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Ruby sat up groggily from a short night's sleep. Her alarm clock was buzzing loudly once again, and she wanted nothing more than to turn it off and not go to school. But she had to go; it wouldn't look good on her record if the teachers found out she skipped, and if Yang found out… Ruby didn't even want to imagine it. Hand slamming down hard on the off button for the final time she sat up. Preparing herself for the school day was easy. All she had to do was brush her shag style hair and put on her uniform and she was ready. Pulling on the school uniform while making her way down the stairs, Ruby grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. With a quick bite of cereal she was out the door and into the crisp morning air.

Jaune was already waiting at the edge of the driveway. He lived a few houses down from Ruby, and they've walked to school together almost every day since they were in kindergarten. He waved as she walked over. "Hey Ruby!" Jaune's hair was still messy, sticking up from what seemed like a goods night sleep.

Ruby rubbed her eyes, yawning. "Hair Jaune."

Immediately reaching up to feel his head he smoothed out the wild hairdo, save for a few stray pieces. "Thanks. I always forget to brush it." Ruby didn't respond, and the two began the long walked towards the school. Not even a few minutes in Jaune started his usual complaining. Complaining that Ruby did not feel like listening to at the moment. "I swear," he began, "when I pass my drivers test I'm going to be driving us to school every morning."

Ruby only grunted in reply.

"I feel like everyone is getting their licenses before I am, and it pisses me off. I mean come on, my cousin got her license on the first try! It's rigged, I tell you."

Ruby grunted again.

"Woah Ruby, how late did you stay up? 'Cause you're not even mocking me. I was expecting a response like," Jaune's voice went up a few octaves and was now a girlish squeal, "'But Jaune, you don't even have a car!' or 'Jaune, you've already failed three times, just stop trying'."

"Ha ha, hilarious Jaune." Ruby turned her head towards him. "I ended up not being able to sleep because of this huge fiasco!"

"Fiasco? What happened?"

"I saw," Ruby paused. A few people were walking by, so not wanting them to overhear she leaned in and whispered, "I saw Weiss at the convenience store."

Jaune grinned. "How is that fiasco? Did you ask her out?"

"No, no." Ruby said, "I was so shocked to run into her there, and, like I actually ran into her! And like all the stuff she was carrying went everywhere; luckily for me I just had a gallon of milk-"

"For cookies?" Jaune interjected.

"Yes, but that's not the point." Ruby sighed. "The point is that after I knocked her over she was furious! She called me brain-dead! I'm not sure if I caught her in a reeeaaallly bad mood, but she said some pretty mean stuff that I'd rather not repeat."

Jaune glanced at his watch. "That's rough. It's kind of weird hearing that the school's most perfect and nicest girl called someone brain-dead. I can't even picture it. Are you sure it was her?"

"Positive."

"Oh wow." Jaune sucked in a breath. "Hopefully she doesn't hate you for that or anything."

"I could barely sleep last night thinking of all this, and you're not make me feel any better about it." Ruby sighed again, her head was pressed in her hands. "It's so weird, having imagined her to be this perfect and well-mannered girl only to have that practically shattered in less than thirty seconds. I don't want to believe that she's actually a jerk though. I bet she was just in a bad mood. PMSing or something."

They walked in silence for a moment. Jaune patted Ruby on the shoulder at an attempt to console her. "I guess it's time to fall in love with someone else."

"Jaune, that was pretty insensitive."

"Ruby, if she's a huge —pardon my French— bitch, why would you want to go out with her? She didn't seem to treat you very nicely, judging by what I heard. Dating her will go nowhere if she's the type to blow up at random strangers." Jaune said shrugging. "Just take some advice from your ol' pal Jaune here and start crushin' on someone else."

"You know it doesn't work like that, right?" Ruby asked. "I guess you're right though, I should try to stop crushing on her after that whole ordeal." Jaune eyebrows widened, shocked that she was agreeing with him. Then Ruby added, "But I'm gonna stick to the belief that she just was in a bad mood. Maybe I'll try and use it as a reason to talk to her and apologize for it."

"Alright." Jaune waved her off and started walking ahead of her.

Ruby caught up and grinned at him, "Hey, weren't the one yesterday telling me to ask her out? Just because she flipped out on me in the store when I ran into her is no reason for me to give up on her. What kind of best friend are you? You're supposed to support me with whatever I do," Ruby joked. Jaune rolled his eyes and kept walking. "I shouldn't have told you about what happened, huh?"

"I guess I should support you Ruby, but hearing that is a lot different from what I've seen and heard about her. I mean I don't think I've ever heard someone say that she yelled at someone, let alone get angry. Maybe she has a fake identity for school, or something?"

Ruby laughed. "I doubt that Jaune, but I'll update you after I talk to her."

With that their conversation shifted course, and they wound up talking about the latest episode to their favorite TV show. Before they knew it, they were walking through the front gate of their school. With brusque goodbyes the two split off to their separate classrooms.

Walking into her class, Ruby looked around. She was there early because Jaune and her liked to head to school as soon as possible, making sure that they were never late. It worked in Ruby's favor, too. Weiss and her friends were always in class before Ruby, which gave her the chance to watch Weiss. She didn't believe Weiss was all that bad, and watching her talk with her friends she seemed like a genuinely nice person. Sitting down in her seat Ruby began her usual Weiss watching while leaning against her hand.

Ruby stared at her figure. Somehow Weiss managed to make the dull school uniform of dark maroon jackets and red plaid skirts look fantastic. Ruby looked up at her white hair, which was pulled into a long lopsided ponytail. It went down nearly to her waist and was tied with a shiny black clip. Her long bangs caressed her cheeks; Weiss habitually brushed them out of her face. She had a small smile on her lips as she chatted with her friends and giggled. Across her left eye was a scar that was barely visible, but it didn't mar her beauty. And then there were her deep blue eyes, which Ruby would find herself getting lost in. They seemed to stare right into her heart.

And they were staring at her right now.

Ruby jumped up. Weiss was looking right at her, eyes wide. Ruby glanced around to see if Weiss was looking at someone near her, but there was no one else around. Weiss's friends turned around to see what she was looking at, and were visibly confused when they saw Ruby. With a few soft words, ones that Ruby didn't catch, Weiss made her way over.

"Hey, could I talk to you please?" Her voice was soft and delicate, but it was said as a demand rather than a question.

Ruby gulped, suddenly nervous. She wasn't ready to talk to Weiss yet. Struggling to find her voice she squeaked out, "S-sure." Rising from her seat, Ruby followed Weiss out into the hallway trying to ignore the inquisitive stares of the girl's friends. They walked for a while with Weiss leading the way. It wasn't until the two girls turned into an empty hallway in the unused wing of the school that they stopped. They stood there for a moment in an awkward silence.

Ruby opened her mouth to speak, but she didn't even get the chance to make a sound. Weiss whipped around towards Ruby, her usual small smile she wore around her friends was now gone. "You go to this school?" Her words were sharp and to the point.

"Uhhh…" Ruby intoned. Was this a trick question? Obviously she went to this school; she was wearing the uniform and was inside the school for crying out loud. "...yes?"

Weiss began furrowed her brow. "Oh, wonderful," she spat under her breath. She paused for a moment. She opened her mouth again, after having thinking about her choice of words. "You are not to tell anyone anything about what happened yesterday. Not a soul."

"Why?"

The small frown on Weiss's face transformed into a scowl. She stepped forward, her face nearing Ruby's. "Because if one word gets out about that incident my whole reputation could be ruined, you dolt. And if you even slip up and you say anything to anyone, you'll regret it."

"Are you… threatening me?" Ruby asked, one eyebrow up. She already knew the answer; it was a definite and obvious yes. Weiss Schnee was threatening her. Holy cow, she thought in disbelief, Jaune was right for once. She's got a secret personality, and a real nasty one at that.

"You bet I'm threatening you, and if you so much as mention it to anyone I'll turn the entire school against you." Weiss snapped again. She stepped forward, getting closer to Ruby. "I have the power in this school. I can get everyone to do what I say whenever I say, so you better keep your mouth shut."

Ruby went to take a step back. Weiss's face was too close to her, and she was getting a tad flushed. Why was Ruby the one getting push into a corner? Weiss didn't have any way to threaten Ruby aside from turning the school against her, and Ruby was positive that it wouldn't work on her friends, especially Jaune. By now the gears were turning in Ruby's head; she hadn't gotten into this school for nothing. It was time to turn the tables. "What are you talking about? You don't actually have any dirt on me. I don't care if you make people dislike me; I've already got awesome friends." She was the one pushing back Weiss now. "But if I say even a single word about how you belittled me in the store, and people look into it..."

She was caught. Pressed against the wall Weiss's face showed it plain as day. She struggled to rebuke the claims, but couldn't seem to find the words. "Please," Weiss seemed to be forcing the words out, "do not tell anybody about this. I'll do anything!"

Anything? Ruby thought. Backing away from Weiss Ruby began. "Okay, I won't tell anybody about what happened—" Weiss seemed to be happy about this. She didn't smile, but her eyes lit up and her shoulders visibly lifted. "—but," Ruby continued, "you have to do whatever I say for the rest of the school year."

"No way," Weiss objected almost immediately, "I am not doing whatever you say. Not for one day or even the rest of the school year." Weiss was frowning. Clearly this was not the outcome she had hoped for.

"Well…" Ruby put her hands up, "I guess I'll just tell everyone about what happened… The perfect Weiss they thought they knew being nothing but a lie?"

Weiss bit her lip tightly. "Okay, okay. Fine. You better not tell anyone about yesterday."

"Of course not." Ruby smiled. "Who do you think I am?" With a grimace from Weiss, the two girls shook hands, sealing the deal. Wordlessly, they turned and headed back to class as if nothing had happened. Upon entering the class Weiss went back into her persona of perfect Weiss and Ruby headed to her seat.

Sitting down, Ruby looked out the window nearby. Her heart was literally beating a mile a minute. Had she really just done that? She managed to turn the tables on Weiss and managed to get her to do whatever she says for the rest of the school year. Sure, there was some blackmail involved, but still. Her heart was slowing, but Ruby thought back to the conversation. She could have Weiss do anything she wanted until the final day of school…

"Are you gonna command her to make out with you?" Jaune asked. Him and Ruby were sitting at lunch just the two of them. Their other friends had yet to arrive. "Or do the, you know…" He wiggled his eyebrows.

"I-I," Ruby blushed bright red. "No! Of course not Jaune! Seriously, do you think I'd really do that?"

Jaune shrugged. "Hey, I didn't think you'd ever blackmail someone, but I guess I don't know you as well as I thought I did."

"She was threatening me first, so I saw an opportunity and took it."

"Probably more like pounced on it." Jaune began stabbing his fork into his food. The cafeteria didn't have anything he particularly liked today, so he was just picking at bits and pieces of it. "In all seriousness though Ruby, what are you going to do now? I mean she has to do whatever you say for the rest of the school year. That's a good three months."

"That's the part I didn't think of much," Ruby confessed.

"You don't plan on dating or asking her out anymore, right?" Jaune asked. "I was right about the fact that she had that secret vicious personality."

Ruby nodded. Jaune had a good point. Weiss was obviously not the nicest person ever, but still Ruby felt the need to get close to her. "Don't get angry at me for this, but I'll probably have her come over my house or something. Hang out and get to know each other."

"Alright then. Tell me how that works out." Jaune snorted. A click of a tray hitting the table made the two turn. Pyrrah was sitting down beside them. "Hey, hon!" Jaune practically squealed in delight.

Ruby looked at Pyrrah. How Jaune could get a girlfriend like her was mind-boggling. She was the definition of beautiful; her face would be one you'd see in magazines. Her hair was luscious red maroon, which also made soft green of her eyes seem so much brighter. She was taller than Jaune by nearly half a foot, and in had one of the best figures in the school. She was a supermodel, and Jaune… not so much. "Hey Pyrrah," Ruby said.

"Hey guys!" She grinned while giving Jaune a big hug. "What were you two talking about?"

Ruby giggled. "Oh you know, the usual."

A/N: Heyo! First off, thanks for reading, and thank you all so much for so many positive reviews on the first chapter! This ones out a bit later than I wanted it to be, but it's out so that's good I guess.

Sorry if this chapter seemed a bit rushed. Nothing too interesting has happened yet, aside from you know...

Ruby blackmailing Weiss wat

Also, if you haven't already read it, you should check out my pal A-rav's fanfic called Icy Rose: A RWBY AU! It's pretty good and I'm really enjoying it so far! You can join the RWBY shipping group on Steam too if you want to come hang out and chat with us, which is always fun. The group name is Reiss!

Have a great day you people, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter :)