Chapter Four: Outwards
Hello once again everyone! I've been struggling with a MAJOR case of writer's block, and so I apologize in advance that this chapter is so short, and so late. I am REALLY upset with myself, I really do have the time to write a chapter for one of my stories at least once a week, but when you aren't in the mood… Well, I'm sure a lot of you know how it goes.
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The morning of their assignment came, and team RWBY woke without their usual fervor. Instinctively, they somehow knew that this wasn't an ordinary assignment, and so they felt somewhat subdued.
Except for Yang, who was rowdier than ever to make up for the silence of her teammates. "Hey everyone! You guys ready to go kick some Grimm ass?"
"I don't think the idea is to fight, you know." Weiss countered waspishly.
"Heh. You know, they always say that, but what's happened the last few times we've gone out on missions? Fighting: that's what!" The blonde punched her fists, clad in Ember Celica, high into the air.
"Of course we always wind up fighting." Blake rolled her eyes. "It's because we've got this oh-so-subtle gung-ho muscle-head always raring for a fight running around."
"You say that like it's a bad thing." The brawler looked at the faunus with an obviously fake wounded expression.
"Well, this time, I think we really should try to avoid fights." Surprisingly, it was Ruby who said it, and all eyes turned to her in shock. "C'mon, it's not that hard to figure it out. We're going to be out there on our own this time, no full Hunters or Huntresses, and only our own wits and power to fall back on." The youngest girl in the room smiled. "Not saying that I don't think we can totally kick some Grimm butt, however, it's not a bad idea to be careful every once in a while."
"Specially since we're supposed to be training in stealth as well as just slicing everything up." Blake added solemnly.
Yang pouted a little but nodded. "Ugh, fine, I'll rein it in some."
On Impulse, Ruby held Weiss back as they were exiting the dorm. "Weiss and I need to talk about something. You two go ahead." She said to Blake and Yang."
"Sure, but you guys need to make sure you don't take long, alright?" The faunus nodded and pulled a curious Yang with her.
"What's up?" Weiss asked as Ruby closed the door to their dorm room.
Ruby pulled the older girl to her and kissed her deeply, her hands cupping the heiress's face. She held the kiss for a few seconds before she pulled away, taking a couple of steps back. "Weiss…" She started. "I love you so much, and I would do almost anything for you." She turned around and took another couple of steps away from the stunned silver-haired girl. "But I don't like the idea of us hiding our relationship from my sister and Blake. I've doing it for now because of how new our relationship is, but the four of us promised not to keep secrets from each other, right?" With those words, the younger girl turned back to her girlfriend, her silver eyes wide with sincerity.
The older girl had recovered from the surprise of the sudden kiss. "To be honest, I've wanted to tell them from the start, but I also just wanted to keep you to myself." As she said that, she crossed the distance between them and took the scythe-wielder in her arms. "But you're right. I've been more than selfish enough. Though I still want to keep all of you to myself, I guess the others need to know why."
Ruby blushed at the direct words, and couldn't help herself from giving the older girl another tender kiss. After they broke apart, another few seconds later, they rushed to catch up to the other girls.
They made enough time to actually catch up to the other two girls just before they arrived at the airport landing that held the vessel that would carry them to their mission. Professor Port was waiting for them and he boisterously, and quickly, helped them load all of their gear into the small aircraft and waved them a farewell.
The first few minutes passed in silence before Weiss let out a sigh. "So, Yang, Blake, there's something I want to tell you." The two girls, and Ruby, turned their attention to the heiress. "It's something that's been weighing on me a lot lately, and I have to start out by apologizing that I had Ruby hide it from you two as well."
Able to piece together where the silver-haired girl was leading with this, Ruby blushed and turned her eyes away from the other girls with a squeak. The idea was one thing, but now that they were going public with their relationship, it was apparently quite a different beast. Yang and Blake both turned curious eyes on their team leader for a moment, before focusing on Weiss once again.
"Ruby and I are dating." The heiress reached out and took a hold of Ruby's hand.
With a blush on her face, the younger girl faced the others again, but didn't let go of the slender hand in her own.
"Well that makes sense." Blake nodded, seemingly totally unfazed by the news.
Yang, on the other hand jumped up and took Ruby in a bear hug. "That's awesome! Congrats, sis!"
"What do you mean that makes sense?" The silver-haired girl asked with a little bit of a pout. She'd been sure that she'd been keeping everything secret.
The faunus and the brawler exchanged quick looks as Yang took her seat once more. "You were kinda being totally obvious, weren't you?" Blake's question was hardly a question.
"Yeah, and as if I wouldn't notice my little sister bouncing around like she was so happy she couldn't contain herself." Yang added.
"I really did that?" Ruby couldn't keep herself from asking.
"You sure did." Yang answered with a smirk. "And Weiss, well, she'd just watch you all the time like a hawk might watch a mouse."
"Hey!" Weiss objected instantly. "I wasn't that bad!" The heiress's eyebrows drew together. "Oh gods, I was, wasn't I?"
"Totally." Blake confirmed.
"Well… I can't say that I am happy that you already knew. I thought we were being so good at keeping it on the down low." Weiss sniffed.
"I'm just surprised that you didn't bring it up earlier, Yang." Ruby said.
"Heh, I was tempted to grab little miss rich-girl over there by the scruff of her neck and make sure that she was treating you right." Yang gave Weiss a fake glare. "But I could tell that the two of you were so happy that I didn't need to do anything like that."
"Oh, uhm, thanks?" Weiss swallowed. The idea of Yang in overprotective sister mode was one of the bigger reasons that she hadn't just come out and told the other two girls to begin with.
"Nearing the drop site. Get ready." An automated voice announced over the internal speakers.
The girls stood, Ruby and Weiss still holding hands, and prepared to exit the ship. They all gave each other grins and nods, and then the hold of the ship opened, and they jumped, excitement building as they felt the air rush past them.
Chapter four: Fin. Chapter five will bring some hints of Bumblebee and I hope to get some more witty team RWBY banter.
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