Where has my inspiration gone?! I remember back in the day when I used to post chapters every day...maybe it's because I'm trying to make my chapter's longer or something.

Ten minutes of walking and jaune came to a stop so he could address the elephant in the room or the cat that followed. He turned to Blake but didn't quite know how to approach the subject so he went with the old fashioned answer and decided to be direct with her. Jaune coughed into his hand to get her attention "so, any idea what you plan to do now"?

Blake was deep in thought when jaunes question brought her out of it, truthfully she didn't put much thought into it before now. Her right hand latched on to her left arm, it was a nervous tick but she didn't really see any reason to hide her insecurity. "I'm not really sure yet, I just know I can't go back to menagerie or remain here in mistral for too long".

Jaune watched her for a few seconds before asking "anything I could do to help with your current housing problem"? She shook her head "it's kind of you to offer but we both know there's still not a chance you trust me". Jaune couldn't help the smile the grew on his face "we barely know each other and already you know me well".

Blake didn't know if that was a complement or not but it didn't dissuade her from what she really wanted from him. "Actually, there is something I was hoping to talk to you about, if you have time?

Jaune pulled out his scroll and saw the thirty seven missed calls from Coco, ruby and yang along with fifteen messages. Opening the last message sent to him had his face turning pale before he quickly pocketed. He was gonna kill junior for this "I've got plenty of time to talk" he said as calmly as possible but even Blake could see he was trying to hide from someone or something.

She followed after jaune until they reached a small diner where she could finally get the answers she wanted. Once seated, jaune quickly looked through the menu and ordered a cheeseburger while Blake chose a some fish and chips. Jaune leaned back in his seat and brought his iced tea to his lips for a quick sip before giving Blake his undivided attention.

"You said you had questions for me and I understand why but remember if I think it's to personal I'll refuse to answer". Blake nodded in understandment and jaune motioned for her to speak "I wanna know why you killed ilia". Jaune crossed his arms as he thought about her question until he shook his head and looked at her once more "I don't know anyone named ilia".

Blake's hands clenched tightly under the table in anger, he killed her and added one more faunus to his ever growing list of victims. Flexing her hands under the table and taking a deep breath slowly allowed her to reclaim her composer. The waiter brought their food, setting each dish in front of the one who ordered it before departing back to the kitchen.

Blake sat quietly as jaune munched on his cheeseburger without a care in the world. Reaching over for her food, Blake slowly ate her fish while she thought up a way to get him to remember ilia. A idea crossed her mind as she finished her fish "the girl that bandaged your leg after Adam stabbed you, you remember her right".

It took a small bit of time before jaune fully remembered "oh yeah, I remember there was someone like that". Jaune realized what she was trying to get at "I believe the last time I saw her, she was alive and well". Blake glared at him "she was alive and well, at least until you killed her when she went to find you after you escaped".

Jaune could feel the anger in her words but unfortunately for her, he just couldn't bring himself to feel bad for someone who was clearly another enemy. After popping a single fry in his mouth he looked to her once more "I didn't kill her but at least she's no longer around to care what I think". Blake slammed both of her hands on the table as she stood up "your no better than a monster" she hissed angrily.

Her reaction was about what he expected so it didn't really bother him, taking another fry and popping it in his mouth he stood from his own seat. Jaune reached into his pocket and pulled out a few lien to pay the bill but before he left for the cashier "I may be a monster but at least I don't pretend I'm not". Blake glared daggers into jaunes back as he left to pay for his food before leaving her alone in the diner with her thoughts.

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Mistral Tournament Grounds

A few hours before jaunes operation against the fang, there was a fan meet and greet for the champion. Pyrrha sat behind a small desk and shook hands with several fans as they wished her good luck on her matches. She had done this several times before but even so she still felt nervous at the thought that so many people wanted to meet her.

The next person who came up was a small girl in a red cloak who seemed even more nervous than she felt. A blonde girl behind her pushed the little girl forward towards the table "if jaune was here he'd be laughing at you right now ruby". The small girl seemed to take offense to the blondes words "no he wouldn't, jaunes too nice to do something like that".

The name alone had pyrrha's body freezing up "jaune" she said quietly, that was the name of her friend from so long ago. Her hand touch the black cloth hanging from around her neck, it could have been a coincident if there friend had the same name but what if? The girl ruby seemed to find the courage she needed to speak to her "hi, I'm ruby rose and I you do well in today's tournament".

Pyrrha didn't answer at first cause she was still lost in thought when her manager coughed loudly to snap her out of it. Pyrrha's hand left the cloth and her demeanor changed as she shook the young girls hand "thank you for the support". After ruby came the blonde and then a brunette with sunglasses, leaning back slightly so her manager could hear her, she asked to have those three meet her on the side.

The manager nodded and quickly moved around the table to speak with the three girls leaving pyrrha to deal with the elder gentleman that came to greet her. The instant she took his hand there was this sense of wrongness that she couldn't quite place. The elder man simply smiled at her and left, pulling her hand up so she could inspect it, pyrrha couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right.

The rest of her fans came and went slower than she hoped they would but eventually the time for greetings came to an end and she was free to do what she really wanted. Leaving the workers behind she made her way over to her manager and the three girls who seemed oddly happy for some reason. The smallest girl ruby saw her approach and moved so quickly she barely had a chance to hide the shock in her face.

Ruby bounced up and down and spoke so quickly that pyrrha could only pick out about half of what she was saying before the blonde appeared behind ruby and pulled her back by her hood. The small girl struggled to stay on her feet while the blonde pulled her back slowly so there was a respectable distance between them. "Sorry about that my cousin is usually so shy about talking to new people that it usually takes a while to make friends".

Pyrrha couldn't help but giggle at the two girls as ruby struggled to get her hood free but yang pulled her into a headlock and ruffled her hair. Yang let ruby go and turned back to pyrrha "so your manager said you wanted to talk to us about something"?

"There was someone ruby spoke of earlier that I want to know more about, I believe his name was jaune if I'm not mistaken".

Yang watched pyrrha with a cautious gaze "yeah his name is jaune, is there any reason that you'd want to know"?

Pyrrha could feel a slight edge in Yangs tone and if she wasn't mistaken so could both ruby and Coco since they both seemed to look uncomfortable. To defuse the intense atmosphere she gave her best smile and spoke plainly about her reason for asking "the truth is the name jaune isn't very common. I once had a childhood friend named jaune but he left mistral a long time ago and I was wondering if your jaune was actually the same jaune that I knew".

Yang didn't really know how to answer that but ruby spoke up instead "was your jaune blonde with blue eye's"? It was a valid question since there'd be no point wondering if they didn't even look the same. Pyrrha's smile grew in size "yes he did and he was light skinned as well, the last time I saw him he also wanted to be strong so he trained a lot".

The more she spoke of jaune the more enthusiastic she became until ruby fished out her scroll and brought up a picture of yang and jaune getting ready to spar. Pyrrha took the scroll and stared at the picture, his appearance had changed slightly and he grew taller but there was no mistaking it. The way pyrrha's expression softened had Yangs hand clenching tightly, it was one thing for neo to act like his girlfriend since jaune couldn't even tell she liked him like that.

The sudden realization that another girl and not just any girl but Mistrals champion, a celebrity, had feelings for him as well just didn't sit well with her. Coco tapped Yangs shoulder to gain her attention "if you keep glaring at her like that she's gonna notice". Pyrrha's manager interrupted their conversation to address her client "pyrrha, I'm afraid it's time we moved on from here since the tournament will begin shortly".

Pyrrha returned ruby's scroll to her before following after her manager "I hope we see each other again, maybe after the tournament" she called back. Ruby waved energetically to the retreating champion "good luck, we'll make sure jaunes with us next time". Now that pyrrha was gone yang could relax and take a deep breath to calm herself unfortunately her reprieve was interrupted when she remembered that they still needed to find their seats.

Finding there seats was easy enough but the tournament they hoped to see was anything but, especially when the unthinkable happened.

Pyrrha pushed herself off the ground, her bruised and battered body was covered in dirt but she wasn't about to give up but unfortunately it wasn't her decision. The referee held his Mic up for all to see "and there we have it ladies and gentlemen, for the first time Pyrrha Nikos has been defeated". The crowd was shocked into silence but none felt more surprised then pyrrha herself.

Well now that was something else.