Hello, ladies, gentlemen, and non-binary friends. Welcome to another chapter of TR5B! Come here and relax for a while. The world might be scary right now, but don't think for a second you're alone. You just have to reach out and find people who will love and cherish you. Things might be bad now, but that's no reason to give into despair. Live your life, fight if you have to, but don't ever give up.
After all, there's a non-zero chance you have 100 soulmates! Not all of them are romantic, but they are out there.
Actually, if you love harem (And why wouldn't you, you are reading this), may I recommend "Webtoon Character Na Kang Lim"? Holy hell, I loved it. So damn great, although the amount of flashbacks are a little annoying, especially towards the end. Still, give it a shot.
Load Game… Start!
Chapter 3: First
When Blake opened her eyes, she couldn't help but feel… confused.
What was she feeling right now? This… unfamiliar warmth. It was like a nice thick coat of fur worn on a cold day, something she would've killed for when she was on the run. She didn't feel half-dead from being too paranoid and jumpy to truly drift into a deep sleep, she didn't feel angry from seeing so much injustice that she'd dream of revenge, she didn't even feel sad for running away and leaving behind practically everything she believed in and knew.
It was… peaceful. Safe. Like… the world didn't need hunters and that she could retire, knowing that no one would go through any of the suffering she went through ever again.
A nice feeling, but a pipe dream nonetheless.
But… There was something that made her remember why she felt this way: her soulmates, all hugging her body as they slept with shining smiles on their faces.
"It… It really all happened." Blake thought, a grin breaking out on her own.
Despite everything, she just couldn't believe it. In only a few days, she was in love. She was dating the most amazing people. She was part of a great team. She… had a family. One that wouldn't abandon or betray her.
Ruby, Weiss, and Yang. Her soulmates.
"Zzzzz… Mama Yang likes clones… Zzzz…"
"Mmmm… Winter, don't look at my girlfriend like that… ahhh…"
"Zzzz… Nooo, I didn't mean to forget about you Mallow… Zzzz…"
Blake let out a dreamy sigh while snuggling close to her girlfriends/teammates. When they arrived at their assigned room after the ceremony, they had pushed all four beds together into a single bed so they could all sleep with her.
As comfortable as it was, she knew she had to wake the others up. Unfortunately, there was no rest for the wicked. They still needed to unpack and get ready for class today.
"Couldn't they give us a few days…?" Blake mumbled as she began to untangle herself from her soulmates. "Come on, wake up everyone."
Yang yawned, her eyes lazily drifting open. After taking a second to realize that yesterday wasn't a dream, she smiled. "Good morning, babe."
"Mmrnnn…" Ruby groaned, frowning while she tried to cover her ears with a pillow. "I don't wanna…"
"Come on, Rubes. You worked too hard to get here." Her sister got out as she took the pillow out of Ruby's hands. "You're the leader, Sis. You need to set a good example."
"Isn't that something dad tells you all the time? And look how that turned out." Ruby reminded as she put an arm around the faunus, who purred at the leader's soft skin.
"And that's how I know to get your butt out of bed."
"Finnne." The leader of Team RWBY groaned as she sat up and stretched. "Okay, maximum effort, team!"
The bumblebee pair nodded before looking down at the sleeping heiress. After all that talk, she still hadn't so much as moved. "Weiss, come on. It's time to get up." Blake said while shaking her shoulder.
"Ah, let Ice Queen sleep in. It's too early to deal with someone who is naturally cranky." Yang suggested.
"Yang, you're going to be dealing with her for a long time. Life, even. We should do our best to get along now that we're a team."
"And girlfriends."
"...Okay, but leave me out of waking her up."
"Don't worry, I have something great that will do the trick!"
Blake blinked. "Ruby, where did you get that whistle?"
"Dad's a very paranoid person." Yang said just as her little sister took in as much air as she could.
TWEEEEEEEEEET!
"AAAHHH!" Weiss screamed as she fell off the bed.
"AH!" Blake yelped while covering her ears.
"Ack! Sorry, sweetie!" Ruby squeaked in worry as she popped the whistle out of her mouth.
"It's fine, Ruby." The faunus assured. The ringing was already fading away.
"No, it is not fine, Ruby Rose!" Weiss snapped as she sat up, glaring at her leader. "What in the world is wrong with you!?"
"Erm, blame Blake. She told me to do it."
"Don't throw our girlfriend under the bus!" Yang called out.
"No, it's true." Blake confessed.
"...W-Well, you should've used a more gentle method." Weiss mumbled.
"Wow…"
"You be quiet, Xiao Long." Weiss scoffed. "So, leader, what's your first official order?"
"Decorating!"
"Yang, please don't interrupt our leader."
"Sorry."
"...Actually, decorating sounds good." Blake soon admitted. "And cleaning. And getting dressed in our uniforms."
"Wow, you really thought of everything." Weiss grumbled while getting out of bed.
"Thanks!" Ruby happily said.
"I was being sarcastic."
"Oh." The leader slumped. "But we should still do it."
"I assume I'm outvoted." Weiss sighed. "But don't you dare try and help me, Rose. We don't want another explosion."
"I thought your Dust was stored elsewhere."
"Given your track record, you could make buttered toast explode." Weiss stated in a flat tone.
"Aaaalright! Weiss, Blake, Yang, and their fearless leader Ruby have begun their first mission!" Ruby declared as she raised her fist into the air. "Banzai!"
"Banzai!" Blake and Yang cheered along with their leader.
"Banzai…" Weiss cheered less enthusiastically than her teammates.
After that was a montage of clean up, unpacking, and lots and lots of flirting and all in different styles.
Yang was very upfront with her affection, making sure to get subtle feels and pressing her body against the cat faunus. Somehow, she managed to invoke the feeling of morning wood onto her new girlfriend, and that made Yang proud.
Not to be outdone, Weiss was more formal in her approach, complimenting how lovely Blake was this morning, helping her get uniform ready, and requesting she join her in the shower.
That… That last might have been the intrusive thoughts winning at the last second, and thankfully (to Weiss's conflicting regret), Blake turned her down.
Ruby, however, went with a different approach by just being her cute, giddy self. When she could, she would show Blake everything she loved like her favorite weapon magazines, pictures of Zwei (which made Blake uncomfortable for some reason), and even her diary where she would write all her thoughts and feelings into, as well as write letters to send to her friends back home.
It did lead to a brief panic attack, upon remembering she never actually came around to that, but Blake calmed her down with enough hugs and kisses to get her back on track (while Weiss scheduled letter writing into their itinerary).
Eventually, the team of lovers stood back and admired their hard work.
"You know what, this looks good! Great work, Team RWBY!" Ruby cheered.
"Erm, Ruby?"
"Huh?" The leader got out before noticing the giant pile of beds in the middle of the room. "Aw dang it."
"This isn't going to work." Weiss deadpanned.
"It is a bit cramped." Blake muttered with a grimace.
"Maybe we should ditch some of our stuff…" Yang suggested.
The cat faunus turned her head in a snap, her golden eyes glowing dangerously. "Over my cold, dead hands."
Her books had been her friends while on the run, one of the few luxuries she allowed herself… and, in a bout of desperation and depression, a source of sustenance (only the trashy ones). No way she would entertain getting rid of any of her books after getting a nice chunk of her collection delivered here.
"M-Maybe not that…" The leader got out nervously before gasping. "We could make them bunk beds!"
"No." Weiss instantly spoke up.
"What do you mean, no!?"
"Well, these beds aren't made to be converted into bunks. I fear that someone will end up getting crushed." Weiss mumbled. "A-Also, I-I like sleeping in Blake's embrace."
"M-M-Me too." Ruby soon confessed.
"Me three." Yang let out before everyone turned to Blake. "Hey, you're our girlfriend. How would you do it?"
Blake closed her eyes in thought, trying to think of a way to make everyone happy. "How about for now we do that bunk bed idea, but you all have turns sleeping with me? Two nights per girlfriend, Sunday is all together. It'll only be until we can get a bed that can fit all of us at once comfortably."
Ruby gasped. "Sunday can be team bonding too! That's an amazing idea, sweetie!"
"That's an awesome idea, babe!" Yang said with a grin.
"That's… an adequate idea, darling." Weiss responded, attempting to hide her eagerness (and somewhat failing at it).
"Th-Thank you." Blake replied with a nod. It didn't take too long before the beds were converted into bunks with whatever leftover stuff they had.
It… likely violated several safety codes, but they held up well enough that it was okay.
"...Wait a minute, I just realized I will never use my own bed at night." Blake suddenly realized while slapping her forehead. As much as she loved her girlfriends, she wanted a little space of her own for… private stuff.
Oh sue her, she still had needs, dammit.
"It's only temporary, babe." Yang reminded with a nudge. "Once we get that big bed, we can share you all we want."
"I give it three days before it becomes a death trap." Weiss sighed before looking over to the sisters. "I'll give it two before someone makes out in my bed." She then added. Maybe she should've gotten a top bunk.
"Aw, want to spend some alone time with Blake?"
"W-What!? That's not what I meant!" Weiss squeaked, blushing red as she turned away from Yang… only to lay her eyes upon her girlfriend, whose cheeks were dusted red as well.
Ruby was also copying her partner, but had to force it down. She was the leader after all. "Allllright! Our second order of business iiiiiiiis..."
"Classes." Blake spoke up.
"Classes!" Ruby declared happily. "Now, we have a few classes together today. At 9, we've got to be-"
"What?! Did you say 9 o'clock?" The heiress suddenly shouted out, looking very panicked.
"Uuuum…" Ruby stammered as she checked her Scroll.
"Weiss, what's wrong?"
"It's 8:55, you dunce!" Weiss yelled out before rushing out the door. It took a few seconds for them to realize how close to screwed they were.
"To class!" Ruby declared, vanishing in a flurry of petals.
"Tally-ho, girlfriends!" Yang soon swept Blake in her arms and chased after the heiress.
"AHH! WHY ARE YOU CARRYING ME!?" Blake exclaimed, flailing her arms around but not exactly fighting being in the brawler's embrace.
Meanwhile, Team JNPR could only watch as Ruby shot ahead of her partner in a flurry of petals while Yang ran after her with Blake in her arms.
"...Is this going to be a recurring thing?" Ren questioned in a flat tone.
"Oh, I hope so!" Nora said with an unkillable grin.
"Did she just say classes?"
"Oh crap! RUN!" Jaune shouted out as his team ran after the team of lovers, catching up to them rather quickly.
"Hold on! Why are you just as late as us!?" Weiss asked in an incredulous manner.
Pyrrha did not respond automatically.
Pyrrha stared at Nora.
Nora stared at Pyrrha.
Both were holding underwear which they obviously did not own.
Nora spoke first. "...Truce?"
"Truce."
Jaune and Ren would not wake up until an hour later.
"...We slept in?" The champion answered with an unconvincing chuckle.
"Notimetoanswerquestipnsyouaren'tpreparedtoknowrunrunrunrun!" Nora however got out as she sped past a majority of the group.
"Yang, I have feet!" Blake yelped.
"Can't stop now, can I?" Yang however got out as the teams crossed the courtyard together, completely missing the fact Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch were watching the two teams hurry through the school.
Glynda soon looked at her watch while Ozpin simply sipped his drink. "Why are they rushing? Classes start at 9:30 today for first years."
"An eagerness to learn, Miss Goodwitch. An eagerness to learn."
The teacher soon gained an unamused look. "...You forgot to send the announcement to their Scrolls, didn't you?"
"Mmm, this is some good juice." Ozpin said as he walked away.
Homeroom came and went without issue other than Team RWBY and Team JNPR barely beating the clock and arriving just in the nick of time… before realizing they were the first ones there and all that running had only served to tire them out.
So that was nice.
At least their next class would happen in the very classroom they spent way too much effort arriving in: Grimm Studies, taught by world renowned huntsman Professor Peter Port.
So why did they hear that all the second, third, and fourth years were talking about feeling sorry for all the first years as if they were heading off on a pointless suicide mission?
Well, it became apparent as soon as the man began to speak.
"Monsters! Deeeemons... Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I merely refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
Ah, the average school lesson where everyone is either too scared to speak up, or too bored to even realize what subject they were in. Brings him back to simpler days where traveling to and from class required walking uphill both ways and getting possibly mauled by Beringel on the daily.
Good times.
After a quick reminiscence of his childhood (which happens at least six times a day), Port continued his speech. "Uhhhh... And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy! Now, as I was saying: Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms, are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world! Our planet is absolutely teeming with creatures that would love nothing more than to tear you to pieces! And that's where we come in. Huntsmen! Huntresses…"
The teacher soon gave Yang a wink, who groaned uncomfortably while Blake edged into his vision with a murderous glare.
"I will end you." She mouthed. And probably his voice actor too.
The professor coughed. "I-Individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves! From what, you ask? Why, the very world!"
"Ayyyy-yep!" A student cheered, standing up in excitement for… basically stuff people already knew. He sat back down as soon as everyone stared at him.
"That is what you are training to become. But first: A story. A tale of a young, handsome man... Me! When I was a boy… blah blah blah, blah blah blah…"
"Oh no…" Blake quietly groaned, nearly slamming her head against the desk. Why did they have to get the front seats?
"Is… Is this gonna be the lesson?" Yang realized, still feeling a little sick from being ogled. She smooched her girlfriend in front of everyone, dammit! Not on the lips, but-
"Erm, there might be useful information in his stories." Weiss however tried to get everyone to pay attention, before seeing her partner scribbling in her notebook. "See, Ruby is writing it all down."
"Huh?" Ruby got out. "Oooh, do you wanna see my picture?" She soon said as she showed her team her drawing: a ball-with-limbs-and-a-head drawing of the teacher with stink lines coming from him and "Professor PoopPoopy Pee Pee Poopypants" written underneath and a surprisingly detailed Blake at the edge of the paper with a speech bubble saying "Don't even think about it."
Blake and Yang snickered while Weiss sighed. "Ruby, be serious here. Don't get us in trouble on the first day." Her partner warned.
Her blonde teammate rolled her eyes. "You really think that–"
"...Despite smelling of cabbages, my grandfather was a wise man. 'Peter', he told me…"
"–Is worth paying attention to? I love the stories my dad and uncle tell me about their missions, but this is…"
"There is merit to even the most innocuous of tales." Weiss insisted, however…
"...Blah blah blah… My word! My fly had been open this entire time, in front of all the ladies… blah blah blah…"
"...No matter how it may initially seem." Weiss managed to get out through gritted teeth. "They are teachers for a reason."
"Yeah, they like hearing themselves talk." Yang grumbled. There have been way too many teachers who liked to watch girls play sports. "I mean, look! He barely even notices us having this entire conversation. Until something useful comes up, we might as well do something a little more… productive~" She soon suggested as she wiggled her eyebrows at her girlfriend.
"Y-Yang!" Blake squeaked as she felt her partner press her chest against her arm. Oh no, here comes the wonderful pants feelings (and she wasn't any).
Weiss choked while Ruby dropped her drawing. "What are you thinking!? Here!?" The heiress exclaimed (quietly).
"Come on, I'm bored." Yang whined before pressing harder onto her girlfriend, who was the perfect mixture of mortified and enjoying this a little too much.
The heiress' eye twitched. "We've already embarrassed ourselves last night. Can we not delve deeper into degeneracy?"
"I'm not gonna, like, do anything too bad. I wanna take it slow." Yang assured while still pressing her udders against their increasingly red girlfriend. "But a kiss here and there won't be too much, isn't that right, babe?"
"Yang, he is looking right at us." Blake squeaked.
"He is looking at his younger, handsomer self." Yang insisted. "There's nothing to learn right now."
"...Fine." Blake relented before pecking the brawler on the cheek. "There. Happy now?"
"Come on, don't be shy. Plant one right here." Yang encouraged as she tapped her finger on the lips.
"Yang!" Ruby squeaked, blushing just as much as Blake and Weiss (the line between embarrassment and rage was blurring by the second).
"Hey, a little peck won't hurt anyone." Yang chuckled until she noticed the nervous expression on the cat faunus. "Blake, what's wrong?"
"I… I never really done it before." Blake mumbled out.
"Excuse me?" Weiss got out, just as confused as her fellow girlfriends by her meaning until Ruby gasped.
"Wait, you never kissed anyone before?" The leader realized.
"Not on the lips." Blake clarified, shuddering as she had to be reminded of her ex. "Never found the time or the place when I was with Adam."
"That means…" Yang whispered as their eyes began to widen.
However, Weiss suddenly coughed. "L-Look, let's save the affection for when we're in a less public space. People are staring at us."
"Huh?" Ruby eloquently said before looking around to see practically everyone, indeed, staring at them (apart from the sleeping students, they were seriously missing out!) "Eeep!"
Suddenly, the professor cleared his throat. It took him exactly 58 seconds to realize no one was paying attention. Once he saw everyone was focusing on him again (as it should be, his stories have very important life lessons!), he continued. "In the end, the Beowolf was no match for my sheer tenacity, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my head held high, celebrated as a hero!"
Once again, though, several students began to tune out of the lesson as he continued rambling on as there was something a little more important than this.
Ruby flushed red. "Blake's first kiss…"
Weiss' eyes sparkled. "Blake's first kiss…"
Yang drooled a little. "Kitty's kiss-ginity…"
"I wanna be Blake's first kiss!" Ruby, Weiss, and Yang all thought at the same time as they slammed their fists on their desks, their auras flaring to life.
"My, such competitive spirits in this class!" Professor Port remarked. "However, I only need one volunteer to show the class what the ideal hunter must be."
The trio of soulmates blushed. They had no idea what Port was even asking of them.
However, it was Weiss who realized the opportunity. "I-I do, sir!"
Port looked quite pleased. It usually took a little more convincing to get students to come out in front. "Well, then, let's find out! Step forward, and face your opponent!"
"Gladly." Weiss politely bowed as she stood up before giving her fellow girlfriends a smug smirk.
"Huh? What?" Ruby got out, clearly confused about what was happening.
Meanwhile, Yang began to simmer as she realized what the heiress was doing. "Ohhh… you sonova–"
"Good luck, Weiss." Blake spoke up.
"You should kiss me good luck." Weiss soon suggested, causing Ruby to gasp so hard she choked.
"R-Right now?" Didn't Weiss just say she didn't want any PDA?
"It would be nice." The heiress said as she leaned closer to her beloved.
It was all too much to resist. Weiss was too damn cute to turn down (not that she would under any circumstance other than breaking up with her). "Okay."
"All according to plan." Weiss thought as Blake aimed for another cheek kiss. She would soon turn her head at the last second and steal away her girlfriend's first–
"Eugh! Save the flirting for later!" One of the students, someone from… CRDL? Yeah, it was one of those jackasses. Feel free to hate them. "Freaks…"
Team RWBY glared at the idiot for a second. Although 3/4 of the team were in competition with one another, no one was going to besmirch the sanctity of their (admittingly weird) relationship!
"Ignore him. You got this." Blake soon encouraged while giving the heiress a peck on the cheek.
Weiss nodded before heading out of the classroom to change and grab her weapon, all while the sibling pair glared at her, continuing to do so after she returned in her hunting gear.
"Don't help me. I have this." Weiss soon instructed as she flourished Myternaster. "I will earn that kiss." She mentally added with a determined look on her face.
Ruby and Yang decided to oblige the heiress's request as Professor Port opened the cage to reveal the Grimm: a Boarbatusk who rolled out of the cage like a certain hedgehog.
That's right: Mr. Pricklepants.
And since the author really, really, really, really, really wants to avoid writing out fight scenes unless absolutely necessary, the demonstration went exactly how it did in canon: Poorly. Most, if not all of, Weiss' attacks were largely ineffective against the armor of the Grimm, showing serious unfamiliarity for a fairly common creature outside of Atlas.
And slowly, Weiss's aura began to dwindle to dangerous levels and her teammates were beginning to worry.
"Um… she does know how to kill one… right?" Yang suddenly got out in an unsure manner.
"She said she has this." Ruby muttered, not sounding too convinced herself.
Meanwhile, Blake was fighting all her instincts to step in. She didn't like seeing any of her girlfriends struggle so much but interfering, especially without a weapon, would get her in serious trouble. She would've loved seeing the heiress screw up so badly mere days ago, but now this felt like torture.
Even Port was starting to see that this might be going in an unexpected direction. reaching for his weapon which he kept at his desk. One more mistake and he'll have to step in.
Suddenly, Weiss was tackled down, with the Grimm looming over her with murderous intent.
"ROOOOOOAAAAAAR!"
"Weiss!" Ruby cried out. No, this was going too far! "Armor! Get your blade in-between the plates or stab it in the belly!"
The heiress didn't hesitate to take the advice and quickly jammed her rapier in-between the plates of the Grimm's armor, causing it to squeal in pain and allowing Weiss cast a glyph and launch it off her. Landing on its back, it tried to get back on its feet but the heiress was already on top of it, skewering its soft underbelly and killing it.
"Oh thank the Brothers!" Blake breathed out as she and her other girlfriends rushed over to make sure she was okay.
"Weiss!" Ruby cried out.
"You okay?" Yang asked in concern.
"I'm… I'm fine…" Weiss panted before looking over to her partner. "...Thank you." She murmured.
Ruby silently nodded. That was all that needed to be said with each other.
They were soon interrupted by the professor's clapping. "Bravo! Bra-vo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true Huntress-in-training! I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today. Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and... stay vigilant! Class dismissed!"
And with that, the bell rang, signaling the end of today's lesson.
"Weiss, do you need anything?" Blake soon questioned, still looking worried.
The heiress eyes her girlfriend's lips before averting her gaze, picking herself off the ground and heading out of the classroom without another word.
"This is a new low for you, Weiss." The heiress sighed, alone in the locker room as she changed back into her uniform. "This was supposed to be your opportunity to show Blake and everyone you deserve to be here, and you couldn't even remember how to take down one Grimm. You had to get the child to help you. You're an embarrassment to your girlfriend and to your family."
Weiss then paused.
"...If I wasn't already an embarrassment because I'm sharing a faunus girlfriend with two other people."
"Do you always talk to yourself in a mirror?"
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Weiss screamed before she banged her head on the underside of her locker.
WHAM!
"GAH!" The heiress then cried out while holding her very sore head.
"Ah! You okay!?" Weiss did not need to turn around to know who was talking to her whole reaching out her hand.
"Don't you dare touch me right now, Xiao Long!" Weiss snapped as she slapped the hand away. "And no, I don't!"
"I just wanted to see if you're okay after all that." The brawler said, alittle annoyed by the attitude.
"I am fine, Yag." Weiss insisted with a huff. "You don't have to baby me."
"Weiss, you need to talk to us." Yang pressed with a serious look. "We're girlfriends of the same person. If we want to stay together with Blake and work together as a team, we need to talk to each other. Be honest!"
"You don't know a thing about relationships." Weiss scoffed while rolling her eyes.
"You don't either! This is all new for all of us!" Yang called out. "We're all learning how to be in this relationship together and you aren't helping make that easier by pushing us away."
"Well, just because we love the same person, it doesn't mean we have to be friends." Weiss then said, causing the blonde girl to flinch. "I'm a teammate but that's all I will ever be to you, Xiao Long."
"..."
"Now can you please move out of the way, please?"
Yang didn't move an inch. Nope, she stood her ground, looked her teammate dead in the eye and told her straight to her face:
"...I… I hate you so much."
Weiss barely reacted. She expected it but it still felt like a stab to the heart every time she heard it.
"But… I love Blake one hundred times more. That's why we're going to be best friends."
Weiss looked stunned. "What?"
"We've only known each other for a couple of days. We have four years to turn that hate into a genuine bond. I hate you right now, but I don't want to hate you forever. I really do want us to all be together as more than just as a team, but as family. Blake's family." Yang declared.
"..." Weiss turned away, ashamed.
"Come on, Weiss. You just… need to talk. No matter how much it may hurt you or me, or Blake or Ruby, we'll work together to make sure we're all happy." The brawler then encouraged.
"...I don't feel ready to talk though." Weiss mumbled, averting her gaze away only for Yang to move in front of her vision.
"Take all the time you need. I just want to like you just as much as I love Blake." Yang assured while patting her potential friend on the shoulder.
"You better try." Weiss sighed before shutting her locker and beginning to head out. They still had classes after–
"Uh, wait, Weiss!"
Weiss had to resist letting out a groan as she looked back at her partner. "What is it now?"
"You forgot to put on your skirt." Yang said, pink dusting her cheeks.
The heiress blinked before looking down. She did not finish changing when the brute interrupted her. "O-O-Oh."
"...You have really cute underwear."
"Don't stare! It's for Blake's eyes only! No wait–"
Meanwhile, just behind some lockers out of their view, Blake let out a sigh of relief. Looks like she didn't need to tie them up and lock them in a closet to work out their issues (it was a White Fang thing).
"Blake withdraws coolly." The cat faunus thought as she made her exit.
When Weiss and Yang came together for their next class, they were both happier than before which made both Ruby and Blake happy. And so, the day went on until the call for food whisked them away to the cafeteria, where they were met with an absolute buffet of food needed to fuel the activities of an average hunter.
However, since almost everyone in the school was staring at them, Team RWBY collectively decided to have their lunch at the rooftop, away from prying eyes and concerning whispers. It was their safe haven away from the drama of school life.
"I know our relationship is strange, but don't they have anything better to do than gawk at us all the time?" Weiss grumbled as she shut the door behind them. "This cannot be happening for the rest of the year."
"Ah, don't worry Weisscles. We'll be old news when the next big thing rolls around." Yang responded as Blake dutifully spread out a blanket and started laying down their lunches.
"I thoroughly do not believe that."
"Well, that's how it goes." Yang shrugged. "One minute, you're famous for taking down a Beowolf with a flashlight and some rocks, the next day they're talking about a fancy keychain."
"It was really cool, Yang." Ruby chimed in.
"It could also end up as never living it down for the rest of our lives." Weiss sighed as everyone say down. "People can be really cruel."
"That's school for ya." The blonde stated with a sigh. It was a matter of fact that kids were extra cruel and… well, they were at the perfect age where those comments would actually hit something.
Detention would be so worth it if it didn't cut into her Blake time.
Speaking of whom, the cat faunus looked guilty, barely touching her sushi set (as she wanted her girlfriends to start eating first despite how starved she felt. "It's my fault. I decided to reveal our relationship to everyone. I should've asked before I–"
"Blake, don't beat yourself up over it." Yang interjected with a shake of her head. "It happened, there's no changing it. Might as well just go with it. I mean, we can coddle and cuddle as much as we want now. And people are a lot more accepting than you think."
"Plus… skirting around the issue would be annoying to keep up until we inevitably get discovered." Weiss admitted with a small smile.
"And besides, we're your teammates and your girlfriends. We have your back, Blake." Ruby assured.
Blake smiled back at her girlfriends. Man, with the amount of times she was doing that, her cheek muscles were beginning to ache. It sort of put in perspective how much her life sucked before this whole mess began. "...Right. I'm not alone anymore. I guess I'm still not used to it."
"It has only been a couple of days since we all met." Yang pointed out.
"Exactly two days, six hours, 23 minutes." Weiss informed before pulling out her personal cutlery set (Klein insisted).
"Are you really counting how many days we've been together?" Ruby got out in disbelief.
"No." The heiress shook her head before looking at her girlfriend directly in the eyes. "I'm counting the days since you've changed my life."
"Hghn!" Blake nearly died right there! She couldn't handle this much love from one person!
"Speaking of which…" Weiss then continued before turning to the red cloaked girl, who was just about to fuel her body with a healthy amount of proteins and other good stuff… and an unhealthy amount of sweets. "Being a team and fellow girlfriends, I… I must admit something."
"What is it, Weiss?" Her partner asked.
Weiss swallowed. This was for the good of everyone. "Ruby, may I be honest with you?"
"Uh, sure. What do you want to tell me?" Ruby responded, her eyes sparkling with delight while Yang grinned as her teammate finally took up on her advice.
Weiss cleared her throat. "I think you're the absolute worst choice to be the leader of anything, much less a hunting team. You're immature, boneheaded, stubborn, and clingy. I think Ozpin made a mistake even letting you be here and that I or Blake should be the one leading the team, and the only reason he didn't do that is because he couldn't think of a single way to have our team name be anything but RWBY, favoritism, or you have some sort of deal with him that allowed you to attend two years early. I did consider blackmail but that would require skills and subtlety that far exceed you. If it really couldn't be any of those, I would rather have a rock with a gun taped onto it as our leader instead of you because at least the rock would not pick her nose while in class."
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Wow, the silence afterwards was deafening.
"Also, I… I talk to myself in the mirror. I… I didn't have a lot of people in my life to talk to." Weiss concluded before letting out a breath. "...Huh, that was actually good to say. Thanks for the advice, Ruby."
"Y-You're welcome, Weiss. H-H-Happy to h-h-help." Ruby sniffled, looking like she was about to cry at any second.
And wow, did things get hot on this rooftop or was summer already– oh nuts, it was Yang.
"Weeeeeeeiiiiiiisssssssss…"
"No more lies, Yang. I am just speaking my true–" Weiss began, only to swiftly dodge a punch aimed straight at her throat. "I think I just saw my life flash before my eyes." She then let out, suddenly very breathless and scared.
"Wanna see it again in your coma?" Yang offered. Although she didn't have her gauntlets, they definitely heard the sound of a shotgun chambering the next round when she clenched his fists.
"Break it up!" Blake called out as she pushed her girlfriends away from each other. "Yang, don't resort to violence as your default response!"
"It's not an answer, it's a question! And the answer to this particular question is yes!" Yang called out, her eyes practically glowing red.
Blake sighed before turning to the fearful white haired girl. "Weiss, be more tactful with your words. It's okay to voice concerns and raise criticisms but do not treat anyone like that, especially our leader."
"I… I… I'm sorry…" Weiss whimpered.
"And Ruby?"
Ruby squeaked and saw Blake right next to her. "Y-Yes?"
"Come here." Her girlfriend let out while pulling the leader into a hug. "There there…" She then said while patting Ruby on the head.
Ruby let out a breath as she calmed down before looking up into Blake's eyes.
She was so close, it was like she was staring directly into Blake's soul and seeing all the love she had for her. She just had to lean up and…
"Ruby!"
"Huh?" Ruby gasped as she was pulled away by her sister. She didn't even realize she closed her eyes and pursed her lips before that.
"Oh no you're not." Yang declared with a huff. "I am forbidding my little sister from kissing anyone, especially before me. I am Blake's partner after all."
Weiss' eye twitched. "A-And I'm Blake's first girlfriend! I am first in line to receive one!"
"I outrank you all! Leader privileges!" Ruby called out.
"Guys…" Blake groaned. They were back to fighting already.
"We're not finished here, Ice Queen." Yang got out, glowering at the heiress which made her shiver, but she stood (well, sat bravely on) her ground.
"It was already over when I got together with Blake first, brute." Weiss claimed.
"You started dating Blake at the same time as Ruby. You aren't Girlfriend No. 1!"
"Well, someone has to be the responsible one in this relationship! And I have to deal with two immature, immoral, incestuous–"
"STOP."
Suddenly, Weiss and Yang froze as they turned to Blake, who was giving them the coldest stare they've ever seen.
"I-I'm s-sorry, fa–"
"Please, apologize. Both of you." Blake interjected. "I love you all equally. No one here is above the other, no matter the order. I will treat you with just as much love as if you were my first or my one hundredth soulmate, got it?"
Suddenly, all the tenseness and anxiety left Weiss, allowing her to breathe. "I'm… I'm not… I'm not at home…" she had to remind herself.
"Are you all okay?" Ruby soon questioned in genuine concern.
"I… I am." Weiss nodded. "I'm… I'm sorry for snapping at all of you."
"Yeah, well, you could've said it better." Yang grumbled before letting out a sigh. "But… I'm sorry too. I should be a little more understanding."
"Me too." The heiress soon admitted before turning tot he leader. "...Ruby? I must apologize–"
"I'm okay." Ruby interrupted while shaking her head. "To be honest… I'm… I'm not too sure about being named the leader either."
Yang frowned. "Ruby, you–"
"You believe in me, I know you do, but… I have to believe in myself first." Ruby confessed as her gaze shifted to the floor. "As much as I put on a brave face, I'm… I'm scared I'll screw it up, you know. I… I don't think I'm ready for this."
No one said anything for a bit, a little stunned and sadden by Ruby's admittance until someone broke the silence. "...No, you are."
"Weiss?"
"The Initiation showed me a lot about you." Weiss stated in a firm manner. "You are a reckless dunderhead, but that's why you're here. To learn and make yourself into the respectable huntress Professor Ozpin saw in you."
"You believe that?"
"We wouldn't have killed that Nevermore without you. If you can't do so on your own, then I shall help. I am your partner after all."
"Weiss…" Ruby sniffled before leaping over to her partner to hug her. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"
"Hugging is still off-limits to anyone but darling!" Weiss yelped in a panic, her face getting very red.
"Ulp! Right." Ruby soon apologized as she backed off.
Blake let out a sigh of relief. One problem solved, now onto the next topic that had been on her mind all day. "...So… earlier, in Professor Port's class, what was that about kissing?"
"Huh? Oh. That." Yang mumbled as her fellow girlfriends blushed.
"Actually… I want to get a kiss." Ruby spoke while shyly poking her fingers together. "Like… right here." She then added, as the others agreed.
"We are in a relationship. It should be natural to do so to show our affection." Blake let out, forcing down how monumentally happy she felt. "...Have none of us kissed someone before?"
"Nope." Yang spooke up. She was saving herself for the right person to claim her lips and it seems that person had finally come into her life.
"No." Weiss plainly said. Before Blake, she was expecting to get married, have children, and not even get a single peck on the lips. Kissing would actually indicate being in love with her arranged partner after all.
"No way." Ruby shook her head rapidly. Heck, she hadn't even held someone else's hand who was unrelated to her until Blake.
And that was not to mention Blake herself. Apart from her confession, the furthest she had gone with Adam was when his sword's handle touched her butt once.
She might need to wash it now that was on her mind.
"Then… let's make sure this is done right." Yang let out. "Come here, Blake."
However, the cat faunus didn't move an inch. "...No, not like this."
"What!?" Her girlfriends cried out in surprise.
"If I'm going to have my first, I want to share it with the ones I love." Blake explained. "I don't want anyone to feel left out. Not even for a second."
"Well, what do you suggest?" Ruby asked while crossing her arms.
"How about we all just… kiss at the same time?" Blake said.
"It would be the most straightforward way to resolve this conundrum, but there is one problem with that." Weiss pointed out as she looked over to Ruby and Yang, where they imagined a bright red arrow pointing at both of them with the word "RELATED" flashing between them.
"Uhhhh…" Yang got out as the sisters looked away from each other awkwardly.
"Erm…." Ruby scratched her cheek. She might've wanted Yang to be part of this relationship, but there were some lines you don't cross. "That's not going to work, is it?"
"It would be simpler if we go one at a time." Weiss then suggested.
"Weiss, as your partner and leader, I have to point out that you would complain or lord it over us on who would get the first kiss." Ruby pointed out with a deadpan look on her face.
"N-No, I would not!" Weiss insisted in an indignant tone before cringing. "...Okay, maybe a little." She then admitted.
"Uh, how about we make it like a blind kiss?" Yang soon chimed in. "We all close our eyes and Blake kisses us without knowing who's who?"
"I'm going to need a lot more than a blindfold." Blake however stated as her ears twitched under her bow. She could instantly imagine how that would turn out: with her head entirely wrapped in bandages with only her lips exposed.
There was also the fact they were on the rooftop and she didn't feel like becoming a splatter on the ground.
"Yeah, that wouldn't be ideal." Yang soon admitted after thinking it over herself. "Maybe your clones?"
"They aren't solid. It would be like kissing air." Blake automatically responded.
"Well there goes that– hold on, how do you know tha–?" Ruby began only to be stunned. What did her wonderful soulmate just–
"So clones aren't the solution either." Blake quickly said, not wanting this to go any further. "Maybe we should save our kisses for something more romantic than lunch. Like a real date"
"That means I'm first." Ruby happily reminded.
Instantly, Weiss and Yang didn't like that. "...Okay, it has to be today." The blonde declared.
"What!?" The leader exclaimed, her eyes going blank in shock.
"Wow, you really don't want to fall behind your own sister." Weiss remarked with a slightly smug smile. "I'm glad my sister would not stoop to such levels."
"Yeah, keep saying that." Yang rolled her eyes. Weiss will eat her words when the older Schnee meets their girlfriend. I mean, who wouldn't want a big booty kitty ninja goth GF? She's seen the forums online!
"I'm not goth." Blake couldn't help but think.
"We don't have all the time in the world guys." Ruby reminded. "It shouldn't matter who goes first or last. We're a team united together because of our lovely girlfriend–"
"And school assignments." Weiss added.
"That too." The red cloaked girl said before she and her fellow girlfriends gazed directly in Blake's eyes. "Just know, sweetie, that we will always love you just as much as you love us."
Blake started to get choked up. This… She didn't deserve all this. "...Ruby, Weiss, Yang, that's…"
"Just kiss us, Blake." Yang let out as she closed her vibrant lavender eyes.
"Yes." Weiss nodded. "No matter what, we will always be together. Through thick and thin." She then closed her beautiful blue eyes as well.
"We love you." Ruby affirmed as she shut her glittering silver eyes.
Blake smiled, tears filling her golden eyes. "You didn't have to remind me why I love you all so much." She thought with a blush. Despite who she was, what she's done, she felt like she was the luckiest girl in all of Remnant.
And that's why she had to reward her girlfriends properly for making her feel that way, from when they met to the far-off future.
And so… she did as such.
CHU! CHU! CHU!
Simultaneously, Ruby, Weiss, and Yang gasped as their eyes snapped open, feeling Blake's lips press against theirs, even only for a second before the cat faunus stood back panting and letting the taste and feelings of her girlfriends settle in her mind. It was a sensation she needed to get used to, because she was going to experience it a lot for the rest of her life.
"H-How?" Weiss gasped as she touched her (cool, slightly bitter but sweet) lips, wondering if it was simply a dream. "I thought you said clones wouldn't work?"
"They don't. I just kissed you all with my speed." Blake replied with a smirk.
"You're fast enough to appear you're using your Semblance?" Yang gasped as she covered her (hot, spicy, soft) lips.
"Yeah." Blake nodded. "Not at the level as Ruby's Semblance though. I don't have the stamina to keep that speed up for so long."
"Wow, you have so much control!" Ruby exclaimed, her (sweet, electrifying, sinful) lips split into a wide smile. "Can you help me with that?"
"Sure."
"Why didn't you do that earlier?" Weiss soon questioned.
"Well, it's because I would know who I kissed first and I don't want to treat any of you differently, even subtly." Blake answered. "But I am really good at repressing memories. I'll eventually forget who got my true first kiss, I promise you that."
And she was serious about that whole memory suppression thing. Her parents were very passionate about each other.
"...That's way too far, babe." Yang breathed out in awe.
"I know, but for this relationship to work, we're all going to have to put in the effort and as its center, I'll need to put in the most." Blake declared with a determined look on her face.
"Hngh!" Ruby, Weiss, and Yang's hearts throbbed. They couldn't have chosen a more perfect person to be their girlfriend!
And that's when reality finally set in.
"...We… We all just had our first kiss." Ruby giggled, her cheeks turning bright red. Weiss and Yang mirrored their leader's look with the same giddiness. "I… I…"
Suddenly, Yang cleared her throat. "Well… now that our kiss-ginities have been taken–"
"Please use another term." Weiss groaned while covering her face.
"That means we can kiss whenever we want! Come here!" The blonde declared before taking Blake down to the floor, straddling her girlfriend with a look that both worried and aroused her.
"Yang!" Blake squeaked. Oh no, just looking at her partner was making her anxious for another kiss! She might get seriously addicted!
Not that it would be a bad addiction…
"Hey, my turn!" Ruby called out as she tried to move Yang to get some space.
"Don't leave me out of this!" Weiss soon said attempting to squeeze between the others to get to her beloved's lips.
"Hold on, there are only a few more minutes until classes start back up, so–" Blake tried to remind her soulmates, until…
"Blake!"
"...I need to be more proactive." Blake sighed before allowing her girlfriends to keep her on the ground and drown her in smooches.
"If this is how much trouble getting a first kiss is, their first times are going to be a bloodbath." Blake couldn't help but think, feeling her cheeks light up as well as a sense of dread.
She had some time until Ruby reached the age of consent. Until then, she was not going to turn her love life's rating from T to X… no matter how tempting it would be to recreate a few scenes from Ninjas of Love.
Sue her, she was still a teenager at the end of the day.
Grrr…
…And in need of food.
Ah, they could eat later.
(They did not eat until the next day as they were all too busy making out.)
And so, Blake's harem life continues, made stronger through a classic display of affection. Although not every day will be a major crisis, there will be no shortage of excitement to come.
…What? You were expecting some sort of cliffhanger like the last two chapters? It doesn't have to be so dramatic all the time. I mean, this was only the first day of school. A week hadn't even passed yet! There is no way that–
Today was Friday, about five days since she arrived at Beacon, and Blake couldn't be any happier. I mean, why wouldn't she? The days spent with her soulmates have made her life better and better every time she woke up with them. It didn't matter they got weird looks and whispers behind their backs by the ignorant and how idiots wanted to join her "harem".
It was not anything like that, good sir or madam! It is a wholesome relationship like any normal couple, except they were sharing her, they were in the same team, had a pair of sisters, and she was chosen by some dumb god to hook up with even more people!
Also, she didn't get a single zing from any of them and netorare was banned in her household.
Anyways, they were all happy and nothing could change that. She was loved and had friends who accepted her in the form of Team JNPR. Blake felt that she could finally relax and focus on all the other goals she had with the most pressing of which being her studies. Being in love was fun and all, but if she wanted to survive the rigors of full-time hunting and genuine heroism, she would need to get her study hours in.
"Miss Belladonna, you're here early."
"Just eager to get class started, Professor Good-"
ZING!
"...witch."
Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
Save Game… Quit!
I admit, Glynda wasn't supposed to be zinged yet, but I couldn't figure out a natural way of Blake avoiding eye contact with her. I mean, it would just be rude (and Goodwitch would catch her on that)! I want to do a date chapter for each soulmate though, so Ruby will have a solo chapter after this.
UknownHero signing off, my friends.