Chapter 2: The Stranger

A/N: Here I am with another chapter! I really hope that people read this story. I've gotten FIVE followers on this already! (That's a record for one chapter for me!) Thanks! But only one review...oh well. Hopefully something happens with this one. :)

Enjoy, and ALLONS-Y!

Vale: City Streets. 10:15 A.M.

After grabbing their weapons and eating breakfast with Team JNPR, Team RWBY set out for the streets.

"Man, I forgot how gorgeous Vale was during the day!" Ruby exclaimed. She and Yang had arrived late the night before.

"It looks the same as it did when we left." Yang said, as the four walked down the streets of Vale.

"Except now there's almost no sign of the White Fang's attack." Blake observed, looking around her as she walked. The shops were open, the roads were all fixed and newly repaved, and people were walking all around.

"It's almost like they didn't attack at all!" Weiss said.

Ruby turned to the white-haired girl. "At least everything is back to normal." She said. She didn't see where she was going and bumped into a man, accidentally knocking him down to the ground. "Oh! I'm so sorry!" She apologized, embarrassed. "Here, let me help you up." She took his hand and helped him up.

"Thank you!" He said, looking at her. He was a little above average height, with spiked, brown hair with sideburns. He wore a dark brown shirt with blue pinstripes and a tie. Over that he wore a light brown faux-suede overcoat. He spoke with an Estuary English accent.

Blake bent over and picked up the book that the man had dropped, and saw that it was something about quantum physics. Must be some kind of scientist or something. She thought. "Here's your book." She said, handing him the brown book.

"Thank you!" He said, taking the book. "I appreciate it." He looked at Ruby with his dark brown eyes, making her a little nervous. "I'm sorry for bumping into you." He said, as he spun on his heel and walked off. Before Ruby could say anything he was gone.

"Well what was that about?" Yang asked.

"I don't know." Ruby shrugged. "I just feel bad about bumping into him. I should have watched where I was going."

"Well, he didn't seem that affected by it." Weiss shrugged.

"Hey!" Yang exclaimed, startling Blake. "What's going on over there?" She pointed toward the direction of a Dust shop, which was nearly decimated.

"Could the White Fang be involved in this?" Blake sighed sadly, as the four walked over to the building. There they saw several policemen and detectives looking through the building.

"Um…excuse me?" Ruby said quietly, getting one policeman's attention. "What happened here?"

The man walked up to her. "Robbery." He said shortly. "We thought that since that Torchwick guy was captured that they'd stop. But instead we get this!" He wiped his head with his sweaty hand as he said that.

"You mean that Dust is still getting stolen?" Yang asked.

The man looked at her strangely. "This is the second Dust store to be robbed in the past week! Where have you been!?" Yang simply rolled her eyes. "Anyway," the man continued, clearing his throat. "Unlike the previous Dust robberies from a couple months ago; these robbers take the Dust, and destroy the entire building."

"But…why would anyone do that?" Blake wondered sadly, shaking her head.

"That's what we're trying to find out ma'am." He said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have an investigation to continue." With that, he nodded and walked back into the building. "Any more clues?" The girls heard him ask another policeman.

"So," Yang said, as the four walked away from the building. "Who do you think did that?"

"I…don't know." Blake sighed as she hung her head. "I thought the White Fang were done with stealing Dust. Was I wrong to assume that?"

"No. It wasn't the White Fang." A voice said from behind them. The girls turned around and saw two men standing behind them. One had sand-colored hair with an opened white shirt and a tail; while the other had sleek, blue hair.

"Hey Sun! Hey Neptune!" Ruby smiled, greeting the two members of Team SSSN. "What brings you to Vale?"

"Getting ready for the tournament later this semester." Sun told her.

"What are you guys doing here?" Neptune asked, looking at Weiss, who smiled warmly.

"Just taking a walk downtown." She said.

"What do you mean when you said the White Fang didn't do this?" Blake asked Sun.

"Oh yeah!" Sun said, looking at the Faunus. "Nep and I were walking the streets when it happened. We got there just as the robbers left, and man did they look strange."

Yang was confused. "What did they look like?"

"Well," Neptune said, putting his hand on his chin. "It's hard to say really. But it seemed like they all were made of metal or something."

"Metal?" Weiss and Ruby asked at once. "Jinx!" Ruby snapped her finger, at which Weiss rolled her eyes.

"That would explain a little bit." Blake said quietly. "The White Fang don't have that kind of machinery."

"But that have that one thing that chased us!" Sun reminded her.

"Yes, but that wouldn't be able to walk down a street unnoticed, let alone walk into a building and steal Dust." Blake pointed out. "But it just doesn't make any sense."

"Well," Ruby said. "All those in favor of finding these mysterious metal men and stopping them from robbing more Dust shops say aye!"

"I'm in!" Yang said, grinning.

"Count me in as well." Weiss said.

"Well, this will lead us closer to finding who did this." Blake nodded.

"Nobody said aye…" Ruby sighed quietly, at which Sun chuckled.

"Good luck you guys!" Sun said. "Neptune and I are gonna head back to the team. We promised we'd meet them to train. See you all later!"

The four girls waved as Sun and Neptune walked away. And then Yang looked at the others.

"So where do we start?"

A/N: Here's chapter 2! How'd ya like it!?

For those of you who are wondering why the Vytal festival is happening now and not during the second semester it's simple: After the White Fang's failed attack the kingdoms decide to postpone it to the next semester, which is why it's happening now.

So yeah. That's just about it for now.