I can't believe I forgot to upload this yesterday, I had it written out and everything but just forgot. Go me. But about the chapter, there's no real set viewpoint in this, so it jumps around from character to character, sorry if it comes off as a little weird to read.
"Yang, how fast can Ruby move?" Weiss called out, the usual bite to her words gone for once.
"I don't know exactly. But I bet you she could go from the front entrance to her in under 15 seconds." Yang said, her eyes lighting up at the prospect of a bet.
"As if I would bet on anything. Your input was appreciated, somewhat." Weiss said, her voice returning to the cold and distant normalcy.
"I'll bet on that." Blake spoke up, a small smile on her face as she looked up from her book.
"Seriously?" Yang asked, both her and Weiss staring disbelieving at the girl.
"Sure, seems like it'll be interesting." Blake replied, closing her book. "So when do you want to do it?"
"Just give me like an hour." Yang grinned, clasping her hands together in glee. "I am so getting JNPR in on this!"
About an hour later, both team RWBY and JNPR were gathered in team RWBY's room.
"Ruby could you go with Weiss for a few minutes. Please?" Yang asked, giving Ruby a hopeful smile.
Ruby tilted her head in confusion, but agreed readily enough. Waving goodbye to the people left behind inside the room, her and Weiss walked out silently.
"How are you guys doing this?" Jaune asked.
"With these." Yang said triumphedly, fetching a tray of chocolate chip cookies from underneath her bed.
"But how will you be able to judge how fast Ruby is going from two separate locations?" Pyrrha chimed in.
"Weiss will text me the time she plans to start her stopwatch. I'll start mine at the same time and she'll tell me when Ruby left. I'll know when Ruby gets here, so we'll settle it by comparing the times." Yang explained. "You guys might want to move to the side. Glynda will kill us if Ruby ends up tackling one of you guys through a wall."
Everyone else moved to the side, although Nora had to be tugged along by Ren.
"Are you sure this is safe? It's a pretty small room." Jaune gulped, hand moving to his shield instinctively.
"We'll be fine Jaune, I'm sure Yang knows exactly what she's doing, and so do we." Pyrrha put a comforting hand on Jaune's shoulder, smiling as the tension flowed out of him.
"She'll be here in a minute." Yang warned, still grinning madly. She moved the cookies back onto her bed; Ruby would be miserable if they were trampled.
"This is gonna be exciting, right Ren?" Nora squealed, hopping excitedly. Yang still stood in the center of the room, a perfect target if Ruby came in too fast. Not like she wanted either of them to get hurt, but it would be pretty cool. Maybe even better than the Ursa she had ridden…nah, the Ursa would have top spot for a while.
"Coming!" Yang exclaimed, starting the stopwatch while watching the door expectedly.
Ruby did not disappoint, the door flew open with a whirlwind of rose petals in mere seconds. Her blurry figure shot right past Yang, skidding to a halt right before she would have crashed into the wall.
Once the backdraft died down, Ruby turned around, storming over to Yang. She was signing with obvious annoyance, a petulant frown on her face as she stood in front of Yang.
"Relax sis, it was a joke. We would never eat cookies without you. They're under my bed, you can have them if you want." Yang assured her younger sister.
The frown quickly turned into a wide grin, the young girl literally diving for the cookies, sucking them down in almost an instant.
"I didn't think that was humanly possible." Jaune said, his wide eyes flicking between Ruby and the now empty plate.
"What? How fast she got here or how fast she ate those cookies?" Blake deadpanned back.
"Both." Jaune replied, still shocked at the sight before him. Ruby was back up on her feet, signing to Yang calmly like the whole situation was completely normal.
"They were both impressive." Pyrrha agreed readily.
"No one got trampled though…" Nora seemed to wilt a tiny bit, only to perk back up. "Do you think she could eat pancakes faster than me? That'd be awesome!"
"I wonder what they said to her?" Ren asked quietly. His question was met with a shared shrug from everyone, apparently only Yang and Weiss knew the answer.
Later, when Weiss had returned and the time approximated, everyone stood slacked jawed as they viewed the final estimation.
Seven to ten seconds. That was the maximum time it had taken Ruby. Begrudgingly, everyone who had made the wrong bet handed over what was due to Yang, all except Weiss.
"Why isn't Weiss giving up her 10 lien?" Nora pouted.
"Because I chose the winning side." Weiss stated, crossing her arms smugly.
"I thought you didn't make bets." Blake pointed out, eyes narrowing.
"I only bet when I know I'll win." Weiss smirked back, and continued to as she collected her half of the bet money.
To anyone who's wondering, yes they could have just asked her like normal people. But where's the fun in that?