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Chapter 25 Past transgressions

Jaune walked down the road staring at his scroll looking at a map leading to some café. He looked up from his scroll to see he just had one more road to turn down to get to the café. He was dressed casually with a pair of black jeans and form fitting grey dress shirt with a black vest over top unbuttoned. On his left hip was his sword hanging. He paused looking back down to his scroll to reread the message he got from Sun. 'Hey Jaune, head to the location I'm about to send you. I think you could help me. Don't tell Blake's team, trust me.' Jaune scratched his head not sure what Sun was thinking. She had disappeared along with Blake a day ago after she had some argument with her team. Ruby and Yang had been going crazy trying to look from Blake. They'd been worried sick running around town all day when Blake hadn't come back. They'd even come out today to do the same with Weiss this time.

That caused some problems for Jaune seeing as he had to wait for RWY of RWBY to get into Vale before he could even leave Beacon. That was a pain but after he got onto the airship and got into town he had to make his way to this weird café Sun messaged him about. He turned down the road just to see the Café right next to him as he looked up to see an open patio on the second floor. He was also lucky to see Sun and Blake sitting right next to the railing silently as Sun used her tail to sip her cup of coffee. He just shook his head walking forward into the café being greeted by a woman serving several tables. He nodded to her politely before making his way to the back of the café heading up the stairs to the second floor. He walked up to see Sun throwing her arms into the air before pointing at Blake when she glared at her.

He walked forward just to hear what Sun was saying. "Before you talk about your story we need to wait for one last person to show up." Blake's eyes narrowed at Sun as she said this. Blake flinched just as she turned when she heard Jaune grab a chair from a table near them. Blake's eyes widened in shock before turning to Sun glaring.

"Why did you call Jaune? How do you even know him?" Sun quickly held her hand's up defensively about to speak only for Jaune to start before her.

"I'm a friend of Sun's." Blake turned to him glaring for a second making him flinch slightly as he sat down. She looked like she wanted to shout at him before huffing as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Fine then, tell me why Sun invited you?" Jaune just shrugged looking to Sun.

"That's for Sun to explain." Blake turned her glare on Sun who flinches before fixing her own glare at Jaune. She sighed after a few seconds before looking back to Blake.

"Well you see Jaune here is a really opened minded kind of guy and he just happens to be the only person I know and trust here in Vale. So, I feel he'll be able to help us out with your problem." Sun smiled at Blake holding her arms out as if presenting Jaune to her. He just looked at her with a blank stare before turning back to Blake with a shrug. Sun just chuckled nervously when Blake turned her stare back on her again. "Right well Jaune you should know Blake here is a Faunus."

"Sun!" Blake shouted making Sun flinch before turning to Jaune who just stared at her in surprise.

"But she doesn't seem to have any Faunas traits. She doesn't have a tail and unless she has some ears hidden under her bow I don't see her being... a … Ohhhhh." Jaune just looked at the bow in slight wonder while Blake slide back in her seat like she was about to run away. Jaune realized she was doing that because he leaned closer to her. "Oh sorry about that, I didn't mean to get into your space like that." Blake didn't move back to her original spot when Jaune pushed himself away but did seem to relax just a little. Still Jaune had wondered why Sun was so interested in helping Blake but know she was a Faunus explained everything. Sun had always tried to help other Faunus when they needed it. While many people disliked that about Sun, Jaune found it endearing but he was pulled from his thought when Blake spoke up drawing his attention.

"You don't care that I hid my heritage?" Jaune tilt his head to the side turning back to Sun who just shrugged at him. He looked back to Blake through his peripherals. She just stared at him waiting for his answer.

"Well I don't really care, hide whatever you want, it's not like I spent enough time around you to really learn about your life. Even if I did know you better why would I care about you hiding being a Faunus. People have a right to their own secrets, who am I to say otherwise." Blake seemed to be surprised by this as her eyes widened slightly before turning away from him with a contemplative stare before letting out a tired sigh.

"I guess I can accept that." Blake moved the chair back to its old spot looking to Sun and Jaune studying them closely. "Well then let me tell you my story." Jaune nodded and watched as Blake went on to tell them about how she grew up participating in Faunus right protests and even being a White Fang member. Jaune had never expected such a thing even if Blake was a Faunus. He knew Faunus have it tough in life because of racist bigots but Jaune grew up were Faunus were treated better than most places so he never knew anyone who fought for Faunus rights. Blake went on to claim how the White Fang started to change when they got valiant. She claimed of all the crimes the White Fang committed. It was a lot to take in for such a short story but it got its point across. "... So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills for violence; instead I would dedicate my life to being a Huntress. So here I am, a criminal hiding in plain view. All with the help of a little black bow."

Blake looked up as the bow on her head wiggled showing she did indeed have ears underneath it. Jaune just leaned forward resting on his elbows as he looked to Blake. "So, did you tell Ruby and the others this? Is that why you ran away?" Blake lowered her gaze down to her tea cup.

"I didn't actually explain any of this to them before I ran away. But they know I had a connection to the White Fang. There is no way they wouldn't after I ran away yesterday." Jaune sighed absently turning to Sun for some help but she didn't seem to know what to say so she just shrugged. He just ran a hand through his hair slowly before leaning back in his seat.

"Well, I guess you aren't going back to Beacon just yet then?" Jaune already knew the answer but he just hoped he was wrong only for Blake to nod her head. He frowned but didn't push the subject before tossing an arm over the back of his chair. "Well then what do you plan to do next then. I can only assume it has something to do with the White Fang."

Blake nodded again but didn't say anything as she stood up dropping some lien next to her tea cup before turning to walk away. Sun was right on her heels and Jaune just paused in his seat wondering if he should follow before letting out a groan of frustration. 'Damn it, I only just dealt with being the target for abduction. Why am I now throwing myself into some terrorist conspiracy?' Pushing himself to his feet he followed Sun and Blake. They walked on out of the café down the road for a while; Blake had a contemplative look the entire time. After several minutes of silence Sun seemed to have been fed up with it as she sighed and spoke up.

"So what are you going to do now?" Blake paused on the sidewalk looking back to Sun and Jaune. She looked away seeming to think more on what she was planning to say before finally speaking up. "I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much dust before." Jaune shared a look with Sun as Blake said this, both frowning before looking back to her.

"What if they did?" Sun waved a hand before her as Jaune crossed his arms over his chest waiting to see what she had to say. "The only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there… Right?" Jaune couldn't argue with that logic and it seemed neither could Blake. She turned looking down to the ground.

"The only thing is, I have no idea where that would be."

"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some of the crew talking about offloading a huge shipment of dust from Atlas." Jaune's eyes narrowed as he looked to Sun who flinched.

"Why were you eavesdropping on the crew?" Sun just chuckled nervously but didn't answer making his eyes narrow more. Before he could put more pressure on her Blake spoke up.

"How huge?" Sun smiled at Blake glad to be out of Jaune's stare as she held her arms over head.

"Huge Schnee freighter." Blake nodded at this and began to walk down the street again. Jaune turned back to Sun who seemed proud of herself for sharing her information with Blake.

"Sun you never answered my question." She flinched looking back to Jaune before chuckling nervously.

"We better get going before Blake leaves us behind!" Sun said quickly chasing after Blake leaving Jaune alone as he just looked up to the sky before holding his hands open as if expecting some godly being to answer his question. When nothing happened he dropped his arms with a huff and went after Sun and Blake.

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'Why the hell am I doing this?!' Jaune thought in frustration as he lay on his stomach atop the rooftop of a warehouse next to Blake looking over the docks. They had been laid up on the warehouse for several hours now and the Sun had long since left. He had no idea what the point was behind them sitting on the roof for so long. They had been there for hours and nothing happened, so there was no more reason to stay. But when Jaune voiced this opinion Blake refused to listen. That frustrated him and he was close to leaving but he couldn't leave Blake all alone or Sun. Actually, thinking about Sun, he looked around them to see the monkey Faunus wasn't around. He turned looking to the end of the roof to see Sun making her way over her arms full of fruit.

"Hey I figured you guys would be hungry so here's an apple." Sun used her tail to set two apples down next to Jaune and Blake. Both of them shared a look before turning back to Sun.

"Did you steal these?" Sun flinched when the two of them asked the same question in unison as she turned away scratching the back of her head with her tail.

"Maybe?" Jaune just let his head fall onto the roof while Blake glared lightly.

"Can you not go more than a few hours without committing a crime?" Sun smirked lightly when Blake said this.

"Oh right this coming from a former terrorist." Blake narrowed her eyes more as what Jaune could only assume was a small hiss slipped from her lips.

"I'm sorry Blake but Sun here is just a kleptomaniac and she can't control herself." Sun turned glaring at Jaune dropping all her fruit while Blake rolled her eyes turning back to watch the docks. Sun mounted Jaune and the two of them began to wrestle along the roof rolling on top of the other again and again. Blake turned to tell them to be quite only for them all to freeze as an airship zoomed over head. Jaune and Sun quickly untangled themselves pushing up to the edge of the roof right next to Blake just as the airships opened up to reveal men and women dressed in white a black clothing with Grimm masks and a red beast head with three slashes on the back. Some of the men had exo armor on while others didn't and the women had nothing all of them jumping from the airship landing on the docks amongst containers.

"No."

Jaune and Sun turned to Blake who just lowered her head sadly. Sun pat Blake's shoulder lightly while Jaune just turned to watch the docks. He didn't listen to Blake as she spoke to Sun to focus on the White Fang members as they went about opening shipping containers looking inside for the ones that had dust. 'Great, now I really want to get out of here.' Jaune thought before reaching up grabbing Blake's shoulder.

"Let's go. You saw the White Fang now you no longer have to stay. We need to…" Jaune didn't get to finish as the sound of someone shouting drew his attention.

"Come on you stupid animals we are on a strict time schedule and we aren't the most inconspicuous thieves if you haven't noticed." He turned with Blake to see a woman with orange hair dressed up very flashily with a bowler cap. Jaune narrowed his eyes for a second. 'Wait I saw her at the police station when Charlie first tried to kidnap me.' He wasn't all too sure what was going on but Blake spoke up drawing his attention.

"Roma Torchwick!" Blake spat the words surprising Jaune as a question came to mind.

"What the hell kind of name is Roma?" Blake shot him a glare for thinking of such a stupid question at such a dire time. He flinched but she didn't say anything about the question.

"She is a criminal, Ruby said she fought her once." Jaune was shocked at what Blake said before remembering Ruby mentioning she fought a criminal, which was why she was able to get into Beacon two years early. But Jaune could think about that stuff later.

"That's great and all but why is she with the White Fang, I thought they hated humans?" Blake's eyes narrowed as she glared down at Roma. Jaune didn't like that one bit as Blake reached behind her grabbing her weapon.

"That's what I'm going to ask." Jaune's eyes widened and he reached out to try and grab Blake to keep her from doing something stupid but he wasn't fast enough as she jumped from the roof. Jaune cursed in frustration as Sun stared in shock.

"Sun go after her try to stop her, I'll get off the roof the same way I came up don't let Blake do anything stupid!" Jaune ordered making Sun flinch before nodding and jumping from the roof after Blake onto shipping containers quickly following after her. Jaune turned and ran to the side of the roof where a fire escape was located and began to slide down the latter before he got close enough to the ground to jump without worry. He hit the ground with a thump and ran to the corner of the building turning just in time to see Blake get behind the well dressed criminal holding her weapon to her throat.

"Nobody move!" Jaune cursed shooting a glare at Blake even if she couldn't see it. He watched as several of the women White Fang members circled Blake. "Sisters of the White Fang. Why are you aiding this scum?" Jaune scowled turning to look down the containers to see one of the White Fang men standing with a rifle aimed at Blake. He cursed, not caring to listen to what Blake and Roma were now saying as he slowly made his way behind the man. He unclipped his sword from his belt keeping it in its scabbard seeing as the man before him didn't have an exo suit to protect him. He took his sword in both hands and smacks the man in the back of the head dropping him to the floor with ease. Just as he did this two more airships came around circling over Blake and Roma. He cursed before an explosion rang out. He turned just in time to see Blake go flying away from Roma.

"Blake!" Jaune moved to help her only to hear gun fire go off as he quickly extended his shield blocking the fire while Roma began using her cane like a gun firing off flares at Blake. He cursed but he couldn't get close with the White Fang in his way. He jumped back behind a container as the Fang members closed in on him firing their weapons. Several of the woman ran his way, hard light swords in hand. He looked over the rim of his shield just in time to see Blake get to cover while Sun came flying down onto Roma. He wanted to help but he couldn't at the moment as he dove backwards dodging the two female Fang who slashed at him. He landed on his shoulder tucking it in rolling backwards across the ground grabbing his swords handle just as he came into a crouch. He lifts his shield blocking a slash coming from his left tilting his sword over his shoulder blocking an over the head strike from the right. The swords hit him with a loud clang as gasps rang out from the two women Fang members.

"A man?!" The woman's shock was enough for Jaune to push himself to his feet knocking their weapons away as her threw a punch with his shield arm slamming it into the face of the woman on his left before slashing at the feet of the second woman knocking her to the ground. Both women yelped in shock before hitting the ground with heavy thumps. Jaune made to run past them only for the other Fang members to come around the container, rifles at the ready. He cursed but didn't stop his charge holding his shield up in front of him as gun fire peppered the face of the shield and his shins. He felt his balance being thrown off but luckily he came to the line of rifle men crashing into them with a dive slamming his shield into the poor man who couldn't dive out of the way.

He hit the ground with a roll turning using the flat of his blade as it slapped one of the men in the face sending him spinning away. Jaune kept his shield to his left hunching forward while gun fire peppered the shield again. He spun slashing out cutting the rifle in two making the man scream in shock before he slammed his shield into his face. He spun around to deal with the other men only to see a bright flare flying his way. It crashed into his face with a deafening explosion that sent him flying back into a shipping container.

"Well would you look at that." Jaune's ears were ringing but he could still hear if muffled as he pushed himself to his feet glaring at Roma as behind her Sun was busy fighting White Fang members. Roma ducked when a screaming man came flying from behind her. She cursed turning back to Sun firing a flare off at her which she blocked with ease with her crazy looking staff. Jaune saw Blake jump over Sun charging towards Roma who just cursed. Jaune was about to go help only for a sword to come flying towards his face. He quickly fell to his knees sliding across the ground as several White Fang members coming at him. This time they were all women who didn't look to happy to see him.

"What do you think one man can do against us?!" One of the women Fang shouted only for Jaune to smirk as she closed in on him. He pushed himself to his feet and slashed out parrying her strike before stepping into her guard slamming his shield into her gut making her buckle over it before she was sent flying back into one more of the Fang. He just smiled rotating his sword in hand as the women stared in surprise.

"Sorry to break it to you but this one man happens to be a Huntsman." Jaune could see the shock on the woman's faces even if they were wearing masks. 'Good they're shocked if I can play this bluff the right way I should be able to get out of this ok.' Jaune thought lifting his shield before him ready to fight. "Why don't you come and see what I can do."

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