Weiss Reacts to Hot Springs Episodes, Part 1!

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to Weiss Reacts! Now, as those of you following my other fic Lucina Reacts would know by now, I am currently recovering from a huge bout of writer's block. My update schedule, thus, will probably be determined by both actual activities and whether or not I can actually be bothered to write. Sorry, guys.

However, you guys waited long enough for a Weiss Reacts update, so here it is! ^.^

Also, onsen is Japanese for 'hot springs'. We used that as the title due to the chapter title limit preventing me from using 'hot springs'. Sorry about that. However, the real title is 'hot springs episode', as TvTropes so likes to put it.

A/N: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, otherwise we would probably have had giant rat Grimm.

All mentioned franchises and characters belong to their respective owners.

It had been about a week of nothing particularly interesting happening in Beacon's halls. The summer heat had driven most of the usual suspects outdoors, to enjoy the heat and sun that Vale had so rarely had in the last couple of months. In the sheer chaos, of course- and the lack of a Nora who would stay in one place without the heat- the Antic Order of Beacon were unable to meet properly and so were forced to smaller, pettier antics.

That was, until the beginning of this particular week signalled an end to such good weather.

"Maaaaan, I'm bored." Yang whined, sighing while sitting in her dorm with the rest of her team. "This...being nice thing. I mean, the fans still hate me, you guys don't trust me, and I can't even have any fun by stealing someone's panties or something!

Can we do something?!"

Weiss sighed, adjusting the light-blue sweater she was wearing and shivering in her bed. "We would go out, if it wasn't so cold! Seriously, it's summer and it's under ten degrees?!"
"When they said it was a cold snap, I didn't think it'd be this cold." Ruby complained, pouting. "It's boring to be cooped up inside during summer!"

Yang shrugged. "Maybe Professor Faust's spells failed or something. Dust knows she's always up to something."

Blake was reading a book, frowning. "I can't even get into my secret lair, either. This is ridiculous! I have important projects to be working on! Can we do something that gets us out of here?"
Yang rolled her eyes, before staring up at the catgirl. "Well, we can't exactly have a pool party or something. It's freezing! I knew I should've bought that kotatsu when I saw it in the market the other day..."

Weiss grumbled, lying in her own bed and huddling her blanket up to her chest. "Well, sitting here and whining about it isn't going to do anything now, Xiao Long. You might as well sit down and get over it."

The reaper looked to her girlfriend. "Weiss! Can't you just, y'know, call your dad and make him give us a private trip to Vacuo or Atlas or someplace warm? Your dad's basically controlling half the companies in the kingdom!"
The heiress stared at her like she was being foolish. "Ruby! You know full well I can't just treat my father like some sort of do-anything robot! He is a very busy man!"
Yang frowned at her. "Oh come on, Weiss! We're dying of boredom here! And cold! I want to go somewhere waaaarm!"

Ruby knelt at the floor, looking pleadingly at Weiss with the widest and most watery puppy-dog eyes she could muster.

"Pweaaaase, Weiss?" She asked. "For meeee?"

"...gggh." The heiress pinched the bridge of her nose. "I hate you so much sometimes, Ruby. You're too adorable for your own good. Blake, pass me the phone."

The catgirl tossed her the dorm's telephone. Weiss caught it deftly, looking at it carefully.

"You know, Ruby, there is absolutely no guarantee he'll accept." She reminded Ruby with a raised finger. "That would be highly unreasonable. He is after all incredibly-

...

"Alright. I will have a bus pick you and your friends up there shortly." Siegfried Schnee declared cheerily over the phone. "I've had the people at the springs clear a room or two for you, so you should have free reign for the next two days or so while the cold snap fades."

Weiss slowly nodded, clearly in shock. "...alright, Father, have a nice day." She hung up, blinking briefly.

"...fancy that. He did." The heiress muttered. Yang whooped cheerfully, pumping her fist in the air.

"Woo! Hot springs vacation, girls!"

Ruby gasped happily. "I've always wanted to visit a hot spring!"

Weiss scowled. "Of course my father suggests a hot spring...very well." She closed her eyes.

"Well, what are you all waiting for? Start packing!"

Blake grunted, pulling herself up. "I guess I'll tell everyone else?"

"I'll grab our suitcases!" The brawler declared cheerily. "Girls, we're going on a road trip! Come on!"

Ruby whooped happily. "Aye, aye, captain! Thanks, Weiss!"

Planting a kiss on her girlfriend's cheek gratefully, she scampered off to grab the suitcases for the entire dorm.

Weiss sighed, closing her eyes and shaking her head. "I don't even know why I did this...'

"...I guess a road trip it is, then. I still don't know why my father thinks we would need to go to some hot springs inn or something..."

Blake looked over at her as she was about to leave. "So, where exactly are we going? I mean, do you even know where it is?"

"He didn't say." Weiss admitted, shrugging. "He just said it'd be quite a distance from here. So you'd better get ready for a ride, I guess."

"Wait. You said a bus, right?" The catgirl added. Weiss nodded.

"Yes, why?"
"DAMMIT!" The catgirl grumbled. "That's irritating. I wanted to bring out my mecha. It's been soooo long since I last managed to do that kinda stuff..."

"You and your stupid mecha antics." The heiress seethed. "Thank Dust we can get away from that for at least two days."
Blake crossed her arms indignantly. "That's boring!"
"Live with it! Good Dust. You need to get out of whatever lair you build your giant robots in and actually go somewhere for once!" Weiss shot back irritably. "Dust knows you're already insane, and the isolation isn't helping you any.

Just grab anyone who wants to go and tell them to get ready soon. The bus should be here in two hours."

Two hours later...

"So, remind me. How did I end up on a bus to some hot springs center on the side of a mountain again?" Jaune inquired to his neighbour, Pyrrha, as he fastened his seatbelt around himself, having gotten up to got to the bus's onboard toilet.

Around him, he could see the rest of his team, team RWBY, Winter and Velvet sat around; Velvet was only invited on account of Coco ordering Velvet take a leave from the dorm after two whole weeks spent inside having done nothing but obsess over her beloved Weiss-sempai.

The spearmaiden inhaled as she adjusted her belt. "Weiss invited us to go with her."
"No, I mean, how did that happen?"

Winter peered over the top of Jaune's seat to add to the conversation. "Our father is...quite easy with favours, as long as they are not abused needlessly."

"Right. Is it because it's been pretty cold lately?" The knight inquired. "Your dad didn't really need to-"
Yang interrupted him, frowning. "Of course he did! It's too cold notto go somewhere warm! Are you insane?!"

"It's not that cold." Jaune responded. "It's nothing a hot bath couldn't fix."
At that, the brawler stopped, twitching. Jaune stared at her confusedly.

"Did I...say something-

"A hot bath." Yang muttered, holding up a finger slowly. "You mean to say that a mere hot bath can even compare to the likes of a hot spring?! Do I have to remind you about the sheer beauty contained in one? How lonely the prospect of just a mere hot bath is compared to-OWWWW!"
The brawler cried out, rubbing the back of her head as Weiss slapped her, glaring at her.

"Idiot." The heiress muttered. "Now I know your true motives. You just want an excuse to do something perverted, don't you?!"

"N-no!" The brawler cried. "L-Like I said, I'm trying to be nice so the fans will like me again!"

"...I am very doubtful about that, actually."

"And why would that-"

Suddenly, Nora's excited squeal filled the entire bus, interrupting everyone. The berserker was eagerly tapping the window, pointing out.

"We're nearly there! I can see it to the side!" She called over, squealing happily. Jaune turned to face to the right of the bus, where Nora was pointing, along with the other occupants of the bus.

The building was reminiscent of a ski lodge, constructed from logs and the roof from brick tiles, and seemingly built into the side of the mountain, as the walls and roof extended into the stone face. The windows were large, allowing light into the inn's lobby, and the asphalt carpark outside was packed with expensive looking cars. Outside, the flags of Vale and the Schnee Dust Company flew, blown by a brisk gust. To the right of the inn itself, a large cliff poked out, with stone stairs leading into the building; Jaune could spy one or two people going down the stairs, carrying bags and towels. Upon the cliff, large canvas walls were perched, with a faint wisp of steam emerging from behind the walls.

Nora was staring at the whole set-up with amazement. "...that's where we're staying for the next couple of days?! T-that looks like the biggest log cabin in the world!

They better have pancakes or Queen Nora will not be happy!" The berserker declared indignantly.

Jaune turned to Weiss, an expression of disbelief plain on his face. "...I-I know that place! That's one of the biggest tourist destinations in all of Vale! People from Atlas come all the way here just for the hot springs!"

Weiss seemed unfazed by the discovery. "Hm. My father did say it was a good facility."
"Good?!" The knight stared at her in disbelief. "That's amazing! And you got us that for free!?"

Velvet was staring at the heiress gratefully, blushing heavily. "See? Weiss-sempai will never fail us. She is perfection..."
"Pipipipi!" Vivi saluted from her shoulder. "Pipi piiii pipipi!"

Pyrrha, meanwhile, looked over at Weiss. "When you said...hot springs, you mean the kind where we are only in our towels while in the springs, right?"

"...yes." The heiress nodded, giving her a suspicious look. "Why?"

The spearmaiden looked briefly over at Jaune, smiling briefly. He didn't seem to notice.

"Oh, no reason."

"...the chill going down my spine tells me that's not true." The heiress muttered. "The springs are gender-segregated, if I recall these facilities correctly."

Yang pouted. "Oh come on! That's not fun at all!"

"They're probably like that to stop people like you from doing something perverted in them." Weiss remarked. "And I can feel your eyes on the back of my neck Velvet, quit staring at me."

Velvet whimpered joyously. "Weiss-sempai saw fit to keep her attention on me at all times...I feel so loved..."

Blake slapped her forehead with her palm. "Hopeless. Absolutely hopeless."

'Gender-segregated. Disappointing.' Pyrrha mused, sighing and looking over at Jaune. 'Maybe next time.'

In the inn...

The whole group stood with their suitcases in the middle of the reception- and yes, even Vivi had a tiny suitcase in her hand while she stood on the shoulder of her mother. The lobby was a rather large place, with a granite floor covered with various well-designed Vacuan rugs and fine furniture. To their left, several chairs were arranged around a great hearth, a fire roaring to keep the visitors warm, while to their right, the reception desk was manned by a deer Faunus man, who was currently conversing with Weiss.

"...and that will be three rooms, Miss Schnee?" The receptionist inquired. Weiss nodded.

"Three rooms, booked under a Weiss Schnee?"

"...ah. Yes. Here we are." The receptionist passed over the keycards for the rooms.

Jaune crossed his arms. "So, how are we doing these rooms?"

"Well," Ren chimed in, reading from his phone. "According to their website, they have a capacity of four per room."

Jaune thought carefully. "So that means we're in our teams, right?"

"Wrong." The heiress interrupted him. "Just so Pyrrha doesn't do something weird."
Pyrrha looked indignantly over at her. "W-Weiss! I'll have you know that-"
"Don't even give me that speech, I know you take pictures of Jaune in the shower." The heiress cut her off brusquely. "Pervert. And also I don't trust Yang in the same room as Ren and Nora.

We're going in separate dorms. Team RWBY takes one, Pyrrha, Nora, Velvet and Winter will take another dorm, and you and Ren have one to yourselves, Arc."

Nora whimpered. "I want to be with my Renny! That's not fair! Why do you get your Ruby but I can't have my Renny? I need someone to hug me when I sleep!"

Winter smiled at Pyrrha. "My, it seems we will be roommates."
The spearmaiden closed her eyes, somewhat disappointed by the arrangement. She swallowed deeply, looking over at Winter.

"Yes, Miss Schnee. That sounds nice."

Velvet whimpered. "Can't I share a room with Weiss-sempai?"

Ruby frowned. "No. My Weiss. Me no like sharing!" To emphasise her point, she hugged Weiss' arm tightly. "No sharing!"

"...pi." Vivi slapped her forehead with her stubby arm, shaking her head in exasperation. "Piiii..."

Yang looked around for a clock. "It's...two in the afternoon, isn't it?"
"Yes, I believe so." Ren nodded. "We should probably head out for the springs at four after we get settled into our rooms."

Ruby nodded in agreement, starting to yawn. "Yeaaaah...I'm pretty sleepy. I wanna take a nap before we go into the hot springs."

"And I'll probably pick up a bite or two first." Yang added. "Also, Miss Pancake will probably go find herself some."
"You know me too well! Now, if you excuse me, TO THE DELICIOUS GRIDDLE-COOKED FOODSTUFFS! ONWARDS!" With that, the berserker rushed off to locate her beloved pancakes. "Oh, wait! Renny, you're coming too!"
"I am-wha!" The gunslinger found himself yanked away by his girlfriend and taken away, leaving the others in the lobby.

Weiss handed out keys to Jaune and Pyrrha. "Alright. Well, we should get to our rooms soon. We'll meet back here in two hours!"

Pyrrha nodded, still looking over at Winter disappointedly. "Understood."

...

In Pyrrha's Room...

Pyrrha sighed, looking at the folded bath towel in her hands. "So the springs are gender-segregated...

I was looking forward to going with J-Jaune into the springs..." The spearmaiden sighed wistfully. "Oh, well." Pyrrha, looking sadly down for a second, set aside her towel and stood up to walk out of the room. Suddenly, however, she felt a hand pull on her shoulder, turning around to look down at Velvet, who had a wicked look in her eyes.

"Pyrrha, you want your Jaune, right?" The bunnygirl inquired innocently. Pyrrha blinked briefly, stepping back. She'd sworn off yandere antics for a long while, and she had a feeling Velvet's plan involved such an antic.

"...I-I can tolerate not having him." The spearmaiden squeaked out. Velvet frowned.

"Come on, you want him, right? All for yourself, right?"
"L-Look, Velvet," Pyrrha stood her ground, staring her down. "...J-Jaune is free to l-like whoever he likes! I-I just have to live with that-"

Velvet pouted. "But what about Winter? You had Jaune first, why should you lose him to her?"

The spearmaiden flinched. The bunnygirl knew then she had her.

'...d-damn you...Velvet...'

"...what do you have planned?"

Velvet pulled out a small blackboard, detailing her plan.

"You see, the hot springs will have a lot of steam in them, and are only separate by a wall of rocks stacked up. I know, my adorable daughter investigated it for me." Velvet patted her beloved Vivi lightly on the head, causing her to squeak joyously.

Pyrrha held up her finger. "And you're saying we can use the steam as a distraction to ensure Weiss and Ren don't see us, right?"
"Bingo." Velvet smirked hungrily. "T-then...y-you can have your Jaune...and I can have my Weiss-sempai.

All we have to do is work together. You just have to somehow make the steam thick enough that nobody can see through it."
"Wait, how are we supposed to do that?" Pyrrha inquired. Velvet hefted a pair of night-vision goggles.

"Just what we need for it. I have the burlap sacks, and the net , and we can go get our loves for ourselves!" Indeed, the bunnygirl was drooling at the prospect of having Weiss all for herself already, causing Vivi to lightly poke her cheek.

"Pipipi?" The plushie uttered, trying to get her mother back to her senses, before shaking her head. "Pipipipi..."

"...oh my. You want to spirit my sister and Mister Arc away?"

Pyrrha froze, staring behind Velvet to see Winter, having emerged from the bathroom, with her long white hair done in a towel turban.

"I mean...no, that's not..." The spearmaiden raised a finger, flustered by her sudden appearance. Winter, however, held up a finger to interrupt her.

"My. You two...should really learn how to surprise people better." She chided them. "A surprise dinner for both of them is somewhat unconventional. Is that the usual commoner trend nowadays?"

'Commoner...trend?' Pyrrha looked confused. "...u-um...yes?"

Winter squealed with delight, rubbing her hands gleefully.

"Then I must join you! I am very skilled at planning out surprises myself, after all." The lady explained proudly. "That is what you're planning, right? I insist, therefore, that you allow me to aid you!"

At that, even Velvet was staring at her.

"You want to...join us?" Velvet inquired, blinking. Winter nodded eagerly.

"They are both people dear to me, and so I would like to help you surprise them!"

To be continued...

A/N: Yes, we're back. I was just taking a writing break after being burned out by exams and finally having a wealth of free time. I'll try to keep a more regular schedule, guys.

Also, Winter getting involved in Velvet and Pyrrha's antics. Excellent.

So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, comments, criticisms, thoughts, reviews and suggestions, and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!