In this part, we get some nice bee moments, the other 3 members of Team RWBY get POV scenes, and we meet Team SSSN!
Weiss looked out her bedroom window and pondered the events of the day. She hadn't expected her teammates to acquiesce to moving in so quickly, especially given none of them seemed to like her much yet. Maybe they had really crappy apartments they couldn't wait to leave behind? Either way, she was glad to be having housemates soon. She'd deliberately bought a 4 bed apartment when she moved to Vale with the intention of having her future teammates move in with her when they got to that, as she didn't like living alone. Living with others could help her forget the crushing loneliness she felt inside.
"Man, you've got it baaaaad for Blake, don't you Yang?" Ruby teased. Yang and Ruby were currently packing up for the move to Weiss's the next day. They had no idea what Weiss's place would be like, but they couldn't wait to leave behind their current cheap, crappy, cramped apartment. They hadn't planned on living there long anyway, only until they could afford a better one. And hey, if Ice Queen's place didn't work out before they could afford a decent place, they could always convince their dad and Uncle Qrow to pitch in the money for one. Either way, good riddance to their current home.
"Yeah, I do," Yang admitted, going for nonchalant but still coming off as a bit sheepish. Since the object of her affections was already aware of said affections, she figured there was no point in keeping them a secret from the rest of the world.
"Y'know, at first I was a bit miffed that you chose Blake over me, but looking back, I totally support you and Blake. I don't think I've ever seen you fall for a girl hard enough to put her over me, but I'm glad you did. It's nice to see you putting yourself first for a change," Ruby said.
"Well even then I still had you in mind, sis," Yang admitted. "I'll be honest, I'd never actually planned on partnering with you in the first place. Being on the same team, absolutely, but being partners, no. I'm serious when I say I wanna see you break out of your shell a bit more. And hey, Blake asked me to be her partner, so who was I to say no? It's not like Ice Queen is even that bad."
"Are you kidding me? She's awful! She thinks she's soooooo important, I don't know how I'll get her to get along with me," Ruby complained.
"Sure she may act all self-important, cold-hearted, and snobbish, but I think it's just a front to hide her own insecurities," Yang said. Given the job path she'd chosen, Yang had honed her people reading skills ever since she decided to follow that path, and she was pretty confident in them at this point, and Yang was no stranger to putting up a front to hide her insecurities. "Give her some time to defrost, and maybe she won't be so bad."
"I hope you're right," Ruby sighed. "But, I do worry about you, sis. You spend so much time looking out for others, that I often wonder if you ever look out for yourself."
"You don't have to worry about me, sis," Yang said, pulling Ruby into a tender hug and ruffling her hair a little. "I'm the big sister, I'm the one that's supposed to worry about you, not the other way around. I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself."
Besides, Yang liked helping others; being able to help others made her feel like maybe she's worth something herself.
After receiving and changing into her uniform at the station the next day, Yang wasted no time in finding Blake, who had already changed herself. Yang had something she wanted to talk to her about.
"Hey Blake, can I talk to you somewhere private?"
"Sure."
They ended up heading to one of the single person bathrooms, Yang locking the door so they wouldn't be interrupted.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Blake asked.
"You're hiding a pair of ears under that bow, aren't you?" Yang said, confident in her theory.
"What?" Blake asked, suddenly looking very worried.
"Hey, you can relax, I have no problems with the Faunus," Yang assured her. "In fact, I'll stick my neck out for one if I see them facing hate. And I know you want to keep your Faunus identity secret, and I wouldn't have asked to speak in private if I didn't intend to keep that secret. I won't tell a soul, not even Ruby."
Blake sighed. "Yeah, I'm a Faunus. I don't like being treated differently for it, so I hide it. How'd you find out, anyway?"
"That makes sense, I can see why you do it," Yang said. "Anyway, I noticed your bow sometimes twitches in odd ways, and last night you mentioned having pretty good hearing, so it wasn't hard to put 2 and 2 together, not for me, anyway."
"That's… very observant of you," Blake said, seeming impressed.
"You have to be, in this line of work," Yang said, shrugging. "There was one other thing that tipped me off though: Your last name. Are you related to Ghira Belladonna?"
Blake's reaction said it all.
"I'm assuming that's a yes?"
"How do you know my father?"
"I don't know him personally, but I did learn about him when I started researching the White Fang after they took my arm," Yang explained, and Blake's eyes moved to her right arm. "He was the original leader of the White Fang, until he stepped down about 10 years ago and Sienna Khan took over. Under him it had been a somewhat obscure peaceful protest group, but Sienna perverted it into the infamous violent radical group it is today."
Once Yang finished talking, Blake spoke again. "It was the White Fang that took your arm? I'm so sorry."
Yang was used to people saying they were sorry after learning about her arm, but Yang could tell this was different. Blake seemed to be genuinely apologizing, as if she felt personally responsible for what happened. Yang decided to assuage Blake's feelings of guilt, since the only person to blame for the loss of her arm was the man who cut it off, though she had blamed herself for a while. "Don't be, you're not the one that cut it off. Besides, your family left the organization 5 years before it even happened."
"You don't understand. I didn't leave the White Fang when my parents did. I was a foolish 12 year old so committed to the cause that I called my parents cowards and ran, until I came to my senses 5 years later and ran from the Fang and back to my parents, who welcomed me with open arms. I don't deserve such good parents, though they'd disagree."
"I would too," Yang said. Blake seemed like a good person to Yang so far, one absolutely deserving of parents as good as hers. Yang couldn't help but wonder what it'd be like if she'd had parents like that. Her birth mom abandoned her shortly after she was born, and while Summer, her real mom as far as she was concerned, had been an excellent mom from what she remembered, she'd died much too soon, and Yang had been without a mom for most of her life. As for her dad, while she loved him dearly and he was well-meaning, he'd never really gotten the hang of the whole parenting thing. Luckily she was there to pick up the slack when it came to Ruby. "You shouldn't beat yourself up over bad decisions you made growing up. We all make mistakes, especially at that age. And you definitely shouldn't blame yourself for my arm. It looks like you left around the same time I lost it, but since you didn't seem to recognize me when we met last night I think it's safe to assume you'd already left when it happened, or at least hadn't been there."
"You're right, thank you. I shouldn't waste time dwelling on what could have been," Blake mused. "I just hope you don't let your personal traumas cloud your judgement. The White Fang's actions are awful, but the people in it aren't evil. They're just very misguided Faunus sick of being pushed around."
"I dunno, while that's probably true for most of them, and it definitely seems true for you, I don't think you'll be able to convince me Adam Taurus is secretly a good person deep down," Yang said, a touch of bitterness in her tone as she mentioned Adam Taurus.
"I wouldn't bother trying. That man is a monster," Blake said, and Yang got the sense that she'd known him personally, though she decided not to push the topic for now.
They were suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door, and they both called out, "Occupado!", causing whoever had knocked to walk away.
"Aaaaaanyway, I definitely agree with you there. But don't worry, my hatred of him doesn't extend to everyone else in the Fang. I'm confident most of them can be redeemed, and I'd like to see them have a change of heart like you did," Yang said, before throwing an arm around Blake's shoulder. "Man, it feels like we're bonding already!"
"I suppose we are," Blake said, giving her a small smile, before her expression turned serious. "Adam's the one that took your arm, isn't he?"
"Yeah. I don't wanna hear you apologize for it though, okay?" Yang said. "Now let's head back, Team SSSN's probably wondering where we are."
As it turned out, there was only one person in the room they were to meet Team SSSN in, a blond muscular faunus with a monkey tail that had his uniform shirt unbuttoned, exposing his pecs and chiseled abs to the world. As she and Blake sat down, Yang couldn't help but notice Blake staring at said abs, and she began to feel pangs of jealousy.
"Hey there, and what might your name be?" he said to Blake with a wink, and Yang felt the jealousy grow stronger. She made no outward display of it though, being good at hiding her negative emotions after years of doing it, and she knew better than to disregard this guy just because she was jealous.
"Blake," she answered nonchalantly.
"Nice to meet you Blake, I'm Sun, leader of Team SSSN, and I look forward to working with you," he said with a stupid grin Yang would love to punch off of his stupid face.
"Nice to meet you too Sun, I'm Yang, Blake's partner," Yang said cheerfully, throwing an arm around Blake and holding out the other for Sun to shake, which he did. "And don't worry, I'm not mad at you for ignoring me, I know how hard it is to notice other people when Blake's in the room."
She winked at the Faunus in question, and couldn't help but notice the small smile on Blake's face as she looked away to hide her blush. They were all suddenly startled by the sound of a riding crop hitting a table, and turned to see Officer Goodwitch glaring daggers at Sun.
"Button your shirt up, Wukong! If I have to tell you again I'm bringing it up with Ozpin," Glynda scolded, before storming off as Sun hastily buttoned his shirt. Yang couldn't help but notice his full name was a bit on the nose for a monkey Faunus.
"I suppose it's for the best. I know how distracting my abs can be," Sun said in a mock-serious tone, while Blake blushed at what Yang assumed was the realization that he'd caught her staring.
Meanwhile, Ruby went off to see her new friend Jaune. Despite not talking to him when they'd met outside the station, once he invited her over to meet his friends she had really hit it off with him, and she could totally relate to his social awkwardness. Yang had mentioned wanting to talk to Blake in private, so she figured she could hang with him while she gave them some time to talk about whatever.
"Jaaaaaauuuune, hi!" She greeted as she spotted him.
"Oh hey Ruby, how's it hangin' and stuff," he said awkwardly.
"I'm good. Just wanted to chat with you a bit, if that's cool with you," Ruby said.
"Oh, that's totally cool. What did you wanna talk about?" Jaune answered her.
"I wanted to continue our chat about weapons yesterday that got interrupted by announcements. I think I'd just told you about my dad's weapon?"
"Yeah, I remember that."
"Awesome, let me explain the rest of my family's weapons then! My sister Yang, you remember her, right? Tall-ish, blonde, cheerful, big boobs, hopelessly gay, coolest big sister ever?"
"Yeah, I still remember her."
"Good, you better, cuz she's AWESOME, and her weapon is too! It's this bracelet of her left wrist called Ember Celica, that expands into a gauntlet that can be used to block attacks and emit pulses of raw kinetic energy! It's also a shotgun, because what weapon these days isn't part-gun, right? Besides yours I guess, which is still a totally cool weapon even though it's not also a gun!"
"Er, thanks."
"Anyway, Ember Celica used to be a pair, but she lost the right one when, ya know," she held out her right arm and made a chopping motion with her left over the part of the arm where Yang's got severed at.
"Oh, that sucks."
"No, it's totally fine. Her robot arm is super cool, and she's given it some pretty cool functions. For one thing, it's also a gun, with little mini shotgun barrels that pop out and shoot stuff. The arm itself can shoot off like a projectile, which tends to spook people the first time they see it happen. Oh, and it can spin around really fast for devastating attacks! She also says it has a vibrate function that's useful sometimes, but I'm not really sure how? Maybe for brushing her teeth?"
"Let's hope that's what it's for," Jaune mutters, his cheeks a little red. "So any other cool weapons you wanna tell me about?"
"Ooh yeah, let me tell you about my Uncle Qrow's! It's probably the second coolest weapon ever, after my darling Crescent Rose obviously, so it at least inspired the number one coolest! Anyway, it's called Harbinger, and it's this big sword that turns into a scythe and it's also a gun and…"
Yang, Blake, and Sun were soon joined by a suave looking blue-haired dude that Yang assumed must be a member of Team SSSN.
"Sup," he said as he entered. "Sorry I took so long, took me forever to find an unoccupied bathroom."
"Neptune, dude, you're finally back!" Sun said, giving Neptune a bro hug before sitting on the other side of Blake. "Guys, this is Neptune, my partner and long-time best friend."
"It's a pleasure. And what might your name be, Goldilocks?" he asked Yang, flashing a cocky grin and giving her a flirtatious look, making her roll her eyes.
"I'm Yang. And you're barking up the wrong tree there, lady-killer. I'm gay," she said, figuring she'd shut down his advances before he could take them any further.
"Oh, that's cool. One of the guys in our team, Scarlet, is gay, so I can assure you it's not any issue with any of us." he said, dropping the flirtatious act for a more casual demeanor. He looked over to Blake, who still had Yang's arm around her and seemed to have no issue with it, much to the blonde herself's pleasant surprise. "Is she your partner?"
"Yes, in the same sense that you and me are partners, they're not dating as far as I know. Er, you're not, right?" Sun asked, suddenly concerned.
"As cool as it'd be if we were, no. We did only meet yesterday, so it's a bit too soon for that. But if she ever decides to ask me out, I'd probably be down. If she doesn't, well, being her friend and partner seems pretty cool, too," Yang said, trying to play it cool.
"What's her name anyway?"
"Oh, this is Blake," Sun said, putting an arm around her. "I like her a lot so far. She not bad looking, she appreciates my abs, and the best part is, she's also a Faunus."
Blake and Yang both tensed and tried not to give anything away, while Neptune looked at Blake in confusion and gave her a careful once over, likely trying to figure out her trait.
"Are you sure? I don't see it," Neptune said.
"Trust me, I know a fellow Faunus when I see one," Sun said, before leaning towards Blake. "Y'know, I think you'd look better without the bow."
She shoved him away harshly, much to Yang's delight, and gave him a vicious death glare, Yang joining her as her eyes turned red.
"Did you ever consider," Blake spat, gritting her teeth, "that maybe I wear the bow because I don't WANT people to know I'm a Faunus?"
"Oh yeah, that's supposed to be a secret isn't it?" he said, earning incredulous nods from Blake and Yang, both glaring at him. "Please stop giving me those weird looks. Don't worry, we won't tell anyone, right Nep?"
"I got it," Neptune said as Yang's eyes went back to lilac.
"You better, I still remember that time you went behind my back and told Scarlet that-" Sun stopped himself. "I'm not gonna finish that sentence."
"Y'know, you didn't seem surprised to learn Blake's a Faunus," Neptune pointed out to Yang. "Did you already know?"
"Yeah, I figured it out on my own, but we should probably drop this topic of discussion," Yang said, trying to be considerate of her partner, unlike a certain monkey faunus. Sun seemed to be even worse than her dad when it came to a lack of tact.
"Yes, we should," Blake emphasized, before whispering a 'thank you' into Yang's ear. Yang was honestly amazed how well she and Blake were getting along considering how annoyed at her Blake seemed to be when they first met. "Especially since I think I hear someone coming."
"So are you just a magnet for blondes or something, Blake?" Weiss commented as she entered the room.
"Maybe," Blake said, shrugging.
"And what might your name be, snow angel?" Neptune asked Weiss. He seemed to be one of those wannabe casanova types, though Yang briefly wondered why he hadn't bothered to hit on Blake, before figuring he'd probably noticed Sun's interest in her and decided not to go after the same girl as his bro or whatever.
"Um, I'm Weiss," she said in very un-Weiss-like tone. Yang could not believe she was actually falling for his suave ladies' man schtick.
"Cool, I'm Neptune, and this is Sun. He's our leader and my partner," he said, introducing himself and his friend to her. "So where's the last member of your team?"
"I dunno, but she's my little sister so you won't even think about flirting with her if you value your life," Yang threatened him as her eyes flashed red, wanting to preemptively stop that potentially disastrous scenario.
"Whoa, I got it, chill," Neptune assured Yang, and her eyes went back to normal. Yang considered looking for Ruby but the girl herself then came in, smiling and waving.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm a little late, I was talking to Jaune and lost track of time. He and I really hit it off last night, so I think I've managed to make a friend!"
"What, do you have a crush on him or something?" Weiss scoffed.
"Ew, no! Jaune's just a friend. I'm not interested in boys," Ruby explained. "Or girls. Or romance in general really. Or sex for that matter. The only lover I need is my precious Crescent Rose!"
"And that's just the way I like it," Yang said, glad she didn't have to worry about vetting potential romance partners for her sister. "But what do you mean you hit it off with Jaune? You didn't say a word to him when we first met him!"
"True, it wasn't until we were chatting with him and his friends that we really hit it off, but you were too busy staring at Blake at the time to notice," Ruby said.
"Hey, if appreciating beauty is a crime, then I'm guilty as charged," Yang said, putting her hands up and winking at Blake.
"You're ridiculous," Blake said playfully as she tried to stifle a giggle.
"Ugh! Ruby, why didn't you tell me your sister was such a flirt?!" Weiss complained, apparently back in Ice Queen mode.
"Oh you don't have to worry about her flirting with you Weiss, my sister only flirts with pretty girls," Ruby said, making both Weiss and Yang's mouths open wide in shock.
"That was savage, sis," Yang said. "And for the record, Weiss, I do actually think you're pretty, but you're not really my type."
"I take it your type is dark-haired aloof bookworms?" Weiss said.
"Something like that."
"Soooo Ruby, was it?" Sun said, finally re-entering the conversation. "I'm Sun, leader of Team SSSN, and this is Neptune. Scarlet and Sage should hopefully be here soon."
And as if on cue, a pair of footsteps, likely belonging to the aforementioned Scarlet and Sage, could be heard approaching.
"Anyway, this bear faunus had like, THE biggest dick I've ever seen. I'm telling you Sage, I think my asshole grew 3 sizes that day!" Scarlet said as he and Sage entered, causing the girls to give each other looks of disbelief.
"Um, maybe don't talk about your sexual escapades in front of the ladies, Scarlet," Sage said, noticing their discomfort.
With both teams there, they began to talk about what was next for the rookies. Apparently, they were to spend their first week or two sparring, training, and learning to fight together as a team before heading out and getting hands on experience. With the explanation over, the girls were free to do as they wished at the station until it was time to go home. And Yang knew exactly what she wanted to do.
"Pyrrha Nikos, I challenge you to a sparring match!"
"Good luck Yang, you better not make me regret picking you as my partner," Blake told her partner as she got ready for the match with Pyrrha. They were in the combat arena, and each combatant was sitting with their team as they prepared themselves. The match was to take place on a neutral arena, with weapons and semblances allowed, and the loser being the first to dip below 20% aura. A scoreboard displayed the combatants and their current aura levels.
"Don't worry I got this, Blake!" Yang said, giving her a thumbs up.
"Hmmm, I'm not sure you do, I think you might need a bit of an… incentive," Blake said, going for a seductive but teasing tone.
As expected, Yang's interest was piqued. "What kind of incentive?"
"If you win…" Blake leaned into her ear and whispered so Ruby and Weiss couldn't hear. "I'll let you see my ears."
"Deal," Yang said, clearly excited at the prospect.
"I'm not finished," Blake said. "If you lose, I'll spend this entire Saturday with Sun."
"You monster!" Yang mock gasped. "Welp, I'm definitely motivated now."
Blake sure hoped she was. She didn't actually want to spend Saturday with Sun. He may have been attractive, but he didn't exactly leave a good first impression earlier. Then again, neither had Yang the previous night, but she had at least taken the hint that she wanted to be left alone, which had made Blake begin to reconsider her opinion of the blonde. And she was glad she did, because she'd found Yang to actually be quite pleasant since. Her sunny demeanor brightened even Blake's world, she had shown herself to be nothing but considerate of Blake's feelings, and her detective skills were clearly up to par. Now she just had to see how her fighting skills were.
And as the match began, she was not impressed. She seemed too reckless, focusing much more on offense than defense, and this was clearly a problem, as her aura was clearly depleting at a much faster rate than Pyrrha's.
"What's she doing! She's just letting the attacks hit her! It's like she's not even trying to dodge!" Weiss complained.
"That's the point," Ruby said.
"What, is she like a masochist or something?"
"Massa-wha?"
"A masochist."
"Massachusetts?"
"A masochist: somebody that likes pain," Blake explained.
"Oooooooh. I guess you could say that," Ruby shrugged, but Blake could tell there was more to it than that. Ruby clearly knew something they didn't.
"She does look like she's enjoying herself, she hasn't stopped smiling since the match began."
"She does love fighting."
"Should I be concerned about that?"
"Nah, she's got a good head on her shoulders, she knows when not to pick fights, which is most of the time, really."
Things were looking pretty grim at that point. Yang was down to 35% aura while Pyrrha was at a healthy 80%. Blake had begun to resign herself to spending Saturday with Sun, when suddly Yang slammed her fist into the ground, creating a shockwave that knocked Pyrrha off her feet. When Yang stood up, Blake noticed that her eyes were red and her hair was glowing. She got back into the fight, and her strategy was suddenly different. She still mainly focused on offense, but she was actually blocking and dodging when she needed to, which wasn't often, as the force of Yang's blows had become so staggering that Pyrrha could hardly get any chances to fight back. Pyrrha's aura was rapidly depleting while Yang's was staying steady.
"Is this her semblance?" Weiss asked.
"Yep! With each hit she gets stronger, and she uses that energy to fight back!" Ruby said. Suddenly everything made sense. Ruby's cryptic comments, the lack of dodging early on, the sudden shift in strategy.
"I'm impressed. This strategy's a bit reckless though, please tell me she doesn't use it in all of her fights," Blake said.
"Don't worry, Yang knows to adapt her battle strategy based on the opponent. She usually doesn't even have to use her semblance."
Suddenly, everyone in the room except Ruby and Yang was startled by Yang's right arm rocketing off of her stump and into Pyrrha, making her crash into the wall and drop below 20% aura.
"Of course she'd go for a flashy finale like that," Ruby said, rolling her eyes as Pyrrha walked over to Yang to return her arm, before shaking Yang's hand and patting her on the back in congratulations. Soon Yang herself was heading back over to them.
"Man, that fight was INTENSE! I haven't had that much fun in a while," Yang said as she approached.
"So you like fighting, huh?" Blake said.
"Yep! I love the rush of adrenaline I get! I'm a bit of a thrill seeker," Yang explained. "So when do I get my reward?"
"Tonight, in the bedroom," Blake responded, knowing exactly what it would sound like to the other two teammates.
"Ew! Did you really have to say that in front of us?" Weiss whined.
"It's not what you think, Ice Queen. I'm not the kind of girl to have sex on the first date," Yang said.
"You haven't even had sex like, ever," Ruby said, and Blake was honestly surprised at this revelation. Yang seemed like she could have any girl of compatible orientation she wanted.
"RUUUUUUBY! You didn't have to tell them that!"
I'm sure you guy can see why this is rated M on ff now. Plenty of dirty jokes and talk about sex in this fic, especially once the bees themselves get buzzing. No sex scenes planned atm tho, but if I change my mind on that they'll be ao3 exclusive. Fun fact: the initial concept of this fic was that I wanted a bee fic where Yang has already lost her arm when she meets Blake, but Adam's still the one that took said arm.
