Disclaimer: Still don't own RWBY. It still belongs to Rooster Teeth.

As Neo strolled through the entrance hall, she reflected that she was rather enjoying her stay at Beacon Academy so far. Her room was nice (she wasn't allowed room-mates for some reason, so she had it all to herself), the campus was very pleasant, and the food had both impressed and confused her (seriously, though, who the hell eats a whole Marlin for breakfast?)

"YOU!"

Neo turned around with an amused smile as a familiar voice shouted from behind her.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" the blonde-haired girl she had beaten on the train, Yang Xaio Long as she recalled from Roman's briefing, growled as the rest of her team, Ruby Rose the street vigilante, Blake Belladonna the White Fang defector and Weiss Schnee the heiress prepared for battle.

Students around them began to gather at what they felt was a safe distance to observe.

Neo grabbed her pen and trusty whiteboard.

ENROLLED AT BEACON

She gave a smug grin.

"Wha... but... you tried to kill me," Yang sounded outraged.

Neo blinked.

OH YEAH

She paused, trying to think of what to write.

SORRY ABOUT THAT

"And yet you don't look very sorry at all," Weiss interjected.

Neo looked thoughtful.

YEAH, WELL YOU'RE RACIST

"What? No I'm not," Weiss said defensively. Blake shot her a look. "At least, not in the context of this conversation," she amended.

"That's better," Blake nodded.

Neo held up her board again.

SAYING I CAN'T LOOK SINCERE BECAUSE I'M AN ICE-CREAM FAUNUS

She gave an exaggerated sigh.

HOW TERRIBLE

The four girls stared.

"You... do you think Faunus rights are a joke? That the discrimination of an entire race is something to make fun of?" Blake hissed indignantly.

Neo frowned at her.

I WOULD NEVER JOKE ABOUT THE WAFERS

"Um..." Ruby put her hand up shyly. Neo turned to her with a questioning smile. "Does that mean there are cookie Faunus, too?" She asked hopefully.

Neo narrowed her eyes as she held up the board again.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR CRUNCHY BRETHREN

Ruby's face lit up.

"Ruby, there's no such thing as a Cookie Faunus or an Ice-Cream Faunus," Blake sighed.

Neo practically saw the girl's heart break there and then. It was hilarious.

"Look, I don't care how you fooled the teachers into letting you in," Yang then growled, "But you're not fooling me. I'll be there, the moment you step out of line. I'm watching you!"

Neo nodded matter-of-factly, then held up the whiteboard again.

OF COURSE YOU'RE WATCHING ME, WHO ISN'T

She flipped it around.

I'M FABULOUS

Team RWBY would later look back on this as the point that Yang started twitching.

-Ten minutes later-The Library-

"Why are you here," Yang hissed.

Neo gave her a pitying look as the other girls tried to get on with their studying.

WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS YONG

She flipped the board.

I ENROLLED HERE

"I meant, why are you following us?" the blonde replied furiously, "And it's Yang."

Neo gave a look of realisation and nodded.

YOU'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE HERE I KNOW

She gave her best unsure look.

I'M SHY

"You're shy." Yang repeated in disbelief.

"We only know you because you 'used to' work against us," Blake pointed out tiredly, "That's not exactly a positive prior interaction."

Neo thought about it for a moment.

SISTERHOOD FORGED IN BATTLE IS STRONGER THAN STEEL

"That saying only works when you fight together," Weiss pointed out, "Not against each other."

Neo gave her a flat look, and held the board up at her.

SHUT UP RACIST

Weiss twitched. "No," she took a deep breath to calm herself down, "Don't let her get to you. Don't let her get to you..."

They settled into an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes, before Neo ironically and inevitably broke it again by tapping Yang on the shoulder.

Yang looked up.

HEY YUNG

She ignored the girl and returned to her work.

A minute later, Neo tapped her on the shoulder again.

Yang looked up with one twitching eye.

HEY YAM

"DAMN IT, I'M NOT A F***ING SWEET POTATO!" Yang roared as she stood up. "IT'S YANG!"

Ruby hid behind a face-palming Weiss. "Yang said a bad word," she whispered fearfully.

Neo, on the other hand, gave Yang an unimpressed look.

WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON YOUR ANGER ISSUES YANG

She shook her head in disappointment.

I THOUGHT I WOULD BE FREE OF YOUR MISPLACED AGGRESSION AFTER JOINING THE SIDE OF GOOD

Yang forced herself to calm down. "What. Do. You. Want," she got out through gritted teeth.

Neo tilted her head.

REMEMBER THAT TIME WE WERE ON A TRAIN AND I KICKED YOUR ASS

She flipped the board.

THAT WAS AWESOME

She gave Yang a triumphant look as she jotted down another line.

ESPECIALLY THE BACK-FLIPPING THING I DID WHERE I SAT DOWN AND UNFOLDED MY PARASOL

She smiled and nodded, flipping it again.

HOW COOL WAS THAT

Yang's face went blank.

Neo held up the board again.

THIS IS WHAT FRIENDS DO, RIGHT

She gave a bright smile.

REMINISCE ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES

She paused, before scribbling another note.

WELL, GOOD FOR ME, AT LEAST

Yang cocked Ember Celica.

Glynda frowned as explosions and screams started to ring out from the library.

"And of course, I'm going to have to clean that up," she held a hand to her forehead to stem the approaching headache.