This is the finale, but don't be sad. My new story called Strike Back comes out tomorrow. It's white rose/bumblebee. Check out how many chappys it is on my profile!

To compose herself, Ruby took a deep breath before she turned the doorknob.

A lot had happened over the last few months. The team was given a mission to find survivors at a village in the middle of nowhere. As a result, Weiss had been poisoned by some unknown venom thanks to a griffon.

With great effort, the team researched the poison. Only to find nothing, to their frustration. As time ticked by, they found lead after lead. Only to meet countless dead ends. Winter was the one who tracked down the mad scientist, and the team finally brought Dr. Merlot to justice.

And now, it was time to confront the headmaster who knew everything from the start.

When the team walked inside the office, they were greeted by Goodwitch.

"Welcome back, team. I found out what you meant when you said you'll 'fix the doors,'" she said with a small, microscopic scowl.

"Eheh, about that," Ruby dryly laughed. "We can actually pay for it now!"

Goodwitch perked a blonde brow. "Could you not before?"

Casually, Yang set a hand on the professor's shoulder. "Oh, Glyn… Glyn… Glyn… what matters is that we can pay for it now!"

"That won't be necessary," Glynda revealed, swiping the hand off her shoulder. "I fixed it."

In no way was the team surprised. Goodwitch was known for cleaning up the aftermath of fights. Looks like that extended to simple life things.

"If you fixed it, why'd you bring it up?" Yang asked. jokingly "You lookin' for a fight?"

From her tone, Weiss gently elbowed her in the side, silently reminding her she was talking to her superior. In response, Yang rubbed her side.

Not liking the sass, Glynda asked suspiciously. "What are you four up to? Are you going to talk to Oz?"

Blake nodded to confirm. "You can join us. It's about Dr. Merlot."

Intrigued, Glynda asked. "What did you do?"

Weiss was quick to reply. "We're only here to fill him in."

Glynda accepted the offer. "Very well."

Rather than having the team open the door to his office, Glynda did instead. After it creaked open, the five of them stepped inside. Immediately, Goodwitch joined Ozpin at his desk while the team remained in front of him.

"Team RWBY," Ozpin greeted with a smile. "What brings you here?"

For being on break, the team sure was visiting him a lot. Ozpin's face fell when he noticed the entire team looked solemn. They carried a much different aura than the other times they visited him. Before, they were there to ask questions. It looked like now they had all the answers.

Ruby was the first to speak, determination swirling in silver orbs. "We put Dr. Merlot in jail."

Ozpin leaned back in his chair, thinking he'd been hearing things. "Excuse me?"

Yang clarified for him, speaking slowly. "We put crazy in jail."

"You did?" Glynda asked, skeptical.

Four nods.

"That can't be possible," Ozpin was so sure of himself. "I couldn't find him-"

Weiss stepped forward with confidence, cutting him off. "Have you heard of Atlas specialists? Turns out, they can be quite resourceful."

"General Ironwood?" the headmaster asked.

Weiss shook her head. "My sister."

There was a moment of silence as Ozpin processed her words. To fill the gap of silence, Ruby spoke.

"We found one of his underground labs," she informed, which earned exasperated expressions from her professors. "After we defeated waves and waves of his grimm, we had a little chat with him."

Growing impatient, Glyna asked. "And?"

It was Blake's turn to chime in as she looked to Ozpin, who'd been uncharacteristically silent.

"Dr. Merlot said you two were partners. Not only that, but he said he also got the idea of Black Attraction from you."

Her tone wasn't accusatory. She was merely relaying the information to gauge a reaction. The room was dreadfully silent for several moments. The headmaster adorned a poker face, while Glynda only stared at her colleague.

At last, Ozpin formed a grave reply. "We were lab partners at one point."

Glynda quickly added. "But you didn't stay for long."

"Indeed," Ozpin said seriously as he met the team's gazes. "After Merlot began to experiment on grimm, I personally believed he took it too far. When I left him, I realized he had reached insanity, and by that point, it was too late to save him."

His tone was like he had lost a dear friend of his. Since Glynda experienced the events with him, she set a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"There was nothing you could do."

"Maybe," Ozpin replied.

The team didn't fully understand why the headmaster had been so dodgy about the subject if that was all he had to tell.

Yang questioned him first. "If that's it, then why couldn't you answer our questions?"

"I didn't want you to go after him," Ozpin replied. "Merlot is a dangerous man, as you've come to realize."

Ruby had to point out. "We're huntresses."

"I know," Ozpin admitted, knowing they were a strong team. "I also didn't want you to know I made a horrible mistake, so I tried to keep you from finding the truth. I felt like I had to hide the origin of Black Attraction since it was my idea. Because of me, one of our own was almost taken from us."

Momentarily, all eyes landed on Weiss. All she did was hold her arm.

"For that, I'm sorry," Ozpin said genuinely. "Especially sorry to you, Ms. Schnee."

From the apology, their expressions softened. Small smiles broke out. Deep down, that's all they wanted to hear from him.

"Apology accepted," Weiss said. "Although, it's unnecessary."

From the comment, Ozpin looked confused, so Weiss elaborated.

"You didn't create the poison, correct?"

"I didn't," Ozpin answered. "But it was my idea-"

"Hush," the ex-heiress interjected, which caused him to look taken aback. "It was your idea, but Dr. Merlot actually took the time and effort to create it. That's a huge difference."

Ruby nodded to support her girlfriend. "Yeah, there's a difference between ideas and putting those ideas into action. Because of that, I think I speak for everyone when I say it wasn't your fault."

For once, the headmaster looked relieved to hear those words.

"Thank you, team RWBY. For everything."

"Heh," the blonde smirked and gave him a thumbs up. "It was easy peasy."

Blake almost frowned from her partner's comment. The mission was many things, but she wouldn't call it 'easy.'

"Headmaster, you could have told us this upfront," the faunus pointed out. "Do you know how many obstacles we faced just to find a lead?"

"I didn't want you all to find out about my mistakes," Ozpin sheepishly admitted. "I feared you would blame me. Which now as I understand, was foolish."

The faunus only sighed from that.

"Everyone makes mistakes, Ozpin," Ruby said genuinely. "Even all-powerful headmasters like you."

"It's true," Ozpin agreed. "I've made more mistakes than any man, woman, or child. Your team not only put a dangerous man in prison, but you also handled the situation in stride and hunted for answers on your own. How can I thank you?"

From the question, the team laughed wholeheartedly. The huge sum of money jingled in Ruby's pocket. Since the laughter was totally unexpected, the professors looked utterly perplexed.

Glynda eyed them suspiciously. "What did you do this time?"

Since Blake composed herself the quickest, she chimed. "We got reward money for his capture. I think we got enough compensation for our efforts."

"Glad to hear it," Ozpin said happily.

"Here," haughtily, Yang slapped a couple hundred lien on his desk as she stared at her puzzled professors. "Treat yoselves."

They only stared at the wad of cash in disbelief. This was probably the first mission they've been paid for, so they were proud of the reward.

Now that they've said everything they needed to, the team headed over to the door.

Ruby opened the door and paused. "We just wanted to tell you everything is handled! Have a good day."

Before the door shut, Ozpin called.

"Thank you again."

Ruby looked over her shoulder and smiled. "No problem."

At last, the door shut. The professors were left to stare at the wad of cash on the desk.

"We can't keep this," Ozpin said.

Glynda gave him a small smile. "We have such troublesome students."

"They certainly are something, aren't they?"

"It's finally over!" Yang exclaimed in relief. "We're finally done!"

"I can't believe it…" Blake mumbled.

For the last couple of months, the team was obsessed with finding and tracking down Dr. Merlot. Now that he was in prison, she wondered what they were going to do for the remainder of their break.

"Believe it!" Ruby chirped happily. "We're back to being normal students."

Weiss walked next to her girlfriend, equally content. "I'm so glad Father wasn't part of it."

Ruby pecked her on the cheek to ease her mind. "You had nothing to worry about."

From the kiss, Weiss blushed as she shyly looked ahead. They finally reached their room. Directly after they arrived at Beacon, they headed for the headmaster's office, wanting to get the conversation over with.

Confidently, Ruby twisted the doorknob. "Now what are we gonna do-"

When the door opened to reveal the room, Ruby was speechless. She answered her own question.

Weiss only stared. "Oh my…"

The whole team stood just outside, almost speechless as they took in the aftermath that was their room. It looked like a tornado had ripped through. Clothes and remnants of food were scattered everywhere. There was even a pair of black pants dangling off the ceiling fan.

"We left it like this!?" Yang yelped.

Ruby yelled back. "We were in a hurry, remember?!"

Since they were told to leave as soon as possible, they had to rush out the door. Naturally, that left a huge mess in their wake. A mess they completely forgot about.

Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose, dreading the chore to come. "I'm so not looking forward to this."

"First order of business," Ruby announced in a chipper tone. "Cleaning duty!"

Blake heavily sighed. "Might as well get this over with."

Knowing she was right, they tried not to complain. The team split up in pairs to clean up faster. Yang and Blake took the left side of the room while the white rose couple took the right.

"Uh…" Yang grumbled in amusement as she held up a pair of black panties. "Why is there underwear in the sink?"

"I told you," Ruby said in irritation from being questioned. "We were in a hurry!"

"Give me that," with that, Blake swiped the undies from her partner.

Yang giggled from how flustered her partner looked. "I like the cute little bow tie."

"Shut up," the faunus sounded like she was going to murder her.

"Ruby," Weiss suddenly said across the room. "Where did you put my brush?"

"Uhh…" Ruby mumbled as she folded a shirt. "It's not on your nightstand?"

"No."

"Aha!" Yang shouted as she ran out of the bathroom to show them her find. "It was in the bathtub!"

Weiss gazed at the brush in her hand, puzzled. "How on Remnant did it get in there?!"

Ruby just shrugged, giving her a sly smile. "Maybe we have a ghost."

"Or," the ex-heiress suggested. "I have a dolt of a girlfriend who throws hair brushes in the bathtub."

Jokingly, Ruby raised her hands defensively. "You caught me."

When Weiss smiled, Ruby pecked her on the cheek. An immediate blush followed.

From the sight of affection, Yang cupped her cheeks dramatically. "Get a room!"

"Yaaaang," Ruby whined like a child. "We are in our room!"

"Then get another room," Yang said teasingly.

Blake just gave her partner an unamused look.

Suddenly, Ruby exclaimed in surprise. "Jaune just texted me him and his team'll be back tomorrow!"

Skeptical from the news, Blake asked. "When do classes start again?"

Not knowing when, Ruby checked the calendar on her phone. From the realization, she sighed. "Five days…"

Groans.

Yang was the first to complain. "You're tellin' me we only have a five-day break?!"

"Better than none!" Ruby defended. "Hey, at least we put a baddie in jail!"

Blake sighed, thinking her plans had been altered dramatically. "Now I can only read ten books."

Yang playfully rolled her eyes. "'Only' ten."

Blake couldn't reply quick enough to defend her interests. "I had at least fifty lined up!"

Giving her a hard time, Yang waved her off as a joke. All Blake did was pout.

"We could walk around Vale tomorrow," Weiss suggested, trailing back to Ruby's question. "It's gorgeous when it snows."

Ruby grinned ear-to-ear from the idea of a date. "Sounds like the perfect day with the perfect girl!"

Fondly, Weiss leaned in to kiss her. Ruby returned the kiss wholeheartedly, giving her a small smile. When they separated, Yang and Blake were staring at them, indifferent.

"Siiiince Ruby and Weiss have a date tomorrow, me and Blake'll go on one!" Yang chirped giddily. "We can do our own thing, right Blake?"

From seeing that sunny smile, Blake gave her own grin.

"Sure."

That was the finale! Thanks for reading, so happy you guys read it all the way through! Again, check out my new fic called Strike Back. It'll be out tomorrow! It's a pirate AU for all your white rose/bumblebee wants. Check out more info about it on my profile. Hope to see you then :D

Remember to stay dandy,

~Toto