Here we are at chapter 20. A little filler chapter here for now. Let's see how Yang's 'master' matchmaking plan will work out this time. I do not own RWBY or Tales of Berseria. They belong to their respective owners. Here's chapter 20. Enjoy.

Chapter 20: Matchmaking – Part 2

Velvet had left the room to retrieve Ruby's board game that she left in the library. However…

"Wait, I shouldn't have Velvet get my game. That's my responsibility. I'll be right back," Ruby says and leaves to catch up to her.

Meanwhile, Weiss and Yang look at Blake.

"So, no keeping to yourself from now on?" Weiss asks, arms crossed.

"No, we're in this together now. I'm sorry about worrying you guys," Blake apologizes.

"Good. However, that means you also have to put in more effort with my matchmaking plan. Weiss and I can't do this alone, and Velvet may be on to us. It's hard doing this without her noticing," Yang says.

Blake sighs, "Yes, I'll help out more often, even though I still think it's ridiculous," Blake says.

"Oh come on. The two of them would look great together, and I can just tell that Ruby likes her. As her older sister, it's my duty to see those two get together," Yang decrees.

Weiss rolls her eyes, "Oh please, do any of us look like Cupid here? We have more important things to deal with, now more than ever," she says.

"There's always time for love," Yang says dramatically, hand on her chest.

"Don't be so dramatic," Blake says dryly.

"Welp, with that out of the way. What should be our next plan for getting Ruby and Velvet together?" she asks.

Weiss sighs, "Well, we need to be more careful now, seeing as Velvet is on to us," she notes.

"Well she may not think that I'm involved. We need to set something up with all of us around, and make sure it comes out just right to set the mood for them," Blake thinks, hand on her chin.

"Wait, Velvet likes to train every day, right?" Weiss asks.

"Yeah, so what?" Yang asks, to which Weiss just smiles.

…

The next day during the weekend, Velvet was getting her gear on in the locker room, preparing for another training session. She is checking her gauntlet blade when the rest of the team walks in.

"Hey Velvet," Ruby says as she walks up to her, with the others behind her.

"Hey, guys. What's up?" Velvet asks.

"Well, Weiss had the idea of doing some team sparring sessions today. It's been a while since we last did this, and I thought it would be a good idea," Ruby says.

Velvet glances at Weiss, "Is that right?" she asks, a little suspicious.

However, Weiss maintains a straight face, "Of course. Training alone will only get you so far, especially when all you have to work with are training dummies. And let's not forget that the Vytal Festival will be coming soon. We need to prepare for the tournament," she explains.

Velvet then looks at Blake, "You good with this?" she asks.

"I've been avoiding you guys lately, and I need to make up for that. This is a good way to start," she says, rubbing her left arm.

Velvet then looks at Yang, "And knowing you, you just want to avoid studying in exchange for a chance to fight someone?" she deadpans.

Yang scratches her head, "That easy to figure out, huh?" she says.

Velvet shrugs her shoulders, "Whatever. Let's get going then," she says and leaves.

Smiling, the others follow her and they all hit the training grounds. Deciding to start off with one-on-one sparring matches for now, they began with Ruby going up against Velvet, while on the other side of the training area, is Yang sparring with Weiss. Meanwhile, Blake sits on the sidelines, watching over each fight like Glynda does in her combat classes. The four teammates ready their weapons and takes their positions. Blake glances at Weiss and Yang, who give her subtle nods in confirmation.

"Everyone, ready?" Blake calls out, each of them nodding to her. Blake raises her right arm, "And…Begin!" she shouts, swinging down her arm.

The four females rush at their opponents, with Ruby swinging her scythe at Velvet who slides under her strike, sweeping Ruby out from under her feet. Meanwhile, Weiss conjures up some glyphs to race around Yang, who fires off shot after shot from her shotgun gauntlets. Ruby rolls back onto her feet and fires a few shots at Velvet. Velvet avoids two shots and then deflects the second two with her gauntlet blade before running at Ruby again, countering with her own shots from her gauntlet's gun. Ruby spins her scythe around to deflect the rounds and then twirls it around her before swinging it down on Velvet. Velvet blocks it with her arm blade and then activates her left foot blade, swinging it upwards to kick her scythe to the side, using the momentum to swing around to slash at Ruby's side with both blades. Ruby manages to block both strikes with her scythe, but then Velvet manages to get a back kick in with her right foot, making her slide across the floor. She grits her teeth a little and looks up to see Velvet with a straight face and waving her hand in a taunting motion to come at her, which she obliges.

Meanwhile, Weiss jumps into the air, landing on a glyph aimed downwards diagonally at Yang. She pushes off of it, thrusting her rapier at her. However, Yang jumps up above her to evade the strike before cocking her right fist back and then falls down on Weiss. Weiss has barely enough time to jumps back to safety before Yang smashes her fist into the ground, creating a shockwave. Yang gets up and smirks at Weiss, who gives her an aggravated look.

"Sorry Weiss, have to make it look convincing while we wait for the right moment to make our move," Yang thinks before she runs at Weiss.

When she gets close, Yang starts throwing several punches at Weiss, who backflips away from each strike before she conjures up a glyph in front of Yang to block a right cross from her. Weiss then makes the glyph turn black, and causes Yang to get pushed back from the glyph, sliding across the floor. Switching to her ice Dust chamber, Weiss twirls around before stabbing her sword into the ground, sending a column of ice spikes at Yang. However, Yang just reels back her right fist and when it gets close, she smashes through the ice, stopping it cold (no pun intended). Aiming her gauntlets behind her, she fires, shooting her over to Weiss. Weiss jumps back when Yang lands in front of her, and counters with a few swings of her sword. Yang dodges one swing, blocks the next two, but then grabs the sword during the fourth swing. Pulling it around her, she makes Weiss lose her balance before she delivers a left hook to her face, sending her tumbling on the ground. Yang lets Weiss get up, sporting a large grin on her face while Weiss just growls at her.

Blake looks on her scroll, monitoring their aura levels. Yang's is still pretty high, while Weiss has dropped about a quarter. Meanwhile, Blake notices that Ruby's aura has gone down to around half while Velvet's has only dropped a little bit. She looks over to the other fight.

Ruby aims her scythe behind her and pulls the trigger, sending her flying towards Velvet. When she gets close, she starts twirling in the air as she nears Velvet. Velvet, however, jumps and spins right under one of Ruby's swings, the two passing each other. Both slide on their feet before turning to face the other. Velvet fires off some shots, which Ruby blocks by twirling her scythe around. However, Velvet keeps up the barrage while running towards Ruby. When she gets close, she activates both foot blades and she and Ruby enter a dance of steel, their blades flying around each other. Ruby remains stationary on her feet, but Velvet manages to move her body around each of Ruby's attacks, getting one opening to land a strike on Ruby's left knee, making her buckle. Ruby's stance breaks, and Velvet thrusts her arm blade at her skull. Ruby manages to duck out of the way just in time, but gets kneed in the face because of it, sending her to the ground. Velvet stands over her, but Ruby notices her scythe's blade behind Velvet. She fires her weapon, forcing Velvet to jump over the surprise attack while also propelling Ruby away to safety.

Ruby gets up, shaking her head a little bit and stares at Velvet.

"I didn't think she would know my moves that well by now. This is gonna be a lot harder than I thought," she thinks.

Blake looks back to see that Ruby's aura has dropped further. Concerned that Ruby might get eliminated before they can make their move, she glances at Weiss and Yang.

"Weiss, stay cool. Don't let Yang aggravate you. You'll lose focus and then all you'll see is red," she gives them the signal.

Weiss and Yang glance back at her and nod subtly.

Weiss breathes a calm breath, "Thanks Blake. Now then Yang, time for me to wipe that smile off your face," she taunts her while setting her sword up with more ice Dust.

Yang chuckles, "What, you're gonna put me on ice? Don't be so 'We-ice' cold, Ice Queen," she jokes.

Weiss groans, "Don't call me that, and enough with your terrible puns!" she shouts before shooting over to Yang, sword thrusted forward.

Yang dodges left, and then steps back a few times as Weiss starts thrusting her sword at her face. Yang changes direction again and continues moving back, laughing a little bit and glancing back to see they're moving closer to Ruby and Velvet, with the former firing off several shots while the later deflects each one with her blades. Once they get close enough without drawing the others' attention, Yang can see that Ruby is about to charge at Velvet again, so she gives Weiss the signal by winking at her. Weiss rolls her eyes.

"Aw come on, Weiss. Don't get so flustered over little ol' me. Afraid I'll melt that ice castle of yours, Ice Queen?" she taunts her.

Weis knew it was part of the plan, but it still pissed her off.

"I told you to stop calling me that," she grits through her teeth.

Weiss then jumps up into the air above Yang before dropping down with her sword aimed at Yang's smirking face. Yang jumps out of the way at the right moment, and Weiss ends up stabbing the floor instead, creating an ice floor that spreads out wide. At that moment, Ruby uses her semblance to charge over at Velvet. However, she accidently steps on the ice when it gets close, causing her to lose her footing. She screams as she flies towards Velvet, who goes wide-eyed, but gets ready to catch her. Ruby ends up tackling Velvet to the ground, causing them to roll around to a stop.

"Ow, my head. I'm sorry Velvet, I didn't-," Ruby begins, but then she gasps at noticing their position.

Specifically, how Velvet is on top of Ruby, practically straddling her, and their faces are only an inch away from one another. Velvet remains frozen, eyes wide, and a slight blush on her face. However, Ruby turns as red as her cloak. Off to the side, Yang covers her mouth, trying not to snicker, Weiss is blushing a little bit as she looks away, and Blake looks on with interest. They remain like this for a moment longer before Velvet shakes her head and gets off Ruby, who slowly sits up while looking straight at the ground.

"Are…are you alright, Ruby?" Velvet asks, looking away slightly.

"U-um, yeah. I-I'm fine…I think we should call it a day for now," Ruby says, not looking at Velvet while still blushing.

"Um…yeah, that sounds like a good idea," Velvet replies. Ruby grabs her weapon and uses her semblance to race out of the training room. Velvet slowly stands up, thinking about their previous position, until she hears snickering behind her. "Yang…Weiss…Care to explain what the Hell was THAT about?" she asks, a dark aura appearing around her as she slowly turns to face them.

Weiss and Yang freeze in place, unable to think of a concrete answer. Luckily for them, Blake comes in to save their butts.

"It was Yang's fault, though some of the blame is on Weiss as well," she says.

"Hey!" Weiss and Yang yell together.

"Yang was taunting Weiss, and making her lose her focus, and Weiss ended up trying to freeze her mouth shut. They didn't realize that they were moving closer to your side of the training area, and Weiss ended up freezing the floor so much that it spread to your side as well," Blake says with a straight face.

Velvet raises an eyebrow at them, "Hmm. Fine, I need to go check on Ruby. However…" she trails off and activates her demon claw.

Yang gets nervous and starts backing up a bit, "H-hey Velvet, let's just calm down for a second. L-look, it was just an accident, o-okay," she says, laughing nervously.

"That may have been an accident, but THIS isn't," Velvet says as she approaches Yang, and then swings her demon claw…

…

Back in the team's dorm room, Ruby sat on her bunk, holding her knees up to her face, still blushing a little bit. All her thoughts were on the events back in the training room.

"I know we've hugged each other before…but to be that close, face-to-face, in that position…I just…couldn't stop staring into her eyes…Her…pretty eyes. But it's not like I 'like' like her…right? I mean, she's a teammate, and a good friend, who is strong…kind…beautiful…," Ruby trails off as her blush returns and she pulls her hood on to hide her face.

A few minutes later, the door opens and in walks in Velvet. She spots Ruby on her bunk and slowly approaches her.

"Ruby…are you alright?" she asks. When Ruby doesn't answer, Velvet pulls herself onto the bunk to sit next to Ruby. "I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable back there," she says without looking at her.

Ruby slowly shakes her head, "It wasn't your fault. It just…surprised me a bit. But, I'll be fine," she replies, keeping the hood on.

"If it makes you feel better, I already took care of Yang for putting us in that…position," Velvet chooses her words carefully.

…

Speaking of said blonde, Blake and Weiss look at Yang, who's on the floor, eyes looking like swirls, along with a huge bump on her head.

"Daddy, could you tell me a bedtime story?" she mutters, obviously delirious, while Weiss and Blake just roll their eyes.

…

Hearing this makes Ruby laugh a little bit, which makes Velvet feel a little better.

"Look, if you need some time alone to clear your head about this, I'll give you some space," Velvet offers.

However, Ruby tugs on Velvet's cloak with her right hand, "Actually, could you just stay a little while? I just…need to rest for a while, but I'd rather not be alone right now," she says.

Velvet nods, "Rest for as long as you need. I'll be right here," she says.

Ruby moves to lay down on her bunk, though she has her back turned to Velvet. However, Velvet places her hand on Ruby's head, lightly rubbing it to try and make her feel better. At first, Ruby makes no reaction to it, but eventually she rolls around to face Velvet, snuggling into her hand, starting to show a smile towards her. Velvet smiles back and they remain like this for a while.

…

Back at the training area, the rest of the team are in the locker room, after finally getting Yang to wake up and regain her senses.

"Ow, first she absorbs the rest of my aura, then she knocks me out. What the Hell?" Yang says, rubbing her head a little bit.

"Well, it was your fault for putting them in that situation," Blake notes.

"But it was YOUR idea!" Yang retorts.

"Yes, but I wasn't planning on them ending up like that. It was supposed to be just Velvet catching Ruby in her arms like a knight and a princess in one of the romance novels I read. How was I supposed to know it would end up like that?" Blake says.

Weiss groans, "Ugh, hopefully this doesn't make Velvet even more suspicious of us. And hopefully Ruby won't be mad at us for doing that. It's bad enough I got roped into this insane plane, I don't need our teammates hating me like at the beginning of the year," she says.

"Anyway, are you feeling any better now, Yang?" Blake asks.

Yang stands up, "Yeah, I'll be fine. I've had worse. However, now I'll have to get some payback. And I know just the way to do it, that will not only act as a form of payback, but also help with my matchmaking plan as well," she says, a confident smirk showing.

"I'm pretty sure I don't want to know. Besides, it's been Blake and I that have actually been making the plans here. No offense Yang, but you're not exactly the best strategist on this team," Weiss says.

"Hey, I can make some good plans. I'll prove it to you with this one," Yang counters.

…

A few days later, Ruby and Velvet are returning from a class that they have together in the afternoon. Down the hall, and around the corner, Yang waits for them to get closer. Around the corner from where Ruby and Velvet are walking from, is a thin tripwire along the floor. The wire goes to the wall, runs along it to the corner, and then goes up to the ceiling, where an intricate pendulum with a pie on the end is waiting for Yang's intended target.

"The second they hit that tripwire, the pendulum will swing down and around the corner and slam the pie into Velvet's face. Ruby will then get worried about her, and try to help, making another moment for the two of them to grow closer while simultaneously granting me my payback. This will be perfect!" Yang thinks as she waits for the pair to spring the trap.

She listens and hears footsteps coming from down the hall, most likely Ruby and Velvet. A few more steps later, and she hears the tripwire get sprung. She looks up to see the pendulum swing down and around the corner, slamming into someone's face.

"Ah, oh no!" she hears Ruby yell, and she pumps her fist in victory. "Professor Goodwitch, are you alright?!"

Yang's eyes go wide at hearing that…UH OH…Against her better judgment, she glances around the corner to see that the pie hit Professor Goodwitch instead of Ruby or Velvet, and she looked absolutely livid.

Yang quickly takes off down the hall, but then finds herself stuck in mid-air. She looks back to see Glynda with her riding crop out.

"Miss Xiao Long…I believe you and I need to have a little talk," she says, a subtle tinge of venom in her voice.

Yang looks on in horror, "I'm dead…"

And that's chapter 20. Yang gave Ruby and Velvet a nudge in the right direction, but didn't think about how much that would cost her in the long run. Will Ruby and Velvet grow closer? Will Yang survive Glynda's wrath? Until next time, please Read and Review.