14So for those of you who don't know Monty Oum the creator of RWBY died recently, after his death I didn't really feel like writing for a while, but as you can see I am back now. Thus saying I wanted everyone to know that I am sorry for the delay all the same. I haven't really ever written much in the way of romance before, and definitely not any that is good. So I reread this chapter several times to fix any mistakes in it. I can only say I am so glad that I did because I ended up adding like 2,000 words to this chapter which makes me wonder how much I need to fix the other chapters. So I may or may not go and rewrite the previous chapters if I do this I will post it in the author's note in the next chapter out!
Also just for everyone's information twice now for some reason when I try to upload the new chapter a previous one has taken its place! I am truly sorry about this, but I do not know how to stop this. So I will look a day or so after every new chapter to make sure this does not happen again without me catching it. I want those who pointed this out to me to know I appreciate it that you all took the time to give me a heads up on this problem. I have tried to fix it up till now, last I checked it had worked as well.
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Team CJCK Chapter 6
After the shower escapade from the night before Cain and his new group of friends had all slept better. Though, Cain, Jurgen, Jaune, and Ren all seemed to wake up with a few extra bumps on them from the day before. Cain and Jurgen more so thanks to their little fight. However, despite everything he had been through the day before even Cain could see that Jurgen looked more than just clean today; he looked as though he had nothing left to hide. His wolf ears were even up for everyone to see.
When Ruby saw the ears she had gasped, and there was a moment of fear on Cain's part that he was going to lose a friend from the stunned look on the girl's face, but after recovering she had immediately glomped down onto Jurgen like a fan girl. At first it had been adorable, but after a few minutes it was starting to get awkward for everyone. Poor Jurgen himself seemed like he was the most uncomfortable over the whole situation, and slowly started to try and extricate himself from the surprisingly strong grip the girl had on him.
Seeing his friend's predicament, Cain decided he would try and help him, but after a quick trial he realized that he couldn't get Ruby to let go without hurting her or Jurgen; so he after a moment of thinking on how to solve the problem Cain decided that he would try and find Ruby's elusive sister. He hadn't met her yet, but he was certain that he remembered the girl having blonde hair, and only half of a skirt, and vaguely that her clothes were mostly brown. With this rough memory in mind Cain left on his minor quest. If he had known what was about to happen to him though, Cain would never have decided to help Jurgen from his not so un-enjoyable trial.
As Cain walked across the room he noticed several blonde girls around, but none that he remembered from the day before. He did however; see the Faunus girl Yoruichi, and her friend Kisuke. And after a quick glance at the former decided that it would be more than worth his while to say good morning to Yoruichi, even if her friend made him feel like a lab rat being studied. From where he walked Cain could see that Yoruichi was wearing an orange sweater on top that was not skin tight, but accentuated her upper body very nicely. On her legs she was wearing a pair of black skin tight yoga pants, which unlike her sweater did indeed show off her curves in a way that caused most men and some women to take a second look at her. Kisuke on the other hand was wearing a green and white striped bucket hat, with a black haori over a green gee. The oddest part of his already weird get up was his shoes though, which from what Cain could see were a pair of ancient wooden clogs.
Getting over to the odd pair of friends turned out to be a bit more of a challenge than he had expected as there was a table with what appeared to be several girls with some severe anger issues in the way. One was a red Amazon type girl who appeared to be wielding a spear and a shield. Cain couldn't help but notice two things about this girl one she didn't appear to want the fight that was about to start, and two she was drop dead gorgeous! Even with her armor on Cain could tell that her physical build was very similar to Yoruichi's, and that she appeared to be an exceptional fighter.
The next girl was a girl that more closely resembled Ruby than he would have expected possible without her actually having skipped a few years. This was to say that the girl only appeared to be about fifteen years old. Despite this Cain could see that this girl rarely ever smiled, and the hard glint in her purple eyes screamed that she thought of herself as one who was better than those around her. She had short black hair that was in a bob cut, a petite, though not immature figure on her body. She wore an elaborate black kimono on, that was a stark contrast to the sword she wielded. This being a long white katana with a beautiful long ribbon at the end, and Cain almost felt like she was about to start dancing rather than fighting from the stance that she held.
The next girl was standing right next to her, and despite her white hair she had the same body type as the previous one, and had the same angry glint in her eyes. It was almost like looking at inverse copies of the same person seeing these two standing next to each other, and just like the girl next to her she was wielding a single sword. Unlike the previous girl though, this girl wielded a rapier with an elaborate hilt that had several different colors in it. As Cain looked closer he came to the conclusion that the colors in her hilt were dust cartridges, and that she was probably pretty proficient with the stuff as she had so many different colors. She too looked like she was getting ready more for a dance than a fight, though that was all fencers seemed to prefer to fight.
The final girl was wearing a black shihakusho like the second one, and was of medium build. Though Cain could still tell that this girl was a rare beauty, one look at her and Cain knew she had a killer body, and that she could kill her opponents without a second thought. Everything about her screamed of one who had taken uncountable lives before. The very air around the girl seemed to grow dark with despair, and Cain could only see death in the flow of her long black hair. It was made even worse by the fact that she held her long katana gun in a loose grasp as though those that she was facing were utterly beneath her. Cain had only ever felt this fear once before, and that had led him to the hardest fight of his life. It was a fight that had made Cain the hero of slums after he had killed the previous slum lord, a vile man who had worshipped chaos with utter devotion. As soon as his mind went to that fight and he felt the killing intent that the girl was putting out; Cain was drawing his weapons and preparing himself for a fight to the death.
What Cain didn't know was that at that moment he was also putting out quite an impressive amount of killing intent as well. His previous experience with fighting in the slums, had given Cain quite a life, and many times he had been forced to kill to survive. Because of this he released his personal aura during this time, had developed his own killing intent, and had learned to let off his killing intent subconsciously so that people would know he was not someone they wanted to mess with. Unfortunately in this case it worked against Cain as he would have been able to walk straight through the fight without ever being noticed if he hadn't released his own killing intent right then. It only took a few seconds for the last girl to turn and look at him over her shoulder with slightly excited eyes.
"Well, well, well what do we have here? Another competitor for our little impromptu death match?" The girl said as she starting to smile and back up to make room in the girl's circle for Cain. Cain however, didn't turn his back on the girl for a second, instead keeping her directly in front of him. He knew exactly how dangerous someone like this girl was, and he had no intention of giving her a chance to kill him while his back was turned.
Furtively Cain looked around for any teachers nearby to supervise them so that he could get out of this. All the while he was doing his best to keep a calm and composed expression on in the face of this new enemy. "You ma'am are one of the most chilling enemies that I do believe I have ever had the displeasure of meeting." Cain said trying to draw this out for others to come to his rescue. "Why are you all doing this anyway? Are all of us not supposed to be allies here to fight the Grimm?"
The woman's smile wavered for a quick second as she replied "Well it appears you are a rather passive aggressive fighter aren't you. I find it amazing that you would be as strong as you are without actually enjoying the chance of a good fight. Oh well not that I think you don't already know the reason that I want this fight, but I'll tell you anyway. I enjoy fighting for the thrill that it gives me. Who cares if we are allies or not as long as I get to feel this excited again and again."
"If that is the case why fight now when it will probably only lead to you getting expelled, and then having no place in which to find a decent opponent?" Cain asked as he looked at the girl with a slightly impassive curiosity.
"I guess you're right it is kind of pointless to fight here if it will get us kicked out of the school before we even get a chance to enjoy the experience." With that the girl sheathed her blade, and let her killing intent slip away. With it gone Cain saw the girl change before his very eyes. While she still seemed dangerous to him, it was almost like she was just another student there to learn. This greatly unnerved Cain as he had never seen anyone switch between killer, and regular fighter so quickly before; and he knew that this was probably a great weapon for the girl.
She walked right up to him and said "My name is Retsu Unohana, and I would greatly appreciate a sparring session with you sometime, if you ever get that stick out of your ass and decide to have some fun." She said as she looked him in the eyes and for just a second he could feel her desire and killing intent hit him full force as she gave a girlish giggle his way. He kept his face neutral as he looked straight ahead past her to where the other girls were putting away their own weapons, and tried his hardest maintain the appearance despite the fear he felt at that moment.
"Maybe," he replied "if you ever manage to curb that bloodlust of yours, I might just take you up on that offer." Though, Cain never expected her to outright laugh at his statement as she walked away.
Shaking his head he quickly turned to leave for Yoruichi and Kisuke, but when he turned, he saw the other three girls walking calmly toward him, and he decided that with this many beauties walking his way he might want to stay for a few extra seconds. Later Cain would say that this was the second mistake he had made that day. Still he stood there and sheathed his chainsword, and holstered his bolter, while waiting for the girls. The first one to get to him was the red headed one, and she looked very relieved as she said, "Thanks for stepping in when you did, that was very brave of you." She was about to continue when the white haired girl interrupted her.
"BRAVE! YOU CALL THAT BRAVE? The boy is clearly a lunatic to even think that he could stand in our league!" the white haired girl said as she motioned between both herself and the purple eyed girl next to her who seemed to hold the same opinion as the speaker. "There is no way he could have stood up to you two! He is clearly nothing more than a vagrant who doesn't know when to pick his fights." The white haired girl finished. Cain stood silently off to the side thinking to himself how completely right the girl was at that moment, but still he was more than a little offended that she didn't even know him and still figured he had stood no chance.
"Honestly were you trying to get yourself killed?" the purple eyed girl said as she looked up to Cain's features. "I don't think I have ever seen anyone as stupid as you in my entire life. Do you even know who that girl you faced down was? For that matter, who are you even? Some no name wannabe trying to fight with actual competitors?"
Cain quirked an eyebrow at the girl retaining a regal expression on his face and responded "No, but where I come from death is a part of life, and only the strong survive, so I am not exactly a pushover." Inwardly Cain was wondering if it might have been better for him if he had left to go catch up with Yoruichi instead of waiting to meet this particular group of vixens as so far he had only been thanked by one, and continuously berated by the other two.
The red haired one saved him from any further interrogation by the inverse twins as she jumped to his defense "Guys you don't know anything about this man. He might just be able to have fought on par with both of our groups if he had wanted to too. You should never judge someone solely based upon whether you know of them or not. Besides it wasn't me who managed to make Retsu back down from the fight it was him. So there must be something more to him than meets the eye." At this point the red haired girl turned to Cain and said in a very sweet voice "By the way hi, my name is Pyrrha Nikos, and these two lovely ladies are Rukia Kuchiki with the black hair and Weiss Schnee with the white hair." She said indicating each of the girls with a wave of her free arm.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Ms. Nikos." Cain said putting direct emphasis onto only mentioning her. "My name is Caiphas Cain, but I prefer to just be called Cain by those who know me." He continued as he swept his hand out in front of him to shake her hand, and then after a quick pause he turned to the other two girls and offered them a quick formal bow as well while stating "It is also a pleasure to make your acquaintance as well ladies."
Cain of course recognized both girls for who they were. Even in the slums Cain had been given ample opportunity to hear both of the girl's family names, and know what they were famous for. If that hadn't been enough the look of disdain in their eyes would have easily given away their station's in life as both girls were looking down on almost everyone around them as they walked by. Cain had seen this look many times before in his life as he had been forced on more than one occasion to entertain nobility as they came to see what slum life was like, and to get some merchandise that could not be obtained anywhere else easily. On those occasions Cain had gotten to see just how haughty both the noble and merchant classes really were. However, in that situation their money had bought them his respect, here he had no such concern and was deciding whether he even wanted to give it to these two.
However, despite his previous insult to the two of them both girls accepted the slight, and seemed to get over it and on with the meeting. "Well Pyrrha is right I suppose." Weiss said with a sniff, which was one of the most un-insulting gestures he had ever received from the upper classes. "His appearance did cause that sore loser to leave her alone." She continued looking to Rukia.
"True," Rukia agreed as she looked towards Cain with slightly less disdain than she had been previously looking at him "how did you manage to make her leave Mr. Cain?" As Rukia finished speaking she showed honest curiosity towards him. "That girl has never been known to back down from a fight against anyone." She finished with a small frown.
"She didn't back down," Cain replied looking at her with a small smile "I simply reminded her that if she killed anyone right now she would most definitely be kicked out of the school." Unknown to his small audience Cain felt a shiver of fear crawl up his spine as he remembered her last look at him.
"Kill? Kill? Who was going to be killed?"Weiss asked as she looked at him with equal amounts of disgust, and disdain at the mere mentioning of anyone being killed.
As he looked around the group Cain realized that Rukia was also looking at him with the same look, but that Pyrrha was looking at him with a small amount of understanding, almost like she had heard a rumor before, but hadn't known whether to believe it until this moment. "You all didn't feel her killing intent?" Cain asked as he looked at the group.
"Killing intent, what is that?" Asked Weiss as she looked at Cain with what appeared to be disbelief in anything that he was saying.
"You all don't know yet do you?" Cain replied "When someone becomes a killer, and I mean they kill multiple times on purpose for whatever reason, they learn to release their aura in a way that causes others like them to know they're there. It also, causes others to feel fear when it is released. You can picture this like an animal's sixth sense that allows them to know when danger is nearby. Though one would not be able to tell what caused them to feel this fear if they themselves had never been in any life or death situations, and didn't know what it was like for others to want them dead.
That girl has not only killed on many occasions," Cain continued as he saw a rapt audience in at least Pyrrha, "but she has also grown so accustomed to it that she actually enjoys doing it now." Cain thought about adding on that he felt like she also enjoyed fighting just to fight, and wouldn't always kill her opponents if they were good. But he couldn't prove this point to the girls in front of him like he could the first part, so instead of causing them to doubt him he went ahead and left it off there.
"How do you expect us to believe a lie as obvious as that one?" Rukia all but yelled at Cain bringing several nearby students attention to the group. "I mean can you even provide a miniscule amount of evidence to support your theory?" The girl finished as she and Weiss glared at Cain with both doubt and contempt.
"Simple," Cain said "I can show you how it feels again. Not on that level though." He added almost as an afterthought; before he slowly started release his own killing intent to a minimal level. At first nothing happened, and the girls all looked at him a little doubtfully, but then they all started to feel a little fear as they stood there looking at Cain impassive expression. Rukia and Weiss even started to feel a little sweat start to bead out on the back of their necks, and to all of the girls it seemed almost as if Cain grew a little and his expression started to sneer at them in a menacing way.
After a few moments he stopped and stared at the girls to see what they all thought of his little display. It was Pyrrha that finally spoke up as she said "I believe you Cain, and I thank you even more for stepping in on our fight against Retsu, as that power would undoubtedly cause one of us to falter at a critical moment in the fight if fully released upon us. Because of that, it appears to be a very useful ability to have in a fight."
"No," Cain said with a fierce expression on his face, "It only helps one in a fight against others who have never experienced this feeling before, otherwise one can just work right through the feeling of fear it entails, and see the truth beyond it. Because of this fact, it is usually only used as a way to warn lesser opponents away, and to warn those who know the feeling that you are ready for them if they attack."
"Hmm, I see." Pyrrha said with a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Anyway ladies, like I said it was a pleasure, and I can't wait to see you all again, but I have a previous engagement to get back too." With that Cain left for where he saw Yoruichi still sitting with Kisuke.
What Cain didn't know was that behind him the conversation hadn't ended just yet, as Rukia asked "So if Retsu was giving off this so called killing intent, which I kind of think she was with how I felt, then how does Cain know she has killed before, couldn't she have just learned how to do it from those around her?"
"Simple," said Pyrrha as she looked at the purple eyed girl "he's a killer too." As she finished, Pyrrha turned and looked at retreating form of Cain, and thought back to how he had looked in the last few moments as he had explained this unique ability to the girls. As she did this she remembered the slight amount of regret that had entered his eyes, the pain as though he had been forced to kill to survive, and in that moment Pyrrha felt drawn to Cain in a way she could not explain for the life of her. A desire to ease that deeply hidden pain and to know just what caused him that pain.
Back with Cain
Cain walked slowly after his conversation with Pyrrha and the girls, remembering past events for a moment. While he never really disliked his time in the slums he rarely let himself remember the early years when the previous slum lord had ruled the place, and the entire place had been ruled by the rule "eat or be eaten." With a shrug, Cain slowly came back to reality to find himself almost upon his new friends.
Composing himself he quickly ducked into the seat right next to Yoruichi, and with an emotionless voice said, "So how is my future date doing today?" With all the people coming and going this morning many people had been sitting down right next to people they didn't know so that their friends would have room at the table. So it came as no surprise to Cain when Yoruichi nearly jumped out of her seat as she turned and looked at him. First with a look of anger growing over her features, then after a moment Yoruichi's face started to give a playful smile as she realized who had asked her.
"She is doing marvelous this morning and even better now that her rescuer has deemed her worth sitting down with for breakfast." Yoruichi replied with a false expression of adoration on her face. "What brings the mighty Cain to the table of this humble Faunus this morning?" She asked as she looked at him with a thoughtful expression, she then answered her own question before Cain had a chance. "Perhaps you just couldn't stay away from me, and were drawn to me as soon as you woke up." As she spoke Yoruichi put a very flirtatious expression on her face, and sidled up as close to Cain as she could without removing their clothes, and pressed her ample bosom up along his arm.
For his part Cain was more than just a little uncomfortable as he had never been in this situation before. However, he wasn't going to show his discomfort to her so he smiled and said "Perhaps you are correct; and the thought of being by such a beautiful, and loveable lady was just so appealing to me that I could not help but search high and low as soon as I woke up this morning." As he spoke he forced himself to look into Yoruichi's eyes rather than have them rove over her body, and because of this he noticed the slight blush that started to color her dark cheeks.
With his smile getting larger he asked "Oh my, are you blushing Yoruichi? I do believe you might be even more beautiful when you do that." Cain said, and for his part he had never felt like he was telling more of a truth than in that moment. Needless to say Cain enjoyed it immensely when Yoruichi blushed even more deeply as she turned her eyes away.
"Damn, I was thinking you might be the average hero type that has never even flirted with a girl." Yoruichi admitted as she backed up to sit in front of her breakfast tray again. "I didn't expect you to actually flirt back." As she spoke Yoruichi's blush faded away and she started to pout in a way that said she really enjoyed getting the better of her verbal opponents.
Smiling Cain laughed to himself quietly as he thought about how right Yoruichi actually was. Of course his quiet chuckle caused the girl to look at him curiously, "What's so funny?" she asked as her pout disappeared instead for a small glare instead.
He simply replied while looking straight ahead "I was just thinking that your pout might just be as beautiful as your blush." As he finished speaking he snuck a quick look at her to see her reaction; he was not disappointed either. For growing on Yoruichi's face for the second time that day was a blush.
Cain was just about to comment on his amazing fortune when their conversation was interrupted by Kisuke, "Alright love birds enough of the verbal jousting, at this point you guys should either get to the point of this conversation, or go get a room." As he spoke the first part of his sentence was directed at Cain since Kisuke was generally curious about this. The second part was directed at Yoruichi though, as Kisuke also greatly enjoyed making the girl embarrassed. And it was more than obvious that Kisuke was happy to add the second part as he laughed at Yoruichi's angry face.
For a moment Cain thought that maybe Yoruichi would strike the blonde boy, but Yoruichi took no such action, instead she turned back to Cain, and asked "What are you here for Cain? Not that I mind you being here, it's just that I didn't expect you to chase after me so soon." As she finished her statement she looked at Cain with a playful expression on her face.
Smiling Cain said I'm actually looking for someone to help Jurgen with a small problem he is having currently." Cain said as his mind was brought back to his friend's plight. "Which brings me to my question have you guys seen a girl with blonde hair and brown clothes, she's wearing what appears to be a portion of a brown skirt over a pair of black shorts. Odd though, I've never heard of that style of clothing before." Cain finished describing the girl, and looked over to his companions.
Yoruichi's stare was slightly defensive as she looked at him, and Kisuke's was full of total curiosity. "How would this girl be able to help Jurgen's current problem, whatever that problem might be?"
"Do you all remember the girl in the red hood from last night?" Cain asked. After waiting for a quick moment for his audience to answer in the affirmative he continued, "Well last night we forced Jurgen to take a shower so that we could sleep in his general vicinity without suffocating, and we found out that he is a wolf Faunus. Well Ruby, the girl with the red hood on seems to think that it is simply the cutest and most adorable thing that she has ever seen in her young life. And so saying she hasn't let go of him since she sat down for breakfast this morning."
"Why don't you all just remove her from him yourselves?" Yoruichi asked with small frown of confusion on her face.
"We would," Cain said "but she is a surprisingly strong individual, and we are worried that she may end up hurting Jurgen if we pull on her any harder." As Cain finished he motioned towards his neck to signify where Ruby was holding onto Jurgen. "Also, it appears that he finds it particularly awkward when she all but snuggles with his ears."
Kisuke was mute for a second before he fell off of the bench laughing, and Yoruichi simply chuckled at her fellow Faunus unfortunate circumstances. Finally Kisuke asked the question that had been on both his, and Yoruichi's minds. "So how will the blonde girl be able help Jurgen in this situation?"
"The girl is apparently Ruby's sister." Cain said "We were hoping that she would be able to get Ruby off without causing either of them any permanent damage, before the test later today."
"Well," a voice from Cain's other side said, "it seems you are in luck as I'm sitting right here." As he turned around he noticed that a girl was now sitting next to him, and that on top of that she was the same blonde girl from the airship the day before. "So where is my little sister at?"
"Oh thank heavens!" Cain said as he looked at the girl. "I was starting to think that I would never find you."
"You did, so what now?" the girl responded with a small smile on her face as she looked at both Cain, and then over his shoulder to Yoruichi who had a small glare on her face.
"Now I take you, and you remove your sister from Jurgen so that he can actually take the test later." As he was speaking Cain was already standing up, and preparing to walk back to his table with his friends. Before he had made it three steps though, Cain felt someone grab his left arm and spin him back around.
As he finished his unexpected turn Cain started to reach for his sword as fast as he could as he started to look for a nearby threat, what he saw though, was two very surprised faces on Yoruichi' and Kisuke's faces as they saw the weariness in cross Cain's eyes, and a playful smirk on Ruby's sisters face. Looking down at her confused Cain asked her while putting up his sword, "What's the hold up?"
The growing smirk on the girl's face was unnerving to say the least, but Cain decided to keep his composure as a sense of foreboding started to creep up his spine. The response he received both caught Cain off guard, and confirmed his gut's feeling, as the girl looked at him with a devious smile and said "What's in it for me?"
Cain frowned for a moment as he looked at the girl and thought, 'What a waste of time.' After all it wasn't like he was asking the girl for one of her kidneys, so why should she be trying to make him pay for such a small favor.
On the outside though he responded somewhat guardedly "What do you want in return?" At this moment the girl smiled as she looked over her shoulder at Yoruichi and replied "I want a date to help you out."
Cain's first response was to immediately reply yes, for as he now looked at her he realized that not only was the girl beautiful, with long golden hair that brought out her eyes. She was also just as well endowed as Yoruichi was, with skin that was creamy, and smooth, compared to Yoruichi's dark and enticing skin. However, with Yoruichi sitting right next to her, and the look of pure jealousy that was emanating off of her he figured that it would be better for the girl, and more importantly for himself, that he not accept this offer without at least either a cursory attempt at denying it, or without first finding out her reason.
"Why? You neither know me nor do you know anything about me. So why would you want to go out on a date with me?" Cain asked as he looked at the girl with suspicion evident on his normally stoic face.
"Well Ruby told me what you did for that Faunus girl yesterday, and I have always found men who stood up for people who are being oppressed to be very attractive. Plus I want to thank you for being Ruby's friend when you met her. Most men would avoid her since she is two years younger than most of the rest of us here. So while I don't know you personally, I do know a little about you as a person, and what you stand for." The girl spoke with kindness in her voice, and an honesty that surprised Cain as he looked into her eyes. "Plus, I'm a thrill seeker, and anyone who is willing to get into a fight before he even gets through initiation is probably fun to be around." The look in the girl's eyes was one of pure thankfulness and excitement.
"If that wasn't enough I think you're actually kinda cute!" the last part almost seemed like a lie to Cain as it was only at this moment that she started to take her excited eyes off of Yoruichi, and started to look him over. And for the first time in his life Cain knew what it was like to be looked at like a play toy. It was as though the girl was eyeing someone that would be easy to take advantage of and then throw away before things ever got out of hand for her. He really couldn't tell yet whether it was sexually, or if the girl was like Retsu, and only looking for an opponent to sate her appetite for battle. Knowing Ruby though, it was probably the latter.
As Cain listened to the girl speak he couldn't help, but think to himself 'Man I only did like one thing for someone else, and already people seem to think I am some sort of hero, plus befriending Ruby is only common sense as a girl that is two years younger than us and already in Beacon is indeed a good fighter. Thus she is definitely someone I would rather have as an ally than an enemy.' The last part of the blonde's statement only confirmed his suspicion about her she had completely misjudged Cain. He was no thrill seeker, no hero, and he definitely wasn't naïve enough to through away a talented friend just because of her age. On top of all that he definitely wasn't stupid enough to fall for a ploy that was only meant to get under Yoruichi's skin. All the same he figured it would be wiser to keep the girl thinking along these lines rather than to correct her. So he said "Well, as much as I would love to take you up on your offer, my first date is already spoken for by my friend Yoruichi next to you." As he spoke he gestured toward the girl over the blondes shoulder.
"That's cute and all," the girl replied as she looked between the two with a playful smile "but she didn't ask you to be her boyfriend did she?" Seeing Cain shake his head she replied "Well then it appears to me that she only asked you out on a date. This means you are more than free to take me on a date after your date with her." With her piece said to Cain the girl looked over her shoulder towards purple haired girl, and asked "Is that ok with you? Unless of course, you aren't confident enough in your own ability to keep him if you like him." The last part only proving Cain's theory that she was only looking for strong opponents to fight. Then he looked up to see Yoruichi blushing as she looked at him.
Looking down from Cain to the girl Yoruichi replied "I'm more than confident in my own ability to keep a man worth keeping; and you are right I only asked him out on a date, I didn't ask for anymore than that. So, yes I it is fine with me if you take him on a date." Yoruichi said with a small smile starting to play at the edges of her lips. Cain could see the same smile starting to grow on Yoruichi's face that he would expect on the face of a person who was about to start a friendly spar, but he couldn't shake the feeling in his stomach that this would be anything other than friendly by the end of this competition. On top of that he was starting to wonder about the girl's motivation again, as now it seemed like this was not meant to be a sparring competition, but rather a lover's competition; which left Cain raising an eyebrow an eyebrow in curiosity.
Shaking the feeling off Cain said "Ladies this is all fine and good using me as a prize for this little competition that you have started, but I really would like to help Jurgen out of Ruby's grasp. So if you wouldn't mind following me we can get this little show on the road, and maybe I can get a little bit more of my breakfast before we need to head on to our next little escapade." With that said Cain turned and started to walk back towards his table and his friends, but not before seeing that both of the girls seemed to be sufficiently chastised for using him like a piece of meat to be fought over. At least for the moment
As they were walking away Cain looked over his shoulder to see both Yoruichi, and Kisuke following along next to the blonde girl. "By the way my name is Cain," he said as he looked back in front of him, "and the girl and guy next to you are Yoruichi and Kisuke respectively. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance…"
Here Cain gave a momentary pause. And the girl continued for him "Yang, Yang Xiao Long. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintances as well." Yang responded as she walked up next to Cain and whispered seductively into his ear "Especially you hero."
At this Cain looked at her in surprise, and with more than a little red starting to color his cheeks as he realized that he now had a very attractive woman that was leaning up against him in public, and putting more than a little of her exposed skin against his chest, and flirting with him. He never would have expected this to ever happen to him. He immediately turned away as he tried to school his features and will the blush away from his face. However, he was met on the other side by Yoruichi who also whispered into his ear seductively "Hmm, so you blush too, if I had known that I would've been trying a little harder." she said as she lightly pulled Cain's arm into the side of her rather robust chest.
At this Cain's flush got ten times deeper as to others around the group, and Kisuke it appeared like Cain was getting a sunburn right before their very eyes. Looking straight ahead Cain schooled his features as best as he could, and did the only thing he could; maintain his composure. Looking for his friends and trying to pretend that nothing was out of the normal. This was starting to work for all of twenty seconds before, just when his friends came into view, Yang jumped back onto his vacant left arm, and Cain's blush grew on his face once again. However, it must be noted that despite his blush Cain did manage to keep his features schooled into a neutral expression.
It didn't help much though, as by the time he got to the table everyone was staring at him including Ruby who had stopped fangirling after Jurgen's ears once she saw her sister walking up to the table on Cain's arm, opposite of the Faunus girl he had saved the day before.
The whole table was quiet as they took in everything from the fact that Cain had two amazing women on his arms to the fact that despite his neutral expression he was also as red as a cherry tomato. For a moment nothing happened then out of nowhere Nora blurted out "Damn I didn't know you were such a player Cain." Then the whole table busted out laughing as Cain tried, but failed to maintain his calm façade. The three people with him even started to chuckle at the situation too.
Finally when everyone's laughter had died down a little, Yang let go of Cain's arm walked over to Ruby, and pulled her away so that they could go to the locker room. As she passed Cain though she said loud enough for everyone to hear "alright my part of the bargain is done I'll be expecting you to ask me on that date sometime soon, though not until you and Yoruichi go out of course." Yang finished as she winked at the girl on Cain's other arm.
The whole table froze at her statement, and everyone just stared at Cain in shock as he went over to the table and with Yoruichi sitting next to him resumed eating, pausing just long enough to say we should finish soon guys so that we can go get ready; and with that Cain did his best to ignore the stairs his friends were giving him while he finished his meal.
Finally Jurgen broke the silence as he said "Thanks Cain, for getting Ruby off me for the time being." Cain's response was very short lived as he gave a quick grunt in reply before eating the last of his pancakes. Before getting up to go get his extra gear, Cain turned to his table of friends and said "Well this has been fun and all, but I think it's past time that I went and got ready for the real fun to begin." He then left with a huge grin on his face as he left.
After he was out of sight Kisuke looked back at the table while pulling a small green and white fan out of his sleeve, and said "Can you believe that Jerk Yoruichi?! He left without even introducing us to all these new people!"
The response he got seemed to upset him as Yoruichi said "Kisuke, you idiot!" as she punched him on the top of his head before getting up and going to get her gear.