A/N

So as I'm writing this, I'm downloading Windows 10 on my main PC and its taking forever, thought I'd get a chapter written while I wait for updates to download… 28% oh wait never mind… 100% but still waiting… I'm never doing a straight up upgrade ever again, fresh installs from now on.

Anyway, on with the Chapter.

The Hood of Remnant

Chapter 8: The Final Member

A full day had passed since the fight between Velvet and Fiela. Somehow the redhead girl seemed to hit it off with the bunny Faunus, the two had spent the rest of the day chatting and exploring around the school grounds, Velvet had insisted on giving Fiela the full tour of Beacon. Shay saw little point in trying to stop Fiela, so he let her be, something told him that she was in capable hands with Velvet.

Stepping into the dorm he heard two voices, one was male, the other was Ilona's. Looking over to the last remaining bed he saw a dark haired boy sitting cross legged at the edge of the mattress, listening intently to what Ilona was saying. He had a slightly darker complexion than Shay, with a blue streak through his black hair. He wore a dark wool jumper which had a blue trim that ran along the sleeves, it was the same royal blue that was in his hair, his black cargo pants which also shared the blue trim. Shay had spent too long analysing the boy, and he was the first to speak up.

"Ah this must be the one you were talking about Ilona, Shay was it?" He stood up to greet Shay.

"Uh yea, Shay Lang. You must be Redaal?" Shay said turning the boy's question of identity back at him.

"You got it. If you're wondering about the name, it's a traditional thing, each member of my family has something about them to do with red. For me it's in the name. I prefer blue to be honest, bit of a contrast, portrays my personality a little better." He said shaking Shay's hand.

"To be honest Redaal, it hadn't crossed my mind, I prefer to judge a person by their personality and attitude. It's not just about a first impression for me. You seem friendly enough, I take it Ilona here has told you about our fourth member Fiela?" Shay said taking a seat on the edge of his bed.

"Ah yes, she has indeed told me about Fiela, where is she anyway if you don't mind me asking?" Redaal returning to his cross legged position, now facing between the two hunters in the room.

"Oh I think she's hanging out with Velvet." Ilona chimed in. "Something about a tour of beacon, they met in the arena yesterday; they even had a sort of introductory sparring session. Velvet won. Though, I'm not sure, she did it completely un-armed."

"Velvet is a strong fighter, Fiela needs to control her anger. In the arena she seemed to want to things to be finished as quickly as possible, I don't think Velvet had any intention of going down easy. She stood her ground and waited for Fiela to make the first mistake. Something that I would have done if I was in her place." Shay said looking up at the ceiling.

A knock at the door stopped the conversation. Shay went to answer it, opening the door he saw that black bow that he knew belonged to Blake, looking down slightly he saw the two orange eyes looking up at his face. "Hi Shay." She greeted.

"Hi Blake, how'd the visit with the nurse go? He said, genuinely interested in the situation.

"Well, it could be worse." She trailed off.

"How so?" he questioned further.

"Pretty much the same as before, I just don't have to rely on the walking sticks."

"Well that's good, is it not?" He said, hoping she would agree with him.

"Yea, sure. I'm just a little disheartened at the fact I can't train for a week or so." She finally said after a small pause.

'So this is what's bothering her' Shay thought, "Well, surely there are a few things we could do." This was his attempt at trying to cheer up Blake, He hadn't known her very long, but he felt that she was somebody worth looking out for, and seeing her in this saddened state was slowly destroying him.

"If you think there's something we can do, then I'm game." She said, sounding a little more contented.

"Good, hey, do you want to meet part of team SFIR?" He asked.

"Oh, they're here? Sorry I didn't know, I would have come at another time…" Shay then cut her off.

"It's alright Blake; you were going to meet them sooner or later." Shay opened the door further to let Blake into the room.

"Hello." She said looking past Shay's shoulder, a little shy, they were both human. Blake, still after two years of living with three humans was a little apprehensive about meeting strangers.

"Blake, this is Ilona and Redaal. I'm sorry Fiela couldn't be here, but she's hanging out with Velvet."

Introductions where cut short as Ruby, RWBY's team leader shot past the door, stopping to pull Blake along with her.

Blake immediately protested. "Ruby! What are you doing, you know it's dangerous speeding through the halls with your semblance." The young girl looked at Blake apologetically before explaining.

"Cardin is fighting some new girl, come on!" Blake turned and followed her leader. It was a not a rare occurrence that Cardin would get into a scrap in the arena, in fact it happened nearly every day.

Shay called to the two girls as they went. "We'll come too, I want to see how he performs, he seems to have a nasty impact on this school."

-Sparring Arena-

As one half of team RWBY and three of team SFIR approached the arena, they could hear a gathered audience shout as if wincing at something happening. The five students pushed towards the rest of team RWBY, the bunny Faunus that Fiela was hanging out with earlier was with them. She looked like she had been crying, and one of her ears had drooped down over her face.

In the arena was none other than Cardin and… Fiela? Shay began piecing together events.

'Cardin, renowned bully, usually targets those he sees as week, or of Faunus race.

Velvet, rabbit Faunus, appears to be distressed at this moment.

Fiela was last seen with Velvet and is now in the arena with Cardin, obviously winning at this point.

Cardin approached velvet, began physically and verbally assaulting velvet, Fiela decides she's having none of that, pulls Cardin into the arena.'

"Velvet." She jumped slightly as Shay spoke. "What did Cardin do?" he asked. Velvet sat still tears began welling up in her eyes again. 'For a fourth year, she does show plenty of emotion.' Shay thought to himself. "Listen, it's ok if you don't want to talk about it. Just know this, Cardin won't be coming out of that arena without injuries."

A/N

Ok well I think that was a reasonable place to put a cliff hanger. Next time we will join the fight scene between Fiela and Cardin. Until then… luv U long tiem.

A/N #2

Sorry for the delay on this chapter, been working on an original series for Youtube, its gonna be awesome. PEACE.