So if you have got this far you have passed the halfway mark for Volume One and just i wish to say thank you it really does mean so much that you've reached this far.

Hope you enjoy and check below for Tomoko's inspirations.

"Are you ok?" Tomoko asked, sitting next to Beurling who had slumped into the sofa of the team's room still holding her side which she had been holding since leaving the classroom.

"I'm just fine." she spoke defiantly though the way she was rubbing her side was not helping her case "Just going to have a bruise tomorrow." she tried to joke though the others couldn't see the funny side.

"That was quite the fight." Frenda spoke, while sitting on the opposite sofa "The way you took that staff was crazy."

"Indeed." spoke Maple looking very angry "That could have broken your ribs, with what you did!" Maple spoke standing in front of the pair, hands on her hips.

"Not those ribs." Beurling spoke.

"What?" Frenda asked "Are you a robot?"

"No, look it's fine ok, look I'm going bed." Beurling spoke as she stood up, despite Tomoko's protests.

"Wait!" Maple ordered "What did you mean by not those ribs?"

"It's nothing."

"Beurling please." Tomoko pleaded "We're just worried."

Beurling sighed "Ok, I'll say why but you can't ask any more questions after that, ok?" Maple looked displeased but nodded as did Frenda. Tomoko hesitated a bit, what Beurling said hinted at their being a story to this which she wanted to know, but she relented and nodded as well.

"Well" Beurling spoke "I have a few bionic ribs on that side."

"What!" was the collective cry.

"How many?" Tomoko asked involuntary.

"It's one through five on that side."

The others were about the speak again when Beurling turned around and went into her shared room.

The next day was much the same as the last going through the classes, Tammy the head teacher was quite curious of Beurling's semblance during the semblance class. There final class that day was combat class again, with Beurling being the one everyone wanted to try their hand at fighting, none of them beat her. This time once the class was finished Fídi picked Maple as her end of class fight.

Maple fired a shot at Fídi which she dodged, to counter Fídi threw her chain at Maple.

Maple managed to dodge and fired another shot this time at Fídi's hand to make her drop the chain, Fídi then charged in, Maple tried to shoot again but she couldn't reload in time. Maple tried to bring the axe head on the muzzle of the rifle but Fídi parried it off then thrust the staff centre chest and made Maple stagger, Fídi then tripped her up and pointed the staff once again at Maple's face much like she had done to Beurling. Maple conceded.

"Not bad." Fídi spoke "Your good at range, but you lack close combat experience, is there a reason?"

"My semblance only really helps at range." Maple answered.

"I see, I would suggest you focus on some hand to hand combat training when you have free time."

Maple was feeling a little bit pleased with herself that she'd lasted longer than Blau and got a little praise from Fídi, although Fídi never used her semblance on Maple which Beurling stated she should be glad of when they got back to the room.

"Why is that?" Frenda asked.

"I don't know what it was exactly." Beurling paused for a moment before continuing "But it felt like my hands and feet were stone and my whole body felt stiff."

"Sounds unpleasant." Maple spoke

"Though why would she need to have the blind fold?" Tomoko asked.

"Could be that she can't control when she uses it." Maple spoke "I heard that some semblances, can't be turned off for a better phrase so maybe that's why she has the blindfold."

After a few hours the girls were all doing their own thing, Frenda drinking some tea, Maple was off in the library trying to find some good hand to hand training book, Beurling had gone off for her cigarette and Tomoko was writing a letter home about how she was doing when her scroll rang.

Opening it up she could see it was an unknown number "Hello?" she spoke.

"Tomoko?" came the voice on the other end.

"Yes."

"Ah, Good it's Sara from the shop."

"Oh right, is there something you need?"

"Yes, yours and Frenda magazines are done, would you be able to pick them up tomorrow?"

"Yeah I think we can both come."

"Well the thing is, I was wondering if I could have a chat with you in private as well, so would you mind coming alone."

"Erm, sure."

"Ok, well a few buildings down from the shop is a café, could you come to it tomorrow around midday?"

"Yeah sure that works fine."

"Good, oh and can you keep this a secret from Beurling as well?"

"Why?"

"Trust me it's better she doesn't know."

"Ok." Tomoko didn't feel too comfortable with this but agreed none the less from curiosity "Well I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Looking forward to it." Sara then hung up.

The next day Tomoko left while everyone was off doing their own business, Frenda and Maple hand to hand training and Beurling was off doing her own thing. Once she reached the café she walked in and their she saw Sara and Klara sitting by the window.

As she approached Klara spotted her and tried to hide behind Sara, this made Tomoko stop and caused Sara to look over at Tomoko who felt a little nervous.

"Relax sweetie, it's one of aunty Beurling's friends remember?" Sara spoke softly to the little girl, while she beckoned Tomoko to sit with them. When she had sat down Klara move out from behind Sara a little.

"Hello." spoke Klara, shyly.

"Hello." Tomoko spoke nervously, her attention drawn to the fact that Klara had mixed eye colours, her right was purple, while her left was gold.

"How are you Tomoko?" Sara asked "Can I get you a cup of tea?"

"Erm, yeah sure, thanks." Tomoko spoke a little confused.

"Ok, Klara I'll just be a second, you be good and chat with Tomoko ok?"

"Ok." Klara spoke again quietly.

Sara left the two alone for a bit, Tomoko was a little unsure what to do, she wasn't used to dealing with kids, so she let Klara speak first if she wanted to, which led to an awkward silence between the two as Klara didn't seem to which to speak at first.

"How is aunty?" Klara eventually asked.

"Oh, she's fine." Tomoko spoke.

This seemed to bring a smile to Klara's face and Tomoko found herself smiling to.

"Oh, I see Klara's got you with her smile too." Sara spoke as she handed the tea over, Tomoko thanked her as Sara sat down "Beurling can't resist her either."

"Oh, really?" asked Tomoko intrigued.

"Yeah, you might not believe it but Beurling's a bit of a softy." Sara spoke a smile as Klara added "Aunty is the nicest person ever."

Sara smile at her daughters antics "So how is Beurling doing, really I mean?"

"How do you mean?" Tomoko asked.

"Is she settling in ok with you three and how's she doing with the other students?"

Tomoko recounted the numerous duels Beurling had accepted in fight class and the fight with the teacher, when she was finished Sara sighed shaking her head, while Klara looked like she'd been offered a wheelbarrow of sweets "I knew she would do this." spoke Sara.

"Pardon?" Tomoko spoke a little confused.

"Beurling has weird sense of honour and has a habit of accepting honour duels even when she knows she can't win, but that isn't what I wanted to talk about."

"Oh." Tomoko's interest was picked up at this.

"Yes, I want to talk to you, about how's she sleeping?"

"How do you mean?"

"Has she had nightmares?"

"Is it ok to be saying this?" Tomoko nodded at Klara.

Sara caught on "It's fine." Sara spoke.

Tomoko sighed before she spoke of the whole week of nightmares and how she spent the nights just watching her. "I see, that seems a bit worse than normal." Sara spoke. "Wait normal, how long has she had this?" Tomoko thought but didn't ask as she didn't want to worry Klara.

"Is there anything that happened?" Sara asked Tomoko, who shifted a little, nervous about Sara's reaction to what she was going to say.

After she had finished telling Sara the story of her semblance and the fallout from it. "I see." Sara spoke "Are you sure this girl was blonde?"

Tomoko was a little surprised she wasn't expecting that "Yeah she was."

Sara then took out a photo, the same as the one Tomoko saw the other day that had fallen off the wall "This her?" Sara asked.

Tomoko nodded, not sure what to say, Sara looked downcast when she put the photo into her pocket before she spoke again "You see, that girl played a big part in Beurling's life, a life which has been less than kind to her, she's gone through a lot, more than she should have."

"How so?" Tomoko asked immediately.

"Sorry that's not my story to tell." Sara spoke, Tomoko felt a little unsure what she was about to ask but asked none the less "Is there anything I can do to help her with the nightmares?"

"My that's bold, mind if I ask why you want to help her, I mean you've only known each other a week?" Asked Sara.

"She's my partner and she's helped me out, I want to try and return the favour." Tomoko spoke defiantly.

This got a smile from Sara "Ok, well learn forward." she instructed.

Tomoko did as she was asked and then Sara stroked the side of her head by the hairline, Sara then leaned back "When she has them, do that."

"How does that help?"

"Not sure, but it seemed to work when she stays with us."

"Ok, I'll give it a try."

Sara spoke with a smile "It's nice to see she's ok with you."

"I think she's better with Frenda and Maple then me." Tomoko spoke sadly.

"No, it's you." Sara spoke.

"How do you know?"

"I've known her for years, trust me i know."

Tomoko, wasn't convinced by this but her attention was drawn to Klara, who had been keeping quite, move to whisper something to Sara who then nodded and let Klara move past her. Klara walked up next to Tomoko and hugged her tightly saying "Miss Tomoko, please look after aunty, please." Tomoko was stunned stock still by the request from the little girl "Of course." Tomoko spoke in a whisper, which made Klara hug Tomoko tighter, causing her smile.

Sara smiled watching this "Well it seems Klara likes you to, oh before I forget the mags." Sara handed a small box over "Come on Klara, we have to go."

"Ok." spoke the small girl "Bye, Bye aunty Tomoko."

"Bye." Tomoko spoke as Klara went out the door "Wait, aunty?" she spoke suddenly realising what the little girl had called her. Looking up she could see Sara smiling and giggling a little before following her daughter.

Once Tomoko was back, she saw the rest of the team all in the room with Frenda and Maple sitting one of the sofa's and Beurling standing behind the sofa standing up, once the door was opened, they all looked at her.

"Erm, is everything ok?" Tomoko asked.

"Where the hell where did you disappear to for ages?" Beurling spoke a bit exasperated.

"I was just out in the city, it was fine."

"And the box?" Beurling questioned.

"Oh, I just bumped into Sara on the way and she told me the stuff for me and Frenda were done so I picked them up." Tomoko lied.

"Next time tell us where you go!" Beurling spoke arms still crossed.

"I'm fine Beurling." Tomoko spoke a little shocked Beurling was being so aggressive on this.

"Ok, calm down you two." Maple cut in "Beurling I'm sure Tomoko can look after herself." Beurling rolled her eyes "And Tomoko next time do at least tell one of use where you're going, we might need you for something."

"Yeah, besides it will stop Beurling from tearing the room apart worrying." Frenda spoke up "Should have seen her, wanted to launch a full blown rescue mission for you."

"I did not, I was merely concerned that my partner who's only been in Vacuo a week had disappeared."

"I was fine." Tomoko spoke again "I just wanted to make sure I had the route to the shop and back right that's all."

"Oh, and you didn't think that maybe you could have got lost?" Beurling retorted "What would you have done if you had been ambushed, then what?"

Maple was about the cut in again but Frenda beat her to it "Oh will you two quit arguing like a married couple, your giving me and Maple a headache."

This stunned the two into silence. The rest of the day passed without incident, that night like all the other night Tomoko woke up to Beurling having another nightmare, Tomoko walked to the side of the bed and sat on it, she was about to do her usual routine like normal, till she remembered what Sara had told her, moving her hand cautiously to the side of Beurling's face she then started to stroke it gently like she would a pet cat or dog. Slowly after a few strokes Beurling started to settle down a bit then started to snore lightly, she gave Beurling a few more strokes and Beurling nuzzled into them slightly.

Tomoko smiled at this "I'm glad this helps you." Tomoko spoke quietly so as to not wake Beurling.

The second week passed rather quickly Tomoko thought, the classes were going well, they were difficult but that was to be expected. The only mild headache she had was Beurling's constant duels, combat was a thrice a week lesson at the end of the day and everyone wanted to try their hand at fighting Beurling and see if they could beat the person who was able to if only briefly go toe to toe with a teacher. All of this made Tomoko and Maple rather exasperated.

At the end of the week and they were all practising hand to hand combat, Tomoko was practising with Maple and Beurling was trying with Frenda who had recently fought Fídi two days ago, it was Fídi's way of testing the class for their weaknesses, Frenda's was she struggled with quick moving targets, as Fídi had managed to out manoeuvre her every swing.

Tomoko was silently dreading her time to face Fídi. When the end of class came Tomoko's, fear was realised. Taking up a stance she fired a quick burst at Fídi, but she dodged to the side then swung the chain at her, Tomoko managed to dodge, but the staff was quick to follow and batted the muzzle of the gun out the way.

Fídi, then wrapped the chain around Tomoko's neck and pulled her into a head butt, causing Tomoko to drop her gun and hit the ground where Fídi whacked her with the staff, while kicking the gun out the way.

Tomoko yielded after that, she wasn't a fool and wasn't going to get beaten up when she couldn't fight back. Fídi sighed at this "Best off in a support role and not in hand to hand." she spoke "I believe a melee weapon of some sorts to help you would be good, just in case of emergencies."

After class she was wondering around the school trying to think on what Fídi had said, when suddenly she was shoved into the wall beside her, Blau and her team stood behind her "You really are useless aren't you Faunus." Blau spat as she kicked her in the face, as her teammates laughed "Couldn't even last five minutes, I bet that pet lover of a team mate of your is really embarrassed."

Tomoko tried to stand up again when Blau pulled on her tail, causing Tomoko to scream loudly "My, you really are bad wonder if I should cut it…" Blau's voice was cut off with her flying into her teammates and all four went landing in a heap on the floor.

"Oh, I was going to tell you to leave her alone, but I seemed to hit you by accident." came Beurling's voice dripping with sarcasm.

Blau got up and was about respond when another voice boomed down the hall "Enough all of you!" it was Tammy looking like a to Tomoko "Blau you and your team plus miss Beurling will acompany me, miss Jervis return to your room."

Tomoko did as she was ordered while Beurling followed the head teacher. Once she was back into the room, she told Maple and Frenda who were both livid with Blau and Beurling, something they raised when Beurling walked in nonchalantly after a while and explained she had a warning.

"What the hell were you doing?" Maple shouted "That was bloody stupid!"

"Oh, so I should just let her get assaulted then!" Beurling countered.

"No, but you shouldn't take matters into your own hand like that."

"You had no issue the last time I did it."

"That was before I was your leader!"

"Well what would have me do then?" Beurling spoke, angrily.

Maple was a bit stumped by this and merely said "Not that." During the whole conversation Tomoko found herself getting more and more angry, at Beurling for being so reckless but more at herself for not stopping Beurling, her anger clouded her from seeing she couldn't have stopped Beurling if she wanted to.

"What did the others get?" Frenda asked.

"Detention and a warning to leave Tomoko alone, Tammy saw the whole thing as was about the stop it when I intervened." Beurling replied.

Maple sighed "Never again Beurling!" she spoke "Are we clear?"

Beurling nodded along with a "Sure." before heading back into the bedroom.

A few minutes later Tomoko walked into the room to, she'd calmed down a bit, but still wanted to tell Beurling to not be so reckless again. Not finding her as she walked in, she opened the bathroom door, in her haste she'd forgotten to knock.

In the room Beurling was getting changed and had not got her top on yet, Tomoko could see of Beurling's upper body had scars all over her arms and torso, the biggest scar ran on her left side, it was right were Beurling had said she had bionic ribs now she could see why, that scar nearly reached her shoulder and went up to her collar bone.

They stood stock still for a second before Beurling reacted, with a scream of "Oi!" and chop to the head like Beurling did the first night, Tomoko quickly shut the door.

Beurling then came out with her top on covering all the scars and with the look of a demon "What the hell Tomoko?"

"Sorry!"

Frenda then barged in through the door "Hey, are you two alright?" she spoke as looked at the two Beurling full of rage and Tomoko full of fear "I heard screaming."

"It's nothing." Beurling spoke more calmly.

"Then what's with the screams?"

"Frenda, it's fine." Tomoko spoke a little nervously.

Frenda sighed "Ok, well if you two quarrelling lovers need me, I'll be outside." she spoke before closing the door.

Tomoko tried to speak but Beurling, picked up her cigarette pack and lighter, before heading out the room, leaving Tomoko alone, garbing fists full of her hair screaming at herself "Brilliant going Tomoko."

As Beurling made her way back to the room she found a mystery girl waiting by the door, she was hidden in between the lights hiding in shadows, "So your Beurling." she spoke with a smile.

"What's it to you?" replied Beurling.

"My names Horatia." the stranger spoke "And I have a challenge for you."

"What kind of challenge?" Beurling asked, getting a chilling sensation from the girl in front of her

Tomoko was still lying in her bed when Beurling walked in, frustrated and silent, Tomoko got the impression something was up, like she was hiding something.

"Beurling…" she tried to speak but Beurling put her hand up to stop her.

"Leave it Tomoko, I'm not in the mood." she said as she got into bed "Good night." she spoke.

Tomoko sat back on the bed "Good night." she spoke quietly, laying back on the bed she sighed "Well today could have gone better." she thought as she went to bed.

Honestly even i'm not sure who's adopting who right now, are people adopting Klara or is she adopting them. Also who is Horatia is she good, bad, a Cardin well i guess we'll find out.

Anyway that's enough now time to get to Tomoko's inspiration.

So Tomoko's name is a Japanese name meaning "friendly child"depending on Kanji you use which fitted her personality.

Her second comes from HMS Jervis a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy also known as "Lucky Jervis". Now Jervis had a half sister ship the K class ship HMS Kelly which was a very unlucky ship during her service and well this gave me the idea for her semblance, with the making a person lucky but herself unlucky. It was also kind of what i want her personality to be selfless to a fault. i mean she is wanting to help with the nightmares after all.

Her gun is based off the Bren Gun and Type 99.