The hall was occupied by three people, the area around it vacant. The hour was late. There were two females, one male, two blonds and two sisters. Yang Xiao Long stood at one end by an open door arms crossed and awaiting an answer. Jaune Arc and Ruby Rose were at the other end, startled. How did she know? Thought Ruby, Other than interrogating Blake, but Blake was given no major information. Ruby knew she could outrun Yang but Jaune would be defenseless to her sister's wrath.
Jaune put on an innocent smile, "Hey Yang, I was really hungry from being in the infirmary so Ruby kindly brought me out to get some food!"
Yang cracked her knuckles, "Like I would believe she's the one that brought you out." Responded Yang slowly. Ruby wanted to facepalm, the situation was getting worse every minute. Jaune took a step back as Yang stepped forward. Her eyes switched to red and Jaune threw his hands up yelling, "Yang please stop, I don't wanna die, I'm too young!" As fast as they turned red her eyes switched back to their casual lilac. Yang then began to laugh so hard she nearly fell over. "Oh my god you should've seen your face, hahahaha" Laughed Yang slapping Jaune on the arm. Ruby still had an uneasy look, seeing as things were ok she took off into her dorm to change and go to bed. What Ruby didn't see was when she left Yang grabbed Jaune by the throat and whispered into his ear, "If you ever touch or take advantage of my baby sister, I will kill you. Clear." Jaune's face turned beat red from embarrassment and insufficient oxygen, "Crystal." Why would he ever do such a thing, the thought had never crossed his mind, until Yang brought it up.
Yang pranced off into her dorm and shut the door leaving Jaune alone in the hall. A new voice was now heard and Jaune knew who it belonged to. "Humph, that went much better for you than I expected." Cardin Winchester strutted up behind him grinning but also sporting a new black eye. Jaune for the second time that day nearly spat at Cardin, "Damnit Cardin what the hell did you do!"
Cardin still grinning twirled his mace around in his hand, "I might've let it slip to Xiao Long and your teammates about you and Rose going out to Vale. It's a shame that her sister didn't overreact, that would be pretty funny." Jaune knowing he could not challenge Cardin without a weapon (or with one, he was lucky in the courtyard), slowly he turned to his dorm. Cardin yelled back as he left, "This is only the beginning Jauney Boy! Ya might not be so lucky next time."
Blake was still looking torn to bits after what must've been clubbing and interrogation with Yang. Without any information from Blake, Yang had overheard Cardin talking to his team about his encounter with Jaune and Ruby. Yang had torn into Cardin for information which he gladly gave, and then decked him in the face after he tried to hit on her.
The NPR of team JNPR were all excited for the most part of Jaune's arrival. Ren was rather indifferent to anything that Jaune had done. His friend and 'brother from another mother' would not have to worry about Ren intervening offensively. The other team mates were another story. Nora had nearly tackled Jaune upon his entry. She slammed the door behind him and muttered something about 'no escaping this time'. Pyrrha was rather upset because of Jaune going out with Ruby and not her. Pyrrha put on a fake smile and muttered something about him 'not seeing the obvious'.
Jaune gave an exhausted look to his friends, "I...I uh suppose you all know where I've been?" He was beginning to get worried at this point. Cardin had surely made it seem to more than one individual that Jaune and Ruby were dating. The rumor was bound to spread like wildfire. He just couldn't figure out why it was such a big deal that Ruby had brought him out to get some food. Given, it was a nice restaurant but it was a nice change to his evening.
Pyrrha sighed far too sarcastically, "Yes Jaune, Cardin had nearly broken down the door to tell us the wonderful news of you and Ruby's relationship." Jaune rubbed his eyes, this was truly becoming a nightmare. "Let me clear this up. Me and Ruby are not dating, we went to get dinner as friends." Jaune emphasized friends. Nora raised an eyebrow, "Really cause that's not what Cardin and Yang said..."
"Yang? How…"
"Scrolls." Nora responded holding hers up, she was texting Yang.
Pyrrha bluntly added, "Yes, according to our comrades you too looked all, and I quote 'lovey dovey'. Also, Ruby was dressed up."
Jaune stood dumbfounded. "Wha… How? Scrolls. Ren back me up man."
Ren shrugged, "You to did look, 'together together'."
"Traitor!" Jaune cried out, Ren shrugged again. "That's it, I'm taking a shower, you all are taking this far too seriously." With that final statement Jaune left to the bathroom before anything else could be said. At least no one knew about the movie, he would never hear the end of it.
Jaune behind the closed door of the bathroom put his face in his hands. "Why me." Even the simple things could drive him into the dirt. She did look really cute though… Gah! Stop thinking like that what the hell is wrong with you! She's so much younger. Jaune tried to shake thoughts from his head. Everything had happened just because he had forgotten Crocea Mors when he needed it and it was like a domino effect from there. He would have to fight these rumors, at all costs.
Ruby herself was now sitting in her bathroom reviewing the events that had recently occurred. Privately she declared this a win for her. Yeah Jaune had gotten hurt but in the end it all worked out. She got to go on a 'date' with him and he was grateful to her for bringing him, even though he paid for it. There was one problem, Jaune was very awkward and too much commotion could scare him away. "Ruby are you ok." Said a voice, Yang's. "Yeah why?"
"You've been in there for a while. Is it Jaune?"
Ruby shot up and opened the door red faced "N-No! We aren't in a relationship, I was just being friendly." Yang's face lit up with a massive grin. "Oh my Gawd! You actually like him. I was just giving you a hard time, but, but you actually like him. Hahaha." Yang sputtered between laughs.
Ruby looked as if she was going to burst into tears. "Yang please don't, it's nothing!" Yang still sporting a massive grin, "This is the best day ever! My baby sister likes someone! Now I either get to kill em, or I get to make then love you! By the way when did you start to like him." Ruby groaned and let out a deep breath. There was no point in trying to keep anything back at this point. "Yang, this is between me and you." Yang gave a serious look and nodded, going into caring sister mode. "Honestly, ever since I met Jaune I've liked him. The first day at beacon when I exploded with Weiss. When Jaune helped me up, we just began to talk. From that point I kind of quietly fell for him." Ruby explained, clearly not wanting to have this conversation.
Yang scratched her neck. She liked pulling pranks and teasing, but her sister truly was into this and she would try to be respectful. "So Rubes, do ya think he likes you at all." Ruby's face then turned sad, "I wouldn't say he doesn't but he is just so oblivious, I couldn't know." Yang thought for a moment, why not help her sister and have a blast doing it. Her eyes brightened up and she shot a fist into the air. "Little sis, do not fret! For I shall help you, operation Shielded Rose!"
Ruby rolled her eyes, "Yang that's not nec-"
Yang was nearly drooling now going through so many plans. It was going to be fun, the 'romance' and the 'beating Jaune to death'. "This is going to be great, I'm gonna help get my baby sister a boyfriend!" Yang exclaimed. Ruby rose and eyebrow, "He's a tough nut to crack Yang" Yang smashed her fists together, "Breaking tough nuts is my specialty!" Rub sighed, this was going to truly be a nightmare.
The next day at breakfast was of interest. Teams RWBY and JNPR had both entered the cafeteria together. Upon entrance both Jaune and Ruby were gaining raised eyebrows and whispers from the other members of Beacon Academy. Jaune got a few whispers like, 'Hook line and sinker' or 'How on Remnant did you score that!'. It was never a complete secret that some guys at Beacon liked Ruby, but her sister and shy attitude tended to shut down any potential suitors. It wasn't as if Cardin was going to go lightly on Jaune either. Cardin had strutted up to him while Jaune was carrying his breakfast tray. Cardin flicked Jaune's breakfast into his face while calling him 'lover boy'. When Jaune tried to sit down Yang grabbed him by his hood and threw him into a seat by Ruby. The two completely refrained any conversation. "So lady killer, whatcha like about my sister? She's pretty cute isn't she?" Yang asked Jaune.
Jaune sighed nearly planting his face in food for the second time that day. "Yang I don't like Ruby." Yang deployed Ember Celica raising an eyebrow. "ARE YOU SAYING MY SISTER ISN'T FREAKING ADORABLE?" Jaune threw his arms up in defense, "N-no, Ruby is great, it's just I'm not romantically interested." Yang leaned across the table, "OH, NOW MY SISTER ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. IS THAT IT?" Their actions were beginning to draw attention. "Yang! Stop please! Ruby is great it's just I'm not into anyone right now." Yang continued toying with Jaune until breakfast was finally over. Ruby was embarrassed and taken aback from her sister's crazy antics.
When Professor Goodwitch's class came around, Jaune was truly deemed unlucky. The whole class had sat down quickly to avoid Goodwitch's wrath. "Today we will begin class with single combat." Announced Goodwitch, her gaze pierced the student body. "Mr. Arc and Ms. Xiao Long, you can start us off today." Yang excitedly hopped right up and onto the stage. Jaune on the other hand nearly fell off of his seat seeing his death was nigh.
Ruby was rather intrigued by this particular fight, her overprotective sister vs. her love interest. She nibbled on a cookie. It was going to be great. Jaune entered the arena him on one side and Yang on the other. He suspected Yang to toy with him but he wasn't intending on giving her the opportunity. During his lessons with Pyrrha he had been working on a new strategy, rather than focusing on survival he was hoping to catch her off guard.
The very moment Goodwitch sounded the match to begin, Jaune sprinted at Yang Crocea Mors drawn. Yang was slightly surprised but just prepared to respond with a murderous right hook. However, Jaune predicted this knowing how Yang fought. Just before Yang threw her right hook Jaune raised his shield. The shield took the full brunt of the impact. Using this opportunity Jaune struck out with his sword jabbing Yang in the waist catching the entire class by surprise. Yang was quick to respond by kicking low and causing Jaune to trip, Yang used her other foot to kick Jaune's still raised shield from his grasp. Leaving him only with his sword.
Yang attempted to land more hits while Jaune was down but he rolled out of the way and managed to stand back up. Ruby glanced at the scoreboard. Jaune's initial attack had damaged Yang's aura by a bit but she was still in the green. Jaune was in the top yellow, it would be lower if not for his large aura reserves. Any hit Yang landed was fierce.
Now Jaune was once again about to get charged by a Yang. She threw a right fist so he dodged right, a left so he dodged left. Then she gave him a right kick to the chest causing him to stumble backwards. "Stop dodging my attacks! Take it like a man!" Yelled Yang throwing another right hook. Jaune sidestepped it and swung Crocea Mors in a counter attack. Two unexpected things happened. First his counter attack actually landed a hit and brought Yang's aura down a reasonable amount. Second his hit landed on Yang's hair dismembering multiple strands and he wasn't the one who brought Yang's aura down. Yang's aura dropped because upon losing some of her hair she exploded into fiery rage. Jaune was left completely helpless as Yang whipped around channeling a massive amount of anger and aura into her fist and decked Jaune square in the face.
When the dust cleared Jaune's aura was hardly registering and Crocea Mors was impaled into the ground without a bearer. Teams RWBY and NPR squinted in worry to find Jaune. In front of Yang was a literal trench in the concrete. The trench led multiple feet and ended with an unwanted familiar sight. Jaune laid on the ground bleeding and his aura barely flickering in an attempt to alleviate the pain. Yang's rage cleared quickly at the sight of her doing, "Please Vomit Boy be ok." RWB and NPR rushed to the scene. Ruby was the first there wide eyed and worried. Goodwitch finally intervened, "Oh dear. Would Nora, Pyrrha and Ren please escort their leader to the infirmary. Team RWBY will also be excused from class seeing as this damage wasn't fully intentional. Ms. Xiao Long, please try to control yourself." Ordered the professor. The only laughter came from team CRDL who were given detention later for not treating a student's injuries seriously.
JNPR rushed to the infirmary to have Jaune's injuries treated. He was busted up rather badly, a completely shattered nose could be fixed with medical tech. However, a bruised spine, sprained neck and dislocated shoulder were more of a nuisance to fix up. Ren had carried his leader all the way there. Nora and Pyrrha shoving people out of the way.
RWBY headed to their dorms, upon entry Ruby turned to Yang. She looked angry which was a rarity in general. "Why? Why Yang? Why could you not accept the fact that I like him? Why could you not be a good sister and support me? Why did you have to hurt him so badly for something that isn't his fault?" Ruby cried angrily, something so rare Blake and Weiss backed off completely. Yang threw her arms up, "Really Ruby! You think I did that to Jaune on purpose. I think Jaune is a good person I would never hurt him like that!"
"You just did!"
Yang looked shamed for a second. "I was out of control."
Ruby took a step toward her, "You're always out of control you jerk!" Ruby yelled at her sister. Yang looked shocked, "Ruby, where is this coming from?"
Ruby balled her hands into fists. "It's coming from the fact that you couldn't just be cool and had to screw everything up!" Ruby shoved Yang backwards. Weiss and Blake took another step back. Yang pushed her back, "I'm still your big sister, and you will not do that again." Ruby shoved her again, "Just did." Yang speared Ruby forward and tackled her out the dorm window in into the courtyard. Ruby used her semblance to reduce the falling impact. The students around the courtyard stood in awe at the scene of the two normally close sisters preparing to fight. Ruby stood up and deployed the monstrosity of a scythe, Crescent Rose. Yang cracked her neck, "I don't want to hurt you little sis." Ruby slid into her combat stance charging up her aura, "I'm not the one who's going to get hurt." Yang deployed Ember Celica and smashed her fists together. "We'll see."
I really enjoyed writing this chapter. Reviews are always wanted along with good ideas, I may use them. So Ruby and Yang are going to square off in the next chapter. I feel bad for Jaune, poor guy is always getting bashed up, but taking the full hit of Yang's enraged fist, I'm good! Will the 2 sisters make up or nah? We'll see because i'm really making it up as I go! Also some people are mad at me for going OC, but its fanfiction and why not have a bit of fun. CYA!
