After several embarrassing battles with the various plates and other dirty utensils, Weiss finally decided to give up. Not because she was losing of course, Weiss never, usually, lost any battles. She decided that it would be better to engage in a strategic withdrawal, because it turned out that Detective Tsukauchi had arrived while she was busy. No, it wasn't a single bit embarrassing as she sat at Yu's kitchen table soaking wet, while Detective Tsukauchi and Yu finished drying off the rest of the kitchen.

"Are you sure you don't need help?" Weiss winced as Yu finished dumping a bucket of bubbly water back into the sink with the Detective's help. The bubbled were almost gone, but there was still a lot of water everywhere.

"No!" Yu's head immediately shot towards her, eyes wide from fear. Weiss flinched softly when the older woman raised her voice. Yu's eyes softened as Weiss' own looked away. "You're still recovering from that nasty wound, so just relax." Weiss heard Yu's footsteps draw close, and she was soon pulled into a careful embrace. "Thank you. I know that you meant well."

Weiss froze, her arms hanging at her side limply. What was she thanking Weiss for? She didn't do anything, instead she made a rather big mess. Sniffing softly, Weiss hugged the buxom hero back hesitantly.

"Don't touch me." Weiss mumbled loudly, wiping her tears on Yu's wet shirt. Yu had a lot of soap still clinging to her shirt, which only made Weiss tear up even more.

Yu laughed as she started to pat Weiss' head slowly. Weiss must've been going insane, she only ever allowed the rest of her team to see her like this, and that was quite rare in itself.

"You're the nicest tsundere I've ever met."

Tsun-what now?

"Now that that's out of the way, do you mind if I ask you some more questions? I didn't want to ask too many questions at the hospital. Too many eyes and ears if you know what I mean." Detective Tsukauchi didn't pull out a notebook this time, much to Weiss' surprise. The three of them sat at Yu's kitchen table, the kitchen finally dry and clean. "This will be off the record of course. I'm pretty sure my superiors would laugh at me if I told them the truth."

That was completely understandable. Weiss was still having trouble coming to terms with it herself. Another world, another life, one that she had to deal with all by herself. Weiss nodded slowly, which earned her a thin smile from the Detective.

"Great." This time he did pull out his worn notebook. "First off, I'm still in the process of coming up with an identification card for you, as well as placing you into our system. It'll take a few favors, but I can get it done. No one will be able to tell the difference, even the strictest government officials."

"Thank you." Why were these people so nice to her? Weiss barely even knew them, they were complete strangers! Yet here they were, trying to help her, even while committing who knows how many crimes in the process. It made Weiss feel dirty inside, and useless.

"Don't worry about it. I just need some information to fill in, so if you ever use your…" Detective Tsukauchi paused as he looked over his older notes. "...semblance in public, we can just pass it off as your quirk." Don't mention her aura to anyone went unsaid of course. Weiss was sure some people were going to notice the lack of damage she took compared to others without aura, but she could always claim she formed a glyph at the last second. "Do you have a name for your semblance?"

"For example, mines is called gigantification." Yu inserted herself into the conversation. Such a quirk name was self explanatory and didn't leave much to the imagination.

"And I call mines polygraph." Detective Tsukauchi added. "It doesn't have to be a long or specific name, just something that can quickly explain what you can do."

Why were they talking like she was a child-

Oh yeah, Weiss scowled internally. She did look like a child, like a little girl that even Whitley could bench press.

Aiming her palm upwards, Weiss formed a small white glyph that slowly started to turn. Yu's eyes widened in shock, which made Weiss smirk. She was proud of her semblance of course, such a powerful gift was one of the view semblances that could be inherited, and only by those with Schnee blood running through their veins. It made Weiss feel connected to Winter, and even her Mother in some form. Whitley never bothered using his gift, calling Weiss childish whenever she practiced the family gift in an attempt to imitate the old Schnee knights of old, riding into battle against the Grimm. What a fool she had been, heroes like that didn't exist, not anymore.

"I call them glyphs." They didn't need to know all of her inner monologue. The glyph's rotation speed started to speed up, before disappearing in a while blur.

"Short and to the point." Detective Tsukauchi nodded as he wrote in his notebook briefly. "That should work, and it doesn't reveal much." His eyes gave Yu a glance, who gave him a thumbs up, before turning back to Weiss. "Would you mind if Mt. Lady becomes your official guardian? We spoke about this earlier and she agreed as long as you approve."

Yu smiled, one that Weiss forcefully returned, but she felt numb inside. Everything felt like a dream and was passing by in a blur. Should she say yes? Why would Yu go through all of that work to help Weiss? Did Weiss even deserve all of this kindness? Especially after everything that her Father had done. Japanese culture was also very different from the Four Kingdoms, would Yu take it as an insult if Weiss refused? She didn't really have any other place to go.

"I don't mind." Weiss nodded slowly. She would definitely have to find a better way to repay Yu. Perhaps she would like a song dedicated to her? This may not be Weiss' original world, or the body she had last week, but her mind was still sharp and her own.

"Excellent. Now that should be all regarding what I need to come up with your ID, if I need any more information I'll let you know." Detective Tsukauchi closed the notebook. "Now, can you please explain these, 'Huntsmen Academies?' I believe you mentioned that you attended one that was called Beacon. Let's start with that."

She was definitely going to keep an eye on what her mouth said now.

When Yu learned that Weiss was from another world, she had assumed it would be similar to one of the animes that she liked to binge whenever she wasn't on patrol. Maybe one of those with super advanced technology where an intelligent student tried to take over the world! She had never been so wrong before.

Mankind was forced to gather into Four Kingdoms, with anyone living outside of the kingdoms struggling to survive the hordes of Grimm. Those monsters sounded ferocious judging the way Weiss described them. Ranging from wolves to giant bees, Grimm came in all shapes and sizes. Humanity's last defence came in the form of the Huntsmen academies according to Yu's young ward.

Huntsmen and huntresses, many who trained from birth, dedicated their lives to protecting the innocent from the Grimm. They were supposed to be humanity's shining beacon of hope, until the light in Weiss' eyes died out when she mentioned the Fall of Beacon.

Yu's felt her heart start to break as Weiss told her story, with Detective Tsukauchi asking a question every once in a while. Weiss' world did seem a bit similar to their own, with UA and Shiketsu high school easily being able to be Beacon's equivalent.

"So, how good are you at using that fancy sword-gun of yours." Yu asked during a lull in the conversation. She needed a small break from all of the information that her brain was trying to process.

Weiss' blue eyes seemed annoyed for a second, but that was soon replaced by a haughty look.

"I would like you to know that I am quite skilled with it. I've trained with Myrtenaster for several years, and it is the perfect weapon when paired with my glyph. Team RUBY is, was, the strongest first year team back at Beacon." Weiss bragged. "And it's spelled R-W-B-Y if you're still writing things down." She said that last part in English with a pointed look towards the Detective.

How did a W make a U sound? While Yu wasn't exactly the brightest person back in school, she definitely knew the English alphabet.

"Sounds impressive." Detective Tsukauchi said. "You should try applying to UA high school. They're one of the best hero schools in the area, if not the country. All of the best heroes are alumni from there."

Yu blushed softly. She had to go to a agricultural high school out in the countryside because no city school wanted to accept her due to the damage her quirk could cause.

"I'll...be sure to keep that in mind." Weiss said, all emotion leaving her voice, her shoulders starting to tense. Yu was sure Weiss could easily pass UA's entrance exam, but there was a lot of information she would need to learn, Japanese history for example.

"Now then, I'm sure that you're all a bit tired from all this talking, so let's take a small break here." Yu quickly said before the Detective could ask another question. Truthfully, she needed the break as much as Weiss did. Yu was going to need to take some painkillers later for that incoming headache that was starting to form.

Detective Tsukauchi frowned, but he nodded slightly. "Very well."

Weiss seemed to relax slightly, but her hands still remained on guard.

"That works for me." Weiss said. Detective Tsukauchi gave her another nod, he was going to have cramps later with how many he's done so far, and left the kitchen table without another word. Yu eyed the damp clothes that she allowed the young girl to borrow.

Shopping was going to be her number one priority once Detective Tsukauchi yet. Maybe she could even rope Shinji into carrying their bags for them! Now that sounded like a plan.

"Stop it." Weiss' harsh voice sliced through Yu's thoughts.

"Huh? Stop what?"

The Tsundere's scowl almost made the water Yu was drinking come out through her nose.

"I know what that look means." Weiss said dryly. Did she have another power that she wasn't telling them? Yu gasped internally. Was Weiss a psychic?

"And you said all of that outloud."

Damn it!

A/N

Over 10,000 views on FF, over 1,300 hits on AO3 and counting! Even on SB/SV, Schnee: Huntress or Hero is still gaining more watchers everyday! Thanks for all the support! The support from each chapter just continued to blow me away. You all are the best, and I couldn't ask for better readers.

I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, I poured my all into it so I could try to reach 2K words. My writing may not be the best, not even average at best, but I hope it's enjoyable. Since I missed a chapter yesterday, there shall be two questions today.

Question of the day:

Where did you first find out about RWBY?

I remember watching the RVB finale, and the Red trailer came out. Naturally, the White one is still my favorite. Mirror Mirror is one of my favorite songs that I still play regularly.

What character interactions are you looking forward to the most?

And to those who are wondering, how can Weiss grow Dust? That's not how Dust works!

Yeah, I changed that. Why? Because this is fanfiction and I CAN.

Till next time on Schnee: Hero or Huntress.