To everyone who only reads these stories for the fights and could care less about fluff, this is a bad chapter for you. Possibly this and the next one actually depending on how much I can fit into this on. To those like me who secretly love fluff you're in luck. Let's do this.

Pain sat cross legged on the floor as sweat dripped from his face, he breathed heavily as he desperately tried to get more air into his lungs. Glynda was on her knees next to the ame nin with her hand on his back while Ozpin was over by Amber's pod. "I had... no illusions... that this jutsu... would be easy... but this is beyond my imagination." Pain spoke through his breaths, slowly he began forcing himself to his feet with the assistance of Glynda. "The last time I used it, I died right afterwards. I used my life essence to power to jutsu allowing me to bring so many back to life at once, but to use it with just chakra, even in sage mode. If I had to guess, I'd say I only have around five percent of my total chakra right now."

Ozpin analyzed the screen on the machine holding the maiden with wide eyes. "Her aura levels are stabilizing, my gods, it worked." Ozpin turned to the orange haired man with a bigger smile than Glynda had ever seen on him. "You did it, you don't know what this means to us. It will take her body and soul to recover but as of right now she doesn't need any assistance from this machine to keep her alive." His voice showed clear excitement.

Pain nodded his head before stabilizing himself and letting go of the concerned looking Glynda. "That's good, now if it's all the same to you, I'm going to go get some rest." Ozpin nodded as the former god turned and began walking.

After only a few steps however Pain began falling forward, Glynda was quick to catch him with her semblance and sprint to his side. "Nagato!" She grabbed him and turned him over to find him completely unconscious. After checking his vital she let out a breath of relief when she found a strong pulse and felt him breathing. "Professor, I'm going to take Pain to the infirmary to rest."

Ozpin nodded still smiling. "Good idea, I'll remain down here a bit longer to watch over Amber." With that he turned back to the maiden.

With Itachi

Itachi laid back on a small cot in the back of the bullhead, he'd been resting ever since they'd boarded and could his chakra replenishing itself within him. They'd been flying for several hours and were likely getting close to Vale. Raising his hand he grabbed the damp rag he'd used to wipe the blood from his face and subsequently used to cover them as he rest and pulled it off before sitting up.

The moment he opened his eyes he felt a slight drop in his stomach. "Damn." He muttered to himself.

"What?" He heard from nearby. Kisame stood leaning against the wall looking out the window, the members of team CFVY were all still sleeping on other cots and seats nearby.

"My eyes." Itachi looked to his partner, the blue man was very slightly but noticeably blurry. "I over used the Mangyeko Sharingan during that battle, now my eyesight is worsening slightly. It's far from where it was before my death but it's something to keep an eye on for sure, no pun intended."

Kisame nodded. "How's your breathing?"

Itachi was confused for a moment before the question made since to him. "Fine, no signs of my illness returning has shown itself. Funny though, I don't remember ever telling you I was sick."

"I was an S-ranked missing nin with a history in black ops, you really think I wouldn't notice you getting up in the middle of the night during your watch shifts and hacking up blood? Then there's the fact that your stamina was being to drop over the course of our partnership, you hid it well don't get me wrong but you'd run out of breath quicker and quicker over the years." Kisame explained without his usual cocky grin. "So, are you sure yur not still sick?"

Itachi was surprised once again that the kiri nin seemed to have cared enough to pay that close attention, he chuckled lightly before shaking his head at the question. "I'm absolutely positive. Remnant has far better medical technology than we had back home, if I were still sick I would see a doctor."

"Attention students, we are approaching the outer walls of Vale. Arrival to Beacon should be in about ten minutes, please prepare to disembark." The pilot spoke over the intercom.

Itachi stood to his feet and rolled his shoulders. "I'll be fine as long as I don't over used my eyes anymore, if worse comes to worse then there are possible options for me."

"Like what?" Kisame asked about the vague statement.

"Obito."

With Tobi

"Achoo!" Tobi sneezed loudly as he was straightening his tie. "Ah no, I sneezed in my mask eewww!" He quickly ran into the bathroom where Deidara was currently applying his eyeliner.

"Tobi what the fuck?!" The blonde shouted turning to the masked teen who had his back turned to him while he used a towel to clean the inside of his mask.

"Sorry, I needed a towel." Tobi apologized before finally turning to the bomber with his mask back in place, he was quiet for several seconds before he began cracking up in laughter.

"What's so funny?" Deidara growled.

Tobi pointed at Deidara's face. "You look weird with only one eye having eyeliner."

"GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" The bomber screamed before grabbing Tobi and throwing him out of the bathroom.

Picking himself up off the dorm room floor Tobi began straightening his dress shirt. Walking to the door Tobi quickly stepped through it rather than opening it and walked down the hallway until he came to a familiar door. Giving a quick series of knocks Tobi waited, soon the door cracked open revealing Ruby where a red and black dress. "Hey Ruby, how ya doin?!" Tobi asked in his usual enthusiastic voice.

"Hey Tobi, I'm pretty good. Are you here for Blake?" Ruby asked the masked boy stepping out into the hallway closing the door behind her.

"Yep, I suppose to meet her in about an hour but Deidara's being mean so I thought I'd drop by early." He gave the younger girl a thumbs up earning a giggle.

"Well she's still getting ready so yur gonna have to wait a bit." Ruby explained with a smile.

The door cracked open to reveal Weiss. "Tobi, have you heard from Itachi at all?" The Schnee asked sounding hopeful.

"Nope." His answer caused her face to fall. "But I'm sure he'll get back in time for the dance."

With a frown Weiss closed the door leaving the two alone once more. "Well tell Blake I'll meet her at the fountain in the courtyard." Before Ruby could reply Tobi disappeared with kamui.

Elsewhere

"This sucks so hard!" Hidan ranted as he wandered the schools campus, Kakuzu was at the library reading and had taken away his scythe and spears. It had been the only way the miser would let him leave his sights while on campus. "Treating me like I'm someone kid." He grumble as he found himself nearing the area with the airships.

Hidan wandered over to the point where the airpads stop and look over the cliff below, far downwards the immortal could see the docks where boat were coming in and out, likely providing supplies to keep the school running. Raising his hand up he grasped the symbol of Jashin around his neck and closed his eyes. "Lord Jashin hear my prayer, please give your disciple guidance." He spoke quietly to himself.

"Hidan." A soft voice echoed in the killers head causing his eyes to shoot open, looking around frantically Hidan tried to find the source of the voice.

"It can't be." He muttered before looking down at the amulet still in his hand. "Lord Jashin?" Closing his eyes again he focused, he remained like that for nearly half an hour before he reopened his eyes. "That voice, was that him, or is Lord Jashin even a man?"

"Hidan." This time he heard his name with his ears and turned to see both Itachi and Kisame standing nearby. "What are you doing here?" The Uchiha asked with a raised eyebrow.

Hidan turned to face them and began walking over. "Some guy picked a fight with me and got me and Kakuzu in some trouble with the cops. Now we're stuck here until that headmaster guy can straighten everything out with the police back in Vale. Where have you guys been?"

Kisame was the one to answer this time with a grin on his face. "We just got back from taking on an SS-class grimm, or at least Itachi did while I handled everything else." He pointed to the Uchiha with his thumb.

"Lucky bastards, I'm stuck taking out serial killers and crime lords with Kakuzu while you guys get to fight big ass monsters." Hidan grumbled crossing his arms in frustration.

"Where is the old man anyway?" Kisame asked the cultist.

"Library, he wanted to enjoy some 'peace and quiet' and decided to read an book." Hidan shrugged.

"Sammy!" A accented voice shouted before a girl with long rabbit ears latched onto Kisame's arm and smiled up at him. "My team and I are going back to our room to clean up and get changed, I'll meet up at the dance." She reached up and gave the blue man a peck on the cheek before scampering off to a group of three waiting on her.

Hidan stood with an eyebrow raised. "Sammy?"

The kiri nin sent a large wave of killing intent at the insane ninja who couldn't help but laugh. "Kisame, we should start heading back to our dorm as well." Itachi spoke up before turning to leave. "Behave yourself Hidan."

With that the two began walking away leaving the cultist alone at the cliff, he was about to turn back to the view of the sea when he felt a presence next to him. Spinning on his heels he found a short girl with black pigtails now sitting on the ledge with her legs dangling over the side. She turned her head to look at him and smiled, her eyes shifted from green to blue then two both yellow and black at the same time before returning to green. None of that however is what interested Hidan, it was the contents of her eyes that interested him, she was a killer.

Elsewhere again

Qrow stirred slightly before his eyes cracked open, the second they did he knew where he was, the Beacon Academy infirmary. He'd woken up from unconsciousness to see those ceiling tiles so many times he'd almost started to get surprised when he didn't see them in the mornings. "Your awake." A female voice came from his side causing him to look over to find a beautiful teenage girl with purple/blue hair and orange eyes looking at him. (A/N It looks purple to me dammit!)

His eyes went down her form and widened when they fell on the black cloak with red clouds she wore, he moved to sit up only to find himself strapped down to the bed. "What the hell is this?!" Qrow struggled against the restraints.

"Calm yourself Mr. Branwen, I am not your enemy, nor are the ones who knocked you out before." Konan spoke up causing him to stop struggling.

"Real hard to believe that when you've got me strapped to the bed." He spat.

"The restraints were simply to keep you from attacking the first person you saw upon awakening, if you promise to remain civil I will remove them." She explained calmly, she had a good deal of experience handling difficult men after her years in the akatsuki.

Qrow sighed heavily. "Fine, I promise."

Nodding Konan began removing the restraints. "My name is Konan and I am a part of the group known as the Akatsuki, as are the men you fought before. We have been working with headmaster Ozpin and General Ironwood for some time now, the headmaster had mentioned that he was trying to get into contact with you but was having trouble." She explained as she removed the restraints. "The professor is currently in the vault below the school with our groups leader, they are attempting to heal the fall maidens soul as we speak." This caused Qrow to shoot up again.

"What?! How?!" He demanded as he swung his legs over the side of the bed and tried to stand only to stumble and fall forward, Konan used the body flicker to appear in front of him and catch him just in time.

"Your inner ear has been badly damaged and your aura hasn't finished healing it, please lay back down and recover." Konan insisted while Qrow simply ignored her and tried to stand again only for the female ninja to push him back down. "Don't make me restrain you again." She threatened the drunk.

Qrow narrowed his eyes at her. "Tough talk kid, now let me go."

Konan surprised him by letting out a bit of chakra into the air making it feel thicker. "I may not look it but I am a thirty five year old woman and am considerably more powerful than the man you fought back in Vale. Now lay down and rest before I am forced to beat you unconscious and strap you back down." The venom in her voice was enough to send shivers up Qrow's spine.

With several curses under his breath Qrow laid back on the bed, the air went back to normal as Konan reeled her chakra. It may not be as powerful as some of the other akatsuki members but she wasn't a S-class ninja for nothing. "Good, now I'll call Ms. Goodwitch and let her know your awake."

So we didn't quite make it to the dance this chapter, but I promise we'll get their next chapter. Let me know what you all think in the reviews. Until next time.