Author's note- I feel like there's a lot of author's on this site that do an overly long review response section in their notes just to bulk up their word count so I'll just quickly respond to a few recurring themes from reviews real quick. Yes last chapter was a blatant JoJo reference (everything is), yes the blood cookie thing is a bit weird (and also a small nod to the love nectar cookies from that one anime gal) but I feel like I need to dip my toes in weird stuff to show these peeps be crazy if I'm not gonna murder or sex people up, and lastly no I don't know how basic biology works and had no clue that chocolate is harmful for dog's. How will I ever try to explain away that the dog who was used as a rocket to no ill effect survived eating chocolate?
I dunno, let's see.
Jaune was a confused man. On one hand it was great that he had moved forward with his relationship goals with Ruby but on the other hand he was perturbed by her enthusiasm of said relationship. Obviously Jaune didn't intend to use Ruby as some casual fling or anything but surely something was just a little strange about marriage talk after an astounding 30 seconds into a relationship right? Jaune wasn't sure, something that frustrated him as only a few moments ago he had assured himself that he would be more decisive instead of being a moody and overthinking mess all the time, so he turned to his greatest source of knowledge and support for relationship advice.
His trusty partner.
There was also a second goal to coming to his partner for advice obviously, he noted that something seemed afoot with their usually peachy relationship and decided that it would be best to try to talk to her as he normally would, kill two birds with one stone so to speak. He had to admit that he was proud that he came up with such an amazing and well thought out plan during the short speed walk he had done from the roof to his dorm.
He opened the door to his dorm, doing a quick scan of the room to note that while Ren and Nora were gone doing...well whatever those two do, Pyrrha was indeed present, sitting on her bed upright and facing the wall. She had a stern and focused look with one hand cupping her chin, as if she was intense thought. Jaune also noted that he3 heard some mumbling coming from her, but couldn't distinguish any words.
"Hey Pyrrha, mind if I talk to you about something?"
He received no response, in fact his partner didn't even acknowledge his arrival at all...a first time thing. Instead her brow furrowed and her mumbling increased, it seemed that she was completely preoccupied with her thoughts. Jaune began to approach as he chuckled. "Hellooooo, earth to Pyrrha."
Still no response, but as he approached her he began to make out pieces of her mumbling.
"Wiess? No couldn't be...I'm certain he finally got over her...Blake? Hmmmmm no, that just wouldn't make any sense...right?" She closed her eyes and her face scrunched up a bit as if she was trying to answer some difficult riddle.
Confused by his partner's intense thinking and maybe slightly annoyed that he was being completely ignored Jaune put his hand on Pyrrha's shoulder and gently shook to garner her attention. "Pyrrha I-"
Pyrrha quickly snapped her gaze to him, said gaze being narrowed as if she was enraged, as she snarled. "WHAT DO YOU WANT YOU-" Pyrrha stopped herself, when she noticed who exactly she was about to snap on, gasping before she cleared her throat. "Oh hello Jaune, can I help you with something?"
Words died in Jaune's throat as he blinked owlishly. He'll definitely keep it in mind to not interrupt his Partner's thinking in the future. "I...uhhh...well no not really, sorry for bothering you."
Pyrrha frantically shook her head and waved her hands dismissively "No no no no it's fine, you never have to worry about bothering me." She finished with a warm, albeit nervous, smile.
Jaune to his credit was slightly suspicious of his partner's sudden mood change...however the problem was that it was only slightly. "Oh...well if you say so."
She nodded happily. "Of course I... I'll always be here for you.
Jaune nodded his head appreciatively, not even noting how Pyrrha emphasized the word always. "Thanks Pyrrha, it really means a lot."
She chuckled a bit, appreciating the praise. "No really, it's nothing...so what do you need?" She scooted over a bit and patted the empty spot on her bed, welcoming him. Jaune nodded apprecitavly and sat down beside her, not noticing the how her smile seemed to grow a bit wider as he did so.
"Well I wanted some advice again."
"Hmmm? Sure thing, what about?"
"Relationship woes." He sighed out.
"Oh?" The smile remained, but somehow seemed plastic in nature, sadly Jaune once again missed any hint that he was treading on thin ice.
"Yeah, well you remember how I told you about a new unfortunate target for my confession attempts? Well by some god's grace it worked this time but Ruby was a-"
"Ruby?" Pyrrha interrupted, head reeled back slightly.
"Oh yeah, Ruby was the girl I was talking about earlier...but anyway-"
"...Ruby?" She looked around a bit as if searching for some answer to a unknown question.
"Yeah, Ruby." Jaune affirmed.
"Ruby?" She screamed, eyes narrowed and teeth clinched
"Uhhh P-Pyrrha?"
"Ruby?! I...I lost to that...that child?!" Pyrrha continued to scream, obviously enraged, as she clutched her head with both hands.
Jaune raised his hands in a disarming manner, attempting to dial back the rage meter. "W-woah take it easy Pyrrha, what are talking about? What do you mean you lost?"
Pyrrha took a few more shaking breaths to calm herself before her eyes focused on Jaune's, unfortunately the extent of her calming breathing exercise was only enough to regulate her voice somewhat. "Yes...what did I mean indeed..." She said in an errily calm voice, face still showing her true emotion.
"Uhhh"
"Jaune, I know this may seem strange of me to say because I don't like to broast or put myself on a pedestal but..." Her hands slowly reached out to grasp Jaune's shoulders, holding him in place with an iron grip. "I never lose." And with that she launched her face forward, fully intending to capture Jaune's lips with her own. Jaune was quick to react however as he brought up his hands to hold her at bay, one hand pushing against her stomach and one against her right cheek as he desperately tried to pull his head back.
"P-Pyrrha! What are you doing!" He gasped out desperately as he felt the spartan's steady advance already begin to decimate his defenses, his arms already shaking as she pressed into him harder.
"Isn't it obvious? Taking what is mine." She applied more pressure and Jaune lost any chance of holding her back as she leaned forward, instead he opted for a last second dodge. He shot towards the right, causing Pyrrha to tumble off of the bed and onto the ground, and headed for the door...only to feel a hand wrap around his ankle and cause him to also fall face first onto the floor. He made a desperate attempt to crawl away, helplessly pawing at the ground as he felt his whole body being dragged back effortlessly.
"There is no escape Jaune, you can not run."
"C-can I try to reason then...please?" He pleaded, eyes brimming with terror.
She sighed and mumbled "I really am too kind" before nodding her head...she however did not release the grip on his ankle.
"T-thanks, you see the thing is...I...uhh..well... I've had my suspicions that you felt a slight attraction to me and I really would have returned the feelings but..."
"But?" She questioned, begging for him to say something foolish.
"I really do see you as family, like another sister." Jaune defended nervously, causing Pyrrha to growl in response. "N-no really! I mean it! You've done so much for me and I can never thank you enough but...it would just feel weird for me to have a romantic relationship with you...you're too close to me."
"I see...a sister..." She mumbled to herself as he dragged Jaune more, bringing him fully beneath her as she straddled him. "Well then... I suppose You'll just have to warm to the notion of incest."
"W-what? Pyrrha please calm down!"
"I'm perfectly calm."
Seeing as the whole reasoning idea didn't work out Jaune used the next ace up his sleeve, cry out for a savior. "Someone help! My innocence is about to be stolen!"
Beacon courtyard.
"I'll eliminate you, so I can get back to my peaceful life."
"Eliminate? I dunno what you're talking about Blake but just try it!" Ruby shouted back, forcing herself through the confusion. However before any epic conflict between the two could happen Ruby was distracted by a plopping noise and something landing against her foot.
"Huh?" She tilted her head and saw a saggy lump of fur in the shape of a dog resting on her foot, tongue lazily hanging to the side. "Zwei?"
The dog's body shook slightly as it made a lazy barking noise, coming out as more of grunt. Ruby lifted her foot slightly, only to see Zwei slowly slide off it and fall to the ground. She blinked a few times as she leaned down to pick him up and bring it to her face. "What's wrong boy?" Her only response was another grunt/bark as his head lazily sagged to the side. Ruby was puzzled until her nose picked up a certain scent...chocolate.
"H-hey we were in the middle of something Ruby, put the dog down."
"Nu-uh later Blake, this is a serious issue."
"More serious than impending homicide?"
"Homi-what? Look! Zwei ate chocolate!" She outstretched her hands, shoving the dog in Blake's face. "That's like...super not good!"
"Oh. No." Blake responded with as much interest and enthusiasm as she could, slowly pushing the sick dog out of her face.
"I know right?! I don't know what to do!" Ruby responded while frantically shaking her arms, not keeping in mind the effect that would have on the sick pupper in her hands who groaned in increased discomfort. "Uhhh...Yang! She'll know what to do...probably!" Ruby turned away from Blake and braced herself to use her semblance, not noticing the slowly outstretching paw coming from the dog as if begging for mercy. "Deal with you later Blake, bye!"
And with that Ruby vanished, leaving her trademark ruby petal trail and a disappointed Blake. "Hmph, and here I was looking forward to making a so called rival bite the dust...I really will need to investigate that boyfriend remark she made." She mulled to herself as her eyes drifted towards her stash. "Later, that is." She finished with a goofy smile, drooling slightly.
Team RWBY Dorm
Yang was not a happy camper, Hell to be honest she rarely was nowadays, but she was even less so now. What really bothered her was the nature of her unhappy mood, back in the day she probably would have lightly throttled Ruby for bulldozing through her but now...now she couldn't really bring herself to really care about it. Instead her thoughts loomed on why exactly Jaune had ignored her in favor of her younger sister, what did he need to talk to her about...and why couldn't she summon any of her usual righteous fury? She didn't feel angry or annoyed, just...empty.
So she sat on her bed, huddled up clutching her knees to her chest, as she tried her hardest to find any spark of her usual fire...finding nothing but melancholy. "Well...this sucks."
"Yang!" The door exploded open to show Ruby holding a trembling and obviously miserable Zwei. "Zwei ate chocolate!"
"Oh. No." Yang responded with as much care and enthusiasm as she could as she lazily gazed at the pair.
"I know, Terrible right? What do we do?" Ruby panicked and shook the dog again, eliciting another groan.
Yang shrugged her shoulders. "Let him work through it himself instead of flailing his body around constantly, he's been through worse."
"Oh...well I guess that coul-"
"Someone help! My innocence is about to be stolen!" A high pitched scream interrupted any further speech of a dog that was mainly a side thought anyway bye everyone save Ruby.
"Huh? Was that Jaune?" Ruby asked with a tilted head as she turned to face the door. "Wonder what that was about..."Her speaking grinded to a halt as she turned to face her sister again, said sister imitating a raging fire at the moment. Her teeth were clenched tightly as she took loud breaths, eyes a burning crimson, and hair glowing as if each individual strand was fire. In an instant she had shot up from her bed and rushed out the room, snatching Zwei as she did so. "JAUNE!" She screamed out as she kicked the door to his dorm open, earning another scream from the blonde and a confused and wary grunt from the woman currently straddling him and attempting to mash her face into his.
Pyrrha narrowed her eyes. "Yang? Get lost, I don't have time for whor-" However whatever incredibly rude thing Pyrrha was about to say was cut off as suddenly a furball collided with her face, knocking her back and effectively saving the knight. Jaune frantically pawed himself away from the recovering spartan and turned his gaze towards Yang, who was still in a pose reminiscent of a baseball pitcher. "Th-thanks for the save Yang, I don't know what's gotten into-"
"You're going to regret that." A deep growl from behind him interrupted Jaune, causing him to squeak in fright.
Yang merely shrugged her shoulders and popped her knuckles, preparing for a fight. "I dunno, think I scored some major points with lover-boy here by saving his chastity." Her eyes glanced over to Jaune, a small smile coming gracing her face despite the otherwise tense and terrifying situation. "Think I'll be cashing in those points later too." Jaune grimaced in response, which made Yang's eyes widen. "Now don't get too scared lover, I'll play a lot nicer than little miss menacing over there."
Pyrrha at this point had fully risen off of the ground, meeting the Brawlers challenge. "You won't be playing at all."
Yang stepped forward, putting herself between Pyrrha and Jaune before the enraged spartan could do anymore damage, throwing a wink Jaune's way as he scrambled behind her. "We'll just have to see about that won't we?"
Ending note- So in case it wasn't obvious, I'm trying to explore a concept that seems rarely utilized in yandere stories...the fact that there are multiple types of Yanderes. Seriously, all stories I've read have been full rape/ murder/ cut from the same cloth crazy girl (don't get me wrong there's alot of stories that do that well) so I want to explore different types of crazy/ obsession in a way that conflicts with character traits. For example Pyrrha is the humble nice girl...so what happens when she actually gets a taste of defeat? A volatile mix of rage and pride (She does not take an L well.) Yang is the confident and bubbly party girl who thought she could have any guy she wants, so what happens when she doesn't get said guy? She loses all of her trademark happiness, and instead devotes her entire being to pleasing the object of her affection in a desperate attempt to get that happiness back (she becomes incredibly dependent). I've got ideas up the wazoo exploring all of this but I still gotta find some way to make it somewhat sensible, plus I really wanna/ need to write a chapter for my other story...so might be a bit before the next chapter. Till then all thoughts and reviews are greatly considered and appreciated, Thanks bunches.