Chia Arc adjusted her gloves once again. She wore them because when she was young she played with fire and got burned, literally. Thankfully, her little brother was close and saved her from the worse. That was one of the reasons she was usually the one that would stand against the bullies that Jaune used to attract. Because he was weak when young, many of the bigger kids would pester him, and she was usually the one to protect him.
Jaune hated it, surely, because he was the one wanting to protect his sisters, and that just made Chia more protective of him. When she discovered that Maika, Mia and her own twin Micaela conspired to send her brother to Beacon, she was pissed. She was about to murder the reckless trio if their mother didn't interfere to calm everyone. Jaune was happy, was partnered with a nice girl called Pyrrha, she even unlocking his Aura, and had many friends. So it was Sara that avoided their father, Michael, and Chia herself of bringing him back. The fact Sara could be terrifying when angered certainly had no role in that discussion.
Now, Chia was going to pay a visit to her little brother, maybe have a little talk with his partner and certainly not murder the bullies that were giving him a hard time as his friend Ruby said on her social profile on the web once. It was not like Chia had a complete profile on team CRDL. Of course not.
Chia just regretted having to travel with her own twin, Micaela.
Micaela was a teaser, no different from Yang, and a pervert. That is how she won money, by publishing a series of smut books called Ninjas of Love. She spent most of the money in archeological expeditions, and she was tagging along because she was eager to meet a certain Dr. Oobleck, that was a famed Huntsmen and archeologist.
The fact she could pair up with Yang and tease the hell off anyone close by was in no way the reason they were together.
"Mica, please, promise me you will behave." Chia said as the airship was landing at the Beacon docks.
"Chia, who do you think I am? Don't answer that!"
"Micaela, I am serious here. I am here to be sure our little brother is safe; you go meet this Oobleck fellow you talk so much about. And do not even think about mentioning your books around! Jaune don't need his friends to know what you write about." Chia gave a serious look to Micaela, which just rolled her eyes. Sometimes both girls wondered how they could be identical twins.
As soon as the doors opened they saw Yang, Blake, Jaune and Pyrrha waiting for them, and the two sisters just jumped into Jaune to hug him. That was one aspect they shared, they would never held back in showing their brother they loved him. Jaune blushed madly but returned the hug, despite Yang teasing him already.
"Hey, Mica, Chia." He said when he was finally able to get them off him.
"Lil bro, you are packing some muscle now!" Micaela said as she got a feel of his arm.
"My partner Pyrrha is training with me. She pushes very hard, but thanks to her I am improving."
"I am pretty sure Pyrrha also loves your strong arms, lover boy." Yang teased, making Jaune and Pyrrha blush while Micaela laughed hard.
"I am pretty sure you would love to have those arms around you Yang." Micaela teased back, Jaune's head fuming.
"Oh, you would like to get a feel of me, Jauney? All you need is to ask." Yang wiggled her eyebrows and Jaune almost fainted from all the blood going to his head if Chia and Pyrrha didn't interfered.
"Come on, we didn't came here to kill our brother from teasing. Don't you have a professor to meet?" Chia spoke to Micaela.
"Doctor, actually." Micaela corrected.
"I will take you there, Micaela. I am a fan of your work. I am Blake Belladonna." Blake shook hands with Micaela, which returned a knowing grin back, confusing the secret Faunus.
"Which one of my works?" Blake looked confused back at Jaune.
"Of course, the only one you are known for, Mica. History and old things." He affirmed and Micaela just nodded.
"Yeah, that one. Suuuure." Micaela kept smirking, and Blake wondered why. "Anyway, me and the kitten will meet Oobleck, you all have fun."
Blake glared at Jaune, and he just put his hands up saying silently 'I told them nothing', which was true. Micaela was just too damn observing of others, and probably concluded Blake was a Faunus from the start. That was one of the reasons her smut books worked so well, the fact Micaela was a little too fascinated with perverted subjects was just another reason.
"Well, now that Mica is going to pester someone else, I want to see your room, brother." Chia said as she locked arms with Jaune. Jaune nodded and started walking.
"Hey, P-money, Jaune have his other arm free, you know?" Yang teased as she walked with them, Pyrrha gagged and blushed, but Jaune chuckled and offered his arm to his partner anyway.
"Hey, not every day I have a beautiful girl in each arm." Pyrrha couldn't believe he just said that, yet she shyly took his arm anyway, causing Yang to laugh again and Chia stare curiously at the redhead.
I need to investigate more.
…
Blake couldn't believe the scene in front of her.
Micaela Arc was able to not only follow Oobleck's incredible fast speech; she was able to match it. They were in a heated argument about who actually used Dust the first time, or at least that was what Blake could catch. The raven haired girl wondered if all history fanatics were as hyper as those two. The two only stopped to talk to glare at each other, and Blake was almost sure they would just get physical about it.
"Dr. Arc, your theory is fascinating; I can't wait to see you backing it up with evidence in the next Remnant Geography Society meeting." Oobleck concluded as he sipped from his mug/weapon what they were pretty sure wasn't coffee.
"Certainly Dr. Oobleck. I hope you could write the foreword for my next book when I prove once and for all that it was his wife that achieved the feat." Micaela said in a victorious tone.
"We will see. Excuse me as I have to correct some exams now, Dr. Arc. I hope we can talk again soon, it has been fascinating." And with that he disappeared in a cloud of dust.
"You two just discussed in half an hour a topic worth a whole day of talking." Blake stated in a monotone. Micaela shrugged it with a grin.
"That is how we do in academia, kitten."
"OK, I am sorry, but I am killing your brother for letting it slip I am a Faunus." Micaela pointed to Blake and smiled triumphantly.
"HA! I knew it! The way your bow twitches! If you tell Jaune a secret, he would die before spilling it out." Blake blushed at the fact she just got played with. "Come on, is not like either of us care. Or do you care? Maybe you want to cuddle my little brother and give him a lick, eh?"
"Wait, what?" Blake blushed at the comment. She never even thought of Jaune as more than Ruby's goofy friend.
"Oh, I bet you want to take my brother under a tree, and as the petals fall down over you two, you clean his face and give him a kiss so long like time itself stopped." Micaela quoted one of her smut books, and that made Blake blush hard. Micaela noticed it and decided to go on the offensive. "But of course, Haruto never really loved Kosuke, he just wanted to get to Hakura through him."
"Don't you dare to say that! Harusuke is the one true pairing!" Blake shouted and Micaela gave her one big smirk.
"Oh heavens! You do read Ninjas of Love! I can't wait to tell my little brother his quiet friend that is always reading is actually reading my books about steamy boy love!" Micaela laughed hard but then she felt scared as Blake held her by the shoulders giving a very weird look.
"You write Ninjas of Love? Micaela Arc, I will do anything for your autograph, and for you to keep this a secret." Micaela smirked at that.
"Anything, huh?"
…
"And this is our humble home away from home." Jaune said as he welcomed Chia to JNPR's room.
The girl spent a good time analyzing the room. By the left side was Ren and Nora's bed, you could tell because Ren's space was very organized and clean, with no decorations. Nora's bed was a mess, and her part of the wall was covered in all types of pictures and doodles, and it even had a hole fixed with plaster. By the right side were Jaune and Pyrrha's beds. Both beds were well done, and Jaune's side had many pictures of him and his friends, while Pyrrha's side was surprisingly girly.
Chia noticed the unusual arrangement of the room though.
"So… Jaune, why it isn't girls on one side and boys on the other?" She questioned, and Jaune just shrugged it off.
"Nora says she can't sleep without being close to Ren, they have being friends since kids. Pyrrha said she don't mind, besides it is easier for us when we arrive late training." The explanation would suffice to most people. Not for Chia Arc.
"You spend a lot of time together, it seems." Chia questioned, and both Pyrrha and Yang noticed where that conversation was going. Jaune missed it completely.
"Yeah, we are partners, after all. She help me study, train and even fixing my attitude. I wouldn't be here if not for her." He explained, and Pyrrha was blushing madly at how affectionate he sounded. Chia crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I see. Aren't you lucky for having such dedicated girl by your side all the time, lil bro."
"Surely. I think I can't even live without her anymore. Wait, that sounded weird…"
Jaune completely missed the big smile Pyrrha had at the moment, Chia's inquisitive stare and Yang's completely baffled face. Chia was about to make more questions as the door opened and Ruby entered with a plate of cookies.
"Hey guys. Oh, you must be Chia, I am Ruby, Jaune's first friend here at Beacon." They exchanged greetings and the Arc sister turned to Jaune.
"Lil bro, are all your female friends pretty?"
"Yes. I mean, certainly they all have their charms." Jaune commented absently minded, making Ruby giggle and smile a little.
"Hey, vomit boy, my sister is hands-off OK?" Yang threatened as she hugged Ruby from behind, but then winked at Jaune. "Maybe we can try some hands-on though."
"W-what?" He gagged and coiled back, making Yang laugh at him again. Ruby rolled her eyes.
"You know Yang, the way you tease him all the time I almost think it is to hide you have a crush on him." The blonde brawler snorted at the thought.
"Me? I was sure you had one, with your night talks in the middle of the corridor." Ruby blushed, Yang laughed and Pyrrha gave a jealous look at the knight and at Ruby. Chia just put her hand in Jaune's shoulder, but she had a very weird look on her eyes, her voice also sounded weird.
"Little brother, I think I should talk with you about getting too comfortable with your friends. Maybe we need to get you a separate room even. I am sure Ozpin would provide one if I ask." Jaune coiled back scared at the menacing aura his sister was emitting. Pyrrha made the mistake of not noticing it.
"I think it is good we can share a room as that makes us closer." Chia turned around and held the Spartan by the shoulders.
"Oh, so you want to be closer to my brother? You want to sleep in the same place as him? Maybe cuddle him a little?" Yes, yes, and oh heavens so much yes. Pyrrha was able to not vocalize those thoughts.
"Jaune, is she OK? Your sister is giving serious yandere vibes here." Yang commented as she watched the scene.
"Come on Yang, she is not a yandere, just a concerned sister. It is not like she would kill you if she knew you walked out of the restroom just in your underwear with Jaune in our room, studying." Ruby put her hand in her mouth, completely forgetting both blondes demanded her to keep the incident a secret. Chia creepily walked towards Yang.
"I see, I see. My innocent little brother saw you in your undergarments. That is… problematic…"
"Jaune, she is scaring me!" Yang shouted and Jaune ruffled Chia's hair.
"Come on sis, it was an accident. No way would any of them be interested in someone like me." He affirmed, and apparently Chia calmed down. Until Micaela decided to enter with Blake on tow, to add more fuel to the fire.
"I don't know bro; Blake here told me that Yang thinks your eyes the most gorgeous of all students." Yang stared at Blake at the comment.
"Blake! What you told her!"
"I plead the fifth." Blake deadpanned. Selling her friends out for autographs? Worth it. Having to take secret pictures of Jaune's most embarrassing moments in exchange of early editions of future books? So worth it.
"Come on, that doesn't mean I am interested! It is not like I think he have a cute butt like Pyrrha!" Pyrrha froze in place. Jaune stared at her and she just froze there in hopes that he would just miss the point as always.
Chia started laughing, and at first they relaxed a little. But as she laughed more, it became even more sinister. It didn't help that she used her Semblance, telekinesis, to shut the doors and windows and close the curtains. The group all moved to the back of the room, hugging each other (no, Pyrrha was not using the moment to get a feel of Jaune). Chia's head turned to them slowly, her unfocused eyes cast on them.
"I think we need to have a long talk about your… relationships, Jaune…"
After that day, one of the biggest legends of Beacon is that an evil ghost inhabited that room, and in nights with no moon, you could hear screams over an evil, unending laugh.
