F3: Hey everyone I'm back again. Now these will be more related to the interludes of this seeing that in the actual anime we don't get anything specific of how long they were on break so I'm deciding to change that. Before I get started I'll go over the disclaimers for all of you. RWBY is property of Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. Also only I own the OC characters. Okay with that done Lets Roll Out!
Interlude Blue: A Patch of Home.
Finally, break had come to Beacon Academy just days after the incident at the docks. While some decided to remain at the school some had decided to return home but Star however tried to figure out what she was going to do knowing that it would take at least three days to get back to Vacuo.
"What do I do? Rina says she staying with a friend of hers here in Vale. Iona is staying here for her break. What am I going to do?" She asked herself as she was in her normal attire but still hiding her ears and tail.
That's when she got an idea about something "Maybe Yang and Ruby are doing something." Star says to herself, and then sets off to find the two sisters.
Luckily it didn't take her long to find them in their team room as they were packing just a few things to head back home.
"You've got everything ready to go Ruby?" Yang asked.
"Yes I've got everything." Ruby answered.
They heard a knock coming from their door "Come in." Ruby called out as Star entered.
"Hey you two I was wondering where you two are going?" Star asked.
"We're heading back to Patch to spend some time with Dad. I'm sure he'd be glad to see us." Yang added.
"And how are you two planning on getting to Patch?" She asked.
"Well we don't live far from Vale. All we have to do is take the airship to Vale and then its a bike ride to Patch." Ruby added.
"A bike ride. Wouldn't that take a while." Star replied.
Yang simply giggled "I think Ruby means my motorcycle." Yang added.
"You have a motorcycle?" Star replied quite surprised.
"Yep dad built it for me when I turned sixteen and taught me how to drive it to. I've gotten pretty good at it." Yang added.
Star thought for a moment before she spoke again.
"Say you wouldn't mind having room for one more?" She asked.
The questioned seemed to surprise the two sisters.
"Why? I thought you were going back to Corquina?" Yang asked.
"Even if I leave now it would still take three days to get their plus never know if they'll be a grimm attack so it could end up delaying things. So just thought maybe I could come along with you girls to Patch." Star replied.
Ruby hummed a moment before answering "Of course. I'll have to let dad know that we're bringing home an extra guest." Ruby replied as she went to grab her scroll but noticing it was missing.
"Ugh! I must've forgot it in the locker. I'll go grab it real fast and let him know." Ruby said and in a flash of rose petals Ruby was gone.
Yang on the hand noticed that Star was still hiding her ears and tail "I've noticed that you still got your ears and tail hidden. You know could just show them off I bet its probably painful for you hiding them." Yang added.
"Yang it's not exactly easy. Yes while your team, mine and JNPR know that I'm a faunus. Simply showing them off still feels uneasy for me." Star said nervously.
"Alright but I'm just saying sometimes it's best to stop hiding and embrace who you are. Sure your a faunus and nothing is going to change that but don't you think hiding it is just going to make things worse." Yang added.
"I... guess so." Star replied.
"Besides it would probably be nice to stretch them without anything restricting them." Yang added.
Star thought a moment about what Yang said before carefully removing her ribbon from her head letting her ears come out as they twitched. Then she carefully brought her tail out from under her jeans as it swayed back and forth.
"See doesn't that feel better." Yang said.
"Yeah it does feel better not having to always hide them." Star said before she felt a burst of wind coming from behind her.
"I'm back and dad said it'll be okay if Star came over." Ruby said then saw Star had brought out her faunus traits and went starry eyed.
"Those are so adorable." Ruby squealed as she went to scratch Star behind her ears.
"Ruby... please control yourself." Star said as she blushed her tail twitching.
"Huh? Oh right sorry its just that they're so soft and fluffy." Ruby replied.
"It's okay just don't make a habit of it." Star reminded.
"Well then we better get going if we're going to catch the airship to Vale after that its a straight shot to Patch." Yang added as the three of them left the room and walked out of Beacon.
=RWBY=
After finally arriving in Vale they followed Yang to another part of the city to fetch Yang's ride.
"So where's your bike Yang?" Star asked.
"Oh you'll see. I had to put it away in storage cause I don't think Beacon has a garage for it." Yang said.
After about ten minutes of walking they arrived at a storage shed with a lock on it. Yang reached into her back pocket and brought out a key that seemed to fit the lock as she unlocked it and removed the lock.
With a simple push upward it revealed a bright yellow medium length motorcycle with black accents along the back toward the exhaust pipe. It also has a side car attached to it for an extra passenger along with a hitch to haul other things.
"There it is." Yang gestured to it.
"So how's this going to work? I mean their is three of us." Star added.
"Don't worry." Yang began walking to the side of it grabbing some helmets.
"Ruby will ride with me and you'll be in the side car. Just put these on for safety cause my bikes got a bit of a kick to her." Yang warned as she handed each of them a helmet.
Star got settled in the side car while Yang took controls and Ruby sitting behind her.
"Alright hang on you two." Yang said as she started her bike up as it roared to life. With a turn of the throttle the three were off heading toward Patch.
=RWBY=
After about an hour ride they soon arrived at a port town where they saw a ferry about to depart.
"Um... might I ask why were here. I thought we were going to Patch." Star asked.
"We are but we'll have to take a ferry to get their." Yang added.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" She asked.
"Well see that island out their in the distance." Ruby said point toward the landmass in the ocean.
"Yeah." She answered.
"That right their is Patch." Yang said as Star gave them a shocked look.
"You mean to tell me that you two live on an entire island!" She replied as the two simply smiled in approval.
"Wow... now I think I'm jealous." Star admitted before the two simply laughed.
"C'mon we don't want to miss the ferry or we'll have to wait two more days." Yang replied as they managed to get on the ferry without much issue.
Once on the ferry the three simply waited as the ferry departed from the port headed toward the small island.
A long four hour wait later the ferry had docked on the island as people were starting to depart from it.
Yang wheeled her bike off with the help of Ruby and Star onto the wood docks safely surprisingly that it held in place.
That's when Star finally got a look of the small village of Patch. For one it has fishing docks so that people could always fish. There are many small shops in town that sell various objects from foods to machine parts. Also some of the buildings are manly wood cabins are expertly built so they wouldn't get destroyed by high winds and water.
But what Star mainly saw that around the people that lived their she saw not only humans but also some faunus roaming about their day.
"Whoa... this place... it's..." Star began nearly speechless.
"Pretty awesome right." Ruby added.
"Beautiful." Star finally said completely in awe.
"Yep this was where me and Ruby were born and raised. It kinda grows on you when you give it a chance." Yang added.
"Yeah I guess." Star said as some of the people stared but mainly at Yang and Ruby.
"Hey Yang welcome back!" On guy said greeting her back.
"Welcome home Ruby, Yang!" A women greeted.
"Wow you two are quite the talk of the town." Star said.
"Well when your the daughters of a famous huntsmen and huntress yeah they tend to get to know you real quick. But theirs still one place we want to show you." Yang said as they once again got on the back on the bike and Star in the side car as they took off outside the small village.
=RWBY=
Once they were out of the small village they were now on a dirt road surrounding thick trees.
"So where are going exactly?" Star replied.
"Don't worry we're almost their." Yang added as they continued down the dirt road.
About ten minutes into the drive Star noticed a house that was coming into view.
It was a two story long cabin house with a sheet of dull metal roof colored in red. Surrounding it are a few trees that decorate the front yard of the house. On the side of the house is a wooden shed that seems to store tools and other such items.
They stopped in front of the shed as Yang turned off the engine.
"You two go on ahead I'll put this up here." Yang said as she wheeled her bike into the shed along with taking the helmets back as Ruby lead her toward the front door.
Ruby first knocked at the door as she could hear footsteps coming from behind it.
The door opened revealing a man standing their.
The man has blond hair that has two small strands sticking out from the top and blue eyes. His facial hair consists of a soul patch and small stubble along his jawline. On his right arm is a tattoo of his emblem, which resembles a heart.
He wears brown cargo shorts with a dark brown belt, black shoes, a red bandanna on his left arm and a brown leather vest over a tan dress shirt with the right sleeve cut off. He also has quite a muscular build to him.
"Ruby?" The man asked.
"Hey dad. We're home." Ruby said.
The man gave her a welcoming smile before looking toward Star.
"And you must be the one friend Ruby was talking about." He said.
"Yeah. I'm Star Azure leader of team Sapphire." She introduced.
"Tai Yang Xio-Long. Nice to meet you Star." Tai introduced. Yang finally caught up with them from putting away her bike.
"Hey dad!" Yang said.
"There's my little firecracker!" Tai called out greeting her with a bear hug of his own.
"You three are just in time for lunch. Raven is cooking right now." Tai said.
"Wait Raven lives here too?" Star asked.
"Well she is my wife after all. C'mon in and make sure you store your weapons in the closet I don't want them placed all willy nilly." Tai ordered as the three stepped inside the cabin home.
Once Star placed her weapon in the closet next to Ruby's she got a full glimpse of the inside of the living room.
The center of the living room is dominated by a light green rug, with a dark green couch and matching chair and a wooden coffee table centered in the rug. Between the couch and chair is an end table with a lamp on it, and at the other end of the couch is what appears to be a dog bed.
At the end of the rug is a wooden TV stand with a holographic projector lying on top of it and a potted plant at one end. On the wall behind the TV stand is a doorway leading to the kitchen, a large portrait depicting a night scene, and a shelving unit containing numerous books.
To the left of the couch is a large brick fireplace with small pictures on the mantle and a large landscape featured above the grate. To the right of the couch is a corner staircase leading upstairs, with the door to a cabinet and a pair of small landscape pictures underneath. A low bookshelf and another green rug lie along the wall at the end of the staircase, topped by another lamp. A trio of landscapes are vertically stacked on the wall at the bottom of the stairs.
Behind the couch is the front door. A barrel is tucked in the corner of this wall, next to the fireplace. There are at least three windows in the room, all hung with matching green curtains.
"You certainly got a nice home here sir." Star replied.
"Please call me Tai. I'm not that old just yet." Tai replied back.
"Oh... for someone been a huntsmen for quite a while." A familiar voice replied.
It was Raven but out of her armor and without her two swords she was now wearing a pearl colored short-sleeved shirt with a pink heart on the left breast and simple blue jeans that seemed to have some rips in it.
She was currently holding a plate of smoked ham sandwiches for everyone.
"Looks like I was right when I made extras." Raven replied noticing the extra company.
Star however seemed to recognize her "Wait a minute. You were at Beacon Academy some time back." Star replied.
"Oh then I guess we haven't been properly introduced." She replied.
"Raven Branwen." She introduced.
"Ruby has told me about you being the leader of your team if I'm not mistaken Star." Raven replied as she handed her one of the sandwiches.
"Yeah but theirs a little more detail than that." Star replied.
"Like you being a faunus." Tai added which kinda stunned Star.
"But.. how'd you..." Star replied before turning toward Ruby.
"Sorry it kinda slipped out when I was talking to him over the scroll." Ruby said quickly.
"You also still got you tail and ears out." Yang pointed out and Star pouts having forgotten that.
Raven and Tai simply giggled "Don't worry about it. Here on Patch people are pretty okay with having faunus living here. Some of them are faunus that came from Atlas actually hoping to start over." Tai replied.
"Though it doesn't help with what's been going on lately." Raven added.
"What do mean? What's going on in Patch?" Ruby asked.
Raven mentally cursed herself having bringing it up knowing that it would draw her nieces attention.
However she only sighed as she placed the plate down on the coffee table as she sat down on the couch.
"There have been... random attacks as of late and people are starting to get restless." Raven began.
"What do you mean random?" Star asked taking a bite of her sandwich.
"What she's trying to say is that... the faunus here have been from what the people have been saying... going primal." Tai added.
"Huh what do you mean going primal." Yang asked.
"I mean that they are acting like their actual animal trait that they have. We already have five deaths in the last week and with us being the only huntsmen and huntress around we're kind of short handed ourselves." Tai added.
"Plus after the attacks they just seemed to return back to normal like nothing happened." Raven added.
Star began to think for a moment "And just when do these attacks occur?" She asked.
"Well each time they've been happening at night so by the time we get to hear about it it'll be too late." Raven said.
Star hummed before coming up with a solution "Alright then that's what we do." Star replied.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Ruby questioned.
"If these attacks are happening at night then it has to be someone that knows the area and where the faunus live here. If we can find who is doing this then we can prevent another attack from happening." Star replied.
"Yeah plus the fact there's grimm here so any panic will draw the grimm in." Yang added.
"So we wait until night and catch the person red handed." Ruby replied.
"Exactly. Then we can find out who's causing the faunus here to go primal." Star replied.
They heard the sounds of small feet coming toward them as grey and white blur charged at Ruby knocking her down.
"Ruby you..." Star stopped and noticed what was on Ruby.
It was a small black and white corgy with a small tail and bright brown eyes as it licked Ruby glad to see its master home.
"Zwei get off of me." Ruby smile as she grabbed hold of the small dog.
"Is that... a dog?" Star asked nervously as her tail twitched slightly.
"Yep this is Zwei. He's kinda the house dog." Ruby said as Zwei went over to Star and looked up at her and smelt the new person in the room. The small dog then went around her and noticed something hanging out in the open and before Star could react Zwei jump at the object and bit down it hard.
Star for her part screamed in pain trying to get the small dog off her as Zwei seemed to pull more on her tail.
"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS BEAST!" Star shouted as she ran around the room with Zwei still holding on to her tail. Luckily Yang had managed to grab hold of Zwei.
"Zwei drop it." Yang ordered and the small dog obeyed and let go of Star's tail.
Star rubbed her tail looking over to make sure its okay.
"Sorry about that Star he tends to grab hold of anything that is fluffy." Ruby replied.
"Yeah... I've noticed." Star added moaning over her tail.
The other three seemed to giggle at this "Alright let me show you to your guest room where you'll be staying during your break." Raven replied as she gestured Star to follow her upstairs.
=RWBY=
A few hours past as Yang and Star talked some more while Tai was busy with other things leaving Raven and Ruby to finally have a chat.
"So how are your classes going?" Raven asked.
"Oh there fine if not a little tough at times especially having to go through Professor Ports class which can be boring." Ruby replied.
"That's great to hear." Raven added before she thought of something.
"Ruby have you ever considered improving Crescent Rose?" She asked.
Ruby thought about that for a moment "Well... it had crossed my mind but I don't know what to improve it with." Ruby replied.
"I have something that might help." Raven said as she left a moment.
A few minutes later she returned with the great sword in hand.
"Maybe you can use this to help modify Crescent Rose." Raven said as Ruby looked at it with shock.
"No way! But isn't that... his." Ruby replied carefully.
Raven nodded "Yeah... I' m sure that Qrow would want you to have it. Besides shouldn't a scythe belong to a scythe user." Raven added.
Ruby took the rather large weapon in her hands feeling the weight of it in her hands as she was getting an idea in her mind.
Then without a second thought Ruby got an idea as she took off toward the shed along with grabbing her weapon at the same time.
Raven only smirked seeing her niece rush off with an idea in mind.
=RWBY=
Hours pass and it was now nighttime as everyone prepared to figure out what's causing the faunus to go primal.
"Alright is everyone ready?" Tai asked.
"Yep were all set." Yang said as she placed her weapons on her wrists.
Star grabbing hold of her weapon and placing it behind her nodding.
"Where is Ruby anyway?" Star asked.
The front door opened revealing Ruby with her weapon in its compact mode.
While it still has some red and black on it but it also had some silver accents with it as well.
"You modified your weapon Rubes?" Yang asked.
Ruby nods smiling "Yep I thought it was time to give Crescent Rose an upgrade. Though this is only just a prototype so I might change it when we get back to Beacon." Ruby said.
Raven soon followed with her gear and armor on with her sword on her side.
"Alright then let's get going and make sure to keep an eye out. Somebody is causing this and it's time we put an end to it." Raven replied.
"Tai hold down the fort till we get back." She ordered.
"You got it." Tai said as Zwei barked next to him wanting to come with.
"Sorry boy can't have you come with. Stay here with dad okay." Ruby said as the small dog seemed to understand and barked remaining by her dads side.
"Alright lets get going." Yang said as they headed out as they had to walk into town.
=RWBY=
Since it took longer by foot as it took twenty minutes from the house to the town but eventually they made it to town with some places still open mostly for night hours.
"Alright keep your eyes peeled and ears opened you never know what might happen." Raven said.
"Keep you scrolls on and check in every ten minutes for anything." She added.
"Star since this is your first time on Patch I want you to stick by Ruby okay and check the south left side of town. Yang the central and I'll check the right. Be careful and stay safe." Raven ordered as they split up.
Ruby and Star went to the left side of the town exploring that part of town.
"Well any idea what we're looking for?" Star asked.
"Anything that is out of the ordinary. Something that shouldn't be their." Ruby added.
Star nodded in confirmation as they continued to look around.
About ten minutes in Ruby decided to check in.
"Hey auntie just checking in. So far nothing as of yet." Ruby replied.
"Okay. Keep you eyes opened." Raven on the end replied.
However before Ruby was about to disconnect Star saw someone move along with roof at tremendous speed thanks to her night vision.
"Ruby! Up their!" Star called out seeing the object move across the roof.
"Hold on theirs something on the rooftop moving fast." Ruby replied.
"Alright I'll contact Yang and we'll met you their." Raven said disconnecting.
Ruby and Star gave chase but before they could something jumped at Ruby knocking her back.
A lioness faunus had lunged at Ruby but unlike having ears and tail like a lioness it had claws and razor sharp fangs as it stared at Ruby as a full course meal.
"Go on. I'll keep her busy." Ruby replied calmly as Star took off after the person.
Star gave chase after the person deep into the forest. After about five minutes Star came into a clearing of a mountain cliff with something at the edge which looks like a gravestone.
She carefully approached it and looked at what it said.
'Here lies Qrow Branwan. Member of team STRQ and forever a friend.' The grave stone itself had what looks like the emblem of a black crow wing.
"Qrow Branwan... wait a minute why does that last sound familiar." Star muttered to herself quietly.
Her scroll rang coming from Raven.
"Star it looks like the person doubled back around but we took care of it. Let's head back to the house." Raven replied.
"Um... sure be right their." Star replied as she deposited her scroll. As she was about to leave she looked back at the gravestone before heading back toward the town.
=RWBY=
As they returned back to the house Raven told them about the person that was causing trouble.
"Turns out he was a former scientist and a huntsmen and decided to do some experiments with the faunus that live here. He didn't count on the side effect which caused them to follow their primal instincts." Raven replied.
"Yeah but he wasn't expecting us to figure him out." Yang replied while holding on to Ruby who took a hit from the lioness faunus.
"You okay their Ruby?" Yang asked.
"Yeah... I'll be fine... just a scratch." Ruby said grunting a little bit from the pain in her shoulder.
"Oh sure you call getting your shoulder clawed at a scratch." Yang says as she gestures her sisters right shoulder.
"I'll wrap it when we get to the house." Raven replied as the were getting closer to the house.
At the house Tai was waiting nervously hoping that they would get back but luckily any worries were proven wrong as the door opened revealing his wife and the others.
"Good to see you're all home. " Tai replied then saw that Yang was hanging onto Ruby as her right arm seemed to sag.
"What happened?" He asked slightly worried.
"An out of control faunus. She took a blow to the shoulder." Yang replied.
"I'll get the med-kit you just set her down in the kitchen." Tai ordered as Yang took her young sister to the kitchen as ordered as he went to search for a medical kit.
Star who offered to carry Ruby's weapon placed it down at the door and sat down to rest. However when she sat she felt a slight pain coming from sitting on her tail which seemed to annoy her then she thought of what Yang said before they left.
With some relief she can finally relax as she could rest from all the searching.
"Well moms patching up sis wound and dads cooking up some dinner for us." Yangs voice said as Stars ears twitched.
"Yeah but you sure its okay with your dad in their while she's patching up Ruby? I'm just saying the wound is on her shoulder after all wouldn't want to risk exposure." Star replied.
"Don't worry dads careful around all that stuff." Yang replied.
"Okay." Star said as her tail slightly twitched.
The running of little paws were heard and Zwei jumped onto the couch where Star was just staring at her.
"Oh no you don't your not getting a hold of my tail again." Star said trying to stare down the little dog.
Zwei only whimpered at her and gave her a lick on the face which got her off guard.
"I think he's trying to say sorry for biting at your tail. He knows when he's done something wrong." Yang added.
The little dog barked at Yang's statement as it seemed to cuddle right next to Star on the couch using her tail as a form of warmth. Seeing this Star couldn't resist as she gently petted the little animal on the head.
"Apology accepted Zwei." Star whispered.
Yang only smiled at this before leaving for a minute "I'll go check on Ruby then it'll dinner time." Yang replied as she removed her weapons from her wrists and placed them on the coffee table.
Yang left the two and headed back into the kitchen. Star petted Zwei again for bit as she looked out one of the side windows. However when she did she'd noticed something or should rather say someone out their near the edge of the trees.
It was a tall figure but couldn't tell what gender due to a large black cloak and hoodie covering the person. However she did catch a glimpse of a bit of red tipped hair and when the wind blew it allowed the cloak to flow.
Startled by this she got up from the couch and bolted outside trying to figure out who the person was but by the time she did the person was already gone only leaving behind flower petals.
"Flower petals?" Star whispered as she picked it up. She inspected it carefully trying to figure out who that was she'd just saw.
"Who was that?" She asked herself trying to figure out who left this little rose plant behind.
F3: And that's it for this interlude. What do you think? If you all liked please make sure to leave a comment. Also be sure not to forget to favorite or follow this as well. So far you all are probably thinking of who this is but I'm only foreshadowing future events so please don't spoil it. If you know who it is please keep it to yourselves please. With that said this has been Fireuser3 and I'm out!
