And thusly we are here with Chapter 11. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone reading and enjoying this story, and I appreciate your support. However, one guest did in fact point out that I made a terrible mistake, and scene did not contain a lap dance. I am a terrible person for this, and I deeply apologize for the lack of lap dances. *hangs head in shame*
To make up for this distinct lack, I have added more fluff, while also attempting to advance the story. I (surprisingly) have an overarching plot I actually intend on pursuing, including drama, tension, smut (because I am an adult, I am shipper trash, and I enjoy my smut goshdarnit), and much fluff because these dorks are just so damned cute.
Disclaimer-I doth not ownest this RWBY, for that honor belongs solely to the good people of RoosterTeeth.
Blake looked askance at Yang, before voicing her thoughts. "We're not actually going to the library, are we?"
Yang looked at Blake in confusion, before replying. "Of course we are. It's where you wanna go." Blake stopped in the middle of the hallway, Yang going further down the hall before realizing the faunus had stopped. Yang spun around and cocked her head. "Something wrong, kitty cat?"
Blake just looked piercingly at Yang for a moment, before speaking slowly and carefully. "Yang…you've been acting really weird lately, and I want to know what's up with you."
"I-I have no idea what you're talking about, Blakey." Yang stuttered for a brief second, looking a bit flushed, before rushing back to Blake and grabbing her hand. The brawler started pulling Blake along, not giving her a chance to protest. "C'mon, to the library!" Yang spoke with a dramatic flair, one hand pointing the way and her head held high. Blake was not amused and glared at the back of the blonde's head, but didn't say anything. She was going to get answers, just as soon as she could corner Yang, and the library would work well enough for that.
As soon as the pair entered the library, Blake tugged on Yang's arm, still firmly gripped by the blonde. Yang stopped when she felt the tug, looking back at Blake with confusion in her eyes and a strange flush on her face. Blake felt it was her turn to begin dragging, so she began pulling Yang towards one of the private study rooms in the back of the library. However, when Yang stopped in place and began giggling quietly, Blake turned to look back at the blonde, exasperated, until she followed Yang's line of sight.
Jaune and Pyrrha were sitting at a library table, looking to be studying, and their heads down low, whispering to each other. Blake wasn't sure why that had Yang giggling, until she noticed that the J and P of JNPR had their hands interlocked very tightly with each other, and Pyrrha was cuddled up tightly against Jaune's side. Blake smiled fondly at them, before turning to look at Yang who had a look of extreme satisfaction on her face.
"Two down, two to go!" Yang proclaimed, softly considering where they were located.
"Two what?"
Yang smiled brightly at Blake, before bopping her on the nose with one finger. "Why, two couples, silly kitty! Yang Xiao Long is an expert Cupid, you see. Between those two, and of course my sister and the ice queen, that's two out of four already. Only two more to go!" Blake blinked at Yang.
"Who are the other two couples?"
Yang winked. "You'll see. Hopefully soon." Blake just narrowed her eyes at Yang, before deciding it was high time she got some answers. Once again she began pulling the unresisting blonde towards one of the private study rooms. As soon as she reached one, she all but shoved Yang inside before slamming the door shut behind her, advancing on the brawler with narrowed eyes and a frown on her face.
"Ok Yang, talk to me. What's been with you lately? You've been so…not you! You've been quiet, and respectful, and you don't pester me to train with you anymore, and now you're willing to study with me, in the library? Start talking blondie, because I want some answers." Blake crossed her arms over her chest, leaning back against the door to block any escape attempts. Yang hummed contemplatively to herself, before shrugging.
"Well, guess the cat's out of the bag." Yang glanced at Blake to see the eye roll, and smiled. "Soooo, I said two couples to go. Couple three is obviously Nora and Ren, who are totally gonna be together together and not just together. So tell me my favorite kitty cat, who does that leave hmm?" Yang raised an eyebrow at Blake, smirking slightly as she waited for the wheels to turn in Blake's head. The look of dawning comprehension on Blake's face, followed by the faunus immediately flushing beet red and looking away from Yang, staring at the ground. Yang strode over to her and gently placed her hand on Blake's chin, before lifting it up to look her in the eyes. She spoke softly and kept her voice even, trying to keep Blake from freaking out. "Yes, I like you. A lot. I think you are one of the most incredible women I've ever had the fortune of knowing. How strong you are, how much you went through, and still came out strong and unbowed, it just amazes me. So I decided I wanted to learn more about what you liked. To spend time doing the things you wanted." Yang let go of Blake's chin, her confident tone dropping off as she looked away from Blake.
"But, if you don't feel the same, that's ok. I'll still be your friend no matter what, so you don't have to feel pressured or anything-"Yang was cut off by a poke in her chest by Blake, drawing her attention back up to the faunus's golden eyes.
"Yang? Shut up." Yang wanted to protest, shutting up was not in her nature, but she suddenly found her lips very busy. Yang wasn't exactly unfamiliar with kissing, so the shock wore off very quickly as she wrapped her arms around Blake's midsection, holding her tightly as she returned the kiss with as much fervor as she could. She detected a hint of berry on Blake's lips, probably from her lipstick, before she jumped a tiny bit as Blake nipped at her lower lip, before sinking deeper into the kiss. Her tongue sliding forth, licking at Blake's lips, the faunus opening her mouth instantly and returning the favor. Blake's hands made their way up to grip onto Yang's hair tightly, pulling on it slightly as she kept trying to get closer to the blonde. The tiny bit of pain made Yang moan slightly, and she swiftly decided to say screw it. She dropped one hand down Blake's back, sliding down her spine slightly, making Blake shiver, before reaching her target and squeezing. Blake jumped, breaking the kiss and glaring at Yang as she panted slightly.
Yang just smiled at Blake, seemingly not out of breath. "I have been waiting to do that for so long!" Yang noticed that Blake had made no move to remove her hand, just rolled her eyes and leaned back in for another kiss.
Just as their lips touched, Blake breathed out "That's three," making Yang smile against her lips before they lost themselves in each other.
Ruby and Weiss lay on Weiss's bed, side by side, staring up at the underside of Ruby's hanging bed (or deathtrap as Weiss would call it.) Shoulder's touching, their fingers were laced together, as they both tried to calm their racing hearts. Ruby had a huge grin on her face, while Weiss's smile was much more sedate it was no less honest. With her free hand, Ruby absently rubbed at the slowly darkening bruise on her neck. Weiss scrunched up her shoulders slightly in embarrassment as she noticed Ruby's action.
"Sorry." Weiss muttered, looking away from Ruby.
Ruby just turned her head to look at Weiss, smiling. "It's cool. I like it." Weiss shook her head slowly, before turning her head to look at Ruby, mirroring the younger girl's position.
"No, it's not cool. I…Ruby, I don't know how to do this. It's really hard…for me to-" Weiss stopped, clearly struggling with her words. Ruby waited patiently, turning on her side to fully look at Weiss, rubbing her thumb over the back of Weiss's fingers softly. "Ruby, I don't know how to do these things. Or how to stop myself from going…too far." Weiss muttered the last part, looking down. A soft squeeze on her hand made her look back up into Ruby's silver eyes, full of understanding.
"Weiss, it's ok. I'll tell you if you do anything I don't want, ok? And I'll help you as much as I can…I don't exactly have much experience either. But that's ok. We can learn together."
Weiss smiled at that, before turning to lay on her side facing Ruby as well. Weiss leaned forward and kissed Ruby on the cheek. "Thank you. If it weren't for you, Yang, Blake, and JNPR, I don't know what I'd be like."
Ruby giggled. "Probably a colossal pain is what you would be. Oh wait, you still are." Weiss glared at Ruby, before using her free hand to flick the younger girl in the head. Ruby jerked her head back, before mock frowning at Weiss. "Hey, domestic abuse here!" Weiss scoffed, rolling her eyes, before her head snapped back in surprise as a fluffy object smacked into it. Sputtering for a moment, she moved her head back forward to see Ruby holding a pillow in her hands, bringing it down to hit the heiress again, a huge smile on her face. Weiss leapt up, dodging the strike, before grabbing her own pillow and retaliating.
In the midst of the pair's attempts to batter each other into submission with pillows, their door swung open to admit a green and white blur falling to the ground. Blinking, the two girls looked over the edge of Weiss's bed to see Nora, laying on top of Ren, her lips firmly fused to the quietest member of team JNPR's own lips. This continued for a good few seconds before a polite cough from Ruby made the two entangled members of JNPR leap up, looking around confused. Nora laughed nervously.
"Oh…hey…this isn't our dorm." A facepalm from Ren, gaping jaw drop from Weiss, and giggle from Ruby seemed to break the spell Nora was under. Red-faced, she grabbed Ren's hand and shot the reaper and heiress a quick grin, before running across the hall, dragging Ren behind her and slamming the door shut. Weiss and Ruby shared a single look before bursting into laughter, Weiss holding her hand over her mouth to try to keep her laughter quiet. Ruby had no such compunctions and was holding her sides as she rolled on the bed, crying.
"Well, guess that answers the question of together or together together." Ruby managed to choke out once she had her breathing under control. Weiss just nodded along, wiping tears from her eyes.
Ruby looked over at Weiss, before scooting over to sit right up against her. She wrapped her arm around Weiss's waist, certain the heiress would allow her to. Kissing Weiss's cheek, Ruby nuzzled Weiss's neck, grinning to herself as she felt Weiss go rigid for a brief second before she relaxed into the red-head's grip. "Weiss?"
"Yeah Ruby?"
"So, I can call you my girlfriend now, right?"
"Yes. But can we keep it just between us for now?" Seeing the look of disappointment on Ruby's face, Weiss hastily amended. "I don't mean we can't tell our friends or anything. And I don't mean we have to be all secretive…but can we just not announce it or anything? I just don't want it getting back to my father, at least not now."
Ruby nodded slowly from her position on Weiss's shoulder, her hair brushing up against Weiss's cheek and neck. "Alright. We can do that." Weiss lifted Ruby's head off her shoulder, before turning around to face Ruby. She looked in Ruby's silver eyes for a moment, before reaching out in an instant and hugging the startled Ruby.
"Thank you for understanding." Weiss's voice was muffled, as her head was buried in Ruby's shoulder, but Ruby just pulled Weiss closer and nuzzled into Weiss's hair, enjoying the scent of freshly fallen snow that seemed to follow the heiress around. The sound of the door to the dorm opening once more got the pair's attention, to see a giggling Yang with her arm around Blake's waist as the faunus rolled her eyes at the blonde. Everyone paused for a brief moment, before Yang let go of Blake and practically leapt onto the pair on the bed, sweeping them up into her arms and nearly crushing their spines.
"Oh you two look so cute together! Oh, I'm so proud of my baby sis for melting the ice queen!" Yang let out a squeal, as the two attempted to pry Yang's arms off of them to no avail.
"Yang…can't…breathe…"came Ruby's choked off attempts at speech. Weiss was far less cordial.
"Put us down you big blonde oaf before you snap our spines!" Blake sighed, before sauntering forward. Pausing for a moment, Blake just grinning wickedly and smacked Yang on her rear, immediately making the blonde drop the two younger girls in shock as she spun around to face the faunus, who had put on an air of innocence. Blake just smiled at Yang, giving her a little wink as she spun about to head to her own bed, where a book with her name on it was waiting. Yang was just about to follow Blake to get some answers, and maybe another kiss, when all four of the girl's scrolls went off.
Ruby reached hers first, opening it to see a message from the Headmaster. Hitting play, Ozpin's voice came from the message. "Team's RWBY and JNPR, please report immediately to Professor Port's classroom." Ruby just blinked, confused, at her scroll, before shrugging.
"It's nearly dinner time, and it's the weekend. Why would they want us to go to Port's classroom?" Yang said, as confused as the rest.
Weiss stood up, desperately trying to smooth out the wrinkles in her outfit from her 'session' with Ruby not long ago. "Well, whatever it is, it sounds urgent. We should go." None of the other girl's disagreed, and they quickly left.
Team RWBY arrived at nearly the same time as Jaune and Pyrrha, the knight and the amazon looking about as rumpled as Weiss and Ruby still did. One look over each other and it was fairly obvious what everyone had been doing before being called, causing nervous chuckles all around. A commotion from down the hall had all six turning to see Nora tearing down the hallway, Ren being dragged along behind her with an indulgent look on his face. Yang noted the bite mark on Ren's neck and the same condition of his clothes as the rest, and did a fist pump, before winking at Blake and whispering 'Four' in her ear. Blake just elbowed Yang in the side lightly, before all of those assembled turned to each other, and the door. Yang gave Ruby a smack on the back, knocking her forward and causing her to turn and glare at her sister before taking a deep breath and opening it.
Ozpin was sitting casually at Port's desk, looking over his scroll, as Azure leaned up against it, arms crossed over his chest and an uncharacteristic look of frustration on his features. Both looked up as the door opened, before Ozpin gestured with his hand for the two teams to enter. "Please, come in, have a seat." Azure crossed his legs as he leaned on the desk, one of his feet restlessly tapping. Ozpin glanced at him askance, before turning to the two teams who had taken up seats in the first row of the classroom. Ozpin set down his mug and sighed, before placing his elbows on the desk and leaning forward, chin resting on top of his folded hands. "Let me preface this conversation with two things…one, you do not have to accept this. You are under no obligation to do this, as we would not normally ask students to take on such a task. Two, no one will think less of you if you say no, either." Both teams just looked at Ozpin, confused, before he sighed and exchanged glances with Azure. Azure nodded, pulling out his scroll and tapping a few buttons on it, followed by the sounds of the different scrolls of the two teams going off.
"I just sent you a report the headmaster received just yesterday. What you are looking at is a map of a small village on the outskirts of Vale. It is a known danger zone, one which has consistent attacks by Grimm, and one of the many areas hunters have often gone to clear Grimm out from. However, while small, it is of vital importance. Miss Schnee may recognize the village, as it is home to one of the larger Dust mines that the SDC owns. The village is known as Reisha." Weiss nodded slowly, recognizing the name if not the village itself. Ruby leapt up from her seat, a big grin stretching across her face as she waved excitedly, her hand in the air. Azure sighed, his index and middle finger pressed to his forehead as if to hold back a headache. "Yes, Miss Rose?"
"Are we going on a mission?!" Azure's face fell, and he gave Ozpin a deadpan look. Ozpin simply raised an eyebrow.
"You are, if you choose to. However, understand this…this may be one the most dangerous missions you have ever gone on, and will probably remain one for most of your careers. We would almost never send students on a mission like this, certainly not first years, but every other team is simply incapable of taking this mission at this time. And unfortunately, this is a very time sensitive mission." Jaune gulped slightly, nervous, but he seemed to calm slightly when Pyrrha patted him gently on the shoulder.
Blake leaned forward, speaking in her quiet voice. "What is the mission?" Another glance was exchanged between the two men, before Azure looked back over the assembled two teams, before walking over to the closet in the classroom, pulling out one of Port's whiteboards that was not currently up, and spinning it around to show the picture on it.
"What do you know about Goliath's?"
