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Heheh, oh I think you'll love this chapter, Journey!
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Uh… Journey? You okay?
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*incoherent screams of rage and threats to genetalia!* I HATE YOU! I GOD DAMN HATE YOU! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!? HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO WEISS!? I THOUGHT YOU SAID FLUFF WAS COMING!?
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Oooohhh… I uh… yeah… I forgot what I did in TSOHH…
Sorry for the long wait folks, I actually rewrote this from scratch after I finished it when I realised just how big of an opportunity I wasted. Hope you all agree with me that the chapter is still good!
This isn't perfect and I will make a few tweaks here and there in this chapter but it's been too long so i thought i'd let you guys know where the story is going.
Pink Lemonade
Chapter 21
The Seven deadly sisters part 3
Jaune stared in horror as he watched his sister scream bloody murder on the ground, hands clawing at her face in terror and panic. She rolled around on the floor of the arena, seemingly unable to stop her desperate screams of agony… and neither could he stop his from clamping down across his mouth in disbelief…
His friends, the class in general and even Miss Goodwitch were in a similar state… so much red… so much…
"Tear them out! Please for the love of the gods, tear! Them! Out!" Rouge screamed, he'd never heard or seen her like this… it was horrifying… his big sister, one of the strongest people he knew… had been struck down like this… the bullet scared arena was burned, frozen and actually shattered in areas from their battle… though battle wasn't really what he'd call it.
He looked to his… to his… to Neo… who was staring at her seemingly in shock at what she'd done…
"Neo…" he gasped, her body turning to him showing even more red…
Thirty minutes earlier
"So. Allow me get this straight." Glynda growled into her hand as she set her glasses into place, they accidentally reflected the light right into Mr Arc's face, the young man flinching on instinct which caused his significant other to glare at her heatedly, seemingly having forgotten the fear she had of Glynda… she wasn't that scary, was she? Then again, Mr Arc and his friends had more than likely told Miss Glace horror stories about herself which were entirely unfounded! She was not a monster, she was simply… strict. "… Apologies, Mr Arc… Now. Miss Arc. You expect me to believe this lie of yours, you expect me to just stand aside and let you, a fully licenced Huntress who is of one of the highest ranked in Anima, to fight a young woman who I haven't even personally seen the skill of? Never mind the fact you are not a student of this school anymore! How on Remnant did you possibly think I would allow this foolish thing to happen!?"
Miss Arc stood there with a gentle smile, walking around like she had not just been dragged here via Glynda's Semblance, as if she were an honoured guest! Why the very nerve of it!
After barging into her very classroom, declaring that she would fight her student she made her way down to the arena to do just that! Not even caring that Glynda had roared her fury and glared at the young woman who'd cocked her head and frowned at her innocently.
She had dared to ask her what the matter was! As if her actions were not clearly wrong to any and all! Even her… somewhat oblivious, brother knew what she was doing was completely against the rules, shouting out for her to stop even as she effortlessly walked on as he tried to drag her back.
When asked just how she expected her to ever allow Miss Arc to do such a thing, especially considering the way she looked at Miss Glace, Miss Arc had said something that very nearly caused a vein to pop on Glynda's forehead.
"Oh, Headmaster Ozpin has already given me permission"
With that, Glynda had been forced to control her temper and had chosen to command the class to revise combat tactics against a superior opponent as she had floated the two siblings and young Miss Glace away to have a more… private conversation.
Even now that filled her with anger, though she did her very best to keep her cool, Miss Arc had always been a… rather odd young woman. At 25, she was the eldest of the Arc siblings and had seemingly taken after both her father and mother far more than any of the others.
Like her father, she was cool mannered and polite to others she felt deserved it, a kind soul who loved her family like no other… but then again, she also had her mothers'… uniqueness. Seemingly unable to understand just how her actions could be seen by others as rather odd. Oh no. If it involved her family, even poor little Miss Glace who would more than likely already be considered an honorary daughter by Joan for dating her son, then nothing would stop her in her actions… that was until she had decided to interfere with Glynda's lessons. No one interfered with her lessons. The offspring of one of the most terrifying woman in Remnant or not, she was no Mrs Arc and wasn't even a challenge to Glynda.
She would send her away with a slap on the wrist, refusing to even acknowledge such a ridiculous reque-
"Truly? You think I am lying? Oh no, he did give me permission. See? Oh, wait. My apologies. Allow me a moment" She walked over to a confused Miss Glace and a… why did her brother look worried?
"Rouge? Wh-what the heck are you doing?" he asked, gently laying a hand in front of his girlfriend in nervousness.
"Oh, I simply need the headphones you have stored in your jacket pocket, you know, for if you got bored in Professor Port's class?"
"H-How the heck did you know that!?" he yelped, hand flying to a pocket where Glynda spied a suspicious bulge… Glynda turned her gaze towards the very nervous looking young Arc who withdrew the headphones with an awkward chuckle.
"I didn't. But now I do. Plus, I know all about that human Walrus' 'tales' and how easy it is to grow bored with them" she grinned, Glynda having to force down the small amount of pride she felt in how easily the Arc woman had managed to get Mr Arc to admit his crime, his face paling until it shot a brilliant red when Miss Glace fell into a laughing fit at what Miss Arc had done… her own amusement fading when the woman approached her with said headphones.
"Would you kindly wear these, Glynda? It would be most appreciated as I believe the Headmaster wishes this to be a private conversation" she asked with a sincere smile so intensely innocent looking that Glynda could not bring herself to stop her hands as the gently took the offered Scroll as well as the headphones… only to freeze when she saw the rather petrified face of Ozpin.
"G-Glynda? Is that you? I-I-I am giving Miss Rouge Arc full permission to join in with your c… combat class-there! I said it! will you please stop this!?"he yelped, revealing the sight of the Arc twins and Vert Arc grinning at the camera with little Violette Arc sitting happily in the terrified Ozpin's lap.
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"WHAT!?" Miss Goodwitch screeched in fury, the entire room flying about with her Semblance running wild as her emotions grew a little too wild to keep things under wraps. Miss Arc easily weaved out of the way of a chair that flung towards her… even if her brother wasn't so lucky, Glynda wincing as the wood bonked off the wall mere inches from his ghost white face, even his girlfriend who had been busy still giggling at the interaction between the two siblings, went white with bright pink eyes when she too was pressed into his chest as they were lifted off of the ground slightly.
"Please! Just do whatever Miss Arc wants! If you don't, they'll-"
"They are children, Ozpin! What can they do to scare you this much!? The last time I saw you like this, their mother was thr-… they threatened to set fire to your coffee stores, didn't they? I assume the backup plan if that failed, and you tried to stop them, would be to simply tell their parents?"
Jaune looked at Neo as Miss Goodwitch let them go with a quick apologetic glance… what the heck had just happened? There was no way it was… not a chance!... right?
"Eeeh, nope! Not exactly, we went for a quicker route instead" Came the smug voice of Vert Arc, zeroing in the camera on a sweet little Violette Arc who pinched her cheek to the point a sizeable bruise formed on it near instantly. With that, the girl she thought was sweet and innocent, began to well up with tears and pointed a slender finger at the petrified Ozpin.
"Oh... Ow! Mommy, Ozpin hit me! He slapped me real hard, waah!" … oh. Oh, that was… that was monstrous… well, it would possibly lead to Ozpin being punted into the sun… but she wasn't so weak willed to think she couldn't reason with Jacob before his wife proceeded with said punting. "And Glynda, she-hic-she told me if I told you, she'd steal daddy away with her big boobies! Said she was prettier than you in every way, that you're too flat chested and ugly to keep him from her!"
Every object in the room suddenly crumpled in on itself and slammed into the floor, a frozen stiff Glynda unable to move, hardly even breath… all she could do was stare at… at the monsters before her. These demons in human form that smiled with teeth like a sharks.
How… how was Jaune related to these demons? How!? A kind, sweet and altogether innocent minded young man coming from a family such as this? That was like saying Ozpin had been married to that hideous abomination, Salem!
"Oi! Tick-Tock, Teach! We got time awasting!" Midi cut in with a dark smile on her lips as she showed her mothers' Scroll number ready to dial. Oh, merciful gods, forgive me, Miss Glace…
"… Very well" she murmured, doing her very best to keep her voice level, even as the terrifying fear of that monstrous woman stabbed into her very soul. "I… I shall allow you to have a spar with Miss Glace…"
Suffice to say, she was not prepared for the hug that enveloped her, a yelp leaving her body when the red blur that was Rouge Arc collided with her.
"Why thank you, Miss Goodwitch! Though, I must say what matters more is Neo's own opinion… after all, she is Jaune's little girlfriend…" She smiled.
Glynda did not like the look in her eyes as she said that… she did not like it at all… it reminded her far too much of her mother.
Neo… was not too sure what the hell to make of what was happening around her, first she'd been getting ready to spar with Blondie, see if she was as good as she boasted she was with her weapons. Then! Mr Abs' sister showed up, a big ol' smile on her face and a damn near terrifying look in her eye that she seemed to think was sweet as can be from the confused way she'd looked at her when Neo had jumped away as she saw it.
Seriously! That looked way too much like her mom when she'd first met her for Neo's liking, like fuck!
Demon Queen had seemed to decide that she wasn't gonna kill her then and there, instead dragging her, and herself and her boyfriend for some damn reason to a side room with all of their friends looking on worriedly. Despite her silently screaming for help, not a single damn one of them had gotten up to save her and Mr Abs! Some good pranking was very much needed after this! Ooo! Maybe she could mess with Blondie's and Princess' shampoo's! Put some fake hair dye in them, a nice vibrant shade of green… anyway.
She and Mr Abs hadn't been able to listen in on whoever the hell Demon Queen was talking to, but from the way her face got paler and paler… Neo knew it had to be someone as scary as Fire Bitch or worse… her skin shivered at the terrifying thought as to who the hell could scare someone like Demon Queen like that...
A turn to Mr Abs shot ice through her veins at the PTSD look dulling his eyes… he… what was wrong with him? He turned to her when she gently laid a hand on his arm, a soft smile overtaking that worrying expression as he tenderly laid a hand on her cheek.
She Briefly heard Demon Queen say something but wasn't really paying attention when her boyfriend looked like he had just come out of a warzone.
"Don't worry just uh… kinda scared to be right, right now, heh" that grin was a worried one, even if it did its' best to reassure her when he gently laid a kiss on her cheek which would have made her blush… if it wasn't for her 'someone wanna kill me' senses kicking in, Neo turning to find Mr Abs' sister looking at her with a scarily happy smile on her face.
Eep! She jolted away in shock, the older woman cocking her head to the side with furrowed brows.
"Oh no, Jaune am I finally coming into 'the look'?" she asked, her brother shakily nodding his head, Neo barely even able to register just what the hell this 'look' was before her hands were snatched up and lifted into the air as said terrifying sister stared at her apologetically. "Oh dear, I am so sorry… I swear I have nothing but the best intentions when it comes to you and my brother" she looked sincere, that same 'I wanna make the whole world smile' gleam in her eyes was the same as her boyfriends… speaking of her boyfriend…
A nervous look from Neo made her boyfriend smile at her reassuringly, gently patting her shoulder before turning to his sister.
"Heh, yeah you kinda are, Rouge… uh… so, did you just say you were really okay with my sister fighting Neo? This is… kinda weird, Miss Goodwitch, I gotta admit, heheh"
Demon Queen stared at them for a moment, her eyes wide and frozen on them for the longest time… until she smiled... and that worried her. From what Mr Abs had told her, and from her own experience, she only ever smiled if she was angry and was doing her very best to not show it…
"Oh, no it's nothing to worry about, I simply forgot a practice we… partake in with first year students where we have the best fighters in the year face off against a fully licenced Hunter to prove just how powerful the class can become if they try hard enough… yes. That is definitely the reason I agreed to Miss Arc's… perfectly reasonable request"
Huh… it was weird to know just how crap a liar Demon Queen was… then again, Neo kinda doubted that she'd ever been so scared she looked like she'd piss herself at the drop of a hat… just what the hell had been on that Scroll? Also-
"Umm… But Miss Goodwitch? How can Neo be one of the best in the year when she's literally never f-"
"I am good at seeing a person's skill!... ahem… I believe Miss Glace could beat most students here with ease, so her fighting your sister is definitely something I agree with in being the best idea!"
They both jumped back as she slammed her hands onto the table, a desperate and almost pleading look in her eyes, ah crap… what the absolute shit was this?
Before she could turn into a freaked out mess, Neo's hands were gently grabbed by a pair of soft and warm ones, turning to find Jaune's sister was the one doing it, she was looking at her with such a tender and happy smile, that kinda surprised her with all that had happened… and the way she and her sisters had looked and her and Jaune last night over his Scroll when they'd realised they were in bed together… ehehe-not like that, brain! I don't need to be thinking sexy thoughts about Jaune while his sister is within stabbing range!
"Neo? Would you do me the honour of sparring with me in class? I wish to see what kind of woman my brother is dating; I do hope you can understand"
That smile… Neo was instantly calmed down by it, it reminded her so much of her boyfriend when he saw her eyes turn Rosy… so full of kindness and love for those that mattered to her, those sapphire blue eyes turning to her brother as he sheepishly placed a hand on her shoulder and his sisters.
What the heck had she been scared about? Of course his sisters were only curious to get to know her! If she had any brothers or sisters she imagined they'd be wanting to do the same with her boyfriend… then again, given her lifestyle… yeah, she would bet every Lien that they'd do something very illegal to get info on him. Hah! She was thankful that her boyfriends' family was way different than anyone she would have been related to. Heh, the thought of the Arc sisters doing something like that nearly made her fall over with laughter if she didn't think it would ruin the cute moment right about now, Jaune faking his transcripts was probably the only illegal thing any of them had ever done!
Saphron slammed her hands down onto either side of the cowering fool before her, long blonde hair framing her features as she wielded an ice-cream scoop which looked ready to scoop out something most certainly not made out of frozen dairy products.
"Tell me all about the girl in this photo! Now!" she screeched, pushing the picture of the girl dating her little brother into the shop keeps face, his twirled moustache quivering as he caught sight of the smiling girl whose photo had been taken by someone hidden inside a nearby bush.
"I-I have no idea who she is! I swear!" he tried to lie, but all Saphron had to do was grab him by that fancy smancy collar of his and point him towards the real threat in the room. Her screeching bloody Valkyrie of a darling wife who was currently bellowing her fury about how all the flavours they were offering her were wrong!
"You see that? That is an 8-month pregnant woman who is having a craving for ice-cream of a very specific kind which only your store sells. The funny thing? The only thing keeping her from going Postal on this damn place is the thought that you guys will give her all-you-can-eat, since I may have told her you had a deal on for pregnant women… do you really want me to go and tell her that I was wrong? Oh… and look at all the fragile things in here…"
The hand of the worker shot out long before she could even let the threat sink in properly, Saphron grinning as those fearful eyes zeroed in on the picture once more.
"O-Oh.. oh yes, I think I do remember her now… I… she uh… looks familiar, I think"
"Oh, so you know the girl who is named after ice-cream, looks like ice-cream and is apparently a big fan of ice-cream… who will have more than likely come to this shop at least once since you happen to claim you have the most flavours in all of Anima? Oh, what a coincidence! Isn't that so ironic, Terra?"
"Food! My baby demands food!"
"See? She agrees!" Saphron cheerfully told him, nodding towards the paper where he began to nervously write down everything he knew about her dear little brothers… girlfriend… heh, she liked her, but she knew all about those… other girls who had been interested in him. She had to make damn sure she wasn't gonna hurt him. "Bleu? Got anything on your end?"
The question went through the headset she wore and connected to the one her sister was wearing, Bleu humming in acknowledgement as she heard typing echoing distantly through the device.
"Hrmm… well. I'm not sure if it matters or not, but I just finished hacking into the Vale City Bank and it would seem she is definitely not after brother for any material gain…" more typing, so fast it sounded like buzzing in her ears as the egghead of the Arc sisters went to work.
"Just… how much money are we talking here, Bleu?"
"4.1 million Lien" she said nonchalantly, even as Saphron spat out the little bit of cookie dough ice-cream she'd managed to eat at the insane figure.
"WHAT!?"
"There's something else as well, I-… Oh my… it would appear that is only a savings account for something called 'icecream-topia'. The TRUE amount is-"
Saphron dropped her Scroll onto the floor as Bleu revealed the true amount to her... before a truly grinch like smile grew upon her features.
Nah! Too ridiculous! She grinned, sticking a hand out and shaking the hand of Jaune's big sis, said sis smiling right on back. Hell yeah! I wanna see what you can do! Plus… well, I gotta be honest I wanna do a little restart with you guys after you nearly squashed me, heh
Neo took a liiiiiittle bit of enjoyment in the way Mr Abs' big sis blushed in embarrassment, raising her hand up and- Hah! Oh, it's a family thing!
"Hey! The Arc family head rub is sacred!" Her boyfriend defended with a grin as she playfully smacked his arm. Heh… she was really glad things weren't as scary as she thought they were gonna be… she guessed his big sis was kinda like her is all, not the best with social norms… "Just… Rouge? You promise you won't go overboard, yeah?"
His sister looked at him for a moment, Neo not too sure why they stared at each other meaningfully for a time, before his sister smiled sweetly at him and nodded. Mr Abs sighed with a smile and nodded her way
"So… will you do me this honour, Neo?"
Neo once more grabbed her hand and shook it readily!
Hell yeah! This'll be fun!
10 minutes later…
*crack!* The bullet slammed into the ground right by her feet as she dodged out of the way just in time, she barely had to time to breath before she had to hook her parasol around the axe-head of her opponents weapon to stop it slamming into her guts, missing her by barely an inch. Holy crap… that took her aura without even making contact…
NOT FUN! NOT FUN AT ALL! AAAHHHHH!
Where was the sweet sister who'd politely asked if they could spar!? Where the hell was that gentle smile that reminded her of her boyfriend!?
"Where are you going, little girl!? I thought you wished to spar!?" she cackled, the boom of her weapon chasing after her every footstep! Just what the hell kinda weapons was she using on her? "You were acting as if you were all that was needed to protect my brother earlier! Was that a lie!?"
Oh you bitch… that's a low move!
Daring to look back for a second, she saw just what the hell was being fired at her.
Two large, bulky pistols in the colours of blue and red hailed bullets down upon the ground as she ran, the calibres' were closer to 50 from the size of the holes in the ground and- oh that bitch shot my jacket!
What looked like blades were partially hidden in the barrels of the guns, Neo already coming up strategies' for avoiding whatever the hell her weapon could shift into.
Her fighting style was not good in these sorts of situations, she was used to being able to get close, easily avoid the close quarters attacks with her nimble body and redirecting swings, then land her own the second her opponent was off balance… the only problem here was getting close…
Welp! Time for Semblance!
She summersaulted away and to the side of her attacker's weapons, a grin on her face that seemed to confuse her opponent when she simply stood there, Rouge revealing those blades were large hatchets as she charged like a berserker…
Perfect.
Jaune nervously chewed on his nails as he watched Neo just stand there like she wasn't being charged at by his scary happy looking sister, what the heck was she doing!? She'd promised to not go too far!
He turned to Miss Goodwitch who watched with a nervous expression, her hand grabbing at her crop like she expected to have to use it at any moment… oh boy did that fill him with confidence!
A cry shot from him as Rouge's axe blade smashed straight down onto his girlfriend… only for her to shatter to shatter as if she had never existed…
"Neo!" he yelped, shooting to his feet as every other person in the room gasped in shock as his girlfriend… his beautiful, amazing girlfriend was shattered before his very ey-
"ARGH!" Rouge yelled, falling to her knee for no apparent reason… that was until a smug looking Neo appeared, bowing cheekily and hopping away when his sister swung her blades at Neo's legs.
"Holy! Jaune, when the hell could she do that!?" Yang gasped, turning to him but he could tell most of her attention was still on the fight. Rouge standing up and gaping at Neo in shock, his ice-cream girlfriend seemingly finding it funny as she giggled silently.
"I… I guess it must be her Semblance? I mean… she can create illusions and fake images with it, so I guess she used it to make herself invisible while keeping another of her just standing there?" really that was his best guess, he really needed to ask her about that at some point… though to be fair, he couldn't do it right now, seeing as Rouge was standing there with a curious expression on her face… a curious Rouge was never a good thing…
"Anyway… I um, how the heck did Miss Goodwitch allow this?" Ruby innocently asked, Jaune not really getting the chance when said Teacher suddenly snapped her head to them with a forced look of confidence.
"Planned training program! That is what this is! Yes, a planned program where you all fight a trained Huntress!"
It clearly wasn't just him who saw it when his friends looked between themselves with doubtful expressions, Blake sending a deadpan stare to the teacher who sweated under that amber gaze.
"I… don't think she's telling the truth…"
Yeah… his thoughts exactly… just what the heck was Rouge up to?
"So… your Semblance is to create mirror like illusions around yourself and other things… Hrmm… a quite versatile Semblance… let's see if you can use it against me again…"
Neo jumped back as the eldest Arc sister charged her again, faster than she'd have expected, but nothing she couldn't avoid so long as she was careful… she hopped and skipped away from the attacks, her parasol unfurling to block the bullets which shot her way.
She felt her arms numb slightly with each round that struck the dust woven fabric, but what she had to really be careful of, was when those hatchet blades would shoot forward and try to drag it off of her… not that they ever got a handle on it as all she got was her Semblance shattering into the air. Neo having to remind herself that this girl was a pretty decent person outside of combat who adored her boyfriend, meaning that there was nothing to enjoy about hurting her whenever she landed a strike on her.
Backstep, hop! Neo summersaulted over a swing, literally kicking off the back of her opponent and making her eat dirt, a quick glance at the aura meter showed she'd done a decent amount of damage to her opponent, about a third of her aura. Neo was shocked to see that her own was not doing all that well either, simply from having to block those bullets and swings, she had lost about a quarter of her aura… Holy crap… but that's nothing I can't deal with… I'll win it for you, Mr Abs! Gotta prove to your combat crazy sis I deserve ya!
She faced him with a determined smile… only for it to falter as he looked at her worriedly, not what she expected in the slightest… she'd win this! She'd prove there was nothing to be worried about!
"Hah… you are quite good at this, I must admit… but I do believe the tables are about to turn. It's time for me to get serious"
All Neo could do was cock her to the side in confusion as to how she thought she could win when Neo was just getting better and better at fighting her, learning how she moved and how she acted. Still, she shrugged her shoulders and prepared to face the Arc sister once again.
She did blink when she slammed her two weapons together, the two small axes linking together and elongating into a rather imposing battle axe while keeping the ability to fire apparently, going by the twin barrels between the axe heads growing a pair of sights and a trigger clicking out of the combined handles in any case… huh. Kinda reminded her of an updated version of Walrus' weapon.
Heh, alright… let's see how this goes then… big finish, last thing I wanna do is make this last too long, I wanna get back to Mr Abs!
Neo charged with a grin, eyes flashing pink for a second as she thought of just how cool Rouge would think she was when she beat her! She dodged under the heavy axe swing, a big smirk on her face as she jabbed her parasol forward to smash straight into her Solar Plexus while she was blinded by a flash of her colourful weap- a hand shot out, grabbing the parasol tip and stopping it dead in its' tracks. Before she could even blink, Neo was flung across the room, nearly going straight out of the arena if it wasn't for her digging the blade of her rapier into the ground.
She looked up with wide white eyes, shock completely open upon her face, not quite sure just what the fuck had happened! How the hell-no. No, she needed to focus on this, that was clearly just a lucky grab!
Straightening herself out, she put her serious face on, playing a little like her boyfriend as she raised her parasol akin to a shield with her rapier hidden behind it. She charged once more, zigzagging to avoid most of the shots and hopping into the air near the final few meters. Throwing up an illusion, Neo left 'herself' flying at her opponent while she drove her body across the ground to leave a nasty slice across her left le-an armoured boot slammed into her face, Neo feeling her aura bend under the strain as she silently screamed in both shock and pain at the sudden attack. Before she could even get to her feet, the butt of the axe crashed into her ribs, the air being pushed from her lungs as she tried to force herself to calm down enough to get to her feet.
That never panned out as the same boot which had tried to cave her skull in, now pressed down onto her back, shoving her down to the point her face was being pushed into concrete. It felt like a tonne of bricks was being pressed down onto her body… the pain… even through her aura it was agonising… what the hell was going on!?
"Allow me to explain" Oh gee, thanks for that! Mind moving your big ass boot while you're at it!? she leaned in close, Neo seeing a single blue eye level with her own, even as her main focus was captured by her boyfriend, who stared at her worriedly. "You may be wondering 'how is she able to see my attacks when I quite clearly am able get around her field of vision?' Well… that would have to do with my Semblance. You see, it allows me to learn from an opponents' attacks incredibly quickly so long as I have made physical contact and left a small portion of my aura on them…"
Her eyes widened… that handshake… holy fuck, she'd planned this long before this fight… s-she knew this would happen! For the first time since she'd been shot, Neo felt fear creeping up her spine at how easily she had just been pinned to the floor... this never happened, no one got her this easily. Hell, Toaster Face had needed to sacrifice his weapon and ambush her to get the upper hand like he had.
"To the point where I have already learned most of your combat style from these few minutes we have fought… You could describe it as me taking a little peak inside your head. Every little twitch, every attack, deflect and dodge gives me peaks to how you will next attack until I can predict what you will do before you do it. I would advise you come up with a new plan of attack rather than just sending fake images of yourself in one direction while attacking from another if you wish to earn my favour in courting my brother…"
Neo blinked in shock, seeing what could only be called a confident smirk on the Arc sisters' face… aw crap, she was in for a bad time if she didn't think quick… but then, if she wanted a surprise… Neo allowed her body to grow limp feeling that pressure on her back release for the slightest moments, allowing her to quickly spin and show Rouge just what other tricks she was packing.
The boom of her revolver certainly seemed to shock her, Neo grinning crookedly as she unloaded a couple rounds straight into the Arc's chest, the special additions to her little gun giving it enough 'oomph!' to knock her straight onto her ass. Neo launched off of her back, yellow eyes the last thing to disappear before she winked out of existence.
She hadn't met someone who could put her to the ground like that since Fire Bitch! Oh, the rush of a tough battle was something she'd dearly missed… oh, she had the best idea for how to deal with her!
She just had to test a few things first…
Her blade danced in the air as she gently dragged it across the floor, moving away just in time for bullets to hit empty air leaving only an annoyed looking blonde and a confident Neo, that yellow glow turning brighter and brighter as the adrenaline took hold.
She did it again, this time the bullets grazed her heel and Neo's foot appeared for a brief moment that led to her having to utilize her parasol to block the axe blade which followed, Neo flicking a throwing knife straight at her face allowing her to get away with naught but the graze of an axeblade against her jacket… that was, until the axes' suddenly broke apart with tremendous force and slammed into her side only for 'herself' to shatter into glass.
She watched those blue eyes narrow and swing her blade down to her legs, Neo wasn't there though, instead she had hopped away and grinned to herself.
Can't learn my moves if you can't see me, heh!
"Oh… oh, you are very clever… but don't think this is over yet… you see" Her fist shot out into the air as Neo made to attack from behind, being forced to disengage backwards but not before she slammed the steel toe of her boot into the blonde woman's elbow at the peak of her summersault… not that she seemed bothered, in fact all she did was laugh good heartedly while shaking the numbed limb. "Heh… good one. But as I said, you are forgetting something, something I would have thought you would have learned from my dearest brother… and Arc never gives up, and I don't need to see you to know where you are!"
She suddenly slammed her blue axe into the ground, an icy mist shooting out and covering the ground in the frozen water. Neo leapt into the air to avoid having her feet frozen to the ground, but realised too late just what this would cause.
The crack of ice caused that blonde head of hair to snap in her direction, the ball of flame which shot out of the red axe was… oh crap that thing looked scary… kinda reminded her of her uncles as well, just without the whole whistle effect.
Back to the action, Neo barely had time to use the ice to her advantage and slip across it to avoid the ball of hell fire!
"Now there is no where for you to hide… whatever shall you do? I am a better fighter than you in straightforward combat. I can predict any move of yours I have seen once before. And now not even turning invisible is your ally, I have seen you cannot make contact with me without dropping your Semblance… you are done for. And you know it." the way she said it wasn't said in an insulting or demeaning way, in fact she said it more like a fact, like that was the truth and nothing would change it… why the hell did that annoy her more!?
Heh… not like I can deny it either… don't wanna pull my more advanced moves because if they fail she'll make me suffer for it… yeah, not a big fan of that funnily enough… ah crap, gonna have to do that, ain't I? it was one of her most dangerous moves, it had broken people within only a few moments of it being unleashed… but if she wanted to win this fight, she needed to do it… she just hoped Jaune would forgive her afterwards because her head would be killing her and she really didn't want him yelling at her…
She gently released a breath, her smile growing to massive proportions as her head snapped up to look directly into those wary blue eyes.
Focusing all her will, Neo grinned a wicked grin as she watched the Arc woman's eyes widen in shock as she charged with blood red eyes and a manic look that would have made a lesser person piss themselves. Hah! Oh, she was gonna have fun with this tough one! They were always so funny when they thought they could withstand her personal little hell bubble!
Her grin got wider and wider as the Arc faltered when she kept charging straight at her axe blade, though she guessed she'd give them some credit for being clever enough to realise Neo would never do such a silly thing! Heheh! No, no, no!
She shattered into a million pieces, reappearing behind the woman only to be shattered once more, more and more images of herself charged, all with their own little grins even as they were crushed, cut, burned and frozen… but that was all part of the plan.
Arc was slowly smashing away at the ice around her, melting and breaking it away so that Neo could work in blissful silence and she moved closer, letting more clones fly. Hell, she actually let more and more just smack into her as time went on, clearly that crappy excuse for a Semblance kicking in… that was until a very real blade cut across the Arc woman's back, she had ignored her… Neo did not like being ignored.
With a shriek, that blade crashed down on her parasol, knocking it from her grip, not that Neo cared when all she needed was her pretty little blade.
She did it more and more, careful to use as little of her aura as possible with her 'clones', she wanted to win after all! Every so often Neo would dive into the Melee, attacking a different area each time. It was simple, really… her Semblance worked on thinking something up in her head, it was far easier if it was something she had seen before, and then picturing it before her and there it was! A perfect little 'screen' of whatever she wanted! Be it empty air or the wall behind her making her appear invisible, herself to act as a nice little distraction or something she could use to simply make them flinch letting her go in for the kill…
Which was a nice Segway for part two of her little plan, the Arc wasn't attacking anymore, instead she was just standing there with a ready look to her… so Neo sent some rather… scary images her way. terrors only a girl as twisted as she could come up with. Grimm, death, dismemberment, disembowelment, bloody splashes streaking across the floor whenever her thin blade ghosted across flesh… everything her little mind could think of to throw her off balance as she landed more and more and more and more attacks!
A Grimm smashing through the floor sent her jumping away and loosing the last of her ammo, only for a bullet to slam into her shoulder.
On sheer instinct she looked to her thigh where Neo made it seem she had pierced into an artery from the amount of 'blood' which sprayed onto the floor.
A bloodied Neo coming at her with a cleaver made her actually jump… her reward was to get kicked in the skull, oh this was becoming fun!
There was too much info to take on! Neo was such a clever little thing! Oh yes she was! it didn't matter if you had a Semblance which turned you into a super computer for combat when there was too much info to take in! How could she hope to learn from her and predict what she was gonna do if she had several attacking her at once!
What else would she try!? Maybe her being beheaded by her own ax-
"Just how do you think this is going to make me approve of you and my brother!? A cowardly tactic! Hah! Why ever would he want to be with a monster such as yourself!? That cute little act of yours has failed, now I see the beast within! But… oh, I see… that's how you did it, isn't it!?" Suddenly the Arc girl looked angry as all hell, Neo cocking her head in confusion just as she was about to make it seem like she had a group of her all ready to cut her to ribbo- "You used your feminine wiles on him, didn't you!? You used your cleavage and rump to seduce my darling brother you vixen!"
Neo froze mid stab, her blade stopping just before her boob, her entire body going rigid as stone even as her mind kept images flowing to keep the Arc on her toes… despite the fact it also kiiiiinda broke just a smidge. The smug grin she had been wearing dissipated into it simply hanging open while her left eye twitched at the words.
Eh…?
Her eyes turned a fluorescent pink, jolting back and losing control of her Semblance for a minute, the sapphire blue eyes of Rouge zeroed in on her with a knowing snarl.
"Oh gods, you did! You did, didn't you, you fiend!?" She gasped, hands clapping over her mouth in shock. "I bet you shook it in front of his face to distract him while you tricked him into dating you! Tell the truth! You shook your bottom in my brothers face! Say it, you harlot!"
Many a gasp rang through the arena, Neo hearing a couple thumps going off in the distance with a faint scream of 'FILTH!', not that her brain was really able to focus on such a thing since… Neo... yeah her brain was currently firing off all sorts of lovely images straight into her mind that brought a heavy blush to her cheeks.
There first meeting… her lips meeting his in a kiss so sudden even she hadn't been ready for it… and his abs, gods how did someone get away with abs so criminally sexy!?
Their second meeting where she'd pounced on him in nothing but sheer joy at the sight of him, her hero… her saviour… then his abs again because dammit she had a right to find certain things sexier than others like any other girl!
Sitting in his lap as his hoodie rode up her body, Neo only realising later that night just how much she must have affected her boyfriend, he'd gone solid as stone after all, she bet her sexiness had really shone through!
Their… their first kiss… him holding her in the air and pressed against the wall as he kissed her, gripped her tight and heavy… oh gods his hands on my ass felt so good…
"S-S-STOP!"
The screech of one Rouge Arc brought Neo's attention back from her, uh… not so kid friendly thoughts to see the trembling finger of the blonde woman who was staring directly at her… but it wasn't in anger, it was more she was scared to look anywhere else-… oh… oh, fuck me…
She looked around to see images. Images that looked oh so very familiar to her right now…
It turned out, having all sorts of racy images going through your mind while you were actively trying to use a Semblance that projected mental images into the world led to this… EEEK!
"F-Fiend! You. You are a fiend! Oh gods, what other monstrous things have you done to him you succubus!?" she shrieked, falling onto her ass as a Succubus version of herself appeared, a smirk on her lips as she caressed her fingers against her boyfriends' chin- AH! STOP IT BRAIN!
"I KNEW IT! OH GODS WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM!? AND WHAT IS THE DARK REASON FOR YOUR OBSSESSION WITH HIS ABDOMINAL MUSCLES!?" aaaaaaaand suddenly several topless Jaune's appeared in various sexy positions showing off his blessed Abs.
G-J-I brain. Overloading. STOP PUTTING IDEAS IN MY HEAD! STOP, SEMBLANCE, STOP!
Jaune watched in horror as more and more Images of himself and Neo in various... positions, appeared in the combat arena, his embarrassment turning nuclear as Rouge demanded to know if she 'forced' him to spank her. See, he knew neither was doing this purpose, Rouge and Neo were similar in the sense that they easily got frazzled in situations like this... but that did not stop him wanting to disappear into the floor. Like, right now. Seriously. Just a little hole he could squeeze through going straight to the core of the planet so he could be somewhere cooler than his cheeks right now, seeing as he was pretty damn sure he looked a like a Dustmas tree ornament!
Especially when guys sent him looks of reverence and girls couldn't seem to take their eyes off of his gut...
Poor Ruby, Pyrrha and Weiss had fainted in horror at the sight before them, not that he could really blame them, heck the latter two must have smacked their faces as they went judging from the small amount of blood leaking from their noses! He'd use his Semblance on them after class as an apology if they could even bare to look at him…
Yang kept nudging him with her shoulder, smirking evilly as she was asking which images were true and whether or not he was gonna act on the ones that weren't.
More and more yells of Rouge demanding to know just what Neo had done to him, causing Neo's frazzled mind to come up with images of what Rouge was accusing her of. It was a horrifying cycle that wouldn't end until either Neo's Aura ran out, or Rouge learned to Shut. Up!
"Damn~" Yang whistled, nudging Blake who was furiously writing down into a little note book that he did not wanna know the contents of. "That the kinda thing you and Neo are into, VB?" she grinned, jerking her thumb to the arena where Rouge had just accused Neo of being an exhibitionist as his poor girlfriends' Semblance showed off the night team RWBY had burst into her room as they'd been… indulging in each other…
"Kill me. Please, I'll take any kinda way, just end this please!" He moaned, taking a peak at Yang's hair and wondering how much he'd need to yank out to get an instantaneous death…
Banging his head off the desk in an attempt to drown out the sounds of the 'fight' before him, Jaune couldn't even bring himself to try and put a stop to this, seeing as how it would more than likely make this whole thing worse seeing as how lady luck apparently had a freaking vendetta against him!
Could seriously use that hole right about now… he groaned when none appeared to answer his prayers, deciding to just wait this out and deal with the fact he would not be able to ever show his face in public ever again, later…
"You stole his innocence, didn't you!? You dragged his confused self to bed and stole it!"
Oh, screw you, lady luck!
His head snapped up in time to watch the… image disappear, barely even catching the sight of Neo's bare skin before it was gone… but that didn't mean that everyone else in the room hadn't…
In horror, he looked around to see that indeed everyone was currently red as can be, even Yang looked ready to pass out in shock, eyes darting away with a flush when they met his.
"Tear them out! Please for the love of the gods, tear! Them! Out!" he heard his poor, accidentally life ruining, sister scream as she seemed to try and claw out her out eyes to try and get rid of those images that he knew would never leave… his damn teenage mind would never let him forget the soft curve of his girlfriends' butt… he scowled down at Jaune Jr, daring the traitorous bastard to make a move.
When he decided he'd scared his little guy into obeying, he turned to find his girlfriend wobbling on her feet, eyes hazy as she turned to him with a face so red he wasn't sure if it was her Semblance going haywire again.
"Neo…" he whimpered… watching her eyes roll back into her head as she and Rouge both collapsed onto the floor completely.
Huh… that… sounded kinda good right now… "Urgh" Was the last noise that left Jaune's lips as Miss Goodwitch began yelling at the class that it was over and to get back to their dorm rooms immediately.
Jaune banged his head against the wall even as Neo flittered about him, a worried expression on her face that he smiled at gently for a moment, ceasing his slamming of his skull into the wall…
"Eeeeyyyy! Careful there Casanova, we're in public! Then again, that seems to be your thing apparently~" Yang called out, getting her ear grabbed by an apologetic looking Blake while the pair carried their unconscious teammates back to their dorm.
Jaune slammed his head once more into the wall muttering 'kill me. kill me' over and over again, his life at Beacon was over. He could never come back from this. He… oh gods when his mom found out…
Neo'd seemingly had enough of his actions when she grabbed him, spinning him around and embracing him tightly. A single hand shot up before he could question what was going on, the words that she signed out making him pause as he felt her shake against him lightly.
I'm so sorry… if you don't wanna be with me anymore for embarrassing you like that… I… I understand…
Jaune's hands immediately snapped forward and grabbed his girlfriends' shoulders as he watched her shake with tears leaking down her cheeks when he gently pushed her away to see.
"Neo…" he whispered, her eyes shooting up and looking at him confusedly. He laughed, it was awkward and still kinda high pitched from how badly his brain had been frazzled from earlier, but he laughed all the same because Neo clearly didn't realise something. "You do know that was all my fault, right? I mean, I was the one who convinced you to let me use my Semblance on you, can definitely bet that that it was me boosting it that kinda made you lose control a little…" Neo raised her eyebrow and the image of his sister appeared, Rouge shrieking silently on the floor at the sight of- "Ah. Yeah, okay I guess you got a point there… heh"
He gently pulled her close and kissed her, Neo shocked for a moment before she melted into it… Jaune smiling into the kiss.
"Mmha… Heh… besides, I… you've kinda seen my family, you really think I haven't lived a life dealing with embarrassment? I can deal with being the butt of a few jokes for a few… Years…"
Neo sniffled slightly, rubbing her nose gently before hugging him once more, that beautiful smile of hers back in place.
"We don't embarrass you that much, do we Jaune? Oh well, not really the big question here, we gotta have a word with your… girlfriend after all"
The voice of Saphron appeared from beside them, Jaune and Neo turning to see not just her but all of his sisters were standing before them with frowns upon their faces… all directed at…
He stood in front of Neo on instinct, not liking the way Rouge was glaring at her with her weapons in hand, Jaune hated what he was doing but he drew his shield before him with sword at his side… he knew they'd be angry, assuming Neo was actually taking advantage of him… but he hadn't expected to see that look in their eyes, like predators circling their prey.
"Girls, what's this about?" he asked, spotting Bleu walking forward, she had the most calm and measured look on her face… not that was any sort of relief seeing as even the twitch of her eyebrow showed just how she was feeling right now.
"We have been following you around today, brother" Bleu said with a calm tone, pulling out her Scroll and showing-crap! It showed Neo beating the living snot out of that group of guys, her fingers hooked into the ones nose while she ground a steaming pizza bite straight into another's' mouth… it… probably didn't help that she had this gigantic grin on her face while she did it. "We have observed your girlfriend… and we have come to a decision about whether or not we approve of your relationship"
"WHAT!?" he yelled, actually making Bleu jump at the fury with which he glared at her. "Just… WHAT!?"
"Jaune… I know… you might be a little upset right now…" Rouge said, blushing heavily when his gaze turned to her. "But… we really do have your best interests at heart"
"By… what? Spying on me and my girlfriend? By… fighting her in the arena like she was a common criminal? Oum, next you'll tell me that you have a spy camera following us around!" he waited… he waited for them to laugh and call him ridiculous… the sound of a cricket chirping kinda worked as a good backdrop for when it clicked. "Oh my gods, you have a spy camera following us around…"
"Dude. Before you get upset and blow your top, just hear us out, we got an honest to damn reason for being pretty freaking worried for who you date. We've been doing this for years man and we've saved your butt so many damn times, you wouldn't believe!" Vert shouted, a rare display of worry on her face as Neo made it her turn to stand before him with black eyes and a furious scowl.
"W… worried? Years?" he mumbled, stumbling back only to be caught by Neo. He was too stunned by the words to properly respond before Vert carried on.
"Remember that girl you tried to confess to in middle school? Well. Turns out she'd been given a bet by her friends to make the, in their fucking cunty words, 'most pathetic guy in school fall in love with her'… we decided we didn't like that when we got wind of it"
Jaune's brain finally caught up with him as he heard those words, mouth falling open as he tried to comprehend just what they were saying.
"But… but she was so nice to me! I helped her up when she fell over in the playground!"
"Eyup. Bitch had it all planned out from the start" she said with a deep-seated scowl that each of them matched, the tight grip on his wrist told him Neo was feeling just the same.
"They were kinda all like that, to be honest in one way or another. Evil little shits that were gonna make your life hell"
"Wha… you… you mean to tell me that sweet, kind and friendly girl from the flower shop-"
"Part of a human supremacist group that wanted to have you drawn into their little web to blackmail mom and dad into not being able to stop their crap" Midi noted, a frown on her lips one copied by Minuit, though the kinda scary grin she grew told him they'd been the reason behind her family leaving in the night.
"Daisy from the farm?"
"Yandere in the making if the little alter she had in honour of you in her room was anything to go off of. I mean, she had your toothbrush, a half eaten apple you didn't finish… gods she had a lock of your hair brother…" Rouge admitted, shuddering even as Jaune's mouth fell open in disbelief.
"But… oh gods, those Faunus girls really were trying to hunt me down…" he whimpered…
"Oh? Them? Nah, they actually liked you for standing up for the lil Mouse Faunus girl… it's just they uh… they all wanted you. We didn't think even teenage you would have liked death by snoo-snoo" Minuit cut in before his entire world could collapse, Jaune turning into a flustered mess at the thought of all those… admittedly pretty gir-Neo jammed her elbow into his ribs, a deep seated scowl on her face that said 'think it and I'm leaving you'
"Hah! Okay, I changed my mind!" Vert grinned, clapping in apparent joy with a grin a mile wide, not seeming to notice her little brother was currently coming to terms with what had just been said to him.
"Jaune?"
"It's okay, Saph... just, uh... just dealing with my whole world crashing down around me..."
"... I guess that's understandable... heh. So... yeah, we kinda had to protect you, lil bro. I mean, seriously. How the heck do you manage to get so many crazy villains to fall for you? I thought I was bad with Terra!"
Jaune was about to defend himself, saying how it wasn't his fault he attracted so many crazy girls!... when Saphron's words registered in his brain... and a big grin grew on his face.
"... Okay, now I know you're lying. Terra? Straight laced, punctual Terra who literally cried when she found out she'd accidentally stolen a work mates pen?" he laughed. So this had all been a wind up, something to scare him and Neo a little before they welcomed her into the family!
"... Okay, was gonna brush over that, but seeing as you're calling me a liar, see what you think of this!" in her hand was her Scroll and on its' screen? An old, but very real wanted poster... with a purple and black clothed teenage Terra covered in piercings and glowing makeup, tongue stuck out while her spiked hair looked sharp enough to kill, a one finger solute to the police camera was apparently what she'd thought about being arrested. "Yeah... that was from her first time being arrested. She was a hacker who loved to see just how much dirt she could get on people... when Atlas finally caught her, she made a deal with the Atlas Council. She becomes one of their best tech experts for the CCT's... in exchange for not releasing a video she had come across of the Council doing something I am not gonna repeat in front of Vee"
"Hey! I'm a grownup! I eat my vegetables!" Shouted his tiny sister who proved just how not grown up she was by stamping her foot and pouting. He would have found it cute if it wasn't for the revelation that had come about to him just then. A revelation that brought a smile to his face.
"So... judging by the fact that Neo isn't... y'know, currently being chased by you all, you... you're not gonna try and get in the way of us being together?"
They all paused mid argument as to whether or not Vee qualified as an adult, his sisters all turned to him with half smiles on their faces… well. nearly all of them.
Rouge stepped forward with narrowed eyes and her weapons still in hand, a frown stitched across her lips.
"Tell me, Neo" he felt Neo flinch at his side, his hand reaching down to take hold of hers, the other wafting away at a fly that passed by his ear on instinct which she apparently found cute if he smile was anything to go off of. "Do… those things you projected in the arena-"
"Rouge, that wasn't her fault!" Jaune interjected immediately, the happy atmosphere disappearing instantly as he frantically tried to explain to her what had happened. "I used my Semblance on her 'cuz I was worried about her fighting you and then you put all those images in her head and… heh, please don't be mad at her, Neo… she didn't do any of that on purpose!"
Rouge paused mid stride, a confused look on her face that quickly morphed into a completely embarrassed fluster, cheeks red and eyes wide as it all seemed to click.
"So… you're trying to tell me… that… that I was the reason for those… horrific images?" she barely whispered it, but the fact he couldn't look her in the eye as he shrugged his shoulders apparently told her all she needed to know. "Oh gods… well, that certainly approves my own opinion of you, Neo… if not also damaging my opinion of myself… very well, I do hereby give my opinion. You are a great fighter and clearly would do anything to protect my brother… even if you have some rather… unique sexual preferences-not that I will judge! If you wish to put a collar on my brother, so long as he approves, then, as I just said, I shall not judge"
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"Thanks… Rouge" he eeked out, barely holding himself up as well as Neo who had gone stiff as stone and he honestly wasn't sure if she was breathing right now… just… just thank her, let her walk away… then proceed to throw yourself off of the nearest cliff…
"You kicked the asses of those creepy as fuck guys the second they tried to lay a hand on lil bro, liked the way you poured jalapeno sauce straight into the one guys mouth by the way" Midi grinned, offering a high five that Neo jerkily accepted.
"Too right! Also, any girl who can get make our Bunny-" "Not the nickname, Minuit!" "-Punch out a guy for creeping on you has gotta mean a lot to him, couldn't risk hurting either of you by trynna get in the way"
"Fuck yeah! I gotta admit, thought you were a little too spicy for my mild bro, but you bring out the man in our mouse, guess you can't be anything but good for him shorty. Oh… not just into being in charge are ya? I also saw those lil images where you had Jaune spanking your-"
Jaune clapped a hand over Vert's mouth before she could finish, nodding towards Neo who looked like a glitching out computer program, her eyes flashing a thousand colours while she was clearly fighting off a panic attack. He shot her a glare that told her she needed to stop, Vert conceding with a nod. "Heh… okay, okay… guess that was a little too far, huh? So… yeah. I like ya, tiny. Ya got spunk"
… yeah, he guessed Vert deserved the kick to the shin, the rest of his sisters laughing while she hopped away, swearing and ranting about annoying short shits as she went.
"Heh… Jaune, you know I think the world of you" Saphron smiled, taking his and Neo's hands into her own. "I will be honest when I say I uh… I honestly thought Neo may have been after your inheritance with the way she was fawning over you… and I hate myself for it…" she frowned, looking apologetically at Neo, who didn't even notice. Instead she stared at him with wide eyes and fish gaped mouth.
You got money? Since when!? Neo asked with a confused expression, Jaune's face tensing in embarrassment as he… admitted something he didn't exactly like the throw around.
"Yeeeaaaahhhh... I uh… I kinda got a bit of money coming in from my great grandpa when I turn 18…"
"Ah, ah, ah! You're forgetting the most important paaaart~" Saphron grinned evilly, looking down at his girlfriend who was interrogating him with her eyes, a suspicious look that spelled doom for him. "See, our great grandad made only one rule for each of us to get our inheritance. Can you guess, Neo? Oh.. and thanks for proving me wrong, by the way, no one can fake being that confused"
Neo, red creeping up her neck, pointed at herself as Saphron's evil grin began to make sense to her.
"Yes, Jaune has to be in a romantic relationship which would seem to be able to last and turn into marriage… I apologise if I'm smiling, I swear I am not finding this amusing" Rouge cut in, Jaune believing her about as much as he believed he could beat his mom in a fight.
"Seriously guys! We've been dating less than a month! Give it a break with all the marriage stuff!" he squeaked, fanning Neo's face as she near fainted into his arms in an attempt to cool her down. He at least sighed in relief when Violette approached with a gentle smile.
"I… I think you're nice, Neo… I see how you look at big brother… you make him smile like I've never seen before! That's enough for me!" Violette timidly said, Jaune smiling happily at her while Neo- "Neo?" he asked, seeing her walk forward and gently take Vee's hands with one while the other flicked out a card of some kind?
This… is a gift card to the best ice-cream shop in Vale, you're honestly my favourite out of these crazy lot- "HEY!" -and you and me are definitely gonna be good friends alongside my friend, Ruby… so, how does you, me and her going there at the weekend sound?
Jaune worriedly shot a hand forward and Violette shot forward and embraced Neo in a hug, hearing her gasp gently as she pressed herself into his ice-cream coloured girlfriend but that didn't stop her. "Thank you! You're… you're so amazing! Thanks for being with big brother!"
Despite his worry for Violette, he turned to Bleu, a smile on his face as he waited for her to give her own opinion on Neo. He rolled his eyes with a grin, she was on her laptop. Because of course his tech obsessed sister would be on something that went beep every few seconds, whatever she was on seemed to be pretty interesting if the focused look on her face was anything to go off of.
"Hey, uh, Bleu? Why are you on your laptop?" he asked with a confused chuckle, Bleu not responding which he knew wasn't unusual… but why did she look so tense?
Quick as lightning, ice blue eyes snapped up, looking over the rim of her glasses as a scowl crossed her face. Jaune stepped back in worry, wondering just what he'd done wrong. A cold shiver crept up his spine at the naked anger on the usually stoic girls face. The gentle and happy smiles on each of his sisters faces falling away as they too became aware of just how much hatred was coming out of Bleu.
"Violette. Get away from her." She growled, Violette stepping back on reflex as she and Neo worriedly exchanged glances. Bleu gently tugged her back and behind her, keeping herself between Neo and the rest of them, her furious glare turning to him. "Jaune. Are you aware of the fact that you are romantically involved with a criminal?"
Jaune froze alongside Neo, eyes shooting wide at the sudden accusation even as Neo slowly shook her head, eyes white and body shaking...
"Yo… uh, Bleu? The hell are you talkin' about?" Vert asked, all of his sisters moving close and looking at the screen. One by one… each of them adopted the very same look… a look of utter and complete rage.
"Guys… what's on that screen?" he asked in a low voice, shield raised once more and stood in front of Neo who was backing away in fear.
It was Bleu who took the reins once more, marching forward with stomping steps before she stabbed the screen forward… and Jaune's blood froze. On the screen was a girl. A grinning girl, white teeth on show and a glint in her eyes that showed her bloodlust, was fleeing towards the camera that showed her running away from the police with a bag of money and jewels in her left hand and her parasol swinging forward with her right to cut through the rope she was doubtlessly going to swing away on to make her escape.
This girl, with yellow hair in dreadlocks and purple eyes, wearing a baggy jumpsuit and boots looked eerily similar to… to Neo… in fact, it would seem Bleu had done a facial recognition scan and that it was an exact match for his tri coloured girlfriend.
He turned to her, face white and looking at him in horror as she backed away more.
He faced the seven people before him, a grim expression written across his features that made it all the harder to swallow the lump in his throat.
"Bleu… where did you get that image?"
Her eyes narrowed even further, the screen changing to show it was the Vacuo criminal database. In the 'at large' section where her name was unknown but she was listed as 'dangerous, do not approach without backup'…
"Brother. She is a wanted and dangerous individual who has committed many felonies across the world who would face multiple life sentences for what she has stolen. Now. I will ask you once more. Are you aware of this?"
He shook as he turned to Neo once more, eyes confused and afraid, not sure as to what he was supposed to do… if there was anything he could do… he looked into those eyes of hers, white in colour with tears streaming down her cheeks.
She was so afraid… so scared that her secret was apparently out and all he could do was smile… a sad and tired one… of course it had all been too good to be true… there was that damn pendulum again.
He looked at them, each of their faces full of confusion and anger… not that he could blame them…
"I… I've known since the day you guys came to Beacon"
After all… he'd been pretty confused himself…
Hah… finally fucking done…
SO… the Arc sisters know. And now we know just what Jaune and Neo's little talk was that night. How did Jaune react? How will his sisters react to the news that their efforts to keep their brother away from criminals was all for naught?
Find out next time on Pink Lemonade.