Just because someone asked about this before the re-write... here's a long and confusing clarification on why Yang was able to sense Weiss.

Yang could feel Weiss from so far away, because she really wasn't that far away. I mentioned somewhere in the previous chapters that Blake is like a gazillion time zones away from Yang and Weiss while Yang and Weiss were one time zone away from each other. Translating it into our world time zones, Blake would be in like California, while Yang and Weiss are on either side of the border of China and North Korea respectively. And their original city (which I have yet to name) would be somewhere in the middle of Russia (the time zone before China). Yang had zoned out her surroundings in order to search the area where she felt the aura coming from. Basically how Toph can see through her feet. Yang can sense people's aura if she concentrated enough. (Think I just made her into a bald old man, if you don't get this reference then I meant I turned her into Xavier with his little finding mutants helmet thingy.) To sum it all up, when Yang felt the burst of Aura, Weiss was really less than 20 miles away from her. Why is the train ride 5 hours? If Drachemund was so close to the Shaolin Temple and it took Yang like what 2 hours to get there? Well... in "China" there were a lot of stops, thus the extra hours. When the bad guys attacked, the train was traveling from it's last stop in "China" to it's first and only stop in "North Korea" Drachemund. The Shaolin Temple can be found south from the middle of these two stations. Yee~ Get it now? If not I guess I can draw a map and post it up somewhere later...

As for the clarification between the characters...hehe. It'll come in a few more chapters. :p

But first! The aids... though I'm sure I can leave these out by now right?

"talking out loud"

talking within the mind

thoughts

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY, nor anything else that may appear in the story.


It has been over a month since the train incident. With the contracts drawn and signed without a hitch within the week of the incident, the world of Remnant was notified of the Regal Cup the moment last contract was signed. It was said the race would be held sometime in the last week of October in Shi Cheng, the city where the Shaolin Temple hides. Days flew by quickly, and today was finally the day before the cup began.

Blake, Weiss, Toph and a handful of guards are currently at the race track going over the final checks to make sure the race runs without a hitch. The track is called Earth Dragon's Dance. Staying true to its name the track is made entirely of earth with a large multitude of turns ranging from a slight turn to a complete 360. A few changes had to be made to the track before the night ended to accommodate the abnormally large number of competitors.

At first, Weiss thought the world was just mindlessly signing up as a joke. With well over 3,000 applicants compared to the 500 applicants in the previous years one would think the same. Unfortunately for the girls, this was not the case. With the large number racers, Weiss had requested the competitors to sign-in the day before to have a head count of all the racers. Almost all 3,000 of the applicants had shown up. This year's first race is going to be an insane race, after all they can only have 200 competitors to race in the next round. From 3,000 racers to 200. Oh man.

Ever since the incident, Blake had refused to let Weiss out of her sight in fear of another attack. A few attempts were made, but none were on the same scale as the train incident. In fact these attacks were on a much smaller scale and pulled off by local criminals. No crime lords. These attacks only served to fuel Blake's paranoia. And with the abnormally large amount competitors this year? It didn't help soothe the cat's fears.

Weiss was grateful for the extra protection at first, but it gradually became an annoyance. Blake would have someone inspect her food every time before she ate or drank, her personal time slimmed down to none and her privacy became non-existent. As a result she was becoming increasingly icy (Weissy, hehe) as each day passed and without her daily dosage of Schwarz, everything just seem to be much harder to tolerate.

With the checks done, Blake dismissed the guards and escorted Weiss back to their hotel for well-deserved Z's. Toph tagged along to pick up Yang from their room. Tomorrow's the day, the kick off the Regal Cup.

Yang was already half asleep cuddled up next to Silber by the time the three returned. She was not allowed to perform the checks with them because of the racer's regulation. To be fair to other competitors, racers with affiliations, like Yang, were not allowed anywhere near the track or allowed to chatter about it. Since those without affiliations believed it would have given them an unfair advantage. Yang woke with a startle as Weiss slammed the door open and grumpily stalked to her luggage to gather the necessities for a well-deserved shower.

"Awww, is the wittle pwincess grumpy without her wittle wed wolfy?" Teased the blonde only to wheeze not a minute later. Weiss sent Silber to pounce Yang as her reply. "Damnit Silber! Get off of me you overgrown pup! I can barely breathe!"

Blake shook her head at her girlfriend's antics and watched with concerned eyes as the heiress stalk into the shower. She was worried, Weiss was closing up again. Without Schwarz by her side and the constant attacks, Weiss has been less and less social. She was turning back into the Ice Queen. What is going on with their little princess? Pushing the thoughts aside, she went to reacquaint herself with her beloved and her Sifu. All this security nonsense had her tightly wounded up and she need unwind before she snapped. While she waited for her turn to shower, she decided a nice cuddling was in session.

Amber eyes peeked over a book to observe the white and silver pair. White was scratching silver's chin in just the right spot causing him to growl in pleasure while she stared into nothingness. White's blank stare deeply concerned Blake. She was glad Toph had dragged Yang back to her room when Weiss finished her shower and she went in for hers. She would later find out that Toph feared for her little dragon's life if Yang continued to tease the already snappy heiress. But for now she was glad the opportunity to find out what was on the heiress's mind as of late.

While pretending to read a book, she wait for Weiss to drop her guard. Her ears perked when her wish was answered. Weiss had released a heavy sigh, giving her the opportunity to attack. "Weiss?" Hook. A hum of acknowledgement from the heiress prompted her to continue. "Is something wrong?" Line.

"I …I wish I was a Faunus... A wolf Faunus." Sinker. Weiss answered as she continued to mindlessly stare at a random speck on the wall.

"Wolf?" Blake questioned as her eyes widen slightly, setting down her book...

Shaking her head out of her stupor, Weiss realized she had absent mindedly fallen into Blake's trap. A small blush bloomed on her pale face. "Yea, a wolf."

"You had a dislike for Faunus, now you want to be one?" Blake was wondering what had triggered Weiss into saying she wanted to be a Faunus. The heiress was not particularly fond of the Faunus race because of her history with them. Though now she's hoping for an integrated future with the Faunus race by slowly trusting them, but to be one? Now that's totally out of the ball field.

"I know I'm not too overly fond of them, but they do have the ability to talk to their animal counter parts." Weiss missed Schwarz dearly and her increasing snappiness was a sure sign of it.

"Oh? And who told you that?"

"Sun."

"Monkey boy?"

"Well kind of... Yang and I... Never met up with PRSEI's CEO."

"How'd you get permission then?"

"Well..." Weiss began.


"Thought you would be dead by now princess." A smug voice interrupted her conversation with the blonde man.

Weiss turned her head to face the smug blonde leaning against the doorway with her arms crossed. She once had said she would be caught dead before she ever wore a pair of "no life pants". And here sat, at an unfamiliar dining table dressed in oversized sweatpants and a sweater chattering with a Faunus flirting with her and with one hand stroking a large silver wolf sitting by her side. If someone told her this was how her life would turn out to be, before she attended Beacon, she would have laughed.

"Oh sush. Nothing else would have fitted me. Breakfast will be served soon." Scrutinizing her company, Yang's eyebrows furrowed in disapproval of the golden boy. He wore an open popped-up collared white trench coat with excessive zippers and buckles, red wrist braces with three studs at the knuckles over a pair of black half gloves, a golden pendant necklace, and she really hoped he had some pants on. The suggestive wiggle of his eyebrow was a clear indication he was flirting with Weiss.

Yang quickly strode over to the boy and held out her hand for a greeting. "Hi"

The boy stood up and shook Yang's hand. "H-hello." He stuttered out as he grimaced from the powerful grip behind Yang's handshake. His tail dropped like a beaten dog. "You got a powerful handshake there. Ms.-"

"Yang. Yang Xiao Long. Weiss's girlfriend." Yang's eyes swirled red as she laid her claim on Weiss. Seeing the tail, Yang realize he was a monkey Faunus and was satisfied he got her message.

"Yang!" Weiss shouted, flabbergasted from the sudden claim.

"Don't think so babe, you smell of cat and princess over there maybe a feline, but she's definitely not a cat..." Golden boy fired back. With Yang all up in his face, it was hard to not smell Blake's claim on her. He had met Blake before and remembers her smell. Man she was one feisty kitty. Why are all the hot feisty ones taken? "The name's Wukong, Sun Wukong" He ended it with a waggle one of his eyebrows aimed at Weiss.

"Why do all of you insist on calling me a princess?! I'm an heiress! Not a princess!" The heiress in question complained, but was ignored. Poor Princess.

Yang fumed at Sun's actions. No one eye's Weiss like a piece of meat so openly in front of her and gets away with it.

Before Yang could explode into a ball of fire, four maids and a butler filled in. Three maids were carrying trays with food, while the other carried a tray with the preferred beverages. The butler carried two dog bowls and a gallon of milk. "Breakfast is served."

Two maids placed their tray in front of Weiss and Sun, while the third waited for Yang to choose a seat before placing it in front of her. The maid with beverages set her tray aside and served the preferred beverages to each person. Weiss had told the maid what Yang would have like beforehand. The butler set the two bowls by the wolf, filling one with milk then head over to one of the many cabinets that lined the room and produced a bag of animal food of which he filled the other bowl with. With their breakfast served, the maids and butler left the room.

"Sooo... Weiss, what did the doctor say?" Yang was never the one to favor eating in silence.

"Yang! Have some manners please! The doctor said I'm fit to go." Weiss chided. She's an heiress, she grew up with table manners drilled into her and talking with your mouth food was one of the first rules she learned.

"Ah! That's great! I need you to come back to the temple with me to tie up the proposal!"

"Proposal? Ah! That's right! Mr. Wukong-" Weiss suddenly remembers why she was in Drachemund.

"Sun is fine, princess. Our proposal is already drawn up for the race." Sun interrupted. He doesn't like formalities. It made him feel older than he really is. With a snap of his fingers a butler walks in with a clipboard and places it between Weiss and Yang. "If you may, please read the proposal, and if you have any questions feel free to ask. If not just sign away on the bottom. Prinzessin"

"How did you know about our proposal?" Yang questioned, while Weiss looked over the proposal. She never was fond of reading anything to start with anyways. Besides the monkey Faunus didn't seem to fall in her good guys book.

He shot a glance at Silber. "He told us."

"Silber? But he can't speak human... "Yang's reply caused Weiss to stop reading the proposal and look up in interest. One of her eyebrow's rose as she gazed at the animal in question. "Unless...Silber, are you holding back on us?"

"AHAHAHA. This is golden." Laughed the monkey only to receive a burning glare from the busty blonde. "You date the most renowned Faunus in all of Remnant and yet you know nothing about her heritage?"

Yang flushed in embarrassment. Was this something she's supposed to know? Blake never told her about the perks of being a Faunus besides their heightened senses and animal instincts.

"Can you please clarify?" Weiss butted in to save Yang from embarrassing herself even further.

"Certain Faunus can converse with their animal halves. Fortunately, our residential wolf Faunus was home long enough to help us understand why you are here princess."

"Wolf Faunus?" The females parroted. They never seen or heard of one before. "They exist?"

"Of course! You probably think you haven't met one because they look just like every other mutt. "

"Oh." Silence filled the room as Weiss went back to reading over the proposal and Yang fidgeted impatiently in her seat. She didn't like the silence, but she was afraid her mouth would somehow turn her face red again.


"So that's what happened." Now Blake knew why Yang had suddenly gained an interest in her past and in the Faunus race. "Did he tell you anything else?" To her knowledge, the wolf race was wiped out over ten years ago and only purebloods and their mates has the ability to communicate with their animal halves. Who exactly is this Wolf Faunus? Could he/she be the one the prophecy had foretold?

"Not that I can think of...Wait! Does that mean you can talk to kitties?!" Weiss's eyes lit up with excitement of the possibility of learning how to communicate with animals.

"Panthers actually." Blake smirked and pushed her thoughts aside. She needed to focus on keeping the heiress from freezing up again.

"Cats, panthers same thing." Weiss scoffed trying to save her pride. Not her fault she couldn't tell what type of cat Blake was with such little appendages to work with. "As if I ever seen a panther before." Weiss mumbled.

With her enhanced hearing, Blake was able to decipher Weiss's mumble. "Would you like to see one?" Maybe she can turn Weiss's frown upside down and make her laugh genuinely. It's been a while since she saw a genuine smile from the heiress. A quick nod made the corners of Blake's mouth turn up.

"Kage, show yourself." Blake called out.

From the darkest corner of the room a jet black panther materialized from the shadows as it prowled into the light. A series of bark ending with a long growl halted the panther's advance. This caught the two women by surprise.

Silber had sprang to all four standing between the panther and Weiss. His fur bristled with furry as his body rippled from the continuous low growl he emitted. He only acted like this when he sensed danger and to him, Kage was an enemy.


I gotta say i don't like how this chapter came out [. But I'm also to lazy to fix it. I just wanna move on. D: I just wanna skip all the stuff you need to know and get to the points where I want to write about ... (or has already written) shhh... =x