean! clean! clean!
Clean! clean! clean! clean! clean! clean! clean!
Clean! clean! clean! clean! clean! clean! clean!
That's what Ruby's mind was thinking
In just 1 hour or so Ruby literally cleaned to whole house and made it shine.
" Wooow, I can't believe it's the same house as before, you really are very good at it Ruby. " said Ivy being surprised.
" Well well well if you are done with all this should we talk about your future now? " asked Su.
" No, not today, let's just have fun together today and we'll talk about the serious stuff tomorrow. " says Ivy.
" Yess uncle Su, big sis Ivy is right! " says Ruby.
" Of course you are gonna take her side you little brat. " says Su
" Yess she will always stay by my side, won't you Ruby? " asks Ivy
" Yes I will big sis Ivy, and once I get stronger I'll be sure to protect you. " says Ruby.
" Oh you'll protect me, how cute, but to do that you'll have to eat healthy food and sleep well, by doing that your immune system will get strong and you won't get ill. " says Ivy
" Waaaah! soo exciting, let's goo and eat. " Says Ruby happily.
All 3 had a great meal together, sharing funny stories, laughing together, they were almost a real family. It didn't took long for Ruby to get tired and sleepy.
" Look at you, you are soo sleepy. " says Ivy while laughing.
" Me~ sleepy!? You must be dreaming bis sis, I... am never sleeeeepy~" said Ruby as she proceeds to fall alseep.
Ivy picks up Ruby and takes her to Ruby's room.
" it's really chilly today, did you put the blanket over her? " asked Su.
" Yes I did, you don't have to worry. " answered Ivy.
" Who's worried, definitely not me. " said Su while tuning his face the other way.
" Seeing you worried about Ruby makes me remember the old days when you use to be such a worry rat. " Said Ivy laughing.
" It's so annoying that I can't even disagree with that. " said Su.
" so I guess you'll start training Ruby from tomorrow. " said Ivy.
" Yes, that why I wanted her to have a good sleep today, that kid has gone through a lot, but I'll need to be tough with her so I'm counting on you to spoil her and give her all the happiness that she deserves. " said Su
" I will dad, I will, but no matter what kind of training you give her, let's not forget that she is just a kid. " says Ivy
" Yaa, I know. I won't repeat the same mistake twice. " said Su with a sad expression.