A/N What's this? The T-Rex Marine returns? Heh heh, yeah I'm back. Been a while since I put out some content, to my great regret. But I promise y'all readers, this dinosaur ain't extinct just yet. And to show it, I'm celebrating the summer with a five of my favourite RWBY pairings (plus one grizzly demise for one of my least favourite characters). So it's pretty much four weddings and a funeral, only instead it's five OTPs and a series of "unfortunate" events that result in the end of one character.
The stories all take place on a beach in Patch where the gang is hanging out of the holidays. None of the events of Volume 3 apply in this story, save for Yang and Weiss meeting Neon and Flynt.
This story is more or less to help me get back into my groove, so any criticism is welcomed and I hope you enjoy reading it.
Patch, Beach
Yang laid back in the deck chair, soaking up the sun, along with her girlfriend, Neon Katt. Both girls were dressed in rather eye catching two piece swimsuits, Yang's gold and Neon's pink, and both sporting sunglasses.
As Yang took another sip from her glass of root beer, secretly spiked with real beer unbeknownst to one, overprotective Taiyang Xiao Long, she smirked at the sight of Neon uneasily staring at her, now roller-bladeless feet.
"I feel so naked", Neon said, with a wiggle of her toes.
Yang chuckled.
"Oh so the two piece swimsuit, fine. Having to take of your roller blades for the first time in, well, forever, that's too much?"
"Hey, don't knock them! They're lucky", the cat Faunus pouted good naturedly.
"Oh really? If they're so lucky, why'd they trip you up when we fought?"
"That…that was good luck too!", Neon protested.
"Oh really?", Yang challenged.
"Yeah!", Neon said, with a smile and clearly more confidence in her answer. "After all, they helped me meet you", she said, slightly lowering sunglasses to show her winking.
Yang blushed a little. It was sappy and very easy to think of. Still, she never tired of hearing how much her beloved "Kitty Katt" appreciated her company.
A tiny sliver of sadness made its way to her thoughts at that realisation.
In truth, she always appreciated her time with Neon, because most of it consisted of an hour a day on a damned video screen.
She had been warned by some that a long distance relationship but was willing to keep up with Neon no matter what it took. She figured that it would be a breeze and that, if anything, it would just make her appreciate the time she spent with Neon in person even more.
Well, the second part was certainly true. But it was anything but a breeze.
Between assignments and missions, she could only ever squeeze in an hour at most with Neon. And even at that, Atlas experienced storms more frequently that any of the other Kingdoms. So even in those precious sixty minutes she got with her girlfriend, she was occasionally interrupted because of the damned weather ruining the connection, causing the blonde's eyes to go scarlet with rage.
And even when she got her one hour, with no interruptions, sleeping never felt right. Like, she was missing something. Or someone.
These thoughts began to eat away at her, and she sighed a little, her cheery grin falling ever so slightly.
Neon picked up on this, frowning for a but a second before offering a comforting smile, as she placed a small hand on her blonde lover's larger knuckles.
The sudden contact caused Yang to raise her glance back to the Faunus.
"Hey. It's alright. We're here now. Relax".
Yang smiled back. "Sorry babe. It's just…sometimes I…"
"Relax, or I'll pout", Neon warned, childishly.
"You fiend!", Yang mock gasped. "You wouldn't dare to that to me. Show mercy!"
But it was too late, and Neon had already altered her facial expressions to make one of the cutest faces Yang had ever seen, challenged only by a toddler Ruby when she wouldn't get cookies, complete with pleading eyes that Yang would've sworn had tears in them.
"I submit, I submit!"
Neon giggled. She then rested her head on Yang's left shoulder, purring in content.
Oh you little…why does she have to purr like that? She knows I break when she does that.
The two sat in a comfortable silence, watching their friends scurry around the beach. An adrenaline fuelled microcosm of beach activity.
Pyrrha and Jaune were setting up a picnic for later, the gladiator placing out the chairs and Jaune preparing the barbeque. To his credit, Jaune knew how to cook a damned good meal, and Yang admitted she was drooling at the thought of his hot dogs.
Drooling for Jaune's hot dog? Oh that is an innuendo I'm saving for later!
Penny and Ruby were out swimming. She could just about make them out in the distance but their laughter could easily be heard, which made Yang's heart swell at her sister's happiness. Especially when it was with Penny. Her little sister always seemed much happier with her girlfriend around and Yang loved Penny for the assurance that she would do anything to see Ruby smile.
Blake was reading, or trying to, being distracted by Sun adding her sunscreen in a very attentive manner. She didn't know who was having more fun, Blake feeling his strong hands on her back or Sun watching her try hopelessly to uphold her forced glare as little reluctant mewls escaped.
So teasing her later.
Weiss was a stranger case. She had expected the well-spoken, refined Schnee woman to be taking a romantic stroll on the beach or, whatever the hell fancy people do at beaches. But when Weiss stated she had never been to a beach before, at least not for fun, Flynt decided she needed catching up.
Weiss had seen a child laughing at being buried up to their neck in sand and demanded to know why it was so fun to be buried. Flynt obliged her, and Weiss' face went red when he buried her up to her neck, then tracing a stick man figure of a woman with a very…generous bust. Weiss screeched once he showed her the picture he took on his Scroll after digging her back up, before laughing harder than she had ever heard Weiss laugh before the ridiculous image of herself.
Atta girl Ice Queen.
Ren and Nora…
Yang looked around seeing if the police had arrived yet.
Nora had drank ten jars of syrup, the supply for the trip and ran off in a sugar craze, Magnhild in hand yelling, "I am the lizard queen!". Ren gave chase soon after.
That was two hours ago.
I really hope he finds her.
Neon seemed to be enjoying the show as well. Suddenly, something new caught her eye. A few rather attractive men surfing.
Yang's eyes wandered to this sight too and, noticing her girlfriend's stares, decided to tease her.
"Ahem. Neon? Plenty of beach body goodness right next to you sweetie", Yang teased in mock annoyance, gesturing to her well-formed figure.
"Oh trust me, I know. Still, can't say I'm impressed".
"Hey!"
"At the surfing, Big Girl", Neon reassured, chuckling a little at Yang's briefly hurt ego.
"I mean, yeah, they're good but they lack flair".
"Yeah I know what you mean. If it were me out there, then this beach would see a real show".
"You? Oh no no no no, dear, you mean me. Nora may be queen of the castle and lizards apparently, but I am the Queen of the Waves".
Yang scoffed. "Queen of the Waves? Please. You come from a place that snows three seasons a year. Patch is my turf. I own these waves!"
"Oh really?", Neon said, discarding her shades, staring at Yang challengingly.
"Yeah. Really", Yang reaffirmed, discarding her own shades to meet Neon's green eyes.
Yang loved Neon but she really loved a challenge.
"Well Big Girl, I see only one way to settle this".
"Surf off it is!"
"I'll grab my board back at the house. I'm sure we have a spare for you…"
Neon planted her board, sporting a rainbow stripe from top to bottom.
"Brought my own", she said nonchalantly.
Oh she so planned this.
Yang had assumed that Neon had actually hoped to get Yang into a challenge to take her mind off the short amount of time they'd have together. Neon knew when Yang was challenged, she was focused.
She smiled at the thoughtful gesture.
Then she dashed off to retrieve her board.
Patch, Beach Side Waves
Yang had retrieved her old board, a yellow one, sporting her black fire emblem, from her house after a quick trip on Bumblebee. The two wasted no time in rushing for the water.
The rules were clear. First to fall off their board, loses.
Neon seemed confident enough, claiming she "Never misses a beat", to which Yang reminded her that she had once before. Neon promptly responded by scowling and blushing, much to Yang's amusement.
They had both started at a fairly even level. As time progressed, Yang and Neon upped their games, each doing their best to outperform the other. Yang had met Neon for every last one of her moves.
As the two thrill seeker's competitive streaks took place of their rationality, they began performing more and more daring moves, looping around the waves and launching themselves in the air, holding onto their boards, all the while, desperate not to lose their balance.
Yang was enjoying herself, but the time for fun was over. Now it was time to end this.
She scanned her surrounding and saw the build-up of one massive wave and turned to Neon, who only grinned back and nodded.
This would be the tie breaker.
They both guided their boards to towards the wave and rode the build-up, going higher and higher.
"You're going down this time, big girl!", Neon called.
"Oh yeah? Says who?"
"The Queen of the Waves, babe! Whoo!"
Yang smirked, getting ready to manoeuvre herself into the direction of the wave. But she must've miscalculated, because her actions had caused her to jerk frantically, her erratic movements breaking her concentration, before ultimately slipping off her board.
She gasped in shock and a slight bit of fear. She had still been rather high whilst riding the wave and it was a long way down.
She closed her eyes tight as she descended, but upon her impact, she didn't feel the hard splash of water on her back, but rather two small, and surprisingly strong hands holding her.
She opened her eyes to see Neon, having caught her before impact and surfing out of the rapidly collapsing tunnel of water the wave's climax had created.
Neon looked down at Yang, still carrying her bridal style, worried but relieved.
"Babe? You okay?"
Yang lacked words so simply nodded, with a smile.
Neon let out a sigh of relief.
"Damn Big Girl, do not scare me like that! Nearly had a heart attack".
Yang was once more touched by her concern.
"What's the matter Kitty Katt? I get your heart beating faster?"
"You always do that Big Girl. I would just appreciate less dramatic methods of doing so".
Yang chuckled.
Neon gently placed Yang at the back of the board.
"Here, we should be able to find your board. It can't have gone far", Neon said, reassuringly.
Yang wrapped her arms around the Faunus' slender belly and rested her chin on her right shoulder.
"You're awesome babe".
"You mean "super crazy awesome", but I know you already know that. Tell me what else you know I am?", she said with a shit eating grin.
Yang sighed in defeat and rolled her eyes.
"Neon Katt, I bow before you as Queen of the Waves. Do you accept my humble apology?"
Neon laughed at Yang's overdramatic announcement.
"Hmmmm, perhaps. If I receive victory kisses once we come ashore, I may forgive you", she said with equal drama.
Yang planted a big, wet kiss on Neon's neck, nibbling just a little, the way Neon loved it, obvious by her loud purring.
"As you command, my Queen".
Patch, Shore
After a brief search, Neon had retrieved Yang's board and the duo returned to the shore, were Neon received her "victory kisses" fairly quickly upon their arrival.
Yang felt amazing.
After having to endure an unfair amount of time separated from the hyperactive Faunus, she savoured the taste of her lover's lips and the sensation of her tongue battling against her own.
The two once again entered a silent contest to see who could make the other make the loudest noises.
Even in love, they were competitive.
After their lip-locking ceased for oxygen requirements, Yang laid back against her propped up board, with Neon snuggling up against her.
"God this takes me back".
"Hmmm?"
"Oh nothin, it's just…some of my best memories were made here. Mom and Dad used to take me and Ruby here when the weather was good. I was…really damned happy back then. Really different too".
"How so?", Neon said curiously.
"Well, for starters, I was much more hyper active. Once my "older sibling senses" kicked in, I had to grow up a little more for Ruby's sake, but back then? Man, I was wild! Dad used to freak out over half the things I got up to".
Yang trailed off chuckling.
"This…this one time, Ruby and I got a tonne of popcorn seeds and filled the bath tub with them. I sat in it, put a bit of pepper on my finger sniffed it and…" Yang threw her hands up in a big gesture.
"WHOOSH! Big heat flash and the bathroom is full of popcorn!"
Neon giggled uncontrollably. "You're kidding, right? That's awesome!"
"Yeah. Dad went nuts though. Mom tried to sound serious too, but winked when Dad wasn't watching".
Yang looked a little sad at the bittersweet memory of her mother.
Not "Ruby's mom", just Mom. She was the one who kissed my scraped knees, tucked me in at night and made any rainy day sunny. She's my real mother.
"God I loved that woman…", Yang said under her breath, half nostalgic, half bitter.
Neon knew Yang's parentage was always a delicate topic and decided to redirect Yang on a more comfortable path.
"What else was different about you?"
Shaking off her more negative thoughts, Yang thought back to her younger self.
"Not much I suppose. Oh wait there was one thing but…", Yang didn't finish, looking away from Neon.
"Yang?", Neon asked, looking over at Yang.
She was blushing.
"Oooh, it's embarrassing! Tellmetellmetellmetellmetellmetellmetellmetellmetellmetell-"
"Alright, alright!", Yang yelled, breaking under her girlfriend's relentless questioning.
"I…" Yang took a deep breath and confessed.
I used to have…pig tails".
A short silence filled the atmosphere.
Then Neon squealed.
"Oh. My. God! You must have looked adorable".
Yang chuckled a little. "Yeah, I was a little cutie back then".
"Now you're a big sexy cutie", Neon teased.
"You know, if you keep teasing me, I'm going to test just how accurate that "Nine lives" stuff is for Faunus", Yang warned, but still blushing.
Neon looked up at Yang.
"Yang. Would you let me…never mind".
Yang looked back down at Neon, a little dismayed.
She never wanted Neon to feel nervous around her. She wanted her to be able to ask her anything.
"What is it Kitty Katt?"
Neon spoke up once more.
"Would you let me do your hair?", she said, removing her own hair bonds, releasing a cascade of ginger hair fall free.
"I'd like to see what you used to look like".
Yang was taken a little aback.
Yes, despite her caution of people touching her beloved golden mane, Neon was welcomed to touch it. What had surprised her, was the almost pleading tone Neon had used.
The need to get a glimpse at a Yang who was happier. To make her feel like she was that little care free girl again.
This girl makes me feel like I'm royalty.
Neon knew just how to read people. She knew just how to make her feel better.
It was one of the many reasons they worked so well together.
Yang nodded and turned around.
Neon's hands went to work, gently working with the golden strands, treating them with the upmost care and respect. Yang could tell by the slow, gentle pace Neon was working at, that she appreciated the trust the blonde placed in the Faunus girl. It warmed her heart every time Neon proved that trust wasn't misplaced.
Yang started moaning a little at the ministrations employed by her girlfriend. Every now and then, she'd stroke her golden mane when Yang tensed up, relaxing her almost instantly.
After the blissful time of enjoying her girlfriend's hand's stroking her hair, Yang toyed with her new pigtails.
It was just a different look but, she had to admit, it felt nostalgic.
"Wow Yang…you look beautiful", Neon said, her voice filled with awe.
Yang threw her arms out at Neon, pulling her into a crushing embrace.
"Thanks Kitty Katt. This day's been amazing".
Yang suddenly felt Neon's body sag at her sentence.
"Yeah. Today was…pretty good", Neon said in an obviously forced attempt at sounding happy.
Concerned, Yang pulled Neon back to see her face, only to be further upset that Neon wouldn't look Yang in the eye.
"Neon, what's wrong?"
"Nothing", she said a little choked. "You're right, today was great and we should really enjoy it because…b-because…", and then she couldn't keep up the charade anymore.
"B-b-Because in t-two weeks I'll h-have to go back and I…I don't want to!", she wailed.
Yang's heart clenched. She hated Neon crying and pulled her into a tight embrace, whispering sweet words of comfort to soothe her.
"It's okay Kitty Katt".
"No it's not! And you know it's not", Yang couldn't help but agree.
"I tried to avoid this all day but I can't. I'm tired of having to hear your voice from a damned speaker. I'm tired of crying into my pillow, wishing you were beside me while I'm in bed. I'm tired of only being able to enjoy your warmth for those few joint missions, only to have to live for weeks without it again".
Yang rubbed the small of the girl's back, shushing her softly.
She knew exactly how Neon felt.
Yang had felt the exact same way.
Neon sniffled. "I don't…I don't want us to end Yang. God please believe me when I say don't want that".
"I know Kitty Katt".
"It's just…I miss you so much. Being away from you for six months when I see everyone else with their partners it just…"
"Pisses you off?", Yang answered. "And you hate that, being mad at your friends for having what we can't. You know it's not their fault, but you can't help it. I know how it feels, love. I feel it too".
Neon sniffled again, looking at Yang.
"How do you cope with it?"
Yang smiled, tears beginning to brim in her own eyes.
"I have a little…well, let's call it a ritual. It helps me get to bed or feel better when the stress of being away from you gets a little too much. Wanna hear it?", Neon nodded at the offer.
"I close my eyes and I imagine I'm not where I am. Instead, it's three years forward and I'm a fully-fledged huntress. I'm freelance, travelling the world, smashing the crap out of Grimm and inspiring tall tales everywhere I go. I never stay in one place. But I have one exception", Yang grinned, lilac pools shining at hopeful green ones.
"There's an apartment in Vacuo that I retire to after every successful mission. Inside that apartment, there's this loud, cheerful voice, singing some song that's going too fast for even me to understand. She knows every word though. She never misses a beat".
Neon chuckled wetly.
"I cover her eyes when she can't see me and sing, "Guess who's back" and laugh when her cute pink tail flicks happily. I scoop her up in my arms and kiss her like it's my last day on Remnant. We part for breath and then we peer into each other's eyes and we smile and nod. Because we know, no matter what happens, no matter how far or how long we are apart, we'll be back in each other's arms".
Neon chuckled, wetly.
"Yang…"
Yang cupped Neon's face and peered into her eyes.
"Yeah babe?"
"This girl in your dreams. She sounds like competition".
This made both of them giggle. "Oh she's something Kitty Katt. Perfect legs, cute face, great ass and a smile that makes my heart go wild. Buuuuut…", she said, her mouth moving next to Neon's ear.
"I prefer the real thing to a dream, any day".
And with that, they kissed once more.
Not the little teases from earlier, but a passion filled expression that promised they'd be together. Tomorrow. Two weeks' time. Three years from now, it didn't matter.
They were tough enough to overcome any obstacle
As long as they had chance of being in each other's arms again, they'd be fine.
"Thanks Yang".
"Anytime, Kitty Katt", Yang hummed as she scooped the smaller girl into a warm hug.
"C'mon. The food smells like it's ready and I have a dozen dirty hot dog innuendos saved for this".
Neon held onto Yang as she began to stand.
"Uh uh. As the confirmed Queen of the Waves, I have one last demand of my loyal subject".
"Oh and what might that be?"
Neon smirked. "Carry me".
Yang rolled her eyes but smiled.
"As you wish your majesty", she said and brought Neon up on her back.
The two then set off to enjoy the food and make their friends groan at truly terrible jokes.
Patch, Shore (Tent area)
Neon was sleeping peacefully in the tent she and Yang were sharing.
As if on cue, the blonde brawler crept her way into the tent, stopping at her girlfriend's feet, which she gently poked to wake her up.
"Neon?"
"Nnnggghhhh"
Yang poked once more, harder this time. "Neeeeoooonnn"
"Ngh!"
"Okay, grumpy cat, I tried to be nice…", Yang smirked wickedly, poking her Faunus lover's feet with some ice Dust.
Neon leapt up out of her blanket as something freezing touched her feet.
"Yang, what the actual hell?!"
"Shush, be quiet. I have a surprise for you", Yang said with a smile.
Neon dropped her scowl. "Fine, what is it?", she said, with just a little bit of unintended venom at having been so rudely awoken. Yang however didn't seem to mind.
"I wanted to give you something", she said, holding out a small piece of string and placing it over Neon's head, around her neck.
"Uuumm. Okay Yang, thanks for the…" she was about to thank Yang for the strange gift when she actually saw what was so special about this gift.
At the centre of the string, holding it in a hoop shape, was a single golden strand of Yang's mane.
Neon's eyes shot open.
"Holy crap Yang! What-"
"It's okay. I wanted to give it to you. Because you're right Neon. I'm tired of feeling like you're so far away. I know this is…weird-"
"By your standards, this is normal", Neon quipped, still touched.
"Shut up, we're having a moment", Yang giggled. "I just want you to know that, wherever we are, how long we're away. You will always have me, Neon Katt", she looked into her eyes, dead serious.
"Always".
As strange a gesture it was, Neon knew how much Yang valued her hair, and that she had parted with even a single strand, solely to make Neon feel better, had nearly made the short Faunus girl's heart burst with joy.
Even if it wasn't her big busty blonde girl herself, it felt better knowing that, in some way, Yang was with her.
Neon held nothing back, lunging forward and pinning her girlfriend down for a barrage of sweet kisses, tears brimming in her eyes.
"Thanks Yang. For everything".
Yang wrapped her strong arms around her girlfriend's back. "We're gonna be fine Neon. We have two whole weeks together. Let's not waste them worrying about the future".
"Oh I'm not worried about the future anymore. Especially now that you're here".
"That's good to know", Yang sighed, hugging her girlfriend tightly.
After six months of painful waiting, Neon had finally gotten her wish, lying beside her beloved "Big Girl" once again.
And she slept in the comforting thought that she would have many more nights like this one in the future.
Patience is difficult to achieve. But being able to feel Yang's warmth against her body, feeling safe and loved in her strong embrace and seeing those beautiful lilac eyes before going to sleep.
That was all the motivation Neon ever needed to get through those long night's without Yang.
And some day, those nights would just be a distant memory in a life filled with cheer, on the day Yang and Neon's dream of a life together became a reality.
The wait would be hard, on both of them.
But neither girl could back down from a challenge. Especially when the other was involved.
So just a little Neon X Yang fluff to start us off. This pairing really grew on me and it's a pity there aren't a lot out there.
I hope to have my next pairing, Nuts and Dolts, up reasonably soon, so stay tuned for some more summer fun with the RWBY crew and if you like, see if you can guess who the poor soul I'm putting up on the chopping block in Chapter Six is.
Until next time, this is T-rex Marine saluting (with his tiny two fingered hand) you readers and wish you an awesome time and look forward to hearing from you again and please have a wonderful summer!
