Here's chapter 48, everyone.
"I'll be back this weekend, little rose." Summer said as she ruffled her daughter's hair a bit, earning a pout from the younger girl. "That face, always against a bit of ruffling."
"Bleh." Ruby stuck her tongue out at her mom, but when she looked over to see Weiss hugging her mother, she walked over. "Do I get a goodbye hug too?" She asked Willow.
Willow chuckled lightly and nodded, pulling away from her daughter to give Ruby a hug next. "I'm really glad you and my snowflake ended up as partners." She pulled away and patted Ruby's shoulder. "Just don't get into any trouble, okay? I know you take after your mother, little rose."
Ruby rubbed the back of her head as she laughed. "No promises."
Weiss playfully rolled her eyes in response as she yelped, the older Rose wrapping her in a hug. "And I know you take after your mother, little snowflake, so that means you gotta look after my little rose, just like your mother would keep me from doing anything too stupid."
The white haired teen sighed, nodding to confirm she would. "Of course. It was good to see you again, Mrs. Rose."
Summer grumbled a bit, pulling away from the girl. "One of these days I'll get you to call me Summer, little snowflake."
"The day when you call me Weiss more often than little snowflake will be that day, Mrs. Rose." Weiss smirked, earning a sigh from the older woman.
"You got me there." Summer walked over to her blonde daughter. "And you, try not to burn the school down. Okay?"
Yang grinned and gave her mom a quick hug, pulling away a moment later. "Like, Ruby said, no promises. But I'll at least make sure to get a video of it to show dad."
Blake rolled her eyes as she slapped the back of Yang's head, earning a yelp from the blonde. "She won't be burning down the school on my watch, trust me."
Summer couldn't keep herself from laughing. "Both of my daughters have partners to keep them in check. Guess I have nothing to worry about after all."
The cat Faunus nodded, offering her hand to the older woman. Summer did speak to Yang at one point about how Blake wasn't the best at contact with people, so she chose to not rush a hug with her and shook her hand.
Willow knew more about Blake's own problems with her family name, so she offered her hand to the cat Faunus as well. "You have my thanks too, Blake. My daughter isn't just on a team with Ruby and Yang. You're there too."
Blake smiled and accepted the handshake. "I'll do my best."
Right as they finished their handshake, Yang threw her arm around Willow to give her a side hug. "Have a safe flight, Mrs. S!"
"Mrs. S?" Willow raised an eyebrow in confusion.
Yang shrugged. "Eh, felt like a good moment to try that one out. Not feelin it?"
"I would say no, Yang. I would really say no." Willow chuckled as she felt Yang pull away from the hug, looking defeated. "You can't win them all."
"Guess not, but hey, at least I tried." Yang grinned. "Seriously though, it was great see you again." She leaned over to whisper. "Don't worry about ice wolf. We'll help her with her semblance."
Willow silently thanked her, nodding to the blonde as she looked over to Summer. "Ready to go?"
The blacksmith thought about it for a moment. "Hmm… Yeah, I think we got everything settled here." She picked up her suitcase and smiled up at Beacon. "You four are gonna have a great time training here."
Ruby grinned happily. "We already are."
"Then I guess it's time we headed out to leave you to it." Summer watched as Willow grabbed her suitcase, both women walking to the airship as the team followed to see them off.
"Have a safe flight, mom." Weiss waved to her mother.
Willow didn't want to go, but she knew she had to, so she waved back. "Will do, snowflake." She sniffled a little, but once she and Summer got into the airship, she sat down and looked out on of the windows, seeing that the team wasn't leaving till the airship took off.
"You'll see her again soon, Willow." Summer noted as she took a seat next to her friend.
"I know," Willow let out a proud smile as she and Summer waved at them one last time from the window as the airship lifted off the ground, taking off to Atlas.
Weiss took a breath and turned to her partner. "Well, time to see what the rest of the day has in store for us."
Ruby nodded, but then she remembered something. "Oh, we should probably get to classes soon." She and the team ran back inside, getting ready for classes being last on their mind since they wanted to see the two parents off.
It was a short day of classes, not having certain ones since Glynda had called off combat class for the day. So it gave Ruby more time to remind Weiss of her partner day request. "So you're sure you don't mind this?"
Weiss rolled her eyes as she changed into her normal attire. "For the last time, no, Ruby. I already agreed that a partner day isn't a bad idea, so leave it at that and finish getting ready."
Ruby blushed a little, since she still felt like the partner day was more to her than just that. "O-Okay!" She quickly got her clothes ready and started changing out of her school uniform.
The white haired teen wondered why Ruby was so jumpy, but she chose not to question it as she looked in the mirror. "Hmm… Hair down or ponytail… Today seems like a hair down day." She smiled to herself and moved away from the mirror, Ruby noticing she wasn't fixing her hair up.
"Aren't you gonna put your hair in a ponytail?" The team leader asked.
"I feel keeping it down today… It doesn't look bad, does it?" Weiss asked, blushing lightly.
"What? No! I think it's, uh, it's really pretty and-." Ruby shut herself up, looking away as she pretended to sneeze, earning an eyebrow raise from her partner, who had blushed a little harder from the compliment Ruby gave her.
"Ruby, did you just fake sneeze?" Weiss asked.
The team leader's eyes widened when that didn't work. "N-No, that was a real one! I just… Have really fake sounding sneezes is all…"
"Uh, okay?" Weiss turned back to her bed to get her bag. "Um… I guess I'll keep my hair down then." She let out a small smile, thinking about how Ruby said her long hair looked pretty.
"G-Great." Ruby responded, not looking over at her partner to avoid her seeing the blush on her face. "I'll try to hurry here."
Weiss was still confused on why Ruby was acting strange. "Don't feel the need to rush, you dolt." After securing her small bag on her back, the white haired teen sat on her bed and pulled her scroll out. "By the way, what did you want to do?"
"Uhhhhh, go with the flow?" Ruby answered.
"You are… Still, such a hassle." Weiss said with an unamused look as she and Ruby were both done getting ready ten minutes later.
Ruby stretched a bit and clapped her hands together. "Okay! Let's head on outside and see what we feel like doing. Sound good to you?"
"I suppose that's the best we can do for now." Weiss shrugged.
As they made their way outside, Weiss wondered if Blake and Yang would be doing the same. Having a team day, though probably not since it was Ruby who came up with the idea in the first place. "Maybe we can go to Vale?" Ruby suggested.
"Hmm, maybe. We've trained, sparred, and spent time out in the courtyard, so I guess Vale would be the next option." Weiss figured. "Do you even have lien for anything though?"
"Oh… I think I might've spent all the lien I got from my dad on dust." Ruby chuckled nervously, while Weiss sighed, pulling her wallet out from her bag.
"I don't have much on me either, so I doubt doing any shopping will be an option," She did see enough for something else though. "Actually, it looks like I have enough to get some lunch if you'd like."
Hearing that made it sound even more like a date to Ruby, so her blush appeared again. "Y-Yeah, that sounds great." Weiss rolled her eyes at her stutter, since she was still nervous about something she didn't know.
It didn't take long for the two to get to Vale, seeing as the School was close to the town via airship. "Where would you like to go for lunch?"
"Huh? Uh, it's your money. So shouldn't you be the one to pick?" Ruby assumed.
"Dolt. I'm offering to let you pick, so don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Weiss said as the two were walking down the block.
Ruby grinned. "Don't you mean a gift wolf?"
Weiss groaned and pinched the bridge of her nose as she shook her head. "I swear, you really are just like your mother." Ruby giggled in response, and Weiss flicked her forehead, earning a yelp in return. "Dork."
"Wolfy." Ruby stuck her tongue out at her partner.
Even though she was a bit of a pest, Weiss couldn't deny that she enjoyed spending time with Ruby. It was like she didn't have any worries in her mind. Nothing could bother her at that point, and when the two found a burger place, Ruby had her pleading eyes out. "Ugh, I did say you can choose… Just didn't think you'd pick a place like this."
"Come on, Weiss!" Ruby whined. "You gotta try new things."
"Excuse you, but I have eaten a burger before, you dunce." Weiss crossed her arms, offended by Ruby insinuating that she never ate food like that.
"Well yeah, homemade ones, but I bet you never went into a place like this." Ruby took her partner's hand and led her inside, seeing a bunch of people already in line.
Weiss sighed, smelling the fries in the back being made, while she looked up at the food menu. "Do they at least have salads?"
"Yup." Ruby smiled as she licked her lips, deciding on what she wanted. "Ooh, I want a chicken wrap and one burger with a small soda. You?"
"Uh… Give me a second." Weiss examined the menu a bit, wondering what she could get that wasn't too greasy for her taste. "I suppose a caesar salad and a small diet soda."
"Weiiiissss, you need more than that. How about I get us both some fries to share?" Ruby suggested.
The white haired teen didn't feel like arguing in front of people, so she conceded. "Fine, but don't try to make me take a bite of your burger. I refuse."
"Deal." Ruby took what she could get.
After getting their food, the two partners found a table to sit at, Weiss looking at her food with uncertainty. "Are you sure this stuff is safe to eat?"
Ruby playfully rolled her eyes. "Weiss, relax. It's food, so just eat it and take in the delicious taste." She said while taking a bite of her chicken wrap.
Weiss sighed and grabbed the plastic spork they were given for her salad. "Alright, alright." She began eating her salad, finding it not as good as Klein's food, but still good enough to continue eating. "Hmm, not bad."
"Told ya." Ruby grinned and resumed eating her wrap.
The white haired teen couldn't help but smile at how Ruby looked. The joy in her face showed that she liked introducing Weiss to something new. "I suppose a few fries wouldn't hurt too." She reached over to grab one, but Ruby stopped her.
"Let me." Ruby grabbed a fry and held it out to her partner, who simply blushed in response.
"W-What are you doing?" Weiss asked.
Ruby's eyes widened when she realized what she was trying to do, so she yelped and dropped the fry on their tray. "S-Sorry… I was… Uh, just trying to… Um-."
"You were trying to feed me the french fry…" Weiss blushed harder since that was the kind of things couples would usually do. All the scythe wielder could do was hide her head down. Weiss sighed as she reached over and tapped the top of her head, getting Ruby to lift her head up. "If you really want to… I guess it wouldn't hurt… Just make it quick so no one sees."
"R-Really?" Ruby blushed a bit harder, getting an unamused look from Weiss that said, 'don't waste time asking questions'. "O-Okay." She quickly got the fry she dropped on the tray and lifted it up to her partner, who parted her lips and ate the french fry.
Weiss instantly looked around, hoping no one had seen what they had done. "T-Thank you…"
"Y-You're welcome." The two were silent for a bit, but a scream in the distance made everyone in the burger place gasp.
Ruby and Weiss instantly got up, their huntress instincts kicking in whenever there was a sign of danger, so they ran outside, not worrying about the remaining food they had. They looked back and forth, finding the source of the scream was a woman calling out for help when a few Faunus were outside a dust shop with bats and crowbars.
"Where is the police at?" Weiss asked as they ran over, both watching as a man holding a pistol was aiming at the group of Faunus. "R-Ruby, what do we do?"
The team leader and her partner reached the engagement, both staying a good thirty feet away with some other bystanders. "I-I don't know." They didn't have their weapons on them, so when they looked over at the woman who had screamed earlier, they started asking questions.
"All I know is those Faunus just showed up in front of this dust shop with bats and crowbars." A civilian explained to the two girls.
Weiss took note of the dust shop and her eyes widened. The snowflake, her family's symbol. She had no questions at that point. The white haired teen knew exactly why there were Faunus there with weapons.
"Keep yourselves back, or I will shoot!" The store owner warned, his hand slightly shaking since he didn't want to have to shoot anyone.
The Faunus didn't back down, and one of them angrily took a step forward, he shot the ground in front of him, getting the Faunus to take a step back. "You can't get us all with that pistol!" A tiger Faunus growled, while Weiss and Ruby looked nervous.
"Ruby… We have to stop this." Weiss whispered.
"I-I know, but I don't have Crescent Rose." Ruby reminded, feeling like she was useless.
"Your semblance, you dolt. You can still do a lot… And so can I." Weiss grabbed her arm and ran to the alleyway. "I don't like it, and I'll definitely have to have these washed when we get back, but I'm going to leave my clothes here to use my semblance."
"W-Wait, but I don't know about this, Weiss. This looks like something the police should be dealing with." Ruby noted.
Weiss looked over, hearing another gunshot that the store owner fired to warn the Faunus. "There's no time, Ruby, and I know you can help with your semblance too."
The faith her partner had in her made the team leader blush, but she took a breath and nodded. "Okay, let's do this, partner." Ruby smirked, showing Weiss she was ready.
Even when it's not Grimm, they gotta do what they can to calm a situation like this down. It's what they want to do with their lives after all.
To JJ- Puppy Weiss will always be great and I'll make it a point to write it in whenever it feels right. As for Willow and Weiss themselves and their family problems, well don't forget that Weiss technically has two families. So that's even more to deal with. And I'm glad you like how I'm writing Whitley. I didn't want a Jacques V2 and this felt like a good approach.
I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 48. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 49.