A/N: This is mostly a story chapter and this will be of an experiment to see if everyone likes it. To the story.

Edited chapter eight.

RWBY belongs to Roosterteeth and the late Monty Oum.

Chapter 8: Night and Day.

Once he was done with his shower he set up his sleeping mat and curled up in his blankets and fell asleep. At least that is what he led his team to think. Once they were all asleep, he silently got dressed and ghosted out the window heading for Vale, "Sorry ladies, but I got work to do."

Slade walked through the alleys of Vale keeping an eye out for the sign that would point him towards the meeting place he'd set up with his contact. After walking for about an hour he comes across a small symbol written in chalk. 'A tomoe emblem huh,' Slade thought to himself. 'I'm defiantly on the right track. She has got to be nearby.' Slade sniffed the air trying to catch the scent of his contact, "Come on out, Half Pint, I know your here." He turns to see a short woman with multi colored hair.

"Where you followed?" Slade asks the girl glancing around to check the surrounding area.

The girl shook her head with a smirk and motioned for him to follow her.

"Still not a talker huh?" Slade smirked at his own teasing. Only to get flipped off for his trouble. "Sorry, you're not my type," he remarks as he followed the small woman silently from there.

They moved the back streets of Vale for ten minutes before reaching a small apartment building. The two assassins walked up to third floor and entered an apartment the seemed to be outfitted for only one or maybe two occupants. The living room was right inside the door, the small kitchen was off to the left and there was a hallway that Slade guessed lead to the bath and bed rooms. "So, this is your place Neo? Honestly I expected there to be whips and chains on the walls." Slade said noticing how surprisingly little there was in the way of furniture, just enough for small comfort.

Slade felt his scroll go off and looked at Neo who tapped her own scroll in response. Knowing from experience with the ice crème themed assassin that she had sent the message, he pulled out his scroll and read the message. 'I have everything I need here but not so much that I can't leave it if I'm compromised… Just don't go into the bed room closet. ~Neo.' Slade nodded his head to this, "Ok, I'll just stay out of the bed room in general. Now, Neo, we need to discuss the plans for our little partnership. Since you were there to meet me tonight I know you got my message."

Neo again only shook her head in acknowledgement.

Slade took a deep breath, "I think we should sit down we may be here awhile, you don't have anything to do for Roman tonight, do you?"

Neo shook her head 'No' and Slade sat down on one of the chairs in the living room, "Good, now let's get down to business my friend, first allow me to update you of our status with in Beacon. I've been assigned to a team of first years, but that doesn't mean they trust me. The teachers and the headmaster already know me and are willing to overlook my past do to the laws dealing with the Pack to begin with. In exchange, I am to act as another pair of eyes and ears for them within Vale. My job is to gather info and report it back to Ozpin directly; this doesn't mean I can't mess with the White Fang, just that Oz must be kept in the loop. I also must attend classes at Beacon during the day meaning I can't spend all my time tracking down info, that is where I need you. You with me so far?"

Slade waited till Neo responded with thumbs up to continue. "Alright, since you're Roman's right hand woman I need you to keep an eye on him and the pyro bitch that's pulling the strings. What did you say her name was again?"

Slade waited as Neo went and grabbed a dry erase board and wrote down the name. She turned around to the wolf faunus, "Cinder Fall, yeah that was the name. Anyways back on track you don't need to tell me everything that's going on just the big stuff, ok. I can get info several ways, but you are going to be my main source."

Neo nodded and started writing on her board again as Slade waited. The small woman turned the board back to the taller man. 'I'll keep you informed on as much as I can without arousing suspicion, or letting anyone know you are somehow involved. I know it's no small feat of trust to come to me for this.'

"Trust me I wouldn't have asked if I knew I could do this on my own. Thank you, Neo, for hearing me out and wanting to help. I just have one more question for you before we start putting these plans in motion."

Neo looked at him and motioned for him to go on. Slade gave Neo a serious look, "Do you think you can actively work against Roman? I know he is the one that took you in when you were a kid, but can you turn your back on him if you have to?"

Neo took a moment to think about her answer. Then she wrote her answer and showed Slade the board with a determined face, 'This maybe my only way out of this life. Yes, I'll do it.'

Slade looked Neo in the eyes trying to break the resolve he saw. Once he saw how serious she was he smirked and stood up, "Ok, I'm heading back to the school to get some sleep, or at very least to keep my team from realizing I'm gone." With those words, he vanished a gray wisp slowly fading from where he was standing.

'I'm not sure why, but I feel as if his presence is going to change this world. Better to be on the side of the winning team.' Neo thought to herself a little scared of what her friend was planning to do with those he believed had corrupted his family. 'I'm sorry, Roman, but the two of you would not be able to work together.'

Slade appeared back in the dorm room with his back to his teammates beds. And opened his scroll to check the time. 'Huh 1:30. I thought that would have taken longer,' Slade dressed back in his sleep clothes and lay down to sleep until he needed to wake up to train.

"Haha, don't think I'm going to leave you be so easily Slade."

'Shit. Not now Shadow.'

'Not chance you think you can be the good guy but you know the truth.'

'I know Shadow. I know better than anyone what I've done… That doesn't mean I can't fight for a better future, the balance of the world is at stake. I can't just sit back and let it happen. I've made that mistake already.'

'We will see Slade, or should I say Argentum?"

A/N: Yay, I got to write some Neo, I've been planning the reveal of what role she would since I started. Honestly, I was not going to have a whole chapter to Neo and Slade's conversation and by the time I got to where I was going to stop I couldn't it didn't seem to do justice to either character. I wanted to show that Slade knows he's taking a risk with a double agent. I also wanted to make it known that Slade and Neo have a past and Roman does play a part in it. Anyways that's enough for now before I give something away.

Thanks for reading; reviews are welcome. Brazenark.