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Chapter 9

Bumblebee strutted up towards them. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Myrtenaster, and the twins all stared at Bumblebee, eyes wide and mouths agape at what she was wearing.

While they all knew that Yang's choice of clothing was inspired by the fashion from Vacuo, Bumblebee on the other hand could have easily passed for a full blooded Vacuoan.

Bumblebee wore a light off-yellow western blouse with embroidery along her chest and shoulders and on her hands were a pair of black leather, fingerless gloves. Around her neck was a loose thin yellow to orange bow neatly tied, which held up her stiff shirt collar covering most of her neck. She also wore a pair of dark black jeans, which were buttoned up high to her waist, held there by a thick leather belt with flame-patterned yellow stitching. The belt also served to tuck in her shirt blouse, leaving a bit of loose fabric that accentuated her curves even more. On top of her pants were a pair of black leather chaps with short frays that left her waist and hips visible while fitting just right over her legs. On her feet was a pair of black high cut cowgirl boots with a medium heel and slightly pointed toes, the tops of which were hidden under her chaps. Resting on her back, she held loosely over one shoulder a black leather cowboy duster. Lastly to top it all off was a respectably sized cowboy hat that rested on her head, no pun intended.

"Whoa! Bumblebee, you look so cool!" exclaimed Ruby, jumping up from the backless couch that she and Weiss were sitting on, and in a cloud of rose petals took in Bumblebee's outfit from nearly every angle. Even though she didn't know much about fashion as much as her older sister, she could still appreciate what Bumblebee was wearing.

Bumblebee blushed lightly at Ruby's compliment, "Really?" she asked.

"Yup!" replied Ruby.

"It suits you, really." Added Yang who had let the twins sit next to her, choosing the yellow shirts and cargo shorts that she had previously picked out. "You remind me of the time one of Dad's huntsmen buddies from Vacuo came to visit Patch."

Ember and Celica dashed towards Bumblebee and clung to her legs, looking up at her with large grins on their faces. "Big sis!" exclaimed Celica. "We love your clothes." said Ember as they both tugged at her pants and chaps.

"Thanks." said Bumblebee smiling, glad that both Yang and the twins also approved of her outfit. All that left was. . .

"So what do you think, Weiss? Myrtenaster?" Asked Bumblebee, gently peeling the twins away from her legs and turning around once to let them all get the full view of her outfit.

Weiss took a long moment, taking in Bumblebee's clothes. Letting out a breath through her nose, "It's. . . acceptable." replied Weiss and Myrtenaster nodded in agreement.

"It's quite becoming. Much more preferable than that bathrobe you wore when we first met." said Myrtenaster, smiling good-naturedly.

"Well yours ain't too bad either, Myr." said Bumblebee, chuckling at Myrtenaster's comment.

Myrtenaster looked over her clothes once more, the form being quite elegant but not so much so as to hinder function then said, "Why thank you, Bumblebee."

While Ruby was still mesmerized by Bumblebee's outfit, she was suddenly swept off her feet by Bumblebee letting out a small "Eep!" in response.

"So Ruby, now that I got a new set of clothes, do you wanna head out?" asked Bumblebee.

Ruby simply lay there, frozen, arms wrapped around Bumblebee's neck. Surprised by Bumblebee's sudden actions, much like back in Ozpin's office. If Ruby could string two thoughts together she would probably imagine herself in the wild west of Vacuo, with herself in a Vacuoan style dress while Bumblebee held her in her arms rising a horse into the sunset.

Weiss simply looked away from the scene with a small huff. And here we go again, spending some somewhat alone time with Ruby was nice while it lasted. she thought.

Myrtenaster's eyes narrowed flashing red for a split second before returning to blue, but didn't comment.

The twins went back towards Yang and she lifted them up so that they sat on either side of her, which they both then clung to her shirt happily.

They all watched as Ruby blubbered incoherently trying to form intelligible words in Bumblebee's arms until there was a streak of red that appeared next to her.

They all watched as if in slow motion, a familiar tall, long haired individual sent a flying kick at Bumblebee.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" she yelled.

Bumblebee was caught off-guard by the sudden attack and was sent flying into a nearby clothes rack with a loud crash. Ruby on the other hand flew out of her arms by a few inches and before she fell to the ground and this time was caught in the arms of Crescent Rose.

It was at that moment that Ruby snapped out of her frozen state only to lapse back into it when she laid eyes on her weapon.

Considering her previous outfit, what she wore now blew her away. Although she didn't have any idea what she was going to wear, Ruby couldn't think of anything that would have suited Crescent Rose better. It was both flashy and form functional both aspects were a big part of her main design. It was a complete one-eighty from the previous clothes she had worn.

Everyone else just stared at Bumblebee's prone form, eyes wide at what Crescent Rose had just did.

After a few seconds or so Bumblebee jumped out of the pile of clothes and twisted metal.

"What the hell was that for?!" Bumblebee yelled out, rubbing her side where Crescent Rose had kicked her.

"Hmph. Isn't it obvious?" Said Crescent Rose, putting her nose up at Bumblebee, "That's what you get for laying your dirty paws on My Ruby."

"Why you. . ." Growled Bumblebee as she began to walk towards Crescent Rose. "If anyone here should be keeping their hands off Ruby, it'd have to be you!" said Bumblebee as she stopped right in front of her.

"Ha! You wish. I'm her weapon, so by default I have every right to do so." replied Crescent Rose, slowly running her hand up and down Ruby's thigh possessively.

The feeling of soft hands caressing her leg snapped Ruby out of her frozen state once again. Her sensitive skin prickling at the touch.

Ruby started to giggle, which then turned into outright laughter, her legs kicking out as Crescent Rose's caress, which was meant to be sensual instead ended up simply tickling the smaller redhead.

Unable to keep a hold of Ruby in her arms, Crescent Rose was forced to let Ruby down before she accidentally dropped her.

As Ruby's laughter subsided, still clinging onto Crescent Rose's arm, she smiled up at her and said. "Thanks for letting me down. But I really like your outfit, you look amazing."

Crescent Rose grinned at the compliment, "Thanks, Ruby." Placing her hands on her hips proudly.

Bumblebee grumbled something unintelligible whilst looking away from the pair, arms crossed. But her mood brightened up when Ruby picked up her forgotten hat and reached up on the tips of her toes to place it back on her head, though crookedly as it was.

"Sorry about that." said Ruby apologetically.

Bumblebee scratched the back of her head and said, "It was nothing. You don't have to be the one to apologize."

"Well looks like everyone's here." cut in a voice.

They all turned to see Blake walking up to them with Gambol Shroud in tow.

Gambol noticed that everyone's eyes were on her, causing her to quickly duck to hide behind Blake, gripping on to her shoulders.

Blake turned her head to see Gambol, head bowed and trying to appear as small as possible without resorting to crouching on the floor. Blake was able to coax her weapon forward with a affectionate pat on the head and a few quiet encouraging words.

Gambol timidly walked next to Blake, head still faced down at her feet.

Gambol wore a simple long-sleeved black dress that reached down to her shins with white cavalier cuffs at the end of her sleeves. In an almost inverted fashion, she wore a vest similar to Blake's but one that was white instead of black. From what could be seen of her legs were a pair of what was most likely white knee-high socks and on her feet were a pair of simple black leather shoes. Lastly around her shoulders was a white sailor kerchief with black edges as well as the bow that Blake had originally placed on her head. All in all her outfit was entirely unremarkable, especially when compared to everyone else's.

Yang let out a low whistle, "She looks great Blakey, you picked that out for her?" she asked.

"More or less." replied Blake, "Though it did take a while to find something that she wanted to wear, it was kind of hard to choose which one was best." she said. But in reality, Gambol was uncomfortable to the idea of wearing essentially everything that Blake had brought forward, which made picking out an outfit for her much more difficult. She had even outright refused to wear that cute short cut kimono that reminded her of the one the main protagonist had worn during a festival in one of her hidden books, something that disappointed Blake greatly.

"But I gotta say, great job." complimented Yang.

"Thanks, Yang."

"So is everyone finished?" asked Weiss, looking at her scroll. "We need to start picking up the pace."

"What's the rush, Weiss?" asked Ruby, walking up to her partner.

"It's already half past noon, and none of us have eaten lunch yet."

"What?!" yelled Ruby, "We've been here for that long?" as if right on cue, her stomach grumbled loudly as if glad that it had finally been noticed for the lack of food inside it, which made Ruby's cheeks to go pink in embarrassment.

"It would appear so." said Myrtenaster, giving Ruby a teasing smirk, causing the redhead's blush to deepen even further, as she leaned over Weiss' shoulder to see the time displayed on the scroll.

"So, again, is everyone satisfied with their choices?" asked Weiss.

She got a combination of "Yes", "Yup", "Yeah", "Sure", and other words of affirmation from the group.

Weiss nodded, "Good, now let's find a clerk so we can get going." as she said this while looking around, a clerk was already walking up towards their group. "Ah, yes." Weiss stood up, "Miss, if you would so kindly get my friends here a few extra sets of what they're wea—" but was abruptly cut off.

"Yes, Madam we will get to that right away, but first could you and your companions come with me please." said the Clerk, raising her hand to stop Weiss.

"Um. . . is there a problem, Miss?" Asked Weiss, surprised by the sudden request.

The clerk didn't answer, but simply cleared her throat loudly and nodded her head in the direction of the clothes rack that had been wrecked by Crescent Rose kicking Bumblebee.

Weiss face-palmed and let out a groan before taking out her card from her pocket and passing it to the clerk, which she now noticed the nameplate reading "Assistant Manager".

"Just get us the clothes and add it to the bill." said Weiss exasperatedly.

They were all walking towards the cashier of the store, arms laden with their respective clothes they were now ready to pay, or Weiss was ready to pay to be more precise, for their purchases. As always, whenever they went out with Weiss, a flourish of her debit card and ID smoothed things over fairly quickly.

They all made a strange group with half of them wearing clothes that still had their tags on. The weapons seemed to feel more comfortable in their new outfits. They gave them a sort of identity of their own that the borrowed clothes could never have captured.

Weiss headed the group as she was the one who would be paying for everything, with Myrtenaster walking next to and slightly behind her. Yang held the hands of the Ember and Celica, happy with their new outfits were behind Weiss. Ruby walked between Bumblebee and Crescent Rose in the middle. With Blake and Gambol Shroud at the rear of the group.

I still can't believe that I'm paying for everything. thought Weiss. I swear, this is going to be the last time I let Ruby convince me to do something like this. and although those words filled her mind, she had forgotten that she had already said something similar before.

The reached the counter and the lady at the cashier proceeded to scan the clothes they carried.

Things grew awkward when the time came when she needed to punch in the clothes that the weapons were already wearing. Myrtenaster had gone first and there was little trouble, the same was true for Bumblebee who followed after her. The real trouble began when the cashier went to scan Crescent Rose's clothes when she was slapped on the hand by said weapon.

"Hey, hands off the goods. Only Ruby can touch these." said Crescent Rose, glaring down at the cashier lady after taking a step back.

The cashier let out an exasperated sigh and said "Ma'am you can't leave the store if I don't punch your outfit into the register."

"Hmph." replied Crescent Rose looking away from the cashier.

"Crescent Rose, it would be better for all of us if you cooperated with the young miss here." said Myrtenaster as she smoothed out the creases on her clothes after ripping the tags off, "Your childish attitude isn't going to get us anywhere."

"Only if Ruby does it." said Crescent Rose, turned and expecting to see Ruby standing next to her but only found a single rose petal slowly drifting to the ground. She quickly snapped her head around to face Bumblebee, Weiss, and Myrtenaster. "Where's Ruby?!" she yelled.

The three of them looked at each other confusedly at her sudden outburst and they all gave noncommittal shrugs.

"No clue."

"I don't know."

"Not the slightest."

Grumbling at the missed opportunity, Crescent Rose snatched the scanner from the cashier's hand, "Fine, I'll do it myself." she said, and began to scan the tags on her clothes.

X

Ruby wandered through the store looking through the racks and shelves. The entire time they had been there she had been stuck with Weiss and the others and hadn't gotten a chance to look around the store, not that she minded spending time with her partner. It was incredible how large it was and just how many different styles and outfits they kept in stock.

It wasn't that she needed any new clothes, but it was always nice to look.

Out of the corner of her eye something glinted in the fluorescent lights of the store. Walking up to it to get a better look, Ruby's eyes widened at what she saw.

Immediately thinking of a certain someone, she grabbed the object and dashed right back towards the counter, leaving upturned skirts, shrieks, and rose petals in her wake.

Ruby excitedly ran up behind Blake and Gambol Shroud, grinning widely.

"Blaaake!" shouted Ruby, jumping up and down in place, holding the item in front of her.

Blake and Gambol Shroud turned to face Ruby, seeing her in her animated state before their eyes drifted to what she held in her hands.

It was a simple wide black cloth choker with a small golden ball bell attached to it.

"Ruby. . ." began Blake, "I appreciate the gesture, but I don't think–" but was then interrupted.

"Oh!" said Ruby, a embarrassed blush forming on her face. "Um. . ." said Ruby, bringing the choker to her chest. "Uh. . . sorry Blake, but this wasn't meant for you."

Blake's eyes widened in surprise.

"I. . . kinda wanted to ask if Gambol Shroud could try this on." said Ruby shyly.

Blake's eyes widened at Ruby's sudden change of mood, but the feeling didn't last very long.

"Ruby, I'm not sure if she would even want to–" said Blake apologetically and was cut off a second time, but this time it came from a unexpected source.

"Iwouldliketotryiton!"

It was Gambol Shroud.

Blake was speechless. The entire week ever since the event that their weapons came to life with human forms Gambol Shroud was silent for the majority of the time she wasn't in her weapon form. It was not like her weapon was unable to talk, but Blake would have been lucky to get more than five words out of her in a single conversation. What surprised her even more was the volume of her voice, every time she spoke she would barely raise it more than a whisper.

"Um. . . I. . . what I mean to say. . . um, if it's okay. . . I mean. . ." mumbled Gambol, her voice back to its normal, slightly louder than a whisper, volume. "I wouldn't mind wearing that. . . that is if you don't mind. . . if it's really okay. . ." as she twiddled with her forefingers nervously.

The strings of words that came out of Gambol's mouth had Blake dumbstruck. But what she really couldn't wrap her head around was the fact that Gambol was so willing to try out the choker that Ruby was offering. Blake herself had trouble getting her to try out different kinds of outfits, trying to be both gentle and firm knowing how timid her weapon was. But now, Gambol was practically asking Ruby if she could try it on.

The smile on Ruby's face returned as she gave a nod and stepped behind Gambol Shroud. Ruby unclasped the hooks on the choker and gently brushed some of Gambol's hair out of the way. She then lifted her arms over Gambol's shoulders and carefully placed it around her neck.

Blake watched the entire exchange and noticed a few odd things about Gambol while Ruby put the choker on her. One, was that she was standing stock still, doing her best not to move even though her shoulders were trembling. Two, while her breathing seemed normal on the surface, but Blake could see the shaky rise and fall of her chest. Lastly, was the slightest tinge of pink on Gambol's ears.

She wasn't entirely sure what to make of what she saw, but she did have an idea. Though for now she couldn't be certain.

"There we go!" Exclaimed Ruby as she fastened the choker around Gambol's neck and she walked back in front of her and pulled out a mirror.

There was a small jingle as Gambol Shroud faced up to look at herself in the mirror. The choker was placed right up to the middle of her neck, the small golden bell resting just above the hollow of her throat.

Ruby beamed broadly at Gambol, "I knew it would great on you." she said.

Gambol smiled back, closing her eyes and gave a nod, the bell softly jingling as she moved.

The corners of Blake's mouth tilted upwards amusedly at the exchange. She had to admit, while she would never wear something similar, it did look good on Gambol.

"Excuse me miss, but I'll need to scan your clothes now." said the cashier approaching the three of them.

Gambol's smile immediately faded and her eyes widened as she took a half step back nervously.

"I'll take care of it." said Blake, walking between Gambol and the cashier woman, immediately sensing her discomfort. "My friend here doesn't really like people getting into her personal space, so don't mind her."

The cashier shrugged an handed the scanner to Blake and stepped back.

Blake made quick work scanning the tags on Gambol's clothes and handed the scanner back to the cashier woman. As she walked back to the cash register Blake could have sworn she heard, "Huntresses. Weirdos every one of them."

Once all their clothes were scanned and packed into shopping bags they walked out of the store with their purchases.

Crescent Rose sidled up right next to Ruby and took her hand and held her shopping bags in the other. Ruby enjoyed the contact and gladly held her hand as they walked with the rest of the group.

"So where are we gonna eat?" asked Yang. "I know this great noodle place not too far from here."

"Noodles again?" complained Weiss, "Every time we go out you always wanna eat noodles. It's unhealthy."

"Alrighty, Weissy. Where do you wanna eat?" asked Yang.

"Well I thought that since it's been a while since I've eaten any kind of authentic Atlesian cuisine, perhaps we could find a place that serves it."

Yang grimaced, "Weiss, you know that everywhere that serves food from Atlas are all fancy schmancy. So unless you wanna treat everyone, none of us have enough cash to pay the bill."

"Fine." said Weiss, "Blake do you have any suggestions?"

Blake shrugged, "Anywhere is fine with me." she said. "Preferably someplace that serves seafood."

Weiss groaned dejectedly. She had really wanted to eat some good Altesian food, being away from her home kingdom for so long.

At this Ruby perked up, letting go of Crescent Rose's hand, she dashed up to Weiss.

"Weiss! I know just the place!" said Ruby excitedly.

Ruby took Weiss by the hand, causing her to yelp at the sudden action, and with her semblance they both disappeared in a cloud of rose petals, leaving the rest of the group behind.

"Ruby, wait up!" Shouted Bumblebee as she dashed off following the trail that Ruby and Weiss left behind.

"Oh no you don't!" yelled Crescent Rose as she chased after Bumblebee.

With her longer stride Crescent Rose managed to grab onto Bumblebee's jacket and stop her dead in her tracks, she was even able to even pull her off balance.

"Whoa!" yelped Bumblebee as she felt the sudden pull on her jacket and landed flat on her back and Crescent Rose ran past her. Sitting up Bumblebee could see Crescent Rose running ahead of her, "Why you little. . ." she said, standing up and in a burst of speed tackled into Crescent Rose.

The two of them tumbled through the street, a few surprised bystanders jumping out of their way. Every time one of them tried to stand up, the other would pull them back on the ground. A dust cloud began to form around them, showing the odd head, leg, or arm as they continued to scuffle.

The rest of the group looked at each other, not even remotely perturbed by what just occurred. Yang took her scroll out of her pocket, tapping its screen a few times and without looking up from it began to lead the walk in the direction that the others were headed.

X

"Ruuubyyy!" screamed Weiss as she was dragged along by her partner, her legs waving like a flag behind her, through the streets of Vale. The wind blowing through her hair and almost drowning out her voice. "Where are you taking me?!"

Ruby didn't give her an answer, but she just kept on running.

After a few moments Weiss felt a sudden jerk on her arm as Ruby came to a sudden halt. Her partner's grip on her hand the only thing that prevented her from flying into a nearby shop window.

"We're here!" exclaimed Ruby happily.

Weiss took a moment to regain her bearings before looking around. They both stood in front of what looked like a quaint little family run restaurant with the words "Kleiner Schwan" written in sprawling script.

"Ruby, what is this place?" asked Weiss as she unconsciously tried to fix her windblown hair.

"Penny brought me here a while back." Answered Ruby, "she said that it has the most authentic Atlesian food in Vale, plus they have pretty fair prices too."

Weiss looked at her skeptically, "And how would she know that? Didn't she say that it was her first time outside of her own kingdom?"

Ruby paused for a moment, trying to remember what had transpired when she was here last. Then she said, "Yeah, I was surprised when she said that too, since she told me that it was also her first time eating here." Ruby paused for another moment then continued, "I think her exact words were 'That's what Mr. Ironwood said'."

"Weiss rolled her eyes, "Typical, Penny."

Ruby pouted, "But she was right though! The food really is good here!"

Weiss gave a small laugh and said, "Alright I believe you. Come on, let's head inside." They both took a few steps towards the glass doors of the restaurant before Weiss came to a sudden halt.

This caught Ruby off guard and she she faced Weiss and asked, "Weiss, what's wrong?"

"Didn't you say that Penny took you here? Alone?" asked Weiss.

Ruby gave Weiss a confused look and answered, "Yeah. Why?"

Weiss opened her mouth to speak but then closed it again, pausing for a moment then started again. "Never mind. It's not important." she said, changing to subject. "Let's just get inside and reserve a spot before the others arrive."

They both walked through the doors and a bell jingled, signaling their arrival. The Hostess stepped forward to greet them, "Good day, ladies. Welcome to Kleiner Schwan. May I presume you both would like a table for two? We have a lovely couple's special today if you'd be interested."

Weiss's face grew hot at what the Hostess implied and her thoughts began to go a million miles a minute, Did she just think that we are a couple? Oh my gosh! Do we look like a couple? I mean, it's not that I don't want us to be a couple, but it's just too soon for Ruby and I to even consider ourselves being a couple!

Ruby tilted her head to the side, "Huh? We're not a couple." she said.

The Hostess grew flustered, "Oh! I'm sorry, I just assumed that. . ." she said trailing off.

"Assumed what?" asked Ruby quizically, as Weiss was still too busy with her own thoughts.

The Hostess pointed her finger between the two of them and they both looked down to see what it was.

As it turned out Ruby and Weiss were still holding hands with their fingers intertwined.

Weiss began to blather out incomprehensibly, "Oh! Umm. . . You see. . . there's actually. What I mean to say. . . it's perfectly reasonable. . ." said Weiss continuing on and on, her mind shutting down at her just realizing that she was still holding hands with Ruby.

Ruby on the other hand, no pun intended, stared down at their hands. Now Ruby was no stranger to having her hand held, when she was younger Yang and her dad used to hold her hand all the time. Even recently, she would often hold hands with Crescent Rose. But this time, holding hands with Weiss sent electric shivers up her arm, evolving into a warm feeling within her chest. It was a nice, comforting feeling having Weiss' fingers wrapped around her own.

After several moments of Weiss trying and failing to voice a reasonable explanation, reluctantly let go of Ruby's hand. A feeling that was mutually felt. In an attempt to recover some form of saving face, Weiss cleared her throat and said, "Anyway, a table for ten, if you please. We have a few companions that will be joining us soon."

The Hostess smiled, pointedly ignoring the awkward moment that had just occurred. "Alright, yes. Please step this way. We can move a few tables to accommodate you and your group." said the Hostess leading them to the inside of the restaurant.

They were led to a window side booth and the Hostess had a few of the waiters move a number of tables into a makeshift long table. They were each handed a menu and were left alone to decide on their order.

During this time, Weiss couldn't help but feel warmth inside of her chest as she thought that Ruby actually remembered this place and was thoughtful enough to bring her here when she wanted Atlesian cuisine. Though, while her methods of bringing her here were far from graceful, it was a part of Ruby's charm. It was endearing in a way, and that made all the difference.

Peaking away from her menu out of the corner of her eye, Weiss watched at Ruby stuck the tip of her tongue out as she traced her finger while looking down at the menu, deciding what to order. It was absolutely adorable. Weiss could have just watched Ruby sit there all day if she wanted to.

Weiss quickly had to tear her eyes away when Ruby looked up from her menu and waved at something ahead of them. She looked up from her own menu to see the rest of their party walking up to the restaurant they sat in.

The group spotted them and Yang waved back towards Ruby and they entered the restaurant.

"Well this is cozy." commented Blake, looking around as she and Gambol sat at the table.

"Sure is, Rubes." said Yang, helping up Ember and Celica into their chairs.

Bumblebee pushed Crescent Rose aside and quickly sat next to Ruby, resting an arm across her shoulders, leaning into her and taking a look at the menu in front of the smaller girl.

Crescent Rose scowled, seeing that the side of the table was already full and went for the chair so that she could sit across from Ruby. She then proceeded to glare daggers towards Bumblebee for taking her spot next to Ruby.

Myrtenaster went and sat next to Crescent Rose and across Weiss, taking the menus that were handed to her by a waiter and passed them around the table.

As Ember and Celica got settled into their seats, their waiter handed the pair some crayons and a coloring book. They both grabbed the book at the same time and seeing the other's hand on the same book. Ember tugged at the book, then Celica, then Ember again.

"Let go." said Ember.

"No." replied Celica, her grip tightening on the coloring book.

Ember grunted as Celica tugged at her hair. She retaliated by doing the same thing.

"Ow! You dummy!"

"Hey you did it first!"

They both then went back to tugging at the coloring book, neither of the twins gaining or losing ground to the other.

Ember threw her head back and head-butted Celica, an audible thunk resounded from the contact. Surprisingly, Celica seemed unfazed and pushed her own forehead against her sister's while she kept tugging at the coloring book.

Yang watched the exchange and let out a short breath through her nose. Immediately taking the book from the arguing twins, which caused them both to immediately stop.

Yang looked down at the two of them disapprovingly, holding the coloring book out of reach to both girls.

"Hey, none of that now, either you both can share or neither of you get it." said Yang, her voice level.

Both twins didn't look up to meet Yang's eye and resigned to looking down at their shoes.

Yes, Mama." they said in unison.

"And. . ." added Yang.

Both deciding to look up at her they said, "We're sorry."

Yang cleared her throat, "I don't think I'm the one you should be apologizing to." she said.

Turning back to face each other, Ember looked away, while Celica said, "Sorry sis."

After a moment it seemed that Ember didn't have any intention to apologize when Yang heard her mumble, "I'm. . . sorry too." and quickly kiss Celica's forehead. "I'm sorry I hit you."

Celica giggled, "It's okay, it didn't really hurt." returning the kiss with one of her own.

Yang smiled, kissing each of them on the top of the head and opened the coloring book and placed it on the table between them before sitting to one side. Each of the twins grabbed a handful of crayons and began to frantically color the pictures inside.

A small blanket of silence fell over their group as each of them decided on their orders.

Penny slinked through the back alleys, gripping on to her shoulder as her arm hung limply at her side.

Oh no. she thought, Mr. Ironwood is going to be angry with me again. Never mind sneaking out of the hotel, he will scold me for getting damaged.

Penny tightened her grip on her shoulder. "I must find a place to repair myself." she said, "Father is going to be so worried if he finds out." as she moved from alley to alley trying her best to avoid being seen.

Author's notes: Okay, this has been a long time coming, and I'm sorry for taking a while. I would like to give a big shout-out to the following people who made wonderful suggestions for all the weapon's outfits!

Legion

Black Rabbit 17

Who-needs-namesNecrotic Knight

Glacyeel

suomynonAX

Poliamida

shana7743

SanguisAnima

Lalle

I would also like to give special thanks to GateMasterGreen for making his suggestions in the form of four wonderful sketches of our lovely weapons. These can be found on my tumblr and the link can be found on my user page.

Also Yay! Quite the early update. Three weeks isn't too bad considering my usual track record. Like I said before, my muse came back, only drawback is that it only wants to work at during midnight onwards, which makes things a bit difficult. Anyways, how was the chapter? Sorry if the tone of the story really shifted, I'm not used to writing comedy and humor and this is a good way to try and practice. Leave your thoughts in the reviews section, I'd really love to hear them.

Well hopefully this streak will keep up and more chapters will be coming out soon! Don't forget to vote on my userpage for the next weapon to be humanized! And as always

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