"Hey Ruby." Crue asked as they walked to their next class. The young reaper looked up to him, raising an eyebrow. "What semester is it?"

"Oh, we're only in the first one Crue. But our second semester starts on Tuesday." She told him, momentarily stopping to tie her shoe.

Crue stopped too, but only to try and piece together what that meant. "Alright, volume 2 starts Tuesday, that means the food fight will be Tuesday. But that means something's going to happen on Monday, otherwise it would just start today."

Crue started walking again, once Ruby finished fixing her shoes. "So what are you going to have happen today?"

He didn't get an answer in Grimm Studies, nor did he get an answer in History. "What are you playing at?" He wondered as he followed team RWBY to their next class. "Wait, what do we have now?" Crue asked, wondering why they weren't heading to the lockers for combat practice.

"Didn't you read the time table I sent to your scroll?" Weiss asked. Crue took out his scroll instantly, unlocking it and searching for what Weiss meant. He noticed he had an unread message from her.

"Apparently I did not." Crue muttered, opening up the message. He glanced over the Monday column, checking the time against his scrolls clock. "Home Ec?" He read out loud.

"Yeah, Hunters need to know how to cook if they need to survive in the wilderness." Yang told him. "At least that's what the teacher says."

"Who's the teacher?" Crue asked. The group said nothing as they entered the classroom.

"Good afternoon students." A voice said. Crue froze on the spot upon hearing the voice. "Nice to see you're all on time."

"You are shitting my fuck." Crue thought, staring at the teacher. It was a woman with grey eyes and blonde hair in an undercut. She wore a chef's uniform that was ripped at the shoulders, showing off a whole arms worth of tattoos.

Behind her, supported on a plaque was a bright red chainsaw. "We're going to be making Beef Stroganoff today, so find your partner, and get cooking." She noticed Crue looking at her and approached him.

"Hello. Ozpin told me you were new here. My name is Ramsay Griffon." She told him smiling. Crue just nodded, not believing what he was seeing. "Seeing as you're new you'll probably need a partner."

Crue nodded once more, unable to believe what he was seeing. "You put Griffon in this? Or did something update since I got in here?"

"Ah, Velvet's free." Crue's eyes noticed the pair of bunny ears dipping under a counter, retrieving some pots and pans. "Go on and make some friends." She gave him a slap on the back, sending him in the direction of the rabbit Faunus.

Velvet's ears shuffled slightly at the sound of the slap. She turned around and saw Crue approaching her, rubbing his rear in pain. She smiled gently at him. "Hello Crue. Nice to see you again."

"You too Velvet." Crue said, wincing slightly as he joined her at the counter. He grabbed an apron from a hook. He tied it around his back quickly. "Are you ok with making this? You being a vegetarian and all?"

"It's very considerate of you to ask, but I'll be fine. I'm actually an omnivore." Velvet told him smiling. "Granted, if there is a choice between fruit or veg and meat, I'll go for the veg." She turned to the counter, ready to prepare the ingredients, only to find them already diced and sliced.

Velvet didn't realise that while she was talking, Crue was already halfway through the recipe. "Crue? How are you doing that?" She asked incredulously.

"Doing what?" Crue questioned as he poured pasta into a pot of boiling water. Velvet said nothing, her mouth hanging slightly agape as she watched Crue speed around the counter, almost completing the recipe in an inhuman amount of time.

He had just finished pouring the creamy sauce when Velvet tapped him on the shoulder. "Yes?"

"Would you like some help? You're doing an awful lot by yourself?" Velvet told him, concern evident in her voice. Crue raised an eyebrow, unsure as to what she meant.

He then looked at his hands, and saw the container that held the sauce he had made in one, and a whisk in another. "Oh." He almost dropped them in surprise. "I was kinda on autopilot there." Crue stopped what he was doing and set the utensils down.

"Guess it's just me paying you back for the Dust class." He smiled at her. Velvet smiled back and began assisting Crue in the making of the meal. Quite a short while later, they had finished the Beef Stroganoff, and Griffon came over to inspect it.

"Done already?" She said sceptically. "Let's just see how it turned out." She took a fork and tried the dish.

"Amazing." She exclaimed, much to the surprise of Velvet, and Crue to an extent. "Well done. Top marks for both of you." Out of the corner of his eye, Crue was Weiss' jaw drop at the expression. "Now, tidy up and you can leave when you're done."

With that, she left the pair to go and inspect the other's works, all of whom were still only halfway done. "I'm surprised that went so well." Velvet muttered.

"Same." Crue replied. Velvet sent him an odd look.

"What do you mean? Did you not know you could cook that well or something?" She asked. Crue knocked his knuckles against his head. "Oh, right. Sorry."

They fell into comfortable silence as they put the rest of the dishes away. All the while, Crue was having a silent conversation with someone. "I know I was an alright cook, but to finish a stroganoff in like what, twenty minutes? What the hell is that about?"

The two had cleaned up and exited the room, leaning against the opposing wall. "So that was Home Ec." Crue said aloud.

"Yeah. Mrs. Griffon is real nice. But, uh, that chainsaw isn't just for show." Velvet told him, shuddering slightly. Seeing Crue's raised eyebrow, she continued the story. "Well, before becoming a huntress, she used to be a woodcarver."

"Fucking seriously?" Crue nodded, wanting her to go on.

"Well, at one carving competition a few Grimm attacked. She used her chainsaw to mow them down. From that moment on she decided she'd become a huntress." Velvet finished her story while staring at the door to the Home Economics room.

"You said Mrs right?" Crue asked. Velvet nodded in confirmation. "So she's married?" Velvet nodded once more.

"Yep. I don't know much about him though. All I know is he used to serve with the Atlas Military, and now he runs a bar." She recalled, causing Crue's face to blank. "I think it was called Chicken Mouth or something." Crue required immeasurable willpower in order to not burst out laughing at the name.

"Huh. A bar." Crue said while holding back his laughter. "Interesting profession."

Velvet nodded in agreement. "I don't really go to bars that often so I wouldn't know what it's like. I'd say Yang knows though." She suddenly gasped lightly. "I mean- I'm not saying that's a bad thing or she's that kind of person but-"

She was silenced with a hand from Crue. "Velvet. Relax. I know what you meant. And yeah, she does seem the sort to know about that kind of thing."

Velvet smiled appreciatively and waited for the bell to ring. "Wait. Why are we waiting?" Crue asked, turning to Velvet. She opened her mouth to reply, but found no answer.

"I'm, not sure." Velvet realised. "Do we have a reason to wait?" She asked Crue, who shrugged in response. "Well, there are no classes on after this are there?"

Crue shook his head, taking out his scroll and checking the planner that Weiss had sent him. "Nope. Lunch after this." Velvet nodded, and gained a look that showed she was thinking of something.

"I wonder if…" She trailed off, staring down the hall. Crue followed her gaze, but found nothing of interest within the hall. "The rest of my team is probably free. Would you like to meet them?" Velvet phrased the question with a slight tilt of her head, making it physically impossible for Crue to deny her.

"Sure." He shrugged, trying not to contract diabetes. "You make them out to be pretty great." He smirked, seeing Velvet's light blush.

"Yeah. They're pretty nice." She began walking down the hall, prompting Crue to follow her. "I'm sure they'll like you. They don't have any problems with Faunus." Her ears twitched slightly as she told Crue that piece of information.

"Well I would hope not." He smiled at her. The two Faunus made their way down the hall, making light conversation. They had exited into the Beacon courtyard so they could travel to the second year dorms. "So this is where the second years stay." Crue muttered.

"Yep. Right across from the first years." Crue turned around and saw the building where he was currently living in directly across from him. "The third years are behind there, and the fourth years are behind here." Velvet pulled open the door to the dorm building.

"What about exchange dorms?" Crue asked, although he already knew the answer.

"Um, from here it would be west. Although if you're coming from the first years it's to the east." Crue just nodded at the information, a small part of him feeling as though he would be required to say it at some point.

"You guys get lifts?" Crue asked, as Velvet stood in front of two metal sliding doors. She smiled sheepishly.

"Yes. I'm not sure why though. Beacon is full of strange arrangements." Velvet told him as they entered the elevator.

"Too true. Too true." Crue's mind instantly went to the thought of what lay under Beacon. "Wait. That's there right now. I could probably go and see Amber if I fucking felt like it." He thought. "But something tells me you're not going to let that happen."

The elevator dinged and allowed them out, Crue allowing Velvet to take the lead. "So, your teammates are Coco, Yatsuhashi and Fox. Right?" He 'clarified' with Velvet.

"Yep. They're all really nice people. There's one thing you should know though." Velvet told him, voice now strangely serious. Crue stopped moving, wanting to know what he should know. "Never. Ever. Insult Coco's clothes."

Crue tilted his head to the side, before recalling what Coco had done to a Beowulf that destroyed her favourite clothing store during the Breach. "Understood." Crue responded, his voice somewhat high.

Velvet smiled and continued on, stopping a short while later outside a white door with a picture of a small cup of coffee on it. She knocked on the door and swiped her scroll against the lock. "Guys! I'm back!"

Crue peered into the room Velvet had entered, noticing that the room was very much like RWBY's in a sense. There were bunkbeds, for a start. But they appeared to be professionally made. One half of the room was decorated with different kinds of posters, while the other half was excruciatingly bare.

"Anyone home?" Velvet called. Crue also noticed that the room was void of any living beings. Crue followed Velvet into the room, glancing around it and noting things of interest.

"In here Velv." A voice said. Crue and Velvet's heads both turned to a small side door. When Crue focused his hearing, he could hear running water, indicating that someone was using the dorms shower.

"Take your time Coco!" Velvet replied, sitting down on her bed, which was pink and decorated with carrots. Crue couldn't help but snicker at the covers. Velvet wondered what he was laughing at, and followed his gaze. Her cheeks turned a light shade of pink when she realised what he was staring at.

"Hey I don't judge." Crue said, putting up his hands defensively. "I just think it's cute." Velvet's blush intensified at the comment, but she said nothing.

"They were a gift." She muttered.

"From who?" Crue asked. On cue, the water stopped and a door opened. Out of habit, Crue turned to see the origin of the noise. The moment his eyes found the source, he clenched them shut. "Ah! Shit! Jesus!" He said, waving his hands back and forth.

Coco had exited the shower, and walked into the room, stark naked. She had obviously only expected Velvet to be there, and what's a little casual nudity between girls. What she had not expected, was a boy she had never seen before to be there, and accidentally seen her in her birthday suit. Her least favoured of all suits.

She was so shocked that for several seconds her mouth just hung agape. Velvet's eyes were wide in both horror and hilarity. Coco's voice eventually found its way to her throat. "If it's that bad then stop looking!" She shouted at Crue.

"I am!" Crue shouted back. He then realised that, due to his sunglasses, Coco didn't know his eyes were closed. "Look, my eyes are closed under these I swear." He even took them off to show Coco his eyes screwn shut. "See?"

He could feel Coco's death stare, and sighed. "Look, point me out of the room, and I'll wait for you to not be naked." He waited to be directed, but nothing happened. He was tempted to open an eye, but figured that it probably wouldn't end well for him.

He tried to turn and find the door, but his hands only grasped air. "Velvet. A little help please." He heard her get up off the bed and direct him towards the door. "Thank you." He said as he closed the door behind him.

Once outside the dorm room, the first thing Crue did was whack his head repeatedly against the opposite wall. "Son! Of! A! Mother! Fucker!" He finally stopped after feeling a bruise starting to form. "Why did you do that? Do you enjoy torturing me?"

"Crue, you can come in now." Velvet called from inside the dorm. Crue sighed in relief and went to enter the room, only to find the door locked.

"I can't get in." He told her. A few short moments later the door opened, revealing a blushing Velvet. He entered the room, instantly feeling the cold gaze that Coco was giving him.

"Look." He said, staring at Coco, who was now fully dressed in her usual attire. "How about we just pretend that never happened." He offered. Coco seemed to weigh the offer within her head.

"Deal." Coco agreed, causing Crue to sigh in relief. "And I better not find out you told anyone about this." She warned.

"Who am I gonna tell? I barely know anyone here." Crue exasperated. "The only people I know properly are team RWBY. And if I tell anyone there Yang wouldn't let me hear the end of it."

Coco seemed to nod at this. "Alright. And she'd probably tease me about it too. So, what just happened doesn't leave this room." Crue nodded, and then both of them turned to Velvet, who was still wearing a light blush.

"I-I didn't see anything." She said, not making eye contact with either person, which was actually quite easy seeing as they were both wearing sunglasses.

"Nice shades by the way." Coco complimented, peeking over her own black, wire-rimmed aviators to stare at Crue's glasses, his being a pair of mirrored shield sunglasses.

"Thanks." Crue said, taking off his glasses and giving them a twirl at the ear piece. "You got some good ones yourself." He nodded to Coco's own glasses, placing his own back on his head.

"Why thank you. Good to know you have a good sense of fashion. Although, I could gather that already." Her eyes roamed over Crue's appearance, taking in his semi-casual suit, minus jacket. He looked ready for a night on the town, at 11 in the morning.

"Yours isn't too bad either." Crue said with a smirk, taking in Coco's clothing. Sure he had seen it before in an animated form, but in reality he could see just how well they fit together. "Where'd you get your hair did?" He asked, referring to Coco's lightened locks.

"There's a place down in Vale called 'Colours of the Wind'." Coco told him, idly twirling the dyed hair between her fingers.

"Huh." Crue muttered, putting a hand to his chin. "Wonder if I should get my hair dyed." He ran his hand through his dark blonde hair, briefly touching his extra ears.

Coco brought a finger to her lip in consideration. "Maybe. What do you think Velv?" The fashionista turned to her long eared companion. Velvet seemed to jump upon being called out.

"W-Well, I feel like you would look nice with silver hair. I haven't heard of many blonde wolves." Velvet murmured. Crue genuinely took that into consideration for a short moment.

"Silver, huh." He pulled at a part of his hair so he could see it clearer. "You know, I think I'll just stick with what I've got until the opportunity arises." He left his hair as it was, deciding to hold off on possibly dying it.

"Well, suit yourself." Coco said with a wave of her hand.

"Already have." Crue winked beneath his glasses, gesturing to his current attire. Coco smirked widely.

"Oh, I like you." She chuckled. "Shame you're only a freshman. I'm sure you would've been a lovely boyfriend." Coco waited for his reaction, and was surprised when she didn't get one.

"I'm sure I would have." He said, smirking slightly. "Unfortunately I can't remember shit." He said, knocking on his head. "So as far as I know, I might already have a girlfriend. Can't go around cheating now can I?"

"Oh, right. Velvet mentioned that you had amnesia." Coco mused, putting a hand to her chin.

"God bless you amnesia." Crue thought with a smile. "And you would do well to remember what I said. I'm not dating any of the main protagonists."

A loud ringing noise echoed throughout the room. "Oh, lunch is on." Velvet hopped up from her seat on the bed in happiness.

"Ah, I should probably be going then." Crue said, making his way towards the door. "Nice meeting you Coco."

"Same to you Crue." Coco called with a tip of her beret. The two brunettes watched as Crue exited the room, leaving the door open the tiniest bit. They heard him take two steps, and then stop.

"Jesus Christ you are huge." They heard him say. They then heard a sound like a piece of wet meat being slapped on a counter, and a gust of wind. "I deserved thaaaaaa…." His voice was lost to the world.

Shortly after, a somewhat peeved Yatsuhashi entered the room, followed by a chuckling Fox. Coco and Velvet sighed. "Yatsu. What did we say about hurting people who talk about your height?" Velvet put on a motherly tone as she scolded the much larger student.

Yatsuhashi's fingers came together awkwardly. "To not to."

Velvet nodded fiercely. "Crue was just surprised, was all." She told the giant softly. "I'm sure he didn't mean it."

Fox decided to speak up. "All I want to know is, who the hell is 'Jesus Christ'?"

…

"Crue? What happened to you?" Ruby asked, staring at the wolf Faunus as he sat down at the lunch table next to RWBY and JNPR.

"You look like you were thrown out a window." Jaune stated, looking at the frazzled appearance of his new male friend.

"That's not too far from the truth." Crue murmured, idly picking twigs and leaves from his mop of hair. "Long story short: Don't call Yatsuhashi huge."

Everyone seemed to understand at once what he meant. "Yeah, learnt that one the hard way." Jaune laughed, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. "Here, let me help you with that." He offered, reaching behind Crue to clean up his hair.

"Thanks." He told the purer blonde. "How was Home Ec?" He asked the group. Weiss scowled lightly at him.

"It was disastrous for most of us." She responded coldly, a single blue eye on Ruby, who began whistling innocently. "The only ones that managed to complete the task properly were you and Velvet, Pyrrha, Ren and Nora."

"You did it on your own?" Crue asked, turning to Pyrrha. His head was then roughly turned back to face Ruby, courtesy of Jaune.

"No, I was with her. And stay still." Jaune told him. "We finished up pretty quickly after you and Velvet actually. We went outside to talk to you, but you weren't there."

"Oh, that's because I went with Velvet to her dorm." He said, idly eating a piece of meat. He noticed the silence that followed this sentence, and looked up to see everyone looking at him wide eyed. "To meet the rest of her team." He clarified. Everyone let out breaths of relief.

"I'm not going to even ask what you thought I was doing." Crue stated, digging back into his food.

"Well you know the phrase about going at it like rabbits." Yang teased. Everyone else at the table sighed.

"Yang. Your little sister is right there." Crue said, pointing his fork at Ruby, who had looked up from munching on a cookie to see what was going on.

Yang's eyes widened in fear upon realising what she just said. Her horrified lilac eyes turned to Ruby, who simply wore a questioning glance. "Ruby, do you know what that means?" Yang asked slowly.

Ruby shook her head, causing Yang and Crue to sigh in relief. "It means-" Several hands were placed on Nora's mouth, the first of which was Ren's. Crue could see Ren shudder slightly, presuming that Nora had licked the hand.

"Nora. Ruby is only 15. Please don't soil her mind." Ren told her, releasing his hand with a shake, trying to get saliva off. Nora saluted and continued eating her, pancakes.

"Pancakes. Why am I not surprised." Crue thought, continuing on with his own plate. He took out his scroll and checked the time table, finding that they had no classes on after this. "That means you're giving time for shenanigans to happen."

While he was on his scroll, he checked all of the different applications that were on it. Music. Angry Mores. Gallery. Contacts. Remnant: The Game. "Wait!" Crue scrolled back. "Gallery." With a trembling finger, Crue tapped on the app.

The app opened instantly, showing Crue what he feared most. Pictures. His pictures. Pictures he took in his own world. Pictures that had been changed to fit this one. His grip on the scroll tightened upon seeing his friends. His friends that he might never return to. His friends whose faces may only exist upon this device.

He slowly placed the scroll back in his pocket and stood up, walking away from the table without looking back. This action did not go unnoticed by the group of eight, who all looked at each other in confusion as Crue left the cafeteria, most of his lunch remaining untouched.

Crue knew where he was going. Even though he had only been in the building properly for at least four days, he knew where the gymnasium was. He entered the combat simulation room, leaving his hurl at the side.

He turned to the console at the side, setting the battle droids to the highest difficulty, and highest amount. He stood in the middle of the room as the timer counted down. When it hit zero, ten robots appeared surrounding Crue, all of them making a dash at him at the same time.

Crue looked up at the robots with tears in his eyes, the show of sentiment hidden behind his glasses. He roared as he ran up to one and, using only his fists, knocked its head clean off. Emotions of every variety were running rampant inside Crue's mind.

Fear. Sadness. Regret. Guilt. These and many more were causing turmoil within his soul, causing his aura bar to fluctuate abnormally. But out of all these emotions, one he felt stronger than any.

Rage.

Rage, at whoever caused him to end up in this world. Rage, at whoever caused him to leave his friends behind. Rage, at whoever was putting him through all this agony. Rage, at these robots for simply existing. Rage, at everything.

He was fighting blindly while seeing red, falling droids one after another from sheer anger. When all the droids fell, Crue stood there, foot resting on the heads of the last one he defeated. He wanted to break it into tiny pieces.

But he didn't. Instead, he fell to his knees, tears dropping from behind his glasses onto where the face of the robot would be. In the reflection of the robot, he saw his own face looking down at him. That pained expression. One of complete and utter loss. One that showed a person had nothing left to live for.

Crue took off his sun glasses, flipping them around and staring into his own eyes that were red and puffy. He stared into his steely blue eyes, willing to see the eyes of his friends instead. To see their faces. Their smiles. Their imperfections. He just wanted to see them.

He didn't see them. He didn't see any of the faces of the friends he made in his life on Earth. Instead, he saw a face that had worried silver eyes, and dark brown hair with red tips. "Ruby?" Crue croaked out, not realising how hoarse his voice was.

"Crue, are you ok?" Ruby asked gently. Cure shook his head, lowering his glasses to the ground. "Do you want to talk about it?" Crue shook his head once more. "Ok." Ruby said nothing, simply deciding to just sit beside him in silence.

After around fifteen minutes, Crue finally spoke. "I just want to see them again." He said softly.

"See who?" Ruby asked. In response, Crue took out his scroll and opened up his gallery. He handed the scroll to Ruby, who observed it with wide eyes.

"I know them, but I don't. I feel like I know them, but they're different to how I think I know them." His eyes began watering again.

"And you want to see them." Ruby said, her voice showing understanding. "I know how you feel. I, lost my mom. I always want to see her. Even if it's just her telling me 'hi'. I visit her grave as often as I can, but I always miss the actual person."

Ruby's own eyes held small tears. Crue instinctively put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close, allowing her to cry into his clothes. "Thanks." Ruby muttered.

"Don't mention it." Crue replied with a smile.

"Hey." Ruby sniffled. "I'm supposed to be here cheering you up. Not the other way around." She smiled lightly as she looked up to Crue.

"Well, you've done a good job." He said, picking his glasses up and putting them back on his head. "Hey, Ruby."

"Hmm?" Ruby looked up from her, surprisingly comfortable, resting place.

"Thanks."

A cute moment between Crue and Ruby, proceeded by a heartwrenching realisation of Crues. His home is gone. His friends are gone. Everyone he ever knew is gone. And that only makes him want to save this world more. He won't lose anyone else. That thing with Coco was pretty funny though. You remember what Crue said right. "I'm not dating any protagonist from here." Just think about those words for a moment. That's it for me now, and as always, I'll see you, next time.

-Friday