Big Issues

Three teams= Ton of fun

Classes at Beacon, Anya found, offered a different perspective than her teachers back in Shade. Some teachers here could be interesting, Doctor Oobleck talking a mile a minute while zipping from one side of the classroom to the other in a blur was a change from Goldie teaching history. Professor Port, was incredibly boring with his long-winded speeches about his own exploits. But based on her own experience in fighting Grimm, many of the details on how to combat various species were accurate. Specifics such as when encountering a pack of Beowolves, identify the Alpha and eliminate it before focusing on the rest of the pack- doing so will undo the packs cohesion.

Professor Peaches, the Plants Studies teacher was completely different from what she was used to, Vacuo had plants and many of them had plenty of defenses from spines to toxins to hallucinogenic juices. There wasn't a comparable class in Shade except Survival which did as it implied, taught the students the best ways to survive in the deserts that surrounded them. Like harvesting the water stored within mole crabs and eating their meat could mean life or death for anyone stranded, so long as you could survive their attacks and kill them.

Then there was Combat Class, the one class that she knew her team could handle with ease. Seeing that Glynda Goodwitch teaching the class was a bit of a surprise but the pudgy woman had no issues with keeping the students in line. Right now, she was watching Denko hand another team their asses, CRDL.

Denko stood loosely on the combat stage facing off against a team of four boys. Apparently the big one with the bird on his armored chest was the one that Talon stole her second burger from yesterday. Even as they readied their weapons, Denko had his hands in his pockets looking bored.

"Are you stupid? We're here to fight!" Cardin yells at the blonde.

"Not stupid, just bored. I thought I was gonna find a good fight today but I might as well take a nap." Denko cracks his neck, barely even looking at the opposing team. The comment had the desired effect as the big man rushed forward with his mace raised high with the full intent of bashing his head in. The mace crashed into the floor with a thud as the older boy simply stepped out of the way before bending backwards to avoid the blade of Sky's polearm. Cardin swung his mace in a backhand to take out Denko's legs only to miss as the target managed to jump from his awkward position, kicking Sky in the chin as he flipped. As he landed on his feet, Russel jumped over Cardin with his daggers at the ready, Dove coming up on his right flank to give Sky room to stand again.

The mohawked teen missed his attempted drop-kick as the blonde spun out of the way and he continued to spin to avoid the thrust of Dove's sword, a kick to his back knocked the swordsman into his smaller teammate. A shadow on the floor was a sure tell along with the yell from above as Cardin dropped to the ground from a high jump, a large explosion emanating from the weapon as it struck. Still, the attack missed as the target leapt backwards, hands still in his pockets.

Sky stabbed at the blonde from the side, for the first time his hands left his pockets. Sky smiled despite the missed strike, then it was wiped from his face as the pockets were filled once again- this time with the shaft of his weapon locked in place by Denko's elbows and back. Cardin charged again with a yell, stopped short as Denko spun with his captured weapon and flinging its owner into the team leader.

There was no time to rest as Dove and Russel leapt into the fray, showing excellent coordination and timing, even surprising agility as they spun and flipped around each other to put the pressure on the blonde to avoid their blades. The dodging was made easier by use of the captured weapon, as the blonde spun and twisted, the blade and long shaft swung with him to force the pair to move. Many of the sword and dagger strikes were blocked by the Feathers Edge, plenty of hits were made on the younger boys.

Once again Cardin charged in, Sky hanging back as he had no weapon. The butt of the shaft was swung into the larger males' stomach, who's force was transferred to push the pilfered weapon's business end into Dove's chest. Dove was sent off the stage with a crash. The polearm slipped free of the hold in his arms and Sky leapt for his weapon. He got it but not in the way he'd hoped, due to Denko kicking it up into his face before the blonde jumped out of the range of Russel's cross slash to kick off Cardin's shoulder- knocking the larger boy to the ground- and Denko landed on Sky's back and driving the air from his lungs and taking a chunk of his aura with it.

Russel once again was in the blondes face with his daggers a blur, Denko dodging and staying out reach as he led them across the stage. A moment's hesitation as Denko tripped on some rubble from the earlier explosion gave the mohawked teen the opening he was looking for and he took it with a double thrust to the chest. The attack never hit as Denko kicked the smaller boy in the chest as his back hit the floor, Russel landing next to Cardin. To his credit, the boy was quick to rise to his feet but was smacked in the gut when Cardin swung his mace back in preparation to attack again.

Sky leapt in as Denko stood up, careful to keep a tighter grip on his weapon, though this time Denko sidestepped the attack and spun the blue-haired boy around to throw him at his team leader. Cardin never broke stride as he charged, picking up Sky by the collar and carrying him as a human shield. Denko dodged the surprisingly quick swings of the mace, until now they were all about power.

"Hm… maybe you can learn that brute force isn't everything." The blonde comments with a smile. The reaction wasn't exactly expected as Sky was turned into a human missile, the boy's scream of freight was cut short as Denko kicked him in the stomach which not only emptied his lungs for the second time but redirected his flight to land off stage.

Cardin used the distraction to close the distance and swung furiously at the smaller but older boy, the one who continued to dance out of the way with a smile, even going so far as making a show of putting his hands back in his pockets. Predictably, that led to further infuriation. That fury led to mistakes being made. And mistakes were taken advantage of.

A foot planted too far forward was hooked as the mace swung, causing Cardin to fall on his back. Another series of furious strikes was interrupted by Denko kicking the mace's shaft so the head found its owners head, causing him to stumble backwards. That left him wide open for Denko to land a few kicks of his own, buckling the knees, opening his guarding arms, a knee to the chest, and finished with a kick to the head.

Russel stood to the side as he watched Cardin getting trounced, then the blonde looked back at him and pulled a hand from his pocket to make a 'come at me' gesture before returning the extremity to its confines.

"I give up!" He says, dropping his weapons.

The lights came back on in the classroom rather than being focused on the stage, allowing the remaining fighters to see their classmates from all four Huntsmen academies, Beacon, Shade, Atlas, and Haven. Goodwitch stepped forward to take center stage, allowing for Denko to return to his seat while Russel was left to help his teammates back to their feet.

"Thank you, students." Goodwitch says to the fighters before addressing the class. "Now many of you have noticed the degree of difference of skill and experience between first and third-year students. Not only that but the knowledge of when to surrender to a superior opponent. However, Denko?" The student in question straightens up at her attention focusing on him. "Next time you fight, I don't care if you can beat them in your sleep but it is prudent that any opponent should be dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible… not playing around as you did. Hopefully Team CRDL will learn from this experience and refocus their training and improve their skills and teamwork."

Cardin scowled at the teacher's words before glaring at his former opponent. "Damn blondes."

Yang was working out in the Beacon gym with Pyrrha and Nora. The three powerhouses had spent many hours in the room to build their strength since the first week of school. By the second week after initiation, the three of them had worked out a schedule to be there together. Honestly it made a world of difference in their routines having a friend to encourage each other. But with the current Issue- as the entire school had decided to call it- the trio had made a pact that if they were going to be fat if they wanted to or not, they'd be strong enough to carry their weight- both physically and metaphorically with their teams.

At the moment, Nora was busying herself with the leg-press machine- completely loaded up with its maximum weight capacity- and making it look easy. She really took pride in her 'Thunder Thighs'. Granted, her friends could do the same as she was currently, just not making it look as easy. The fact that the short girls' belly squished every time her thick legs came up did make the routine a bit more difficult and likely more so if she kept packing on the pounds.

Pyrrha is using some barbells while going through some training routine that mimicked her sword and shield stances. Apparently, it did wonders to build up her shoulders as the weights she was using were triple that of her weapons. That also meant that she had to maintain her balance with greater than normal shifting weight, helping to build her core as well.

Yang is getting a drink from her water bottle after spending the past ten minutes on the speed bag- once again accidently breaking the metal links and the bag now rested in a corner. That made it the third time since the year began and well on the way to setting a new record- four more times to beat Yatsuhashi Daichi- and it only counted if it was accidental as many of the more physically inclined students were likely able to break it if they tried.

The door opened to reveal Itazura walking in, looking around curiously. Her ears perked up when she saw the familiar faces and the Faunus made her way around the equipment to the blonde. "What's up Yang?"

"Not much, just working out a bit." She waves her bottle a bit in greeting.

"Hmm… never really used this stuff before. You come here often?"

"How else do you think I got these guns?" Yang lifts an arm and flexes. Itazura notes the strong muscles covered over with a thin layer of fat. The blondes' clothes didn't exactly hide her figure, not that the other girls hid much with their clothes either. Yang was wearing a simple orange tank top that exposed her midriff with her emblem over her right breast, a pair of black compression shorts, and white sneakers and short white socks on her feet. Her long blonde hair was tucked up in a messy ponytail by a purple hair tie.

Nora had since transitioned to the bench press where she was currently loading up her bar to a little over three hundred. The perky ginger was dressed in her white v neck t-shirt with pink sleeves, pink shorts with a white stripe, white socks with pink stripes, pink sneakers with matching wrist and head sweatbands. A pink heart with a white lightning bolt through it sat in the middle of her chest.

Pyrrha seemed to have finished with her weights and had put them back on the rack in favor of her water bottle. A few gulps of the cool liquid and calming breaths and the huntress-in-training was ready to go again, this time selecting a pair of heavier weights before restarting her previous routine. She'd taken off her headpiece in favor of a red sweatband to keep her hair out of her face along with tying her hair up in a ponytail, as usual. She is currently dressed in a red t-shirt with black shorts. Simple black socks covered her feet from her red sneakers. Her bronze-colored emblem of shield and spear sat proudly on her back and right shoulder.

"Maybe I don't come here much because it smells like sweat." The Faunus comments, waving a hand in front of her face for emphasis.

"If you don't sweat, you aren't working hard enough." Yang responds with a shrug and a grin.

"And I'm guessing you just get used to it?"

"There's that too. Plus, it's common courtesy to wipe your sweat off the equipment before leaving it."

Itazura watched as Nora easily lifted the heavy weight over her body even though the metal was likely three times her own weight- even with the extra pounds that she had packed on lately. Yang had moved during their conversation to serve as spotter for the shorter powerhouse, keeping an eye on the lifter and her old friend.

"I guess I'm not exactly dressed for this kind of exercise." The fox indicates to her usual Huntress attire.

"Oh? So, you wanna try lifting a bit?" The blonde teases, reaching out and measuring the red-heads upper arm with her fingers. "Maybe put a little meat on those bones!"

"Maybe a bit, I'm not exactly built for heavy lifting like you."

A few minutes later, Nora decided to take a break of her own. Yang helped to guide the bar back onto the rack. "Just leave the weight on for me, I'll be back soon." With that the blonde waved for the faunus to follow her into the locker room.

"Yeah, if you wanna shower after you gotta go outside to the stalls there, no water here except the toilets." The impromptu guide explains upon seeing the friend looking around. A quirk of an eyebrow at that communicated a non-verbal question. "Hand sanitizer is in the stalls for when you gotta go and by the door." She laughs.

Itazura eyed her friends' more than generous chest as she laughed, watching how it shook. 'I'm not jealous!'

Yang stopped at a locker and entered a combination, revealing it to be her locker before reaching in and pulling out a small bag and handing over to the smaller girl.

"What's this?"

"Gym clothes, what else?"

Itazura took the bag into an open changing stall and opened it to find two sets of shirts and shorts identical to what Yang is wearing. With a shrug, the fox changes clothes quickly and walks out to find the blonde checking her scroll by her open locker.

"A little loose but they'll work." Yang comments as she looks at the faunus wearing her clothes.

With a flat look, "A little loose? I feel like there's nothing up top to keep me covered." She stared as the other girl giggled at her complaint

"Loose is fine in the gym, a good breeze feels good and helps the sweat dry."

"Speaking of sweat, are these clean?"

Yang waved her hand in dismissal, just had them washed yesterday. But you can keep them."

"Keep them? Why should I take your clothes? Especially gym clothes." Her ears drooped as she pulled a face.

"Honestly? I doubt I'll be able to squeeze into them in two weeks if I keep fattening up like this." She motions to her body where it was obvious that the clothes were indeed rather tight. Tight enough that there wasn't any part that could be considered loose except for a small bit of her shirt that kept sliding up her stomach to settle at the narrowest part of her torso- just under her breasts and above her belly.

"Is it that bad?"

"Put on more than fifty pounds in a month and see how your clothes fit. I can practically feel my ass growing during lectures in class." The blondes' tone was sour.

"I'll pass, thanks." The faunus lifts her hands to ward off the idea. "I need to get into tight places too often to get bigger."

"Besides, me and Ruby were planning on going into Vale to go shopping this weekend."

"Sisterly bonding?"

"Something like that. The only trouble will be how to carry all of our bags while riding Bumblebee." Yang took the bag of clothes and drops it back into her locker before closing the door. "We really need to get something that fits right. The school is only covering the adjustments to our uniforms and mission gear so we're left on our own for something casual."

"Isn't there some kind of dance coming up soon?" Itazura asks as they reemerge into the gym proper. Nearby is a water cooler that she took advantage of to soothe her dry throat, finding some small amusement in the bubbles rising in the tank. Something like this was almost non-existent back in Vacuo.

"Yeah, Team CFVY is planning the event so it should be pretty good." Yang sat on the bench and loosens her shoulders in preparation for lifting the weight. "Wanna spot me?"

Itazura's eyes went wide at the prospect of the possibility of having to lift more than three times her own weight in the event something went wrong. She was saved by Denko walking in through the main doors. "Hey bro! Think you can spot Yang?"

Both blondes quirked their eyebrows at the sudden question before shrugging, leaving the male to walk over to the bench and assume the position at the bar. Yang laid down and adjusted her position, planting her feet on the floor while her shoulders were comfortably squared on the bench before reaching up to the bar. A few breaths later and the young woman was pumping away with the weight in hand.

For Denko, it was an interesting position to be in. The first was his general unfamiliarity with gym equipment making him uncertain as what to do exactly but was able to figure out the basics after a few glances. Second was the girl in front of him. The weight was far more than what most girls he knew could lift yet she was doing so with some effort. The third was him taking note of her attire- even stretched out and clenching her core, Yang still had a muffin top. Her shorts were rather tight below the waistband as well, her softening thighs bulging as soon as they left the confines of the material. That wasn't counting the view of her chest through the large neckline of her top. Yang's chest stretched the cloth tightly even when she had fully exhaled and pulled it to what may be the shirts limit when she took a deep breath.

He distracted himself from checking out his friends' body like a creep by watching her muscles- how her arms flexed as the weight rose up and down, her stomach tightening under the adipose, the muscles under her collarbones tensing and relaxing.

The bar finally came to a rest where Denko helped to guide the weight onto the rack before the girl sat up, her soft belly flowing over the waistband of her shorts to rest on her legs. He shifted his eyes away from the chubby blonde to look around the gym with his sister. That was when he took note of the clothes she was wearing- the shirt and shorts were exactly like those worn by the woman on the bench wiping sweat from her forehead. It didn't take a genius to figure out where they came from though how loose the top is did bring out his brotherly instincts to ward off any boys who might be hoping to get an eyeful. Thankfully he was the only male in the room at the moment.

"Hey, where's the rest of your teams?" Denko asks out of curiosity. From what he'd seen over the past few days, the teams seemed to stick together almost all day for nearly everything. His team often spent time together but each of them would go off to do their own things- Anya being the most distant of them all.

"Huh?" Yang pushed some hair out of her face to tuck it behind her ear. "Oh, they went for a run around the school to get their exercise. They don't like hitting the gym as much as we do."

Itazura's ears perked up at that before twitching to focus on something else that the others couldn't hear. "Um… isn't it supposed to- "Thunder interrupted the girl, loud enough to rattle some of the equipment as it rumbled by followed by the sound of heavy rain on the roof. "-rain?"

"Seems like it's coming down pretty hard. I hope the others were inside before the storm hit." Pyrrha says as she walks over to join them, watching as Yang wiped down the bench before taking a seat.

"Yang! I need a spotter!" Nora yells from where she was about to do squats, her bar loaded and the short girl stretching a bit.

"Coming!" The blonde walked off to help her friend.

"Do you mind spotting me Denko? You're already in position." Pyrrha asks as Itazura wandered off to play with a medicine ball.

"Alright." He shifts to get ready as the champion adjusts herself on the bench.

While Pyrrha had no issue keeping the weight on the bar that both Nora and Yang had, the fact that she lifted it with far more strain than the other girls didn't slip past the spotter. Clearly the weight was near the maximum that Pyrrha could lift in this position, given that she hadn't exhausted herself with her earlier exercises. It was just as she had finished her set of twelve and returned the bar to the rack when the door to the gym opened.

Trudging in soaked to the bone, the males of Team JNPR and the trio of Ruby, Weiss, and Blake stood in the doorway long enough to take notice of the rooms occupants before leaving a trail of water to the locker room. A few minutes later they emerged wearing dry clothes, though they seemed to their gym clothes rather than their standard mission attire that they had been on their run with.

It seemed odd to Itazura that both Weiss and Blake wore the same tracksuit- not counting the different colors, white and dark grey respectively- but she figured that they did so by coincidence. It was also something hard to not notice how… marshmallow-y… the heiress looked in the white clothes and her growing form. A hint of her pale skin peeked out from under the top as her pants were stretched snuggly to her body. Blake carried a larger belly than the shorter girl, thus showing off more skin, something that wasn't helped as she also bore a larger butt as well but lacked the wider hips of her teammate.

Ruby seemed to not mind her gains as much as her friends, happily walking out to her sister wearing her white t-shirt with red sleeves, red shorts, white socks, and her red shoes. Unfortunately, the shirt was already a bit on the short side before the weigh piled onto her frame and so her bouncing belly was on full display as her shirt barely covered much more than her chest. Her arms filled her sleeves, much like her legs filled her shorts to the brim.

Jaune and Ren barely looked any different than before the Issue began unless one looked closely, Ren's loose green pants and matching shirt showed little of his gains beyond a slight softening of his body. The same could be said of Jaune with his black hoodie and long black shorts.

"Hehe, didn't anyone check the weather today?" The awkward blonde laughs as he walks to stand with his partner.

"Hello Jaune." Pyrrha greets the blonde before standing up and leading her team leader over to the barbells to perform the same exercise she had been doing earlier. Denko shrugged and took her place on the bench leaving Itazura to spot him, much to her chagrin.

"Find anything?" Anya asks her sister. The two of them had been searching the school grounds for anything unusual until it began raining. Since then, they had holed themselves up in the library and looking through some of the reports from Ozpin on the Issue.

"Nothing yet. Just that anyone affected gains weight rapidly and steadily. It's been a little more than a month so the doctors haven't had time to notice much deviation."

"Beyond the girls who tried limiting what they ate only to break and stuff themselves, leading to them gaining even more weight than the others."

"Pretty much. Nothing more than what we already knew from what Oz told us when we came here."

"Argh… think Itazura found anything? She's usually good at finding crap like this."

"Hehe, that little fox does have a way of finding trouble." Talon laughs as she leaned away from her computer screen projection.

"Or we'll have to wait for Denko to be hit with the trouble." Anya grins as memories of her teammates unfortunate habit of finding things the hard way. A mission to eliminate a bunch of Mole Crabs had him falling into their nest through the sand. Another mission to an abandoned Dust mine wound up with him falling through a rotted wooden wall and into a pit full of Creeps and Ravager- that was a mess they had to fight their way out of before causing a cave-in to kill and/or trap the Grimm inside.

"And we'll be there to bail them out, again." Talon laughs with her sister… at least until the librarian shushed them for being too loud.

Itazura walked out of the gym locker room with a bag of clothes in hand. Hardly the first time she had hand-me-downs and likely wouldn't be the last. Next to her is the sister of the one who gave her the clothes, unsurprisingly wearing her red cloak.

"You're surprisingly strong there, Ruby." The Faunus comments, using her free hand to squeeze her friends' bicep.

"Ehehehe… I'm not that strong. Have you seen Yang? Or Nora?" The younger girl tries to deflect while blushing and looking away.

"C'mon, I saw that scythe of yours. With the way you move with that thing and swing it around like it's nothing. Of course, you're strong!" Itazura lightly punches the reaper's lightly padded shoulder.

Ruby rolls her eyes with a smile. "Maybe…"

"Like I was telling Foxy earlier, me and Ruby are going into Vale this weekend to do a little shopping. Just gotta figure out how we're gonna carry the bags on Bumblebee."

"Well… our car finally got dropped off this morning." Denko says as he shoves his hands into his pockets.

"It came in?" Itazura asks, somewhat peeved that it took nearly a week to ship in their vehicle when they could have sent it ahead of time. Although Theodore probably was taking it for a few joy rides, again.

Yang was practically in Denko's face with Ruby right next to her. "Really?" They ask in sync.

"It's in the garage right now, gave it a quick inspection myself." The young man answers as he keeps walking.

Almost immediately Yang was walking backwards in front of him with her hands behind her back, "It is Friday and classes are over. Maybe we could go now?"

Blue eyes flicked away as his fellow blonde leaned forward, still wearing her gym clothes, consciously or unconsciously showing him a deep valley. "How about tomorrow?" He offers.

"Why tomorrow?" Ruby queries as she falls into step with the other team leader.

Denko points towards the horizon. "For one, it's almost sunset- it'll be curfew by the time we get to the stores." The sisters laugh a bit as that had slipped their minds. "It's time for dinner anyway and I'm hungry." Those words prompted several stomachs to growl, Weiss' pale skin burned bright red as she covered her belly, Blake wasn't much better despite sounding more like a tigers' roar than a growl. A slight breeze blew their hair, in Yang's case since she had her back to the wind it blew her long golden locks into her face.

"And you could use a shower." Weiss states coldly as she was standing downwind and got a nose full of the scent of sweat, the smell of the earlier rain being overwhelmed by the tight group. Once more, awkward laughter came from the group, most notably from the girls though Nora and Yang seemed to be more proud than embarrassed. The only present members of Team DAIT simply shook their heads with a smile.

"Okay, since it's gonna be the weekend we can leave right after breakfast." Ruby declares with a raised arm.

"Sounds good to me. What about you, big guy? It's your car." Yang wraps an arm around her sisters' shoulders.

The green armored teen simply shrugs with a smile. "Sure."

"Anyone else coming along? We only have so much room." Itazura asks looking to JNPR.

"I'm fine." Jaune raises his hands a bit.

"As am I." The short response was almost expected.

"Sorry, but I already ordered some new clothes for Nora and I. They should be here tomorrow."

"Yeah!" Nora cheers before her attitude did a complete 180 and she slumped. "We got a lot of homework."

"Just you Nora. The rest of us completed most of ours when you snuck out for an extra gym session." Ren corrects his best friend.

"But you'll help me, right Ren?" Nora gives him her best puppy face until he gave in, leading the hyperactive girl to cheer.

"Weiss?" Ruby looks to her partner, the heiress immediately looking away with a huff.

The white-clad girl crossed her arms, "I'm having a few of my clothes adjusted by my families tailor." The air of superiority practically oozed from her words.

"Of course, you did, Ice Queen." Yang drawls, not exactly surprised that the rich girl had done that. "What about you Blake?"

The disguised cat girl quickly looked down, causing Weiss to give an annoyed sigh. "It's not that embarrassing." The heiress gripes but the blushes they sported betrayed them.

"Um… what's going on?" Ruby asks as she looks between her teammates.

"Weiss… is getting me some new clothes as well." The Faunus finally answers, causing the sisters, JNPR, and present members of DAIT to look to Weiss for clarification.

The girl pushed her bangs out of her eyes before answering. "Blake was in the room with me when I made the call to my tailor. I felt bad about our… disagreement… from last semester so I offered his services to her. So, Blake will be getting some new clothes courtesy of the Schnee Dust Company."

"Huh, you really are starting to melt a bit, aren't you Weiss?" Yang teases and pokes the heiresses exposed tummy. "Yup! She's going soft on us guys!"

The joke had predictable reactions from the others, laughter, and Weiss creating a glyph that hurled the blonde into the air. Yang managed to land on her feet but not without a loud snap being heard upon landing and the girl crossing her arms over her chest.

"That hurts!" Yang grunts as she stands up, still cradling her chest. Most of the girls seemed to know exactly what had happened- Nora for having done so before during her last growth spurt and habit of jumping to and from high places, Pyrrha from being rather active and knowing that could strain clothes if not meant for the activity, Itazura from seeing Talon doing exactly that a handful of times, and Ruby because she had seen Yang's 'growth' first hand and seen her sister break them far too often during her training.

Which left Weiss… who was unfamiliar with having a bra break mostly due to her own very modest chest barely requiring much support. Even with her recent weight gain there had been very little growth in that area. Her lack of need for support also meant that she was unaware of the pain that would be the result of sudden stops on the organs. That didn't mean that her mind couldn't connect the dots as to what had happened and suddenly felt a bit better about her smaller cup size. Though the memory of doing laundry during their first week at Beacon came to mind where she found it embarrassing and beneath her to be doing the chore in the first place. Then more embarrassment came when it was her turn to sort the teams' laundry and she saw the cup sizes of her teammates… even Ruby was larger despite being two years younger, let alone the comparison to Yang's which was better left unsaid.

As Yang walked back to the group of friends, she used her left hand to reach under her already tight top and remove the article of clothing to examine it, not bothering to give the boys any mind. Though Jaune wasn't particularly flustered since growing up with seven sisters meant that seeing and touching bras would be inevitable. Ren retained his calm demeanor, though he still looked away out of respect. Denko did his best to look away from the article of clothing, for his old friends' dignity if nothing else. Granted that was harder to do when that friend falls into step next to him still carrying the bra openly.

"As if I didn't need new clothes before. That was my last one." The brawler grumbles as she continues to hold her breasts. Denko kept her in the edge of his sight, familiar with the situation and the sensitivity that followed- Talon could be rather vocal and descriptive when upset. A few moments passed as they walked towards the dorms, stopping at the intersection where the teams would have to split as the teams from Vacuo had their own dorm building.

"I guess it's just us and our sisters tomorrow." Yang states to the taller blonde.

"Guess so." He looks back at the sisters in question making promises to see each other at dinner after their showers.

"Well, see ya later!" Yang says as she follows her team and JNPR into the building, leaving Denko to silently wave and watch her retreating form… and trying not to stare at the very tight shorts she was wearing.

Itazura grinned up at her brother. "Looks like we're gonna have some fun here!"

Denko quirked an eyebrow at the fox Faunus. "Did you manage to find anything yet?" His earlier wanderings around the grounds hadn't yielded much beyond getting some familiarity with the school grounds.

"Nothing yet." She responds, not really surprised about his shift to their duty. "I may have found a few places for further investigating but that'll have to be done later. Maybe Oz can get me clearance to poke around a bit." She kept her voice low so no one else could hear her just as he kept his voice even lower knowing that she could hear better than he could.

"Is the clearance going to come before or after you look?" He jokes.

"Eh, I'll send him a message before I dive in." She shrugs.

"You could ask Glynda."

"I'd like to get to work rather than explaining why I want to do the work."

"Good point. You going to try when we get back tomorrow?"

"I'll see what comes up first and make my plan from there."

"Great, you're going to make a plan. When do I expect to get hurt?"

"Haven't gotten that far yet. And we have to see what the others have found so far."

AN: Just for a warning, I may have a little rant added to any chapter I may wind up posting this weekend. I want to see how V8 ends first. Otherwise, reviews are welcome.