A/N: Hey, I'm back with a new chapter.
Not much to say now. But I'm going to go ahead and warn you, Rose doesn't get dressed first thing in the morning.
Besides that, I got nothing but a few notes at the end.
I don't own Rooster Teeth or RWBY.
Guilty Rose Chapter 6
"Ozpin please, I know it's only the beginning of the semester, but can't you make an exception?"
"Why Leo? What's so special about this team that they need to be transferred at the beginning of the semester rather than closer to the actual festival."
Leonardo stared a the menacing grimm orb before him. Salem's projected features were hardening in impatience. He needed to think of something quickly.
"Why is he fighting me on this, he loves to break rules for special cases."
Then it struck him, he need to make the case more exceptional.
"Well, you see, I fear I cannot teach them anything more. Despite only completing their first year, they can already rival recently graduated huntsmen."
Ozpin hummed his intrigue to Leonardo, letting him know he was on the right track. He just need to sell it a little more.
"Yes, they have a very promising future ahead of them. However, they require more experience, especially with other huntsmen. Please Ozpin, as a favor to me, help them."
Leonardo was confident that he delivered his lies perfectly, and now waited for Ozpin to respond.
"Okay, I'll make an exception this time, if you sure it will help them. When can I expect them?"
Leonardo let out a relieved sigh. Ozpin had just allowed Salem's infiltrators even more time to do their jobs.
"Thank you. they'll arrive the day at the end of the week."
"I'll begin the necessary preparations then, I look forward to having them."
….
Never had Cinder been so happy to hear Watts' voice. Even his insults were beyond bearable with the news he had given her. She would be allowed in to Beacon at the end of the week. She could see Rose again in just a few days.
"Can I be the first to say how creepy that smile is."
Emerald gave merc a sharp elbow to the ribs for his comment. While she hated the reason why Cinder was smiling, Emerald actually enjoyed seeing the woman smile so happily.
"Do you want ruin her mood?"
"Point taken."
Cider ignored her subordinates' antics in favor of thinking what she might say to Rose when she sees her again.
"Maybe I should go with subtle, 'What's such a beautiful Rose as yourself doing here?' Hmmm, yes, that will do nicely."
"Okay, now that's a creepy smile."
"See!"
"Would you two be quiet."
….
Blake hated this dream. It was the nightmare that kept her awake for weeks. But now, she saw the dream in a whole new light. A light that made her realize how wrong she truly was about Rose.
She stood next to Adam while he gave orders.
"This woman is responsible for several laws in Atlas allowing discrimination against faunus. We need to convince her of how wrong she was."
Blake knew she should have long since realized the path the White Fang was taking at this point.
"Let's get her!"
"Yeah!"
CRACK
Suddenly, the door was blown open by an explosion and two figures came into the warehouse. She identified them as a human woman and a faunus girl.
"Oh, shady people, just ignore us."
"You aren't going anywhere, humans."
The woman let out a shrill cackle.
"Actually, my little Rose here is a wolf faunus."
Blake always remembered the girl that this girl had a dark and menacing air to her, but now she just saw a little girl on the verge of tears.
"Then she's a traitor to her kind for working with a human. Either way, neither of you are leaving here."
A sick grin grew on the woman's face.
"I think you should really just ignore us. You see, this little Rose is always eaten up with guilt after she kills someone, and she's already killed tonight. It's why we call her Guilty Rose. So, again, unsless you want her to cry over you too, let us walk away."
Blake made eye contact with the faunus in an attempt to size her up.
What Blake remembered to be an eager smile, was now a plight. A plight for them to back down, to take their lives and run.
"I'm sorry, but no witnesses."
"Too bad. Rose, kill them."
Rose winced before nodding silently.
"Oh, no you don-"
The first grunt charged and fell. Rose had struck him down before his second step, then she kept her momentum going. Thus a dance of death ensued. A dance that continued until Rose's weapon was at Blake's throat.
"Stop. No need to kill the last two, we've made our point clear."
Blake always wanted Rose to have disappointed look. An expression that said she wished she could have finished the job. So that was what she saw until now. But now she knew the look was guilt, guilt for having cut so many down.
Blake hated this dream even more now.
….
Rose woke with a start. She was in an unfamiliar room with unfamiliar girls. Her heart pounded in her chest until she recalled everything. Her nerves soothed as she looked at her teammates sleeping peacefully.
"I wonder if they hate me? If they hate being on the same team as a killer."
With a sigh, she decided to begin her normal morning routine. She hated all the exercises that Hannya had forced her to do. But she couldn't deny the results they achieved, at least now the would be helping her save others.
With a soft thud, she fell forward and began her first rep of pushups. She made sure to be as quiet as possible as to not wake the others.
….
It was a thud that roused Weiss, much to her displeasure. It had been almost quiet enough to ignore, almost being the operative phrase. She sat up and prepared to bark at whoever was responsible for the noise. That was until she saw the source. Rose was doing standing in the corner of the room that she had claimed last night. Well, handstanding would be the more accurate term. However, that was not the most impressive part of the spectacle. Weiss had seen Rose's physique the previous night, but now she was allowed to admire it. And she found herself unable to do anything else. Even if the wolf faunus was facing away from her, she could still see enough of what was important.
Then Rose did something no red blooded human or faunus could ignore. She slowly lowered her left leg until it was nearly parallel with her torso while keeping her right leg perfectly still. Weiss felt a tingly warmth watching the well toned legs trade positions.
"I've never seen such flexibility. Yeah, that's the word I want. That's not the word I want."
Unknown to Weiss she was not the only one to have stirred at the noise caused by Rose's routine, nor was she the only one unable to peel their eyes from the very image of regal athleticism that was Rose.
"That's the position Maka did in volume 5!"
Blake's mind filled with yet another scene from favorite series. How could it not when Rose was inadvertently performing the supposedly fantastical positions in Ninjas of Love with ease. It was enough to make her breath bated and her heart race.
"How can anyone be so limber."
Yang was utterly stunned. She tried to form words to tell her sister to put clothes on, but they wouldn't come out. She could only watch and silently sputter.
Rose felt watched, but she knew it was her teammates. So she ignored, figured they were just making mental notes of her morning routine. It was fine with her, she had nothing really left to hide from them. Having finished the last of her routine, she swung her legs back and used the momentum to nimbly stand upright. The motion apparently elicited a small 'eep' from Weiss, which Rose figured was because of the abrupt movement. Though she didn't know what to make of both Weiss and Blake being beet red. Something that both Glynda and Amber had done during her time with them.
She decided not to inquire about it as she retrieved her uniform and undergarments. Rose walked to the bathroom for her morning shower that Glynda always insisted on after her morning routine.
"What is wrong with me!"
Weiss had finally shaken herself from the trance that Rose's form had put her under. Even Her scars, numerous and terrible as they were, could not detract from her beauty. In a strange way, the scars added something to her tanned skin that made it more alluring.
Lost in her thoughts that she was still trying convince herself weren't fantasies, Weiss got herself dressed. By the time her and the other two were done, Ruby was stepping out of the bathroom fully dressed. A fact that Weiss wanted to grumble in disappointment at.
"What have you done to me, Rose?"
….
"Monsters, demon, prowlers of the night. Yes, the creatures of grimm have many names. I merely refer to them as 'prey'."
Rose honestly expected to have been running to class after the rest of the team began unpacking and cleaning. But since only three of them that had to unpack, the process was relatively quick. They even managed to get breakfast before class.
Now, Rose sat at the back corner of the classroom while the rest of her team sat in the front row. She was reading the textbook while Peter went rambling on. She normally enjoyed his stories, but with classwork expected of her. Rose needed to study, she wanted to meet Ozpin's expectations.
"Now, who here believes they have what it takes to be a real huntsman?"
This got Rose's attention. She watched Weiss raise her hand.
"Ah, Miss Schnee, very well then."
Rose had a bad feeling about what was going to happen as Weiss returned in full combat gear, including her 'combat heels'.
"I really need to convince her to start using normal combat shoes."
She looked on as Weiss took her time getting into stance while Peter stood next to a grimm cage holding his absurd blunderbuss.
"He's worse than Weiss with that thing."
The fight started with Peter hacking the lock off and releasing a boarbatusk. The beast came barreling out of the cage and Weiss barely managed to parry the charge. Rose could once again see the detriment that Weiss' choice in shoes was. Weiss charged the beast this time, only for her weapon to get caught in it's tusks. After a short bout, Weiss was thrown away and her weapon was thrown the opposite direction.
"She needs help."
Rose retrieved the lightning dust kunai from her breast pocket. Once again, she found one of Hannya's lessons useful. Weiss dodged the boarbatusk, and it slammed head first into the desk of the front row. Weiss managed to recover her weapon, but had yet to recover her balance when the grimm began its spin charge. Rose took her moment to assist her partner. She threw her kunai with the help of her semblance, but was careful not to activate the dust. The impact and subsequent knocked the beast over and gave Weiss the perfect opportunity to strike its vulnerable underbelly. Weiss took this opportunity and dispatched the creature.
"That should have gone so much better."
"It looks like we are in the presence of a true huntress in training. And maybe more."
Rose winced, she knew she had been caught. can't hide a bright yellow dust knife in the middle of the floor from across the room. Thankfully, Rose was saved by the bell.
"Well students, we will continue our lesson next time, you are dismissed."
Weiss composed herself before getting her school bag. By the time Weiss had done this, Rose was already walked down and picked up her kunai. This did not go unnoticed by Weiss, or her teammates.
"Why?"
Weiss saw the kunai as soon as the grimm evaporated, so she knew the fight was not won under her own power.
"Because I didn't want you to get hurt."
She didn't know whether to be offended or not. So she spun around to look Rose straight in the eye. She regretted that decision when she came face to face with those big puppy eyes. Any anger Weiss had, melted away. She knew Rose truly wanted Weiss not to get hurt.
"Well, you can't just interfere with my fights like that."
Weiss cursed at herself when the eyes got bigger before Rose looked down.
"It's just, this is the second fight I've seen you using those heels. They're causing you trouble in your fights Weiss. You need to start using more practical shoes."
Weiss was offended for a moment, then Rose looked up with worry written all over her expression. She suddenly couldn't deny Rose and had to consider her words carefully. She may have had near perfect balance in heels, but she couldn't reject their now glaring shortcomings. She still tried to convince her leader that it was fine, but she only ended up chewing on her lip.
"What would you suggest replace them?"
"Lightweight combat boots are always an option. Maybe you can get them custom made?"
A small smile reinforced Rose's suggestion. Weiss deflated, she couldn't argue with the adorable wolf faunus. Besides, Rose's argument was solid, and combat boots could be both functional and stylish.
"I'll look into it."
Rose's small smile widened a bit, which made Weiss' heartbeat pick up.
"This might be a long four years."
….
Yang and the rest of team RWBY sat in the cafeteria enjoying their meal, or at least trying to. Rose had been pulled aside after Port's class, and had yet to stop looking like a kicked puppy. It was literally impossible to look her in the eye at the moment.
Yang shoveled in another bite of food when her scroll vibrated. She pulled it out to find a message from her stepmother, asking if it was a good time to talk.
"Great."
Yang shot back a text saying she needed a minute before turning to her halfsister.
"Rose...Do you still want me not to tell anyone back home about you?"
Rose tensed up and slowly looked up. Her expression was more than enough of an answer.
"Please don't tell them anything."
Yang sighed and nodded her affirmation before tapping the call icon. A moment later, the call was answered.
"Sweetie!"
"Hey, Mom."
"It's kinda noisy, are you eating supper?"
"Yeah, me and my team are eating right now."
"My team and I."
"Not now, Weiss."
"Oh, really, can you turn the video on, I'd like to meet them."
"Now's not really the best time."
"Oh, you're probably right. Well, I'd still like to meet them. You maybe an adult now, but you're still my daughter."
"Mom, their my teammates, not my girlfriends."
"I stand by what I said."
"Well maybe you can meet my partner Blake and my teammate Weiss sometime."
"What about your fourth member?"
"She's not good with new people."
Yang knew she wasn't lying, but it felt like she was. It took all she had not to just tell her stepmom everything, but it wouldn't be right. Not for Rose at least.
"Oh, just tell her I don't bite. Much."
"Mom."
"I'm kidding dear. But seriously, bring her by my place."
"I can try, but she's really not good at meeting people."
"Okay dear. Well I expect a full description on how your first days at Beacon went."
"Yes, ma'am."
Yang sighed happily at the subject change and began regaling her stepmother with everything besides Rose's existence.
A/N:
So that all happened. Anyway, I didn't get any flak for making Rose leader of team RWBY like I was expecting. Which actually has me worried.
Next order of business, Cin will be a huge part of Volume 1 of the story. And don't worry, her and Rose will have plenty of cute moments. And we'll get the third member of the peanut gallery next week.
Let's see, what else...oh right, GR has broken 12k views, and I'm kinda shocked. Thank you guys.
And final piece, I may be setting up a poll for GR soon. The poll will be whether or not for GR to be made into an M rated fic instead of T.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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