Weiss nodded. "I'd love to rub it in his face that I'm fine, but I'd rather sleep right now. Maybe tomorrow." She said.

Hikari nodded. "You're welcome. Good night, Ark-kun." She said, going to lay down in her bed.

"Sounds like a good idea Weiss. Sleep well," she said as she watched Weiss go back into dreamland, this time under her own accord. After that, Ruby left the Nurse's Room before heading back to the room she shared with her team, both Blake and Yang still awake. "Weiss woke up, but she's sleeping again," Ruby quickly said to the two in the room.

"Good night Hika-chan," was all that he replied before laying down on his bed, quickly going to sleep.

When Hikari woke up the next morning, her first thought was that she was supposed to have told her team about why she hated that name the night before. She'd have to tell them later. Her second thought was that she really, really didn't want to get up.

(I am so sorry...I completely forgot I responded to this early at work and saved it)

As the sunlight filtered into the room, it landed on the unlucky victim of Areku Tenjin. Muttering lightly, he turned around and wanted to get more sleep. After all of the events of today, he just wanted to lay in bed and not get up. Especially with everything that happened last night both physically and emotionally. 'That reminds me...I have to talk to Amaya and tell her the truth,' he thought to himself before sighing and getting up.


Amaya groaned lightly as her head emerged from underneath her covers, not wanting to greet the day just yet. But she was a future huntress and future huntresses didn't have the luxury of sleep. Neither did regular huntresses now that she thought about it. Sighing, she removed herself from the covers and checked to see if the bathroom was free. Seeing that it was, she quickly made a beeline towards it, not knowing of the trying news that was bogging the white-haired male down...not yet anyways.

((lol it's okay, Wolfie was only on for a short time last night, so she didn't really notice all that much.))

Naruto woke last, groaning as he stretched. He had never needed as much sleep as other people, but today even he was still tired. He mumbled incoherently as he sat up, with only every few words being recognizable, such as "mornings" "hate" blankets" and, strangest of all, "monkeys."

By then, Hikari was sitting up and looking around the room. She noticed that Amaya was gone, and figured she must be in the bathroom. Hearing Naruto wake, she stared at him with a confused expression. It may have been the exhaustion, or the stress of the previous night, or that it was just funny, but something about Naruto's rant made her start giggling. The giggles turned into chuckles, then snorts and then finally full on, gasping laughter.

(kk)

Amaya sighed lightly as she stepped out of the shower, drying off before putting her uniform back on. Stepping out into the main area she saw Hikari laughing uncontrollably while Areku looked on confused. Though she also noticed that something had happened last night, but what it was she didn't know.

Naruto looked over at the sound of laughter, and stared at Hikari with a raised eyebrow. "Uhh...Kari-chan? Are you okay?" He asked, wondering if their leader had lost her mind.

Hikari gasped a few times before reigning in control. "S-sorry, I don't...don't know what came over me...f-for some reason, Naruto-kun's mumbling...hahaha...about monkeys..." She shook her head. "I think I really just needed the laugh."

(Do you want to hear about the new episode or wait until next week to see it yourself my dear Wolfie?)

Amaya just shook her head at that. "If you say so Kari, anyways the shower is free," she said before noticing Areku looking at her with a look of sadness on his face.

((Wolfie will wait, thank you.))

Hikari noticed the obvious sadness radiating from Areku, and stood up. "I'm going to take a shower, then. Naruto-kun, why don't you go secure us all a table for breakfast?"

Naruto looked stumped, oblivious to the tension around him as usual. "But, shouldn't I wait until everyone is ready-"

"Just go!" Hikari hissed, sending the fox scurrying out of the room. She glanced back at the two remaining members of team HANA before heading to the bathroom, planning on taking a long shower.

(alright. In the meantime, enjoy Yang's backstory ^_^)

Areku gulped lightly as she watched Hikari's anger in action, mentally making a note to never piss her off. Once Naruto was out of the room and he could hear the shower going off, he sighed lightly. "Maya-chan...can I ask you something, something personal?"

Amaya noticed the tension inside the room and how Hikari made Naruto leave the room, having a feeling that something bad was going to happen soon. And then she heard Ark's question and nodded.

"What was your mother's name?" he asked, hoping that he didn't have to tell her the bad news. He didn't want to give her hope and then have to take it away from her.

Amaya thought for a few minutes as she tried bringing up past memories."Cinder. Her name was Cinder...why? What's wrong?" she asked as she saw Ark sigh lightly and hang his head softly.

Meanwhile, Naruto had made it to the cafeteria and was looking for a good table. Spotting one that could seat all of his team and team RWBY, he sat down and proceeded to try a trick he had been working on recently. Focusing on his Aura, he split multiple pieces of it from himself and shaped them until he had several exact clones of himself, which he directed to sit in the seats around the table so that no one else could take them. "Whoa, it worked! And it only took a little bit of Aura, too. I can't wait to show the others, dattebayo!"

"You can create clones too?" Blake asked surprised after seeing him create several clones, though unlike hers, it seemed as if it took a while to form them whereas she could create hers with just a thought.

Naruto looked up, startled. "I just figured this trick out a few days ago. Wait, you mean you could already do it? Aw, man, and here I thought I was doing something new!"

"It looks like your clones are made up from the Dust you use to power your sword though, mine are just from my Semblance," Blake replied as the rest of her team came into the cafeteria.

Naruto looked crushed. "Man...it figures. Every time I think of something cool, it turns out someone else has already done it."

"But you're doing it with Dust, right? Think if someone was sparring against you and you suddenly turn into a wave of fire, ice or some other element?" Blake asked as she sat down, waving the other three over.

"T...that can't be right. My mom died in the fire, I saw the body," Amaya said softly. Could it be possible that her mother was switched with someone else so as to make her think she was dead? If that was the case...then why?

"I'm sorry I have to tell you this Maya-chan, really I am. But...I wanted you to know. You deserve that much," Ark replied, looking down.

Naruto blinked. "Hey, yeah...I didn't think of that. Thanks, B-chan! I'll have to practice later!" he said, suddenly happy again.

Blake grinned at that.

"And hello to the two lovebirds at the table," Yang teased. "Huh? Where's everyone Naruto?" she asked curiously.

"But wait...my clones weren't made from Dust. I used my Aura." Naruto said. When Yang walked up, he shrugged. "Back in the room, I guess. Kari-chan told me to come save a table, and she's kinda scary sometimes, so I did." He said.

"...Oh, I still think it's a good idea though Na-kun," Blake said with a light grin. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't do something like that with her clones. But she was able to use them as shields, canon fodder, among other things.

"Oh? And it sounds like you got it rough 'Na-kun'," Yang said as she placed an arm around Naruto.

"Yang...only I can call him that," Blake said in a dangerous tone, causing Yang to blink and take her arm off of Naruto.

"Scary..."

Naruto laughed nervously. "Ah...don't fight, please...it's scary..." He said. "I wonder what's taking the others so long, though?"

Hikari had taken as long as she could in the shower, and had finished getting dressed. At that point, she had no choice but to go back into the room.

"Sorry Na-kun,"

"Sorry Naruto, Blake" Yang said as she took her arm off of Naruto's shoulder, knowing she had gone too far with teasing Blake that time.

"If my mother's still alive...what are you going to do Ark-kun," Amaya asked softly. She hoped that he wouldn't kill her, but she also knew that the unofficial co-leader of Team HANA had the right to do so if he wished. Hearing the shower turn off, she saw Hikari coming out of the bathroom.

"I don't know. I honestly don't...but I do want to hear her side of the story. Something had to of happened if she helped Sasuke-teme kill off my clan. After that...I'll...I will let you decide her fate," he said, knowing that it was a lot to take in at once.

Amaya was shocked, surprised that Ark was letting her deal with her mother. She needed to get out of the room, get some fresh air...otherwise she would pass out from all the emotions that she was experiencing at the moment. It was just too much..."I...I need to go," she said before getting away from Ark and going out of the room. She needed time to think; time to thing and fresh air in order to help her cope.

"It's okay. Now that you guys are here, I'm gonna go get breakfast." Naruto said, standing up.

Hikari saw Amaya rush out of the room, and went over to Ark. "Did she take it okay?" She asked.

Itachi was out for a walk before breakfast. It was nice out, so he decided to get some fresh air.

Yang saw her sister and Weiss enter the cafeteria soon after, but the older sibling could see that Ruby was being a little too overprotective of the heiress and couldn't help the smirk appear upon her face. Oh she wasn't going to make a comment about it, especially since her sister was only worried about Weiss, but she could tell Weiss wasn't happy about her sister being a worrywart. But Yang knew that was just how her sister was; sometimes a good thing, sometimes a bad.

"She took it as well as I could hope for, in any case...I think," Ark replied with a light sigh. "For now...we should leave Maya-chan to her own devices for a bit. I'm not saying we should avoid her, but...we should let her know that we're here for her if she wants to talk about it," he replied. He honestly didn't blame her from running from the room; if someone had told him that one of his parents was alive and helped murder a teammates clan, he, too, would have been trying to get away from the situation before going somewhere where he could think.

Amaya wasn't paying attention as she ran, tears falling down her face as she thought over what Areku had told her. She was definitely grateful that he decided to tell her about what had been said about her mother, but...her mother was dead, right? She had died in the fire along with her father. But if that wasn't the case...then why didn't she contact her? Let her know she was still alive? So trapped up in her thoughts, she didn't see the person in front of her and bumped into him. "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying att...Itachi-sensei?" she said before asking, surprised to see him out here so early.

Weiss sighed for about the tenth time since leaving the infirmary. "Ruby, for the last time, will you stop babying me! I can take care of myself." She said.

Hikari nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Well, we might as well head for the cafeteria. I'll bet Naruto has come up with twenty different reasons why he was kicked out by now." She chuckled.

Itachi was so lost in thought that he had no clue at all that Amaya was coming. So, when their paths crossed, he bumped into her with a slight "oof" before looking up. "Sorry, I- miss Amaya-chan? Are you alright? You've been crying." He said, reaching forward to wipe a tear from her face.