AN: Thanks for the reviews, and here's another chapter just as promised! Feel free to make suggestions in the review section, you could help make the story better. -CakeLegends
The Impossible Girl - Chapter 2
"So that's how we met. She was so cute, even then." Weiss thought, cursing with herself for even being able to think that way.
"Alright, c'mon Weiss. You have to get up at some point."
The heiress forced herself out of her dorm-room bed and made her way to the bathroom sink.
She turned on the sink and splashed the cool water on her face. She felt better, but she knew she couldn't wash away the thoughts. She already tried that before.
"This wouldn't even be a problem if she wasn't so damn nice to me!" Weiss growled.
She felt like her mind was at war with itself, the two halves of her psyche in a heated debate:
"You should just tell her how you feel! Who cares if she turns you down?"
"No way. When she rejects me...I don't know I could keep it together."
"You know that she'd prefer you to be honest about this!"
"But then I would risk losing her as a friend-"
"You know she'll always be your friend. She's not that kind of person, remember?"
That last thought almost gave Weiss some hope. She ran through her memories. Would Ruby be nice enough to act indifferent even if Weiss unveiled this to her?
The Heiress was walking through the forbidden forest, completely lost.
"Whom will I run into first?" she pondered. "Pyrrha Nikos would be optimal, but I guess I'd settle for that Ren kid. Hell, anyone other than Jaune or that dunce of a girl-"
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of incredibly fast footsteps.
Speak of the devil and she doth appear.
Silver eyes met piercing blue ones, and for a moment they both seemed to be frozen in place.
Then, without missing a beat, Weiss turned on her heels and trudged on away from the caped-girl.
"Wait!" the girl yelled after her "My names Ruby, we're supposed to be teammates! Where are you going?"
Weiss ignored her exclamations. Maybe she could get away with teaming up with the next person she saw?
Her hopes were immediately dashed when she made eye contact with vomit boy, who was currently dangling from a tree.
With a disappointed sigh, she swallowed her pride and walked back to the clearly more capable of her to options.
"You came back!" Ruby happily cheered upon Weiss' return. Weiss stormed passed her.
"What's the hurry?" Ruby replied.
"Why is she acting all nice all of a sudden?" The heiress whispered to herself, puzzled that someone could treat her nicely after a fight.
"Obviously she's just trying to annoy me." she thought, and proceeded on with her mission.
"I'm not going to let you slow me down just because-"
Before she could finish the sentence the girl dashed in front of her with unreal speed.
"I'm not slow, you see!" Ruby giggled, putting an arm around Weiss. "You're about to see a new side of me today, and afterward you're going to be like: 'Wow, that Ruby girl is really, really cool...And I wanna be your friend."
The snow queen quickly searched Ruby's expression for any signs of falsehood.
"She's...actually being genuine." Weiss realized. "But...why would she want to bury the hatchet? What have I done to even earn a second chance from her?"
"You may be fast, but you still excel at wasting time." The heiress replied harshly.
She proceeded to walk forward, ignoring the things said by her partner.
Luckily, It was not a far walk to met up with the other teams. Weiss overlooked the potential competition.
"That Goth girl Blake is partnered with Ruby's sister; Ren is partnered with Nora, obviously; Pyrrha is teamed up with...Jaune? Huh, I never would have guessed."
Her investigation was cut short, however, when She noticed that Pyrrha was futilely attempting to outrun a Deathstalker.
"Don't worry, I got this!" Ruby stated as she charged the beast armed with nothing but her scythe, her speed, and a sizable battle cry.
Her strike was powerful, but was shrugged off by the tank of a monster. She began to back up, trying to retake control of the situation. She still looked confident, like she could pull this together all by herself.
But then an infamous screech rang out through the sky: The herald of death. Everyone knew what was coming next.
"NEVERMORE!" Jaune shouted, pointing at the quickly approaching shadow gliding towards them.
The Nevermore, the king with wings, had entered the scene and was clearly going to do more than just pass through.
Weiss looked back to the Deathstalker, who was clearly about to attack Ruby while some of her attention was drawn.
"Ruby!" Yang shouted, trying to sprint to her sister aid, but it was clear she would be far too late.
As if acting on instinct, Weiss drew Myrtenaster and used her abilities to boost herself to Ruby just in time. She struck the Deathstalker at full-force, encasing it in a layer of ice.
The snow queen turned to look down at the caped-girl, eerily reminded of their first encounter.
"Well, this is a good a time as any to start over." Weiss thought, thinking a little higher of the small, brave girl who sat before her.
"You are so childish." Weiss began. "And dimwitted, and hyperactive, and don't even get me started on your fighting style. I also know I can be…difficult to say the least." The heiress' expression relaxed, and a small smile appeared on her face for the first time in awhile. "But if we're going to make this work, we need to work together. So lets make a deal. I'll be nicer if you stop trying to showoff."
"I'm just trying to prove myself…" Ruby whispered somberly, blushing deep red.
Weiss took a breath and said the words she wished someone said to her a long time ago.
"Ruby, listen to me. You may be a couple of years younger than the rest of us, but you're standing here now as a student of Beacon. Clearly your best is already good enough. You don't have to go out of your way to prove anything to anyone- especially not to me."
Ruby began to cheer up at that statement, and thanked Weiss for her actions.
And so the 8 of them began what was then the fight of their lives. Ruby, Weiss and the other partners all worked in beautiful harmony.
And later, when Ruby stood above them all on that high cliff with a scythe in one hand, her cloak flowing in the wind, and the severed head of a Nevermore behind her, Weiss couldn't help but feel a bit of pride at Ruby's redemption. Weiss felt a warm, fuzzy feeling see the cute girl glowing with confidence. She dismissed it for now, mistaking it for something else. But soon she would realize it wasn't just a regular longing for friendship. It was a desire to be much, much more than that.
