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Chapter 7: Nightmares

"Is she still chasing us?" Ruby asked her friend and classmate as they ran through the park on a nice and sunny day during a weekend. Looking back, Ruby saw their pursuer catching up to them. "Oh shoot! She's gaining on us! Weiss, run faster!"

"Don't worry Ruby!" Weiss gasped as she tried to get ahead of her. "I'm not trying to outrun her! …I'm trying to outrun you!"

"Traitor!" Now it was a race against her friend as she tried to push her behind her. And their pursuer, Ruby's older sister, was hot on their tail. "You were like a sister to me! …I loved you."

The reason they were running away from Yang was because they had both done something to incur her ultimate wrath. They had destroyed Yang's bike. Sure, it was just an ordinary granny bike, but Yang had been using it to do her deliveries and bring money to the table.

The two young girls saw it out in the open and decided to give it a spin since it had came out of the shop after getting repaired. What they didn't know was that it was out in the open because Yang was about to make a delivery. While the two were riding it around with both on it, they had lost balance and fell off the bike. They were okay, but the bike had rolled into the streets where a truck had ran it over and completely wrecked it to the point is was fubar.

Instead of stopping to apologize and check on them, the trucker had high tailed it out of the area. A classic hit and run. Yang had came out with her package in hand and saw the two standing over the destroyed bike. Putting two and two together, she stomped over to them ready to give them what for. Not willing to take their punishment, both girls ran for their lives and here they were now.

"Duck!" Ruby shouted to her friend.

Doing as she was told, both girls went under a stray branch. Turning back they saw Yang in blind rage ram into it and fall over. Getting up, they saw that she had cooled down a bit but was still steaming mad.

"You cant run forever you two! Especially you Ruby!" She shouted as they continued to widen the distance. "You're bound to get hungry soon!"

Three hours later

True to Yang's words, Ruby did get hungry. She and Weiss couldn't buy any food since they had both forgotten their wallets. Seeing as it was getting late, both girls had decided to head back to the apartment where to Weiss's immense shock, Winter had been waiting for her looking quite cross.

"Get in the car right now young lady." She pointed to the car. "I am very disappointed in you right now."

Nodding her head, Weiss had gotten into the car with her head hung low. Closing the door for her, Winter had moved to the driver's side and had gotten after she had given Yang a message.

"I am truly sorry for my sister's actions." She bowed her head. "If you can send me the bill for the repairs, I am willing to pa for most of the damage."

"It's cool." The other older sister shook her head. "I'm just happy they weren't hurt. …Besides, the bike was old anyways. I might as well get a new one."

"I don't know what to say." Winter said, not used to being rejected so. "Are you sure there isn't anything I could do? I'd feel guilty not giving you anything for my sister's trouble."

"It's fine." Yang laughed, giving her a pat on the shoulder. "Like I said, they weren't hurt and that's all that matters. I have enough cash saved up for a new bike anyways. Should make my deliveries a lot faster."

"If you're sure." Getting into the car, Weiss could tell it would be a long ride back home for her.

"So does this mean you're not mad anymore?" Seeing Ruby giving her a sheepish grin, Yang could only point for her to get inside.

In their apartment

As the siblings got inside, they saw Blake looking out the window lost in thought. After finally transforming, she had been lost in thought a lot of times. Yang had even heard her walking out just to walk through the whole apartment building.

"Are you doing okay, Blake?" Yang asked her friend. She had been asking the same thing every day and all Blake had ever answered with was a shrug or a small yes.

"Fine." Well, it was a new answer, so Yang pegged it as an improvement. "Just lost in thought."

"You've been lost in thought a lot lately." The blonde said, pushing Ruby to her room. "Anything you wanna talk about?"

"Just getting used to Gaol is all." Blake pointed to her bow. "It just feels so surreal, y'know? Having all this power and keeping it hidden from the world."

"You're telling me." Yang chuckled, plopping herself on the couch. "When I first got Clip and Duster, I didn't know what to believe anymore."

"I just don't know how Ruby does it." The dark haired teen sighed. "How is it that she's flung into all …this, and she's taking it like some sort of adventure? We could die from this, and she's …I cant find the words for it."

"She's always been special." The blonde said with a proud smile while looking at her gloves. "She tries to be normal, but it's like normal isn't going to be there for her. When she got her powers, I was freaking out everyday whenever she had to go and stop a monster. …I felt so useless that I couldn't protect my baby sister. But after getting these two, I took it as a chance to be there for her. You guys are the best."

"We love you too Ma Yang!" They said together. Yang chuckled at their words.

"It's like having two little Ruby's all over again." She mused before turning to Blake. "We all have our reasons and drives to help us through the day Blake. Maybe you'll get through them easier if you think of yours."

Getting up to head in early, Yang left Blake with a lot to think about.

"Are you sure it was okay to lie to her like that?" Gaol whispered to her host.

"I didn't lie Gaol." She whispered back. "…I just didn't tell her the whole truth."

Laying on the couch, Blake decided to follow the other's lead and go to sleep.

Blake's Dream

Blake was standing in a broken apartment with a red light blinking outside. In her hand, she held a boxcutter that was dripping with blood. She knew this place.

"You cant run away from it Blake." She knew that voice.

"I'm coming for you." It said all around her.

"Leave me alone!" She shouted. "I've moved on from this!"

"But I haven't moved on from you!" The voice whispered behind her. "Come home, Blake."

End Dream

Blake had rolled off the couch in shock after waking up from her nightmare. Seeing that it was two in the morning and couldn't go back to sleep, she put on her coat and shoes to go out for a walk. As she walked out silently, she closed the door slowly until she had heard a soft click.

"Blake?" The voice behind her had spooked her even more wide awake. Turning around, she saw that it was Jaune walking out in a scarf and a jacket. "What are you doing out this early?"

"I was just going out for some air." She breathed, trying to relax her heart rate. "…You?"

"Same." He muttered, putting his hands in his pocket. "Krocheya is sleeping peacefully in my room. I didn't want to disturb her."

Nodding, Blake had pointed upwards meaning to go to the roof. Nodding his head, Jaune followed her to the top where the cold air of the night felt good. After minutes of no one talking Blake had decided to break the silence.

"So what brings you up here?" She asked, curious on her friend's reason.

"Same reason as you." He muttered, looking away. "Even I get nightmares."

"How'd you know I was having a nightmare?" She said, backing up from feeling creeped out.

"Yang told me." Seeing her raising a brow, he continued to explain. "You're not as silent in your sleep as you think you are. Both of them can hear you. They just want to give you space to open up to them on your own."

"…That's …nice of them." She nodded, liking their reasoning. "Any reason for your nightmares?"

"Nothing much." He averted his gaze. "Just past memories flooding back. I guess with the stress of getting powers and trying to keep Krocheya hidden from my mom, it's all getting to me. How about you? Is it a side effect from you're partner?"

"No, I don't think so." She laughed at his guess. "Gaol is pretty much the only thing that helps keep the bad dreams away."

"If it's not a symbiote then what is it?" He mused to himself. "Maybe your mind is trying to tell you something that you try to ignore when awake. Like one of those future messages or something."

"I guess that could be it." She nodded. She had hoped his explanation for himself could be the same for her nightmares. "Could just stress building up like you."

"…Say, Blake." Looking at him after he called out to her, she waited for minutes for him to say something. After shaking his head, he just looked away with an unsure look on his face. "Nevermind. It was nothing."

"I wont push." She nudged him, respecting his privacy. "Just know that if you feel like telling anyone, I'll be here."

"Thanks." After twenty minutes of the two just enjoying the cold air, they had gotten back inside feeling the need for a softer bed than the roof's floor. Neither had noticed a certain blonde girl spying on them with a wry smile.

The next morning

Blake had woken up to the smell of pancakes and bacon as she got up to get ready for class. Crawling to the kitchen table which was basically only a few meters for her, Blake had opened her eyes to see Ruby eating regular round pancakes with Yang while the pancakes on her plate were a bit oddly shaped.

"…Is there a reason my pancakes look like penis?" Blake glared to her blonde friend.

"What?" She said sounding offended. "They're not penises… penii…whatever it is in plural! They're hearts!"

Ruby had looked to Blake's plate and had nodded while still chewing on hers. "Nope! That's a penis."

"Aww come on!" She pouted. "I worked hard to make them heart shaped!"

"The shape aside, why'd you try to make heart shaped pancakes?" Blake changed the subject away from phallic shaped pastries.

"Well…" Yang said in a sing song tone. "I may have woken up to find someone missing on the way to the bathroom and found a little kitty talking to a fairy on the roof. I didn't wanna interrupt because it looked too sweet break it up."

"…What?" Ruby said with a raised brow after swallowing. "I only got a cat and a fairy in a bathroom. Can you repeat that?"

"Nevermind Ruby." Blake said with a small blush. "Yang's just talking about some dream she had last night."

"And it was so sweet I got diabetes." The blonde teased while poking her black haired roomy's cheek. "So. Cute."

Breakfast was awkward for Blake, and it wasn't because she still had to eat the penis pancakes.

In the bus

"Is there a reason you're sitting with us and not with the others?" Weiss asked Yang after she sat herself between Ruby and her.

"No reason." The blonde said meekly while eyeing her two classmates who were now sitting together. "Just thought a change of venue would be nice."

Blake knew what Yang was doing and she would not stoop low by paying it any mind. If she just ignored it, then maybe she would get the message that nothing was going on and she could have a semblance of normalcy in her life. Looking to the other blonde of their group, she saw that he was close to dozing off. Probably wasn't used to have short amounts of sleep.

Delving into her own thoughts, Blake ignored Jaune as sleep finally took him. It was her first mistake since Yang had taken the opportunity to tilt his head so it rested on her shoulder. Blake ignored the blonde male using her as a pillow while taking note that the other blonde behind them was squealing and giggling at her handy work. Using all her might, Blake ignored the weight on her shoulder and how warm it was until the source of the heat woke up when they had arrived at school.

Timeskip: Afterschool

Back in the apartment

Somehow the day was nothing but annoying to Blake. Yang had kept pushing her to Jaune whenever she got the chance and it was getting not only annoying for her but for him as well. It wasn't that he was annoyed with her presence, but more of the fact how obvious Yang's actions were. She was forever grateful when he had told Yang to back off. Sadly, this had opened another problem.

"I'm telling you Blake, he's either gay or has another girl on the side." The blonde whispered as they walked to their room. "Now that I think about it, he doesn't even have any guy friends. …Poor Aunt T. Her son is batting for the other team."

While Blake would enjoy a good forbidden romance, having a good friend like Jaune be the center of it was both weird and rude for her to enjoy it. She'd have to save his life on this one.

"If you haven't noticed, he does have guy friends." She pointed out. "You just don't know it because we have separate classes after lunch."

"So he does have a boyfriend!" Somehow Yang's mind was one tracked when it came to some things. "Does the guy look like a sender or a receiver?"

"He's not gay!" Blake growled, finally losing her patience. It had the wanted result of having Yang cool down.

"Okay. I believe you." She raised her hands. "But you gotta admit, you two would be good together."

Heaving a breath that was rising in her chest, Blake ran a hand through her face as she looked at her friend.

"Yang." She started. "I just got out of a relationship with a douchey gangster boyfriend that almost killed me after I tried to kill him as a giant cat. If anything, a relationship is something I'm not looking for right now."

"…Ouch." Yang grimaced after remembering the past events. "Sorry Blake. But you've been acting so …out of it lately, I thought getting someone to be with might've gotten you out of that funk. Sorry about that."

"It's okay." She sighed, knowing her intentions were in the right place. "You were just looking out for me. Now if you don't mind, I'm gonna head to bed now. Today's been tiring."

Nodding, Yang had given Blake her space and cooked up something for her and Ruby.

Hour past midnight

Blake had woken up from the same nightmare again. This time, the person talking had shown himself: Adam.

'Even away from you, you still have to ruin things for me.' She thought angrily.

"I tried to block off the dream." Gaol whispered to her gently. "But it looks like your mind wants you to confront whatever is bothering you so badly it overpowered me. I'm sorry."

Shaking her head, Blake tightened Gaol on her head as she got ready to go out. Sneaking out again, she saw Jaune sitting by his door with a dead fish look in his eyes.

"Nightmares again?" She whispered to him, showing the same look in her eyes.

"They just keep getting more vivid every time I sleep." He muttered tiredly. "I've asked Krocheya if something's wrong with me, and all she says is that I'm having an inner turmoil. Whatever that means."

"I know what my problem is." She said, locking the door with a key Yang gave her before pushing it inside. "I'm going out to fix it."

"Do you need help?" Jaune asked rising up. "Fixing your problem I mean."

"Don't get involved Jaune." She said sadly. "If I do succeed, I might never come back here again."

"Then that means I'll have to come with you." He said firmly. "So I can make sure you can come back again."

Seeing that she wouldn't get anywhere with him, she decided to let him tag along. "You're going to have to transform for where we're going."

After the two had transformed, they had headed to the roof where they took to the rooftops at a blinding speed.

Downtown Slum Areas

As the two landed on an abandoned apartment, Blake scanned the area looking for a familiar building. Spotting it, she had prompted for Jaune to follow her.

"Where are we Blake?" He asked her as he followed her through the roofs. "And how is this place going to fix your problems."

"This is the neighborhood I grew up in. And I'm here to get rid of my demons." She muttered, using her cat ears to hear for anyone awake besides them. Hearing nothing they stopped by a window that was broken.

As they snuck into an apartment that looked more rundown than the one they landed on, Blake had used her ears once more to perform something similar to echolocation. After a few minutes, she had made out a form similar of who she was looking for. Adam Taurus was two rooms away from her.

Turning to Jaune, she saw that he was staring at the moon with those opal eyes Krocheya blessed him with. Now that she thought about it, they were both scary and beautiful at the same time. Shaking her head of the thought, she focused on the reason why she was here.

"I found who I'm looking for." She whispered to him. "…It's not too late for you to turn back you know."

"I've gotten this far." He smiled. "Why not go a little further?"

A part of her was relieved that he decided to follow. What she was about to do next, she at least wanted someone to say goodbye to when it was all over.

As they made it the room, Blake felt her heart threatening to pop out of her chest while her lungs were started to contract painfully. Calming her heart beat and breathing, Blake had opened the door making sure not to make a sound.

There in a chair facing a window sat Adam Taurus. He was hunched over in a position that made them think that he was asleep. As Blake took a step into the room, the two were surprised when he had stood up.

"I've been waiting for you Blake." Her ex-boyfriend said in a sick happy tone. "And I see you brought a friend."

She didn't know how he could tell it was her with her disguise, but she didn't care. It was time for her to finish what she came here to do: Kill Adam.

Whipping out his gun, Adam had made to shoot Jaune, but had found his aim off as Blake had shot a tendril out to wrap itself around the gun. Pulling it towards her, Gaol had devoured the pistol easily like a tortilla chip.

Seeing Adam about to run, she had used her speed to block his path but growled as he moved past her to jump out a window into a motorcycle that was parked outside. As he started the engine and revved off, Blake had given chase with Jaune following behind her.

Tonight, she would finally clean herself of everything in her past. Adam, the gang, this street she lived in. Everything. It was all connected with the man on a bike speeding to get away from her and she would cut it all.

Gaining on him, she shot another tendril out to stop the bike in it's tracks and causing him to fall off from the moment. As he skidded on the streets, Blake had shot another tendril to wrap itself around the man and throw him into an alley way.

Jaune had finally caught up to her to see her entering the dark alley with a dark look in her eyes. A look he was all too familiar with.

"Blake!" He called out to her. She didn't stop in her steps to acknowledge him. She had her eyes on her target, and that was all that mattered to her.

"It all ends tonight Adam." She muttered darkly, forming her katana out. He was now cornered in an alley way that had led to a dead end. There was poetry in there somewhere, Blake thought.

Rushing to ram her sword through his chest, she was stopped by a mist flooding the whole area. AS she tried to cut the mist, she found it similar to hitting a wall.

"Blake!" Jaune caught up to her. "You were going to kill that guy!"

"Of course I'm going to kill him!" She shouted at him in anger. "He's the reason for all my suffering and nightmares! He's the reason I'm like this!"

"But this isn't the answer." He told her with narrowed eyes. "How is killing him going to make things better for you?"

"I…I…I don't know." She said bitterly. "But what I do know is that he's the cause of my pain. So why shouldn't I kill him?"

"Because if you do." He swallowed a lump in his throat. "You'll be getting more nightmares than you have now."

"…How do you know?" When he didn't answer, Blake understood now what Jaune's nightmares were about. Turning to Adam, she saw him trying to limp away from them but failed since the mist had locked him in place too.

After the mist had disappeared from Jaune getting tires, Adam tried all he could to get away from the two but couldn't since the fall had broken his leg. Seeing them walk towards him, he tried to stad up straight to face them.

"So you wanna kill me huh?" He slurred from the pain while spreading his arms. "Well go ahead! Just do it!"

As Blake got closer, she noticed a small pistol had appeared on the bow after Gaol had finished fully absorbing it's material. Taking the gun out, she had pointed it to Adam's heart. It was an easy target to hit.

"Just do it!" He snarled, stepping closer to he point the barrel was touching his chest.

Instead of firing, Blake had slapped him in the face with the side of her pistol. "I'm done listening to you."

Turning away from him, she gave Jaune a tired smile. "I'd like to go home now. It's been a long day."

"I still need to help you though." The blonde said walking up to the gangster. As Adam looked to Jaune in his fairy form, he had found himself getting lost in his opal eyes. "This day never happened."

"This day never happened." Adam parroted.

"There is no one named Blake Belladonna." Jaune continued. Blake didn't know why, but his voice sounded very alluring. After Adam had parroted those words, he fell unconscious in the alley.

"What was that?" She asked him. Before she knew it, Jaune had reverted back to normal.

"One of the powers Krocheya's been teaching me since I got her blessing." He explained. "It's like a jedi mind trick, but needs batteries."

"I'm running low on energy as well." Before Blake could say anything, Gaol had turned back into a regular bow on her head.

"That's just great." She sighed. "How are we going to get back to the apartment before morning now?"

"Depends." He said with a winning smirk as he pulled her out the alley. "Do you know how to ride a bike?"

There in the middle of the rode with the keys in the ignition was Adam's motorcycle. She was so caught up in the chase she had forgotten all about it.

"I don't even have a license." She muttered, looking the bike over. "I doubt you know how to ride one either."

"I'll fill you in on the things you don't know about me." He said, mounting the bike. Getting on behind him, Blake held on tight as Jaune sped through the streets until they were back in familiar areas.

The next morning

"So let me get this straight." Yang said as she looked down at the two tired teens kneeling in front of her. "Blakey went out to go off her ex, so you decide to go follow to make sure she doesn't do anything stupid. Then when she finds him, she chases him through the streets and corners him in an alley. You stop her from killing him, then you wiped the guy's mind of any memory of her so he doesn't bother her again. Then you and her run out of energy to transform, so you took his bike?"

"Yes." Jaune nodded as he leaned on her kitchen table.

The two of them had gotten back by four and had to roll the bike in front of the apartment so they wouldn't wake up Yang and Tifania. Alog the way, Blake had learned things about Jaune and had shared a few things about herself.

"I call bull." The blonde female said shaking her head. "No offence buddy, but I cant imagine you driving a motorcycle. I think that's more of Blake doing the driving while you're clinging in the back."

"And here I was thinking of giving you the key to it since I cant keep it." He sighed overdramatically while twirling the key in his finger.

"Let's not be too hasty now!" Yang changed her tune. "I mean I was joking. You know I was joking. Right buddy? Hero?"

Seeing him not turning to look at her, she had fallen to her last resort above flashing him some skin. Begging on her knees.

"Please!" She groveled on her knees. "I need it! I really do. My courier career is at stake if I don't have it."

"Do you even have a license to drive a motorcycle?" Blake pointed out.

"Of course I do!" Yang said, puling her license out of her wallet. "In case of any emergency where a driver is needed, I got my license that enables me to drive anything with four wheels and below."

"Then I guess it's yours now." Jaune threw her the keys. "Just get the license plate changed and your golden."

"Forget that." Yang scoffed, excited she got a bike. "I'm giving it the works. I'm talking yellow paintjob, custom rims, new headlights, leather seats, all the works! Now if you excuse me, I need to go get acquainted with my new baby. Clip? Duster? You guys have a new sister and her name is …Bumblebee!"

"Oh boy!/What's she like?" The gloves shouted in excitement like their host.

"Well lets go and meet her." She said with a huge grin.

As she stepped out, Blake had turned to Jaune to see he had fallen asleep sitting up. Looking at the time she saw they had three hours before class, so she decided to let him have his nap while she went to go and take her bath.

"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING ON MY NEW BIKE!" She heard Yang yell outside. Apparently, Ruby had taken the opportunity to sit in the bike, but who was the other person. Weiss always met them in the bus. "I SWEAR AUNT T, IF YOU WRECK MY BIKE I'M CHARGING YOU FOR THE REPAIRS!"

Ah, that explains it. Taking off her clothes and stepping into the bath, Blake felt that she was home.

In the alley

"Looks like they did a number on this guy." A female voice said, turning Adam's face with her foot.

"What a loser." A male voice said behind her. "Stalker much?"

"Now now." A sultry voice said behind the two of them. "He may be broken now, but he could be valuable to us given the right …equipment."

And the keys keep turning as the pieces move into place. The outcome may be obvious to all but the players, but it's how it get's there that is the trick.

END

AN: I just felt like I should've given more on Jaune and Blake's character growth. Part of me wanted to put either Yang or Ruby, but I felt that it wouldn't fit too well. Yang might be too forceful on things and with Ruby, her naivety may push Blake to an edge that may scar Ruby too early. And I cant put Weiss in while I have Winter in the equation.

If you guys think I Deus Exe-ed the whole mind trick thing, I remember putting up in one of the chapters that I gave Jaune the powers of a 'CERTAIN FAIRY POKEMON' that also included the tutor moves. If you're thinking that he's OPed compared to the others, then I should remind you that he's weak to the same thing as a fairy pokemon while the symbiotes haven't shown weaknesses that cant be overcome by either devouring or combining with a host. Give it time and he'll be the weakest of the group. I still wonder if you guys have guessed which pokemon it is. I'll give you a hint: It's only a fairy via MEGA EVOLUTION.

If you guys are still wondering when NPR will be coming in: Patience. It will be worth the wait. I even have Pyrrha's powers ready and how she obtains it.

But just to give you guys something, the order of who comes first is so:

Pyrrha - Nora and Ren(of course I'd put them together).

Anyways!

The next story to be updated is the fic that's filled with humor and laughs: Those Days!

If you haven't read the AN of the last chapter, then I'm okay in telling you that it's a Bunny Pirate chapter.