How is everyone? Sorry this chapter took longer then the others because of Thanksgiving both Dayton McCloud and I were busy and spending time with family. Anyway here is the chapter you all been waiting for, hope you all enjoy it. Thank you all for taking the time and reading the story please let us know what you think of the story and chapter. Big thanks to Dayton McCloud for being Co-author to the story and if you enjoy this story check out Dayton's McClouds RWBY story "Beacon of Hope" anyway sit back and enjoy the chapter.

I don't own RWBY and Lance and Terra are Dayton's OC's

Chapter 10: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Lance sat with his team in the back most row in one of the spacious classrooms. History was a subject Lance found interesting, but not as much as Kai who took notes at a relaxed pace. Lance joined him in writing down lecture notes as the green haired teacher known as Oobleck spoke with a fervor. Darting around the front of the room, he lectured on the topic of the Faunus Rights Revolution, historic figures, and key battles and events that happened during the revolution.

"Now class, the Battle of Fort Castle happened during the third year of this war," Oobleck spoke as quickly as he moved, his voice was somewhat hushed, but not inaudible. Swiftly pacing over to the other side of the lecture hall he turned on a dime back towards the class, "Many believe this battle to be the major turning point in the war."

Lance wrote with abandon, trying to keep up as best he can as Oobleck continued his lecture. Whether his notes would be legible or not, Lance paid no mind. Any short pause Oobleck gave, Lance rubbed his wrist and hand to ease the tension from writing so rapidly. Professor Oobleck took another drink from his coffee mug, setting it back down on his messy desk afterwards.

"This battle was actually an offensive waged by General Lagune. The General was a fairly inexperienced leader fighting for the human faction and planned on attacking one of the Faunus encampments at night," he waited only but a moment as he zoomed back to the front of his desk that he strayed from as he spoke to retrieve the mug. After taking a long sip, he inspected the now empty mug, placing it once again on the desk, "That assault ended up a complete disaster for General Lagune due to a trait that every Faunus has. Can anyone tell me what that trait might be?"

The classroom fell silent for a moment as Lance turned his gaze upwards in thought. An answer came to mind but he held his tongue, fearing his answer might be wrong. While he was in his thoughts, a small flicking sound caught his ear, pulling his attention to where Cardin sat. He appeared to have made a small paper football that he flicked. It soared all the way down to the front row, hitting Jaune in the back of the head. The slight impact startled the half asleep boy as he sharply inhaled and shot up in his seat.

"Ah yes!" Oobleck rushed over in front of Jaune's seat, leaning over slightly as he looked at him, "It's good to see you finally contributing to class! Now tell us, what did the Faunus have that gave them such an advantage in this encounter?"

Unable to make direct eye contact, Jaune's eyes darted around the room as if the answer was going to pop out of thin air. All the while Jaune was fumbling to find an answer, everyone in the back row could hear snickering coming from Cardin and one of his teammates, Russel. Lance's demeanor fell as he looked on in sympathy towards Jaune, but his gaze eventually turned to the row in front of his. Looking down, he saw one of Jaune's teammates, Pyrrha. Her red hair was tied into a ponytail and she was wearing a circlet made of a bronze material. She was gesturing to her eyes in different ways in an attempt to give Jaune visual ques. Jaune's face scrunched in confusion as he looked at her until a flare of confidence hit him.

"Oh, duh," He held up a finger and closed his eyes with a matter of fact look about him, "Binoculars!"

The class broke out into laughter. Above all their laughs Cardin's was perhaps the loudest. A frown tugged at Lance's lips as he reconsidered whether keeping silent was such a good idea.

Oobleck's stature slunk a bit as he looked at Jaune disapprovingly from under his glasses.

"Very funny mister Arc," He stood up straight, adjusting his glasses as he turned back to the rest of the class, "Perhaps Mr. Winchester has the correct answer that I'm seeking."

Cardin sat forward in his seat, resting his arms on his knees and sighing in an attempt to stifle his laughter and take on a more serious demeanor.

"Well, I know for a fact that it's easier to train animals than soldiers."

As soon as the words escaped his lips, a growl came from Lance's right. Turning to see the source, he saw his other teammates look over as well towards Brock who just shook his head, eyes closed in frustration. Realization struck Lance and he turned towards Cardin with a mixture of disbelief and resentment. Brock just sighed as he allowed the tension in his shoulders to melt away.

Sitting next to Pyrrha was Blake, who shot a similarly toxic look towards him.

"Really?"

Pyrrha turned as well, raising a hand as if to physically question his comment.

"You're not the most open minded of individuals, are you?"

"What?" Cardin changed his posture to slouch in his seat, kicking his feet up on the desk, "I'm not wrong."

Kai leaned over his desk to look at Cardin, annoyance evident in his facial features.

"Really, dude?"

"What?" Cardin sat upright, removing his feet from the top of the desk and returning the look with his own, "You got a problem or something?"

The sound of a chair sliding on wood turned their attention to Brock, who grabbed his things. He walked down the steps that lead to the back row and to the door. The classroom fell in silence as the door shut behind Brock. Oobleck grabbed the bridge of his nose and Lance could see a frown form on his face.

"Mr. Arc, Mr. Winchester. I'd like you both to stay after class," There was a groan from Cardin and Jaune slumped in his seat. Silence remained in the room until Oobleck sighed, turning towards the rows of students once again, "Back to the matter at hand. What was it that gave the Faunus an advantage over General Lagune?"

"I have the answer professor Oobleck," Pyrrha raised her hand, smirk on her face all the while "It was night vision. It's a well-known fact that all Faunus have near perfect vision in the dark."

"Precisely!" Oobleck held an excited fist as a grin came to his face, his eccentric and energetic stature returning, "Faunus do indeed have this night vision of sorts. Attacking them at night the way the general did was a very vital miscalculation that cost him the battle and ended with his capture."

"It's a shame he was so misinformed," Blake turned, grimacing towards Cardin, "Perhaps if he had did his research he wouldn't have been remembered as such a failure."

Cardin got up out of his seat, fists balled and anger in his eyes. He stopped when Oobleck held up a hand, clearly fed up with Cardin's remarks.

"Please return to your seat, Mr. Winchester."

With a growl and presumably a few curses under his breath, he did so, crossing his arms and returning his feet to the desk.

"Psst," Terra leaned over towards Lance, keeping her head tilted forward but turning her gaze towards him, "After class we should find Brock."

"Right," Lance nodded, pausing as he looked down at his desk in thought, "I'm worried about him."

Terra scowled sitting back in her seat, returning her attention to the front of the class.

"I hope that asshole Cardin gets what he deserves."

"I feel like he will sooner than you think." Kai said coldly.

They searched everywhere in Beacon. The library, their dorm, even the balconies and rooftop accesses. Once they finished searching they met back up in front of the cafeteria disappointed and with a feeling of defeat lingering over them.

"No luck?" Terra asked her two teammates.

Lance and Kai shook their heads sadly in unison, sighing.

"Let's get some food then continue to look," Kai's head hung as it shook. Turning towards the cafeteria building, he began to take a couple of steps, "He has to be around here somewhere."

They walked in through the giant double doors to the cafeteria. Students were at the large tables eating, talking, and some even studying. As they made their way to retrieve their food one student caught the eye of Terra, making her freeze in place which led to Kai bumping into her.

"Whoa, that was pretty sudden," Groaning, he shifted in front of her, ready to continue his way towards getting food, "A little warning next time might be nice, eh?"

As he walked on he felt Terra's hand clasp his shoulder, stopping him.

"What?"

Kai turned and saw Terra with an angry frown. She jutted a finger in a direction towards the cafeteria seats, turning Kai towards the area she was pointing. As he spun he caught a glimpse of Lance who looked dumbfounded. Trailing Terra's point to the subject in question, Kai immediately noticed something that made his jaw slack and eyes widen. Rather than something, it was someone. A student with big black wings and a larger stature sat at a lone table.

Upon recognizing the student as Brock, they looked among each other briefly before hurrying their pace, excited to have finally found their teammate. They rushed over to his table, a renewed sense of accomplishment filling them all.

"Where have you been?" Terra asked as she sat next to him, "We've been searching since classes ended."

Brock shrugged, taking a sip of his soda that he had.

"Here."

His response was flat and dry which took them off guard slightly. Lance mentally shrugged off the response, replacing his mild surprise with that same sense of accomplishment he felt as they saw him.

"You've just been here?" Lance chuckled, "Literally, we searched everywhere but here."

Brock looked at him curiously tilting his head.

"What for?"

Before any of them could answer, loud sounds of chattering turned their attention away from the conversation as it grew closer. Teams RWBY and JNPR walked over, food trays in hand.

"Surprise!" Ruby spoke softly, but with an energy as she sat next Lance, "We saw you guys grabbing late lunch so we thought we'd join."

The other team members took their seats around them all. Ruby's smile faded when she saw Brock and realization struck her.

"You alright Brock?" Ruby's voice dropped a bit as she tried to keep it low so only others at the table could hear, "I heard about what happened in History class."

Brock responded only with a nod. Ruby looked at him with sympathy as did the rest of his team, Blake and Yang even listening in on the conversation as well. Yang looked as if she was struggling to push the conversation forward until she looked down at the table.

"Oh, you guys didn't grab food?"

"No, we didn't," Kai shook his head, "We saw Brock and came straight here."

"You guys should get some food," Yang patted her hand on the table, "We'll save your seats."

"Thanks," Lance pushed off the table, standing up, "We'll be back."

The rest of team KBLT walked off towards the kitchens, leaving Brock with the other two teams.

"Brock," Blake's voice was serious, but with a twinge of underlying sympathy that was also reflected in her expression, "About History class."

At the mention of the class he visibly cringed, setting down his drink a little harder than he intended on the table.

"I don't want to talk about it," He recollected himself, recognizing his sudden outburst, "I'm sorry. Just been a long day."

With that, he picked up his tray and walked off. He dumped his left over food, leaving the tray and dishes at the drop off. He felt a sudden sting come from his right wing as he walked towards the exit.

"Well well, if it isn't the king of freaks." Brock turned to see Cardin sneering at him, rolling his black feather in his fingers. His teammates were in tow, all with similar looks on their face. Brock curled a fist and clenched his jaw, trying to not lose his temper.

"How can you see? You're freaking blind." Sky mocked, tilting to try get a better look at his eyes, "I'm surprised you haven't got yourself killed yet."

Cardin's team laughed at him, one even pointing. Russel took a step closer to him, raising an open hand towards Brock's wing.

"It's probably because to the Grimm he looks like a Nevermore!"

In a blur of motion, Brock swatted away Russel's hand. He looked up at the Faunus with surprise as he backed away a bit. Brock glared at them as hard as he could, despite his lack of vision. Using his semblance and the small scene he was causing, he had plenty of places to see Cardin and his team from.

"Leave. Me. Alone."

Not giving them an opportunity to respond, he turned his back on them. He headed towards the exit once again.

"Guess those wings are only good for running."

Cardin's voice was the last thing he heard as he left the cafeteria.

"Where's Brock at?" Kai asked sitting down in his original spot.

"He left," Blake motioned with her head towards the large entrance, "Probably back the dorm."

"Hopefully we don't have to hunt him down again," Kai played with his food a bit, a lethargic look on his face, "I'm still kinda exhausted from searching for him today."

"Fair enough," Terra said, "But understand Brock's already dealt with a lot today. Cardin is a jerk and that just ruined his day. We just have to be there for him."

"Right," Lance agreed, nodding, "I'd search for him again if we had to, even if it'd take all day. I know you would too."

"Right, but I can still complain about being tired," Kaiser said, a subtle smile coming to his face. Shoveling a handful of fries into his mouth, "Speaking of complaining, that Cardin guy is a total dick."

Terra rolled her eyes and groaned at the thought of him.

"I hate him already."

"Oh!" The ginger haired girl of team JNPR, Nora, shot up in her seat with a large smile, "Let's break his legs!"

Another member of team JNPR by the name of Ren heaved a quiet sigh.

"Nora, no one is breaking anyone's legs."

Kai nonchalantly raised a hand as he chewed on his sandwich.

"I will."

Nora pumped her arms then pointed towards Kai, excited.

"YES!"

Ren's magenta eyes fell on Kai. He looked at him with a coolness.

"Don't encourage her," He said, an undertone of exhaustion added on top of his already quiet tone and demeanor.

Kaiser chuckled as he took another bite of some fries. Soon the others joined in, laughing as well. Their cheerfulness was short lived though. Their laughs were broken by the sound of a girl's yelp.

"Ow! Please let go that hurts,"

The girl's voice had a twinge of an accent in her plea. Everyone at the table turned towards the source of the cry to see Cardin pulling on the girl's brown bunny ears. She had long brown hair and wore the girl's Beacon uniform. She was holding her head and trying to remove Cardin's hand from her ears. The rest of Cardin and his team laughed and joked about her 'deformities.'

Kai moved his food off of his tray with a calmness. Lance and Terra looked at him with confusion and questions as to why, but that didn't slow the removal of his food one bit. Soon the rest of the table noticed him clearing his tray.

"Uh, Kai?" Ruby held up a limp hand in an attempt to get his attention, "What're you doing?"

"Something that should have been done earlier today."

He sighed as he hefted himself up from the table, tray in hand. They watched in confusion as he approached Team CRDL, but then sudden realization washed over them like a tidal wave. Lance attempted to get up and stop him, but by the time he made it halfway over to him it was too late.

"He's not really going to… right?" Blake asked

She got her question answered when Kai tapped Cardin on the shoulder, making him turn to face him.

"What do you wa-"

His question was cut short by the impact of the tray to his face. The force sent him stumbling backwards, falling onto his backside. Covering his face, he groaned a bit on the ground as the rest of his team turned their attention to Kaiser.

Yang sat up in her seat to get a better view of the act.

"Oh my God, he really did it!"

Shock and awe filled her voice. She was simply astonished by the act of Kai slamming a tray into Cardin's face. Nora stood once again, pumping a fist in the air.

"Break his legs now!"

The Faunus girl took the moment to run off as Cardin started to get up slowly. Kai held the tray up, ready to retort if Cardin did anything. He heard hurried footsteps behind him and saw out of the corner of his eye that Lance was there.

"Oh God," Lance looked over towards Cardin who was still recovering, but taking a fighting stance with his team, "I can't believe you just did that."

"I had to do something."

"Yeah, but flatten him out like that? Couldn't have used your words?"

Disbelief was tangible in Lance's voice as he spoke. Kaiser's attention never left Cardin though, who was recovering quicker by the second and encroaching on them.

"Words don't work on people like him."

"Oh, you're so dead," Cardin rolled his shoulders, raising his fists in front of him, "I'll teach you to mess with me."

Before Cardin could even lift his fist, Ms. Goodwitch stormed over to them. You could feel her irritation emanating off of her and it made both Lance and Kai uneasy.

"Mr. Forrester!" Her voice cut through what little chatter there was, silencing the entire cafeteria, "Do you have anything to say about your actions?"

"Yes ma'am I do." Kai glared at Cardin, who glared at him from under his brow, "it was worth it."

"Headmasters office now!" Goodwitch demanded.

Kai threw the tray to the side as he and Ms. Goodwitch walked away, exiting the cafeteria.

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