Author's note: I decided to make a chapter about the way Caboose dealt with Church's disappearance. In this story you'll see that Caboose will also turn into a faunus. Why did the author choose to make some Reds and Blues faunus, because there's not an even ratio. So, I'll tell you what animals will be associated with the faunus changes. Caboose will be part bear faunus, Grif is part wolverine faunus, Donut will be part cat faunus, and Church will be part wolf faunus. If you don't like the changes, I apologize for the inconvenience. Now, anyway back to the story.
Velvet was thankful for the tall blonde to come to her rescue. She had thought that he would think she was a freak, that he would be like other bullies she had to deal with. She had been discriminated for her ears for her whole life and was lucky to meet her teammates by fate. She was nervous when she was walking with him to the evacuation bullhead, given his size. She had stayed quiet during most of the flight.
Until the tall blonde interrupted the silence, "So..." he started, "How are you doing?"
She was caught off by the break of silence she fumbled for words, "Oh, I'm I'm fa...goo...I'm okay." She slapped her forehead judging herself for her procrastination.
Luckily, Caboose was never too good with words either, "Yeah...I know how you feel, I have had that feeling too, but I can almost finish my..." He paused looking for the word.
Velvet was confused making sure he knew what to say next, "Um, are you alright?"
Caboose finished his sentence and answered her. question, "...sentences. But I'm not alright, I'm Caboose." She laughed at his lack of common knowledge as if he was a child with a big imagination. She was happy he was so nice to her, until her happiness was replaced with worries, when he pointed out her bunny ears. She had forgotten her troubles until he pointed her ears out, "Wow, nice bunny ears. Can I try them on?"
She grew red in her cheeks when he asked that, "No, Caboose, they're not something that I can take off."
Caboose tilted his head in confusion, "Why not?"
"I'm a faunus." She admitted to the gentle giant.
"Ohhhhhhh, what's that?" Caboose cocked his head to the side.
She was surprised that he didn't know, "Well, they're like a person with animal traits, You know like ears, claws, or tails."
"Oh, neat." He said, to her surprise he wasn't disgusted by her. He actually found her interesting and more adorable than ever. "So does that mean that they could be like doggies, or kitties, or bunnies like you."
She was happy she wasn't being judged by him, "Yeah, Caboose that's basically it."
"Yes! I got it right!" He over excitedly said. She laughed at his childlike behavior, because it made him look cute and innocent. His adorable acts were not so adorable when he asked her a personal question, "Can I pet your ears?"
She froze with nervousness, wondering what to say without breaking his heart. She looked randomly for an excuse to say to him without sounding rude. Thankfully, by some random coincidence the bullhead landed in the evacuation center for Vale, "Oh would you look at that. We landed, let's go."
With the crowd on the bullhead they made it to the military evacuation site. Velvet was wondering why she was so nervous around the strange human who saved her life. She was always shy around humans who bullied her but this was different this time. She regained focus when she heard a familiar voice call her, "Velvet, over here!" it was her team.
Her team leader Coco was the first to greet her with a hug, then Fox, and lastly Yastusashi. Coco wondered why she wasn't with them when they were evacuating, "So what happened to you? You weren't with us when we left, we were worried something bad happened to you. Did something go wrong?"
She told them the short truth, "Well, I found someone who looked kinda lost, so I brought him on the bullhead. You should see him he's kind and gentle, and he kind of has some mentality issues." she twiddled her fingers as she spoke. "Can we keep him."
Coco asked as if it was a dog she never seen before, "Awww, of course. Where is the little guy?"
Velvet pointed in the tall guy's direction, "Over there, his name is also Ca..."
She was interrupted by a loud booming voice as they saw a tall lean man in grey armor with yellow accents approach the Caboose "Caboose!" the man barked. The man had the top of his head blonde while the rest was black on the sides, he was decorated with a few scars scattered on his face. A small four man squad followed him as he spoke to Caboose. The scarred man had to look up at Caboose, "Caboose, why were you on a civilian extraction vehicle. Also, where's the tank?"
Caboose looked up for a second to remember, "Well, you see it all started when..."
While they were speaking another group of people, team CFYV were eavesdropping and watching them. Coco was the first to comment on the tall blonde giant, "That guy is huge and did you see his arms, he must be really strong."
Fox simply nodded, Yastusashi saw the giant and added to Coco's comment, "You're right, and did you see how tall he was, I'm even intimidated by him."
Coco then removed what Velvet had to say, "Anyway, when do we get to see him?" They were still unaware of the surprise Velvet had. Then the conversation ended with the two armored men across from them. The tall one had his head on a swivel looking for someone in particular. He slowly made his way to team CFYV as the team notice this. Coco alerted her team of his approach, "Hold up, tall, blonde, and handsome issue coming over here."
As the giant was walking over to the group, Velvet walked forward between her team and the giant. She was just a few feet from her team as Caboose drew closer, she motioned her hands together as Caboose was now behind her. She was in front of the tall built teen, "Guys this is Caboose. Can we keep him?" She asked her team, to which they replied with open mouths, "Caboose, these are my friends, Coco, Fox, and lastly Yastusashi." She motioned to each one of her teammates.
Caboose looked at each one of them before saying his normal greeting, "Hello."
Coco looked at the sheer size of Caboose up close, she had now pieced together who Velvet was talking about. She grabbed Velvet's arm and brought her away from the boys, "You didn't say anything about the lost thing you found being a person."
Velvet then corrected her friend, "I never got to tell you he was a human."
Coco rubbed her eyes in defeat, "Okay, you got me there, but we can't keep him like he's a lost dog. Besides that other one looks like his leader."
Velvet looked up at her captain with big eyes, "But Coco, he's lost and confused. He doesn't know where he is or how things work. We're the only people who can guide him, please."
Coco looked at the big friendly giant, he was hugging Yastusashi and Fox as the three were laughing at something. She had no idea how to say no, "Fine, we'll take care of him. Let's go check with his leader and ask if we can show him around Mistral."
Velvet was confused about their next destination, "Wait, Mistral? Why Mistral?"
"Well we can't exactly stay here," she said gesturing to the city, "And Mistral will be like another home."
Velvet then accepted the new reality of the loss of Beacon and Vale, "Okay let's see if Caboose is cool with it."
Velvet and Coco then went to Caboose and the guys, they looked up at the big guy towering over them. Coco inhaled deeply before asking him, "Caboose, how would you like to hang with us and go to Mistral for a bit?"
Caboose took less than a second before answering, "You mean like go with you on an adventure with new friends? ...That would be awesome." He then frowned when he remembered something, "Yeah, well I might have to stay here, because Wash needs someone to keep him company. Also, I'm not sure if Carolina or him would agree."
Coco tapped the big guy's shoulder to comfort him, "Ease up, Blue, I got this." She said as she wondered who Washington was. "Where is he by the way?"
Caboose pointed over to a man barking orders randomly, "He's over there." He said pointing to the scarred up man.
Coco saw her chance to have the muscle on her team go down the drain, she saw how strict he was earlier. She still couldn't give up, she stopped and took a deep breath, now approaching the man in grey armor with yellow accents. She tapped him on his shoulder, "Excuse me, sir, I'm team Coco, leader of team CFYV."
The man just standing about less than a foot taller than her didn't even turn to her, "Hello ma'am, I'm Agent Washington, I would love to chat but I am currently busy with the evacuation and the recovery of the city."
She saw he was busy to pay attention, she took this to her advantage, "Well, Caboose was wondering if he could follow us to Mistral to the save destination." She waited for an answer.
The man now known as Washington was motioning for tanks to move up, "Huh, yeah sure, just make sure to feed him, keep him away from anything dangerous, and make sure you keep an eye on him."
Coco fist pumped the air from excitement as she went back to her team, "Caboose, welcome to the team." Yastusashi patted Caboose's back, Fox tried aiming for his back but only met his mid section in his back. Caboose got a huge smile from excitement as he jumped up and down.
He started rambling about fun things, "I can't wait, we can be friends, we can share secrets and do all sorts of fun things."
He was like a little brother to the team, a little brother that's taller than everyone. Nothing could make this moment better, unless...Coco noticed two round circles on the opposite sides of his head. She interrupted Caboose's happy moment, "Hey Caboose, what are those on your head?"
Caboose felt the top of his head, he felt the two circles, "I I don't really know. Do you?"
Velvet, Fox, Yastusashi, and Coco looked at Caboose with eagerness, as they knew what they were. Coco rubbed the back of her head trying to explain, "Well Caboose...those are ears...animal ears."
Caboose looked at her with a blank face, "What does that mean."
Coco looked at him again, hoping he wouldn't freak out, "Well...it means that you're a...faunus." She said the last part slowly.
Caboose then nodded his head and gave a quick smile, "Ohhhhhhh...neat"
They all laughed and started to board a bullhead towards Mistral, waiting for the next adventure.
So happy this Chapter is done, also letting you all know I'm going to Summer School July 3rd to July 20, minus weekends and Fridays. so many chapters and stories will take longer than others. Also depending on reviews I might stop with just this chapter explaining where Caboose is in all this or make another one and hold off on Weiss's story. Your votes matter to me. Thanks again for all the reads, the support, the followers, the favorites, and the reviews most of all. I enjoy getting emails from all of that means a lot. Thank you, this wouldn't be possible without you.
