We now go to what I THINK is Professor Oobleck's room, where Yang and Nicolas sits on the teacher's desk and Blake walks around the teacher's little stage thing. "Yang, Nick, if you're going to tell me to stop, you might as well save your breath." She said.
"We're not asking you to stop. We're asking you to slow down." Yang said.
"Seriously, babe. You can't keep going like this, you're gonna drop." Nicolas said, incredibly sincerely considering who we're talking about.
"We don't have the luxury to slow down. And if I drop, I'll just pick myself back up." She said.
"It's not a luxury, it's a necessity." Yang said.
"And if you drop, you won't be able to pick yourself back up. And what happens if that happens in front of the enemy? They won't give you a chance to get back up, they'll kill you." Nick said.
"The necessity is stopping Torchwick. And even if I die, I should at least be able to leave it up to the rest of you." She said as if they weren't on her side.
"We're GOING to stop Torchwick. But first you need to sit down and listen to what I have to say." Yang said, patting the desk next to her in between her and Nicolas.
The cat faunus side, but walked up and took a seat between her boyfriend and her partner. "Fine." She said.
"Ruby and I grew up in Patch: An island just off the coast of Vale. Our parents were huntsmen. Our dad taught at Signal and our mom took on missions around the Kingdom. Her name was Summer Rose. And she was like supermom, baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters. And then... one day, she left for a mission and never came back. It was tough. Ruby was really torn up, but I think she was still too young to get what was going on, you know?" Yang started telling her story.
"Wow, that's sad. Sai complained his mom kicked him out of the house for like a year, but at least he still has one." Nick said.
"And my dad just kind of... Shut down. It wasn't long before I learned why. Summer wasn't the first love he'd lost, she was the second. The first... was MY mom." Yang said, both faunus in the room turning to face her with shocked expressions.
"Wow. So that's why you and Ruby have different maiden names. And I'm sorry for both your losses." Nicolas said.
"He didn't tell me everything, but I know that the two of them had been on a team together with Summer and Qrow. And that she left me with him just after I was born." She continued.
"Wow, that's cold." Nick said.
"No one had seen her since." Yang went on.
"Oh." Nick said, wide-eyed and his mouth looking like he was about to drink from a straw.
"Why did she leave you?" Blake asked.
"That question... Why? I didn't know the answer, but I as determined to find out. It was all I thought about. I asked anybody what they knew about her." Yang said, drawing on a board.
Flashback...
"Then one day, I found something." Yang said over the flashback as she found a picture in a broken frame. "What I thought was a clue that could lead me to answers, or maybe even my mother. I waited for Dad to leave the house, put Ruby in a wagon and headed out." She continued as we now see her pulling a wagon into the woods (you know, this was a REALLY bad idea on her part. "Hey, maybe I can find my mother in the potentially dangerous woods! I know! I'll bring my little sister who has nothing to do with my mother with me! So that way I can put her life in jeopardy, too!" Please don't kill me, Damion!). "I must have walked for hours, I had cuts and bruises (from what?), I was totally exhausted, but I wasn't gonna let anything stop me." She said as we see Ruby curled up in the wagon sleeping. When I finally got there, I could BARELY stand. But I didn't care. I had made it." She continued as we now see her approach and old, broken down house. "And then I saw them. Those burning red eyes." She went on as we see three sets of red eyes emerge at the doorway. "There we were, a toddler asleep in a wagon and a stupid girl too exhausted to even cry for help." She continued as we see a look of horror on her younger self's face (at least she's honest with herself). "We might as well been served on a silver platter." She kept going as we now see three beowulves rushing at them, one almost within reach of her, before they were all suddenly sliced in half. "But, as luck would have it, our uncle showed up just in time." She finished the story as we see a man with a scythe and a cape slice through them, then see his back turned and a couple of feathers with crow noises. "My stubbornness should've gotten us killed that night." She said sadly, finishing drawing and looking down at the ground (maybe this is why she's so affectionate and protective of Ruby?).
"Wow, I'm at a loss for words. Something like that should never happen." Nicolas said.
"Yang, I'm sorry that happened to you and I understand what you're trying to tell me, but this is different. I'm not a child and this isn't just a search for answers, I can't just-" Blake started.
"I told you, I'm not telling you to stop." Yang said with slight anger, gripping the chalk and the little tray it was on somewhat tighter. "I haven't. To this day, I STILL want to know what happened to my mother AND why she left me. But I will never let that search CONTROL me." Yang said.
"We're GOING to find the answers, Blake." Nicolas said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Exactly, but if we destroy ourselves in the process, then what good are we?" Yang asked.
"Not very." Nick replied.
"You don't understand! I'm the only one who can do this!" Blake snapped (WHY!?).
"Why? Why does it have to be YOU? What makes it so only YOU can do this? Why not any of the rest of us? We are just as capable of seeing this through or or even finishing it as you are." Nicolas said (that line was what I was ACTUALLY thinking).
"It's YOU who doesn't understand!" Yang said, spinning around, her eyes red, Nicolas hiding behind the table. It also sounded like a fire was happening. "If Roman Torchwick walked through that door right now, what would you do?!" Yang demanded.
"Raise an alert and get one of the many actual hunters or huntresses that are our teachers to deal with him?" Nick asked, popping out a bit.
"I would fight him!" Blake countered.
"You'd lose!" Yang said, pushing her back a bit.
"I can stop him!" Blake retorted, pushing back against Yang, but not even budging her.
"You can't eve stop me!" Yang said, pushing her again and making her fall back against the desk (but you are LEAGUES above Roman. He's got SOME skill, but nowhere NEAR Yang's, not to mention her strength alone could win her that fight).
"Okay, I think that's enough now..." Nicolas said nervously, poppng up and holding Blake's shoulders gently.
Blake got up and just looked at Yang, who walked up and hugged her, looking as if she was gonna cry. "I'm not asking you to stop," She said, opening her eyes a bit, now their normal lilac color. "Just please, get some rest. Not just for you, but for the people you care about." She finished walking away.
"Yeah. We need you at your best for this, Blake. And more personally, I need you. You mean the world to me, I couldn't bear losing you." Nicolas said.
"And if you feel like coming out tomorrow, I'll save you a dance." Yang said, winking and leaving.
Meanwhile...
Jaune was walking to where Weiss was, holding a rose and he had a REALLY stupid looking smile on his face as he went to do his "serious" proposition (dude, why are you even trying? It's not like she's gonna say yes because of a change in the way you say it. She's straight up not interested). He got to the corner and straightened up, when suddenly Weiss' voice rang out. "Neptune!" She called. Jaune hid back around the corner as Weiss stepped out of nowhere. He peaked back around the corner as Weiss gingerly skipped up to the blue-haired transfer student.
"Oh, uh, hey. What's up?" He asked.
"I know this is a little... unorthodox, but... I wanted to ask you something." She said, Jaune leaning back in shock.
"Would you... Like to accompany me to the dance tomorrow?" She asked, shyly grinding her foot into the floor a bit, Neptune scratching the back of his head. Although he didn't wait to hear an answer, Jaune was completely downcast, dropping the rose and walking back the way he came (Poor Jaune...).
We move onto the night of the dance and a bunch of similar roses are in a pot, though one of them was wilted.
Yang stood up front in front of a little podium like a maitre d, wearing a simple cream colored dress that went down halfway to her knees looking up as the door opened. She put her hands to her face and smiled happily as Ruby walked in. "Ohh, you look beautiful!" She said happily as her little sister walked up.
Ruby was wearing heels and I THINK leggings, though it could just be the lighting. One of the more important things is her legs were trembling as she struggled to stand in the heels. And to complete her formal attire, she wore a lovely red short dress going about as far as Yang's with red lining at the bottom a large black sash around her waist. Near the top, the dress is split down the middle to cover her boobs and was held together by crossing black ribbons and black mesh to cover the rest of her torso, lined with similar black ribbons around the arm holes (it was sleeveless) that went up from the bottom of the arm holes to the collar of the dress. "Can we have a SERIOUS discussion about how Weiss fights in these?" She asked, struggling to walk over to her sister (that's an EXCELLENT question).
Outside...
Nicolas was surprisingly in the totally-not-actually-Michael-Jackson's pinstripe suit I gave him, but was now struggling with the black tie he had on. "Stupid neck trap." He said.
"I knew you'd look better in a tie." Blake's voice rang out. He turned to see her in a lovely dark purple dress that went to her knees, cut diagonally so some was a little above and a little below her knees (I'm terrible at describing things), with a slit in the right side going up about halfway to her hip, a much thinner black sash than Ruby's, then near the arms and chest, the dress was a lighter purple, also with a black collar.
"Wow. Just when I thought you couldn't look any more beautiful." He said as she walked up and took his arm. "So, we're going together?" He asked.
"Technically. But my first dance is spoken for." She said.
The dance was going off without a hitch. Er- is that right? It was going really well, let's say that. Draco and I were dancing incredibly well with our respective dates while Damion and Nick waited on the sidelines as their dates danced together. Yang twirled Blake once more before they both bowed to each other and then their dates walked up and joined them. "I've never been one for these casual event, but this is nice. I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be. And you did a REALLY great job with this party." Damion said.
"Thank you! And the feeling's mutual." Yang said, putting her head on his shoulder.
With Nick and Blake...
"I'm really glad you decided to take a break and show up." Nick said to Blake.
"Yeah. Me, too." She said, also resting her head on his shoulder.
With Pyrrha and I...
"I'm impressed, Sai. I never figured you for much of a dancer." She said.
"I didn't at first, I had to learn from Weiss. But in the end it was worth it to be here dancing with you." I said.
"Well, that's surprisingly sweet of you. I'm glad you're willing to learn for my sake." She said, resting her head on my shoulder.
With Draco and his date...
"Oh, Draco, I'm having such a wonderful time." She said, once again, resting her head on his shoulder.
"About a quarter past 7." He said, taking his hand off the small of her back to look at his watch.
Yang walked over to Weiss and Ruby for a moment as they watched Blake dancing and laughing along with Nicolas. "I told you she would come." She said.
"You did a great thing for your teammate, babe." Damion said, kissing her, then looking at Weiss. "And Weiss, you did a REALLY good job with Sai. I was expecting him to be stepping on her feet the entire dance." He said as he watched Pyrrha and I, who were now the stars of the dance floor.
"Honestly, he caught on much faster than someone like him POSSIBLY could. He only stepped on my feet once. Maybe he's not AS MUCH of an idiot as I thought he was." She replied.
"But he's still an idiot." She and Damion said together.
"I heard that." I said.
"Mission accomplished." Yang said.
"So, what do we do now?" Ruby asked.
"Just have fun!" Yang replied as her, Damion and Weiss all walked off.
"Does that mean I can change out of these stupid things and into my hood now?!" She called back to her sister (oh, if you only knew). "Stupid lady stilts!" She complained as she turned back to face the party.
"Not enjoying yourself?" Ozpin asked, walking up.
"Oh, no! Everything's fine! I'm just not much of a dancy...pantsy...dancy girl." She said.
"Well, you can't spend your entire life on the battlefield. Even if you may want to." He said.
"Yeah, that lesson's been floating around a lot lately." She said, crossing her arms.
"If you think about it, fighting and dancing aren't so different. Two partners interlocked." He said, then chuckled. "Although, a wrong move on the ballroom merely leads to a swollen foot." He finished.
"Or a twisted ankle..." She said quietly.
"It's not every day friends can come together like this. Time has a way of testing our bonds." He said as they continued to watch Blake and Nicolas, then Weiss talking to some random guy. "But it's nights like these that can help keep them stronger than ever. Nights like these are ones we'll never forget." He finished. Then, Ruby heard the door open and turned to look.
"You guys are just in time!" Yang said to Emerald and Mercury as they walked in.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." He said.
So, the dance went on, but after a while, it started to die a bit. "There's gotta be something we can do to liven this place back up. We aren't scheduled to preform for another 10 minutes, but at this rate, the place will clear out in 5 minutes." I said.
Suddenly, Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal began to play. "Well, now it's time for Team BDSS to kill it on the dance floor before we kill it on stage as IMMORTAL Badass." Draco said.
"Oh, hell yeah! You read my mind, man!" Nick said, jumping up. We then took center stage and killed it, dancing exactly like Michael did in the video. For those of you who haven't seen it, go watch it. It features some of his LESS fruity moves. Once that was finished, the time gap to our performance was filled perfectly.
"Thank you, thank you! But now, ladies and gentleman, we've got another treat for you tonight!" Damion said as Nicolas created a stage of skulls for us, which we jumped up to, pulled out our demonic instruments and prepared to play.
"You get a sneak peak at two of our newest song that's gonna be on our next album: Vanguards of Hell. Look for it comin' up, 3026. Immortal Badass merchandise coming shortly after, 4069." I said.
"He's kidding. The album comes out next year, merchandise coming out around the same time." Damion said, smacking me upside the head with his bass.
And from there we continued to rock the next hour away, about 9 minutes with our two songs, then the other 51 minutes with requests from the audience. (Sorry, guys, but this is where this chapter ends. I WAS gonna TRY and make up choruses for our 2 songs, but nothing came to me. Sorry again).