AN: Here we go! Another chapter of Love Struck! This one we see some Bleiss training by Ruby! Jaune enacts operation undermine and we finally! Get to see what happens when you read the damn instructions! All this and more in Love Struck!


Jaune was not what you would call a smart man. Ok! Ok! Think Jaune! You just have to fake your own death! The boy thought as he looked around the classroom. Port bellowed on about something or the other as he desperately thought of a way out of his current situation.

"And then I beat the Ursai with my left sock!" The man yelled as Jaune looked down to his paper. Several small symbols dotted it as he wrote code.

"Jaune What are you writing babe?" Yang asked her purple eyes blinked in curiosity the arrow in her chest. It was Yang's hour with Jaune his mistress had this time of the day locked in with him, and he was busy trying to figure out a way to get away from them.

"Just nothing babe," Jaune replied easily he knew how to talk to Yang. She wanted to know what he was doing at all times of the day just like all of his harem, but Yang was laxer.

Her personality lead her to give Jaune much more wiggle room than the others. As long as he gave her enough one on one time today, she was just a regular dom lover and not a kidnapping terror that made Jaune shake.

"If you say so. Pay attention though I don't know what he's talking about." Yang said as Jaune nodded. The boy focused on how to get the hell out of this.

So far it was RWBY NP Coco and Velvet as well as Glynda as his owners, the girls under the affliction of the Heart's Bane had all decided to act together and not fight. They decided Jaune needed to be shared between them and after a brief negotiation that had been talked about and downright changed several times over Jaune was now under a schedule of his mistresses.

"Ok class! That is all! You are dismissed!" Port said ending the class as-

"Fuck yeah! Let's get some lunch lover boy!" Yang said her hearts bulging the sickly twin pupils a dark purple color that made Jaune's gut wrench. He missed Yang's original eyes. They had been such a pretty color of lilac but now?

"Sure where are we going?" Jaune asked not meeting her eyes. He knew better than to even attempt to challenge Yang for dominance, Yang was like all the other girls a hard dominant. She did not tolerate disobedience or a rebellious Jaune at all.

But unlike all of them with the sole exception of Velvet Yang encouraged Jaune to fight back. She got off on not only being dominant but forcing her dominance on him.

She liked to pin Jaune and watch him struggle under her grips, the only difference between her and Velvet was Yang held him down with her arms and Velvet used her needles and concoctions to hold him down.

"Um-Yang, where are we going for lunch?"

"Heh! We are going to skip the snore fest cafeteria, and we are going to hit the town!" Yang said yanking Jaune out of the class ignoring the glares of his other owners as she pulled Juane out of the room.


"Ok! Ok! Listen! Neo! I know you are not happy! But please! Put down the knife!" Roman said trying and failing to keep his accomplice placated Neo was far from in a good mood, she was furious. The escaped of her boy toy had made her furious as she made a mess of his home! There was the shattering of glass and the shattering of good china as Neo broke anything she could get her hands on.

"Oh come on! I killed a man for that!" Roman moaned the clattering of expensive! Silverware and cups that men had died for!

"NO! Neo! Good men died for those cups! Well, not good men, not at all Mark was a murderer, and Jim did skin that girl for not going back to his house, but men died! And-

Fitum!

A knife stuck out from the couch Roman was hiding behind, Neo tossed a knife clean through it! The silver blade perfect cut through the couch as Roman found himself looking in the green eyes of another handsome man as his own reflection blinked back at him.

The knife perfectly his handsome visage that was still as charming as ever, maybe even more so as Roman groaned.

"Not my couch! That was the first thing I bought!" Roman moaned as the sound of stomping heels filled his ears. He knew better than to look at an enraged Neo when she got like this it was best to duck your head and keep it down until the storm passed.

Or until he hoped it would eventually pass, Neo would surely go out find some random guy fuck, kill or both then go back to his loving psychopathic but loyal! Partner in crime! As the tapping of heels and the shattering of glass stopped Roman paused his ears bending forward to hear what was going on.

Did she stop? Is it over? Can I get my loveable sociopath of a best friend back? Roman thought as he almost! Risked his head by popping a look. Not that he did Roman did not make a living as a criminal by taking unnecessary risks. Roman would not risk his life over this not at all. As he took a deep breath praying to whatever god or goddess would listen to him as-

Fitum! Another blade appeared right in front of his face as he froze. His cream caught in his throat as he rolled his eyes.

"That was the second one! Do you know how hard it will be to fix the couch!?"

DING! his scroll rang.

"Steal another one!"

"I would love to but I can't! You killed the guys who made it! They were a small company dammit! No one else knows how to do-

Fitum! Another blade appeared as Roman groaned.

"Three!? Neo this is costing me a fortune!"

Ding!

"I don't care! I want my goddamn husband back! When he is back here, I am going to punish him so bad! He thought being tied up was bad?! I'm going to put a collar on his neck, latch a chain on it and stake him into the ground!"

"Where the hell are you going to stake him, young lady!? If you think you are going to break my damn floor for your marriage squat, you are out of your mind!"

Ding!

"Roman. I want him."

"Neo I understand-

Ding!

"I. Need. Him."

"Neo, please-

Ding!

"Find. Him. NOW!"

"Ok! Ok! I'll find him! I can make it work!"

Ding!

"3 Love you!"

"Same to you Neo... same to you..."


"You know I really like your hair? It's so dark and smooth!" Ruby asked taking out a long curved knife as she ran it down her hand.

"Ruby! You are going to be in for it if you don't let me out of this chair right now!" Weiss or Bleiss screamed as she sat tied up in a small chair.

Her limbs bound with thick rope that held her to the chair, the former monochrome now raven crimson themed heiress glared death at Ruby. Her blood eyes shook with hatred as Ruby sighed. She had no idea why her partner got a color change how she dyed her hair or got color contacts, but that was beside the point. Weiss or Bleiss? As she was now know had overstepped her boundaries, and it was time she learned-

"Ruby! If you don't let me out right this instant! You Jaune rights will be forever taken away! No more head pats you hear me?!"

"Oh I hear you Bleiss, and by the way, that name is ridiculous ok?"

"It's my name!"

"It doesn't make any goddamn sense!"

"How?!"

"What happened to Weiss!?"

"Weiss? Who the hell is Weiss?" Bleiss asked a genuinely confused look on her face as Ruby sighed.

"You! You are, or you were till you went full cosplay you were known as Weiss Schnee!"

"My name has always been Bleiss, you dolt!"

"No, it has not! You literally changed it less than a week ago!"

"I did not!"

"You did! Then you dye your hair and got red contacts, the hell is up with that?"

"I don't know what you are talking about you dolt! But I swear you are going to suffer for keeping me here!"

"Well that's what you say, but from where I'm standing I don't see you doing much to me or anyone else for the time being," Ruby said twirling her long curved knife as Bleiss fumed.

She was stuck bound tight in the chair by her traitorous pet! She was going to make her regret ever stepping out of line like this! Bleiss was going to make her pay dearly-

"SO! While you and I are all alone like this, how about we make the best use of our time and have a little parter bonding exercise."


"Come on lover boy! Just cause you bought me lunch doesn't mean you don't carry my bags!" Yang said as Jaune groaned not only did he not get free food from the mistress who seemed to have more money than Oum.

He was made to carry her bags the blonde bomber of an owner of Jaune pulled him forward, a small leach wrapped around his neck yanking him forward as he sighed.

"Yang we missed school today."

"So? We got to have fun! Don't tell me you don't like hanging out with your real girlfriend." Yang said her eyes glowing a dark purple as Jaune sighed. His eyes narrowed into slits as he began to put operation under mine into effect.

He needed protection in his own harem from his own harem, and the best way to deal with an oppressive series of mistresses was to get on their good side.

"What!? I love hanging with you, babe!" Jaune winced not meaning the words but saying them well enough. Yang's eyes lit up in that dark off color purple color that they were now famed for. Yang's smile was nothing short of ecstatic as she grinned hear to ear.

"Hell who am I asking? Of course, you love Yanging it out with me huh?"

"Well, I have to love it you know? You are one of the hottest girls I know?"

Fuck me that was a terrible pun! Jaune winced wishing he knew how to make jokes. Luckily for him, Yang ate it up like Ruby did cookies, Weiss a salad or Nora a jar of syrup.

"Oh? You think I'm hot huh?" Yang asked peering down at Jaune as he struggled to carry her many bags behind her. The blonde brawler flashing him a devious wink as Jaune forced a smile on his face.

"Sure do! Any more heat and you might be too hot to handle!"

That was literally awful. How the hell do you think that's going to-

"Oh? Don't sell yourself short Jaune. You might be able to take the heat later on." Yang said winking at him as Jaune took a deep breath and went all in.

"Yang, can I ask you something?" Jaune asked hitting the base of the stairs that would soon lead him up to the top of the tower, to their newly minted shared dorms.

"Sure, babe hit me."

'Well, I just wanted to say thanks a lot. You have done a lot for me in the past few weeks, and I just wanted to say thanks for all of that."

If you count almost killing me joining a deadly cult that wants to treat me more or less like a slave helping me. But in her defense, I did more or less cause this situation so glass houses.

"You... you mean that? I mean hell yeah! I'm, so you better be grateful!"

"No Yang I mean that. You are so nice, kind and willing to help. How you raised Ruby as a kid, how you always put her needs above your own you are amazing." Jaune said with a genuine look at what he learned the hard way that the key to lying was counterintuitively honesty. Jaune needed to be honest to lie.

All good lies are based on a kernel of truth. In this case, Jaune was honestly impressed with Yang, they way she sacrificed to raise Ruby was an inspiration, and that was what he was going on.

"I mean! Yeah! I'm kind of cool you know?"

"You are more than that Yang you are special to me," Jaune said as her face turned the color of her sister's clock. Her cheeks heating up as she blushed brightly.

"Special?! You think I"m special?" Yang stuttered Jaune grinned a bit as he began to work.

"I think you are beyond special babe. You are one of a kind. The perfect combination of kindness strengthened beauty. Looking at you feels like looking at the sun itself. You are my literal Sun Dragon, and I'm glad for every second I spend with you."

"I! You don't mean that!"

"I do. I care for you, babe. I love you." Jaune said his face keeping a mask as Yang almost fainted...

"Jaune! Yang! So glad you made it back!"

"Eventually." Blake hissed as Jaune froze, something was wrong, something was very, very wrong in his dorm. For one Ruby was standing on a table with Bleiss on a collar?! Bleiss was on her hands and knees a large black collar and leash on her neck along with the words Ruby's #1 pet on it as-

"Bleiss!? What happened?!"

"Oh, Jaune! She just got an attitude adjustment! Now sit down, me my team Pyrrha, Nora Coco, and Vel have some rules for you to learn." Ruby said as Jaune felt a pit grow in his gut as he knew he fucked up.


Jaune had a new schedule... Ruby had taken over control of the harem from Bleiss who was now her #1 pet.

"OK! Jaune do you have anything you would like to add or a question about it?" Ruby asked her eyes so close to a pink that it was painful to see.

"I do," Jaune said weakly any hope of a smooth transition from the harem to a more equal relationship for him went down the drain.

"Ok! Ask away we can't have you not knowing your new restrictions," Ruby said a sickly sweet smile on he lips as Jaune took a deep breath as he balled her fists.

I can take them. Ruby will be easy, knock her out, run for the door-

I would never make it. Jaune rationale as he groaned in defeat.

"So I am getting split?"

"Yes! All of us will now get you in four hours shifts that we will NOT break Yang!" Ruby hissed as Yang blushed looking away as Ruby huffed.

"We will not break schedule with him. And we will ALL do a lottery to see who shares his bed at night. Once your name is pulled from a hat, you are now taken off of the list until all of us have had one turn. Is that ok?" Ruby asked Jaune, but the question was to his harem.

They all nodded. Blake Bleiss, Coco, Vel, Yang, Pyrrha and Nora all nodded as one as Ruby smiled.

"Good! Now since we are all on the same page! I have a new member to introduce!" Ruby said clapping her hands as Jaune frowned. He had no idea who the hell was going to be added to the harem and-

"Wait! Who are you adding, mistress Ruby?" Jaune added making sure to add the tile less he face a punishment. Ruby had not specified what type of punishment she would give him but from the way she illuminated it was something long, sharp and cold and Jaune would not like it one bit.

"Oh, you already know her!"

"I do!?"

"You met her on the town! She was busy looking for you, and I told her where you were!"

In the town? Looking for me? Jaune froze his heat began to thump! In his chest as an image of mismatched eyes flashed in his mind and hearts the taste of spice.

"Wait!? Ruby you can't!" Jaune yelled and-

Knock! Knock! There was a loud knocking at the door as Ruby smiled.

"Blake, can you get that?" Ruby asked as Blake nodded walking over to the door and-

"HELLO NEW FRIENDS! How are you?" A loud cheery voice is as a pair of shining emerald eyes walked into the room-

"NO! NO! NO! NO! Get her away from me!" Jaune dove behind Pyrrha. His eyes shaking with fear-

"Jaune?!" Pyrrha and Blake shouted in fear and worry as he hid as a strange short girl with orange hair and a green khaki outfit walked insides. She had a horrendous green and white top that clashed garishly with her eyes along with a pair of bright khaki pants and large black combat boots that went up to her knees. She flashed them all a salute as she clicked her feet together!

"Hello, fellow harem members! I am Penny Polendina, and I am pleased to meet you all! I Hope we can all be mistresses of the best type!" Penny said smiling widely the arrow still lodged deep inside her chest as-

"Get her away!"

"Jaune!?"

"I'll break her legs!"

"Hold my bag V."

"WAIT! Everyone calm down! Penny is a friend!"

"She's not!"

"Jaune's terrified," Blake said her blade out Gambol Shroud flashing as-

"Wait! Penny is our friend!"

"Jaune does not think she is a friend," Pyrrha said her eyes narrowing to slits as she picked up her spear.

"She's not!"

"Jaune says she has to go. She has to go." Yang growled walking forward as0

"ENOUGH! Penny is our friend! She is the one who got Jaune back to us!" Ruby said smiling as the room froze, the girl's mouths dropped as-

"I am so sorry!"

"Shit! I didn't mean to yell!"

"Your knees are safe!"

"I do apologize."

"I don't know."

"Jaune. Please, somebody, let me touch Jaune." Ren moaned in the back of the room the boy...

Is that a woman? Jaune thought as his best friend was changed no longer a man so to speak. Ren was long, much taller than before his arms and legs were now much lankier and were slender.

His body now had a definite hourglass figure, not unlike the girls, his hips were wide and full, and his rear was much more pronounced. After that his chest was now enlarged, twin lumps pressed out of his front making Jaune question his gender-

"She's the one who broke my arm!"

"And I do apologize for that! When I first met you the effect of your aura was overwhelming! And in my initial meeting with you, I might have acted a bit erratic." Penny said blushing like a literal schoolgirl as she looked down shuffling her feet on the ground.

Jaune was having none of it. He knew what Penny could do, and he was not going to let this go down without a fight. Mistress or not punishment or not she was not going to easily get into his life.

"No way! She nearly killed me! Pyr! Are you going to let someone who almost killed me into the harem!?"

'I... Ruby?"

"Look! I know you are all worried! But trust me Penny has a good reason for hurting Jaune!"

"I don't care if she has an airtight reason. I'm going to stab her heart." Blake hissed as-

"While I do agree that your actions are justified, I am afraid to inform you that you will find stabbing my heart to be near impossible.' Penny said with a frown.

"What? The hell does that mean?" Jaune asked as Penny sighed.

"I am not like you Jaune. Nor anyone else. My name is Penny Polendina, I was created in Atlas."

"Created? The hell does that mean?"

"It means Yang that I am not what you would call a regular human. I am a synthetic being an android." Penny said bowing once as Yang balked.

"Bullshit. Prove it." Coco stated brown eyes glaring as Penny sighed.

"As you wish," Penny said as she closed her eyes once a low whirring sound filled the air before her eyes flashed open. They glowed red as-

"Maintenance commencing," Penny said in a monotone voice as her face split.

"What the hell!?"

"She's a robot!"

"I don't believe it." Yang, Nora, and Blake said as Jaune froze Penny's face became metallic showing off metal pieced as-

"As you can see I am not what you would call a regular human. I am a combat android from Atlas and I-

"Penny I forgive you," Jaune said as he quickly strode forward a bright smile on his face as operation undermine had just gained a massive second step.

"You do?!"

"Of course I do Penny how could I not forgive you?"


"Do... do you mean that? Like do you really mean that?" Blake asked a deep red blush on her face, her purple eyes positively throbbing as Jaune smiled. Putting a hand on her own interlacing their fingers as he grinned.

"Of course I do Blake, how could I not mean it?" Jaune asked as he and Blake stood in the far corner of the Beacon library it had taken some time, but Jaune had put operation under mine into full effect.

"You... you really think that I am special?" Blakes eye's pulsed with a desperate need, her eyes shooting off three sets of triple purple hearts that burst into bright purple colors onto her clothes as she gulped.

"Blake I think you are special. One of the most special people in the world. I'm glad that I can spend any second with you." Jaune admitted his face hidden as he turned away Blake let in a sharp intake of breath as Blake froze.

A light smile broke her lips as she twirled her fingers around him.

"I... I think you are special too. I don't want to lose you." Blake admitted as Jaune went into phase two of his plan.

"I know I don't want to lose you either. I wish it could be like this more Blake, you know just you and me. I like this." Jaune said resting his head on Blakes' shoulder as she froze.

The faunus in hiding had her breath catch in her chest as Jaune passed this was the critical moment in his plan. He had told Blake the truth, the full truth and had planted a seed.

"You... you want to spend more time with me?" Blake asked a hidden question in her speech as Jaune gripped her hand back.

"Of course I do. I really like you, Blake. You are different from the other girls." Jaune said remembering the cardinal rule of this plan, do not lie. He needed to be honest with Blake to the max. That way if it all went tits up he had a fallback. Blake was different from the other girls in a good way and she needed to know it.

"Different how?" Blake's' voice carried a hint of curiosity as Blake began to bite.

"You are so different! You are cool collected and just together. You are mature. You have this air of clamness to your that makes me just want to be cool with you. Something like that level of togetherness."

"So are Weiss and Glynda."

"You are different than them. Glynda is a woman, so she has experience, Weiss has been a business model for years she knows how to deal but you? You are different you are special." Jaune put emphasis on his word special seeing how Blake's eyes widened with shock and joy.

"How so?"

"You are young, younger than Glynda but you already as much or more mature. You manage to keep your head cool in situations and always be practical without the training of the best of the best like Weiss you are a natural cool beauty. You have a cool collected beauty to yourself. Like a lone flower, on a hill surrounded by blades of grass. You are like a Daffodil in bloom.' Jaune said as Blakes' face blushed her hand gripped him so hard he felt like his bones would break.

"You... would you be happier if it was just you and me? If you didn't have to deal with the other girls?"

"I have done some thinking and now I know that I want to marry one person Blake. One wife, if I divide my attention how can I focus on my true love?"

"Is that me?! Am I your true love?!"

"I don't know.' Moment of truth, Monty protected me. Jaune said her eyes almost turned onyx her grip cracked his bone as Jaune stifled a moan of pain.

"You don't know?!"

"I want to know. I want to know if you are the one to spend the rest of my life with but as long as my time is split up between the girls how can I? How can I give you the attention that you deserve?" Jaune asked as Blake bite.

"I 'll do it.'

"Do what?"

"I'll give you all the time in the world!"

"What do you mean?"

"I know what you are trying to tell me. I understand." Blake said as Jaune fought to keep his smile down.

"What does that mean?"

"The girls, I know you are scared. I can see it in your eyes trust me Jaune they won't take you from me. They won't keep us apart. I won't let them get in our way." Blake said her eyes narrowed into slits as she came to the only conclusion she did. Jaune loved her, Jaune loved them all but Jaune loved her more than the others. She was his true love and she would protect him and maybe, just maybe get him out of this in the end. A conclusion that was perfect and just what he was aiming for a smile broke his face as two of his harem were hit as Jaune grinned.


"Tell me what you know!" Jaune hissed into his Hearts, Bane. He had learned enough of it by now to find a way to get the damn phone out of the thing and get it the demon on the other line to talk to him on a semi-daily basis.

"What I know? You got to be more specific about that mortal."

"Tell me where the other uses are!"

"I can't say that. Customer privacy."

"Can you at least give me a general idea?!"

"Fine. I can let the device show you a general map of them." The demon said as the Heat's Bane clicked! A hologram flicking out of it. It showed Jaune in a green dot as User 4. Then it showed after user 1 somewhere in Beacon, another user 3 far oof, the map if that's what you want to call the sketch three D model that was not accurate to a fault, it showed a user in Patch?

Patch? Isn't that were Ruby and Yang are from? Jaune thought as he saw a user 2 somehow on an inbound path to Beacon coming to him, but unlike the others, user 2 was represented in a pink dot?

"What the hell is the pink dot for?"

"Oh? Did you notice that? Well, let's just say when you read the instructions life tends to be good for you."

"The hell does that even mean?"

"It means that if you want to know exactly what you need to do to fix your ass, you will want to talk to them. Also good job with your little plan. You want to turn the harem on itself? Nice idea, make the members think the others are the problems and they are your true love."

"It's not that simple."

"Is it? You seem to know what you are doing here."

"I don't even want to be here! I don't want this harem!"

"That's not what you were saying the first few days."

"That was different!"

"Oh? Define different."

"Look demon I just need your advice."

"I am you literal helpline ask away."

"The Hearts Bane turned Weiss into Bleiss, what will it do if I try to remove the arrows from others?"

"It will alter their personality so that they will not leave you no matter what in the unlikely case of the arrow removal.'

"I see..."

"Anything else?"

"No. I have to go meet Weiss."

"You mean Bleiss?"

"You know what I mean. I need to go meet her sister and her husband today." Jaune said as the demon gave a voice of approval.

"Ok them! If you need me, you know how to call!" The thing said as Jaune sighed he hung up the phone as-

"Jaune. Don't go." Ren said as he... Jaune used that word loosely as his best friend clung to his arm. The boy wrapped his thin feminine arms around Jaune's arm as Jaune shuddered.

"Ren I have to go please stay safe?" Jaune asked as Ren groaned he wrapped his harms around Jaune's waist his long silky feminine hair glistened in the light as Jaune sighed.

"Ren I have to go."

"Be back soon." Even his voice sounded like a girl as Jaune slowly painfully slowly got himself out of Ren's embrace and tiptoed his way out of the door...


"So what is your sister like Bleiss?" Jaune asked as he and the black haired now collarless heiress stood in front of a long Beacon landing platform. Bleiss had been a challenge to break free. It took a lot to get out of her conditioning. Ruby had done a thorough job of breaking her, and it took all of Jaune's hastily learned knowledge and whatever the hell the demon told him to get her back to her usual self.

"Winter? Good woman. A bit uptight but she's a good sister.' Bleiss almost spat she was used to acting in front of Ruby, but alone she was better at being her usual crass brass self. As the two stood side by side, a long ornate bullhead swooped low engines flaring as Bleiss smiled.

"There she is, best damn sister ever!" Bleiss smiled as the ship touched down. The large Atlesian bullhead touched down as the lower ramp fell down.

"There she is! Winter, you son of a bitch! Get down here and give me a hug!" Bleiss shouted a beautiful woman wailed down she looked like old Weiss tall with flowing silver hair but a much bigger chest. She wore a tight Atlesian dress uniform and next to her was a man.

He was tall with messy black hair and eyes red like blood. He had a disheveled white shirt with an exposed chest with a tilted cross on it as Jaune froze.

"Weiss?" The woman said as Jaune paused as, a wave of hope rose in his chest as he looked at the woman. Her eyes were perfect pink hearts, easily beating a calm and healthy rhythm a massive arrow in her chest, next to her was the thing that made Jaune freeze as the couple both were marked as not only did Winter have an arrow in her chest the man had no gauntlet on his arms and had a large thick shaft buried deep into himself marking them both with the gift of the Hearts Bane...


AN: And that's it! Jaune is making moves! Ren is changing. Ruby is back on top with her #1 pet! And finally! We see Winter and Qrow! And we will learn what happens when you read the manual...


Omake. Grimm busters. Part nine Packed house.

"And then! It was me Jaune and Ren! We were surrounded by Grimm on all fronts! I knew we could pull out but they were too scared! They were all Nora save us! And Jaune was like as the leader I order you to save us! And Ren confessed his undying love to me then and there!"

"Really!? That's incredible!"

"I know Ruby, I know! I am awesome!" Nora said stuffing her mouth with pancakes as the adorable gohst sat? On a stool her transparent face resting on her transparent arms her misty elbows on the breakfast table as she let Nora tell her a morning story. It was morning in the Grimm Busters firehouse and mornings like this were now the norm.

One bitter enemies human and gohst now saw together side by side enjoying stories of pancakes love and woefully embellished acts of heroics that never even came close to happening.

"So what happened next!? I need to know!" Ruby asked like a child being told a story from thier older sibling.

"Well if you must know! I being me destroyed every Grimm that came at us! I was like bang! Fwop! Boom! And they were all! AH! Don't kill us! You are too awesome! And I was like flattery won't save you monsters! And I killed them all and I saved the day!"

"That's amazing!"

"That never happened," Jaune said to Ruby's right the human leader of the Grimm Busters and apparent not so secret object of Ruby's affection said smoothing butter on a slice of toast.

"Never came close," Ren said backing up his leader taking a sip of tea as-

"Ruby that story was so obviously fake even you should have seen through it. Honestly, I expected more from you. And trust me I know how odd that is for me to say." Weiss added the heiress gohst staring at a cup of burning coffee with a pained look on her face.

"One of these day's I will learn how to drink you," Weiss said as Jaune sighed.

"Don't worry Weiss. We'll find a way to give you your coffee. I'll ask my friends at the RnD department to help.'

"RnD? What's that can you eat it!"

"No, you dolt! That means research and development! It's what humans use to make new weapons to kill us with!"

"AH! I'm sorry!"

"You should be!"

"Hey! No Yelling?" The tiny voice of Velvet said as she shook behind the entrance her bunny ears flat on her head as she did.

"Velvet you can just come in you know?"
"I'm fine Jaune! Really! But if you want I have two tickets to a movie on Friday..."
"Oh? Just two? I'll but some for the rest-

"Ow!" Jaune hissed as a shard of ice slammed into his foot, Weiss gave him a truly baleful look as she rolled her eyes.

"Not servant Velvet!"

"Yes?!"

"Jaune would love to go on a date with you on Friday. He will meet you at the front of the firehouse at seven."
"But the movies starts at nine."
"What did I just say!?"

"I'm sorry!"

"Movie? Can I come!"
"Ruby! You are here with me. We need to tell Ren all we need to know about our old team. The last ping we had was a mistake and we lost whoever it was. Judging by the lack of public property damage it is a safe bet to assume Yang was not involved in it. But the utter lack of tune pushes a strong hand to Blake being the culprit."

"I see! At least it was not Red right?" Ruby asked as Weiss shuddered, her translucent skin seemed to flicker as she nodded.

'Ruby if any of our parents are ghosts we wave a problem and if Pyr is one we are in more trouble that we can get out of.'
"Pyr? Whose that?" Jaune asked munching his toast as Weiss sighed.

"it is a long story Jaune, one that I will tell you on a later date until then? Get the humidifier I'm going to see if I can evaporate coffee into my body, this has to work."