CHAPTER TWEEEEEELLLLVE *Enter guitar solo*! I'm back everyone with the greatly anticipated chapter of RWBY's "Painting the Town Part one and two". So, I now realize why many of you were probably confused with some POV changes (Especially in chapter seven). When I typed in a line of dashes to indicate a scene change, I found that they don't show on the Fanfiction site. So I'll try to come up with another way to indicate that and will try to be more careful in the future. Now, I won't make you wait any longer so, let's get a-rollen!

"So there I was, surrounded by eight Deathstalkers. No ammo, no backup, no food, and no mustache wax. Truly a perilous situation for any fully trained Huntsman!" Port suddenly turned towards us, "But I was unfazed by their deathly appearance. I stood boldly in their line of sight to draw attention away from the village that was being evacuated not a mile away." He then turned towards the depiction of the Deathstalker on the board and pointed at the deadly tail, "All eight of the fiends charged and tried to impale me with their stingers, but I dodged and weaved until they all got stuck in the ground." Port held both his arms up like he was a roaring bear, "And then I-" *RIIIINNNG* Port looked up at the clock, "Oh, um, must of timed that one wrong I guess. Well, the stunning conclusion will have to wait until next time. Class dismissed, and remember, stay vigilant!"

I chuckled at one of the goofiest teachers ever to walk Beacon's halls, truly not understanding how nobody couldn't find his stories at least somewhat humorous. As I stood up, I saw Jaune get turned down by Weiss…again, "No, no, no, yes."

Jaune groaned and laid his head down on the desk as we all were walking past JNPR. Yang just ruffled Jaune's hair a bit and tried to reassure him, "One day."

As I passed, I noticed Pyrrha glancing at Jaune kinda sadly so I leaned in towards her a bit, "You gotta tell him some time Pyr, he's as dense as a mountain when it comes to this stuff."

She went crimson, thinking no one had seen her looking at Jaune, "I-I-I don't kn-know what you're talking about."

I smirked, "Yeah, I'm sure you don't."

I made my way back to my dorm to shower the day's worth of classroom grime off my body. As I took my shirt of, I looked up into the mirror and saw the maze of scars that plagued my body. The big blotchy one's of burns, the precise one's of blades, and the jagged tears of teeth and claws. You would of been hard pressed to find an area bigger than your hand without some form of mark. As I stood there, my mind began to wonder back to the darkest point in my imprisonment. The reason I truly feared anyone I cared for going near those monsters.

By the time I came out of my trance, an hour and a half had passed and the water in the shower had run cold. I groaned, "Great job Vin, not only am I depressed, now I'm forced to take a freezing shower." I bit the bullet and jumped in, forcing myself to ignore the cold and cleaned quickly before stepping out to dry. Glancing at the clock, I saw it was 5:45, meaning that the cafeteria was now serving dinner. I buttoned up a gray, long sleeved shirt and put on some jeans along with a pair of black combat boots before knocking on RWBY's door.

Receiving nothing but silence. I knocked again, "Girls, you want to go get some food?" Still nothing. Confused, I opened the door to find it empty, door locked, and lights off, meaning that they weren't planning to be back for some time. Humming, I closed the door and walked out of mine, making sure to lock my door so no one could get into mine or RWBY's dorm. Making my way to the cafeteria, I figured that they must of went ahead of me while I was in the shower.

Arriving, I scanned the entirety of the room looking for a beacon of golden hair that would signify Yang, and by extension everyone else. Finding nothing, I scanned again to make sure, but still nothing. As I turned to walk out I heard someone yell out my name, "DAVIAN, OVER HERE!"

Turning back around, I saw Nora standing on JNPR's table by the serving window waving her arms like a maniac, and in doing so, drawing the attention of the entire cafeteria to her then to me before shaking their heads, used to JNPR's, and by extension, RWBY's odd dynamic of doing things.

I walked quickly over to them, hoping they'd have answers, "Do you four know where Ruby and the others are?"

Ren looked confused, "We were just about to ask you that." He shrugged before continuing, "We just assumed you were with them like always."

I sighed as I looked around again, "I was thinking they'd gone ahead of me to get food while I was in the shower, but I lost track of time and ended up staying in my dorm longer than expected."

Pyrrha offered a reassuring smile, "I'm sure they're all rig-"

"Breaking News coming to you live!" Hearing a news report come over the TV in the kitchen, we turned to watch. Lisa Lavender was giving the report, "Just earlier today, General Ironwood of Atlas announced the production of their new mechanized battle suits, the Atlesian Paladin. He informed us that they would be used in protecting our borders within the year, but as you can now see, one is currently crashing through downtown Vale." When she was talking, a live video popped onto the lower right hand part of the screen showing a Paladin running down a highway.

My eyes widened, "Please don't tell m-"

"Just in, a team of Hunters have engaged the Paladin!" The video enlarged to fill the entire screen showing a familiar figure with blue hair stab the cockpit before being thrown off, right into another familiar figure with a white shirt and tail. Though what really caught my attention was a white figure jumping off a higher roadway before coating the street with a layer of ice. Pyrrha spun around to comment but I was already gone, sprinting towards the landing pad.

As I reached the pad, I was able to get a Bullhead pilot to take me to the others at its top speed that would get me there within two and a half minutes. I sat there anxiously tapping my foot as the pilot called back to me, "Thirty seconds to drop kid! Are you sure you want to do this?"

I took a deep breath, "I don't have a choice, my teammates are down there." I glanced out the window in time to see Ruby and Blake tag-team the Paladin, effectively severing one of its arms. I quickly yelled up to the pilot, "Just hover above them and open the door before bugging out!" Five seconds later the door slid open and I jumped. Ten meters before hitting the ground, I teleported and kicked off a support pillar and landed in a roll to cushion my fall.

Ignoring the pain in my shoulder from the impact, I looked up and my eyes widened in horror as I saw Yang get smashed through two concrete pillars before being punched through another. Vision going red, I teleported on top of the Paladin as it aimed down at Yang who was slowly getting to her feet looking extremely pissed. I, using my aura, smashed my fist through the window of the cockpit and found Torchwick staring at me shocked. Grabbing him by his collar, I threw him to the ground as I felt the Paladin collapse beneath me as Yang utterly destroyed it, forcing me to jump off and land next to her.

Apparently not seeing me, Yang looked over my shoulder and fired a round from Ember Celica at Torchwick only for some pink, white, and brown colored girl to jumped in front of him and block the shot with a parasol. Torchwick grinned, "Kiddies…Ice Queen," Weiss yelled out in annoyance, "always a pleasure. Neo, if you would."

The now named Neo sassily bowed at us, causing Yang to charged at them yelling. As she smashed her fist into the girl, both she and Torchwick shattered like glass. We all spun in circles, trying to figure out where they disappeared to. A few seconds later, we heard the sound of an engine and saw a Bullhead fly off with a extremely smug Torchwick waving at us.

Yang just glared at the disappearing ship, "So I guess he got a new henchmen."

Weiss looked over at Yang, "Yeah, I guess she really made our plans...fall apart" she ended grinning.

Ruby, just now realizing that I was still standing there glaring at them, tried to get the others attention, "Ummm, guys."

They didn't hear her as Blake sighed and rubbed her temples while Yang glared incredulously, "No, just…no."

Weiss pouted and put her hands on her hips, "What, but you'd do it!"

Ruby tried to get there attention again, "Guuuuyyyyysss," but was unsuccessful.

Yang put her hands on her hips as well, "There's a time and a place for jokes."

Weiss held her and up and waved it around, pointing at the carnage, "Was this not it?"

Yang just turned and started walking away, "Noooo, it just wasn't very good."

Weiss huffed and went to follow Yang, "Well at least I'm trying."

Ruby saw me grinding my teeth and yell out, "GUYS!" They all spun around about to ask what was so important but they stopped when they saw what Ruby was pointing at…me.

Blake and Weiss just stared at the ground sheepishly while Yang rubbed the back of her head and kinda laughed, "Heeeey Davi-"

"What the hell are you four doing," I asked?

Ruby rubbed her arm and looked down at the ground while stuttering out, "W-we were just, um, just, hanging out in Vale whe-when we…saw the…Paladin-"

She slowed to a stop and kinda shrunk back as I glared at her, "Ruby, you could never lie to save your life the entire time I lived with you and I doubt that has changed." I pointed at a piece of the Paladin that you could still make out where the White Fang symbol had been painted on, "I don't believe that for a second. I told you girls that you were to NOT go after these guys unsupervised, but as soon as you make your next trip to Vale, you're suddenly fighting their arms dealer."

Blake met my eyes, "And what would you do in our place? All we want to do is help take down a misguided organization and stop the violence. Is that wrong?"

I shook my head, "No, that's not wrong."

Yang looked kinda mad, "Than what's the pro-"

I held up my hand to stop her. We stayed silent for a few seconds before Weiss huffed out, "What are you doi-"

"Shh, just listen" I said. We did, and the girls finally heard the sirens and groans of pain above us on the freeway. Realization dawning upon their eyes as I continued, "While you did a good job of stopping your target, you completely forgot to factor in the civilians in the way." I pointed over my shoulder at the icicles hanging off the edge of the bridge, "The ice was a good way to mess with the mech, but it sure as hell also hurt a lot of people on the freeway as well."

Weiss looked sick, "W-we didn't me-mean to hurt anyone. We just wanted to stop the Paladin from rampaging around anymore" she said weakly.

This entire time Yang had held her silence but now decided to speak up, "We. Were. Trying. To. Help" she said while glaring at me.

I matched her glare, "Three of you have no idea what you're dealing with," I then looked at Blake, "and the fourth doesn't seem to care what she's dragging her friends into."

Blake looked mad, Weiss and Ruby looked to be on the verge of tears and Yang's hair burst into flames, signifying her anger, "That's not fare Davian! We told Blake we'd help her, she didn't drag anyone here."

I shook my head, "The fact that she's not willing to let peo-"

"DAVIN!" We all turn to Ruby who has tears in her eyes. She looked right at me, and when I saw the sorrow that was pooled in her eyes, I felt all my anger drain away, "I know we messed up, but we just want to help Davian, that's all we wanted." She wiped her eyes before continuing, "If you need to go tell Ozpin what we're doing, then so be it. But it we were given another chance, we'd do it all over again because we believe it's the right thing to do, and we will not stop doing what we believe is right."

We all stared at Ruby in disbelief, not expecting the adorable, carefree fifteen year old we knew to say anything like that. I looked at the rest of her team and found that they were like minded before looking around at what they had accomplished on their own. I thought for a few seconds before reaching into my pocket for my scroll and they watched as I selected the Headmaster's contact. The screen said 'please wait' for a few seconds before a live video popped up showing him sitting at his desk, "Mr. Kadar, what can I do for you?"

I looked back at Ruby who stood firm in her decision with her team behind her all the way. The corner of my mouth slightly curved up as I answered Ozpin, "We could use a pick-up Headmaster, the situation is contained down here."

Ozpin didn't respond for a few seconds, "Very well, I'll have a Bullhead there in a few minutes." He paused, "Is there anything else you'd like to add?"

I shook my head and didn't break eye contact with Ruby, "Nothing Headmaster."

He nods his head, "Very well." He terminated the call as I put my scroll away. Blake, Ruby, and Weiss looked relieved, but more thankful than anything. Yang, she stared, still very upset at me for threatening to stop them. Without a word, she turned around and walked off.

Ruby called after her, "Yang, where are you going?"

Not even stopping she called back, "I'll take Bumblebee back to Beacon, I want to be alone."

Weiss, Blake, and Ruby watched her walk off before sighing and sitting down on some rubble to wait for the Bullhead. Ruby looked over at me to find I hadn't moved as I held my face in my hand. She walked over and hugged me, "You just wanted to keep us safe, you didn't do anything wrong."

I chuckled humorously, "That's the thing Rubes, I did. I tried to stop you all from doing what we all are training to do all because I'm afraid."

"You're not afria-" she began to say as she took a step back to look me in the eye.

I interrupted her, "Yes I am," I looked down and stared at the scars crisscrossing my arms, "I'm not the same carefree, joking guy I was four years ago Ruby and I never will be again. After everything that has happened I'm now cold, bitter, heartless, and scared."

Even before I finished speaking, Ruby was already shaking her head, "No you're not." She looked me in the eye and poked my chest, "That old you from four years ago is still inside there whether you see that or not, but we do." She pointed at Blake, "A cold person wouldn't of forgiven Blake at the beginning of the year." She then pointed at her partner, "A bitter person wouldn't put of with Weiss." She then pointed at the disappearing form of Yang, "And a heartless person wouldn't love my sister as much as you do." I watched as Yang got farther and farther away, but before she disappeared front sight, she glared back at me one last time before she turned the corner.

(POV Ruby)

I sat on my on my bed holding my legs against my chest as I watched my team get ready for the night. Weiss was in the shower while Blake laid in her bed waiting for her turn. After Blake, my eyes wandered up above her at Yang's bed and saw her laying down with her back to us. After a few minutes Weiss stepped out of the bathroom and I was able to catch her eye along with Blake's and silently asked them to step outside for a minute. They both looked up at Yang before nodding their heads and walking out silently. I jumped of my bed and crawled up into Yang's and tapped her leg.

She slightly turned her head enough to see who it was, "What do you need Ruby," she mumbled?

I sighed, "You've been acting weird since we destroyed the Paladin, so what's wrong?"

Yang went back to staring at the wall, "Nothing."

I raised an eyebrow, "I'm going to take a page out of Davian's book, 'I don't believe that for a second'. So what's wrong?" Yang tensed as I said Davian, showing me what was on her mind, "He just wants to protect us Ya-"

Yang shot up, eyes red, "That's just it! I'm sick of him not believing that we can't handle ourselves!" She threw her hand in the direction of Davian's room, "Ever since he got back, he's been acting like I'm a fragile piece of glass that needs to be protected at all costs. I'd normally find that adorable and chalk it up as him being protective, but when he starts thinking that we can't fight," she clenched her teeth, "that's not fair."

My shoulders sagged, "You know he doesn't think that Yang."

Yang just punched the wall, putting her fist through it yelling, "YES HE DOES!" She then turned on me, "Why the hell are you siding with him on this" she yelled at me angrily!? I felt my eyes fill with tears as my big sister got mad at me. I quickly looked down at my hands so she wouldn't see me crying, but as soon as I did, she knew she had gone to far. The red fled from her eyes like a receding tide as she pulled me into a loving hug and cradled my head in her shoulder as she whispered she was sorry over and over again. After a few minutes, my eyes had dried and Yang spoke again softly, "I didn't mean it Ruby, I'm just…frustrated right now. I want to stop the people that hurt Davian, but he's not letting us and I don't know why."

"He's afraid," I mumbled into her shoulder.

Yang pushed me back a bit to look me in the eye and tilted her head to the side, "Afraid of what?"

I sniffed, "I don't know, but we talked when you walked off after fighting the Paladin. Davian told me he had messed up with how he reacted to us wanting to fight the White Fang because he was afraid."

Yang's eyes softened as she heard how her boyfriend had felt after he snapped at them, "He really said th-"

Our conversation was interrupted by the door opening and Blake poking her head in, "Have either of you seen Davian since we got back?"

Yang and I looked at each other before looking back at Blake, "We thought he was in his room," Yang said.

Blake shook her head, "He's not, I just checked."

Yang quickly jumped off her bed and swung the door connecting Davian's room to ours open to find it empty. She then walked quickly over to her scroll and tried calling him. I hopped off the bed and stood next to her, "Is he answering?"

After a few seconds Yang shook her head and pocketed her scroll, "No, it went straight to voice-mail." She bit her lower lip as she thought about where Davian could of gone.

Eventually she slipped her boots on and walked for the door. "Where are you going," I asked?

Without stopping Yang slipped past Blake calling over her shoulder, "I have a boyfriend to find." With that she closed the door and we didn't see her again for several hours.

(POV Davian)

I sat with my back against the Beacon statue in the front of the school, eyes forward as I watched the full moon straight ahead. On the outside, you wouldn't of thought I had anything going through my mind, but internally my thoughts were like a raging storm. As I sat there, I tried to think of ways to make things up to Yang. I knew I hadn't been treating her fairly ever since I got back, but I couldn't help it. The need to protect her and Ruby were so ingrained in my mind that it was just reflex.

After half an hour, a voice startled me out of my internal struggle, "Do you know how long I've been looking for you?" My head snapped up to find Yang standing in front of me with her hands on her hips, "I've been looking for nearly two hours now." She sat down in front of me, "We have some stuff to talk about." I mutely nodded my head as she continued, "We both messed up you know, not just you."

My eyebrows furrowed before it clicked, "You talked with Ruby, didn't you?"

Yang nodded her head, "Yeah, yeah I did."

I sighed, "Is this the part where you beat what-ever my next secret is out of me?" I said smiling slightly.

Yang shook her head, "That's not what this is about. Not yet at least." She scooted over next to me, "While you've been playing over-protective boyfriend, I've been the bitchy girlfriend."

I chuckled, "Not bitchy, just frustrated and rightfully so. We're training to be Hunters and I wasn't letting you be one."

We were silent for several minutes before I felt her lay her head down in my lap. I slowly ran my hand through her hair and massaged her scalp, "If you're tired we should go inside and get you to bed."

She shook her head, "No, too comfortable" she mumbled out. I chuckled as I leaned down to kiss her forehead. As we sat there, an idea popped into my head, "Yang, you still awake?" I felt her head nod a bit, "I just thought of a way to make things up to you."

Opening her lilac eyes, she turned onto her back and tilted her head to the side a bit, "Yeah, and what's that?"

I smiled softly, "Will you, Yang Xiao-Long, allow me, Davian Kadar, to accompany you to the dance this weekend and to dinner afterwards?"

Yang stared wide-eyed at me before grinning and pulling me down to kiss me. We held for nearly two minutes before we were forced to pull away from lack of air. I raised an eyebrow while a small smile broke my face, "Can I take that as a yes?"

She just closed her eyes and chuckled before nodding her head, "Yes, you can take that for a yes." We both smiled as we went back to sitting in a comfortable silence while I continued to run my hand through her hair. It was several hours later that I slipped back into my dorm after putting Yang to bed when she had fallen asleep. As I began to drift into unconsciousness, I made a promise to myself. I promised that as long as the girls were going to fight the White Fang, then I'd move heaven and hell to keep them safe. And woe to anyone that stands in my way, for I shall tear them apart without an ounce of remorse or a shred mercy.

Thus, it was finished. Chapter twelve has come and gone. I felt relatively happy with this chapter if I do say so myself. While this chapter may not of had many happy times, I will tell you the next chapter will be fluffy and happy for the most-part if not all.

Something I realized about my story is that I don't have a ton of action which wasn't my intention. I labeled the story a Hurt/Comfort and Adventure, but I've been lacking the adventure part. Soooo, I'll try to fix that in future chapters.

So I hope you guys and gals liked the chapter and feel free to leave a review with any questions, comments, or if you just want to make yourself known.

Archangel Out….