It's been 4 days since their leader had moved in with them. 4 days since the team was back together. In those 4 days; Weiss worked regular hours, Yang stopped drinking, and Blake no longer took those accursed pills. Even though their leader wasn't the same, she still helped them. Whether she meant to or not. Today, as a form of celebration, the three non-Red members decided to take the leader out individually. Largely because Weiss worked. That's how Yang found herself walking side-by-side with her sister this morning. The new Ruby is a little unnerving, to say the least. She hardly talks and never shows emotions. Glancing over at her baby sister, this morning's incident replayed in her mind.
"Hey, Rubes, wanna walk around the forest. Maybe kill some Grimm?" Ruby just opened the door and walked out. Confused and slightly worried, Yang followed after her to find her waiting, staring at the door. Oddly bashful, Yang closed the door and locked it before hopping down the steps. Ruby looked at her, blank as always, then at the road, and began walking. Truth be told, the silence hurt the blonde's heart, but this little twinge of pain couldn't hold a candle to what she felt when Ruby was M.I.A. she'll take a silent, emotionless Ruby over a missing one any day.
Now the two sisters strolled the forest with no destination in mind. The sun warmly filtered through the leafy canopy and onto the soft grass floor. Wind sang through branches giving a pleasant breeze and soft song, it carried the aroma of the flora around them; wild berries, dandelions, wildflowers and weeds. It was pleasant to say the least. Yang couldn't help but grin. So pleasant. Stealing a glance at her younger leader to see that if, perhaps the magic of nature's serenity had cracked the emotionless mask ever-present on her face. No. Still as unreadable as always. A crashing from the foliage to their left alerted the two huntresses of something approaching. They stopped in their tracks. Yang readied Ember Celica, nothing is going to take her sister away from her again. Nothing. The crashing became louder until a looming black figure stood in the shadows of the trees not 40 meters away. It's soulless red eyes staring at the pair. Clenching her fists, the blonde brawler readied herself to defend what she loved. The Ursa glared at her, then at Ruby, who had not so much as moved a centimeter. The hulking beast froze. Pitiless red eyes met light-less silver ones. It began to back away, never taking it's eyes off the red cloaked girl. Something was wrong with her. Somethings is not right with that one. It backed further into the forest. Suddenly, a pack of beowolves ran by.
"Well, that was a thing." The brawler said to the still air once the Ursa was out of sight. She glanced at Ruby, she still hasn't moved. Still fixated on where the Ursa had crashed through. Suddenly, 6 beowolves leapt into the clearing. The leader stared at the blonde, but froze when it saw the red cloaked girl. It growled to the other 5 who began circling around the pair. Yang brought her hands up to her face. She will protect - a yelp rang out. Around her were the 6 dissipating corpses of the beowulfs. How? Lilac eyes searched around the small clearing. Where the alpha of the pack stood, a certain Rose was found. Blinking, Yang looked to her side where Ruby was mere seconds ago. The blonde looked at the vanishing ashes of the wolf Grimm, each spread nearly 4 meters apart, 8 meters from where Ruby was standing, then the 2 meters further for the leader. 4 times 5 for the lesser ones, plus 8 for the initial distance, finally plus 10 for the position of the alpha. Blinking several times, Yang stood in disbelief. She knew that Ruby was fast, that was her semblance, but 38 meters without so much as a blur. Then there was the speed at which she dispatched of them. A terrified gulp. Just what had happened to her little sister? Yang caught a glimpse of the silver eyes, once full of life and joy, now emotionless and void, but there was something else present, something more sinister. Blood-lust.
Blake was fidgeting in the bathroom. Why was she so nervous? What was going on? She was just going to a quiet place with her team leader as a form of celebration since she returned. Nothing too strange. Couldn't even be considered a date. She didn't even think of it as a date in the slightest. Despite all of her arguing, she couldn't calm down. Something strange always showed itself whenever the cat faunus thought of the Rose. Something not unpleasant, rather confusing. Something warm. That's the only way she could put it. Coming to, she realized that her fingers were on her lips. A blush slowly crept into her cheeks. The front door closed, meaning, it was her turn to go out with Ruby. Walking out of the bathroom and shutting off the light, Blake was met with the emotionless Ruby and the oddly quiet Yang. "What happened?" she looked between the both of them expecting an answer.
"Uh. Nothing. Don't worry about it. Where are you going again?" her partner replied.
"It's not definite but I was thinking somewhere like the park or a café or something," A bit of blood in her cheeks.
"Ooohhhhh, like a date?" returning to her upbeat self, for better or for worse.
"..."
"What's the matter Blake? Cat got your tongue?" Blake groaned. With a roll of her eyes she grabbed her shoes.
"You ready Ruby?"
"Have fun you two! Keep it rated PG. And no-" the rest of the teasing blonde's sentence was cut off as Blake closed the door behind them, a pink hue tickling her face.
By the time the two dark-haired girls got back, Weiss had gotten off work and was en route. She planned on taking her partner and team leader out to dinner to a semi-formal restaurant. Another date. Yang let a grin split her features. "Dang, little sis got game. Scoring two dates in one day without even trying." Her smile flipped around into a frown. Without even trying. 6 beowulf's. 38 meters. Little Red Riding Hood... she's soaked in blood, not dyed in roses.