Hello everyone, how are you doing? Is anyone else tired as hell from dealing with people who shouldn't be in charge? I got you all a new chapter, and it's extra long this time, so enjoy it. Also, the Q is the next chapter.

Pyrrha sighed softly as she held her scroll in her hand. She was in her hotel room contemplating if she should talk to Ashley and see if they could discuss what happened during the tournament. More accurately, what Ashley had done durning it. Pyrrha stared at her phone, seemingly trying to build up her courage, only to stop as she got a notification on an app she had never seen before. Unfortunately, she didn't get to read much of it before the app opened, which let her enter what looked like a chat room.

Ashie: *So I thought we should go out and make that sandwich from the show Blue likes.*

Zefyrus: *I don't know. I don't want to try a sandwich with a mix of lobster soul, eggs, pickles, and a bird from a window.*

Ashie: *I'm going to change it. I'll transform the lobster into a type of mayo and get a clean bird from the market.*

Zefyrus: *I don't know if that's better or worse.*

Inky: *Why are we talking here instead of speaking to each other?*

Ashley: *I'm in the bathroom. The shower feels so much better than Altus.*

User 8008: *Ummm, Hello there?*

Ashie: *...*

Ashie: *Who dis?*

User 8008: *It's Pyrrha.*

Ashie: *...*

Ashie: *@Holo OI, DID YOU INVITE HERE TO OUR CHAT ROOM? THERE'S CLASSIFIED SHIT HERE!*

User 8008: *Wait. What!?*

Holo: *Ashley, this is a different chat room.*

Ashie: *Oh... why didn't you warn us? I think Zef is calling Ironwood about a hacker.*

Holo: *I warned General Ironwood already. He approved this as long as you don't tell anyone in the other chat room about the classified text.*

Inky: *Wait, that stuff is classified? I thought that was just where we went to play games and talk and where Ashley kept the recipes she stole/made.*

Ashie: *Oi! I didn't steal shit! Also, it had other shit.*

User 8008: *I can go if you need me to.*

Ashie: *Na, it's okay. We're just planning for dinner. Want to join us? We were going to do some shopping first before we made dinner. Since it's our last day here.*

Aphrodite: *Oh, I would like to, but I don't want to impose on you.*

Aphrodite: *Oh my name changed!*

Ashie: *Na, it's okay; we're having trouble picking anyway. Besides, I would like to spend it with a friend.*

Aphrodite: *Ummm, okay, what were you talking about earlier?*

Ashie: *Oh, I'll send you the recipe. So, Holo, are you adding anyone else?*

Holo: *Just Nora and Ren for now.*

Ashie: *Add them. It will be nice to have more people to talk to here who aren't going on about boring stuff like "balance" or "reasons why I can't go to the CCT and upgrade it." We all know I can make it better!*

Aphrodite: *I'm sorry?*

Zefyrus: *God dammit, not this again. Ashley, that will cause a war!*

Ashie: *We don't know that until we try!*

Zefyrus: *...*

Zefyrus: *@Inky. Never mind, do what you were planning to do.*

Inky: *YAY :3.*

Ashie: *Wait, what was Blue planning?*

Aphrodite: *What was he planning?*

Pyrrha waited for someone to reply, and luckily, she got a reply from Zef. It was a video of him following Blue as he quietly carried a ladder and a bucket of ice water. Blue slowly climbs up the ladder after placing it by the shower. Once he reached the top, he poured the ice water over the shower along with the bucket, and what followed was a loud shriek and Blue laughing.

"What's what you get for calling me a mascot and trying to start wars!" Blue yelled as he turned into a Blue squid before running off. Zef turned to ensure the camera followed him as Ashley suddenly came charging out of the shower, somehow fully dressed but soaking wet.

"Get back here, ya shit!"

"Never! You deserved it!" Blue yelled before jumping as Ashley tried to grab him; all the while, Zef was laughing softly as the video ended.

As Pyrrha stared at the screen, she couldn't help but gaze at Ashley, noticing she was just in purple shorts and a gray t-shirt. However, what got her eyes was the scars that covered her exposed skin. All of it was either medical scars or battle scars, though she noticed a lot of scars that could only be seen on her arm that could only be formed by a needle.

Puncake: *HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD THAT WAS GREAT!*

Magic Aura Man: *Nora. It wasn't that funny.*

Puncake: *Oh my gods. LOOK AT MY NAME! ITS PERFECT!*

Holo: *I'm glad you like it, Nora.*

Inky: *Help! Ashley is going to crush me with her big butt.*

Ashie: *What did you say? Stay still already, and I will make you learn how badly you screwed up!*

Aphrodite: *Will Blue be okay?*

Aphrodite: *Also, why are they typing while running around?*

Zefyrus: *Yeah, he will be fine. And text-to-speech.*

Puncake: *Wait, Blue's a boy?*

Zefyrus: *Yeah... you guys didn't know?*

Magic Aura Man: *I didn't, though I guess it doesn't help when he dresses feminine and has feminine features.*

Inky: *I think I'm safe. I'm hidden.*

Puncake: *Where are you?*

Inky: *I'M NOT SAYING WHERE I AM!*

Inky: *She'll find me if she knows where I am.*

Inky: *I might as well draw a map at that point.*

Puncake: *Come on, give us a hint.*

Ashie: *Here's a hint. Under my bed.*

Puncake: *...*

Magic Aura Man: *I think she found him.*

Puncake: *I think I can hear his scream from here.*

Ashie: *I GOT THE LITTLE SHIT!*

Inky: *HELP! HELP!*

Zefyrus: *Well, I'm going to stop this before it gets out of hand. Mind meeting up at the market over by A113 Street in an hour?*

Magic Aura Man: *We'll meet you there.*

Puncake: *I want pancakes for dessert!*

Aphrodite: *Sure, I'll be there soon.*

Zefyrus: *Okay, see you all there then.*

Inky: *HELP!!!*

-One hour later.-

Pyrrha had arrived at the market a few minutes earlier than Zef had planned, so she was forced to wait. Luckily, she didn't have to stay long as she noticed Nora and Ren were walking over to her. She smiled and waved to them, glad she had the foresight to tie her hair into a bun and hide it under a hat she bought, along with an oversized hoodie and a long black skirt that went down to her knees and wireframe sunglasses.

"Hey, Pyrrha!" Nora yelled before Ren covered her mouth as some of the crowd started to look around for the warrior. After a while, everyone thought it was a false alarm, so they returned to doing what they were doing.

"Nora, you can't scream her name out in public," Ren said as he slowly took his hand off Nora's mouth, ready to cover it again quickly.

"Hello again," Pyrrha smiled as she waved at them, not seeing Zef and Blue walking up to them.

"Hi!" Blue smiled as a girl with one arm, blue waist-length hair, rabbit ears, and red eyes, with a white and blue jacket under a black t-shirt, dark gray dress pants, and brown boots followed behind them.

"What's up?" The blue-haired girl said in Ashley's voice, startling Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren. (Though the man didn't react to it.) "What? Never seen someone that can change so much in such little time?"

"How did you..." Pyrrha started, only for Ashley to cut her off.

"It's a wig and contacts. Why are you so surprised about that?"

"I just was caught off guard since you look so different," Pyrrha said before looking away.

"Hehe, thank you. I've been working on this for a while now. Glad to see it working and no one noticing who I am." Ashley said with a smile as she looked around. "So we're picking a group and splitting up, right?"

"Yep. Ashley, go with Pyrrha. Blue, you go with Ren and Nora."

"Wait, what about you?" Blue asked as he looked up at Zef.

"I'll be keeping an eye on Ashley. She would probably do something dumb and get a tattoo while she's here. Besides your charge of entertainment tonight, Ashley needs to get the ingredients for dinner... Did we agree on something?"

"No. I'm having trouble thinking since we either tried the food at restaurants or I hand-made it myself." Ashley said to him.

"Oh! What about calamari? We haven't tried that yet." Blue said, making Ashley and Zef stare at him, now worried.

Zefyrus: *We should tell him.*

Ashie: *You tell him! I'm not saying shit!*

Zefyrus: *I'm not saying anything either!*

"No... the calamari isn't that good here. You have to go south for some good calamari." Nora said, giving Zef and Ashley some breathing room.

Ashie: *... Later?*

Zefyrus: *Later.*

"Okay, well, how about some of the Rose family meat and cheese?" Ashley asked with a soft smile.

"Meat and cheese?" Nora asked while turning her head.

"It's just Mac and Cheese with ground-up hamburger. But Ashley likes to add mashed potatoes and a salad to the side." Zef added.

"Yeah, it's pretty good, so how about we split up and do our shopping? I'm also planning to get a change of clothes. I'm tired of people thinking I'm a part of Roman's gang."

"Okay, let's go," Blue said with a smile before walking off in one direction with Nora and Ren while Ashley, Zef, and Pyrrha went the other.

After a while, Ashley noticed a clothes store. Pyrrha and she went in while Zef stayed behind waiting for them. He turned to an alley when he heard a small cry from an animal. Walking over to it, he stopped as a small rabbit came out and hid behind him.

"What the?"

Before he could ask anything else, a small group of people came running from the alley, only to stop in front of him.

"Can I help you all with something?" Zef asked as the bunny peaked out from behind his legs, just as one person on the ground noticed it.

"Yeah, we want that rabbit behind you there." One of the goons said to Zef. With a sigh, he grabbed his wallet and pulled out a 200 Lein card before throwing it to them.

"There, take it and get something else to eat," Zef said before the same Goon started to change at him, screaming.

"Screw the money! I need that rabbit, or the boss will kill me!" Just before the Goon could reach the rabbit, Zef grabbed him by the head and threw it to the ground, knocking the man out.

"So, does anyone want to try something dumb like that?" Once, Zef said that another one of the goons charged him with a knife. With a swift kick, Zef knocks the knife out of the man's hand and into the ceiling above him before kicking him in the face, launching him away and knocking him out as another ran up from behind him with a chain in his hand. Without looking as the man swung the chain at him, Zef grabbed it and wrapped it around his arm. With a hard tug, Zef pulled the chain to him and forced the goon's arm to be dislocated. Before he could do anything else, the last of the group pulled out a revolver from his coat and pulled the trigger back.

"That's enough! Let go of the chain and put your hands in the air." The thug said, forcing Zef to drop the chain and put his hands in the air. "Now, then back away from Jason. Slowly." Zef nodded while backing away from Jason, letting him crawl slowly to the thug.

"Hmmm, so you have a single-action revolver. It's probably lined with standard dust bullets. What are you planning on doing with that?" Zef asked before stopping.

"Isn't it obvious... I will kill you and take the rabbit back to our boss."

"Yeah, but I can deal with it," Zef said before smirking.

"You can handle a bullet to the brain?" The thug said in a deadpan tone. "What do you have, Aura or something?"

"Nope. That gun is very outdated, and even a civilian could deal with it."

"You're a dumbass if you think you can survive this."

"Yeah, but I don't think you notice the rabbit with the chain."

"What!?" He yelled out as he noticed the chain was gone. Before he could aim his gun again and fire, he hunched over in pain as the chain came out of nowhere and hit him in his crouch, giving Zef enough time to tackle him into a support beam and punch him in the face, knocking him out.

"Nice job. Thank you for the help." Zef said before ducking as the guy named Jason tried to grab him, only for Zef to grab his shirt and throw him under the knife as it slipped out of the wood, falling to his face. Once the tip poked at his nose, Zef grabbed the knife handle and gave the man a death stare. "Now. Go gather everyone up and leave... or do I need to make this worse for you."

"O...okay, we'll leave. Just stay away from us!" The man screamed as he did his best to grab everyone and ran. Unfortunately for him, he forgot all of their weapons.

"Thanks for your help again," Zef said as he petted the rabbit. "You got a name?" After asking the rabbit the question, he looked around his neck for a collar before humming. "Huh, guess they didn't name you... well, I can give you one... how Fluffy?" Zef asked, only to get kicked by the rabbit. "Okay, Okay, not Fluffy... how's Mister Whiskers?"

Kick.

"Oh! Okay... Cinderace?"

Kick.

"Ow! Freckles?"

Kick.

"Stop it! Kino?"

Nothing happens.

"Oh... okay, you like that name... well then, Kino. Want to stick with me till we find you a home? I want to get you some carrots for helping me get back there." As Zef said before, Kino jumped onto his shoulder and got comfy. "Get comfy. I have to go check up on Ashley first. I left her alone for too long, and she probably did something dumb. Like, get a tattoo or something."

Zef walked off, heading to the clothing store. He didn't have to go into the store as he saw Ashley and Pyrrha walk out, but he noticed a small plastic cover practically attached to her skin.

"You know. I was joking when I said I have to keep an eye on you so you don't get a tattoo... how did you get one so fast?"

"Tell me where you get the bunny first." Ashley quickly deflected the question with her question. Before Zef could answer, Kino started to move around, acting like he was talking. "Oh, your name is Kino... I like it."

"Wait, what?"

"Wait, Zef, you tried to name him Fluffy?" Ashley asked as she turned to look at him with a deadpan tone.

"Is she being serious?" Pyrrha asked Zef.

"Well, she is, or she's just had Holo tell her what happened and is now fucking with us. And I can't tell."

"You son of a bitch. I never thought of it that way before." Ashley said as she picked Kino up.

"Come on, let's do our shopping before returning to our place."

"Yeah, you're right. You can spend the night with us, Pyrrha, if you want." Ashley said as she started to walk to the farmers market.

"Are you sure? I don't want to be a bother for you."

"It's fine. Don't worry about it. By the way, Zef, can you text Blue and have him get some supplies for Kino?" Ashley asked with a smile.

"Already done it. He's getting it now, along with some movies." Zef said as he walked behind them. "One of them is called... Camp Camp and Sunset Paradise."

"Oh, sounds good."

"How did you do that without a scroll?" Pyrrha asked him, only for Ashley to speak up.

"Later~."

After an hour of shopping, the small group gathered back up, only for Ashley to walk back to the room they were renting for the time by herself. At the same time, the rest went to help gather up Ren's, Nora's, and Pyrrha's stuff. By the time they got back, they noticed that Ashley was cooking dinner now with purple hair but in some white shorts and a black hoodie. As they listened in, they saw that she was singing.

"Gather up all the crew. It's time to ship out Bink's Brew~. Sea wind blows. To where? Who knows? The waves will be our guide~." Ashley sang out while the instrumental came from her arm. She didn't notice them while she kept singing. Everyone smiled as they walked to the living room to set their stuff down. "O'er across the ocean's tide, Rays of sunshine far and wide. Birds they sing, of cheerful things, in circles passing by~."

"Hehe, what is this song? It's kind of silly." Nora asked as she giggled softly.

"It's one of her favorites; it's called Bink's Brew. She likes to sing it whenever someone is feeling down. It's impossible not to smile while it's being sung." Blue said, answering Nora's question.

"I believe I heard some sailors sing it a few times before," Ren said as he had a soft smile on his face.

"Well, according to Ashley, pirates used to sing the song as they went around sailing the sea, though she claims that her mom used to be a pirate and told her stories," Zef said.

Holo: *Zef! What are you doing? General Ironwood hasn't made a backstory for us yet! All he got is that we were adopted!*

Zefyrus: *Holo, I know what I'm doing. Just take notes. We will give him the story later.*

"Wait, her mom was a pirate!" Nora yelled, making Ashley stop singing to look at the group.

Ashie: *OI! What the hell is going on?*

Holo: *Zef here is making up a backstory for us.*

Ashie: *Wait for me motherfucker!*

Inky!: *Why haven't we started it sooner?*

Holo: *Have you seen the stuff we've been dealing with? A lot has been classified; Ashley has either been working, in jail, or has been getting into fights with the rich, that's causing her to get put in jail. Zef has been doing the same, but betting on himself before every fight he's been in. You have kept everyone calm and trained while supplying Altus with your ink. I've been helping all of you with what you are doing.*

Inky!: *Oh...*

"Are you okay? You haven't said anything for a while." Pyrrha said while now worried.

"Yeah, we're fine. Nora just caught us off guard. But yes, Ashley's Mom was a pirate before she passed." Zef said, now trying to make it sound believable.

"Yeah. It's sad, but now I have General Ironwood as a dad. I didn't have one before since my mom was gay." Ashley said as she went to turn the heat off before quickly making a salad.

"And I had two dads before," Blue said while looking a little sad. "One of them taught me how to use I.N.K. I wish I could remember their faces."

Holo: *Blue! Calm down! Don't keep adding to the back story!*

Unfortunately for Holo, Nora prevented Blue from reading the message as she hugged him from the side to try and comfort him.

"It's okay, Blue. I'm sure they miss you too. And you don't have to worry; you now have us and your brother and sister." Nora said as she held onto Blue while anime-like tears fell from her face.

"You're right about that. We're here for you, Blue." Ashley said while smiling as she went to set some bowls and plates down at the table. "Foods ready."

Just as Ashley said that, everyone grabbed a fork and started to eat. When Ashley looked up and saw how Nora and Ren were eating, she let out a soft giggle as they quickly ate her food like it would be the last thing they would eat for a while.

"What's so funny?" Pyrrha asked as she turned to Ashley.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just Ren and Nora are eating like Zef and Blue. It's making me a little worried that I didn't make enough for them." Ashley said while smiling as she ate her food, not realizing they were listening to her. "Tells me a lot about them. They must have experienced true hunger before."

"True hunger?"

"I'm saying that they must not have had the best childhood and that they probably came close to starving themselves to death. And if I were to guess, it's the Grimm's fault for that. No child should experience it."

"You're right."

Ashley quickly turned back to see Nora looking down, no longer eating, as Ren moved to grab her shoulder for support gently.

"I'm sorry?" Ashley asked before realizing that the two heard her. "Oh, sorry for bringing up some bad memories."

Soon, it got quiet as everyone stared at Nora and Ren, now worried that Ashley talking about the Grimm and their hometown depressed them. Without thinking, Blue went over and hugged the two.

"Don't worry, Nora. Next chance we get, we will rebuild your hometown so well; Grimm won't even be able to get close to it without their legs breaking!"

Nora stared at the squid before smiling and pulling him in for a tight hug and crushing him a little while saying: "Thank you." over and over.

"I'll see if we can return and do it within the week. I won't promise anything, but we do it the first chance." Zef said while nodding to Ren.

"I'll make some new anti-Grimm weapons just for the town... is it normally sunny or windy? I need to know if I need to make windmills or solar panels." Ashley said as the group soon talked throughout dinner about the plan with Kuroyuri.

-In the morning at the Bullhead dock.-

"Are you sure you two don't want to come with us to Altus? I can understand why Pyrrha doesn't want to. She has a family to get back to." Ashley asked with a smile. Ren and Zef looked at each other before nodding, knowing that if they left Ashley and Nora alone, they might start the end of the world without the Grimms' help.

"I'm sure. We help around the orphanage, and they usually need us to help around." Ren said with a smile.

"What was the name of the orphanage again?" Ashley asks before turning around and seeing Winter walking up to them. "Hey, Winter. Is the Bullhead already ready? Also, what are you doing here?

"Yes. I came here to make sure you all got aboard it safely before I met up with the headmaster about the huntsmen going missing."

"Huh, okay then. Well, I guess it's time for us to go then." Ashley said with a soft smile. "Good luck with the questioning."

Ashley, Zef, and Blue started to walk off while Winter watched them walk off while Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren waved them off. As Pyrrha stared at them, she felt her scroll buzz. Looking down at her scroll, she noticed it was a message from Ashley.

Ashie: *I had fun. Call me sometimes, and we can hang out... when I make a teleporter so it doesn't take a week to get there.*

Aphrodite: *How did you text me? I didn't see a scroll on you.*

Ashie: *Look closely~."

Just as Pyrrha looked up from her scroll, she noticed Ashley moving her hair out of the way to see some mechanical device attached to the back of her neck; before she could ask what it was, Nora was giggling before shoving her scroll showing what looked like a Wiki page.

"I guess we should change your title from the goddess of victory to the goddess of love instead," Nora said as there was a page sent by Holo telling the story of Aphrodite and making Pyrrha blush heavily as she stared at it.

End.

Omake: Cannon, past, breakage, part one, Nora and Ren.

Running away from the Grimm for days on end would be taxing for anyone, but two kids with aura and a semblance that could turn both of them invisible to the creatures of darkness made it a bit easier for the two. But they could not keep it up forever. The two ran away from a large group of Beringel and Beowolves through a valley, trying their best to escape the Grimm. A shadow passed them, forcing Nora to pull Ren back as a log blocked their path. With no choice, the two turned around, seeing the monsters slowly closing in on them. Scared for their lives, they slowly backed away until their backs were pressed to the log. With no choice left, the two got ready to use Ren's semblance, hoping it would be enough only for them to freeze along with the Grimm as a horn sounded off.

"Looks like we found some more freaks. Do you think we can cook them, Bumi?" A tanned red-headed woman asked, wearing what looked like a more modern pirate outfit. She wore a white coat, a red vest, a straw hat, baggy pants, and white and black checker slip-on shoes.

"No. We tried to do that last time, remember? But if we keep a few alive, I can try and see if we can smoke the meat we have." Bumi said while he pulled out a sucker from his pocket before sticking it in his mouth. Suddenly, the end lit up. He was a pale brown hair man with a long-sleeved black undershirt, a short-sleeved green shirt over it, yellow frame glasses, brown dress pants with a red belt, and gray boots.

"Hehe, I don't know. I bit one of them a while ago, and they didn't taste that good." Nora and Ren stared at them in shock, hearing that one of them tried to eat the Grimm. "Well, look what we have here. Two kids are here as well. Are you two okay down there?"

The two stared at the woman, not realizing a Beowolf was lunging at the two. Before it could reach them, Bumi punched forward before a geyser came out from the ground and pushed it away from the kids.

"Hey! Stay away from them! We are the Rumbar guild! And we bring a smile to any child in the world! Now, come on, let's show these monsters what we can do!"

With a large cry, the guild came down on the Grimm, pushing them back as they fought with water abilities never seen by most.

"Ren... what's going on?" Nora asked, now a little scared seeing these people fighting with a smile on their faces. They ignore every wound caused by the Grimm and seemingly never had any Aura. Their wounds didn't heal as quickly as they would if they had an aura or a glow where wounds appear.

"I...I don't know. Who are these people?"

A beowolf appeared above them, ready to drop down and attack them, only for a club to smash down onto his head, breaking the bone and killing the Grimm.

"We already told you we are the Rumbar guild, and we're to make sure you two get to safety."

End omake.

I hope you all enjoy the chapter~ I'm going into a mini-coma and hoping this world doesn't give me any more headaches.