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Blake followed Pyrrha without reluctance. Seeing her teammate again made her think of Ruby and what she'd said the last time they saw each other. Qrow's words flashed through her mind for a moment. He'd told her Ruby was in love with her, she'd been so surprised. Then Adam mentioned Ruby at Haven saying words that he couldn't have learned from anyone but the reaper. Was it possible that Adam genuinely cared for a human? She didn't know but from what she'd heard he was taking care of Ruby's adopted child. Part of her was following Pyrrha just to find answers to everything. She doubted she would like all those answers though.
"So, I heard you were at Haven," Pyrrha said brightly. Blake nodded remembering the battle and the hurt form of her mother. Seeing the frown that crossed the faunus' face Pyrrha decided to change the subject. Or she would have if she hadn't seen the Weiss. Calling the woman's name she ran forward ignoring the tall man beside the heiress. Weiss spun around the large black jacket she was wearing hanging off her form. Adam smiled as the two women went down in a heap.
"Having fun Snowflake," he asked as she was cuddled by Pyrrha. Pale skin turning red Weiss refused to look at him. Sighing she patted the other woman's back. Blake couldn't breathe as he turned to her. The first thing she noticed was he wasn't wearing his mask. His eyes weren't cold anymore either, although when he spotted her the laughter faded from them. Behind her she heard Ilia gasp and stumbled back. Blake however didn't move her feet frozen to the cold ground.
"Adam help," Weiss shouted finally having enough. Pyrrha refused to let the heiress go pulling the girl closer to her. Hearing her he slowly turned away from Blake. The anger burning in his blood at the sight of the woman wasn't important right now.
"Let her up before she gets a cold," he ordered reaching down. Pyrrha pouted as he pulled her up by her hood. Weiss scowled standing while he placed the other woman on the ground. Huffing the white-haired woman brushed off the snow. Reaching forward Pyrrha placed her hands on the other woman's shoulders her warm green eyes searching the ice blue for answers.
"Are you okay," Pyrrha asked softly unaware of the shocked faunus behind them. Blake watched the exchange silently trying to form an opinion on what she was seeing. Ilia, however, was panicking, would Adam tell Blake about her deceptions? If he did then the black haired woman would hate her.
"I'm fine," Weiss stated sounding cold but the warmth in her eyes gave her away. Pyrrha smiled, she could already see that the woman looked better than she had in weeks. Adam rolled his eyes. He wondered if Ruby would come back any time soon to see this. He'd already decided that after they were done in Atlas he was going to look for her.
"Can we get inside now," he asked feeling yet more snow land on his head. Weiss smirked mischief flashing in her eyes.
"What can't stand the cold," she teased causing Blake's heart to stop. Tensing she waited for the man to attack over the taunt or at least threaten the girl. Adam reached out ruffling the woman's hair in retribution something that caused her to shriek. Slapping away his hand she tried desperately to fix her hair. Pyrrha grinned.
"Let's go Aiden and Jaune are going to be so happy your back," she said dragging the heiress behind her. Watching them go Adam waited until they were out of hearing range before turning to Blake. He still wanted to shred her into tiny little pieces and leave her spread out across the ocean, but that was mainly for what she did to Ruby. The grievances he had against her personally no longer mattered as much to him but had became dull pains in his heart. She was the first person, outside Raven and his sibling students, that he'd trusted. In return for that trust she'd broken his heart with her betrayal but he could understand why she'd done it. He'd been in a bad place when she left. Seeing Ilia behind her he huffed. It seemed Vipers little pet project was still alive and well. It was amusing that the girl had signed up to be an infiltration specialist, only to have her assigned target turn out to be Blake. Seeing the look and mistaking it for hostility Blake moved between them regaining his attention.
"Belladonna," he said in greeting trying to be polite when all he wanted was to toss her as far as possible before running in the opposite direction. Short of killing her, which would upset Ruby, he had no other options. Why did he feel like Viper was laughing at him right now?
"Taurus," she shot back narrowing her eyes. Feeling Ilia grab her hand she pushed the other girl behind her. It didn't matter how tame he was acting the Adam she knew would attack at a moments notice.
"You shouldn't be here," he told her relaxing slightly she wouldn't attack not when he could use Ilia against her. He didn't even have to attack violently either, just tell her the truth surrounding everything the chameleon had done. When Blake opened her mouth to respond he noticed Ilia flinch.
"Adam comes on," Weiss shouted back at them finally managing to get out of Pyrrha's grip.
"Saved by the Snowflake," he said mocking her. The hissing growl she sent in his direction was amusing. Blinking he ran a hand though his hair before turning away from his old partner. Trailing behind the heiress he didn't care when Blake followed behind or when he heard her start whispering to Ilia about how strange he was acting.
"We should get out of here," Ilia whispered almost begging. He had to know what she'd done. She couldn't let him tell Blake. Not when she'd been lying to the woman ever since they'd seen each other again. Putting on a fake smile Blake grabbed her friend's hand thinking that she was only afraid of Adam.
"It's okay, I won't let him hurt you," she said just loud enough he could hear them. Rolling his eyes he kept walking more interested in seeing Ruby's teammates than telling his former partner the truth.
"You're being more open," Pyrrha stated once the three caught up to them. Weiss blushed looking away for a minute and playing with the sleeve of his jacket.
"I um had a talk with Adam," she said softly the embarrassment in her voice making her friend grin. Huffing Weiss stomped away. Reaching the door to the house she opened it slowly. The scent of cookies filled the air surprising Weiss, but what was more surprising was the blonde haired blue eyed Arc wearing a frilly pink apron as he stood awkwardly in the kitchen staring at them. Adam was the first to react his laugh filling the space and startling Blake.
"Pyrrha," Jaune shouted while Aiden rolled his eyes taking a sip of coffee. Weiss watched their actions with a smile. How could she just toon this out? Catching the assassin's gaze she felt guilt build in her soul. Getting his laughter under control Adam walked into the house placing his hand on the blonde's shoulder.
"Good job man," he told him ignoring the way the man hid his face. Blake couldn't help but wonder why he was acting this way when he'd been so awful in the past. Did her team know what he did at Beacon? Then again if she outed him then he might out her for what she did to Ruby.
"Don't be mean," Pyrrha scolded walking over to kiss her boyfriend's cheek. He lit up like a light. Poking him in the chest she said, "don't think this means your forgiven."
"Sorry," he mumbled softly only to cower slightly when he saw Weiss. Looking away he spoke trying to apologize for everything, "I panicked and made things worse. I um totally didn't mean to say you were like your father, I know your nothing like him. Sorry if I hurt you Weiss, and the cage thing will never happen again."
Weiss paused for a moment to stare at him. She could see the sincerity in his eyes and at the moment he looked like too much of a kicked puppy to be mad at. Sighing she nodded accepting his apology. The hopeful look he gave Pyrrha pushed the warrior over the edge. Laughing the redhead pulled him into a kiss forgiving him.
"So who wants to get out the burning cookies," Aiden asked breaking up the moment. Jaune jumped spinning around sending Pyrrha into another fit of giggles. Using the distraction Weiss walked past them all motioning for the assassin to follow. Taking another sip he considered denying her request. While he didn't think she was a threat, she was most likely still angry. He had tried to put her in a cage after all. Putting his cup on the counter he followed the woman.
Weiss was standing in front of the cage a small frown on her face. In this place, her friends had betrayed her. She'd almost lost her temper when Aiden tried to cage her as her father had. But what hurt the most was Jaune's words. While they were true there were several other ways they could have gone about this. Like talking. Actually talking to her would have been way better. Hearing him step into place beside her she sighed.
"I won't apologize," Aiden said without hesitation. She didn't even twitch remembering the way she'd attacked him and while she felt shame for her actions she didn't regret them. From the sound of his voice he didn't regret his actions either.
"I don't expect you to," she told him turning to face him slowly as she continued, "but if you ever try to lock me up again I will kill you."
"Understood," he stated. She took his words to heart but he could tell something was still bothering her. Playing with the sleeve of Adam's jacket she looked away from him.
"I wanted to say thank you," she said finally, "Not for trying to lock me up, but for stopping me from crossing the line into becoming my father."
Passing by him to return to the others she didn't see the satisfaction that lit up his yes or the small smile that appeared on his face. For just a moment he looked happy.
Adam watched Pyrrha chat with her lover while munching on his slightly charred cookie. He knew Blake was watching him, just like he knew Ilia was pacing the living room nervously and sending messages to Viper with her scroll. Usually, he would have attacked but today he wasn't interested in fighting. Most likely the chameleon was trying to raise the alarm about him being here, what she didn't know was that Viper knew exactly where he was and what he was doing.
"Have fun," he asked as Weiss passed him. Sending him a frown she ignored the look of amusement he gave her. Instead, she nodded to him.
"Are all of you insane," Blake finally shouted her voice cracking. Leaning back Adam watched the kitty cat explode. Seeing she had their attention she said, "he's the reason Beacon was destroyed!"
okay so I just watched volume 6 episode 4 and oh my god Salem got sort of scary. also someone dies in chapter 12 can anyone guess who. Ruby is back in chapter 13 having diner with Salem. oh and who do you want to see after Ruby?