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Penny sullenly trod out of the store, she had been smiling as she left but it was pretty obvious her fellow redhead was pretty bummed that she had to go. Nora was sad to see her leave as well, there could never be too many redheads in one place. Nora turned back to her friends who had all also been watching their new friend leave.

"So she was fun." Nora said happily. It was true, Penny seemed like a great time. She had offered to date Ruby right there on the spot just to cheer her up. What an awesome girl. She didn't understand what this nonsense with General Ironwood and the armed guards was about but everyone has their deal. Penny seemed nice and she and Ruby were friends so she must be alright.

"Yeah," Ruby chuckled a little nervously, probably still getting over being offered a date from another girl. "She's so silly sometimes." ruby still had a slight blush even after Penny had left.

"Silly? Rubes you should have taken her up on that offer." Yang punched Ruby playfully in the shoulder. "Where are you gonna find a girl cuter than her? She's like just your type?"

"Wuh?" Ruby physically recoiled from her sister, "My type? But she's a girl Yang, and my friend. I mean I know you date girls too, but like…" Ruby petered off as her argument lost steam and conviction. Wait, Yang dated girls? That was definitely an interesting tidbit Nora hadn't known. It made sense, but still, it opened up a few possibilities.

" 'But' what?" Yang asked and leaned back with a smug smile, "I know you thought some of my old girlfriends were cute," Yang laughed uproariously just as an employee came over to help them, effectively cutting off any retort Ruby might have.

"Alright ladies and very handsome gentleman, what are you in for today?" the hair stylist asked. Nora felt the urge to tackle her against the wall of fancy shampoo bottles and let her know just who that incredibly charming gentleman belonged to, but Ren rested his hand gently on her thigh and she knew there was nothing to worry about. He didn't like brunettes anyway.

"Well, I'm just here for a wash today." Yang said rather sternly. She sure was protective of her hair. "No scissors or little bits of tinfoil come anywhere near me," Yang stood, "Understand?"

"Oh yes of course. Whatever you want miss. It's a shame though, you're hair is so lovely, we could do so much with it." the stylist leaned around to try and take in all of Yang's giant mane appreciatively.

"No no," Yang held two fingers to her eyes and then pointed them at the stylist. Nora had gotten the 'I'm Watching You' signal from her blonde friend before and knew the stylist better watch herself if she wanted to stay safe. "Just a nice, long wash please." Yang's serious face broke into an easy smile.

"I'll be having the same." Ren made no move to stand.

"No Renny, you have to get more than that!" Nora grabbed his hand with both of hers. "Can't we make the stripe longer? I think you should do a whole thing of your hair."

"Oh she's right, you would look absolutely wonderful if you extended that pink stripe. Have you thought about any other colors. It really contrasts with your black hair, you could do one in green or red." The stylist turned from Yang who she apparently was getting nothing out of and tried Ren now. Nora was not having any of this other color nonsense though.

"No, it's staying pink." She dropped his hand and crossed her arms, "That's the color it's supposed to be."

"I think I understand,," the stylist nodded her head politely with a huge smile, "It's so your eyes pop right? It works very well." Nora was furious, this girl could not take a hint at all.

"I wonder what makes you pop." Nora, clad all in pink and white, stood and brought Ren up with her, clutching his hand in a vice grip. "Don't you?" Nora did her best to keep her voice sweet and high, not letting it descend into a growl of anger.

"Nora, Nora, it's okay." Yang laughed at her side, obviously trying to calm her down. Nora took a deep breath, she knew she didn't have anything to worry about with Ren but it didn't mean she didn't get jealous. She loosened her grip on his hand just slightly.

"Are you together?" the girl threw one hand forward flippantly, "That's so adorable, you have a total yin yang thing going, all calm and serene and then all energetic and crazy." she smiled wide at them, "So is anyone getting anything more than a hair wash?" Ruby lifted her hand high up into the air to try and get the girl's attention.

"Yeah, I wanna have some cut and get my tips re-dyed." Ruby said as confidently as she could. This girl was so unpredictable it's no wonder Ruby was unsure with her.

"Alright now there is something I can work with." the stylist clapped her hands together and lunged forward to pull Ruby away by her shoulders. She sounded happier and less like she was trying to flirt with Ren so Nora calmed even more. She didn't want Ruby to go off alone with her though and she needed her hair cut too.

"Yang, Ren, I'm gonna go with Ruby and make sure that…. Girl… doesn't do anything to her." She tried to put as much venom on the word as she could, "You two stick together and Yang." Nora turned to her seriously, "You keep all these ladies away from my man. I'm trusting you."

"You got it Nora," Yang flashed her an exaggerated thumbs up, "No one'll come near him." Ren sighed and walked off towards the back of the store with Yang. Nora darted around in front of him, gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and then followed quickly after Ruby.

"You got it bad don't you Ren?" she heard Yang ask and she paused just a moment to hear how sweet Ren's answer would be.

"No Yang, I have it quite fantastic actually." Ren smiled with that, she was sure of it. He was absolutely the best. Nora skipped over to where the snarky stylist had seated Ruby and was pulling her hair out at all sorts of weird angles.

"Wow! Your hair is just so soft and the color is so deep." The girl had her nose nearly buried in Ruby's hair and Ruby looked really uncomfortable about the whole thing."You are so lucky you have such wonderful hair."

"She does doesn't she?" Nora flopped down in the chair next to Ruby. The stylist girl pulled out of Ruby's hair and regarded them both evenly.

"Hey, you getting your hair cut too? I really thought it was just me." Ruby asked, obviously happy to have a familiar face around again and to not be alone with the slightly disturbed employee.

"Yeah I think I might." Nora ran both hands back through the bright orange mass on her head. "It's kinda long right now."

"As soon as I cut hers and put in the dye, I can switch over to you while it sets. Does that sound okay?" the girl's voice suddenly switched to a much more professional tone and it threw Nora off a little. She had expected to have to fight with her just to keep her seat.

"Could you cut hers first so she can come sit with me while the dye dries? It's so boring under those big heater dome things." Ruby moved her hands in an arc above her head to indicate the dryers used to set the dye once they were finished.

"Definitely, anything for someone with such wonderful hair." the girl ran another hand through Ruby's hair and moved over to a small shelf to start gathering supplies. "So what color are we doing? You're probably bored of red. I mean it's all over you, your cape, your hair, your boot laces even. What about bright pink? Or green or purple? We could even mix some colors."

"No, uhh I think I wanna go with red again." Ruby threw her hands up protectively over her hair, "Ya know, deep dark red, to match my cloak and my boots and stuff."

"Yeah, red and black is kinda her thing." Nora spun her chair in a circle, "But I thought we were cutting my hair first?

"What? Oh yeah huh? You did ask that, okay totally." the girl threw the bottles she had gathered back at the counter and grabbed a pair of scissors, some trimmers and a comb. "So what are we doing here?" She moved towards Nora menacingly, trimmer buzzing in one hand and snipping her scissors open and shut in the other.

"Amy?" a voice called from a little further back in the store, where Ren and Yang had gone, "Amy where are you." A slightly older woman, probably somewhere in her thirties stepped out of the long hallway and gasped, "Amethyst, what are you doing?"

The girl that had been speaking with them this whole time, Amethyst apparently, dropped her tools directly to the floor. The scissors clattered off to the side and the trimmers broke into tiny pieces, the small blades shooting out in all directions. A few pieces hit Nora and she was sure Ruby too, but it was nothing their aura didn't completely absorb. The crashing noise and squeal that Amethyst let out drew the attention of every customer and employee in the room.

"Amethyst, how many times do I have to tell you? You are not allowed to cut hair yet." the older lady stormed over and smiled apologetically at Nora and Ruby, "I am so sorry, she didn't do anything yet did she?" she started looking over their hair without waiting for a response, "Miss, please tell me you had red dyed tips when you came in?" she had a pleading look on her face.

"Yeah, I actually came in to get them redone." Ruby smiled at her, she was so much happier than she had been the last few days Nora thought. "She didn't do anything." the woman breathed an audible sigh of relief and then whipped back around to face Amethyst who was hanging her head like a whipped dog.

"Go into the back, a lady came in to get her hair washed and has way too much for one person to handle, you need to help." she said in a very serious tone and shooed Amethyst off towards the back before spinning around to face Ruby and Nora again. "I really am terribly sorry about that, Amy just started here a little while ago and she's still learning," she leaned over to begin gathering the pieces of the broken trimmer off the ground and then saw Ruby and Nora's exposed legs, "None of this hit you did it?" She jumped back up in shock.

"Nope, we're all good!" Nora kicked her legs out in front of her, "I mean some stuff did hit us, but we're Huntresses in training from Beacon so like, we were fine." She tried to give the overly worried woman a reassuring smile but it didn't look like it worked.

"Umm, miss. That lady with all the hair, she isn't blonde is she?" Ruby asked from her seat. The lady turned a quizzical and still very worried face towards her.

"Why?" A look of confusion and horror seeped across the woman's face.

"Well, that's my sister and she is really, really protective of her hair." Ruby said seriously, "And she has a slight anger problem and is a huntress too. She can get pretty dangerous." Ruby looked sheepish and small, like she was either embarrassed about her sister or maybe even scared of what might happen if Amethyst did anything brash.

"Oh…" the woman looked back down the hallway after Amethyst worriedly, "Well she's with one of our more experienced girls since your sister has so much beautiful hair. I'm sure they'll be fine." She came back to them with a much calmer smile, "Now what can I get done for you two today?"

The woman went about cutting and styling Nora's hair just the way she asked and complimenting her on how well she kept it and how great it looked. She talked and talked as she went along, complimenting them on how great they looked and asking about what it was like to be huntresses and how exciting it was or if it was really dangerous.

"So many people dislike red hair but then they dye their hair bold, exciting colors when you just have it naturally." she fawned over Nora's head and then looked aside to Ruby, "I mean even your friend here is getting hers dyed red." Ruby blushed hard and Nora giggled.

"That's just because she thinks I'm cute, right Ruby?" Nora asked and watched the other girl's face in the mirror, her face lit up in a sudden blush and she opened her mouth in shock.

"Whuh? Huh?" Ruby nearly fell out of her chair as she tried to turn to Nora as quickly as she could, "I mean… Not no, but I don't…." Ruby got even more flustered as she tried to right herself in her seat. Once she was sitting as normally as Ruby ever sat she was able to speak again, "I've been dying my hair red since I was like eight."

"Oh my goodness, have you really?" the lady lowered her hands from Nora's head and looked at Ruby, "That is some crazy dedication, most girls who dye their hair like that change it almost every other time they come in." She smiled at Ruby and Ruby seemed to get a little better control of herself.

"Well I mean, all my stuff is red and black and it just sorta matches." Ruby swung her legs idly beneath her, "My name is Ruby and everything." Their newer much more polite hair stylist, giggled like she was twenty years younger than she looked.

"It does make sense you're right. Plus it looks fantastic on you. I don't think I have ever seen someone with silver eyes, the red really frames them nicely." she said and returned to Nora's hair. Ruby blushed hard at the praise and Nora giggled.

"She's a little shy right now. Did you see that other redhead girl that was in here?" Nora asked, looking at the woman cutting her hair by looking in the mirror in front of her.

"Oh yes, Penny? I help Penny every time she comes in. It's like I'm her personal hair stylist." she giggled again.

"Yeah Penny. Well you see Ruby's goin' through a tough time lately." Nora began.

"Nora!" Ruby moaned from her side, "Stop it." she begged.

"It has to do with a boy," Nora snickered and their hair stylist laughed, keeping it better under control for Ruby's sake, "And Penny and her are really good friends , but Penny offered to date her to make her feel better." That was just too much for her, the woman moved her tools away from Nora's head and doubled over in laughter for a moment. She stood and wiped a joyful tear from her eye.

"That sounds exactly like Penny. Not a mean bone in her body. I don't think she could even hurt a fly." she returned to cutting Nora's hair.

"I wouldn't quite say that," Ruby looked a little recovered now, happy that Nora hadn't gone too deep into the whole Jaune thing. "She's actually a really strong Huntress too."

"Really? I honestly never would have thought," she laughed openly, "She always talking about combat this and fighting that but I figured she was just a fan or something. Lots of girls look up to you Huntresses you know."

Both Ruby and Nora blushed at that. They knew that to average people they were akin to the superheroes out of Jaune's comic books but it was still kind of embarrassing to be reminded of it. Especially when they knew someone like Pyrrha Nikos who was literally a celebrity because of her Huntress abilities, cereal boxes and all. To them it was just what they did, nothing special because basically every person they knew did it too.

"Okay, I think you're done." the lady stepped back and away from Nora so she could look at herself clearly. She grabbed a small hand mirror off a nearby counter and held it behind Nora's head so she could see the back as well. It was perfect, exactly what Nora had before and exactly what she was looking for this time. She liked her hair this way, Ren liked her hair this way and it didn't get in Magnhild's way, what else mattered?

"Thank you so much, it's perfect." Nora spun around in her chair and smiled directly at her, not wanting to use the mirror this time.

"You're very welcome." she smiled to Nora and turned to Ruby, "And what are we doing for you Ms. Ruby?" Ruby perked up and sat straighter in her chair, feet dangling well off the ground.

"I just wanna shorten it up a little bit and then dye my ends like they are now." Ruby smiled and began swinging her legs far back and forth in excitement.

"That sounds perfectly reasonable." She moved over to Ruby's chair and began the process of figuring out exactly how short she wanted to go, where she might want to stay a little longer, all those sorts of technical details. It was enough of a hassle to do it for her own hair and Nora didn't know how Ruby had sat through it with her.

"I'm gonna go check on Ren and Yang," Nora jumped up from her seat and removed the hair apron thing and strung it over the back of the chair. She waved to Ruby and their new hair stylist friend and wandered through to the back of the store where her wonderful boyfriend and Yang were having their hair washed.

She came around the corner of one small room off the main hallway and there was Ren setting in front of a sink with small dip in the front meant to hold the customer's neck. He was rubbing at his head with a towel, his long ponytail undone and loose strands of black hair running wild down his back and over his shoulders, just one small accent of pink hanging in front of his eyes.

"Hey Renny. All done?" Nora asked as she came around the corner. He turned from watching three attendants work on Yang's massive amount of hair to greet her.

"Yes, just about. I believe they said they still wanted to comb it out but that Yang required more immediate attention." He chuckled very lightly at the end of his sentence. She knew he thought it was silly how seriously Yang took her hair, to him it was just another part of his body. He cared for it and even dyed a bit pink for Nora's sake, but really it was just there to him, like fingernails or eyelashes. "You look fantastic though."

"Renny thank you." Nora giggled uncontrollably for a moment and the rushed forward to kiss him on the cheek. They tried not to be overt with their affection in public and around their friends but when he complimented her like that, what was she supposed to do.

"What's up Nora?" Yang called out from the sink, her head obscured by a mountain of suds.

"I'm all done, just Ruby now. The lady doing our hair is really, really nice." Nora stretched around to try and see Yang's face but between all the employees and the soap and water and bottles of product, there was just no way.

"Go back to her though, take Ren if you want. We're here for her remember." Yang waved one hand from its spot trapped at her hip to try and shoo her away. Nora turned back to Ren.

"You wanna come? It might be fun to watch Ruby get it dyed." Nora slid over and sat on his lap, "Plus, she looks kinda busy." Nora jerked her head over at Yang.

"Well, I actually heard what your stylist was saying. I think I might need to stay here. Just in case." Ren gestured subliminally over at Amethyst who looked far too eager about washing Yang's hair, diving in with both hands and moving so much she got suds all over her own face.

"That's probably a good idea." Nora giggled again and stood, "Boop." she poked him in the nose, eliciting a smile from the boy and then pranced off back towards Ruby.

When she got back Ruby was still having her hair cut but looked to be almost done now. Her hair wasn't complicated really, it was mostly the dying that took a while. Once the hair was soaked in dye and wrapped in little bits of foil then they had to go sit down under these heat lamp hat things and let it set. It went pretty fast at places like this that got to use red dust just for the hair dryers, but it still took longer than a normal haircut.

"Welcome back gorgeous." the stylist said, spying Nora in the mirror as she approached, "How are the other two?"

"Well, Yang is taking up like the rest of the staff just to wash her hair and Renny is as sweet as ever." Nora grinned and threw herself into her chair, spinning it around with a giggle.

"How does she handle all of that on her own?" The stylist looked back and forth between Ruby and Nora for an answer.

"I think it's just practice. She's never had a real haircut in her life." Ruby hummed in thought, "A few times it had to get cut because of an accident in training or she would burn some of it off before she could control her semblance." Ruby laughed at the memories, "But she's probably like the best hair washer in all of Remnant because of it."

"Well it is just incredible that she maintains it so well. She has more hair back there than everyone else in here combined and it's so glorious and bright." she snipped one last time and stepped back to examine Ruby's hair. "And you are ready for dyes I think." She held a mirror behind Ruby just as she had done for Nora.

After the haircut there was no red left in Ruby's hair at all, it was just solid black. It took Nora a second to realize what was so off but once she did she giggled loud enough to draw Ruby's attention.

"What? Does it look bad?" Ruby and the stylist spun on Nora.

"No, no. It's just so weird to see you with your natural hair." Nora laughed again, not trying to restrain herself this time.

"Oh," Ruby laughed along now, "Yeah I guess it is." she looked back in the mirror and smiled.

"Did you want to keep it that way? You can always come in and get it dyed if you decide you don't like it." their lady offered. Ruby spun her head to each side, letting her hair drift around in a circle around her head as she thought.

"No, I'll get it dyed again. People might not recognize me without it." Ruby laughed and scooted back in her chair a little so her head was in a better spot to be worked on.

"Alright then, let's get to it." She pulled out a bottle of dye and the strips of tinfoil to wrap around her hair. She slipped on some gloves and leaned over to get to work. "I just need you to try and not move a lot so I can get it just right, okay?"

"Sounds good," Ruby bounced happily and then realized what she had done, "Sorry." She sat big and tall, back straight and shoulders against the chair, looking very much like her white clad partner.

"So Ruby, what are we gonna go do after this?" Nora asked. Ruby looked like she really wanted to turn her head but tried desperately to see Nora through the mirror without moving her neck.

"Uhhhh.. I don't know. It's not really my plan is it?" Ruby's voice was strained with the effort of not moving, something she was not very good at. Nora decided to make it easier for her and moved to the counter with the mirror. She leaned back into the countertop and met Ruby's eyes now that she had placed herself directly in front of her.

"Well it is kinda your day though." Nora put her finger to her chin in thought, "We should at least grab food before we head back right? Since we're all the way down here."

"Do you not get to come down from the school very often?" the stylist had her head bent low over Ruby's head as she carefully applied the dye, being sure to get it just on the tips.

"We can come down basically whenever, we just don't a lot." Ruby said, still being careful not to move her head at all, "We actually spend a lot of time studying and training and stuff, also I sleep alot." Ruby did her best to suppress a giggle so as not to shake her head but most of the laughter still spilled out.

"Yeah, they have almost everything we need up there too. Just the food down here is a lot better." Nora tilted her head back and rested the top against the mirror. "And there's like nothing to do up there. It can get really boring." She knew she was whining but it was true.

"Well then you should go out and do something fun. You look gorgeous, your hair will be even more wonderful than it was before. Maybe you can flirt with some boys or some girls or whatever it is you do these days." she laughed happily and finished another section of Ruby's hair and kept working.

"Yes! Ruby! We should go out." Nora jumped up from the counter and grabbed Ruby's knees, "I know it like really isn't your thing but oh, can we please? I know you'll have a good time."

"I don't know." Ruby fidgeted slightly and then caught herself and tried to hold her head still in the new position. "What do you even do?"

"We need to go to a club. There's music and dancing and people and it's so much fun." Nora jumped up and away from Ruby spinning in a little circle, "Plus, since we're already here Yang can't make you wear heels." She knew that would be the winning part for Ruby, she hated dressing up and wearing heels and doing all that work.

"Really? No lady stilts?" A hint of excitement entered Ruby's voice and the stylist laughed good naturedly as she kept working. "I mean, maybe we could try. You have to convince Ren though."

"That won't be hard, Ren's actually a really good dancer." Nora squealed in excitement and the stylist stepped away from Ruby.

"Alright honey, you're all set. It's not a lot since it's only the tips and we have those fancy new dryers so you won't have to be under very long. Here let me walk you back." she said and motioned them towards the back of the store. Ruby hopped up and Nora tried her best to calm down. She just could not believe that they were finally gonna get Ruby to go out with them. Just wait until she told Yang.

They followed her back into the store and she sat Ruby down under one of the dryers. There were a few normal chairs nearby for friends just like Nora, well maybe not just like Nora, to sit and talk with people having their dye finished. The stylist explained that the machine had a timer and would ding for Ruby when she was done so she could just relax and wait until it finished, then they could remove the wrappers and she would be good to go. Ruby settled into the chair and the stylist moved off, presumably to help some other customers or maybe check on Yang.

"So, we know this place that let's you in even though you're under eighteen. You just have to wear this big wristband that says you're underage and if you're rowdy or anything they can kick you out. But really, they can kick anybody out for being rowdy, me and Yang have tested that rule more than a few times." Nora was way too excited to sit so she just bent down by Ruby so the younger girl could see her without having to look through the clear plastic of the dome over her head. "I really don't think that's gonna be an issue with you though, you're never really the rowdy type anyways."

"So, is it just like dancing and stuff?" Ruby shifted uncomfortably in her seat.

"Yeah, yeah, but it's really fun." Nora could not risk her losing the will to go now, she hadn't even got to tell Yang yet. "The music is really good and everyone looks so amazing under the lights and stuff, plus you can just dance and dance and no one cares because everyone is dancing. They have some tables and stuff and you can drink too." Nora caught herself, "Well I mean you can't and we aren't supposed to either but still sometimes we do because Yang knows the guy so we can sneak some. Ren never drinks though, like ever." Ruby looked a little uncomfortable at the mention of alcohol so Nora backpedaled, "We won't tonight though, we're just there to have fun with you since today was all about getting you away from the school anyways."

"Okay, it sounds kind of okay I guess." Ruby looked up and tried to sit a little taller so her head was more inside the big plastic dome. It was obviously built for people a little taller than herself.

"It'll be great really, I promise. And if it's not we can just get outta there." Nora tried to reassure Ruby with a smile. The option to leave early if she didn't like it seemed to cheer Ruby up. So Nora went for broke, "Then, there's usually a food truck outside that has the best Mistralian food in Vale. It's the best because most of the food you can eat while you walk because it's comes on sticks and stuff."

"Ooh really? I do like Mistralian food, do they ever have any sweet stuff?" Ruby perked a bit at the prospect of foreign food.

"Yeah, yeah sometimes. They have those little square baked things with the sugar." Nora leaned forward, "And they sell them by the dozen." She whispered in a low sultry voice she usually saved for menacing plans, but this was rather menacing, tricking Ruby into the club with the promise of baked sweets.

"You got me, that sounds awesome. Just wait 'till we tell Yang." Ruby smiled brightly and Nora was confident she had won her over for sure. Just as she went on to tell a little more about the place they could hear shouting from the wash area.

"No, I told you to do nothing!" Yang's voice carried down the hall. Several heads poked out of their little cubbies along the hallway to look towards the commotion. Ruby squirmed in her seat and looked desperately like she wanted to see what was going on but also realized if she moved from the chair it would ruin her hair.

"I'll check," Nora sang out, not wanting Ruby to ruin her hair over more of Yang's antics, "I'm sure it's just Yang being Yang."

"What have you done? It's ruined!" Yang's voice came ringing out again, perfectly clear despite the distance and walls in the way. Nora darted off around the corner and back to where she had found Ren and Yang earlier.

Nora skipped into the room and saw Yang was standing now with her back to the entrance. Ren was on her right with his hands out, ready to intervene if she lost her incredibly short temper. The girl from before, Amethyst, was opposite Yang, pleading desperately.

"No, no look how good it looks." Amethyst said as she held a small mirror up in front of her, half showing Yang her hair, half trying to ward off any coming blows, whatever good a mirror would do against Yang.

"Yang, it really does fit." Ren was trying to calm her down from her side, "I think you may need to calm down."

"Calm down? Calm down? Ren have you seen it?" Yang spun around and Nora got her first look at the damage. One long strand, all the way from the top of Yang's head down past her hips was dyed a brilliant purple that really did match her eyes perfectly. It was curled around some strands of blonde making it twinkle and shimmer as her hair shook with rage, like there was a tiny string of gold woven into it. Nora had to admit, she did really think it looked good but she knew Yang would never agree.

"Oh Yang, you got a highlight?" Nora ran over, trying to fake enthusiasm so Yang might calm down a little. It didn't seem to work though.

"I did not get a highlight." Yang yelled at Nora and then spun back on Amethyst, "This…. Girl." Yang gritted out the word, obviously wanting to say more, "Decided to do it without my permission." Yang spun back to Nora, "She just pulled some out while they were washing it all and did it off to the side."

"But Yang it looks so good. It's just like that bandana thing you always have." Nora said as cheerily as she could. The little accent of color honestly did a lot to break up Yang's seamless mass of golden hair and give it a new, fun element.

"But it's my hair and I didn't ask her to do anything," Yang's eyes began to fuzz over with a color that was very definitely not purple as she turned slowly back towards Amethyst, "So what are you gonna do here? Because I'm real close to tearing the whole place down." Yang's voice dropped low and dangerous and Nora saw Amethyst shiver.

"Yang no!" Ruby came running into the room, tinfoil hair rattling against her head. She was still wearing the big hair apron and had her cloak on her back. She looked absolutely ridiculous and the crinkling noise the tinfoil made on her hair was the perfect accent to top it all off. Nora tried hard but couldn't resist laughing despite how tense the air was. "This is supposed to be my day!" Ruby stomped her combat boot down hard in defiance and looked simply adorable trying to assert herself over Yang.

Yang sighed out loud and slowly turned back around, her eyes much closer to solid purple now.

"Ruby, look what she did." Yang pointed at her now purple strand of hair.

"And?" Ruby asked incredulously, "It'll go away after a little while. You can't just blow up their store 'cause they messed up your hair." Ruby crossed her arms, "You always do this!" Yang's face softened at the sight of her upset little sister.

"I'm sorry Rubes. You know how I am about my hair." Yang's shoulders dropped in resignation, "You're right. You're right." She took a deep, shaky breath and when she opened her eyes again they were once again a gorgeous, deep, completely red free shade of purple.

"It does look good though." Ruby smiled for her older sister.

"Plus! Ruby said she would go to the club with us." Nora hoped that could be the final piece of news that brought Yang back to the world of the sane, or at least back to Ruby and Nora.

"Wait what?" Yang charged over to Ruby and grabbed her by the shoulders, "You're gonna come dancing?" Yang lifted Ruby up by the shoulders so they were eye to eye. "Are you really?"

"Ow, Yang." Ruby wheezed, "Not if you break me." Yang dropped Ruby who landed on her feet with a huff. Yang's smile was huge now and her fists unclenched but she turned back on Amethyst all the same.

"You are so incredibly lucky that I am in an impossibly good mood right now." Yang pointed a finger directly in her face. "And we are getting something for free for all of this."

"Yeah, of course. I wouldn't think of charging you for the purple dye job." Amethyst stammered out.

"Oh no," Yang laughed, "That was obvious. No I don't wanna pay a single lien today after what you did." Yang held the strand of purple hair out in front of her angrily, nearly whipping Amethyst in the face with it.

"Is everyone okay? Ruby what are you doing back here?" the voice of Nora and Ruby's hair stylist from earlier carried to them from the hallway, "I went back to check but you were already gone and I heard yelling- Oh my Oum." she cursed under her breath as she saw Yang's hair, "Miss, I am so unbelievably sorry about this." She said to Yang before turning angrily on her employee, "Amethyst! Did you do this?"

Amethyst nodded her head weakly. The woman turned back to Nora and the rest of them, speaking mostly to Yang.

"I'm so sorry. You're sister warned me and everything and I didn't listen to her. Please, we'll comp your whole visit today. I'll even dye it back blonde if you want me too. Really, I'm so so sorry this happened." she looked like she was ready to get down on her knees and beg Yang not to destroy the little store, but the big blonde girl laughed and put her hand out on the hair stylist's shoulder.

"That's really generous of you, thanks so much." Yang laughed again, "I'll keep it for now though, dying my hair over and over would just hurt it more. This stuff will wash out eventually right?"

"Well, uhh…" the lady stumbled over her words for a moment, surprised at Yang's switch in behavior, "Of course, how silly of me. You didn't sit under one of the hair dryers did you? Where your sister was?"

"No, no I used the temporary stuff. I promise." Amethyst yelped out, probably hoping to prevent any further drama. "It'll come out in like a week max. I swear."

"Oh well, I might just have to wash my hair a million times tonight until it comes out. Who knows." Yang laughed again.

"Right," the stylist and apparently manager or owner of the store laughed nervously and turned back to Ruby, "Let's get those out of your hair so you can all get going." She ushered the tinfoil headed girl back out to the front of the store and into one of the chairs. With quick deft hands the woman removed the foil wraps from Ruby's hair and combed it out so it sat nice and even on her head like when she had arrived.

"Ruby it looks sooo good." Yang bemoaned from beside her, "At least they did yours right." Ruby turned her head from side to side, looking at the deep red tips from every angle. They were solid at the ends and faded evenly up into her hair until it was solid, natural black again.

"It came out wonderfully." the stylist said from Ruby's side, "I'm so glad."

"Oh thank you," Ruby turned and hugged the woman unexpectedly, "I've needed to get this done for so long."

"No, thank you. Again, I am really, really sorry about what happened with your sister." the owner turned to Yang, "I'm going to have to have a serious talk with Amethyst about staying employed here."

"Well she did do a good job." Yang held the hair out in front of her, "If I had wanted this I would be really happy."

"She just needs to work on her impulse control," Nora laughed. She knew a thing or two about training a better impulse control, she might completely ignore what she knew, but she did know.

"Well like I said. Your visit today is totally free. It's the least I can do for a group of Huntresses and one very handsome Huntsman. Especially after what happened." she folded her hands down in front of her and gave a slight bow, mostly just her head.

"Alright, let's go hit the club!" Nora yelled. She was way too excited for them to get caught up in a bunch of apologizing and back and forthing with this woman, they needed to go dance.

"Yeah let's go!" Yang grabbed Ruby by the hand and drug her out the front door, whooping and cheering the whole way.

"Miss, I am sorry about the way my friend reacted." Ren said quietly to the hair stylist, "Here." he handed her a large amount of lien. Probably not enough to cover everything they had done during their visit, but definitely a decent amount of it and far more than his wash and Nora's cut.

"No, no really. I couldn't" she tried to wave it away but Ren folded it into her palm.

"I insist. Honestly." Ren gave her one last warm smile and they turned to leave.

"I love you Ren." Nora leaned up and kissed him once on the cheek, causing a light blush to rush across his face that almost matched the pink in his hair.

A/N - Ooooh boy, that was a long chapter (did I really break 7k?) so I'll keep the note short. You will get the club scene don't worry. It's just I had to put a break in because otherwise this chapter would have been way over 10k words so there had to be a break somewhere.

Hope the salon trip was everything you ever wanted. I like the purple accents, like the eyes and bandana/handkerchief thing on Yang's character and thought she could do with just one more. Real dark purple but with little strands of blonde still in it. If there are any fan artists reading this please help. I can't draw worth a dime but would love a picture of this.

Thanks so much for reading! Can't wait to hear what you thought. Also, Saturday can't come soon enough. It's gonna kinda be the return of Clubbin' but in name only, and sorta in spirit I guess. Also, another fun character will be there. Any guesses?

-Zach