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Volume 3, Chapter 6, 'Fall'


*knock knock*

"It's open!"

The infirmary door swung open and the blonde monkey Faunus marched in extravagantly, a large bouquet wrapped in his tail, followed closely by JNPR's leader and Weiss's fellow Atlesian, with the brunette rabbit Faunus closing the door behind them.

Despite rolling her eyes, the heiress betrayed a grin. "Looks like the pity party's here, huh? And not one but TWO blonde fools; as if Yang wasn't enough to deal with."

Jaune scratched the back of his head as Sun passed behind him to set the flowers down on one of the tables. "Is she doing okay? I heard from Ruby that she's been a bit off over the past few days."

"I suppose blaming yourself for getting someone else hurt will do that. She should be doing better, though; she only visited five times today, less than Ruby and Blake did." She glanced over at the white camellias. "For me?"

Sun gave off his signature toothy grin. "Neptune bought them. I told him to hold back but he can be like that sometimes."

Again, azure eyes rolled. "If by 'that', you mean crazy enough to electrocute you and Scarlet, then I feel just a little concerned with the gesture."

"Yeah, I guess. Anyway, Team SSSN sends their regards."

"Team JNPR too." Jaune said, nodding.

"I am also glad that you are feeling healthy again, Miss Schnee!" Penny exclaimed, putting her hands together.

"Team CFVY too. Especially Yatsuhashi." Velvet's smile was nothing but warm. "From one burn victim to another, you know."

Weiss scoffed. "Well, I have to say, it feels a lot worse than it looked for him." She tried to right herself, but winced. Velvet directed her back down onto the bed again. "He has my sympathies."

There was a moment as her guests shifted themselves around, Penny moving to open the curtains a little more while Jaune answered the nurse that knocked at the door.

"So…" The monkey Faunus spoke up suddenly. "How's Blake taking it? Since you and she are all, well… you know…"

"Ugh. Shut it, Wukong."

"No, I think he's right." The other blonde leader intrigued, returning to the bedside. "I mean, I'm sure Ruby and Yang are pretty upset over it but she's…"

This time, Weiss let out a low growl. "I'm warning you, Arc."

"I would also like to know of Miss Belladonna's status in regards to your injuries." Penny chimed in.

Weiss's only response to that was an annoyed groan.

Velvet looked between each of the other guests and the patient, ears going crooked. "I'm… sorry, I feel like I'm missing something here."

Sun's obnoxious smile was back as he threw a thumb over his shoulder at the heiress. "She's just upset because everyone knows about her open 'secret' crush on Blake."

Jaune shrugged his shoulders. "Well, everyone but Blake herself. And you, apparently."

The snow-haired girl could only blow out a breath. "You know, if you guys hadn't ended up being right all along, I'd have throttled you both for saying that. At the very least, you two have the sense to keep your mouths shut, most of the time…" She glared at Penny. "Unlike SOMEONE."

The other three directed their gazes at the redhead, who looked around obliviously. She brought a finger up to her lip. "You mean Miss Xiao Long?"

Weiss gave up with an aggravated sigh. "Sure, her too."

The girl tilted her head quizzically but Sun cut in. "She IS feeling alright, right?"

Azure shifted over to his own blue. "YES, Sun. Don't think she's gonna go easy on you in the final's round."

"Oh, please!" The monkey Faunus brushed off the threat. "If anything, I'd be the one going easy on her; I bet you she'll be sorry once she sees some of my moves, huh?"

He gestured out to the rest of the room for approval, though no one responded.

"I mean, not to insult you, Sun, but Yang's kind of one of Beacon's best fighters." Velvet admitted, her posture moving into something more abashed. "You might want to practice more than just 'moves' if you want to beat her."

The Faunus boy shifted back and forth on his feet, looking slightly humbled.

"Speaking of which…" The heiress began. "Jaune?"

"Hmm?"

"Make sure your partner kicks this idiot's butt if they get into a battle together."

The blonde boy smiled. "Got it." His brows furrowed. "Wait, how did you know Pyrrha was-?"

But Weiss was already glancing over at the redhead now, whilst Sun's mouth fell open.

"You two, Penny. Make sure this wise-cracker eats his own words."

The Atlesian girl saluted. "Roger that, Miss Schnee. Adjusting subject 'Sun Wukong' within 'Allied' settings to 'Hostile Targeting'."

The boy in question's face was the definition of horrified, causing Velvet to crack up. Wiping a tear from her eye, she glanced at the clock before looking back at her friend sitting in bed. "Well, Weiss, we gotta head back now, but we hope you feel better soon."

"Thank you, Velvet."

The others started filing towards the door.

"Bye, Weiss!"

"See ya, Schnee!"

"Be well, friend!"

The heiress gave off a small wave as they left.

Settling herself again into the sheets, she closed her eyes and reminisced on how her year had gone. From the first day, she'd expected to simply devote all of her time to her studies, not really relying on anyone else to get anywhere. Yet, as the year had gone on, she'd found her rather narrow view expanded by so many wonderful people, having made so many great friends along the way, even if they were sometimes a pain to deal with. People to assist her whenever she fell short, people to help her unwind when she was feeling too stressed, people who cared about her and that she cared about in return…

As she drifted off again, another smile tugged at her lips.

I'll never regret coming here.


"Weiss, are you sure you're alright coming here?"

Despite the bright blush on her cheeks, the heiress huffed. "YES, Blake, I'm sure. I'm not going to miss Yang's first match just because of some sore muscles." She ran a hand through ivory strands, feeling the black bow before tracing down the golden and red ones.

You guys mean so much to me, after all.

Though the cheering of the crowd was still a pain, Team RWBY (sans Yang) moved quickly into their row in the audience.

As Weiss reached her seat next to Blake, she dusted off the spot before sitting down, relieved at the lack of sharp responses from her nerves. She spared a glance at her Faunus friend as the brunette turned to ask Ruby something.

plus, I get to spend more time with you.

Geez, how rude was that? Come on, Weiss, you're here to support Yang!

"Look! Here she comes!" Her leader suddenly yelled. Jumping up, she cheered at the top of her lungs. "GO YAAANG!"

The monochromatic duo gave a more muted, but no less enthusiastic, response than the younger sister.

Yang stepped out into the arena with about a dozen other students in tow, Pyrrha, Penny and Sun included. She seemed to shine brightly, brimming with excitement as she waved up to her team.

Over the loudspeaker, Professor Oobleck rattled off the list of contestants and gave a quick rundown of the match rules before the randomization process started up. Yang's picture rolled up on the screen with a black-haired boy on the other called 'Mercury Black'.

The instant her sister's face came up on the screen, Ruby practically screamed above the roar of the crowd. "GOOO SIS! BREAK A LEG!"

Blake's ears only twisted slightly at the shrill shout, but she kept up her smile nonetheless. It was her partner's first match in the finals and Ruby's relentless pride towards her sister was absolutely adorable.

She squinted to get a better look at this Mercury kid. The name rang a bell. She was pretty sure that was the kid who fought Pyrrha at some point before the dance. It was a blur, though; she WAS pretty tired at the time. Indeed, she was only half-sure that he had forfeited his match.

Well, if he wants to do well against Yang, he better have stepped up his game.

"Honestly, I can't wait until Yang fights Pyrrha." Ruby was almost shaking, though no longer absorbed in the match knowing Yang would crush her opponent. "THAT will be the match of the century. A real clash of the titans. A true-"

"She's something else, isn't she?" Blake laughed, cutting off her leader.

Suddenly, two confused glances came over her, causing her shoulders to bunch up. "What? I can't compliment my partner?" She murmured, shuffling in her spot.

Weiss blinked, her vision shifting to her blonde teammate as the girl pushed away a kick from her opponent. She hummed slightly.

"Yeah. I guess she is."

Blake's white bow shifted and her eyes shot open.

"Like, she really does do more than we give her credit for, huh?" The heiress continued, a small smirk encroaching on her features. "I mean, sure, she's always being a pain and giving us a hard time for…" She spared a gaze at Blake, "…well, she just gives us a hard time sometimes, right? But she always looks out for us despite that."

Her smile grew.

"She tries her best and gives us encouragement and always picks us up when we're down, even when we don't wanna admit something's wrong."

Her partner let out a chuckle. "Yeah, that's always been Yang, alright. A bit rough around the edges but looking out for the best in us." She rubbed her shoulder. "Still haven't healed those bruises from when she used to smack me in the shoulder, though."

The white-haired girl threw her an amused glance. "Is that why you were elbowing her in the side?"

Her leader pursed her lips and looked away. "MAYBE…"

The three turned back to the fight when they heard a loud explosion, followed by the boy Yang was fighting flying back and rolling over several times on the ground, his aura shattering.

Woah, he's already down? That couldn't have been more than two minutes…

Nonetheless, Blake stood up and clapped alongside Weiss as Ruby let out a long string of cheers.

Weiss couldn't help but feel proud of the brawler. After all she'd been through, Yang had been there for her, so she was going to be there for her during her greatest moments.

...

And then something happened.

The heiress only saw the faint shift in her friend's expression, as though a thought had passed through the blonde's mind as she turned back towards her defeated foe. The boy stuck out his hand, pride clearly beaten but his face relaxed and accepting of his defeat.

There was little way that Weiss could have described what happened next, simply because her mind couldn't comprehend them. Or maybe it just never wanted to think about it again.

There Yang stood, surrounded by guards, all shouting at her to stand down. Her opponent lay in pain on the ground, clutching a leg bent slightly out of place. Her expression, as her confused shouting faded, morphed slowly into one of shock.

And her team could do nothing but stare back in horror.


Originally, I wasn't even going to do this chapter and skip straight to Chapter 8, but the scene at the beginning just popped into my head after finishing last chapter (which originally wasn't even going to have the infirmary scene). I really just wanted to show how Weiss had improved her inter-team friendships; the second scene was more because I didn't want to just skip over the important moment in this episode as though it was nothing.

Next chapter is the big one. Not the last big one, obviously, but a big one nonetheless. Stay tuned. ;)