RWBY: Destiny of Remnant

by UGX7

In the wake of the fall Team RNJR sets out to bring Cinder Fall to justice while the new Fall Maiden overlooks her master's plan in Haven City. Meanwhile Weiss tries to help a friend, Yang struggles with the loss of her arm, and Blake deals with guilt over the White Fang. Meanwhile someone from Cinder's past returns and Salem's newest pawn rises. Arkos, WhiteRose, SunnyBees, Renora

97. Good Night and Good Morning

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Very sorry about the long wait, I've spent the two months babysitting, and before that I was preoccupied with Tears of the Kingdom which was a masterpiece.

Warning: This chapter contains smut!

Chapter 96: Good Night and Good Morning

It was the end of a very long day for Team Beacon, and almost everyone on the team had retired for the night.

However, some were still wide awake, including all the members of Team SSSN. The four young men were adhered in the guest room Sun and Neptune were assigned to, clinking cans of ginger ale together in a toast. Sun, in a celebratory move, had managed to swipe the cans from the fridges of the Schnees' kitchen while no one was looking.

"For the first time since we got to Vacuo, things are looking up, boys!" Sun announced, "We exposed that bastard Crawford, we get to stay in this sweet palace, the Schnees are fixing up their reputation with my kind, and we got a good shot at saving the world!"

"Yeah!" The others all agreed as they drank up.

"So," Scarlet began as he leaned back on Sun's bed, "Of your two beauties, who would you say is the better kisser?"

"Aw come on, dude don't make me choose between them." Sun replied, annoyed.

"Hey, we can't help but be curious!" Sage said, "I mean, Yang's got this reputation, you know? Apparently back in Signal Academy, she really got around with a lot of people. Just how good is she?"

Sun smiled as he thought back to his past makeout sessions with both his girlfriends. "Well, I guess you can say Yang's more dominant and competitive, maybe even desperate in the way she kisses me whenever we make out."

"Yeah, I've always had the feeling she doesn't give up that easily," Neptune remarked.

"Oh yeah, she makes you work for it," Sun confirmed, "But Blake…she's softer, gentler but just as passionate. She doesn't really just submit, it's more we're equal. I don't know how to describe it, I'm not that good with words."

"Says the man who scored two of the hottest girls we know." Sage remarked, "Come on! You've been in a relationship with Blake for a year-and-a-half now, and you've been Yang ever since we defeated Taurus. How far have you gone?"

Sun blushed and said "Well…we can't really get that far, we tend to be surrounded by the rest of the team. The farthest we got was the other night, and there we kinda got interrupted by Ruby and Weiss."

The other members of his team laughed, making the Monkey Faunus grimace in annoyance, "Oh ha ha freaking ha! Very funny, let's all laugh at the Monkey! At least I've got girlfriends!"

"So do I!" Reminded Sage, who was indeed in a relationship with a sweet but shy civilian girl named Tara back in his hometown in Vacuo, who the other members of Team SSSN had met during the previous Winter Break when they were still students at Haven, "I'm not laughing at you, man, it's just kinda funny that the moment you tried to go in for some, the second most innocent member of Team Beacon just happened to walk in on you.

"Sun, after tomorrow we're gonna have a lot of refugees staying in this house, we won't be the only guests," Neptune told his partner, "So I'd suggest you spend what time we have left to ourselves with those two incredible girls."

"Are you telling me to get laid?" Sun asked.

"Basically, yes. Yes we are." Sage admitted bluntly.

"Go on mate!" Said Scarlet, already feeling the buzz from his drink, "You can do it, go get 'em! I bet they're just dying to see you naked, cuddling their sexy bodies together for comfort, eh?"

Sun briefly imagined Blake and Yang snuggling together in their shared bed, wearing very little clothing…or nothing at all.

"Maybe you guys are right…maybe it is time I make my move. I mean, if Ghira and Taiyang do kill me when we tell 'em, at least I won't die a virgin!" Sun decided.

"That's the spirit!" Neptune said, clapping him on the back.

"My man," Said Sage, holding his hand out for a high-five, which Sun gave with enthusiasm. "Hey man, I might still be a little ticked you kept the truth about your relationship a secret for so long, but I'm honestly pretty happy for you. You deserve both of them, especially after what you've gone through."

Sage gestured to Sun's robotic tail, which had wrapped around Sun's can and held it for him, just as naturally as his original tail had.

"Thanks man," Sun said with a smile, "I was afraid you guys were gonna hold a worse grudge than this, I'm still sorry I kept it from you, just didn't know how you'd react."

"Hey, we're an enlightened bunch, hell I grew up around bloody pirates, they didn't give a damn about what society thought of 'em, no shame at all!" Slurred Scarlet, clearly drunk as he leaned against Neptune, "So I don't care, go get some! Just go have some sexy fun, mate, you deserve it. Just don't suffocate in Yang's boobiessss…"

The redhead suddenly fell forward and was quickly caught by Neptune and Sage.

"There's not even any alcohol in this stuff!" Noted Sage as he held up Scarlet's half empty can.

"We gotta remember to keep our eyes on him if we ever go out drinking." Neptune remarked.

"And record what happens," Sun said with a grin, "But you're right. I need to seize the moment. We won't be here for much longer, and with a bunch of refugees coming soon, there might never be a better time. I gotta do it, I gotta do it…"

The Monkey Faunus went over to his coat and spare pants and dug through the pockets before pulling out a few condoms.

"Whoa, where'd you get those?" Asked Neptune.

"Stole 'em from Jaune a while back, these are the same ones he bought for his special night with Pyrrha," Said Sun with a smirk.

"And you've kept them on you ever since we left Beacon?" Sage asked, smirking with a raised eyebrow.

"Earlier than that," Sun confessed, "Well, I guess I should stop wasting time and get going."

The Monkey Faunus walked towards the door, gripped the doorknob and took one more look back at his team as they tried to wake Scarlet up. "Wish me luck, boys."

"Luck? You're already boyfriend to two beauties at once! But I guess if you insist; good luck, man." Sage wished him.

"Good luck, you got this." Neptune assured, just as Scarlet whipped up, accidentally smacking Neptune.

"You go, my boy! You're my leader and I love you like a brother, I love all you guys like brothersssss…" Scarlet slurred before falling into Sage, going asleep again.

Sun bit his lip, trying hard not to laugh and gave his team a little salute before walking out of the room, closing the door behind him.

He strode through the halls with a confident swagger, his tail flexing eagerly as he came closer and closer to Yang and Blake's room. However, as he approached, doubt suddenly grew in his mind and he slowed down.

Was he really ready to take this step? In Faunus culture, sex with a boyfriend or girlfriend wasn't something done casually, done for a brief sensation of euphoria with no real emotion, it was something sacred, something only done with someone you truly loved and trusted, someone you wanted to spend the rest of your life with. It was one of the main reasons his mother had never pursued another relationship after that accident claimed his father's life.

Was he ready?

He leaned against the wall, looking up at the old paintings that decorated the halls as he thought about it. Sure, the newer generations of Faunus were a bit more open minded about casual sex, but it was still frowned upon by a lot of their kind.

Then again, what he wanted to do wasn't exactly casual. Blake and Yang were both incredibly important to him, almost as much as his mom and sister. He didn't simply care about them, he truly loved them. Hell, it had occurred to him several times that if either of them were seriously injured in combat, then he might lose control, that's how much he loved those two.

So, he felt he was ready for the next step, but were they? Blake had confessed before that she and Adam had been very intimate before she abandoned him and the White Fang, describing sex with him as hard and hollow, almost passionless yet very desperate. Would Blake even want to have sex after that?

"Feeling all right, Mr. Wukong?" Asked a voice. Sun looked over to see the head of the estate's staff, Klein Seiban, "You look rather troubled."

Sun stood to attention, shaking his head, "Nah, I'm okay, Klein. Thanks for asking."

Klein nodded and glanced down, spotting the wrapped condoms in Sun's hand, which the Monkey Faunus quickly tried to hide.

"Ah, I see. You wish to consummate your relationship with Miss Belladonna and Miss Xiao Long while you still have the time to." The brunette man said, nodding his head.

Sun sighed and leaned against the wall again, "Guilty as charged."

"Don't feel embarrassed, sir, it's only natural," Klein told him, "If I were a young man in your incredibly enviable position, I'd be considering the exact same thing."

Sun smirked, "I feel like I'm ready, but I don't know if they are."

"Well, Mr. Wukong, if they're not, then it's not the end of the world. You have the future before you, so if either of them aren't ready to take the next step, you will always have another opportunity." Klein assured him.

"Don't know how sure I'd be about that," Sun muttered, "We got some dangerous missions ahead of us, man. Don't know what could happen."

"I suppose you raise a very valid point, but I have every confidence in Team Beacon. I might not know everything you're privy to but I do know what you've all accomplished together so far; holding off those reprogrammed Atlesian Knights and the Grimm at Vale, rescuing Miss Rose, Miss Nikos and Mr. Arc from Haven, defeating Adam Taurus and turning the White Fang back into a force for good, protecting the Maidens at Vacuo and bringing the loathsome Mr. Crawford and his underlings to justice? If you can help pull all that off, then whatever mission General Ironwood has in store for you shouldn't prove to be that challenging." Klein told him.

"Maybe you're right. Still I…" Sun stopped himself and looked at the man.

"I know, they're both quite beautiful and lovely. At least you're taking their feelings into consideration. Some young men who have visited this manor for our various parties over the years have not given their lady friends the same courtesy," Klein informed Sun.

"Oh, I get it. Some horny idiots forgot to lock the doors, huh?" The Monkey Faunus guessed, smiling a bit.

"Sometimes, but for the most part it was the noise that would disturb us, anyone who happened to walk by would be able to easily listen in. Those young men usually didn't treat young women with anywhere near the amount of respect or affection you've shown to Miss Belladonna or Miss Xiao Long. Quite frankly, they could learn a few things from you, Mr. Arc and the other young men on Team Beacon." Klein remarked.

"Ha! My mom and Miss Goodwitch would be surprised to hear anyone say that about me." Sun said with a laugh.

"They obviously haven't had to put up with spoiled trust fund brats who do whatever they please, like that Henry Marigold boy who attempted to make a rather graceless attempt to woo Miss Weiss at the gala we had shortly after the Fall of Beacon . Please don't tell Master Willow I made such a comment." Klein implored.

Sun drew his lip across his lips, "Secret's safe with me. Ever do anything about the noise?"

"Oh yes, when Miss Weiss was a toddler, Master Willow and Mistress Gwyneth got fed up with such scandalous things being discovered at their parties that they had a special kind of sound proof paneling installed into the doors and walls of the guest rooms to give our amorous guests some privacy. That luckily prevented any further lewd discoveries, for the most part, but it needs to be activated with a special code that can be typed into the intercom system near the door." Klein explained.

"Oh, really? So, uh, w-what is the code? Just asking." Sun said, trying to act casual, but still blushing lightly.

Klein smiled and told him, adding "Best of luck, Mr. Wukong. Your relationship with those two might be a bit unusual, but if the three of you truly love one another, then I see no reason why you can't be happy together."

A grin spread across Sun's face as he leaned forward and grabbed Klein's hand, squeezing it as he looked at the mustached man, "Klein, you are a real bro."

Klein smiled, amused, "Thank you, sir, I try to be. Happy to be of service. Tell your lady friends I wish them a good evening. Oh, and if you do give into passion, could you make sure to put their sheets into the laundry chute tomorrow morning before the others wake up, the least you could do, right?"

Sun smiled and nodded, "Got it. Thanks, man!" He said as he walked off towards Blake and Yang's room while Klein strolled off down the hall, turning around the corner and going out of sight.

The blond Faunus came up to the door of the guest room that his girlfriends were staying in. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door, and a few seconds later it opened to reveal Yang wearing shorts and a tank top that proudly exposed her toned stomach.

"Hey, Sunny!" She greeted with a warm smile, leaning in to kiss him on the lips, "What's up? What're you doing here so late?"

"Just wanted to see my favorite girls. Can I come in?" He asked.

"You, Ruby and Weiss are the only ones who don't need an invite," Yang said as she stood aside, allowing Sun to enter. Blake was sitting on her bed, looking up from her book, which happened to be a volume of The Dream Master comic series that he and Jaune had gotten her into. Sun always thought she looked quite pretty in her kimono pajamas, and tonight was no different.

Blake smiled at him, "Hello, what brings you here at this hour?" She asked as she placed her bookmark inside the graphic novel and stood up, coming over to hug and kiss him.

"Just wanted to check on my girls, spend some private time with the two of you before the refugees arrive." Sun explained, his arms wrapping around the Cat Faunus.

"Not a bad idea, maybe now we can get some proper alone time," Yang said, emphasizing the last two words with a sultry voice that got both her lovers a bit excited, with one of Blake's ears twitching a little and Sun's robotic tail stiffening.

"Well, I must admit it wouldn't be out of the question for you to spend the sleep with us for just a couple nights, now that the truth is out. Jaune and Pyrrha sleep together all the time now, so it'd be okay for us," Blake said, blushing at the thought.

"I could get used to sleeping with two of the most beautiful women in all of Remnant," Sun said with a grin and a blush. He released Blake from the hug before he finally managed to say "But I, uh…I had a little something extra in mind. Would you two be open to, well, you know…going a little further?"

Blake's blushed intensified as she looked up at him, "Are you asking what I think you are?"

"Oh, I think he is!" Yang said, a grin spreading across her beautiful face, "I was beginning to wonder if you'd ever be brave enough to ask, especially after Ruby and Weiss walked in on us."

"Which is why I personally don't think it would be a good idea to do it here," Admitted the Cat Faunus, "I mean, we can get a little loud when we're…excited, I don't want to attract attention to us."

"Okay. Totally understandable, and if you're not ready, then I think both Yang and me are more than willing to wait for you. However, I happened to run into Klein on my way here and he just happened to mention how they used to have some problem with horny idiots at parties, so the Schnees installed some kind of sound-proof tech into the walls," Sun explained to them, making the girls' eyes widen.

"Oooh, remind me to thank him!" Said Yang eagerly, "What do you say, Blake? Want to give it a try?"

Blake didn't answer right away, silently considering her options. She looked at her two lovers, two of the people most precious to her, the ones who had helped her change her view of the world for the better.

"It's been a long time since I've shared a bed with a man," Blake told them, "I enjoy sharing one with Yang and I won't lie; sharing it with you too sounds wonderful."

"Something right out of the Ninjas of Love books?" Yang asked, smirking a bit.

"Well, it does remind me of a particularly exciting chapter from the fourth volu-uh, anyway," Blake said, blushing hard and faking a cough to recover from getting off track, "I won't lie to you; I'm not a virgin. Adam and I were very intimate before I realized what he was becoming."

Sun and Yang nodded, their faces becoming serious.

"And we don't think any less of you for it," Sun assured her.

"Damn right we don't, and we'll never treat you like he did." Yang added, her tone of voice making it clear she suspected Adam was not a particularly gentle lover, "Was he rough with you?"

"Yes," Blake confessed, to her lovers, both of whom were so drastically different from the brooding Adam Taurus in the best ways possible, "Adam treated our few times together as a brief respite from his obsession with revenge or maybe even all the hate and grief inside of him. I…I don't look back on our trysts very fondly. I think that he did love me, in his own way, but his mind was always too clouded by his hatred and his desire to punish humanity for what happened to his family and the other victims of Mt. Ausz."

"Well, we got justice for him and everyone else those bastards killed," Yang told her partner, "I guess you can never really forget what you shared with him, but perhaps you can share something with us that will be even better, more mutually loving."

Blake nodded, thinking back on her times with Adam; his desperate and possessive kisses, the harsh way he would grope her body, how hard he would slam into her, how he would occasionally get lost in the euphoria and pull her hair…but she knew that Sun and Yang would never even consider treating her in such a rough way.

She looked at them, with Sun's exposed, well-developed body, his boyish charms and his playful aqua eyes and Yang's incredible body that was somehow both remarkably fit yet voluptuous, immaculate long hair that wouldn't look out of place on a fairy tale princess and her lavender eyes that looked at her with obvious love.

They were both so damn sexy.

"Blake, listen, if you don't want to, then there's no pressure. We can wait. I'll wait as long as you like." Sun promised her.

"Me too," Yang agreed, "I don't know what we'll face in the future, or even if we'll be able to win, but I believe that one day this whole mess will be over and the three of us can be happy together. If you want to wait until then, that's all right. Though I expect a lot of kissing to make up for it."

Blake and Sun both laughed, before the former looked at her lovers and said "You know what? I don't know when we'll get a better chance, considering what little we know about what lies ahead of us. So if we really can make love to one another and not be disturbed or disturb anyone…then I guess I am ready to take that next step."

"You're sure?" Sun asked softly, taking Blake's hands into his, with Yang placing her own hands over theirs, gently squeezing her lovers' hands to comfort them.

Amber eyes met aqua and lavender, and she smiled as she pulled her hands away before wrapping them both in a hug and answered "Yes. I love you both so much and I want us to express that love. Right here, right now."

"You're talking my language," Yang said with an overjoyed grin, matching Sun's own smile, before she stopped and began to confess, "Though, uh, I gotta be honest, I'm…well, I'm actually a virgin."

"What? Seriously? Uh, not judging, of course," Sun replied, "I mean, I'm one too, but…you do know you've got a bit of a reputation at Beacon, right?"

Yang smirked, "Of course I do! Even the fourth year girls are jealous of my boobs!" She said, proudly jutting out her hefty breasts that had become the envy of many women, "I went on a lot of dates in my last couple years at Signal, but I never went much further than some makeout sessions. Most of those jerks never saw me as anything but a pair of tits. I wanted to make myself the top girl that the boys would throw themselves at, or something silly like that. Now I've got the two of you, and, well, I don't want to disappoint you."

Blake gave her a reassuring smile, "You could never disappoint me. I might not be a virgin, but I don't doubt that you'll make me feel amazing. Same goes to you, Sun."

Yang smiled at the Cat Faunus and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "Thanks, partner."

"Well, let's make sure our privacy isn't disturbed," Sun said as he reluctantly pulled away and went over to the intercom and typed in the code for the soundproofing feature, but as he typed it in, both girls came up behind him.

Blake snaked her arms around him and began caressing his bare abs and pecs, while standing on her tiptoes to kiss the back of his neck. Yang, for her part, dropped down to her knees and began to undo his belt, licking her lips as she pulled down his faded jeans to reveal his boxers, which had a rather noticeable bulge inside of them.

"Ooh, looks like someone's a little excited," She teased as she yanked his pants all the way down.

"Says the girl who couldn't wait for me to get my own pants off," Said Sun with a smirk as he finished typing in the code, a small light on the keypad shining green to show the soundproof mode had gone into effect.

He locked the door, and with their privacy now guaranteed, he stepped out of his pants and away from Blake's affections. He whipped off his unbuttoned shirt and tossed it to the floor, now standing in nothing but his boxers. Sun couldn't help but grin as he posed, showing off his tanned, toned body.

"Like what you see, ladies?" He teased.

"Hell yes we do." Answered Yang, biting her lip a little, she glanced over at the blushing Blake, who was practically drooling over her nearly-naked boyfriend, and leaned in to whisper "You had first dibs on him, you go next!"

Blake snapped out of her stupor and nodded. She undid the sash around her waist, allowing the kimono to loosen up around her body. The Cat Faunus took a deep breath and slid the kimono off her shoulders before allowing the evening gown to fall off of her body, revealing her athletic but still supple body clad in lacey black underwear.

Sun's eyes widened at the sight before him, even though his first girlfriend wasn't naked yet, just seeing that much of her lovely body exposed was enough to make his heart skip a beat.

Yang was also loving what she was seeing, examining Blake's toned belly, blemished slightly from the scar from where Adam had stabbed her at the Battle of Beacon. However, both Yang and Sun couldn't help but appreciate the scar, as it was a reminder of what she had been through and how much she deserved their love and affection.

"Hm, both of you look irresistible," Yang remarked as she placed her robotic hand, "But now it's time for you two to feast your eyes on the grand prize."

Yang turned around, glancing back at them with a mischievous glint in her lavender eyes before she pulled off her tank top, throwing it away and allowing the pair of Faunus to get a good look at her toned back, a few old faded scars from combat training and the battles they had faced marking her. She hooked her fingers into her shorts and pulled them down, revealing she was going commando as she showed off her toned but full ass.

She finally kicked the shorts away and turned around to shamelessly present her nude body to them.

Blake and Sun's faces were as red as tomatoes as they beheld the Blonde Brawler's naked form; long, powerful legs that went all the way up to a cute pussy that was crowned by a well-kept patch of blonde hair. Wide hips, a fit belly with a firm set of abs, E-cup breasts that looked like they belonged on a super model and topped by delicious-looking rosy nipples. It was a little strange that someone so voluptuous could fight as well as Yang could.

Blake had seen her naked before, and every time she found the blonde more and more beautiful, while Sun, seeing her au naturale for the first time, couldn't help but think that Yang looked like a human form for a Goddess of War.

Yang grinned, soaking in the attention they were giving her as she posed for them, jutting out her breasts, letting them bounce tantalizingly as she flexed her muscular arms, "Well, I know Blake is a fan, but what do you think, Sun?"

"You look fucking amazing." Sun said, awestruck by her beauty.

"Aw, just the reaction I was hoping for," Yang said as she strutted up to him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before she looked over to her partner, then back to Sun, and then back to Blake, "What are you two waiting for? Get naked before I rip your underwear off!"

Neither Blake nor Sun could help but laugh at how eager Yang was to see them naked.

"Okay! Let it never be said that Sun Wukong disappointed a lady!" Sun said as he pulled down his boxers to reveal his erect manhood, which was six inches, along with a healthy pair of plump balls, topped by a wild bush of pubic hair. "Well? Not disappointing, I hope."

"Hmm, not at all." Yang said as she licked her lips.

"Not in the slightest, you're hot as hell." Blake commented before she smiled at them both and reached back to undo her bra. She suddenly turned around as she allowed it to fall to the floor, she looked back at them, a seductive look in her dazzling amber eyes.

"Oh man, you gotta stop teasing me like this, I can only hold myself back for so long." Said Sun, his manhood throbbing.

"It'll be worth the wait," Yang assured him before looking at her partner and encouraging her with "Don't leave him hanging, show him that Bella-booty!"

Blake pulled down her panties, revealing a perfectly round, heart-shaped pillow of an ass that took Sun's breath away. He had waited for this for so long and it was very much worth the wait. He couldn't take his eyes off of Blake's rear as she allowed her underwear to fall down her shapely legs and then slowly turned around, revealing her incredible naked form.

While Blake's breasts, perky but sizable C-cups, weren't as awe-inspiring as Yang's impressive bust, they were still perfect in Sun's eyes, crowned with cute, brown nipples that were begging for attention. Her most sacred place was shaved, slightly wet with anticipation, the sight of her naked form made Sun's heart beat like it was being hit by a hyperactive drummer.

"Well, what do you think?" Blake asked, just as Yang walked over to her, placing her remaining flesh and bone arm around her partner, pulling her close so their breasts were touching.

"Yeah, Sunny-boy, what do you think?" Yang repeated with her sultry voice.

Sun let out a cheerful, if slightly, laugh and responded "You kidding? I think this is gonna be the best night of my life! I think Jaune and me might be in competition for luckiest guy on the surface of the planet."

"Uh, just don't try to take an arrow for us, I doubt we'll get that lucky again." Yang pointed out, making Sun grin.

"Fine, but I'd still give my life for either of you, you know that, right?" Sun told them.

Blake smiled, "We both know, you both proved how much you care about me when you saved me from Kane, you both lost limbs because of me-"

"No," Yang cut her off firmly, grabbing Blake by the shoulder and turning her so their eyes met. "Not because of you, because of Adam. You're not to blame for what happened to my arm or Sun's tail."

"She's right. He did it, and we took him down together." Sun added, coming over and caressing her face gently, "If you really were responsible for his actions, in any way, would Yang and I really want to spend the rest of our lives with you?"

Blake blinked away tears as she smiled, "Thank you, both of you. I love you two so much."

"And we feel the same way, we always will," Yang promised as she leaned in to kiss Blake's face, "So, just for tonight, let's forget about Adam, forget about how different we are, forget about what society will think. Let's just be happy together."

"Sounds wonderful to me." Said Sun, smiling as brightly as his namesake, his erect cock brushing against Blake's belly.

"Hey, do you think we should take off our prosthetics?" Yang asked, flexing her mechanical fingers and brushing her robotic limb against Blake's arm.

"They might be a little too cold for this," Sun agreed, the robotic half of his tail curling up a little.

"No, I want them to stay on. They're part of you." Blake said before taking Yang's robotic arm and kissing it and then doing the same to Sun's tail.

Yang and Sun both smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Blake. Well, I think we should get down to it," Said Yang, who shared a look with Blake. The Cat Faunus nodded in agreement.

"Sun, get on the bed. Now." Blake commanded with an aroused purr in her voice.

Sun didn't need to be told twice, and with his usual acrobatic grace, backflipped several times and leaped onto one of the beds, his naked body coming to rest on the soft quilts. He kicked the quilts down the bed so he was resting on the sheets and then placed the condoms off to the side.

Yang gently pushed her partner forward, using her hand to lightly tap her ass. "You first"

Blake smiled before she climbed up on the bed, crawling on all fours like a real cat; a lustful, predatory look in her beautiful amber eyes, her head low and her rear swaying up in the air with her breasts softly dragging against the surface of the sheets. Sun couldn't move a muscle, he was frozen in place by the look in her eyes, as though something in him wanted to be her prey.

Blake nuzzled her cheek against his erect cock and then suddenly licked it, making the blond Faunus shudder. She continued crawling up his body, planting kisses on his abs and navel, licking his pecs and his neck before she made it to his face, which she assaulted with kisses before Sun lost control and grabbed her face, kissing her back and beginning a furious makeout session.

Blake allowed her body to rest atop Sun's, her breasts pressed against his chest, her belly against his, the bottom of her ass pressing against his cock.

Yang smiled, very happy that her partner was finally getting some well-deserved sexy time with a great guy who needed it just as much. However, as she watched Blake's ass gently sway against Sun's penis, she knew she needed a piece of both of them, and soon.

"Hey, uh, you guys don't mind if I join in now, do you? Because you two are getting me really riled up." Yang told them.

Sun looked at her, chuckling a bit, with the Cat Faunus twisting over a little to beckon her forward, "Come on, let's show you all the affection you'll ever need."

"Oh, I need quite a lot, kitty cat," Yang replied with a seductive grin before she dashed forward, her huge breasts bouncing wildly, before she jumped up onto the bed and dove forward, flopping down next to Sun. She took hold of her partner's beautiful face and practically slammed her lips forward, beginning a new makeout session as Sun watched.

Sun, for his part, just watched the incredibly arousing sight of two outrageously gorgeous women making out in front of him before he decided to take his own initiative and reached around and gently began to grope their asses, making them moan into one another's mouths. He savored the feeling of their soft, supple flesh, carefully kneading their butts or giving them subtle little slaps, earning groans from the two as they kissed.

Yang made no effort to hide how much she was enjoying it, kissing Blake greedily, their tongues sliding together before they reluctantly parted for oxygen.

"...wow…" Panted Blake.

"Yeah, but I think we're leaving someone out…" Yang added before glancing at Sun with a very suggestive look. She took her turn, surging upwards and kissing Sun greedily and the Monkey Faunus returned the affection with equal passion. Their tongues battled for dominance in a wet, intense battle of kisses with neither showing any signs of giving up as Blake watched, very much turned on.

An idea flew into Blake's mind and she grinned mischievously. She silently slid downwards towards her lovers' nether regions, and with one hand she began to caress Sun's balls while teasing Yang's pussy, making them cry out in their fervorous kissing, especially when Blake dove in and began to softly kiss those places.

Yang parted from Sun's face, taking in a deep breath of air and saying "Oh! Holy shit, playing for keeps, huh Blakey?" She looked back at Sun and asked "Enjoying yourself?"

"Hell yeah," Sun answered, "And I want more!"

His tail wrapped around Blake's slim belly and pulled her forward as he sat up. He caught her in his arms and renewed their makeout session, gently playing with her breasts while Yang got behind Sun and began to caress his abs and pecs, kissing his neck and shoulders and Blake gingerly began to stroke Sun's cock. Blake looked at Yang and pushed Sun's face sideways, encouraging the blondes to resume their own shared kissing, Sun reaching down and groping Blake's ass again as he and Yang made out.

"Hey Sun," Yang mentioned as she briefly pulled away, "If you wanna touch my hair, you can."

Sun looked at her, surprised. He looked at Blake, who nodded. "Wow, this really is the next step." Sun muttered before he resumed kissing her, one hand on her face and the other digging softly into her luscious hair, gently running his fingers through the golden locks. With Blake's encouragement, he turned around and took hold of Yang's amazing breasts and began to massage and play with them, pinching her nipples and bouncing the perfect tits in his hands, making Yang squirm as she kissed him with intense passion while Blake reached around and continued to stroke his cock with one hand and massage his balls with the other.

Yang moaned loudly, loving the attention he was giving her breasts. Yang's breasts were actually more sensitive than she let on, so her bras had a small layer of thin but strong protective padding to keep any attacks that landed on her chest from causing too much pain, or accidentally arousing her during a fight. Now, however, they were totally defenseless and open to Blake and Sun's own little 'attacks', and she didn't care, she wanted her lovers to enjoy her tits to their heart's content.

She reached back and began to caress Blake's face, and the Cat Faunus moved forward, the three making out all at once in a sloppy, frenzied, desperate exchange of passionate kisses. Their minds were lost in the romantic haze as they kept kissing, none of them bothering to keep track of how long they were showering one another in affection before they finally stopped for air, all of them panting, keeping their heads touching one another in a vaguely triangle formation.

"W-wow…" Blake managed to say.

"Yeah…" Sun agreed, his eyes constantly switching between looking at Blake's breasts to Yang's.

"And that's just the preview, let's move on to the real show," Yang purred before she shoved Sun down onto his back. She looked at her partner and said "Go on, Blakey. Ride this monkey's big banana."

Blake rolled her eyes, but still managed to smile and gave Yang one more loving kiss before she moved towards Sun, her leg sweeping over his body as she moved to straddle his tanned, athletic body. She purred at his warm, thick cock pressed against her pussy as she planted her hands on him.

"I've been waiting a long time for this," She said.

"So have I," Sun replied, reaching up and caressing her alluring face. Blake took hold of his hand and held it to her head, treasuring this little moment.

Yang crawled forward with a smile on her face, happy that the Faunus duo could have this precious moment. Sun looked back at her and said "Hey Yang, don't let us leave you out. You're part of this too."

Blake nodded, looking down at her partner and running her hands gently through Yang's hair and down her back, "He's right…how about you pleasure both of us?" She gestured to the spot where their groins met, his cock hard and warm against her quivering, wet entrance.

The Blonde Brawler didn't need any further invitation. She crawled up, her tits swaying as she looked at the two Faunus with wanting eyes before she allowed herself to lay on her toned belly, her tits brushing against Sun's hips as she took hold of his cock. She gently slapped it against Blake's pussy, making the Cat Faunus mewl in pleasure, biting her lip to try and silence herself.

Yang looked up at her, muttering "Freakin' adorable," before she kissed the tip of Sun's member, making him take in a sharp breath of pleasure. "Huh, I really did expect it to taste like a banana."

"Yang, if you mention bananas one more time, I'm gonna make you eat one everyday…or do something really dirty to you with one." Sun threatened half-jokingly.

Yang grinned at him, before she devoured his cock, taking it all the way into her mouth, her tongue swirling all around it.

"Whoa!" Cried Sun, but Blake kept him pinned down. Sun, however, wasn't one to be kept down easily, and took hold of Blake's breasts, massaging them once again and eliciting mews of joy from her once again. Sun himself groaned in pleasure as Yang sucked him off, her head going up and down, her robotic hand softly massaging his balls as her left hand groped Blake's ass.

Her head began to go up and down like crazy, making Sun grit his teeth, "Yang! Easy!" He seethed.

Yang pulled back, "Right! Sorry, got a little carried away."

"It's oka-oh Sun!" Moaned Blake as Sun gently tweaked her nipples.

Yang grinned at Blake's cute moans as she grabbed one of the condoms and tore off the wrapper, "Here you go, big boy, show this pretty kitty the time of her life, but don't get too carried away," She warned and as placed the rubber over his throbbing member, "After all, I still have to have my way with both of you."

"You got it," Sun promised, before his eyes met Blake's, getting lost in her alluring amber pools, "Ready?"

"Yes, please," Said Blake, smiling lovingly at him, "Take me."

Sun aimed his cock into her vagina, and slowly began to raise his hips upwards while Blake lowered herself onto his groin, while Yang helped ease her onto it by groping her breasts and kissing her tender neck.

Blake mewled and moaned loudly as Yang and Sun worked together to send incredible sensations surging through her body. Her tight, wet and warm walls closed down on his cock as he went further and further into her, it felt incredible to Sun, making him close his eyes and place his hands on her hips, helping her down further.

"Oh Frith and Inle," Said Sun, using the old Faunus names for the Brothers of Light and Darkness, "Blake, you're so tight, you feel amazing!" He said as he squeezed her hips tight, just as she finally came to a stop, his cock all the way inside of her.

Blake's face was painted crimson with a bright blush as she panted, "So full…haven't felt…like this since…Adam!"

"Forget about him. Focus on Sun. Focus on me. Focus on our love." Yang told her, her mouth so close to Blake's cat ears. She blew into Blake's left animal ear, making it twitch adorably.

Blake nodded, "Sun…oh gods Sun, I love you! You feel so big and warm!" She said as she began to raise herself up and lower back down, gently riding him. This earned grunts and groans of ecstasy from Sun, who began bucking his hips, making the Cat Faunus bounce on top of him, her jiggling breasts were a feast for her lovers' eyes. Blake moaned louder as her body moved up and down, riding her beloved blond boy, feeling his covered member pound the entrance to her womb, she planted her hands on his abs and lifted herself up and down faster, whining in pleasure as both Sun massaged her breasts while Yang rubbed her belly, groped her ass and licked her neck as she rubbed her larger breasts against Blake's bare back.

"Wow, you look awesome," Yang whispered into Blake's left cat ear, "How does he feel?"

"A-a-amazing!" Blake answered as she leaned back, still bouncing up and down on Sun's cock, leaning into Yang, her back coming to rest on the Blonde Brawler's breasts. This gave Sun a perfect view of Blake's body riding him, her breasts bouncing hypnotically as they worked together to achieve orgasmic bliss, and the fight he was lucky enough to see spurred him on, making him thrust into her as fast as he could, making her voice and thighs quiver as he pounded her most sacred place.

"Oh my, like what you see, Sunny boy?" Yang teased as she moved forward, using her arms to keep Blake supported as she brought her face to her partner's jiggling breasts. She began to kiss Blake's right breast, licking the nipple as it bounced and rubbed against her face.

"Yang! OOHH!" Blake moaned as Sun reached up and massaged the other breast, making Blake's moans even louder, "OOhh! I-I'm OOOHHH!"

All the attention the Cat Faunus was getting was making her go crazy, her pussy squeezed down on her boyfriend's cock as she came, crying out loudly as she squirted all over him, her juices splashing all over his abdomen and her thighs.

Sun slowed down as Yang held Blake in her arms, "You okay, baby?" Yang asked her partner, who was panting and groaning in happiness, her eyes bright and body glistening with sweat, making her look even more irresistible.

"Oh gods, feel so, so good!" Blake moaned before her eyes met Sun's, "D-did you c-cum yet?"

"Uh…not yet, but if you-" Sun was cut off by Blake firmly planting her hands on his abs again and resuming, riding him with every ounce of energy she had left in her.

"Woo! You go, girl!" Yang cheered, giving Blake's ass several friendly pats to encourage her.

Blake, still sensitive from her orgasm, threw her head back, sending small beads of sweat flying as she rode Sun's manhood, which was assaulting her inner-walls hard, still sending waves and waves of pleasure through her body.

"Gah, you feel so good!" Sun managed to say as he kept thrusting into her, his hips rocketing in and out of her pussy. Indeed, he had pleasured himself before, but this was miles above those sensations . Blake just felt so good, so warm, so right. So perfect.

He sat up, wrapping his arms around her and gave her another kiss, which she moaned into. They looked into each other's eyes and Blake saw the look in them. Before she knew it, she landed on her back, breasts jiggling from the impact onto the soft mattress and sheets, and there was Sun, his tanned body looming over her with a seductive grin and look in his eyes that made her feel as though she was going to cum again.

He leaned down and whispered into her cat ears, "Let me do the hard work, Blake. Just sit back and enjoy."

Blake let out a quivering, excited "Yes!"

Sun grinned, proud he was able to make her so happy. He resumed thrusting into her, her body bouncing up and down as she laid her head on a pillow, moaning happily as she allowed him to take her. She reached up and ran her hands along his body as she breathed in and out, looking into his dreamy aqua eyes filled with adoration for her.

Sun suddenly yelped out as Yang used her left hand to grope his ass, squeezing tight as she leaned over and planted kisses along Blake's belly, looking up at her partner with happy lavender eyes, enjoying being caught between her lovers.

"How good is he, scale of one to ten?" Yang asked.

"Ten! Ten!" Blake answered, her mind flooded with pleasure and happiness. Sex with Adam had been rough and Adam hadn't shown her anywhere near as much care as Sun had, let alone both Yang and Sun.

"Oh my! Looks like you're living up to our expectations, Sunny." Yang told him as she rubbed her finger in between his cheeks, making him gasp.

"Thanks, I hope I exceed them, watch where you put those fingers!" Sun told her as he kept thrusting into Blake.

Yang smirked and her hand gave his ass a few playful slaps before she crawled upward and began kissing and sucking on Blake's breasts, making the Cat Faunus mewl even louder, her head, hair glistening with sweat, slammed back onto the pillow. Sun grinned and leaned forward, trapping Yang in between his chest and Blake's breasts as he leaned down and kissed his beloved black cat.

If Yang objected to being trapped between them, she neglected to say anything, sucking on Blake's cute nipple and reaching around to rub Sun's back.

Sun's nose pressed gently against Blake's as he kept thrusting in, saying "I don't think I can hold out much longer, you feel incredible."

Blake answered with a high-pitched whine and the most beautiful smile Sun had ever seen on her. "So do you! Oh gods, yes! I love you so much!" She cried, her face screwed up in pleasure, eyes going up and smile wide as it had ever been. This drove Sun to go fast, to finally earn his own orgasm.

"Oh gods, yes, yes, yes!" Blake said, her voice sounding drunk on pleasure as he continued pumping into her. Yang pulled her head out, smiling as she allowed the Faunus duo to have their intimate moment.

"I'm-ah!" Sun groaned as he finally came, his seed prevented from flooding Blake's womb by the condom. Sun panted as he rode out his orgasm, practically collapsing on top of her, looking into her beautiful amber eyes. Their foreheads met as they panted together and they placed on hand on one another's cheeks.

"That was…that was…fucking amazing." Sun told her.

Blake smiled, "Yeah, it was… Thank you so much…I love you."

"Love you too, always will." Sun swore to her before kissing her on the lips and she accepted it with a desperate need, wrapping her arms around his head and forcing his head onto hers, kissing him as though her life depended on it.

Yang smiled as she watched, she was tempted to do something a little naughty, but she decided they both deserved this. Besides, she wouldn't have to wait much longer for her turn.

Soon enough, Sun and Blake parted for air, still gazing into each other's eyes before Sun said "Okay, one down…" He pulled out of her, making Blake whine a little.

He pulled off the condom and tossed it towards the trash bin a few meters away, managing to get it in, leaving his semi-hard cock wet with his own seed. Before he knew it, Yang was upon him, taking his member into her mouth once again, sucking his manhood ravenously and licking up all the cum left on him.

"Whoa! Yang, take i-holy shit!" Sun cried as Yang sucked him off and massaged his balls, milking a few extra drops from him.

Yang sat up, winking at Sun before she looked at the recovering Blake, who was also trying to sit up. Yang shuffled over to her rapidly, grabbed her partner and kissed her forcefully, causing Blake to melt into her arms, their beautiful breasts pressing together as the Cat Faunus savored the taste of Sun on Yang's tongue and Yang's own flavor.

Sun's eyes were as wide as dinner plates as he watched the two beauties make out with his seed in both their mouths. He looked down and saw his cock was hard again, causing him to smile and chuckle as he grabbed another wrapper, tore it open and placed the condom over his manhood.

Blake pulled away from Yang, taking in a few breaths before saying "I…Th-th-that was incredible…"

Yang wanted to boast about how much better she and Sun were than Adam, but decided against it. Blake didn't need to think about him.

"Hell yeah, it was. Fuck, you are so hot," Yang told her before she turned to look at Sun, "So are you, lover boy. Gods, I never thought another blond could be as sexy as me."

"Happy to prove you wrong," Sun boasted as he casually flexed his muscles.

Yang grinned, "Oh, so I guess you wouldn't mind if I had my turn with little Sun?"

Sun moved towards her and nodded, "How do you want it?"

Yang answered by shoving him flat on his back, "My way," She said with a sultry growl, straddling him. She grinned down at him and said "I'm gonna rock your world, Sun, feel free to rock mine."

"You bet!" Sun answered with an eager grin.

Yang looked back at Blake, who was still recovering from her own experience, "Hey Blake! Don't be a stranger! Hop in and enjoy at any time!" Yang encouraged, slapping her own ass to encourage Blake.

Blake watched as Yang's delectable ass bounced and she couldn't deny how arousing it was to see her partner, her girlfriend, mounting her boyfriend. Their boyfriend.

Yang carefully lowered herself onto Sun's cock, wincing a little as she started to take him in. "Take it easy," Blake said as she crawled over, "It can hurt the first time."

"Don't worry about me, kitty cat," Yang replied, "If I survived half the things I've experienced, then I can survive getting my cherry pop-AH!"

She let out a loud, pained groan as she finally took all of Sun's cock inside of her, finally losing her virginity. Her hymen had long since been stretched thin, a result of countless hours of combat training and numerous clashes with Grimm, thugs and the forces of evil they had become familiar with, so this was nowhere near the worst pain she had experienced.

Sun glanced down and spotted a small trickle of blood seeping from her loins. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Way worse than this," Yang assured him, waving her robotic arm in front of him.

"Still, can't stand to see either one of you in pain," Sun told her before he grabbed her huge breasts and began to go to town on them, groping and massaging them. The cute, high-pitched noise Yang made in response to his affections took the male Faunus by surprise while Blake smiled.

Sun looked at Blake and asked "That normal?"

"Yes, her breasts are very sensitive," Blake informed him as she scooted up to get behind her partner.

Yang smirked, "You two are lucky, you've got unrestricted access to my body. Do your best!" She dared.

"You asked for it!" Sun said with a husky grin as he grabbed her shoulders and brought himself down to smother himself with her huge breasts, his hands kneading them at the same time. Yang moaned loudly and wantonly as Sun had his way with her tits. The Blonde Brawler felt Blake's gentle hands carefully massaging her supple ass and running up her back, softly massaging her toned back.

Blake leaned over and whispered into Yang's ear "I'd be a bad lover and a failure as a partner if I didn't return your affections."

She reached around and softly massaged Yang and Sun's connected privates, earning moans from both of them. Yang's moans were significantly louder and music to the ears of her Faunus lovers, her voice rising, falling and rising again, her sensual cries were incredible to listen to.

Blake privately hoped Klein hadn't been joking about the soundproofing feature, because if he had been then tomorrow morning was going to be horribly awkward.

"Feeling okay?" Sun asked Yang, his voice a little muffled by her pillowy breasts.

"Okay? I feel freakin' wonderful!" She told him, raising her body up, robbing him of the mesmerizing feeling of her breasts on his face. She placed her robotic hand on Blake's cheek and pulled her in for a passionate series of kisses. When they stopped Blake nuzzled into Yang's mechanical limb and kissed it.

Yang smiled tearfully at Blake before wiping away the tears from her pretty lavender eyes and said "I love you guys."

"And we love you. I'll love both of you for the rest of my life, no matter what anyone says or thinks." Sun swore to them.

Blake nodded, "I feel the exact same way. Now please, enjoy Sun as much as I did, Yang."

Yang nodded and planted her hands on his chest and gingerly began to ride him. She flicked her gorgeous hair, getting it out of her face and placed her hands behind her head, looking down at him with a seductive, confident expression as she began swaying her hips around and flexing her athletic yet voluptuous body to work his cock.

Sun groaned loudly, feeling incredible as Yang did her thing. "Oh man, this is amazing…" Sun voiced, thrusting into her, their combined motions causing Yang's ample breasts to bounce non-stop, a sight the Monkey Faunus very much enjoyed, "I could watch that all day."

"No argument there," Said Blake as she moved to sit behind Sun, who smiled at her.

"I'm glad you're enjoying them," Yang said, her voice prideful as she thrust her breasts out, groping them up and then allowing them to drop and bounce more, "They are the best in all of Remnant."

Sun nodded as he kept gazing up at her breasts, he reached up to resume massaging her precious mounds as he kept thrusting into her and she kept riding him, their groins slapping together with audible smacking sounds with subtle splashes of Yang's juices.

Yang hummed as she kept riding and working Sun, who kept thrusting deeper and deeper into her. "Hmmmm, oh yeah, that's the spot, right there!" Yang told him as she began going slower, sensually using her body to savor every moment of feeling him inside of her. She moaned melodiously, a sound that Blake and Sun found as lovely as a song bird's call.

She punctuated it with a rather unlady-like exclamation of "Fuck, I need to cum! Damn, this feels good!"

Blake smiled as Sun picked up the pace, thrusting into Yang faster and faster, earning another aroused yelp from her. Not to be outdone, Yang slammed planted her hands firmly on Sun's shoulder as she met his thrusts, bouncing herself up and down more intensely. She seethed in pleasure and muttered "Now this is a good workout."

"You are working up a good sweat." Blake noted as she watched, absently teasing herself.

Yan saw this and said "What're you doing? Don't do that, you've got us for that now!"

"She's right, come on," Sun encouraged, "My face is your seat, my precious pussy."

"Hey, leave the dirty jokes to me." Yang snapped lightly as she poked his chest with her robotic arm.

"Either of you make another pussy joke, I'm locking myself in the bathroom for the night." Blake threatened, trying hard not to laugh as she moved towards them. She looked down at Sun and said "I hope I don't taste too bad…"

"Relax, you'll probably taste better than the food at Haven." He said, making Yang laugh. Sun looked at Blake, smiling at her before saying, with no hint of exaggeration; "If I die tonight, I will go out a happy man."

"Okay," Blake said, taking in a deep breath before she scooted over and took a seat on Sun's face, his lips meeting her lower ones with an adoring kiss as her beautiful bubble butt settled down on him. Blake let out a euphoric sigh as she felt Sun's tongue rub against her nether regions and then going inside of her, pleasing her in a way she had never felt before, as Adam had never bothered to service her like this. To keep balance, Blake leaned forward and united her hands with Yang's.

The partners smiled at one another as they brought their faces together, lips meeting in a sweet kiss. Sun planted his hands on Blake's soft rear, his fingers sinking into her flesh as he drove his tongue even further into her slit, carefully dragging his tongue around her inner sanctum, causing the Cat Faunus to produce copious amounts of juice which began to pour down his throat.

Sun's worship of her pussy and kneading of her ass set Blake on fire, she groaned loudly into Yang's mouth as she ground herself further onto Sun's head, her butt jiggling as she did so. Yang pulled away, smiling at the look of pleasure on the Cat Faunus' face. For her part, the blonde couldn't help but let out cute moans of her own as she rode Sun, going up and down excitedly, eager to milk another orgasm out of the boy, her ass clapping on his thighs, echoed by her breasts slapping against her body and Blake's own perky mounds.

Yang alternated in how fast she went, at times it was slow and steady, carefully dragging the insides of her vagina up and down his cock to make him feel incredible, but then moving up and down rapidly, her legs performing squats as she rapidly worked him and was causing her breasts, ass and hair to bounce like crazy. She was really driving Sun wild.

The busty blonde took in a sharp intake of breath as Sun's member went in deep, kissing the entrance to her womb. "Holy shit, you weren't kidding…he's amazing at this…you sure you're not screwing around behind our backs?" She joked at Sun, taking her robotic hand away from Blake's grasp and then rubbing it down Sun's muscular torso, "'Cause if you are, we'll just have to fuck you so hard you'll never even think about any other women."

Sun lifted Blake off his head to answer "Trust me, I've never done this before…guess I got natural talent!"

Blake let out a quivering laugh as she brought her rear back down on his head. "Talent…doesn't begin to…describe it…oh!" She panted.

"Our pretty kitty in heat?" Yang teased.

Blake huffed, shooting an annoyed look at her partner, "Yang…I keep telling you…Faunus girls don't…go into heat…naturally. That's a stereotype…perpetuated by perverted humans…" She panted, grunting as Sun kept eating her out.

Indeed it was, despite the myth persisting throughout the ages, Faunus women did not experience heat naturally like animals did. Blake had read that myth originated from many hundreds of years ago when Faunus slavery was widespread and a special aphrodisiac drug was discovered to have a peculiarly strong effect on Faunus women that made them feel incredibly lascivious and ovulate outside of the normal times. When it was used on the unfortunate Faunus slave girls, it made them appear to be in heat, causing them to seem even more animal-like. The myth persisted long after it had been debunked, even the earlier Ninjas of Love books featured this as a plot element though eventually replaced it with historically accurate details.

"Yeah, yeah…I know, sorry, but…it's pretty freaking hot." Yang offered.

Blake groaned, partly due to Sun servicing her and partly due to annoyance with herself as she couldn't deny, she found the 'heat' parts of the Ninjas of Love series to be among her favorites. "I guess it is…ah!" She admitted before moaning again.

Yang smiled at her, cupping Blake's chin to kiss her again, but the Cat Faunus was not one to be exclusively pampered. So as she kissed Yang back, she grabbed the Blonde Brawler's huge breasts, massaging them eagerly and worshipfully, making Yang moan loudly into her mouth.

Yang left out a muffled moan of "Yes, yes!" into Blake's mouth, loving the attention Blake was showing her. From their few, precious moments of privacy as well as the previous few nights of sleeping together, Blake had learned how to toy with Yang's breasts with such skill that Yang practically melted into her.

Between Sun's cock thrusting into her and Blake worshipfully massaging her tits, Yang was becoming a little high off the pleasure, but not so overloaded she wasn't able to keep up with them. She still met Sun's thrusts by raising and slamming her body back down, still doing everything she could to earn an orgasm out of him as she moved her arms to Blake's rear where Sun's hands were firmly planted. She placed her hands atop Sun's, gently squeezing them as her own fingers joined him in kneading Blake's supple ass.

Blake moaned into Yang's mouth as Sun's tail moved up, gently caressing the bellies of both girls, his robotic tail thankfully wasn't too cold, it didn't feel unnatural. It felt like a part of him touching them, and it felt good.

Yang groaned as she kept riding Sun with intense fervor, seemingly desperate to achieve her own orgasm, helped very much by the attention Blake was giving her tits. Blake pulled away from Yang's kiss and, with a teasing wink, dove her face down into Yang's bust, licking, kissing and sucking on her breasts. Yang cried out loudly as being assaulted on both ends was overwhelming her senses, it was better than she had imagined, for it wasn't just lustful; it was loving.

"OOOOH GODS! BROTHERS AND SISTERS!" She shouted loudly, "Oh gods! Oh fuck! I love you! Blake, I love you so much! Sun, I love you too! I love both of you! I never want to be apart from you ever again! Oh gods! Yes, yes, yes, yes!" She kept going like that, her voice climbing in pitch until she announced "Fuuuccck! I'm gonn-I'm about to cum! Please, don't stop! I want to cum!"

Blake had a feeling Yang's orgasm was going to be loud, maybe loud enough to render the soundproof feature in the walls useless, so she reluctantly drew her head away from Yang's soft melons and brought her hands to Yang's cheeks as she brought her in for another passionate kiss.

Sun felt amazing, Yang was tighter than Blake had been and felt indescribably good, he was losing control as well, his own hips thrusting like a piston while his tongue went berserk inside of Blake's slit. Blake couldn't hold out anymore, and moaned into Yang's mouth as she came all over Sun's face, soaking him in her juices, which Sun found much better than the ginger ale he had swiped earlier.

Yang came and was not subtle about it at all, she thrashed about wildly on Sun's cock and shook her body like a thin tree in a storm, causing her hair and breasts to bounce uncontrollably. She screamed into Blake's mouth, which thankfully muffled the cry as her pelvic muscles squeezed down on Sun's sheathed cock like a vice, pushing him over the edge.

Yang's moans were even louder than Blake's. She drew her hands off of Sun's and wrapped them around Blake, hugging her tightly as she made out with her, their tongues doing a furious dance. Sun took his hands off of Blake's ass and placed one hand on Yang's, she instantly accepted him and took hold of his hand, holding it tight to Blake's back while Sun's other hand softly took hold of one of Blake's as she kept groping Yang's breasts. Likewise, Blake happily took hold of Sun's hand and they began to grope Yang's breast as one.

The two girls kept moaning into one another's mouths as Yang took her hand off of Blake's hip and sought out Blake's hand, which might as well have been glued to her other heaving breast, but upon feeling Yang tenderly grabbing her wrist, Blake removed her hand from the mound of flesh and accepted Yang''s hand, squeezing it tightly as she came down from her own orgasm.

Sun moaned loudly, his own vocalizations muffled by Blake's heavenly ass as he came. His hands squeezed tightly against Yang's breast and Blake's back, feeling their hands atop his.

They finally slowed down, all three coming down from amazing orgasms as they released one another's hands. Blake slumped forward against Yang, her breasts mashing against Yang's larger pair, sliding off of Sun's head, her spectacular ass coming to rest on his neck. Sun, for his part, wrapped his arms around Yang's lightly trembling ass while Yang hugged Blake.

Sun licked the juices from around his lips before he managed to ask "So…how was it?"

"You kidding?" Yang shot back, "It was awesome. I haven't felt so good since…since we saved Blake from Kane!"

Sun laughed as he softly caressed Blake's butt, bringing his head forth to plant gentle kisses on her globes.

"How 'bout you, Sunny? Did I live up to your expectations?" Yang inquired as she gently held Blake to her bust.

"Surpassed them, you were just as amazing as Blake." Sun told her, his hands softly caressing Yang's ass.

Yang grinned before telling him, "And you were excellent. Seriously, the whole 'black cats are bad luck' thing has been proven to be a load of crap. No way she could be that unlucky if she brought us together." She kissed the top of Blake's head while rubbing her back.

Blake smiled at Yang's praises and soothing affection before she carefully pushed herself away from Yang and moved off of Sun's head, allowing the Monkey Faunus to sit up.

"Yeah, if you're bad luck, Blake, it ran out a while ago," Sun voiced, smiling at her before Yang pulled him into a kiss.

Blake smiled, their kind words causing a wonderful warmth to spread through her chest.

"I don't think I can ever go back to fingering myself ever again now that I know what sex is like. Hell, I don't think sex with just one of you could top doing it with both of you," Yang said as she got off of Sun's cock, allowing herself to flop down to the surface of the bed next to him, stretching her limbs out as far as they could go.

"Ditto," Sun agreed, leaning into Yang to kiss her on the cheek while he tore off the condom and tossed it into the trash. He flipped around to lay on his stomach and crawled over to the recovering Blake, who was still basking in the aftermath of her orgasm. "Hey, you feel good?" He asked her, and she nodded, smiling at him, "I do good?"

Blake looked up at him and nodded, "You were fantastic." She answered as she tried to push herself up, but Sun stopped her as came up to lay beside her, laying one arm under her breasts and pulling her close to him.

"Forget about someone?" Yang asked as she came over, crawling on all fours, her spectacular, sweat-glistening breasts swinging freely underneath her with small droplets of sweat falling onto the sheet. She laid on the other side of Blake, snaking an arm under the Cat Faunus and hooking onto Sun, she managed to ensnare both Faunus and hug them tight.

"You two were phenomenal! Oh Brothers and Sisters your hands felt so good on my tits," The Blonde Brawler said as both Blake and Sun planted kisses on her face.

"I've been wanting to have my way with those beauties for months," Blake said as she rubbed Yang's side, feeling very comfortable and very happy sandwiched in between the blondes. She glanced back at Sun and added "And they're all ours."

Sun grinned wickedly, before asking "We done? Want to get some sleep?"

Yang let out a haughty laugh, "Ha! If you think Yang Xiao Long will be satisfied with just one orgasm, you're sadly mistaken!"

"Want to go again?" Blake asked, feeling a little tired but she did feel open to another session of lovemaking.

"You bet your sweet booty I do, Blakey! What about you, Sun?" Yang inquired.

Sun laughed, "I might be a little drained right now but, if it's with the two of you, I could go all night long."

"We'll hold you to that once this crisis is over and the world is safe," Yang answered, "Because when we beat Salem, we're partying like its graduation."

Blake and Sun both smiled and couldn't help but share the blonde girl's enthusiasm and confidence. "Sounds wonderful, but for now I think we should just rest. I don't want to wear Sun out." Blake voiced, "Besides, I still want to walk normally tomorrow."

Yang made an overly dramatic sigh, "Okay, how about we go again once we're recharged?"

"Fine by me," Sun said, shrugging.

"Great! For now, I want to try out a new sleeping position…" Yang said.

Before Blake could ask what kind of position, Yang lifted the Cat Faunus up and slid under her, getting between the Faunus. She then grabbed their butts and hoisted them up, bringing their faces to rest atop her wonderful breasts.

"Here you go, from now on the only pillows you'll ever want are mine." Yang boasted as she rubbed her hands up her lovers' backs.

"I think you're right about that," Sun laughed as he snuggled into her left breast.

Blake smiled, moving her hand down Yang's body and coming to rest atop her belly, where it was joined by Sun's, which came to rest on hers, softly squeezing it. The Cat Faunus let out a content sigh of happiness as she nuzzled into her beloved partner's breast as Sun pulled the quilt over them to cover their naked bodies.

"Thank you, both of you. I don't think I've ever felt this good. I mean, I've felt just as loved before, just as happy, but now I feel so…delighted? Content? I hate to say it but I don't think I can really describe how I feel." Blake admitted, feeling a little embarrassed that she failed to find the proper words despite how many romance novels she had read over the years.

"Don't worry about it," Sun told her, "Sometimes actions speak louder than words."

"And the action we just had was indescribably awesome," Yang said as softly rubbed the backs of her Faunus lovers, "Words can't really compare to what I've been feeling in the last half hour."

"Yeah, you were both awesome and so, so incredibly beautiful." Sun told them as he and Blake both wrapped their free arms under Yang's body, giving her a kind of half hug.

"Oh please, you flatterer…go on." Yang replied, smiling down.

"Well you both can kick ass in ways that are both badass and sexy, the way Blake's eyes shine in the light during night is really stunning, getting to Yang's hair is one of the greatest privileges ever…" Sun listed, making the girls blush and giggle, to which Sun said "I'm not joking, I mean every word of it."

"We know, that's what makes it so sweet." Blake said as she looked at him with loving eyes. She cuddled into Yang's breast, giving it a brief kiss before she asked "Do you think this can really work out between us?"

Sun and Yang both looked at her, "Well…it's gonna be awkward as all hell explaining it to our families, but our teams accepted it just fine," Sun pointed out.

"Yeah, and the others didn't seem to disapprove, they were just a little surprised…and maybe even jealous," Yang said, smirking, "Seriously, even the Knights didn't seem to think there was much wrong with it. Uncle Qrow literally welcomed you both to the family. Yeah, it's gonna be hard to come forward with the truth about it to our families, but we practically already have. I mean our teams are like our families, right?"

"Yeah, they are. As long as we have their support, we'll be okay." Sun said as he squeezed Blake's hand affectionately.

Blake nodded against Yang's breast, smiling as she squeezed Sun's hand back, "I guess we will. I suppose we just have to have faith in our families that they'll accept our love."

"They'll have to, because I'd fight to the death for you two." Yang told them.

"Same here," Agreed Sun, "I can't imagine living the rest of my life without either of you."

Blake let out a content sigh "Neither can I. I love you both."

Yang and Sun echoed Blake's sentiment to her and to one another. Suddenly Sun made a face as though something particularly horrible just crossed his mind.

"What's wrong? Forget something?" Blake asked, hoping it was nothing serious.

"Uh, no…I just imagined us as a married trio, both of you pregnant and me essentially being your slave." Sun said, laughing a little nervously.

Blushing, Blake likewise gave a nervous giggle while Yang laughed uproariously.

"Whoa, boy! Let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's wait until after graduation and marriage before we even think about babies!" Yang told them.

"That's what I was thinking." Sun agreed.

"Though I got to admit, you'd make a sexy servant boy…" Yang whispered, kissing Sun's forehead. Secretly, the blonde couldn't help but love the idea of becoming a mother, of having a family with these two Faunus, a big, loving family. She'd love to be a mother, to hold a life within her, and she would never leave her children behind like her own mother had.

Blake smiled, her blush glowing a tad brighter as she pictured it herself, a nice beachfront house on Menagerie, relaxing in the sun and letting the pleasant sound of the ocean waves lull them to sleep, cute children with hair of sunny blonde and inky black… It would be a dream come true.

"I'd like for us to live together someday, have some children and be free to love each other," Blake said, "Think we'll ever pull it off?"

"Hey, if we can get Faunus like you guys into the Schnees' house and talk Weiss' dad into taking in a bunch of refugees, then anything is possible." Yang assured her.

"Yeah, after what we've been through, I don't doubt we'll make it happen," Sun said as he comfortingly squeezed her hand, "We just gotta have patience, have faith…and never stop loving each other."

"The last two are easy, but patience? Urgh!" Yang griped, making her lovers laugh.

Blake grinned at Yang's joke before saying "Again, I don't think I can thank you two enough for making me feel so…great!"

"Oh, I think we can find some ways for you to repay us," Yang replied before seductively whispering, "After all, were not done yet…"

Blake shivered and purred as she nuzzled against Yang as the blonde pulled her in even further while Sun began kissing on the brawler's nipple, making her hum in arousal as she once again began to grope her partner's peerless ass.

They spent the rest of the night showing each other just how much they loved one another. And it was just as magical as any of the three could have hoped. They savored every second of basking in the afterglow of their intense lovemaking. The three would always remember and cherish this night for the rest of their lives.

---

Nora recognized the place she found herself in, it was a very pretty clearing in the deep forests of Mistral, right by a massive willow tree and with numerous pink flowers all around. Her family had set up camp here a few days before they arrived in Kuroyuri. Here was where they had shared their last true meal they had spent their spare money on.

That night she had spent with them was one of her most cherished memories; her parents had kept her entertained with stories of their past exploits, stories Nora now knew were highly sanitized and romanticized, but likely held some truth of their heroic sides. If she was sure about anything Odinson had told her about Oliver Ragnar and Eleanor Valkyrie, it's that they were no mere criminals and had more than a few nobel traits. Her father loved telling silly jokes with puns so bad only Yang would find them funny, but to little Nora they were the most hilarious thing she had ever heard, next to her mother's exaggeratedly annoyed reactions to them. Her parents used her innocence to keep all the Grimm at bay, her young happiness drowning out the fears that had stewed inside of them.

Sadly not enough to keep the dreaded Nuckelavee off their trail, but enough to keep them hidden from lesser Grimm.

Suddenly a hand gently touched her shoulder, Nora whirled around to face whoever had snuck up on her, but her face instantly softened as she beheld her parents, looking at her with tear-brimmed eyes and faces that could only be described as proud.

She launched herself at her parents, wrapping both arms around them with all her might, crying silent, happy tears as she felt their warmth for the first time in over a decade. Oliver and Eleanor captured their daughter in an equally strong embrace, ghostly tears falling from their eyes.

Nora opened her eyes and for a brief instant, through her tears, she could have sworn she glimpsed a robed man with slick gray hair watching them. She blinked and the man was gone, only a crow watching them from the branches of a tree.

The crow wasn't important. What was important was savoring being with her parents again, listening to their soft whispers.

---

Sharp Strike walked up several flights up several flights of white marble steps and past various automated security systems inside the Schnee family's archive tower, finally arriving at the huge antechamber that led directly to the main archives where Argentius and Soul Seer were waiting for him while browsing through the accumulated knowledge were stored within.

Like everything else the Schnees owned, the antechamber was cavernous with large white columns reaching upwards towards a cathedral-like ceiling with a distinct Atlesian style of architecture commonly seen throughout the northern Kingdom. When he reached the top of the steps, Sharp Strike produced his customized scroll and placed it at a small security panel beside the doors which promptly scanned through the security pass that Klein had provided for him. After a few seconds of scanning, a few loud clicks were heard as the doors unlocked and began to open inward, admitting him into the more secure areas of the main archives.

He walked across the antechamber, past dozens of evenly-spaced marble plinths on either side that held thick books and aged tomes of various historical contexts behind transparent glass boxes. The Schnee family had kept so much knowledge within its archives, and even though Sharp Strike was considerably well-read since as he was a frequent visitor to Tintagel's extensive library, he couldn't help but find the amount of information contained around him quite impressive.

The sound of his boots landing on the polished white tiles of the floor echoed throughout the room as he made his way towards the huge oaken doors that made up the entrance to the primary archives. He was just about to reach the entrance that would lead up to the main archives' upper levels when those very same doors opened to reveal the tall armored form of Snow Blade.

"Knight Vanguard Snow Blade." Sharp Strike greeted.

"Knight Representative Sharp Strike." Snow Blade returned, "You're here to see Argentius and Soul Seer?"

"Yes, but I did not expect to see you here, Knight Vanguard. Are you here to receive your official reassignment orders?" Sharp Strike asked.

The Knight vanguard took in a slow breath before releasing it, and then answered, "Something like that. I was summoned here to hear the results of my petition directly from the Knight Champion and the Chief Prognosticator, after they received it from Tintagel a couple of hours ago. They've…given me another chance to defend the Maidens, which I'm incredibly grateful for. I just thanked them for speaking on my behalf to the Round Table, as well as the Knight of Air for taking my long service into consideration before they gave their answer."

"That's good news," Sharp Strike replied, "I'd appreciate having you to fight alongside should a situation arise. Your notable sword skills would be vital to ensure the Maidens' safety."

"There's no need to comfort me further, Sharp Strike." Snow Blade said, tilting his helmet a little, "The fact of the matter remains the same; I failed to protect Elsa Vorst and allowed Salem to steal the Winter Maiden's powers. What's done is done, there's nothing I can do to change that, but I can still protect the remaining Maidens, so that's what I'm going to do from now on."

Sharp Strike nodded sharply, "I'm glad to hear that, and I know you'll redeem your mistakes in the future."

"Thank you for believing in me, Sharp Strike," Snow Blade said as he reached out with his arm, "I can see why you're considered the best squire under Argentius' tutelage."

"Master Argentius has been a fair and wise mentor, and I'm honored to have been taught by him," Sharp Strike answered as he gripped the veteran knight's vambrace, "And I look forward to fighting alongside you, Snow Blade."

"Oum willing, we won't have to fight for the Maidens' lives soon," The Knight Vanguard gripped Sharp Strike's arm tighter for a moment more before releasing it and asking, "By the way, how goes your assignment to Team Beacon?"

"So far so good," Sharp Strike answered, "They've all been very friendly and accommodating to me since I joined them, I've gradually adapted to their different personalities and combat styles which is very different from operating alongside other Knights."

"They're still training to become Hunters, so there's bound to be some differences in how they fight compared to us." Snow Blade said, his voice thoughtful.

"Yes, it'll take some time before I fully mesh with the entire team," Sharp Strike said with another nod, "And I think it's a good way for me to acquire skills and experiences outside of the Order."

"That's one way of putting it," The Winter Templar said, "I have no doubt that you will give your all to protect the Spring and Summer Maidens to the best of your abilities, Sharp Strike. Like Wind Runner and Fire Walker, I trust you that much in that regard. You'll probably do a better job than I did."

"Thank you for your trust in me, Snow Blade." The younger knight replied gratefully, "But what happened to the Winter Maiden was not your fault, she sent you to save innocent lives, which is a primary duty of all Knights. I'm happy to have a Knight Vanguard with your skills here."

There was a deep chuckle coming from Snow Blade's helmet, but there wasn't much humor in it, "Thank you very much, my brother Knight. I've taken too much of your time, and I apologize. Until we meet again, Sharp Strike." The larger knight slammed a gauntlet against his gleaming chest plate.

"Until we meet again, Snow Blade." Sharp Strike returned the gesture and the former protector of the Winter Maiden turned to leave and strode away.

Sharp Strike faced the doors and took a moment to compose himself before pushing them open and walking into the primary archive chambers of the tower. The main aisle stretched away from him and deep into the tower's archives while evenly-spaced thick, tall columns rose towards the grand domed ceiling. At several junctions between huge shelves were long tables and chairs made from the finest and most comfortable materials, with built-in hologram systems that presumably accessed the archives' central database. Statues depicting ancient hooded warriors from Mantle City were set on plinths at regular intervals, and shelf after shelf containing row after row of neatly arranged tomes of various thickness passed by Sharp Strike.

It wasn't long before he saw the familiar figures of Argentius and Soul Seer when he turned a corner and walked into an open reading area situated in the middle of the main archives chamber. The Knight Champion was scrutinizing a peculiar artifact covered by protective glass and set on a white marble plinth not far away from the tall windows, which apparently was a broken sword of a Mantle warrior who fought in the Second Great War. Soul Seer was sitting at a rectangular marble table a short distance away with a thick book open in her hands. Half a dozen other books on a variety of topics were stacked on the table beside her in a neat pile, some with small white labels already inserted at certain pages.

Neither of them was wearing their helmet or combat mask, which surprised Sharp Strike a little, but considering Soul Seer's remarkable skills in terms of magic, he wouldn't be surprised that she had already casted a spell that prevented anyone from seeing either hers or Argentius' face in the vicinity.

"Knight Champion Argentius, Chief Prognosticator Soul Seer; Knight Representative Sharp Strike reporting," Sharp Strike said as he came to a halt a respectful distance from the table. Out of the corner of his visor, the Knight Errant could see a group of four halberd-armed knights with golden embroideries on their storm gray cloaks that served as Soul Seer's bodyguards standing sentinel a short distance away at all four corners of the reading area.

"Hello Sharp Strike." The Chief Prognosticator said as she put a small white bookmark on the page she was on before closing it and putting it down.

Argentius turned and gave a small nod of acknowledgement as he walked to the table, "Please have a seat."

The silver and blue-armored Knight seated himself opposite them and placed his gauntleted hands on the table, before his head tilted up to look at the stately surroundings, "There's so much knowledge stored here…"

"More than some places, yet less than others," Soul Seer's face shifted into a gentle smile as her gloved fingers curled around the haft of Life's Requiem beside her, "But knowledge is knowledge. Even though Tintagel's sanctum archives may have plenty of ancient knowledge within its walls, the Schnees' Archive was said to contain records and artifacts dating back to the founding of the northern Kingdom, perhaps even further. We wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to pay this grand place a visit."

"Did you find what you wanted?" Sharp Strike inquired.

"Not as much as I hoped, but enough to satisfy my interest," Soul Seer answered as she made a gesture with her right gloved hand and her knight bodyguards made themselves scarce, "But that can wait. You wished to speak with us? Is there something that we should know about?"

Sharp Strike took a deep breath as though to collect his thoughts, before he finally spoke, "I never expected to see Heliosia Ainea again, much less as the Summer Maiden."

Soul Seer and Argentius shared a look with each other, before the Chief Prognosticator asked, "I've been wondering when you'd finally bring this up. How has this meeting affected you?"

The Knight Errant cocked his head as though considering the question, and a moment later he spoke, "I'm also concerned, because Heliosia had been observing me closely since the time I met her and the Spring Maiden at Shade Academy."

"Elaborate." Argentius' voice was calm, but cautious.

"Heliosia has taken notice of several things about me, especially when I fought alongside her; my pauldron's knight emblem, the relic sword I carry and was forced to use during the battle with Thorn at the Sharaf Colosseum, my physical skills and even the sword fighting styles I display in battle. Given her attentive nature, I'm concerned that she may eventually realize who I am beneath the armor I wear." Sharp Strike replied, slowly and carefully choosing his words.

"Sharp Strike, has The Summer Maiden confronted you directly with her suspicions?" Soul Seer asked softly.

"She has pointed out that my relic sword looks familiar, but I successfully deflected her questions by saying that it was a sword I was gifted by our senior Knights upon my ascension to a Remnant Knight." Sharp Strike answered.

"I see. Has she asked you anything else?" Argentius posed the next question.

"No, but she did say I remind her of someone familiar. Somebody from her past." The young Remnant Knight said.

"I sense…uncertainty in you, Sharp Strike," Soul Seer's face grew a little concerned, "Why would you feel concerned with Heliosia discovering who you really are?"

"I know my past is known to the Order, but my main concern is that should Heliosia know about my true identity, she wouldn't be able to…focus properly on her duties as a Maiden." Sharp Strike said carefully, trying to keep his voice as calm as possible.

"The Summer Maiden has risked her life many times when performing her duties," Argentius remarked, stroking his chin a little, "From what we know of her combat skills and abilities, she's quite capable of taking care of herself."

"She has proven to be quite skilled of keeping her emotions in check," Soul Seer commented softly as she looked directly at Sharp Strike, "Unless you're implying that she'll become vulnerable to her emotions if she learns your true identity?"

The Knight Errant lifted his head, "May I ask why you have that question?"

Argentius gave an empathetic sigh as he said, "Sharp Strike, you were very young when the Knight Order rescued you from the Grimm hordes that killed your entire tribe. I understand to a degree of what you're going through due to your difference in terms of age with the other Knights, and it's not uncommon for a young knight to become attracted to a beautiful Maiden who is of similar age. It's not unlike how most boys and men look at Soul Seer and become enamored by her beauty, even though her face is covered by a battle mask most of the time."

"It's not as though the Knight Order forbids its members to have emotions," Soul Seer added softly, after a quick glance in her elder brother's direction, "And it's only natural for you to feel that way when you have been around a Maiden for a period of time."

Sharp Strike felt his gauntleted hands curl closed at their words, but he realized that Argentius and Soul Seer had managed to articulate some of the disconcerting thoughts within his mind. However, there was still a small knot of trepidation within his heart that either of them would in some way realize that his own feelings for Heliosia went beyond the simple attraction.

"We knew each other before my tribe was killed, but it wasn't until long after that I began to understand my feelings for her. Now…now it's impossible for us to be together. I know it is my duty to protect her and I can't let my own feelings get in the way of that, I won't allow them to. Heliosia and I are simply what we are; the Summer Maiden and a Remnant Knight." Sharp Strike said as calmly as he could.

"And both you and her must remain in those roles," Argentius replied carefully but not unkindly, "As a Remnant Knight you must remember the oaths you swore to the Order during your ascension, and be aware that you will still need to make difficult choices when performing your duty to protect Remnant."

"I understand my responsibilities, and the oaths I swore when I became a Knight." Sharp Strike answered.

"Then you need to keep those responsibilities and oaths in mind as you protect the Maidens, Sharp Strike. Let them focus your thoughts as you continue to perform your duty as the Order's representative," The silver-eyed veteran Knight said, "The Round Table chose you to join Team Beacon as you are the most suitable warrior for the task, and so we require you to provide them as much assistance as you can while also adhering to your responsibilities as a knight."

"I know my duty, master," Sharp Strike gave a nod, "Your trust won't be misplaced in me."

"Then there shouldn't be any problems with you continuing to represent the interests of the Order within Team Beacon while fighting alongside them, is there?" Soul Seer asked gently.

"No, Chief Prognosticator." The young knight responded.

"Nonetheless, I need to remind you that the life that you had before you were rescued by the Order is in the past," The golden-eyed prognosticator spoke delicately as she gestured with one of her gloved hands, "Keep what memories you have close to your heart, but know that you will also be required to keep your emotions under control when carrying out your orders. Do you understand me?"

"Yes, completely." Sharp Strike replied.

Argentius and Soul Seer shared another look between them for a few silent moments, as though deliberating about something between them privately, before the Chief Prognosticator gave a subtle nod that could have been a trick of the light.

"Then it's settled." Soul Seer looked back at the knight errant and smiled warmly, "You may return to your duties."

"Thank you for your time and wisdom; Master Argentius, Soul Seer." Sharp Strike slowly stood up.

"One last thing before you go," Argentius said as the Knight Errant was about to bring up his gauntlet to tap at his chest plate. The Knight Champion slid a palm-sized gray box across the smooth surface of the table to him, and Sharp Strike carefully extended his gauntlet-covered hand to pick it up.

"Obsidian Protocol has been authorized." Argentius said, his voice turning very serious.

"The Round Table has voted on this course of action?" Sharp Strike asked as he slowly turned the innocent-looking gray box with both hands, as though holding a priceless artifact.

"Unanimously," Soul Seer answered, "The current Guardians may have been healed by the Aura Crystal, but should the situation prove otherwise you are allowed full discretion to perform the necessary duty. We sincerely hope that it will never come to pass."

"I see. Please inform the Round Table that their orders are received and acknowledged," Sharp Strike said as his fingers tightened a little around the sealed container sitting within his gauntlet, "Have a good night."

He bowed respectfully to the two before turning to leave. It was only when the huge doors closed behind the young Remnant Knight and he had descended several flights of marble stairs that Sharp Strike took out the small gray box from one of his waist pouches. He removed his right gauntlet and pressed his thumb on the Knight Order's emblem on the box's surface, which glowed brightly for a second before the seal broke and the young knight slowly slid the top away.

Resting inside were two revolver bullets that had tiny intricately engraved runes covering every inch of their available surface. Sharp Strike knew what they were immediately, as he had recently used one such specially-crafted round to save Heliosia's life by killing the Grimm parasite that would be used to drain her Maiden powers, made using remnant Silver energy from the power of Lord Emmanuel's eyes.

He didn't like the purpose Obsidian Protocol was meant to serve, and he hoped that he would never have to do it.

---

Pyrrha found herself trapped, just barely able to move, almost as though she were in some sort of coffin. A glass coffin, because she could see right out of it…and what she saw horrified her; Vale was in flames. It looked as though a vast net of fire had been cast over the world, with crisscrossing lines flames stretching out as far as the eye could see.

She could feel panic spreading through her chest, her heart beating a mile a minute as her glass prison was turned around, allowing her to see a glimpse of something just as horrible; Velvet's body, lying curled with her ears ripped to shreds and blood oozing from her throat.

'No, no, no, no, no, no, no' Pyrrha thought and tried to say as she struggled to free herself, 'Please no, don't be dead, please!'

Suddenly something turned her around giving her another grave sight; the ruins of Beacon Academy, littered with the corpses of students slain by Grimm and whichever of Salem's agents she had doubtlessly sent to do this.

All of a sudden her prison was turned around, allowing her to see something that struck fear into the deepest part of herself; herself, once again looking like a Grimm Hybrid. Fotia Drakos.

Drakos grinned darkly as she held her original self trapped in a hand mirror, "Like our handiwork? It was easy to take out these whelps, like lambs to the slaughter." She taunted when a cry of pain caught their attention, "Oh my, looks like my mate isn't done yet!"

'Mate?' Pyrrha mouthed in confusion as her Grimm self took them around a corner to see something equally as dreadful as Beacon falling once again; Jaune was now a full-blown hybrid, pulling his blood-coated sword, a blade made to look dark and menacing, out of the the recently deceased body of Dr. Oobleck. Pyrrha also saw a struggling Glynda Goodwitch watching helplessly in sorrow and horror as a pair of Grimm Knights held her prisoner.

Glynda's blonde hair was messy and splattered with blood, her cape in tatters and glasses cracked. She saw Fotia Drakos and her eyes widened in fear as she got closer.

"Well done, beloved." The corrupted version of Pyrrha said to her lover. The Grimm version of Jaune turned around, dressed in dark armor, his head covered by a draconic helmet.

"Thank you, Fotia." He said as Glynda kept struggling.

"Jaune, Pyrrha, please! Stop this! This isn't who you are!" Their teacher cried.

Jaune turned to face her, kicking a severed arm that had belonged to Professor Port out of the way. "It is now, Glynda. You sealed your fate when you tried to take Pyrrha from us. You helped Ozpin send us all down a path to suffering, and now we've returned to repay you."

"No…we never meant for any of this to-"

"It doesn't matter what you meant to happen. This is what you've done to us," Jaune said, gesturing to his face scarred, hair washed white, eyes a dark crimson. "Ozpin is already suffering for his crimes against us, his countless failures and his audacity to challenge our Mistress. As for you…beloved, would you like the honor?"

Glynda looked over to see Pyrrha, "Thank you, Jaune! However, I just finished off Team CFVY. They put up a very good fight, but at the end of it; they were no match for me," She said as she held out Coco's glasses, cracked and covered with blood.

"No!" Screamed Glynda in horror and despair as her body began shaking uncontrollably, sobbing as she realized her students were dead and her failure was unforgivable.

"Don't worry, Miss Goodwitch," Jaune told her, "Ren and Nora are still alive. They're our teammates, after all, we could never kill them. They've been taken back to Salem's palace, where they're being transformed into Grimm hybrids just like us."

Glynda's eyes widened as she let out another shout of "No!" but was cut short as Jaune swung his sword through her neck, decapitating her. Within the mirror, Pyrrha covered her eyes to try to force the awful sight out of her mind, but it did little good.

Fotia Drakos strolled over to her mate as he turned to face her, "Good work, my beloved. With this victory, we will have removed everything that could pose a genuine threat to Mistress Salem." She told him.

"What about Ruby and her team?" The Grimm Jaune asked.

"My precious pet is helping Mercury, Emerald and the Grimm Knights deal with them as we speak." Fotia told him as she sauntered towards him with a seductive sway, leaning into him with obvious lust in her blood-red eyes.

'Jaune! No! Stop!' Pyrrha cried as she kept fighting to free herself, fighting to talk, to do anything.

"I believe we'll be greatly rewarded for this victory, perhaps we'll have an entire city to ourselves." Fotia said before she casually tossed Coco's glasses into a nearby fire. She ran her fingers down Jaune's armored chest, saying "It was quite stunning, the way you finished off that stuck up b-"

"Now, now, Fotia, such foul words are beneath your lovely voice." Jaune told her as he gently took her hands, a sight that made Pyrrha sick to her stomach and her heart ache.

Fotia smiled and before she let go of his hands and planted her on his now bone-white cheeks, lined with black veins under the skin. "Forgive me, my love. I'm just happy this war is finally ending, and we can have our happy ending." She told him before leaning in for a possessive kiss, something that Pyrrha couldn't stand to watch.

Suddenly there was a loud crash that caught the attention of Pyrrha, her Grimm counterpart and the Grimm Jaune. They looked over to see the Wyvern, now larger, sitting upon the wreckage of Ozpin's tower. The place where Pyrrha had nearly been killed by Cinder Fall.

It roared softly at the pair of Grimm Commanders and Fotia nodded, "I see. She's still alive, is she? Take me there at once, my pet!" She said. She gave the Grimm Jaune a harsh kiss before she dashed off towards the Wyvern, the mirror still in hand.

The Wyvern lowered its head down for Fotia, allowing her to hop on its head before it flew off. Pyrrha felt a deep pain in her heart to see the beast reduced to a violent killer, continuing the legacy of the Wyvern who had spawned it.

They flew through the skies, and Fotia gave Pyrrha a better view of the burning city of Vale, with smoke rising high into the sky with screams echoing from the dying as countless Grimm went on the rampage and fires consumed the city.

Before Pyrrha knew it, the Wyvern landed on the outskirts of Beacon, bowing its head so Fotia could step off. Fotia held the mirror out, allowing Pyrrha to see another awful sight; the dead bodies of Team RWBY.

Yang had been impaled by several dozen spikes, with trails of blood that had leaked out like a faucet. Poor Blake had been crushed by debris, her beautiful black hair covered a pulpy, bloody mess. Weiss had been reduced to a charred skeleton, obviously a victim of the Wyvern's fire.

"Take a good look, Pyrrha. A fitting end for that arrogant Schnee hussy, wouldn't you say?" Fotia asked smugly as Pyrrha began to silently sob. "Aw, don't cry, they're not all dead, look!"

Indeed, Ruby was the only one left. Her legs had been broken, leaving her a sobbing, bloodied mess as she attempted to crawl away. Fotia sneered cruelly and then looked into the mirror to give Pyrrha an evil smile as she followed the younger girl.

Pyrrha tried to scream 'No! Don't you dare touch her!'

Fotia grabbed Ruby by the shoulder and roughly forced her to turn over, revealing her busted knees and a large wound on her forehead, causing her to be practically blinded by her own blood and a wound she had received over one of her precious silver eyes.

"Pyrrha! Please, stop!" Ruby begged weakly as the Grimm Commander knelt down, a sadistic smile upon Fotia's face as she planted the mirror in some debris so Pyrrha could helplessly watch.

"Stop? Why? Look at me, I'm a monster! This is what monsters do!" Fotia laughed cruelly as she placed one hand around Ruby's neck and brought her other towards Ruby's eye sockets, "Now hold still, this is going to hurt…"

Pyrrha closed her eyes as she finally regained control over her arms and began to bang on the thick glass of the mirror, the noise being drowned out by Ruby's horrible screams as Fotia began to laugh wickedly.

She opened her eyes and instantly regretted it as she saw Fotia holding out Ruby's plucked out eyes in one hand and with her other pointed Milo directly at her. She fired, shattering the glass into thousands of pieces.

Pyrrha awoke with a start, crying out in terror as she emerged from a fresh nightmare. "No! No!" She cried, her strong limbs thrashing out, as if to fend off attacks.

She slammed her head backwards quickly, but because she and Jaune had been sleeping in a spooning position she accidentally bashed the back of her head into her partner's nose and chin. This fully woke up the blond who had been stirred by Pyrrha's soft but panicked cries of "No," in her sleep.

"Ahg!" Jaune groaned as he rolled over, clutching his nose and chin that Pyrrha had inadvertently hurt, his aura flaring to life a little too late, "What the?! Pyrrha, what's wrong? What happened?" He asked, his concerned voice muffled by his hands.

Pyrrha groaned as well, placing her own hands on the back of her head, rubbing it to ease the sudden pain as her aura came to life. "Jaune! I'm so, so sorry! I really am! Sorry!" She apologized, worried she may have done some serious damage to his nose.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's nothing serious." He promised her as he sat up, still rubbing his jaw, "What about you? What's wrong?"

"I…I'm okay, it's nothing, just another nightmare." Pyrrha offered, realizing tears were slowly falling down her face.

"Pyrrha," Jaune began, gently taking hold of her hands and looking into her emerald eyes, "After everything we've been through, you know I'm not so easily fooled. Not any more, at least. We know each other well enough to know when something is wrong, especially after the nightmares we've suffered. So please, tell me."

Pyrrha sighed and nodded as she wiped the tears from her eyes and proceeded to tell Jaune about the nightmare, just enough details to make him understand why she woke up so suddenly in such a panicked state of mind.

He hugged her to him, rubbing her back as she buried her face into the crook of his neck and cried quietly. He couldn't help but shed some tears himself.

Jaune understood why she had this nightmare, even though the trigger words Ironwood and Ace Ops had tested on them had no effect whatsoever, the idea that Salem could still bring them under her control on a whim was terrifying and was more than enough to keep one up at night.

"We're okay. We're with friends, we're safe," He whispered to her, looking out the window to see the cloudy early morning sky.

Pyrrha hugged him tight and continued, "I'm so sorry I hurt you like that, I didn't mean to."

"Hey, it's okay. Gonna take a lot more than that to damage my thick skull." Jaune assured her with a smile as he kissed the top of her head, placing one hand atop her head to rub the spot where his face had hit. "What about you?"

"I'm fine. Well, not completely, but it doesn't hurt, not that much, anyway," She said as she glanced down Jaune's chest, seeing down his white undershirt to see the scar he had gained when he pushed her out of the way of Cinder's arrow back at Haven. She cringed, her heart aching as she recalled his cries of pain, how he coughed up blood and was a mere centimeter away from death. She placed her hand atop Jaune's shirt where the scar was and said "I did this to you. I don't know how you can even stand to be around me after all the suffering you've been through because of me."

"Pyrrha. Stop." Jaune told her firmly, he then used a finger to pull down the black t-shirt she was wearing to expose the scar on her chest, "No one is to blame for what happened to us but Cinder and Salem. I'm not the only one with a scar, I'm not the only one who suffered. They did this to both of us, not you. Remember what I told you after we made love? That I'd go through all that suffering all over again just to be with you? I meant every word of it because I love you with all my heart."

Pyrrha blushed at the memory and slowly nodded, "I know. I know you do and I'm sorry. Those stupid nightmares are just so upsetting."

"You don't have to tell me, I've had some just as awful." Jaune consoled her, wincing as he briefly recalled the terrible nightmare he had before he learned about Violet being wounded in the line of duty, about the rest of Team Beacon brutally torturing them because they were hybrids, "We have to remember, they're just bad dreams. There's no reason to believe they're ever going to come true. You won't ever hurt Ruby or even try to take her eyes and I'd never try to harm our teachers. We both had a pretty bad fright when Ironwood told us about those trigger words and the idea that she might take control of us is a scary one, but nothing we have to worry about now."

Pyrrha nodded as she hugged him tighter, cherishing the feeling of his arms around her and she had no doubt that he felt equally safe in her own embrace.

"Seriously, don't blame yourself for what's happened to me. Please don't," He implored, "Every ounce of pain I had to go through was worth it to get you back, to see you reunited with Nora, Ren, your parents, Ruby and everyone else. I don't think I can ever find the words to really describe how much I love you, and nothing you can ever do will change that because I know you well enough to know that you'd never do anything to make me stop caring about you or regret what happened to me."

Pyrrha couldn't hold back anymore, and brought her lips to Jaune's in an adoring kiss, which he happily returned. She kissed his chin and nose, as if to make them feel better, before she gently pressed her forehead against his, quietly savoring the warmth of his embrace. Jaune smiled, happy he could make her feel better. "It's okay, Pyrrha. I'm here, I'll always be. We're okay."

"Do you think these nightmares will ever stop? That we'll ever be normal again?" She asked.

Jaune sighed and said "I don't know, but if being a Grimm Hybrid means I get to be with you, then I don't really care."

Pyrrha smiled, her face blushing brightly at his affectionate compliment, feeling confidence swell inside of her, melting her fears away. Jaune was right, it was just a nightmare and nothing more. She focused on the positives of their situation, thinking about and imagining good things helped keep the negative thoughts at bay. She thought about being rescued and given another chance to be with Jaune, Nora, Ren and everyone else, putting away Crawford for what was likely to be the rest of his life, being able to protect the remaining two Maidens. She also imagined things that made her happy, like going out on little trips with her team, recalling training with her father when she was young, her first tournament victory. Imagining walking up the aisle to marry Jaune…

She blushed even redder, shaking her head as her heartbeat sped up at the thought. "I feel the same way, Jaune. As long as I have you, Nora, Ren and the rest of our friends, I'll be okay. Thank you." She said, snuggling into him, savoring the always wonderful feeling of being held by him.

He smiled before asking "Maybe we should break our word to General Ironwood just once and tell our friends about it? I don't feel right keeping them out of that particular loop."

Pyrrha opened her eyes, looking into Jaune's sapphire pools. She pulled her head away and nodded, "I think that would be best. It doesn't feel right not telling them about that. I suppose it would be easier to ask for the General's forgiveness rather than permission."

Jaune nodded, "Okay, we'll tell them later today. Want to go for our morning jog?" He asked, as Klein had granted them permission to do their morning jogs throughout the long halls of the manor, so they wouldn't have to brave the chilly air and icy paths outside the massive mansion.

"Hmm, in five minutes. Right now, I just want to stay like this," Pyrrha told him, pushing him back onto the pillows, staying on top of him and cuddling into him, "Hmmm, you feel so warm."

Jaune smiled and gave a short laugh as he pulled the blankets back over them, "I'll do my best to keep you warm, Pyrrha. I'll always do my best for you." He told her as he held her. Jaune smiled, cherishing her presence in his arms. Pyrrha was anything but helpless, while he was slightly bigger than her, he had no doubt that she could defeat him in a full-on fight if she had to, though it would hopefully never come to that ever again, but Jaune dearly loved Pyrrha so much. They depended on each other for emotional support, comfort, warmth…and after what the two had suffered, the blond would do anything to protect her.

After indulging in affectionate snuggling and brief kisses, the couple put on their sweatpants and went for a jog through the manor and then back to their room. They did their best to be quiet so as not to rouse everyone who was still sleeping, but it was still nice to mostly have the expansive manor to themselves for a brief while.

"When Ren and Nora wake up, I'd like to make sure they're okay," Pyrrha said to Jaune.

"Good idea," He agreed, "What they went through yesterday wasn't easy, especially for Nora, so we should make sure she's all right."

They eventually found a parlor where they decided to rest for a moment. Pyrrha noticed that the parlor's window gave them a breathtaking view of the sun rising over the mountains in the distance, with the beautiful blue sky mixing with clouds of dark gray to amber orange with the shining light of the sun piercing through the clouds in a few rays. Pyrrha kept watching the beautiful dawn, smiling as Jaune came to stand beside her. Wordlessly, their hands met, fingers intertwining as they observed the beauty that nature bestowed upon Remnant every day.

However, Jaune couldn't help but glance over at something he found just as beautiful. Pyrrha caught him looking at her and smiled as she leaned in for another kiss.

On their way back to their room, they were surprised to see the door to Yang and Blake's room opening. Thinking it was Blake, as she could be an early riser some days, Pyrrha said "Hello, Blake, good morn-" but she stopped when she saw a different Faunus emerging from the room.

"Sun?" Pyrrha asked as the Monkey Faunus jumped, taken by surprise.

"Hey! Jaune, Pyrrha, good morning!" Sun said, blushing bright red. He was carrying a bundle of sheets, trying (and failing) to hide them behind his back, "What're you two doin' up so early?"

"Just out for a morning jog, why are you-"

"Uh, morning lovebirds," Yang said, revealing she was standing in the doorway with Blake behind her, the Cat Faunus blushing madly as she attempted to hide behind her partner.

Pyrrha quickly put two and two together, her face turning red as she realized what must have transpired between the three last night. "Oh my goodness! I'm sorry we disturbed you!"

"What do you-oh. Oh!" Jaune said as it hit him. He looked at Blake and Yang, then to Sun, "Whoa. Uh…um, sorry! Yeah, sorry if we embarrassed you guys."

"It's okay, you're not interrupting anything," Blake assured them. She knew that Jaune and Pyrrha had no qualms with their relationship, and there was no good reason to hide it now that they had stumbled into the morning aftermath of the trio's intense night of passion. "No point in denying it now, right?"

"I suppose not," Yang admitted, "At least not to you two. Yes, we had sex and we're not ashamed. Then again, we're not the only ones in Team Beacon who've done the dirty deed, are we?"

Jaune and Pyrrha both blushed. "Yang!" Seethed Blake in a hushed tone, doing her best not to wake anyone else up.

"What? Not like they hid it all that well. We all saw the looks they were giving each other the morning after their big date," Yang defended.

"I suppose you're right…we weren't exactly subtle about how happy we were." Pyrrha confessed, blushing as she glanced at Jaune.

"Yeah, I guess not. Still, congrats!" Jaune told them, holding his hand out to Sun, who grinned and slapped his fellow blond's hand in a high five, "I think I speak for both of us when I say we're very happy for you guys."

"Yes!" Agreed Pyrrha as she hugged both Blake and Yang, not only because she was happy for them but because it helped her push out the images of the terrible fates they suffered in her dream, "It's wonderful to see all three of you have committed to your relationship, I'm sure it will work out just fine in the end. I'm so glad for you all."

Blake hugged Pyrrha back, "Thank you, Pyrrha. I hope we'll be just as happy together as you are with Jaune."

Yang smiled as she hugged the redhead and her beloved partner, "I think we already are, Blake. Just don't go telling Ruby and everyone else, right Pyr?"

Pyrrha giggled, "Do you think I'm a gossiper on Coco's level? You can depend on us to keep it secret."

"Yeah, don't worry. Just hope that the people who do the laundry don't say anything either." Jaune joked, which made Blake look at Yang and Sun with a worried expression.

"Relax, we're their guests. From what Klein said last night, they've had way worse than us. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've gotta get these down the chute, but before I go, I think I need some extra lovin'," Sun said as he leaned towards his girlfriends, who were more than happy to kiss him, with Blake going first, planting a loving and gentle kiss on his lips.

"See you later, Sunny," Yang bid him as she gave him a kiss that was a bit more forceful than Blake's, but just as loving.

"You know it. Love you." He told both of them before giving Jaune and Pyrrha a salute with his tail and then setting off down the hall, vanishing around a corner.

Jaune then looked at Blake and Yang before smiling, "Well, one heck of a way to say good morning, huh?"

Yang and Pyrrha laughed while Blake simply smiled at him, "You could say that." She said with a soft laugh of her own.

Pyrrha looked at them, smiling warmly as the sight of them being so happy washed away last night's terrible dream of the two suffering gruesome fates. It was just a dream. Just a dream. It would never come to pass.

Jaune and Pyrrha bid goodbye to Blake and Yan before returning to their rooms. After doing their morning exercises such as push-ups, squats and sit-ups, they took turns taking showers. Jaune insisted Pyrrha go first, as he wanted to get some extra push-ups in, wanting to ensure his body kept getting stronger.

Once he felt enough strain on his arms he stopped and sat against the bed, wiping the sweat from his eyes as he noticed the book Pyrrha had found in the Schnees' library the night before. It was a very old book about dragons, at least a few hundred years old and Weiss had allowed Pyrrha to take it out and read it as much as she wanted.

He opened the book and flipped through it, admiring the artwork which depicted a diverse array of various dragon types, with many colors, some with all scales while some had fur, some were thin and longer than five buses while others merely the size of a house. The book even had some blurry old photos of dragons flying high in the sky or smoke rising from a dark cave.

He looked up as he heard the door to the bathroom opening, revealing Pyrrha, her body and hair wrapped in towels. She smiled at him, "Your turn, I left the water running for you. Like the book?"

"Pictures are really nice to look at, but not as nice as looking at you," Jaune flirted as he gently laid the book down on the bed.

Pyrrha laughed, "It's nice to know your flirting has improved, but you don't need to anymore."

"Who's flirting? I'm telling the truth." Jaune replied, his voice totally honest. Pyrrha's smile widened.

"How is it you were so bad at romance with Weiss but with me you're just so perfect?" Pyrrha asked.

Jaune shrugged, "Maybe all that suffering and trauma taught me what I needed to know about love. Or maybe I just needed the right girl to know what to say." He said, kissing her before going into the bathroom.

Pyrrha dried herself off, got dressed and then brushed her hair, which had become even longer than it had been prior to the haircut she had gotten while under Salem's influence. She didn't put it in its usual ponytail, she actually allowed Jaune to do that now as he, having been raised with seven sisters, was quite good at hair styling.

As she waited for Jaune to emerge from the bathroom, she resumed reading the old book. She looked at the front and found it interesting there was nothing 'official' in the beginning pages; no copyright or year of publication, no company names attached, nothing. Except for the name of the author; Peter Gordon Mueller.

She faintly heard the alarms from the other rooms going off, right before Jaune emerged from the bathroom, some fleeting steam wafting out as he came out to join her, clad only in his boxers as he went to retrieve his fresh set of clothes for the day. Pyrrha placed a bookmark within the old tome and sat it down on the bed as Jaune came over, getting behind her and wrapping his arms around her body, burying his face into the crook of her neck.

"Feeling better?" He asked, placing a soft kiss on her neck.

"Much better," She confirmed, smiling as she ran her right hand through his wavy set of sun-kissed hair, "You? I still feel bad about hurting you."

"Pyrrha relax, it's nothing," Jaune assured her, chuckling a bit as he pulled away from her. She twisted her body around, smiling at him as she watched him pull a t-shirt over his decently muscular body, which she admired with a dreamy look in her eyes before he covered it up.

Pyrrha turned back, offering her hair to Jaune, allowing him to put it in its usual ponytail for her. He expertly wrapped the hair tie around her freshly washed red locks, right on top of her head, "There you go."

"Now let me do you," Pyrrha insisted, she blushed at the unintentional double entendre and quickly clarified "Your hair, I mean! It's getting rather long and you did mention last week you'd like to tie it."

Jaune smiled at her, nodding, "Sure." He slid off the bed and sat on the floor in front of her, "Give me one of those warrior wolf tails, I think I'd look pretty good with that."

"Okay," Pyrrha said, taking an extra hair wrap and setting to work.

"So, how are you liking that dragon book you found?" He asked.

"Oh it's wonderful, Jaune! Hundreds of years ago, the author managed to get close to a community of dragons deep in Mistral's mountains and gain their trust when he saved some hatchlings from hunters. He observed them and came to understand how they function biologically!" Pyrrha said, excited as she worked with Jaune's hair, brushing it out first.

"How do you know it was hundreds of years ago?" The blond asked.

"Because it mentions only one great war and even makes references to Faunus slavery still being in practice, which became illegal in most areas after the King of Vale won the first Great War." Pyrrha explained.

"Wow, we're gonna have to ask how the Schnees got that book. So, how do dragons function?" Her loving partner inquired.

"Well, they mostly lived on large mammals like cows, bulls, boars, bears, deer, buffalo, elephants, but the most important part of their diet are limestones and gemstones. You see, the gemstones help grind up the limestone-"

"Like how birds use grit to grind up feed?" Jaune noted.

"Exactly! The limestone mixes with the stomach acids to create an excess amount of hydrogen, which are stored in small, otherwise useless organs that inflate like balloons. That, along with the power of the wings, allows a dragon to fly!" Pyrrha told him.

"Makes sense, what about the whole breathing fire?" Jaune inquired.

"Well, they expel excess air combined with natural gasses from their bodies, and they snap together special teeth to create sparks, which creates the fire breath! And done!" Pyrrha said as she finished.

Jaune stood up and walked into the bathroom to examine the new hairstyle, a well tied tail tanning from the base of his skull, "Nice! I love it, you did a spectacular job," He told her with a broad grin, making her blush.

"Thank you, happy I could return the favor. You do my hair so well." She replied, modest as ever.

"You can thank my sisters," Jaune laughed as he came over, "Does the book explain why there's no dragon bodies? Nothing stuffed and mounted in the academies, the museums or places like this? You'd think some hunter would want them stuffed and mounted.

"It does, actually," Pyrrha confirmed, taking up the book and flipping to find a certain page, showing an image of a dead dragon fading into a shower of fantastic embers, "When they die, their breath rushes out of their bodies and their teeth clench down, causing a chain reaction which ignites the entire body. Sadly, the dragons were an endangered species by the time this book was written, it's probably even worse now." She said glumly, "When Salem's predecessor captured them, bathed them in the spawning pits and turned them into the Wyvern Grimm. Whatever ones that remain must have died out by now."

Jaune gently took her hands and looked her in the eyes, "Hey, don't worry about it. I don't know how but…we'll find a way to save the Wyvern. Somehow, and maybe…maybe we can even find a way to restore it to its true form."

"You really think we could do it?" Pyrrha asked.

"Hey, we got you back, I managed to get away from death's door, the Schnees are letting Faunus refugees stay here, Nora and Ren got closure, you and me are together…pretty much anything is possible." Jaune told her.

Pyrrha's beautiful smile came back, bright as ever. She grabbed Jaune and kissed him passionately, which Jaune returned. "I don't think I'll ever get used to kissing you." Pyrrha whispered as she felt him caress her face.

"Neither will I, but I think that just makes it better." Jaune told her before kissing her again.

Pyrrha smiled happily before telling him "Everyone's alarms went off right before you came out, it's a safe bet they're awake."

"Well, Ren never misses his alarm, we should check in on them pretty soon." Jaune suggested.

The pair left their room and made the brief trip to the door of Ren and Nora's room. Knocking on the door prompted a quick answer from Ren, fresh out of the shower and already dressed in his casual clothes. He smiled at them, "Good morning you two, I trust you had a good sleep?"

"Yeah, we had a rude awakening because I suffered a pretty bad nightmare, but we're doing okay now," Pyrrha told him as he let them in, seeing Nora sitting on the bed, her smile even brighter than normal as she finished jogging in place, "We wanted to check in on you, make sure you're both all right after what you experienced yesterday."

"Huh, weird coincidence," Nora said as she stopped, "You had a nightmare, but I had my best dream in years!"

"Even better than the one where your bed was a giant stack of pancakes?" Jaune reminded her, laughing a bit.

Nora giggled before replying in her voice that was typically cheerful but strangely calmer; "Way better, nice new hairstyle by the way," She complimented before answering "I saw my parents in my dream."

Jaune and Pyrrha were taken aback by this, but quickly recovered, "That's wonderful!" Pyrrha said.

"Yeah, it makes sense, after finally obtaining closure and learning the truth about what happened, it only makes sense you'd dream about them. What happened?" Jaune inquired.

"Not much really. I was in this forest we went through before get got to Kuroyuri, a really pretty one in the spring with a big willow trees and pink flowers and there they were, just looking at me, smiling," Nora explained, "I did the first thing that popped into my head and just ran to them and they hugged me so tight, kissed me…I could feel their tears on my face. I looked up and I could tell by their faces and their eyes how happy they were to see me and how proud they were of me, how much they loved and missed me."

"Their spirits have every right to be proud of you. You are everything they could have hoped for in a daughter and more." Pyrrha told Nora as she hugged the shorter girl, who gladly hugged her back.

"Yeah," Said Jaune, smiling at Nora as he approached, "I think I speak for all of Team JNPR and even Team Beacon when I say we're all proud of you, Nora."

"Especially me," Ren added, looking at her with love in his eyes and a fond smile. He didn't need to say anymore to her, that look on his face was all Nora needed.

Nora smiled, she reached out, grabbing Ren and Jaune's hands and pulling them in for a group hug, which the orange-haired girl savored. "You know, even if my parents were criminals, I still love them with all my heart and I'll never stop missing them but now…I think I can finally let go, I can move on," Nora told them, "And that wouldn't be possible without you guys. I'm not an orphan anymore, neither are you, Renny! We haven't been since we became Team JNPR."

Ren smiled at her, his girlfriend could act very silly sometimes, but often she was the most insightful person he ever had the pleasure of knowing. "You're right. Jaune and Pyrrha, you're our family. I suppose all of Team Beacon is, even our teachers and the Arc family to an extent."

Pyrrha and Jaune couldn't have been happier with their friends' summation.

"We are a family. You all know how utterly alone I felt before I met you, you gave me the friendship and love I desire so badly," Pyrrha told them, squeezing the others tight with her considerable strength but careful not to overdo it, "I'm honored to call you part of my family."

"Same here, my family is big, but it could always stand to be bigger." Jaune said.

"Thanks guys, for everything. I love you all." Nora voiced, her voice so happy and earnest.

"And we love you," Ren assured her, gently taking hold of his girlfriend's hand and squeezing it.

"I'm so happy you could have such a dream, Nora, you truly needed it after what happened yesterday," Pyrrha remarked as they ended the hug.

"What about your dream?" Nora asked, "You mentioned you had a bad dream, right?"

Pyrrha nodded and, after some gentle prompting, explained what Ironwood had told them the other day, what her nightmare was like, though she spared Nora and Ren some of the dream's more gruesome details.

"Oh, Pyrrha!" Nora said, disturbed and saddened by what her teammate had suffered through. She quickly instigated another hug, hoping to comfort the girl who had become like a sister to her. Pyrrha couldn't help but feel a bit guilty for spoiling the mood.

"That's awful," Ren voiced, looking at her with sympathy as he placed a sympathetic hand on Pyrrha's shoulder, "If you ever need anything, we're all here for you."

"I don't doubt it, Ren. Thank you both," Pyrrha returned.

"You haven't had a bad dream like that in a while, think they'll ever go away?" Nora wondered.

Pyrrha shared a look with Jaune before letting out a small sigh, "I don't really know, but I think the best thing I can do is not let the fear control me. As long as I have support from all of you, I think I'll be okay." Pyrrha said, giving them a little smile.

"Are you sure?" Nora asked.

"With friends like you, how can I not be?" Pyrrha answered, "I'm sorry to have ruined your moment."

"Hey, you didn't," Nora assured her, "You're like a sister to me, Pyr, I just want to make sure you're all right."

"I feel the same," Ren spoke up, "I personally cannot imagine my life without the three of you. If anything like that were to happen to you two, I for one swear we wouldn't stop at anything until we got you back and found a way to restore you both."

"Right. We lost you once, Pyrrha and we nearly lost Jaune, we won't let anything like that ever happen again!" Nora swore as she tightened her hug, making Pyrrha gasp for air a little, "Oh, sorry!"

Pyrrha giggled a bit as she stepped away from Nora, "It's all right, I understand. I actually appreciate your affection, I suppose I need it after such a nightmare. Still, I'm happy you had such a good dream, and part of me doesn't think it was all a dream."

"What do you mean?" Jaune asked.

"Ah, I see," Said Ren, "You believe that their spirits may have actually visited Nora in her dreams, similar to how a part of your spirit was hidden within Jaune while you were brainwashed by Salem?"

"Yes, but I don't know if their spirits were bonded to Nora like mine was to Jaune," Pyrrha said, looking at Nora, "I'm not sure, and this is just conjecture, but I think that when you finally got Odinson to tell the truth about what happened to them and convinced him to confess what he knows, it was like you finally avenged them. That doesn't explain why Ren didn't have a dream about his parents, though."

"Or perhaps it was just a dream," Jaune said, "One brought on by finally figuring out the truth. Either one could be the case."

Nora nodded, "Yeah, maybe their spirits did visit me, maybe I just dreamed it, but at least now they can finally rest in peace. One thing's for sure, though, I know they'd love you guys, especially you, Renny."

"I hope they would." Ren remarked as Jaune and Pyrrha smiled at him.

"Oh, they definitely would, they'd have to be nuts not to like you!" Nora told him, laughing.

"Well, we just wanted to make sure you guys were okay. You good, Ren?" Jaune asked his teammate.

Ren nodded, "I had a good sleep, no dreams good or bad, nothing to complain about really." He answered, before looking at Pyrrha and asking "Are you sure you'll be okay after such a horrible nightmare, Pyrrha?"

She nodded, "Just a bad dream, as long as I have support from friends like you, I'll be okay."

"So I guess you'll always be okay, because we'll always be here to support you." Nora promised her honorary sister, giving the taller girl a bright smile.

Pyrrha smiled, "I know, and I'll always cherish that."

"We'll always cherish each other," Jaune told his teammates before adding "See you at breakfast!" as he and Pyrrha left the room, allowing Ren and Nora to get prepared for the day ahead.

Ruby came out of the bathroom, the sleep freshly cleaned from her silver eyes and clad in a clean tank top and a dark red skirt over a pair of gym shorts. She found Penny practicing combat moves, with jabs and high kicks that would definitely be enough to knock the average opponent down.

"Ah, that feels a lot better. Have a good sleep, Penny?" She asked.

The android nodded, giving her friend her typical bright smile, "Indeed I did, Ruby! Fully recharged and functioning at optimal capacity. I trust you had a good night's rest too?"

"Yeah, pretty good sleep, no dreams but I'll take it," Ruby told her, "We need to get as much rest as we can, so we'll be ready for the mission ahead."

"Correct!" Penny agreed as she followed Ruby out of their room, seeing Team CFVY passing by, all wearing casual clothes like sleeveless shirts, t-shirts, sweatpants, shorts, etc…

"Morning Ruby, Penny," Coco greeted as she passed them, her sunglasses off and her hair, as always, nearly brushed with the streak of blonde hanging over one eye.

Yatsuhashi and Fox, never ones to talk too much, simply nodded at them, the larger of the two young men giving a small smile, which Penny and Ruby returned.

"Good morning guys, sleep well?" Ruby asked.

"Most of us did," Yatsuhashi replied, glancing down at his petite Faunus girlfriend, who let out a rather loud yawn. Velvet quickly covered her mouth, blushing a bit.

"Oh my! Excuse me," The Rabbit Faunus offered.

"Don't worry about it, your yawns are nothing compared to Yang's, she sounds like a bear when she yawns." Ruby said, making Velvet chuckle.

"Someone say my name?" Came the voice of Ruby's elder sister as she stepped out of the room she shared with Blake, "Morning everyone."

"Morning," Everyone returned, with Fox and Yatsuhashi walking on. The two nodded a greeting to Blake, who returned the nod, smiling at the two who she had a bit of a bond with due to their shared enjoyment of peace and quiet.

"Morning, Yang. Have a good night?" Ruby asked.

Yang responded with a grin, she wrapped her remaining organic arm around her little sister, "Ruby, last night was the best sleep I've had in ages! I can't remember the last time I woke up in such a good mood!" The Blonde Brawler announced, briefly glancing at her partner.

Blake blushed, something which didn't escape Coco and Velvet's attention. Coco gave the partners a wry wink and a knowing grin while Velvet blushed, but still gave Blake a smile that practically said 'congratulations'. Ruby and Penny, however, didn't seem to catch on to the lewd implication or intentionally ignored it.

"Well, that's great," Ruby said, smiling brightly at her sister, "These beds are doing wonders for us, huh? Once we set out for those Relics, Salem won't know what hit her!"

"Dang right she won't!" Yang agreed, hugging her little sister. "One look at her with those eyes of yours and we're going to scare her into hiding in the deepest, darkest pit of Remnant!"

Ruby grinned, "I hope so, Yang, I really do."

They made their way to Schnee Manor's main dining room, where Weiss, Teams JNPR and SSSN, Qrow, Sharp Strike, Amethyst and Heliosia were already seated, casually speaking amongst themselves as they waited for breakfast to arrive.

"Morning everyone," Ruby greeted, getting a chorus of "Good morning,"s aimed at her and the other new arrivals. Yang and Blake immediately made eye contact with Sun, who grinned a huge, happy-as-can-be smile at them as he attempted a casual wave. Qrow smiled at his nieces as he downed his warm mug of coffee.

Pyrrha smiled brightly at Ruby as she passed her by, while Penny sat next to the Spartan. "Good morning, Ruby, Penny, good to see you're all right." Pyrrha said.

"What do you mean by that?" Penny inquired, tilting her head and sharing a questioning look with Ruby.

"I just had a bad dream last night, I'd explain but quite frankly it might be too upsetting and after everything we've been through, I don't want to trouble you with it. Right now I'm just happy to be here with you all." Pyrrha told them.

Ruby smiled back at the redhead, "We're happy to have you here, Pyrrha."

"Indeed we are!" Penny agreed.

"Take it from me kid," Qrow spoke up, "Bad dreams are part of a Hunter's life, it;s just something we have to put up with."

"How do you deal with it?" Jaune asked.

"Just rethink the dream afterwards, imagine myself in control," Qrow explained, "That helps, so try that."

"Thanks, we will." Pyrrha said, as many of the group's members took notice of Jaune's new hairstyle.

"Hey, nice hairstyle, Jaune," Coco commented.

"Thanks, Pyrrha did it for me," Said Jaune, smiling at his girlfriend, "I've been saying for a while that a warrior's wolf tail would look good on me."

"It does suit you, I must admit," Velvet said, giggling a little.

"You wear it better than I would." Fox remarked, smirking just a little.

"Honestly I liked it better with just the messy hair," Amethyst said, "Gave you a handsome stable boy look, like on the cover of those cheesy romance books."

"Hey, as long as its not cut down," Remarked Neptune, "I get the feeling that if your hair got cut down enough it'd look like a bunch of bananas."

"Yeah, that's what my sisters said when I got my last haircut a few years ago," Jaune admitted, much to the amusement of the others.

Ruby went to sit next to Weiss, who was at the head of the table. "Morning, partner. Get a good night's rest?"

"Morning, Ruby. Yes, I had no trouble getting to sleep last night after everything we went through yesterday," Weiss told her partner before addressing the others, "I'm afraid my father and sister won't be joining us this morning. They had to leave to make the final arrangements for the refugees and some more press conferences, as well as deal with the fallout from the revelation about Crawford."

Everyone nodded, "I hope they'll be okay," Velvet said softly.

"I wouldn't worry about it, Velvet," Said Neptune, "From what I've seen the Schnees are pretty hard working and they're determined to make this work. We'll have to chip in tomorrow, but I'm pretty confident this'll work. So, how bad of a hit your company's P.R. took?"

"Honestly? Hard to tell just how bad, but according to my father, our invitation to the refugees, along with my pleading for forgiveness and everything we managed to do yesterday went a long way to mitigate a lot of major damage our public image might have taken otherwise. Thank the Brothers and Sisters," Weiss told them, "The stocks dropped quite a bit, but nowhere near as bad as initially feared. It's going to take a lot of hard work and donations, but eventually we'll make our family's image into something to be proud of."

"Well, sounds like the S.D.C.'s crisis has been mostly averted." Fox commented as he sat down.

"Not totally, my father and our company's employees are having to deal with a lot of backlash, some resignations due to the scandal, negotiating and mending relations with a few companies Crawford made relations with, as many of them were outraged upon discovering his crimes. Hopefully everything will work out just fine, but if not, the S.D.C. is no stranger to surviving scandals, backlash or hardships." Weiss replied.

"Well, it's good to see you're remaining optimistic about all this," Pyrrha said to Weiss before she brought up the book, "Weiss, this book you allowed me to borrow last night, I think the information on dragons in here is very accurate, the author claims to have actually lived among some of the last dragons. Do you have any idea where this book came from?"

Weiss thought about it as she looked at the book as Pyrrha opened it up for her to look at some of the masterfully done sketches of dragons, "Hm, it's always been in the library for as long as I can remember and to be quite honest the drawings frightened me a little when I was young," Weiss explained, shooting Yang a nasty look when the blonde cooed, "You'd have to ask Winter, my father or Klein about it, they'd be more knowledgeable about it than I would."

As if on cue, Klein came out of the doorway that led to the kitchen and announced "Breakfast will soon be served."

"Thank you, Klein," Weiss and several others said, "Pyrrha has a question you might be able to answer."

Pyrrha got up, the book of dragons gripped in one hand, "I was curious about this book on dragons Weiss allowed me to borrow from the library. Since you've been in this house before Weiss was even born, I was thinking perhaps you might have some insight on where it came from?" She asked, showing the book to him.

Klein looked at it, "Ah yes, I remember this book, I've read through it a time or two, quite fascinating stuff. It belonged to Madame Gwyneth's family, from what I recall her father purchased it on a whim for a low price in an old book shop about fifty to sixty years ago, it became one of Madame Gwyneth's favorites." He explained.

"Hm, I don't suppose she would have known anything about its author?" Pyrrha inquired.

"I doubt it, Miss Pyrrha, but if she did she never mentioned such information to me." Klein informed her.

Pyrrha nodded, "I see, thanks anyway."

"You're quite welcome, Miss." He said, bowing a little before returning to the kitchen as Pyrrha returned to her seat.

"Well, it was worth a shot." Jaune remarked.

"What's up?" Amethyst asked, "That book any good?"

"I'd say it's very good," Pyrrha answered, showing off the detailed artwork within the tome, "I don't know since the Wyvern was obviously a corrupted dragon, but it just…it just feels accurate. Like this is what dragons were really like."

"I suppose we'll take your word for it," Remarked Heliosia, "Not like any of us have had any real contact with dragons, after all."

Heliosia couldn't help but notice Sharp Strike stiffened slightly as he lanced at Pyrrha. It was hard to tell what the Knight Errant was thinking behind that helmet, but it didn't escape the Summer Maiden's attention.

"What do you think, Uncle Qrow?" Ruby asked, "You know anything about dragons?"

"Not much, only old legends and a handful of rumors that probably aren't true. Fact is I never put much thought into dragons, you kids probably know more than me." Qrow told them before he glanced over at his older niece.

Blake kept glancing between Yang and Sun, both of whom were glancing at each other and at her with big, happy smiles on their faces. The Cat Faunus blushed, knowing they weren't exactly being subtle, but she couldn't help but look at the blonde pair after the incredible night they had shared together. Suddenly her scroll rang out, she quickly took it out and looked at the news alert about a conference on Menagerie that had happened while they slept.

"Looks like Uncle Ghira held the press conference to address the mess with Crawford," Blake announced to the others, not noticing the slight smile on Qrow's face.

"Let's hope it helps to assuage some fears and anger the Faunus population might have against the S.D.C.," Weiss voiced as she took out her own scroll and connected it to the wall-mounted tv screen on the left side of the table behind Teams SSSN and CFVY.

Ghira appeared on the screen, flanked by Kali and his assistant Hans, along with a few other Faunus officials and some representatives from Atlas as well as Helga Sigrun, a young executive who was a newer member of the S.D.C.'s board of directors, who had been dispatched to Menagerie yesterday as a sign of goodwill from Willow.

"I can only say that I truly believe that Willow Schnee is honest about wanting to atone for the sins of the past, especially when he could have easily buried them and the public at large would be none the wiser. Because my niece is on the same Huntress team with his daughter, I have met the man, even spent Winter Solstice with him, and I can tell that despite a long history of prejudice and elitism, there is a good man at the head of the S.D.C., one who wants to make up for the past and for that I am grateful. I know many of my fellow Faunus, both on Menagerie and throughout the rest of Remnant, especially those in Atlas, are outraged over the atrocity that Alan Crawford and his cohorts committed and rightfully so, but I implore you not to take any vigilante action or riot. I have spoken with General Ironwood and Willow Schnee who filled me in on the details themselves and they assured me that the deplorable men behind these horrors are in custody and are being held in a decidedly un-luxurious cell.

"And, as the Schnee family themselves announced yesterday, they will allow both Faunus and human families affected by the Grimm attacks to stay within the family mansion until the crisis has passed and the villages and towns can be rebuilt. I was just as surprised as any of you when my daughter told me about this, but I am also very happy that Mr. Schnee is taking such drastic steps to improve not only his company's image but the reputation of his family amongst our people. I know some of you, maybe even most of you, are skeptical of his newfound generosity, which is understandable given his family history, but I ask you to give the Schnees a chance. I know how crazy it sounds, I mean if you told me a year or two ago that the Schnees would offer Faunus families sanctuary in their manor, I would have laughed.

"Now, however, I see it as a sign of the times changing, of people changing for the better. I know it may be hard, but I think we should forgive Willow Schnee and let go of our resentment for him and his forefathers. My niece Blake is thoroughly convinced that Willow Schnee is changing for the better and that he had no knowledge of the terrible Mt. Ausz tragedy prior to Adam Taurus telling her and her friends about it. It was Schnee's daughter who helped show their father the error of his ways, and my wife and I believe that's what's important here; children.

"Our children and those younger than our own children who don't yet understand prejudice or the troubled history between our races, and hopefully won't have to. We owe to this young generation, who found it within themselves to overcome the mistakes of the past, mistakes made by both humanity and Faunus kind, to try and move on from the past, avoid old mistakes and make Remnant a better place for those yet to come. We must do it, so the children of the future will not have to live with the barriers and hardships we have had to.

"The S.D.C. is trying to help us do just that, as Willow Schnee has sent a member of the company's board of directors, Miss Helga Sigrun to supply us with Atlesian Knights and weapons for defense against Grimm as well as Dust, permitted to go past the current embargo by General Ironwood himself. These are hands offering to help our kind and we would be foolish to turn them down. So while I understand some of you might be skeptical of the Schnees' newfound charitable side, I feel the need to remind you that Willow Schnee's late wife Gwyneth was murdered by Faunus extremists, so for him to let go of such a deep-seated grudge against our kind is nothing short of extraordinary. Again, the Belladonna family begs you, my fellow Faunus, to let go of old hate and grab hold of a better future.

"Sorry if this went on too long, I didn't mean to preach." Ghira finally finished, eliciting a few laughs from the crowd of journalists or Menagerie citizens who were in attendance.

"That was the scene at Menagerie last night, Atlas time, or during the day for them," Said Chelsea Cobalt, a young news commentator and the daughter of the veteran Atlesian newsman Chester Cobalt, "Governor Ghira Belladonna is accepting the hand of friendship offered by Willow Schnee of the S.D.C. to set an example for his fellow Faunus to put aside the history of bad blood and accept the charity the Schnee family is now offering them. According to an official statement from a company spokesman, over two-hundred-and-fifty people, human and Faunus, will be permitted to stay inside of the renowned Schnee Manor, some will even be offered jobs."

Weiss muted the tv, as she glanced at Blake, smiling as Ruby said "Wow, that was a great speech."

"One worthy of applause." Yatsuhashi agreed.

"Man, no wonder they elected your uncle as governor." Scarlet commented to Blake.

"He actually tried to get Aunt Kali to run, but she knew he would be a stronger leader. Plus she felt her time was better spent raising me after I lost my parents." Blake explained, a twinge of sadness in her voice as she brought up her late parents, but was quickly comforted by the loving and sympathetic looks from Yang and Sun.

"Well, she did a great job," Ruby complimented, just as Qrow's scroll went off. He looked at the message he had received and looked up at the assortment of students before him.

"It's from Oz, he says he and Glynda want to speak with you kids after breakfast, they say it's about time you caught up with your schoolwork and to work out whatever you need sent here to keep while you're on the mission." He told them.

Just then, Klein opened the door so a parade of servants carrying in breakfast trays could finally bring Team Beacon their morning meal.

---

After breakfast, Team Beacon moved to one of the manor's living rooms, a large television was mounted on the wall surrounded by several taxidermized heads of animals like moose, deer and lions, trophies from Schnee men long past. Weiss and Penny managed to make a connection between the manor and Beacon Academy, allowing Headmaster Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch to appear on the screen.

"Good morning everyone. It's good to see you're all doing well. Good work on bringing those loathsome retches to justice yesterday." Glynda congratulated them.

"Indeed, justice will come down on those three like a hammer," Agreed Ozpin, "Yet again Team Beacon has proven itself to be a credit to its namesake."

"Aw, go on," Coco said with a smile as she leaned into the sofa she sat on with her team.

"We're happy to do anything we can to help make Remnant a better place," Ruby spoke up.

"And it truly will be with those three put away," Weiss remarked.

"Very true, Miss Schnee, and we're also very proud of your charity work," Glynda added, smiling slightly at her students, "But, you still have your studies to attend to."

"Our fellow Professors have recorded lectures for you to listen to today, followed by homework assignments for you all to work on through your scrolls."

"So…how much do we have?" Sage asked, his voice clearly nervous.

"Let's just say you're going to be very busy," Glynda answered, "We're sending them to your scrolls now."

"Heliosia, Amethyst and Sharp Strike," Ozpin began, looking towards the three, "Since the three of you have already graduated, or have passed what training the Knights have for you, Sharp Strike, we were wondering if you'd be willing to accept positions as teachers' assistant to help the rest of Team Beacon with their lessons."

"Why can't Uncle Qrow do it? He's a teacher," Yang pointed out.

"I'm afraid that while Professor Branwen is a highly capable combat and weapons instructor, he's sadly lacking in other areas." Glynda explained before looking at the three eldest members of the team, "So, do you accept?"

"Of course," Heliosia answered brightly, "I'd be more than happy to help them."

"Eh, can we just give 'em the answers and get it over with?" Amethyst asked, earning a stern look of disapproval from Glynda, "Joking! Just joking, Professor! I'll help, but don't expect me to snitch on any cheaters."

Glynda sighed while Ozpin managed a smile, "I suppose we can depend on you two to keep an eye on her as well?" He asked the Summer Maiden and the Knight Errant.

Sharp Strike nodded and Heliosia, repressing a giggle over Amethyst's antics, replied "Yes, sir."

"Very good. We expect these assignments back by the weekend. We are also going to be spending a courier ship to bring you anything you might need but left behind here at the Academy. Clothes for the cold there or any hot regions where the Relics might be." Ozpin told the group.

"And if there is anything personal or private any of you may need, we'd ask the rest of you to leave the room so anyone needing anything they'd rather not share with the others can have privacy." Glynda finished.

Pyrrha and Jaune looked at each other, deciding now was as good a time as any to bring up the trigger words Ironwood had tested on them.

"Uh, actually, Professors, we have something we need to say to everyone," Jaune spoke up as they stood, "Did General Ironwood tell you about our little meeting with him and Ace Ops yesterday?"

Everyone seemed surprised and a bit confused. Glynda and Ozpin shared a look, "Yes, he did inform us of that incident, Jaune," Ozpin confirmed, "And from your rather brazen mentioning of it front of your friends, I gather you and Pyrrha don't wish to keep them in the dark about it?"

The Guardians of the Aura Crystal both nodded, "After everything we've been through together, it wouldn't be right."

Ozpin and Glynda shared another look, there was a brief silence between the two. Ozpin nodded and Glynda looked back, "Very well. I suppose with everything you've all been privy to thus far, it can't hurt knowing about that as well. If James has any issues with it, we shall deal with it." She told her students.

"Uh, what's up?" Ruby asked her friends.

Jaune and Pyrrha spent the next few minutes explaining what General Ironwood had told them the previous day about the trigger words of 'pawn' and 'destiny' in a little spoken language that had been recovered from a computer belonging to Arthur Watts just before it self-destructed and how they had been the prime suspects for the trigger words' intended targets, given their situation as Grimm Hybrids but the words had absolutely no effect on them.

"Wow, that sounds like really bad news." Coco voiced, leaning forward, steepling her hands together as she considered this new information.

"No kidding, but at the very least they're not in danger of falling under Salem's control again." Sage.

"That still leaves us with quite the sinister mystery; what or who are those words for?" Sharp Strike put forth.

"That is something for we Guardians and the Remnant Knights to discover," Ozpin told them, "For now, we must savor the comfort that Jaune and Pyrrha aren't the ones at risk."

Everyone nodded, "Thanks for coming clean with this, guys," Velvet told the couple, "You could have kept it hidden from us like General Ironwood told you to, but instead you told us the truth."

"Yes, it shows that you truly trust us, thank you." Yatsuhashi added.

"You've all earned our trust, and we hope we've earned yours." Jaune replied.

"You have," Ruby assured them, smiling at them brightly, which warmed the young couple's hearts.

"So relax, we're your friends," Sun assured them, "And even if something did happen to you, do you honestly think we'd stop at anything to get you back?"

"No way," Yang chimed in, "Our little assault on their Haven facility was enough, but I think I speak for all of us when I say we'd still go in guns-a-blazin' and blades-a-swingin' to save you."

"Darn right we would!" Penny exclaimed confidently.

Pyrrha beamed, feeling so happy she felt almost like she could cry. "Thank you everyone, it really means a lot to us." She told them.

"Hey, it's okay," Ruby assured her, "We're here for each other because teams like us aren't just partners, we're family."

Ozpin and Glynda smiled at Team Beacon's second youngest member proudly, "Well said, Miss Rose," The silver-haired headmaster remarked.

"Ugh, so cheesy." Fox groaned.

"But very true," Velvet said, lightly slapping him on the shoulder, making the white-eyed young man crack a smile while some of the others laughed.

Ren, smiling, glanced over at the chuckling Maidens and a memory popped into his mind.

"Well, now that Jaune and Pyrrha have gotten that off their chests, I think we should bring something else to your attention." He spoke up, walking forward a little.

"What is it, Ren?" Jaune asked.

"I just remembered that little conversation we had shortly after we discovered what happened to the Winter Maiden, Pyrrha ran off and we went to comfort her, during this Jaune had an epiphany about the conflict with Salem," Ren began.

"Oh yeah! Jaune realized Salem's never actually taken part in any of the battles, even though she probably could have wiped us out at Haven or Vacuo!" Nora.

Ozpin and Glynda looked at one another again, their expressions far more serious this time.

"What about Elsa?" Amethyst asked, her tone dry and serious, "She was personally involved there."

"Yet Cinder was the one doing the bulk of the fighting. What if Salem only entered the battle once she felt victory was assured?" Pyrrha offered.

"Well, her opponent was a Maiden, perhaps she didn't want to risk it," Blake suggested, "And as for Haven, maybe she was scared of Ruby's powers and that's why she didn't engage us there."

"Salem had a metal shield built into the walls flanking her throne at Haven, a way of protecting herself from Ruby's silver eyes at Haven, during the duel between Jaune and Fotia," Ozpin said, "But you're correct in your observation that she doesn't like to be personally involved in a conflict if she can avoid it."

"Why?" Weiss asked, "If she's really as powerful as we've been led to believe, she could have annihilated us at Haven or during the White Fang mission."

"The point being?" Sharp Strike asked, somewhat intrigued.

"Our point is, what would happen if we go public with the truth about Salem?" Pyrrha asked, "It would give everyone, all the kingdoms, humans and Faunus, something to unite against."

"Hey, maybe they've got a point," Said Coco as she stood up, placing her hand under her chin and her other on her hip as she thought, "Salem's the Grimm Queen, right? So fear and anger and all negative emotions probably make her stronger. Maybe she's afraid of uniting the rest of the world against her and that's why she hasn't exposed herself by now."

"It is a little odd she's used underlings like Cinder Fall and Tyrian Callows to lead attacks thus far," Heliosia commented, "Someone like her would doubtlessly be incredibly powerful and have an ego-"

"One even bigger than Cinder's," Coco agreed, "But it's a safe bet you and the other Guardians of Remnant have already considered this right?"

Ozpin sighed, "Indeed we have, Miss Adel. I wish we could vanquish Salem by exposing her to the world like a vampire from the old legends to the sunlight, but it is sadly not as simple as that."

"Because you don't really know for sure what would happen if you did, right?" Penny guessed.

"Very perceptive, Penny. Many have considered going public with Salem, but the consequences of that knowledge might be catastrophic," Glynda told her students, "Especially those who would be demanding answers as to why the councils and we headmasters had withheld the truth from them."

"Yeah, I remember how crazy things got after Beacon fell and the truth about the Maidens got out." Neptune commented.

"Ugh, tell me about it," Amethyst grunted, not looking back on that time fondly.

"Yes, the reaction to the fact that the Maidens were real caused enough damage to our credibility and public trust in us, we've slowly been gaining it back but then the attacks on Atlas and Vacuo happened and the Knights were forced to reveal themselves. Things are already tense enough as it is, with tensions between the kingdoms; anger towards Mistral over its lack of disasters, anger towards Atlas over the embargo. If we tell them about Salem it could make things even worse, give her the boost she needs, so to speak.

"I suppose that's a valid point," Ren admitted, "People would doubtlessly be afraid of her and angry at her, all that fear and anger could possibly make her stronger and possibly make the masses easier targets for the Grimm."

"Exactly, Ren. I admit there is a good chance that ousting Salem to the public could be a great boon to us, but it could also be an equally great boon for her. She also knows that she could strike fear into the entire world or unite the world against her, she can't risk the latter just like we cannot allow the fate of the world for something that is practically a coin toss." Ozpin told the group.

"A real double-edged sword, huh?" Jaune surmised, crossing his arms as he looked down at his feet, feeling a bit embarrassed that he had even thought of it.

"Just when we think we've found an advantage, it gets snatched away." Nora muttered bitterly.

"Don't feel too bad, the thought of revealing Salem to the world has occurred to all of us in the Guardians of Remnant at some time or another," Glynda reassured Team JNPR, "If it's any consolation, it's very likely she has as well, but holds back because she knows that if she did there'd be too many variables beyond her control, which she doubtlessly wishes to avoid. Besides, the translators are hard at work on the scrolls, and should have them fully transcribed by the end of the week."

"And then its Relic Quest time!" Ruby said, her voice confident and hopeful. She looked at Team JNPR, "Sorry guys, but hey, at least you thought of something and it was worth suggesting."

Jaune and his team smiled at her. "Thank you, Ruby," Pyrrha said.

"If you'll excuse me, I have other duties to attend to. Have a good day, Team Beacon." Ozpin wished them before his hologram dissipated.

"Now, do any of you have anything you'd need to ask me privately about?" Glynda asked, "The rest of you may send me lists of the items you need on my professional mail account."

"I'm fine, just tell dad me and Yang love and miss him." Ruby said, while Jaune, Velvet, Neptune and Sage all raised up their hands, earning raised eyebrows and amused looks from a few of the others.

They took their turns asking for certain things they needed. As Jaune left the room to give Sage his turn, Pyrrha eyed him a little, "What exactly do you need from Beacon?" She asked.

He smiled at her, "Oh, you'll find out. Eventually." He answered cryptically with a teasing smile.

This chapter was co-written and edited by Relentless Crusader

I hope you SunnyBees fans are happy that our favorite romantic trio finally got a chance to indulge in carnal pleasures and I hope I succeeded in pulling off a lemon that showed the love between the three was equal. I was originally going to have this lemon occur much later on in the story, but I decided that after all they've been through and the crazy stuff that will be happening in the future, it would probably be a good idea to give them their chance to make love here.

What's Jaune planning? What does the Obsidian Protocol entail? You'll find out. Eventually!

The explanation for how a dragon could biologically function was heavily influenced by the film Flight of Dragons, with the author's name being inspired by the names of the various writers.

So sorry about the delay, but luckily the next few chapters are pretty much done and should be up very soon, after some revisions.

Next Time: The Refugees move in, the team remember they have schoolwork to do and Salem makes a discovery about the young Wyvern.