Yang was wrong.
"I don't understand why you're so offended by this!"
"That's exactly the problem!"
So wrong.
They've been at each other's throats for most of the day.
Yang had long since stopped trying to calm either her partner or her teammate down, both ignoring her to continue arguing with each other. They've had their shouting match all the way back to Beacon. Not even Weiss and Ruby had argument's that lasted this long.
Mostly because Ruby backs down before the argument gets too heated. You'd expect Blake to be the same...
You would, wouldn't you? While Weiss was being... aggressive, (and maybe unfair to the Faunus) she did have a point. The White Fang were terrorists, no doubt about that. Sympathetic terrorists, yes, but terrorists all the same. Even if they have a good cause.
Maybe that's why Blake's so upset? There's plenty of White Fang sympathizers in Vale.
"They're terrorists!" Weiss exclaims, cutting Yang from her thoughts. "You realize that's the group you're defending, right?! An organization dead-set on wiping humanity out!"
"Alright, calm-" Yang tries to cut in (again) but Blake cuts her off. (Again)
"Why do you think they hate humanity so much?! It's because of people like Cardin, people like you that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!"
"People like me-?! What do you mean by that?!"
"I mean you're discriminatory!"
"I'm a victim!" Weiss shouts back, shocking Blake into silence. Before she could recover, Weiss continues. "I despise the White Fang because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood."
Ruby reaches out to her partner. "Weiss-"
"That's why I hate the White Fang!" Weiss shouts, ignoring her partner and stepping closer to Blake. "They're all killers and thieves! They're nothing more than animals!" Weiss snaps.
Blake snaps too. "Well maybe we were tired of being called animals!"
Silence.
"You're... part of the White Fang?" Ruby says out loud, as Weiss slowly backs away from Blake. Yang was still silent, as was Mettle.
"..." Blake was silent as well, before she dashes to the dorm's open window, leaping into the night.
"Blake!" Yang finally calls out, going to the window to go after her partner before-
Blake's a Faunus. She can see in the dark, and you can't. With how dark it is, and with Blake having her semblance and Gambol Shroud, she could evade you easily. You won't be able to catch up to her.
"I have to try!" Yang says out loud, not caring that Weiss was still in the room.
You can't.
Yang screams in frustration and pounds her fist on the windowsill, Ruby and Weiss staring at her.
Team LBSR was divided.
Blake leaps from rooftop to rooftop, going away from her dorm room as fast as she can.
Stupid, so stupid. What was she thinking, lashing out like that?! Now her team's going to tell Ozpin, and she'll be hunted by both Beacon and the Fang, and Adam would-
No. She just has to run. Far from Beacon, far from Vale. But...
She lands on the street, not far from Beacon but far from it's dormitories. She had to think. Does she really want this?
She still cares about her team. About Yang and Ruby. Even Weiss to an extent. But would they accept her? Weiss didn't. And while Ruby and Yang stayed neutral during their argument, has their stance changed? Do they think she's a criminal?
Do they hate her?
Blake felt herself start to cry, but she didn't care. No one would be able to see her any-
"Salutations!"
Immediately, Blake jumps at the sound. Looking behind her she sees a girl with short curly hair, a grey and white dress, and a black and green collar.
Blake had to think a bit to remember the girl's name. "... Penny?"
"Salutations!" Penny says again. "Hello again Blake! May I ask what's made you so upset?"