The next morning Scarlet woke up and saw that Akairo was back.

I must've fallen back to sleep. I never heard her come in.

Scarlet bit her lip.

What do I do here? Maybe I can ask Terra to watch Ash and then follow her. I wonder where she had been going. I can't think of anywhere she could go except for Blake.

"Momma!"

Scarlet snapped out of her thoughts when Ash crawled onto the bed, over top of Akairo who didn't move a muscle.

"Are you hungry?"

Ash nodded.

"What do you want for breakfast?"

"Waffles! Blueberry waffles!" Ash screamed excitedly.

The Faunus raised her head slightly, staring at her girlfriend and son with bloodshot eyes.

"Homemade or frozen?" she mumbled.

"Does it matter?" Scarlet asked with a smile.

She shook her head and rolled over.

"Why are you so tired?"

Akairo froze, staring at her.

"What? Did I say something?"

"I had a hard time sleeping last night. I tossed and turned a lot."

"Really?" Scarlet asked looking slightly amused.

Akairo was not a good liar. She always wore her emotions on her sleeves and always said what she thought. She never cared too much for what people had thought about her anyways so she never had to lie. Scarlet could see the Faunus' lip twitch.

"I never felt you move once. I must've been really tired!" Scarlet said sarcastically but it went over Akairo's head.

"Y-you were! You snored loud too," Akairo said with a weird smile and got out of bed.

"Mom, you're weird," Ash said looking at Akairo.

Akairo didn't say anything and she headed for the bathroom.

X

X

Lunchtime rolled around with Terra showed up. Akairo opened the door and was surprised she was there. The woman looked a little older than normal. Her blonde hair had small wisps of gray in it and her blue eyes were still icy looking. Akairo stepped to the side and let her in without a word.

"So… A date night huh?" Terra asked looking at Scarlet.

"Yes ma'am."

Akairo made a weird face.

"Sorry, it was a surprise."

Terra looked at Akairo then at Scarlet. My son sure picked some weird ass women. Something seems weird about them. Did something happen?

"Have you guys talked to Red?" she asked sitting down at the table next to her grandson.

Ash was eating chicken nuggets. He grinned and handed one covered in ketchup to Terra and she took with it with a smile on her face.

"You're so sweet Ashy. Thank you so much."

"Grandma, am I going to your house tonight? Is Sunny and Flora there? Can they come over? Is that ok?"

"Ash, honey. You gotta give grandma a break! I can handle each one of you one at a time right now! You make me tired."

He pouted and shoved another chicken nugget into his mouth.

"What happened when you had all three of them the last time?" Scarlet asked leaning against the kitchen counter.

"Fighting Grimm are a lot easier than handling three kids about the same age."

Scarlet grinned and turned around to finish the dishes.

"I did the other day."

"What did he have to say?" she asked.

"He is going to be out on that mission for another week. He's going to try and hurry though. Akairo is pregnant."

Terra stared at her.

"What?"

"About four months now. Maybe five… Kind of unsure."

"Babe!"

Akairo bounced into the kitchen.

"I have to run into town. Can we have steaks tonight? I'll cook!"

Scarlet arched an eyebrow at her, "Sure why not."

It had been four hours since Akairo had left. Scarlet flipped through the channels and even dozed off for a while. Terra did in fact end up at Yuri and Rain's house but she still wasn't taking all three of them on herself. Scarlet had dozed off while messaging Terra and she finally woke up seeing the light was off in the living room.

"Akairo?"

She could hear something from the kitchen. Scarlet reached under the couch and pulled out her cane. Both women had never given up their weapons just in case and this right here was an example of why. It could be that she didn't hear Scarlet call her name but she wasn't going to take that chance.

Scarlet crept slowly to the kitchen only to find Akairo there. She was cooking the steak and cutting up potatoes. Scarlet sighed and let the end of her cane hit the floor surprising Akairo. She jumped and dropped a potato staring at the orange haired woman.

"How come you didn't answer?"

"I didn't hear you… Did you think I was robbing the house?" Akairo asked smiling. She had a weird look on her face like she was amused by the crazy thought.

"Slightly."

"You know, we could give it a try role playing that."

Scarlet just grinned like an idiot.

"I don't need to role play that since I used to rob places for a living. Are you in the mood or something? You never smile like that unless you want lovin."

Akairo smiled and leaned against the counter.

"It's been a few days already…"

Scarlet smiled and placed her cane on the table.

"Now or later?" Scarlet asked, playing with the blood red strands of hair flowing over the Faunus' shoulders.

"It might have to be later… Even with my pregnancy I have a period thanks to the buckets of medicine I had taken. It's fine though."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded and returned to cooking.

X

X

Scarlet laid in bed with Akairo's arm flung over her chest. She was getting tired and she didn't want to miss Akairo leaving the house… but it was too late. She closed her eyes and she was out. After she knocked out the Faunus woke up and got out of bed without making a sound.

Scarlet woke up an hour later after realizing that her girlfriend was no longer there. She sat up quickly and got out of bed to get dressed. The car was still there making her wonder if someone had picked her up but she was part animal…

She got into the car and drove into town. She parked somewhere near one of the storage buildings and got out. There were only two places that Akairo would go. She went to Blake or she went to Jazmin. Eton wasn't too fond of her so she might not go near him.

Scarlet felt a small thrill run through her body as she ran through the streets. It felt like she was free again with her hair whipping behind her. She didn't feel criminal like anymore considering she was wearing what Akairo called "mom jeans." She came to a stop by the new bank that replaced the burned down one from the night Red rescued her.

The night felt so good.

Scarlet walked briskly through the city for about thirty minutes before she saw that flaming red hair she knew so well. Scarlet realized that the person she was with was Blake. His hair was longer than she remembered and his skin was more tanned. She remembered those yellow eyes.

She couldn't hear anything that they were saying. There was a few more White Fang members that showed up. Akairo had her sword with her that Scarlet remembered all too well. Her heart was pounding watching Akairo. It was like she was reliving everything a long time ago.

One thing she could admit, Akairo looked fierce in those black clothes.

Scarlet watched as everyone left, leaving Akairo behind. She had a piece of paper in her hand and she started to walk off when Scarlet jumped out and called her name. Akairo froze in her tracks and turned around slowly. She had that look on her face that said she was caught.

"What are you doing?"

"Um…"

"Akairo! What are you doing!?"

"Nothing."

Scarlet rubbed her face angrily.

"I'm sorry! I… I needed to get out ok?"

"How many days did you need to get 'out'?"

"Maybe… a month?"

"I am so mad nothing could make me feel better! I am so angry at you! How could you do this!"

"You wanna come with me? I'm looking for evidence."

Scarlet opened her mouth a few times and then looked at the building behind Akairo.

"Evidence for what?"

"Well, this well to do asshole has enslaved some children in the outskirts of Vale."

Scarlet cracked a smile, "I'm in."