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Chapter 4...I'm going to hate my past self for pick up the show THIS EARLY in the story series. But anyway, it's still need to be done.

Like I said before, I might not answer reviews in Author's note, but rather directly in the story. So, better read my story carefully, guys.

Without further ado, enjoy chapter 4!

I slowly open my eyes after a good rest, to see a massive ship flying above me. Once I narrow my eyes to look better, I recognize the Atlas' military symbol on its side. When I sit up, I see many people walking around, each carrying crates of supplies of all sorts in an unfamiliar environment. I stand up and walk around, marveling at what people's doing here. But, if the Atlas ships are above us, why can't I recognize any Dust items around me? Where am I right now? Where did the realm change into?

Then, I notice a bunch of rose petals flying in the sky. I track them to see where they're from, and I find another me…with a different costume. Her outfit in volume 4. She looks more mature than me, and Crescent Rose's hanging on her waist. She's just walking around like me, watching the people doing their work. Then, she runs to somewhere in normal speed, and I follow her. About a minute later, she's standing with a robot, about 1m8, and talking to it. I walk closer to them, hide behind a phone booth and try to listen to what they're saying…

?: "Kuro is out again?"

Ruby: "Seems so. He's not the type to be in one place."

?: "Current him, not the past him."

"True. What do you want me to send to him?"

"Just tell him to be careful. For some reasons I got a strange feeling in my right arm."

"Your cut arm?"

"No. I lost my left arm before. If his past caught up with him…"

"I understand. I will tell him when I have the chance."

"Thank you." Then suddenly Ruby looks at the ship. "What's wrong?"

"My sister's calling me. I will talk to you later." Her body then shines up, and…she's wearing a red bodysuit that looks too much like a swimsuit, with the 'upper' part growing two sizes. Her hair has grown longer, with now a string of red hair. On her back, two pairs of red mechanical wings appear, and she's wearing high heels, my worst enemy. And when she turns back to me, I can see her eyes having the power symbol in them. Then, she flies up to the ship, to my awe.

"Wow…what's that? Did my other self just transform?" And I'm a bit jealous too. That other me looks so mature…

I suddenly feel something tucking on my shoelace. I look down to see a baby Kurome, wearing an orange romper, looking at me with bright eyes as she's smiling at me.

"Aww…" I kneel down to her, as she's trying to the cross on my necklace. "Aren't you a little cute one? But…why are you so small?"

"Clementine, what are you doing here?" The robot has walked behind me without my notice, and he just reaches his arms out…through my body, and grabs the baby and brings her up. Upon seeing the new one, the baby starts laughing in delight and reaching her hands out for a hug. I stand up instantly and step aside, looking at the robot who's moving a finger before Clementine, who's trying to grab it playfully. "Your parents won't like to see you crawling around like that, you know?"

"And thanks for finding her, Brave." Both of us look at T.O, who's standing behind Brave. "Uzume and Schwarz are panic that she's out, again."

Brave: "That device acted up again?"

"You know who designed it. Now, can you bring her back while I need to bring Ruby back?"

Brave looks at the massive ship. "The red girl? She's up there."

"I'm not talking about her. I'm talking about her." He's pointing at me, who's waving at them sheepishly. However, when the robot looks at me, he asks: "Who?"

"You can't see her. She's currently in a spirit form." What?

Brave nods. "I see. I will see you in the future."

"See you." And the robot flies away with the baby, who's waving her little hands to me as a goodbye. I wave my hand back to her. Once both of them are gone, I look down to see T.O pointing a finger at me. "You need to return now." Then suddenly the world around me collapses…

I reopen my eyes to see the white realm again, with Weiss right in front of my face.

"Um, Weiss, what are you doing?" "We tried to call you up for at least fifteen minutes. What happened to you?"

I sit up, and try to recall what I have seen. "I saw the Atlas ship floating in the sky, with people on the ground carrying goods that's not Dust-related. Then, I saw myself in the middle of them…"

Blake: "You saw yourself?"

Yang: "Is that someone who looked like you?"

"Aside from her outfit, she looked exactly like me. Then, she ran off to meet a robot, I think his name was Brave if T.O's words were right…"

Kurome interrupts: "Does he have a lion head on his front?" "Yeah, why?" "Then it's definitely him. Continue your story."

"After they talked a bit, my other self suddenly transformed into…a woman, with long hair and…I'm so envy of her…"

Kurome: "Sounds like your HDD form."

Jaune asks: "HDD form?"

Kurome: "Basically, Goddess form."

Pyrrha gasps: "Goddess? Then, Ruby is…"

Kurome: "No, no. I think that's the another universe Ruby. The one you saw is one of Kuro's clones, she has the ability to use any existed Ruby's power."

I nod. "Then she flies up to the sky, and then a little you tucked on my shoelace…"

This time Kurome facepalms. "She ran off, again…"

Nora: "Why does you sound…"

"It's because it's a common thing in Gamindustri." We turn to see T.O appear next to Monty. "If we take our eyes out of her just a second, she could be anywhere. And that's something her parents don't like."

I blink. "Wait, so all of those things…they are real? And how come can she see me, but not Brave?"

He nods. "Everything is real. And for your second question, I don't want to spoil it yet. Now, before we start the vision, we got two reviews this time."

Monty: "And who are the reviewers?"

T.O: "I will read the first review from the guest."

Penny: "A person's name is Guest?"

T.O: "It happens when the reviewer doesn't want to reveal himself. Anyway, the first thing he asked is about Mercury's legs, if they're still there."

Yang's Aura flares up. "And why should we care about that?"

T.O: "Well, if his legs are mechanical, then little Nepgear would have a lot of fun screwing with it."

Ozpin: "I take it that she likes working with machines?"

T.O nods. "Also…The other you might want to keep an eye on her."

Ozpin: "Why?"

T.O: "She might turn your office tower, or the entire Academy, into one big robot."

*Caw* *Caw*

"Are…are you making that up? Turning a whole Academy into a big robot?"

T.O: "She did it to her own home one time. I'm sure she's capable to do so. Although, not sure if Kuro and Ozpin would stop her or not."

The Headmaster shakes his head. "I'm not going to stop her."

Weiss turns to him. "You're going to just let a student do that to your own school?" "If it's for the better good, I'm not going to interfere."

T.O: "On the second note, he wanted to know if the CPUs would play any important roles in this world."

Ironwood: "No offense, but how could the CPUs help us?"

Kurome: "We're not talking about your normal CPUs. We're talking about Console Patron Units, or as the other name, Goddesses."

Glynda: "You mean the one Ruby saw earlier?"

Kurome suddenly shines up, forcing us to cover our eyes. When it dies down, we look at her, only to see a new person…

"Hello everyone! I'm Orange Heart, the CPU of Gamindustri! Nice to meet you all!" She salutes to all of us with a cheery voice. And that leaves us in silence…

Only Monty waves his hand to greet her. "Nice to meet you Orange Heart. So, you and Kurome are two different persons?"

"No. We are one and the same!"

T.O: "Kurome was the Goddess from the past. However, she and Uzume are the two sides of the same coin. After a certain event that she joins us now." And that's all I heard before I rush to Orange Heart and start examining her gear and her wings.

"They look so cool! Do all Goddesses have these with them? I want to have a set of them!"

Orange Heart giggles. "Only us Goddesses have access to them. However, you can make weapons like Kurome so you can be as cool as Kurome!"

Nora is examining the disk on her left arm. "What's this? It looks like a console…" "That's because it is! We represent what we are in the other world."

Weiss: "Then, how many Goddesses do you have in Gamindustri?"

T.O: "You want me to count everyone, or just the specific ones?"

Winter: "What do you mean?"

T.O: "Currently, there are two Gamindustri existed, with some of the Goddesses being the same person."

Ironwood: "Then, only the specific ones."

T.O: "Then, it would be…about eleven."

Orange Heart: "I thought it was twelve. She is also…" T.O instantly covers her mouth. "No spoilers. Anyway, in my opinion, they might not be too much important in this one."

Monty: "You afraid that the Goddesses might get into trouble?" "More likely they will take all the credits. Also Kuro doesn't want that too. Just my guess, maybe he will change his mind in the middle."

Penny: "But, they are Goddesses, right? Then they are strong, right?"

Orange Heart: "Actually our power strength is based on people's faith on us." She then turns back to Kurome. "The more people believe in us, the stronger we are. And their faith converts into Share, the power we're using to power ourselves up. If it's low, then we're not as much different from a normal human."

Taiyang: "That sounds like a poor way to power yourself up."

Kurome: "It's the backup plan if we Goddesses suddenly turn dark. We're not immune to that."

Jaune: "So the Goddesses can die?"

T.O: "Yes, they can. How, I won't say. Okay, to the next one, which is the same one from the previous chapters. The reason he thought the team members of team TANK would be, is because he thought Kuro might have the Makers traveling with him, not the Goddess herself. Also, luckily for you Yang and Nora, that he had a theory, that the elemental-based semblances might be able to pull off energy shots."

Both of them sudden grin and their Auras flare up. T.O immediately notices that and runs away, as both of them start shooting Fire and Thunder shots to him, crackling while doing so.

Qrow chuckles. "After what they have gone through, that's some ways to vent off stress."

After a few more minutes, they return back with satisfaction on their faces. Kurome asks T.O, who's not having the same: "So, does it like Kuro?" "No, it's not that extreme." He then turns to us. "Aside from that, are you ready for the next vision?" All of us nod, and the screen appears…

"Meow!" Adam opens his eyes to see a small cat sitting on his chest, looking at him with curious eyes. When he sits up, the cat instantly jumps out of him and jumps on the bed that's above him…which is not there if his memory is still functional. He immediately steps out of the bed and looks up at the upper bunkbed, to see a little cat Faunus sleeping, with the cat from before laying on her head, and another black one on her long yellow hair. She has two ribbons acting as cat ears on her head, with two obvious horns next to them. She wears a red scarf with yellow flower patterns and a golden bell on her chest. The rest is not seeable since she's covered with a white blanket.

Nearly everyone melts when we see the adorable sight. But, I still have one thing to say: "Kuro stole the idea from me."

Weiss: "They look safer than how we did it, Ruby."

Under his mask, Adam raises his eyebrows up, as he turns to the other bunkbed, where the two other members of his team just waking up now. Tilith notices him first as she asks: "You're awake, Adam?"

He nods. "I am. Might I ask if any of you know who she is?" He points to the girl on the bed. Nepgear jumps out of the upper bed and walks to the opposite bed. When she recognizes who the girl is: "Oh, it's Nyami. Why is she here?"

"Well, she played with me a bit last night." All three members look up to see Kuro sitting ON the ceiling, while drinking milk of all things.

Adam, since he's no longer surprised that Kuro is the same savior from before, asks him again: "Why is she here?"

Kuro: "She wanted to play with me, that's all." Then he pulls out his phone. "You guys better prepare yourself. We have about an hour before classes start." Then he pushes his left hand on the ceiling, letting his body fall down but hanging on the ceiling for a second, before he touches the ground. "Also, Nyami, wake up."

"Umm…five more minutes…" The girl weakly says, her voice whimpering a bit. Kuro just smiles at the sight before walks out of the room.

Tilith: "Well, that's it. I will enter the…"

"Wait." She turns to Adam. "Just like that? Won't she go with us?"

Nepgear shakes her head, then her left hand glows. Nyami's body glows as well, and she turns into a small light orb and enters Nepgear. "She's not alive like us. But she would be treated the same as us."

Adam shrugs. "As long as she's not a threat. Though…" While Tilith's entering the bathroom, he looks at the door that leads to the hall. "He drinks milk in the morning?"

Nepgear giggles. "Kuro is more childish than you thought." He sighs. "So was the savior back then."

T.O turns to see my shining eyes. "Kuro likes milk too?" "Yeah, why?" "YES! SOMEONE'S ON MY SIDE!"

Ren: "On the other note, is she the same girl we saw in the last vision?" T.O nods.

Pyrrha asks: "Are we going to see her again? She looks so cute."

T.O: "Maybe. Kuro likes her the most out of all the units."

Jaune: "What do you mean by 'units'?"

T.O: "Have you ever thought about someone died, leaving a soul behind?"

Ozpin sips before answers: "That happened to me, so?"

T.O: "Nyami is one." Then he notices me cowering behind Yang. "What, Ruby?" "So…they're zombies?"

T.O: "And you didn't react when Kuro said that he died." I recall the conversation between Kuro and Adam…

Yang sees my pale face and laughs: "Did Weiss possess you, Ruby?" "SHE'S NOT DEAD, YANG!" "And I take offense of that, you brute."

Penny asks T.O: "So…how many units does Kuro have?"

T.O: "If I'm right…about over one thousand or so…" Tempting to make 9000 jokes…

I reopen my eyes again to see my father sitting next to me. "What…what happened, dad?"

"You fainted. Probably because you heard the number…"

"So…that's real?"

"It's it, sis." I turn to Yang. "Scared that Kuro might throw the zombies at you?" "OF COURSE I'M SCARED!"

"They're not the same as zombies, you know." I turn to T.O. "They don't have the real bodies. Doesn't mean they can't interact with you though. And a lot of them are nice, you don't have to scare them."

Port: "What about the others?"

T.O: "Either they don't care, or they are terrified. But Kuro would take care of that."

I position myself next to Weiss, while using her as my body pillow so I won't be scared again.

"Might if I ship these two?"

T.O denies Kuro's request. "No."

"Oh come on!"

The screen shows that he's standing on one of the rooftops of the Academy's buildings. Turns out, the trench coat before is actually a lab coat.

T.O: "Beside that, don't you have classes?"

He looks at his watch. "Well, ten more minutes."

Qrow: "Wait, you are even aware of the time skip?"

"Of course. Now, the others are…"

"You better get down, mister." He looks down to see Glynda under him, tapping her foot. He teleports down and greets her: "Nice to see you Glynda."

"I'm not okay with the song you gave me yesterday."

"Need I sing it again? Ozpin and…" He immediately ducks as she swings her hand towards his face.

"DON'T YOU DARE SING THAT SONG IN PUBLIC!"

"Why not? People do that every time." He sidesteps this time to avoid a punch from the angered Professor.

Glynda crosses her arms in annoyance. "Since when I'm using fist for the talking?"

T.O: "Probably AFTER you met him."

My father snickers: "Thought you did it to all of us every time…"

Glynda: "That's during the training and classes. Not normal conversations."

"Anyway, what do you think about our performance yesterday?"

Glynda stands straight up. "For the girls, I'm rather surprised that they can fly. About Adam, I have met him before, he has a great potential. About you though…"

"Annoying to hell?"

"Exactly." Kuro laughs at Glynda's remark. "Now, you better get to your class."

"Wilco, Professor Goodwitch." Kuro salutes her and walks away. Glynda sighs while tracking his steps. "I would never think about saying this, but, he's even more annoying than team STRQ AND Ozpin combined."

T.O and Kurome exclaim: "That's Kuro for you." As every adult laughs at Glynda's misfortune, we students only dare to smile only. Because, if we laugh out loud, we would have earned a throwing-around from the embarrassed Professor.

"And we're proud of that." Glynda looks back to see the Headmaster with his usual mug. "If we didn't do what we did, the year would probably be bored."

Glynda 'hmm': "You would agree with him…Anyway, about the other girls he's teaming with…"

Ozpin: "Quite a story he made up for them. The Nepgear girl, apparently she's Kuro's step-sister, while Tilith was their neighborhood since they were small. Raised in Anima, their goals are to spread as much happiness to everyone as possible, and defend the innocents from darkness. Well, considering who they are, the backstory kind of fits."

Glynda: "That won't explain about Kuro though."

Ozpin: "He's black-marked in his profile, so the only ones who can get their hands on are the extremely high authority."

Glynda: "The Council can get to him."

Ozpin: "Then that's no longer our matter. He will deal with it on his own."

Kurome: "The Council?"

Winter answers: "They are the high-ranking government officials, representatives of the ruling council of the Kingdom of Vale. Basically, they rule Vale."

Qrow: "Did you just say Kuro to go…"

Glynda: "That's irresponsible from you."

Ozpin: "That's what he told me. He didn't want me to interfere. That's why all of his profiles are black-marked. That's at least what we could do."

Taiyang shrugs. "Good enough, I guess."

Ironwood asks Ozpin: "How much trouble would we get into for helping this Kuro?" "A lot, I have to say."

"Monsters! Demons! Prowlers of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names." Port starts his lecturing…

Port: "Oh, they start with my lesson? It will be excellent."

'No, it's not.' That's every student's mind right now.

Ruby is basically snoring, Weiss' trying to write down as much as she can, Yang and Blake are listening to what the professor is saying…

"But, no matter how we call them, they are just prey to me. And to you, after you have graduated from this prestigious school. Now, as I was saying, Vale with other three kingdoms are safe havens in an otherwise treacherous world. Our planet is infested with creatures that evolves constantly and would stop at nothing to tear us apart. That's where we come in."

Yang turns to Professor Port. "Why did you even wink to me back then?" "To get your attention, of course!"

T.O: "A piece of advice: Try to make sure your stories can catch their attention. Your stories wouldn't share any useful information if no one's listening. I do know some could do so, and I believe you could too, but, fix that fast."

Port: "I will keep that in mind, thanks."

"Huntsmen, Huntresses, individuals who have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what? Why, the very world!"

"Yes!" Team RWBY turns to see Tilith raising her arm up in agreement. "We're here to make the world become a better place!"

Port laughs. "Someone's eager for this. And that's what you are training to become. But first, a story of a young, handsome man." A pause. "Me."

Port laughs. "I'm indeed!"

None of us dares to speak, except Monty. "You are. Even though, you're more attractive if you know more… creative pick-up lines."

Port: "And that would be…"

T.O: "Maybe later, you two."

Port's story is…memorable? No, that would never be the right word. Anyway, Ruby scribbles on her paper, while Weiss is still trying to listen to what the Professor is talking about. While on team TANK, Adam is on the verge of slamming his head on the table. The other members, though, they listen to Port with no signs of exhaustion.

I pout. "They must have some trainings for this."

T.O: "I think these three have gone through so many things that they know what they need to do. Also, Kuro's not listening to Port's story."

Port: "Are you sure about that?"

'Sorry, Professor, I'm not going to listen to the story that I participated in.'

"Wait, you're in his story?"

'He's telling us a different story than yours. But…I'm not telling you guys what it is now.'

"Oh, come on! Just tell us!"

'In the future. Now, let's enjoy Weiss' fight with the Boarbatusk, shall we?'

The scene changes to view Weiss, with her combat gears, standing readily before the Grimm's cage. The beast is not happy, being tied up in a small space, that it tries to break itself out.

"Want to bet, Adam?" He snorts. "For?" "How long it will take Weiss to finish the Grimm." "Not planning to. You're going to win either way." "Fair enough."

Blake: "Does Kuro always win?"

T.O: "Not likely. However, if he really wants to, he does."

"Go Weiss! Represent our team RWBY!" Ruby cheers up on her teammate, as the others are cheering for her as well. But Weiss only gives the leader a glare, making the poor girl to back down a bit. "Sorry."

"Are you ready?" Port raises up his weapon. Weiss nods. "Let the match, begin." Upon the lock is gone, the cage opens up, and the Boar immediately charges towards Weiss, who dodges to one side and tries to hit it, but ends up only hit the white bone. The Boar turns back, and the two charge towards each other. The Grimm manages to lock Weiss' weapon in its tusks, and it throws the weapon away and knocks the girl off the ground.

"Ho-ho! What will you do without your weapon now?"

"With this, sir." She immediately backflips to stand up and summons out the knight's sword and swings it up, hitting the charging Boar. During the time it staggers, Weiss runs to Myrtenaster to receive it.

"Weiss!" The girl looks at her leader. "Aim for the belly! There's nothing covering it there."

"Got it." She then sheaths her main weapon back, and calls out two Ursas' paws. The Boar roars up, and its white bones perk up, creating spines. It then curls up and spins to Weiss. She uses the left paw to block it, but the force's pushing her back. She then punches Boarbatusk with the right one, making the Grimm change back to it normal state. She gives it a few punches to the face before uppercuts it to the air. The paws disappear, replaced by the knight's sword, as she jumps up and stabs the Grimm. Not letting any chances to it to counterattack, she points the sword and the Grimm to the ground, letting the gravity do its work.

"Your other self has done it so well!"

Weiss flips her hair. "Of course. She seems to be better than me in everything."

Kurome: "But why didn't you use Myrtenaster much?"

As Weiss is catching her breath, Kuro and Port clap their hands in congrats. The Professor says first: "Bravo, bravo! It appears we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training."

Kuro asks: "But, why didn't you use your main weapon, and instead, waste your Semblance like that?"

Weiss answers through her breath. "This one…It's evolved…I can't touch it directly…without getting hurt…"

Kuro nods in agreement. "That's right. You sure have dealt with it before?"

Weiss: "Yes…I did…but it's with…my mother and my sister…"

Then the bell rings up. "I'm afraid that's all the time we have for today." Weiss then looks back at Ruby, as the young leader sees how Weiss is now. And she can see…sadness and…disbelief in her eyes? "Be sure to cover the assigned readings, and stay vigilant. Class dismissed." Immediately after he said that, Weiss walks away without a word. The remain members of team RWBY look at each other, then the red girl immediately runs after Weiss. "Weiss, wait!" Meanwhile, Kuro looks at Nepgear, and both of them nods in agreement of something…

Jaune: "You are still angry about it, though."

Blake: "And that's a strange thing. She acknowledged Ruby's advise right? Didn't that mean she had the same idea with her? And more open to her?"

Ozpin sips his mug. "I think it's the same case like before, about I chose Ruby as their leader, and not Weiss."

Weiss: "You think so, sir? I thought the other me didn't have anything against it?"

T.O: "Maybe it's more complicated."

"Weiss, wait!" Upon passing the corner, Ruby finds Weiss stopping in one place. "Weiss, what happened? You're doing great back then, then…"

"It's not that, Ruby." Weiss hasn't turned to face her yet.

"Then, what's the matter?"

"It's…" She turns to the leader. "It's about you being a leader."

Ruby's hurt when she heard that. "What? What about me being the leader of the team? I mean, I'm surprised that I'm chosen, and not anyone else…"

"That's the matter." Silence occurs. "Ozpin picked you, instead of me, or your sister, or Blake. All three of us have more experiences than you, and you're younger than every one of us. And yet, the Headmaster chose you to lead us." She sighs. "I'm not hating you, Ruby. I'm hating myself."

"But…but, why?"

"Maybe…he saw something in you. Something that…none of us can have. Please, return back to the rest, leave me alone for a while." Weiss then turns her heels and heads to the rooftop. Ruby looks down to her feet, clearly confused, and doesn't know what to do.

Glynda: "So this time, instead of throwing tantrum to Miss Rose, she's hating herself for something…"

Weiss: "How did you know?"

Ozpin: "I talked with her about that."

Winter: "But at least she's not the same like you before, Weiss." "I know, sis."

"A bit of rouge start, don't you think?" Ruby turns to Kuro, who's leaning against the corner of the wall. The girl asks the leader of team TANK: "Do you…do you think…that I should be…the leader?"

Kuro chuckles. "To be honest, I don't know."

Glynda: "What does he mean by that?"

T.O: "This is not the only alternative universe. There are a few out there that Weiss has been chosen as the leader. Of team RWBY or other teams."

Monty: "Now I notice, since Kuro knew about that, he has to pick the words that won't affect the surrounding much, right?"

T.O: "That's most cases. But he doesn't like to choose sides either."

The scene changes to Weiss, as she's looking at the sunset.

"Did Ruby say something mean to you?" The girl looks at Nepgear, who has abandoned her robe. "No, she didn't. However, her words make me think about myself."

"Such as?" "About me being the leader instead of her." Nepgear then walks up to Weiss. "You're doubting the Headmaster's choice?" Weiss sees no reasons to hide it. "Yes."

Ruby: "What do you mean by that?"

Kuro: "Like I said, I don't know. Both of you have different skills. You come from different families. You're raised differently. The way you act towards each other's not the same. So, if you two lead the team, the team would be different."

Nepgear: "I had those doubts before, Weiss." "Really?" "Before we're here, I have lead a team of four like this. However, during an event, we had to make a choice. A choice…that I regretted till this very day."

"What…what happened?" "We had to choose: Either I left them behind to evacuate the citizens, or I stood with them to fight against the Grimm Hordes. I…I picked the formal one…"

Weiss knows what she's trying to say. "Don't. If you don't want to speak about it, then keep it for yourself. But why bringing this up?"

"Weiss…after that event…do you think I'm a bad leader?"

Ozpin: "One bad decision doesn't make one being bad in everything. Make it as a lesson and move forward."

Kuro: "However, to deter who's good and who's bad, we have to see the bigger picture. Right now, this is only the first day you're officially a team leader. You're green, you're not prepared for it. Though, through time, you will learn to become a great leader. Show the people around what you have, show them that you're fit to be one. Also, you have to make sure you're the leader every time you can, not only in the battlefield."

Weiss: "No. If I'm right, back then, it's a matter of lives. You couldn't do anything much back then."

Nepgear smiles. "Kuro said that to me too. Now…about Ruby…"

Weiss: "It's not exactly about her. I was thinking that, I would lead the team that I wanted to. And I thought I had everything to be considered one. But now? Maybe I have to think differently."

Nepgear puts her hands on Weiss' shoulder. "Then, the first thing you should do now, is to be the teammate that your leader needs. Ruby is younger than all of us, so she clearly has no experiences in this. But, when you and the others help her, she will show the potential that the Headmaster has seen in her."

Ruby: "You…you think I could be a great leader?"

Kuro chuckles again, as he pushes himself out of the wall. "That remains to be the future matter. Bye for now, Ruby." Then he walks away. "Wait, I still have questions for…" When Ruby looks at the corner, Kuro is nowhere to be seen. "Did he use his Semblance? Never mind, I need to find Weiss now."

Weiss: "Thanks for the advice, Nepgear." The Goddess nods and starts heading back, but Weiss calls her back. "By the way…do you think your leader, Kuro, would be a great one?"

Nepgear smiles. "I would be surprised if he isn't one. He has showed me much what he can do." Then she heads out for good.

Taiyang: "I don't think Kuro is that great. Is he?"

T.O: "Considering what he has gone through, I would say Nepgear is correct."

"WEISS!" The Heiress turns to see Ruby. "I want to talk about the decision that…"

"Speak no more, Ruby." … "I had a quick talk with another person just now. She has convinced me about that. So, for now…" She walks to the young leader. "I will be the best teammate that you would ever have. Maybe you are young and inexperienced, but that's why we're here, to help you."

Ruby is a bit speechless about that, but she then smiles. "Yeah, best teammates forever…" The two then hug each other, under the sunset light…

T.O: "Oh. Don't. You. Dare. Kuro."

"Well, not going to. It's getting better and better anyway."

"Goodness, Kuro. Stop doing so."

*Cat face* "Oh? Don't you want me to help you?"

*Blushes* "I can do it on my own, okay?"

"What are they talking about?"

T.O and Kurome: "Common things in Gamindustri."

"Anyway, 5k5 words, not going to end it here, won't you?" Not satisfied. Anything worth to mention from your side? "Nothing. But…" Kuro pulls out his phone and starts dialing. "Maybe we can call Roman and Neo for a drink."

"Who are they?"

"I will introduce you to them in the future. For now…" He looks at the screen patiently, and when a sound of notification pops up, he speaks: "Got their attention. See you soon, Nepgear." "See you." And Kuro disappears.

Ironwood: "So we're going to meet the criminals…"

Ozpin: "Mercenaries, James, mercenaries."

Winter: "Doesn't make much changes."

Oobleck: "Things have changed."

Kuro then reappears in front of a café, where Roman and Neo are already sitting in a table. He spots them instantly, as he waves his hand to greet them and walks to them. "Hello you two. Good to see you're in one piece."

The former thief shakes the new guy's hand. "It's been too long since we met each other. Where have you been?"

"Time jumping is not convenient as you thought." He turns to Neo. "How's my gift working so far, Neo?"

Neo nods her head. "It works perfectly. Although, I find it rather strange that it doesn't break, no matter the force I put on it."

Kuro raises his eyebrows. "Why do you even need to do so?" "I just want to make sure if it's durable or not."

"Anyway, how are you two doing so far? Anything good?"

Roman raises his mug. "The White Fang's our good source of contacts, with their fights with the Black Fang. And for some reasons The Schnee Family suddenly became friendly with the Faunus, with the previous owner, Jacques isn't he, suddenly changed his attitude towards literally everyone. And about Mistral…things actually don't turn well for the Headmaster of the Academy."

T.O rubs his eyes. "Oh, no."

Ozpin hardens his gaze: "You know something about him?"

T.O: "Don't want to spoil it, but…he's partly the reason for the Fall of Beacon." And he earns a 'WHAT?' from all of us.

"Wait, wait, wait. How could he be the reason? I thought he was in his Academy."

T.O: "Don't need to be there. Remember the woman before, Ruby?"

Pyrrha: "You mean the one I fought?"

T.O: "One and the same. She, along with her goons, were helped by Haven's Headmaster, to blend into Beacon Academy. From there, everything went down."

"The CCT tower…"

T.O: "That's when she injected the virus into Ironwood's system."

Blake: "The train crash into Vale?"

T.O: "Still in the same plan. And even Roman being captured as well."

"So that's why I met them up there…"

T.O: "And due to the virus, Cinder managed to make changes to the fights from the duo matches."

Yang is angry. "And they used my anger to…"

T.O: "Yeah. All of their plans."

That drops us into a full silence. Not only the White Fang and their allies are our enemies, but turns out one of our supporters is actually helping them? Is there anyone we can fully trust?

T.O: "Actually…Ozpin is the most trusted one here."

Yang immediately shouts: "AFTER WHAT HAPPENED? And you can still say that?"

T.O: "Yes."

"Yang, calm down." I try to pull Yang back, so that she won't get any troubles, and punch T.O right in the face. "HOW CAN I CALM DOWN?"

T.O: "He never lied to you. He just didn't speak the whole truth to you."

Blake: "It's not different much."

T.O: "It is different. Lying is to say something completely wrong. He only hid most of the truth, and gave out several hints about it. So, he's still trustable."

Nora crosses her arms. "You never have trust issues before?"

T.O: "No. I'm not human, so that's not my problem. But, there are times that I do need to check on that."

Weiss: "Like?"

T.O: "Trying to avoid Red throwing any girls on the bed with her."

…What?

T.O: "Anyway, since you knew about it, you can use that to take advantages once you get back." We reluctantly nod.

Kuro: "Lionheart got into trouble?"

Neo: "They found out the Headmaster's working for the enemies, and he's in jail now."

Kuro: "And if I guess right, you're the one who found out first?"

Roman: "No. The students themselves found out first, as they accidentally stumbled into an Orb-like Grimm in his office. From that, it's easy to know what happened next."

Kuro sighs. "I gave him a warning before, and he didn't listen…Anyway, what are you going to do next?"

Neo: "Probably pay Junior a visit. Did you hear about his fights with the Black Fang?"

Kuro: "Sorry, just got back here yesterday. Is he okay?"

Roman: "Minor scratches. But Melanie and Miltia have to go to the hospital. They were focused by the Black Fang, since they're the well-trained one."

Kuro: "Then we better move on. I do need to speak with him as well." The mercenaries nod as the three stand up and walk out of the café, after paying for their drinks.

"They are much friendlier than the last time I saw them…"

Taiyang: "Maybe they're always like that. Just because of the situations that made them act the way they were."

Qrow: "That's a bit of optimistic from you." "Hey, you know that better than I do."

Monty asks T.O: "Do you think how much changes would Junior be?" "I don't think he would change his appearance. His way to talk as well. But, he might be friendlier, like Roman and Neo."

'Well, he's still a businessman. So it's hard to change the way he acts to us.'

T.O: "But you found out a way to go around that, right?"

'Who knows. Who knows.'

The three reach to the main reception of the hospital the injured twin is in. Roman is asking the nurse-in-charge there where their room is, while Kuro and Neo read the notes on the nearby boards.

Kuro: "The world's more screwed up than I thought."

Neo: "Sometimes Dust causes more harms than goods."

"And there's no other power sources here…"

"We have to make do."

Roman walks to them. "We got the permission. Let's go."

Upon walking to the patient's room, people start looking at Kuro, since he looks nothing like a doctor, and he's wearing a lab coat.

Neo snickers. "That would annoy you a lot." "Before. Now, I'm used to it."

"We're here." Roman's about to knock on the door before Kuro stops him. "How about you two going in first? I want to give Junior a bit of surprise." The two nod and Roman knocks on the door. Upon hearing a response from Junior, the duo walks in, as Kuro leans on the nearby wall, waiting for the right moment, as he pulls out his phone to see the inside…

Junior shakes Roman's hand. "Thanks for visiting us. You don't have to do that. Although, I thought the nurse said there's another person."

Neo: "He's out for a smoke."

T.O: "Kuro and Neo must have interacted much for her to give out that fast response."

Kurome deadpans: "Do you think that…" "I think Roman might kill him on spot if that's the truth."

"What are you two talking about?" "Nothing."

Roman looks at the sleeping twin's conditions: They are both being covered with casts, which are on the red girl's right arm and the white girl's left leg. They're not showing anymore pain, however, based on the report, they're not going around any sooner. "So…any information about the one attacking you?"

Junior: "Still the same Black Fang, if you forgot. However, their allies have a new guy. He's ridiculously strong."

Neo: "How so?"

Junior: "For once, he's not a Faunus. And he wields a double-blade halberd with blue blades and a skull in the middle of the blade piece. Luckily he's a single-minded, so he only charged at us mindlessly, but it still caused us a lot of troubles."

'Hmm…' Kuro closes his phone and disappears.

Neo: "How long can they walk again?"

Junior: "Unless there's a miracle, then they're out for at least a month. The cost would be raised up if they're here for too long, though." Then he notices Roman grinning that makes him annoyed. "What's so funny?"

"Probably that I'm standing behind you." Junior turns back to see Kuro, indeed, standing between the girls' beds and patting them, which they're enjoying it.

"Kuro! When did you come back?"

"Just recently." Kuro stops his work and bro-hugs Junior. "Sorry for not being there earlier."

"Don't worry. Anyway, if you're here, can you…"

"Of course. That's my intention anyway. But…" They release the hug. "You owe me a drink." "Considering it done."

Ren: "Kuro can cure the twin?"

T.O: "Magic, of course."

Nora: "Do you think they are aware of it, or just think that it's his Semblance?"

Kurome: "Maybe. But it seems he's not hiding it from them."

Kuro walks to the twin again, and puts his hands on the two as his hands glow up. The girls' Auras are shining up as well, showing that it's healing them both. About a minute later, the light dies down.

The helper turns to the club's owner. "They are in good conditions now. But…" Kuro puts a finger before his lip. Junior gets the message. "I will get my payment later. I need to return to my team now, see you all later." The rest nods as Kuro disappears again.

Roman smirks to himself. "Still the same old bastard."

Neo: "And you're happy about it." "If he's not here, I would have been in jail multiple times."

Junior: "But, did you deal with…"

Neo: "We did. However, it seems the Vigilante stopped the Hunter duo from reaching us."

Junior raises his eyebrows. "What for?" "He said to the duo that he's bored." "Typical."

Yang: "Hunter duo?"

Qrow: "Maybe you and Raven work together often that you got that title."

The scene changes back to team TANK's room, where Nepgear and Tilith's watching something on Kuro's laptop…

"Hey, what do you think of this?" "It's cute, but I don't think Kuro could afford that, at least in here…" "Then we could ask him to make it in his place?" "Maybe, but I really don't want to ask him to do that." "He's always ready to help us, remember?" And so on…

"What are you girls doing?" The two look at Adam, who just returned from the training room.

Tilith smiles at him. "Just us girl-talking."

"Using Kuro's computer?"

Nepgear: "His laptop is universal accessible, and we're not familiar with the Scrolls yet."

"I see." The Bull Faunus leans at the screen to see what the girls are looking. "Clothes?"

Tilith: "Yeah! I heard from Kuro that you're going to have a festival soon, right?"

Adam nods. "But, there would be a ball earlier, and that's when you should use the dress, not the festival."

Nepgear sweatdrops. "Umm…" Adam notices her nervousness. "What's wrong?" "Well…we're not planning to buy it for us…"

He looks at the dress the girls are looking at. "Hmm…a black dress… Yeah, it's not going to look on you. But then, who are you trying to give it to?"

Tilith then changes what they're seeing. "For someone we know. Now…"

"What are you doing on my computer?" They turn around to see Kuro standing behind them, looking curiously.

Nepgear: "Oh? It's something for Clementine."

Kuro's eyes turn soft. "For her? Have you found anything?"

"Kuro is related to Clementine?"

T.O: "You have no idea."

Yang smirks. "Oh, is he her brother?"

Kurome: "You will know."

Tilith: "Here, you can see…" Then the three start talking about it, while Adam thinks while listening: 'Well…those are baby clothes…Clementine is a baby huh? But then…what's about the black dress earlier?'

The scene suddenly zooms out to the map of Remnant, and goes down to the north-east dragon head part of Anima. There, we can see a forest covered in snow. The camera speeds up for a while, before entering a cave inside of the mountain. The camera turns dark, then, from the darkness…A pair of red eyes glow up… And then the screen turns off.

"Is that a Grimm in the end?"

Penny: "Well, not many animals have red eyes, Ruby."

T.O: "But why, though? Judging by its size and the location, I could say it's a Nevermore…"

Well, that Nevermore is crucial in the future.

Kurome: "By the way, this is the end?" Yeah, why? "A bit short to your previous…" I know. But reacting to RWBY is a bit hard, considering their episodes are a bit short in the beginning.

"So…what are we going to do now? Any ideas?"

T.O rubs his temples. "Not sure. Unless I get a call from someone, or something worth to notice…"

"MAMA! DADA!" That causes all of us to turn to the source, to see little Kurome crawling towards the big girl. To T.O and Kurome, that's a normal sight. To us…

"WHAT?"

Kurome picks the baby up and puts her in her arms. "Now, now, Clem. You shouldn't run out that much. Your parents won't like it." The little baby's response is to laugh in happiness at her-mom-look-alike's affection towards her.

"Ku…Kurome…" "Yes?" "The baby…she just called you…" "She is Uzume's daughter. And both of us look exactly the same, except the color. So she calls both of us Mama."

Jaune: "But…what about T.O? The baby called him…"

T.O: "That's because she calls her father 'Papa'. Now…" He then pulls out his phone and dials… "Hey, Schwarz. Clem is in my place, and she is…" "WHAT?" A male voice shouts from the other side. "HOW DID SHE EVEN GET THERE?" "Beats me." "Damn it. I'm coming over." "Okay." Then T.O puts his phone back.

Monty: "Who did you call?" "Her dad, obviously."

"But…I thought your realm is hard to access?" "He's a…friend of mine, so he's allowed to go here."

Monty starts getting near Clementine, as she looks up at him with curiosity. Then, she suddenly appears on Monty's back, as she starts messing with his hair and giggling at the same time. Monty can't get mad at her due to how adorable she is. All of us 'aww!' at the scene. She looks so cute!

But eventually, T.O picks her out of Monty, as she turns to him and starts clapping her hands in delight. "Seriously, girl. Teleporting around like that would make our heart jump out of the window."

Ozpin: "She did that all the time?" "You have no idea. If she wants to, she just does."

Glynda: "But she didn't get in troubles?" "No one would dare to hurt her. One, she's a daughter of a Goddess. Two, she has protective relatives. And the last one, I won't tell you."

Taiyang: "Oh come on now, what's the secret now?"

Nora suddenly pulls out her hammer. Ren asks her: "What are you doing?" "I want to see if she likes my weapon or not."

Ironwood deadpans. "Miss Valkyrie, I don't think that's a good idea." The baby thinks otherwise as she's reaching out for the weapon, which Nora happily gives it to her…

With her arm suddenly grabbed by a demonic arm. We all jump up and pull out our weapons and point at the newcomer. It can only be described as a green devil, with two large horns on his head. It's having a large scythe hanging on its back…

"I suggest you don't give it to her. I have got enough troubles with her power alone." Its voice causes fear and agony, and makes all of us shiver.

Ozpin is the first one to react: "Who are you? What do you want from us?"

The demon looks at the Headmaster. "You are the leader of this group?"

Ozpin: "I am. My question still stands."

"I don't want anything from you. At least, not now." It then releases his hand out of Nora, as she instantly runs backwards to us, her eyes not losing focus on the demon. It turns to T.O. "I'm only here for her."

I use my Semblance to rush between it and Clementine. "If you want to hurt her, you have to…"

"Everyone, stop." All of us now turn to Kurome. "Schwarz, I suggest you turn back now. It's not helping."

The demon sighs. "Fine." The shadow under its legs raises up and covers it, making us grip our weapons tighter. Then, when the shadow retreats…we see a young man, above 20 years old, with brown hair that reaches his shoulder and light skin with bright green eyes. He wears an oversized blue coat, with black shirt, jeans and boots. On his waist is a belt with knifes on them, while there are some kind of bracers on his arms. He then looks at me. "Now, Ruby, can you let me have my daughter back?"

I didn't hear his question clear enough. "Why should I give you your daughter?" Only after I asked that question… "CLEMENTINE IS YOUR DAUGHTER?" He just simply nods. "But…but how?" Then, Clementine starts crawling under me and towards the man, who kneels down and brings her up. The baby cheers and starts nudging in his coat.

"It's just it." I look behind me, and all of my friends/teachers/relatives are having O-eyes now. What's going on? "Anyway, T.O, how did she get here?"

T.O: "I guess she just wanted to see us and she just did what she did without a care."

The man sighs. "Guess so. I will see you later." Then the man sinks under his shadow…and then nothing.

…

Weiss recovers first: "What…what is that person…"

T.O: "Well…that's Schwarz, Clementine's father."

Yang asks, a bit shakily at what just happened: "That…that demon…is the baby's…"

Kurome: "Believe it or not, he's indeed her parent. Now, you might want to sit down. Let that truth sink in."

Once we're not on our guards, T.O adds: "That's why no one would dare to do anything to Clementine. Currently, aside from the Goddess' tier of power level, no one is able to beat him."

Pyrrha: "What about Kuro?"

T.O: "He's a God, remember? Obviously he's stronger than him."

…We can't really speak anything now…

And I'm running out of ideas here. So I'm ending this.

Chapter 4 end!

Well...I'm not saying anything this time. Risking the chance of getting some ideas spoiled. Also, for those who I PMed, please don't spoil.

See you in the later chapters!