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A New Beginning
Kill Twelve: Catfrontation
It was a quiet Sunday afternoon for the three members of team RWBY. Ruby and Weiss were doing some last minute studying while Blake was reading her book. However, that seemed to fail as her mind kept going back to what Yang had said before she left the room.
F
Ruby tilted her head in confusion. "A massage?"
Her sister nodded at the question. "Yep. It's Leone's way of thanking me for taking her out on the town. To be honest, I've been meaning to get one for a while now. I heard she's a really good masseuse." While the blonde was going over how good Leone was with her hands, Blake was having entirely different thoughts about the matter. Her reading of a certain book allowed her to imagine "certain" scenes in her mind. The book she was reading now wasn't helping either as her grip on it tightened.
Weiss had some concerns about this. "You sure this is a good idea? I know the two of you are girls but wouldn't it be a bit…awkward?" For once the Faunus girl had to agree with Weiss.
Yang didn't seem to mind, though. "Relax. Her two teammates will in her room too so it'll be okay." And that didn't make things any easier for Blake. Again, her mind was racing through a scene where Leone, Cora, and Akame were doing all sorts of things to Yang, alone, in their room. She slammed her book against her face. The action caught Yang's attention and looked at her. "Is everything alright Blake?"
Her partner removed the book and looked at the other girl. "I'm fine. It's just…the character in this book just did something stupid, that's all." Yet another lie she had to tell. How much more would Blake say before the burden became too great for her?
Ruby had another question for her sister. "So how's this massage going to work if you're going to wear your regular clothes?"
The blonde brought up her top and shorts as an answer. "Relax. I'll wear these during the massage." Again that did not make things any easier for Blake.
Now she can't stop imagining Leone touching Yang's perfect body, her hands gliding over it until they reached her brea- "No!" Again her team turned her wondering what her deal was. Blake tried to come up with an excuse. "No, the…situation just got worse for the character." For some reason, she felt like that character the Faunus girl just described.
Yang bought it but thought it was a little strange. "O…kay then. Well, I'll be back soon and I'll tell you my review about it. Don't wait up on me." She opened the door and left as she closed it behind her. While Ruby and Weiss went on studying for their test, Blake was left with her overactive imagination of what could be happening inside of Leone's room.
F
That was over an hour ago and each minute felt like torment to the Faunus girl. Her imagination hasn't become any better since then either. Ruby asked a question that made her feel even worse. "I wonder how Yang's massage is going. I bet it feels pretty good having some like Leone looking after her."
The Faunus girl glared secretly at her leader. "Not helping Ruby."
Ruby stretched out her arms. "Maybe I can ask Leone for a massage too. All of this studying is making my shoulders sore."
While the young leader was complaining about her sore shoulders, Weiss noticed something about Blake during the time they were waiting for their teammate to come back. "You've been pretty quiet for a while Blake."
The Faunus girl set down her book and looked over to her teammate. "Maybe because I've been reading this entire time."
The heiress didn't buy that. "No, you haven't. You've been on the same page for the last hour. Clearly, something is on your mind. What did we tell you about keeping secrets from this team?"
Blake just looked away. "It's not a secret. It's…just a problem I've been having with."
Ruby couldn't help but feel worried about her teammate. "What problem is it? Maybe we can help you with it."
The Faunus was grateful for her leader's help but she just sighed in response. "I'm fine Ruby. Don't worry." That was a complete lie. The truth is that no one could help her with this problem.
Weiss was quickly becoming tired of this. "Can you at least tell us what this problem is?"
That question made the Faunus girl a bit hesitant to answer. What was she supposed to say? "My problem is that I don't like how Yang talks about Leone all the time and I feel so much pain in my chest because of it and I don't know why." Maybe they could help, maybe they couldn't. All she knew that in the center of this was her partner Yang.
The door suddenly opened and the girl that has been plaguing Blake's mind walked in. "Hey, everyone! I'm back!"
Everyone turned to the brawler and Ruby smiled at her sister's return. "Welcome back Yang. How was the massage?"
Her response was Yang rolling her neck around and doing different kinds of stretches until she was done. "It…was…awesome! I've never felt so limber before." Wrong choice of words in Blake's department. "It's like everything in my body was smoothed out perfectly. I'm telling you that girl has some magic fingers on her." And that comment was just enough to bring Blake to the edge of how much she could take of Yang talking about the other Faunus girl. "I'm telling you that girl is something else. She's so good. I'm kinda glad we're friends with someone who can make you feel so much better after a hard day and…" There she goes again. Talking about how great Leone was. Something about the blonde always praising the other Faunus girl always bothered Blake and didn't know why. What she did know was that whenever the two blondes were together, they always seemed to hit it off so well and that's what probably bothered Blake the most. In some way, she envied Leone about how open she was and how she was the exact opposite of the other Faunus girl. Not that Blake could blame her. The Faunus girl's entire life was built upon shadows and secrets of the White Fang and did some things that she regretted. Seeing the one person who actually saw her for who she is. Not a former member of the White Fang, not a Faunus, not even a member of team RWBY. Yang saw Blake for who she truly is. A person who wanted to be accepted by someone who would understand her. But now, that same person that brought so much light into her world of shadows was being taken away from her and that's what hurt Blake the most. Her heart had reached the breaking point. She closed her book and stood up from the bed as she walked over to her partner who was still talking about Leone. Yang noticed the Faunus girl walking up to her. "Uh, hey Blake."
Blake didn't say anything in return as her bangs covered her eyes. What she did next shocked everyone in the room. A loud smack echoed throughout the room as there was a large red imprint on Yang's left cheek. Blake had just slapped Yang. Ruby and Weiss just stared at what they saw and didn't say anything. The Faunus glared at her partner with tears starting to come out of her eyes. "If you like her that much, why doesn't she become your partner instead!?" She ran past Yang without looking back and out of the room.
"Blake, wait!" Ruby tried to chase after her not wanting a repeat of what happened last time. However, her teammate disappeared by the time she arrived in the hallway. All she could do was sigh. "Not again."
Weiss finally broke out of her trance and shook her head. "What was that all about?!"
Her question didn't reach Yang as she was still trying to process what just happened to her. She had taken a lot of hits from all kinds of fights but that one slap from Blake seemed to have hurt the most to her. She could still feel the sting of the Faunus girl's hand as Yang touched it. Suddenly, a sickening feeling was spreading in her chest. "Blake…" The blonde ran out of the room as well to find her troubled partner to set whatever she did wrong right again. She really didn't want to lose the one she cared for just as much as Ruby.
"Yang!" Ruby tried to reach out to her sister but she was already long gone as well. She groaned again as this was just like last time.
The door across from them opened and Jaune along with the rest of team JNPR saw Ruby in the hallway. "What's with all the noise outside?"
The young leader turned to all of them with a worried face. "It's Blake. She ran off again and this time we don't know why."
That was all they needed to know. "It'll be okay Ruby. We'll help find her." Pyrrha reassured. "Is there anywhere she could've gone?"
Weiss walked up to her partner and crossed her arms. "Well, I doubt she'll go all the way to Vale again like last time so chances are we'll probably find her around the campus grounds." She brought out her scroll and began texting. "I'll send the word out to Neptune and chances are Sun is with him to help look for Blake."
Ren nodded at the idea. "Right. In the meantime, we'll split up. We'll have more of a chance finding her."
Nora cheered for the search. "Yeah! Let's go find ourselves a lost cat!" Everyone but Ruby went their separate ways.
Hearing about Weiss' idea gave Ruby an idea of her own. She pulled out her scroll and began texting. "I hope they can help us too."
B
Leone was washing her hands to get the oil used from the massage she gave Yang earlier. She enjoyed the experience and it has been a while since the Faunus blonde gave a good massage. Cornelia and Akame were there to witness it all. "You know one day I would like to have a massage from you too Leone judging by how Yang was reacting to it."
Akame wasn't all that surprised. "I think you would like it, Cora. Leone is very good with her hands."
Leone came out of the bathroom drying her hands with a towel. "Akame should know. She's thoroughly experienced the best massages I've given her." She spoke in a sultry voice.
Her girlfriend blushed at the blonde's words while Cornelia really didn't need to know that. "TMI Leone."
The Faunus girl tilted her head in confusion. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Sometimes the other blonde wondered how Leone managed to get this far. "It means too much information." Akame's scroll suddenly started to vibrate and she took it out to check what it was. Both blondes looked over to her. "Who's it from?"
Akame read the message and her eyebrows furrowed. "It's from Ruby. She said that Blake ran off all of a sudden and they're trying to find her."
That struck as a bit unusual to Leone. "I wonder what happened."
Her girlfriend put her scroll away and stood up. "Whatever it is, we need to help. Let's go to their dorm." Both blondes nodded to that.
B
The three girls rushed over to RWBY's dorm fast as they could and they saw the young leader standing next to the doorway waiting for them. Ruby saw them and was glad to see them. "Thanks for coming over. We need all the help we can get."
Cornelia smiled at her. "It's no problem. Like my papa always says. Help out those in need and they'll be a friend indeed." Akame seriously wondered if that was the same Gozuki. "So what happened?"
Even Ruby was unsure what happened but decided to explain the best she could. "I don't know. Yang just got back from her massage and started talking about how good the massage was. Then Blake just walked up to Yang and slapped her saying something about making Leone her partner instead. She ran off after that."
Leone thought it was weird Blake would say that but decided to wonder about that later. "Do you know the places she could've gone?" Akame asked.
Ruby tried to remember the details. "Well, the library for one since she likes to read or maybe some of the empty classrooms because she likes her privacy. I just hope she doesn't go into Vale like last time."
Now that was something Leone could wonder about. "What do you mean by last time?"
The young leader thought she shouldn't say anything more. "It's nothing. Can you help us?"
All three girls smiled and nodded. "Of course, in any way we can." Akame spoke.
Ruby smiled at that. "Thank you. I'll be looking for her now. Let me know if any of you find her." She ran past the group.
The three girls looked at each other wondering what their next course of action should be. Thankfully, Akame had already thought of something. Cornelia on the other hand… "I'll go to the library and see what I can pick up then search around there. Is that okay with you?"
The opportunity couldn't be better. Akame nodded at the suggestion. "Go on Cora." The blonde nodded and ran off to where the library was. Since it was just her and Leone now, they could start finding Blake. "Leone…"
"I know." The Faunus blonde walked into RWBY's room and over to Blake's bed. She kneeled down next to it and took in a few sniffs to familiarize with the other Faunus girl's scent. If anything, she'll be able to locate where Blake was wherever the scent led her to. Leone stood up and closed her eyes as she sniffed the air again. She opened her eyes. "Got her."
Akame was thankful Leone still kept her enhanced senses from Lionel. "Good. Judging from what we know, you seem to be involved in this. Find Blake, confront her, and see what this is all about. I'll pretend to look around for her. You understand that?"
Leone smiled at her girlfriend. "Crystal clear. I'll find her in no time. Leave it to me." That was all Akame needed to hear and smiled back at the Faunus blonde before leaving the room. Leone smiled at how easy this already was and left the room as well.
B
Blake was sitting underneath a large tree on a cliff overlooking the Emerald Forest. She was contemplating of what she did to Yang and was feeling bad about it. What she was feeling inside was even worse. It was like her heart broke in two. The Faunus girl brought up her knees to her face and wrapped her arms around. "I really am a horrible person. I don't deserve someone like Yang." Just thinking about the blonde's name made her heart ache. Blake wondered what she should do now.
"Hi there Blake!"
And the Faunus girl screamed as she jumped up and grabbed ahold of the branch above while being in a state of shock. She looked down to see the last person she wanted to see. "Leone?"
The other Faunus girl laughed at what she did. "That was hilarious. You should've seen your face!" Leone was clutching her sides while laughing.
Blake got over her scare and glared at the Faunus blonde as she dropped down to confront her. "Why are you here? In fact, how were you able to find me so quickly?"
Leone settled down and smiled at her. "I have my ways." Her smile was replaced by a serious look. "Your friends are worried about you. Mind telling me what was with the stunt you just pulled? From what Ruby told us, you slapped Yang for some reason and I have a feeling I'm part of that reason. So, spill it."
Blake looked away from her while grabbing her arm with her other hand. "You want to know? I'll tell you what's on my mind." She looked back at Leone and glared at her. "All Yang talks about now is how great you are. How you're strong, beautiful, a great masseuse, and I'm sick of it! I've waited a long time for someone like Yang to accept me for who I really am and then you show up and it feels like I'm losing her to you!" She was letting out all of her frustration and anger out on the other Faunus girl she kept inside all this time. "I know how the two of you get along so well and how you look at each other. Every time I see that look in Yang's eyes talking to you, I could feel a pain going in my chest and it continually hurts me."
Honestly, Leone was happy she was hearing this from the other girl. It also gave her a pretty big hint about something. While Blake was continuing to rant about the Faunus blonde, Leone swiped quickly the top of Blake's head. That stopped Blake's ranting and wondered what just happened. It was then she saw a very familiar black ribbon in Leone's hand and gasped. Leone smiled at she was seeing. "Ah ha! I knew this ribbon of yours wasn't for show. You're a Faunus too and a cat one to boot."
Blake took a few steps back while fear was creeping up inside of her. Her ribbon was a way to hide who she really was and now she was exposed again. "H-How did you-"
"Know?" Leone finished. "I knew something was up with you the first time we met. Hearing about you ranting about me along with Yang kinda sealed the deal. You would be surprised what you can learn in Faunus only classes. A person, more specifically, a cat Faunus doesn't get this angry without reason. The truth is you already decided Yang would be your mate huh?"
And Blake didn't know how to respond to that. "My mate?"
Now Leone was glad she paid attention to this subject in her class. "Yes, your mate. The thing is that you haven't claimed her yet. That's why you're acting the way you are now. When two cat Faunus are together in the same place and one of their mate of interest is there with them, they would fight it out trying to claim her. It's kinda like animal instinct. You feel threatened that I might swipe Yang away from you. Am I wrong?" Blake was trying to find a way to counter that but couldn't find the words. It did, however, make a lot of sense of why she was feeling this way. Her silence was all Leone needed to know. "Like I thought. Tell me this Blake, what do you really think of Yang? Be truthful and don't hold back."
The other Faunus girl tried to make sense of the question and tried to think of the reasons why. She just spoke what was on the top of her mind. "Yang is…Yang is…." For once she could talk honestly about her partner. "Yang has become the most important person in my life. I'm lucky to know someone like her and to be her partner. She's…I can't even find the words to describe what a wonderful person she is. She never left my side when I came back after something happened." As Blake was talking true about her feelings, the pain in her chest was lessening more and more and something else was spreading throughout in her chest instead.
Again, that was all Leone needed to know. "Then freaking act on your feelings damn it. What's stopping you from doing it?"
That answer was obvious. "It's you. I keep thinking you'll take away the one person I…care about the most." And hearing that just make Leone laugh which confused Blake. "What's so funny?"
Leone laughed a bit more until she stopped. "That this has been one huge misunderstanding. Let me clear this out of the way. I'm not taking Yang away from you. I just view her as a fun person and not just because we look the same. Hell, I'm already with someone else so no worries."
Now that was something Blake didn't expect to hear. "Wait, you're already with someone?"
The other Faunus girl nodded at the question. "Yep so Yang is all yours for the taking. Speaking of which…" She glanced back a bit and Blake saw what was behind her.
To her surprise, Yang was walking toward them which surprised the Faunus girl. "Yang?"
The first thing the blonde noticed that Blake didn't have her ribbon on but she didn't care about that now. All she cared about was that she was happy to see her partner again. Her being here was Leone's cue to leave. She walked over to the other blonde and put her hand on Yang's shoulder. "She's all yours." Leone gave Yang Blake's ribbon. "You're welcome." She left the two girls alone. The Faunus blonde was glad she was able to send Yang that text before she spooked Blake.
Now it was just the two of them alone. Both girls didn't know what to say. "Blake/Yang I-"
Both of them spoke at the same time and stopped. The blonde rubbed the back of her head. "You go first."
Blake sighed as she had to be true to her feelings. "Yang I'm…sorry I slapped you and what I said before. I wasn't thinking clearly. The truth is I didn't like how you were talking about Leone all the time and I thought she would take you away from me because you're…special to me."
Yang felt her heart thump when she heard that and just smiled. "Is that right? I'm sorry I didn't notice how you were feeling about this the entire time. Some partner I turned out to be huh?" She laughed awkwardly at that.
Blake shook her head at the words. "No, you're a great partner. The best one I could've hoped for! I couldn't have asked for someone better than you. I love how you laugh, I love how you're protective of your team, and I love how much of a caring person you are. I love yo-" she stopped midsentence at that and realized what she was about to say and blushed.
That was enough for Yang to catch on. "Go on Blake. Say it." She really wanted to hear those three words.
Never has Blake felt her heart beat so hard before. She gulped as there was no going back now after saying these words. "I love you, Yang. More than as a partner and as a friend. I truly love you. I can't say it enough to express these feelings to you." Tears started to come out of her eyes once again as she shut them.
If she hadn't, Blake would've seen how happy Yang was hearing those words. She used this opportunity to walk over to where her partner was. "You know what I think?" Yang cupped Blake's cheek just in time for the Faunus girl to open up her eyes. Her eyes widened in surprise at what happened next. She felt a pair of lips pressed against her own as she saw Yang close her eyes. It soon dawned on her that Yang was kissing her. Suddenly, that feeling she felt before exploded in her chest and it was a loving warm feeling. Blake closed her eyes as well to enjoy the kiss as long as they could and wrapped her arms around Yang's waist. The blonde did the same and brought their bodies closer to share this feeling together. Both girls were reluctant to break the kiss and Yang looked at her partner with loving eyes. "You have no idea how happy you made me when you said that. I'm glad to know how you feel about me and I feel the same way. What I'm trying to say is that…I love you too Blake." And there it was. That was Blake needed to hear and happiness overtook her once again. This time she kissed Yang and pushed themselves to the grass without breaking the kiss. For once Blake hoped they would continue this uninterrupted for a while longer.
B
While Ruby was having no such luck in finding her teammate, she received a text in her scroll and pulled it out to see what it was. The young leader smiled when she read the text from her sister. "I found Blake and we made up. You can call off the search now."
Ruby giggled at the text. "I'm glad you were able to find her Yang." She then proceeded to text everyone else.
B
A day and a test later, everyone was enjoying their long-awaited lunch. "WHAT!" RWBY and JNPR tried to process what they just heard.
Jaune was the first to speak. "Did I really hear that right?"
Ruby was the same. "You two were a couple all along?!"
Leone flashed a peace sign while Akame nodded at the question. After Yang and Blake came back and declared they were a couple now, the other human/Faunus couple decided to finally tell their friends. Needless to say, they expected their reactions. "Yep. You got that right."
Akame took another bite out of her lunch and carried on like their announcement was no big deal. "We apologize for taking this long for telling you this but yes. Leone and I are together."
Now Blake understood what Leone meant by her being with someone else yesterday and smiled. In return, Akame and Cornelia were filled in about Blake's Faunus heritage. Now that everything was out of the way, Nora sighed. "Now can I say it?"
Ren just took another bite out of his lunch as well. "Yes, Nora. You can say it."
That was something else Leone wanted to know. "Say what exactly?"
Nora smiled at the Faunus blonde. "Has anyone told you that you kinda look like Yang and Blake's daughter?"
And Leone was speechless when she heard that. "Wait, what?"
The other girl loved the other girl's expression. "Yeah I mean you have Blake's kitty ears and her eyes and you have Yang's looks and her boo-"
"That's enough Nora." Ren interrupted.
Now that Leone thought about it, the resemblance between all three of them was very uncanny. In fact, she smiled at the thought. "Daughter huh?"
Yang and Blake knew why she was smiling like that. Akame did say Leone never did know her birth parents. That was when the other blonde declared something. "Alright then. From this day on, you're going to be our daughter Leone."
Weiss facepalmed at that. "You can't be serious." Still, she was happy that they found each other. She looked past them to see her leader still smiling. "Maybe I should do the same what they did."
The smile on Yang's face was her answer. "I sure am. Akame, I expect you to take good care of our daughter and I want grandkids."
Blake thought her new girlfriend was pushing this a bit too far. "I think that's asking a bit much Yang."
While on the subject, Ruby thought up of a question. "So if Leone is your daughter, does that mean I'm the aunt? I always wanted a niece." Weiss couldn't believe how far this was going. "One more thing. Who's the mom and who's the dad?"
And a record scratch could be heard among the group. Leave it to Ruby to ask the important questions. Yang tried to think about that. "Good question. I guess I can be the mom and Blake can be the dad." She turned to her Faunus girlfriend. "What do you think?"
Blake just shrugged. "I'm okay with that."
While all of this was going on, Leone felt another kind of happiness she hasn't felt before. Sure it may pass off as a joke but she wouldn't mind having these two as her parents even though they're the same age. Well, physically. On the inside, Leone was still in her early twenties. "I like the sound of that."
With all of that said and done, Yang leaned onto her girlfriend. "So Blake, since we're together now, want to go out with me to the dance?"
Blake calmly took a drink of her milk and set it down. "Sorry but I can't."
That was an answer the blonde didn't expect to hear. "What do you mean you can't!?"
"Sun asked me out first and I said yes. This was before we confessed to each other." Blake replied.
Yang hung her head in defeat. "Damn it." Jaune felt her pain as he kept striking out asking Weiss out to the dance.
Pyrrha laughed at her friend's reaction. "Maybe next time Yang."
Leone was laughing as well until she caught what her 'mom' said before. "Wait. What dance!?" Akame and Cornelia wondered the same.
Weiss and the others looked at them. "There's our school dance coming up. You seriously never knew that? Haven't you been checking your notifications?"
Before they could answer that, another bell rang throughout the cafeteria. "Will the students Akame Night, Leone Wild, and Cornelia King please report to Professor Ozpin's office? I repeat. Will the students Akame Night, Leone Wild, and Cornelia King please report to Professor Ozpin's office? That is all."
The three girls looked at each other and had a pretty good idea what that announcement was about. "Hey, do you think-"
"Could it be-"
"Our last teammate is here!" All three girls stood up quickly and waved at their friends goodbye. "Later! We've got to meet our new team member." Cornelia and the other two girls left the table.
Ruby was waving back at them. "Let us know how your new teammate is!" She stopped waving when they left the cafeteria. "I hope their new member is really nice."
B
The three girls couldn't rush any faster to Ozpin's office to finally meet their last new member. All of them were quite curious. "So what do you think our new teammate is going to be like?" Cornelia asked.
Leone wondered about that as well. "Beats me. I just hope this person isn't a total ass."
Akame couldn't see that happening. "I don't think the Professor would do that. In all likelihood, we'll get along well with our new member." They approached Ozpin's office and Akame knocked on the door. "We're here sir."
The doors opened up before them and they walked in. As they did, all joy Akame and Leone had from before suddenly vanished and was replaced by fear and terror. There was no mistaking the silhouette that was standing in front of Ozpin's desk. Ozpin didn't seem to notice their reactions. "Good to see you again. Allow me to introduce you the last member of your team.
The person turned around and faced the three girls. Akame's and Leone's fears were confirmed true and couldn't say anything. "No way. She's our new teammate?"
Akame was staring in horror at the person in front of her. "It…can't be…"
