"Pyrrha!" Shouts a familiar high-pitched noise, being muffled by a steel door. Pyrrha looks up from the book that she was reading in her dorm room. She gets up from her bed and walks over to the door, opening it slightly only for it to burst open the rest of the way as a familiar red blur rushes in and gives the spartan a tight hug. "Pyrrha! You said that we were going to play video games today! I'm so excited to be able to teach you how to play "Kung Fu Ninja Slayer Ultimate Death Battle 2"! I know you'll love it!" She says excitedly, her silver eyes sparkling.

Pyrrha gives a small laugh as she gently pats Ruby's back, surprised from the hug. "That's today? Well I can never break my promises!" She laughs softly, welcoming Ruby into her team's dorm. Jaune, Nora and Ren were out getting food at the cafeteria. Pyrrha wasn't hungry so she decided to stay behind and take the alone time to get some reading done, only for her to forget that she was supposed to be hanging out with Ruby today.

When Ruby was inside, Pyrrha closes the door and walks over to the bookcase, pressing a switch as a large blue screen made of hard light dust appears above the bookcase. The screen was showing static as Ruby walks up to the bookcase, taking out a small cartridge from her pocket before putting it into a small little slot that was in between two stacks of books. After a few seconds, the screen starts to flash the respective icons for the companies that made the game and soon the title screen shows up as the game announces itself. Ruby sits down on the floor in front of the TV and pats the ground next to her, so that Pyrrha can sit right next to her. The spartan gives a small giggle as she does so, taking out her scroll to use as a controller. Ruby does the same as she boots up the game and soon the two of them would find themselves at the character select screen. "Just choose whoever you want to play as Pyrrha! If I'm to give any recommendations, try playing Monica. She's a very fun character that's perfect for beginners!" Ruby explains as she moves her cursor over the picture of a red-haired woman with pig tails, wearing a blue and white kimono and wielding a large scythe. "I personally main Koma, because we scythe girls have to stick together!" She exclaims, pointing her finger into the air before giggling happily.

Pyrrha would only giggle at how enthusiastic Ruby was being as she selects a brown haired and green-eyed woman, wielding a large sword and clad in green armor. "So… what's Monica's story?" Pyrrha asks curiously as she looks at the character's design, noting how she appears to have scars and her armor is scratched and dented.

"Oh! Monica was once a fabled hero of the land! Always the first person to save the day, with the love of her life Ash. But one day, the big mean bad guy named Kira killed Ash right in front of Monica's eyes and from that point onwards, she went down a dark path of vengeance, determined to avenge the death of her love!" Ruby explains happily, always having enjoyed the lore of this game.

Pyrrha gives a small hum as she takes in the info from Ruby. "I see, is Ash playable too?" She asks curiously as she tries to look around on the character select screen to find the character.

"No, he doesn't become playable until the next game, in which he comes back as a zombie, which is stupid in my opinion." Ruby said with a groan. "Like yeah, it makes for good angst and stuff, but it just wasn't written into the story all that well! Like come on! It's not that hard to make a compelling story for zombie Ash, instead of treating him like an object that was meant to give angst to poor Monica and that's it. Nothing else. Just a machine to dispense angst. At least he's fun to play as though." Ruby rants as she starts going on and on about some of the various issues that she has with the game's story telling. Pyrrha can only laugh softly as she listens to Ruby talk on and on about the game. While she has no idea what Ruby is saying, Pyrrha listens anyways, always wanting to hear her friends express their interests, even if she has no idea what they are. Soon enough, Ruby stops talking as she looks at Pyrrha with a small nervous smile. "Sorry for ranting there, I kinda get a bit passionate about this game ahahah…" She laughs, tapping her fingertips together.

"Don't worry about it Ruby! I'm more than happy to listen to you! It always makes me happy to see my friends get so excited about their favorite interests!" Pyrrha says with a bright smile, to which Ruby gives a small blush and scratches the back of her head.

"Ahaha… you're a good person to talk to Pyrrha. Always ready to listen no matter what the topic is! But let's not waste anymore time and start playing!" The young huntress exclaims excitedly as she presses a button on her scroll and soon, they would start playing the game.

Pyrrha looks at the screen and then down at her scroll, taking note of all the various buttons that showed up on the screen. "So… how do I play this game?" She asks curiously. "I've never been much of a gamer, unless you want to count fight simulations as a video game." She presses the right arrow button and notices her character moves to the right. She presses the left button, and the digital character reflects the button press.

"Okay so, you're getting the hang of the movement already! But if you want to jump just press the up arrow and duck is the down arrow." Ruby says as she shows the motions to Pyrrha with her character. "For light attacks you press the A button, for heavy attacks you press the B button and for specials you press the X button. All of these attacks can change depending on the directional input. So, if I press forward and A, I'll do a unique scythe slash while not pressing any directional input has me do a simple jab." Ruby tutors, holding her scroll close to Pyrrha's face so that she can see her push the buttons and then see the button presses translate to movements on the screen.

Pyrrha gives a firm nod as she messes around with the controls for her character, simply jumping, slashing, punching, and stabbing the air, accidentally hitting Ruby's character a few times as she explored the game. "Oops! I'm sorry!" Pyrrha apologizes to which Ruby waves it off.

"Don't worry about it! It's a fighting game so there's no need to say sorry!" She said with a bright smile as she allows her character to serve as a bit of a punching bag. "Those are the basic controls, there are a lot of mechanics that you'll need to learn that are important to gameplay, but for now let's just play around simply!"

Pyrrha gives a nod as Ruby starts to fight back, going easy on the newcomer as she doesn't want to leave a rotten taste in the spartan's mouth. Pyrrha gives a small laugh as she gets Ruby into a small little auto combo, the game telling her "Nice!" when she finished the combo. "Did you hear that Ruby? The game said that I did a nice job!" She laughs happily.

"I did! You're doing good Pyrrha! Soon enough, you'll become a pro at this game!" Ruby laughs as she plays back with Pyrrha. "Oh yeah! I forgot to mention, in order to block, use any of the shoulder buttons. They're these buttons that are on top of all the others." She explained, pointing out the two rectangular buttons that rest above all the others. Pyrrha gives a small nod, pressing the button and sees her character use her sword as a large shield.

"Oh okay! Thank you Ruby!" Pyrrha thanks as she goes on the offense against Ruby. The sounds of buttons tapping echo through out the room as the two girls play the game intently. Even though Pyrrha was doing a good job, Ruby still ended up beating her, but it was close though. "Awww seems like I lost. But that was fun though!" Pyrrha said with a happy smile.

"Yay! I'm glad that you're having fun!" Ruby cheered, jumping up into the air slightly before landing back on her bum. "Am I being a bit too rough with you? I'm quite experienced so I'm trying to go easy on you so that you can have a good time!"

"No, you're doing just fine! I felt that I had a chance to beat you as we fought! But shall we play another round?" Pyrrha asks, holding her controller with a firm grip.

"Heck yeah! Let's game!" The young girl proclaimed and soon, with the press of a few buttons, they would start another round. The two girls would fight against each other, laughing happily as they enjoy this simple bonding time with one another. Pyrrha would actually win a few fights while Ruby won most of them. After an hour of gaming, Ruby put down her controller and stretched her fingers, wiggling them quickly. "Whew! That was so much fun Pyrrha! You're starting to get good at this game! Next time we play, I need to teach you about some of the more in-depth mechanics!"

"I look forward to learning from you!" She says happily, putting her scroll down as she stretches her arms out as well. Pyrrha's smile falters for a moment as she starts to think to herself. Turning towards Ruby, she looks at the young girl curiously. "Hey Ruby, I know you're very young to be attending Beacon, but I was wondering, how did you take the news of being accepted into the school?" She asks with a gentle smile.

"Oh! I was soooo excited! I've always wanted to go to Beacon, after all that's where my mom, dad, uncle, and aunt went! So, Beacon had a small legacy of making fantastic hunters!" Ruby said, her smile growing from ear to ear.

Pyrrha gives a small laugh at her enthusiasm and pats Ruby's back softly. "I'm glad that you were excited! But how did you feel upon arriving?"

"Well, I was still super excited, especially since Yang was with me. But then Yang was carried away by her group of friends which made me come to a realization that since I got into Beacon so early, I was going into the school without any of my friends from my previous school. I was all alone. My feelings also didn't help when I bumped into Weiss, who was being… well Weiss and we got into a small fight. It wasn't until Jaune came up to my and started talking to me, treating me as a normal girl and not the girl who exploded in the middle of the courtyard." Ruby smiles sheepishly, giving a giggle at the distant memory.

Pyrrha gives a happy hum as she listens to Ruby talk about her first day. "So, Jaune was your first friend at Beacon too?"

"He was! He stuck around me and kept me company until I was able to regroup with Yang! He's such a nice guy. I'm so glad that I got to meet him!" Ruby smiles happily as she gives a small blush.

"Ahahahah seems like we have something in common then! Because Jaune was my first friend at Beacon as well! He was also the first person that didn't hold me up on a pillar thanks to my status as a celebrity." Pyrrha told Ruby, giggling at the faint memory of Jaune not knowing who she is, despite Weiss explaining to him over and over that he is talking to Pyrrha Nikos, the pride of Mistral. She blushes softly too at all the times she's saved Jaune from various Grimm as well as the training sessions the two liked to have at night.

"He is an amazing guy isn't he Pyrrha." Ruby says in a soft tone, giving a small sigh as she closes her eyes. "He may not be a good fighter, but his mind for strategy and leadership more than makes up for it. I want to learn more from him. Learn how to be a good team leader as well as how to form a good strategy in the middle of combat. Because if I'm to be honest… I really lack in my leadership skills." Ruby admits with a chuckle.

"Nonsense! You're an amazing leader Ruby! You're a beacon for your team to gather towards and rally behind!" Pyrrha said before wincing softly as she just realized the pun she made. "I'm sorry for the pun… maybe I've been hanging around Yang a bit too much."

Ruby gives a giggle as she waves Pyrrha off. "You're fine! Yang just has that kind of affect on people. But anyways, do you really think I'm a good leader? I don't feel like I'm the best, after all I still make wrong decisions, or I start to go solo in the middle of combat and leave behind my team." Ruby explains, her eyes darting over the dorm room, taking note of the place of every object.

"And that's why you're a student at Beacon! Leadership isn't a skill that you're going to master overnight, it's something that you have to learn and trust me when I say this Ruby, but I think you're an excellent leader. You're a far better one than I could ever be!" Pyrrha laughed humbly, knowing that she herself wouldn't make for the best leader, which she figured is why Jaune was elected instead of her.

"Well it's still hard to compare to Jaune. He just has the natural talent for being a leader. It's almost as if he's playing chess on the battlefield." Ruby praises the blonde, despite him not being there.

"He truly is gifted in that regard. Admittedly, I am quite jealous of his amazing mind. Despite how anxious he can get outside of combat, he's always able to keep a level head in the middle of combat, even if the fight is a losing one. He keeps calm and pushes through the fight until it's over. After which all the anxiety bursts forth and he drowns it in food!" Pyrrha laughs softly, knowing that Jaune is good at holding his anxiety in when the moment calls for it. She's helped comfort his after combat anxieties, especially ones where he lost because as his partner, it's her job to be there for him. But despite that, she still likes to tease him from time to time. "Sometimes after a really intense fight, he throws up in the garbage bin inside the locker room." Pyrrha reveals, whispering into Ruby's ear.

Ruby covers her mouth as she gives a loud laugh. "So, he still is Vomit Boy, isn't he? It's like he has two different settings! Jaune Arc and Vomit Boy!" Ruby laughs happily, slapping her thigh as her shoulders heave up and down thanks to how hard she's laughing.

Ruby's signature laugh is quite contagious and soon, Pyrrha would find herself laughing alongside Ruby as well. "I remember him telling me the story of how you gave him that nickname! Here's the best part, he still gets airsick too!" Pyrrha reveals. She knows that she shouldn't reveal this information about Jaune, but she feels she can trust Ruby to know. Besides, it's likely that Ruby knows most of this information anyways.

Ruby's laughter starts to die down as she gives a long sigh. "Oh, never change Vomit Boy." she said, shaking her head as she gives one last laugh. "But to go back on topic, I do admire that aspect of him. Being able to know when the time calls for a leader, and when the time calls to be a blonde dork. It's an aspect that I'm trying to learn myself."

"I think you're doing excellent so far Ruby. You already feel like a different person on and off the battlefield, while you still keep that charm that makes you, you! It makes listening to your orders far easier as you say each command with confidence."

"You think so?"

"I know so Ruby." Pyrrha smiled warmly, patting Ruby's back. "There are different types of leaders, who like to do things their own special way. So, while yes you can learn from what Jaune does, it's also important that you stand out yourself with your own leadership role. A leadership role that shout outs Ruby Rose."

"Thanks, Pyrrha! You really gave me a strong boost to my confidence! I'll get better as a leader, and soon, I'll be the best leader around! As well as the best huntress!" Ruby proclaims, standing up and striking a heroic pose, her red hood some how billowing in the wind, despite the fact that the window for the room was closed shut.

Pyrrha gives a small giggle as she watches Ruby act like her normal energetic self. "You're so full of energy Ruby. It's always fun to see you move around! I always wonder what you're going to be doing next!" She laughs as she pats Ruby's back.

Ruby returns the laugh as she gives Pyrrha a small hug. "And you're so cool and epic! You're fighting style is super unique and amazing! I really love how you combine your semblance into your fighting style! It gives you a certain aspect of uniqueness that makes you stand out from others!" The young girl praises as she moves her hands around in an attempt to imitate Pyrrha's fighting. "I'm soooo happy that I get to be friends with you Pyrrha!"

"As am I Ruby!" Pyrrha laughs happily. As she laughs, the world around them starts to grow dark and fade away from existence. "As am I…" The phrase repeats itself inside of Pyrrha's head as soon the girl finds herself in a lush green forest near Mistral. Coming back from recollecting the memory, she takes a look at her surroundings and spots Neo walking alongside her silently, which isn't out of the ordinary for her due to Neo being mute, but it was a kind of silence that wasn't normal for even her. Pyrrha's mind races back to what she just did not too long ago, as she looks down at her blood-stained hands.

Neo looks over and sees Pyrrha looking at her hands. She gives a sigh as she gently nudges Pyrrha's arm. "I… I want to talk to you about what happened…" She signed as she got Pyrrha's attention.

"What is there to talk about? Are you just going to tell me what a monster I am? How I thirst only for blood no matter where it comes from?" Pyrrha asks as she clenches her fist and looks dead ahead on the path. "Are you going to tell me that you would prefer to travel alongside Ruby now?"

Neo gives a small sigh, knowing that she's going have to pick her words carefully in order to prevent her from lashing out or doing something even worse. "No… that's not what I want to talk about. Well not exactly." Neo pauses as she takes a moment to figure out what exactly she wants to say. "Well you know you went to far with removing one of Ruby's fingers, right? She was defenseless and already defeated. She already got the point when you threw her down on her ass."

"I know that Neo. But the monster inside of me kept on telling me that she needed more. She needed to suffer more than what she already has!" Pyrrha growled, disgusted in herself for giving in to her demons.

"What is this monster Pyrrha? What is this foul and terrible beast inside you that keeps on encouraging you to kill?" Neo asks, signing quickly as she starts to get concerned over her newfound friend.

Pyrrha gives a small chuckle before taking a deep breath. "This monster… it's constantly in my head… telling me things. Telling me things to kill, pillage and rampage, all in the name of Jaune. It wanted me to kill Ruby then and there and I'm… so disgusted at myself for even listening to it." Pyrrha utters, a single tear running down her cheek.

Neo gives Pyrrha a sympathetic stare as she reaches up to wipe the tear away from Pyrrha's face. "The fact that you didn't kill Ruby and only dismembered her finger is proof enough that you can fight against this monster. While you still did a terrible thing, it could've been far worse so take that as a small little victory." Neo smiled, trying her best to be supportive for Pyrrha. She's really hoping that this works because she's not the best with this kind of stuff.

"How can you consider that a victory?! I still did a terrible thing to a defenseless woman, a woman who was one of my closest friends!" Pyrrha shouts, stomping on the ground with intense force as she glares at Neo with anger, more so at herself than Neo.

Seeing this kind of rage was normal for Neo, after all Cinder was always known to have a bit of a short temper from when they worked together, so Neo didn't feel insulted at Pyrrha lashing out against her. "Pyrrha, I think what you meant to say was that Ruby is one of your closest friends." Neo corrected with a soft smile.

"W-What do you mean?" Pyrrha stumbled, her anger dying down as she refuses to acknowledge what Neo is implying.

"Ruby still sees you as a very close friend! She's not exactly subtle about her feelings. How she so lazily fought against you, how she constantly tried to talk to you and how she reached out to you despite the fact that she was in a small puddle of her own blood, wanting to grab you and bring you back to her. It's obvious that Little Red still cares deeply about you. Hell… she cares about me too." Neo paused as she takes a deep sigh, looking up at the evening sky. "I thought she didn't save Roman because to her, he was a bad guy. But seeing how she reacted to you questioning her reasoning for running away and how she wants to avenge him as well… it made me feel that she regrets not being able to save Roman too." Neo rambled softly with a sigh.

Pyrrha gives a small humph, refusing to believe that what Neo is saying is true. She doesn't deserve forgiveness. The only thing she deserves is death for all the sins she's committed. "What makes you so sure of that? You know how naïve and foolish Ruby is. She still believes that being a huntress is some heroic fantasy that will always result in a happy ending." Pyrrha grumbles.

"Oh, don't give me that shit Pyrrha! I know that she's naïve and a bit foolish, but I think she knows what it means to be a huntress now! My own self hatred for the girl blinded me from realizing it but Ruby was a major part of the Battle of Beacon! She was there in the front lines and saw all the deaths and tragedies firsthand! So, don't say she doesn't know that being a huntress involves lots of sacrifice because I think she knows it pretty damn well right now!" Neo signs rapidly, letting out a small scratchy yell as her eyes burn with anger, getting tired of Pyrrha's excuses.

Pyrrha took a small step back as she watches Neo lash out at her, not sure what to say. "Neo… I…" Pyrrha muttered only for her thoughts to be interrupted by Neo letting out another loud yell that sounded like sandpaper was rubbing against her vocal cords.

"I'm not done! You will listen to me god dammit! Stop being so self-awash in your own self pity that you shut yourself from reality! Take the time to look around and see that there are still people out there that care about you! Ruby, Ren and Nora, they all wanted to help you! I want to help you too Pyrrha! This brief time we spent together and how you treat me just like how Roman did, not as a partner or a servant, but as a friend! So get your head out of your ass and let us fucking help you!" Neo signs rapidly, getting so caught up in her emotions as tears start to run down her cheeks. She didn't expect to feel so strongly for Pyrrha like this, but her being the first person that gave her company in a world where she was all alone, being a flame that lit up her life just like how Roman was, she couldn't help herself and started caring immensely for the spartan.

Pyrrha was silent. How could someone like her be so deserving of help? It doesn't make any sense to her at all! She's a terrible person and terrible people deserve to suffer for everything they've done. "Why do you think I'm so deserving of help?! Why?! I don't understand!" Pyrrha screams, tears running down her face as she gets confused on why she's so deserving of help. "I don't understand! I don't understand… I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" She sobs loudly, falling down onto her knees as she buries her face into her hands. Neo kneels down next to Pyrrha, the tall spartan in an act of weakness, showing her more sensitive side that she never showed to anyone, even back at Beacon. Neo pats Pyrrha's back before wrapping her in a small hug, causing the girl to look up from her hands and at Neo, body trembling as her arms move in and around Neo, wrapping her in a tight hug as she buries her face into the pink and brown haired girl's shoulder. Neo gives a small quite hum, rubbing the back of Pyrrha's head as she feels the tough girl let out years of pent up tears into her shoulder. "Why… why am I deserving of help?" She sobs, taking deep gasps of air in between each sob as her hug grows tighter and tighter with each sob.

Neo gives a soft sigh as she leans away from Pyrrha, breaking away from the hug so that she can sign. "It's because of what you're expressing right now. You're showing remorse for your actions and you're saying that you need help, even if you don't think that you deserve it." Neo signed softly, reaching up to wipe away some tears from Pyrrha's cheeks. "From the stories you've told me, I know that Jaune would want to help you too. He would want to dive into the darkness and pull you out, no matter what the risk is to his own life. So please, please know that you deserve help. Let us help you."

Pyrrha gives a sad smile as she lets out one final sniff before hugging Neo once again, finally believing that she is worth a damn and that she deserves help. "Thank you, Neo… thank you so much! I'm so happy that I got to meet you. I fear to imagine what I would be like if I never met you on that bridge." Pyrrha uttered, patting Neo's back before breaking away from the hug and standing back up on her feet. She helps the shorter girl back up onto her feet too.

"Well you probably wouldn't be here right now, telling me your feelings." Neo signed with a teasing smile.

"Yeah yeah… I'd still be an edgy bitch." Pyrrha giggles, feeling the tension in the air relieving as the two women start to joke around a bit. "Come on, I know you want to say it. Just go ahead and spit it out you bastard." She laughs, showing the biggest smile she's ever had before.

Neo let's out a silent laugh as she slaps her knee and looks up at Pyrrha. "Okay you edgy bitch! Though you're not really that edgy anymore if I'm to be honest. You're more of just a regular bitch now." Neo signs, cheeks going red from how hard she's laughing.

Pyrrha gives another laugh as she starts to walk down the path again. "And you're no longer a pain in the ass. Just a regular run of the mill pain." She teases, gently nudging the shorter girl.

"Hey! I'm more than just a run of the mill pain, I'm at the very least a pain in the neck!" Neo signs with a goofy smile.

"If you say so my friend!" Pyrrha chuckles, wrapping her arm around Neo's shoulder and bringing the girl in close as they continue to make their journey down the path. Soon the laughter between the two women would die down as the two walk in happy silence. Pyrrha gives a small sigh of content as she looks at the trees. "You know… I've been thinking." Pyrrha said, looking down at Neo. She looks up at the red head and tilts her head, motioning for her to continue. "Well, I've been thinking that… maybe we should take Ruby up on her offer. Go to Haven with her and maybe… help her fight against Cinder. With all of us working together, we can give Cinder Fall the most brutal forms of punishment for all the suffering she has brought unto us. We can each get in a good blow on Cinder, after all there's one limb for each of us." Pyrrha smiles at Neo.

Neo gives a confident smile as she nods her head. "I call one of the legs." She signs with excitement.

"I'll let Ruby decide on what she wants to take. But all three of us can take her head at the same time." Pyrrha laughs.

"I don't think Little Red will want to go that far." Neo signed as she doesn't see Ruby being that blood thirsty. "But she will at the very least want to put Cinder through a fate that is worse than death before killing her."

"Hmm you may be right. Well it's something that we will have to discuss with her. Haven isn't that far away from us, and I have a feeling that Ruby, Ren, Nora and Qrow are already there. Not sure why, but it's just a gut feeling I have." She says softly as she walks off the side of the path. "Let's go ahead and make camp for the night. I'm positive that tomorrow we will arrive at Haven. But now I'm regretting us throwing our motorcycle at the three of them." Pyrrha sighed as she quickly starts to make a small campfire.

"Yeah I am too, but you have to admit, that was cool as hell." Neo signed with a grin, remembering the little stunt. She's always wanted to do that just because of how cool it was in the movies she watched with Roman.

"It certainly was. And I must admit, I didn't watch your fight with Ruby all that much, but you did an amazing job. It makes me happy that we're on the same side. I would hate to go against you in a battle to the death." Pyrrha compliments as she lights the campfire and rolls out her sleeping bag, sitting on it with a gentle sigh.

"The feeling is mutual! You're a fierce warrior. I'm certain that if we weren't limited by the size of that bridge, our fight would have been much tougher for the both of us. Hell, I'm even willing to bet that we both may have lost a finger or something." Neo signs with a giggle, remembering their first meeting.

"Ahahahah! I think so too! One of these days, you and I have to have a sparring session. Perhaps once we get to Haven, we can have a fun fight with each other." Pyrrha suggests as she lays down on the sleeping bag.

"I look forward to it!" Neo signs happily as she lays down as well. The evening would go by without too much trouble as the two women would eat their meals and soon quickly fall asleep.

When Pyrrha closes her eyes, she would find herself transported into an area that was all too familiar to her. Looking around she finds herself on top of the roof of her dorms at Beacon. She looks down and is a bit confused, as she looks like she's still dressed the way she was earlier. "Hey Pyrr. It's been a while huh?" Asks a familiar voice that causes the woman to freeze. She slowly turns around as her knees tremble. Before her was the love of her life, Jaune looking perfectly healthy as if he has never died.

"J-Jaune?!" Pyrrha cries out, eyes fogging up with tears.

"Yeah, it's me. Sorry that I uh… don't look the best I- Whoa!" Jaune shouts in surprise as he sees Pyrrha running towards him before scooping him up into a tight hug.

"Jaune!" Pyrrha bawls, tears running down her cheeks as she hugs the blonde knight tightly, not ever wanting to let go of him. He feels as warm as he always has. "Oh Jaune! I missed you so much! You have no idea how hard it was to go on without you!" She sobs as she buries her face into Jaune's shoulder.

Jaune gives a soft sigh as he pats Pyrrha's back. "I think I can get a feeling Pyrr. But… I need to tell you that I'm still dead. This is just a dream Pyrrha." He says softly, gently caressing her cheek as he looks at the spartan.

"I know Jaune… but please let me be selfish this one time. Let me enjoy this dream." Pyrrha says softly as she cups Jaune's cheek. She gives her lover a firm kiss on the lips before breaking away with a happy sigh.

Jaune smiles as he lets Pyrrha kiss him and dote on him. He knows that she needs this, just for a little bit. When Pyrrha would break away from the hug he gives her a loving look as he holds her hands. "You're still just as beautiful as I last remembered." He says softly.

"As are you Jaune." Pyrrha coos, giving her man another chaste kiss.

Jaune chuckles softly from Pyrrha's affection before looking at her softly. "I want to talk to you about something Pyrrha. It's about what's going on now." He says softly.

Pyrrha's smile falters for a moment as she lets go of Jaune's hands, only for him to grab them as soon as she let go. "I'm… sorry Jaune… I'm sorry that you had to see all of that…" Pyrrha apologizes as she gives a small sniff. "I didn't want to do it… but I just felt myself lose all control." Pyrrha sobs, tears running down her cheeks again.

Jaune reaches a hand up and rubs the tears away. "I know you lost control, but I forgive you. All of us do. Ruby, Neo, Ren and Nora, they all forgive you." Jaune says softly, reaffirming what Pyrrha already knows.

"I know that Jaune… Neo made it pretty clear to me earlier today." She laughs softly, kicking her feet on the floor as she swings her and Jaune's arms. "But I still can't help but feel guilt for my actions."

"It's something that will haunt you for a while but use that guilt to fuel your desire to bring down Cinder. She's the one that caused you to lash out against your friends. In fact, she's hurt all of your friends in more ways than you could ever know. If anything, seeing how she has hurt your friends should fuel your desire to bring her to justice even more." Jaune explains softly, his soft blue eyes looking at Pyrrha's with love.

Pyrrha gives a small sigh as she closes her breath, thinking about all of her friends. Because of Cinder and her attack on Beacon, Ruby is traumatized and lost a finger, Weiss is forced to go back home to her abusive father, Blake is on the run because of her previous involvement with the White Fang, Yang lost an arm, Neo lost the love of her life and was left all alone, and Nora and Ren lost their leader Jaune, only having each other to rely on. Pyrrha opens her eyes as fires of determination burn inside of her. "You're right Jaune. It was selfish of me to imagine that I'm the only one that Cinder hurt. She's hurt all of my friends and she will pay for what she's done!" Pyrrha growls with determination as she looks up towards the broken moon of Remnant, noticing how it starts to fade away slowly.

"I'm happy to hear that Pyrrha. Fight for your friends and carry on my role as leader. I know you feel you're not the best but let that determination that's burning inside of you drive you to become the best leader you possibly can be!" Jaune says with a smile as he gives Pyrrha one last hug.

"I will Jaune. I won't let you down! From this point forward, everything I do is for you and my friends." Pyrrha declares as she clenches her fist. "Thank you so much for telling me all of this Jaune. I love you so much." Pyrrha cooed as she gets closer to Jaune, leaning down slightly so that she can kiss him.

"I love you too Pyrrha, but there's one more thing-" Jaune said before getting cut off by the kiss, slowly kissing back.

As the two star crossed lovers kissed, Pyrrha would feel the dream world that she was in disappearing around her and soon she would find herself back in reality, laying on the large sleeping bag that she was currently sleeping in. She sits up and sees the sun rising over the large pine trees, giving a small sigh as she gets up from her sleeping bag. This was the first time Pyrrha has had a dream this pleasant in a long time. It's been nightmares for as long as she could remember but now, she was able to sleep peacefully and she feels fully refreshed. She gives a big stretch before packing away her sleeping bag. She notices Neo getting up and gives the short woman a big smile. "Good morning Neo! Did you sleep well?" She asks happily.

Neo gives Pyrrha a weirded-out stare, not used to seeing her like this. "Who the hell are you and what did you do to Pyrrha?" Neo signs with a teasing smile.

"Oh, silly Neo! It's still me, Pyrrha! I just had a very pleasant dream last night! Man, I haven't slept like this in year!" Pyrrha giggles as she helps Neo up from the ground and rolls up Neo's sleeping bag.

Neo gives a soft laugh as she gets up to her feet and stretches herself. "I'll admit, you're kind of scaring me. What happened to the grumpy bitch that I've come to know and love?" Neo asks with a giggle as she stretches her legs out.

"Don't worry! I'm certain she'll be back in a few hours. But let's get back on the road! Mistral awaits us!" Pyrrha said excitedly as she picks up her things and starts to walk down the trail.

Neo gives a small sigh as she shakes her head, following after the tall spartan. This is the first time she's seen Pyrrha so happy like this, it's a nice sight to see. She would like to see her like this more often but this small, rare instance of pure happiness from the spartan just makes them all the more special. Neo taps Pyrrha's arm as the spartan looks down the criminal. "So, what's the game plan?" Neo asks curiously.

"Well the current plan is to go to Haven Academy and reunite with Ruby and friends. I'll need to talk to her privately to discuss somethings but afterwards, we will stick around with them for the foreseeable future." Pyrrha said softly, her excessive happiness starting to die down. "It's time for me to seek revenge against Cinder for not just what she's done to me, but for everything she's done to you, Ruby, Ren, Nora and all my other friends." She explained with determination glimmering in her eyes.

"Fighting for your friends huh? You truly are a goody two shoes at heart aren't you Pyrrha?" Neo scoffs with a smile, twirling her parasol in her hands. "Oh, what the hell, count me in too. While I'm admittedly a bit nervous at how the rest will react to me wanting to help, but as long as I'm with you, I feel I won't have to worry. Though I still can't make any promises on me not stealing anything." Neo signs with a cocky smile.

"And I expect no less from a trash gremlin such as yourself! Besides, it could come in handy at some point in the future." Pyrrha teases as she wraps her arm around Neo's shoulders, causing the shorter girl to give a quiet "Eep" in surprise. "Besides, I won't let the others do anything to you and make sure that they fully understand that you want to help us. I'm certain that Ruby will help with this as well."

"Yeah she probably will. Little Red always liked to see the good in people."

"That she does." Pyrrha nods, giving a soft sigh as the two women walk down the forest trail together, the future is looking bright for the both of them and with them joining Ruby and her team, well they're lives are shining brighter with hope, more so than it ever has before.