A/N: Woooo, new chapter of Guilty Rose for you guys to enjoy.

As bit of forewarning, the first part of the chapter will seem repetitive, and that's intentional. There are subtle differences to showcase a bit of character development. But the second half of the chapter is one of the main events I've wanted to happen from almost the beginning. And I honestly think almost everyone is going to enjoy this chapter.

I hope you guys enjoy this!

I don't own RT or RWBY.

Guilty Rose Chapter 7

"Where the hell was she keeping that knife?"

Weiss and the other two girls were left to ponder this question after Yang attempted to wake Rose, have her put on some proper night clothes, and sleep in her actual bed. Thankfully, Yang had her aura up when Rose pulled a knife out of thin air and lashed out. The room had been silent ever since.

"I knew that was a bad idea."

Blake's voice finally broke the silence in the room. Yang spun to face the black haired girl with a hint of red in her eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Blake met the blonde's eyes easily and sighed.

"She is sleeping with her back in a corner with a full view of the entire room. Someone trained he to be able to react to an attack at all times. Though, I think they were actually just trying to catch her off guard."

"Great, more news on how my long lost little sister was abused!"

"Yang."

"I know, I'm just frustrated about not knowing how to help her. Anyway, how'd you know all that Blake? Does it have to do with how you know Ruby?"

Blake avoided eye contact this time. Once again, she was caught. She wanted to run out the room. But then she looked at Rose's sleeping form. The girl who had told her team everything in a way that they knew she wanted them to hate her. Not that any of them actually could hate her.

Blake thought she would be protecting them by not telling them or even running. But Rose had shown her that she was just being a coward. She wanted to hate Rose with every fiber of her being, but that just made her hate herself more.

"Kind of. Do you really want to know about my past?"

Weiss and Yang looked at each other, they were still reeling from Rose's story the night before. But they would be lying if they said they weren't curious.

"Yeah, but..."

"We are willing to wait for you to be ready to tell us."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Blake was astonished. She thought they'd push, but they were putting faith in her to tell them. They were trusting her when she wouldn't trust them.

"Hello self loathing, my old friend."

Blake held her head in her hands and grumbled incoherently.

"I just need a little more time, that's all."

….

Mercury and Emerald both stood outside Cinder's office looking down on a multi-colored girl that was supposed to be the fourth member of their team for infiltrating Beacon Academy. First impressions were not the best.

"So, you're Neo, Roman's little helper. Yeowch!"

Mercury's little joke only earned him a whack from Neo's umbrella. Emerald's opinion of the girl had immediately done a one-eighty. Anyone who hit Merc for making a stupid joke was good in her book.

"I like her already."

Suddenly, Cinder's door opened and an annoyed Cinder emerged.

"There had better be a good reason for the noise outside of my office. Oh, our fourth member, Neo was it?"

The girl smiled and nodded.

"Good, our mission is infiltrating Beacon Academy to find the Guilty Rose and convince her to join me, that is all."

Cinder went back into her office and closed the door, leaving Neo utterly confused. She cocked her head in Emerald's direction with a blink that swapped her eye color. She had been informed that they were going to be finding and killing some woman and then prepare to cause as much chaos as possible. She was not to told that they were going to be recruiting possibly the mos dangerous killer of the modern day. Could eventually live with herself after the original plan, Roman had taught her to be a survivor. But this new plan sounded like suicide.

"Yeah, that isn't actually our mission, but it is one of the objectives we are trying to achieve."

Neo nodded reluctantly before raising an eyebrow to silently ask why.

"Apparently she met the Guilty Rose years ago and has had a crush on her since."

Neo made an "o" with her mouth before the ridiculousness of the answer sunk in and she cocked another eyebrow.

"We don't know either."

Neo's face scrunched up in disapproval and Emearld brought a hand to her face.

"Yeah, we know. She won't listen though."

The three sighed in unison.

"Anyone wanna place bets on whether or not his mission is gona get us killed?"

this time Mercury had an umbrella and a fist come at him.

….

Rose, once again, did not fail to notice her entire team staring at her. But once again she dismissed the stares, and Weiss wiping away some drool that wasn't there when she woke up.

"Maybe I should see if they want to train with me in the morning."

Having once again finished her morning routine, Rose stared menacingly at her uniform. It was bad enough when Glynda made her wear one 'normal' shirt, but a shirt and a jacket was almost impossible for her. Not to mention the skirt, skirts were in a similar category as heels in Rose's book. They were impractical for combat because they offered no protection for the legs. But at least she didn't have to worry about her tail with her uniform skirt.

Rose let out a low whine, Glynda and Ozpin said she couldn't attend beacon without wearing her uniform. She had to surrender and wear the stifling thing. Her hand unconsciously went to her neck as it always did when she needed the support.

"I wonder if Cin is doing okay...I'll look around Vale for her this weekend."

As Rose continued to stare menacingly at her uniform, Weiss allowed herself to study the wolf faunus' body once more. Previously, she had only let herself take in Rose's form as a whole with the occasional glance at regions that are normally hidden from the eye. Now, she traced scars with her eyes. The ones that most caught her eye were the ones grouped at Rose's forearms, upper arms, and calves. These scars she recognized immediately.

"Thin lines. random angles. They must have used a whip on her. There placement...no...they whipped her just to train her stance."

Weiss could remember the sting her instructors using their fencing swords to correct her stance, but this was just someone being cruel. Then there were the other scars, the random scars from a lifetime of fighting.

She has aura, and knows how to use it...she said they beat her...she let them hurt her..."

Her eyes wandered over Rose's sun-kissed skin again. She examined the wolf's tail that was always so still that she'd think it was fake if she wasn't looking at where it attached. Then her eyes naturally drifted to another region.

"Fur?… No! Bad Weiss."

"Weiss, I know Rose is quite the spectacle, but are you going to get ready or what?"

Weiss nearly jumped out of her skin when Yang growled into her ear. Weiss turned ruby red at Yang's completely valid insinuation before scurrying off to begin her morning ritual.

….

"Combat class with Professor Goodwitch."

Glynda internally grumbled. She loathed having to make that phrase the most menacing phrase in all of Beacon. She really wanted to be the teacher that students looked up to, not the one they feared and hated. But she had to prepare them for the future.

"At least Rose doesn't hate me. Speaking of Rose, I still need to spit in Ozpin's coffee."

Glynda would have handed Ozpin her letter of resignation if she could have taken Rose and Amber with her. She knew and understood his reason for making her team leader, but it still pissed the blonde off to no end.

"At least he's allowing me to continue her therapy, and at the cost of those useless seminars that would have only served to stress her out."

The blonde double checked her list of things to do in class.

Scare first year students with needlessly harsh and false syllabus.

Answer questions with an annoyed scowl.

Time permitting: 1 spar, tournament-style.

She nodded in approval of her schedule.

"Today should be interesting."

….

Yang wasn't going to lie, not to herself or anyone. Professor Goodwitch was scary as hell, which was also kinda hot.

"And Rose said she was one of the nicest people she ever met."

The entire class just got the shit scared out of them, Jaune literally fainted when Glynda looked at him for raising his hand with a question. He actually still had his hand raised, which Yang found hilarious.

"Alright seeing as there are no more questions and we have some time left, let's have a random spar."

Glynda tapped the randomizer icon. Names and images flashed on the board, continuing until it stopped on two.

Glynda's heart sank.

Cardin Winchester VS Rose

"Cardin Winchester."

Glynda growled the name. She read his file, and his only redeeming quality was he had some skills worthy of a huntsman. But otherwise he had been reported for numerous incidents of racism and bullying. However, none of these reports ever got him more than detention. Glynda had even heard rumors that the boy was already bullying other students. She couldn't do anything yet as nothing had been reported. But as soon as something was, she promised to show him the hell she had planned for him.

"I think I'm becoming the image I've been projecting...huh?"

Glynda was a little perturbed when Rose came out of the women's locker room in her combat gear minus her kikko sleeves and weapons. Though before she could begin to question her, the room erupted in cat calling and cheers. Rose seemed to just ignore it all, but Glynda wouldn't ignore this. Clearing her throat was all it took for the entire class to quiet down, Glynda added in a death glare to hopefully deal with future occurrences before they happened.

"Rose, may I ask why you don't have your weapon for this spar."

As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized she asked the wrong question. Rose's face contorted in horror.

"You want me to kill him?"

Rose's question made Glynda recall the two men from the dust store.

"Those blades, they're made with that?"

"Yes."

"I see, will you be fine without any weapons?"

Rose just looked at Cardin and sized him up. After a moment, she turned back to Glynda and nodded. It wasn't with bravado that she nodded, her face showed that it was just a simple fact. Glynda sighed and motioned for Rose to continue to the ring. She walked to her side of the ring while Cardin stood cockily posed on his.

"Oh, did the little bitch think a slutty outfit would help her win?"

It took every ounce of strength Glynda had to not demonstrate the full capabilities of her semblance with Cardin as the dummy. But she wanted, no needed to see how Rose reacted to this. However, all Rose did was take a classic boxing stance with her knees bent and hopping on the balls of her feet.

Somehow, Glynda wasn't surprised by this.

"Both fighters ready? Begin."

Rose charged Cardin, Cardin responded with an overhead swing of his mace. A small part of Glynda was waiting for the sound of metal on flesh, but it never came. Rose had caught the Cardin's arm, shocking everyone but Rose.

WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!

"Arrggh!"

WHACK! WHACK WHACK!

THUD!

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

BUZZZZZ!

The whole auditorium went silent because of the display of martial arts.

….

Rose had already sized up her opponent. Cardin was a heavy hitter who obviously relied on the weight of his mace to crush his opponents. He had armor, but his stomach was left wide open. Honestly, the best opponent for her to fight.

"Oh, did the little bitch think a slutty outfit would help her win?"

"What's so wrong with my outfit?"

Rose didn't show her thoughts and just got into her stance, already having a plan of attack ready.

"Both fighters ready? Begin."

Rose charged her brutish opponent slow enough that he could react. She made it to him while he was still mid-swing ad easily caught his arm at the wrist. The wolf faunus now had him at her mercy.

She delivered three successive semblance-enhanced punches to his stomach. Then she twisted his wrist as she pulled it down, forcing him to drop his mace. After Cardin roared in pain, Rose delivered another triplet of blows straight to his face. She released the brown haired boy and he fell on his back. Rose then followed up by straddling his chest and drew from her semblance one last time. Six enhanced punches to Cardin's head later and he was dropped to twenty-seven percent. The buzzer sounded and the screen timer flashed twelve seconds.

The entire auditorium was dead silent. No one knew what to make of just happened.

"Oh, uh, the winner is Rose."

Glynda's announcement suddenly brought the audience back to reality and they began cheering for the wolf faunus' victory.

….

Lunch was only fifteen minutes after combat class and it already seemed like Rose's fight was known by the entire student body. Random students looked at her in awe or managed to congratulate her. She wasn't entirely comfortable with her newly found popularity. Luckily, her team picked up on this and started doing their best to dissuade students from looking at or approaching Rose while they were walking to the cafeteria.

When they arrived, they made their way to pick up food. Rose decided to get her favorite meal, which consisted of beef stew, a bowl of sliced strawberries, and a single chocolate chip cookie. Team RWBY had an easy time finding a table to sit at after grabbing their meals.

"Hey guys, over here!"

Nora's voice cut through the ruckus of the students and her waving arms signaled the team of girls. Rose and her team sat across from their unofficial sister team. Rose took a moment to gauge the students before her.

Pyrrha had a pleasant smile on her face. Nora was practically vibrating in her excitement. Ren was being stoic, but gave them a small smile and nod. Jaune had a goofy grin on his face.

Rose wasn't sure why they were so happy to see them even though they'd only been apart for a few minutes.

"What was that Rose, you totally kicked Cardin's ass!"

"I just hit him."

"Rose, you hit him twelve times and brought his aura down seventy-three percent, that is almost impossible for even me without charging my semblance up first."

"Well, I did use my semblance."

"Wait! that was your semblance, you hit really hard?"

"No, my semblance is speed, I just learned how to apply it to specific limbs rather than my whole body at once."

"That's so cool!"

As the two teams continued to talk, Cardin walked towards them. He had been humiliated on the second day of the semester.

Him, Cardin Winchester, beat by a little girl.

He was going to get back at her, even if she was sitting with her team. They were too distracted to notice him. As he walked by, he reached down and gave a solid yank to Rose's tail. Not enough to pull her off the bench, but enough to shift her a few inches.

Rose's silverware fell from her hand and on to the floor when a sharp spike of pain went up her spine from her tail being yank on. She was frozen in place after the clatter.

"Why didn't I notice him sooner?"

The rest of the group had all seen Rose suddenly shift back and Cardin walking away while cackling. Fury filled all their stomachs.

"I can't believe him!"

"He's so dead."

"I'm going to break his legs"

When Nora and Yang shot up from their seats, Ren grabbed Nora. Nora was shaking with rage as she met Ren's gaze.

"Ren, he needs to have his legs broken."

Even though this was only the third day since most of them had met. They were all pretty close already, and Rose had a somewhat special place in their hearts. And this dumb bastard had just yanked on her tail in front of them.

"I want you to shatter his legs."

Ren let go of his childhood friend after giving her a new objective. An objective which made Nora grin sadistically.

"I'll contact the Schnee legal team and take care of Rose. Go. Crazy."

Screams filled the cafeteria as Weiss pulled out her scroll with one hand while the other arm wrapped around Rose's small shoulders.

No one hurts Rose.

A/N: And now Cardin won't be harming anyone for a while. YAY!

So serious time.

I'm going to respond to the guest named Boop right here.

What the shit man.

Are you seriously having trouble understanding why Rose is being kept secret?

I'll just clear it up for you right now, since you obviously didn't understand before. One Rose tells Ozpin and Yang not to tell anyone, especially not Summer or Tai. She doesn't want them to know. And two, how do you break it to a mother and father that their daughter is a mass murderer. Seriously, what are you expecting?

Now on Ozpin making Rose team leader, that was explained in chapter 5, or the eighth chapter posted. And yes it is something he would do. Ozpin is known for making decisions like this. It is completely within his character.

Finally, the rest of your review confounds me. Give me time to explain her habits, we're barely into the story! And yeah Weiss is obviously falling for Rose, but she isn't just going to lose all decorum in one night...give her two.

Now that I'm done ranting at Boop, I hope you guys liked the chapter!

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