Chapter 2: No more games
Blake had been sneaking through the trees with her pistol rather than her rifle. She wanted to be silent and quick and trying to maneuver the rifle through the tree branches would just slow her down, but that also meant decreasing her range and accuracy should she actually find someone. The forest was huge and the odds of running into a scout was highly unlikely due to the fact that Yang and Nora prefer a more direct approach. Blake continued to jump from tree to tree until she heard talking not far away.
"Jaune try not to be so loud when you walk" Pyrrha said as she and Jaune walked out into Blake's view. The two were carrying rifles and didn't seem to be paying much attention to the trees nearly as much as directly in front of them. Blake smirked and aimed her pistol at Jaune's head and fired. Jaune's rifle hit the ground with a thud with Jaune following soon after. Pyrrah spun around but was too late. Blake had fired three more shots, two of which hit Pyrrah in the chest and caused her to fall to the ground with a look of surprise. Blake jumped down from the try and smirked.
"Have fun together love birds" Blake chuckled out before running back out into the forest to hunt for the flag. Blake had been walking for what seemed like hours before she heard more talking nearby. Blake quickly hit the floor and slowly crawled to a more covered location so she could listen in. Blake couldn't make out the words in the conversation but she could tell that Nora was talking to the other members of her team. Blake also managed to piece together that Jaune and Pyrrah had unfrozen and warned Nora that Blake was coming. Blake began slowly backing away when an explosion erupted from the city. Blake jumped up and looked at Nora and the two nodded at each other before running back to the school entrance where the game started. After a short while everyone had arrived.
"What the hell was that?" Nora asked to no one in particular. Yang shrugged and loaded her shotgun gauntlets and began walking towards the smoke.
"Yang where are you going?" Ruby called out before chasing after her sister.
"Relax sis I'm just going to see what happened down there, that's all." Yang replied with a smirk. No one else wanted to go but they just couldn't hold back their curiosity and followed Yang. Weiss was hanging around the back and was the last one to see the pile of burning rubble that was once a movie store.
"Oh my god...I hope no one got hurt" Weiss said staring at the flickering flames.
"I hope so too ice queen" Sun said trying to keep the situation positive. The group watched the flames for a little while longer before deciding to continue the game later. RWBY, JNPR, and Velvet walked back to the school in silence until they reached their dorms. Ruby decided she wanted to go talk with Velvet for a bit longer and Weiss needed to go study leaving Yang and Blake alone.
"Well Blake looks like we're all alone again" Yang said with a smile. The two had been dating for a few weeks now and Blake still acted shy about it even when the two were alone. The relationship was kept secret so that Blake could have some time to adjust but Yang could feel her discomfort about the whole thing. Yang had been helping Blake out with her shyness but she still had a lot of work to do before Blake would allow Yang to make the relationship public. Now that's not to say that Blake shied away from Yang all the time, quite the contrary. Blake gladly expressed her love for Yang in private and every once in a while did something public even if it was so small as simple hand holding.
"Yeah I guess we are. Hey Yang...would you mind...giving me a massage? My backs killing me." Blake asked with a slight blush. Blake yelped however when Yang pulled Blake down and began pressing and rubbing her shoulders. Yang was more than happy to do these things for Blake whenever she could, every little bit helped her get one step closer to pulling Blake out of her shell and into the comfortable area of their relationship but for now, Yang would stick with the small stuff. Blake was beginning to relax almost instantly causing her to let out a purr. Blake would normally have immediately cut herself off but being alone with Yang was one of the few cases she would let her purrs and meows out. Yang always loved hearing her girlfriend purr...it filled her with a sense of accomplishment whenever she managed to work one out. The two stayed like this for a while longer until Yang's hands began to cramp up causing her to stop. The two looked at each other with love struck eyes and cuddled in the bed. Blake and Yang fell asleep together only to be woken up at 2:43 in the morning by Ruby.
"Uh sis why are you sleeping in Blake's bed?" Ruby asked innocently enough.
"I was having a really bad dream and Blake let me cuddle with her to make me feel better" Yang lied but Ruby bought it.
"Ruby why are you up at this hour though?" Blake asked as her eyes narrowed.
"Well um...Weiss hasn't come back yet" Ruby said causing Yang and Blake to shoot out of bed in surprise
"Where is she?" The two asked in unison.
"I don't know guys I really don't, but I wanted to see if you guys would help me find her" Ruby said desperately. Yang and Blake exchanged glances and nodded and soon the three were wandering the school halls together trying to find any sign of their missing team mate. Eventually the three found themselves in the library searching through the aisles and tables scattered throughout the room.
"Guys I think I found something" Blake called out as she read the note on the table. Yang and Ruby quickly ran over to see the note giving a detailed description of where it wanted the reader to go.
"Weiss wouldn't be so careless as to follow a random notes order right?" Ruby asked hoping that her thoughts were wrong.
"Only one way to find out" Yang replied and began to walk out the door and follow the letters instructions. The three followed it's detailed map to an old abandoned building that reeked of something foul.
"The letter leads in their" Blake said as she drew Gambol Shroud. The three gulped and entered the dark building, unknowing of the horrors laying within.