Akashic

"Why am I not surprised it is him…" Kardia w.h.i.n.ed as she saw Yang followed by her team along with Coco and Velvet, Arthur hanging over Yang's shoulders while a young sleeping girl was being carried by Coco.

"I was called because I was told there was an emergency and to be ready for injuries… yet it's Arthur… again…" letting out a tired sigh she said "Put him on his bed… I'll deal with him later" she said point to a bed at the end of the room, simultaneously causing a fit of chuckles to fill the room as they all saw the plaque labelled 'Fielder' hanging off the bedframe. "And put the girl on one of the other beds, I'll do her examination first"

To this both Yang and Coco moved towards the respective beds where Arthur and Fairy would be set, Yang threw Arthur atop the bed with a little too much power as he ended up rolling off the bed and crashing to the ground, causing Yang as well as the others to flinch at the loud noise. Turning around slowly Yang had an awkward smile on her face as she scratched the back of her head "Sorry~" she said whilst Coco began laughing in amus.e.m.e.nt while Ruby, Blake and Velvet looked at where Arthur had fallen over the bed in worry, and lastly Weiss, who had seemingly not noticed any of this as she was biting her fist as she stared at Fairy, muttering "No, she can't be… I saw the caskets…"

Just as Yang was about to walk around the bed to pick up Arthur that a groan was heard "Thanks Yang… really needed that…" Arthur muttered having been awoken by the sudden impact of his face on the floor, pushing himself up from the ground using the bed to hoist himself up "Oh, hey girls" he said seeing their numerous different expressions, as well as feeling a shiver run down his spine when he saw a menacing grin on Ruby's face, who began to take slow steps towards him.

"Oh, oh, hey Ruby, how's it going?" he said taking a step backwards each time Ruby took one forward, eventually finding himself backed against the wall with Ruby just a few meters away "S-so uh, how's your day been?" just as he finished Ruby burst into a flurry of petals that quickly approached Arthur, who suddenly felt something collide with his cheek sending him onto his back on the ground, while everyone else gave a slight flinch and looked to Arthur with pity.

Staring up at the ceiling Arthur said "I deserved that…" while Ruby stood where Arthur was once standing, steam coming off her fist.

"Yes, yes you did" Yang replied, watching with amus.e.m.e.nt on her face

Pushing himself up Arthur a small red petal fall in front of his, his eyes following it for a moment before they widened and his body was pushed back down, a soft feeling on his lips. His mind on the fritz for a moments as he processed that Ruby had tackled him and grabbed his collar and pulled him into a kiss.

"Woo! You go girl!" Yang and Coco cheered pausing to look at each other for a moment in surprise as they both began to grin at each other.

While on the other hand Blake's bow twitched slightly, as a grin formed and she brought her notebook out, pausing as she read her most recent entry in it that went over what had happened just yesterday, causing her to gulp and her face to turn red, the same tint evident on Velvet's face as she turned her head to the ground.

And lastly there was Kardia who was chanting in her head 'No naughty thoughts, No naughty thoughts' her face equally as pink as Velvet's and Blake's when she glanced at the scene of Ruby kissing Arthur.

Separating their lips Arthur stared up at Ruby with incredulity, his mouth hanging open as he said "I-I did not deserve that".

"Do you have any idea how scared I was!?" Ruby screamed causing Arthur to flinch due to just how close she was, "You could have died! Or evaporated or whatever happens when you do that!" she berated, "How many times are you going to get injured! Do you have any idea how scared I get whenever I'm not around you!? Do you have any idea how I feel whenever I can't stop you from doing something stupid!" she began to beat on his c.h.e.s.t in frustration.

"I…" before Arthur could even get a full word out Ruby interrupted him

"Quiet!" she snapped, thoroughly shutting Arthur up "And do you have any idea how frustrating it is at how fast girls just seem to crowd around you!?" Ruby nagged causing most of the more red girls in the room to turn their heads as if they didn't know anything while Yang and Coco nodded in agreement once again causing them to look to each other grinning with compatriotism rife in their stares.

"And somehow, just somehow, in a single day, you meet an orphan and then immediately jump into a fire, survive an explosion and almost kill yourself saving her!" she said.

"Oh, and don't forget the homicidal child killing maniac that he fought" Coco added causing everyone to spit take and turn to her.

"And the homicidal child killing mania… wait what?" Ruby muttered dumbfoundedly turning her head to Coco to see if she was serious, seeing her just standing there, arms crossed and nodding her head. Turning back to Arthur, Ruby gave him her best deathglare, which to be honest, wasn't that intimidating when compared to her mothers, it really just ended up making her look like an angry kitten.

But this didn't last long as she let out a heavy and tired sigh and letting her arms slump "You know what… I'm tired… what time are we supposed to have that debriefing?" she asked looking to her team.

"Twenty minutes" Weiss quickly added looking up from her scroll which she had been intently scrolling through as she sat on one of the open beds, before looking back down and muttering 'Where is it…'

"Thaaanks" Ruby replied light-heartedly, having seemingly calmed down from her rant against Arthur. Yet her light-heartedness came to an end when she heard a series of light 'snaps' of a camera shutter causing her eyes to widen as this generally meant one thing, Yang had seen her do something picture worthy, and this thing, usually was embarrassing or involved Arthur, the second so far has been the most prevalent in the recent weeks.

Looking down Ruby saw Arthur once again under her, her legs straddling his waist, yet, unlike the previous times Ruby had had something embarrassing happen that involved Arthur, this time she didn't go her usual crimson, instead giving him a light smile as she leaned down and gave him another peck on the lips, while turning her eyes to the others in the room, her lips slightly tilting upwards as she saw the slight twitches that a few of them gave when they saw her, while Coco and Yang simply gave her thumbs up.

"I think we are going to be good friends" Yang said hooking her arm around Coco's shoulder while also holding her other fist up in front of her.

"Oh, you know it Hun" Coco replied with an equally as wide grin as she too hooked her arm around Yang's shoulder while also lifting her other fist and knocking it against Yang's.

"By the way…" Coco whispered to Yang, "Ruby have any problems with Arthur having another girl?" she asked, Blake's 'bow' twitched as her bow slightly moved like a radar locking in on Coco and Yang's conversation.

"Oh, are you interested?" Yang whispered back with a grin.

"Ain't gonna say no, but not for me… for now, but Velvet, ya'see, don't know if you noticed, but Velvet's a little… antsy, around Arthur." Coco said indicating to Velvet who was trying her best to not be noticed as she snuck peaks at Arthur and Ruby with a slightly envious gaze, which when she realized her thoughts caused her head to explode into a cloud of steam, numerous times, yet not being able to stop taking peaks it kept happening.

"Yeah, we've notice, should have seen her when Arthur saved her from Cardin and accidently touched her ear when he was checking for any wounds, she was red, and I mean redder than Ruby's cape" Yang said.

"Oh really now?~" Coco sang as a wide grin appeared on her face "Oh, that just makes this so much sweeter, ya'see Velvet barely even touches her own ears, let alone let anyone else touch them, so something like that, is oh so sweet…" she said "But really, Ruby have any problem with that? Else things are going to be really awkward if Velvet ever figure her feelings out, with help of course" she chuckled.

Yang also chuckled in response before answering her question, "Well, I can't say Ruby is the most 'Willing' to share, she's a little defensive about Arthur, but I've been changing her whole, 'mine' personality into one of being more 'open', it's working, well at least enough to get me in there." Yang answered

"Oh, you're already in his little 'harem' then?" Coco asked, smiling, while Blake's bow twitched once again in response.

"Oh yeah, first boy who's ever been able to turn my own against me in such a way that I was speechless, though, it wasn't that great when he just left me hanging, this far, we were this far from what would have been a life changing kiss, and he just stopped" Yang replied not hiding the frustration in her voice.

"I know how you feel, I almost got a decent squeeze from him, this close to my cheeks" she said hlding her index and thumb just a few centimetres apart from each other, "And then the whole orphanage fire happened. And I was left there with residual heat and not a squeeze in sight." Coco answered letting out an annoyed huff.

"We, are really going to be good friends" Yang said giving Coco another fist bump, "But wow, really, second base already, aren't you the brave one, if Ruby heard us she may just go for a homerun to one up you" Yang laughed.

"She wouldn't" Coco said with wide eyes.

"Considering how she's been looking at us while not releasing Arthur, I'd say she would" she indicated to Ruby who was still happily making out with a wide eyed Arthur while sending victory glances around the room.

"Oh, my god, she actually would…" Coco's mouth hung wide open as she realized it.

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"What was that about?" A brown skinned girl with minty green hair and red eyes asked Cinder as she suddenly reappeared back within their room.

"The hag has found a new toy, she wants us, to collect it" Cinder answered with a scowl.

"Greeaaat, what is it now, another maiden, an unborn child, or has she finally decided to get some" a boy with spiky silver hair said whilst simultaneously biting on his lower lip and giving a slight thrust with his h.i.p.s, causing both Cinder and the minty haired girl named Emerald, roll their eyes.

"Mercury, do you have to be so… crude?" Emerald asked, "Course you do, it's you" she quickly added with a hint of mockery in her voice.

"Aww, the little gemstone not good with relationsh.i.p.s" Mercury added with a smirk.

"Nope, I just have standards, unlike a certain legless merc" Emerald calmly retorted.

"Oh really, and what would those be, six feet, black hair, equally as emotionless expressions"

Finally having enough of their bickering Cinder shouted "Enough!" silencing them both "If you two are so antsy to get some find a room, and go play with each other!" she said.

"F.u.c.k no!" Emerald quickly retorted while Mercury pretended to make a sad and shocked expression.

"Now shut up while I explain. The hag wants us to find a man…" Cinder explained

"I knew it! Ha!" Mercury shouted throwing his hands up in victory.

"Apparently, this 'man' is like her, a monster, she wants us to find him and bring him to her"

"Greeeaaaat, another one…" Mercury g.r.o.a.n.e.d, while Emerald looked particularly annoyed at Mercury's constant speaking.

"And apparently, 'he' is in Vale, so we get to keep to the plan." Cinder finished "Emerald, you keep an eye out for anything interesting, or out of the usual happening in and around Vale, apparently the grimm are attracted to this man, we follow them, we find him." She said.

"On it" Emerald replied, immediately pulling out her scroll to skim through the latest news for anything she could show now.

"And me then?" Mercury asked, a sense of reluctance in his voice.

"Stay out of trouble, for once, just make this easy on us" Cinder added, exasperation in her voice.

"I'm not that ba-" Mercury was about to say but was interrupted as Emerald said.

"Cinder, you've got to see this" and handed her scroll to Cinder, who saw open on it a video playing of a burning building wreathed in black flames, moments later a grey light burst out from the building followed by a dragon moulded from the flames which soon dissipated leaving a falling fireball that crashed back into the fire. The video then began to fast forward until it returned to its regular speed when a young boy with black hair walked out of the flames carrying a child in his arms while also being followed by a girl, the video then fast-forwarded a little more, showing the boy now with white hair, releasing particles of light from his back that formed wings which then died down, leaving the boy kneeling over the body of the child, before collapsing to the side, being caught by a different white haired girl.

With a grin Cinder said "Well, that makes this easier, who is he?" she asked Emerald, who replied with, "No, but I can tell you who the two girls are, the first is a girl named Coco Adel, up and comer to the fashion scene…"

"Maybe she could give you some tips then!" Mercury jeered but was ignored.

"While the other is Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, both are currently attending Beacon, I mean, this is just perfect, couldn't make our lives any easier" Emerald chuckled.

"Yes, yes it does" Cinder said, zooming into the face of Arthur on the Scroll, "Yes it, truly does"

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"What just happened?" Arthur muttered as he blankly starred at the ceiling, still trying to comprehend what had just happened, leading up to the evacuation of the infirmary, leaving him and the sleeping Fairy alone.

Or at least the supposedly sleeping Fairy as a light and high pitched sneeze came from her bed, causing Arthur too look towards her, where he saw Fairy, her eyes closed as she lightly breathed.

With a smile Arthur said "I know your awake Fairy, I heard that" standing up he walked over to the side of her bed, kneeling down next to it until his head beaked over the side of it, in front of her face. "Gonna keep acting?" he asked, causing Fairy's face to curve into a smile while still pretending to sleep, "your not very good at acting you know that" her smile got even wider, "Fine then, have it your way" Arthur stood up, lifting his hands and curling them into claws, "I've been told, I am a god at tickling, what do you think?" he asked his hands lunging for the sides of Fairy's body, as he began to tickle her, immediately awakening her and causing her giggles to fill the room.

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Alternate Chapter names: [Cameraderie] [Competitive] [Tickle me this]

And that's the prologue to volume 2 done, still got a bit more to work on for the character logs.

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