Yang stayed with Blake until the sun started to go down. The two sat in silence, both content in just keeping each other company. Yang was emotionally drained after her outburst. She didn't realize how much she was bottling up.
"You know you can't stay here forever. Eventually, you'll need to talk to Ruby." Blake broke the silence. Yang let out a heavy sigh, leaning her head back on the tree the two had chosen to sit underneath.
"I know, but working the courage up to do that is harder than you would think." Yang turned her head, so she and Blake were facing each other.
"The girl who jumped into a Nevermore's mouth needs to find the courage to talk to her little sister." Blake raised an eyebrow, finding the comment slightly amusing.
"Yeah, well, I've never seen a Grimm look like I've just destroyed her dreams with a harsh reality check," Yang said bitterly.
"The longer you put it off, the harder it's going to be." Blake placed her hand on top of Yang's, given it a reassuring squeeze.
"I guess your right once again." Yang got to her feet, pulling Blake along with her. "Come on, Weiss will be wondering where we've gotten to." Blake nodded, allowing Yang to pull her along towards the dorm.
As they came to a stop at the door, Yang took a shaky breath reaching out to twist the handle. "Yang, Blake." Both girls turned around to see Pyhrra and Jaune walking up the hall. Yang's eyes immediately went to Jaune's arm.
"Hey, you two." Blake greeted the two with a smile while Yang looked to the ground.
"How are you doing, Yang?" Pyrrha asked, unsure if that was the right thing to say. The blonde's eyes fell on the redhead.
"Emm, good, you know... getting there," Yang replied in an awkward response. The blonde dropped her stare, remembering the angered look from the Titan. "Look, Jaune. I'm sorry for what happened, and I should have never have punched you, Pyrrha, when you were trying to stop me."
"Yang, you don't need to apologize. You weren't exactly yourself when you did it." Yang still didn't meet the boy's eyes. Jaune and Pyrrha exchanged a worried look. "Plus, you got me out of Goodwitch's class. I don't think my record can handle another defeat." The boy laughed, given them a lopsided grin, but Yang didn't react.
"Yang." The spartan caught the girls' attention. She turned her head but still couldn't raise her eyes to meet her friend's own eyes. "I also need to apologize." The spartan caught Yang's attention. Even Blake turned to Pyrrha, interested in what the girl had to say.
"Why? You didn't do anything wrong. I was the one out of control. You only did what you had to do." Yang mumbled.
"Yes, but I shouldn't have called you a monster. I was angry because you didn't seem to be the slightest bit sorry for doing it." Yang opened her mouth to reply to Pyrrha, but the redhead bet her to it. "And you don't deserve that, I should have noticed something was off, but I was angry at the time."
"Yeah, well, I don't blame you. I could have done a lot more damaged than what I did." Purple eyes finally connected with green. "If you didn't stop me."
"I don't think Goodwitch would agree, considering the mess you made in the changing room." Blake tried to lighten up the atmosphere. All three sets of eyes landing on her. "Too soon?" Yang's lip twitched at the Faunus attempt at humor.
"Sorry to make this short, but I need to go talk to Ruby." Yang turned back to the door, her hand back on the handle. Before she could open the door, Jaune stopped her.
"Ruby's not in there." Both members of team RWBY turned to the boy, waiting for him to explain.
"Yeah, we saw her heading up to the roof not too long ago." Yang nodded at Pyrrha before given the group one last apology before heading to the roof.
ROOFTOP
Yang swung open the rooftop door. The metal door slammed against the wall. As soon as the blonde stepped foot outside, the cold wind hit her skin, but Yang didn't mind it. The brawler stepped further outside, her eyes scanning for her sister. Sitting on the edge of the roof was a red-hooded figure. Yang took a deep breath, trying to find the courage to approach her sister. Yang Finally walked to the ledge, taking a seat right next to Ruby.
Ruby did not acknowledge that her older sister had sat down next to her. Both girls staring at the setting sun as its soft light covered the courtyard. "Ruby..." Yang broke the silence.
"I'm guessing it's my turn now." Yang's mouth hung open, not expecting Ruby's comment. The blonde had suspected that Weiss must have told her sister about the two's chat. Yang bit her lower lip.
"Yeah, even though it's a conversation, I wanted to avoid a little bit longer." Yang turned to look at her sister, who still only stared straight ahead.
"You and me both. " Ruby said, her voice was low, and Yang could hear the unease in her sister's voice. "So...where should we start." Yang let out a sigh rubbing her hands together in anxiety.
"I'm not sure. When I talked to Weiss, she took the lead on that, and when I spoke to Blake, well, that didn't go exactly to plan."
"As the team leader, I guess I have to get one main issue that could affect the dynamic of the team." Ruby looked at Yang, but the older girl couldn't read her expression. "Before you left that night, you mentioned that you didn't want me in your team, let alone being your leader. So if you still feel that way, we can see if Ozpin can let us do a kind of transfer." Yang wasn't used to hearing her little sister sounding so official, utterly void of any emotion. Yang had to admit; It hurt her that Ruby made the suggestion.
"Ruby, I'm not going to tell you a lie and say everything I said wasn't true." Yang turned to face away from her sister. "Yeah, when I got into Beacon, I thought this would be an adventure for just me, then all of a sudden there you were, coming to Beacon with me."
"So, you really didn't want me here?" Ruby dropped her leader act.
"I know it was selfish, but for a long time, it was just you and me. I did as much as I could to take care of you, and yes, with the way dad acted back then, I do feel like I missed out on a lot. So in my mind going to Beacon alone was meant to give me a bit of freedom. I loved the idea that I didn't have to look after anyone other than myself." Ruby looked down, finding her sister's words hard to hear.
"I must have really put a downer on that plan." Ruby started to play with her fingers. "Yang, if I knew this is how you felt, I would have never have gone to Beacon.
"At the time, I would have agreed with you, but I can honestly say I wouldn't change a thing. This team is the best thing I've ever been apart of, and having you as my leader, I couldn't be prouder." Ruby looked at her sister, tears slowly escaping the corner of her eyes.
"I find that hard to believe." Silver eyes scanned her sister, trying to search for the truth in her lilac eyes. Yang let out an exhausted breath.
"When I couldn't control the voice in my head any longer, and it took over, it did everything to separate me from you guys. And to do that, it said stuff that I only thought when I was frustrated or angry. It never told you guys how I felt now. It just wanted to give me more reason to give up because it knew if I didn't have you guys in my life, there would be no point in living." Yang's eyes shined as the tears slowly fell from her eyes.
"So... is it gone, are you back to being you?"
"The thing is Ruby. People have been telling me all day that wasn't me, but the truth is Ruby, that thing was me. It's not going to go away ever, and I don't know what I'll do in the future if it ever takes over again."
"But you were able to fight back in the end. You can do it again, can't you." Ruby's voice was full of panic when the realization hit her. Yang let out a drained sigh. The day was starting to get to her.
"That's just it; I don't think I would able to it again. It took so much effort to stop myself. You saw it yourself; I became a human inferno. If it wasn't for dad and his semblance..." Ruby's brows squeezed together, confused at her sister's words.
"What are you trying to say." Yang bit her lip. The brawler knew Ruby had understood what she had said, but didn't want to believe it. The blonde clicked her fingers together, lighting a small flame between them, ignoring the burning sensation between the digits, showing that her aura had still not returned completely.
"When you fight fire with fire, everything burns." Yang allowed the flame in her hand to dwindle out. Her eyes tore away from her hand to look at the terrified look on her sister's face.
"You mean." Ruby didn't continue, but Yang only nodded, confirming her sister's suspicion. The older sister had to look away; the look Ruby gave her was too much to handle. "Is that why nobody ever told me." Yang honestly shrugged. The brawler didn't precisely know why their parents kept it quiet from Ruby.
"I could only guess there was more than one reason. But don't blame mom or dad. They did what they had to do or at least what they thought right."
"I know, but the idea that they didn't trust me enough with your secret and I couldn't at least help you when you needed it. I never knew what you were going through anytime your semblance overloaded. It makes me feel like I failed at being a leader, and even worse, I failed at being a sister." Ruby was surprised when Yang hooked an arm around the young girl to pull her into a tight side hug.
"Ruby, don't ever think that. I couldn't ask for a better sister. You have no idea how proud I am of you. You've always been able to beat the odds no matter, and even if it isn't by much, I like to think that I had a hand at helping you become the huntress you'll be." Yang felt Ruby arm sneak around her, returning the hug.
"You did, sis." The two sat there for a few more hours—no more words needed to be said.
SUMMER'S GRAVE
The blonde man placed a white rose on top of the gravestone, staring down at the stone, ignoring the scenery behind it. "I know you were expecting all of us, but...a few things came up." He put his hand in his pockets.
"I probably don't even need to tell you, but our biggest fear about Yang came true." He clenched his fist. "When I saw that explosion, I thought I was too late. Summer, she was so scared when I got to her; I've not seen her that scared in a long time. And Ruby hates me. She thinks we kept her in the dark, which she was right, but I don't know; you were always better speaking to the girls, but I think I just made it worse." The rustling of leaves alerted him to someone nearby. "Who's there? come out." Tai got into a fighting stance.
"Wow, calm down, dad, it's only us." Tai squinted to the trees before seeing his daughters come into view.
"Yang, Ruby, I didn't think you guys would be coming." Ruby walked past her farther, putting her own red rose on top of the grave. Before turning towards her. "We wouldn't miss it." And to her shock, Tai grabbed both of his girls and brought them into a hug.
"Glad both of you came." His voice came out shaky as tears freely streamed down his face. "I love you, girls."
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HEY guys, finally finished. Really enjoy writing this, and I hope you enjoyed reading. I'm thinking for my next story. I might write another Rwby one or try avatar the last Airbender/ legend of kora.
Any way let me know what your think.
I also want to say thank you to everyone who reviewed, especially metacllica, who took the time to review every chapter I really appreciate it as i know it takes time to do so.