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[EDITED] For clarification, Coco does not stick it into Jaune's butt.

While both Ruby and Yang's groups could leave for Vale immediately, Jaune's group had one more stop before they could go.

"So you want something to make you look like a Faunus?" Coco raises an eyebrow at Jaune as he and Pyrrha knock on their door while Blake and Ren hang back.

"Yes." Jaune answers simply.

"Why?" Coco asks, tilting her head and looking at both Jaune and Pyrrha beside him inquisitively.

"...For reasons."

Coco nods as there could only be one logical reason someone would refuse to answer that question.

"Sex reasons, got it."

"No! Just...can you not ask questions?"

"As long as you don't ask questions in return. Now come in, I have just what you need. Fox, Yatsu, you're gonna have to leave. I have some fresh meat with me. Velv, want to help me with this?"

Entering Team CFVY's room, Jaune notices the two male members moving to leave quickly as a surprised Velvet looks towards them with wide eyes.

"Good luck, Jaune."

Yatsuhashi greets gravely and Jaune has the feeling he entered into something he shouldn't have. Fox, for his part, only pats him comfortingly before passing by and exiting the room quickly.

"Uhmm, Coco. What is happening?" Velvet asks in surprise.

"Don't worry about it, Bunbun. Just bring me the new one."

"Uhhh, you don't have to give me your own things Coco."

"Pshh, don't sweat it. Besides, consider this as an apology for kidnapping you yesterday."

"Eep! Are you sure you want to give him the new one?!" Velvet squeaks with a blush that has Jaune getting worried with how she reacted.

"Yup, Mr. Loverboy over here needs something to make him look like a Faunus." Coco answers with a grin.

"But you're giving him the tail?!" Velvet screams back as she rushes towards a cabinet.

"For sex reasons, it's for Jaune."

Everyone other than Coco blushes at that and Jaune rushes to deny it

"No, it is not!"

"For Pyrrha, then?"

Jaune could see Pyrrha cover her face in embarrassment at that. Everyone also sees her peek through her fingers to visibly give him a shy look. He hurriedly looks toward Coco before something else becomes visible to everyone here.

"For me! But not for sex, okay?! Just give me something that will make me look like a Faunus."

"Oh this will make you look like a Faunus alright." Coco smirks at that, grabbing an object Velvet just threw at her in a rush.

"Uhh, Coco? What is that? Why do you have that?"

"Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies. Bunbun, hold him."

"Velvet? Velvet, what are you doing? Uhhh, Pyr? Pyrrha? A little help here?"

Jaune's last sight before a heavily breathing Velvet grabs him is Coco holding up a tail. A tail connected to a butt plug. He couldn't stop the scream from coming out of his mouth.

"Kyaaaa!"

""Did you hear that?"" Blake and Ren both ask at the same time, snapped out from each of their own thoughts.

"Yes, it couldn't have been Jaune though, the scream is too girly." She remarks, glancing at Ren who was now looking towards the door beside them.

They've positioned themselves opposite each other with the door between them like guards assigned a position after they saw the males of Team CFVY leave.

"Pyrrha wouldn't scream that long either." Ren adds, turning his gaze towards Blake with a wondering look.

"Should we barge in?" Blake asks, wondering herself what they should do when there's already at least three hunters inside.

"With Pyrrha inside? I don't think we have to worry about anything." Ren snorts and his expressiveness surprises Blake.

Though maybe she shouldn't have been surprised with the drama that just exploded between him and Nora making him a lot more expressive.

Silence fills the hallway again outside Team CFVY's room as both Blake and Ren, two inherently quiet people, are forced to interact alone together.

Blake was the one who broke first, glancing at a brooding Ren beside her before opening her mouth.

"Sooooo, do you wanna talk about it?"

There really was only one thing to talk about and she cringes at the awkwardness in her voice.

"We don't have to talk." Ren glances at her before looking away again.

"Oh thank the Gods." She sighs in relief at that. She was never the outgoing type so starting conversations like this are not her forte. Still, she is the only one here and she'd be damned if she left Jaune's friend hanging dry.

"I know what you're trying to do, Blake." Ren snaps Blake out of her thoughts with an accusatory glance.

"You do?" She asks quizzically.

"Yes, you want to establish a deeper friendship with me so you could spend even more time with Jaune." Ren replies with a flat tone.

"That…wasn't what I actually wanted to do. But that's actually not a bad idea." Blake responds back slowly only to perk up at the perk Ren pointed out her actions can do.

"It wasn't?"

"Is it hard to believe that I'm worried for you and Nora?"

"There is nothing to worry about."

"Clearly there is."

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Listen Ren, I know we may not be that close but my relative distance to both you and Nora compared to our other friends might help me give you a different unbiased perspective. So come on, why don't you try telling me what's wrong?"

"Why are you doing this, Blake?" Ren sighs exasperatedly.

"Maybe I want to deepen our friendship so I could spend more time with Jaune?" Blake quotes back with a smirk.

Blake smiles as she hears Ren chuckle at that.

"Nora and I…." Ren starts with a smile before falling into a serious tone.

"Yes?"

"...We've been together for a long time, Blake. Long enough that I feel like we've forgotten to just be ourselves." Ren answers slowly with a distant look to his face.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that it has always been Ren and Nora. There hasn't been just Ren or Nora for a long time now…..and that scares me."

That….actually makes a lot of sense for Blake. The way Ren said it resonated with something within her. After all, before she left the White Fang, she tied herself to someone. It has always been about Adam and the White Fang ever since she left her parents during those days.

"You're not together-together with Nora because you don't like her…."

"I'm not…I just don't want her to lose herself."

"But don't you see you're hurting her with what you're doing?"

"Don't you think I know that? Do you think I like hurting Nora?"

"Then why do this at all? Then why not tell her? Talk to her? It's certainly better than stringing her along."

"I'm not stri-!"

Slam!

Surprised at the sudden sound, they find the door between them slamming inwards as a black-haired male with an extra set of ears on his head stomps out hastily.

"Jaune, wait!" Pyrrha rushes out in her own Pyrene disguise, complete with black hair and cat ears as well.

"Hahaha, it was just a prank! You should've seen your face! Don't worry about the payment, honey. Consider this as an apology for kidnapping him before." Coco laughs out towards Jaune with a wink before she puts an arm around Pyrrha's shoulders.

"Not funny, Coco!" Jaune's voice choes out from afar as he continues to walk away.

Pyrrha for her part removes herself from Coco before turning around looking towards her hand with a blushing face.

"I-uhm….Can I keep the tail?"

A tail? With Coco's hand out of her view, Blake could only wonder at what type of tail could make Pyrrha blush like that. Coco's words just makes her blush harder though.

"Only if you let me watch." Coco replies with a smirk.

"Nevermind!" Pyrrha squeals before chasing Jaune and leaving Blake and Ren behind.

"What just happened?" Blake asks out loud, blinking together with Ren at the sudden interruption to their conversation.

Coco's response to that is to raise a tail with a butt plug for its base.

Blake has never seen Ren run from a scene as fast as he did but she stands there transfixed for a moment before the sight sears itself into her mind and she flees with a blushing face.

All thoughts of helping Ren with his relationship with Nora are blown away by a single thought.

Blake Belladonna was a kinky girl. She was self-aware to admit that to herself. She had to be to be able to continuously digest through multiple books of the Ninjas of Love Series, but that thing Coco was holding?

That thing is just too big.

"Woah, that thing is big!"

"You should see the one in Atlas!"

"That was the first one, right?"

"Correct! Atlas developed the Cross Continental Transmit System to allow the four kingdoms to communicate with one another. It was their gift to the world after the Great War."

"That's so coooool! I'm going to take a picture!"

Ruby grabs her scroll out of her pocket, but in her excitement, she launches it from her hands straight into an unsuspecting passerby.

"Hey! Who threw that?!" A masculine voice sounds out and Ruby rushes in a panic.

"I'm sorry it was an accident!"

"You dolt! Why do you have to be so clumsy?!"

"No worries, My partner over here is just being a pussy."

Ruby gasps in mortification at the curse as Weiss frowns at the crassness.

"You bit-!"

"You dropped this by the way." The lady hands the scroll to Ruby after elbowing her partner's side.

"I'm really, really sorry!"

"You-! I-uh, its fine pipsqueak. Just don't let it happen again." The young man sighs out with a grumble.

"You seem like first-year students but I don't believe I've seen you before." Weiss frowns at them suspiciously.

Ever the thorough one, she has already identified and cataloged any and all possible threats and competitors for the Vytal Tournament. Yet she has never seen the two in front of her before.

If she did, she's sure she would have already identified them as people to look out for. People with real confidence in their abilities and not just simple bravado that plague many of their yearmates.

"That's because we weren't here before. My team and I are from Haven." The gray-haired male answers back with a flat voice.

"That's odd, your classmates arrived earlier than you." Weiss retorts back with a flat voice of her own, staring the guy straight into his eyes.

"We were on a mission for the Headmaster before all this." The green-haired female adds calmly to explain the situation.

That was the confirmation she needed. Knowing that a first-year team is already going on missions for their Headmaster means they are skilled enough to be trusted. If they were skilled enough to go on missions then that means they're hard competitors for the Tournament.

There's only one thing to do when encountering competitors like these. Observe them closely. Weiss was just about to do that as she introduces herself when Ruby speaks over her.

"Ah apologies, then allow me to introduce ourselves. Weiss Schnee, at yo-"

"Hi! I'm Ruby Rose!"

Weiss would've scowled at that but she knows the effects of Ruby's sincerity on a person. It gets them to drop their guard and be vulnerable. Though that doesn't seem to be completely working with the two as Weiss sees them share a look before answering Ruby slowly.

"...Emerald Sustrai."

"...Mercury Black."

Emerald was on a mission. A mission to scout out the layout of Beacon's CCT for Cinder's infiltration while Cinder herself had a mission of her own.

Apparently, being Half-Maiden allows someone to have a general sense of direction where the other half is currently located. It's how they're sure that the Former Maiden is here in Beacon and not transported to Atlas yet.

Regardless, none of that is currently her problem. She has a mission of her own right now.

However, nowhere in that mission of hers was to accompany a couple of brats on a tour but Emerald will take advantage of everything she can.

After all, it's not every day a Schnee offers to tour you around a place. The perks that came with it were just too irresistible to resist.

No waiting lines. No security checks. It's as if the staff took one look at Weiss Schnee and decided they had access to the place. Though that brings up a question of its own.

"So what are you doing in the CCT? You didn't walk all the way here just to sightsee, right?" Emerald asks, curious at what could bring two Beacon students this way as they enter the lobby with no problem.

At least she and Mercury can use the excuse of sight seeing, they couldn't, what with being from here.

Emerald could already see Weiss Schnee slowly glow red as she mumbles an answer. It is Ruby Rose however who yells it out enthusiastically.

"We're investigating the White Fang!"

A quick glance at Mercury shows her that he's just as confused as her. Meaning she didn't mishear things and a bunch of Beacon students are looking for the White Fang.

"Uh, what?" Mercury asks with a tilt of his head.

"For a project! A class project!" Weiss Schnee pipes up, interrupting whatever it is Ruby could say next.

The way Ruby's eyes were widening in mortification told her that it was definitely more than a project.

"Couldn't you do that in the library though?" Emerald needles, poking holes into their excuse as she slightly narrows her eyes at them.

"We-uh, wanted to make a call." Weiss answers back weakly after gathering her breath.

"Again, couldn't you do that in the library or literally anywhere else?" She asks again because really?

Making a call? You don't need to go to the CCT to make a call if you have a scroll.

"U-uhm! It's because the CCT is just so cool that we just had to go here and get a tour while we're at it!"Ruby interjects, waving her hands wildly and fooling nobody.

….Ooookay, as weird as this is, Emerald is not about to look a gift horse in the mouth. A glance at Mercury once again has their eyes meet and both of them shrug at the same time. It seems they were thinking the same thing.

Just as the elevator opens for them to enter, Emerald has one last thought as she seals herself inside the elevator with them. Their mission now has an additional objective.

Find out why these brats are looking into the White Fang.

"Hello, welcome to the CCT. How may I help you?"

"I'd like to use a communications room please. And also please arrange a tour for my friends over here." Weiss says to the holographic CCT AI that appeared from a panel in the middle of the lobby they just arrived at.

Loathe as she was to leave Ruby alone with these two but Weiss is the only one between the two of them that has the clearance to look at SDC records on Dust Robberies or discrepancies.

"Absolutely! Could you please place your scrolls in the terminals to verify your identities please?" The AI replies, highlighting four slots that opened just beside it.

"Woahhhh, this is so cool!" Ruby squeals as she places her scroll beside everyones.

Weiss could only smile slightly at that. Yet her joyful expression turns into seriousness as the AI reads their identities.

"Welcome Miss Schnee. Welcome Miss Rose. Welcome Miss Sustrai. Welcome Mister Black. Please enter Communication Room 4 for your use."

A ding in her scroll shows Weiss the way towards her assigned room just ahead of their location. The three beeps following it come from the others' scrolls as the AI turns to them.

"As for your tour, please follow our Guide Droid to receive a compre…."

Weiss tunes the AI out as she looks seriously into Ruby's eyes before saying one word.

"Behave."

"Pshhaw, don't worry Weiss. When have I ever caused trouble?" Ruby replies with a pout as she crosses her hands together.

Weiss stares at her long and hard before deciding to just turn around and be done with it all.

"No….Just…No."

She would have told Ruby to keep a close eye on them but knowing her partner, Ruby would just give her intentions away. Better to let her be herself than give her other stressful objectives on top of what they already have.

"Wh-? What does that mean?! Weiss? Weiss!" Ruby calls out to her, earning strange looks from both Emerald and Mercury.

Yet no matter how much Ruby calls her attention, Weiss continues to walk towards her destination.

Communication Room 4.

The moment she enters, the door closes behind her as four holographic emblems glow into life in front of her.

"Welcome to the Beacon Cross Continental Transmit Center. How may I help you?" A robotic voice greets her.

"I need to make a call to Schnee Company World Headquarters in Atlas." She replies calmly.

"Absolutely. Please head on to Terminal 3. I'll patch you through."

Weiss nods and she pulls in all her brought before letting it all out harshly to relax herself. She has never liked using her name to get what she wanted.

She'd rather earn it by her own merit like how she earned her place here in Beacon but this is different.

When it comes to helping friends….real friends, Weiss has no qualms using everything she has been blessed with,

She just hopes that Blake and Yang's groups are getting leads of their own.

VROOM! Vroom!

The sound of an engine sputters out of existence as Yang Xiao Long parks her bike in front of Junior's Club.

Taking off her helmet, she turns behind her to look at her passenger. If she was expecting a reply then she would've been disappointed because Nora Valkyrie silently removes her own helmet and gets off the bike.

No words are exchanged between them as they silently look at the glowing doors of Junior's Club in the light of the afternoon.

"You know I'm not really used to peace and quiet when it comes to the both of us together." Yang pipes up as she gets off her bike and walks beside Nora in front of Junior's club.

"There's nothing to talk about."

"Now that's just wrong. There literally is something to talk about."

"Then I don't want to talk about it."

"Noraaaa, come on. You came with me for a reason. Don't be a sourpuss. Renny doesn't like sourpuss."

"How would you know what Renny likes?!"

"Aha! Are you saying you know what Ren likes?"

"...I don't think I know anymore. I thought I knew him but then he leaves me and goes hanging out with Ciel."

"Awww, don't talk like that. You've been together for a long time. I'm sure he li-"

"That's the problem, Yang. We've been together for so long that he probably only sees me as clumsy and ditzy Nora who messes everything up. Sometimes I feel like he only sees me as a pet that he has to take care of."

"Hey, come on. Don't talk like that. You are Nora Valkyrie and you are a badass huntress-in-training. Now say it with me."

"Yang, I don't think that's gonna work."

"Nope, nu-uh. You are going to say it with me. You are Nora Valkyrie. You are strong, beautiful, and a badass. Your turn."

"Fine… I am Nor-"

"Louder!"

"You want louder?! I'll give you louder! I am Nora Valkyrie! I am strong, beautiful, and a badass! I'm also one piece of hot ass!"

Claps, wolf whistles, and catcalls snap the two huntresses-in-training out of their own little world as they suddenly see a small crowd of strangers smiling at them.

"You go girl!" A feminine voice shouts out supportively.

"Yeahhh! Let that hair down!" Another person yells towards them while waving her hands in the air.

"Damn girl! You really let loose there!" A young man claps towards them and whistles in happiness.

Each shout of encouragement towards them causes both Nora and Yang to blush. They both love attention but having it thrown at them in the middle of nowhere while in the middle of a heart-to-heart talk will embarrass anybody.

Rushing towards the entrance of Junior's bar in embarrassment, Yang nods at the guard who freezes in their sights before running inside. Before Yang could even open the door to follow, Nora holds her back with a hand on her shoulder.

"Thanks, Yang. I think I needed that." Nora says with a small smile.

"You're right. Now just remember you are not a pet. You are more than just clumsy or ditzy-" Yang only grins back, happily joking with Nora.

"I like the part you didn't deny that."

"Hush, in the middle of an inspirational speech over here! You are strong, beautiful, and a badass. And yes, you are one piece of hot ass."

"Thanks…" Nora blushes at her praise but Yang isn't finished just yet.

"And if Ren can't see that then we'll just have to make him. Unless you want attention from someone else?" Yang continues with a grin, wagging her eyebrows suggestively.

"No! No, I mean I still like Renny. He's just being an idiot right now." Nora waves her hands panickedly in denial.

"Ain't that right sister. Now ready to bust some heads?" Yang chuckles lightly at her friend and cracks her knuckles while turning towards the doors.

"We're not gonna bust some heads, Yang. We just need to talk to Junior." Nora rolls her eyes in exasperation but there is no sting to her words as she smiles at Yang's antics.

"Sheesh, when did you become so reasonable?" Yang snorts back.

"Maybe when you talked some sense into me? Now come on! The sooner we finish, the sooner I can tear Renny a new one!" Nora replies cheekily before rushing inside the club.

"Hurry! Close the door! She's coming!"

Junior was drinking hard at the bar while contemplating the shitshow that has been this week when two of his henchmen just decided to barge inside and shut the main doors.

"Stop that! What are you two idiots doing?! Do you want us to lose customers?!" He shouts at them red-faced and blustering.

He was just about to stand up to drag them away from the doors when they went flying through the air. Time slowed down for Junior as he saw a strand of blonde hair past the now open doors.

"I'm baaaaack!" The blonde menace has the audacity to shout with a grin as she breaks Junior out of his haze.

He was about to shout something when another voice cuts through the air even past the noise of the music.

"AND I'M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE!" A ginger shouts as she cartwheels through the air and lands in a perfect pose right in the middle of the dance floor.

"You….here..Why?" It seems words are failing him as he desperately tries to process why the ginger just looks so familiar.

"You still owe me a drink." Blondie saunters forward as Junior frowns the same time his men aim their guns at the intruders..

"And Jaune-Jaune has some questions for you." The ginger says with a grin without a care in the world and everything clicks in place.

"Don't shoot!" He shouts to deescalate the situation, his men following obediently and allowing the two women to face off with him.

"What took you so long?" He growls, catching the two of them off guard.

"Uhh, what?" Blondie asks with a tilt of her head.

Junior snorts at that. Beacon students coming here on a weekday afternoon after what happened last night? There's only one reason for that.

"Follow me." He says, turning around to lead them to a set of rooms without looking back.

"Your friend here was partying so hard last night that we had to chain him to a chair for his own good."

The last thing Nora expected to happen when they came to Junior's bar was to see Neptune tied to a chair in a barren room half naked with a gag in his mouth. It was so out of left field that Nora could only gawk at the scene in front of her.

"Neptune? What happened?" Yang wonders with wide eyes the same as Nora.

"He got into a brawl and almost trashed the place." Junior pipes up after showing them inside.

"Where's Sun?" Nora asks worriedly.

"He's the one he got into a brawl with." Junior replies deadpannedly.

"A brawl with Sun?! Him?! Why?! I don't see it." Nora interjects confusedly with a tilt of her head.

"Why the gag, though?" Yang asks wonderingly.

"To stop his whining." A voice sounds out from behind them to Nora and Yang's surprise.

Turning around, Nora sees a tall, broad-shouldered, black-haired man standing against the light of the hallway.

"And who are you?" Nora blurts out of surprise.

"Ahhh, Tukson. My newest employee. He helped my nieces handle the mess last night." Junior answers the question for them as he turns to look as well.

"Wait, Tukson? Tukson as in Blake's friend Tukson?" Yang snaps out of it, staring at Tukson intently.

Tukson, for his part, flounders at the sudden intensity of Yang's gaze.

"Uhh, yes. That's me. I'm Tukson. Nice to meet you. You know Blake?"

"Yeah, we're her friends! She's been looking everywhere for you! She thought you were dead!"

"What?! Why would she think that?!"

"Because the White Fang trashed your place?! Didn't they attack you?"

"What?! No!"

"Yeah dude, they wrecked everything. Blake and I saw their symbol."

"No, no it wasn't the White Fang!"

"What are you talking about?"

"It wasn't the White Fang who came to visit me."

"What? What do you mean?!"

"It was…"

"Blake."

She is snapped out of her thoughts as Jaune calls out her name in the middle of her intense observation.

"Yes, Jaune?" Blake asks back as she turns to look at all of them.

Jaune, in all his Horse Faunus disguise glory, looks down at her crouching form beside a wall

"Are you sure this is it?"

"Yes, I'm sure." She nods with furrowed brows at their hesitant looks as she stands up.

"It's just that…." Juane hesitantly continues before trailing off

Blake narrows her eyes at that.

"What? Are you doubting me right now?"

Pyrrha rushes in between them to stop anything from escalating.

"No, no one's doubting you, Blake. What Jaune is saying is that isn't it a bit of a stretch to say that this is the place just because there are three straight white lines on the wall." Pyrrha says with her hands raised placatingly.

"Trust me, Pyrrha. This is it, take a look." Blake waves a hand just through the corner.

They lean around a corner to see a couple of people entering a small entrance.

"Wow, I guess this really is it, huh?"

"What did you expect? A symbol of the White Fang anybody could see?" Blake chuckles softly.

"I mean, not really? But come on? It's just three white lines. How was I to know?" Jaune answers embarrassedly, scratching the back of his head at the same time.

"That's the point. You're not."

"Then how are you supposed to know?"

"Any Faunus worth their salt knows. Three white lines signifying the claws of the White Fang." She says quietly, thinking of past days where she was just learning all of this.

"Alright, that's good to know. Everyone still remember the plan?" Jaune claps his hands with a nod, gathering everyone's attention.

"Blake and I will stay here outside to provide reinforcements in case something goes wrong." Ren nods in assent.

"Right, it shouldn't go wrong but just in case it does, Pyrrha and I will be depending on you two."

"As for us, Jaune and I will go inside, listen to their plans or whatever they are, then get out." Pyrrha adds, outlining the simplicity in their plan.

Blake isn't really completely satisfied with it. They should be doing their best to stop the White Fang but with Jaune and Pyrrha being the ones in most danger, she assents.

"Great, should be easy enough. Everybody ready?"

"""Ready."""

"Alright, wish us luck."

Before he could leave however, Blake grabs his hand and pulls him into a tight hug, burying her head on his chest. She may not have shown it much these past two days but Jaune's support of her search for the White Fang means a lot to her.

"Thanks for helping, Jaune. Be careful in there."

"I will be." Jaune replies while hugging Blake tighter.

Stepling back to release the hug, she turns to Pyrrha next. The two women staring at each other for a moment before an unseen force pulls them towards each other in a tight hug of their own.

"Take care of each other." Blake sighs out with small smile.

"Of course." Pyrrha whispers back with a smile of her own.

And in a matter of seconds Jaune and Pyrrha disappear into the White Fang's hideout as Ren and Blake take position to stakeout the place.

It takes a few more minutes before the silence is broken between the two left behind.

"Soooo...wanna talk about it?"

"Again, Blake? Really?"

"What? We were already talking about it earlier."

Silence is Ren's reply before he takes a deep breath and stutters a response.

"I...do you think... Jaune will accept Nora?"

"...what?"

"Do you think Ja-"

"What?!"

"I'm asking if Jaune will take care of Nora like he does you?"

"What makes you think that?!"

"So he won't?"

"No! Yes! I don't know! Why are you even thinking about that?!"

"Because I want to know if he will take care of her as best as he can."

"Of course he will! If it comes to it, yes! But what gives you the right to push Nora to Jaune like that?!"

"I-"

"Have you even asked her what she wants?!"

"You say you want her to be her own person yet you haven't even given her a choice."

Ren's expression changes gravely at that. Frustration and pain visible on his face. He is silent for a long while before Blake finally has enough and delivers the nail in the coffin.

"Have you ever even given her a choice or even a chance to be with you or have you always pushed her away because you're afraid of your own feelings?"

They stay there looking at each other instead of the White Fang hideout. Amber eyes staring accusingly at pink-rimmed eyes.

"I-"

RING! RING! RING!

Ren has just opened his mouth to answer when Blake's scroll rang. It seems fate is currently against Ren to stop him from defending himself. And yet Blake could see he was already thinking of her words.

Without breaking her stare off with Ren, she fishes out her scroll and answers it smoothly.

"Blake! Are Jaune and Pyrrha still with you?!" Yang's voice comes out loudly from her speaker that Ren could even hear her words.

Staring incredolously at her scroll, Blake answers.

"Yang? No, we found the hideout and they're already inside."

"Get them out of there! It's a trap!"

Blake doesn't hear Yang's next words. Something about Tukson and Torchwick. Her world slows down and she could see Ren's eyes widening the same as hers.

Snapping towards the hideout's direction, it takes a moment for her to move.

They didn't get far inside the hideout before Jaune's collar was grab and his fake ears were ripped out of his hair.

"Explain yourself." The large Faunus that kicked his ass last time growls in front of his face.