leader change

chapter 6 a mistake too big

A bit over a week had passed since Weiss had gotten into trouble for her report on her team, which meant that she was currently done with the punishment she had received from Professor Goodwitch. At the moment, the members of team RWBY were in Glynda's combat class, waiting for their turn to get to fight the other students. The students themselves didn't get to choose whether they would get to fight or not, as it was decided by the teacher herself. They could always ask if they could get a chance to show their skills, but the final decision would ultimately be with Glynda. Weiss herself was hoping that her team would get to fight, as that would give her a chance to show her leadership skills.

The match between team JNPR and one of the other first year teams had just ended, when the blonde teacher looked up at team RWBY.

"Alright, I think it's time for team RWBY to show how well they perform under new leadership," Glynda said. "How about you four come down here and fight against team CRDL? That should be a good match."

"Yes! Finally I get to show my skills!" Weiss said to herself in an excited voice, before getting up from her seat and starting to make her way to the arena.

"Just don't try anything too crazy, okay?" Ruby requested from her partner. "After all, no need to take any unnecessary risks."

"Trust me, Ruby. I'll make sure that we'll win this without any flaws," the heiress said confidently.

With the teams down at the arena, they were given a couple of minutes to prepare for a strategy. Since the boys in team CRDL relied more on brute strength than tactics, they were ready for the match almost immediately. However, the members of team RWBY were having some difficulties with their strategy meeting.

"Weiss, I honestly think we should think of a different strategy," Ruby said in a concerned tone. "What you're suggesting is way too risky. It can easily backfire on us."

What was this strategy that the former team leader was protesting? Well, Weiss' plan was for Blake to take on most of team CRDL's members, thus allowing the rest of their team to focus their efforts on Cardin himself. The idea was that while the cat faunus distracted the other three members of CRDL, they could take down the team's leader easily with numbers. This would result in an easy victory, as Cardin was not only the physically strongest member of his team, but also the closest to having any strategical skills. With him out of the way, the rest of the team would be easily defeated.

However, Ruby had a big problem with this plan. Having Blake face three opponents at the same time would put her in great danger. While Weiss said that the raven-haired girl would be able to avoid getting damaged due to her skills and Semblance, the redhead felt that her partner was underestimating team CRDL's members too much. This led to Ruby's other problem with their new leader's plan, which was how they were supposed to deal with Cardin. While they could certainly take on the team leader with three of their members, they would need to do it fast in order to go and support Blake. However, the redhead felt that Cardin wouldn't go down that easily, as his defensive skills were too good for them to be able to defeat him fast enough, thus leaving Blake in danger for too long. Because of this risk, the redhead wanted to change the plan.

Unfortunately for Ruby, her partner's mind wasn't easily changed.

"Ruby, I appreciate your feedback, but I think you are forgetting something important here," Weiss said in a somewhat stern tone. "You seem to forget that I'M the leader now, which means I'M the one who decides what we are going to do in this fight. Besides, I believe you wanted to see me lead a team yourself, so would you mind backing down and letting me do my job?"

The former team leader frowned at the heiress' response, not liking the way she spoke. Hoping to get some support from her other teammates, Ruby turned towards the other two older girls.