Here's chapter 12, everyone.
"Hey, I'll be right back." Yang said as she walked away from the others. The girl with the limp didn't seem like she was in pain, but she didn't want to ignore her, so she called out to her. "Hey, you need some help there?"
Blake turned to see the blonde girl walking over to her and she held her hand up, trying to keep her back. "I'm fine."
"Uh, I don't doubt that, but you're kinda walking with a limp there." Yang pointed out.
"Some people would call that rude to just up and call out someone on their injury." Blake said with a glare. "Me being one of those people."
Yang held her hands up in defense. "Hey, I was just trying to help is all. I'll back off if you don't want any, but I still think you should go see the nurse of this place before initiation."
"I only recently obtained this injury. It'll heal with time." Blake replied, not wanting to waste her time in an infirmary. "Besides, what we fight won't care if we're hurt out there."
"No, but that doesn't mean you should go in unprepared beforehand. Hell, I'm pretty sure that itself is common sense." Yang remarked, earning an eye roll from the girl with the bow. "Look, I'm not trying to be a pest here, y'know."
"Prove it by letting me walk on my own without worrying." Blake challenged.
Yang sighed in response. "Alright, I will, but only if you let me walk with you inside. Does that sound fair with you? I won't hold your hand or anything."
"That's still breathing over my neck." Blake crossed her arms.
"Not really. I'm just trying to meet new people. First one I met messed with my friend, and the second one threw up in a trash can. So you know what they say. Third time's the charm." Yang grinned.
Blake looked over Yang's shoulder, noticing who she was talking about, but what caught her eye was the girl with white hair. "Wait, is that…" She moved passed Yang and squinted her eyes, feeling like they were playing tricks on her.
"Is that what?" Yang looked over where Blake was and saw she was staring at Ruby and Weiss. "Oh, that's just my sister and my friend. The blonde dude is the one who threw up."
When she confirmed her suspicions, Blake was in utter shock. "You're friends with Weiss Schnee?"
"Uh, yes? I know her family is rich and all, but it's not that unbelievable you know." Yang stated. "And so what if I am?"
"N-Nothing." Blake looked away from the Schnee, wishing she hadn't come to Beacon after all. "Look, I'm going inside. Do whatever you want." She said, walking away from the blonde.
"W-Wait, hold up." Yang ran up to catch up with the black haired girl. "You didn't even tell me your name yet, and now you're all of a sudden walking off. The heck?"
Blake stopped in her tracks. "My name is Blake, and I'd rather you just stop following me to be honest."
Yang was taken aback, but she wasn't dumb and had her suspicions. "Is this because I'm friends with Weiss? What? Do you have a problem with my friend?" She was starting to get angry.
"Do you not know what her family is involved with?" Blake said as she turned, looking equally angered. "If you don't, then I'd say you're not that great of a friend."
The lilac in Yang's eyes changed to a vibrant red as she stepped up to the girl with the bow. "If you wanna say shit about me, fine, I don't care, but don't start insulting my friend's family."
Blake didn't stand down. "That company her father runs takes advantage of everyone who gets involved with it. If you think that's right, then you're no better than them."
"And you're just gonna blame Weiss and her family for that? Is that it? Cause if you are, then you're the one who's just as shitty as her dad." Yang fired back. "Not even trying to get to know the people behind the name."
"Why are you defending-." Before Blake could finish, she saw Yang stomp her foot and stopped.
"I know her dad is a jerk. I hear it enough from her. But she isn't like him, so don't lump her, her mom or her sister with that guy. If you can respect that, then maybe I won't have to knock you into next week." Yang threatened.
"If all you can do is resort to violence," Blake felt the hypocrisy in her words, but she continued. "Then this conversation is over."
Yang clenched her teeth, and as soon as she felt the need to rush the girl, she took a breath and her red eyes changed back to its natural shade of lilac. "What is your deal with her family? Just tell me why the hell you're so against them."
"Besides how he treats everyone who comes in contact with his company? Add on the terrible way he treats Faunus. If you thought humans had it bad working for him, Faunus have it ten times worse." Blake stated.
"Well… I still don't see why you have to try and put that on Weiss. She doesn't even want to get involved with her family's company." Yang explained.
Blake was surprised by that as she looked over at the Schnee, who at the moment as smiling as Ruby showed off her sniper scythe to Jaune. "She… Doesn't?"
"Not one bit. And if you know the Schnee family as much as you think you do, you should know her sister doesn't care about the company either. Hell she's a damn Specialist already." Yang pointed out.
With a sigh, Blake shook her head and looked back at the school. "Whatever." She tried to walk to it, but once Yang was on her side again, she groaned. "Why do you even want to follow me still? Moments ago you wanted to punch me into next week, right?"
"Still kinda do since you keep on walking away from me." Yang said, but she continued walking with the black haired girl. "Look, why don't you give Weiss a chance? See who she really is instead of just slapping the Schnee logo on her face and calling it a day? She'll surprise you, trust me."
"And what if I'd rather just go through the school year without talking with any of you?" Blake questioned.
"I won't stop you." Yang answered truthfully. "Right here, right now. If you tell me to screw off, I will."
Blake was surprised at how easy that would be, but as she continued to limp, she thought about something a friend of hers told her once. How she would break the teeth of anyone in school who insulted her. "I… Guess you don't have to leave. But don't bug me the whole way there."
Yang grinned and lifted her arms up, holding her hands on the back of her head as the two walk. "You got it, Blake. I'm Yang by the way."
"Hmm, okay then." Blake said nothing else as the two made their way inside.
"So that thing is a sniper, and a scythe?" Jaune asked as he stared at Crescent Rose, feeling quite intimidated by the large weapon. "How do you carry that thing around so easily?" He asked while ducking away from it.
"Hehe. Weiss asked me that too." Ruby said as she planted her weapon on the ground. "I just trained with it and know how to handle this baby right." She noticed his sheathed sword. "Oooh, you use a sword?"
"Huh? Oh, uh, yeah." Jaune unsheathed his blade, showing the plain looking sword to both Ruby and Weiss, the former smiling at it, while the latter seemed unimpressed. "Uh, it's kind of a hand me down," When he noticed Weiss' unimpressed look, he fumbled his next words. "B-But it can do more… Um, the sheath can be a shield. Watch." He reached for the sheath and as he tried to put it in its shield form, he almost dropped it and bounced it around, gasping as he tried to catch it. Lucky for him he did as it popped out into its shield form.
Weiss simply blinked a few times. "Wow… That's… Something." She didn't want to sound rude, but she honestly couldn't think of anything to say in a positive manner.
Ruby chuckled and got a closer look at the shield. "I think it's actually pretty cool. Your sheath is your shield, so it's like having less to carry, right?"
"Oh, uh, yeah I guess I never thought of it that way." Jaune admitted, feeling a bit less disappointed of his weapon. "The shield is pretty durable too."
"Hmm, well that would be what I expect from a shield to be honest." Weiss said, pulling Myrtenaster out. "If we're having a show and tell, this is my weapon."
Jaune looked at the silver blade, looking at the engravings. "Wow, so you don't use a shield with it?"
"Sword and board just isn't my style." Weiss explained as she swapped to its rapier form. "It also has two forms and can be augmented with dust through its cylinder."
"Wow, that's… Cool. Um, I didn't know dust could be used on our weapons." Jaune replied, looking at the shocked expressions on the girls' face. "W-What?"
"How do you not know dust is used in weapons? Seriously, I'm sure every hunter out in the world uses dust in some way." Weiss stated.
Jaune scratched the back of his head and grumbled a bit. "I don't know. I just thought they used the dust itself or something. Is it really that bad not knowing?"
Weiss was about to answer, but Ruby spoke up. "Well I don't think so. You're here at a school to learn about all this stuff, right?" When Jaune gave a weak nod, she smiled. "So don't feel so down about it! You'll see how cool it is to use dust with your weapon, and maybe you can even have your sword do crazy stuff, like shoot out lighting walls, or ice spikes!"
Her enthusiasm was one of the many things Weiss enjoyed, so she smiled and decided to support her words. "Ruby is right. Even though I still find it hard to believe you didn't know about using dust on weapons, I suppose a start on discovering this new information is best done at a school."
"R-Right." Jaune let out a smile as he felt a bit better. "Well, why don't we head on inside?"
The two girls nodded, but when they looked around, they noticed a certain blonde haired girl wasn't around. "Huh? Where did Yang go?" Weiss inquired.
"Uh, not sure." Ruby said as she tried to spot her sister in the crowds of other students. "No yellow manes around in sight. Maybe she met up with some of her friends?"
Weiss snorted in annoyance, feeling a bit betrayed. "I finally get to see that blonde oaf in person after so long as she can't even stay around us for more than ten minutes."
"I'm sure she's just trying to meet up with everyone she knows, Weiss. Come on now! We've got an academy to impress!" Ruby grabbed her hand and started dragging her friend, making her yelp as Jaune chuckled and followed behind them.
"Man, this place is pretty cool on the inside too." Yang remarked as she whistled. "What do you think of it, Blake?" After not getting a response for a few moments, Yang looked over at the black haired girl. "Blake?"
"Hmm?" Blake and Yang were both in the main hall, looking up at the podium, though Yang was more so paying attention to Blake. "Oh, yeah it's fine."
"Fine? Just fine? Come on, this place is impressive." Yang grinned and wrapped an arm around Blake's shoulders. "Admit it."
Blake wasn't exactly fond of the contact, so she scooted over to the left, earning a groan from the blonde. "We literally just met minutes ago."
"And? I like being friendly. Is that so bad?" Yang asked, feeling the girl would be a tough challenge to get through, but she wouldn't give up so easily.
"People are different." Was all Blake told her.
"Ugh, well sure, yeah I get that." Yang sighed and rubbed her own arm and shrugged. "I just thought it would be nice to meet new people here is all."
"Well don't just try and hug them the moment you meet them. It's a turn off." Blake bluntly responded as she turned her attention to the podium again, but when she glanced over to see Yang frowning, she sighed. "I like reading."
"Huh?" Yang moved her hand from her arm and seemed confused.
"Reading. It's a hobby of mine. You said you wanted to meet new people… So there." Blake explained, keeping her eyes trained on the podium again, not seeing the smirk on Yang's face.
"Books, huh? Well hey, I'll have to hang out with you at the library here and there. Me? I don't know about one hobby specifically, but I like to game with my sister a lot. Soooo, if you ever feel like taking a challenge on something you haven't done before, you know where to find me."
Blake rolled her eyes, but Yang's way of speaking to her made her feel less stressed. "I don't know if you get how different video games and books are."
"Oh I do, but that's why I called it a challenge." Yang reminded. "And hey, it gives you a fresh change of pace. I mean, if you have a few books to suggest, I wouldn't mind taking a read myself."
"You honestly don't seem like the type." Blake replied.
"What? To read? I mean, if you know books, then you should know not to judge one by its cover." Yang stated, crossing her arms as she smirked.
Blake was a bit surprised, so she turned back to Yang. "I didn't mean… Okay, fine, you have a point." She sighed. "I may have a few books you might like, but we can talk about that later. I believe the headmaster is about to come up on stage in a few minutes, so we should be paying attention."
"Right." Before Yang turned around, she noticed her sister and Weiss walking in, with Jaune following close behind. "Hey! Sis, over here!" Blake's eyes widened, as she knew the Schnee was with Yang's sister.
Sadly for Blake she couldn't just walk away at that point, as Ruby was already running over, still holding onto Weiss' hand. "Where did you go, Yang? And who's this?" Ruby asked when she got to her sister.
Weiss groaned as she pulled away from Ruby's grasp. "Ugh, you dolt. Why didn't you let go of me the fifteen times I kept saying to?" She said with a glare.
"Don't be like that, Weiss. I just wanted to make sure we got here on time." Ruby giggled a little as Jaune caught up. "Oh, sorry, Jaune. I didn't mean to leave you behind."
The blonde boy rubbed the back of his head and chuckled nervously. "It's fine. Uh, man this place is pretty crowded don't you think?"
"Duh. Every first year is here, and it looks like I was wrong. There are a bunch this year." Yang noted as she noticed Blake was avoiding looking at the others, so she sighed and leaned over to whisper. "Come on. She's seriously not like her dad. I swear it." Blake didn't budge though, and Yang frowned, so she turned back to the others and smiled when she saw Weiss' scowl. "Did I do something wrong, ice wolf?"
"Other than disappearing all of a sudden on us?" Weiss crossed her arms.
Yang chuckled and shrugged. "What can I say? I'm adventurous and this is a new place with a whole bunch of new people. Can you really blame a girl for wanting to move around a bit?"
Weiss rolled her eyes, but then thought about the fan. "Hmm, no I suppose not, but next time you could at least let us know you're going somewhere."
Yang stuck her tongue out at Weiss. "Bleh. Fine, mom."
"Ugh." Weiss groaned, looking towards Ruby as she leaned over and poked Blake's back. "Ruby, it's rude to just poke people."
Blake tensed up at that and turned around, being greeted by a friendly face. "Sorry, Weiss. Anyways, hey, how do you know my sister? She's never mentioned a girl with a bow before."
"We literally met not even twenty minutes ago." Blake answered, doing her best to avoid looking at Weiss.
"Ohhhh, so that's what Yang met about meeting new people. Well, I'm her sister, Ruby." The rose girl greeted, finding it much easier to talk to people than she originally worried about.
Yang playfully rolled her eyes. "Didn't think it was that hard to grasp the concept of meeting new people, sis." Her sister pouted a bit, and Weiss chuckled as she walked over to Blake, who immediately grew more tense and tried to turn away.
Weiss was a bit confused by that and spoke up. "Um, hello. Is something wrong?"
"No." Blake answered, not giving the girl anymore than that one word.
"Okay?" Weiss felt Yang grab her shoulder.
The blonde decided to cover for Blake and whispered. "She's a little shy. Only reason she said anything to Ruby was because she poked her, and I know you don't wanna do that. So just give her some space, kay?"
Weiss glanced over at Blake for a moment, but decided to not argue and nodded, getting a smile from her blonde friend as everyone in the main hall grew quiet when the blonde professor, Glynda Goodwitch got up on the podium and said to stay silent for the headmaster to speak.
More introductions here, so not too much, but it is set up for things later on. Hope that's okay. Anyways, got not much else to say here.
To JJ- Willow has been one of my favorites to write in this story, and while she'll be very different in canon, I'm happy to write her in a way you and others enjoy. Glad you like how Blake is too, and yes, Cardin deserved worse, but can't let them get detention that quick. Haha.
To GoldElite245- So the pairings actually happen when I write the chapters. Meaning I don't choose them from the beginning for this story. I let the story flow and however I write it, I choose the pairing based on how it goes.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 12. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 13.