And we are back in production! YAY! Now, some of you may be wondering why I am posting after one week. That is because apparently, my schedule gave me five days off. So yea I am bump rushing this because I don't want you guys to wait for the next chapter. (I prefer to write the next chapter whenever I get free time.)

Also… I am probably gonna shoot myself for this, (I won't so please don't panic about it.) but there would be sexual content ahead, still lime I guess? Just a heads up by yours truly.

So yea, I hope you would enjoy this chapter as I doubt that I would get a free five days again anytime soon. But anyways, I am done talking about it and let's move on to the reviews or questions that you guys had for me.

Gerden360: Overdone, maybe but yea Jade joined easily because he knew that the alternative would be stuck in jail for a long ass time. Jade is a person who knew when to back down. Remember he is literally stuck in his bed in Beacon. Should he escape, who's stopping Ozpin from sending everyone after him? So he took the alternative and joined him. It's a better choice than the latter. (Unwillingly of course)

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY only my OCs. RWBY belongs to Rooster teeth and their creator (bless his soul) Monty Oum.

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Chapter 24

Family business and confrontations.

There were many things that Jade expected from Blake when both of them got together. Them cuddling or reading adult literature (smut) together, going on dates, teasing each other. You know the usual lovers stuff. What Jade did not expect when he woke up was Blake rubbing her crotch against his thigh while asleep, it does not help that she had her arms wrapped around him tightly while moaning and panting his name erotically.

"Yes… Jade… hahh … I… want… it…." Blake moaned.

Jade could only stare at her as his face became red. Normally he would tease the hell out of Blake when she wakes up. Like the time he caught her rubbing all over him while he was asleep. But unlike that situation in which both of them have their own privacy with no one to bother them, this time however, he is currently staying at Blake's parents' house. Should either Kali or Ghira catch him in this situation...

He is so fucked.

Kali would no doubt encourage both of them to do the deed and give her more teasing material against him and Blake. Ghira on the other hand… would most likely get even more protective over Blake, and probably beat him up really badly in the upcoming test that he needs to do for him.

Jade then snapped out of his thoughts as he gazed at Blake. As much as he wants to wake Blake up, she was clearly enjoying it. But both of them need to find Ilia and convince her to abandon the White Fang as well as inform both Kali and Ghira about Adam's threat to kill them. Oh yea, he still needs to do Ghira's 'test'. Whatever it is, Jade will pass it.

Hopefully…

Maybe…

"Aah… Hngh… Jade… faster… please…" Blake mumbled as her panting increased as well as her rubbing against Jade.

All of Blake's erotic moaning and her subconsciously rubbing her crotch against Jade ended up making his's thoughts hazy as he starts to imagine himself and Blake doing the deed. At the same time, he was unconsciously touching himself.

"WAIT! NO! BAD JADE BAD! GO TO HORNY JAIL!" Jade yelled at himself as he snapped out of it and controlled himself as Blake's movement began to quicken until...

"Nghhhh….." Blake let out a long moan as she began to shudder all while her body curled hard on Jade as her body twitched and convulsed slightly. It wasn't long until Blake's breathing slowed down and followed by a satisfied pant could be heard exiting her mouth.

"I guess her erotic dream session is over now… I really need to have a talk with her about our sexual relationship. Though… I have to admit. I wouldn't mind making love with her… BAD JADE! You got a war to finish first!" Jade's thoughts went by as Blake's amber eyes opened to meet his green eye in return. Though Jade's face is still red with embarrassment.

"Jade?" Blake asked as she then noticed Jade's red deadpanned yet embarrassed face.

"Morning Blake. Are you uh… done yet?" Jade asked as he tried to maintain his composure that Blake was having an erotic dream about him just a couple of minutes ago.

Blake's face reddened at the realisation at what Jade meant and immediately let go of Jade and pulled out the blanket covering both of them. And it revealed that her crotch, parts of the bed and Jade's thigh were covered in her fluids and sweat.

"You uh… how do I explain this?" Jade got up and scratched his (cat) ears as the couple's faces were beet red at what had happened. Both of them could hear the other's heart hammering against their chest (thanks to their faunus ears) as fluids could be seen dripping down Blake's legs.

"How long have you been awake?" Blake could only ask through her dried throat as she quickly got off the bed and covered her crotch with her hands.

Jade's face reddened as he gave his answer. "Quite a while now… you were… uh..." Jade looked away in embarrassment as he struggled to give her an answer.

"What?" Blake asked incredulously when Jade did not give a response for a full minute.

"You were… uh…" Jade tried to speak but his embarrassment about what had happened replayed over and over in his head as he finally gave her the answer she seeks.

"You were moaning my name… for a while… I don't know how much time has passed though… but I wanted to wake you up but, you were enjoying your dreams and I don't want to disturb you..." Jade finally spit it out as he refused to look into her eyes in embarrassment.

…

...

"How much did you hear?"

"Uh… everything…" Jade admitted before continuing on. "I think it is best that you go and use the bathroom first and wash up… I can wait…"

"Yea…" Blake muttered as she quickly got her clothes and ran towards the bathroom leaving Jade alone.

Jade however could only stare at the wet patch on the bed as it reeks of Blake's fluids.

"Damn you sensitive nose…" Jade could only mutter as the smell of Blake came from the wet patch in the bed and entered his nose. Triggering something primal inside him and it does not help that he could not get the bloody memory of the past few minutes off his head as it kept replaying in his head.

Jade then grabbed a towel and began to clean his thigh of Blake's fluids. It was then in which his mind began to feel hazy again as he stared at the towel he used to clean himself.

"It should be fine if I took a sniff. Right?" Jade hesitated.

…

…

"Fuck it."

Jade took the towel in his hand and took a deep sniff of it.

It smells like Blake in a way, though it smelled sweet while at the same time intoxicating which threatens to overtake his mind. Jade still finds it weird that people would do it but he somewhat understands why some guys sniff girls' panties. Though he had to admit to himself that it was kind of addicting and sort of arousing and it took a while before he snapped out of it.

"Ok… That's enough… can't have Blake see me doing this…" Jade ordered himself as he got off the bed and waited for Blake to get out of the toilet hoping that the morning with Blake and her parents would not be awkward.

That was not the case for either of them.

It was later in which both of them went to have breakfast with Kali and Ghira, though both of them tried to hide what had happened from the elder Belladonnas with limited success.

"Blake, did something happen this morning?" Ghira was the first to ask when he noticed that both his daughter and her boyfriend are unusually quiet this morning compared to yesterday when she came back with him.

Both Blake's and Jade's cheeks began to burn when Ghira asked. This was all the elder Belladonnas needed to know as to that something had happened in the morning.

"Blake dear. What happened?" Kali asked as she gave a smirk as Blake kept her mouth shut.

The couple could only look at each other with uncertainty in their eyes on how to explain the awkward event that had occurred that morning, but they could not come up with anything to explain the situation to the Belladonnas as they just sat there and ate their breakfast.

Ghira could only grunt in annoyance when neither Jade nor his daughter gave a reason for what had happened that morning. Kali on the other hand believed that something interesting is going on with both of them and she intends to find out soon. But it is obvious that both of them are not in the mood to talk about it. Either way Kali decides to change the topic for their sake. (But she will come back to it. Most likely privately)

"Hmm~ how about both of you tell me why you decided to come back? You never told us why yesterday." Kali suggested as the couple finally answered with haste.

"Yea that seems fine with me."

"That we can do mum." Blake answered and gave a pause before answering again. "I came back because… I need to deliver a warning to you."

"A Warning?" Both the elder Belladonnas asked at the same time.

"Yea, it is related to the White Fang."

"What about it?" Ghira then asked as Kali's ears twitched.

"Adam Taurus. He wants to kill both of you out of spite." Blake explained as the Belladonna elders looked on in shock.

"What! Are you sure?" Ghira asked with concern as he leaned in.

"Yes. Adam said it to my face in the fall of Beacon in which he participated. He'll make it his mission to destroy everything I love. That's the reason I came back." Blake explained the severity of the situation.

"Oh dear…" Kali mumbled in shock.

Ghira cursed as he covered his face with his hands in frustration. "I know that boy was extreme. But not to this degree, I knew letting you get along with him was a bad idea…"

While the Belladonna were having their talk, Jade's ears were twitching around as he looked at the nearby window and narrowed his eyes.

"Jade?" Blake asked.

Jade did not respond as he could swear that he heard someone was outside the window, but it could just be his mind playing tricks on him. Jade then shrugged as he turned back and faced Blake.

"Mmm… it was nothing Blake. For a moment I thought that we had a spy listening closely to our conversation."

Blake could only sigh as the elder Belladonna looked at each other in confusion. Ever since she met Jade, He had always been the alert one out of the rest of the team. Always keeping an eye (and ear) out for trouble or unwelcome listeners or guests. Though not without reason. It helped him a whole lot in his survival in the world of Remnant.

After that, all of them finished up their breakfast before they would perform their duties.

"Been a while since I had fish porridge. Thank you Kali for the meal." Jade said as Kali smiled back.

"I'm glad that you enjoyed your meal, after all what would I be if I did not take care of my future son-in-law." Kali gave a cheeky smile as both Blake and Jade blushed in embarrassment.

"MOM!" Blake yelled as her mother as Kali gave a cheerful giggle.

Ghira who kept quiet during the conversation decides to cough to garner everyone's attention

"Besides that, Jade Grayson, if you could follow me, I still need to test you first." Ghira said as he stood up.

"Of course Mr Belladonna. I will follow you." Jade says as he nodded and stood up as well.

"Dad can I come as well?" Blake then asked.

"Very well. It has been years since you were in Menagerie, you can come along." Ghira nodded as everyone began to clean up the plates and Bowls before leaving the mansion.

As Ghira walked through the streets of Kuo Kuana with Jade and Blake holding hands while following him from behind, Jade was in thought.

"I wonder… What test is he referring to? Me versus him? Or against his soldiers? Or like an obstacle course… I wonder. Now that I think about it, Blake could be considered royalty right? Yang must never find out about it; les she gets more fuel for her puns…"

In the meantime, various faunus could be seen giving way and or bowing towards Ghira, with a notable amount of them smiling at both Jade and Blake. Though some of them have questionable looks on their faces for reasons unknown to them. It wasn't long as all three of them had arrived at their destination.

An open field that had various benches. What was most obvious was that this was an arena of sorts or a training ground for Menagerie Guards. At the same time, various faunus could be seen training with each other with their shields and spears, some of them are doing hand to hand and a couple are doing range training.

All of them could be seen wearing black and white cloth, metallic plates on the hips and a belt across the chest fastened with a yellow sash. They wear pauldrons on their shoulders and some members could be seen wearing a hood with a metal plate on the forehead. All guards could also be seen wearing open-toed boots fastened together with two yellow strings.

It was then in which Saber Rodentia, captain of the Menagerie Guards, came to greet his chieftain.

"Chieftain, what brings you here?" The gerbil Faunus asked as he bowed at his presence.

"At ease Saber, I come here to give a test to him. Which would require the space in the arena." Ghira said as he glanced at Jade who was currently behind him as Blake held his only hand.

"Of course chieftain. Do you need anything else you require chieftain?"

"Nothing much. You can resume what you were doing." Saber bowed to Ghira as he walked off to tell his subordinates about the chieftain's presence.

It took a while but the place was cleared for Ghira to do his test on Jade, though most interestingly, many of the guards training there requested to be the audience which he allowed. It did not take long for news and rumours to spread out that the chieftain was testing someone. The chieftain rarely leaves his mansion so having him outside and challenging someone was new. This resulted in various faunus villagers who had free time to come and join the audience to witness this spectacle.

"So... Mr Belladonna, you still haven't told me what this test is going to be." Jade asked Ghira as he had been vague with Jade on the context of the test.

"You will be fighting against me." Ghira finally says as he and Jade arrive in the middle of the arena while Blake stood at the side.

"Hand-to-hand? Or with weapons?" Jade then asked as his outfit reformed itself into his combat-based outfit.

"Hand-to-hand." Ghira says as he faces Jade and gets into his combat stance.

"Hand to hand eh? Well then." Jade nonchalantly responded back by holding out his stump that used to be his left hand and for the first time, activated his evolved semblance in Menagerie.

Numerous metal ribbons could be seen emerging from his sleeve as it then gathered into bundles and formed his hand that caught everyone off guard except Blake, as it formed into a metallic black hand that had short pointed claws all while glowing red veins could be seen on it as it pulses with energy.

"Much better... So how are we ending this?" Jade said as he then clenched his prosthetic hand as he then got into his melee stance.

"First to have their aura shatter or they yield." Ghira bluntly said after he snapped out of shock as Saber could be seen walking in as the referee of this match.

"Good, my aiming has gone wonky since I now lack depth perception but I can still fight. I think…" Jade muttered the last part to himself as he readies up as his mask formed on his face while his eyes began to glow red.

Ghira only grunted in response as Blake could be seen standing not too far away as she could only wonder if Jade could win this fight. There are times on board the ship to Menagerie that Jade had a tough time balancing himself and would require Blake to assist him. And then there is the case of him losing his depth perception which had hampered him. She could only worry about his safety as the huge disadvantage that he had against her father who would no doubt make it hard for him.

"Ready?" The Faunus captain called out as both Jade and Ghira nodded in response.

"Begin!" Saber yelled out as both Jade and Ghira charged at each other as the villagers who were present began to cheer for who they thought was going to win.

Ghira let out a roar as he dashed in to punch Jade in the face as Jade dodged back and sent an uppercut punch back at him. Ghira however, then grabbed Jade in the neck as he struggled a bit before sending his boot to Ghira's face. The boot did land on his face however, Ghira shrugs it off before sending a punch that sends Jade flying back while grunting in pain.

Jade crashed into the ground before using the momentum to roll back onto his feet as he skids in the dusty ground. Jade then wipes the sweat off his forehead before jumping into the air and landing near Ghira who dodges back as he thought that Jade was aiming for him. Jade's impact with the ground sends dust and sand into the air which limits Ghira's visibility of Jade who then uses it to launch quick hits before pulling back into the dust cloud for cover.

Ghira grunts in pain as Jade pops out of the dust cloud to send a punch or kick before disappearing back into the cloud around him. Ghira then extended his panther claws and managed to predict where Jade would strike from and swiped him in the chest.

Jade let out a yelp of pain as he jumped away from Ghira's swipes against him. marks. At the same time, the dust cloud surrounding the two contestants settled down. Revealed Jade clutching his chest that had claw marks on it as his semblance had already started to work on repairing his clothing. At the same time, Blake could be seen with a worried expression on her face. She could only watch with concern as the two men began charging at each other with their respective war cries.

Both men clashed in the middle of the arena as both of them tried to gain the upper hand (Hah!) in the clash.

*grunts* "How am I doing so far?" Jade asked as both men grappled each other.

"I was expecting more from you." Ghira bluntly stated as he grunted a bit as he pushed Jade to his knees.

"Well then, *grunts* guess I got to put in more effort then." Jade said as he pushed himself to the side from Ghira and caused him to stumble from his momentum.

Ghira then stumbled forward as Jade sent some punches to his back, armpits and hips before jumping back as Ghira swipes behind him with his claws.

Jade however, due to the nonsense of fate or his lack of balance due to the loss of his eye, tripped and fell on the ground with a yelp of surprise. Jade could only groan as Ghira charged at him and Jade had only a fraction of a second to dodge the incoming attack. Jade rolled to his side and up to his feet only for Ghira to backhand him in the face as Blake's gasp could be heard in the background as he was sent flying like a ragdoll. It does not help that the crowds could be heard cheering for their chieftain to beat him.

"Good god… that really hurts my face, good thing I got protection… But I'm not done yet." Jade could only think to himself as he crashed onto the ground and rolled back onto his feet as Ghira stared at him. Jade quickly took out his scroll to see that his aura levels are in the orange. Yet it annoys him that he can't tell or gauge how much aura his opponent Ghira had.

All he could do was fight. And he shall do it.

Jade let out a yell as he charges at Ghira which Ghira braces for, only for Jade to vault him and send a kick to his back before jumping away as Ghira swipes what used to be where Jade was. Jade then grabbed Ghira's arm before punching him in the face a couple of times.

Ghira however was not having it as he grabbed Jade's arm before headbutting Jade in the mask. Jade recoiled as Ghira sent a swipe of his claws at him, though Jade recovered and used his hand to grab Ghira arm and pushed it down and brought his knee up to his face. Ghira recoiled back as Jade let out a yell as he sent a mega punch with all his strength to Ghira's face and managed to send the elder Belladonna flying a few meters back.

The crowds could be heard in the background gasping in shock and muttering in the background as Jade could be heard breathing heavily and still in his combat stance, and much to his exasperation. Ghira just stood up and walked towards Jade as he rubbed his cheek.

"Hump… I have seen enough." Ghira only said as he suddenly dashed in front of Jade much to his surprise and sent his own punch into his chest. Ghira's punch shattered what was left of Jade's aura much to his surprise as he crashed onto the ground with his mask dissolving revealing blood pouring out of his nose.

"What the hell was that..." Jade could only murmur while on the ground as he could hear Blake calling him as rushing towards him as the crowds could be heard cheering for their chieftain's success.

"Jade!" Blake yelled out in concern as he ran towards her downed boyfriend as her father could be seen walking towards him as well. At the same time, her thoughts ran. She expected her dad to not be kind towards Jade even though it was a test but she could tell that Ghira was holding back until the end when he shattered what's left of his aura in one punch. Yet… there's got to be more than just a trial right?

"Blake…" Jade could only ask as his clothing was covered in dust and sweat all while blood continued to pour from his nose.

Blake quickly passed Jade a cloth to clean up his nose of all the blood and as well as assisting him back onto his feet. Ghira then stood in front of both Jade and Blake with his arms crossed as he then gave his verdict.

"You passed my test." Ghira said bluntly as both Blake and Jade could only look at him with surprise as the audience began to make their way out of the arena and back to what they were doing before the duel.

"What?" Both Blake and Jade could only say.

"Like I said, you passed the test."

"But I... lost." Jade then said with confusion in his voice and face as Blake could also give the same look. Then why did Ghira do the tests?

"But you have improved by much. Besides, my intention was to see if you are what you say you are. And you passed it. Though if I were you, I would expect more tests in the future." Ghira said.

"Ok… thanks I guess, but I need some time to recover…" Jade said as he let out another groan as Blake comforted him.

Though unaware by everyone, a certain chameleon Faunus was among the audience watching the duel before pulling back when it was over.

"Blake… Why are you here, and who is that boy that is with you?" Ilia muttered to herself as she joined the crowds in leaving.

Once the duel was over between Ghira and Jade, all three of them made their way back to their mansion as various Faunus on the streets praised both Ghira and Jade for their performance. Many of them had even shown their support in Jade's relationship with the chieftain's daughter much to his embarrassment.

It wasn't long till they returned home and had some time to recuperate before both Jade and Blake decided to have a talk alone in her room.

"Jade, what do you want to talk about?" She asked.

Jade gave a pause as he collected his thoughts before speaking. "The White Fang. More accurately the fact that we were followed by them. And most likely, your parents were also followed."

"Really?" Blake asked with curiosity in her voice.

"Yea. They are the only one I see here wearing a mask and just now, I saw a girl wearing one of them during my duel with your dad."

"Can you describe to me her appearance?" Blake then asked as she had a hunch on who that could be.

"Well, I couldn't tell from where I was but, She had brown hair tied back in a ponytail that curls at the end like a chameleon's tail. Other than that, I couldn't see. But I guess that's your old friend Ilia."

"Ilia! What's she doing here?! Wait you knew about it right?" Blake asked in alarm.

Jade could only nod as he explained. "Like I said Blake, the timeline that I know is out the window. In the 'canon' source. Sun followed you here and that you met Ilia at night when she spied on you and you noticed her. If I'm correct. She wounded Sun in the process. But like I said, the timeline's fucked with my presence and I don't even know what would most likely happen. I could only guess what could happen." Jade could only admit.

"I see… I need to confront her."

"And I will be by your side." Jade smiled as he rested his hand on her shoulder.

"The only question is how…" Blake asked herself as she rubbed her chin with her hand.

"Well… I guess Ilia was assigned by the Fang to keep an eye on you. So if we were to go alone, it is possible to deal with her."

"Hm… risky but might work…" Blake admitted.

"Eh, we dealt with worse yea?"

"Yea, then should we go?" Blake asked as the door to her room slides open revealing Kali.

"Oh hello there, I hope I am not interrupting anything am I?" Kali said as both her daughter and her future son-in-law greeted her.

"No you are not mom."

"Not at all Mrs Belladonna."

"Oh, good. I hope you two are not busy now because I need to talk to both of you about something…" Kali gave a teasing smirk at the end that worried both Blake and Jade for some reason as she walked in and closed the door.

"And that is?" Jade then asked.

Kali just giggles as she then explains. "After both of you left with Ghira this morning, I just have to know what's going on between both of you and do you know what I found?" Kali continues to give a teasing smirk as both Jade's and Blake's faces turn red when they realise what it means.

"I found that your bed was wet for some reason, and also it smells like my dear baby girl. Did both of you do something?" Kali asked again, but mostly directly at Jade.

Both Jade and Blake could only glance at each other as both of them were speechless as Kali waited for an answer to be given to her. Blake then thought of something.

"Mom… I think it is best that I talk to you alone…" Blake hesitantly said.

"Really?" Kali asked.

"Jade, can you wait outside?" Blake then asked her boyfriend to stay outside which he whole heartily agreed. Might as well let mother and daughter handle it.

Jade nodded as he got up and left the room.

Even though he could listen to the conversation from outside Blake's room, Jade chose not to. Better not snoop to like what Sun had done when he invaded Blake's and Ghira's privacy in the original timeline. Yet he just can't stop being curious about what is going on inside but, he refused to snoop his girlfriend. He is not Sun after all. (Throwing shade at Sun, are we Jade?)

Jade wasn't sure how much time had passed as he was reading some books that had downloaded before the fall to pass the time, he then heard Blake yelling as Kali could be heard laughing.

"MOM! IT'S TOO EARLY TO DO THAT!"

Jade then knocks on the door and opens it to see Blake's bright red face as Kali could be seen sitting next to her laughing heartily.

"Can I come in?" He asked as his ears twitched.

"You may." Kali said as Blake took the blanket to cover her face.

Jade could only shrug as he sat next to Blake, what he did not expect was for Blake to bury her head into his chest much to his surprise, though not like he was going to argue against it as he hugged her back. This was happening in front of Kali who just smiled at the scene.

"I should go now. I have to check on Ghira." Kali said as she got off Blake's bed and gave a wink before leaving the feline couple alone.

After some time had passed. Blake finally recuperated herself as she got off Jade which he was disappointed that it couldn't be longer. (Jade really likes his cuddles) But both of them need to convince Ilia to abandon the White Fang and assist them.

"You ok now? Or do you want to tell me what happened? I mean if you wish to of course." Jade then asked.

"We can save that conversation for later. Let's go find Ilia." Blake then says back to Jade as both of them stared into each other's eyes. (uh, eye.)

Jade then pulled Blake into a kiss, he wanted to break out of it so that they could find Ilia but Blake had other plans as she wrapped her arms around him and pushed him onto the bed with her on top. It took a while for them to pull apart from the kiss as a string of saliva could be seen still connecting the lips as both of them smiled.

"I suppose we could hold it off for tonight." Blake commented as she had both her hands-on Jade's face.

"Yea, that sounds nice." Jade agreed with her as he had his arms wrapped around her waist.

Blake then pulled Jade's face in for another kiss. It was then that Kali unintentionally walked in to see her daughter straddling her boyfriend and about to have a makeup session and the rest was history. (for both of them)

Much later…

Both Blake and Jade could be seen walking down the village streets at night to make plans to lure Ilia into a meeting. Though they had already planned where to lure her into a meeting. The question was whether it would succeed in the first place as Jade told Blake that Ilia would run if she was spotted. Though at the time, they were having their own conversation.

"But I still can't believe that mom just walked in right there…" Blake said with embarrassment on how her mom walked in to see her having a makeup session with Jade.

"You and me both… I have a feeling that we just gave her more teasing material on both of us…" Jade agreed while also red at the awkwardness when Kali walked in.

"Yea…"

"Anyways, wanna go for a walk through the jungles?"

"It's time huh?"

"Yep. Let's see if it works to begin with."

Both of them nodded as they made their way into the trees as Ilia stalks both of them. Unaware that she was expected to come for a talk.

It did not take time till both Blake and Jade were in the jungle not far from Kuo Kuana till they knew they were alone with Ilia who was spying on them. Conveniently, Jade also brought along a torch lamp with them. Knowing that it's like moths to a flame.

"So where is she?" Blake whispered to Jade who was staring at the shattered moon in the skies.

"Either she is really stealthy or that she is not here… Most likely the latter." Jade whispered back as his ears were twitching to catch any movement near them before continuing on.

"Either than that… despite everything that has happened today an-" Jade said until Blake interrupted him.

"You mean dad wiping the floor of you in the morning?" Blake snarked which earned a laughter from Jade.

"Yea that. But it bothers me. What does he mean that there will be more tests in the future?" Jade then asked a question that has been bugging him since morning.

"I am honestly not so sure myself…"

Jade's eye widened when he heard movement in the jungles as he muttered loud enough for Blake to hear. "She is here…"

Both of them got up and began to look around the jungles in hopes of spotting movement in the jungles with their night vision.

"Ilia! I know you are there. I want to talk to you please." Blake begged as more movement could be heard in the jungles.

As if by command, Ilia walks out from a tree with her Grimm mask and her whip as her skin changes to red for a second before returning back to normal. Neither Blake nor Jade took out their weapons even though any moment, Ilia could attack both of them.

"Wow she actually listened. Ok step 1 complete with no issue…" Jade thought to himself as Ilia approached both of them with her guard up.

"Blake…" Ilia finally spoke after a pause to check whether it is a trap.

"Ilia…" Blake says back.

Jade took a step back to let the two friends talk it out. All he could hope was that it would go smoothly. But he knows that Ilia was loyal to the Fang until later.

Ilia then took off her mask as she stared straight at Blake "Why are you back Blake? You left us didn't you?" She asked.

"I did… but not without reason. Are you aware of what happened to Beacon?"

"I am… They got what they deserve." Ilia scowled at it but Blake continued on.

"Are you also aware that Adam was also partly responsible for the fall of Beacon?"

"What are you playing at Blake!" Ilia, having enough of Blake's beating around in the bush, then yelled at her as her skin turned red.

Blake however remained saddened as her ears drooped and she continued to talk. "All I want to say. I'm sorry for leaving you without a reason Ilia. I just couldn't stand the path that the White Fang was heading off to."

Ilia then calmed down before asking again. "Then what are you planning to do now?"

Blake sighed as she began to explain the exact details of what Adam said to her face. Ilia on the other hand can't believe that Adam would say that. It does not help that she had to admit that many in the Fang are getting concerned over Adam's violence against everyone else that does not support him. Though many radicals still heavily supported Adam's act during the attack on Beacon.

During the talk, Ilia accused Blake of being a traitor and showing bitterness about Blake not returning or even noticing Ilia's feelings for her (which caught Blake by surprise) and admitted her jealousy of Blake's feelings for Adam during her time in the White Fang. Blake did admit that it was her fault. Not that anything could be done about it. But she hopes to patch the damage done between both of them soon.

Jade wasn't sure how long the debate between Blake and Ilia lasted but one thing is for sure. Ilia was willing to work with her despite her loyalties to the White Fang as she had begun to doubt her cause as well. In fact, she actually gave the data of the Fang's plans to Blake which internally surprised both of them.

But before Ilia left, she had to ask one last question. "And Blake, who is he?" She then pointed her whip at Jade who just raised his hand up with a somewhat concerned look on his face.

"This is Jade and he is… my new boyfriend I met during Beacon." Blake nervously introduces Jade as she now knows that Ilia had romantic feelings for her and that she fears for what will happen next.

"Hey..." Jade just said as he could feel Ilia staring straight into his soul.

"I see… I'll admit. He is a cute one." Ilia said with a saddened smile on her face before putting on the mask and disappearing into the jungles.

After a solid minute of waiting, both Blake and Jade could only let out a sigh of relief as they collapsed onto the ground that somehow, things did not get violent at all. It was also not surprising that yes, Adam is still kicking around but even more ruthless than canon that many are starting to fear him in a way due to his lack of hesitation to kill his subordinates even if they would question him on his decisions.

"How on earth did you manage to talk her down?" Jade could only ask his girlfriend.

"Do you mean Remnant?" Blake cheekily says back.

"Whatever! Man that was intense! I'm just glad that it went smoothly."

"Yea… that was stressful… but I'm glad it went well. Somehow…"

"Let's go home. It's uh… 12 midnight."

"Really?"

"Yup let's go now."

However, once both of them reached home and back to Blake's room. There was a condom box on her table with a letter on it that says.

"Remember Blake, if you ever take Jade to bed, use protection!"

It did not take long for either of them to know who did this.

"Should had seen that coming..." Jade muttered.

Authors notes

And we are done now. Wow, it feels good to write again after weeks but anyway, we got stuff to talk about.

First of all the uh… lime I guess? Yea Now that this story is now rated mature. This kind of stuff will pop up once in a while. Not all the time of course, this story is not smut nor lemon. Once in a while I guess? Dunno.

Next is Kali teasing. Let's be honest it is going to happen sooner than later but yea, expect to see more Kali teasing of both Blake and Jade as long as they are still in Menagerie.

Next is the test Ghira is giving to Jade. More accurately Jade losing this fight. No doubt some of ya will ask why Jade is defeated. Reminder Jade could be considered out of touch as he had not been fighting for a while. Also the loss of his eye affected his balancing and made his fighting sloppier. While there isn't much detail on how well Ghira fights except the few times we see him fight. He had shown to be decently well in hand-to-hand combat as well as being resistant and tolerant of pain. Jade on the other hand is at best average in hand-to-hand combat. Used to be worse but thanks to Yang's training. It is not so bad. Still got wrecked though.

Next is Ilia. I am probably going to get called out of it but I uh… might have made her too… OOC but yea… I don't know much of how she would react but as she had mentioned. Adam is still around but… let's say less sane. Losing to Blake at Beacon might have caused him to become ruthless and alienated some of his supporters due to his tendency to kill them should they disagree with him. So yea even Ilia is disturbed by this result and also the fact that Blake seeks her out lessens the strain. Call me out if you see fit.

I dunno if any of you guys cared but why Blake and Jade did not talk about what had happened this morning was because it was too embarrassing for both of them. Does not help that Kali was teasing the hell out of Blake and Jade about finally losing their virginity. (Poor guys.)

And I am done with this chapter. When is the next one? Probably the same as before, 2 to 3 weeks. Earlier if possible like this one. Anyways I want to thank all of you again for your time here and feel free to Follow and Favourite this work of mine so you could be informed when I will post an update or a new chapter in the future.

Until next time. I will see all of you again. RGQC out!