Author's note: If you're looking for the chapter just posted "Her Demons" it is actually the first chapter in this list.
Defiant Defeat
Ruby and Weiss sat in the corner for hours as they talked. Sometimes they laughed, sometimes they were deathly serious as they learned exactly what the other hoped for and wanted from this aspect of their relationship. Both should have known better. Their communication in mundane life had always been near perfection to be sure neither was confused and compromises could be reached. In this aspect however neither allowed for that logic.
Silently Ruby decided tonight wasn't the right night for what she had planned. They both had more to learn about the other and to adapt and accept. There was another gift she could give though, and it was one that Weiss already knew she had. The small shoe box.
Keeping sharp attention to the clock Ruby leaned over at the exact second. "Guess what?"
After all the serious talk Weiss was naturally suspicious. "Yes?"
"It's midnight!" And Ruby cracked a wide smile.
It took a second, but Weiss caught on. "Fucking finally!"
Ruby laughed hard at Weiss's use of a swear word. This at least was proof that she was still in a submissive mindset. She never swore outside of it.
"What?" Weiss asked with a bit of a superior attitude.
The game was on then, and this time it was going to be a lot more fun. "What Mistress."
Weiss looked around like she was confused. "I thought I was talking to you. I don't believe I know anyone named Mistress."
Oh, this was definitely the feisty pet that Ruby had expected and hoped for their first time. "Let me remind you who that is then," she said with an evil smile that didn't hide the twinkle of joy in her eyes at all.
With a snort and an eye roll her lover showed her level of un-impressiveness. It was a move she had mastered long before she had met Ruby and was meant to make anyone she used it on to feel like they'd done something stupid, or they themselves were stupid. She only used it on people she truly despised these days so Ruby hadn't seen it applied to her in years.
Weiss wasn't wearing her collar yet. That part of their relationship hadn't changed. Under the right environment, like being at Deviations, banter was okay, but actual Domination was out. That was tricky sometimes. Though Ruby loved a challenge of the growling pet before her she wasn't adjusted to it yet. Back to the basics it was then.
"If you are going to challenge me, you better be properly dressed," Ruby said pointedly looking at Weiss's neck. She was still shaking off the effect of Weiss's eyes, and doing everything she could to act as if it had been unnoticed. "Otherwise you're not a challenge worth trying, just a poser."
"In other words you can't do nothing but whistle in the wind." Ruby guessed Weiss had a lot of pent up fight to let out.
"Yup," she replied simply as she placed the training collar on the table and left without further word. She went to the bar and waited, never turning her head to see what Weiss would do. She had a good idea. Weiss wanted to play. She wouldn't be this feisty if she didn't. If Ruby didn't get Weiss play on her terms then this was a lost cause and neither would enjoy the rest of their night.
A few minutes later she felt more than heard Weiss's approach, any noise she made lost to the thumping bass of the bar area's music. She'd know that presence anywhere though. With a smug expression she in no way felt she turned around to see her pet's decision. It was the one she had hoped for.
Eyes full of challenge, Weiss none the less did her part of the ritual as she went to one knee, her hands raised in supplication with her collar held in them. Ruby took it and waited. Her pet didn't move right away so Ruby waited... and waited... The battle of wills continued until finally Weiss lowered her arms and placed them behind her back. She hadn't given in though. There was still plenty of fight yet in those cold blue eyes.
At last in the correct position to accept it Ruby leaned down and put the collar on. "With this collar I once again claim you as mine."
"Bite me," her pet growled. "I'm just curious if you still got enough gumption to have someone call you Mistress. I sure as hell haven't seen it."
Damn this was getting Ruby going. She had gone from being proud to be Weiss's Domme to getting wet at the mere thought of placing this proud and powerful woman again under her control.
What mildly surprised her is that she had put the collar on. This was the first time before strangers. She had half expected for Weiss to quietly ask to find someplace private to continue. Ruby didn't consider this a form of manipulation. If anything it was Weiss doing the manipulating. Ruby was just reacting to them in a way befitting her role. Given their talk she knew that was exactly what Weiss wanted. Informal Negotiations were sometimes the best.
The evil smile returned, enjoying the parallel of getting her pet to call her Mistress their first time together. It made the evil smile look much more natural and intimidating. "Well I can't have that. You may become bored."
"May?" Weiss mocked.
Part of Ruby's mind was amused as the bartender had quietly made sure there was nothing breakable on the bar near her, and he himself had scooted to the side as well once he heard what was going on. It was good to be in a place where some things were simply expected.
Weiss had her collar on, all bets, or almost all bets, were off now. Quickly Ruby activated the tens unity for only a second to distract her lover long enough to pull her over the bar, her feet dangling. "I'm sure you realize that I would never let you get bored if I have any control over the matter. Luckily I do."
"Cheap shot! Without your toys you'd never have a chance against me!"
The words sounded hollow now. Weiss was starting, ever so slowly, to cave in. It was how it was meant to be. How Weiss wanted it to be.
Placing her hand on Weiss's head, pushing it down onto the bar so it couldn't move she looked over at the bartender. "Showroom available? This'll be worth watching." A sudden moan underneath her made it clear what Weiss thought of that. It wasn't always about the power, it was about knowing how your pet's mind worked. With what she'd learned today she had no doubt this was one of several routes she could use for Weiss's complete surrender that night.
"Yeah, it's all ready."
That was a bad way to phrase it, but Ruby wouldn't point that out. The showroom had been reserved for them after midnight for Ruby to give her gift. There was a change in plans, but the room was still theirs for an hour and several people were already waiting there expectantly. Lesbian shows were always popular among the guys. Given that Weiss was actually more into guys than girls on average the extra male eyes were only going to further their purpose.
Weiss was going to go out of her flipping mind!
This was Weiss's standard training collar which had a catch on the side for quick release in case Weiss wanted the scene to end suddenly on top of her safe words and hand signals. There was no doubt Weiss wanted it as Ruby physically dragged her by that collar to the second room, catching most of the bar patron's attention with knowing smiles.
It wasn't an easy process as Weiss tried setting her feet. With a firm grip on the collar Ruby could have used her semblance to pull her into the room, but of course that might cause damage. Pound for pound though Ruby was stronger. Again Weiss proved her willingness by not physically fighting back. As always in hand-to-hand Weiss was the superior fighter. That wasn't what her words were saying though as she uttered every obscenity she knew and inadvertently giving Ruby an education on how colorful words could be when ordered right.
Ruby didn't point that out though. Image was everything here, and Weiss needed to feel like she had been 'tamed,' as Ruby thought of it. Weiss's words had been more along the lines of not placidly taking it, whatever placid meant.
"Let me go you bitch!" Weiss continued ranting while Ruby patently ignored her.
When the entered the room it was exactly as she had requested it. The round pedestal in the center, surrounded on all sides with chairs was how it always looked. The only addition was the six inch ring suspended from the ceiling by a chain. On the floor near the center was Ruby's toy bag.
She wasn't going to use any of the toys, at least at first, but she was going to use the rope, and she had significantly more here than at their room. Weiss was going to find out exactly how good Ruby was in this art form. She'd been able to incorporate what Nora had taught her about Shibari with her own knowledge of macrame and braiding to make it a style all her own.
"I'm going to put you into subspace tonight," Ruby said when they got to the center of the dais. "These people are going to watch it happen. I will never make you cum while I do it, not even close. I'm not going to beat you into it."
Weiss let out a mocking laugh. "Even at your best you never could accomplish that!" she said defiantly even as her eyes started to look desperate.
"Lets start."
Ruby wasn't gentle when she brought Weiss to the ground, pinning her in a hammerlock and momentarily knocking the wind out of her. Using that moment Ruby opened up the toy bag with her other hand and grabbed the first bundle of rope. That is all the time she got before she felt Weiss begin to struggle beneath her.
Returning to a position of power and adding a bit of pressure on the hold, Ruby casually placed the rope on the floor in front of Weiss's eyes. "The first bundle," She said casually. It was a wrestling match after that. It only lasted for a minute, though if Weiss had been trying it would have lasted much longer. In the end Ruby had her pet's hands tied crudely behind her back, the length of rope left over pulled through the hoop above them and pulled taught until Weiss was stuck in a standing position, bent forward to relieve as much pressure as she could on her shoulders.
Unexpectedly Weiss laughed. "I thought you said no pain?" she taunted.
"No, I said I'd never beat you. Pain is optional." In fact that was the last bit of pain Ruby planned on until after her pet submitted. Weiss was where she wanted her to be: held still but defiant.
Now free to do so without hindrance Ruby went through her bag, pulling out various colored lengths of rope. At home only the tips were colored to help hide the real purpose of the rope. Here Ruby owned several ropes and each color cut to a set length. The core of each had been pulled to make the rope more flexible and she'd found it held knots better that way. The cores themselves, for a short time at least, had made for a softer rope used for more sensual play. The ends of all of them had been singed to prevent fraying.
She started slowly. The first thing was to silence Weiss. Only rope was going to be used. Slightly modified Ruby made a ball shaped knot called a monkey's fist, doubling the rope to not only make it larger, but also to give a loop on one side. With this setup she used it as a ball gag, cinching it with the extra loop and tying it. She elaborated on that to secure it further with lines of rope going under the chin. Two lines went from either side of the fist to connect at the bridge of Weiss's nose, only to be tied again and pulled backwards. Each new knot and line made spitting it out less likely, but then again it had been nearly impossible to start with. After the first few lines it had been more about appearance. The last addition was a rope handle made in a macrame style around the back of the head, which she used immediately to pull Weiss's head up for inspection and smiling at what she found.
A ball gag, contrary to popular myth, didn't stop the wearer from being able to make any noise. Weiss was making a lot of noise. None of it was intelligible however. Those eyes though, they said it all. They would remain defiant until the end, and Ruby loved it.
Slowly Ruby got to her knees, her hand holding that handle so they maintained eye contact, and said "You aren't properly dressed for tonight yet." From that position it was easier to reach the buckles on Weiss's cloak, which she removed slowly then paused to smell it with an evil predatory smile and eyes filled with love. Where she kneeled also made it easier to untie the strings of Weiss's corset, which she removed. Her shirt and bra went right after but couldn't be completely removed because of the ropes binding her wrists. Instead she bound them to the rope above her. the last thing to be removed, slowed down by Weiss's kicking feet, was her battle skirt, boots and panties. She didn't need to bring the last item up to her nose to know how aroused Weiss was.
Now in her element Ruby began restricting the rest of Weiss's movements. Her motions were slow and sensual, her touches soft and loving and she felt Weiss involuntarily shudder several times throughout creating the rope arm-binder.
After the third time Ruby leaned to Weiss's ear and whispered. "Careful or our audience might think you're enjoying this." Still muffled, all Weiss could do was moan.
Finishing the arm binder Ruby threw the excess rope through the ring and secured it and let the shirt and bra fall to the ground. Then she removed the less attractive rope tying her wrists. That wouldn't be needed anymore.
This was the first time Weiss had ever been gagged for this long, and the drool that was inevitable had started soaked the rope ball and begun dripping out the corners of her mouth and down her chin. Ruby had warned her about that, but a warning doesn't prepare you for the reality. In a show of her control Ruby cleaned Weiss's chin. "Not a good look for a lovely socialite like you. Don't you have any shame?"
Weiss's cheeks reddened. Humiliation was honestly one thing Ruby didn't enjoy doing at all, but it would accomplish several things this time. First it made Weiss even more aware of the eyes on her. It would also bring home how little control she had. And last, and most importantly, Weiss enjoyed it. This was the first time Ruby had done it with others watching, but that was true with anything done that night. It wasn't the first time in private. It could be pushed to far, just like anything else in life, but a small amount like this would fuel her needs.
From there she put on a show for Weiss having completely tuned out the audience about them. Slowly she restricted more motion one knot at a time, her touches remaining tender while her low chuckles became more and more evil. Never once did Weiss lose her defiant look. Not until Ruby restricted the last limb, the right leg that was her only connection to the floor. The feeling of helplessness as she dangled was enough to break the defiance, the eyes now pleading.
"Not yet pet. I'm not done," Ruby whispered, continuing tying giving the impression that it was partly a dance and partly ritual and completely hypnotic. When at last done Weiss's head was at eye level with Ruby, arms suspended higher still. Her left knee was bent and pulled forward towards her chest while the other was extended and pulled even farther to the right at a near unnatural level.
Weiss's eyes had gradually gone from pleading to fogged as the promised subspace began to take effect. Gentle touches and words, loving growls, and absolute confidence weaving their way across Weiss's mind as surely as Ruby's ropes had.
To be sure Weiss was still with her Ruby snapped her fingers once just behind her lover's ear, and discovered that she wasn't. Not even a twitch of a muscle showed. Ruby had to stop. She had confidence in her rope tying skills, but everyone made mistakes. With Weiss out like this, the only person who absolutely could say if a rope had shifted to a bad spot that was cutting off blood, it was best to let her come down.
There were two other items that Ruby had requested when asking for the room last week. Looking over she found both waiting: A blanket and a bottle of water. Weiss would need both. Walking over she smiled to the crowd and made a short bow to indicate the show was over and received a round of applause.
The scene had not gone exactly as she had planned originally. Originally Weiss was going to get her gift before she hit subspace but after submitting. Soon enough she'd be getting that gift, but not tonight.
Slowly lowering Weiss to the ground Ruby began removing her fetters and covering her as her pet snuggled into her arms. Weiss had always been low maintenance when it came to after care, but Ruby loved it and gave more than was ever needed.
Weiss woke from a dream, only she had never been asleep. Had that been her? God yes! And it had felt so good to fight back, and to feel Ruby take control regardless. Certainly if Weiss had really tried Ruby wouldn't have won in this kind of battle, at least not until the ropes came into the picture, but that was fine. Ruby had done enough to convince that primal side of her logical mind that it was enough. Losing her footing and being suspended had been the final straw and Weiss would have submitted, but no. Ruby had kept going, pushing her mind and body until reality phased out of existence.
Ruby was holding her of course, and she got the expected drink of water. "Thank you Mistress," she said dreamily, accepting her defeat with a feeling of joy.
"I got my pet a present," her Mistress said quietly as she brought the glass close a second time for Weiss to drink.
Her thoughts were still going slowly and it took a minute to understand. "A present?" She could remember something... she was grasping at it until she remembered the shoe box. "From that vanilla guy?"
"Yes. You may recognize it. When you're ready you can open it up."
It took a minute looking at the box before it came into complete focus. She really wanted to see what was in the box, but she also wanted to stay in Ruby's arms. As reality continued to intrude her curiosity increased until she finally reached out with one hand to grab it. When she opened it she was surprised to see nine white roses made with leather, the stems black with powder blue leaves. Following the stems down to their base she noted they were all attached to a single handle of red.
A flogger! Not just any flogger, but Ruby's flogger. Only not. The colors were new, and very personal. With this flogger Ruby would soon be marking Weiss as hers. And here... here she could show those marks off with pride!
"Next time we come Mistress... please use this on me."
Ruby chuckled with a slight bit of menace. "Is that an order?"
There was no more fight left in Weiss. She simply wanted to be owned by someone worthy and capable of it. "No Mistress, but please..."
"Okay."
Author's Note: This is the final chapter of the field trip arc, and probably the longest arc that will be in Deleted Scenes (Well, unless I decide one chapter needs to be five again). Edits will follow but mainly for grammar now. A few changes for continuity as well, like how the bouncer identified Weiss as a Huntress (Thanks unknown for that catch)
I have two more stories planned, one before this arc (Misconceptions abound!), and one after this arc (Weiss getting collared). More will likely follow, and of course I'll need to update Honeymoon to reflect what has happened in these chapters. Hope everyone enjoyed this arc as much as I enjoyed writing it.
For now though I'm going to go finish my SAO fanfic. After that I'll at least do a few more chapters in Echoes, maybe more, before I get back for those two stories.
