Chapter 4

"This is VNN, I am Lisa Lavender. A terrible tragedy took place this afternoon during the one-on-one rounds of the Vytal Festival Tournament. One of Beacon Academy's students attacked their opponent after moments defeating them in their match. Atlas soldiers attempt to subdue the student, until a mysterious red coated man stopped their actions and fought against Atlas by himself. Witnesses who saw this had mixed reactions."

"I don't know what beacon's headmaster is teaching his students, but it was awesome!" Replied a witness. "That Dante guy, he was a graduate student from there, and showed some crazy skills down in that arena I've never seen! It was like watching a video game!"

"What about the student that was attacked after the match? Surely you felt horrible for them?" said the reporter behind the camera.

"Oh them? Yeah, yeah, it was terrible. But that Dante guy! He was the star that night!"

"I hope that Dante guy is single," said another witness. "he looked hot! That white hair, his handsome face...oh I just want to notice me!"

"What about the student what was attacked?"

"Who cares! That Dante was so hot I want him! Dante! If you are listening, Notice me senpai!"

*Bzzt*

"Despite Atlas reinforcements, local authorities are still calling on available huntsmen to aid in suppressing the spike in Grimm activity."

*Bzzt*

"What about you Caboose? Are you following on any of this what's so ever?"

"I think so...That guy Tex, Is really a robot. And you're his boyfriend, so that makes you...a gay robot!"

"...Yeah, that's right. I'm a gay robot…"

*Bzzt*

"Hey! I was watching that! Red vs. Blue was on!" Mercury complained as he was fixing one of his mechanical legs as someone turned off the T.V.

"Shut up! That show is nothing garbage!" Said Emerald.

"Pfft. You don't know comedy when you see it. Also, is that how you treat a patient like myself?"

Getting on her nerves, Emerald grabbed the screwdriver Mercury was using and turned it viciously.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Too tight!"

"Enough!"

Both teens turned and saw their leader, Cinder, speaking about what happened at the Festival.

"Mercury here put on a wonderful show, he was quite brave."

"Yeah, but that bastard Dante almost ruined everything!" Replied Mercury. "He knew it was us that attack the previous Fall maiden."

"If it wasn't for Atlas, both of us would've been taken in!" Emerald added.

"A minor setback," Replied Cinder. "Dante may know it was us, but there isn't anything he can't prove as we are students at the moment. It would make him look bad if people saw him attacking us."

"Right...that's good to hear. What do we do now?"

"You and I will ensure that our next matchup...goes smoothly."

Beacon Academy, Team RWBY's room.

"I'm sorry, But you left us with no choice." Replied Ironwood as he was explaining the consequences of what happened earlier.

"But he attacked me first I swear!" Yelled Yang as she tried to tell the facts to the General.

"Video footage and millions of viewers say otherwise." (*Sigh* "Mostly about Dante.")

Weiss spoke out to defend her friend.

"But Yang would never do that!"

"That's right!" Ruby added as she helped her sister. "Yang is my sister and she would never act like that! My dad and aunt's trained us personally, and instructed to keep our emotions in check!"

Hearing their words meant the truth, but Ironwood knew what had to be done to keep the public safe, and from lashing out if he made an alternate choice here.

He took a deep breath and said.

"You all seemed like good students, and the staff here are fully aware that you would never act they way you did. But I believe, and hope this to be, as nothing more that a result of stress and adrenaline. When you're out in the battlefield, your judgement can be clouded at an you need things that simply aren't there. Even after the fighting has passed…

"But I wasn't-"

"That's enough!" Ironwood lashed out as he grew tired of Yang's explanation.

Team RWBY looked in shock as the General shouted. It was the first time they were shouted like this.

"The sad truth is...whether it was an accident, or an assault...it doesn't matter. The world saw you attacked an innocent student. They already made their conclusions. And it's my job to inform you that...you're disqualified."

Hearing this made the girls lower their heads in shame. Especially Yang. Why couldn't they believe her damn it! It just doesn't make sense! Mercury attacked first!

With that, Ironwood left the room. Giving the girls sometime to take all this information in.

After a moment of silence. Yang spoke.

"You guys believe me, right?"

"Duh! Of course we do!" Replied Ruby.

"You may be hotheaded, but not ruthless!" Weiss said as she too believe her.

"...Blake?"

The black haired girl didn't say anything, as she was struggling to believe her teammate or not.

"I want to believe you."

"What's that suppose to mean?!" Yelled Weiss as she couldn't believe what Blake was saying.

Hearing these words shattered Yang as she can't believe her best friend wouldn't even believe her.

"B-Blake…?"

Blake looked up to her friend for a moment and looked back down, should she believe Yang? It's just like being with Adam all over again.

Before anyone could reply.

"I can't believe it...you too huh…?"

All three girls looked at Yang.

"I trusted you Blake...and now you won't trust me…"

"Yang...I-"

"Hehehe...have I gone crazy?" Yang laughed as she stared to cry. "I mean I know what I saw, but everyone didn't. So why won't they listen…"

"Yang…" Blake said silently.

"It doesn't make any sense...Mercury attacked me! I defended myself… But everyone didn't see what really happened...What is going on?"

"Yang I-"

"I TRUSTED YOU BLAKE!"

All three girls jumped as Yang shouted at Blake.

"I TRUSTED YOU! AND YOU TRUSTED ME! NOW YOU DON'T! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! AFTER ALL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, AFTER ALL THE TIMES I DEFENDED YOU! WHY CAN'T YOU TRUST ME!"

Blake was silent. Why couldn't she believe her? Why can't she just say it? Why?

"Yang I-"

"I hate you…"

"What?"

"I HATE YOU!"

The Faunus girl looked in shock as he heard the words coming from her friends mouth. Not only that, Blake looked into Yang's eyes, and saw rage. Pure rage. She even saw-

"I HATE THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST ME AFTER WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH! WE'RE SUPPOSE TO TEAMMATES! FRIENDS! BUT NOW, YOU ARE NO LONGER MY FRIEND! I WISH THAT YOU STAYED WITH THE WHITE FANG SO I CAN FIND YOU AND I CAN PUT YOU AWAY LIKE ALL THE OTHER CRIMINALS!"

With that said, Yang ran out of the room and never looked back after what she had said just now.

Watching in shock, the girls said nothing as what Yang said to Blake.

She didn't mean that right? Breaking the silence once more, Weiss spoke.

"How could you Blake! Yang is our friend! And she trust's you! Why couldn't you say you believed her?"

"I'm sure what Yang said didn't meant that!" Said Ruby as she entered the conversation. "She was angry and wasn't thinking what she was saying! Please don't take too personal."

Blake didn't reply as she was shaking uncontrollably.

"Blake? Blake what's wrong?"

The girl looked up with tears in her eyes, she even looked scared.

"I...I don't know… I was looking at Yang and I felt...scared...when I saw her eyes change."

"Well, they do turn red when she gets angry."

"No...This time they were different color."

"A different color? I've never seen her eyes turn into a different color. What was it?"

"I...I don't want to…"

"What?! Why?!"

"Because when I try to think back on those eyes, I saw anger, so much anger that I've never seen. Those eyes…"

"Blake please, as her sister, I have to know what happened to her eyes."

Blake struggled as she tried to remember the color due to having to deal with so much anger coming from Yang. After a moment of trying to remember, the girl finally spoke.

"They...They were colored 'Blue'..."

Beacon Academy, Rooftop.

After running away from her teammates, Yang fell on her knees and cried loud as she could. She just couldn't believe it, Mercury attacked her as she fought back to defend herself! But the rest of the world saw different, they saw her attacking him while he was on the ground defenseless! It just doesn't make any sense damn it! Just what is going on…

"Hey there Yang."

Yang turned and saw her father standing behind her.

"Dad…"

Before he could reply back, Dante was hugged from her daughter as she embraced him hard as she could as the teen wanted this nightmare to end. Knowing what she was going through, Dante's father instinct kicked in as he hugged Yang back as he rubbed her head to comfort her much as he could.

"It's all right," he said. "let it all out.

And so she did.

Moments later…

Sitting against the roofs rails, Dante had a chat with Yang as both drank canned beer. Courtesy of the best dad on the planet! Now Dante knew it was illegal to give minors alcohol, but knowing Yang over the years of sneaking out and partying, including the situation she was in now, he decided to let this one slide as long as no one knew.

What was it that the kids say it these days? YOLO? Ah who the hell cares?

Finishing taking a sip, Dante spoke.

"So...sucks for you for what you're going through."

"Yup." Replied Yang as she continued to drink her beer.

"*Sigh* Yeah...so tell me, what the hell happened?"

"You know what happened."

"But why'd you do it? I mean you beat that kid and won. But you suddenly attacked him as he was beaten already."

"I told you already! He attacked me first!"

"Are you sure? You better not be lying, or otherwise you're crazy."

Yang looked into her father's eyes with a look of seriousness.

"I. Am. Not. Lying."

Dante stared at Yang and smiled.

"Alright, I believe you."

"What?!" Yang said as she was shocked to hear her father believe her that quick!

"You heard me young lady, I believe you."

"But-"

"Let's just say something like this happened to a friend of mine before. It's a long boring story."

"Dad I-"

"I Don't want to hear it, as I said I believe you. You're my daughter Yang. I've known you since you were born. You may have lied when you were younger, but this time your older. And I trained you, and seen your determination to become a huntress, just like your mother."

Yang said nothing as she was reminded of her mother. Summer, her adopted mother. But was treated as she was her own, like Ruby. But…

"I saw mom…"

"What?" Dante replied with a look of shock.

"My mom. That woman that looked liked me, in the photo you showed me and Ruby, What was my mom wasn't?"

Dante hesitated.

"...Yeah, that was your mom. Where did you see her?"

"...It was before the incident where the train crashed into the city as we tried to stop Torchwick. I was fighting one of his lackey's, but apparently she was better than me. I was in trouble, and took a bad hit. When I woke up, the girl I was fighting disappeared. Then. I saw her, my mom. But…"

"But?"

"There was something different, she looked the same except she was a mask. But that's not what caught my eye."

"What was it?"

"The sword she carried in the picture, it wasn't the same one. It was different, it looked like an old sword. Like that one person in the blue robes, it was that one she was using. A katana."

Dante ran his hand through his hair and sighed.

"Yeah...that sounds like your mom alright. And let me guess, she didn't say anything?"

"No. How did you know that?"

"*Tsk* Typical Raven, always trying to be the silent type. Trying to be cool ya know?"

"Heh, I bet. But why does she have that sword instead of hers?"

"...She carries it to honor the memory of that guy in the blue robes. They were rivals of sort. Both had honor, skills in katanas. They were quite the pair, but she fell for yours truly."

"What happened?"

Dante didn't want to say but...he wanted to get it off of his chest.

"He sacrificed himself so I could live. *Scoff* Bastard. Trying to be the hero so he can redeem himself…"

"What did he do?" Asked Yang as she wanted to know more about the man.

"He...did a lot of bad things. Mostly killing people who pissed him off. Let's leave it at that alright?"

Yang knew there was more, but seeing her father didn't want to talk more about him, she just nodded.

"But I can tell you a little bit about your mom."

Yang heard this and looked serious.

"Your mom has an interesting way I looking at the world that I don't agree with."

"Then why did you hook up?"

"Meh, we were young once. But listen, if you do meet her, that's if you do, don't try to pick a fight with her. She's dangerous. Trust me, she's good. By not as good as I am."

"And Stylish?"

"That too."

This caused both of them to laugh as spending time together eased on their minds.

It felt good.

As they stopped laughing.

"Listen Yang," Said Dante. "don't let this tournament put you down. You're tougher than this. Sure you made a mistake, but things like this happen. It's time to move on in life, you're young, and got plenty of time. It's apart of life. Your life. So turn that frown upside down, or no pizza for you until you graduated. Got it?"

Yang smiled as her father knew how to make her smile.

"Got it."

"Good. Now let's finish our beer and head back inside. I gotta a job to do."

With that, Both chugged their beer and headed back inside.

Now feeling a bit better, Yang's mind is cleared.

For now.

Blake's struggle to believe her for what truly happened in the tournament it's still fresh in her mind. As well as her hate for the faunus girl.

Should she apologizes for what she said to her teammate about saying staying with white fang so she could put her away?

Or not?

That is up to her to decide.

To be continued...

Author's note: Hey guys I'm back! I hoped you enjoyed the chapter, I was going to make it a bit longer include the Pyrrha and Jaune scene but I figured that's for the next chapter as I wanted to show the aftermath of Yang's match for this chapter. Sorry I didn't incude any action so far on the story,. But thats how the RWBY series is like, add some drama and add action later on. I think I got the drama and the action like them too. Anyway let me know what you guys think of this story so far so I can do more as I like what I've created, as you guys like it too. Until next time, see ya!