"Something's been having me on edge all day. It feels like someone is watching me, though I don't know who," Blake replied to her boyfriend's question before turning to Hikari and answering her question with a nod. Besides having something to worry her about, today had been boring...unless you counted Yang teasing Ruby interesting, but that was normal to the cat faunus.

Naruto looked pensive. "That's strange. Ark-san was just saying that he felt like something was strange today. I wonder what's going on." He said.

"Maybe we should ask Itachi-sensei if he senses anything. He's always really accurate about things like this." Hikari suggested.

"A good idea. Though perhaps it should be Amaya-san should do it?" she asked. She knew, just like most other people that knew the two, they had a thing for each other.

Hikari chuckled. "Yeah, maybe." She agreed.

Looking confused, Naruto tilted his head. "Wait...why Maya-chan and not Kari-chan? Kari-chan's known him longer, right? They're like brother and sister. So why would Maya-chan be a better choice?" He asked, completely missing the point.

"Don't worry about it 'Ruto," Ark said, seriously wondering how the fox faunus couldn't see something like that. Mentally shrugging, he agreed with the idea.

Naruto looked around at everyone. "But I don't understand!" He complained.

Kari sighed. "Okay...we're talking about Maya-chan because she and Itachi-sensei seem to like each other." She said, knowing that Naruto wouldn't stop asking.

"Oh, is that all? Everyone knows that. Why didn't you just say so?" Naruto asked, making Hikari's head drop to the table in disbelief.

(lmao. Perfect Naruto)

"I'm dealing with a child...Blake, how do you put up with him?"" Areku asked before feeling the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. Looking around, he frowned lightly, wondering what was going on exactly...

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"So...sis has a boyfriend now, hm?" Whitney muttered to herself as she continued to study her sister and the fox boy that looked like she was genuinely close to. She was keeping a close eye on her sister, though noticed that the white-haired boy had somehow sensed her presence and wondered how that was possible.

((Wolfie couldn't help it, that was a perfect "Naruto moment" opportunity.))

Hikari just shook her head. "I've come to accept that one of our team mates just needs a little extra help." She said in a defeated tone. Suddenly, she looked up and took her locket out from under her shirt. Opening it, her face was briefly lit up by a faint blue glow. Once it faded, she nodded. "Itachi-sensei just sent me a message. He says to be careful what we say and do...we're being watched." She whispered so that only her friends could hear.

(Oh, it's quite okay. I had a perfect moment with Ruby in my other RWBY RP. Basically..."to make her stop, threaten her cookies" lol)

"We are?" Ark asked softly so that he couldn't be heard at a normal tone. "Who else, if anyone?"

((lol that's awesome.))

Hikari shook her head. "I'll ask." She said, doing something they couldn't see with her locket. A moment later, the blue glow came back, and then faded. "He says right at this moment it's just us, but he thinks team RWBY is being watched, too. He can't pinpoint where the watcher is, but he's working on it." Kari reported.

Naruto looked increasingly worried. "What should we do? We can't just keep walking around like we don't know anything, if we could be in danger. Can we?" He asked quietly.

"Probably not. Why don't you two go to class while I try to find things out," Ark replied. He had been reading some of the family scrolls the last couple of days and had a feeling he could sneak around without being seen, just like his dead clan.

Hikari looked worried, but nodded. "Alright...but be careful. It could be dangerous...especially if Itachi-sensei is warning us about it." She said, squeezing his hand quickly. "If you're not back in two hours, I'm coming to look for you. Two hours, Ark-kun. I'm telling you that as your team captain, okay?"

Naruto looked nervously between the two, not sure how this would go. Hikari had never used her status against any of them before, she wasn't the type to throw her weight around like that. Trying it with her boyfriend, of all people, might be a bad idea.

"Two hours, got it," he responded before giving her a light kiss. After that he headed out of the cafeteria.

Hikari blushed lightly at the kiss, and a little bit in shame for ordering her boyfriend around like that. "Now I feel bad. I sounded just like my parents..." She said.

Naruto tilted his head. "You sounded like a team leader, and that's what you are. You only did it because you were worried about him, right? So it's not that bad. I bet that's why he didn't get upset with you."

Areku hadn't heard the conversation between Naruto and his girlfriend but if he had, he would have agreed with Naruto. Heading to where he felt the disturbance, Ark kept his senses open...just in case. 'Two hours...I better make the most of it,' he thought

((Should we skip to two hours later, or do you have any specific plans for what Ark is going to find out?))

Whitney frowned lightly, annoyed that she had been found out so soon. She was hoping that she could get some information on Naruto, her sister's boyfriend. She had also been warned about Areku and how he was the last of a ninja clan. Looking up at them, she was surprised to see the white-haired male was no longer seen.

(I was thinking that Ark finds Whitney spying on them and fights her, whether to a standstill or defeat is up to you. She works for the White Fang and believes that the WF can do no wrong)

((Sounds good. Probably to a standstill...or...hang on, Wolfie will PM you with an idea she just had.))

'why hello there...who's this?' Ark thought to himself as he witnessed a white Cat Faunus spying on the school. 'Perhaps this is the person that has been watching us?' he asked, wondering if he wanted to just attack her or try and talk to see what was going on. Choosing to talk and see what she was doing, he jumped down. "Hello there, you lost?" he asked.

Meanwhile, in class, Hikari was distracted. Between checking her locket every few minutes and checking the clock every other minute, she could hardly concentrate on the lesson. She even got reprimanded once. After that, though, she was more careful.

"You okay?" Amaya whispered the question to her team leader, wondering what was wrong. Then again, she should have quickly realized the matter when Ark wasn't in class.

"Depends. Who are you?" Whitney asked smoothly, though not sure as to what she should do. True she could fight, and probably fight Areku to a standstill, but wasn't sure as to what type of injuries would occur due to the skirmish. Besides, she was suppose to find out the information for Adam without getting spotted.

"It isn't nice to ask for one's name without introducing yourself first, but I guess I can make an exception just this once. My name is Areku Tenjin. Yours?" he asked the Cat faunus in front of him, subtly getting into a defensive stance.

"Whitney Willow," she responded with a light smirk. Who would have thought that she had found one of her targets already? True it was her secondary target and not her primary one; her sister, Blake Belladonna, but it would do.

Hikari fidgeted slightly in her seat. "It's Ark-san." She whispered back. "Itachi-sensei sent a message that we were being watched, so Ark-kun went to find out what was going on. I gave him two hours before we came looking for him, and now I'm just nervous..." She finished, quickly shutting up when the teacher turned around.

"When was the two hour limit put in place?" Amaya whispered.

"About one hour ago...by the time this class ends, the time will be up." Hikari said, biting her lip. An hour had passed already. What was happening with Ark?

"Don't worry so much, Kari-san. Ark-san can handle himself. He'll be back." Naruto whispered, trying to comfort the girl.

"My partner is right Hikari; you just need to have faith in your boyfriend," Amaya whispered, trying to cheer Hikari up.

Areku was panting lightly as he ducked under another claw strike. Whoever this Whitney person was...she was good.