Ruby sat next to Esdeath who was happily reading something on her scroll while Ruby watched as Akame trained, well it wasn't really training it was more of attacking nothing to try and quell her rage
"Do you think Akame is taking Neo getting way personally?" Ruby asked watching Akame swing her training blade faster than she'd ever seen before, Esdeath lowered her scroll and watched Akame let out a flurry of strikes
"How many was that Ruby?" Esdeath asked calmly
"I saw three strikes." Ruby answered confused that Esdeath ignored her question
"Then your eyes aren't fast enough yet, there were ten strikes. She is furious that that the girl got away, but what I don't get is why she hasn't used her number to track Neo down." Esdeath said looking to Ruby
"I asked her about that and she started doing that. that was three hours ago. I've never seen Akame angry." Ruby answered causing Esdeath to hum in agreement
"I feel like it has something to do with her brainwashing." Esdeath speculated as she leaned on her knees and watched Akame closer
"Could she really be effected by it still?" Ruby asked, Esdeath nodded
"Of course, Gozuki was pretty big on light brainwashing, unlike the rest of the empire. He preferred to confused his 'children' into obedience, all their actions were made to impress their 'father' so I believe this is one of the first times shes failed at completing an objective and it was truly her fault. Admittedly I'd be scared to cross blades with her right now." Esdeath explained causing Ruby to nod
(o)
Spinning around and swinging her blade it was stopped by something finally focusing she saw Qrow standing in front of her holding a training blade defensively blocking her strike
"You're clearly pissed, so lets see if this'll calm you, follow my lead." Qrow said and pushed her blade away from him, Akame let the momentum carry her a bit and swung out her leg which was blocked by Qrow they slowly traded blow after blow it was more of a dance than a fight, Qrow ducked under her strike and swung up at her, Akame sidestepped it and swung down at him, rolling out of the way he swung horizontally at her, stepping back she avoided the strike and thrust her blade forward only for Qrow to step out of the way
(o)
"What are they doing?" Esdeath asked watching them both calmly moving around each other slowly swinging
"Oh! Uncle Qrow used to do that with me and Yang, Its kinda like distracting yourself from your issues with slow movements, he said its kinda like therapy, you're aiming at your opponents weapon, until both of you calm down then-" Ruby began to explain but was cut of by a loud rumble coming from the training grounds, both Qrow and Akame were violently assaulting the other as they rapidly moved around the training grounds "-Then you unleash everything on your opponent." Ruby finished explaining as they continued to assault each other
"Now this is far more interesting." Esdeath commented leaning forward concentrating fully on the battle now, Ruby joined her but was struggling to keep up, Esdeath looked over to Ruby feeling her frustration at trying to keep up "Focus on where their going to be, not where they are. Predict where they will go, and look there first." Esdeath advised, Ruby started to catch glimpses of them her eyes darting from each side of the arena but she was slowly beginning to catch up to their movements
"When were they going to teach us this?" Ruby asked after a few moments of concentration
"I don't think they were, they were probably going to say its just something you learn in the field." Esdeath answered causing Ruby to sigh
"Esdeath... what aren't you telling me about your semblance?" Ruby finally asked drawing Esdeaths' attention "I know you're hiding something. Its not like I'm going to stop loving you, but I just want to know."
(o)
Qrow rolled back and stabbed his blade forward greeting a stab from Akame sliding their blades together sent sparks everywhere, pressing their shoulders together they began to push against each other as hard as possible, Qrow had the advantage of leverage and stamina but surprisingly Akame had out classed him in speed slightly and they were on par with strength, it was clear to him though that Akame couldn't keep this up much longer all of her aura was being spent on improving her strength and speed, all he needed to do was keep pressing and it would be over soon, Qrow went to push against Akame again much harder this time but as he did it Akame vanished, spinning around Qrow brought up his blade predicting her strike "You're done!" Akame shouted as her blade passed through his and hit him square in the chest sending him across the room
Qrow coughed then spoke "Nice work kid. I don't really think I have anything new to teach you."
Akame rested the blade on her shoulder as she began to pant heavily too "I don't think that's true, I cant use aura for subtle things yet, and I can only keep up with someone on your level for about a minute, but when I use my semblance..." Akame trailed off as her aura shattered earning a nod from Qrow
"Those things will eventually fix themselves." Qrow waved off "I got nothing else to teach you, so hows 'bout we celebrate? Hey Esdeath?" Qrow called looking over to the stands finding them empty
"Where'd they go?" Akame asked him, Qrow shrugged after he stood, they returned the training weapons back to the racks and exited the room after turning out the lights
"Hey!" an unfamiliar voice came from behind them, turning around she was greeted by a girl who had green hair and red eyes "You're Akame right?" she asked happily
Akame nodded at that and spoke calmly "Yes, I am. Who are you? How do you know me?"
"I'm Emerald, anyways Ruby wanted me to tell you that she and the General were going to go into the city, just so you guys don't worry." she said causing both Akame and Qrow to nod
"Yeah, I guessed that's what was going on. Their goin' on an actual date." Qrow said calmly, Akame could have sworn that Emerald relaxed greatly after he spoke then processed what he said and began to look confused
"Wait what?" Emerald asked blinking in surprise, Qrows eyes darted over to her and he spoke
"Nothin' too big, but Ruby has earned her way right into the generals best book, its the opposite of the one I'm in." Qrow joked earning a laugh from Emerald as she backed away from them
"Well... I gotta go, so... I'll be seein' ya." Emerald quickly said as she continued backing away from them
"Goodbye Emerald. Stay out of trouble." Akame said as she and Qrow began to walk away from her, neither of them noticed her freezing for a moment after Akame said that
(o)
"That was reckless." Cinder growled causing Emerald to look at her feet
"It was, I'm sorry. But I did get something out of it." Emerald quickly said "Ruby Rose, the maiden you ran into-"
"I know her name, what about her?" Cinder cut in, Emerald quickly nodded and cut right to the point
"She is apparently in a relationship with General Esdeath." Emerald answered causing Cinder to relax a bit
"Is she now... we can deal with this, I'll talk with Watts, see if we can find a way to get one of them to... break." Cinder began to plan as she began to walk from the wall she and Mercury were waiting for Emerald "Good work, Emerald."
(o)
Yang, Weiss, and Blake, began towards the house, after they got back she called Tai and asked him to talk with them but she didn't say about what, she was too scared that he might snap at her or shut down again so she asked if he could meet with them
Yang knocked on the door then opened it entering what she took to calling 'Akames' room' she then looked around the room and called "Dad? We're here, where are you?"
"I'm in the kitchen sweetheart, I'll be right out." Tais' voice came from the kitchen "You can tell your friends to make themselves at home."
"You hear the man, make yourselves at home guys." Yang said and gestured to the living room, Blake and Weiss sat down and stared at the Television, Yang sat down with them and stared at the ground, after a while Zwei came charging out of the kitchen quickly followed by Tai who was carrying a large platter of sweets which he set on the coffee table and he happily spoke
"Here, eat. Its not normal that I have to entertainer Beacon students." he said as he sat down
"Dad, we came here to ask you about... something." Yang said seriously, Tai nodded and his smile dropped "How did you... deal with... killing?" Yang asked, Tai looked at each of them then leaded back in his chair with a sigh
"That's... that is not an easy question to answer." He said as he ran his hand through his hair "Back during our time at Beacon, Qrow and Raven... they could cut down anyone in front of them without batting an eye. Me and Summer thought they were monsters, but one day... one day we had to do the same... a raid on a village we were in began, Qrow and Raven were no where to be seen and..." Tai closed his eyes trying to forget the image "I got separated from Summer, a man ran at me and I reacted, not knowing he had no aura... I can still see his face... from time to time..." Tai then shook his head when Zwei barked at him "Sorry about that... I got... lost. The fact of the matter is after that time, I talked with Raven and Qrow about it they told me to grow up, so I went to talk to Summer, she said 'I don't know how to deal with it, but I know its not right to feel nothing.' so I blamed myself, for a few moments everyday, then I move on." Tai explained to them "Sadly, after a while it gets easier, you stop hesitating and you start to forget faces, that's inevitable, just so long as you don't take any joy in it."
"Dad? Have you heard of General Esdeath of the Atlas military?" Yang asked after she glanced at Blake and Weiss
"Not until she came here. Why?" Tai asked leaning forward in his seat
"Well..." Yang began
(o)
"So, Ruby is this more what you had in mind when I said date?" Esdeath asked, the two were sitting in a very fancy restaurant both looking completely out of place giving their attire, the staff were going to complain, but they shut up really quickly when they saw the Insignia on both of them
"Kinda... but I was hoping for fewer stares." Ruby said peaking over her shoulder at the elitists glaring at them
"Hmm..." Esdeath nodded as she replied, she shimmered blue and suddenly large walls of ice formed around giving them completely privacy "Better?"
"NO! YES!? I don't know... I feel like were just causing a scene now." Ruby stumbled to say, Esdeath nodded again at that
"I don't understand, if you wanted privacy why would putting up these walls be bad? They cant see through them so they cant glare at you." Esdeath reasoned calmly as her aura shimmered red signaling that they had swapped semblances again
"... Fair." Ruby agreed as she nodded "Wait... no that's not right? It still doesn't make sense! Why does it feel like it does? Whats going on?" Ruby asked looking Esdeath dead in the eyes
"What do you mean? Its just basic logic, if people cant see you then why should you care?" Esdeath waved off
"Okay... but what about when we leave? Or when they come to bring us our food and drinks?" Ruby questioned trying to poke a hole in her plan, Esdeath didn't respond, she just shimmered blue again and one of the walls dropped and a waiter awkwardly stepped in with their drinks blinking in surprise and set them down before quickly exited and the wall went back up, and she shimmered red again
"...okay... I suppose that's fair." Ruby awkwardly said as she grabbed her glass of milk and took a sip, Esdeath follow soon after but with a glass of wine, she happily watched Ruby as they talked about nothing, the mere sound of Rubys voice was more than enough for her to relax and enjoy their time together
(o)
"-and you let her fight along side that 'woman'?!" Tai finished yelling outraged by what happened
"It could have ended much worse, dad." Yang sighed sadly
"HOW COULD IT BE WORSE!?" he shouted again
"She could have killed Qrow, Akame, and Professor Goodwitch." Yang answered calmly
"One third of that is a good thing." Tai snarked with a scoff, Yang knew it wasn't sarcasm though
"Okay, but what about Akame? I don't want to know what will happen if he dies." Yang said her voice lightly fearful as she began to think more on that
"When he dies, he's a huntsman, its gonna happen eventually. I'm sure she'd be sad for a while then move on." Tai waved off
Yang sighed and spoke realizing just how little her father understood about Akame "You wont get it, and its not my place to tell you."
(o)
Qrow and Akame sat on a roof watching the sun fall beyond the horizon
"How've you been lately kid?" Qrow asked as he leaned back on the rooftop lying down
"I've been fine, considering our current business partner." Akame answered as she bit into a sandwich Qrow bought her
"Neo? Or Esdeath?" Qrow asked Akame punched him in the shoulder lightly
"I still don't want to talk to her. I just want to bring her to justices, I wont fail you again, its my apolog-" Akame began to said but Qrow cut her off
"We've had no problem workin' with criminals before. Besides, you were an assassin before you were a huntsman. Plus you didn't fail me, you got Esdeath to pay me so in my book that's a major win. Good job." Akame still had a very worried look on her face so Qrow spoke again "I don't know much about your last dad, but if he forced you to become an assassin like Esdeath told me he did..." Qrow paused not really knowing how to end that statement so he started a different one "It doesn't matter to me what you do, so long as you're happy with what you're doin'." Akame stared at him, she felt strange she had done everything she could have thought of to earn Qrows' favor; she had perfect grades, she was the top of all four years in combat class, and she spent most of her free time training with Ruby or Yang, she has done everything just as she had done with Gozuki but now he saying it doesn't matter
"But..." Akame began to say her voice was uncertain but was cut off by Qrow again
"Just enjoy having your second chance, and keeping Ruby and Yang out of trouble, 'cause they really need it." Qrow said, Akame lied back next to him
"I'll do that, father." Akame said happily as they lied there staring at the sky as stars slowly began to fill it
"That makes me feel weird, but its a good weird." Qrow said calmly, inside though he was freaking out, Akame had called him father, he may not have to raise her but he is stuck with the sudden shock of freezing up and panicking, not that he'd tell anyone, he has a reputation to maintain, but he was still fearful of his relationship with Akame, he might be comfortable with her but he finally let it sink in that he is her protector, her guardian, and her parent, all of this was hidden beneath a calm face
(o)
"Amity Colosseum is on its way now. It should reach Vale by the end of this week." James said his voice slightly altered due to the fact that it was on a scroll
"Thank you James, I wish our parting was... better than it actually was." Ozpin thanked lying his scroll on his desk
"Think nothing of it Oz, I understand just how bad things are right now, we need to be discrete, but if things do start getting bad... I think it'll be safer to tell everyone about it." James said causing Ozpin to sigh
"I know you don't like keeping secret's this big, but if everyone knew... it wouldn't be safe. Too many problems all at once." Ozpin shot down, James sounded like he wanted to say something but instead sighed
"Goodbye for now Oz." James said "Good luck in the election." Ozpin said and ended the call, Ozpin leaned back in his chair and sighed "Right now... I wish I never invited him into the brotherhood."
(o)
Ruby and Esdeath were happily walking towards Beacon, the large city was dark and less than savory people had begun to come out, Esdeath happily walked through the streets with a smile, Ruby was slowly growing less enthusiastic as she saw the glares people were throwing them and began to get very self conscious
"Esdeath what if they attack us?" Ruby asked concern in her voice
"If their brave enough, we'll fight them." Esdeath answered casually
"I figured that but I cant, unlicensed huntsman aren't allowed to fight or use their semblance in the cities." Ruby reasoned calmly causing Esdeath to scoff
"Then use mine, and I wont use one, not that anyone could actually harm either of us." Esdeath reasoned "If you use mine than technically you're not using your semblance, and that law doesn't apply when acting under a huntsman, I.E. me."
Ruby looked very uncomfortable and shifted slightly "Yeah... but... if I do... I... get... weird." Esdeath raised an eyebrow at her statement
"Weird how?" she asked interested in what Ruby had to say
"I get... really angry, and I don't know if or when I can stop, it makes me really scared." Ruby explained Esdeath nodded then spoke again
"Sometimes you have to face your fear, you're scared of your anger, so you should face it, and prove that it doesn't control you."
"If you think I should... but I don't think its anger that comes out when I fight with it... its... something else." Ruby agreed as they turned a corner and continued toward Beacon
(o)
Arriving back at the dorms Ruby turned to Esdeath and smiled warmly at her, it was greeted in kind
"I had a lot of fun for the past few days Esdeath." Ruby happily said she then began to blush a bit as she tried to speak again "So... I was... well... you..." Ruby continued to try and speak but kept stuttering she then paused for a few moments then finally spoke "Okay, you know I'm no good at words so... actions." she then grabbed Esdeaths' collar and pulled her into a kiss, it lasted for only a few seconds but it got what she was trying to say through
"I will agree, your actions are far better than your words." Esdeath happily said after they finished
"ARE YOU TWO DONE?!" Yangs' voice came from their dorm window, Ruby quickly turned a very deep red "'CAUSE IF YOU ARE RUBY HAS SOME WORK THAT NEEDS DONE BEFORE TOMORROW!" Yang shouted she then looked over her shoulder "ITS NOTHING BLAKE, JUST RUBY AND ESDEATH SUCKING FACE!" Yang shouted again Ruby yelped at that
"SHUT UP YANG!" Ruby shouted up at her sister, Esdeath just happily stood and watched
"WHAT? I'M JUST SAYIN' YOURE NOT MANAGING YOUR TIME VERY EFFICIENTLY!"
"Why are you two yelling? Its ten forty-five post meridiem." Akames voice calmly came from her window
"DONT YOU DAR-" Ruby began but Yang shouted over her
"RUBY AND ESDEATH WERE MAKING OUT AND RUBY STILL HAS WORK TO DO!" Yang answered loudly as though she was talking to a parent
"I heard, so did..." Akame began letting her eyes scan over the windows of the dorm quickly " about two hundred and eighty people." she finished causing Ruby to collapse to the ground and begin to whine, Esdeath sat down next to her and pat her on the head
"You okay Ruby?" Akame asked from her window
"I'm good..." Ruby waved off after a few seconds of quiet sobbing
"YA'LL GONNA MAKE OUT AGAIN?!" Yang shouted down to them, Ruby began to pout again
"If you would rather come stay with me tonight I would be more than happy to accommodate." Esdeath quietly offered suggestively
"I wish I could, but Yang is right, I do have a paper for Professor Port that I need to get done before first period." Ruby said clearly not picking up on Esdeaths' suggestion, Esdeath nodded then she stood and pulled Ruby to her feet
"Very well then, I'll leave you to it then. Rest well, my love." Esdeath said then walked away, leaving Ruby to watch her go, which Ruby did, almost hypnotized by the woman
"RUBY! ARE YOU COMING UP HERE OR AM I GONNA TELL WEISS THAT YOU'LL BE COPYING OFF OF HER?" Yang called down to her sister breaking her from her trance
"I wont tolerate cheating." Akame said causing Yang to begin to stutter and try back track
"IM COMING, AKAME DONT BEAT HER UP YET!" Ruby quickly said and ran inside
"So Akame what did Esdeath ask her? Also what does 'post meridiem' mean?" Yang asked looking over to her
"She offered for Ruby to stay with her tonight, judging by her tone she wanted to have sex with her. But I don't think Ruby notice, and post meridiem means afternoon in Latin." Akame explained "I'm going back to sleep now okay." Akame said as she shut her window
"Okay, good night Akame." Yang called to her as she did the same after reentering her room she mumbled to herself "What the hell is Latin?"
(o)
the next day passed as normal for Akame up until they reached sixth period, combat class. She was challenged by a boy named Mercury, Esdeath who was still teaching first years began to laugh at the challenge earning confused looks from both Mercury and his team
"Are you ready, Akame?" Esdeath asked, Akame just drew her blade and pointed it at Mercury
Esdeath then turned to Mercury "Are you ready to lose?" she asked
"aren't you showing a bit of favoritism?" Mercury asked neutrally causing Esdeath to scoff
"I hate her, but I will recognize that she will easily defeat you without taking a hit." Esdeath boasted "Now then, closer matches are waiting to be called. Three, two, one... go."
Mercury rushed at Akame and swung a kick at her neck but it passed right through her as he felt his own Aura shatter
"And the match is called, Akame wins." Esdeath said with a bored tone, Mercury quickly stood and kicked at Akame again only for it to be blocked by her elbow her blade aimed at his throat, her calm expression unchanged as she stared him dead in the eyes
"If you want to die you can keep 'fighting'." Esdeath said calmly Mercury continued to glare at Akame who calmly greeted it, she finally spoke after a few tense seconds
"You're trying to figure out if I'd kill you or not. If you attack me again, your life will be forfeit." Akame answered to his unspoken question, she then released him and sheathed her blade, turned, and exited the arena leaving him alone
"Mercury get out of the arena, more important people want to fight." Esdeath called down to him earning her a glare from him
"Oh please if you cant last five seconds against Akame you wouldn't want to fight me. It would be gruesome for you, and boring for me." Esdeath said as Mercury quickly exited the arena, Akame sat down next to Ruby who looked tired and kept shooting glances at Akame. Mercury sat down and was glared at by two fourths of his team, the last one was watching Akame with a smile
"Um, Akame? If you wouldn't mind, could we go a round?" another voice asked, this time it was Pyrrha
"Sure." Akame answered with a smile causing Mercurys' glare to intensify
"I'm obligated to ask regardless of how easy a fight might have been, are you sure?" Esdeath said her tone still bored
"I'm sure, Pyrrha has probably been waiting for this for a while." Akame answered in a polite tone, Mercury was now pissed in two seconds they had gotten more words out of her then he had in... four seconds
(o)
Both girls entered the arena and dropped into ready stances
"3... 2.. 1. GO!" Esdeath called her interest finally growing
Akame and Pyrrha crashed into each other locking blades pressing against the other as hard as they could, Pyrrha was clearly on the back foot so she dived back and raised her shield just as Akames' blade crashed into her shield causing a shock wave that pushed them farther apart, Akame quickly rolled to the side and began to run dodging bullets fired at her by Pyrrha who was completely focused on her, Akame altered her direction and ran straight at Pyrrha which knocked off her aim slightly, but it was just enough time for Akame to reach her and land two attacks that were both blocked, Pyrrhas' defense was excellent and her attacks weren't anything to scoff at either but in every other department Akame was leagues above Pyrrha jumping back Akame prepared to attack again but this time Pyrrha threw her shield at her, Akame flipped over it just as it hit the wall and was sent flying back Akame landed on it sending it into the ground and she stood on top of it, that prevented Pyrrha from recalling it without revealing her semblance, staring each other down, Pyrrha rushed forward and stabbed at her, Akame sidestepped and kicked Pyrrhas' shield away from her and swung at her neck, Pyrrhas' Aura shattered
"Akame wins... again." Esdeath called out as Akame helped Pyrrha to her feet
"You rely on your shield for defense too much, you should focus on training without it." Akame calmly advised
"With a semblance like yours I really don't think it matters." Pyrrha commented as she panted lightly "Being able to break Aura with one hit leaves very few places for error."
Akame nodded it makes sense that people would mistake her use of Murasame as a semblance "I suppose so." Akame agreed calmly
after the Esdeath incident and Akame helping Glynda when she needed it, Ozpin agreed that Akame could use Murasame whenever she felt like it, so long as she doesn't kill anyone. That and Ozpin gave her a kitchen to use if she wants to cook, that was more important to her than most other things.
"See, that's how a fight is suppose to be." Esdeath commented obviously directing it at Mercury which clearly piss him off "Even if Akame was holding back." Esdeath added earning surprised looks from everyone save RWBY
Pyrrha looked to Akame who nodded lightly confirming Esdeaths' words to her, personally she didn't care, Akame could out play her every way to Sunday and that made her happy, her whole life she was plagued by the fact that she was a skilled duelist and had a powerful semblance to boot, thus she was raised on a pedestal by her peers until she was all alone, but here at beacon she found two people who didn't know who she was, and she found one that could defeat her with ease regardless as to how infuriating her actions in combat were.
(o)
Akame stopped outside her room after classes and dinner with RWBY, it had become routine for her, in two days Amity would be arriving and the tournament would begin, Akame didn't want to participate, but father was there so she felt obligated to participate, but her mind kept jumping back to what he had told her yesterday, 'it doesn't matter to me what you do, so long as you're happy with what you're doin'.' those were his words, but it still felt wrong. Pushing down her thoughts she opened her dorm door and entered quickly shutting it behind her then began to remover her coat when she realized someone was sitting on her windowsill, turning around she was greeted by Neo who smiled at her and waved
"Why are you here?" Akame asked carefully and placed her hand on Murasames' hilt, Neo responded by repeating her 'call me' gesture "I was planing on doing that this weekend when I had time." Akame responded, Neo made an 'oh' with her mouth as though she had just been told the answer to a difficult problem, she then shrugged and crossed her arms "So why are you here?" Neo replied with stomping on the ground lightly "Ground rules?" Akame asked using the information Qrow gave her to figure it out, Neo nodded "Don't interfere with my schooling, and no kidnapping my friends." Akame answered, Neo nodded and pulled out her wallet then gestured to it "Yeah, no robbing me either, I need that for food." Akame agreed, Neo nodded again and returned her wallet to her pocket "That's it, just don't be a constant nuisance and this will be fine." Neo quickly spun and pointed at herself "Your turn?" Akame asked Neo nodded happily, Akame was having a very easy time understanding her gestures, Neo reached into one of her coat pockets then the other, then the inside ones, she then looked a little frustrated and began to check her pants pockets, her back pockets and then her front ones, finally she pulled out a piece of paper with a list on it and held it out to Akame
{I wrote all this down because it would take too long to gesture all this out, and I feel like neither of us have the time for that, so I wrote this so we don't have to dance around any of the subjects.
-I want to talk with you frequently, since Roman is gone I don't have anyone to talk with, thus my number.
-Secondly, I want to hang out with you from time to time, you seem like a fun person to spend time with.
-Third, no 'talking' about our jobs, its just professional courtesy to both our employers.
-finally, can I borrow some of your clothes? They look really good on you and we're about the same size, but I think your chest is a little bigger. Maybe if someone let me touch them I'd know but who really cares? Not me.} Akame read each with a blank expression on her face, she then looked at Neo who was looking at her expectantly with a mix of both puppy dog eyes and flirtatious ones but with each time she blinked her eye color changed colors between pink, brown, and white.
Akame sighed then spoke "I'll agree to this, except for the last one. I only have one set of clothes." Neo nodded in surprise Akame then added "Technically I have two, but the other one is my school uniform." Neo nodded at that seeming to think of something "So, can you leave? I was about to change." Akame asked as she set the paper down on her desk, Neo just smiled and fell back on Akames' bed and stared at her, Akame shrugged and continued to strip, nudity was never a problem for her, what was an issue was the fact that her mind jumped to Lubbock, she didn't care for nudity until she had spent time with him, he was very bad at sneaking up on girls while they bathed that she actually asked him if he enjoyed getting caught, he answered with a sad whimper and ran away, it probably had something to do with the fact that both her and Leone were bathing at the time. Leone then filled her mind, it had been a while since she had though of her, all she could wonder was if she was okay wherever she was
'I'm fine.'
Akame blinked a few times and looked around, she heard Leones' voice she could have sworn she had, looking at Neo who was still smiling and watching her
"Did you say something?" Akame asked causing Neo to raise an eyebrow then shake her head no, Akame nodded slowly as she continued to to undress
(o)
Qrow leaned on the bar and sighed then covered his eyes
"Hey handsome, buy me a drink?" A woman asked to his left he didnt even spare her a glance
"I'll buy you a drink if you leave me alone." Qrow offered coldly with a slight slur "There are plenty of guys trying to get their dicks wet around here."
"Prick..." the woman muttered and left, Qrow sighed again, he couldn't get Leone out of his head, ever since she left him in the empire he couldn't look at any other woman the same way he used to and if he did he felt guilty about it, the closest hes gotten was a make out session and that ended with a nightmare of Leone shout at him for having such low standards, not the fact that it happened. Leaning back from the bar he inhaled the smell of the bar, the alcoholic scent and the smell of grime from travelers wandering the world filled his mind and he closed his eyes and let out a groan, he was never going to get over her
"And you shouldn't!"
Qrow quickly turned knocking his seat over and placed his hand on Harbinger his eyes scanning the whole room which fell silent due to his actions, no one... nothing... she wasn't there...
"Go back to your drinks... I've clearly had enough." Qrow said neutrally and walked away from the bar to the door and slammed it open
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Okay... so maybe that magic wasn't the best choice to start with... you were right spirit... as usual...
You'll grow more proficient at it, but not right now, for now you must continue moving towards the top if you want to see them in the flesh once again...
A/N That... makes... three... I need to stop my binge writing, it really makes the feeling of getting the writing done the week of really become less of a weight off my shoulders and more of a slight rush of dopamine instead of a large rush of dopamine... or cocaine, I hear that's also a rush.