Chapter 4: She Didn't Let it Go

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Ruby stood in the halls of Beacon, still as a statue, eyeing every corner of her surroundings.

Over the past month since the Second Great Food War, her teammates have been acting out of line and in turn, she had punished them. First Blake and her vigilante phase, then Yang and her irresponsible property damage. That left only one teammate: a little snowflake named Weiss, to fuck up. Ruby just knew she would do something to provoke her.

Her eagle eyes searched for any sign of her partner. Call her paranoid, but she wasn't taking any risks. Seeing no sign of Weiss in the hall, she moved on. The huntress tracks down her prey.

Meanwhile...

Weiss felt she could be forgiven for taking to hiding in the courtyard of Beacon. She wasn't dumb. After Blake and Yang, she came to the conclusion that if she just stayed in one spot the entire time, she wouldn't do anything that could trigger Ruby.

It didn't help that Goodwitch called her scroll, warning her that her leader was 'on the hunt' for her.

'Come to think of it, Miss Goodwitch sounded rather... off when she told me that.' Weiss pondered for a moment before choosing to forget about it and stuck to remaining hidden as long as possible.

After being in the tree for about an hour, Weiss came down and began wondering if Ruby had given up by now. Surely she must've. Her team leader wasn't the most patient of people.

"Oh, hi Snow Angel!"

Weiss paled. Of course he had to find her.

"Oh no..." she whispered before turning to the new arrival. "What do you want, Arc?"

Jaune Arc gleamed cockily. "What? I can't spend some time with the most beautiful girl in Beacon?" he decided to use charm.

It wasn't very effective.

"I do not have the time for this, Arc!" Weiss yelled. "I'm busy with something."

"Aw, come on snow angel. You sure you don't want some of this?"

"Absolutely positive that I don't! Now go!"

"I can make it worth all of your time, baby."

Her patience already spread thin, something inside Weiss snapped.

"For the LAST time and every time after, the answer is NO! It'll always be NO! And nothing your pathetic ass says to me is EVER going to change my MIND!" she screamed in a way that Ruby would. "Now get the HELL out of my FACE!"

Jaune went silent, then turned around, and walked away, sulking in defeat.

"Ugh, finally!" Weiss growled. "I thought he'd never lea-"

"Weiss..."

Weiss Arendelle Schnee froze in place. Her beloved leader had found her, probably lured here by her yelling at Jaune. She turned slowly, and stared into Ruby's eyes.

Her cold, dead, pain-promising silver eyes.

Meanwhile...

Jacques Schnee was moments away from landing in Beacon's courtyard. About a week ago, Jackson Batt, the owner of a dominating restaurant chain, came to him with a business proposal. He would share the loads of Lien he makes weekly with the Schnee Patriarch. In exchange, Jacques would marry his heiress to Jackson's son, Jasper Batt Jr.

Never one to turn down an opportunity for even more money, Jacques told him that he'll pick up his daughter from Beacon for the deal. Perhaps she wouldn't like it, but her compliance wasn't really a factor.

Upon landing, Jacques exited the Bullhead, his cold blue eyes scanning the area for his heiress...

Only to see Weiss flying across the courtyard, landing several feet away from him.

"...What?" was all the patriarch could say. That's when another girl arrived, wearing a red cloak and an expression of pure rage.

"YOU JUST COULDN'T FUCKING STOP YOURSELF, COULD YOU BITCH?!" the red girl screamed. Weiss struggled to stand.

"Ruby, please! Hear me out!" she begged. Jacques looked on in pure confusion.

'What the hell is going on here?'

The red girl, named Ruby apparently, stormed up to the heiress. "I DON'T THINK SO, BITCH! YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS JAUNE IS UNACCEPTABLE! THE DAMN GUY IS SO HONEST WITH HIS AFFECTION FOR YOU, AND YOU FUCKING TOSS IT AWAY! FOR WHAT?! NEPTUNE?!" she screamed.

Weiss winced. "B-but Neptune is such a swe-"

"QUIT DELUDING YOURSELF, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" Ruby actually slapped Weiss across the face. "THE BLUE BASTARD IS A TOTAL FUCKBOY! HE LITERALLY TRIES TO SNEAK INTO THE PANTS OF EVERY FUCKING WOMAN ON THIS DAMN CAMPUS!" the girl continued to rage. "HE IS A MAN-WHORE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE DAMN WORD!"

Jacques felt that he should've been mad that this peasant was putting her hands on his heir. But he was stuck to his spot, still shocked.

"YOU ARE GOING RIGHT BACK INTO BEACON-" *slap* "-GOING UP TO JNPR DORM-" *slap* "-AND APOLOGIZING IMMEDIATELY! GOT IT?!" the red cloaked girl screamed.

"YES OK! I'LL GO!" Weiss cried in pain.

"THEN GET MOVING BITCH!" the little demon finished before yanking Weiss by her hair, and tossing her towards the school. After recovering, Weiss bolted.

Jacques, having finally recovered from his shock, stared at the little red girl. The girl then turned to him, her eyes meeting his.

"...NOPE!" Jacques yelled before turning his rich ass around and bolting back into his Bullhead.

To hell with Jackson Batt! He wasn't going to bother taking Weiss back to Atlas! Not if he had to go through that!

On the Bullhead...

Willow Schnee was sitting in a seat, severely depressed. Times like these, she regretted ever being charmed by Jacques. The bastard who stole her family's legacy and tainted her name. And now, her precious daughter was going to be subjected to similar pain as her own.

She didn't want that. She wanted Weiss to follow her dreams. Not to be sold off like a trophy. Unfortunately, when Jacques was involved, your compliance wasn't a factor.

Willow could only sigh to herself as she reached for a glass of wine. Drinking always managed to not make her feel like a piece of shit, so she felt justified.

"...nope nope nope nope Nope Nope Nope Nope NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE...!"

Willow looked up quickly to see Jacques the rat himself bolting into the Bullhead, repeating that one word the whole way as he barged into the pilot room. More intriguing, however, was that Weiss wasn't with him.

She got up and looked out the open door on the Bullhead, and saw a young girl in red on her scroll.

"You're saying that she didn't show up yet?" the girl asked calmly before getting angry. "That fucking coward! Alright Pyrrha, make sure Jaune is still there. I'll drag the ice-bitch by her hair myself."

The girl hung up the scroll and stomped towards Beacon, going on another tirade. Willow watched her go...and licked her lips.

'That was interesting... is that why Jacques bitched out?' she thought to herself. '...I think I just got an idea...'

The elder Schnee woman got off the Bullhead as quickly as possible before it took off towards Atlas. A small sacrifice, but she felt it needed. She could now do as she pleased without her 'husband' breathing down her neck.

But first things first, she'll need to get a few things. Namely, to rent a temporary home, and buy a few... other assets.

Willow took Jacques's credit card out of her pocket with an evil smirk.

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