And so here is the third chapter of my most followed story nearly breaking 500 follows and almost 350 favorites, i can't thank you guys enough for liking this story so much. Now if only my stories could break a 100 reviews.

So i know some of you may be wondering what I intend to do about our resident androgynous ninja and I don't mean ren. Well after constantly mulling it over and what I would do with the white fang.

Well like i said in one o' me previous notes he is gonna give them the same treatment as the paradise group.

While on the subject I thought of doing the whole fem sonic thing but i scrapped that idea. after finishing volume four and reading the latest chapters of OPM i believe I found my ideal sonic for this fic. Which by the way it may not be important but I changed his eyes from their gray color in the manga and anime to another color.

I just think that the color is too close to ruby's silver ones.

so without further ado, I give you all the speedy and slightly emo ninja with the redundant naming sense.


Time before beacon: Two months

Forever fall: train tracks

"Goodbye."

*Slash*

She did it, she had finally done it. She left the white fang at last.

Blake Belladonna let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in after the disconnected train car disappeared from sight. Now that she finally cut her ties to her old organization she can enroll in beacon with a mostly clear conscious. There was just one more thing before Blake can completely clear it though.

Blake closed her eyes and thought about how much she wants to apologize. To her mother, her father, and her-

"So you finally have your head on straight." A deep and familiar voice said from behind her.

"EEEP!" Her brother.

Blake nearly jumped out of her own skin when she herd his voice. Turning around so fast, her brother cocked an eyebrow as if impressed by her reaction time. Her brother was a slim dark haired, purple eyed man in a skin tight black body suit complete with metal plating, face mask, and a purple scarf. He even had purple markings under his eyes. His hair fell over his face and was tied back in a topknot just behind two black cat ears with purple highlights at the tips.

"Sonic?! What are you doing here?!" She yelped out frantically pointing her finger at her older brother.

"Simple, waiting until sense finally made its way into that thick skull of yours." He said emphasizing his point by rapping his knuckles on her forehead.

"Stop that!" Blake hissed batting away his hand.

"It's about time too. Now then, I need to report back to my employer, although I guess now that you did my job for me, I should give you some of the pay huh?" Sonic stated as he turned, ready to hop off the train.

"Wait what? You're here on a job?" Blake asked quizzically.

"Yeah, I was hired to keep an eye on the cargo and get rid of any thieves by the SDC. Oh, speaking of I'll make sure you're out of my report but you have to get off this train before they inspect it at the next stop."

"*Sigh* Don't worry I will." Blake sighed turning towards the train. Before she started walking she felt a hand on her shoulder that made her stop.

"Blake remember, we were never ashamed that you stayed with the fang. Just concerned that you'd lose your head while you were with them, metaphorical or otherwise." Sonic told her, his voice holding a sincerity he's only used a hand full of times.

Those times were when he left home to gain his own strength and when he outright refused to have their parents unlock his aura. To him it was nothing more than a crutch anyway.

Some tears stung her eyes."I-I will and thank you, for telling me that." She turned back so she could attempt to hug her brother only to see he was gone.

Blake let out a light chuckle "I guess somethings never change." Blake then turned back, walking off towards the passenger cars.

She had enough emotional exhaustion for one day and could use a good cat nap.

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Later back at the white fang's camp, Adam returned after hours of walking through the grim infested parts of forever fall. His lieutenant had tried to reassure his leader that they would get her back in time for them to move forward with taking Vale for the good of their race.

But the truth is Faunas treatment in Vale wasn't really that bad. Only about five percent of the human population don't like them and even fewer actually antagonize any of them. And that's just the bitter old geezers from the Faunus rights war and the grandchildren who spent way too much time around them. In fact his own parents have a nice house in the residential district with perfectly friendly neighbors.

Not that Blake or his recruits knew that but it didn't really matter to him.

However there was another far more serious reason as to why he needs to get her back and silence her. She was the only one who ever told his true reasons about him joining fang. Granted he had been incredibly vague about it to the point she had no idea what he was talking about but none the less he cannot risk her revealing that information.

If she revealed what he said to anyone and they somehow connected the dots they would find out the terrible truth.

That he just didn't want to get a real job.

Should anyone find out then it would not only bring more shame to the once proud and peaceful organization, it would make him look like a selfish jackass to the rest of the fang instead of the fearless revolutionary they view him as.

*BOOM!* *Crash!* *Boom!*

Adam was broken from his thoughts when the sound of explosions roared from outside his tent. He grabbed Wilt and Bush and rushed outside to find his men and his lieutenant dead or down with the rest of his camp destroyed, burning with countless shurikens. Bodies of his men decorated the area.

Some of which were in literal pieces.

"Longtime no see, Taurus-san.~" Adam looked towards the voice and in the trees was the man he dreaded ever coming across. The elder cat faunus hopped down and landed gracefully without a sound. The bull faunas drew his sword and went into a defensive stance, he may be stronger than the average huntsman but the ninja was one of the few he knew to be wary around.

"Why are you here traitor!?" Adam growled out. His grip on his katana tightening to the point his knuckles turned white.

Sonic simply raised his eyebrow and smirked pulling down the mask covering the lower half of his face."Oh~, I'm a traitor am I? But I was never even part of the white fang."

"You are a traitor to your own race! To think some of your skill and strength would sell out to the enemy!" He yelled out in fury. Truth be told, his speed would be a huge asset to any who gain him as an ally.

"Well, I do have to get money from somewhere to send back home." Sonic shrugged. He does get a pretty high pay from most of his clients from jobs like protection to bounty hunting. Most of which is sent back to Menagerie just as he said to help expand their village.

"It's pointless talking to you! It's time for me to end your traitorous existence!" Adam charged forward, intent on slicing apart the ninja into ribbons. The bull faunas unleashed a flurry of slashes from every direction. Sonic simply dodged and duck under neath every attack at speeds that made him look like a blur, regardless of Adam's enhanced vision. Through it all, the elder cat ninja was laughing the whole time, it's not everyday he has a chance to humiliate Adam. All he wanted is to do it just one last time before he hopefully kills the the brain dead steer when this is over.

"You've gotten very slow Adam, could it be that you lost your touch since that time before I left home?" Sonic taunted through his dodges.

"SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH YOU BASTARD!" Adam roared speeding up his slashes.

"Actually why don't I take my turn to attack?~" Sonic said with his "innocent smile." The ninja leaped back and was now bounding around the campsite using the trees as spring boards to jump around Adam from every direction. The sudden change in strategy halted the bull's attacks. Now he was trying to keeps his eyes on the ninja, or at least the after images he leaves behind in every direction.

"You know, I haven't had a chance to test out my new technique yet. I was even saving for someone else, But you'll do just fine for this trial run!"

"YOU BASTARD I-...WAIT TRIA-!?"

"FOUR SHADOW ANNIHILATION!"

A burst of speed later and Adam is the victim of four slashes across his chest left by four separate after images of Sonic. The bull drops to the forest floor with the rest of his men. Sonic had landed a few feet away, facing away from the bloody mess that he left and sheathed his katana. He took a moment to observe the damage done and took out a notepad with a checklist of what he needed to take care of or destroy while here.

Destroy the base: check.

Kill or cripple the soldiers and lieutenants: check

blow up or burn any plans and blueprints: check

Kill the the mentally retarded rodeo cow and/or his pride: double check.

After checking of the last item on his list Sonic pocketed his notepad and took off north to get out of the forest. Time for him to collect his earnings from the pompous ass of a ceo Jacques.

Now let's see it's still fairly early in the morning and from here to Atlas going at his top speed across the land and then taking a bullhead over the water...

It should be a couple hours before the sun sets over Sanus, maybe a little more if he needs a pit stop.

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Atlas: SDC headquarters/Schnee.

Sonic stood across Jacques with his arms crossed looking at an open briefcase. Both the elder Schnee and the youngest schnee were smirking at the ninja. Why the boy was here, he could only guess that he liked watching these kinds of meetings play out.

"I must once again thank you for your service to my company Mr. Sonic if it weren't for your efforts, we would have lost a great deal of our cargo." Jacques said to his hired hand.

"What with the existing problems of the Grimm and White Fang attacks and now the recent rise of Mysterious creatures, father would be very upset at losing more of his product." Whitley added in an unsurprisingly smug tone.

Sonic continued to stare at the Lien for a few moments before he looked back up at the president of the company.

"Do you take me for a fool?" he asked clearly not amused or pleased with what he saw. The father and son looked taken back at his sudden remark.

"I'm not sure what you-?" He was suddenly cut off as the door to his office was opened and in walked his second eldest child, Weiss. Her left eye covered by a white medical eyepatch.

"Father I'm sorry to interrupted but I have some news you may want to hear." She said in a practiced tone as she held out some papers for her father to take.

"Oh no need to dear. We were just dealing with the matter of our friend's payment." Jacques gestured to sonic while taking the papers from her hand.

"And why your old man is tying to pass off a third of what was promised to me." Sonic said aloud shocking the three. The father and son for figuring it out just from looking at the amount in the case and Weiss for his (not entirely) unwelcome rudeness to her father. She figured he would most likely do this as he had done this a number of times with different clients.

"What do you possibly mean by tha-!?" Once again interrupted, this time though it was the case being cut in half by Sonic that did it. The lien spilled out onto the office floor along with several empty dust crystals cut into the shape of bricks from underneath the small stacks of Lien.

"Care to explain why you thought it was a good idea to try and stiff me?" He asked with a cocked eyebrow pressing the tip of his katana against the presidents neck drawing a drop of blood. This caused Jacques to have a bead of sweat rolling down his forehead despite his calm appearance while Whitley looked absolutely panicked. He would watch these meetings play out all the time and laugh as hardly anyone besides General Ironwood would show their anger towards the president, but no one ever drew his fathers blood.

On the other hand Weiss simply let out a tired sigh.

"Could you please put down your blade. I'm sure you have every right to be angry about your payment but I need him to see these papers." she said once again handing Jacques back the papers and snapping Whitley from his panic to glare at his sister.

Sonic looked at her for a second and let out a 'fine' before putting his sword away. Meanwhile Jacques took the papers from his daughters hand before looking them over while keeping an eye on the black garbed shinobi in his office.

"So, I see you've chosen Beacon and they've accepted your transcripts. Yet you still refuse to consider Atlas academy?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Of course, Beacon is the top hunter academy after all. I feel it would help me refine my skills in combat." Weiss stated, slightly bowing her head. Although her primary reason for wanting to attend a school outside Atlas was just to get away from home and her dysfunctional family for a good few years, and to see her old instructor in vale for a few pointers. Really, she has so much more she could learn from the gentleman who taught her the ways of the rapier and his slingshot toting partner.

"I'm sure you will change your mind eventually. Now then we were just-"

*SCHING.*"Discussing my pay now weren't we~" Sonic said pressing the tip of his sword against the Schnee patriarch's throat. Weiss once again sighed before leaving the room.

Jacques let out and audible gulp."*Gulp* Very well then. Whitley!"

"Yes father." the fourteen year old complied staring fearfully at the man threatening his father.

"Go and gather the rest of his earnings." Sonic stated, gesturing towards the door.

*Press.* "And while you're at it go ahead and double it."

"What! You can't just extort us now! That's not fair!" The young teen shouted in disbelief.

"Oh, and how about you two trying to fool me into accepting a third of my agreed pay? Along with a stack of useless bricks of dust, was that fair?" the ninja asked with a raised eyebrow. He emphasized his point by kicking one of the bricks towards the young teen.

"Ugh! *Sigh.* You heard him son." Jacques gave in and directed him to the door.

"There's no need for that father." Weiss said walking back in with their butler Klein in tow pushing in a cart with large stacks of money. Sonic took one glance at the tower and confirmed that it was in fact triple his payment. She even pushed in a trunk for him to hold all the money. Jacques was shocked to see the tower of money.

"Dear sister, did you just ransack the vault without father's permission!?" and apparently so was Whitley.

"Would you rather have father get a blade driven through his neck?" Weiss asked with a raised eyebrow. That did however get her younger brother to shut his mouth and Sonic to let out a chuckle of amusement.

"At least one of you has a bit of sense." He laughed putting his katana back in its sheath.

"What do you mean sense!? She is making the family look weak!" the boy nearly shouted.

"As opposed to the two of you making it appear to be full of jackasses?" Sonic said with a smirk making the two males of the family fume with anger and embarrassment. After piling the money into the trunk he slung it over his shoulder and walked out of the office, but not before leaving them with a few parting words. A word of thanks to the eye-patched Weiss and a combination snarky comment/death threat to the CEO and son.

If it wasn't for the fact he made off with three times the amount he would have received and making fools of the SDC president and his little shit of a son, he would have left the manor in a sour mood. Thankfully that Weiss girl at least had a generous bone in her body. She said she'd be going to beacon, maybe she could be a friend to Blake during their time at the academy.

For now though, he put those thoughts aside and proceeded to speed across the land and back towards Sanus for more important matters. He had a certain someone to track down. Humiliating Adam and Jacques had been fun, but time to get back to a certain snow headed hero for their next duel.

He just hopes that little cyborg of his or those espers that hang around him don't interrupt again.

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*Achoo!*...ZZZZZ~

Speaking of; Jaune was napping on the mat in the living room of his apartment, a blanket haphazardly pushed off his upper body. He wore blue and white striped button up pajama top and pants with a certain bunny mascot on the pocket. Himself, King and Genos won these and quite a few other things from those sweepstakes. Pumpkin pete was their favorite fictional character character after all.

Whether he showed up on Remnant's greatest saturday morning cartoon, the slightly confusing video game where he's a king and fights against darkness with a key wielding boy and recently a cereal. He would have chosen the onesie but opted for the more mature option; Genos got himself the hoodie and King picked a simple beanie.

As he snoozed away the door to his apartment opened and two young women entered. The taller women with dark hair walked in holding a couple bags while the shorter green haired one floated in.

"Really? He couldn't keep himself awake to greet us?" The green haired one complained.

"Relax nee-chan. I'm sure he was just tired from working on the repairs from the last time we visited." The dark haired one said putting a hand on her sister's shoulder

"Hey, that wasn't our fault. That pompadour shouldn't have started something with monster hair."

"Why do you always call them by their hair styles?"

"It's more fun that way. Now let's wake him up get things ready before the others get here."

"Alright." She agreed taking the food and videogames out of the bags. It was only two months before the semester starts at beacon and they wanted to have as much fun before then.

Meanwhile...

"I'm sorry mommy. *Sniff* I promise I'll look for a real job!"


And there we have it chapter three is done and beacon is up next. Again I'm so sorry for the long wait but I have been doing house and school work that kept me busy. Thanks again for all the follows and favorites and please leave more reviews. Next is Jaune the gourmet Huntsman on my update list.

Hope you guys liked the chapter.

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