This is my first Fan-fic soI will gladly take any criticism to make the story even better. :)
Chapter One - The Ice Queens Reign
Weiss Schnee was sitting behind the desk she had became so accustom to for the past five months. After taking over the Vale portions of the Schnee Dust Company, she had become more of a manager and business woman than a Huntress. This didn't bother her; she knew she was doing the right thing by getting rid of the scum and crime inside of her family's company, but she did miss the days of fighting Grimm with her team. She continued to train to keep her skills sharp, however, being a Huntress always came first for her. She had no intention of staying in charge of the company and planned on giving it to her sister, Winter, as soon as she was sure that the company was back in the right moral grounds.
"I wonder how Ruby is doing.." she thought to herself as she shifted through her paperwork for that day, cursing herself for pushing herself too hard in training and straining her body. She was sore all over and could barely focus on her work.
"Knowing her she's probably energetically running around hacking and slashing through every Grimm outside the kingdom" she thought with a chuckle, remembering her old leaders antics. "Perhaps when I am done here I will go out and find her."
Weiss' thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her office intercom going off. "Ms. Schnee, Gottfried has arrived. Shall I send him in?" The secretary asked politely.
"Yes, right away. Thank you, Sarah" She said in a cheerful tone despite dreading this meeting.
After a few moments, the door to her office opened up and a man walked in covered head to toe in a navy blue combat outfit. His entire head is covered by a sleek helmet designed by the military that had only two openings for his eyes, both of which were currently covered by dark visors. His arms, legs and chest guarded by a thick black armor that allowed flexibility and movement. He had a pair of twin daggers attached to his belt and a vest on his chest chest covered with magazines for his weapons. He gave a simply nod to Weiss who motioned for him to have a seat in one of the chairs in front of her desk as she sat down in her own.
"So Gottfried, I will be quick about this. I have looked through all the records from soldiers and mercenaries hired by this company from the past and it seems you have been the most successful of them all. I wish to offer you a more permanent position at this company" Weiss said with a stern look, knowing all to well Gottfried wasn't into pleasantries.
Gottfried simply nodded as he slowly removed his helmet to reveal his scarred face and look of interest upon it. He began to motion his hands in the standard sign language. "You have my attention" he signed.
Weiss nodded to the man as she leans back in her chair, shifting slightly "I am sure you know that the White Fang extremists have been becoming a bigger issue as of late and, with my position, I am feeling the need to have a permanent body-guard."
"What kind of duties would I have to engage in?" he signs to the woman, keeping a stern look on his face.
"Quite simple, you will be with me at almost all hours of the day and with your abilities you may be required to be in stealth for certain occasions" Weiss said to the man as she inspected him carefuly, having never seen him without his helmet.
"And if I notice a potential threat, I am to immediately eliminate the target?" he signed to her.
"In most circumstances, I would prefer you find a way to report the threat to me directly. However, if it is a dire situation, yes, you will be authorized for lethal force"
"What kind of pay will I be seeing?"
"Five-thousand Lien a week" Weiss said with a slight smirk, thinking to herself that the mercenary would be crazy to not take the offer
"Seven-thousand and you have your man" he signed back with that same stern look.
Weiss was slightly taken back by this, not because she couldn't afford it, but because she had not expected such a quick..acceptance from Gottfried. "That should not be a problem, I would like to add that all ammunition, weapon repairs, lodging and meals will be provided by the company" she said, keeping her composure.
"Then you have your man" he signed to her before he stood up. "When do I start?"
"Next week once I begin my next plans for Vale" she says as she taps her fingers together. "However..that little tid-bit doesn't leave his room." she said seriously to the man who only responded with a nod as he turns to leave without another word. "You are dismissed" Weiss said sarcastically after he left.
She spun her chair around and gazed out of the large window in her office toward the city and sighed heavily, knowing that she may have some trouble keeping her newly hired body-guard in check. Though, he is the best in the kingdom and she needs the best. She shook herself out of her thoughts and spun her chair around gazing back at the paperwork at hand. "This is going to be a long year" she whispered to herself.
Deep in the forests in the outskirts of Vale is where her current objective has her. Of course, it has to be a Grimm infested, dark and gloomy forest that she has no actual business being in. No business besides the two White Fang grunts Blake is currently tailing in hopes of finding their base of operations.
"It has been seven hours and these two are still wandering the forest" she thinks to herself, "I wonder if they even know where they are"
She lunged from tree-branch to tree-branch lightly as she keeps her eyes on her prey, thanking the gods that the sun is starting to go down, giving her more cover. She watches the two White Fang grunts as they stop, one pulling out a cigar to light it up.
"Hear about the guys up north who ran into a snag?" the smoking one asks his partner
"No.. and I don't really care, but I'm sure you're going to tell me anyway" The other said, clearly annoyed.
"Well you should know.. some huntress killed fifty of our brothers up there and destroyed the base" the smoking one said, ashing his cigar.
"You have got to be kidding me" the partner said in disbelief. "A single huntress?"
"Yep, the guys that survived said she was fast. No one could keep track of her and she kept shooting down those that fled with a giant scythe"
"How many made it out?"
"Seven.. and the boss is beyond pissed. I heard he's putting a stop to all operations and focusing everything on killing that huntress"
"That's not good" Blake thought to herself as she got a bit closer in case the two decided to move.
"Damn.. I ran into a scythe wielder once. Barely made it out with both my arms intact" the partner said as he looked around cautiously.
"Yea I am not looking forward to it either" The smoking man said before he looks to his watch. "Well our patrol is about over.. back to base?" he asked as he put out his cigar
"Yeah. You know the boss isn't going to be happy with the smell" the partner said
"Ehh.. the boss can suck my left nut" the smoking man said as they walked off into the night. The made their way back to the base quietly as Blake kept close and hidden in the shadows, making sure to track them.
After what seemed like hours, they finally walked into a cave. Luckily for Blake, she could see in the night and watched them as they entered a concealed elevator inside of the cave and disappeared into the ground.
"Weiss and Yang will want to know about that.." Blake thought to herself as she left and headed back to main Kingdom. "If what those two said..Ruby is in trouble. If Ruby got hurt.. Yang would most likely topple the entire kingdom until she killed whoever was responsible"
Two Days Later
Weiss would be laying in her bed in the small mansion she called her home with a very pleasant smile on her face. However, her rest would be interrupted as her scroll began to go off. Sleepily, she rolled over and grabbed it off of her nightstand to look, seeing Blakes name pop up. She looked at the time and noticed it was 2:34 AM
"Ugh..Blake you better have a good reason for waking me up so early." Weiss said in an irritated tone.
"Ruby is in danger and we need to find her before the White Fang does" Blake said bluntly, causing the heiress to lay there stunned for a few moments before responding.
"Okay.. that is a good reason" She said as she began to roll herself out of bed and wander toward her desk to turn on her coffee pot. "What happened?"
Blake began relaying the intel she gathered from the two she tracked two days ago to Weiss as she drank her coffe and started to get dressed.
"Why does it not surprise me that Ruby would be to skilled for her own good" the heiress said as she rubbed the bridge of her nose, "Have you been able to get a hold of Yang?"
"Yes, but she is currently in Vacuo and it would take her weeks to get back to Vale." Blake said. "We probably don't have that kind of time. I will be arriving at the Schnee Vale Headquarters within five hours."
"Alright. I will meet you there.. I may be a bit late though, my new bodyguard starts today and I am going to have to go fetch him earlier than I expected."
"New bodyguard? Hmm.. Are you sure he's not just eye candy?" Blake asked, causing Weiss to just imagine the Yang-like smirk on the faunus girl's face.
"Oh, shut up! Just get here, okay?" Weiss said impatiently before hanging up. "What is with those two and always trying to play matchmaker!" she mutters to herself as she goes about getting ready for her now overly complicated day.
Two hours later
Weiss found herself standing in front of a house in the farther reaches of the city with her driver waiting just on the road. She gazed up at the building, seemingly surprised, yet seeing what she expected from Gottfried's home. The house was painted black and clearly had a ominous appearance in its design. The lawn was covered in rather obvious booby-traps and signs all over the place as a warning to any unwanted trespassers.
"Well, this is going to be interesting" she said as she pulled out her scroll and began to dial Gottfried's number. Before she finished, Gottfried would suddenly appear right in front of her, causing the Heiress to jump back slightly. "Oh dust, you scared me!" she cried out before taking a few deep breaths, putting her hand over her heart. "I guess you don't sleep much do you."
Gottfried simply shook his head before he glanced back at his home and tapped his helmet, causing all of the dim lights to shut off and all of the booby-traps around his house to activate. He looked back to the heiress and nodded to her, gesturing toward her car.
"Ever the strong and silent type" she mutters with an annoyed look on her face before she turns to enter her car followed by Gottfried, who took a seat facing the heiress. "So there has been a change of plans Gottfried that I hope will not change your mind about taking this job."
Gottfried Sat there for a moment gazing at the heiress and motioned for her to continue. "Well, to put it bluntly, a old and close friend of mine has been in the outer edges of Vale helping villages and nomads outside of the Kingdoms protection and she has pissed off the very extremists that I hired you to protect me from."
Gottfried raised his hand to motion for silence for a moment before he began to sign to her. "You want to go out to find your friend, rescue her or at least protect her while you take out the rest of the White fang?"
Weiss nodded with a slight smirk. "For a mute, you are quick to catch on."
Gottfried merely shrugged his shoulders before responding. "Going outside of the Kingdom will not be cheap.. you remember that, I assume."
"Oh quite, which is why your pay will be tripled along with keeping said benefits and.. we might be able to throw in a few extra things to make it even more worth your while."
Gottfried stared at the Heiress for a moment before silently nodding and gazing out the window without another word. Weiss simply smiled as she did the same, content to contemplate her next move. It had been months since she last seen her hyperactive, scythe wielding friend who annoyed her to no end. Yet, she was eager to see Ruby again. Something about her cheerful bubbly demeanor made Weiss smile on the inside.
After a half hour long drive, they arrived at the Schnee Vale headquarters and made their way to Weiss' office in silence. Taking the elevator up, Weiss couldn't help but sneak a better look at her new bodyguard. Having never seen the man upclose for an extended period of time, she never paid any attention, but there was something about him that finally caught it which was saying something since her mind was always so busy with school and now work to even think about men. She shook it off as the doors opened and they headed into the office, causing her bodyguard to assume his cloaked position before anyone seen him leave the elevator.
"Good morning, Ms. Schnee! I wasn't expecting to see you so early." the red-headed Sarah stated as she stood up to shake her boss' hand.
Weiss smiled at her secretary and glanced at her attire, noticing that she was wearing a much nicer suit with a skirt and stockings today along with heels. "What's got you all fancied up Sarah?" Weiss asked provoking a slight blush from Sarah.
"My fiance and I are going out for dinner when I get off of work, but I won't have time to get dressed properly to look nice for him, so I wore this to work." she said with an embarrassed smile.
"Oh that won't do. Go ahead and take off a few hours early today. You have earned it, Sarah" Weiss said with a pleasant smile.
"Thank you Ms Schnee!" Sarah said before she sat down at her desk as Weiss and Gottfried entered her office. Weiss took her seat and looked at the clock on the wall to realize they were a half hour late to when Blake said she would arrive.
"That cat is always late.." she thought before sorting out her desk while glancing around. "Gottfried are you even here?" she asked causing her bodyguard to appear for a short moment to give her a nod before vanishing from sight once again.
"This is going to take some getting used to" Weiss said with a sigh.
I will try to add to this once every few days after reading the reviews.