Chapter 29 No Frilly Bows
(Yoko POV)
"Remind me again how we got stuck in this situation," Raven muttered as Akira was avoiding all of Yuki's attempts at changing Team ASPR's combat gear.
"It was Yuki's idea of having us all in apparently corsets and/or frilly bows," I said, "If Cardin comes in then kill me."
"That would put us in a far worse disposition, Yuki would be replacing you then," Shawn said.
"Then kill her then," I muttered.
"Then we'll have mobs of angry boys who have a crush on her to deal with," Raven said, "and possibly a few girls as well."
"So in the end, we'll be stuck in hell with her until she has her own team," I said.
"For the last time, I'm not wearing any corsets or frilly pink bows," Akira shouted at her, "the corsets will cut my breathing off and the bows will hinder me when I'm fighting any Grimm."
"But you'll look adorable though," Yuki said holding the pink ribbons she was attempting to put on Akira as she was already in what she considered combat attire, which was the same as yesterday but it hugged her body more and showed she was wearing a corset, as well as high heels and two frilly bows in her hair.
"In a real battle, looks don't matter as long as you can kick butt," someone said walking in with her team.
"You must be Team CFVY," Akira said, "Please help me reason with her on reasons why not to wear a corset in battle."
"Really? All this over a corset?" the only other girl besides Velvet in Team CFVY asked.
"Over a corset and frilly bows," Akira said, "It wasn't my idea nor Raven's."
"I think this would be better demonstrated rather than explained. I'm Coco," she said, "You already know Velvs and the other two are Fox and Yatsuhashi."
"I'm Akira," Akira said, "and my teammates, Shawn, Raven and Yoko."
"Hey!" Yuki said as her cheeks were puffed out.
"Oh that's the person we're burdened with until she has a team that can handle her, Yuki," Akira said.
"I'm not a burden!" Yuki said.
"You were the one that brought up the issue with who the team leader for Team ASPR would be including forged signatures as well as this!" Akira said, "and if I come back to the room with your bed in the direct center of the room instead of close to the door as how it was agreed on, I'll head straight to Ozpin's office and request that you are under the custody of another team until he finds you a team to be in that's one member short."
"And possibly ask if there's anywhere on campus for any sort of therapy sessions with everything that's happened since the dance," Shawn said, "Our team might need a session or two."
"Or some herbal tea," Coco said, "Yatsuhashi makes some of the best I've tasted."
"You wouldn't mind would you?" Raven asked.
"It wouldn't be a problem," Yatsuhashi said, "You did help Velvet after all."
"Thank you," Akira said, "Now about this demonstration."
"It's not a problem," Coco said, "You and Yuki will be using the simulated Grimm encounters in the training halls with the same encounters wearing your own combat gear and we'll see how this turns out."
One we were at the training halls with Akira in her combat gear and Yuki in what she considered being combat gear. Two simulators prepared with the same Grimm encounter programs that were supposed to be used for training were ready for Akira and Yuki. The two each stepped into their own simulator and began facing the Grimm swarms.
(Shawn POV)
As the minutes passed by, Akira's aura was still in the green zone, almost reaching yellow while Yuki was at her fourth attempt and her aura was dropping steadily towards the red zone. At one point I heard Yoko mutter something again.
"What are you muttering about Yoko?" I asked.
"It's always the beowolves that finish Yuki in the end," Yoko said as another beowolf finished this attempt before she started again.
"What is it about Yuki and beowolves?" Raven asked.
"Well, before I ran away," Yoko whispered so only our team would hear, "when I was a child, before it was time for dinner, I told her that she would be backed up against a tree as a pack of beowolves was inching closer for the kill."
"It could be possible that what you told her that day caused some sort of trauma that gave her the fear of beowolves," I said as my mind raced with possible ways for a Faunus idol like Yuki to have a fear of beowolves most of them ending up with the story Yoko told of his past.
"So how much longer is this going to take?" Raven asked the members of Team CFVY.
"Until one of them gives up most likely," Coco said. "Or Yuki passes out."
"I'll go with Yuki passing out," Yoko said.
After half an hour, Yuki did indeed pass out. Akira had to drag her out of her simulator and take her to the infirmary to rest. We did leave a note saying, "Hopes this teaches a lesson," and went back the training hall to train.
"So how long do you think it would be until Yuki wakes up?" Raven asked as we were in the simulator set a level or two higher than the one Akira and Yuki were on earlier.
"I give it a few hours," Yoko said as he fought off a simulated Ursa using Kitsune's Whip in whip form, "She likes being dramatic and would probably be pretending to be a sleeping princess waiting for the nonexistent prince to come and kiss her."
"She seems to be more childish than she should be," I said, "if she's waiting for a nonexistent prince then she should search elsewhere seeing how an idol would be swarmed by stalkers, not princes."
"She just needs to grow up for once," Raven said as she stabbed an Ursa with Feathery Eclipse, "I'd say leave her in the Emerald Forest for a few days."
"As long as she doesn't start acting like how Weiss use to then I'll be fine," Akira said as she fought of two Beowolves.
"So what should we do after our training?" Raven asked.
"I'd probably ask Ozpin if he found a team for Yuki yet," Shawn said as he used Summer Feather to slay another Beowolf.
"That would be good idea," I said, "If that won't work, then we could try to kick her out if she tries to redecorate our dorm room again to her liking."
"Agree, I can't have her changing my battle gear into a frilly outfit since I wouldn't be able to fight or fly with the outfit ensnaring itself into whatever is in the surrounding area," Raven said.