Disclaimer - RWBY is owned by the late and great Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth Productions.

Author's Note - Awesome! This is my 70th fic, and I am super excited that it's for the lovely RWBY fandom! :D

Hope you all enjoy :3

~Growing Up Together With You~

"Yang, slow down! You're going too fast!" a nine-year-old Ruby cried out, as she clung desperately to her big sister's back, as they both careened madly down the sidewalk on Yang's bright yellow and black bicycle.

Yang, with her bright golden locks streaming wildly behind her, (lightly whapping Ruby in the face every few feet), took another corner like a total pro bmx rider...sans the 'pro' part...and completely ignored her near-traumatized little sister, as she pedaled as fast and as hard as she could, to the final corner that would then lead to their new school.

"No time to stop now, Rubes! School bells' gonna ring, and we are sooo late!" Yang yelled over her shoulder, as she took the corner with a mild screech of tires.

"And just who's fault is that, miss-I-need-to-comb-my-hair-about-a-bajillion-times-before-we-leave-the-house and oh my god, Yang! Look out!" Ruby suddenly screamed as Yang swung around the final corner, and a small dark figure walking slowly in the direction of the school, seemingly popped up right before the speeding bicycle.

"Oh shi-!" Yang cried out as she immediately back-pedalled to apply the brakes, and still only just managed to screech to a halt before the small person, who was shocked into place by images of impending death by shiny yellow bicycle. There was total and complete silence between the three figures for a few seconds, before the obnoxious clanging of the first late bell broke them all out of their shocked stupor.

"Oh fudge!" Yang exclaimed, as she looked towards the blue and cream school building ahead of them.

"Yang language," Ruby immediately said even as she thought the same thing, while trying to get her still-racing heart to stop acting like a jack rabbit on steroids.

"I'm sorry! Didn't mean to almost run you over! We were just trying to get to school on time. It's our first day here, and even though my lil sis here is a couple years younger than me, she skipped two grades and can be in the same classes as me! And I was just so excited for our first day together, that I stayed up too late last night, and we got a late start this morning, and I had to pedal really hard and fast to try to get us here in time, but then I almost ran you over, and...and...I'm sorry!" Yang cried out as she finished her rambling apology, then clapped her hands together and bowed deeply in contrition to the quiet girl before her, who still looked like she was seeing the years of her still-young life flashing cheerfully before her eyes.

Then a voice that reminded Yang of the gentle breeze that played through the cherry blossom trees she loved so much, spoke up from the small figure before her.

"It's alright. You didn't hit me. You stopped in time. And I was kind of late already too. If I had been quicker in leaving home earlier, I wouldn't have been here in your way. Now we're all going to be late..." the voice trailed off sadly, and Yang's head snapped up quickly when she heard this sadness. She opened her mouth to quickly counteract what this person was saying, as she simply would not allow someone else to take the blame for her own recklessness...but the words froze on her lips, when she was confronted with the most amazing sight her young eyes had ever seen.

The girl standing before her was a Faunus. And a pretty cute one at that. She was wearing a simple yet cute black dress, with a gray sash around her waist. Two cute little kitten ears stood at attention on her head, though they began to droop as Yang focused in on them. But Yang couldn't help it! It wasn't every day she was able to see and speak with a Faunus! They generally liked to keep to themselves, as there unfortunately was a lot of bigotry against their kind. Yang thought that kind of prejudice was beyond stupid, and when she felt Ruby lightly cuff the back of her head for being rude by staring so long, Yang blushed deeply as she realized that she may be coming off just a bit like those offensive idiots.

"My bad! Didn't mean to stare like that! It's just that I'm not used to being able to talk with a cool faunus like you very often! My name is Yang and this is my kid sister Ruby. What's your name?" Yang asked, with a curious tilt of her head and a friendly smile...completely ignoring the fact that they were getting later for class by the second.

The faunus girl however hadn't forgotten, and she glanced nervously over her shoulder towards the school, before quickly turning and dashing in the direction of the large building.

"I'm sorry, I can't be any later for class! I don't want to get into any more trouble than I probably already am!" the girl called over her shoulder, as she ran as quickly as her little legs would take her towards the school.

"Hey! At least tell me your name!" Yang called after the girl, as she quickly straightened up her bike, and began pedalling her and Ruby towards the school building. But the young faunus girl had already disappeared into the school building, and so Yang just concentrated on maneuvering the bike into one of the empty bike racks on the side of the school building. She grumbled to herself that the girl could have at least shared her name with them, before taking off so abruptly. Ruby chided her on the fact that she had almost run the poor girl over, so she in no way was obligated to share anything with them. Yang replied to this with a blown raspberry, which Ruby just rolled her eyes at. They then quickly dashed into the school building, and followed the numbered classrooms until they reached the one that was their homeroom.

They quickly pushed open the door and entered the classroom just in time to hear, "I apologize for being late on my first day. My name is Blake Belladonna, and I hope you will treat me well."

Yang and Ruby stumbled right over each other, as Yang came to a full and complete stop when she saw the faunus girl she had almost ran over with her bike, standing at the front of the classroom in a slight bow.

"You're in our class!" Yang cried out excitedly, as she pointed wildly at the faunus girl before her.

One of Blake's feline ears twitched slightly, as she looked out of the corner of one golden eye, at the loud blond who had just burst into her classroom.

Ruby just slapped a hand over face and let out a deeply-embarrassed sigh at her sister's usual 'finesse' in social situations.

She could already tell it was going to be a long and eventful school year.

AN - Hope you all enjoyed! Please review :D