A/N so I'm just gonna put it out there that I am not dead. The reason I took so long on this chapter is because work won't relent and I have my life crashing in around me. I had to post this chapter eventually so I busted through the rest of this for you guys. So that being said, lets dive in.
Pov: Yang Xiao Long.
"Why?" I shout into the endless void of my dreamland where a twisted version of my sister Ruby stands over me with her scythe, Crescent Rose, in her hand. But there is something strange about it, it's white where the red should be and grey where the black should be. She raises it, smiling.
"Good bye,Yang. Rest well." My dreamed up incarnation of my sister says. "I hope you like the afterlife." The white and grey symbol of death swings menacingly at me. The only thing I notice is Ruby's hidden features are out.
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That's when something shakes me awake. I grab the person's hand and roll slightly to look at whoever it is. I see Weiss's hand in mine. "Oh. It's you. What do you want?" I ask her. Actually interested since I don't exist to her on a normal basis. She just looks at me with a look of determination that I may have seen before. But never this intense.
"We need to talk. And like right now." I can hear the importance in her voice. "Please Yang. I don't have a lot of time before the meet and I need to talk to you." "Wait one second. Did she just say she needed to talk to me? The only time she talks to me is when it concerns Ruby. And even then it's not good."
"We will talk after my shower okay." When she didn't respond I just shrugged and walk into the bathroom. I immediately begin to strip my clothes off of me. Most people, and I'm only guessing, start with their shirts, but I always save that for last. Because of DD sized problems. I strip the small shorts that I wear to bed off and my near see through yellow mesh underwear follow soon after. I grab the bottom hem of my yellow pajama shirt and lift it till I touch my under bust. I stretch the cloth out from my body and pull it over my breasts, barely. I only wear sports bras, which sucks for us DD sized ladies. Remove that fairly quickly and turn to the shower.
It has three knobs, the one on the left is the hot water while the right is the cold. The center one switches the direction from the shower to the bath tub. I turn the hot water all the way and leave the cold water off. Thanks to the way my aura works I've grown extremely used to the heat and can rarely tell if the water is hot.
I step into the spray of the shower and turn my bare back to it. I pick up the bar of soap and work it in my hands until I see a thin foam form. I soap up my body and hair and stand there for another little while to rinse the soap away. "I wonder why that dream keeps coming too me. I don't want my sister to kill me. She might when I try to get her to tell ice-queen about her… special side."
With that I turn the water off and get ready for my confrontation with the frigid girl that is Weiss Schnee. I look about the bathroom before I realize that not only did I forget a towel, I forgot cloths. "Damnit." I walk to the door and knock three times. I hear someone approach the door and just hope that it's Blake. "Don't tell me you forgot again Yang." Blames voice sounds on the other side. "This is the last time. And I mean it." That's when the door slightly creaks open and an arm reaches in with my usual outfit.
"Thanks so much Blake. I owe you one."
"Damn right. Now I will be reading, when you get out, do not disturb me. Got it?" She says menacingly.
"No promises." I say as I take my clothes and towel from her and shut the door. Now to get these on and get to ice queen before she gets angry. Let's see, it's 8:30 right now. That only gives frosty an hour and a half to 'talk.' All she's probably gonna do is chew me out for no reason. Oh well.
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"Okay Weiss what do you want?" I ask the girl dressed in her running shorts and and simple white tee hair is in a tight bu. "The only time you ever talk to me it's about Ruby. And I always tell you that if Ruby is hiding something you want to know you have to ask her. So don't even think about asking-"
"Will you shut up a moment?" She sighs. "I only have an hour and I want to tell you what I have planned and take your threats so it can be over."
"Way to stand up Weiss. You have some small amount of my respect. Now tell me and let's get it over with." "My threats? I wonder.
"Yang, do you think I have a shot at winning this race?" She asks. "Everything I have planned hinges on it."
"In my honest opinion, I have no idea. I've seen you move but semblance use is prohibited. I've never actually seen you run before, so I can't actually judge that. But seeing the fire in your eyes, my intuition says that you will. That just depends on what hinges on it."
"Everything I'm about to do does. Yang, when I win the race and I'm on that pedestal, I plan on calling up and asking out Ruby."
My anger instantly flares. But my apprehension for the situation does as well. I have only one problem with Weiss and Ruby being together and it's not Weiss. "Weiss, listen very closely. I don't care if you and Ruby date. None at all, but you have to promise me one thing." "And it's gonna be a tough one on you Schnee."
"Anything for Ruby." She says with a determination that only came from her once before, and that was the time she beat me in a sparring match. "And I mean it."
"No matter what she tells you before the race you must only not let it distract you from the event, but you must be able to accept her for it. I promise you it'll be difficult. I'll tell you now that it is the sole thing that made her fight me tooth and nail when I stopped her from doing what you are about to do."
With that I quickly turn around. "And if you can't accept what she is gonna tell you then DO NOT ask her out. But don't shut her out either." And before she can say anything I walk away. I pull out my scroll and get ready to text Ruby but something, or should I say someone, catches my eye. I can't identify the guy but I get the strange impression that he was watching Weiss and I. "Can I help you dude?"
"If I were to ask then maybe, but it's your lucky day that I'm not. Not yet." He says. He's dressed in a black trench coat with a slight tint of cobalt swirled in. He has it zipped up so I can't get a clear look at the shirt he is wearing, but the pant he has are a shade of black that makes the Grimm look white. His messy and slightly spiked hair was also a black color. I can only describe his eyes as the deep blue that you would see in those flat bottomed marbles. He has two swords that share the same sheath attached to his back. The sheath has two different colors to it. Half is white and half is black. The black end has a white hilt sticking out of and the white end has a black hilt. He wears all this black but his skin is so white he looks like he could be a ghost. "Who is this guy?"
"I didn't catch a name." I say. "It's always nice to know who is watching me."
"You know, your sister said that to me too. And you shall receive the same answer. My name is of no importance." He says. "And don't bother asking how I know. I won't tell you. Oh, I also know your sisters secret, but don't worry, I won't tell anyone, your business does not concern me." As he begins to leave he stops next to me and puts one oh his hands on my shoulder. The hand is so white it reminds me of the ghost like complexion his entire body has. "Oh and by the way, I'd like to spar you sometime, I could use a decent warm up." With that he simply disappears.
"That was weird. I still need to text Ruby."
Me: hey rubes, if your gonna tell Weiss about your secret then it has to be before the race.
Ruby: yang, why do I need to tell her before the race? It's not that important to a friendship in the first place. And with the friendzoning I received the other day, I'd rather not,
Me: Ruby you just have to trust me on this one. Weiss plans on doing something special but she has to know first. Might be a deal breaker for her.
Ruby: what do you mean?
Me: just trust me okay?
That's when I pocket my scroll and begin the trek to the dorm. But with so many questions on my mind I lose track of where I am and open the door to our room unconsciously.
When I walk in I see Ruby on Blake's bed, holding her scroll and the two of them are looking at something on the screen. They didn't seem to notice me. I clear my throat, "So what's up guys?" Ruby looks up at me and her eyes widen as she collapses her scroll and pockets it.
"Nothing, just looking at a video that Ren sent me. Nothing big." Ruby says, trying to cover something up.
"Oh really? Mind showing me? I'd like to be part of the loop."
"And so would I but it seems that I'm not the only one that is keeping secrets."
"I'll tell you any one secret for the one you and Blake are hiding. But it can't be about today. But you have to show me later. The race is in ten minutes and you still have to go tell Weiss something. Trust me on this one Ruby, weather you want to or not, now has to be the time Ruby."
"Fine." She steps off the bed. She wearing her black blouse, a black waist cincher with red lacing and a skirt with red trimmings, completed by a red, hooded cloak, with her usual black leggings. "But just so you know, if this friendship comes crashing down, I will not hesitate to disown you as my sister." With that she disappears. The door didn't open, but the window did.
"Well she's off." I state simply. And look over too Blake, there is something that happens inside me every time I'm alone with Blake that can be explained easily, my heart flutters. I know I've fallen for Blake but the other thing I know is that there is no way that the Faunus has fallen for me. We are complete opposites.
"So, plan on telling me this secret, or will I just have to tell you that I already know." Blake says.
"What do you mean you already know? How could you? Ruby has told no one, and I sure as hell didn't tell you."
"Yang, did you forget that I am a Faunus, with this particular secret Ruby came to me that day that you shut yourself away for the day." Looking back on that day, no matter how pissed at ruby I was, I should not have shut her out because now Blake knows. Great. "And before you say anything self damaging, you totally deserved a day too just if you remember, not only did you and your sister get into a fight that made even happy little Ruby absolutely furious, you burnt yourself out and got all frustrated. I thought you were gonna punch Weiss when she tried to break it up. It was funny."
"Thanks for reminding me that I am a first class ass hole." I glare at her. "I'm going to get ready to go to the track. I hope you don't miss Weiss' race, the ending is gonna be great. As long as Weiss doesn't get mad at Ruby. They have only known each other for a month so this should be fairly easy to get over."
"Yeah right. Just treat her right ice queen."
