"You ok staying with us?" Coco asked, watching Alessandro awkwardly got in a sleeping bag on the floor. She and Velvet had both offered to take the floor, letting him take a bed but he had refused.

"I'm fine…thanks" He frowned, that word feeling strange in his mouth. When was the last time he had been polite? Months? Years? He sighed, not even knowing how long he had been with the fang. Months at least. Years was just how it had felt.

"We're glad you're finally here." Velvet said, already in her pajamas. "You'll love Beacon. And you'll do great." She was trying to reassure him, or make him somewhat happy. Her mood obviously went down as he simply nodded and laid down. He been given the choice to stay with team RWBY, JNPR or CFVY. He had chosen CFVY and they happily accepted. He had been given a proper tour of Beacon, which did lift his spirits a bit. He couldn't help but be impressed by it now that he was here, in person. Being a Saturday no one worried about classes and he had already recovered nicely, thanks to his aura and help from Beacons professional doctors. Still, he had been rather closed and quiet during everything that had happened during the day, not giving even a single smile. What could CFVY do to change that? Coco sighed, wishing she had the answer.

"Goodnight Fall." She said, getting on top of her bunk and laying her head against the pillow.

"Why Fall?"

"Hmm?"

"Why Fall? Was that how I was known to people here? Before my sudden disappearance?" Alessandro asked.

"No, it's just…" Coco wondered if she should tell him about the maidens. Was it ok? "…just the code name we gave you. Kind of stuck to me." She faked a chuckle.

"Should I…should I use it? This is a new life…a new world. I finally get a start at it. What should I do?" He sounded, much to Coco's surprise, scared. After everything that had happened she didn't expect him to be afraid of anything anymore.

"You can treat this as a new start. As Fall. Or you could try and continue this as one regular life, take what you like, leave what you didn't. And be you." Coco said. She honestly didn't know where she was getting these words, or thoughts, but they were hers and they were the best she had. "Whatever you choose, you'll still have us, your friends from team RWBY and JNPR to. We got you, kiddo."

"…thanks, Coco." He muttered, she smiled hearing his light snores a moment later. The rest of her team remained quiet, but were glad Coco had said what she did. He was a fellow huntsmen now, not an enemy.

"Wake up sleepy heads it's time for the outing!" Coco yelled, smirking as she saw Fox frown and roll over and Velvet jump up. Yatsuhashi got up as if this was an everyday thing and entered the bathroom. "Alessandro? Come on get up!" She tapped him with her foot.

"Five more minutes…" He muttered, rolling around and covering his head with the pillow.

"Guess you won't be able to go to the party with us. Your friends were really hoping to see you now~" She cooed. He sighed and got up, rubbing his eyes.

"For the record, I'm getting up for them. Not any parties. Time I actually turned into their friends." He said, getting up and stretching his back.

"Yeah well, first we're giving you a makeover." She frowned at his look, one hand cupping her chin in thought. "I'm thinking a blue highlight, hoodie, jeans. Straighten that hair or the highlight looks bad…"

"Woah woah woah woah woah woah." He put his hands in a time out gesture. "Who said anything about a new look? I'm ok with this thank you very much." He crossed his arms, stepping back so Fox could go into the bathroom, which Yatsuhashi had just exited.

"You're with my team now and we all need to look on point. Badass. It's our thing." She shrugged. "Plus you need some serious fashion help." He looked confused.

"I get replacing these shredded clothes, but what's wrong with this look?" He spread his arms a bit, looking down at himself.

"Oh, you poor poor soul." She said.

"Coco takes pride in her looks, and those of her team." Velvet said, going to her side. "You can't change her mind if she wants to change your look. Don't worry she's good at it." Velvet giggled, seeing Alessandro sigh.

"Fine. I might keep the name but a new look won't hurt, I guess." He muttered.

"Perfect. Trust me kid I will have you looking great." She said, putting her glasses on. One hour later they were walking through town, taking their time to show Alessandro the whole place.

"And that over there is the communication tower. One of four which form the Cross Continental Transmit System." Velvet said, pointing at a tower with a steady stream of people going in and out. "It was a gift from Atlas once the four kingdoms established peace. What lets us communicate between each other and the other kingdoms."

"It's…small." He said, much to everyone's surprise.

"Small? Are you looking at that?!" Coco said.

"Where I come from we have sky scrapers which are way taller than this. I even went on the tallest building of the world once. The Empire State Building." He said, a look of nostalgia on his face.

"How many floors did it have?" Fox asked, interested.

"One hundred and two. Meaning sixteen stories high. We had these buildings called the twin towers, they used to be the tallest but some terrorists brought them down when I was one year old. Never saw them."

"Terrorists?" Velvet asked as the five continued their walk, people politely moving out of their way. They were known throughout Vale for the several missions they had already done and public battles they had participated in, people knew them well enough and respected them enough to move out of their way.

"Yeah these religious freaks who think we are an affront to their gods. Some are suicide bombers. For the towers they crashed two planes into them. Don't get me wrong, not all following those religions are bad. Hell the religion itself is about peace, but some of those people are crazy." He shrugged.

"How are the huntsmen in your world?" Fox asked, with the hint of a challenge in his voice.

"There are none."

"What?!" Velvet, Coco and Fox said, Yatsuhashi remaining silent but looking surprised.

"We have no Grimm, so we have no huntsmen. Still we have so much wars I almost wish we had the Grimm there. Maybe it would help us make peace." He answered. "This it?" He nodded to a clothes store, which seemed a bit familiar.

"Yep, let's head on in." Coco said, she opened the door and the other four went in, followed by Coco.

"Good morning Coffe-" The store clerk, a young nineteen year old girl said, stopping as she saw Alessandro.

"Hey Amber, what's up?" Coco said casually, as if nothing was wrong.

"T-that's the kid that attacked me destroyed the shop!" She almost yelled, looking a bit frightened but also mad. Alessandro looked away, sort of hiding behind Velvet. He went wide eyed, about to exit the store by Fox grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him forward.

"The White Fang attacked you. He was forced to help, plus he made up for everything by fighting the fang a week ago." Coco answered smoothly, smiling calmly at Amber. "He's staying at Beacon now with us. He's cool."

"…He's a hunter now? He's with you guys and not the Fang?" Amber said, arms crossed as she stared at Coco.

"He's A rate stuff Amber, and he's a pretty cool guy." Coco replied. Amber took a moment to look at him, then uncrossed her arms and tried for a smile. "Fine, I guess I can forget what happened. Plus he didn't hurt me." She smiled brightly at the rest of the team. "So what can I do for you guys?"

"We're here to give our newest member a new look. I'm thinking that we straighten the curls, give a blue highlight that was your favorite color right Alessandro?" She didn't wait for an answer. "And then some simple but nice clothes because he'll get embarrassed if we go all out."

"Hmm…I got a picture. Sit him down I'll grab whatever I need." Amber said, walking to the back room as Coco indicated him to sit in front of a mirror. Amber rarely did anything except sell clothes, make up, jewelry and such but since she and Coco were good friends she would make exceptions when she wasn't too busy.

"So why is this necessary?" Alessandro asked again, looking at himself in the mirror. What he saw was another person, it moved when he did but other than that it wasn't him. This other person's face was much too grim, serious, hurt. He was also in good shape, something new for Alessandro.. Alessandro was never in bad shape but never that good either, this kid had actual muscle. His had brown shattered eyes, the warmth and happiness long gone and replaced by sadness, hatred, pain and fear all bubbling under the surface.

"Well, first of all we can't have someone on our team not look good. I said that already. Second of all it's our job." Coco said, rummaging through some make up.

"As hunters, our only goal is to protect the people. We do this far from home, or close by. But we need to be the targets for our enemies." Fox said, Coco may have not noticed Alessandro's expression when he looked in the mirror and Fox may be blind but he noticed it. "If an attack happens we want the Grimm to target us, not the innocent. So we make ourselves look noticeable. It's not simply fashion, it's something we all do in order to protect those who cannot protect themselves."

"Here we go!" Amber said, happier than Alessandro expected. He thought she'd still be miffed by him robbing her. "It'll take some time but I'll start on the hair first. Then we can get down to clothes."

"How long exactly?" Velvet asked.

"Don't worry Vel, I want you guys to go ahead and get the…chores done. Alessandro and me will meet you at Beacon." Coco said, sitting down and grabbing a magazine.

"Are you sure?" Yatsuhashi asked. When she nodded they proceeded to leave. Yatsuhashi gave him a nod, Velvet smiled and Fox gave a small wave. He sighed but didn't say a thing as Amber got to work, snipping off his hair with a pair of scissors and then using clippers. He frowned as she cut his hair, not because she was cutting it but because he just now noticed how his hair had been. He had never been one to care for his looks a lot, but he hated the idea of getting anything like an afro. If it hadn't been for Cinder doing little cuts he would've gotten a bush head. Amber finished cutting rather quickly, grabbing the straightener and beginning to straighten his curls.

"You like it so far?" She asked ten minutes later, hands on his shoulders as she smiled at the mirror.

"It's…" In all honesty this was alien to him. He had had curls his whole life, but seeing his hair so straight…

"It's good, actually. I like it." He murmured. Amber heard him and her smile grew a bit more. Nothing better than making a client happy. "How'd you do that so fast?" He sounded a bit surprised.

"She's good at what she does. How long does it normally take for you to take a haircut?" Coco asked.

"Um…no clue. Maybe not that long, but I had two brothers with me so we'd take an hour." He answered.

"You…have brothers? Where are they?" Coco asked, a bit of urgency in her voice. A tear fell down his cheek, making Coco go silent and Amber let go of him, he took a deep breath and, surprising Coco, chuckled. It was the closest to laughter he had gotten and that was good.

"They're…safe. At home." He sighed happily. "Yeah they're fine."

"Anyway!" Amber interrupted before Coco could continue, seeing this was something the boy did not want to talk about. "Let's start with the clothes because if we do the hair dye it will take a while to dry, sound good?" Coco put the magazine down and got up. Alessandro got up and walked with Amber to the racks of clothes.

"So, what do you want?" She asked. Coco rolled her eyes seeing Alessandro's lost face.

"He won't be picking his clothes. He doesn't have a clue of what to wear. That's why I am here." She took off her glasses, smiling widely.

"Oh god…" Alessandro muttered, Coco picking different clothes of the racks. The next half an hour was spent with him trying on clothes. It would've taken longer if Alessandro hadn't put a stop to Coco. He made a mental note to never go clothes shopping with her after this day.

"Ok come out!" Coco said, tapping her foot impatiently. She stayed thoughtfully quiet for a few seconds before speaking. "Not bad…but we need something with more flare."

"Nope. We said that was it Coco." He replied, earning a sigh from the fashionista. "Well…it's not too bad." She murmured, walking around him. He was wearing black jeans, black sneakers, a white t shirt with hugged his chest quite nicely, and he had a black leather jacket over that. A belt around his waist kept his swords and ammo magazines, the belt itself was concealed under the jacket.

"It needs to be more fighter friendly than this, but we can fix that at Beacon." Coco said, putting her glasses back on.

"So, being a hunter you might want dust infused clothes. Should I do that?" Amber asked. Alessandro frowned, thinking for a minute before he actually remembered this from the show.

"Have some form of dust in my clothes, how does that help me? My clothes aren't a weapon." He said.

"I'm not a hunter, don't ask me." Amber replied, shrugging. Both turned to Coco.

"I never used dust infused clothes so I don't know either." She shrugged. That decided it, he would not have dust infused clothes. Amber quickly applied the blue highlights. His hair was not like Ren's but the highlights were, just one on each side. After that Coco paid Amber (which made Alessandro feel a bit bad, though he couldn't very well pay it all himself) and the two left for Beacon.

"So, I know it's just been a week and you just joined us yesterday but…how do you like everything when you're not in danger?" She sounded different. Her voice was low and her smile and confident demeanor gone. It was strange, yet quite nice.

"I don't know. Not yet at least. I…I just…don't know how to feel. Before everything coming here was just a dream. One I really wanted, now that I'm here and all that happened…I just don't know." He answered, Coco looked a bit down by this and kept quiet. After a few more steps he spoke again.

"I'm glad I met you guys though. Honestly after I woke I wasn't sure if I even wanted to live. But Amber, the other one, helped a bit. And you guys visiting me those other days and then taking me in…seeing as I don't want to commit suicide anymore I guess you guys made me decide to give this world another chance." The two paused, Coco staring at him wide eyed behind the glasses. He wanted to kill himself? Her shock turned into sadness as she saw a tear fall down his cheek, and she wrapped him in a tight hug.

"You're with us now. We'll be fine. You'll love it here. Promise." She said. He finally gave a sincere smile and hugged back for a second before pulling away.

"And by the way," She said as the two began entering the airship which would take them up to Beacon. "not a word of me getting mushy to you. Not one word. I need to maintain this appearance for the team." She smiled at Alessandro and the two rode in silence to Beacon.

"They're here!" Nora yelled, running through the door into team RWBYs dorm.

"Nora don't yell!" Weiss scolded, setting the plate of food on her bed.

"Where are they now?!" Yang asked, opening the windows so some air would get in.

"They'll be here in five minutes." Ren stated calmly, having gone to check with Nora.

"Is everything in place?" Blake asked, her book for once out of her hands as she made sure her bow was on her head and the drinks on her night table. Being such a small room with so many people they had to improvise where they placed the food and drinks.

"Seems to be ready." Pyrrha noted, politely stopping Jaune from taking some chips.

"Did Ruby go to get them?" Jaune asked, eyeing the chips.

"Yeah, she already went." Velvet said, trying to convince Yatsuhashi to get off Ruby's bunk.

"HELLO!" Ruby yelled, tackling Alessandro to the floor. She opened her eyes and turned red, noticing she had in fact grabbed Coco and was just an inch from her face.

"Ruby, nice of you to drop by but could you get off?" Coco asked politely, glaring through who glasses at Alessandro who was trying in vain to hide a smile. Ruby quickly got off and hugged Alessandro tightly, for a bit too long. He stood perfectly still but didn't say anything. She let go of him when Coco was up.

"What's up Ruby?" Coco asked, though she knew very well what was going on.

"Not much, we finished our homework early and I was just heading back to the dorm for dinner. Ren's cooking for all of us today." She smiled wider, apparently having a bright idea. "You two want to come with me? There's more than enough food and we'd like it."

"Hmm, sounds like a good idea. Why not?" Coco answered.

"Great! Let's go!" Ruby chirped happily, turning around.

"Wait." Alessandro said, making the silver eyed girl turn around.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, I, um...just don't think it's a good idea to barge in. It's a small room with already eight people. Plus I'm really tired from everything today." He mumbled, rubbing the back of his head. In all honesty he was just nervous of seeing his former teammates.

"From everything today..." Ruby stared at him, just noticing his new look and making Coco laugh.

"What do you think Ruby?" She asked.

"He looks fantastic! I think it suits you." Ruby replied cheerfully, she reached out to touch one of his highlights but paused, seeing him flinch, and pulled her hand back. His anticipation to pain was still present.

"Let's go have dinner. I'm starving." Coco said, giving Ruby an appointed look.

"Yeah let's go!" She tried again.

"You guys go ahead, I'm not very hungry." Alessandro replied, turning away. Coco chuckled and grabbed the back of his jacket, pulling him to her.

"We're going to have dinner there so we won't inconvenience the team." Coco said with a little threat in her voice. Ruby wisely remained quiet and began walking, Coco taking Alessandro's hand and pulling him along. He did his best to ignore the students that followed the trio, their eyes glued to his hand holding Coco's. If this bothered Coco she didn't let on.

"Here we are!" Ruby said cheerfully, and awfully loud. Unknown to Alessandro the rest were inside waiting expectantly for the door to open. Jaune, Nora and Ren wearing party hats. Ren on Nora's insistence.

"SURPR-"They all yelled and then stopped in unison. Everyone stayed still for a solid thirty seconds, The two teams, staring at Alessandro like he was alien, Alessandro staring at them and the room with what was either embarrassment or nervous joy while team CFVY and Ruby were staring at them all, Ruby, Coco and Velvet trying hard not to laugh while Fox and Yatsuhashi smiled.

"Surprise?" Pyrrha finished, looking confused.

"What happened to you?" Weiss asked, sounding surprised herself.

"I did say he was getting a makeover." Coco said with some pride in her voice.

"Please, come in." Ren said, putting a hand on his shoulder and guiding him in. As he did this the rest seemed to come out of their own shock and surround him.

"Should we help him?" Fox asked quietly.

"Nah, they deserve to have some time with him. Plus it's fun to see him like this." Coco replied, sitting by her team as the four watched the other eight hammer poor Alessandro with questions he never got the chance to reply.

"HOLD IT!" Nora yelled, causing everyone to quiet down. "One question, super DUPER important!" She said, smiling widely. "Do you still like pancakes?"

"Um…yes?" He answered sheepishly, crying out as Nora hugged him way to tight. Ren and Jaune managed to pry her off before she caused any serious damage.

"So…what is all this?" He asked while rubbing his side, frowning when he saw no one heard his quiet voice. They were too distracted watching Nora get calmed down by her team.

"What is all this!" He half yelled, causing everyone to pause and turn their attention back to him. For a second he regretted his actions and wished they would continue focusing on team JNPR, but that was a wish that would not come true.

"This is your official welcome back party." Pyrrha stated, her voice filled with joy.

"It was my idea, thank you very much." Yang said with a smile, getting a scowl from Blake and Weiss.

"We got team CFVY to take you out while we prepared the whole thing. Ren and me almost bumped into you while buying extra party streamers." Jaune said.

"Guys…there was no need." He said, though his smile said otherwise. Soon enough everyone was talking to him, chowing down on food and cracking bad jokes. It took quite a while but soon enough Alessandro was laughing and smiling widely, almost like his normal self. He ate the dinner Ren had made everyone and helped Jaune finish the chips. He asked questions to the rest and was delighted to hear the various stories of each ones lives, though a few people like Blake and Weiss refused to answer some things. It was midnight when everyone finally calmed down, getting a complaint from a few other dorms about the noise. Most sat on the floor in a circle, with a few exceptions. Nora was laying on the bed behind Alessandro, facing the middle of the room with her arms around Ren's neck, Ren being next to Alessandro on the floor and leaning his back against the bed. Blake and Weiss sat next to each other on Blake's bed while Yatsuhashi sat on Ruby's bunk.

"So…you haven't told us much about your own life." Weiss finally said, breaking the silence that had come to them.

"…"

"You don't have to say anything if you don't want to." Ruby chirped in. "To us you've always been here, you know."

"Yeah…yeah that's true. I'll make a deal, tell me about how I was before…disappearing. And I'll tell you what I can of my life on Earth."

"Well to start off with you had great grades. You weren't a super student or anything but you were determined to stay here and turn into a great hunter." Weiss said, taking a sip of tea Ren had made.

"You arm wrestled with me a lot!" Nora called out, smiling widely. "Losing always." She added this last part with a bit of pride

"You loved to go to the library and read with me. Or even by yourself, you loved to read." Blake added with a polite smile. "The book I lent you before you…before everything is still on my night table."

"You adored playing Risk with me, Jaune and Yang!" Ruby added, smiling widely and leaning on him.

"You and me sparred when we could, trying to see who was better. Our judges, Ruby Weiss and Blake, never said who was overall stronger." Yang said, glaring a bit at her partners.

"You practiced aura with Ren and me." Pyrrha said, she hadn't stopped smiling the whole time. Part of this was due to Alessandro being back and finally spending time with them, the other was due to Jaune who had an arm around Pyrrha. He saw it as a friend thing no doubt but she seemed to be enjoying it all the same.

"That's it?" Alessandro asked.

"Well besides our little adventures and our regular time at school, yeah that's it." Ruby said, yawning afterwards and leaning her head on Alessandro's shoulder. He froze for a second, then assumed something much like Jaune would: He remembered nothing. Obviously he had been close to Ruby and that's why she was always so close to him, especially since he's been gone so long. He must have been a great if not best friend. Like Jaune and Pyrrha were. Yeah it made sense. He slowly put his arm around Ruby, ignoring the fact that Weiss was staring at them and Yang was smiling a bit wider.

"Ok…well I guess it's my turn." He paused for a second, maybe reconsidering.

"You don't have to tell us." Blake said, sitting next to Weiss across from him. He gave her a small, grateful smile.

"I might as well say something, you guys have been too great for me to keep silent." He said. "Let's see…first of all, as you all know, I don't know any of you." He paused, seeing their faces lose a bit of their happiness. "On Earth, all this is what we call an anime. A type of show. I know of your adventures because I saw them on a screen."

"So in a way, you do remember everything, but without yourself in it?" Pyrrha asked.

"Exactly. Only problem being that since I came here I've been forgetting, well, everything. I remember stuff that happened before I came. The initiation, Ruby fighting at the dust shop, Weiss singing and fighting some statue, Yang at Junior's club." Each one that was named now stared at him. They hadn't even met him at those times. Blake noticed how he specifically skipped her and wondered what he knew. "I saw Sun, Blake, Ruby and Penny fight Roman and the Fang, after that I don't know much. Are you guys on vacation? Or has the second semester started?"

"Vacation just started. We have a couple months before next semester." Ren answered, smiling at Nora who was happily humming as she heard the story and kept hugging Ren.

"Ok, so I must have come after the fight at the docks but during the school year…" He said, mainly to himself. It was good to have a sense of time. "…but before the…"He flinched, then grabbed his head and closed his eyes. When he opened them again everyone was up and looking worried, he was laying in Ruby's arms. It must've been just a moment.

"What happened?!" Yang asked. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. I just got this terrible headache and, blacked out for a second?" He sighed, sitting up. "It happens every time I try to remember something that has to do with the future of this place. One time I didn't stop trying and literally did black out."

"You just fell and Ruby caught you, are you sure you're ok?" Jaune asked.

"I'm fine. Just a bit dizzy, I think I actually might…" He slowly, and a bit embarrassedly, laid himself back into Ruby's arms. She was more than happy to hold him close. Everyone retunred too their seats on the floors or bed again as if nothing had happened, but the worry hung in the air.

"So I can't remember everything I saw or try to remember." He said with a hint of sadness. Everyone remained in silence and Alessandro finally made a decision. "Guys…I won't stop looking for a way to go back. But, the way I see it, you guys are trying to be my friends. You guys are all I have. I'll…I'll give it a go, this place, I'll give it my best shot." Lies. He had decided to lie. He would give this world a shot, of course. But not because he wanted to or because of his new friends, but because he had no choice. He would try his best though, he would try to love this world and its people. His friends.

Maybe with some help, he could. He really hoped so.

Team CFVY left after that, Alessandro was starting to get up but Coco gently held him against Ruby, telling him to stay with team RWBY for the night. So team RWBY and JNPR spent a few more hours fooling around, Ruby going into incredible detail about the time he had spent with team RWBY. He was a bit sad he had no memories of this, or by the idea that the stories Ruby told him were not a reality. One by one everyone started to fall asleep, it was a weird assortment of bodies. Nora fell asleep on the bed, Ren fell asleep sitting on the floor laying against the bed. Alessandro had stayed in Ruby's arms and the two had fallen asleep like that, Ruby cuddling Alessandro. Yang was sleeping next to Blake on the floor while Pyrrha had her head on Jaune's shoulder. Weiss had climbed to Yang's bunk to sleep without another body bothering her. That day had finally been a happy one, one he would surely remember throughout his whole life whether it be on Remnant or Earth. His first good day since he came here.

"Everyone wake up! We're late!" Weiss called. Alessandro groaned, opening his eyes a bit. Weiss was already up and dressed, the other eight people were just waking up.

"Late for what?" Alessandro said, not even bothering to move from his position.

"We said we would finish helping you with your armor and weapons and all the battle related things!" Weiss said, sounding a bit snobby. She huffed and pulled the pillow away from Nora.

"Hey!" Nora tried to reach for it and fell to the floor, knocking a cup down and breaking it. At that everyone woke up to see, though no one moved.

"I'll take care of that. You eight just get ready!" She said in a rather commanding tone. One by one they started going to the bathroom to clean up best they could. JNPR went back to their dorm and would be ready shortly.

"Ruby?" Alessandro said.

"Yeah?"

"It's really comfortable but I've been in your arms all night. Can you let go please?" He tried to sound as friendly as possible. She turned pink and did so, standing up and dashing into the bathroom as Yang came out.

"Yang, are those the same clothes from last night?" Weiss asked, sounding mildly annoyed.

"We slept in them, no reason to change them. Plus it'll take too long to wash everyone's clothes right now." Yang answered, shrugging.

"We would have had more than enough time if you would have gotten up earlier!" Weiss argued.

"Well if you got up early enough to get everything done why didn't you wake us up at that time?" Yang countered, giving Weiss a smug smile. Weiss simply huffed and turned away, fixing her bed. Yang then turned to Alessandro, who was sitting on a chair waiting to enter the bathroom.

"So…sleep well last night?" Yang asked. She put her arms against the wall, on either side of him as she leaned a bit close. He couldn't escape.

"Uh…yeah. You?" Yang turned to Blake, who was reading a book and already done with whatever she had to do.

"I was comfortable." She turned back to him. "Ruby seemed very comfy to." She chuckled as the boy in front of her turned pink. "Careful with her, Ale." She then left to him, sitting by Blake and pretending to read the book, when in reality she was just getting close. Blake gave her a small smile and began reading out loud for Yang, low enough that no one else could hear.

"Bumblebee…?" Alessandro murmured, no longer sure what those words meant but a smile surged forward. "Bumblebee confirmed?" It must be something show related from Earth, but he couldn't remember. Still it gave him a small amount of happiness.

"I'm out!" Ruby said, looking fresh and awake. Alessandro walked in, too late he remembered he had no toiletries. He was about to head out but something caught his eye. He frowned, picking a plastic bag up from the sink. It had his name on it written in marker, a tooth brush was inside it with a can of deodorant and floss. Had they taken care of all of his stuff while he was gone? With the hope of him returning even if he may have not? He wondered how sad they had gotten while he was gone.

"I'll make it up to them." He muttered to himself. They felt so strongly for him, it was only right for him to try and fix things. Plus, he felt bad for them, he wanted to make them happy. Another bit of his old self resurfaced, even if he didn't notice. Him wanting to help people or make them happy was something he used to have and had lost in his time with the Fang. Now it resurfaced. He brushed his teeth and washed his face, exited a few minutes later.

"Damn, when you clean you really clean Weiss." He said, looking around at the now mostly perfect room. All the dishes, cups and whatnot were in the sink, the bags of chips and whatnot were in the garbage. The floor needed to be swept and the dishes washed but that was it.

"Thank you." She said with a smile. "At least someone shows appreciation for what I do." She gave the others a pointed look.

"So what were we doing today?" He asked, passing a hand through his hair. Straight hair still felt weird to him.

"We need to see how your look and fighting style would go with some armor. See what changes we can make to your weapons, see what we can improve or leave alone." Weiss explained. "If you still fight like before than I've always said you should have some armor on your arms."

"I need to stay light and mobile, since I use swords i don't want my arms restricted."

"Ok, we can do that. Right Ruby?"

"Yeah that's easy! And I know the perfect place to get it!" Ruby sounded cheerful as always. Another twinge of guilt hit Alessandro as he imagined her sadness when he was gone. He'd have to ask someone later how the team took his disappearance. With that the five exited the room, they got team JNPR and then went to the city. It was a peaceful trip, there were small conversations in between the nine but overall they were quiet. Nothing was going on around the city and everything was just perfect. In no time they had made it to a small weapons shop which sold whatever you needed to make weapons, let you order weapons or leave the schematics to make one, sold dust in multiple forms and helped with armor. Ruby and Weiss were the ones to enter with Alessandro as everyone else stayed outside. Weiss walked with pride in her stride, Ruby acted a bit calmer. Students from the nearby combat schools were inside and the two huntresses needed to set a good example. Plus Weiss liked some attention for what and who she was.

"One second." Ruby said, walking to the back of the store as if she owned it. A couple of students murmured as they watched them, surprised. A moment later Ruby came back out happily chatting with the store clerk. A burly man with harsh features and an Irish type beard. He seemed mean and menacing but smiled widely and laughed heartedly at whatever Ruby had to say.

"Ay, this is the lad you spoke of?" Alessandro froze, completely surprised that this man had an Irish accent.

"Where are you from?" Alessandro asked, staring at him with an upset face. The man raised an eyebrow, looking annoyed. He found this attitude rude.

"You'll have to excuse him." Weiss said, giving the man her most diplomatic smile. "He's been through a lot and politeness hasn't been enforced much." She chuckled nervously, elbowing him slightly.

"Oh, uh, yeah. Sorry sir. My bad." Alessandro said, looking away.

"It's fine laddy, Ruby here says you need armor, correct?" He crossed his arms, looking over Alessandro. Not in a hostile way but in a calculating one. He was already seeing different cuts he would need, the amount and stuff of that sort. Alessandro could tell this guy was a professional.

"Yeah, yeah I am. Not sure what I need though." He looked around, seeing only a few pieces of armor. "What do you think would suit me?"

"How's your fighting style."

"Fast, agile, high mobility. But I take punches as well as I can dodge them."

"Then you'll need no armor or just a little bit. Something light but resistant, that can help you block incoming attacks." The man cupped his chin in a hand, looking thoughtful. "I'd say use from the elbow downwards, leaving your hands and wrists uncovered. If you want we can put all the way to your shoulder."

"See? I knew it was a good idea." Weiss said with a proud tone. Alessandro hadn't noticed in the show but she really did sound like royalty. Not surprising.

"I'll take…just my fists." Alessandro replied. He frowned as he saw the man looking at his feet.

"Are you a kicker?" The man asked.

"What?"

"Do you often use kicks in a fight?"

"Um, yeah I do. How'd you know?"

"Just thought so. I can give you armored boots if you'd like. A hunter came by the other day with shotgun boots, great armor on them. I can't make the boots shotguns but I have a pair of armored ones a tried to replicate." Alessandro thought for a bit. Mercury must have come in here for some reason, why? He didn't know. But the idea of being similar to Mercury was…uncomfortable.

"Nah, just the fists. Can you do that?"

"Aye, it'll be easy." He pulled a pair of fingerless gloves from under the countertop. But they were made of metal. "They're lightweight, no fingers and don't get to the wrist so you have full mobility. Just like ya ordered. An odd choice but I ain't judging." He nodded at Weiss who handed some lien to the man.

"I ordered this?"

"I took a guess and got it pre made for you. I knew you would choose it and Ruby agreed." Weiss and Ruby shared a smile, Ruby giving the man a high five before jumping over the counter next to Alessandro. He was awed by how well they knew him.

"Damn…you guys really do know me. I didn't even know I'd choose this." Alessandro muttered. "Let's go then." The three began to walk out but paused as two students from a combat school blocked the doorway.

"Excuse us, we're leaving." Ruby said politely.

"You're the hunter from the TV, fighting the White Fang, right?" The boy stated, pointing a finger at Alessandro. "The one that died and came back?" Alessandro went eye wide at this last comment.

"You…you saw that?" He asked.

"Everyone on the news saw that and few moments before that." The girl next to him interjected, pulling the boy back a bit.

"I'm sorry but we really must be going." Weiss said, taking Ruby's and Alessandro's wrists before walking forward, the two others moving to the sides.

"Would you fight us?" The boy called out, at this the three hunters paused. "We saw how you are…would be willing to give us a training battle?"

"He will absolutely not-

"I'll do it." He answered calmly.

"What?" Ruby and Weiss asked at the same time.

"We're hunters. They're aspiring hunters, if they are going to one day go to Beacon and defend the world, I'd rather help with that process. Even if that help is beating them in a fight."

"…Fine. Guess it makes sense." Weiss murmured, crossing her arms. The four went outside, explaining what was going on to the others. The two students (who were fourteen) were awed at seeing all those hunters in training right there. It was decided that Ren would referee the fight and so Alessandro stood in the street, the other two stood opposite of him.

"Ready?" He asked, standing still. The other two took out their weapons, the girl holding a bunch of throw knives and the boy a spear. They just stared at him with determination.

"Good answer."

"Begin!" Ren said. More people from the store and people that were walking around the streets had gathered, seeing the group of hunters surround the three they expected something worth seeing. The two looked at each other, confused as to why Alessandro hadn't draw a weapon or taken a stance, then shrugged. The girl threw several knives and the boy charged. Alessandro calmly lifted his palm, using the new armor covering it to easily deflect the knives, he was fast enough to do it. The boy vaulted himself up, falling in a deadly arc, Alessandro flared his aura bit on his hands and grabbed the spears end, spinning and launching the boy into the girl. The two got up, looking at him with surprise as he spun the stolen spear around and pointed it at them, only to toss it back at the boy.

"Well? I know you aren't done." He smiled, getting into Mercury's fighting stance. The boy smiled at him and the girl got up, throwing several daggers. She seemed to form the out of nothing, Alessandro spun and flipped around, using his palms to deflect a few daggers to. The boy had charged again and vaulted in the air. Alessandro frowned, knowing that he could just grab the spear again. Instead he jumped, spinning and kicking the boy downwards, the girl had expected him to grab the spear and had charged again, only to run past the two who were in the air, she flinched seeing her partner fall to the ground, cracking the street. Before she could do much Alessandro landed, engaging her in hand to hand combat. He was a flurry of punches and kicks which the girl could barely defend, after a few seconds he swept low, knocking her off her feet then grabbed the boys spear and held it to her neck, forcing her to stay down.

"And that's the match." Ren said calmly, Jaune and Ruby helping the other boy up from the ground. The crowd seemed a bit disappointed by the shortness of the fight and soon dispersed.

"You two should have slowed down and formed a better plan. Both charging was good especially while giving multiple problems, like the daggers but you went to fast and should have thought it through more. Good job, keep practicing." The boy grabbed his spear, putting it away as he faced them. After a moment they were both surprised when Alessandro offered his hand. After a moment the girl shook it, then the boy. He gave them a smile and wished them well the two turned around to leave and the two teams of hunters began their walk back to Beacon, taking their time and showing different places and things to Alessandro. He found out that he really liked Vale. He also noticed he was getting various looks from the people, most were of curiosity, some Faunus looked at him with something akin to hatred, but what surprised him the most was the fear he saw in the eyes of some people. Actual fear. He went in between Pyrrha and Yang, using them to hide himself a bit.

"Hey, Yang." He said.

"Yeah?" She looked at him, everyone still walking. Alessandro could hear Ruby and Nora behind them arguing about what was better, strawberries or pancakes.

"On the news…what did they show of me? Did they show me in an alleyway?" He asked quietly. Yang looked at him with a pitying face. "No wonder some people seem wary of me..."

"You did what you had to do. That is in the past, let's just enjoy the present." Pyrrha said with a smile, a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah!" Yang stated cheerfully, giving him a friendly punch on the shoulder. "Now we can keep sparring and kick White Fang butt together! It'll be great." Alessandro couldn't help but smile as he thought of this. Finally, for the first time in months, he let himself relax. Unwind. He was surrounded by friends and allies, in a safe place and with a life. Everything was better now, good in fact. The nine students paused at the airship, staring at the figure waiting for them there.

"Hey Alessandro." Fall said with a smile. "We need to go do something."

"I'm sorry, but he is with us today." Weiss said, crossing her arms. The four members of team RWBY seemed to get closer to him, like personal body guards.

"What she means to say is that we were trying to spend the day with him, make up for lost time." Pyrrha said more politely, giving Fall her best diplomatic smile and giving Weiss a pointed look.

"Yes, well, we need him. Ozpin needs me to take him." She said, lacking her usual niceness.

"It's fine guys. I'll go, see what he wants and meet you all later." Before anyone could complain he nodded to Amber, walking away with her. The other eight watched before boarding the airship back to Beacon. All but Blake who insisted on waiting for Alessandro and Pyrrha who insisted on not letting Blake stay alone.

"So, where are they that we didn't take the airship up?" He asked. Something was off, a tickle in his head.

"Secret. You'll just have to wait and see." Amber replied coldly, in a business like way. The feeling in Alessandro's head increased and he stopped moving, just standing on the sidewalk.

"Amber, what's the hurry? And why the secrecy?" He asked. Amber turned, sighed and suddenly phased out of existence. Alessandro frowned, confused, and took a couple steps forward, how did she do that?

"Sorry Ale." Alessandro spun, seeing Emerald with her arms crossed, staring at him. He wasn't particularly worried as Emerald was someone he trusted. An ally of Cinder. But he flinched as he felt a needle enter the side of his neck, he knew better than to move, it could cause permanent damage. Once the needle was pulled out he let himself breath again.

"What was that, Emerald?" He sounded slightly annoyed, but he couldn't help a smile as he felt someone take his hand and saw Neo next to his side, twirling the syringe through her fingers.

"Something your species made. If you ever decide to rat us out that will erase us from your mind. And this conversation." Emerald shrugged. "You know how careful Cinder is."

"It's her failsafe. Since I ran she needs to be sure I won't put anything in danger." He sighed. "Tell her I understand, and send Mercury my regards." The odd trio felt perfectly fine together, the two girls not caring for Alessandro's new looks. He felt ok because to him, these were still his partners, they weren't that bad. The Fang was bad, that was it.

"We need to go, it was good to see you again." Emerald said, Alessandro smiled as he felt Neo kiss his cheek, something he was perfectly accustomed to. She pouted, lightly punching his arm.

"Let me guess, you're angry you can't fluster me anymore?" He laughed seeing her expression which indicated yes. "Before you leave, by my species, you meant Earth?" She nodded and the two disappeared, leaving him alone on the small street. He felt confused, Earth had managed to communicate Remnant? Why had they contacted Cinder instead of one of the kingdoms? Was it an accident? How had they sent the syringe and drug? To many questions crowded his head as he began walking back to Pyrrha and Blake, smiling at them as if everything were alright. One thing he knew was that Cinder didn't want him to mention anyone who had met him before Beacon.

He would not defy Cinder. What reason did he have to do that?"

And that was the new chapter! As you'll notice it is way longer than what i normally do, thanks to another author on this page (ThePhantomScribe) i've been inspired to make my chapters way longer. I'm also dedicating more to the fics, re reading them correctly and fixing way more grammar mistakes i had.

Another important thing is i have made a schedule! I will be writing chapter to different fics/original stories in an order so if Entering Remnant takes a couple weeks to get another chapter it's because i've made and posted other chapters of other stories on my wattpad, you can copy and paste this link on the searxh bar to reach my wattpad.

I'm currently working on HollyBelle: Jack's view (A fanfic of a friends original story also on wattpad, it's apocolypse like)

Emotions (A series of one shots based around a certain or certain few emotions, it has romance, action, adventure, drama, etc)

And last but not least

Heroes! (I accidentally based it on RWBY. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT XD But this story takes place on Earth that is inhabited by humans and human looking monsters. Heroes are the elite soldiers trained from a rather young age to defend the world.

But who are the real monsters? Is everything like it seems?)

Anyway that's all for now, see you guys later!