Here's chapter 43, everyone.
"Is there a way you can change back to your normal size with the aura you still have?" Blake asked the white wolf, who was still pup size on Yang's lap.
Weiss shrugged and looked annoyed still. "Like I would know. This literally just happened to me because I tried using my semblance without enough aura." She sighed and felt Yang petting her head. "Stop that…" Her tiny growl was cute, but Yang did stop on her request.
"Sorry, ice wolf. Just thought it would help." Yang's apology was genuine, as she truly wasn't trying to tease her friend about what had happened to her. "Do you want me to put you down? Be honest."
"I… No, I just… I wish these things would stop happening to me. First I grow and attack Ruby… Now I shrink and have no idea how to change back. It's infuriating." Weiss said, her small wolf ears flattened against her head.
"Wait!" Ruby's yell startled everyone. "This can be a really good thing, Weiss!"
The white wolf wasn't following. "How is being this small a good thing, you dunce? I can't fight like this at all."
"No, but you can get into places we normally can't get into, so I'd say that's a really awesome part of your semblance!" Ruby cheered.
Summer, who had gotten back to the group and was informed of what happened to Weiss nodded encouragingly. "I have to agree. There were times on missions that could have gone so much better if there was someone who could fit into a small vent, or a crack in a cave wall."
"Well it still won't do me any good if I can't control what size I am." Weiss countered, sighing as she laid her head down on Yang's lap.
"No one can master their semblance so easily, snowflake." Summer reminded, showing Weiss there was still room for her to grow and learn. "You just need to figure it out."
Weiss still looked unsure, and the blonde girl picked her up, making her yelp again. "Just putting you down, ice wolf."
The white wolf got on her paws and still hated how everyone was now much bigger to her, but Summer's words were what she focused on most. "How can I figure out how to use my semblance properly if my aura is low…"
Willow spoke up. "I blame myself, sweetie." Her voice got everyone's attention. "If I was actually able to help you train better, you'd have more of a grip on your aura."
Summer decided to cut in. "Blame is boring to bring up, Willow." She looked down at Weiss. "Snowflake, your mom told you she's been training her aura, so that's the answer right there. You've trained your fighting skills and semblance use, but not your aura."
"What if this is my aura's limit…" Weiss concerningly asked.
"You won't know till you try." Summer smiled.
Weiss thought about it for a moment. "Aura is still a hard concept to understand, even to this day… So maybe she's right. It would give me something else to do around here too."
Ruby perked up. "I'd like to train with you too, Weiss. I don't use my semblance as much as I want to, and it's kinda the same reason. I just run outta juice."
Blake surprisingly spoke next. "One's aura isn't able to become infinite, but it can grow stronger. Just look at fully trained huntresses and huntsmen."
"Yeah… I guess that's true." Weiss started.
Summer smirked and leaned over to poke her on the head. "What? Did you think you'd be a huntress in a few weeks, snowflake?"
Weiss blushed a bit, feeling embarrassed by that. "N-No, I was just-."
"Just a joke, snowflake. Look, don't stress this out as much as you are. Train hard, and you'll see that this new part of your semblance is a good thing." Summer assured.
"Train hard… Okay." Weiss nodded, thinking more about what she could do with this new found addition to her 'semblance'.
Later that day, Weiss was on top of Ruby's head, clearly doing her best to hide her face in the black and red hair she had. "This. Is. So. Embarrassing."
Yang grinned, unable to stop herself from wanting to tease her anymore. "Just because you're cute size, doesn't mean ya gotta be embarrassed about it, ice wolf. Embrace the cute!"
Weiss growled and rolled her eyes. "You try being this small and say it's fun, Xiao Long."
"Would if I could, but I can't, soooooo, just give me a rundown on how it goes later." Yang chuckled as they got to their dorm, Weiss sighing in relief at how no one tried questioning why a white wolf pup was on Ruby's head.
"Finally back." Weiss jumped off of Ruby's head, but the rose girl gasped as she caught her in mid air. "Gah! Ruby! Let me down, you dolt!"
"Why did you just jump off like that?!" Ruby freaked as she set her partner on her bed, earning an annoyed look from Weiss.
"I may be small right now, Ruby, but you're still short and a jump like that is nothing." Weiss remarked.
Ruby chuckled as she rubbed the back of her head. "Sorry."
Weiss groaned at her partner, while Yang plopped down next to her on her bed, making the pup sized wolf bounce and yelp. "Yang! You oaf, don't do that!"
"You know I couldn't resist!" Yang stuck her tongue out, while Willow held her hands on her hips, giving the blonde an unamused look.
"I would rather you not joke around about this, Yang." Willow said as she gently sat on the other side of Weiss. "Sweetie, would you rather lay on my lap?"
"N-No!" Weiss was way too embarrassed already. "I-I just want to get some uninterrupted rest, please." She quickly ran to the pillow and laid on it, not wanting anyone to bug her.
Blake spoke up for Weiss. "She's right. If her aura is going to recharge, she needs her rest."
"Thank you, Blake." Weiss said, earning a nod from the cat Faunus.
Willow felt a little bad about that, since her daughter did ask to not be treated like a kid anymore. "I apologize, sweetie. I'll let you get your rest." She got up from the bed and looked to Summer. "You and I should actually go and speak with Ozpin. I wanted to ask him a few questions, and you're the best guide around the school right now."
"Yeah, I kinda have a few questions I wanna ask Oz too." Summer replied, both women waving to the team as they left the dorm.
Yang sighed and stood up from Weiss' bed. "Uh, ice wolf, sorry if you're a little annoyed with me-."
Weiss opened one eye and growled a little. "Sleep. Let me please have it. No more apologies, or teasing, or questions. Just. Let. Me. Sleep."
After being bit before, the blonde brawler backed away slowly. "Yeesh… Okay, okay." When she sat down on Blake's bed, she watched as the pup sized wolf closed her eye. "Note to self, do not piss off a tiny Weiss."
"I heard that!" Weiss yelled, making the blonde yelp and hide under the covers.
Blake facepalmed, finding her partner to be ridiculous. "You only have yourself to blame."
The next day, which surprising to Weiss, was how long she managed to sleep through, was much better to her. She yawned, opening her eyes to see she was still laying on the pillow, so her 'semblance' didn't go off without her say. "Okay… It's been enough time." She crawled off of the pillow, thinking about whether she should change back completely, or just her size.
"Good morning, Wolfy!" Ruby greeted, making the pup sized wolf yelp and jump in fear. "O-Oops…" She knew that repercussions were abound.
"Ruby Rose!" Weiss growled, but her attempt at looking mad failed in Ruby's eyes, as she looked too cute to her. "Can you seriously not understand how annoying that is?!"
Blake groaned as she sat up. "Both of you, please stop with the yelling."
Ruby covered her mouth with both hands, mouthing off a muffled apology. Weiss sighed and looked to Blake. "Sorry, but how else can I react when my dolt of a partner yells that loudly out of nowhere?"
"Fair point." Blake got out of bed, seeing as she was already up. "Wait, why are you still-?"
"I haven't decided on whether I should change back completely, or try to get back to my normal wolf size." Weiss explained as she jumped off of the bed. When she landed on her paws, she saw Ruby kneeling down. "I swear if you pick me up…"
"I-I wasn't!" Ruby blushed, and gasped when she was hit in the back of the head by a pillow her sister threw.
Yang looked annoyed as she sent a glare down at her sister. "Ruby, could you please keep your voice down?!"
Ruby grumbled a bunch, and the pup sized white wolf rolled her eyes as she jumped on her partner's lap. "Huh?"
"You seriously need to stop being pouty, Ruby Rose." Weiss said as she curled up on Ruby's lap. "Give me a bit to think on what I should do."
"Hehe." Ruby smiled and nodded, keeping herself still to let her partner rest up. "If you want some help deciding, I think you should try changing your size again. We have the whole day without classes after all."
Weiss did feel that training her aura usage would be for the best, so she lifted her head up and looked at her partner. "Well, when you put it like that, I suppose that would be a good opportunity. Should I try in here?"
"I don't see why not. I mean, how big you normally are still fits in here." Ruby remarked, letting the pup sized white wolf down. "Guys." She spoke to her other teammates. "Weiss is gonna try to use her semblance to get back to normal size."
Yang gave a thumbs up as she was laid in bed, not looking, while Blake nodded too. The white wolf closed her eyes and focused on her aura, bringing it back up like the day before.
"All I did was try to use my semblance… So… Maybe I just imagine myself as my normal size?"
She questioned herself, but had to try something, so she imagined she was back to the same size, and the light shined around her body, blinding her team. Moments later, she opened her eyes and looked down, gasping happily. "It worked!"
Ruby ran up to her partner, hugging her tight since she was back to being her normal wolf size. "You did it!"
Yang groaned, since she knew she wasn't getting any sleep, but when she looked down to see Weiss in her normal sized wolf form, she couldn't stay mad for long. "Congrats, ice wolf."
The white wolf's tail swayed happily, but since she was able to change back, she wanted to know if she had better control of it. "Thanks, and… Should I keep trying to change sizes or just back to myself?"
"Hmm…" Ruby thought about it for a moment. "I say you do what makes you happy, Weiss." Her innocent smile brought a blush to Weiss' face.
Weiss took a bit to think on it, even remembering the moment she tried to attack Ruby. That was the one that would make her want to just change back to human, but she thought about the word control, and how she would need it if she didn't want that kind of thing to happen again. "I'd like to keep trying to use my semblance properly."
"Then I'll help you!" Ruby cheered, the white wolf turning her head in confusion. "What? I know I can't give you aura and stuff, but I can at least help you out with resting up and stuff."
"If you really don't mind waiting a lot…" Weiss was grateful that her partner would spend the day with her training, so she nuzzled her a bit. "Thank you."
Ruby grinned and poked Weiss on the nose. "No problem, Wolfy. But maybe we should go to the training room for this. I think Yang and Blake still want some sleep."
Yang shrugged and hopped off the bed. "Nah, you two already got me up, so might as well get an early morning in for once when we aren't rushing for classes."
Blake nodded in agreement. "I'd honestly like to have an early training session myself. If you wouldn't mind being my training partner, Yang."
The blonde brawler smirked. "Oh like you need to ask. Besides, we're already partners, so just be ready to take me on."
The cat Faunus found her attitude to be quite charming, so she smiled in return. "Don't be so cocky. I may just surprise you."
Weiss playfully rolled her eyes, thinking about how to properly train her aura. "I shouldn't just up and use my semblance back and forth. That'll end up exhausting all of my aura."
"Hey, Weiss?" Ruby snapped her out of her thoughts. "Do you want me to bring your clothes and Myrtenaster?"
The white wolf blushed a bit, shyly nodding. "Y-Yes, please."
Yang chuckled and rubbed the wolf's back. "Relax, ice wolf. Everyone here isn't gonna look, and besides, we're a team, so try to not be so worried about that part of your semblance with us, kay?"
She knew Yang was right. They were a team, and more so friends, so she shouldn't be so embarrassed about that side of her semblance. "O-Okay, but I swear, one joke about it, and I will freeze that mane of yours."
"Eh?!" Yang yelped in fear as she hid behind her partner. "That's playing dirty!"
Blake sighed as she held her hand on her forehead, finding it to be tedious to deal with her new team at times.
Little bit of 'semblance' training for Weiss wouldn't hurt, and with Ruby, she'll be doing that from time to time, since I don't wanna just say she magically learned how to utilize her abilities without some form of showing it.
To JJ- With this chapter, she was able to change her size, so like it was said, she will be training to learn how to properly control that. And yes, puppy Weiss was too cute to pass up on writing. Raven and Yang still have their difference, but slowly they're at least getting somewhere.
To the guest on chapter 42- Thanks. I'm happy to hear that the balance in the story is, well, balanced. And yeah, the ones who treat her like how she wants to be are the ones who get the privilege to rub her fur.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 43. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 44.
