Elderfire1

Hey! Look, I made another cute chapter of everyone's favourite adorkable couple!... am… am I forgiven for what I did to Pyrrha in TSOHH?

JourneysEnd1

Burn in hell you evil bastard!

Elderfire1

Gonna take that as a no…

Heh… Anyway, second part of The seven deadly sisters is here and we join everyone's favourite Multi-coloured crook on the day she joins Beacon.

Pink Lemonade

Chapter 20

The seven deadly sisters' part 2

Gentle early morning sunlight filtered through a nearby window and landed onto her ever so slowly opening eyes, a gentle sigh escaping her lips as she smiled into the morning light, feeling happier than she had in a long time yet her tired mind couldn't quite remember why she would feel like this… huh, why did her ceiling look different? Smelt different as well, not being assaulted by the remains of many different flavours of ice-cream was kinda weird but then again… what was the weird scent that seemed to cover her? It was mildly spicy but also kinda like what she bet sunshine would smell like… it was really nice and made her feel both safe and loved…

In search of the source of this scent, she turned her head downwards to find she was most definitely not in her room… considering the fact nothing in this room was pink or, y'know, anything she owned?

It was then that she noticed that a nicely toned arm was currently wrapped around her waist, it pulled her closer when she shuffled over to follow the arm up to the owner, her confusion as to why the hell she was in bed with someone only lasting a second before she saw that same mop of blonde hair that always made her smile when she saw it… he was holding her close, a smile on his own lips when she nuzzled closer into his hold with a content sigh.

She frowned slightly when she saw the small smattering of scars that his loose tank top allowed her to see, stretching down from his collar bone down to his pecs before anything more was hidden by the white fabric. They were barely noticeable when you weren't looking for them, but now she was so close… she saw how many there were…

Another couple dotted over his cheeks as well… they had been caused by the prick with the chainsaw when he'd sliced through his armour and hoodie, she ran her fingers across his skin but pulled them away slightly when his eyes scrunched up ever so slightly as her fingers made contact with one of the larger ones… heh, that was the problem with aura. Get cut when your aura is either broken, or not focused on that area since he had been putting it all into attacking that asshole and her uncle, and if it doesn't recover quick enough you end up with scars that will never fade since your aura stupidly sees them as just part of your natural self and well… just repairs them whenever your bodies natural healing starts to make them fade.

She'd seen half deaf hunters whose ears had never had the chance to repair their damaged eardrums, others with a blind eye from a stray claw and then there was her boyfriend… he'd always have these scars… she rolled her eyes with a sad little smile when she realised he'd see these as a badge of pride for defending her… the guilt stabbed through her at the thought that she was the reason these had happened and he'd gotten hurt for no reason since she hadn't been in actual danger… heh… she wished she could tell him the truth, but that would only ever lead to pain and anger for both of them… instead she would spend any and all time she got to spend with him making him happy, making it worth the pain he'd gone through and showing him all the love she had for him…

Heh… love…

Her thoughts were interrupted when he unconsciously pulled her closer, a heated blush roaring across her skin as she felt those toned muscles press against her, Neo thanking every freaking god out there that she'd worn her short-shorts and a vest top to bed and that he'd basically done the same with his yellow shorts and shirt… hehehehe…

It turned out that the Arc family couldn't actually visit yesterday, something about Mrs Arc having to explain to the police why she'd put a Councilman's son in the hospital and the rest of them going to keep her from killing said son when he appeared to apologize… yep. That was right, despite being the attacker, Mrs Arc was the one getting the apology, something that honestly didn't surprise her anymore. Though Neo didn't feel any sympathy for the fucker, he'd apparently grabbed the butt of Minuit while her back was turned… yeah… he'd come in a wheel chair with quite literally all of his bones broken. Heh, she liked Mrs Arc more and more the better she knew her.

So, though he spent most of the time showing her around the place and talking to his sisters over his Scroll, she and Mr Abs decided to make a day of it since he still had a day free off school! Even his sisters shooting her an annoyed look when they saw her state of dress as she clung to him like the monkey she felt like being couldn't dampen her mood!

He'd finished showing her where stuff was, though they couldn't go in since classes were going on, taken her to the communal kitchens and whipped her up a great lunch that still made her mouth water even now. Who knew omelettes could taste so good? Not her until yesterday!

Then they'd gone back to his room to game and watch random crap on their Scrolls, all the while he made himself into the perfect pillow. Though, the git had played a little prank on her, making her think he'd forgotten to grab some ice-cream for them to eat while watching a 'Nightmare Before Dustmas'! He'd had her going for a full five minutes, before he grinned evilly and revealed a mini freezer holding many a tub of the preciouses…

The bastard was mean enough to laugh as she smacked his arm with all her fury, pulling her into a hug that she tried to claw her way out of!... Before he began to play with her hair… things got a little hazy after that, her next complete memory being the two of them laying on his bed as the credits rolled… meh, time well spent in her opinion!

Then on the evening after having moved all their stuff into the new dorm room which was thankfully only a floor above the rest of their friends, Team RWBY had invited them over again to celebrate her joining Beacon! She'd smiled at how similar it was to how it had been on the night they'd first met, both she and Mr Abs blushing a little when Blondie decided to point it out. Mr Abs had actually surprised her when he'd sarcastically replied 'Oh, you're right! Does that mean you and Blake are going to awkwardly stare at each other all night long like last time as well?'

The entire room had gone silent, all eyes staring at the grinning Mr Abs… until, with a single *snrk*, the entire room had burst into laughter with even a red faced Blondie admitting that it was a good comeback.

Neo had made certain to repay him for knocking Blondie down a peg, pecking his cheek when no one was looking as they settled down into a 2v2 match between them vs Cow Tits and Red. Though she wondered why he had been insistent on him setting a pillow in his lap when she'd gone to sit in it, his only answer having been that she 'wiggled' when she gamed… well of course she did! She got excited when she blew up virtual zombies' heads!

The night had ended with him and her still sharing a bed, Neo having been more than a little embarrassed to admit that she was struggling to fall asleep after getting to sleep on his chest the previous night. Plus, not that she'd ever admit it to him, the smug fuck would never let it go, but Neo was struggling a little without her Uncle… she knew she couldn't see him every day now that she lived in Beacon, but she'd kept her promise to give him a little text, telling him she loved him and that Beacon was fun. He'd tried to play it cool but Neo could practically see him crying as he called her 'all grown up'… yep. Another great reason why she'd gone for a text rather than a call…

She loved that he hadn't even batted an eye when she approached with her own pillow, simply pulling away the covers and pulling her close when she got in, kissing her head as they let sleep take them.

Mmmm… nuzzle, nuzzle, nuzzle… she grinned happily, and speaking of love… she decided that her loving and caring boyfriend still hadn't really been given a reward for risking himself like he had to save her… and she had to perfect idea~

She knew he wasn't ready for certain things, she'd never push him to do more than he was okay with just like he did with her, but… a good morning kiss to the cheek wasn't off the menu she'd bet. With a flash of caramel brown, she eeeeever so slowly maneuvered herself so that she was sitting on his stomach with a cheeky smile and a hazy blush when her hand found those nice muscles. Heh, awkward when it came to romance she may be, but Neo was never one to not repay a favour… and she owed him so much… she owed him the happiness he gave to her without ever expecting anything other than her doing the same right back, she owed him for how he brought light to her dark little life… she owed him for giving her the chance to be normal… then again, she bet he'd tell her off for daring to act like she owed him anything, heh.

Ah well, this'll be my little secret for why I'm doing this… then again, not like I don't enjoy doing this either~ she gently leaned down, hand cupping his cheek as she placed a feather light kiss upon his other one, feeling him mumble in happiness unconsciously… only for him to suddenly freeze. She stared at him as he did her, a blushing red flying up his cheeks as those deep sapphire eyes flicked from her lips, to her face in general and finally to just what was going on… before a nervous smile grew.

"W-Wow… I-uh… I could get used to being woken up like that, heh" he grinned, hands wrapping around her waist and pulling her close. With a grin, she kissed his other cheek, feeling her own darken at the way he looked at her… heh, even when she got her courage up and did something like this he still made her feel those familiar butterflies in her stomach. She wanted to keep kissing him forever and ever, maybe even k-kissing him on the lips, to make this moment last for eternity… so. Imagine her surprise when he suddenly pulled away with a burning red face filled with awkwardness.

Her mind instantly flew to the worry that her shirt, and vanilla coloured bra, had slipped down when she'd moved to kiss him a good morning! In a panic her head flung down in horror to see… her clothing clad tits… eh? Okay… so with accidentally exposing myself or anything like that out the window… what's with that blush?

She then worried that maybe she had pushed things a little too far… was… was this too much? She hadn't meant it to be anything other than romantic but there wasn't much about a half-naked girl lying on top of you and kissing you that wasn't sexual…

I… I'm sorry… is this too much too soon? She mouthed with sad blue eyes, making to get off him before his large arms made her stay and that smile returned in full, setting those damn butterflies off again.

"No! No, like I said-heh-I could definitely get used to waking up like that, it's just… never expected you to be okay with doing that in front of the guys is all…" he blushed once more, looking to his left with a bashful smile.

Neo, however? Her entire world seemed to grind to a halt… a deathly still moment in which she felt the weight of all her sins crawling up her spine. Guys? Wh-what was he talking about?

Despite every single part of her begging her not to, to pretend that there was definitely not something or someone where he was looking, she ever so slowly forced her body to turn to see a sight that made her body feel like it had turned to stone and her heart had stopped beating.

Oh right… we uh… we weren't alone last night, were we? The flashing of Cow Tits' camera, the look of 'if I wasn't so awkwardly polite and would apologise to the mush that used to your body, I would turn you into said mush' from Nikos and… the almost bored raised eyebrow of Captain Neutral, were anything to go off of… then yes. They were most definitely not alone. Ah. Crap. EEK!

It occurred to Neo, as she proceeded to fling Mr Abs up to use as a human shield from both the camera and the smiling death stare of Nikos, that these were the people she would staying with for however long she was at Beacon…

"Aw! Don't cover up! That was so freaking cute! I already sent the picture of you giving Fearless Leader a good morning kiss to Team RWBY! Hah! Yang's asking if your two are gonna get frisky~"

It could end up only being a couple months or it could be until they graduated… heh, wasn't that a nice thought? Graduating with Jaune…

"Nora! Don't b-be so… Rude!" Nikos squeaked, face redder than even Neo's as Cow Tits giggled like she was an 'oh so innocent wittle girwl'-that was her thing!

But… if she allowed them to beat her now? No matter how long she was here, she would be at the bottom of the pack and her uncle had taught her better than that! Cow Tits was the main enemy here, that scroll camera of hers could send those pictures of her and Mr Abs to all of Beacon if she wanted to!

"Nora. At least wait until they've woken up before taking pictures of them" Captain Neutral added in, pissing Neo off that he didn't try to reign in his partner-girlfriend-pet whatever the heck she was!

It was time to assert her dominance.

With a near silent growl of annoyance, Neo turned around Mr Abs to face her, his face flushed red as his eyes zeroed in on her lips that mouthed a silent question.

"N-nope..."

Heh. She knew she could count on him. Fighting off the blush so as to not give the enemy another victory, Neo pushed down all her embarrassment and went for it. Her lips met his, the thump of Nikos hitting the floor not even bothering her as she pushed all her affection into kissing her boyfriend and also not passing out right now since… well, her heart was thundering a ba-jillion miles an hour at what she was doing! She felt his own hands gingerly wrap around her back as he kissed her back, even though she could feel him shake a little with a nervous giggle that was muffled by her lips. She shook her hips a little in the direction of those little shits who were dumb enough to try and embarrass her! Kiss my perfect ass, ya balloon chested nut-job! Hah!

Despite how much she wished she was brave enough to do it for longer, she realised the 'kiss' was more like a little peck of her lips against his, she bet what they were doing barely counted as one but it was still more than anyone else here was able to do so, hah!

"Heh… gonna have to get used to that, aren't I?"

She grinned at him, giggling silently as she stood up and made to head towards the shower, setting herself into a swaying walk as she moved past the duo, Nikos was still unconscious on the floor.

She bet Cow Tits was currently pouting at being beaten at her own stupid game! She was the alpha here! She and Mr Abs would be in control forever! Victory had been achieved, dominance had been asserted and they would know to never challenge her again!

She couldn't take away her victory now!

~Mah anaconda don't! Mah anaconda don't! Mah anaconda don't! Want! None unless you got BUNS, HUN~!

If Neo had, for some insane reason, tires installed on her feet she was quite certain they would have screeched to a halt at the sound of that song…

"Nora…"

"Hey! I wasn't the only one who was staring at her butt! Fearless leader was staring at it like I stare at pancakes!"

Okay. Don't freak out… she is bullshitting me just for revenge! Besides, why should I care!? He's my boyfriend, he can look!

Despite trying to convince herself that she was not freaking out, Neo's nervously jittering body creaked in an about turn to find… her boyfriend suddenly jerking away his head with a burning red face…

…Eh?

"N-Nora! N-no I wasn't!" he squeaked, Mr Abs lying for the first time since she'd known him and gods did he pick a time to start!

"Hah! So why've you got such a big nosebleed then? Huh?" she grinned, before turning to Neo and that look turned positively evil… "Whadda you think, Neo? Wanna shake ya booty and see how much blood spurts outta Fearless Leaders nose?"

Mission failed! Dominance not asserted! AAAAAHHHHH!

"Heh. Tryna act like you're the boss, pfft!" Nora grinned to herself, seeing a lil bit of dust falling through the air from how hard she'd slammed the bathroom door. "Welp! I'd say that her first day is going well so far!" a beaming grin splitting her face, even as Ren waved smelling salts in Pyrrha's face and Jauney seemed lost in 'booty land', his hands squeezing the air in search of said booty! None of them noticed the buzzing sound coming from the bag of said booty searching boy.

Neo stalked out of the bathroom with narrowed eyes and a cautious slowness to her movement, but not before messaging her pervert boyfriend to make sure that that Cow Tits was gone… she did her very best to make sure that the stupidly short skirt the school had provided to her, via leaving it outside their door, hid as much of her tight covered ass as possible. It was kinda made harder since apparently, even though she just about fit the skirt, the freaking blazer and shirt was too damn long! Her hands just about poked outta the sleeves at the moment and when her arms laid at her sides they were swallowed completely!

When she got the all clear that was had headed to class, she fully opened the door to find her boyfriend wearing his own uniform… huh. He looked… wow. She guessed she could forgive Beacon for making her wear these stupidly big clothes if she got to see him in that every day!

But… there was still the confusion as to why he was looking at her like that, eyes wide and a blush settling over his cheeks… she narrowed her eyes once more and clapped her hands around that same annoying plaid skirt to keep it tight to her body. He had lost the right to staring at her ass when he'd given Cow Tits the victory! He would maybe get it back later, especially since she was wearing her pretty pink panties right now... she did her best to not turn into even more of a tomato at the fact she'd just thought that, her traitotous eyes turning pink for a moment before she for herself under control.

"You look so unbelievably cute in that…" Oh. Or he could be mesmerized by her natural adorable-ness… that… okay, that was allowed, heh.

Th-thanks… you look really handsome in that, heh a rosy colour adorned her cheeks as he leaned down and pressed a kiss to her left one.

"So… you ready to find out what Beacon's like? You're actually in luck, y'know, the Semester is ending soon so you can get a little used the idea of living here then I can help catch you up on everything you need to know for next semester!" (Editors note ;3: Since Blake didn't spend the night in Vale with Sun, we're having this based at near the end of V1 just a day earlier. Yay for knowing when the heck this is properly based!)

Huh… well, I always was a lucky lil' shit! She grinned, even as her dorky boyfriend rolled his eyes at her swearing. I really am, by the way! Never got to experience what it's like to be a schoolgirl… though I do kinda wish the skirts weren't so short… Hey! Eyes up here, buster! She squeaked, glaring at him with a big blush and bright pink eyes when his own travelled down to her thighs.

"S-Sorry… Nora, uh, guess she put some bad ideas in my head, heh" he pulled her into a hug, nuzzling into her hair even as she pouted the greatest of pouts… but she guessed she could forgive him, she was kinda obsessed with his sexy abs after all…

Heh, no worries, besides I really can't wait to find out how cool your school is! I bet this is gonna be so much fun!

Not 20 minutes later…

Please… let… it… END! Neo internally screamed, slamming her head into her desk so hard she swore she felt her aura begin to give, not that she cared! Not when it gave her a few precious milliseconds of not hearing his voice… such… blissful milliseconds...

"-and that was when I took hold of that blasted Mega Ursa Major's throat and slammed the damnable beast through the rest of the horde, killing them upon its' spiked back, making a path for the beautiful twin maidens I was leading to safety, huzzah!"

SLAM!

How the hell was this fun!? How the hell was this interesting!? How the hell was this teaching!?

She turned to Mr Abs with a begging look, wishing for him to tell her that this was a joke, that this old fart was a janitor or something and the real teacher was just late or someth-HE'S ASLEEP!?

It was true! The git was asleep!

She turned to Red, who'd asked if she could sit next to her, to ask for something pointy to get back at her stupid boyfriend for leaving her all alone in the horrifying torment… only for her to be asleep as well! So was pretty much everyone else bar Princess, Amber Eyes and Nikos as a matter of fact!

Every single freaking one of them was away in dreamland, and the fat fucker 'teaching' them didn't even give a damn!... or he was too absorbed in his tall tales of 'heroism' Hah! More like tales of how he ate all the pies… and the cookies… AND drank all the booze… geez, never seen a fat Hunter before, this guys either been outta action for a while or, more likely, half his tales are bull.

"Oh, those lovely ladies wished to marry me there and then, but alas, I could not! For my one and only love is that of the Hunt!"

Yep. Gonna go with option number 2 there, imaginary game show host in my brain… oh gods I'm going insane…

She turned to her boyfriend with the first real bout of anger she'd felt towards him since he'd been stupid enough to think she'd hate him when he'd admitted he'd forged his transcripts! How dare he abandon her in her time of need!

In a display of her eternal fury, she stabbed him!... with her finger... annoyed she may be, but she wasn't gonna actually maim him, she'd just demand affection later as a way to make this up to her!

"Mmm... Neo... so pretty... heh" she froze... eyes wide and pink... before an all the more curious expression took over. She poked his cheek once more, giggling to herself, this was way more exciting than listening to lard ass... "Mmnmm... So, so pretty... wanna kiss... forever..." hehehe... "I wanna... hold and snuggle mmphmm" okay, you're forgiven... maybe just one more poke though... "Heheh... boooooty... wanna... touch it..."

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OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH POKING FOR YOU! She reeled away from him, slamming her hands onto the desk and near falling out of her freaking chair! Damn pervy boyfriend! Talking about her butt like that was… was… No! Bad brain! You are NOT happy that he dreams about your butt!

"Young lass? May I enquire as to why you nearly just damaged my most legendary moustache?" Walrus bellowed out, a raised eyebrow and crossed arms the only real way she could tell he was a little pissed off, since y'know she couldn't see his damn eyes or mouth, an impaled pencil in the blackboard behind him mere inches from hitting that gross moustache of his… ah crap…

Huh, her first real time getting in trouble with a teacher, if you didn't count uncle Pit teaching her about what kinda poisons worked best to paralyse people that spotted her in a robbery… heh, good times… Welp, may as well face the music, least it was Walrus she'd annoyed, she doubted the senile old git would actually remember giving her a detention and just ramble on with his stories again.

She awkwardly raised her hands and began to sign at hi-

"Now, Young lass that's no need to make all these ridiculous gang signs to a teacher, let alone a Huntsman of great renown such as myself, please do speak up, yes?"

Eh…? He… he doesn't know sign?...

In a panic she turned to Mr Abs, to try and get him to tell the fat fuck that she couldn't speak, to come and protect his darling, cute little girlfriend!

"*snooooore!*… mmm… pretty eyes… all pink and brown… heh~"

GODS DAMMIT STOP HAVING DREAMS ABOUT ME BEING PRETTY AND HELP ME!

She turned to Nikos, sweet kind, nice and helpful Nikos! She'd learned pretty quickly that the red-haired girl was a fan of helping those she called friends! She turned to her with a hopeful smile, skirt billowing at the movement. She could explain to the Walrus what was going on!

Nikos looked right back at her… cold green eyes flicking down before she resumed her work, muttering something about something just being fat… what the hell!? Where was the kind, sweet girl!? Where was the niceness!?

"Professor Port?" Princess! Hah! Good ol' Princess! For this she'd forgive her for staring at his glorious Abs if she ever caught her doing it again… but only once! "She cannot sp-"

"Miss Schnee! I do believe I was speaking to this young lass, not yourself, don't interrupt me please!" She watched her last hope shrink back into her seat, an apologetic look being sent Neo's way. "I'm waiting, you don't wish to get a detention do you, Miss Xiao Long?"

I'm trying my best here, you old coo-… wuh? He… he thinks I'm Blondie? Her confusion must have been written all across her face, 'cuz he just chuckled, shaking his head.

"Thought I wouldn't recognize you, didn't you? Hah! A Huntsman such as I would never be fooled by such a paltry disguise!" he laughed, even as Neo's brain grinded to a halt. He… what the hell? How in any way did she look like Blondie!? She looked nothing like her! She was honestly offended! She looked nowhere near as trampy as her! She preferred the 'I may look cute but I've kicked your ass a thousand different ways in my head just now and all of them finish with me jamming StabbyMcMurderson up your ass!' "A bad dye job and some tacky eye contacts won't fool this legendary Huntsman! Hahah! I know you always sit next to your little sister and then next to Mister Arc, both of whom are dutifully studying might I add" She cocked her head to the side sharply, eye twitching just a little at the insult to her looks! She turned her attention to where the hell Blondie was a-… OH FOR FUCK SAKE! Blondie was asleep in Amber Eyes lap while said book lover was reading that weird book with red lettering on the black cover! Of course she was asleep! Seems like nearly everyone here was! "Though, I must say you, erm… you seem to have lost some height and some… mass… I must say my dear girl, I do believe I may have been wrong about your Semblance being strength from pain! Why, the ability to shrink into the size of that of a little girl is quite the unusual Semblance! I do wonder what use it would be in combat though, maybe making the enemy feel too bad about hitting what they assume to be a pre-teen girl? Huzzah! What an ingenious idea!"

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Yep. Gonna murder this mother fucker… huh. Who knew my first day in Beacon would be a lesson in how to hide a body…

Her eye twitch turned into a near violent spasm, both her sclera turning black as she made to stand and show this 'legendary Huntsman' just how easily she could kick his ass! She'd dent that freaking gold bust of his on his real head! She'd send him flying into the woods hogtied! She'd-

… Neo paused, eyes going wide before an absolutely evil glint shone in her eyes.

With the most joyous and excited look on her face, she waved over to Mrs Arc who waved like a loon back with an extremely happy look on her own... that was until she turned to see Walrus, who'd gone miraculously pale, turning that smile into a deep seated scowl the likes of which made even Neo a little impressed.

"M-Mrs Arc? Wh-what are you d-d-doing here? I swear to you! I will not stop you if you wish to see your son!" All it took was one step, one step towards him and a raising of that mace and suddenly Walrus was heading straight for the nearest window. "CLASS DISMISSED STUDENTS! ANYONE WHO CAN STOP THAT WOMAN FOR EVEN A MOMENT WILL GET EXTRA CREDIT!" he screamed as he quite literally flung himself through the glass and out into the gardens below! The bell rang as he went, apparently he'd not been aware of just how close to the end of class they were… oh well! Not her problem.

Her boyfriend awoke then, a little bit of drool on his cheek that she wiped away with a roll of her eyes.

"Whuh… what the heck happened? Where's the Professor? Also, what was the scream about?" he asked, looking towards the empty front of the classroom as the rest of the students slowly dragged their heads up to look around the room.

Meh, he had to leave early, class is over now anyway… thanks for falling asleep and leaving me alone you butt! She pouted, twisting away with a huff.

"Oh… Sorry, it's kinda natural now, heh… Professor Port is uh… well, if you listen in well you can pick up a few things about what he says in his 'tales' that actually help you fight Grimm!... unless he's had his morning tea, then he'll just talk about stuff he's already gone on about, like, a hundred times! Honestly? It's just easier to sleep through… if… if you want, I can uh… let you use me as a pillow next time? As an apology I guess?" he smiled, placing a little kiss on her cheek, though he turned a bit red when a few idiots whistled his way.

… I'll only forgive you if you buy me ice-cream later! That was bull, she'd already forgiven him but meh, free ice-cream!

"Heh, sure Neo, not a problem" he helped her up as they made their way to follow their friends out the door, when he suddenly froze, an awkward expression on his face. "I… Should probably warn you, the other teachers are a little… weird themselves, but at least you'll learn stuff… heh… heh?"

A deadpan expression was all she gave him, Neo regretting all her choices in life that led up to this moment (minus meeting Mr Abs). This… this was going to get worse wasn't it?

A few hours later

Neo grinned like an idiot as she made her way to what was apparently their final lesson for today, what the heck was Mr Abs talking about!? The rest of today had been awesome!

Hummingbird had been funny as hell and, even if she struggled to keep up with him at times, it was no harder than dealing with little Jade whenever she got a hold of some sugar, little snake Faunus was always fun to babysit! Heck, he'd actually bothered to learn who she was and that she was mute, letting her type out her responses to any questions he'd had for her! Though… she'd been getting this odd feeling of 'I wanna kill you' whenever she looked back at the ginger haired lug head in the back of the room, he'd been more focused on his scroll than anything but she couldn't quite place why she'd felt such a strong want to stab him in the ass… weird… still, she'd silently laughed when he'd gotten detention for being on the damn thing, hah!

She'd taken more than a little pleasure in seeing him mope like a three year old, hah!

Then there'd been Mystery, Mystery because everyone else at the school seemed shocked that she'd actually shown up, the woman was quiet and friendly, but would suddenly grin like a nutter when she got dust in front of her… She'd made things go boom and showed them what happened when you mixed gravity and lightning dust in an airless environment... she could of sworn her ears were still ringing, heh. 'nuff said in her opinion!

Lunch had been great too... for the most part... until they'd shown up.

The food was great, about a thousand different options for some good grub! She'd gone for a ham and cheese salad baguette with some good crisps (editors note; chips to our American readers ;3) and a little bit of ice-cream for dessert naturally, while Mr Abs had decided he wanted a burger and fries with some tomato sauce. She happily walked with him to their friends and grinned when his free hand gently gripped hers, a blush settling over her cheeks as she looked up at him.

Then... then shit hit the fan.

She was caught off guard as something big and solid knocked into Mr Abs, nearly sending them both sprawling as a voice that instantly pissed her off, growled out.

Yang grinned like a loon as she held Blake's hand under the table while she talked to Rubes and Weiss-cream about anything and everything they could think of, mainly that the end of term break was coming up and what they planned to do.

She and Rubes were gonna head on back to Patch, wh-where she planned on asking if Blake wanted to join her to show her off to Pop's. Weiss-cream was apparently meeting up for training with her sister… yeah, not her idea of fun either but the smile on her face at the idea of seeing this 'Winter' made it clear it was like Dustmas had come early to her!

She planned on asking Neo what if she was gonna spend some… 'quality time' with VB, just to see all the shades of red she'd turn… when she'd heard it…

"Oil! Watch it!"

In confusion, Yang looked up to see Neo and Jaune stumbling back with a goliath of a third year scowling at them with his team doing much the same behind him.

"S-sorry! I didn't mean to; guess we were a little too focused on getting to our t-"

"Wasn't talking to you, scrawny" he growled, the apologetic look on Jaune's face dying an ugly death when the big thugs' sickly green eyes zeroed in on a pissed off looking Neo. "Hey, I expect an apology, midget"

"Ooooohhhhh crap… he's dead…" Yang muttered, an absolutely massive grin spreading out across her face as Nora snapped out her Scroll. Weiss looked worried, she and Pyrrha looking ready to step in alongside Ren and Ruby… Blake was the only one who really agreed with them, shooting a nervous glance at Neo who was holding a spoon rather dangerously.

"… What did you just call her?" Yang blinked in shock at the raw anger in Jaune of all people's voice, not afraid to admit she hadn't expected to see this in him… then again, she'd never seen him with a girlfriend he'd want to protect either so this was all new to her. Huh, she had to admit, protective was a good look on him.

"I called her a midget, got a problem with that?"

"Considering she's my girlfriend? Yeah. I'd say I got a problem with that. I want you to apologize. Now."

A whistle escaped Nora's lips, Yang agreeing at the sight of a pissed off Jaune, though that quickly turned into a frown as she clasped a hand down onto the shoulder of Rubes and P-Money who both looked beyond worried and angry right now.

"We have to help them!" Pyrrha hissed, nervous green eyes darting to and from their friends.

"Nah, we don't. Me and Blakey here are the only people who've really seen Neo fight and… wow. I'm more worried for how she's gonna use that fork and spoon. Plus, with his Semblance, Jaune's a powerhouse when it comes to straight up punches and can take a beating all the same. They'll be fine~" She grinned, it morphed into a pout when they shot frowns at her however. "Heh. Tell you what. When Neo goes psycho on them, if it looks like they'll need help, I'll be the first to step in. Sound good?"

Before they could respond, knuckle dragger decided he wanted to make his death even more painful.

"Wait… You're dating this kid? Gross, you sicko! Hah, tell you what sweetie, why don't you come with me? I'll show you a nice lollypop to su-*thunk!*

It was kinda insane what could happen in the span of a few seconds…

One second, the creepy dude and his team were leering at Neo, the leader stretching his hand out to her.

The next? Well, a golden fist hung in the air where the real perv had been standing, said perv was now flat out on his back with a bloody nose, apparently not expecting the punch meant his aura hadn't activated in time to stop it. She was pretty that, along with the sickening 'crunch!' they'd heard, was a good sign that it was not just broken but shattered.

Silence reigned in the air, every eye in the room zeroing in on what the hell had just happened, even Jaune only seemed to register what had just happened as those cold eyes grew to the size of saucers as his mind finally caught up with his body. The first to move was Neo, who's head snapped to him with a flabbergasted expression, hand raising to gently run across his own with wide eyes and a small blush.

Then, in apparent revenge for attacking their leader, the other three lunged at him, the closest ones' fist slamming into his chest… only to bounce off his aura as it flashed a brilliant white which forced Yang to narrow her eyes from the glare. When she was able to fully open them again… heh…

"E'yup. They're so dead"

Neo's eyes zeroed in on where the fist had connected, even as the guys who'd tried to hurt Jaune could only watch on in both confusion and mild pain. Her fingers brushing over the fabric worriedly, her features sharp and focused as those eyes held a laser focus… only to freeze. Apparently, in attacking him, they'd ruffled up his collar.

Well, that clearly deserved death, in Neo's opinion at least apparently.

The short girl turning to them with burning red hair and pitch black eyes as she descended on the terrified trio with the fury of a pissed off girlfriend!

"Tell me you're recording this!?" Yang begged Nora, the ginger bomber only grinning as she showed her scroll zooming in as Neo's heel ground onto the one guys special place!

Neo swung happily off of Mr Abs' arm as they made their way to their final class after ducking out of the lunch room where she'd left the scum to groan and whine, smile growing bigger as all the other people around their little group happily pushed themselves to the walls to let them pass! Aw! How nice of them! They must have known she was new and were making sure she had a nice first day!

Though… she was a little confused as to why some of them cried when she looked at them, a group of guys covering their crotches… huh. Weird.

Meh, she had better things to do! Like feeling her boyfriends' strong and muscly arms that had defended her honour so awesomely! Gods that look in his eyes as he'd sent that prick sprawling! Hah!

"Then Neo was all like 'Pow! Take that! Oh, what's that? You don't like he stomping my heel into your pervy face? Well here's a fork up your nose! Oh and lemme just bounce onto your family jewels while I poke your friend in the eyes!' and they were all like 'please don't hurt us oh my mighty, tiny warrior! We are so sorry!'. It was great, Ren, you shoulda been there!" Cow Tits grinned, Neo for once smiling along with her seeing as she was telling such an awesome retelling of how badass she was!

"I was Nora. I'm the one who stopped you from joining in to show Neo how to properly break a leg… I do have to say though, while normally I am against such violence, they deserved it" Neo blinked in surprise at the acceptance in Captain Neutrals eyes. Maybe he wasn't as boring as she'd first thought? Or… maybe he'd pictured those pricks picking on Cow Tits? She still had a plan for that not so secret thing between them, having to fight off an evil smile as she gave the pink eyed boy a thumbs up!

"Tell me about it! You beat up those meanies to easily, Neo! I mean, they're third years and yet you beat 'em like it was nothing!" Red added, hopping up and down and performing some… she was gonna be nice and say 'karate moves' in the air with Blondie, guess she didn't really go for hand to hand fighting all that often with how badly she even fake fought. "And then you just walked away all cool like with a big smile! Yang! You gotta help me be like that!"

"I most certainly think not! While I cannot deny they deserved some kind of payback for what they did, what Neo has just done was beyond what was deserved!" Princess scowled, looking at Neo with a disproving glare.

Neo halted their little group to spin her boyfriend around to point at his slightly scuffed collar! Those monsters had tried to hurt her boyfriend! They'd sullied his sexy uniform! They deserved capital punishment in her eyes but she'd have to settle for leaving them sounding like a mouse for the next few weeks!

They tried to hurt Jaune! And they called me a little kid then tried to hit on me! What would you do if they pulled that crap on Red!?

She watched Princess try to think up a reply, her mouth open and pointer finger raised… before it dropped and she let out a groan.

"Urgh, fine. I suppose under the circumstances that I can understand why you did such a thing. Just please do not do such things on a daily basis, I would much rather not have to deal with your boyfriend being a miserable shut in if you were to get expel-Hey!"

"That's Weiss talk for 'I'm worried for you but I'm too proud to actually say it'" Blondie grinned as Princess forced her arm off of her head with many a squawk and shriek at how she was messing up her hair!

While the two argued, Neo felt herself get pulled closer by her boyfriend, looking up she saw his cheeks were coloured as his finger scratched his cheek.

"Heh… you really were amazing out there, Neo… just wish I could have done more… you should never have had to do that…" his expression turned sad… pain flashing over his face as his fingers touched his chest. Oh, hell no. You are not being sad on me, Mr! Cute girlfriend powers! Activate!

With the same agility that she'd used to dodge the attacks of those pervy pricks, Neo clambered up her boyfriend and made him wrap his arms around her waist as she placed herself at eye level with him. She braved her nervousness as her lips met his, Mr Abs freezing on the spot at the sudden lip lock.

Hah, better? Because I'll do that again if I have to! Don't worry, okay? I'll protect you just as you protect me, sound good? She smiled happily, gently nudging her fist into his jaw playfully as those sapphire eyes rolled with a grin starting to form.

"Heh… thanks, Neo… what would I do without you?" though he said it with a smile, she could see that look in his eye, that stare that told her he was anything but joking when he said that. A warmth settled in her chest as she laid her forehead against his, no longer hearing their friends as the world once more vanished as she stared into those beautiful eyes of his…

"You would still be making your way to combat class, Mr Arc"

Their heads span as a chill as cold as the grave slid down Neo's spine… no way… aw crap… Demon Queen stood there with a look that made Neo near piss herself in terror in mere seconds. There 'friends' stood behind the ruler of whatever kind of Hell she'd crawled out of, most of them with apologetic looks but Cow Tits and Blondie seemed like they found it hilarious, not surprising really… she'd get revenge later, they wouldn't escape her wrath!

"M-Miss Goodwitch! S-Sorry!" Mr Abs yelped, darting around the scary as hell woman and racing down the hallway, Neo still in his arms as she silently squealed in delight! Both in excitement at the sudden speed and that they were heading towards the class she'd been looking forward to the most! It was kicking the crap outta people in a way she couldn't get in trouble with the police for!

Jaune sighed in relief as he sat down in class next to his team and Neo who… did he have to worry about how excited she looked? She was literally vibrating in her seat as Miss Goodwitch took the stage, considering what she'd just done in the lunch room he now knew Neo was a bit of a sadist in combat… and there's the teenage hormones imagining my girlfriend with a whip… WHY DO YOU HATE ME BRAIN!? I DON'T NEED THAT SORTA THING GOING THROUGH MY HEAD WHEN I'M ABOUT TO FIGHT! I NEED BLOOD EVERYWHERE BUT THERE RIGHT NOW!

"Good afternoon everyone" and speaking of sadists… Jaune thought with a hidden grin-Miss Goodwitch's eyes snapped to his with a cold look about them… Note to self; do NOT talk bad about Miss Goodwitch, even in your head! "… Today we have a new student joining us, Miss Glace would you care to come to the front?" he turned to Neo, wanting to ask her if she wanted him to move… only to find her already gone. In confusion he turned to find her standing beside Miss Goodwitch with a positively beaming smile that made even Jaune himself nervous. Especially when a few people made jokes about her height, those eyes of hers flashing a burning red for a moment before that smile got even bigger.

His hand unconsciously moved to Nora, pushing down the Scroll she'd been setting to record with a slight shake of his head 'no'. He ignored Nora's pout, instead wondering just what was about to happen.

"Can it!" Miss Goodwitch bellowed when a few people started to laugh and Jaune himself made to stand with an angry expression on his face. Locking eyes with Neo, silently asking her if she needed his help, the only reply she gave him was a smile as she shook her head with a self-assured grin. "Since you all seem to think it is funny to mock a new student, why doesn't someone come down and test their mettle against Miss Glace in combat?"

The fearful silence only lasted a second before the last person he expected to, though in retrospect he really should have, stood up.

"I'll take her on!" Yang yelled, standing up with a fiery grin on her face that Neo matched with equal fervour. The second people started to laugh again, telling her to 'kick the kids ass', did Yang snap to the location of the voices with a red eyed glare. "Oh, I got no chance against her, I already fought her before and she kicked my ass! I'm just doing this to save all you morons whatever dignity you got left, plus I fancy a challenge, something you clowns can't give me"

That shut the idiots up quick as can be, Jaune shooting her a grateful smile that she sent right back at him as both she and Neo made their way to go and get changed into their combat attire, Neo's usual clothes which she decided would be her combat gear having been moved there yesterday.

"Hey, Jauney boy?" the voice that had once been the bane of his existence called out from behind him, Jaune turning to find Cardin looking at him with scrunched eyebrows and a deep frown. "Not here to make a fuss, past that crap since you saved my ass in Forever Fall… just gotta ask, is she like your older cousin or something? Saw how pissed you looked when people were laughing at her, I mean, not gonna lie that if I saw her from the back I'd think she was young to... but c'mon! No way a kid could get into a school like this without being the same age as us!"

*Achoo!* Ruby sneezed suddenly, Weiss screeching in disgust as a booger landed on the seat in front of her. "Oops?" was her only answer to her partner's grossed out look.

Jaune stared at the ginger boy for a long while, face completely blank as it tried to process Cardin being nice to him… it just didn't add up! It was like saying there was some queen of the Grimm out there who was actually controlling them all, it was just too insane to even consider! But then… a teeny, tiny part of him that still kinda hated Cardin for bullying him in the first place decided a bit of revenge was needed. So, with a smug grin, he decided to correct Cardin. "Nope! That's my girlfriend, and you're wrong actually, she's the same age as us" he grinned, pulling out his Scroll to show a picture of the two of them lying on his bed watching a film last night curtesy of Nora, taking more than a little satisfaction as he watched Cardin's eyes slam open as he looked at him, at the picture, back at him and once again to picture… Jaune wasn't one to show off like this usually but he decided to take a page out of said girls book and take pride in the fact she was his girlfriend just like she took the same amount in the fact he was her boyfriend.

"Holy crap… like… damn… How?" Jaune, once upon a time, would have been offended at the disbelieving look in Cardin's eyes, but then again, it's not like he could blame him… Neo was… she was perfect… in every single way and it made him so unbelievably happy to know that she wanted him to be the one she called boyfriend… heh, he loved the butterflies he got in his stomach whenever he thought about this.

"Let's just say we met in an ice-cream shop" he smiled, turning back to the arena to find Yang and Neo had… had… eh?

"… Miss Glace? May I enquire as to what that is exactly?" Demon Queen questioned with barely restrained annoyance in her voice that Neo couldn't understand for the life of her.

It's my goodie bag! She grinned excitedly as she flung the heavy bag to the ground with a deep 'thud!', letting Demon Queen read her words off of her Scroll. She did wince a little when she saw a stray spark shoot out from it. Uh oh… maybe shoulda turned that off before I packed it…

"Okay, allow me to ask a different question. What is in this… 'goodie bag' of yours?" her eyebrow twitched much like her eye had when she'd had to deal with Walrus earlier, Neo once again confused, even more so when she realised all Blondie had on her was those shotgun gauntlets of hers.

Well… be easier to show ya! With that, she put away her Scroll and proceeded to take out the contents of the bag. Let's see… we got my supped up tazer, spiked brass knuckles, a few grenades (regular, smoke and flash), a couple stilettos, grappling gun, claymore mine, paralysing darts that ignore aura, small E.M.P, razor blades on sown into a cap*, bat with attached barbed wire, ooo! Forgot I packed the dust spiked caltrops that explode with whatever element is in them! A couple more little surprises and-

"I-Is that an improvised explosive!?" Demon Queen screeched, jumping back as Neo proudly showed off her little creation, with a big fire dust crystal safely encased in military grade plastic to act as the thing that would actually go 'boom' with a gravity dust crystal to make a vacuum of air after the initial explosion and a lightning dust crystal to act as the detonator, she was damn proud of her little creation!

... why were people running from the room?

It was true, a few people in the front rows had literally bolted out the doors while the rest simply sat there with pale faces and stiff bodies. Meh, maybe they all needed the bathroom?

Yep! Made it all by myself! So! When do we get to fight!?

"Y-You intend to use these on other students!?"

Of course! I mean, I prefer using my parasol and hand gun but I need a lil practice in with this other stuff and I decided 'hey, may as well use them on people who are pretty much signing up to be test dummies!'

"If you think I will let you fight with any of that, you have another thing coming!" She screeched, storming over and gingerly taking her little creation from her hands, much to Neo's shock!

WHAT!? But… but… this is combat class! Literally, people are gonna use stuff just like this anyway! She protested, this was bogus! What was so wrong with her using this stuff when Cow Tits literally used a grenade launcher!

"That may be, but one! They are trained in these weapons, whereas you have just admitted to the contrary with these… whatever they are! Two! None of these are registered as your weapons! I'm quite certain half of these are actually considered illegal! Put those away right now and I will forgive this but make no mistake when I say that we will be having words!"

She turned to Blondie, to get her to help to prove to Demon Queen how this was so unfair, only to see said girl was white as snow and nervously laughing while not looking her way. Seriously? What the hell!?

Not even the tazer? It only ignores aura a little! She pouted, putting on her best puppy dog eyes and lip wobble, surely it would work! Surely Demon Queen's tiny, tiny heart would grow three sizes just like the Grimch's did at the end of the movie! Surely she would give into the cuteness and let her try out her toys!

Jaune sighed with a small smile as Neo dragged off her little bag of horrors back to the locker room, a pout of massive proportions on her face, even looking over her shoulder a couple times with a hopeful smile to which Miss Goodwitch would only point back towards said locker room.

He cared for her, heck he honestly thought he may have been falling in love with her! But seeing what she'd just brought reminded him she was from a very different walk of life compared to him... heh, he didn't mind, Neo was Neo and he loved every little thing about her... even if she did kinda scare him at times.

She returned with that pout still there as she held her parasol in her right hand, her gun still hidden in her corset, he guessed as a way to shock Yang with at the worst possible moment for the blonde brawler. He personally thought it was really clever, even if Yang was aware Neo had a gun, she had a bad habit of getting lost in the heat of battle and Neo suddenly pulling a gun and shooting at her from point blank range would definitely mess her up.

They stood at their sides of the ring, Neo looking excited while Yang, for the first time in his entire time at Beacon, looked nervous as all heck.

"Fighters; sink up your Scrolls" Miss Goodwitch called out, Yang and Neo following suit, Jaune's eyes widening with shock when he realised Neo's aura pool wasn't that big. It wasn't actually small by any means but even Ruby's was bigger and she had one of the smallest aura pools he knew. "Fighters; rules are as standard but as Miss Glace is new, I shall reiterate them. You shall fight until either one of your aura pools are in the red or one of you is knocked out of the ring. I, however, hold the right to end the fight at any time if I see fit to. Is this understood?" Neo practically vibrated in place as her head snapped up and down as fast as can be, Yang… Yang looked like she was regretting choosing to be Neo's first fight… and every choice she'd ever made that led up to this moment. "Fighters;… Begi-"

"Wait"

It was quiet… near silent actually, but the entire room ground to a halt at the voice which suddenly made itself known from the back… and Jaune knew this voice all too well…

It was a voice that made his blood freeze and his heart stop, something that truly terrified him to his core, even if said voice had only ever spoken to him with kindness.

He turned, a voice he truly was surprised to hear yet hoped against hope that it wasn't who he already knew it was deep down…

With navy blue eyes and blonde hair even darker than Saphron's, stood Rouge Arc. With combat armour adorning her body and weapons in hand, she slowly made her way to the front where Miss Goodwitch stood frozen like a statue in shock.

It was Jaune who managed to react first, reaching out and grabbing her arm as she made to pass on by.

"R-Rouge!? What the heck are you doing here!?" he whisper shouted, confusion and panic running through him as she smiled sweetly at him.

"Why am I here?" she questioned, patting his head like she used to do when he only came up to her waist. "Why, I have decided to have a friendly spar with your girlfriend is all"

*The bladed cap is a reference to the amazing British crime drama called Peaky Blinders… yeah, they got the name for a very deserved reason.

WELL! Neo's in trouble!

Sorry for the delay folks, I've been sick in bed with the flu and Journey has been having to take care of me so neither of us could get much work done... plus, if any of you also read my other story, she had been... rather pissed off with me recently due to the latest chapter.

This was getting a little long and with the time it's taken we decided to make another three-part segment to our little story! We hope you like it!