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Troublesome Brats is now back with its third chapter!

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EpicLinkSam: That's right! Good old Ragna may not be the main character for this story, but rest assured that he'll make more appearances in the coming future. Consider this a small treat for all those Ragna fans out there. That being said, you'll get your wish soon enough!

jay machete: If Rachel was the landlady, then Terumi, along with Kval, would've been evicted ages ago. Though, if you have any suggestions on what her role would be, then by all means, fire away!

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Okay! With that finally done and over with, let us begin.

I do not own RWBY nor BlazBlue.

-IIXII-

"I'll be getting some fresh air outside if you need me," Terumi announced as he watched Kval fiddling around with his scroll device. His younger brother nodded once to show that he was listening, and that alone was enough to make him smile. It was honestly good to see Kval acting like a good little brother...unlike a certain asshole he knew. "Come get me once you receive updates regarding my new job. I don't want to be late for my interview." His smile turned into a cocky grin. "Not this time."

Kval chuckled, just as he pulled out a piece of crumpled up paper from his pocket. "As you wish."

With that Terumi made his way outside, making sure to close the door on his way out, and then proceeded to continue his way down the stairs, exiting the building soon after. He locked his eyes on the clouds above. Subconsciously, he slowly brought his hands up to his face and pulled down his hood, revealing his face along with his spiky green hair for the entire world to see. The wind blew softly against his face, and in response to that he closed his eyes in order to enjoy the feeling, if only for a bit.

It soothed him.

A tired sigh escaped his lips, though it was quiet.

"Looks like I'll be sacrificing my sleep for today. For the greater good some would say, but I would just rather call it one big pile of BS," he muttered to no one in particular, referring to his new job no doubt. Then, his expression turned to one of curiosity. "But I wonder what kind of job the little squirt has in store for me? He looked pretty unsure of himself...for some reason." A thought entered his mind, and the current look on his face was then quickly replaced with something that was much more sour in nature. "Ugh. That job better not have something to do with me working as a janitor. I don't think I want to waste my precious time doing nothing but cleaning disgusting toilet bowls. If that were the case then I won't hesitate to murder my boss. Whoever the asshole may be."

"If I were your boss then I won't hesitate to fire you, and maybe give your ass a good beating as a farewell gift," a voice sounded from behind.

Terumi rolled his eyes. "Duly noted. How was your sleep in the middle of the road? I was hoping that a vehicle would do me a solid and run you over, splattering your guts all over the place, but seeing that you are here now..." He turned his head around, just in time to see a fist flying straight at his face. He caught the offending fist with a hand, fortunately, and the urge to smirk was too much for him when he got a good look at the face of his attacker. "...I guess I'll just have to hope for the same thing another time."

"Asshole," Ragna growled. He pulled his fist back, somewhat roughly Terumi noted, only for him to fold his arms later on. "Look. I need to talk to you about something. It's pretty important."

Terumi allowed his smirk to widen. "Oh? Was I not good enough for you, Raggy Boy?"

Judging by the look displayed across his face, Ragna was already starting to regret his decision. "Ew. Stop being a gross jackass, Terumi." Nevertheless, it didn't seem like he was going to back down anytime soon, which indicated that whatever he wanted to say was very important.

Terumi's right eye twitched. "I think it's you who should stop acting like a complete jackass. I mean, you were the one who came in and started this, so it's definitely your fault."

Ragna found himself gritting his teeth at that. "Why you little-"

Terumi's eyes sharpened. "Look pal, I may be tired right now, but I'm pretty sure I could still wipe the floor with you without breaking a single sweat." He emitted a bone-chilling aura. "Be warned, though. Whenever I'm not in a good mood, I tend to not hold back."

"Oh for the love of Hades, I'm not here to pick a fight with you!" Ragna shouted. He slammed a hand into his face and started massaging his temples in order to sooth his aching head. "Why the hell is it that dealing with you is much more harder than dealing with Jin?"

Terumi shrugged, as the aura he emitted started fading away bit by bit. "I'm special. What can I say?"

"I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that." Ragna grumbled something under his breath, removing his hand away from his temples soon after. "Anyway, the reason why I'm here now is because...well..."

Terumi cocked an eyebrow.

"H-How do I say this? It's just that..." Ragna scratched the back of his head with his eyes focused elsewhere. He started grumbling out nonsense, things that Terumi didn't understand, but instead of feeling annoyed, he found the man's behavior quite amusing. "M-Maybe...y'know...you could...lend me..."

"Spit it out already," Terumi said with what others would call a blank expression, but in truth he was secretly enjoying himself on the inside. It was rare to see Ragna behaving like this, after all.

"Alright! Damn it!" Ragna clicked his tongue and looked away, red-faced. "I want you to help me find a suitable job! Out of all the people I know, you're the one with the most working experience, so...lend me a hand here! Rabbit will always be Rabbit, Kokonoe is a bit of a brat, Kagura's a prick, and I know for a fact that Jin will laugh at me just to make me look bad! Despite us not getting along with one another, you're literally the only person left on my list. Plus, you're my neighbour, so it makes things all the more easier."

Terumi blinked once. Twice. Then thrice. "Wow. You just literally did something that I never thought you'd do," he commented. "Asking for help. From me of all people. Huh."

"Well I need to have money if I want Saya to live a normal life and have healthy meals every day. It's a big brother thing, Terumi. I'm sure you understand that all too well, considering the fact that you have a little brother of your own," Ragna said. "I was honestly against the idea of seeking you for help, since you're an asshole and all, but seeing that I have no other choice..."

Terumi closed his eyes and held up a hand. "Say no more, Raggy Boy. I'll lend you my help," he said with the most coolest voice he could muster.

Ragna widened his eyes at that, surprised. "Eh? Really?"

"I scratch your back, you scratch mine." Terumi chuckled, but there was a dark look in his eyes which made Ragna feel wary. From his past experiences, nothing good ever came out of deals when it came down to his green-haired neighbour. Never. "How about it?"

Ragna narrowed his eyes. "Let me hear it."

"The moment you receive your first salary, I want you to pay my rent." Terumi took great pleasure in watching the baffled look on his neighbour's face. He successfully managed to hold back his laughter, then added, "That's the least you could do for me in return. Be grateful. Normally I'd ask for more, like a lung or two, but since this is a big brother thing, I figured that lowering the fee was necessary."

"You're joking," was Ragna's late reply. He seemed paler than usual, but his eyes did a pretty good job at revealing how angry he was, no doubt because of the dick move pulled by his dastardly neighbour. "Even after lowering it, that fee of yours is ridiculous!" he bellowed.

Terumi offered Ragna a shit-eating grin. "Yeah yeah. Now take it or leave..." He took note of Cinder standing in the distance, eyeing at no one else but him with suspicion evident in her amber eyes.

And so he paled.

Oh shit! Can't that freakin' harlot pick a better timing!? Terumi screamed inside his head, feeling frustrated as well as scared for multiple reasons.

It was bad enough that the woman was breathing down his neck every week, so it was likely that he would receive some sort of punishment from her if she found out that he was forcing one of his neighbours to pay for his own rent.

Damn. There was no way in hell did he want that.

Terumi brought a fist to his mouth and cleared his throat. "I-I mean, I got you didn't I? You should've seen the look on your face, Raggy Boy! It was priceless!" he said with a forced grin, if not for his own sake.

"Eh? You were?" Ragna questioned, not believing his ears. "You'd seriously help? Like, for real?"

Terumi successfully managed to hold back the urge to physically harm himself out of sheer frustration, and simply nodded in reply to Ragna's question. "Whatever floats your boat," he muttered.

-IIXII-

"Yes. He agreed." Kval moved his scroll device to his other ear, something which he kept repeating for the past few minutes. It was a bad habit of his, apparently. He took the time to listen to the person on the other end, and said, "No, it didn't seem like he was reluctant. In fact, he looked pretty serious about it." Kval nodded, smiling sheepishly. "I was surprised myself, actually. I wasn't expecting him to accept the job so soon."

The sound of someone, Terumi most probably, entering through the door could be heard, along with...grumbling and curses? Kval honestly couldn't tell.

"The address? I see," Kval continued. He spared his older brother a brief glance and nodded in his general direction. "There is no need for me to write it down. I have it memorized inside my head already." He leaned into the couch, his face facing the ceiling above. "Very well. I will be sure to knock on the door three times before entering. Bye."

Terumi rubbed at his eyes, feeling tired most probably. "Was that my soon-to-be boss?" he asked.

"Indeed it was," Kval answered, keeping away his scroll device soon after that with a smile on his pale face. "She sounded really happy when I told her that you accepted the job."

"I see. When do we-" Terumi paused. His eyes widened when realisation slammed into him like a speeding train. "She? You mean, like...a woman? Female?" He pointed at himself. "My boss?"

"Well, yes." Kval tilted his head to the side. "Will that be a problem?"

"Just..." Terumi brought a hand to his face and started scratching his cheek, his eyes wandering elsewhere soon after. "...wasn't expecting my boss to be a female is all."

"Oh you'll do fine," Kval assured with a wave of his hand, smiling ever so slightly. "During our talk, I can tell that she's not really the type who likes to take huge bites out of a person's ear. Relax," he assured.

"You should never judge a book by its cover," muttered Terumi, as a certain woman who went by the name of Konoe A. Mercury passed through his mind. His mood worsened considerably at the hellish memories. "Never again..."

Konoe A. Mercury. Back then, when he discovered a picture of her in a help wanted poster, she looked like one of those people who were kind and reasonable. Apparently in the poster it explained that she required an assistant to help her with things which Terumi never really bothered to remember. Either that or he just didn't give a shit. Something about books, if he recalled correctly.

However, after meeting the woman in his interview...

It turned out that she was actually the daughter of Satan in disguise.

Oh how he hated her. Despised her.

It was a miracle that she accepted him. He would never understand why though.

If anything, it probably had something to do with his knowledge on whatever matter they were working on at the time. If so, then it's no wonder.

Still, during his time working as her personal assistant back in the past, Terumi never really liked her for multiple reasons, and he could tell that she felt the same way. The damn woman always preferred to run her mouth for no good reason, mostly about him and his incompetence, and he absolutely hated that.

Throughout his entire working history, that was the only job where Terumi decided to quit, instead of staying just so he could get himself fired.

And what a good choice that turned out to be.

If he had stayed any longer, which was a downright crazy thing to do, then he was unable to guarantee the woman's safety...

"Brother? Are you there?" Kval called out, snapping his older brother back to reality. "You were spacing out. Do you feel ill?"

"No. I was just remembering things." Terumi closed his eyes and cleared his throat. "Anyway, I think it's about time I meet my employer. I can't afford to be late on my first day. Not like I give a shit or anything, but I don't want her to view me as someone who's incompetent before I start working."

He wouldn't admit it, however, but Konoe managed to make a pretty large impact on him. Ever since he left that hellish job, he had been giving his all each day so that it would prove to others, Kval especially, that he was not incompetent. And anyone who would say that he was would either get punched, or stabbed. Both if the situation called for it.

In a way, it was a good thing.

Kval eyed his brother for a brief moment, suspicion evident in his eyes, but in the end all he could do was nod. "Of course."

-IIXII-

"You sure you know where you're going?" Terumi questioned as he, along with his brother, seemingly walked around aimlessly in the streets. His hood was back up, shadowing most of his face like usual. "I'm asking this because y'know, I have a sinking suspicion that we're actually lost. At least that's what I think. Honestly don't know about you though."

"Are you doubting my skills as a navigator, Brother?" Kval shot back, his voice filled to the brim with nothing else but confidence. Where he got all that was a mystery, however. "Rest assured that you are worrying over nothing. But I have to say, that seeing you like this..." He couldn't help but shake his head. "It is really unbecoming of you."

"Unbecoming of me...?" Terumi brought his hands up and started cracking his knuckles, as the look on his face darkened ever so slightly. Now that he thought about it, he really needed to do something about that little smart-ass attitude which was currently being presented to him by his little brother. "You're a real piece of work, y'know that right?"

Kval, with his face now paler than it had been, started walking much faster in order to buy himself some distance away from his brother. Being tormented in public was the last thing he needed. I think it's better if I were to keep my distance, just in case if he decides to grab me.

The memories of what Terumi had done to him in the past resurfaced in his mind, and he found himself shuddering all thanks to that. Though, it's not exactly the case of what Terumi had done to him, but rather what he made him do.

No matter how hard he tried, Kval was never able to erase those unwanted memories from his mind. He just couldn't. Well, at least not permanently.

There was that one time when he was told to clean their apartment room all on his own, then there was that other time when Terumi forbid him from playing with his scroll for a full month.

And let's not even start on that one time when he was ordered to clean their toilet!

Good lord. That was by far the worst of them all.

And it was all thanks to his big mouth that he had to experience all that.

He really needed to stop blabbering out dangerous nonsense right in front of his brother.

"A-Anyway, we're almost there..." Kval stuttered, in hopes of changing the subject.

Terumi cocked an eyebrow. He lowered his hands and set them inside his pockets, before asking, "How do you know for sure?"

Kval smiled smugly. "Well, that's because I'm your little brother."

As if someone had just flipped a switch, the air suddenly went silent.

Kval started sweating all over. Oh dear. Did I say something wrong again?

Fortunately, the silence lasted only for a couple of seconds.

Unfortunately, however, Kval's guess was pretty much correct.

"For some reason..." Terumi's face darkened once more. "...I find that to be insulting. Are you trying to say that I'm unreliable?"

"Eep!" Kval jumped in alarm. "That's not what I meant, I swear!" Without even waiting for a reply, he quickly ran off in fear, only for him to slam himself into someone by accident. "Oof!" He fell on his butt at that, and he could practically feel his cheeks reddening due to the loud laughing of his older brother. That jerk. Always busy laughing at others whenever the time truly called for him.

Some things about him will never change, apparently.

"Watch where you're going, brat. The last thing I need is to beat up a stupid kid in public. Lord knows I ain't got time for that," a voice sounded, which was laced with venom and anger.

Kval went still and silent as a statue, scared no doubt.

-IIXII-

Okay, just what in the fuck is that guy's problem?

Terumi, who had stopped laughing after listening clearly to what the man had just said, marched his way over to Kval and stood right in front of him. He scanned the unnamed man up and down with his serpentine eyes, and the first thing which caught his attention was the silver flask in one of his hands, and later the red cape attached to his back which had seen better days.

Terumi scrunched up his face in disgust. Asshole's drunk. Typical.

"Hey buddy, what's with the look?" the man asked, his eyes squinting to get a better look at who he was talking to. "Y'know, I was in the middle of something here and-"

"I've noticed," Terumi interrupted with a blank look. All of a sudden, he perked up, and later started searching through his yellow hooded-cape, much to the drunk man's confusion. "By the way, I have something for you. You'll love it, I'm sure."

"You do?" the man narrowed his eyes. "What could you possibly have that-"

"A fist!" Terumi shouted at the top of his lungs. True to his words, his fist came slamming into the face of the drunk man, knocking him down to the ground. Acting quickly, Terumi grabbed the wrist of a stunned Kval and ran off. "I hope you enjoyed your gift, jackass!"

Kval, whose face was extremely pale, looked back to the downed man with widened eyes, right before moving his gaze over to his brother. Hell, he looked like he was going to suffer from a major heart attack. "Brother, did you just went ahead and-"

"Assaulted an asshole!?" Terumi cut in as he ran, dragging Kval in the process. "Well yes I did! You can sure as hell thank me for that!"

"I appreciate what you did back there," Kval turned his head to the downed man once more. "but was that really necessary? The man was drunk!"

"Necessary? Kinda. Plus, he was drunk, which makes it all the more better! Bastard won't know what knocked his lights out once he's sober!" Terumi shouted, as a shit-eating grin started to form itself onto his face. "Besides, no one messes with you while I'm around. The moment you bumped into him, that son of a bitch had just dug himself his own grave."

He had a point there. There was a high chance that the asshole won't remember who punched him, considering the fact that he was drunk and that most of Terumi's face was hidden thanks to his hood.

"Oh." Kval was slightly relieved once he thought about it, but the fear of the man finding them out still lingered. "Y-Yeah. I guess you're right..." he said, though he didn't sound too sure of himself. Despite that, he turned to Terumi and offered him a genuine smile. "Thanks."

Once he was sure that the man was out of their reach, Terumi halted in his tracks and released Kval's wrist. He brought a hand up to his face, pulled down his hood, and later started taking in deep breaths to stabilize his breathing. Truth be told, he was never the physical type, not really anyway, so running around in the streets like it's nobody's business sure as hell took a toll on him.

Putting it bluntly, he was exhausted.

"I'm glad that's over..." muttered Terumi.

"You're not the only one," Kval added in, equally exhausted. "All that running sucked the energy out of me, but on the bright side..." He wiped some sweat from his brow. "...I can't believe that we're actually here. I guess luck is on our side for today."

"Eh?" Upon casting a questioning glance towards Kval, the first thing Terumi noted was him pointing a finger at one of the regular houses nearby. At first he was puzzled, but only then did he finally start connecting the pieces. "That's the place?" he questioned.

"It is." Kval nodded. He turned to Terumi and held up a hand. "Now, stay here while I-"

Terumi put a hand on Kval's head and gently but firmly pushed him aside, not giving a damn about him and his instructions. "If you'll excuse me..."

"H-Hey!" Kval yelled out. "She specifically told me to-"

"Knock on the door three times, right?" Terumi cut in with a smirk, his eyes locking themselves onto the door ahead. "Don't you worry one bit. I'll be sure to do more than just that."

And with that said and done, the unemployed man brought his foot up into the air and prepared himself.

"Brother no!" Kval was about to lunge towards his older brother in hopes of preventing him from doing something so foolish, but his mind immediately went blank when something unexpected transpired right in front of his very eyes just seconds after.

It all happened so fast.

The first thing he remembered was Terumi planning on kicking down the door which led to the house of his soon-to-be boss.

But the next thing he knew, his older brother was sprawled across the ground, emitting pained groans every now and again.

The door which led to the inside of the house was now open, revealing a certain woman standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips, looking quite angry for some reason.

On that particular moment, Kval did the first thing which his mind told him to do.

He sighed in relief.

"That was close..."

-IIXII-

More characters, but this time instead of appearing they were only mentioned! Keep in mind that I still haven't figured out what their roles for the story would be as of yet.

Rachel Alucard - Unknown

Konoe A. Mercury - 33

Kokonoe A. Mercury - 13

Kagura Mutsuki - 28

Jin Kisaragi - 22

Saya - 11

Anyway, thanks for reading and please leave a review if you enjoyed the third chapter of Troublesome Brats! See you readers later!

This is CPL, over and out.