Back at the dorm, the two monochrome pair stared into space. The two had been sitting in silence ever since Ruby had left them. After Yang's harsh words, the girls didn't want to say a word to each other in fear of making the other feel worse.
"You know, I never realized that she thought of me as nothing more than a spoilt child." Weiss broke the silence. "I know I'm not perfect, but I really did think I was getting better."
"Weiss, she didn't mean any of that." Blake looked anywhere but her friend. It was true, Weiss had made a significant effort to become more considerate of others. Even though she can still be as stubborn as ever. The white-haired girl cared deeply for her friends.
"Really? You know how much of a bad lier Yang is. After listening to her, do you actually believe that she didn't mean any of those things?" Weiss questioned the Faunus.
"I have too, or it means I didn't really know her, after spending all this time with her." A pained look crossed Blake's face. "I mean, the girl I know is cheerful, caring, would do anything for her friends. That isn't the same person I have seen recently. I just wish I knew why she has become so angry." Blake admitted, finally catching the heiress's eye. The two fell back into silence.
"It's Ruby, I feel sorry for. Did you see her face? It was as if she had just finally realized those fairy tales she had read when she was younger never really had a happy ending." Blake sadly nodded. She had never seen Ruby, so crest falling. "Did you know?" Blake looked at the girl with confusion. "Did you know that they weren't full sisters?" Blake let out a heavy sigh.
"Yeah, I did." The answer was short but to the point. Blake felt the guilt rising at the pit of her stomach, knowing that everybody on the team apart from the heiress knew this fact.
"Did no one trust me with this information." Weiss frowned.
"It's not like that, Weiss. Yang told me a couple of months back. To be honest, she was just trying to show me how my obsession with the White Fang was unhealthy." Blake stood up, folding her arms. "I just didn't realize how much it got to her."
"But even Ruby had never mentioned it. I mean, I'm her partner, you would think she would at least have brought it up, at some point." Weiss said, sounding slightly hurt.
"Ruby is Ruby. That stuff doesn't matter to her. I don't even think any of these topics actually crossed her mind." Blake walked to the window. "But, I couldn't imagine what she's going through, finding out that her sister gave up a lot of her childhood to make sure Ruby had one. Then finding out Yang had resented her for it, all of these years later. It mustn't be easy, hearing that."
"You don't realize how much pressure Yang had when she was growing up." Weiss looked down. "She always seemed carefree, as if life could never get too much for her." Blake nodded, agreeing with Weiss. "Do you think the pressure has finally gotten to her?" Blake rubbed her chin in thought to Weiss's question.
"I would like to say I don't think so. But, then again, I don't know what else it could b." Blake's voice sounded a bit disheartened. "I mean, if that was the case, she could have always come to us for help."
"So what do we do now? We tried confronting her, and that worked as well as to be expected." Weiss studied the raven-haired girl.
"I'm not sure Weiss, I'm at a complete loss with this one. Most of the challenges we've dealt with, as a team, we have been able to fight our way through the problems." She admitted honestly. "But this isn't a problem that we can fix with fighting, I just don't know how this situation is going to turn out."
The girls both looked defeated, a feeling of hopelessness coming over both of them. A bang from the other side of the door snapped them out of their thoughts. They looked at each other in confusion.
Blake slowly approached the door, wondering if Yang had finally come back. The Faunus pulled the door, peeking her head out into the hallway, her eyes fell on team JNPR and their team's leader's hand in a cast. Blake's blow flattened at the sight of the group. The image of the brutal attack her partner did on the boy made her cringe.
"Blake," Pyrrha's voice brought her back to reality. "Are you okay?" The spartan asked the girl, Blake could barely look her in the eye.
"I think I'm the one who should be asking Jaune that." Blake openly admitted, Pyrrha tensed, her body going into defensive mode.
"Is she in there." The redhead's tone was cold, unlike her usual upbeat self. Blake looked down, grabbing hold of her arm.
"No, I don't know where she went too. After we came back to the dorm, we all got into a fight, and Yang said a few things which didn't go down well. And before we could comfort her on it, she stormed out." Pyrrha relaxed a little.
"Who knew Yang could be so brutal. Well, other than when she's fighting Grimm," Nora added.
"Yeah, well, I'm starting to think we don't know her at all." The Faunus spoke with hurt in her voice.
"I don't think that's the case." Jaune finally spoke up.
"What do you mean?" Ren questioned his friend. The blonde boy looked at everyone then around the hallway, making sure no one going to overhear them.
"Not out here, in the room." They all nodded, Blake went to get Weiss, so she could hear what Jaune had to say.
"What's the big secret that we all need to be cramped in here for." The heiress complained.
"It's about Yang." Jaune fidgeted with his cast.
"If you're just going to tell us she went off the rails, we already know." Weiss huffed, folding her arms.
"I think it's more than that, Weiss," Jaune spoke with a stutter, unsure of how to continue.
"What do you mean?" Ren asked. "You don't think she meant to do what she did, do you?" Ren asked him suspiciously.
"I don't know, I just know when she attacked me, it was like she was in some sort of trance."
"What does that even mean?" Weiss snapped at the boy.
"I don't know, I don't even know if it's possible. But for a moment, before Pyrrha stepped in, Yang looked like she was struggling with herself."
"How does that even make any sense?" Pyrrha questioned.
"You know as strange as it sounds, it does make sense. There's been a few times when Yang has lost her temper, her eyes would flicker slightly. However, I don't know if it means something or if her semblance was running low." Blake folded her arms, leaning on the door frame.
"I don't understand," Weiss spoke up. "Are you saying Yang's doing this against her will?"
"I'm not sure, I just feel like there is a lot we don't know about this situation yet." Blake stood up straight. "But, what I do know is we need to find Yang." She said with fierce determination in her voice.
"We would offer our assistance, but...well." Pyrrha searched her mind for the right words, her eyes landing on Jaune.
"What she's trying to say is, Yang has kind of put us out of commission for a while." Nora interrupted her friend. Who was now glaring at her, unhappy with the way she blurted it out. But Nora just shrugged.
"Nora." Ren scolded his partner.
"You can't really fault her, in telling the truth, can you." Weiss agreed with the ginger-haired girl. Before the group could discuss it any further, the door slammed open and a flurry of rose petals scattered inside the room.
"Guys," A young girl appeared in front of them. She was out of breath, slouching over. "We need to find Yang and fast."
"Ruby, calm down. We were already having a discussion on going out to look for your sister." Weiss tried to settle down the younger girl.
"No, you don't understand." Ruby sounded desperate.
"Ruby, what aren't you telling us?" Blake said sternly. Ruby let out a heavy sigh, explaining the story until the point she went to find Goodwitch.
"I don't know exactly. Dad never told me why he just said we need to get her help as soon as possible."
"I've read about this in a book a while back." Everybody turned their attention back to Blake, Her hand was on her chin while she was deep in thought. "A destructive semblance can corrupt one's self, though it's rare to see, that might be due to the fact people don't like talking about it. Actually, a lot of people who have come out and told people about tend to get shunned." The Faunus frowned. "I guess it would make sense considering Yang's semblance. So, you're really saying you didn't know about this?" Her eyes fell on Ruby.
"Yang never told me about it, neither did my dad. I guess they didn't want me to worry." Ruby looked down.
"I can't imagine living with that in the back of my mind my whole life and not telling anybody. I wish I hadn't called her a monster now." Pyrrha looked down, ashamed of herself.
"It's not your fault that the Brute never thought to mention it to us." Weiss stood up. "But, I can assure you that when we get her back, I'm going to have a long talk about keeping secrets, as this team seems to be making a habit." The heiress couldn't help but glare at Blake, who returned it right back.
"Where are we going to look for her first?" The younger girl asked.
"I have an idea who might know, come on." Blake ran out of the room, the other girls following her.
"Do you think they be able to find her in time?" Nora asked her team concern in her voice as she stared at the door.
"I hope so, I mean, who better to go against Yang." The knight said softly.
Yang
A Yellow motorbike pulled up at the docks, it's rider kicked out the bike stand. Staring intensely at the building that sat by the pier. Her red eyes burning with nothing more than anger. "I'm ending this before it's too late."
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