AN: I'm back with another chapter finally. I have been dealing with life stuff and wishing for the sweet embrace of death, but I wanted to keep writing. I received an amazing review and that really inspired me, I went back and redid this entire chapter, due to me wanted to use Nero's personality. Quick note, I did change some history for Nero and I know that people will want too know what the hell's going on but I ask that you trust me. All will be reveled eventually, just know that if somethings weird that I changed something. Quick question, who knows about the Batman who laughs? It is hilariously horrifying and if you like Batman it is one of the few dark comics I like. Dark Nights: the Batman who laughs (2017) issue.

Lolrus555: Thank you for the feedback and I'm glad that you think I did a good job with the characterization of Nero. I hope that what I do for this Chapter is approved of and that you enjoy it.

Thedarkness1996: thanks and I hope that you keep enjoying it.

(Edit: I got really preoccupied playing DMC 5, which was amazing and I love how they portrayed the characters. I'm not going to go in to much detail since I don't want to spoil things for others. Let me know what everyone thinks at the end, Please.

—-WS—-

Nero opened his eyes and he was greeted by the roof of a large tent. He frowned as he pushed himself into a seated position, the tent was empty. There was a large table in the room with a map, some chairs surrounded it, there was a cabinet in the corner filled with books with a sculpture of a weird wolf-like creature sitting on top.

"Where the fuck. . ." Nero trailed off as he felt the missing weight of his weapons. He immediately looked around the room again, hoping that it was sitting in a corner or something. He looked over his appearance, his clothes were torn up bad, the entire right sleeve was gone showing Devil Bringer to the world. "Shit, the people who found me definitely saw this. I need to find my stuff."

Nero raised himself of the couch that he was sitting on. He walked towards the table and gazed down at the map.

"The map of Remnant, the major kingdoms Vale, Mistral, Atlas and Vacuo." Nero looked over the map, it had marks in all of the continents. There were numerous ones in Vale and Mistral, Atlas was less than none, more red flags than marks, Vacuo had nothing with a side note saying, "who gives a shit in Vacuo." Nero smirked, he liked whoever wrote this sense of humor.

"Huh, a map of operations, shit where the fuck did I wake up!" He sighed, while grasping his face with his hand. He knew that this wasn't his home, the map didn't look fake and they were too detailed. "Fucking demons," Nero sighed, chalking this up to demon bullshit. He walked over to the tent flap and took a quick peek outside the tent.

He was in a camp, there were sentries placed around and patrolling the site. He couldn't quite make them out in the dark, while the moon light helped they were obscured by other tents. He wouldn't be able to sneak out, since stealth wasn't really his style. Nero sighed and looked toward the sky, he saw the moon. He backed away from the exit, his face blank as he walked back over the couch.

Nero placed his head in his hand and groaned, "fucking demons, blowing up the moon. Where the fuck am I, shit."

Any doubts that Nero had about this being a joke was swept away. How the hell does someone blow up the moon, Nero thought. Welp, looks like I'm in for a wait. Nero leaned back into the couch, whoever owned this tent would be back eventually. This was obviously the leader's tent and it was empty, meaning the leader would be back soon.

Nero reached into his jacked pocket, praying silently. He grasped a familiar object and pulled them out with a smile on his face. His headphones were safe and sound, they looked in working order.

"Fuck, yes! No, waiting in silence for me." He reached for his other pocket, his smile still present until he realized that the other pocket was missing. That entire piece of his jacket gone, with a groan he placed his headphones beside him.

"I fucking hate my life." Nero settled back into the couch for the wait.

—-WS—-

"Johnson, report. What's the condition of the forest, any other disturbances." Adam asked, while staring into the darkness of the woods. Thanks to his Faunus heritage he could see perfectly in the dark, there wasn't any movement that he could see.

"The forest is. . . in a uproar. The Grimm are super active, they advance straight towards us, even with these humans so called 'support.' They know where we are and the sentries are holding them off easily, due to the Grimm throwing themselves recklessly at the camp. There have been no other sightings of people in the forest, I'm glad that the Faunus that was brought in was OK." Johnson said, his smile still visible underneath his mask, his dog ears drooping down the side of his head. "Overall, everything is going well, sir."

Adam smiled at him, pleased that his troops were capable of defeating Grimm. He could count on them to do their jobs.

"Speaking of our guest, have those humans given up on seeing him?" Johnson asked, with a snarl.

"No, they keep asking and it's seriously starting to grate my nerves. They've been trying to force themselves through me, saying they have questions for him." Adam said with a smile starting to form on his face, "they forget one major thing, though."

"And what would that be?" Johnson asked whiled tilting his head to the side, ears raised up.

Adam flashed a vicious smile, "I could easily kill them all and I am offering them my support, in return for theirs. Once, they've outlived their usefulness to the White Fang, those humans will be killed. I don't care about what they want, I only want equality for the Faunus."

Johnson smiled, "that's good to hear, sir. If you need help with anything let me know, you have my full support."

"Thanks, John. I'm glad you trust my judgment."

"Hey Adam, your young and you need all the support you could get. I'm thirty-seven with two children, I'm stressed but I can't imagine the weight on your shoulders." Johnson flashed him a smile, while turning to Adam placing a hand on his shoulder. "I will trust your judgment, because you've saved me and my families lives before, so my life is yours to use."

"Thank you, John. I'm going to head back to the tent and check on our guest, tell Mary and the kids I said hello." Adam said, while turning away from John and walking into the camp.

"I will, Mira and Anna said that they'll be by in the morning to bring you some food. We all worry about you, Adam!" Johnson yelled over his shoulder while he ran towards the sentries.

Adam smiled while he walked through the camp, his soldiers respected him and trusted him, and he they. All the Faunus in this camp believed in what he was doing, they were all brothers and sisters in arms. Adam wouldn't let Blake's betrayal ruin his relationship with the troops, they all knew she was a hypocrite who couldn't help herself. The memory of what happened left a bitter taste in his mouth, he loved Blake and he would see her again. The troops would all take turns checking up on him, making sure he stayed strong and healthy. Adam enjoyed how close he was with them all, since there were civilian Faunus in the camp as well, women who couldn't fight since they were taking care of the children or grandparents. This camp was the safest of all White Fang camps and the most hidden one, making it possible to house all these civilians.

As Adam approached the tent he felt someone's presence following him, he drew wilt in an instant. It's point stopping a centimeter away from his stalker's throat, who stood stiff as a board.

Adam saw the familiar smirk and grayish silver hair, he pulled the sword away from his throat but kept it at the ready. "Mercury, to what do I owe this unpleasant encounter?" Adam asked, with his teeth bared, it was an insult to be stalked like prey in his own camp.

"Nothing much, just enjoying the night air." He smirked, until he found the sword's tip at his throat again. "Okay, okay, jeez you can't take a joke. Cinder sent me to insist that we talk too our guest and make sure that he was the only one in the forest."

"And by 'talk' you mean torture, don't you?" Adam snarled keeping wilt at his throat. "I will not betray a fellow Faunus to you and that witch. She can't kill me, because I serve a purpose which means I'm safe from her betrayal until that purpose is fulfilled." Adam spat furiously at Mercury, "and if I find out, that any of you try to reach him. You will face me, this is where I draw the line and if you humans cross it consider our alliance over, now go and report back too your master like a good slave."

Mercury stayed silent as wilt was pulled away from his throat. Mercury frowned as he turned around and walked away from him, towards the edge of the camp where he placed them.

Adam sighed as he sheathed wilt, running his hand through his hair he turned back towards his tent and walked towards it.

As he pulled back the entrance flap he was greeted by the sight of his guest reading a book beside the cabinet. His guest looked up and smirked, "I was starting to get bored waiting for someone. These are some very interesting books, Faunus biology and history, history of Remnant, Geography, Grimmology, and," he looked at the book in his hand with a raised eyebrow. "Ninja's of Love, huh book porn, cool."

He quietly put the book back on the cabinet and walked back over to the couch. Adam shrugged and took a seat at the table facing his guest.

"So, where the hell am I?" his guest asked, while stretching out his arms.

"You are in one of our camps, humans found you in the woods and the White Fang ensured your protection from them. These two humans are untrustworthy, we couldn't trust them not to torture you for information. The circumstances they found you under were, worrisome." Adam told him while he looked over the map. "Their master is an annoyingly insistent woman, she was the one who wanted you to be questioned. I decided to place you in here, instead of the medic tent, the humans don't have any access to this tent unless I invite them in.

"Huh, that explains that, I guess." He groaned into his fist, "my name is Nero, and your name is. . ." Nero said while gesturing towards him.

Adam smirked, it wasn't everyday he found someone who didn't know who he is. "Adam Taurus, leader of the Vale branch of the White Fang."

"Neat, not everyday I get too meet a leader of an organization." Nero said as he pushed himself off the couch and took a seat at the table with Adam. "I do have one big remaining question for you."

"That would be?" Adam asked leaning back in his chair.

"Can I have my weapons back, I get nervous without them. I don't really like being left defenseless and having them back will definitely help me stay calm." Nero said, placing his blue glowing arm on the table as it pulsed threateningly.

Adam's smirk died on his face as a frown slowly replaced it. "I specifically ordered everyone to leave your weapons on the table, informing everyone that if someone were too wake up in an unknown place without their weapons panic would soon follow." He placed a hand on his chin while tilting it to the side, taking a thinking position.

"Well, they aren't here, so that means somebody took my shit and I really want it back." Nero growled, pulling his arm off the table. "You think one of your people took my weapons?"

"No!" Adam exclaimed jumping out of his seat, "It was the humans, they snuck in here and stole your things. I am going to have a long talk with those fools for going against my decision in my camp!"

"Well, lead the way, Adam. This is your camp, but these are my things so I'm coming with you to reclaim them." Nero said, standing up easily from the table, "but before we go, can I get a jacket or something?"

"Of course," Adam walked over to the cabinet and pulled open one of the drawers, removing a black long-sleeved jacket and tossed it to Nero.

"Stylish," Nero whistled while removing his own ruined jacket and putting on the jacket, he left it unbuttoned. He rolled the sleeve as far down it could go over his right arm, covering up the glowing appendage.

Adam scowled slightly, he was reminded of how Blake would wear a bow over her ears. He turned away from Nero and moved towards the tents exit.

—-WS—-

Nero groaned internally as he followed Adam through the camp, to where the 'humans' were. Nero was still shocked at the appearance of Adam, the horns on top of his head threw him off a bit. While he was waiting, he got bored really quickly and he decided too leaf through the books on the cabinet. The Faunus biology and history, prepared him somewhat for the appearance of Adam as well as the other Faunus in the camp. He couldn't get past the biology part, but clearly Adam thought that he was a Faunus as well and Nero wasn't going to tell them the truth, but he got a feeling that Adam wouldn't really care as long as he wasn't a human. It was clear that Adam didn't fully trust him, but he was starting too. Adam didn't keep his hand on his sword while they walked through the camp. The clear hatred of humans was clear in Adam's description of them, Nero thought he was a leader for a civil rights movement, fighting for the equal rights of the Faunus. Nero respected that sentiment, after all from what he read about it seemed that humans and Faunus weren't all that different, they just had extra appendages that happened to belong to animals.

Nero couldn't help but feel the stares from some of the Faunus, he wasn't enjoying this but the stares weren't hateful ones, they were curious about him. They were probably trying to figure out what kind of Faunus he was.

Shit, my luck really sucks. Nero thought to himself, he kept up with Adam, who was leading the way to his things, easily.

Nero felt someone collide with his back and wrap their arms around his waist. He twisted his head to get a better look at who was currently holding him. It was a young girl, she had short dark blue hair and was staring up at him with cyan blue eyes.

"D-dragon," she whispered, her eyes filled with awe. "Are you related to the Blue Dragon who fought in the Faunus wars?"

Nero didn't know what to say and he looked to Adam for help, but the bastard just shrugged with a small smirk. Nero couldn't see his eyes but he suspected that the fucker was delighted in this turn of events. Weren't we going to get my stuff back, what the hell man!! Nero internally screamed at him, hopping to convey his anger at Adam.

"A-are you here to help us fight for equality?" She asked while removing her arms from around Nero.

Nero turned to face the girl, while lowering himself to a crouched position in order to look the girl in the eyes. Nero took a better look at the girl, her clothes were normal but there was something off about her. She held her arms close to her body, Nero looked closer at her arms. Her arms were covered in scars and burns, yet her eyes seemed hopeful. Nero felt disgust and pure white hot anger spike inside his blood, causing devil bringer to glow brightly through the black sleeve on his arm.

"I'm not a hero, kid."

The girl lowered her head at hearing those words, dejected and the hope in her eyes dying.

"But, I can't stand people who would hurt a child. So the answer to your question is, I may not be the best to help fight for equality but I'll do my best." Nero smiled softly placing his hand on top of her head and giving it a soft rub. "Now go and get some sleep, it's still dark and growing kids need sleep."

The girl nodded excitedly while running off in the camp. He and Adam resumed their walk to the edge of camp.

"That was Anna," Adam began, "she was rescued from a Schnee Dust Company work site, she was being forced to work and the site was unsafe. She was being beaten by the SDC's guards and I was leading a raid on the site to free as many of them as possible. She was one of the first Faunus I saved that day, the guards died in the assault. I took her to this camp, she had nowhere else to go, her mother died and left behind a debt to the SDC who made her work in order pay back the debt."

"What is the Blue Dragon and why did she ask me about it?"

"The blue Dragon is a fairy tale that mothers and fathers tell their kids. The Blue Dragon appeared in a flash of blue, his katana glowed with a blue hue as he felled human slavers left and right, saving the Faunus. He kicked off the Faunus Wars, he told them humans respect and fear power, so the only way to free yourselves is to gain more power and protect yourselves. The weak die while the strong prosper, so you must rise from your shackles and become powerful. He was a leader in the Faunus war, he taught them combat and how to use their aura. The blue Dragon never stated his name or used aura, saying that it was a tool for the weak and foolish but that if you are given a tool you must use it to become strong."

Nero nodded along with the story, it wasn't exactly a children's tale but if this is what inspired them and made them happy, he wouldn't say a word against it.

"Anna's mother told her about this story on her deathbed. Anna holds the story of the Blue Dragon close to her heart, so it meant a lot to her for you to agree to that."

"What kind of Faunus is she, I couldn't exactly see any traits on her while I talked to her."

"She's a half blooded Faunus, her mother was a Faunus while her father was a human." Adam said, his voice taking a cold edge.

"What about her father, you didn't mention what happened to him." Nero asked cautiously, he was concerned about where this was going.

"Her mother never told her she said, but it's obvious to older Faunus. Her mother was raped by a human and her mother had her. She is still a Faunus and we will help her, even if humans don't accept her."

"How can you tell she's a half-blood, I haven't run into any half-blood's before." Nero asked, his disgust was making his throat dry.

"Her eyes, half-bloods have different qualities but they all share a common theme. They have greater senses than humans and that is more than enough to oust them in society, there are some that can hide in human societies, but that number is very small. Anna is a very unlucky half-blood, her eyes and hair glow in the dark. A family here in the camp took her in, they love her dearly just as if she was actually their daughter." Adam's grip on his sword was tight, Nero could feel the hatred running off him in waves. "Her story is one of the many out there, that humans cause without a second glance at us. They treat us like dirt underneath their feet and they kick us to the side."

"I-"

"We're here." Adam cut Nero off before he could begin, they stood in front of a red medium sized tent. It was large enough to house three people. "Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury, step out of the tent now!" Adam announced while placing his hand on the handle of his weapon, Nero kept himself still keeping his arm ready, if things went south Devil Bringer would definitely be useful.

"I was expecting you and our guest to arrive, eventually." Said a black haired woman as she exited the tent, she was followed by two other individuals soon after.

"I am here to request his belongings back," Adam informed them as he gestured towards Nero.

The woman snapped her fingers and the green-haired girl retrieved his weapons from the tent and brought them to Nero.

"Why the hell did you take my stuff to begin with?" Nero asked while checking over Red Queen and Blue Rose carefully, they were his closest companions in a way.

"Why, we were trying to find out who you are. There is a registry of all the weapons that belong to Huntsmen and Huntresses, I thought that if I were to find weapons fitting their descriptions I would have your Identity. However, I ran into a snag, your weapons are created differently and your gun doesn't fire bullets does it? You have a combustion system integrated into your sword, while the gun is designed to fire two bullets at once yet the gun has been modified so much that it cannot fire dust rounds. What do you use as ammunition, because I'm sure you wouldn't carry around a useless weapon. In the end, I couldn't find any information about who you are." The black haired woman continued, obviously not affected by the way Nero was glaring at her.

"That still doesn't excuse your actions, Cinder." Adam spat out, "I do not appreciate you sneaking around my back and ignoring a direct order."

"I don't take orders," Cinder said, her voice taking a deadly edge as fire sparked in her eyes. Nero felt his arm throb and a strong desire to kill her build up in his chest, his arm was acting up violently. Nero took deep breaths to calm himself down and resist the urge to crush her with his bare hands.

"Don't forget Cinder, that you need my help in order to exact your plans for Beacon. I know that you can find someone else more controllable to take my place, but the amount of time it would take to bring that person up to my position would delay your plans considerably." Adam spoke with a small smirk on his face.

"You need me for your movement, I supply you with dust, lien, and weapons. If anything you should be taking orders from me, since you benefit a lot from my help. You should be more willing to keep it." Cinder countered, her tone didn't really sit well with Nero. Her smile really pissed Nero off, like she knew something that no one else did and she was lording it over their heads.

"You overestimate your value to me, we both know that we are using one another. I accept this fact and I know that you will keep secrets from me, but know this. If anything you do causes any harm to the Faunus under my command and any civilian Faunus, I will have you and your pets heads." Adam said calmly, the grip on his weapon never relenting once.

"How dare you!!" The green haired teen said, she started to surge forward but was stopped by Cinder.

"Now now, Emerald. Adam was just informing us about where the line stands and to make sure we do not cross it." Cinder spoke calmly but the fire in her eyes raged. "Now lets go to sleep, tomorrow is the day you and Mercury go and check up on Roman. I need to make sure that Imbecile hasn't managed to get himself killed yet.

Nero watched them calmly as they retreated into their tent, while Adam slowly relinquished his hold on the sword.

"Let's find you a place to sleep for the night." Adam said, while turning towards the camp and walking without waiting to hear Nero's reply.

"What the hell was that?" Nero sighed as he stared at the broken moon, "what have I gotten myself into?" Nero asked no one in particular, silently cursing his luck.

—-WS—-

Nero stared blankly at the tents top, wondering why he couldn't sleep on the comfy couch back in the command tent. He felt the grip on his right arm tighten as he tried to pull away and leave the tent, he looked at the blue haired girl who had a death grip on his arm.

"M-mama," Anna murmured in her sleep, as she nestled her self further into his arm.

Shit, why the hell is she sleeping next to me. I should just wake her up and send her back to her bed, Nero thought and just as he was about to do it he caught a glimpse of the scars that ran down her arms. Never mind, she's just a kid and I know how it feels to lose a parent more than anyone. I'll let her sleep and catch some z's myself. Nero sighed lightly as he settled his left arm behind his head.

—-WS—-

AN: All right, another chapter written and new character's introduced. I don't know if I portrayed Adam correctly. I feel like he was all for Faunus Equality but Cinder was one of the changing factors in his slow descent into madness. I hope everyone is enjoying how I decided to portray him. I hope that everyone will share their thoughts on everything, and enjoy the story. I hope I sold Nero personality well, as I stated in the top AN. I just couldn't feel happy with the first version of this chapter I wrote, so I scrapped it and redid it from the ground up. I am going to lead up to more backstory into Nero's background and Anna isn't going to be a one use OC. I have a plan for her (one I just thought up, mind you) but nonetheless I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and is looking forward to the next one.