To be honest, I finished this chapter not a day after chapter 1, but I wanted to wait a bit to update, so I have a bit of a buffer if I get stuck at some point.

Anyway, hope you enjoy it!

Taking a day off usually was something Lie Ren considered, but in the end never did. He liked his job, even if it meant sleeping the bare minimum, just to survive.

This day was different however. A distinctive lack of hyperactive furry, that usually woke him, caused him to sleep well past midday.

As he slowly rose out of bed, he looked around to see why he wasn't woken up earlier. Next to him, still wearing the cloths of the previous evening, was Nora.

With a small sigh he walked into the kitchen to make breakfast. Or was it lunch already?

A quick glance on the clock in the kitchen caused him to freeze.

3:49 PM

Nora didn't sleep in, especially not ten hours...

With a feeling of dread, Ren slowly walked back to the bed.

He didn't mean that! He didn't at all!

Slowly, hand shaking, he reached out to gently touch Nora's neck.

There was a pulse.

And she breathed steadily.

A heavy sigh of relieve escaped him as the woman turned around with a groan and covered her head with a pillow.

Chuckling, Ren returned to the kitchen to make breakfast.

The smell of freshly brewed coffee, as well as a mountain of pancakes soon brought Nora out of bed.

Clutching her head and shoving one pancake after the other in his mouth, Nora's hangover slowly seemed to fade.

While she ate, Ren noticed a note lying by the door of their apartment. He walked over and picked it up. Surprisingly, a single rose petal dropped from it as he took the note.

It was written in a rather masculine handwriting, but Ren couldn't help but think a woman wrote it.

"Dear Nora,

It was great seeing you again!

However, my sister and I won't stay around in Vale for too long. We'll visit our dad in Patch for a few days, so if you wanna catch up some more, swing by!

He'll probably be happy to see you again, but you know how he is sometimes.

Also, if anybody wants to know about us, point them to the cafe on the Luna Alley.

Love, Yang and Ruby"

Looking down on the rose petal, Ren considered if this might be a clue as to who the Rose Petal thieves were. They did however make sure he had a good sleep, so he picked the petal up and put it in his pocket. After all, what good would it Nora do to have that petal.

"Nora, your friends left a letter for you."

"Okay, all I'm saying is that we might have missed something on the last robbery." Jaune argued while playing around with a piece of paper "We should ask some of the witnesses again, maybe they have some details that might help?"

His partner looked up from the report she was writing and gave him a curious glance "It's been over a week, what do you expect them to tell you?"

The blond policeman gave her a shrug "I don't know. Maybe they remember some witness we haven't questioned yet?"

"That's..." 'stupid' came to Pyrrha's mind immediately, but she wanted away from her desk "at least a start..."

"Great!" Jaune said with a grin as he stood up and put his uniform jacket on.

With a small smile, Pyrrha stood up as well and followed her partner out.

"I hope you are working on the case and not going to arrest Junior again?" the Captain asked them as they passed her while getting a coffee.

"Uhm, yes ma'am!" Jaune stuttered, surprised to see her rather calm mood.

The captain smiled to herself and proceeded to return to her office "Very well..."

The two wasted big parts of their day questioning the victim and the witnesses again. Most of them even remembered when exactly the robbery happened, let alone if they saw someone that stuck out.

Jaune's motivation soon turned to desperation.

"We never gonna find anything about the thieves, right?" he asked, shoulders slumped down and staring at the coffee in his hands.

Gently touching his shoulder and giving him a warm smile, Pyrrha tried to lighten his mood "Don't worry, we'll find something, I'm sure..."

"Yeah, you're probably right..." Jaune replied with a chuckle, shaking his head about his pessimism.

"Now, we still got some witnesses left, maybe we are lucky?" Pyrrha said as she tossed her own cup in a waste bin and proceeded to get into their car.

"You know, now that you say it... I do remember this other guy..." the older gentleman told Pyrrha "He was wearing one of those fancy suits. And I think a red tie? He did look pretty shady though. I think."

"Uhm, you wouldn't suppose to know who that might have been?" Jaune asked, taking notes about the man's account.

"No, sir." the man said, shaking his head "But maybe I know some other stuff? I'd be ready to exchange info."

Pyrrha raised a eyebrow "For what?"

A grin appeared on the old man's lips "How about your telephone number, sweetheart?"

Jaune's jaw dropped surprised, while Pyrrha turned a bright shade of red and gave the gentleman a cold smile "Thanks that's all..."

"Red tie an business suits sound familiar to you too?" Jaune asked, trying to not bring up anything else the witness said.

"Junior's gang..." Pyrrha replied while they entered their car again "The Ice Queen is going to kill us..."

"Yeah..." her partner replied as he started the car "At least it's not too far away..."

Calling Junior Xiong's bar shady was an understatement. Next to it, an illegal private club in the basement of some home looked like a trustworthy establishment.

Not unsurprising to either Jaune or Pyrrha, the door was damaged, like most times. Entering the bar, they were surprised to see the utter chaos the establishment was in. Usually the brawls in the bar ended with either Junior throwing the troublemakers out or getting arrested.

"Hello again!" Pyrrha said as Junior came into view, holding a bag of ice against his head.

"Oh come on! You were here just two days ago! Give me a break!" the owner of the bar cried out as he saw the two enter.

"We're not here to arrest you, Junior." the redhead told him calm, while stopping in front of him.

Jaune shrugged "Well, probably..."

"What brings me the honor of Officer 'Too stupid' and his partner Officer 'Too nice' then?" the barkeeper asked annoyed.

Both cops looked around, ignoring the insult as good as possible and then looked back at Junior. The man understood what they wanted to know and immediately went into a defensive position "There was a brawl last night okay? I anything you two should be here to arrest the three that did this!"

Jaune crossed his arms curious "So, who did this?"

The barkeep noticeable hesitated before giving an answer "Uhm... some guys caused some ruckus, nothing big."

"Nothing big?" the blond asked surprised "Your whole place is a mess! I mean, there are burn marks on the ceiling, one of your two singers has a black eyes, there are rose petals everywhere."

While he talked, Pyrrha picked up one of said rose petals "Speaking of which, why are there rose petals everywhere?"

"Uhm, you know those damn faunus guys that go around trying to sell you roses?" Junior replied almost immediately "Well, he might got into the crossfire and that's why his roses are everywhere."

Jaune looked surprised, but nodded "Oh, okay..."

As opposed to her partner, Pyrrha didn't believe the story so easily "Sure..."

"Look, you came here for a reason, right? Or did you just drive by and decided 'Let's go and arrest Junior'?" the man tried to change the topic.

"Yeah. One of your guys was seen at the last robbery of the Rose Petal thieves." the blond policeman told him "I suppose you don't know anything about that?"

Junior let out an angry sigh before calling one of his men over "You were there when the dust truck was robbed, right?"

"I... uhm yeah." the man reluctantly answered.

"So, you saw the Rose Petal thieves, right?" Pyrrha asked him calm.

"Uhm..." backing away from her slowly, the man tried to think of what to say.

He proceeded to bump into Jaune, who moved behind him in order for him to not get away "Hey now, we just want a few an-"

With a single punch in the face, Junior's man knocked the blond out cold and started to run for it.

"Hey!" Pyrrha called after him as her partner went down. After a moment of hesitation if she should stay with her partner or pursuit the man, she decided to catch him.

As she came out of the bar, she could see the man running down the street. If she wanted to catch him, Pyrrha had to use their car and get in front of him. Jumping into the car and trying to turn the ignition, she realized that Jaune probably had the keys with him.

"Damn..." she muttered as she held her hand to the ignition and concentrated on it "Please work."

After a moment of trying, the ignition turned without key and the motor started. Immediately, she hit the gas and sped after the running man. It didn't take long for her to be on one level with the man.

"Please stop, we just want to talk!" she called out to the man, but he seemed to ignore her, turning into a side ally.

Hitting the brake, Pyrrha managed to turn the car and get it to stop at an angle at which she could easily drive into the ally, following the man.

"I said stop!" she yelled again, subconsciously pushing the gas further.

With a loud crash, the man went flying over the car and hit the ground behind it, hard. Shocked, the redhead hit the brake and came to an halt not too far away "I'm sorry!"

"Pyrrha!" Jaune called out as he came running into the ally, having apparently not been knocked out for too long "What happened?"

"I... uhm..." she muttered as she exited the car and walked towards the man on the ground.

Lying on the ground, the man seemed to have injured his leg, as he was clutching it "My leg..."

"We should probably get him to the hospital..." Jaune commented, scratching the back of his head.

For some insane reason, clients tend to call them at home during after hours, if something important happened.

With a sigh, Ren picked up the ringing phone "Flower Power detective firm..."

The name was definitely Nora's choice. If he had a say in it, they'd probably have a reasonable name. Therefore he preferred if customers contacted them directly so he wouldn't have to say the name out loud.

"Uhm, yeah, Hey this is Jaune Arc. You remember, we hired you for-"

"I remember..." Ren replied calm while he watched Nora lighting a cigarette and dropping into their couch with a sigh.

"Oh? Uhm, great!" the cop replied surprised, but continued "Listen, we might have something and I thought I'd let you guys know as well. So, you know, we are on the same level."

"Yes?"

"Right... We just had a... Talk with a witness from the last robbery. Apparently he saw two people who looked extremely similar to them in his workplace last night."

"Which is where?"

"Junior Xiong's bar, down at Hullum Street."

"Junior's Bar?" Ren asked surprised. He knew the establishment and on one too many occasions he was dragged there by Nora to get some drinks. Also, Junior was arrested on a regular basis, but always let go again as his crimes were nothing major that couldn't be forgotten with a little bribery.

"You know that place? Uhm, anyway apparently those same two wrecked havoc their and laid the whole bar to pieces."

"Where is your guy now? We might need to talk to him as well..."

"Yeah about that... He's uhm... In the hospital."

"What?"

"Listen, I've got nothing to do with it okay?" the officer tried to explain over the phone, but broke down to Ren's silence soon enough "Okay, we might have accidentally broken his leg, but he's safe for now. We made sure that an officer is with him at all times. Witness protection and stuff. But I'll make sure you two can get to him and talk with him!"

"Thanks..."

"No problem! Okay, bye!"

Before Ren could reply, the policeman hung up.

"Who was that? And what was that with Junior's Bar?" Nora asked as she came up to him.

"Someone had a nasty fight inside and wreaked havoc..." Ren replied as he hung up the phone as well and turned to his partner "Where were you last night, anyway?"

Scratching the back of her head and looking down on her feet, she struggled to say something "Oh uhm... You know... Here and there..."

"Nora?"

She broke down immediately "Okay! We were at Junior's!"

"You and your friends don't happen to have started a fight there, did you?"

"Pfff, Noooooo"

Nora was a terrible liar...