Wow...so dusty...I guess that's what I get for leaving it for too

Hey, the Author Notes started!

Ahh, crap!

Hey readers to another "Another Day in Remnant"! This is the longest chapter I've ever done in my entire fanfiction career! (Not really a career...), but I've got some things to announce right now:

I've been getting more school more school work than I expected, therefore I had little time to be able to edit or create chapters, but nevertheless, holidays a-comin' after a few more weeks. So for now, I'll try to continue on trying...after a f #$ ton of procrastination, sulking over the loss of large progress in this chapter and other chapters due to a lack of 'saving' (literally lost progress on this chapter progress roughly four times already...), and doing other collaboration projects with another certain fanfiction author and his certain Neuroi Core...

That doesn't sound obvious at all...

Yeah, yeah, at least you get to see your "boyfriend" in their planned A/N...

B-baka! That stupid Neuroi Core isn't my boyfriend!

You keep telling yourself that, Kirino...

B-baka! *Zaps Ekiro268*

Damn does that sting like hell!

Anyways, before Kirino here turns me into an electrical conduit, ONTO REVIEWS!

[Insert tumbleweeds]

...Okay then...think I'm going to need more reviews...

Think...?

Whatever, to the next chapter we go!


[Note from the future...again...]: I ended up replacing chapter 1 with chapter 2 by accident, so I re-published this just to get that out of the way. Thanks to jeit93 for pointing that out, you're the best!


Ekuro's POV: Ozpin's Office...

I thought about what I did last time. The challenge against Team CRDL and the introduction of Kirino.

"I wonder why I'm being called in for?" I quietly whispered to myself, waiting for the elevator to Ozpin's office.

Who knows, could be because of the duel you started with Cardin and his team, Kirino suggested, appearing in a burst of data and sat on my right shoulder.

"I just really hope it isn't more lectures from Professor Goodwitch."

The elevator stopped and its doors opened to reveal Ozpin sitting on his rather unique chair, sipping a cup of coffee, and a grumpy looking Professor Goodwitch standing next to him, holding a large scroll.

"Morning, Headmaster, Professor Goodwitch," I greeted them.

"Morning to you as well, Mr. Kita." Ozpin greeted back before he gave me a curious look. "I see you have a companion with you. Care to explain?"

"Oh, her? She's a personal AI and partner of mine."

And part-necklace, stuffed around your neck when you sleep, Kirino added in, slightly annoyed.

"Well, I'm sorry, but keeping you around like a necklace was the only viable option I could think of!" I retorted towards my AI.

I then heard Glynda firmly coughed, prompting Kirino and I to stop our short bickering.

"Right...anyways, her standard name is 'Kirin-Zero-Two-Six-Eight-One' but people usually call her 'Kirino' for short," I introduced the AI to Ozpin and Glynda.

"I see..." Ozpin acknowledged, looking at my AI partner. "Nice to meet you, Kirino."

Nice to meet you too, Headmaster, Kirino greeted back.

"I see you also use formalities as well, Kirino."

It tends to rub off on him, Kirino said, hitching her left thumb towards me.

"I'll just consider that as a compliment," I dismissed before turning to look towards Ozpin. "So, why did you ask me here for, Ozpin?"

"Right, I would like you to meet a transfer student into Beacon Academy," Ozpin informed me.

"When, where, and who is this transfer student I'm meeting?"

"You will meet the transfer student today, at the Vale Docks where she will be with the newcomers from Vacuo, and I'll leave the name of the transfer student as a surprise."

"Then how will I know who the transfer student is if I don't even know their name?"

"Oh you'll meet her, I assure you."

"The transfer student came from Atlas and is 16 years old, a rare occurrence for such a young student to be accepted so early," Glynda informed me.

"Why Beacon Academy?" I asked Glynda, curious about the reason, "why not Atlas Academy instead? Isn't it closer?"

"Originally, her family planned for her to apply for Atlas, but she had convinced her parents to apply here in Beacon," Ozpin answered for Glynda, "and besides, her family had personally requested me for her to apply here as a first year student."

"And I still oppose this idea," Glynda angrily pointed out, massaging her forehead.

"I understand your concern, Glynda," Ozpin assured her, "but you cannot deny the high level of skill this transfer student possess', not to mention that she only trained for less than two years."

"Less than two years?" I asked Ozpin.

"Indeed, she was only trained by one mentor and talks highly of her mentor too," Ozpin explained.

"Is she capable of joining?"

"I assure you, she is more than capable of joining."

"Alright then, I have my team waiting for me downtown Vale anyways."

"I see, well I wouldn't want to keep you here any longer then," Ozpin acknowledged, "You are dismissed."

"Thanks, Headmaster," I thanked him, giving him a two finger salute before turning back to the elevator to meet up with my team.


Vale Docks...

I ran out of the airship's doors and sprinted straight for the meeting point I was supposed to meet the team a few minutes ago.

Arrived to the meeting point and noticed Weiss give me a look of disapproval.

"You're late, Ekuro," Weiss scolded me. "Where have you been?"

"Sorry about that, White Snow," I apologised and teased at the same time, "I was kinda held up by Headmaster Ozpin, but that's all done now so we can continue on where we're going."

"Then let's not waste any more time then, let's go!" Ruby announced to the team which we follow on.

We then arrived near the Vale Docks, seeing many people around still gave me a small feeling of comfort.

"The Vytal Festival! Oh this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss expressed, looking at a banner being pulled up.

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss," Ruby commented giving a weird look to Weiss, "it's kinda weirding me out..."

"You got that right, Ruby," I agreed.

"How could you not smile? A festival dedicated to the cultures to the world! There will be dances, parades, a tournament! Oh the amount of planning and organisation that goes into this event is simply breathtaking," Weiss explained in detail.

"...I'm sorry, what were you saying again?" I asked Weiss out of amusement.

"*Sigh* You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring," Yang commented, ignoring my question.

"Quiet you," Weiss scolded Yang and I, while we headed towards the dock.

"Remind me again why we're spending our Friday afternoon visiting the stupid docks?"

"Ugh, they smell like fish," Ruby commented on the docks, pinching her nose to block out the smell.

"Ruby, we're on the sea side, that's what all docks smell like," I pointed out to Ruby.

"I've heard that students visiting from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today," Weiss explained before turning around to face us, "and as a representative of Beacon, I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom!"

"She wants to spy on them so she'll have the upper hand in the tournament," Blake clarified as Weiss turned back around.

"Ah, you can't prove that!" Weiss turned around and quickly retorted.

"Well, I'm here to meet up with a transfer student," I announced to my team.

"Who's this transfer student you're meeting?" Ruby asked.

Apparently, this student is a she. Transferred out of Atlas to here and weirdly enough, she's also 16 years of age, Kirino informed the team.

"16 years old?" Weiss questioned.

"Surprising, isn't it?" I said to Weiss.

"At least there's someone who's closer to Ruby's age," Yang told the team.

"Woah..." I heard Ruby call out behind me, catching me and the team's attention.

The team and I looked to where Ruby was looking to see a destroyed dust shop, surrounded by yellow tape and a pair of detectives.

"Let's head up and ask them what happened, shall we?" I suggested to the team which they all didn't object and followed me.

We arrived in front of the crime scene before Ruby came up to one of the detectives.

"What happened here?" Ruby asked the first detective.

"Robbery. Second Dust shop to be hit this week," the detective answered before turning around. "This place is turning into a jungle," I then heard the detective mumble.

"That's terrible," Yang commented.

I then over heard the two detectives.

"They left all the money again," I heard the second detective pointed out, confusing me.

"Yeah, just doesn't make a lick o' sense. Who needs that much Dust?" the first detective asked him.

"I dunno, an army?"

"You thinking the uh, White Fang?"

"Yeah I'm thinking we don't get paid enough," the first detective said, taking of his aviators.

"Humph, the White Fang," Weiss started, catching the teams attention, "what an awful bunch of degenerates."

"What's your problem?" Blake asked Weiss.

"My problem?" Weiss repeated, turning to face Blake, "I simply don't care for the criminally insane."

"The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're a collection of misguided Faunus."

"Misguided?! They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet!"

"So then they're very misguided. Either way, it doesn't explain why they would rob a Dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale."

"Hmm, Blake's got a point," Ruby agreed. "Besides, the police never caught that Torchwick guy Ekuro and I ran into a few months ago...Maybe it was him."

"I'm pretty sure it is him robbing these Dust shops," I agreed.

"That still doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum," Weiss continued on, "those Faunus only know how to lie, cheat, and steal."

"That's not necessarily true," Yang pointed out.

"Hey, stop that Faunus!" I heard someone called out.

"You were saying, Yang?" I asked Yang before I ran towards the edge of the dock to see what was going on.

I spot a tan-skinned person with short spiky light-blonde hair and dark grey eyes. He had a pair of red wrist bracers around his forearms, an open loose collared white jacket with no shirt, showing his front muscles, blue cargo pants with a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants and tied up with a white belt, white bandages on his legs wrapped around his legs, black and yellow sneakers, a twisted golden necklace around his neck, and his most standing out feature was his long blonde tail.

The Faunus was being chased by two people, then he jumped on the edge of the ship.

"Thanks for the ride, guys!" the Faunus said before he leapt down onto the wooden docks, jumped again and hung himself upside down on a lamp post by the table, peeling a banana.

"You no-good stowaway!" I heard one of the pursuers shouted out loud.

"Hey, a 'no-good' stowaway would've been caught. I'm a great stowaway!" the Faunus said, peeling a banana before tilting his head from an incoming rock.

I looked at the thrower to be the first detective Ruby questioned.

"Hey, get down from there this instant," the first detective demanded, only to receive a banana peel thrown on his face.

The Faunus spun back up onto the lamp post before acrobatically jumped back down, putting a fair distance between the two detectives before sprinting up to the stairs, before running pass by us.

For a split second when he passed by my team, I noticed the Faunus winked towards Blake before turning his head and kept running.

"Well Weiss, you wanted to see the competition-" Yang pointed out to Weiss, "-and there it goes."

"Quick, we have to observe him!" Weiss announced, giving chase.

The rest of the team followed on expect for Blake, dazed.

"Hey, you okay there, Blake?" I called out to her, clicking my hand in front of her, snapping her out.

"Yeah, why?" Blake asked.

"Is it about what Weiss said to your former organisation?"

"I'm fine, don't worry about it."

"Alright, just...if you need to talk about it, I'll be here for you. I am your co-leader, after all."

"I'll keep that in mind, thanks," Blake thanked me.

"No worries," I assured her before hitching a thumb towards where the team ran off, "we better catch up or we'll loose them."

And with that, Blake and I ran after the rest of the team.


It didn't take long to catch up as we spot the rest of Team RWBEY, running around the corner.

As Blake and I moved around the corner, the first thing I noticed was Weiss on the ground, with another person under her, and the Faunus escaping by leaping onto a building, out of my sights.

"No! He got away!" Weiss called out, unaware of who she bumped into.

"Uuuhh, Weiss...?" Yang called out, catching Weiss' attention, and pointed towards the person under her.

Weiss looked back down to see a girl, smiling creepily, surprising Weiss and quickly got herself up, and backed away.

"Salutations!" the girl greeted, putting her left arm up, still on the ground.

The girl had bright green eyes, light skin and freckles, curly orange hair that came down to her chin, and a pink bow on the back of her head. She wore an old-fashioned blouse with short feminine overalls, and a black and green collar with a pair of matching stockings.

"Um...hello," Ruby greeted back.

"Are you...okay?" Yang asked the girl.

"I'm wonderful." the girl replied, showing no signs of getting back up. "Thank you for asking."

My team looked to each other before they looked back to the girl.

"Do you...wanna get up?" Yang then asked her.

"...Yes," the girl then said before she effortlessly kicked herself off the ground, causing my team to take a step back.

"My name is Penny, it's a pleasure to meet you!" the now named Penny introduced herself.

"Hi, Penny. I'm Ruby," Ruby introduced herself to Penny.

"I'm Weiss," Weiss followed after.

"I'm Ekuro!" I introduced myself to Penny.

"Blake," Blake simply said.

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Yang asked Penny, earning a quick backhand to the rib by Blake, "Oh, I'm Yang."

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny repeated again.

"You already said that," Weiss pointed out to Penny.

"...So I did!" Penny said, realising what she had said.

"Well, sorry for running into you," Weiss apologised before walking away.

"Take care, friend!" Ruby said, walking away, the rest of the team followed suit.

After walking a far distance away from Penny, Yang broke the silence.

"She was...weird," Yang commented on Penny.

"Yang, that's kind of rude to say," I pointed out to Yang.

"Now, where did that Faunus riff faff run off to?" Weiss said out loud, turning her head to look in front of her.

Just as Weiss said that, she turned to look in front of her to only see Penny there.

"What did you call me?" Penny questioned, assuming towards Yang.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, I definitely didn't think you heard me," Yang apologised while I noticed Weiss trying to figure out how Penny got there, pointing to the place where we last saw Penny with her left hand and pointing to where Penny is now with her right hand, crossing her arms.

"No, not you..." Penny said to Yang before walking passed the team and leaned near Ruby, "you!"

"Me?! I-I- I don't know- I- what I- um, uh-" Ruby blabbered out, unsure what to say.

"You called me 'friend'," Penny said to Ruby, leaning closer to her, causing Ruby to lean further back. "Am I really your friend?"

"Uummm..." I Ruby said out loud, looking at our direction.

I looked at my teammates, observing Blake waving both of her hands side to side, Weiss swiped her hand near her neck back and forth, and Yang had her arms in a cross shape, all three shaking their heads. I just shrugged.

"Yeah, sure! Why not?" Ruby concluded, causing the rest of the team to have shocked looks and dropped dead on the ground, arms and legs in the air, while I had a confused look on the trio while wondering if I heard a gong or not.

"Ahahaha! Sen-sational!" Penny cheered, arms in the air. "We can paint out nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!"

"Ooh, is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby asked Weiss, leaning next to Weiss as she got up from the ground.

"No, she seems far more coordinated," Weiss explained.

"Not to mention that she hasn't met the ice queen here," I added in, earning a heel to my toe and prompted me to shut me up.

"Penny!" a voice of a female called out.

The next thing I see was a sliver haired girl with a turquoise bow clipped onto her hair, a turquoise cloak held by a silver button on her right shoulder blade, and a long scar across her right cheek. I noticed under her cloak as she was recovering from running, was her white sleeveless skin tight suit with silver linings around the edges, a grey pleated skirt with silver outline around the edges of the skirt that went just above her knees, silver stockings that went passed her knees, and a pair of grey combat boots.

"Penny, please don't wonder around on your own again!" the girl lectured Penny worriedly, breathing heavily.

I realised who the girl in the turquoise cloak was.

"L-lady Turchese?" I blurted out.

The girl turned to look at me in surprise.

"Ek-Ko?" the girl called out.

"Echo?" Yang repeated the name questionably.

"EK-KOOOO!" the girl called out louder, tackling me down in the process, "I missed you so much!" the girl then said, hugging around my stomach tightly while on top of me.

"Okay, I missed you too, but could you please get off of me? I need air you know," I asked her, struggling to breath.

"Telisa, is that you?" Weiss called out in surprise.

"Oh, hey Weiss, long time no see!" the now named Telisa stopped embracing me and greeted Weiss, sitting on top of me.

"What are you doing here?"

"Haven't you heard? I'm transferring into Beacon."

"Eh?! That means-" I shouted out loud before Kirino jumped into the conversation.

Telisa is the new transfer student Ekuro is instructed to meet, Kirino finished off before turning to look at Telisa, also, it's nice to see you again.

"Oh, hey, you still have the tsundere AI with you, Ek-Ko?" Telisa asked me.

B-baka! It's not like I wanted to be a tsundere!

"Yep, still have her, lady Turchese," I answered Telisa, infuriating Kirino further.

B-BAKA! Kirino screamed out loud, charging electricity onto her hand.

Telisa quickly got off me to escape from the AI's wrath, before Kirino threw a streak of electricity towards me, zapping me for a split second.

"Ow..." I groaned in pain after the shock.

"Are you alright, Ek-Ko?" Telisa asked me, squatting next to me and lightly poked my cheek.

"Ekuro,! Stay with us!" Ruby pleaded, coming to my aid...and violently shook me with a distressed look.

"Ugh...shaking me isn't helping me any better..." I told Ruby, prompting her to stop.

"Soo," Yang started, looking towards Penny, "what are you doing in Vale?"

"I'm here to fight in the tournament," Penny answered.

"Wait...you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss questioned Penny.

"I'm combat ready!" Penny replied, saluting.

"Forgive me, but you hardly look the part."

"Says the girl wearing a dress," Blake pointed out.

"Agreed!" I added in before I winced in pain from the electrical shock.

"It's a 'combat skirt'," Weiss retorted, crossing her arms. Ruby also joined in next to her, arms crossed as well.

"Yeah!" Ruby agreed, followed by Weiss bringing her hand out for Ruby to hi-five.

"Wait a minute." Weiss said, walking up to Penny and grabbed her by the shoulders. "If you're here for the tournament, does that mean you know that monkey-tailed...rapscallion?" Weiss then asked while I noticed Blake twitched in irritation.

"The who?" Penny asked.

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" Weiss clarified, holding up a rough drawing of the Faunus, that came out of nowhere, to Penny.

"Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake snapped.

"Huh?" Weiss said out of confusion.

"Stop calling him a rapscallion. Stop calling him a degenerate. He's a person!"

"Oh, I'm sorry. Would you like me to stop referring to the trash can as a trash can," Weiss asked, referring to the trash can with her right hand, "or this lamp post as a lamp post?" also referred to the lamp post with her left hand.

"Stop it!" Blake demanded.

"Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him time, he'll probably join up with those other Faunus in the White Fang," Weiss explained before I noticed Blake clenched her fists.

"Argh! You ignorant little brat!" Blake snapped before walking away.

"How dare you talk to me like that! I am your teammate!" Weiss informed, following Blake.

"You are a judgemental little girl!" Blake retorted, stopping in her tracks and turned towards Weiss, starting an argument.

"What in the world makes you say that?!"

"Uhh, I think we should probably go," Yang suggested to us before Penny popped in from behind Ruby.

"Where are we going?" Penny asked us, completely oblivious of what is happening.

"Uhh, Ruby, could you take care of this on your own? I've got Telisa here to tour her around," I asked the leader.

"I'll try my best to do so, I'll call you if I need help," Ruby answered, looking at Weiss' and Blake's argument.

"Alright, see you guys back at the dorms."

"See you there," Yang says to me, also looking at the heated argument.


After seeing them off, I looked towards Penny and Telisa.

"So...that was my team...

"Are those two always arguing?" Telisa asked.

"No, this is the first time I've seen this happen before."

They hardly ever had an argument since the joining of our team, Kirino informed, appearing on my right shoulder.

"Is Weiss still being a little 'bitchy' to others?" Telisa then asked.

"Never better," I sarcastically said, "although she is being more...'nicer' now."

"That's nice to hear, I guess."

After a few seconds of silence, something clicked in my head.

"Oh yeah, why did you transfer to Beacon instead of Atlas?" I then asked Telisa.

"I chose to transfer into Beacon because Atlas is too strict with their rules. Unlike Atlas, Beacon it's more laid back with their dress code," Telisa explained, her hands behind her head, " and besides, I want to become a huntress, not a solider."

"It would have been sensational if you did transfer to Atlas," Penny pointed out, popping in, "I would be able to see you every day!"

"So you're from Atlas, Penny?" I asked Penny.

"Yes, I'm from Atlas," Penny answered.

"What's the story with you and Penny here?" I then asked Telisa.

"Well, I met her during the time when my parents and I were being toured around Atlas Academy."

"She didn't look to have any interests in applying for Atlas," Penny commented.

"I was interested!" Telisa retorted back.

I guess Telisa rubbed off on your laziness, Ekuro, Kirino commented.

"Hey!" Telisa and I protested in unison.

See? Even both of you say things at the same time!

"A-anyways, let's get to Beacon Academy, shall we?" I suggested to Penny and Telisa which they both agreed.

We were then standing in front of the skyport with an airship ready to take off into Beacon Academy.


Beacon Skyport...

After touring Telisa and Penny around Beacon Academy until it was evening, we spot a bullhead landing near the skyport and onto a landing pad.

"Well that's a surprise," I commented.

"Ek-Ko, papĂ 's a board member of the Schnee Dust Comapny, remember?" Telisa pointed out.

"Touché..."

"Hey Penny," Telisa called out. "You go on ahead first, I want to have a quick word with Ek-Ko here."

"Alright," Penny said, walking to the bullhead "but don't keep the pilot waiting, alright?"

"Don't worry, I won't be gone for too long."

"It was really nice seeing you

"Have you told them 'that' yet?" Telisa asked me.

"Not yet..." I answered her.

"They're going to find out one way or another, Ek-Ko."

"I know, it's just..."

"You're afraid that they won't see you the same way?"

"Yeah..."

"Like you had said to me, 'man up and do it or you might regret it for the rest of your life,' that's what you taught me, remember?"

"Heh thanks, Telisa," I thanked her before I spread my arms, "now come here and give your mentor a hug."

"I'm not a kid anymore, Ek-Ko," Telisa complained, pouting but ended up hugging me, "but it wouldn't hurt to hug once in a while," I heard her mumble.

Sorry to interrupt, Kirino jumped in, but we shouldn't keep the pilot waiting, it's already evening.

"And Kirino, ruiner of moments, strikes again," Telisa deadpanned which I chuckled.

Hey! Kirino complained.

"Anyways, it was nice to see you," I said to Telisa, patting her head, "see you next time?"

"Always," Telisa answered, smiling before she let me go and headed into the bullhead.

I watched the bullhead fly off to Vale, into the sunset.

Um, Ekuro? Kirino called out my name, catching my attention.

"Yeah?" I called back.

Have you forgotten something?

"No, why would I-" I said before it clicked into my head, "ahh crap, the fight between Weiss and Blake!"

I then turned around and sprinted towards the dorm rooms.


Beacon Dorms...

I slowed myself down to a walking pace when I arrived to my dorm room floor.

I noticed the door of my team room was open, raising suspicion in my head.

"You want to know why I despise the White Fang? It's because they're a bunch of liars, thieves, and murders!" I heard Weiss explained loudly.

"WELL MAYBE WE WERE JUST TIRED OF BEING PUSHED AROUND!" I heard Blake snapped before there was silence.

"Did she just...?" I quietly asked myself, slowing my pace towards the doorway.

Just as I was about to walked through the doorway, Blake came running out of the doorway before bumping me onto the ground. I looked at Blake and noticed her eyes slowly tearing up before she continued to run.

"Blake! Wait! Come back!" I heard Ruby called out to Blake.

I looked back towards the doorway to see Ruby there.

"Ruby, what's going on?" I asked her.

"Ekuro, I think Blake accidentally revealed herself as a Faunus," Ruby explained.

Dammit, so that's why she ran away.

"I'll try to catch her. I'll be back as soon as I can," I told Ruby.

Without giving her time to answer, I got myself off the ground and chased after Blake.


Academy Courtyard...

"Where is she, where is she?" I repeated myself, frantically searching for Blake.

She should be in the middle of the courtyard, Kirino informed me within my mind.

I listened to Kirino's information and spotted Blake in the middle of the courtyard, standing next to the statue of a huntsman and huntress standing on top of a boulder with a Beowolf under them. I then noticed Blake taking her bow on her head off, revealing a pair of black cat ears.

"Keep it quite for now, Kirino," I ordered my AI.

Roger that. Call me out when you're done, and with that, Kirino went silent.

With a sigh, I slowly walked towards Blake.

"Blake..." I quietly called out.

Blake turned around with tears in her eyes before she looked away from me.

"Stay away from me!" Blake demanded, covering her face with her hands.

"Blake, calm down," I ignored her demand and continued to slowly walk closer to her.

"I said, don't go near me!"

Blake attempted to punch me with her right fist, but I caught her wrist with my left hand before I ended up embracing her.

"Let go of me!" she loudly demanded, struggling to free herself from me.

Blake continued to struggle for about a minute before she gave up struggling and broke down in front of me, embracing me back and cried on my chest.

After a few minutes passed, Blake came from burst full of tears to light sobs. Now we were sitting on the ground, Blake's head still on my chest and me lightly rubbing her back.

"What am I supposed to do?" Blake asked out loud, directing it towards me.

"I don't know, but I can tell you this. You look better without the bow," I replied back to her.

"That isn't helping me," Blake scolded, giving me a stern look with her puffy cheeks resulting from her crying.

"I know..."

"But thanks for trying," Blake then thanked, changing her look to a smile.

There was a few seconds of silence before I broke it.

"You know, I always tell myself these very words every time: 'Do what you seek.'"

"Why do you always tell yourself that?"

"Because, it relates to me in so many ways, doing the things I always dreamed of, fighting for what I believed in, and protecting the poor and weak against the corrupt."

"What do you seek now?"

"A reason..."

I noticed Blake gave me a questioning look.

"I prefer to be vague about it. It gets people thinking." I explained to her before getting myself off the floor. "Alright, think you can stand?"

"Yeah," she replied, slowly getting off the ground.

Once we were both off the ground I asked.

"So, what are you going to do now?"

"I need to get away for a bit. Is that okay with you?" Blake asked.

"I don't think the team would like to hear that..."

"Then don't tell them. Please keep it quiet until I'm ready to come back."

I thought about the situations that can happen if I were to let Blake go off or bring her back in.

"Alright then, just don't be gone for too long," I decided.

"Thanks you, Ekuro."

"Now, I just need someone to watch over you."

"I knew you would look better without the bow," I heard another voice commented towards Blake.

Blake and I turned around to spot the same Faunus from the docks that escaped from our pursuit.

"Perfect!" I said out loud.

"Perfect?" the Faunus repeated, giving me a weird look.

"Yes, perfect. You're going to be watching over her for however long Blake hides for, until she feels ready to come back."

"You're asking someone who you've never met before and you're entrusting him?" Blake asked out of shock.

"Well, for one, he didn't engage the detectives," I pointed out to Blake, "two, he ran past us while hitting on you," Blake then punched me on the shoulder.

"Okay, I deserved that, but besides that, he seems to be a nice guy who only just stole a banana or two. Sure I can trust him, I even get the feeling he's a student from Haven Academy," I then said.

"I am in fact a student in Haven Academy, nice guess," the Faunus confirmed.

"Thanks," I thanked him before I thought of something, "I've forgotten to ask, what's your name?"

"Oh, the name's Sun Wukong, nice to meet you," the now named Sun introduced himself, extending his right hand out.

"Ekuro Kita," I introduced back, grabbing his hand and shook it before hitching my left thumb towards Blake. "This girl's name is Blake Belladonna."

Blake ended up punching me on the shoulder again after her introduction.

"What? I was only introducing you," I joked towards Blake. "Anyways, don't keep me or the team waiting for too long, alright, Blake?"

"Alright," Blake acknowledged.

And with that we parted ways, me walking back to my team dorm room while Blake and Sun went off their way.

"Now to think of an excuse," I quietly said, rubbing the back of my head with my right hand.


And that's the end of this chapter, a new character I have created is now into the world of Remnant. Telisa is has an important role in Ekuro's arrival into Remnant, so be prepared...-ish...

I still hate you...

Then start hating even more because I recently drew you and Lio together.

YOU DID WHAT?!

Gah! And with that I'll see you readers in the next chapter!