-Patch. Home. Morning.-

-One Year Later-

-Ruby Rose's POV. Age 5-

Ruby: "TAKE THIS!"

I swung my wooden scythe at Souma who dodge it with ease. I twirl it hoping it would catch his leg. I turn to see him do a back flip.

I raise my wooden scythe to strike him from above, he stop moving and smile and pull out his kunai and block my attack. By doing so he kick my stomach pushing me back.

I use my scythe to slow my momentum after being push back. I look up to see Souma running towards me, he begin throwing his kunai from his hand. I jump up and use my scythe to deflect this, Souma then smile and begins throwing multiple kunais at me.

*Clank*

*Clank*

*Clank*

I quickly twirl my scythe to deflect his kunais, after deflecting and dodging all of his kunais I turn to see him flicker and disappear...where did he go?

Souma: "Never lose sight of your opponent."

I feel a presence behind me I quickly turn to see Souma's Sharingan. I twirl my scythe to hit him but he immediately grab my hand.

Souma: "Got you."

I smile and and jump to kick him, he tries to grab my leg but before he could I use my Semblance to avoid it.

My Semblance is the same as mother, I leave behind red petals as I teleport from him...Souma however, merely remain calm and I swear despite me being faster than him...his eyes still focuses on me.

I teleport behind him and use the end of my scythe to strike him.

Souma: "Two can play that."

As I was about to hit him, his body disappear as he leave behind black petals. Seeing this I immediately use my Semblance to avoid his fist.

I quickly ran towards him sending flurry of my attacks but he dodge them with ease and I have to block his attacks.

Each time we hit, we use our Semblance to get ourselves out. Meanwhile on the other side of the field.

Qrow: "*Whistle* Ruby is quickly mastering her Semblance despite obtaining it recently."

Uncle Qrow is sitting on a log watching the entire fight, Yang is watching while feeling slight bored,

Yang: "*Sigh* Yeah well despite that he's toying with her."

Qrow: "Maybe so, but he's helping her by increasing her awareness. He's using his Semblance to teleport around her forcing her to do the same, restricting her next moves. She has to rely on her instinct now since her opponent is using the same type of Semblance as her. It's good practice to go against a fast moving opponent."

I suddenly felt a kick at the side of my stomach...he's too fast. As I flew from his kick I see him performing hand seals.

Souma: "Fūton: Hanachiri Mai" (Wind Release: Flower Scattering Dance)

I see a large cyclone heading my way leaving behind black petals. I dodge the attack to see multiple cyclones coming right at me.

I see Souma standing there waiting for me.

I purse my lips...I'm not giving up yet.

I immediately ran straight for him...seeing this, he smile. I use my Semblance and scythe to dodge and block his cyclones.

When I managed to get through it I saw him standing there...I immediately leap mid air and twist my body to strike him down.

*THUD*

As I managed to hit his body, But I felt something was off...wait...he's not there.

I see Souma slowly disappearing turning into a kaleidoscope of butterflies.

Ruby: "*Gasp* GENJUTSU!"

But it was too late, I turn to see five cyclone coming right at me.

Qrow: "Sheesh that a bit harsh messing your opponent's mind like that."

Yang: "..."

I close my eyes thinking it's over...but nothing happen. I slowly open my eyes to see the cyclones dissipate and Souma standing in front of me.

I felt a poke on my forehead, I look at him to see him giving me a warm smile.

Souma: "You're improving Ruby, I'm proud of you."

I look down feeling both sad and happy...but I felt my face slowly turning red when he starts patting my head.

Souma: "Hey don't feel down about the fight, you came at me with all you got. Frankly I'm impress how fast you're mastering your Semblance."

Yang: "He's right Rubes, you were so fast I could barely keep up with you."

We turn to see Yang and Uncle Qrow walk up towards us with her hands behind her head.

Qrow: "Excellent work both of you, especially you kiddo just remember not all five years old like yourself can pull what you did...and Souma, um...keep on improving."

I look at Souma who's laughing then slowly look away.

Qrow: "So Souma, next week you'll be moving to Signal Academy right?"

Souma nods and looks visibly excited.

Souma: "Yup, I've checked out the dormitory the other day with dad. It's pretty cool."

The other day Souma, Yang, Dad and I went to Signal City to check out his new place and it looks comfortable. His dormitory wasn't far from the academy and he has access to restaurant and a shopping mall that are near by. All in all is a good place.

Yang and I however look down feeling sad that he'll be leaving us soon.

Seeing this Souma immediately place both his arm around us smiling widely,

Souma: "What's with the long faces I told you didn't I, I'll visit during the weekend. Let's go home, I'll cook us some curry rice for lunch."

Our eyes begins to sparkle when we heard him say that. Lately Souma's been cooking our lunch and dinner when mom's away...not that dad's cooking is bad or anything it's simply his is better than dad.

Yang/Ruby: "CURRY RICE!"

Souma smile widely and nod.

Souma: "You girls have been putting a lot of effort into your training that it's making your dear old brother cry tears of joy. Now then I've to prepare since making curry takes time, Uncle Qrow you coming for lunch or you going to spend your day drinking."

He smile while gritting his teeth.

Qrow: "Well...since you offer might as well. Also haven't you heard of respecting your elder."

I see Souma looking around with a grin on his face.

Souma: "What elder?"

*BONK*

Souma's holding his head in pain when Uncle Qrow hit his head.

-Home. Afternoon.-

-Yang Xiao Long's POV-

*Humming*

I'm currently watching Souma preparing lunch for us, he's humming a tune that I'm not familiar with. Ruby is sitting next to me as we see him wearing an apron while chopping vegetables.

For some reason he looks handsome doing it. I quickly shake my head as my face slowly turns red...I turn to face Ruby only to see her face turn red as she's mesmerized by him...well who can blame her.

As we grew older, we've begun to notice that Souma have became quite handsome as of late. (Author: Imagine a young Walter from the Hellsing series)

Ever since the Nightmare incident Souma had, Ruby's been pretty attached to him and Souma have the tendency to spoil her from time to time. One time when we were at Signal City, Souma held her hand the entire time to ensure she wouldn't get lost...I can only laugh wryly when I saw how protective of him towards her. I won't lie saying I wasn't jealous.

Ruby: "...Umm...Souma do you need a hand?"

Ruby meekly ask as she walk towards him...he looks at her while smiling.

Souma: "Hmm, sure you can help me wash these potatoes."

I got slightly annoyed by how close these two become.

Yang: "I WANNA HELP TOO!"

I quickly stand next to him which made him caught off guard.

Ruby looks at me while cutely pouting.

Souma: "Oh...ok then, didn't know you had interest in cooking. You can help me prepare the chicken."

The moment he said that...I have zero clue how to do it. When he saw my face he chuckle lightly.

Souma: "Alright how about you wash these instead and I'll handle the chicken."

I smile and nod and soon Ruby and I are washing the vegetables.

Souma: "Look at us, the three of us are cooking. We never did this before."

Meanwhile I see Qrow in the living grinning as he watches us.

Qrow: "So the two of you are cooking huh? Ahahaha well Souma, aren't you a lucky guy."

Ruby and I got slightly embarrass by it when we realized what he meant.

Souma: "Hmm, oh yea I'm very lucky to have them."

He said with a sincere tone...ah what's this aura of blinding light behind him. He's too pure.

Souma: "They fact the two of you are taking the time to learn makes my heart warm. When you girls

do get married, your husband will realized what a lucky man he is to have you."

Our face immediately turn red when he said husband.

I hear Ruby speaking softly to herself...she didn't realized I could hear her.

Ruby: "I wanna marry you though..."

She said it with a straight face...Eh!?...Did my sister developed a brother complex?

Hmm for some reason my guts feels bad...am I sick?

-Qrow Branwen's POV-

I'm sitting in the living room while drinking as I watch this strange situation unfold...three kids are cooking lunch while I'm just doing nothing...for some reason it hurts my pride...though I have to admit Souma can cook far better than Tai could.

I remember our time in the academy where he would cook for us during our mission...Though most of them are bad memories such as I puking most of his cooking...Summer however managed to ate it with a straight face. Good times...I guess.

Though what interest me is that the two girls that are entering puberty this early on as they are discovering their feeling for him. Hmm, well when you're looking at their perspective Souma is quite a dashing young man. When he becomes a teenager I won't be surprise if he becomes popular in Beacon Academy.

I recalled Lily constantly asking me about him...that girl rarely take an interest in other people and prefer focusing on her studied, training and spending time with her closest friends. I guess he made an impact on her somehow after they fought. I told her to wait patiently, boy will she surprise to see him next week.

I wonder if he's aware of Yang and Ruby's feeling for him...the boy can be quite dense but there are times where he can be...frighteningly perceptive..is because of his Sharingan? Maybe he's aware of it, maybe he doesn't want to pursue that kind of relationship...ah hell what am I thinking about they're kids for gods sake.

I scratch my head and continue drinking.

-Souma Uchiha's POV-

The girls...are rather competitive when it comes to cooking as they keep on asking me what to do next constantly...they're trying to outdo one another. Hmm, I'm not blind to see what they're doing. I know that they've developed some strange attachment for me even though they don't realized it yet.

What made me aware of it was during last year the two of them were acting...weirdly than usual.

Yang can be rather aggressive when it comes to getting my attention with one-on-one sparing session and I've noticed that after I took a shower she would try to peek at my abs. I have admit she looks cute when she tries to play it off when I caught her. Though she can be very annoyed if I spend more time on Ruby than her. She would bite my head while bear hugging from behind.

Ruby on the other hand is more to a sibling love...that day...after having that Nightmare, I've to admit I've develop a fondness for her for what she did that night. I don't think she's aware of it though and simply does it because she wants to be with her brother...though she likes it when I spoil her more than others.

Other than that, my feelings for them are strictly siblings as I don't want to jeopardize what we have even if it escalate in that direction. I want to focus on my dreams on becoming the world greatest Huntsman and finding the truth about my origins and clan...as well as my Sharingan.

Though...I have a feeling we might develop that way in the future...*sigh* because besides mom and dad...these two means the world to me as they showed me love and help me overcome my fear of loneliness. And I am willing to kill if it means protecting them. At that moment my eyes turn cold at the thought of someone harming them.

Ruby: "Souma?"

I snap out of it when I heard Ruby call out to me.

Souma: "Huh? Yes?"

Ruby: "Are you alright you're looking at that chicken weirdly?"

Souma: "Ah sorry got distracted. Are you done washing? You can help Yang preparing the vegetables."

She smiles and nod and we turn to see Yang struggle as the sink sprayed water all over her...how does that even work?

-Qrow Branwen's POV-

I look at Souma as he held that knife I've notice his eyes turn cold for a moment there until Ruby called out to him.

Qrow: 'Yup...he definitely has feelings for them, he slowly reminds me of Raven when she pursued Tai.'

I take a drink from my flask...Raven...

TO BE CONTINUE...

Authour: "A chill chapter plus development. Next chapter we're off to Signal Academy and yet dangers begins to loom around our young hero that is waiting to strike...what will he do?"