Chapter 21: Trouble In Paradise

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Another Monday opened over the kingdom of Vale. All of the regular senses were in the atmosphere that day. You could smell the flowers of the gardens, the delicious smells of breakfast, and the freshly spilled blood of Grimm. You could hear the birds singing, students groaning about late homework, and the dying wails of Grimm being eviscerated.

Team RWBY had signed up a few months ago for an extra credit seminar early that morning held by Professor Port in his classroom. It was a live demonstration of the Grimm anatomy. Given the nature of the professor's… lessons, there was no surprise at how violent it was.

"So, you can see that the Boarbatusk's skull plate is particularly weak in that specific spot.", Professor Port explained, pulling his Blunderaxe out if the dead beast's skull. A small portion of brain matter came out with the blade. Wiping the blade off with a rag, he continued:

"Now, I'm going to show you the parts that are safe to eat.", he announced. Rolling the creature of Grimm over, Professor Port plunged his weapon into the beast's gut. A large geyser of blood came out of the boar's body. It was no wonder that the first two rows were given waterproof ponchos to wear.

Weirdly enough, Team RWBY was feeling pretty hungry. They had to skip breakfast just to attend this seminar. But, they were too distracted to pay attention to their hunger. That had been passing notes to each other, talking about the upcoming show.

Weiss was currently in possession of the piece of paper they had been writing on. Sure, it was covered in some blood, but what was written was still readable. Currently, Blake was arguing with the others on why that pop song was necessary for the good of the show.

"I'm just saying, it'll add depth and atmosphere to the experience.", was Blake's latest defense. Weiss sighed as she read. Ruby only said she would put it in the show so Blake would help out. Picking up her pen, she wrote:

"I do not see in any way, shape, or form, how your music fits into the romantic theme we're going for.".

Folding the paper back up, she passed it over to Blake. Weiss watched her face as she unfolded the note. A scowl came over her face, and she furiously wrote on the note. Not looking at Weiss, she shoved it back in her direction.

Looking at the note, Weiss' eyes scanned over Blake had written:

"Look, how many times do I have to tell you, it's not for me. It's for the audience members that may or may not really like that type of music. You're not being considerate.".

Weiss couldn't keep on arguing with Blake on this. She had seen her playlists on her open laptop before. All of her songs were either classical music, or that sugary pop music in a language she couldn't understand.

Feeling a headache coming on, Weiss passed the paper over to Ruby. Maybe she could talk Blake out of it.

Ruby looked at the note. She could see Weiss looking at her expectantly out of the corner of her vision. Ruby looked over the recent writings. She really didn't know what decision to make. Sure, she said that she would put in a pop song so that Blake would help her, but she also felt that it wouldn't really mesh well with the other songs. Ruby was feeling pretty conflicted. Moving her pencil over the paper, she wrote:

"I don't disagree with what you think, Blake, but I also think we could put something better in it's place.".

Hoping that her words would settle the argument, she moved the paper between Blake and Weiss. Both of them looked at Ruby's response. Quickly snatching the paper, Blake scribbled something on it and handed it over to Ruby.

Blake's note said: "See? You don't disagree. Therefore, it stays.".

Weiss was reading the note over Ruby's shoulder. There was no winning with this cat! Weiss really tried not to hit something in frustration. She whipped around to Blake.

"That's NOT how that works!", she furiously whispered. All of this pick and choose logic was so annoying!

Blake chose the most adult and responsible response to Weiss' statement: she stuck out her tongue at her. That just made Weiss even angrier. Her fists clenched with fury. Grabbing the note out of Ruby's hand, she picked up her pen and wrote quickly on it. Then, she threw the paper at Blake.

Weiss had written several insults. Her note read:

"You mean, dirty, filthy, dunce! You dolt! You're nothing but a dunce! I'm insulted at what you consider a good debate is! That's so stupid! Stupid! STUPID! ".

Of course, Weiss chose the mature response. It could only go downhill from here. If one were to read what the paper said over the next ten minutes, it would read:

"I'm sorry that some of us are born being considerate, WEISS.".

"Considerate? How am I being inconsiderate?! It's YOU who's being inconsiderate! Jerk!".

"YOU'RE the jerk, Weiss! You're a jerk-face!".

"No, you are!".

"No, you are!".

"No, you!".

"Well, if I'M a jerk, you're a meanie!".

"YOU'RE a meanie! You're a mean ice queen!".

"Fuck you, cat!".

"No, fuck YOU, icicle!".

"Fish breath!".

"Frigid bitch!".

Ruby was reading the notes as they kept coming. This argument was getting WAY out of hand. She had to step in here. She was Team Leader, darn it!

"Uhh... guys, can you uh... stop fighting?", Ruby whispered to both of them. That didn't go over well with the other two. Both glared at her. If looks could kill, she would be dead ten times over by now. Both were pretty scary.

Ruby began to shrink in her seat. Too scary, too scary! Ruby held up her hands to defend herself. Whimpering, she whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please, don't hurt me!".

The glares continued. Tears of fear began to pour out of Ruby's eyes. She was completely convinced that she was going to be set on fire by their minds. That was the breaking point.

"Look! You made her cry!", Weiss accused, pointing a finger at Blake.

"What?! It's YOUR fault!", Blake shot back.

Weiss launched herself at Blake with a flying tackle. As soon as Weiss kneed Blake in the gut, she got punched in the ear. Soon, the heap of a fight spilled out into the walkway. The entire class was watching. This was WAY more interesting than the lecture.

Finishing the organs he cooked on his hotplate, Professor Port took this as an opportunity to talk about hand to hand combat.

"See, Ms. Schnee isn't using the right grapple. What she should do is pull Ms. Belladonna's arms DOWN instead of UP.". Weiss took the Professor's advice to heart. The fight then moved to the front of the class.

"Now, Ms. Belladonna has the right idea in punching Ms. Schnee's kidney. But, she hit the wrong one. Seeing that Ms. Schnee is left handed, she should have went for the left one.", Professor Port explained.

Blake then landed a few hard blows on Weiss' left kidney. Yelping in pain, she clutched her left side. This opened her up for a kick to the face.

"What an impressive kick! But, now that Ms. Schnee is on the ground, she has an advantage: now, she can sweep the legs and bring Ms. Belladonna down with her.", he continued.

Weiss kicked one of Blake's legs and staggered her. As Blake tried to regain balance, Weiss then followed up with a punch to the baby maker. The entire class winced at the blow. Holding her crotch in pain, Blake slumped onto the floor. Just as Weiss climbed onto Blake to hit her face more, the class doors opened.

Professor Glynda Goodwitch stood in the doorway. With a wave of her crop, Weiss and Blake were separated and pinned against opposite walls.

"Children, please! No. Fighting. In. Class.", Ms. Goodwitch said through clenched teeth. She didn't get paid enough to deal with students fighting.

Hovering Blake and Weiss so that they would face each other, Ms. Goodwitch ordered:

"Now, apologize.".

Blake and Weiss looked away defiantly. Moving them closer, Ms. Goodwitch ordered more sternly, "APOLOGIZE.".

Sighing, Weiss was the first to extend the proverbial olive branch. She muttered, "Sorry for hitting you...".

Blake was considering her options. She didn't want to apologize, but if she could be put down if she said sorry, then she would do it. She relented.

"Weiss, I'm sorry that I hurt you.", she said, only half meaning it. That blow to the crotch still stung a lot. She was grinding her teeth in pain.

Letting Blake and Weiss go, the pair slumped to the floor. Professor Goodwitch sighed. Privately, she did admit to herself that this fight was nothing compared to Team CRDL's. At least they didn't cost Beacon several thousand lien in damages. But, this fight would have gotten worse if she hadn't stopped them. It was a good thing she saw the live camera feed when the fight started.

Weiss was limping back to her seat, and Blake was still writhing on the ground, clutching her vagina in pain. Professor Port decided to speak up.

"Okay, that's it for this lecture. You'll find the extra credit added to your next report cards. And you two.", he said turning his attention to Blake and Weiss. "Good fight.", he complimented.

That lecture had gone WAY better than everyone expected. Professor Port had to make the next one just like that one.

Weiss and Blake hadn't talked to each other since that morning's fight. Now, it was the middle of the afternoon. The team regrouped at the dorm room. Weiss wouldn't stop pouting, and Blake was holding an ice pack to her crotch. It was still sore from that really hard punch. Yang and Ruby were getting concerned. Why was this happening again? It was just like the time when Blake revealed she was a Faunus to the team accidentally. Yang tried to smooth things over with her trademark humor.

"Hey!", she said to nobody in particular. "You know what I thought when Blake shoved that dust... you know... there?".

The room was filled with an awkward, heavy silence. Undaunted, Yang continued.

"Wow! What a shock!", she said, smiling. She really did crack herself up sometimes.

If one thing could unite ANY team, it was the pure hatred for Yang's horrible jokes. Blake in particular was insulted. It really seemed like a good idea at the time!

"Yang, baby.", Blake said an even tone. "I have NO idea what you're talking about.", she said, glancing around the room. She hoped that nobody else believed her. Somehow managing to stand up, she limped over to where Yang was sitting.

"If you EVER bring that up again, it's going to be fire dust next time.", she whispered to her, menacingly.

That shut Yang up. She didn't want her intestines to become barbeque. Blake limped back over to her chair and picked up a book. She hoped that she could drown out the world with reading.

Ruby kept on looking at her team with worry. Even if they were being quiet, she couldn't ignore the elephant in the room. As Team Leader, she had to do something about her teammate's behavior. She couldn't take the tension any more.

"You guys!", Ruby said getting everyone's attention. "I know we want to ignore this morning, but we HAVE to talk about it. Just... what were you two thinking?", she asked.

Blake glanced up from her book at Weiss. Weiss returned the look. It was a look of shame and embarrassment. Both of them nodded at each other.

Weiss spoke up and said, "We... don't know what you're talking about.".

Ruby suddenly felt stone-walled. Why was Weiss denying that she fought Blake?
"Come on, don't be like that. If we just talk about it, we can put it behind us," pleaded Ruby. Why was Weiss being so difficult?

Blake then said, "Ruby, all we did was attend a seminar this morning. Nothing really happened.".

Was Ruby just going crazy? Now Blake was denying it too!

"You too, Blake?", Ruby asked in disbelief.

Why were the both of them being like this? They still had all of their bruises and wounds! How could they deny that?!

"It's not funny, you guys. Please, let's just talk about it!", Ruby begged. The situation was spiraling out of her control. Weiss and Blake ignored her question.

"Just say something! Anything! Come on!", Ruby yelled. Why her? Was she doing a bad job as Team Leader? Was this her fault? She just didn't know!

"Look at me! Please! Say something!", continued Ruby. Her pleas were greeted by silence.

They were being so mean! It wasn't fair! All Ruby was trying to do was be a good leader! Weiss once promised to support her as leader! Was she going back on that promise? That hurt even more than when the musical was shut down! Ruby's chest began to hitch with sobs. Why? Why were they being so MEAN?!

"Please... say anything!", Ruby cried. Now tears were flowing down her face freely. All she wanted now was a hug. Running over to Yang, she wrapped her arms around her big sister.

Yang was beyond furious. How dare they make her sister cry like that! After all she had done for them, this is how they repaid her!?

"Get out.", Yang growled. Blake and Weiss looked at her dumbly.

"I SAID GET OUT! THERE'S NO PLACE FOR YOU HERE!", Yang yelled at them. Stunned, Blake and Weiss made their way to the door. Yang slammed the door behind them. Both could hear the latch lock into place. They weren't getting back in anytime soon.

Weiss slumped against the wall and buried her face in her hands. She had just made a huge mistake. All she wanted to do was ignore that morning. She didn't want Ruby to see her that way, with her getting into petty fights. But, she had hurt Ruby even worse than before. That's all she was good at, hurting and using people. She kept on hurting Ruby, with all take and no give. Ruby even graced her with her touch, and Weiss never repaid her with the same. She felt so slimey, so dirty. She didn't deserve to be with Ruby. She was nothing but a child still. She hadn't learned anything. She didn't deserve to be loved.

Weiss began to rock back and forth, banging her head against the wall. Blake was shocked at Weiss' actions. She had never seen Weiss act like this before. No knowing what to do, she looked around. Maybe somebody could help her. Thinking quickly, she knocked on Team JNPR's door. Pyrrha answered it.

"Hey Blake, what is it?", she asked. Pyrrha answered her own question when she saw Weiss on the floor, starting to cry and hitting her head against the wall. Crouching near her, she scooped Weiss up in her arms.

"Sshhh sshhh, it's okay, it's okay.", she comforted. Weiss still cried in her grasp. Pyrrha turned her attention to Blake. "What happened?", she asked.

"I don't know! We got kicked out of our room for ignoring Ruby, and then all of the sudden Weiss is like this.", Blake explained.

"Come on, you can stay in our room.", Pyrrha offered, gesturing with her head. She carried Weiss into the room, and Blake followed.

Jaune was the only other person in the room, since Ren had taken Nora to the library to study in silence. Seeing Weiss in Pyrrha's arms, crying uncontrollably, he sprung out of his seat and rushed over Pyrrha's side.

"Is she alright?", he asked.

"I don't think so.", replied Pyrrha.

Pyrrha placed Weiss onto her bed. Weiss immediately rolled over and started to cry and scream into the pillow. The others looked on with concern.

"What should we do?", Jaune asked. He tried to reach out to Weiss, but Pyrrha pulled his hand back.

"I wouldn't try anything right now.", Pyrrha advised. "Wait until she's settled down a little.".

As the others were wondering how to help, Weiss remained alone in her thoughts. She hated herself. She hated her upbringing, her mom, her dad, everything. All of those things hated her, and made her a bitter, lonely little girl. But, the one time she found happiness with someone, her own stubbornness shoved her away. But, she knew she couldn't blame everything on the way she was raised. She had messed up on her own volition. That made her pain even worse. All of those bruises she had gotten from Blake felt like nothing compared to what she was feeling now. Maybe she just can't be loved. No matter how much she cried, no matter how much she screamed and begged and pleaded, everything she loved just burnt away. All she had to keep her company was just the ashes of what could have been.

Weiss screamed in pain and started to rain weak punches on the bed. That was the only comfort she granted herself. She wished that she was hitting herself. She wanted to hit and kick and bite that stupid little child.

Her blows lessened until she clutched at the bed sheets. She was crying so hard, it felt as if her lungs were on fire. She didn't care. If anything, she deserved that pain.

Pyrrha looked on with Jaune and Blake at Weiss. She needed to do something. She couldn't stand to see one of her friends in this amount of pain. She turned to Jaune.

"I'm going across the hall. Keep an eye on her, will you?", Pyrrha asked of Jaune. He simply nodded. Pyrrha made her way across the room and to the other dorm.

Knocking on the door, she was greeted by Ruby. Her eyes were puffy and bloodshot, and she kept on sniffling. It looked like she had just finished crying herself.

"Ruby, come quick. Weiss isn't well. Come on!", Pyrrha beckoned.

Ruby had no choice but to follow. Not only was it her duty to her teammate, but it was also her duty as girlfriend.

Going with Pyrrha, she walked over to Team JNPR's room.

Wow, that's a downer to end on. Anyway, be sure to send thanks to JimboYokimbo, who helped me edit this story. Check out his stories, he's a rad dude! Keep those reviews flowing in too! Anyway, I hope you guys stay on for more! This is The Draigg, signing off here.