Woo! I'm back with another chapter! I'll probably update more on this than my Zombie fic, so yeah! Enjoy.
"I never asked you how you've been," said Chen, as Sun and he sat outside on the grass near the house, watching the sun set.
"I've been good, you know?" said Sun. "Stealing, being a stowaway, all that stuff."
"Meet any new people?" asked Chen.
"Actually, I brought my team to Beacon!" said Sun excitedly. "Ozpin said that he could let the authorities ignore my petty crimes, as long as I joined the academy."
Chen had met one of Sun's friends before. His name was Neptune, and he yellow tinted goggles on his head, and blue hair. Chen had spoken to him a couple of times, and he had seemed cool. Actually, not just cool. Super cool.
"Nice man!" said Chen, holding up his hand for a hi-five and getting one. "It'll be good to have you around!"
Sun smiled, before leaning in closer to Chen.
"Uhh... you know your twin sister?" asked the monkey Faunus quietly.
Chen raised an eyebrow. "Yeah? What about her?" he asked wryly.
Sun scratched his head before letting out a nervous laugh. "Uh, is she... uh... like, sharing the house with you? Only my team's house is next door... and..."
Chen burst out laughing, instantly understanding what he was getting at. "You have a crush on Yang?!"
Sun blushed slightly. "Not so loud man..."
"Like, you only just met her a couple of days ago!"
"I don't know... I think she's beautiful..." said Sun quietly. "I was just making sure that you'd be okay with that... Like the crush, of course, I'm not gonna make any moves yet..."
Chen chuckled. "I'm totally fine with that! She's been teasing me relentlessly about me being close with Blanc, so it would be good payback if you two got close."
Suddenly, the door behind them opened, and the busty brawler in question leaned out of the doorway.
"Oi, you guys, message from Ozpin!"
And with that, she walked back inside, leaving the door open for the two guys, who quickly followed.
Everyone was arranged in the lounge, with them crowding round the TV, ready to listen to Ozpin's message. Jaune, who had the remote, saw that everyone was in, and pressed the play button.
Ozpin's face appeared on screen.
"As I'm aware some of you will know, there was a robbery of many crates of Schnee Dust from Vale Docks-"
Chen saw Weiss clench her fists.
"-The robbery, according to witnesses, was carried out by notorious criminal Roman Torchwick and the White Fang. Therefore, the Schnee company have asked us to provide some bodyguards for all shipments of Dust from now on. I have decided to give first-year students a chance in getting some experience in the real world. You will find out more tomorrow."
And with that, his face disappeared, and the TV went back to the comedy that they had been watching before.
"I told you it was the White Fang Blake," said Weiss with a huff.
"But why would they be working with that human scum?" asked Blake.
"So you're saying humans are scum?" asked Chen, with a hint of anger in his tone.
Blake quickly shook her head. "That's not what I meant. He's a criminal, a bad one at that!"
"Aren't the White Fang criminals?" asked Weiss.
"No! They're just trying to achieve their goals in the wrong way."
"So bombing an entire square filled with people, innocent people, isn't a crime? Terrorism is not a crime?" asked Chen angrily, his voice rising.
Blake didn't have an answer to that, she just looked down.
Yang placed a hand on Chen's shoulder. "Chen, calm down. We're over that now..."
"Would you be over it if I told you your own partner took part in the attacks?" asked Chen, glaring at Blake, who was avoiding his gaze.
"Chen... Don't make stuff up-"
"You think I'm making it up? Ask her!" He turned to Blake. "Look her in the eye and say that you didn't take part in the attacks."
Yang looked at Blake. "Is this true?"
Blake looked down. "I was brought up in the White Fang, I was misguided then, I was only young remember, and I left when I knew the White Fang were wrong in their approaches... I already told you I regret it Chen..."
Chen sighed, his anger subsiding. "Yeah sorry... I just can't get over it easily... I can forgive you, but only because we're friends. I don't think I can just let something like this go in like a day or something..."
Blake nodded. "I understand."
She then turned to Yang.
"I forgive you Blake, you're my partner. None of us are perfect..." said Yang.
There was a bit of an awkward silence, before Jaune broke the ice.
"Well... uh... do you guys want to order a pizza?"
Ruby's face lit up into a smile. "Yeah!"
After recovering from the shock of Chen's outburst, the others smiled and nodded in agreement.
As everyone got up and started doing whatever they normally did, and while Jaune ordered the pizzas, Chen tapped Blake on the shoulder.
"I'm sorry... I know that humans forced the White Fang to take those drastic measures... I shouldn't have burst out like that."
Blake smiled. "I accept your apology. But I understand why I angered you, and I'm sorry too..."
"Then I shall forgive you as well, Ms. Belladonna," said Chen with a smirk.
Blake giggled slightly. "No need for formalities Mr. Xiao Long."
Chen rolled his eyes. He then turned to Sun, who was just standing there awkwardly.
"Hey, Sun, over here!" said Chen, waving him over. "Have you met Blake here?" he asked.
"What, just because we're both Faunus you assume we know each other?" asked Blake with a smirk.
"No, I don't think we've met," said Sun with a smile. "Sun Wukong," he said, holding out his hand.
"Blake Belladonna," said the Faunus with a smile.
"Okay, introductions over," said Chen, before looking over to Jaune. "When's the pizza coming?"
There was a knock at the door.
"Now," said Jaune with a smirk.
"I'll get it!" said Ruby, hyper as ever, as she raced to the door and opened it.
Several minutes later, everyone was tucking into their pizzas. Chen ate a spicy beef one, sitting next to Blake who had a tuna one.
"Do you have to have tuna with everything?" asked Chen with a smirk.
"Let's just say, if she doesn't get her tuna, things will be cat-astrophic," said Yang. "Eh, eh?"
Chen responded by throwing his pizza crust at her. However, she reacted quickly and just caught it in her mouth.
"Better luck next time Chenny boy," she teased, while swallowing it.
"Yeah, well you're used to getting things into your mouth," retorted Chen.
Yang narrowed her eyes and growled. "Watch it, or I'll knock you into next week," she said menacingly.
Chen laughed nervously. "Yeah sorry." Then he changed the subject.
"So Yang, have you met my friend Sun?"
"Not properly, no," said Yang, before allowing a smile to creep onto her face. "He's pretty cute though," she purred, winking at Sun.
Sun blushed and laughed nervously.
Chen nudged Sun and whispered. "You have a chance then."
Sun just rolled his eyes. "I'm Sun Wukong," he said, turning to face Yang.
"Yang Xiao Long," said the blonde with a grin. "Unfortunately I have to put up with this oaf as a brother," she said, pointing to Chen and rolling her eyes.
"At least I don't make unbearable puns," said Chen.
"He raises a fair point," said Blake with a smirk.
"Hey!" said Yang indignantly. "You're my partner, you're on my side!" she pouted.
Blake just smirked and took another bite out of her pizza.
"So, Monkey-boy," began Yang.
Sun looked slightly offended, but Chen nudged him.
"She's not being racist Sun, that's just how Yang is..." said Chen to Sun.
Sun nodded. "So, Goldilocks?"
Chen and several others burst out laughing.
"Goldilocks?" asked Chen while laughing. "That's the best thing I've ever heard!"
Yang growled. "You're lucky you're cute, if you weren't..." Yang left the threat in the air.
Sun backed away slightly. "Hehe..."
Chen just smiled and finished his final pizza slice.
It was good when you could just relax and enjoy spending time with friends.
It was several days later, and Teams CBSE and JNPR were assigned to protect a Schnee freight car carrying a large quantity of dust, while Team RWBY were guarding a shipment of dust at the Vale Docks, the same place that Roman had robbed. (So Chen being in the story basically means that they never fought Torchwick and never met Penny, and Blake and Sun never met. Chen is a dick. xD)
It was a Friday afternoon, where they could have been relaxing, but Chen didn't mind. A mission was an exciting prospect.
"There's probably a big chance of jack happening," said Ed.
"Meh," Chen shrugged.
As they prepared to get a transport to the station where the train would be arriving, Chen saw Sun and Yang talking together.
They had gotten suspiciously close in the last few days, and for once, Chen had enjoyed teasing Yang about it. However, she just retorted bringing up Chen's relationship with Blanc. It left both of the Faunus rather embarrassed at being caught in the crossfire.
Chen chuckled to himself as he stepped on board the ship.
A couple of hours later, Team CBSE and Team JNPR had got on to the train, and were now patrolling it in their partners.
"Hear anything?" asked Chen to Blanc. Blanc shook her head.
"Have you guys got anything?" he asked into the small radio he had in his ear, to communicate with the others.
They all answered in the negative.
"Well, Ed might be right. It looks like nothing's gonna happen."
But oh, how wrong he was.
Chen heard a sudden clang, albeit quiet, on the roof. He looked at Blanc, and it was evident that she had heard it too.
"Hide," whispered Chen, crouching in the shadows. Blanc did likewise.
"Possible hijackers on the roof of car 5," said Chen quietly to the others through his radio.
"Copy," came the voice of Pyrrha. "Do you need assistance?"
"Negative," replied Chen. "We'll see how big the threat is, stay alert."
"Copy that."
Suddenly, two figures swung in from either window. Two White Fang members. Chen nodded to Blanc, and jumped out of his hiding spot, slashing one White Fang grunt on the back. As he fell, Chen quickly smacked the back of his gun into him, instantly knocking him out. Chen looked up and smiled as he saw that Blanc had incapacitated the other threat.
"Two suspects unconscious," said Chen through the radio.
"Copy, Nora and Ren are engaging several more White Fang members in car 3."
"Should we assist?"
"Nope. Stay there and watch your car."
"Understood," said Chen, before looking to Blanc. "You okay?"
"I'm fine," the Faunus said quietly.
Suddenly, the door from the next carriage burst open, and several more White Fang grunts burst in through the door. One fired a shot a Chen, which narrowly missed as he dodged it. Chen moved in quickly, smashing one of them in the face, before ducking another's swipe, and slashing the guy's stomach with his blades. He blocked a slash from another with his gun, before headbutting him, and kicking him against the door of the carriage. As Chen turned to the door, he managed to catch in the corner of his eye something coming at him full pelt, and barely managed to dodge. There, standing at the door, was a man, with red hair, horns and a mask.
It was the other Faunus from the square. The one Blake was with...
The thing that he had thrown at him bounced back into his hands. Chen narrowed his eyes.
"How's Blake doing?" asked the guy with a smirk.
"Better now she's not in the White Fang," said Chen, glaring at the intruder.
Blanc moved beside Chen, readying her katana to attack.
"Now, that's not very nice," said the Red-haired Faunus, still smirking arrogantly. "I might have to kill you both for that."
"Bring it."
Chen fired several shots at the intruder, but they were easily dodged. Blanc charged in with her katana, swiping at him. Her blocks were easily blocked by the ninjato. He slashed at Blanc, managing to land a hit, knocking her backwards. Chen charged in angrily, firing more shots, each of them being dodged. He blocked several attacks from the blade his attacker was carrying. Blanc ran in again, but the attacker blocked with his blade, and ducked when Chen swiped with the blades of his gun.
Chen was sweating now. This guy was good. He lunged in again, before getting battered away. Blanc prepared to swipe at the guy, but was forced to retreat as the attacker fired from the sheath for his blade. She lunged in again, only to be knocked backwards into the wall.
Chen charged in, managing to make a gash in the attackers forearm. Catching him off guard, he fired his four blades at the man, with intent to kill, and they landed, but the Red-haired Faunus didn't seem affected. It was because he had somehow absorbed the blades with his weapon.
Chen's eyes widened in shock as parts of the intruder started to glow red. Chen began to move away, but he could see that he was going to get hit by the blade of his attacker. Whatever was going to happen, it couldn't be good. He braced himself for impact.
He couldn't die now. He needed to be there for Ruby and Yang. He had never felt so hopeless before.
As soon as the blade touched his arm, he felt pain, much more pain than he had ever felt before, and the last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was his arm disintegrate into many rose petals.
Buh, buh, buh, Cliffhanger. (Sorry guys.)