"Thank you...I trust you with this," Blake said before blushing lightly. "You...really think he does like me like that?" she asked, a little amount of hope within her voice. She really wanted Naruto to return her feelings but didn't want to ask.

"If you have feelings for a girl, you first become their friend. After you get to know her...you might have to risk finding that she doesn't have the same feelings as you do for her, but it's better to ask than to never know. If Hika-chan didn't like me like I did then I would be devastated, but I would like to think we would still be friends," he replied as honestly as he could.

Hikari nodded. "I'm almost positive. I mean, I don't want to get your hopes up, in case I'm wrong, but I'm almost never wrong about this kind of thing. I can tell by the way he looks as you, and the way he blushes whenever we talk about you." She said confidently.

Naruto sighed. "Yeah, I already know all of that! But how did you know how you felt? Don't tell me about Hikari-chan's feeling, I want to know about yours!" He said, frustrated. "Look, I'm just trying to figure out my own feelings here, okay? I don't know how I feel, and I want to know how I can tell if I'm in love or not!"

"...oh. I see now," Ark said as he thought for a few minutes. "When you think about your feelings...ask yourself this. Could you live without her? I'm assuming this is about Blake-chan, so ask yourself that. Can you live without Blake in your life? For me when it comes to Hika-chan...the answer is no. I'd rather not have to live without Hikari-chan in my life. I would if I had to, but I know that I wouldn't be the same," he admitted before adding how before coming to Beacon he was just travelling from place to place, doing mercenary work and listening for any clues about the killers of his family: Sasuke...and a female witch.

(I have a question. Do you think we could make Cinder Amaya's mother? She assumes that her mother died in the flames, but since she can control fire...and Cinder would think that Amaya died in the flames since she couldn't get to her daughter fast enough. Just an idea)

Blake blushed but nodded, not trusting her voice at the moment. If Naruto-kun did like her the same way that she liked him...wait. "You four talk about me?" she asked, suddenly feeling self-conscious.

(( Holy crap that's genius! Wolfie has no words to express what an amazing idea that is...!!))

Naruto paused at that, thinking carefully. Could he live properly without Blake in his life? He remembered feeling that way about Hinata, and realized that he now felt exactly the same. "No, I can't...I can't picture life without her. It's just like before, only...stronger this time."

Hikari chuckled. "Nothing bad, I swear. We talk about our friends, and you are one of our friends, so your name comes up. And every time it does, Naruto-san blushed like a tomato." She said.

"Then you should know what my answer will be, or at least what I'm going to say next: tell her. Even if she doesn't return them, you still told Blake your feelings for her. And besides, everyone could use a Guardian Angel," he said with a light chuckle at the joke.

(Thanks...now we just have to get past Sasuke kidnapping Blake)

"I see," Blake muttered glad that Yang or Ruby weren't here. Yang would have teased her mercilessly and Ruby would find it extremely cute; both would just embarrass the hell out of her...'Speaking of which...I need to ask Ruby what she thinks of Naruto-kun, and Naru-kun of Ruby-chan,' she silently thought.

Naruto blinked slightly at the guardian angel comment, but he mostly understood what Ark meant. "Okay. I'm gonna tell her, right after dinner tonight. I'll bring her somewhere private and tell her. Thank, Ark-san." The blonde said.

"Okay, now that that's taken care of, let's get back to the boys." Hikari said.
((We'll just assume that they already went pee. Also, Wolfie just set it up so that Sasuke can kidnap Blake when she and Naruto are alone later on. There can be a fight and everything, and Sasuke proves too strong for Naruto, so Naruto ends upw atching as Sasuke steals Blake away...))

"Good idea, and I think she'll like it. Just remember to be yourself and everything should be fine," he said before seeing the girls coming out of the bathroom.

Blake nodded as she followed Hikari, feeling a weight coming off of her shoulders. She was glad that she told Hikari about her status at being a cat Faunus...she just hoped that Naruto would return her feelings.

(Brilliant. And this way we have Naruto be pissed and try going after Blake right away, but the other members of Team HANA stop him from going. Though...should it just be Team HANA or Teams HANA and RWBY?)

((Probably both teams, for two reasons. First, Blake is on team RWBY, so they'll want to go after her. Second, if Naruto alone wasn't enough to stop Sasuke, then they would need all the help they could get.))

Naruto nodded and turned to see the girls coming back at that very moment. "Hey, you two ready to go? I'm getting hungry." He said happily.

Hikari smiled. "Well, I'm certainly ready to go. That was a long movie, and I ran out of popcorn fast, so I'm starving!" She said.

(makes sense on both accounts)

Both Areku and Blake laughed before nodding, since they were also hungry as well.

((Should we skip to dinner, or after dinner maybe?))

(How about after, Hikari pulling Areku away for something, leaving the two alone?)

((Works for Wolfie.))

After dinner was over and the group was walking back to Beacon, Hikari spotted a weapons shop. "Ooh, look! They have polishing kits and repair boxes and Dust refills...Ark-san, can we go in and look?!" She asked with hige sparkly anime eyes. She acted the way most girls acted in a shoe store.

"Oh, boy...I think I'm gonna skip on that one, dattebayo. Hikari-chan can spend hours in a weapons shop. Blake-chan, you wanna head back with me?" Naruto said. He didn't want to wait to tell Blake how he felt, and if he stayed with Hikari, he'd be waiting a while.

Ark chuckled lightly. "I don't see why not," he replied before turning towards Naruto and Blake. "Naru, you need any Dust for your weapon?" he asked. He knew that they would most likely be a while, especially with the way that Hikari was acting, but didn't mind.

Blake nodded her head, knowing that if they waited for the other couple that they would be out long into the day. And the fact of her being alone with Naruto left a light blush on her cheeks...especially since she didn't want to wait to tell him about her feelings towards him.

Naruto shook his head. "Nah, I stocked up just the other day. Thanks, though." He said, before walking away with Blake.

Hikari squealed happily and dragged Ark into the weapons shop.

Ark nodded to show that he heard before chuckling lightly as he was dragged into the store. He would definitely have to remember this moment for blackmail/teasing purposes later.

"Poor guy," Blake said as she watched the two enter the store, knowing how some females could get when it came to their hobbies. She was just glad that she didn't get like that...unless maybe if there was a new book she liked. Maybe. Walking fast, she soon caught up to Naruto.

"Hey, Blake-chan? Can we go somewhere private? I kinda wanted to talk to you alone." Naruto said, somewhat nervously.

Blake noticed that Naruto was a little nervous and wondered what he wanted to say to her. "I know just the place, come on," Blake said after a few seconds as she led Naruto towards an empty field a little ways away from the school. This way no one would be able to spy on them without them knowing...or so she thought. She didn't know that Sasuke was hiding here at the time, or what was about to happen.

Naruto followed quietly, letting Blake lead him as he tried to put the words together in his head. I could say "Look, we've known each other since we were kids..."no, that's not right. Maybe, "Blake-chan, I think we'd be good together..." No, that's not right either! He thought. His mental self-torture was cut short when they got to the field, and Naruto turned to face Blake. "THis is perfect, Blake-chan. Okay, so what I wanted to talk to you about..." He paused collecting his thoughts, when he picked up on an all-too-familiar presence. He turned around sharply. "Sasuke! Show yourself, you coward!"

Blake blinked, not realizing that Sasuke was there until Naruto said something about it, drawing her out of her mental battle. She was trying to think of ways to tell Naruto that she loved him, but wasn't one hundred percent sure how to word it. After she was drawn to the menace that was Sasuke, she quickly drew Gambol Shroud and got ready to fight, just in case.

"So you caught me I see. And what's this, you've gotten over Hinata-chan dobe?" Sasuke asked with a smirk on his face. "And she's just as defiant as she was. You really know how to pick your whores don't you?" Sasuke said with a chuckle, angering Naruto with his comments.

Naruto growled angrily. "Don't you even speak Hinata-chan's name! You have no right to talk about her or Blake-chan!" He said, drawing his blade and holding it at the ready. "What are you here for, Teme?"

(Maya-chan? What does she have to do with this?)

Sasuke chuckled darkly as he readied his weapons. "That is the million dollar question here, isn't it?" he asked as he brought out his weapons. He wasn't going to just tell the dobe his mission, there wouldn't have been any fun in that. Speaking of fun...he glanced at the Faunus female as thoughts of breaking her entered his mind.

((Whoops! Fixed it, sorry about that. It was late, and Wolfie was tired when she typed that. ))

Naruto saw his old enemy's eyes flicker to Blake, and he growled warningly. "Your opponent is me, Teme. Leave her out of this." He said, feeling his protective instincts kick in.

(no problem. This is going to be my only post for the night here and in the other RP. I'm zonkered after the AFI, 30 seconds to Mars and Linkin Park concert)

"Just by being in your presence, your female friend has gained my attention dobe. Though I could try not killing her like I did your last girlfriend," he said with a low chuckle. After that, he quickly rushed towards the fox faunus, starting the fight.

Blake felt heat coming to her cheeks as she saw Naruto move in front of her and trying to protect her from Sasuke, but she was a big girl and could fight with Naruto. Seeing Naruto unsheathe his weapon, she quickly got the two weapons ready. "Naruto...let me help," she whispered. No one was going to call her a whore and get away with it.

((YOU.ARE.SO.LUCKY!!!! Wolfie has never been to any concert, at all. The closest she's gotten was a Blue Man Group show, which was totally awesome, but still not a concert.))

Naruto had half a second to nod at Blake, indicating that he wouldn't stop her from fighting, before Sasuke reached them. Naruto engaged him straight away, using his blade to block the Uchiha's attack. "Blake-chan, just be careful, he's strong!" Naruto warned. Hinata had made the mistake of fighting the bastard, and what happened to her...he would not let that happen to Blake. He refused.

(lol, that sucks)

Blake nodded, showing that she heard Naruto's warning. As Sasuke blocked Naruto's blade with his own, Blake used the chance given to her to throw her sheathe towards the bastard. Unlike most sheathes used to protect swords, hers was also a weapon as well and hoped that the surprise attack would be underestimated.