Flashback

"Hey kid you hungry!"

A boy who was sitting on the ground looked up. A boy about his age was looking down at him with a sandwich in his hand. He was shaking the sandwich in Cabooses face.

"You look like you're hungry and my sister packed a spare,"

Caboose looked at the sandwich. Then without further invitation he began chomping down on the sandwich strait from the other boy's hand.

"Hey I'm not feeding you!" The boy yelled in protest as he released the sandwich. Caboose ate the whole thing before it even hit the ground. Caboose looked up at the boy. Then his face turned into a wide smile.

"We should be friends!"

"Wha-!" The other boy began before Caboose grabbed him tightly.

"Hey get off of me!" The boy shouted in protest as he pushed Caboose off. The boy made his way to his house but Caboose was running after him.

"Get the hell away from me!" The boy shouted as he began to run away from Caboose.

"Never!" Caboose shouted. "Let's play tag,"

"There's only two of us!"

"So!"

"Stop following me!"

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"Hey,"

Caboose looked up and saw a sandwich in his face.

"I swear if you eat from my hand I will beat you with this sandwich,"

Caboose looked up at the boy.

He started chomping on the sandwich.

"Damnit!"

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Caboose and the boy were walking from school. They were slightly older by a year.

"She doesn't show it but I'm positive my sister wants the marry the guy,"

"I don't want to get married," Caboose answered. "My dad says, why buy the cow when you get the milk for free,"

"…Did you just call my sister a slut?" The boy asked with narrowed eyes.

"What's a slut?" Caboose asked curiously.

The other boy shrugged. "I don't know but I heard it's a bad name for girls,"

"Oh," Caboose answered.

"Yes so since it's a bad thing now I have to kick your ass since you called my sister one,"

"Ah," Caboose answered intelligently. The two looked at each other for a moment. Then Caboose took off running.

"Hey no running away!" The boy shouted angrily as he began to chase after Caboose. "Take your beating like a man!"

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Caboose looked down at his friend in shock and horror. There was so much blood.

The boy seemed to be saying something to Caboose but Caboose was arguing with him. The boy said one last thing and gave a big smile to Caboose. Then his eyes went dull and his breathing stopped completely.

Caboose continued to look down as if it wasn't true. He began to shake as he reached out to his friend.

Then Caboose looked up and did the only thing he could think of.

He snapped.

Flashback end

Sagesumasareta ressei kakusu
(Everything is in black and White)

Roxas is leaning against a wall tossing a pair of dice up in the air. He is wearing a bandana with his symbol on it. He is wearing a weathered, beaten, and torn tracksuit and sneakers. He tosses the dice one more time before holding them between his fingers. His right eye is covered in bandages and there are band aids littering his face and neck. Despite this he gives the camera a cocky smirk.

Yue koko ni tatsu imi wo motsu
Percy is spinning a pipe in his hands before stopping and leaning it on his shoulder. He is wearing a stocking cap but bandages covering his forehead could be seen. He was wearing a ripped up leather jacket with a shirt with a skull on it and a pair of torn jeans. His feet were covered in a pair of loose short neck boots. He looks at the screen before smiling sinisterly.

Kesshita yuen nigezu ima sagasu riyuu
Caboose is crouching down on the fround when he looks up. As usual his blue cap is on hiding his eyes and hair. There is a lone bandage on his nose. He was wearing a t-shirt with wet markings all over it. (Most likely blood) He was wearing a pair of sweatpants, socks and sandals. His mouth was covered by a bandana with a crazy smile on it. He looks up at the camera and waves cheerfully at the camera with a gun in his hand.

Kawarazu saibou samasu hikari yo
Naruto is wearing a torn hoodie which is opened to reveal his bare chest. He looks up and unlike his companions doesn't have any bandages except on his arms and hands. His face and chest are littered with scars and bruises. He gives a crazed blood thirsty smile to the camera. H elifts his rifht arm back and cocks it.

I wanna renegade down

He thrusts his fist forward and hits the camera. The screen goes black with the word UMPR in white

Gibberish and instruments.

The word UMPR bumps up as if it were a speaker randomly over and over until the last one blows it up.

Meitei shisou na hodo no

Naruto is shown before a new picture appears to him getting spear kicked in the wall by Ruby. The picture shifts to him and Jaune sitting down and Naruto smacks Jaune upside the head. Jaune yells at him angrily but Naruto doesn't look fazed.

Miminari ga shita
Caboose is shown next before the picture changes to him talking to Church who looks at him in comical sadness. The scene changes to him Yang and Nora slamming down on the table in tandem while singing happily.

Yukkuri to me wo akenakereba
Percy is shown. The scene changes to him opening his door to Weiss without a shirt who (Percy doesn't have the shirt get your mind out of the gutter) who gets a nosebleed at the display. It changes to Percy walking away from Blake and stiffening before running away from her with Blake smirking as he runs.

Ushinau mono erabenai hodo

Roxas is shown. The scene changes to him and Pyrrha walking and talking next to a devastated looking Naruto as they head to class. The scene changes to him and Ren yelling something at Nora as they looked frightened at something she said.

Nanika ni sugaru ishi-tachi yo

It shifts to random scenes of things the team has been through together. Watching Caboose run around the school excitedly, Naruto and Roxas arguing while putting the bunk beds together. And Percy and Naruto shrug something off as they watch Ooblek zoom across the room.

Take away and do for me
The team is walking down the streets in Vale. They are back in their usual clothing.

Kotae no nai sekai demo
They pass by Tentens weapon shop who looks out her window at them as they pass by

Carry on
It focuses on Caboose as he passes by Grif who has his hood up to cover his facial features like always. Grif looks over his shoulder as Caboose passes.

and burn it down

The four stop and look at a mass of goons with strange masks on with Roman in front of them.

Get away every bug

(The screen is in color)

The four don't hesitate to charge forward at the goons and Roman.

Take away and do for me

Naruto punch a few of them before he ducks down to avoid a wide swing from a sword one is holding. He gets on his hands and spins his legs in the air and his multiple ones back.

Nijinda kono koe wo

Roxas jumps in with Oathkeeper and Oblivion in their doubl blade form. He swings it around and then blocks an attack from above. He splits his weapon into two and pushes the guy off of him and swings at with oblivion at other goons who are charging at him.
Carry on and burn it down

Caboose is using Freckles at a fast pace taking the goons out. He then holds his holds his fist up and his arm begins to glow. Church appears before mimicking his thumb crossing thumb across his neck. A light blue energy blasts from around Caboose's fist engulfing the goons in its path.

you've got to be the one you want

Percy is surrounded. He lifts Neró into the air. The screen backs out to show blue dots littering the ground among the goons. He slams Neró into the ground and the crystals explode causing a large tidal wave pushing the goons away from Percy.

Breath in

(The camera is slowly moving so each person can be seen one by one)

Nora appears from the air and slams her hammer down causing a small explosion and goons to fly back.

breath out

Ren appears from the air next diagonally in front of Nora who is slowly disappearing from the screen. (This process will repeat for all but Ruby) He slashes down at the goons as he lands causing them to fall

fill out

Pyrrha appears in a twirl as she swings Miló in javelin form around and knocks a goon away.

your voice

Jaune appears but blocks with his shield and slashes at a goon deafeating them.

Calling

Yang land one good punch literally blowing the goon away in an explosion.

Calling

Blake comes swinging down with Gambol Shroud in kusagami form and kicks her enemy.

find out

Weiss having already been on the ground merely thrusts forward a high speed blowing the goons away.

your name

Ruby appears in a shroud of rose petals and swings her Scythe knocking the goons away. The camera zooms on her face.

This is

A boy with blonde hair and a monkey tail with arms crosses looks at the screen. A cocky grin on his face.

your life

A girl with orange hair appears next replacing the boy. She leans slightly and waves in a friendly way with a happy look on her face.

You never lose yourself

The camera pans to Ozpin and zooms in on his face. The screen begins to turn white but just before he disappears a small smile graces his lips.

Why don't

(It goes back to black and white)

Naruto and Roxas appear back to back. They're in the outfits they were wearing at the beginning of the opening and the screen is black and white once again. Naruto has a fist in another hand and looks cocky while Roxas has a smirk and one hand in his pocket and the other tossing the dice in the air.

you come

Caboose and Percy are standing side by side. Caboose is holding the gun sideways while pointing it at the camera. A bright smile on his face. Percy is swinging the pipe around in his hand. He gives the camera a knowing smile.

Peace out

The four are shown together in their same poses except Naruto and Roxas are on opposite ends representing the letters they stand for in their team name. Then the screen went black.

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"The Vytal Festival! Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss exclaimed as she looked around the city of Vale. All around them people were setting up for the festival. Putting up signs welcoming the people from the other kingdom. People were beginning to put up discount signs to get more business in honor of the time of year.

'Wait isn't it still like months away?' Ruby thought in her head. She decided to not voice her thoughts so to avoid the wrath of her partner. Said partner who also had a megawatt smile on her face.

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss." Ruby frowned and looked at her partner wearily. "It's kinda weirding me out..."

Weiss turned too Ruby that megawatt smile still on her face. Seriously it was just wrong.

"How could you not smile?" Weiss nearly shouted. "A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances! Parades! A tournament! Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!" Weiss's eyes had become giant sparkling stars as she looked out in the distance in pure glee.

"You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring." Yang muttered as she crossed her arms. Then a smile made its way on to her face. "Maybe if Percy was here you would be more fun to be around,"

"Quiet, you!" Weiss snapped as her sparkling eyes became big white angry ones as she pointed to Yang. She quickly turned away so to hide the pink hue her cheeks were beginning to take.

It was no secret that the two had been spending a lot of time together. But it was either to study and training. That was it. It just frustrating to her that Yang constantly teased her about it. Why didn't she do it to Pyrrha! She was spending nights alone with Jaune and Yang never teased her about it.

Maybe she would bring it up the next time they were together so Yang would stop teasing her and maybe do it to the red haired amazon.

The group of four continued there walk until they were at the docks.

"Remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Yang grumbled.

"Ugh, they smell like fish!" Moaned as she held her nose. 'Naruto smells better than this though barely,' She thought.

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Naruto perked up and narrowed his eyes.

"What's up?" Percy asked as he looked at his team leader.

"…I'm going to cuss out Ruby next time see her," Naruto said.

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"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And, as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom!" Weiss explained with an air of superiority and haughtiness.

"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." Blake says simply as she looks at the retreating heiress.

"You can't prove that!" Weiss points at Blake in denial and anger.

Ruby looked like she was going to say something but something caught her eye to her right. She looked and her eyes widened in shock "Whoa."

The others follow the younger girls line of sight and their eyes grow wide as well. Not too far from them is a shattered window down the street and a door full of yellow caution tape of the Vale Police Force

With their curiosity getting the better of them the girls make their way over to the scene. The head strait to a detective in front, who seemed to be writing something on a pad.

"What happened here?" Ruby asked curiosity.

The detective looked up at the girls. "Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." He explained. He then turned around and walked over to his partner.

"That's terrible." Yang said sadly.

"They left all the money again." The other detective said to his partner.

Ruby whipped her head to the detectives to that particular bit of information "Huh?" She said.

"Yeah, just doesn't make a lick of sense." The first detective grunted. Who needs that much Dust?"

"I don't know, an army?" the second detective huffed out.

"You thinking the White Fang?"

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

"Hmph!" Weiss said while crossing her arms and looking away with her eyes closed. "The White Fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates!"

"What's your problem?" Blake asked with narrowed eyes.

"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss explained to Blake with annoyance.

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths." Blake said seriously with her arms crossed. "They're a collection of misguided Faunus."

"Misguided?" Weiss looked at Blake in shock "They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet!"

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

"Hmm... Blake's got a point" Ruby spoke up seriously. "Remember how I told you about my run in with that Torchwick guy before school started. This is exactly what he did back then. Him and his goons didn't go for the lien, they just took the dust, or at least tried to," She explained. "It was probably him that did this,"

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

"That's not necessarily true..." Yang began with narrowed eyes.

"Oh please," Weiss scoffed. "You treat Naruto like the plague,"

"That's not because of what he is," Yang countered. "It's because of who he is and what he's done,"

"And he did those things because he's a Faunus," Weiss said.

"Velvet's not like that," Ruby countered. Velvet was very shy and timid. It was honestly a shock that she was in the hunter program with her personality.

"Then she's either the black sheep or a really good actor," Weiss shot back.

"That's not fair," Ruby said with a frown. "Not all Faunus are like that,"

"Hey, stop that Faunus!"

The girls turned to see some commotion going on over at the docks.

"You were saying," Weiss said smugly. The four ran over to the docks to see what was going on. They arrived just in time to see a tan-skinned boy with short spiky light-blonde hair about their age running on a boat and avoiding the sailors who were attempting to capture him. They all saw the light blonde tail that was waving around as he ducked and weaved through the sailors until he finally reached the edged of the boat and jumped off.

"Thanks for the ride, guys! Haha!" He laughed as he jumped off.

"You, no-good stowaway!" One of the sailors shouted as they reached the edge of the boat and glared and the blonde Faunus.

"Hey! If I'm a no-good stowaway I would've been caught long before we reached the destination or even left the ports in Vacuo." Sun defended. "I'm a great stowaway! You guys on the other hand are a no good crew as you only now knew that I was on the boat so HA!" H eyelled in triumph.

"He's not exactly wrong," Yang said out loud as they looked at the boy who peeling a banana while hanging from a lamp post by his tail upside down.

He was wearing two red wrist bracers and an open loose collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. He had on blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. There were white bandages on his legs and a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants.

He was sporting a pair of black and yellow sneakers and a twisted golden necklace around his neck which looked like it was about to fall since he was still upside down. On the necklace was a round pendant bearing an emblem on it.

Before he could eat the banana, one of the detectives down below throws a stone at him to get his attention.

"Hey! Get down from there this instant!" The detective who threw the rock demanded.

The boy responds by dropping the banana peel on the detective's face, who growls in return. The monkey-like Faunus twirls up to crouch on the lamp post.

He looks around to look for an escape route. He spots one along with something else. He laughs in amusement, and proceeds to leap off and run away from the detectives.

He made his way up the stairs while the detectives begin to give chase. He turns towards Ruby and the others and begins making his way to them.

As he runs past Team RWBY, he winks at an astonished Blake in slow motion before time speeds up again and he continues to be chased by the officers.

"Well, Weiss, you wanted to see the competition, and there it goes..." Yang said in a dismissive yet somehow still mischievous tone.

"Quick! We have to observe him!" Weiss says pointin in the direction the boy had run off too.

Yang quickly follows but Ruby and Blake hesitate.

'Weird,' Ruby thought. She had felt a sensation at Sun ran by. It was a very familiar sensation. It was faint but she still felt it. It was the same feeling she had felt when she first met Naruto. The difference now was that unlike with Naruto her instincts weren't telling her to kill him or run away. 'I wonder…'

She then decided to file the information away as Blake began to chase after the rest of her team. Ruby soon followed.

Blake and Ruby had caught up to yang and Weiss fairly quickly. The team rounded the next corner, but then Weiss bumped into someone and fell over. She looked up just in time see Sun jump on to a building and disappear from her view.

"No, he got away!" Weiss slammed her fist's down in frustration.

"Uhh... Weiss?" Yang calls out. Weiss glares at her in annoyance. She was upset that the completion had gotten away. Yang pointed downward. Weiss followed Yang's finger to look at a girl underneath her. A girl she had just hit with her fists. Weiss immediately gets up and looks down at the girl who was smiling up at her.

"Sal-u-ta-tions!"

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"So you're saying that the way Caboose talks and how his brain works is a result of what happened to him?" Naruto asked Grif to confirm.

"Yep," Grif answered. "After he snapped he was never the same mentally. He was luckier than most of us though,"

Naruto looked at Roxas and Percy who did the same thing. Then they turned back to Grif.

"Just what the hell did they do to you all?" Percy asked.

Grif remained silent, Theta disappeared, and Church didn't look at them. Clearly they weren't going to talk about it.

"It doesn't matter anyway," Naruto spoke up. The others turned to look at him. "Caboose is staying," There was a finality in his voice that dared anyone to challenge him.

"Naruto we've been over this," Church tried.

"Church, Caboose want to stay and we've formed a team," Roxas tried. "Asking us to just let you both leave isn't fair,"

"Nor is it an option," Naruto snarled.

"Look I appreciate what you've done for us," Church began. "But you have to realize we don't want to drag you into our problems,"

"Well too bad!" Naruto growled.

"Church why are you trying to explain this like their opinion actually matters in all this," Grig yawned out. "I'll just tell Carolina and then you'll have to deal with her,"

"I know," Church began.

"And don't forget about- I know!" Church interrupted Grif. "I'll have to deal with them anyway," He sighed.

"You're not leaving," Naruto protested. "If you try I will drag you back and glue you to me," He threatened.

"I don't think you can glue Church," Percy spoke up.

"Then I'll just glue Caboose to me," Naruto said.

"Yay that way my friend will always be next to me!" Caboose cheered happily. "Though hide and seek is going to be hard to play,"

"We'll make it work," Naruto commented.

"Yeah church let's stay!" Caboose said happily. The entirety of team UMPR looked at him.

Truthfully Church wanted to stay. Sure he missed the others. They were his family, all of them were. They had been through so much together over the last few years. They were a fairly decent sized group but they always looked out for each other and Church had a real relationship with every single one of them.

But UMPR offered something else. And not just them. RWBY and JNPR had proven to be true allies' and trustworthy people. Even Yang despite her beef with Naruto seemed to be on good terms with the others. Sure they didn't know he existed but they treated Caboose with kindness. They offered a place to where he didn't have to always have his head on a swivel. A place where he didn't have to sleep lightly or take night watching shifts. Yes they offered something else.

They offered a home.

But he couldn't abandon the others. He knew Caboose knew that. But he understood why it was so hard for him to want to leave.

"Well, Church," Grif began. "What are you gonna do,"

Church looked around him. He thought long and hard. He sighed. Then he made his decision.

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Go to the city. Check. Go with team for bonding time. Check. Watch partner run into a girl while chasing a stowaway. That had not been in Ruby's plan for the day.

"Um... hello." She greeted.

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

The girl looked at them with a smile still on her face. Seriously how could she still be smiling. "I'm wonderful! Thank you for asking." She answered.

The girls looked at each other in bewilderment before Yang decided to speak up again.

"Do…do you wanna get up?" Yang asked uncertainly.

The girl seemed to have to actually think about it for a moment.

"Yes!" She answered gleefully. She leapt back on her feet while the team stepped back a little in shock. "My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!"

She had short, rather curly orange hair that came down to her chin with a pink bow on the back of her head. She had bright green eyes, light skin and freckles. She was wearing an old-fashioned blouse with short feminine overalls, as well as a black and green collar with a matching pair of stockings.

"Hi Penny." Ruby greeted lamely. "I'm Ruby."

"I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

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

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny greeted so happily it had to be honest.

"You already said that." Weiss pointed out with a raised eyebrow.

Penny paused to think about it. "So I did!" She said with a smile.

Seriously why was she still smiling.

"Well, sorry for running into you!" Weiss apologized before turning around to leave. The others follow her lead and begin to walk away as well.

"Take care, friend!" Ruby waves to Penny.

"She was... weird..." Yang said as they walked away.

"Now, where did that Faunus riff-raff run off to?" Weiss sniffed as she looked around to look for the Faunus they were in pursuit of earlier. Only to bump into Penny.

"What did you call me?" Penny asked in wonder. Weiss looked back and forth in shock and horror. She was not going to deal with another happy go lucky speedster. She already had one for a partner.

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

Blake looked at her sideways. 'Really,' She thought. "You're sorry you got caught but not for saying it,'

"No, not you." Penny corrected. She then walked through the group to Ruby and leaned down to look at her."You!" She said.

"Me?" Ruby asked startled. "I-I don't know. I, what I, um, uh..." She stuttered.

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

"Uuuum..." Ruby began. She looked over Penny's shoulder to see her teammates motioning for her to deny the claim. Ruby turned back to look at Penny in the eyes.

And in those eyes she saw familiar feelings. Curiosity, nervousness. Hope. These were the same feelings she had been feeling when Yang tried to get her out of her shell in making friends. These were feelings she had felt with Weiss, Blake, JNPR, UMPR, Naruto… not that last one.

She didn't even have to think about her answer. "Y-Yeah, sure! Why not?" No damnit! She hadn't meant to stutter.

Her teammates didn't agree with her decision if the way their eyes got big and, comically fell over were anything to go by. Penny however didn't notice. She looked overjoyed and laughed out loud.

"Sen-sational!" She yelled ecstatically. "We can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" She rambled on and on and while it through Ruby off a bit she couldn't help but be happy.

"Is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby asked Weiss as she got up and walked up to her.

"No," Weiss said. Ruby lit up a bit at what she perceived as a compliment. "She seems far more coordinated." Her light was quickly extinguished.

"So..." Yang began. "What are you doing in Vale?"

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

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

"Yep," Penny chirped before saluting. "I'm combat ready!"

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

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

"It's a combat skirt! Weiss defended.

Ruby was beside her fellow skirt wearer in a second. "Yeah!" She exclaimed coming to her comrade's defense.

High Five!

"Wait a minute." Weiss says as a thought comes to her. She walked over to Penny and grabed her shoulders. "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed... rapscallion?" She asked.

Penny tilted her head in confusion. "The who...?" She asked.

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" Weiss held up a poor drawing of the monkey Faunus from earlier.

"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake yelled with clear irritation.

"Huh?" Weiss asked intelligently turning her attention to Blake.

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

"Oh, I'm sorry." Weiss said in a not so sorry tone. "Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?" She asked sarcastically.

"Stop it!" Blake yelled furiously.

Ruby and Yang looked at the escalating scene in concern.

"Stop what? He clearly broke the law." Weiss said as if this conversation was pointless. "Give him time; he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!"

Blake gritted her teeth. "You, ignorant little brat!" Weiss recoiled as if she had been slapped. Blake decided to walk away. She couldn't stand to be near Weiss much longer.

Weiss however wasn't having it. "How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" She stormed after Blake.

"You are a judgmental little girl." Blake yelled over her shoulder not realizing Weiss was running after her.

"What in the world makes you say that?" Weiss cried.

"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 scolded. She had stopped to argue with Weiss when she realized the girl was next to her.

Yang stood by her sister in concern. "Um, I think we should probably go..." She suggested.

"Where are we going?" Penny asked popping up next to them with a smile.

"So you admit it!" Weiss yelled in triumph. "The White Fang is just a radical group of terrorists!" She continued.

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

Ruby and Yang could only look at the battle in worry.

'Just let them get it out of their system,' Ruby thought. She wanted to stop the argument but she knew that the problem wouldn't be solved. It would just fester up again like had been all semester until it blew up and Ruby was worried that the second time would be worse. So she followed her instincts as a leader and decided that the best course of action was to let the two hash out their opinions. She believed it would help her team grow closer.

'Besides it can't last that much longer right?' She thought hopefully.

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"We're leaving," Church said. The looks of devastation on Percy and Roxas's faces was like a punch to the gut. But the look of agonizing hurt on Naruto's was worse.

Caboose looked down sadly. But slowly he nodded his head in understanding.

Grif nodded and got up. "Well now that that's settled I'm off to go get something to eat," he headed out the door but before he closed he turned around. He opened his mouth to say something but Theta appeared on his shoulder and shook his head. He nodded in understanding and simply left.

It remained quiet for a minute. "Guys look I…" Church tried but he couldn't bring himself to speak. Naruto abruptly got up and headed for the door.

"Naruto-" Percy began.

"I'm not staying in the dorm tonight," He stated as he opened the door. "I'll see you later," His voice was hollow as he closed the door.

Church to Percy and Roxas. They were quiet for a while.

"Hey it's fine I totally get it," Percy began with a forced smile. "It's not like we won't keep in contact right,"

"Y-yeah," Church hesitated.

"And hey if you guys ever need a place to hide Vacuo is a good place," Roxas chimed in. "We'll see each other again,"

"Sure," Church said with a bit more bass in his voice. Caboose had opted to remain silent.

Roxas and Percy looked at each other for a moment. "We're gonna head back to the dorm for now. You two should take this time to catch up with Grif and we'll see you when you get back to the dorms,"

Without waiting for an answer the two quickly got up and left. Church looked at the still silent Caboose.

"Caboose," Church began.

"Monday," Caboose said. "We leave Monday. That gives us time to pack, erase ourselves like we were never hear,"

'And say goodbye,'

It went unspoken but it was fair. They deserved that much.

"We'll turn in our resignations to Ozpin tomorrow," Church supplied. It'll be Saturday so he should be free,"

Caboose nodded his head. "Church… I-I want to be alone for a while,"

"Sure buddy," Church said and he vanished. But he could see the tear's that began to leak out of Caboose's eyes.

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'I hate being wrong,' Ruby thought sadly. Team RWBY had made their way back home and the fight between Blake and Weiss was still going. And it had been 2 hours since they had gotten back and 3 hours since they started arguing. She had wanted to check on team UMPR when only half the team returned to the dorm and in very somber moods but she had her own problems to deal with.

"I don't understand why this is causing such a problem!" Weiss shouted.

Like half her team still arguing. She made a mental link to check on them tomorrow.

"That is the problem!" Blake retorted just as loud. "It's just like with Naruto!"

"Oh for Oum's sake!" Weiss welled. "He attacked Ruby on multiple occasions and he showed the entire student body a video of him beating Cardin." Weiss said. "Then he threated all of them if they ever acted out against his wishes!"

"That was to stop the bullying in the school!" Blake countered.

"By what! Bullying everyone into doing thing his way," Weiss drawled. "Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he was in the White Fang or had some connection to them with how he acts. And I don't see you giving Yang any flak with how she treats him!"

"Because I know with her it has nothing to do with his status as a Faunus!" Blake defended. "And now you go making assumptions he's connected to the White Fang because their actions are similar. They just want peace!"

Weiss narrowed her eyes at Blake and slowly got up and spoke in a calm but still just as angry. "You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!"

Blake got up from her bed and stood face to face with Weiss "There's no such thing as pure evil!" Blake countered. "Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? It's because of people like CARDIN, people like YOU, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!"

"People like me?" Weiss shouted in surprise.

"You're discriminatory!" Blake accused.

"I'm a victim!" Weiss snapped causing all the others in the room to back up at the outburst. It wasn't the anger in the that had thrown them off. It was the hint of hurt and sadness in her voice. Blake however wouldn't back down and continued to glare back.

As the two continued to glare each other down in silence, Weiss leaned in close, leering as she began to speak quietly. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus?" Weiss turned away from Blake to look out the window. "It's because they've been at war with my family for years,"

Blake still didn't look sympathetic.

"It wasn't so bad at first," Weiss continued. "Protest's, strikes, union formations and even the occasional threat. There were a few cases of vandalism and even strategic strikes but no one ever got hurt. I didn't mind those because they were peaceful and understandable. I remember one particular protest had gotten a bit violent and a few people got hurt and the White Fang apologized for hurting people,"

Blake remembered that protest to. The previous leader had personally apologized for that. Her father had not been pleased with the direction the protest had taken.

"Then everything had changed 5 years ago," Weiss said. There was an edge in her voice. "There were no more peaceful protests, and no more apologies," Weiss seemed to take a breath before continuing. "Instead of spray painting and vandalizing company building they blew them up. People were inside. Some of them didn't even work for our company,"

Blake blinked at that. What?

"Then they started aiming for us," Weiss said in faraway voice. "My sister was always strong and brave but her kindness was her greatest attribute. She was stern true but she was always there to cheer me and our brother up if we were scared or sad." There was a small smile on her face but I soon vanished. "That all changed when the White Fang killed a group of her friends but left her alive."

What?

"It was a message," Weiss continued. "If you were friends with a Schnee you would pay the price. She was never the same after that. She would put on a brave face for me and our brother but I would hear her at night crying or screaming in fright."

She didn't know that.

"I remember one time I was walking down the street and I met a young Faunus on the street tattered in rags and starving," Weiss said hollowly. "I offered to help her get some food and pay for it." Weiss had yet to turn around to them. "You can imagine my surprise when she tackled me to the ground and tried to bash my head in with a brick," She said with a humorless laugh. "All the while screaming for me to die and her doing it in the name of the White Fang,"

That wasn't-

"Over the past five years, I've watched family friend disappear, only to receive a video of them being tortured and killed a few days later. Including the children." The edge in her voice was back. "Watching the news to hear about board members being assassinated in their homes. People who I had sometimes seen just the day before or had always been kind to everyone including Faunus. There was one time when my sister and I helped an old woman cross the street while carrying her groceries to get to the bus stop. We didn't know who she was or anything." Weiss's arms were trembling. "She just needed help, didn't even know her name… They sent her head to our front door a week later.

That couldn't be true.

"An entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And all of the guards and civilians who were on the train… well they would be found by others when the train arrived. Some of them would be Winter's classmates. Barely out of the academy," Weiss was whispering at this point. "And every day, my father would come home…furious!" She unconsciously touched her right arm, as if to cover something up."

Blake's eyes widened. No…

"And that made for a very difficult childhood." Weiss said.

Ruby walked over to Weiss and reached for her shoulder. "Weiss, I-" She began but Weiss interrupted her.

"No!" Weiss snarled her anger back in full effect. She turned towards Blake and stalked towards her. "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers! I don't care if you call them misguided or whatever! The fact is that they will justify anything for their movement of peace when in reality their all just a bunch a FUCKING monster's who will attack anyone so get what they want! "

"Well how else where we supposed to get our message across! Being peaceful wasn't working!"

What? Blake's eyes widened as she realized what she had said.

Weiss's eyes widened in shock. No don't look at her like that. Weiss began to back away slowly. No don't back away in fear. Blake looked around her teammates and their wide eyes.

"If you wait too long then it's going to backfire and end up hurting you and the ones you care about," Naruto had been right. It was hurting.

"I... I..." Blake began. She thought back to the conversation she had had with Naruto. 'If you wait too long then it's going to backfire and end up hurting you and the ones you care about," Naruto had been right. It was hurting. Blake turned and dashed out of the room.

"Blake, wait! Come back!" Ruby began as she looked out the hall but Blake was gone.

Ok so checking on UMPR was going to have to wait even longer.

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Blake ran. She ran and ran and ran. She hadn't meant for that to slip. The weren't supposed to know about her past. Now they would look at her with hate. Especially Weiss.

She eventually found herself outside in front of the statue in the Beacon courtyard.

It was a statue of an armored man with a sword and a hooded woman wielding an axe on an outcropping, staring at the Beowolf under the stone heroes in particular. It was to show that the human could overcome. It was proof that the grimm could be killed. That anyone could be a hero.

Yet Faunus huntsmen and huntresses were still discriminated against. In truth they hadn't united.

They were still as separated as ever.

Menagerie was proof of that.

She closed her eyes and slowly lifted her arms up to the bow on her head and took it off. She wiped away a tear away as her now revealed cat ears twitched slightly at being exposed to the chilly night air.

"I knew you would look better without the bow." A voice says startling her.

She turned around and came face to face with the monkey faunus from earlier.

They looked at each other for a moment. Then Blake began to speak.

"Do you have a place to stay?"

The cocky smile on the boys turned to one of shock. "Umm," He said intelligently. "Don't you think we're moving a bit fast,"

Blake narrowed her eyes at him. "Not like that," She sneered though she was glad he couldn't see the small ink tint that entered her cheeks. "I mean do you have a place I can rest for the night. I kinda can't go to where I was staying tonight,"

"Oh!" The boy's eyes widend in understanding. "Well I didn't really get a chance to find a place, with you know being a stow away and all," He said sheepishly causing Blake to roll her eyes. "BUT! I do know how to make due for a night," He said helpfully.

Blake looked at him and nodded. It wasn't anything she wasn't used to.

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Naruto was making his way across town. He had gone back to the arcade and broke every win streak record in all the fighting games and broke all the records in the punching game. And then he broke the game. Thankfully they were replacing it anyway so he wasn't banned.

Now he was looking for a place to stay. Though he already had an idea on where that would be. But he would not stay in the dorm. He was to angry and he knew that if Yang or Ruby made one comment he would snap. Literally. That was when he ran into someone.

"Ow! Watch it," Nauto shouted. He opened his eyes and came face to face with Blake.

"Blake?!" Naruto said.

"Naruto?!" Blake said back in equal surprise.

"Sun?!"

The two looked up at the monkey boy who had been travelling with Blake. "What?" He shrugged. "I thought we were introducing ourselves,"

Blake gave him a withering glare but Naruto nodded in understanding. Made sense to him.

"No we just know each other," Blake said as Sun helper her up. "Naruto this is… Sun?" She said to confirm.

"Yep! Sun Wukong's the name and kicking ass is my game," Sun introduced himself while making a pose. Blake just rolled her eyes.

"Well I'm Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto introduced. "The king of pranks and greatest Hunter to ever live," He said as he made a pose as well. The two looked at each other with shit eating grins. The two clasped hands in mutual understanding.

A fellow bad ass had been found.

Blake just looked on with a deadpan expression. 'Great there are two of them,'

"Anyway Blake what are you doing out here?" Naruto asked. "Shouldn't you be back at Beacon,"

"I could say the same to you," Blake snapped. Then she sighed. "Sorry, that was harsh." Naruto just shrugged. "I just… I can't be there right now,"

Naruto looked at her for a moment. "Well that makes two of us. Do you have a place to stay?"

"Not really," Blake said. "Sun offered to help find a place so here we are,"

Naruto nodded in understanding. Then he stopped to think for a moment.

"I may have a place," Naruto said. The two looked at him. "Though she's not gonna like it,"

Annnnddd done. Man it's been nearly three weeks but I'm back. And here's chapter 12. Hope you enjoy it. So Caboose and Church are leaving. What are we gonna do without the M of UMPR. I don't even know and I'm the writer! So I recognize that this chapter was heavy on the actual RWBY episode but it was necessary. I needed to introduce characters and I felt they downplayed the underlying things brought up in it. Penny wanting friends, Sun stowing away though I couldn't do much with that one and of course the inevitable confrontation between Weiss and Blake. I felt like really putting more emphasis on Weiss's reason for hating Faunus. I hope it made you sympathize with her. And finally a new opening. I was in a rut for a while. Hopefully I can do more endings as well. (Don't worry Vld I have the DXD one's covered ;P ) Also…YYYYEEEEESSSSS I hit 100 follows! Now all I need is 100 fav's and 100 reviews and we can move up to 200 than 400 than 1000 than 1000000000 (I don't know if that's a million or more but that's the goal) Well until next time guys (boy do I have a surprise for you guys!) Read Review and above all else… ENJOY. On a side not posted this EXACTLY at midnight.