Hello again, and welcome to chapter 5 of color guards, I hope you read, review and enjoy this chapter, please let me know what you like and dislike so I can keep it in mind when writing, thank you
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The rest of the day went well, ruby who was the most able bodied made the rounds to check on the injured warriors and spent time with her sister and Blake, who revealed her faunus heritage to ruby, who in return found the ears just as cute.
Finally it was getting dark, while Blake walked yang to bed after dinner ruby made good on her promise to talk to Weiss about Grimm.
"So…a male Grimm and a female Grimm do…."
"Yes, just like humans"
"…And baby Grimm are born?"
"Yes" both girls' cheeks were flaming red during the whole conversation; they were sitting on Weiss's bed while ruby tried her best to explain Grimm.
"They are just like us, but…are monsters around us" ruby was saying as she elaborated on how Grimm really are.
"Then…can they be tamed, like horses or dogs?"
"Not really, people have tried but they have no feelings, no hesitations about killing us"
"…And your job is to kill them before they kill us?"
"Kinda…its more like we can be hired to kill Grimm, I don't know about other clans but my clan usually only kill Grimm if we have to, like during winter, large packs of beowolves come near the village so we kill a lot of them"
Weiss thought for a moment "are the babies cute?" she asked, now blushing from embarrassment, ruby smiled "yeah, Ursa babies are small and pudgy, beowolves are thin and lanky, and their howls are adorable" she laughed. Weiss suddenly looked down, her eyes held sadness "I don't get it, I get thousands of things taught to me everyday but…your better taught then I am, why?"
Ruby looked at Weiss, feeling sorry for the shut-up girl, ruby had sneaked a peak at one of her book before and only saw superficial things, mostly it put the royal family and humanity in a favorable light while classifying faunus and Grimm as the same type of monster.
Ruby thought for a moment, her eyes wandering around the room. When she came to the window, she watched the sun setting behind the mountain and got her greatest idea, she grinned and turned to Weiss watching the other girl's curious reaction.
Weiss noticed ruby's happy look, 'honestly that dunce could change in seconds…wait, Dunce? When did I start using that word?' Weiss thought, when had she gotten so close with the girl?
Ruby smiled "I got it, I could teach you what they don't, like when I practice fighting with you" she said proudly. Weiss blinked at her "but…teach me what?" she asked, now very confused. Ruby stood up, her smile seemed to brighten up the dark room, "I'll teach you everything those books don't teach you, like…like, I don't know".
Weiss looked at ruby's exited face and felt just a little happier "thank you ruby, I'd like that, just one thing…"
"Yeah?"
"Stop generating rose petals, they're starting to bother me" true to her words the floor was covered with a thin layer of rose petals, covering everything. Ruby rubbed the back of her head and laughed sheepishly, and despite herself…Weiss giggled just a bit as well.
The night was quiet as Blake deposited yang on her bed, sighing she started shuffling around "yang, do you want to bathe?" she said, picking out the medical supplies to clean up yang's gashes. Yang laughed "thought you would never ask. Although, my back is still sore so I might need help getting in, out and washing my back" she said, noticing the slight blush that creeped up Blake's cheeks, tinting the skin red.
Blake tried to keep the blush hidden 'what's wrong with me? First I reveal my biggest secrets, well some, and now I'm blushing over a bath' she thought, she had washed quite a lot of injured clan members, both male and female but never blushed during it. Tucking her head down she took yang's arm and helped her to the bathroom, not noticing yang's smirk.
Once in the bathroom Blake ran the water while yang undressed behind her, finally when the water level was nice Blake turned back, and she saw yang's full naked body, not even underwear blocked her view. Yang looked confused when Blake looked down
"Blake…?"
"In bath. Now" she said with a chilling authority, yang seemed to shrink and climbed into the water, once the water obscured yang's body Blake looked up "lets hurry up, we can't let your stitches open" she said turning yang's back to her and grabbing a wet scrubber. Yang just smiled sheepishly "y-yeah…sure' she said, grabbing another scrubber to wash her own front body.
During the bath yang was aware of how Blake's hands were gentle on her back, even the scrub brush felt soft in her hands, it slowed even more when she reached the scratches on her back, stopping she checked their state. Yang started washing her own front, playing with the bubbles the soap had generated.
As Blake washed yang's back her blush had deepened, she had never felt like this about a girl before, 'I felt it with him though…' she shook her head slightly, now wasn't the time to think of him, just concentrate on the bath. Finally after they were done washing yang wanted to soak so Blake let out most of the old water and filled the tub with clean warm water, yang would wash her hair later.
Leaving the clothes on the floor next to the tub Blake left the room, sitting down on the bed she thought over what just happened, 'Why do I do this? I've washed an injured person many times but…she's different, why?' she questioned in her mind as she absent mindedly started rubbing her injured leg 'she accepted me…so did ruby, what's wrong with these people, they don't act like normal people at all' she was starting to get frustrated.
Meanwhile yang sunk into the tub, absentmindedly washing her thick golden mane of hair. 'Maybe I got too close, I just got her to talk, please don't go silent' she internally begged Blake as she sunk even lower. Now that she thought of it she was cute, especially with those ears, she wondered if she really was a cat, the thought made her giggle some as she thought about all the things she could do with Blake.
Weiss nodded goodbye to ruby as she walked down the hall, closing the door she slumped against it, what was she doing? Ruby was her guard, she should be quiet and follow my orders, but…she was nice to weiss, even offering to help her fight. Weiss slid to the floor, she was torn over whether she should actually take ruby up on her offer or dismiss it.
She was distracted from her pondering when a knock hit her door "Miss Schnee? Your father sent extra warriors, and their leader is here for your inspection" a feminine voice called. Weiss stood up and straitened her clothing "y-yes, let him in" she said gathering her cold mask once again. She turned, now wearing a white robe as a man stepped into the room.
He. Was. Gorgeous. She he stepped in his blue hair seemed to dance as he kneeled down, like a prince asking a princess for marriage, his red coat flitted on the ground "my young lady Schnee, it's an honor to be blessed with your audience" he said in the smoothest manner possible. Weiss almost melted on the spot, she turned away from him to hide her steadily growing blush "w-well, what's you name? How many men were sent? I have to know about this, my father did not inform me of these changes," she said pleading for her blush to go away.
The man smiled, Weiss was turned away so she could not see "my name is Neptune Vasilias, a warrior from a southern coastal region. You father sent 30 well trained warriors and I'm in charge of those 30 men and woman, my lady" he said still acting smooth, Weiss nearly lost her resolve but held firm "g-good, g-go meet with my personal guards. They will take over command when possible," she said as Neptune stood up bowed again and backed out, when the servant had closed the doors she sunk again to the floor, marveling at just how handsome he was.
Neptune looked back at the closed door and smiled she was actually cute, but way out of his league. Sighing he walked away to meet his new comrades, the ladies private guards.
Blake had just finished up wrapping yang's injuries, they would be completely healed in a day or two, and Blake would take out the stitches tomorrow. Yang's shirt was almost off when the door opened, standing there was Neptune, who blinked looked at them and stepped back "I-ill just wait out here" he said closing the door while Blake and yang were frozen.
Blake was blushing as she stood up and started to clean up while yang pulled her shirt on "come in" she growled, honestly, couldn't he of at least knocked. She continued to glare as the blue haired man walked in, rubbing the back of his head "she was injured on the way here, don't question it, just tell us why you're here" she said, even she was just a little surprised at her tone but brushed it off.
Neptune was still blushing, he hadn't fully seen yang but…he'd seen enough. Shaking his head he looked at the black haired girl "my names Neptune Vasilias and I'm commanding a new group of warriors after your group was injured. The young lady sent me to you" he said as Blake folded up freshly washed cloth and piled up dirty ones to have the servant's wash later "fine. I'm Blake belladonna and she is yang Xiao Long, pleasure" she said as yang grinned from the bed "so, Neptune, do you know how to fight? She said, grabbing her own collapsed gauntlets for show.
Neptune laughed "of course I do, I'm the best fighter there is" he said proudly, "wanna bet" yang said moving to get up before a whack hit her head "and tear your skin again? It's still weak, try anything and I'll keep you off your feet for a week" Blake warned yang smiled sheepishly and sat back down as the door opened again, revealing ruby, who smiled at them "yang" she said falling forward "ruby" yang said as well crushing ruby in another hug.
All the while Neptune stood, somewhat put off. Finally Blake took action "ruby? Can you please bring Neptune up to speed, I need to take care of my injury" she said as yang finally let go of ruby, only to find that ruby had collapsed into a puddle of nothing.
Finally Blake had Neptune drag a gelatinous puddle of ruby out so she could take care of her leg. Sitting down Blake started to take off the bandage "let me do it, it'll be easier" Blake looked up to see yang's hand on her leg, Blake contemplated it, after the whole bath incident… she sighed and nodded.
Yang smiled and began to look at her leg "look yang…I'm sorry about the bathroom, I just…got to comfortable, I'm sorry Blake" she said, pausing in her care on the gash. Blake just looked away, blushing slightly "don't…I was taken by surprise, just…lets forget that ever happened, okay" she said.
Yang smiled and started wrapping up Blake's leg again "thank you Blake" yang said and slapped the injury without knowing. Blake clenched her teeth and glared "don't hit it" she groaned as yang rubbed her head, landing squarely between her bow, causing Blake to blush even more.
So the team spent that night talking, Neptune tried to keep a smooth guy attitude but was countered every chance, and yang's horrible puns made them all want to bang their heads against the wall.
Several weeks passed, during that time ruby and Weiss practiced more, it was obvious Weiss was lacking on stamina, luckily her use of dust made up for that weakness. Yang and Blake also spent more time together, training, talking and just being together was enough for them.
Finally Weiss was summoned back to the palace. As they all packed up each had different thoughts about the trip.
Ruby was thinking about how close she had gotten with Weiss, they were holding conversations in private with almost no ice from Weiss, who was thinking was caught between ruby and the new guard Neptune. She was nearly tearing her hair out, she didn't understand, she was fighting over who to think about, they were both her guards but Neptune was handsome, and a guy.
Ruby was…a stupid dunce, who excelled at wasting time even if she was fast, but…she was also nice and didn't really think about Weiss's attitude. Weiss just slammed her head on the bed, now more confused then ever.
Blake was also stuck on the road, she liked yang a lot but…her past was dangerous, plus she swore never to make the same mistake that she did with him. Him, she nearly broke down thinking about his betrayal, and her own, she stood up and kept packing her bag, steeling herself to not think about him.
Yang on the other hand was thinking about Blake, she really switched gear quickly, one day she would lighten up then the next she would nearly shut down. Yang threw her pillow across the room, how could she break through to Blake, she was obviously hurting, but kept herself closed to everybody. Yang sat on her bed, willing herself to calm down, she was aware that the room temperature had gone up several degrees, burying her head in her hands she started to calm down.
Finally the next morning they were set up again, Neptune's 30 warriors had joined up with 30 or so of the original warriors, the rest were still resting their injuries, again they surrounded the young lady's horse and the pack horses. When they left the safe zone Blake and ruby went scouting with several warriors and the outriders while yang stayed behind, still upset she couldn't be out there with the rest of them.
Several hours had passed; yang was zoning out watching the red leaves falling while Neptune rode behind her on a horse. A small sound from the trees caught their attention, yang readied her gauntlets, while the rest of the group followed her lead. Still walking a yellow shape jumped from the trees onto the horses, they started to freak out while the servants held on, begging them not to bolt.
Now they saw the culprit, a monkey Faunus. His face was shaded but he defiantly stood out, he smiled and grabbed a couple bags before jumping off, the warriors finally kicked into action, half of them raced off after him while the other half waited with the young lady. Yang yelled and charged off, upset he had gotten past her.
Blake was walking through the forest, eyes and ears peeled for any sounds, once again she was sweeping the back of the group. Suddenly a yellow haired man ran in front of her, time seemed to slow as their eyes met, he winked as he passed her, running off into the woods a mass of warriors followed him. Blake just stood there until they passed, looking in their direction she sighed and continued on her way.
Another hour later saw the procession moving again, the thief had only stolen some food so nothing bad happened but now yang was pissed, walking ahead of everyone she stopped and punched a tree, fire accompanied the punch and bore a charred hole in the center of the tree.
Smiling and feeling better she continued while Neptune behind her stared at the tree, thanking whatever higher being commanded them that he wasn't the receiver of the punch.
Near late afternoon they stepped into town, they were again wearing masks, concealing their identities, warriors cleared a path for them until the reached bridge, the warriors on the bridge bowed deeply until the gates had shut behind the group. Servants helped the young lady off her horse, she nodded to her guards and walked to meet her father, ruby turned to the warriors "great job everyone, dismissed" she said as the warriors started walking to their courtyard.
Most of the night consisted of resting, washing and telling team JNPR about their trip, that whole time the Daimyo had gone no wear so they just went through training, practicing and the occasional patrol around the town. They also introduced Neptune, who again tried to smooth talk Nora and Pyrrha, and in return he got a laugh from Nora and pinned to the wall by Pyrrha's spear.
"I trust your trip was acceptable, despite the way up"
"Yes father, I had plenty of rest and am ready to return to my duties"
"Good, there is a reason I called you back"
"Yes father?" Weiss asked from her position in front of her father, he reached to his side and took hold of several papers
"I have received reports of a strange dust user, black haired and amber eyed. Apparently she has been causing trouble and has allied with the white fang" he said producing a blurred picture of a woman "this is the only picture we have. I tell you this because now you must be careful, she may go after us," he said pulling back.
Weiss thought and looked down as her father spoke again "I'm rejecting any future requests to leave the palace until she is investigated" he said. Weiss nearly gasped but held her resolve "but father, with my new guards I'm safe from any trouble" she said, inwardly pleading to be let go, he shook his head "this in my final discussion. You may leave now" he said getting up to walk to his chambers, Weiss walked quickly out of the room and into her own.
Once alone she slid to the floor, now she couldn't practice her fighting skills, or meet with ruby, or even get away from her father. Weiss felt like screaming but held on, sighing heavily she got ready for bed and climbed in, feeling more alone then ever.
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