Licking the wounds.

3 days has passed since the assault on the republic base. The attack has caused them a lot of manpower and resources. A lot of their soldiers were either killed or captured by the empire.

The attack was so sudden and the empire hit them so hard. At first they unleashed some kind of monsters at them which was likely meant to weaken them before the real military force moved in to finish the job.

The republic simply did not have an counter attack to such and assault. And because of that, they were forced to abandon their base and retreat to another one. They made sure to set up more sensors both around and further away from the base so they would have a better warning in case of another attack.

But while that was good and all. The loss of the base still affected the troops since they realized just how ill prepared they were. But non of them took it harder than the former Beacon students.

Yang's training with had become more severely by her request. She needed to get stronger alot faster or she would never get her sister back.

Weiss had spent more time in the archives to learn as much as she could about the monsters that the empire were using.

As for Blake. She too was training hard, and it went to the point where she hardly even slept anymore. It was just like back when Roman and the White Fang was running lose.

For an obvious reason, Jaina grew worried about her girlfriend. At this rate Blake would drop dead before the next battle even started. She had to do something before Blake kills herself.

Jaina walked into a training room and saw Blake hard at work. She looked like she could collapse at any moment. Jaina turn of the training session, causing Blake to look at a little annoyed at being interrupted.

"Sorry Blake. I was wondering if you would like to spend some time together? It's been awhile since we had some alone time" Jaina said.

Blake sighed "Thanks for the offer Jaina. But I'm busy".

Jaina narrowed her eyes "Blake you have been training non-stop since the last battle! It wont kill you to take a break once in a while".

"You don't understand! They beat us because we we're not strong enough to to fight them. If we are to be ready for the next battle we need to get stronger! Much stronger!" Blake said.

"You are overworking yourself Blake! At this rate the training will have the opposite effect!" Jaina argued "And our lack of strength was not the real reason we lost. They surprised us and used a tactic we were not familiar with! We never knew they could bring back those monsters, let alone use them as weapons" Jaina shot back.

"All the more reason-" Blake began before Jaina grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the training room.

"All the more reason why we need to be rested and ready for the next fight!" Jaina declared.

Jaina continued to drag away with Blake. Ignoring the cat faunus protest.

Back in the empire base, Lana has recovered from her own injuries and was training Ruby in lightsaber combat. The young rose was a quick learner, and really good at Ataru.

Ataru was the fourth of the seven forms of lightsaber combat. The history of Ataru stretched back through the Old Republic, to at least as early as the Mandalorian Wars, where it was commonly employed by Jedi of that day. Ataru continued to be a common form among the Jedi in the latter stages of the Republic, and was also known to be employed by the Sith.

An aggressive style, Form IV was fast-paced and effective against single opponents, though weaker in prolonged combat and confined spaces. Also, it was not recommended for use against opponents wielding blasters. Ataru was characterized by Force-assisted acrobatics, such as somersaults and leaping strikes, both for attack and defense. Another characteristic of the form was its fast, powerful strikes from multiple directions.

Ruby's small body and speed based fighting style made her perfect for that form. Lana felt pride in how good her lover was becoming.

Ruby was breathing hard, still not used to force enhancing and all the new fighting styles. Sweat was running down her forehead and Lana figured it was enough for today.

"Ok Ruby, I'll say this concludes today's lessons. We've been at it for 4 hours straight now" Lana said with a smile.

"B-but I can still do more" Ruby protested but it was obvious she was exhausted.

Lana shook her head "You need to rest for the force training tomorrow. Besides!" She walked up and whispered in her ear "Do you want to waste the chance of having a shower with me?".

Ruby blushed up a storm. No matter how many times she saw Lana naked, she always came close to fainting. Lana's body was just to with Ruby's reaction, Lana picked her up and brought her to the shower room. She was gonna have so much fun with her apprentice. And let's just say no clothes would be allowed in the bed that night.

It was almost funny how easy it was to corrupt Ruby's mind. Lana loved her yes, but she was also the perfect weapon against the jedi.

Back at the republican base Jaina had managed to convince Blake to take it easy the rest of the night. The jedi faunus couple was currently sitting on a roof and was watching the stars.

Blake was leaning on Jaina's shoulder while said jedi had an arm around Blake's waist. Blake always felt warm whe she was in Jaina's arms. She felt safe, like nothing in the world could ever hurt her and she loved the feeling.

"Jaina..." Blake began making her girlfriend look at her "Could you teatch me how to use the force?".

Jaina was surprised by the request before she sighed "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Not just anyone can learn how to use the force. You need to be a force sensitive to use it. In other words it's something you are born with. That is why there are so few jedis".

Blake sighed, she had a feeling it was something like that. Or else there would have been an army of jedis if just anyone could use the force.

"Sorry Blake. If I could teach you I would" Jaina said but Blake just kissed her cheek.

"It's ok. And sorry for worrying you by over training. It's just, when I feel like nothing is changing I get desperate and forget the reality of the situation... and the people I love" Blake said in guilt.

Jaina only smiled "That is why I'm here Blake. To remind you that you are not alone".

Blake smiled back before the two girls shared a loving kiss. Then they laid down with Blake on top and continued their make out session.

A jedi and a faunus. Strange yet loving couple.

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