Weiss walked up to the cafe that Winter said she would be waiting at, they could finally have some time to themselves, upon arriving Weiss saw Winter quite quickly give her attire hadn't changed at all, she was still wearing her uniform

"Winter!" Weiss called earning a smile from her sister, as she quickly moved over to her and sat down

"Weiss, its good to see you, how are you this morning?" Winter asked her tone still as professional as ever

"I've been good, Ruby... Ruby had a lot to say, to us... it seems that Esdeath still has a lasting effect on her." Weiss explained earning a slow nod from Winter

"Yes, the generals' semblance does that to people, though when I was under its effects I wasn't nearly as effected as Ruby." Winter said earning a raised eyebrow from Weiss

"She used it on you? What happened?" Weiss asked now completely focusing on her sister

"It was when I was first transferred from Reichsmarschall Ironwoods' fleet to General Esdeaths', I was transferred to her fleet to learn about leadership and her tactics, I'm sure I've already told you that. Anyways, General Esdeath was quite taken with me at first, much like Ruby, but I didn't requite her feelings, so she removed her semblance."

"The general was-"

"Taken with me yes, she was quite adamant to lie with me, but I put an end to that before it got too far." Winter interrupted earning a slow nod from Weiss

"So whats this I heard about you and Qrow?" Weiss quickly asked changing the subject and causing Winter to turn very red

"I have... no idea what you're talking about." Winter tried to cover up obviously failing

"He said and I quote 'Shes the one who came begging to me.'-" Weiss began but stopped short when Winter covered her mouth

"I. Did not. Go. To him. For anything." Winter growled her face almost completely red after she finished speaking she released Weiss

"Alright, I'll take your word for it. He went to you." Weiss agreed earning a sigh of frustration from Winter

"I swear, that man is so-"

"But I will assume you begged for it." Weiss shot causing Winter to redden again and began to glare at Weiss who smiled at her "Akame has taught me a lot about assaulting peoples personality, it seems that anything involving vulgar and personal information is easy wind ups for you and me. Yang is threats against her family, I haven't found anything for Akame, Ruby, Blake, Esdeath, and Qrow though, so that's what I've been trying to figure out for a while now." Weiss explained earning a slow nod from her sister

"How did you meet Akame anyways? I have yet to ask you." Winter asked as a waiter brought them coffee which they started to alter to their liking

"I met her on the way to Beacon, I may have been... a bit of an ass but that was worked out with time." Weiss answered vaguely earning a nod from Winter

(o)

Qrow wasn't having the best of days right now, Esdeath had been training with Yang everyday and the next match of the finals would be soon, sense Yangs' action during the tournament most people are now on edge and Mountain Glenn has been identified as a black zone, in other words no human life is to go anywhere near the hive, unless its top ranking huntsmen in a group.

"Dammit..." Qrow growled, they now had no leads, Romans' fall back plan wasn't similar to what was happening in Vale either, his plan was to cause as much chaos as possible and escape, but right now there was no criminal activity

"Qrow?" Glyndas voice came from behind him, looking from Mountain Glenn Qrow turned to her

"Whats up?" Qrow asked as she walked up next to him

"I can see you're stressing about everything that's going on. I want you to know that you can talk to me if you need to vent." Glynda said as she placed a hand on his shoulder, Qrow sighed again

"I don't think there is enough time in the day to talk about my problems." Qrow snarked earning a sigh from Glynda

"While that may be true I meant your current problems, like being a role model for Akame, Ruby, and Yang." Glynda specified earning a confused look from Qrow

"I have no idea what you're talking about, those three are all their own people, and I'm not a role model for any of them." Qrow said, clearly thinking what she had said was stupid, Glynda rolled her eyes at that and spoke

"Are you kidding me? Ruby learned to fight from you, she dresses like her mother and has that same tactical genius." Glynda said and began counting off her fingers "Yang, has your confident and straightforward approach, while that might come from her mother, you did nothing to stop her from picking that up." Glynda added "And Akame, She looks up to you in a way that I don't even understand, clearly you've never seen it, but she looking at you like you look at Ozpin, you gave her everything she has now." Glynda finished "So yeah, I gotta say; I'm pretty sure you're their role model."

"I wouldn't say that." Qrow defected clearly looking ashamed "They built their own paths to get where they are, I just, watched."

"Pfft tell that to Akame. I've heard a few students insult you near her, I'm surprised that none of them died from shock." Glynda shot earning a sigh from Qrow

"As long as shes not killing anyone, we're good." Qrow said after a few moments of thought, he then turn and began to walk away from the cliff

"Qrow, you know Akame loves you right?" Glynda asked causing him to stop

"Yeah... but I don't know if that's a good thing. She loves to spend time with me... but my semblance might... you know." Qrow answered and began to walk away again, Glynda sighed she couldn't imagine having a semblance like Qrows' every step he took was one step closer to a disaster he couldn't prevent, she just wished that he didn't have to know.

(o)

Ruby was tripped as she attempted to dodge back, before she could hit the ground a hand caught her, looking up at her savor and she was greeted by Esdeath

"Your footing was off." Esdeath commented, pulling Ruby up a bit so she could get her footing, but Ruby made very little attempt to regain her footing

"Y- Yeah." Ruby agreed as she stared into Esdeath's eyes, there was something captivating about them, it was like she was looking into a fire, she couldn't take her eyes away from them, Esdeath lurched forward and locked her lips with Rubys', Ruby wanted to do the same but she was distracted by Esdeath's eyes, so she was thankful that Esdeath took the initiative, staying like that for a while Ruby began to lose consciousness from lack of air, Esdeath seemed to notice this and pulled away causing Ruby to suddenly gasp for air and Esdeath's expression quickly became a look of concern.

"Ruby, if you were running out of air you should have done something." Esdeath scolded, still full of vigor after the affair.

"How... are you... not out of... breath?" Ruby asked, still breathing quite heavily.

"I took a breath before hand, did you not?" Esdeath answered as she turned the question on Ruby as she helped her stand

"Yes! You have the cardio of a monster." Ruby said after she recovered from her lack of oxygen

"Oh... lets work on your cardio then." Esdeath said causing Ruby to pale a bit

"Cant we take a break?" Ruby asked slight fear of the woman in front of her growing

"You have to run away from me for the next five hours, if you successfully stay out of my reach I will grant you one wish if I am capable of granting it." Esdeath said letting her killing intent begin to burn off of her "But if I catch you..." Esdeath trailed off with a sadistic grin growing on her face, Ruby nodded at the rules and reached behind her and found Crescent Rose, Muranohi, and her ammo belt all missing, looking at Esdeath questioningly, Esdeath smiled as she raised her hand in which was Rubys' belt and weapons

"Good luck Ruby, I'll begin chasing you in one minute." Esdeath said and began to count down causing Ruby to panic a bit then vanish in a flurry of rose petals, Esdeath wasn't actually going to do anything harmful to Ruby, but she knew that Ruby needed that extra push to take this seriously, and Esdeath was happy to let her mind wander to what she was going to do with Ruby when she caught her

(o)

Ruby ran turning corner after corner until she bumped into someone

"I'm sorry! I gotta- Akame!" Ruby began to apologize but she stopped when she locked eyes with the girl in front of her

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Akame asked as she knelt down and helped Neo stand

"Esdeath's chasing me! I need your help." Ruby quickly explained as she looked over her shoulder, Neo was glaring at her

"What did you do?" Akame asked now looking concerned Neo looked to Akame ask she spoke

"Well you see were train-" Ruby began but was interrupted by Akame, Neo was happily watching the exchange

"Good luck." Akame interrupted as she began to walk the other way, Neo waved to Ruby and caught up to Akame, Ruby shouted something that sounded like 'betrayal' and began to run in another random direction, Akame and Neo made their way as far away from Ruby as possible

"So, has father said anything about our time together to you?" Akame asked looking over to Neo who shook her head 'no'

"Me neither, should we confront him about it? I don't want things to be awkward between the three of us." Akame wondered out loud, Neo shrugged and gestured to herself and then shook her head violently "I guess I wouldn't want to talk about it if it were me either, but I want to at least make sure he's okay with it. I've never had a relationship like this before, this is all very... new for me." Akame explained earning a nod from Neo, they had been spending more time together but it felt strange for Akame, she knew where her loyalties lied and that was enough for her to be happy, but she was unsure if Neo felt the same, turning another corner they made their way towards Akames' personal kitchen that Ozpin had designated for her, after their battle with Esdeath and helping Glynda receive treatment

"Are you hungry Neo?" Akame asked looking over to the girl who tilted her head for a moment seemingly in thought, after a few seconds she nodded and made a squeezing gesture with her index finger and thumb; so she was a little hungry

"Alright, I'll make us something to eat then." Akame said as they made their way towards her kitchen quicker now, Akame seemed to have a bit more of a spring in her step now too

(o)

Ruby decided that the city was her best choice to hide in, downside, Akame never taught them how to hide in a city so she had to learn and learn fast, landing in the city she felt her Aura shatter, using her semblance to travel from Beacon to Vale probably wasn't the best idea, but hey Esdeath had to take an airship so... silver lining, with a sigh Ruby began to make her way through Vale toward the cheaper side of town, once she reached it she found a shop that sold clothing, entering Ruby found a trench coat similar to Akames but brown and it looked like it had been through hell, looking it over she took it off the rack and walked over to the changing room where she took off her cloak and hid in the vent above the room while putting her pin in her pocket. Exiting the room she tossed some Lien to the shop owner as she left and pulled the coat on and tied her hair back, sliding her hands in her pockets she tried to relax, Akame had told her that relaxing is the most important part of hiding in plain sight, doubly so when it comes to Esdeath.

Ruby sat down in the park near the center of the city, looking around she saw Huntsman and Huntresses walking around mainly walking to the mission boards and flipping through missions, the most common one they were taking were; Annihilation, and Search and Rescue, given the current status of Mountain Glenn lots of Huntsman were missing because of the numbers there, standing up she walked over to the board and began to look through with the large crowd, a quick glance over her shoulder told her that listening to her instincts she was the right move because Esdeath just walked right past her...

(o)

Neo was shocked, Akame had cooked so much food, mainly meat, but apart from that she cooked just about everything she could get her hands on and put it on the table in front of her, she wasn't even that hungry

"Eat as much as you can, I'll eat what you cant." Akame said neutrally, that made sense, that made so much more sense; because she knew Neo couldn't eat all of the food in front of her she cooked what she wanted, so she didn't seem to be greedy

Neo tilted her head then shrugged and began to eat, the food itself was delicious, Akame was an extremely skilled cook, Neo nodded and began to eat more, earning a smile from Akame who was stealing little bits of food

"I enjoy cooking, its a good form of training in communication, and it give something tasty to enjoy afterwards." Akame said as she started to pick bigger and bigger pieces, Neo nodded as they ate

(o)

Qrow walked into Vale, for some reason Esdeath was on the airship with him, but he didn't ask questions, or acknowledge her for that matter, walking down the street he was most familiar with Qrow and walked straight down to the Crow Bar, his preferred place of relaxation in recent days. Entering, Qrow sat down at the bar and waved down the bartender who didn't ask what he wanted, he just put the drink directly in front of him, Qrow nodded and began to drink as he tossed some Lien on the bar

"So, what do you think of that girl from the finals?" the bartender asked after making sure that no one was going to be joining them

"Meh, she fought hard, but with adrenaline and battlefield trauma running high... one thing that a lot of civilians don't understand is that a lot of people cant determine the difference between friend or foe on the battlefield, regardless of how many people are on it." Qrow said earning a nod from the bartender

"I respect huntsman for the work they do, but still... do you think that other kid'll be okay?" the bartender asked seeming a little guilty

"He seems to have the determination to be able to shake this thing off. He'll be fine." Qrow waved off as he took a drink

(o)

Ruby walked away from the mission board and in the direction Esdeath came from, with a sigh of relief she drew her scroll and read the time, she had four hours to go and she almost brushed shoulders with Esdeath, she wasn't prepared for that yet, her Aura was beginning to regenerate but without proper time to rest she cant petal burst for more that a few feet, which isn't exactly helpful when running from Esdeath. With a sigh, Ruby turned down an alley way set on putting a lot more distance between her and Esdeath.

(o)

Akame followed Neo to Amity, again they were forced to run and hide from reporters, this was really starting to piss her off, they hounded her at all times when she came up here and she assumed they would also come to the school if Ozpin didn't allow anyone but Huntsman to freely access school grounds.

"Why did you want to come up here again?" Akame asked as they hid in the maintenance hallway that Akame became so accustom to using, Neo made a few gestures and pulled Romans hat from behind her back, Akame still had no idea how she was doing that, Neo the gestured to it then made a motion like she was snapping a stick she then pointed at the door behind Akame.

"You... want to break out Roman?" Akame asked earning a nod from Neo who then gestured to herself and nodded then to Akame and made an x with her arms

"You want to break out Roman, but you don't want me involved? Or do you want me to help you break Roman out?" Akame asked raising her eyebrow at the shorter girl, who held up two fingers and nodded.

"I cant help you directly, Esdeath would kill me. But I can give you these." Akame said as she took off her insignia "This should be able to get you through most security without too much worry, but once you get Roman those will do little more and cause confusion." Akame explained as Neo latched onto her, returning the hugging gesture they stayed like that for a few moments then Akame pushed Neo off and smiled at her "Good luck, and I'm sorry I cant do more." Akame apologized but Neo quickly waved off her apology and held up the insignia, guesting that they were help enough, after a few seconds of showing them, Akame watched in amazement as the insignia in question looked to peal away revealing straight sliver with a gold accent around it with a single gold star at the center of it, if memory served that was the rank of a Oberleutnant, Neo smiled at the amazement on Akames face, and quickly kissed her, as soon as they pulled apart Neo winked at her before shattering into a million pieces again, Akame waited until they all faded away to exit the hallway

"And now we'll determine the next fight in the finals!" Ports voice rang out from over head, Akame let out a sigh and turned towards the fight and began to look for a seat.

(o)

Ruby walked to the end of another street, she kept getting very lucky, Esdeath was practically walking with her through the city, when she got somewhere she thought might be a good place to hold up for a while, Esdeath came sauntering by and she had to move, just three more hours... three more hours and she was good. Looking behind her she wanted to scream, Esdeath was talking with a Lucas, the man who runs the bakery three blocks from where they were, she was planing on asking him for help but now that Esdeath was talking to him that was out of the question, she she began to walk down another alley way she found a dumpster and sat down behind it, this was getting exhausting, why was her heart pounding? After a few seconds she heard footsteps that she recognized at Esdeaths' the stopped in front of the dumpster she was hiding behind. Esdeath was going to check behind this.

Ruby let out a quiet sigh and closed her eyes and focused "Mahapadma" It felt like her whole body was on fire, standing she walked out from behind the dumpster leaning heavily on it for support, walking past Esdeath she looked her over, she was frozen in time, it was safe, she walked down the alley the direction she and Esdeath came from, and leaned against the wall, out of Esdeaths' line of sight, closing her eyes Ruby slid down the wall and sat down as she felt time begin to move again, as soon as she got her bearings she covered her and listened she didn't hear anything; no foot steps, no words, no breathing, nothing. opening her eyes she was greeted by a very similar pair of boots, following them up she saw Esdeath smiling down at her

"So, when did you take my blood?" Esdeath asked happily as she pulled Ruby up into a standing position.

"After my talk with Ozpin yesterday... I figured if I was going to be honest with them about... my differences, I should cement the difference... I haven't shown them yet." Ruby answered as she tried to move her body, it wouldn't listen to her so Esdeath picked her up and began to carry her; Ruby then went into farther detail.

(\_/)

Staring at the bottle, ruby felt tons of thoughts run through her head in almost an instant; what will happen to me? Who will I become? Is this worth it? What will it taste like? These thoughts seemed to permeate her mind and guide her thoughts to Esdeath for some reason, the more she thought on it the more she felt that the blood in this bottle defined Esdeath, made her who she was, and she didn't even know it, the trepidation that she felt would be the death of her if she didn't get her mind under control, with a sigh Ruby unscrewed the lid and took a whiff of the blood; it reminded her of Esdeath, just another Reminder that after this she would not be the same.

"Now or never." Ruby said to herself as she brought the bottle to her lips. Without any more hesitation, Ruby drank every last drop, it was cold and inviting, after she finished drinking she felt it return, she heard her; Esdeath, in her mind screaming at her BREAK THE WEAK! KILL THE WEAK! REND THE FLESH OF THE UNWORTHY! ERASE ALL WHO STAND AGAINST ME! DEGRADE THOSE WHO ARE FOOLISH! HARM EVERYONE! SEVER THIER LIMBS AND STEAL THEIR FREEDOM!

Ruby began to laugh hysterically, she was so wrong, this blood didn't define Esdeath, Esdeath defined it! Now it was her turn to break the beast within her BREAK THE OLD! KILL THE UNWORTH! REND THE FLESH OF THE FOOLS! ERASE ALL WHO STAND AGAINST ME! DEGRADE THOSE WHO STAND AGAINST MY POWER! HARM EVERYONE! SEVER THIER LIMBS AND STEAL THEIR FREEDOM! Ruby's laughter didn't stop as she dropped to the floor as black smoke began to rise off her very being.

"QUIET!" Ruby shouted out in rage her voice felt unnatural as she shouted "I OWN YOU! I WILL NEVER BE BROKEN! I MUST GROW STRONGER! AND YOU ARE MY TOOL! SO STOP STRUGGLING AND SUBMIT!" The words felt beyond natural, the screaming voice slowly silenced itself and Ruby again began to laugh uncontrollably from her spot on the floor "I win." was all she said as she felt a burning sensations over her heart, taking off her school uniform, Ruby stood and looked in the mirror, over her heart was a black tattoo; her Teigu

(o)

"Well, I'm quite impressed that you managed to tame it all by yourself, but the main reason I wanted to be there when you tamed it was just in case it rejected you, I would be able to use my semblance on you to save your life." Esdeath explained earning a slow nod from Ruby.

"Right... I suppose I jumped the gun on this then." Ruby awkwardly said as Esdeath shifted her to a more comfortable position.

"Of course you did, so tell me; sense then have you had any similar tenancies to me?" Esdeath asked as Ruby looked around at the people who were giving them strange looks

"Not that I've noticed, but I'm sure its fine. I do have it under control." Ruby waved off, earning a nod from Esdeath

"While the may be true right now, that doesn't mean that it will remain the same in battle." Esdeath explained as she made her way towards the airdocks

"Wait! I have to go get my cape!" Ruby nearly screeched earning a raised eyebrow from Esdeath

"I already got it." she said causing Ruby to do a double take

"You wha?" Ruby asked, now completely confused by her words

"I already got you cape, it was in a vent in a clothing store in the slums yes?" Esdeath asked causing Ruby to slowly nod "I already retrieved it and had one of my solders bring it back to you dorm."

"But how did you know it was there?!" Ruby asked this time her actual question got out

"Oh, well I followed your scent there. I don't know if you know this or not but the longer you use your semblance the more you smell like roses." Esdeath said earning a strange look from Ruby

"What?... how'd you figure that out?" Ruby questioned as Esdeath leaned down and sniffed her

"When I had your semblance I used it quite a number of times in tests. Did you know that you can split into any number of groups of rose petals."

"Really!?" Ruby asked thinking of all the uses "I just... do it... when I use it I don't think I just... do it."

"What about becoming a swarm of rose petals to avoid damage?" Esdeath questioned again causing another gauge from Ruby

"How did you learn all this! You had my semblance of like... a month and a half!"

"I wanted to see how much I could do with it." Esdeath answered casually

"You're better with my semblance than I am!" Ruby complained earning a laugh from Esdeath

"How about this; I'll teach you more about your semblance, while I teach you about Demon's Extract." Esdeath offered earning a nod from Ruby

"I'd like that. If it makes me stronger than it'll be completely worth it." Ruby said confidently, Esdeath began to blush as she watched Rubys eyes burn with determination

"WAIT! Can we watch the next match in the finals?" Ruby asked looking to Esdeath who smiled at her

"Of course, we can go over your punishment while we watch." Esdeath said pulling Ruby closer to her, Ruby on the other hand suddenly grew very nauseous

(o)

"Alright, it's now time to begin the randomization process for our next fight!" Ooblecks voiced called, out through the bar, Qrow sighed and he looked up at the screen and watched as the selection process, Oobleck said that its randomly decided before each match, but Qrow knew better, most matches were selected days in advanced, but Port, being the first to say it, probably thinks that it'll get people excited before each match, he did raise an eyebrow when Pyrrha was selected, he was finally going to be able to see her in action, without any useless teammates

"PYRRHA NIKOS FROM BEACON!" Port shouted causing massive amounts of applause

(o)

Ozpin leaned back in his seat, and watched at Pyrrha's opponent was chosen, to his surprise is was Penny, that girl that spent a lot of time with Esdeath, following her around almost like a lost puppy.

"PENNY POLENDINA FROM ATLAS!" Port shouted out causing the crowd to cheer louder again.

(o)

Akame felt something was very very wrong, she always learned to trust her instincts so she trusted them once more, looking around in the stands she noticed it, someone who should be in Mistral right now; Emerald, as soon as she saw her everything quickly clicked into place, getting to her feet Akame began to walk around the seats, but found it difficult to reach her without being noticed, quickly jumping over the student seats Akame began to move much quicker, only to roll her eyes at the group of reporters interviewing students in her way, ducking into the maintenance hallway nearby she began to jog again towards her objective, but she stopped cold when Mercury stepped in her way

"Move or die." Akame said her voice losing all life in it as she drew Murasame and pointed it at him

"I wont be holding back on you this time." Mercury commented coldly as he dropped into a fighting stance, the armor on his arms was far more covering than when they first fought, so she knew she wouldn't be getting though it with Murasame, but that didn't matter, she will be cutting straight into his flesh

"The fight will begin! In three!... Two!... One! BEGIN!" Ports voice shouted out earning a growl from Akame, she didn't have times for this, Emerald had to be doing something to Yang during her fight, and she was planing on doing something to either Penny or Pyrrha in this one. This was one of the only times Akame has felt such anger towards herself for being so blind, but right now she could correct her mistake, even if it meant that she had to give up on being a huntress, she knew that she could escape authorities and much to her disgust she could even ask Esdeath for asylum if things got too desperate, just two more bodies to add to her memory.

A/N This chapters going to be slightly shorter than most because I really want to save things for that chapter, and I surprisingly got everything almost lined up perfectly.