"So, anything new at Signal?" Ruby asked her uncle.

"Ah not much my dear," Qrow replied. "Work, marking, the usual. Though your father and I had a battle for old time's sake."

"Who won?" asked Yang.

"We tied. Although if we went a little longer, I would have beaten him."

"Modest much."

"What of you girls? What wild adventures have you been on?"

"Uh, nothing much," said Ruby.

"Of course. But I'm sure one of you at least read the newspapers." Qrow held up a newspaper article of a building being destroyed. The girls' eyes popped open. "Funny what it says. 'A building was destroyed a few days ago in what appeared to be a terrorist bombing. Witnesses nearby who observed the destruction recall seeing a blue figure leaving the area shortly after the incident. Police also found rose petals from within the remains of the building. Authorities have assumed that this may be the work of recently escaped criminals Roman Torchwick and Cinder Fall, however leads to this are as of yet unconfirmed.' Of course none of you would have anything to do with that, am I right?" The girls paused and awkwardly looked at one another.

"N-not at all uncle."

"Hmm. What about you Cameron? You wouldn't happen to know anything about this would you?"

The hooded boy looked at the huntsman. "Wouldn't have a clue what went on," he replied.

"I see, Huynher…"

"We're approaching the area sir!" called out the pilot.

"Pop the hatch when safe and give us an ETA."

"ETA, 60 seconds. Opening hatch." The pilot opened the door and the group looked out to the abandoned city.

"Alright ladies and gent, lets get ready to rock." The students drew their weapons and prepared to drop. "Let's go!" The students jumped out of the airship and landed on the rooftop of an old building. Qrow followed. He whistled as soon as he landed and a dog jumped out of the ship before it left.

"ZWEI!" screamed Ruby happily. Zwei hopped into her arms and licked her face.

"Your father asked me to bring him. He missed you girls." Ruby laughed as the dog licked while Yang and Weiss petted him. Blake hid behind Huynher who looked at the dog. Qrow noticed Blake. "Not a dog person I take it?"

"No…" said Blake shyly.

"You own a dog?" asked Huynher.

"Yeah," replied Ruby. "His name's Zwei." The dog looked at the hooded boy and barked happily. The boy simply looked at the dog with an eyebrow raised.

"Should we get moving Professor?"

"Yes well, it would be a good idea," said Qrow. "Shall we?" He led the group on.

Later that day…

"And so he tried to get the jump on me from behind but I ducked under his fist, caught his hand and started beating him with his own body," laughed Qrow as the group walked through the ruined town. Everyone else laughed along with him except Huynher and Weiss.

"Wait, beating him with his own body?" Weiss questioned. "That doesn't seem physically possible."

"You have to buzzkill everything, don't you?" Ruby said.

"Oh be nice to your partner Ruby," said Qrow. "Besides, I don't think a little girl is physically capable of carrying a high caliber sniper scythe."

"Hey! I'm stronger than I look!"

"Hehehe…" Qrow looked over to Huynher who still had not responded. "So Cameron, you've been awfully quiet."

"Just sticking to the mission sir," he replied.

"Just relax boy, we're only a little ways way to the next district."

"By the way Uncle," said Yang. "Have I told you that Ruby and Huynher are a thing?"

"WHA-YANG!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Whoa whoa whoa! When did this happen?" Qrow questioned with a surprised smile.

"IT NEVER HAPPENED! WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!" Qrow looked over to Huynher with a cheeky grin.

"Huynher?"

"Hey, don't look at me!" Huynher replied. "I don't know how pick up chicks."

"Oh that's bull!" said Yang. "How can a half decent guy like you not know how to pick up women?"

"Okay first off, I don't know how. I'm cursed. Second, half decent? Really? And third, she doesn't want a relationship. So even if I did, I'd get shot down."

"Well, if you could date my niece, would you?" Qrow asked. Everyone looked at him for an answer.

"I-I think she's nice but I'm not romantic."

"That doesn't necessarily answer my question…" Qrow stopped and looked around.

"Something wrong uncle?" Ruby asked.

"We're not alone anymore." Everyone looked around. Beowolves could be seen on the buildings around them. They howled summoning more of their kin to their prey. Soon, more appeared on the streets, completely surrounding the hunters.

"Have a plan professor?" Huynher asked.

"No, instead I was hoping that one of you might have a plan."

"There's not too many, we should be able to take them." The students drew their weapons and stood ready to defend themselves. Huynher quickly morphed his glasses as Qrow whipped out his scythe.

"You're gonna fight?" asked Ruby.

"Let's see how much you've improved." The group awaited the first attacks of the Grimm. Within seconds, the beasts charged. Everyone used ranged attacks to hit the incoming monsters until those on the building jumped at them. "Scatter!" Everyone split up into pairs and rushed at the beasts on the ground.

"Enabler!" Ruby shouted. Yang ran ahead of her sister and bashed through a wave of Beowolves. The blonde then jumped into the air above a large group of the creatures. She smashed the ground on her descent causing a shockwave that sent the wolves airborne, allowing Ruby to pick them off whilst they were in the air. Another Beowolf snuck up behind the younger sibling and prepared to strike her. Ruby heard the creature in time to counter it and slice the beast in half, head to toe.

Blake and Weiss were slashing through a small group of Grimm together. The pair's quick movements put an end to the Beowolves in seconds. Another team of monster lunged at them from the buildings. Weiss summoned glyphs that stopped and held the Beowolves in the air, unable to move. Blake jumped into the air, switching Gambol Shroud to kusarigama and swung it around, cleanly killing the foes. She landed in time for yet another group charging at the duo.

"Switch!" Weiss called. Blake and Weiss exchanged weapons before attacking their next wave. Blake rushed ahead and used her semblance to slash the first pair that came. The faunus girl then jumped into the air again and turned the dust chamber of Myrtanester to ice dust. She waved the rapier and sent ice shards at the beowolves, freezing them at first touch. Weiss summoned glyphs to skate over to the frozen Grimm and sliced through them all with an attack on each. She stood upright after at the same time the ice slowly cut in half.

"Not bad," Blake complimented.

"Not bad yourself." Meanwhile, Qrow and Huynher were fighting off the last group of Grimm. Huynher shot down the wolves as they ran at him with his SMGs as Qrow sliced the group behind him. Qrow sliced one of the Beowolves in half, head to toe. His scythe was impaled in the ground.

"Sub!" Qrow called.

"Catch!" Huynher threw the SMG at Qrow who expertly caught it on the grip. The hunter kicked himself off the ground and flexed his body up into the air above his scythe. He shot the Beowolves with the half of Solaris he had and scored headshots on the Grimm. "Sword!" Qrow got back on his feet and switched the SMG to sword mode before throwing the weapon to Huynher. Huynher jumped over the sword as it spun towards him. The thrown half of his weapon found itself lodged in the chest of a Beowolf. Huynher landed and combined both halves of Solaris into twinsword and attacked another pair. Qrow had shot over him after slicing through another monster.

"Switch!" Huynher threw Solaris at the Professor while Qrow dropped his scythe to him. The pair exchanged weapons and Qrow stabbed another Beowolf as he landed. Huynher used Qrow's scythe to slice the last pair of Grimm, cleanly decapitating them.

"Not bad for an old man," Huynher smirked.

"Not bad for a dreaming child." The two exchanged weapons back.

"You know that move uncle!?" Ruby asked impressed.

"Who do you think gave him that idea?" Qrow compacted his scythe and sheathed it.

"You what?"

"Your uncle's a good teacher," said Huynher, morphing his glasses back. "One of the best I've had."

"One of the best?" Qrow questioned. "I'm hurt Cameron."

"I'm sorry, was I supposed to give an honest or supportive answer?" Qrow and Huynher chuckled lightly. One last hiding Beowolf in a building ran out and lunged at Huynher. RWBY noticed.

"LOOK OUT!" The 4 screamed. Huynher saw the wolf in the corner of his eye. He prepared Chiara and was about to attack the Grimm when Zwei jumped up and bit the Beowolf's neck and tackled it out of the air. Zwei continued to bite at its neck before decapitating the monster. He dropped the head and barked triumphantly.

"Good boy Zwei!" said Ruby happily. Zwei barked happily back and ran back to Ruby. Huynher stared at the dog with a surprised look on his face.

"Your dog…" He started.

"Saved your life?"

"I was gonna say is brutal, and I could have taken it."

"Sure you could."

"Should we get moving Uncle?" asked Yang.

"No, it'll be dark soon. Ladies, if you would set up camp in one of the buildings. Cameron and I will secure a perimeter."

"Got it," said Team RWBY.

"Excellent. Let's go Huynher." Qrow and Huynher left the others and walked down the street.

Later that day, cut to edge of town…

"You're doing well I see," said Qrow as they walked. "How is Beacon?"

"It's good," Huynher replied. "I'm doing well in all classes and stuff."

"You always were a smart cookie."

"Now if only I could solve all the world's problems…"

"Care to tell what happened the day of the festival?"

"I blocked a shot from an assassin and someone killed him. I was framed for god sake."

"I was never accusing you Cameron; I just wanted to know what happened."

"Sorry it's just…It's been very rough these last few months."

"Well, Reece was always cunning."

"How'd you know?"

"Connections. Huynher, you don't have to hide anything. I am no longer your teacher."

"But you're still a huntsman. He's my friend and he's my problem."

"I take it then that you haven't told Magenta?"

Huynher sighed in response. "What am I gonna tell her professor? Her boyfriend is some psychopath that's trying to take over the kingdom?"

"I'm pretty sure she could handle that."

"It's not…I just…I can't tell her."

"Why not?"

"Let's just say he says he knows more about something than what I thought he knew."

"Hmm…" There was silence between them. They walked up to a tall building.

"I'll scout from that building." Huynher raised Chiara and shot her grappling hook to the top and scaled the building. Once at the top he then pulled out Solaris and switched to gun form to scout. There were no signs of activity. He sheathed his sword and jumped down to Qrow. "No Grimm in the area."

"Excellent. Well we best get back to the girls." The duo began backtracking to the campsite.

"Professor, can I ask you a question?"

"What is it you seek from me, young one?"

"What do you…"

"What do I?"

"Well…what do you fight for? Why did you become a huntsman?"

"Hmhm…well, call me naive but I just wanted to be a hero. Someone who saved the world, slayed demons, got famous and occasionally, got good with the ladies, ehehehe…" Qrow quickly looked at Huynher who showed no sense of humor. "But of course, over time you mature and realize there's more to a job than one expects. Mind you, I got a fair amount of what I initially wanted but, I found a bigger purpose to being a hunter."

"And what was that?"

"A future to look forward to. A place where all people are safe and life may flourish. Still a naive idea but better to have faith in something-"

"Than nothing at all."

"Stealing my lines, are we?"

"I don't see them trademarked, Professor."

"Hmm…I guess not." Qrow looked up to the sky, seeing the moon beginning to rise. "Mind if I ask you a question?"

"Aren't you already asking one sir?"

"What do you remember of her?"

"Excuse me?"

"What do you remember of Hayley? The day you met her, the day you both crafted your weapons? Which days do you remember?"

"I remember everything. The first day I met her, I pissed her off and starved. The day I actually met her, you made me shit myself."

"You're welcome, by the way."

"Creating Solaris, meeting Reece and Mags, beginning of CHRM...I remember everything about her. Why ask me this?"

"Because I want to know why you fight. You once threw away everything you had, lost the people closest to you and essentially, had no reason to live. Yet despite all that, you never gave up."

"You know why I fight."

"Do I, Cameron?

"We shared a dream. We both thought, why is the world the way it is? We asked, why are we here? We questioned and questioned, expecting to be able to answer one another but...we couldn't. We thought if we are equal, why are we so quick to claim superiority over others. We thought if people were free, why do some attempt to control us. We went beyond ideology and wanted to know why the world, despite what it wants to believe, isn't what we think it is."

"So you fight for answers."

"I fight because I realized that the answer I seek cannot be found within one lifetime. Instead, the response I got was a chance at life. One with friends, family and people who saw me as more than just a curse. I fight to create the answers I seek. To know that the world is actually what we want it to be; equal, peaceful and free. I fight because...I want to see that world. The world we shared. The world we forged." A tear escaped Huynher's eye but he caught it before it touched his face. "So how's that for naive, professor?"

"One would think you insane-"

"Not insane, cursed.

"-but then another would see you as brave." The pair rounded the last corner to their campsite. "Well, I'd say today was pretty-"

Bang!

A bullet came flying at their feet. They looked up at the shooter, Ruby, stationed high in the building.

"SORRY!" she screamed nervously. Qrow chuckled.

"YOU MISSED!" he shouted back.

"IT WAS A WARNING SHOT!"

"HUNTRESS' DON'T TAKE WARNING SHOTS ON GRIMM!" He turned to Huynher. "Kids these days huh?" The duo walked up the building and joined the others. "Well, excellent day everyone. Eat your dinners then you have until 9.00 until it is bedtime for you all. I will take the first watch and we will swap every 2 hours. So who is next shift?"

"I got it," called Weiss.

"Very well then. Eat up." The group ate then did their own things. Yang and Ruby played video games against each other on their scrolls, Weiss was with Zwei petting him, Qrow was reading the newspaper he brought and Blake looked into the fire thinking. Her attention was caught when she saw Huynher walk upstairs to the rooftop. She followed him. He stopped near the edge of the building and looked at the moon. Blake walked up to him.

"Thinking about her?" she asked.

"Thinking about what he's up to," he replied, not looking back. "How long has he been planning this and why he's doing it." He got out his cube but Blake put her hand over it.

"Don't worry. We're close."

"We're not close enough!" He turned around. "Not even I know what he's doing and he's out there making his finishing touches on his plan no doubt!"

"You told us this wouldn't be easy."

"Still, there's so much more that needs to be done!"

"Huynher!" she sighed. "We will find him. We will stop him but these things take time, you said it yourself."

"I know it's just…" He looked back to the moon then back to Blake. "I feel like not doing enough."

"You're doing your best. That's all that matters."

"And what if that's not enough? What if my best won't stop him? What if my best gets everyone killed?"

"Cameron, you're better than that." She hugged him. "Your best is all you can do. If you push yourself too hard then you'll tire yourself. That is what will get us killed." Huynher paused for a second then hugged Blake back.

"I'm sorry."

"You don't have to be. You just have to be patient."

"I know…" Huynher sighed. The two released from the hug.

"We should head down, the others might suspect something."

"Yeah, and I don't think Sun would be too happy about you hugging me." Huynher smiled a bit.

"W-whatever…" The duo went downstairs and joined the others.

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AN: I'm still alive {Reader:...Nobody cares} Oh...I see. I-I know when I'm not wanted...*slowly walks off stage*...I'm not sad at all...*cries in corn*- HAH! Who do you take me for? I don't cry, I'm a man! Well, not yet. Technically in-Anyways, I said a week and ended up tripling the time frame (so duh sorrow). Moment after we get exams back, I'm bombarded with tests and assignments. That and figuring out dialogue with Qrow sorta sent me into a half-week writer's block, but then hey, I brought Zwei into this (today was a good day...). Anywho, V3 is now in production and being directed by Kerry if you didn't already know. May we wish him luck in following through with Monty's creation. Lastly, apparently someone from the RT office was on the RWBY wiki in the Where's Waldo Audiobook short. By the looks of it, he is looking up the Black Trailer's Atlesian Knights. Could this mean something? Remember that Monty kept up with the RWBY wiki's account in order to f**k with our minds about speculations. Now, I would say the next chapter would be ready in the week but I actually haven't had the time to put pen to paper (or hand to keyboard in this case...). I'll upload as soon as I possibly can. Stay sexy beautiful world. 'Til then, safe. I'm out.

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