Earth 1049. An earth scarred from civil war, the corrupted government had wreaked poverty and death throughout the world. Only through the efforts of the Revolutionary Army and their best assassins, Night Raid, they put an end to the corrupted governments injustice. Now, former leader of the rebel group, Najenda is now helping rebuild the new government. But after meeting some dimensional visitors, Najenda has gained an old ally.

A man with two knives runs as fast as he can. He overhears guardsmen behind him. "He came over there!" "That bastard ran off and left his partners behind!"

The runaway goes out through the woods. "If I can run a bit faster, I can reform the group on the next town, and then I can start over my drug deals!" Then he stops all of the sudden. "What the?!" He could feel parts of his body stinging.

"You shouldn't have ran that fast. Anymore faster and you would probably be in pieces by now." A young man with green short hair and red goggles reveals himself. "And that would be an even bigger mess to deal with." The green haired guy wraps the runaway with metal threads and forms a cocoon. After capturing the drug dealer, he drags the metal cocoon. "Wait till Najenda see's this!" He happily said.

Meanwhile...

A cloudy day fills the grass filled plains filled with tombstones. A single white haired woman walks through the lonely plains. She stops to look at a collection of tombstones that surround her. Each name holds fond, yet painful memories. Sheele, Bulat, Chelsea, Lubbock, Susanoo, Mine, Tatsumi, Leone. It's painful to think that they died under her command. She knew they were going to be casualties. But she felt that it was too many. Way too many. They were times she couldn't bare the thought of each death. But now, she feels more at ease. She now knows that they are now alive. Well, at least alive in some different world. They still face potential danger. But as far as she knows, they aren't in some war as horrible as the one they faced when they were in Night Raid. She could trust Mine as Prince Salva's personal Sniper. Knowing her skills, she won't have any trouble. Chelsea seems to find her calling as a Collector along side Elizabeth Greenhough Smith. As for Lubbock, he seems content on coming back with her. Must be his old instincts kicking in.

"Madam!" A soldier walks in. "Excuse me, but we have apprehended the drug dealers.

Najenda turns to the soldier. "Good. I'm on my way." She follows the soldier. Then something came to her mind. She still hasn't seen if the same thing happened to Sheele, Bulat, Leone, or Tatsumi. She could hope that Susanoo would also count, despite how unlikely it is. But the last thing he said to her, it made her think...

"In my thousand of years as an Imperial Arms, my time with you all have been the most fun I ever had. I have no regrets..." He turns to smile at her. "I bid you farewell."

She has her suspicions that Susanoo had developed a soul during his time at Night Raid. She sighs, thinking how she is thinking too much about it. She has many things to keep in order. As she leaves in a carriage, a black portal begins to develop. Growling can be heard.

Earth 2072...

A single silver eye opens slowly. The eye then widens as the young huntress sits up frantically only to see she is surrounded by people. But not her partners like she hoped for. One is a short young man with dark skin and dark blue messy hair. The other a large lady with wavy sky blue hair with a face that screams authority. But she is glad on the inside to see two familiar faces. "Minato?! Mira?!"

"Its been a long time Ruby Rose." Mira smiles to her friend.

"Two months can be a long time for most people." Minato added on.

"Two months?" Ruby looks to see that they haven't changed a bit. Mira is still as cheerful as always and Minato is still calm and collected. "Uh...Where am I? What are you doing here?"

"That's what I should be asking." The large lady walks in. She easily intimidates the little huntress.

Minato walks right next to the bewildered Ruby. "She's Mary. You could say she's my boss."

"Your boss?" He nods. Ruby looks around to see her scythe being examined on a large casket like frame. "He-Hey! What are you doing to my Crescent Rose?!"

"Calm down kid." Mary shouted. "Koorogi just got interested in your weapon, so he is examining how it works. Plus if I'm not mistaken, you used to work for the infamous Loser, don't you?"

Ruby gets even more nervous. There's just something about Mary that scares Ruby. She would give Glynda a run for her money in being intimidating. "Um...yeah..."

"Well, all the more to check this baby out!" Koorogi said in the background with delight.

Ruby couldn't help but be annoyed by this turn of events. "Hey! That's my baby!"

Minato sighs at the completely childish behavior of the 'huntress.' "Look, Koorogi is going to look at your weapon for awhile. He is into that sort of thing. And since its pretty late and I am in no mood in calling the D.A.B now, I suppose you'll have to stay with us for the night."

Ruby's eyes spark with intrigue. "Really?!"

Minato rubs his head. "Yeah. Well...I had a rough day, and from the looks of it, so have you. Just don't get too comfortable, I don't attend to keep you in our house for more than one night."

Ruby slouches after hearing Minato saying that. He makes it sound like he doesn't want Ruby to be here. But then again, its not like she wants to stay here when her friends could be wondering where she is. She wishes she could just go now, but judging by Minato's face, he seems to had a rough day. Considering his past with the D.A.B, after hearing the story from Mira, she could understand. Plus after the fight she had, she could use a rest. "So...I guess I'm going to sleep at your bed?"

"We have a couch you can use."

"Uh..."

"Minato! You know one of us can sleep on the couch you know!" Mira scolded her partner.

"Alright, Alright! I'll take the couch."

Mira shakes her head. "Not a chance! You know you need your bed for a sufficient rest after your mission. I can take the couch."

Minato raised his brow on Mira's behavior. "Your pretty bossy all of the sudden..."

"Hm..." Mary thinks to herself. "Its hard to believe I'm seeing someone from a different dimension. Her weapon is pretty impressive. And a naive kid like her can use it like a pro? Just what kind of world does she come from..."

Minato walks Ruby out of Mary's Cafe and back to their apartment. Ruby nervously and cautiously walks around her temporary home. She always felt like being a guest as a huge responsibility. Its not like she is going to stay like in her old dorm back at her Beacon days. She wished she didn't waste any more time. But then again, at least she will actually sleep on a bed for once. She tried a glass of milk to get her to bed. Every time she is in the same room with Minato, she gets nervous. She always has the urge to ask Minato to bring her to some portal or something to bring her home. But whenever Minato glares at her, she restrains herself. He must of had a bad day. Plus, her team would be alright anyways. Ruby has been separated from her team before, and she lost her memories, so her team had to wait longer to meet her again. She'll meet them again, very soon. Things will turn normal again. She hopes.

Remnant...

A blonde girl sits on a log, drinking a can of soda with her left hand. She raised her brow in fascination with her violet eyes and smirk. "Hm..."

She looks at another blonde using an axe to chop logs in half. "Hu...You could at least help out!"

"Um...one arm...remember?" She points at her right sleeve of her jacket that is limp.

The other blonde with short blond hair with long bangs swipes her sweaty head sighs. "The least you can do is give me a drink."

The other blonde with the messy ponytail shrugs. "Okay." She walks up to her blond friend and gives her soda to her. "So uh...Leone was it? Where did you come from anyways?"

Leone sighs after the long jug. "I wish I knew...All I know is...I felt massive pain in my stomach and before I knew it...the pain was gone..."

The ponytail blonde didn't know how to respond to that. She just looks at the horizon of the fields, and notices a group of people walking together in matching armor. She also notices that group is heading their way. "Uh...Dad?" She yelled to get her Dad's attention.

"What is it Yang?" A slightly tan man with short blonde hair shows up, only to notice the armored men now heading towards their doorstep. "Uh...Can I help you sir's?"

One of them takes off their helmet and cleared his throat. "Good day sir. We are here on behalf the SID Organization."

"SID? Never heard of you guys."

"We've just surfaced recently. Our job is to ensure peace on all Remnant, along with its people. We are here to spread the word of our good will." One of the armored men then brings a small book that contains all the details of the SID Organization. "We provide protection in many areas on Remnant, along with requests on bounty's or hunts."

"Hunts?" Yang and Leone over hears the conversation. "So are you guys bounty hunters?"

"We like to consider ourselves as...a police force on a specific enemy."

"What kind?" Yang asked as she walks in. "Hunter's and Huntresses are already taking care of the Grimm.

"Well...we take care of something more dangerous. Faunus Renegades. Most particular, Any member of the White Fang. We are under the suspicion that they are under an alliance with some...suspicious individuals. Anyone using the Grimm against the people is a massive threat. So we attend to use any means necessary."

Yang slightly flinches after hearing that word. Lots of memories are now stirring. "...You mean...just the White Fang?"

"Well...ever since the Fall of Beacon, we have been taking any kind of option we can take to take down the White Fang. That also includes any kind of White Fang sympathizers. In this time of fear, we must take any chance we take to save as many human lives as we can. You can help out by telling us if you seen any Faunus around the area."

Yang raises her brow at the way he said that. "...I'm pretty sure not all Faunus support the White Fang."

"Hm...You might be right. But then again, I'm sure everyone on Beacon thought that..."

Then something triggered inside Yang. Her eyes turn red. She grits her teeth in anger. "GRRRRGH!"

"Yang!" The blonde man named Tai looks at Yang, shaking his head. Yang looks at her Dad with shock, then she calms down, and looks down in shame for losing her cool that easily. "Thanks, but we are not interested in your offer."

"You don't have a saying in this, I'm afraid. Sooner or later, everyone will welcome us with open arms." He gives Tai the book. "We'll stay in touch." He and the other armored men leave.

They all go inside. "Man...With that kind of rude men, I doubt they will be welcomed with open arms..." Tai puts the book at the dinner table and walks back to the garage.

Yang walks up to the book. She grabs it and looks at the symbol that shows large, stylish fonts that spells SID. Shadow Infiltration Defenders. There's also the White Fang Symbol that is crossed out. Yang reads the book. All she can make out of it after fast reading it, it is showing instructions on how to capture Faunus. No, not White Fang members. Just Faunus. Call the SID men and hunt the Faunus down like animals. Leone walks in to see Yang reading. "Hey, you alright?"

Yang then throws the book to the wall. "YAAAAAAH!" She begins to clenches her left hand. Her hair begins to flame up. "Grrrrrgh!"

Leone is wide eyed. "Whoa...Calm down."

Yang breathes heavily. Then, she gets on her knees. Unable to stand the world she lives in, wishing she can do something about it like she did back at Beacon. When she had her right arm. Yang stands up and runs upstairs to her bedroom.

Leone then see's the book that was thrown. She reads it herself. But then Tai shows up to see the damage Yang did. He shows not anger, but a sigh. He understands his daughters pain. Back then, she was spunky, and filled with confidence. Now, she feels incomplete. Broken. She had teammates, friends. But they have separated. Even her little sister left her alone. She doesn't know if she is hurt, or worse.

Yang buries her face on her bed, screaming. After calming down, she climbs up and sighs. Thinking about the possibility that one of her closest friends might be hunted down like an animal. After trying to stop terrorists, she could be treated as one. By this point, she would have rushed off and tried to find her in her motorcycle, and most likely bash some skulls while she is at it. She looks at her window, hoping her friend is safe, and wonders why she left. "...Damn it Blake..."

Meanwhile...

In a city at nightfall, people are walking back to their homes after a long day of work, or other activities. But unlike them, most of these civilians, armored men walk around the area, looking around. Inspecting, searching. "Found her?"

"No sir."

"Keep looking. She likes living in the shadows."

"Yes sir." The men look around with their headlight attached guns. "Where is that little-" Then a Voosh! can be heard. "Huh?! You saw that?!" The men stay focused, as they grip tightly on their rifles. "Split up!" They do so and they expand through the small city. One of them goes through an alleyway. He looks around carefully, trying not to miss any kind of clue or detail of their target. Then a can gets thrown. "Huh!" He shoots at the can. But stops after he realizes its only a can. He sighs in relief. Then a someone jumps in and lands on his back, and kicks his head, knocking him out.

The other men noticed the shooting and runs towards the alley. They check, only to see a girl with black tight outfit with little white in her chest area. "THERE SHE IS! FIRE!" They open fire, only for the runaway to run deeper towards the alley and wall jump her way out. The men follow, but stop once they see a dead end. They look around, unaware that the runaway is on the rooftop. She squints her feline like yellow eyes and runs off.

After miles of jumping and running, she stops, catching her breath. She jumps down towards another alley. She carefully looks around, and see's a bay where a boat is on deck. She plans on getting in, escaping the men in armor. But to her horror, they are talking to the captain of the ship, for what she is hearing it is nothing good. "I want you to keep an eye out for any Faunus around. You never know where those White Fangs can strike."

The runaway then collapses on the wall, and hugs her knees. Her nightmares have come true. These men are not just extremists. They are here to stay. The Fall of Beacon is bad enough, but everyone in this planet has officially lost their mind. The runaway looks up at her cat ears on her head. She is different. She is a Faunus. For years she has been exiled, accepted, hunted. Her life had ups and downs. But she would never imagined it would come to this. She silently cried. All she wanted now is to go home. But now, she can't. She is now damned to this hell. Hunted, hated, and why? Because of someone else's crimes? She feels like the only peace she can find is in death. But she can't die. At least...not yet. She can't leave the world the way it is. She must fight. But how? She is alone. She has no home, and no one on her side. She silently preys, hoping that there is a light in this dark tunnel. As she sleeps, there is only three people she could think of. "Ruby...Weiss...Yang..." As she sleeps, a black portal appears from out of nowhere, and sucks her in.

Earth 2072...

Minato wakes up, unable to sleep for some reason. Its annoying, because it takes awhile for him to fall asleep in the first place. He tries to sleep again, but then something catches his eardrums. A door opens. He gets up to check. He see's Ruby out of her room, out of breath. "What are you doing out here?"

"Oh...its nothing..."

"Do you need something?"

Ruby shivers. "No...just a nightmare...I need to...get out for a bit..."

"Nightmare?" Minato recalls that Ruby has been through a lot. He took a glimpse of her life after surfing through everyone's memories back at Easter Island. For someone like Ruby, having nightmares after 'that' day is understandable. "...Look. Nightmares are a pain. Trust me, I know. But you can't just let them get in your way of living. You need sleep, I need sleep. So just tough it out. They can't be that bad. Cinder is dead, so there shouldn't be anything to worry about." Ruby remains silent. "Ruby? Hello? Ruby? Come on! Say something!"

Ruby then looks up to see something that makes her shake even more. Instead of Minato in front of her, its Pyrrha. Her eyes are demonic red and bleeding out of her sockets. Her chest is scarred from Cinder's arrow. Her demon eyes glow with anger. "Why did you let me die?! You could have saved me! But you didn't! You didn't save me..." "You failed us friend..." Ruby then see's Penny now. But her eyes are lifeless like her eyes were when she was torn in half back at the arena. "And why? Why would you fail us? I thought we were friends..." "You are the reason why we are not here...You failed us. You failed Jaune! You failed Nora! You failed Ren! You failed everyone! You couldn't even avenge us! You have failed us and everyone around you! Its your fault...YOUR FAULT!" "Your fault..." Your Fault!" Your fault..." "Your Fault!"

"You failed yourself...Ruby Rose!" Loser looms behind Pyrrha and Penny. His sharp, green, reptilian eyes pierce through Ruby's will.

She falls to her knees. "What the?!" Minato kneels to her level. "Ruby?! What's gotten into you?!"

"...my fault..." Ruby then falls to Minato and cry's.

Minato is caught off guard. "What the?!"

"I...I couldn't save her...its my fault..." Ruby breaks down. Covering her face on Minato's chest. "...I wasn't fast enough...I...no matter how fast I get...I couldn't save anyone...I couldn't avenge them...I'm sorry...I'm sorry!"

Minato is in a lost for words. He is not prepared for this. "I..." The only thing he could do now is comfort her. He rubs her head gently. "Hey...don't worry...you...haven't lost everyone...you still have me..." Ruby continues to cry for minutes. She eventually got tired and went to sleep. He opens her door and gently puts her in her bed. He noticed how her face is still frowning. She is probably having those nightmares again. Minato leaves the room, but stops. He looks at Ruby some more. No matter how many times he tried to go back to his room, he just couldn't stop thinking about Ruby's predicament. She's just a kid. But then again, she is also a huntress in her world. Minato realizes how messed up this is. At least Minato had to wait until he was old enough to be considered to the force. And look at Ruby, losing more friends then Minato during his time in the D.A.B. That is plain fucked up. Once he got to his bed, he is now thinking about Ruby. She is probably having those nightmares again. But what does that matter to him? By tomorrow, she will be gone, and this whole incident would have been forgotten. But still...Minato could still remember that one time he was suffering nightmares.

Young Minato was breathing heavily after waking up. He gets out of his bed, walks up to a wall and just stands there, remembering that large figure that he allows see's in his dreams. A tall, dark titan, carrying a large sword. Its face is pale, with black soulless eyes and a smile. Ever since he moved with Albert, he was having these nightmares. He felt some disturbing bond with that thing. Then he hears Albert open the door. "You alright Minato?"

Minato turns his face. "I'm fine. Just felt like standing for a second."

"Come on...You don't have to lie to me. I heard you get off your bed many times now."

Minato's eyes widen. "How the hell does he know that?!"

"Look. I don't usually do this, but I'm willing to let you sleep with me for one night."

"Huh? Are you serious?"

"Well, sleeping is important for you. So if there's anything that can remedy your little sleeping problem, I'm willing to do anything. After all, you are my apprentice."

Minato didn't know what to say. He felt pretty embarrassed to even consider. But he ultimately complied. That thing...is just unnerving. He didn't want to see it again. He sleep in the same bed as Albert, but kept his distance from him. But even then, he felt comfortable, knowing he was there. Having his back.

Minato then thought about Ruby again. "...Tch! Goddamn it!" Minato stood up and walked back to Ruby's room, picked her up and laid her on his bed. Minato's bed was big, so Ruby was in the far right, while Minato was on the left. He felt embarrassed to do something like this. He is slowly becoming like Albert. That's the last thing he wants to do. But before he knew it, he felt something grab his back. He looks to see Ruby is embracing him. Minato's embarrassment has slowly become uncomfortable. He never had someone hug him like that. He hugged Mira before, but this is different. But then she hummed in delight. He noticed that she is happy now. Minato sighs in defeat. "just for one night..."

Meanwhile...

A large mansion that belongs to the largest dust corporation, shines through the night stricken air. Most people would be asleep from this time, except one. A young lady stares through the window. White ponytail, and scar on her left eye. She looks at the shattered moon, couldn't help but remember her happy times that past her months ago. She has no choice but go to her bed and sleep. While she sleeps, she slightly tossed and turned. She moaned and groaned. "...ugh...Ru...by?..." Then lightning strikes, flashing heiresses room. "OHMYGOSH! NO!" She wakes up, and looks around her room. "...What a strange dream..." She sighs. "I'm stressing myself out...Better get some rest..." Weiss doesn't look forward to her future as of now, but she has to move on. Its not like her predicament can get any worse. Well there is one exception, the nightmare she had...

To be continued...

Side note: The bit where Ruby broke down is based on a fan made comic made by squadrongal. Also be sure to also check out the comic dub version made by Miraculous Cora Zone on You Tube. (Its named, Ruby's Nightmare.) Thanks for reading!