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Chapter 14: Black and White and White and Gold
Jaune sighed as he moved through the city again, his stomach still rumbling from the earlier Bullhead ride.
It had been almost two days since he'd seen Blake that night. Apparently, she'd gotten into an argument with Weiss, who was apparently anti-Faunus like Cardin used to be.
'I think I'm close to Daisy's café.' Jaune noticed that he had almost passed it in his search for Blake. Ruby had roped Jaune and his team into searching for her. He wished he could say it was the teary, puppy dog eyes that Ruby displayed, but Jaune was quite sure it was more of the feeling of guilt for not caring about it the night she ran away.
'I'll pop in for a bit and take some coffee to settle my stomach.' He stepped through the door of the Pride Lair and greeted on his way in.
"Jaune!"
That was all the warning he got before he got a pair of boobs to the face. Their owner, Daisy August, happily grabbed him and swung him around, drawing the attention of every customer.
"I can't believe you took so long to come visit me." Daisy released Jaune, who was now sporting a heavy blush. "Take a seat wherever you like. I'll come see you soon, alright?"
Jaune nodded then looked around for a suitable seat while Daisy attended to one of her snickering customers, then blanched at what he saw at the outside balcony.
"Finally, she speaks!" Sun raised his arms in relief. "Nearly two days and you gave me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Blake responded by giving Sun a firm look. "Yeah, like that."
Blake rolled her eyes but before she could reply-
"Sun? Blake?!" The two Faunus whirled around to see Jaune staring at them in shock.
"Jaune!" Blake's shock increased when Sun leapt out of his chair to hug Jaune and it went further when Jaune returned the gesture, still looking at her in confusion.
"What are you two doing here?" Jaune pushed Sun back, holding him by the shoulders. "Wait, Blake's Ruby's problem. What are you doing here?"
"Oh. I just came here early to stake out the city for the Vytal Festival- Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow-"
Jaune had grabbed Sun's cheeks and was stretching them. "We're in the first semester. The Vytal Festival starts in the third semester. Who the hell would scout so early?!"
In the middle of their search for Blake, Weiss suddenly sneezed.
"You two seem close..." Blake observed.
"Of course, we're close." Jaune said to Blake while ignoring Sun's protests of pain. "He's my brother after all."
"Brother?!" Blake exclaimed in shock. The two did look alike very much...
"Yeah, I'm adopted." Sun mumbled through his mushed up mouth, still trying to free his captured cheeks.
"And you!" He released Sun and pointed at Blake.
"M-Me?" Blake shrunk in on herself.
"Yes, you! I don't much about about what happened but you left Ruby crying. What the hell, Blake?!" Jaune panted, staring down Blake while Sun snuck back into his seat, still rubbing his swollen cheeks.
There was a bit of silence before Jaune suddenly sat down in the spare chair. "Sorry for venting on you guys. I'm still suffering from my motion sickness and I still don't have much context what the whole argument was about."
"It's fine." Blake replied. "I may have feared a bad reaction from all of them, thinking back on it, Ruby and Yang probably wouldn't cared in the slightest."
"I still have no idea what you girls were actually arguing about." Jaune said in question.
"Yeah. I've been with her for almost two days and I haven't gotten a single word from her." Sun chimed in.
"Alright, ignoring the fact that you were probably alone with Blake for two days," Jaune turned to face his brother. "Where the fuck have you two been staying?"
"We housed with an old friend of mine. He owns a book store nearby and let us sleep there for a while." Blake answered.
"I see." Jaune replied, then turned back to his brother. "In that case, I apologize for interrupting your date."
*PFFFFFFFFFFT*
Blake spit out her Espresso in shock and embarrassment.
"Easy, miss!" Daisy exclaimed as she brought up an order for Jaune. "You didn't mention any specifics, so I just brought you one of the store favorites."
"Thanks!" Jaune happily accepted the cup. "I love Cappuccino!"
"Can I have a cup of Glace?" Sun asked.
"Sure! Coming up." Daisy then left the teenagers to enjoy their beverages.
After a while of the trio just drinking in silence, with Jaune and Sun catching up and Blake mildly listening in, Blake finally addressed them.
"Sun, Jaune... Are either of you familiar with the White Fang?"
"Of course!" Sun put down his cup for a moment. "I don't think there's a Faunus on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!"
"I agree." Jaune put down his cup as well. "I don't really have anything against the Faunus but the White Fang is an entirely different matter. Take Cardin for example."
"Cardin?" Blake questioned. The guy in question was a jerk but he seemed to have mellowed out once he started dating Velvet.
"His mom got killed in a White Fang attack. You think he's bad now? Try five years ago when he discovers that his mom, a Faunus rights activist herself, got killed by one of their bombs."
"You have no idea how badly he dealt with it back then." Sun got a haunted look on his face. "I still remember the shockwaves, shaking through my body..."
"It's okay, man." Jaune patted Sun's back reassuringly. "He's already apologized, okay? He's not gonna hurt you anymore."
He turned to Blake. "What was your point in asking that?"
Blake sipped her drink while listening until she spoke up. "I was once a member of the White Fang."
"Wait, What?!" The brothers exclaimed in unison.
"That's right." Blake answered. "I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..."
Blake then proceeded to explain her past with the White Fang and its origins. She stated that after the Faunus Rights Revolution, the White Fang had been created as a symbol of peace and unity between the Humans and Faunus. However, despite being promised equality, the Faunus had still been treated as inferior, so the White Fang became the voice of their people.
Ever since childhood, Blake stood with them at every protest, boycott and rally, thinking that they were making a difference. However, five years ago, their leader was replaced by someone with violent and radical ideals.
Their new leader replaced the group's peaceful protests with organized attacks, arson of shops that refused to serve them, and hijackings of shipments for businesses which used Faunus labor. Blake regretfully acquiesced that while these methods had been working, the equal treatment the Faunus had gained was through fear, rather than respect. Hating what the White Fang had become, she left and decided to use her combat skills to instead become a Huntress.
While Sun slowly came to terms with this, Jaune got over it quickly.
"When did you leave?" Jaune flat-out asked the ex-terrorist.
"...Last year." Blake folded in on herself as she answered, most likely due to expected rebuke for staying with the 'Red' Fang for a whole four years.
"...I forged my transcripts to enter Beacon."
"What?!" Blake dimly noticed that Sun didn't surprised at that, meaning he was privy to it at least.
"I'm just telling you that so that you know that I'm not a guy who has the right to criticize you or anything." Jaune sat back and emptied his cup.
"Neither am I." Sun's tail waved empathically as he spoke. "I did meet your team as a stowaway, remember. None of us are shining symbols of morality, you know."
"By the way," Sun continued as Jaune paid for all of their drinks. "Have you told your friends any of this?"
Blake's silence was his answer.
The trio later left the café, and headed somewhere Jaune didn't know about. He'd secretly texted Yang about Blake. He didn't reveal her location but he at least assured her of her safety.
"So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked, with his hands behind his head.
Blake contemplated this for a moment. "I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before."
Jaune thought back to Roman and Neo's new 'employer', how Roman had started focusing on just Dust rather than the usual valuables and how desperate they were getting to become 'unhired' rather than 'fired'. Favor #02 was still underway, until he could safely get those names.
Sun widened his eyes. "What if they did?"
He lowered his arms and paced in front of Jaune and Blake as he continued his theory. "I mean... the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?"
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." Blake replied.
"And even if we're looking for just Dust shops, there still too many, due to the fact that a Hunter Academy is right nearby." Jaune added.
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas." Sun told them.
"How huge?" Jaune asked.
"Huge." Sun emphasized by making arm motions. "Big Schnee Company freighter."
"Wow, that's huge." Jaune acknowledged.
"You're sure?" Blake asked, now very invested in the idea.
"I'm not sure about this myself." Jaune said, getting the other two's attention. "A high profile freighter will obviously come with similarly good security. Not to mention, on the off chance they deal with that, how the White Fang will actually take the stolen Dust away is another issue to consider."
"Jaune, you are forgetting that the White Fang is a terrorist organization, not an actual robbery gang." Sun said, missing Blake's look of protest. "They don't have to even take anything. All they have to do, is simply prove they can to everyone else."
"Damn..."
Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake and Jaune hid on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers.
"Did I miss anything?" Sun asked, appearing out of nowhere and sitting down next to Blake.
"Not really." Blake replied. "They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there."
"And the security's really thin for some reason." Jaune said in worry.
If the White Fang did come here, their 'PR Theory' plan would be a lot more easier for them with little resistance.
"Cool." Sun held out one of several green apples he's carrying "I got you guys some food!"
"That I paid for." Jaune took it and bit into it immediately, relishing the vitamin.
Suddenly, the winds blew all around them, and they looked up to see an arriving Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers and extending a ramp for a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask to come out of.
"Oh no..." Blake said dejectedly.
"Is that them?" Jaune asked for confirmation.
"Yes... It's them." Blake replied as she observed the bloody wolf emblem on the back of one man's outfit.
"All right, grab the tow cables!" One White Fang Soldier instructed the other members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun said to Blake.
Blake stared down sadly at the scene. "No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." she closed her eyes in despair, only to open them suddenly when she heard a voice familiar to Jaune.
"Hey! What's the holdup!?" Torchwick's voice carried through the yard as the man himself climbed down the Bullhead ramp. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?"
"What the hell is he doing here?!" Jaune exclaimed in shock. From what he knew, Roman hated the White Fang even worse than he did. Or was he using their names as a cover for this 'new employer' and carrying false White Fang members as accomplices?
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." Blake stood up and unsheathed Gambol Shroud's katana.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Sun yelled alarmed as Blake walked off the edge of the roof.
Blake fell to the ground in a crouch, then ran forward on to hide behind one of the containers, peeking around the corner to see Torchwick berate a White Fang member holding a coil of rope.
"No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" Torchwick scolded. As he looked around, Blake suddenly appeared behind him with her blade at his throat.
"What the- Oh, for fuc-" Torchwick rolled his eyes when he's cut off by Blake mid-swear.
"Nobody move!" Blake yelled to the White Fang members.
The White Fang soldiers readied their guns and equipped their swords in response.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." Torchwick calmly said, as if he didn't have a dangerous weapon at his throat.
As the White Fang closed in on her, Blake used her free hand to loosen her bow and remove it, causing the ribbon to fall away as her Faunus ears were shown to the others.
'Cat ears!' Jaune thought. 'I know this isn't the time for it, they look so adorable~'
"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" Blake yelled out in a demanding tone.
The White Fang members lowered their weapons a little at this development, unsure of what to do.
Torchwick suddenly laughed out. "Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?"
"What are you talking about?" Blake demanded an answer.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!" Torchwick explained.
"Tell me what it is, or I'll put an end to your little operation." Blake turned her blade slightly, pressing it against Torchwick's throat.
Suddenly, the air was filled with more turbines blowing the wind wildly around the holdup.
Torchwick grinned as he looked up "'Little operation' huh. Not in the slightest..."
Two more Bullheads appeared, hovering above the group.
"Shit." Sun accurately explained the situation in one word as he and Jaune watched from their rooftop.
"I guess this explains how they were gonna get away with a whole freighter's worth of Dust..." Jaune said in dismay, before suddenly turning around and staring at something.
"Sun, go help Blake!" Sun looked at his brother as he slid back. "There's something I got to check on!"
Sun nodded and jumped off in Blake's direction.
As Blake watched in horror, Torchwick smiled and fired his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion.
Blake was dazed but relatively unhurt as she got up from the ground. She quickly rolled and dodged out of the way of Torchwick's continued attacks, using her semblance to avoid some close calls as she retreated behind more containers.
Torchwick approached slowly. "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." His taunt was interrupted when a banana peel landed on his head, causing him to look up and growl at the assailant.
Sun leapt from on top a container and dropped down on the criminal's face feet-first, stunning Torchwick for a moment as Sun flipped to the side, readying himself to fight. "Leave her alone!"
The Bullheads flying above them opened to let more White Fang members descend on the scene, standing by Torchwick as he got up and surrounding Sun.
"You're not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?" The notorious criminal said.
With that said, the White Fang members charged at the monkey Faunus, but he proceeded to dodge slashes and get some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks until he rolled out of the way, pulling out a collapsible red staff. He quickly used it to beat down on each opponent that approached him, felling each one in a single flaming blow when he twirled, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them.
"Hah! I didn't even need Leo for that!" Sun declared.
Blake peered around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat more White Fang soldiers, causing one to fly over Torchwick 's head. The crime boss growled in annoyance and aimed his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defended himself from just as Blake leapt into the action, aiming for Torchwick.
"He's mine!" Blake yelled.
Blake went in close and became a blur of afterimages as she slashed both of her blades at Torchwick, who backed away and deflected each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds.
Blake continued to dash, hop over, and slide around Torchwick to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, landed a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane caused her to go down.
Just as Torchwick dealt with one opponent, Sun suddenly appeared right behind her and disconnected {Ruyi Bang & Jingu Bang} into two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks.
Sun swung each gun at Torchwick while firing everything he had at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Torchwick managed to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allowed Blake to try and get a slash in.
Unfortunately, it was no good. As soon as Blake struck his body, it dispersed into grey smoke, causing the blade to slice through harmlessly.
Due to Blake and Sun's shock at this newfound invulnerability, It was now Torchwick's turn to take advantage of their distraction. He quickly turned his arms into smoke, except his fists and shot them forward, striking both Blake and Sun away from him.
"Uh.." Sun groaned before dodging out of the way as numerous smoky fists crashed down around him and Blake.
"It's so aggravating, dealing with kids these days." Roman sighed as he used his semblance to bring up a fresh cigar to his mouth and light it, as he was currently armless. "First Red, now Kitty and Kong."
Torchwick sucked in a long breath of nicotine. 'At least Little Knight is actually bearable, for all his... naivety.'
"Hey!"
Torchwick turned to see Ruby Rose on a nearby rooftop, her weapon out and ready.
'Uh! Speak of the Devil! Now that I think about it, that girl's got too much black and red on her.' Torchwick waved at her, temporarily halting his attack on the two Faunus. "Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?"
"Ruby, are these people your friends?" Penny Polendina, a girl Team RWBY met on the day Bake and Weiss started their argument, asked from behind Ruby.
"Penny, get back!" Ruby instructed. But while her attention was diverted, Torchwick snarled and fired his cane at her, launching the young Huntress-in-training back from the explosion's force and sending her scythe flying away. "AAAAAH!"
"Don't look away from an acknowledged enemy if you can't sense sneak attacks!" He gloated.
Blake tried to sneak a bullet at Torchwick's head but he easily dodged it without even looking at her. "I don't give out empty words, Kitty."
Penny turned her head toward the criminal and glared at him, walking forward while Ruby tried to get back up.
"Penny, wait! Stop!" Ruby raised her hand in a futile attempt to stop her.
"Don't worry, Ruby. I'm combat ready!"
Her backpack mechanically opened up, and from its dark depths, a single sword was ejected, which extended and multiplied into several blades hovering over Penny's back.
Leaping from the rooftop with the weapons acting as wings, she sent three of her swords to knock two White Fang soldiers down before even landing on the ground, where she proceeded to fling the swords at one enemy, impale another to a wall, create a barrier of spinning steel against a running attack.
She then leapt over a goon with her swords in tow, and after finally making a wheel out of her swords, she threw them to knock multiple White Fang members off their feet.
"Whoa!" Sun observed the spectacle in amazement. "I guess I can leave this to her."
He then ran off. 'Where did Jaune go?'
Then the World shuddered as an intense pressure fell upon the entire shipyard.
"Neo!"
Jaune immediately took a sharp left, running through the shipyard while search for the ice cream addict. For wherever there was smoke (Roman), there was a mirror(Neo) nearby.
Jaune knew that for all his bravado, Roman would never kill any of his friends if the thief didn't want the combined force of the Vale Police Department and Beacon Academy crashing down of him.
The problem is Neo who might go ahead with it if she ever got the urge. He had to find her and occupy her attention while leaving Sun to help Blake deal with Roman.
It was a tiny noise that alerted him.
It was the near-inaudible crunch of glass under a shoe, or perhaps a boot.
A small blade, aiming to slice his neck.
Succumbing to the pleas of his Observation Haki, Jaune spun, shield clutched and covering his upper body.
Not even finishing his turn, sparks erupted on the white metal of Crocea Mors' shield. The screeching of metal on metal rang in Jaune's ears as the sparks tapered off to the side of his shield. He felt a very familiar pressure on his left arm as he suddenly struggled to keep it up.
There was a problem Jaune had whenever he had to fight Neo. Neo's semblance worked by manipulating space itself to either teleport, create illusions or enter a pocket dimension where not even Observation Haki could reach. Seriously, both Jaune had tried quite a few times and Roman had given up years ago.
Add that to her assassination skills, she was the most dangerous type for a Power Defense type like Jaune. It was only when Neo briefly left the Mirror Realm that Jaune could sense and dodge her, though just barely.
Jaune rapidly stepped back, intent on forcing some sort of distance from Neo as another strike met his shield, bright sparks scratching off its surface.
It was faint, but thanks to the way the glass shards on the floor reflected light and stirred, he could see… something move quickly after him!
The glass shifted, and a shadow moved forth, something sharp glinting where her hands were, straight ahead, right at him!
Jaune raised his shield, but he was a moment too slow.
A small rip appeared in the air, sailing right for his chest, for his heart.
*CLANG*
Jaune had never been more thankful in his life for his armor, which Bianca had insisted on.
Reflexively, Jaune swung his sword in a blind, wide swing.
As he was raising his blade, a fist struck his temple like a sledgehammer, and as he recoiled, what felt like a knee burrowed its way into his gut.
'She's not joking around this time.'
Jaune swung his shield in a wide berth, striking nothing but air. A sharp boot crashed on his chin, a sharp jab landed on his nose.
'She's gonna kill, for real this time.'
Each shot scraped at his Aura reserves. He'd withstood worse, but…
He thrust his sword forward.
An uppercut to the jaw, followed by an elbow to the cheek.
'Damn It…'
Jaune spotted another glint of steel, and he raised his shield, blocking another possibly deadly cut.
In response, a swift kick had battered his temple. An iron grip had taken hold of his arm and threw him to the ground, and a fist smashed into his throat.
"Damn it."
As he laid on the ground, choking from the damage to his throat, Jaune felt Neo straddle him. Maybe due to his vision being hazy from the attacks on his head and neck, Jaune's Observation Haki went into overdrive and then he 'see' the invisible assassin, raising her blade for a final stab.
"DAMN IT!"
The World shook as an intense pressure fell upon the entire shipyard.
Neo was blasted away from on top of him, her semblance falling apart around her in the form of tiny broken mirror glass. That didn't stop her as her fighting instincts took over as she rushed back towards Jaune, her weapon, Hush, at the ready.
Jaune blinked as everything seemed to slow down.
He could sense it, the drawn blade of his assailant, aimed, and shooting straight for him, right between his eyes, even as Mirror Realm cloaked Neo once again.
Taking up his sword with both hands, Jaune gripped Crocea Mors as hard as he could, his white aura flaring out as he became {Super Hunter}.
"[Aura Slash!]" Jaune swung his blade, releasing a massive white wave towards the diminutive assassin. The {Aura Slash} flew forward, causing largescale damage and upon hitting Neo, exploded into a bright flare, easily grabbing the attention of everyone within the shipyard... and several without.
Just before Sun would meet up with him and suggest that they regroup immediately, anticipating the cops' arrival and sending Blake a message of their whereabouts, Jaune was still unsettled about the last expression on Neo's face before she disappeared.
She didn't look scared, angry, worried or even bored.
She was excited.
Later, a handful of police cars had arrived at the docks, where Jaune, Ruby, Blake, Sun, and Penny were sitting on boxes in silence. That is, until Weiss and Yang arrived.
Ruby quickly jumped off her box to calm down her irate partner. "Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..."
Weiss ignored her and walked right up to Blake, leaving the others (except Penny) to watch in worry.
"Weiss, I want you to know that I'm no longer associated with the White Fang. Back when I was with the-"
"Stop!" Weiss interrupted Blake. "Do you have any idea of how long we've been searching for you?"
Blake could only widen her eyes in confusion.
"Twelve hours." Weiss continued. "That means I've had twelve hours to think about this. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..."
Jaune, Yang, Sun, and Ruby looked on, worried.
"…I don't care."
"You don't care?" Blake asked, surprised.
"You said you're not one of them anymore, right?" Weiss questioned.
"No, I-I haven't been since I was younger-"
"Ah-bah-bah-bah-bah!" Weiss silenced her "I don't want to hear it. All I want to know is that the next time something this big comes up... you'll come to your teammates. And not some..."
Weiss looked at Jaune and Sun as she caught herself. "Someone else."
Blake looked to see Ruby and Yang grinning at her.
"Of course." she wiped a stray tear from her eye, nodding.
Weiss smiled back and nodded in acceptance.
The moment was serious for a second more until Ruby ruined it.
"Yeah! Team RWBY is back together!" Ruby screamed, waving her arms wildly.
As the six gathered with each other, Weiss pointed accusingly at Sun and Jaune. "I'm still not quite sure about how I feel about you!"
Sun laughed nervously at this.
"And what are you even doing here?"
"Hey, I helped out!" Jaune looked to his brother and Blake for help. "Right guys?"
"Yeah. He helped." Yang grabbed Jaune's head into a noogie session. "He was the one who texted me about you, Blake. He didn't send your location, but he did assure us you were at least fine."
"Hey, wait a minute..." Ruby looked around. "Where's Penny?"
"Who?" Jaune and Sun asked simultaneously.
Roman and Neo walked into a large warehouse with a shadowy interior. Roman had an annoyed expression while Neo looked satisfied for some reason, despite the slowly healing injuries on her.
"Neo, be a dear and set up a bath for me back home."
Neo waved goodbye and vanished in a shatter of mirrors.
Torchwick went over to a nearby table and placed down a case, sighing in exhaustion.
"How very disappointing, Torchwick." A female voice was heard from behind the criminal.
Torchwick sanguinely turned around, having already sensed their approach. "Hehe... I wasn't expecting to see you guys so soon..."
"We were expecting... more from you."
Torchwick laughed a little before getting serious. "Hey! You were the ones who suggested working with those stupid mutts from the White Fang."
"And you will continue to do so."
The speaker stepped out of the darkness while creating a small fireball in her hand.
"We have big plans for you, Roman." Cinder Fall said, as she and her companions stepped out of the dark. "All we ask is... a little cooperation."
Roman Torchwick glared at his 'employer' and could only release a soft growl of frustration.
Hunter Profile
Name: Roman Torchwick
Age: 28
Title: The Smoky Thief
Aura: Orange
Color Motif: Black, White
Semblance: Smoke. Roman is able to generate, manipulate, and become smoke. He's essentially a smoke Logia.
Sex: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Likes: Neo, Quality Cigar, Money
Dislikes: The 'Fiery Bitch and her two stooges', annoying Hunter teenagers.
Bio: Roman is a high profile thief who is elusive enough to have never been caught unless he wanted to and skilled enough to match Pro Hunter in combat. It's unknown how he met Neo but they value each other. The reason he is currently working for Cinder Fall is due to the fact she possesses a strange power than burned him despite his semblance and Haki normally rendering that impossible.
His interest in Jaune is that he has also been able to hurt him as well, thus causing Roman to keep him in close contact so that he can properly observe, and potentially learn about, the mysterious power (It's Magic. Jaune's body is naturally flowing with it so he is able to hurt Roman without even needing Haki).
KingVessel: So there's season 1. I'm currently working on a 'Movie' Fanfic so please look to my Author page before expecting next chapter.