Hey, so I'm the writer of this story. This is the last chapter I had written, I started this story back in January and while I think it could be better, I am really proud of how well I did, it is one of my best products from back then. If I continue writing the quality should continue to increase. However, I said if. I never planned on finishing this story, but if three separate reviews are placed with two things they liked and two things they disliked with at least two original things from the other reviews I will continue it. I want to see if there is any fan support for my story. So if you want to see more you know what to do, if not, well Summer' Shadow Chapter 2 is coming out. Read that for your fix of me.
Now let us detour from Weiss for just a moment and look at Blake. Let's see what machinations are taking place in her little catty head, shan't we?
"Run! Run goddammit! Run!" Blake yelled to herself.
Blake had to get away from those chasing her. She had to get away. She couldn't go back to the violence of the White Fang. The violence that came from when Cinder and Weiss took over. She couldn't do it anymore. So she left. And the chaos that came from it was unimaginable.
Adam had squads dispatched focused solely on finding her, so she went to the one place where she could be safe. She pleaded to Ozpin himself. To her surprise, he agreed to let her attend Beacon and also to protect her should the White Fang arrived. So when she saw Weiss Schnee, she was horrified.
She went to Ozpin and told him about what she knew, that she was in league with the enemy, but he didn't believe her. Said that he would wait and watch. Told her of what a respectable family Weiss came from, how she was not corrupt. So when Weiss came to her, brandishing documents that told of her betrayal. Told of what she had done, revealed her identity. And threatened to leak them to the press, she had her back against the wall. She had no choice, she had to comply with Weiss' demands, and she had no choice in the matter.
But when Weiss slipped up, she knew for a fact that when Weiss slipped up, she was going to get her.
Yang knew a thing or two about people. She had taken a lot of courses on psychology to help her with predicting her opponent's next move so when she saw Blake and Weiss she had one thing in mind. They were exes. They had to be, the way she believed Weiss to be the next evil dictator, the way she glared at her perpetually, the way they argued, it seemed obvious. And the denial as well, so she really was interested in these two enigmas, who were they really? So when she noticed that Weiss often snuck out in the middle of the night, she devised a plan to follow her and see where she was going.
Weiss went her usual route and met up with Cinder, little did she know is she was not the only one walking those halls that night.
"Hey, honey," Cinder said as Weiss approached.
"Hey," Weiss replied.
"Anything interesting today?" she asked.
"The usual, Blake is still too afraid to act and—wait. Do you hear that?" Weiss turned to a tree, "come out, before I force you out," she threatened.
Yang stepped out from behind the tree, gauntlets at the ready, "Weiss? What are you doing out here?" She asked, calmly. Betraying no fear.
"None of your business," Weiss snarled.
Yang began to circle Weiss, "I am your teammate. So yeah, it is my business. So who is this your with?" She asked.
"Who cares?"
"I do, I just want to know where you sneak off to every night. You can tell me, you can trust me," Yang gave her a reassuring smile.
"This is my, how do I put this? Girlfriend, Cinder," Weiss smiled.
"Nice to meet you," Yang said, not extending her hand, as was customary most of the time.
"Same," She said, frostily.
Yang sighed, "I'm going to head back, I should honestly be sleeping. I hope to see you around!" Yang waved and then walked away.
Yang knew something was afoot. What? She did not know. But she did know that she could find out. So pooling all her resources she began to plan out the ways that she could make this work. When Blake found out, she recognized this as her chance, so she asked for in on the plan. Now hang on, we are missing quite a few pieces in this game. Four or so players we haven't addressed…
"I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!" A girl bounced back and forth between beds.
"Nora," a bored voice sternly said, getting the ginger's attention, "sit down, please. Before you hurt yourself,"
"Okay," The girl fell onto her bed.
The boy sighed.
Another girl walked into the room, sighing as she too fell into her bed.
"Hard day?" the boy asked the new girl.
"I have had—wheeze—worse," she replied.
"Where is Jaune?" Nora asked.
"He was with me, I don't know where he went, something about seeing Ruby or something," Pyrrha said to him.
"Oh! Ruby! Man Ruby is great, we should go see her, Ren!" Nora ran over to the boy and shook him,
"No, we should leave him alone," Pyrrha laid back down onto her bed, eyes closing.
"But why?" Nora whined.
"Because sometimes people need time to themselves and their other friends," Ren patiently explained.
"Okay! We should go get something to eat!" Nora dashed out of the door before anyone could object.
"Go after her, Ren, right now I am so not in the mood," Pyrrha groaned.
"Already on it," Ren stood and exited the room in search of his excitable partner.
Weiss Schnee, who was she? She had approached her and tried to convince her to partner with her, she really didn't want to and when she saw Jaune, well she couldn't deny him a partner. So when she overheard Yang and Blake talking about her she grew curious. Once Nora and Ren were both long gone Pyrrha stood up and made her way to the RWBY dorm, and met up with Blake and Yang.
"So you can dig more up about her?" Blake asked Pyrrha skeptically.
"As much as I have access to. I can pull a few strings maybe get some hunters watching her and seeing her movements," Pyrrha replied.
"Yes that will help, a lot, but we also need a contingency plan. What if everything goes haywire and she becomes openly hostile?" Blake asked.
"Simple. We have a Yang," Yang smirked at Pyrrha's words, "and me of course. We can handle her for sure,"
"Good, I like this plan," Yang cracked her knuckles.
"I could also go to Ozpin, Weiss doesn't suspect me to be on this scheme, she doesn't have anything on me. And besides, Ozpin only knows that you are being hunted by the White Fang, not a lieutenant and in bed with the leader," Pyrrha looked at Blake.
"You're right," Blake looked ashamed down, she regretted her time with Adam, she really did, but that was in the past.
"I will visit him once you guys collect some evidence for me to prove Weiss' guilt," Pyrrha stood, "I should be going before Weiss or my teammates arrive, remember keep Ruby out at all costs, we can't risk putting her in danger. Jaune can do a pretty good job of distracting her, but we must keep both of them away from this, and Weiss,"
"Understood," Blake responded as she watched Pyrrha dart across the halls into her room.
Oh Pyrrha, Pyrrha, Pyrrha, Pyrrha. What a tragic tale her story is. Something right from a greek tragedy, but considering her name I don't think anyone expected otherwise. Too bad we don't get to see it all, though someday soon maybe I can show you all what happened, though her story extends far ahead what we will see here, and far behind too. Someday when I have time to tell you of this myrmidon's tale, I will.
Ruby wasn't the tallest or prettiest girl, nor did she have much charisma, but one thing she did have was pure skill and dedication. She was the most talented Huntresses in training, rivaled only by her sister and Pyrrha Nikos. So it stood to logic that if anyone could train the social awkward Jaune it would be someone else socially awkward, that made sense, right?
Well it made sense to Jaune and he asked Ruby for help. I mean she was also unwittingly team leader as well so Jaune figured she was perfect. And for the most part she was, she worked well in conjunction with her and she did a good job explaining some basic aura use techniques as well as strength and endurance exercises.
"All I can teach you is this, really," Ruby said, "I am not too familiar with sword and shield, I am sure Pyrrha would be willing to help you out,"
"I-I don't think Pyrrha likes me," Jaune said sheepishly.
"Really? I mean I'm not the most observant person but anyone could see that she really, really likes you," Ruby facepalmed.
"I'll ask her, but I still don't think that you're right. Can I still train with you?"
Ruby smiled, "Of course,"
"Thanks, I should get back, see you Ruby!" Jaune waved as he left.
When Jaune came back, he saw Pyrrha in Team RWBY's room. Curious, he listened in, not that he could here much.
"So you can dig more up about her?" Some asked.
"As much...I have…access...pull...get some hunters...movements," another voice said, he was unable to make out most of it and didn't want to get closer.
"That will...a lot…contingency plan..she becomes...hostile…"
"We...Yang…me of course..."
"Good…" Jaune heard the sound of cracking knuckles.
"I could also go to see Ozpin...W...doesn't suspect...doesn't have anything on me...Ozpin only knows..you are being hunted...White Fang...lieutenant...not in bed...leader,"
"Right…"
"Visit him...once you collect...for me to prove…s's...guilt…should be going...before teammates...keep Ruby out...putting her in danger...Jaune can...pretty good job distracting her...we must keep both away from…"
"Understood,"
And with that Pyrrha exited RWBY's dorm and into theirs. After a few minutes of waiting Jaune went after her, he had to ask her who it was. He heard a 'W' sound, who could it be? He had to know, but it couldn't be her, could it? It couldn't be Weiss. No it was just a misunderstanding. Yes that is what it is. Jaune though, entering to find Pyrrha reading on her bed.
"Hey, Pyrrha," he said nervously.
"Hello, Jaune" She greeted him with a smile.
"I was wondering if you would help me with my sword and shield fighting," he asked,
She bit her lip, thinking for a minute, "Sure, I can,"
Jaune smiled and pumped his fist, "Yes!"
Oh no, does Jaune know too much? Who could they have been talking about? Well we know, I know, but he doesn't. Let's hope he doesn't find out. And let us really hope that he doesn't tell Ruby anything. Am I obvious enough yet? Have I done my blunt foreshadowing well? Oh how I hope. This chapter has had an unusual departure that I wish to avoid, let us remedy that, shall we?
The cell was cold, oh it was incredibly cold. Mercury stared down at his hands, his fingers were numb, they had been for weeks now. He was supposed to be stored in a cryogenic chamber, cold enough to preserve him but not cold enough to cause any damage. When Ironwood had captured him, he was tossed into this cell. The fucker didn't put him under, so he was alive, contemplating every decision he ever made. It made him wonder if he was doing the right thing. Then again, considering what the other side just did to him, he wasn't inclined to switch sides.
Then there was him watching Emerald getting water boarded, when Roman came to break them out he was going to burn this fucking place to the ground with Ironwood inside. He winced, he had punched the glass and it hurt a lot more than he had prepared. He sighed, closing his eyes praying for sleep.
Hm… Weiss leaves soon, so let us hope Roman can hurry up and break Mercury out. Well I'm sure he does, right? Well no matter. There are others e need to worry about. What was her name. Mm… I do believe it was Winter Schnee. Heh, yeah, her. Next time.