The Monster Hunter

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Blake stretched her arms as she stepped out of her shared room after getting herself dressed. Her cat ears twitched under her bow upon hearing Ruby and Yang complaining to their dad over a scroll call. They'd all been spending their time here at the farmhouse for three months and Taiyang Xiao Long has been calling every single day to check up on the two of them. To say that Ruby and Yang have been driven nuts would be an understatement. Though it would seem that they weren't the only ones being driven crazy this morning.

As Blake came down the stairs, her attention was suddenly drawn toward someone opening the door followed by April yelling:

April: "No"! "No"! "Aah"! "No"! "Casey's Jones, I just mopped the floor"!

She told Casey as she pointed to the footprints Casey had left behind.

April: "Ah"! "Out"! "Out, you big, careless jerk"!

April yelled while swinging her mop at Casey's head, which forced him to dodge before catching the mop when she swung it at him again.

Casey: "Hey"! "You can't kick me out of here, girl-zilla"! "This is my grandma's house". "Ipso functo, it's my house".

Instead of a retort, Casey was met with a death glare so fierce that he could've sworn he was staring into the eyes of a Grimm.

Casey: "Uh...uh, guys, I'll be outside if anyone needs me".

He said as he wisely made a quick exit while Splinter couldn't help but chuckle along with Weiss.

April: "Yeah, right, if I need a Neanderthal, I'll give a yell".

April angrily says as she storms off into the kitchen while Blake just shakes her head, having grown used to things like this. It was at that moment when Raph came walking downstairs to notice that there weren't that many people around.

Raph: "Hey, where is everybody"?

Donnie: "Casey's been ejected from the ballpark, April's in the kitchen with Ren, Jaune and Pyrrha are out hunting beowolves they'd spotted early this morning, though it's also an excuse to get Nora out of the house, and I think Mikey's out exploring the woods.

Weiss: "Despite me explicitly telling him not to and to stay close to the house".

Blake: "And Leo"?

Donnie: "He's...he's kind of been moping around out in the barn all morning".

Raph: "Again"?

Splinter: "Your brother has suffered injuries, both physical and spiritual, Raphael". "And he will need the support of all of us if his wounds are to fully heal".

As Splinter finished speaking, Blake's gaze turned to the window where her expression changed to one filled with worry. For the past three months, Leo hasn't been himself. He was always spending most of his time alone in the barn. He doesn't talk as much and he's become distant from everyone, including her especially. Out of everyone, it was like he was deliberately avoiding her. She's tried to think back to see if she had done anything to upset him but she just keeps drawing a blank.

Speaking of Leo, he was standing in front of the furnace staring at the flames feeling dejected. He had bandages wrapped around his plastron and carapace while his left arm was in a sling. All he could do with his right arm was use it to swing around a stick as though it were one of his swords. But in the end, he dropped the stick to the ground and slumped in sadness knowing that it could never replace what he'd lost.

Back in the farmhouse, April walked out of the kitchen and growled as she sat next to Weiss on the couch.

April: "What is it about Casey that gets under my skin"? "He's so...so...UGH"!

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