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Chapter 21: Inner Conflict

(Few Months Late: The Vale: Vytal Festival)

Team RWBY and PHNK are at the Vale, traveling to the docks. During their travel, they saw the people of Vale setting up for the Vytal Festival.

"Wow, the Vital Festival." Weiss said eagerly. "This is absolutely wonderful."

"I don't think I've seen you smile so much Weiss." Ruby said, looking at her partner. "It's kinda weirding me out…."

"How can you not smile?" Weiss questioned. "The Vytal Festival is about celebrating the culture of the world! There will be dances, parades, a tournament. The amount of planning and preparation for this is amazing!"

Yang sighed. "You really do know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring."

"Agreed." Naruto nodded his head.

Weiss glared at the two of them. "Quiet you two." Weiss then turned to Harry eagerly. "So, will we go play in the events together?"

Harry smiled. "We will, Weiss. I just need to do some things before I can join the tournament?"

"Does it have to with the Order of the Phoenix?" Percy asked curiously. Harry nodded.

The two teams then got to the docks. "Remind me again why we're at the docks?" Yang complained.

"I heard that students of Vacuo will be arriving here." Weiss stated. "And as a representative of Beacon, it is my duty to greet them."

Blake turned to the others. "She wants to spy on the competition to get an edge in the tournament."

"You don't know that!"

"That explains so much."

"Quiet, idiot!" Weiss glared at Naruto. "And you mind telling me why decided to come here?"

Naruto grinned. "Meeting a contact of mine from Haven. He should be coming here soon, and I've been meaning to talk to him."

"Contact?" Katniss asked curiously. Naruto turned to Katniss.

"I'm a spymaster, remember? I got contacts in every part of the four kingdoms." Naruto told her. "There are even some hidden in the Schnee Dust Company."

"What?" Weiss whirled around and glared at the blonde.

"Kidding." He held his hand up in surrender, though there is a smirk on his face. "Maybe."

Before Weiss could attempt to interrogate him about, Ruby' startled "Woah" interrupted the conversation. They all went to what she was staring at to see a broken in dust stop, yellow tape all around it.

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Another robbery?"

"Another?" Ruby turned to Naruto curiously. "What do you mean by another?"

"My contacts been telling me that the robberies in the dust stores have been increasing lately." Naruto said. "A majority of them have been stopped, but there were some that had succeeded. Weirder thing is, they stole the dust instead of the money."

"Dust?" Katniss looked at him with a small frown. "Why do they need all that dust for?"

"Whatever it's for, it's nothing good." Percy stated. "Think we should check out what they're for?"

"I'll take the lead." Harry said. "I recognize the uniforms. Those are my men at the crime scene."

"Then lead the way, partner." With that, the group followed Harry to the crime of the scene.

The men at the crime scene are wearing the Order of the Phoenix uniforms. Red long sleeve shirt, gold armor vest, crimson cloaks with gold linings on the collars, and crimson jeans.

When Harry and the others got close, the two men spotted their commander. Quickly, they stand attention. "Commander Potter, sir. Are you here because of the crime scene?" One of the men asked.

"Was in the area when I saw it." Harry answered. "Report."

"Look like a break in during the night, when the store closed." The other officer spoke up. "The owner didn't have any signs of injuries and was surprise to this happen. Like the other stores, all the dust is stolen while the money is still there. Suspect it to be the work of the White Fang or Roman Torchwick."

Harry nodded. "I see. Carry on men." The two men saluted before returning to the crime scene. Harry turned to the others. "Did all of you get that?"

All of them nodded. "I wonder which one who did it." Naruto mused. "Both been gathering a lot of dust lately."

"My money's on the White Fang." Weiss stated. "I can see them doing this."

"And why are you so quick on blaming the White Fang?" Blake questioned, narrowing her eyes at Weiss. Ruby, Yang, Harry, and Naruto groaned, knowing where this will be going.

"Why?" Weiss repeated, crossing her arms. "Because those insane faunus have targeting dust shops, ships, and cargo trains for a long time."

"The White Fang are not a bunch of psychopaths. They are a bunch of misguided faunus."

"Misguided?! They want to wipe all of humanity from the face of the planet!"

"Then they're extremely misguided." Blake reiterated. "Besides, it doesn't explain why they would rob a dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale."

Naruto sighed. "She got a point. The White Fang usually target dust companies themselves, and if they would to target shops, it would to steal money."

"Maybe it was Roman Torchwick that I ran into a couple of months ago." Ruby suggested.

Harry smiled. "It's still impressive you were able to fend off Torchwick and his goons." That got a hearty blush from Ruby.

Weiss let out a 'hmph'. "That still doesn't change that the White Fang are a bunch of scum. Those faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."

"Okay, while I do agree those currently in the White Fang are scum, the last part is a bit too far." Naruto stated with a frown.

That got a scoffed from the heir. "Of course you would defend them, since you're the sa-"

"Weiss, unless you want all your clothes either shredded, dyed, or covered in muck, I suggest you do not finished that sentence." Naruto warned her coldly. His warning caused Weiss to clamp her mouth shut. "Good. Glad you value your dignity."

Blake couldn't help but smirked at Weiss being shut up. Before anything else could be said, they heard a shout from the ports. "Hey! Stop that faunus!"

Everyone perked up before running over to the noise was at. They were met with a blonde haired boy, with a opened short sleeved jacket and jeans on, and a monkey tail, running from a group sailors.

Before said sailors could catch him, the monkey faunus jumped off the boat and onto a light post. "You no-good stow-a-way!" One of them shouted.

The monkey faunus clearly looked offended. "Hey! A no-good stow-a-way would've been caught! I'm a great stow-a-way!"

Naruto walked closer to the port with a smirk. "Hey, Sun!" The monkey faunus, now named Sun, to his direction. "Glad you got here on time! Welcome to Beacon!"

"Naruto!" Sun grinned before jumping off the light post and landing right beside Naruto. "Glad to be here! Haven't seen you in a while!"

"I got a Vacuo earlier than you did." The two blonde faunus shook hands with one another. "How's Haven?"

"Pretty good. I can't for you to meet my team." Sun stated.

Before they could talk more, Harry spoke from behind them. "So, I'm guessing this is one of your contacts Naruto?"

The fox faunus turn his heads towards his team and Team RWBY, and nodded. "This is Sun. One of the people I got contacted at Mistral. Sun, this is my team and four girls with us is Team RWBY."

"Yo." Sun waved at the group. Ruby, Yang, Percy, and Harry respond in kind, with all of them huntsmen and huntresses giving their names. Weiss, all the while, is giving him a suspicious glare.

"So you're with this idiot?" Weiss questioned, jabbing her finger at Naruto.

Sun nodded, folding his hands behind his head. "Yeah. Me and Naruto go way back."

"Great. Another faunus rapscallion I have to deal with." She huffed. That a got glare from Blake. "So, you're also from Haven? If that's the case, then I have a couple of questions."

Suddenly, another voice entered in. "Hey, you! Get over here!" They all turned to see two cops running towards Sun.

"Crap, it's the fuzz." Sun stated, ready to run. "I'll catch up later Naruto. Gotta run." With that, the monkey faunus ran away, the two cops right on his tail.

"Wait! After him!" Weiss ran after the monkey faunus, causing Yang, Ruby, and Blake to follow the heiress. That also left Team PHNK by themselves.

"...Should we go after them?" Harry inquired. Percy tapped his chin in thought before shaking his head.

"No. Something telling me we don't want to be mix in that right now." The son of Poseidon stated. "Besides, we have our own schedules right now, don't we?"

"Ah, right." Harry then turned to leave. "I'll be going. Talk to you guys later."

"I'm going too. Gonna see if Peeta needs any help at the bakery." Every weekend, Peeta opens up his bakery and serving bake goods. Many come over to his bakery, since his cakes, cookies, and other iced goods are very beautiful and tasty.

While Harry and Katniss leaved, Naruto and Percy looked at one another. "I'm going to touch up on my other contacts." Naruto told him. "You?"

"Check on the staff at Hestia's orphanage. See if they and the kids are doing alright." Percy told him. Naruto nodded.

"Okay, then." With that, the two separated to do their respective tasks.

(Beacon, Night)

The team met back up with each other at the entrance of Beacon, and proceeded to get back to their dorm room. "Wonder if the girls manage to catch up with Sun and the police?" Harry said in musing. "Weiss look very determined to get any info."

"Knowing Sun, he probably made a clean getaway." Naruto responded. "He's always been good at getting out of sticky situations."

"One of the reasons why you made him one of your contacts?"

"Exactly."

"Well, hopefully, that chase stopped the tension between Weiss and Blake." Percy commented with a frown. "It's been getting worse and worse every day."

"It'll only get worse until they fully confront each other." Katniss sighed. "And that confrontation will be probably be explosive."

Percy closed his eyes and sighed. "Then we'll have to deal with it when it happens." Percy decided. "Naruto, Harry, I trust the two of you can talk to them?"

The two guys nodded. "Good. Then when it the tension goes off, be ready to fix the damage."

Just as he said that, the door of Team RWBY's burst open and Blake got out running, passing Team PHNK. "Blake, wait, Blake!" Ruby shouted, looking through the door.

"...I'm guessing that point is now." Naruto deadpanned. He and his teammates went to the door of Team RWBY's room, and saw Yang and Weiss looking shock. "What did we miss?"

Ruby took it upon herself to explain. "Well, after we went chasing Sun and failing, Weiss and Blake ended up getting into an argument all day."

"I'm guessing it was about the White Fang or faunus in general?" Harry inquired. Ruby nodded.

"Yes. And, well, during that argument….Blake revealed that she's a faunus. And that she's in the White Fang." That caused Harry's, Percy's, and Katniss's eyes to widen. Naruto, however, merely sighed.

"Knew it was going to be revealed one way or another." That got all eyes on him. Weiss, especially, got her full attention towards him.

"You knew?" Weiss questioned in anger. "You knew she was a part of the White Fang?"

Naruto crossed his arms. "Yes, I knew she was. Blake and I knew each since childhood. Plus, we faunus has extremely good scent, so even if we didn't knew each other, I would've found out."

"And why, pray tell, did you not tell me when I was sleeping in the same room with one of those terrorist?"

"Let me remind that she was in the White Fang." Naruto stated with a frown. "Trust me, if she was still loyal to them, either you would've been dead by now or I would've subdued before she could try."

Weiss snorted in disbelief. "And I'm suppose to believe you? For all we know, you're still part of the White Fa-"

"Weiss, be quiet! Now!" Harry said sternly, fixing a look towards the heiress. Weiss looked at him in shock before doing what he told her. He turned to Ruby and Yang. "Can you give us a longer summary? Blake's and Weiss's opinion?"

So, Ruby and Yang told Team PHNK everything. How the argument got back up, the different views between Weiss and Blake, and the end results of it. All the while, the more experienced team listen on silently.

Finally, after they finished, Naruto silently walked to the window. "I'm going to get Blake. Talk to her." He told everyone. The fox faunus opened up the window before jumping out of it.

"Weiss." The heiress stiffened when she heard Harry's stern voice entered her brain. "Let's talk at the roof. Now." She nodded meekly, knowing that she's in trouble.

The two left the room, leaving Percy, Katniss, Ruby, and Yang by themselves.

Yang snorted. "She's so whipped."

(With Harry and Weiss)

Soon, the two got to the rooftop. As soon as they were there, Harry turned and glared at Weiss, making her feel small. "Weiss, I know and understand why you distrust Faunus, but your holier than thou attitude when dealing with Faunus will get you into a lot of trouble one day. Do you even know Blake's story? Why she joined? Or why she agrees so vehemently with their ideals?" Weiss shook her head meekly. "Then that gives you no right to assume you know everything about all Faunus in general."

The green eyed wizard ran a hand through his hair. "Look Weiss, Blake's a lot like you in many regards," he explained, making the heiress look up at him. "Her father? He was the original leader of the White Fang, before he stepped down and Sienna Khan took over." Weiss's eyebrows shot up at that. "Blake believes in the White Fang mostly likely because her father tried his absolute best to try and promote equality between humans and Faunus. Much like how you want so badly to believe in your grandfather's company, the two of you know what's happened to them and are striving to correct the mistakes of the past."

Weiss looked down again at this. Harry sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder. "You've put your trust in Blake up to this point right? Isn't that enough?" he asked. "She hasn't let you down yet, and you haven't let her down, correct?" Weiss shook her head. Harry smiled at her and poked her forehead playfully. "Then continue to trust in her. She's not a bad person. Neither are you."

Weiss thought about his words. Finally, she smiled. "You're right. I just need to continue trusting her." The heiress then sighed. "Guess I need to apologize to her, like I did with Ruby."

"You should." Harry agreed. "But let Naruto talk to her first." Weiss nodded to that. "Alright, let's go back to our dorms and wait for them."

(With Naruto and Blake)

It didn't take long for Naruto to find Blake. A few tree hops away, and he spotted Blake in the middle of the sidewalk, leading towards Beacon. The bow she was wearing is in her hands now, revealing her cat ears.

Standing upside down on the tree, he spoke. "Been awhile since I seen those cat ears." Blake sharply turned when she heard Naruto's voice. "No need to explain to me anything. Found out what happened from Ruby and Yang."

Blake looked down, gripping her fists. "I can't believe how short-sighted she was being. I expected from the Schnee, but still…."

"While I agree that some of her comments towards my friend wasn't warranted," Naruto jumped off from the tree and walked closer to Blake. "She wasn't being bias or racist. That was her with understandable trust issues. If anything, you were being bias."

"I'M the bias one?!" Blake screeched at her oldest friend.

"And you're kind of racist," Naruto supplied, making the cat Faunus glare hotly at him. "You assume Weiss is racist against Faunus because she's a Schnee, without thinking that under Khan, the White Fang have done countless horrible things to her family." Blake winced at Naruto's cold tone. "You think we've got it tough simply because Faunus have always been persecuted. You forget that Faunus have done the same to humans for the same amount of time."

Blake flinched away from Naruto. "I-I don't want to hear this..."

"Too bad, because I'm not shutting up," Naruto told her. "You still believe that since humans hate Faunus, they have to fight, which is why you didn't immediately quit like Gaara, myself, and your parents did. Tell me Blake, just why did you stop thinking that?"

"T-That's not..."

"So you still believe Khan's bull? THAT's why you're racist, Blake. Even before he became leader, Khan was a total racist dick. He doesn't understand violence proves the world right."

"That's not true!"

"Then why did you leave them?!" Blake flinched again. "If you believed they were just, why leave them then?!"

"I'm not a killer!" she protested.

"So?! That's what you have to do, if you think violence is the answer! You have to kill to prove you're right! Isn't that what you wanted, Blake?! To prove you're right?!"

"N-No! N-not like that!"

"Then WHY?!"

"I DON'T KNOW!" she cried. "I don't know, ok?! Maybe it's because I'm a coward! Or that I didn't want to be a killer! I just don't know anymore!" Her eyes brimmed with tears as she tried to force herself not to cry.

Naruto sighed and pulled her into a hug. She stiffened at the contact. "You try so hard to be tough, Blake, that you forget you're not invincible," he said. "That's not you, Blake. Stop acting like Adam, and be yourself again. I'm not asking you to change right away. I'm asking you to think before you act, something you have a problem doing." Naruto chuckled a bit. "Think you can do that?"

Blake thought about his words. After a moment, she nodded. "I'll try."

"That's all I ask." With that, Naruto ended the hug. Blake quickly went to wipe the tears that were threatening to come out. "So, you want to go back to your team? Talk to Weiss about this?"

Blake shook her head. "No. Not right now." Straightening up, she told him this. "I want to find out who's stealing all that dust. If it's the White Fang or Roman." She looked at him. "Can you come with me? Help me find out?"

Naruto grinned. "You think I'll let you take this on by yourself? Not a chance." He stated. "Besides, I've been meaning to go find out about that."

Blake smiled. "Then let's go find somewhere to stay. I….want some time to think."

"I understand, Blake. Bet Weiss will need that time as well." With that, the two faunus walked away from Beacon, to find a find a place to stay before starting their investigation.

And that's the end. I hope you guys liked this chapter. The next chapter will end volume 1. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.