Vale was a peaceful city, if you ignored the Grimm scratching the walls of the city and the multitude of criminals hiding in their little bars and warehouses. People who have visited the city usually comment on the sunrises and sunsets- how the sun rises behind Beacon Tower, shining onto the city below. The sun reflected off of the orbs that hung there, refracting the light and making giant rainbows of light across the city. The sunsets, while not as beautiful as the sunrises, are still wonderful. People usually take their dates down to the docks to watch the sunset or for simple nights out amongst the various stores that lined the docks.

It was during one of the mornings- the ones where the sun rose up at just the right angle, and at just the right time, rainbows would streak across the city as it went behind Beacon Tower. Of course, to a certain Headmaster, it was usually annoying, but to the rest of the city down in Vale, it was breathtaking.

It was one of those mornings, Kira looked out the window towards Beacon, seeing the rainbows streak across the city, and almost fell out of the window from a shout: "WHY WON'T THIS DARN THING WORK!?"

Looking back inside, Kira whined, "Silver, why can't you keep it down? I'm trying to enjoy the sunrise."

"I know, I know, but this stupid thing won't work! I've tried everything! I hooked it up, I readjusted the wiring, and even moved the CPU! Why won't it just work! It was working two minutes ago, but noooo it had to go and freaking- oh. That's the problem. Nevermind, continue looking out the window dramatically!"

Kira sighed heavily, "It's over. You ruined the moment. It won't work. What was the problem? Was it your Snak-crackly-pop?"

Silver leaned past the barrier separating his room from the room Kira slept in, aka the living room, with a flat look on his face, "Please stop giving my magic weird names." And leaned back into his room.

"C'mon, I have to call it something."

"Call it magic, like you're supposed to."

"But what if we're in public?"

"Call it my semblance."

Kira popped her head around the corner to look at where Silver had a table set up to work on some tech, "What if they don't believe that?"

"Call it one of those, whatever they're called, Unique Semblances?" Silver looked up from his Scroll to give Kira a confused look.

"Special Semblances."

"Yeah, one of those." He waved his hand and looked back at the Scroll.

"Anyway, what was the problem?" Kira asked.

"I didn't turn it on," Silver replied bluntly, fiddling with some more of the wiring.

Kira just stared at him. "You, yelled at it. And you didn't turn it on?"

"Hey, even professional technicians forget the simple things sometimes," Silver defended, "Plus, I think I actually made it work better. Or, at least, made the files combatable with my old phone." He motioned to the black rectangular object on the desk.

Kira stared at the Scroll-like figure on the desk. It wasn't the first time she'd seen it, no, but it was still interesting. It still had a back, and was slightly thicker than the newer Scroll models and smaller than them, for that matter, but it didn't have the roll-out function like Scrolls do. Instead, it had buttons on the sides for volume and power, unlike the Scroll which had the diamond for unrolling, power, and volume.

"So, like, are you going to transfer the files from your 'phone' to your Scroll?" Kira asked.

"Yup! If I can get them to be combatable, which I think I have, all I need to do is just transfer them."

"That simple?"

"Oh, heck no, but it's the barebones of it, at least." Sliver looked at his watch, "I got two hours until I gotta go help Tom set up for the festival, then go help his brother at work. I'm going to take a shower," He pointed at her, "and do you remember the rule?"

Kira rolled her eyes, "Yes, yes, 'Don't go into the bathroom while you are in there.'"

"Good." Silver tapped a few buttons on the Scroll and turned on his phone, "Alright, I'm going to start transferring the files over to the Scroll- if it pops up a warning, just click 'OK'." Silver stood up and grabbed a few clothes from his drawers, "Don't do anything crazy," He said, then entered the bathroom.

About an hour later, Silver was leaving the apartment with Kira in tow. He had long given up on trying to make her stay in the apartment. If she wanted to come, she was going to come- she was like a cat in that respect. Which was funny, as she was a cat faunus- despite Silver not knowing what trait it was that she had. When he asked, all she gave him was a smile.

"Alright, Tom's probably at the docks, as most people would enter that way, and already setting up. C'mon, let's go." Silver waved his hand for Kira to follow him.

The docks were an essential part of Vale. It was where large shipments of anything arrives. It's an epicenter for outbound ships to all parts of Remnant, it even doubles as an airport-style landing docks for Airships. At all times it was bustling- Morning, noon, night, it was busy. People walked the streets either to grab meal at the various diners lining the seafront, or to find their friends and family that just came back from a vacation.

It was not surprising that the docks were busier this time of year- what with the Vytal Festival coming around. People from around the world of Remnant were landing at the docks, either from boat or air, to take in the Vytal Festival. In the city, there wasn't much going on- just your typical city-style things, but if one were to go to the fair-ground up at Beacon Academy, one would find that there were more activities to take part in. From the typical carnival-style 'test your strength' games, to the overpriced- I mean, reasonably priced food stalls and everything in-between.

Silver called out as they approached the entrance to the docks, "Hey, Tom, need any help?"

The old man that was putting up the sign answered, "I'm not Tom, I'm Kyle, but yeah, Silver, you can help out! Get on the other side of the street and help me raise up the banner."

"Sorry, Kyle! You and your brothers look so much alike, ya know?" Silver grabbed the other side of the banner that was still laying on the ground- people were taking extra care not to step on it.

"It's fine, it's fine. People get us mixed up all the time." Kyle waved off Silver's apologies, "Now, get ready to lift- careful, it's quite heavy."

Silver latched onto the wall using his 'semblance', "Ready."

"Three. Two. One, Lift!" The old man called out, and both of them started lifting the banner. The people walking by stopped to let them lift it up.

Kira stood watching Silver and the old man, Kyle, she reminded herself, when she felt eyes on her. Looking away from where Silver was tying the rope to a hook, she searched around her for the source of the eyes. Amongst the crowd, she spotted eyes the same color of hers- golden. Kira's eyes widened and she ducked down and moved through the crowd, away from the golden-amber gaze.

Silver called out to Kyle, "That good?"

Kyle looked across at him, "Yeah, it's good!" They both climbed down, Silver down the wall, Kyle down the ladder. "Thanks again for the help, Silver. I don't know how I'd do it without you."

Silver smiled and shook Kyle's outstretched hand, "It'd've taken more time to do it, but it'd've gotten done. I've gotta grab Kira and head onto Steven's shop- working there today."

"Alright- I'll be working on more of the decorations around here if you need me."

Kira moved slowly across the wall towards Silver, glancing towards the area she saw her. Grabbing Silver's arm, she said, "Let's go."

Silver's eyes flashed, but calmed down once he saw it was her. Letting Kira lead, he asked, "What is it. You're not usually like this."

She was silent for a moment, ". . .I- I found someone. Someone that I didn't want to see for a while."

"Hmm. Well, we're almost at Steven's shop- it's just around this corner. C'mon." He grabbed her gently by the hand and she followed. Rounding the corner- they saw a crowd surrounding it.

Frowning, Silver moved faster, and pushed through the crowds with Kira in tow. They stopped at the police tape surrounding the shop. Realizing that he was still holding Kira's hand, he released it and called one of the detectives over, "Hey, what happened to Steven's shop? Someone rob it?"

The detective nodded, "Second one this week, too. Hey, aren't you the guy that was at the one Torchwick robbed?"

Silver nodded, "Yeah. Did the same thing happen here, only Dust, no money?"

"Yeah- again. They left the money. Again," the detective called to his partner.

"Just doesn't make a lick of sense- who'd need this much Dust?"

"I don't know, an army?"

"What, the White Fang?"

Silver turned away from the conversation to the tugging on his shirt, "What is it, Kira?"

She didn't answer, still tugging. Silver followed her gaze to the four girls that were standing on another side of the tape. Silver's gaze flattened, "I see." His mouth twisted, and he sighed, "Guess I'll not be doing work at all today." He waited until the monochrome colored girl turned to her talk to her teammate to say, "Let's go take a walk, Kira."

The Boardwalk was a beautiful place during the day, even more so with the Vytal festival decorations up. People walked across the Boardwalk talking, eating, or just enjoying the sights. Beacon River flowed underneath several bridges, splashing people who were down on the platforms next to the river. Shops lined the Boardwalk, tables and awnings providing shade from the sun.

It was underneath one of these tables Silver and Kira were seated, both eating in companionable silence. Silver pushed his plate away, "You know, even with near three years of living here, the food never ceases to be delicious."

Kira smiled slightly from her half-eaten meal, "You- eat fast, don't you?"

Silver raised an eyebrow, "You noticed that just now? or just stating the obvious."

"Just noticed it. You usually eat something where I can't see it."

Silver shrugged, "Eh, eating fast's an ingrained habit that can be useful sometimes."

They sat in silence as Kira finished her meal. Silver watched as a kid was trying to escape his parents' grasp and run down into the mini-docks, when the scraping of plastic on metal caught his ear. He looked over and saw that Kira had finished her meal.

Kira's hands twitched as Silver looked over to her, one hand on the armrest, the other on his chin, rubbing at his goatee. He opened his mouth, "So, what is your relation with one Blake Belladonna?"

Kira's head twitched at the name. "She's," Kira licked her suddenly dry lips, "She's . . . a friend." Silver nodded. "I- you know the White Fang, right?"

Silver nodded again, "I don't think anyone hasn't heard of them. Unless they live far out into the country with limited CCT access."

Kira nodded, agreeing, "I- I was a part of it." Silver raised a skeptical eyebrow. "B-before they went all 'terrorist'. When it was still peaceful protests. They're part of why I detest violence." She shook her head, clearing her thoughts, "S- Blake was with me while we were protesting. Her and Adam Taurus." Silver's eyes narrowed at the name. "He- he was always urging on for violence against humans, saying that we needed to take action against them. And Blake agreed with him. But I don't think she agreed with him all the way."

"Hmm. How'd you meet?" Silver asked.

Kira paused to organize her thoughts, "We- we were childhood friends. Our families were friends with each other, so we basically grew up with each other. We've known each other for our entire lives."

"What happened for you to want to avoid her?"

"I- I think it was leaving the White Fang. She thought that they were going in a better direction, while I thought that they were going down the path of no return. I actually think it was because she was still in love with Adam." Kira shook her head, "I don't know why she's here in plain sight. With humans, no less." Her eyes widened, "No offense."

Silver chuckled, "None taken, I usually don't associate myself with them." He took a deep breath, "What if I told you that she's a Huntress?"

"What?!" Kira burst out, gaining a few looks. "Sorry!" She squeaked out and said, a bit quieter, "You're kidding." Seeing Silver's totally serious face, her eyes widened, "No, Ozpin wouldn't- he's not- it's not-"

"Do you really think that Ozpin wouldn't let a possibly reformed WF member into his school?"

"I-Ye- wait. 'possibly reformed'?"

"Possibly reformed. She's probably found out that she didn't like where the Fang were going and just left."

Kira's mouth hung open.

"What? Don't look so shocked, it's completely possible that it happened. Of course, the completely opposite could happen."

Kira groaned and let her head fall on the table, "I hate how you always act so mysterious and limited with information."

Silver shrugged, "Hey, I don't want to mess up the timeline any more than it already has been."

Kira's answer was another groan. Silver chuckled and called over a waiter for dessert.

Okay, so there's this glitch on FFN that makes it look like you have more followers/favorites on your books than you actually have- I have 59 and 25 followers/favorites, but it says 60 and 26 followers/favorites.

But I'm still happy that I have that many on this story.

also, just as I was about to post this, i looked in my Gmail inbox and i saw that I've gotten a Voice Acting part in the RWBY Anthology Dub. Of course, it's as an extra, but it's still AMAZING!

anyway- Here we learned a bit about Kira's past. also the timeskip. that too. but hey.

next chapter is going to be something!

Can't write on it today as i have tests! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay /endsarcasm

i think that's it.

that is not it. I forgot the Guest Reviews. The first number is of the chapter, the second is of the number of reviewers per chapter.

Guest Reviewer 2.1: Thanks for the information- I didn't know that. But Silver still thinks that Scorpion says 'get over here' instead of 'come here', so he doesn't know the correct voice line.

Guest Reviewer 3.1: What. I'd. . .rather not.

Guest Reviewer 3.2: I have no idea where you could find one. As of right now, I only know of mine which has the MC have magic. soooo.

Until Next Time,

-FreohrWK