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Chapter 7
After the Belladonnas got unpacked, Yang had called them down for dinner. Almost sprinting downstairs, Ruby was the first to the table. Bailey and Blake followed slowly after. Yang set dinner, lasagna, on the table and everyone started eating.
"So," Yang said. "How do you two like your rooms?"
"My room is wonderful." said Blake. "Thank you for letting us stay here, guys."
"Sure thing." Yang looked over at Bailey, who was spacing out. "Something wrong, Bailey?"
Bailey blinked a couple times before shaking his head. "Just thinking." he wrote.
"Thinking about Velvet?" Ruby asked. Bailey blushed before nodding.
"Aww." teased Blake and Yang.
"It's not like you don't think about Sun, Blake." Bailey wrote. Blake immediately shut up. "Anyway, how did your fight go, Yang?" Bailey wrote again.
Yang smirked before saying, "Knocked him out in the first round."
"Congrats, sis." said Ruby.
"Thanks." said Yang. "Oh! By the way, how did things go with Weiss?" Everyone at the table focused their attention on Ruby, who want to disappear.
"I just answered a few questions about the school and then she said I could get her number from Yang and-"
"Wait," Blake interrupted. "She basically gave you her number, right?"
"I-I guess." said Ruby.
"Have you called her yet?"
"No." Yang's hand darted into her pocket and took out her phone.
"Here's her number." she said, handing the phone to Ruby. "Call her."
"What? Now?" Ruby exclaimed.
"Yes, now. Now go ask her to hang out or something!" Yang basically threw Ruby out of the house to the backyard patio.
Ruby sighed. "Might as well." she said, dialing her number on her phone. The phone rang a few times before picking up and a different girl's voice came on.
"Hello?" said the girl.
"Um, hello. Is Weiss there?"
"Yes, hang on. Weiss! Someone's on the phone wanting to talk to you!"
The line went silent for a little while before Weiss's voice come on the phone. "Hello?" she asked.
"H-Hey, Weiss." Ruby said nervously.
"Oh, hello Ruby. What's up?"
"N-Nothing much. I, uh, have something to ask you."
"Ok. What is it?"
Ruby took a deep breath before saying, "Wouldyouliketohangoutwithmesometime?"
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't catch that. What did you say?"
"Crap!" thought Ruby. "I said it too fast!" She cleared her throat before saying, "Would you like to hang out with me sometime?"
"Oh, um, sure. What day did you have in mind?"
"W-What day seem best for you?"
"Well, I don't know. How about Saturday?"
"Saturday's fine."
"Ok then."
"So, I'll see you tomorrow?"
"See you tomorrow. Bye, Ruby." Weiss hung up and Ruby all but jumped into the air and squeal like a little schoolgirl. This caused Yang to open the door to the patio.
"I take it you two set a date?" she asked, even though she really didn't need to.
"Thanks for letting me use your phone!" Ruby said, tossing Yang her phone and running back into the house. Ruby didn't even hear Blake when she darted past the table. She ran to her room and shut the door. She flopped on her bed with a smile on her face. The door opened and Yang stepped through.
"You really like this girl, don't you?" she asked with a smirk. Ruby nodded with a smile that seem to be permanently attached to her face.
Weiss POV
It took all the power Weiss had to contain her excitement as she hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" asked Weiss's sister, Winter."
"Just a friend from school." said Weiss. Then, she remembered Neptune for some reason. "Hey, Winter."
"Yeah?"
"Is Mom and Dad trying to set me up with Neptune?"
"Hmm...I think so. They do need to expand their business. If only they knew that you're ga-"
"Shh!" Weiss covered her older sister's mouth with her hand. "Do you want everyone to know?"
"Sorry." whispered Winter, taking her sister's hand off her mouth.
"I don't even know why they choose me as the heiress. You're the oldest."
"I've learned not to question their methods, Weiss." Winter patted Weiss's head before heading upstairs. "But you need to tell them soon before everything goes to hell."
Weiss knew she was right. She had to tell her parents soon, but she was scared of what they might say. Weiss went up to her room and laid on her bed.
"I'll tell them soon," she said. "Just not now."
Ruby POV
The next day...
"So you asked Weiss on a date?" asked Pyrhha.
"Not exactly." said Ruby, sitting down with her lunch at hand. "I just asked her to hang out tomorrow."
"In other words, you asked her out." said Jaune.
"She did and don't tell anyone else." said Yang. After she took a seat, Bailey followed suit and had an evil smile on his face. "Who did you kill?" asked Yang.
"No one yet." wrote Bailey. "I'm fighting Cardin and his goons next period."
"You're taking them all on?" exclaimed Blake, coming up to the table and reading Bailey's note.
"Taking them on one on one is too easy." said Ren. "My guess is that Bailey wants a challenge."
"You got that right." wrote Bailey. Then Cardin and his goons walked up to Bailey.
"I hope you're ready for an ass whooping, freak." he said. Bailey just rolled his eyes and looked away from Cardin. "Hey! I'm talking to you, mute!" Cardin grabbed Bailey shoulder and, in a matter of seconds, Bailey had Cardin's arm locked behind his back.
"Alright, let him go, Bailey." said Weiss, coming up to the table. Bailey let him go and Cardin gave him a dirty look. Bailey smirked as Cardin and his gang walked away.
"What's up, Vice President?" Yang asked Weiss.
"Hiding from Neptune, as usual." said Weiss.
"He still hasn't let up?" asked Ruby.
"Let me handle him this time!" said Nora. Before Weiss could protest, Nora was out of the lunchroom in search of Neptune.
"You do realize that Nora will most likely break something of his, right?" asked Jaune.
"At least she'll do it after school." said Ren. "Right now, she's just looking for him."
"Speaking of looking for people, Velvet's looking for you, Bailey." said Weiss. Bailey all but bolted out of the lunchroom.
"Wow." said Blake. "Just wow."
"What?" asked Pyrhha. "It's not like you don't do the same with Sun."
"Shut up." mumbled Blake. Then, the bell rang and everyone went to their respective classes.
Blake POV
Gym class...
"Alright," said the coach. "so there is a five-way fight between Cardin, Dove, Russel, and Sky versus Bailey for today while ending class with Blake versus Yang." Blake looked over at Yang and they both smirked at each other. Bailey and Cardin's gang got into position on the mats: Cardin's gang on the corners, Bailey in the middle. "Three, two, one, GO!" yelled Coach.
Cardin rushed first swing a right hook to Bailey's head. Swiftly dodging the blow, Bailey flipped in front of Dove, who grabbed his arms. Cardin tried to uppercut Bailey's stomach, but Bailey kicked him back and flipped Dove onto him. He turned to Russel and Sky, who both attacked at the same time. Bailey somersaulted below their strikes and, using Cardin as a trampoline, flipped and landed on his feet.
"He's very acrobatic." whispered Nora. Blake nodded as she saw Bailey deliver a roundhouse kick to Sky's head, knocking him out instantly. Russel ran to tackle Bailey, only to get a knee to the face and a bloody nose. Russel stood back up and threw a right cross. It nearly connected to Bailey's left eye as he threw a high kick that connected with Russel's jaw. The boy fell to the floor and Coach blew his whistle.
"Nice job, Bailey." he said, grabbing a squirt bottle full of water. He sprayed Cardin and his gang yelling, "Wake up!" Cardin's gang limped off the mats and the class clapped as Bailey sat down. "Yang and Blake. Come to the mats." The girls walked onto the mats and took stances. "Three, two, one, GO!"
Yang charged first and Blake slid between the gap in her legs. She then kicked Yang's lower back from the ground. Yang stumbled, but didn't fall. Blake jack knifed back up and faced Yang , who threw a left hook which connected to her face. Blake stumbled and ducked the next attack and kicked out at Yang's stomach. It connected, but before Blake could pull her leg away, Yang grabbed and twisted her leg, putting Blake in a hold on the floor. Quickly getting out of the hold, Blake kicked Yang in the face multiple times before she let go of her leg. Yang fell back and Blake got back up. Both girls were tired with the effort they were putting into their attacks. They charged at the same time and threw left hooks. Both blows connected and both girls were knocked out.
"Stalemate!" was what Blake heard Coach say before she got picked up by Jaune and Bailey. Still a little dizzy, she propped herself against the wall and took a drink of the water Bailey gave her.
"You girls okay?" asked Pyrhha, dragging Yang over to the wall.
"Yeah." said Yang, sitting down on the wall. "Nice punch, Blake."
"Same for you."
A couple hours later...
"Where's Bailey?" Ruby asked Blake as they were walking out of the school.
"He said that he needed to finish something for Torchwick, so he told me that he'll walk home."
"Alright." Ruby saw Yang talking to some of her other friends over by her car. Yang waved goodbye and waited for the girls to get in the car.
"Time to go home, take a shower and go to sleep." Yang said.
"I second that." said Blake.
"Agreed." said Ruby.
"But who gets the shower first?" asked Blake. The girls looked at each other and when Yang pulled up to their house a couple minutes later, they all bolted from the car. Ruby unlocked the house only to be pushed out of the way by Yang. Yang made it to the bathroom door, but it was already shut because Blake had gotten past Ruby and Yang when Yang stumbled over Ruby.
"Oh come on, Blake!" she heard Yang complain outside of the bathroom door.
"I'll save you some hot water." teased Blake. "Isn't there another bathroom anyway?"
She heard Yang retreated footsteps and her shouting, "Goddammit, Ruby!"
"Looks like Ruby got to the other shower first." said Blake, turning on the water.
Bailey POV
One hour later...
Bailey walked out of the school and the fall wind wiped through his pitch black hair. Remembering which route Yang usually takes to get home, he started walking that way. Halfway there, he hears someone behind him. Turning around, he saw no one. Then, he was hit in the head from behind with something blunt and hard. Bailey fell to the ground, his vision completely useless from the hit. "You're gonna pay for your little stunt today, freak." he heard a familiar voice say.
"Oh shit." though Bailey. "That's Russel."
Bailey felt someone turn him on his back and place a knee on his chest. Any other time, his assailants would have been on the ground, crying for mercy that Bailey didn't have. But, because he was dizzy and couldn't see anything but blurry images, he couldn't fight worth shit. He heard Cardin's voice say, "Let's pretty up that face of yours." Then, Bailey felt the sharp steel of a knife cutting across his face. He gritted his teeth, but when Cardin pressed the tip of the blade to Bailey's eye, he nearly blacked out from the pain. After Cardin was finished, his gang kicked at his ribs and head. That's the last thing Bailey remembered until he woke up a couple hours later to sirens and a strangely familiar voice.
Ruby POV
Blake was pacing back and forth in the living room. Ruby and Yang had called the school to find out that Bailey had left two hours ago. They called Velvet, Jaune, and Ren, but he wasn't with them. Then, just out of desperation, Blake had called Bailey's old friends that moved out of the orphanage before they did. They hadn't seen them either. Blake had told them to keep an eye out for him and to call her if they found him.
"Where could he be?" Blake asked aloud as she sat down in a chair.
"We have all of his friends looking for him." Ruby said. "He has to be-" she was interrupted by a hurried knocking on the door. "Who is it?" Ruby asked.
"Open up!" said a female voice on the other side of the door. "Hurry!" Blake rushed to open the door and found Bailey's old friend, Rachael.
"Rachael?" said Blake. "Oh my god. Get inside." She hurried her in and closed the door. "Did you find Bailey?"
"Yeah, but he's in bad shape." said Rachael, pushing her blonde hair out of her blue, worried eyes. "He's at the hospital."
"What?" the three girls said at once. Blake grabbed her coat and darted out the door and so did the other girls.
So, I have decided that I'm going to put the rest of Team BRLR into this story for a short while. But, it's up to you guys if you want to keep them here or not. Anyway, I hope you liked the extra long chapter. Please follow and favorite if you enjoyed. Review if you have any thoughts, good or bad. Any kind of feedback is accepted. See you on the flip side! Peace.
