Hello there,

Welcome to the next chapter of RWBY: Heroes.

Hope your going to enjoy the chapter and now on to the review.

girani4: These were some scenes I liked from RWBY Chibi and could actually fit into the more serious continuity.

Now story time.


Ciaran evades under a strike from a White Fang soldier, sending him flying with an uppercut from his Fusion Blade. "Got another one!" he shouted proudly.

"Great! Six more and you finally have caught up." Cinder said, holding her Dust Blades as she was surrounded by the defeated forms of several White Fang laid.

Several focus on Lesam, who stands and waits until one of the White Fang swipes at her with his weapon, she weaves around it and blast it with a shot from her staff before spinning it around and hitting him in the chest.

Jason dodges their gun fire before jumping high up into the air. As he lands on the ground, he send a massive earthquake towards the White Fang making them move backward and fall over.

His eyes blazing with red energy, Jason fires a continues stream from his eyes, knocking down the remaining White Fang.

Looking around at the smoking battle ground, where the defeated forms of the White Fang laid. "Let's move." Jason said, leading the group towards the main building, the snow cracking under their feet.


Taking the elevator down, the group stands there in silence whilst absentmindedly watching the floor numbers change as soft music plays in the background.

"So..." Ciaran said suddenly breaking the silence, "Anybody wants to talk about their personal history?"

"Nope." Jason said dryly.

"Absolutely not." Cinder responded.

"No." Lesam said.

"I'm the only one who misses those moments you have during a elevator ride, am I?" Ciaran continued.

"Ayup." Jason said dryly.

"Absolutely." Cinder responded.

"Yes." Lesam added.

More silence followed until they suddenly heard someone sing along with the elevator music.

"Time to stare at Jason's delicious ass, Jason's gorgeous ass." Ciaran was humming to the beat of the elevator music, "Time to stare at Jason's delicious ass, Jason's gorgeous ass."

The white haired young man stopped singing when he noticed everyone had slowly turned their heads to look at him, "What? The song is catchy and it fits with the beat." he tried to excuse.

"He's not wrong though." Cinder said with a cheeky grin.

"I... agree." Lesam said bashfully, "I mean... it helps that the tail coats of his jacket are flaring out as if the wind blew at him from the front."

"Yeah, how does that work?" Ciaran said with a raised eyebrow, "We are in an elevator going to a basement. There is no wind."

"Wherever I go, the wind follows." Jason said with a half smile as the elevator stops and a few seconds later the door slid open.

They stood at a darkened walkway over a endless abyss. The only light coming from somewhere above them. The black stone floor let them go either back to the elevator, or towards the bright blue light in the distance.

"We must must be miles under the compound." Lesam said, looking around as Jason let the way.

They kept walking until they saw the Vault door, a solid wall made out of some other wordly matter, two dragons carved into it with above them the roman number XV. In between the two serpent like dragons, their jaws space for the key, a small dark blue cube with silver edges, Jason had retrieved from Raven.

"Everybody ready?" Jason said holding out the key, "Once the Vault opens, there is no turning back. We have to kill whatever is in there at all cost."

The others nodded, standing at the ready with their weapons drawn. With one last deep breath, Jason let go of the cube.

The floated off his hand and towards the hole between the two dragons on the door.

It slid right in, the eyes of the dragon glowed in the dark with a blue color. With a low, faint hiss the door dragons parted as the parted and the wall slid open, unleashing a wave of cold over them.

"This is it!" Ciaran said as the four of them stepped inside.

Diamond-bright lights were dancing around the room which was as high as a church and full of nothing but towering shelves filled with artifacts of all sizes. The room was very cold.

"This is amazing." Lesam said awed, looking around the room, "So this is the inside of a Vault of Power."

Jason was staring in the direction of a pedestal, finding the object he was looking for, a eye like orb which seemed to contain galaxies.

"Stay on your guard." Cinder said taking in the room for herself, "I doubt a monster like Morgenstern would make it so easy."

Behind the object he was looking for, up on a flight of stairs, Jason saw what best could be described as an alter with an glass pod on top. Inside the liquid, Jason could make out a humanoid being drifting in it.

"Oh, that's nice." Ciaran said, hands on his sword.

"What's so nice about it?" Lesam asked, her staff in hand, having the strangest feeling that there was someone or something watching them.

"I was just wondering what some place sinister and foreboding would look like." Ciaran explained, "And here it is..." a feeling of dread came over the four of them.

Out of the shadows stepped a very tall male, dressed in a white trenchcoat that is double-breasted and twin-tailed, with a hood and long sleeves, it has a large silver zipper that fastens at the top and zips down to seal the coat. A hood covered all facial features of the man, but from under the hood it showed red glowing orbs were his eyes would be.

"This is it." Jason said as he warned the others, "Everyone get...", but the cloaked man had blasted him with blue lightning like lasers from his eyes, throwing him through multiple shelves.

"Jason!" Lesam said shocked.

"You will pay for hurting my grumpy buddy!" Ciaran shouted, charging forward, bringing the Fusion Blade down, but his attack was blocked by a sphere of darkness in the man's hand.

The cloaked man started to easily overpower Ciaran, with one powerful swipe, Ciaran's weapon was knocked out of his hand before the cloaked man deliver a powerful knee thrust into Ciaran's abdomen.

While he doubled over from the impact, cloaked man summoned a blue ethereal blade from the palm of his hand. The handle is shaped like a cross with a diamond-shaped gap in the center. The handle is connected to a guard of sorts that is an extension of the sides of the blade. This guard has two spikes on either side.

Just as his weapon was descending to kill Ciaran, Cinder managed to intervene, blocking his weapon with her own. Using the distraction, Ciaran used his semblance to throw the cloaked man away from them.

His feet sliding over the ground a few feet back, the man didn't seemed phased by the attack as he calmly stood back up. In retaliation, the cloaked man blasted them with arcs of red electricity from his hand, sending them flying backwards.

Retrieving his Fusion Blade, Ciaran took a second sword from it. Cinder and him joined in on an attack as Lesam stood back. The duo twirled and blocked a slash.

With a powerful eruption of energy, Ciaran, Cinder and Lesam were threw back into a wall, blue tendrils locking them against the wall.

"H-How strong is this guy?" Ciaran with a pained chuckle, trying his best to break out of the bonds to no avail as the cloaked man stride towards them.

Aiming an outstretched hand, a similar colored sphere formed around it, the cracking of pure power surging through it. "I... will not give up." Cinder growled in anger, continuing to attempt to break free, "I cannot be at his side when I'm still this weak..."

But before the sphere could be unleashed, a blur shot out from the rubble that had been caused by the cloaked man's first attack.

Jason had reappeared, pulling him and the cloaked man into a bladelock with a Keyblade in his hand.

The handle bears two white angel wings, the teeth are fashioned in the shape of a 'M', colored in the same blue as the blade. Its Keychain token is a silver heart shaped symbol.

"A keyblade..." Lesam said impressed with her eyes widening in shock.

The cloaked man shoved hard, breaking the lock and forced Jason to pull back. As it attacked once more and unleashing a sudden flurry of attacks that forced Jason on the defensive.

Taking the blow and riposted, both speeding up their timing.

The two battle with a combination of weapon swings and blows from their fists and feet. The Cloaked Man uses his overbearing strength to his advantage, managing to stab Jason through this side. Using his Heat Vision to blast the Cloaked Man backwards, Jason held on to his side, noticing the red fluid on his side, he was bleeding.

Forcing the pain aside, Jason dives to end the battle but his opponent manages to dodge with a last-second jump, though the Cloaked Man is able to slash Jason's weapon to the side and go for a killing thrust. But Jason rams and tackling the Cloaked Man while he is distracted.

As the two grapple, the two let out a telekinetic pulse, both were thrown backward by the clashing powers.

"...Guys, whatever happens next." Jason said, dismissing his Keyblade turning to look at Ciaran, Cinder and Lesam, "I'm glad we met."

"Jason?" Ciaran said, concerned about the tone he had used, "What are you doing?"

"What I should have done from the beginning." Jason said, charging forward as a golden aura surrounded him.

"Jason!" Lesam cried out, "Don't do it!"

The last thing the three of them saw was Jason summoning a different weapon. A zweihander, the blade being a giant crystalline structure with a blue hue covering the blade, the hand guard were made of golden wings, before an all composing light blinded them.

Whatever Jason had done, it had broken the power in the Vault. Covering it in darkness.

In the middle of the darkness, Jason was a beacon of light but his hair golden instead of black, a similar gold colored outfit and four golden angel wings spreading from his back before turning back to normal.

The Cloaked Man had disappeared in dust smoke, releasing the other three from their bonds.

"Jason, that was..." Cinder started but before she could finish, Jason had fallen forward and was now laying unmoving on the floor.

"No! No! No!" Ciaran shouted in a panic, rushing over to the friend who had been nothing but grumpy to him, "Please be okay, please be okay..."

Ciaran bend down on the ground and rolling him on his back, Cinder and Lesam walking up behind him.

"Is he..." Lesam said, looking down at her team mate, "Is he dead?"

Jason let out a pained grunt, shocking them. "No... But I wish I was..." he said, letting out a relieved laugh.

"You sure your alright?" Ciaran said, holding out his hand to help Jason back to his feet, "You don't usually smile."

Accepting the helping hand, he rose up back to his as Ciaran pulled. "There haven't been much reason for me to smile in my life recently." he said.

Once he was back on his feet, he turned his back towards his companions as he walked towards the orb. Picking it up in both hands, "You guys might want to stand back." Jason said not turning back to them, "They all react differently."

Pressing against the orb, it released a howl of wind and swirling colors, before it erupted in an explosion, leaving behind two dead half's of an orb.

"That's a bit anti-climactic." Ciaran said, a hint of disappointment.

"I thought it might have been harder to destroy." Lesam said, looking at the now smoking remains of the orb.

"It would take more than fifteen sextillon tons of force to destroy one." Jason said casually.

"You said sex..." Ciaran giggled like a little kid.

They shook theirs as Ciaran looked confused, as they prepared to leave the Vault of Power.


It was day time as Toshi, Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang walk through the streets of Vale, which is being decorated in time for the Vytal Festival. Red, yellow, and green streamers and balloons are proudly on display, the four girls and one guy are strolling through it all with an awed Weiss in the front.

A sign is being put up by the elderly Shopkeeper that reads in bright red letters 'Welcome To Vale!' for all the foreign newcomers from their respective kingdoms of Remnant.

"The Vytal Festival!" Weiss said as she stops and raising her arms in amazement, "Oh, this is absolutely wonderful!"

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss.", Ruby commented as she frowns a little, "It's kinda weirding me out..."

"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world! There will be dances! Parades! A tournament!" Weiss said, as they continued to walk, "Oh, the amount of planning and organization that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!"

"You really know how to take a good thing...", Yang sighs with her arms crossed, "And make it sound boring."

"Quiet, you!" Weiss ordered.

They stop near the docks and the sounds of foghorns can be heard in the distance, "Remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?" Toshi asked with his hands his pockets.

"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today." Weiss said proudly, "And, as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom!"

"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." Blake corrected.

"You can't prove that!" Weiss protested.

"It's not a bad idea." Toshi said, "If you intend to enter the tournament it's a good idea to scoop out the competition, having an idea what your up against."

The male blunette turned to see a shattered window down the street and a door full of yellow caution tape of the Vale Police Force before walking over to the detective in front, who is writing on his pad.

"What happened here?" Toshi said curiously.

"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week." the officer said before walking over to his partner, "This place is turning into a jungle."

"That's terrible." Yang sighs sadly.

Ruby turned their heads by what they heard next, "They left all the money again."

"Who needs that much Dust?" Toshi wondered out loud.

Yang shrug her shoulder's, "I don't know, an army?" she suggested, "The White Fang?"

"The White Fang." Weiss scoffed, crossing her arms and pointing her nose in the air with her eyes closed, "What an awful bunch of degenerates!"

"What's your problem?" Blake said suddenly, they turn to look at her.

Weiss looked a little surprised at this, "My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." she said back much to the irritation of Blake.

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths." Blake said crossing her arms, "They're a collection of misguided Faunus."

"Misguided? They want to wipe Humanity off the face of the planet!", Weiss shot back.

"So they're very misguided." Toshi said, getting between the two before it could get too ugly, "Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale."

"Toshi's got a point." Ruby pondered, "Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy I ran into a few months ago... Maybe it was him."

"That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum." Weiss said, much to Blake's growing anger, "Those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."

"That's not true!" Blake shouted.

They heard someone shout to stop a Faunus and rush over to investigate. Finding a Faunus with a golden monkey tail is seen running down the length of the boat and leaping on to the edge as the two sailors are about to apprehend him.

"Thanks for the ride, guys!" the monkey Faunus laughed as he looked back at his pursuers before jumping off and hit the dock running away.

"You no-good stowaway!" one of the sailors shouted to him.

"Hey! A no-good stowaway would've been caught!" the monkey Faunus protested as he use his tail to hang on a lamppost while he peels back a banana, "I'm a great stowaway!"

He eats the fruit, one of the detectives down below throws a stone at him to get his attention.

"Hey! Get down from there this instant!" one of the cops said, in response the monkey Faunus drops the banana peel on the officer's face, who growls in return.

The monkey Faunus twirls up to crouch on the lamppost, laughs in amusement, and proceeds to leap off and run away from the officer.

"Well, Weiss." Toshi said as they watch the Faunus get farther and farther away, "You wanted to see the competition, and there it goes..."

"Quick!" Weiss said holding up a finger, "We have to observe him!"

Weiss, Yang, and Ruby give chase. Blake stands still, lost in thought, then comes back to reality when she saw Toshi giving her a worried look before they follow the rest of their friends.

The five of them rounds the next corner, but then Weiss bumps into someone and trips. She looks up only to see the monkey Faunus jump on to a building and disappear from her view.

"No, he got away!" Weiss complained.

"Uhh... Weiss?" Yang said as she points strangely at the girl underneath her teammate.

Weiss finally sees that she fell on a smiling girl, which startles the heiress and she hastily gets up.

"Sal-u-ta-tions!" the girl said still down on the ground, smiling widely.

"Um... hello." Ruby said uncertain, "Are you... okay?"

"I'm wonderful!" the girl said still laying on the ground, "Thank you for asking."

"Do you... need help getting up?" Toshi asked extending his hand.

The girl thinks for a moment before she grabs his hand and lifts herself up, "My name is Penny!" the girl introduced herself, "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Hi Penny. I'm Toshiyuki Sutakira, but call me Toshi." he introduced himself as the others followed.

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Yang asked, but Blake hits her side, "Oh, I'm Yang."

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" the girl now named Penny said.

"Well, sorry for running into you!" Weiss said as they turn around and start walking away.

"Take care, buddy!" Toshi said, waving his hand.

"You called me... 'buddy'." Penny said, "Am I really your buddy?"

"Sure why not guy?" Toshi said surprised.

For some reason Penny looks overjoyed and laughs, "Sen-sational! We can paint our nails, try on clothes." she said gripping Toshi's hands, "And talk about cute boys!"

"I don't talk about cute boys or paint my nails." he said back.

"Oh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby asked Weiss.

But the white haired heiress shook her head, "No, she seems far more coordinated."

"So..." Toshi said, "Penny, what are you doing in Vale?"

"Oh, I will be fighting in the tournament." Penny said.

"Wait, you're fighting in the tournament?", Weiss asked and Penny saluted, "Forgive me, but you hardly look the part.".

"Says the girl wearing a dress." Blake commented.

"It's called a combat skirt!" Weiss insisted with her arms crossed.

Ruby speeds over to Weiss' side, "Yeah!" she said. Weiss holds out her hand and Ruby low-fives it.

Suddenly Weiss realized something, "Wait a minute.", she walks over to Penny and grabs her by the shoulders, "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed... rapscallion?"

"The who?..." Penny asked.

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" Weiss said again.

"Why do you keep saying that!?" Blake asked, walking angrily over to Weiss, "Stop calling him a rapscallion! Stop calling him a degenerate! He's a person!"

"Oh, I'm sorry." Weiss said as releases Penny, "Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can? Or this lamppost as a lamppost?", motions to objects around her, "He clearly broke the law. Give him time, he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang!"

Blake growls and spoke back to her, "You are a judgmental little girl! The mere fact that you would sort that Faunus boy with a terrorist group solely based on his species makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you believe him to be! It's because of ignorant people like you that real monsters are created."


The broken moon was shining over the small village, as Jason and Lesam were standing outside the inn they had first met.

"Thank you Jason, you were amazing." Lesam said to the young man next to her, "I can't believe you took down that monster in the Vault and destroyed that artifact."

"It was no big deal." Jason said, waving her compliment off.

"N-No big deal!?" she said surprised, "You... You destroyed an Outer Being and claim like it was nothing... Are you... some sort of god?"

"Your not the first to call me that." Jason said with a kind smile, "But no... I'm no god."

"Jason you..." Lesam whispered, turning fully to him and wrapping her arms around his middle "You really are something special."

"I... Thanks." he said surprise but returning the embrace.

"You are surprisingly warm." Lesam said, letting go of him as a bullhead landed close to them as Cinder and Ciaran came out of the inn.

"Our ride is here." Cinder said, turning to Jason as the bullhead opened, "You are interesting Jason. I hope we will meet again." and with that she entered the bullhead.

The two young men looked on as the bullhead elevated into the air before flying away.

"You know Jason..." Ciaran said as the two watched the bullhead fly off into the distance, "I think Lesam has a crush on you."

"She does?" Jason said surprised, "By the way Ciaran. What do you mean by walking away from that job in Mistral?"

"Oh that..." Ciaran mumbled, rubbing the back of his head, "How much do you know about the hierarchy of the Atlas military?"

"Not much." Jason said.

"The Atlas Operatives are divided into three classes. You have the Second Class Special Operatives made up from newly graduates, then the First Class Operatives made of elite Huntsmen like the Ace Operatives."

"And finally you have the Black Operatives." Ciaran said as they sat down, "Those few selected from the elite to handel the most dangerous missions."

"And I can assume you belong to the Black Operatives?" Jason said.

"Everyone of Team CAWG is Black Operative. Team CAWG is my team by the way." Ciaran said with a hint of pride in his voice, "Having the Black Operative rank is pretty cool. You get special privileges, like the use of personal clothing instead of a uniform and specialized equipment, as well as the right to deny orders assuming any responsibilities from your decisions. The pay is pretty great too."

"So anyway, the General send me to assist a team of Mistral Huntsmen, one of them being Cinder, with a Faunus problem." Ciaran said, as their glasses where placed down in front of them, "I was told it was an encampment of White Fang soldiers. But when I found them, they were refugees fleeing from a village raided by a certain bandit clan."

"The government of Mistral wanted the refugees gone, even trying to get me to murder some to make them move." Ciaran said, his white eyebrows forming a frown, "So I told them I was an Huntsman, not an assassin and to find someone else to kill innocents. And so, I walked away from that job... They don't like me in Mistral much since then."

"Ciaran, for what it's worth." Jason said, "I think you did the right thing."

"Did I?... I maybe could have done more... Maybe help them, I don't know." Ciaran mumbled looking up from his glass, "You know Jason, if you had been born in Atlas, you would be the number one Black Operative by now."

"Thank you for the compliment." Jason said raising his glass.

"So... What are you going to do know?" Ciaran said raising his glass, "Planning on anymore highly dangerous heists?"

"Not at the moment but if I do, your the first I will call." Jason said with a smile, "As for what I'm going to do now... No idea." and the two drank.


During the evening at Toshi's dorm room, where Team RWBY and Toshi where watching the finals of Remnant TCG World Championship on the television. Toshi was surprised how advanced the holographic technology had gotten.

"So who are we rooting for?" Toshi asked.

"I know who I'm rooting for." Ruby said, pointing to the black haired Wolf Faunus, "Avaro Drayce, the CEO of Drayce Corp."

"I read something about that... Drayce Corp is a technologie company and the main rival of the Schnee Dust Company?" Toshi said and Weiss gave a nod, "Ironic that the main rival of a anti-Faunus corporation is owned by a Faunus."

"Well... At least he's decent looking." Weiss mumbled, "For a Faunus."

"Oh look!" Ruby said excitedly when she saw that Avaro Drayce had summoned one massive three headed dragon, laying waste to his opponent's kingdom.

Playing a card from his hand, the three headed behemoth disappeared and formed into three smaller dragon's but still towering over any creature that had been summoned previously.

Using his three giant dragon's, Avaro Dracye's laid waste to his opponent's kingdom, creating his way to victory.

"I knew he would win!" Ruby said happily, "There was no way he could lose with an Azure-Eyes Alabaster Dragon, let alone three of them and a Azure-Eyes Behemoth Dragon."

"That Drayce guy sure is a scary card player..." Blake said as a reported headed to the field to speak to the winner, "What a one-sided match."

Avaro Drayce is a young man with black hair modeled into a messy cut and sharp blue eyes. On the top of his head, he had a pair of black wolf ears. His outfit consists of a long white sleeveless coat, and a raised studded collar, with black sleeves from his shirt coming out from under. On his lower body he wore black pants with silver armored boots, with similar designed gloves on his lower arms.

"Can you say a few words to the viewers at home." the reporter asked.

"The people gathered here are the strongest card player's in Remnant." Avaro Drayce said, looking into the camera, "And wasting their time trying to reach my level."

"...And what about a word to the people you have fought through to get here?" the reporter said, a bit surprised by his words.

"Try harder." Avaro Drayce scoffed.

"And what did you thought about the tournament?"

"It was kind of boring." he said, shrugging his shoulders.

"What an arrogant douchebag..." Weiss began, glaring at the screen.

"He has a bigger ego than even Tony Stark and Seto Kaiba combined." Toshi noted, "...He even looks like a Faunus Seto Kaiba."

"They got a little bit of power and it goes straight to those degenerate's head!" Weiss scoffed, "I wouldn't be surprised if he is a backer of the White Fang."

"Why do you keep saying that!?" Blake asked.

"I don't understand why me saying that is causing such a problem!" Weiss said, turning to Blake, "You realize you are defending an organization that hates Humanity, don't you? The Faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!"

"There's no such thing as pure evil!" Blake said back standing up, "Why do you think they hate Humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you, that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!"

"People like me?" Weiss said, standing up as well, "I'm a victim!"

They stare each other down in silence, Weiss leans in close, leering as she speaks quietly, "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust the Faunus? It's because they've been at war with my family for years."

"War, as in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a child, I've watched family friends disappear, board members executed, an entire train car full of Dust, stolen. And every day, my father would come home, furious. And that made for a very difficult childhood."

She bangs her fist on the bookshelf and silence swept through the dorm room.

Weiss suddenly turns around and walks back over to Blake, "You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murderers!"

"Well maybe we were just tired of being pushed around!" Blake shouted in anger and another silence drops again.

A surprised Weiss backs away slowly, and Blake realizes her mistake as she looks around at her teammates.

"Wait... your a Faunus?" Toshi said surprised.

"I... I...", Blake said before she turned around and dashes out the door.

"Blake, wait!" Toshi said as he run after her, looking into the hallway only to find no trace of Blake.


It had been more than a week since Blake had run away from her team. She was now sitting on the bench in a park.

"Are you alright?" a male voice said beside her.

"Why do you care?" Blake said bitterly, continuing to stare in front of her as the man sat down next to her.

"I don't." the man said honestly, "But I found out it helps talking things through."

"I... I was once a member of a..." Blake began, "A not very nice group."

"You were a member of the White Fang?" the man said surprised.

"How did you know?" Blake said.

"I didn't. But it seems it's always the White Fang." he said casually, "Anyways, you were a member?"

"For most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..." Blake continued, "Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus. Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people."

"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist." Blake continued as the man listened, "Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one, Sienna Khan, took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking."

"Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear."

The man still didn't speak up, looking towards the sky as Blake finished. "So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." she gestured to the fashionable bow on her head.

"That's why I ran away from my team." she finished up, it was only when she finished that she looked to the man next to her. For a moment, Blake thought it was Toshi sitting next to her because of the similar face.

Instead of blue hair and eyes, this young man has faintly glowing amber eyes and spiky black hair. On his lower body were black jeans, on his upper body, he wore a blue polo-shirt under a white jacked, its tail coats flaring out from behind him as if the wind blew at him from the front.

The stranger gave her a warm smile, "That's very brave and noble of you." he said still smiling at her, "Not many could have done that. Maybe you should talk to your team, I think they would understand."

He stood up from the bench, "I can understand why you would have that bow, but it's a same." Jason said, giving her one more smile, "You would look much cuter with your ears out.", he then left a blushing Blake behind.


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