Hey, Malluk here with chapter 10 of Knight of Hunters!

Were near the end of the road now people, the end of Volume one is just around the corner and it will be here soon.

First, I'd like to mention that like when I was writing the Forever Fall's arc, I've ended up writing WAY more then I thought and was planning to keep this all one chapter. But since I've just hit 15k and just started the dock scene, it's gonna be too big for one chapter so think of this as a Part 1 to my Volume 1 finale.

With that said let us learn who this Mystery person is, some of you may already know~.

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Edited by: M.H. Pintner

Chapter 10

Matters of Trust

"My, My~. What is with all the yelling~?"

"Eep!"

A playful voice suddenly rang out causing Ruby to jump out her cape. The sound of Ruby's squeak cut through Blake and Weiss' argument as the two became silent as their head snapped towards their leader along with Penny and Yang. Ruby didn't pay them any mind as she spun around to see who had spoken from behind, her eyes coming moving slightly up to contact with a pair of yellow eyes.

"Eep!"

Ruby hopped back blushing red in embarrassment from squeaking not once but twice but now that she had a good look at the person who had spoken. With all eyes looking towards the newcomer for the member of team RWBY the first feeling that could be felt was their envy of the woman in front of them. Having beauty as good, if not greater than her sister. The woman in front of her wore a short Blue and black kimono/dress with some white and gold accents, blue thigh-high stocking and a pair of tall, and black sandals. The part that main the young rose envious however was the fact her shoulders were bare along with the collar of her dress riding low across her chest leaving a large amount of her cleavage on display.

"Hehehe, excuse me, I didn't intend to frighten you." Her voice rang out once more, a playful edge to her words causing Ruby to pout, it was very similar to how Yang sounded when she was teasing her, and it annoyed her, sadly her attempt at glaring at their new arrived was just met will another giggle. Movement at the top and bottom of her vision caused her eyes to move up and down the woman in front of her allowing her to take notice of the two orange fox ears atop her pink hair and the orange tail swinging calmly behind her.

For many of them, this was the first time they had seen a Faunus with more than one trait with only Blake having seen a few over the years, but it was extremely rare. Weiss was the first to collect herself and seeing they knew arrival was another Faunus caused her to roll her eyes and scoff.

"Great, another one." still heated from her argument with Blake she let slip what she was thinking bringing everyone's attention to her. Blake didn't take to kindly to her words, and she hissed at the Heiress.

"Really? Now you're going to take it out on a complete stranger?"

"It's Ok." The woman's voice spoke bringing attention back to herself, "I'm quite used to people speaking their mind in front of me." She told them, seemingly uncaring of Weiss' words as she closed her eyes and shrugged her shoulders, however when her eyes opened her pupils had gone silted as they pinned Weiss to the spot, eyes locked with her own as she shivered in fear as her carefree demeanor instantly changed to that of a predator.

"Although, I do tend to remind them of how, Rude, their actions are and that they should watch what they say before they say it to the wrong person." While her voice still sounded carefree, the threating undertone rang loud in the girl's ears. Whoever this woman was it was clear to them she could easily overpower them, and that sent a shiver down all their backs, even Penny whimpered in fear having heard that tone of voice from her father whenever she does something wrong.

"Luckily, I'm in a good mood. I finally got off that boat, and I want to see if anything has changed since I was last here." She continued, the tension was gone from her as she instantly became friendly once more allowing them to relax, "Just be careful in the future Miss Schnee, we're not in Atlas anymore." She finished with a nod towards the girl, but her words caused her to freeze once more.

"How do you know my name?" Weiss asked getting an eye roll in return.

"Please, White hair and clothes, frigid attitude and a dislike for Faunus? The only way you could be more Schnee is if you had a caterpillar of a stash under your nose." She listed off before giggling once more at the blush that made its way to Weiss' face.

"Ho-How dare you?!" Weiss yelled, furious some random Faunus would dare insult her family so freely but also both embarrassed and uncomfortable she had been compared to her father, someone she hopes to not emulate.

"While I enjoy watching Ice Queen here getting flustered, who are you?" Yang cut in, while it was funny to watch Weiss interact with the woman, she had yet to introduce herself and given how she easily flipped into a deadly persona was worried about Ruby's safety.

"Oh, I apologize. I'm Tamamo, sister to many, Professional Huntress, Writer, and Fox Faunus." She exclaimed with a bow. Her words got a few reactions with Yang being interested in the 'sister to many' line, wondering if she meant literally or figuratively. For Ruby, hearing she was a Professional Huntress caused stars of admiration to shine in her eyes, the only Pro Hunters and Huntresses she had ever meet being either family or teachers. For Blake it was hearing Tam was a writer, she would have to ask what books she wrote, hoping their more fiction in nature. But given Tamamo's playful nature, Blake doubted she writes school books. Finally, Weiss reacted with a roll of the eyes at her proclamation of being a fox Faunus since it was obvious to see she was and thought the inclusion pointless, her name, however, did sound familiar but given the others of her team didn't react she would ignore it, not like she cared anyway.

"You're a Huntress?!" Ruby asked speeding in front of the Faunus, pose petals bursting around them however the only reaction for her was to bring her hand up to conceal her smile as she laughed at the young girl's excitement.

"Indeed, I achieved my license a year ago after my sensei deemed me ready. Since then I've done work here and there, mainly working with my family back home." She answered getting a broad smile from Ruby.

"Oh, I can't wait to be a Huntress! It's so exciting!" she swooned getting laughs from Tamamo and Yang, a smile from Blake and an eye roll form Weiss at her leader's childishness. "Oh! What weapon do you use? Knives that are also guns? A collapsible staff that doubles as a rifle?!" she went on to list off many different weapons before Yang walk next to her and started ruffling her hair pulling her out of her tangent as she tried to dislodge her sisters' firm grip. "Yaaang~!"

"Don't mind her, she's a massive weapons nerd. I'm Yang, and this is Ruby. The one in black is my partner Blake and you know Weiss-cream already, together we make up the most badass first-year team at Beacon Team RWBY!" she told her with a grin finally letting Ruby go who slapped her sisters' arm with a huff, but Yang only gave her a playful smirk.

"Team RWBY? That must get confusing." She asked with a smirk of her own getting a groan from the all-female team that caused her to laugh once more.

"You have no idea. Anyway, you mentioned being a sister. I'm Ruby's big sister, are you the older or younger one?" Yang questioned, she enjoyed talking about family and wonder want a Faunus one was like.

"Both in fact, I have a few older and younger sibling, my younger Brother being reasoned I'm in Vale." She told them getting nods from three of the girls and a huff from another, but she ignored her. "Like you, my brother is currently attending Beacon having joined a few months ago, but sadly he has forgotten to get in touch with us over the few months, and the family is worried. So, I have been chosen to make haste to Vale and make sure no harm has come to my baby brother." She exclaimed in an over the top tone, not unlike an actor hamming up a scene in a play, this got a few giggles for the sister pair and small smiles from the others.

"That is very kind of you to do Miss Tamamo!" a chipper voice exclaimed causing the member of Team RWBY to jump. The voice came from Penny who was still standing to the since were Ruby once was, she had clearly stuck around even with Weiss and Blake arguing but had not spoken in the last few minutes leading to them forgetting the Atlas native was still there.

"Jeez Penny, don't scare us like that," Ruby exclaimed as she tried to get her breath back.

"Apologies Friend Ruby."

With everyone's attention now drawn to the ginger girl, Tamamo finally got a chance to get a better look at the girl or more specifically her Aura. If anyone was to ask what she was best at it was both Aura Manipulation and Sensing given her nature and semblance. Aura Sensing was a skill most Hunters/Huntresses learn near the end of their studies as it allows them to better keep track of Aura levels of oneself and teammates, being more practical then pulling out a scroll to check in the middle of a fight. Give the blond Girl, Yang had said they were all first years, even if Ruby look too young, they would still have a few years before they start to learn the basics of Aura sensing.

The aura of this Penny girl, however, was strange. While most hunters wouldn't notice given most only learn enough to use in battle, Tamamo was one who had intensely studied the subject and had a more masterful level of ability. With that, she could feel something was off with the ginger's Aura, while she could tell it was definitely Aura as it was impossible to fake something was strange about hers, most Auras can be explained as flames, ever fluctuating as is natural for a person's mood, body, and mind. But this Penny girl's Aura was still, like a pool of water, calm, controlled, unmoving.

"Interesting." She whispered before clapping her hands drawing everyone's attention back to her, "While it was a pleasure meeting you all, the day will soon be drawing to a close, and I need to find a hotel before going to see my Brother. It was a pleasure meeting you all." She spoke aloud getting nods from around with a few farewells spoked the Fox Faunus walked off, sending one last intriguing look towards Penny.

"Finally, she's gone."

"What's that supposed to mean!?"

Ruby and Yang could only facepalm as their partners once again started arguing with Penny watching on alongside them, they had hoped Tamamo's presence had allowed them to calm down, but it seemed they aren't going to stop any time soon.

"She was nice." Penny's chipper voice said, ignorant to the sisters' woes.

"Man, I'm spent." Jaune groaned out with a stretch as he and his team walked towards their room. The had just finished their afternoon of training, overall Jaune could safely say it was quite productive. After smashing a large number of bots, they had spent the rest of the afternoon fighting each other in both 1v1, 2v2 and even 1v3 to see how they each did working together and outnumbered. This type of training was necessary with the upcoming tournament as Jaune wanted his team ready for any outcome, even the one where they end up losing. Sadly, they had to cut training early. Miss Goodwitch had arrived given all the noise they made and had proceeded to lecture them about the damage they had caused the arena, even forcing them to help her clean up their mess much to Nora's anguish. But given most of the mess was hers she had no room to compline.

"Don't be a baby Fearless leader! We could have totally gone a few more hours if Miss Goodwitch hadn't shown up." Nora exclaimed bouncing alongside her team seaming as if she had not just spent four hours fighting.

"You and Jaune may have been able to do so Nora, but me and Ren don't have your level of stamina." Pyrrha brought up as she walked alongside them looking slightly winded as Ren dragged himself along next to her, his only response being a groan of agreement as he shambled along.

While Pyrrha could battle as long as her other two teammates if she fought conservatively her fighting style involved a lot of movement and was quick to drain her stamina while Ren had the lowest stamina of the group naturally. In Jaune's case, his years spent working only on his physical power had granted him a ridicules level of endurance while Nora was typically energetic and had heaps of it to spare. It was something they would have to work on as Hunters are known to spend days, even weeks out in the wild and would be spending most of the time on little rest let alone sleep, so increasing their stamina was something Jaune was planning to focus on while at Beacon.

As the team finally reached their floor and made their way towards their room. Yelling could be heard from team RWBY's room bringing great concern to the group. Drawing closer they could make out the yelling was from Weiss and Blake. Stepping forwards Jaune knocked on the door which did little to stop the noise but given it soon opened, someone must have heard. When the door fully opened a worried looking Yang came into view and given the yelling it was clear to know why.

"What's happening?" Pyrrha's worried voice asked, not use to seeing the all-girl team in such disorder. Yang just released a sigh as she motioned for them to come in, closing the door when they all had stepped in. When they did Ruby was the only one to notice them sending a strained smile towards them before turning back to watch her 2 team members continue to go at it.

"It was while we were at the docks, some Faunus had stowed away on a ship and ran away. Weiss had said some… choice words about the guy and Blake wasn't happy since then they've been going at it, and we can't stop them." Yang answered getting nods from the group.

"How long ago was this?" Ren asked wanting to know how long they had been arguing.

"Around 3 hours now."

That caused the team to cringe, feeling sorry for the pair of sisters who had been forced to witness it all, turning they to begin to watch them go at it, hoping the argument would come to an end.

"You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!" Weiss heatedly exclaimed, standing up from where she was seated on her bed.

"There's no such thing as pure evil! Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!" Blake to stood as she came face to face with the Heiress, not backing down.

"People like me?" Weiss asked, offended she would place her in the same group as someone like Cardin.

"You're discriminatory!" Blake answered, giving her an idea what part of Cardin she was referring to.

"I'm a victim!" Weiss yelled back causing Blake to grow silent along with those watching. Taking a step towards Blake, she started to talk much more quietly, yet her words carried much more weight. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?" she didn't wait for an answered as she stepped close to the window leaning against the bookshelf as she looked out into the night sky. "It's because they've been at war with my family for years. War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember." She told them, the pain in her voice clear as she continued, "Ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear; board members executed; an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a tough childhood." She finished as she banged her fist into the bookshelf, her anger clear as her words become more heated as she spoke.

Ruby seeing her partner was in distress moved over to her side, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder hoping to give her some support. ""Weiss, I-" she was cut off however as Weiss slapped her hand away and spun to glare at Blake.

"No!" she exclaimed as she moved back to glare at Blake, paying no heed to Ruby's shocked and hurt look, the other were also shocked at her exclaim, not expecting her anger to explode like it did. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!" Each word like a knife to Blake's gut as her own anger grew at her words, unable to handle her words like Weiss she to exploded in a yell of her own.

"Well maybe WE were just tired of being pushed around!" the room went definingly silent, it was then that her eyes widened in horror as she realized she had let her secret slip. It was also here when she watched Weiss step back that she looked to see the rest of her team's reaction and now notice team JNPR were also in the room who all had looks of shock on their faces. Even Jaune who may have known of her heritage didn't know of her previous affiliation and was also in a state of shock.

"I... I…" Not knowing how to handle the situation she had caused she did the only thing she could, using everyone's shocked states she pumped aura into her legs and shot past all her frozen friends, or former friends in her mind, and made her escape.

"Blake! Wait!" Jaune was the first to react, turning towards the door and looking out in hopes of seeing the now known Faunas.

"Come Back!" Ruby yell as she joined him on looking where her fleeing teammate may have gone. Seeing no sight of her, they both turned back to see their team's reaction. Yang had set herself down on Blake's bed in shock, having not known her partner was a Faunus while Pyrrha looked on in worry, unsure of how to react and just being worried for her friends. Ren and Nora looked concerned themselves as they looked towards each other in hopes that one of them had answers. Weiss was the most shocked of all, glaring at the door as she tried to make sense of the situation, how had she not noticed a Faunus living in the same room as her, one that was a part of the White Fang no less.

*sigh*" Well that could have not gone any worse." Jaune spoke aloud sad that Blake's secret came to light in such a terrible way, along with apparently being a part of a terrorist organization or more likely former member given if she was an active member, he doubted Weiss would still be alive if she were.

"All this time and not one of us knew," Weiss spoke, anger in her voice, whether it was at Blake or herself for not noticing only she knew.

"I knew." Jaune response caused those in the room to turn towards him with looks of shock, betrayal, and anger. "Well, I knew she was a Faunus, the other part is new to me."

"How did you know? Did she tell you?" Yang asked a hint of betrayal on her voice at the thought of her partner going to someone else first with her secret. Jaune picked up on this and hoped to ease the blonde's worry.

"She didn't tell me if you're worried, two of my sisters are Faunus, and I'm very close to my older one, so I knew how to spot the traits of others easily. She was hesitant at first, but we talked about why she hid and said how she didn't want to be judged for being a Faunus first instead of a person. She was even planning on telling you when we went on break after next week, but… it seems that plan is out the window." He finished with a sad sigh.

"We need to go find her!" Ruby spoke with urgency but given how late it was getting and how fast Blake was moving it was likely she had already taken one of the last Bulkheads down to Vale. After a few minutes of talking, Jaune and his team agreed to help them search in the morning and trusted that Blake could look after herself and bid the team a goodnight. Weiss had not spoken much if at all as they planned on how to find their missing friend, wanting little to do with the runaway at the moment as her emotions ran rampant in her mind not knowing what to think.

She ran. It was all she could think to do, the scene playing out over and over in her head, on how she had messed up, on all the looks of shock she had seen when her words had clicked in their heads. She hadn't bothered to stick around to see the looks of anger and disgust that would no doubt soon follow as she soon came to a stop in front of the Beacon statue.

Looking at the statue she couldn't help but shed a few tears, she had hoped that by coming to Beacon she could leave her past behind her and start anew. Wishing to devote her life to protecting people and slaying Grimm. Reaching up she grasped the two ends of her bow and slowly pulled it apart allowing a pair of black cat ears to come free, twitching slightly in the wind.

"My they are cute, much better then coved by a bow." A voice spoke behind her, spinning she recognized the woman in front of her as the one that had interrupted their argument early that day.

"You're that woman from earlier, Tamamo, right?" Blake asked wiping any tears she may still have away as the woman drew closer with a smirk on her face, but as she got closer, it morphed into a concerned one.

"Indeed, what seems to be the matter?" she asked her voice much softer then Blake had heard before. A part of her wanted to say she was fine and try and get away, but she remembers Tamamo stating she was a huntress so the woman would know that she was lying. That along with her being a Faunus like her gave Blake some comfort in telling her the truth.

"I let slip I was a Faunus to my friends. They didn't know, and I was afraid what they might say, so I ran." She told her getting a sympathetic look in return.

"I see. While I can understand your reason for being afraid its best to talk about it then run away. I'm sure you can come to some understanding if you tried?" She told the distraught faunas, but she shook her head.

"It's… more complicated than that." Blake whispered back getting a raised eyebrow in return, seeing the curious look Tamamo was sending her she shook her head again, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you, and I can't go back. At least not yet." She finished leaving silence in the air.

Tamamo continued to look at the young girl in front of her and thought of what to do. It was clear she was in a very bad spot but refused to return to her dorm and given how vulnerable she appeared, decided to help the poor girl out. Releasing a sigh, she sent the young Faunus a smile.

"While I did come to see my brother, it appears you require some help and being a Huntress and fellow Faunus, I think it best I provide it." She told her getting a confused look from Blake, turning around she started making her way towards the Bullheads but not hearing any other footfall turned to see Blake standing where she was. "What are you waiting for? Let's go."

"Go? Go where?" Blake asked, a bit cautious for what the other Faunus wanted.

Tamamo just rolled her eyes at her caution before answering. "Since you don't want to return to your dorm, and I doubt you have anywhere else to go, you can stay with me for the night. I'm not about to let a young woman like yourself live on the street now." She answered getting a hesitant nod from Blake who after a few moments of thinking slowly made her way to Tamamo's side.

Nodding toward her they started making their way towards the Docks, before Tamamo turned towards the nearby trees and spoke aloud, "Its rude to ears drop on people." Her works caused Blake to flinch away from the trees, worried it may be one of her friends, her heart skipped a beat at the sight of blonde hair, but she soon calmed down when the monkey Faunus from before walked out with a sheepish smile on his face.

"Hehehe, sorry 'bout that, didn't want to ruin the mood." He told them before looking towards Blake with a smile, "I knew you'd look better without the bow." He told her with a smile, but he didn't get the reaction he wanted.

"Right..." she answered back leaving an awkward silence in the air.

"Anyway, let's be on our way," Tamamo said getting a nod from Blake as they started walking away from the boy who quick to join them getting confused looks.

"Why are you following us?" Blake asked but only got a shrug in response.

"You look like you need a friendly face, so I'll tag along." He told them, getting raised eyebrows from both girls, he soon became uncomfortable under their stares as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, "I also have nowhere to stay, I kind of forgot my wallet back in Haven. Hahaha…" he finished with a small laugh getting both girls to roll their eyes.

"Well sorry to say, but you won't be staying with us," Tamamo told him getting a look of surprise and worry from the Blonde.

"What! Why? You're letting her stay with you?" he complained getting a scoff from the fox Faunus who wagged a finger in front of his face.

"If you think I'm going to let some hormone driven boy in a room with two maidens such as ourselves for the night, you've got another thing coming monkey boy." She told him before strutting off with Blake not far behind, a small smile on her face at the boy's downtrend face.

"Aww come on! At least give me enough lien to get a room." He asked soon following along hoping to have somewhere to stay the night.

"Blake! Here kitty, kitty!" Nora called out as she along with her team and the non-missing member of Team RWBY, they had spent the previous day looking for the missing member but given how large Vale was they had only managed to cover the east side of the city and were now on their way towards the west.

"Nora, I don't think Blake would appreciate you calling for her in such a way, it's quite insensitive," Ren told the girl after placing a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her down.

"But Renny~ she had cute little cat ears~," Nora told him getting an eye roll in return while Pyrrha giggled and Jaune shook his head, finding Nora's words both amusing and childish.

"His right Nora, while I know you're not trying to be, most Faunus would see your words as an insult and racist, so please be careful of what you say," Jaune told her next getting a grumble from the girl but the nod she gave told them she would be more careful in the future. Seeing his team member quelled for the moment he sent a worried glance towards the members of RWBY, Yang and Weiss had been bickering back and forth about Blake with Ruby stuck in the middle, trying to keep her team together but being too worried about Blake to stop them every time.

"She's been gone all weekend…" Ruby sombrely stated getting sad nods from the group as they made their way down the street, all worried that something may have happened to the runaway friend, she had not replied to any of their messages leading them to believe she and turned her scroll off in an attempt to stop them finding her and sadly it was working.

Weiss was the only one who didn't seem bothered. "Blake's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle herself." She stated, getting a hurt look from Ruby and an annoyed one from Yang, Team JNPR chose not to get involved having watched the two go back and forth for the last 40 hours already and were just ignoring their spat for the most part. "Is she? You heard what Blake said." Ruby stated getting another look from her teammate along withdrawing their sister teams' attention.

"Weiss," Ruby said showing how tired she was with the point she was about to make, sadly Yang ever the loyal person took the metaphorical bait and replied.

"Maybe she is, maybe she isn't. Either way, she's missing, and we need to find her!" Yang stated in worry, she had been the person most adamant on finding the missing Faunus having grown close to her over the months at Beacon while trying to get her to open up more.

"A member of the White Fang! Right underneath our noses!" Weiss paid the blonde's words no heed as she continued to try and wrap her head around the fact Blake was in the White Fang the whole time, she knew her as far as she knew.

"I don't think she's an active member. It's more than likely she was a member when she was a kid while it was still a peaceful organization." Jaune stated getting a roll of the eyes and dull look from the Heiress.

"Oh, and how would you know that? You said that she had never mentioned being in the group before whenever the topic of her heritage came up, so how can you be SOOO sure she's not a member?" she questioned, crossing her arms and looking away from the blonde leader. A little put off by how much he was defending Blake, but given he had two Faunus in his family he must have had bias feeling towards the subject.

"Well for one, you're still breathing." He started off strong. His words caused Weiss along with the others to falter in their step as they turned to him wide-eyed at his words.

"What!?"

"Jaune!?"

"The Hell!?"

Jaune just rolled his eyes at his friends' reaction before elaborating. "Think about it, if Blake was still an active White Fang member do you really think she would spend almost three months on the same team as the Schnee Heiress and not take the chance to either capture or kill her? She's had plenty of chances to do either at this point, but the fact she never did should prove her innocence. The fact Blake hides she was a member at all yet was planning to tell you all she was a Faunus but mean she was ashamed of what the fang has become and didn't want to associate with them anymore." He finished getting understanding nods from the group, Weiss start to really think about what Jaune had said and no matter what she thought she could only agree with his points but was still a bit skeptical.

"If that true what did she say what she did? It was clear she still had some connection with it if given she was so protective of them?" she questions again, not wanting to drop her point.

"Like I said, she was most likely a member as a kid and growing up with something make a person have a sentimental value for it, no matter how bad it could have grown with age. She more than likely grew up in the group but left when they became violent but still associates it with the peaceful group she grew up in and hearing you bad mouth them for something a random Faunus did probably set her off." He told her getting her to look away in embarrassment, while she wouldn't speak it aloud, she could see she was both rash and harsh with her words towards the monkey Faunus the other day but was too prideful to admit her mistake.

Before anything else could be said, Jaune's Scroll chimed bringing everyone's attention to it. Jaune reached into his pocket and drew the device out and open it allowing to see he had received a text. His eyes widened at seeing who sent it before taking a moment to read its content.

"Who is it? Is it Blake?" his partner asked getting everyone to perk up at her works. Sadly, Jaune shook his head in denial getting the group to deflate once more before he spoke up once more.

"Sadly, it's a different Faunus I know. Turns out my older sister's in town and wants to meet up. Apparently, she arrived Friday but something came up she's having to deal with but want to meet up at a café a few minutes away." He told the group getting nods from them.

"Are you going to meet her? We still need your help finding Blake." Yang asked, while she would love the chance to meet one of his older sisters, her worry for her partner overshadowed her curiosity.

"I have an idea. Since we're in the West side of Vale now, we can split up here and go search for Blake while I go see my sister. She's a Huntress, so I can see if she can help us in the search." He finished getting a few worried looks from the group.

"Are you sure it's a good idea? She may just arrest her since a Huntress." Ruby asked, but given the smile that came to his face, he wasn't worried about that happening.

"I doubt she would, she's more likely to help Blake out given their both Faunus and could understand what Blake's going through so don't worry about it," he reassured her. Seeing that had a play Jaune gave his friends his goodbye before making his way towards the Café his sister was currently at after sending a text he was on his way, he just hoped she would be able to help him find Blake. Who knows where she could be and if she was safe?

Blake looked down at the cup of tea before her as she once again thought of what to say to the two Faunus sitting with her. It had been almost two days since she ran away and was still having trouble coming to terms with Weiss' words, not wanting to think the organization her parents started would fall so far in such a short time. She had not spoken much with the monkey Faunus who she learned was called Sun over the last couple days, only really speaking with Tamamo when the boy was away feeling more comfortable around the older woman, she felt an almost sisterly connection with the Fox which was strange given she had only met her just over a day ago.

Currently, they were sitting on the balcony of a small coffee shop in the western end of the commensal district. Having been staying at a rather lovely Hotel along with Tamamo who had luckily had two beds, hoping her brother would have spent the weekends down in Vale with her then take a bullhead back up and down from Beacon but her intruding had changed that plan. A part of Blake was ashamed having intruded on the Faunus' family time with her problems but Tam had waved her off stating 'I have plenty of time off and given he's on break in a week I'll have plenty of time to spend with my brother' before going back to teasing the poor girl. It seemed she was an even bigger tease then Yang.

"I really glad you finally let me stay in the room last night, but did you have to lock me in the bathroom the whole night and kick me right out in the morning?" Sun groaned getting a small smile from Blake and a laugh form Tamamo.

"Well it was kind of funny to watch you freeze your tail off, it was just as sad to watch, and Blake persuaded me to let you in. It didn't mean I was going to let you have free rain or get in the way of my morning shower." She told him with a smirk as he gave her a deadpan look.

"Didn't mean you had to turn the cold water on over my head. I had enough of the cold Friday night." He shivered as he told them getting a small laugh for the two girls.

"it might be spring, but it's your own fault, Mr. Unbuttoned Shirt." Tamamo jabbed pointing to the tanned boy's attire. Sun just huffed giving her a small glare before giving his defense.

"Hey, how else am I gonna show off these awesome abs? I worked hard for them you know." He stated proudly as he pats his abdomen in both affection and pride, but neither girl gave him the response he was expecting.

"Eh, I've seen better." Tam stated giving him an iffy wave before returning to her own tea, drawing out a scroll before starting to type out a message.

"Same." Blake stated, taking her own sip as she ignored the boy and looking towards Tamamo and noticing she was sending a message. "Who were you messaging?" she asked, curious of who the Fox was getting on contact with.

"My brother, I want him to meet us here." She stated calmly, but given Blake's wide eyes in a panic, she could only roll her eyes. "Please, I may have spent the last 40 hours with you, but your problems do not put my life on hold. Besides, he's the leader of his own team he might be able to help you." She finished. Seeing there was no way to change her mind Blake could only sigh and hope whoever her brother was, was just as understanding as her.

Sun looks like someone had just slapped him as he tried to speak but only fumbling his words. "Wa-wha- what!? Your lying! Where could you have seen Abs better than this?" Sun asked bringing both girls attention back to him. Both just rolled their eye and tried to get him to drop it, but his male pride wouldn't allow it. So, with a sigh, they answered.

"When you get to around your third or final year most of the students will start getting into peak physical shape, so most guys by that point will be sprouting a pair of muscles one way or another. That and the older huntsmen back home can be built pretty big given their closer to the wilds." Tamamo answered causing Sun to nod, but a part of him felt sadness that his abs were soon to become the norm for his age class.

"That makes sense, but still, you said they were all around 2 or 3 years older, so I at least can say I have the best abs for a first year." He stated with a confident nod before a cough drew his attention. Looking over to the noise his eyes landed on Blake when he looked at her a feeling of dread fell over him as he whispered in horror. "No…"

"One of my… acquaintances' back at Beacon had a sister who packed his bag for the first night where we all had to sleep in the Ballroom," she began before a small blush made its way onto her face. This caused Sun to pale more, and a knowing smile starts to creep onto Tamamo face knowing where this was going. "His sister pack in a shirt that was a bit tight on him…" her eyes slightly glazed as she thought back to the day.

Sun's souls slowly made its way out of his body as Tamamo had a victorious smile on her face as she watches Blake no doubt think of her shirtless Brother. 'I knew that was a go idea, I wonder~?'

"How muscular was he~?"

"You could grate cheese on them." Was Blake's immediate response before her eyes widened and she slapped her hand over her mouth, her blush reaching Pyrrha's hair level. Tamamo just started laughing loudly while Sun slammed his head onto the table with a groan, Blake just cast her eye down to her tea, too embarrassed to look towards her two companions.

A chine alerted them to a message as Tamamo look to see what message she retrieved. Regarding the message, a small smile made its way to her face as she stood and moved towards the door, "My brother will be arriving soon, so I'll go order us another pot of tea for us all and bring him up with me." She answered the question they both had and hearing no response assumed they nodded as she made her way into the building leaving the two alone in silence.

The silence dragged on for a few moments before Blake finally decided to give the poor boy a break and answered his questions. "So, you want to know more about me." She asked getting him to look at her with some hope in his eyes.

"Finally! Almost two days and the only time you speak to me is when Miss Foxy is making fun of me, the rest of the time you just send me wired looks." He exclaimed as he threw his arms up like he was received a gift from Oum, Blake didn't take to kindly to his words as she sent to monkey a firm look, but this only brought a smile to his face. "Yeah, like that."

Blake could only sigh at his antics, a bit too similar to Yang if you asked her but she shook the thought off, not wanting to think of how badly she must have hurt her with her lying and running away. Taking a sip of tea, she started.

"Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?" she asked, a slight tremor of sadness in her voice but Sun didn't pay it much attention as he gave her a scoff before answering.

"Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" he finished with a sip of his tea but never got to swallow it down.

"I was once a member of the White Fang."

*gag*" AGG!" *COUGH* "Wait a minute what? YOU were a member of the White Fang?!" he exclaimed, luckily they were the only ones on the balcony, so no one heard his cry.

"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..." she started, but the sound of the door opening brought the two attention towards the door, having guessed Tamamo had returned with her Brother. A familiar head of blonde hair and blue and silver armor caused Blake's eyes to slowly widen in surprise and horror as Jaune Arc stepped out onto the balcony his sister following behind, his head turned to look over his shoulder as he spoke to her while she carried a tray of tea with her.

"Look I really am happy to see you, but we could really use your help finding our friends. It's been almost two days now, and we're really starting to worry." He told her causing Blake to flinch as he held to door open for his sister and waited for her to follow.

"I know, but I haven't seen you in almost 3 months, and the first thing you ask is if I can help you find another woman you're chasing after? How cruel of you little Brother, has your time at Beacon caused you to grow bored of your poor older sister." She asked, crocodile tears falling as she tried to look as hurt and betrayed as she could.

Jaune could only sigh, he should have known his sister would act up at his request and play the victim. 'Should have seen this coming,' he sighed again before giving her a smile, "Don't worry, your still my favorite older Faunus sibling and that will never change." He told her with a goofy grin, while it warmed her heart, she still sent him a slight glare and pout as she responded.

"I'm you only Older Faunus sibling." She grumbled, but Jaune just continued to smile. Seeing she had lost this round she could only give her own sigh and smile as she stepped onto the balcony allowing Jaune to close the door. "So, who do you need help finding?"

"Well she's a member of my sister team, a cat Faunus called Blake?" he stopped as his eyes finally looked towards the company her sister had mentioned she was with. As soon as his eyes locked with Blake, they both froze with Blake looking like a deer in headlights while Jaune looked just like he had walked in on someone naked.

"Busted." Sun wisped across the table as he watched the two stare each other down, neither moving in fear of what the other might do.

Blake slowly began to rise from her set afraid if she moved to quickly Jaune would jump her. 'Tamamo's brother is JAUNE!? Out of all the people it could have been!' she screamed to herself, never expecting the Fox Faunus's brother would be one of the friends she ran away from, her mind went back to the day Jaune had mentioned his sisters and remembered him mentioning one called 'Tam' and cursed herself for not noticing it was short for 'Tamamo'. She was almost up now, slowly pushing her chair back and freeing her legs from under the table but sadly for her Jaune was having none of that.

"Sit." His voice sent chills down the three Faunus' back as Blake quickly seated herself once more, Jaune voice had become very ridged and commanding. It reminded her of her Farther when he was mad at her for something, usually sneaking out of the house to hang out with Adam and Ilia back home. It wasn't her first time hearing it as well as an incident with Nora that involved one of her grenades and syrup had been the first incident of what her friends called 'Goodwitch Mode' from the Arc, and it scared her back then like it did now. For Tamamo it brought back memories when Jaune would use the same tone to bring his sisters under control, ether when some of the younger ones did something silly or even when she and Nero got a bit too excited about clothes or something. For Sun it was the tone his mother used whenever she caught him doing something stupid like climbing the house or getting into fights back in Vacuo, and it terrified the boy whose tail was stood on its end as he tried not to be noticed but the other blonde.

Luckily for him, Jaune had not moved his eyes away from Blake how had stiffly sat back down at his command. His eyes locked onto her as she fidgeted in her seat, occasionally shooting him glanced before lowering her head down, whether in shame or an attempt to not make eye contact he wasn't sure. He slowly approached, pulling a chair out and seating himself, Tamamo soon followed seeing that apparently, Blake was who her brother was looking for and found the coincident to be quite amusing but felt it best not to ruin the mood as she refiled everyone's cups while serving her brother's.

The air was thick with tension as Jaune did speak for a full minute, having not expected to find her so soon and easily, so he had trouble on where to start. Blake wasn't doing much better, she didn't expect to see any of her friends so soon, at least not until she got her head straight, but Jaune's sudden arrival had shaken her. She had almost ran once again at the sight of him, something Blake hated about herself, running away being the instinctual action to a problem, but now as the silence dragged on, she became more frightened at what he would say. Would he yell? Bring up her connection to the White Fang? How she had lied to him and the others? She could only wait as her negative thoughts slowly became worse, festering in the silence.

"I'm glad you're ok." His words brought her shock and surprise as her head snapped up to look at him wide-eyed, instead of the frown or glare she was expecting, a look of relief was on his face as he took a gulp of his tea, giving a satisfied sigh when he brought it away from his lips. He eyes looked to her once again, and now she could see the release of some of the anger in his eyes but luckily his happiness at seeing her ok outweigh his rage at her.

"Do you have any idea how worried your team and my own were about you when you disappeared?" he asked causing Blake to once again brake eye contact and look to her tea.

"I doubted you were all that worried," she answered sadly getting Jaune to raise an eyebrow before humming and taking another sip of tea.

"Because you're in the White Fang?" he asked getting her to flinch.

"Was." She quickly corrected getting a hum of interest, giving a resigned sigh she once again locked eye with him before casting a glance to the other two people at the table who had been watching in silence. Tamamo had her eyes closed as she slowly drunk her own tea as Sun watched on, his own cup being held with his tail.

I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..." she began, even gaining Tamamo's attention and Jaune gave her a nod to continue. "Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus." She was referring to Faunus Rights Revolution which had started 10 years after the Great War. Their contribution should have awarded them some respect, but as people moved on, they returned to their discriminative ways leading to the revolution which had ended in a Faunus victory. But even that had done little to change people's minds, and with the bitterness of the revolution fresh in people's minds, little was achieved.

"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there, I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist." She stated with bitterness getting sad looks from the group. It was easy to recall memories where they could only scold themselves on their behaver at the time, while they weren't old by most standards, but they had all matured quickly given their profession.

"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking. Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated as equals. But not out of respect... out of fear." The bitterness in her voice was evident to hear, and they all felt the same way. People were stubborn, and sadly in some cases, the only way to get people's attention was to do something extreme, and for the White Fang, when they weren't getting their way peacefully, they started using violence, and it sadly worked.

"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am. A criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." She finished, wiggling her cat ears beneath the bow to indicate the hidden appendages. "When I let slip I was a member, I became afraid of your reactions, so I did what I always do and ran away, I'm sorry." She stated once again looking towards her tea, head bowed in shame as she let the three listeners digest her statement.

It took a few moments until someone did something. To her surprise it was the sound of a chair moving and an arm wrapping around her shoulder that brought her head back up to see Jaune giving her a small smile of understanding, he had scooted closer to be able to provide the Cat Faunus a side hug cause her to squeak in surprise.

"I know it can be hard to let go of the past, especially when it comes to a group you connected with and the mistakes we made with them," he somberly started causing her and Tamamo who watched on to remember his old group of friends both frowning at the thought in sadness. "But now you have to move past that and start forging your own path and not let the memory of what you have done hold you down. I did, and it almost got me and the others killed."

"WHAT?!"

Tamamo shouted, but Jaune just sent her a strained smile and lipped the words 'Later' getting a glare and grumble for the Fox, but she didn't speak again allowing him to turn to Blake once more.

"What I'm saying is you don't have to hide from us, both your team and mine are your friends, and we won't abandon you, your one of us now, and I don't think Ruby or Nora would be happy with you trying to distance yourself." He finished with a smirk getting a small smile from her, but it soon changed into a look of worry and guilt.

"How can you be so sure? I was holding back such a big secret, and I ran as soon as it came to light, how can you be sure they won't be angry?" she asked getting a smile from Jaune. But something was different as she felt his arm grip tighter around her shoulder when he spoke again, she once again shivered at his time being once again being strict and menacing.

"Angry? Oh, I never said they wouldn't be angry, myself included. Just be happy you're not on my team or else I'd make you clean our room for the rest of your time at Beacon along with being Nora's personal training partner." He stated with a kind smile, but his cold voice still caused her to pale in fear and be glad she had the young kind Rose as a leader. She could see how he was now able to control such an unstoppable force like Nora, he could be scary. Luckily his grip let up as did his smile as he gave her his goofy grin, he was famous for, "Your our friend Blake, we would do anything for you." He stated smiling wide, one which was infective as soon Blake returned it with her own.

"Thanks, Jaune." She replied, happy to know she at least had one friend to count on and given his words she felt a lot better at her chances with the others as well. Their little moment soon came to a halt as an "Aww~" came from the other female at the table, turning to Tamamo they could see a smile on her face, but the glint in her eye caused them both to tense up.

"You two are so cute together~. I approve of this one." She started getting the two to turn red in embarrassment, sadly she wasn't done yet. "It's a shame you can't punish her though, you would look so cute in a little maid dress." This caused them both to grow even more flustered both and Sun imagining Blake in a risqué maid outfit but she still and more to say, "but she does like that bow, so maybe she's more into being tied up~.

That caused them both their heads to blow up in steam, and they moved away from each other and unable to look in each other's direction with Sun spitting the tea he was trying to drink out given how thrusting he had suddenly gotten.

"TAMAMO!" Jaune cried, but given the roar of laughter from the Fox, he could only groan in annoyance as he slammed his head onto the table. While he was glad to find Blake, he wonders if it was worth it given, he had to suffer his sisters' teasing.

It was.

Boom and that's Part 1 down with part 2 hopefully being done in at most a week, I know this chapter took three weeks to come out but given it's the finale I wanted it to be the best work I've done so far, and I hope you all like this part.

I do have some important news for what's happening after I finish Vol 1 next chapter, but I'll leave it till then to let you all know what I plan to do.

Along with that, I will also be saving people Questions for the end of the next chapter as well, I did have a look at them a few days ago and was surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response the last chapter got, I thought it was one of my weakest, but it seemed I was wrong. Some people did point out some good points, and they will be directly responded to in the next chapter which I aim to get out in a week at most.

Give me a brake Devil May Cry 5 came out Friday, and I didn't even start playing till Saturday since I decide to work on this for you all. But seriously I love you all and hope to continue entertaining you all with my story, and DMC is a lot of fun so far, I'm only at mission 13, so I have a bit to go but got to get the next chapter finished before I can start grinding then S ranks.

With that said I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter and the Next one will be released soon.

Till then, Malluk.