Day one: Jaune

The outing is not something grand, just a large family exploring the city. With the girls helping Jaune picks up his belongings to the car. The father doing a final check on the house with his wife.

Deciding everything is in order they head out.

The whole travel time from their little village in Ansel to the city of vale took a whole day by car. With 10 people? Its hell on earth for Jaune. The 'middle' sisters wanted to control the radio, the 'oldest' fought against the innocent but monstrous 'younger' sisters.

Jaune is… well… doing Jaune's thing. He usually plugged a headset and dozed off during outings such as this, but not this time. He smiles through it all, even when the 'youngest' simultaneously burst into tear.

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Day one: Dean (Korone)

Tapping could be heard from a dark room, as feminine hums echoes through the cold air-conditioned air. The only source of light is the green glow of machines behind her, and the scroll she has.

She giggles when she opened a file called [Long range bio infiltration drone "Thrall"]

Opening the folder, she was greeted with more options.

[T-0002] [T-1021] [T-1022] [T-2001]

She pressed the [T-1021]. A file opens.

Displayed on the top right, photo of a brown-haired dog faunus smiling with a tooth grin.

[Name: Inugami Korone]

[Race: Faunus (Thrall)]

[Serial: T-1021]

[Aura level: 150a]

[Enchantment/implants:

-Bones: Living metal infused endoskeletons (enhanced strength, durability and provide minor regeneration)

-Eyes: Implanted mark V micro scanner "Truth" (Capable of scanning material component and hostile vital signs)]

-Heart: Dead man switch (Miniature anti-matter bomb capable of evaporating anything in 200m radius)

[Semblance: Phase out (Become ethereal, capable of bypassing physical barriers or dodging a massive explosions)]

The same brown-haired dog faunus placed the scroll in the table. A white fang mask is clutched on her black gloved hand. An innocent smirk adorned her face.

"I really hate genderbending… I really hate genderbending…" Hunter/korone thought to him/herself as s/he dusted him/herself and picked up a Red Great Sword the size of his/her body. S/He walks away from the room, giving one last glance backwards.

A king-sized bed with the 'real' Dean Hunter sleeping peacefully with a stupid grin on his face. Wires connected his head to a row of 4 metal tubes, with one open and empty.

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Day two: Jaune.

They finally arrived at their destination hotel at noon. Jaune immediately assisted his family in carrying their luggage, a sweet gesture but ultimately unnecessary as he was sacrifi- sent to deal with the 'youngest' as he seems to have the highest tolerance towards them.

He agrees and picks up scarlet (a 6 years old girl with blond hair and blue eyes) with one hand and holds the arm of vert (A 10 years old girl with blond hair and blue eyes). They were silent the whole way until they finally reached their hotel room.

Vert seems to hug his arm tighter than usual; he wonders why…

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Day two: Dean (Korone)

Finding a recruitment center is awfully easy once you gutted a smalltime white fang squad and drugged the leader into submission. He seems absolutely delighted sharing his secret with the adorable Korone…

Said Dog Faunus is currently dozing off as the male bull faunus speaks of glory and equality while promoting racism and terrorism. You know? Standard terrorist things. Korone glanced at her watch and hummed, he should be here…

Now.

…

…

Eh, worth a shot. Korone continues to stares into the void as the proceeding is coming to a halt.

Bang! The door hinges exploded inwards as smoke comes pouring in. Qrow, alongside 2 squads of huntsmen show up and goes in guns blazing. Korone smiles and drew her Greatsword to challenge the huntsmen heads on.

'Took them long enough…' she thought with glee.

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Day three: Jaune.

"Jaune! Come on, beat his ass!" Her sister commented as Jaune dodged the projectile sideways as his dad threw his ball at Jaune. He is the only one left as his sisters were all eliminated, leaving behind Jaune and his father in a dodgeball death match.

"Your reflex is quite something!" His dad commented while Jaune dodged another shot with a roll, then grabbed a nearby ball and threw it forward. His gaze focused.

This match is an aura less match. So, the only thing they could use is their own body, and their experience in dodging. Jaune has dodged bullet for two months, and he will do so long after this game is finished.

Jonathan sidestepped and grabbed another ball, just in time to see Jaune is right in front of him. His gaze serious and smirk victorious. Jonathan can only watch in slow motion as the ball hits his chest and bounced off.

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Day three: Dean (Korone)

With a groan she limped towards the white fang bullhead. Dripping blood from the wounds inflicted by the huntsmen teams. Though she already paid them in kind.

"Sister! Are you alright?!" A nearby female faunus rand towards korone, carrying bandages and alcohol.

"More than alright… I took down two teams of the oppressors! A coward managed to escape but they aren't important!" Korone smiled through bloddied teeth, though she winced when she steps wrong. The other white fang members smiled while laughing as they carried her to the bullhead.

"What's your name sister?!" A male bull faunus with black hair asked her, the same faunus that is doing the speech. He asked expectantly while sitting next to Korone.

"Korone, Inugami Korone…" Korone held out her bloodied hand and the speaker shook it.

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Day four: Jaune.

After exciting the shower. He heard Blanc, the oldest sister in arc family saying something to one of the 'youngest'. He turns around and see the TV on.

A distressed reporter, saying something about murder and white fang.

"-The murderer is currently unidentified but from the witness in the area reporting the sigting of a dog faunus wielding a red great sword…" The reporter added. The picture of Korone smiling innocently as she upercutted a blue haired man could be seen.

Jaune gaped. Not because he recognized the girl, but because he recognized the sword. 'blood dance' one of Hunter's weapon that he offered Jaune.

Sputtering an apology, he picks up his scroll and exited the hotel room.

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Day four: Dean

Groggily waking up, I stretched my body for a while. Looking around, the tubes are still there, with one empty. My scroll buzzed again; the face of my goofy disciple plastered all over it. The word 'dumbass' written under his photo.

Groaning I picked it up.

"Yahallo? Dean desu" I muttered tiredly.

"Are you okay? How did White Fang get one of the god's bane series weapon?! And what's with that laidback response?!" Jaune asked frantically.

"Ah… you have seen the news then? How's my performance? Hope I'm not too rusty… God's bane series are a pain in the ass to wield…" Jaune lazily dragged his feet to the door and opened it.

"What?! That was… what… Why… why would you kill huntsmen?" Jaune hissed to the phone "I thought we were heroes!"

Dean opened the freezer and pulled out a mango juice and chugged it down from the container without needing glass.

"The huntsmen? Oh, the asses from yesterday? Yeah, nasty business they were."

"What do you mean?" Jaune voice slowed down, his eyebrow raised.

"Hold up… I'm going to finish this and then send you a folder, delete it after view…"

"Are… are you drinking?"

"Hmm? Well, despite being an operator and most rumor circulating being said operator… we are still human, so yes Jaune… I am drinking…"

"That's not what I… you know what? Never mind." Jaune paused, "So… the fol- never mind"

Dean looked at his scroll, the word 'file sent' flashed before disappearing.

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Day five: Jaune.

He woke up grumpy and annoyed, his smile has turned into an eternal frown as he couldn't keep his mind off the file Dean sent him yesterday.

Team MDRN (Mandarin) and Team METL (Metal) Two teams who are inseparable in their deployment. They fought together, laughed together and well eventually died together. Though that's not what bothered Jaune.

They both were amazing teams, so amazing in fact that the name of the villages that they went and 'saved' is all destroyed. Funny thing is, officially the village aren't destroyed. There's also a massive cash transfer from some of the influential family towards their supervisor during the whole thing.

Like Dean said yesterday, nasty business.

The only survivor, a drunkard by the name 'Qrow'… he doesn't receive the folder. Dean only said 'You will know it later, the whole saving the world thing is bullshitly complex… we are going to learn about the world's player after you come back here…'

What does he mean, complex? Is there other players? Another team? What about his family? Are they huntsmen in name only, or are they actual heroes portrayed in the fairy tale? Jaune doesn't know.

So busy in his thinking he didn't realize his mom is right behind him, staring at him with worried looks.

They were supposed to be going to a water park today, but the whole white fang attack cancels it. So, they went ahead, bought some food and retires.

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Day five: Dean (Korone)

"You're awake?" A nearby white coated doctor faunus asked from her bedside. Korone sighed in bliss after relaxing back in her pillow. "It's good for you to finally awoken, it would not do to lose a great potential such as you"

Korone smiles and turns to the doctor "How long was I out for?"

"A whole night," The doctor replied with a wry smile "You haven't even eaten dinner yet have you?"

Korone sheepishly nodded. "If its not too much too ask…?"

The doctor smiled mysteriously before walking out. Then the speaker and another female dark blue-haired wolf faunus walked in.

"Ah, it's good to see you. I thought you would perish under their awful hands! I'm glad you didn't!" The speaker cheerfully smiles. The wolf faunus scanned Korone up and down, her ear twitching intensely before smiling slightly.

"Your feat impressed me, rookie…" The wolf faunus spoke with approval in her tones "My name is Fenrir, squad leader of strike team midnight. Hand picked by Adam Taurus himself… the humans and traitor are going to fear us…" Fenrir grinned maliciously.

Meanwhile korone laughed in her mind. Simple fools.

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Day six: Jaune

This is the last day. The last time they are going to be together, they were planning to go watch the movies from the hotel room the whole day to rest and then go home tomorrow. With a heavy heart Jaune approached his father's and mother's room.

Knocking twice. The door opened soon enough, the walk in feels like a criminal trial. His heart is beating fast. His fist clenched tight.

Then he took a deep breath and looked at the worried expression on their faces.

"I… I got a ticket to go to the zoo from my friend… I'm wondering if… we… can…*Mumble*" his word trailed off as he holds in the desire to cry again.

Her mother hugged him. "Of course, sweety," She reassure him.

"I'm sorry…" He cried again.

"Now now… none of that, we both made very fixable mistake…" Her mother lightly scolded him. "It's the whole point of this outing after all…"

'Not mine…' Jaune added in his mind. Though outside, he was smiling sheepishly.

"Thanks, I love you guys…" Jaune smiled wholeheartedly.

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Day six: Dean (Korone)

Walking towards the operation center Korone follows behind Fenrir as she boasts about her capability and how she and Korone are going to be a force to be reckoned with. With the SDC cowering behind their dust as they both rained down destruction.

You know? Standard egoistical terrorist stuff. At least she got self-confidence, I heard it's important. Then again it borders arrogance so who knows?

Korone merely smiles and answered several questions with absolutely home prepped bullshit.

"Where do you come from?" "Kidnapped by humans when I was young to participate in a child anti-terrorist soldiers by atlas military, forgot my village name."

"How old are you?" "Kidnapped, doesn't remember, doesn't care…"

"Do you still have affection with atlas?" Deadpan stare shove her into the wall, snarl like a rabies infected canine and threaten to gut her with a spoon if she suggests it again.

"Why join White fang" shrug, "Kidnapped, doesn't want to let others feel the same way…"

Absolutely convenient. If there's something personal they wanted to ask, just say I don't wanna talk about it.

Before they both knew it, they arrived at the operation center. The bull faunus speaker is there, he wields a one-handed hammer that turns into a blocky double barrel shogun, according to the scanner in Korone's eyes

Fenrir? She has a clawed gauntlet that uses some kind of ingot that can torn through atlasian alloy like paper. Where the hell do they gets that kind of material?

Even the scanner planted on Korone's eyes couldn't find a match. Though before they could get a better reading, the big boys and galls… come up. Blake Belladona and Adam Taurus. A match made in fucking heaven.

Two specialist level white fang operatives. Aren't that just peachy. Their file is protected heavily and the thing that I gathered from them, is that Blake is a hostile VIP. Her father is the leader of the peaceful protestors, gonna have to send a protection team to her father sooner rather than later.

Don't want someone to assassinate him and blame it on atlas to spark a globe wide outrage now would we?

Oh, they were talking.

"Brothers and sisters of white fang! I selected YOU to become part of a special operation teams, we shall instill terrors in the heart of traitors and oppressors!" Adam excitedly rambles, saying a lot of nothing and just generally stroking each other's ego at this point.

"Rejoice! For together we shall-"

This is going to take a while…

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Day seven: Jaune.

The walk to the zoo is… cheerful. So, cheerful in fact that 'middle' sisters were dragging him to an abandoned area of the zoo to… and I quote 'beat the sadness out of him'.

Jaune, like an absolute mad lad that he is. Proceed to do a classic criminal move. Denies fucking everything.

"No, I am not sad…"

"No, It's not a girl…"

"No, you guys aren't the problem…"

"No, I don't know what a table is… I mean of course I know!"

Oops, nearly slipped there.

This happened for a while until they gave up and dragged him back towards the waiting family. They gave him his share of steak before eating together, the 'youngest' were absolutely ecstatic during the whole outing.

While the Blanc (the oldest one) innocently asked "how did you get us a ticket? A VIP one at that, for 10 people no less…"

Flashback.

"Hey, I have spare tickets… take them" is written on the letter he received on top of his scroll when he woke up at the 5th day. Inside were 10 VIP ticket to Gaia's zoo.

Flashback ends.

"A friend gave it to me…" Jaune replied with a reminiscence smile.

"You didn't bully a rich kid into submission to buy you those tickets did you?" The mother glared at him in suspicion... the arcs maybe a hunter's family, but Gaia's zoo is definitely not cheap. Especially the VIP one.

"I didn't even ask for it… he just… shoved it on my face and tells me to have fun." Jaune laughed to himself as he stabbed the steak. "He's a great friend, just… eccentric."

"He sounds lovely! We should meet him sometimes!" Jaune's mother squealed in delight.

Jaune just smiles through it all, he discreetly checks his scroll for time.

11:32

"Wanna look around again? It's not every day we got the opportunity…" Jaune smiles gently and picks up Scarlet and let Vert dragged him away. Her smile and excitement caused his heart to clench in bittersweet pain.

They are the reason. I am fighting for their happiness. I am doing this for them. I am doing this for them. He repeated to himself.

Somehow, it makes what happens next easier.

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Korone's pov

"Give me your fingies!" Swing! Korone yells as she picks up an SDC personel and choked the disarmed (literally) dude. The poor man choked on his own blood as he gave a fearful gaze towards the dog faunus.

Then Korone slams him down and cut his finger with a surprisingly dexterous swing from Blood Dance. The poor man screamed louder and blood burst from his mouth to Korone. She merely smiles and picks up the chopped finger and pocketed it.

"Korone! For the love of the brothers why did you kill him?!" Fenrir asked from behind her. Yelling at her while pointing at the brutalized corpse.

"Uhm… I thought we were not taking any prisoner? said so…" Korone crossed her arms and huffed. "I'm not giving you my fingies if that's what you're asking…"

"I don't want your finger!" Fenrir screeched in frustration "I want an interrogation target! Like the Atlas Specialist that you just gutted and maimed!" She sighed and turned around. "At least the human would fear us… with all of the destruction and bloodshed here, we might need to do a fighting retreat once the grunts are finished packing up the dusts"

Korone looks to the side and whistled as she walks away. The speaker looked at her funny, then realizes something and rushes to the security wing.

"The alarm wasn't sounded… human's reinforcement isn't coming." The speaker announced.

I really need to know his name. Korone thought and snuck away from the group towards the hidden bunker. She slithered through the rubles with unnatural dexterity before arriving at a steel door. She took a deep breath and activated her semblance.

The world turns black and blue as her skin were prickeled with thousands of needles every second, She dashed forward through the door and arrived on the other side, just as the colors returns.

Immediately face to face with 6 atlasian soldiers all pointing their gun at her. Their finger shaking but eyes sharp.

"Freeze!" One of them yelled.

Korone smiles and placed her hand up. "I'm here to help you get out of here… The alarm is off and the base has been wiped clean, they are going to set up base here. I don't know how long you guys might last here. But you don't have to, I've got a way out."

"I recognize her! She's the one who murders specialist silver!" One of the soldiers yelled.

"Yeah, either I killed him… or they just torture him for any info and THEN kill him. That was the best outcome." Korone tries to reason with them, her gaze holds cold reasoning instead of the bloodthirsty psychopath the White fang members knew her as.

"I still don't trust you…" One of the soldiers muttered. "You could've been lying to us… get 6 source of info instead of one… do you think we were stupid?" The soldier sneered.

"You know? Stupid people usually live to see the next day if they aren't ambitious…" Korone sighed in frustration as the soldiers dropped like a sack. "though lucky people always do, well at least until they were lucky no more…"

With a playful smile she hummed "Guess you guys are still lucky~"

From behind the soldiers, 6 humanoid robots were holding syringe with aura piercing tips and rapid reaction knockout fluid appeared out of thin air.

Korone's gaze harden. "Find the SDC heiress and evacuate her… rules of engagement is non-lethal, evacuate all of them and make sure the injured are treated." With that Korone waved her arm and turned around "Don't forget to mention that the order was here…" then she phased out again.

The live of a hero never ends, literally.

It is annoying.