Chapter 7:

A/N So here's chapter 7! Will Ruby get the answers she seeks from Will? But first the shout outs. 1st one goes to the followers and favorites thanks guys it makes me very happy and is one of the many things that inspires me to write! Plus there's 32 of you following! Oh. My. God. That's a lot. I'm almost speechless. Almost. Though when I saw the number my jaw hit the floor. Was chapter 6 that good? Anyways the second shout-out goes to the the views even if they don't like it, hey they took the time out of their day to look at it so, thanks! Third goes to the reviews and reviewers! You guys rock! Thanks for asking your questions and catching any of my mistakes or just complimenting me it's all very helpful! But I didn't see any on the last chapter… Oh well what can you do? The reason this is late is because school is killing me with work. So yeah. Any way there's a story afoot and it must be told! Enjoy!

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After Will and Jay's sparring match the two teams went out to lunch, because their fight literally took the whole class period. Outside the cafeteria Will felt someone tugging on his cloak he turned around to face Ruby.

"Hey can we talk?" She asked

"Can it be after lunch? I'm starving. My fight with Jay really took it out of me." Will asked. Ruby nodded she was pretty hungry too.
"Meet me out in the courtyard after then?"

"Sure" Will answered and the two went inside the cafeteria. Inside they saw Cardin picking on the rabbit faunus, again. Will cracked his knuckles while smirking evilly as he started to walk over to them. Ruby sighed and went over to where her team and team JJNPR were sitting, knowing full well no one could stop Will, only to hear the screams of pain and eight snapping sounds from across the room. Moments later Will came back with two trays of food. He put one in front of Ruby, who had forgotten to get her food, and put the other one down next to her where he sat. Ruby thanked him for the food and went on to talk to her other teammates while Will listened in silence. Later, after lunch, Ruby and Will headed out to the courtyard.

"So, what'd you want to talk about?" Will asked.

"Will you promise tell the truth?" Ruby asked in return. Will sighed,

"I promise."

"Ok so what happened, where'd you go, and what'd you do over the week you were gone?" Ruby asked quickly.

"Woah woah woah Ruby slow down. I'll explain. Okay?" Ruby nodded and Will took a breathe. Well she is my team leader she should know… Will thought. So with that in mind he told Ruby all about the events that had occurred in the past week.
"So what you're telling me is that you met with the ghost of the first huntsman and first dragon knight and he agreed to teach you?" She asked.

"Well… more or less." Will answered.

"Ok." Will was taken aback.

"Ok? That's it?"
"Well you did promise to tell the truth and you are my teammate as well as partner sooo I trust you."

"Oh… Hey do you mind if we just add this to the pile of secrets we shouldn't tell our teammates yet?"

"Sure… If you think that's what's best right now."

"I think so just because I don't think the world is ready for the return of the Dragon Knights."

"Why do you think that?"

"Well humans aren't the most accepting race and a lot of the time fear the things that are different." Will replied.

"Ah." Ruby nodded in understanding. "Oh that reminds me! The rest of the team and I are going down to Vale tomorrow! Do you want to come?" Will chuckled and said,

"Well considering I'm on your team I think I would go anyway." causing Ruby to blush in embarrassment.

"Right, sorry." She said

"Don't worry about it Ruby. But we should head back now I don't want the others to worry about you." Will replied with a smirk.

"Shut up." Ruby said and the two went back to their dorm.

The next day

"The Vytal Festival! Oh this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss exclaimed.

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile this much, Weiss, it's kinda weirding me out." Ruby said in response to her teammate's exclamation.

"Oh my god! Weiss is smiling!? The end it nigh!" Will joked causing Ruby to giggle, Yang to outright laugh, Blake to smirk, and Weiss to glare.

"How can you not smile, a festival dedicated to the cultures of the world, there will be festivals, parades music, a tournament, oh the amount of planning that goes into this event is simply breathtaking!" Weiss said defending herself. She turned around and saw Will had fallen asleep during her explanation with Ruby and Blake busy trying to wake him up while Yang only said,

"Wow. You really know how to take a good thing and make it sound boring."

"Quiet you." Was all Weiss said.

"Remind me again why we're spending our day at the docks?" Yang asked.

"Ugh they smell like fish." Ruby complained.

"Umm Ruby? What else are docks supposed to smell like? Roses?" Will teased getting an adorable pout from Ruby.

"Well anyway I heard that students visiting from Vacuo are arriving by ship today, and as a representative of Beacon I feel as though it is my solemn duty to welcome them to this fine kingdom." Weiss continued.

"She wants to spy on them so she can have an upper hand in the tournament." Blake clarified.

"You can't prove that." Will bit back a snarky remark and saw that Ruby was staring across the street looking at a crime scene. He waved over their other teammate's attention and together they walked over to the scene where Ruby asked,

"What happened?"

"Robbery, second dust shop hit this week. This place is turning into a jungle." The detective answered as he walked over to his partner.

"Uh that's terrible" Yang said but before anyone could say anything else they overheard the two cops discussing the possible suspect which was the White Fang.

"Ugh the White Fang what an awful bunch of degenerates." Weiss said after the two detectives were done.

"What's your problem?" Blake asked her tone sounding offended. Oh no. Will thought as Weiss continued to say,

"My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane."

"The White Fang are hardly a bunch of psychopaths they're a collection of misguided Faunus."

"Misguided? They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet." Weiss argued

"Then they're very misguided either way it doesn't explain why they would rob a dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale." Blake countered.

"Blake's got a point the police never caught that Torchwick guy Will and I fought a few months ago. Maybe it was him" Ruby pointed out.

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

"That's not necessarily true." Yang defended.

"Yeah racist much?" Will added. But before Weiss could reply someone shouted,

"Hey stop that Faunus!" Wow what perfect timing Will thought sarcastically. The group made their way back to the docks where they spotted a monkey Faunus leaving the ship and running away from the detectives. The Faunus passed by Team RWBY where Will could have sworn he winked at Blake and the next thing he knew they were chasing after him until Weiss ran into someone and watched the Faunus get away.

"No! He got away!" She complained.

"Really I didn't notice Ms. Obvious" Will teased only to get a glare from Weiss.

"Um Weiss?" Yang interrupted pointing at the girl Weiss was still on top of. Weiss quickly got up so they could see her clearly.

"Salutations!" The ginger haired girl greeted.

"Um hello," Ruby greeted, "are you ok?"

"I'm wonderful thank you for asking." The girl replied.

"Do you want to... You know get off the floor?" Will asked. The girl looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "Yes" and jumping to her feet which caused everyone to take a step back.

"My name is Penny it's a pleasure to meet you." The girl introduced herself.

"Hello Penny, I'm Ruby."

"The name's Will."

"I'm Weiss."

"Blake."

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Yang asked before Blake elbowed her, "Oh I'm Yang."

"It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"You already said that." Weiss said causing the girl to pause.

"So I did."

"Well sorry for running into you." Weiss apologized as they walked away.

"Take care friend" Ruby said.

"Maybe we'll see each other again friend." Will added. As soon as they were out of earshot Yang said,

"She was, weird." but Weiss was concerned with other things

"Now where did that faunus riff-raff run off to?" She asked.

"What did you call me?" Asked Penny who had reappeared in front of them surprising everyone.

"Oh I'm really sorry I definitely didn't think you heard me." Yang apologized.

"No not you." Penny said before walking up to Ruby and Will, "You two."

"Us? I-I don't know I, what I uhh…" Ruby said confused, while leaning away from the girl.

"Was it friend?" Will asked. Penny nodded.

"Am I really your friend?" She asked.

"Uhhhhhhhh…" Ruby looked at Will, who shrugged and mouthed It's up to you, then looked at Weiss, Blake, and Yang who were making gestures that said, "no". Then she looked back at Penny and said,

"Yeah sure, why not." Which caused the other girls to fall over and Will to silently chuckle.

"And what about you?" Penny asked Will who just shrugged and said,

"Only if you want to." Penny seemed overjoyed.
"Sensational!" Penny said before turning to Ruby. "We can paint our nails, try on clothes, and talk about cute boys!" She said taking a small glance at Will. I have a feeling she's talking more to Ruby than she is to me… Will thought with a sweatdrop.

"Uhh is this what it was like when you met me?" Ruby whispered to Weiss.

"No she's far more coordinated." Weiss replied.

"That and also she hasn't blown up yet." Will added causing Ruby to pout, again.

"So what are you doing in Vale?" Yang asked.

"I'm here to fight in the tournament!" Penny exclaimed.

"Wait you're fighting in the tournament?" Weiss asked with a hint of disbelief.

"I'm combat ready!" Penny said with a salute.

"Forgive me but you hardly look the part."

"Says the girls wearing a skirt." Blake countered.

"It's a combat skirt!" Weiss corrected

"Yeah!" Ruby jumped in giving Weiss a low-five.

"Wait a minute, if you're here for the tournament does that mean you know that, monkey tailed, rapscallion?" Weiss asked Penny.

"The who?" Penny questioned.

"The filthy Faunus from the boat!" Weiss exclaimed holding up a poorly sketched version of the Faunus.

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

"Huh?"

"Stop calling him a rapscallion, stop calling him a degenerate!" She never technically called him a degenerate. Oh well I might as well diffuse the situation before it gets worse Will thought. So before Weiss could comment, again, Will interrupted and said,

"Alright, alright! We don't need to argue about this! Ok? We all know that the White Fang aren't psychopaths and that all Faunus aren't that bad, but we also understand that currently the White Fang isn't 'innocent' either and their methods aren't the most logical. So we can all agree that this isn't something to argue over yes?" Both girls reluctantly agreed and silence reigned over the group on their way back to their dorm. However Will left the room to go ask Port a question on an assignment and when he returned he was knocked over by Blake who had just burst out of the room.

"Ow… What was that about?" Will muttered as he got back on his feet. He entered the dorm and found Weiss with her arms crossed. Will cursed inwardly he could only guess why Blake left the room and he had a haunting suspicion that he was right. So he asked,

"Do I even want to know why Blake ran out of the room?"

"Because she's secretly a member of the White Fang!" Weiss exclaimed.

"Ok? Do you have any proof of this?" He asked with an impassive face.

"She's a Faunus! The innocent person never runs!"

"Weiss that doesn't mean she's a member of the White Fang plus it was already kinda obvious that she was a Faunus, and everyone has something to run from, Weiss."

"How would you know?!"

"Well one, from what you told me, when she said 'we were tired of being pushed around' it sounded like it referred more to the Faunus as a whole, because if you look at how the Faunus are treated then it makes more sense if that statement referred to the Faunus as a whole instead of just the White Fang, and we've known each other for most of the semester I've had plenty of time to observe all of the team's movements, and habits. For example, Blake has always had this certain, elegance in the way she moves and she always excels in the dark two things that Faunus are known for. Two 'The innocent person never run?' That's sound logic however, everyone, including you, has something to hide, or hide from, and once exposed the natural reaction is to run. So that statement is false and in a certain way hypocritical on many different levels. But, I digress the real question should be as to why do you hate the Faunus so much?"
"Because they've been in war with my family for years! War! As in actual bloodshed! My grandfather's company has had a target painted on it's back for as long as I could remember! Ever since I was a child I have watched family friends disappear; board members executed. An entire train full of Dust gone. Everyday my father would come home furious and that made for a difficult childhood " As soon as she said this Will scowled.

"You know what else makes for a difficult childhood? Not having any parents in the first place!" Will shouted losing his temper.

"At least you knew where your next meal came from! At least you have a family! You didn't have to worry about finding shelter! You still have those that care and love you! Arguably, you're problems aren't as bad as any of the Faunus' problems! But, while you're complaining about your own problems take into account that some of us didn't have the things you did and in fact had to grow up without them! It's not just me that went through this many of these 'degenerates' you speak of are the same they didn't grow up as privileged as you did and had to get by however they could. Most of their sorrow, however, was caused by humans. So before you go off on the Faunus for being liars, cheaters, murderers, and thieves just remember that is was humans that have forced the Faunus to take such drastic measures and lash out at the human race, the source of their sorrow." Will said, but shortly after continued his rant. "God I can't believe you Weiss! Seriously! I mean do you ever consider another person's feelings before making rude, racist, snide, and offensive comments?! Have you ever considered that maybe the world doesn't revolve around you?! I mean what do you have to gain from insulting an entire species let alone one person? Satisfaction? Is that it? Is it retribution? To make yourself feel better? To feel superior? Which is it? Because I can't figure it out Weiss! Granted your anger makes sense, it's justified but to despise an entire species for a group that they themselves don't want to be apart of? That makes no sense! You're painting the world white and black! You only see the bright side of humans and see the dark side of the Faunus! It's people like you that made an entire species of people go extinct!" Will froze on the last sentence and bit back a curse. No one of this generation of Huntsman or Huntresses know of the Final Breath of the Dragons it's a secret kept by the older generation and now by him. He looked and saw the puzzled faces on his teammates. Not yet. They're not ready to know yet. Will thought. With the exception of Ruby, and Jay no one else knew of his Dragon Knight background. They're not ready to know that either. Will thought again. The history of the Dragon Knights was… complicated. For now the most he could make sense of it was that it was a time of peace when suddenly Humanity and the Faunus had, very aggressively, hunted all the Dragons and Dragon Knights down. Though many escaped they, sooner or later, were discovered, then murdered and no one knows what happened to the Dragons, presumably they had gone extinct or they had left Remnant all together. No one exactly recorded what happened to them. Will sighed as he turned around.

"I'm gonna go get some fresh air." Was the last thing he said as he walked out, slamming the door behind him. The rest of the team stood in stunned silence before they went to bed. If they had questions it could wait for Will's or Blake's return. Ruby woke up the next and noticed that Will nor Blake had come back yet. I wonder where they are. She thought. So very quickly and very quietly Ruby got dressed and exited the room, without waking her still sleeping teammates. She searched the entire school but didn't find any trace of them and in the end returned to her room tired and sad. Unbeknownst to her Will was actually following her around, albeit at a far distance, taking cover behind anything that seemed inconspicuous. As soon as she returned to the room Will wondered whether or not he should enter the room or if he should chase Blake. But I don't want to leave Ruby alone with the Ice Queen, granted there Yang is there, I think it would be wise to stay with the group and make Ruby not feel like it's her fault for losing not one but two teammates just because she didn't stop them. So with that thought he entered the room.

Two days later

Will had just ignored Weiss for the entire weekend, only apologizing, as well as answering questions from Ruby and Yang when he got back to the room, while Blake was gone for the entire weekend. So Team RWY, plus Weiss, were now down at Vale looking for Blake. They would call her name and ask people if they had seen her but unfortunately no one had. Then right as Weiss was about to say something that would have made Will very angry they ran into Penny. So instead Weiss and Yang disappeared leaving Will and Ruby with Penny. The rest of the day they continued their search while Penny asked some odd questions. Soon night fell over Vale yet Will and Ruby have heard nothing from or of Blake until an explosion caught their attention,

"Oh no." Will and Ruby said simultaneously. The three made their way over there. Will got there first, with his semblance, and he saw the Monkey Faunus getting surrounded by Torchwick and White Fang members. Not good. Will thought. So he quickly devised a plan and breathed in,

"HEY MR. EYELASHES!" Will yelled at the top of his lungs causing Roman to turn around only for Will to use his semblance to teleport in front of him.

"Miss me?" Will asked as he punched Roman right in the jaw. The crook went flying into a couple of containers. Will was already running at Roman as soon as he got up, but at that moment Ruby showed up, got distracted by Penny, and in Will's hesitation was shot at by Roman. The shot would have connected with Ruby's torso if Will hadn't teleported in front of it, granted the explosion still knocked her back and Penny seeing her two friends get hurt jumped into action. She pulled out ten swords and was telepathically, or magnetically, controlling them to beat down any White Fang members unfortunate enough to be in her way. Elsewhere Blake, and Sun were also helping take down some White Fang members as Torchwick made his escape. Will had recovered enough to ignore his injury and teleported over to the airship anticipating Roman's arrival but was blocked by a red-haired Faunus, who had a red chokutō.

Will growled as he watched Roman fly away. Knowing full well it wasn't safe to teleport onto a moving object, especially one that goes up. So he ignored the airship and now stared at his new opponent armed with a chokutō. The two circled each other. Then they stopped, the air filled with tension, the fight with the White Fang raging around them. Blake had managed to catch a glimpse of the two while fighting and right off the bat she recognized the red haired Faunus.

"Adam?"

A/N Sigh… sorry guys this chapter is out really late, I had a really busy week. With two projects and a field trip to Catalina Island where there's no internet and I stayed there for 3 days, yeah I had a busy week. Fun but busy had almost zero time to type this. I now discovered my distinct hate for a 'bad' Weiss. I'm ok if she's nice. So here's my hope that I aim to keep (I aim to keep if I don't I was far too busy) I will have chapter 8 up by later today or within the next 2-3 days. School is going to make this updates very sporadic and hard to follow but I will try to maintain some type of schedule. Anyways Reviews are much much much appreciated. Tell me how the chapter was! Thanks guys for following and favoriting. With that I'm out!