Sorry for my bad english.

This chapter is very different from last version to make part about "Ryan's big revelation".

Forever Fall forest

Last time, the trip on Forever Fall ended sooner due the risk of grimm attack, so after a couple of weeks, Goodwitch escort the same students from the last time to collect more sap to professor Peach.

Sally and her team were a little more far away from the others, Koro said that he find trees with more sap than the others around, so dragging his teammates, he show the way to those trees. After a couple of minutes walking, the four teenagers finally arrive on the place. Sally didn't lose time and cut the tree with a little knife. Koro was right. These trees have sap enough to everyone jar and more to spare.

Sally filled her jar with Ryan's help. Unicorn already filled some jars and Koro wanted to do it alone. While Ryan was waiting for the sap drip on the jar, Sally look at him, more precisely into his back.

Make a day since the school discovered that Ryan actually is a faunus, and she wonders about what happened to his tail and how happened. Was related to the burns on his face? Ryan just apologized for not mention to his teammates about being a faunus and asked to them to just let it go. Sally would protest but the face he was making convinced her to not.

She did not expect to Ryan from all the people she ever meet to make a face with would shout "Just Let Go Or Else!".

They all gave the goodbyes to Howard's team and let Ryan talk about his tail when he was ready.

They wanted to ask, Sally most of them but of course can be a sensitive topic to him. He always is using bandages and feel unconfortable when someone stare at his face. The bandage not hid all the burns. Some of the burned skin can be show on the left side of his mouth. So ask to him about what happened to his tail would have the same effect.

-Sally? -Her thoughts were interrupt by Ryan. -Something is wrong?

-No. Why do you ask?

-Because you are staring at me make a while.

-Oh! Sorry. It just...

-Hey! -Koro called interrupting their conversation. -Done already? We need to come back.

-Y-yeah! We done here!

Sally said and walk to the direction of the others. Her team following her.

While walking back to where the others are, Ryan notice that Sally was making effort to not look at him. His mind go back at the time she was staring him with a curious expression.

-Sally. -He called her.

-Yes Ryan?

-What's wrong with you? -He asked in a low voice, not wanting to bring Koro or Unicorn to the conversation.

-What do you mean?

-I mean the effort that you are doing to not look at me.

Her eyes widened. Her walk stopped and she averted her gaze from his friend.

-It is nothing. -She said with her eyes looking to her boots, not wanting to see the Ryan in the eye.

-You want to know about my tail, are you?

-Yes. I mean, no! I... I mean... -Sally stammered, averting her eyes away from her boots to the nearest tree.

-Why did you just ask?

-Because I know that is a personal subject to you. I see how is your face when the others look at your bandages, so I can see the same could be said about your tail.

He couldn't deny that. He always feel umcomfortable when someone look at his so long wound like was some creepiness. Or look at him from all angles possible to try see where he is "hiding" his horse trait.

-But... you are my friend. I... can open myself to you.

-But I don't want you to do that because you feel obligated.

-And I don't want you to act like you are okay when something is bugging you. -She get some courage and look to Ryan's sad face. She feel bad for make him feel like that. In a way or another, she make him feel bad with the subject. -I was five years old. -Ryan began. -I was walking alone around my father's ranch. I found a man I never meet before. He approached me and asked if I was the son of my father. When I nodded to him, he took me away.

-He... kidnaped you? -Sally asked. -But what a man would want with a little faunus boy?

-That... I don't know. -Ryan said, his body visible shaking, probably still haunted by the memory.

That's why she did not wanted to ask to you about his burns or his tail.

-Sorry. -Sally spoke. -I did not wanted to make you feel like that.

-But you wouldn't avoid that question forever.

That she couldn't deny.

-This already happen to you, isn't it? -He nodded. -Who?

-Her name is Octavia. She tried not ask, but couldn't take any longer.

-She is a friend of you?

-Yes. -Ryan said in low voice. For some reason, he seemed more sad than before.

-A girl, huh? -Sally thought. -I wonder why he is like that but I already meddle too much in his life for now. Let's go back okay?

He nodded and they walk back to meet his teammates, unknown to them that the ninja of their team was listening everything from a branch above of them. Far away, Unicorn turn back to normal her hearing.

She can give a power up to her senses too.

STRK Dorm room

Once the trip was over, Ryan immediately went back to his room to have some time alone.

Sally left to pratice her musical skills, Koro went to Vale and Unicorn went to do whatever she do alone. Reading a book about story of Vale, Ryan tried to focus on the words but what he talks with his leader did not left his mind. Remember of how he ended with half of his body burned and his tail tore off after so long really messed with him. He close the book and look to the cast on his hand. The bandages are getting old so he need to change.

He untached his limiter, get off his shirt and unwrapped the bandages. He was about to wrap his arm with a new bandage when the door opened and Sally enter in the room.

-Hello Ry... an...

She stop talk when she saw for the first time Ryan's face without the bandages and his chest. After a akwardly silence, Ryan spoke.

-Hello... Sally.

She tried to avert he gaze from him, but was hard. She bit her lip to not say something inapropriate or what could make him feel bad. All while Ryan was wrapping his body again. Her look go direct to his face where his burned eyes is. Once the blue color now is gray all around his eyeball. She also notice his back, above his pants could be see a huge scar in where his tail suppose to be.

-So... -She tried to break the silence, but she need to know what to say, not speak something that may make him feel bad or sad. -... you still can see with that eye? Dammit!

-I have only ten percent of the vision of that eye.

-Oh! I... you... you want help with the bandages?

-I... could use some help.

She grab one roll and start to wrap Ryan's arm. She unintentionally touch in the skin of the arm while wrapping it. She decide stay quite and keep wrapping his body. Once she done with the arm and the chest, Ryan put back his shirt and limiter, and start to wrap his head. Even covered, the image of his burned face didn't go out from Sally's mind. With the job done, Ryan sat back down on his bed and go back to read the book while Sally walk to leave the room, but stopped.

-Ryan. -She called. -If you need to talk about... that, we are here for you, okay? -She said with a warm smile. When she said we, she was talking about her team. His face was blank until he look at direct at her.

-I know that. -Ryan said. His voice sounding stronger. -The same goes for you. -He smiled to Sally who felt her cheeks blushing at the smile Ryan was flashing to her.

She left the room, thinking in what just happened. Ryan not only talk with a more confident voice but sounded like a entirely different person. Someone more mature and secure. She didn't reconize the goof tone on his voice, but something more brave. He also seemed more... handsome. Her face was still blushing and she found herself holding her cheeks. Taking deep breathes, her cheeks went back to ther normal color and she shifted her attention to the door of her room.

-I wonder what was that. -She said with a finger on her cheek. -But I already meddle too much in his life for one day. In another time I will ask.

She walk away to find something to do, she felt that Ryan need some time alone. Inside of the room, Ryan stop reading to think about the current state of his mind. Of course he notice when his personality just change like that. This makes him remember about something he heard a long time ago.

-Actually, your personality not change, just go back to normal.

In other words, that is the way he really should act, or was what Dr. Alucard said to him.

He wonder how could be his life if they did not have messed with his aura.

-Dammit Dr. Stein. -Ryan mumbled to himself.

End of the chapter.

Stein is the german to rock.

Alucard is Dracula written in backwards.

A little of Ryan's past, just a little of course. I cannot reveal too much yet, but I should have showed this make a long time. His story in this fic is not so different from The Dynamic Duo, just some minor changes.

Until next time.