"Are you sure this is safe?"

"No, that's why we're doing it outside and not in our dorm room"

"But if it's not safe, why are we doing this in the first place?"

"Because, she deserves this!"

"Ok Ms. Bossy"

"Shut up!"

"Guys! Just calm down, ok?"

Yang listened silently as her teammates argued with each other, lost in her own thoughts. After a lot of discussion, they realized cutting Yang's hair might be a… slight fire hazard, and had decided to move outside. The sunny sky wasn't a very good reflection of Yang's mood at the moment. True, it had been a bit mean of her to embarrass Blake, but cutting her hair? That was a low blow. Yang cringed at the thought of her treasured golden locks of hair being sliced by Blake's scissors.

She couldn't have refused the dare either. How could she? She was Yang Xiao Long, and Yang Xiao Long did not back down from ANY challenge… no matter what the challenge may be. However, sitting outside in the sun, preparing for the worst moment of her life, she felt that this would be harder than any fight she had partaken in.

A hand on her shoulder woke her from her trance. "It's time" her little sister told her. Ruby was scared. She knew how much Yang loved her hair; the blonde refused to let ANYONE touch it. Looking at her sister's face, Ruby realized the only person who might be more scared than her was Yang. The normally confident brawler looked terrified. Her lilac eyes were wide with fear and her hands were trembling.

Yang sighed and stood up, walking slowly towards the chair they had brought from the dorm room. Blake picked up her pair of scissors and walked behind Yang, who couldn't help but notice the way the faunus snapped them open and closed in a threatening manner.

Would she ever forgive Blake? Eventually. Would she survive the haircut? Probably. Would she lose control and start a fire? Most likely.

She felt Blake grab her hair, she heard the scissors opening, she felt the scissors press against her hair... then she lost control.

"NOOOOOO!" Yang screamed just before Blake made the cut. She tried to stand up, but Weiss and Ruby dove towards her and held her down.

"I'm sorry Yang!" Ruby yelled over her sister's screaming.

"It's for your own good!" Weiss agreed.

Yang fought back in a desperate attempt to save her hair. She was strong; stronger than the rest of her teammates. She pushed Ruby off of her, and wrestled with Weiss. It was pure chaos. Then, it happened.

It was a familiar feeling, she grew hot inside and her eyes turned a deep shade of red. Weiss noticed this and immediately jumped off of Yang. Yang with red eyes was never a good sight. The last time Weiss had seen her like this was when someone tried to steal Yang's motorcycle. She remembered quite vividly how fire had burst around the blonde as she entered a fit of rage and chased after the thief. Angry Yang was not someone Weiss wanted to square off with.

Yang felt Weiss jump off her. She was free! She needed to run, before Blake could make the cut. But where to? There were so many places… the dorm room, somewhere on campus, the for-

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Yang froze. That did not just happen… that did NOT just happen. She whirled around, and there was Blake; scissors in one hand… a fistful of golden hair in the other. Yang just sat there, not knowing whether to freak out or be angry or run away or scream. So she curled into a ball. She just curled into a ball and lay down there, hating herself, hating Weiss, hating Ruby, hating Blake… especially Blake.

Blake walked up to her cautiously. "Yang? Are you alri-"

And then Yang lost it. She absolutely lost it.

Ruby and Weiss watched the whole thing from a distance. They saw the cut happen, they saw Yang just lying on the ground, they saw Blake approach her, and then they saw her freak out. It started out very violently. Yang screamed so loudly they thought they might get in trouble. Then they realized, they were already in trouble. Yang stood up, and fire burned all around her; burning the grass and filling the air with smoke. Thankfully, she didn't have her gauntlets, but that didn't stop her from attacking the faunus. Yang leapt towards blake and punched, but Blake dodged the attack and backed away.

"Woah Yang, calm down" she said carefully, distancing herself from her raging friend. Yang just screamed and charged again, but Weiss intercepted her, launching an ice attack that froze Yang in her place. Yang struggled against the ice, but there wasn't much she could do when she was frozen solid. Suddenly, the anger passed, and Yang just stood there in defeat. When Weiss melted the ice, the blonde didn't even bother to try standing up and flopped to the floor.

"Oh boy" Ruby said, voicing everyone's thoughts. Then Yang started to cry, and Team RWBY stood around her not knowing what to do.

In truth, Blake had only cut about a centimeter of Yang's hair. Unfortunately, the news of how much was cut off didn't make Yang any happier, as she started to sob when Ruby told her. They had stood outside for about an hour when they realized Yang wasn't going to move. So, Weiss, Blake, and Ruby carried the sobbing girl back up to the dorm room and lay her on her bed. It was another ten minutes before they decided Yang was a lost cause, and they continued their game. The brawler was momentarily excluded, as she refused to do anything but lie down in her bed as they had left her and cry.

"Soooo… I guess it's my turn?" Ruby said hastily. The others nodded in agreement, and the game commenced again. "Blake, truth or dare?"

"Uhhhhh… truth" Blake said.

Finally, I get to ask her Ruby thought to herself. It was a question Ruby had been thinking about ever since she had discovered Blake was a faunus, but was too embarrassed to ask. "So since you're part cat…" Ruby began.

"Yeah?"

"Do you ever…"

"Go on…" Blake's eyes narrowed, not sure what was coming.

"Ummm… lick yourse-"

"No" Blake said in a flat tone, slightly offended her teammate would ask such a personal question.

"Are you su-"

"No" Blake said again, trying to put an end to the conversation.

"But there was that one time I walked in on yo-"

"NO" Blake said sharply, "and that was only one time… I was curious". For some reason, Ruby found that absolutely adorable.

"AWWWW" she said, "you're like a little kitty!". Before Blake could object, Ruby started scratching her belly, causing Blake to purr in delight.

"So… Ruby, truth or dare?" Weiss asked.

"Dare" she said almost instantly. Weiss leaned in and whispered in her ear. Ruby grew almost as pale as Yang. "Truth"

"You can't change your choice!" Weiss exclaimed.

"I'm not doing that!"

"You have to!"

"Grrrrrr… fine!" with that, Ruby got up and left the room to an unknown destination. Yang and Blake looked curiously at Weiss, who just smiled knowingly.

Ruby wished she had chosen truth. She was shy, and Weiss knew that. For some reason, everyone paired her with Jaune, her clumsy friend. Jaune was nice and everything, but he just wasn't the type of guy she'd have a crush on. However, a dare was a dare, and if Yang could have her hair cut, she could do this. Summoning all her courage, Ruby knocked on Team JNPR's door.

It was Jaune who answered. Glancing inside, Ruby saw Pyrrha and Ren studying together. They both raised their heads at the sound of the door opening. "Hey Ruby," Jaune said, "what's up?". Ruby's face must have been turning red, because Pyrrha was looking at her in a funny way.

"This was a dare" Ruby said quickly.

"Wait, wha-" Ruby grabbed him and kissed him on the lips, then pulled back. Jaune looked shocked, not knowing what to say. Inside the door room, Ren didn't look like he cared, but Pyrrha didn't look happy at all.

"That was a dare!" Ruby squealed as she ran back inside her dorm room, slamming the door behind her.

"Well?" the heiress asked impatiently. Ruby nodded and ran to the bathroom to wash her mouth out.

"Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew" she said to no one in particular as she returned to the circle.

"What did you do?" Blake asked. Ruby thought about answering, but then just shook her head.

The game was shortly interrupted so Ruby could check on Yang. She tiptoed to peek over the side of her sister's bed, and unsurprisingly found her in the exact position they had left her in.

"Yang?" Ruby squeaked, careful to not surprise her sister. Yang just grunted to acknowledge Ruby's presence. Looking back, Ruby realized Blake and Weiss' eyes were on her. What do I do? Ruby mouthed to and extremely guilty-looking Blake. Blake shrugged and made an I don't know face. The youngster sighed and tried again.

"It doesn't look that bad, you look fine".

"My hair…" Yang said, but Ruby didn't think her sister was talking to her "my golden hair..."

"Stop being such a crybaby," Weiss said in an annoyed tone, "it'll grow back". Yang ignored her and continued to sulk.

"I've never cut my hair before…never" Yang whined. Ruby grabbed her sister's hair and stroked it. Yang winced, but then relaxed.

"It looks fine sis," Ruby insisted, "no need to be so YANG-ry". For a moment, it looked like Yang might smile, maybe even laugh, but then the depressed look returned to her face. Ruby frowned, and returned to the circle.

"This is really bad" Ruby said.

"Well… she kinda deserved it" Blake said.

Up on the bed, Yang scoffed. "It would be a shame if everyone found out about Ninjas of Love Blake," she mumbled to herself, "it would be a real… CATastrophe"