In the middle of the night, with the broken moon shining through a window and down across Elise's bed, the young brunet had to hide her face underneath the blankets just to fall asleep. Though, with the fabric covering her head, it easily became hot and uncomfortable underneath. She tossed and turned, sticking one leg out from under her blankets and pulling it back in over and over again. Dozing on and off, she eventually found herself moments from falling asleep but just before she could, she her faint coughing from the bed beside hers. She slowly slid the blankets from her face, blinking several times as she squinted her eyes at the bright moonlight. "What... are you doing...?" She quietly asked.

"Huh?" Sitting underneath a blanket with a flashlight on, Kagami flicked it off and pulled the blanket down. "I'm just reading."

"It is the middle of the night." Elise sat up. "Who reads in the middle of the night?" Her brow raised.

"I do." She set the flashlight down and crossed her arms. "You do."

"I..." The young farm girl trailed off, sighing slightly as her head lowered. She shook it softly, looking back up. "Okay, okay, fair enough." She leaned over a bit. "What are you reading anyway?"

"Stuff about Geist Grimm." She sighed, rubbing her head a bit. She coughed slightly, covering her mouth with her arm before shaking her head. "It really doesn't make any sense. That ghost Grimm should only be able to possess inorganic objects. That's how all the history on it goes. Yet somehow... one has taken possession over a human..."

Elise stared for a bit, sighing softly as she laid down on her side and propped her head up with her hand. "Well... maybe..." She yawned. "Maybe it has to do with who put it in her exactly? Maybe they are some like Lord of Grimm or something?"

"Lord of Grimm?" She softly, chuckled, shaking her head. "You gotta be kidding me."

"No, what if it's true!" Elise held out her other arm. "What if there is some Grimm King or Grimm Queen! Whoever did it had to have some special connection to Grimm..." She trailed off a bit.

"Let me guess, they would be able to talk to Grimm too, huh?" The jade haired girl raised on eyebrow.

"Maybe." She shrugged back then blinked a bit. "You really want to help Val, don't you."

"I promised I would." She glanced down at the book in her hands before back up at her friend. "Besides, isn't that what a Huntress is suppose to do? Help people who need it."

"Yeah but..." She sighed, shutting her eyes as she rolled onto her back. "She had that guy kidnap you and then she beat you."

"That wasn't Val. That was the Grimm inside her." Kagami quickly defended.

Elise shook her head, moving it to look at her leader. "How do you know that? What if..." She sighed, shaking her head a bit. "Nevermind."

"Nevermind what?" She glanced over.

"It's just..." She groaned softly. "You always say trust you and not say a single thing about some crazy plan that could either fail or not. We all trust you... we do, but you need to give a little to take a little. That's how a team works, remember?"

The jadette stared for a moment, blinking a few times before sighing. "I... I know it's just..." She trailed off.

"Just what?" Elise sat up all the way. "What exactly?"

"You... just probably won't approve." She quietly spoke.

"Why?" The brunet's eyebrows raised high. "Why exactly? Friendship is a two way street, Kagami."

Gulping some, she reached back, rubbing the back of her head before pulling her arm around and coughing into it. "I know... I know, Elise." She reached up, rubbing her eyes.

The young farm girl stared for a moment, sighing softly as she shook her head. After a moment of silence, she glanced up. "You sound like you're getting sick, you know."

"It's nothing." Kagami looked over. "I've been drinking my mother's herbal tea. It should knock whatever it is out."

Elise sighed again, laying back down and curling up under her blankets. "You're not sleeping enough. You're not eating enough. Ever since you had that fight with that bandit cousin of yours, you've been non-stop working on figuring out a way to help Val, but you need to help yourself out first, okay?"

The jade haired girl glanced over, sighing. She glanced down at the book about the Creatures of Grimm for a moment before she shut it. "Alright, I'll go to sleep and rest." She yawned, reaching up and running her eyes before she slowly laid down herself.

"Good." She half smiled. "Now... about all this running off. Who exactly are you going to and talking to?"

Sighing, she shook her head and pulled her blankets around herself. "Trust me... it's probably better you don't know."

Groaning a bit, Elise rolled around with a pout. "Fine. Don't tell me then." She went quiet, staring at the wall with a sigh. "Night... Kagami." She muttered. When there was no response, she rolled back over, looking towards her leader. She couldn't help but faintly smile, seeing the jadette already fast asleep.

"This is freaking insane!" Kris shouted at the top of her lungs, rummaging around a large box. Soon enough, a large cloud of dust appeared around her as small things of makeup flying all around. "My foundation is missing!" She screeched.

"Uh..." Blinking with her hair wrapped in a green towel and another green towel wrapped around her body, Else stood with a confused expression. "But... there was one right on the bathroom sink."

"That wasn't my skin tone you idiot!" The redhead barked, flailing her arms at the brunet before diving back into the box.

"She's gone insane." Cheyenne yawned, leaning over a bit to dodge a jar of nail polish.

"Tell me about it..." The young farm girl muttered. "Though, she's always been this way."

"True, true." The Faunus nodded, rubbing her antlers to check for any dirt. "So Kagami is still asleep, huh?"

"Yep." She nodded back, tilting her head up to look at her snoring leader. "She honestly needs it."

"Yeah..." She rubbed her antlers a bit more as she glanced down. "Do you really think she can separate Val from that... monster?" Her brows raised.

"I don't know." The brunet sighed. "I mean, I know whenever she sets her mind to something she does it, but I just don't know. I'm still having a hard time comprehending a Geist inside someone."

"It is pretty freaky." Cheyenne gave a nod. "But you know, there is a lot scarier and a lot freakier Grimm out there too."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Elise gave a nod, stepping back as Kris shot to her feet with a bottle in her hand.

"I found sooome!" The redhead grinned before letting out a sigh of relief. "Now I can go outside once I put it on."

The Faunus blinked a few times, shaking her head as she stepped towards a dresser full of clothes. "You know, you're something special, Kris." She smiled a bit more, reaching in and pulling out clean clothes.

Later that night, after a hard day of training with Captain Caesar and her crew, team MACE stepped into their room with heavy yawns.

"Exhaustion..." Kris muttered, rubbing her eyes before she flung off her sweaty clothes and flopped into her bed. "Goodnight world and all who inhabit it!"

"You know," Cheyenne softly chuckled, stretching out her arms. "You sleep an awful lot for someone our age."

"Sooo...?" The redhead groaned, rolling around. "Is there a problem with liking sleep!"

"Well, technically," The Faunus held out a hand. "Studies show that too much sleep leads to-" She was cut off, grunting as a pillow struck her face.

"How about no." Kris yawned, licking her lips. "I'd rather not have a study lesson at this moment and I very much like sleeping."

She reached up, scratching her antlers with a sigh. "Alright, alright." She stepped towards the bathroom. "I'm claiming the shower!"

"Go ahead!" Elise called back. "I took one this morning."

"And I'm too tired to move..." Kris curled up. After a split second, her body relaxed as she began to snore.

The brunette raised an eyebrow, tilting her head before shaking it. "Okay." She went back to digging through her clothes for clean ones.

As Cheyenne stepped into the bathroom and shut the door, Kagami stretched her arms, glancing over at Elise. "Hey... I'm going to go for a walk okay?"

Elise's eyes perked up as she looked over. "I could tag along so you're not lonely, you know."

"No, it's fine." The jadette shook her head softly, turning on her heels as she stepped towards the door. "I'll be back real quick. Don't worry." She flashed a smile like usual, stepping out.

Staring for a moment, the brunette softly sighed before she stepped into her shoes and slide them on. "Like hell you're going alone. I'm going to at least see where you've been going whether you like it or not."

Up in the roof where the two had planned to meet, Kagami sat on the ledge and kicked her feet back and forth as they hung down. She watched the people and cars below, most of them nothing more than glowing dots. Suddenly, beside her legs appeared another pair in blue jeans and sneakers. "You know," She kept her eyes on the people. "You told me not to use your little power since it would kill me but you're using it all the time just to make really awesome entrances."

"Mirror Eye have a more immediate consequence." Nihilus clarified, sitting down next to her. "I can still use this, but I just won't live a full life."

"Sure." She gave a slow nod, glancing up at him. "Now, before you go and stab me twenty three times in the chest or something." She held up her hands in defense. "I took Maya back home to her family. She deserved to go. And you don't need to worry about her, I swear. Her parents are good people. Trust me. She's happy where she is right now. And I'm sorry I didn't tell you where I was taking her. I knew if she somehow knew, she wouldn't have wanted to go." She faintly smiled. "Okay?"

Raising an eyebrow, the blue-haired young man leaned away some. "Is that so?" He looked away for a moment, watching the sky. "I wouldn't blame her for choosing to stay. The life she had with us clearly wasn't for her."

She slowly nodded a bit more, her hands fiddling together as she stared down at the people below. "Yeah... the life of a criminal just isn't her style." She shook her head, her jade hair falling around her face. "But, the reason why I'm here..." She glanced up, strands of hair in front of her eyes. "I think... I found a way to help Val."

"Really?" He said rather eagerly, leaning in a bit. "How?"

"Firstly... you'll need to know WHAT Valentine is exactly." Kagami gulped some, looking up at him.

"What...do you mean exactly?" His eyes narrowed. "Is there something she hasn't told me?"

She gulped some, biting her lip. She glanced down, rubbing the back of her head. "S-See... she... when she was younger, this woman came up to her and... forced a Geist into her body." Confusion quickly filled her eyes as she looked at the street lights. "Valentine, is a Grimm. A possession type Grimm."

Slouching in silence, Nihilus glanced down at the street below. "I can probably guess who did this to her... A Geist though... But you do have a way to get rid of it, right? How can you?"

"Well, see," The jadette gently rubbed the back of her head. "Well first off, the whole Mirror Eyes thing isn't my semblance." She glanced up. "It's magic. Believe me or not, Kris still denies the existence of magic in my veins and sword, but it's true. Magic is as real as me and you."

With a slow nod, he reached up and rubbed his chin. "I see, that…makes sense."

"That... that's it?" Kagami raised an eyebrow. "Just okay to magic?" She shook her head some, reaching up and rubbing her face. "Nevermind." She looked back up at him, brushing her hair back. "Anyway, since it's magic and not semblance related, I still hadn't manifested my aura into something. So Elise helped me unlock it and Cheyenne helped me shape it power wise. It's basically like..." She leaned back on her hands, staring up at the starry night. "It's kinda like an all powerful rightness seeker. I can stun Grimm and also destroy all falsely made objects or hallucination. Make sense?"

"You mean some sort of...holy ability?" His head tilted to the side. "Like a purification?"

"Kinda." She gave a slow nod. "But trust me," She faintly smirked. "I'm no god. Sure as hell not someone sent by Lord Oum anyway. It's just a little purity thing and it's really helpful. And if what I've been reading is true I might..." She glanced up. "I might be able to pull Valentine out of Val. We'd still have to fight it though and in Grimm form. And Geist aren't very nice. Plus to make it worse it has been inside a human mind for twenty something years. It's... a freak."

"If I believed in any god, I'd call it an abomination." He mumbled. "But are you sure we can do this? Not pulling the Geist out, but fighting it? I've had little experience against them in my training and...Valentine trained me personally."

She faintly smiled, kicking her legs back and forth. "I'm never sure on anything I do. Pretty sure half the fights my team and I win are because of pure luck. Besides..." She smiled a little bit more. "A Geist with human thinking sounds pretty cool to fight. It honestly would be like fighting an abomination of a god. Well, besides the possible dying. And it wanting to kill you extremely once it knows you betrayed it."

He nodded with some more confidence. "As long as Val gets a chance to live her own life without such a burden, I'd gladly give my own life for hers. She's...been like a mother for me for years. As much as I despise humanity...she's responsible for mine."

"Can I... ask you a question?" Kagami asked quietly, looking up at him. "I mean, before we go into a fight that may kill us."

"What is it?" He put his hands on his lap.

"First... you tried to kill my friends and I in the streets, then kidnaped me, fought me at the Vytal festival, nearly killed Captain Caesar, and then pulled me up here up warn me about the dangers of your ability." She glanced up. "Why?"

Nihilus looked away with an uneasy expression. "I... How do I put it in words...?" He shook his head, letting out a sigh. "I suppose it's a...change of heart. Or something in that regard. I'm not exactly good at explaining this."

She blinked a few times, faintly smirking with a soft chuckle. "Okay, word of the wise," She held up a hand. "You're not going to get a date by beating the hell out of a girl."

"I-I'm not trying to..." He groaned and rubbed his face. "Just...don't ask..."

"Okay, okay." She waved her hands a bit. "See, I always pictured you as... not a soldier, but more of a warrior. You protect what's yours and do what must be done to further better your family. Says if someone broke into that restaurant," Kagami pointed down at the busy little place. "You wouldn't stop them. But if your sister was there, he'd be on the floor in a heartbeat."

"Yeah, I suppose you're right. I don't exactly have a code of honor though. It's mostly relying on my instincts instead. Much like how I feel like I could trust you with this..."

"In all fairness," She crossed her arms. "I don't trust you. I just..." She rubbed the back of her head. "I couldn't trust you after everything, but I know you want to help Val as much as I do. It's like if the world is ending in those movies, Kingdoms that hate each other still team up to fight the same cause." She sighed, slowly standing up. "I'm sure you understand what I mean."

His mouth opened up, only for someone else to speak. "I wouldn't trust him at all, even to help Val."

Kagami went stiff, her body tensing as she reached up and grabbed the bridge of her nose. "E-Elise..." The name barely came off her lips as she felt her friend's presence behind her.

"What are you-" Nihlus pulled himself up as Elise aimed her rifle at him.

"Move away from Kagami, now. And don't even try to teleport or-" She blinked, realizing her rifle was somehow in his hands. "What-"

"Okay stop." Kagami pressed her index finger against Elise's lips with narrowed eyes. "You stop." She glared over at Nihilus, pressing her other index finger across his mouth. "And you stop too." She looked forward with a deep sigh. "Both of you stop. At the moment, none of us are enemies."

"You're kidding, right?" Elise glared at Nihilus. "HE kidnapped you!"

"And HE gave me Maya so I could take her home so she could actually be happy." Her eyes locked on her. "I don't understand why you automatically hate these people."

"So I should suddenly trust him?" She pointed at him while keeping her eyes on her leader. "Give me a reason to do just that. No, both US a reason."

"I don't even trust him!" Kagami put both hands on her chest, grinding her teeth together. "Besides! I saved his life! He owes me one if that makes you feel any better!"

"Saved…me?" His brows furrowed. "When was that?"

"Oh, uh, yeah." She rubbed the back of her head, glancing back. "After you passed out at the Vytal festival, a Griffon was about to eat you. So I killed it." She smiled. "Your sister... still wasn't very nice after it though."

"I...see." Nihilus nodded, putting his hands in his pockets after setting Elise's rifle down gently next to him.

"That still doesn't give me a reason to trust him!" Elise tossed her arms out before pointing at her leader. "Jade went back on her word! The BBB still attacked Vale! What good is you saving his life?!"

"Actually..." Nihilus stepped over between them. "I might have a reason for you two to trust me. Something only Val and Thanaton knows about me."

The jadette took a very deep breath, brushing her hair back with a soft cough. "What? It'll have to be something good to calm her down." She eyed her friend who quietly growled back.

"I'll tell you how Thanaton and I were taken from our parents as young children by Valentine and the life we lived after that." His hands sunk deep into his pockets, both girls going quiet.