Why hello again my faithful viewers, another chapter of Reap What You Sow has arrived. No questions that I can answer without giving too much away, but I do have an announcement to make though. There will not be an update on any of my stories next week. The reason for this is because it's Christmas so I'll be spending time with my family during the weekend I would usually update. If I can, I will try and update some point during the week though the chances of me doing that are very low. Now, on with the show!

00000000

Chapter 4-Analysis

Team RWBY ventured through the hallways as quietly as they could. It was ridiculously early in the morning with very few teachers up and about and even fewer students. Those that were up were usually just in the mess hall hoping to get the best food first or studying in the library. RWBY were making their way to the library to meet with JNPR so they could start their investigation on the 'Vale Reaper'. Upon entering the library, they were surprised by how few students were actually present. In fact, apart from one or two teams, they were the only ones in there.

"Where is everyone?" Yang whispered as she and the rest of her friends made their way to meet with JNPR.

"No idea, the cancellation of the Tournament has probably disheartened a few of them." Weiss quietly replied, earning a few nods of agreement from her friends. Weiss herself was still upset about the Tournament, though she knew the only way for it to re-open was to find this killer and catch him. Or her for that matter.

Eventually they found JNPR in the back corner of the library, a place that was out of sight and very inconspicuous for them to carry out their investigation.

"What took you guys so long?" Jaune asked, his right eyebrow raised in slight confusion as the rest of his team crowded around a computer that let out an almost eerie green glow.

"Sorry, Yang overslept." Ruby replied, earning an annoyed look from Yang.

"I told you that if I overslept to wake me up!" Yang quickly countered.

"Yeah but the last time we did that you punched us in the face." Ruby quickly retorted, earning a sheepish chuckle from Yang.

"Any way, we're here now. What have you found out?" Weiss quickly asked, hoping to get to the bottom of the investigation sooner rather than later.

"We accessed the school database and we decided to wait for you before beginning." Pyrrha replied, gesturing to the computer screen in front of them which was lit up with the names of all students from the separate Academies.

"Well we're here now, lets get to it." Blake said, earning a nod from Ren who began scrolling through the various names on the database.

"First up; Team MNTS. This was the first team that was murdered, originally thought to be a Grimm hunt gone wrong." Ren explained as he filed through the members of the deceased Hunter team. "The team consisted of Maurice Thornwood, Nathan Dusk, Tiffany Brightsong and Samael Ashthorn."

"Anything of particular interest about them?" Blake asked as she leaned closer to the screen.

"Not really, no. The team was well respected by both humans and faunus so extremists from both sides probably wouldn't have targeted them." Ren replied as he brought up profiles of the former Hunter's in training.

"Not necessarily." Blake countered as she brought her hand to her chin. "While the White Fang have no qualms with killing humans regardless of their views, they will reluctantly harm faunus if they try and intervene with their plans."

The other members of Team RWBY nodded in agreement. While most of them had no real problem with faunus, the White Fang had nonetheless had no qualms about harming them. Team JNPR decided it was probably best to agree with their friends, considering their experience with the White Fang.

"Moving on then." Jaune said as Ren continued to scroll through the database until they found the next deceased team.

"Team ARKN, the second team to be killed. This was the one that got the attention of the VPD." Ren continued as he scrolled through the multiple names of the now dead team. "Consisted of Andrew Horris, Ryan Belvir, Katherine Fawk and Naomi Neotan. This team was extremely racist so if it is White Fang, they would be viable targets."

The others nodded in agreement at the statement before Ren continued to scroll through the files until he found the third victims.

"Team NCRS, the third team to be killed. Consisted of Nick Walters, Chris Rupert, Rebecca Draug and Samson Jones." Ren said as his eyes scrolled through the separate profiles of the hunter team, his eyes widening as he finished reading it. "This team were...all faunus..."

"What?" Blake asked as she read the file herself, hoping that Ren had perhaps misread it. But the answer remained the same, all of Team NCRS were faunus...and proud ones at that.

"So this means it can't be White Fang then..." Yang summarised, earning a few nods of agreement from all present.

"Regardless of whether it's White Fang or not, we still need to find out who's responsible." Blake finally said after a brief silence. The rest of her friends nodded in agreement as they began to continue their search of all the deceased teams.

They searched for nearly an hour on the deceased teams, all of which contained either human or faunus.

"This is getting us nowhere!" Ruby finally said as she slumped onto the desk, clearly drained.

"Agreed. This person, whoever they are, clearly works for no one but themselves if their indiscriminate killing is anything to go by." Weiss concluded, earning a few grunts of agreement from the others gathered.

"I don't think it's indiscriminate at all..." Jaune countered as he leaned closer to the computer screen.

"Oh..." Weiss murmured as she looked at Jaune, slightly confused by what he meant.

"Look at what Academy they went to." Jaune said as he pointed to the screen, causing all of them to follow his hand. It didn't take them long to discover what Jaune was referring to.

"They're all Beacon students..." Pyrrha quietly said, causing Jaune to nod in agreement.

"But why Beacon students?" Ruby asked, raising her eyebrow in confusion.

"No idea, maybe it's some psychopath who has a grudge against the school?" Yang theorised, though she was unclear herself.

"Maybe," Weiss replied, pausing slightly to gather her thoughts. "Or maybe it's-"

Weiss was interrupted by a loud dinging noise that echoed throughout the library and the rest of the school, gaining nearly everyone's attention.

"Classes will begin in 10 minutes! Will all students please report to their respective classes!" an automated voice announced, becoming silent almost immediately after.

"Crap! It's almost 8 o'clock guys!" Yang quickly said as she pointed at the time on the computer screen which clearly stated '07:50'.

"We should get going, we all know how early Oobleck likes to start his lessons!" Pyrrha stated, causing the two teams to quickly make a mad dash for the exit.

00000000

"Any idea why Cinder wants us?" Emerald asked as she leaned back on the wall, turning to face Mercury who was lying down on one of the beds in the dorm they currently occupied.

"No idea, probably pissed about the whole 'Tournament' being cancelled." Mercury replied, barely even shifting his gaze as he spoke. Eventually he turned to face the other occupant in the room, Neopolitan, who was currently disguised to avoid any unwanted attention. "You have any idea what this is about?"

The silent assassin merely shrugged, the ever present confident smile never disappearing from her face.

"Well whatever it is, it can't be good..." Emerald stated, earning a grunt from Mercury.

"Don't be so sure Emerald." a new voice announced, causing all in the room to turn to the direction of the voice.

There Cinder stood, wearing what would have been her Tournament disguise, a malicious smile on her face that promised only misery.

"Cinder!" Emerald said, nearly jumping up in surprise as Cinder casually strolled into the room. "We were just-"

Emerald fell silent as Cinder calmly raised her hand, signalling her to be quiet before speaking herself.

"As I am sure you are all aware, the Vytal Tournament was vital to our plans. However, with its cancellation thanks to our 'friend', everything has been thrown into chaos."

"You think it's one of ours?" Mercury asked, changing into a sitting position as he leaned forward slightly.

"No, I checked with Adam and he claims that this 'Reaper' is not with the White Fang." Cinder replied, turning to face the window in the dorm. "While I applaud their 'enthusiasm', he's ruining years of work."

"So what do you suggest we do?" Emerald asked, shrugging her shoulders as she turned to face Cinder.

Cinder turned to face the group, an even more sinister smile on her face than before.

"Why it's simple, Emerald. We find them...and then we kill them."

00000000

Soldier 76 sighed as he removed yet another tape from the terminal. Corrupted, like the others. He tossed the tape into a nearby pile, alongside all the other tapes he had gathered. Whoever this 'Vale Reaper' was, he knew how to cover his tracks well. He rubbed his forehead as he chose instead to take a look through one of the many reports he had gathered.

Usually they were all the same, dead trainee hunters all brutally slaughtered. But this one was different, in this case, there was a survivor. While they did unfortunately die from their injuries before they could give a proper description of their attacker, they did give some information. They talked of a black robed man, who seemed to appear as a black shadow, ghosting unscathed through their attacks. They also spoke of something rather...distressing. Those that he killed appeared to enter a state of 'decomposition', their cells rapidly degenerating from some unknown cause though it was believed to have some connection to the 'Vale Reaper'.

Almost immediately, his radio lit up to life, startling him and causing him to drop the report in his hands. He silently cursed before he straightened the report and placed it to one side, his other hand reaching for the radio. As he picked up the small device he began tampering with it, hoping to find the right signal. He used the radio to listen in on Police broadcasts in an attempt to gain a head-start in his investigations. As he continued to fiddle with the device, he found what he was searching for.

"All squadrons report to Fishmonger Warehouse in Downtown Precinct immediately! The Reaper's struck again!"

00000000

Hope you enjoyed the chapter. As always, feel free to leave a review and constructive criticism is welcome. Any questions? Feel free to leave in your review or PM me.

Raging Archon out.