Okay here's another chapter guys. To be honest I'm not very satisfied with this chapter seeing some of the harem humor is kinda forced but since this was a continuation from the scene of last chapter like no time really passed at all, it had to fit with Yang's comment on Vermillion. kinda wrote myself in to a corner there. And while not exactly rereading this fic but skimming over, I realized Ruby was kinda being ignored for the most part. Maybe cuz I found her a little too immature at this point in time to have any meaningful scene with Minato as opposed to Weiss, Yang and a bit of Blake due to the Faunus and the White Fang.

So I kinda wanted to write this chapter for her interaction with Minato, even though her character wasn't really expanded upon but she is really low rank in her Social Link. I also didn't know how to start Jaune, Ren, Nora and Pyrrha but i got something for Pyrrha now. Maybe I could chalk it up as Minato doesn't Social Link with male party members.

Anyways the last few chapters are fillery but I think a Persona fic is really only a true Persona fic with this amount of interaction between casts. Action is really a secondary thing when applied to a school year based time line. The Forever Fall is next chapter and I promise you it'll be action packed or at least try. I'm not good with fight scenes so It'll be hard for me but I won't get better if i keep shying away from it. Most of Jaune's arc is off screen due to the fact that Minato is one person and can't be every where at once. Also we seen it in the show, we know what's happening even if it's not shown in this fic.

Minato Arisato rubbed his cheek as he walked with Weiss and a frowning Yang to the cafeteria. She had more or less had gotten over the 'likes of Yu' slip of the tongue but had a bit of a conflicted look on her face. Minato guessed that she, now having context of the accidental Multi-language pun, found it hilarious and angering. Minato apologized to the girl even if it was her over reacting, Minato was a man who respected women and would never call any of them a whore.

"What kinda name is Yu," Yang grumbled. "Sorry for the smack Blue, I might tease you a lot but I got standards that are quite high."

Minato cracked his neck and stretched his body especially his spine after taking a few hours long nap. It was one of the pros of studying in advance. "…I'm over it but believe me, I exceed every one of your standards."

"Oh, you interested in plain ol Yang?"

"You're too flashy to be plain," Minato countered. "Whether it be your looks or clothing style."

"Maybe, but tell this girl," Yang nudged him. "What exactly does a boy like you appreciates about me?"

"Your cringe worthy puns, sunny disposition, protective nature… all of it really brings people together and lighten the burden that keep persisting in our souls."

"Awwwww, I'm not so yangry anymore," Yang drawled. "You really like my puns?"

"Well, they can irritate me at times, not going to lie but…" Minato replied casually tracing the detailed etchings on his Evoker. "Looking at them, they really do lighten the mood… even if it reminds me of an utter bastard."

Yang blinked. "Did you just curse? Never mind that… what else do you enjoy?"

"Huh?"

She slapped him on the back, unintentionally knocking the air out of his lungs. Despite now exercising on a regular basis, Yang still outclass him physically on a quite a large margin. Though he now feels confident that he could go toe to toe with Cardin without relying on his Stat Allocation Semblance or Persona buffs and debuffs. "C'mon you listed all the responses that won't get you slapped again, don't you see something you like?"

"Yes, that goes without saying." Minato confirmed. "This is a really long walk to cafeteria, I felt as if we talked for half an hour by now."

"That's because the conversation is a continuation of the one we were having from the end of the class." Weiss commented. "Still, what are your thoughts on the Forever Falls trip?"

"Meh, hope we encounter some Grimm to spice things up." Yang said. "Otherwise, it'll be kinda boring."

Weiss sighed. "What a brutish response, what is your thoughts on the matter Minato?"

"I wish to see the red leaves of the Forever Fall first hand," Minato casually responded taking off his headphones and rested them on his neck. "I wonder if they can top the Sakura in full bloom during spring."

"Sakura and Crimson leaves huh, for a guy Minato. You really have girly tastes." Yang commented. "That or you're such a manwhore that you started to adopt the taste of women too."

"Don't compare me to the likes of Y… Narukami." Minato hesitated for a split second. His face stilled stung despite Aura healing the mild irritation. Perhaps it was phantom pain.

"I already said I was sorry," Yang grumbled. "Anyways, I'm a bit pissed we're collecting this for Professor Peach. She'll probably just keep it to herself to put it on her pancakes or something."

"Whatever," Minato shrugged and said one of his personal phrases beside personal space when Junpei got a bit close. "I don't know about you but I'm bringing my own Mason jars for the trip."

The Forever Fall's red sap is considered the tastiest and sweetest natural resource that can be turned into syrup. Because of this, Minato is extremely interested in collecting some for his own personal use. Cooking was a hobby that he shared with Shinjiro and they even shared and discussed certain recipes when they weren't going to Tartarus and were simply lazing around waiting for missions. He could carry as much jars as he liked due to his dimensional pocket and if times ever got tough, he could sell some of his Hybrid Dust, the Recrystallizer, and the red sap.

The Hybrid Dust would sell extremely well simply due to its uniqueness, the only naturally occurring secondary type Dust were ice, steam, and the volcanic Dust which were fire and earth element mixed.

His artificial secondary type Dust could be seen as a godsend for most Huntsman as it gives them much more options for fighting and cuts down on the cost for the naturally occurring secondary type Dust, which were almost 3 times the cost.

That didn't take in to consideration that Hybrid Dust had combinations that simply isn't possible seeing the magic doesn't exist in a physical form on Remnant like Holy, Darkness, Almighty, Psi, Nuclear and etc. Though Copper had sent him some Cyan Colored Dust which could be shot off as a laser, be fashioned into an energy shield and be used as a power source rather than being simply a combat projectile only. He couldn't wait to experiment with it further especially since he learned to recrystallize Dust without the Omnipotent Orb anymore.

The Recrystallizer research would practically guarantee his life would be a comfortable one but he didn't feel comfortable giving the research to the military or Dust companies seeing how they would do anything for money and monopolize it. While he trusted Weiss and her goodness buried inside her personality, he couldn't say the same for her father which even by the news alone gave a bad reputation in the view of the Messiah. He'll wait for Weiss to become the head before working with her for the recrystallizer, it was information that could really benefit the people of Remnant.

Red sap was extremely expensive due to the fact that many Grimm live in the Forever Fall and that causes harvesting extremely difficult and life threatening. No self-respecting Huntsman would be willing to die for another's breakfast and only the desperate would ever even accept the job which very little people ask for due to the insane amount of money Huntsman require for personal missions,

Despite living in the dorms of Beacon for now, Minato still owned a home which bills still needed to be paid. He couldn't rely on the money dropped by the Shadows he killed due to the fact that they were Yen of his old world instead of the Lien of Remnant, and the fact that he considered the remains of Shadows like the gears and metals too valuable to merely sell. Those parts can be made into weapons that could harmed Shadows even if the person had no Persona or rivaling power. They were no Nihil weapons that fused with Personas but admittedly, they were a decent second. The only weapon that came close to the strongest weapons made from the parts of Shadows or Weapon fusion was the Excalibur holy sword he found in Tartarus, it shattered and was used as a catalyst to summon King Arthur but he still had the shards to be made into a new sword. Perhaps he should ask the blacksmith Periwinkle to reforge it.

Shadows despite their danger, were really useful to him. Besides the extra training of his body and his mind for tactics or the viable material they leave behind… his counterpart's Semblance which could summon the Grimm he defeated and absorbed before they disappeared into black mist, can also summon the Shadows he defeated in the Dark Zone and from his old world. He guessed originally the Semblance was just like the Schnees' but it changed when he took over the body seeing his mentality is trying to maximize the strength of his powers.

His old Messiah, his ultimate Persona had only one task and that was to keep shooting Morning Stars, the build was based entirely on that. The Messiah Picaro he got back from Elizabeth after she, Margaret and Theodore jumped this one guest who stolen the data from the back-up compendiums in the Velvet room had reverted back to its former glory. It's very nature, the very nature of the Picaro Personas from what Elizabeth sent him were twisted in some way.

He supposed that, all Wildcards are unique despite having multiple of the same Personas and thus have certain amount of affinity to certain concepts. The Picaro set were simply a way to give a trickster affinity to all of them so his successor has better control over them. It made sense seeing Yu had trouble keeping Orpheus Telos and Thanatos under control during their journey in the Labyrinth and he had trouble with Magatsu Izanagi.

Though despite that, the red Persona still gave him that Skill card before he gave it to Elizabeth to return to Margaret's Compendium. His old Messiah became the material to the Great Seal despite the majority of the seal's power comes from the Universe Arcana and thus the Fool had been living without his Persona for years. It brought joy to the Fool to have Messiah back even if it's been changed. He removed the trickster affinity grafted on the Picaro Persona set but Messiah in particular kept some of the features in terms of appearance. Though losing its black color and reverted to its marble white façade, Messiah retained its golden arc in place of the pillar, golden wings and silver studs. All in all, it's a much more grander image… a bit too flashy in his opinion but Messiah was still Messiah, his trusted other self.

Back on topic, every time he defeated a Shadow due to being the host of the Harbinger Death, Minato retain a bit of Nyx's psyche from the Shadows and that contains the information of the defeated Shadow. The Grimm still had a core so to speak, despite not having a soul like a human, Faunus, or animal they do have a soul substitute to allow them to function independently. When he became the dominant personality of this body… the counterpart's Semblance must have adapted ever so slightly to the knowledge that accepting a Grimm's intact core would make it more powerful even if it had to be modified slightly to accept his control over them.

Even if the Grimm loses its physical body and gets replaced by a Semblance made shell, it still contains the will of the beast to a certain extent. So do the Shadows he can summon but they were weaker than the real deal by a slight margin and is harder to control than a Persona or Grimm summons. The Schnee Semblance are but hollow husks of the Grimm despite keeping their form and power.

"We don't know anything of Professor Peach's intentions Xiao Long," Weiss retorted. "She for all you know, could be assisting in gathering samples for the researchers of red sap."

"Research for her stomach is more like it." The blonde grumbled.

"Alright… look at it this way," Minato offered. "I could probably make something worth eating with the red sap."

"Hmm, molasses cookies with a red sap substitute sounds like something Rubes would like."

"Doting as always," Weiss commented. "One day, she'll no longer need your protection."

"Maybe," Yang admitted. "But the older sibling is meant for that one job until then."

A sudden sharp pain was felt as Minato gripped the nearby wall for support and his left hand cradling his temple. It was even worse than over using a Persona in a short period of time without rest. His legs trembled as he desperately struggled to keep himself upright. Visions of the dream he just had invaded his mind, alongside images of the girl that looked a lot like himself and the black-haired woman who was obviously Nox kept surfacing.

"Shit Blue, you aint lookin too hot," Yang said as she rested her head on his shoulder blade and hooked his arm around her neck to give him support. "I could take you to the nurse or the dorm if you want."

"Ugh, I could really use a nap right now." Minato said feeling his head spin. "Even though I just took one."

"Shit," Yang commented. "Twice in one day, you think the Remnant gods just wanted to give people to me to take care of?"

"You actually wished for that?" Minato couldn't help but ask. "Commendable, seeing it's a wish that simply helps others without ulterior motives."

"Meh, the satisfaction is my own ulterior motive." Yang admitted. "Now C'mon let's go. It's not like lunch was gonna last that much longer anyways considering how much we and Weiss Cream talked."

"If it gets any worse, perhaps you should get examined." Weiss said. "…I have a personal doctor or can get you the best service with the Schnee family's connections or perhaps just bribe the best doctors in Vale."

"Thanks for the offer… didn't think you cared that much." Minato chuckled lightly.

"D-don't be ridiculous! You still have to keep your promise to me." Weiss stammered for a second succumbing to the overwhelming charm that took years of honing. "You'll show it to me whether you like it or not." Minato knew she meant his Summoning Semblance and his Personas but…

"Whoa, and people say I'm bold." Yang blinked. "Way to go Weiss! Told you people will be interested in those kind of things."

Weiss crossed over her chest unconsciously.

Minato despite having a massive headache, turned and gave Yang that piercing look. "You're going to make others self-conscious about their bodies at this rate."

"It's just a little tease, besides there are weirdos going after petite girls these days. She's barely 5'3 even with heels on."

"And what if those weirdos go after Ruby?" Minato questioned. "You just threatened to beat me a few minutes ago tops."

"…"

"Yang?"

"…"

"It makes me feel strange, usually people talk to me not the other way around."

The blonde rebooted. "Shit, didn't think about that all the way through." She turned to the heiress. "Sorry for going overboard with the teasing Weiss Cream. Pretty sure Lady Killer Minato would to get you the seal of approval from his almost girlfriend/ Older sister figure for his little harem."

"I definitely wouldn't mind, I'll welcome it even." Minato admitted. "But I made it a principle to understand a girl's character beforehand. The power and the links that bonds gives us is what keeps everything in creation together."

Weiss had recently gone up in his interesting enough to date bar seeing how she had the best qualities of Yukari and Mitsuru alongside her own subtle differences in her personality that made her more than a mere replacement. She was her own person and no one can replace SEES and how they changed him as a person.

"A pimp with moral standards? Kinda contradictory no?" Yang commented lightly. Obviously, she never met any other Wildcards in her life.

"Maybe but it's like there's a force out there guiding me to do certain actions."

"Don't be stupid and just admit you and that other Yu kid are just no good play boys, it's not like you're a video game character or anything."

"Weiss Cream, you think Minato is full of shit too righ-" Yang turned her head slightly and saw Weiss passed out. The prospect of her gaining the attention of those with less than healthy sexual preferences and Minato's open admittance of wanting her in his harem overloaded her brain and the excess energy from the Yawn B gone had finally manifested in the white-haired teen. Due to her Semblance and differing personality from Ruby, it took much longer for the effects to appear in Weiss.

"Make that 3 in one day," Yang said. "Think the gods blessed me a bit tooo much this time round."

"…What?"

"Since I'm carrying 2 people now, the time it takes to get to the dorms just lengthened significantly soooo," Yang drawled excitedly. "It's story time. This one is affectionately named the Rube's chicken soup incident."

Minato now wished he could pass out like Weiss did earlier.

Minato got his sleep but that barely did anything good. His blankets were off on the floor with his pillows leaving the Fool curled up in a ball upon his regain of consciousness. The Messiah kept getting flashes in his dreams that felt too real to be fake. It was just like his flashbacks fighting Nyx and her Avatar… in fact it was that or the visions he was getting today. His battles against the force of nature and her Harbinger that was once his friend never truly went away, he simply got accustomed to the fact that the experience would haunt him the rest of his life but these memories that he was sure never happened felt too raw and recent to build up any defense. Previously with Vermillion and Copper, he had all the time in the world to hide it and move onward with the day once the feeling dissipated.

However, in Beacon, he was far more restricted to a timed schedule and along the fact that Weiss and Yang had seen how this affected him and in such a short period of time too. Taking a quick shower and a slight snack to calm his nerves, Minato then brushed his teeth to get rid of his nap breath and left his larger than norm dorm. He had seen people mumble behind his back due to their jealousy while they had to share a smaller building with 3 other people.

He really didn't care for the size but he had to admit the extra space was extremely convenient, he had a large table with blur lyre shaped chairs, multiple fish tanks aquariums, terrariums with green plants and flower pots/vase hanging from the walls and ceilings. Minato started to get into the hobby of growing something whether it be animals or plant life even though he had to make an effort to restrain his Death Radiance Semblance and he didn't know how got into the hobby.

Perhaps working in part-time jobs before getting money from his Remtube channel had influenced him so subtlety that even he didn't recognize it until he was already knee-deep in. Other than that, his room was rather simple besides all the music equipment, paintings, wall hanger swords, and a wall of videogames and Remnant's variation of anime. And of course, the corner he dedicated to his pet cat Schrodinger.

His black cat with a white ear spends the majority of his day utterly fascinated by the fish in the aquariums, watching them for hours. He had to make sure to get extra sturdy lids to prevent Schrodinger from trying to eat the smaller fish. The Messiah spent months raising them for months and to be honest he felt a slight attachment to them.

Walking out of his lodging, Minato spotted the 2 sisters out their dorms with Ruby leading the older sister somewhere. "Heya Minato," Ruby greeted and waved the Fool over.

"You doing okay Blue?" Yang asked as he walked over. "It's only been about 3 hours."

"I'm fine more or less and more importantly how's Weiss? She didn't take your teasing too well."

"Hey, you are part of that too harem boy," Yang retorted. Minato didn't deny that… he always had a bit of trouble saying no to women whether it be Elizabeth, Yukari or… Aigis. Igor and the rest of SEES didn't know about the… things he did to the android and an existence that resides over power.

"What's a harem?" Ruby asked with confusion.

"Oh shit," Yang cursed. Ruby chastised her older sister about her language but it didn't register to the blonde. Yang didn't know how to respond to her sister until an ingenious idea came to light. Instead of lying, she'll give her the truth despite how incomplete it is. "Rubes a harem is a group of girls or boys banding together for one goal."

"Ugh, I was considering joining one since Minato was in it but I'm not good with people so count me out." Ruby waved it off.

Yang sighed with relief. It looks like she didn't have to explain other things with harems or the birds and the bees just yet.

"So, is Weiss okay?" Minato asked ignoring the bizarre scene that just played out.

"Meh, more or less. She woke up ten minutes after we got back to the dorm and seems to have no idea of what happened."

"That's good I suppose, where are you guys going?"

"Ooo, I'm going to go around town and check out some weapon shops, but some Dust rounds, and try to find that brand of energy drink you gave me." Ruby chimed in.

"Ruby, that drink came from my home town, it's not something that can be found in the 4 major kingdoms."

"Awww, I really liked it too." Ruby whined.

"Rubes, you and Weiss acted pretty strange when drinking it so, I think it's for the best that you avoid that." Yang placed a hand on her sister's shoulder.

"But it's soo good Yang! I want more, give me the good stuff Minato."

"Oh crap," Yang muttered. "Looks like dad has another uncle Qrow to deal with now."

"Who?" Minato couldn't help but ask.

"Just some old fart with a scythe." Yang replied. "He's cool and badass but a raging alcoholic."

"He has a scythe?" Minato looked down at his 2 swords. "Maybe he could give me a lesson or two." No matter how he put it, Minato was an absolute amateur when it comes to slashing pole arms. He would have asked Ruby to teach him but her style revolves around using recoil and the weight of the weapon to do most of the techniques. Not to mention her body frame is vastly too different to ensure a good transfer of a compatible style. Minato was pretty slender as a male but he had a feeling even that won't give him a decent compatibility with Ruby's fighting style.

It was a shame too since he been restricted from one of the modes the Daos have. The spear/lance was what he had been practicing in his spare time alongside marksmanship seeing he already has near mastery over swords whether they be one handed or 2 handed. Even the oversized overedge form was of no challenge for the Fool to use, though he prefers to use them as makeshift shields if nothing else.

"You have a scythe?"

"You do?" Ruby asked with widened excited eyes as her palms grasped the edges of her red hood. That child-like expression was something that brought a smile to his face, a small unnoticeable one but it was there nonetheless.

"I'm not very good at using it but these swords do have a scythe mode." Minato explained. "In fact, it has 4 modes possibly 5."

Ruby nearly loosed her balance from that reveal. "F-f-five?!"

"Damn." Yang whistled.

"Well. 3 of them are sword based but essentially 5."

"List them!" Ruby demanded as she caught off-guard as she accidentally used her Speed Semblance and tugged at his red scarf that was tattered to the point that may as well be a bandanna. To Minato it was a significant appearance as it resembled the scarf of his initial Persona Orpheus.

"There's the Dao form simply put its regular katana like shape. Then there the overedge which resembles the wings of bird and oversized. The 2-handed form where it straightens out and combines by the spine giving it a western long sword look with an eastern hilt." Minato listed "The pistol form with a bayonet like blade on the bottom of the barrel, and the spear/lance or scythe form."

"That's six." Yang said.

"Oh, I don't count the scythe and the lance as separate forms since their both pole arms and I never use the 2-handed form since most of the form's advantage is found in the standard Dao or overedge forms."

"Six Forms!" Ruby exclaimed. "You just have to let me study it, how did you add so many functions without adding to its weight and size."

"It's actually created by Periwinkle, I didn't go to Signal so the creation of a weapon isn't a required course."

"That's made by Periwinkle! His genius knows no bounds." Ruby praised.

"Periwinkle? Who's that?" The blonde asked while continuing walking out of the academy grounds.

They passed the main gates and started to change directions to get into the commercial district that was filled with malls and smaller privately-owned shops.

"How can you not remember Yang! You took me to get his book signed at Tukson's Book Trade before the start of the school year. And that's where you met Minato too."

"Huh? I did?" Yang turned to the male in question.

He shrugged. "perhaps."

"You can't expect me to remember every time your weapon nit nature gets the best of you." Yang whined.

"I'm not a weapon nut!" Ruby gasped feeling slightly insulted by her sister words. "You tell her Minato, there's nothing wrong with appreciating the craftsmanship.

"You can never have to many swords especially for someone who now makes a living of them."

"Oh right, I've been meaning to ask. How do you make time to make videos when we have a shit ton of school work to do?" The blonde asked.

"I have 6 months of stock footage at any point in time at the very least." Minato explained. "Remtube nowadays is pretty much run by Vermillion and Copper since I came to Beacon. I only go to check up on them every Sunday and film new footage in my house/studio."

"You have a house?" Yang asked.

"Yes."

"Lemme reword it, you have a house that you yourself pay the bills?"

"Yes."

"Damn Blue, that's pretty impressive."

"Yeah considering you're only a year older from a certain weapon hating blonde I know with oversized boobs." Ruby said with a singsong voice.

"Hey! Damn, my own sis is picking Weiss over me." Yang sulked.

"You were taunting them about their size every other day," Minato raised an eyebrow. "They simply bonded over a singular goal along of enduring your puns and tease as well as any shared similarities will begin to show."

"Don't get me started on the day Ruby tried to be haughty." Yang grumbled.

Minato simply nodded mechanically. Forget being haughty, Ruby was plain rude and demeaning to the point Glynda Goodwitch gave her a week's detention. If Weiss was bad at times, then Ruby took it up to eleven and every action and phrasing was exaggerated to the point she sounded like the rival to the protagonist in any anime he watched.

"Heya Minato." Ruby said slowing down to wait for her conversing friends.

"Hm?" Minato turned to gaze her with a swift tilt of his neck.

"Who's Vermillion and Copper."

"They're my," Minato started before Yang pinched his side and shook her head with a slight glare that didn't have any real heat in it. "…Close friends."

"Oh, okee dokee." Ruby nodded to herself and fist pumped the air. "Dust store here we come!"

"And we're here guys." Ruby said walking in to the store From Dust Till Dawn, the store Minato and Ruby saved from being robbed by Roman Torchwick a few months prior. Because of this, he and Ruby got a 25 percent discount from this store. It didn't change the fact that the prices have been rising ever so slightly due to the White Fang but he also got another 25 percent discount on top of his personal one due to being formerly associated with the Vale police prior to getting into Beacon.

Normally he would have lost that discount due to no longer being a part of the Vale police department but he had some friends pull some strings and left his name still on the list in the database.

"Thanks for accompanying me guys." The red hooded reaper said as she browsed through the powdered Dust selection.

"Whatever." Minato shrugged as he placed his headphones back into his ears and played his music in the 2nd to 3rd lowest volume setting. Barely enough to enjoy the music but still be able to converse and hear other people talk.

"Ugh, why did I say yes to accompany you with your weapon fetish." Yang complained.

"I know for a fact that you spilled about the chicken soup incident Yang." Ruby narrowed her eyes at the blonde filled with the look of betrayal.

"Y-you don't have any proof." Yang stuttered slightly. Not used to seeing her baby sister glare at her.

"I simply know it." Ruby replied looking at some Flame Dust rounds matching her Crescent Rose's caliber. "I don't know who you said it too but you definitely did."

"I was nowhere near the dorms though and you were unconscious taking a nap!"

"Like I said, I simply know it." The 15-year-old continued as she compared the Flame rounds to the Lightning rounds. "I might forgive you if you tell me who now knowa."

"Uhhhh," Yang glanced at Minato nervously while Ruby had her back turned examining Dust.

He shook his head, a clear no. The chicken soup incident was an absolute monstrosity of a situation and it might make his relationship with Ruby awkward.

"Fine then, from this point on, This Rubes is ignoring you Yang!"

The blonde elbowed Minato on the ribs as if to say. "I blame you for this." Or "Watch out for our next work-out session." Or very possibly both.

Though the Fool thinks that both Ruby and Yang knows the silent treatment won't last very long simply due to how close the siblings are and Ruby's anti-social nature while improve dramatically, was still there and that practically guaranteed Ruby to break the silent treatment to get Yang's familiarity and comfort back.

"Even with the discount, it's still really expensive." Ruby whined.

"Why don't you buy the whole uncut crystal and powder it yourself." Yang asked. "It's cheaper by at least 10 percent."

"And risk it blowing up in my face? No thank you, then I'll lose everything and wasted my hard-earned Lien." Ruby retorted.

"It's dad's hard-earned Lien though." Yang scratched the back of her head.

"Semantics and pedantry." Ruby growled.

"Wait what?" Yang blinked and then promptly raised an eyebrow. "Now I know you're spending tooo much time with Weiss."

"She's my bestie unlike you Yang!" Ruby hmphed. "Oh no, I'm really ignoring you from now on Yang!"

"But these are really expensive now, it's hard to buy with all the robberies going around." Ruby sighed.

"You know, I can grind Dust down into its powdered form fairly proficiently due to using my Recystallizer on a fairly regular basis. That should save you as Yang said earlier by ten-fifteen percent."

"You'll really spend hours grinding it and placing into bullet casings for me?" There was a hopeful look on the Reaper's face.

"Sure." He nodded.

*Crack*

I am Thou, Thou art I

Thou shalt have our blessing when Thou choosest to create Personas of the Lovers Arcana

The Silver Eyed Warrior Social Link has reached Stage 3

Your power to create Personas of the Lovers Arcana has grown.

"I have an extra 25 percent discount due to my connections, so realistically if I buy it for you. You can save an extra 35 percent if you're willing to wait a night."

She rammed into him with a Speed Semblance enhanced tackle hug. He instinctively used his Stat Allocation Semblance in its defensive form to prevent himself to be toppled over and increased his steady and sturdiness. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, this really frees up some options with it being 60 percent off!"

"Must be nice, not needing to buy Dust like a certain someone I know."

"Are you talking about me?" Yang asked.

"…"

"Are you seriously ignoring me Rubes?" Yang asked.

"It's too childish Ruby."

"…Hmph."

"Not even going to say your 'I drink milk'?"

"Well your shotgun shells catching some of your Semblance natural fire creation as a byproduct is really interesting and useful." Minato complemented.

"Yeah, finally a compliment for it. I think people were hatin because of my Ember Celica's low maintenance cost and nonexistent Dust cost." Yang said. "Though Weiss is probably more for her family's reliance on Dust for business than anything else."

"I'm definitely getting some Ice Dust and Volcanic Dust due to my discount…" Ruby mumbled.

"You should probably stick to primary Dust since their more affordable and the fact that I can make it for you cheaper due to my Recrystallizer."

Ruby simply nodded absent mindedly as she fantasized on the types of Dust she's going to get.

"Are you excited for the trip to the Forever Fall Ruby?" Minato asked.

"Meh, half an half really," Ruby admitted. "Kinda interested but I'll take a weapon shop any day."

"Is that so, you really don't change much Ruby."

"I'm me and there's no reason for me to change who I am."

"We're different in that regard then," Minato commented. "I change my personas as easily as breathing… it's in my nature I suppose."

"Per-what?" Ruby questioned.

"Persona, a mask that helps people go through adversity, people often adopt a persona when in a group or in public. It hides people's more inherent nature but at the cost of potentially losing what make a person a person."

"Sounds tricky." Ruby replied honestly.

"At the beginning yes, the tactic is to constantly remind yourself of what's your base nature and to find commonality between the mask and the self. A persona is a natural part of everyone. It can't be called fake or any less real due to all humans making them consciously or unconsciously."

"You seem to know a lot bout this stuff Minato." Yang said resting her left hand on her hip.

"Well, I read a few books and documents on Jungian psychology. Specifically, the books on tarot, I Ching, Archetypes and the unconscious mind collective and personal." Minato replied. "That and it ties in to my powers slightly."

"What you mean by that?"

"Remember my match with Nora? That's my only hint."

"You're being a bit too honest and open today." Ruby said. "Is it that persona thing you keep mentioning?"

"Something like that," Minato admitted openly. "Let's just say my true nature is tired of hiding. And I feel I trust your team and JNPR enough to show you more of my power." He remembered his earlier conversation with Weiss and in all honesty, he alongside his Personas are just tired of hiding in plain sight. He had all this power and he simply bottles it up waiting for Grimm or more worthy adversaries but Minato Arisato can't get that much better if he simply chooses to neglect his perhaps greatest power.

In those practice matches, all he ever uses was his Persona skills and Stat Allocation Semblance and that bothered him. In his mind, he wished to bring his body and physical technique to the greatest peak… that's why he's been exercising with Yang and alone. He would use 2 Mjolnirs as weights which gave him huge improvements as well as practicing unarmed techniques Akihiko took the time to teach the Fool.

His muscles screamed at him to stop but he kept going and kept abusing Aura's and Persona's gifted accelerated healing and regeneration. "Our power will drop the jaws of the enemies before us." His Personas chanted in the sea of his soul.

"Maybe," Minato smirked a bit before looking out the window to stare at the shattered moon of the night sky. "But this power isn't ours alone. Its the potential of everyone's possibilities combined. Never forget that fact My other selves."

I also noticed a long time ago probably in Febuary that my quality (Not that it's that great to begin with) goes down if I write in advance so I have stock chapters should I get rather busy or just lazy. It's like if there's no urgency, I instinctively know that it just feels less than satisfactory. I know a few writers can prepare 3-4 chapters of fics in advance so props to them but I just can't do that. I mean I can but it's just not the same if I write one chapter and upload at a time.

But seriously be prepared for some interesting things coming from Minato, both Semblance wise and Persona wise. I would like to say it's going to be super unique but I'm not to sure if it's never been done before. Trust me when I say Minato's Semblance will play a important role in the future as well as the fact that he is technically 2 people as he assimilated the Soul of Remnant Minato.

I realize that most of the events of Steelish Silver is more or less the same as the first Volume but theirs a subtle but significant change with Minato being in the cast. Volume 2 is going to be most likely change significantly, didn't made plans yet but I think I got something that will work.