Chapter 25: The Beginning and the End
A few Atlas drones was standing outside of team RWBY dorm room and currently inside the dorm room was general Ironwood, Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss, Willow and Whitley. Ruby and Yang were sitting on one side of the bottom bed bunk while Willow Weiss and Blake were sitting at the other bottom bed bunk on the other side. Whitley was currently leaning against the wall with his arms crossed with a calm and serious expression on his face.
"I'm sorry" Ironwood said to Team RWBY.
"But, you've left us with no other choice" he continued saying to the team.
"But he attacked me!" Yang yelled.
"Video footage and millions of viewers said otherwise" Ironwood said.
"But Yang would never do that" Weiss said.
"Yeah" Ruby said as she stood that.
Ironwood sighed "you all seemed like good students and the staff here at Beacon are fully aware that you would never lash out the way you did under normal circustances" Ironwood said.
"But I believe and I hope this to be nothing more than the result of stress and adrliane" Ironwood said.
"When you're out on the battlefield your judgement can become clouded in an instant sometimes you see things that aren't simply aren't there even after the fight has passed" Ironwood.
"You should take your words to heart general" Whitley said.
As he said that everybody turned to look at Whitley and Willow and Weiss was a bit surprise that Whitley had spoke out like that.
"Whitley" Willow said as she looked at her son.
"And what exactly do you mean by that Whitley?" Ironwood said.
"I'm saying that what Yang saw was mostly likely real and what we and the viewers saw could be fake and somebody created the image that we saw" Whitley said.
"You're saying that somebody had framed Yang that's a bold accusation Whitley and who would even attempt to do something like that" Ironwoods.
Whitley shrugged "it could be somebody that's hates Yang or team RWBY in general or it could have been Mercury or his teammate oh and I did some digging turns out he is the son of Marcus Black a well known assisan so its highly likely he and his teammate, or his whole team had framed Yang and that's what I believe, but hey we will never know by you just standing here and dragging your feet you should be looking into the matter" Whitley said causing everybody to gasp in shock.
"Whitley!" Willow said as she glared at her son and Weiss was shocked as well sure Whitley can be witty and scarastic at times mostly with her, but he is normally mild manner and respectful so its surprising that he showing his other side like that and defending Yang.
Ironwood sighed "I'll look into the matter regardless of that weather it was a illusion or not or who he related too from the world's eyes you attacked an innocent student, and its my job to inform you that your disqualified" Ironwood said.
After he said that Ironwood left the dorm room leaving team RWBY Willow and Whitley alone.
"Whitley that was completely out of line" Willow said as she looked at her youngest child.
"I'm sorry mother but the general was only drawing one conclusion and not taking in the fact that their could be other factors that could come into play" Whitley said.
"Such as Yang being framed and Mercury really attacked her" Weiss said.
"Yeah from what I know Yang maybe reckless headstrong but I don't think she type of person to actually hurt anybody without a reason so I'm believe in Yang" Whitley said.
Yang looked at Whitley and he looked at her and gave her a reassuring smile as if everything was going to be ok and the fact that he believed her made her feel a bit better, and she doesn't know why but seeing Whitley like this made her heartbeat rise up a bit.
Yang smiled at Whitley "thanks ice prince" Yang said.
"What about the rest of you do you believe in Yang" Whitley asked everybody else.
"Of course I believe in Yang she would never hurt anybody on purpose" Ruby said defending her sister.
"Its like you said Whitley Yang may be hot headed but she is not ruthless" Weiss said as she stood up for Yang as well.
"I do believe you dear base on the sincerity you showed and from how Weiss described you from her letters and with getting to know you personally I know that you are not lying" Willow said as she smiled at Yang.
"Blake?" Yang said as she looked at Blake hoping that her best friend and partner would support her as well.
Blake was quite for a few moments as she looked at Yang.
"I want to believe you" Blake said.
Whitley frowned at Blake statement while Willow and Ruby had a bit of a surprise look on their faces.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Weiss said.
"Blake" Yang said as he had a hurtful look on his face.
"How could you say something like that Yang would never lie to us" Weiss said.
Blake looked at Weiss and then at Willow and Whitley and she sighed a bit.
"I had someone very dear to me change, it wasn't in an instant it was gradual, little choices began to pile up" Blake said.
"He told me not to worry, at first they were accidents then it was self defence, before long even I began to think he was right" Blake said she then continued by saying.
"This is all...just...very familiar but you're not him and you never done anything like this before" Blake said as Yang looked at her.
"So..I want to trust you, I will trust you but first I want you to look me in the eyes and tell me he attacked you I need you to promise me that you regret having to do what you did" Blake said to her friend partner.
Yang rubbed her eyes and she looked at Blake.
"I saw him attack me so I attacked back" Yang said.
Blake looked at Yang before she closed her eyes and smile, she looked at Yang.
"Okay, thank you" Blake said.
"I think I'm going to rest up..Whitley you mind staying here for a few minutes?" Yang said as she looked at Whitley.
"Sure I don't have any problem with that" Whitley said as he gave Yang a small smile.
"Well then we'll just leave you two alone for a bit, Whitley I'll text you where we're going to be at on our scroll" Willow said to her son.
"Ok, mother I'll catch up to you guys in a bit" Whitley said.
Willow Blake Ruby and Weiss stood up and they left the room leaving Yang and Whitley alone for a bit.
Whitley walked as he stood in front of Yang and the two looked at each other "may I" Whitley said as he asked Yang if he could sit on the bed next to her.
"Oh...yeah go ahead" Yang said
Whitley then sat down next to Yang and he turned his head to look at her "are you going to be ok?" Whitley asked.
"Yeah..I just really need to rest and think this one out but thanks ice prince for defending me while Ironwood was here" Yang said as she gave a small smile at Whitley..
"Oh" Whitley said as he rubbed his head a bit, "its no problem at all the general was only looking at it from one perspective he wasn't thinking about the other possibilities at hand here" Whitley said.
"You really think I was framed and Mercury and Emerald was the cause of it" Yang said.
"Its a possibility but I believe in you Yang if you said he attacked you then he attacked you after all since he is the son of Marcas Black, there no doubt he is up to no good" Whitley said.
"But why...why frame me I thought Emerald and I were cool why would she do this..ugh just thinking about this pisses me off!" Yang said as her eyes turned red.
Whitley grabbed Yang's hand causing the blond to look at Whitley eye to eye.
"Yang calm down everything is going to be alright I promise, I assure you that I'm going to get to the bottom of this" Whitley said.
Yang eyes had turned back into her normal lilac purple eye color and she sighed a bit.
"Right sorry about that Whitley" Yang said.
"Hey don't apologize your hurt and angry I understand but you shouldn't let this get to you, you're better then this" Whitley said.
Yang took a deep breath "you're right thanks Whitley I can't let this get to me"
"Of course you won't your too hard headed to let this get to you and honestly your stubbornness is one of your best qualities" Whitley said.
"Really I like to think my jokes were my best quality" Yang said with a smirk.
"Yeah...no I heard from Weiss in her letters how awful your puns are your much better in being a huntress then a comedian" Whitley said as he rolled his eyes and smirked and amusmuent.
"Hey my puns are awesome you'll see" Yang replied.
"Haha sure Yang whatever you say" Whitley said as the two laughed a bit after that they noticed that they were holding hands and both of them quickly pulled their hands away and looked away from each other.
"Sorry/ Sorry about that" Whitley and Yang said at the same time and both of them had nervous looks on their faces, and both if their faces were a bit red.
"So yeah...I better go and let you rest up" Whitley said as he glanced at Yang.
"Right" Yang said as Whitley got and was about to head out but as he touch the doorknob Yang called out to Whitley.
"Hey Whitley" Yang said causing the youngest child of Bruce and Willow.
"Yes Yang?" Whitley said.
"When the tournament over..I-I mean before you head back to Atlas do you mind if we hung out a bit more just the two of us..t-that is if you don't mind" Yang said.
Whitley smiled "of course Yang I don't mind at all now why don't you try to get some rest" he said.
Yang smiled "right I'll see you later" she said after that Whitley left the dorm room and closed the door.
As Whitley closed the door the youngest Schnee turned and looked at the door across from team RWBY door and if he remember team JNPR was staying in that room. Whitley actually wanted to meet and talk with them more especially with Phyrra and her reputation as the former champion of the mistrial tournament.
With Yang out of the tournament Phyrra is definitely a overwhelming favorite and he wish he could see her match, Whitley has more important things to do like finding out who framed Yang.
"Perhaps I should call father and get his input on the situation" Whitley said.
His father was one of if not the smartest man Whitley knew although he doesn't show his intellect often and honestly if his father was just a regular person Whitley believed he could have been a detective. So if anybody could have a insight on this situation it was him.
Whitley then heard a buzzing sound coming from his pocket "that must be mother" Whitley said as he took out his scroll he got a text from his mother and it said that her Ruby Blake and Willow were heading to a cafe in town for drinks. Once Whitley got the name if the cafe he started to head that way and on the way maybe he could call his father and get his insight on the Yang situation.
Meanwhile back to Ruby and the others they were at the front entrance at Beacon and she got a buzzing sound and it wasn't from her scroll it was from the scroll that Batman given her when they first team up together to take down Torchwick when he was controlling that much.
"Ruby dear is something wrong?" Willow asked the young huntress in training.
"Yeah listen I forgot something back at our dorm room you guys go ahead I'll catch up" Ruby said.
"Are you sure?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah and if I'm lucky Ill run into Whitley and we'll meet you guys there" Ruby said.
"Okay well see you in a bit Ruby" Blake said to her friend and teammate as she Willow and Weiss left the campus and started to head straight for a cafe.
As for Ruby she ran and headed straight towards a hiding spot so that she could talk to Batman and once she knew that she was safe she called Batman on the scroll he gave her and the dark knight of Atlas had quickly answered Ruby.
"So I take you saw your sister match" Batman said to Ruby
"Yeah I did" Ruby said.
"I want you to give me your thoughts Ruby and be honest do you believe that Yang is innocent?" Batman calmly asked Ruby.
"I-I know my sister Batman sure she is strong will and could have a bit of a temper but I know that she would never hurt a innocent person like that" Ruby said to the dark crusader.
"Then we are both in agreement here its most likely that Mercury and his partner Emerald framed your sister" Batman said.
"But why, why would they do such a thing?" Ruby asked.
"A good question its possible they could be working with that woman in black who tried to hack into the tower that night, in any case Ruby are you going to the stadium tonight" Batman asked the young huntress in training.
"Yeah I am why?" Ruby asked.
"I want you to get your weapon I have a feeling something big is going to happen, I'm currently at the stadium to see if anything suspicious was happening and I believe that Mercury and his partner Emerald fall into that category" Batman said.
"Emerald must have done something she must have...cast an illusion fooling everybody that Yang attacked Mercury.
"That was alone the lines of what I was thinking too just remember to grab your weapon and prepare yourself for a huge battle we'll stay in contact with each other" Batman said.
"Understood" Ruby said as she hung up the scroll and put it in her back pocket.
Once she did that Ruby went to another location to try to have her locker come to her so she could get cresecent rose because knew that she might be in a huge battle right now.
A couple of hours later it was almost time for the finals and Phyrra was sitting outside the cafeteria section in her mind. She was thinking about what should she do but at the same time Batman words had rung to her.
Phyrra sighed "god I came to Beacon because I wanted to get away from all of the fame and fortune...I put my own personal desires over the true reason I was suppose to be here and that is to become a huntress and save lives" Phyrra quietly said to herself she then smirked.
"Who would have that thought Batman of all people would remind me on what a huntress is supposed to be" Phyrra said.
"Hey"
Phyrra looked up and saw that Jaune was holding some cotton candy.
"Its no green group, but I think it might still do some good" Jaune said to his friend and partner.
"Uh right thank you Jaune" Phyrra said as she took the cotton candy from him.
Jaune frowned a bit as he looked and saw Nora and Ren was heading this way and Nora saw that Jaune and Phyrra were along together.
"Uh come on Ren lets go back to the fair grounds, I'll win you another stuff animal" Nora said as she dragged Ren away so that Jaune and Phyrra could have their alone talk
Jaune then looked back at Phyrra and walked up and sat next to Phyrra.
"You were the first person to ever believe in me, you know that" Jaune said as he and Phyrra looked at each other.
"Even when I told my parents I was going to Beacon, they told me not to worry if I ended up having to move back home" Jaune said.
"How depressing is that" Jaune said.
"I'm sure..they didn't mean" Phyrra started to say but she gasp and dropped her cotton candy as she saw her and Jaune hand touching one another.
"I've guess I'm just trying to say that...you've always been there for me even when I didn't deserve it" Jaune said.
"And I can tell something is on your future so...I dunno so how can I help?" Jaune asked his friend and partner.
Phyrra looked at Jaune and smiled and she leaned her head on his shoulder "you're already doing it" Phyrra said to her crush.
The two of them just sat there for a moment until Phyrra decide to ask Jaune something.
"Jaune?" Phyrra said.
"Hmm?" Jaune said.
"I don't know what to do" Phyrra said as she got off of Jaune shoulder.
"W-What do you mean?" Jaune asked.
Phyrra looked up into sky before facing Jaune and asking him "do you believe in destiny?"
"Um I dunno..I guess it depends on how you view it" Jaune replied.
"When I think of destiny I don't think of a predetermined fate you can't escape but rather some sort of final goal something you work towards your entire life" Phyrra said.
"Um okay...um yeah I can see that sure" Jaune said.
"Well...what would you do if something came along that you never exoected, something that had the potential to stand between you and your destiny?" Phyrra asked.
"Like what?" Jaune asked.
"Or what if you can suddenly fill your destiny in an instant but at the cost of who you were" Phyrra said.
"Phyrra you're not making any sense" Jaune said.
Phyrra stood up and walked away from Jaune a bit "none of it makes sense this isn't how things suppose to happen" Phyrra yelled.
"I'm sorry P-please I'm just trying to understand what's going on" Jaune said as he stood up.
"I've always felt that I was destined to become a huntress to protect the world and its become increasingly clear to me that my feelings were right but I don't know if I can do this" Phyrra said.
Jaune sighed "Phyrra you don't have to do anything you don't want to do and whatever decision you make I'll support you as your partner and to answer...your question if I could, I woukd fulfill my dreams at any cost because I always wanted to be a huntsman like my grandfather I always wanted to be a hero and help people...just remember Phyrra why we applied to Beacon in the first place and that is to help people.
Phyrra widen her eyes as she remembered that Batman said similar words to her and it was thanks to the person she loves and Batman that she knew what she needed to do.
"Jaune...thank you your words helped me greatly and I know what I needed to do" Phyrra said as she smiled at Jaune.
"Sure its no problem Phyrra" Jaune said.
"I need to go and prepare for the finals wish me luck" Phyrra said.
"Sure you know I'll be rooting for you Phyrra" Jaune said.
Phyrra then turned around and left now with a much clearer head and a new sense of purpose.
Meanwhile with Ruby she was about to get on the ship to the stadium with Crescent Rise strapped to her back and she looked and a rabbit faunus taking a picture of Sun walking while carrying his weapon.
Ruby then walked up to the rabbit faunus and the rabbit faunus turned around "Ruby,how you going?" the faunus asked Ruby.
"Hi Velvet what are you doing?" Ruby asked the now known Velvet.
"Oh you know, just working on my photography do wanna see?" Velvet asked as she showed Ruby her photo of Sun holding his weapon.
"That's...better" Ruby said as she stood back and gave Velvet a aqua smile.
"I'm sorry to hear about your sister, is she doing okay" Velvet asked.
"Yeah, she's fine...heh thanks" Ruby said.
"I think its just awful what people are saying about her" Velvet said as she put her camera up.
"Yang is such a nice person" Velvet said.
Ruby rubbed the back of her head "Well I'm glad that somebody else thinks so" Ruby said.
"Most people don't know what its like on the battlefield, I mean even experience fighters get scared and start seeing things, if it happened to Coco it can happen to anyone" Velvet said.
"Coco?" Ruby said as she had s confuse look on her face.
"Yeah, she swore she saw Yatsu in the forest with her during her fight with Emerald and Mercury but he never made it out of the geyser fields stress-induced hallucinations apparently" Velvet said.
"Yeah" Ruby said as she narrowed her eyes that definitely confirmed her suspicions Emerald must have used her semblance against Coco and to frame Yang this wasn't good at all.
Velvet then took a picture of Ruby with her camera shocking her.
"Oh sorry" Velvet said to Ruby.
Batman was currently invisible he was at the location at the stadium as the finals was about the start if Mercury and Emerald were about to make their move it would be now. Batman touch the side of his head to activate his head piece to contact his butler Alfred.
"Alfred" Batman said.
"Yes Master Bruce" Alfred said.
"I want you to get a plane and the bat plane to Vale as fast as you can I want Willow Whitley and Weiss when she is not fighting out of here as soon as possible" Batman said.
"Of course sir but may I ask why?" Alfred ask.
"Something big is going to happen Alfred I have a feeling Beacon is going to be a battle ground soon and I don't want my family in the cross fire" Batman said.
"I understand sir and how will you explain Master Whitley Madam Weiss and Madam Willow about your absence" Alfred said.
"I'll just say that I left on a separate plane and not to worry, please Alfred time is of the essence" Batman said.
"As you wish master Bruce I will have the planes depart from Atlas to Vale at omce" Alfred said
"Thank you Alfred" Batman said.
Batman then got another call and it was from Ruby and he answered it "Yeah" Batman said.
"Batman I saw Emerald and I'm heading towards the control room" Ruby said.
"Hold on Ruby I'll meet you there don't do anything rash I'm coming" Batman said.
Batman then quickly left the area he was at once he did he saw Ruby and he tapped her shoulder scaring Ruby a bit since he is currently invisible.
"Its me" Batman simply said.
"Oh right forgot about your semblance" Ruby said.
"Come on we can't waste any time" Batman said.
He and Ruby did went towards and as they did they ran into Mercury who didn't know Batman was there
Ruby narrowed her eyes "Mercury what are you doing" Ruby said as they announced Penny was taking on Phyrra.
"No!" Ruby said.
Batman then turned visible as he realized what Mercury was doing as well and Mercury was surprise that Batman was here as well.
"Ruby you need to go and stop the match now and tell the people what's going on!" Batman said.
"But what about you Batman?" Ruby said.
"I'll be fine now go!" Batman yelled
Ruby did as she was told and she left the area to try to stop the match.
"Batman its a honor you really have been a pain to us" Mercury said.
"You have a lot to answer for Black like who are you working with and why have you and group sabotage the tournament and pretending to be Haven students" Batman said.
"Ha you think your going to get a answer out of me Bats even if Red stops the match its already too late" Mercury said.
"Clearly you haven't heard about me fine I'll just beat the answers out of you and after that your going to spend the rest of your days behind bars" Batman said as he got into a stance and Mercury did the same.
The two stared each other down as they prepared to face off and just like that the battle at Beacon as begun.
A/N: Been awhile guys sorry about that laziness and life and writing my other stories got in the way. I have to say I kind of enjoy writing Whitley and Yang and writing the development and dynamic between them its refreshing in a way and I hope you guys enjoy the lovely hot and cold duo as well if not oh well read something else. Now then the battle of beacon as begun and Mercury vs Batman is underway and Ruby is on her way to stop Penny and Phyrra match will she be able to stop them on time well find out in the next chapter of my father thank you guys so much for reading my story it really means a lot don't forget to read review and follow the story until next time guys see ya.