RWBY: Lost and Forgotten

Chapter 10

Chrome

I finished my class for today and decided to explore campus. As I walked, I couldn't help but feel as though I was being watched.

Looking back, I noticed quite a few of the students quickly look away. "Strange..."

I didn't think anything of it as I continued to head for the library. "Did you hear?" I heard someone whisper.

"What?"

"That Faunus over there, the one in the jacket, there's a rumor going around about him."

"What's it about?"

"I'm not sure, something about him being a part of some rich family." he replied.

"Why do people think that?"

"Because his semblance is heredi-"

"I think he can hear us." it was then I noticed I stopped walking to get a better hearing. Pulling my hood over my head, I walked the rest of the way to the library and headed inside.

A few months later

My team was out exploring, leaving me to do whatever. Walking the streets of Vale, I noticed a store with yellow police tape surrounding it. Curious, I got a closer look.

The window of the store was busted, the door was knocked in and glass littered the front of the store. "What happened here?" I looked to over to see Team RWBY also here.

"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." one of the detectives said.

"They left all the money again." the second added.

Looking back to the scene, I listened to the two detectives. "Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense. Who needs that much Dust?"

"I don't know, an army?"

"You thinking the White Fang?"

"Yeah, I'm thinking we don't get paid enough."

"Hmph! The White Fang." I looked over and saw Weiss cross her arms crossed. "What an awful bunch of degenerates!"

"What's your problem?" Blake asked her.

"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss told her.

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths." Blake replied. "They're a collection of misguided Faunus."

I put my hands in my pockets and walked over to the group. "Hey, Chrome." Yang greeted me.

"Hey."

"Misguided?" Weiss repeated. "They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet!"

"So then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale!" Blake pointed out.

"Hmm... Blake's got a point. Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago... Maybe it was him." Ruby suggested.

"That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum." Weiss said. "Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."

"That's not necessarily true..."

"Hey, stop that Faunus!" someone shouted.

Looking back, the five of us quickly rushed over to the docks to see a monkey Faunus running from two sailors. He jumped onto a lampost just as the two detectives from earlier walked passed us and over to the him.

I couldn't make out what they were saying, but the Faunus threw a banana peel at one of the detectives before jumping off the lampost and running passed us. "Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes..." Yang said.

"Quick! We have to observe him!" Weiss said before rushing off after him, followed by her team.

Wanting to see where this was heading, I chased after them. They all rounded the corner and I did the same seconds later.

Seeing all four of them standing still, I skidded to a halt. "Sal-u-ta-tions!" a girl with orange hair said. She was laying on the ground.

"Um... hello."

"Are you... okay?" Yang asked her.

"I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking."

The four exchanged glances. "Do you... wanna get up?"

"Yes!" she leapt back onto her feet. "My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Hi Penny. I'm Ruby."

"I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

"Chrome."

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Blake hit her side. "Oh, I'm Yang."

"It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"You already said that." Weiss told Penny.

"So I did!"

"Well, sorry for running into you!" we all turned around and started walking away.

"Take care, friend!" Ruby said.

After we got some distance, Yang broke the silence. "She was... weird..."

"Now, where did that Faunus riff-raff run off to?" Weiss said, looking around.

Penny suddenly appeared in front of us. "What did you call me?"

"Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me!" Yang apologized.

"No, not you." Penny walked through the group and leaned her head down to Ruby. "You!"

"Me? I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh..."

"You called me 'friend'! Am I really your friend?" Penny asked.

"Uuuum..." Ruby looked over Penny's shoulder while her teammates motion to deny her. "Y-Yeah, sure! Why not?"

Ruby's team all fell to the ground. "Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" Penny said.

"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby asked Weiss.

"No - she seems far more coordinated."

"So... what are you doing in Vale?" I asked.

"I'm here to fight in the tournament."

"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss asked.

Penny saluted. "I'm combat ready!"

"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part."

"Says the girl wearing a dress." Blake said.

Weiss crossed her arms. "It's a combat skirt!

Ruby sped over to Weiss. "Yeah!" the two share a quick high five.

"Wait a minute." Weiss walked over to Penny and grabbed her by the shoulders. "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed... rapscallion?"

"The who...?"

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!"

"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake growled.

"Huh?"

"Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person!" Blake said.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Weiss started gesturing to a few items. "Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?"

"Stop it!"

"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!" Weiss crossed her arms.

Blake clenched her fists. "You ignorant little brat!" Blake walked a few feet away before stopping.

"How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" Weiss walked after her.

"You are a judgmental little girl." Blake said, turning to Weiss.

"What in the world makes you say that?"

"The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be!" Blake responded.

"Um, I think we should probably go..." Yang suggested.

"Where are we going?" Penny asked.

"So you admit it! The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists!"

"That's not what I meant, and you know it!" Blake snapped.

I stood frozen as Ruby and her team started to head back, Blake and Weiss still arguing.

Hours later, Beacon dorms

As I approached my room, I could hear faint yelling coming from down the hall. Approaching the source, I realised it was coming from RWBY's dorm room.

Just as I got near the door, it burst open and Blake rushed out in a blur. Taking a glance inside, I saw her team standing around, clearly lost for words.

Weiss looked towards me and immediately shot a glare before storming towards me. Grabbing the collar of my shirt, she pulled me inside the room and closed the door behind me. "Weiss!" Ruby said, just as shocked as I was.

"Whoa!" I held my hands up.

"Weiss, you can't just do something like that!" Yang stepped in, prying Weiss' hands off my shirt.

"You're related to Blake!" Weiss growled.

"Yeah..?"

"Are you a part of the White Fang as well?!" I could feel the color drain from my face as she asked me that.

End of chapter 10