It had been three days since Team Rwby had brought Yang back to Beacon. Ruby, Weiss, and Blake sat around a hospital bed, all looking the worse for wear. The doctors treated the girls as soon as they got back to school. There was nothing too severe, just a few minor injuries. The doctors gave them the all-clear to go back to classes and do some light training. However, the team never went back to their dorm, staying by the side of the blonde bombshell.

All three girls had dark bags under their eyes from lack of sleep. Their unfocused eyes stayed on the still figure on the bed. The only indication that the girl on the mattress was still alive was the beeping of the heart monitor. Yang had yet to wake up. The blonde had been unconscious since she was brought back from the docks. However, the doctors did say to the team that the blonde will wake up, but they weren't exactly sure when that would happen. Apparently, when Yang's semblance lost control, it had started burning some of her internal organs. This meant her aura had a lot of repairing to do. If it wasn't for Tai, the girl might not have stood a chance.

Weiss looked over to her teammates. The other two girls hardly spoke a word even when team JNPR had come to visit. The black and red pair didn't even notice the blonde man stepping foot into the room. It wasn't until the man cleared his throat did the girls turn to face him. Tai's right cheek had a healing burn that accompanied others along his arms. Weiss could only imagine that the man had other burns on his body that his clothes were hiding, considering what he had to run into to save his daughter.

The blonde-haired man pulled up a chair right next to his youngest daughter. "Don't worry, girls, she'll be fine." His voice was cheerful, though the man could see this did nothing to reassure the girls in the room. Blake eyed Tai, wondering if she should ask the question on her mind.

"Mr. Xiao Long?" Blake's eyes turned to Weiss, who was addressing the man so formally.

"Weiss, please, just call me Tai. I feel so old if you start to refer me to my surname." Tai rubbed the back of his head, feeling a slight awkwardness at how Weiss addressed him, avoiding to look at the heiress. Weiss nodded to show that she accepted his request.

"Tai, may I ask why did Yang hide this from us?" Blake turned her eyes back to the older man, waiting for him to answer the question she had desperately wanted to ask herself. Tai let out a heavy sigh as he placed his elbows on his knees before looking down.

"Look, girls, it's not that simple. Yang...well, Yang is unique." He looked at his oldest daughter lying in bed. "When we discovered Yang's semblance and the effects it had, we were worried that people would prejudge her. I mean, there was a lot on the line if people found out."

"What do you mean by that?" Weiss questioned the man.

"He means that there is a lot of people who would discriminate against her. A lot of people would presume that she was completely out of control; someone might even accuse her of being dangerous." Blake spoke up before Tai could speak. Blake could understand precisely how Yang must have felt, trying to hide this from the world. Being a Faunus, Blake was continually being discriminated against.

"Exactly, Summer feared that this would affect Yang's future. Back when we were in school, a few incidents had happened, one of the hunters in training was kicked out after a group of parents found out about the kid's semblance." The man looked at his daughters' partners. "Summer ones heard of a story about someone with a tainted semblance being hunted down and well... he wasn't heard from after that. I guess that story always stuck with her, so we thought it best not to tell people. It was the only way..."

"You and Summer thought this was the only way to protect Yang," Blake finished the man's sentence.

"Yeah, what else could we do." The chrome-colored paired nodded their heads in understanding.

"That doesn't explain why you kept it from me." Ruby's voice was low, but it held firm as she raised her head to look at her father.

"Ruby, your mother, and I thought it would be best if you didn't know. We didn't want to worry you." He gave his daughter an apologetic look.

"She's my sister," Ruby raised her voice, her eyes burning with unfallen tears. "If I knew, if we all knew, we could have helped her before anything had gone this far."

"I know Ruby, but we couldn't risk it. Goodwitch and Ozpin knew, and I thought that would be enough to keep her safe." The man looked down, avoiding Ruby's eyes. "Ruby, I did what I thought was best for Yang. I guess I was wrong."

"Yeah, I guess you were." The brunette looked away from her father, returning her eyes to the girl on the bed. Tai looked to the ground, pushing himself to his feet. "I'm sorry, Ruby" He turned to look at the other two girls. "Keep an eye on my girls while I go see Ozpin." Both girls nodded, feeling slightly uncomfortable after watching the conversation with the two.

The girls sat in the room for a few more hours in complete silence. The only sound in the room was the sound of the steady rhythm of the heart monitor. Blake couldn't help but replay the talk they had with Yang's father. Without realizing, Tai and Summer had taught the girl to fear herself and others around her. `I always thought that no one in this team could understand what I was going through. I just felt sorry for myself, a Faunus in hiding, and here Yang is, with a tainted semblance, and not once did she feel sorry for herself.`

Before Blake could dwell on that thought, the sound of a cough snapped her back to reality. The three girls jumped to their feet, crowding around the bed. The blonde in the bed scrunched up her face in pain. The girls watched as Yang slowly opened her eyes, holding their breaths, hoping to see lilac behind her lids. Finally, the girl on the bed opens her eyes to their full extent to be greeted by her team.

"Hey, what's going on?" Yang's voice was horsed as she attempted to push herself into a sitting position. Blake pushed her back down on the bed, putting a pillow behind the blonde to help her sit upright. Staring at the team with confusion, each team member with teary eyes, memories started to come rushing back to her. She shot forward, panic clearly evident in her face. "You guys shouldn't be near me, I might hurt you."

"Yang, settle down, you're okay, we're fine." Weiss tried to calm down the girl. Yang looked at each member of her team. she used the heel of her hand to wipe away the tears.

"It's not that simple, Weiss. We all know it. My semblance turns me into something I don't want to be. Look at what I did to my friends. " Weiss never said another word; she knew it was true.

"Yang, why didn't you tell us? Even if you spoke to me." Ruby couldn't hide the hurt in her voice.

"Look, Ruby, it was never the right time," Yang spoke softly.

"You couldn't find the right time? We're sisters, explain to me that you or dad couldn't find the right time to tell me what was wrong with you in all those years we were together. " Ruby couldn't hide her anger. Weiss placed a hand on the girl's shoulder, trying to give her some sort of comfort.

"Yang, this is a lot to take in. You have no idea how taken back we were, how worried we were when you started acting out. We were worried, and you weren't telling us anything." Blake spoke up.

"I know, and I never meant to hurt any of you. Everything I said..." Tears streamed down Yang's face, remembering every word she spat at her team. "Every violent thought came to the surface, and I couldn't stop it." The blonde crushed the bed covers with her grasp. "I didn't mean to say any of those things to you guys." She took in a deep breath. "You have to believe me." Yang looked up as she felt her hand being taken in Ruby's. The youngest member's eyes also filled with tears.

"Yang, you're my sister, and I believe you didn't mean to say any of it, but I also know there is some truth to what you said. You might have never meant to say it, but it doesn't mean you didn't mean some of it." Ruby looked down at her feet, still holding her sister's hand, letting out a hopeless sigh. "When you're well enough, I think it would be good for you and me to talk." Blake and Weiss looked at each other. They could hear the pain in the young girl's voice, but neither one of them knew what to say as the words seemed to crash down on the older sister. Before Yang could say anything, Ruby dropped her hand and sped out the room.

"Ruby," Yang called out, but it was useless; the young girl was already gone. Blake and Weiss looked at each other, passing a silent message to each other. The quiet conversation was exact; the two would look after their own partner. Weiss left the room to find Ruby while Blake took a seat next to Yang's bed, as the blonde let the tears fall.

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