The Dark Swordsman

by Solbrand

Traveling the roads of Remmant, a 17 year old boy seeks revenge upon those who robbed him of the ones that he loved. When he is hot on the trail however, a certain headmaster has other plans. Defeated and forced into submission, he meets a few people who eventually become his friends. And one who might understand him the most, even if she refuses see it. Warring: Gore, Adult theme

8. Chapter 8

Authors Note:

Hey, sorry I've not updated this story in a while. I've been busy with personal issues from Jobs to School. I hope this chapter is as good as the rest. Thank you all who have been following and reading this story.

Reviews:

Thank you all for reviewing. I'd go over the individual reviews, but I'm pressed for time as I write this. But to state two things.

1: Excuse me Princess is a reference to the Legend of Zelda cartoon.

2. To answer one thing, Mars, Jupiter and Pluto are not really named after the Planets but instead of the Gods in Roman Mythology. I would have used Neptune buuuuttt, there is already an character named that.

"I don't own any of the series I write FF of. I only own my OC's and my unique aspects added to the story. All credit of Rwby goes to RoosterTeeth."

Chapter 8: Team RUWBY.

Morning.

Umbra sat at the base of a tree, reading a book. It was a warm beautiful day. The flowers dotted the field like abstract paint on an canvas. The Big Town in front of him bustling with life. Suddenly, as he sat there a boy the same age walked around the tree. Umbra looked up and smiled.

"Stammel, what's up?" He asked him.

"I'm just wondering if you want to come with me to visit Liard and Dustan?" His Red Haired Brother asked with his hand raised.

"Sure, I can read this later." As Umbra said that, a sword was raised over Stammel, before anything could be done, his head was cleaved off and blood splattered onto Umbra's face. The peaceful day turned into violent night. The town before him was covered in fire, screams of agony and terror howled through the twilight. The field of flowers was covered in carcasses of innocents. Sounds of slaughter and laughter were also present. Umbra was now standing in the middle of the battle, guards were fighting the savage warriors with steel and dust. The ear cringing sound of steel clashing against steel rang all about.

"Umbra!" He turned and all he saw in any direction was his friends, family and Her being killed over and over again. He felt his face bleed in pain from a gash forming out of nowhere. He fell to his knees crying with his hand on his face.

"You failure..." He looked up and saw Him. The curved sword raised fell upon the Boy.

RUWBY Dorm, Beacon Academy.

Umbra woke up hyperventilating and launched up sitting. He looked around the room for anything or anyone who was going to try and kill him. Instead, all he saw was the room that belonged to his new "Team". He looked over to his left and saw his weapons and was relieved. He felt an familiar urge to use the bathroom so he got up and left his coat on the ground. As he walked to the bathroom, two pairs of eyes opened and looked at him from afar. When he entered, the two pairs looked at each other.

"He woke you up too?" The Heiress asked.

"Yeah, I think he had a bad dream." A Ravenette answered.

"Well whatever it is, he needs to tone it down, it's four o'clock in the mourning." The Heiress Said closing her eyes. The Hidden Faunus took a glance at the bathroom door and closed her eyes.

Umbra turned on the light and was made nervous when he saw a yellow bra on the floor, he never had contact with one before. He just slightly pushed it out of the way with his foot. He got in front of the sink of the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. It's been a while since he's looked at a reflection of himself. His Black hair was messy, his red eyes were tired, his pale complexion ruined by the obnoxious scar that stretched across his face, nearly missing his right eye. He noticed that his stubble was starting to grow back from his shave the other day.

He looked at his white T-shirt, stained and stitched from years of use. He looked at his arms, covered in scars from some fights, but mainly torture. Then took off his gloves and looked at his hands. So small, that the nurse couldn't notice it, there was a mark on both hands and both sides of them. He could remember the nails being hammered into his flesh, he could remember forcing his hands off the wood and pulling the nails out. That had been a close call.

He reached into his shirt and pulled out the pendant he's keep concealed. It's silver chain was a little long, it was a hollow silver circle that had jagged metal around it. It was a symbol of the Eclipse, the only thing his mother ever gave him. He gripped it tightly. He looked back at the mirror, took a deep breath and closed his eyes. His life was a ship in a never ending storm. Here he was, the prestigious Huntsman Academy, Beacon. He wondered what would have happened if they all never died.

"Look at how Pathetic you are, Umbra." Umbra opened his eyes fast in fear. In front of him in the mirror wasn't his reflection, it looked like him, but was worst than anyone he's ever fought or killed. The Thing had a smirk, it's eyes darkened. "It really is such a shame that you're the pilot, the Captain of this damn ship. If I had my way, right now Vale would be drowning in blood."

"Shut up." The Shadow said, trying to block Him out and be quiet so that those Girls couldn't hear him.

"What? Don't like the truth? Your only a obstacle, Um-Bra. Denying your purpose as a living bringer of death."

"I said Shut up, you Bastard." The Boy said with gritted teeth.

"Oh, is that what you really think about yourself?"

"Go back to your cell, you aggravating, arrogant whiny moron."

"Ah, Tyrfing. My little tool of bloodshed, it's been a while since I've used you..."

"You're not taking control anytime in the future, you Fucking Parasite."

"That's what you think..." Then he slammed his hands against the mirror, "Um-Bra!" The Boy jumped, but there was nothing there. He just shook his head.

"Bastard." The Boy turned around and preceded to use the bathroom. After that, he washed his hands and put on his gloves as fast as he could and got out of there. He walked out into the Room of Sleeping Girls. He looked and saw it was 4:46, so he decided to stay up. Creeping over to his stuff, he grabbed his jacket and put it on and grabbed his satchel. He was going to write in his journal. He bent over to grab his boots when he noticed the Schnee asleep. He noticed her long white hair and silent sleeping form. He had to amit, she was beautiful when she wasn't a Bitch.

But unfortunately, she was a Schnee, he had plenty of reasons to hate her and her family. He then noticed the scar, he saw it briefly during their little fight in the woods. It was barely noticeable, a complete contrast to his. He wondered how she got hers, his was a unforgettable experience. He could still feel the stroke of that damn sword, and the blood pouring down his face. He got his boots and went over to the desks. Not having one of his own, he just randomly picked one and sat down.

He pulled on his boots and pulled out his journal and pencils. He wrote about the last few days and drew the people he remembered. He wondered if the people of Lamplight were ok as he drew the girl he found. He then drew the two teams he fought, Team RWBY in various positions they were in during their fight with him and Team JNPR defeated on the ground. One thing he discovered long ago was his photographic memory. He could draw anything he's ever seen to the smallest detail. Sometimes he loved this gift of his, sometimes he wish he could forget.

"I can't stand listening to that whiny, arrogant specter." Tyrfing said.

"Trust me, I know." The Boy told it mentally, "Hopefully, he just fucks off for the rest of this day."

"So, got an plan?

"As of now? Unfortunately no. I have to make one up as we go along today. There are two people I want to visit though."

"Oh, I have an idea who they are..."

A few minutes later...

Ruby Rose woke up at 5:04 with tired eyes. She raised up only to see an Hooded figure sitting at her desk. For a moment she was scared, but then she remembered her new teammate and slightly calmed down. She got down from her bed and turned to his direction when a object came at her fast. The Red Reaper dove down and squeaked, the object planted itself in the wall by her bed. She looked up and saw it was one of his throwing knives.

"You need to improve your reflexes." Umbra said emotionless. He had all his gear on.

"What?" She said confused and tired.

"You need to improve your reflexes. When we fought, I found that you rely on your semblance a lot for dodging." He said nonchalant. Ruby was amazed at his observation, not many would remember a detail that small. Then she felt a question form in her mouth, one that wasn't appropriate for the situation but she wanted to know.

"Umbra?" She asked.

"What?" He asked tracing the edge of another throwing knife with his finger.

"Why did you fight us?" She said with a face full of innocence. This made the Swordsman think.

"Why were you all fighting me?" He countered.

"Because, we had to."

"Same answer."

"What?"

"I did what I had to do to remain free." He explained, "It wasn't the first time I've fought people after me. It was the first time however, anyone sent teens after me."

"Well, I'm sorry we forced you to come with us." She apologized.

"Don't think we're friends just because I'm on your team." He walked towards her, "We are simply acquaintances. I will help you if you need it. You will help me if I need it, ok?" He told her sternly, her composure fell apart.

"O-Ok." She turned and went to a dresser.

"Good" He thought, "I don't want to ever have friends again...I couldn't bare losing it all over..."

"Can you two be more quiet?" Said an awoken Weiss. Umbra turned and saw her. She stood with her fists on her hips, in her night gown. Her hair was loose and long. It only reconfirmed his earlier thoughts.

"How about you?" He said pointing to the moving figures of Yang and Blake. Weiss looked at them and looked back at the boy with fury.

"Urrggh, What's going on?" The Blonde Brawler Said drowsily.

"Why is it every mourning we have to sleep in, does someone wake everyone up?" Blake said rubbing her eyes.

"Sleep isn't all that important." This cause the girls to look at the Shadow with various expressions.

"Uh, Yes it is. It's how our bodies refuel and fix themselves." Weiss said in a matter of fact voice.

"I don't need to refuel when I can siphon it from others." Umbra mumbled to himself, Blake heard it. "Anyway, what are my Teammates doing today?" He sarcastically asked.

"Well, since your new, I think we should show you around the Academy." Ruby said with a cheery voice that annoyed and saddened him.

"He needs to apologize to Team JNPR for what he did to them." Weiss interrupted with her arms crossed.

"Yeah, I agree." Yang added getting down from her death trap bed. The Reaper sighed.

"Fine."

"Well after that, I think we should all go to vale for shopping!" Ruby practically screamed, "Been to Vale before Umbra?"

"Yeah." His tone was almost emotionless. This kept putting the Girls off. One moment he was a cocky rouge, the next a smug sadist, then he was this; a emotionless dead person.

"Ok, well, we need to get ready!" Ruby jumped only then to realize that there are four girls in a room with one boy and they need to change. "Uh..."

"What?" He said spitefully.

"Well, I realized that we need to change but... you're in the room."

"Alright." He walked forward and pulled his knife out of the wall, horrifying Weiss with the damage. "Come get me when you're done." He walked outside. The Heiress turned to her teammates.

"Why did you all allow him on this team?" She asked with bent eyebrows.

"Because, he deserves a chance to change." Ruby said firm.

"Would you say that for any other criminal in Vale's prison?" Ruby faltered. "That's what I thought."

"Listen Weiss, Umbra may have done bad stuff, but look at what good he's done too." Yang interjected

"I think we have a different view on what counts as Good."

"Weiss, he isn't perfect, nor are you. So please just drop this self righteousness that you've been spewing for a day and a half. And besides, he's a part of our team now, whether any of us truly like it or not." Blake's answer made Weiss fume, but she shut her mouth.

Umbra just sat down outside and paid any passers in the hall no mind. He kept thinking on how to precede. "All right, I'll follow along with them and convince them to go those two places. I need to keep up this shield, I can't get close to anyone."

Then at 5:40, the door opened and Ruby walked out in her usual outfit. "Alright, you can come back in." He got up and entered. The girls were all in their classic outfits without their weapons.

"Now what?"

"I'm going to show you around the Academy!" She grabbed his wrist and took off. He was amazed by her sheer strength.

"What the Fuck!" Was all the girls heard him say before he practically vanished with Ruby, leaving behind a mess of Rose Petals in the room. The three remaining girls just groaned.

Ruby took Umbra from place to place, showing him the different areas of the Academy. He was amazed how her semblance could transfer to anyone she held while using it. Truth be told, he was made nauseous by the experience. Luckily he had enough mental capacity while this happened to remember the places she took him. Ruby practically branded them into his mind with her loud, screeching, cheery voice. When it was over Ruby took them to the dorms where the other three were waiting patiently outside. Ruby waved at them happily.

"We're back!" She announced.

"Three minutes and forty two seconds, impressive." Blake said looking at her Scroll's timer. Umbra took some unsteady steps over to the trash can and barfed. The four girls cringed at the sight, but he composed himself rather quickly.

"Are you the New Vomit Boy?" Yang said, making Ruby giggle. The Boy wiped his mouth clean.

"What?" He said annoyed, this was not part of his Plan.

"Oh nothing..." Yang smirked.

"Pfft...Whatever, can you all take me to this Team JNPR already." He said angsty.

"Ok, they are in the infirmary." Ruby said frowning. Umbra grit his teeth with guilt.

"Will those two...be ok?" He asked her, surprising the Girls with his words.

"Yeah, thanks to their Aura, they should be good as new by Monday." The Red Reaper told him with a smile.

"Why do you even care?" Asked Weiss, "You practically bragged about beating them the other night."

"Well, even though their Team is weak, I didn't want to cripple them."

"How is their Team weak?" Blake asked, already knowing the answer, but wanting to see more into the Shadow's psyche.

"Really?" Umbra said with a sarcastic tone, "The Boy, Jaune I think, was undisciplined and unskilled. He fought like he never fought someone before in his life. The ponytail redhead was skilled, but in the end, her emotions got to her. The other boy and girl were strong in their own right, but the girl's careless style got the boy hit. Then she gave in to emotions." He finished. This new insight into the Boy's thoughts intrigue all of RWBY in various ways.

"But that all could be corrected with hard work." Blake said, poking his thoughts more.

"You can't fix mistakes or flaws if you're dead. I was just trying to get you guys to leave me alone, someone else with my skills and without my moral compass would have most likely killed you all." His harsh brutal words disturbed the girls, "Your friends might want to rethink what's happened to themselves and try to fix it. Jaune, however, might want to leave this school."

"Why?" Ruby asked, wanting to know why her first friend should leave the academy.

"Because, he obviously doesn't know how to wield a sword, nevertheless a shield. He has the skill of some random villager recruited into the Great War and given a sword and shield and are told to charge the Atleasians with their Dust Muskets."

"So you like history?" Blake asked monotone. Umbra then winced and grit his teeth again.

"I had a friend who loved it, he taught me somethings." This peaked the interest of all of RWBY, including Weiss who was shocked from his deep insight and references to the past. "Now take me to this place damn team already!" He Commanded with random fury, making RWBY break out of their independent thoughts.

"All right, just calm down" Ruby said in vain.

"You know what? Fuck this, I'll go to the damn Infirmary myself." He said walking forward, anger clearly in his posture.

"He's got some problems..." Yang said with a frown.

"He's also got a tactical mind, when he's calm." Blake said monotone.

"Why is he angry now though?" Weiss asked, thinking of his sudden outburst. "What is his deal? Why do I even care?" She thought as he stomped off away from them.

"We need to follow him, come on!" Ruby said walking his direction. The three other girls followed.

Beacon Park, five minutes later.

Umbra walked with furry, his boots practically stomped the ground. His fists were balled up and shaking. His face held a scowl that could kill. He walked by a bench with some students and screamed at them, making them run away. He then kicked a trash can while shouting "Fuck it!" Walking to tree and started kicking it as well. He was angry, all he could think of was Liards death. He could see his bespectacled friends face in shock from the bullet that peice his chest and killed him in seconds.

"Oh Oum, oh Oum, oh no..." Was all he could say as he fell dead. Umbra remembered the cruel smile on the man's face when he shot his friend. He remembers brutally killing the man, when it was done, the Legionary was limbless and had a bloody mess for a head. But still, the fury remained and so did the sorrow. Umbra smashed his fist against the tree, cracking the bark.

"I should've been faster! I should've been more aware! I should've been the one shot! Me, me and not Liard. Damn them, damn them all to hell!" He thought as he continued to ruin the trees quality.

"Umbra?" He turned his head to see his "Team" His eyes pierced their souls. Ruby was took aback. "I-I'm s-sorry."

"For what?" He asked tiredly, his anger seemingly deflated.

"Did we do something to bother you?" She asked.

"No, the world did that the moment I was born." He said spitefully.

"What's your problem?" Weiss asked aggravated.

"My problem is that you girls keep on annoying me with your damn voices." He pointed at Weiss and then at everyone else, his face was filled absolute rage. "So do me a goddamn favor and shut the fuck up." They all were silent, their faces speechless, Weiss and Yang's had anger, Ruby and Blake were shocked. "Good, now lets just get to this damn infirmary, ok?" He turned and walked towards the Infirmary, the girls silently followed.

Beacon's Infirmary, Front lobby.

Umbra walked in the front door and went to the machine, RWBY followed behind, still silent. He pulled out a Lien.

"What are you doing?" Ruby asked, breaking the silence.

"What does it look like? I'm buying myself a drink." He said with agitation. After inserting the money and and pressing a button, a water bottle fell into the cubbyhole of the machine. He pulled it out, twist the lid and downed it. Weiss just shook her head with her arms folded.

"You're going to make yourself sick downing that in one drink." She said as he finished the bottle. He tossed it in a trash can.

"Do I look sick?" He said sarcastically as he looked back at her. She held back her anger as he then turned to Ruby. "Take me where this Team J-N-P-R is, please." They then lead the boy through the halls, until he stopped by the door of the room he was in yesterday. Then it clicked on his mind, it explains why the presence hid "Which one of you stalked me in this hall yesterday?" He asked casually. The four girls practically froze and turn towards him.

"How did you know?" Weiss asked, her eyebrow raised and her mouth agape.

"It was you, Ice Princess?" He said with a little suprise. "I sensed you, your aura." He answered, she, Ruby and Yang were confused.

"How could you do that?" The Heiress asked.

"Through meditation and focus..." Blake said suprised, "A lot. Who taught you to do that?"

"The same person who taught me most of what I know." He look up with a sad expression.

"Who?" She wanted to know, that skill wasn't easy to attain. She had tried to attain it but failed.

"I don't want to talk about it." He said, hidden fury in his voice.

"Ok, let's just move along and forget about this, ok?" Umbra just shrugged and they continued. Weiss and Blake couldn't shake this boy from their minds-they wanted to see how he ticks. Weiss was suprised with what she's learned about the boy's mind, he observes things clearly when he's calm and got a great tactical mind. But like right now, he's angsty and depressed.

"Criminal..." She thought, shaking her head.

When they got to door of the room that housed Jaune and Ren, Umbra felt guilt wrench within himself. He had...gone over board when fighting them. The influence of his powers and ego made him embarrass the boy's by using their weaknesses against them. The thing is, that he liked it. Nothing was more satisfying than toying with them and seeing them defeated in pathetic ways. But now, they had been hospitalized because his innate sadism.

"Here it is, Listen Umbra..." Ruby turned and told him, "Explain why you did it and say you're sorry and I'm sure they'll forgive you." Umbra just laughed.

"I'm sure they will." He said with a smile. No one ever forgives him and he doesn't deserve it. Ruby turned to the door and opened it.

Beacon Academy, Team JNPR Infirmary.

Jaune laid down, looking up at the celling. It was so boring for him to lay in that bed and watch the TV, but at least he had Pyrrha to talk to. She was a good friend and partner, too good for fake like him. He had lied his way into Beacon, now he's paid the price. He's got his team defeated in their first real mission. That boy was right...

"Jaune?" He looked up to see a familiar ponytail Red Head in casual wear. "Is the headache gone?"

"Yeah, that medicine really helped, thanks Pyrrha." He told her with a smile.

"No problem." She blushed, "This is good though, by Sunday they'll be none existent."

"At least he can get up." Ren Said laying on the bed. Bandages wrapped around his chest. Jaune sat up and looked over to his friend and teammate.

"Well, at least your head doesn't feel like sludge." Jaune quipped.

"Well, my chest feels like a crater." He said monotone.

"I'm sorry." Came from the gloomy redhead in pink. Ren then looked over to his childhood friend.

"Nora, stopped beating yourself up over this. It isn't your fault." He told with rare emotion in his voice. Nora shook her head.

"I can't." Her face twisted in a frown, "It is my fault, I wasn't paying attention, I let him lure me into doing it."

"Nora," Jaune said, "You didn't mean it, and that's what matters."

"What do you mean?"

"When my Great-Great-Grandfather was in the war, he didn't only kill the enemy. There was times where by accident in the heat of battle, an ally would kill an ally. Apparently, during the Battle of the Vacuo Wastes, my Grandfather accidentally killed one of his best friends." Jaune looked at her, "Your lucky Nora, Ren's alive. Him getting hurt is not your fault, it was an accident on your part and deliberation by Umbra." Nora looked up from her depression.

"Your right! I hope I never see that boy ever again! If I do I'll hit him so hard his skull will fall out of his head!" Nora bellowed in Rage. Everyone else was put off by this, but Pyrrha could understand.

"Well, I doubt we will-" She said as there was a knocking at the door. "It's probably the Nurse." Pyrrha said getting up and going to it. When she opened the door, Team RWBY was there all looking nervous and frowning. "Oh, hey guys."

"Hi Pyrrha," Ruby said to the Spartaness, "We have to talk with you all..." Pyrrha was confused-until a Hooded Boy stepped out behind them. Her confused face shifted into one of anger.

"What is he doing here?" She asked with spite. The Boy stepped forward with his hands up in front of him.

"Listen, things are different-" Was all he could say when another Redhead from the room dashed at him with incredible speed and socked him right in the face. The force alone made him slam into the wall behind him, leaving marks for sure. As Umbra opened his dazed eyes, he could see and hear the Girl who was yelling at him.

"How dare you show your face to us again!" She screamed, "For what you made me do, for what you did, I'll make you a cripple!" She raised her fist again to beat him. The Girls who were apart of his team seemed to try and get her to stop. She didn't not respond to them.

"Nora, please, calm down. We need to talk this out!" Ruby begged as Pyrrha looked at the boy with disdain.

"I don't care!" Nora bellowed, she brought her strong fist down upon the Scarred face Boy, but it didn't connect. Nora blinked as her arm was in his clutch. "Let me go!" Was all she said as they began to wrestle. Everyone just watched in amazement as he then proceeded to get her in a choke hold. "Let me go-"

"Shut up!" He said, applying pressure to make her shut up. "I ain't here to fight, Damn it."

"Then why are you here?" Pyrrha asked with a dark frown.

"Because he's now on our team!" Ruby spoke up, making all of Team JNPR blink in surprise.

"WHAT?!" They all say in sync, voices diverse in fury and surprise.

"You heard the girl didn't ya." Umbra said agitated.

"W-Why?!" Nora exclaimed, speechless.

"That's why we're here to talk." Weiss said in her snobby voice.

"Alright..." Pyrrha said tiredly, "Let's talk." Umbra then lean over to Nora's ear.

"Ok Redhead, I know I've made you upset, but listen to me. If you ever do that again, you'll regret it, understand?" Nora growled, but Umbra tighted the chokehold. "Understand?" He said more loud.

"Yes."

"Good, nows lets talk." He released her and got up. Pyrrha looked at him with narrowed eyebrows and a great frown. His teammates tried to pretend to not hear the blatant death threat.

"Ok," Said Ruby, "May we come in?"

"Yes." The Redhead Spartan said while looking straight at Umbra. Then Nora and RWBY entered the room, Umbra followed along. Jaune was suprised, Ren was emotionless. Umbra felt something sting deep within himself, the same guilty feeling that always makes itself known when he thinks back on that Town.

"Alright," Umbra said as he walked infront of everybody, "Let's get this over with."

"H-How? W-Why a-are you p-part of their team?" Jaune said visibly scared.

"He made a deal with Ozpin," Blake answered, "Go to Beacon or Prison." Umbra looked at the Unknown Faunus with anger.

"Yes..." He reconfirmed, "When you all handed me over to him, we talked and he simply said "Join my Academy or go to jail", now as munch as I could escape a Prison, it would probably be very bloody." He then raised an hand to himself and said "And despite what you all may think about me, I don't go around killing everyone in my way."

"But what I don't understand is why he put you on our team." Said Weiss with a spiteful tone. The Swordsman then took a deep breath to calm himself.

"I would like to the reason as well." Said Pyrrha, siting down with her arms crossed.

"Well, the next day-yesterday-he made me fill out a shit ton of info and take a Initiation."

"That explains it..." Blake said with her hand on chin.

"I was thrown into the Emerald Forest and told to retrieve a relic-I presume that it was the chess pieces."

"And it was the Yellow Knight, ain't I right?" Yang rhymed.

"Yes, then the next thing I know I'm thrown with the people who derailed my plans for the next few months."

"But why are you here?" Nora said with narrow eyes and a scowl, rare for her. "We don't want to see you."

"Well, I'm here to explain my actions and apologize."

"Then do it." Pyrrha Said, the rest of JNPR silent.

"Well, ok. It's rather simple, I was just traveling the world, killing bad guys wherever I go. Then I was just sitting down reading at a Inn when I get a call from a Girl named Sarah." He spoke with sarcastic tones.

"That girl..." Ruby said sadly.

"The one who screamed at us and her dad? She did seem like the type to do that." Yang added. Weiss grit her teeth.

"That Girl? Does she know tipping people off is against the law?! Her nerve!"

"Well in the end you all got me, so cut her some slack." Umbra looked at the Heiress before looking back at JNPR. "So I came up with a plan, beat the shit out of you all in the mountains and high tail it to Vacuo." He shrugged, "But you all know how that turned out." Blake looked at him with a raised eyebrow, his voice and emotions was becoming more like he was during their fight. "Anyway, I kicked your all's butt so I could possibly have freedom. You Four where easy to defeat because: Blondie doesn't have any skill, Green Ninja was lured and Redhead one and two were too emotional over their partners." As he finished that, Nora and Pyrrha were steaming in Rage. His team started to notice too. Ruby took him by the arm and over to a corner.

"You're suppose to apologize, not antagonist them!" She whisper worryingly. He broke away.

"Let me finish." He told her, his eyes sharper than Weiss's ever was to Ruby. She backed off and he walked forward. "Anyway, I was about to win, but got surrounded and put in a bad situation. You all know the rest, blah, blah and blah. Then you take me to Ozpin, he then talks to me about the deal and next thing you know it I'm apart of Team R-U-WBY." He says, fully back into his cocky smart sarcastic mood.

"Team RUWBY, huh, that's a very small change." Jaune says.

"Well, I'm more bothered by the fact that the Team is Named after its leader." Umbra says questionably, why is it named after Ruby? It weirded him out.

"Get on with it." Pyrrha said impatient.

"Well, one of the conditions is that I must apologize to you all, and that's what'll I'll do." Umbra said seriously, he did a mocking aristocratic bow befitting of one born in the Atleasian Nobility. "I am so sorry for hurting you and making you hurt each other." Weiss wanted to both laugh and wanted to belittle him for the bow that was obviously insulting her people, but did neither as Pyrrha frowned and spoke.

"I don't forgive you." She said, RWBY tensed up, "You did this to our teammates and you think just because Ozpin put you on Ruby's Team that we'll forgive you? Get out of my face!" Umbra then just smiled and sighed, he reached into his satchel and got a bag. He pulled four cards of Lien and threw them at JNPR. Nora and Pyrrha defensively caught them, Ren casually caught his, Jaune was hit in the face with his and now it was on his chest.

"Here..." Was all Umbra said. Team JNPR looked down at the cards and got flabbergasted faces.

"Five-Thousand Lien?! A card of Five-Thousand Lien!!" To say Jaune was surprised was a understatement. Only high class people or criminals had that munch money to have one of these.

"There, now we're all even. For all your despair, you can just buy it away! Like everyone in the Kingdoms do." RWBY was also suprised, Weiss most of all.

"How munch money do you have?!" Blake asked, dumbstruck that he was carrying 20,000 Lien around on him and so casually gave it away. Umbra just shrugged.

"I think the number should be around Five hundred thousand something? I dunno." This only made everyone even more suprised. The Schnee Heiress walked to him demanding to know how he made that munch money.

"How? How did you get this money!?" She asked, suprised that such a lowlife like him would be that wealthy on his own.

"Well, about that..." He said in a sly bragging tone, "I'd say some of it was made by stealing your family's dust and selling it to small towns and villages at half the price." RBY prepared themselves for the fuss to come.

"Of course!" She said angrily, "Of course you'd make money off extorting my family!"

"Well maybe your family should stop extorting towns and villages with piss poor income of their money in exchange for their lives!" He shot back.

"Well at least I'm not someone as low as you to make all your money by robbing dust!" Umbra laughed.

"Oh, so you think I'm a career criminal?" He then got up to her face, "I've made this money by clearing out Grimm, by looting abandoned villages, by helping people and by killing bad people. So don't fucking judge me, Ice-Princess." She was left speechless, paralyzed by his cold yet furious red eyes. He turned to the other team. "So do you forgive me?"

"No," Pyrrha said, "You won't bribe us into forgiving you." He just scoffed.

"Fine, all Ozpin said I had to do was to apologize, he didn't say I had to be forgiven. And I didn't bribe you, I payed for what I did wrong to settle this dispute. So if you pardon me, I'll take my damn leave." With that he turned to exit, outside he turned back and said "Come and get me when you're all done. I need to go to Vale." With that he was gone. Yang and Ruby were still surprised that he had that munch money on him and what he did to get that money. Weiss and Blake were a flurry of emotions, Blake was deeply intrigued and Weiss was deeply aggravated.

"Uh, Pyrrha?" Jaune said, holding the card in his hand. The Redheaded Spartan turned and looked at her partner.

"I think we need a team meeting." He said.

"Why?" She said with a tinge of anger.

"Well, I'll tell you later." He rubbed the back of his head, she just shook her head while turning to Team RWBY.

"Good luck on dealing with...Him."

"We're going to need it." Weiss said.

"It'll...b-be ok." Ruby said, her nerves was killing her.

"Yeah, well, so far I feel disappointed." Yang said with a frown.

"W-Well I think i-it's time for u-us to be off." Truth was, Ruby was nervous of the boy. She didn't know what to expect out of him and his weird behavior was eating at her.

"Bye, and try to have a good day." Pyrrha said.

"Keep an eye on him." Nora warned. Team Rwby left to begin their trip to Vale.

Beacon Academy, Infirmary Hallways.

Umbra walked through the hallways with a frown. Of course they wouldn't forgive him, who would? Would any of the people he caused to die or killed? No. He doesn't deserve it, he doesn't even deserve to live. Their Faces, their Faces of agony implanted on his brain. Blood soaked streets, camps, buildings, forts, towns, villages and farms. That's all he leaves behind. Murderer. He rubbed his face. Freak. He lifted his face to find himself at a crossroad of halls. There was no one in them but him, but the wishpers could be heard. He felt tense as he could hear them, whisper his name.

"...Um-Bra...Um-Bra..." He looked all around for anything but the hallways were now dark.

"...Um...Bra...Why..." It was not a whisper but a coarse voice, "...Um..Braa...Why..did...you leave me?" Umbra slowly turned around shaking, what he saw made him freeze. There was man in a black hooded trench coat, his face was rotted flesh with his skull mostly showing, red strands of hair dangle from where plenty of hair once was. His hands were bones, his clothes mildewed and rotten. "WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!" It howled wheezily. Umbra blinked and it was gone. He breathed in and out, it wasn't real. He was in the same hallway as the Team JNPR's infirmary room.

"I hate when that happens." He says tiredly.

"What?" He turned quickly with an dagger in his hand. When he realized who it was he felt his stomach turn.

"By Oum, put that knife away!" Yang said in shock as he held a dagger to her throat. Weiss, Blake and Ruby were alarmed with faces of fear. He quickly put it away and rubbed his head.

"I'm sorry." He said turning away from them in shame.

"Sorry? You about stabbed her!" Weiss said with anger.

"I didn't mean to."

"Umbra, why would you do that?" Blake asked worried for her partner and the boy himself. He just shook his head.

"I'm just...not used to this." He lied, not revealing that a lot of people wanted him dead. He felt an hand pat him on the back.

"It'll be ok, let's just head to Vale and I'll show you around town." Said Ruby with false cheer. Umbra looked at the Girl with a raised eyebrow, it bothered him how one second she was a stuttering mess and the next a energetic leader.

"Ok," Was all he said, dead once again.

Bullhead over Vale.

To say the Dark Swordsman was anxious was a understatement. He sat silently as his Teammates discussed shopping. He was not excited to return to Vale, last time he was here he killed so many people. Gangs, Mobs, Killers and the Last Legion. He destroyed their infrastructure and left it to a Crime family he made a compromise with. He was almost sure that they swept right in and showed everyone who's in charge. They cared little about crime itself, with their messed up philosophy. They used it to subvert the Kingdoms.

"Divide Et Impera." Their motto was. Divide and Conquer indeed. They were what remained from the fallen Draconian Empire, The Last Legion. And they swore destruction and conquest upon the Kingdoms and to purge the weak-Faunus and Human alike. But, instead of all out war, they play the waiting game. Slowly chipping away the Kingdoms, until the day they can mobilize and stamp them out. The Swordsman has been a pest, destroying these systems. City by city, Kingdom by Kingdom.

"I won't be satisfied until they're all dead, until He's dead."

He thought, looking out over the City through the window.

"Hey, Um, Umbra?" Ruby initiated conversation with the Silent boy. He slowly turned his head to her.

"What Ruby?" He said, hood adorned.

"Well, are you planning on buying anything?" She asked innocently.

"He better!" Weiss butted in, "You're clothes stink and so do you! When we get back to Beacon, you better take a shower!"

"I could use some new shirts and pants." He agreed, ignoring her attitude, Weiss was a little suprised to not hear a quip and to see he actually agreed with her.

"What about new boots and a jack-" Yang was interrupted.

"Hell no!"

"What?"

"This coat and these boots are very important to me, as much as my sword. I don't give a damn if they stink or if they're just ugly to you girls." Ruby was intrigued.

"Why are they?" She asked, trying to find some connection with this loose cannon.

"Because they were from someone very important to me." He said looking at the ground, sadness crawled upon his face again.

"Like my cloak, a gift?" She asked, hoping for something to have in common.

"I guess you could say that." He stare off with dead eyes, unnerving the girls. Everyone just kept silent after that, Blake just determined that the boy had some sort of issues like her own. With the Paranoia and such. Yang didn't know what to think, this boy had intrigued her but now he seemed a little too messed up for her taste. Ruby felt isolated, her attempts to brighten the boys mood seemed only to bounce off like bullets to a tank. Weiss, however, was conflicted. She wanted him gone, but she wanted to know more about him. A more reserved part of her brain was curious with the mood swings he had along with his mysterious past, not to mention it constantly reminded her of That moment.

Vale.

The five walked down the street with odd glances from pedestrians. The four girls looked normal, the boy looked like a mercenary. The Sword, the knives, the boots, the chest piece, the black trench coat. To most, they thought the girls rich and the boy to be their bodyguard, a very deadly bodyguard. He didn't help as he narrowed his eyes at people, looking for spotters. He knew even if the Last Legion knew he was there, they wouldn't attack him in broad daylight. That wasn't their style. But, there was other groups who wanted him dead who weren't as careful.

"So, which store should we go to?" Ruby asked scratching her chin.

"That one!" Yang pointed to a store that looked to favor her type of style. Leather seemed to be all the manikins in the window wore.

"Ugh," Weiss let out, "That store is so cheap, this one is better." She said pointing to a fancy eloquent store meant for rich girls like her. The manikins wore dresses and tuxedoes.

"Hey!" Yang yelled at the Heiress, "Just because I don't like to look like a brat doesn't mean my taste is cheap!"

"How dare you!" Weiss said in reaction, "I'm not a brat, unlike you! I actually like to look grown up and not like a hooligan, like you." The two faced off, while Ruby, Blake and Umbra all sighed.

"Could you both shut up?" He said, "Your giving me a migraine."

"Stay out of this!" They turned and shouted at him, unafraid unlike before. He simply rubbed his temple.

"I'm going to die dealing with these girls." He thought.

After twenty minutes of arguing, the girls were finally at a agreement and went into a store that was rather normal. Umbra was suprised at how munch each girl could buy for their own tastes. He was also suprised how all they got was clothes, clothes they won't probably even wear. He only got what he came for, Jeans and white T-shirts. When they all met back up in the little store, the girls all looked at him in horror for his choices.

"So that's really all your getting?" Weiss asked.

"Yeah, they're just clothes."

"But the point of shopping is to get different clothes to wear." Said Yang.

"Well you see, I don't care." He then smiled roguishly, "It's not like you girls seem to wear anything different."

"What's that supposed to mean?" They all said in unison.

"How munch Lien do you all bet that out of all the outfits that you all just bought that you'll each wear about say, one of out of them all individually and you'll never touch any of then again?"

"Hey-" They began but were interrupted.

"Yeah, Yeah. Blah, Blah. As munch as I so love being told on how you girls like to wear different and unique stuff every day, I think we should get a move on." Weiss and Yang looked like they were going to bite his head off, Blake had a look of slight annoyance, Ruby was thinking of something else.

"Yeah, where do you all want to eat?" She interjected. While the others thought about where to eat, Umbra grew a grin.

"Perfect."

"I know a place." He said, gaining the attention of his Teammates. This caused them all to raise an eyebrow.

"What? Some bar where you go to get illegal jobs or something?" Weiss said sarcastically.

"Well actually, it's a friend of mines diner." He said, his face shifted into one of slight anger.

"A friend of his?" Thought all of the Girls at once.

"Yeah let's go to it!" Ruby said cheerfully. "Maybe I'll learn more about him and how to help him."

"I agree." Blake added in. "This will be more benificial in finding out about who he really is."

"Yeah, I want to meet your friend." Yang smirked. "This could be just what I need to understand this boy."

"I guess." Weiss sighed, knowing that her opinion wouldn't matter to the others dead set. "I don't look forward to meeting someone like this Criminal..."

"Alrighty then, let's be on our way." He said turning around to lead them to the diner. But before he could get going, a hand stopped him.

"Hold on there Sword-Boy, you're not being very polite..." Yang said smiling. He turned around.

"About what?" He asked.

"You know boys are supposed to be polite and carry the girls stuff?"

"Well I'm not a very polite boy if you haven't noticed." He began to continue but was grabbed again.

"Well you should, you did insult us about our clothing after all." She then leaned forward him, showing off her cleavage. "And besides, you need to pay us back for the forest." Umbra turned red and his composure broke. He hadn't been in a situation like this in a long time.

"O-Ok." He managed to barely get out. His personas and dead behavior all vanished and were replaced by a boy manipulated by hormones. RWB were wide eyed at what was going on in front of them.

"Oh thank you Umbra!" She then hugged the boy, almost paralyzing him with her strength and her "assists". He quickly pushed her away though.

"Uh, please don't touch me." He said while slowly regaining his confidence.

"Oh it's ok." Yang said winking. Maybe this boy will be quite fine to interact with.

Blake and Weiss both felt a weird feeling when they saw Yang do this to him. Both were confused on to what it was, but they found themselves looking at Yang with disdain. A minute for two later, Umbra found himself with all the girls bags walking down the street while people looked at him and snickered. The girls followed him on the way to downtown. Only once did they stop, Umbra noticed something in the windows of a shop. He stopped and gived the girls all their stuff as he then went inside and returned with a dart board.

"You stopped us for That?" Weiss said with a snobby voice. He ignored her and went over to Yang and handed her the board.

"Here, if I have to carry your all's shit, then you should carry this for me." He then grabbed the bags and began to continue walking. Yang looked at the dart board only to realize an apparent lack of darts.

"Where's the darts?" She asked.

"Don't need them." This made the others blink for a moment before Yang continued.

"Why?" She asked.

"Because I'm using it to practice with my knives and I don't want to hear her royal majesty in white bitch when I throw one at a wall." This made RBY giggle, Weiss however did not find this funny. She made her way to Umbra's side.

"Hey!" She sated with an all to familiar tone.

"What Ice Princess?" He said monotone.

"Stop mocking me!"

"What I thought you take that as a compliment." He said sarcastically.

"Listen here you-"

"We've arrived." He gestured to the red building next to them, "Here take your shit, I have to talk with him." He dumped their crap on them, including his and walked in-not before pulling his hood down. Ruby looked up and saw the sign which said "Red Diner". They followed him inside. There was an athmospere of what one would expect from a Diner. A bar, booths and photos littered the walls. The only downside was the apparent vacantness. In front of them was a man organizing some materials when he turned at the sound of the door bells. He smiled.

"I'm back Uncle Ponceau." Umbra said, his lips curved up in a rare genuine smile. The red haired Man walked around the bar and hugged Umbra which he returned. The Girls found themselves shocked with another revelation about the Boy who has turned their world upside down.

"He-"

"-Has-"

"-An-"

"-Uncle?" RWBY all found themselves saying. The Boy and the Man did not pay them mind as they broke their embrace.

"It's nice to see you well my boy, that Anima nor Solitas did not claim you." The old man said with sparkling Yellow eyes.

"They gave it their best shot, but I prevailed." He said cockily. Ponceau then frowns and asked a mythsterous question.

"Have you been successful?" Umbra then frowned.

"No, not yet. That bastard eludes me still." He practically growled. He was patted on the shoulder by his uncle.

"Well let's not dwell on that." He then saw the four girls behind Umbra. "Did you make some companions on your journey?" Umbra Eyes then widened with memory.

"Yeah, there was something I forgot to mention." He then scratched his cheek. "My actions kind of caught up with me..."

"What do you mean." His Uncle asksd worriingly.

"Well, I've kinda been forced to go to Beacon Academy or I'll go to Prison." The Shadow then gestured to his team., "These girls are my team members." Ruby then walked forward, a bag in one hand, her another outstretched.

"Hi, I'm Ruby Rose, Umbra's Team Leader and technically parole officer." He said with an nervous tone. The old man just smiled gently as he shook her hand.

"I'm Ponceau Redson, Umbra's Uncle. It's nice to meet you all." He then looked at the other girls.

"I'm Yang Xiao-Long, Ruby's sister." The Brawler Maiden said with confidence.

"I'm Blake Belladonna." The Hidden Cat Faunus said with a small smile.

"I'm Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, and Ruby's Partner." She said with an almost snobby voice. This caused Ponceau to chuckle and pat Umbra's shoulder. Weiss almost demanded to know what was so funny but the man spoke.

"I can't believe it. When you left here a few years ago, you said you had no desire to ever go to Beacon. Now here you've returned, apart of an all female team with a Schnee to boot. You know if Dami-" He stoped himself, his face gone solemn. The Girls all noticed this.

"It's ok Uncle, is Rufous and Russet home?" He asked changing the subject.

"Oh they are, I'll go get them. I'm sure they'll be excited to see you." As he turned to go back into the of the Diner to go to the second floor and his home. RWBY just was astonished by Umbra. A Sadistic Killer one moment, a soulless weirdo the next and then a Boy who wanted to see his family.

"Were you planning on getting us to come here all day?" Blake asks with a slight smile.

"Pretty munch, I had planned on visiting the next time I ever stepped foot in this city."

"Well your Uncle seems polite." Weiss said, "I don't know how he could be related to a jerk like you." At this Umbra bit his lip. Weiss noticed his silence and continued the same.

"I wonder if he's like Uncle Qrow!" Ruby said with glee, ignoring the comment Weiss made.

"I don't think so," Yang patted Ruby's back, "He ain't drinking out of a flask every minute." She joked. Suddenly, two red haired twelve years olds bolted into the room and hugged Umbra.

"Cousin-" A Male voice said.

"Your back!" A Female voice echoed back.

RWBY then saw the twins who looked up to the Boy. Red Hair and Yellow Eyes. They had faces of excitement, completely ignoring their presence.

"Yeah and I brought Gifts." He said as they pulled away and he reached into his satchel. "Rufous, here." He pulled out a carved runic stone.

"Wow, it looks cool Umbra!" He said tracing the carved curves in the stone.

"Well, I found it on a frozen beach in Solitas. It's supposed to bring good fortune." He then turned to Russet and pulled out a necklace. "Here, I got this in Mistral. It's supposed to help you find your true self or some nonsense." The girl grabbed the necklace with excitement and put it on.

"Cousin," She said with a wide grin, "You've got tell us about your adventures!"

"Yeah, tell us about the Grimm you've fought!" Rufous added. Umbra just patted their heads and chuckled.

"Gee, not even back for one moment and your already bombarding me with questions." He then remembered something, "Russet, have you continued your drawings?" The Girl then beamed with excitement.

"Yeah, you got to see it!"

"Hey no fair Russet!" The Boy interupted, "Umbra, you've got to see my figurine collection! I've gotten a lot more since last time!"

"Hey, no worries, I can see both." Then Ponceau walked back in the room smiling. "Uncle, I'll be back in a bit. Please get my team members some food." With that Umbra and his cousins started to go into the back area of the building. Before they entered, his Uncle stopped them.

"Rufous, Russet, play nice now." He said firmly.

"Yes Dad!" They both said dragging Umbra away. RWBY all found themselves suprised and happy with what had just happened.

Blake had been suprised by Umbra visiting his family, but was happy at this. It meant that unlike her old partner, this boy still had empathy. That he still had something to tether him down, from losing himself to despair. And the way he acted, made her feel warm inside. It had been so long since she saw people so genuinely happy to see each other. She couldn't help but smile.

Ruby and Yang felt Déjà Vu at this sight. He reminded them so munch of their Uncle in his motions and behavior when he greeted his Cousins. Yang had found a rekindled flame within herself at this reunion, proof that he was not just some good doing weirdo. Ruby had been suprised that he had any family left at all, so it made her happy to know he did.

Weiss found herself smiling as well. She was reminded of how she acted whenever her older Sister Winter would ever come home from Atlas Academy and eventually when she came home on leave from the Atleasian Military. She was suprised at this side of the boy, this side she didn't want to amit to herself that exists. She was also suprised at how munch he reminded her of her Sister.

"Something tells me you all didn't think he ever acted this way?" Ponceau bursted their silent thoughts.

"No! Uh, we just didn't think he was going to visit family!" Ruby nervously defended their integrity.

"It's ok," The Middle aged man said, "Umbra has not been...Nice to people he doesn't really know. It isn't really his fault, he's just troubled." The man then walked over to a wall with photos on it. "How long have you all known him?"

"T-Three days. He was put on our team last night." Ruby answered.

"Hm, then you'll have to wait for a bit." He then grabbed one photo in particular. "Do you all know what has made him this way?"

"No." Ruby lied.

"Well three to four years ago, my Hometown was raze to the ground by Bandits." His voice grew stiff, "My brother and his family along with everyone else were killed. The only survivor I know of was my Nephew Umbra." Yang, Blake and Weiss were shocked by this revelation.

"So that's why he acts that way, he IS messed up." Yang said with sadness apparent in her voice.

"Umbra.." Blake said almost in a whisper. Her face didn't convey her feelings but her eyes did.

"That... still doesn't justify what he done, but, I understand why now at least." She said with restraint. She understood now why he's so violent now, it's probably his way to cope with his trauma. That moment also made some sense now.

"I'm only telling you you all this because I don't want you all to think he's some crazy psychopath." He put the photo he was looking at down, "He just has problems from what happened and he doesn't really trust people he meets for a while. Anyway, what do you all want to eat?"

Ten Minutes Later.

Team RWBY sat in a booth enjoying the meal they just had gotten. They all enjoyed it, even Weiss who was skeptical at first but do to her manners tried it too. They all had conversed about what they learned while Ponceau stood at his counter waiting for anymore potential customers.

"I guess I could try to be a little nicer to him, but I'm not going to forgive him for everything just yet." Weiss declared.

"I guess that's reasonable." Blake agreed.

"Well, I wonder how he survived the whole ordeal." Yang said.

Ruby just sat eating whole listening to her Team before hearing familiar boots walked back into the room, causing her to turn around. Umbra walked back into the diner area with the two cousins behind him. He then motioned them towards RWBY while he sat at the bar to talk to his Uncle. The two Redheaded kids farted over to the Girls so fast it startled them.

"Hi!" They said in unison.

"Your Umbra's new friends aren't you?" Said Russet.

"You're Huntresses!?" The Boy said excitedly.

"Uh, Yes and Yes." Ruby answered.

"Wow! Real Hunters!" Rufous said with excitement, "Your just like Damien." The Girls all raised eyebrows at this new mystery. The Boy was then slapped by his Sister.

"You shouldn't talk about him around Umbra, Rufous!" She said in a angry whisper.

"Jeez, excuse me Russet." He said almost in a familiar sarcastic tone.

"Who is Damien?" Blake asked. The Boy and the Girl looked at each other real quick while the Boy turned to go get something.

"He was our oldest Cousin, Umbra's older Brother." RWBY then learned another thing about the Boy they've learned so much about and yet know nothing about him. "He was a Huntsman." Weiss was reminded of her Sister yet again when she learned about this. Then Rufous arrived with a medium sized picture frame with an photo in it. He laid it on the table. The photo itself was simple. There was three people in the shot. A Redheaded man in a all too familiar Black jacket had his foot on a stone leaning forward. He had similar Black gloves and boots like Umbra. In the ground beside him was a sword that looked like a long scimitar with a engine. (It looks like Red Queen from DMC Nero) His smile was roguish, his hair messy. Yellow eyes shined bright.

Then there was a familiar sight to Blake, a long haired Redheaded Boy sat on the grass looking cheery. His clothes were rather simple, a shirt, pants and shoes. Against the tree, then there was a familiar sight to everyone. Umbra was hooded with a black hoodie, he wore blue jeans and had on some black work boots. His face was obscured, only showing some veins of hair as he looked west away from the camera unlike the others.

"Talk about black sheep." Weiss said not in a insulting sense but literal. "Why is he the only one of your family with Black hair and Red eyes?" The twins looked each other and shrugged.

"I don't know." They said at once.

"He's probably a half brother, and we don't know what his mother looks like. Besides, it's horrible that he lost his family." Blake said. Ruby looked at the older brother, the jacket struck a cord with her.

"That's where he got it." She said to herself, but everyone else heard her anyway.

"What?" Yang asked.

"The Jacket."

"Something tells me he held him in high regard." Blake added, making Weiss think deeply even more. Blake couldn't take her eyes off the Two deceased Redheaded boys.

"Damien was so fun, I miss him and Vinous."

"Who?" Blake asked, wondering if it was the name of the other boy.

"Our dead brother, he died around the time they did. Only he died here in the city." The Girls all felt a tinge of sadness for the two young twins.

"I'm sorry for your loss, but who is this boy?" Blake asked.

"He was Stammel, Umbra and Damien's Brother." The Girls all looked at the immortalized image of the two Redheads. Then they all looked at the Boy who had flipped everything upside down.

A few minutes ago.

Umbra drank from the glass while his Uncle began to ask questions. "So, what are you going to do now?"

"You know I'm not going to give up." He said while clutching his fist, "It doesn't matter what Headmaster says, or what the law says, I'm going to kill every last one of those sons of bitches." Then his Uncle grabbed his shoulder.

"Don't throw this opportunity away Umbra." He said sternly, "You wanted to be a Huntsman for years, now when you have it handed to you don't let it waste."

"Listen Uncle, I don't care about being a Huntsman anymore, that all changed that one night. Where was the Huntsmen when everyone was being Slaughtered?" The Shadow said Melancholic, "Where were they when all these towns across three continents were left to fend for themselves?" His Uncle was left speechless.

"That's what I thought. I'm only attending this academy because I'm forced to. When I get a chance though, I'm not going to hesitate in killing these sons of bitches. You'd should remember that from when I killed Vinous's Killers."

"Umbra, let's not go there..." Ponceau said with a twitch. Umbra internally belittled himself for bringing that up.

"I'm sorry, anyway, does the Rouge Wolves still control the city?" His Uncle sighed.

"About two months after you left, they had some incidents. Raids, murders and shootouts with either Police or other Gangs. Eventually they were reduced to one section of the city, a block from here. I reckon you know their hideout?" Umbra then internally screamed.

"Yeah, that's a shame but expected. I'm sure we both know who was behind it." His Uncle just nodded. "I shouldn't have made a deal with them."

"You did what you had to do, they were the lesser evil."

"A worthless evil who couldn't manage to mantain an entire city." He shook his head, "Those bastards can hold multiple and rebuild their presence in one after another falls. For everyone I've killed, ten more take their place. It'll only end when I kill that One-Eye Bastard."

"Listen, just relax for a bit. Clear your mind and then you can make a game plan. Dwelling on these thoughts ain't going to help you one bit."

"You're right Uncle, anyway, has things been going well business wise?"

"Well we've been really racking in the Cash in the early morning and late evenings, but around this time it's just a desolate gathering."

"Well I'll try to get these girls to come back more often." He then got off the stool and stretched. "I'll be back." He turned and walked over towards his Team. While making his way, he noticed that they were all looking at him weird.

Then Rufous grabbed something and walked away, walking past Umbra. The Dark Swordsman ruffles the boys hair as he past. "Hey, So are you all done yet? I've got to go somewhere else before we can go back to Beacon."

"Uh, Y-Yeah!" Ruby announced, the other three silently agreed. There was something off about this and it tore at him.

"Ok, then let's go." They all made their way back to where Ponceau was and Umbra grabbed something out of his bag.

"Thanks Mister!" Ruby says.

"Thank you for the meal, Mister Redson. I enjoyed your food, it was five star level cuisine." The Heiress said Eloquently.

"Thank you, Ponceau." A Ravenette added.

"That was Yang-tastic!" This caused the other three to look at her with a groan. "What?"

"No need to thank me, I'm happy to help Umbras friends." He said with a smile. That last line somehow stung all four of them.

"Uncle," Umbra said while handing him something, "This for you." His Uncle saw what he was handing and went pale.

"How did you even get that much?" He held the Fifty thousand Lien cards in the air, "And why would you give me this amount?"

"It's not just for you, it's for Rufous and Russet too. Not to mention it's enough to refurbish this place."

"Thank you Nephew, May you have a great time at Beacon." Then a redheaded blur ran and stopped by his sister.

"Bye!" They both said waving.

"Goodbye, Don't worry, I'll visit some." With that Team RUWBY left the Diner. Umbra walked ahead of everyone and they just followed. To say their perception of the boy was mixed would be correct. Before, deep inside of themselves worried he was some insane killer. Now, they all had a consensus of a traumatized Boy who instead of crying his days away went on Killing rampages in Bandit camps. After five minutes, Blake spoke up.

"Who are you visiting now anyway?" Umbra turned and smiled.

"An old friend." He turned into an ally and stopped at some stairs into a basement. He turned to them and said "I'll be back in a bit."

"You don't want us to come with you?" Weiss asked suspiciously.

"This old friend might not like you four knowing this area. Don't worry, it'll just be for a little bit." With that he went in as fast as he could, leaving them in the alley.

"The nerve!" The Heiress said with anger, "We should follow him!"

"No," Blake stated as she had a bad feeling, "It's his friend so we should let him talk undisturbed." He grit her teeth. "Something bad is going to happen..."

Wolf Den.

Umbra walked into the Rouge Wolves hideout like it was his own. The guards looked at him suprised as he went and walked over to sit beside a man on a barstool at a bar. The Man looked to be in his Mid thirties, rings around his eyes. His hair was messy and his beard a scruff stubble. He wore worn clothes and stank of alcohol and cigarettes. He turned and looked at the teenager with a frown and a beer in his hand.

"You're back." He said, with depressed disdain evident.

"Yeah I am, Trigger. I came to see if our deal was still on, but from what I heard it died within two months after I left." The Man let out a chuckle.

"Yeah, we were no match for them." He smiled with sad eyes, "They slaughtered us, day after day. In the end, the Rouge Wolves was left as what you've returned to." He took a swig if his drink. "I hate you for getting me into this predicament, that's why I have no qualms with the Last Legion capturing you, torturing and mutilating you or whatever the hell they're into." Umbra then heard steps and turned his head. There behind him were the last Rouge Wolves and four suited men of the Last Legion.

"Shit..." Umbra said.

"Umbra, The Dark Swordsman." A tall suited man said with a pistol aimed at his head. "I wonder, how many men did we lost because of you? A thousand? Two Thousand?" He just chuckled. "It doesn't matter now, you're either going to surrender or your friends outside will die. Before you could kill us all, one of us will reach them outside and fill your companions with bullet holes. You don't want more people to die because of you, do you?" The Reaper grind his teeth.

They had known he would come here. Had they watched him all day long? Was the girls ok? Were they dead? These thoughts plagued him.

"So, what's your choice? Will you surrender and give me your sword or we will have to put them down?" This gave Umbra an idea.

"I surrender, please, don't hurt them." He said grabbing his sheath off his back and tossing it to the man. The man put his pistol away while grinning.

"Was that all? The tales I heard must have been false then. I heard you were a fearless cunning demon with this sword, yet you just surrendered like that? Let's see if this sword even is the one I've heard so munch about." As the man pulled the blade out of the sheath, Umbra grinned. The Crimson Blade glowed and then possessed the mans arms. His cocky face turned into horror as he lunged at his man to his right and then beheaded the man to his left, then his arms turned the blade against him and he disemboweled himself. The Rouge Wolves and the last Agent looked on with surprised horror.

Umbra quickly turned around and grabbed a beer bottle and smashed it over the head of Trigger making him fall to the floor. Then he turned back to the men and threw two Knives at a Wolf and the Agent, Hitting the former in the Head and the latter in the stomach. He then grabbed Tyrfing from the Dead Man's stomach and the sliced two Wolves in half before throwing the blade at the last one, piercing the criminal's chest and sticking him to the brick wall. He turned and ran at the now up Trigger who had a gun pointed at him. He kicked the gun out of the weary drunk hand and grabbed it, then he rolled over the bar and broke the drunks arm.

"Argh! You Bastard, you son of a Whore!" Crack, the arm was broke even more after that. "Ahh! Shit Fuck!" Umbra pulled him over the counter to strike him in the face and then threw him against the wall by the male bathroom. Umbra jumped back over the bar and grabbed Trigger and pushed him into the bathroom. The Drunk stumbled onto the floor crying. "It's all your fault! Everything! You caused me to lose everything I've ever built!" Umbra came in and kicked the man in the face.

"You made your choices!" He then grabbed Trigger by the throat and slammed him against the wall. "You jumped at the chance for power over this city when I dangled it over your Gangs heads. I should have kill your worthless asses with the rest of them!"

"Agh, Fuck you!" Umbra then slamed the Drunks head against the wall, creating cracks in it.

"Listen here you piece of shit, tell me who the Last Legion has put in charge of this City, why they were waiting for me and how they knew I had friends outside!"

"Go fuck yourself, Boy." The Man's head was slammed against the wall again.

"Tell me or I'll kill you!" Trigger then spat blood.

"I'm already dead, just go ahead and do it." He slurred.

"Oh, then I guess I'll have to maim you then." He then took the man and slammed his head against a mirror, cracking it and through the ceramic sink, shattering it all over the floor. The Gang Leader's head was bleeding serverly, he moaned on the floor before her was turned around and his right eye found a thumb gouging it out.

"Ahh! S-Sto-op!" He pleaded with a drunk and brain damaged slur.

"Then tell me what I want to know or I'll gouge your other one out!" Umbra yelled at the man.

"F-Ferro," The One Eyes drunk let out, "Ferro Cordis is who the Last Legion has ruling over Vale." The Shadow internally sighed when he realized he didn't knew who that was, a new player.

"And what about these Last Legion fucks waiting for me here and knowing about my friends?"

"They were stationed here because they expected that you would return here when you would visit V-Vale. They knew about your fri-frends because they always watch the Cam-Cameras." Umbra patted his cheek.

"See that wasn't so hard."

"Just do it, kill me. Make it quick."

"Oh this will be quick, you big disappointment." The Boy said as he pulled out a dagger. Before the man could say anything, Umbra stabbed him repeatedly, his screams were muffled by gagging blood. The Shadow took out all his anger and frustration upon the man who had failed and betrayed him. When it was done, Trigger had became an unrecognizable pile of stabbed flesh. Umbra got up and looked at himself in the mirror. Blood splatters covered his jacket and his face, he looked like some killer from a horror movie. He put the dagger away and walked outside to the bar.

Before he could even think to what his next move was, the Last Agent jumped at him withe knife that had been in his stomach. Umbra reflexively grabbed the arm and disarmed the man, then he slammed him onto the floor.

"Ahh, fuck!" The Man said while Umbra put his boot on his throat.

"Listen here, you Legion Fuck, tell me who Ferro Cordis is or I'll end your life here and now." The man laughed.

"I'll tell you nothing, Swordsman. You may kill me and my brothers, but you'll never defeat us! You may have proved yourself stronger than us, we both know you'll never be as strong as Him. So go ahead and do it, for your little dead Whore." He finished with an smile. Umbra's eyes flashed in rage and he then raised his leg and stomped the mans face. A cringeful cracking sound was made as brains and blood poured on the floor. He then went to Tyrfing and pulled it out of the Wall and Man. Then he got his knives.

"It's times like these that I love how these criminals outfit their lairs with sound proof walls." He thought as he went and grabbed a water bottle from a fridge. He unscrewed the lid and poured it on himself, making the blood wash away easily off his black jacket. Then, he cleaned the blood off his face. He turned around tiredly and left the Bar-made-Tomb.

Vale Downtown, Allyway, RWBY.

The four Huntresses in training started to get worried with what was happening. They thought of entering the Underground Bar filled their mind more and more every second. Ruby feared that he had ran away. Weiss feared, though she had tried to view him in a more respectful light, that he sold them to human traffickers. She had heard of the Atleasian Nobility's hidden pleasures before after all. Yang had feared that he was partying, without her! Blake feared that some else that was more serious was going down.

She had heard during their wait, light thumps. They were barley audible, almost deaf to her. Then realization struck her, in her time in the White Fang she had encountered a sort of Anti-Faunus material. People who didn't want anybody to hear them would sound proof the building they were using. It was something utilized by regular people and criminals alike. So she concluded that a underground Bar would have no use for something like that unless it was for a nefarious reason.

Everyone of them felt the tension rise every so slowly as the minites ticked by. Then, the door opened and Umbra walked out. Those Girls were relived to see him, but there was uneasiness in his face as he walked. The Boy had a smile and greeted them cheerily.

"Well now that's took care of, let's return to Beacon."

"What did you do?" Weiss asked suspicious. He raised his hands in a explanatory manner.

"I just finished some business with an old friend, it was old business, so don't concern yourself with the details." Blake and Yang narrowed their eyebrows at this. Ruby then noticed something on the ground, and on Umbra's right foot.

"U-Umbra, what's t-that?" She pointed at his feet. His false smile turned into a frown. The other girls eyes widened. Leading from the stairs up to where his was now along with it caked on the bottom of his boot, was a red substance. He turned and walked towards a water puddle and rubbed his boot in it.

"Let's go." He said in a dead voice.

"What did you do?" Blake asked already knowing the answer.

"I said let's go."

"You, did it didn't you? You ki-" Weiss was interrupted again.

"I said let's go!" He said louder with anger in his voice.

"Why?" Yang asked. He gripped his fists and turned around quickly and ranted.

"You wanna know why?! Well that Mother Fucker tried to kill me! Down there is nothing but a bunch of dead criminals! A bunch of backstabbing, good for nothing scum! You want to know why I visited them?! Because years ago I cleaved through every gang in this city and left them in charge so there wouldn't be a power vacuum! But it was pointless, just like everything I do in my life! So shut up and lets go to Beacon! And keep your mouths shut!" He turned around and stomped away like earlier.

Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang were mortified. They literally had no idea what to do, so they followed him with conflicted hearts.

"How can losing your family turn you into a violent murder?" Weiss thought following him. She could and couldn't believe that he would kill people while they were outside.

"Why? Why would he do that?" Blake thought to herself.

"Is he trying to get himself thrown into jail?" Yang thought with silent anger.

"What has he saw to make him this way?" Ruby thought, staring at the boy.

Umbra clenched his fists tight. Little Dead Whore. He wanted to kill that man again. He could see her there on the grass, blood through the stab wound on her stomach. Blood coming out of her mouth. Her sandy blonde hair and her bright blue eyes. Her smile that she gave him when he finally got to her. He gritted his teeth. He could remember when he first saw her. That one day out in the field full of Sunflowers. In her blue dress, her hair flowing in the wind, her blood free smile when she looked at him.

"Liora." He thought with a tear in his eye.

Lamplight.

Miss Goodwitch was took aback at what she returned to. Her and the squad of five soldiers came to apprehend the Mayor but there was no one around. Only dead corpses and the Animals that feasted on them. "What happened here?" One of the Soldiers shuddered.

She went towards towards the Inn with her Riding Crop out. Two soldiers followed her while the other three searched the rest of the town. When they reached the Inn's interior, they found what could only be described as a bloodbath. Blood stained the Walls, bodies littered the ground and tables.

"In Oums name..." One of the Soldiers said.

"By the Gods, it's a slaughterhouse." The Other stated.

Miss Goodwitch couldn't believe her eyes on what was before her. She then saw a familiar face, the Sheriff's head stared at her with dead eyes that expressed terror. His body was not far.

"This was not the work of Grimm." She told the men.

"Who would do such a thing?" One of them asked.

"Psychopaths." She said as she went forward to the Bar. She prayed that maybe John was still alive. Sadly, just as she turned around the Bar, John's dead and eyeless body laid on the floor. She turned around and walked out the Building. The Soldiers followed her puzzled by what she was doing. She just went to the Bullhead and leaned against it. She was shocked but not suprised, only One group would butcher a town so easily and merciless. One Group that a particular Boy knew about too.

Authors Note:

Thank you all for reading my story. Please review and give suggestions on how to improve.