"So," Winter started. "Schnee sister plan. How will we do it?"

"I don't know," a slightly off Weiss answered. "I'm still not too sure I want to put Ruby through this."

"Oh come on! Just be cool for once. It'll be fun, I swear!"

"I'm sure it will be fun. I just think it's a bit… Mean thing to do."

"Oh, and her dating both of us isn't mean? If not something worse?"

"You have a point," Weiss conceded. "But I still don't really have an idea."

"Oh, I do. While I was in Vale, I bought this." She took a small parcel from her bag. "It's a rosy perfume, as I presumed she loves roses."

"She most certainly does." I love roses too, sometimes I even spray a bit of rosy perfume over my pillow so I can… Let's not get carried away here.

"Well then, I'll write a love note or something. But I will only sign it with "W". So she won't know if it's from me or you. However, for this plan to work, I'll need your dorm room empty. Think you can help me out with this last part?"

"Well, you know there are going to be some activities in the main building after lunch as a part of the festival. I'm pretty sure all of us will be there. I'll make sure that Yang doesn't stay there, no matter how hard she may try."

Winter smiled at the words. "Good. So it's settled. I'll be off writing the note. Message me when the dorm is empty. Oh, and one more thing, before I forget," Winter smacked her head lightly, "I'm gonna need a key so I don't break in."

"Of course." Weiss pulled the dorm key out of her bag and gave it to Winter, who looked at the ornament.

Snowflake. How predictable. Winter mused and put the key away, together with the perfume. She then hugged Weiss, which was unexpected to say the least. However, Weiss not only accepted the hug, but immediately returned it.

Thank Dust, this is how we should have always been.

"You get the best part of the plan, dear sister. I'd pay serious Lien to see Ruby's face when she sees the parcel and thanks you sheepishly. And her face at your reaction. Oh, Dust, I feel left out! You owe me one, sister." With those words, Winter left.

Weiss leaned back on the bench and closed her eyes momentarily. She's right. I wouldn't want to miss Ruby's reactions to this for the world. Thank you for the trust, sister.

About half an hour after lunch ended, Winter was walking the abandoned halls of the Beacon dormitory, making her way to RWBY room. A wide smile was pasted across her face as she finally reached the doors and unlocked them with Weiss' key. She sheepishly opened the door and poked her head in, just to make sure nobody was there, despite what Weiss told her.

After making sure she was alone, she entered and locked the door behind her. Where to put it so she'll see it as soon as she enters? The desk? Nah, way too obvious, also, what if she isn't the first one to enter?

She was mulling over her options and in the end settled for placing the small parcel containing the sweetest rosy perfume Winter has ever smelled on Ruby's bunk. Next to it, she put the note that said 'For my lovely rose, W'.

With the job done, Winter was satisfied with herself and all things considered, she should leave at that moment as to avoid being seen at all. But she noticed the ample bookshelves next to the BY bunk. As a bit of a bookworm, she couldn't help herself and she quickly went through the titles. 'A Lady and a Cat Named Barney', '24 Hours Till Sunset', 'The Final Mile', 'Ninjas of Love', 'The Respite of the Wicked'... Wait, what was that previous one? Her eyes went back to the spine of a black book with red 'Ninjas of Love' written on it.

Being more than just a little interested in ninja arts, Winter couldn't help but pick up the book. She sat down at the desk and looked at the reviews on the back. 'A simple masterpiece of the genre!', 'A must read for all the genre fans!' With the reviews being so positive and the cover art not being exactly helpful with the genre determination, Winter decided to read the first chapter and then decide if it was worth buying later on or just leave it there and never think about it again.

She opened the book and started reading. It was a story about four ninja friends: Lumina, Minerva, Raiden and Wulf. Of course there has to be the token faunus, Winter rolled her eyes. Not as much out of being racist, but out of disappointment that some authors felt it was necessary that there was a representative of each minority. So this was the first thing the book didn't really have going for it in Winter's mind. But she kept reading.

The quartet then proceeded to wipe the floor with their targets, always just incapacitating them, never killing, then they locked the bad guys away and to congratulate each other on a job well done, they… Kissed? Winter had to pause for a second. She shook her head and returned to the top of the page, to read through it again as she surely missed something there.

But no, it seemed like the story went from "good guys fighting bad guys" to "let's kiss as a congratulations on a job well done". It went quickly past just kissing and Winter blushed at the descriptions of what was going on.

Oh my… He did what? He didn't… How? Why? Is that even legal? And why do I keep reading when it's obvious I am disgusted with books like this?

Those were just a couple of thoughts running through the younger Schnee daughter, yet she didn't put the book down and kept reading. Before long, she was immersed in the writing, completely disregarding the honestly-not-too-good-or-anything plot, waiting for more scenes of… Congratulating. She barely even heard that her scroll went off with a new message.

A sudden loud voice close to the RWBY doors brought her out of her trance.

"... And that's why the weapons show was the best thing ever to happen since I started visiting this school!"

The voice was unmistakably Ruby's high-pitched, over-exaggerated happy voice. Winter jumped in her seat, quickly tucking the book back to its spot and did the best thing she could think of at the time: she threw herself underneath the BY bunk. She then took out her scroll and saw that Weiss sent her a message.

Hey, we're coming back. Hope you're done.

Winter mentally slapped her forehead for being so inattentive. She sent a message back to Weiss just as team RWBY entered the room.

I got… Distracted. I'm still in the room.

Winter then looked at the number of feet in the room and noticed four pairs of them, meaning that all four members of the team returned. This won't be fun.

She just remembered to put her scroll on silent mode before Weiss sent her a new message.

You dolt! Well, there's not much I can do. Did you at least do it?

Winter silently cursed under her breath.

Of course I did. Hopefully I won't have to hide for too long.

Not a minute later, a reply. Where exactly are you?

Under your teammates' bunk.

… Which means Blake knows you're here. Hopefully she'll stay silent about it.

How does she know I'm here?

Er… I'll tell you some other day.

As Winter kept worrying about her predicament, Blake smelled a smell that usually wasn't present. It smelled very similarly to Weiss, but just slightly different. Blake mused at the sudden realization and decided to stay silent. She glanced at her books and saw that one particular book wasn't as neatly tucked away as the others. She fixed the book in question and the smell got more intense.

Oh, Winter, you naughty girl, you.

Ruby, on the other hand, was worrying about something completely different. It didn't take her long to see the parcel on her bunk and it took her even less to notice the note next to it. She blushed at the gift, but then she saw that her girlfriend (whichever gave her that) only signed as 'W'. Oh boy, this is bad! If it's from Winter and I show Weiss this, she'll flip. If it's from Weiss and I say nothing… She'll flip again. Oh Dust, what to do, what am I to do? I'm a dead girl right now!

Weiss apparently noticed the uneasiness on Ruby's otherwise almost always happy visage.

"Ruby? Is something wrong?"

No. Not you. Of all the other people in the room… I mean, not that there's a lot of other people here, but still… Why you? Oh Dust, oh Dust!

She started scratching the back of her head while putting on the most innocent look ever. "Ehehe, nothing's wrong, why would anything be wrong?"

"You looked… Brooding." Ruby noticed a grin on her girlfriend's face. So it is hers? Oh thank Dust!

Ruby whispered so Blake and Yang wouldn't hear. "Eh… It's nothing… I just got this… Parcel on my bunk. Thank you, Weiss."

"What do you mean, thank you, Weiss?"

Ruby paled. Oh, I've gone and done it now. "Ehhhh… Umm… This?" She showed the small box to Weiss.

"I don't recognize that box. Who sent that to you?"

"I… I… I don't know! I… Just found it here!"

Ruby's loud try at futile self defense brought Yang and Blake out of their talk. "Something wrong, Rubes?"

"I'll tell you what is wrong!", Weiss exclaimed, hurt in her voice apparent. "Ruby is dating me and another person at the same time!"

"No! No, Weiss, I swear! I don't know who sent this to me! Please, I don't want it! Yang, I'm begging you, help, please!"

Yang noticed what Ruby was trying to tell her and the tears welling in her baby sister's eyes. Being a good sister that she always was, Yang decided to roll with it. "There, there, Ice Queen. I'm sure this is just a misunderstanding. Maybe Ruby just has a secret admirer or something. It's not like you should be upset about it. I'm sure she only has eyes for you."

Weiss turned around to face Yang. "A-Are you sure? I-It's really just a misunderstanding?"

"I'm positive. Rubes is a good girl. You should trust her more."

Yang, you're the best sister anyone could ever ask for! I owe you one or two or ten.

Weiss then turned back around towards Ruby. "Ruby, is what Yang is saying true? That it's just a misunderstanding and nothing more?"

"Y-Yes!" Ruby quickly said, almost in tears. "I swear! A misunderstanding, nothing more."

Weiss let out a long sigh. "I-I guess I'm sorry for overreacting then. I should trust you more if this whole girlfriend thing is gonna last."

Ruby sheepishly glanced at Weiss. "D-Does that mean I can keep it? It's a very sweet rosy perfume," she quickly added to put down any misunderstanding about knowing who sent it to her.

"Sure. But only if I'm the only one who gets to smell it."

Whew. "Thank you, Weiss, you're seriously the best." Ruby was smiling again. Winter, you're in big trouble now!

As the team was completely unaware of her presence (well, save for Blake and Weiss), Winter could barely breathe from all the laughter she had to suppress.

Oh my word, I can't believe it worked so perfectly!

After she calmed down, she started thinking. Only one thing remained to be done. And that's getting out of the room without anyone seeing me.

"Come on, girls, it's such a nice day, let's go to the park and stretch for a while, what do you say?"

The voice of Winter's saviour was not, oddly enough, her sister, but rather the girl in black with a bow on her head. After the team agreed and left the room, Winter let out a sigh of relief. Well that was easier than expected.

She waited for another minute to make sure nobody would come back and then rolled from under Blake's bed. She gave a glance to the bookshelf and looked at the book that got her into trouble. Hmm… I got so close to reading through it… I'm sure Blake won't notice it's missing if I… Borrow it for a day. She took the book, tucked it in her bag and quickly left the room. She would not want to be caught again.

Oh, Weiss had laughed so easily when poor Jaune was matched up against Fox in the earlier qualifying rounds of the tournament. She watched as the boy mercilessly cut down Jaune and all his hopes of further progressing in the tournament. Pyrrha was heartbroken, Weiss herself was fairly amused, and Winter was out right ecstatic, mean perhaps though it was. So, of course, she sat and twiddled her thumbs until she got to fight her next match in the tournament. Her first opponent was a breeze, swiftly ruined by Myrtenaster's elegant movements and shapes. The idiot could barely keep up against the heiress.

"Miss Schnee…"

Now, though, Weiss wished she hadn't laughed at Jaune's misfortune.

"...and Miss Adel."

As in, Coco Adel? The badass lady who cut down hordes of grimm with her gun?

Now Weiss had a reason to be worried. Winter and Mrs Schnee, of course, didn't know what kind of a badass Coco was, being far away in Atlas when the breach occurred. Blake and Yang were off somewhere training or making out; either option just as likely. It wouldn't surprise her if the irresponsible Taiyang Xiao Long was off sleeping somewhere or pestering other adults. As for Ruby, Weiss' girlfriend, the one person she could turn to when she was most in need…

"Oh my gosh! Coco! She's, like, my role model! Besides Uncle Qrow of course, because he's way totally cooler. But Weiss, Weiss, her minigun is so fascinating!"

...Weiss decided she would probably see little support from Ruby.

Stepping up to her mark on the arena, she watched as Coco lazily sauntered up onto her mark, and lowered her glasses.

"So. Here we are."

"Indeed."

"See, I'd say some cool one-liner here, but shopping-buddies don't do that to shopping-buddies."

Weiss could barely help but roll her eyes. "Yes, yes," she said, "Can we just hurry this match, before Ruby finds her way onto this stage and her hands onto your weapon?" She directed a subtle gesture towards Professor Goodwitch.

"I see our ladies are ready. The match will begin in…"

Both girls tensed up at this, ready to snap into action at a moment's notice.

"Three… two… one… begin!"

As soon as the whistle sounded, Weiss was already off from her starting position, Myrtenaster held out straight and strong. Coco absent-mindedly brought her bag from her back and held it over her shoulder, waiting for the impending blows. Knowing the fight would be difficult and likely drag out, Weiss first struck for clear spots to test the waters. Each mock blow was crushed under the immense weight of the bag, the compacted form of the minigun easily knocking aside the light swipes of the rapier.

A quick jab to Coco's side was met with a swooping upwards deflection from the compacted gun. Not only did the path charge straight through the rapier, but it nearly caught Weiss' face, had she not been skilled enough to react quickly. Coco brought her back sideways again, and Weiss was unable to defend, Myrtenaster offering no help as the bag crashed straight into her side. Tumbling several feet across the arena, a few odd cheers were heard from the crowd, apparently impressed by the lady fighting off a sword with "just any other handbag".

Weiss dared them to come down and take her place, to be hit full force with the monstrous weight of that thing.

Marching over again, an easy roll sent Weiss out of the slow blow directed straight into her previously occupied spot, and she took this opportunity to lunge straight into Coco's side. Her victory in knocking the older girl was short lived, as a surprise leg snapped straight into her torso as Coco rolled straight back to her feet. Mark me impressed, to move that elegantly with a stupidly heavy compacted minigun takes skill. In her mind, though, it would never be as impressive as Ruby's skill with Crescent Rose.

She quickly shook her head clear, and summoned a glyph beneath her and was promptly sent flying. This would, at least, give Weiss the momentary advantage. Coco tracked her whilst standing hand on hip back on the ground. The time it would take for Weiss to get back to the ground would not have been long enough to deploy her minigun. This thought was immediately proved true as the heiress shot downwards to the ground, and ice erupted all around her point of impact.

Ruby, stood in the stands, couldn't stand the tense atmosphere of the arena. She wanted to see Coco's minigun in action, dust damn it!

Weiss stood atop her ice castle, peering at Coco who resided several feet below the structure.

"Nice tricks, Ice Queen."

She would be lying if that nickname didn't frustrate her ever so slightly.

Coco waltzed over to the icy construct, and readied her bag for a swing to knock the whole thing down in one blow. Predictable, the heiress disappeared from her perch and shot straight behind her, glyphs tracking her every angling movement. She swiftly twirled around to catch the still landing girl off guard, and delivered with a devastating blow straight to Weiss' chest, sent her flying across the arena. A bit of a smirk was the most she had to offer on the situation.

Scrambling to her feet, Weiss looked up to see Coco's dreaded minigun taking shape, the folding form of the handbag quickly turning into a machine designed for death.

Just as the gunfire began to ring, Weiss was once again forced to leap into the air with the aid of a propelling glyph, barely avoiding the forming storm of shots beneath her. She couldn't even tell one part of the stream of bullets from the other as the weapon fired so quickly. Another glyph shot Weiss off back towards the still standing ice construct from earlier, jagged pillars of ice standing staggered in the ground. The bellow of gunfire continued as Coco's aim barely traced Weiss' movements, the velocity of the bullets not quite enough to catch the quick girl.

One thing the bullet onslaught did, however, catch, was the ever present pain of the ice construct within which Weiss recouped. The ammunition tore straight through it, making it look something more like cheese as the gunfire decorated the ice.

Coco did not account for the consequential mist, however, as the ice was shorn and mist exploded across the stage.

She was forced to stop firing as her visibility was reduced to naught.

"Nice one Schnee - where are you?"

A shout back was heard from some indeterminate direction.

"Thank you."

"Not even going to tell me where you are?"

"I think I will pass that offer."

"Rude."

"I'm rude? You just tried to fill me with bullets."

"Touché, princess."

The sharp ring of metal was all that Coco heard before an incredible heat drew down her back, mists billowing all around. She barely contained the cry of surprise, and upon turning around to meet her adversary, she was just met with a crumbling icicle and swirling mists. Coco was backed into a corner here, with no foreseeable escape.

And a shit load of aura lost. Fuck, that hit actually really hurt.

The fight continued on like this for some time - Coco stalked through the impermeable fog, keeping her back to the completely useless and hole-filled ice while Weiss took potshot strikes at her with great speeds, too quick for Coco to react and bat away with her minigun.

Coco had to bite back a curse due to her frustration.

And just like that, it all came crashing down all at once - Weiss had came straight for her front, in apparent arrogance. Big mistake. Coco leapt up into the air, and drew her minigun up with her showering the area in rounds. Weiss would by now have hit the ice which Coco was previously backed up against, and Coco would retake the advantage.

What Coco wasn't expecting to happen, though, was to be propelled at incredible speeds straight towards the ground, and promptly torn to pieces by Myrtenaster. Her minigun too large and heavy to be able to put up any effective close-quarters resistance, Coco was effectively resigned to her fate, as strike after strike found it's way into her abdomen and let her aura plummet.

Seconds later, the relentless onslaught of the rapier had ended, just to be pointed - no, digging ever so slightly into Coco's neck, as the heiress half-growled "Yield."

Coco let go of her weapon and stuck her hands up lazily, too tired to form any clever comments or get the younger girl off of her. "I yield, princess," she grinned, as the whistle blew. Coco had decided it was simply best to save face and know when to stop, rather than waste any more energy in a futile resistance to a force which had already won. She had to admit, Weiss was a very sneaky girl, surprisingly so.

With a wave of Professor Goodwitch's wand, the light mist still remaining was cleared and the ice quickly melted and then evaporated. In clear view of the battlefield, Weiss stood atop a battered Coco with her rapier at her side. The professor then spoke up, saying "Miss Adel has yielded to Miss Schnee, after having lost more than 50% of her aura."

Looking up to the screen, an angry orange met Coco as her aura bar was way down from what she initially expected it to be. Perhaps the battle had taken just that much toll on her.

Weiss, meanwhile, was still grasping the gravity of the situation. She, with an aura bar still above half, had not only beaten the fashion queen of Beacon but had gotten her to yield whilst doing so, and best of all, her mother and sister were watching!

A wave of applause began as the audience quickly began standing and clapping the heiress' victory. With a smile, she offered a hand to Coco, who took it and damn near pulled Weiss over with her strength. She walked over to pick up her still formed minigun, and then met Weiss face to face again.

"Well, Schnee, I expected a good fight and I got one! Thanks for letting me yield, though, 'cus this is one of my best dresses and damn if you ruined it."

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Yeah, well, I try, Coco."

As quickly as Coco had stood up, she was knocked back to her feet as a red blur made it's way from the audience straight into her side, squealing all the way.

"OH DUST, IT'S COCOOO!"

Ruby had survived the early match tension, apparently, and had put her priorities in order: first the minigun, and then her girlfriend. Why was Weiss not even slightly surprised?

"Co- I mean, ahem, Miss Adel! I'm Ruby, and, I'm.. uh.. I'm your biggest fan!"

Biggest fan? Why was Weiss still not surprised?

"Hey, red. You're… Ruby, arent'cha? Huge sniper scythe and super speed?"

A huge cheshire grin spread across Ruby's face and her eyes were star struck. "Yep! That's me! I love your minigun, miss!"

Coco's ensuing laugh was silky and smooth, like fine chocolate. She got back onto her feet, and stood a good few inches taller than Ruby.

"You do, hmm? How about we trade weapon for weapon?"

"What?! You mean, give Crescent Rose to you?! I know I love your minigun but jeez I don't love it that much - I still need sweetheart to fight and-"

Ruby's panic was cut off by Coco.

"No, silly. I mean, swap weapons quickly and have a bit of a look."

Ruby's jaw dropped.

"Yes!"

So, that was a thing. The mean sisters finally get to have a laugh and we also had an epic fight. What's not to like?

Until next time!