Author's Note: right well...this chapter is long overdue, I wanted to have this up before Volume 4 ended. So with Volume 5 coming this weekend I said fuck it and got this finished and proof read as soon as I could. I'm sorry for the delay but stuff got in the way as well as myself being a lazy ass. Now before we get into it, this chapter is honestly the one that changes the tone of the story the most, cause now I'm having fun. I hope you all enjoy it and leave some feedback. Thank you
* earlier after ending the call with Weiss *
Whitley releases a sigh and leans back in his chair. "What am I ever going to do with that sister of mine?"
The sound of a cup being placed on his desk and a soft chuckle cause Whitley to open his eyes, to which he is greeted by a pair of warm, hazel eyes staring back at him.
"What you shall do, master Whitley. Is continue to care about her in your own unique way" Oscar smiles at Whitley as he straightens up after placing the cup down.
The youngest Schnee allows himself to smile in the presence of his personal butler and dearest companion. Picking up the cup, Whitley takes a small sip from it and sighs happily.
"Thank you, Oscar, I don't know what I'd do without you" A knock at the door interrupts any response Oscar has and causes the two to switch into more professional appearances. "Yes, what is it"
"Sorry for the interruption, Mr Schnee, but there has been a development from the Grimm research and development branch" the young man appears quite nervous while he holds onto the folders he carries.
"Very well, bring them here" Whitley gestures for the man to come forward. "You are dismissed for the moment, Oscar"
"Of course, Master Schnee" Oscar bows before taking his leave. Just as he closes the door, he picks up the start of the conversation.
"Now what is this about?"
"Sir, our monitoring group has noticed strange activity at a sea port named Akala"
A Beowolf smashes through the wall of a small fishing house, which swiftly comes down on top of the Grimm. Another is sent past the ruined building and into the ocean.
"You know. I was expecting more of a challenge" Catching the jaws of a third Grimm, Yang snaps its neck with ease and dusts off her hands. "I mean it is fun, but Beowolf are a little too easy"looking a bit bored.
Blake put a bullet through a Beowolf's skull while at the same time gutting another one with her blade. "You´re right" She tried so very hard to ignore the beaming smile on Yang's face, "The report mentioned two Beringels. Not a pack of juvi Beowolves"
"Could they have gotten the report wrong? I mean it's not the first time it's happened"Yang ponders while slowly backing up until she was closer to Blake, Yang kept her fists up ready to fight more.
"Maybe, but there is evidence of a Beringel being here. Perhaps we just haven't done enough to grab their attention" Blake smirks when she hears the familiar sound of Yang's knuckles coming together.
By this point, the remaining Beowolf began circling the pair, ready to finish them off in one swift attack.
"If it's a signal they want" the air around Yang quickly begins heating up and her eyes switch to red. "Then I am more than happy to provide!"
Yang raises her right arm into the air and the temperature spikes higher.
"Ready?" Watching Blake out of the corner of her eye, Yang sees her summon a clone while also preparing to jump.
"Now Yang!" The clone grabs on to Yang and helps her jump back just as the pack rush towards them.
"Burn bitches!" Yang brings her arm down and launches it towards the ground. When it impacts, the aura charged fire crystal housed inside of it detonates and a wave of fire erupts outwards and upwards, turning the Beowolf to ash and nearly swallowing Yang and the Blake clone.
When both land safely on a roof top, Blake rushes over to check on Yang, who is patting down her smouldering outfit.
"Are you ok?!" Checking over every inch of Yang she can see, Blake makes sure that she is unharmed.
"Damn, I was so hot I nearly cooked myself" Yang smirks and wiggles her eye brows at Blake.
"Really? A joke now?" Blake frowns and folds her arms. "What was that, Yang!?"
"That...was something new I have been working on" Looking at her burnt sleeve. "Clearly I need to work on it some more"she chuckles.
Blake nods in agreement and the two make their way down from the roof to collect Yang's arm and assess the damage.
The large body of a Beringel drops to the ground and begins to dissolve , it's killers attention is drawn towards the fiery explosion in the centre of town. A low rumbling growl resonates from the beast as it begins to move in the direction of the event.
"Not a scratch on her" Yang picks up her arm and carefully reattaches it. "Got to give those Atlas guys credit, they build quality stuff"
Blake watches as Yang makes a fist with her hand and a dull, empty dust crystal pops out of the back. "So that's how you did it?"Blake mentions curiously.
"Huh?" Yang looks up in confusion before she figures out what Blake means. "Oh, the crystal? Yeah that's how that little trick works. I charge my aura into it and when it contacts something, fire explodes out of it."
"Well a little warning next time that you... wait" Blake's eyes narrow and she turns slowly to Yang. "Do you always have that loaded?"
"Nope" Her voice takes on a teasing quality "I don't need it to get you all hot and bothered after all~"
Laughing at the angry look Blake is giving her, Yang gives her arm a few quick test motions. "I loaded the crystal while we were flying out here. Shit, did I bring a spare? Didn't know if I was going to use that attack today." Yang says as she rummages through her pockets.
"Alright than" Taking a moment to calm herself, Blake looks around at the damage and notices that some of the Beowolf are still alive, if badly injured and in a teasing tone adds. "Seems you burnt out too quickly, might want to work on that babe"
A look of horror appears on Yang's face while Blake smirks victoriously.
"That was low, Blakey" Yang whines as she begins deploying the greatest weapon Summer Rose left to her daughters, the Rose pout.
"Yang no" Blake tries to look away as the pout intensifies but fails . "Stop it! Ugh fine, I'm sorry."she gives in with a sigh.
"Yes!" Pumping her fist into the air, Yang celebrates her little victory. While shaking her head at her girlfriend's reaction, Blake takes notice of the sudden change in atmosphere. The surviving Beowolf have gone silent and appear almost fearful of something.
"Yang" Blake readies herself. The blond had already activated her gauntlets and moving into a more defensive stance responding. "I noticed it as well, get ready Blake"
Standing back to back, the bumblebee partners scan the area for any sign of their targets, making sure to watch every shadowy corner and pathway from the square they are standing in. The sound of crumbling bricks reaches Blake's ears and she turns, ready to fight, only to be taken by surprise as what she sees with a gasp.
Hearing her partner's surprise, Yang turns as well to see what Blake saw.
Standing not far from them, although it was barely doing so, was the Grimm they had been looking for. Only, it was not in any type of condition that they were expecting. Large claw marks and deep slash wounds littered it's body and from the flickering of red in its eyes, they both knew that the Beringel was fading quickly.
Seeing the huntresses in front of it , a weak roar of challenge escapes the Grimm and it moves towards them, only to collapse after taking a step, exposing it's back, or rather what was left of it.
"Holy shit!" Blake ignores Yang's shocked exclamation and grabs her scroll to quickly snap some pictures of the Beringel before it dissolves. Its back appears to have been torn to shreds, exposing the spine and ribs, which also had deep cuts in them.
Feeling as if they were being watched, Yang turns and scans the buildings before slowly moving her gaze up to one of the roofs. "Blake"Yang pokes Blakes ass to get her attention.
"What is it Yang?"Blake responds not taking her eyes off the dissolving grimm before her.
"I think I found the Grimm version of your dad" Yang mentions and this causes Blake to stop what she is doing and turn around.
"Yang what are you..." She follows Yang's line of sight and the words die in her mouth as she looks up.
Peering down at them from a nearby roof was a large Grimm that neither woman had ever seen before. It's large, muscular body was covered in short black fur although the bone on its shoulders, spine and ribs was visible. A veritable forest of white, spine-like hairs rose up along its neck and back giving it a mane like appearance. Hooked sharp claws dug into the brickwork of the building as it leapt down to the ground.
It landed silently, despite its large muscular frame. When it stood up fully, Blake guessed it was about two meters tall at the shoulder, making it able to look Yang right in the eyes. And speaking of eyes, those were completely different compared to any other Grimm she had ever seen. Rather than the typical red that all other Grimm have, this one has amber eyes, sort of like her own.
The head was wide, with the usual skull like appearance, but it also held the greatest weapon the Grimm possessed. Two sabre fangs with a length of roughly 40 cm from the upper jaw and blood dripping from them, they were as deadly as they looked. Rotating its head and neck around in a strange stretching like movement the Grimm starts to slowly walk past the pair, keeping its eyes on them.
One of the remaining Beowolf growls as the larger Grimm moves past it, but one quick glance from the beast and whatever courage the lesser Grimm had was quelled instantly.
"So that's why you compared it to my father" Blake's voice held understanding as Yang's earlier comment made sense to her now.
This Grimm was clearly of alpha status and had no problem showing that to others. Suddenly, as it circles them, the Beringel, which had largely gone unnoticed since the sabre-cat's arrival, reaches out with what strength it has remaining and grabs the sabre's leg.
An unknown conversation passed between the two beasts as they stared at one another. With a roar of defiance, the Beringel starts to pull itself back to its feet only for the large cat to move swiftly and separate the ape's head from its neck with a powerful bite. It's rival now disposed of, all attention turns back to the huntresses.
"Damn that thing is badass" Yang couldn't keep her awe hidden even if she tried and playfully added . "I'm going to name it Zabu"
"What!? Yang it's not a pet" Sometimes understanding Yang was harder than the Grimm, in Blake's opinion. "We need to deal with it before someone gets hurt" she admonished Yang with a glare.
"Hey I'm just saying. Anything that badass needs a..." The blonde was cut off without warning. The Grimm, having launched forward, grabs Yang by her prosthetic arm and takes both itself and her straight into a building.
"Yang!" She knows that Yang can hold her own but still she can't help but worry about her girlfriend as she rushes over to the building.
"I'm guessing...you don't like... the name...Zabu" Yang frowns at the name being rejected as she is doing her best to hold off the Grimm, while also striking it hard in hopes to free her arm from its jaws. "Fine then...how about...fuck off!" Yang yells activating something.
Blistering heat pours out of the house, forcing Blake to stop and cover her face against the extreme temperature. Peering over her arm, she only just has enough time to roll to the side as the horrendously scorched body of the larger cat came rocketing towards her.
As the heat began to die down, Yang comes out of the building while inspecting her arm for any damage. Seeing that she appeared to be fine, Blake hurries to Yang's aid and immediately begins checking her for injuries.
Chuckling, Yang gently takes hold of Blake's hands and lowers them away. "I'm fine Blakey, no need to worry. You know it takes more than that to hurt me"
"I know, but still. You worry me at times with your recklessness" Blake's eyes are filled with worry.
"Heh sorry, If i don't do it on...Get down!" Grabbing her partner quickly, Yang pulls them both to the ground, narrowly avoiding the large body that attempted to slam into them.
Looking up their gaze turns towards what attacked them and they are shocked to discover it was the sabre Grimm, that not even a minute ago, was burned to a crisp and laying there dead. The damage inflicted upon it was gone and it even appeared to have grown larger. It watched them for only a moment before lunging again with its jaws wide open.
"Alright, that should keep it busy for now" Peeking out from their hiding spot, Yang states observing the Grimm as it is distracted by Blake's clones.
"They won't last long though. We need to figure out how to kill that thing" Checking the images on her scroll, Blake tries to remember ever hearing about a Grimm like this beforebefore asking Yang. "How is it alive through? I was sure you torched it"
"I was sure I did. The thing got a full blast at point blank" answering with confusion clouding her thoughts, Yang runs a hand through her hair before continuing. "And I never even heard of a Grimm like that. Not even from my uncle. You think this is how Ruby felt?"
"Possibly. Encountering an unknown opponent without support or proper preparation, it's frustrating and a little exciting" She answers ignoring Yangs look of surprise. "Don't deny that you don't feel some excitement"She adds raising an eyebrow.
Shrugging in her usual fashion and shaking her head, Yang can't help but show a smile and her eyes sparkle responding. "You know me to well. This is a bit exciting, something new and unknown to challenge. Not everyone gets to do that"
Taking another look around the building, a confused look appears upon her face and Yang speaks again while keeping her eyes on the Grimm. "Blake, remind me of how long your clones usually last after being struck?"
"It depends really on the type of damage they take, but normally I'd say about a minute at most" putting her scroll down, Blake turns to Yang worried . "What's wrong, Yang. That isn't something you should be asking"
Releasing a shuddering breath, Yang tries to make sense of what she is seeing and describes it to Blake. "The clone, Blake it...it's not fading. She's just hanging limp from its mouth, almost... almost as if it was really you. Something isn't right about this."
Quickly moving back her partner, while still maintaining their hiding spot, Blake looks for herself. When asked about it later, she would admit that it was interesting to see a version of herself looking dead within the jaws of a Grimm, which was why she could understand Yang's strange reaction to the scene, it was like something from her worst nightmares.
However, because she was viewing the situation in a different light to Yang, Blake could pick out details that were going unnoticed by the brawler. While it did appear that her clone was not fading, that was in fact incorrect. It's colours were fading and the clone itself looked to becoming transparent. Secondly the Grimm was changing as well.
Purplish black smoke, which was like her own aura, was rising from the spikes on its back. The more the clone faded, the more smoke was produced. Not knowing what the Grimm was doing, and not wanting to take any risks, Blake quickly took out the supply pack she brought and pulled out a small orb.
"Yang, throw it!" Without wasting any time, Blake handed the orb to Yang, who at first was confused until she saw what it was that was handed to her.
"Why do you...you know what, never mind, good thinking" Charging the device with aura, Yang hurls it at the Grimm before quickly grabbing Blake and diving for cover.
Picking up the sound of metal hitting dirt, the Grimm turns its head to locate the source only for a small metal orb to bounce of its snout. Time almost seems to slow as it watches the strange object float in mid-air. Then, with a bright flash and a deafening boom, time resumed. Smoke consumed the square and a couple of buildings crumbled from the force of the explosion, covering her mouth with one hand, Yang peaks up from her hiding spot to survey the damage.
"*cough* why do you have...*cough* one of Nora's Grimm bombs?" Yang asks impressed and awed by the power from such a small device, it just went towards Yang further questioning the sanity of her hyper active friend. "Not going to say it wasn't effective but holy fuck!"
"After myself and Weiss encountered that Geist possessed Paladin, I have taken to carrying around at least one of those devices" She explains frowning at the memory of how ineffective she was against that opponent, Blake pushes herself off the ground and looks around.
"Right, you both had trouble with that type of enemy" Stretching to get the knot out of her back, Yang smiles at Blake. "Well, let's go check out the damage
Thinking that the explosion was enough, they were unprepared when two unknown objects shot out of the smoke and rushed towards them. Yang was able to get her arm up in time to block the attack. Unfortunately for Blake, she was unable to defend herself in time and let out a scream as two fangs sunk into her shoulder.
"Blake!" hurling her attacker to the side, Yang hurries to her partners aid. Grabbing hold of what was attacking Blake, Yang carefully pulls it off and throws it away without care . "Are you ok!?"Yang looks at Blakes pierced shoulder with worry.
Taking her hand away from the bite wound to get a good look at it, Blake quickly covers it again and turns to Yang. "It's fine, but it's going to take a bit for my aura to handle it, think you can hold of whatever those things are?"
"I'd feel better about handling them if I could see them" Never taking her eyes off the dust cover, Yang positions herself between it and Blake. "You'd better get moving"
Blake gives Yang a quick kiss on the cheek. "Don't die on me, you got that"
With a smirk on her face, Yang replies with a simple wink of the eye and starts walking forward. Blake waits until her partner disappears into the smoke before moving to a hidden location to heal.
Inside the cloud, Yang, using her sunglasses as protection, grabs a metal pole out of the ground with the intention of wielding it as a weapon she thinks to herself . "So glad I got Sun to give me a few lessons" Spinning the pole suddenly, she catches one of her small attackers in the jaw. "Always knew he had an affinity for working the shaft" chuckling at her own joke, Yang smashes the second attacker into the ground, the force causing the smoke to be blown away.
Looking down at the thing she has pinned to the ground, Yang is surprised to find it is a smaller version of the Sabre Grimm. In fact, the only difference was the trail of black smoke flowing from its back. Turning around, she finds the second creature, which is also a mini Sabre and it too has a trail of smoke.
Following the trails, Yang sees that they lead right back to the original and it is in a sorry state. Most of its body was burned away by the explosion with parts of its head, torso and right foreleg just gone. The smoke trails were coming from its back which had changed after it attacked Blake's clones.
"What the fuck are you?" Yang asks gritting her teeth in frustration, She avoids another attack by one of the smaller Grimm and smashes it in the chest with the pole. "You are not a normal Grimm, it's almost like you copied Blake's...semblance" the realisation hits her as she says the words.
Eyes wide with horror at the very notion of it being true, she quickly rushes the copy that is still down on the ground and impales it through the chest. It gives a strangled gasp of pain before dissolving into smoke and flowing back into the original, which begins to repair itself.
Turning to take care of the second one, Yang is surprised to find it frozen, in the middle of a lunge, with a blade piercing its skull. The body twitches slightly then it too dissolves into smoke and returns to the Sabre.
"You let your guard down, again" Blake effortlessly catches her blade as it returns after a quick tug on its ribbon. "You got distracted and almost paid the price. Good thing you have me here to watch your back" She taunts Yang playfully.
Making sure to keep the Grimm in her sights doesn't mean Yang isn't going to smile. "Were you getting jealous that I was paying another cat all the attention" Noticing Blake's ears flatten down in annoyance only increases her smile. "Don't worry, you will always be my favourite"Yang winks at her and blows a kiss.
"Dammit Yang, you have to make jokes now?" She should honestly be used to Yang's behaviour by now, but like always, the blonde beauty finds some new way to get to her. But Blake noticed that Yang's eyes were still burning red which was a sign that she was very serious. "So, what did you gather on that things abilities?"
"We've killed it at least three times, so it has a regeneration or reviving ability, seems to be able to absorb aura using its fangs and can replicate the abilities to some extent, that's why the clones it made were so small. As for killing the bastard" an angry growl comes from the Grimm which immediately gets another smirk from Yang. "Sorry, bitch. So touchy about that, kind of like you, Blakey"
Ears flattening down once more and releasing her own growl, the Faunus glares once more at her partner. "Did you just compare me and that Grimm?"
Chuckling nervously, Yang rubs the back of her head with her robotic arm. "Right, sorry. Bad call, just trying to lighten the mood" Exhaling slowly, she lowers her guard for a moment. "I can't think of any clear way to end this thing, if we even can kill it"
"So, you're giving up? That's not like you, Yang" As she expected, the blonde immediately smiles and looks at her with confidence.
"Of course not, I'm just saying we have our work cut out for us, that's all" Punching her metal fist into her palm, Yang's eyes burn with determination. "I'm never giving up again"
They had no more time to discuss tactics as the Grimm started moving towards them. A silent agreement passed between the two partners and they began their counter attack against the enemy. Yang charged forward to meet the Grimm while Blake took to the roof tops to provide cover fire. Slamming head long into one another, the blonde brawler and the monstrous feline battle for dominance with Yang's semblance absorbing most of the impact.
Letting loose a rapid spray of bullets, Blake frowns as they seem to bounce harmlessly off the armoured skin of the Grimm. Thinking of a change in location will provide better damage, she moves swiftly to a spot above and slightly behind Yang, giving her a better shot of the beast's head. Again, she unloads a round into the Grimm, this time managing to draw its attention away from her partner which allows Yang to begin over powering and pushing back against the Grimm.
These humans were proving to be more annoying than it originally thought. The one who burned was stronger than she looked and the cat one kept annoying her with those annoying little stings. She came to this town because those stupid monkeys chased away all the humans, humans who were her prey! So, after killing the first one, the second proved to be a little more resilient, if only it had died quicker, then she could have avoided these annoying humans.
If only she had been able to get a hold of the real cat, she might have been able to make more than two cub sized companions. Maybe it was better she hadn't, they had cost her two more lives when the fiery one ended them.
The fiery one, yes if she could get access to her energy, then she would be unbeatable. But, to her growing frustration, the fiery one's metal limb was keeping her head from moving and so she couldn't bite her. However, with her head in such an upright position, she could see behind her and noticed that she was being pushed towards a pile of wreckage which had formed into a mass of jagged metal spikes.
"Die" Large amber eyes look down to stare at Yang as she glared back with determined red eyes. "And stay dead!" Yang says pushing harder.
With a final push, Yang launches the Grimm into the spikes. The large body crashes into the pile, spikes piercing clean through in some places. Standing back from the scene, Yang watches to make sure the Grimm actual dies and it seems to have worked as the light in its eyes dims down until only darkness remains.
Dusting off her hands and turning to face Blake, Yang asks the obvious question of "Think it's actually dead this time? Or should we take its head off to be sure?"
"That would probably be for the best" was the answer Blake gave as she lands next to Yang. "We don't know how or why it comes back to life each time, so taking its head might ensure it stays dead"
Creaking metal and the sound of crumpling rock was all the warning they had before the Grimm, once more, lunged at them. With little time to think, Yang reacted on instinct and defended herself by grabbing the first thing she could, the fangs. Immediately she could feel the drain on her aura, but she couldn't risk releasing her hold.
"Yang!" moving in to try and help, Blake was blocked by a wave of intense heat that blasted out from the Grimm's body.
Golden color spread throughout the upper portion of the Grimm's fur as if it had a mind of its own, giving the beast a Golden tigerstriped design. With new found strength it begins pushing back against Yang, gaining ground quickly and threatening to overtake the blonde in raw power.
Realizing she couldn't keep holding and that she was losing against the Grimm, Yang, thinking quickly, shifts her body to the side and hurls the massive cat over her shoulder, snapping off one of its fangs in the process.
With its new-found powers, the Grimm could absorb its impact into the ground easily and quickly recover its footing. However, it discovered that Yang had no intention of allowing it a chance to gain any momentum and before the Grimm had a chance to move. "Absorb this!" she slams full force into its body, driving the fang she had broken off, deep into the cats skull.
The unimaginable pain coursing through its body prevented the Grimm from avoiding Blake's follow up assault. She looped the ribbon of Gambol Shroud around its neck and, using two clones, tightens it quickly locking the Grimm in place.
Yang holds her hand out to Blake. "You ready to end this?" to which Blake nods and puts her own hand in Yang's.
"Just…promise you won't tell, Ruby we did this?" Yang is tempted to tease her partner over her embarrassment, but chooses in this moment to oblige the request.
"I promise. Now let's do this!" Flaring their aura simultaneously, the pair launch high into the air.
At the peak of their jump and for the moment that they hang weightless in the sky, they share a brief, yet loving kiss.
Staring deeply into Blake's eyes as the kiss ends, Yang whispers to her "I love you"
"I know" feeling their momentum shift, Blake once more turns into the deadly warrior she is known as. "Remember your promise"She adds with a unspoken promise of pain if she doesn`t.
With a smile, Yang holds her free arm behind them. "Of course," she fires all the shells in her gauntlet and the they rocket back towards the ground.
Moving in sync, the pair stretch out their legs, left for Yang and right for Blake, before shifting in the air just enough to generate a spinning motion. Cloaked in their combined auras, which now looked like a yellow and black drill, and seconds before impacting the Grimm, they both yell out. "Bumblebee drilling love kick!"
During one of the pauses between examinations, Ruby suddenly gains an overwhelming feeling of both giddiness and disappointment. Giddy that something awesome is happening and disappointed for not getting to witness the awesomeness.
The Drilling aura kick connects with the Grimm's fang driving it deeper into the skull, the incredible force driving the head into the ground while at the same time, the two Blake clones pull the ribbon even tighter. For what seems an eternity, nothing happens. Everything remains frozen in that moment, then, with the combined force of the impact, the ribbon cuts clean through the Grimm's armour, severing the head from the body.
Taken by surprise at the sudden loss of stability, the BY pair fall to either side of the Grimm which was finally, and thankfully dissolving. The ultimate proof that a creature of Grimm was dead, yet still Blake and Yang didn't want to take any chances and watch in silence until nothing remains except for the fang that was impaled in the skull.
"Fucking finally!" Yang yells and allows herself to fall backwards from exhaustion as her body finally catches up to the pain it endured while battling. "I thought the bitch was never going to die. And hey, look at that. We got a trophy."pointing at the fang.
Laughing quietly, Blake leans back and allows her body to relax. "I know what you mean. However, a Grimm leaving behind anything after death is strange. We should probably bring that with us and have it examined when we get back to Beacon" She suddenly releases a hiss of pain to which Yang instantly asks if everything is alright. "I'm fine, Yang. Just sore and tired"
"Well we can't have that" Flipping herself back up onto her feet, Yang walks over to Blake and, before she can protest, scoops her up in her arms adding charming. "You just relax and I'll get us back to base"
Normally she would tell Yang to put her down out of embarrassment and pride, but Blake was too tired to mount any kind of protest and simply allowed herself to relax and snuggle into the natural warmth that radiated from Yang.
"Don't forget the tooth"she adds remindingYang.
"Got it" Pausing briefly to pull the item out of the ground, Yang carefully hands it to Blake and continues towards the location of their camp.
It took some time, but they eventually made it back to where they had set up camp. Once inside the relatively comfortable tent, Yang placed Blake down on their bed. "I'll be back in a moment, going to grab the med-kit"
While her partner was searching for it in the tent, Blake turns to the table next to her and places the fang upon it, that was when she noticed that Yang's scroll was signalling that there was a stored message waiting to be viewed. "Yang, looks like someone tried to get a hold of you during the mission"
Returning to the bed with her prize, the blonde sets down the kit and picks up her scroll. "huh? That's weird" Opening the message, she is shocked and quite worried when she sees it is from Weiss. "Please don't be bad news, please don't be bad news"
Seeing the obvious distress on Yang's face, Blake reaches over and lays a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Yang, Yang what is it" however, rather than replying, Yang instead places her free hand over Blake's and plays the message for them both to see.
Weiss's voice filled the silent tent and joy and elation were so clear to both women that they knew it was the information they had been waiting for. "Yang, I know you are busy with a mission now so contact me as soon as you can…she…Ruby's awake, Yang"
Silence was quick to fill the void after the message ended. Yang sat there in shock as the information finally lifted the feelings of dread and sorrow that have been weighing heavily upon her. Ruby, her little sister, one of the most precious people in her life was awake, her little sister was finally back. Yang couldn't find the words the express how happy she was in that moment. She didn't even notice the tears of joy spilling from her eyes, or that Blake had gently taken the scroll from her hands and pulled her into a loving embrace.
"She's back. She's finally back!" Giving in to her emotions, Yang laughs with joy and kisses Blake with such force that they fall back onto the bed.
Returning the kiss with all she has, Blake enjoys the moment for a bit before speaking up. "That's wonderful news, should we contact Weiss now or wait till the morning though?"
Swearing, Yang sits back up "Shit, you're right. Fuck what time is it?" Looking around for her scroll again, she spots it on the table where Blake placed it. "It's that late already? How long were we fighting that…no, no it doesn't matter, it's still early enough in the day"
The wait while the call tried to connect was excruciating but soon the tent was again filled with the sound of Weiss's voice. "Yang?"
"Yeah…yeah, it's…it's Blake and me, Weiss. Did…did she really wake up?" Yang trusted Weiss and knew she would never lie about something like that, but still part of her just needed to hear it again to be sure.
Weiss understood this and allowed a soft smile to show as she replied. "Yes, she did. Right now, Ruby is taking a small rest before the doctor does any more examinations, but everything is looking good"
Relief surged through Yang's body telling Weiss. "That's amazing to hear. Tell…tell her that I love her, I'll be back as soon as I can to see her, and that I'm going to hit her for making us all worry. You got that, Weiss?"with a big grin of course making sure weiss knows it was just a joke.
With a smile and a small chuckle, Weiss turns to look at Blake. "I assume the same goes for you, minus the physical violence of course?"
"Yes, Weiss" giving her own light laugh, Blake smiles at her friend. "Also tell Ruby to take it easy and not to worry about Yang or myself. We are finished with our mission and will tell you both all about it when we get back within the next few days"
"I will. Take care and we will see you when you get back. Farewell for now" Weiss ends the call on her end after Blake and Yang give their own goodbyes.
Putting the scroll back on the table, Yang kisses Blake once more and gently pushes her back down onto the bed. "My little sis is going to be ok and we totally kicked ass today, this calls for a celebration, if you know what I mean" wiggling her eyebrows suggestively, Yang looks down at her pinned partner, who is giving her a rather flat look.
"Really, Yang. We're tired, sore and just got some good news, you really want to have sex now?" Everything from the way she spoke to her body language gave the impression that Blake just wasn't interested.
"Is that a no?" Yang quickly got her answer when she found herself on her back and looking up into a pair of hungry amber eyes.
"Does this answer your question?" Blake captured her lover's lips in a fierce kiss and began the process of removing her clothes.
All the while, neither of them noticed the fang, sitting innocently on the table, was giving off a soft glow that cycled between the colours of yellow, purple, and black.
Later, in the early hours of the morning, Yang is drawn out of her slumber by what sounds like the cries of a baby. Sitting up slowly, careful not to disturb her bed-mate, she looks towards the source of the noise and finds a small child nestled next to her on the bed. Reaching down to it, mind still hazy from sex and sleep, Yang gently picks up the child and cradles it to her breast.
"*yawn* it's too early for…noise kid, mama has to sleep" the sudden and unexpected feeling of the baby latching on and suckling seems to momentarily bring Yang to full consciousness, but it passes quickly and she simply shifts her body into a more comfortable position. "Figures. *yawn* just hungry"
Thinking it is a dream, one she has had many times before, Yang allows the infant to feed while she runs her fingers through its soft hair and over the small cat like ears on its head, this has the effect of causing a purring sound to emanate from the child, which causes Yang to chuckle. "Just like your mother"
The baby eventually stops feeding and, after a quick burping session, Yang gently lowers herself back down beside Blake, keeping the baby cradle to her chest where it has fallen asleep. Smiling sleepily at the tiny figure, she places a gentle kiss to the top of its head, between the tiny ears, before snuggling against her partner and falling back asleep.
When morning came, Blake found herself being awoken by the feeling of something chewing lightly on her ears. She doesn't think much of it at first, expecting it to be Yang, but when she opens her eyes and sees that Yang is in fact still asleep, Blake shifts just enough to be able to see who or what is at her ears and to say she was shocked would be an understatement.
Sitting next to her head is a baby. Her tiny hands are holding on to the ear while she is gently gumming it. When the baby notices that Blake is looking at her, she releases the ear and makes a sound of happiness before reaching towards the Faunus. This has the effect of causing the infant to topple forward and land in between Yang and Blake.
Golden fur tipped ears shift around, taking in all the sounds while a little tail with a similar golden tip waves about behind her. A mass of curly hair, like Yang's own hair style, nearly covered the entire back of the child. Her hair was mostly black, like Blake's but shifted to a golden blonde as it reached the tips. Bright, inquisitive amber eyes scanned everything that it could see as it moved its little head around the tent.
At first, she looked like any other, normal baby girl, if not for the bony plates on her shoulders, elbows, knees and spine. There were four bone plates on her chest and every so often her nails would extend into little claws.
Blake stared at the tiny infant, that she honestly thought looked like her and Yang, before reaching over the child to shake the sleeping blonde awake.
"*groan* what is it, Blakey? 'm tired" Yang sits up, yawns, and stretches. Blinking the sleep from her eyes, she looks over at Blake and finds her motioning to the space between them using her eyes. Following the silent instructions, Yang looks down herself and all remnant of sleep is instantly blown away by the sight of the little figure nestled between them.
"What the Fu..."
* omake *
Blake:* slams her hand onto yangs mouth * shh you will scare her
Yang: *muffled noises *
baby: * nibbles on its own tail * bah
Blake: daww so cute , you calm now
Yang:* has a so cute look and nods *
Blake: * takes away her hand * you got an idea how she appeared ?
Yang: nope no clue, eep
Baby: * has attached herself to Yangs boobs again and suckles happily *
Blake: how are you lactating , are you pregnant ?
Yang: * blushes * no , i was able to do it since they reached a certain size
Blake: thats why you never let me play with them too much , you didnt want me to know you could lactate
Yang: Yeah its just embarrasing
Baby: *finishes and whines *
Yang: *burps the baby * so what should we call the little bugger
Blake : looks at now broken open fang on the table * how about sabre
Yang: what do you say kitten
baby: sah bah *nuzzles into yang *
Blake: looks like she likes it
Yang: yeah, man it will be a headache to explain her though
blake totally. * sighs *
Yang: *suddenly feels wetness on her arm * oh goddamnit
Sabre: *relieved look *
Blake: well i think ill go buy diapers while you and her get cleaned
Yang: why did she piss on me *whines * i fed her
Blake: *giggles and leaves after handing her some papertowels *
*omake end *