As teams FHSI and RWBY wandered through the streets of Vale, Falcon couldn't help but marvel at all the work that had been put into welcoming other schools for the Vytal Festival. As it would turn out, Weiss had similar thoughts, and was rambling on about how amazing it was, although Falcon wasn't actually listening to her. Hayate was looking around as well, seemingly taking in all the sights while he rested his hand on his sheathed sword. As he'd said the other day, he grew up on a small island, so big cities like this would be more interesting to him than most people. Iskandar and Syrian walked side by side, Syrian pointing out anything he found interesting and Iskandar responding with a noncommittal grunt.. It wasn't long before his eyes rested upon a dust shop just down the street. The others had all noticed it too and decided to go investigate. As they neared, Falcon could hear two officers talking to each other about how it was the second dust shop to be hit that week. "What do you think, White Fang?" one asked the other. Weiss let out a sigh.

"The White Fang, what an awful bunch of degenerates." Falcon noticed Iskandar tense behind him. He didn't know a lot about Iskandar, much like the rest of the team, but what Falcon knew for certain was that Iskandar hated the White Fang. He wasn't sure if the others had noticed, but Iskandar's symbol was, quite literally, a torn version of the White Fangs emblem. Falcon tuned back in from his inner thoughts only to hear Weiss and Blake bickering about how bad or misled the White Fang are.

Weiss seems to have a real problem with the White Fang. Falcon thought, his fists clenched by his side. Or maybe it's just faunus in general. Similarly to how Iskandar hated the White Fang, Falcon very strongly disliked Weiss, or more specifically, the Schnee family.. My mother would call me out on that, he thought absentmindedly. She always said I held onto grudges too much, especially against the Schnees. When he first created his weapon, Avery, he refused to incorporate dust into the staff because he would have to go through the SDC to get it. Only when his mother insisted she get it for him did he give in.

"Hey! Stop that faunus!" Falcon turned to see a blonde haired monkey faunus running off a ship. As he ran past team FHSI and RWBY, Falcon noticed the faunus wink at Blake, causing her to blush slightly, something only Falcon noticed.

"Well Weiss, you wanted to see the competition and there it goes" said Yang.

"Quick, we have to observe him!" cried Weiss before running after him, quickly followed by Ruby, Blake and Yang.

"Well, I guess we should follow them." said Falcon.

"Doesn't seem like we do much else," Hayate replied casually as he began to follow the others.

As team FHSI rounded a corner it became apparent that they had lost team RWBY. However, Iskandar saw the faunus run by and started the chase. Falcon quickly caught up to the faunus as he started to slow down, clearly out of breath. "What… do you four… want?" he asked, sounding annoyed.

"Good question." Hayate turned to Falcon. "What do we want?" he asked, having not really paid attention to why they wanted to chase him, only that they were.

"To observe him I think" Falcon replied. "Are you here for the Vytal Festival?"

"I am." the faunus replied, holding out a hand to Falcon. "I'm Sun Wukong, leader of team SSSN."

Falcon shook Sun's hand. "Falcon Hood, leader of team FHSI." As the others introduced themselves, Falcon took this time to analyze the faunus before him. He clearly wasn't afraid to show he was a faunus as he let his tail out freely, using at as a third arm almost. Or maybe it's because he can't hide it thought Falcon. Not all faunus are as fortunate. Falcon snapped out of his analytical state to ask Sun about the look he gave Blake earlier, but before he could, Sun was gone.

"Well, that's a disappearing act" Hayate commented, having moved to lean against a wall "I'm heading back to the dorm. Want to come with?"" Hayate received a nod from Syrian and Falcon and a "Yes, I have work to do" from Iskandar.

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It was late at night and team FHSI were doing what they usually do at that hour, nothing. Iskandar was finishing up in the bathroom, Syrian had fallen asleep shirtless on his bed, Hayate was shadow sparring, without his sword this time as last time he actually did take the light out with it, and Falcon was sitting on his bed, sketchbook open in his lap, fuming. It usually didn't bother him, he had become so accustomed to being near Weiss that he just blocked her out, but this was different. Falcon had become quite good friends with Blake, meeting her in the library often just to sit quietly in each other's presence as they were the more reserved members of their respective teams. He'd taken to teaching her how to draw the characters she read about and in return she lent him some of her favourite books to read (he'd seen a copy of Ninja's of Love in her bag one time, but he'd wisely said nothing). Falcon was not happy with the things Weiss had said earlier that day, in fact, the faunus she had been so quick and rude to judge wasn't even that bad of a guy. Falcon looked up as he heard the sound of the bathroom door opening. Iskandar was someone who Falcon wasn't too fond of. While it was clear to him how much he hated the White Fang, for reasons Falcon wasn't sure of, he wasn't sure if Iskandar hated faunus in general. However, he hadn't made a move on Velvet or any other faunus.

So maybe it is just White Fang affiliation. Falcon theorised. He knew so little about his towering teammate, in fact he didn't know that much about any of his comrades. In the time they'd been at Beacon, they'd learned to fight together easily enough, but they hadn't really done much to build their trust and friendship. A mistake I will have to correct Falcon declared internally, promising to himself. The quiet was broken when Falcon slammed his sketchbook closed, causing Syrian to stir. "I'm going to check on team RWBY." he said, before marching to the door. Hayate called Jetstream to his hand before standing. He'd gotten a lot more casual at just using his semblance around his team now, he reasoned that there wasn't much point in hiding it.

"I'll tag along. Something fun normally happens whenever we hang out with them" he quipped, following after his partner. Falcon questioned it internally, but said nothing.

As Falcon and Hayate neared Team RWBY's dorm, which was just down the hall from them, Falcon could hear arguing coming from the other side of the door. "You realize you are defending an organization that hates humanity don't you?"

Weiss Falcon thought bitterly. No doubt the Schnee heiress was spouting off more racist statements that would make his blood boil. He looked at Hayate who had taken to standing just outside the door, barely standing apart from it. It seemed as though he'd had practice at listening through doorways, though Falcon wasn't going to assume what he'd picked up that skill for.

"The faunus of the White Fang are pure evil!" Weiss continued.

"There's no such thing as pure evil!" yelled Blake at her teammate. "Why do you think they hate humanity so much? It's because of people like Cardin, people like you that force them to take such drastic measures!"

"Well, sounds like we came at a bad time" Hayate said quietly, moving a hand to the trigger of Blitz instinctively as he took a tiny step away from the door, but still being close enough to listen.

"People like me?"

"You're discriminatory!"

"I'm a victim!" yelled Weiss. Falcon looked at Hayate again, who just shrugged, unsure of what to make of things.. Weiss then went on to say how her grandfather's company is a huge target for White Fang, and Falcon could understand her anger, but it earned little sympathy from him.

I don't blame her for being weary. Falcon thought to himself. So am I, but I don't go around discriminating against humans! Falcon had half a mind to barge in there and give Weiss a piece of his mind but before he could, he heard Blake again.

"Well maybe we were just tired of getting pushed around!"

Hayate looked at Falcon, "Wait we?" he asked. Before Falcon could reply the door exploded open and Blake flew past them. Hayate had managed to jump out of the way before Blake had slammed the door into him, but the shock was still in his eyes and he was in his quickdraw stance.

"Blake, come back!" Ruby yelled desperately.

"Falcon? Hayate? Why are you he-" Yang started but was cut off.

"Damn, she's fast. I'll go after her!" Hayate started and began to walk in the direction she'd gone. Falcon placed a hand on Hayates chest, stopping him.

"No." Falcon ordered. "I will." He leaned closer to Hayate. "Make sure Iskandar doesn't find out about this," he warned. Hayate rolled his eyes.

"You're the team leader, shouldn't you be the one to keep him in line?" he retorted, pushing against Falcon a bit. The bow wielder in question took a step back from the force, but planted his feet.

"Hayate. Make sure" he commanded simply, his tone indicating his mood. For a few tense seconds, it seemed as though they were going to engage in their own argument as they stared each other down, but Hayate simply sighed and walked off back to the dorm with noticeable annoyance in his movements, his hand still on Blitz's trigger. Falcon stared at his teammate for a few moments before adjusting his beret and running after Blake, leaving the three girls very confused in the hallway.

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As Blake stood in Beacon's courtyard, a tear found its way down her cheek as she reached up and untied her bow, letting her cat ears out in the open.

"My suspicions were correct." came a voice from behind her. Blake turned around and saw Falcon standing there.

"Falcon, how did you..." she trailed off.

"Well," Falcon reached up and took the beret off his head, revealing a lone fox ear on the top right side of his head.

"It takes one to know one."

Boom! that's right Falcon is a faunus, how will his team react to this and how will Iskandar react to Blake being ex-White Fang?... Don't worry I'm working on it