Night time had fallen and it was time for the Beacon Academy Dance. Ruby and Setsuna were seen making their way towards the ball room, and as they entered, Yang, who was wearing a pure white dress looked up at them and squealed in excitement.

Yang: "Oh you two look beautiful!!"

Ruby was wearing a short black and red sleeveless dress with black stockings and red high heels, which she was struggling to stand in. As for Setsuna, while there was an embarrassed blush on her face, while wearing a long black and white dress with her hair let loose and free flowing. She of course didn't wear any shoes due to her wolf paws on her feet, but her tail was twitching and ears were flattening from embarrassment.

(Setsuna in dress)

Ruby: "Can we have a serious talk about how Weiss fights in these things!? W-Woah..!" She attempted to walk again but ended up stumbling and nearly falling over, but Setsuna caught her, causing her to sigh in relief. "Phew.. Thanks, Setsuna.."

Setsuna: *smiles* "You're welcome."

Meanwhile, on the outside of the ballroom, a frustrated Akito stood on the walkway while growling as he was trying to fix the white tie he wore with his black suit with purple lining and a white fur collar.

(Akito in suit)

Akito: "Fucking neck traps..!"

Blake: "Having trouble, my dear Wolfie?"

He sighed and turned around, but his eyes immediately widened with his ears perking up as he laid his eyes on his date for the night. A fully reenergized Blake Belladonna stood before him, wearing a black Chinese-styled dress with golden trimming and a beautiful floral pattern along both the dress and her bow. She had on a smoky black and purple thigh-highs with her emblem on the side and black high heels. Finally, she wore the necklace with her emblem he gave her that one time around her neck.

(A/N: "Just ignore the tail... Even though I wish she had one too...")

Akito was flabbergasted. Never had he seen Blake wear a fancy dress such as this. The broken moon that shined behind her, perfectly captured her gorgeous silhouette and her beautiful and captivating amber eyes. There was no better word to describe her other than... Perfect.

Akito: "...Ah... Ah..."

S.S.A.W: "Big bro is love stuck~!"

Seeing his expression caused the feline Faunus to blush a bit but let out a cute giggle as she walked up to him.

Blake: "You like what you see, don't you~?" She taunted, much to his surprise as he blushed and looked away.

Akito: "Hmph. Shut it pussy cat.."

Blake: "Make me." She retorted as she reached towards him and began to neatly do his tie for him before she gave it a nice tug and smiled at him. "There you go."

Akito: "Thanks.." he mumbled and glanced away from her. Seeing his reaction, only made Blake's smile grow as she looped her arm around his and began to lead him to the ballroom.

Blake: "I do hope you meant it when you said your dancing skills haven't gotten rusty over the years, Wolfie."

Akito: "Oh please, kitten. You underestimate my abilities." He said chuckling as Blake rolled her eyes playfully but smiled and giggled, slightly leaning her head against his shoulder.

>Chapter 14: Heat<

Streamers are hung through glass chandeliers within the Ballroom with pink and blue balloons everywhere and students in dark suits and bright dresses dancing with each other to the music between the white-clothed tables. Amongst the crowd was Blake and Yang, the former spinning around the blonde before they courtesy to one another. Yang backed away and gestured for Akito to step in to which he did, taking the hand of his ravenette date.

From the side lines, Ruby, Weiss, Setsuna and Yang watched as the two Faunus danced in perfect sync, with them exchanging light hearted laughs.

Yang: "I told you they would come."

Weiss: "Mission: Wolf and Kitty accomplished."

Ruby: "Sooo, what do we do now?"

Yang: "Have fun!"

Both her and Weiss moved away, leaving the clueless Ruby and Setsuna to themselves. As Setsuna was looking around, she even spotted Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter on the second floor all wearing dresses in their respective colors as they were watching their brother and Blake with happy smiles. Ruby however...

Ruby: "Does that mean I can change out of these stupid things and into by hood now?" Setsuna only looked at her as she received no answer. "Stupid lady stilts...!"

Ozpin: "Not enjoying yourselves?" They both turned to their right and spotted Ozpin approaching them.

Ruby: "Oh no, everything's fine! Haha... I'm just not much of a fancy pants dancey girl.."

Setsuna: "Me too... Setsuna doesn't even know what to do at a party like this.."

Ozpin: "Well, you can't spend your whole life on the battlefield, even if you may want to."

Ruby: "Yeah, that lesson's been floating around a lot lately.." She muttered while crossing her arms while Setsuna looked at them.

Ozpin: "If you think about it, fighting and dancing aren't so different." He said as he looked specifically at the two raven haired Faunus dancing together. "Two partners interlocked, although one wrong move in the ballroom merely leads to a swollen food."

Ruby: "Or a twisted ankle.."

Setsuna: "Ouch.." She cringed at the thought and rubbed her arm to comfort herself.

Ozpin: "It's not every day that friends are able to come together like this. Time has a way of testing our bonds, but it's nights like these that can keep them stronger than ever. Nights like theses are ones we'll never forget."

In response, Ruby and Setsuna looked at each other and smiled at his words. Ozpin himself was smiling just as much as he was watching Blake and Akito dancing in absolute joy, while watching the four sister cheering them on from the second floor. The headmaster's smile only grew in size as a memory flashed through his mind, of a young man with brown hair and a young woman with white hair and pale white skin dancing in a field of flowers, with 6 small children watching them with giggles. As the memory ended, he frowned slightly but upon seeing the happy smiles on Akito, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter's faces, his own smile returned to them. Not only that, but a brief image of Yakumo and Velvet dancing together in school's garden with smiles on their faces also brought a bigger smile to his face.

Ozpin's thoughts: "Such a nostalgic feeling...Please enjoy this peaceful time for as long as it lasts... my children."

>>Short Time Skip<<

As the dance was continuing, Akito was now in a secluded corner of the ballroom, with a glass of punch in his hands. After downing it, he leaned back against the wall, resting the glass on a nearby table as he closed his eyes briefly. He for once, felt extremely relaxed. However, there was this part of his mind that had a bad feeling. He occasionally took a glance at Mercury and Emerald who were at the dance, but seemed to be just dancing normally. However, he could see their mouths moving, as if they were talking. It could have been that they were talking to each other, but the fact that they were looking around the building, as if looking for someone made his suspicions grow. But he tried not to focus on that currently.

Blake: "There you are." A smile formed on his face as he opened his eyes, finding a certain raven-haired beauty standing before him, with one hand on her hip.

Akito: "What are your thoughts on the dance so far?"

Blake: "Amazing. Yang, Weiss and Setsuna really outdid themselves."

Akito: "Heh... and you would have missed it if you were still being such a moody kitten~" He said giving a sly grin to the female whose face was overtaken by an embarrassed blush as she looked away, rubbing her arm.

Blake: "I-Idiot.." She stuttered, punching his arm playfully which caused him to laugh a bit. Seeing the wolf laughing caused her to start laughing herself but soon, she stopped and her smile warped into a frown. "I'm sorry..."

Akito: "Huh..?" He looked at her, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

Blake: "For everything I said to you.. for acting the way I-"

Akito: "Hey.." She stopped and looked at him, only to be surprised to see him smiling warmly. "You're still here with me aren't you? That made up for all of that."

Blake felt a fuzzy warmth building up inside of her as she looked at him. His cherry red eyes with his neatly done raven black hair complimented his warm smile greatly. Then the sight of his wolf ears twitching slightly was just the cherry on top of the cake. She found herself blushing not only from his words, but from just his presence.

However, her lips curved up to a smile. Seeing her smile caused the male wolf's heart to warm and admittedly, his face turned a slight shade of red. Both were thinking of anything to say but frankly, they couldn't say anything. All they did was just stare at each other deep into each other's eyes... into each other's souls. No words had to be said for a clear message to be transmitted.

Blake found herself slowly approaching him, her hands slowly trailing up onto his chest. Akito didn't back away or anything. But rather, his arms slithered around her beautiful figure, his hands coming to rest along her lower back. The raven-haired beauty's mesmerizing amber-color eyes were fixated on his crimson red ones as she leaned forwards, her body pressing against his.

The music of the party seemed to have gotten muffled to the two as they were lost in each other's gazes. An unknown force was pulling them closer to each other, with their hands firmly remaining on each other's bodies. Their lips nearly came to contact, with the feeling of their hot breaths bushing against each other...

However, the sudden sound of laughter caused them both to snap out of their trances and pull away from each other instantly, their faces, a bright red color. Without saying anything, they both quickly looked around to see where the source of laughing was coming from, only to see the source.

Pyrrha was standing in the center of the dance floor, in a beautiful and elegant red dress. She was growing more and more confused about the laughter as she looked around before turning around. Her emerald colored eyes slowly widened in surprise as she spotted the source.

Pyrrha: "Jaune?"

Standing before here was the aforementioned blonde Arc. However, he was wearing a white dress with a smile before he shrugged.

Jaune: "Eh, a promise is a promise." A smile was growing wider on the red-head's face as she did her best to keep her laughter in, but ultimately failed.

Pyrrha: "Hahahahaha! Jaune, you didn't HAVE to!"

Jaune: "Hey, an Arc never goes back on his word." He held his hand out to her. "Now do you wanna stand there and laugh at me, or do you wanna dance?" With zero hesitation, the Spartan gladly took his hand, wearing an excited and lovely smile on her face.

Pyrrha: "I would love to dance. Oh!" She yelped in surprise as he pulled her into his chest and whisked her away onto a more clearer area of the dance floor while Nora and Ren were both watching from the sidelines.

Nora: "Ren, This. Is. HAPPENING!"

Ren: "Wait... What is happening?" Ignoring his question, she dragged him along with her before all four members of Team JNPR engaged into a perfectly in sync dance to the song, 'Shine', that began to play.

Pyrrha: "I have no idea you were a dancer."

Jaune: "Yeah, well these things tend to happen when you grow up with seven sisters." He said before dipping Pyrrha and spinning her away.

The flustered Blake and Akito looked at the incredible display that was just before them, before they looked at each other and began to laugh. However, that slowly died down as they were staring at each other, with what nearly happened still fresh in their minds. It was hard for... no...

They couldn't deny it for any longer, this powerful burning sensation deep within their bodies and this mysterious itch that was bugging them both.

Akito: "Do you... want to head back to the dorm...?"

Blake: "Yeah..."

With nothing left to say, the two left the ballroom, making their way to the dorm room. However, Blake's behavior was slowly changing as she had looped her arm around his and was walking a bit faster than normal, to which he matched her speed.

It wasn't long until they both arrived at the dorm room and entered it, finding no one there and it being completely quiet, with the only sound behind their rather loud heavy breathing. As Akito was looking around, panting slightly, he felt a tug on his left sleeve. Looking in that direction, he saw it was Blake but her face had a bright red hue on it as her eyes were switching between looking at him and looking off to the side. He could see her ears under her bow twitching and a strange scent coming off of her.

Seeing her adorable posture being reflected by the moonlight shining through the window caused him to blush quite a bit as the atmosphere got a bit tense but, there was something in common between the two... That strange and noticeable itch of need.

The two had locked in eye contact again, with neither this time diverting their gaze. Blake's hands slowly lifted themselves and pressed against his chest, just like last time. And for Akito, his arms once again reverted to being around her waist, pulling her closer. The force behind them was much stronger this time, with their lips inching closer to the point they brushed against each other, but stopped. Blake flinched and glanced away, her cheeks flushed in a bright shade of red that was almost glowing. However, Akito rose one of his hands and caressed her soft cheek, slowly turning her head to face him.

Their Faunus eyes met once again, their hot breaths mixing together. Their enhanced smelling gave them a quick sample of each other's scent, which flared up a fire in them. Blake couldn't help but find herself slowly rubbing her legs together as she pressed herself against Akito, her decently sized chest pressing against his battle hardened and sturdy chest. Their lips were just mere inches from touching but they seemed to be hesitating. They wanted to be fully sure.

However, neither needed to exchange any words to know the true answer to this lingering question; "Should we?". Just the look in each other's eyes and the strong scent they both gave off was more than enough of an answer. And with full confirmation, they pushed against each other and finally locked together, immediately becoming filled with a tender warmth.

A Kiss had happened.

To Be Continued...

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Sigh yes... You know what's coming next..