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Blake Belladonna glared at the monstrosity that stood before her.
Her true archnemesis.
It was a disgust upon this planet, a filth upon this very world! A quadrupedal which blatantly and shamelessly lied with its face and lolled its tongue, winning the hearts of all of her team! The aberration had even won over the Ice Queen herself with its stupid tongue panting! But not hers. Never hers.
The disgusting canine that the rest of their team called Zwei stood before her on all fours, huddling over an item that was rightfully hers... Her beloved Ninjas of Love!
Blake wept inside at the loss of her 'literature', but on the outside, her stoic façade never cracked. She had to remain strong in the face of powerful adversity, this-this abomination!
The evil masquerading as 'Zwei' barked at her, and she narrowed her amber eyes, tensing.
Her plan would work this time! Never mind that it hadn't worked the previous three times, the fourth time was the charm! Or that was the saying anyway, she was pretty sure. She would get her beloved book back, and all would be well.
Blake pounced, the cat faunus lunging towards the book with all her feline might. The abomination named Zwei tried to block the book from her sight.
She scoffed internally. Canines, how predictable. He was a dog with his aura unlocked, so what? He was still a dumb canine. A clone left the four-legged monstrosity in the dust, and a large grin spread across her face as she reached out for the book.
Her fingertips just brushed the edge of the book, when all of a sudden, a set of sharp jaws chomped down on it.
Blake's eyes widened to comical portions as the dog ripped her beloved book away from her grasp.
"NOO-"
"Oh hey Blake, what's up?"
She whirled around to see none other than her partner standing in the doorway, one eyebrow raised in question, the rest of the team behind her. She had to take a moment to compose herself, even if she kept seething internally.
"The monster has my book," she stated flatly.
"You mean Zwei?" Yang asked, Blake looking at her with a blank stare. She refused to give that-that thing, a name!
Weiss pushed past her, kneeling to p-pet the- the aberration!
"Aww~" she cooed, "Who's a good boy? Yes you are, yes you are!" she ruffled the monstrosity's ears, rubbing his belly.
Her right eye twitched, as she seethed. How could anyone think that- thing, was cute!? It didn't make sense. That stupid lolling, drooling tongue, and that idiotic face? It was a mutt!
And it was making a chew toy out of her book.
"Give me my book back!"
In a burst of speed, she lunged towards the canine, who, for all its stupidity and awfulness, was surprisingly nimble.
He dodged, causing her to land on all fours, but she wasn't done just yet. She lunged again, but the stupid four-legged animal swerved, and she barely managed to miss as she went past once again.
"Give me my book back! Stop using it as a chew toy!" Blake seethed, ignoring the bizarre gazes of her teammates on her back.
The stupid mutt tilted its head, dropping the book.
Her eyes narrowed. That was... awfully suspicious.
"Aww, look, he dropped your book!" Ruby cooed, looking up at her with her innocent, wide eyes, "Isn't he just the best? Won't you forgive him now?"
Blake kept her eyes narrowed, senses up. This was unprecedented territory, and she had to tread carefully.
Her expression must have given something away, because Ruby folded her arms and pouted at her.
And that was when the abomination made its move.
He leapt onto her, slobbering her with spit.
Her eyes widened in horror. He was attacking her with chemical warfare! What horrible effects could result from this!? She didn't want to know.
She fought fiercely to get the stupid canine off her, kicking and shoving, but to no avail. It kept slobbering its disgusting spit all over her.
The canine proceeded to chomp down on her wrist, and Blake only had a moment to blink before he began running out the door.
"NOO-"
The door closed.
"She'll probably be fine, right?"
"Probably."
Blake cursed, stumbling onto the floor of the room.
"That exam was awful..." she groaned, elegantly faceplanting in the middle of the room.
Who said cats always landed on their feet? Blake stood up for faunus equality, and that included going against stereotypes, like assuming cats always landed on their feet. So she faceplanted, all on purpose, and not at all because she had a combat exam followed by Port's Grimm studies exam, followed by Oobleck's history exam.
Some might say that was oddly specific, but there was absolutely nothing odd about it. Nothing.
No one was there, anyway.
Or, at least she thought. Until she was greeted with a bark.
"Go away stupid mutt."
She opened her amber eyes to see the mutt smugly strutting about, in front of her, as if he were taunting her. But she was too tired to do anything about it. At least he wasn't using her as a chewtoy this time.
It began licking her, and she was simply too tired to even resist.
"No, this isn't a game... dumb dog," she grumbled. He began nudging her with his nose, but she ignored him.
Until the mutt scooted into her, snuggling against her side and licking the bottom of her chin.
"Ugh. I didn't ask for this, these are illegal snuggles."
The dog refused to let up, though, and he wouldn't leave, only shifting his furry body closer to hers, and he wiggled under her arm, barking softly.
"Fine, I guess..." she relented, to the soft barks of the dog.
"If you tell anyone about this... I will shave your butt."
A soft, sad whine was his answer, but he affectionately licked her all the same, even if she still cringed at the slobbering.
It might have been blasphemy to her feline heritage, but maybe, just maybe... dogs weren't so bad after all.
AN: Just a random idea that came into my head, and I just had to write it out. I'm not sure if I'll be posting more one-shots, but my main stories Ascension of the Fallen and Never Change will still be updating.
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