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AN/ Hello once again my dear readers, have I got some news for you all! First off, I want to let you all know that my Advanced Composition class finally received an assignment I've been waiting all year for, and that has brought in a whole new story idea for you all to read! So when "Creaking Scythe" ends, be on the lookout for a new story! Second of all, this chapter was heavily inspired by a picture on Ifunny, and in and of itself its just silly, just thought to share that with you all. Also, trying something different, so unless everything seems normal, don't review, just p.m. me. So without further delay, onto the chapter!

The week moved by quick for Ruby, who was both nervous and excited.

"Ruby, calm down, they're just weapons!" Weiss shouted at the energetic wolf.

"Just weapons?! Weiss, how can you say that?" Ruby asked from across the room.

"Because they're just hunks of sharpened metal with the ability to shoot things." Weiss reasoned.

"Take that back!" Ruby shouted, clearly offended by Weiss's statement.

"No, why should I?" Weiss was getting annoyed fast. Blake and Yang had left to get snacks and drinks for their group training, leaving Ruby and Weiss in the dorm room.

"Maybe step into my shoes for a change!" Ruby shouted, her voice laced with venom. Weiss visibly recoiled at the simple statement. Despite trying to be a better friend, Weiss still periodically forgot about Ruby's past. Turning towards her partner, Weiss could only see her back as she lay on her bed.

"Ruby, I'm sorry, I forgot what they mean to you." Weiss apologized. Ruby however ignored her.

"Ruby, look at me." Weiss asked, reaching a hand up to her partner.

"No, you made your point very clear. Sorry for bugging you so much." Ruby spat as she scooted further away.

"Ruby, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Weiss tried to reason with her leader and partner.

"Weiss, just drop it." Ruby said, though probably meant as an order.

"No Ruby, not until you stop ignoring me like that." Weiss said, not wanting to upset Ruby again.

"Fine, you want to talk about it? Let's talk. Ask away!" Ruby exclaimed as she flipped to her other side.

"Ruby, look, I'm sorry about what I said. I forgot what they actually mean to you." Weiss explained to Ruby, who still had a deep pout on her face.

"Yeah, you did. Did you ever have to count on Myrtenaster for your very survival? Or how about having barely anyone that didn't judge you every waking second of the day?" Ruby asked, her voice raising slightly.

"Ruby, I don't know what that's like. My father paid for Myrtenaster to be hand forged by the best smiths money could buy. I was never thrown into a grimm infested forest, nor have I ever faced any prejudice. I'm sorry for what I said, and I mean it." Weiss stated with full sincerity.

"Exactly. Next time, think about others before you start putting down their interests." Ruby accentuated her point with a hard glare before calming down. Hopping down from her bed, Ruby went to a corner of the room, and knelt down in front of the wall, her cloak disguising whatever she was doing.

"Ruby, what are you doing?" Weiss asked, but instead received no answer as a loud thunk noise resonated through the room.

"Ruby?" Weiss asked again, standing up from her seat. Suddenly, the door flew open, and Ruby bolted from her spot using her semblance to undo whatever she was doing. Turning towards her own bunk, Weiss was surprised to see Ruby happily munching on a handful of double chocolate chip cookies.

"Hey Yang, hey Blake!" Ruby said clearly, despite the mouthful of cookies.

"Damnit Ruby, I swear to dust that I will find your cookie stash and burn it in front of you!" Yang shouted as she stepped through the doorway. Blake followed soon after, a smile gracing her features.

"Try it Yang, I will defend her stash, even from you." Blake shot back, as she traded the bags she held for Ruby.

"Yay! My kitty is on my side!" Ruby shouted as she continued to eat her cookies, pausing only to give Blake one.

"Thanks pup. You all ready to head down to the sparring arena?" Blake asked as she at the cookie given to her.

"Yep, Weiss and I finished our studying and had a little talk about the importance of weapons to me." Ruby said with a cheery attitude.

"I already apologized and we worked it out." Weiss explained before any eyes even fell on her.

"Alright, well then lets get going before somebody here explodes." Blake suggested, flicking Ruby's nose before setting her down.

"Yay! lets go lets go lets go!" Ruby yelled as she took off down the hallway.

"Should we follow her?" Blake asked, looking out the doorway and down the hall.

"Probably should." Was all Yang said before they gave chase to their leader.

Finding Ruby in the locker room, the three teammates were in awe. Ruby was currently in the middle of stripping Crescent Rose, and the sheer amount of parts and complexity of the weapon were astounding.

"You mean to tell me that you made all of this with scrap metal?" Weiss asked, absolutely shocked at the monster of a weapon.

"Well yeah. I mean it was hard but how else was i supposed to make a weapon that I knew how to work?" Ruby said in a nonchalant tone as she began to reassemble the mechanical monster of a weapon in record time.

"There, all ready for the day!" Ruby exclaimed as she collapsed the scythe into its compact form.

"We should probably do the same. Can't have our weapons jam or something worse while in someone else's hands." Weiss suggested as she pulled her weapon and began inspecting it, Yang and Blake doing the same. Unlike Ruby, the three of them didn't have a need to fully disassemble their weapons, leaving them much more time for practice.

"Well, lets not leave our weapon crazed leader waiting, shall we?" Weiss joked as she stepped out into the arena. Blake and Yang both followed quickly, noticing Ruby and Weiss talking, and that Ruby was actually calm now.

"Alright, so who wants to offer their weapon first? The other option is a random draw." Ruby explained.

"I think the random draw would be best, so that way its fair." Blake suggested, to which everyone agreed.

"Alright, everyone call a number, one through six." Ruby ordered.

"One." Yang chose.

"Four." ruby chose.

"Two." Blake chose.

"Six." Weiss chose.

"Alright, give me just a second to find it, ah, here we go." Ruby shouted in triumph, holding a die in the air.

"Well, that's one way to decide who goes first." Yang remarked. Ruby tossed the simple white die in the air, waiting for it to come down and chose the first share partner. Heavy with anticipation, Ruby was excited to have an excuse to use her teammates weapons.

Hitting the floor with a plastic clack, the die rolled around slightly before stopping, leaving six black dots face up.

"Yay! Weiss goes first!" Ruby squealed with excitement.

"While I don't want to kill your excitement Ru, calm down." Blake said as she put an arm around the excited teen, allowing Weiss to draw her weapon safely.

"Okay, so, the most complicated part of Myrtenaster is the dust, which in and of itself, is actually really simple." Weiss explained as she rotated the cylinders.

"When you have the dust type you need rotated to here," Weiss pointed to the yellow dust, which currently sat on the top of the chambers, "You pull the trigger. The blade will coat itself, and from there, it's just a matter of swinging at your opponent, regardless of the blade actually making contact or not." Weiss continued, accenting her point by swing her sword at a practice dummy, the crackle of lightning surging towards the dummy, charring it.

"That's so cool!" Ruby shouted, jumping into the air.

"In terms of actual combat, using Myrtenaster is all a matter of fencing techniques, something I will assume you have all at least seen me do." Weiss said with a smile on her face. They all nodded.

"Alright, since Blake has a weapon that is closer in style to mine, I want her to go first." Weiss said as she passed her rapier to the cat faunus. Ruby, using her semblance, quickly brought over a practice dummy while Weiss and Yang cleared the area to give Blake room.

Holding the rapier in a very similar manner to its owner, Blake began to use the weapon with a very disturbing ease, stabbing and slicing at vulnerable points on the dummy, effectively destroying it. Leaving its torso and head, Blake rotated the cylinders, gaining access to the green dust. Pulling the trigger, Blake wasted no time in swing at her target, sending what was left of the dummy flying into a wall with a massive gust of wind.

"That was, amazing Blake, I never thought you would have been that proficient with a rapier." Weiss commended as she claimer her weapon. "Ruby, you're next." Was all Weiss had to say before Ruby was sitting in front of her, arms outstretched. "Ruby, you do have at least some resemblance of an idea on how you're supposed to use this, right?" Weiss asked, slightly worried about the younger girl.

"Yes Weiss, you always drag me along to your practice sessions, I've seen you do everything enough times to make a flip note book of your routines with my eyes closed." Ruby remarked, calming down enough to say that.

"I'm just making sure that you wont hurt yourself or damage my sword, dolt." Weiss flicked her forehead, something Weiss had started doing whenever Ruby started to get on her nerves. "Now, lets stop wasting time, its your turn." Weiss passed her weapon off again.

Ruby disappeared in a flurry of petals, speeding around another practice target, stabbing and slashing at random points, though still doing visible damage. Stopping suddenly, Ruby spun the cylinders in the same way Weiss would, landing on a purple chamber, Ruby stabbed the blade into the ground, causing rock to form suddenly underneath the target, effectively becoming a stone fist and punching the dummy away.

"Wow Ruby, you sure you still want to use a scythe? I think you would be better taking Weiss' weapon." Yang joked.

"Absolutely not. This is mine and mine alone." Weiss fired back at the blonde, not taking the joke. Ruby looked at Yang, offended by the statement.

"Jeez, it was only a joke." Yang defended, raising her arms in a surrender.

"Its your turn, just be careful, I know for a fact that you are the least likely to know how to use my sword." Weiss grumbled, holding the sword out for the blonde brawler. Yang took the sword in her hand, surprised by how light the sword actually felt in her hand.

Taking more of a boxing stance, Yang flew into a flurry of powerful jabs, before backing off almost as fast as she started. Rotating the cylinder for the final time of the day, Yang chose the red dust, and swung at the target, causing it to burst into flames.

"See princess, told you this would be fun!" Yang handed the sword back to its rightful owner before taking her weapon off of the bench and putting them back on.

"Alright, who's next?" Ruby shouted as she tossed the die into the air once more. Coming back down just as quickly as it went up, the die hit the floor, and stopped on the single black dot.

"Yes, now I can show off my baby!" Ruby fist pumped.

"So Ruby, since the scythe was never really designed to be a weapon, how do you even use it?" Blake asked. Weiss was thinking the same thing. A scythe was never designed to be a weapon, its shape and balance posed a great threat to its user just as much as whoever its user was fighting.

"Well, the trick is to spin the blade at a different angle than your body. If you don't, then you'll end up hurting yourself, bad." Ruby explained as she opened her scythe.

"Yeah, I remember watching some kid at signal try out a scythe, he was doing well, but he was concentrating too hard to actually use it right. When Qrow told him to attack, he swung and almost became a girl." Yang remembered with a smile the poor kids face at nearly losing part of his body to the unusually shaped weapon.

"Ouch, how have you not hurt yourself Ruby?" Blake asked while her and Weiss both grimaced at the thought.

"Oh, I did. Uncle Qrow only taught me so much. Most of what I know is all because I had to teach myself, I actually lost my left pinky toe because I tried something that was a horrible idea." Ruby explained nonchalantly. "Anyways, Yang, you're first." Ruby called to her sister as she passed her sweetheart over.

"What, no ammo?" Yang asked.

"No. One, I'm running low, two, the only magazines I have for her are the ones I made when I made her, and those are starting to fall apart." Ruby explained. "Besides, it's range and velocity are so insanely high compared to other rifles you wont have to worry about not hitting what you're aiming at."

Accepting the explanation, Yang hoisted the massive scythe over her shoulder, and swung the massive hunk of metal, swiftly removing the targets faux arm, and stumbled under the weight.

"Woah, how the hell do you use this thing sis?" Yang asked.

"Practice, and a lot of it. Though I can definitely say that I don't skip arm day, Yang." Ruby fired at her sister.

"Hey, all I said was you don't work out that much!" Yang defended herself.

"Whatever. Blake, it's your turn." Ruby took her scythe back, sticking her tongue out at Yang.

Blake took the scythe in hand, and almost dropped it from its sheer weight. Trying again, Blake managed to lift it up to her shoulder, but couldn't move it anymore than that.

"Ruby, I don't think I can use this. I think it should just go to Weiss now, though I don't think she could even lift it off of the ground." Blake struggled to avoid letting the blade fall to the floor as she let it down.

"As if, I'm not that weak." Weiss spat back, taking Crescent Rose by its shaft.

"Then pick it up, right now and put it over your shoulder." Yang challenged.

"No problem." Weiss pulled at the weapon, only to find it anchored to the floor. Trying again Weiss managed to move it, but only barely. Weiss tried again a third time, and instead of moving the scythe, she brought herself to the ground.

"Having trouble there?" Yang asked, a laugh threatening to burst from her mouth.

"Shut it, Xiao Long!" Weiss picked herself up, somehow keeping the scythe upright.

"Okay, now screw the die, I want to see what will happen with m gauntlets." Yang stepped forward, deploying them in their shotgun form.

"I'm alright with that, so how does it even work, because I've seen you punch people without firing a shot." Ruby asked.

"That's right, these have a dual trigger design. One is the main trigger, which works like a normal gun. The other allows me to punch and shoot at the exact same time by allowing me to slam fire them." Yang explained, pointing out the two triggers.

"That sounds like it was a pain to design." Weiss added.

"Well when your uncle has to help students design any weapon imaginable, its pretty easy, but yes, the design is complicated. Blake, you first?" Yang asked, holding out the extended gauntlets to her partner.

"Sure, though I would assume you have some heavy recoil dampeners in these, right?" Blake asked, weary of the weapon.

"Of course, do you really think I would be allowed to touch a weapon that could destroy my arms from use?" Yang asked.

"Fair point, lets just get this going, I'm curious as to how these actually work in combat." Weiss suggested as Blake stood in front of a target.

"Alright Blake, your pinky finger works the normal trigger, your index finger works the slam fire trigger." Yang explained. Nodding, Blake raised her arms, and fired both of the gauntlets. Despite the dampeners, the recoil still set Blake's arms straight up. The dummy didn't fare well, the fabric skin was ripped and singed, part of its metal skeleton visible.

"Well, that was a thing. I don't think my arms will take another shot." Blake said as she passed Ember Celica to Weiss.

"So I just use my pinky for the normal trigger, and my index for the slam fire?" Weiss asked. Yang nodded. Weiss raised her arm, and punched at the target in front of her. Weiss hit the target, but despite the dampeners, was sent flying back.

Sitting up, Weiss was greeted only by laughter.

"Oh haha, very funny. Ruby, your turn." Weiss scowled.

"Uh, nope. I'm lighter than you. If you got sent flying, I'll probably break an arm or something." Ruby stepped back.

"Whatever. Blake, time to let us use your's." Weiss stood up, dusting herself off.

"It's simple to use. The cleaver works over the blade of the katana, or on its own. The katana also folds on itself to allow me to throw it, and use it as a grappling hook, though I wouldn't try it if I were you." Blake explained. "Who wants to go first?"

"I will. Can't mess up any worse than I already have." Weiss grumbled before taking the two parts of Gambol Shroud. Quickly slashing at the new dummy, Weiss moved fast, alternating the two swords. Finishing her attack, Weiss sliced off the head and stood still.

"Awesome! My turn!" Yang shoved past Ruby, though Ruby didn't seem to care.

"Yang, cool it, or you don't get a turn at all." Ruby ordered.

"Aww, you're no fun sis." Yang quickly took the two swords, wanting to know just how much fun they were.

Yang, similar to Weiss, began swinging alternately, although adding smaller flourishes to her swings. Finishing her last swing, Yang kicked the stand out from under the dummy, and held the swords in a scissor like fashion at the 'neck' of the dummy.

"Ok Yang, it's my turn now!" Ruby came up behind Yang, arms outstretched for the swords. Hey Blake, do you think you could help me throw it like you do?" Ruby asked, throwing in her puppy eyes and folding her ears back, a combo that only four people could possibly ignore

"Alright Ruby, but if you get hurt, it's not my fault." Blake caved almost instantly, and began to tye the ribbon around Ruby's forearm. Luckily, Ruby was right handed like Blake.

"Alright Ruby, to throw it like I do, hold it back behind your head, with the barrel facing behind you, and when you throw it, pull the trigger." Blake explained while walking her through the motions.

"Alright, I think I got it." Ruby ran through the motions a couple more times, before fully committing to the throw. The collapsed katana sailed through the air, embedding itself into its target.

"Alright, and now, you have to pull it back, so snap your arm out to your side, the tension will pull it back fast, so be ready to catch it." Blake explained, ready to step in quick if need be. Ruby did as she was told, her arm now at her side, with Gambol Shroud sailing back towards her.

However, Ruby missed the mark, as Gambol Shroud flew around her and Blake, who was trying to catch the flying sword.

"Ruby, watch out!" Blake cried as her and Ruby fell over, now tangled together in the black ribbon. What made it awkward was their positioning. Blake had her arms tangled above her head while Ruby was laying on top of her, hands trapped on her chest.

"Dust damnit. Can one of you help us please?" Ruby yelled at her two snickering teammates.

"Hey Weiss, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Yang said between barks of laughter.

"Blackmail?" Weiss asked, attempting to hold hers back.

"Blackmail." Yang finished, taking a slightly shaky picture of the two. The entire time, Ruby's face turned redder than her cloak while Blake's anger rose.

"You two are so dead!"

AN/ And done! Merry late Christmas to everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful whatever holiday you celebrate. Moving back into normal plot starting next chapter, although there isn't much left, maybe one more arc and then it'll be done. Also, did you catch the Star Wars reference? Anyways, I hope you all have a happy new year as well, see guys next time!