Hikari nodded. "Definitely. I want to know if they kissed. I have a bet going with Yang, and I get five bucks if they did kiss." She said.

Itachi had no patience for the other man's antics. "I asked you a question. Answer it or leave." He said threateningly.

The man chuckled, seemingly amused by Itachi's short temper. "All in good time, Itachi-kun. For now, all you need to know is that your little brother won't stay imprisoned for long. If you see him, tell him Kabuto said hello." He continued in his concersational tone, pushing his glasses up. With a smirk, he put his hood back up and disappeared into the shadows, just at several knives of Itachi's flew at him.

"This is bad. If someone is trying to get Sasuke out...we need to get back fast."

"Great! Let's go, then." Sun said, extending a hand towards Ruby.

Ark chuckled lightly at that. "Somehow I'm not surprised. Though speaking of Yang...have you seen how close she and Weiss have been getting lately?" he asked.

"Then let's go. I don't want Naruto, Blake or Ark getting hurt again because of your brother, no offense" Amaya responded. She had a feeling that whatever this Kabuto person was saying wasn't good.

Ruby took Sun's hand with a light grin before heading back to Beacon with him.

Hikari shrugged. "Kind of? But they're friends, so it's not abnormal." She said, completely missing Ark's point.

Itachi shook his head. "None taken. I know how he is." He said, starting to walk at a brisk pace.

"That's not what I meant. I meant like Blake and Naruto, ourselves or Ruby and Sun" Ark explained, hoping that she now understood what he was trying to say.

"Alright," she said before picking up her pace, knowing that Itachi wanted to get back to Beacon quickly so that he could tell Ozpin about the attack.

Hikari blinked, the words taking a minute to sink in. Then comprehension dawned. "Oh...okay, I get it now. Huh...yeah, now that you mention it, they do seem that way."

"Think we should tease one of them about it, see what happens?" he asked, curious as to what his girlfriend would say about that.

Hikari grinned deviously. "That's a great idea!" She said, sounding eager.

Ark laughed lightly at that, grinning at it. Oh the teasing that could be had..."Anyways, we should probably follow our fellow Faunus' idea and get some sleep," he said.

(Now what to do with Amaya/Itachi...have them report back to Ozpin or just have Itachi report back and have Amaya warn the others?)

((Hm...probably have them tell their teams and tell Ozpin in the morning...or at least plan to.))

Hikari chuckled, already scheming for all the teasing she would do. "Alright, bed time it is." She said.

"Agreed, and tomorrow we can tease our Faunus friend," he said with a nod before getting ready for bed.

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Areku yawned as he woke up, noticing that everyone else was still sleeping. Seeing as it was a morning before classes started, he sighed lightly. 'Oh well, back to routine. Still...the date yesterday was nice...' he thought to himself. And now all they had to do was ask how Naruto's date went with their black cat friend.

((Totally!))

Hikari woke up with a yawn, stretching so far that she fell out of bed. "Oof! Dang it..." She mumbled, pulling herself up.

Naruto was woken up by the bang of Hikari hitting the floor. He was up on his feet in seconds. "What? What's wrong? Is everyone okay?"

Itachi was already up, dressed and headed down to the holding cells to see if his brother was still there.

"Apparently our leader woke up and hit her head on the floor," Amaya said with a light yawn. She had gotten in late from her date with Itachi and didn't get enough sleep.

Ark had gotten out of the shower and dressed for the day, having heard what happened from the bathroom, having a feeling as to what happened but resisted keeping the smirk off his face as he headed into the main room. "Morning everyone," he said cheerfully.

Hikari scowled. "Don't laugh at me." She warned, getting up and rubbing her head.

Naruto chuckled anyway. "Sorry, but it's funny."

Hikari raised an eyebrow. "You're in a good mood. Did you maybe get a kiss last night?" She prodded.

Naruto blushed brightly, which was answer enough. "S-so what if I did?"

"So we were right Hikari, he did get a kiss from his kitten" Ark said with a light smirk before turning to his girlfriend that was just getting off the floor. "So...is this where we start interrogating Naruto to see what happened on his date?"

Hikari smirked and nodded. "Yes, that's exactly what time it is. Come on, Naruto-kun, spill it! Tell us everything." She said.

Naruto crossed his arms. "You're gonna have to do better than that. I'm not telling you anything!" He said stubbornly.

"We could just tell Yang that Naruto here kissed her partner...I'm sure she'd be a great way to extract information from our fox Starlight," he said with a light smirk.

Amaya was slowly waking up, hearing something going on around her but not yet knowing what it was about.

Instead of being intimidated, Naruto smirked. "Starlight? A new pet name, Ark-san? How cute." He teased.

Hikari blushed slightly. "Alright, how about this," She wagered. "If you tell us what happened last night, we'll tell you the same." She already was going to tell them the majority of it, but Naruto didn't know that.

The fox faunus perked his ears. It sounded like there was plenty to tell, if she was wagering it like that. "Okay, deal." He agreed. "But you have to go first."

Areku already knew what Hikari was going to tell them and stayed quiet. Besides, it was her story to tell, not his. After hearing Naruto's quip, he couldn't help the smirk forming on his face. "I'm pretty sure it's better than just shortening your names like you and your 'B-chan'" he replied.

Amaya was curious about what was going on and listened in, having an idea that this was going to be important.

"That was a nickname In gave her when we were little kids. B-chan is pretty imaginative for a three-year-old, you know." Naruto defended.

"Alright, enough chest beating, you two. Everyone listen closely, because I'm only going to do this once, okay?" Hikari said, waiting to get an affirmative response from everyone before continuing. She started at the beginning and told them everything she had told Ark the night before, including the decision they had come to about her Semblance.

Amaya listened intently before putting in her two cents. "It sounds as if you're trying to overcome your fear by reliving the event or something along those lines." Other than offering to contact Itachi for them, there was little that she could do. However, she did thank Hikari for sharing that information with all of them.

Naruto nodded. "That's what I heard, too. But do you think it will work?" He asked.

Hikari shrugged. "I don't know. I think it will help me pinpoint the feelings I need to bring about my Semblance." She said.

"I think it will work, but since we can't summon her brother back from the dead, this seems like the next best idea. Besides, even if we could summon him back, I'd want to kill him just for being a general asshole to Starlight here," Ark added. "But, I think we should do that after class."

Naruto nodded. "Well yeah. I mean, it's probably a bad idea to induce your worst fears before class. Do you want us to steer clear, Hikari-chan? Or should we be there for moral support?"

Hikari sighed. "It won't make much difference, since I won't know anything outside of the vision, but...I'd appreciate it if you guys would be there. At least when I wake up, I'll have friends around..."