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Chapter 8: Food Talks

(off screen)

The students and professors were anxious to see what was going to happen to Ren's 'other' next after seeing him have dinner with their headmaster and friend.

"Alright, you guys ready to see what happens next?" questioned Ruby to her friends after they all sat back down on their seats.

"Definitely, let's keep it going." Was the loud reply from Yang.

As if hearing her reply, the screen flared back to life.

(on screen)

It had been three weeks since Ren had been saved by Ozpin and the collard boy was much more comfortable in the apartment than when he first woke up in the now familiar bed.

The boy in question was currently sitting on 'his' bed getting his wound checked by Ozpin.

"I think we won't put a bandage back on and we'll let some air get to this" said the older man after feeling Ren's arm and feeling a scar from where the bullet entered.

(off screen)

Seeing the scar made everyone feel glad that Ren was able to survive and thankful that their headmaster saved the boy's life even though he did not know who he was.

(on screen)

"I've been meaning to ask" said Ozpin in a curious tone. "What is this?" he asked while putting his hand on Ren's collar which made the boy immediately push the older man's hand off and at the same time clutch the collar tightly while his breathing increased slightly in fear of it being removed from his neck and him becoming the 'attack dog' and hurting one of the only people to ever show him kindness.

Feeling Ren's defensive reaction Ozpin pulled his hands back and in an understanding tone told Ren that he was not going to take the collar off.

Hoping to calm the anxious young man down, Ozpin decided to tell him a quick story of his childhood cowboy hat.

"You know when I was a kid I had a cowboy hat, I slept in, I ate in it, I bathed in it and if anyone tried to take it off I had that same reaction, so I understand."

"Anyway, you've been cooped up here for weeks now, wouldn't you like to get some fresh air? Stretch your leg's a little, it's nice outside"

Ren, who didn't want to leave the comfort and safety of the homey apartment just looked down.

"It's nice in here" he quietly said.

Understanding the young man's fear Ozpin reassured him.

"You're afraid that if you go out you wouldn't be able to get back in?"

A nod was his only answer.

"We'll come back, I promise." Said the blind man in tone that showed he meant it.

An idea then came to Ozpin, a way to make Ren more open to the idea of going outside.

"Tell you the truth….I could use your help with something."

Perking up Ren asked "with pianos?" in excitement at the thought of tuning his favourite instrument. However, Ozpin had other plans in mind.

"No, help with walking Nora to school" he said which dampened the boy's earlier excitement.

(after walking Nora to the school)

Now at the front steps of the school the trio of Ozpin, Nora and Ren who was wearing new clothes stopped at the bottom step and were saying goodbye to Nora for the day.

"Alright we'll pick you up at 3 o'clock" said Ozpin.

"I'm 18 Oz" exasperated the girl.

"Yeah for a whole week" he countered.

"Don't worry I'll see at 3 o'clock" she said back hoping to ease her step-father's overprotectiveness.

(off screen)

"No matter how old you get; a father will always worry about his kids" stated Qrow while looking at his nieces. He could still remember how worried Tai sounded whenever he called to find out how his daughters were doing.

"Tell me about it, dad sometimes takes being protective to a whole new level" said Ruby, remembering how when she was younger her father would want to know her every move and would sometimes follow her in disguise whenever she left the house and went to the store to buy her dust rounds.

"His goofiness aside, I still love him and wouldn't trade him for anything in the world."

The others were all thinking of how protective their parents could be and could only cringe and sigh but at the same time smile because they were only protective out of love.

(on screen)

Finally easing Ozpin's worries, Nora said good bye to both him and Ren while kissing both of their cheeks.

Ren who could not remember ever experiencing something like a kiss before just stood still in shock while placing his hand on his cheek.

(off screen)

"Aaawww look at him, his first kiss and he doesn't know what to do next" cooed Yang while laughing and the boy in the question just steeled his features while trying to show no reaction at seeing his counterpart get a kiss from Nora, the girl who he was not 'together-together' with.

"Would being 'together-together' be such a bad thing?" he asked himself while glancing at the girl who was currently trying and failing to fight the blush that appeared on her face when she witnessed herself kiss the ninja boy.

"Me and Renny can't be 'together-together', it would ruin what we have now, I can't believe she- I did that!" "But would us being 'together-together' really be so terrible?" questioned the hyper active girl to herself, glancing towards Ren she saw the boy looking in her direction and immediately looked away with a blush threatening to rise again.

"I/I need to think about this later." Was the thought of both of them.

Deciding to question their thoughts at a later date both Ren and Nora turned their attention back to the screen while tuning out the laughter and chuckles from their friends.

"Ah youth" said Professor Ozpin to himself while sipping his never ending coffee with a smile on his face as he observed their antics.

(on screen)

After Nora entered the school Ozpin turned to Ren who was still frozen on the spot.

"You alright?" he asked while smirking slightly.

"She kissed me." stated Ren in a bit of shock.

"Yeah she does that, so how was it?" asked Ozpin curiously.

"Wet"

A bit unexpected but Ozpin went on.

"Is that all?" he asked, hoping to get more than just "wet" from the boy.

"Nice" added Ren with a smile.

"Wet. Nice. Sounds like what a kiss ought to feel like" said the man accepting Ren's description of his kiss.

"Come on Ren, we have a lot to do today so let's get moving" said Ozpin and the duo walked into town to finish their errands for the day.

Walking into a supermarket Ozpin greeted the cashier warmly who returned the warm greeting with one of her own.

"Good morning Maddy!"

"Morning luv" she greeted.

"Maddy run's the best supermarket in town" praised Ozpin who then decided to introduce his companion who was currently hiding shyly behind him.

"Maddy, this is Ren."

"Hello Ren" came her cheerful greeting but the boy just hid his face in Ozpin's coat.

"He's a little shy" explained Ozpin but the woman just waved it off and replied that she liked her men shy as it presented more of a challenge for a girl while winking suggestively at the boy who now feeling even shy tried to burry himself in Ozpin's coat who laughed heartily.

(off screen)

"Do girls really like shy boys?" questioned Jaune as it went against what his father told him that all girls looked for in a man was confidence.

"Maayybe, would you like to find out vomit boy? I'm sure I could help you find the answer" said Yang while giving her fellow blonde a suggestive smile and pushing out her above average chest slightly which caused quite the reaction.

While her first comment irked him because of that nick-name, her second one as well as the smile caused Jaune to blush quite heavily at what the busty blonde was suggesting but it was her emphasizing her breasts that caused the strangest phenomenon to occur in anime and manga. Jaune was rocketed out of his seat by geyser of blood shooting out of his nose which knocked him out with a goofy smile on his face.

After witnessing what her teasing had caused sent Yang into a fit of laughter that was contagious except for few that included Weiss who found such behaviour deplorable and Pyrrha who was miffed that Jaune reacted to the brawlers 'assets' in such a way.

After coming-to Jaune apologised and resumed his seat but refused to make eye contact with Yang who was sporting the biggest shit-eating grin ever.

"Wow vomit boy, if I knew you would react like that to my 'girls' I would've teased you more often" she said while cupping her chest which caused the poor boy to blush cherry red.

"Enough Yang! Can't you see how embarrassed he is?" stated Pyrrha firmly while trying reassure Jaune that he did nothing wrong.

"Jeez P-money I didn't mean to upset you so much, or are just jealous that he didn't react to your 'girls' in such a way. Maybe you should practice a little and give him a 'private show'." Suggested Yang, still grinning like a maniac.

Jaune, not being able handle the images in his head of his beautiful red haired partner giving him a 'private show' as Yang put it caused another massive nose bleed that knocked him out a second time.

Pyrrha who was blushing redder than her hair and Ruby's cloak combined immediately went to his aid all the while her teammates were laughing at the ridiculous scene in front of them.

Finally, after everyone calmed down and Jaune got his mind out of the gutter they resumed watching.

(on screen)

Ren and Ozpin were now at the fruit and vegetable aisle and Ozpin decided to pass on more of his age old wisdom to the young man with him.

"My mother could take two stones and a cup of water and still make a three course meal" stated Ozpin with pride in his voice.

"As soon as I was old enough she gave me secret to great cooking and now I'm going to teach it to you, so do you want to know the secret" he asked Ren who replied with and enthusiastic "yes" and nodded his head so fast it looked like it might pop off.

"Ok here's the secret" said Ozpin to Ren who waited in anticipation.

"Food talks" was the simple answer.

"Food talks?" came Ren's confused reply.

"Yes, food talks, betcha didn't know that did you? It will tell you all you need to know and all you have to do is learn the language" explained Ozpin to the still unconvinced Ren.

Deciding to demonstrate Ozpin picked up a big yellow melon and continued his explanation.

"You see this melon here?" he then tapped it a few times with his finger. "What do you think that's saying?" he asked.

"tuf tuf" replied Ren who tried replicating the sound he heard which made Ozpin burst into laughter.

After getting his laughter under control he went on to explain that the sound from his tapping actually meant the fruit was ripe and that ripe meant sweet. Further explaining what ripe meant confused Ren a little as he now believed the kiss he received from Nora earlier was 'ripe' because ripe meant sweet and sweet meant good. Ozpin tried to clarify his words but Ren was still a bit confused by the end so Ozpin decided to give Ren the job of finding ripe melon's.

(2 hours later, back in the apartment)

After buying everything they needed Ozpin, deciding to teach Ren about cooking started giving the boy instructions and explanations.

"Now cooking speaks to us in another language, which we listen to with our tongues by tasting…look at these beauties" explained Ozpin who was then examining a string of sausages.

Hearing no reply from the collard boy Ozpin expanded his other senses and found Ren at the cabinet where he was supposed to get a pot for Ozpin to use, he was just standing still and staring at the pictures pinned to the door of the cabinet.

Realizing what had the boy's attention Ozpin, after making his way beside Ren started to explain the history and memories of each photograph.

"That's Nora when she was just a little baby"

"That's Nora and her mom. Her father was my best friend. He died before Victoria was born. Her mother was my best friend also and so after he dies we got married."

"Then there was the car accident when Nora was eight years old. Her mother was killed and I lost my eyesight. After that Nora was left with me."

"Funny how families get made, isn't it?"

"You got any family?" asked Ozpin after he finished explaining the details of his and Nora's family and how he lost his eyesight.

"I don't know" replied Ren.

The screen went dark after that final comment and everyone started discussing what they saw but one of them was deep in thought.

While everybody was gushing at the pictures of baby Nora, calling her cute and adorable but the bomber of team JNPR was quite as she stared at the pictures of her late mother. She didn't have many memories of her parents but she still could recall the happiness and love they provided until it was all ripped away by a grimm that found its way into her village, she could vividly remember the screams of her father telling her mother to take Nora and run while he tried to fight the soulless monster with his Warhammer. He did not survive and her mother died soon after by drawing the grimm to her so Nora could escape, her mother's last words still flowed through as if it were spoken yesterday.

(flashback)

"My little Valkyrie, I know I promised you and your father that I would protect you, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to break that promise" a crying orange haired woman said as she hid her daughter in a hollow tree.

"You are such a brave girl and I hate that I'm not going to see you grow up to be the kind, strong and beautiful woman I am certain you will be one day."

"Momma why can't you stay!? We can hide here together! Please don't leave me alone momma!" cried a young Nora as her mother hid her away and made it clear she wasn't going to join her.

"There isn't enough room and this way you will have a good chance of surviving, I am so sorry but a parent must make sure their children live longer than them and I wouldn't be a good mother if I let my only daughter die before me." said the crying mother as she hugged her child for the last time. Without her noticing, Nora's mother pinched a nerve on her daughter's neck that instantly made her pass out.

Placing a final kiss on her daughter's head the brave mother stood up and covered the opening of the tree with branches "I love you Nora, my little Valkyrie, I will always love you, me and your father will be watching over you. Goodbye."

With her final goodbyes said, the woman wiped her tears and ran through the forest with a determined look on her face and leaving her sleeping daughter in a tree.

(end flashback)

Tears were running down Nora's face as she recalled her last moments with her mother. When she woke up in the tree alone she travelled alone and eventually made it to Kuroyuri and met she had to struggle and fight just to find something to eat and after a few days when she was being bullied by some of the children in an alleyway a boy with magenta eyes and his father interrupted them which gave her a chance to run and hide.

"Hey are you ok Nora?" asked her leader in concern when noticed her tears.

"Y-yeah I… I'm fine" she replied after wiping her tears from her face while everyone looked at her with concern on their faces.

"You know we're all here for you, no matter what" said Ren with a pretty good idea on why Nora was so emotional at seeing the photos.

New tears threatened to fall as Ren grabbed her hand in support and then she cried in happiness as team RWBY's leader invited her team and the rest of JNPR to join in a group hug in which they all complied.

Now calmed down Nora managed to explain how her mother managed to escape with her only to sacrifice herself so her daughter would live on and this brought a new batch of tears of sympathy from everyone who immediately hugged the hammer wielding girl again.

"Just remember Nora we're more than friends and comrades, we're family now and family looks out for each other no matter what" said Pyrrha to the girl who had become like a sister she always wanted.

"Thank you all so much guys, for everything" a grateful Nora manged to say while still cocooned in a hug from her now declared family.

The adults could only smile at the heart warming scene in front of them and remained quiet as the two teams comforted their distressed friend.

"Ok let's take a break and wait for the screen to power up again" suggested Weiss.

Everyone agreed and went off to refresh themselves while their host was watching from the shadows with a happy grin on his face.

END.

'BUM BUM BUM ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST. BUM BUM BUM ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST AND ANOTHER ONE GONE AND ANOTHER ONE GONE, ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST.'

That's another chapter done and sorry that it took longer to upload but I've been busy with some real life problems.

Anyway I sincerely hope you all enjoyed this chapter because I loved writing it and I actually got emotional and cried while writing the scene of Nora's mother saying goodbye and sacrificing herself for her daughter to live. Since we don't have much backstory on Nora and how her parents died yet I decided to write my own version of it happened and how she ended up in Ren's village alone.

That's all for now, with it being festive season I don't know if I'll be able to update regularly and might put this story on hiatus, but we'll see what happens. See you all next time, have a wonderful day and enjoy your life. JA NE!