SKREEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNK! Godzilla roar* I have returned to finish what I have started.

Hello, my friends, I am back with another chapter of Black Roses! Dear lord it's taken me too long to update this story and I want to apologize for that. So there're somethings I want to say, First, is that all the chapters before this update have been revised and updated to the best of my skill; I also changed and added a few new scenes to the story which in my opinion might make this story a bit more…interesting. So if you want please reread the story, it'll maybe help understand some of the future chapters and maybe you might enjoy it even more.

Second, responding to reviews,

Talonsen: My friend you nearly scared me with the info you laid out to me about Ki. For a second I thought you were going to yell at me or something, but none the less I appreciate the help, but for the sake of the story and to keep it as simple as possible I'll have it explained the same or similar way that Gohan explained to Videl.

To Haters: Oh yes YES the haters AHAHAHAHA! This pain will make me even stronger. Can't live without them, can't we?

One other thing, for those who are annoyed at the fact that I made Black weaker in this fic you are not alone, I'm not lying when I say I hated myself for doing this to Black he's one of my favorite characters too so it pains me to do that to him but for the sake of the story and upcoming chapters what I did must remain for now.

Now that I got that out of the way, let's get this chapter started!

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In a forest, a deer walked around as it searched for food. It was then startled when someone crashed into a nearby tree. The person who crashed into the tree was on her hands and knees, the woman was none other than Raven Branwen. Blood dripped down her forehead as she heavily took in breathes. She looked up and glared at the approaching man. "Get up, we're not done." The one who ordered her was Black.

Raven gritted her teeth and rushed at him, slashing across his chest which Black evaded simply by leaning back. Raven brought her sword down in another attempt to hit him but again Black dodged by twisting his body to the right.

She continued next with a series of slashes and kicks with her maximum speed but none seem to hit him as he kept blocking and dodging them. Raven did one more slash to the Black's head but unfortunately ducked under it and delivered a strong punch to her gut causing her to cough up saliva. He then created a small ki orb and blasted her away.

Raven landed on her back and skidded back. Coming to a halt, she pushed herself back onto her feet and held her sword in front of her. Black raised his hand and fired a couple of ki blasts at her. Raven prepared herself and waited till the blasts were close enough before using her sword to cut through Black's attacks. The cut half's of Black's attack exploded behind her as she glared at him.

"Hmph," He continued to fire more blast at her to which she responded by cutting through them with her sword. As she continued to slice through each ki blast Black fired them faster. The blasts then began to hit Raven as she couldn't slice through all of them. Part of her armor and clothes were being chipped off and torn from the ki blasts, leaving burn marks on her body. In the middle of the attack Black appeared in front of her and aimed a punch at her face but Raven managed to raise her forearm and block it. The force of the punch caused her to skid back.

Black wasn't done yet; he skipped forward with his ki blade out and brought it down. Raven curved her body out of the way of the blade, before using her left hand to bring down her sword. Black rose his ki blade and stopped the sword from hitting him. He deactivated his ki blade and grabbed the sword and using his free hand he aimed another punch to Raven's face.

Raven caught the fist with some struggle. They both stood there crossed locked. Raven tried to overpower the false Saiyan but to no avail. Black surprised Raven by twisting his body to the right, flipping her over him, and slamming her back to the ground. The impact caused some of the air to leave her body. She quickly regained her senses and was about to get up but stopped when she saw a ki orb mere inches away from her faces. "I win, yet again." He said.

Black got up and stepped away letting Raven some space to get up as well. "You're still holding back," Raven said with annoyance in her tone.

"If I were to use my full strength these sparring matches wouldn't be fun at all." He said with a bored look. Raven sucked in her teeth as an annoyed look appeared on her face. She sheathed her sword and grabbed her broken mask that laid on the ground. "You promised me information, and I have yet to receive anything from you."

Raven looked back at him, "What is it you would like to know?"

"Salem is after these 'Maidens" I want to know what so special about them and why they're so important."

"I guess you really are a pawn to her if she didn't tell you anything about the Maidens," Raven said which earned her a death glare. "The Maidens are four powerful women who can use magic without the need of dust. They also have a different role as well," Black continued to listen. "They are keys to opening the vaults that contain the relics."

"Relics?"

"Yes, since there're four Maidens, there're four relics as well. Knowledge, Choice, Destruction, and Creation, these relics were created by two gods that existed on Remnant long ago," Black narrowed his eyes when he heard the mention of the two gods of Remnant. They sounded familiar two that of a God of Destruction and Supreme Kai.

Raven continued, "If someone were to gain all the relics they would literally be able to do whatever they want, that's what Salem is trying to do."

"Tell me more about these…gods."

"The two gods were brothers, the older one had the power of creation while the younger brother had the power of destruction. During the day the older brother would create water, plants, and wildlife, but when night came the younger brother would be disgusted by these creations and would destroy them by creating fire, drought, and diseases." Now that defiantly doesn't sound like a God of Destruction and Supreme Kai. The way they're described made them sound like them but not at all as well…unless.

"These…gods, where are they now?" Black asked.

"You expect me to know?" Raven shrugged, "They abandoned Remnant a long time ago." Black looked the side, questions began to pop in his head. Unfortunately, none can be answered by this woman; he'll just have to look for someone who can. "What you've told me intrigues me. I expect more information the next time we spar." Black said.

Raven used her sword to open a portal, "Of course, that's our deal. But maybe next time don't hold back on me." She said while walking through the portal. But as soon as she stepped through Black said something that made her eyes widen. "The same goes for you, Maiden." Before she could respond the portal closed.

Black stood there with his arms crossed as he was left in the middle of the woods. "Guess I should start heading back," As soon as he took a step he sensed something within the forest. It was faint but he could sense someone nearby. "Someone's been watching us," That was something he could not allow. Now walking further into the forest he followed the ki.

As he walked through the forest he looked side to side trying to find this person. But couldn't spot anyone, even his Saiyan hearing and sense of smell couldn't pick up anything yet this ki felt so close as it were just a couple of steps away. Walking a bit further he began to get slightly annoyed by this, "Damn their Aura, can't sense them correctly with it interfering."

Black was about to give up and level the place but then spotted a white cloak go behind a tree to his right. Having enough of this he skipped toward to the tree and activated his ki blade readied to kill the person, but as he turned to see, he saw nothing. "What the, I could've sworn I saw someone." He looked around again but saw nothing and what was even weirder was the energy he was sensing a while ago was now gone. "The hell is going on?"

Black sucked in his teeth, maybe it was a deer or something and he's just imagining things. He could blame that on the lack of sleep he's been getting. Blasting off into the air Black headed back to Beacon.

Upon returning to Beacon Black headed to the combat area where he heard his team would be. On his way there he noticed a lot of new students and Atlas soldiers. "Seems that Ironwood still here." Finally reaching the combat arena he saw that a matching was going on between Pyrrha Nikos and Mercury. "What are they up to now?" He asked himself.

"Hey Black," Ruby waved from the side. "We saved you a seat." He noticed Emerald sitting behind them with a slight smirk on her face. Ignoring the mint hair girl Black walked over to his friends and sat next to Ruby and watched the match. During the match he noticed a few things, one was that Mercury wasn't taking the fight seriously; the other was that some of Mercury's attacks that should have landed didn't. It was like some force pushed his attacks away. Oddly enough no one seemed to notice except for himself, Mercury, and Emerald. "Must've been her semblance that caused him to miss," He thought.

"It's impressive that she's able to keep going just after finishing a match against a whole team." Gohan commented.

Before they all knew it, Mercury forfeited causing the match to end which surprised Nikos. "You don't want to even try? She asked Mercury.

"Why should I? You're a four-time champion, we're obviously leagues apart." The comment caused Pyrrha to frown. "Whelp, looks like that's it huh?" Yang said as she and everyone else got up and left the arena. As the group walked out Black glance at Gohan time from time wondering if what he thought about Goku and Gohan being related was true. The thought of it still made his blood boil with anger.

Ruby looked at Black and noticed his angered look, "Hey Black, you alright?" She asked. Black glanced at the redhead, "I'm fine," He answered.

"You sure? Cause you look kinda mad." Ruby said back.

"Ruby this is Black we're talking about, he always looks mad." Nora carelessly said which earned her a glare from him. "Well, if something is bothering you feel free to tell us, we're here to help." Gohan said with a smile. Black stared at the Saiyan hybrid for a second before walking off leaving the group confused.

The rest of the day went by normal surprisingly with only Blake disappearing time from time. The day ended with Professor Oobleck's class. "Now remember students the essay on the ancient ruins of Remnant is due next class." Some of the students groaned from the reminder. Ruby was about to walk back to her dorm till she saw Black standing by the door waiting for her. "Hey there Black," She greeted.

Instead of saying hi back Black said, "We start now, met me by the Forever Fall forest. Make sure you're not followed." He turned and walked away.

Yang walked up behind Ruby and gave her a pat on the back. "What were you two talking about?" She asked.

"Oh n-nothing, I was just… asking about Saber Rose." She lied.

Yang snickered at this, "You really do love weapons huh."

"A bit too much I might say." Weiss joined in.

"What'd you mean by that?" Ruby asked with a confused look. "Did you forget? Nora, Ren, and I saw you tucking in Crescent Rose one morning." Ruby blushed in embarrassment while Yang laughed. The rest of team BAGL and JNPR came up due to the laughter, "What's going on here?" Gohan asked.

"I was reminding Ruby of the time when we caught her treating Crescent Rose like a child, tucking her weapon in." Weiss said Nora snorted as she remembered that moment. "Oh yeah, that was pretty funny."

"Nora be nice," Ren said. Ruby face redden even more as she slightly slumped down. "There's no need to be embarrassed Ruby it just shows that you care for your weapon." Gohan said trying to cheer up the redhead.

"Y-You're not the only one t-that treats their weapon like a ch-child. Lewis does the same with Hammy." Alli said.

Lewis nodded with a happy smile. "Yep, oh that reminds me, I gotta go give Hammy a bath." With that, the happy purple hair boy ran off. "I sometimes doubt that he's actually a teenager," Weiss said. They laughed, "He does act a bit weird but that's what makes him a good friend." Pyrrha said. Ruby smiled, but then remembered what Black told her. She slowly took steps back as she watched her friends talk.

As she backed away she turned and started walking away, till someone grabbed her by the shoulder. "Hey, where're you going?" Yang asked.

Ruby quickly turned around and waved her hands in front of her. "N-No where! I mean, I am going somewhere just not in the school."

Yang raised a brow, "You're going to the city?"

"Y-Yea, there was a comic I saw that kind of interested me. I was thinking about going back and check it out."

"Alright then I'll come with, just gotta pick up my test grade from Professor Port. I got a good feeling about my grade thanks to Gohan's study sessions." She looked over to the Saiyan hybrid and smiled which he noticed and waved.

"Oh well, you see about that the comic is on…sale! And I wanted to check it out before they're all gone." Ruby explained.

A concerned look appeared on Yang's face. "Ruby you know going to the city alone is dangerous now especially with the White Fang, Torchwick and Dark Saiyaman out there."

"I know but I really wanna see that comic," She whined. "Look, I promise that if I see any of them I'll run the other direction." Yang stared at her sister.

"What's going on here?" Weiss spoke from behind the brawler. Yang noticed Ruby's eyes widen when Weiss spoke up. Knowing the heiress she'll probably deny Ruby's request to go. "Ruby was just telling me that Professor Ozpin wanted to speak with her."

Yang glances at her sister and winked. "Oh, well when you're done we'll be in the combat arena training." The heiress said. Ruby nodded and ran off.

Ruby sat on a log as she waited for Black to show up. "Wonder what's taking him so long?" She said. Checking her scroll it read 4:19 PM. She sighed and looked up at the sky. "Wonder what kind of training we'll do?" She thought.

A twig snapped behind her. On instinct Ruby quickly pulled out Crescent Rose in its gun mode and aimed at the direction of the sound. "Who's there?"

A moment passed with no response till, "Ruby?" From behind a tree walked out Jaune. "J-Jaune?! What're you doing here?!"

"I-I should be saying the same thing to you?" He retorted with a stutter.

"Oh, w-well you see I come here all the time and enjoy…nature!" It was a terrible lie but it was the fastest thing she could come up with. Thankfully Jaune wasn't someone who could pick up a lie. "Oh,"

"W-What about you? I don't think I've ever seen you around here?" Her eyes narrowed as she noticed him sweating a bit. "Oh you know, just taking a walk here."

"I don't think it's safe to take walks around here with the Grimm roaming around." Ruby said.

"O-Oh, I guess I kind of forgot about them." Jaune rubbed his neck in a nervous act and looked to the side. Ruby looked up to a tree as she nervously thought about how bad this situation she was in is. If Black were to show up and see Jaune it would be the end of her training, and she didn't even start yet! She has to come up with a way to get Jaune to leave, she just hopes Black comes a little late-. "You're here," Spoke a voice from behind Ruby.

At the moment Ruby felt pure horror. Quickly turning she saw that it was Black. "B-Black?! She stuttered and oddly enough so did Jaune.

"This isn't what it looks like he showed up when I was just sitting by the log waiting for you to show up! This isn't what it looks like she was already sitting here while I walking around the forest trying to look for you!" They both simultaneously spoke.

Black just stared as the two continued to explain themselves. He couldn't even tell whose words went with whom. "Quiet," Immediately both Jaune and Ruby shut up. "I can't understand a single word either of you are saying."

Ruby was about to speak but Black's gaze landed on her, fear crept into Ruby's body causing her to look down to her feet. "I guess I should've said this sooner." Black looked over to Jaune who also held a nervous expression. "Jaune, Ruby is going to be your new partner for the rest of your training. The two teen's face turned into a surprised look. Ruby faced towards Jaune. "You-You've been training with Black, since when?"

"Since what happened the last time we came here," Jaune responded.

"Oh," She then looked back at Black, "So what kind of training have you been giving him?"

"I wouldn't really put it under the category of training it was more of exercising sessions for him. So that his body could get a feel of what kind of training he'll be enduring." Black said.

"Will I have to do it too?" Ruby asked.

"No sense you're more physically fit and stronger than Jaune was back then." Black responded.

"Wait so we're done with all those exercises?" Jaune asked. Black nodded and crossed his arms. "Now we begin you're training. First, we're going to increase your endurance, strength, and speed. Then we'll start on how to fight in martial arts before moving on to something…special." Both Ruby and Jaune had a determined look.

"Now, close your eyes," Black ordered. The two teens hesitated for a second before complying. Black raised his two hands in front of him; soon the bodies of both Ruby and Jaune were surrounded by a white light before it died out. Almost immediately they felt an enormous amount of weight causing them to almost fall over. Ruby and Jaune gritted their teeth as they used all their might to stop themselves from falling over. "My goal is to get you two to far surpass your limits before the tournament," Black said.

Jaune weakly looked up and asked. "Ho-How much do these weigh?" Referring to the jacket and sweatpants that appeared on them. "300 pounds total." The answer caused the teen's eyes to widen. "300!?" They both yelled.

"I won't be holding back in your training. Be grateful that I didn't make it 500."

"I'm pretty sure that would kill us." The teen's thought. Black walked forward a bit before stopping. "You both will walk from here all the way to that hill." The hill he was pointing at was a really good distance away. "That's like almost at the other side of the forest!" Jaune said.

"Then you better start moving," Black said back.

"Wait what about the Grimm? You're not actually going to leave us?!" Ruby shouted. Black looked over his shoulder before proceeding forward. "B-Black?!" She called out.

Black's form disappeared within the forest. "He-He'll come back, right?" Instead of answering Ruby took one step forward. "Ruby?"

"Knowing Black, he's not gonna come back." She took another step and then another. "Aw man," Jaune groaned before taking a step forward.

Black meditated as he waited for the two to arrive. "They're taking longer than I thought." His ears than began to pick up something. Opening his eyes he finally saw the two teens struggling to come to him.

Ruby felt like her body was about collapse with every step she took. Jaune was also in the same situation. After another two minutes of walking, they finally fell to their hands and knees in front of Black. They heavily breathe in air as sweat dripped from their faces. "Good you two finally made it. Only took you two 1 hour and 41 minutes." Black got up and walked past them. "Now make your way back to the log." Both of their eyes widen. "WH-WHAT?!" Black ignored them and continued to walk. "I'd hurry if I were you. The Grimm become more active at night in these woods." He said back before disappearing into the forest.

"You-You got to be, kidding me." Jaune said between breaths. "Something tells me he enjoys seeing us in pain." Instead of responding Ruby pushed herself back up. "Whelp nothing we can do about it. Just, gotta, endure it." She said and proceeded to walk back. "He-Hey wait up!" Jaune pushed himself up and walked after the redhead.

After another painful and tiring journey back they finally made it. Collapsing onto the floor they let their muscles rest a bit. "Impressive, you manage to get here 20 minutes earlier." Black said.

"Can, Can we have a short break?" Jaune asked between breaths. "Break, why would you need a break? We barely started."

"Black please, we need a break." Ruby pleaded. The false Saiyan looked at the two teens and remembered something. They're both human mortals, their bodies aren't like that of a Saiyan or any other beings he's encountered, their bodies are fragile. If they don't get a break he might accidentally break them. "Fine, five minutes then we get back to work."

"Five minutes?!" Jaune whined.

"You wanna make it three?" Black asked in an annoyed tone.

"N-No five minutes sound good." The blondie responded. As the two teens rested, Black sat on the log and waited for the five minutes to pass by. "Who knew that we'd already be this sore just by walking." Ruby said.

"Yea but I'm pretty sure anyone would be if they had to carry 300 pounds." Jaune said back. A question then popped in Ruby's head. "Hey Black," She called out catching his attention, "How did you even get this on us?" She asked referring to the jacket and sweatpants.

"You'll find out when you're further into your training." Was all he said. The timer on his scroll went off. "Five minutes are up, time to get back to your training. Now since you both are on your stomachs I want you to give me 100 pushups, mess up and you'll go back 10 pushups, now start." Ruby and Jaune groaned as they used their arms to push themselves up before lowering themselves down.

"1…2…3…4…5," They continued on for the next 15 minutes struggling to make it to 100 messing up a couple times which set them back 10 pushups. "94…95…96…97," Ruby's body was screaming at her to stop but she just couldn't. Jaune felt like he was about to pass out but still forced his body to do one more push. "98…99…100!" They fell back to their stomachs and coughed a bit as they were extremely exhausted. "My arms…feel like…jelly." Ruby managed to say between breaths.

"Get up we're not done yet." Black order,

"I don't think we can." Jaune said. Black sucked in his teeth and grabbed them both by the back of their collar and easily picked them both up back on their feet surprising them both. "I said we're not done. Now I want you both to land at least one hit on me while wearing those weighted clothes." Jaune and Ruby looked at each other before proceeding forward. Jaune reached over and tried to hit Black only for him to take a step back. Their eyes slightly widen. "What, I never said I would stay in one spot. Now hurry, we don't got much time today." He ordered.

Back in Beacon Gohan was in the library going through his notes. "Man if it weren't for father teaching me this stuff earlier I would most defiantly have trouble understanding this." A cup of orange juice was placed next to him. Looking up he saw that it was Yang. "Hey, hot's stuff whatcha up to?" She asked taking a seat next to him.

"Just going through some notes about the Grimm anatomy," He said.

"Geez, you're always studying or training whenever I see you."

"We're students that's what we're supposed to do." Gohan innocently answered back. Yang rolled her eyes, "Well yea, but you should relax and have some fun from time to time. Man you're starting to become like the Ice Queen." Gohan looked back at his notes, before thinking about what his father said to him before sending him off to Beacon. To enjoy his life as much as he can, "I guess you're right." He closed his notebook and smiled at her.

Yang smiled back and gave him a pat on the back. "Now that's more like it."

Gohan chuckled, "So what do you want to do today?" Yang thought for a bit, it was pretty late… wait, "Hey Gohan I never got the chance to take you to that fun club I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. I hear they finally repaired all the damages," She moved closer and stared at him with half-lidded eyes which confused the hybrid. "If you want we could go there and have some fun."

Gohan smiled. "Sure, let me just take my stuff back to the dorm." As he was getting up Lewis, Nora, Pyrrha, Ren, and Alli entered the library. "Hey guys, where are you off to?" Nora asked.

"We're heading to a club that Yang knows." Gohan said.

"Ooooo that sounds like fun, can we come?! Lewis excitedly asked. Yang was about to speak and deny them but before she could Gohan spoke up first. "Sure you guys can come." Nora and Lewis high fived,

"I've never been to a club before so this should be an interesting experience." Pyrrha said.

"M-Me too," Alli said while Ren raised his hand.

"Well that settles it, we're all going to the club. This should be fun right Yang? Yang?" The brawler was seen on her hands and knees with a depressed cloud raining above her. "So close, so close, so close," She quietly mumbled to herself much to the group's confusion.

Back with Ruby and Jaune, they were seen sweating and panting heavily as they tried their very best not to fall over due to the weight of the clothes they're wearing. "Come on its already dark and you haven't even come close to landing one finger on me." Black spoke with annoyance in his tone.

"It's…not as easy as…you think." Jaune said between breaths.

Black narrowed his eyes, "Fine then, this should motivate you two." He walked up to them and then punched Jaune in the gut before aiming a kick to Ruby but fortunately for her, she raised her arms quickly enough to block the attack but sent her tumbling back. "Instead of trying to land a hit on me you both are going to dodge all my attacks until you get used to those weights. Without warning, he charged at them and attacked with combinations of punches and kicks. Ruby and Jaune were at his mercy as they were unable to block his attacks.

For the next half hour, they were being beaten around. Jaune crashed into a tree and Ruby skidded on the floor next to him. Black walked up and reached over, grabbing them both by the collar and lifting them back onto their feet before pushing them back a bit causing them to stumble back a bit.

The two teens were so exhausted that standing up was too much work for them. Black charged at them once more and aimed a fist to their gut. Black was sure this next attack was going to finish them but to his surprise, they blocked his fists with both of their hands. Looking up he saw them gritting their teeth as they tried to push him back. Black hummed in amusement but kept a serious look.

Pushing them back he rushed at Jaune first and aimed a punch to his face but missed as Jaune curved his body just in time to dodge the hit. Black spun around and tried planting his foot to Ruby's stomach but like Jaune she dodged the attack, taking a step back. Black jumped back and stared at them; both were wearing a serious look. He was about to rush at them again but suddenly they fell to the floor surprising him. Walking up to the downed teens he checked their pulse. "Their alive probably must've fallen unconscious."

In one of Vale's club, Junior was found behind the counter attending his customers. "Man it's good to finally be back in business." He gazed at all the people dancing and enjoying his club. Today was a good day for him till, "GUESS WHO'S BACK?!" Yang yelled as she kicked the front doors open.

Some of the people inside the club looked at her with a confused look. Junior facepalm, "I spoke too soon."

Yang walked up to the counter with the others following. "So this is a club, it's pretty loud and lively." Ren commented.

"Of course it is, come on we gotta dance!" Nora ran into the crowd with Ren, Lewis, and Pyrrha.

"Hey Junior, how's business going?" Yang asked.

"Blondie, what're you doing here?"

"Oh calm down, I'm just here to party with my friends nothing else." Yang reassured. Gohan walked up, "Is everything alright?"

"Yea, just saying hello to my friend here," Yang said.

Junior looked to the side, "Yea, friend," Alli then appeared next to the brawler. "Umm, s-sir can I have a glass of w-water?"

"Yea here kid, drink up." Junior placed the glass on the counter. Alli hopped on the stool and took the glass of water. Her tail fluttered as she drank. Junior noticed the tail and immediately someone came to his mind. Leaning over the counter he inspected the girl. "Have we met before?" He asked which caused Alli to stop drinking and lean back. "N-No I-I-I-I don't think s-so," She nervously answered.

Junior continued to stare at her which made Alli real uncomfortable. Gohan noticed this and pulled Alli away. "Sorry sir but she's really not good with people and gets scared when people stare at her." Junior looked at Gohan for a second before glancing at Alli one last time. "Yea, sorry about that, she just reminded me about someone." Yang was laughing in the inside from all this. Oh if only he who was in front of him. Grabbing Gohan and Alli she pulled them to the dance floor. "Come on guys we came here to have fun. So stop standing there and dance." Gohan chuckled; this was going to be a long night.

Silver eyes slowly opened, "Ugh, wha-what happened?" Looking to the side she saw Jaune resting on a log. With a groan, she pushed herself to a sitting position. Looking around she noticed that she was still in the Forever Fall forest. Groaning was then heard to her right. Jaune began waking up. "Aw man, where am I?"

"Jaune,"

"Oh hey, Ruby, what happened?"

"Not really sure. I just woke up, but it looks pretty late." She said, looking up at the moon. Footsteps were heard from behind. "You two are finally awake." Looking back they saw Black who was holding a bag. "Oh hey Black, Umm… do you know what happened to us?" Ruby asked.

"You two lost conscious while training," He bluntly said.

Jaune's eyes shot up, "Wait what time is it?"

"It's 11:53," Ruby's eyes widen as so did Jaune's. "We've been unconscious for 3 hours?!" Black simply nodded. Was that so hard to take in? "Aw man, my team are probably wondering where I am." Jaune tried getting up but immediately regretted it as he fell forward. "Take it easy Jaune, our bodies are still sore from the training we did." Jaune ignored her and tried to get up again only to fall back.

"You should listen to her. All you're going to achieve right now is the increasing number of times you fall." Black said. Ruby noticed the bag he was carrying. "What's in the bag?"

"Herbs I bought for my tea." The forest went quiet for a few seconds. "Y-You didn't happen to leave us here unconscious, right?" Ruby asked with a hint nervousness in her voice. "I did."

Another few quiet seconds passed before Jaune exploded. "You left us?! Why would you leave us?! What if a Grimm attacked us while we were unconscious?!"

"I'd watch that tone of yours if I were you," Black warned immediately shutting up Jaune. "I made sure to kill any nearby Grimm before I left. I wasn't going to sit here and wait till you two regained consciousness."

Ruby sweatdropped, "That doesn't really make it any better." A stink filled Ruby's nose grabbing her blouse she sniffed it. "Ew I smell like sweat and my clothes are pretty sticky from it too."

"I recommend wearing something more loose and breathable next time." Black said.

"Noted," Jaune tried once again to stand back up but this time he actually managed to get back on his feet. Ruby followed too and stretched her limbs. "Man I can't wait to lay in my bed." The trio then walked back to Beacon along the way Jaune received a message from his team about Nora having a food battle with some strangers and that they need his help leaving Ruby and Black alone.

"Hey Black," The false Saiyan faced her upon hearing his name. "How'd you become so strong?"

"I trained," He responded.

"I know that what I mean is, has anyone trained you to be this good of a fighter?" The question made him stop in his tracks as memories from when Gowasu trained him. "Yes, an old man did." He said then continued on.

"What was he like?"

Black stared at the ground. "…He was wise, patient, and kind…but none the less a fool." The last part was said quietly with a slightly angered look. Mentally shaking his head he banished the memories of Gowasu. Not wanting any more attention on him he decided to ask her something. "What about you, who taught you how to use a Scythe?"

"Oh my uncle Qrow did, he also helped me build Crescent Rose too." Qrow, where has he heard that name before. "At first I was a complete mess but after a couple training sessions with my uncle, I'm now like," She then proceeded to imitate fighting noises while doing karate chops and punches. The whole scene weirded the false Saiyan but for some reason, it also amused him.

For the rest of the trip back to Beacon two talked about school, books/comics, likes and dislikes. Ruby laughed when Black told her about a time where Lewis woke him up by dumping cold water on him. "No matter how many times I tell the idiot to stop these annoying acts he simply keeps doing them." A tick mark appeared on his head. Ruby's laughter didn't help his anger too. "Oh man, maybe I should try it on Yang she always sleeps in. It's one of the reasons why most of the time we're always late to class." Ruby said.

They neared the front entrance of the school. Ruby stopped which caused Black to stop as well. "Black, I want to thank you for accepting to train me, I know right now I'm doing pretty bad." Black continued to stare at the redhead. "But won't give up, I'll continue to train and get stronger so that one day I'll be the one kicking your butt not the other way around." Ruby held her fist in front of her as the look of determination was shown in Ruby's eyes.

Black's eyes slightly widen due to her words of challenge towards his own power which made his blood race and a strange feeling in his chest. Closing his eyes he smiled, "Alright Ruby Rose I'll hold you on to that." He opened his eyes and grinned, "You better not disappoint."

Ruby tightened her fist that she still held in front of her and flashed her own grin. "I won't,"

The two stood there grinning at each other as the promise between them was made. "Heeeeey!" Looking to their right they saw Gohan carrying Yang over his shoulder. "Yang?" Ruby asked with her head tilted to the side.

Yang looked over and waved, her face was red. "What's wrong with her?" Black asked.

Ruby sighed, "She's drunk, again." Gohan nervously laughed. "Sorry I couldn't really stop her from drinking especially when Allison came out," Gohan said.

"Heheheh, I got to take a bath with Gohan." Yang giggled. The two teens stared at the hybrid. "She fell into a fountain and when I tried pulling her out Lewis and Allison pushed me in." Gohan placed the brawler down so that her sister could take her.

"Ugh its sooo hot!" Yang tried taking her shirt off causing Gohan to blush and cover his eyes. Ruby tried desperately to stop her. "Yang no we're in school!" Unfortunately for her, Yang managed to remove her shirt leaving only her bra on, then ran down the hall with Ruby chasing her. "Yang come on I can't run right now my body hurts!"

"Oh boy, I really hope Ms. Glynda isn't awake," Gohan said before following after her friend. Black was left there by the entrance. "Humans are so very strange."

AND DONE! Oh, my cheeztiz I finally finished only cost me three days of sleep. No I didn't just spend 72 hours just writing this chapter I had other things to do but whenever I had time I used that time to write. Rest assure the next chapter won't take 2 months to post like this one did, in fact, I'm starting on it right when this chapter is posted. Last but not least, I want to thank all you guys who have supported me this far, I know I'm not the best writer but I try and it's nice to see that you guys love the story so far. Whelp guess that all I have to say right not, catch you later PEACE!