Here's chapter 26, everyone.

Ruby looked at the time on her scroll and wondered if Weiss was going to be alright waking up, so she gently rubbed the white wolf's back a few times. "Hey." She smiled when the wolf whimpered a bit in her sleep, so she moved her hands to her ears, but hesitated, not wanting to treat Weiss like that, so she pulled her hand back. "Weiss, time to get up." Ruby spoke softly, watching as the wolf slowly opened her eyes.

"Hmm?" Weiss lifted her head up, looking around as it was a bit darker from before. "R-Ruby?" She yawned, making her partner giggle a bit as she sat up. "What time is it?"

"Nine." When Ruby noticed Weiss' ears droop a little, she rubbed her fur some. "Don't worry, Weiss. You know curfew isn't until ten."

"T-That's not it." Weiss responded, enjoying the rubs. "You stayed here for three hours, you dolt."

Ruby turned her head in confusion. "Well yeah. What's wrong with that?"

Weiss rolled her eyes. "You didn't need to sit here for three hours just to let me sleep, you dolt. I wouldn't have minded you waking me up earlier."

"What can I say?" Ruby smiled. "I like being out here with you."

That made Weiss blush a little and the white wolf looked over at her clothes that Ruby neatly kept in a pile. "F-Fine, but we should start heading back inside."

Ruby nodded in response. "Right." She stood up and looked around. "No one is looking this way, so you should be good to change back."

Weiss took a breath and focused on her aura. "U-Um, could you maybe put your cloak over me so… I have at least something on?"

It was Ruby's turn to blush, so she quickly took her cloak off and gently placed it over the white wolf. "There." She made sure to look around once more, seeing students walking into the school as they were the last two outside. "It looks like we're the only ones out here, so just stay behind the tree and I'll make sure no one comes out from the school and walks over."

"Thank you." Weiss silently said, walking behind the tree they had been resting at for those three hours. Ruby looked away from the tree and could still see the shining light, since it was bright enough. "C-Could you hand me my clothes…"

Ruby's took a deep breath and her blush was evident as she scooted over to Weiss' clothes, still not turning around to respect her friend's privacy. "Y-Yeah, got em right here." She did her best to back into the tree and move her hand around it while not looking still. "C-Can you reach it?"

"Mhmm." Weiss didn't say much else as she took the clothes. After a few minutes, the white haired teen coughed to get Ruby's attention. "O-Okay, I'm done."

She hesitated for a moment, but when Ruby turned around, she saw Weiss, back to being human, though her hair was down. "Your hair. It's not in a ponytail."

Weiss grabbed some of her hair and ran her hand through it. "I-I like to keep it down sometimes. Does it look okay…"

"Of course it does." Ruby assured, blushing slightly still, but not because of the idea of her friend being naked, but because she found Weiss to be really pretty. The words died down on her tongue though, as she couldn't think of anything and simply stared at her partner.

"Ruby?" Weiss looked a little concerned and snapped her fingers in front of the rose girl's face. "Ruby Rose."

"Huh?" Ruby shook her head a bunch and looked side to side. "Oh, uh, what?"

"You were just… Staring. Ugh, did you even try to rest yourself in those three hours?" Weiss questioned as she crossed her arms, believing it was just Ruby being tired.

"Hehe." Ruby rubbed the back of her head. "Not really, but… Um, why don't we get inside like you said." Weiss sighed and lowered her arms, walking passed the rose girl. "W-Wait up!" Ruby ran over, catching up to her partner as she took in her long hair, loving how it flowed down.

"You are getting a good night's sleep, Ruby Rose." Weiss said in a stern tone.

Ruby pouted a bit. "Weiiiiiissss!" She whined. "I'm not even that tired."

"Clearly you are, or else you wouldn't have been standing there just staring off into the void." Weiss reminded.

"I-It's not like it was because I'm tired." Ruby said quietly, making the white haired teen stop to face her partner. "W-What?"

Weiss held her hands on her hips. "Tell me then, why else would you be staring for so long?"

Ruby didn't want to admit she was simply admiring her looks, but she also didn't want to lie to her. "I just… Never really get to see you with your hair like that as much."

"O-Oh, well… You don't need to stare at someone for their hairstyle choice, you dunce." She turned around and crossed her arms, not wanting to let Ruby see her blush.

"S-Sorry." Ruby rubbed the back of her head. "If it makes you feel better, I think it looks good."

"Thank you…" Weiss mouthed as she walked towards the school.

Ruby sighed to herself, feeling like she messed up or something, so she followed close behind, wondering if Weiss would be annoyed with her for the night. "Yang is gonna make fun of me for days if I tell her about this…"

Yang was grinning as she held her fists out at Blake, keeping her stance up as she took a few breaths. "Gotta say, you're one of the few who can figure out how to deal with me."

Blake shrugged and swapped to Gambol Shroud's pistol mode as she aimed at the blonde. "After you told me about your semblance, it was all I really needed to know." She thought about Adam's weapon and how it would gather up enough damage to dish out a counter, multiplied by the enemy's attacks.

"Just cause I have a weakness, doesn't mean you'll get an easy win." Yang fired back with her smug grin. "Go on. Take a few shots."

"Baiting me won't work." Blake stated as the two stared each other down, but after a moment, Blake shot at Yang, though only near her feet, so the blonde jumped back and Blake used her semblance to get in close.

Yang smirked and predicted where she would be, swiping Blake's legs out from under her when she appeared in front of Yang, making her gasp. "Gotcha!" She quickly grabbed Blake by the arm and held her up. "Wanna call it there?"

Blake grumbled a bit, finding it hard to believe that her partner could've predicted her movements. "Fine… It's been a few hours after all." She felt Yang pull her back on her feet and watched the blonde wipe her forehead of some sweat.

"You're telling me." Yang stretched. "Didn't think you'd give me this good of a workout. Thanks." She gave her partner a cheeky grin, who rolled her eyes in return.

"We should get back before ten." Blake reminded, putting Gambol Shroud in its holster.

"Right. Don't want Goodwitch to get on our asses about it." Yang joked as she and Blake left the training room. "Hey, if Weiss is there-."

"I'll apologize." Blake finished her sentence.

"I wasn't gonna say that." Yang sighed. "I was just gonna ask if you wanted to maybe talk to her a bit early."

"She won't want to even more than me." Blake stated, remembering the look on Weiss' face when she accidentally slapped her. "You didn't see how she ran off…"

Yang stopped and held Blake's arm to keep her from walking. "No, but I spoke with her if you don't remember. Hell… I feel kinda bad for talking to you about it, since she wanted to handle this herself."

Blake was surprised by that. "She does?"

"Yup." Yang released Blake's arm. "Something she mentioned about Ruby being too worried about her made her a little upset. It's like she thinks we don't see her as able to deal with her own problems alone."

"Then how does me confronting her about it prove her wrong?" Blake questioned.

"Because it's you two talking it through, no one else." Yang explained, but then she walked over to lean her elbows on one of the window sills, looking out at the moon. "I won't force you to, Blake. You know that."

The black haired huntress in training looked over, noticing how Yang was staring up at the moon. "I'll… Try."

"Thanks." Yang continued looking at the moon, watching its mystery. "Go on. I'll catch up soon."

Blake was a little nervous without Yang being there, but she saw how the blonde seemed to want to stay behind, so she nodded and walked back to the dorm.

"Hey, Ruby! Hey, Weiss!" Nora greeted when she saw the two walking over. "Where have you two been this whole time?"

Weiss sighed at the amount of excitement the girl possessed. "If you really need to know, we were out in the courtyard."

"Ooh, how come?" Nora's interests grew.

Weiss looked confused at why she even wanted to know, but Ruby beat her to the answer. "Sometimes schoolwork is soooo boring, so we just wanted to get some fresh air."

Nora grinned. "Two partners outside together, probably sitting under a tree. You know what they say about that."

Ruby turned her head in confusion, and Weiss looked like she wanted to bite Nora's head off while Ren walked out of the dorm, since the door to it was wide open. "Nora, leave them alone."

"But-." Nora yelped when she saw Ren's glare, since she knew that meant he wouldn't make her any breakfast if she continued to be annoying, so she ran back inside and got under her blankets.

Ren sighed. "Sorry about that."

"Don't be…" Weiss groaned a little. "I deal with Yang's teasing, so I have enough practice dealing with it." She looked over Ren's shoulder, noticing how the orange haired girl was hiding under the blanket. "How did you do that?"

"Getting her to hide?" When Weiss nodded, he shrugged. "One day I told her I wouldn't make her breakfast if she didn't stop bugging this one girl a few years ago, and it just stuck with me."

Weiss rolled her eyes. "And she asks me questions about my wolf form, yet she seems to act more like a puppy than anyone."

Ren chuckled a bit. "She has her moments too. Just let her show you that when she isn't too hyper."

The white haired teen raised an eyebrow. "Isn't she always hyper?"

"That's… Hmm. Well, just let her prove she can be more than a hyperactive question asker." Ren requested, and Weiss crossed her arms, looking over at the girl hidden under the blanket.

"Fine." Weiss responded and turned around to enter her dorm. "Just make sure she doesn't bombard me with ridiculous questions again."

"Will do." With that, Ren walked back inside and closed the door behind him.

Ruby walked in behind Weiss and plopped on her bed. "Soooo, have you thought about maybe helping me move these beds around? They're kinda…" She looked around, seeing how crooked three of them were, and how one was too close to the wall. "All over the place."

Weiss held her hand against her forehead and shook her head in disappointment. "One week and we still haven't fixed these beds up." She lowered her hand. "Alright, well let's get started then."

"Right!" Ruby jumped off from her bed and before she or Weiss could start moving the beds, the door opened, revealing Blake. "Oh, hey, Blake. We were just about to move the beds around. Wanna help?"

Blake was still really nervous as she held her arm and looked over at Weiss, who immediately looked away. "I… Would rather talk with Weiss, if that's okay, Ruby."

"Oh, well… Okay? I mean, she's right there, so go ahead." Ruby insisted.

"I meant alone, Ruby." Blake reiterated and Ruby looked between both Weiss and Blake, now realizing that her white haired friend was avoiding looking and talking with the black haired girl.

"Um, yeah, sure." Ruby was a little concerned and walked over to the doorway. "If you guys need anything, I'll, uh, be down the hall." She closed the door behind her.

Weiss was turned away, not wanting to even look at Blake. "What do you want?"

Blake sighed, moving her hand away from her arm. "To say that I'm sorry."

"Hmph." Weiss crossed her arms.

"I'm serious, Weiss. I never meant to hit you. I was just… Startled. A Schnee laying their hands on me… I just didn't enjoy that, okay." Blake admitted.

Weiss dropped her arms and spun around with an annoyed look on her face. "It goes back to my name. And you know, I'm just not sure why you even feel like your apology will do anything here."

"I'm trying!" Blake yelled.

"Well if you really wanted to try, you'd stop comparing me to my father!" Weiss fired back.

Blake clenched her fist and took a step forward. "It's hard to do that, alright! When you've gone through what I have, you don't know how it can be to see you or your family…"

"My mother and sister are fine examples of how a Schnee can really be! And… And I'd like to show others that from me as well, but for some ridiculous reason, you won't allow me to." Weiss challenged.

"Because I've been hurt by your stupid dust company before!" Blake stomped her right foot against the ground and Weiss was taken aback. "You don't know how badly people are affected by that company of yours… All you had to worry about was sitting in that manor of yours and letting the world spin beneath you."

"H-How dare you!" Weiss stepped forward, clenching her fists in anger after letting her arms fall to her sides.

"How dare I? Oh, yeah that's the response." Blake glared. "What was it like for you, huh? Living in a manor, no troubles, no days where you feel the want to cry because you watch as your race gets treated like garbage just because they aren't human." She hissed.

Weiss' eyes widened at that, frozen on the spot as she had no idea.

Blake gasped and held her hand to her mouth, realizing what she had said.

"You're…" Weiss reached out to the now exposed Faunus, who backed away, not wanting the Schnee to touch her. "W-Wait, look, I-." She yelped when Blake tried to slap her hand away.

"Don't touch me, Schnee…" Blake growled.

"Is… Is that why?" Weiss didn't need to ask, but the pain of how Blake was treating her made her question it.

Blake bit her lip and punch the wall behind her, making Weiss gasp lightly. "What do you think…"

Weiss frowned, looking down at the floor. "When… When you found out I was going to be on your team…"

"I didn't want it." Blake answered before Weiss could even finish her question. "I don't like your family, and never will… But," Weiss lifted her head up. "Yang asked me to try talking to you… And honestly I don't see why I even did."

"Yang." Weiss repeated her friend's name. "Do you… Still not want me to be on your team?"

"You ask a lot of questions." Blake remarked, hating that the Schnee knew her secret.

The girl reached her hand up to her cheek where Blake slapped her, making her sniffle. "Why haven't you tried to go to someone about having you moved to another team instead then?"

"Because I deal with what I am given." Blake stated.

Weiss bit her lip. "Is that what I am to you? Something to deal with?"

"I… I don't know what you are to me, Weiss." Blake leaned against the wall, wishing she never spoke to Weiss about what had happened. "We're teammates, whether I like it or not, and now you know something about me."

Weiss sighed. "If you think I'll tell anyone, I won't."

Blake was a bit surprised by her word. "Is that right?"

"It's not my business, Blake." Weiss felt something though, like a need to speak up, so she regained her posture. "Still, it's like you said, we're teammates now, and nothing will change that. So whatever you have against me and my family, drop it when we're out there on the field."

"I'm not a child." Blake stated.

"I never said you were, but I have to be sure you won't let something like this trouble our team." Weiss walked over, standing three feet away from the Faunus. "Ruby and Yang mean a lot to me, so if they get hurt because you chose to let some grudge cause problems with our team dynamics, you'll have to do more than smack me in the face to stop me from what I'd do."

Hearing a threat from a Schnee was anger inducing, but it wasn't the same as if Jacques Schnee threatened her. Weiss used her words to show how protective she was of her friends. "Alright… I get it."

"Good." Weiss turned and walked over to one of the beds. "Now, if you remember, Ruby asked if you could help us with our beds. So will you or not?"

Blake couldn't believe after how the two spoke, she was still willing to speak to Blake and ask her for help. "I… Fine." She walked over to one of the other beds and began taking the sheets off.

Weiss looked away and took a breath, the new information about Blake was a lot to take in, but she would keep her promise and not tell a soul.

And now Weiss knows a bit more about Blake. Sorry about not covering the last chapter's cliffhanger, but it'll be worth it. One issue at a time after all, though they still need to work on some stuff. Weiss and Blake that is.

To JJ- Wolf Weiss is one of my favorite versions of her to write, so yes, wolf in the sun is cute. And looks like you got to see Weiss and Blake talk a lot sooner than you wondered. Still, it doesn't mean that they're friends yet. Only that Blake will try not to ruin their team structure because of her grudge against the Schnee Family.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 26. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 27.