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A few minutes later, they were in the Belladonna's private gym. Kali and Blake were standing on the edge of the room just watching.
"So are we doing this for real?" Yang asked "or just playing around?"
Ghira took his coat off and said "'for real' as you say."
"Awesome" Yang said as she took her plaid shirt off.
Ghira ran forward and swung at her. Yang ducked, then punched him in the stomach, followed by an uppercut to the chin.
Ghira stepped back from the impact and said "very nice."
He roared and rushed Yang as she ran at him. She dropped down and slid under him, then jumped to her feet. Ghira spun around, only to receive a metal fist to the face. Ghira grabbed her metal arm and used it to pick her up. Yang detached her arm and dropped to the ground. Ghira punched her as soon as she hit the ground, knocking her down. Yang smiled and started to get up. Blake's eyes widened at the sight of Yang laying on the ground with her right arm missing. Suddenly, she couldn't breathe. She fell to her knees as a panic attack took over her. It felt like a huge weight was on her chest and she couldn't manage to take a breath.
"Blake?!" Kali said.
Yang and Ghira looked at them.
"Blake?" Yang said as she jumped to her feet.
She looked down at the stub of her right arm, then where she was laying and knew what was happening. She grabbed her metal arm and attached it as she ran to Blake's side, Ghira was close behind.
Yang dropped to her knees in front of Blake and said "Blake breathe."
Blake's eyes were still wide as she fought to get air in her lungs.
"Blake, I'm right here" Yang said "breathe." She put her hands on Blake's shoulders and began squeezing them in a slow steady, rhythm as she said "you have to breathe Blake. One…two…one…two…in…out…in…out."
Blake managed to suck down air in shallow breaths.
"That's it" Yang said "just breathe."
She gently grabbed Blake's left arm with her left hand. She moved Blake's hand up and down her metal arm.
"I'm ok, see?" Yang said "everything is ok."
She began taking slow breaths in rhythm with Blake. Blake finally started breathing normally.
"Are you ok?" Yang asked.
Blake nodded.
"That was a panic attack" Yang said "was it seeing me on the ground without my arm?"
Blake nodded again as she started trembling slightly and said "brought up bad memories. I'm sorry."
"You have nothing to be sorry for, Kitty Cat" Yang said.
She held her arms open and smiled. Blake threw herself into Yang's arms and wrapped her arms around her neck as a few tears fell on Yang's shoulder. Yang put her arms around Blake and slowly rubbed her back while whispering soothing words into her ears. Blake slowly stopped trembling and soon after the tears stopped. Yang smiled and ran her fingernails up and down Blake's spine. Blake began purring quietly and nuzzled her head into the crook of Yang's neck. A few minutes later, Blake raised her head and smiled at Yang. They shared a quick kiss, then Yang stood up and pulled her to her feet. She turned and saw Ghira and Kali standing together, smiling at them.
"You handled that very well, Yang" Kali said.
"You did indeed" Ghira said as he handed Yang her shirt.
"Thanks" Yang said as she put her shirt back on.
"Blake, are you ok?" Kali asked.
"I'm ok, Mom" Blake said "it's just…"
She looked at Yang.
Yang nodded and said "you can tell her, it's ok."
Blake nodded and took a breath, then looked at her parents and said "the night Beacon fell, Adam cornered me in a small restaurant. He knocked Gambol Shroud out of my hand and pinned me down and stabbed me. Yang came looking for me and saw him standing over me. She yelled at him to get away from me, then he stabbed me again. Yang launched herself at him to protect me, that's how she lost her arm. He cut it off when she was flying towards him. I dragged Yang to safety and wrapped my scarf around her arm tightly. She was laying unconscious on the ground next to me with her right arm missing when the others got there. Seeing her on the ground without her right arm just brought up bad memories and triggered the panic attack."
Without saying a word, Kali stepped forward and wrapped Yang in a hug. Yang stiffened for a second, then returned the hug.
"Misses Belladonna?" Yang asked.
"Thank you" Kali said "thank you for protecting my daughter from that monster. I'm sorry for what you lost that night."
"It's ok" Yang said "I don't blame Blake for my arm. I never have, it wasn't her fault."
Ghira put an arm around Blake and said "you chose well. You have my approval and my blessing to be with her."
"Thanks Dad" Blake said as she hugged him.
Kali let go of Yang and stepped back as she said "let's go get ready for dinner."
"I didn't bring anything that counts for getting dressed up" Yang said.
"What you have on is fine" Ghira said.
"I'm not changing if it makes you feel better" Blake said.
Yang smiled and said "thanks Blakey."
As they walked down the street to the restaurant, several faunus waved at them and some spoke directly to Yang. Once they reached the restaurant, they were shown to a table in the back. Yang's steak was brought to the table along with three other fish based plates. Dinner passed rather uneventfully, several stories were exchanged and Ghira grew fonder of Yang after hearing some of her adventures with Blake. How Yang had protected her and fought with her.
As they were walking back to the Belladonna house, Blake stopped next to a store and said "I need to run in here for a second."
"OK" Kali said.
Blake ducked into the store and came out a minute later with a brown paper bag.
"What did you get, Blakey?" Yang asked.
"Just something I have a feeling we'll need later" Blake said.
When they got back to the house, Yang, Blake and Ghira sat around the coffee table in Ghira's office. Yang took the seat next to Blake and just sat still, looking around the office.
"Kali will be joining us soon" Ghira said "we believe in having family time before bed."
"Oh ok" Yang said smiling "that's nice. Me and Dad and Ruby used to do the same thing."
Kali came into the room with a bottle of wine and four glasses. Yang let out a quiet sight, thinking only Blake could hear her.
"Is there a problem Dear?" Kali asked as her ear twitched.
Yang's eyes widened as she realized Kali had heard her.
"N…no" Yang said "it's just, well I-"
"Yang doesn't really like wine" Blake said.
"Oh" Kali said "I'm sorry. We always have a glass of wine at the end of the day during our family time. I'm just so used to bringing it out. I should have asked you."
"It's ok Mom" Blake said "that's why I got this."
She picked up the brown paper bag and pulled out a bottle of beer.
She smiled and handed it to Yang as she said "I told you I had a feeling we would need this."
"Thanks Blakey" Yang said smiling.
Kali poured three glasses of wine and handed them to Blake and Ghira and kept one for herself. Yang opened her beer and put the bottle cap in her shirt pocket. She took a drink and smiled at Blake, Blake took a sip of wine and smiled back.
"So tell me Yang" Ghira said "is it true you can punch an ursa through a tree and across a forest?"
"Excuse me?" Yang asked.
"Blake told us the day partners and teams were chosen at Beacon, she saw you punch an ursa almost to death, then punched it so hard it flew across the forest, knocking down several trees as it did" Ghira said "I don't doubt my daughter, but I'm curious if it was an isolated incident or if your punch really is that strong."
"I don't want to brag" Yang said "but yes, my punch is that strong. Stronger with my semblance."
"What is your semblance?" Ghira asked.
"We call it 'burn'" Yang said "when I take a hit or damage, my semblance converts it to strength and adds it to my normal strength."
"To put it simply" Blake said "with every hit she takes, she gets stronger and uses the energy to fight back."
"I see" Ghira said.
"We've used our semblances together a few times" Blake said "I'm not a huge fan of the strategy, but it works."
"What strategy do you use?" Ghira asked.
"We call it 'Burning Shadow'. Blake uses her shadow clones to distract who we're fighting. Then while they're distracted, we hide out of sight and Blake hits me and kicks me to build up my semblance" Yang said.
"Then I watch her back while she literally beats the targets into the ground" Blake said.
"Very ingenious" Ghira said "using your semblances and strengths together."
"Does it hurt you?" Kali asked.
"Yeah, a little" Yang said "but I've gotten used to taking a beating to build strength. Once I unlocked my semblance, I practiced building up my pain tolerance and I would purposely take hits in fights to get my body used to it."
"Did you fight a lot growing up?" Kali asked.
"Yeah" Yang said.
"Do you like to fight?" Kali asked "did you go looking for fights?"
"No" Yang said "well, yes I like to spar and fight, but I never went looking for fights growing up."
"Then why did you get in so many?" Ghira asked.
Yang sighed and said "Ruby and I got picked on a lot as kids. We had different moms and they both left. The other kids on patch loved to tease us about it and make fun of us. On several occasions they made Ruby cry, so I would step in and it usually led to me fighting them, usually beating them until they ran away. God help them if they laid a finger on her, if one of the other kids hit her, I would make sure to break their nose."
Her eyes started to turn red at the memories. A hand on her bicep caused her to turn her head and see Blake looking at her.
"It's ok, Sunshine" Blake said "calm down."
Yang took a breath as her eyes turned back to violet.
She hung her head slightly and said "I'm sorry."
"It's alright, Dear" Kali said "we're faunus, we know what it's like to get teased and picked on. I'm sure we all wish we had someone like you to protect us growing up."
"Thanks" Yang said.
Half an hour later, Yang put her empty bottle on the coffee table next to Blake's empty glass.
"I'll have to remember to get a few bottles of beer next time you visit" Kali said.
"Really?" Yang asked "you want me to come back?"
"Of course" Kali said "why wouldn't we?"
"I guess I thought you wouldn't want me to come back after the incident this morning" Yang said "I don't want to embarrass you or cause trouble."
"That wasn't your fault" Ghira said "I couldn't be upset with you about that happening."
"You're welcome here any time, Dear" Kali said.
"Thank you" Yang said.
Blake smiled and put a hand on Yang's thigh as she said "let's go out on the porch for a little while before bed."
"Ok" Yang said.
"Goodnight" Blake said as she stood up and hugged her parents.
"Goodnight" Kali said.
"Night" Ghira said.
"Goodnight" Yang said as she followed Blake.
Blake led her outside and leaned against the railing on her elbows. Yang leaned against the railing next to her and folded her arms over each other.
"What do you think?" Blake asked.
"Your family is awesome" Yang said smiling.
"I'm sorry about what happened with the exFang members" Blake said.
"It's ok" Yang said "you couldn't have known it would happen."
Blake smiled and laid her hand on Yang's shoulder. She heard the quiet mechanical noises she had become so accustomed to. She looked down at Yang's robotic arm as she flexed her fingers.
"Yang, I have a question" Blake said.
"Shoot" Yang said smiling.
"Can you feel with your metal arm?" Blake asked.
"What?" Yang asked.
"Your metal hand" Blake said "does it have the ability to feel?"
Yang sighed and said "kinda. They did a great job making it. I can feel resistance when I hit something or squeeze something. That's why I hold your hand so tight with it. I feel weight when I pick something heavy up. I can even somewhat feel resistance when moving my hand through the water. But something like this?" She ran her fingers through Blake's hair "no."
"I'm sorry" Blake said.
"It's fine" Yang said smiling "it's better than sitting around with one arm. You know what I really want to feel?"
"What?" Blake asked.
"Your ears" Yang said with a hint of guilt in her voice "I've always wanted to feel your ears, but I know you're still somewhat self conscious about them and I don't want to make you uncomfortable."
Blake leaned her head down and said "go ahead. Just, please be gentle."
"Are you sure?" Yang asked.
"Yes" Blake said "I trust you. Go ahead."
Yang reached up with her left hand and gently held Blake's right ear between her thumb and index finger on her left hand. She slowly moved her fingers up and down her ear. Blake purred softly and rubbed her head against Yang's hand.
"They're soft and velvety" Yang said almost in awe "and warm."
She continued to rub her right ear, then moved to the left ear. After a few minutes, Yang stopped and pulled her hand back.
"Thank you" she said smiling at Blake. "You're welcome" Blake said "that actually felt really nice. You…You can do it again later, if you want to."
"Any time you want me to" Yang said smiling.
Blake yawned and said "ok, bed time. Come on, I'll show you the guest room."
"We can't share a bed?" Yang asked.
"Not the first time you sleep in my parents house" Blake said "they just met you."
"Ok" Yang said "I get it. They don't know me well enough to trust me like that."
Blake kissed her and said "thanks for understanding."
When they opened the door to go inside they almost ran into Kali.
"Mom?" Blake asked "were you eavesdropping on us?"
"N…no, of course not" She said with a smile that was too bright "there are clean sheets in your room, honey."
"What about the guest room?" Blake asked.
"Do you need the guest room?" Kali asked "isn't your bed big enough?"
Blake looked at her wide eyed and said "really?"
"Blake you're an adult now" Kali said smiling "your father and I trust you. If you want to share your bed with Yang, it's ok with us."
"Thanks Mom" Blake said.
"Goodnight you two" Kali said "see you a breakfast."
"Goodnight Mom" Blake said.
"Goodnight Misses Belladonna" Yang said.
"If you call me Misses Belladonna again, you don't get breakfast" she said "call me Kali, please."
"Ok Kali" Yang said.
Kali smiled and walked into her room.
"Come on" Blake said "my room is this way."
Yang smiled and followed Blake to her room.