Okay, here is the chapter. Longer AN at the end, just let me say this: I don't know what's gotten over me. I am writing non-stop, and the ideas just keep coming. Is that good? Well... yes. Is it strange? Hell yes. Anyway, on with the chapter...

Jaune Soleil Arc Rose Xiao Long winced at his headache, and then opened his eyes.

The pain fading as soon as it had come, the first thing he thought upon opening his eyes was 'Silver blue.'

He blinked the surprise out of his system, and analysed the situation more closely. He and Ruby were in the same position as before, with his right hand on her chest and the other on her cheek. And they were still just a foot or so apart. But something had indeed changed. Ruby's right hand was holding his left wrist, while her left one was on his chest, although she wasn't leaning onto him.

Also, there was the small detail they were different.

His first thought was made clear as he met Ruby's eyes, formerly silver, now dichromatic. Her right eye was still silver, but her left one was now of a sapphire shade he had only seen in the mirror. Plus she also had several golden locks in her hair. They weren't blond, they were golden, and again he had only ever seen such a shade in the mirror. It made him wonder how he looked like. Yet again, his metallic blond hair colour contrasted quite nicely with her dark hair. And his blue eye went along quite well both with her silver one and with her red tips.

Ruby too shared his own first thoughts, although her own was the opposite. 'Blue silver,' was the first thing that came to her mind as she opened her eyes. And it was pretty accurate. Jaune was still basically a full head taller than she was, but he had changed during the Aura Unlocking. She had felt it too. She had felt herself wake up and she had seen him. He had seemed to be fading so she had tried to grab him… only for white to flash before her eyes. She had asked him to stay, not to leave her all alone, but she didn't know what had happened after that.

Jaune's eyes were no more blue. Or rather, his right eye still was bluer than blue, but his left one was silver, a colour she'd ever seen only in the mirror. As well, his hair had changed, no more just golden. She could see locks of black hair fading into red to the tips among his gilt hair. Okay, to be honest, her hair looked quite fitting amongst gold. Stood out a lot. And her eye looked quite nice paired with his impossibly blue one. Her silver would've looked quite nice paired with any colour but that blue was just so deep it created a nice contrast.

A familiar clearing of throats jolted them from their trance.

They both startled, separating immediately, and looking at Weiss -of course it had been her-, who was glaring at them with her arms crossed on her chest. 'Near inexistent chest,' both of them thought with a little of scorn. Really would it have killed her to just shut up for ten minutes straight?

"Well? What are you doing now? The ritual is complete," she huffed. "A boy and a girl staying so close is not proper manners." She ignored Yang as she proclaimed just how little she cared about manners, and instead observed them a little more closely. "Wait, what happened to your eyes and hair?"

"You noticed too?" asked Jaune, scratching his chin. "It's strange and I'm pretty sure it wasn't supposed to happen… I mean, otherwise all of us would have weird hair and eyes…"

"No, that wasn't supposed to happen," sighed Weiss. "Really Arc, how could you somehow mess up even a simple Aura Ch-argh!" Everyone just blinked as the heiress was flung aside by a mighty punch, the force behind it so great she almost left an after-image as she went flying. Everyone blinked and stared at the blonde brawler grinning at them.

"Sorry, you don't insult family," she stated cheekily as Weiss got up, fuming and extremely furious. "And before you ask yes, Jaune is family now. He's a Rose Xiao Long."

"You can't just adopt someone through sheer willpower, you moronic brute!" Weiss screeched at her, and Ruby cringed as she glanced at Jaune. Jaune sighed and nodded. Ruby cringed more. "And you can't just stroll around, punching people out of the blue!"

"To tell the truth, I was punching you into the blue of the sky," Yang winked before her smile dried up and she stared Weiss down. "But now listen, buttless nil-chested brat, 'cause I really don't want to say this twice. Aside from the shrillness of your voice giving me a headache, I've had enough of your attitude already, and it's just been an hour or so since I `got to know you`. Jaune is now my honorary brother, I don't give a damn about laws about adoption, and you've been a bitch to my honorary brother ever since… day one, if what Nora told me is right." Nora `subtly` feigned innocence by starting to whistle far too loudly for anyone. "So now you're gonna remove that pole you got up your rear and start acting like a person, and not like a bitch! And Ruby…" Ruby slightly leaned away from Yang's glare. "Forget I ever said the word `bitch`."

Weiss wasn't impressed. "I wasn't insulting him, I was stating the truth! The ritual is completely safe. All that could happen is for it to just fail. You `honorary brother` managed to mess that up, somehow!"

"Well, to be honest, they look so cute with those changes I'd say he managed it even better!" grinned the blonde before rounding on the others. "I can call them cute 'cause they are my brother and sister. If I hear any of you calling them cute I'll pulverize your backsides." Everyone nodded and she turned to Weiss again. "So, now that I've made that clear, Weiss… come with me."

"Wh-Wait! What are you doing?!" Weiss trashed and flailed as Yang grabbed her by the collar and dragged her away, into the courtyard, leaving the others to awkwardly stare at each other in silence. "Release me, you savage!"

Heedless to her protests, Yang dragged the heiress deeper into Beacon's grounds, until there was no one else within earshot. Then she turned to her and her grin fell entirely. "Okay Weiss, you can cut the act, tell me what's wrong and what got you upset," she commanded firmly.

Weiss glared at her with frost. "Upset?! You just-"

"Weiss, I said cut the act," Yang repeated, and this time her words were hard. "I am an older sister and I've basically grown Ruby on my own as her mother. I know how to spot when someone is upset, I know how to spot a lie and I know when something is wrong. We aren't friends, that much I know, but Jaune has just jumped to the top of my list of friends, and you are giving him trouble with this attitude of yours. So, instead of trying to punch it out of you, I'm trying to go for the more efficient route and eradicate the root of the problem." She crossed her arms over her considerable chest and repeated her first words. "So, Weiss, what is the problem? What's your bone to pick with Jaune? Or is it even really with him? It's been not even a damn week, it's kinda hard to get to hate someone in just a week. I know you're kind of a bitch on your own but even then you must have a reason to be a bitch. So, I want to know what's the point. So I can just uproot it now and solve the issue forever so to spare my new brother from your temper."

Weiss narrowed her eyes. "Your speeches are as empty as your head," she huffed, and moved to get away. Yang merely raised an eyebrow before she shoved Weiss into a tree and pinned her there. Although she had to lean back to avoid suffocating her in her own cleavage. "You ummppppfff-ecent, lewd brute! What are you doing!?" Weiss exclaimed with a fierce blush on her cheeks.

"Just keeping you here in case you try to escape, and before you shriek just how indecent I am, you're the one with your face shoved in my breasts." Yang grinned wolfishly at her. "Besides, no one comes here. I used this place as a spot where to cry in peace for the last four days. So we can talk without being disturbed. And before you start to worry about me raping you I'm sorry but you're not my type. I prefer my girls to be handled by someone who doesn't have a Weiss-icle three feet up her ass."

"You-"

"Yes, yes, my language is coarse beyond belief, I am shamelessly using my own endowed curves to trap you here, and I am a whore at best," Yang blah-blah-blah'd nonchalantly, waving a hand in the air. "You still haven't answered my question."

"You are kind of blocking my airways!"

"Would you answer my question truthfully if I just released you?" asked the blonde. Silence was her answer. "I knew it. You're too cold and harsh to just tell the truth, aren't you? Too cold and harsh to tell the truth… even to yourself. I bet even you don't know why you did that. Am I right?"

Weiss tried to push her off, but Yang was easily four or five times stronger than the girl in white. "Of course I know! Arc is an incompete-ummmpppppfffff!"

"Nope, that's not the truth and we both know it." Yang looked down at the fuming girl and sighed. "Okay, bold, frontal approach doesn't work. Let's try with emotional." She grabbed the girl and forced her to sit down on the grass. "So… let me talk a little before you start screeching, okay? Just hear me out. Even just to prove you're the better woman."

Weiss scoffed and crossed her arms. "You'd better make it quick."

"Now, I know perfectly well what's your view of me. Boisterous, a party girl, `indecent` as you put it, oblivious to others' privacy, an all around jokester and teaser, an airhead, a hothead, and all that, right?" Weiss slowly nodded her agreement. "Well, then let me tell you: you're wrong. You oh so wrong and you don't even know it. Wanna know why? Because you look at me only skin-deep and you don't even bother to try and find out what's underneath." Yang frowned. "I'll tell you what's underneath. Oh, don't worry, I'm not going down the `let's reveal everything about each other` route. I'm just telling you what you missed. Jaune has known me for… what? Three non-consecutive days max? And yet he knows I'm not all what I mentioned. Mind me, he's still far from knowing who I really am, but that's a start. But you? You've looked at me, at everyone of us, and you've built yourself nice little mental images. I'm the whore, Jaune's the fool, Ren's the mute, Nora's the airhead, Blake's the introvert, Sky's the unsure pseudo-leader of NBLS, and Pyrrha is perfection incarnate."

Weiss opened her mouth to reply, but Yang beat her to it. "Nope, nope, nope. I said listen. Well, you got it all wrong. I'm not gonna tell you about the others because you need to find out on your own, but I will tell you about me." She looked at the trees around them. "Who am I? Well, first of all I am an older sister. I don't know if that means anything to you, but to me it means I'm someone who cares for others. As of now my team and I aren't all that close, just roommates, but I know that one day I'll be everyone's fun big sis. I know I can be a hothead, sure, but I can think too. And I can feel negative emotions, I'm not just a trigger-happy girl who's always cheerful. And I know when to leave space to others… but I also know that everyone doesn't want to be left alone at all times. So I'm always present." Yang picked up a stone and threw it strong enough to dent a tree's bark. She ignored Weiss's flat stare. "Among my many skills and talents, I know how to talk with people. Not just talk, I know how to spot the problem in someone and I know how to solve it… most of the times. I have experience. And right now I'm telling you that I'm not gonna let you go until I've solved your problem, because your problem is gonna give problems to my friends and family. This is who I am. A friend, a sister, a Huntress and a person. Not just some harlot with more curves than she needs."

Weiss continued to glare at her, and Yang glared back. "You are not my friend nor my sister. Honestly, you're not even someone I'd like to spend time with. Maybe you will in the future, but that day is not today. This attitude of yours is giving trouble and pain to someone I actually care about, so I'm gonna solve the problem." She poked Weiss's forehead. "And this is the problem. So now, knowing what you know, knowing who I am, and knowing you're not going anywhere until I get some answers, are you going to tell me what the hell is wrong?"

Weiss scoffed and looked away. Yang scoffed too and crossed her arms. They stayed like that for what felt like hours. At some point Yang even had to send the others a message to reassure them they were alright, since Weiss refused to move a finger. Minutes trickled by, and so did Weiss's patience. Her stare turned into a frown and then into a full scowl as her hands clenched. Yang merely watched her in silence, waiting for her to crack. The blonde had experience dealing with the silent treatment. Ruby used it to win all arguments when she was little, so Yang was pretty used to it, but Weiss wasn't. Sure, she had practised her polite silence many times over, but she wasn't at an upper-class party. She was sitting on grass -that was staining the backside of her dress, if she had to tell the truth- and she had her back to an extremely annoying blonde, who despite all her boisterousness was easily keeping up with her silence without uttering a world. On the other hand, Yang was actually amused and kinda impressed she had lasted so long. Ruby usually cracked after just a handful or so minutes, while Weiss held on for almost an hour before she finally gave up.

With a heavy sigh, she turned to face Yang.

"You really aren't going to let this slide, are you?" Her only answer was a cheeky grin, and she sighed again, already regretting her relenting. "I won't go into detail, but my family is… inconsistent. My parents basically hate each other. My sister fled the house and joined the military as soon as she could. And my brother is an unbearable brat who thinks to be so important just because our family is rich. All what I received from my family was disappointment and paid lessons. My training is near-perfect in all areas of being a Huntress. My votes are near-perfect in all classes. My combat skills are perfected to an extreme. I am the epitome of the model student, and yet… the moment the teams are formed, I find myself bypassed by a nobody who-"

"Okay, this is honestly horseshit and you know it," Yang interrupted her, waving her hand in the air. "Training means nothing in leadership. I mean, a leader is someone who can lead, not just the strongest of the team. That's why I think Ozpin made a mistake in making P-Money the leader." She halted Weiss's protests with a hand. "Nope, I'm not taking that shit. Pyrrha is a nice… kinda… person but she is not genuine with her team, and she doesn't even attempt to try and get to know us. Heck, she doesn't even say stuff like `let's get to class` or anything, how can we expect her to be team leader? Plus she's completely unused to fighting with people since in her tournaments she's only ever fought on her own. Sky would've been better, or me. And I'm not talking out of arrogance here. So, what you said is stupid. The strongest is not the leader. The leader must care for their-"

"How?"

"-team and… wait, what?" Yang blinked as Weiss sighed, this time sounding infinitely more tired.

"How? How can you accept people as different and… odd… as them? I've been going insane living with Valkyrie and Arc, and I'm not even the one who handles all her shenanigans." Weiss raised her hands as if to try and gesture something, but after a second of just looking at them, she let them fall again. "I-I mean… this is not what I've been trained for! I know Huntsmen and Huntresses are just people but… I expected a bit more maturity by the students! Instead, I find children!"

"Weiss, maturity can be shown in many, many ways. Like being ready to save a little girl you don't even know just because her death was hurting someone else you didn't know either. Why? Just to do some good. Is it being childish? Maybe, but I think it's a sign that Jaune is gonna become a good Huntsman one day." She crossed her arms and stared at Weiss. "But you haven't been mature, either. You've been as childish as you say they have."

"Uh?"

"You stomped your feet and got angry. Petty. Scorned. Whatever. You were childishly trying to get the others to do what you wanted without even trying to do it yourself." The blonde grabbed Weiss's arm and forced her to turn and face her. "You want to be `mature`? Well, grow up. Instead of just getting exasperated every time Nora messes something up, face her and talk it out with her. Explain it to her that she can't just make things explode for fun. Maybe she will still do it, but at least you will have tried. Take Jaune aside and tell him how you think he could improve, both as a leader and a student. Ask Ren to help you talk things out with Nora. And that's just speaking about your team. Use that maturity you say you possess and work on making the others mature. If you don't want to `lower yourself to their level`, well then it's time to work to bring them up to your level. But not by forcing them. By offering actually helpful advice."

Weiss scoffed. "From you of all people I should take advice?"

"Yes, just to start demolishing those walls of arrogance you built up around you," nodded Yang, ignoring her sarcasm. "And take it from someone who's used to giving pep talks: the sooner you start, the better. Don't try to overdo… just start. The first step's always the hardest, but after that it's much easier."

Yang got up and started to walk away, but she stopped when she heard a mumble behind her. "What was that, Weiss-Cream?" she grinned.

"Don't call me that," growled the girl. "I just said thanks."

"Ah ah ah ah…" She waved a finger in the air with a disapproving mock frown. "I told you to start~"

Weiss sighed and rubbed her forehead in annoyance. "Yang, that nickname is unpleasant and I honestly dislike being called that, instead preferring to be called by my normal name, that is Weiss. I can understand you like puns and my name does offer opportunities for said puns, but I find it vexing, especially since you use them all the time." She thought about it for a second more. "Or at least, if you really can't help yourself, try not to use them continuously, for my sake."

Yang smiled an honest smile. "No problem, Weiss."

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When Professor Goodwitch stepped onto the stage in Combat Class, everyone knew she was about to make a statement.

Especially nine people.

Six of them were pretty chill about it. Blake didn't really care one way or another, and it was only because she feared the scary Professor's wrath -despite having also seen her softer side- that she hadn't just opened her books and started to read. Pyrrha… she was hard to read, so it would've been difficult to tell if she was interested or not, or if she really cared about the topic. Sky was vaguely interested, but he was mainly content that Yang's problem -and thus Team NBLS's- had been solved, even if in a… unconventional way. Usually, getting over the loss of a loved one didn't require the resurrection of said person. On Team JWVL, Weiss was mainly just silent, not giving any of her thoughts away. Ren and Nora were silent too, both with grim frowns on their faces, especially the boy. Having learned that their leader's Semblance wasn't as powerful as they had thought had been reassuring, but Ren couldn't help but wonder what would've happened if he had asked Jaune to resurrect his father. Maybe Jaune wouldn't have resurrected Ruby, and all of that wouldn't have happened. He felt horrible as he realized that deep down, a part of him regretted not asking him, despite the fact that doing so would've probably doomed the girl.

Three other people, instead, weren't really happy. Yang's eyes had remained red ever since Goodwitch had explained the plan to them all, and her temper had stayed very unstable for the whole day, as an unfortunate student had had the pain to find out. Ruby was wearing an expression that was halfway between pouting and frowning. And Jaune was doing exactly what he always did whenever he was annoyed at his aunt: he sat rigidly, his arms crossed on his chest, and looked straight into Goodwitch's eyes, daring her to call him out on his stubbornness. Normally, that was something she never failed to do, but that day she had other things to do, and to say.

"Students, before ending this class, there is something very important you need to know, regarding one of your peers's Semblance and how it works," she began confidently. "You will be able to ask questions after the explanation."

She pointed at their seats with her crop. "Just recently, Mr Arc-"

"Arc Rose Xiao Long," Yang muttered under her breath.

"-has discovered his Semblance. We all know what Hunters say about their weapons: they are extensions of their wielders. Mr Arc's Semblance is closely related to this link, and this is why we decided to call it Soul Extension." She waved down some questions as she continued. "We still do not know the full range of Mr Arc's Semblance, but we do have some insight on it. As you can see, we now have a new student, Ms Ruby Rose." Many students turned to look at the small crimsonette, who just fidgeted a little and waved back. "In many ways, she is Mr Arc's Semblance. His Semblance links his soul to his weapon, and creates an Avatar for said weapon. We aren't sure about the details, but we noticed that different weapons create different Avatars. The man known as Sir Jekyel D'Or Arc was Mr Arc's first Avatar, created by linking his Semblance to his family sword Crocea Mors. His current Avatar, Ms Rose, is instead linked to his new weapon, Rubis Solaire, a weapon he forged on his own and thus unrelated to his family." She sighed as people started to shout questions, but she held on. "As I said, we still aren't sure of its full powers, but let me fill you in on what we know about these Avatars."

She gestured at Ruby, who was slightly slumped in her seat. "As you can see, Ms Rose here does not act like a robot or an Aura golem," she explained. "Instead, she has a personality of her own, completely unrelated to Mr Arc's. She also appears to possess Aura, although we have deducted for it be just an effect of Mr Arc's Semblance. As far as we know, she acts, thinks and lives like a normal human, and I request for you to treat her as such. Any mistreatment toward her will be handled like a mistreatment toward any other student, and as such punished." Her sternness had more than a student shrinking slightly. "Any question?"

"Where will it be housed?" asked a student from the rows below, a green-haired boy who used bladed fans as weapons. He was Oryn Lily, the `O` of Team MTOR, Meteor. Knuckles cracked as Yang rose from her seat, flames burning bright. Jaune's frown only intensified while Ruby just looked sadder.

"Where will she be housed, Mr Lily," Goodwitch corrected tensely. "As Mr Arc's Avatar, she will be housed in Team JWVL's dorm. She will eat with their team in the cafeteria and sit beside them in class. We will provide a weapon for her to use, and she will be added to Beacon's Database, thus making her a student herself. She will receive the proper documentation soon, but let me announce this beforehand: Ms Ruby Rose is, from this moment, officially a student at Beacon Academy for Hunters."

Another student raised her hand. She was Gwen Crow of Team RGGE, a crow Faunus with dark grey hair and black eyes. "Does `she` have a soul?"

Goodwitch met the eyes of the three students. Yang narrowed her eyes so much her irises couldn't be seen any more, her fists clenching tightly and destroying the armrests. That was pretty understandable, despite what she had hoped. Ruby was just looking down dejectedly, her entire posture screaming defeat. But it was Jaune's reaction what hurt her most. The boy, who had always adored his aunt, was now glaring at her with disapproval and disappointment. She would need a glass of something strong later, she knew that, but she soldiered through. Despite how much it hurt her students, and her, the students had to be told something. Her lie wasn't a nice one, but it was also the only one that would've worked without damning Jaune's and Ruby's existence.

She turned back to the students. "No, she does not."

Ouch. That really hurts.

Before you swarm me with the question, yes she does have HER soul. Let me explain who Ruby is. Do you remember Pyrrha's death? I know, I'm reminding you of a painful episode but all this is based off an idea from that. After she died, her body turned into dust and was swept away. Now, everyone says Cinder did it... but are we sure?

Let me explain. Cinder was touching her DIADEM, not her skin... plus Cinder's eyes WEREN'T glowing. So Cinder did NOT incinerate (the irony... is not funny, actually) Pyrrha, so here's my idea: if Aura (soul) can come into the world of the body to protect it, then why can't the body follow the soul when the person dies?

So Jaune, bringing Ruby back, also brought her body back, so Ruby is completely Ruby. Just resurrected. If I were to use a Dungeons&Dragons reference, Jaune basically cast True Resurrection (hell yeah!) on her. So Ruby is NOT, in any way, different from how she was in her "first life".

Everything the students might think is WRONG. WRONG WRONG WRONG! Don't forget this, or be prepared to be considered morons if you ask about it later. And thus a romance between Ruby and Jaune would be normal. What could happen is a Hero Worship Syndrome, but we'll take care of that later on.

Romance Status: Not Started Yey. I'll tell you when it'll start. Trust me, I'm as eager for it as you are.

Next chapter: Clouding the Sun. Uh-oh, that's ominous. What could it possibly mean? Well... let's just say that bullism did happen in canon, so why not? (why? because I'd really like not to write it, but it's necessary for the story, plus gives depth to it)

And finally... Yang's talk. Who would've expected her to be so wise? Me, to be honest. And others. So... Weiss IS indeed a bitch, but not just because she's cold. She also does not know how to handle people, relies on first impressions, and demands for the others to be "mature". She'll get better, it's just a temporarily illness called bitchiness.

So... leave a review and tell me what do you think! Or, you know, just don't and enjoy the rest of your day. *wink*

Until next time,

Khor Evik Vlakhavlakh