This chapter is a bit all over the place, but this is the best that came to me. I had some problems while writing the chapter up, mainly rewriting the middle portion of the chapter. Well, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter as well!
Chapter 9: Distractions
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June 1st
Saturday
Cloudy
Red Fox and Eye of Roses were resting comfortably on his body. He smiled at the memory of Ruby telling him the name of his dagger just three days ago. She tried to act like she was all made, but he could see the excitement in her eyes as she ended up giving a full background story on why she had named the weapon the way she did.
She was embarrassed to say it, but he was thankful for the thought that she put into it. 'Eye of Roses', because she wanted to make sure her friend stayed safe. Something about Crescent Rose being able to see it easier. He was surprised that he never noticed that.
Now, he was in the same clearing where he first tried to practice his semblance. Blake had agreed to leave him alone for these times, allowing him some privacy. It wasn't even that she acted that different. But, now that he knew what she would be doing, it was easier to tell when she was looking at him.
Currently, the three of them were sitting next to each other, looking through the book that Ozpin had given him. The very first page had a very interesting line to Summer in particular.
"The soul of silver controls the fate of our world." She said softly, in wonder.
"That is certainly a specific line for the start of the book." Azura agreed. "Do you have an idea of what it means?"
Summer frowned. "Not exactly, but Ozpin had this book in his position. He always told me that my silver eyes meant that I could change the fate of remnant. I just feel like it might be connected to this sentence."
Azura nodded. "It might be. We're going to have to continue reading to find anything out."
Thirty minutes in, and the most they managed to find that was important was a theory on the soul.
"This book is more like a fairy tale." Azura grumbled.
"But it does have some good information." Summer stated in a matter-of-fact tone. "Speaking of, we should read that theory before we start your training today. There is a chance it might have some useful notes."
Azura groaned, but got back to reading. The theory was about two full pages, and it was easy enough to figure out what it was saying. The idea was that the soul starts out as a small ball, similar to yarn, and it gets stretched thin as one grows up and meets new people. Over time, that stretched thread gets tighter and tighter as the person becomes closer with the people that the strings stretched to.
The theory continued off of that idea, wondering if it was possible to stretch a semblance between people, to twist the threads of yarn together and form a bond rapidly through 'soul bonds'.
"Soul bonds?" Azura asked to no one in particular.
"It seems that the theory is saying that it would be possible to bypass some strengthening of bonds by putting two souls together. Like some kind of fusion of the two?" Summer said aloud.
"Should we...try it?"
Summer shook her head. "No. we have no idea what the consequences of such an action would be. It is much too dangerous."
"Back to square one, then." Azura said with a sigh.
"We should keep it in mind until we know more, at least." Summer said as she stood up. "Now, we have to train your semblance. Shall we continue from the last time? With trying to be able to make only one of us visible, I mean."
Azura looked at his scroll for the time. "Yeah, I already ate lunch and it's only one in the afternoon. I don't think anyone is expecting me this evening, either."
However, after three hours, they had made very little progress. Unlike last time, where they managed to get Luna to be halfway visible, he could barely get beyond that point.
"This sucks. This is so frustrating!"
"Everyone's semblance takes time to learn, Azura." summer said comfortingly.
"I knew I should've trained my semblance more than I did! But, no! I guess younger me just wanted to punish his older self."
Azura deflated like a balloon afterwards, sagging as he laid on the ground. "I feel like I might be going about this the wrong way. Why is my semblance so awkward for practicing?"
"To be fair, your semblance is more situational than practical. Maybe you're missing something practical about it." Summer added.
Azura appreciated Summer for trying to help. "Maybe. But what could the practical part of it be? It's not like I can be that practical beyond having ghosts fight with me."
"Not that kind of practical." Summer said as she entered his vision, looking down at him. "I mean, what do you think about while trying to do better?"
Azura thought back to what he was doing as he sat there with his eyes closed. "Mostly how I would 'feel' where you two are, or where your souls would be in regards to my semblance. It was what brought us to this point in the first place."
"Well, perhaps you should try it again with a different approach. A more practical one." Summer suggested.
"Such as?" Azura asked, waving an arm lazily before dropping it again.
"Well, instead of trying to find a soul with your semblance, try to find our bodies with your aura. Aura comes from the soul, just like the semblance."
"You're smart. Too smart. First Ruby, then Weiss, and now you?" A laugh was his only response. "Let's try it."
They set up once more, with Luna and Summer sitting exactly where they were last time. Azura sat back up from where he was, and once he saw that they were both ready, closed his eyes once more.
He activated his aura, careful to keep his semblance in the passive state. He imagined him moving his aura like it had a body, and felt his aura shiver and shift as if it was trying to obey. It wouldn't move more than a few centimeters from his body, but he could feel other aura existing next to him.
Well, ghosts had no aura, since they couldn't be killed, so it wouldn't even activate for them. Semblances could work, such as Luna, who could float whenever. He would know, since she kept it active almost all the time. So, it wasn't exactly aura that he was finding, but the signatures of bodies that held aura.
Azura reached out towards the signatures, and it felt like he was a dog on a leash that was just short enough to not reach some object.
As he physically stood up to see if he could keep such a thing active while moving, he found that it shook and seemed to glitch out like some computer, but stayed. It was fuzzier, like the signature of the two auras had been spilled like water. A red one splashed over to his right, while a orange one seemed to stay in place. At least, he thought so. He put his right arm up and reached out with a palm as he turned to his right.
He hesitantly stepped forward, aware that he was blind to the physical world as he looked for aura. The lesson about aura locations came back to him, and he could hear Goodwitch in his mind from the day they practiced the idea of finding someone else blindly. She had stressed it was for a moment where vision became useless in combat.
And now, as he stepped forward, he finally understood what she had meant. Azura made a mental promise on the spot to thank miss Goodwitch for how excellent she teaches combat class.
A few seconds later, he felt a cold hand grab his outstretched arm. The red aura took his vision, like he was drowning in it, and he snapped his eyes open as he stuffed his aura down. Summer's bright silver eyes were looking at him, and he could see his wrist was in her grip.
He was just glad it wasn't the intense grip she had like yesterday.
"That went better than expected." Summer said.
"You make it sound like you knew this would work." Azura said flatly.
She dropped his wrist as she raised her hand defensively. "To be fair, it was more of a chance. I wasn't sure if you would be able to manage it."
He staggered slightly as Luna crashed into him from the back.
"I guess I still can't quite do it without aura, though." Azura said after he recovered.
He enjoyed Luna's joy at his progress, but she was a weird mother at times.
"It's a start. Now, come on. We've done enough for now, so let's go back up to Beacon. We can read more of that book later on if you want."
"Depends on if I get dragged into some crazy idea or not."
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Sometimes, Azura felt that he should just not speak, or else he would be cursed like he was at the moment.
As soon as he got back and found his friends in the library, he was dragged into some board game called Remnant: The Game. At least he was given a rough set of rules to follow. You had to conquer the other kingdoms, you could only make one move per turn, and the only actions that could be taken was with certain cards and movement of your 'troops'.
They had apparently decided to try a game where each kingdom had two players working together, then found that they didn't have enough people for it before he had shown up. It seemed that Pyra was in the gun range for a bit of extra practice, and Blake was off doing 'Blake things' as Yang put it. Ren and Nora had taken Mistral, Jaune and Pyrrha took Atlas, Weiss and Yang took Vacuo, and Ruby had all but demanded to take Vale, while Azura got stuck to go along with her.
He found out about ten minutes later why everyone grabbed a partner and left him with Ruby.
"Ruby." He said flatly.
"Uh, yes?" Ruby said, blinking one too many times to not know what was coming.
"You're a leader of a team and you are able to come up with good plans pretty well, even if Jaune might actually be a tactical genius, right?"
Jaune blushed as Ruby responded. "Yes?"
"Then why do you suck so bad at this game?" Azura said, eyebrows raised as he smiled.
Ruby squeaked before answering. "I don't know?"
Azura heard Summer sigh from behind him. "My daughter sucks specifically at strategy games. It really does run in the family."
"You're a dolt." Weiss said. "Even Yang is somehow better!"
"Yeah! Come on, Ru-hey!" Yang said, looking at the white-haired heiress.
"Well, I'm sure Vale could make a comeback from this defeat." Ren said.
As it turned out, with a bit of help from Summer, Azura managed to help Ruby take Vacuo down. Shortly after, Ren and Nora took them out in one sweep. Even with the loss, He was happy to see Ruby taunting Weiss and Yang over it.
"What was that about me being a useless planner?!" Ruby said, a smug look on her face.
Weiss decided to pull her trump card out at that moment. "Considering that you almost destroyed your own kingdom, only for Azura to help you survive for that long, I'm not sure if you can gloat."
Ruby mocked a look of depression as she turned to him. "Weiss is being a ice queen again, Azura!"
He laughed before patting her on the head. "Sorry to hear, Ruby."
They looked back over to Yang and Weiss, watching the blonde brawler grab the shorter girl in a headlock. "Awww, is our ice queen being a sore loser?"
"I am not!" Weiss said. "I demand that you let me go, you moron!"
"Nuh uh, not happening." Yang said.
They all laughed at Weiss's expense, and even Weiss just accepted defeat and let a smile grow on her lips. To Azura, that was all the proof he needed that Weiss was just Weiss, and not some manipulative liar.
Blake was just paranoid. But, her paranoia was rooted in a lack of trust with anyone, so he was unsure when she would come around, if she did at all.
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June 4th
Tuesday
Raining
"Remind me again why we're spending time alone in the library." Azura said as he stretched in his chair.
"I'm doing research, and you are here to do your own work." Blake said, not looking up from her small pile of books.
Azura sighed. "You're looking into the White Fang branch in Vale while watching me for whatever project you need it for. Even told me to keep the ghosts off of me while we do so."
Not that he fully listened to her. Luna was watching from a short distance, but he did send Summer off. He felt bad for taking the ghost away from Ruby, even if she couldn't communicate with her.
"Don't speak so casually!" Blake hissed.
"Right. No one is around us, and you placed us away from the cameras. No one is going to hear or see us. Plus, everyone else is off doing something else, which just leaves us alone."
"Which is perfect for me. Kill two birds with one stone." Blake commented. "Now shut up so that I can concentrate."
Azura felt like this was going to be a long week for him.
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June 8th
Saturday
Partly Cloudy
Azura sighed as he laid on the bench, leaving an arm and leg hanging off of the side of it. The time away from everyone sucked, and the long evenings of sitting there with little conversation with Blake sucked even more. He was totally right when he thought it would be a long week for him. She had left him alone for the day, saying that she would be busy, and he didn't complain. He also didn't complain when Summer took Luna to give him some peace and quiet.
The breeze of the evening felt nice, and the warm feel of the day was nice. Despite some clouds blocking the sky, the sun still shone brightly enough to give warmth. Azura loved the Summer months, that was for sure. Warmth, the sun stayed up for longer, and the nights always had a soft coolness.
"Hey Azura."
He opened his eyes and looked over, seeing Ruby looking at him.
"Hey, yourself. How's it going?"
Ruby gave a small laugh. "Shouldn't I be saying that to you? Or Blake?"
"Heh, what makes you say that?" Azura asked lazily.
"Well, the two of you have been pretty distant. I don't know, is something wrong?"
Azura sat up with a stretch, shifting to put his feet on the ground. "No, nothing is wrong. The two of us have just been busy. Take a seat, you clearly want to talk."
Ruby smiled sheepishly, taking a seat next to him. "Caught me."
"So, what's got you so worried?"
She shifted nervously, grabbing at the hem of her skirt. "Well, the two of you are kind of doing what Jaune did when Cardin was bullying him. You both go off together and vanish for hours on end, then come back late in the night."
Azura hummed acknowledgement. "Well, Blake is...having some problems. She asked me for help."
"Why would she do that though? Is her team not enough?" Ruby asked, eyebrows furrowed and lips turned in a frown.
He wanted to tell her the truth. To tell her that Blake had problems with trust, that she thought Weiss was some sort of puppet master. But, he couldn't do that to Blake. He would have to lie for her, even if he didn't like doing it.
"She's just been busy. Besides, does it matter if we kill our sleep schedule to do so?"
"Of course it does!" Ruby said loudly, looking frustrated.
Azura was bewildered. He had never seen her this frustrated.
"You two don't even say anything about! Like it doesn't even exist, and the two of you barely speak to each other when we're around! When we do see it happen, Blake just whispers in your ear and you willingly go with her. It's driving me nuts! Don't you guys ever relax?"
He licked his lips as he thought about it. "I would say that we manage just fine."
Ruby breathed out, looking deflated. "You sound like Yang when she gets training. I just worry about you guys. The lot of you are my only friends here, and I wish we could trust each other more."
Azura stood up and put a hand on her head, rubbing her head as she weakly fought back. "I hope you never change, Ruby. You're kind to everyone you know. But, no promises on relaxing too much. If I need it, I'm sure Luna will stop me."
He lifted his hand and let it fall to his side before starting to walk off, not noticing that Ruby had a determined look in her eyes.
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June 9th
Sunday
Light Rain
Azura was left in the JNPR dorm with Luna and Summer. Everyone was elsewhere. He assumed stuck in Vale, despite the minimal rain, or elsewhere on Beacon grounds.
He was glad for the peace of the dorm, with only Luna and Summer to keep him company. He hadn't been spending a lot of time with anyone he knew, other than Blake.
"It's the perfect time to do some more reading." Azura said, addressing Summer and Luna.
Summer tossed him the book from its place on the desk. "I still don't understand why Ozpin called it a book, it is clearly a journal."
"Not wrong. It's only one hundred pages or so, and we already went to page seventeen. That theory is where we stopped." He said, pointing to the open book, with the theory on soul bonds facing them.
"I think we should skip over that theory for now, and come back to it after we go through the rest." Summer suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Azura replied.
The next few pages was once again in the format of a story. It was about a man with brown hair and blue eyes, who was some kind of adventurer. This man was tied to another man, who was described to be a Faunus with wolf ears and dark skin and black hair.
They were tied by the soul, which was described as a special circumstance. The adventuring man was held within the soul of the wolf Faunus,and they could communicate to each other that way. Towards the end of the story, the two men were contemplating the idea of being two people within one body, within a singular soul. And what it meant for the both of them. What caught Azura's interest was the final line of the story, which he repeated aloud.
"One of two paths were forged through time. One path led to the soul of the Faunus disappearing, while the other path killed them both." Azura finished reciting.
"That does sound rather dangerous." Summer commented.
"But we don't know if the story is true." Azura pointed out.
"But we can't prove that these soul bonds won't permanently damage a person forever." Summer retorted.
"We can't prove that it will, either." Azura said, more to himself.
"Let's say that this story is a true documentation of a soul bond. The bonding of the two souls here leads to one of them seeming to fade away until one soul was all that was left, while the other might have killed them both. If you were to try such a thing with someone, who's to say that you wouldn't die?" Summer said.
"You do have a point. We don't know anything about how this would work, and I feel that Ozpin wouldn't tell me anything. We also don't know if my semblance was there, or however it worked."
Summer was confused. "What do you mean? Your semblance is only for you to use."
"Oh, sorry. Ozpin said that he knew only three people that had a version of my semblance. Apparently, in times of grief and bad experiences, it's possible that someone without a semblance could form what I call my semblance, Coexistence. They do act differently enough to be their own semblances. My theory is that it might twist what your semblance would be into one that deals with ghosts, spirits, and apparently souls." Azura explained.
"That is all the more reason to not do something rash with this theory! Something could easily go wrong on a worse scale with a semblance being involved!" Summer said.
"It's okay. I don't think I should do it, either. What made you think I would use my semblance, anyway?" Azura asked.
"Well, if you were to use it with anyone else, it would probably be better with a ghost." Summer commented.
Her eyes shifted from Azura to Luna, then back to Azura. "You two have never tried something like this, right? Possession?"
Azura laughed. "No. Me and Luna have never tried to see if she could possess me. Do you want us to see if it's the same as a soul bond?"
"No!" Summer said, raising her voice, the softness of her voice gaining a new edge.
"I was kidding!" Azura said with a laugh.
"R-right. I knew that." Summer commented quietly.
Before anything else could continue, a knock on the door was heard.
"Azura? Can I come in?" Pyra said.
He closed the book and tossed it to Summer, who quickly rushed to hide it in his bag. He sat upright in the desk chair. "Yeah."
She opened the door and let herself in. As she did so, Azura noticed that she was wearing one of his spare sweatshirts, a simple black one with white stripes on the sleeves.
"So that's why one of my sweatshirts was missing." Azura said.
"You have three sweatshirts, Azura. I doubt it matters that much. Besides, it's raining, and I can't find my jacket." Pyra said with a roll of her blue eyes.
"Hey, those three sweatshirts are needed!" Azura defended himself.
"Whatever you say. Anyway, I came here to see if you were busy."
Azura shook his head. "Not at the moment. Why?"
"Yang told me to go and find you. I'm not sure what about though."
"Well, there's only one way to find out." Azura said.
Pyra frowned and walked up to him, and Azura noted that the shorter girl was barely taller than Ruby, and older by two years. "Do you want me to tell her I couldn't find you? I can do that, you know. Maybe scare her off with some fire? Maybe lightning?"
She lit a fireball in her hand, looking at him. Her height didn't make her any less intimidating when she wanted to be.
"It's Yang. She would laugh at the sight. Let's get going."
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He could see that the rain had mostly cleared once they made it to the entrance area of the dorms. A quick look at his scroll, Azura saw that it was almost five p.m.
"You really like that sweatshirt, huh?" Azura said, putting the scroll back in his pocket.
"It's comfy, don't make fun of me." Pyra said, sticking her tongue out at him.
"Yeah, yeah. You can have it if you want."
"You mean it? Actually, scratch that, I'm just going to take it." Pyra replied.
They walked out into the rain, and Azura started to follow Pyra. He would ask where they were going, but the direction already told him that the Beacon garage was the most likely place they would end up. Summer pulled up next to him with a smile on her face.
"Well, aren't you such a nice guy. Perhaps you should give me a sweatshirt next time."
Azura rolled his eyes. "You're a ghost, you don't need to be warm. You have your own dress to wear."
"It's a combat dress!" She retorted.
"With boots. It's like the two of you are twins." He replied.
"You having fun back there?" Pyra called back.
"Yup, just pointing the obvious out for a ghost." He said, catching up with her.
"Hey! Don't laugh at me, Luna!" Summer said loudly.
Luna ran past Azura, and he could see her giggling silently. A look of mischief was in her eyes as he heard Summer groan. He smiled below the hood, a small laugh leaving his mouth.
"You have some lively people for ghosts if they make you laugh all the time." Pyra commented.
"That's true. They have their moments."
"You know, last I saw, you only had your mother following you, and she couldn't speak. Who's the new ghost?" Pyra asked.
"I would tell you, but it's personal. Only Ozpin knows of her being here." Azura said, his smile now gone.
"You don't like being treated differently, do you?" Pyra asked.
He appreciated her moving a few steps closer to him.
"I'm pretty easy to read, aren't I?" Azura asked.
Pyra shrugged. "You aren't that discreet. You and Jaune might as well be twins. And no avoiding the question."
"It's not my favorite thing. Helping me with my semblance, helping me with a personal problem...it makes me feel like he wants me to do something for him."
"I doubt that's what it is. No need for paranoia." Pyra said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Right. Let's just get to Yang." He said.
He locked eyes with Summer, and a look of concern was written on her face. He decided that it might be better to not talk to Ozpin for a while.
"What do you think Yang wants you for?" Pyra asked as they moved.
"Probably something like helping Ruby or help with her bike. We are going to the garage." Azura replied.
Despite their short conversation about Ozpin, he couldn't help but think of what Ozpin could want from him. Did the man consider him to be special? If someone like him could be considered special, he wondered how special those with silver eyes were. He could still remember the power that Summer's eyes held, how they glowed with the fire of life. Then, why would Ozpin sacrifice Summer if she held that power?
It was excellent food for thought as he walked to the garage.
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They entered the garage, and instantly spotted Yang. She was easy enough to find, with her bright blonde hair trailing down her brown jacket. She saw them across the garage, and waved a hand to bring them over.
Once they walked over, Yang looked over to Pyra. "Thanks, Blue."
"Blue?" Azura asked.
"You really haven't been paying attention." Pyra said with a roll of her eyes. "It's like your nickname, Snow. Or Jaune...even if he told Yang to stop."
"Have you seen her eyes, Snow? A dark crystal blue, it's her defining physical trait." Yang said.
"You have a point, Yang. So, why are we here?"
"I'm going to help you relax tonight. We're going to Vale."
"What?! We have classes tomorrow!" Pyra exclaimed.
"Relax, Blue." Yang said, rolling her eyes. "It'll be for just a few hours. Besides, we're going on my motorcycle, Bumblebee. They allow access to and from Vale through the tunnels, so we can get back anyway."
Pyra sighed. "I guess that works. Well, I'm clearly not going with you two. Why did you tell me to bring Azura here myself if that was the case?"
"I just need you to tell everyone else a cover story if they decide to ask. I'll leave you to that."
"Of course they will ask, we're all present for dinner every day." Pyra said.
Azura laughed and nudged her shoulder. "You'll be fine. I believe in you. Go get 'em, Blue."
"Right. See you guys tonight. Treat him well, Yang!" Pyra said, turning around and walking back towards the entrance.
"You ready to get going?" Yang asked, pushing off of the wall.
"I suppose. But, why do you want me to relax?" Azura asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.
Yang shrugged. "Ruby put me up to it. And, think of this as a dry run for someone else."
"Blake?" Azura asked.
It was the only other person he could think of that would be in a similar state to him at the moment.
Yang turned around, ready to walk off. "Something like that. We have to go to the basement level to get to Bumblebee, so follow me."
It only took a few minutes to make it to the basement level, and it looked very similar to the top level. The difference was that instead of equipment and machines laying around, it was a bunch of vehicles parked within parking spaces.
Bumblebee was near one of the tunnels that lead towards Vale, and Yang turned her head to look at him before speaking.
"So, despite being one for breaking rules, I have to question what exactly goes through the minds of those who work at Beacon. Those tunnels?" She said, pointing towards the one near Bumblebee as they neared the bike. "Completely open. They have cameras, but this isn't the first time I have done this, and I was never told off for doing it."
"That is certainly odd. Well, I guess it doesn't matter to us." Azura said offhandedly.
Yang laughed. "You are just perfect for a companion, we should hang out more. But you've been spending more time with Blake...you secretly a nerd?"
"Just a bit. I still can't understand how Blake just drags me along for her book-reading adventures." Azura said.
It was a lie, but he wasn't exactly hiding the truth.
Yang waved it off. "Nobody can. She's a bookworm, but she's my bookworm partner."
Azura rolled his eyes. "Anyway, how long does it take to get to Vale from here?"
"About ten minutes longer than by airship, so in total, about thirty minutes."
"That's not bad." Azura murmured.
They made it to Bumblebee, and Azura could see the work that Yang put into the bike. It was a smooth and sleek design, with mechanical parts poking out from the sides and bottom. The covering was colored bright yellow in the front and slowly turned orange as he looked towards the back of the bike.
"Quite the motorcycle you have here." Azura commented.
Yang smiled. "Damn straight it is. It's perfect. Now, let's get going, you're sitting behind me."
She sat on the bike, and as Azura went to sit behind her, he saw Summer and Luna looking at him.
"Oh, I completely forget. Sorry, you two." Azura said.
"Snow?" Yang asked, before realization dawned on her. "Never mind. Just do what you were doing."
"Just go do whatever for now. Maybe go hang around Red or something, for me."
Luna flicked her tail in annoyance, but Summer was quick to let it go. "You're going to be safe, right? And make sure to stop Yang from doing something dumb."
"Yeah, yeah. Plus, we both have our weapons. We're allowed to keep them on us, huntsmen-in-training, remember? I'm sure we'll be back in a few hours anyway, it's only five in the evening."
Yang looked rather weirded out. "We'll be back by eleven...if your little ghost friends are listening."
Summer frowned and sighed, but turned around to walk off, slightly dragging Luna away with her. Azura watched them leave for a few moments before turning back to Yang. She was looking at him with a raised eyebrow, but shifted in her seat.
"You gonna get on at some point, Azura?"
"Yeah." He replied, sitting down behind her.
He wasn't exactly sure how to sit on a bike with someone else driving, so he looked like a sitting duck. Yang must've noticed his uncertainty, giving a short laugh before speaking.
"You've ever been on a motorcycle?"
He nodded. "Yeah, the Adels taught me how to drive one, actually. Before that, I was given practice with driving a car. No license though." He was getting offtopic. "Anyway, I just haven't been on the back of one with someone else driving."
Yang smiled and rolled her eyes. "Well, that's a different reason than I thought. Look, just wrap your arms around my waist and stay close to me. Don't choke me though. Oh, and if a single strand of hair is missing, you better be able to run fast."
Her eyes narrowed for a moment before smirking once more. "Just kidding. Just handle it with care."
He doubted that she was kidding. "Got it."
He did as she told him to, wrapping his arms around her. She was warm, and he spoke to her to make sure it was good.
"Yeah, that's fine. Just get comfy, I won't bite. It's a small space, so it doesn't matter if you lean on me." Yang said, sliding her gauntlets that were in bracelet form up her arm a bit. "You ready for some fun?"
Azura smiled. "Always. Lead me to your destination."
And with that, she kicked the stand keeping the motorcycle upright up and turned the bike on. She brought them to the tunnel, speeding up as they started going down the road leading towards the city that Azura knew would be lit up like a campfire.
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Well, that's that. The middle was a bit weak, but the last part of the chapter came out stronger than I thought it would when I was outlining it. Yang is a character that I feel should be seen closer up, especially with the events of V1. They directly lead to how she acts in V2, so I want to show her caring side more.
I mean, Yang is Blake's partner. It makes sense that one would care for their partner, such as how we see with the other pairs.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Have a nice day/evening!