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Latune did not know what to think about the blue-haired youth sitting before her. Her clothing was odd, similar to Wayle's. As a matter of fact, there were many things about her that was reminiscent of Wayle. They had a similar feel to them, like they hid an immense darkness, but while Wayle concealed it well with a friendly demeanour and kind personality, the person before her only barely managed to conceal it at all.

She wondered if they came from the same place or if it was pure coincidence.

"So you are saying that you had absolutely no idea that you had entered a restricted area during a live combat test of our newest weapons?" A man sitting next to her spoke up.

He wore white overcoat with a grey undercoat and a red tie. He had a white glove on his right hand but not on his left. He had white pants with a pair of boots that almost seemed armoured. He had short black hair with streaks of silver along the sides of his head. His eyes were blue and he had what seemed like a small metal plate above his right eye.

His name was General James Ironwood, a high ranking officer in the Atlesian military and her superior. He had been present for the test, mainly since it was carried out in Vale which was foreign territory.

"That is correct, I got lost in the woods and missed any signs of having entered a restricted area until I stumbled across your tests." The blue-haired girl only barely managed to keep her voice level, something which obviously strained her willpower. Latune could not detect any falsehood coming from her, although admittedly that was hardly her forte.

Ironwood sighed. "I just find it hard to believe, that is all." He leaned forward. "Still, we can't just let this go… Unless you join our forces for the time being."

The girl looked shocked, caught completely off guard by the person in front of her. "Why would you offer a complete stranger such a thing?"

"Because we have been unable to find any information about you. This means we must keep an eye on you until we can determine the truth. The easiest way would be to detain you in a cell, but someone capable of surviving getting lost in Forever Fall could be an asset." He leaned back again. "That is why I offer you a chance to be put under surveillance in a more… pleasant manner."

"I see… That is a most logical argument I suppose." The look on the girl's face indicated that such regard was unexpected. "I accept."

"Well then, Latune Subbota, I will place her in your charge." Ironwood turned to face her.

"What? She is most likely more akin to a Huntress, while I'm…" She began.

"You are also a Huntress in a manner of speaking, it is just that your weapon of choice is different." Ironwood replied with no regard. "Besides, you will accompany Penny to the Vytal festival in a few days. She can go with you there."

"Sir, with all due respect, it will be more difficult for me to observe her."

"That should not be a problem at all, I will have Penny keep an eye on her as well."

"Yes sir. Understood." She saluted before leaving the room. Once outside she rubbed her forehead. This could hardly get any worse than it already was…

-Break—

Wayle had started to get the hang of using dust, he could now use light-blue Dust without turning everything before him into ice, not that that really mattered, he could see a lot of reasons to do just that. On top of that, he no longer pulverized whatever was in front of him when he used violet, now it just shattered into fragments… that went flying at high speeds, potentially tearing apart anything beyond it.

And maybe most pleasing of all, he no longer went flying so much he went through the roof and straight into Ozpin's office every time he used yellow. Now he just went through the roof, which was a much more controlled thing. Turns out combining two things that causes unnatural effects does crazy things. Who'd have known?

On a less pleasant note, he was no longer allowed to use Dust inside any of the academy buildings. Probably just as well. At least Weiss didn't mind. Although he could have sworn that the distance she usually stood away from him had been reduced. Not to mention Blake having reduced the distance she stood away from him as well. And the not so subtle hints of a growing rivalry between them.

So when Weiss had started talking about the Vytal festival he had been a little bit worried. Thankfully she suggested they all go together. So now he found himself in town, wandering around watching the festival preparations.

"So… Remind me why we are in the dock again?" He asked cautiously.

"I have heard that the students from Vacuo will be arriving by boat today, so as a representative of Beacon I felt it was my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom." Weiss' reply was quite dishonest and Wayle was certain she meant something else.

"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament." Blake's reply described a quite likely scenario. Wayle most certainly thought it was a good plan. The more you knew of the enemy without them knowing about you, the greater an advantage it gave.

"You can't prove that." Weiss stopped and turned towards Blake instantly when she heard it, which only served to make it all the more likely.

"Wow." Suddenly Ruby stopped and looked down a side street towards a shop cordoned off by the police. Two policemen could be seen investigating the scene. Curious they walked up to find out what happened.

They found out two things. The first was that those two where either quite stupid or lacked any sense of proper gun safety. And two that it was a Dust shop that had been robbed, but that someone had left all the money, again. The White Fang was mentioned by the two policemen as a likely suspect.

As far as Wayle knew, the White Fang was a Faunus civil rights group turned extremely militant. He also suspected Blake had some connections to them, especially concerning her reaction when he told them about his past.

"Hmm, the White Fang, what an awful bunch of degenerates." Weiss showed clear dislike towards them, most likely since her family and its company were one of their prime targets.

"What's your problem?" Blake on the other hand seemed a little bit upset about the comment.

"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." The way Weiss said it was a little bit harsh, although it might have started applying to the group recently.

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus." Blake defended them in an interesting manner. The suspicion grew stronger, it was getting more and more likely that she used to be a member, most likely before it became violent. Possibly a while after as well, if the way she sympathised for him was any indication.

"Misguided or not, they have been performing increasingly violent acts recently. And one of those most often targeted would be the Schnee Dust Company." Wayle intersected before the argument worsened any further. "Besides, it would make little sense for them to rob a Dust store in a place like this, not when they have been known to perform train robberies." At that Blake seemed to wince a little while Weiss stood staring at him mouth slightly agape.

"How did you…" She started.

"Stop that Faunus!" A cry from the harbour interrupted her before she could say anything.

They ran over to see what was going on. On a ship a bit away two men were chasing a Faunus boy with spiky blonde hair wearing a white jacket left open, showing his muscular abs. He had blue cargo pants with bandages around his ankles. On his forearms were a pair of red gauntlets. His most distinguishing feature on the other hand being his tail that had the same colour as his hair.

He jumped up on the ships railing. "Thanks for the ride!" He thanked them, gave them a wave and jumped off, catching himself on a lamppost using his tail.

"You no-good stowaway!" The crew of the ship shouted towards him.

"Hey! I'm a great stowaway! A no-good stowaway would have been caught!" He shouted back as he started peeling a banana.

"Get down from there this instant!" The policemen from earlier came up to the Faunus.

The response was a banana peel to the face before the Faunus jumped off and ran away, passing them in the process. He blinked to Blake as he was passing by as well. She seemed a little bit shocked at it. Wayle considered whatever or not to stop the boy, but saw no reason to do so.

As the two policemen chased him past them Yang said: "Well, you wanted to see the competition. Well, there it goes."

It had instant effect, with Weiss shouting: "Quick! We have to observe him!" before running off after them. They quickly followed.

But when they rounded a corner Weiss ran into someone. They fell over, causing Weiss to utter a sad cry of: "No! He got away!"

"Uh, Weiss?" Yang indicated the person on the ground before Weiss.

Weiss looked down at the smiling girl and stumbled back in surprise.

"Salutations!" The girl on the ground gave an unusual greeting, especially considering she had just been knocked over.

It was the orange haired girl Amara had encountered earlier, not that Wayle was aware of that. She did on the other hand feel strange, almost like she wasn't really alive.

"Um, hello?" Ruby answered cautiously.

"Are you… okay?" Yang asked the girl nervously, probably worried about her health.

"I'm wonderful. Thank you for asking." That response might have been normal of she had not been lying on the ground.

The girls looked at each other before looking at the strange girl with confusion.

"Do you… wanna get up?" Yang asked a question you should never have to ask a person who had been knocked over.

She seemed to consider the question for a few moments before simply going: "Yes!" and hopping up like nothing happened. The group took a step back.

"My name is Penny! It's a pleasure to meet you!" She introduced herself cheerfully. It almost seemed fake, like she just didn't actually know how to interact with other people.

"Hi Penny. I'm Ruby."

"I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Blake elbowed Yang who looked a bit annoyed until she realised why. "Oh, I'm Yang."

"And I would be Wayle. A pleasure indeed, Penny." Wayle finished off the round of introductions.

"Don't bother trying to woo her Wayle." A cool voice suddenly spoke up. They looked to the source of the voice to see Amara and Latune come walking. Amara had gotten new clothes, a nice black and dark blue blouse and a pair of similar pants. She still had the skirt though.

"Amara, it is good to see you, although I was hardly trying to woo her. It is called being polite." Wayle responded with a friendly tone of voice.

"Amara? You know Wayle?" Latune curiously asked a question.

"Hmm? Yes, we are old acquaintances and have known each other for quite some time." Amara looked a bit curious before regarding the people present. "I knew you could be quite the womanizer but this is a bit excessive even for you, Wayle."

"Amara, how many times must I tell you that I am not a womanizer? It was separate cases, womanizers pursue many females regardless, I am simply friendly with them with a hint of flirting every now and then if they interest me." Wayle lectured Amara in a friendly but stern tone.

"I give up. It's not like you are actually stupid enough to try dating several at once. Simply acquaintances then?"

"Yes, although I must say it is a bit odd being the only male in a gathering of this many fine ladies. And you Amara." Wayle gave a small theatrical bow towards Amara.

"Hey! Are you implying that I'm no lady?!" Amara cried out in outrage.

"Me? I would never." He pretended to be hurt.

"Huh? They get along really well…" Yang whispered this to the other members of team RWBY.

"Yeah… And they've known each other for a long time…" Weiss added.

"Wait? Wouldn't that mean she's most likely the person that Wayle fought in Forever Fall?" Blake realised the implications of Amara having known Wayle for a long time.

"We can't be certain. But there is a high probability that she's at the very least part of that order he was talking about…" Weiss tried to be reasonable about it.

"Well, he's this friendly with her so I doubt they are bitter enemies." Ruby's innocence did not allow her to pick up the undercurrent of animosity between Wayle and Amara. Or to consider the fact that they might be acting for the people present and would normally be locked in mortal combat by now.

Team RWBY sweatdropped at their leader. Wayle looked at them in amusement, having overheard their conversation.

"So, how about some introductions?" Wayle decided to get things back into resembling a proper meeting between two groups who hardly know eachother.

"Of course. I am Latune, I met Wayle in the library here in Vale a while back, although I haven't seen him for a while." Latune introduced herself with a small bow.

"Amara. As I said, we have known each other for a while, but he suddenly ran off here." Amara gave an introduction as well.

"Ah, well, I'm Ruby, this is Weiss, Blake and my sister Yang. We met Wayle at Beacon." Ruby introduced her team, indicating each person as she spoke their names.

"Hey." Yang gave a happy wave.

"So, what are you doing here?" He asked the group.

"I am here to participate in the tournament!" Penny exclaimed happily. It seemed the concept of not revealing such things was quite present in her if Latune's shocked reaction was anything to go by.

"You're going to participate in the tournament?" Weiss looked surprised.

"I'm combat ready!" Penny's salute both looked out of place and suspiciously accurate.

"Pardon me, but you hardly look the part." Weiss questioned this statement.

"Says the girl wearing a dress." Blake said dryly.

"Excuse me, but it's a combat skirt." Weiss looked indignant.

Ruby suddenly came up next to her. "Yeah." She then held out her hand which Weiss promptly high-fived.

"Wait, if you're participating in the tournament then maybe you know that monkey-tailed… rapscallion?" Weiss walks up to Penny and grabs her by the shoulders.

"I'm afraid we don't know any monkey-tailed Faunus." Latune interrupted her before she could say anything. "Now, I'm afraid we must go. We still have business to attend to."

"Of course. It is a pleasure to meet you again Latune." Wayle gave a small bow.

As the odd trio disappeared into the city team RWBY turned towards Wayle and looked at him curiously but also a bit apprehensively.

He sighed. "Yes, she is the person that I fought in Forever Fall. Let us just say that this was one of our most peaceful meetings to date." Wayle rubbed his left temple. Things just got a bit more complicated.

Author's notes: Sooo, was it good? Bad? I'm not entirely sure about this chapter. Please do give feedback, I really like seeing your thoughts on my story. I must say I'm a bit disappointed nobody tried to guess the identity of the Paladin pilot. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and have a really nice day.