Experiment V

Not much to say in the form of a rant this time but thank you guys for loving this story and for you there will be not one but four chapter for you readers so enjoy chapters 12-15!

Chapter 12

The next day proved to be worse than I could've expected it to, after surviving the rest of the day with Ruby, Blake, and Team JNPR already embarrassing Weiss and I about our new relationship while Yang seemed to be unresponsive, quite possibly due to our argument, but today was worse because now the parents had heard about it and decided to be even more embarrassing (the worst being Tai-Yang, Mom, and Leonidus) who seemed to have made it their mission for the rest of their time at Beacon.

Now today marked the last official day of Parents Week but parents usually don't leave until Sunday which only meant trouble for me and Weiss. Today also was the day of fighting to show off the students fighting skills against their parents and match after match until finally it got to Team RWBY vs the Parents.

"First up to combat: Ruby Rose vs Qrow Rose" Goodwitch announced as the two cloaked, scythe wielders came out from their individual sides and their faces appeared on the display screen along with their Aura meters "Ready?" Goodwitch asked both fighters to which they both nodded "Commence!"

Immediately they both disappeared but soon reappeared and clashed which knocked both of their Auras down 2% but they weren't using their scythes yet but instead bare handed which surprised everyone given the fact that Ruby lacks upper body strength while Qrow has an abundant amount. The two soon went toe to toe without their scythes until finally the familiar sound of shifting metal alerted everyone to seeing Ruby holding her scythe, planting it into the ground and taking aim at Qrow, who seemed to be unaffected by the gesture.

Suddenly Ruby shot multiple rounds at Qrow and they all seemed to, an untrained eye have missed, but I saw it all happen. Qrow dodged at a fast pace that made it appear as though Ruby had missed and the move seemed to have shocked Ruby but before she could reload or even uproot her scythe, Qrow was in front of her and delivered a powerful kick to Ruby's stomach, sending her flying into the wall and dropping her Aura down to 40% while he still possessed 89%.

Qrow casually walked over to where Ruby had landed in the wall and grabbed her leg, pulling her out of the wall and throwing her into the ground causing her Aura to drop down to 37% but Ruby recovered and sped towards her scythe "He's not taking it easy on her is he?" I asked Mom "When it comes to spars, Qrow never takes it easy on his opponents and I'm sure Ruby knew that" she stated simply, causing me to shrug and return my attention to the fight but Mom suddenly asked me "What happened between you and Yang?"

I opened my mouth to say something but she quickly added "And be honest about it" Knowing there was no way out of it with a lie, I told her what had caused me and Yang to not talk to each other and after tell the story, Mom just blinked and turned forward without another word but I knew from her lack of talking that she was thinking about what I had said.

The sudden alarm blaring brought me back to the match only to see that Ruby had won by the skin of her teeth with her Aura being at 30% while Qrow's dropped to 24%. Upon seeing that, I stood up and applauded for Ruby just as they left to go to the locker rooms.

The fights went by in a blur, Weiss taking on Mom oddly enough with it ending in a tie between them and Blake taking on her mom with her mom beating her but just when I was about to get ready to see Tai-Yang and Yang fight each other, I got an alert to go to the locker room.

After getting ready, I was called into the arena and once in there, I saw my opponent…Yang and she looked beyond pissed off. "Re-wait…Mr Rose where's your weapon?" Goodwitch asked me to which I shrugged and said "Destroyed beyond repair besides, wouldn't need one if I'm fighting a hand to hand combatant" Goodwitch raised an eyebrow at my statement but shrugged and readied the display.

"Ready?" Yang and I nodded "Commence!"

Just as we were given the go to fight, Yang rushed me but I simply sidestepped it without a second thought but Yang used her momentum to deliver a diagonal kick straight into my nose. The power of the blow caused me to fly back and tumble a few feet away. I jumped up and saw Yang right in front of me with her hair already appearing to be on fire, delivering a punch to my jaw while firing off a shot from her gauntlets which sent me flying and crashing through the far wall. I was soon pulled out of the wall before the dust could even clear and thrown back into the center of the arena.

My vision started to blur as I sat up, seeing Yang at what looked to be her full power and slowly, I turned my head to the display board noticing that my Aura was at 32% while Yang's still sat at 100%. 'You're weak, V!' I heard my old combat instructor's words echoing in my head as I started to see him standing over me in his training gear with his arms folded as he looked down at me with a dismal expression on his face 'You're such a disgrace to this organization. You're weak, no wonder that girl died from those Faunus scum! Stand up and fight with all you've got even if your bones are broken and your flesh is ripped open! Fight, you idiot! FIGHT!' Those words sparked something in me as an image of a young, brunette smiling at me.

I let out a feral growl as I slowly got off of the ground, a new found rage and power flowing into me "I'm…not…WEAK!" I yelled as I looked at the display and my Aura refilled to 100%. I glared at Yang, who had stopped her assault to look at me. I growled once again as my eyes changed and I finally took a combat stance but before Yang took her stance, I rushed her delivering a powerful jab to her stomach causing her to double over and then delivered another powerful blow to her face, launching the blonde into the far wall "Is that it?! Are you done now Yang?!" I yelled angrily as she slowly got herself out of the wall and to her feet. The air stilled before we rushed each other, blow for blow, we were even in our fighting and powerful blows. Countering one powerful kick from Yang, I grabbed the front of her shirt and threw her into the ground and throwing a punch to her head but she moved her head out of the way at the last second before planting a foot in my chest, kicking me across the arena but I flipped and landed on my feet, I glance over at the display and it shows that Yang's Aura is at 34% while mine was at 31%. Looking back to Yang, I glared at her "Let's end this!" I said through gritted teeth but instead of responding, she smashed her gauntlets together, causing a shockwave while I let out a mighty roar and we charged at each other and collided with all of our power.

Once the dust cleared, it was revealed that both of us had punched each other in the face but Yang slowly slid to the ground, unconscious with me not too far behind her.

Alex…Alex…I don't blame you…

My eyes shot open at the words and I sat up, soon realizing I'm in the infirmary "Thank goodness you're awake!" I hear the familiar voice of my beautiful girlfriend, Weiss and I responded to her with a toothy grin but it soon disappeared when I remembered that I had just fought Yang and she probably hates me a lot more now. Weiss noticed my sudden mood change "You think Yang hates you now, don't you?" she asked me to which I nodded my head slowly "Now that you two have vented some pent up anger out during that match…I'm sure Yang is willing to be faintly talkative now" she said as she gave me a small smile.

Speak of the devil, a familiar blonde appeared in the doorway "Weiss, can I talk to him? Alone?" Yang asks her without even glancing over at me. The heiress looked between me and Yang before leaving the room without another word to either of us. Once she left and a few seconds passed, I decided to break the silence "I suppose you're still angry at me and want me to not be around Ruby anymore, right?" I asked her but instead of a glare or response, she looked down with a shameful look in her eyes before muttering "I'm not mad…not anymore" I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the blonde's sudden change of heart.

I opened my mouth to ask her but she interjected with her own question "When I said…those words…what did Ruby do after I left?" she asked, almost seeming like she didn't want me to answer but I did anyway "She cried…" I responded, causing the blonde to hide her eyes behind her bangs and let out an exasperated sigh "I try to keep her happy and yet I caused her to cry" she mumbled under her breath to herself. "Yang…" I start to say but stopped when I noticed Yang starting to slide down the wall that she was just leaning against. Yang lifted her head and I saw the small amount of tears rolling down her cheeks as she looked at me with somber eyes, eyes that no longer held happiness or even anger at the moment.

"Mom's right…I can't call myself a good sister if I'm the one causing Ruby to feel hurt" she said as she quietly started to weep but I could tell that it wasn't her dislike of me that was causing it. "Yang…do you think that Ruby is gonna start hanging out with me more now that she knows I'm her brother?" I asked and the blonde nodded in response, I sighed in frustration as I ran my hand through my hair the ruffled it slightly. "Yang listen, just because Ruby has a brother now doesn't mean that she's gonna not want to be around you anymore, Ruby and I share similarities with somethings yeah but you have a bond with Ruby that is so strong that I doubt anything can break it, you two know each other through and through so don't assume that because Ruby might want to hang out with me because we want to go to a weapons store or something that she's going to replace you" I said as I walked over to the door to try and see if the nurse is close by so that I could leave but suddenly I felt two arms wrap around my waist and a soft mass of hair rested on my back.

"Thanks for that James" I hear Yang muffle out, due to her head being buried into my back "No problem…Lil sis" I say with a bit of amusement added to my tone. The arms release and I turn around to see that Yang had a look of mocking shock "No…" she muttered out dramatically as she walked backwards before hitting the bed railing, causing me to laugh as I walked out of the infirmary with Yang quickly catching up to me.

During the walk over, Yang and I decided to talk to each other about school, parties, and fighting among other things including an embarrassing story about Ruby from last year, causing me to laugh until I was in tears. Once we made it back to the dorm, we were greeted with a casual sight of Ruby cleaning her scythe, Weiss on her scroll, and Blake reading one of her many books. "Yang! James!" Ruby exclaimed once she saw us enter the room with smiles and upon making direct eye contact with the girl, I started to chuckle uncontrollably until I burst into fits of laughter, remembering the story that Yang just told to me but I soon recovered and calmed down. "What was that about?" Ruby asked me confused and I simply looked to Yang "Care to tell the Halloween story again, Yang?" I asked causing Weiss to glance over with a curious expression while Blake pulled her book down slightly but Ruby jumped up and clamped her hands over Yang's mouth before she could utter a word "Yang Don't!" the leader shouted "I'm curious to hear the story now" Blake said, completely putting her book away "No you don't…it's not tha- Eep!" Ruby squeaked as Yang licked her hands and moved from the girl while sporting a toothy grin

"Well you see it all started last year a week before Halloween during my last year at Signal…"

Flashback

Yang's POV

Getting ready for Halloween was a cinch, but now was the hard part…finding a costume to wear that actually looks good this year. "I could go as…nah" I thought out loud as I scratched off ideas left and right while looking around my room for any ideas until my eyes landed on my Achieve Men poster as I looked at each of the guys on it before it hit me until finally I leapt off of my bed and quickly dashed out of my room, downstairs, and into the living room "Rubes, you got a costume yet?" I asked urgently as said girl looks up from the tv "Uh…no…why?" she responded, I smiled brightly and said "I'll be back" and quickly grabbed my keys and wallet.

After a couple of minutes of riding into town on Bumblebee, I stopped in front of a costume store and went inside. I searched for a few minutes of what I wanted, I found what I wanted, grabbed it, paid for it, and quickly went home. Once home, I came back inside and ran straight upstairs; first dropping Ruby's costume off in her room before going to mine and dropping it off on my bed before returning to down stairs and plopping next to Ruby with a grin on my face "I think you'll like the costumes I picked out for us Rubes" I said making my little sister squeal in joy.

The rest of that week rolled by uneventful until the day before Halloween which was…fun…to say the least. It was well into the afternoon when Ruby and I decided to try on our costumes. I decided to buy the villain costumes from the comic book X-Ray and Vav, I was going to be the Corpirate while Ruby was going to be the psychotic, Mad King…or Mad Queen. Everything was going fine until I heard Ruby scream, quickly halting my posing in the mirror as I ran to see what was wrong.

I stopped in front of her closed door and knocked "Ruby…what's wrong?" I asked in an urgent tone, there was silence until finally "Uh…Yang…is it too late to return these costumes?" she asked softly but not knowing what she meant, I opened the door and started to chuckle her appearance; instead of it consisting of a kilt, a white button up, and a blazer with a crown, the costume consisted of pantyhose, a micro-mini skirt, blouse that looked to be made intentionally tight (especially around the chest area), a half jacket, and a queens crown. "I'm not going out in this!" Ruby proclaimed as she futilely tried to cover her chest and…downstairs area but having no success which caused me to start laughing before calming down a few minutes later. I knew it was wrong to laugh at her distress but I couldn't help it especially with her beet red expression and the thought that I just unintentionally pranked my little sister.

Eventually, my sisterly instinct kicked in and I grabbed my keys and went back to the store but this time I grabbed a different costume and upon returning and showing the costume to Ruby, he eyes sparkled at the costume, a male X-Ray outfit, Ruby's favorite of the two main characters, to which she tried it on and loved it entirely, deciding to go trick-or-treating in it.

Flash-forward

Original POV

As Yang wrapped up her story, I noticed the pouting Ruby and decided to make her feel better "C'mon Rubes, at least you didn't have any of your friends see you in it" I said as I nudged her with my elbow but she continued to pout "I'll buy you some cookies" Still pouting "I'll buy you some strawberries" Still a pout "Come on Rubes, what do you want that'll cheer you up?" Yang asked and the question made the girl smiled "I get to tell something about you" Ruby said with a mischievous glint in her eyes, causing Yang's expression to flush in embarrassment. I can't help but laugh at this "Looks like it's gonna be one of those days today" Blake mutters under her breath and I just laughed at her statement.

After talking and sharing stories, it soon grew late and we all decided to turn in for the night but I couldn't sleep. "Damnit all…" I muttered under my breath as I drug myself out of bed, grabbed my shoes, and silently left the room. I wandered the halls aimlessly until I made it to a student lounge and I decided to look out the window. Staring up at the shattered moon, I remembered what Dad had told me about the moon.

'Daddy, why is the moon like that?' a 4-year-old me asked as my dad and I stared up at the sky 'Because when mankind was on the brink of destruction, Dust was discovered and Legends say that Monty Oum destroyed the moon to put his power into a solid form for man to use' he explained to my child self and at the time I didn't get it but now I did and I couldn't help but smile at the memory. "Looks beautiful as always" I heard a voice next to me say, causing me to jump a foot in the air but I soon calmed down upon realizing that it was just Blake "Hey Blake" I said as I took a seat in one of the chairs nearby while she decided to sit on the windowsill.

"Couldn't sleep?" she asks "Nah…for some reason I couldn't which is weird…I can sleep easily after a stressful day" I respond casually "Me either…maybe there was a reason as to why we're both up" Blake says and I nod in affirmation before we soon sat in silence "So…Blake…can I ask you something?" "You just did…" she responded. "Geez, Yang's rubbing off on you" I said as she smiled before saying "What's your question?" "…why do you hide?" I asked, my voice dropping to a whisper as I leaned towards her, my eyes piercing hers.

At the sound of the question, the smile on Blake's face slowly dropped and her eyes narrowed at me "What are you talking about?" she asked through gritted teeth "I know a lot about you, Blake…Ruby told me that only her, you, and Ozpin read my file so you know that my mission was to capture you" I say as I continued to stare at her "Just how much do you know?" she asked cautiously as I sit back in the chair, looking around to make sure that it was only us in the room. "Everything…you're a cat faunus, born outside of any of the Remnant kingdoms, have a shadow semblance, and…you were once in the White Fang…a lieutenant even" I say as if its common knowledge, causing the girl's face to reveal one of shock, "But…how?" she asks causing me to frown, knowing that the next thing I say won't go easy on her "I'm a high grade assassin from a counter-terrorist group known as…Black Snow."

"Black…Snow?" Blake says in confusion "A group created to protect the Schnee Family and Company" I answer as I get up and walk towards the cat-faunus but she took a stance as her eyes darted around, forming a plan of escape in her mind "Blake…I'm not affiliated with them anymore" I said as I stopped my advance and raised my hands with a smile trying to show that I'm not hostile but she only looked at me suspiciously "Why should I trust you?" she asked cautiously "If I wanted to, I could've completed my mission the day I got here but I didn't because I got to finally see what if was like to have friends and be happy…I'm sure you can understand wanting a fresh start…" I muttered that last part sadly "But I understand if you don't want to trust me…with what I've done, I don't trust myself" I finish as I turn to wander around again.

"You go ahead to the dorm room…I'll just…get out of your hair" I say but before I can take two steps, Blake is suddenly in front of me "I know how you feel and I'd be a hypocrite if I were to say that you don't deserve a second chance" she said "So I guess what in saying is…I trust you and thank you for not being consumed by what you were taught to be normal" she finished as she suddenly wrapped her arms around my torso in a hug and I decide to return it.

We soon returned to the dorm and climbed into our respective beds "Good night Blake" I mutter out as my eyelids grew heavy and just before I let sleep completely overcome me, I heard a quiet "Good night James"

Well there was chapter 12, I decided at the last second to add in the moment between Blake and James because I wanted them to have a moment together and so I wrote it in but anyways, I'm sorry that you guys haven't gotten a chapter in so long so as a way to apologize I want to post 4 chapters for you guys so see you guys in the next chapter and as always…stay tuned readers!