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The stone bridge rumbled and shifted to the side, slipping off it's foundation stone slightly. The flagstones began to splinter and crack, crevices raced across the surface spreading out from Magnhild's head. Nora cackled maniacally and fired off a round of dust, directly into the compromised bridge. Unable to take any further abuse the bridge snapped in half, the supporting arch crumbling into the canyon below.

"Team Evac now Weiss!" Ruby leapt back to Weiss and screamed. The heiress threw a glyph at the ground that launched all of Team RWBY off the bridge and safely to a separate structure, a tall, hollowed out tower. Yang bellowed as they landed.

"Awwww come on! I wanted to break that bridge." Yang punched her gauntlets together, ejecting dozens of spent dust cartridges before reaching into her belt and throwing two new belts of shells in, "I'm gonna distract her. You guys handle Pyrrha and Ren."

"Go team!" Ruby yelled as Yang fired her gauntlets and launched herself into the air with a whoop, "Blake, let's bait them." Blake gave her leader a curt nod and crouched, a glyph appeared under her feet and launched her at the emerald and crimson warriors across the canyon. Ruby unfolded Crescent Rose and planted the blade of the scythe firmly in the stone work at her feet and Weiss extended Myrtenaster in front of her, a series of black glyphs extending in front of Crescent Rose's barrel.

Blake landed in front of Pyrrha and Ren. They stood single file Pyrrha in front, Miló and Akoúo̱ at the ready, Ren behind her Storm Rose aimed over either of her shoulders. He unleashed a short burst and Pyrrha charged under the cover. Blake threw her scabbard up to guard from the barrage of dust and leapt backwards, leaving an ice replica behind to slow Pyrrha's advance. The Mistralian smashed into the ice sculpture with her blade, effortlessly shattering it. She raised her shield quickly and caught Gambol Shroud before it could strike her. Blake retreated again as another barrage of dust emitted from Ren's guns. She threw her blade forward as she sailed backwards, planting it in the ground behind Ren and using the ribbon to swing herself around to his other side. As she came around behind there was a small popping noise and he went reeling backwards. Blake yanked her blade free, slid a few feet on her feet to come right behind the boy still off balance from Ruby's sniper round and caught him square in the back with blade of her katana, following up with a blow to the head from the scabbard. Ren dropped to the ground and Blake refocused on the tall red head now sprinting towards her. They came together hard, blades ringing, shield and scabbard clashing together.

"That was a dirty trick." Pyrrha growled as they struggled against each other's strength.

"We're not in a tournament Pyrrha. Anything goes." Blake kicked off the ground and performed a backflip, leaving a shadow clone in her place. Another pop but Pyrrha was ready, she raised her shield high and caught the round from Crescent Rose diverting it off into the distance without looking. Blake fired a few rounds at her as she sailed through the hair, Pyrrha lithely stepped to the side, evading the dust and ran to meet Blake as she landed.

Nora came rushing forward swinging her Magnhild as she neared Yang. The blonde stepped quickly to the side and delivered a jab to Nora's midsection. The girl didn't even seem to notice the gauntlet make contact as she brought her mighty hammer around her head in a circle, sailing towards Yang's chest. Yang brought her hands up in a cross block and caught the brunt of the strike with her guard, it still sent her flying across the gap where Nora had destroyed the bridge. She slid on her back quite a distance before coming to rest at a pair of dirty sneakers. Jaune raised his blade high above his head and swung down with all his might. Yang smirked and rolled out of the way, spinning to her feet.

"Sorry Jaune. Not today." Yang quipped as she struck her stance.

"I know. Doesn't mean I can't try." Jaune fell into a deep stance, shield held proudly in front of him, sword at the ready. Yang smiled and deepened her stance.

"Alright, let's go Arc." She fired her gauntlet behind her and smashed into Jaune's shield with her shoulder, the boy took the hit well but then Yang was on top of him. She swung hard from the side, knocking his shield arm away. He tried to counter with his blade but was met in the chest with a hard jab. There was a loud explosion and he went flying several feet backwards into a stone pillar. Yang shot forward and delivered several blows in a row to his midsection. Jaune rocked as she struck and eventually fell to his knees, defeated. Yang smiled at him.

"Damn Jaune, you took a beating. You alright?" She offered him a hand which he gingerly accepted, dusting himself off. He held her hand long after he had stood and gripped it hard. Yang's smile turned to shock as she realized what he was doing. She yanked hard and broke his grip but she was too late, Magnhild hit her square in the back and sent her crashing forward into Jaune, a loud boom going off as Nora fired a dust round into Yang's back. She and Jaune went crashing through the pillar and landed in a pile of dust and rubble. Jaune groaned as he lifted himself.

"Okay, okay, now I'm hurt. Oh owww." Jaune clutched at his side as he sat up.

"Serves you right!" Yang bounced up and scanned around for Nora. As the dust settled she came walking into the clearing Jaune and Yang had created in the ruins, clenching her hammer and giggling like a child at a candy store who has been told they can have whatever they like.

"That's two in a row Yang. Are you slipping?" Nora eyes lit with a competitive gleam, Yang's with a barely controlled fire.

"Oh come on! That is not fair, I was helping him up. Last time I'm nice to someone during a fight." Yang crossed her arms in a huff. Nora stuck out her tongue and went running off towards the combat.

Pyrrha dodge rolled around Blake's swing and raised her shield in the direction of the sniper fire to ward off the blow but it never came. She glanced to her other side and saw a small glyph floating in the air and grimaced, dust damned magic. The round hit the glyph and slanted down towards her, ricocheting off of the magic barrier without losing any momentum and hit her hard in the shoulder. Her sword arm fell limp from the impact, her aura had saved her from certain death but shivers still ran up and down her arm from the brute force of the impact. There was a woosh as Blake slid into place next to her, a sly grin on her lips. But, Pyrrha refused to go down that easy.

She spun on her heel, putting her shield between she and Blake. Instead of blocking the blow full on, she let it slide off the side of her shield and ran her fingers along the edge of the blade before Blake retracted it. Now she had her. Pyrrha stood and flicked her hand hard to the side, sending the blade of Gambol Shroud rocketing away. The ribbon uncoiled quickly and Blake desperately tried to retract the weapon. When the line went taut it pulled Blake with it and Pyrrha caught the Faunus's stomach with her boot, the combined force knocking her to the ground. She then brought her shield down hard on Blake's chest and felt her aura weaken under the weight of her blow.

"Anything goes right?" Pyrrha flashed Blake a victorious grin and was then rocked forward by another shot to the back. She collapsed on top of Blake.

"Yep, all's fair in love and war." Blake and Pyrrha both laughed.

"Is that everyone?" Weiss relaxed her stance, let her glyphs drop and scanned the area below them, "I don't see Nora, did Yang get her."

"I don't think so, Weiss look." Ruby pointed over to where Yang and Jaune were sitting and talking in a pile of rubble. It was then that the entire tower they were standing on shook. They met each other's gaze and spoke as one.

"Oh no."

The tower went crumbling out from underneath them and they plummeted towards the ground. Weiss and Ruby both sprung into action to save themselves from the fall. Weiss applied a glyph to a nearby rock, plastering herself to it and immediately pushed away, bouncing off of chunks of tower to slow her fall. Ruby fired her rifle at the ground repeatedly, using the momentum to ease her descent and then it hit them. The fall wasn't the point.

A series of booms went off and they were surrounded in clouds of pink dust. The explosions from Magnhild's grenades shattering the rubble to pebbles and ravaging their aura. They both hit the ground hard and stayed down.

"Wooooo! Did you see that? I got three!" Nora jumped up and down cheering, "That was so awesome! We need to do this again. That was so much fun!" The rest of the two teams made their way over. Jaune and Yang arrived first and bent to help Ruby. Yang caught herself and went to help Weiss, seeing that Jaune had Ruby under control.

"You okay Ruby?" Jaune helped her up off the ground. She rose to her knees and shook a cloud of pink dust and rubble out of her hair.

"Nora," she raised her gaze slowly to meet the other girl's eyes, "Can I try out your hammer please?" A huge grin split both of their faces and everyone else sighed.

"Oh no nono no." Jaune quickly caught her outstretched hands and pinned them to her sides, "Your scythe is quite enough. The last thing we need is you putting a grenade launcher on there."

"Oh come on. It could be soo cool though!" Ruby's eyes lit up with excitement, "Imagine if I had that kind of firepower." It was then that Blake, Pyrrha and Ren reached them.

"That was something else Nora." Pyrrha was smiling at her teammate, "Very impressive."

"Pffft. I just hit stuff really hard" Nora waved a dismissive hand at her compliment, "It's nothing pretty like your fighting."

"It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to work." Yang said as she lifted Weiss from the ground. Nora smiled and lifted her hammer triumphantly.

"So, are we going back to school now? There really is some studying we should be doing." Weiss desperately tried to make her skirt presentable again but it was not happening for her.

"Yes we do have an exam on the history of organized Faunus/Human conflict tomorrow in Professor Oobleck's class." Pyrrha straightened her shoulders, "We should return."

Jaune regarded the group and smiled.

"Well actually, Ruby and I got a little studying in together already yesterday." He stepped sideways towards the little brunette and put an arm around her shoulder, "Soooo…. We are gonna make the most the end of the weekend and go on a little date down to Vale." Ruby blushed hard at the contact but didn't pull away.

"Uhh, I think I need to shower first though." she looked down at her clothes now significantly dirtier and pinker than usual, "and change." They all laughed and agreed they should all take a shower before anything else. Together they made their way to the top of the cliff where they had been launched for initiation.

"Hey you guys go on ahead, we'll catch up" Jaune said as they all reached the top of the cliff. Ruby stopped with him and waved to the rest of the their teams as they walked away. Yang held back a few paces and turned to regard the couple.

"Remember what I said Jaune…" her tone was incredibly serious and her gauntlets were still equipped. She locked eyes with Jaune and held them there for a moment. Then her glare broke into a grin and she kicked her wrists forward, putting Ember Celica away, "Have fun you two." she waved emphatically and ran to catch up with everyone else. Jaune shuddered.

"You were right Ruby. She is scary." He laughed nervously and then turned to her, grabbing hold of both of her hands.

"So what's up? I really need to shower Jaune. I smell gross and I'm covered in Nora dust." Ruby shook even more of the pink stuff out of her hair. Jaune just stared into her eyes for a moment and then looked out over the valley spread out in front of them.

"I just." he paused, "I thought this was a really pretty view and I wanted to share it with just you for a little while." Ruby blushed and squeezed his hand.

"Oh Jaune. That's so sweet." she let go of his hand and moved over close to him, putting her arm around his waist and nuzzling into his chest. Jaune got that stupid grin again and put his arm around her shoulder. She squeezed him again and he winced a little.

"Oww." He shifted slightly under her grip.

"Oh Jaune I'm sorry. Are you hurt?" she pulled away and put her hands gently on his chest plate, "Was it Yang? She never knows how to control herself in sparring."

"No Ruby it's okay." He looked away, embarrassed, "It's actually kinda my fault." Ruby regarded him with confusion, "Well I kinda tricked Yang so Nora could get her and she got me too." Ruby scoffed and hit him playfully in the chest, "Hey oww. I'm hurt remember" She smirked at him.

"Yeah well you deserve it, tricking my sister." She nudged him again, lighter this time and then leaned forward and hugged him gently, "She needs it sometimes. To keep her giant ego down to a reasonable size." They both laughed and Jaune winced again a little at the motion, "Come on, let's get you back so we can shower and then get dinner in the city. It'll bring your aura back and you can heal." She slid away from him and they let their hands fall together, intertwining their fingers.

Vale on a Sunday night was alive with energy. The residents of the city very much believed in working hard and enjoying their off time as much as possible. The many restaurants, movie theatres, concert halls and even the amusement park near the beach were always full on the weekends. Jaune took a little longer returning from the bathroom once they landed because he had to wait in line behind all the other airship passengers. Ruby waited patiently, finding her way over to a mostly empty part of the landing pad and staring across the empty fields outside the city. She scanned the treeline for any sign of movement, always on alert for any possible threat. Even as a huntress in training Ruby understood that protecting civilians was her constant duty and a night as crowded as tonight could be a disaster if even a few Grimm found the city. Luckily it seemed like everything was quiet, the weekends were a time of general happiness and there had been no reported breaches in any of the city's perimeter defenses lately. She sighed, content that it had been the right choice to leave their weapons and armor at home.

Jaune finally emerged from the bathrooms, looking brighter than usual after an airship trip. He had a skip to his step and it looked as if his injury from their team sparring bout earlier had completely healed now.

"Wow, you heal really quick." Ruby smiled as he came over, glad he wasn't hurt anymore.

"Oh yeah, the shower did wonders and my aura might not make me super fast or crazy strong but it seems to like taking care of me." he smiled and reached out for her hand which she happily offered up. They locked fingers and made their way down the sidewalk towards the city proper.

"Where do you want to eat? I just don't wanna go anywhere too fancy. I hate fancy places. You have to be all quiet and use the right fork for your salad and the right fork for your meat. And oh yeah, they always bring you a salad and they never have any good desserts." Ruby looked around, trying to find the sign of a restaurant that caught her eye.

"Why don't we go for noodles? There's this great little noodle shack over under the freeway. It's not very far from here and it's definitely not fancy." Jaune pointed down the street as they reached an intersection.

"Ooh okay yeah, that sounds good." She pulled him off the way he had pointed. Jaune laughed and let himself be drug down the street, slowly catching up and then keeping pace with her.

"So the match today was pretty fun." he offered as he drew up beside her, "That was a good idea, using Blake as bait and picking away at Ren and Pyrrha."

"I had to do something didn't I. You put your two best fighters together, there was no way we were gonna beat them in a direct match." Ruby laughed merrily, "I mean they're just so fast, but Ren went down way easier than I thought he would."

"I think he relies a lot on not getting hit because he's so quick. He doesn't have a whole lot of aura for defense like me or Yang." Jaune frowned a little as he described his teammate's shortcomings.

"That's something to work on then. You can train any aspect, even aura use." Ruby stopped and turned to him, "That's our job as leaders Jaune. We have to keep track of our teams and make them the best they can be."

"I know, I know." Jaune started walking again and Ruby came with him, "We are working on it, he's just really closed off so it's hard sometimes."

"What about Nora and Pyrrha?"

"Well I've just been trying to make Nora understand that there will be things too big for her to just smash. She needs to work on her finesse and close combat skills. I think she could learn a lot from Ren or Pyrrha if she was willing to buckle down and train." Jaune sighed loudly, "She's got so much energy but just always hits the gym. She's definitely the strongest on the team in terms of lifting, but Pyrrha and probably Ren could both pick her apart." Ruby laughed.

"She seems alright though. She'll pick it up eventually if you keep on her."

"And Pyrrha, I don't know what she could possibly do to get better. She's been helping me train a lot though, swords skills, strength training, cardio, aura control, everything. It's incredible really." Ruby shied a little under his praise of the other girl.

"You train together a lot? Like just the two of you?" She asked sheepishly, fidgeting with her cloak with her free hand. Jaune was pretty dense, but even he caught that.

"Yeah. I mean we're teammates, partners. We go up on the roof of the dorm and practice a lot. It's closer than the gym but still really big and open. Plus I have extra encouragement not to let her push me around. You know. Or I'll fall." he tried to laugh away the tension in the air.

"Do you think I could come sometime? And just watch?" Ruby looked at her feet as they walked, "If I would be interrupting that's okay. I just thought it would be cool to watch you train and see how you're getting better." she clenched her cloak hard, balling it up in her fist.

"Uhh yeah. I'm sure that would be fine." Jaune squeezed her hand, "Of course you can come Ruby." she looked to him and smiled and squeezed his hand back.

"Oh is this it?" They had reached a small noodle shack called 'A Simple Wok.' It was really just a counter with a kitchen behind it and a single server, an older man with crazy gray hair and bushy eyebrows to match.

"Yeah this is it. It's like really small and kinda dingy but they have the best food ever." Jaune eagerly pulled her towards the bar and they took their seats. They were both ravenously hungry from their exertion training earlier in the day. They ordered the largest food they could find on the menu and ate in relative silence, shoveling the delicious food down greedily. They finished their orders and sat back with a contented sigh, patting their now full bellies happily.

"Okay you were right. That was delicious. How did you find this place?" Ruby spun around in her stool as she talked.

"It's kind of embarrassing actually. Do you remember that time Cardin shoved me in a locker and launched it away from the school?" Ruby stopped spinning and caught Jaune's embarrassed eyes.

"No way!" she began giggling furiously

"Yeah I kinda landed on some of his stools. I had to pay for them and stuff, but he gave me some food after and it was so good. I come back every chance I get." Jaune blushed as Ruby giggled at him.

"It was like the heavens sent me a little blonde regular." the shopkeep smiled and took their bowls, placing them in a large bin of dirty dishes behind the counter, he then turned and regarded the two sitting there, "Actually. Tonight you eat for free. A thank you for always coming here."

"Oh no I couldn't" Jaune pleaded with the man.

"Yeah it was so good. You have to let us pay you for it." Ruby put on her best puppy dog eyes for the man."

"No, no." he raised a hand in defense and turned away, "I insist, you two are two cute together. Young love is a wonderful thing. You eat for free." The man turned into the back of the store, carrying the dirty dish bin and refusing to hear another word of protest. Jaune and Ruby smile at each other. Jaune pulled a ten lien bill out and left it on the counter.

"It's not for the food. It's for the excellent service." he tucked his wallet away and offered a hand to Ruby. She took it with a smile and hopped off of her stool.

"Well now I have somewhere that I have to show you." Ruby skipped forward, pulling Jaune happily along behind her and he laughed as he tried to keep up.

"Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise. You'll see when we get there." Ruby smirked back at him and kept going, back the way they'd come.

"Come on. Not even a hint?" he pleaded.

"Nope. And don't start guessing either." she scolded him as she drug him down the street.

They made their way through the streets like that, Ruby leading the way and Jaune following eagerly behind, gripping her hand and grinning from ear to ear. Finally after maybe fifteen minutes of excited skipping and walking down the streets of Vale they reached a small storefront 'Sweet Magic.'

"Oh, a sweet shop. I should have known." Jaune lauded sarcastically, "Aren't you full?"

"You're never too full for sweets Jaune." she was far too excited about this, and far too determined that there should always be room for candy, "They make rock candy, shaped like dust crystals and in like every color. Come on." She pulled him inside, pointing out all the different varieties as soon as they were through the doors. The store had rock candy in every shade of dust Jaune had ever seen and a few he didn't recognize. "And the different colors are all different flavors. Like the white one is all minty and fresh because it's ice dust. And the red one is kinda tangy because it's fire dust. The dark ones are all really intense flavors like black licorice for the black one and a really strong grape for the purple dust. I don't know what purple dust does, but I guess purple stuff is just usually grape flavored so who knows."

She rattled on and on, explaining it all to a very happy and willing Jaune. As they made their way around the store, she would suggest one she thought he would like and grabbed a few different ones herself until they had a small pile in their arms.

"Don't you think this is enough?" Jaune hefted the stack of crystals in his arm.

"Yeah I guess for your first time. Come on let's buy 'em so we can eat." She ran over to the counter and set down her pile of candies. The large faunus boy behind the counter smiled at her and began checking her items as Jaune caught up and set his down as well. The cashier regarded Jaune curiously, looking at his pile next to hers.

"It's his first time then?" the boy asked Ruby.

"Yeah. I had to bring him here. It's the best candy on Remnant." the boy smiled at Ruby's praise and finished checking their candy into a bag.

"That'll be 24 Lien please." Ruby forked over the cash without hesitation and eagerly grabbed the bag.

"Thanks!" she grabbed Jaune's hand and went for the door.

"Thank You. Have a good night." the cashier waved as they exited the store.

Ruby lead Jaune over to a small bench tucked against a planter near the road. A street lamp lit the area in a warm orange light. There were still plenty of people making their way up and down the streets, though with much less energy than earlier in the night. People were headed home now, or trying to milk the final hours of the weekend with their friends or partners.

"So it's really that good?" Jaune picked up one of the crystals and looked at it with suspicion.

"Oh yeah it's delicious. Watch just try." Jaune shrugged and licked the crystal. It was sweet that's for sure. He was certain it was just pure sugar, crystallized and colored. He smiled though, not wanting Ruby to be disappointed.

"No silly. You eat it like this." Ruby grabbed a crystal of her own and bit down hard, breaking a piece off the end and holding it in her mouth, "Thish way it dissholves and you ghet all the flavuurs." she tried to say around the large chunk or rock candy in her mouth.

"Ahh okay." Jaune chuckled at her exuberance and took a shard of his crystal, biting down hard to break it off. He had to admit, when he ate it this way, he could definitely taste more of the flavor Ruby had claimed this color was. She was right, it was much better this way, "Oh wow, thachs really good." Jaune swallowed the juice in his mouth as the last of the chunk dissolved.

"See I told you. It's the best." Ruby grinned and threw the last of her piece into her mouth. She had devoured that, she really did like this stuff.

They sat together and ate the rest of the rock candies they had chosen. Jaune found that the darker colors were definitely his favorite as their stronger flavours helped to overwhelm the ever present sugariness of the candy. They talked as much as they could through the candy, commenting on the different people who walked by, who looked happy and who looked tired. There were a few people obviously leaving work, even when everyone else was enjoying themselves, someone had to be working. A faunus couple walked by an Ruby couldn't help herself.

"Oh my Oum. Jaune aren't her ears sooo cute?" Ruby subtly motioned with her chin towards the couple as they passed. Jaune looked and saw the girl walking, with her cat like ears proudly atop her head, "They're just like Bl-" Ruby cut herself off and shoved an entire crystal into her mouth. Jaune looked to Ruby in confusion but just shrugged.

"Yeah I guess. I don't know. There weren't a lot of faunus where I grew up so it's still a little weird to me sometimes. I mean like, I don't care, I think they're great like Velvet at school and stuff. I just… I don't know I don't really find it extra attractive." Ruby cocked her head at him but still couldn't speak for the giant candy she had shoved in her mouth, "Yeah I mean, I like girls like you." He smiled at Ruby and grabbed her ears, pulling on them playfully, "I think these are cute." Ruby smiled and blushed at the same time, wiggling her head to free her ears from Jaune's grip. She grunted a little through her full mouth and leaned into him. Jaune chuckled and caught her in a hug, leaving his arm over her shoulder as she sat back up. She finally swallowed and was able to speak again.

"Jaune. Do you ever stop that?"

"What?" he looked at her, a little worried.

"Saying sweet stuff like that? It always make me smile and blush and I just don't know what to do so I hug you and squeeze and I don't wanna let go."

"Oh well, if that's the case then I will just have to come up with even more things like to say. Let's see here." Jaune put his hand to his chin, stroking as if he had a beard there. "Well you are definitely one of the most talented huntresses at school."

"You're gonna have to try harder than that Jaune." she playfully pushed at his chest and he just pulled her closer.

"You never run out of energy, even when everyone around you is falling asleep."

"Yeah, I just eat a lot of cookies." she held her chin high, extremely proud of herself.

"Oh, and you are just drop dead gorgeous. Really, really cute. It's hard sometimes you know, to not just go to mush around you, you're so cute." Jaune turned to her with a smile, knowing he had hit on a good one. Ruby blushed hard and turned away.

"Yeah see. That's what I mean. Stuff like that." she turned suddenly, burying her face in his shoulder and squeezing around his chest. Jaune reached around her and squeezed right back. After a moment or two she loosened a little and they came apart slightly, arms still around each other but a space between them now. Ruby looked up and met Jaune's eyes. She had a sort of glossed over look and was still blushing. Jaune gazed down at her and felt his chest tighten up, she really was just adorable, like a little ball of everything cute wrapped up in a red hood. He reached up and put a single hand on the side of her face, rubbing her cheek with his thumb.

"Hey Ruby" he began nervously.

"Yeah Jaune" she replied sleepily.

"Would it..uhh..would it be okay if I kissed you?" he stammered out.

"You didn't have to ask Jaune." she closed her eyes and leaned into him. Jaune smiled and cursed himself internally but he didn't hesitate. He leaned forward and put his lips lightly against hers. They were moist and full and she tasted like candy. Jaune's head went blank as he sank into the kiss slightly, letting himself fall a little into her lips. He slid his other hand around her back and pulled her in slightly. She wrapped her arms up around his shoulders and then they pulled apart. They just sat there for another second, staring into each other's eyes.

"Wow. Ruby that was.." Jaune was at a loss for words, "wow."

"Yeah it really was." Ruby leaned into his shoulder and nuzzled against his hoodie, letting out a little contented hum. They sat just like that for a while, Jaune holding Ruby gently in the darkening evening. People kept walking by and didn't pay them much mind, the couple didn't notice a single person who passed, for them there was only one other person that mattered at the moment and they were in their arms.

A/N - Hello again!

I'm back from my vacation with a pretty lengthy chapter of "Friends and Loved Ones" for you all to read. I'd like to thank everyone who read during my absence and let the story continue to grow a little all on its own. We are just starting to get into the thick of things with this one and I'm so excited to see what you all think.

As always, please let me know what you thought of the chapter. This one had another fight scene in it, Nora really stepping up. Thoughts on that would be great as well as how you felt about the second half with Jaune and Ruby's date.

You're all the best readers I've ever had (also my only readers but thats not the point) you're the best readers ever. Thanks so much for the support and criticism.

-Zach