Justin was sitting in the library with Blake, just like he had been for the past two hours. "Justin, can you come to the library with me to read? I won't be long, I just want some company" He had no intention of reminding her of what she said, but he was still annoyed. "Oh, hey" He greeted, seemingly into space. "So, by the time you read this it's after Christmas, but I still haven't had them do much of anything Christmas related, but I'm going to have them say something to explain why that is. I guess there were Christmas chapters that barely revolved around Christmas, so my apologies. However I wrote a little M rated Christmas story named a Christmas full of golden roses if you want to read it" At that Blake looked away from her book. "Don't self-promote, you'll look like an ass. Oh and the story…" She chimed in blankly. "Okay, okay, no need to get vulgar kitty, wait that's my line!" Blake just sighed and went back to her book.

Team RWBY dorm, the next morning

Ruby made sure to be up before her sister for obvious reasons. She jumped down ever so quietly and gave Weiss a little waking shove. Her eyes fluttered open and she gazed at the figure in front of her. She was about to ask why she had been awoken when she remembered the night before. "I figured you would want to wake up before they did" Ruby explained. Weiss nodded and sat up, she wasn't used to waking up this early. "I'm making some coffee, you want any?" Ruby asked the sleepy heiress. "Yes please, two crème, three sugars. I need something to wake me up" She answered.

The other obliged and returned rather quickly with two steamy mugs of brown liquid. They took their respective coloured mugs and began to drink. They almost did a spit take when they heard rustling from the other bed. They were relieved to see that it was just Blake waking up. "Morning" Ruby mouthed to her, as she did the same in return. They really didn't want to wake Yang. They sat down in the chairs that surrounded the wooden table Yang and Ruby had made to go along with their make-shift kitchen, however the chairs were just plastic.

"So, what are we going to do about the flaming ball of anger?" Blake asked. She didn't want to be mean, but that's what Yang was right now. She was a ticking time bomb, once she woke up she would explode. "I don't know, but someone should probably wake her up and Blake and will talk to her first" A light bulb went off in Blake's brain. "Wait, Ren blew this powder stuff into her face to get her to go to sleep last night. Weiss, can you go ask him how long that should last?" Weiss nodded and left the room and went across the hall.

She knocked and the door and Nora opened it. "Hey Weiss, what's up?" She asked in her usual hyper demeanour. "Nothing, can I talk to Ren?" She asked. She had become more used to and comfortable with Nora's personality because she reminded her of Ruby. Also Nora was kind of cute, but cute in a puppy way, not in the way she saw Ruby. "I'll go get him, come in" She stated before skipping off to the bathroom. She knocked on the door and chanted "REEEN, are you decent?" A quite reply came from the bathroom before she entered.

Ren came out a couple seconds later with a tooth brush in his mouth and waved to her, not being able to speak. "Hi, Ren. Um, where are Jaune and Pyrrah?" She asked. He walked over to the sink and spat before answering. "They went out early this morning to go somewhere. Is that what you wanted to talk about?" Weiss shook her head. "No, Ruby, Blake and I wanted to know when your powdery concoction usually wears off" He looked confused for a second. "It should have worn off by now" Before Weiss could say anything they heard a crash from across the hall. "Oh no" Weiss mumbled. "Well they wanted to talk to her first, so why not let them?" She asked in a joking voice, albeit slightly scared.

Meanwhile, across the hall…

"Yang calm down she's not here! Sit down or no ear scratching for a week!" Yang stopped mid throw. She had the vase Weiss had brought with her in her hand. "Blake, you're my best friend and you're blackmailing me with ear scratches!?" Yang asked with fake a fake mortified look in her face. "Yes, now please let Ruby talk some sense into you" Blake was trying to calm her down by acting calm herself. Yang sighed and placed the vase down and sat on her partner's bed.

Ruby and Blake sat on Weiss' bed opposite her. "Yang, what Weiss did wasn't her fault… it was mine…" Yang looked confused for a second which allowed Ruby to continue. "I pestered her into doing it. She doesn't want me to take the blame, but it was my doing that led to the events that you saw. That being said, I still don't regret it. What Weiss and I do is none of your business, you're not my mom" At that Yang's eyes went wide, she didn't bring up her mother very often. "Well, Ruby, ever since your mom died I had to be that mother figure for you since I only had my dad and I never knew my mom so I never needed that kind of person" Yang explained. "That still does not give you the right to try to kill my girlfriend" Ruby retorted.

Yang stood back up and groaned. "Ruby, you say it's your fault, but she still shouldn't have said 'yes', she should have denied you. You're only fifteen, Ruby, and that whore is not going to…" She couldn't finish that thought. Her head jerked to the side and her cheek felt hot and it stung. Blake didn't even see Ruby get up. Yang turned her head around again because she felt a grip on her collar. Before she could speak she was struck again, too in shock to retaliate. They had rarely gotten into arguments and Ruby yesterday would never think of harming her sister, but here she was.

"DON'T! YOU! EVER! CALL! HER! THAT! EVER! AGAIN! YOU…" Each word was followed by a strike and she would have continued if Blake hadn't snapped out of her daze and grabbed the furious scythe-wielder from behind. "Ruby, stop!" Blake screamed in horror as her leader tried to break free. "LET ME GO!" Ruby screamed even louder. Yang was on the ground gasping for air in between spits of blood. Ruby had held nothing back, and she had got her good. Her nose was bleeding and appeared broken. She was holding her jaw which was dislocated in one hand and trying to stop the blood from her nose that was flowing like a river.

Blake turned to see the door open and saw Weiss standing there in undefinable stillness. "Don't just stand there, HELP ME!" Blake commanded and Weiss went to do so. She grabbed Ruby from the front and made her stare into her ice blue eyes. Ruby immediately became less tense. She suddenly felt the stinging sensation in her knuckles. She swayed slightly and was guide into the heiress' bed. She gazed at Yang, then at her hands, then at Weiss, then at Blake, and then back at her hands. Blake lifted Yang up and carried her out the door and into the infirmary.

Two hours later

Yang laid there, her face covered in bandages and Blake, Justin and Ricky by her side. Blake went to get Ricky when the doctors went in to take a look at her.

She ran into Justin walking out of his dorm room. "Hey kitty, ca…" He began, but was cut off. "No time, where's Ricky!?" She asked quickly. "Um, in there, why?" He asked back while pointing towards his dorm room door. "Yang's hurt" was all she said to him.

When they got back the surgery for her jaw was in progress.

They all sat up as her eyes fluttered open, they were one of the only parts they could see that were not covered by white cloth. "Hey, gu… AH, my mouth hurts!" They all looked at each other while changing through different looks. "Yang, the doctor said you're allowed to talk, but your mouth will be sore. Do you remember how you got here?" Blake asked her, she had already told the other two what had happened. She stayed silent while her eyes got wide, and then sad. She slowly nodded her head and hung it down afterwards.

The entire scenario was extremely sad, that is, until the door opened. A red blur blew past the three in the room and wrapped itself around. It was Ruby. "I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry! I'm so sorry! Please! I love you so much! You're the best sister I could ever ask for! I'm so… sniff… sorry!" She wailed. Yang cradled her in her arms like you would a small child. "Shhh, shhh, it's okay… shhh… it was my fault, shhh…" Yang soothed. Ruby spoke without looking up from her chest. "No, I… I h-hit you… I can never forgive myself!" Yang kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back. "It wasn't my place to step in. You were right, what you two do is your choice. Now that I've realized that, I'm just happy that you've found someone that loves you as much as I do. Weiss is not a whore, she's far from it. I bet it took a lot to get her to agree" Ruby nodded into her sister's chest and hugged her tighter. "That still doesn't make what I did okay"

Yang lifted her to eye level. Tear stained lines were evident on her cheeks. "Ruby, whether that's true or not, I still deserved it" She gave her sister a reassuring smile and a peck on the forehead. "Now where is the snow princess, anyway?" She asked which got a smile out of Ruby, she was happy that Yang was using her playful nicknames again. Ruby turned to look at the doorway as Weiss entered, she had been waiting outside and listening in on the two. "Hey…" She greeted hesitantly. "Aw, don't be like that. Come here, sis" Yang said sweetly. "Sis?" Weiss repeated, confused. "Yeah, you obviously love my sister a lot, and I see a future ahead of you two. So from now on you are also 'sis'!" Yang declared pumping a fist in the air. "T-thank you, Yang. For accepting me and Ruby's relationship as it moves forward and for considering me as… family"

She walked in and gave Yang a short hug and smiled at her. "That's a side of her I thought only I would ever get to see" Ruby stated with a chuckle. "I'm not always cold hearted, you dunce" She stated, annoyed. "And I now that all too well" Ruby mused before giving her a kiss. The rest of the day was filled with friendly conversation. Everything was finally back to normal.

An unknown location…

Three people sit down around a round table, two men and a woman. One man was dressed in a white coat and a bowler hat while smoking a cigar. The other man was dressed in all black except for his white and red mask. The last, the woman, was wearing an all red dress with some sort of orange design on it. The man with the cigar spoke first. "Well are we just going to sit here, or we going to get down to business?" The woman shot him look. "Remember your place, Roman" She said while lighting her hand ablaze. Roman rolled his eyes and looked the man to his right. "So you're Adam Taurus?" The man in question nodded.

"So, I assume you are miss cinder, then?" Adam asked. "Why yes I am" She answered. "Good, we're all introduced. Now here's why I asked to meet you all. Well, I've already met cinder, but… whatever, not important. My beacon contact says he and his team are holding a party in their dorm on New Year's and all of the people we want will be there. Red, the ex-white fang and the heiress will all be there. We just have to think of a way to get them away from the party…" He grew a sly grin as their meeting continued…