So I just finished watching VOL 5's second chapter. Being a first member gives me a sort of advantage when it comes to characters to write about. I got to see some new ones to add in so that's good.

Anyway, I took what I knew about aura this chapter but I'm not an expert. Then again this is an AU so if it doesn't line up with what you know you can always ask me and I'll confirm whether it was intentional or not.

Also, this is the tenth chapter, which I think is pretty good and I can work a bit faster now that I have the story planned out for the first four volumes. What volume 5 gives us we'll see.

"I hope you enjoy

"So… you haven't seen anything strange?" Yang asked the stall owner, her hand holding up her chin as she smiled lazily.

The man shook his head. He was about middle-aged, and judging from the fruit and vegetables, as well as the worn apron it was obvious that he was a regular in the square.

"No, sorry. It's usually very busy, this town's mostly a stopping point for people travelling so most of the time we have people staying for a few nights and then passing on. I don't really pay attention to who it is I serve so long as they pay. Besides it's not like I'll find many shady characters buying fruit."

She sighed, yeah that made sense. This was the third person she'd asked and she'd gotten the same answer each time; they hadn't seen anyone suspicious or didn't have a clue what to look for to begin with.

Yang put on a smile for the man.

"I guess that makes sense, sorry for bothering you sir."

This was so unfair! Why was she here again? With Jaune, Pyrrha and Nora instead of her own team? Did they not want her help or something? Not that the three members of JNPR weren't alright –even if she was still a little tense with Nora after her little interruptions when she'd tried to speak to he little sister on the first day – but they weren't part of her team, and it left her feeling a little bit isolated.

Ugh! She could think about it later, the sooner she got this over with the sooner she could go.

She turned then, scanning over the other stalls. That had been her third attempt and still nothing to show for it… maybe the others were having more luck.

But by the looks of it that wasn't true. Pyrrha was busy asking a group of five about anything strange they had seen.

That was probably the fourth group of people she'd asked if Yang had been paying attention properly. The problem with that was that most seemed a bit… enamoured by her to give her a straight answer, not to mention the looks she was drawing from people all around.

These ones though were far less friendly though; like they didn't want to be near here. Well, not everyone could be a fan of the same celebrity.

Either way the redhead looked very uncomfortable with it all.

Whelp, she might as well give her a little bit of help.

With a smile she waved to Pyrrha and made her way over.

"Hey Pyr'," she said, making sure not to call out too loudly and attract even more attention. "Have you found anything yet?"

The champion flushed. "A-ah! Not yet Yang, I'm sorry."

She shrugged and turned to the people she had been questioning.

"So boys and girls, see anything strange around here recently?" she made sure to keep her tone casual and non-threatening. No point in making them mad and having them leave

One of the men – young, about in his twenties really – turned to look at her, he at least seemed to have his head in the game by how he'd stopped glaring at the tournament champion and listened to her.

He had brown hair and brown eyes, not really much to look at. Normally Yang wouldn't have paid a guy like him much attention if not purely for the fact that he didn't stand out at all nut there was a look in his eye that caught her interest.

"Not really," he said dismissively. "You're huntresses right? You're looking into the murder case then?"

She crossed her arms. "Maybe," she allowed. "But that's not the kind of info we just give out to civilians, so if you wanna know more you're going to have to give us somethin' to work with."

The civilian rolled his eyes and turned to his companions whatever silent message he gave them must have been enough because they nodded and left.

"Fine, I might have a little bit to say, but not here." He motioned with his head towards an ally out of sight.

Yang glanced at the redhead and nodded, they followed the man down the ally. It was dark and dank; the type of uncleanliness that had even her shivering. There were just some thing's you didn't want to touch. There was also the fact that the sound from the markets was muted here: they'd taken two corners, a right then left so that no one could glance in and see them unless they were looking for trouble.

The blonde gave Pyrrha another look and this time the girl nodded, a stern look on her face.

The man stopped in the middle of the path but he wasn't facing them.

"So," Yang said. "What is it you wanted to tell us?"

The seconds ticked by, and he fidgeted.

It happened so fast:

He pulled a revolver from some hidden pocket of his and spun to face them. Yang recognised that look in his eyes now; it was a look of pure hatred. He made to fire.

But the two huntresses were faster.

Yang dashed forward ready to fight and even prepared to take the bullet. She needn't have worried as when the projectile flew at her Pyrrha's shield was there to block it. How the champion had managed to take it out in time she didn't know but that wasn't important right now.

Their attacker cursed and aimed to fire again, but Yang had closed the distance now, and sank her fist into his gut. He coughed, spit flying from his mouth from the hit but the blond didn't let him fold over her punch. Instead she grabbed his collar and lifted him off the ground.

The exchange was brutally fast and the echo of the gunshot had just finished reverberating along the alley walls.

Yang's eyes were boring into his.

"That was a cheap trick you know?" she growled angrily. She wasn't exactly a fan of being shot at. "What? You thought you could take on the two of us at once?"

"Shut up you filthy human!" he choked out with as much venom as possible and Yang blinked in surprise when his fingers suddenly had claws on their tips. He tried to pierce the skin but was met instead with her aura.

"You're a Faunus? Was this some sort of hate crime… no, don't tell me…"

She shook her head and turned to Pyrrha. "What do you think we should do with him?"

Before the other girl could answer, the Faunus chuckled cruelly.

"If you think you'll get anything from me human then you're stupider than I thought. I'll make you regret this."

Yang rolled her eyes. "Right," she drawled. "Because you're in such a great position to threaten us. Great plan by the way, you know? Leading us into an ally and shooting at us. It's not like we aren't fully armed or anything."

"Um, Yang?"

"I mean what did you think you were going to do with that tiny gun anyway?"

"Y-yang."

"You though a few bullets would be enough?"

"No," he growled. "But these will be."

Click.

The blonde stopped at the sound and looked towards it.

"Oh." She said.

Because on the other side of the alley stood the people from before, the ones he'd been talking to. Now, they wore white masks and pointed guns straight at them.

Yang swore under her breath even as Pyrrha readied her weapon. This was bad: she counted four of them. Two with handguns and two with what looked like automatics, if not semi-automatics. That was a problem.

Her aura could take about thirty dust rounds to the chest… maybe a quarter of that to her head if she was lucky. Yang knew she could beat them f she could cross the distance between them fast enough but in this alley and Pyrrha behind her she couldn't get off a shot of Ember Celica to give her the boost she'd need.

What should she do?

Yang grit her teeth as her mind raced for an answer. They weren't firing yet, but the stalemate wouldn't last for another minute. Could she use the man in her hands as a hostage? A human shield maybe?

No, that was a bad idea. Yang could tell by the masks that these guys were White Fang, as she'd managed to piece together just minutes earlier. The problem was that if these guys were anything like the news made them out to be, then they weren't afraid to fill all three of them with holes.

The Faunus aimed their weapons. They huntresses tensed.

And then both froze at a peculiar sound.

A… bird?

Before any of them could move there was a crash, and the Fang members could only cry out in shock as a massive hammer slammed into their group, rocketing them against the wall. Without aura to protect them their bodies cracked against the wall.

Yang and Pyrrha stared as Nora and Jaune came round the corner; Nora with her hammer hoisted on her shoulders and Jaune looking at her with bemusement.

"That's what you think a sloth sounds like?"

The ginger-haired girl giggled. "Of course they do Jauney-boy! Have you ever heard a sloth before?"

"…Point."

Nora noticed the two huntresses looking at her and waved happily.

"Hiya guys!" she called. "Sorry we're kinda late; I didn't notice you were gone until Jauney came to get me. How lucky was that, am I right?

Yang was about to say something when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Yeah? What is it Pyrrha."

The redhead had a complicated look on her face. "Well, you've still got…" she trailed off, instead pointing past the blonde, who blinked in surprise.

She'd forgotten that she was still holding the punk from before, who this time wasn't looking so righteous.

Yang dropped him to the ground with a thump as the members of Team JNPR blocked off his escape. The four of them looked down at him, Yang smiling with her teeth bared.

"Now then," she said. "Why don't we have a little talk?"

The Faunus gulped.

…

…

Ruby sighed to herself.

The last few hours had been some of the most awkward in her life.

And she was Ruby Rose! She was practically the definition of awkward; it was bad enough that their job had essentially been looking at dead bodies for damages that killed them but the whole time there had been a tension building up between Weiss and Blake as they worked, with one shooting the other looks when they didn't think anyone was looking, and Ruby being team leader felt like she was caught in the middle of it and anything she said would be seen as choosing a side.

The only saving grace had been Ren.

Good ole Ren had worked beside her with a calm efficiency that said he knew what he was doing. Better yet, even though he hadn't said a word his presence was like a shield Ruby could use to block all the negativity from the other two girls. Honestly, it was a wonder Grimm hadn't appeared out of thin air to eat them.

They had gotten what they had been looking for though, and a little bit extra that could help. Yang had messaged her scroll a few minutes ago saying they had a lead and to meet back at the inn as soon as possible, so that was where they were going.

The journey back wasn't much better. It was like both of them had made it their personal mission to argue on just what Yang wanted to see them for:

Weiss insisted that she had a lead on the White Fang, while Blake firing back accusations on the SDC that had the snow-haired girl fuming.

Why was it so hard being the leader of this team?

Why had the Headmaster made her the leader in the first place? He knew she wasn't any good stuff like this; she didn't have the social skills to be the charismatic leader people needed in battle.

She was just the fumbling, awkward Ruby Rose.

Oh look, they'd started again.

"I don't understand why you disagree with me!" Weiss exclaimed. "The White Fang has been deemed a terrorist organisation, every Council in the world has said so."

Blake scoffed. "Leave it to a Schnee to only see one side of things. Funny how you bring up how the White Fang is on the wrong side of the law, but forget the part about your Faunus labour practices."

"I'm not sure I like what it is you're suggesting."

"Then how about I say it in a way you'll understand?" Blake mocked. "You; an arrogant Schnee wouldn't know the first thing Faunus have to go through every day. Sitting up in your ivory tower and looking down on everyone."

"W-why you… I don't look down on people! Look, I understand if you are some kind of Faunus rights activist, that is a noble cause to be sure but terrorists are still terrorists no matter their goals."

"Ugh! You don't even realise how wrong that sounds do you? It shouldn't be noble to stand up for Faunus rights it should be a requirement of every person!"

Oh Gods, this wasn't going to stop was it?

Ruby needed an out, something to save her from this torture!

Then, like a godsend she arrived. Yang's blonde hair shone in the sunlight, making her look almost like a beacon of light to the poor Ruby.

Her older sister turned in their direction and when she saw them her lilac eyes lit up. She grinned and waved but wasn't expecting the little reaper to leap into her arms.

"Yang!"

The brawler stumbled back in surprise as Ruby's body was upon her.

"W-whoa there sis," she snickered . "I didn't think you'd miss me that much." Her voice was teasing but there was no hiding the way Yang preened with her sister hugging her. She blinked however when Ruby clutched her collar desperately and looked her straight in the eye.

"Help me!" Ruby whispered. When Yang saw exactly what she was talking about however – being their two teammates still bickering and Ren, who was slowly inching away from them – she belted out a laugh.

Ruby shook her. "Please!" she begged. "They've been like this for the last hour."

Her sister grinned and nodded. "You got it boss."

Then brazenly Yang moved. Before either Weiss or Blake noticed her she appeared between them with a shit-eating grin on her face. She wrapped an arm around each of their necks in a seemingly friendly gesture of camaraderie before pulling them into her bosom.

"W-what do you think you're doing Xiao-Long?" Weiss cried and Blake hissed at the close proximity.

"Just greeting my teammate's snowflake," Yang cheered. "Good to see that you made it back in one piece."

"We didn't do anything dangerous!"

Ruby sighed in relief and made a note to thank her sister for taking the heat some time. The reaper felt a hand on her shoulder and smiled up at the other blond in their group.

"Hey Jaune."

He shot her a smile, but he was distracted. Jaune's hand hadn't left her shoulder as his eyes scanned the area around them. It was full of people giving them a wide berth, Ruby could see Pyrrha and Nora too, who were doing the same thing.

They were on guard. Just what had they been up to?

"Come on," Jaune said. "We can talk when we get back to our room."

…

…

The 'room' as a wide hall of sorts with eight beds in it. Four of them lined up on each side and a window at the end…

It was also the attic.

It wasn't the most luxurious of places but it was the only place the inn could spare for eight people at once. At least they wouldn't be staying here for long. Weiss wasn't too pleased that they had to share a room with the only two boys of the group, even if said two boys already shared space with their two very female teammates.

For now it would do at least. After a few minutes Weiss and Blake had calmed down, or at least pretended to under the watchful eye of Yang, who'd taken to being an enforcer of Ruby's will in terms of getting them to be quiet for the moment.

Team RWBY sat on their beds on one side of the room while Team JNPR sat on the other.

"Alright," Jaune said. "So far we've been pretty lucky, at least on our end. We got some info that we think is reliable at least."

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Well then spit it out Arc. There's no need to keep us in suspense."

He nodded. "Right, Pyrrha, do you want to start?"

"Very well," the champion agreed. "When we separated Jaune decided that the best place to gather information would be where people visited the most frequently. So we went to the market square to question people."

"A good idea." Weiss conceded.

Pyrrha nodded. "It was. Anyway, at first were unsuccessful if gathering information on anything suspicious, but that in itself was helpful. The people of this town haven't noticed anything suspicious these last few weeks. There are so many people passing through that it would be impossible to notice anyone by themselves. We could guess at least that there are a fair number of people involved. Of course at first that was all it was; a guess."

"So we kept looking," Nora interjected. "And I found out from this mean old lady that there had been a lot of Faunus passing through." The excitable girl hunched over and scrunched up her face, imitating what was maybe an old person if you stretched the rules in a game of charades."

" She said: all these animals passin' through is really getting on my nerves. The filthy creature had been breeding too much more my liking. At least they're only infesting one part of town."

Jaune coughed into his fist. "Afterwards Nora thanked her for the help before casually emptying a bucket of water on her head… that she found somehow."

Almost imperceivably Blake sent a nod of thanks Nora's way. The ginger-haired girl caught it and smiled proudly, even as Ren muttered something about 'getting into trouble'.

Nora ignored her partner's words and pressed on. "That was when Jauney noticed that Pyrrha and Yang had followed some guy down a dark and terrible street."

"We were told he could tell us something important so long as it was in private." Yang corrected.

"So we followed them secretly as stealthily as we could and saw these bad guys aiming guns at them."

"And then WHAM!" Nora exclaimed, aided by slamming a fist into the palm of her hand. "Me and Jaune came swooping in to rescue the ladies. There were explosions, bloodshed and yes, a few tears of grief."

"Nora hit them with the hammer." Jaune said flatly.

"That's what I said." Nora agreed.

"Soooo yeah~," Yang laughed. "After that we did a little bit of interrogation. Turns out the White Fang are holed up in an old Grain Storage warehouse on the outskirts of the town. Apparently they have a whole operation going on here. That's pretty much all we know though so hopefully you have something too."

Weiss had to admit, she was impressed. She didn't dislike Yang, but she hadn't thought she would be capable of this kind of thing. She'd just assumed that Yang was someone who let her fists do the talking and never think things through.

"Well," she said. "It seems you have done a good job. Our own mission was… eye-opening"

"How so?" Pyrrha asked.

Weiss took a moment to think. She'd memorised everything she'd needed to know. And now.

"We arrived at the morgue to be greeted by the caretaker. Once we had explained what we were there to do he showed us the first body. It was… gruesome." She shivered, but she seemed to be the only one, that put her off more than it should have. "A-anyway, we managed to discern that it was the doing of a Faunus and therefore the White Fang."

Yang and the others nodded, urging her to continue.

"We then split off into two's and inspected the other bodies that were linked to the murders. They were just as if not more dismembered than the first. It was awful, but what we did find was that it seems the White Fang here have a number of weapons; Swords, axes and argument of dust projectile wounds littered the corpses. You said they were held up in a warehouse? Well, it sounds like they are well-armed and willing to use them."

There was silence.

The full story suddenly painting a picture for them.

Innocent people were being murdered by the White Fang, who was still right under their noses. These poor people, being slaughtered in their home.

Blake was frozen in place.

"What do we do?" Jaune asked them. "Should we tell the major? The militia?"

"That would be a disaster." Ren sighed. "If the people of Grainsal tried to fight they're slaughtered in the fight, or they win and are attacked again in retaliation."

Pyrrha's brow creased in worry. "Then… what can we do?"

"We fight."

The Huntsman and Huntresses-in-training looked to Ruby, who was standing straight, with a determined look.

They saw the silvery steel in her eyes.

"We go to the Warehouse. We fight them, drive them out or whatever we can. We do it by ourselves. We make sure they know it was us, that it was Huntsmen who took them down. That way the people here will be safe."

They nodded in agreement.

"So… when do we go?" Jaune asked.

"Now."

"Ah yeah!" Yang cheered, and they moved. Ruby was in front as they filed out of the room, Yang Ren already discussing with her just where they were going.

Weiss made to follow but saw that Blake still hadn't moved. She rolled her eyes.

"Are you coming Belladonna?"

She expected a snarky response, but what she got was Blake looking up at her with a face that wracked with struggle.

"You were right," she croaked. "Weiss I-"

"Can apologise later." The Heiress interrupted. "Right now we need to go. Now come on! I won't be left behind!"

Blake looked down at her hands, rested in her lap.

She clenched her fists.

"Okay."

…

…

"So that's it?" Nora asked."Huh… doesn't look very big."

"That's because we're five hundred meters away Nora." Ren answered.

"That makes so much more sense! Good job Ren, you're so smart!" she leaned over to Ruby and up a hand to her mouth as if to whisper only to her. "I need to let Ren have his moment to shine. Don't want him to feel left out."

Ren just sighed.

The place in question was the Warehouse and as Ren had just said they were just five hundred meters away, hidden by the lip of a small hill. It was dark, the last rays of sunlight were fleeting from the time it took them to make it here without giving anything away. There was no telling how many White Fang were hidden in plain sight, so they'd taken it low.

So the eight of them were laid flat on the ground – much to Weiss' irritation – with Ruby looking through her scope.

The Warehouse itself was old, made from grey steel and a tin roof. The walls were wooden and some of the windows shattered. It looked empty.

Apart from the two White Fang grunts guarding the wide entrance.

Ruby still hadn't said a word. Yang noticed.

"What is it sis?" she asked.

"I'm thinking."

"What about?"

"Whether or not I should aim for the head."

Someone behind her froze, and their eyes snapped to Ruby, who explained before they could jump to conclusions about her bloodthirstiness.

"There's no telling if they have aura but a surprise attack means that if they're not conscious that they're about to be hurt it won't flare up in time. If I aim for the head it'll take them down but if they don't have aura it'll kill them. I could aim somewhere else; the chest, arm, even the leg. But that means that they might have time to alert anyone inside the warehouse. If they have aura that could be good though since I could just keep firing till they run out and fall unconscious from the strain."

That was true Weiss thought. It was well known that if a person had aura, and ran out of it they were practically useless and could even fall unconscious if the damage was done quick enough. Even so…

"You can't be serious Ru," Yang gasped. "You can't kill them!"

"I said I was thinking!" Ruby snapped back. "If you have any other ideas then go ahead but I don't want to risk it."

When no answer came Ruby turned back to the scope, her trigger finger slowing pulling the trigger back.

"I think I have an idea."

Ruby stopped and they all turned to Jaune, who suddenly shrunk from everyone's eyes on him.

"Well if you got something vomit boy nows the time!" Yang whispered desperately.

"R-right" he said. "Well I was just thinking that instead of kicking it off like that and risk things like that, why don't we attack from three angles, we could have a pincer attack along with a centre charge?"

"Go on."

The blond nodded as they crowed around in a circle. Jaune drew a skeleton map of the warehouse.

"Blake and Ren are the best at stealth, I think we all know that by now. So why don't they move in first around the two at the front? If they can get in then they can get to a vantage point. From there the two physically strongest frontline fighters – that being Nora and Yang hit them straight on. They draw their fire and bulldozed down anyone in their way. Then the rest of us follow. Ruby with her speed and Weiss with her glyphs can get in there to help the fastest and while all this is happening Pyrrha and I can find a side route."

He nodded at Ren and Blake. "All we need to do is wait for some sort of signal from the two of you when you get in." his back straightened. "And that's the plan."

They all stared at him. At that moment Jaune looked determined, he looked brave and cunning.

He looked like a leader.

The moment passed and his shoulders slumped. He scratched the back of his head nervously.

"I-I mean that's all I got. It's not a perfect plan so if you don't think it's a good idea then –"

"It's a good plan." Weiss interrupted. She turned and nodded to Ruby. "I think it's work if we all work together. I put my support in Jaunes plan."

Ruby held her partners gaze for a few seconds before slumping herself. Cresent Rose held loosely in her arms. Yang's sigh of relief was audible to everyone there.

"Okay," she said. "We go with Jaune's plan. You two have sixty seconds before we start moving without your signal. Let's get it started, now."

Ren and Blake were already on the move. The rest of them moved too but before Jaune could Ruby caught his arm.

"Thanks," she whispered. "I didn't wanna shoot."

He hesitated for a second and sent her a nod. "No problem."

They got into position. Ruby peered down her scope once more with Weiss at her side with Myrtenaster drawn.

The seconds ticked by agonizingly slow. Every moment felt like an eternity and Weiss' body yearned to move. She held back though, waiting for the signal as planned.

Waiting.

Waiting.

When the signal came, was in them of a gunshot.

Before Weiss' eyes everything erupted:

Light burst from instead the warehouse as gunfire roared. Nora and Yang had suddenly appeared at the entrance weapons ready. The Brawler intercepted the guard on the right with a right hoo and two jabs that sent him crashing into the wall. Nora slammed down Magnhild with a mighty Battlecry before transforming it into its grenade launcher form.

Whatever they could see from the entrance must have been hostile because they fired into the building.

The Heiress raised a hand as her Glyphs formed beneath her feet and she dashed across the plain. She was a blur of white as she moved and from the corner of her eye she could see a flurry of rose petals keeping pace.

The sped past Nora and Yang and into the fray.

There were no lights for them to see. After all, Faunus had night vision. Fortunately the flashes of frantic gunfire from White Fang Grunts was enough.

Wiess slashed at one of them and slapped the side of her blade at another, both were sent careening back from her momentum. Above her she could just make out the shadows of Blake and Ren leaping from the upper levels. Slipping in to strike before disappearing again into the darkness.

To her left Ruby was a whirlwind of red. Thankfully not blood, but rose petals fluttered everywhere as her scythe made its arcs in the air. Ruby used every part of her weapon that she could to sent her enemies flying.

Suddenly there was a crash fro the windows and Wiess saw Jaune and Pyrrha leap through and barrel into a group of terrorists, throwing them to the side.

In just a few short moments they had decimated well over three dozen White Fang, but now that the initial shock had worn off the grunts began to organise.

They began fortifying behind boxes scattered around the deeper part of the warehouse. The Huntsmen and Huntresses did the same at their side. There were probably well over a hundred Grunts just in front of them.

Weiss pressed her back against one of the crates and sent a shard of ice out blindly. It must have hit something because there was a cry.

Yang crashed next to her with a grin on her face. "Oh yeah! This gets the blood pumpin' right Ice Queen?"

Weiss ignored the nickname in favour of looking around:

Ruby and Ren were stacked behind boxes of their own taking turns to fire and reload. Nora was grinning as she sent explosive into groups of enemies, with Jaune holding out his shield to protect her from fire when she got a bit too overzealous is her shots and forgot to take cover. And then there was Pyrrha using her shield as s stand like she had ar initiation, shooting down each target one by one with incredible efficiency.

Wait, there was something missing.

"Where's Blake?" Weiss cried.

Yang blinked before cursing and pointing at the enemy.

"She's right in the middle of them."

And so she was.

Weiss gaped as she watched Blake speed past. A blur of black as she cut down one after another with a ferocity that was terrifying. She was fast, vicious and…

"She's pushing too far on her own. Why is she rushing ahead?"

"Beat me," Yang answered. "But I think we should catch up before something goes wrong."

"How do we do that?"

Yang grinned. "I got an idea." And she slammed a fist against the crate at her back. It opened up and guns poured out. "These things are filled with weaponry. Even the ones they're hiding behind. What do you wanna bet some of them are still loaded with dust?"

Weiss caught her meaning and nodded. This was going to go against every decorum she'd been taught when handling dust.

Oh well, it was for a good cause.

Weiss ran a hand along her rapier and felt it heat up. She took a breath and made a move. Yang leapt out of cover to draw their fire; firing shotgun blasts at them endlessly.

The fencer aimed her blade at them as it came alight. A Glyph appeared for a moment before she thrust forward with a yell.

Fireballs shot forward and slammed into their cover.

The explosions were magnificent and the White Fang Grunts were scattered in the dust eruption.

Well, Yang had been right.

Ruby cried out an order as they pushed forward. Weiss flicked her blade to the side to wipe away the ash.

Now to find her teammate.

…

…

Blake slashed Gambol Shroud at the White Fang members face. He cried out in pain as the flat of the cold steel shattered his jaw.

She leapt upwards, flipping over another that thought he could sneak up on her. She sun, kicking him in the head and using him as a springboard as he went down to move onto the next one.

She was a deadly fury, a symphony of blades and she was relentless.

Two grunts tried to hit her from both sides with their own swords, only for them to pass through her body like mist.

Blake was already above them as her clone took the attack on lightning-fast she lashed out with her feet. They fell to the ground like dead weight, but there were still more.

"Blake!"

She grit her teeth. That had been Weiss' voice. She was getting too close. Blake glared at the White Fang members in front of her. She had to finish this quickly.

She sped forward, keeping low to the ground to avoid their gunfire. Back and forth with both blades at the ready.

She slashed a leg, swiped at an arm, stabbed at their hands. Dozens fell at her feet cradling wounds. Until there were just two left.

They were shaking, their rifles aimed at her.

She lunged forward ready to finish them.

"C-captain!"

And she froze.

"C-captain Belladonna." One of the Faunus cried. "It's you isn't it? What's going on here? Why are you doing this?!"

She faltered. They recognised her but were confused. News of her betrayal mustn't have spread very far yet. But that just made these two more dangerous.

She took a step forward. They took a step back.

"Captain please, think this through. Explain to us what's happening! Why are you working with humans? I thought-"

"Shut up." She hissed. "Don't say another word." She had to do think quickly, before her team arrived.

She moved a fraction and in that instant, the Grunts realised she was their enemy. They opened fire, but missed the gun attached to a ribbon that flew in between them.

It went off.

The recoil slammed it into one of them, knocking them out.

But the other.

The bullet went straight through his head.

He was dead before he hit the floor.

Blake's eyes widened.

No, no, no! Not again! She couldn't have killed him. She… she hadn't meant to! She'd panicked, tried to rush things and forget that most Grunts hadn't even unlocked their aura yet. And now he was dead.

There was a click, the sound of a revolving chamber and Blake spun around, Gambol Shroud aimed at the sound.

She froze again, but this time there was ice in her veins.

"Weiss? What are you-"

"Silence!" the heiress grow. Myrtenaster was pointed at her dangerously. It was just the two of them, the others voices could be heard slowly approaching however. "Take off the bow."

Blake bit her lip and took a hesitant step forward. "Weiss listen to me-"

She snarled. "Take. Off. The. Bow."

The seconds past at a crawl and it felt like one wrong move could result in disaster. Blake squeezed her eyes shut and reached up to her bow, and with a small tug, the ribbon came free.

She heard Weiss gasp and her ears flattened against the top of her head

"So you're a Faunus," Weiss whispered and tightened her grip in the rapier, raising it higher. "So what is this? Are you an assassin sent to kill me? A low life terrorist meant to cause harm?"

Blake recoiled. She was shaking now.

""N-no! Please Wiess just let me explain!"

She didn't get to because right then the others appeared. Ruby saw them first.

"Oh thank gosh you guys are okay. Blake you can't just run off like tha…" she trailed off when she saw Weiss' weapon pointed at her teammate. "Weiss, what are you doing?"

"Why don't you ask her?" she growled.

And at that moment, as they all turned to Blake and saw her ears.

She'd never felt more alone.

...

So while it's never said Blake must have had some rank in the White Fang before she left. There was the lieutenant but she was Adams partner and the daughter of the original leader so I'd say she had some standing before she left at least.

Tensions are heating and the next chapter should be the last one of Unrest. I hope you stick around for it.

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