Chapter 4: The Fiery Yellow Ursa

"Some people get stronger to protect those they care about deeply. But, sometimes it can also give the wrong message to others."

It was night in the city, and only a few people were out at this time, and assuming several of these people come out to take care of nightly business, you would be right.

But, others were out looking for some entertainment, you would think, from the part of the city these people head to the 'entertainment' must be, rather inappropriate.

But, you'll be wrong, for this entertainment is quite the opposite. For tonight, we head to the nightclub/bar Junior's Place, owned by a man people called well Junior. His club is one of the places that serve as a host for the "Brawler's Den". It's a place where amateur fighters come to test their skills against others.

Junior may not run the ring but lets it happen in his establishment. Due to it attracting lots of business. The real organizers strictly put several rules to keep the authorities off their backs: no collateral or permanent damage to fighters of building, no gambling, no hitting downed opponents, no bribing the gamemaster, and the gamemaster's words are absolute. If the gamemaster says stop, you stop. Or else you're banned. Rules like these are what allow them to run the ring without question. Besides that, anything goes in the actual ring.

Requirements for participation at the ring welcome anyone to participate. One of those women is now rising through the ranks in the ring.

-x-

"Ladies and Gentleman!" The announcer announced on the microphone. "Welcome to the final round of the Brawler's tournament."

The crowd erupted in cheers, ready to see this fight. The announcer then raised his hand to tell them to quiet down. then pointed to the left side of the ring. "In the left corner, we have the rising star who won last month's 30-man rumble, defeated the undefeated champion Grendel Antaeus, and is currently one win away from winning tonight's tournament. I give you YANG THE FLAMING URSA!"

With that introduction, the young blonde girl sitting on the left stool stood up tall, raising her fist proudly for the crowd. Yang was feeling confident tonight. After beating Antaeus last round, she truly felt great. This final round would be a cakewalk. But if she's going to win, she still needs to see her opponent in action to know for sure. That is what her mentors always say.

"And, in the right corner, you know her as the defeater of Paula "The Hip Buster" Hiplatta, Teo Minos, and most surprisingly Leon "The Lion" Herkel. She puts the silence in silent but deadly. She's the short stack who'll wack you back. NEOPOLlATIAN!"

Neo, who sat on the stool on the right, looked not very fond of that third comment the announcer made and pouted. But seemingly shrugged it off and made her way to the ring's light, revealing her to be a small girl with an unusual hair coloration (pink on the left and brown on the right) while her eyes are the same color but swapped.

Yang thought she might use some beauty magic hair tonic. Products like those have been getting popular in Vale lately. But she was taken back by the shocking fact that this girl had single-handedly taken down several top veterans of the ring.

But let it not bring her confidence down and welcomed the challenge. "All right, let the match begin." Yang and Neo walked to the middle of the ring and started. Only three seconds in, Yang changed her mind completely.

No matter how many punches she throws at this Neo girl, she dodges all of them. All with this permanent look of amusement on her face. The fact that she's doing all this while her hits are what truly got on Yang's nerves.

Neo then locked Yang's outstretched arm during her last punch, landing a triple punch combo to Yang's face and stomach. Showing that Neo did have might despite her small stature.

"Grah!"

Yang mustered up the next attack (the most powerful tonight) and threw it into Neo's face. With a smug smile, she moved a bit to dodge Yang's attack and countered with a strong punch of her own, landing a direct hit on Yang's nose.

"Damn it," Groaned Yang. She could feel blood dripping from her possibly now broken nose, making her head spin.

Despite the intense pain from her nose, Yang still can block Neo's next attack but loses her balance. The small girl took this moment to grab Yang in her dizzy state.

"Finish her, Neo!" Someone shouted from outside the ring. "Finish her!"

For a split second, Yang looked in the direction the voice came from and saw a well-dressed ginger-haired man with a cane and (in her opinion) a very ugly bowler. He was standing just outside where Neo was sitting. So it appeared to Yang that he was Neo's manager.

But before she could get an answer, Neo made a confusing acrobatic move-

-the next thing she knew, she was sent flying towards the ceiling as everything turned white around her. Yang felt her whole life flash before his eyes.

"Aaahh-!"

-x-

Many years ago. The small island of Patch lived (for the most part) in relative peace. It was far from the city, with close-knit neighborhoods, wide-open spaces for kids to play, and the occasional bully. The perfect place to raise a family, it was great, But-

A small group of kids was playing ball in the park. Another group played on the playground while others were scattered around doing their things. They appear to be having a good time.

Like many things in life, there is a dark side to Patch.

The kids playing ball continued their game, unaware that something was watching them from afar. For you see, Patch is home to a terrifying beast.

The thing, watching the kids playing. Then, it moved from behind some trees and started making its way towards them, its massive shadow covering the area behind it.

A beast that can strike fear in the hearts of anyone who gazes upon it.

A large, low-hanging tree branch stood in front of the creature. It raised its hand out to push it out of the way. But when it refused to budge, it grabbed the branch and ripped it clean off the tree with a shocking amount of strength for its size. It then throws it aside with relative ease!

A beast with truly immense strength even for something of its stature.

One of the kids then kicks the ball a little too far. "Sorry guys, I'll get it." The kid apologized to his friends and ran to get the ball. He arrives next to a bush and walks around to retrieve it. Completely unaware that a massive shadow was approaching him from behind. He then notices the shadow on the tree beside him and slowly turns around, even though he doesn't want to.

The very name of this beast can instantly zap away the bravery and courage of anyone in an instance, for this beast is-

The boy turns around, dreading to see the owner of the shadow, only for his suspicions to be sadly confirmed. Because standing a few feet behind him was a young lavender-eyed girl around his age with a big head of blonde hair tied into pigtails. The two of them stood there, staring at each other for what honestly felt like an eternity. The girl broke the ice by popping a giant smile on her and pulling something out from behind her. The color from his face drained away completely when he realized it was the ball he and his friends were playing with just a few moments ago. The girl then said something that made him want to book it.

-Yang.

"Hi, I'm Yang. Can I play with you guys?" She asked him in an innocent tone. The boy then screamed, stumbled backward, and ran towards his friends. Yang covered her ears from the boy's screams and saw him running away.

"Hey, Wait!" She called out to him. Where are you going?"

But the boy didn't reply. He kept running, trying to get as far away from her as possible. Eventually, he reached his friends and the other kids at the park. They all turned when they saw the boy. The boy's friends saw this and ran to him.

"Hey, are you ok?"

"What happened?"

"Where's the ball?"

Those were just some of the questions the young boy was pelted with when they caught up to him. At first, the only thing that came out of his mouth. Until some actual words finally came out of his mouth.

"She's coming!" He screeches out, pointing in the direction where he saw Yang.

At first, confused by what he was talking about, they looked where the boy pointed and then understood why he was terrified. Yang just then came running at them, still carrying the ball they sent him to retrieve.

"Don't you want your ball back?" She asked the kids.

After another moment of silence, all the kids screamed and ran away.

"Run for your lives!"

"It's a beast!"

"Mommy!"

Yang ran after them in an attempt to stop them. "Wait! Come back! I just wanna-Oof."

Her sentence cut off when she tripped.

She laid there on the ground for a while until she got up. "O-Ow, what-?" She groaned, tilting her head up, looking left and right at her surroundings. She saw no sign of any of the kids that were there. The park now seemed practically deserted, with no people anywhere. The only sounds in the park were not from another person but from the animals that lived there almost seemed kind of peaceful if you think about it.

After realizing that no one was left, Yang got up and brushed herself off, all with heads hung low. When she finished, she let out a big sigh and looked back up, and the big happy-go-lucky smile returned to her face.

"Alright, you guys must have other things to do. I'll see you later." With that, she turns the other way and starts walking away. Secretly, her smile faded away as her eyes, earlier full of life and optimism, now looked tired and sad. She continues to walk as everything around her turns white.

"Huh?" Yang said, confused, also noting that her voice sounded deeper.

-x-

Present-day.

"... Nah. Don't worry. It's only just a fall from 5 meters after hitting the ceiling. She may be sore for a while, but her aura will ensure she'll be alright." A voice diagnosed.

"She's bleeding!" Another voice argued.

"From her nose. It's nothing serious. Just go take her home to get some rest, both of you. I need to go get something." The first voice said before walking away and closing a door behind them.

Yang woke up and found herself in her room. Every inch of her body felt like she'd been crushed by a Goliath, then thrown into a furnace. Out of everything in pain, her nose was still throbbing in pain.

Her mind was jumbled. Every emotion in the spectrum was scrambling inside of it until her recent memories left it only filled with burning rage.

She rose from her bed, stretched, and went to the training dummy that hung in the corner of the room she uses for training.

She stood there, staring at the dummy. Then, taking a deep breath which didn't help cool her down. Yang then started to train, throwing punch after punch at the training dummy. At first glance, it seemed to calm Yang down, and it would have to. If not for a voice from the back of Yang's head talking trash about her.

You lost. Ha, that's so like you, Yang.

Yang gritted her teeth and started punching harder after hearing that comment. A red flicker briefly glints in her eyes.

You keep punching that dummy as if it will accomplish something. How pathetic.

She punches harder and faster than ever while breathing heavily. The red glint starts glowing more rapidly.

To think that you were a rising star. But who would have thought all it took was some ice cream-colored kid to throw all that work down the gutter. Do you think that they'll let you back after that? You'll be the laughing stock of the whole den.

Then for a split second, Yang saw Neo's smug smirk on the dummy's head. That sight caused Yang to lash out at her poor training dummy.

"Rrr-aaahhhh!" She screams, punching the dummy off its stand, breaking it in two! Her eyes are now a crimson red.

Wow! Guess they were always right about you. You are nothing but a destructive monster. One that doesn't deserve love, affection, and attention from anyone. Not even from your family, especially from your mom.

That last comment was the last straw for Yang. She jumped across the room and landed on the dummy, pummeling it without mercy. The stitching on the dummy's neck started to tear open from her hits, revealing it was full of cotton and straw. Even after tearing the dummy's head to shreds, what's left falls to the ground. Yang jumped onto it and threw another dozen punches. Much less punching, more akin to slashing and mauling.

At one point, she holds it down by her mouth to do more damage.

"What have I told you about not destroying the dummy while training?!"

Yang turned around to grab what remained of the dummy and hurled it across the room, right at a man who opened her door and entered without knocking. The man, who had golden, blonde hair, just like Yang, caught the flying dummy with relative ease and set it aside.

"Get! Out!" Yang growled at the man, visibly gritting a big chunk of the dummy in her mouth and hands.

"That's not how you speak to your father." The man barked back.

Yang spat out the dummy chunk onto the floor and leaped towards her father to kick his head. He bows, avoiding the attack. While Yang was still in the air, he dashed toward his daughter and knocked her down to the floor with a low kick. Before Yang got any chance to get up, her father pinned her down using her weight.

Try as she might break free, her father's firm grip locked Yang in a way that every time she tried to move, the grip would only get tighter.

"Let me go! Let! Me! GO!" Yang demanded.

"Calm yourself down, First, Yang." Tai Yang Xiao Long asked, then let out a sigh. "Look, it's good that you're using your anger in your training. But you're letting it get out of control, and you know what happens when it reaches the boiling point."

"I'M FINE!" Growled Yang.

"You are not fine, Yang," Tai argued, then pointed at her face.

"Look at yourself. Your eyes have already turned red. If I see you grow fangs or claws next, I'll beat you to a pulp and lock you up for the night if I have to." He threatened.

Yang just growled and tried to bite him.

-x-

Tai Yang stood near his sink, cleaning some dishes. Everything was quiet in the cabin until the front door slammed open.

Tai sighed and turned to the door. "Qrow, how many times I've told you-" But cut off mid-sentence by the sight of no dusty, old crow. He didn't see anyone at the door. Which only meant one thing.

He looked over the counter to see a young blonde girl with pigtails standing at the base of the door. Her head was tilted down so that her hair covered her eyes.

"Yang," He said to his daughter. "How was school today?"

But Yang didn't say a word. She stormed off to her room without acknowledging her father was even there. "I'll take that as a no." He sighed.

Tai then walked over to Yang's room to check up on her. He sees that she slammed her door shut because the door frame had cracks covering it. Inside, the sounds of a young girl grunting and throwing things around.

Tai peaked in through a crack in the door and peered at his daughter sitting in the corner of her trashed room. She reached over and picked up a little colored pencil in her hand, trying to use it on a piece of paper.

Yang made a single line before her hand trembled and snapped the pencil in two. In the process, she tears the paper in two.

"UUGGHH!" She growled in annoyance and threw it across the room into a pile of broken color pencils, regular pencils, and anything that could mark paper.

Yang then turned on the paper, ripping it to shreds and throwing the small table she used as a hard surface across the room.

She then slumped over in the corner with her face in her knees. When she looked up, she saw her father standing in front of her door, holding the little table in his hands, showing her that he had caught it when she threw it.

"Leave me alone." She grumbled.

"And why would I do that to my daughter?" Tai asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Everyone else did."

Tai looked confused at that comment.

"I just wanted to be friends with the other kids." She explains.

"But when I tried to be friendly, everyone ran away because I scared them." Her hair fell over her eyes, obscuring her father's view of them.

"Their mommas and poppas tell them to stay away from me or else they will get hurt by me." A single tear drips down her face.

"Because I'm a MONSTER!" Yang snarled, looking straight ahead. Tai could now see his daughter's teary lilac eye had a reddish glow.

But before he could do anything, Yang slumped back down as the red faded away. "A Monster... who no one wants to be with." She laments with tears going down her cheeks.

Yang then felt her father's strong but gentle hand pat her head. She looked up to see his worried face.

"Yang." He sighed. "You are not a monster or ever were. You're just a little girl, no different from everyone else."

"But, why can't I be like everyone else?" She asked.

"We both know we're just not like other people. We were just born this way, and we couldn't control that. All that matters is what we do with our abilities."

Yang looked at her father briefly, then looked back down. "But, no one said bad things about you, and they still don't let me play."

"True, people in town don't say anything about me." Tai agreed with his daughter. "Only because I worked hard to earn their respect."

"Believe it or not, they used to treat me the same way as you when I was growing up. For a good while, I also felt that they would never accept me." Tai was happy to see he got Yang's attention now.

"But, I learned that people don't just change the way they think overnight automatically. But I didn't give up, even though it took years of hard work. I eventually earned the village's respect."

"You think I can do that too?!" She asked.

"All you have to do is try, and someday I know you'll earn their respect too someday, my little sun dragon, and you'll achieve it too if you work hard enough," Tai promises.

He could see the lights in his daughter's eyes shine bright with hope and raise her fist in the air, giving off an aura of determination to make that goal a reality.

As much as it filled him with pride to see his daughter out of her slump, Tai still had to be a dad and give her some reality.

"Slow down, Yang. You still have a ways to go." He explains. "First thing first, we need to help get a better control of her strength."

"Ok." Yang agreed with her father as everything around her turned white.

With that promise, Yang spent the next couple of years training with her father to master her immense berserker strength. For a while, it seemed to work. Yang didn't scare people as much as she used to. But even though her physical control has improved. Her mental control was another story.

-x-

Present-

Yang woke up in a daze, unable to move. She looked up and realized she was chained up head to toe. Meaning she could only be in one place.

A massive metal cage that her father has in the basement.

Tai had threatened to use this cage if she could not get her anger under control many times, and tonight was the first and last time Tai's threat came true.

If Yang was in pain before, she was in agony now. Her new injuries were worse than any you could give or receive in the Brawler's Den. Especially now, since Yang had to now mend a dislocated jaw by herself.

"Breath," Tai commanded her to do. "I don't want my daughter turning into a bear. You got that?"

Yang gritted her teeth and breathed in and out deeply, despite the pain in her face.

"Good, keep it up."

"Alright, I'm calm now. Can I go now?" Yang asked, still gritting her teeth.

"Not until your eyes change back to normal, then, I say you're fine. You know the rule. Now breathe." He argued as Yang frustratingly returned to breathing in and out.

Tai noticed Yang's growing frustration and needed to do something quickly.

"Yang, if you're not going to do this for me, then do it for the new girl. Cause you scare her whenever you have an outburst." He sighed.

Yang's eyes widened in horror upon hearing this.

It has been only a week since her uncle Qrow brought this girl into their home. He asked for her father's help with the girl and the Bureau. From what Yang heard, her name is Ruby Rose, and she's a werewolf. She came from the Southern Empire through an "unusual situation" and had to have some things arranged before she could be an official Vailian resident.

Yang, who always wanted a little sister, immediately got along with Ruby through their ways of fighting. As Yang was fond of hand-to-hand combat, Ruby chose a more indirect approach with weapons. Now that Yang thought about it, she was a bit of a weapon nut. She was a great sharpshooter, especially with that crazy rifle of hers. Not to mention that it could also shift into a scythe that is bigger than Ruby is tall! Add the fact that her scythe skills were good enough to impress Qrow, providing that she was something special.

And learning that her latest tantrum sacred Ruby was too much for her, she began to tear up as the red glow of her eyes started to fade.

"I-I did …" Yang said through her tears of guilt, letting her anger evaporate into thin air. "I-I'll go say sorry to her later."

"That's great." Tai Yang completed before walking over with a pair of keys and unshackled his daughter so she could sit up and face him. "You know Yang. I'm personally grateful Qrow brought Ruby here."

"Cause you don't trust Uncle Qrow to care for a little girl?"

Tai laughed at that question. "Yeah, that's reason one."

"But reason two is ever since Ruby started living with us, your temper's not as bad as it used to be."

Yang was surprised by this. "It is?"

Her father nodded. "Yes, which is a good thing."

"Really ..." Yang said, wiping away some of her tears. "Now that you mention it ... I ... don't. Ruby is kind of like- Uh- a puppy. Whenever I see her, I always think that I want to do everything I can so I don't scare her or hurt her accidentally when I'm angry. So yeah, maybe that's why."

Tai patted his daughter's shoulder. "It's good progress, Yang. Sometimes you need someone else to help you through all these berserker things."

Yang exhaled. "Yeah ..."

"Anger is our power," Tai said, clenching his fist. "But the moment you lose control, you're lost. You must remember that always."

Yang nodded. With that promise, she was finally let out of the cage.

"Alright, now I need to apologize to Ruby."

"Why don't you tell her now," Tai said, opening the basement door, revealing Ruby was hiding behind it and must have heard everything.

"R-Ruby?!" Yang exclaimed, shocked to see her step-sister. "Y-You were just here?!"

Ruby nodded and, without hesitation, walked up and gave Yang a big hug. "Yep." She said, popping the P.

Yang started to tear up and hugged her back. A little too much. "Yang, Please." She asked her.

"Oh, sorry." Yang apologized embarrassingly.

Tai just laughed at this and led the two young girls back upstairs. Yang smiled and laughed with her dad and step-sister as they went up. Cause for the first time in a while. Yang felt loved.

Author's note: Okay, these 'Trailer' chapters took a lot longer than I thought. But anyway, let me know what you think, and as always. Constructive criticism is allowed.

Next time, this story will begin and I'm gonna let you know what inspired this story.

So like Curse Bearers, RWBY will have to learn to deal with, struggle and accept their curses. To avoid dwelling on sadness and hatred because in this world that's the fate almost all beasts suffer. As Juunishi put it, one would say "I hate this curse". Then another would tell them, But it doesn't stop you from being awesome!"

Hunting For Your Dream by Ben10Extreme is one. So you can expect some Shonen-like things in this story.

Also, Supernatural Academy is another.

Until next time. AutoHunter Rolling out of the hunt.