Maple's POV
I was sitting on my bed in the White Fang headquarters we had set up. I was staring at the picture in my locket "It couldn't have been him. The White Fang wouldn't lie to me." I thought. No matter how much I tried I couldn't stop thinking about this "He did bare a striking resemblance to the boy in the picture... YN I think he called himself. It sounds familiar... And Scarlet. Every time I say it I feel a weight on my heart and I feel ready to cry. Why?!"I thought. I kept replaying what he had said to me in my head. I told him that the White Fang would want to spare me the gruesome detail on their deaths but I know that the White Fang doesn't care about that stuff and usually wouldn't hesitate to tell people the details. The more I thought about this the more things started to not add up with the story and I decided to speak with the man that first picked me up. I walked up to his door and knocked on the door to his office "Come in" I heard him say from the other side of the door
I walked in "Hello Adam I wanted to talk to you about something"
"Alright, What is it Maple?"
"Well Umm it's about my family. I want to know how they died" I said
Adam shifted nervously and uncomfortably in his chair "Well we aren't quite sure we found your sister dead on the ground and we don't know how she died but your brother was killed by a horde of Grimm. I can only assume that your sister went out in a similar way"he said
"Ok, thank you for telling me Adam" I said walking out before he could question why I was asking
I left back to my room and sat on my bed what confused me was that they didn't hesitate to tell me how they died but they had never brought it up before even the one time I asked before. And they seemed to know how my brother died yet he was still alive and they didn't know how my sister died and she seems to be the one that is actually dead
YN's POV
I haven't slept in two days, I haven't really said much to any member of Team RWBY besides hellos and goodbyes. I was too busy trying to research why Maple wouldn't remember me or Scarlet. I had went to the nurses the day after we went to do this mission and she gave me a list of several things that it could be. I rubbed the tiredness from my eyes and crossed out "Amnesia" on the list. I groaned and started to research what was next on the list "memory trauma". I was sitting on Ruby's bed on my laptop doing my research when they walked in I looked and it was about time for bed so I slid off her bed and went to leave the room. Before the door closed before I could leave. I then walked over to one of the nearby desks and started to work without once taking my eyes of of my screen. "YN What's gotten into you lately?" Yang asked
I didn't respond I just continued my research. I then heard Ruby's soft voice "Please YN, I'm worried about you" as she wrapped her arms around my shoulders from behind
I turned around and gave her a kiss and a smile before returning to what I was doing. Weiss then closed the laptop "Lately you haven't said anything to anyone besides saying hi when we come in and bye when we leave"
I sighed and she picked up my laptop and opened it "Why are you researching Memory trauma? If it's for school we can help you, you don't need to stay up with no sleep for two days " she said
I sighed again "Is because of Maple Alright!" I said getting up out of my chair and facing the four girls
They were all silent before Ruby wrapped her arms around my waist "I know you want to find her but this isn't going to help you. And that doesn't explain how she relates to memory trauma" she said
I was silent for a while before speaking "I already found her"
"What?!" They all said
"That's great news!" Ruby said hugging me but she pulled away nervously when I didn't hug her back
"Not if she doesn't remember me" is said in a dejected tone
"What?" Ruby asked
"Maple doesn't remember me or Scarlet! I've been research a bunch of different things it could be! But I still don't know" I said
They were all silent and I grabbed the laptop and walked out of the dorm to the library. I made it and set my laptop down and continued my research. I few minutes later the library doors swung open revealing a red eyed Yang walking up to me. She picked me up by my shirt and glared at me "Do you realize how selfish you are being right now?!" She said
"Just let me get back to my research Yang" I said coldly
"Do you have any idea how this is making Ruby feel?!" She said
It then hit me How this must be making Ruby feel. I have barely said anything to the others in two days and me and Ruby are usually always together. I was blinded by my need to figure out what was going on with Maple I didn't even stop to think about how this was making Ruby feel.
"Shit" I said while staring off into the distance
"Yeah, you thought about it now huh?!" She said setting me back on the ground
"You didn't even stop to think about how much Ruby loves you and how much she was effected by seeing you go through this alone" Yang continued
"I have to apologize" I said pushing past Yang and running as fast as I could to the dorm.
I didn't even grab my stuff before I left I just took off. I eventually made it to the dorm and opened the door to see Weiss and Blake sitting beside Ruby on Yangs bed. They looked up at me and I quickly hugged Ruby from behind "I appreciate it Yang but it's ok" she said while wiping tears away
"Good job YN you made her cry" I thought
I smirked "its not Yang"
She turned around and hugged me "I'm so sorry Ruby. I've been and idiot and I didn't think about how I've been making you feel" I said hugging her as close to me as I possibly could
"I love you Ruby and I never want to hurt you" I continued
"I love you too YN" she said her head still buried in my shoulder
I lifted her and brought her to her bed. And laid her down on her bed. I was ontop of her with my arms by either side of her face. "I'm going to get dressed and I'll be right back ok" I said wiping the last of the tears from her face
"Ok"
I jumped down and quickly got dressed before climbing back up to her bed and lying with her. After a few seconds she switch us so she had pinned me to the bed "Ummm R-Ruby?" I said blushing at the position we were in
"I want to make sure you sleep tonight so I'm going to have to literally force you to lay down" she said rubbing her head into the crock of my neck
"I'm fine Rubes but if you feel the need then go for it" I said wrapping my arms around her protectively
I woke up the next morning feeling rejuvenated, I looked down to see Ruby with her head on my chest. I started to slowly stroke her hair until she woke up. "Hey Rubes Sorry again for making you sad" I said as she woke up
"It's ok YN I know you didn't mean to" she said before she kissed me
"Alright I'm going to continue my research again today"
"Ok"
I kissed her on the forehead "Love you Ruby"
"Love you too"
I continued my research for most of the day knocking off the rest of the possibilities on the list and afterwards I found that it was most likely some kind of memory related trauma. Once I was done I went to find Ruby so I could get some fresh air and see her now that my research was done. I found them walking out of the building and Sun started talking to Blake and she brushed him off and walked away "What was that about?" I asked walking up to the three girls and Sun
"Sun tried to ask Blake to the dance and Blake said it was a waste of time" Ruby said
"She's still hung up about the investigation into the White Fang I assume?" I asked
"Yup" Yang said as we started walking
Timeskip to night at the dorm
"You want me to do what?" Blake said
"We want you to go to the dance" Ruby said
"That's ridiculous" Blake responded
"Blake, we're worried about you this investigation is starting to mess with your head" Yang said
"You can't sleep, you barely eat and honestly your grades have been suffering" Weiss continued
"You think I care about grades people's lives are at stake" Blake said
"We know and we are still trying to figure out what Torchwick is up to" Yang said
"Thanks to you and Sun we know they are operating somewhere outside of South-East Vale" Ruby said
"And the Schnee records and YN's Police reports singled out Vale was is the primary suspect for dust robberies over the past few months" Weiss continued
"Don't forget about there missing military tech too" Yang added
"But there are still unanswered questions" Blake said
"Blake I can say from first hand experience that you won't be able to find anything if you can't even keep your eyes open" I said
"All were asking is that you take it easy for one day" Yang said
"It will be fun Yang and I will make sure of it" Weiss said
"Yeah were planing the whole event!" Yang said excitedly
"What?" Blake said
"Team CVFY's away mission lasted longer than expected" Weiss said
"So Weiss and I were asked to pick up where they left off and now we can make sure you have the perfect night" Yang said pointing at Blake
"And once it's all over we can return to our search rested and ready" Weiss said
"So what do you think?" Ruby said
"I think this is a colossal waste of time... I'll be in the library" Blake said walking out of the room
Yang sighed "Great"
"She can't keep going like this" Weiss said
There was then a knock at the door, Weiss went to open it and Jaune then sang to her once he was done she closed the door on him.
"What?" She said looking at the three of us
"That was cold even by your standards" I said