Chapter 7

The day after the dance, Masamune was pacing around with, Weiss, Blake and Yang, in their room as they were watching him nervously. "I can't believe it! A intruder inside the place!"

"Hey, we are all shocked at this scenario as much as you are. but what was Ruby suppose to do?" Weiss asked him as Ruby went up to the main office to explain about the scenario.

"Imbecile! She could have contacted us and the intruder could have not gotten away." Masamune yelled as his anger was increasing.

"How? We were all at the party, and it's not like we have our weapons or our scrolls on us all the time." Weiss pointed out to him which made him curse under his breath as he sat down on one of the beds. "Plus the CCT was tightly guarded so it's not like anyone can walk up to the place and take what they need."

"But you do have to wonder what they were after? It's not like any ordinary criminals are able to attack the Atlas guards and steal something." Blake said as a show of worry was shown on her face.

"You think it had something to do with Torchwick and the White Fang?" Yang asked.

"It has to be, there is no one else that could pull off something like this." Weiss proclaimed.

"Doesn't look like anyone else, if your going to make a move with something like that then it has to be something big. It's something like taking a pillar to a castle down." Masamune said to them all as they looked at him. "Oh come on it's not that surprising! other lords do it sometimes, especially themselves."

"You may have a point on something but we don't know all the details yet." As soon as Blake said that, Ruby walked right into the room. Weiss, Blake and Yang all run to her while Masamune stayed in his seat.

"So how did it go sis?" Yang asked her.

"It... was hard to say, I mean they said I did a good job with the situation but I feel like I didn't do much. I let her get away." Ruby frowned as she hung her head low.

"It was a risky move." Weiss sighed.

"No, I think you handled it well." Blake encouraged her.

"I hope so." Ruby said as she shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm sure everything will be alright Ruby." Yang comforted her little sister as she placed a hand on her shoulder. "Oh! I know what will cheer you up." She walked to the table as she was holding a small cylinder package that was a foot long.

"What's that?" Ruby asked her.

"I don't know yet. Dad sent this to us. I thought we could open it together."

"Ohh! Something from home." Ruby turning a one- eighty with a high pitched voice as she dash to the back on her sister wanting to grab the cylinder package. A second later a black cylinder shot down from the bottom as they five of them stood in front of it as it shook to review a black headed Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

Both Ruby and Yang jumped in excitement, Blake jumped back, Weiss stepped back in case it jumped on her and Masamune stared at the dog as to how it was able to be sent thought the mail. Then again everything in this world didn't make much sense to him. "Zweeeiii!" Ruby cheered as she picked the dog up and it started to lick her face.

"He sent a dog!?" Blake asked in both an angry and scared tone.

"In the mail?" Weiss added.

"So this it not normal around here is it?" Masamune asked.

"Maybe not to you guys, but he does stuff like this all the time." Yang answered them all.

"Your father or your dog?" Blake jumped up to Ruby's bed to get away as everyone else noticed.

Wiess when up to the Zwei with a serious tone as he looked back at her with a smiling face. "You mean to tell me this mangy, drooling, mutt, is going to wive with us forevah?" She said smiling. "Oh yes he is yes he is! Oh isn't he adorable!" She patted his head.

'And so the ice queen's heart has been melted.' Masamune thought as he approached them and inspects Zwei. "I never saw a dog like this and his legs are kinda stubby." As Zwei licked his face.

"Aww he like you." Ruby giggled as the one eyed warrior showed a face of annoyance.

"Guess you never saw a Pembroke Welsh Corgi." Weiss folded her arms as she gave off a smirk.

"Fool! Of course I haven't! The only dogs I know are the Akita, Hokkaido and the Spitz." He turned to her as ferrous electricity shot from there eyes.

"Please keep it away from my belongings." Blake said as she stayed on the top bed. As the Ice Queen and the Hothead turned away form each other.

A few seconds later, the P.A. was heard with Glynda Goodwitch on the speaker. "Will all first year students please report to the amphitheater.

"Well we can't exactly leave him here while we're gone for a week." Weiss said as Ruby put him down and he got to the bed happily barking at Blake as she tried to step away eyeing the dog.

"Look there's a letter." Yang cleared her throat before reading it. "Dear girls, I've go to leave the island for a few days, so I'm sending Zwei to you to tale care of. Enclosed is all the food you should need. Love you both, Taiyang." She finish then tilt the container upside down as a bunch of cans hit the floor while Zwei ran up to them and lay on the pile.

"What is he suppose to do with all that?" Weiss asked pointing to the cans.

"How is he supposed to eat all of it." Masamune added as he was well aware of canned food.

Yang shook the container again as a can opener lightly fell on Zwei's head and landed next to the cans of food. "Well, that settles it. Come on, Zwei will be here when we get back." She throw the paper and container on the floor as she walk our the door as Masamune followed by Blake, who jumped off the bed to the table then followed them by Weiss who was baby talking Zwei as she said good bye.

"This meeting has something to do with last night, no doubt." Masamune said as he folded his arms.

"Gee thanks for the info captain obvious." Weiss rolled her eyes as they stood in the back on the amphitheater as Ruby arrived a few minutes later with a backpack and set it with a bunch of others.

"Quite, quite please." Glynda announced. "Professor Ozpin would like to share a few words before we begin." Stepping away from the microphone to let the headmaster begin his speech.

"Today we stand together, united." He began. "Mistrel, Atlas, Vacuo, Vale. The four kingdoms of Remnant. On this day nearly eighty years ago, the largest war in recorded history came to an end. It was a war of ignorance, of greed and of oppression. A war that was about much more than where borders fell or who traded with whom. But about the very idea of individualism itself. We've fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of all forms of art and self expression. As you all are well aware that was something many could not stand for. As a result, those who oppose this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself. Color. It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression, but neither would the generations to come. And it was a trend that is held to this very day. We encourage individuality, expressionism, and unity. Though diversity. As I have said, today we stand together, united. But this bound cannot exist without effort. Which is why today while the rest of the world celebrates peace, Huntsmen and huntresses will work to uphold it. As first year students, you will be tasked with shadowing a professional huntsman or huntress, on a mission. Some of you may be taken out of the kingdom for several days. Others may work within the walls for the rest of the week. But no matter which path you choose, remember to be safe, remember your training, and remember to do your very best." He finished as a applauses echoed once he stepped away.

"This is perfect. All we have to do is shadow a huntsman working in the Southeast." Ruby told the other.

"Yeah! We'll follow them around by day and give them the slip at night." Yang pumped her fist in encouragement.

"Let's check 'Search and Destroy.'" Weiss suggested as they went to the board.

"Here we go. Quadrant five needs grimm cleared out." Ruby read the details of the mission.

"Well, it's in the Southeast." Blake couldn't argue.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's accept it." Masamune said as Ruby punched it in and entered the teams name only to see that it denied it. "What the hell!"

"Unacceptable to first year students, that a load of crap!" Yang agreed as she blew off steam.

"Any other suggestions?" Blake ask the group.

"We mail ourselves there." Ruby suggested as both Weiss and Masamune facepalmed the idea.

"Well that's one option." Ozpin said he walked to them holding his scroll. "Unfortunately, we determined that the concentration of grimm was too first year students." He explained as Yang bit the lower part of her lip. "It seems that particular region is rather popular. In fact I have the sneaking suspicion that the five of you will make your way there no matter which job you choose."

As seven eyes glared at the red haired leader as she scratched the back of her head. "Whatever make you say that?" She asked sarcastically to which everyone rolled there eyes at her.

"Still, I'm curious as to you all found yourselves at the docks last semester. And the reason for a thunderstorm hit there." Eyeing the one eyed warrior. "I'm also interested as to how you know how you learned about a "hideout" in the Southeast. And I certainly wonder why witnesses reported seeing robots and rose petals in a dance club sometime ago."

"Uhhmm... Uh-well" Ruby trying to fine the right words to explain but was silenced as Ozpin put up his hand.

"I doubt I'll ever find the exact answer I'm looking for. So how about this. Instead of waiting for you all to break the rules, why don't we just bend them?" Ozpin smirked as he unlocked his scroll and adjusted the mission as it was accepted.

"We won't let you down. Thank you professor." Ruby said to the head master.

"Do not thank me for this. Teamwork and persistence have carried you far, but you must understand, the things that await you beyond the protection of the kingdom will not care. Stay close to your huntsman at all times. And do exactly as he says. He will be leading you on this mission. And he can have you sent back to Beacon, if he finds your skills to be unsatisfactory." He gave off a warning as he walks away then add "Good luck" before fully walking away.

"No need to tell me twice about it, after all the battle scars I collected. Not the best of times." Masamune said as the girls looked at eachother as if frightened. "Don't tell me your all second thinking!"

"No, but it wasn't exactly uplifting." Yang said as the started to walk to their destination.

"It's the truth." Masamune and Blake said at the same time.

"It's gonna be tough but I know we can do it." Ruby said before a student pushed her aside.

"Hey team CFVY back!" He pointed as indeed, Coco, Fox, Velvet and Yatsuhashi were right in front of them looking exhausted and head hanging low.

Blake was the first to run into the them as she stopped Velvet looking concerned. "Velvet? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine, I had Yatsuhashi look out for me." The rabbit faunus replied as the others walked up to her.

"Your mission was supposed to a week ago. What happened?" Weiss asked looking concerned for her and her teammates.

"N-Nothing happened." Velvet said as she began to lower it. "It's just that there were just so many. But don't worry, you first year are just shadowing huntsmen so you should be fine." Encouragingly.

"We should be fine, after all it's not like a big going on" Masamune scoffed.

"Well good luck." She weaved as she followed her teammates.

"We can do this. We never backed down before and we're not going to start now." Ruby said to them. "Besides, it won't only be us out there. We'll be fighting alongside a genuine huntsman!" But as they they got to there location all of their faces turn to shock as they saw the the spike green haired man and explore suit that was Oobleck.

"Why, hello girls and gentleman. Who's ready to fight for their lives?" He asked them.

"Professor Oobleck?" Weiss asked.

"Yes, I'm afraid those bags won't be necessary. Seeing as you've opted to shadow a huntsman on what is now essentially a reconnaissance mission. I can assure you we will not be establishing a single base of operations. Rather we will be traversing several miles of hazardous wasteland, and making camp in any habitable locations we may stumble upon. I've packed all our essentials myself provened the air course and readied the airships" He said in his quicken pace. "And! It Doctor Oobleck. I didn't earn a Ph.D for fun you know thank you very much." Getting a mear inche between him and Weiss and quickly distanced himself.

"Uhhh." Weiss looked at Blake but the cat faunus couldn't answer the question.

"Come now children, according to my schedule we are already three minutes behind, schedule." He dashed ahead of them and heading to the Bullhead.

"Well alright looks like we're going to saved the world with, -bleck, okay when you say it out loud it sounds worse." Ruby hunger her head low as they all nodded with that agreement.

"Save the World?" A voice said from behind them as they turn to find out that it was Nora who said that with team JNPR. "You're going on world-saving missions without us? I'm hurt and sad! Maybe a little hungry, but that last one is not your fault, Ren!" She narrowed her eyes towards her partner who turned away with his arms crossed.

"Sounds exciting, where are you heading." Jaune asked.

"Just outside the kingdom." Ruby told them.

"So are we!" Nora jumped

"Ren and Nora wanted to shadow the sheriff of a nearby village." Pyrrha explained.

"We set out tomorrow." Ren added.

"Then you can party with us for tonight" Neptune and Sun coming out of nowhere. "We're shadowing a crime specialist. All inner-city detective stuff. We get junior badges."

"We normally go to the city with you guys, which means usually stuff's always exploding and junk. So we thought this might be a better way to check out the kingdom when it's y'know, normal."

"Well-"

"Four minutes kids!" Oobleck said in the distance.

"Let's cut the chat and get on before we he make us write a damn assignment." Masamune leading them to the airship. "We'll talk to all of you when we get back."

"Good luck you five, especially you Cyclops." Sun said.

"I don't need luck you fool!" He said back to him while walking to the airship. "And call me cyclops again without the word dragon following it, I'll be sure to give you a taste of my power." Glaring at the monkey before walking off to the and boarding the ship as they departed. Once the airship got off the ground, the team was holding onto the railings of the ship, they looked below to see the city and its walls surrounding it. 'So this is the city and it's walls, I have to say it's pretty fortified. It's better then any castle that is built in Japan.' Thinking to himself as he noticed that the girls were having a conversation with their teacher.

"I never saw you as much as a fighter." Yang told Oobleck.

"I admit I fancy myself more of a, intellectual but I can assure you, as a huntsman, I've had my fair share of tussles." Oobleck told them all.

"Like the mushroom?" Ruby asked.

"Those are truffles." Blake corrected her.

"Like the sprout?"

"Those are brussels." Yang corrected her.

"Besides, given my expertise in the field of history as well as my dabblings in the art of archaeological surveys our dear headmaster saw it fit to this particular, assignment." Oobleck said to them all.

"What does history have to do with this?" Weiss asked.

"A Lot!" Masamune said. "When your in battle you don't just charge at the enemy base and hope to make out alive, sometimes you have to find a weak point in the castles defenses, even if it means breaking down on wall, you don't repeat the same mistakes over again."

"What he said makes perfect sense!" Oobleck said to the others. "What Mr. Date said is infact a true statement. Like history, if you repeat the sames moves over again, it will only lead to downfall instead. You have to plain out your moves carefully and know what your opponent is thinking."

"So like Remnant Risk?" Yang asked hoping to get a better sense of it.

"Yes, of course, but unlike Remnant Risk, it's live people instead of pieces and in the southeast is one of the kingdom's greatest failures-"

"-Mountain Glenn." Ruby finished for the Doctor as all eyes, expect Yang's, turned on her.

"That's right it was an expansion of Vale. But in the end it was overrun by Grimm and fenced off from the rest of the city." Yang remembered hearing about it.

"Correct! And now it stands abandoned, as a dark reminder." Oobleck added.

"And a likely place for a hideout." Blake muttered out loud.

"Precisely." Oobleck smirked as he adjusted his glasses. "And speaking of the devil, we're nearly there." He pointed out to them as they each saw the abandoned city. The buildings to the place was either have built or half destroyed as they all knew what was the cause of all of this.

Shock and horror was displayed on the samurai's face at what he saw, he knew about the horror of war in his world, but he never saw something like this before as building were falling apart because of those beasts that live in this world. Once the Bullhead got close enough to a clear landing spot, everyone jumped off and had there hands on their weapons at the ready, looking at their surroundings. They saw nothing that looked suspicious and they didn't hear anything either except for the wind.

"Everyone, you still may be students but as of this moment your first mission as huntsman and huntresses has begun. From this point forward you need to do exactly as I say. Do you understand?" Oobleck asked them as they nodded their heads. "Ruby! I thought I told you to leave all your backs at school." As the rest of the team did wounder why she brought the green bag that was on her back.

"But, uh you hadn't tell us to listen to you yet... So I didn't." She replied to him as she gave a fake grin.

"She's not wrong." Oobleck mumbled to himself.

"What did you bring?" Masamune asked as he stepped closer to her and saw that it was moving around. "You didn't... you brought the mutt!?" As Zweis head popped out of the bag and gave him a lick.

"We're here to investigate an abandoned urban jungle teeming with death and hostility and you brought, a dog?" Oobleck asked in a serious tone as the team leader looked nervous.

"I-"

"Genius!" He cut her off as he picked up Zwei out from her bag with the others looking wide eyed at what they were seeing. "Canines are historically known for their perceptive nose and heightened sense of sound. Making them excellent companions for huntsman such as ours!" he lifted the dog in the air as they both spun around.

"I'm a genius. Ruby smile proudly as the others looked down to the ground and shook their heads slowly as Yang, Weiss and Masamune facepalmed.

"What are your orders doctor?" Blake asked Oobleck.

"Ah! Straight to the chase, I like it!" Oobleck dropped Zwei and ran up to them. "As you have been informed the Southeast area has been marked as a recent hotspot for Grimm activity. Now there are several possible explanations for this behavior. One of which being Grimm.

The team looked at eachother then back at the Professor.

"Uhh, what?" Ruby asked.

"Grimm, a creature of Grimm approximately a hundred yards from us at this very moment." Oobleck says as he sips from his container which all of Team RWBY looked behind them as they saw a lone Beowulf which made them all unsheathed their weapons ready to attack. "Stop. There are number of reasons why Grimm would congregate in this particular area. Most likely of which would be their attraction to negativity. Sadness, envy, loneliness, hatred, all qualities that are likely held by our hidden group harboring ill intent."

"So what now?" Ruby asked.

"I say we wait til it draws the whole pack. If it's anything like regular wolves it will lead the others to soon." Masamune said as they carefully looked at the Beowulf.

"How long do we wait?" Yang asked.

"It's uncertain, hours, days, weeks, why lone Grimm have been known to stand isolated from the pack for months- and there's the whole pack." Oobleck said as more Beowolves came into view as one of them was looking right at the group as the others followed. "And now they've seen us."

"Then let's not waste time and attack." Masamune said leaving all questions aside and took out one of his pistols as he fired one straight at one of the wolves head. As the rest of the group charged.

Yang punched her way through a dozen beowolves as they were swinging their claws at her but she was able to dodge them as she blasted on though it's chest as a hole was made as she did the same to the other one. They keep swinging their claws at her but was unsuccessful as she jumps on one of them and punches it through its head and does the same to the next one as she ran from them as they chased her.

In Blake's part, she was surrounded by the Grimm, but she remained calm as she slowly drew Gambol Shroud. As one of them jumped in to attack her, she used her Shadow semblance as she jumped into the air and sliced it in half as she did a half flip to and though the other one as it fell dead and jump to the air one more time as she cut another beowulf in half. She then turned it into its gun form and shot down the remaining beowolves that surrounded her til none of them were left standing.

Weiss was by some beowolves, but was luring them, as she thrusted Myrtenaster at a beowulf that was in front of her as she spins around and faces the many Grimm that was chasing her and charges at them as they fall dead.

Meanwhile Masamune was very determined as he cut thought Grimm with his saber. One of them charged at him but the young dragon was able to block the attack with his saber and cut through it as lightening surrounded his blade and was able to cut the beast in half. He then saw many coming from both side as he sheath his saber and pulls out his pistols as he fire from both sides as he quickly reloads are forced into a maelstrom of bullets and draws his saber once more as he cuts through the beasts.

Ruby was firing her Crescent Rose as a whole bunch of beowolves came charging at her. She kept firing til there were not as many were left standing as she propels herself towards the beowolves as she cuts them down in half. "Huh, piece of cake." She says as Oobleck stands right in front of her.

"Do now celebrate just yet, for I am certain this is the first bout of many, shall we continue?" He says as more beowolves approached them.

"Damn it all to hell!" Masamune shouted as they continued to fight the beowolves as they were growing tired of the continuous slaughter of Grimm.

"Excellent work!" Oobleck clapped. "Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any signs of criminal operation in this sector. Oh well, moving on!" Walking away from them as they scouted the area once it was clear.

"Hey Doc you know I was actually looking forward to seeing a pro huntsman in action. Like fighting or at least helping us fight.?" Yang asked almost impatient.

"Ah, but I am in action, scouring the ruins of this once great city for any signs of irregularity." He tells her as he turns around facing her. "Not every mission is filled with terror and heroism. Sometimes it's just heightened form of extermination. Remember, this is a job, and you signed up for it. I do hope you understand that."

Well yeah. Of coarse." Yang says as Oobleck just looks at her with a expressionless face as they continued to walk on.

"We got company." Ruby pointed as more beowolves came charging towards them. They formed a semicircle defense as they took on the Grimm while the Doctor asked them some questions.

"Tell me Yang, why did you choose this line of work?"

"Well to fight monsters and sav-"

"No, that is what your doing, I want to know why you do it." He tells her more in detail. "The honest reason as to why you want to become a huntress."

"The Honest reason?" She asked as she turned around looked at him in the eye. "I'm a trill seeker. I want to travel around the world and get wrapped up in as many crazy adventures as I can. And if I help people along the way then that's even better. It's a win-win y'know?" Before turning around again and punching a Beowulf in the face.

"I see." He says as he turns to Weiss who was trusting her weapon to the ground while the Beowolves froze in place. "And what about you Miss Schnee, a girl born into fame and fortune such as yourself certainly doesn't need the extra work. So, why choose this job over a cushy job in Atlas?"

"It's exactly as you said, I'm a Schnee." She said as she killed the beowulf that was impaled by her weapon. "I have a legacy of honor to uphold. Once I realized I was capable of fighting, there was no longer a question of what I would do with my life. It was my duty."

"Interesting." He said as he went up to Blake who cut down a door to find small nevermores as she switched Gambol to it's gun mode and fire at the birds. "And what about you Blake? You seem to carry yourself with a sense of purpose."

"There is too much in this world to just stand by and do nothing. Inequality, corruption, someone has to stop it."

"Very well, how?" Oobleck asked her.

"I...uh" As she struggled to give him an answer while he dashed out from her and head to the one eyed warrior who was cutting down many Beowolves continuously.

"Masamune, I can't ask you about anything about being a hunter, but I am curious as to why your land was in a civil war." Oobleck asked him.

"The whole thing started with the last Ashikaga Shogun, he was weak and couldn't keep his government together." Masamune told the Doctor about it as he took out his pistol and shot one square in the head. "Soon the other clans stared to rebel, and the conflict got so big that the Clans wanted to put themselves as Shogun." He answered as he face Oobleck.

"But shouldn't the other clans had helped this so called shogun and developed a proper government instead of working against each other?" Oobleck asked.

Masamune didn't say anything else as he had to answer to come up with after that. The war started during his when his grandfather's time as war and Hideyoshi was already taking control of the land. so maybe he should of took out his pride aside and built a better Japan even if it was making him a vassal.

"Well I think that will have to do for today. It's going to be dark soon." Throwing his bag to Yang. "The four of you set up camp in that building. Oh and please do make sure that there are no more of those creatures." He said as he face Masamune, Weiss, Blake and Yang. "Your leader and I are going to secure the perimeter, come Ruby." He said as he, Ruby and Zwei head out together.

The four of them looked at each other and shrugged as they walked off to the building to set camp for the night. "All clear." Masamune said as he and Blake checked the area to see no signs of the Grimm or the White Fang. Yang gathered some firewood and used her weapon, as she punched it, to create a fire for warmth.

"I can't believe we couldn't find anything." Yang huffed as she sat next to the fire.

"It's only been the first day you idiot!" Masamune said to her. "It could take days to find out what they are planning." Before the both of them gave eachother a glare.

"Fighting is not going to get anywhere." Blake stepping in between them to break them off. "We were just a bit unfortunate this time. We can't alway have luck on our side."

"That's not what I meant." Weiss said as the others looked at her. "Earlier when Oobleck was questioning us, about upholding the legacy. There's more to it then that." Giving off something painful in her tone.

"Yeah, no me too." Yang said feeling the same way. "I mean, I don't know."

"I don't know either." Blake agreed. "I know what I want to do but, I figured I'd always take things one step at a time."

"I guess we all can agree on something." Masamune sounding more calm then usual. "I figure what the doctor said affected us all."

"Well it doesn't matter, we know why we're here. Right?" Yang asked as she looked at her teammates looking not sure themselves.

"Ah wonderful!" Oobleck dashed towards them minutes after they set camp up. "A textbook campfire."

"Fire!" Ruby gasped excitedly as she and Zwei came minutes behind him as they both sat next to it to huddle for it's warmth.

"Very good, eat your dinner and hurry to bed. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow and we'll need you to take turns keeping watch over our temporary abode, any volunteers for the first watch?" Oobleck asked.

"Yo." Ruby raised her hand as she got up and walked passed her sister before getting stopped.

"Hey, did Oobleck asked you why you wanted to be a huntress?" Yang asked her. "I mean, what did you tell him?"

Ruby tilted her head a little to think. "No he didn't, weird. Oh well goodnight guys." Walking away to a ledge and took out Crescent Rose in sniper rifle form.

"Night." they all said as the took out sheets that they had with them and tried to fall asleep. Weiss, Yang and Blake were did fall asleep, only to wake up again, as Masamune was tried to sleep but couldn't as his nightmares gotten worse.

"Blake? Are you awake?" Yang asked as she replied a yes to her partner. "Why do you think he asked us about being a Huntress? Like...what was he trying to say?"

"Maybe he was just curious."

"Ya think?"

"No."

"Weiss, Masamune, you awake?"

"Of course I'm awake! You two are talking!" Weiss scolded. "And when I said I wanted to honor my family's name... I meant it." Looking down at her feet.

"And I'm just having a hard time sleeping." Masamune turning over to them and turned to Weiss. "And I know how a family name means, not wanting it to be soiled by other and step all over."

"At least I'm not the the only one that understands what I'm going thought." She said. "I know what my father has done with the Schnee Dust Company. Ever since he took control, our business has operated in a...more gray area."

"That's putting it lightly." Blake laughed halfheartedly

"And that's why I want to change that!" Weiss getting half way up as she lowered herself again. "If I took an Atlas job, it would change anything. So coming to Beacon would help change that."

"All my life, I fought for what I thought was right." Blake said looking up to the ceiling of the broken building. "I had a partner named Adam. More of a mentor, actually. He always assured me that what we doing would make the world a better place. But of course, his idea of a perfect future turned out to be... not perfect for anyone." Struggling with the last part as it when she saw his symbol right on the ceiling. "I joined the Academy because I knew Huntsman and Huntresses were regarded as the most noble warriors in the world. Always fighting for good. But I never thought past that. When I leave the Academy... What will I-? How can I undo so many years of hate?" She questions herself.

"I'm sure you'll figure it out..." Yang whispered. "You're not one to back down from a challenge, Blake."

"But I am! I do it all the time! When you learned I was a Faunus, I didn't know what to do, so I ran. When I realized my oldest partner had become a monster, I ran. Even my...Semblance. I was born with this ability to leave behind a shadow of myself. An empty copy that takes the hit while I run away." She looked disappointed at herself as she wrapped her arms around herself as the fears came to her.

"At least you two have something that drives you." Yang flipping over to see them. "I've just kinda always gone with the flow, you know? And that's fine, I mean, that's who I am. But how long can I really do that for?" She said with uncertainty in her eyes. "I wanna be a Huntress...not really I want to be a hero. But because I want the adventure. I want a life where I won't know what tomorrow will bring. And that will be a good thing. Being a Huntress just happens to line up with that." Flipping over again to face the ceiling. "I'm not Ruby. She always wanted to be a Huntress. It's like she said. Ever since she was a kid, she dreamt about being the heroes in the books. Helping people and saving the day and never asking for anything else in return. Even when she couldn't fight, she knew that's what she wanted to do. That's why she trains so hard to get where she is today."

"At least you don't know what it's like in a war." Masamune huffed. "I mean when he talked to me about why I became a warlord. I did it to protect my land and my clan and the war began during my grandfather's time and when I became the head of the clan, already many other clans came to attack me and I had to fight back, If only I was born a decade earlier, I could have ruled the land...and prevented somethings." He thought as a flashback come back to him. "And maybe if I bowed to that damn monkey, Hideyoshi, I could have saved a lot of people, my men... my family." Whispering the last part.

"I think you would make a great Snowgun." Yang said.

"It's Shogun, Xio Long, Shogun!" Masamune yelled feeling his anger fulling. "Even if I don't become Shogun, at least I want to be remembered as a great lord."

"I guess we all want something in our own way. Me with family business, Yang wanting an adventure, Blake finding the right path, and Masamune with leadership." Weiss sighs. "We all have something to think about and also something to keep our minds up. And the reasons why we became Hunters and Huntresses is to protect the people first and our personal goals second."

The four of them agree on that statement and took there turns on the watch shift from Ruby to Blake to Weiss to Masamune to Yang. There the One-Eyed Dragon was having one of his many nightmares.

In the presence of Yonezawa castle stood a seven year old Masamune bowing before his mother, Yoshihime. Whose hair was a messy brown and two green ribbon attached to both sides of her hair, dull brown eyes that looked soulless and pale skin as she wore a traditional green kimono with black flower designs and purple armor under it as well as a black underskirt. But the one thing that made her unique was her smile, it wasn't a gentle kind smile, it was a smile of pity and looking above you as if he was a poor merchant begging the emperor for forgiveness.

"Mother-"

"Why are you bowing before me Masamune?" She asked. "Don't you know you're low as it is?" Masamune quickly rose his head up and looked at her. "Your father made a terrible choice of making you the head of the family. Your hot headed, your weak and not to mention that you are not whole!" Pointing to his missing right eye.

"I did it to save my life. I told Kinjiro to cut out my eye so that it would stop the infection from spreading, you should know that more then anyone, don't you even care!?"

"Do not raise your voice to your mother! I brought you up into this world and I can take you out of it!" She said no longer having that creepy smile but was replaced with one of anger as she stood up, walked up to him, and slapped him across the face. Masamune let out a tearful cry as he felt the sting across his face. "Now get out of my sight." As everything turned black around him.

"Masamune, Masamune!" Blake shaking him as put his hand on his saber. "Ruby is missing."

"What?! Where did she go!?" He yelled as he got to his feet and grabbed his weapons.

"We don't know but Zwei came running to us and barked real loudly." Yang said as everyone followed Zwei. They soon got to a really big hole in the ground with Crescent Rose laying on the ground next to it. "Ruby's scythe!"

"Oh no..." Blake gasped as they ran up to where the hole was.

" Do you think she fell?" Weiss looked at the hole the took the whole street.

"No doubt about it, this whole looks very fresh." Masamune looking at the the siding. "She could have landed on a soft spot and fell." grabbing Crescent Rose.

Oobleck looked at the hole as he looked down. "Of course, of course, of course,of course! How could I be so stupid!?"

"Doctor Oobleck, what's wrong?" Yang asked him as he was running around like a mad man.

"Mountain Glenn! An expansion on Vale that was inevitably destroyed by creatures of Grimm! Previously home to thousands of people! Working people, commuting to the city, the main city. Developed a subway system to the inner city. Grimms attacks increased! Population in danger, now desperately searching for shelter! City evacuates into metro tunnels and what do they find!?" Asking each of them at he dashed in front of them. "The South-East quadrant of Vale is known wild forests and deep caves!"

"Doc, what are you saying?" Yang asked as they all don't know what he's talking about.

"My dear, we're not just looking for an underground crime network!" Oobleck said grabbing her shoulders. We're looking for AN UNDERGROUND CRIME NETWORK!"

"They've been working in caves?" Blake asked.

"No no, Mountain Glenn was Vale's first serious attempt at expansion. It worked for a short period of time thanks to an aggressive perimeter defense and unique transportation. The city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory into the main Kingdom. Sadly without many natural barriers Vale had to protect its borders, Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start. As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival. They took shelter beneath the city, in massive caves that they had cleared out for the subway. And they cut themselves off from the surface.

"An underground village? Sounds like something from a folklore." Masamune said looking at the hole. "What happened next Doctor?"

"An explosion opened the mouth of another cavern... filled with subterranean Grimm." He answered in a deep sadden voice as a minute of silence took place. "After that... the Kingdom officially seal off the tunnels, creating the worlds largest tomb. If Ruby is down there..." He took his Thermos out as it turned into a handheld torch. "We must find her."

"Then let's not waste anymore time. We got a teammate save." Masamune looked into the hole before jumping in and landing on his feet with Crescent rose in his hands, scouting the area.

"Do you see her, Mr. Date?" Oobleck asked from above.

"So far I don't see anything." He shouted as he looked around while Zwei was the next to come down followed by Weiss, Yang, Blake and Oobleck.

"Where do you think she went?" Yang asked looking on to of the building that they landed on.

"Only one way to found out." Blake said as they started to get down from the building looking for there lost teammate.

"Why didn't she just wait for us and call?" Weiss said looking around til she found out that there was no signal in this area.

"Weiss get down." Blake mouthed as the whited haired looked confused til she turned around and saw two White Fang members pointing patrolling as she took cover by a building.

"Least we know they are here." Yang said quietly as the rest join along side her. "What should we do?"

"We follow them and see where they go. They may have taken Ruby as prisoner." Oobleck said which got them all, except Masamune, frighten at the thought.

"Nothing to report, let's head back." One of them said as he lead his partner. Not too far behind, Team RWBY followed. They stopped following them as they noticed a more and more members of the White Fang were all over the place.

"What should we do? They're all over the place." Weiss asked looking as there were White Fang everywhere.

"First we find an opening or some sort of distraction, to give us more of a advantage so we could charge." Oobleck said to them all.

"Then let's make a destruction." Masamune looking happy as he looked around and spotted a loose building. He took out one of his pistols from it's holsters and charged his aura into the gun. ' Lets hope this works.' He thought to himself as he fired the lighting fast bullet as it spread right through the building as it collapses. Many of the White Fang ran to get out of the way to not get hurt and giving the distraction RWBY needed. "Charge now!" As thy all attcked the the Terrorist group and draining them as far back. Some of the White Fang tried to fight back but were unable to due to RWBY's teamwork.

"Look I see her! Blake spotted Ruby running towards them.

"And it look who was with her." Yang said in disguise as Torchwick and many other White Fang members where trying to shoot at them, especially her little sister. But she get tip off as there were five of them in facing her and aiming there guns at her. Seeing that she didn't any harm to her sister, Yang blasted them out of the way. "Ruby!" Hugging her little sister. "Are you Okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine, but Torchwick's got all kinds of weapons and robots down there." Ruby told them as Masamune handed Crescent Rose back to her. "Androids, mechs- they're all loaded up on train cars."

"Ah that's ridiculous! There's tunnels are sealed the tracks lead to a dead end." Oobleck told her til there was a microphone like sound was heard.

"Get to your places, we are leaving now!" Torchwick said as what sounded like a train moving.

"I stand corrected." He said fixing his glasses. "Quickly get on to the train!" He told them as they ran to the back to the moving train.

"where not going to make it." Weiss said as her pace began to slow.

"Only imbeciles and fools would give up now!" Masamune said as he grabbed her hand and increased in speed as they jumped on top of the train.

"Hurry children! We must get to the front and stop this train!" Oobleck said as they all nodded and pulled out their weapons.

"Uh...Professor?" Weiss asked.

"Doctor." He corrected.

"What's that?" She pointed in a heach of the train. As there was a rectangular silver box with wires attached to it.

"That my dear...is appears to be a bomb." He said as everyone backed away an inch.

"We got baddies!" Ruby pointed as many White Fang members were slowly walking there way to them. "I didn't expect them to go..." Before Oobleck could continue speaking, the bomb to the cart started to beep and flash red. "...easy on us... Time to go!" He said as Ruby, Masamune and Yang when to the next cart while he stop Blake for a second. "Blake! Detach the caboose! It will kill us all!"

"On it!" She ran to the the end of where the caboose and the next car met but to her utter shock, the train cars were detaching themselves. "It decoupled itself."

"What?" Oobleck asked as she pointed to the detected car as it exploded. "This is not good."

"Neither is this." Ruby said as she and Weiss open the hatch to the car as it had another bomb.

" No, no, no, no." Oobleck said as he jumped one car to the next. "They all have bombs!" As they all jumped to the next one as it detach and exploded.

"It doesn't make sense! Why are they blowing up their own cargo?!" Yang getting confused.

"Unless we're not the targets." Masamune said thinking aloud as he noticed the walls were more loose and began to crack. He ran next to Oobleck, pulled out his two pistols, facing the White Fang.. "Doctor, what happened to the Grimm that were down here a long time ago?"

Ooblecks eyes widen as he noticed something. "Of coarse! The White Fang are blowing up the walls so that the Grimm dormant here could easily get to the city!" As the next car exploited proving his point.

"I'll Clear a path for you five, so you can stop the bombs and this damn machine!" Masamune shooting at many of the White Fang members as he can. "Go!

"Your not doing this alone." Oobleck said as he launch a fireball as some of them fell off the train.

"I"ll help too." Ruby firing Crescent Rose with Zwei next to her.

"The three of you go below and stop those bombs!" Oobleck told Weiss, Yang and Blake as they did what he said and got inside the train. As Ruby, Masamune, Oobleck and Zwei were making there way to the front, they were halted by a Paladin Mech Suit. Zwei went in front of the group as he jumped into the air as Oobleck swing his thermos sending him flying into a fireball and going right though the mech suit and sent flying off the train.

"What the hell! This Mutt is out of the normal." Masamune said as he saw Zwei land on the car away from them unscratched.

"That's my Zwei for you." Ruby said as she goes after the next mech suit as she uses her speed to to dodge any bullets in the air as she drove her scyhe into the cockpit of the machine, making it useless.

"I hope the others are having a better time then us." Masamune taking out his saber as he was fighting off one of the Paladins.

Blake, Weiss and Yang entered inside the car to see of they could either stop the train or stop the explosions.

"Blake, here. This should help you in a fight." Weiss giving her a dust magazine while she loaded it on Gambol Shroud and quickly ran to the front, only to be stopped halfway by Neo.

"You two go on ahead, this one's mine." Yang told the both of them as she distracted Neo long enough for them to pass her.

Yang and Neo were now face to face with each other. As Yang towered above her as Neo smirked. She tried to punch the little multi colored haired girl but was sent back. as if she punched herself. Yang sent multiple punches and kicks to her, however Neo dodge every single one of them and using her parasol as a shield when Yang uses her range attack. Neo gained the upper hand as she sent her own kicks, sending Yang to the floor and hitting her with her parasol. Yang was getting tired after fighting off so many grimm during the day as well as staying up from her shift. With everything she had, Yang tried to hit her, but Neo blocked all the attack and got her into a lock where she tossed her to the ceiling, knocking her out. Neo pulled out a sword in her parasol about to make the final blow, but a black haired woman with a Grimm like mask came out of nowhere and swung her sword right at Neo making her back up. Neo's eyes went all gray at the sight of the woman as she retreated and vanished. Seeing that Neo was gone, the woman created a portal to who knows where and began to cross it. At the same time Yang was regaining her consciousness and saw a glimpse of her savior. 'Mom?' She thought then realized that her teammates might be in trouble, so she shook the though off and ran to the front of the train.

As Yang was taking care of Neo. Weiss and Blake were hurrying to the front of the train. However, they were soon face to face with the White Fang Lieutenant dragging a chainsaw with him.

"You go on ahead. I'll take care of him." Weiss told Blake as she clashed blades with the lieutenant as Blake passed by them both. The both of them were evenly match at first but Weiss was able to get to an opening thrust at him, making him fall on his back, only to get up slowly.

The lieutenant laughed in joy as he was getting up. "Finally, I get to kill a Schnee." Readying his chainsaw.

Weiss stays her stance and position. Til the lieutenant charged at him but Weiss was able to make a forcefield, bringing him back a foot, and striking with as many slashes and thrusts as she can land on him. The lieutenant was taking in a lot of blows as she used her speed glyphs to land multiple blows on him getting him on his back again. As Weiss was about to deliver the fatal blow on him, the lieutenant quickly got to his feet.

"Come 'ere Princess." He said as he grabbed her face and slamming her down to the floor hard then throwing her into the air and hit her with his chainsaw. Thanks to her arua, Weiss was unable to get killed and sliced in half, sending her to the flying to the next car.

Blake made it to the front of the train, only to find Torchwick waiting for her. "Hello Kitty Cat. Ya miss me? " He said twirling his cane in hand while approaching her. "You know, we really ought to stop meeting like this. People are gonna talk."

But Blake didn't take it too lightly as she came running at him while he walked towards her. She draw Gambol Shroud very quickly and used a fire clone to make Torchwick hit it stay airborne til she jumps in the air and brings two slash attacks to send him to the floor a few feet away from her.

Torchwick quickly got to his feet as he fired his cane, only for her to do the same trick again only with stone. She used her weapon and sheathe to attack at him as they blocked each other only for Blake to get him stuck with ice clone and delivering a long ranged slash attack that sends him flying, hitting the door to the other side for the car, and falling on his back were Blake pointed her blade at his throat.

"Why are we fighting? I saw you at the rally. We're on the same side, and you know it." Torchwick tired to smooth talk but ended up getting the blade closer to his neck. "Ooh, still feisty. So what are we gonna do now? Do you really think a little bow on top is gonna make people forget what you were? What you've done?" It was at that point that the lieutenant entered the room with a badly hurt Weiss being tossed to the floor behind Blake. "So what's it gonna be, Blake?" Roman got his answer when she sheathed her weapons and kicked him across the head, leaving him out cold and help out her teammate to try to fight off the lieutenant, only to see that Yang got behind him and knocked him out cold.

"You two ok?" Yang asked them both.

"We're fine, but we should focus on the getting to the front." Blake told them as they hurried to the front of the train. Finally after all the fighting all of the fighting, they made it to the front of the train only to be disappointed. The breaks of the the whole train was cut off. "This is not good."

"We'll have to warn Ruby, Oobleck and Masamune about this." Weiss told the other two as they got up to on top of the train were they both saw Ruby and Masamune ahead of them. "You guys we have a big problem. The train lost it's brakes."

"We have a bigger problem." Masamune pointed to the were the end of the line is not to far away.

"What do we do?" Blake asked as Ruby and Wiess look at each other knowing what to do. Weiss stabs the roof of the train and covered them in a large layer of ice before the train hit the wall.

Moments later they all slowly got up from the train collision and aloud alarm ringing. Looking to see if every one is alright and that they were all in the middle of Vale. But it all turned dark as many Grimm popped out of the ground and started to attack the city.

"Damn it we need to get rid of all these Grimm before they do too much damage." Masamune drawing his saber and sliced a boawulf in half and shooting at many others with his pistols. Ruby dug her Scythe into the ground and used it to send multiple kick as a bunch of beowolves then decapitating them as she pulled it out of the ground. Yang punched her way thought creeps and Ursa as she also jumped on top of them and firing in mid are at a large group of them. Blake was shooting and Weiss was cutting through a bunch.

"Nora Smash!" Nora coming into view as she flew towards the King Taijitu and slammed her hammer on its skull knocking it out.

"Backup is here. Jaune said as he Pyrrha and Ren came to and helped out with the situation at hand.

"No body move junior detectives!" Sun pulling out a badge.

"We have badges, so you know it's-"

"Just help already you idiots!" Masamune yelled at them as he already killed fifthteenth Grimm so far and killing his sixteenth. After that was said the, Atlas army showed up and help out with there Atlesian Knights as they fight their way to against the military. Also with the help of Emerald, Mercury, Team CVFY, Professor Port, the returned Zwei and Oobleck and Professor Goodwitch, the job was done and Torchwick was taken away on a prison ship.

And now Team Rwby and Zwei were all on the edge of Beacon looking right at the the city.

"Well we did it." Yang sounded exhausted.

"If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm going to be seriously disappointed." Weiss said seriously to all of them.

"I'm sure they will, after all we halted whatever plans the White Fang made with that Torchwick imbecile." Masamune countered.

"But we didn't solve anything. A lot of people were hurt , and we still don't even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was." Ruby reminded them.

"We may not have all the answers, but we do have a lot of dangerous people behind bars. And I think that's something we can be proud of." Blake said to cheer everyone up.

"Yay, Teamwork, camaraderies, good guys, go team, alright good job." Yang laid back as she said all this sarcastically with Zwei layback with her. "But what now?"

"I'd suggest training for the tournament, but I...think we have that covered at this point." Weiss said.

"And there is still the issue of me going back to my world but so far it seems nothing came up." Masamune sighed.

"I guess we should all get some shut eye then?" Ruby asked as they all agreed and headed to their dorms.

Meanwhile in the city in Vale, Cinder, Mercury and Emerald were discussing on what will happen next.

"All in all. I'd call today a success." Cinder smirked as she told her two henchmen.

"Those stupid kids and that samurai made a mess of things." Emerald pointed out.

"Yeah and a lot of those Faunus didn't make it out of those tunnels." Mercury added. "You still think the White Fang's gonna still listen to us?"

"No. But they'll listen to me." Adam Taurus, the leader of the White Fang, Approaching them.

"At least we didn't loose our favorite ally. But Torchwick is temporally out of the picture so we are just making some minor adjustment." Cinder told him. "Also, you friend seems to be the one who help take him down."

Adam tensed up a bit as he know who she was talking about. "No matter, once everything has gone to plan, I'll take everything and everyone she ever loves and rip it out of her."