Hey guys, it's been a while since so I thought why not crank out a new one. So first off long chapter, its a little longer than what normally do so you've been warned. Second, some interesting things happen in this chapter, nothing too juicy or controversial but still interesting. Anyway on with the story.

"S-Sabrina?" Jaune stuttered. Jaune was more than surprised to find his eldest sister, the sister he wanted to have the least amount of contact with, currently at the same mall as them with an incredibly happy look on her face. His luck was truly horrible. "Wh-what are you doing here?"

"Shopping," she answered. "What else? Oh, that doesn't matter come 'ere, give your big sister a hug." She suddenly grabbed him by the arm, pulled him into a bear hug, and peppered him with kisses. Jaune could feel every muscle in his body tense the moment she touched him. "Oh, baby bro I've missed you so much. I haven't seen you since my last deployment." Jaune said nothing as the slightly taller woman continued to gush over him. He just couldn't comprehend it. Vale had at least six malls and the one where they were currently was nowhere near her apartment. So why was she here?

"Sabe," Cinder called. "You're choking him."

"Huh?" she wondered looking over at Cinder before looking down at Jaune and seeing him beginning to blackout. "Oh," Sabrina gasped, "I'm sorry Jaune," she then let go of her brother allowing him to breathe once more. "You okay," she asked while gripping his shoulders. She looked him over, making sure he wasn't visibly injured.

"I'm fine," he snapped while hastily stepping away from her. "What do you want Sabrina?"

"Nothing, I just happen to run into you guys. Hey, why don't we all hang out for a bit and catch up, doesn't that sound fun Jaune?"

"As, fun, as that sounds Sabrina, we were just about to leave." Jaune voiced.

"No, we weren't," Ruby interjected. "We were just about to do more shopping," she explained causing Jaune and Cinder to give her two painfully sharp glares. However, Ruby was too busy looking at Sabrina to notice their stares.

Sabrina frowned before turning to Jaune and cocked her head. She cupped his chin and turned him towards her, causing him to shift his eyes away from her. "Jaune?" she called with a voice filled with sorrow. "Why'd you lie to me?" Jaune swallowed and opened his mouth but no sound came out.

"It was because," Cinder voiced trying to cover for her friend. "We've got a friend with us and we didn't want to hear the 'harem' joke. Plus we at the mall, you know Jaune hates shopping."

"Y-yeah," Jaune said as he pulled away from Sabrina.

"Oh," Sabrina said her frown instantly vanishing, she then looked over at Yang smiled and waved. "Hi." she greeted. "You must be Yang, I'm Sabrina, Jaune's eldest sister. It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too," Yang replied as she returned Sabrina's greeting with a wave of her own.

"Hello, Ruby," Sabrina greeted.

"Hi," the young girl greeted back.

Sabrina then turned back to Jaune, "Jaune you didn't need to lie because of that. I'm not gonna tease you for only having female friends," she said with a small smile. "And I promise not to make you carry everything."

"Thanks," Jaune said in a low voice.

"No prob," Sabrina replied, not knowing that his 'thanks' was not aimed at her. "But since you guys are still shopping how about letting me come along?"

"We'd like too but we don't wanna take up any of your time," said Cinder. "With your job, I'm sure you must be very busy."

"Oh, not at all," Sabrina replied. "I've got a couple of months off, so I'm as free as a bird."

"I-I see," Cinder said with a strained smile, "Well then, come." Sabrina squeaked with joy before grabbing Jaune by the arm and rushing ahead of Cinder. "Ugh," Cinder groaned into her palms. "This just got needlessly complicated."

"So Sabe," Cinder spoke while inspecting a shelf of snow globes, "to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"Well, I just got done dropping Kerby off," Sabrina explained, "and needed some things for my apartment and this was the closest mall so I came here, and as luck would have it I ran into my favorite brother."

"I'm your only brother," Jaune refrained from saying.

"So Jaune," his sister asked in a loving voice, "how have you been?"

"I-I've been, well," Jaune croaked out. "What about you?" he asked in a strained voice.

"I've been well too, gramps has been giving me missions back to back but most of them were pretty easy. On one mission I even met this girl from Atlas military, she was one of their specialists. At first, I thought she seemed super serious and boring but turns out, she's pretty cool. She's in Vale right now and I want the two of you to meet, I think you'll really hit it off." That would've angered Cinder if she hadn't known that Jaune would not be interested in any of Sabrina's military friends and having said friends being ten years, give or take, older also helped.

"That's, nice," Jaune croaked. It was quite strenuous for him to speak with his sister let alone look her in the eye. A complete far cry from how things used to be. In the past, Jaune admired Sabrina, greatly in fact even despite her constant babying of him. However, about a year ago those feelings of trust and admiration were nearly replaced with a new feeling Jaune couldn't quite describe.

"What did she mean by 'missions' she in the military or somethin'," Yang whispered to Ruby as they followed behind the pair of blondes.

"Sort of," Ruby whispered back. "Jaune's family owns a private military company and Sabrina works there. Their dad does as well it's why our dad and theirs are good friends." That threw Yang for a serious loop. Not once during the entire time she knew Jaune did she ever suspect his family of owning a private military. Well, honestly why the hell would she? However, it did explain why he was good at fighting, belonging to a family that owned a PMC probably meant you had some serious combat training. It did seem to also explain his violent nature, however, Sabrina seemed to be nothing like her brother. She was a lot brighter and cheery and much less goth than her brother. She probably had a better grip on her temper than he did his own.

"So Sabrina," Yang began, "Ruby tells me that your family owns a PMC." The other three teens visibly turned to stone the moment the words left Yang's mouth, though mostly for different reasons. Luckily for Yang Sabrina spoke before the others act.

"Uh," Sabrina said as she looked from side to side. "That's not something I can say out in public, but if you're interested I can tell you a few things about it another time in a place away from prying eyes."

"I don't mind," Yang replied. The trio of goths breathed a small sigh of relief but each made a reminder to keep Yang from talking about Jaune's family business. "But why can't you speak about it public?"

"How often do you see PMC commercials?" asked Sabrina.

"Uh, never now that I think about it."

"That's because PMC's are meant to be kept out of the public eye. Now obviously the people still know about them even though we can't really advertise ourselves through regular means, however, most of that's due to the long existence of mercenaries and their use in pop culture."

"I see."

"All right Sabrina," Jaune interjected he was getting sick of their talk about his family's company and of mercenaries. "Hurry up and grab what you're looking for so we can leave."

"But I don't know what to buy," she told him.

Jaune blinked, "What? What do you mean you don't know what to buy?"

"Well, I didn't come here looking for something in particular, I just came in hoping to find something to help spice up my apartment." Jaune breathed deeply through his nose before looking around. After grabbing a random snowglobe off a shelf he handed it to Sabrina.

"Here," he told her, "buy this so we can leave." Looking down at the snowglobe Sabrina's face lit up like a star.

"Oh Jaune, this is perfect!" she squealed. "You're the best little brother," she cheered before kissing him on both cheeks.

"Go buy it already," he said while swatting her away. Jaune sighed when she turned away from him. She'd only been there for a few minutes and was already draining him. "I hope she won't be here for long."

An hour had passed and it possibly may have been the worst hour of his life. Constantly Jaune had to deal with Sabrina's antics. Whether it was trying to hold his hand so he didn't get lost or trying to order him kids meals in an effort to get him the toy that came with, all of it was both mentally and physically draining. One part of him still loved his sister, another part couldn't stand to be around her. That second part seemed to be growing in size at the moment while the other seemed to be shrinking. At least she stayed true to her word and didn't make him carry everything she bought in fact, she didn't make him carry anything. Her trip to the mall was meant to be a short one meaning that she would be leaving soon, making Jaune brighten up just a bit. On the inside of course. "Aw, little brother I'm gonna miss you," Sabrina moaned as she pulled him into a hug and planted a kiss atop his head. Jaune groaned softly. After this, he hoped the two would continue to have these rare meetings as he wished to avoid her as much as possible. "Promise me you'll come visit every once in a while or call me as well?" That was what he'd hoped anyway until Sabrina essentially grabbed him by the balls.

Jaune swallowed hard, "Y-yeah," he replied. What, was he supposed to do say "no"? She pulled him into another bone-crushing hug. "Sabrina," Jaune groaned. "You're, crushing me."

"Oh, sorry," she said sheepishly. "Okay, see you guys later," she said with a wave

"See you later Sabe," Cinder replied.

"Bye Sabrina," said Ruby.

"See ya," said Yang.

"Bye," said Jaune. She waved them goodbye one final time before making her way towards the exit. When she was out of earshot Cinder had noticed that Jaune began to relax. His shoulders were slack, his breathing was a lot deeper, and she could see his facial muscles losing their tension. He then turned to Cinder, "All right, what's next?"

"Home," she said surprising him.

"I thought you said we had more stuff to buy?" Jaune asked with a raised eyebrow.

Cinder turned towards him and cupped his cheek, "You've been tortured enough for one day." A small yet warm smile touched his lips, and she smiled back. He was eager to leave and she was happy to see him smile at her. Then her smiled faded. "I have to pee. Like, really badly. Hold this," she said as she thrust her bags into his chest before running across the corridor into a narrow hallway and turning left to the ladies room. Opening the door she rushed to the last stall and hurriedly closed its door behind her and squatted down onto the toilet. "Oh thank god," she sighed. "Almost pissed myself in front of him." A small sorrow-filled chuckle left her lips. "He probably wouldn't care too much," she said mentally. "He'd tease me a little while helping clean up before trying to cheer me up and take my mind off it." Her smile from earlier returned, she still cringed at the thought of wetting herself in front Jaune but thinking of him always managed to brighten her mood. Even if only by a little bit. The door to the ladies room then squeaked open but she made no note of it. She did, however, make note of the lack of footsteps. "Those are some pretty light steps. I really hope it's just some featherweight." She looked down at the space beneath the stall door. She saw a shadow cast onto the floor and the front of someone's shoes. "You're shitting me," Cinder inwardly groaned. Another sigh came out as she analyzed her situation. "Let's see. They're wearing boots and they look too big to be female, so definitely male. Judging by their positioning they're about a foot behind the door which means they're not looking through the openings." Reaching into the pocket on her pouch she pulled out her scroll and quickly sent a text to Jaune.

"Hmm?" Jaune hummed as he reached for his scroll. Opening it revealed a text from Cinder. It read as follows [ READ EVERYTHING FIRST. There's a man in the restroom with me. But DO NOT freak out! If I'm not out in five minutes, breach.] "The fuck?"

"What's wrong Jaune?" Ruby asked.

"It's this text Cin just sent me," he explained as he showed it to Ruby.

"The fuck? Do you think she's serious?" Ruby wondered. Just then Jaune received another text. [Yes. I'm serious. In case you were wondering. Five minutes starting now.]

Putting away her scroll she then pulled out the steel knuckle duster she bought earlier, "I knew this would come in handy," she thought and pulled out a knife from one of her boots for good measure. Pulling up her leggings and shorts Cinder flushed the toilet signaling her would-be attacker that she'd be out soon. After putting her fingers through the knuckle duster, Cinder audibly unlocked the stall door and slowly pulled it open. Before the door opened even an inch it was slammed open by a tall man in black. He was greeted by a strong boot to the stomach. He doubled over clutching his stomach. Looking back at his attacker he saw a fist inching towards his face. Cinder repeatedly slammed her fist into his face causing the man to put his arms up in defense and back away. She then shoved her toes into his ribs.

"Fuck! Ugh, you bitch!" he grunted as he clutched his chest. Cinder smiled smugly and followed with an overhead punch to the side of his head. His head violently jerked to the right but was soon set straight by Cinder gripping his hair. Again she slammed her fist into his face over and over again until he collapsed to the ground. Clutching his face as he moaned in agony. Cinder let out a breath of victory as she stepped by him to wash her hands when she saw something on the floor.

"Oh my god," she said while laughing. "Is that your wallet?" she asked mockingly as she picked up the brown wallet of the floor. Opening it showed her attacker's ID. "Donald," Cinder giggled mockingly. "Well Donald, you really fucked this one up. I mean really who the hell brings their wallet with their ID with them when they're committing a fucking crime?!" Cinder punctuated with a kick to the stomach as he was starting to get back up. She then leaned down and punched the back of his head before grabbing his arm and twisting it behind his back while digging her heel into his lower back. "Now let's see here," she said as she took another look at the ID. "Hey, Donald this your first time kidnapping or whatever it is you're trying to do?"

"Fuck you!" he replied. Cinder responded by yanking his arm back and putting more force into her heel.

"Answer me bitch, or I'll start cutting fingers," Cinder threatened as she placed the blade of her knife on his index finger.

"When my boys get-" he didn't finish as Cinder began sawing into his finger. "Aw fuck! Okay! Okay! No this isn't my first time kidnapping!"

"And what were you planning on doing with me?"

"W- argh! We were gonna auction you off."

"Hm," Cinder hummed just before jamming the knife into his hand. She twisted and turned the blade before slowly dragging the blade down his hand. All while Donald howled in pain. "Donald, do you know who I am?"

"N-no."

"Really? I don't look familiar to you at all?"

"No, I've never seen you in my life. I swear."

"Huh. Now Donald says here that you live right here in Vale, but where are you from."

"Vale," he answered, "born and raised."

"I'll ask this again," she said while wiggling the knife that was still embedded into his hand.

"That the truth I swear!" he pleaded.

"Really, you were born and raised in Vale, have knowledge of its criminal underworld, but you don't know who I am? Boy, you must be really fucking stupid," Cinder giggled. "Tell me does name Fall mean anything to you?"

"Uh, th-the big crime family that runs the Vale? You mean them?"

"Uh-huh. Now, do you know their leader's name?"

"Salem Fall."

"Do know her daughter's name?"

"Cinder Fall."

"So, let me get this straight. You know the daughter's name, my name, but not my face? You kidnap and auction off little girls at random but didn't think to learn the face of the daughter to the biggest mob family in the city?" She twisted the knife again as he let out a few pathetic whimpers. She opened her mouth to speak but heard a commotion from outside and smiled. "Looks like that's all the time we have today Donald," she then pulled out the knife and wiped it on his sleeve. "As thanks for answering my questions, I'll have someone send you a gift in the mail. Oh, and I'll be keeping this," she said flashing his ID as she made her way to the door.

"Cin?!" she heard Jaune call just before bursting in. "Cinder?!" he called upon entering. His eyes said it all. Worry, fear, and above all an unrivaled animosity that was so cold, she was sure the temperature dropped a few degrees. She shivered in delight. She just loved it when he got like this. Jaune crashed into her with a strong embrace. Tightly wrapping his arms around her like a child with a stuffed toy.

"Mm," she moaned as she returned his embrace. Despite his cold fury, he gave off a wonderful amount of body heat. Unfortunately, it didn't last too long as Jaune pushed her away. She looked up at him wondering why her 'Don't ever leave me' hug was cut short until she saw him marching towards Donald as the man began to get up. The march turned into a run, and suddenly Jaune was in the air with a fist pulled back, and a second later Jaune had descended upon Donald with his fist crashing into the man's face. The two toppled to the ground with Jaune on top as he began to viciously beat Donald. Rather rain down on him with both fists Jaune grabbed Donald by the hair and beat into him with his left hand. Loud slow tempoed thuds filled the room as Jaune continued to slowly beat Donald. The man tried to fight back punching at Jaune face, chest and stomach but no matter how solid the hit Jaune was unfazed. The pain from Donald punches didn't register in Jaune's mind. The only thing on Jaune's mind was the need to put the man in his grave.

"Hey," he heard someone whisper into his ear. Jaune froze as a soft hand gently closed around his wrist. "It's okay, you got 'em already." He felt an arm wrap around his chest from behind as he was slowly pulled into a gentle hug. "I'm okay," said the voice. A kiss was placed on the back of his neck before hearing, "I'm okay."

Jaune released a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Cin," he whispered.

"I'm okay," she repeated before kissing his neck once more. "He didn't hurt me." Jaune looked down at what remained of Donald. Blood. Donald's face was a bloody mess as it poured from everywhere. From his mouth, his nose and even from a gash above his right eye. Jaune released Donald's hair and stood. He turned around to see Ruby and Yang staring at him. Yang looked away when his gaze landed on her. Ruby, on the other hand, rushed towards him and enveloped him in a tight hug.

"You're scary when you do that," said Ruby breaking the silence.

"Mhm," Cinder agreed resting her head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry," he told them wrapping a single arm around Ruby.

"Don't be," Ruby said. "You look extra cool when you get really angry and start beating someone. Plus, it makes me feel safe when I'm around you like I know no one'll mess with me with you behind me."

"Yeah, and girls like someone who can make them feel safe," added Cinder.

Jaune let a small chuckle before hugging the both of them, "Thanks, now let's leave before his goons come in."

After leaving the restroom Cinder was met with the sight of two men propped against the door to the mens room both were nearly unconscious and she could see bruises starting to form.

"Those his cronies?" Cinder asked.

Jaune nodded, "Yang helped."

"Oh, that was quite nice of you Yang, thank you. I mean it."

"Y-yeah don't mention it," Yang replied hardly above a whisper.

"They didn't happen to their wallets on them did they?" Cinder asked with a gleeful grin.

"Didn't check," answered Jaune. "Why?"

"Because that moron," Cinder said while jamming a thumb at the door behind them, "Donald, had his with his ID in it."

"No way," Ruby scoffed.

"You serious?" Jaune asked with a chuckle.

"Check it." Cinder pulled out the ID and showed them.

"Mmm, can't really tell if that's him," said Jaune.

"Gotta agree with Jaune on this," said Ruby.

"Well, of course, you can't tell you beat him to a damn pulp," said Cinder. "Trust me though it's him. I'm gonna check those losers for an ID so I can them a little somethin' in the mail."

"Can't," Jaune answered. "We need to leave before someone sees this."

"Ugh, fine," Cinder groaned.

Jaune sighed as he leaned back into the passenger seat of Cinder's car. They'd left that awful place called 'the mall' about thirty minutes ago and were now headed back to his place. He cast a glance at Cinder. She seemed fine. "She should be," he told himself. "She's strong, smart, and the heir to a mob family." But there was still a few nagging questions in the back of his mind, such as 'What if he hadn't been there?' "No. Stop. It's over just put it behind you. Thinking about 'what ifs' will just fill you with fear and rage." While he may have been able to push the thought of Cinder being taken out of his mind, the situation as a whole still lingered. He looked down at his hand which at one point was covered in blood. The image of Donald's bloody face flashed in his mind. He also remembered Ruby and Yang's faces. He clenched his fist. "Ruby, she looked at me like I was a different person. She said she didn't mind but still, I don't think I've ever shown her that side of me. And Yang. She's been acting weird since it happened. Fuck. Now she might double down on trying to keep me away from Ruby. All that progress thrown out in an instant. Dammit." He looked back at Cinder once more. "It could've been a lot worse. If she hadn't calmed me down I might have killed him." Jaune's body shook from the thought.

"You okay?" Cinder wondered. Was she watching him?

"Yeah I'm fine," Jaune told her.

"You just shivered," she retorted.

"It was just a weird chill running up my spine."

"Okay." "He's probably lying but I can't press it here," Cinder said mentally as she looked in her rearview mirror, seeing Ruby and Yang in the back seat. Yang was asleep but Ruby was wide awake. "He's probably thinking about what happened which is more than likely stressing him out unnecessarily." She turned on her radio hoping the noise would help keep his mind off it. As for herself? She didn't need to think about it. She knew that nothing would've happened to her. Even if she got kidnapped all of the "auction houses" knew her name and face, fore shortly after her birth her father made a rule and showed the consequences of breaking that rule. It was a rule her mother still enforced. She also knew that both her family business and Jaune's would tear Vale apart looking for her. So she had nothing to fear. Except, for her chastity. "No, they wouldn't. Touching me would decrease my value. Right? No. It doesn't-. It doesn't matter that's all in the past. I'm safe and my hymen is intact." She took another glance at Ruby who was absent-mindedly looking out the window. "Hey Ruby," she called, "you okay?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah I'm fine."

"You sure? If you wanna talk you know we're here for you," Cinder offered. "Right Jaune."

"Of course. That was a harrowing situation that could've ended in a completely different way. You sure you don't wanna talk about it?"

"Guys, I'm fine. Look I know things could've ended a lot worse, but it didn't and I'm fine with that. I don't think we should dwell on 'what could've happened' and instead we should just learn from this experience and move on." The two older teens looked over at one another.

"That was, surprisingly adult for a thirteen-year-old," said Cinder.

"Thank you."

"Yeah quite mature for someone who still freaks out at the sight of a spider," Jaune teased. Ruby crossed and pouted while Cinder giggled. Her giggling stopped once she turned down Jaune's street.

In Jaune's driveway was a black limo. "Hey Jaune, who's that?" Cinder wondered as she inched closer to his house.

"Don't know," he shrugged.

The car soon pulled stop with Cinder parking beside the limo. "It looks vaguely familiar," Cinder said before shrugging it off. Once Ruby had awoken Yang the four pulled their haul from Cinder's trunk and made their way towards the front door. Opening it the four were greeted by a large black and white husky.

"Little Kerby!" Ruby squealed. She held out her arms as the dog jumped on her and began to happily lick her face.

"Kerberos, down," Jaune ordered. Kerberos obeyed his master getting off of Ruby and back away allowing them to enter while shaking with extreme excitement. "Mom!" Jaune called out, "We're home!"

"We'll be there soon sweetheart!" she called back.

"We?" Cinder asked as she reached down to pet Kerberos who was still shaking excitedly.

"The person who owned the limo?" he suggested. "Or it could be a friend of hers or my sisters."

"Hi babies," Rayna greeted when she walked into the entrance area wearing a thin white sweater and black leggings, then she noticed Jaune's face. "Jaune what happened?!" she screamed rushing over to Jaune and inspected his face. She could see bruises beginning to form along with dried around his lip.

"I got into a fight, nothing to worry about," he explained while pulling away from her.

Rayna sighed, "Go put some ice on those." She then zeroed in on Cinder. "You," she said with a pointed finger. "We're gonna a little chat."

Cinder looked back with a raised eyebrow. "Me? W-what did I do?" she asked with a slightly paler face.

"Now don't be so dramatic Rayna after all she's not in too much trouble," said another voice one that drained what little color was left Cinder's face. There, closing in on them, was a tall pale-skinned woman with long platinum blonde hair dressed in a long black dress.

"M-mother," Cinder stuttered with her hand desperately trying to get ahold of Jaune's. She ended up settling for his wrist.

"Hello dear," she greeted her eyes then glanced over to Jaune. "Why, Jaune I almost didn't recognize you. Come," she ordered as she held an arm. Jaune set down his bags and glanced up at Cinder when she tightened her grip on his wrist. The look in her eyes said 'don't leave me' but he clearly didn't get the message as he stepped over to her mother and gave her a welcoming embrace. "It's good to see you, dear."

"It's nice to see you as well Miss Fall," he replied breaking the embrace.

"I see you've grown into such a handsome young man, and quite the brawler," she said as she took him by the chin looking him over. Her eyes then glanced over to Ruby and Yang, "You've even become quite popular as well. Cinder must have a hard time keeping you to herself." Both Jaune and Cinder blushed profusely.

"Not hard enough apparently," said Rayna as she inspected the lipstick mark on his throat. Salem chuckled softly while Rayna gave Cinder a look that said 'We'll talk later'.

"Cinder," Salem called. "Why don't you introduce me to the rest of your friends."

"U-um, mother this is my close friend, Ruby," she said stiffly as she gestured at the young redhead. "And her sister Yang."

"H-hello, nice to meet you," Ruby waved shyly.

"U-uh hi," said Yang in an unusually shy manner.

"Well it's nice to meet both of you but if you all could excuse us I need to talk with my daughter, alone please."

"Okay," Yang said quickly grabbing as many bags she could. "Come on Ruby," she said as the two headed for Jaune's room. Jaune walked back over Cinder and grabbed the last of the shopping bags before looking at back Cinder. He gave her a reassuring look with a soft smile and stealthily gave her hand a gentle squeeze before leaving.

"I'll be in the kitchen then call if you need anything," offered Rayna.

"Thank you, Rayna." With that Rayna left the two of them alone. Salem turned her attention back Cinder causing the girl to stiffen at her gaze. "Come," Salem ordered. Cinder followed her mother into the living room with her eyes glued to the floor. "Sit," she ordered. Cinder obeyed sitting down on one of the couches with her mother sitting next to her. "Look at me." Hesitantly, Cinder raised her head to her mother and braced for the incoming slap. Only for it to never come. "If you're waiting for me to hit you know that I will not hit you in someone else's home," Salem explained. "Especially not in the Arc household. Now tell me, what would possess you to not only ignore both your date and I but to also disobey my orders on coming home."

Cinder looked away and began stuttering, "A-, I-." She shook nervously as she began to fidget with her fingers.

After a few moments, Cinder went quiet. Salem sighed. "Well, if you cannot answer me perhaps it's best if I take you home to deliver your punishment," she suggested causing Cinder to gasp sharply.

"No!" she nearly screeched.

Salem turned back to her and raised an eyebrow. "No?" she questioned.

"P-please no," Cinder corrected in a much quieter voice.

"And why shouldn't I?"

"B-because I didn't want to go home," Cinder answered. Salem arched her eyebrow further. "I ignored you because I didn't want to go home."

"Well that part is quite obvious Cinder but I need you to tell me why you don't want to be at home."

"I didn't want to go on the date. I don't want to go on a date with Luca, he's a pervert. He's always looking at me with lustful eyes and I can tell that he's thinking about me."

"Is that no different from how you look at Jaune? Emerald's told me about how you look at him and he's always in those fantasies you have written in your diary. By the way, Arc_Fall22 is not a secure password." A horrified look was on Cinder's face as she turned the color of a ripe tomato.

"Th-th-that's different! Luca Toro and I nothing alike! I don't look at Jaune like he's a piece of meat like how Luca does when he sees me. Luca openly stares at my chest and rear despite me clearly noticing. I've even noticed him looking at you, Emerald, and the other maids. He almost groped me once. He is a pig and nothing more."

"Well, I wouldn't have to put you on dates with pigs if you'd confess to Jaune already but, judging by your mark on him I'd guess things are now in full swing, correct?"

Cinder deflated, "N-no. I marked him because I was jealous of a girl he was talking to earlier."

Salem sighed once more, "I see."

"But things are progressing," Cinder hurriedly added. "Earlier today I was able to able to make a few moves on Jaune. So I am progressing, it's just a little slow."

"'Slow' would not even begin to describe the speed of your progress." Cinder flinched at her retort. "Perhaps you need more incentive."

Cinder's eyes were wide as dinner plates. "Wh-what do you mean, I have plenty of incentive."

"Oh believe me you will. We're done here Cinder." Salem then rose from her seat. Cinder looked down in defeat and began to rise as well. She followed her mother out of the room before Salem spoke again. "Cinder a piece of advice. Tell Jaune how you feel now before someone else comes along and snatches him out from under you. Rayna! I'm leaving!"

"Okay!" she called before quickly walking into the entrance hall. There she saw Cinder with her head hung in defeat. "Are you taking Cinder?"

Salem then turned to her daughter. "Monday," she said causing Cinder to snap her head up at Salem. "I will see you on Monday after school is that understood?"

Cinder eyes lit up and a bright smile graced her lips. "Ye-!" Cinder caught herself from screaming. "Y-yes ma'am."

"Good," Salem replied. She then turned to Rayna, "Rayna it was so good to see you again. I had fun catching up."

"It was great seeing you as well," Rayna said as she hugged her fellow mother, "and I had fun as well."

"Goodbye, Cinder," she said before placing a kiss atop the girl's head.

"Goodbye, mother." Salem turned around and left without another word. However before Selem could open the door to her limo she heard Cinder call to her, "Mother!"

"Yes, child?" she asked turning back around.

"I need you to find someone for me," Cinder explained.

"Asking me for a favor when I just granted you one? You most certainly are pushing your luck, don't you agree?"

"Please? Trust me you'll be interested in this too once you hear me out," Cinder said as she pulled out Donald's ID and handed it to Salem.

"What is this?"

"Earlier today I was almost kidnapped and well, that's his ID. He was foolish enough to bring his wallet and ID with him." Salem's eyes darkened at the man's picture. Rage began to consume her as she thought of the many ways to punish, Donald. "It might be hard to find him," she added. "Jaune had beaten him to a bloody pulp when he rescued me so he may not look exactly like his photo." A smile spread across Salem's lips. She always knew there was a reason to like the boy. "He also had two others with him, they dealt with by Jaune before they come help, Donald. However, I was unable to check for IDs."

"I see," Salem said as she began to regain her composure. "Well, they will all suffer the cost of his foolishness. I will call you once they are found. In the meantime remember to bring Jaune to our home one night. I'd like to personally thank him for his bravery and actions," Salem finished as she lowered herself into the limo. "Be safe," she said finally. Running back into Jaune's house, Rayna stood at the waiting for Cinder before closing and locking it behind her. She then turned around to find Cinder only to notice the girl at the top of the stairs hugging Jaune.

"Cinder," she called. The two friends looked down at her. She made a "Come closer" gesture with her finger, "You're not off the hook yet young lady." Cinder looked back at Jaune worried.

"Mom?" Jaune questioned.

"This has nothing to do with you Jaune," she told him. "And go wipe that lipstick off your neck."

"What lipstick?" Jaune wondered.

"Cinder," Rayna called once more this time in a much firmer voice.

"Coming," she said back before walking downstairs.

"Jaune go clean up," Rayna ordered. Jaune obeyed and walked into the nearest bathroom. Cinder stood at the base of the stairs in front of Rayna waiting for her to berate her about the mark she left on Jaune. "With me," Rayna ordered as she walked towards the kitchen.

A long sigh came out of Cinder's mouth as she laid in silence. Rayna was not forgiving about Cinder marking Jaune. She was fine with Cinder showing a little extra skin but she found marking him on the neck to be too sexual. She'd also found out about her, and Ruby, sleeping in the same bed as Jaune even though she'd long forbidden Cinder from doing so. Cinder blamed the Arc sisters for that one. So as punishment she forced them to go to sleep earlier than usual and that all three girls had to sleep in rooms different from Jaune. "At least I still have his hoodie," Cinder told herself trying to look on the bright side. She brought the black hoodie with white cartoon dog skeletons up to her nose and inhaled deeply. "Mmm," she shuddered. She loved his scent. She couldn't get enough of it. A hot gasp came out when she felt a stirring in her loins. She reached down below the hoodie and touched her panty clad honey pot. She kept her mouth closed to keep her moans from being heard as she began to rub a finger back and forth. Should she? She's all alone and it had been a while. But this wasn't her bed and what if she made a mess? It wasn't like she could have Emerald clean it up before anyone noticed. Best to wait till her shower in the morning to rub one out. She pulled her finger away and tried to go to sleep. Suddenly her cracked open.

"Cin?" Oh, shit.

"Yeah?" she whispered. She turned around on the bed to face him just as he closed the door behind him. She turned on the lamp next to her so they could see.

"You okay?" he asked sitting next to her.

"Yeah I'm fine," she said as she pulled herself to a sitting position. Her cheeks then went red, "Um, how much did you hear when my mom was here?"

"Honestly not much," he told her, "I couldn't really hear you two over the sound of my mom in the kitchen." Cinder let out a sigh of relief as there were things her mother said that she'd rather have go with her to the grave than let Jaune know about. "By the way," he began as his eyes grew darker and their normal cold stare grew even colder. His anger from earlier had returned and boy did she feel hot underneath that hoodie. She had to unzip herself a little in order to keep from burning up. "Who the hell is Luca Toro?" In her head, Cinder weighed her options. Option 1: torture Luca herself and keep Jaune not only out jail but free of mental trauma or option 2: let Jaune brutally torture Luca in her name as if he'd caught Luca lechering at his woman. Shirtless. Jaune would be shirtless from sweat dripping down his chest. Torture was hard work after all. He'd even have a few flecks of blood on his face and chest-. What was she doing again? Oh right.

"Don't worry about him," she said as she cupped his jaw, "he's just a pig being prepared for slaughter." Jaune held his steeled gaze causing her blush to deepen before relenting.

"Okay," he whispered. He then leaned forward and pulled her into a warm gentle hug.

Cinder lovingly returned his embrace. They stayed that way for about a minute before Cinder whispered, "Jaune."

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for saving me." Then she pulled away and stared into his eyes. Slowly she drew closer to him. Eventually, their lips touched, it was only for a few moments for soon after the teens jolted in realization of what they were doing. The two looked away with blushes so deep one might think they'd faint from lack of circulation.

After a few moments of silence, Jaune cleared his throat, "Uh, n-no problem Cin," he said bashfully. "You don't have to thank me, seriously. While it may be a little cheesy, that doesn't make it any less true when I say that you beeing here safe and sound is all the thanks I need." Suddenly he felt something gently close around his hand. Looking down he saw her fingers gently caressing his own. His eyes trailed up her arm and landed on her chest. She'd unzipped the hoodie far enough to reveal her bra which brought back the memory of her little fashion show from earlier. Except now he could see her milk squirters a bit more clearly. His eyes lingered more one more moment before being dragged up to her face. She was bashfully staring at him out the corner of her eye. "S-sorry, I didn't mean stare."

"It's okay," she said. "I don't mind if you look. You're the only guy I'm comfortable with seeing me like this."

Jaune was at a loss for words, "I-I see. Ah, well, g-goodnight Cin." He then gave her a quick peck on the cheek before awkwardly scurrying out of the room.

The moment the door closed, Cinder collapsed onto the bed. Despite being alone she couldn't help but cover her face in embarrassment. "I can't believe I did that," she said inwardly. "I showed him my tits on accident." It felt strange showing Jaune parts of her body without her initial consent. She was so used to purposely flaunting herself in front of him that it felt odd for him to accidentally see her in such a state. Soon she was hit with another realization. "We kissed." "We kissed," she repeated this time it was with her mouth and not her mind. "It was short and really our lips just barely touched but we still kissed." A wide goofy smile spread across her lips as she pumped her arms in victory and whispered, "Yes!"

Well that's it for this chapter I'll probably start working on the next one after this uploaded, so yeah tell me what you thought of this chapter. I haven't done an actual fight scene in a while but think this one was pretty decent. Also, I'm kinda interested in writing some entries from Cinder's diary, I'll start up a poll so you guys can vote on whether or not you want to see stuff from Cinder's diary. The pole will probably run until the next chapter. So vote while you can. Please note that I'm only taking poll votes and not votes from the comments as it could screw with the numbers. So tell me what you guys thought of this one I had a time writing the beginning but I feel like everything came together in the end. By the way that isn't this chapter's original ending. The first ending was much naughtier but I decided that a little fluff never hurt. You'll get a slightly naughtier chapter in the not too distant future. Remember to leave a review and to vote on if I should or shouldn't do entries from Cinder's diary with that said I'll see you guys in the next.