Chapter 8 Out of Order


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Disclaimer- For all of you, my loyal fans, who think I should help write RWBY (which is next to zero), that will thankfully never happen.


Team RWBBY's Dorm Room (8 weeks after 'The Badge and the Burden')…

"Sadness…depression…groans…" Ruby said sorrowfully into her pillow.

"She's been like this for days!" Weiss complained.

"She's just sad that he left, without saying goodbye." Blake said trying to lighten the mood.

"Well I'm gonna kill him for breaking Ruby's heart!" Yang said with a bit of her aura flaring.

"Why is he gone again?" Weiss asked.

Ruby sat up tears streaming down her face, getting ready to explain what happened, "It all started Monday…"


Team RWBBY's Dorm (Monday Night)…

Everyone was doing what they would normally do: Ruby was writing in her diary, Blake was reading her book, Yang was taking a nap, and Weiss was studying. All of this was interrupted when they heard a knock at their door.

"I got it!" Ruby yelled running to the door. When she opened it she was met with Professor Ozpin's normal stoic face. "Oh hi professor…" Ruby said with a wave, "…where's Blue?" She said looking behind the professor.

"May I come in?" Ozpin asked.

"Um sure…is Blue in some kind of trouble?" Ruby asked, now getting nervous about her friend.

When Professor Ozpin entered the room all of the other members of Team RWBBY stood at attention, even Yang who was asleep.

"Girls, Blue will not be attending classes for a little while, until he is back."

"Why?" Weiss said in a demanding voice.

Ozpin was about to answer, but he was interrupted by Ruby, "Weiss, you need to respect Professor Ozpin's decision." Ruby said. The young leader then turned to Ozpin and started to shake him, "WHY DID HE HAVE TO GO!"

"Whoa there, little sis, I'm sure everything's fine." Yang said in a reassuring voice, pulling Ruby back from the headmaster.

"Yes he is fine; he should be back by the end of the week." Ozpin said explaining part of the situation. "Unfortunately I cannot explain the full extent of it…" he said as he was exiting the room, "…but he should be fine."


Team RWBBY's Dorm (Present Day)…

"…and that's why he's gone." Ruby said in a mopey voice, returning back to her bed.

"He's gonna pay!" Yang said punching her open palm.

"How about we go into town to cool our heads off?" Weiss offered.

"Sure why not?" Yang said, calming down a bit. Ruby only mumbled something under her pillow. Yang being the somewhat eternal optimist took it as a yes, and dragged Ruby to the airship, that brought them down to Vale.

When they arrived they passed From Dust Till Dawn. This place brought back memories of Blue, so Ruby started to cry harder.

Yang took notice of this, "What's wrong Rubes?"

"This is the place me and Blue first met." Ruby said behind her tears.

Yang felt bad about how she was feeling, but soon realized that she never really knew how the two teens actually met. "Why don't you tell us about it?" Yang offered trying to ease the pain.

Ruby was about to explain how she and Blue met, but she remembered that none of them knew who he really was, "It's not that important." Ruby said quickening her pace, trying to get away from the barrage of questions soon to come.

"What was that about?" Blake asked.

"I have no idea." Yang responded.

"We should probably go after her." Weiss offered, already walking ahead of them.

Ruby was going so fast she was nearly sprinting away from the rest of her team, but as she reached an intersection something stopped her. Something that she thought wasn't possible, and no it wasn't an unlimited supply of cookies.

He was wearing a slightly different outfit from the first time Ruby met him, but the resemblance was uncanny. He wore a dark cloak, black body armor, and this time he was wearing a helmet, that covered his entire head. There was no doubt in Ruby's mind who it was; it was Sentinel.


Meanwhile Back at Beacon (Professor Ozpin's Office)…

Ozpin was looking at the latest report he had gotten from his old friend Qrow, who was doing some reconnaissance work in the field.

His latest report stated, 'There may be more.'

This made Ozpin a bit curious. He knew that Roman Torchwick had several men he had paid for, but he would have never thought that Roman would have others working with him.

Glynda walked into the room, seeing that Ozpin was in deep thought, "What' the latest report say?"

"It seems our criminal mastermind has a couple friends." Ozpin answered. "I know that's not the real reason you're here."

"Clever as usual. I was just wondering if you are still sure that sending him out there was a good decision." Glynda asked, questioning the headmaster's sanity.

"Yes I do." Ozpin answered quickly. "I have the utmost amount of faith in the boy's skill."

"It's not his skill that I'm worried about."

"He'll be able to control it."

"Are you sure?" Glynda questioned.

After a moment's pause Ozpin responded, "No."


Meanwhile back in Vale…

When the rest of the group caught up to Ruby they saw what she was looking at immediately, the notorious mercenary, who disappeared several weeks ago.

Yang immediately flared her aura a bit, "What's that creep doing back here?" She asked angrily.

"I don't know, but if we were to fallow him maybe we can find that Torchwick scoundrel." Weiss offered.

"Sounds reasonable." Blake said.

"As long as I get to destroy Sentinel, I'm all in." Yang said with anger in her voice.

"What about you Ruby?" Weiss asked.

All three of her teammates looked to her, but she didn't respond. She still had the same look of surprise on her face.

When Yang calmed down she waved her hand in front of Ruby's face, "Heelloo? Remnant to Ruby?"

This snapped Ruby out of it, "Huh…wha?"

"Do you want to go after Sentinel or not?" Weiss said aggravated.

"Uh…sure…I…guess?" Ruby said unsure if she wanted to find out if Blue was with the bad guys again.

"Alright then let's go!" Yang said starting to walk down the street, pointing in the direction she was going.

"He went the other way." Blake said pointing in the opposite direction.

"I knew that!" Yang said turning around, still doing the same as she did the other way.

Ruby chuckled a bit at her sister, but she was still concerned about Blue. Only wondering what was going through his mind.


Meanwhile (In Blue's Head)…

'I still don't see why you left your weapon at the base.' Sentinel said as Blue walked along the streets of Vale.

'I already told you, if I were to run into Ruby or any of the others they would recognize me if I use them.'

'I think you would've wanted your weapons if you're gonna fight Yang.'

'I'll just try and outrun them.'

'You actually think the old man's training paid off?'

'Yes…yes I do.' Blue said as he turned down an alley.

'Well let's hope you-' Sentinel was interrupted by some rustling behind of Blue.

'Did you hear that?' Blue questioned.

'Hear what? All I heard was blissful silence…of course I heard it!' Sentinel responded aggressively.

"Who's there?" Sentinel questioned, with his voice modifier activated. "If no one comes out this whole place becomes a crater!"

Everything went quiet, and Sentinel turned around and started to walk away, until Yang came out of nowhere with a fist aimed at Sentinel's face.

Sentinel saw this coming and dodged it. When he looked up to see who it was, he was struck with fear, "OH NO! NOT YOU AGAIN!" Sentinel yelled, starting to run in the opposite direction of her.

"Oh yeah! It's payback time!" Yang said in a dark tone.

His escape route was blocked by Weiss and Blake, who also appeared out of nowhere. "Seems like Plan A is out of the question."

"Then we go to Plan G: Blow him up!" Yang said activating Amber Cecilia.

"Since when does G come after A?" Weiss asked.

"Just go with it." Blake said not really caring.

All three members of Team RWBBY pounced on Sentinel, but he threw a smoke bomb just in time.

"Where is he?" Yang yelled.

"I'm not sure!" Weiss answered.

Meanwhile Sentinel was half a block away, "Ha! Too easy." He said as he was making his escape, but someone jumped down right in front of him.

She stood up with her scythe in hand, "Why are you dressed like that?" Ruby asked Blue. No response came from the mercenary in front of her. "Why aren't you talking to me?" Ruby yelled, tears starting to stream down her face.

He looked up, "I'm sorry." Blue said sincerely, in his own voice, before using his semblance to run away. Ruby just sat there, in a daze, wondering what he meant by that.

Yang and the others ran up to Ruby, "What happened? Where is he?" When her sister didn't say anything Yang started to panic, "Did he hurt you?"

"N-no…" Ruby stammered out.

"Then what did he do?" Weiss asked, concern for her partner filling her voice.

"He left."


On Route to Beacon…

On the way back to Beacon not a word was muttered between one member of Team RWBBY. When they finally docked Ruby was the first to break the ice, "I'm going to go report this to Professor Ozpin."

"Alright, see you later then." Yang said, with a bit of worry in her voice.

When Ruby got to Ozpin's Office she knocked on the door, which was met with, "Come in!" from the headmaster. When she entered she was met with a friendly, "Hello Ruby, what can I do for you?"

"Actually…I have something…to report to you." Ruby stuttered out.

"Hm? What is it?" Ozpin asked quizzically.

"Today me and my team went into town, and we kinda saw…a wanted criminal." She said twiddling her fingers together.

"Who was it?" Ozpin asked as he filled some paper in his desk.

"It was Sentinel." Ruby said, trying to get it out fast, but Ozpin still heard her.

With the mention of that name, Ozpin halted what he was doing, "Ruby, there is something I need to tell you." Ozpin said returning to his normal stoic nature, with slight worry in his voice.


Hello again! I decided to have this chapter to be a bit shorter than most of my usual ones. If you were confused on a few things don't worry, everything will be explained in the next chapter. I hope all of you like this chapter. Please favorite/fallow for updates, and review to let me know how I did. Don't forget to vote on my pole, and have RWBYtastic day!


*Secret Ending*

Meanwhile (At an Unknown White Fang Base)…

Blue walked into his quarters, sat down in his bed, and sighed.

'What's wrong? You're still not feeling bad about her, are you?'

'Yes I am!' Blue yelled back started to get annoyed with his subconscious.

'Don't worry your troubles will be over soon.' Sentinel said ominously.

'What is that supposed to mean?' Blue asked, worried what his subconscious was planning.

'Oh nothing.' Sentinel said, laughing maniacally.

'What are-' Blue tried to ask before his door was knocked down, and in came several White Fang soldiers along with Roman Torchwick.

The soldiers quickly pinned Blue down against the ground, "Seems I lost a bet." Roman said smugly.

"What for!" Blue said trying to struggle his was free.

"I thought you would've tried to kill me by now." Roman said pulling out a needle, which he stuck in Blue knocking him out.

"Sir, why don't we just kill him?" One of the White Fang members asked.

"Because my fuzzy little friend…Cinder wants something that he has." Roman said ominously walking out the broken down door, as the soldiers carried Blue along.

'Something that is dark.' Roman thought to himself.