"Come on handsome, wake up," Coco said in a soft voice.
"What do you want human," Zach said.
"Hey Leader we need to go to class," Fox said.
"You guys go ahead. I'll catch up with you later," Zach said yawning. His teammates all nodded and left the room. He decided to strike a conversation with Hunter as he got dressed.
"I really don't like this," Zach said aloud.
'Why not? They seem nice enough,' Hunter said.
"Seem being the most important word in that sentence. I still don't trust them,"
'What about the Faunus girl? I think her name was Velvet?'
"What about her?"
'You treat her differently than the others,"
"She knows the same pain that I do,"
'Well not exactly the 'same' pain but you have both been discriminated against for being Faunus,'
"Let's save this topic for later. I have to go to class," Zach said leaving the room.
Professor Port's class
"The creatures of Grimm. Though monsters or demons to some, they will be your prey! After you graduate of course. Vale as well as the other kingdoms are beacons of hope in a world consumed by fear. Huntsmen, Huntresses," Professor Port said clicking his tongue.
"Ew," Coco gagged then rolled her eyes.
"Individuals that have sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves. From what you ask, why, the very world! That is what you are training to become. But first, a story," Professor Port began rambling on about his youth.
'Hey Hunter, how much longer is this lecture?' Zack said in his mind.
'You should pay more attention to this. You never know when the information you learn in class could help you.' Hunter said while raising Zach's hand.
"Well, let's find out," Professor Port said.
'What did you do?' Zach thought angrily. He stood up, got a good distance away from the cage and materialized Grimm's Blood.
"Good luck!" Velvet cheered.
"He won't need luck," Coco added.
"Prove why you're our leader," Yatsuhashi said.
"Let the match begin!" Professor Port shouted as he cut open the cage unveiling a ferocious Beowulf. Zach shot his magnum at the beast's head, intentionally missing to gain its attention. The Beowulf charged to no avail as Zach side-stepped out of the way. He used this opportunity to cut straight through the Beowulf.
"Bravo! Bravo! It looks as if we are in the presence of a true huntsman in training. I'm afraid that is all the time we have for today make sure to cover the assigned reading and stay vigilant! Class dismissed," The professor said. Zach sighed as put Grimm's Blood away. His fellow members of team CVFY ran to his side congratulating his success. Coco hugged him and Fox patted him on the back. Velvet was hopping with excitement(A/N: yes it's a bunny joke ha ha) and Yatsuhashi crossed his arms with a smirk on his face. They walked out of the classroom and started making their way to combat training.
"That was amazing!" Velvet said.
"Yeah. I've never seen someone kill a Beowulf so quickly," Fox laughed.
"I wouldn't expect anything less. He's our leader after all," Coco said hugging his arm.
"Can you guys please stop," Zach burst out pushing Coco off of his arm.
"Stop what?" Yatsuhashi said breaking his usual silence.
"Stop this acting. You don't mean the words that you speak. You just lie to get what you want. That's all your race does. You lie to gain power, you lie to gain wealth, and you lie to break others hearts. Just leave me alone!" Zach shouted. All of team CVFY was in shock. Coco ran off crying and Velvet ran after her.
"Coco wait!" She yelled trying to get her friend to stop. Fox and Yatsuhashi just walked to their next class.
"That was quite the outburst Mr. Acarin," Ozpin said walking behind them.
"What do you want?" Zach asked, a hint of disgust in his voice.
"Why do you have such animosity towards your teammates?" Ozpin asked. Then, Zach's eyes turned red and his body began to emanate a dark aura.
"The boys past is haunted with lies and mistrust. He now views your race as hostiles. I'm surprised he is treating you the way he is old friend," Hunter said through Zach.
"Who are you?" Ozpin asked surprised.
"This boy seems to have been my latest reincarnation,"
"While I would love to catch up, I need to speak with Zach," And As Ozpin finished Zach's body returned to normal.
"Agh, What happened?" Zach asked.
"I had a brief conversation with an old friend, but that is besides the point. Why do you have such terrible opinions of the human race?" Ozpin inquired.
"They are all liars and cheats. My so called 'team' doesn't even care about me. They just want to use me to make themselves look better," Zach ranted.
"What about Velvet? She's not a human," Ozpin said.
"She's too kind to the humans. She's already lost," Zach said.
"It's that kind of attitude that led to the Faunus war and the White Fang. You need to be honest with them. Talk to them tonight. It is good for you to let people into your life," Ozpin said walking away.
'Trust them Zach, It's for the best,' Hunter added.
'Fine,'
Later that night: dorm
Zack entered the Team CVFY dorm room to see that his team was all reading their textbooks except Coco was still crying.
'Come on Zach. Now is the perfect time to get their attention,' Hunter encouraged.
"*Ahem* uh. I'm not good with apologizing because I've never tried but *sigh* I'm sorry. Back at Signal I was tortured every day by humans and Faunus alike. All 'friends' that I made were all people that lied to me so they could hurt me like only friends could," Zach said taking off of his shirt. He stretched the spider legs on his back and opened all of his eyes.
"I am a Spider Faunus, a monster, a freak of nature, I don't deserve to live, and recently I come to terms with the fact that I can't get through this alone. I'm so very sorry," Zach said on the verge of tears.
"Zach," Coco said wiped her tears off of her face. She rushed to Zach to comfort him.
"Coco," Zach said looking into her eyes.
"What is it?" Coco asked looking back.
"Follow me," he replied walking out of their dorm room. Coco did as she was told and followed Zach.
"What do you need Zach," Coco asked.
"To talk," Hunter said taking over Zach's body.
"What the he-!" Coco yelled before Hunter put his hand over her mouth.
"My name is hunter, and I am the other soul that lives in Zach's body. For why I wished to speak with you, I wanted to know your intentions of acting so provocatively towards Zach," Hunter said bluntly.
"Well I love him," Coco said earnestly.
'What?!' Zach thought surprised.
"E-excuse me?" Hunter said equally surprised.
"He's just so handsome and the fact that he's a faunus is very interesting," Coco said.
"If you mean those words I will not contest. But if you break his heart, I. WILL. END. YOU," Hunter said in a dark tone.
"O-o-okay," Coco stuttered.
"One last thing. Zach feels the same about you but he has trouble showing it," Hunter said immediately giving Zach control once more.
"Dammit Hunter," Zach cursed as Coco looked at him with wide eyes.
"Is that true?" Coco said quietly with pink dusting her cheeks.
"Yeah," Zach said looking away with a mad blush.
"Then I want to try something," Coco said getting closer.
"Wha-" Zach tried to say before Coco kissed him. Zach attempted to pull away but Coco was way stronger than she looked. He just accepted his fate and kissed back. Zack pushed her so her back was against the wall and Coco wrapped her arms around Zach's neck. As the need for air rose, the two reluctantly separated.
"Wow," Coco panted.
"Yeah," Zach agreed.
"So you really love me too?" She asked.
"Yes," Zach assured her. Coco smiled and they went back into the dorm room.
