Heh, you having hope that things will get better?

Nah, I'm evil af.

Warning: There's a bit of time jump in this chapter. Also, some adult theme.

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Chapter 19: Black and Yellow

Blake's parents were victims of the massive avalanche happened in Vale yesterday.

Beatrix was probably helping Bart to get wood supply for the shop when it happened – and it took the police over twenty four hours to find their bodies.

Team JNPR had taken a day off to accompany the Faunus to Vale PD to retrieve Beatrix and Bart's bodies.

"Why…" She sobbed, kneeling in front of her lifeless parents.

She mumbled something inaudible to her friends as she continued to weep.

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Blake did not break the news to anyone.

She didn't even want to move; she just lied on her bed for a few days, and it took all of Team JNPR's energy just to shove food into her mouth.

A week passed by then, she hadn't been attending class since her parents passed away. If she continued on this self-destructive path, she would very much likely to get sick.

But she didn't care.

Her life was over anyway; her family was gone, her friends were gone – and so was her crush.

Under Nora's suggestion the team had agreed on taking turn to be with the Faunus. They talked to Miss Fall and the woman had agreed on this, letting each member of the team take a day off to take care of Blake. She however said that if Blake didn't attend any classes for another week, she would be kicked out of Signal.

It was Monday presently and there was an important exam for the huntsmen and huntresses in training. Thus, no member of Team JNPR was able to stay with her.

Blake decided to take this chance to sneak out into the city.

She didn't know what to do with her life now, so she at least wanted to take a look at the house she grew up in.

Days of lacking proper nutrition had made her extremely fragile. She had to use the gates and walls in the city to support herself as she limped towards the Belladonna house.

"Ah!" She yelped weakly when she bumped into a tall man.

The man quickly held her with both his hands before Blake collapsed onto the ground. She vaguely remembered him asking if she was fine, and the last thing she saw before fainting was red.

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"Uh…" The Faunus groaned as she got up from a…bed?

Where am I?

Opening her eyes she scanned the surrounding thoroughly. It was dark and she had to use her night vision to be able to see.

She was sitting on a soft bed; there was an old wooden table beside her with a glass of water on it; the walls were made of solid wood and it smelled like dust here.

"You awake?"

Blake flinched as she turned to face the voice defensively.

A man was leaning against the opened door, crossing his arms while looking at her.

Well, he wasn't exactly looking at her, because the eyes that were supposed to be there was empty. It was two blank holes in his eye sockets.

"…Where am I?" Blake asked when she noticed that the man was a Faunus too just like herself.

There was a strange telepathy between the Faunus – they could sense if the other Faunus had an ill intention or not. It was a great advantage for them, but sadly they couldn't use it on human.

The man did not emit those feelings, so Blake felt safe enough to talk to him.

"My house. You fainted on the street just now, little girl." The man wasn't making any movement.

"I see…" Blake shifted to the edge of the bed, getting ready to stand up and go back to Signal, "Thanks for helping me."

"Hey." The man walked to her quickly to stop her from getting up, "You need to eat before you can move."

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Blake frowned.

"To thank you I guess." The man smiled, "For not asking me about my eyes."

Blake could understand what he meant by that; it was common for people to question or to stare at those voids.

"You can tell where I am?" The Faunus asked, "Even if you can't see me?"

"I can smell you." The man said; Blake noticed two bull horns on his flaming red hair, "Or sense your aura. I can't tell how you look like, but I can tell each individual apart."

"I see…"

"What is your name, little girl?"

"Blake. What about you?"

"Adam. Adam Taurus."

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Adam sent her back to Signal after they had dinner together in his house. The man wore bandages around his eyes whenever he went out on the street, and Blake found it amusing how he could just act like normal people despite being blind.

He knew the directions; he could even tell if there was a hole or a bump in front of him and stepped over it precisely.

"Hey…Blake?" Adam said as they got near the docks.

"Yeah?"

"I don't know what got you so upset. But, if you need someone, you can come to me."

"Thanks." The Faunus smiled.

Blake knew the man was interested in her, but she just saw him as a friend. Sure, Team JNPR cared a lot about her, but there was just something different with Adam. Maybe it was because he was a Faunus too.

But Blake knew more than that.

She knew Adam had gone through dark times because of his eyes; she knew he was wounded too just like herself. That formed some sort of connection between the two.

Maybe Adam could help her get out of it.

She still loved a certain heiress very much, but if there was a possibility of getting rid of that excruciating feeling…maybe she could try.

It would do both parties well – both Weiss and her.

They wouldn't have to get hurt so much.

And most importantly, Weiss wouldn't have to suffer.

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Blake started seeing Adam more and more often after that. While Team JNPR was happy because she finally walked out of depression, they didn't think that being with the bull Faunus was a good idea.

They knew he was dangerous.

Nothing was known about his background; he had no family and friends at all. He was incredibly powerful yes, but he had no sympathy.

He saw the world in total black and white; he would form a clear line between what he thought was good and bad. He wouldn't hesitate to destroy anything – anyone in his path if he wanted to achieve something.

He also didn't seem to like human. Not that he had anything against Team JNPR, but they had a feeling that whoever did that to his eyes were humans and that he really hated them.

And Blake didn't seem to notice all of that.

She defended him most of the time and claimed that she felt no ill intention coming from the man. While that was very true, that didn't mean the man harbored no ill intention towards the people surrounding Blake.

The Faunus was so desperate to release herself from the pain of loving the heiress she neglected what was most important to her.

They started dating a month later and Adam loved her very much.

Too much in fact – he wanted Blake all to himself.

He would hurt whoever trying to ogle her and being extremely protective; he would whisper sweet things in her ears when they went out for a date; he would occasionally surprise Blake with her favorite food and pretty flowers.

Blake thought that she had genuinely fallen for him.

Adam agreed to be her mentor and she finally left Signal after half a year since she started dating him. She trusted her life with her boyfriend; they were both wounded beasts that relied on each other to fill up the empty hole in their hearts.

She believed that, after spending enough time with Adam, she would eventually moved on from loving Weiss and when they saw each other again, perhaps, they wouldn't feel the pain anymore.

So, after apologizing and bidding farewell to Ren, Nora, Prryha and Jaune, she left.

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Five years had passed since then.

Yang Xiao Long, eighteen year old had become a freelance huntress that was famous enough in the black market – but not enough for her friends to locate her.

She had never contacted any of the people from her past ever since she chose to run.

That slap the heiress gave her when she attempted to touch her was still very vivid in her mind. She could still feel the hurt, the shock of rejection.

The reason that even the elite forces of Schnee family couldn't find her was simple.

It was all because of this man named Junior Xiong.

She found a cheap apartment to live in thanks to the man; it was located in downtown vale at a place full of lowlifes and thugs. Normal people wouldn't even want to get near this place so it was the perfect spot for her to hide.

No one in the place dared to lay a finger on her too as the place was secretly ruled by Junior.

Despite being extremely powerful and had a great influence in the place Junior Xiong was actually a pretty decent man. He played by certain code and that earned him genuine respect from his men and the gangsters in the area.

Thanks to the man she also upgraded Ember Celica to assist her in her missions. She took them from the assignment board in Junior's club to not expose her location to her friends. Every mission that was on that board was under Junior's name; he let the freelance huntsmen and huntresses in the black market to execute it for him and he would take commission from the payment.

In other word, he was the middleman.

And Yang did not care about that. The payment was enough for her to pay the bills and even drink in Junior's club.

She would only take S or A level missions – and often missions like that required a party to be carried out. But she needed no companions; she could handle it well alone.

That was what made her famous – she was known by the black market as 'The Berserker'.

Presently, she was sitting alone in Junior's club, drinking as she recalled her past.

Junior had established a rather close relationship to her despite her grabbing his balls on the first day she burst her way in here.

When she finally opened up to the man about her past – the reason she ran, everything she did, she was fifteen. He just sighed and told her that Ruby Rose was moved to Atlas two years ago with her two legendary huntsmen parents.

She wanted to rush there and take a good look at whom she considered her little sister, but she couldn't. She didn't visit her in the past two years, and she didn't dare to do so because she was afraid that she would run into her old friends…to run into a certain heiress. She was also conflicted because she still felt guilty.

Another three years passed then when she finally heard some news of her crush.

Even after five years, Yang could not forget about Weiss.

At all.

She loved her and wouldn't possibly stop loving her.

She kept an eye on the news to see if there was anything related to the heiress – or even her best friend Blake.

Junior offered to provide her some intel, but she had refused it. She wanted to see it with her own eyes.

Lilac orbs scanned through the news in her scroll.

Heiress to the largest company in the world has officially inherited it from the former CEO Walter Schnee.

"Congratulation, Weiss." She smiled faintly and proceeded to gulp down the cup of Strawberry Sunrise.

"Feeling lonely there little dragon?" A girl in white clothing sat beside her while crossing her legs with her back facing the counter; she trailed her index finger lightly on the blonde's arm.

"Because we are." Another girl in red clothing with short hair did the same thing on the other side of Yang.

"I'm always lonely." Yang answered, her tone unreadable, "But I guess I'm up for some exercise tonight."

"Lovely." The short haired girl smirked.

"Hey girls, your shift isn't over yet." Junior approached them.

"What, Junior? You have men all over your club, what are you worrying about?" Yang smirked too as she spun both girls around so that they would face the man, then proceeded to wrap her arms around their waists.

"What if someone breaks in? You know how…weak my men are. And I can't handle them alone." Junior scowled.

"Relax boss." The girl in red clothing said, "Only Yang would be crazy enough to break in your place. Right, Melanie?"

"Right, Miltia." Melanie answered as she leaned closer to the blonde, "She's the only one that ever did that to your club. It's never happened before and after she destroyed your place."

Junior pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"Is that a yes?" Yang smirked.

"Whatever, blondie." Junior waved his hands, "Just…use the training room. Don't bring them to your house or do it here inside the club. I don't need another renovation and...I need them in case…another crazy blonde breaks in."

"Sure." Yang said as she stood up, lifting the sisters on one each arm and walked towards the specially built room at the third floor that the twins and her used to train all the time.

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Yang fought with the Malachite sisters just for the sake of releasing stress.

There was no hatred involved between them; they sparred for benefits. Working as bodyguards in Junior's club was boring, because it wasn't every day that someone skilled enough would break in and tear the place apart.

Most of the time, they were just gangsters which even Junior's men could handle.

Yang got ready with Ember Celica as the two sisters posed their battle stance.

"Come at me, girls." She smirked.

Melanie shifted from her current position to dash towards the blonde, effectively throwing kicks at her.

Miltiades didn't even wait for her sister's call; she leaped towards Yang while trying to land a punch on her vulnerable side.

After fighting for a while, the smile on Yang's face had disappeared.

The twins were serious.

Metallic sounds were heard when Ember Celica clashes with the twins' weapons.

Miltiades's claw successfully tore Yang's jacket as she was sent flying backwards.

"Ugh!" Yang groaned as she struggled to stand up.

A large scar was revealed immediately on her right arm.

The Malachite sisters still weren't used to seeing that horrible scar; during Yang's first mission as a freelance huntress, she was severely injured by an alpha Ursa.

It was a miracle she could make it back to the club. Melanie and Miltiades treated her immediately when she limped her way into the place.

"Sorry, Yang." The twins apologized.

"It's fine." Yang wiped the blood on the corner of her mouth, "Just can't concentrate."

The sisters looked at each other; they knew what made Yang lost her concentration. They saw the news of Weiss Schnee's inheriting SDC from her father on the TV as every single news channel were reporting the same thing.

"We'll get you a new jacket." Miltiades said.

"Thanks girls." The blonde smiled, "I need to rest now."

"You can come to our room if you want to." Melanie walked near to the blonde, "I know you're tired."

"Sure."

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It was morning already when the three of them woke up. Yang kissed the head of both sisters who were sleeping soundly on each side of her; they had the habit of sleeping on the same bed in the twins' room whenever Yang was too tired or too drunk to go back to her own apartment.

"Hey, girls, wake up."

They both groaned.

"Okay."

She forcefully pushed the sisters away so that she could move.

"Yang!" Melanie shouted.

"Sorry girls, time to work."

With that, she left the two girls in the VIP room and headed out to the club after snatching the backup jacket she stored in the twin's wardrobe.

Junior was updating the mission board when Yang approached.

"Morning blondie." He greeted, not evening turning his head to look at Yang.

"Mornin'." Yang put on her jacket, "Anything good?"

"Nope." The man answered immediately.

"You're lying."

Junior sighed as he shook his head and walked towards the stairs that led to the second floor.

Yang took her sweet time to properly wear her outfit; she had changed her outfit from that usual brown jacket with orange scarf to a new one with black raised collar and a strap over her collarbone. She named it the 'hunter' outfit.

"Oh, you can't fool me silly." The blonde smirked as she removed a piece of paper that was covering the other one.

Mission level: SS

Description: Suspicious cave found at the South East of Vale. Eyewitnesses confirmed about the presence of at least two Alpha Grimm. Huntsmen are required to investigate the cave thoroughly and compile a report to the Huntsmen Union. A party of four skilled huntsmen is recommended.

Requestor: Huntsmen Union

Agent: Miles Luna

Payment: 400,000 LIENS.

Due date: None

"Miles Luna?" Yang repeated the name, trying really hard to recall where she had heard this familiar name and saw that familiar picture.

She squeaked a little when she finally remembered it.

It was during her first time going out with Weiss, the man with messy hair and beard congratulating his friend for soloing the DDR machine.

"Nice. Four thousand k liens huh…that's lovely." She smirked.

SS level mission, here I come.

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Yep, Yang is finally back after missing for two chapters.

I'm sorry for the massive time jump.

I had no idea how to name this chapter, and since it was about both Blake and Yang, I named it Black and Yellow.

FYI, levels of mission according to difficulty:

SSS, SS, S, A, B, C. SS is the most difficult and C is the easiest.

This chapter is a bit short. In fact, I uploaded chapter 18 just now and this chapter was rushed after that. Please bear with me.

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For those of you who are confused about the timeline:

1. Blake left with Adam at the age of thirteen, half a year or maybe more passed since she started studying in Signal. Her birthday hasn't arrived yet so I consider her thirteen.

2. Yang met Junior immediately after she left. Imagine their meeting scene as the yellow trailer, but instead of looking for someone she was looking for a place where she would never be found by Weiss. She started training for skills with the Malachite twins. When she's skilled enough, she took missions.

3. Two years after Yang ran, she was fifteen, and that's the time she finally told Junior about her past. Junior told her about Ruby being moved to Atlas two years ago, when she was thirteen (She had no idea since they don't contact each other). Junior knew about that beforehand because Summer Rose and Qrow Branwen were famous huntsmen.

4. Three years after that, the time was 'current'. All of them were eighteen at this time (Ruby two years younger). She always fought with the twins after their shift, this chapter being the first time Yang broke the rules.