TOTDG Book Two: Rising Demons

by Dark Guard Productions

New version is up see Redux story

2. Chapter 2

This chapter has been revamped.

Slayer: Well here it is the 2nd chapter to the story. Today I'll introduce the partner I've created for Neos hopefully you'll like him.

Neos: You might be giving a bit too much info there.

Slayer: Yes but… Wait! How did you get in here!

Neos: I have my ways. Plus that reminds me, when are you going to finish the first book? And when are you going to finish Bladedancer's story?

Slayer: Umm… Anyway I don't own anything except OCs and reality building concepts so please review and tell me what to work on, or even if you have any questions. So without further ado here's the sto…

Neos: You didn't answer me!

Slayer: I don't have to you're practically me! But as I was saying let the story continue!

"Dark inner voice"

"Light inner voice"

Thinking

*Important notes*

'Other language'

Chapter Two: Shadow Master

Four years after Neos's arrival and Three years before the start of Rwby

It was just another normal day in the city of Vale. People were walking up and down the streets and driving cars. Everyone seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere; all of them were oblivious to the peace that was currently in the air. All but one at least, the person in question was sitting at an outdoor café, sipping some herbal tea and eating a small sandwich.

The person was a fourteen year old boy with white hair, which covered his eyes somewhat. His eyes though slightly obscured were blood red in color. His clothes consisted of a hoodless black duster that is opened in the front, with a white long sleeved shirt underneath with metal plates sewn on top. The seams of the duster are also colored white. He also wears black slacks and white combat boots that also have metal plates sewn in. On the back of his coat he wears his crest which is a silver dragon, curled up around a silver dust crystal. On his hands he wears fingerless white leather gloves. On his left and right side are white pouches.

On his right side was a katana in a black wooden sheath. On the side of his chair was a black and white box that was made out of metal. Despite his coat and shirt if someone were to look they would see a well-toned body conditioned for fighting. The boy's name was Zachary Tanner or Zach for short, a self-trained Mercenary. At the moment he was relaxing and enjoying a nice deserved break from his work. At least he was until he heard his work scroll start beeping. So much for peace and quiet he thought bitterly before he took the offending object from his pocket. He gave an audible groan when he saw the name and picture of the one calling him.

The picture was that of an older male with white hair and a black business suit. Sighing he answered the call.

"I thought I told you I wouldn't work for you anymore, especially after you used my other side to cause a… *incident*. So what do you want now Mr. Schnee?" There was a grunt and a pause, before a gruff and deep voice came from the one on the other side of the line.

"You know I wouldn't let most people talk to me like that. Most who do usually disappear overnight."

"Ha! If you tried there would be a litter of *body parts* from men in white suits."

"Which is why I try not to upset you, and refrained from calling you for more jobs. But this one is a bit different and I'm sure you'll be fine with this one."

"I'll decide that for myself after you tell me what the job is." This was said with a little bit of a sneer, talking to the man that owned the largest dust company on the planet always angered him. Mostly for the way the man said things as though everyone would do what he said without question.

"Listen I need you to come to my home and help train my younger daughter for a couple of weeks." Zach blinked in surprise from what he just heard. What the man said was right this wasn't a job he would normally be opposed to. However he never truly expected the man to actually ask him, to help train Weiss his youngest daughter. Especially after the "incident" but if the pay was right who was he to refuse?

"Okay I must admit the idea is exactly a bad one. But first I have two questions. One what will I be paid, and two why me? I mean can't Winter just teach her? She is in the military." There was a pause that lasted a minute before Schnee answered him.

"For the first question you'll be paid every hour you train at a rate of hundred an hour. For the Second question… well to be honest you're the only one I know that would train her correctly. Anyone else would probably just flatter her and tell her she's doing great even if she wasn't. As for Winter… haa… unfortunately as you said she's in the military, as such she's too busy to do it."

Zach could easily see that, most people wouldn't care about the heiress's life; as long as they got paid they were happy. He had met Mr. Schnee's daughters a few times, when he actually came in to talk to the big man himself. Winter the Oldest was strict but deeply cared about Weiss. But… Weiss, the one he would be training was sort of a brat.

However he knew she wanted to become a great hunter, so sighing and rubbing the bridge of his nose. He came to a conclusion.

"Alright I'll take the job, but I want no funny business you hear?"

"Understood and thank you for accepting. I'll need you here by elven tomorrow so you can start as soon as possible. The job itself will only be for four weeks. Now I need to go since I have other matters to attend to." With that the call ended, irking Zach for ending it without a goodbye. Grumbling he went back to his tea that had now gone cold. Calming himself down he bent over to grab his metal case on the ground, before tying it to his back. Turning he addressed a nearby waitress.

"Check please."

This line break should be priceless

Like he was told he was at the Schnee's place of dwelling the next day at 11o clock. He looked to once again marvel at the huge mansion which was aptly named white castle. Being a sarcastic person as well as a logical thinker, he could only think of the ridiculousness of its size as he waited to be escorted in. Talk about announcing ones presence.

To him the house did look rather nice but the size and design made it hard to actually guard the place from harm. To someone of his skills he could easily break in and kill everyone in their sleep. He quickly shook his head from those violent thoughts, while berating himself at the same time. It was about five minutes later that a butler finally answered the door. He was in a black suit and was an older fellow with a bald head.

"Ah thank you for waiting patiently follow me and I'll tour you around the estate." Zach only motioned for him to continue, while adjusting the strap of his duffle bag he carried on his shoulder. He quickly entered the parlor to see the painting of the family in between two sets of stairs. One led upwards while the other led down. The Butler motioned for him to follow down a hallway on the left where he was led to a large dining room.

"Here is the dining hall, now breakfast is at seven, lunch is at twelve, and dinner is at six." Zach nodded his head to indicate that he understood. The butler than led him out of the room and into the kitchen. It was abuzz with cooks and cleaners getting ready for lunch. The Butler stopped and turned to address Zach again.

"Here is the kitchen where all of the meals are made." He paused before leaning into Zach's ear to whisper something. "Now a word of advice no mid night snacks unless you want our head chief Victor to attack you with a butchers knife." They both laughed at that while said chief turned to give them a stink eye. Both of them cleared their throats before moving on. The Butler showed him the training area that was underground. It was rather large and had two parts to it. One was a shooting range and the other was a large dueling arena. After that he was shown to his room on the upper floors.

"Finally here is your room Mr. Tanner, now if you need anything just use the intercom next to the door."

"Thanks, but wait before you go can you tell me your name since I didn't get it, and when I'll be actually training Ms. Schnee." The Butler turned and smiled at him.

"My name is Gregory Hewn the head butler, and you'll be training her after lunch for about two hours every day. Now if you excuse me there are other things that need to be done." With that he left Zach who looked around his room. It was definantly larger than what he's used to since he lived in an apartment. The bed was queen sized and the TV was definantly massive being at least ninety inches.

He set his stuff down to go look at the attached bathroom. It like everything else was huge with a big bath. He left that alone for now though to go over to his temporary bed. Setting his bag down on it he got onto it and laid back with his arms behind his head. Sighing he looked at the clock to see that he had twenty minutes before lunch. He quietly muttered to himself before relaxing his back.

"Yep this is truly going to take some time to get used to." He laid there for about five minutes before getting up and heading back to the dining hall. When he arrived he wasn't surprised to see the very same person he was going to train, already there. When he arrived Weiss Schnee turned her head to look at him with an upturned nose, as if he already disappointed her. Weiss was *dressed* in a white combat dress that stopped just above her knees, with a long sleeved pale blue bolo jacket that was zipped up.

On the back of the jacket was the Schnee logo which was a snow flake. She also wore long two inched heeled boots on her legs, the color of which were white and had black laces on the back. Her hair color was also white and done up in a lop centered pony tail. Her skin was rather pale, and she had a scar over her left eye that wasn't there the last time he saw her. He could only guess as to how the fourteen year old heiress managed to get the scar.

Adopting an irritated look at the attitude of the heiress he looked at the table. Seeing how it could seat fifteen people on each side and Weiss was sitting in the middle on the right side of it. Zach decided to take a seat on the left side and two seats higher than her, so he wouldn't have to really look at her while also not trying to look like he was avoiding her. Seating himself he looked at a clock that was situated above the entrance to the room, he saw that he had ten more minutes before the meal started.

Sighing while thinking he was doing that a lot today, he turned his attention toward his new trainee. He decided to try and talk to her in order to break the silence in the room.

"So it's a pleasure to see you again Ms. Schnee may I ask if anyone else will be here?" Seeing how there were only nine minutes left before lunch, he was wondering where everyone else was. Looking at him with the same I'm better than you look; she huffed and answered his question.

"I'm afraid everyone is indisposed at the moment and it will only be you and me plus a few others here." Resisting the urge to twitch his eyes he instead nodded his head in understanding.

"I see well at least that gives us time to discuss your abilities at the moment." Weiss answered him quite heatedly after he said that.

"I'll have you know right now that my skills are perfectly fine, and I truly have no idea why my father hired you for this." Zach took a few seconds to calm himself, after the clear insult to his own abilities. I truly don't know why I agreed to this but I'll make sure she knows her place real soon. With that thought Zach only smirked sadistically, slightly creeping out the heiress.

This line break should be priceless

After lunch they got up to get ready for today's training. Today would be about Zach taking note of Weiss's skills, so he could better come up with a training regimen that would suite her. Meeting in the dueling ring he took note of Weiss's weapon.

It was a straight rapier with a revolving chamber with different colors. Zach could guess that it was meant to channel different dusts in order to increase her fighting abilities. Zach counted at least seven colors. The rapier looked about three feet long while being two inches wide at the base and ending in a thin point at the end. It also has four prongs coming from the top of the revolving chamber making a sort of hand guard. The blade itself is silver grey in color.

He had only his four foot long katana, the guard is four circular metal rings that are spaced evenly and are black in color. He would've brought his other weapons, but decided that killing Weiss even by accident wasn't a good thing. So he left all of his knives and dust bombs in his room along with his strange metal case. He did however keep his .50 silenced semi-automatic pistol inside his coat. Just in case it was needed.

They both walked to separate ends and waited for the large screen to adjust to their auras. It took a second but soon their names and pictures appeared on the screen. Underneath both was a green bar to indicate their aura levels. If one bar became red the fight would be over and the other would be declared victor. A count down of five came on screen while Weiss got into a fencing stance holding her weapon in her left hand. Zach however rubbed the back of his head and put a hand on his katana. His plan was to let her make the first move and attack accordingly. After all he needed to see what her current skill level is.

However Weiss took it as him not taking the fight seriously. She did however raise an eyebrow, when Zach took out a metal human skull shaped *mask* and put it on. However she just scoffed at it. Then the countdown finally turned zero and a loud bell sounded. Zach winced at it but Weiss just took off at high speeds with her arm back hoping to hit Zach in the stomach. Zach recovered quickly enough from the sound to see Weiss almost on him. Despite her being fast to the normal eye, she was still rather slow to him, so it was rather easy to side step to the left and watch as she missed completely.

Weiss however wasn't expecting that so she stumbled a bit from the miss, but quickly recovered and turned to face him. Only to block an incoming strike to her head as a black blur came at her, the force of the impact sent her off a few dozen meters. She quickly summoned some glyphs to slow her down. Zach watched as she did so in interest, wondering what else the strange glyphs could do. Weiss on the other hand looked up to see Zach not even moving, with a black and white katana in his left hand and his right hand in his coat pocket. The blade of the sword was black but the back of the blade was white. Weiss admired the look of the sword, before getting angry at the lack of signs of trying in Zach's body language.

Using her right hand she summoned another glyph below her before attacking him at an even faster speed. Zach however could still see her and moved his sword to parry her off to his left side. She slipped passed him but this time she didn't stumble. Instead she used her speed to back up to the front of him again with her arm held to her right side. Using her speed she attacked him with rapid stabs and slashes hoping to either disarm him or directly hit him. Zach however just blocked with the same speed of her attacks surprising the young heiress. Seeing how she wouldn't be able to get through his defense with her current strategy she backed up a few meters.

Zach only resumed his relaxed posture and waited to see what she did next. Already he could see the flaws in her technique, and noticed she seemed to have no experience against an opponent as fast as she was. Also no experience against any living, breathing, and thinking person for that matter, the way she fought suggested she was used to fighting *robots*. He snorted a bit at that thought. Of course she's just fought machines not like there is anyone else to spar against here. He quickly took note that Weiss was activating her revolving chamber on her rapier. Seems like she's getting serious.

The blade glowed up with blue runes before she swung sending a wave of ice at him. Mildly surprised he air dived to the left and quickly got to his feet to block the rapier which was now on fire. The slash was also slightly stronger than before. He took this into account before shoving Weiss back with raw strength. Weiss was annoyed because she used both hands in that attack, Zach however was still only using his one hand. She took her eyes off him to look at the screen only to be surprised at the aura levels. Hers was now in the yellow while Zach's was still in the green and barely any of it was gone.

Zach took advantage of her distraction and closed the gap between them in a burst of speed. Weiss almost didn't have enough time to bring up her weapon before once again being sent off a few dozen meters by Zach's strong sword strike. However this time she was sent rolling and ended up on her back. Grunting in pain she used her weapon as a crutch to slowly stand up. She was panting heavily now while Zach kept on observing her movements. He was beginning to see where she needed to improve on and made a mental note of it.

Weiss took a few deep breaths before getting back into her stance. Once again the rapiers chamber revolved, however now the color was cyan. She did some sort of twirl while three glyphs appeared and she then pointed the sword at him. Instantly the three glyphs came at him as fast moving projectiles. He cut through one and then another, while dodging the third. However he never lost sight of Weiss. So he was prepared as she rushed him now with her sword glowing white. He raised his sword to block it, however this time he wasn't expecting the strength behind it. As such he was now the one thrown onto his back.

Weiss smirked only for it to change into a look of shock, when using his right hand he flipped himself back on his feet. Zach brushed himself off before looking at her. He couldn't help but grin behind his mask at her shocked face.

"Well I guess it is my turn to attack." She instinctually blocked a sword slash sent at her head. I didn't even see him move! Weiss was now starting to panic as she was barely able to block all of Zach's sword strikes. Each one rattled her arms and hurt her hands as she took to holding her weapon in both hands now.

Soon enough though Zack knocked the rapier out of her hands, and kicked her in the abdomen knocking the wind out of her. This sent her tumbling back on the ground; she quickly tried to get up only to have Zach's katana at her neck. He turned his attention towards the screen to see her aura now in the red while his was still in the green. Backing up he sheathed his blade and offered Weiss his hand.

Still in some pain she accepted the hand and stood up while looking at him in disbelief.

"How did you do all that? More importantly why is your aura still in the green?! Especially after all the attacks I sent at you." He let go of her hand and took off his mask before answering her.

"To be honest I've just trained myself to overcome the many obstacles I face in my line of work. But there are always more to overcome so I've just kept training and training, besides unlike most aspiring hunters and huntresses, those I fight usually want to kill me. So you know more practice in extreme conditions."

"Yeah but you're not older than I am. So why do you have to do all that?" Turning around he looked towards the ceiling.

"Well to be honest if there is one thing me and your father have in common, it is our hate of the white fang. Two years ago they took something from me and now I hunt them for revenge."

"What did they take from you?" Sighing Zach looked back at her to see both concern and curiosity. He chuckled a bit and her face became angry.

"Hey! I'm being serious here!"

"I know it's just I wasn't expecting you to be this curious about me. But about what happened I really would rather not talk about it. For now just know that I'm here to help you become stronger and my past won't get in the way of that." Zach ruffled the shorter girl's hair with his right hand before walking off. Weiss only growled in anger before following him out of the training room.

This line break should be priceless

The next week went by fast for Weiss. As part of her new temporary schedule she got dressed in her combat attire, and went to go eat lunch only to see that Zach wasn't there. Wondering where he was since he was always there telling her about what they were going to do that day, she sat down and ate in silence. If she told herself the truth she was actually quite used to his presence, it certainly was a nice change from the usual of her just eating in silence. She quickly ate and headed off towards the training area. As she approached she heard gunshots. Walking towards the shooting range she was surprised to see Zach, firing a black and white silenced sniper rifle at targets a thousand yards away.

He was hitting the bull's-eye each time. Impressed she approached him when he needed to reload and tapped his shoulder. He looked up to see her impressed look.

"Ah sorry I was just working on my aim a bit. After all, all I've been doing is using my sword as of late."

"No you're fine I just was expecting to see you during lunch is all. By the way your aim is impeccable, and I really don't see the need for you to work on it." Smiling he shook his head a bit before standing up. He handed Weiss the gun so she could look at it in more detail. The overall length was four and a half feet. The stock was made of metal but had a cheek rest made of white leather.

The scope was ten inches long and also white. The barrel was black except for the silencer that was white. Weiss turned it over to look at the clips which were also white; the size was .50mm and could hold eight rounds before needing to be reloaded. The rifle was bolt action with the action being white. The rest of the gun however was black.

She decided it was an impressive weapon before handing it back. She was surprised again when he twirled it, only for it to change into the black rectangular case he sometimes carried.

"Ah you know I was wondering what that case was."

"Yep took me a while make it just right but, it truly was worth it in the end. Well enough about this it's time for more training." Zach then took off towards the sparring ring. Weiss smiled and followed after.

This line break should be priceless

Soon enough the four weeks went by and the time came for Zach to say goodbye to Weiss. Even if he was skeptical at first he soon came to see her as a friend instead of another spoiled brat. As for Weiss she too thought of him as her friend and was sad to see him go. However she knew he had other things he needed to do. They promised to keep in touch and talk as well as try to hang out in vale sometime. But seeing how over protective her father was they didn't see that happening often.

Zach for his part was impressed with Weiss's improvement, and proud to see he made a difference in her life. They were talking to each other and saying their goodbyes before Weiss asked him something.

"You know I plan on applying to Beacon in three years right?" Looking a bit skeptical at the random question Zach nodded his head.

"I was wondering if you would also be applying, after all with your skills it would be rather easy to do." Zach put his left hand to his chin and thought about it. After a few seconds he lowered his hands and shrugged, before folding his arms.

"To be honest I'm not too sure if I will. I mean I already have a stable amount of work and I have quite the pay. So in truth I really don't know, and besides that any team or partner I was assigned wouldn't be able to keep up with me."

"Well I think you should apply, after all with a legal hunting license you could get more jobs than an average mercenary."

"That may be but I also have my own issues to worry about." Weiss only looked down and nodded her head in understanding. During his stay she asked him about the incident he was a part of, and seeing how her father could just tell her he told her himself. He was quite thankful that she didn't judge him for it.

"That would be a problem. But you've haven't had anything like that here at all, even though in the beginning I was rather rude towards you." She looked down in shame before he laughed and ruffled her hair again. She only huffed in annoyance but didn't do anything since was used to it.

"Don't worry about it, and besides that wouldn't be enough for me to truly be angry at you. Mostly for the fact that I know you can't hurt me." This made her scrunch her face in annoyance since even after the three weeks and her improvements. She never did get Zach's aura down below the green. Zach said goodbye and started to walk down the courtyard towards the street. Before he was thirty feet away he heard Weiss call out to him. He then turned to look at her.

"You better apply to Beacon! Because I want to be able to fight you and beat you! You understand that!?" Zach laughed before turning around again, before waving his hand in a mock gesture of agreement.

"I understand Ms. Schnee and I hope to see just how much you've improved by then! Take care Weiss." She smiled as he left and turned around closing the door behind her.

This line break should be priceless

About a week later Zach sighed once again, as he walked down a familiar road in downtown Vale. He was making his way towards a book store called Tukson's Book Trade. The store was the usual place he went to in order to find new books to read.

He also knew that Tukson was associated with the white fang however; he also knew he was thinking of getting out. The man was part of the faunus organization before it went psycho on everyone, and went around destroying everything. Tukson was a man in his late twenty's and wore a short-sleeved beige shirt with black accents and a zipper that went down underneath his color bone. Beneath this he also wore a white shirt. As for his face he had black hair and hazel eyes. His hair was neat and professional; he also had side burns and hairy muscular arms.

He also wore black slacks with a belt that had a silver buckle. On his feet were brown slip on dress shoes. When Zach entered he was greeted by the cheerful and polite voice of the store owner.

"Hey! It's been awhile since you've come around. How's things been going for ya?"

"Fairly well just did a job for Mr. Schnee again but this time I rather enjoyed it." Tukson looked at him with a questioning eye, while he was putting some books into some shelves. Zach saw this and laughed a bit.

"No don't worry; it wasn't like any other jobs he's given me. This time he asked me to Train his daughter Weiss for a while." Tukson's eyebrows rose at this in surprise.

"Really? Wow never thought he'd let anyone do that least of all you."

"Hey! I am a very competent fighter thank you very much. And if I do say so myself I can teach others fairly well to. I mean I helped teach some *classes* over at Signal once." Tukson raised his hand in mock surrender while laughing and walking behind the checkout counter.

"Yeah well I'm sure you'll be riding high for a while now. As for this moment what can I get you?"

"I think I'll just browse for now if I find anything I'll tell you." Tukson nodded his head towards him and sat down in a chair and started reading a book himself. While browsing Zach came upon an interesting *book* called Balance of the Souls.

He read the back and found out that the book was about a man with two souls, fighting for control of the same body. Zach intrigued went up to purchase it when the bell to the shop sounded. He turned around to see a girl that looked his age come in. She had black slightly wavy hair, which stopped above the middle of her back. Her eyes were amber and looked cat like. Her *clothes* consisted of black shorts and a purple tights with black boots. She also wore a white short-sleeved shirt underneath a black long-sleeved opened coat.

On her back was some sort of thin rectangular box with a handle and ribbon hanging from it. What stuck out the most though were her black cat ears on top of her head. Zach thought the girl was rather cute to say the least. However he berated himself quickly after thinking so and turned to Tukson. Tukson himself greeted the girl kindly.

"Well I'll have this one here Tukson." Tukson quickly turned his attention towards Zach before taking the book and looking up how much it was worth.

"That'll be eighty lien please." Zach raised his eyebrow a bit at the price.

"That's rather a lot." Tukson shrugged his shoulders before answering him.

"To be honest it is a rather rare book now a days and I only have one left."

"Fair enough I suppose." Zach reached inside of one of his pockets and pulled out his visa, swiped it, and then put in his pin number. Signing it he put it back into his pocket before grabbing the book off the counter. By this time the girl came up to the checkout stand. Moving around her he started to make his way out the door when he heard them start talking.

"I was wondering if you have a book called Balance of the Souls, because I can't seem to find it anywhere." Tukson shook his head at her apologetically before answering.

"Sorry Miss but I just sold it to that young man right there." The girl's ears flattened sadly after hearing that.

"Oh well sorry to bother you." Silently cursing himself for being the nice guy that he was, Zack went up to the girl and tapped her on her left shoulder. She turned around and looked at him.

"Hey I heard that you wanted this book and I have a deal for you." She eyed him suspiciously but nodded for him to continue.

"I'll give you the book if you get me lunch, how does that sound?" She looked at him with surprise before smiling.

"Sure I can do that!" Zach smiled and motioned towards the door before moving towards it and opened it. He kept it open waiting for her to follow. As she left he turned to say goodbye to Tukson only to see him smirking.

"Well way to go killer. Tell me how the date ends would ya?" Zach scowled, and dragged his hand down his face before waving goodbye and letting the door close. Outside he saw the cat girl waiting patiently for him. Walking up to her he gave her the book which she took gratefully. They then proceeded to walk towards the nearest café, which turned out to also be his favorite one as well. Breaking the silence the girl started to introduce herself.

"Well my name is Blake Belladonna, what's yours?"

"I'm Zachary Tanner, but everyone calls me Zach it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Likewise… You know most humans would ask me about my ears by now. Not to mention most wouldn't give a book and ask me out to lunch either. So what's making you so nice?" She looked at him expectantly, only to frown a bit when he laughed.

"What's so funny?"

"Ah only the part where you said I was human." She looked at him in surprise.

"You mean you're a faunus?"

"Yes and no."

"What do you mean by that?" Blake was getting slightly frustrated at Zach's answers, but calmed down when he started to scratch her behind the ears.

"Well I'm actually only half and half." He stopped scratching her ears when he said that and Blake looked at him wide eyed.

"Wow a half-faunus that is extremely rare, so which one was it your mother or your father?" At this Zach gained a sad look before answering.

"I don't really know to be honest; you see about three years ago I woke up on the street with amnesia. I only really remembered my first name, and if it wasn't for a human man named Milo Tanner I'd probably not be here today." Blake looked away sadly at this.

"I'm sorry to hear that." Zach once again started to scratch her ears with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry about it, besides it's not your fault and it's not like you knew so you did nothing wrong." This along with the scratching cheered her up and she even started to purr for a bit, before noticing and quickly pulling away with a red face. Zach chuckled before putting his hands in his pockets. They walked in a comfortable silence before Zach stopped in front of the café he usually visited. The *name* of the place was Mikes Café, Bakery, and Sandwich shop. There they went inside to be greeted by the cashier.

The Cashier was a woman in her early twenty's with brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing the standard female uniform of the café. The uniform consisted of a high collared, tan short sleeved shirt with four bottoms at the top, three of which were undone. It also had a white apron and a black middle length skirt with tan tights. The shoes consisted of brown confers.

"High there Zach good to see you again I assume you want your regular table?"

"Yes that would be nice Julie however this time I'd like an extra chair." Julie blinked a bit before looking at Blake who in turn, looked at her feet and shuffled them a bit. Julie quickly grew a smile and returned her attention towards Zach.

"Well! Seems like someone finally has a date!" Both teens turned red at that and Julie started laughing again before handing them their menus and leading them outside.

"We'll be with you in a few moments now so just hang on for a minute." Still slightly embarrassed they only nodded their heads. After she left Zach gave another all too often sigh before turning towards his companion.

"Sorry about that Julie's a bit energetic but a good person at heart."

"Don't apologies I'm sure she's a good person. So anyway do you know what your faunus half is?"

"Yeah I found out when I was taking some tests over at a hospital. Turns out I'm a dragon faunus or something like that." Blake gave a look of surprise and covered her mouth with her left hand.

"Are you serious? I truly thought there weren't any left!"

"Yeah well it turns out I'm the last but no biggy. It lets met do jobs that I've normally wouldn't be able to since I look mostly human. I mean besides my eyes, elongated canines, and slightly sharper teeth, no one is really able to tell that I'm a faunus." Blake now recovered from her surprise nodded her head.

"Yeah even I didn't know you were before you told me." By this time another waiter came up to them and asked what they wanted. Blake answered first before Zach could.

"I'll have the tuna fish sandwich and a coffee with cream and two sugars." The man quickly wrote her order down on his note pad before turning to Zach.

"I'll have my usual please." The man smiled and wrote some more before turning to go.

"It seems you come here often?" Blake was smiling at the familiarity of Zach and everyone working at the café.

"Yeah well I've done a few jobs here, and took care of some idiots harassing Julie. So I make it a point to come here often. Plus no one here cares if you're faunus or not, so that's a plus in my book." Blake looked around to see that he was right, since there were both humans and faunus interacting here. This brought a large smile to her face.

"Yeah it seems like a very nice place to be." Zach smiled and soon after the waiter came back with their orders. Zach thanked the man only to slightly scowl when he winked at him suggestively. Zach just shook his head and started eating. While eating he noticed that Blake exhibited a cat like love for the fish in her sandwich. This caused him to chuckle a bit. After a few minutes of silent eating Blake looked towards him with a hesitant look.

"Um I would like to ask you a question."

"Sure go ahead what do you need to know?" Her eyes darted around to make sure no one was near enough to over hear their conversation, before continuing with her question.

"I want to know what you think of the white fang." Zach took one more sip from his tea before answering her.

"You're a member aren't you?" She only looked at him with shock, and before she could say anything he held up his hand in her face.

"Don't worry I have nothing against you personally, and I won't say anything to anyone." Blake calmed down a bit and nodded her head in thanks.

"As to what I think of the organization as a whole well… I personally think their very misguided, and believe their only going to make things worse in the end." Blake stared at him intently and nodded for him to continue.

"Now I know that individually some white fang aren't too bad but, there are some that will follow orders even if they are quite wrong. You remember Milo Tanner the man I told you about?"

"Yes what about him?" Blake was starting to know where this was going, and was really hoping that she was wrong.

"Well about two years ago five members came to the café he owned. They wanted to know about a deserter who was known to come there often. Milo knew who they were talking about but decided to say nothing and told them to leave. Sensing things were about to get violent I left to go get help. However I was only around the corner when I heard a gunshot." Blake covered her mouth in horror and had tears coming from her eyes. Seeing this Zach still chose to continue knowing Blake needed to hear this, as much as he needed to get it off his chest.

"I ran back and peered behind the corner, only to see them walk out. I was about to approach but the building exploded while they made their way into a nearby ally. I myself ran to see if he was still alive, however there was a big fire and I couldn't get near it. After that day I took Tanner as my last name to honor him, and I've been fighting the white fang ever since." When he finished his story Blake had a look of sorrow, and was staring at her hands which were clenched in her lap.

"Listen Blake, look at me here." Slowly her eyes met his as she lifted her head.

"I do not hate the people in the white fang. After all I've never met all of them. Some like Tukson are friends of mine. However I must warn you to try and leave when you can. Or else they might force you to do something that you'll regret." Blake sat up straight with a pleading look on her face.

"But how can I do that? I was with the fang even before it became what it is. How do I just leave it behind?" Zach took of his right glove and stuck it into his pocket and grabbed her right hand. She looked at this in shock but turned her head towards a smiling Zach.

"You could always try and become a huntress." No longer caring that he was holding her hand she looked at him skeptically.

"Are you sure about that? I mean I know how to fight but what will being a huntress do?"

"Well for starters it would allow you to be safe if you decided to join Beacon or Signal. Plus you'd be able to help others see faunus in a good light instead of a bad one. Even if it would only be those you will help. But as a man once said you need to protect others before you protect yourself." Blake bit her lip while looking to the left thinking about what he said.

"I'll think about it but I won't promise anything." Zach let go of her hand and stood up from his chair.

"That's all I ask. But for now I need to quickly run off to the restroom you just finish your meal and I'll be right back." She only nodded her head in reply before getting once again absorbed in her meal. However Zach did not go to the Restroom instead he went back to Julie and paid the check, despite the deal of Blake paying for it. Walking back a look of sadness came to his face. He didn't exactly tell Blake everything that happened that day two years ago.

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Flash back

Zach now twelve could be seen staring at the fires while crying his eyes out. He was wearing a white long sleeved shirt and blue jeans. Suddenly he was filled with rage and his mind became blank. His red eyes started to glow as he stood up. He walked over to a shadow and sank into. In the ally the white fang members were laughing about the look on the man's face as he died. That was until Zach appeared right in front of them. They laugh at him and made some comments, but Zach just stood there with glowing eyes. The one in front a bull faunus got annoyed and told him to move. Silence was his only answer.

"Okay kid you asked for this." The man then took out his gun and fired, only to have the bullet be blocked a spike made of shadows. Surprised then irritated he continued to open fire. Zach just moved forward towards him while more spikes blocked each bullet until he was right in front of him. The bull faunus was now slightly scared the same went for his buddies. He was about to yell again only to feel something sharp on his neck. The others just stood there as a shadow decapitated their friend. All of them opened fired; however before the second one in line got a shot he was impaled with multiple shadow spikes in the chest instantly killing him.

Three left they activated the guns sword modes to try and defend themselves against the shadows. However they only watched in horror as Zach melted into them.

"Where did he go?!"

"I don't know but watch out he could be anywhere!" Zach appeared behind the one in the back killing him with another decapitation. Now only two left the one in front of the recently deceased charged Zach with his sword. However this would prove useless as Zach's shadows grabbed the blade and pulled it out of his hands. After which he was turned into a faunus pin cushion. The last one decided to run away. But it would be useless as Zach appeared in front of him only to stab him with more shadows.

When all of them lied dead Zach fell back and fainted. He would wake up a few hours later and remember everything. He panicked, and it took him quite a while to calm down and start moving again. Picking up the mask of the white fang member he put it on and left. He would soon learn that what he did was his semblance which he called *shadowmancy*.

That day was the day he also decided to fight against the white fang. Since then he's only killed three more times each time it was due to his other side. Each time he would only grieve for the loss of life and feel disgusted with himself.

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Flash back end

Zach soon came back to the present and went back to where they were sitting. They spent the rest of their time there eating in silence, both just enjoying each other's company. When they were finished Zach gave Blake one more scratch behind her ears and left. Blake only smiled and entered to pay the bill.

"Hey Julie Zach just left so I'm here to pay for our meal." The woman looked at her confused for a few moments, before a look of understanding came to her face and she smiled.

"Sorry dear but Zach already paid for the meal so you're already good to go." Blake's mouth hung open a bit before recovering and saying good bye. As she left the store her gaze fell down to the book Zach gave her. Smiling and shaking her head she headed home with a little bound to her steps.

"Zachary Tanner huh? I hope we meet again one day."

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Omake

RWBY Antics: One

Hosted by: ED'E

ED'E was floating down the street getting weird looks from everyone around him. However he didn't mind since he was used to all of it. What he wasn't used to was the city. Even after four years he still didn't have everything mapped. He stopped however when he saw a young girl with cat ears and black hair, pacing back and forth as though she was lost. Seeing her distressed he approached her. Seeing him she stared with curiosity and suspicion. However using a new pre designed voice he addressed her.

"You seem to be lost may I help you find your destination?" Her expression turned to surprise but then changed into a smile.

"Yes actually do you happen to know where a Tukson's Book Trade is?"

"Yes actually if you would follow me it is this way. By the way I am called ED'E."

"My name is Blake Belladonna and I'm thankful for the help."

"It is my pleasure to help you. After all my master would help you so why shouldn't I?"

"Master? You mean the one who created you?"

"No sadly my creator is no more; however my master was the one to find me and fix me up after I was shot." Blake looked at the eyebot in surprise.

"Why would anyone want to shoot you?"

"Sadly I don't know however I'm forever grateful to my master. And will be his constant companion until I turn to rust."

"That sounds nice, even though you're a machine I wish more people were like you."

"Why thank you Ms. Belladonna anyway this is the shop and I must bid you farewell. After all I still need to map out the entire city! Now good day."

"Thanks you have a good day as well." At that ED'E left and Blake shook her head in amazement. After all she couldn't believe she was helped by a robot of all things. Smiling she walked into the door to see a boy her age wearing a black and white coat.

Notes

Incident: This was the last job he took for the Schnee dust company. During it Zach once again had his other side take over. He was angry that he found that this group's leader was the same one that sent the five members to the café. However Mr. Schnee knew this and wanted to use Zach's rage to kill the man instead of bringing him in like he normally did.

Body Parts: It's well known that "Dusk" or Zach's alias while he's out on a job would go into a blind rage sometimes and start hacking at limbs. However as mentioned this has only happened four times.

Dressed: Now don't look at me and say that she looks different but I made her dress this way to show that this is indeed three years before beacon. To me it would rather ridiculous to wear the same outfit for three straight years in a row.

Mask: His mask is built with a sound recording device, gas mask, and inferred vision just in case his Faunus eyes aren't enough. He also obtained it after wearing the white fang mask for after the first year creating it himself.

Robots: Most likely training robots but still they wouldn't be able to provide any kind of quick tactic change, or smooth flow of form that trained combatants would usually have.

Classes: Though it was only as a training club, under the supervision of Qrow he still helped train a few students for a couple of months.

Book: I have no idea the name of this Book. However for story sakes I came up with this name. Please do not quote me on this or get mad at me for using a different name, if the real one is known. Because I swear I could not find it.

Clothes: As with Weiss this is three years before Beacon, so don't get angry at me for changing their clothes please.

Name: Yes this is a made up café that I will be using in the story. But the characters in it won't really affect the story too much.

Shadowmancy: Zach is literally able to control shadows even use them to quickly travel. However he needs shadows for it to work. And only the shadows touching his shadow can he control. However each shadow he can stretch to attach, to different ones and there for increase his range exponentially.

Slayer: Well I can say that was a job well done. How about you Zach?

Zach: I'm a mentally unstable killer who's had a horrible life. What do you think!?

Slayer: Well you know me I like to make my characters miserable.

Neos: I'll say I mean you already killed off Ruby's mother! And killed off quite a few OCs already! Not to mention you've now created two amnesiac teens with incredible powers that they can't correctly control!

Slayer: Yeah I know isn't it great! However I did set Zach up to be Blake's boyfriend later on so that's a plus to him.

Neos: You've also introduced her to a deadly floating eyebot.

Zach: Yep now if you do anything happens to her I'll murder you!

Slayer: You do realize you're both based on me right? Which means killing me would be like killing yourselves.

Zach/Neos: ….

Slayer: That's what I thought now I must end the chapter. Again I don't own anything except OCs and reality building concepts so please review and tell me what to work on, or even if you have any questions. As for now this is Slayer Infinium signing off!