I've worked out a system guys, I'll switch between Blake's NSDLS (Awful abbreviation is awful) and Team BANE (so mucheasier to say) every week starting on Monday. Next week is Blake week, and the week after that is BANE week, ya feel me? That's good. Gomenasai ^^; it took way too long, and I apologize. I guess I had too much fun writing Spectra (don't know who that is? Go read Team BANE). But with this new system, I can guarantee at least one update per story per week. Cheers, mates.

Blake POV

The next morning I woke with a serious afterglow and sandwiched between two beautiful girls. Needless to say, things could have been a lot worse. Like, for instance, say one of those beautiful girls was snoring like a trucker, or that the other, quieter of those two beautiful girls had seriously cold feet, or that those two oh-so beautiful girls and I were late for class. . .Yeeeah, so not good. I looked down at Velvet's sleeping face and savored the sweet smile on her face, then slapped her hard. She woke with a yelp, clutching her cheek and whipping her head back and forth and trying to make sense of her surroundings. Her bleary gaze eventually focused on me, and she blushed, taking in my naked state. I laughed and kissed her gently on the lips.

"Good morning, Velvet." She grinned wide and nodded enthusiastically.

"Y-yeah! Good m-morning!" I smiled and shoved Yang off of the bed. She hit the floor with a loud thump, but kept snoring. Damn if that girl can't sleep through the apocalypse. I thought wryly.

"Yang." I nudged her with my foot and she stirred, groaning loudly.

"Wha-huh?!" She sat up and rubbed her eyes, squinting up at me. She smiled warmly and butterflies danced in my belly. "Morning, beautiful." I smiled, my cheeks flushing red.

"Morning." She stood and stretched with a loud yawn.

"So," She said, smacking her lips. "I take it that we're hella fucking late?" I laughed and nodded.

"You have no idea."

I got into Professor Oobleck's class seconds before the bell and dropped into the seat next to Pyhrra. She glanced at me and smiled.

"Hey, Blake." I smiled and nodded at her.

"Good morning, Pyhrra." Velvet stumbled into the room just as Professor Oobleck arrived himself. He blurred past her, to his desk, and set down his Beacon Academy mug with an audible thump.

"Welcome class, today we'll be talking more about the Great Faunus War." Velvet sat down next to me and flashed me a brief smile, which I returned. Of course, Cardin had to open his big mouth and say something awful.

"I thought this was History, not Animal Science." That comment got a disheartening amount of laughs, and Velvet sank lower into her seat as if to make herself a smaller target. Professor Oobleck frowned at him, but continued with his lecture.

"What a royal jerk." Pyhrra muttered. "Maybe we should have let Nora break his legs." I laughed, a bit too loud, and a few people turned to look at me.

"Yeah, but if we had, he would have probably just kept harassing Jaune eventually. We let him deal with it himself, and he came out of it with a major boost in self-confidence." Pyhrra sighed and nodded, staring off into space.

"Yeah. . ." I smirked and nudged her.

"Any luck with him?" She blushed and shrugged.

"I can't tell, I think he likes me, but I can't be sure." I patted her shoulder.

"There's no question that he likes you, the question is: are you going to wait for him to get up his courage, or are you going to take the first step?" She seemed to be thinking about it, but I was distracted from her by a chill that ran up my spine and the hair on the back of my neck standing on end.

My early warning system. But that could only mean. . .She was here.

"Ah, yes, there you are. Welcome, welcome, find a seat and join the class!" I didn't turn to look, because I already knew who it was.

"Blake? You're shaking." I waved Pyhrra off and smiled weakly.

"I'll be fine." She looked skeptical, but she nodded and left me alone. I jumped slightly at a sudden warmth in my right hand. I looked over and saw that Velvet had taken my hand. She placed her other hand over both of our hands and gave a reassuring squeeze.

That's right. I thought relieved. I'm not facing her alone this time. I took a deep breath and forced myself to calm down.

"Class, this is a new student who joined us over the weekend, her name is Korra Torahime." I froze and looked up. What? It's not Kyra? Then what was that awful feeling? Then I thought, Korra Tora? The fuck kinda name is that? Somehow, I doubted that people made fun of it though.

Korra was a pale, thin girl with softly glowing yellow eyes and midnight black hair that seemed to suck the light and color out of the air. She wasn't wearing the uniform, instead she was wearing a orange tank top, a frilly black tutu-like skirt, black stockings with orange flame patterns, and black flats.

"Ugh," Cardin groaned loudly. "Not another one!" Everyone knew exactly what he meant, and why he said it. Behind her, flicking back and forth aimlessly, was an orange and black striped tail.

Korra regarded him calmly, her tail flicking back and forth like the arm of a metronome.

"What an amazing welcome speech, I really enjoyed your enthusiasm. Though in my opinion, it could have used a bit of work." She spoke with a dry, bored voice, clearly conveying how appreciative she was of his words. "But I suspect that it was the best you were able to muster, and I make it a point of not making fun of the mentally disabled, so good job."

Jaune busted out laughing down in the front row, triggering a wave of explosive laughs like a land fill full of land mines (A/N: Try saying that five times fast). Even some of the people usually clamoring for his favor laughed. His face reddened and he spluttered angrily.

"Why you. . .you little. . .I'm not. . .!" Korra shushed him mock gently.

"Don't strain yourself, little one, I wouldn't want your tiny brain to pop." Prof. Oobleck shooed her away from the door and continued his lecture before either party could unleash any more insults. She climbed the steps on the side and settled into the seat directly in front of me.

She turned and looked straight up at me, holding my gaze for a long moment, before glancing up at my bow. She raised an eyebrow at me, then shrugged and turned around. Velvet looked at me and squeezed my hand again.

"What's wrong?" I shook my head at her and flipped to a new piece of paper in my notebook.

I don't know. I just have a really bad feeling about her. I wrote and showed her. She furrowed her brow and wrote back.

Why are we writing?I patted her head affectionately and replied.

Faunus are superior to humans sense wise, so she would hear me if I were to say it out loud, especially since she's this close. Her eyes widened and she nodded, clearly impressed.

You're so smart, Miss Blake.I smiled and shook my head.

"You don't have to keep calling me Miss Blake you know. Especially after. . ." I grinned and she blushed heavily, reaching out and hugging my arm.

"I-I like calling you that. You're my savior, I owe you and I want to stay with you forever." I smiled and nodded.

"Alright, if you like it that much, I won't ask you to stop." She laid her head on my arm and nuzzled it gently, causing me to blush. "V-Velvet! Not in class!" She sat up and smiled, turning back to listen to Professor Oobleck's lecture.

I looked back down at my book and felt a slight prickling on my face. I looked up and found Korra staring at me, grinning.

Hello, Miss Blake.

She'd mouthed the words, but I swore I could almost hear them. I felt a sensation like someone had dragged a cheese grater up my spine and was coming back for another pass. I fought to suppress the urge shudder.

That girl is something evil. I thought, a sick feeling mounting in my stomach. As if I didn't already have enough to deal with.

Ta-daaaa! Updizzate muthafuckas! So, a few things before I go.

1) Sumimasen (I like using Japanese words X3), guys, I really didn't mean to let this story go without an update for so long, but it happened so here you go, a little filler of sorts to get you up to date on my plan, not much plot in this one.

2) In case you ignored or didn't catch my beginning note, I'm going to be alternately updating Blake's NSDLS (AAIA) and Team BANE (SMETS) starting next week with Blake's Story (much better).

3) To mah reedahs 'n Revyuwahs: Sophie Nyan! Where have you, and the mysterious (Mr?) Guest been? You guys hadn't reviewed since chapters 1 and 4 (respectively)!

I'm glad I made you smile, Sophie, and yes, Guest, there is much more Blake/Yang/Velvet to cum. ;3 Plus some Velvet/Blake and Velvet/Yang.

KonoSetsu Lover, I didn't understand why people wrote her as punny at first, then I saw RT's Barbara Punkleman and Punkleman Jr. videos, and was like: O^O Teh geenyus uv Barbreh ish unparrareled! Ish impossibru!

4) So I've recently (as of last night, while talking to Shadic) become obsessed with t.A.T.u and their songs All About Us and All The Things She Said.

I started this chapter last night and ever since I've pretty much been listening to these songs on repeat:

All About Us (t.A.T.u),

All The Things She Said (t.A.T.u),

Bloody Sunday (Pillar),

Sinner (Drowning Pool),

Bodies (Drowning Pool),

Bring Me to Life (Evanescence),

Grind on Me (Pretty Ricky. . .don't judge me, I really like that song)

Ooh, story time (ironic, I know). I 'prank' called Risa again at 5 am this morning, and started singing Grind on Me to her. She was like:

"I will make you wear a chastity belt the next time you do that to me." Then she hung up. ^^; Needless to say, I'm not planning a redo anytime in the near future.

5) Now on to the sad stuff. As I said on chapter 8 part 1 of Team BANE, my Mom's dad died, so we traveled to go to his wake and funeral.

Then, while we were down there, the impossible happened. My Dad's dad died, so we stayed longer than expected (I had to re-wear unwashed clothes. . .yuck) and went to his wake and funeral.

So if my writing seems a bit off, that's why. I'm a little bit out of whack right now. . .lol, that was a lie. I'm kind of a complete fucking mess on the inside.

PS: I'm sure you can guess what Torahime means ;3 (if you can't, just translate Tora, then Hime, and you've got your answer. Plus there were context clues, it's not that hard.)

I wuv you guys (but not as much as I wuv Risa. . .or french fries),

-Dante