Volume 1 Episode 10: Black and White

Sun and Blake are sitting on the balcony of a café. Blake lays down her cup and starts telling the story of her past to Sun while he keeps on drinking his tea.

Blake: There was a time when I was a member of the White Fang. You could say I was born as a member of the White Fang, my father was the leader of the organization after all.

Sun: Was your father a terrorist?

Blake: No, he wasn't. The White Fang wasn't always a violent organization. When the great war ended, it was formed as a symbol of peace and equality between humans and faunus, but the equality we were promised never became real. Years ago my father stepped down as the leader of the White Fang and someone else took the lead.

Sun: Was it then when the White Fang became a criminal organization?

Blake: Yes. We started attacking the companies that exploited faunus, we started stealing, kidnapping and killing. It was horrible, but it worked. People started treating faunus better but it wasn't out of respect, it was out of fear. It all ended for me when I was robbing a train full of dust with an old friend of mine, seeing his disregard towards the life of the crew opened my eyes. Then I left him and the White Fang behind and I joined Beacon.

Sun: Have you ever told your friends about this?

Blake lowers her head and waits a moment before answering.

Blake: (In a sad tone) No, I haven't.

The scene fades away.

Yang, Ruby and Weiss are looking around Vale for Blake.

Yang: Blake! Where are you?

Weiss: We should call the police. They could help us find Blake.

Yang: Shut up!

Ruby: Weiss has a point. The police are professionals when it comes to finding criminals on the run.

Weiss: Yeah!

Yang: Shut up! She's our teammate, we should hear her side of the story before judging her.

Penny pops out of nowhere.

Penny: Salutation!

Weiss gets scared and screams.

Weiss: Where do you come from?

Penny: I was following you all along.

Ruby gets close to Penny.

Ruby: Penny, I know you want to help and everything but this is a problem we have to solve as a team. We haven't seen Blake since last Friday and we are looking for her now. Team SYBW (sandy brown) isn't complete without her.

Ruby turns to keep her search with Yang and Weiss but they have left her behind.

Penny: It seems like you need my help now, Sapphire.

Penny and Ruby start walking together.

Sun and Blake are talking while walking through an alley.

Blake: (Halfway through telling a story) Then I shout at Weiss and I revealed by accident that I was a former member of the White Fang so I ran away from the dorm.

Sun: And you say you believe that the White Fang has nothing to do with the dust robberies from the last weeks. Right?

Blake: Yes. After all, the White Fang never needed so much dust and I can't think of a reason why they would need it now.

Sun: You know? While I was coming to here I heard that a huge cargo boat from the Schnee Dust Company will arrive in Vale tonight. If we go there and it gets attacked then we'll know for sure if the White Fang are the ones behind the robberies or if it's someone else.

Blake: Alright then, let's do it.

Blake and Sun keep walking.

Yang and Weiss come out of a store where they just asked for clues about Blake's whereabouts.

Yang: (Waving to the person in the shop) It's fine, thank you anyways. (Sighs) This is helpless, we've looked everywhere and there's no way to find her.

Weiss: We could stop looking for her, it's not like we need her.

Yang: How dare you say that?

Weiss: The White Fang has harmed me and my family for many years now, I'm not going to forgive one of their members just because her ended up being in the same team as us. I hate her and I hate faunus. This is a waste of time.

Yang: Well, she is our teammate now, she's my friend and I want to know more about her. Also, we'll be a team for the rest of our lives at Beacon, so even if you don't like it you'll have to learn how to tolerate her, unless you want to leave Beacon. If you leave Beacon, please, take Ruby with you.

Weiss: She's your sister, you shouldn't talk about her like that or treat her the way you do.

Yang: She's not my sister, she's a disgrace! If you ever again say that she's related to me in any way I'll kill you!

Yang keeps walking. Weiss sighs and keeps walking behind Yang, keeping a distance between them.

Ruby and Penny are talking while walking in the street.

Penny: Is Blake your friend?

Ruby: No, she isn't. Weiss and you are my only friends.

Penny: Why is that? You look like a nice person to me.

Ruby: Actually, I wish I knew that myself. Why do Blake and Yang hate me? What about the others?

Penny: It's fine Sapphire, I have something that will cheer you up.

Penny gives Ruby an "I hate Ruby Rose" t-shirt with a caricature of a dead Ruby. Ruby takes the present.

Ruby: (In a sad tone) Thank you Penny.

Penny: You're welcome! I bought it for you.

Penny and Ruby keep walking.

Blake and Sun are on the roof of a warehouse in the docks when the shipment of the Schnee Dust Company arrives.

Blake: There it is.

After a couple minutes some Bullheads come flying and members of the White Fang start coming out and loading the containers into the Bullheads. Roman comes out and starts shouting at the faunus.

Roman: Come on you animals! We need to finish before the police comes here!

Blake: This is wrong, the White Fang would never work with humans.

Blake jumps off the roof.

Sun: Blake, wait!

Blake sneaks behind Roman and puts her sword against his neck, then she takes off her ribbon.

Blake: Brothers of the White Fang, why are you working with this human scum?

Roman laughs.

Roman: Didn't you get the memo, kitty? The White Fang and I are working together in a very special operation.

Blake: Tell me what is it or I'll put an end to it right here, right now.

Roman laughs and shoots Blake in the foot with his cane.

Ruby and Penny see the explosion.

Ruby: (Worried) Oh, no.

Ruby and Penny start running towards the docks.

Blake is fighting Roman while Sun fights the White Fang grunts. Sun easily defeats the White Fang grunts with her nunchucks while using their shotgun mode to shoot the enemies that try to keep the distance. Blake uses her clones to attack Roman from all angles while he blocks her attacks with minimal effort until he takes advantage of Blake's tiredness to shoot at her directly, throwing her away and depleting her aura.

Sun: Blake!

Roman aims at Blake for a last shot when suddenly someone shoots at him from a near rooftop. Roman looks to where the shot came from to find Ruby.

Roman: Hello little blue. Have I seen you somewhere else? You look familiar.

Ruby: Shut up! My name is Sapphire and I'm going to bring you to justice!

Penny: You're so cool Sapphire!

Ruby turns.

Ruby: Step back Penny!

Roman takes the chance to shoot at Ruby while she's talking with Penny. Penny gets on the edge of the rooftop and looks down at Roman.

Penny: No one attacks my friend. I'm combat ready!

Penny takes a bunch of swords from her backpack and throws them to the White Fang members, controlling them with telekinesis. After a while the White Fang and Roman start retreating. Penny throws some of her swords to a couple Bullheads and pulls them down with wires attached to her swords, throwing them into the water.

Roman: These kids just keep getting weirder.

Roman flies away.

Ruby, Blake and Sun are talking with the police when Weiss and Yang get to the docks.

Ruby: Weiss!

Weiss: Sapphire!

Weiss and Ruby hug. Weiss and Blake stare at each other.

Ruby: Our team is back together!

Yang sits next to Blake.

Yang: No, we're not together.

Ruby: What?

Weiss: Yang and I talked about it. We'll only act as a team during official events. The rest of the time Blake and Yang will be a couple and we'll be another one. Each will be independent from the other and have its own half of the dorm.

Blake: I'm fine with that.

Ruby looks sad.

Weiss: Don't be sad, you have me. We don't need any filthy faunus or anybody else.

Weiss hugs and kisses Ruby. The scene fades to black.

Salem, Hazel, Watts, Cinder and Tyrian are sitting around a table. Mercury and Emerald are standing next to Cinder.

Salem: When I told you to make the Schnee be nicer to the Ruby, I didn't mean this. Her developing a bond with the Schnee could be counterproductive for our plan.

Watts: I'm sorry. Shall I make the Schnee break up with her and leave her alone again?

Salem: No. If you do that she could kill herself, and we need her alive.

Hazel: What do you propose to do?

Salem: Tyrian…

Tyrian: Yes?

Salem: I want you to go to Atlas and find the Schnee.

Tyrian: Should I bring her to you?

Salem: I have no use for her alive, feel free to kill her or do whatever you want with her.

Tyrian: Good.

Tyrian starts laughing louder and louder until the episode ends.