Author's Note: Woo! Another update in just two weeks. Definitely beats the gap before the last update. Apparently RTX was last weekend and my editor, the lovely Zelindsay, and fellow writers XenonRaumzeit, Vanitas Lunar, and Nekonyaneko, for messaging me and letting me know that I failed at being a proper fainboy and that RWBY Volume 4 is out on October 22nd. In an attempt to be a better fanboy I have been writing like crazy! I now have a back log of stuff to release.
On a side note. go check out their work. They write some great White Rose fanfiction with a smattering of Bumblebee and other stuff.

Also, AKALoveless, because you made me laugh, I made a tweak to the beginning.


"What is this?" Weiss asked again, holding the envelope and its contents up.

"Uhh…" Yang stammered while making a big show about rubbing the back of her head. "Bills?"

"Don't try that with me, Xiao Long." The shorter girl snipped back before shifting her gaze. "And I am watching you too, Belladonna."

Ruby's eyes snapped over to where Blake was standing. The faunus was hunched forward with tense muscles and looked just like a cat that was ready to pounce on an unsuspecting prey. In that moment Yang made her move, dashing forward to remove the items from Weiss' hand. The ex-heiress reacted too quickly though, pulling the documents back before turning to her wife and promptly shoving them down the front of Ruby's shirt.

"You think that'll stop me, Frosty?" Yang inquired as she edged towards her younger sister. "I used to bathe her."

"Yang, please." Ruby started, taking a small step backwards and towards Weiss as she crossed her arms protectively across her chest. "This is serious. We've already read the letter and we're concerned."

Silence dominated the room while the sisters held eye contact with each other, trying to assert their position. In the end, it was Yang whose, normally indomitable stubbornness, broke before the soft care and worry that was displayed in her sister's silver eyes.

"Fine." The blonde grumbled slumping her shoulders. "Have it your way."

She felt a pair of warm hands slip around her waist and pressure on her back as Blake gave her a hug from behind, burying her face in the taller woman's jacket.

"Let's go to the kitchen and eat." The faunus murmured through the cloth. "Then we can talk about this while everyone is in higher spirits."

Thankfully, the Rose-Schnee Belladonna Xiao Long household was prepared for days like this. While they did not maintain full-time live-in staff, Weiss had a chef on the payroll, that Yang helped chip in for after they moved in, who made a wide variety of prepared meals that could be stored in their refrigerator or freezer. All that was needed was some stove or oven time to finish the process. While a home-cooked meal prepared by Blake or Ruby would have been preferable, especially for this conversation, there wasn't anything they could do about it.

Upon reaching the kitchen Blake began to pull out several tupperware containers, as well as a sealed bowl of pre sliced fruit. Moving to turn the oven on, she placed the bowl on the island that they were all standing around. Even though they had a dining room, multiple dining rooms of different levels of decor and fanciness, they prefered to eat most of their meals seated on the barstools that were bolted to the ground around two sides of the granite island. It made for a more comfortable meal time, and the messes caused by Ruby and Yang were much easier to deal with.

After selecting a fish dish garnished with various different vegetables, Blake expertly moved the food from the contained onto a baking sheet and slid it into the over. Even though it hadn't finished heating up, the faunus had a good idea of how long it would take to bake all the way through, and set the timer.

"Can we talk about something lighter while we wait?" Weiss inquired, breaking the silence that had once again fallen.

"Gosh, yes!" Ruby exclaimed her eyes snapping to her sister-in-law with anticipation. "How did the doctor's appointment go?"


"...then I got off the phone with Winter and… well." Yang's voice petered out as she searched for a delicate way to explain what happened next.

"Let's just say that Weiss will probably see an invoice come across her desk in a few days that will explain it." Blake finished for her wife, giving the blonde a slight glare.

"Ooh." Ruby looked all too interested while Weiss silently pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head in disappointment. "What'd she break this time?"

"I don't want to ruin the surprise, Rubes." Yang smirked at her little sister. "You'll probably hear about it the moment Weiss finds outs."

Ruby puffed her cheeks out at her older sister, showing her displeasure at the blonde's desire to keep things secret. The despite being twenty three years old, the look still managed to fit the brunette and was somewhat adorable until Blake poked one her inflated cheeks with her finger.

"Gah!" She exclaimed before pouting at Blake this time, switching tactics and using her puppydog eyes instead.

"Oh, sweet little Ruby." Blake taunted her. "You should always be ready for a sneak attack. And, if you haven't forgotten, those eyes only work on Yang and Weiss."

Ruby's gaze turned to a glower as she shifted in her seat so she was sitting just a little close to her wife.

"Hmph!" Was the only response that Ruby gave.

"Moving on." Weiss interjected before either of the other girls could continue teasing her wife, but not before giving the younger woman a light kiss on the cheek. "The letter? Care to explain it?"

Yang and Blake exchanged a brief glance. This was a subject they were hoping to avoid discussing with their in-laws.

"Well." Blake started slowly. "You both have probably noticed by now that I am a faunus."

"Duh!" Ruby exclaimed back. "Your ears give it away! Plus Yang is always calling you Kit, Cat, Kitten, her pu-mmphh"

Ruby was cut off as Weiss slapped her hand over Ruby's mouth. The older woman held her hand there until she was certain her younger counterpart wasn't going to speak again. Once Ruby stopped struggling Weiss removed her hand and calmly returned her focus to Blake as if nothing had happened.

"Well, even though humans have started becoming more comfortable and less confrontational with faunus, treating us less like animals and more like people, there are always holdouts." Blake paused and collected her thoughts. "I know you guys are more aware of this than most but, after winning the single's division of the Vytal tournament in our third year, Yang gained a bit of celebrity. After kissing me in full public in front of the CCT cameras during her interview, we caught the attention of the remnants of the White Fang. Even though Adam had been captured with most of the White Fang leaders, there were still cells out there that resorted to violent means. We started receiving threatening letters from the White Fang. They were all written to appear from humans, denouncing Yang for her affiliation with a 'beast'.

"We got the police involved and they eventually found the White Fang cell that was creating these letters. Apparently they were planning an assassination attempt on me, and were intending on framing it on Yang. They were trying to stir things up again. The White Fang had stopped caring about about equality a long time before that and just wanted to commit violence to gain power, and that would have given them the reason to go after humans again."

Blake took a deep breath as Yang reached over and grabbed her now shaking hands.

"After that nothing." Yang continued in Blake's place. "Until we got married, at least. After that we started getting more letters. Same message though. Except this time they were signed by a pro-human group called the Iron Fist. We went to the police again and they couldn't dig anything up. So we went to Winter. Apparently the Iron Fist is a small pro-human terrorist group that was founded out of an Atlas counter-terrorism group made to fight the White Fang.

"After White Fang was dismantled they got downsized. Apparently the head of the Iron Fist didn't like that and started stirring up tensions in faunus prominent areas. So the whole division was slated to be shut down. A week before their equipment was to be reappropriated it all disappeared. Most of the personnel, their funding, and their equipment vanished off the face Remnant. The Atlas military covered it up. Every now and then they pop up, but so far it's all been propaganda. We should have told you about this sooner, but we didn't want to worry you. If we thought that they were an actual threat we never would have moved in."

"Don't be a dimwit." Weiss replied with an edge. "It's unbecoming of you. If they were a threat you should have moved here anyways. You're easier to protect that way. We'll see about hiring some guards and improving our security systems."

"You're taking this awfully well." Blake remarked with confusion.

"Of course!" Ruby asserted. "You would do the same for us. Plus, we kind of like having you guys around."

The four of them continued to eat their dinner with a much more comfortable silence descending on the room.

"Anyway, enough about that." Yang broke the silence and poked her sister in the shoulder. "You have a mission that you are leaving on tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah. It's a short mission, I should only be gone for two days." Ruby murmured back.

"What's eating you?" Yang probed with concern.

"Just the day after tomorrow is her and Weiss' wedding anniversary." Blake helpfully whispered in her ear after Ruby continued to look downcast.

"I told you not to worry, Ruby." Weiss said softly and provided a matching smile. "I am going to be at a SDC event that day. We can plan something for the day after."

"Yeah, yeah."

"Oh, sis." Yang butted into their conversation. "I'll make you a deal, you do some maintenance on my arm before you leave for your mission, and I may just be able help you with doing something special for your old lady."

"Hey!"

"Shush, Icey. This is between me and Red over here."

Ruby forlorn look instantaneously switched to her normal cheerful self.

"You got it!" She exclaimed jumping off her seat and held her hands out. "Give me your arm!"

"Whoa there." Yang shrank back covering her arms release mechanisms with her left hand as Ruby managed to produce several screwdrivers, spanners, and other tools seemingly from nowhere. "Let's do this tomorrow morning before you leave."

"Ugh… Fine"

"Well, how am I supposed to clean the kitchen with one arm while you and Weiss get a jump start on celebrating your anniversary?"

"Mmm… Good point. See ya, sis." With that Ruby bolted out of the kitchen leaving both her dirty plate and a plume of rose petals behind.

"And Weiss?"

"Yes, Yang."

"Remember, Ruby is my baby sister and, as far as I am concerned, still innocent… ow!" Yang looked at her wife who had just smacked her in the head. "I will just get started cleaning."


"Alright, Ruby." Yang explained cautiously. "Remember that the nerve caps needs to be aligned before tightening the lateral stabilizer."

"Ugh… I know."

"That's what you said last time."

"I know."

"And they weren't aligned properly and-"

"I know what happened!"

Early morning rays of light shone in through the window of Ruby's workspace as Ruby was reattaching Yang's prosthetic arm. Normally, this would be friendly ribbing and banter, but there was some concern this time. While not aligning the arm properly would not cause damage to the equipment, as it would automatically align itself when it powered on, the moments after it was powered on and before it was done aligning itself were very painful. With most people it would be only a minor issue, as the pain only lasted for a few moments, but, due to Yang's semblance, the pain tended to end up with more a more alarming result.

"So, unless you want your workshop's fire suppression system going off again, make sure you get it aligned properly this time."

"I… uh…"

"Did you get it on wrong?"

"Nope." Ruby smirked as she tightened the last bolt and initiated the power up sequence. "It's attached properly. I was just going to tell you that I turned the fire suppression system off this time."

"Ok, why would do th- damn it, Ruby!" The brawler stood up quickly as the pain from the arm powering up flared her semblance, causing her eyes to turn red and hair to catch fire.

Turning to where her sister was standing she noticed the girl was giggling and slowly backing up towards the doorway. The brunette stuck her tongue out at her elder sister before dashing out of the door and down one of the many hallways in the house.

"Get back her, you fiend!" Yang yelled as she bolted out of the room in pursuit of the red-cloaked menace.


Blake stepped out of the kitchen with Weiss. Having a nice cup of tea was always a pleasant way to wake up, having a cup of tea with someone who was also a quiet non-morning person was even better. As much as she loved her blonde wife, she tended to be both an early riser and incredibly energetic in the morning. This morning was a rare morning where Yang was busy with Ruby, so she got to wake up nice and slowly.

"So you are attending the event with Yang?" Weiss inquired as they walked towards the living room that offered the best morning sunshine.

The living room also happened to be next to the door out to the garage where Ruby kept her favorite vehicle to take to hunts, a rather large 4-wheel monstrosity with an open top and no doors, just a windshield and a roll bar. That way if Ruby was running late, like she always did, she would have to pass by both Blake and Weiss before leaving, enabling them to say goodbye to the absent minded girl.

"Yes." Blake responded. "Yang never asked me to attend with her but I will always go to support her. I just don't want to go to this event. It's organized through one of the primary combat schools in Vacuo. The headmaster of the school requested that Yang be the keynote speaker for today."

"That doesn't sound too bad."

"Yes, but this headmaster is kind of… flirtatious." Blake explained slowly, avoiding eye contact with her sister-in-law.

"I suppose he thinks it's a compliment when he does it too." Weiss' reply elicited a small giggle from Blake. It wasn't the first time they had heard a guy use that excuse and it probably wouldn't be the last.

"No, it isn't that." Blake replied evenly. "If he flirted with me I can just deflect it or ignore him. But he tries to flirt with Yang."

"You aren't jealous are you?" Weiss deadpanned.

"No. Maybe. I don't know." Blake seemed a little perturbed. "It's just how he does it just means that he doesn't respect the fact that she is married. I mean when he asked her to be a speaker, he literally asked her if she knew a 'Tall, sexy huntress with a kickass prostethic, maybe one that fought in the Vytal tournament finals her third year'. You know Yang too, she always just smiles and gives those coy answers."

Weiss stopped as they entered the living room and turned to face her friend. "You have nothing to worry about. If he tries anything Yang will probably just punch him. I mean we've seen her do that befo- agh! Ruby!"

Weiss was cut off as Ruby came sprinting into the room already in her full battle gear and jumped behind Weiss, clutching the back of white-haired woman's shirt.

"Save me, Princess."

"Yes, the princess shall save her knight." Weiss uttered under her breath as she rolled her eyes.

"Uh, Weiss." Blake urged.

"Ruby, what are you doing?"

"Weiss…"

"You're supposed to be getting ready to go!"

"Weiss!"

"One second, Blake. I am deali-"

At the last moment Blake grabbed onto Weiss arm and yanked her to the side of the room and out of Ruby's grasp as Yang came bowling around the corner. Before she could even think about why Yang's hair was on fire, the blonde lept forward and tackled her sister to the ground, pinning her to the carpet by straddling her stomach.

"Oh, you just think you're so cute, don't you!" The brawler yelled.

If you asked an outside observer to predict what would happen next, they would probably say 'attempted murder'. It definitely sounded like that what was on Yang's mind at the moment.

"Did you really think you could get away with that!?" Yang continued yelling her hard eyes staring intently at the smaller woman beneath her.

Within a fraction of a second, the intense stare broke into a mischievous grin.

"No, Yang! I'm sorry!" Ruby cried out moment before the blonde started mercilessly tickling her.

The monochrome pair watched from a distance as Yang tortured Ruby for a few minutes before finally relenting and sliding off to one side. Her hair had been extinguished and her eyes had returned to their usual vibrant amethyst color.

"Ow, Yang. Your metal hand kind of hurts." The shorter sister pouted.

"You weren't so worried about pain earlier." The taller retorted, ruffling her sister's hair.

"Yeah…"

"Are you two done?" Weiss looked at them with a stern demeanor.

"Yup!" Yang said popping the 'p'. "Oh, Blakey. I was looking for you."

The brawler jumped to her feet, walked over, and hugged her wife before giving her a deep kiss on the lips.

"Mmm… When would that have been?" Blake asked after breaking the kiss off. "Before or after you were a blazing fireball bouncing through the house?"

"During!" She grinned. "I didn't want to run you over by accident."

"Well, you found me."

"Anyways, I wanted to let you know that I am going on the hunt with Ruby."

"You are?" Ruby pipped up.

"Yup. I was gonna surprise you, my bag is already in your jeep." Yang explained before turning back to the faunus. "You aren't too upset are you?"

"No, I am a little relieved." She confessed. "But aren't they expecting you?"

"Probably." Yang shrugged. "But Pyrrha is doing it for me."

"You told him yes though."

"I am fulfilling what he asked. I think we can all agree that Pyrrha is both tall and rather good looking. Me and her fought each other in the finals round of the Vytal Tournament our third year. Thanks to Cinder, she has that prosthetic foot, while not as cool as mine, can literally 'kick ass'. He should have been more specific."

"He is going to be disappointed."

"Him flirting with me just shows that he has no respect for you. I don't have a problem disappointing him. Plus, it'll probably save me the hassle of having to punch him later."

Peering over the blonde's shoulder Blake noticed a very 'I told you so' look on Weiss' face.

"Anyways." Yang continued. "Ruby and I need to get headed out."

With that, the four of them said their goodbyes to each other and Ruby and Yang headed out towards the garage.

"Wait." Blake exclaimed. "Why don't you stay here with me then!"

"Sorry!" Yang yelled back "I promised Ruby already. And like they say, bros before hos!"

With the sisters shut the garage door and left on their hunt.

"Did she really just say that?" Weiss asked as the shock slowly wore off.

"Yeah, she had to balance out her romantic gesture of blowing off that creeper." Blake smiled at Weiss. "But, she knows if she pulled something like that in public she would be sleeping on the couch for the next month. You do know why she is going on the hunt with Ruby right?"

"To spend time with her sister?"

"Yes. That is true. But she wants to try to make sure that Ruby is done early enough so she can get back tomorrow for your anniversary."

Weiss didn't respond, just gave a thoughtful look.

"The things she does for those she cares about." Blake continued.

"I am quite aware." Weiss started walking back towards the kitchen for another cup of coffee, with Blake trailing behind her. "Did she tell you about when my dad tried to force me to go back to Atlas, and she ripped the car door off with her bare hand. That was when she only had the one arm."

"Yeah." Blake responded glumly. That was a time of her life she didn't care to reminisce about.

Catching the mood shift, Weiss changed the subject. "Why don't you come with me tomorrow to the SDC event. You can be my plus one."

"I'd love to. Though, I think I need to go dress shopping."


So does the story seem to be moving a little slow? I think so, but this was really the end of my planned chapter one. I just couldn't sit on 10k words. This story is going to be fairly longish so I wanted to give time to build the world properly, but we will pick up speed!

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