KS: Told you I'd post the second chapter.

"Ahh... this feels so wonderful," Nora sighed as as flopped onto the bed. "After days of walking and sleeping on the ground, I'm glad we get to sleep in an actual room."

"I can agree with that," Ruby said, laying down in her own bed. "I haven't been on an actual bed since... Beacon."

The moment she mentioned the academy's name, Ruby's face grew sullen. A lot happened since it's downfall, including Weiss being taken by her father, Blake disappearing to who knows where and Yang having her arm cut off. But the worst part was something Ruby could never unsee, no matter how hard she tried. She witnessed Pyrrha's death firsthand. The image was burned into her mind, just like Pyrrha was burned to ashes right before her eyes.

"Yeah, it's been a long time since that went down," Nora said solemly. "We've lost so much, lost so many people... and Pyrrha." She began to tear up, thinking back to when she and her teammates heard about Pyrrha's death from Qrow. It was very horrifying to hear about a teammate that they have grown so close to, especially someone with skills that exceed any normal huntress in training.

Ruby literally dashed to her side and wrapped her in a big hug, patting her on the head as she did so. "I know, Nora. I miss her as much as you do."

Nora cried into Ruby's shoulder, wanting the embrace to last forever.

Jaune and Ren walked around the village, gathering supplies for their journey. Jaune has not said so much as one word upon arriving to the village and it was deeply concerning the others. Ren was concerned the most about this and feared it would disrupt his abilities as their leader. He felt that he had to bring the issue to light and make Jaune realize that the way he is acting will only drag himself and his team down.

"Jaune, we need to talk."

"About what?" the blond asked, not looking behind him.

Not wanting to bother with small talk, Ren grabbed Jaune by his shoulder and forced him to look him directly in his eye.

"You know damn well what I want to talk about, so don't even think of playing dumb," he said sharply. "You have been sulking about Pyrrha ever since we've started this journey, and it's getting tiresome. You need to move past this and start being the leader we know, or it will be our downfall."

Jaune did not take the accusation well and glared at him. "Ren, I'm fine. I've told you guys a million times and-"

He was interrupted when Ren threw him into a wall, grabbed him by his collar and glared at him harshly.

"Jaune," he growled. "You can lie to yourself as many times as you want..." He lifted him off the wall and threw him onto the ground. "Just don't lie to those around you. Especially if they can see through the lie."

With that, Ren stormed off towards the inn, leaving Jaune alone. He stood up, but glared in the direction Ren was walking.

"What does he know?" he muttered, dusting himself off. "I'm not lying to anyone."

He went in the opposite direction, wanting some time for himself.

Surpringly, the inn they were staying at had a small cafe inside of it. Ruby and Nora ordered tea, which is what all they had to serve. Luckily, there were different varieties of tea to choose from. Ruby ordered a peppermint tea, and Nora ordered green tea.

"I don't believe they don't serve pancakes here," Nora grumbled.

Ruby chuckled nervously. "I guess they don't have the ingredients neccessary."

As they sipped their tea, they began to talk once more.

"Ruby, I've been wanting to talk about Jaune," Nora said.

The redhead sighed. "So you've noticed it as well?"

"It's kinda obvious, to be honest. He's a lot more quieter than Ren. Ever since Pyrrha... you know."

Ruby knew very well. She did witness Pyrrha die after all.

"But it's being going on forever now," Nora continued. "And don't tell him I said this, but Ren has started to be annoyed about it. He thinks that Jaune will fail as a leader if he doesn't let go of his depression, but I fear that he'll go about it in the wrong way."

Ruby nodded in understanding. She was aware that Ren was growing increasingly aggravated with Jaune's sulking and was worried he would not be able to lead the team as efficiently as he once did. But if things continued the way they are now, it's possible that his depression will get them killed.

Nora forced a smile. "But... Ren's never been the kind to go too far, so I doubt there's anything to worry about."

Ruby chuckled nervously as she drank her tea. "Yeah, I hope so."

As the two girls continued to drink and talk, four intimidating men wearing black jackets walked up to them. One wore a gray beanie cap, another had round goggles around his neck, the third had bandages on his face and the final wore a purple mask resembling a demon's face.

"Excuse me," the masked man said. "But you two wouldn't happen to be huntresses now, would you?"

Ruby and Nora turned to them.

"Yes, we are," Ruby answered. "What do you want?"

The masked man cracked his knuckles. "We want you and your friends to leave immediately. This village has no place for your kind of people."

KS: Who does that, really? Who forces a bunch of travelers who come a long way from where they are now to promptly leave a village they just got to? Who does that? Who, I ask?