Welcome to the sequel to Roses and Ice! That being said if you haven't read Roses and Ice I highly recommend doing so before continuing on. Happy reading!

My Eternal Love.

Part I: Lost to Memory

Prologue

Sweat poured down the young raven haired girls face as she blocked another oncoming strike from yet another Schnee dust company defense android. Even though they had only been on the train for several minutes it felt as though hours had passed since she and her companion had boarded the Schnee company freight train. As the seconds passed however it was becoming more apparent that Schnee was stepping up his defense.

This mission was supposed to be a routine one, board the train and dump the dust. In fact the only key difference between this mission and any other mission that Blake Belladonna had undertaken for the pro Faunus rights activist group, beyond the mere scale, was that the head of the entire organization was accompanying her.

To say that she was nervous was an understatement, up until this point she had been delegated mainly grunt work. Running packages, stealing sensitive information, and minor sabotage of Schnee company properties and projects.

Shortly after joining the White Fang it was sabotage that became her specialty. Due to her unique semblance and cat-like reflexes it became all too easy for her to enter a restricted area, plant explosives on a target, and get out before anyone noticed she was there at all.

It was this ability that had first drawn the attention of Adam. The man had only been in charge of the organization for a few years but in that time the whole face of the organization had been irrevocably changed. Before the White Fang had been a simple peaceful Faunus rights movement. Now the White Fang was known specifically as a force of violence and death.

The most recent attack on a Schnee mining facility had resulted in the countless deaths of innocent Humans and Faunus alike and even though she wasn't directly involved, Blake had begun to doubt the righteousness of their mission.

Before she had been able to consider her options however she had been informed that the boss man himself wanted to make use of her services. She pushed all doubts from her mind and complied willingly even eagerly and at first it was like any other mission. The target was a Schnee dust company train. They were supposed to go in hit the train blow the dust and get the hell out.

Gods if only it could have been so simple.

Blake dodged and whipped Gambol Shroud around just in time to beheaded yet another pair of the military defense droids who had been about to take another shot at her leader. Adam turned his head towards her and gave her a small, almost imperceptible, nod before turning his attention to the grouping of defense droids in front of him.

Something is wrong Blake thought frantically as she stared towards the front of the train, towards the passenger compartments this was supposed to be an automated transport train there isn't supposed to be anyone on this train. This changes everything.

Blake turned to Adam who was trying to get her attention. Directing her to look at a large crate with the Schnee Corporation's snowflake logo on the sided of it. Blake quickly moved to Adam's side to catch a glimpse of its contents as he lifted the lid. Inside lay some of the largest Dust crystals the young Faunus girl had ever seen.

"Perfect" Adam said, his cold, malicious, and possibly even gleeful tone sending shivers down Blake's spine as he directed his masked gaze on her. Even though she couldn't see his eyes Blake felt as though every muscle in her body was being constricted and rendered immobile by his piercing stare.

"Move up to the next car." He continued, closing the case and turning so that he faced Blake fully. "I'll set the charges"

"What about the Crew Members?" Blake asked before she could stop herself. However instead of reprimanding she for speaking out of turn her partner merely smiled maliciously before replying.

"What about them?"

Blake felt her heart stop, this was not how was it supposed to happen. No one was supposed to die today. Panic began to fill her as her eyes widened at his calm demeanor, as though he had just ordered a drink at his favorite restaurant rather than having just ordered the deaths of over three dozen men and women. She had to do something, anything to stop this crazed madman from harming innocent people who were just doing their jobs there had to be something she could do.

Before the cat eared Faunus could do anything however a loud mechanical whirring sound began to fill the compartment and an arachnid class defense droid, shaped like something out of a nightmare, descended from the rafters and aimed its deadly canons at them. Causing Blake's heart rate to skyrocket, apparently it would seem that Schnee was done messing around.

"Adam!" she said trying to warn him, but it was too late because at that moment the mechanical man-made beast began to fire white hot salvos of scorching plasma energy towards the duo.

Just as the projectile was about to connect a voice called out to Blake effectively rousing her from her nightmare.

"Time to Wake Up Blakey!"

Chapter 1

Good Morning Beacon Academy.

"Blaaaaaaaaakey! Waaaaaaake up, it's a beautiful Saturday morning. The birds are chirping and the sun is shining and I am taking you out on the town so get up!"

Blake Belladonna grumbled as she was dragged kicking and screaming out of her slumber by the exuberant voice of her roommate, best friend, girlfriend, and all around pain in the ass, Yang Xiao Long.

"Gods Yang fine, I'm up, I'm up." She muttered darkly as she reluctantly peaked out from under her covers at the large lilac colored orbs that hovered just at the edge of her bed, shining with love and the promise of mischief and framed with the brightest shade of golden blonde hair that Blake had ever seen. It was at this moment that Blake realized that the room was still dark and that no sunlight filtered in from the window that was in-between the two girl's beds.

"Yang…" She began, her anger at being awoken while the sun still slept beginning to rise. "What time is it exactly?"

Yang chuckled sheepishly as she reached back to scratch her head nervously as she did everything in her power to avoid meeting Blake's eyes, which at this point had narrowed to dangerous amber slits.

"Hehe umm 5:30?"

Blake felt her rage begin to boil as she tightened her hold on the covers that cocooned her. The irony of the situation was almost comical, the girl who hated waking up earlier than the cock's crow was now doing the waking, under normal circumstances Blake would have found this incredibly humorous, however at the moment she couldn't help but feel annoyed. After taking a shuddering breath and letting out a frustrated sigh she continued.

"Why did you say that the sun had risen Yang? It's the middle of the winter, the sun doesn't rise until almost eight in the morning. So please feel free to regal me about why you decided to wake me up at this ungodly hour on a Saturday? "

Yang let out another sheepish chuckle as she unlocked her aura which caused her to give off a soft glow which illuminated the room with its golden light.

"Well, I wanted to spend some quality time with you and since this is our first real day off since the whole Torchwick incident I wanted to spend every free moment with you. And well about the sun, technically I glow like the sun and I'm up and shining so umm….hehe" Yang trailed off as she gazed down at the floor as if it were the most interesting thing in the world

Blake closed her eyes and let out another sigh. Despite her desire to strangle Yang for waking her up, she had to admit that what she said was rather sweet even if it was a bit cheesy, especially the whole sun thing but then again Yang wasn't really known for being the romantic wordy type. And with a low groan of defeat Blake found herself sitting up in her bed much to the blondes delight.

"Fine fine, you win I'm getting u-" Before she could continue Blake found herself being crushed against Yang's chest in one of her signature bear hugs as the energetic blonde cried out with glee.

"Oh this is going to be so much fun!, you won't regret it Blakey!"

"Yang…..C-cant breath"

Her girlfriend let out a gasp and quickly released Blake from her loving yet crushing embrace.

"Oh crap Blake, I am so sorry! Are you okay?"

Blake nodded as she patted her girlfriend's shoulder reassuringly and gave her a shaky thumbs up which in turn resulted in the brightening of Yang's smile.

"Awesome, Hey why don't you get up and take a shower and I'll go get you some breakfast from the cafeteria, does bacon and eggs sound good?" Blake stared at her girlfriend for a moment before slowly nodding and with that assent the blonde brawler stood and walked briskly from the room, seemingly completely oblivious of the fact that the cafeteria wouldn't be open for another hour at least.

Blake waited to see if the exuberant girl would return after realizing her mistake, however after a few minutes it became quite clear that Yang was determined to travel all the way across the school to the cafeteria. With a roll of her eyes and a light smirk on her lips Blake flung the remaining covers away from her body, ignoring the chill that began to nip at her bare legs as she Trans versed across the cold wooden floor of her dorm room towards the small bathroom that stood just before the door to the room.

The raven haired girl quickly striped down, tossing her nightdress into a corner and gently removing the bow that hid her Faunus ears and placing it gingerly on the countertop. Then once she was fully undressed she stepped into the shower.

It was under the near scolding water that Blake allowed her mind to drift back to before Yang had woken her up, to the recurring dream that had been plaguing her ever since just after the death of Roman Torchwick and more importantly the White Fangs promise for retribution.

Blake understood that her dream stood as a grim reminder of just how ruthless the leader of the White Fang could be when he wanted something done. The words of the note were proof enough of his vicious nature and as a result they had been burned into her mind and had kept her awake most nights as she imagined Adams cool authoritative voice reading her death sentence.

. We know your aided a Schnee in killing Torchwick.

You are a Blood Traitor to the Faunus.

We do not forgive,

We are coming.

Just thinking of the promise of violence made Blake's stomach rebel slightly as regret and indignant anger boiled beneath her calm surface. She had run from the White Fang, left their leader Adam on a train in the middle of nowhere, in order to avoid such violence. Up until a few weeks ago it had even appeared as though her gambit had payed off, she had started a new life where no one questioned where she came from or who she was, she had found a family in team RWBY and even something she had never thought she would be granted privilege to, love.

For all intents and purposes it appeared as though Blake had succeed. Then of course the Torchwick incident had occurred and it suddenly felt as though all her work had been for naught.

"God Damn it Schnee." Blake muttered bitterly as she leaned her head into the showers spray, allowing the hot water to cascade over her, soothing her aching muscles and troubled heart.

It is not her fault and you know it Blake inwardly chastised, grimacing as her cat like ears flicked in annoyance. She knew it was childish and unethical, and not to mention wrong, to blame the battered and nearly broken heiress for her present situation however after spending so much of her life doing so , like so many other Faunus children before her, it was hard for Blake to acknowledge a separate reason for her problems

This brought up yet another concern that had wormed its way into her mind and had long since begun to eat away at the inner fabric of the Faunus girl's already frayed nerves. The concern was that not a single member of team RWBY, not even Yang, was aware that she was a Faunus.

The impending attack from the White Fang had added pressure to reveal herself to them however every time she had felt that she was ready something had stayed her hand as she reached for her bow. Afterwards she would force herself into isolation in her and Yang's room and spend hours berating herself for her weakness, for her cowardice.

"Tonight" Blake whispered as her amber eyes locked with the water that swirled down the bathroom drain. "Tonight I'll tell her, Yang deserves to know….even."

The next words caught in her throat, her mind not wanting to accept the possibility that after everything they had been through together that Yang would reject her and leave her due to her Faunus heritage. A small nagging voice seemed to forever be present during these debates. Whispering such doubts and fears into her ear causing her to pause and change the subject whenever she had previously tried to reveal herself to Yang.

This time was going to be different. This time had to be different. The fact of the matter was that they were running out of time. A month had passed since the threat had been made and as of yet no move had been made on the part of the White Fang to hurt her or her friends. Blake knew that it was only a matter of time however which only added an urgency to her actions in the near future. The secret of who she was had to be revealed for better or for worse.

So with a heavy sigh Blake exited the shower and toweled off, fear and nerves filling every fiber of her being. Acutely aware that this could quite possibly be the last moment of piece that she would get for a long while. Blake brought a hand up to her mouth to catch the sob that threatened to escape her as tears began to stream down her face as uncertainty tainted her very being.

Goddess Yang I hope you can forgive me

Yang

Yang walked briskly down the deserted hallways of predawn Beacon Academy, carefully balancing a tray laden with various assortments of breakfast foods, a light whistle escaping her lips in a cheery tune. She counted herself lucky that it was Nora's week for breakfast duty which meant that the little pink ball of seemingly endless energy was always sure to be two hours early when it was her turn to work in the cafeteria meaning that Yang had first pickings when it came to her delicious meals.

The blonde brawler was filled with an energy that had been absent for what felt like weeks. Today was going to be perfect, well as perfect as a trip down to the city could be, it had been too long since she and Blake had gotten any time to themselves away from the prying eyes of the school.

Yang paused to take a breath, she knew that she shouldn't be angry with the school, after the whole incident with Torchwick it was surprising that they had even allowed the four to return so soon after the horrific events of that night. Yang and Blake had just returned a week ago and the Heiress wasn't due back another two weeks due to Weiss's required hospital time and her sister had flat out refused to leave her lover behind and after all that had happened Yang couldn't blame her.

Yang felt a chill run down her spine as she recalled Weiss's kidnapping and subsequent torture at the hands of that madman Roman Torchwick. The thing that stuck in her mind however, the thing that had kept the blonde girl up some nights, was her own brutal torture and summary execution of one of Romans men by the name of Snake. Yang didn't regret the decision, not by any means, the bastard had been responsible for the abductions and deaths of so many innocent young women so his fate had been deserved.

The thing that bothered Yang however was the feeling of joyous pleasure that she had gotten from watching the light fade from the man's eyes as she delivered the final blow. Every time she thought back to it she couldn't help but feel a wave of disgust and fear wash over her. There was no reason that she should take pleasure from killing another human being, Her Uncle Baldemar had ingrained that into her mind since her childhood, yet…

It felt so….right yet so wrong She mused to herself as she came to a stop before the door to her and Blake's room and reached for the handle, calm washing over her as she completed her thought.

Fuck it, I don't want to think about death or sadness anymore. Today is going to be just me and Blake, she's not stupid and she knows something is up with me. Tonight I'll tell her, she's been there for me . It's all over it's time we start rebuilding..

Nothing in a million years could have prepared her for the sight that greeted her upon opening the door. There .standing half nude .was her girlfriend who stared back at her with wide amber eyes full of surprise and fear. However Yang's eyes were not on Blake's, instead lilac eyes had drifted up towards the pair of Black cat ears that adorned the young women's head the shock of what she saw caused the blonde to drop the tray of food onto the floor.

Blake

"Y-yang." The Raven haired girl half whispered her tone pleading, her throat tightening so much that she had to force the words out. "Y-ang I can explain."

Yang said nothing. Instead, eyes still wide, she slowly traversed the room until she came to stop just before the Faunus girl who had turned her gaze to the floor in shame. Blake tried to force the tears back but she was failing miserably. She prepared for herself for the worst, but it never came. Instead Yang reached up and gently rubbed one of Blake's ears between her fingers eliciting a reluctant sigh of pleasure from the raven haired beauty and her next words caused a ruby red blush to cover Blake's face.

"Awwwwwwwwww You are so so so cute!" And with that Yang let out a squeal of delight as she proceeded to tackle her girlfriend onto one of the beds, causing Blake to let out a surprised squeak, and then began to plant kisses all over her face.

Authors Note:

And with that we are back! And a day early to boot! I hope you all enjoyed the story and I cannot wait to continue onwards with you all. Thank you all for your continued support and Please leave a review and let me know what you thought, every review helps me to better this story for your reading enjoyment. Until next time may you all have a Blessed holiday season, Love and Light to you all!

~Crystal Essence.