Here's chapter 9 everyone.


Yang rounded a corner and her eyes widened when she saw Weiss and Velvet walking with each other down the hall. They turned a corner and she blinked. "Whoa, princess is actually walking with Velvet…How the heck did that happen?"

"It happened because Weiss actually approached Velvet today." Coco said behind Yang's back.

Yang yelped and jumped away from Coco. "Gah! C-Coco?! What are you doing here?!"

Coco chuckled and lowered her aviators to get a good look at Yang. "I was just making sure Vel is okay. Weiss can be a little…much sometimes, so why were you watching them?" She raised her aviators back up.

Yang blushed. "I wasn't actually following them. I just turned the corner and saw them walking down the hall."

"Hmm, well do you wanna follow them now? It could be a fun sight." Coco noted.

Yang turned and smirked. "I'm game, but only if we get to record them. I need to see princess' face when I show her that we recorded her and Velvet having a good time. Wait, where are they even going?"

Coco and Yang went in the direction the White Rabbit pair walked to and found the training room door was left open. "Does that answer your question?" Coco asked.

Yang peeked in and saw Weiss take a seat. "Huh? How come she's sitting down?"

Coco peeked in next and watched as Velvet walked over to the console. "I'm guessing Velvet is gonna do a bit of training and Weiss is gonna watch." Coco sighed. "I'm happy they're getting along and all, but I was kind of hoping Vel would finish up so we could go shopping in Vale."

Yang looked up and down Coco's outfit for a moment. "Don't get me wrong, shopping could be fun, but I don't think you need anything else…You look great in that already."

Coco smiled. "Thanks, but can't run with this thing forever. Hey, you know what, how about you and I head into Vale today? I can just text Vel that you and I decided to go instead. I'm sure she won't mind."

"You want to go out with me?" Yang was shocked.

"I wasn't saying that we're going out, but hey, I wouldn't be opposed to it." Coco said.

Yang's eyes widened and she looked back at the heiress smiling as Velvet was setting up the training program. "Um, well, okay then…Shopping it is?"

Coco raised an eyebrow. "Why do you sound so unsure?"

"Uh, no reason. So you don't want to see how this is gonna play out?" Yang questioned as she pointed to the training room.

"Hmm, well I guess a few minutes of watching wouldn't hurt." Coco said and the two peeked in to keep the White Rabbit pair from seeing them.

I wonder if Velvet will ever realize why she's doing all of this.

Coco thought when she looked at Velvet bringing up her scroll to connect to the console.

Velvet looked through the training programs and found a beta version of hard-light Grimm program. "Weiss, this program is in beta right now, so I don't know how it might play out." Velvet raised her voice a little to make sure the heiress heard her.

"What's the program?" Weiss called out.

"Hard-light Grimm enemies." Velvet responded.

Weiss was surprised by that and thought about how she didn't see that on the list when she trained. "What's the difficulty setting, Velvet?"

Velvet looked back down and saw there was only a Beowolf option. "All I can really see here is that I can choose to fight a Beowolf."

"I wasn't given that option when I used the console last time." Weiss noted.

"I'm guessing it's a new program that was added." Velvet tapped her scroll and a hard-light Beowolf appeared in the middle of the field. "Wow, it really works." Velvet pulled her camera out and focused on it.

Weiss looked down at the Beowolf and couldn't believe her eyes. "This is incredible…I mean, I know Atlas tech can do wonders, but this…I don't even know if this is Atlas tech."

Velvet walked over to the Beowolf and placed a hand on it. "It's just like the other hard-light enemies in the other program."

Weiss looked a little worried when Velvet placed her hand on the hard-light Beowolf. "B-Be careful, Velvet. That thing is still in beta after all, so it might be dangerous." The heiress wasn't sure what it was that made her worry so much.

"It's okay. I don't think it's even responsive right now, since I only set it to idle." Velvet walked back over to the console and scrolled through the list of what she could set the Beowolf to. "Hmm, attack mode does seem like the more sensible action for a Grimm to take." She nodded to herself and changed it from idle, to attack.

As soon as she did that, the hard-light Beowolf turned to the rabbit Faunus and roared at her, making Weiss worried even more for her. Velvet jumped away from the console and prepared herself for the next attack.

The Beowolf got on all fours and charged at her with the same look a real Grimm would have; the look of bloodlust. As soon as it was about ten feet from her, Velvet ran up and jumped over it, but not before kicking the hard-light Beowolf in the back of the head.

Weiss leaned in and focused more on Velvet than the Beowolf at that point, since she was confused at why she wasn't using her camera.

The next thing the rabbit Faunus decided to do was place her camera back in its box. "I need to conserve as much as I can."

She saw the Beowolf snarl and it ran at her again. Velvet took a breath and ran at the hard-light Grimm. She spun around and kicked it in the nose, effectively pissing it off. The Beowolf roared again and swiped at Velvet, though she had her aura up.

Weiss felt her heart drop when she saw Velvet get knocked on her back from the swipe she just took. "Velvet!"

Velvet stood up and took a breath. "It's okay, Weiss! I have it under control."

Weiss knew Velvet was a second year, but even then, the heiress couldn't help but worry for her.

Velvet rolled to the side when the Beowolf charged at her. The rabbit Faunus felt that her kicks weren't enough, so she used her weapon's function and brought out a copy of Gambol Shroud. Velvet didn't get to see too much of Blake's fighting style, but she was confident enough to use it against the single opponent.

Gambol shroud was in its pistol mode, so she began firing shots at the hard-light Beowolf. The Beowolf roared as the rounds began bouncing off of it, surprising the rabbit Faunus. She switched to the katana form of Gambol shroud and rushed the Beowolf. As soon as she was close, she began slashing at it, but the Beowolf didn't seem to be letting up in terms of durability.

It grabbed Velvet, making her gasp and it slammed her against the ground. As soon as Weiss heard Velvet yelp in pain, she got up from her seat and casted a glyph to hold the arm that held Velvet. The hard-light Grimm released her and turned to growl at the heiress.

Velvet groaned and looked over to see the Beowolf roaring as it charged at Weiss. "Look out!"

Weiss glared at the Beowolf and used a glyph to jump right over it. She landed next to Velvet and quickly got her to her feet. "Velvet! Are you okay?!" Weiss asked worriedly.

Velvet nodded and looked over at the angered Beowolf. "This program is spot on with how vicious Grimm can be…but I didn't think it would be tough to kill."

The Beowolf didn't give them any more time to rest and clawed at the wall, almost breaking it. It roared and charged at the two, though it was more focused on Weiss.

Weiss clenched her fist in anger as she thought about how it hurt Velvet, so she put up a glyph in front of it, and then placed one underneath it. Weiss growled and sent it up in the air; surprising Velvet with how angry she looked when doing it.

Weiss brought her rapier from her hip and used a glyph to quickly jump above the Beowolf. She used another glyph to propel herself downwards at it, effectively slamming her blade into its chest and landing on top of it when it landed on the ground.

Velvet took a step back at how mad Weiss looked when she ripped Myrtenaster out of the hard-light Beowolf's chest. "W-Whoa…Weiss…Are you okay?"

Weiss got off of the Beowolf and placed her weapon back on her hip. "I'm fine…I just didn't want this damn thing to keep trying to hurt you."

Velvet blushed at that. "O-Oh, well thank you." She looked over and saw the hard-light Beowolf disappear. "Maybe I should wait till it gets out of beta before using it again."

"That may be for the best…but you seemed to handle Gambol Shroud well. I don't even know if you've seen Blake use it that much before." Weiss noted.

"I haven't and I'm a little surprised you knew the name of it." Velvet said.

"Well someone on the team should be insightful of all our weapons. I want to try and get something for it later, Gambol Shroud I mean. And if Ruby would just let me examine her scythe, I could help with that too, but no. She's just too attached to it." Weiss complained.

Velvet giggled. "Yang told me a few stories during lunch about her little obsession. It sounds like she's gotten better though, since before if Yang even tried going near the unfinished design, Ruby would tackle her to the ground."

Weiss sighed. "I'm not even surprised at this point." The heiress took a breath. "So do you still feel like we should spar, or would you rather take a short break?"

"I'm good to spar, but let's keep our semblances out of this." Velvet chuckled. "I have to say, yours is quite scary in combat."

Weiss frowned. "O-Oh…I'm sorry about that. I usually…I don't get like that with my glyphs all too much."

"You could've fooled me, Weiss. I still remember what you did that day against the hard-light human opponents you faced." Velvet said, but quickly took note of the frown Weiss had on. "U-Uh, but that isn't a bad thing. You obviously have a lot of focus with your semblance if you're able to do that."

"I suppose, but…I could do less on the brutality that can happen with them. So, how do you want to have this? I mean, do you have a weapon in mind already?" Weiss inquired.

Velvet nodded and activated her weapon again, slowly revealing the copy of Myrtenaster that appeared in her hand. "It seems appropriate."

Weiss looked at the copy of her weapon and was honestly impressed with how accurate it was to the real thing. "Well, I would agree that it is quite appropriate."

Velvet nodded and the two walked on opposite ends of each other.

Yang was smiling after she pulled her head away from the door. "Good work, princess."

"Yeah, that was a little surprising to see her jump in like that, but still. Good on her." Coco said.

Yang nodded and leaned against the wall. "I wonder how long until they kiss." Yang chuckled as she joked.

Coco smirked. "Who knows? So, about Vale, are you still cool to go with me?"

Yang blushed, but smiled after. "Yeah, but please don't get lost like Ruby does. I know you're a second year, but it bugged the hell out of me whenever I had to find my sister in a mall."

"Shouldn't I be the one worried about you getting lost since you're younger?" Coco questioned.

"I-I mean, well, ugh, just hurry up and get to the airship." Yang groaned as she began walking to the exit.

Coco laughed and began following her. "Don't get all upset, blondie."

"Velvet, are you ready?" Weiss asked.

Velvet nodded and got into the position Weiss took during the time she fought against the hard-light humans.

Weiss wasn't surprised at that, since she knew Velvet would be able to memorize it. The heiress brought her rapier up and dashed towards Velvet. The rabbit Faunus raised the Myrtenaster copy and blocked Weiss' attack with it.

"I-It's as durable too?" Weiss asked in shock while trying to push forward.

"Yes." Velvet pushed Weiss back and jumped backwards to get some distance between the two. "Myrtenaster does have something the copy doesn't. And that's the dust you use."

"That makes sense…If something like that could copy dust…I couldn't imagine the strength it would possess." Weiss said.

"My dad thought about that too. I don't think that would ever be possible, but I don't mind. And this is why." Velvet pulled out a vial of dust from her camera's box. She opened it and poured the dust on the copy of Myrtenaster.

Weiss looked at the copy of her rapier glowing red. "It even reacts to dust…Velvet…You can do so much with this."

"I know, I was so happy my dad showed me it when I was a kid. Now, let's resume." Velvet spun around and slammed her rapier into the ground, sending out fire towards the heiress.

Weiss was about to use her glyph, but remembered she promised she wouldn't use her semblance. The heiress jumped back, but noticed the fire was still coming, so she began to backflip away from the attack. Velvet looked on in amazement at how the heiress was able to do so in an elegant way.

Wow…She makes that look so easy…and she looks amazing while doing it.

Velvet blushed and was suddenly hit by an ice dust attack. She was knocked on the ground and shook her head at the mistake she made, getting distracted. "Ouch."

"Velvet!" Weiss ran over and checked on the rabbit Faunus. "I'm so sorry, I thought you'd dodge and-."

"Don't apologize, Weiss. It was my fault and besides, we were sparring." Velvet reminded.

Weiss frowned and helped her up. "Well yes, but still…I hit you in the face with that."

"And I had my aura up, so don't stress out about it." Velvet rubbed her face and watched as the copy of Myrtenaster disappeared. "Hmm, I'll have to take a picture of your weapon again, since I can only use the weapon once per picture."

Weiss nodded and held her rapier out for Velvet to take a picture of it. "Do you have a picture of all my team's weapons?"

"Well I did, but I did use Blake's. So I'll have to get another picture of it." Velvet said as she snapped a picture of Myrtenaster. "There we go. Well, I still need to learn how to use your weapon." Velvet smiled. "Thanks for sparring with me, Weiss. I had fun, well, besides the part where the Beowolf grabbed and slammed me."

Weiss clenched her fist. "Yes…Maybe I should talk to Ozpin about whoever works on that program."

"No, we shouldn't have to worry about that. I'm sure that it'll be fixed up soon enough." Velvet felt her scroll go off. "Hmm?" She got her scroll out and looked down to see a message from Coco. "Oh, I guess Coco already went out to Vale with Yang."

"Ugh, Yang could at least let us know that she won't be at Beacon." Weiss complained. "Now I need to let Ruby know, or she'll probably start questioning everyone around Beacon to find her sister."

"I could send her a message if you'd like." Velvet offered.

"I…Appreciate that, but I can handle telling her." Weiss took her scroll out and dialed up Ruby's number. "She better have her scroll on her. I shouldn't need to remind her to always have it with her."

Ruby answered in a cheery tone. "Hey, Weiss! I'm kinda surprised you called me. You never call me."

"I never see a reason to, since we live in the same dorm and we see each other enough throughout the day. Now, before you start bothering people, I'm letting you know that Yang is in Vale right now with Coco." Weiss said.

"Oh, Yang didn't tell me that. Aw, I would've loved to go to Vale today." Ruby whined.

"You don't need Yang to go to Vale, Ruby." Weiss stated.

"Are you saying you want to take us to Vale one day?" Ruby asked.

"W-What? How did you even get that from what I said?" Weiss questioned.

"Oh…I thought you were. Um, so how else would I even go to Vale? I'd be bored if I went by myself." Ruby said,

"Honestly, Ruby, you don't even seem like the type to go to Vale for fun. Beacon is enough of a playground for a dolt like you." Weiss smirked.

"Weiss, stop being so mean. Anyways, I still think going to Vale would be fun. Come on, why don't we all go next weekend? And we can even bring Team CFVY with us!" Ruby exclaimed.

"I…I don't see why I should go to Vale, Ruby." Weiss said.

Velvet spoke up. "Ruby wants to go to Vale?"

"Yes, but not just alone. She wants all of us to go, but I personally don't see a reason to go to Vale. I have all the dust and clothes I need here." Weiss stated.

"Maybe we can just go there to have fun." Ruby tried to convince her partner.

"What fun would we have in Vale?" Weiss inquired.

"I know a bit about the area if you want some ideas on what we'd do if we go." Velvet offered.

Weiss looked over at the rabbit Faunus and sighed. "F-Fine, I suppose…we can go to Vale for a few hours next weekend, but don't expect us to be there all day, dolt." Weiss said to Ruby.

Ruby squealed in excitement. "Thank you, Weiss! I know we're gonna have a lot of fun."

"Yeah, yeah…Look, I want to get back to the dorm now, so I guess I'll see you later, Ruby." Weiss ended the call. "Ugh, this is such a waste of time."

"I think it could be fun, but if you really don't want to go, then I'm sure everyone would understand. I can stay behind to if you want, and that way we can spar again." Velvet suggested.

Weiss smiled at the offer. "That's very thoughtful of you. Um, I'll see how I feel this coming weekend. For now, I'll be heading back to my dorm. Will you be doing the same?"

"Do you think it would be okay if I went with you to your dorm?" Velvet requested. "Coco won't be back until…I don't know, maybe midnight. And Yatsuhashi and Fox are probably not even in the dorm."

"U-Uh…Well I suppose it won't be a problem…Um, did you want to take a picture of Blake's weapon or something?" Weiss asked.

"That is something I could do, but I was more thinking about just staying there for a bit. You know, we've talked a bit outside and we sparred, so why not just talk a bit more in your dorm?" Velvet explained.

Weiss blushed. "O-Okay."

The heiress and the rabbit Faunus got their things together and left the training room, though on the way to the dorm, Weiss could only think about what she had done so far.

This wasn't so bad after all.


Thinking about it now, it really would be crazy if Velvet's weapon could copy dust itself.

To JJ- Yeah, sometimes I think Weiss in the show would break down from the stress of her father's apparent disapproval of some of her choices. It's honestly messed up that he doesn't take into account his daughter's feelings about what she wants to do with her life. Hoping to see Weiss just defy him even more in the show.

I hoped you all enjoyed chapter 9. Remember, reviews are welcomed, but not required. See you all in chapter 10.