A Close Admirer

Chapter 9: Epilogue

It had been about two days since Ruby learned the truth about Yang's secret identity and they had gotten quite close ever since then. However, there was a certain duo that didn't know about this, Blake and Weiss, but they were going to find out about it soon enough.

The monochrome duo had been looking for Yang all day, hoping that they could tell her their newest ''plan'' to her. They had looked almost everywhere for their teammate, except their dorm. The two girls were heading there now, hoping to find the person they were looking for. But when they got there, they didn't see only their blonde teammate there. Yang was sitting on her bed with Ruby. And the redhead was sitting on the older girl's lap as they watched TV together.

''Oh! Hello you two!'' Ruby said cheerfully upon noticing her two teammates. ''How are you doing?''

''We're... fine, I guess,'' Blake answered, still shocked over the scene in front of her. ''How about you two? You seem to be very close at the moment.''

''You got that right!'' Yang said happily with a grin. ''Rubes and I got together not too long ago! We'll be going on our second date tomorrow!''

''So you won't be needing our help anymore then?'' Weiss asked.

''Nope! The saga of Lady Ember is over and only Yang remains!'' the blonde answered and hugged Ruby closer. ''There's no need for any schemes, plans or even costumes anymore!''

''That's kind of a shame. I was hoping for some more entertainment- I mean, excitement from helping you get together with Ruby,'' Blake said as she went to sit on her own bed, so she could watch TV with her two teammates. Weiss did the same as well. ''But I guess I'm going to have to make do with TV for tonight. What are you two watching anyways?''

''Well, there's a movie coming tonight that we both want to see, but it will be shown a bit later. Before that happens, we are going to watch some of Vale's Funniest Home Videos,'' Ruby answered.

The moment she heard ''Vale's Funniest Home Videos,'' Blake's eyes went wide. The cat faunus started to nervously sweat as she silently prayed that certain videos wouldn't be shown.

''A-Actually, I t-think there's something b-b-better on another channel,'' Blake said nervously, causing all of her teammates to look at her with raised eyebrows. ''C-Could you change the-''

''And next we have some truly crazy videos, folks! These were sent to us by Blake Belladonna and they are something we have never seen before! You have to see them to believe them!'' the show's announcer said, causing everyone in the room to look at the TV again. But while Ruby, Yang and Weiss looked at it in curiosity, Blake stared at it with horror.

'Oh dear God, WHY!?' the cat faunus screamed inside her head.

The four girls of team RWBY watched as all of Blake's recordings of Yang attempting to woo Ruby as Lady Ember were shown on TV. The ride through the city on a horse, her attempt at playing hero, everything the raven-haired girl had recorded. While Weiss and Blake stared at the screen with pale faces and horror, Ruby and Yang stared at it with shock and slowly rising anger.

''Blake, what the hell!?'' Weiss yelled as she jumped off her bed and went to grab her faunus teammate by the front of her shirt. ''Why would you send those videos to a TV show!? I thought they were supposed to stay secret!''

''The show has a prize of ten thousand lien for the best video, Weiss! Do you have any idea how many books I could get with that kind of money!?'' Blake explained desperately. ''I'm not made of money, you know!''

The sound of someone clearing their throat broke the monochrome duo's argument. The two girls slowly turned their gaze at the direction of the sound to see Ruby and Yang standing in the middle of the dorm, staring at them angrily. The redhead looked even angrier than she did when she had snapped, and the blonde's eyes were red and her hair was in flames.

''Mind explaining this?'' Ruby asked and pointed at the TV, where they were still showing more of Blake's videos and laughing loudly at them.

''Well... there's a reason for this,'' Blake managed to say.

''Oh, I think I know what that is,'' Yang said while gritting her teeth. ''You two were just pretending to help me. You were actually setting things up so that I would embarrass myself and you two would get to laugh at me! This was all just a big joke to you two, wasn't it!?''

''...Yes,'' both Blake and Weiss answered at the same time.

''Well, since you two want entertainment that badly, how about we play a game together?'' Ruby asked as she pulled out her scythe. ''It's called punish your teammates. Wanna hear the rules?''

''I think that's unnecessary...'' Blake answered.


Later that night, both Blake and Weiss were sitting in a tree after running from their very angry teammates. In order to escape the wrath of Ruby and Yang, the monochrome duo had decided to climb up the tree once they had started to get tired from running. However, now they were stuck there, as Ruby and Yang were below them with their weapons at the ready.

''Well, this day just keeps getting better,'' Blake said sarcastically while looking at her Scroll. ''I just got a message from Vale's Funniest Home Videos' studio that says that I didn't win the prize. Some guy from Patch won with a video of his dog. Life just isn't fair.''

''Blake, I know that you're probably very bummed out about not winning and everything, but I think we have bigger things to worry about,'' Weiss stated blankly and pointed down.

''You can't stay there forever!'' Ruby yelled angrily at the two girls up in the tree.

''Yeah! Just come down, so I can show you that there truly are more than one way to skin a cat!'' Yang added equally angry.

''...Did she really need to make that lame joke?'' Blake mumbled to herself.

''Grrr... This is getting nowhere!'' Ruby yelled suddenly. ''Yang, keep an eye on them while I'll go get some tools to help us!''

The three older girls of the team waited for a while, until the redhead's footsteps could be heard approaching them. As soon as Ruby came within view, Yang let out a happy squeal.

''Oh, honey! That's perfect!'' the blonde said gleefully.

''What did she bring, Blake?'' Weiss asked. ''It's too dark for me to see.''

''Trust me. You'll know soon enough,'' Blake answered with a hint of fear in her voice.

Suddenly, the sound of a chainsaw getting started was heard and Weiss' eyes went wide. It was going to be a painful night for her and her faunus teammate.


Author's notes: And that's the end of that story, folks! I decided to keep this story kind of short because I felt like it was for the best. I had an idea for a chapter where Yang was going to sing ballads at Ruby underneath her team's dorm's window only to get rotten tomatoes thrown at her by pretty much all of Beacon, but I decided to not include it. I kind of wanted to get this story done soon and that chapter didn't feel all that fun anyways.

Nevertheless, it had been fun to work on this. I'll probably get to work on War for Ruby next, as I've been ignoring it for quite some time now. I also have plans for a new story that I want to start, so I hope you'll give it a try when I get it started.

Until next time.

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