How I Failed To Avoid The Plot

by LightDusk16

Ever have those days where you feel that the universe is out to kill you? Well that's my whole life in a nutshell for the past few months. I've been transported to another world, been beaten with an inch of my life on multiple occasions, and somehow managed to get involved in the plot of this world even through I wanted nothing to do with it. Screw you universe!

7. Episode 7: Universe Wants Me To Starve

So I said I'd write a new chapter for the other RWBY fic…yet clearly that's not the case since your reading this. I'll explain in the AN why.

Any who, let's gets this story rolling. Here's the next episode of the fic! Let's get it started!

}Episode 7: The Universe Wants Me To Starve{

As the four girls with varying emotions on their faces continued to head my way, I couldn't help but wonder if the universe just wanted me to starve. I mean all I had wanted to do was eat the greatest sandwich the world had ever known, yet before I even had a chance to take a single bite, they had to notice me! Sometimes I really do think I've been cursed with bad luck, I wonder what it is I did to piss off the powers that be in the Universe.

So yeah, here they were heading my way, and I figured I had two options. One, pretend I didn't hear them, wolf down the sandwich like the starving man I was, and then make a run for it, Or Two, accept my fate and speak with them thus ensuring even more deviations. You already know which option got chosen, I won't even pretend to make you think otherwise.

Running off like that would have been rude, and as much as I wanted to avoid the plot, a part of me also didn't want the main characters hating me.

Well…mostly just Ruby, but in my defense, having an adorable person hate you is worse than any torture out there! Have you ever seen an adorable puppy snarl at you, or a fluffy kitten hissing at you? It hurts man, it hurts a whole lot.

I did not want the adorable love child of Red Riding Hood and the Grim Reaper to hate my guts, so just up and leaving was out of the question…though I bet the look on Weiss's face would have been semi-worth it.

Speaking of which, said Ice Queen was glaring at me as she walked with her group towards my table, and if looks could kill, I would have been atomized.

Geeze, you make a girl mad enough to slap you and suddenly you're on her hate list. Some people…

My ironic thoughts aside, I couldn't help but notice how they didn't have any lunch trays. Instead they were walking towards me empty handed (besides Blake with her book).

This means one of two things. Either they just got here…or they waited for me to show up! Damnit Blake, did you blab too?!

As you can tell my paranoid filled mind was still working even with the lack of substances in my stomach. Looking back on it, they probably just finished their lunch and were leaving when they noticed my little…episode and decided to chat.

No…she couldn't have blabbed because then they'd be with the other sellouts, I reasoned as I cast a glare to the little sni-I mean students from Dust Studies across the room. Team JNPR was there as well, probably in fear of my totally-not a psychotic breakdown earlier…or they were trying to keep Nora from breaking something in my presence. One of the two really.

Now that I think about it acting like a crazy person who would most likely blow everybody up actually helped me avoid the plot better than when I was actively doing my job…Huh…

Anyway, back to the universe denying me from eating the glory that is food.

So yeah, after I tried and failed to push my paranoid thoughts aside I sighed and gave into the inevitable.

Even if I wanted to be a dick and ignore them to eat in peace, it wouldn't have worked. Just like how a nerd in a sitcom can't ignore the popular kids/bullies, I knew I couldn't escape. Hell, my entire plan to avoid the plot in the first place was crumbled up and burned to ashes, so why would I have thought that would change?

So, as a whoosh of air caught my long hair and beard (I still hadn't had a chance to tidy up...or shower for that matter) and rose petals landed on my plate, I held in a sigh, put down my sandwich and plastered a smile on my face as I turned to face Ruby (who was of course now sitting next to me).

"Hey Red…how ya been?"

"I've been great! Well I mean not great great, but just normal great!" she responded with that nerdy little smile of hers.

"That sounds…great," I said in monotone, desperately keeping in my gushing at her adorableness.

She nodded rapidly at that, but before she could say anything else I felt a hand slam down on my shoulder. I had to hold back a yelp as I looked over at the blonde brute who had her trademark mischievous smile.

"Hey Mr. Boxman! I'm surprised to see ya here! Last time I saw you, you were Iceing some wounds at the Sweet Sweet Ice Cream with us!"

While everyone in the vicinity groaned at the pun, I proudly gave into laughter.

This is the point where I usually say something about people giving me weird looks for my laughter, but I was already getting weird looks after my (not)Psychotic Episode, so that point is kinda mute. I guess I could say their weird looks doubled, but that just sounds stupid.

Anyway, after that Yang just smirked and sat next to her sister.

"Ah, nothing like making a fellow pun lover laugh. Feels like I'm contributing to the world in my own, special way."

Of course everybody's favorite kill-joy just had to comment as she sat down with Blake on the opposite side of the table.

"The only reason you could ever make a person laugh with your…unique sense of humor was if their brain was the size of a peanut."

Deciding to ignore the comment in favor of-oh okay you all know me better than that by now. Of course I didn't let that slide.

"Hey! Puns are one of the most unappreciated forms of humor out there! It takes a true lover of comedy to understand their brilliance!"

Weiss of course just rolled her eyes at this and Yang just gave me a high-five (and I swear there were tears of pride in her eyes).

"What are you doing here anyway?" the Ice Queen continued, "I highly doubt the school would let a homeless person in for any reason."

Rolling my eyes, I gained a smirk as I said with a voice dripping in snarkyness,

"Well if you must know princess, little ol'Red here was kind enough to give in a good word for me to Ozpin after my last place of work…er blew-up. Thankfully the old man was kind enough to consider me and he hired me after a quick little interview. You're looking at Beacon's newest janitor!"

While Weiss just sent a look towards Ruby, Yang decided to join in on the conversation by saying,

"So Ozpin decided to hire you after all huh? Let me guess, he hired you after because he still remembers how you defeated the vile crook Roman Torchwick by kicking him where the sun doesn't shine right?"

While the memory of that moment gave both me and Ruby a chuckle, Weiss just gained a belittling look as she commented,

"Oh please, you expect me to believe that he managed to beat a notorious crook by attacking his…unmentionables?"

As much as I wanted that to be true, if only to see the look on Weiss's face, I decided I needed to straighten things out about the whole fiasco. That and I really didn't want Cinder or Emerald to find out I was the poor sap who did kick Roman in the nads.

"Actually no, I did kick him in the balls for sure, but I didn't really do any kind of… defeating. I just didn't like being held hostage and I decided to fix that situation. Ruby did most of the work, she was kicking ass and taking names with all of his henchmen."

Ruby gained a sheepish look on her face at my praise, but sadly for her, Yang added to it. The blonde amazon smiled proudly and wrapped an arm around her younger sibling.

"That's right world, fear the rosy cheeks of death herself. Witness her and despair, or she'll beat your ass seven ways to Sunday." she gushed in a teasing tone.

As Ruby tried to get her sister off of her, while adorably telling her to shut up, Weiss decided to speak up in an annoyed tone,

"Ugh, must you two be so vulgar? There are plenty of other ways to describe Ruby's achievements without having to use such language."

"Listen princess," I responded with an eye roll, "I call things as I see them. This little girl right here managed to kick the shit out of a couple of grown men with guns without breaking a sweat. She also managed to save my damn hide from becoming the next police homicide case. If ya got a problem with how I talk then I highly advise you to suck it up and deal with it. Understand, princess?"

Now you're all probably wondering why I was constantly being so hostile towards Weiss, and honestly the reason why is kinda petty.

You see I hated her character back in Volume one. Always being so snobby and uptight, and don't get me started on how she acted towards Ruby when she was named leader. I just didn't like characters like that, so naturally I wasn't quiet keen on her as a character.

But as you all know she got better as the volumes went on. Near the end of Volume III I actually enjoyed her character development a lot and didn't dislike her as much. The problem was, this was still Volume I Weiss, and even though I knew it wasn't her fault due to my time and space travel shenanigans, it felt like her character had regressed.

So yeah, I was kind of a dick to a 17-year-old girl because I'd arrived before her character development. It was really petty of me and I do regret acting how I did, especially considering what happens later on, but there's nothing to do about it now. This was how I acted back then, for better and for worse.

Anyway, my snarkiness did its job as she became really annoyed with me.

"I am not a princess! You know full well that I am an heiress, so if you must insult me at least use the correct term!"

I honestly didn't know how to respond to that, it certainly wasn't what I expected her to say. Judging by the looks the other girls gave, I think they were just as confused. Well, Blake was still reading and I couldn't really see her face, so who knows on her, but the other two definitely.

"Wait…so you're fine with being insulted as long as I use the proper term?" I asked as it was the first thing that popped into my head.

Apparently Weiss didn't really recognize what she said till I commented on it, as evident by how she slowly grew as red as a tomato and cried out in embarrassment,

"Wha-!? No I'm not fine with you insulting me! I was jus-"

Before she could finish Yang decided to stop torturing Ruby in the way sisters do and started to focus her teasing on the now embarrassed Weiss.

"So Ice Queen gets your goat, but you'll be alright with Ice Heiress? That doesn't roll off the tongue as well."

"I'm not OK with either Yang! What I meant was-"

"Better slow down heiress, you get any more steamed and you'll melt," she teased which only caused Weiss to become more red in the face and groan.

There was more, but I tuned out most of the exchange since I finally had a chance to eat my sandwich while they argued. The sooner I ate it the sooner I could get away from the main characters to avoid plot shattering problems.

I was already failing at the whole 'avoid the plot' thing tremendously at this point, but a man can have dreams, right?

So with that plan in mind I began to lift my sandwich towards my mouth so that I may taste it's deliciousness once and for all, but the cruelty of the universe decided to make itself know again.

"So why'd you come in for the interview so fast? I mean it's not like I don't like you working here or anything but it's just I told you that you had till the end of the month to come in, and you showed up the next day. So what's the deal? Were you that excited or was it something else?"

This time I didn't even try to hide my sigh at once again being denied my sandwich. I put it back down and turned to answer Ruby.

"It's simple really Ruby, I really needed the money. I would have come in later this week, but I was cold, tired, and hungry living in a box for so long. Not to mention I wanted to get away from that fox eared little brat and all her schemes, and I absolutely did not want whoever was flinging knives at me to find me again, so-"

"WHAT?!" I actually bent backwards slightly at Ruby's alarmed shout because I honestly didn't expect it.

Yikes! What's with the screaming? This is Remnant, people trying to kill other people with sharp objects is kind of common kid, I thought in alarm.

Ruby's shout got the attention of both Yang and Weiss, and I think Blake too cause I swore I saw her bow twitch.

"Whoa where's the fire sis? I mean, aside from inside the Heiress's head?"

Ruby ignored her trolling sister as her focus was all on me.

"What do you mean someone was throwing knives at you?!"

At that declaration, Yang looked alarmed, Weiss looked shocked, and Blake actually closed her book and set it down. She still had on her casual/bored look on her face, but still, SHE CLOSED HER BOOK! Once more, all of team RWBY's sole focus was on me and I sighed in annoyance.

No one noticed me in the real world, but now it seemed like I had a freaking neon lit billboard above me that just screamed, "Notice this guy! Everything he does is interesting. Never Stop Staring!"

Coughing slightly into my hand I decided to explain the whole knives thing before things got even more blown out.

"Uh yeah…it's not that big of a deal. Some jerk decided he needed some target practice and I just so happened to be in the area. It was actually right after we left the Ice Cream store."

This clearly simple and easy explanation apparently went over Yang's head as she said,

"Dude, how can you be so calm about some nut throwing knives at you!"

Seriously? This is Remnant! I'm not special! I only seem calm because my life is in constant danger of the Butterfly Effect bringing this world's existence to an end, and I've accepted that fact. Just talking with you all can probably cause some huge disaster, so let's stop and never speak to each other ever again.

If only I could have actually said that, things would have been so much simpler. No, what I actually said was,

"Eh, after being held hostage a good three times in a row you tend to be kind of num to everything else. Besides the dude had lousy aim anyway."

And I totally didn't scream bloody murder the entire time. Nope, I was as calm as an actor in a horror film.

Ruby and Yang looked doubtful at my answer, but thankfully Weiss spoke up.

"Your alarming callous tendencies aside, do you at least know who attacked you, or were you too desensitized to notice?"

Okay, so the next thing I said was probably the dumbest thing to say. Seriously there were a thousand different things I could have said, but me being me I went with the dumbest. Like it was so dumb that I deserved a dunce hat and my own corner, that is how dumb I was to say what I said.

So the thing I told her was,

"No clue who in particular, but I'm leaning towards it being a White Fang member."

As soon as I said this I wanted to sew my mouth shut and spontaneously combust, because I had just broken one of the major rules I made for myself.

Never, ever ever mention the White Fang in Blake's presence.

Seriously you all saw how obsessive she got when the White Fang came into the picture during the show. Saying so much as a peep about them would make me end up on her radar, and not in the way that I would have liked.

So of course I idiotically blew it THE SECOND CONVERSATION I had with her. This is what happens when you deny a man food for so long! He gets stupid!

So yeah, Blake's reaction was exactly how you'd imagine it. Her fists tightened slightly and an obvious glare came to her face. Trying to avoid that glare, I looked to the other girls for their reactions. Ruby looked oblivious, Weiss looked annoyed (as usual), but surprisingly, Yang had a knowing look on her face.

Before I had a chance to decipher the blonde's look, our favorite Faunus spoke up.

"Why do you think it was them?" she asked, her voice tense and dangerous, which caused me to gulp.

"Uh well, the area I walked by on my way to my humble home was White Fang territory. Since the knives were coming from that area I just made an assumption that some member saw me while on patrol and decided to have some 'fun.' It never happened before, so who knows why they did it."

She raised a brow at my explanation.

"Have you done anything to get on their radar?"

"I don't think so. I haven't really hung around with any Faunus aside from Foxy, and I don't think she was a member, Evil though she may be," I grumbled.

They seemed confused at that last part.

"Who?" asked Ruby.

"Yeah, who you talking about bud? Is this the same "Brat" you were ranting about before dropping the knife bomb on us?"

Oh right, I haven't actually talked about her to you guys yet…

"Um, she doesn't matter, I don't think she-"

"Oh on the contrary, it should be no coincidence that someone you proclaim to be an Evil Faunus would not be in some way connected to those monsters," Weiss cut me off with a glare.

I saw Blake giver the silver haired girl a quick annoyed glance.

Oh crap, I'm bringing up drama and anguish early! Divert! Divert!

"N-No, I'm sure it was a coincidence, she never had a mask or anything. Also I hadn't given her a reason to want me dead! Well I mean maybe she does now that I skipped town without warning her, but at the time there was no way she could have known I was dissolving our agreement!" I reasoned.

"Agreement?" asked Blake.

"Yeah, I'd go into stores and buy her stuff that they wouldn't normally sell to kids, and in return, she didn't kill me and once in a while would give me a scrap of food."

Again, this took threw them for a loop.

"How…How old was this girl?" asked Yang.

"I don't know. Younger than Ruby maybe, like 12 or 13? All I know is that she is the most evil little fox girl in the world and that I hate her from the depths of my soul, but I know it wasn't her throwing the knives. She had a gun."

They didn't say anything to that and just gave me incredulous looks.

"So Torchwick you can take on, but a little kid is too much for you?" snarked Yang.

"This little girl is ten times worse than that stupid Clockwork Orange cosplaying son of a bitch!" I growled trying to preserve my dignity. It didn't work as she snickered.

"Why didn't you tell us yesterday you were being abused Chris?" asked Ruby with a look of worry.

"Because I was high on milkshakes and it didn't occur to me," I answered simply, not having the heart to tell her the real reason, that I was trying to avoid them and the plot.

"So," Weiss interjected, "You don't think this little thief had anything to do with your attempted murder?"

Before I could respond one way or another, Blake spoke up.

"Actually, she might very well have been the cause, and it was more than likely the White Fang."

Surprise doesn't even begin to describe my face at that moment.

"How do you figure that?" I asked.

She just raised an eyebrow like it was obvious.

"If you had been "helping" this Foxy for a couple of days, then more than likely someone from the White Fang would have seen you."

"And?" I asked in obliviousness.

Blake looked hesitant and a little nervous about what she said next.

"And…well, a human of your...unique way of life, in the presence of a young Faunus girl, buying her things someone her age can't get in certain stores…"

"That wasn't my fault, how can I be faulted for being an unclean servant?" I asked, still oblivious.

They all gave me cringing looks since apparently I hadn't gotten the picture.

"Um…Chris? How did Yang first greet you when you met?" asked Ruby as a nervous knowing look came across her face.

"She kicked my ass because she misread the situation when you were hugging me and…Oh…OH…OH COME ON!" I shouted in annoyance as understanding dawned on me.

"I will admit, someone of your…look giving illegal substances to a minor wouldn't look good no matter who it was," Yang admitted.

"Normally I wouldn't give a second thought to what those brutes think, but I guess I can kind of see it from their angle," Weiss added.

"Seriously? A bunch of terrorists think I'm some sort of Pedophilic Drug Dealer?! Really?"

That statement certainly turned some heads, including Emerald's.

"Shut Up! Nobody heard that! Eat your damn food!" I yelled to the assorted eavesdroppers.

That got the eavesdroppers to snap back to their plates, while I in turn slammed my head down onto the table (avoiding my sandwich of course).

"Great!" I groaned "I have to pay for that stupid lab table that I blew up, those snitching traumatized students are spreading gossip, and now I have the White Fang hunting my ass because of that damned brat! Can this day get any worse?"

Oh God why did I say that out loud!?

"Wait…you blew up a lab table?"

I could only groan into my arms at Ruby's question, and it was then that I decided enough was enough as I lifted my face up and said,

"Yes I did, and I'm not apologizing for it! It's why a good chunk of the students in here are giving me looks," I pointed to the offending parties.

"I was wondering about that," I heard Yang mumble.

"Yes…" Blake muttered quizzically, "Why exactly did you go through with using dust to-"

"That doesn't matter right now little miss ninja!" I cut her off causing her eye to twitch. "I'm more worried about Faunus Terrorists trying to shank me like I'm on Chris Hansen's hit list than what they think of me."

"Look, all you need to do is tell Headmaster Ozpin or the police what's happening," Weiss said actually sounding genuine and helpful. "I'm sure either one of them would be able to protect you."

The mention of the police snapped something in me at that moment. Some memories from my first few weeks in Remnat started to surge forward at the mention the police helping me out.

I actually laughed a hollow laugh at that, which only caused Weiss raise an inquisitive eyebrow.

"What's so funny? What I said makes perfect sense!"

I wiped a tear from my eye as I said,

"That's the thing princess, it does make sense…for a financed person at least."

Weiss gained a confused look as she said in a confused tone,

"I don't follow."

"Look, you're rich and everybody here has parents or at least a well paying job behind them, but me?"

I pointed at myself to emphasize my point as I continued,

"I'm homeless, Leinless, and only recently got a job. I have neither the backing to support my claims of being in danger nor any background that the police could care enough about."

"You're being ridiculous!" Weiss argued. "Being homeless should have nothing to do with your situation at all! I'm sure the police would understand since your being targeted by a known criminal organization and the danger to your li-"

I put my hand up to stop Weiss before I said,

"Listen, do you guys know the story of the boy who cried wolf?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, my Dad used to tell me that story," Ruby piped up. "Some bored kid kept claiming a Beowolf was coming into town to kill livestock and-"

"Yeah, alright so you get the point of the story," I cut her off causing her to giggle nervously.

"But what's that have to do with-" Weiss started, but I continued.

"Look, on the streets there were a group of guys that were in the same boat as me. They decided to pretend to be criminals, or do petty crimes just so they could get arrested. This would give you a safe place to eat and sleep for at least a few days. Eventually the cops caught on and they decided that street rats weren't worth the trouble, and would ignore anyone that looked like me, whether we claimed we were in danger or not."

I subconsciously banged my fist against the table, making my sandwich tray rattle and slightly startling the girls, but I couldn't really care, old memories were making me pissed.

Let's just say I left out details from my first few weeks in Remnat for a reason. Not because it wasn't necessary…

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But because some things are best left forgotten.

Anyway, my explanation made Ruby and Yang look disgusted at the implications, Blake to twitch, Weiss to look completely aghast. She was so dumbfounded apparently that she actually stuttered out her reply,

"Well…I mean…surely you must just be over-exaggerating!"

"That's just how the world works princess," I chuckled darkly. "A few jack-offs do something stupid and they ruin it for everyone. Besides, what am I going to tell the police? A bunch of terrorists are after me because I was coerced by a 12-year-old girl into buying her weapons and other substances that kids shouldn't have? Like they'd buy that!"

This left an awkward silence at the table for a good few seconds before Ruby spoke up,

"Well…what about Ozpin? I mean he seems really nice and all, I mean he let me into the school without having to register and everything. He'll help you for sure Chris! He did hire you after all."

I had to resist the urge to pat her head as I said,

"Nah, no need to drag the school into my problems. Don't worry Red, I'll think of something," I said, resisting the urge to pat her head.

Oh God I sound like Jaune during the whole Forever Fall arc! Why must protecting the universe from imploding make me say such cliché things!?

In reality my motive for not involving the old guy was so that he wouldn't watch over me more and make the White Fang gun for me even more so. That, or have him drag me into his little game with Salem.

So instead I opted to deal with the White Fang on my own. Maybe fake my own death or something, or bribe Foxy when I actually had money to say she got rid of me. Anything to get them off my back and stop their untrue accusations that they were surely spreading about my character.

Thankfully before this awkward talk could go on any further, the bell went off, signaling the end of the period and by extension my self-employed lunch break. Letting out a sigh I stood up and looked to Team RWBY.

"Listen I'll be fine. Can you four please not let Ozpin know about this? I really don't need him-I mean want him being bothered by this."

Before any of them could answer one way or the other, I left the four girls in an awkward silence which I was fine with. Of course as I exited the cafeteria doors my stomach growled and I was reminded why I came to there in the first place.

I kinda just stood their awkwardly for a few minutes debating if I should go back to get my sandwich or not considering the mood I left at the table, but hunger won out over logic in the end as I went through the sea of exiting students back to my table. The good news was the girls were gone, so awkwardness was averted. The bad news was, so was my sandwich.

"No, no, no, no, NO!" I panicked as I searched high and low for it. I eventually found it in the most obvious place for food left unattended. Some stupid do gooder litter cleaner had seen fit to throw my creation into the freaking trash can!

I fell to my knees as tears came to my eyes.

"It's not fair…It's just not fair…" I wept as I saw the remains of my sandwich, plastered with other uneaten food scraps and napkins.

Looking around and not seeing any students I yelled, "SCREW IT!" and dug my hands into the trash, fishing out my dilapidated masterpiece.

I was NOT going to let hunger win out on me and so I started eating that trash sandwich like there was no tomorrow. It was cold, messy, and tasted horrible, whether it was always that bad or it was the garbage's fault I don't know, but I still ate every last bite of it. It was the principle of the matter that I finish it! I was homeless for months, it's not like this was the first time I'd done this.

What I could have done without was the sound of a camera click.

I looked up from my trash meal, sauces and bits of food staining my beard, and I saw Velvet, (The Bunny Fanus Girl), recording me with her Scroll. Her eyes widened in panic when she found out I'd spotted her.

Caught eating out of the trash can, with food still over my face, and half a soggy sandwich still in hand, I calmly and rationally explained the situation to the startled girl who was recording my every actions…and by that I mean I hissed at her like a cat while bearing my teeth, and holding my ill-gotten food to my chest.

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I know I've been saying it a lot recently, but I swear I'm not crazy. And no matter how many times they try to drag me to that therapist, I refuse! It's not like I'm legitimately worried about what they'd diagnose, NOPE! Totally not! It's just…that they're too expensive…yeah…

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Shut up!

So after I emotionally scarred her, she let out a genuine,

"EEP!" and bounced out of the cafeteria. That's not even a joke about her Bunny ears, she actually bounced away from me.

Groaning I finished off my terrible lunch and attempted to clean up my beard as I quickly left the cafeteria.

What the hell is wrong with me? I asked myself as I made it to my cart (which was thankfully still in its modified state with no parts missing) Keep it together Chris. Keep! It! Together!

I then I made my way to do a couple more rounds around the building. If you're curious, that video of me DID make it on the Internet, and it was in the top ten trending videos for a month. Just Gooogle Crazy Janitor Eats Out of Trash Can. You'll probably see other links for many other exploits I've done. Careful though, they contain spoilers.

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A few hours later I found myself doing some last minute trash clean-up in the South Wing of the school. It was the middle of the last period and I had managed to avoid RWBY and other main characters for a good while.

Not though a lack of trying sadly. I had to dive into a few classrooms and lockers, and maybe an occupied stall or two, to avoid some of them. Mostly I was avoiding Ruby, who had a concerned look on her face, which wasn't surprising considering the bomb I dropped at lunch, but I knew I couldn't let her help out.

Because if she helped out, then the rest of her team would follow, and then that'd mean Blake would be dealing with the White Fang way before the end of the first semester, and then all kinds of Butterfly Effect hell would occur. I did not want to be the cause of a heavily injured RWBY or heaven forbid a dead RWBY thank you very much.

I mean I knew what was gonna happen to them in Volume III, and as much as I hated it I knew I couldn't change anything to stop it from happening. I could've ended up making it worse.

Back home, I'd only gotten to the halfway point of Volume IV before my impromptu world warping, and that's the template I had to follow for better and for worse. The path to hell is paved with good intentions and all that.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic again. Bottom line was I couldn't allow any of them to help me with the White Fang in fear of the Butterfly Effect causing massive damage.

All I had to do was hope none of them were too stubborn or reckless to do anything too stupid…But of course I shouldn't have underestimated Yang to cause problems, but that comes later.

So yeah, after avoiding main characters for the rest of the day, I also spotted Velvet down one of the hallways, and she was going all out to avoid ME. Right then and there I decided I wasn't going to be eating in the Cafeteria anymore.

I'll just grab some food at a later time than RWBY and JNPR and take it to the Maintenance Room. That way I'll be away from nosey kids and Main Characters and be able to do Remnant research in peace…and catch up on some reading.

I also got it in my head that I could use that time to make some sort of weapon or something. At the very least sneak some dust to resupply my Steam pellets when I needed to. If my reputation after one day was anything to go by, then it'd be the perfect solitary sanctuary.

With this in mind, I doubled my efforts to finish my trash route before classes were over and main characters tried to seek me out. But that took a back seat when I found something really interesting.

I was cleaning out the trash in the Record's Room when I got it in my head to go snooping. Making sure I wasn't watched by any camera's (Bunny Girl or Hidden Otherwise) I went through the staff records to look up Cinder and Emerald. I knew it was a risk, and if caught, Ozpin might think I was a Salem Spy, but I had to find out more. If I had to accuse Cinder of something, I had to figure out why she was here and HOW she was a teacher now.

Turns out this wasn't new. Cinder had been a teacher at Beacon for five whole years before I even came to Remnant. She was well respected by the students and her fellow teachers. I of course knew she was tricking them all for her evil purposes, but what I couldn't figure out was why she was doing this. "Ms. Fall" was here before I could even have caused any changes this drastic.

So this brought me to the most logical conclusion, when I arrived here whatever force brought me sent out some sort of…time ripple or something that changed the past slightly.

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Okay so it wasn't the most logical conclusion, but that was the only reason I could think of that could cause Cinder's, and by extension Salem's, plans to change so much.

I wasn't just transported to another reality, I also time travelled to right before Volume I started. And if Barry Allen ever taught me one thing, it's that Time Travel has far reaching consequences that you wouldn't even think of.

Heck Emerald only recently got hired last year, so something in the past must have changed things and it was more than likely my fault.

With this in mind, I decided that I would research Remnant's past more thoroughly to see what that change was and how it affected the here and now.

If only I knew just how much changed, then maybe I would have been less stupefied by what I found out.

Anyway, so that's what I found out from my snooping. It wasn't much, but it was enough to get me worried and put my paranoia on overdrive.

So it's understandable that when I heard sounds of fighting going on I started to panic.

The hell!? Why is there fighting going on now? Beacon shouldn't be attacked till later, so why…shit! Is Cinder attacking now!?

So while I would usually run away from the sounds of combat, my paranoia needed to be assured that the worst case scenario wasn't happening. So I rushed off with my cart to the sound of fighting. To my relief, when I got to the source I saw it was coming from a door marked "Combat Training Room B."

"Oh thank God it's just Goodwitch's combat class. For a second there I thought crazy fire lady was commencing her plan early," I sighed out in relief.

And while I should've just turned around and left…my curiosity got the better of me.

"You know…getting to see one of the classic RWBY fights in person without the risk of injury or death would be pretty awesome. And classes are almost over anyway so it's not like anyone will be causing any big messes too soon…Ah what the heck might as well!"

So like the battle crazy fanboy that I am I entered the Training Room doors and was greeted to the sight of a bunch of students sitting in stadium like seats. Ahead of them was an arena with Goodwitch watching over it with a huge screen behind her. Luckily she didn't notice so I took the chance to see who was fighting…and was instantly disappointed.

Ah hell it's just Jaune getting his ass kicked by Cardin…wait is this the one we saw in the episode or the one of the ones leading up to that one? Eh doesn't matter, might as well lea-

My thought was interrupted, however, as I noticed that Cardin…well, noticed me. It was subtle mind you, but I saw his eyes look towards me for a moment before going back to Jaune.

I know for a fact that that jackass had evil shine in his eyes! You know why I think that? Well after he saw me he just so happened to 'accidently' smash Jaune's shield right out of his hand…and straight towards me! As Jaune's metal, heavy and more than likely painful shield made its way towards me there was only one thing I could think of…which I proceeded to yell at the top of my lungs…

"HOLY SHIT-MONKEYS ON A STICK!"

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And yes, that video is also on the internet if you're curious. Damned adorable nosey bunny eared brat…

}End of Episode 7{

Ah, isn't watching a character slowly go insane while trying to deny it just the best?

Also, a Fun Fact: Chris was originally only going to know up to the end of Volume III, but I decided to change it to where I was in the show when I had a better grip on his character and what direction the story is going, which was the middle of Volume IV.

Anyway, so the reason why this chapter is out before the other one is because I made the mistake of saying I'd write chapters for it…without coming up with a plot for it first hehehe…

So yeah till I have a decent storyline for it, this fic will get all the attention!

With that out of the way, let's call some of you out shall we?

Alex The Animator: Thanks!

Lucsld: Hmmm…not a bad idea. What do you guys think, should I? I'll try it out next chap and see how it goes maybe

Coolgirl526: Thanks! I apricate the praise, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!

Bomberguy789: Not a bad idea actually! Maybe they will…or maybe not! Who know's?

Somas35: Well sanity is for the weak after all.

Anyway, sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes, please let me know of them so I can fix them.

All logic used in this fic is completely head-canon. If you don't agree that's okay, it's just how I see things.

Thank you all for following and faving! We're so close to passing 100 faves and only a little far off from making 150 follows! Thank you all so much for the support

Welp, with that all done this has been LightDusk16 signing off!