Author's note- Y'know I really do keep telling myself that I'll write up a chapter for a different story/ that I've kept peeps waiting too long for said chapter but...well sorry said peeps, I'm in kinda deep in this whole RWBY meme thing. Dunno what it is about this story but pretty much as soon I finish up one chapter I've already got like 3 other ideas for the next one...plus the shockingly sizable following of this story inflates my incredibly fragile ego. On the real though I can't overstate how grateful and simply shocked I am for all the support this story gets, and super dooper swearsies for real that I am trying to get out a chapter on my oregairu story. Just figured I'd let y'all know, let's meme.
For as long as he had known her Jaune viewed Pyrrha as the gentlest,humblest, and sweetest girl in all of Remnant. Suppose you could say he didn't feel as if he knew her anymore given how he was currently cowering in fear from her behind Yang, shuddering in abject terror as Pyrrha popped her neck while maintaining eye contact with him.
"Don't make me come over there Jaune."
Another squeak/whimper came from the knight, as he tried to hide himself from his partners view behind the brawler.
"Ho Ho, trust me sister you don't want to come a single step closer." Yang responded for him, shooting a cocky smile as she pulled out her gauntlets. "I won't hesitate to blast you through that window for lover boy here." She slightly wiggled her hips to entice the man pressed against her back. "Would you like me to handle this problem for you Jaune? I'll do anything but I expect a reward~" She teased with a singsong voice.
Jaune struggled between the conflicting emotions of fear and embarrassment as he felt yang grind against him but that was less important than another matter. It was true that he would really like for this whole situation to just...go away but he didn't want any windows involved. More specifically he wanted this to be solved without any violence, because despite recent shocking behavior Pyrrha was still his partner and Yang was still a great friend, neither had to be hurt. Plus the collateral damage a brawl between arguably the two most talented students in all of Beacon was bound to include his fragile body in some sort of way.
"Ah...you mean that window over there?" Pyrrha asked, eerily calm compared to the raging storm she was mere moments ago.
Yang cocked a smug smile. "The very same."
"Hmmm...with your gauntlets I presume? The ones you just put on?"
"Wow cereal girl's really catching on huh?" Yang asked as she nudged Jaune with her elbow.
Pyrrha closed her eyes and laughed softly. "Your gauntlets..." Her eyes opened, showing empty voids devoid of any mercy or restraint. "made out of metal?"
"huh?" Suddenly Yang felt herself being pulled into the air by her wrists, before she was promptly slammed back into the ground. This process repeated a view times, earning a few grunts and oofs from the Brawler, as Pyrrha tossed her around the room like a rag-doll. Jaune watched helplessly as Yang was pulled into the air once again. She was ruffled and lightly bruised all over as she slowly lifted her head to face the knight. "D-don't worry Jaune, I still got this in the bag."
Pyrrha's chirpy voice cut in before Jaune could assure Yang that she did not in fact have this in the bag. "I recall you mentioning this window behind me Yang...what was it that you said you would do?"
Yang growled as her eyes began to change color. "That I'd blast you right out of it, and don't think that's changed because you got a few licks in!" Yang tossed and turned in the air as she dangled "The comeback starts now!"
"You can quip, you can change your eye color, you can throw all the tantrums you want." Pyrrha listed as she prepared to catapult the brawler out of the window. "but you won't win this fight."
"Wait!" Jaune called out desperately, halting the launch of the Yang Torpedo. "Please don't hurt her!"
"Hurt? She barely scratched me!" Yang lied with pride.
"Yang stop!" Jaune pleaded, hoping that Yang's cocky attitude hadn't already earned her more of a thrashing.
"Stopping." Yang answered blankly in response.
"Look Pyrrha you won okay? Just stop all of this...this crazy act, this isn't you!"
"No Jaune, take a good look because this" She punctuated by slamming Yang against another wall. "This is me, this is what I'll do to win."
Jaune exasperatedly pointed at Yang who was groaning in discomfort as she nursed another bruise. "Okay?! Look at her, you've already won!"
"This...thing, is just a obstacle to my victory, not the goal itself...Speaking of obstacles, don't think I don't notice the other one cowering in the hall watching."
A small squeak from the hall garnered Jaune's attention. "I-I'm not cowering, just looking for the best moment to strike...yeah!" Ruby defended herself, her head just barely poking from the door frame as she hid the rest of her body from Pyrrha's sight.
"Ruby? How long have you been there?"
"Just a few seconds." She lied.
"Since the beginning." Pyrrha corrected, eliciting another squeak from the reaper.
"And you didn't once think to help me? What gives Ruby!" Yang berated her sister as she still dangled helplessly in the air.
"I-I was waiting for the best moment, I just said that!"
"You are so full of it! When I get done here I am so going to-" However before Yang could finish her threat/promise to her younger sister she was again slammed into the ground.
"This is not the time for childish bickering." Pyrrha interrupted. " You wanted an opportunity to strike Ruby, well now would be the time as I am about to dispose of your bitch of a sister here." Her eyes lidded a bit as she turned her gaze to Jaune. "Unless..."
Jaune knew that Ruby, talented as she was, stood no real chance against Pyrrha so he would just have to appease the raging spartan. "Unless?" He asked with a gulp.
"Jaune you said something rather foolish regarding this child here earlier, I want you to correct yourself."
"What's she talking about? Don't listen to her Jaune, I can take it!" Yang assured with bravado.
"I don't believe she can, I've already drained her aura quite a bit. Now...this so called girlfriend of yours, crush her without mercy...tell her who your true soulmate is."
Yang had a confused look as she threw glances at Jaune and her sister, she then shook her head in a confused daze as she put two and two together. "Oh no! She's right I'll definitely die if I get flung out that window! Sorry Jaune, guess you've just gotta do whatever she says." Yang called out with worry that was overbearingly faux.
"C-come on Pyrrha isn't that a bit much?"
"Oh ow! I feel her twisting my gauntlets! She's about to rip off my hands Jaune, better hurry!" Yang continued to scream in the same tone, earning a confused look from the spartan.
"Wha-"
"Ahhhhh the pain is too much! I'm dying!"
Jaune and Pyrrha gave Yang the same deadpanned look before Pyrrha cleared her throat. "Gross exaggerations aside, the ultimatum stands...break off romantic ties with Ruby or our little actress here goes sailing away."
Ruby tilted her head in confusion. "huh,? What's the big deal? We're only on the second story...and Yang clearly has aura left...and her semblance would easily let her take the damage...and-"
Suddenly Yang tossed and turned with much more energy, desperately attempting to claw her way to her sister. "You little twerp...shut up!"
Ruby watched her sister flail about for a few seconds before she turned to Pyrrha, stamping her foot as she shoot the best glare she could...it came out as an adorable pout. "And hey what gives with you telling Jaune to break up with me? We just started going out dang it!"
"So I'll nip that issue in the bud, I will not give him up!"
"He wasn't yours to begin with!"
"Yes he was! He just didn't realize it!"
Jaune cleared his throat. "Do I get a say in the matter or-"
Ruby cut him off, deciding to speak for him. "What? That's so...dumb! How about you let him speak for himself instead of trying to decide things for him!"
"Well yeah that would be nice-"
"I know in his heart he loves me...he has to!" Pyrrha interrupted with a tinge of desperation.
"So then why did he confess to me? Face it, you're only thinking for yourself and that isn't love...you don't love Jaune!"
Pyrrha reeled back with a gasp, her face showing that Ruby had hit a nerve...her face quickly shifted to pure rage, showing that she in turn intended to hit everything. "You...how dare you." She flung Yang out the window without a second thought as she stomped over towards Ruby. However before she could reach the reaper she heard a blast from outside and shortly after Yang was back in the room, having used her gauntlets to simply blast herself back up after Pyrrha had released her...and she seemed just as angry as Pyrrha.
"You again?" Pyrrha went to outstretch her hand, about to activate her semblance again, but before she could Yang quickly ripped off her own gauntlets with a growl. She pitched them full force at Pyrrha, much like she had done with a dog earlier, but unlike last time Pyrrha expected the move and simply caught them, however she wasn't prepared for the brawler that had launched herself across the room right after the gauntlets, fist colliding into the spartan's cheek. Pyrrha was sent spiraling out of the room from the surprise attack, and Jaune made a panicked noise as he watched the events unfold.
"Yeah serves you right!" Ruby chanted as the spartan began to recover from the blow. "Nice one Ya-" But before she could finish congratulating her sister she felt said sister's hand latch onto her face and left her into the air effortlessly, the reaper kicking her legs in response.
"Oh I got plenty of nice ones left in me, you little traitor." Yang said as she increased her grip a bit, squeezing her sister's face. Ruby in response wiggled her face out enough to get her mouth to the webbing between Yang's thumb and index finger, which she of course proceeded to chomp down on without mercy.
"OW!" Yang dropped/ threw Ruby and shook her hand. "You bit me!"
"In self defense!" Ruby defended herself as she tensed up, preparing herself for any other attack.
Meanwhile, almost forgotten by the combatants, the whole cause of the fight looked between the two sisters and his partner who had just gotten herself off of the floor and panicked. Things were escalating more and more by the second, fights getting more intense and wounds getting deeper. It had to stop but what could he do? Seeing as there was no way he would be able to subdue one of them, he had to try a more diplomatic route...and something told him that could be just as hard given the current moods of the girls. Seeing as how Yang was approaching her sister who was steadfastly holding her ground, and how his partner was beginning to stomp her way back to the pair he decided he needed to act now.
"Just stop all of you! Can I actually have a chance to say something!" He screamed out as he threw himself between the three, hands outstretched to try and keep them apart. Surprisingly enough...the three stopped instantly and focused all attention on him.
"Of course, whatever you want Jaune." Yang said as her eyes shifted back to purple instantly.
"Yeah, you know I'll always let you say whatever." Ruby said as she relaxed her stance, smiling.
"Certainly Jaune, you know I value you and your thoughts more than anything." Pyrrha said with her normal warm smile.
The three shoot each other little competitive glares before they turned their focus back to Jaune, who was too busy reeling from the 180 in mood to notice that they were still discretely battling for his approval. "Uhhh yeah great thanks...but look this fighting, over me of all things needs to stop."
Pyrrha nodded with a happy smile. "Sure thing, all these two need to do is accept defeat and-"
"No." Jaune interrupted with a raised hand before any more violence could occur. "There isn't going to be any winning, losing, or anything." He pointed at each of them in a circular motion. "This. This can't happen."
The 3 girls gasped in response, Ruby was the first to form a sentence however. "Jaune...you can't mean that-"
Jaune nodded his head solemnly. "I do. I was an idiot to rush into a relationship without regarding everyone's feelings...I caused all of you to turn on each other and I have to fix it."
Yang moved forward slightly "Wait Jaune, I won't fight anymore if that makes you happy, just don't...please don't...not again."
Jaune took a deep breath. "I'm really sorry to do this to you all...but I can't accept any of your feelings...not now." He felt a pang of immense guilt and hurt as he saw Yang simply collapse to her knees lifelessly, his words causing far much more damage than anything Pyrrha had done. "None of us our ready to take that step...maybe we never will be, but I can live with that...as long as we can all still go on like we did before." He glanced to Ruby, only to quickly turn his face away as he couldn't bare to look at her trying her hardest to not bawl. "I'll...I'll let you talk things out, come to an understanding...without violence please." With a final glance to his shell shocked partner Jaune cleared his throat and left the room...to go on a walk or something, anything to get him away from there.
Minutes passed in silence, save for the occasional sniffle as Ruby tried to regain herself, before Pyrrha spoke. "It...it seems I couldn't avoid defeat after all."
Yang scoffed as she remained slumped on the floor. "That really what you care about? Winning?" She asked completely flat, no anger or teasing.
Pyrrha gave Yang a fleeting look before gazing at the open door with a forlorn expression. "I suppose it was...I completely disregarded his wishes, attacked him and tried to force myself on him...all for my own selfish desires." Her cheeks reddened and her eyes began to water. "I lost the fight against myself, I let my own wishes get the best of me." A small whining noise came from her as tears began to stream down. "I...I suppose you were right Ruby, perhaps I don't truly love him."
Ruby, who had just began to get her breathing under control, looked at Pyrrha with a stern look. "Nope, I was wrong." Ruby turned her determined and stern look towards the open door. "And so was he."
"Huh?"
"Well maybe not one hundred percent wrong, but still wrong you know?"
Yang gave an exasperated sigh. "Ruby what are you even talking about?"
"Well Jaune was right when he said that we can't let our love of him tear us apart, make us fight right?"
"Yeah, and?"
Ruby turned back to face the two, a hopeful smile adorning her face. "So what if we just don't fight?"
Ending note- A couple of things I wanted to try and address with this chapter, some topics a bit more thoughtful than others. The first being that I don't think I've read any fanfiction that shows just how busted/ OP Pyrrha's semblance is (though tbf neither did the show itself). I desperately wanted to throw in a reference to Magneto's "my name isn't Henryk" scene from X-men apocalypse but couldn't think of how to make it work so I just settled on letting her toss Yang about. Next I wanted to try and allude to another issue about Yanderes that seems rarely touched on, the fact that a yandere (at least most types) is an inherently extremely selfish person, they typically disregard the other's actual feelings because they "love them so much". Also alot of yandere stories seem to involve a lack of backbone or initiative from the male lead, so I wanted to let Jaune try to take control of the situation...only to be promptly ignored as all the girls instead just resolve to give him a harem instead, because of their selfish natures you see?
Anywho I'll try to get the next chapter out ASAP, but it might be a bit because super dooper swearsies I'm getting another chapter out for my oregairu story first and I need to brainstorm a bit more on certain aspects of this story. (No I swear I haven't forgotten about Wiess...hint hint for next chapter I guess.) Until then thank you for reading and all of the reviews.