"Of all the challenges I have faced so far, this is by far, the most… challenging." Crue thought, as he stared at the exam before him. "You're the Author here, not me. Don't blame me for not being able to create a bloody speech that MLK would be proud of every time I think."

All around him, the sound of pens scratching on paper indicated that almost everyone was doing quite well on these exams. Almost everyone.

Out of the corner of his eye, Crue saw Jaune turn a page, and lose all colour in his face. On the other side was team CRDL, Dove seemed to be doing well, but the others looked like they were writing their last will and testament instead of an exam.

"I can do this." Crue repeated to himself, as he continued writing. "I can do this. I can do- Ladies and gentlemen. Oh no. This is Mambo Number Five."

…

"Anyone else want to leave for Nepal and become a goat?" Crue groaned out, lying face down on the roof of RWBY's dorm. There were murmurs of agreement, before Weiss spoke up.

"Where's Nepal?" She asked the Faunus, who froze at the question.

"Crap! I wrote that down on my exam and it doesn't exist!" He cried out, smacking his head against the ceiling.

"You seem to have your own little world." Blake murmured. "Full of all these strange places that we don't know."

"Hey, gotta entertain myself somehow." Crue shrugged, secretly sweating bullets. "I mean, maybe it's just cause I can't remember the world as it is now. I made my own one."

"Cool." Ruby said, reading from a gun magazine. "Maybe you should be a writer." Crue glanced towards the ceiling, and felt as though he had just made eye contact with God. The kind of eye contact where your friend just unknowingly said a secret between the you and a different friend while they were in the room.

"Nah. My handwritings terrible. I can type pretty fast though." Crue told them.

"Yes, I've seen your writing." Weiss nodded. "It's… legible."

"You can say terrible." Crue shrugged. "I don't mind. Nobody's perfect." "Although, seeing as you're making me a Gary Stu, that last sentence may be redundant."

"Just let me sleep." Yang groaned out, face down in her bed, still fully dressed. "We don't have any more exams do we?"

"We have Grimm Studies." Weiss informed her. Everyone bolted upright to stare at the heiress, granted Crue was on the ceiling so sat up instantly, creating a rather odd sight. "It's a practical exam."

The four students slumped back in relief. "Phew. Now I can just let my baby do the talking." Ruby sighed contently, no doubt imagining herself and Crescent Rose sweeping through hordes of Grimm.

"I just want to sleep until then." Crue muttered, curling up on the ceiling.

"Ditto." Yang yawned.

"You wouldn't want to sleep if you had slept properly already." Weiss called out. The two blondes glared at the heiress, before making eye contact with another, and smirking.

"Well Weiss, that's rather flat of you." Yang hummed.

"Yeah, you've got no curve to that opinion whatsoever." Crue agreed. These sentences made absolutely no sense, but served their purpose.

Weiss' teeth ground against each other, almost emitting sparks. "I'll have you know, that there is nothing wrong with not having damn melons on my chest." She growled at Yang.

Lilac eyes widened, as Crue placed his hand against his mouth and went: "Ooooooh."

"At least I don't get mistaken for a washboard." The brawler retorted. Crue made a similar noise once again, and turned to Weiss for her rebuttal.

"I-" She cut herself off. "Wait! This is just Crue pitting us against each other!" She accused, pointing at the Faunus. Crue stiffened, as Yang agreed.

"Come on, I wouldn't do that. I was just joining in because you mentioned the whole sleeping thing." He defended.

"Yeah!" Yang cried, now switching sides.

"All of you stop!" Blake groaned out, not able to concentrate on her book. The three arguing stared at each other, before nodding.

They each went back to what they were doing beforehand, Crue and Yang attempting to nap, and Weiss going over some last minute revision for their practical exam.

"Just let me sleep dude." Crue yawned. "I mean, those exams were bad enough. If you have anything worse planned I'm going to make sure to remain as passive as possible."

There was silence in the room, which Crue greatly appreciated. For the few moments it lasted. A sudden loud knocking on the door caused everyone to jump, minus the Wolf Faunus, who groaned into the ceiling.

"Nothing behind that door is going to make me move." He growled at the Author. The members of RWBY all glanced at each other before Weiss unlocked the door. It flew open immediately, almost hitting the heiress in the process.

"Help!" An out of breath Coco Adel burst into the room, looking around. The other girls were all on their feet, looking at the second year with wide eyes.

"What is it?! What happened?!" Yang exclaimed.

Coco took a short breath, and took of her glasses to stare at the team before her. "We accidentally showed Velvet Watership Down."

"YOU FUCKING WHAT?!" Crue slammed down from the ceiling, grabbing Coco by the shoulders and staring at the brunettes wide eyes. Behind him, the members of team RWBY looked at each other confusedly. "WHY IN THE NAME OF GOD WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"

"It was an accident!" Coco cried out. "We thought it was a kids cartoon! It had bunnies on the cover!"

"YOU DIDN'T WATCH IT BEFOREHAND?!" Crue yelled.

"We had an exam. We got it so Velvet could watch it while we were doing the exam. We came back and she was huddled in the corner!" Coco explained.

Crue growled, before grabbing the girl by the arm and dragging her out of the dorm. "We're going to need blankets. And a lot of them. And some of your namesake."

The room was left silent, the four girls looking at each other in confusion. Weiss decided to speak up, voicing what everyone was silently thinking. "What just happened?"

…

"Velvet?" The Rabbit Faunus stiffened, peeking out between her arms to see who called to her. She saw two people a small distance in front of her, and two others peering in through the doorway. "What's up?"

She turned her attention back to the two closest to her, Coco and Crue. The girl whimpered lightly, ears flat against the back of her head. "She's been like this since we got back." Her leader whispered to Crue.

The Faunus nodded, gesturing for something behind him. "Velvet." He said softly. The girl's ears rose slightly, but the girl herself made no movement. "I'm going to put a blanket over you. Is that ok?" For several moments, there was silence and stillness in the room.

Then, a small nod, and Crue smiled gently. He draped a light pink blanket with small carrots over the girl's shoulders, backing up once it had enveloped her. Velvet gripped the blanket tightly, still shivering lightly.

"Coco." Crue called softly.

"What?" The brunette answered.

"No, I mean coco." Crue turned around to stare at the girl. "The drink." The older student made an 'o' with her mouth, and backed up grabbing the drink from a nearby desk. She gently handed it to Crue, the Wolf Faunus turning slowly and placing it down near Velvet.

"You don't have to drink it if you don't want to." Crue told her softly. Velvet nodded, but made no move to grab the hot chocolate.

"Now what?" Coco hissed into Crue's ear. The Faunus turned back, seeing Yatsuhashi and Fox looking at him too. Well, Fox was simply looking in the door. He didn't know whether or not it was directed at him.

"I don't know." Crue whispered back. "This was all I had thought of, aside from hugging." Because Crue was facing Coco, he didn't see how Velvet's ears perked upwards an inch when he mentioned that.

Coco, however, did see that action. With a small smirk, she quickly concocted a plan. "Alright, we'll leave you for a minute. Just let everything calm down." She turned, facing Yatsuhashi and Fox, and rapidly circled her index fingers around one another.

Yatsuhashi took the hint and backed up immediately, despite not wanting to leave Velvet alone with Crue, grabbing Fox by the back of his shirt to pull him along. Crue stood up, going to leave with the others, before feeling something tug on him.

Glancing down, he saw that Velvet had grabbed onto the fabric of his school trousers. "Don't go…" She said softly. Crue looked back up, seeing Coco make a 'watching you' motion with her fingers, before closing the door.

Crue gulped lightly, before turning back to Velvet, her arms still crossed under her chin, but looking up at Crue with her deep brown eyes. "Do you want me to hug you like that? Or do you want to stand?" He asked quietly.

"…Like this…" She murmured. Crue nodded, sitting down next to Velvet and slowly putting an arm around her and pulling her close. "Thank you." She said softly.

"Don't worry about it." Crue told her. "Honestly, I almost killed Coco when I heard what she did." He chuckled lightly.

"It wasn't her fault. She didn't know." Velvet countered, meekly reaching out and grabbing the cup of hot chocolate. "And I wasn't able to stop watching."

"Yeah, I don't blame you." Crue nodded. "It's like a car crash. You can't help but watch, no matter how horrifying it is." Both Faunus shuddered, and huddled closer together.

"Wait, you remember that movie?" Velvet asked Crue, eyes wide in surprise. Crue nodded.

"Yep. I think the name triggered something. Like, the moment Coco said Watership Down, I remembered the whole movie. And all the bad that came with it. And then, I realised that she had said you had watched it." Crue explained. "So, I may have broken my whole, trying not to curse thing."

"You cursed because you were worried about me?" Velvet asked, not looking Crue in the eye, feeling more interested in the tiny marshmallows that dotted her hot chocolate.

"Well, yeah." Crue said awkwardly, tugging at his collar with the hand that wasn't resting on Velvet's shoulder. "I mean, you watched the one movie that you of all people should never watch." Crue left unsaid the specific emphasis on the fact that Velvet was both timid, and a Rabbit Faunus.

"I know…" Velvet said sadly, and Crue tightened his grip on her slightly. "I just, have to block it out." She steeled herself, then took another sip of hot chocolate. The contrasting actions caused Crue to chuckle.

Velvet pouted up at him, and Crue found himself laughing harder, as she had a small whipped cream moustache. The Rabbit Faunus realised this after seeing her reflection in Crue's glasses. She quickly turned her head, wiping the cream off on the cuff of her sleeve.

She turned back to Crue to check her reflection once more, only to find he had taken his glasses off. His blue eyes shone mischievously. "You're always saying how I don't show my eyes much, thought I'd humour you."

Velvet frowned lightly, and reached to the side, trying to grab his glasses to view her reflection. He held them away from her with a smirk on his features. She leaned closer to grab them, and found herself falling.

Crue's eyes widened, as he moved his head back in order to avoid to avoid head-butting Velvet. He somewhat succeeded, but Velvets head ended up landing in the crook of his neck. The two Faunus froze, realising the situation they were now in.

And yet, neither of them made a move to change their position. "I think I spilled some of the hot chocolate." Velvet whispered, righting the mug and setting it down away from the two.

"I can get up, if you want." Crue spoke, praying to anyone that he remained level headed, in both senses of the word.

"No!" Velvet said, a bit too quickly. "No." She whispered, a small blush on her face. "This, this is fine. You're comfy." She laid her head down on Crue's chest, the boy screaming inside his head.

"WHY!? WHY!? WHY!? WHY!" He asked the Author. "YOU'RE A CLICHÉ BASTARD! VELVET AND THE WOLF FAUNUS OC! BE ORIGINAL FUCKING HELL! AND IT'S STILL TOO SOON!" Despite his words of anger, he still wrapped his arms around Velvet.

"…That doesn't mean I'm going to let her suffer through this." He just hoped Yatsuhashi didn't come in and decide to squish him. Or Coco for that matter. The only person he'd be fine with coming in and finding them like this would be Fox.

And that's only because he wouldn't actually be able to see them. He did not change his position, even though he feared the possible repercussions of being caught like this. He shook his head lightly, careful not to disturb Velvet.

"Being caught implies something wrong going on. There is nothing wrong with this." He convinced himself. "If Yatsuhashi kills me, I blame you." The Faunus muttered.

"That's fair." Velvet yawned out. Crue was somewhat surprised she was still awake. "Your heart is kinda, running a mile." The brunette murmured softly.

Crue groaned internally, willing his beating heart to slow down. It barely worked, but it was enough that Velvet could rest comfortably. "I really hope that you've got nothing extra planned."

…

"Can we go in now?" Yatsuhashi asked his leader, the giant looking surprisingly anxious. Coco sighed, shaking her head as she leaned against the door.

"Yatsu, you care about Velvet right?" She asked. The giant nodded his head. "And you know she likes Crue?" He nodded again, with a soft frown. "And I know you think of her like a sister, but this will help her. Promise."

"How do you know he's not… doing anything?" Yatsuhashi asked.

"Because he likes to live?" Fox pitched in, staring at a wall.

"Eh." Coco waved her hand lightly. "He's got some pretty morbid coping mechanisms from what I've seen."

"He does?" Yatsuhashi asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Coco nodded. "Going after one of the White Fang leaders on his own, crashing a Bullhead, taunting people he really shouldn't taunt. I heard that one from RWBY." She counted off her fingers.

"Maybe you don't have to worry about killing him then, Yatsu." Fox chuckled. "Guy seems perfectly capable of doing it himself."

This seemed to sate the giants worry for Velvet. If only a bit. "How long should we wait?" He asked.

"Hmm." Coco wondered. "I'd say until it goes quiet. Like, too quiet quiet."

"Oh. It got like that a while ago." Fox said idly, scratching at one of his many scars.

Both Coco and Yatsuhashi's eyes widened, as the former spun around and flung open the door. The two most worried for Velvet rushed in, locating the Rabbit Faunus immediately. Confliction arose within both second years.

Seeing Velvet sleeping peacefully, after experiencing that horrible movie that sent her in shock, definitely made them feel better for accidentally showing it to her. On the other hand… Crue.

"I feel, that I do not know how to feel." Yatsuhashi said slowly, wanting to both hug and harm Crue. Coco nodded in agreement, wanting to shake the boys hand, and introduce him to the wrong end of her mini-gun.

"Please don't kill me." The voice of the Wolf Faunus came softly. The two who were currently debating the request walked over, peering down at Crue as he lay under Velvet.

"Let me guess." Coco said sarcastically, crossing her arms. "She fell."

Crue gulped lightly. "Uh, kinda, actually."

The leaders eyes widened in surprise, before clicking her tongue. "You get yourself into situations like these a lot?"

"Unfortunately." Crue grumbled softly, still careful not to wake Velvet.

"Unfortu- What do you mean unfortunately?" Coco asked in shock. The Wolf Faunus frowned at her, before jerking his head down towards Velvet. The leader glared at him for a moment, before realising what he meant.

"Yatsu. Bring her to the bed." She instructed, the giant nodding in acceptance. He walked over to Crue, and gently lifted Velvet from atop of him. The girls face morphed into a brief frown, before returning to a neutral expression.

Yatsuhashi, for all his enormousness, was surprisingly delicate in setting Velvet down on her bed. Crue sighed in relief, sitting up. "Thanks."

"Don't thank me yet." Coco said, gripping Crue by his shirt and dragging him out of the room. The boy had to hunch over to be dragged, the size difference between himself and Coco rather noticeable.

"What did you mean unfortunately?" She asked, righting the boy and pressing him against a wall. Coincidentally, right next to Faunus.

"Hey Crue. How'd it go?" The blind hunter asked.

"Pretty well." Crue nodded, ignoring Coco's question. "She got a cream moustache from the hot chocolate, and tried to wipe it off. I took off my glasses so she couldn't check if it was gone. She tried to grab them, and fell on me."

The Faunus turned back to Coco with a raised eyebrow. "That help?"

"That still doesn't answer my question." The second year said, crossing her arms.

"Oh, uh, what was your question?" Crue asked awkwardly. The brunette rolled her eyes, but repeated the question.

"Why is being stuck under an attractive girl unfortunate? I know guys that would kill for an opportunity like that." Coco interrogated.

"Gee, I don't know." Crue said, somewhat sarcastically. "Probably because I'm still reeling over the fact that me and my old girlfriend broke up."

Coco's eyes widened dramatically, and so did Fox's. "You had a girlfriend?" The dark skinned hunter asked.

Crue nodded, surprise on his face. "Yeah, you didn't know?" He asked.

"No!" Coco exclaimed, before flinching and looking at the door. "No." She repeated, softer. "When did this happen?"

"Uh, bout a month ago?" Crue rubbed the back of his head. "It was, the day before you went on your mission. And we broke around a week ago. The day of the Breach."

"How did I not know about this?" Coco said, disappointment obvious in her voice. "I'm supposed to be the gossip girl here. I have failed." She leaned against the wall in exhaustion. Crue glanced at Fox, before realising that he would not be able to see it.

"Look, it doesn't matter ok?" Crue told Coco. "We're over. And I'd like a bit of a break before I'm forced into another relationship."

"Forced?" Fox asked. Crue's eyes went to the sky, knowing who he was directing the glare at.

"Let's just say, there have been a lot of situations I've been put in where I didn't want to be." He explained. "And all of them have involved attractive girls."

"Wait. Fuck. I just called Cinder attractive. Fuck me." Crue groaned lightly.

"So, you don't want a girlfriend?" Fox asked, an eyebrow raised, looking in the general direction of Crue.

"I want it to be on my terms." The Wolf Faunus shook his head. "Like, someone who I think is attractive and I actually wouldn't mind dating."

"You're describing Velvet." Coco pointed out.

"But not now!" Crue said, exasperated. "I don't want to jump from one girlfriend to another like it's fucking hopscotch."

"That was a terrible analogy." Coco said bluntly, causing the Faunus to whack his head against the wall. "But I get your point." Crue sighed in relief. "Still, little bit cocky to think Velvet would want to date you."

Crue turned red and began stammering. "T-That's not w-what I meant! You know that!" Coco blinked in surprise, having never seen the male act like this.

His embarrassment was cut off by the door to their dorm opening. They turned to see Yatsuhashi exit the room, holding Crue's glasses. He looked at the boy with a slight frown, before handing him the glasses.

"Thanks." Crue nodded, putting his glasses on and feeling a strange sensation wash over him. "I'm guessing you're annoyed at me." He quite easily deduced.

"Yes." Yatsuhashi nodded. "But you did help Velvet. So, less annoyed." He spoke briefly, Crue nodding in kind.

"That's fair." He accepted, before feeling a vibration in his pocket. He checked his scroll, and felt his eyes widen. "Um, how about a compromise?" He said quickly.

Yatsuhashi raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. "You can throw me." Crue told the giant. "But in a specified direction."

"Why?" He asked, his other teammates wondering the same.

"Because I'm about to be late for my practical Grimm Studies exam." The Faunus explained quickly. The second years eyes widened, and the tallest hunter nodded, grabbing Crue by the scruff of his neck, and opened a nearby window.

"Good luck." He said briefly, before hurling the Faunus in the direction of Port's classroom.

"Thank youuuuuuu…" Crue's voice was lost as he flew further from the second year dorms. The three elder students watched, as he crashed into the main doorway, and sprinted away.

"He'll be fine." Coco shrugged. "He beat a Beringel after all. Anything Port has should be child's play."

"Unless Port makes an exception for him, because he beat the Beringel." Fox pointed out. There was silence for a short moment before Coco spoke again.

"Well, he's fucked."

...

"Next, Crue Cullen." Port called out. He rubbed his hands together excitedly. "Oh, I've got a good one for you." He had led the students to a small arena he had created for the purpose of fighting Grimm. It reminded Crue of an old Roman colosseum, granted they never existed in this world.

"Was afraid you'd say that." Crue jumped down onto the grass floor of the arena, cracking his neck lightly. He had watched others perform their exams, those who had yet to go still in the stands. Along with people who just felt like watching.

"You can do it Crue!" Called out Ruby, her along with the rest of her team sitting in the front row, Blake waving a small flag with Crue's name on it.

"Where does she get these?" The Faunus wondered, remembering the same flag being waved when he first fought the Crablante. "Maybe I'm fighting another one of those." He hummed.

"I hope you appreciate this, I went through a great deal of effort to capture it." Port called, sitting down in his oddly throne like seat. "I gave it a name to suit it's difficulty!" He pushed a button, and a grate began to lift up, red eyes shining in the darkness.

"The next battle!" Port exclaimed, as the Grimm moved out of the darkness. "Crue! Vs! Edgar!" The Grimm was in full view right now, looking like a bull on steroids, with two tails, both of them spiked. It's entire head was covered in white bone, with a red design smack in the middle and two huge horns. Pointed right at Crue.

"MOTHERFUCKER!" Crue exclaimed within his mind, seeing the Grimm paw the ground and snort, steam erupting from it's nostrils as it stared at Crue. "REALLY?! FUCKING REALLY?! EDGAR!? I'M GOING TO-"

Crue's train of thought was derailed when he dodged out of the way of the stampeding bull. "What's it's species?!" He called out to Port.

"Tauro." The professor responded joyfully. "Native to Vacuo don't you know." He began listing trivia as Crue attempted to defeat the Grimm.

He took his hurl out from around his back, and held it parallel to him. The Tauro huffed, and sped towards the Faunus. Crue waited, gripping his hurl tight. "Swing!" His eyes widened, as he swung the hurl at the beast, much to early.

With only a moment to spare, Crue jumped high, throwing his legs out to the side, the Grimm speeding under him. He landed and turned to the crowd. "Who said that!?" He exclaimed, throwing his hand out to gesture to the Grimm.

He scanned the crowd, his eyes briefly lingering on Cardin, who seemed to know he was staring at him. The bully shook his head, and pointed in a direction. Crue followed his finger, and found himself staring at amber eyes and raven hair.

Cinder gave a small wave, before pointing behind Crue. The boy's eyes widened, as he jumped into the air once more. The heels of his feet caught the Tauro's head, and would have sent Crue tumbling back, had he not activated his Semblance.

There Crue stood, feet glued to the skull of the Grimm as it sped around the arena. The Faunus raised up his hurl, and slammed the blunt end of it on Edgars snout. The Grimm let out a cry of pain, and dug its hooves into the ground.

Crue went flying forward, bouncing on the grass, Setanta and his glasses going flying, throwing up dirt and dust. He ended up in a small crater from a previous battle between Nora and an Ursa. The Grimm never stood a chance. With a groan, Crue stood up, staring at the Tauro.

"How the fuck am I meant to beat a bull?" He wondered. His eyes scanned the crowd once more, falling on the team that he was closest too. "Hehe. Lightbulb."

To anyone else watching, it looked as though Crue had gone mad, sprinting right towards the Grimm, weaponless. Edgar huffed, pawing the ground before braying and charging towards the Faunus. Crue smirked, as he leaped towards the Grimm.

He landed on it's skull, and then kept running, before jumping once more at the end of the Tauro's body. Crue landed on the wall of the arena, surprising the group of people before him. "Ruby! Cloak! Please!" He extended an arm to the girl.

The leader was in such a state of surprise, that she unhooked her cloak and handed it to Crue without a second thought. Crue smiled, gripping the red fabric tightly. "Thanks!" He jumped down from the wall, and turned to face the Grimm.

He gave the cloak a quick flap, staring down the Grimm as he recalled being in a similar position not too long ago. "Olé." He called quietly, waving the cape. Edgar saw red, literally and figuratively, as it sped towards the Faunus.

Crue waited silently, before jumping back to the wall, and leaping from there. Crue went soaring over the Grimm, as it continued running, right into the wall. Landing with a small tumble, Crue rose, turning back to see his handiwork.

The bull Grimm, pulled back, trying to get it's horns out of the wall. Crue smirked, turning and grabbing his weapon. He quickly looked around for his glasses, but could not find them. He heard a deafening crack, and turned to see that Edgar had freed itself.

Crue gripped the cloak tightly, holding it to the side. "Might as well give them a show." The Grimm sped towards him, and he waited carefully. At the last moment, he spun on his heel, dragging the cloak with him, as Edgar was but an inch from impaling the fabric.

"Olé!" Crue exclaimed, as he led the Grimm into the crater that he himself had landed in earlier. Edgar stumbled, the sudden change in angle causing it to fall onto it's side. Crue took the opportunity, changing Setanta into its sword form and leaping down to stab the Grimm.

The Tauro cried out, before whipping its tails, grabbing Crue's arms and flinging him away. The Faunus went flying, rolling in the dirt before slowly coming to a stop. He cracked open an eye, and shut it immediately, wincing as a bright light shone into his eyes.

He stood, and opened his eyes once more, seeing what aggravated his senses. His sunglasses were laying by his feet, the sun shining on them in such a way that the reflected light ended up shining directly into Crue's eye.

The Faunus frowned, as he reached down and picked them up. He glanced back at where he had been thrown from, and saw Edgar slowly climbing out of the hole, Setanta stuck in its torso. Crue growled, and placed his glasses on his face, covering his steely blue eyes.

He saw Ruby's cloak lying on the ground, too far away to grab before the Grimm got to him. Speaking of. Crue turned to face Edgar, who was currently pawing the ground and staring at him. The Faunus stared back, spreading his legs out and holding his hands up.

Edgar reared back, before stampeding towards him, horns pointed right at Crue. The Faunus did not move a muscle, sending worry through many of the watchers, minus one. Cinder Fall watched the battle with glee.

Truthfully, it was her who called out 'swing', hoping that Crue would be impaled as a result. She was not exactly taking her newfound possible attraction to the Faunus very well. She had never dealt with such feelings before, and thought that the best way to get rid of them would be to eliminate who was causing them.

As such, she persuaded Professor Port into getting a more dangerous Grimm for Crue to fight, rationalising it as only fair, seeing as he had fought a Beringel. The plump professor bought the bait easily, wishing for a brilliant match.

Cinder watched the battle, ignoring any feelings that tried to rise seeing Crue thrown around, and his muscles bulging as he was swinging his hurl, with his golden hair waving in the wind, and his eyes- "Damn it." Cinder cursed mentally, giving her head a light shake in order to dispel those thoughts.

She returned her focus to the match, where Crue was still as a statue in the face of the oncoming Grimm. In Crue's mind, there was only one thought. "This had better fucking work."

There was a communal gasp through the crowd, as the Grimm slammed into Crue, creating a small cloud of dust. Almost immediately, Crue and Edgar appeared from the dust. Crue's hands were wrapped around the base of the Grimm's horns, and his feet digging into the ground.

Crue activated his Semblance, and started pushing back. The Tauro slowed down with the resistance, before eventually coming to a complete stop, straining against Crue. The Faunus's eyes flashed gold briefly, as he roared, and pulled.

With an enormous feat of strength, Crue heaved the bull over his head, and slammed it into the ground, the Tauro's horns breaking off in the process. The Wolf Faunus gave another roar, and slammed the broken horns into the beast's head.

Edgar slumped to the ground, lifeless, its own horns as the cause for its downfall. "Probably something symbolic about that. But I don't really care right now." Crue let out a deep breath, and pulled Setanta from the Grimm's decaying body.

He held it aloft briefly, before swing it down, the black blood spattering the grass. He turned to where Port sat, watching over the battle. Crue raised his sword to the side, before placing his free hand against his chest, and bowing to the professor.

"Brilliant Crue!" Port cried, clapping his hands together. Crue nodded, walking over to retrieve Ruby's cloak. He gave it a quick pat down, then walked over to the wall below RWBY. He walked up the wall, and handed the clothing back to it's rightful owner, before falling over the small guardrail.

The team before him instantly righted him, sitting him down next to them. Crue's head lolled back, as he began to drift off. He immediately righted himself, and stared forward. Cinder felt herself freeze, even though she was on the opposite side of the arena.

She looked at Crue, and saw his face morph into a frown. From where she was seated, she could see the team he had become so close with begin to talk to him. The blonde one said, something, and Crue instantly rounded on her, the girl flinching back in either surprise or fear.

"More than likely the latter." Cinder thought back to when she had sparred with him. The fear she felt, and then the anger at herself for feeling fear. There was just something about him, something that was strange, and terrifying.

Almost like he wasn't of this world.

Preposterous. Cinder shook her head in disbelief. Even with all she knew now thanks to Salem, there was never any mention of other worlds, aside from the quite literal Otherworld. But according to her Goddess, that was a place even she wasn't sure of it's existence. And if it did, she would be cautious in her approach.

Apparently it held a number of demons, as well as mystical creatures. Cinder recalled Salem telling her about it, but exercised the point that the risk far outweighed the reward should it be real. Cinder once considered finding this, Otherworld.

Salem had called it something else, as there were apparently several different realms within the world. One of them being Tír na nÓg, a place of happiness and youth. The thought made her want to throw up. However, to get to there, one would have to go through Tech Duinn. Cinder tried to remember what language it was that described these realms, perhaps it could be a clue to their location.

She dispelled the thoughts from her mind, focusing back on the Faunus who caused the thoughts in the first place. Who was, in a headlock, for some reason. Cinder blinked, wondering what she had missed between Crue and this new blonde.

A tail waved behind the new blonde, Cinder realising that this new arrival was a Faunus. She wondered what the relation was- Oh, that looked like it hurt. Cinder smiled somewhat eerily, as Crue reversed the hold, and was in the process of choking out the other Faunus as he waved for help.

Her thighs rubbed together, and she glared down at her own body. Why was it acting this way? Never before had she experienced this, and she had yet to decide whether that was a good or a bad thing. She glanced back up, seeing that the situation had escalated. A newcomer with blue hair tried to grab Crue by the head, inadvertently knocking off his glasses. Crue responded by digging his elbow into the blue's ribs, causing him to double over in pain.

He released the Faunus, and Cinder could see him gasping for air. However, before he could have a moment to actually breath, Crue grabbed the blue one around the waist, and slammed him backwards, much like he had done to the Tauro beforehand.

The two new males collided with each other, the blonde from RWBY, as well as the ginger from JNPR, were egging them on, both of them eating popcorn. Cinder briefly wondered where they had acquired the snack, before seeing Crue stand on the railing that separated the students from the battlefield.

Crue jumped into the air, and came down elbow first. Cinder was unable to see the results, but heard them quite clearly, even from way over on the other side. Her desire increased dramatically upon hearing the cries of pain, gnawing at her like a starved Beowulf.

Cinder tried to ignore it, as she saw Crue rise, dusting himself off and giving a small bow to the two cheering girls. Their cheering stopped, when a tall man with dark skin and green hair stood behind Crue, the Faunus not noticing.

Crue was visibly confused, until he turned around. He had to actually crane his neck to look up at the newcomer. He made no motion, that Cinder could see, aside from cracking his knuckles together. The dark skinned man crossed his arms and leaned back, somewhat impressed.

Crue's arms went out, as he shrugged, saying something to the man, before stepping aside, and allowing the man to pick up two fallen males. Cinder realise that they must be teammates, and also briefly wondered if he and Emerald could be related.

After realising how that sounded, she quickly purged that thought. Her eyes fell back on Crue, who had bent down to pick up his glasses. Before he put them on, he turned to her. And even with the distance between them, she could easily see the steely blue eyes that belonged to him.

Her legs quivered, and she realised she needed to fix this. In a more, private location.

...

Crue watched as Cinder walked off, looking to be in a hurry. He wondered if he should follow, before realising that it would just give Yang more ammunition. With a troubled mind, he sat back down. He glanced over to where Sage was carrying Sun and Neptune back to their student dorm.

That, was completely by accident. Crue had stood up, and was going to leave after Yang continued asking questions about Cinder, and Velvet. He turned back to say something, and felt a hand wrap itself around his neck.

Granted, he may have overreacted a bit when he spun round and put the offender in a better choke hold, but he didn't know it was Sun. And, the last time someone tried to choke him out it was Cinder. So… better safe than sorry.

He was going to let up, but then Neptune showed up. And things only got worse from there. The Faunus thanked a non-existent god that he had watched enough wrestling to know some moves. Granted he knew it was fake, but some of the moves still come in use.

"Crue, you need to apologise." Weiss told him. Crue rolled his eyes behind his glasses, and shook his head.

"I told you, I don't apologise." Crue explained, having already told this to Weiss once before.

"You don't?" Ruby questioned, popper her head up. "Why not?"

"Because," Crue began. "The good kind of people in life don't look for apologies. And the bad kind will take a wrong advantage of them."

"Huh." Ruby said, surprised. "You sound like you're talking from past experience."

"Wouldn't know if I am." Crue responded, knocking his knuckles against his head. Sometimes he hated lying to Ruby, but often it was better than the truth. To make a long story short, he made a mistake. And that mistake cost him dearly.

"But I will do something to make up for it." Crue negotiated.

"What will you do?" Weiss asked. The rest of her team looked to Crue in curiosity, as Crue gained a small smirk.

…

*knock knock knock* The members of team SSSN looked to their door in vague surprise. "Anyone expecting someone?" Sage called, getting up and going to the door. The other three looked to each other with raised eyebrows.

"You again?" They heard Sages voice say in surprise. The monolith stepped back, allowing whoever knocked into the room. Sun and Neptune instantly tensed, seeing the Wolf Faunus that had rightly kicked their asses earlier enter with a smile, and with companions.

Jaune and Ren nodded to the others, standing behind Crue. "Oi! What're you doing here?" Scarlet asked, jumping up from the bed to face the Faunus.

Crue gave him a once over. "Calm down Gavin." He said, causing the pirate to look at the others in confusion. "I'm here for Sun and Neptune." The two males in question felt their blood run cold, before hearing Crue sigh.

"Damn it. Too ominous." He shook his head. "Look." He said, waving a hand at the two shivering males. "I do not apologise."

"Then why are you here?" Sun managed to find his voice, though it came out a bit higher than he would have liked.

"For a simple proposition." Crue smirked, showing pearly whites, and a slight fang. He coughed into his hand, before addressing the whole room.

"Gentlemen. Let's get hammered."

Whoo. 20 Chapters! *Pops party popper*

Another chapter done. And with less plot, and more plot. …Well, that was one failed innuendo. But anyway, Coco finds out about Polly. Well, the idea of Polly. She doesn't actually know who Crue dated. All of team CFVY was absent for the duration of Crue and Neo's relationship.

And that was totally done intentionally and not something I realised after rereading a few chapters and thought 'Hey, this could work.' Totally not that. Also, I wonder if you guys realise how much your reviews influence me.

A lot of you mentioned Cinder appearing to be a tsundere, so I ran with it. And MrDrago104(props to you) mentioned the idea of Crue getting absolutely hammered. Too good an opportunity to miss. You guys also want him to meet with Winter, and Qrow. I sense a drinking competition in the future…

Another thing. Ever hear of Chekovs Skill? Well, there was a small bit of that here. Leave a review if you find it. So, I think that's everything. If you have any questions, ask them. Any reviews, leave them. And as always

Until Next Time

-Friday