Author's note: Okay so my short back story chapters are finished with so now on to the more in depth chapters. Enjoy!
Yang looked up at the professor with tears in her eyes. Up until she had unwrapped the gift from Ruby she was only mildly worried like any big sister would be. However the second she opened the box in front of her, her world came crashing down. She looked back down to the rose which was held tightly in her hands and another tear streamed down her cheek. Knowing her teammates deserved some explanation as to what was going on she stared back at Ozpin and nodded.
But before the professor could begin Yang cut him off to explain it herself. "It started back when my father met Summer. Anyone could tell that they were happy as could be, and Summer even enjoyed having me around. We were a nice little family, yaknow?" She stopped, choking on her words. She looked up to her teammates and tried to continue.
"It was only a few weeks before she found out she was pregnant. My dad was thrilled to say the least, but Summer looked sort of sad about it. Every time I would ask her if she was alright she would just brush it off as being emotional from the hormones." Taking a deep breath she looked to Ozpin. "I'm sorry I can't so this."
Yang stood abruptly and walked out of the room. "Yang wait!" Her girlfriend called after her. As she stood up to follow her she noticed Professor Goodwitch standing in her way.
"Ms. Belladonna just give her a minute to calm down. She will be back shortly. This is a very important matter. Also, a very depressing one." Professor Goodwitch stated calmly.
"While Yang is collecting her bearings there is something I need to speak of with the two of you." Ozpin raised an eyebrow at the huntresses in training seated before him. "It's a bout a mission. I only need one of you for it and will give the details at a later time. I wish for you to know this story before making the decision."
Blake glared curiously at the man seated across her. "And why exactly is it just for one of us two? Why isn't Yang allowed to take part?"
"Professor, with all do respect this seems to be a very important topic regarding Ruby and Yang. It would seem to me that there are even parts Yang.." Weiss was cut off when she heard the door behind her close.
"What about me?" The blond questioned.
"We were talking about how this must be a very hard thing to talk about for you." Blake interjected. Giving Weiss a quick elbow to the ribs as Yang took her seat.
"Awe little kitty is worried about about me." She flashed her girlfriend a sad smile before continuing. "But I'll be alright. Just haven't talked about any of this for a really long time."
Ozpin looked over the three sitting in front of him. 'They've really come a long way from where they've started. I'm honestly impressed.
Ozpin looked to Yang who nodded to tell him she was ready to continue with her story.
"But as I was saying, she became more and more upset and then one day out of the blue when Summer was at the doctors getting a check up I heard my dad talking to someone. I went to peak at who it was from the top of the steps but the only thing I was able to see was a flash of black running through the door and my dad on his knees crying. I figured he was hurt so I ran to him and he pulled me in tightly. I must have fallen asleep at some point trying to cheer him up because when I awoke Summer was back and her and my dad were in their room talking quietly about something." Yang let out a small sigh.
"I never did figure out what happened that day but soon enough Ruby was born and everything seemed to go back to normal. We were all happy and Summer even started to go on missions again. Everything was perfect. Before Summer would go on her missions though she had this sort of routine that she would do. She would bake us cookies, and if she knew she was going on a rather difficult mission she would get both me and Ruby a rose of our favourite colors before hugging and kissing us goodbye. A few years passed this way and Summer was given a really important mission. She baked us our cookies and and gave us each our roses." Yang got really quiet then and for a moment it seemed like she wasn't going to continue.
A very small voice broke the silence and everyones heart along with it. "Two days later it was our dad who walked up to us with tears streaming down his face and gave us each another rose." Yang looked to the one currently in her hands. "But this one was white."
The room fell silent as Yang finished her story. As she continued to look down at at the rose she felt a hand grab her chin lightly. Looking up she saw Blake and Weiss with tear streaming down there face as well. Weiss stood abruptly and walked over to the other side of Yang and lowered herself to be eye level with the brawler.
The surprise of the hug from her two teammates made Yang let out a small yelp but she didn't pull away. Instead she melted into the embrace. Though her small feeling of comfort was short lived when they heard a scroll go off.
"My apologies." Goodwitch stated as she pulled out her scroll she let out a moan in disgust. "I hate to cut this short but it seems as if there is a fight taking place in the cafeteria that I need to break up. She gave a mischievous look at Yang who returned a confused one.
"Ms. Xiao Long would you care to give me a hand?" Before Goodwitch could get out the last syllable of her sentence Yang shot up out of her chair.
"Is this a joke? Because if it isn't we're wasting time!" She gave a devilish grin before dashing out of the door.
Goodwitch turned to Ozpin and gave him a worried look. "I really hope you know what you're doing Professor. I don't know why you told me to ask her to join me but I assume you have your reasons." With that she set out of the room to follow after Yang.
Ozpin then looked to the two girls left in front of him not wanting to waste any time telling them what he had planned, but he let out a smile chuckle as he bore witness to their expressions. If their jaws were hanging any lower they would be touching the ground.
"Now girls I know you're curious about that but I assure you you will hear the details when you get back to your dorm." Ozpin let out a sigh. "Before I continue I need the two of you to sign a contract." Reaching below his desk once more he pulled out two crisp pieces of paper with the Beacon logo in the top left corner. "These are for what we are about to discuss. Upon signing you are not allowed to so much as utter a word outside of this room about this mission and the details that go along with it. As much as I do not want to give you this information, because it is not mine to give, you must have it."
He paused briefly to allow the pair to briefly read the contract and sign it.
"The decision as to who will go on this mission must be submitted an hour after I tell you the details. You need not tell me while we are here but one of you must come to my office." He looked between the two girls. "This mission coincides with Ruby's."
Both girls heads shot up in the blink of an eye. "Professor Ozpin is this why you won't allow Yang to take this mission?" Weiss all but blurted out.
" I assure you that is only a part of it. Now before you ask anymore questions allow me to further explain. I cannot go into great detail about Ruby's mission because it is a covert mission that I only know of because I had to tell Ruby about it. However, I refused at first to send her. Needless to say any offers I had to the council were shot down immediately."
Ozpin slid a folder in front of the girl. "I assume neither Ruby nor Yang have told you how Summer was killed, and as much as I wish to leave that to them we do not have time for that."
Blake and Weiss froze. Thinking about it neither of them could recall hearing anything about how Summer had died. Both girls slowly nodded in understanding.
Ozpin's voiced cracked as the next words came from his mouth. "I'm assuming the two of you have heard of 'The Rebels of Remnant'?" The mortified looks on the girls faces was enough to tell him they had. "When Ruby turned ten is when it happened. Her mother had to leave on a rather important mission that was only supposed to take a few hours. However Summer never returned to spend the day with her family for her daughters birthday. In fact she never even made it to her mission."
Now it was Ozpin's turn to breakdown. "I had given Summer I tip on Yang's biological mother. She was supposed to meet me at an abandoned church off twoards Mt. Glenn. Taiyang, Summer, and I had all been friends when we attended Beacon. My team and their team was much like yours and team JNPR are today."
Relaxing into his chair he pulled his wallet out to show the girls a picture from his time at Beacon with the two teams all eating lunch together. "Summer and I knew how much Taiyang and Yang were both hurting from the sudden disappearance of Yang's mother so we vowed to find her someday. I just wish I knew about Summer's past as well so I could have protected her as well."
Ozpin took a long pull from his coffee. Cleaning the damp marks from the tears he decided to let that information alone. "Summer never made it to the church because 'The Rebels of Remnant put an end to her life." After a brief silence he began to speak again. "Now then, the mission I need from one of you is to make sure Ruby comes back. There are a few complications to your mission however. You will go exactly when I tell you its time and you must keep your distance unless you are absolutely needed."
Blake looked to Weiss to gauge her reaction. Usually the heiress was void of emotion, but looking at her now you would have a hard time believing it. She was an absolute mess of emotions.
"Professor.." Blake began without looking away from Weiss. "I don't think we need to wait to tell you who should go on this mission. We all know Yang is going to be an absolute mess knowing Ruby is away on a mission we can't know about, and I'm the best bet at calming her down. Weiss? are you okay with being the one to accept the mission?"
Weiss was pulled back into reality instantly and looked to Ozpin to give a quick nod before looking to Blake. "I think that's our best bet at the moment.
"Well then I will see you back here in one hour Ms. Schnee." Ozpin stood and walked to open the door for the girls. "And don't be late."