Chapter Six: The Meetup and a Visit

Lilo POV

Lilo was not particularly happy on Saturday morning. Why was he not happy? He had been forced out of bed at an ungodly hour of four in the morning because Yellowjacket wanted to go into Vale super early to get into some improv drama studio.

So, there he was, eating breakfast with the rest of his exhausted team at half past seven in the morning listening to Yellowjacket buzz excitedly about how much fun they were going to have or whatever. Lilo wasn't the only one who was annoyed, though. Donna kept rolling her eyes at everything Yellowjacket said, Morgan was actively fuming and even Yellowjacket's own teammates were rolling their eyes.

Robin was the only one actually replying to anything Yellowjacket said. It seemed like they were actually getting along but Lilo could tell that Robin really couldn't stand the wasp Faunus. He couldn't blame her, really. Yellowjacket was completely infatuated with Morgan, it seemed. Sitting way too close to him, caressing his tail very weirdly at times. The only thing that was stopping the tiger Faunus from killing her was Robin on his other side with her hand on his shoulder. Lilo was actually concerned Morgan might just snap regardless.

Their torture finally ended when Yellowjacket's scroll went off. "Oh! We need to clean up and leave now if we want to make it on time." she said. She picked up both her plate and Morgan's and hovered off to the trash and recycling area.

Morgan glared at Yellowjacket's retreating form with bright scarlet eyes and Lilo could literally see the steam rising off of him. Lilo turned to one of Yellowjacket's teammates, a guy called Scorch Flame. "Can she not tell that Morgan actually hates her?"

Flame laughed. "You know, I don't think she can. Wasperia is kinda fuckin' crazy. We grew up together, you know. That was… an experience." he said. Flame was a little taller than Lilo, pale skinned, with orange hair and red eyes. Like everyone else there, he was in his casual/combat outfit, black combat boots, orange leather pants, an open red leather jacket over a pale orange undershirt.

Lilo rolled his eyes. "Well, if Yellowjacket isn't careful, Morgan's going to put her through a wall. She's way too clingy."

Another one of her teammates, a girl shorter than Robin named Priscilla Royal, scoffed and shook her head. "If you ask me, Wasperia and Rubrum are terrible for each other. I don't know why she's going for him."

Royal was a pale skinned girl with pink eyes, orchid colored hair, small pointed cat ears of the same color and wearing a strapless princess-y type dress with a knee length skirt, puffed sleeves, elbow length evening gloves and 3 inch heels.

Morgan's eyes immediately snapped to Royal. "So I'm not the only one thinking it?! I'm not going fucking crazy?!" he demanded, appearing both absolutely enraged and sleep deprived.

Royal flinched a bit, her ears flattened against her skull in apparent fear. "Um… no? You're not the only one?" she hesitated.

Robin put her hand on Morgan's shoulder to comfort him. "It's okay, Morgan. It's only for a couple hours, then we'll go out to Vale on our own. Nice and quiet, away from other people. Think you can hold on till then?"

The feline Huntsman begrudgingly nodded. "I guess. But I swear, if she tries to touch my ears and tail again, I might flip!" he growled.

As the rest of them got up to take their plates over to the trash area, the last of the wasp girl's teammates, Alex Ble, piped up. "Other than the whole personal space thing, why is that such an issue?" he asked.

Ble was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans, black combat boots, an indigo leather chest plate, indigo leather shoulder pads and an indigo leather bracer on his right forearm. His armor was actually rather similar to Donna's but was more modern, as opposed to her more traditionally forged pieces.

Morgan rolled his eyes and didn't answer and Lilo took over. "Faunus traits, like ears or a tail, are often quite sensitive and, as such, painful if manhandled. Of course, this usually pertains to the soft and squishy mammalian traits from cats or dogs. Crocodile Faunus with tails, for example, usually have thick, armor-like scales covering them, so they're not as sensitive."

Donna snickered. "Nerd!" she teased.

Lilo snorted, indignant. "I am not a 'nerd'! I merely know a multitude of things from a multitude of subjects. I am knowledgeable, Donna, knowledgeable."

Morgan rolled his eyes. "So, in other words, a nerd."

Lilo narrowed his eyes at the tiger Faunus and sent a small blast of wind at him, which was immediately countered by a small spark of flame that actually stung quite a bit. "Ow! What the hell, Morgan!"

"Next time, don't fuck with the walking flamethrower." he deadpanned.

Donna chuckled and shook her head.

Lilo rolled his eyes. The group reached the trash area and threw away what remained of their food. Yellowjacket was hovering an inch off the ground there, waiting for them. "Come on, come on! We're gonna be late!" she buzzed.

The group made their way to the docks, with Morgan, Robin and Yellowjacket in front, the rest of the wasp Huntress's team in the middle and Donna and Lilo bringing up the rear. Donna leaned in toward Lilo. "What are the odds that this meetup will end up with Morgan blowing an absolute gasket on Yellowjacket?" she whispered.

Lilo sighed. "Based on his behavior over the past week and provided Yellowjacket keeps this up? I'd say it's near certain that he'll explode within a couple hours. Maybe one. More likely one, honestly. This was always going to end in disaster."

If Lilo was to be completely honest, Yellowjacket creeped him out. The way she buzzed her wings, her odd obsession with Morgan, her seemingly bipolar attitude. He knew the last one was symptomatic of borderline personality disorder, but bipolar was easier to say. Either way, there was something about her that made his skin crawl.

Donna nodded at his statement. "Yeah, I thought so. I really don't trust her."

Lilo narrowed his eyes as they kept walking. As they climbed onto a Bullhead and told the pilot where they wanted to go, he couldn't help but think about the night before Initiation.

*Monday night, five days ago*

Lilo had lost track of Donna again. Seriously, every time he would turn away for two seconds, she would somehow manage to disappear! He rolled his eyes in annoyance and set his things up next to hers and started to read, waiting for his childhood friend.

The book he was reading was really quite interesting, it was about the differing species in the corvid family, things like crows, ravens, rooks and jays, where they lived, what they ate, interesting tidbits like that. He was reading a particularly interesting passage on a species in the genus Cyanopica when he heard a slight buzzing and someone clearing their throat.

"Ahem." It was definitely a female voice. He closed his book and looked up. She was a wasp Faunus, a few inches taller than average but also shorter than him. She had wavy, shoulder length blond hair and coal black eyes with an unnerving glint to them. She wore a pale yellow strapless nightgown that barely extended past her midthigh. The girl's expression was very cold.

Lilo hesitated. "…yes? Can I… help you?"

She scoffed, leaned down and stuck her face into his. "Yeah. Get out of this spot, jackass. I was saving it for me and my friend." she said as she buzzed her wings aggressively.

He wasn't too worried about her, she looked light enough that his wind blasts would throw her flight into disarray, besides, he was the one who picked out this spot and it was empty when they got there. Which he did try to explain.

"I'm sorry, but there wasn't anything here when me and my friend got here. There's an empty spot over there if you-" He was interrupted by her slapping him across the face. It happened within a split second, too quick for him to react.

"No! I don't want that spot! I want this one! Move! Now!" she demanded.

Lilo narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists. "Hell no! Me and my friend got here first! It's not my fault you don't understand that. Now, get out of here before I blast you across the room." he said.

This turned out to be the wrong thing to say as the girl's face contorted into untold amounts of rage and suckerpunched him in the gut with that same blazing speed as before and with a surprising amount of strength, enough to completely wind him.

She was now hovering over him and she drew her fist back to punch him again. She cried out in pain when Donna came out of nowhere and sent a small spark of lightning into one of the Faunus's wings, rendering it useless for the time being. She crashed to the ground just in front of Lilo. The tanned heiress picked the Faunus up by the throat and hoisted her up to her eye level, their faces a few inches apart.

"Listen here, you bug-winged waste of oxygen. You hit my friend with your filthy Faunus mits again and I am going to totally fry you. Understand?!" she demanded, sparks of electrical energy playing across her hair.

The wasp girl nodded and managed to squirm out of Donna's iron grip and flew off into the crowd of students. Donna glared at her retreating form with narrowed eyes and lightning playing across her body.

She turned back to Lilo with a concerned expression. "Lilo! Are you okay, are you hurt?!"

He shook his head. "No, I'm fine. My Aura took the hit, I just got winded. She was damn fast and decently strong, at least for someone on my level."

Donna shook her head as she saw the red mark on his face caused by the girl's slap. "I swear, we ought to report that Faunus. She had no business hitting a human like that. Thinking she's on the same level as us, it's pathetic, really." she growled.

Lilo sighed. He really didn't like when Donna talked like that but he knew Neptunia had essentially brainwashed her daughter into believing this stuff. He was also glad his own parents weren't as conservative as Donna's and treated Faunus with at least a modicum of respect.

"Donna, it's okay, really. I'm not hurt and I think she got the message. There's no need to start a second Great War over it." he said.

Donna looked unsure but let it go.

*Present day*

Lilo all but glared at the wasp Faunus across from him, not believing this cutesy act for one second. Said Faunus girl was attempting to make Morgan's hair have a modicum of tidiness, a fruitless effort on the whole and much to the displeasure of Team MRLD's leader.

Ble, Flame and Royal were talking amongst each other, Robin was barely holding in her mirth watching Yellowjacket and Morgan and Donna was polishing one of her bracers.

Lilo's mind was going a mile a second, going through scenario after scenario but, try as he might, he couldn't figure out why Yellowjacket would be so enamoured with Morgan. By all accounts, the two were incompatible. Maybe it was purely because of Morgan's physique, which was possible but Lilo doubted it. There had to be something else but he couldn't think of it.

He was jolted out of his thoughts when the Bullhead touched down on the Vale side of the dock. The eight students thanked the pilot and climbed out of the aircraft and headed to their destination in the same formation as before.

Lilo and Donna could hear Yellowjacket go on and on about how much fun this improv thing was going to be, how this was going to be so great, etc, etc. Lilo couldn't help but roll his eyes. Improv? Really? Of all the things in the world to do on a Saturday morning, she chooses improv?! Is she just overly dramatic or is she planning something with this? he wondered.

After a few minutes of walking with Yellowjacket jabbering in the background, they finally reached the place. It was rather small but inviting, the storefront painted a dark, warm brown. It looked more like a coffee shop than an improv studio, actually. Lilo checked the store's sign, which read, "Miss Senna's Coffee and Creativity".

Lilo shook his head and smirked. Well, this is definitely going to get interesting. he thought. He wasn't sure how Morgan was going to react to this exact setting but he was confident in guessing that the cozy nature of a cafe would somewhat calm him down and at least delay the inevitable explosion of pure fire and rage.

The eight walked through the door and were greeted by a middle aged woman with tan skin, black hair and warm amber eyes. She wore a cream colored apron over a light brown short sleeved button up with a copper colored tie, a dark brown skirt over black leggings and taupe colored flats.

"Hello and welcome to Miss Senna's Coffee and Creativity! My name is Senna Jitters, how may I help you today?" she asked with no small amount of warmth and friendliness.

Yellowjacket stepped up. "Hello, Miss Jitters. We-"

Miss Jitters interrupted her, however. "Oh, call me Senna, please! 'Miss Jitters' and 'ma'am' make me feel like such an old lady!" she laughed.

Yellowjacket continued, a little unsure of herself this time. "Um… okay. We would like to purchase tickets for the improvisation workshop, please."

Miss Senna looked over the group. "Okay, may I see your IDs to verify your age, please?" she asked politely.

The eight students all handed over their Scrolls. She checked them all quickly and handed them back. "Okay, since you're all under 18, ticket price is 6 Lien ($30) per person. Weapons and armor in the cubbies near the front door, as well, please."

They all handed her the bills, with Yellowjacket insisting to pay for Morgan, much to his displeasure, his gold eyes adopting a bloody tint. They all walked in, dropped off their weapons and armor in the designated area and were directed by Miss Senna to a small stage near the back by the counter.

The workshop was actually pretty pleasant, with Miss Senna giving a few pointers to everyone there. They did a few group scenes that Lilo found pretty fun, nothing too difficult, things like a bunch of kids in class, etc.

Then, Miss Senna decided to let them all do one on one scenarios and Yellowjacket, taking on the role of leader of the group, deliberated with Miss Senna about who would be in which group, which group would get which scene and Lilo was immediately on edge. He wasn't sure what she could cook up in that head of hers but he was sure that it would end in disaster.

Robin POV

Yellowjacket and Miss Senna came back and decided that the pairs were thus: Robin with Priscilla, Donna with Scorch, Lilo with Alex and Morgan with Yellowjacket. They also said that each pair would only get their scenes right before their turn to go on. Robin was… unsure of this strategy's potential for success but she was a ninja, not an actor.

Miss Senna called both Robin and Priscilla to the stage and gave them a slip of paper with the scenario. Robin was to be a hairdresser and Priscilla was a famous celebrity in need of a touchup. Not bad for Robin, she often did Aka's hair.

Robin pulled a chair from the counter onto the stage and stood beside it and waited for Priscilla to make her move.

The Faunus girl made her way over to the chair and sat down. "Hello, miss. I would like for you to do my hair, if you please."

Robin cocked an eyebrow. "Hmm. Do you have any preferences on the style, Miss Royal?" she asked.

Priscilla shook her head. "No, whatever you think looks good. Personally, I think I could do with a new look." she replied while also sending back a look that warned her not to do anything too drastic to her hair.

Robin couldn't blame her. Priscilla's shoulder waist hair was done up in elaborate ringlets that must have taken a while to put in. Hmm. What to do with her hair that she can take out really quickly, won't mess it up and will look good? she thought.

Robin gently took hold of a few ringlets and combed through Priscilla's hair with her fingers, taking great care to not accidentally hurt her sensitive ears. Her hair was incredibly soft and silky. She gathered a few bunches of hair and started to weave them together. She alternated the bunches again and again and eventually finished a thin braid on the back of her head that resembled a cat's tail and left her bangs and the sides free flowing.

Robin took a picture of her handiwork with her Scroll and showed it to Priscilla. The Faunus girl widened her eyes in shock. "That is… very nicely done! Thank you, miss! I believe I may keep this style." she stated as she stood up from the chair and handed the Scroll back.

They made a bit more pointless small talk and signaled the end of the scene soon after. Miss Senna came up on the stage and congratulated them on a well done scene. "That was perfect! Miss Priscilla was haughty yet polite and even gracious in the end, Miss Robin was perfectly respectful, adapted well and crafted a wonderful braid! Have you done this before?"

Robin shrugged. "Yes and no. I've braided my younger sister's hair before but I haven't tried this style before. I wasn't even sure it would turn out this well." she admitted.

Priscilla ran her hands up and down her new orchid colored braid. "Well, I think it turned out very well. I wasn't just playing the character when I said I'd keep the style, Miss Birdie. You'll have to show me how you did this later." she said.

Robin blushed and smiled. "T-thank you! Hopefully I can do it again."

Donna POV

After Robin's scene with Royal, Miss Senna called Donna and Flame up to the stage and handed them the prompt. The heiress was to be a manager for an important company and Flame an employee that had fucked up one too many times and had to be terminated. Donna grinned almost evilly. She was going to have fun with this.

The Mistralan sat in the chair from the previous scene and pretended to work from her Scroll by just typing out nonsense in a word doc. After a bit, Flame came back up to the stage, having left to set the scene and mimed knocking on an office door.

He pretended to hesitate. "You… wanted to see me, Miss Marigold?"

Donna cocked an eyebrow. Marigold? Really? Did he get that from my team's name? It fits in any case. she thought. She cleared her throat. "Yes, I did, Mister Mahony. Please, come in." she said, gesturing to walk through the nonexistent doorframe, putting her Scroll away.

He did so and stood in front of her. She cleared her throat again. "It has come to my attention that you have said some things that some might find… controversial. And that this is not an isolated event. Would you care to… elaborate?" she prompted.

Flame rolled his eyes. "I don't think what I said was that bad, really."

Donna pinched the bridge of her nose with her fingers. "You called an important client, and I quote, 'an old sheep eared crone'. You call that not that bad?! You have potentially lost this company, not only the client, but also millions of Lien in lost revenue and legal fees! As I said before, this is not the first time you've said discriminatory remarks such as these. I am not only receiving numerous complaints from your coworkers, but my superiors, the company's Board of Directors are clamoring for me to fire you! If you have an explanation, any at all, that will prevent me from doing so, I am all. Ears." she mock threatened.

Flame's eyes were almost comically wide. Clearly, he was not expecting Donna to perfectly emulate an angry manager. "Um… to be fair, she was insulting me first. She wasn't exactly the most pleasant client to work with. I was attempting to rein it in because I knew how important landing the deal would have been but then she called me a bootlicking suck up for being polite and… I admit… I kinda got a little angry." he explained.

Donna pretended to twitch her eyebrow. "You… got a little angry?" she stage whispered. She inhaled deeply. "I'm told you yelled so loud it practically shook the damn walls! Is that really your best excuse?! She called you a suck up and you got angry?! Well, I have news for you, Mister Mahony, because you are hereby terminated from this company, effective immediately, you will collect your final pay check at the end of the week. I am sick and tired of receiving complaints about you, so I am removing the issue. Pack up your desk now, I want you out of this building in two hours, do I make myself clear?!" she bellowed, channeling more than a bit of her mother's personality and pointing to the direction Flame had come from.

Flame was very shocked at the sudden explosion from Donna. The two Hunters held their position for a few moments before simultaneously bursting into laughter. "Oh my gods, that was so crazy over the top, the hell was that?!" Flame asked.

The tanned Huntress shook her head, still howling. "I have no idea!" she cried out.

Miss Senna climbed up onto the stage. "I wish you would've kept character because it was amazing while it lasted. Donna, you sounded like you'd done that before!"

Donna wiped tears of laughter from her eyes. "No, no, I haven't, but I have heard more than a few of my mother's angry rants on the Scroll. You would not believe the stupid things she's had to fire people over. Oh, that was fun! I should pretend to fire people more often."

"Boo! Too much yelling!" Lilo cried from off stage.

Donna whipped her head toward him and flipped him off. "Fuck you! You're just jealous cause you couldn't do a scene like that!" she teased.

Miss Senna narrowed her eyes. "I will tolerate many things, but the f-word and the middle finger are two things I won't. Don't do it again."

Donna had the decency to look shameful. "Sorry, Miss Senna… I won't do it again."

Miss Senna nodded. "Next scene!"

Lilo POV

Lilo took one look at the scene he'd be doing with Ble and immediately had several questions. "Yellowjacket! What in the flying hell?!" he exclaimed.

Said wasp Faunus rolled her eyes and hovered over to the stage. "Yes, Era? What is it?"

Lilo narrowed his eyes and glared at her. "Ehre." he corrected. "Furthermore, this scene choice is just plain stupid! Why is Ble the dad, why am I the son? Why am I-?!" he started.

"Let me stop you right there, Era." she interrupted.

"It's-!"

"Yes and. I don't really care about your opinions on this scene. I think it fits and you didn't exactly stop me earlier when I was picking it. Besides, you pissed me off Monday night, so I think you deserve to squirm a bit. You made this bed, Era, now you have to lie in it." she said before walking off.

Lilo was about to explode. "I'm gonna fucking kill her." he said under his breath. He turned on his heel and walked back towards the stage, where Ble was sitting in the chair, absentmindedly playing on his Scroll. "Father!" he said, starting the scene.

"Yeah? What is it, son?" Ble asked, still on his Scroll, pretending to not listen. Honestly, Lilo was pretty sure he wasn't really acting at this point.

Lilo rolled his eyes and grumbled. "You could at least pay attention to me, you know." he griped. He was just stalling at this point. He really didn't want to do this scene.

Ble rolled his eyes as well but put his Scroll away and faced him. "Alright, kiddo. I'm paying attention. What did you want to talk about?" he said calmly.

Lilo sighed. "Father, I've put a lot of thought into this and I really think you must know. I am… done with this stupid scene!" he half screamed.

Yellowjacket buzzed her wings threateningly. "Stay in character, Era!" she chastised.

Lilo whipped around to face her. "I will not! First off, my name is Ehre, dammit! Second, I am not at all comfortable with this scene because I'm not gay! I am straight! I'm not homophobic, quite the opposite, really! I support gay rights all the way. I am just uncomfortable portraying a character designed to humiliate me! I know it's designed that way because you practically confirmed it for me! 'Besides, you pissed me off Monday night, so I think you deserve to squirm a bit'? Really? That's a direct quote, by the way! I'm not playing your godsdamned game, Yellowjacket. I refuse." he said walking off the stage and sitting next to Donna.

Morgan POV

Morgan was pissed. He knew that Yellowjacket was a piece of shit but that was ridiculous. He was about to call his team to leave but Robin put a hand on his shoulder. He looked at her.

"Make her pay." she mouthed.

The tiger Faunus bared his teeth in a feral grin. Lilo wasn't the only one who could fuck with Yellowjacket's game like that. The two Faunus walked up onto the stage and Yellowjacket handed him the prompt. She was glaring at Lilo, who was glaring right back.

A thinks B is cheating on him/her. Morgan's grin widened. This was gonna be fun. "Hey. I'll be B." he said.

Yellowjacket's expression cleared up. "Really? Okay! Let's start the scene." she said cheerfully. Morgan just nodded and the other Faunus buzzed off stage. The male Faunus sat down in the chair and waited.

A little bit later, Yellowjacket hovered back on and mimed slamming a door. Morgan looked up. "Hey, honey. How was work?" he asked, putting as much venom into the word 'honey' as was physically possible.

She looked like a stray puppy someone kicked. The act didn't work on Morgan, though. "It was fine… I have to ask you something, though." she said, tears welling up. Real tears. Morgan was absolutely disgusted with her.

He sighed. "…sure. What is it." he deadpanned, not even putting any effort into it.

"Are… are you cheating on me?" she asked.

Morgan nodded. "Yep." he said simply.

Yellowjacket went from hangdog to shocked, tears slowing down just a little. "What?" she asked, seemingly unable to process what Morgan had said.

"I said, 'yep'. I have been for over a year. I was wondering how long it would take you to notice it." he said, grin growing wider and wider with each word.

Her tears started to fall in earnest, now. "W-who? Who is it?!" she demanded.

The tiger Faunus laughed, a low and harsh sound. "It would be easier to say who I didn't do it with!" he sneered.

"W-what?!" she said again.

Morgan kept on laughing. "I've been sleeping with as many women I could, hoping you'd find out, just to hurt you! You are a vain, shallow, vile creature and I never loved you at all. I only married you so my parents would shut up! I'm tired of putting on the act every day." he growled.

Yellowjacket was stammering, her brain misfiring left and right trying to process this onslaught. "B-but, what about our wedding night?! We made love-!"

Morgan interrupted with more laughing. "Love?! Really?! That wasn't love, you silly girl! That was me getting it over with so I didn't have to keep touching you! Honestly, the only reason I could keep it up was because I was thinking about someone else! It disgusts me you actually received pleasure from that! You're physically appealing, yeah, but your personality makes me want to hurl! Like I said, you are vain, shallow and vile. You are a disgusting waste of oxygen and I want nothing more to do with you. I've already packed the things I want. I'm leaving. You'll be hearing from my lawyer soon enough." he said, walking off the stage.

He could hear her wings buzzing louder and louder. He felt her Aura spike and he whipped around. He caught her punch easily. Her face was a contorted mask of rage mixed in with tears. "I'm going to make you pay for saying that!" she screamed.

He shook his head. "No. You won't." The feline Huntsman kneed her in the gut and kicked her legs out from under her, knocking her onto the floor. She made to get up but he planted a booted foot on her chest. "Here's the thing, you bug winged nuisance. I can smell the arousal on you. I know you just want to use me to sate your own desires and nothing else. I'm not a plaything. Leave me and my team alone." he snarled.

He lifted his foot and turned away. "MRLD! We're leaving. Thank you, Miss Senna, for the workshop. I'm sorry Yellowjacket ruined it." he apologized.

He and his team gathered their armor and weapons and left the cafe/studio. The two pairs of partners made their goodbyes, with Donna and Lilo heading back to the school while Robin and Morgan headed deeper into Vale. They walked in silence for a few minutes. Morgan's eyes, which had turned scarlet during the scene, slowly faded back to gold.

He was scanning the storefronts, looking for a particular shop. Robin finally spoke up. "Are you mad at me? It's fine if you are."

He glanced at her. "Why would I be mad at you, Robin?"

She hung her head in shame. "I made us come out here. I didn't have to do that."

Morgan shook his head. "Nah, it's okay. I actually liked the workshop. I'd like to come out here again sometime. It wasn't your fault Yellowjacket is such a bitch. I'm mad at her for trying to humiliate Lilo and use me. Not you. You didn't know she was gonna do that. Ain't your fault." he said. He finally found what he was looking for.

"Here it is." he said, pointing at the face of the building.

Robin squinted. "A… library?" she asked.

The feline Huntsman nodded. "Yep. I like to come out here to read. I like how quiet it is. No one bothers me here. It's just me and the books for hours. I found the inspiration for my weapons here." he explained.

Robin cocked an eyebrow. "Really? What was the inspiration?"

Morgan smiled. "I read the stories of the Hero Arc so many times. I loved the tales of him using his weapons, Crocea Mors, to bash through Grimm hordes and armies of humans. I wanted to be like that. Sword in hand, shield on my arm, invincible! I even named my shield to match. 'Scutum Murus'. It means 'shield wall'. My sword I named 'Lamina de Iram', meaning 'blade of rage'. It's obvious where that comes from. Back on track, though. I wish I could've met the Hero Arc." he sighed.

They walked into the library and made their way up to the loft. They read random books for hours, just enjoying each other's company. Morgan of course read stories about great warriors fighting through hordes of enemies without a single thought while Robin read books about families being happy and working through less physical issues. Morgan found it… fun to spend time with her like that. Fighting was fun for him and it made him happy but he also enjoyed the quiet moments in between.

*Monday, after classes*

Morgan and Robin made their way up to Professor Greene's office. The feline fighter was still nervous. Robin put her hand on his shoulder.

"It's gonna be okay, Morgan. This is to help you control your Semblance. You don't have to be nervous about it. Professor Greene is going to help you the best she can, okay?" she reassured.

He nodded silently. The pair reached the office door and knocked. They heard a muted "Come in!" from the other side and walked in. Greene was sitting at her desk, presumably grading papers.

Greene was rather tall. She was pale and was covered in freckles. Her hair was ginger, her eyes were a bright green. Even though she was sitting down, Morgan knew she wore an old fashioned white blouse, a brown leather vest, black leather pants and grey combat boots. Her expansive brown and white feathered eagle wings were folded on her back.

She looked up. "Ah, Mister Rubrum, Miss Tori. Do you have a problem with the coursework or another issue?" she asked.

Morgan tried to calm his nerves. "I'm here because of Professor Ozpin's suggestion. I've decided to accept."

The other Faunus nodded in appreciation. "Okay. Let's get started, then."

AN: Shit, that took awhile! I want to pose something. I want to write a spinoff of this with Wasperia as the main perspective character. I want to see if you guys are interested. Also, I feel it is now necessary for a height chart for MRLD. Morgan is 6'06", Robin is 5'06", Lilo is 5'10", Donna is 6'04". Next one will have very important story bits!

Alright, review and let me know what you think of the chapter! Until the next one!