*(A/N): Hey guys! I'm back! Now I'm going to just flat out say this. If you haven't read the last chapter, then go back and read it…NOW! Some important stuff happened so if you didn't read it then you're not going to know what is happening in this chapter. That's all I really wanted to say, so enjoy!"
Operation: Knight In Shining Armor
~ Okami ~
~ Outside Schnee Manor ~
She had to be quick, lightning fast, and most importantly she had to be stealthy. If she got caught then she would be thrown in jail…or worse.
She made her way under the fence and quickly ran to a nearby tree and climbed up it. She scanned her surroundings trying to find the safest route.
"Hang on Weiss, I'm coming!"
She found the best route so she jumped out of the tree behind a guard. The guard turned towards the sudden disturbance and was greeted with a hard fist to the face. The guard was K.O.'d instantly and Okami hid him under one of the thousands of rose bushes. She repeated this process several times until she made it to the building. She stayed close to the wall and tried to figure out which window until she came across a clearing.
There was a large pond and a water fall coming from the side of the building and all around the pond where a mixture of hundreds of red and white roses.
"White rose? I guess that does have a good ring to it."
It was a cold winter night and Okami didn't have her cloak, a cool breeze came over her causing the wolf faunus to shiver. She stopped walking and took in the environment around her when suddenly she sneezed.
"Why is it so cold tonight? If it rains there might be snow."
A moment later Okami heard a voice.
"Mirror mirror on the wall, I'm the loneliest of all."
Crying soon followed and Okami knew it was Weiss. Okami looked up and saw that there was an open window above the waterfall, four stories high. She listened closer and discovered that's where the noise is coming from. She quickly activated her weapon and hooks. She jumped on the wall and started climbing.
~ Weiss ~
~ Inside Schnee Manor ~
"Father, please! You can't do this to me!" Weiss Pleaded. "I'm your daughter! Doesn't every father want his daughter to be happy?!"
"Shut up! You are my heiress and a Schnee. There is no way in hell I will let the next head of my company be gay!" Mr. Schnee said in a threatening tone. Then a guard came in saying that all the guards mysteriously disappeared.
Mr. Schnee turned to his daughter. "Seems like one of your friends ignored your warning…" He then gave an evil grin. "I'll make sure they won't reach you." Then he turned and walked out the door locking it behind him.
"Whoever came after me is either really stupid or really brave." Weiss thought to herself, she then heard a sneeze from outside her window but didn't think much of it. She laid back on her bed. "I just hope they don't get caught by my father…"
Weiss got up and walked over to her full body mirror next to an open window.
"I'm never going to see Ruby again…I hope her last image of me was me crying as I walked out the door…"
Weiss looked at her reflection and cursed herself. She hated her reflection because she saw what her father made her. She saw the perfect heiress that everyone saw, the good girl she always had to be, the person who obeys every command she gets, the leader she has to become… A girl who wasn't allowed to be close to anyone.
"Mirror mirror on the wall, I'm the loneliest of all." Weiss said before she started crying.
"I want to be with Ruby, I want to be in her arms. I want to be there when she wakes up in the morning. I want to kiss her on the lips when she comes home from a long day. I want to be with her for the rest of my life…"
Weiss fell to the ground and started to cry even harder.
"I love Ruby."
"I knew I was right to picture you as Snow White, cause this whole Cinderella thing just ain't working for ya."
Weiss turned toward the window to find Okami holding herself up on the window ledge. "Okami? What are you doing here?!"
"Oh you know, I was just out for a stroll and decided to risk my life to say hi to you then be on my merry way!- I CAME HERE TO BRING YOU BACK YOU IDIOT!" Okami snapped.
"If my father sees you he will kill you on the spot!" Weiss said with great concern in her voice.
"I know but-" Okami was interrupted by Weiss covering her mouth with a hand.
"Shhh! I think my father is coming back, wait out here!" With that Weiss started to close the window.
"No, Weiss, wait!-" Too late, the window was slammed shut and there was a loud splash that came from outside.
At that moment the bedroom door opened and Weiss' father stepped back in. "Now where were we? Oh yes, I remember!" An evil smug look grew on Mr. Schnee's face as he spoke. "I want my heiress to have kids for my company to be passed on to and I have decided that the sooner you find a suitor the better."
"What are you saying?..."
"Don't worry; I will give you a chance to choose. In two weeks I will hold an event for you to choose your future partner from all of the finest heirs in Remnant. However, if you do not choose an heir at the event, I will choose one for you."
"Father no! You can't do this to me!" Weiss protested, close to tears.
"Oh my sweet little heiress… I already have." Mr. Schnee said as he tossed a rolled up piece of parchment on the ground and left the room slamming the door and locking it.
Weiss stared at the parchment for a bit before picking it up and reading it.
"The Schnee Family invites you to a formal event to find a suitor for it's heiress, Weiss Schnee. This is a once in a life time event that you surely don't want to miss."
"…no…"
"WEISS!"
Weiss jumped at the sound of her name and Looked to see a soaked Okami push the window open and glare at her. "That. Wasn't. Cool."
"Here I thought only cats hated water." Weiss said with no emotion in his voice.
"Oh, don't get me wrong. I love water!" Okami said with a smile before staring daggers at her. "I just don't like being pushed into a freezing pool of it when it's 45degres out and from four stories in the air!"
Weiss crossed her arms and glared back. "You're right, that's not cool. It must have been freezing."
Okami kept glaring at her and shook her head. "That's cold princess… That's Weiss cold."
"Really? Look, I'm not in the mood for this." Weiss said while sitting on her bed. "I just spoke to my father and things aren't going to end well."
"Which is even more of a reason to come back with me!"
"I can't."
"And why not?"
"Because I have nowhere else to go but Beacon! He'll just come and bring me back again…" Weiss said with sadness in her voice, she has lost all hope of returning to Ruby.
Weiss explained the mostly one sided conversation she had with her father and that no matter what Weiss really doesn't have a choice.
"…Or maybe you do…"
Weiss looked at the wolf faunus with a confused expression. "What do you mean?"
"I'm saying what if we snuck Ruby into this event your father is hosting and have you pick Ruby? That way your father would be satisfied and you can come back with us!"
"My father will find out sooner or later that she isn't an heir and come for me."
"Then we give him a reason to make her an exception." Okami said with a smile.
"Like what?"
"Maybe she can save his life when no one else can!"
"Okay…I think I see where you're going with this." Weiss said thinking this plan can work. "How are you going to sneak her in?"
"Isn't that an invitation in your hand?" Okami nodded at the parchment she was still holding.
"Okami, you are a genius!" Weiss thought as she handed the parchment to Okami. "Wait, but Ruby is a girl! My father will notice and just throw her out instantly!"
Okami gave her a 'really' expression. "You're talking to the girl you and the rest of your team thought was a guy. Just let me work my magic and train her."
Weiss raised an eyebrow not really understanding what the faunus was implying. "What?"
"It's simple really…" Okami said with a smile before leaving to go back to Beacon. "I'm going to turn Ruby into a guy."
~ Okami ~
~ Back At Beacon ~
"You want me to what?!" Ruby asked.
"You're going to go to a formal event for Weiss to find a suitor disguised as a guy. Hit it off with Weiss, save her father's life from a 'beowolf attack', then bring Weiss back here." Okami said summing up the master plan.
"Do you really think it will work?" Blake asked.
"You want my sister to risk her life in a plan like this?!" Yang shouted.
"Yang, stop!" Ruby said while standing up. "If this is the only way to get Weiss back, then I will gladly do it!"
Ruby then turned towards Okami. "Thank you for doing this Okami, I don't know what I'd do without you."
Okami shrugged it off. "It's nothing, what are friends for?"
"Friends…I actually have friends."
Ruby smiled and looked at her other team members. "It's late and Okami needs to rest, she deserves it. We'll start training and planning in more detail tomorrow. Good night Okami." Then RBY left the wolf faunus' dorm.
"Okami, about what happened earlier today…"
"Urufu, please…not now."
"No, we need to talk about this RIGHT NOW!"
"Ugh!"
"Okami, do you remember what happened the last time your aura increased dramatically?"
Okami kept quiet, she remembered it quite well. It happened the day Okami got the scar on her back. Everyone treated her like a monster and despised her…The day Okami grew her wolf ears…
Blake was correct about the traits of a faunus. Faunuses normally have eyes that are different than humans' and one animalistic trait like ears, fangs, or a tail. Okami started off as a normal faunus (except for her eye color), she was born with fangs and fangs only.
Four years ago, one week after Okami got Urufu, there had been a mysterious fire had started in the village. No one knew what the cause of the fire was but during the mayhem Okami had been attacked leaving the scar on her back. Not really sure how or why but the attack messed up Okami's aura. It started to grow at a quick speed and before she knew it, Okami woke up with wolf ears.
"So why did I grow ears? I never really understood that part. And why can I understand you only now after all this time?"
"Okami, faunuses use a fraction of their aura to properly use their animalistic ability. You already had an abnormal amount of aura to begin with, so when your aura increased your body evolved to use up an extra small amount of aura. For us being able to talk like this, I believe is also from your current aura increase. That is how we are bonded to begin with; maybe your aura is now strong enough to connect our whole thoughts now instead of just feeling the gif of it."
"And what, it just stopped?"
"No, Ai had to use her own aura to calm yours and stop the increase. However, the damage had already been done, you permanently had wolf ears and would lose control whenever you released too much of your own aura."
"…But now my aura has increased again and Ai isn't here to stop it…"
"Okami at this rate, if your aura doesn't stop increasing…you will permanently become a wolf…"
Okami didn't say anything, what could she say to that. She just sat there numb feeling a mix of emotions; sadness, loneliness, hatred, guilt, and fear.
"Urufu… When Ruby and I go to get Weiss back, I don't want you to come with us."
"Okami I have to-"
"NO!" Okami snapped facing her companion. "We can extract three vials of your 'drug solution'; one for me, one for Ruby, and one for Weiss just in case I were to lose control. You will not be coming."
"And why not?"
"Because, I want you to deliver a letter for me." Okami said as she sat down at the table with a pen in hand and a paper beneath it. After 15 minutes, Okami finally finished writing and read what she wrote.
"My younger sister, Tsume Kiba.
I understand the situation I am in. Justice indeed needs to be served, but I must inform you that I am indeed innocent. I have hundreds of witnesses to back me up, but majority of them are human…
However, I have chosen to return home and finally end this worthless life of mine. I wish to return by the end of two months, I wish to spend as much time as possible with my new friends before my life finally comes to a close.
I shall see you in two months' time.
~ Okami"
Okami decided it was good enough and pulled out an envelope sealing the letter inside and wrote, "Tsume."
"All that I ask is for two months."
~ Ruby ~
~ Two Weeks Later Outside Schnee Manor ~
"I'm not so sure about this Okami…" Ruby said nervously.
"Relax Riding Hood, you look perfect!" Okami said patting Ruby's back. "You look handsome and dashing, you'll blow Weiss away for sure!"
Ruby was wearing a suit of armor very similar to Okami's and alternated between white and red. Her boots made her about the same height as Yang and Okami and her hair was slicked back and the real length of it was hidden by her cloak.
"Hey, where's Urufu?" The young leader asked the wolf faunus.
"Stop asking questions and focus on the mission!" Okami said angrily. "Now, you have the vial I gave you right."
"Yeah, right here!" Ruby said lifting the small tube.
"Good, now here. I want you to wear this." Okami said as she placed a red rose in a chink of her armor. "You have about three hours to swoon Weiss; I give you the best of luck." Okami said with I smile on her face before she rushed off.
"Okami, I hope this plan of yours works."
Ruby then turned towards the mansion and took in a deep breath. She saw all the young heirs swarming through the gates and was a little reluctant.
"Rubes? You okay with this?" Ruby heard Yang ask through her ear piece.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Ruby responded looking at the Schnee residence with a determined look in her eyes. "Operation: Knight in Shining Armor is no set in motion!" Ruby started walking toward the gate, newfound courage grew with every step she took.
"Hang in there Weiss, I'm here to rescue you."
~ ? ~
~ Three Hours Later (In Dark Shadows Forest) ~
She was sitting in her palace on the huge throne that was much too big for her. On her lap was a photo with three girls in it.
The girl on the left was herself and looked sad but had a face smile on her face anyway as if she was the third wheel. The girl in the middle was beautiful and genially happy. She wore purple and black clothing but wore a sky blue scarf around her neck and looked to have had her arms wrapped around the third person. Her long hair that matched her white wolf ears signaled that the girl was Ai.
The third girl however was blotched out with a mixture of red and black ink; however, you were still able to see some of her features. She had shoulder length hair that was cut really short in the front and was brown with golden streaks and golden wolf ears on top of her head. This girl also had fangs in her nervous grin and although hard to tell, had a pair of sky blue eyes. The girl blotched out in the picture was Okami.
The girl heard a growl emitting from in front of her and looked up to see her wolf Akumu escorting a grey wolf that was slightly smaller than him. The girl recognized the wolf instantly, it was Urufu.
The girl stood and walked over to the wolves meeting them half way. Urufu came up to the girl and placed an envelope at her feet and ran out the nearest door and into the woods.
The girl bent down and picked up the envelope and read the messy handwriting that said, "Tsume."
She opened the letter and started to read it and as she read she noticed her tail started to wag in excitement the more she read. When she finished reading she had a huge grin on her face and tore up the letter into several unreadable pieces.
"Perfect… It looks like my plan is working wonderfully."
*(A/N): DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN! Who is this girl? Well, that's for me to know and you to find out! And I'm really sorry it's been taking so long to post chapters, I'm really sick and have been really out of it. Well, you know the drill! Questions, just PM me. Comments, leave a review. Well, see ya l8r!
