Xaito's flop the other day embarrassed him so much, he wasn't even willing to answer Velvet's calls. He needed to something to keep his mind off. He wanders Beacon once more and to his luck a distraction worth his time. Xaito finds Pyrrha training in the battle dome. He watches from the distance as Pyrrha sparred with some holographic projections of Grimms. Three strikes two Ursas fall, a spear thrown to the air and a Nevermore crashes to the earth. She truly was the greatest fighter of Beacon. The projection shuts off as Pyrrha wipes her forehead.

"Morning Pyrrha" Xaito call out to her. Pyrrha looks to the stands and sees Xaito.

"Oh morning to you too Xaito" Pyrrha says waving to him. Xaito rushes from the stands and onto the battle ground.

"Getting your daily train in?" Xaito asks.

"Yeah. A great hunter or huntress never let's themselves get soft" Pyrrha says triumphantly. Xaito taps on his scroll. 

"How about a one on one? It'll help both of us out" Xaito suggests.

"That would be nice. I'm in the mood of some real combat." Xaito's locker crashes into the ground a few yards from them. The door opens as Aegis Shields flies out before attaching to Xaito's back.

"Shall we begin?" Xaito splits his shield in half and readies in attack. Pyrrha charges and strikes Xaito with her spear repeating the strike over and over. Xaito blocks the strikes until he was able to get and opening. He punches Pyrrha's abdomen with his shield pushing her back.

"Nice shot" Pyrrha compliments.

"Let's keep it up" Xaito says splitting his shield into four pieces. He jumps up and spins like a grounded tornado charging at Pyrrha. Pyrrha blocks with her shield before attacking with her blade. Xaito's speed knocks it out of her hand but, Pyrrha returns it to her hand using her Semblance. Xaito begins to slow down. Pyrrha takes this chance and launches Xaito into the wall. He crashes embedding the shield pieces and leaving Xaito trapped.

"That's done" Pyrrha says in victory.

"Or is it?" Pyrrha turns to see Xaito still fine. He knocks Pyrrha off her feet and keep a shield quarter to her neck. "Now that is game." Xaito puts out his hand and helps Pyrrha up.

"Nice tactics. You switched to a mind clone when you were spinning right?"

"Yep. While you were busy with the tornado I took one of the shield pieces and stood aside waiting for the perfect opportunity" Xaito explains.

"Yeah that was..really clever.." Xaito could hear the misery in her voice.

"Sounds like something is bothering you"

"I-it's nothing really" Pyrrha answers daintily.

"Hey, I'm all ears. If something is ailing you, I'm here to help cure it"

"Thanks Xaito. It's just..me and Jaune have been training together for a while now and.."

"A feeling bloomed like a flower in the morning?"

"Something like that? I started to fall for him but Jaune doesn't seem to notice"

"Why don't you do a little love action or something?"

"Well..my motto for love is no big appearances and I do what I preach so.."

"No I get it. Kinda like an honor code. One must respect it"

"Thanks for understanding"

"You know what? I'll do it for you"

"Do what?" Pyrrha asks.

"Oh? Nothing really. How about we go do some shield shopping with Jaune?" Xaito asks with a smile.

                                                                          Jaune's POV

Xaito sent me a message on my scroll asking if I'd like to help him with some shield shopping with him. It was an odd request but, I accepted. I got my armor on and headed to the marketplace.

"Jaune! Over here". I turn to the right and see Xaito waving to me. Pyrrha was with him.

"Hey Xaito. Pyrrha your joining us too?" I ask them.

"Yes. I'll be joining too. My shield is also in need of an upgrade" Pyrrha explains. We walk through the market place checking out the shops for a good armory to repair and maybe even upgrade our weapons.  After a half hour Xaito's scroll rings for a call.

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 "Sorry I have to take this" Xaito says answering the scroll. I look at Pyrrha as we stifle back our laughter. "Sorry guys I need to head back to Beacon. Apparently Nora got her hands on some electric dust. Now she's running wild" Xaito returns explaining.

"Can't your mind clones handle it?" I ask.

"They are kinda...out of commission" Xaito says sweat dropping. "I'll see you guys later." Xaito rushes off to help with the "conundrum" he was told of.

"That was certainly odd" says Pyrrha.

"Yeah it was. Hey let's check out that blacksmith" I suggest. We check out a few blacksmith shops. They didn't have the materials we needed so we head back to Beacon. The sun was about to set as we passed by the fountain in the middle of town.

"Jaune. I had a great day today." Pyrrha tells Jaune.

" So did I. Though we didn't get to find a good blacksmith to help us out"

"I don't mind. I got to spend some time with you." I look away with a blush on my face. My scroll vibrates to notify me of a message. "Oh Xaito wants us to meet him at the old laboratory" I tell Pyrrha.

"The laboratory? Where he was made?"

"Seems so. Didn't he have a severe fear of that place?"

"Oh no. You don't think he froze up in fear?"

"Let's get going then." I take Pyrrha's hand as we rush to the abandon laboratory.

"Xaito!? Xaito you here?" I call out. Pyrrha does the same. We search around for any lead of Xaito.

"Hey Jaune, what are these flower petals doing here?" Pyrrha asks pointing to a path of rainbow petals.

"Dunno. Let's follow it. Maybe they'll lead us to Xaito." We follow the petal path. It wound us all over the place, leading us up and down and maybe in a circle? The had begun to touch down when we arrived at a small picnic like area. A tree gave us some shade, a tablecloth was on the ground with a basket filled with fruits and little sandwiches.

"Jaune this is amazing" Pyrrha says surprised.

"I-it is?" I ask confused.

"Yes. You made a little picnic date for us" Pyrrha says hugging me.

"Y-yeah. I had this all planned out. Well with a little help from Xaito" I lie. We take a seat on the cloth as I set up the plates and glasses. A large cloth falls from a wall in the distance as a movie begins to play.

"A movie too?" Pyrrha asks in surprise.

"Yeah. What's better than a movie to tie everything together?" I say in fake confidence. I pour some drinks for us as the movie plays out. The movie was about two warriors; a male and a female; facing against a colossal Grimm monster. The girl warrior was very scared and always freaked out when facing large Grimms. The boy warrior helped giver her confidence and before he knew it the girl warrior even surpassed him. There were some scary parts and I tried to show my bravery. I guess Pyrrha knew I was silently freaking out because she placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. I put on my brave face and Pyrrha giggles at the sight of it. As the movie continued the boy warrior asked the girl if they could travel the world together. The girl was thrilled and even gave him a kiss in response. The movie soon ended with the two holding hands and riding into the distance.

"That was an amazing movie Jaune" Pyrrha says stretching her arms.

"I'm glad you liked it." I twiddle my fingers together. The movie made me realize something. I had feelings for Pyrrha but, I didn't know how to show it.

"Pyrrha I.."

"Yes Jaune? What is it?"

"Um..it's.." I look to her face. Her green eyes sparkling like emeralds. "It's that I really enjoyed working with you and.." Her smile seemed top glow in the night. "In short..this." I place my lips onto hers and plant a kiss. I release the kiss. Pyrrha's face was of pure shock. "Shoot. S-sorry I didn't-" My words were cut short as Pyrrha returns with a passionate kiss. I kiss back as the sparks fly between us. We release for air.

"Sometimes it's best to do and not think" Pyrrha says with a giggle. I let out a chuckle as well.

"I'm glad this worked out. I just..never really knew how to show that I love you" I admit.

"I'm the same. I just wasn't sure if your ready either" Pyrrha admits too.

                                                     No POV

 "Another relationship accomplished" Xaito says triumphantly. "Maybe they should call me the Cupid Clone." Xaito chuckles at his joke and heads off to his dorm. As he walks he hears a rustling in the bushes. Natalia jumps out. 

"Natalia? What are you doing out so late?" Xaito asks in surprise. She shrugs. "Well let's get back to Beacon. Who knows what's out at night." She nods in agreement. 

What Xaito didn't know was Natalia was Neo in disguise and she was on a mission from Roman. 

"Hey Nalia, is it okay I call you that?" Natalia shrugs. "Well, were you spying on me?" Natalia looks away with a light blush. "Are you in love too?" Natalia's face turns bright red and she shakes her head. Xaito chuckles. "So it true isn't it?" Natalia jostles him. "Hey hey. it's okay to love someone. Plus I'll be happy to help" Natalia looks up as if she was 'you would do that for me?'. "Of course. Love just needs a little shove from another source." Natalia raises an eyebrow in confusion. "Sorry, Love just needs a little push." Natalia jumps up and hugs Xaito. "Glad to see you ha..ppy." Xaito collapses to the ground with a syringe in his back. Natalia had injected Xaito with a super-industry brand anesthetic. She smirks as Roman appears with members of the White Fang.

"Well done Neo. Seems your silent charm worked like a...charm" Roman tells Neo. Neo pulls out her umbrella and poses in victory.

  "Hahaha, we can't celebrate yet. We are only half way done. Let's get him tied up and set for the death game shall we?" The White Fang members tie Xaito up in ropes and drag him off somewhere unknown. 

A/n: Hope you liked this chapter. There is one more chapter for this arc to finish. 

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