Authors Note: Sorry about this chapter being late, it didn't get to my editor until late last night.
Of all the things that Yang thought might come of the Breach, she hadn't expected this. Death by boredom.
They had decided to keep her in the infirmary for two days instead of just the one, stating that it was for observation. Yang doubted that was the only reason as any time Tsune seemed to 'help' her some new injury was discovered. Thankfully she seemed to be too busy with other matters to truly bother the bed-restricted huntress.
The down side was complete and utter boredom. Her team had offered to stay around all day but she had declined, not wanting to have them lose their day trying to keep her company. She found herself regretting that fairly soon after.
It was for that reason that she had been happy when Pyrrha stopped by. It had been a bit awkward at first, the champion not really knowing what to say, but the air had begun to clear up as the two talked back and forth.
"I'll admit, it could have gone better." Yang shrugged her shoulders softly. "But everyone came back okay, and we got Torchwick put behind bars."
Pyrrha smiled softly. "I don't think any mission ending in a train crash and hordes of Grimm descending on Vale can truly be called a success." Yang winced slightly at the thought. "But civilian casualties were low and there were no reported deaths. It's reassuring to know it all ended rather well." The redhead blushed slightly. "Though I can't say my pride survived the mission."
"What do you mean?"
"Torchwick is the first opponent I have lost to in a very long time… it was also the first fight in a long time that actually mattered." Pyrrha smiled but it didn't quite reach her eyes. "He got away because I underestimated him and- why are you laughing?"
True to her words, Yang had started to fight back laughter until it had been pointed out. At which point she stopped trying to hold it back all together. Pyrrha's cheeks turned as red as her hair.
"It's not you, or well it is but not in the way you think." It took Yang a moment to get herself back under control. "You're being too hard on yourself."
"I failed to-" Yang cut her off before she could continue, adopting one of Ruby's best tricks.
"Nope."
Pyrrha stared at her for a moment. "I-Im sorry?"
"Nope."
Again, Pyrrha seemed unsure of what to say. "There's nothing I can say to make it up, I fail-"
"Nope." Yang rolled her eyes. "You don't have anything to feel sorry for."
"But I-"
"Nope." Yang chuckled slightly at Pyrrha's confusion. "Torchwick is a trained hunter, even if he chose to use that skill to break the law instead of to uphold it." Yang didn't have any proof that he was trained but there really wasn't another explanation on how he had been able to avoid capture for so many years. He was just too good to not have some kind of training, be it formal or through experience. "He's defeated countless huntsmen and huntress, not to mention Weiss' sister who is an Atlesian Specialist, and she was still beaten."
Pyrrha didn't seem to agree with her but was smart enough to know Yang couldn;t be swayed on the issue. She made a note to talk to Jaune about it later, she would hate to have Pyrrha beating herself up over something she really shouldn't. As strong as she was, and contrary to her nickname, she wasn't invincible
The room was silent once more and Yang feared her only source of entertainment might leave, thankfully she didn't. Thankfully Pyrrha broke the silence. "Jaune has something he wants to talk to you about, though I think he's trying to work up the nerve for it."
"Oh?" Yang felt heat slowly rise to her face. "Any idea what it might be about?"
"I think I could hazard a guess." Pyrrha said. "But I won't."
The redhead smiled and began laughing at Yang's look of betrayal. "Oh come on, you can't work your way up to something like that and then just leave me hanging." Judging by the look on her face, that was exactly what Pyrrha had planned to do. "That's so not cool…"
Yang crossed her arms over her chest and adopted a scowl that in no way came across as a pout. She would fight anybody who said something different.
It took a moment for Pyrrha to fully get herself back under control, the unusual bout of laughter seeming to stretch on even longer due to Yang's embarrassment. Eventually she did speak however.
"I won't tell you because he's my partner and it wouldn't be right to reveal his secrets, even to another friend." Pyrrha paused for a moment before smiling softly and continuing on. "Besides, I don't know for certain and it wouldn't be fair to either of you to spread rumours."
Yang hated that she made sense. "You didn't have to let me know, at least then the suspense wouldn't be killing me." She released an overly dramatic sigh. "I suppose I shall have to endure it." Pyrrha chuckled before hiding her smile behind a fist. Yang waited for her to recompose herself before continuing. "So has anything interesting happened while I have been so unfairly incarcerated?"
"You mean over the last two days since the Breach?" Pyrrha raised one eyebrow at the question.
"Don't act like crazier things haven't happened in short time frames before."
Pyrrha rolled her eyes but didn't disagree. "It's just been downtime really. Classes aren't set to resume for another three weeks, since most students are still away on missions." She chuckled softly. "I don't think it's normal for one to end so quickly, not to mention so… drastically."
"I don't know, I seem to recall a certain professors' stories always ending with that much flare." Yang smirked. "I'm fairly sure he told one that went fairly close to our own."
"Professor Port's… exploits aside, Beacon didn't really expect us back so soon." Pyrrha explained. "They've mostly just left us to our own devices, though that's not so say they don't check up on us."
"Your sister is planning a trip into Vale to celebrate your recovery." Pyrrha froze for a moment before looking up at her. "I probably wasn't supposed to tell you that."
Yang grinned. "Don't worry, I'll make sure she knows that you ruined the surprise." Pyrrha's face sank some. "She totally won't feel betrayed."
This time Pyrrha went into full blown panic mode. Upsetting Ruby was always a bad thing, if only due to how nice and innocent she was, but if you started to approach the idea she might be hurt or sad or even that she might cry?
People would quickly try to fix the issue before it came to that. Pyrrha was no exception.
"You're joking right… right!?" When Yang didn't respond it looked like Pyrrha might run off to go apologise to Ruby then and there. She stopped however, once she saw Yang's shiteating grin as she struggled to hold back her laughter. She failed a moment later.
Pyrrha sagged in her chair groaning slightly. "That wasn't fair."
Yang fought back her laughter. "Heh, no, it wasn't… still funny though. She won't find out you told me, at least not from me."
Pyrrha looked relieved before switching the conversation to something less worrying.
Yang bent over slowly, stretching her back and aching muscles for the first time in days. It felt nice to finally be out of bed and even better to not be stuck in that stupid hostpital gown anymore. She looked much better in her normal clothes.
She finished tying her boots and settled her hand on the door, opening it slowly and just enough to peak out of it. When the coast was clear she stepped out and closed the door softly behind her.
She got all of three steps before somebody coughed from behind her. Yang jumped and felt her heart leap out of her chest at the sudden sound as she turned around to see who had spotted her.
Tsune didn't look amused. "Might I ask what you're doing?"
Yang brought a hand up to scratch the back of her head. "Heh heh… would you believe I was just looking for something to eat?" The doctors flat expression forced her to wince.
The doctor looked her up and down for a moment. "You know, it's very possible you leaving without my permission has caused further injury. You may need to stay for further… medical care."
Yang felt herself beginning to sweat. "Don't worry doc, I'm perfectly fine."
Tsune looked like she wanted to continue to toy with her patient but sighed dramatically instead. "I suppose you are free to go then."
The room fell still as Yang processed the words, before practically running to the door as fast as possible. The last thing she wanted was to stick around and find out Tsune was messing with her.
When Yang had made it to relative safety she slowed to a walk. It was already midday, the light from the windows serving to light up the hallways. She slowly made her way back to her team's dorm, though she wasn't in any real rush.
Beacon was quiet at the moment and the peaceful environment wouldn't last for long. She decided to enjoy it while she could. The halls were empty for the most part, a fact that felt strange.
She only made it halfway back to the dorm before that fragile peace was shattered however.
"Traitor!" That was the only warning Yang got before Ruby flew into her wrapping her arms around her and dragging them both to the ground. Her sister hugged her tighter and mumbled something into her back.
Ruby was dragged off her a second later. "Careful you dolt!" Weiss berated her partner. "Your sister was only just released from the infirmary, she might not be fully healed yet."
"Aww, Weiss" Yang couldn't pass up the opportunity. "I knew you cared about me!"
Weiss' deadpan look said otherwise as she released Ruby. "Never mind, you can't possibly make her any worse."
Yang was brought to the ground by a Ruby sized missile once again.
As a last ditch effort, the blonde brawler reached a hand up to her partner. "Blake, help me!" Said partner took one look, before turning to Weiss to ask a question about something Yang didn't catch. "Betrayal!"
"Why didn't you tell us you were allowed to leave?" Ruby said into her side, the only reason Yang was able to decipher it being because she had practice with this exact set up before.
"Simple, I didn't know." She regretted the words the second she noticed Weiss and Blakes heads snap back to the two sisters on the ground.
"You weren't released?!" Weiss' voice was loud enough that Tsune probably could have heard it. Yang decided to blame it all on her, she deserved it after all those needles.
"I was released, just not… entirely when I was supposed to." Yang wilted under the glares from her team. "It's fine though, she knows I'm here and is perfectly okay with it."
Weiss and Blake shared a look with each other before turning back to her, neither of them looked like they fully believed her but decided there was nothing they could do.
Yang dragged herself up off the ground. "I'm fine, doc gave me a clean bill of health. Just some minor cuts and bruises. The only reason I was there for so long was because she wanted to torture me." The group was silent for a moment before Yang sighed. "Can we just put this behind us, please? I just spent way too long cooped up and I need some down time to relax."
Ruby took the chance to offer up her totally secret plan to celebrate their missions 'success'. Yang pretended Pyrrha hadn't told her about it and decided to take her sisters lead.
Yang judged by Blake and Weiss' expressions that they had likely helped set up the plan, which came at no surprise. "Ruby" and "plan" were very rarely used in the same sentence and even then it was usually to say something along the lines of 'never let Ruby make the plan again'.
Ruby seemed excited and even Weiss was smiling.
"I can't wait."
Ruby flew past her, literally; thanks to the use of her semblance, in the direction of their dorms. "We need to let team JNPR know we're going now!"
Yang followed with a small smile on her face.
Authors Note: Just a down time chapter, moving back into the softer tone of the story as well as the more relationship based side. I'd love to hear what yall think should happen, review and let me know, kinda need a couple ideas anyways.
Sincerely SE