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Chapter 10 White Devil and Red Spectre

Normally, Leaf spent most of his evenings just relaxing around. Maybe get some bites before tucking in, or even just check up on the updates on his social networking site, play some games on his scroll back in his dorm room to pass the time. It was just that this evening he had to pick his weapon from sharpening at the weapon garage Brock worked at. Nothing too complicated, just pick up his weapon and head back to Beacon.

He, however, did not expect to find his elusive partner at the same store.

He definitely did not expect to get caught in a robbery scheme by the White Fang.

'Man, it feels like I'm a shounen anime main character tonight…' Leaf mentally groaned.

The man in the hoodie smirked as he aimed threateningly at them, "…Hey!" He glared at the employees, "Bring the weapon stash over. And don't bother trying to lie. We know you have it."

"Weapon stash…?" Brock muttered.

The man fires his bazooka, the round explodes on the wall shocking the rest of them as he laughed a little, "Oppsie~ Sorry about that~ My trigger finger is just itchy that I just fired without thinking~" He gave them a smile, "There's no telling if that would happen again~"

Everyone in the store felt as if their spine has turned into ice, the smile he is giving isn't scary at the most, but the tension he is giving out is bone-chilling. The employees minus Brock all left the store and head into the back to get what the hoodie man wanted.

The man then looked around the store, before noticing Ivy kneeling there glaring at him intensively, "Oh? Isn't it the little spy that escaped the docks~" He stated as he walked up towards her, his weapon shifting back into a briefcase that he slung over his shoulder, "What a coincidence. Now I get to finish the job without the interference of that wannabe-vigilante."

He then raised his weapon to block a shot for his head. Lowering it, he glared at Akai who has her sniper rifle aimed and ready, she ejecting an empty shell with a cock. "…Ho ho?"

"White Devil, Blanc Argonaut." She stated as she got up, her weapon still aimed at him armed and ready, "What kind of job do you get this time?"

The employees all ran up the stairs, the couple floors above the store reserved for their stock as well as the weapon stash they have received yesterday. They don't know who needed that many weaponry, especially ones from the BAP, all they got is that it was from someone important.

And it is all going to the White Fang.

They can't believe that they are going to let that happen. But that man's really dangerous and they didn't want the store to turn into a place of massacre, so they could only do as he wanted.

"Is this it?" One of them asked as they entered the floor, several crates with the BAP's family crest on it lied all around.

"Damn those Faunus…!" Another of them grumbled angrily, "To think that we have to… It makes me sick!"

"What can we do?" Another guy stated, "If we don't do as he say…"

"…! We can blow all of this up!" The first one shouted, "That right! We can just destroy all of these! Then the White Fang can only get the ashes!"

"Wait, are you insane?!" One of them shouted angrily, "That could cause the entire upper floors to collapse! We all, including the people downstairs could die!"

"Better than to give it to those animals!" He stated firmly.

"Y-Yeah, but…"

A shot is that fired, the bullet piercing the employee's head, killing him instantly. Behind them, stood a man in a trench coat and wearing a full face Grimm mask with a fedora. "I can't let you do that." He stated with his pistol, a Chiappa Rhino Revolver with a 6 inch barrel smoking.

"W-Who…?"

"You may call me, Siege."

Back at the store, Akai already readied her sniper rifle aimed the crosshairs right between the man, Blanc Argonaut's eye brows, who has his eyes on her with a slight amusement reflecting in his eyes, "My… my oh my~" He chuckled, "I was wondering where you went but to think that you are here in Vale…"

"Akai…?" Ivy looked at her schoolmate with a confused reaction, 'Did she know that crazy man…?'

Blanc swings his briefcase as the weapon shifting into a new form, a huge single edged black sword almost as large as himself with a knuckle guard and its blade is like of a chinese saber. "This changes a lot of things~" He smirked, "You better stand back, White Fang soldiers."

"Mr. Blanc?" The soldiers looked at each other confused at the interaction.

The hooded merc raised his sword so that the tip of the weapon is nearly reaching Akai's face, "It's time I claim your bounty, Red Spectre."

She retaliated with a pull of her trigger, the rifle fired the anti-tank round straight at Blanc but was thrown off course when he pushed the rifle away before the bullet even left the barrel. With the bullet missing the target completely, Akai leaped back to avoid an upward swing of his sword that digs into the ceiling slightly as the blade grinds through the concrete when Blanc swings down at an angle at her. She manages to block that strike with her rifle, one of her pistol slides down her sleeves and she unleashed lead at him.

He maneuverer his sword to blocked the bullets, before his weapon shifted yet again into something like an M60 machine gun and let loose his own volley of bullets. Leaf decided to join in the fight as he brought out a green aura barrier that blocked the lead ammunition. "Red Spectre?" He asked.

"It's a long story." She stated as she brought her rifle up and fired, a clean shot scraped passed Blanc's cheek as he stopped firing before shifting his weapon back into a bazooka and fired the explosive Dust round that broke the barrier before shifting into a sword and slashes down on them. He was then forced to block an incoming boomerang blade that unleashed a burst of fire on impact, which he sends back with a swing, Brock catching it and tossing his other boomerang after.

The wind elemental boomerang clashes onto Blanc sword, this time a burst of wind on impact that sends him back slightly as he skidded on the ground. Lloyd that uses his opportunity to use his sword with electric current sparking between the grooves in the middle of his blade to strike onto the weapon, discharging the electricity at him. Blanc was stunned a little as the large amount of electricity runs through his body, his aura manages to allow the electricity to flow around his body to the ground without damaging his vital organs.

When he tries to move his numb body, within that moment Leaf charges forward with his greatsword ready and swung at him down, impacting onto his aura that sends him flying out of the shop. Blanc somersaulted and landed on his feet with a smirk, just as a portal appears behind him, Ivy leaped out of it with her chainsaw revved-up and she clashes it against him. He easily blocked it with his sword, he glances to her as her chainsaw clashes against his blade before he notices her pulling her trigger and the shot rang.

The Faunus relaxed a little, before her eyes widen in shock as Blanc winked at her with her bullet caught between his teeth, "You got to do better than that, my little Lynx~" He sang, as he pushes her blade back before his weapon shifts once more into a large tonfa-like weapon, it has the same handle as its sword form except shorter with what appears to be a black steel cannon barrel with a box that has ventilation on one of its sides and the spiked-end steel rod inside. With a pull of a trigger, the pike shot out of its barrel and impacted onto her and sends her flying into the air and crashing into one of the upper floors of the building.

The students of Beacon exited the shop, just as Blanc switches his weapon into its bazooka form, Leaf groaned, "Oh, come on-" and unleashed a series of explosive rounds at them. They scattered while dodging the blasts and Brock throws both his boomerangs this time, his wind merged with his fire and the two weapons spun in unison to form a flaming tornado that clashes with the mercenary. The man smirked as he and shifts his weapon into the sword mode and swings out so hard that the sword strike blew the attack away.

He was surprised when Lloyd appeared through the strands of fire with his sword in its dual weapon state and slashes down both his blades at him, Blanc clashes in with his own sword. The leader of BLAZ activate his weapon's electric module and shocked the man, at least that's what he wants to but his opponent shifts his weapon into its base state that caused him to fall forward. Blanc then uses this chance to swing his briefcase down at the young leader, Lloyd manages to get his bearings in time and blocked the intended strike with his right strike and stabs through the gap of their interlock with his semblance's increased reaction time with his other sword, Blanc catching the blade between his fingers just inches from his face.

Leaf took this chance to swing down at him with his two swords, the man easily maneuverer out of the way while tossing Lloyd onto the teen hard. Blanc then shifts his weapon into its tonfa mode before crashing the piledriver pike at the two students, Leaf manages to conjure a barrier to absorb the impact, causing it to break from the force. The man smirked before he moved to the side to avoid a bullet courtesy of Akai, Brock followed suit with charging at him with both his boomerangs wielded as kukuri swords and clashes on Blanc's tonfa.

"I must admit, I didn't expect to get pushed this far by newbies." Blanc stated as he pushes Brock back a little before kicking him in the gut and sends him crashing into Akai, "I might have to get a little serious now~" His tonfa shifts into its sword form, he swings the weapon down hard, impacting the concrete beside him.

"Prepared for the devil, children~" He stated as his eyes turned bright red with black sclera as he grinned, "Because he just came out to play~"

On top of the floor, Ivy grunted in pain as she tries to get up from the shards of glass surrounding the floor around her, her aura protecting her from getting any shards from impaling her skin, "T-That hurts…" She muttered as she struggles on to her knees.

"Well, isn't this a pleasant surprise?"

A familiar voice startled her, looking up to find Siege looking down at her, "Been well, Ivory?"

"S-Siege…" She grunted as she got onto her feet and lift her gun up to aimed at him, "Finally… I found you."

Behind him, the White Fang soldiers are all carrying large crates down the stairs, "Indeed, you have." He stated blankly, "I'm impressed. You manages to track me down. I guess that club owner really knows his stuff around."

"Siege…" She took careful aim as her breathing became more erratic with her finger twitching to pull the trigger.

"You ready to finally finish that order I gave you?" He asked, as he placed his hands behind his back, "Then do it. Shoot me. End me right now."

Her breathes became more shaky with each pant, her vision blurred in and out of focus as she struggles to pull the trigger. Memories of her life with him flashes in her mind from their first meeting to the time Ozpin accepted her into Beacon. She then slowly puts down her weapon, "I… I can't…" She sobbed as tears flowed down her eyes, dropping onto her knees in a sobbing mess.

"…I'm disappointed in you." He stated as he pulls out his revolver and took aim. His eyes narrowed behind his mask, "I expect you to grow when Ozpin recruited you. But you are as weak as you were all those years ago." As he is ready to pull the trigger, the wall behind Ivy exploded into pieces, the night sky and street now visible to the masked man.

Down on the streets, Leaf pants heavily gasping for oxygen as his barrier collapsed around him, bruises all over his face and his sleeves torn slightly. Akai, Lloyd and Brock all looked worst to wear too, bruises all over their faces and their clothes ruffled. Behind them, the upper floor's walls having a large gash that completely opens up the floor to the outside world.

Blanc smirked as he swings again, the students manages to dodge the strike but was then greeted with an upward swing manages to knock them back. Akai slung back her rifle and drew out her pistols and charges forward, her guns blasting lead towards the man who blocked it with his sword. When she reached closed enough, she fires under her and leaped, jumping over him and unleashed another rain of lead on him.

Blanc took the attack with little effect and when she lands behind him, he turned around, about to swing his sword at her only to get crossed slashed from behind by Lloyd and Leaf before Akai then punches straight at his face with her pistol, cracking his nose, and then Brock throws his boomerangs at him, this time when both attacks clashed down against him it explodes into a large burst of fire that consumes him completely.

Akai stood there in preparation for a counter attack as the two members of team BLAZ all relaxed a little, believing that it is finally over. Leaf, too, is looked on with sceptical looks.

"Heeheeheehee…"

"…?!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!" Blanc laughed as a swing from his sword blasts the flames away with ease as he grinned happily, his hoodie all burned away leaving only his long-sleeved undershirt, "THIS IS IT! THE BEST! I KNEW COMING TO VALE IS A GREAT IDEA!"

"What the hell…?" Lloyd muttered in shock, the man pulls his nose back with a loud crack, "What is this man…?"

"The White Devil of Vacuo." Akai stated.

"White Devil…?" Brock asked.

"Blanc! That's enough!" The man looked up, as well as the students there as well. Siege stares down at the man with his eyes drilling holes into Blanc's head, "You have attracted more than necessary attention!"

"Shut up, Siege!" Blanc shouted, "You're just paying me to act as the distraction and that's what I am doing!"

"Distraction?" Leaf wonders, before noticing his partner, sobbing next to him. "Ivy!"

The girl did not move, Siege taking interest as he turned to her, "I see you made comrades." He stated, "Humans at that."

"…"

"Siege, sir!" One of the White Fang soldiers ran up to him and took a salute, "The shipments are secured and ready to go!"

"Good job." The man nodded before facing down to Blanc, "Blanc! The job is done! Finish up and let's go."

"Already~?" Blanc whined, "I'm having a lot of fun now!"

"We got to go. The police is coming this way." He stated, "If you don't, I'm not paying you."

"WHAT?!" Blanc cried, "You can't do that, Siege!" A glare from said man confirmed the truth, "F-Fine!" He huffed as he shifts his weapon into its standby mode, "Just you all wait! I'll get you all next time!" He then ran off while the rest of the White Fang leaving. Siege turned away as he proceeds to walk to the stairs.

"S-Stop, Siege!" Ivy shouted as she got up, lifting her gun aiming at him only for it to get knocked off with a backhand from him and he grabbed onto her throat, lifting her up with her legs kicking the air as she tries to get his hand off.

"Give it up." Siege stated, "You wasted two chances I gave you. There won't be a third." A white blade then make itself known near his neck, the Hooded Vigilante positioning his sword ready to behead the man, "Ah, the vigilante arrives. A little too late, I'm afraid."

He then let go of Ivy's throat and spun while aiming his revolver at him, only to realize that he is gone. The hooded hero leaps out of the building with Ivy in his arms, rolling onto the pavement and letting her down. He then proceeds to run back up in a flash of black. When he got back up, Siege fires a bullet at him which he deflected with his sheathed weapon before unsheathing and strikes at him, the blade skimming across the trench coat like it was a steel wall.

He looked at the blade curiously, the dents on the blade revealing itself to him. "Dust-woven coat." Siege stated as he panted his coat down, "It's as hard as steel armour but retains the clothing's flexibility. It was quite a rare find." He pointed his revolver at him again and fired, the dust bullet flew towards the hero only to get cut down by his blade. This however allow a cover for Siege to take a run down the stairs. The hero was about to give chase after him, just as Blanc appeared behind him having leaped up from the streets several floors up in an instant.

"I'm not letting you!" He smirked as he swings his briefcase at him, but hitting an afterimage as the hero flashed forward and spun to a stop facing the mercenary. Blanc then proceeds to shifts his weapon into its machinegun state and was about to pull the trigger only to find the hooded vigilante appearing in front of him in a flash of black and slashes up at his face, the blade slices between his eyes angled to his left, "Why you…!" He swung his gun at him in hope of hitting him only to him to dodge back in a black flash before disappearing in a flash as well, black streaks slashes passed him as strike after strike hits onto him with lightning speed, impossible for Blanc to counter at all.

With an angry scrowl, he shifts his weapon into its tonfa form and tries slam its pike against the hero, he just re-directed the weapon's path with his own weapon and proceeds to rush towards him, jumped and kneed him in the face. Blanc growled as he switches his weapon back into compact mode and swung the briefcase at him, the hero leaped back via stepping onto his face again before tackling him out of the building, the man crashing back down to the streets.

As he got back up, he was greeted by many pistols aimed to his head, the Vale Police Department all armed and aimed at him, "Freeze! Don't move!" Blanc looked up to see the Vigilante looking down from the roof of another building. He then gave a wave before leaving, mirroring his own escape from that night.

"Damn that guy…" The mercenary groaned before shifting his weapon into a bazooka and fired under him, the explosion created a smokescreen blinding the officers and make his escape, "When I find out who is under that hood…"

He felt up his face wound as he scowled angrily, "Hell's going to pay for it!"

The Beacon students all hang near the crime scene, waiting for the last of them to be questioned by the police. Brock was asked to identify one of the dead men found on one of the floors, leaving only of them waiting for Ivy to finished getting questioned. Leaf was staring absently at the top floor, the scene of Ivy being hold by the neck still fresh in his mind. 'Siege…' He thought, 'Who is he to Ivy…? Why is she looking for him…?'

"Brock, how was it?" Lloyd asked when the teen exited the cordon as all of them turned to him, "Is it bad?"

"Y-Yeah." Brock stated shakily, "It is one of the employees. From what the others told me, they manages to live because they helped the White Fang smuggle away the weapons. Some were shot by the shoulder though."

"Blanc was the diversion." Akai stated, "They must have predicted Huntsmen and Huntresses would be there during the heist…"

"But then, how did they know about the stash?" Lloyd asked, "Brock stated that his manager did not tell anyone outside the employees about it, and he only told me so…"

"He did said that he was holding on to it for a friend but…" Brock said, "The logos on it are from the BAP's assembly line. We don't have a contract with them, so why…?"

"Stolen goods." Leaf concluded, "You have heard it all over the news, right? Several BAP weapon cellars have been found raided with most of the equipment stolen. Brock's boss' friend might have been holding on to it and the White Fang knows of this."

"What if it is the White Fang all along?" Akai pointed out, "Your boss probably isn't part of them, but his friend may be a supporter and is helping them stash the stolen goods until they can move it to a more secure location."

"You serious…?" Brock muttered in shock.

"Want to tell the police that?" Leaf asked.

"No." Lloyd stated, "We have no proof to support our claim. They would just waved it off as some dump kids trying to play detective. We should leave it to them. We're just by-standers to this, and we shouldn't get more involved than we are already. Let's just keep this idea between us for now."

"I agree." Akai nodded, the rest nodding in agreement, although Leaf more hesitantly.

Ivy finally exited the cordon looking down, the rest all crowded around her, "You okay?" Leaf asked worriedly.

"I'm fine." She stated with a shaky smile, "Just… a bit overwhelmed by what's going on…"

"…Is there something you're not telling us?" Akai asked, the Faunus girl flinched at that declaration, "Blanc mentioned that he saw you a couple nights ago. What were you doing then? I doubt you just wandered in unknowingly and came out alive. Blanc has a reputation of leaving no witnesses unharmed."

"I…I…"

"…Is it something to do with that Siege guy?" Leaf asked, she looked away guilty, "It is, isn't it? Who is he to you? Your friend? Father? Lover? Tell me, Ivy!"

"H-He… I-I…"

"Ivory, you better tell us the truth before I make you." Brock stated angrily, "One of my colleagues is dead because of him!"

"Brock calm down." Lloyd tells his teammate placing a hand on his shaking shoulder, "Directing anger towards her isn't going to change anything."

"…" Ivy looked down, keeping quiet with the boomerang user glaring angrily at her.

"Ivy." Leaf walked up and placed both his hands on her shoulders, "You have to tell us the truth, or otherwise we can't help you."

"Help me?" She growled as she pushed him away, "You think this is helping me?! Listen, Leaf Forrest, and everyone here. That man is none of your business! He is my problem, and mine alone! You want to help me? Stick your nose somewhere else."

"I won't!" Leaf shouted, "Ivy, I'm your partner and leader. I'm supposed to help my teammates with their problems as much as I could. Even if you won't want me to, I WILL stick into your business! Because whether you know it or not, you need help for this."

"…" Ivy looked away guilty, "I… Siege, he…"

"Siege, you're talking about that mask guy, right?" Brock asked, "The one in the trench coat?"

"He is…WAS my mentor, my foster parent if you want to call it." She added, "He is the one that taught me how to survive, how to hunt, how to fight, how to steal, how to kill. He is the father that I never knew I needed. But that changed. He gave me an order to kill him, which I disobeyed, and he was never the same. It was after I was caught by the police that Ozpin found me and gave me a second chance. To capture, or kill Siege."

"So you're looking for him, to end it?" Akai asked.

"I'm not too sure anymore." She stated, "I can't kill him, and I can't overpower him at all. He has this control over me that instinctively made me not want to hurt him. Have you been asked to kill your parents before?" The other students looked at each other, "That's what it felt like…"

"…No one should felt that." Leaf stated, "…No one…"

"This is why, Leaf, I want you to stay out of my business." Ivy stated, "As someone who have a complete family and life, as someone who never needed to kill to survive, as someone who doesn't have to shoulder a great burden, isn't going to help me in anyway."

"…I get that…" Leaf muttered, the girl looked away. He then placed his hand on her shoulder, "AS IF I'LL SAY THAT!" He shouted angrily, "Sure, I don't know what it is like to kill to survive, or to just barely able to survive. But that has nothing to do with wanting to help a friend! Asking me to stay out of your business? That's bullshit!"

"L-Leaf…"

"Ivy, listen here and listen well!" He added on, "I want to help you! This Siege man, if you can't do anything against me then leave it to me! I have no connection to him, or to the White Fang! As a standard normal guy, I will help you!"

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Okay, can you save the teen drama till after we go back to the dorms?" Akai asked, "I mean…" She pointed at the cordoned-off area, several police officers and plain-clothes detective all looked on with an amused look on their face.

Leaf immediately blushed before letting go of her shoulders, Ivy stepped back a little as her partner looked away bashfully, "A-Anyway, I'll lend you my aid, as much as you need. If you need the muscle, just let me know."

"…K." She muttered, still slightly stunned from his outburst.

Brock's scroll rang and he opened it up to read the message, "We better get back. Looks like Zi is getting worried over us." He stated.

"Yeah, it's getting late." Lloyd stated checking the time on his scroll, "Curfew is about to start in a couple of hours."

"Let's go." Akai stated as she starts walking towards the Bulldog's station, the rest of them starts following on. Leaf is about to walk before turning to face Ivy, gesturing a hand out to her, "Shall we go?" He asked with a smile.

"…Yeah." She nodded and took his hand, the two of them walking off together, "…I'm glad you're my partner…"

"Huh?"

"Nothing."

…

To be continued…

Yeah! Let the shipping begin! So, is Leaf going to end up with his partner, or would he end up with someone else entirely?!

Sorry if the smut is a little… off… Smut isn't really my forte but the fighting and action stages, those are a real blast to do! The things I could do with RWBY's gun-everything type weaponry! That's one of the reason I started this fanfiction in the first place! This is a place for me to have some real fun!

One more thing:

RWBY Volume 3 coming 24 Oct 2015! All aboard the HYPE TRAIN! CHOO CHOO! The spirit of Monty Oum lives on!

Now then, I wanted to ask you people a random question but it has something to do with what I'm going to do with RAEM's and BLAZ's development.

Do you want any of the OCs to pair up with the canon groups?

I really wanted Akai and Raine to hook up, but more I thought about it, the more it felt really unmatched. From what I have written so far, it does seems that they are hooking up. But it feels unnatural to me.

So tell me what you think, and answer who do you want to pair up with who?

And no, there will be no harem in this fic. Maybe a triangle or even a pentagon, but no harem!

With that, I thank you for reading this!