Ok, now that graduation season is over with (and I've started working full time) here comes the final chapter of volume 1. Also a lot of statements and flashbacks have influence and lore behind them, so if you think you have figured out something don't be afraid to review or P.M. me.

I do not own RWBY or anything else that happens to be in this story.

"Speaking"

'Reading'

Flashback

'Thinking'

News Report

The Season Finale

Team SNKE

On other news the child murderer known as Laughing Jack has not been caught, and as of last night has claimed his 23rd victim in just two days…

Whatever the news lady would have said was cut off as a fist went through Team SNKE's TV, and a visibly angry Evan was the cause of this.

"Uh, Evan you do know that TV cost over 500 Lien, Right?" asked Shura, who quickly regretted it as a box smacked his face, making the chair he was sitting in fall backwards.

"There's your money." He said before walking outside and to a training room to relieve his anger.

Seeing Evan had left the other two members of Team SNKE sighed in relief. Ever since Friday night 'Laughing Jack' had claimed over 20 victims, and all of them children ranging from 5 to 14, each of them looking like they had been tortured for a while and the police also said that the killer was going farther with every death. And as It turns out Evan has a soft spot for kids, so Jack better hope death has mercy because he won't.

Soon after Evan left the building, and Shura got the chair back up, there was a knock at the door. Shura sighed, "Come in Shanon."

"So, he's still not over the fact that this killer targets kids? I'm not saying that he doesn't have to care, but at this point it shouldn't bother him as much."

Shura again sigh before dismissing the other two members of his team, "This never leaves us, but from what I've been told by Evan, he didn't have a nice childhood, and because of that childhood he has an…. instinct to make all other children's life's better. And now that this has happened his instincts are telling him to protect them, but unlike before he's stuck. That is why he's so high-strung right now."

Hearing this Shanon's ears dropped, "You know I can relate, I never had a childhood." Who then saw Shura's Sympathetic face before snapping. "Look I don't want your pity, I just want to show I can relate."

"Well then go and tell him yourself, I have had enough of being the middleman of this team."

Hearing this, her cat grin came up and she laughed, before doing as told and went to go talk to Evan.

Few minutes later (story time)

When Shanon finally found Evan he was doing push-ups, "501,502,503….."

Clearing her throat to get his attention she spoke, "Met me on the roof, I have a story to tell you."

After they got to the roof she encased them in an ice dome.

"What you are about to hear is a secret to even my own team, and don't give me that look, they know the general happenings but not the full story. Any ways I guess it's best to start from the beginning."

"I was born to two cat faunas in Mistral , and about 2 years after my birth my mother had given me a little brother, however when I was 5 my family was attacked by the late Uchiha Royal Family. Both me and my 3 year old brother were kidnapped while our parents were killed. For the next few years the two of us would be trained to become assassins, and at age 9 I had taken my first life. Ever since that day the Uchiha's would send me or my brother after political rivals. When I was 15 I was sent after headmaster Ozpin, and well seeing as the two of us are still alive you can clearly see who the winner was."

"So defeated and having had my face seen I ran back to the only safe place I knew of, my parents' house. Of course what little of it was left was rotted, but this was what lead to me doing what I did." See closed her eyes and smiled remembering the sight before frowning.

"I went back to the family and killed them all. In the end all that was left were a burning and frozen property, a lot of dead bodies, and my little brother. I told my brother to come with me and we could be free, but his mind was already made up. He had, unknown to me, cut off his own cat ears and tail and declared me his enemy before cutting me deeply across the waist, barely missing all my vital organs, and left me to die." At this she started to cry heavily and Evan quickly put her into a hug to try and calm her down, and after a few minutes it worked and see continued still in his hug and getting sleepy, "Soon after Ozpin showed up and saved my life."

"What is your brother's name?" asked Evan with a small amount of anger in his voice barely hearable.

"If I tell you, you cannot hurt him, after all he's my brother, and even if he kills me I don't want him hurt." She said with a face that spoke of unwavering willpower

"Fine." He said with heavy disappointment.

"His name is Buru, Buru Reijingu." And a few minutes later she was fast asleep.

That night

After taking Shanon home and enduring the teasing from Mae. Evan and Co. decided to hit downtown to try and find Laughing Jack. And if one was to look they would find them in the alleyways of downtown vale.

As they walked down the alley they all felt like they were being watched. But none of them acted until clawed hand swiped at Kevin, who quickly dodged and got out Lone Star. However by the time they had focused on him he was fading into the shadows like smoke.

"Damnit, his semblance is like Evans and Nico's put together. It allows for him to become one with the shadows, so any kind of Light ability would be best right now." During his last sentence he had set his duster ablaze, and kept it ablaze.

The other members decided to follow they're leader's example and did their best to survive. The first one he went after was one of what he deemed the weakest threat, Nico. But when he was about to strike him Nico turned intangible, and he jumped right through him and into Evans now glowing red gauntlet covered fist that set his feathers on fire, and he had to shed his feathers before he could melt into the shadows.

He then came out in the wall behind Kevin and jabbed for his spine, only for him to sidestep and deliver a cut down the arm and barely missing his neck.

Having had enough of this game of hide and seek, Shura put even more power behind his duster, making it light up the alley, and making Jack flee.

Kevin was the first to speak, "Well that was disappointing."

And silently they all agreed.

Even later

After much debate, they had decided to call in Team TYDY, and were slightly glad that the only two able to come were Yeller and Dustin.

By the time the others got to Vale an hour had passed, and multiple airships had passed towards the shipyard.

"About time you two got here." Said Kevin

"Well, good sir, I would love to see you get an airship to here from beacon after hours." Stated Yeller as he folded his hands.

Kevin just nodded his head as he just remembered what time it was.

"W-why don't you go ahead and tell us why you n-need us." Said Dustin as to get home quicker, back to his sweet, sweet bed.

After explanation

No later had they finished than did all the lights on the street go out, and a mad chuckle filled the air.

"ZAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So we meet again, and it seems you brought some friends. Oh well, the more to kill, the merrier. ZAHAHAHAHAHA!" The now living shadow said as his voice came from all directions. And before any of them could move, he had appeared behind Dustin and slashed down across his back, easily shattering his aura, but not cutting his skin. But before he could strike again he had to turn into shadows to avoid from getting his skull crushed in buy Evan.

"ZAHAHAHA! Well, what are you going to do now? I know what you can do, and I've just took out one of your backup. ZAHAHAHAHA!"

"DO YOU EVER SHUT-UP?!" Screamed Evan has he ripped a street-lamp from the ground and swug it around to try and hit Jack.

While Evan was going on a rage, Yeller decided to fire a light arrow into the sky, lighting up the sky, and taking out the shadows. As it was Evan was in mid-swing and Jack was right in the way as his eyes grow wide in the fact of his sudden tangibility. And when he got hit his aura shattered and his ribs broke as he got sent flying back through a brick wall of a bank, making the siren go off.

That didn't stop Evan as he threw down the street-lamp, and cracked his knuckles as he approached his opponent. When he got to Jack he picked him up by his hair, seeing all the injuries. Most of his ribs where broke, his right leg was broken and so was his right arm. The blood, sweat, and other fluids washing some of his makeup off his face, showing his white skin.

"You killed multiple children, and for that you die." And with less than a second his fist went through Jacks chest, and the two extra people that had joined the team had luckily been out of sight of the kill, but that didn't mean they didn't see the blood on his hands, or the statement from his mouth.

"Why did you kill him?" asked Yeller comforting Dustin as he threw-up on the side of the road.

"I've learned in my life that it is better to kill my opponents than to allow them to live and come back to bite me in the ass. That and pieces of shit like him don't deserve to live."

And like that the reign of Laughing Jack was brought to an end. They soon heard sirens coming their way and they began to head back to the airport.

about halfway to the airport, they heard explosions from their left, and saw a bulkhead heading away before they changed courses towards the place of the explosion.

When they got there Evans arm was clean, and there were two airships crashed on the ground, and police gathered all around the area, with a few talking to Team RWBY and a limo driving away.

After Team RWBY finished talking, Kevin walked up to Yang, "Hey Yang, um, would you like to go on a date this Friday?"

"Why of course Hot Stuff."

The only people not cheering for the new couple were Ruby and Evan. The latter of the two was holding his hand out, while the younger one pouted before forking over some lien.

"I told you he would make the first move did I not?"

"Why couldn't Yang just make the first move?" wepped a now crying Ruby, who was thinking of all the modifications on Crescent Rose she could have done with the money.

'Now to give Yang her share of the loot'

End

It was short, but I liked it. Now I need a beta reader. So if anyone would like to beta this story, or has any suggestions for a beta then I'm all ears.

Now, no one answered the poll from chapter two, so there is no winner. The next volume will have at least three different things happening. Chapters will get pretty long, however here is a hint of what is going to be in the next volume.

Preview

A beautiful woman walks up to a figure bent in the shadow if a tree, and put her hand on its shoulder. "Jack are you ok?"

The figure looks up to reveal a crying Jack Nickleson. "I just had to bury my brother Jill, how do you think I feel?"

"Don't worry hun. They will pay for killing him." She says before helping him up and walking away.

As they walked away the wind blew the tree enough for light to hit a tombstone which read-

'Here lays Adam Nickleson. May he rest in peace'

End

Have a nice summer.

Edit (10/22/2018)- I'm currently 3/4 done with V2 and the next chapter should be out on Halloween.