RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth, of which I am not a part of.

Before I get to the chapter, I want to let you guys know about my thoughts on my own writing, since this is the first time I've ever written something that can be classified as an actual 'story,' as well as my thoughts on the RWBY FNDM itself.

I do not consider my writing perfect. In fact, I believe that anyone who THINKS their work is perfect doesn't actually understand what perfect is. To me, perfect is not an attainable property, but rather a goal to strive for. I do not believe that the story Monty, Miles and Kerry wrote is perfect by any stretch of the imagination, nor do I believe that the alterations I have made and will likely make in the future are going to be perfect either. They are simply done in a way that I wish to be able to look back on and think, "Wow. This managed to provide joy to some people." If you looked at the story for a little bit and though 'That was nice,' then I believe that I've succeeded.

Due in part to my lack of drawing skills (and lack of drive to practice said skills, of my own volition) this is the only way that I feel I can contribute my thoughts and create happiness for myself and others in our FNDM. My following of WeissColdGlare on Tumblr, as well as the art she has produced from her own ideas and the ideas that I and others have provided, has shown me an experience similar to the one I hope to provide, even if this one is fundamentally different. After all, I already have several points of the story planned out; I may not be willing to add requested details into the story merely because of a suggestion.

If you ship Monochrome, that's great! If you don't, that's also great! If you wish to shame someone for not shipping the same couple as you, I… what? They're fictional characters. Why are you getting all worked up over fictional characters? We are all different people with different experiences and different interests; if the universe was filled with nothing but one thing, it would be pretty bland and boring. To me, it doesn't matter if you don't ship a certain ship, if you don't have any particular reason for shipping a ship that you love or if you believe your ship will become canon in the future. Right now, my biggest concern is maintaining the quality of my writing and ensuring that I don't reduce any characters to something 'less' than characters.

Well, okay, I DO hold my real life to be more important that my writing, but in relation to the FNDM itself, those ideals are most important. In fact, that's not even true; I'll break those ideals if it means protecting someone, because I believe (real) people are even more important than intangible ideas.

Even if you've only clicked on my story and left shortly after, I want to thank you for showing up and acknowledging my work in the first place. I hope I can bring joy to as many of you as I can in the future.

Okay, okay, that's enough thought-provoking rants for now; I'm five hundred words in and haven't even started what you're here for.

This chapter is not actually based on an episode, but rather is supposed to be between Volume 1 and Volume 2. Non-canon Episode 2: …and Red and Yellow


Remnant's shattered moon peeked through the curtains of Team RWBY's dorm. It wasn't that late at night but the team was already in their pajamas. The only source of light came from the lamp on Weiss's desk, where the heiress sat. She was sharing her notes with Blake, who was hovering over her shoulder, in yet another Ruby-warranted bonding exercise. Ruby herself was reading comics in her bed when she looked over at her big sister in the other top bunk, who was laying back in a relaxed pose and staring at the ceiling.

Despite her thoughts on recent events being rather positive, the blonde was no longer smiling like she had been earlier. Rather, she found herself lost in thought about how much Weiss and Blake had been able to connect over the last few days. She knew it was for the best that the team to have those two connected by the hip while they rebuilt their friendship, but see them grinning and laughing together…

…well, she just wanted to be part of it.

Yang sighed under her breath, scratching her head. She had always been outgoing and willing to make friends with anyone. She KNEW that their team was supposed to be together for the next four years and likely even further beyond that.

She knew she'd have plenty of opportunities to hang out with both Weiss and Blake in the near future. Blake was her PARTNER, for crying out loud!

She knew it was stupid to be thinking this way.

Yet that don't do much to ease her loneliness.

Suddenly, something moved in the corner of Yang's vision. She barely had any time to react before the figure threw themselves over the brawler's stomach, expelling all of the air out of her lungs from the sudden weight. "Ruuuby! Get o-off!" The strength behind her words was mitigated by the giggling that came with them and the intentional over-dramatization of her tone. She managed to push her little sister off of her and retaliated by tickling her tummy, sending the team's leader into a childish sputtering of laughter.

Weiss and Blake both turned towards the sound that had interrupted their work. The heiress simply rolled her eyes and turned back to the words she'd written on a paper next to her textbook, hiding the amusement dancing in her eyes. Blake smirked and twitched the ears under her bow, observing the sight for a bit longer before looking back towards Weiss's notes.

Yang eventually released Ruby and both sisters laid down sprawled across the bunk, breathing heavily to try and calm themselves down. When their heart rates had returned to normal, Ruby managed to prop herself up on her elbows and get a closer look at her sibling. "So, you feeling better?" Her tone was a little more serious than the look in her eyes would have suggested.

Yang managed to give off a small smile before looking down. Of COURSE our resident sniper would be this observant.

Well, she IS my sister, even if we're only half-related.

Trying her best to mask her crestfallen feelings, Yang gave her best lie with a tone she thought the fifteen-year-old would believe, "Don't know what you mean, sis."

Ruby's face became more serious, surprising the blonde. "Yaaang," she whined, "you know I'm not going to quit bothering you until you tell me what's up!"

On the spot now, Yang winced before shooting a look at Blake's bow. Even if she did so unintentionally, she knew the Faunus girl would have no trouble hearing everything they'd say, which basically keep the brawler from daring to speak her mind, even at a whisper. Looking back at Ruby, however, she knew her sister would likely keep her up all night if she didn't spill the beans soon. Since they had class tomorrow morning, THAT was not a viable option, especially if they didn't want to face the Ice Queen's wrath for sleeping through class.

Looking across the room at their bathroom door, her mind worked quickly and she grabbed Ruby's arm. "Come on, then," she commanded and pulled the team leader, before she could even get a word of protest out, into the bathroom.

She closed the door halfway before sticking her head out and looking at the other two girls in the bedroom. "Don't worry about us; we're just gonna have a chat," she explained, flashing them a grin. She managed to catch Blake and Weiss exchanging a look of confusion before she shut the door.

Ruby was still stunned, massaging her arm that had almost been ripped out of its socket, unable to form words properly yet.

Yang went up to their shower and opened the clear screen door, turning the shower head on as the loud roar of running water started up.

"YANG!"

The blonde jumped out of her skin at the sudden sound of her name, surprised by the harshness in her sister's tone as her gaze turned to its source. She didn't know what she had been expecting to see, but what she DID see definitely wasn't it.

Ruby was looking at her with the most incredulous glare she'd ever seen. What was even more bewildering, however, was the rest of her face, which honestly seemed redder than her signature hooded cloak. There was a mix of what appeared to be complete mortification and burning rage within it, as evidenced by the set of barred teeth.

"There is no way I'm going to take a shower with you! We aren't kids anymore!"

At this, Yang couldn't help but burst into laughter. Other than closing her mouth, Ruby kept the same blushing grimace on her face throughout her older sister's laughing fit before the girl in question eventually managed to calm down enough to speak.

"Ruby," Yang snickered, wiping a tear from her eye, "We're not going to SHOWER. I just didn't want Blake to hear what we are saying!" She then smirked teasingly and began pulling up the bottom of her orange tank top, stopping just below her bra, "Unless, of course, you want to."

At this, the anger in Ruby's look turned into pure horror as her embarrassment practically doubled. She quickly scrambled backwards towards to the door, her back sliding down the wood as she covered her face and tried her best to occupy as little space as possible. "EWWWWW GROSSGROSSGROSSGROSSGROSSGROSSGROSS!"

Yang almost doubled over laughing at her tormented little sister. Eventually, she stepped forward and sat down in front of the flustered little red ball, coaxing Ruby's head out from between her knees with a hand on the crown of her head.

"Okay, look Ruby…" Yang breathed in, her chuckling quickly dying down as the reason for them even being in the bathroom returned to her mind, causing the smile on her face to fall. "Just… it's stupid. You don't need to know. I can handle it myself." She tried to sound as reassuring as possible, hoping for one last chance to get out of this.

Ruby brought her eyes up and leveled them with her elder sibling. The look in those silver eyes told Yang everything that the younger girl was about to say. "Yang, PLEASE. You know you don't have to go through anything alone, no matter how small it is!" Her face had finally returned to its normal coloration and her voice brought out its 'I'm going to make you talk about this before we leave' tone again. Yang resigned to it.

"It's just that… I can't really put it into words." Yang held her arms as she started feeling a bit uncomfortable. "Every time I think about this, I… I feel like I shouldn't have a reason to be thinking this way. I feel all guilty about it."

Ruby listened to her sister intently, searching through lilac eyes and signaling for her to continue.

"I… I want to get closer to Blake and Weiss. I feel like I'd love to jump into all of their little conversations they have with each other now and get to… I don't know, I guess… learn more about them? It doesn't matter though; they need to fix their own bond now so…" Yang sighed once more as her gaze fell to her own feet, "I told you it was stupid and pointless."

"It's not stupid and it's not pointless!"

Yang's head shot up, surprised but still confused. Ruby looked back at her with a small, reassuring smile on her face.

"Yang, it's really sweet that you think that way. And it makes sense too! We're a team and we are going to get closer." Ruby put a hand on her sister's arm, rubbing it. "I know how you feel, too. I've spent a lot of time with Weiss, since she's my partner, and, well, you're my sister. But I've barely gotten to talk with Blake one-on-one since, like, the first days we've been here."

Yang's eyes widened. She was right. Blake and Ruby had only ever really discussed the books that the black-haired girl was reading. Other than that, and the occasional request, the only other times they really talked were for idle chit-chat and the like. In fact, Yang herself couldn't really remember a time when the two had talked for more than a few minutes without either Weiss or herself joining into the coversation.

As if on cue, Yang's own mind began to shift to her relationship with Weiss. Ruby was her sister, so she knew plenty of stuff about her, but even though she knew little of her own partner (heck, she'd only recently learned that she was a FAUNUS,) she knew practically NOTHING about her white-haired teammate (except her attitude; she'd experienced plenty of THAT in the past few weeks.) Come to think of it, the last time she'd talked with Weiss was during their search for Blake and they'd basically antagonized each other. For a girl that was the daughter of the CEO of a world-famous dust company, she didn't think she could even NAME any of the girl's interests, yet she'd sleep in the same room as her for over a month.

Does Weiss feel the same way? Did she feel the same way about BLAKE?

Yang looked up at her leader, whose own face had fallen during their talk. Worried, she wracked her brain to try and think of some way to possibly bring her team together.

Suddenly, her mind flashed back to the black and white ribbons that her other two teammates had tied to their hair.

"Hey," she shook Ruby's arm with her own hand, receiving the silver eyes of her sister once again, "What if we all got ribbons of our own? Everyone gets three for each other team member."

Ruby's face quickly lit up again. "Yang, that's perfect!" She practically shouted, rising up to her feet and pulling up her sister along with her, their fingers intertwined. "Promise ribbons for the whole team! That sounds amazing! Weiss might not agree to it at first but I'm sure she'll come around!" She pulled her hand's out of Yang's and grabbed onto the bathroom's doorknob. "Let's go ask them right now!"

Before she could turn the knob, however, Yang grabbed Ruby around the stomach and lifted her away from the door. After an initial protest (likely from the shock of being picked up so suddenly,) Ruby looked back at her sister to question what she was doing when the larger girl answered herself, "Maybe we should wait until those two have finished working out their issues. It might be a bit much for them to have to think of something like this while they're still reeling from the other day."

Though Ruby gave her a saddened look, she didn't protest, allowing Yang to put her back down onto the floor and release her from the hold.

Their conversation effectively over, Yang turned off the shower and opened the bathroom door. Yang's gaze met the eyes of her two other teammates. Weiss looked confused, likely having expected at least one of the sisters to come out of the bathroom soaked. "You, uh, finished?" Blake asked, a slight amount of concern in her tone.

Searching through the Faunus's amber eyes, the brawler eventually concluded that her partner had indeed failed to listen in on any of their embarrassing talk.

"Yeah. Sorry about the scene before." Yang gave a genuine smile in gratitude for her partner's thoughtfulness.

Weiss closed the textbook she had been looking through, slid the paper she had been writing on into a folder and stood up. "Well, I'd say we've done enough studying for now," she concluded, looking at Blake and then Yang. "We have class early tomorrow morning. Time for bed."

"Agreed." Blake replied, stretching her arms above her head to emphasize her drowsiness.

Ruby popped up over Yang's shoulder, a grin splitting across her face as she got an amazing idea. "That reminds me! Blake, Weiss, your final task for tonight will be to sleep in the same bed together! In fact, Yang and I will join you! That way, yo- OOOF!" The team leader went flying back and landed on the floor, Weiss's textbook impacting the ground next to her. "Oowie…"

Her assailant still had her arm out in a thrown position, blue eyes blazing and porcelain cheeks flushed crimson from the same embarrassment and anger that the target herself had shown at the beginning of the bathroom conversation.

Blake and Yang both burst out into laughter, the former in spite of her own embarrassment from the shockingly intimate command. During this whole charade, Yang managed to sneak a glance at the girls' ribbons, imagining a small red and yellow ribbon next to the ones already present. She then looked down at her sister, who had managed to sit up and was rubbing the front of her head, a sheepish grin across her lips. Yang's look softened.

'Promise ribbons for the whole team! That sounds amazing!'

Yeah. It really did.


Yeah, I definitely need to bump up the age rating now. At least, just to be safe. Hope you enjoyed the adorable half-sister-bonding this chapter. And Tsundere Weiss (Tsundere Weiss is best Weiss; well, I guess that IS normal Weiss.)

To give you guys an idea of how much I have PLANNED (assuming I manage to keep thinking up ways to put the points I've written down into full chapters,) I have simple guidelines/bullet points for AT LEAST TWENTY-EIGHT more chapters for this story.

Volume 2 begins next chapter.