Okay guys, So its hard to believe, but in another TWO months, in will officially be a year from when I left the army on Terminal Leave. I'm not where I want to be in life yet, but I'm still light years ahead of where I was. I know or a fact I will not stay at my current job for the rest of my life. I'm already bored there.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not someone who wants a large mansion or every fancy car known to man. I just want to make enough money to afford the lifestyle I want and to never have to worry about not making enough.

Don't let yourselves be tricked into thinking you need to be a multi millionaire with seven houses to be happy. Look for happiness in the little things that make up life.

Hell, I went fly fishing for the very first time and it was honestly amazing.

Earth

"Well? How did it go?" Winter asked as Ma and Pa came back from dropping AJ off at the airport.

"Sometimes I wish his mother had swallowed him." Pa said as he grabbed a bottle of Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey off the shelf and took a long drink of it.

"That bad?" Ruby asked.

"He spent ten minutes ranting about how casual viewers ruin anime, and then spent the last twenty minutes talking about how he was planning on changing his fursona into a horse so he could have a bigger dick." Ma said as she went over to a bottle of rare red wine.

She had been saving this for a special occassion. But after hearing all the weird shit that AJ had to say, she earned this drink. Ma and Pa wondered if that boy had been dropped on his head as a kid. Because having to explain to him that Japan is NOT like it is in anime was annoying. They went to Japan on vacation a few times, and they could guarantee that a lot of the things AJ believed about Japan was bullshit. Somehow he was certain there were big tiddy cosplayers on every corner looking for a boyfriend. As he ranted on and on, suddenly Ma and Pa understood why his own parents didn't talk about their son at family gatherings.

"Oh Teresa! We're really proud of our son! He just graduated from medical school and is about to compete in an ironman next month!"

"Thats great! Our daughter recently got married and is vacationing with her husband in the Bahamas!"

"What about you Sharon? How is your son?"

"Uhm he uh...he's okay."

Pa's sister never mentioned AJ at the family reunions when everyone was sharing updates about their own families. After all, nobody wants to say out loud that their son is obsessed with tentacle porn and fur suits at a family friendly event.

Everyone just sighed as the two parents went to go drink by themselves alone in their bedroom. Not because they were depressed, but because they were tired of tonight and wanted to go home.

"Do you think Jem is okay?" Nora asked as she was worried he would have gotten into trouble.

"As long as he sticks to the main village on Kuo Kuana, he should be fine." Blake said as the faunus on Menagarie may not have been used to humans, but it didn't mean that they would kill one on sight.

Jem should have nothing to worry about. If anything Blake was more worried about Nala right now. After she realized her dad had gone missing, she had tried to go into the armory to lead an assault to get him back. While it was hilarious seeing the little lion faunus put on Jem's plate carrier, she knew the girl was only doing it out of sheer panic. After Blake had calmed her down, she made her put all the gear back where she found it.

Why Jem had a plate carrier with SAPI plates was beyond her. She rolled her eyes. Who was she kidding. This family probably had their own little arsenal in different pockets of the house.

Jem

"You know, this is not how I pictured this scenario going..." Jem thought to himself as Ghira and Kali were waiting at the table.

If this was a smut fanfiction, the scenario would be different. Ghira probably wouldn't be in the picture, and Kali would be cookin while wearing an apron and nothing else. But Jem had a girlfriend, and this wasn't a smut fanfic.

This was real life. And in real life, he was the one wearing an apron that said "Puurrrffeect" with a picture of a chef hat with car ears. He couldn't help but chuckle at it. Even so, he was still working on grilling the fish up. And he was pulling out all the tricks he knew. While he was certain that Blake's parents were friendly and nice. He didn't want to risk pissing them off by offering a undercooked fish.

"The fish is a bit bland." He pictured Kali's disappointed face.

In his mind she looked like an abused kitten.

"THIS FISH IS FUCKING RAW!" He heard Ghira scream in his head like Gordon Ramsey.

He focused again on the fish. While he was certain Ghira was a nice guy, he didn't want to take the risk of Ghira tearing him a new asshole if he didn't like what he cooked. Suddenly Jem looked up from the fish he was cooking.

"Jesus Christ, I sound like a housewife with an abusive husband." He thought to himself as he was trying not to fuck this up.

"That smells great!" Kali said as Jem was seasoning the fish with a cajun style seasoning.

Okay that was nice to hear. Finally he finished the two large catfish and put them on a set of plates for Blake's parents.

"Personally I prefer trout over catfish but this should be perfect." Jem said as he served the two.

He felt weird watching them eat. Not just because he was standing there looking like he had his thumb up his ass. But also because he hadn't cooked anything for himself yet. First, he had to cook something for all of his little mice friends. And now he had to cook for them. So his stomach was protesting at all the delicious smells while it remained devoid of food.

He saw Kali was the one who took the first bite. He saw her mouth move up and down and a smile formed on her face.

"This is good, thank you!" She said as Jem breathed out a sigh of relief.

He looked over to Ghira who had just taken a bite.

Ghira took a deep breath. Let out a sigh, and stood up.

"The fish is raw."

"Well fuck."

"I'm kidding, its good." Ghira said as he smiled.

"Oh thank the gods!" Jem really didn't want to deal with that possible firestorm.

"It's a bit spicier than I would like, but its delicious." Ghira said as Jem was just glad he could finally cook for himself.

Sighing in relief, he turned to the other catfish filet he had prepared, and began to work on his own dinner.

Content with the fact that he now had a place for him and the rest of the rat pack to stay for awhile. At least until the others found him. He really hoped Blake didn't mind that her reunion with her parents was going to be earlier than expected. Because no way in hell was he going to stay in that shack on the beach until they found him. He didn't think it would take longer than a day at most. Or at least he sincerely hoped it wouldn't. Because right now he was doing all the cooking and cleaning for Blake's parents. It wasn't fun.

Then again, he had no money, and they offered him a place to stay as long as he pulled his own weight.

That being said, the kids got to do whatever they wanted because Kali found them adorable.

"Well, its not the worst situation I could have been in. I could have been transported to the white fang base of operations." He thought to himself as he was sure Sienna Khan would have killed him almost immediately.

AJ

"I know what I saw." AJ was creeping outside of his cousins house with a pair of binoculars.

He had waited until his Aunt and Uncle left him at the airport and he got a cab back to their house! He had to be discreet, because he knew he couldn't risk being discovered. And right now his deception was paying off.

He knew he wasn't crazy! He saw the real Ironwood and Ozpin! He was certain of it! And he was out to prove it! It was too perfect! After all, all of Jem's new friends looked exactly like characters from RWBY. That couldn't just be a coincidence! Somehow Jem had kidnapped them. He must have been holding them all hostage. So here he was attempting to gain some intel from the house.

Only to feel something sharp pressed up against his throat.

"Who are you?' A feminine voice said as AJ felt like pissing himself.

"Uhm, I, oh shit, don't hurt me!" Suddenly this plan didn't seem so good.

The voice slowly pulled him up from his prone position.

Only to see a goth girl with a pair tiger ears on her head.

"...Nice ears." He said trying to calm her down.

"Oh thank you! I like your tail!" She said seemingly distacted.

"Aww, thanks! I got it from Anime expo!" He said cheerfully as if she didn't just have a knife at his throat.

"Oh nice, I've been wanting to...HEY WAIT A MINUTE!" She forced the knife against his throat again.

"What are you doing outside my mans house?" AJ swore he peed a little.

"Who's your man?"

"The one and only Jeremiah cotton." She said dreamily as AJ groaned.

"This is bullshit! Why does he get all the women! I'm a nice guy!" It wasn't fair!

"Now spill it! What are you doing here?" She asked as he tried to come up with an explanation.

"Uhm, I'm his cousin!" That didn't satisfy her.

"You mean to tell me his cousin is spying on him?"

"Not him! I'm spying on his friend!" AJ knew there was only one explanation that could work!

And it wouldn't even be a lie!

"Explain now." She said as AJ gave her the binoculars.

She looked through them only to see the dining room. She could see there was a large group of people standing around the table as if they were playing an intense game of DND. She smiled at the thought of her little wolf being a DND nerd like herself. But she noticed he was absent from the group. Maybe he was in the bathroom? But thats when AJ spoke up.

"See! There she is!" He said as he pointed to one of them.

"I can't see who you're pointing to when I'm looking through these binoculars dipshit." She wanted to roll her eyes at the guy.

This guy was related to Jem? How?

"The girl with black hair!" He said as she looked at the one he was referring to.

"Her...the one and only Blake Belladonna..." Aj said dreamily.

"You mean a cosplayer." She couldn't believe this dude was that dense.

"No! She's the real thing! They all are!" He said as she brought the binoculars down and looked at him like he was crazy.

Melania did not know what to think of this. Sure she had been stalking Jem for awhile now. She was hiding in the bushes when he went on his date with that white haired bitch. But this guy was a completely different level of crazy. She may have been creepy, but at least she wasn't stupid enough to believe that anime characters could be real. Unless you count that virtual girlfriend thing that Japan was working on. She grimaced at the thought of that. It really had to be a sad existence when your girlfriend was a hologram.

"Okay, so you're nuts." She said as AJ snarled back.

"Says the girl who just held a knife to my throat!" He said as she glared.

"Says the guy whos creeping outside his cousins house." She shot back.

Both glared at each other for a second.

"Anyways, what do you want?" She asked as she looked this guy over.

She noticed the shirt with Hatsune Miku on it, the furry tail, and the Naruto headband belt buckle. She knew his type, he was obviously a weeaboo. She mentally smirked as she could use this to her advantage. The guy was a weeb, he was creeping about outside a house, and he was obviously social awkward, which meant she could manipulate him to her hearts content. Especially since he obviously had a crush on that Blake cosplayer. If there was one thing she knew about socially awkward weeaboos, if you presented the possibility of them getting laid, they would obey you without question.

"I can think we help each other out Mr..." She said as AJ answered.

"AJ."

"Aj...Well I'm Melania, and I think we could help each other out." She said with an evil grin.