A Helping Mom

Chapter 3: The Plan Begins

While Ruby was busy with Raven, the rest of the group had arrived at Kali's home. Once they got inside, the faunus woman guided her guests to the living room to relax, while she herself went to the kitchen to get them something to drink. However, Blake followed her mother to the kitchen to have a quick talk with her.

''Mom, I'll be taking Weiss with me to the town,'' Blake said. ''While we are away, you should do your thing with Yang.''

''Are you sure that's wise?'' Kali asked. ''I mean, won't she get suspicious, if you two just suddenly disappear?''

''We'll go through the back door, so she won't notice. Even if she did, I don't think she would care,'' the daughter answered. ''Besides, I could tell by the way you were looking at her that you can't wait to start with her.''

The faunus mom blushed a bit and said with a bright smile, ''You got that right! You go have fun with your friend, while I'll make that partner of yours smile again!''

''I'm counting on that, mom,'' Blake said with a small smile. ''Although, don't go too far, okay?''

''What's this!? Can't my own daughter trust me!? Oh, the humanity!'' Kali said in a mock hurt voice.

The raven-haired girl simply rolled her eyes and said, ''Tell me that once you've wiped that drool off the corner of your mouth.''

While Kali cleaned off the drool like her daughter instructed her, Blake went back to the living room. There her two teammates were passing the time in their own ways. Weiss was looking at something on her Scroll, while Yang was simply staring at a wall absentmindedly as she sat on the couch. The cat faunus walked up to the heiress and tapped her on the shoulder. When she had her attention, she motioned for her to follow and started to make her way to the back door with Weiss following.

''Where are you two going?'' Yang suddenly asked, surprising her teammates.

''I just need to ask about something from Weiss,'' Blake quickly answered. ''It's a bit personal, so I would like to have some privacy with her. We won't be gone for long.''

The blonde simply gave a small nod. Normally, she would have made a bad joke or teased in some other way, but she wasn't in the mood. While her two teammates appreciated not being subjected to any bad jokes, they were still saddened by the change in Yang's attitude. They hoped that they could fix it soon.

''So, what are we going to actually do?'' Weiss asked her faunus teammate once they had gone out of the house. ''I trust that this is still part of your plan?''

''While this is part of my plan, we won't be doing anything,'' Blake answered. ''We are just going to leave Yang with my mom. She'll do the rest.''

''Are you sure that's a good idea?'' the heiress wondered. ''I mean, you know just how moody Yang has been, right? I'm worried over your mom's safety.''

''Knowing my mom, it's Yang that we should be worried over, not her.''


Back inside the Belladonna household, Yang was sitting in the living room, just staring absentmindedly at the wall. While she found the behavior of her teammates a little strange, she honestly didn't care about it. It didn't matter to her what the other two girls were doing. The blonde just hoped that something would happen on this trip that would take her mind off Ruby and her mom.

A little while later, Kali walked back into the living room with a tray that had two glasses and a bottle on it. The faunus woman had a bright smile on her face as she set the tray on the table in front of Yang and took a seat next to her on the couch.

''What's this?'' the blonde asked as she looked at the bottle.

''This is a special wine from around here,'' Kali answered. ''It's made from certain berries that can only be found around Menagerie.''

''Isn't it a bit too early to drink?'' Yang asked while the faunus woman poured the wine in the two glasses.

''Oh, it's never too early to have a small drink! Especially when it's your day off,'' Kali answered happily and put one of the glasses in front of her guest. ''Go ahead! Drink up! I'm sure you'll like it.''

The brawler picked up the glass and was about to try out the wine, but stopped herself. Despite the fact that she had a tendency of drinking quite a bit, Yang knew how out of control she could get when she was drunk. She didn't want to subject her friend's mother to such behavior.

''Actually, I think I'll pass,'' Yang said as she put down the glass. ''It's not exactly a good idea for me to drink right now.''

Kali was about to say that it would be fine and that the blonde could have a drink without worries. However, she knew it would only lead to an argument, so she decided on another approach.

''Tell you what, how about we have a little contest?'' the faunus woman suggested. ''The loser has to obey the winner, no matter what. And if I win, my first order will be for you to have a drink with me.''

Yang thought about it for a moment and decided to go with it. While she didn't think that her refusing a drink should be such a big matter, she wanted to really do something to pass the time. Besides, this way she could get her mind off her problematic love life.

''Alright, I'm in,'' the blonde answered. ''What's the contest going to be?''

Kali grinned, got up from her seat and said, ''Follow me.''


Meanwhile, Blake was showing Menagerie to Weiss. Despite being good friends, the heiress had not yet visited her faunus teammate's home. Due to her family's past crimes against the faunus people, Weiss feared how she would be received by the place's population. Thankfully, her fears were unnecessary, as she had received nothing but kindness from the faunus of Menagerie. Guess it helped to be friends with the chieftain's daughter.

''So, that was the market district for you,'' Blake said as she kept walking while licking an ice cream they had gotten a bit earlier. ''Are there any particular places that you would like to see?''

''Hard to say,'' Weiss answered while licking her own ice cream. ''This place is completely new to me, so I don't really know about the biggest attractions around. Besides, I don't want to seem too... nosy.''

''What do you mean by that?'' the cat faunus asked.

''You know what kind of history my family has, right? I'm afraid that it might come back to haunt me here,'' the heiress answered. ''Depending on where I go, it might seem like I'm essentially spying. I don't want to turn your people against me, especially when I've been doing so well in proving that I'm not like my father.''

Suddenly, Blake wrapped an arm around Weiss' shoulders, causing the white-haired girl's eyes to go wide with surprise. The cat faunus pulled her friend closer to offer more comfort.

''Weiss, that is all in the past. You should know that you've done more than enough already to fix your family's name,'' Blake said in a gentle voice. ''I can assure you that no one here thinks that you're anything like your father and that they trust you completely. Even if there were someone that said otherwise, you can trust that not only me, but all of your friends will defend you.''

The heiress felt touched by her friend's words. Tears of happiness and relief started to fall from her eyes as she was about to thank the faunus girl for her support.

''Well, isn't that a lovely sight?'' a familiar female voice suddenly said, causing the two girls to stop and turn towards the sound. There they saw none other than Raven Branwen, laying on a hammock with Ruby in her arms and a smirk on her face. ''Two young girls on a date, letting out what's locked away in their hearts. Would you mind telling me when you two are going to get married and have kids?''

While Blake covered her face with her hand out of embarrassment, Weiss was not content with being silent.

''WHAT!? How dare you-!?''

''Shhh! Ruby's asleep!'' Raven angrily whispered at the heiress. ''I don't care how upset you are with me right now, no one wakes up my rose when she's napping!''

''Grrr... You're lucky that I'm considerate of my partner's safety, Branwen,'' Weiss growled as she kept glaring at the raven-haired woman. ''Otherwise, I would put my rapier through your nose right now.''

''You're free to try later, princess,'' Raven called out mockingly with a smirk and even stuck her tongue out at the white-haired girl, angering her further. ''Don't blame me when you're running to your mommy while crying.''

While Weiss continued to fume, Blake glanced at the couple laying in the hammock and remembered their trip's reason.

''I wonder how my mom's doing?'' the cat faunus said. ''I hope things haven't gotten out of hand there.''

''I fear that might be possible. My daughter is very stubborn,'' Raven said with a sad sigh. ''I'm afraid that when Yang inherited some of the things from me and Tai, she got my stubborn nature and her father's thick head. It's sadly possible that your mother is currently ripping her hair out of frustration with Yang.''

''While I know how Yang can be, I'm not afraid of things getting out of hand thanks to her. I'm more concerned about what my mom might do to Yang,'' Blake explained.

''Why? I can't imagine how someone as sweet as Kali could do anything bad to anyone. Let alone to Yang.''

''Trust me. If you knew how my mom pursued dad back in their younger days, you wouldn't call her sweet.''


Author's notes: Chapter 3 up! I'm very happy to see that you've enjoyed this story so far. Next chapter is going to take a bit longer though, as I need to do some rewriting on some of the stuff I had written.

Also, next chapter will be focusing on the Kali/Yang romance. Hope you guys will like it.

Until next time.

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