Red Roses, White Scales
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
John C. Maxwell
Chapter 8
What Pride has wrought
After everyone calmed down, especially Weiss, who felt violated and defiled, Team RWBY walked out of their room to attend class. The door across them opened at the same time and Team JNPR exited their room was well.
"Morning guys!" Ruby and Mikhail greeted them in unison.
"Morning Vomit Boy." Yang greeted the frowning Jaune. How he wished that this nickname would go away.
"Come on!" He threw his hands in the air and pouted.
"Morning…" Blake walked out, while being absorbed in her book.
"Morning." Jaune greeted back and winked at Weiss, who shivered "Good morning to you Snow Angel."
Yang's attempt on her chastity was enough and now she had to endure the laughable flirting of that buffoon. She was still angry at Mikhail, but didn't want to admit, that it was her fault for entering the bathroom while Yang was in it.
"Good morning." Pyrrha, who went out of the room as well, greeted the others and waved a hand.
Mikhail went closer to her and eyed her. She wore the long stockings which looked good on her long legs. She still wore her crown on her head.
Mikhail gave a thump up as well, causing her to blush.
"So guys what classes do you have?" Yang asked.
"Professor Port's class." Ren, who was also finished, joined the conversation.
"We too, wanna go together?" The leader of Team RWBY asked and Jaune, Ren and Pyrrha nodded.
"By the way?" Ruby looked around "Where is Nora?"
"SURPRISE!" Suddenly the hammer-wielding appeared behind the blonde-red boy and jumped on his back. "Now," She pointed forwards "Let us fly, Dragon Boy!"
"Hey that's my spot!" His sister pouted and now threw her fist in the air.
"Nope I am Nora, Queen of the Castle and a dragon rider!"
Mikhail knitted his brows "Dragon Boy?" He looked at Ren.
"Nora thinks you are a dragon and she wants to ride you…and yes I just said that." Frustrated by saying the last thing Ren palmed his face.
"Huh?" He looked at Nora, whose face was close to his.
"Yes, no forward my scaly mount let us fly the pits of hell, (known as class) to rescue the poor pancakes from there prison (known as canteen).
Yang grinned evilly "Never thought you…"
"Sis, no just no…." Her brother prevented her to make a sex pun.
"Buh, spoilsport."
"Shouldn't we go to class?" Weiss commented while, tapping her foot on the ground.
"Come on Nora, I have still some sore muscles…"
"Nope, Dragon Boy come on lets fly high. By the way can you spit fire, oh, oh can spit thunder!? That would be so awesome!"
"Hey are you guys ignoring me!?" The heiress was annoyed, that no one bats an eye. Ruby glared at Nora, Yang observed the spectacle while looking entertained, Blake rolled her eyes and continued to red her book, Pyrrha giggled and Jaune still winked at her…which was becoming slowly creepy.
"Nora come on, get off from him." Ren asked his long-life friend again
"Nope!"
"Nora," Mikhail took a bag out of his jacket "I made you pancakes."
"PANCAKES!" The hyperactive girl jumped off from Mikhail, opened the lunch bag and slurped five chocolate-chip pancakes down like a pro.
"Sorry again for Nora…"
"It's alright Ren, remember my sisters?" The raven-haired boy nodded in understatement, after that statement.
"Hey!" Ruby intervened, she felt somehow insulted.
"Again we have classes to attend!" Weiss was slowly beginning to lose her patience.
*Smack*
"Ouch!" Mikhail yelled out in pain as Yang smacked him on the back of his head.
"Don't be so cheeky Mister." Yang scolded her little brother "Or I will spank you and not in a good way." She smirked.
Her brother rubbed his head, before the young man could reply; Ruby couldn't ignore Yang's statement and was curious "You can be spanked in a good way?"
Everybody peered at the hooded girl who tilted her head in confusion. Since when is spanking good? She hated to be spanked, by her father, uncle, Yang and even her brother.
"Great," Mikhail glared at Yang, who smiled sheepishly. His sister was pure and innocent, a little bit too much for her own good. But still Mikhail wanted his sister to remain this way as long as possible. One day she would learn the hardships and atrocity in this world, but not now. "Way to go to, sis. Can you stop trying to defile our pure Ruby?"
"I don't even know why I am waiting for you!?" Weiss was still being ignored.
"Oh sue me." Yang said amused while shrugging.
"Guys," Blake closed her book and sighed "I think we should go to class."
Everybody looked at the faunus-girl.
"Yeah, Blake is right, we should go." Mikahil nodded and Weiss…
"Hey I try since 5 minutes to tell you that we should go to class, but you were ignoring me! And now when she spoke up you didn't ignore her?"
The rest of Team RWBY and JNPR looked at each other and Mikhail spoke up "You talked with us?"
"Eh, YES!?"
"Weiss," the heiress looked at her black-themed team mate "They made fun of you, the entire time."
The heiress looked mortified "And why didn't you say anything?"
"Because I wanted to read a little bit longer?" She shrugged.
Weiss glanced at the others; most of them smiled or were on the brink of laughing.
"You are all insufferable!" She fumed and steam was coming out of her head.
"Oh the Ice Queen is melting, eh. Eh!?" Yang waited at looked with expectation at the others.
Ren just looked stoic and without expression.
"Boooo, weaksauce!" Nora made a thumb down.
Pyrrha didn't say anything and looked at Mikhail who palmed his face.
"Sorry, sis…" Ruby shook her head and Jaune rubbed his eyes.
"You guys suck!" The blonde brawler shouted out in anger. Why could no one admit that her puns are great!
"I should complain, you people ignored me the entire time and you!" She pointed at her leader who looked innocently and pointed his finger at himself "You were the reason, I almost lost my chastity, you fiend!"
Mikhail didn't do anything wrong? Why were people thinking that he was an evil mastermind?
Team JNPR looked with various faces at the leader of Team RWBY.
Jaune looked devastated and pale, Ren looked downright shocked, Nora didn't really look, she was right now in sugar rush and Pyrrha's face was red and at the same time she was mortified.
"Hey how is it my fault that you went into the shower even though you knew my sister was currently using it? I mean if you were sexually frustrated, you could have asked her." He pointed at Yang who shrugged.
"Sure why not." Yang rubbed her hands together and licked her lips "But at least buy me dinner."
"Eww, Yang gross!" Ruby shivered.
"What!?" Weiss' face went crimson red "I am not a lesbian and also not sexually frustrated.
Jaune looked between Yang and Weiss and shivered like Ruby but in another way, his fantasy took over him.
Pyrrha blushed furiously and stepped away from Weiss who shot, even her, a look of betrayal.
Blake rolled her eyes, but a small smile formed on her lips. Why not? A Schnee was being made fun of and she was faunus, call it a cliché.
"I am not a lesbian!" She retaliated in anger.
"I don't get it, what is a lesbian?" She looked at her brother and asked him.
"A lesbian, my dear sis is a female who is sexually attracted to other females."
Ruby's face lit up and she backed away from Weiss.
"Enough!" She screamed and panted "I AM NOT A LESBIAN OR SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED!"
"Oh then you are bisexual, really, than it would explain why you were checking me out, last night, while I didn't had a shirt on," Weiss twitched, her eyes widened while her face became redder than before "Or when you were looking at Ruby's legs?" The mention girl glanced at her partner, her face paler than usual and she used her Semblance to hide behind her brother, while peeking at the heiress. Yang stopped laughing but the grin on her face was becoming unhealthy big, she was one step away to break out in laughter again. "Or when you were staring at Yang's exposed boobs."
Jaune tried to hide the bulge building on his crotch and Pyrrha's almost pass out from the blood rushing to her head and Nora had the time of her life "Ren." She nudged her childhood friend with her elbow.
"Yeah Nora?"
"I think me and the Dragon Boy will be really goooooooooood friends." Ren's face started to became pale as well. He couldn't even imagine the horrible scenarios that would happen, when Nora and Mikhail would spend more time.
At the same time, the ever stoic and cool Blake tried not to end like her partner, who was on the brink of choking through too much laughter.
Weiss, the victim, could even speak or utter one word, she, the heiress of the biggest dust company, was on the brink of a mental breakdown.
"I….I loathe you, all of you!" She yelled in anger and stomped away.
The rest of Team RWBY and the entire Team JNPR looked at Weiss who was stomping to the classes while probably thinking unlady-like things.
Suddenly Mikhail felt a hand on his shoulder; it was Yang who was exhausted from laughing "Mike, I am so proud of you."
"Well," Blake who calmed down spoke to him, too "Congratulations for the burn…"
"I don't know, maybe it was too much for her?" Jaune looked slightly worried, for someone who looked at Weiss rears while she walked away.
Pyrrha nodded "Jaune is right, maybe you shouldn't …."
"Relax Pyrrha," Mikhail put his arm around her shoulder, causing her to blush and Yang, Ruby and Blake to raise an eyebrow "Or should I start to tease you again?" He whispered, close to her ear.
The girl's face had now the same color as her hair, and she ran to the same direction were Weiss was walking.
The former dragon could feel the stares of his sisters and teammates. Yang asked "What did you do?" The amusement on her face was gone. Right now she hoped for Pyrrha, that she and Mikhail didn't do the deed.
"Relax I just made a joke. Come on guys lets go."
XXX
Class Room of Peter Port
Peter Port, a veteran huntsman and teacher wasn't a humble man. Whenever the teacher could, the he bragged about his achievements and deeds.
He was a middle-aged man, possibly in his mid-fifties. He wore a double-breasted burgundy suit with gold piping and buttons. The pants he wears tucked into olive boots, similar in appearance and construction to cavalry boots.
He had gray hair and a gray mustache that appeared to be slightly overweighed; when he laughs his belly visibly shook up and down.
"Monsters! Demons….Prowlers of the Night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names." Port explained "But I, merely refer to them as prey. Hu-hah! Haha."
Mikhail sighed. He was currently taking notes from the boards. Even though Port was a flouncing old man, his notes about Grimm were extremely detailed. 'I never thought that I see a man, more arrogant and narcissistic as Cent…..' Mikhail was currently sitting between his sisters. Ruby was to his left, sleeping and leaning against him, and Yang was right to him, who looked as bored as many others in the class. To her right, sat Blake who was listening Peter. She still looked calm and neutral as ever and taking notes.
Weiss was sitting left to the cat-faunus. Well she was still angry at him and his sisters, so it was clear, that she would sit away from them.
Meanwhile nobody laughed with the old Peter…
"Uh, and you shall too, upon graduation from this prestigious academy. Now as I was saying, Vale, as well as our other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world." Peter began to explain while walking around and observing the students.
'Ruby wake up!' Mikhail used his mental link with his sister and she immediately did it.
'Cookies! Oh what is it?' She answered.
'Port is looking.'
She blinked several times and noticed that the professor was close to them 'Thanks!'
While Peter continued to explaining "Our planet is infested with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you in pieces.
'Ah, so familiar~.' He mused.
"And that's where we come in. Huntsman! Huntresses!" He winked at Yang and made a flirting clicking with his tongue.
"Uh-hehe…" Yang laughed nervously while rolling her eyes.
'Did he just….hit on Yang?...Okay that guy is now on my shit-list before Jaune, if he don't stop looking at Yang's girls and Ruby's legs.'
"Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves."
'Those this mean protecting them from your boisterous slipslop, too?'
"From what you ask? Why….."
'Actually no one asked…And please don't say the very world.'
"The very world!" He pumped his fist in the air.
Mikhail facepalmed.
"That is what you are training to become. But first, a story. Of a young handsome man."
'Let me guess, you.'
"Me! When I was a boy,…."
While Peter flounced with his stories, Mikhail thought about trivial things.
'Mmh, what should I cook tonight, Ruby?'
'Cookies!'
'No sweets, real food.'
'Buh.'
'What about fried zucchini with salt and wok vegetables together with rice?'
'Sure, can we….'
'Okay….I make some grilled meat, too.'
'Yay meat!'
"Hey," Yang nudged Mikhail with her elbow and whispered "What are you talking?"
"Dinner."
"Awesome what are you making?"
"Fried zucchini with salt, wok vegetables with rice and grilled meat."
"Cool." Yang already swallowed her saliva. Beacon's food was good, but she loved Mikhail's cooking more. Well, food made from someone you love, tastes better.
"Ahem," Port cleared his throat and the siblings looked back at him "In the end the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity."
'I take it back, that guy is even more arrogant than Legna. And he had a god-complex.'
Port continued with his story "And I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated, as hero." Then he bowed "The more of this story? A true huntsman must be honorable. A true huntsman must be dependable. A true huntsman must be strategic, well-educated and wise."
'Like you? Seriously such guys came day after day to slay me and all of them screamed like little girls when I burned their rears a little bit.'
"So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"
'Nope, not me. I am just a human with the soul and memories and some powers of a dragon.'
Weiss raised her hand "I do sir!"
"Well then let's find out." Suddenly the door opened and some men came in, behind them a cage that they pulled in.
Two glowing eyes were visible; a pig-like grunt echoed through the room.
'He managed to cage a Boarbatusk, he really managed to catch a Grimm and even hold it alive!? Okay he is maybe not all talk.'
"Step forward and face your enemy, Miss Schnee."
XXX
Weiss, who changed to her battle attire, her battle dress or skirt took a stance and draw her weapon, a Multi Action Dust Rapier, Myrtenaster.
"Gooo Weiss!" Yang cheered for the heiress.
"Fight well." Blake smiled actually and waved a small red flag in, with RWBY, written on it. Mikhail asked himself were she had it.
"Yeah, represent TEAM RWBY!"
Mikhail smiled at adorable behavior of his twin 'Ruby really reminds me of my younger self.' He looked at Weiss "You can do it!"
"Hey I'm trying to focus!" Weiss remarked.
"Alright," Port stood beside the cage. In his hand was his flintlock-axe "Let the match, begin." He raised his weapon and slashed the lock, so that the Grimm could get out.
*Baam*
The cage opened, revealing a Boarbatusk, a boar-like Grimm with four eyes.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEE!" The beast roared and went out of its prison, by immediately charging at Weiss.
The heiress evaded its attack, while slashing the side of the beast. But unfortunately the entire head of the Grimm was armored.
'What the….Why didn't she jump over it and used her Glyphs to make a quick attack, or rather she could have casted one under it and sent it flying…..wait a minute she isn't showing off is she?' Mikhail leaned forward, having a slight frown on his face.
Meanwhile the Boarbatusk stopped and both, Grimm and Huntresses stared at each other.
"Hang in…bugh!" Ruby tried to cheer again, but she was silenced, when her brother put a hand on her mouth.
"Psssh, she tries to concentrate." His sister nodded.
Weiss readied her stance and actually dashed forward.
'What the…does she really attack a Boarbatusk head on!?"
The Grimm dashed forward as well and before the tip of Weiss' rapier could touch it, the Boarbatusk used its tusk, to let the weapon stuck on them. Weiss tried with all her might to regain her balance and her weapon, while the Grimm tried to disarm her by pulling the rapier..
"Bold approach! I like it!" Peter noted.
"Ah-uh!" Weiss still didn't let her weapon go and struggled.
'Why doesn't she use Dust or her Semblance?' Mikhail slowly lost his patience, Weiss was arrogant yes, but not so arrogant to show off and making a fool out of herself?
"Ragh!" The Boarbatusk won the struggle, jerked its head back and threw Myrtenaster away, while ramming Weiss to the ground.
Peter began to comment "Oh, now what will you do without your weapon, Miss Schnee?"
Weiss stood up and saw, that the Grimm charged at her. She jumped away, rolled and used the momentum to stand again. Then she walked straight to her weapon.
The creature, failed its attack, crashed into the podium and fell on his back.
Weiss finally made it to her weapon, grabbed it and made a stance, as if on cue, the Borbatusk recovered, jumped up and made a spinning attack towards Weiss.
The heiress finally used her Semblance and casted a blue Glyph before her and another behind her, but higher.
The Grimm bounced off fell on its back again, leaving the woundable belly open.
She jumped backwards, landing on the higher casted Glyph, which changed from blue to black and charged at the creature, with the weapon pointed forward.
"Squeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" The boar-like Grimm squealed in pain, by being stabbed and died.
Weiss panted and slowly stood up from her crouching position.
"Bravo, Braa-vo!" Port praised her "It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training."
Weiss stood straight "Thank you Professor Port."
"I am afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings and, stay vigilant."
"Well, Ice Queen was not bad." Yang smiled, while she put both hands behind her head.
"She could have done it better, but she was good." Blake noted.
"Yeah, what do you…..ughi!" Ruby twitched and went pale.
"Rubes what….oh shit!" Yang as well began to sweat.
Mikhail was scowling, really, really hard while going through his hair with his head.
The reason both girls were pale and went silent was simple. Mikhail behaved the same, as their mother, when she was angry.
"Uh….." Blake tilted her head "Ruby, Yang everything alright?" She was curious, why her teammates reacted like shell-shocked soldiers.
Yang and Ruby didn't actually fear Mikhail when he is angry. It's just, with his face and the eyes, he had from Summer, he actually looked like their mother when she was angry or when she was scolding them.
Both girls remembered the sore and burning feelings of their butts, after a long spanking.
XXX
The class was over and Team RWBY and Team JNPR exited the room.
"What class do we have now?" Yang asked.
"Combat Class." Blake answered.
"Oh my gosh! Finally some action for me and my sweetheart!" Ruby jumped up and down "Come on guys let's go!"
Both teams followed her.
"Wait." But stopped and looked at Mikhail "You guys can go. Weiss you and I need to talk." The called girl looked slightly perplexed, being called out.
Everyone looked and blinked at each other.
"It's alright, now go." What they did, but Pyrrha stopped shortly and glanced back and then continued to walk away.
Meanwhile Weiss was looked at Mikhail, who rubbed his eyes "What is it? We have need to go to Combat Class."
The blonde sighed "Weiss, tell me, what was that now in class?"
"What was what?"
"I mean what kind of thought caused you fight to rubbishy."
"Rubbishy!? How dare you!? I fought with my…."
"Then why did you show off!?" He lashed out, causing Weiss to wince. Mikhail was a calm and kind person, with a soft voice. But raising his voice in such manner…..
"I…I didn't….."
"Do you know that no one should attack a Borbatusk head-on or on the sides? This is normal knowledge! Didn't you learn that?"
"Of course I was…."
"Then why did you do it!?"
Weiss closed her mouth, her eyes even wider. She couldn't answer, first because she was taken aback by an angry Mikhail and second because what she did didn't make any sense. She was trained by the best people her family could afford. And now here was she.
"I know why you did it….." He sighed "Because you were rash, emotional and you became arrogant.
Now she couldn't take it anymore "I WAS NOT!" She panted "Besides it was just a test, in a real….
"In a real mission, such a stunt could cost your life. People, who show off, will do it again, this is always the same and I don't want this under my watch.
"I…I…"
"I am saying this as your leader…No showing off, no playing, no lone wolf stunts or cases of 'I am better suited'. You could easily slay that Grimm within 10 seconds, with the use of your Semblance. Weiss you could have casted a Glyph under it, let it fly and stab its belly and it was done.
Weiss didn't say anything; or rather she couldn't say anything. She knew how to fight such Grimm and yet she attacked it directly. Mikhail was even right with her Glyphs. Then why, why didn't she do it….? The answer was simple. Her ego…..
"I am…..sorry….." She clenched her fists 'This isn't how I planned this….' Now she really felt like shit.
Mikhail's scowl was gone and again he sighed and shook his head "What done is done…Weiss…."
"….." The girl looked down, while holding her left elbow with her right arm.
"Weiss look at me."
She raised her head and looked at him. He smiled "Weiss look, I know your shoulders are carrying your name, your family's reputation and the company," He put a hand on her tender shoulder "But right now you are Weiss the huntress, not Weiss the heiress. You are part of Team RWBY and as your leader I only want the best for you."
Great now she felt even more like a jerk for letting her ego taken over.
"But please refrain from such actions; I don't want you to get hurt." He smiled at her and she nodded, still looking a little bit down and guilty. Mikhail noticed this "And besides, if something would happen to you under my watch, your sister would come after me and please…don't let that happen." Mikhail shivered "And you as her sibling should know what she would do to me." To cheer her a little bit up, Mikhail rubbed his arms in fear.
Weiss raised a brow and smiled lightly "She would probably castrate you before skewering your body.
"Exactly." He smiled and then rubbed his head "Also sorry for teasing you this morning. It was maybe too much."
Her smile vanished and she crossed her arms "Of course it was too much. You called me a lesbian and sexual frustrated and then bi-sexual!"
"Then why were you staring at me and my siblings."
Great, she walked directly in his trap "I ehm….."
"Nevermind, come on!" He grabbed her petite hand and dragged her behind him."
"Wait…at least slow down!" She nagged. While being dragged around, Weiss glanced at her hand, the one that Mikhail was holding, and a slight blush dusted across her cheeks while she had one thought in her mind 'His hands are strong and warm….'
Another chapter, and the third in this short time…wow I am really exhausted….
Wow never thought, you guys would like to have MikhailxWinter so much…okay she really looks like Zero.
Hope you like it….now I am going to sleep…so tired.
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If you have questions, pm me.
Khan
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