Hikari nodded distractedly, taking the scroll and sitting down to read it. "Let me know if anything happens..." She said. When it came to reading, the world faded away for her.

"Will do Hikari-chan," he said before nodding to Amaya's request. "What did you want to work on Maya-chan? And I'll go ahead and use my swords so that there's no advantage," he added.

Hikari settled in and continued to read, hoping to be finished before dinnertime.

Having arrived back at the school, Naruto looked at Blake. "We should probably go find our teams. Maybe we can all sit together at dinner- or not, depending on the princess's mood." He said, half-joking.

"Good idea. And thanks for today Naru-kun, I enjoyed it," she said before going to find her teammates. It would be quite interesting to see what would happen later.

"No problem." He said, and went off in the opposite direction. He had a feeling as to where his team was. He found them rather easily. "Hey, I'm back, dattebayo! What's up?" The blonde fox greeted his team.

Amaya and Areku were panting lightly after the spar that they had, though Amaya had more bruises and scrapes than Areku did. "Just a friendly spar," he replied with a light grin. "Though Hikari-chan has been learning quite a bit from what I've heard," he added.

Naruto grinned. "That's great! Kari, what is it you're learning?" He asked.

Realizing that she was being spoken to, Hikari looked up to find Naruto asking what she was learning. "Hm? Oh, I'm learning karate from Maya-chan, and Ark-san let me read this scroll to learn some sword techniques." She said happily.

"That's great, 'tebayo! Actually, I'm a black belt in karate, so if you need someone to spar with or need any pointers, you can ask me." Naruto said helpfully.

Ark was somewhat surprised when he heard that Naruto was a black belt in karate, though he was glad to see that he was willing to help. Seeing that it was getting close to dinner, he figured it woudl be best if they all stopped for the day.

Blake shook her head as she saw the other members of her team. She wasn't surprised to see Yang and Ruby sparring against one another, but she had a feeling that Yang would go a little too far in teasing her sister. It seemed like it hadn't happened yet, but it was only a matter of time. Then she saw Weiss off to the side practicing both her spells and her skills with her rapier. Knowing that she was most likely going to regret this, she headed towards Weiss and once she was within hearing distance, asked the princess if she wanted help or some pointers.

Weiss turned around sharply and glared at whomever dared to interrupt her training. "Oh, Blake, it's you. I don't need any pointers, but I could use someone to spar with." She said haughtily.

Hikari smiled. "Thank you all so much. I really couldn't have asked for a better team. Not many people would be willing to help me start from scratch like this...I don't know how to thank you all."

(I was just about to send a PM to you, asking if you were okay.)

"I don't mind sparring against you Princess," Blake said with a hidden grin. Perhaps this spar with Weiss would help bring her down a few pegs, but that would only happen if her ribbon came undone.

"You don't have to thank us Kira-chan. We're a team and teammates stick together. No one is useless or untrainable," Areku said.

((Sorry about that, Wolfie was away two nights ago and last night she just fell asleep without going on ))

Weiss scowled at the nickname, but took a starting stance. "Alright, then. Let's get started."

Naruto nodded, "He's right. A team should always be ready to help each other, no matter what. Not just a team, either. Friends should, too." He said.

(Was starting to worry to be honest. On another note, do you want to have Weiss find out about Blake during the spar?)

Blake got into her own stance, drawing her weapon as well.

"Well said Foxy-kun," Amaya said with a light grin. "Now then...mind telling us where you went today with Blake?" she asked.

((Umm....nah, let's stick to the original storyline on that one.))

Taking a deep breath, Weiss rushed forward, weapon ready to strike. The first headlong rush was really just a test to see how her opponent reacted. The reaction from there would give her some insight into their style, which would allow her to plan for it.

To his credit, Naruto managed to keep a straight face and not blush. "We went to a deli she heard about for lunch. The city around here is nice, we should all go and check things out when we get the chance."

(kk)

"Foolish," Blake muttered as she brandished her weapon in it's short sword form before she dashed forward and met Weiss halfway.

Amaya had a small smirk on her face. "It could be a date," she said teasingly.

Weiss grinned. Okay, so Blake was the type to try to match her attacks. Now she had to see if the other girl was more calculating, or just rash. She ducked under Blake's counterattack and feinted a slash to the left, making a magical attack to the right at the last second.

Naruto blinked. "You can call it what you want, Maya-chan, but I think it's more of a group outing. I'm not asking you out." He said cluelessly, thinking she was talking about his idea for them all to go out next time.

Blake's danger sense was going off as she jumped backwards and away from the magical attack, transforming and throwing her blade at Weiss, having a feeling she wouldn't suspect the tactic.

Ark chuckled lightly at that. "I don't think that's what she's talking about Naruto," he replied.

The heiress was indeed surprised. Despite having seen the weapon in action before, she hadn't quite realized that it could transform like that. However, she took it a coolly as ever, jumping over the blade and firing another magical attack.

Naruto's face scrunched up in confusion, then cleared. "Oh...no, no, it wasn't a date at all. Blake-chan paid for herself, and on a date I would have paid for both, see? Besides, I barely know her." He said, surprisingly reasonable.

"You made Blake pay for herself? Even if it wasn't a date you should have paid Foxy," she shouted before turning towards a laughing Ark. "What's so funny?!"

Areku couldn't resist chuckling as he heard Amaya's rant. "Just because they went out together doesn't mean it was a date Maya," he said once she turned towards him.

Blake pulled the ribbon on her weapon back towards her, trying to get Weiss on the recoil. Jumping above the spell circle, she sped towards Weiss. She always was more of a speed fighter than a power fighter...

Naruto held his hands up in defense. "Whoa, whoa, I didn't make her! I asked and she said she wanted to pay for herself, dattebayo!" He said quickly.

Weiss smirked. Blake had done exactly as she'd expected, jumping over the first spell circle, and rushing forward- directly into the path of another spell circle. The heiress had set up the second spell quickly after the first, hoping that Blake would jump and run forward. At the same time, the white haired girl had to duck and roll to avoid the rebounding blade.

Amaya calmed down after hearing that he had at least offered to pay for Blake's lunch. "As long as you offered," she amended as she calmed down.

Blake's eyes widened lightly in surprise before putting her arms in front of her, hoping that her quick defense would be able to block some of the magical offense. Whether it worked or not would only be up to lady luck.

Naruto nodded. "Of course. I may be a knucklehead sometimes, but I'm not a jerk." He said.

Hikari chuckled. "Well, at least our Naruto-kun is a gentleman."

Luckily for Blake, the magical attack had been wind based, and only blew her hair around a bit. It didn't even dislodge her ribbon. Jumping back, Weiss gave a little breath. "Well, I hate to admit it, but You're pretty good. I almost didn't dodge that last attack, and your transforming weapon did catch me off guard."

Blake nodded as well. "You aren't that bad yourself Princess," Blake replied. If that had been any other element, then she would have been hurt, bad. "I never expected a double spell like that," she admitted as she kept her weapon at the ready, just in case.

"And now you're making me look bad," Ark said with a light chuckle.

Putting her rapier away, Weiss smirked. "I've been working on that move for a while. I just needed someone to practice it on."

"Don't worry, Ark-san, you're plenty gentleman. After all, only a gentleman would help a girl out like you are."

"If you say so Hika-chan," Areku replied. He was glad that he was helping Hikari though, as well as the others. He was also glad that after the first stint in the cafeteria, no one had tried bothering the team, though he had a feeling that the peace could only last for so long.

"Then I'm glad I could help. You're not to bad when you aren't on one of your high horses," Blake admitted.

Kari nodded. "I do say so." She said authoritatively, crossing her arms. "Now, are we going to keep training, or should we head back inside? We haven't exactly personalized our living space yet."

Weiss tried to glare at the black haired girl, but deep down she knew it was the truth. "Hmph. Well, don't go spreading that around." She said.