I don't own RWBY, but if I did, everyone would wear combat skirts, even Ren! Hope you enjoy!
"What are you doing you dolt?"
"Surprising Blake! Shhh, here she comes."
Blake had just opened the door of their dorm and was greeted by a growling Ruby wearing a badly constructed Ursa head she made from random junk she found in the room. All that earned her was a blink and nothing more. Weiss knew that as a previous member of the White Fang, Blake was taught to always keep her guard up at any given time. She noted that Blake did in fact shift slightly forward into an offensive position, but after noticing that Weiss had a questioning look on her face, she re-evaluated the situation to find out it was just Ruby.
Weiss respected Blake, even though she was a Faunus and her family despises Faunus. She admired the calmness in her posture and uninterested façade she had on her face, though she will never admit it due to her stubborn pride. Ruby continued trying to scare Blake but got frustrated and gave up, earning another failed attempt at making Blake crack. This was the twelfth attempt this day, and it all happened within the span of three hours! Ruby was determined and persistent, an annoying combination at times.
She bitterly remembered that time when Ruby tried to prank the heiress herself. She had filled her pillow with cream cheese. It had been a long day for her and she deserved some much-needed sleep. She was sitting at the edge of her bed, she laid her head back and- Weiss shuttered at that thought, not wanting to relive that nightmare.
Blake strolled silently to her bunk and took out a book to read. Weiss heard Ruby snicker a bit and she had a feeling she knew what was going to happen. Before Blake could open her book, Yang entered the room so loudly that it could overpower even a Nevermore's cry. Weiss was surprised the brute hadn't destroyed the whole academy. Blake broke her composure for a second, enough for the book to fall out of her hands and land on the ground. The book then exploded open, spraying confetti everywhere but on the intended target.
The bookcase behind Blake began to rattle as her novels fell onto the floor, one after the other. Blake had gotten out of her bunk and slowly backed away to fall in line with her other teammates. The shelf rocked back and forth as books began to fly off the shelf. Some exploded mid-air, some lazily tumbled out of the bookshelf, barely exploding, some hit the walls and furniture, exploding then. They all had one thing in common: they made Weiss furious.
Blake just stared blankly at the mountain of confetti that littered their entire dorm. Ruby looked like she couldn't contain her excitement as she stared at Blake trying to suppress her overwhelming joy. Blake just looked at Ruby with a questioning look on her face. Ruby couldn't take it anymore.
"Anything?" Ruby shouted, waving her hands in the air like a floundering fish.
The sound of her head pounding reverberated through Weiss' eardrums. She wanted to play the nice girl and act kind, but with her patience for Ruby wearing thin, she deserved what was coming.
"Ruby! You insufferable little brat! Do you have any idea on what you've done? You ruined our room, you vandalized our teammate's belongings, and you did it all for some stupid joke!"
"Hey, Weiss, I'm sorry. I didn't know it would upset you so much. I'll just-"
"No, sorry isn't good enough. You always act like a child. You are constantly fooling around and barely passing your tests and assignments! You're a huntress with responsibilities of protecting the city! Start acting like it!" Weiss couldn't contain her rage. She was too angry to see reason and judgment behind this childish gimmick.
"Weiss, relax it's alright. It's just a bookcase, we can fix it later." Blake said, trying to drive reason through Weiss' fury.
"Yeah, it's no big deal Weiss, chill out." Yang had said in a playful voice. It only caused Weiss to grow more furious.
"You know, it's becoming incredibly difficult to be the 'best teammate' when our leader is always acting like an ignorant little idiot!" Weiss spat out the words like venom. She stormed out of their dorm, slamming the door shut.
"Am I really that childish?" Ruby mumbled; a quiver in her voice caused Yang much unrest.
"Ruby…" She made her way over to the trembling crimson huntress.
Yang embraced her baby sister, trying to comfort her with words of encouragement. 'Weiss is so spoiled.' Yang would have thought of a lot more extreme thoughts, had she not been interrupted by Professor Goodwitch over the PA.
"Attention students, please report to the auditorium for a special announcement."
"C'mon Ruby, Yang, let's go." Blake said halfheartedly. Yang didn't want to break her embrace with Ruby, but she reluctantly let go of her baby sister.
The walk down to the auditorium was uneventful. Blake was in front, leading the way. Ruby was at the rear, still not wanting to talk to anyone but herself. With Yang in the middle, she was thinking about today; particularly Weiss. 'She was a whiny, judgmental girl with no respect. She doesn't deserve Ruby's kindness.' Yang was unaware that they were in front of the auditorium. Blake entered first, then Ruby closely behind her. Finally, it was Yang.
They were the first ones there, followed by Team JNPR and Team CFVY. Weiss was sitting on the far right of the middle isle; Yang couldn't care less. The three teams sat together in the middle aisle and chatted a bit before everyone else came, the usual conversations of school life, training, and nonsense here and there. Weiss never really paid attention to their conversations, although her name was mentioned a couple of times, most likely about the fiasco and ruckus they had caused. Soon, Headmaster Ozpin stood at the center of the stage and cleared his throat to get the student's attention.
"Thank you. As you all know, the Vytal Tournament is coming very soon; a week and a half from today. I wish you the best of luck for those who are competing." The room erupted in clapping and cheering, though Weiss knew there was more news, so she remained still. The Headmaster sipped his coffee, waiting for the noise to die down so he could continue.
"There is a more pressing matter at hand. Grimm activity has doubled recently and there have been reports of the White Fang being spotted in areas near the tournament stadium. I want all of you to be safe and have your aura up at all times. Notices will be sent out later today with patrol schedules and the sectors each team will monitor. That is all."
The students filed out of the auditorium as slowly as it filled up twenty minutes ago. The last team to leave was Team CFVY and Team RWBY's Weiss. Velvet's team was assigning jobs and discussing patrol partners amongst their team members. Weiss sat there conjuring up reasons on why the White Fang would want to attack a stadium filled with skilled hunters and huntresses. Perhaps they intend to strike? No, that would be too risky, even for the White Fang. Eventually, Weiss was the only one left in the room, still lost in thought. After ten minutes, she decided to take her thoughts, as well as her body elsewhere.
Weiss didn't particularly care where she ended up, just far away from that bumbling idiot. She stumbled upon an unlit hallway and was about to turn around when she heard noises coming from further down the hall. Against her better judgement, she went to go investigate. To her surprise, she found the blonde brute wailing on a punching bag. Weiss didn't want to interrupt the sweaty beast. She turned around to leave when-
20 Minutes Earlier…
"Hey, guys, I gotta go do something. I'll be back later."
"And what will that be?" Ruby asked in a mix between childish and serious. It made Yang chuckle a bit. She still had a bit of sadness in her voice, but was more or less back to her old self.
"Something…" Yang said mysteriously.
"I don't know, maybe I should-"
"Hey Ruby, I'll make cookies for you if you tell me a story." Blake said happily. This shocked both Yang and Ruby, considering they knew so little about the habits Blake had.
"You will?" Ruby stared intently at Blake, her eyes sparkling.
Blake nodded and a grin on her face sealed the deal for her. Ruby was jumping all over the place, shouting out ingredients needed to make her favourite cookies. Yang just smiled at Blake and nodded her thanks. She slipped out of their dorm with her duffel bag, silently closing the door and continuing on her way.
She made her way to an abandoned wing in Beacon. It was uninhabited and not maintained properly. The wallpaper was peeling off. There were cobwebs and dust encasing everything. All of the dorm's here were locked, but the tumblers were so rusted that even if a toddler didn't try, they could still break it. Yang made her way to the end of the hallway, opening the door and setting her duffel bag onto the floor. She turned on the light switch and they slowly flickered on. Though this place was old, it still was connected to the schools power generator.
The room was barren. The only things that were there were several weights, a punching bag hanging from the ceiling along with a pile of older ones that Yang had destroyed during her stay at Beacon. She could have gone to the public gym Beacon offered to its students, but Yang would more often than not destroy their equipment and have to pay the fees. Plus, there was no there that could last a full five seconds sparring against her.
She slipped on a pair of worn leather fighting gloves and began wailing on a punching bag, trying to pound away her fury. 'Why does Weiss have to be so stuck-up against Ruby? Why can't she just accept Ruby for who she is and just deal with it?' Yang's punches began tearing holes into the punching bag spilling the stuffing inside, but she didn't care. 'Why did Weiss have to be on our team. She would have been better off never going to Beacon in the first place. After all, princesses can't fight, they're better off being pampered like the royal mutt she is.' With one punch, she destroyed the hinge holding the punching bag in place. It went flying into the pile of dead bags, resting at its rightful grave.
Yang looked at herself in the dusty mirror she found in one of the dorms. She was sweaty and her hair was a mess. She was about to go lift some weights when she saw a white figure move across the mirror. She turned around to see cold, blue eyes staring at her for just a moment, then disappearing. The figure then moved into the darkness of the hallway. Yang chased the figure out of the room.
"Hey!"
The person stopped, but didn't turn around.
"What are you doing here?" Yang spoke with a hint of curiosity mixed with her playfulness.
Still nothing. Frustrated, Yang moved closer, raising her voice.
"Hey, answer me would'cha!"
"You know, it's rude to start a conversation without a formal greeting." She spoke so matter-of-factly that Yang almost groaned at the realization of who she was.
"Oh, hey Weiss…" She mumbled, discontent with her unexpected guest.
"Hello, Yang."
There was a moment of awkward silence between the heiress and the blonde. After what seemed like ages of uneasy quietness, Weiss turned on her heels and started to walk away from the pondering Yang.
"Hey!"
"What now?" Weiss sounded annoyed.
"Wanna fight?"
"Now?"
"Yep!"
"You don't even have Ember Celica. And besides, I wouldn't fight you in that smelly old room." Weiss continued walking, unfazed by the challenge.
"Aww, how cute! The little princess doesn't want to fight because she doesn't want to get her dress dirty." Yang mocked Weiss in her best baby impersonation.
"For your information, this is a combat skirt! And I would beat you in a sparring match anytime, any place." Weiss said confidently and angrily at the same time. She knew she had fallen into Yang's trap, but her stupid pride got the better of her.
"Alright, let's go."
Yang stood in a defensive stance; her arms up and feet firmly planted into the ground. Even though she didn't have Ember Celica, she still had a stupid smirk on her face that Weiss always hated. She drew Myrtenaster and prepared for battle herself.
"One condition, no dust."
"What can't handle being at a disadvantage little baby?" Weiss mimicking Yang's baby voice.
Yang snarled and rushed towards Weiss, throwing a barrage of punches towards her. She dodged them and repositioned her rapier to strike at Yang's chest. Yang twisted counter-clockwise, propelling herself with her left leg, trying to land a right hook onto her face. Weiss moved her rapier upwards to block the attack. Yang grinned as she stopped her attack midway through the air and executed a series of jabs at Weiss' abdomen.
Weiss' aura absorbed most of the onslaught of blows, but it still hurt like crazy. She readied Myrtenaster and dashed forward at Yang. She sidestepped the strike and prepared to rush Weiss. She locked her arm back and was about to knock out Weiss when she summoned a propulsion glyph, sending Yang flying into the far wall, cracking it.
Yang was trying to recover when she felt needles poke and prod all over her chest and stomach. Her aura protecting her from physical harm, but her body still received the pain. Yang tried moving her hands and feet, but they were frozen in place. Weiss thought she had won; she prepared to deal the final blow when Yang's eyes turned a tint of red as she flared her aura just enough to break her shackles and ponce on Weiss.
Weiss had already prepared another propulsion glyph. She flew away from Yang, reassessing the situation. Yang's aura was much more noticeable now. Her eyes glowed a soft magenta. Weiss knew that she only had one chance to pull this off. She weakened her stance enough to give Yang a false sense of security. The blonde noticed this and rushed the heiress. At the last second, Weiss moved out of the way so Yang would collide with the pile of broken punching bags.
Weiss switched over to her frost dust and froze Yang along with the broken pile of leather and sand. She began to walk away when the ice tomb began rumbling. Cracks had started to appear across its smooth surface. Weiss was trying to reload her frost cartridge when the ice shattered. Yang was soaring towards the heiress, her eyes a brighter shade of magenta.
She had caught Weiss off guard, tackling her to the ground. They tumbled for a bit until they were in the middle of the room: Yang's fist in front of Weiss' face, Weiss' rapier in front of Yang's heart.
They held that position for a while; Yang on top, Weiss on the bottom. 'Wow, Weiss can fight.' Yang thought, all previous thoughts of anger evaporating. Weiss was breathing loud enough for Yang to hear. Her controlled intakes of air. Her hair that flowed down from her head. Those eyes that shined like crystal clear water. Her face that spoke perfection to Yang.
"Umm, Yang?" Weiss said, snapping her out back into reality.
Yang shot up, realizing she was blushing. She smiled and stuck her hand out for Weiss. Weiss made an irritated sound, but accepted the hand, allowing Yang to pull the heiress to her feet.
"So, Weiss, are you, umm... gonna... you know…" Yang tried to come up with words but was still lost in deep thought. "Apologize and... stuff?"
"I suppose, but after we both take a shower." Weiss said, delaying the inevitable. The thought of Weiss and herself being naked in the same room made Yang blush even harder. She ran out of the room snatching her duffel bag and bolting to the shower before Weiss could see her blushing face. Yang wanted to wash away everything that happened today with a nice, long, hot shower.
When Yang entered the room with Weiss, they were both shocked at what they were seeing. Instead of confetti that littered the floor, it was cookie trays. A content Ruby and Nora were munching away at a stack of cookies.
"Yang, do you have any idea on how many cookies Ruby can devour?" Blake asked upon seeing Yang's entry. "I don't know who's worse, Nora or Ruby?"
She, Ren, Jaune and Pyrrha were covered in cookie batter and lying on the floor, exhausted. Yang giggled, as she knew first hand that Nora and Ruby would be impossible to control on a sugar high. Weiss looked a bit upset, but was more impatient, tapping her foot and looking at the clock.
Yang helped Nora carry her tired teammates back to their room. She waved goodnight and made her way back to her dorm. When she got back, all the cookie trays had been stacked in an available corner and Ruby was looking intently at Weiss. She was surprised, but quickly closed the door and made her way to her bunk. Weiss cleared her throat as she began to speak.
"As you know, earlier today, there was a...mishap that caused me to bring upon... unfair judgement on my team leader. It was unjust for me… to accuse Ruby the way I did. I just wanted to let you know that… I intend to do better." Yang could see Weiss struggle to say the two simple words. Kinda cute…
Ruby tilted her to the side with a questioning look on her face. "You're sorry?"
Weiss breathed a sigh of defeat. "Yes Ruby. I'm… sorry."
Ruby was practically flying with joy as she tackled Weiss to the ground with a hug. Weiss looked angry at first, but decided not to ruin the moment. She patted her head as Ruby held their embrace for a long while. Eventually, Ruby let go of Weiss and went back to munching her cookies in silent victory.
"Do you guys even know why I… acted so irrationally?"
"Because you're Weiss, Weiss." Yang said playfully, earning her an irritated stare.
"We have a test on History and Combat on Monday."
"Oh crap, I forgot about that." Ruby said, a slight hint of panic in her voice.
"As a token of apology for my earlier outburst I'll tutor you tomorrow. Deal?"
Ruby nodded her head vigorously as she consumed the last of her cookies.
"Oh me too, me too!" Yang bounced excitedly in place.
Weiss gave her a glare. "Fine."
"Umm, Ruby. How are you going to sleep with all the cookies you ate?" asked Weiss, with a slight hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Umm…" Ruby sat there wondering.
Eventually, everyone decided to call it a day and deal with it later. Yang could hear Ruby shifting restlessly in her bunk. Weiss was groaning at the noise and Blake slept like a rock on the floor, not willing to sleep in her bunk covered in cookie batter. Yang thought about the day's events and her feeling for the heiress. 'I guess Weiss just wants the best for Ruby, and she looks kinda cute when she's angry… Get you head together Yang.' She knew that Ruby and Weiss were going to be good friends, but what about her and Weiss?
"Ruby! Keep it down, we're in a library!" Weiss whispered to Ruby.
"But I'm bored!" Ruby said, elongating the 'bored' part. "We've been here for five hours Weiss. Can't we take a break?"
"Then go read a book! We're at the library after all, and keep it down!" Weiss whispered louder, trying to get the point across to Ruby.
"There's nothing good to read." Ruby continued to complain, not even considering the fact that they were in a library. This earned them some annoyed glares and a warning from the librarian. Weiss felt so embarrassed.
"Go look for one. Just stop making so much noise!" Weiss say in a hushed yell.
Ruby gave up on continuing the conversation with the ticked-off Weiss. She got up and began walking around the library. She was soon lost in boredom. All of the books here either wasn't her style, or didn't have any pictures. She eventually found a book in the Myths & Legends section. It had seen better days. The cover was worn out and the title indecipherable. Still, Ruby found it odd and interesting enough to take it back to read.
When she got back to the table, she saw Weiss attempting to teach Yang the cause of the Faunus Rights Revolution. Blake was reading some romance novel probably. Ruby plopped down at an empty table. She opened the book to some random page and began reading. It had the standard folklore; origins of Dust, creation of Remnant and the arrival of life. Ruby was about to go return the book when she saw something that caught her attention.
"Whoa!" She said loud enough to stop the conversation Yang and Weiss were having and drawing Blake's attention away from her book.
"Hey guys, come look at this." Ruby motioned for her team to gather around her. She pointed to a section of the page titled 'The Guardians of Remnant'. Blake raised an eyebrow in disbelief. Weiss shook her head in disapproval and Yang was making fun of Ruby. Ruby decided to read a little section out loud.
"According to ancient hieroglyphs in ruins scattered across Remnant, it depicts five unearthly beings that rule over this piece of land. They keep the balance of the world in check. When the council of five are having a dispute, it is said that a catastrophe occurs in the land they rule." Ruby looked up at her teammates, hoping that this changed their minds.
Yang was off snickering at how gullible she thought Ruby was. Blake had gone back to her little quiet spot and picked up from where she left off. Weiss stood their, somewhat disappointed with Ruby.
"Honestly Ruby, you can be too childish at times." Weiss said, staring at Ruby with a saddened look.
"You don't believe in legends Weiss?" Ruby asked halfheartedly.
"Of course I don't believe in legends. They're just myths, make-belief, just like a dream." She said so matter-of-factly.
Ruby thought about her response for a moment, but replied with something Weiss wasn't prepared for.
"Well, isn't that why we are here? To make our dreams true?"
One Week Later...
"Hey Weiss. Blake, Ruby and I are going with Jaune's team to check out the festival later today. Wanna come?"
"No, I can't, I have to train." Weiss said not making eye contact with the brute.
"Oh c'mon, there's gotta be another reason." Yang said with curiosity saturating her playful voice.
"No other reason. I need to train. I can't let the Schnee name be disgraced because of missing a day of training." With that, Weiss made her to the door of their room.
"Well, aren't good strategists suppose to survey the landscape." Yang said stopping Weiss in her tracks.
"What did you say?" Weiss said turning around in disbelief.
"I'm just saying that if you don't want come, then your opponents might get an upper hand." Yang said playful as she stepped out of the room, stopping under the doorframe to give a wink at Weiss. She closed the door, leaving Weiss to digest what Yang said.
"C'mon Ren! We're almost there!" Nora exclaimed.
"Coming Nora." Ren slowly jogging to catch up to her.
Jaune and Pyrrha were at the rear chatting about stuff to irrelevant for Weiss to care.
Ruby was trying to get Blake to tell her a joke. Weiss didn't think that girl had any humor to begin with.
"Boo!"
"Ahh!" Weiss jumped at the sudden scare.
"Oh Weissy, you act all tough and cold, but you're really just a kid!" Yang said happily, patting her on the head.
"Stop that!" Weiss commanded the brute to stop, but that only made her laugh and stroke her hair. Weiss sighed, not wanting to cause a public disturbance and ruin the Schnee name because of some stupid reason on their day off.
Nora was the first one to enter the stadium. It was enormous. There were eight mini arenas surrounding a central arena. They were the only ones there that they could see. The stadium's large with ample seating for each event. The center arena was roughly three times larger than the others. It was made out of chain link fencing. The walls that surrounded all the arenas were made of steel, glass and granite so it was structurally sound.
"I'm thirsty. I'm gonna go get a drink." Nora stated as she tugged on Ren's sleeve, urging him to come with her.
"You guys want anything?" Ren asked to no one in particular.
"Soda!" Ruby said happily.
"Me too." Jaune said just contently as Ruby
"Tea." Blake spoke nonchalantly.
"Coffee." Weiss said calmly.
"Smoothie!" Yang replied ecstatically.
"Waters fine." Pyrrha said with a hint of delight in her voice.
"Okay." Ren said in confirmation has he and Nora headed into the festival grounds to buy the drinks. This was a three-day festival before the Vytal Tournament started. This was the second day of the festival and most of the stalls were open for service. Though it was late afternoon, the festival grounds were still busy with activity. Couples walking around with their hands intertwined. Families visiting each booth carrying all the prizes their offspring won. The warm summer breeze really complimented the scen-
Weiss was abruptly snapped out of her thoughts when she heard soda cans and cups exploding on the ground. Shouting could be faintly heard off in the same distance Ren and Nora want off in.
"We'd better move." said Jaune in a worried tone. They ran towards the noise to find Ren and Nora surrounded by members of the White Fang.
"Behind you!" Ren screamed as he and Nora were engaged upon.
Weiss turned around to find a group of about twenty White Fang members headed their way. She drew Myrtenaster, everybody followed suit, readying their weapons.
"On my mark." Weiss said calmly, squinting her eyes a bit as she waited for the right-
"Now!" Weiss shouted as she went flying towards the White Fang members. Ruby and Blake not far behind her. Nora had fired Magnhild into their assailants, creating suppressing fire. Yang had gone to help support Ren. Pyrrha stayed back and assisted Weiss by picking off targets with Miló. Jaune was off fighting a White Fang member one on one.
He dodge the attacks and landed a blow onto his opponent. Unfortunately, his blade hit the armor instead of his flesh. Jaune recoiled a bit as his body wasn't ready for the metal on metal impact. His opponent shifted his weight onto his left leg as he prepared to step into a thrust. Jaune brought his shield up to deflect his strike. He tilted his shield so it would be closely parallel with his body. The Faunus' blade skidded off Jaune's shield. He aimed Crocea Mors and smacked the soldier with the flat side of his blade. He collapsed onto his back unconscious as Jaune heaved a relieving sigh.
"Hey Pyrrha! Did you see that?" Jaune said somewhat pleased with himself.
"Yes Jaune." Pyrrha said, with a grin clapping softly. "That was very impressive.
Jaune let out a sigh of disappointment as he saw the knocked out soldiers, realizing he really hadn't done anything that fight. He then noticed that everyone had a drink in their hands, but Ruby had two. Jaune remembered both he and Ruby both requested soda. Jaune went wide-eyed as he rushed towards Ruby and snatching a soda can from the crimson huntress. He shook it and was greeted by the sound of nothing. He hung his head in defeat as Ruby happily opened her can of soda and silently drank in content trickery.
Everybody giggled, everybody but Weiss. She looked annoyed. The look faded as she received a message through her scroll. She felt pang of despair at the bottom of her heart. All the colour drained from Weiss' already pale face and she had attracted the attention of her companions.
"Hey Weiss, you ok?" Yang asked with concern overpowering her regular voice. Weiss could only point to the message she had received on her scroll. It was titled 'URGENT.' Yang took the scroll and raised the volume to the max. To their surprise and shock, it was Professor Goodwitch that spoke with a pleading voice.
"Team RWBY and Team JN... hurry ba... Beacon is un... ack... the White... have stormed the buil... Hurry!" Static filled most of the message, but the worried look on all of their faces told Weiss that this was important.
"Let's hurry." Ruby was the first to speak, regaining some colour to her pale face. Everybody nodded as they rushed towards Beacon. Yang noticed Weiss was still standing there lost in thought.
"Hey, Weiss. Let's go." Yang said in a mix of seriousness and encouragement.
Weiss nodded slowly despair still present in her heart. Yang gave her a half-hearted grin and ran to catch up with the rest of her friends. Weiss knew that this was bad, but for some reason she felt safer when Yang was around. She used her propulsion glyph to make up of lost time. She just wondered if they were ready...
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