Surprised this one got so many follows, and I'm sorry for the lateness of the update. Aside from being a somewhat dutiful college student, this fic requires me to feel like a complete piece of garbage before attempting to write it properly and I have to stay on the ball during class days so updates won't come as quick.
Disclaimer: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, Bálor Moonlight belongs to me, any other individuals or companies mentioned belong to their respective parent Company
As the students of Beacon cleared out to the courtyard finally free from their classes for the day, Yang Xiao Long felt elated to finally be free of Professor Port's nonsense as various boys were fighting for her attention.
"Man I forgot how sweet it is to be single, no boyfriend to cater to, no stupid wrestling euphemisms, just a bunch of hunky morons all fighting for something they'll never get."
The blonde brawler would bask in the praise of her hormone driven classmates, leaving the remaining members of Team RWBY to go on ahead without her. Certainly there had been a point in time where she had abandoned her more flirtatious nature in favor of pursuing the (then) new transfer student Bálor Moonlight in a quest to add him to her gaggle of "funboys", however his own brashness in kissing her in the midst of a roaring crowd of students setting off a chain of events that turned a simple conquest into a burgeoning romance between the two.
That was until Ruby got involved.
"Now now boys you'll all have your chance to impress me some other time, I've got places to go and people to talk to." The golden maned Huntress would saunter off in search of her teammates, only to spy her now ex-boyfriend making his way back inside with a glum look on his face and water dripping from his silver hair.
"Awww, poor little B finally got the dumping he deserved. Turns out Ruby does have a brain on her shoulders after all doesn't it, not gonna be able to fool her like you did me huh?" It wasn't usually her way to bully others, if anything she was the one who planned on beating down the bullies but she was still feeling pretty hurt by the fact that the wolf Faunus had tossed her aside in favor of her younger sister. However her taunting would go completely ignored as he proceeded to his wreckage of a dorm room, she was surprised that the young Hunter hadn't already gone to Ozpin to get his things replaced immediately.
"What, no witty catchprases? No stupid little hand gestures? What did Rubes take your balls too when she kicked you to the curb?!" Yang felt her anger simmering as the silver haired Faunus simply looked over at her without saying a word before returning to his dorm room.
"Fucker!" Those students who were still milling about would stop to stare at her curiously, not understanding the entirety of the situation and instead judging her on what they had seen. But it didn't bother her as she made her way back to the RWBY dorm, intent on congratulating her baby sister for finally getting some sense into her brain without the blonde having to resort to some form of comical slapping. To say Yang Xiao Long resented Bálor was an understatement, she had spent many a month on trying to get the wolf Faunus's attention following their very brazen kiss, and even though she had won his heart following an assassination attempt orchestrated by her own teammate Weiss his actions following what was supposed to be the beginning of her "Happily Ever After" had left the blonde brawler less than enamored with her supposed silver haired prince.
"He just had to keep on emulating those stupid meatheads, with their stupid hand gestures, the crotch chopping, and that FUCKING stupid entrance!" Yang could feel her Semblance beginning to stir as passerby's started giving her as much space as they could in the hallway, it was never a good idea to converse with the blonde when something or in this case someone had gotten under her skin to the point of agitation. She remembered the glum look that the Faunus had as he had passed by her earlier and it brought a feeling of vindication along with it, proof that not only had his initial charms had fully worn thin and now she was seeing Bálor for who he truly was: an insecure little urchin who hid behind the words and actions of others in order to make himself seem grander then the beaten little pup that Ozpin picked up off the side of the street.
"It feels fucking amazing to know that me and Weiss aren't the only ones who can see past the bullshit now!" The buxom blonde would be all smiles as she opened the door to her dorm to see her crimsonette haired sister quietly working diligently upon keeping her Crescent Rose well maintained, the Bullet Club shirt that she had taken to wearing had even been used to wipe away the excess cleaning oil. Truly her sister had snapped herself free from the silver-haired liar's embrace, it was enough to cause Yang to scoop up her sibling in a hug while laughing gleefully.
"Oooh Ruby thank Dust you're finally over that prick Bálor, now we can all finally get back to having all the fun adventures we used to have in between saving the world!" The blonde was so overjoyed at her sister's perceived freedom that she failed to miss the look of shock by her silver eyed sibling.
"Yang, wait..what?" Ruby would struggle against her older sibling's exuberant vice grip of joy, yelping as the blueprints she had been working on in-between her late night study were nearly trampled upon by Yang's boots. "Put me DOWN!" Yang would slowly acquiesce, surprised to hear her usually happy sister take an authoritative tone with her of all people.
"Geez Rubes, I thought the person getting dumped was allowed to be bitchy. After all this time you wasted on Bálor I thought you'd be feeling fun and fancy free." The older blonde would notice the blueprints lying at her feet and kneel down to pick them up. "Huh, this doesn't look like your usual design specs for an upgrade to your Crescent Rose, what gives?" Yang would look over the designs carefully, indeed it looked nothing like her Crescent Rose. The first sketch resembled something akin to an old fashioned steel chain but it was long enough to be considered a whip and even sported a Dust round chamber for reasons she couldn't understand.
"Sis wait, those aren't mine!" Ruby would hesitate, seeing her older sister looking absolutely confused over what the crimsonette had designed. "As you can probably tell, those weapons wouldn't be any good in my hands..but I figured "Hey, I know someone who could use a brand spanking new weapon all his own" and-" The younger Huntress would stop upon seeing her sister's jaw clench tight, hesitating to ask what was just on the older woman's mind.
"You made this..for HIM?!" The brawler's eyes would flash red for a brief instant as she tore up the blueprint designs with a snarl of anger, ignoring the younger girl's cry of shock. "Ruby why do you keep putting yourself through this crap, you realize he'll just find another girl to peddle his bullshit on. I figured you'd finally gotten your head back on your shoulders when I saw the mutt come back inside looking like someone fired the Bullet Club, whatever you said while dumping him sure left him crushed that's for sure."
Ruby would kneel down and gather up the scraps of tattered blueprints with a hollow sigh, looking over the bits of design with a saddened look before glaring at the older Huntress with her silver eyes ablaze.
"Look Yang, I don't really know why you think I'd go out of my way to hurt Bálor. He's been one of my best friends since he first showed up here, and I'm sorry you two broke up over a misunderstanding but that doesn't give you the right to talk about him like he's garbage!" The crimsonette would sigh and dispose of the ruined weapon plans and get back to giving her precious scythe some tender love and care, ignoring the livid look on her older siblings face as she polished and oiled Crescent Rose to perfection.
"I can't believe this, she leaves with him on one little journey to Summer's grave and she comes back a rebellious little spitfire!" Yang would look down at her sister with a mixture of pride and confusion, she longed for the days of the Ruby she used to know: Shy, a little awkward, and still very obsessed with seeing and discovering new weapons. Since she had returned from her journey with the wolf Faunus Ruby had developed an even closer bond with him, which made the fact that she had seen him looking so crushed caused her to go onto an emotional high.
"So Ruby won't do anything to bring that mutt crashing down to reality." She would go digging through her side of the closet, carefully moving aside Blake's belongings in order to reach into the back and retrieve her treasure chest of pranking items with a maniacal grin as she headed out the door.
"I was hoping to unleash my little treasure trove on Nora for starting that food fight last year, but THIS..this is a bigger problem that needs to be dealt with before things get out of hand." The blonde brawler would go looking for cohorts that shared her mindset towards the silver haired Hunter, she had strength on her side that was for sure but Yang had already seen how rabid Bálor could get when certain buttons were pushed. She needed numbers to bring that Bullet Club fanboy back down to reality.
She'd give him his comeuppance and damn the consequences!
"Focus dammit!" Blake's voice would pierce the haze of depression that Bálor had gone into their training session with, he had recently asked the feline to teach him how to use a sword following the incident with the Grimm in the Northern Woods. His ego had gotten away from him and led the wolf Faunus to try and fight three Beowolves with nothing but his bare hands, he had wasted time and energy by channeling his Semblance toward making the three Grimm perform like a bunch of drunken circus animals before the strain took in and forced him to snap one of the beasts neck before being forced into a corner by the remaining two.
"I said FOCUS!" Blake would snarl as she swung her sword dangerously close to the amber eyed Faunus's face, her Gambol Shroud coming away with two silver hairs from his head. "What's wrong with you mutt, you're never this sloppy..even when you're angry." Bálor would drop the practice blade that he had used so often during these practice sessions, wincing at the rusted blade hit the ground with a hollow thud. "I just..I feel like I've lost something since I made my way here to Beacon, like this practice blade my edges appeared to have dulled with everything that's gone down." He would sit down in the grass of the hill where the two Faunus usually practiced, the wolf would stare up at the cloudy skies that hung overhead.
"Is it really a bad thing, not to be so dangerous to those around you..those who truly care about you?" Blake would sheath her katana and join him on the grassy hill, looking over at her silver-haired friend questioningly as he seemingly let his mind wander. "His eyes seem bloodshot, definitely hasn't been sleeping too well." The feline would watch him cautiously, remembering the poem she had found waiting for her in her scroll's inbox. "You gonna answer my question Bálor or are we just gonna sit here and wait for mother nature to rain on the conversation?" She would wince at her terrible attempt at a joke, hoping that it would go unnoticed by the silver haired young man.
"Being a weapon is all I know Blake: I was raised in a prison, trained to fight by sadistic military types. "Kill" was literally the one word I looked for in every mission dossier they handed to me, violence is the only thing I've ever known but since I came here…" The wolf would frown as he let his words trail off as Blake watched on quietly, placing a hand on his shoulder gently in an attempt to comfort him. "You've changed, you've opened up your heart to those around you and accepted them despite every past experience screaming at you to do the opposite. Ruby, especially loves you despite all the craziness you bring up to her: The Bullet Club, the Vaudevillains, it's all so random and yet she joins you for the ride." Bálor would smile a little as he thought of his Little Rose, the plucky crimsonette haired reaper had always been somewhere nearby whenever things turned crazy for him, a constant pillar of support no matter who or what seemed against him. "But Blake..you know how I feel about you-" He would feel the raven-haired Huntress withdraw her supportive hand from his shoulder, knowing he had crossed a line with the female Faunus. "You can ignore what that poem meant and pass it off as something "nice" or "sweet" but we both know what the hell that was Blake: I was giving you my SOUL!" The wolf Faunus would snarl as he stood up and began walking back to the dorm furiously, sure his relationship with Yang had ended up an absolute failure due to their shared bullheadedness, he and Ruby were constantly dancing between the lines of friendship and romance but he was focused on the feline Faunus for reasons he couldn't put together and it drove him mad that she preferred the easygoing monkey Faunus Sun Wukong. "Bálor, I appreciate the fact that you feel so strongly about me, and if things were different for us then maybe there would be a future for us." Blake would speak while running after her agitated pupil in the art of the sword. "But I really care about Sun, and no amount of well-meaning poetry could possibly change that." The wolf would stop upon hearing the sadness in her voice, but as he turned to reply to her words, he would find himself alone as the rain began to fall.
Yang would be standing proudly on the dais of Beacon's Amphitheatre, below her stood a mob of individuals who shared her common hatred of the silver-haired Hunter for various reasons. It was a most welcome sight to the blonde brawler's gaze as she stepped up to the podium to address everyone.
"Friends, school chums, resident douchebags who are still somewhat more tolerable then that wrestling loving moron! You're all here because we all have a bone of some sort to pick with the one known as Bálor Moonlight." Various levels of grumbling could be heard as Yang paused, waiting for the crowd to simmer down before continuing.
"Unfortunately thanks to our dear, not-so-sweet Headmaster Ozpin he's constantly avoided any sort of retribution for his various transgressions against those who have gathered here today. Well I say that if Oz isn't gonna get off his ass and do something about it, then we should band together and get vengeance our damn selves!" The crowd below would roar to life as they agreed with her biting tone, althewhile Yang's little box of pranks sat patiently on the podium, its contents waiting to be put to use in her quest for revenge.
Bad things are coming folks, Yang's gang of cronies will be revealed next chapter but leave guesses as to who you think will be involved in the upcoming prank. More unhappiness to come at a later date