Chapter 16: Sundollars

"I told you it would be good." Weiss said to Ruby as they walked out of the movie theater.

"It was alright, although I prefer action movies." Ruby replied.

"It was great, now let's go home."

They started off towards Beacon. As they were passing the ice cream parlor, Ruby rushed in and, two minutes later, returned with vanilla ice cream for them both.

"Here you go!" Ruby exclaimed cheerfully as she handed Weiss the cone.

"Thank you." Weiss turned around and saw a shadow move into an alleyway.

She squinted in the direction she had seen it and shrugged, partially convinced that it had been a trick of the light. They walked past that spot and Weiss took another brief look into it, but it was dark.

They continued on towards home, and they soon stumbled across Sun and the rest of his team at the local Sundollars.

"Hey guys!" Krystal called through a mouth full of cheesecake. "Wanna join us?"

Ruby and Weiss exchanged a knowing look and Weiss replied.

"No, we need to get home."

"Suit yourself!" Krystal reclined back in her chair as the two moved on.

Sun looked back the way Ruby and Weiss had come and saw a small shape. As he watched, the shape tried to duck behind a street light. The attempt was in vain, as Sun had seen enough to match the figure to a memory.

"We need to leave," Sun stood up abruptly and, as everyone stayed where they were, he added. "Now."

"But-" Krystal's question was cut short as Colton suddenly shot his head up and looked right at the lamp post the figure was hiding behind.

"Someone was following you." He said as he stood up himself.

Sun motioned for everyone to quiet for a second while he concentrated. He felt as his aura slowly moved out in a spherical pattern around his body. He suddenly could see all around him, he saw the incredulous looks on his friends faces and, most importantly, saw the tiny girl who had been trying to hide.

"Vayla, I can see you." He called out as he snapped his eyes open.

"How did you do that?" Krystal asked as Vayla showed herself.

"How dare you!" Vayla screamed as she rushed at Sun.

Krystal overcame her shock and nocked an arrow to the string on Toxid, seeming to take no time to aim before letting the arrow fly. As the arrow struck, the girl vanished into purple smoke.

"Ha!" Came a squeal from their left, it turned out to be Vayla. "You cannot touch me!"

Krystal turned and shot this one as well, but it again disappeared into a wisp of purple smoke.

"How the?" Krystal asked, starting to get really annoyed with the child.

"You tell me!" Vayla appeared behind her and grabbed an arrow from her quiver.

Vayla threw the arrow on the ground, the tip struck and blue smoke billowed out.

"Goodbye, innocents!" Vayla screamed as the smoke enveloped her.

Everyone started coughing, and they had tears in their eyes.

"She used my only tear gas arrow!" Krystal whined indignantly as the smoke dissipated, eyes still streaming.

"That explains everything." Sun said thoughtfully.

"How?" Colton asked.

"I though that there was something weird with the way she thought she had the advantage back in the woods."

"How is that?" Aurora joined the conversation.

"I was easily able to beat her, but it was as if she didn't care if I did. Now I understand."

"Can we talk about this back home?" Colton asked.

"Fine, let's get back." Krystal started marching off towards the ice cream parlor.

Colton waited for a while before calling after her.

"Krystal?"

"Right, this way." She turned at a ninety degree angle and started walking.

"Krystal? Beacon is this way."

Colton facepalmed as she started back towards them, only following her once she had passed by them.

"Happen much?" Sun asked with an amused smile on his face.

"You don't want to know." He replied, smiling forwards at Krystal.

She veered to the right and he sighed, increasing his pace so he could put her back on the right track.

Sun looked at Aurora and they both burst out laughing.

Krystal looked back at the two and frowned.

"I'm not stupid, I'm directionally challenged."

This, of course, brought on another wave of laughter. This one included everybody but Krystal, until she gave in and laughed with them.

Sun was the last one in the door, and he was immediately interrogated.

"So Sun, is there something you aren't telling us about?" Krystal asked casually as he came in.

Sun had the grace to look guilty, and sat down on his bed before answering.

"I would assume you mean how I knew Vayla was behind the pole? That would be my Semblance."

"But what exactly is it?" Colton asked.

"It's called Sensor, I am able to use sonar to 'see' in a spherical pattern."

"I've never seen you use it before."

"That's because I only use it in emergencies, it drains a lot of my aura to use it."

"That's really cool!" Krystal broke in.

"I guess so, but we should learn everybodies abilities if we're going to be working together."

"I'll start," Aurora smiled and pulled her SCAR-H from behind her back. "Meet Scandiv, a customised SCAR-H that shoots explosive rounds. I have a grenade belt and multiple packs of C4 that I carry into battle. My Semblance is resistance to explosions."

"Me next!" Krystal leaped up and unslung her bow. "My bow is called Toxid! It can shoot any type of arrow that I want. It can also turn into a deadly sniper rifle. And speaking of arrows, here is my quiver, it can hold up to a dozen arrows and there are many types. Fire, water, lightning, explosive, tear gas. These can also transform into specialized bullets for when I use Toxid in sniper rifle mode. Finally, my Semblance is Recovery, I am able to heal people a lot faster than they would themselves."

"I guess I'm next," Colton pulled his tomahawks from their holsters. "This is Amber, it is infused with electricity, and this is Ember, infused with fire. My Semblance is Infrared, I can see heat signatures, even through walls."

"Alright then, Sun?"

"Okay, as you know, I have this staff." He pulled it out. "It can turn into a shotgun-nunchuck form. I am a faunus, proven by my tail. And, as I explained earlier, my Semblance is Sensor. Is anyone else a faunus?"

Sun was looking sideways at Colton, he saw Colton start and looked full on at him.

"It's okay, I'm proud of mine." Sun elaborated.

"Well," Colton gulped nervously. "I'm a wolf faunus."

Krystal fell off of her bed in shock, she climbed back up and let her jaw drop at him.

"Really? Where do you show it?" She asked.

Colton pulled off the toboggan he wore on his head, below it was a pair of wolf ears.

"Woah." Krystal reached over and put her hand on one of them.

Sun and Aurora looked on knowingly, having already guessed something along these lines at Sundollars.

"I was afraid to show them immediately." Colton said, looking up at them.

"Well, the only thing you have to worry about now is Krystal." Sun looked meaningfully at the girl still playing with Colton's ears.

"Yes, that's enough Krystal." Colton put his toboggan back on and stood up.

"Awww." Krystal got up as well, and went to sit on her bed.

"I can also smell and hear better than most, I guess that's another perk to being part wolf."

"So is that why you were able to sense Vayla behind the pole?" Krystal asked.

"Yes, I saw her heat signature, plus I could smell her from miles away."

As he was saying it, he perked his head up and looked straight at the door.

'Trouble.' Sun heard Michael say in his head.

The door burst open and admitted Ren.

"Sun, we have a problem."

Author's Note:
So I decided to use this chapter as a kind of OC guide. I wanted to have everything out in the open for at least the three main OCs. Things are starting to pick up in this chapter as well, and I love leaving you guys on cliffhangers. Sorry, but it's a lot of fun. Again, check my profile for information on my update schedule and the month break I am taking. Thank you all for reading and if you enjoyed it, don't forget to follow, favorite, and review. Chas1881