A/N: Okay, so this one is based off of a little Freezerburn one-shot I wrote some time ago during the series hiatus. The way I thought Volume 4 should kick off. Much love to the RT gang, but I think this would have gone over just as well. Anyways, this lovely little chapter is brought to you by my co-author, SilvanaCrowe!

Days of Yule

Chapter 3: An Asymmetric Reunion

"You ready for this?"

"I believe I should be the one asking you that question."

The blonde woman sighed, rolling her eyes at her girlfriend. "Well, it's not like this is something that I was expecting when we decided to come out here! I was thinking that we'd be bringing her back kicking and screaming, not getting caught up in a battle to the death!"

The ex-heiress took this as an indication of her turn to sigh. "Must you be so dramatic? It's not like we're being hunted by Grimm."

"No. It's much worse than that," Yang hissed, glancing furtively around the wall they were hiding behind, ducking down again before her bright blonde hair could be spotted. "I think I just heard a noise! Maybe it's time to mo-GAH!"

The two women let out nearly identical shrieks (though Weiss wouldn't admit to having done so for all the lien in Remnant) as they were suddenly covered with a barrage of white powder.

"GOTCHA!" Sun was on the building above and behind them, having apparently decided to flank the two now very cold girls to get behind their carefully constructed snow fort.

Yang huffed and shot to her feet, shaking her metal fist threateningly in his direction. "Dust dammit, Sun! I thought we agreed no cheating!"

"We said no semblances. Faunus are excellent jumpers amongst their other capabilities." Weiss sounded rather resigned, attempting to brush herself off somewhat while still keeping an eye on their laughing opponent. She suddenly froze. Wait…

"Move!"

"Wha-" Yang got pelted with snow to the back of the head, having not reacted quickly enough to the other's command, though the platinum-haired girl had managed to launch herself behind the other wall of their fort in time to dodge the sneak attack.

Sputtering, the blonde blinked snow out of her eyes and pointed an accusing finger towards the, now revealed, smirking, raven-haired faunus. In true Blake fashion, she had used Sun as a distraction and snuck up on the other team in order to deliver a crushing blow. Or at least what would have been had it not been a handful of well-packed snow. Blake laughed softly at the blonde woman doing a good impression of a cat surprised with a dunk in a bath, though she did keep an eye on her other former teammate, who she could just see poking over the snow pile she was hiding behind.

"I think this means we win," she said calmly, hiding a smile at Sun's ecstatic whoop from on top of the roof. She ignored Yang's grumbling about a rematch, knowing that her old partner's girlfriend would drag the blonde in at some point. Yang would protest, but wouldn't make it too hard on her 'Princess.' They were predictable, but she liked that about them. It was a nice change to all the up-in-the-air chaos that had been happening in her life since Beacon fell. Honestly, everything was so strange even before that. She snapped out of her increasingly maudlin thoughts to the sensation of a large quantity of snow being dumped over her head. "Sun!"

Yang looked up from staring at the fire in an actual fireplace when she heard the door slide open. She smiled cheerfully at her old partner before nodding her to the open space on the rug beside where Weiss was curled up under a small pile of blankets and into the warmer girl's side. "Sun head out already?"

Blake nodded after carefully settling down next to the two other women. The monkey faunus had left a short while ago to explore the town, something he'd already done before. "He said that he 'had to see the town when it's full of snow because it's different then,' and left. I'm sure he'll be back at some point," she shrugged, her ears twitching as she looked towards the fire. It was good to be home, but she hadn't let herself fully comprehend just how much she had missed her team until Yang and Weiss had shown up on her doorstep, having been 'arrested' for being humans trespassing on the land belonging to faunus. No matter how much trouble they had caused arriving, the cat faunus couldn't be upset that they were here, at least not right now.

"Blake?"

Said woman turned her head to glance at the sleepy-looking ex-heiress that had called her name. Noticing that she had Blake's attention, Weiss stretched her hand out, beckoning from under her blanket. She hesitated slightly, looking up at Yang only to see a soft, warm smile on the other woman's face. Taking her hand gently, the raven-haired woman allowed herself to be tugged into the pile of blankets and bodies, smiling softly as she listened to Yang's laughing and Weiss' faux-irritated huffing as they all struggled to get the blankets situated in a way that let them be curled together comfortably. She sighed, resting her head on top of the platinum locks of the smallest in the middle, and let herself begin to drift off as she watched the fire flicker and felt a hand running through her own hair. From the angle, it was most likely Yang's, which made sense since she could tell that their other blanket-bundle partner was already mostly if not completely asleep once again.

"Blake?"

She shifted minutely, her ear twitching at the soft sound of the blonde's voice so nearby. "Yes?"

"Happy Yule."

Blake smiled and closed her eyes. "Happy Yule, Yang."

SilvanaCrowe A/N: Thanks again to readers, and I hope you all liked it! I love getting to write subtle shipping, so this was nice. I have one more chapter I'll be doing, but next up is another Dongyrn one. Another day down!

Dongyrn A/N: Have I mentioned I'm a sucker for poly ships? I think Bee's Schnees is all sorts of adorable. Even if it's just hinted at here, and SilvanaCrowe did an awesome job at running with that. A lovely addition to this Yule story.

And speaking of poly ships, for the next chapter let's go check in with my most popular crack ship story, A Thorny Tangled Triangle, and see what those ladies are doing for the holidays.

Stay shiny!