Doods we have broken 2,000 Views... I can't even describe how grateful I am.

Thank You For Everything. That is All


" What ?" Ruby and the others were looking at me with confused and worried expressions which I couldn't figure out what caused them. Ren was the only exception albeit he was shaking his in disappointment. I was utterly perplexed at what was going on.

" What did he say ?" Ren asked, his voice was the same stoic one he normally used. Then I realized why everyone was giving me a confused look. It was because I had knocked Cardin unconscious even after I had beaten him and his team.

" He threatened me and the faunus race but I cut him off ." This earned me several sighs and many of my friends were shaking their heads at me. Then Ren spoke up. " Doesn't seem a bit excessive ?" Ren asked me.

I looked back at Team CRDL and realized what I did. I struck at a beaten foe and knocked him unconscious but I felt some remorse for it . Killing a wounded Grimm was one thing but striking at foe who couldn't fight back was a dishonorable thing to do. If I began to show regret than Ren must have noticed since he put his hand on my shoulder. " Don't worry he deserved it." I don't know why but I began to feel better and Ren noticed and gave me and assuring nod. Then Ruby spoke up.

" So why'd you leave lunch brother ?" I then pulled out my scroll and opened the notes I had typed up during my research. " I need a new weapon so I'm gonna learn how to turn my aura in weapons until I make a new one." Everyone went wide eyed at what I said.

" I know that's possible but I've never seen it done before." Pyrrha said, her voice filled with curiosity. Everyone else nodded in agreement. With that we all headed back to our dorms chatting the whole way.


Team's RWBY, JNPR, and GRAY made their way to their respective dorms were they all split up and said goodbye to the other teams before entering their respective dorms.


Me and my team entered our dorm as I closed the door behind us. Rouge went to her bunk and pulled a comic from under her bed and began to read it. Ashley went into the bathroom and moments later I heard the shower signifying she was bathing. Yahto went onto his bunk and began polishing his twin swords, Sea and Sky. I went over to our workbench and began to disassemble Death and Despair and clean and every part thoroughly before reassembling them. When I finished I put Death, Despair and their respective holsters on the workbench and headed to the computer. I began to search for other ways to acquire Dark-Steel to use in my new weapon but to no avail.

" Hey Grey isn't your date with Weiss tomorrow ? " Yahto asked from atop his bunk while still polishing his blades.

" Yea I was going to take her to a small coffee shop I found and then a nice walk through the park. Simple and elegant." I said while hearing the water turn off in bathroom signalling that Ashley was done showering. Rouge had fallen asleep at some point with her comic covering her face while was looking over at me from his bunk. " A simple lunch followed by a pleasant walk. It's not original but when well executed it works flawlessly. Also might I suggest a flower for the heiress." Yahto said calmly.

I nodded and made a mental note to get Weiss a flower for our date. " Yahto what did you do with your reward from our mission ?"

Yahto was silent for a moment before pulling out his share of the reward and tossing it down to me which I caught and prepared to pass back to him but he put his hand up in order to stop me. " I don't need all of it so take half before giving it back." I was shocked at what he said. He was just giving me 5,000 lien without a second thought.

" Why ?" Yahto was silent for a moment before speaking. " I don't need all of it since I send money to my mother and sister Luna. Really I would give you all of it if I didn't have any immediate family." I was dumbfounded at what Yahto said to me. So I did what he told me to as I took 5,000 lien and tossed the rest back to Yahto which he caught and put inside his backpack which someone ended up on his bed when I wasn't paying attention.

At that moment Ashley came out in her pajamas and wished us both goodnight before she got into her bed and went to sleep. Yahto and I did the same as he put his swords in their sheaths and put them away. I climbed into my bed and fell into a blissful sleep.


I woke before the rest of my team who were still sleeping peacefully so I silently leaped down from my bunk and quietly made my to the bathroom. I showered and silently dressed up in my standard gear including Death and Despair. I made it a point to have them ready at any given moment. I then moved very ninja like to the door and exited the room.

I closed the door behind me and made my way to the Emerald Forest. When I arrived I walked for a while until I came across a patch of wild flowers. Some were tulips and others were roses of varying colors. I stopped at the roses and saw they were red, yellow, pink, white, orange and lavender. I looked at all of but I couldn't decide what to pick so I took a leap of faith and healthy and fresh white rose from the group and tucked it away into my belt loop. When I was sure it wouldn't fall I made my way back to the exit of The Emerald Forest only to be ambushed by a group beowolves.

It was small pack of four but I was starting to get irritated. I didn't have to deal with them since I had a date soon so I did what I learned from the books I read at the library. I began to call on my now restored aura and melded it into a scythe to use. Sadly the aura made scythe began to fizzle and dissipate causing me to shake my head in disappointment at myself. I then pulled out Death and Despair which were loaded with standard dust rounds.

One beowulf lunged at me which I quickly shot in the head repeatedly with Despair. I turned around and aimed Death at the remaining three beowolves and shot one in it's front paw causing it to yelp and jump back in pain. I was trying to scare them off so I could leave but they weren't falling back like I hoped they would. The two uninjured beowolves lunged at me together so I called on my aura which melded into greenish-grey spikes as it impaled both beowolves through their chest. I called my aura back and let the dead bodies of the beowolves fall to the ground motionless.

The last beowulf who I shot in the paw was slowly backing away from me as I walked forward to it. I stopped in my tracks and fired Death which hit the ground near the beowulf's uninjured paw. It yelped back and stared at me. " Leave Now." I told it in cold voice causing it to run away terrified. I sighed a breath of relief as I holstered Death and Despair and made sure the white rose it was safe and in good condition which it was.

I made my way back to Beacon without anymore trouble from the Grimm as I enjoyed the forest`s peacefulness.


I sent Weiss a message asking her what time she would be ready and told her that I didn't own any formal clothing. She responded that she was ready the moment I was and as for the formal clothing she simply told me to dress appropriate. I simply sighed and waited a few minutes before knocking on Team Rwby's door as I waited with the White Rose and waited a few seconds longer before Weiss stepped out.

She was wearing her normal combat gear but her was let down and looked recently brushed. She was wearing lip gloss that I could tell was probably Yang's and because of my wolf attributes I could smell the faint but sweet scent of vanilla. All in all she looked simple but elegant. I could see silently watching with wide eyes, Blake was silently nodding and Yang was smiling mischievously which unnerved me but I brought my attention back to Weiss as I noticed that she blushing and trying to hold a frown but I smiled at the sight. I handed her the white rose I found which she sniffed gracefully.

" Weiss you look lovely." I said, hiding my nervousness. Uncle Qrow taught me what to do so I acted confident but not cocky and kept a cool level-head. Weiss` facial expression changed from a forced frown to a gentle smile as she put the white rose in her hair.

" Why thank you Grey at least you have manners." She said, her voice still seeming more gentle but all- around the same. I held out my hand which she took as we waved by the rest of her team and left for the airships into heading into Vale.

We boarded an airship inbound for Vale as we took our seats and sat quietly until I broke the silence.

" Hey Weiss how come you agreed to go a date with me ?" I asked, trying my best to relieve the awkwardness between us. She just looked at me and sighed.

" Because I have...feelings for you. I don't know but I guess it's because your so caring to everyone that you care about and even save people you don't know. I've just never met someone like you before." Weiss said, her voice didn't have it's usual bossy sound but a calm and low one. It was surprising to see this side of Weiss or that it even existed to begin with. " So where you taking me anyway ?" she asked curiously.

" Just a small coffee shop I found and afterwards I was hoping we could just get to know each other." Weiss was smiling as I finished but I then her smile was replaced by a serious expression which caught me off guard.

" You said you had another secret besides those." she was gesturing to my hidden ears. " What is it and want the whole truth." Her voice was still kind but had a tone of authority was added if only slightly.

It felt like my heart had stopped and the world froze around me. She wanted to know about my past as a member of The Vanguard but I couldn't help but want to tell her. It was one of the reasons I wanted to take her on a date but I didn't know how to tell her and lying would only make her hate Faunus more, distrust and the guilt would eat up inside. So I decided to come clean albeit nervously.

" I figured you would bring that up sooner or later but I can it wait until afterward the airship ride." I said pleadingly causing Weiss to sigh which I took as a yes. We continued the rest of the ride in silence but I heart beating even more rapidly because of it.


The airship landed in the commercial district of Vale were me and Weiss got off. The moment we did Weiss turned to me with a look which I knew was demanding to know about my past. I decided to stall her for a while longer until I told her.

" Ok can it wait until I we're at the coffee shop ?" I asked very nervously. Weiss gave me an angry huff and crossed her arms which I took as a yes. So in order to save time I picked Weiss up bridal style earning me a small but cute 'eep' from her , sent my aura to legs and ran to the coffee shop with Weiss in my arms.

We made it to the coffee shop were I put Weiss down who was less than happy. In order to avoid her yelling I grabbed her hand causing her to blush and led her into the coffee shop and onto the outdoor patio on the second floor. I led her to an open table where I pulled her seat out for her, an action which caused her to blush more and sit down. I took my seat and sighed fearing what was next. I took a deep breath and began.

" Weiss this may cause you took at me in a different light but please understand that not all Faunus are evil." Weiss` only response was a nervous but curious nod. Seeing that she agreed I continued.

" A long time ago me I was a member of a certain organization called The Vanguard. In the past it was group of vigilantes made up of all kinds of people. Some good and some trying to redeem themselves and some running from their past and many more reasons. The Vanguard operated all throughout Vale acting as it's silent protectors and by that we protected the weak and defenseless and those who just needed help. We tried not to kill but sometimes duty had to cast aside to do what needed to be done. So when be we were judge, jury and executioners." I spoke low and full of remorse as Weiss digesting what she had heard.

" Did you ever... kill somebody ?" I could nod in shame and regret before continuing.

" The Vanguard and The White Fang were friends back then. When their was a protest we made sure it stayed non-violent. Then the leader of The White Fang stepped down and a new one took his place. He decided that he wanted to take control of The Vanguard by offering to pay us for more 'explicit' services. Meaning we weren't vigilante's anymore. We became assassin's and murderers under the control of some dictator. Everyone in The Vanguard was fine with it. They felt it no different from what we already did but now they got paid for it but only I wasn't okay with it. I was taught to by my uncle what honor was and taking lives for money isn't but I stayed out of some sense of loyalty. I took part in raids and assassinations against companies that were labeled anti-faunus but in truth I realized it was whoever spoke out against The White Fang." I felt the tears welling up as the memories of what I did started flooding back into my mind.

Weiss who I was expecting to be seething with rage was looking at me with looking at me with eyes that were trying to comfort me and not hate me. She got up and moved her chair closer to me hugged me gently. " It's alright but I need you to finish." So I did as I wiped my tears away.

" I stayed with them despite it all until one day. I was tasked with killing some businessman and leave no witnesses. I broke into his mansion and found him in his office. I was sneaking up on him but he turned around at the wrong moment so I ended up missing his heart causing him to bleed out slowly. Then out of nowhere his wife came in and saw me and her her husband's corpse. She left out a short scream before I was forced to kill her to. Then their daughter came in and saw her mother's dead body." I was crying again and this time it was worse than when I told Blake.

" She ran over and was trying to wake her up as if she was sleeping. Then she turned to me and called me a monster and that she hated me. I-I-I drove my blade through her heart but then something broke inside of me. The sight of what I did broke something inside of me so I returned to The Vanguard and slaughtered them all. I couldn't that happen to anyone else after what I did that innocent family." The tears wouldn't stop coming until Weiss turned my head to hers and kissed me.


I don't know how or why but I felt like time-stopped and everything else didn't even matter but the feeling of Weiss`s lips against mine. She was cold not chillingly cold but more of soothing kind and that the same time she was also warm. I don't how long we were like that but we both broke off to breath and just stared at each other.

" Weiss you don't hate me ?" I asked, honestly expecting her to never want to see me again. She simply rolled her eyes and sighed.

"No I don't hate you. Yes some things you did were sickening." I felt like she had just stabbed me in the chest. " But you were honest about it and I appreciate it but I won't lie so I have to say I hate your past but I-" Weiss stopped immediately and covered her mouth with her hands in shock at what she was about to say. I eyed her curiously trying to figure out why she stopped herself but to no avail.

So I called over a waiter and ordered a cup of coffee with milk and 2 sugars while Weiss asked for some tea. The waiter returned moments later with our respective drinks and asked if we were ready to order. I looked at Weiss who nodded at me. I ordered a large bunch of cream puffs while Weiss ordered a salad before shooting me a weird look that said 'what-the-fuck'

" What." Weiss just shook her head at me and cuddled up against my arm and resting her head against my shoulder while we waited for our orders.

" Aside from my past, tell me about yours." Weiss was silent for a moment before taking a sip of her tea before speaking.

" Well what do you want to know ?" I thought for a moment before answering.

" Well how was your childhood for a start ?"

" I'm a Schnee so obviously I grew up in the life of luxury and status. My childhood was filled with maids and servants and me getting whatever I want. I took up singing and fencing but The White Fang was always fighting my families company and this caused my father to come home furious and that led to the difficult part of my childhood." Her voice was somber and sad as if trying to repress a memory she didn't want.

"So why did you come to Beacon ?" I was trying to change the topic, seeing as how my previous question was causing her some pain.

" I wanted to be a huntress but I have the responsibility of my families company so I couldn't until I found a way around it. Me and my father made a deal that when I finished Beacon I would inherit the company. We both agreed and so here I am." Her voice returning to the new and gentle one I heard before. Then our waiter arrived with our food which we took and thanked him. We ate and continued to talk and get to know each other.

When we were finished I paid our bill, tipped our waiter generously and left with Weiss holding my hand. We continued to walk and saw that it was only noon so she turned to me and asked " What do you want to do now ?" I thought silently for a moment. My plan for the park were supposed to happen later towards the end so I decided to take her to anywhere she wanted to go. She decided to visit an art museum not to far away.

When we arrived I bought us tickets and we looked around for what felt that hours. She was mesmerized by so many different sculptures while I was fairly impressed by a painting of four knights riding horses against a horde of Grimm but aside from that I was bored out of my mind. We actually were there for hours and that's when I noticed that the sun was going down so it was time to put the rest of my plan into motion. I took Weiss` hand in mine and walked us to the Vale Park.

When we got there I walked into a secluded little section of the park with a small pond that was reflecting the light of now rising full moon. Silver lights danced around the surface of the pond as I sat down with Weiss at it's edge. She was holding onto my arm resting her head on my shoulder.

" Grey do you remember what you said about where we go from here." I knew she meant what we would be after our date together.

" Yea I remember"

" So what are we ?" She asked me. I closed my eyes and breathed a little while I thought. Weiss was smart, beautiful, she cared for her friends deeply and said what was on her mind..mostly. Yeah she could be a bit mean and demanding but everyone has their quirks. We were still on our first date but being with her made my heart-rate spike and all I wanted was her nearby. Then I realized it.

I was in love with her. Or at least I liked her a lot and I wanted to be with her. So I opened my eyes and looked at Weiss who waiting for my answer. I really did love looking her icy blue eyes. I breathed heavily and mentally prepared myself.

I brought Weiss into a kiss that caught her off-guard at first but she returned it within a few seconds. The kiss I received was nothing compared to what this one was like. Instead of a soothing chill I felt a warm embrace that I wish could last forever. I broke off first but and looked at Weiss.

" If that didn't answer your question then I'll say it. Weiss I want to be with you." I could feel the blood rushing to my cheeks which meant I was blushing. Weiss simply hugged tightly which caught me off-guard causing me to fall back and pull on top off. We just stared at each other embarrassed but happy.

" Grey I want to be with you." We both were smiling until we both got up and began our walk back to the airships until we heard footsteps behinds. All of a sudden I pinned against a wall with a knife to my throat and Weiss had a gun pushed against her throat and that's realized I was being mugged.

" Give us all you got before you and snow flake die." The first mugger was trying to sound intimidating which would work on a normal person but me and Weiss were hunters in training so they picked the worst possible targets. I simply sighed in annoyance and held my hands before reaching into my pocket with my right and secretly reaching for my gun with my left.

I pretended to fumble around in my pocket in front of my mugger while I silently grabbed Despair and aimed it at his legs while looking at Weiss who had an annoyed look on her face. She looked back and spoke " Grey can you please deal with this, their ruining our night." I nodded in agreement, causing both muggers to look at me confusedly. Then I struck.

I shot my mugger in the leg with Despair and quickly dashed in front of the other one. He was looking at Weiss until I grabbed his arm and twisted it causing him to drop his gun. I kicked his legs from under him and let him fall to the ground where I then put my foot on his neck and aimed Despair at him. He had a look of pure terror on his face as I held him down and Weiss grabbed his gun which she then handed to me.

I examined the gun and noticed it was a simple 9mm pistol which was on safety. I took the magazine out and dropped the gun on the floor.

" You nearly ruined our date but I'll be nice and say this," I crouched down next to him and spoke just enough so he could hear. " If you try that again to anyone else and I found it was you or your buddy their would be nothing to stop me from hunting down and tearing you to oblivion. Am I clear ?" The man nodded rapidly in fear. I then put away Despair as Weiss grabbed onto my arm as we made our way back to Beacon with no further distractions.


Weiss and I arrived at Beacon and made our way towards our respective dorms. We stopped in front of her dorm and looked at each other and smiled. I held her by her waist while she was holding the back of my neck and we kissed again. When we broke off we hugged each other tightly before Weiss spoke.

" I had fun tonight Grey. Thank you for everything." She was happy and I could hear it in her voice. " But we should tell our teams that we're a couple." She had a point so I broke off from our hug and knocked on her team's dorm. Blake opened it and ushered us in. Blake, Ruby, and Yang's eyes were on us a walked in holding hands. Yang let out a wolf whistle earned her looks from me and Blake. I took a deep breath and started to talk.

" So me and Weiss are a couple now and-" I was cut off by the sight of Ruby squealing and jumping with joy. Yang was doing a smoochy face to mock us and Blake, who knew this might happen, silently nodded and congratulated us. Despite being cutoff I was happy at the reaction I got from the others. I kissed Weiss goodnight and left Team Rwby's dorm only to run into Professor Ozpin in the hallway.


He stared at for a few seconds before speaking. " Congratulations young man" He then walked away without a second glance. I regained my senses and headed to my teams dorm where I was greeted with hellos from my team-mates. Yahto was meditating, Rouge was at the workbench polishing a knife while Ashley was the computer doing what looked like research for a report. I told them all what happened which earned me congratulations from all of them.

I then decided enough was enough for one night so I took a shower, changed into my pajama`s and told them goodnight. I fell asleep with a cool but refreshing chill on my lips.