Chapter 18

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Crystal POV:

Well, the first classes of the new semester, didn't change anything for me, new semester, old classes, old teachers.

When I woke up in the morning, people did talk about me, mainly about me sleeping as if I was homeless, which, technically I am and always was, I lived in Kinky's room, it wasn't mine, I lived in hotel rooms that aren't home, so yes, I am homeless, so those weren't even insulting gazes and whispers they were throwing between themselves. It was just facts.

Okay, let's reset, let's try again, Penny is gone somewhere, Blake is with her team and I don't want to put myself in between them, ruining their own friendship, Glynda was never a friend, just a partner, I need to find somebody else... There is Nora, I could talk to her, she still tried to call me sometimes, of course, I didn't pick up, since I was preoccupied with finding Penny, but is that a good idea? I don't know...

Okay, I found a friend in Penny, it can't be that hard to find somebody else... I look around for people that I could perhaps talk to, ignoring the select few fans that remained even if I stopped going to classes, they are quite stubborn, should I just walk up to them and say to their faces that I'd rather sleep alone without a woman by my side than even talk to them? That could be entertaining, if only for a moment.

As I look around... I spot somebody that I actually forgot about... How could I forget about her? It's the first thing I did in this school, protect her from Cardin, the bunny girl... Yes, this should work, let's try it.

I walk up closer to the girl who's standing in place "Hello" Her ears twitch slightly, she turns around and looks at me meekly "Hi?"

"What is your name?" That's a good first question, right?

"Umm... V-velvet" She answers quietly.

"A beautiful name for a beautiful woman" A compliment never hurt anybody... I think.

"Thank you?" She says, slightly confused... Not good, confusion might lead to failure.

"I am Crystal"

"Yes, I know, there's... um... rumors"

Of course...

"Any good ones... I hope?"

"If you count being good in bed as a good rumor, then I guess?"

"While that's a good thing... But how did such a rumor start? There's only one... two people in Beacon I had any kind of sexual relations with"

"Umm..." I see her face get slightly red.

Oh, shoot, stop talking about sex...People don't seem to like it as much as I do.

"Uh... I mean, what else do the rumors say?"

"I... Don't think that's a good idea"

"Is it that I am weird? crazy? stupid? or whatever else that they can think of?"

"Yes... How do you know?"

"Used to it" I wave with my two tails to add to the effect.

"Mhm..." Velvet lets out a non-committal sound, this is not going so great, why does this have to be so difficult "So is there anything you needed from me?"

"Well if you count wanting to be your fr-" As I start answering, I get interrupted.

"Velvet, who is this?" I turn around, to see a tall girl with shot-dark hair and sunglasses.

"Coco, you're here! And she's Crystal"

"Wait... This is THE Crystal?" She looks at me through her glasses.

"6/10. Hi...?"

"The one that has rumors floating around her?"

"The one and only," I say proudly, making a joke out of it.

"Oh and they seem to be true"

"What?" I blink in confusion.

"Weird enough to sleep outside her dorm, teachers have given up and apparently crazy because you shouted at Schnee about killing her family or something, pretty interesting... At least you have some sexual experience, that's something... but who knows how true that is, I can't imagine plenty of people sleeping with how you look right now. Now I suggest you move away from Velvet, I don't need your influence near me or her, and being called a 6 from somebody whose clothes are barely passable as normal daywear is not a valid rating whatsoever, I am at least a 9. And you aren't even rejecting the rumors, so there must be some truth to them... So move along"

I clench my palms into a fist and grit my teeth, but I force myself to calm and try to relax. I turn around to face Velvet, who's looking at her 'friend' disappointed, but is not refuting or saying anything at all.

"Well, Velvet, looks like our somewhat friendly conversation was cut short, seeing as she seems to be your 'friend', I won't insult her too much... But she needs to be knocked down a peg"

I turn around to face Coco again, I see a raised eyebrow behind her sunglasses.

"Weird? Sure, I have heard all about it before. Crazy? Alright, life hasn't been easy. Teachers? Need to be replaced, because if you give up on students that can't easily be taught, then you are unqualified for the job, so if I were Ozpin, I'd replace them, but he'd rather have yes men and 'friends' than actually capable people working for him. Sex experience? Bitch, please, I have had so much sex, that the entirety of the Beacon populace can't measure up to me and yes that includes you, before my eyes, all of you are holy maidens, just virgins, you don't even come close to comparing. And, honey... If you think those glasses look good on you, think again, to me it just shows that you're scared to show the real you because you're hiding from something, so you're hardly a 6, let alone a self-proclaimed 9, the bunny behind me is an 8, because she's actually more authentic than your over-priced ass that's only good enough for a one night stand... Buh-bye"

It's sucks that I can't see her reaction because of those stupid sunglasses, but whatever. I start walking away, but before I do so, I say one last sentence to Velvet.

"Velvet, I am quite disappointed, the fact that you didn't try and protect yourself from your bullies is one thing, but you also let others speak for you like this, just proves to me that you can't do anything by yourself... I get being a pet during sex... But being an actual pet in life? You're inadvertently proving to everybody that you're what they call you... An animal and that's too much... I hope you eventually stop and think for yourself"

I leave without looking back, only hearing Velvet saying something to Coco.

"Why'd you have to do that? She was just talking to me. Besides I think she may have been the one that helped me in the first semester because it was months ago and I didn't really look back at who it was and just ran away, I didn't know that it was her, but one-day team RWBY mentioned that since Crystal showed up, Cardin has stopped antagonizing Faunus, I asked them why that was and they told me that she protected multiple Faunus from him and one day did something that they weren't sure of, which stopped him altogether but one of those protected apparently included me..."

And that's the last thing I hear before I move too far away and I don't want to waste energy to enhance my hearing further.

I sit down at a random place and look at the sky... Why is it that I can't make any friends... why is it that my own girlfriend doesn't let me call her that in the public... why is that I can't do anything right... I need somebody to talk to... Being far away from loved ones is harder than I thought it would be at first.

If I go to try and talk with Cinder, it will either turn into sex, or I will be just brushed off because of the other two who are with her... And I don't think I want any more of that.

Blake could work, but if I put my problems on her, on top of her own, it might be detrimental to my friendship with her...

And with Nora it'd be strange, if I just randomly showed up after ignoring her on purpose, it'd be unfair for me to just lay all of my problems out of nowhere.

And I can't call my wife... for the same reasons that Cinder keeps repeating on why I can't show affection to her in public... too many eyes and ears.

There is one more person... That I haven't talked to for months... Because she's also a part of my own plans... But you know what, screw the plans, screw everything.

I take out my scroll and call that special somebody. After a few seconds, they pick up.

"Hello" I hear her beautiful voice... Oh, how I missed it. Just from hearing it, I am losing it already.

"H-hi, Mom," I say with a slightly quivering lip.

"Little Rosie, what's wrong?"

"N-"

"Nothing, always means there's something, besides you know that you can't lie to me"

"Hehe, you know m-me so w-well" my lips start quivering harder.

"Now, Rosie, what's wrong?"

"I-I... I can't take any more of this... I think coming to Beacon was a mistake"

"What happened, who do I need to talk to?"

"Heh... Nobody... It's just I can't seem to fit anywhere, I try to get a friend, I get chased away, while either being called multiple things or out of hate for the Faunus, the teachers just don't try to help me in my studies, I haven't been asked a question or been talked to by any of them after being embarrassed in class, I-I can't even keep a friend, she went missing and I feel like it's my fault for letting her out of my eyesight, people don't like when I talk about sex with them and the only one that I had an understanding with, faked the whole thing just to get something out of me, like many others... And the worst thing? There's a Schnee here, that not only has friends, she also has the attention of my second and only left friend, but I also can't allow myself to hurt her, because people don't get to choose how they are born..."

"Oh, Rosie..."

"I thought that everything will get better because Cinder finally showed up, but, no... It only made it worse, everything that happened with her made me feel like I am worthless, just a thing to be thrown around for everybody's amusement"

"Wait, what did she do this time?"

"She gave away the pet-name that was supposed to be only for her to say, to just some random people that I haven't seen before, she didn't defend my Faunus heritage from the same person and she... s-she...umm..." My lips start to quiver again

"Haaah... She lied about being your girlfriend again, didn't she?"

"Mhm..." I murmur.

"Was it for the same reason?"

"Yes, it's always the plans that, plans this, plans, plans, plans, SCREW the plans, screw all of them, because of them my girlfriend can't be a real girlfriend, I can't call my wife because of them, I can't see my mom because of them. Just screw everything, why can't anybody think about me for once, racism? I have to take it all the time, hate? Always me, being bad-mouthed left and right, because I am the biggest weirdo out there, because I am so, so crazy... yet not only can't I get any friends, I can't even keep them, not only can't I choose sex partners right, not only I am stupid and have no idea how the world works, but my own girlfriend doesn't want me and everything is always my fault... Why mom... just why... why can't I... just be normal...WHY?" After the initial anger, it settled and all that's left is emptiness and empty sobbing with tears streaking down my cheeks.

There's only silence, only my crying can be heard...

"Rosie, you can't be normal..."

"Wh-"

"Because you're special... You're a special star, you're my special little Rose, I couldn't be more proud of you, you're great, amazing, strong, most people would've given up after experiencing what you have, but you not only got up on your feet, but you also took the world by its horns and made it yours. Oh, you also have one, mean mother"

I giggle slightly at that last one.

"Did that help cheer you up a bit?"

"Mhm... a bit"

There's silence again...

"Mom"

"Yes?"

"Can you come to Vale?"

"But.. what abo-"

"I don't care about our plans, they can be remade or be canceled completely, I'd rather have you near me than be alone for any longer... Because I really didn't expect it'd be this hard without you close to me"

"Okay, sure, it wasn't as nice to be here alone also, so I can agree on that, we can't cancel the plans though, remaking them though? That we can do"

"Wait, does that mean?"

"Yes, little Rosie, your badass mom is finally coming back to Vale... But you know that I am very far away, it will take me more than a month to get there"

"That's fine, I already feel better just knowing that you'll eventually get here, than you staying back at the lab, far away from me"

"Okay, sweetie, I will be there, and I will also talk with Cinder, this has to stop, if not? She will have to answer me"

"Mhm... Thank you, but don't go too hard on her..."

"She gets away with it because you let her off so easily"

"Mom!"

"Ugh, fine, I will... try to go easy on her"

"Eh, good enough"

"Tell me about your friends"

"I... I will do that once you get here, I feel like it would be more meaningful, but all that I will say... They are both amazing, it's just sad that I can't hang out with them for various reasons"

"I get it, but don't worry, if you won't be able to hang out with them by the time I come, your momma will help you out"

"Hehe, thank you"

"Mhm"

"I... Love you, mom"

"Love you too, sweetie"

"Hehe, bye, I really needed this"

"I am glad to be of help, bye, Rosie, and remember when it comes to friends, quality over quantity"

"Mhm..."

"Well, bye!" Mom finishes and cancels out the call. I let down the scroll and sigh, a little bit more relaxed...

"You can come out now, I think you had enough of eavesdropping, no?" I say while gazing at the blue sky.

I hear steps behind me, I glance back, to see blonde hair and lilac eyes looking at me.

I stand up.

"Well if it isn't Yang" I only see her staring at me with an expression I don't understand "What, come to call me weird, crazy, stupid like everybody else likes to do? What? Is talking to my mom like an actual mom when I have sex with her, a bad thing? Of course, it is, isn't it? Everybody just loves to badmouth me, it's everybody's favorite activity. Oh look, it's Crystal, the two-tailed freak who has no idea about anything but what her body can do in bed, yaaay, we have nothing better to do with our pathetic lives but gossip about others, so amazing. What? Did Ruby send you here just like she did with Pyrrha? Or perhaps it was Ozpin? Since he can't seem to have enough cameras spying on me, so sending other people isn't too far from what I expect from him? Hmm? Say something, what? Did I say everything that you wanted to say and have nothing else to add?"

She only continues looking at me with an unreadable expression.

"SAY SOMETH-" I finally scream at her, only to be interrupted by something I never expected.

My eyes go wide as I feel her soft lips on mine, my knees go weak instantly, from adrenaline to whatever it is that makes kissing and pleasure feel nice. She holds me there for a few moments, then she releases me from the kiss and my knees finally buckle and I slink down to the ground...

What... Just happened?

"I... Just don't understand anything anymore..." I say completely lost.

"Sorry, that was the only way I could think of making you stop talking"

I look up at her, seeing her lilac eyes staring back at me, but sometimes going lower to my lips then back up to my eyes.

"Can I do that again? It felt pretty nice" Yang suddenly asks me...

"Uh... Y-yeah? I answer back uncertainly, my mind can't keep up with any of this.

Yang kneels on the ground, right in front of me, takes hold of my face with her palms. Her fingers on my chin immediately guided my face back, and Yang pressed a soft kiss against my full, plump lips.

Lips meeting and molding into each other with soft, eager movements. Yang's lips were far more pliable and larger than mine and smothered my mouth with each quick and eager kiss. Our bodies gradually drawing closer and closer until Yang was practically sitting in my lap.

The kisses started to deepen, heads tilting to meet one another and better accept the other's embrace. At some point, which I didn't even notice due to my still lingering confusion, our mouths opened and tongues dipped into each other's wet mouths, thrusting, quite expertly into the warm caverns and enthusiastically probing each other. My movements grew bolder, our tongues wrestling as they exchanged saliva, lips mashing and teeth nipping at soft skin. I started to get far more eager, losing some of my confusion and literally stole Yang's breath away with each of my strong, long kisses. My tongue dipped and swirled around the Golden-haired girl's mouth, plump lips pulling and suckling, noses brushing.

My hands started tracing Yang's sides, lightly brushing against her wide curves from her heavy chest to her broad hips. I took Yang's initiative as acceptance, started to want more, I settled her firmly on my lap. My hands moved faster ever more eagerly, lips smacking wetly, saliva freely traded between the two of us like some sort of lewd currency. Yang's golden hair brushed along my face, I raised one of my arms to her face and moved it her silky yellow hair away from her delicate face, and cupped her cheeks with both hands, so that there was no chance of her pulling away.

I feel our breasts pressed firmly into one another, as our bodies pressed even tighter. Yang's hands moved around my waist to my back, feeling her nails dig at it before those same hands started reaching down, so they could cup the round mass of my ass. I softly moaned in response and, delighted, kissed her harder than before.

I wiggled my hips as we kissed, suckled, and wrestled tongues. I slid my hand from her and connected it with my second hand that's around her back, holding her as tight as possible But I started to feel Yang getting stiff, what's going on?

Yang POV:

Wait, what am I doing, at first it was only for her to shut up, it felt nice, but now? I got too much into this, she's vulnerable and I am taking advantage of it, this is wrong, I need to stop.

I try and move away and get out of Crystal's hold, but for some reason, it's stronger than I thought, so I try harder, but it just doesn't work. I tap her shoulder, while I try and get out her hold at the same time, this is getting slightly irritating.

Oh wait, she released me, good, I didn't t want to take this any further, it wouldn't feel right.

Crystal POV (At the same time):

This is was comforting, kissing and lightly touching and groping each other under the blue sky, not caring who will see, this is just what I needed.

But why is she struggling? Why is she moving away, does she not want this? But she started it, she even asked me if she could kiss me again... Am I not up to her standards?

Can't be... I... There's just no way...

Cinder didn't allow me to call her my girlfriend.

Penny went missing.

Putting trust in Glynda was a mistake.

Blake had to choose between me and her team.

Schnee is right in my grasps, but I can't do anything against her.

People spread rumors about me. Ignore me, hate me...

And I can't even pleasure somebody anymore...

I am useless...

I... I give up.

Narrator POV:

Yang looks up at Crystal's face, only to see fresh tears.

"Why are you cr-"

But Yang stops talking when she sees Crystal's tails go on her face, hiding her tear-stricken face rom her.

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with it, no need to hide"

But ??? wasn't hiding, she only wiped the tears and the stains off with her tails.

Yang wanted to continue saying something, but she saw that Crystal was smiling creepily, she barely had any time to react in defending herself, before she was punched and sent flying straight into a far-away wall. She got out of the destroyed wall while groaning. She looked up at the two-tailed Faunus after shaking her head to get out of her confusion.

"Crystal?" Yang asked uncertainly.

"Hahahahaha, hellooo world, did you miss me?" But ??? didn't pay any attention to the blondie

"What?" Yang asked again confused.

This time Yang's question made ??? eyes snap to her, Yang almost got startled, from the intense hate and murder in the Faunus eyes that are directed at her.

Just as Yang blinked, she saw Crystal appear right in front of her, she yet again barely had enough time to pull up her hands in front of her face while closing her eyes, but for a second she didn't feel in impact, she opened her eyes lightly to see the Faunus yet again creepily grinning at her.

"An inspiring huntress scared?... Utterly pathetic"

"Wha- Ugh" As Yang wanted to say something, she got knocked down to the ground by the two tails that were so soft before, but now felt like steel.

"Haaah, this feels great, being out again after a while, is just amazing"

"Crystal, why are you attacking Yang?" ??? turns around, to see Ruby with her team and JPNR staring at her and Yang, with their weapons out, all except for Nora and Blake.

"Yeah, you're right this is already boring, I will just go" ??? Says nonchalantly and goes straight to the two teams and tries to move past them, ignoring everybody.

But she feels a hand on her shoulder, she glances back to see Ruby to be the one doing it.

"Wait, I want answers, you just attacked my sister and that was no sparring, it was as if she was your enemy, what's going on, Crystal?"

But ??? only looks at the hand holding her shoulder and preventing her from leaving.

"Umm... Crys- AAAH" As Ruby was going to say something, ??? Took ahold of her wrist and squeezed it brutally, to make it as painful as possible, crushing some of the bone. Ruby not expecting it, falls to the ground on her knees, letting out short painful gasps while her broken arm is still held by ???

"Don't touch me" ??? Says and finally releases Ruby's arm.

"Ruby!" Weiss screams, which gets ??? attention, she finally finds interest, she grins darkly "You... What is wrong with you? This is crazy" Weiss says, at what she assumes is an unhinged Crystal, but the situation is so much worse than she imagines.

Weiss gets her Myrtenaster ready, team JPNR also readies their own weapons, except Nora and Blake. Yang finally gets up from the ground, sees Ruby on the ground, while holding her arm in pain and her eyes turn red.

"How... Dare... YOU?!" Yang shouts and dashes at ??? at the same time as Weiss.

But all that ??? does is hold her arms in a mock hugging motion with a leisurely grin on her face. But due to the forward momentum of Yang and Weiss's dashes, they can't stop in time, even if Weiss realized that they just did something wrong, Yang didn't, because she has lost her cool-head to her anger.

But, fortunately for them, both Blake and Nora jumped in front of ??? and blocked Yang and Weiss, redirecting them to different sides, also saving them from their fates.

"Blake, WHY did you protect HER from me? She hurt Ruby" Yang screamed at her Faunus teammate.

"Stop, Yang, she and Nora saved us," Says Weiss from the side.

"What?"

"Crystal let us attack her, she wasn't going to defend herself, her semblance, remember? That could've been bad for us"

"I... Yeah, thanks, Blake, I lost my cool there for a moment, so I forgot" Weiss and Yang stand up and go to Ruby, to help her out, kneeling beside her, while still looking at ??? with caution.

"Mhm" Blake nods, then turns around to look at ???, who was already being stared down by Nora and the other JPNR members, but unlike Nora, who's staring at her in worry, the other members are staring at her in as much caution as Yang and Weiss, but with some small hatred mixed in, no matter what happened, this is going too far, is what goes on their minds.

"Crystal?" Blake says, gaining ???'s attention.

"I don't know who that is... But that's not Crystal" Nora says with conviction.

"What do you mean, she's not Crystal?" Pyrrha asks confused.

"Aaah, Nori already figured it out, how sad" ??? Says with fake sadness.

"If you're not Crystal... Who are you?" Asks Jaune.

"Mhm... Great question... But unfortunately, there will be no answer for you" ??? answers back without care for their curiosity. Then she looks at Nora again and tilts her head slightly.

"Buuuut... Since Crystal kinda messed up with you, Nora, you do deserve to know at least some of what's going on, so where do I begin... Do you want a long version? Or a short one?"

"Long, of course, the more information, the better," Says Yang behind the group, while holding Ruby, whose arm has started to get its normal color back.

"Alright, short it is" ??? says instead

"Wai-" But Yang only gets interrupted by ???.

"So Basically, Crystal had enough, so she gave up. Everything that happened since she came to Beacon, was too much for her, and now... I am here, her... hm... what would you people call it? Oh yes, evil side, but that's also inaccurate, but whatever, figure it out by yourselves, I already wasted enough time here, I have something important to do"

??? starts walking away to the corridor of the school, but gets stopped, by another hand on her shoulder. How did she not pick up on somebody moving behind her? She looks at the owner of the hand, to see Blake, then back at her hand.

Blake seeing the second look at her hand removes it, but doesn't step away.

"What is it, Blake?"

"Sorry, but that wasn't enough, I want to know what happened to Crystal, so you will have to tell me the long version"

"Oh yeah? And what will you do if I don't comply? Force me? You know that none of you can do anything to me"

"Absolutely nothing"

??? blinks a few times slowly "Nothing?"

"Yes, I don't want to hurt Crystal, nor for her to hurt anybody else unnecessarily"

"But it's not her that would be dishing out the pain" ??? tilts her head slightly, to the other side.

"But it's her body, so it would mean that she'd be the one doing it"

"That's where you're wrong, it's our body"

"Then it's all the same, if it's both of your body, that means you don't want to hurt me, nor Nora, since you already answered something for her instead of shutting her down like the others, if I understand it right, Crystal had a mental breakdown of sorts, and you just took over"

"Wrong, yet again" ??? in a blink of an eye, had Blake pinned to the wall, while her hand was on her throat.

"Don't want to hurt you? I can easily do that"

Blake only stares at ??? in silence.

??? looks back for a while, but finally releases the cat Faunus.

"Fine, you got me, want a prize or something? But it's only because Crystal sees you as a friend and she likes and feels bad for ignoring Nora, others? I could kill them without batting an eye... In fact?"

??? goes silent for a few moments, but Blake sees her eyes get completely dark.

Blake sees ??? look around the place, then zero in on a few specific points.

And in another blink of an eye, she disappears, both teams hear small explosions happening around Beacon. And in a few seconds ??? reappears.

With several small devices in her hands.

"Ozpin and his love for cameras, how hilariously useless against experimented eyes that can see everything" ??? says while shaking her head in amusement.

Her eyes go back to normal and she turns her gaze to the last one left, which is just above both teams, that was specifically left working for her next words and unlike Crystal. ??? Loves threatening others.

"Now then, Kitten, let me finish my thought from before... In fact, I would kill everybody in this school, I would annihilate the entirety of Beacon, because it hurt Crystal, only if it weren't for you and Nora being here, so I guess, you should be thankful that you didn't let Crystal down, because unlike her? Who only fights in self-defense... I love killing, I love seeing blood run everywhere, I love when people plead for mercy, those are my favorite because I let them bleed out while I stare right in their eyes, it gives me such a drive... Why do you think that Crystal's rating instinct gives the color red a default bonus point? Because it's the color of blood. I hope you can hear that dear ol' Ozpin, you should worship Blake and Nora for escaping misery, oh and Glynda would be one of them if it weren't for you, but it is what it is" ??? finishes with a shrug. ??? turns her attention to Blake, Nora, and the other ones. She spares a sad glance at Ruby's arm because she sees it's already halfway done healing.

"Anyways, so you wanted to the full story... 1. Crystal came to Beacon, now she thinks this was a mistake. 2. The whole fiasco with the stupid Schnee girl over there. 3. Ruby is trying to apologize for her 'teammate' instead of that said 'teammate', that being the stupid Schnee again apologizing for herself, irritating Crystal slightly. 4. Ruby and Pyrrha's stupid plan, Crystal values loyalty quite a bit, so being played around when she thought it was friends hanging out, hurt her immensely, in fact in this whole group she dislikes Pyrrha the most out of everybody except for the Schnee, Ruby is a close third, because she came up with the plan, but for some reason, Crystal puts a higher priority on the person that accepts a deal instead of the one suggesting it. I guess it has something to do with the one accepting, having a chance to decline. 4. Blake and Schnee incident, Crystal got annoyed with Weiss even more, but she had no time to think about it, because Blake needed her, while she doesn't know how much she was needed, she at least likes to think that she helped a bit. 5. This moment kinda reset her hurt emotions from before, Blake calling Crystal a friend, just like that Crystal got herself her first friend, second being Penny, which brings me to. 6. Penny's disappearance and few weeks in a row search for her, which was unsuccessful, that put her in a sad mood again. 7. Glynda's and her's talk... Oh yeah, you wouldn't know. Glynda and Crystal shared a room, a bed and had sex multiple times, Glynda was the one she talked about during your question game before all of it began, they had a falling out, you don't need to know details about that. 8. Secret, that needs fixing. 9. She tried to get a friend again because Penny was missing and Blake was occupied with her team, but it didn't work out all that well, she got immediately chased away, and because she was already in a bad mood, she actually verbally fought back, that was amusing to watch. 10. Everything in general that happened to her was too much, along with all the little things... But... 11. The last straw"

??? stops talking for a moment, walks past everybody, closer and closer to Yang, and looks straight at her eyes with unadulterated hatred that ??? Harbors for everybody.

"The last straw was you... Making her feel like the only real skill she still had was not working, she thought that she couldn't please you and that's why you struggled and tried to get away, so with her final thing having lost meaning? She gave up... And here I am... so, hello again"

"But... I didn't want to take advantage of her while she was vulnerable..." Says Yang, because of the close contact with ??? and her murderous eyes, she feels weak just by looking at them.

"Seriously?... Wow... This is already too much goodwill for you... But a piece of great advice for you, you stupid moron... Once you start something, try and finish it next time"

??? backs away from Yang, then starts leaving, while throwing one last glance at Blake "There you go, that's the story, oh and if you want to see Crystal again... I have no idea when that will happen, so, fortunately... Well unfortunately for all of you, you're stuck with me. Ta-ta! Weaklings"

Blake finally lets ??? leave, while watching her. She turns back to look at the others, Weiss and Yang are still around Ruby, who's okay now, but slightly shaken up, because that was done with absolute zero mercy. JPNR are in a similiar state.

"This can't be good..." Blake mutters already tired.

~ End of Chapter 18 ~