Here we are at Chapter 60. Now that we've seen how Rokurou and Blake are doing, let's get back to some of the other members of the story. I do not own RWBY or Tales of Berseria. They belong to their respective owners. Here's chapter 60. Enjoy.


Chapter 60: (Un)happy Reunion

Weiss Schnee looks out the window of the Atlas military airship as it nears the island of Patch, and with every second that passes by, the feeling of nervousness within her only grows. While she is glad to finally see Yang again, she is also scared about how the blonde will react. Honestly, Weiss wouldn't blame her if Yang punched her in the face the second she saw her. She would deserve it for leaving Yang after her serious injury and passing out. A moment later, Eleanor walks into the cargo bay to check on her.

"I just spoke with the pilot. He says we'll be landing shortly. After that, we'll be walking to the Xiao Long household, which isn't too far away. Luckily, General Ironwood gave me the address and location since he actually knows Yang's father there, Taiyang Xiao Long. Are you prepared to see Yang again?" Eleanor asks.

Weiss sighs, "Honestly, I don't think so, but I can't run from this. Whatever kind of punishment Yang wants to dish out on me, I'll accept it. I don't want you to stop her either. This needs to be between us," she says, looking back out the window.

"I…understand. We'll also be meeting my old friend, Eizen there. He was sent to help out Yang," Eleanor notes.

"Velvet told me about him. He seems like a decent man, if a bit complicated," Weiss replies.

"Well, when you've lived your whole life with the Reaper's curse, you're life definitely gets…interesting to say the least," Eleanor adds. A few seconds later, they feel the airship slow down to a stop and then descend until it reaches the ground. It seems they've arrived. "Alright, it's time to go," she says as she grabs her spear.

Weiss sighs again, "Right, no use turning back now," she says as she grabs her rapier and suitcase.

The two females exit the airship and then watch as it ascends back into the air before heading back to Atlas. With that, the girls begin their trek to their destination, and quite possibly Weiss' murder scene.

At the Xiao Long household, Yang continues her training with Eizen. When they first started, Yang showed obvious signs of her skills having dulled, but now she was on more equal ground with the Reaper. Yang throws a few punches that Eizen deflects, and then goes for a roundhouse kick. Eizen creates a stone pillar to block it, and then Yang punches through it with her metal fist. Eizen creates another arte, sending out a green ball of energy at Yang. Yang flips over the attack and it explodes behind her. She then charges at Eizen again, only for Eizen to suddenly get his entire body engulfed in black flames, with a pair of wings and his eyes glowing yellow. He jumps into the air and then flies down on her, grabbing her head and smashing it into the ground. Eizen's power deactivates and he wipes some dust off his shoulders.

"Lesson for today, never be too eager to rush your opponent, especially when they're stronger than you. Understood?" Eizen asks, crossing his arms.

Yang groans, "…Yeah, oh my head," she says as she holds her head and slowly sits up.

"Okay, I think that's enough for right now. Time for a little break," Taiyang says as he brings Yang a towel and a bottle of water. "Still, it's pretty amazing, those abilities you're able to use. I still can't figure out how you do it," Taiyang says, while Zwei goes to sit next to Yang, who pets him.

"I have my ways," Eizen replies as he flips his coin. "Anyway, at least you're making progress. A while back, you were getting tossed around like a rag doll. Nowadays, I have to put some effort into it. With a little more training, you'll be back to peek condition," Eizen notes.

"Well, we'll get there soon enough. For now let's just…" Taiyang begins before he looks outward and stops talking.

Eizen and Zwei look in his direction, and then finally Yang does the same and her eyes widen. Standing before them is Weiss and Eleanor. However, Yang doesn't care about the unknown woman that's with her ex-girlfriend. Right now, Yang is focused on Weiss.

"…Yang…" Weiss says softly, slowly taking a few steps towards her.

Everyone goes silent as Yang stands up, keeping her eyes on Weiss. A moment later…Yang turns and walks back into the house without saying a word to Weiss. Weiss was expecting Yang to punch her into a tree, but this complete rejection…this is much worse. Like Yang has decided not to have any kind of involvement whatsoever with her. To be honest, it hurt a lot, but Weiss did not want to just quit. Not after she has come so far, and gone through so much. Weiss builds up the courage and walks to the household, offering a quick nod to Taiyang and Eizen before going inside.

"Isn't that…" Taiyang begins.

"We should probably give them some space. They have a few things they need to sort out between themselves," Eleanor says as she approaches them. "Forgive me for our surprise visit, Mr. Xiao Long. My name is Eleanor Hume," she says as she bows to the man.

"Um, a pleasure to meet you. You can just call me Taiyang. Mr. Xiao Long makes it sound like I'm old. This is-," Taiyang begins.

"It's been a while Eleanor. I see you're doing well," Eizen greets his old friend.

"Yes, good to see you again, Eizen," Eleanor greets him with a smile.

"Wait, you two know each other. Does that mean she's one of Velvet's friends also?" Taiyang asks.

A gust of wind comes forth and a moment later, Zaveid joins the party, "You got that right. By the way, you can call me Zaveid," he introduces himself.

Now Taiyang is really confused, "Okay, what just happened? Will someone tell me what's going on?" he pleads.

Eleanor sighs, "Don't worry about him. He's an idiot. Let's just wait for Yang and Weiss to settle some things for now," she says as she looks to the house with the others.

Weiss entered the Xiao Long household, taking a quick look around the home. It is much smaller than her family manor, and yet, it was filled with so much more than her old home could ever hope to achieve in terms of homeliness and familial love. However, that's not why she came. She heard a door close upstairs and traverses the steps. Seeing a few rooms down the hall, she eventually finds the one she believes Yang closed. She knocks on the door before opening it, surprised to find it unlocked. She slowly opens the door to see Yang sitting on the bed, her back to her.

"…Yang…may we talk?" Weiss slowly asks. However, Yang makes no response once again, not even so much as a glance to her. "I know you're mad at me…You have every right to be mad at me. You were hurt and I just…left. I should've stayed with you, but I didn't, and for that…I'm sorry…Please Yang, just say something. Anything is better than the silent treatment," Weiss pleads.

"…Why?" Yang finally speaks, but still keeps her back to her.

"Yang?" Weiss replies.

"…Why did you leave back at Beacon?" Yang says, a little louder this time.

"Yang, I…I had to. My father came and I-," Weiss begins.

"That's no excuse!" Yang yells as she finally stands up and looks at Weiss with an angry expression. "Do you have any idea what is was like to wake up and find out that everything you cared about was gone?! I lost an ARM trying to protect Blake, only to wake up and find out that she ran away. That she just RAN! I wake up to learn that Beacon was gone, that Pyrrha was dead, and that my teammates had left. Blake ran, Ruby went to Haven, Velvet went missing, and you…you went back home with your father. Even after everything you told me he put you and your family through, you chose him over me. Your own girlfriend. I know we weren't together long, but I was fully prepared to give my entire being to you! And yet, you just left me behind like yesterday's trash after Beacon fell. Like I was just some one-night stand without anything actually happening between us. And to make it worse, I don't hear from you or see you in MONTHS! It takes you have a year to finally decide to show up! What, were you expecting me to wrap my arms around you in a loving embrace and cry tears of joy? Well, screw that, and screw you!" Yang yells as she lets all her anger, pain, and sadness out on Weiss, and Weiss just stands there and takes it. Yang has to take a few breathes to calm herself down, her left hand shaking from her PTSD, and tears in her eyes. "I gave you my heart…and you stabbed it with a blade made of ice. Just leave. Go back home to your father. It's what you're best at," Yang says as she turns around and sits back on her bed with her back once more to Weiss.

To see Yang in such pain and agony, and to know that she herself was the cause…It made Weiss want to impale herself with Myrtenaster. A part of her though this is a bad idea, now after seeing how angry Yang is with her…And yet, it she leaves, it'll only prove Yang's point. That Weiss never cared about her in the first place. And Weiss is not about to let that happen.

"Yang…I want you to punch me in the face," Weiss declares surprisingly.

"What are you talking about?" Yang says, keeping her eyes away from Weiss.

"You're mad at me, and from my experience, you've always best relieved that anger by punching things. So…punch me in the face. Even with your metal hand," Weiss asks.

Yang turns back to her, "You're wasting your time. I already told you to leave, so leave. I don't want to see you ever again," Yang retorts.

"If you want me to leave, then you'll have to make me leave. So, again, punch me," Weiss says.

Yang stands up, "I'm not going to waste my time by punching you," she says.

"Why? Afraid that you're punch isn't as strong as it was back at Beacon. Have you really become that rusty since our time back at school?" Weiss tries to provoke her.

"I'm rusty. I've been training for the past few weeks, preparing to go find Ruby. What have you been doing, playing dress up and practicing for song recitals? I'm not going to punch you!" Yang starts to get angry.

Weiss steps closer to her, "Oh, I get it, you think that you're too good to punch me in the face, now that you've got a high-tech arm from Atlas. It doesn't matter how good that arm is if you don't know how to use it," Weiss taunts her again as she gets in Yang's face.

"Listen here, Ice Queen. I'm warning you to back off. Don't tempt me anymore than you already have," Yang warns her.

"If you want me to back off, then make me you BLONDE-HAIRED, BRAIN-DEAD BRUTE!" Weiss yells in her face.

"THAT'S IT!" Yang screams as she reels back her right fist and punches Weiss in the face, sending her crashing into the wall behind her, cracking it. Weiss's body slowly peels off the wall and falls onto the floor. Only then does Yang realize what she's done, and she freaks out. "Weiss! No, no, no, no, Weiss, please be okay!" Yang says as she moves to Weiss' side and cradles her in her arms. "Weiss? Weiss!" she yells.

Weiss slowly groans before her eyes finally open up. Luckily for her, she had her aura activated before she came, just in case. Still, even aura can't protect her from the pain of one of Yang's punches.

"…Okay, maybe that wasn't the best idea," Weiss groans in pain.

"Weiss, you idiot! What were you thinking? Are you okay?" Yang asks frantically.

Weiss chuckles a bit, "That makes me happy," she says, smiling a bit.

"What are you talking about? How can being punched in the face make you happy?" Yang asks.

Weiss raises her left hand to cup Yang's cheek, stunning her a bit, "Because I can see that you still care about me. That's why I'm happy," she replies.

"Are you crazy?! Of course I still care about you. I-," Yang says before she stops herself at realizing what she just said.

"And I still care about you Yang. I know I don't deserve it…but would you be willing to give me one more chance? Will you let me make things right between us?" Weiss asks.

Tears start to fall from Yang's eyes now, "You…you idiot!" Yang cries as she holds Weiss close to her, who returns the embrace. "Just promise me you'll never leave me again, okay?" she pleads.

"Of course, Yang. I promise. And a Schnee always keeps their word," Weiss replies.

The others wait outside, but after hearing all the yelling from earlier, and then the crash that came afterwards, Taiyang is starting to get worried.

"Okay, that's it. I'm going to check on them and make sure Yang hasn't killed anyone yet," Taiyang says and starts to go, until Eizen stops him with a hand on his shoulder.

"This is between them. It isn't our place to interfere with them. I know you're worried about Yang, but this is something that she has to face on her own. You can't always be there to help her, even if you really want to," Eizen says.

"But-," Taiyang is about to retort until they hear the front door open and see Yang walking with Weiss, who has her arm slung over Yang's shoulders for support and is holding her head with her left hand. "Yang, what happened?!" Taiyang asks.

Yang scratches her cheek, "Um, just some stuff…and then I kind of punched Weiss in the face…but only because she asked me to do it! So, yeah, but we're all good now," Yang says.

"For the most part," Weiss mutters, still groaning a bit from the pain.

"Wait right here, I'll go grab an ice pack," Taiyang says as he goes back into the house.

Yang and Weiss approach the others, "Well, I guess we should introduce each other. I'm Yang Xiao Long, Weiss' teammate…and girlfriend," Yang says, blushing a bit at the last part after so long.

"A pleasure. I'm Eleanor Hume, the Shephard and an old friend of Velvet's. This is my malak partner, Zaveid," Eleanor replies.

"What's up?" Zaveid gives them a small salute.

Weiss looks to Eizen, "I guess you're Eizen. Eleanor told me about you. I'm Weiss Schnee. It's a pleasure to meet you," she greets him.

"Likewise," Eizen replies.

A few seconds later, Taiyang returns with a bag of ice in his hands.

"Pardon me, but you should come inside and rest. Take it from me, Yang's punches can hurt, but now with her new arm, they hurt even more," Taiyang says as he hands Weiss the ice pack.

"Thank you, and yes, rest does sound good right about now," Weiss agrees.

With that, the group head inside to rest after a long and eventful day. Soon enough, Taiyang prepared a large dinner for everyone, and for the first time in a long while, both Weiss and Yang were truly smiling and laughing. It is a great feeling, but then Weiss notices something.

"Um, Yang…where is Ruby?" Weiss asks.

At this, Yang and Taiyang lose their smiles.

"Ruby…left…some months ago. She left a note saying that she was going to Haven. Apparently our Uncle Qrow gave her some information about the people responsible for what happened in Vale and at Beacon, and she decided to go and find them. I think Jaune, Ren, and Nora went with her as well. She also said that she would try and find Velvet along the way. Haven't heard from her since," Yang explains.

"And…you didn't think to try and stop her, or to go after her?" Weiss asks, but then regrets it when she remembers Yang's previous condition. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything," she apologizes.

Yang shakes her head, "It's okay. I did tell her it was a bad idea, but there was nothing I could do…and I…wasn't exactly in the best condition to do anything at the time. But once my training is done, I'm going to go find her. I know that Uncle Qrow is with her, and the rest of Team JNPR are there as well, so at least she's not alone. I need to tell her some stuff…things that I should've said to her a long time ago. Things that I regret not saying before she left," Yang says sorrowfully.

Weiss places a supportive hand on hers, "Well, you won't be going alone. I'll be coming with you. To be honest, I need to get some practice in as well. I need to master my summoning if I'm going to be of any real help for you out there," she says.

"Don't forget about us," they hear Zaveid say and turn to them. "We're coming along for the party too. To be honest, It sounds exciting, and that's exactly what I'm looking for," he says.

"Yes, once your training is complete, we'll go with you. We want to help," Eleanor adds.

"Well, that settles it. Once we've taken care of things here, we're all going to Haven," Yang declares.

Off to the side, Taiyang smiles gently at seeing his daughter back in full spirits. It seems Weiss was just the right piece she needed to get put back together again.


And that's the chapter. Yang and Weiss are reunited and back together, and now almost half of Team RVWBY is back together. In the next chapter, things are going to get a little exciting. Weiss and Yang are together, but what about Ruby and Velvet? Will Velvet find Ruby before it's too later? Until then, please Read and Review.