Chapter 1

Yang felt a tug on her shoulder, pulling her from her sleep. Tiredly, she rolled over in her bed, blinking her eyes open to see the blond boy who was trying his best to wake her up. "Morning Lance, what's up?"

"Auntie Ruby and Aunt Weiss are here, they said they needed to talk to you." The boy looked slightly worried as he spoke.

Yang smiled at him, patting him on the head, her electronic arm making light mechanical noises as she did so, "Well, could you run down and tell them I'll be there in a minute."

"Okay Mummy."

"Good boy."

Lance dashed out of the room, as Yang pulled herself up and out of bed. She dressed, combed her hair and washed her face, before heading downstairs. She stepped into the kitchen, where she saw Weiss sat at the table, staring at a cup of coffee, until the sound of Yang entering made her look up.

A dozen years since Beacon had changed the white-haired woman surprisingly little. A few more lines on her forehead from dealing with irritating board members, with a more adult and business-like style of dress, with a white shirt on underneath a dark blue blazer and trousers replacing her old skirts, making her look as though she had just come from the office. She still kept her hair in a ponytail, still at the same slant. On her ring finger shone a well-polished silver ring with a small ruby encrusted in it. A faint smile crossed Weiss's lips as she greeted her old friend "Good morning."

"Morning. Sorry about that, I got back pretty late last night. The damn transport broke down half way back." Yang glanced around, noticing the lack of her sister. "Where's Ruby?"

"She took Lance to play in one of the other rooms."

"I see... what about Argent, is she not with you?"

Weiss smiled at the mention of her daughter, "My parents are taking her out today. They're visiting some museums I think."

Yang nodded, as she grabbed a cup from the cupboard and sat down opposite Weiss, pouring herself a cup of coffee. "So, what's up? Why'd you need to talk to me."

Weiss sighed, then took a long sip from her coffee before replying. She set the cup down, then looked Yang dead in the eye. "Sun died in a hunting accident yesterday."

Yang blinked. Her lips moved, but her voice failed to conjure up any words. "He died?" she finally managed to ask.

"Yes, he and Blake were on a hunt with Neptune. They ran into a deathstalker den, there were five of them." Weiss fidgeted with her ring, a sign Yang had long ago learned meant she was fearful or nervous. "Sun and Blake got jumped by two of them. Blake got away but..." Weiss's words hung in the air. "He died before help could arrive."

"I... see." Yang stared at the table, her brain failing to register what Weiss was saying properly. An old friend had just died: that was all she could even comprehend at this point. "How's Blake doing?"

"About as well as I'd be doing if Ruby died," Weiss replied. "I spoke to Ren this morning, he said that she was injured, so she currently in hospital. She hasn't said anything much since it happened. Ren and Nora are currently looking after the kids."

"I see... well I can empathise with her."

Weiss gave a sad smile to the blonde, "I have to say, I'm glad I can't. The funeral will be in a week, in Vale. I've already cleared my schedule and organised a flight for the three of us."

Yang nodded, not bothering to sweep away the blonde locks that ended up covering her eyes as a result. Weiss slowly stood from her chair, "I'll go check on Ruby and Lance." When Yang did not respond, Weiss walked quietly out of the kitchen.

Yang slowly raised her head once Weiss had left, her lilac eyes staring out through the blonde strands covering them. She could feel herself shaking, and a familiar feeling rising up inside herself. Her eyes flashed red for a moment, her hair seeming to shine briefly, before she clenched her fists and swallowed hard, the glow fading away, and the red in her eyes vanishing, returning to lilac. Anger could not fix anything, not now.

She covered her face with her hands, slowing her breathing to calm herself. She raised her eyes when a sound broke the silence. She saw Ruby standing in the doorway, looking nervously over at her.

Ruby had changed so much and so little it was scary. Her earnest, kind attitude had never faltered, even with the people she had to deal with due to her marriage to Weiss. But at the same time she had matured. Being a mother did that to people, Yang knew that well. Gone was the little girl crying for her mother, gone was the scared teen, unable to ask her crush on a date. Now there was a woman, calm and quiet one moment, then bursting with energy and noise the next. Now she was subdued, a small frown on her face.

"Hey, how're you doing?" Ruby said, stepping over to place a hand on her sister's shoulder. "Weiss told you everything, right?"

"Yeah... she did."

"She said you probably needed some sisterly comforting, so here I am."

Yang stared up at her sister, who was smiling in spite of the rest of her face frowning. Yang chuckled: Ruby never could hide her emotions. It was why Weiss never let them play poker for money.

"Sis, I'm fine, just... it's a bit sudden, ya know?"

"So what are you going to do when you see Blake?"

There was the million lien question. Yang looked away, not wanting to have to think about it, let alone talk about it. Ruby's eyes were boring holes in the back of her head though, so she finally turned back and replied. "I don't know yet. It's been ten years, I don't even know what to say other than 'I'm sorry for your loss,' but how empty is that going to sound from me?"

"Yang, don't think like that, Blake won't..."

"How am I supposed to think?" Yang shouted suddenly, tears in her eyes. "She'd be right too: of course the first thing I thought of was that my first love is single again now."

Ruby frowned, "Do you still love her?"

"I..."

Ruby sighed, and leaned down to hug her sister, "I can't pretend to understand everything Yang. The hardest thing in my love life was persuading Weiss's Dad that I'd protect her. But look, Blake won't hate you. The two of you will understand each other better than any of us can, better than me or Weiss, Ren or Nora or even Neptune will. So go be her friend again. If something happens between you two in a few months or years, well that'll be that."

Ruby chuckled a little darkly, "Besides, I can empathise a little with the whole 'thank goodness she's single.' I mean, I felt the same thing when Weiss came crying to me about breaking up with Neptune. Not the same I know but... I know I would have felt the same if something like this happened, I mean..." Ruby shook her head. "I get it, that's all I'm trying to say. Everyone has nasty thoughts once in a while."

Yang smirked, "Since when was it your job to be sage to me?"

"Since I got this whole 'wife' thing to be clever at me."

"Yeah, I imagine Weiss does that a lot." Ruby made a face, which Yang easily translated to 'You have no idea.' "That bad is she?"

"What on Remnant are you talking about?" Ruby replied, "Weiss is an absolutely amazing wife who never does anything annoying or pedantic."

"She's really got you house-trained, hasn't she?"

"You've never seen me at one of her company parties... you'd barely recognise me."

"Oh come off it, you can't be that different."

Ruby sighed, then formed a fake smile with impassive eyes, "My dear miss Yang, what are you saying?"

Yang glared, "Stop it."

"Stop what? I'm afraid I don't understand your meaning."

Yang grimaced, "Okay, I take your point."

Ruby giggled and returned to her normal demeanour, "Anyway, Weiss and I had better be off. She's got a meeting, and I have to go and cancel a couple of hunts."

Yang nodded, "I guess I'll have to do the same."

Ruby smiled at her sister, "If you need to talk about anything, you can give me a ring. Or Weiss for that matter, if it's something you'd rather talk to her about."

Yang nodded, then stood and walked with Ruby through to the living room, where Weiss was playing a video game with Lance. A quick glance told Yang that both were very much absorbed in the game, right up until Weiss's character managed to land a sneaky kick on Lance's, and a 'K.O.' appeared on the screen.

"Aw! So close," Lance pouted, with Weiss chuckling a little.

"Well, you almost had me. Maybe next time." Weiss glanced up at Ruby, who nodded. "But we'd better be going now."

"A~w, okay." Lance looked sad, but jumped up to give Ruby a hug, "See you later Aunt Ruby."

"Bye bye Kiddo. We'll see you soon."

He smiled up at his aunt, before turning to his other aunt, who had just pulled herself up from the floor. He bowed slightly to her, "Farewell Aunt Weiss."

Weiss bowed in return, "Goodbye Lance."

Both laughed a little, and Lance ran up for a hug, which Weiss returned. "Have fun at the meeting Auntie."

"I'll try, but I don't think it'll go that way. You look after your mother for me will you?"

"Of course," Lance beamed.

The four made their way to the front door, and Yang and her son stood in the doorway waving as the two women went to their car and drove away, Ruby waving back from the inside of the silver car, while Weiss merely smiled at them as she drove.

Once they were out of sight, Yang closed the door and looked to Lance, "You had breakfast yet?" Lance shook his head. "What do you say to some bacon and eggs?" Lance nodded enthusiastically, eliciting a laugh from his mother. "Okay, let's go get started then."

Yang had always had Lance help a bit with the cooking. Of course, she kept the eight-year-old away from the potentially dangerous parts, but he could help break the eggs and pour the oil into the pan. He did lots of the little things, with Yang hoping he would learn to cook properly over time. As she stirred the eggs to stop them burning, Lance was laying the table.

The pair were soon sat at the table with the food laid out in front of them. Yang smiled at Lance, "Well, tuck in."

The pair inhaled their breakfasts swiftly, in a manner that Yang was certain would lead to criticism from Weiss about 'How terribly you brought up your child, at least teach him manners.'

"Mum?"

"Yeah?" Yang paused her devouring to reply to her son.

"Are you okay?"

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"You don't look so good this morning." Lance had a look of great concern on his young face, bringing a smile to Yang's face.

"Oh, I'm afraid your Aunt Weiss had a bit of bad news."

"What was it?"

Yang drew a sharp breath, then sighed. "You know I told you about Blake, my partner at Beacon?"

"Yeah, the cat-faunus, right?"

"Yeah, that's her. Well, her husband died."

"Oh..." Lance frowned, "That is sad."

Yang nodded, "He was a friend of mine too. Not that I'd seen him in a long time, but..."

Lance pulled himself off his chair, and walked round the table, hugging his mother's side. "You'll go and help her, won't you?"

"Eh? Where's this coming from?" Yang looked down at Lance's frowning face.

"Auntie Ruby said that when Dad died, you were really sad, and needed a lot of help." He smiled, "So you should go help her, because she's your friend, right?"

Yang was startled for a moment, then beamed at her son. Pushing back her chair a little, she put her arms around him and pulled the boy into her lap, hugging him close. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." As she hugged him tightly, she hiccoughed, as tears began to form in her eyes.

"Mummy, are you crying?"

"Of course not Sweetie, I'm not the sort of person to do that," Yang lied as she kept Lance's face looking over her shoulder.

A/N: So I'm back, with a brand new story...

I have no idea what schedule this one will have for updates. I might attempt to make it once a week, but don't bet on it.

But yeah, Bumblebee! A thing I have not done before, at least not as the primary focus of the story. I just came up with this idea a few weeks ago, and it refused to leave until I wrote it. I may have tweaked this chapter since given recent... developments *cough* robot arm and Pyrrha *cough*. Okay, Yang doesn't have one yet, but let's be honest, she's getting one.

Anyway, I'll see you guys next time.

'Til Eternity Ends

E.D.