Red swallowed hard and walked out of the room in the back of their "new" house. Everyone was in the living room waiting for him. Eton followed behind him as Red made his entrance. Scarlet and Akairo's eyes widened in shock seeing their boyfriend dressed as sharp as a mob boss. The back of head was spiked with gel. Not a single hair was out of place.

He wore a pitch black suit with a black tie and a flaming red shirt. Red felt more comfortable with it open instead of buttoned up. Eton insisted he button it up but Red refused to do it. Yuri smiled and started clapping for his brother breaking the strange among them.

Red tried hiding his face but it was hard to miss the embarrassed red cheeks he had. Wyeth snickered and walked up to his friend. He wrapped his arms around his ex team leader and finally Red hugged him back. Juno waved quietly from the back of his friends and he waved back.

"Are you ready?" Jazmin asked walking out of the bathroom.

Her gray eyes looked Red up and down giving an approved smile.

"Congrats, you look like a man instead of an emo boy."

"To be fair he looks best without clothes," Akairo said making everyone in the room uncomfortable except Yuri who couldn't help but laugh.

Yuri had his blonde mane tied up into a big pony tail and he stood taller than everyone else in the room. He looked like he was wearing black combat boots but it was hard to tell. He looked so professional even with the messy ponytail. Red looked next to Wyeth.

His white hair nearly reached his bottom now. It was straight and shiny looking like his head was made of light. His eyes were the same menacing blue they had always been and the scar on his eye completed the look. He looked like he was made to wear that black suit he was wearing. It was a wonder why he never wore one when he was at Beacon.

Blake was in his usual black and white clothes. He looked like the White Fang leader and Red guessed he had to look the part instead of one his lackeys. He looked at Juno who wore a woman's suit jacket with a very short mini skirt to match. She wore knee high boots and black stockings. Her blonde hair was tied in a bun making her look business like.

"Alright. I caught wind that Blanche was in the back alleys a few blocks from my club."

Jazmin turned to Red.

"This is the time to be serious. I know you're normally the push over but this time… You have to act like your balls are bigger than everyone else's."

Red made a face and looked at his girlfriends.

"Red, you will do fine once you settle into the role. You did a great job blending in the last time," Akairo said reassuring him, "We are behind you all the way. We can give you pointers when you need because we are very good at being bad."

Scarlet smirked as she nodded in agreement.

"Let's get started."

X

X

Jazmin stayed behind trusting Eton would watch over their group of "bad" guys. It was a fifty-fifty shot of working and all she could hope it would actually work. A number of things could go wrong. It was stressed that they couldn't let on they were huntsmen and blow their cover… Jazmin had supposed if they did… They could just take Blanche out then but Red said no.

"Akairo, this isn't going to work."

The Faunus flashed a smile.

"Crimson had strong women on his side. He would send Scarlet out and use me when need be. It will be no different."

"I agree. Though the two of you had something in common… You wanted to protect the innocent and Blanche knows that. So, that will cover us if things go bad," Scarlet said.

"Everyone needs to shut up. We are getting closer."

The group fell silent. They heard an angry voice. It was rather creepy sounding.

Blanche, Red thought, I hope this works. It would be nice if he just ran out of town after I confront him because I really didn't want to do this.

"Say something!" Eton hissed into his ear.

"You're an advisor not my babysitter," Red snapped.

He didn't mean to sound so mad but he was very nervous and he didn't think it was going to work.

"Hey Boss, I'll go look for you," Yuri said loudly giving his brother a wink.

The creepy voice stopped as Yuri made sure his footsteps were loud enough to be heard. Eton groaned with annoyance thinking the two brothers had already blew the whole thing to shit. Everyone was on edge waiting to hear what was about to happen. Suddenly shots were fired and Yuri came running from around the corner with an arrogant grin on his face.

Louds steps followed behind him.

"Who the hell was that?!"

Six men stopped in front of Red and friends.

"Who the hell are you?"

Red eyed Blanche with a pissed off look on his face.

"The question is, who the hell are you? Why are you in my city?" Red snapped.

"Your city?"

"Yes, my city."

Blanche looked back at his men and they started laughing.

Eton grabbed the back of Red's coat as he went to lunge forward.

"You think your tough shit?" Blanche asked.

"He is and if you want to pick a fight… You can deal with me," Akairo said stepping forward as her red eyes flashed dangerously.

"Don't I know you? Aren't you the fucking nut who led the White Fang?"

A murderous grin spread across her face and Blanche's men backed up a foot. They didn't like the look of the Faunus' grin.

"I am that fucking nut. I would love to spread your guts all over the ground like jam on bread."

Scarlet did her best not to cringe. It was a bad time to have traumatic flashbacks.

"I lead the White Fang now. You are interfering with my work and my friend here don't have time for your bullshit," Blake said stepping forward next to Akairo, "We are doing what the last boss wanted."

"Last boss? I heard Crimson kicked the bucket and the city was for someone's taking. I'm here to take it. No one can claim it so I will."

"It was already claimed the day he died," Red said.

"Who the fuck are you?"

"I'm his son."

Blanche looked taken back.

"Crimson has no kids. None as old as you."

"I'm almost eighteen. I was kept a secret because of assholes like you."

Eton had to hide the astonishment on his face. He didn't think Red would speak up at all.

"If you keep coming into my city and causing problems, we are going to have a problem. Is that understood?" Red asked flatly.

He actually meant it.

"I think I will leave when I damn well please."

Red stepped forward, only inches away from his face. The man had the strangest looking eyes but they looked nothing as creepy as Akairo's.

"You have three days. If you stay, then it's war. I hope you understand what that means."

"Wow, how leant. Crimson was never that way."

"I'm not my dad."

"I see that. You seem more of a bitch than him."

BAM!

Blanche fell backwards onto the alley floor. Everyone stood there stunned that Red head butted the white, creepy looking man.

"I said three days. Don't make me mad and make it right now. This is a great city, enjoy it while you can asshole."

Red turned around.

"You like punk-

"Come on. I have things I have to do," Red stated.

No one said a word as they walked away in stunned silence.

X

Once they made into the pizza parlor they always liked to visit, Eton locked the door behind them. Red collapsed onto the nearest bench and started hyperventilating. Akairo sat down beside of him and rubbed his back trying to calm him down. She looked at Scarlet who looked equally concerned. Everyone stayed quiet for the longest time until he chilled out.

"Red, are you now?" Akairo asked softly.

"Yea. Yea… I am."

He sat up slowly.

"Go ahead Eton. Give it to me. What did I do wrong?"

Eton shook his head, "You played it off well."

"I don't think head butting was the way to go but he looked pained. I figured his blood would've been black but it was actually red," Yuri asked leaning against the counter.

Wyeth shot him a dirty look, "Why would you say something like that?"

The heir turned to his best friend. Red knew he had done something wrong.

"Why would you say 'war'? None of us want something like that to happen! I thought this was supposed to be a quick easy thing!"

"This was never meant to be easy," Blake said, "He's been murdering people."

"What do we do now?" Red asked looking at Eton, "I feel like Jazmin is going to be pissed."

"I did tell her already what happened and she is a little mad. I didn't say anything more than that but I think it would be best to make our presence known. We make it hard for them to do anything. Maybe they will leave but it's unsure."

Red nodded, "I think that sounds good."

They sat there for the longest time. Eton had stressed that maybe someone might be outside watching ready to pick them off whenever so they stayed almost three hours waiting. Akairo and Scarlet watched outside the doors but it seemed only the people who lived in Vale passed by. Red made his brother stir out of his sleep when he stood up.

"Blake…" Red said looking at his Faunus friend.

"Hm?"

"I know who should go where tomorrow. I know you have a map on you at all times… Can I see it?"

Blake nodded and dropped the map onto the table. The map was Blake's own design and had things written out so only the White Fang under Blake knew how the map worked. Red unfolded it and looked at it for a few minutes. Akairo watched intently as Red stared for a few minutes before speaking.

"Can I write on this?"

Blake nodded. He pulled out a red pen.

"Eton says to put pressure. Is anyone not up for being alone?"

Red looked around the room but no one spoke out.

"Alright then. Scarlet, come here."

Scarlet sat down beside of her boyfriend.

"Since Blake has Vale mapped out into six sections, we will double up in the more populated area. That area most take the most caution and two people must be there. Looking at this map and you know how things are, who should be there and where everyone else should go. If need be, we can switch the double team to a different area if another becomes more populated at a different time frame."

"Red, I can't decide on that…"

"You can. I trust you. You went behind the scenes. You are silent criminal."

Scarlet bit her lip.

"He's right you know," Blake said.

She smiled, "Ok. The center of Vale on this map is the smallest area, but three time populated during hours of six in the morning to seven at night. Then area two is more populated seven at night to one in the morning. One to six in the morning is a scattered, unpredictable normal. The best people for area one would be Juno and Yuri. Blake is area five. It is biggest but he is fast. Akairo would take six, Wyeth four and I will take three. Eton and Red would be best behind scenes."

"How does that sound to everyone?" Scarlet asked.

"What about at night?" Yuri asked.

"Red and Eton will take six and five. Blake and Akairo will take two. In my honest opinion, the White Fang should stay out of it unless there is a direct attack towards them."

"Agreed," Eton said.

"Red."

He looked at Scarlet.

"If it comes to it… You must aim to kill if you can't disable the threat. These people are unpredictable. Once they come in at you, shoot like it's your last chance because it might be."

He nodded hesitantly.

Red prayed it would never come to that.