Yang-Dere 03 System/Sister Failure

On the second day of their break, The group of young hunters & huntresses enjoyed some of the boardwalks best food and activities. Jaune, Ruby, Yang, and Weiss walked together through the many mini-festivities. Jaune was chipper as ever which usually cheered everyone up. Today, though, there was one person it was irritating more than anything. That was Yang. This was mostly due to the reason for Jaunes peculiarly good mood. The previous day, a strange girl they just met asked Jaune on a date to the vale festival dance. Jaune, being one whom doesn't get very much attention from girls (At least that he knew of), said Yes. The two exchanged information and were texting all the rest of the day and morning, and it was all set to happen that night. Yang had a plan. She was going to destroy any form of future relationship these two might have without either of them knowing it was her doing.

"Hello, Jaune!" The current bane of Yangs existence greeted.

Penny ran up to Jaune. Jaune greeted her with a huge grin.

"I am fairly excited for tonight!" Penny exclaimed.

Jaune chuckled, "Me too, Penny."

"Still set for eight?" Penny asked.

Jaune nodded.

Ruby and Weiss were talking about Weiss's ebony haired team leader, Blake. From the couple of short lived moments Yang paid attention to their conversation, she could determine Weiss and Blake had an argument about Faunus and how not all of them are as bad as they seem. Ruby showed concern for both parties but Yang didn't care in the slightest. She was too busy plotting intensely on destroying Jaunes night out and ignoring Penny to her best efforts.

Yang did feel bad. She really did. However, she had already decided he was the only one for her, and she was the only one for him. She had never felt really anything for anyone. Something in her heart and mind told her no one like him would come again in her life. She decided it the moment they met.

He would belong to her and her alone.

"Yang?... What do you think?... YANG!" A voice yanked Yang from her scheming. She turned her head to Ruby and Weiss, who were both staring at her.

"Y-yeah?..." Yang responded to Ruby, not knowing with what she was agreeing.

Ruby and Weiss looked at each other.

"Jaune?..." Ruby asked Jaune his opinion, too.

Jaune nodded. "Yeah, I think you should apologize as well. You never know how much someone has gone through to get where they are." Penny and Yang smiled at this.

Yangs heart fluttered a little. Such wisdom from such a pretty face. She then considered how those amazing words applied to her situation. She then realized that they kind of did. What was it that she wanted for this gorgeous blonde idiot anyway? To have and hold him? Or to see him happy. Was she too quick to decide Jaune belonged to her? Maybe it would've just been enough to see him happy. And just maybe, seeing him happy meant seeing him with Penny... 'NAH', She thought to herself, mentally giggling. He will belong to her and her alone.

Penny bugged enough that Ruby eventually broke and explained the Blake situation to her.

"Are you speaking of the faunus girl?.." Penny asked.

Ruby, Jaune, and Weiss gave Penny a confused look.

"She has cat ears..." Penny stated.

The three just realized something they should have long ago. Weiss left shortly after to look for Blake.

Yang determined she would do anything in her power and even beyond, to make her plan a reality. She would have to pull it off flawlessly.

Yang gritted her teeth and cursed the strange Orange-Haired girl under her breath. Jaune was practically glowing. It must have been a long time since hes had anything resembling a date with a girl, if ever. Ruby smiled, happy that her teammate was so joyful. Yang frowned shaking her head at Jaune.

"Well i'm glad you found someone who can stand you." Weiss said in her renowned snarky rich-girl tone. Yang glared at Weiss.

Ruby elbowed weiss in the side. Weiss shrugged.

The four enjoyed their day as it passed, meeting up with Pyrrha and the rest of team Brown later at the dock. Around six, a couple different boys approached Yang and the other girls in the group about asking them to the aforementioned dance. Yang gave them the same excuse she always gave boys that advanced on her romantically. She told them she was seeing someone. Which, was not always entirely true, but now kind of is in a way. She now had her eyes on someone, even if he didn't have his eyes on her. It would happen soon enough.

Blake ended up disappearing to have tea with some blonde monkey-faunus boy. Ren and Nora had each other. Much to Rens dismay, that's what Nora told people about the two. Whether or not they were 'together-together' was known to only them. Ruby just politely denied the two boys that approached her, the reason being not known to Yang. Maybe she just wasn't ready to date yet, who knows? Weiss disappeared with some blue haired idiot that apparently Weiss knew, but it was Yangs first time seeing him.

Pretty soon, It was just Yang, Ruby, Jaune, and Pyrrha. Pyrrha, being the red-headed smart and wonderful beauty that she is, was approached by the most boys out of all the girls, which wasn't a surprise for anyone. Her excuse was that their was someone she was waiting for. That was a surprise, however. The team didn't know there was someone Pyrrha set her sights on. Apparently there was.

Eventually, after walking around for a bit and enjoying the festivities of the lively festival, Pyrrha suddenly broke off from the group and said she'd meet up with them later.

There they were again, Just the two blondes and Ruby. Yang was enjoying the side by side stroll with Jaune as much as she could. She knew something, or a certain someone, was going to come along any minute now and ruin it. The three sat on a bench. It was already starting to get dark, which meant the fireworks were going to start soon.

"So, you going to pick up Penny around eight, huh? I'm happy for you." Ruby stated. Yang mentally groaned. Ruby just had to ruin the moment.

"Yeah. I'm waiting for her to text me the location, still." Jaune replied.

Ruby smiled at him. "I'm sure she'll tell you soon."

"Speaking of. What time is it." Yang asked, already knowing the answer to the question. It was time for her master plan to come to fruition. Jaune pulled out his scroll.

"Six-thirty." He said. Yang smiled and nodded. Jaune set his scroll on the bench next to him. Just then, exactly as Yang had planned and timed it. Fireworks went off in the sky directly behind the group. Jaune and Ruby jumped in shock and spun to see the explosive light show. Yang grinned. Just as planned. She switched out Jaunes scroll with hers. Earlier that day, Yang unscrewed a panel in her scroll and disconnected one of the wires so it appeared as if it was dead. She slipped Jaunes scroll in her back pocket.

Yang put her hand on Rubys shoulder.

"I gotta go, sis. You two have fun." Ruby and Yang waved at each other as Yang began to leave. With a pep in her step, Yang knew this would all go perfectly in her favor.

"Huh... I could've sworn i charged this..." Yang heard Jaune announce as she walked away. The words made Yangs face contort into an evil grin.

Yang needed information. She needed information on Penny. For this plan to work she had to determine what the girls flaws were. What better way to do so then see what she confided in Jaune. Jaune had invited her to many activities. This made Yang angry. Not at Jaune, but at the girl Jaune was making plans with like they were a newly married couple. They had already planned four days of events. Yang had to put her emotions aside, however, and work fast. She only had about an hour to put the rest of her scheme into motion.

It started with a text. Yang messaged Penny. She told her, pretending to be Jaune, that he would meet her at the long dock at the north side of the beach a half hour early. This gave her enough time to get Pennys scroll from her.

Her plan was to separate the two across town, then She would message Jaunes scroll with Pennys, stating that she had no feelings for Jaune and was canceling the date. Then, she would message from Jaunes scroll to Pennys, claiming the same. After deleting the messages from Jaunes scroll, she would have to convince Jaune she took his by accident. The problem was getting Pennys scroll. It wasn't going to be easy, but she was confident she could do it.

Yang got a response on Jaunes scroll from Penny minutes later, saying she was on her way to the docks. Yang was already there, hiding behind a pier. Sure enough, in the next two minutes, Penny arrived. She was in a beautiful slim white and green dress and her hair was done up in a beehive. To Yangs grief, she actually looked pretty good.

Yang waited for Penny to pass the spot she was hiding. Penny excitedly ran to the end the end of the dock, taking in the beautiful pale moon on the oceans horizon. She stared in awe as the waves crashed against the dock around her. She got on her hands and knees and gazed into the dark blue water. She could see the end of the dock she was on was exactly where the sand below steeply dropped off. She gasped.

"Excuse me?..." Yang asked, slowly approaching from behind.

Penny jumped, frightened. "Oh! Hello! I remember you! You're Jaunes teammate, correct?.."

"Y-yes. Um... I hate to bother, but could i borrow your scroll?.. I seem to have misplaced mine and I need to message my sister urgently..." Yang lied.

Penny tilted her head and smiled. "Of course! Any friend of Jaune is a friend of me!" The words almost made Yang puke. Friends?... Not even close. The girl pulled the scroll from her purse. She held up a finger, signaling it would just be a minute.

'Uh-oh... What if shes texti-"

Suddenly, Yang remembered she forgot to put Jaunes scroll on silent. However, it was too late. Jaunes scroll went off in Yangs back pocket, making her wince. Pennys facial expression instantly changed from happiness to confusion. Yang didn't know for a fact, but she was pretty sure Penny would recognize Jaunes idiotic Camp-Camp theme song ringtone. And she did.

"What... are you doing with Jaunes scroll?..." Penny asked, confusion in her voice.

Shit... Change of plans. Yang just did the first thing that came to mind. She powered up and slammed her fist into the girls stomach. Yang expected Penny to fall backwards into the water but she didn't budge a centimeter. The sound her fist made when it collided with Pennys mid-section sounded as if someone took a metal bat to a car. A wave of unbridled pain made its way up Yangs to her shoulder. Her knuckles were bleeding and fist began to bruise. Yangs eyes went wide. Yang suddenly remembered something she read going through all the texts between Penny and Jaune. The little hints every other text. Jokes about hard skin and not being water proof.

"Y-You're a robot?!" Yang yelled, utterly dumbfounded. She knew advanced robotic people were a thing now. But she was so real. The more she thought about it, the more Pennys odd personality made sense.

Penny frowned. "Are you... trying to hurt me?..." Penny answered a question with a question. Yang could hear the sadness in the girls voice. It wasn't important. No matter what, she needed that scroll. She had an idea.

"I came to tell you Jaune doesn't like you!" Yang had to get penny to take a swing at her. It was the only way.

Penny shook her head. "That's imprecise. He claims he likes me a lot."

"He just said that cuz he didn't want to hurt your feelings!" Yang lied again. She had to push her over the edge.

"You are Incorrect and Mistaken." She replied. Yang could tell it was starting to bug her.

Yang grinned. "He said he could never like a weird freak like you!"

Penny gritted her teeth. "FALSE! You know not of what you speak!" Her anger was finally starting to show.

"He told me he loved me!" Yang claimed. Pennys eyes widened. A tear rolled down her left cheek and she wiped it away.

"You're Inaccurate!" She screamed, "It is you he could never like! You are evil! Why do you wish so bad to hurt me?! What did I do to you?!" Yangs eye twitched and her fists clenched.

"You stole my Jaune from me! You robot BITCH!" Yang screamed back.

Pennys fist clenched and she lunged.

"LIAR! HE IS NOT AN INANIMATE OBJECT YOU CAN LAY CLAIM ON!" Penny yelled as she threw a punch Yangs way. Yang smiled and pumped almost all of her aura into a speedy side step. Penny overstepped and her fist whiffed through the air where Yang had just been standing. Her Scroll flew from her hand and landed on the dock next to Yang.

Pennys eyes widened and she yelped as she stumbled off the dock into the cold water below. She reached the surface and splashed and scrambled, screaming for Yangs help.

"H-Help! If I don't g-g-get out my core will-ll-ll..." Penny begged. The water was starting to make her twitch and glitch sporadically.

Yang just crouched and watched as the robot girl desperately clawed at the dock and begged for her life.

Penny began to cry.

"P-Please! I'll Actually DIE! H-help, and you can have him... P-Please!" Yelled and screamed. Yang was glad no one was near enough to hear her pleas.

She smiled at the struggling girl. "Now who's a liar?..." She whispered.

The last thing Pennys eyes saw before her system filled with water and shut down, was Yangs smiling face, staring down at her as the artificial life dissipated. Yang saw the light in Pennys eyes go dim as her body stopped moving entirely and she began to sank.

"Good riddance." Yang said, waving goodbye.

What Yang didn't know, however, was that Penny had a certain function. She was a special covert ops robot. Meaning, she had a lot of information stored in her that was never meant to fall into enemy hands. Meaning, if she were to be in any sort of situation where her core became unstable and her life was forfeit, she was programmed to self-destruct.

And she did.

Pieces of Penny shrapnel went flying in every which direction as a huge explosion erupted from the water and knocked Yang on her ass. The concussive blow dazed Yang for a good couple minutes. When Yang came back to reality, she realized her arm was in immense pain. She looked down to see a small piece of metal sticking out of her left forearm. She grunted in pain as she tore the little piece of her deceased rival in love from her flesh and threw it aside. She looked even further down to see a Pennys arm on the dock. It was lit aflame and was quickly lighting the wooden platform before her. She pocketed the piece of metal with her blood on it and Pennys scroll.

Yang quickly covered up her wound and made a run for it.

Yang efficiently climbed two floors with a damaged arm and snuck into her teams dorm. Once inside, she messaged Jaunes scroll from Pennys. Then, Yang snapped Pennys scroll over her knee and threw it out. She bandaged up her arm the rest of the way, hid the piece of bloody Penny under her pillow, and took her dead scroll on Jaunes charger and replaced it with hers.

Yang turned Jaunes scroll off, and as she climbed into bed. The door to their dorm swung open. It was a worried and spent looking Jaune.

"Did I get any messages?.." Jaune asked, concerned.

Yang internally grinned. "Not that I know of..."

"Shit! Its already eight-thirty... She should've messaged by-Fuck!" Jaune exclaimed. Yang pretended to jump.

"W-what is it?..."

Jaune paced back and forth. " I forgot to turn my scroll back on... Shit shit shit..."

Suddenly, to absolutely no surprise at all, Jaune suddenly stopped pacing and slumped down on his bed. He looked distraught. He looked... really upset... Yang hated seeing her one true love like that but she had to do it to him. If it meant they could be happy together, then a short amount of time in the dumps is what Jaune had to pay. Yang slowly made her way over to Jaunes bed and sat to the left of him. The final and hardest part of her plan: Work up the courage to comfort a down Jaune that just got stood up.

"What... happened...?" Yang asked, pretending not to know.

Jaune slumped. "I think... she just broke up with me..."

"I mean... you guys weren't really together... you hadn't even gone on a date..." Yang argued.

Jaune slowly nodded. "I suppose... but still... getting stood up sucks... and she said she could never like someone like me?... Ouch..." Yang knew it was time to make a comfort move. She made her arm slither around Jaunes shoulders. Jaune let out a loud sigh and his head laid up against Yangs neck. Her heart started beating really hard and her chest felt hot and heavy. Her legs were slightly trembling. She was mentally screaming in happiness and was trying her hardest not to show it.

"What happened to your arm?..." Jaune asked, almost giving Yang a heart attack. She quickly came up with a terrible lie that anyone but Jaune would question.

"I... Fell..."

"Oh."

Yang couldn't tell, but she thought she heard Jaune crying at some point. She brushed his hair back and forth with her hand until Pyrrha and Ruby came home. Yang explained why her and Jaune fell asleep in that position on his bed. She explained she was just comforting him as a friend. Pyrrha bought it, but Yang could tell Ruby didn't in the slightest.

Ruby was Yangs sister. They grew up together. So she knew Yang had never felt sympathy for anyone. So her comforting someone was NOT normal for her. Ruby kept sneaking glances at Yang. Yang knew, but didn't care. Snuggling up to Jaune as he peacefully slept in her arms was the happiest moment for her.

After everyone fell asleep. Yang unscrewed the panel on her scroll and reconnected the wire she removed earlier. Thankfully, Jaune was a heavy sleeper, so he didn't notice Yang crawl out and back into bed with him. He also didn't notice the picture she took of the two of them cuddled up. And she even used flash.

When Yang awoke the next morning, she could no longer feel Her Jaunes warmth in her arms. She panicked, her eyes snapping open, she shot out of bed. A confused looking Jaune in his pajamas with a toothbrush hanging out of his mouth stood before her. He spat the access toothpaste into his rinse cup he was holding.

"Uh... You alright?.." Jaune asked out of concern for his friend.

"Y-Yeah. Just had a bad dream..." Yangs face went flush and she became flustered.

Yang could tell Jaune was still feeling distraught about the whole Penny thing. He typically did his morning things with a smile on his face and whistling away. Today, though, he was oddly quiet and spacey. Jaune returned to his morning routine, shrugging off Yangs typically strange behaviors. Yang noticed Pyrrha and Ruby had already left the room. Yang enjoyed the morning together with the boy. But they didn't have every class together. Soon enough, the two separated. Yang wished she was closer to him so they could talk more or just have more time together in general. But, that's not how life works.

The day went by too fast and too uneventful. In the evening, as school finished, Yang decided to take a walk. She needed time to think. Sadly, she soon found time alone to think was a commodity she wouldn't have an abundance of. She ran into the white haired schnee girl, Weiss. Weiss explained her team leader, Blake, had still been missing since the last time they spoke of it.

Weiss dragged Yang along with her to help find the black haired faunus. In the distance, shouts and the sounds of a clash could be heard. Weiss's instincts told her this had something to do with Blake, so Weiss and Yang headed towards the commotion, much to Yangs dismay.

The scene the two stumbled upon was quite a strange one.

Sun, the blonde monkey boy from earlier, Blake, Ruby, and Pyrrha were standing in the wake of what appeared to be a white-fang heist gone wrong. The group looked exhausted and distraught. Yang was pretty sure Weiss was gonna chew Blakes kitty ears off, but to her surprise, she did the opposite. She showed concern.

"Y'know how worried we were? We've been looking for you for twelve hours..." Weiss claimed, gesturing to herself and Yang. Yang wanted to correct her but it seemed it would just ruin the moment, so she remained silent.

"Look..." Weiss continued. "I know you've got problems, we all do, but next time you have some sort of major problem... please, come to your teammates about it..." Yang scoffed. No one noticed.

Weiss and Blake made amends, and Ruby squealed in joy that her friends team was back together. Yang and Ruby let them be, and took a stroll.

"Hey Yang, we need to talk." Ruby said softly.

'Uh-oh' Yang thought to herself. Never in the history of ever did those words mean anything good. Yang met her sisters gaze with concern.

"I need advice..." Ruby stated.

Yang let out a mental sigh. She thought the topic of discussion was going to be way worse.

"About?.." Yang responded.

Ruby stopped walking and looked down.

"You've had boyfriends before, right?.." Ruby questioned.

Ruby should already know the answer to that. Ruby and Yang had been practically attached to the hip at birth.

"Plenty." Yang lied, anyway.

"There's this boy I like." Once Ruby said those words, Yangs instinct kicked in and her stomach twisted into a knot. She wasnt going to like the answer, but she asked the question anyway.

"Who?..."

"It's... It's Jaune..."

"Fuck."