Wolves Are Bad News… But Not All Are

*(A/N): LET THE MAYHEM BEGIN! If you are reading this right now, I just want to thank you for being so patient to make it up to this point. You must really like my story to make it this far or you are still bored as fuck. This is the point where all three plots are brought into this story, and like I promised, it has a fight scene. Now this chapter is only from Okami's perspective, I tried doing it from the other characters as well but I felt like you can fully experience this chapter from her side. It will start a little slow at first, but the plots will kick in soon. Well, enjoy!*

~ Okami ~

When they arrived back at Okami's dorm, the five girls acted as is nothing ever happened. They continued to celebrate Okami's birthday by playing games, eating cake, and finally; presents.

Okami didn't really know what to do, these four girls before her were the first people to accept and care for her (besides Urufu). This is the first party anyone has ever thrown for her so the wolf faunus was enthusiastic yet clueless. After greatly thanking the girls she began to open the four packages before her.

The first one was small with black paper and a sky blue ribbon tied to it. Okami instantly knew that the gift was from Blake and opened it carefully. Inside the package was a long, thick, sky blue fabric with material that felt soft to the touch. Okami stroked the material in her hand looked up towards Blake.

"It's a head band that you could use to hide your ears, like how I use my bow. Looking at you, you look a lot like a human and you can pass for one if you were to cover your ears or at least help hold them down. If you don't want to use it as a head band it can also work as a scarf, but this way you won't have many incidents with more humans." Blake said with an amused smile.

"Thank you Blake." Okami said with a smile before turning to the next gift.

The next package was big and had white paper with a blue bow. She knew this gift was from Weiss and was a bit uneasy about opening it, but she thought that may be rude and opened it anyway. Inside was a set of medium armor that was designed for Okami. The pants were black as night and had small plates of dark blue armor, the top was charcoal and covered her neck with ¾ sleeves and had a sky blue plate on the chest and upper back (what made the others laugh was that on the left side there was another plate to cover the left shoulder), and sky blue plates on the upper part of her arms. Okami changed into the armor and held Weiss in a tight hug.

"Now the next time we get paired for sparring I won't have to hold back." Weiss said while trying to catch her breath.

Yang then walked over to the closet and tossed a package to Okami. "Here ya go, I hope I made it like you wanted!" She said with a huge grin.

The package had yellow paper and was poorly wrapped and had a dark blue ribbon that came untied. "Well, I guess we can't all be perfect." Okami opened the box and was speechless at what she saw.

Inside the box were what appeared to be a pair of sky blue metallic cuffs that had a small tip pointing up the forearm; however, when she put them on they transformed. The metal expanded and tightened to fit perfectly, the tip grew almost to her elbow and metal formed on her hands. There was a small gap between the hand and forearm so that her wrist could move, on the forearm there was a small gun barrel and the metal on her hand had four slits just above her knuckles and four more and the palm. Okami slightly used her aura and four 5 inch claws came out above her knuckles, she deactivated her gauntlets and looked at Yang not knowing what to say.

"You can use your aura to retract the claws and spikes on the palm, claws are for Grimm and can be retracted for humans while the spikes are made for climbing and scaling. You can also use the barrel to shoot your aura from a distance. Did I get everything?" Yang said while she ruffled Okami's hair.

"Thank you so much Yang, now I don't have to work extra shifts." Okami said with a smile and a laugh.

"Okay, now it's my turn!" Ruby said as she handed Okami her gift. The package was wrapped in red paper and had a white ribbon with blue imprints of dog bones and paw prints.

"Ruby I beg of you…never get older. You are too adorable to get older, you are perfect the way you are now." Okami thought to herself with a smile. Okami opened the package and was close to tears at what she saw.

Ruby gave her a cloak similar yet different from hers. It was sky blue with a hood and had paws for the clips, but what really got to her was the emblem on the back. Everyone knew that Okami's father started the White Fang and that the original flag was the Kiba family symbol, the blue background with the white circle and wolf head.

Ruby put the crest on the cloak but changed it so that no one outside the loop would know what it meant. The background was the same color as the rest of the cloak and had the white circle, but the wolf head was different. It wasn't rough and box like but instead was gentler and more feminine with the mouth closed and blue eyes.

Okami let lose a happy tear as she put on the cloak and walked over to Ruby and gave her a kind, gentle hug. "Thank you so much Ruby, I'll always cherish it for as long as I will live. Thank you for so many things."

"It was nothing; you are part of the family Okami. This is the least we can do to show you how much you mean to us." Ruby said returning the hug.

It was now 2 in the morning, so RWBY went to their dorm to sleep and Okami did the same. They were all having pleasant dreams when they were awakened by a blood churning howl.

Okami ran to the window and saw a black wolf with red eyes staring at her from the courtyard. She quickly changed into her new gear and (with great caution) jumped out of the third story window. With her new weapon she safely slid down the wall to the ground and ran to the courtyard. She stayed twenty yards away from the wolf and stood there motionless until team RWBY showed up beside her.

"Is this a friend of yours Okami?" Yang asked as she got into her fighting stance.

"No, but I do recognize him." Okami said in a serious tone. "It's Tsume's wolf."

On cue the wolf walked up to Okami's feet and placed an envelope on the ground, then it quickly turned and ran into the woods. Okami didn't have to open it to know what it was; she knew her sister wouldn't write her a personal letter, and judging by the Alpha seal…this wasn't good news.

Okami picked up the letter and turned it over to inspect it further and noticed that something was on the other side. She saw one word written in ink as red as blood, "Okami."

The members of RWBY looked over her shoulders and saw the letter as well.

"What do you think it's about?" Ruby asked with concern.

"I don't know, but if it's from my village then it can't be good." Okami said trying to keep her voice calm. "If this came from my clan then something big must have happened. If it is important enough for them to reach out to me then it must be a notice of a death…or a notice of my own." Okami faced the school while placing the note in her pocket and started going back to her room.

"Aren't you going to read it?" Weiss asked with a confused expression.

"It's late and I'm tired, I'll read it tomorrow." Okami said while noticing a suspicious look on Blake's face. "Don't you guys have to get ready and pack tomorrow?"

"They do, but I'm staying for the two weeks." Blake said while still eyeing Okami.

"Oh, I see. Stop by before you leave so I can say bye." Okami said and with that she returned to her dorm.

Once she got back she hid her journal inside Urufu's house and just collapsed on her bed. She didn't bother to change and quickly fell into a restless sleep.

The next morning Okami woke up with a start, she may have woken up from a nightmare but the memory kept playing in her mind. She got undressed (placing the letter on the table) and quickly into the shower. She turned on the warm water and let her thoughts flow out like the streaming water.

"Why are they reaching out to me now? It's been three years since I've been exiled… How the hell did they even find me? How did they know that Ozpin took me in? What do they want with me after all this time?... I guess these are questions I'll never know the answer to."

Okami got out of the shower and started getting dressed. She then soon realized she forgot to grab a bra again so she put a towel over her shoulders and walked out of the bathroom. The wolf faunus grabbed a bra and tossed it on her bed while she watched the sunrise through the window. She watched the beautiful scenery before her while she pulled off her towel to dry her hair, what could possibly go wr-

"WHOA, WHAT THE HELL WERE THOSE FROM?!"

Okami jumped at the sudden outburst and turned to see Blake sitting at the table with her eyes wide. Okami quickly turned away from her and covered her back with the towel, she knew that Blake was talking about the horrible burn marks but she was so ashamed of them she wanted to hide them from sight (Ruby never noticed them in chapter one because she saw Okami more at an angle unlike Blake who saw her back directly). Okami was just about ready to die of embarrassment when she felt something pull off the towel and hold her shoulders to keep her from moving.

"Blake, stop! What are you d-"

"Stop moving around, I'm trying to see them better." Blake said in an unnaturally calm voice.

On Okami's back there were four diagonal lines that went from her right shoulder blade down and across to her left hip. The lines were placed and appeared to be claw marks; however, it was as clear as day that the scars were burn marks.

Blake slowly started to stroke one of the marks. "Okami, how did this happen?"

"I honestly don't remember, I remember the village on fire and a lot of pain but the next thing I knew I woke up back on the streets with bandages. My brain doesn't remember but my body does, whenever I get near fire I start to panic." Okami said on the verge of tears.

"Then whatever you do, don't get Yang mad."

"Why?"

Blake froze her hand and didn't answer, she didn't need to, Okami saw why when she turned to the source of the scent of burning hair.

Yang was standing in the doorway with her face bright red, eyes wide with shock, and…is that steam coming from her body? She quickly closed the door and a minute later she opened it again. This time her aura flared up with tongues of flames dancing in her hair and her eyes turned red when she finally registered what she saw; and to her, she saw her girlfriend touching another girl who was topless.

Yang marched over to Okami and by grabbing her hair she pulled the wolf faunus closer to her face. "What. Do. You. Think. You're. Doing."

"Crapcrapcrap, CRAP! So this is how I'm going to die?! I get killed by a girl who thinks I'm a pervert?! Oh god, is this really how I'll reach my end?!"

"Yang, calm down! Okami came out of the shower when I noticed the marks on her back. I was just taking a closer look." Blake said trying to calm her girlfriend down.

Yang started to tone down her aura and looked towards Blake. "Are you sure? Nothing else happened?"

Blake nodded and Yang let go of Okami. There was a long time of silence until Weiss and Ruby came into the room.

"Um, are we interrupting something?" Ruby asked sheepishly.

"Nope, not at all." Yang said while walking out the door. "I'll meet you guys outside… You two don't do anything I would do." She directed that last part right at Okami and she cowered a little, then Yang turned and walked out of sight.

Ruby turned to the two faunuses with a confused expression. "Why is Yang so upset?... And why is Okami only wearing shorts?"

Behind the young leader Weiss did a facepalm before she spoke. "Ruby...you just answered your own question."

"What do y-…oh." Ruby turned towards the door with her realization. "I'm sure it was a misunderstanding, see ya guys in two weeks!"

"Have a nice winter break, take care!" Weiss called as she followed Ruby out the door.

The two faunuses were now left in the room.

Alone.

And one of them was still topless…

"I swear to god, if people keep coming in here while I take a shower I'm going to have to train Urufu to be a guard wolf."

Blake then turned back to Okami with a smirk on her face. "By the way, are you an AA cup?" Her smirk vanished when a towel smacked her in the face.

"WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU EVEN LOOKING THERE?!" Okami yelled as she grabbed her new gear and ran into the bathroom to change.

When Okami came back out she found Blake sitting at the table reading the letter she got from the wolf. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Reading." Blake simply responded without looking at her.

"I can see that, but why are you reading something that is MINE?"

Blake finally made eye contact with Okami and gave her an emotionless look. "Okami, do you know what this letter is saying?"

Okami broke eye contact and slightly hesitated. "No… No I don't."

"It's not good; you need to read this right now."

"I can't."

"Why not?" A few moments of silence passed before Blake was able to put two and two together. "Okami…do you know how to read?"

Okami became ashamed of herself, she was about to break down when Blake grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the room. "Blake, what are you doing?"

"I'm taking you to the library." Blake said with a kind smile. "I guarantee you will be able to read before the end of winter break."

~ 13 Days Later ~

"Well, she definitely kept her word."

Blake taught Okami how to read every day all day, she had Okami read fairy tales mostly but it was enough for her to read at a somewhat teenage level. Besides reading they mostly talked (Okami learned about Blake's past with the White Fang) and ate together. Other than that they lived in their separate dorms and continued with their daily lives. Okami wanted to go next door and hang out with Blake, but right now she had to make a decision.

Okami was sitting at the table with two objects in front of her; the letter from the wolf, and the old journal. Blake was shopping in town at the moment and the rest of RWBY was supposed to be back the following morning, so whatever she didn't read that night would have to be held off for a later time.

"I've been wondering about what he wrote in that journal for three years, now I can finally find out. But…after three years the village has finally reached out to me, what is so important for them to do that?"

After half an hour of thinking about it, Okami picked up the letter and began to read.

"My elder sibling, Okami Kiba.

Three days after you left our home our beloved uncle had passed away leaving me to be Alpha. However, one month ago there had been an attempt for my life and our dearest friend Ai has simply vanished with her wolf. The elders and I have decided to look into an investigation, it was discovered that our uncle had been poisoned and we find that the evidence all points towards you.

With a heavy heart, I hereby deem you as a wanted traitor. You have three months to turn yourself in or we will hunt you down. If you do turn yourself in, I will permit you to have a trial to determine your fate. However; if you do not, then the next faunus from the White Fang to see you is permitted to kill on the spot. If there is any form of resistance from you or your human 'friends', it is permitted for ALL of you to be exterminated at once.

I am greatly sorry to be the one to give such awful news; I do not wish to do this to my own sister, but the law is the law and there are no exceptions.

~ Your Alpha, Tsume Kiba

Okami put the letter down and sat back in her chair to think.

"There won't be a trial, not a fair one anyway. Even if I go back I'll be killed, but if I don't I'll be hunted. No matter how I chose it will end with me the same way…dead… And Ai's missing? I have nothing to do with that, I shouldn't even care. She's the one who turned me in and had me banished; but still, I can't stop caring about her… I'll think more about it tomorrow; right now I need my rest." Okami then got up and went to bed; she was so exhausted she didn't even change out of her casual clothes nor have a dream.

The next day Okami overslept but quickly jumped to life when she found Blake reading the journal she left on the table.

"Blake, don't read that!" Okami yelled as she chased Blake around the table.

"Okami, where did you get this?"

"Someone gave it to me, now give it back!"

"Who gave it to you?"

"MY FATHER!" Okami yelled while she tackled Blake and at the same time Yang opened up the door.

Yang couldn't have timed it anymore perfect. The first thing she saw when the door opened was Blake on the ground with Okami (on all fours) on top of her and their faces were only inches from each other. Okami didn't even have enough time to say "wait" before Yang kicked her in the gut as hard as she could.

"What the hell Y-" Okami couldn't even finish her sentence, as soon as she stood back up Yang had her weapons activated and made a clean left hook to her face. The strength of Yang's punch and the explosion of her weapon had enough force to have Okami crash through the window and fall towards the courtyard.

Okami tried to use her aura as a cushion but failed miserably, she hit the ground with her back first and her head bounced off the concrete with a loud "crack". Okami sat up and grabbed her head with a mumbled "shit"; she got up in time to see Yang safely roll on the ground and stand on her feet in front of her. Yang's aura was starting to ignite and caused Okami to slightly start panicking.

"And here I thought cats always landed on their feet." Yang said with anger heavily lingering on every word and her eyes turning red.

"I'm a wolf faunus, you IDIOT!" Okami said in slight outrage. "Good pun, wrong faunus!"

"Oh, you're a wolf alright…" Yang said getting ready to strike again. "And wolves are bad news! Lairs and traitors!... Just. Like. You."

With that, Yang hit Okami with a right hook causing her to skid across the ground. Okami slammed into a statue with a loud "thud"; but that didn't concern her, instead she held her face and yelled, "FUCK."

"She's right though, wolves are bad news like in the stories Blake had me read…but I'm still human too! Not all wolves are bad! I'm not bad! I just get caught into bad situations!"

Yang walked up and kicked Okami's side which flung her to the edge of the forest surrounding the school. Okami was taking direct hits that cause great damage and couldn't fight back. She wasn't wearing her armor and she didn't want to go anywhere near Yang when her aura is blazing (and she was her friend I guess).

Okami looked up and noticed that Yang wasn't looking at her anymore. Yang had frozen in fear at what she saw and Okami understood why, in the trees were dozens of beowolves and they all had the same scar Okami had on her back.

They had the masks and bones like other Grimm creatures, but instead of bright red eyes they were a darker maroon color and their scars were on random parts of their bodies…almost as if something attacked them...

Okami quickly jumped up on her feet and activated her weapon as the Grimm lunged at them. Okami dodged every attack that was thrown at her and slashed and shot whatever got close to her. As the fight went on Okami looked over to Yang, Blake was running up to them and distracted her girlfriend and didn't notice the beowolf that crept up behind her.

"Yang, watch out!" Blake yelled as she ran. "Yan-" She and Yang stared in horror at what happened before them; Okami acted on instinct and took the blow for Yang.

The hit caused Okami to slam into a tree right beside Yang, at first she thought she was unharmed but then she was proven wrong when she tried to stand. She quickly felt an aching pain gradually spreading across her abdomen and felt a warm fluid drip from the area she was struck; the wound itself wasn't deep, but she was losing a lot of blood and started to feel strange.

She tried to release a small amount of aura to heal herself…but nothing happened… She tried releasing a larger amount of aura and felt it turn violent and started losing control.

"What the hell is happening? My aura isn't working properly! Something isn't right… Yang and Blake need to get away from here…now." She felt her skin burning up, her muscles getting bigger, her fangs getting larger, and her aura was gradually slipping.

Okami quickly turned to her friends. "Get out of here!"

Blake looked at her with confusion. "No, we aren't leaving here without you!"

"It's not safe here!" Okami yelled as her voice started to grow deeper.

"But-"

"NOW!" Okami was completely different now, her aura kept slipping and her appearance was changing while she tried so hard to hold it back to let her friends escape her wrath.

They took the hint and ran off; Blake went to get her other team members while Yang simply watched from a distance. Okami closed her eyes and let her aura take over; soon she became a wolf, Okami was completely aware of everything that happens in that state, but when she loses control…her actions and instincts are no longer her own, she becomes a wolf on the inside as well.

Okami zoomed around slashing and hacking at Grimm before they could even strike. She clawed out chests, ripped off heads, and bit off limbs. Blood was sprayed everywhere and Okami…she was enjoying the sudden bath. After she killed the last beowolf she saw a small pond and headed towards it. She looked over the edge and saw a reflection, but it wasn't her in the water.

She saw a girl around the same age and a little taller than her; she had hair that was shoulder length and blacker than night and a wolf tail to match, her eyes were red like freshly spilt blood (her irises, not her entire eye), and in her evil smile were two fangs.

"…Tsume?..."

Okami was still trying to register everything when a golden flash caught her attention; her body turned towards the source and found a terrified Yang two feet from her. Her body took a step towards Yang and Okami realized what was going to happen.

"No, stop!"

She took another step and Yang fell on her back.

"No! Stop this! Don't do it!"

Okami's body positioned itself over Yang so she couldn't escape, Yang tried to turn her head away as Okami growled in her face.

"Please, I beg of you! Don't hurt her!"

Okami raised her right paw, Yang's eyes filled with panic as her paw started to come back down.

"SHE'S ONE OF MY ONLY FRIENDS; I WON'T LET MYSELF KILL HER!"

By some miracle, Okami's paw stopped in mid air suddenly. She opened and closed her fingers…Okami was back in control… Okami quickly got off of Yang and fell to her knees; her body grew cold as she cut her aura off and slowly changed to her normal self.

Yang quickly got over her shock and out on the angry expression she had before they were interrupted. Yang quickly got up and suspended Okami in the air by grabbing her shirt collar and her eyes turned red. "Don't ever go near Blake again, got it?"

Okami nodded and Yang dropped her to the ground, that's when the blonde noticed her front was covered in blood. Yang checked to see if it was her's but found no wounds, Okami place her right hand on her abdomen and brought it up to her face to see it covered in fresh blood. Urufu was back in the dorm, no one helped her close the wound so it was still open and kept bleeding out. Okami's vision started to blur and was barely able to see Yang get down and lean over her. Okami blinked and Yang was replaced by another girl.

The girl looked to be the same age as Okami; she had white hair tied in a thick braid that went to her mid back and long bangs with a pair of matching white ears, pale skin, and beautiful amber eyes with a tinge of green.

"Ai?... Is that really you?"

Okami knew that Yang was the one who spoke, but the voice she heard was Ai's.

"Hang in there, Okami! Help will be coming soon, just hang on a little longer…"

Okami turned her head to the right and saw the black wolf with red eyes giving an evil grin from across the pond. Okami's vision turned dark, but before she passed out she could have sworn that wolf was laughing at her.

*(A/N): So now you see how the "Trouble Maker" and "dark past and maybe darker future" fits in. I really rushed through this chapter but I like how it came out. If you have any questions message me and I'll answer without giving too much away. I also want you guys to know that I won't be uploading as often anymore and if I do they will be shorter chapters. The next chapter will actually be about Okami trying to settle some disputes within team RWBY and butting heads with Yang…and maybe a kidnapping… O.O! I hope you enjoyed and if you really like my story please leave a review or follow this story, it gets me more motivated when I see people leaving comments or try to help me write better (I'm actually dyslexic so if the writing looks like crap then it means I quickly uploaded it and didn't use spell/grammar check). I hope you guys enjoy reading my story as much as I do writing it and I'll see you all again next chapter, take care!