Chapter 6

AN: Ok sorry for the more than a month long wait for this chapter to come out. I had a problem were I couldn't upload chapters but I figured them out and got this chapter out to you all. I also got hooked on a game called League of Legends, which I think, is an awesome game.

I'd like to make one more announcement. All the weapons I name in this chapter belong to their respective inventors. I am merely using them for my story.

Now let's get to the chapter!

As Sam walked down downtown he saw multiple people around him and different types of shops as well. While he was walking he noticed that a weapon shop called "The Armory" was right next to him. 'Hmm, my men could use an upgrade in their current arsenal. Seeing that most of them either have an ax or a katana with the exceptions of DEAD B3AR with his machine gun and the Catwalkers with their rifles. Plus, everyone besides the Catwalkers got their asses handed to themselves after the event of Yang coming into my club. Let's see just how extensive this store's arsenal is.'

Entering the store with the sound of a bell that was placed above the door chiming, a man came out from a door behind the counter that was on the left side of the store.

The man was about two inches smaller than Sam, his black hair was jelled back, and he also had a five o'clock shadow across his jaw. He had the sleeves of his red, white, and brown plaid shirt rolled to his biceps that showed off his muscles. The man wore a pair of jeans that looked worn out and used quite frequently from what Sam could see from where he stood.

Once he saw who had triggered the bell on his door to go off he spoke. "Welcome to 'The Armory'. The best place in Vale City to buy a weapon, get a weapon fixed or tuned, or customized to your heart's desire. The name's Max and I own this shop, what can I do for ya?"

As Sam looked around the store from where he stood, he spoke. "Well Max, you may call me S. Right now I'm going to be looking around to see what different types of weapons your store has available."

"Well we got everything from daggers to light machine guns and if we don't have what your looking for chances are we can make it from the ground up… if you've got the lien to pay for it that is."

"Well Max, it would seem like you definitely have an extremely wide range of weapons to choose from here at your shop… I like that. However I am not looking for a weapon for myself, I've got plenty of those already," Sam stated in an impressed and proud tone.

Confused and slightly angered, Max asked. "Then why did you come into my shop S?"

"I run a… business, and it has come to my attention that my men desperately need an upgrade in their arsenal. I came here with the intent on seeing what your store has to offer my men and if you've got what I'm looking for well… you'll be making a rather big sale. That's… why I came here Max."

Realizing that the person in front of his could be a potentially big customer, Max began apologizing. "Oh my! I'm so sorry S I didn't mean to be so rude. I just thought that you were here to cause chaos or try and rob me."

Laughing at what Max thought he was at his store for Sam responded. "AHAHAHAHA! Oh man you're real funny Max. It would take an extremely STUPID person to even think of robbing a weapon store; you've got tons of weapons here at your disposal. Anyone who would even think of attempting to rob you must have a death wish or something."

Max realized how what Sam had said was true and laughed with him. "HAHAHA I guess you're right S; It WOULD take an extremely stupid person to even try to rob me. Ahhh… anyways, since you're apparently here to look into upgrading the arsenal of your men let me ask you something. What do your men currently have in their arsenal of weapons?"

Sam began rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment, as he knew what his men were currently using as weapons. "Most of my men are currently using long single edged axes or red bladed katanas. One of my men uses a submachine gun while another section of my men use some rather weak rifles."

"Okay well what are you trying to outfit them with? Are you thinking about having their current weapons upgraded? Or do you want to convert them all to either melee or ranged weapons?" Max asked in a helpful but serious tone.

Already knowing what he wanted to do for his men Sam quickly responded. "I definitely want to have them all use ranged weapons. I'd rather have them engage any and all enemies from a distance instead of having them get up-close and personal and risk them getting hurt because of it. For the ones that are already using ranged weapons I'd like to get them better weapons than what they have right now. Do you think your store has enough of what I need?"

"My store definitely has what you're looking for! While my store does cater to both melee and ranged weapons, we do have a much larger variety of ranged weapons versus what we have for melee. There's always the chance that we don't carry what you're looking for but we can easily fix that by creating whatever you want from the ground up. I've got to ask you though, how many men are you going to arm? I ask this because I might now have enough of what you want in stock."

"I'm going to be arming forty men, the one guy with the submachine gun, and that section of men I was talking about. That'll add up to fifty one men in total… will that be a problem?" Sam answered in a slightly worried tone.

"No it won't be a problem it just means that I'll have to order whatever weapons you need that I don't have in stock, but enough of this just talking about guns… let's go look at the selection of guns to see what you want shall we."

"We shall."

As the two began walking towards the back section of Max's shop Sam decided to look to his right and he saw that within each isle of Max's store was a different type of melee weapon. One isle had different types of axes and machetes; another one had spears and swords, and the last isle Sam was able to see before he was at the ranged weapons section had staffs and halberds in it.

Once the two reached the back of the store Max turned around to face Sam. "Well here we are S. Take a look around and let me know if you want to know anything about a particular gun."

"Will do Max." With that being said, Sam began to walk around the gun section of the store, which had the ranged weapons either on racks against the back wall, in glass cases in the middle, or on the rack that separated the ranged weapons from the melee weapons.

'Hmmm, what should my men be armed with? I CANNOT have them keep using those katanas and axes any longer. Let's see… they need to be quick on their feet, engage enemies at a close to medium range, and have enough firepower to stay in a gunfight for a bit if necessary. So that already cuts out bolt-action rifles for them. Hmmm I don't think I'll set them up with semi-automatic only rifles because I need them to be able to fire bullets at a rapid speed, and a semi-automatic only rifle would keep them from doing that with their current skills with guns. A light machine gun is definitely out of the question because they need to be able to be quick on their feet, and even though the whole purpose of a light machine gun is so that a single operator can operate it with little or no assistance at all… they are still heavy nonetheless and my men NEED to be fast. So it looks like I'm going to be arming my men with shotguns, assault rifles, and submachine guns… OH! I almost forgot. They also need a sidearm of some sort… I'll just get them a pistol; they're quick to draw and are capable of doing some damage as well.' "Alright Max, I think I know what my men will be armed with."

"Wonderful S! So, what'll you be arming them with?"

"First, I'll be arming the forty men with either a submachine gun, assault rifle, or a shotgun. Secondly, the one man who uses a submachine gun will be upgraded to a light machine gun. Finally, the section of men I was talking about will be upgrading to sniper rifles. So that'll all total up to fifty-one men being armed… Oh, I almost forgot! They'll also all be outfitted with a pistol as a sidearm to their main weapon."

Max was completely shocked at the order for how many weapons Sam wanted for his men. "Are you serious S!? Are you sure that you can afford to have that many men armed!?"

Finding Max's shock entertaining, Sam replied. "I find your shock to be quite amusing Max. I know that it may seem like a completely fake order to make but rest assured Max… I. Am. Not. Lying. I am fully aware of just how expensive this request is, and I would never place an order I couldn't pay for. That would waste both your time as well as my own and I HATE to waste time. As some people would say… money is no object."

"V-very well S. So… what'll you be arming them with? I mean I already know what type of weapon you'll be arming them with, but do you have specific weapons you want to arm them with?"

"Yes Max I think I do know what I want to arm them with, in terms of specific weapons that is. For the forty men I was talking about I'd like to arm ten of them with the MP5 submachine gun. I'd like their MP5's to all be integrally suppressed, have a collapsible stock, and a 40mm grenade launcher attached to it where a fore grip would go. Ten more men will have the AS Val assault rifle. Not much will change from the original design of the rifle except for the skeletonized stock; I'd like for that stock to be change to a high impact resistant, side folding polymer stock. The stock would of course fold to the left so that the rifle would still be able to fire even with the stock folded. Another ten men will be armed with the XM8 assault rifle. As much as I would want you to make the rifles integrally suppressed, I actually just want the rifles to come with a detachable sound suppresser. There might be a time where I want them to go loud and make some noise. Besides the sound suppresser as an attachment, the only other thing I want for the rifles is for their hand guards to be VERY well heat-treated. I've heard that the rifle has had some problems with the hand guard being melted and warped after excessive fire, and while my men won't be firing ten thousand round out of their rifles consecutively… I still want that little piece of mind when it comes to the quality of the rifles I'll be arming my men with. For the last ten men I want them to be armed with the Armsel Striker. I'd li-"

"Um S, I don't mean to be rude with interrupting you, but you do realize that the Armsel Striker needs the drum to be wound up before firing right?"

"Are you serious Max?"

"Yeah! That model of the weapon needs to be wound up before firing. The Armsel Protecta is essentially the same gun but just without the need for the drum to be wound up before firing… would you like to go with that model instead?"

"Shit Max, you just saved me from making a pretty big mistake… thanks man." Max smiled happily at the praise he received. "Yeah in that case I would really like to go with the Armsel Protecta. I would definitely hate it if my men needed to wind up their guns before they could fire them. Like I was saying before you saved me from making that really bad mistake. I would like the shotguns to have removable sound suppressors, and their stocks permanently out. I don't want my men to be fumbling around with deploying the stock and folding it to its compact form… oh, I almost forgot! Could you also add a little more material to the stocks itself; it seems very thin on its own and I'd like for the stocks to be strong enough to be able to buttstroke someone if necessary."

"Alright, that takes care of what you want for forty out of the fifty-one men. What do you want for the other eleven men?"

Well I'll get the one guy taken care of first. I want to arm him with the Ultimax 100 light machine gun. I'd like the gun to have a bipod attachment on it, a good muzzle brake to mitigate some of the recoil, and I also want you to change the caliber it shoots from the 5.56×45mm to the 6.5mm Grendel. I want just a little more strength behind the bullet being fired."

"You don't want this gun suppressed?"

"No, I want this gun to remain loud. I want one of these guns to make some noise incase we need to scare some people off or if we need to keep enemies suppressed for awhile."

"Very well. So that covers forty-one out of fifty-one, what do you want for the remaining ten men?"

"Ahh, those would be my special section of men known as the Catwalkers. For them I would like to arm them with the M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle. I want you to make their rifles capable of firing 14.5×114 mm bullets, and I want you to add a detachable suppressor that can mitigate as much of the rifles noise as possible. I don't want my men to blow their ears out from firing a gun of that caliber. I want you to throw on a scope that can change from close engagements to long-range engagements; my Catwalkers will possibly be engaging enemies at both distances. They will also need a way to see where their bullets will land once they fire so I need you to add a small laser module to all of their rifles. I saw that you have a laser module that emit a visible red laser to shows the shooter where their shot will land when there are variables like wind and temperature present. I want you to add that laser module to their rifles and program the laser modules to the caliber my snipers will be firing so that the weight factor of the bullet is already taken into account for. Before I forget Max, there is one more thing that I want every single one of my men to have… a sidearm. I want them to all be armed with an APS, the machine pistol APS though. I don't want to have them take the underwater rifle known as the APS as their sidearm that would just be stupid. I just want their machine pistols to have detachable suppressors; don't add any form of stock to it. My men will most likely be using it in its semi-auto function for the most part; when they get confident in their firearm skills then they'll fire it in full-auto, and even at that point I'll still want them to have no stock. It just seems weird to me to have a stock on the gun, and I don't need for them to be fumbling with the stock of their sidearm if they… hypothetically get into a gunfight."

"Well S, that… is… the biggest order I've ever had in the entire time I've owned this shop. I know that you said you could pay for all of this but I have to ask you… are you seriously capable of buying EVERYTHING you picked out and all of the little things you wanted?"

"Like I said before Max… money is no object. I wouldn't have ordered all these weapons and the little things I specified for each one if I could not buy it all. I'll simply charge however much all of this totals up to onto my card. Let's go to the front of your store to find out just how big of a bill I racked up."

Nodding his head, Max led Sam to the front of the store where the register was and he went behind the counter to a monitor so he could total up how much all the weapons Sam ordered would cost. Once he finished typing in the final item and specifications for it, he spun the monitor so Sam could see how big of a bill he had created.

Once Sam saw how much it would cost him he gasped. "Is that really how much everything totaled up to Max?"

Worried that Sam wouldn't be able to pay for the huge bill he had created Max asked. "What's wrong S? Can't afford all of it after all?"

"No it's not that. It's just… I thought it would be bigger."

Widening his eyes in shock of what Sam had just said regarding the price of everything he orders, Max asked. "You can seriously afford this S! You do realize that it all totals up to nine hundred thousand lien… right?"

"Yes Max I know what the price is. I can actually read perfectly fine through this mask of mine. I was merely surprised at how low the price was; I was actually expecting the price to be much much bigger than… well that. Regardless of the price though I WILL be buying all of the weapons."

As Sam began instinctively reaching for his pouch pocket that was on his chest armor he realized that he had left his chest armor at his room at his club. 'Oh shit, oh shit. I left my wallet in its pouch on my chest armor back at the club. Oh fuck, what am I goi-' As he began frantically looking around his body to see if he had maybe grabbed his wallet before he left the club, he noticed that his left pant pocket was unusually heavy.

Reaching into his pocket to see what was causing the heavy feeling he saw that it was both his wallet and scroll. He also noticed that there was a note on his wallet. 'Dear Sam, by the time that you read this you will have realized that you left your wallet and scroll in their pouches on your chest armor. I saw this so I decided to grab them; I then carefully placed them into your left pant pocket before you left for downtown… your welcome. –Junior.' Sam felt incredibly lucky to have Junior watching out for his as well.

Once he opened his wallet he saw his card. The card itself was completely black except for a thin gray bar on the back that was used to slide through a card scanner. The only other writing on the card besides the numbers that were printed on it was two letters… S.S. The two letters were Sam's initials. Since Sam didn't want his full name to be printed on his card he told the person who created his card that he only wanted his initials on the card. He wanted it like that so that people couldn't find out his name from reading his card.

Handing over his card to Max he saw Max give a confused look at the card before shrugging his shoulders and sliding it through the card scanner. Once he scanned it he was going to ask Sam to sign on the monitor to finalize the purchase, but he saw that the card had also entered Sam's signature once the card had been scanned. Seeing his signature show up on the monitor Sam pressed the button 'accept', and the purchase was completed. Receiving his card back from Max he put it back into his wallet before putting his wallet back into his pocket.

"Alright S, I should have all the weapons you requested ready for you in a week from today. Do you want me to have them delivered to where your men work or do you want me to give you a call when they're ready for you?"

"Neither. I will have my men come to pick up their weapons a week from today. I will give each one of my men a white card with my signature on it. If a guy comes in to your store a week from now and shows you that card, then know that I have sent them to you. Most of my men will lookalike… except for the ten men that are getting sniper rifles. They will look completely different from the rest of the men I send to you. Now I believe that takes care of everything… I'll see you later Max." Upon finishing his last sentence Sam began walking out of Max's store with the sound of the bell above the door chiming as he opened the door.

"Phew, I'm glad I got that taken care of. Who knew that there would be such an amazing weapon store here in Vale City? Mehh I don't care anymore, what I need is a good relaxing book to read… but where in Vale City would there be a bookshop? Well… better get looking."

Sam began to walk down the streets of downtown in search of a bookstore to hopefully relax in and have a good book to read. Looking at his surrounding he noticed that most of the people that walked past him would keep their heads down as they got near him and they would move quickly once they got next to him. Sam couldn't blame them though, he knew that with the clothes he wore, his mask, and his height, he would worry most if not everyone that passed by him. While it did slightly annoy Sam that people did this when they got near him, he learned to not let it bother him so much. In some cases, people doing this actually helped him out.

When he goes to a store or a restaurant he is for the most part never disrespected and always treated kindly… mainly out of fear… but nonetheless treated kindly. There are even certain places that know that Sam is the owner of "Club D". Whenever Sam visited these places he is treated as if he was royalty because the owners know that if they mistreat Sam or anyone that's with him, they would soon be getting a visit from his men to be taught a "lesson" in respect.

After walking for a good twenty minutes from Max's store, Sam was outside of a bookstore called "Tukson's Book Trade". As he looked through the windows into the store he saw the familiar rabbit ears that belonged to none other than… Velvet Scarlatina. Deciding to sneak up and surprise Velvet, Sam slowly opened the door to the bookstore in an attempt to not make much noise, but a bell above the door that Sam didn't see chimed once the door opened far enough. 'Oh shit! Why does every single door that I open have a freakin' bell attached to it?' Looking over to where Velvet was, Sam noticed that she was still facing away from him and continuing to read the book in her hand. 'Hmm, that book she's reading must be really good if she doesn't even look to see who caused the bell to go off… oh well, that just works in my favor then.'

Tiptoeing behind Velvet, Sam pushed the button on his mask to turn off his voice modifier so he could speak in his real voice. He then bent over to be at her height and he whispered into her left human ear. " Hello Velvet~"

Being taken by surprise by the very smooth voice that whispered her name in her ear, Velvet freaked out, dropped her book, turned to face however had said her name, and began to walk backwards away from whoever had whispered into her ear. "AH! Ple- S! What is wrong with you!? You scared me!"

Seeing Velvet's reaction caused Sam to laugh. "Aaaahahahaha! Oh man, I'm sorry Velvet. I just couldn't resist. After you didn't react to the bell chiming I just had to surprise you. Sorry if I scared you too badly."

Annoyed at Sam scaring her and slightly entranced by his very smooth voice, Velvet spoke. "Hmmm… fine. I'll forgive you this one time S. Although I have to ask you…" Velvet took a step closer to Sam. "Is that what you really sound like? I mean… without your mask on?"

Sam quickly remembered that he didn't turn the voice modifier back on after he surprised Velvet. "Oh damn, I just realized that! Well… to answer your both of your questions… yes. This is what I sound like when my voice modifier that makes me sound like a robot is off. The only reason why I'm actually still talking to you with my real voice is because it's just you and me here… although the second that someone else comes I will turn it back on."

Velvet was shocked at just how smooth Sam's REAL voice was. "Well… I certainly didn't expect you to sound like… well… that!" She noticed that Sam began to look somewhat saddened at hearing this. "N-not that it's a bad thing though! I've just never heard of someone with a voice so… smooth. Does this mean that you trust me to know more about me!?"

Sam picked up on Velvet's hope for becoming friends with him. "Hehe, I guess you're right Velvet. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be speaking to you in my real voice right now if I didn't trust you enough, but to answer your question in a more direct way… yes. I do trust you more, maybe sometime down the road I might trust you to know a whole lot more about me, but we'll just have to wait and see how things go."

Velvet cracked a light smile at hearing this. "Yeah… that sounds nice S… that sounds really nice. Oh I almost forgot to ask you this… how did you find me? Your not stalking me now are you?"

Slightly taken back at her suggesting. "NO OF COURSE NOT! I would never stalk you. That'd be really REALLY creepy. I spent the night at a place I know in the city and then decided to come look around downtown because it was such a nice day."

"Wait a minute, you spent the night in some place you knew in the city! Why didn't you go to your room at Beacon?"

Taking note that her book was still on the floor, Sam picked it up and responded in a slightly bothered tone. "Look I'd rather not talk about that here. Can we go somewhere else to talk?"

Velvet could hear it in Sam's voice that he seemed to be bothered by her question, so she spoke in calmer voice as to not upset Sam even more than he already was. "Oh, okay S. I know a nice little place we can go, but first I need to return that book to Tukson."

"Oh yeah! Here you go." Sam handed Velvet her book back and followed her to the front of the store where she rang the little bell on the counter.

From behind the door that was on the other side of the counter came a tall man. The man wore a short-sleeved beige shirt that had the zipper pulled down below his collarbone, and a white undershirt. He had cleanly cut hair, long sideburns, and muscular hairy arms.

Once Sam saw the man he quickly turned his voice modifier back on. "So you must be Tukson correct?"

"Yes, that's my name. And I'm guessing that you're a friend of Velvet here correct?"

Velvet handed the book to Tukson and quickly spoke up before Sam could say anything. "No no Tukson he's no-"

Sam placed his hand on her shoulder as he cut her off. "We aren't friends yet Tukson, but…" Sam looked down to Velvet before looking back up to Tukson. "We're getting there."

Tukson took the book from Velvet and tucked it under his arm. "Well that's… good… I guess? Is there an actual reason why you haven't become friends already?"

Sam took his hand off of Velvet's shoulder and placed it into his pant pocket, leaving his other hanging lazily at his side. "In my line of work Tukson it's very… hard, to trust people. My work has affected how I make friends so I haven't been the most social person. I am trying to fix that though, and I think I'll start by making friends with Velvet here. I'll see where things go from there."

"Well, that sounds like a pretty good plan to me. Do you read, robot voice?"

Sam placed his free hand on his mask as he began rubbing what would be his forehead. "Ugghhhh, I get why everyone calls me that but could you PLEASE ask for a name before you call me that. It get's really annoying after awhile."

"Alright then, what's your name?"

"You can call me S. That's what I have most people call me when I barely meet them. And to answer your question about whether I read… I do. Every once in a while I like to grab a nice book and read until I feel like stopping."

Tukson became slightly happier at finding this out about Sam. "Well if you ever need a book to read you can always come here. Where the catchphrase is 'Tukson's book trade home to every book under the sun."

Sam raised an eyebrow under his mask at hearing Tukson's motto. "Do you REALLY have every book under the sun here?"

Tukson became a bit sad once he heard Sam's question. "It's just catchphrase."

Sam picked up on Tukson becoming slightly sad. "You needn't worry so much about it Tukson. It's not like I'm going to make you keep your word or anything… however… I can't speak for everyone in this city on that point so be careful. I'll be sure to check out this store of yours some day though, I always love a good book, and judging by the rather large amount of books you have on display here… I don't think I'll have a problem looking for what I want."

Tukson became happier at hearing Sam not give him a hard time for his store's catchphrase. "Well if you ever need a book to read I'll be more than happy to help you look for something that'll please your tastes."

"Sounds like a plan Tukson. However, Velvet's going to take me to a nice little place to go talk right now. So I guess we'll see you later." Sam walked to the front of the store and held the door open for Velvet. "C'mon Velvet, let's go."

"Okay S. Goodbye Tukson." Velvet waved to Tukson before following Sam outside of the bookstore. "Alright S, the place isn't very far from here so we can just walk there."

Putting his other hand into his pocket, Sam replied. "Very well then Velvet. Lead the way."

Nodding her head to Sam before turning around, Velvet began walking towards the place where the two would talk as Sam walked next to her. As the two walked, most people would move around the two quickly and with their heads down because of Sam's height and all black clothing.

"Hmm, that's new."

"What's new Velvet?"

"Normally whenever I walk around downtown people will say something mean to me regarding me being a Faunus, but now that you're next to me people actually won't say anything."

"Well if I saw someone of my stature and clothing walking with a Faunus, I don't think I'd mess with him either. Not that I would even think to pick on a Faunus though! It's just that most people seem to only not be racist when they know that they could be harmed for being racist… I just wish that they'd stop being racist altogether, instead of only when they think a threat is present."

Velvet smiled at hearing Sam's words. "That's really nice S… I just wish that more people thought like how you do. If people thought more like you then we wouldn't be having problems like we do now with the White Fang."

As Sam took a glance towards Velvet, he got a better look at what she was currently wearing. Velvet wore a a light brown formfitting turtleneck sweater, a black frilly skirt with brown highlights, black stocking, brown flats with black lining, and a dark brown tote bag over her shoulder. The only thing Sam could think of when he saw what she was wearing, was that she looked beautiful.

"Maybe someday Velvet… maybe someday. Hey, are we almost at the place Velvet?"

"We're actually here already."

Sam looked up to see that they were at a small café. The café had a light cream color exterior, a wooden door with square glass tiles for an entrance, and a sign on next to the door that said "FAUNUS WELCOME!" The inside of the café had small wooden table with wooden chairs; the café also had a thin glass window next to the register that allowed the customers to see what kind of pastries they sold. The café sold things from small slices of assorted cakes of different flavors with all sorts of impressive designs on them to little glasses filled with chocolate moose that had small wafer of different colors that ranged from dark brown to a light pink. Above the counter was a board of all the types of desserts and drinks you could purchase and their prices.

The outside section had circular metal tables that had flowers cut into the tables and chairs, the tables had large umbrellas that were placed inside the middle of the tables to provide shade for the customers who decided to enjoy the outside rather than stay inside.

"Wow! This place seems very nice, and they're friendly to Faunus as well. Would you like to talk outside or inside Velvet?"

"Outside seems like a good choice, it's a nice day today."

"Outside it is then."

The two picked a table to sit at and sat down, shortly after they sat down, a woman with long brown hair tied into a ponytail, glasses, a white dress shirt that was tucked into her black dress pants, and a tan waist high apron, came to their table. "Hello Velvet and company, my name is Alice and I will be your server for your visit here today. What would you two like to order?"

"What do you normally have when you come here Velvet?"

"I normally have either a cup of Oolong tea or a slice of their chocolate cake. I sometimes order both, but I don't have enough lien to buy both right now."

"Very well." Sam said before looking to Alice. "Alice, bring a cup of Oolong tea and a slice of the type of chocolate cake Velvet orders to her. I'll just have a cup of Oolong tea… oh yeah! Could you put a straw in my tea so I could drink it with my mask on."

Velvet's eyes widened in shock of what Sam had ordered for her. "W-wait a minute, S y-you don't have to-"

"Okay one slice of chocolate cake and two cups of Oolong tea with a straw in one of the teas. You got it S," said Alice. Sam simply nodded his head in approval of the order before Alice left to get what he'd ordered for Velvet and himself.

"Wait Alice you don-"

"Relax Velvet, what's wrong?"

"It's not really that something's wrong, it's just… why did you order that for me?"

"You brought me to this nice little café to hear my what my problem is. The least I could do is treat you for doing this for me, so don't worry about it so much Velvet. If the price is what you're afraid of then don't worry. I've easily got enough lien to cover this little trip of ours."

Mulling over what Sam had said, Velvet replied. "Okay S, if you're sure that you can cover the bill for what you ordered for us then… thank you. It's not very often that people are nice to me because of me being a Faunus.

"Think nothing of it Velvet. This is just a thank you from me to you for doing this much for me. I've never met many friendly people here in Vale, and to meet someone as nice as you just… makes me glad that there are actually nice people here."

Velvet smiled at hearing what Sam had said about her. "Well S… thank you for the kind words." Velvet looked to her side to see Alice coming towards them with their order. "Looks like our order's coming."

Alice came to their table with the slice of chocolate cake ad cup of Oolong tea for Velvet, and the cup of Oolong tea with a straw in it for Sam, and she carried all of this on a silver platter. "Okay I've got a cup of Oolong tea and slice of chocolate cake for Velvet, and cup of Oolong tea with a straw for S. Does that sound right?" Sam nodded his head to let her know that the order was correct. "Perfect!" Alice then placed the cup of tea with a straw in front of Sam, and the other cup of tea and the slice of cake in front of Velvet. She then held the silver platter to her chest. "If you need anything during your stay here, please don't be afraid to ask."

"Thank you very much for your services Alice. If we need anything I'll be sure to ask." With that being said, Alice went back inside to tend to the other customers.

"Well now that your order has been taken care of we can finally talk about what happened to you and why you spent the night in the city instead of your team's room."

Sam gave a loud sigh before taking a sip of his tea through the bottom of his mask from the straw he had. "Okay Velvet, do you really want to know why I spent the night in the city versus in my team's dorm?" Velvet simply nodded her head since she had a piece of cake in her mouth. "Well it all started yesterday. You already know how my teammates threw me out of our room the day we were assigned our room, so that already pissed me off. Later on in the day around dinnertime, I go to get some food from the dining hall and what do I see… Cardin Winchester bullying a fox Faunus, to make things worse, my teammates just sat there and watched it go on. They didn't even try to do anything to stop him. So… I did something. I took care of Cardin quite easily and saved the Faunus that was getting picked on. After that, I went to our room, grabbed my bag, and got ready to leave… until the rest of my teammates showed up." Sam took another sip of his tea. "They asked me why I was leaving, as if they already didn't know why. When I began chewing out my 'leader' another one of my teammates got into the argument and told me to calm down. Calm down? I had every right to be mad at them for what they did and didn't do, and she had the audacity to tell ME to calm down. After I finished chewing them all out I left for the city to stay at that place I knew." Sam finished the last of his tea. "I'm thinking about asking Headmaster Ozpin to have me either transferred to another team, or just have me run it solo. That… is what's wrong with me Velvet." Looking over to where Velvet sat, Sam saw that she had already finished her slice of cake and was currently taking a sip of her tea.

"Wow S! I had no idea that you had such a bad start with your teammates… I feel sorry that you had to go through all that. I don't get it, why were they so mean to you? From what I've seen, you're incredibly nice, helpful, caring, thoughtful, and…" Feeling herself begin to blush at how she described Sam, she cut herself short. "W-w-well you know what I mean."

Seeing that Velvet had cut herself short because of the blush that was developing on her face, Sam chuckled to himself. 'If only you knew of the things I've done in the past Velvet… if you knew… you probably wouldn't even be trying to be friends with me.' "Hehe I guess your right Velvet. The problem is that they didn't even try to get to know me. I know that I look pretty intimidating with my height and choice of clothing, but they shouldn't have based their actions on the fear they had. Actions like that lead to misunderstandings and hatred, and their actions have definitely lead to those two things… hey Velvet!" Velvet raised her head to look at Sam and gave him a confused look. "I just want to say… thank you… for everything. It's not very often that someone actually takes their own time to ever sit down and talk to me… so thank you for that."

Velvet smiled happily at the praise she received from Sam. "Your welcome S, hopefully we're getting closer to becoming friends."

"Don't worry Velvet, with kind things like this. We are definitely getting closer to becoming friends. Just give me a little more time to get to know how you are and we'll become friends for sure." Sam looked at Velvet and saw that she was smiling, and he began to smile too… before he saw four people coming towards them. (Phrase #1) "Ach ja, die tollen was wollen Sie?"

Velvet gave Sam a puzzled look, as she heard him speak in words she had never heard before. "Sam, is everything alright?"

"On your six, four females, coming closer."

Velvet quickly understood what Sam had said and turned around to see that there were four females coming closer to them. She then turned back around to see that Sam was looking right at her from his seat. "S who ar-"

"How did you know what 'on your six' meant? Most people look at me like I spoke in a completely different language whenever I say that."

"Oh, my dad likes to watch a lot of actions movies. I would hear that saying a lot, and after awhile of seeing what the people in the movie would do after being told that, I figured out what it meant… but that doesn't matter right now! Who are those four girls coming closer?"

"They are my-"

From behind Velvet, one of the girls saw Sam and shouted. "S!"

Sam dropped his head and face palmed his mask. "Teammates… you know… the ones we've been talking about? The one in red is Ruby, our leader, the one in white is Weiss, the one in black is Blake, and the one in yellow is Yang."

Once his teammates got to where Sam was, Weiss spoke first. "Do you have any idea how much time w-"

Ruby quickly cut Weiss off. "Weiss, let me handle it." Weiss simply looked at Ruby and decided to let her speak. "Look S, I know we all got off on the wrong foot and all, but we're sorry for what happened when we first met."

"Good! You should be sorry. You all agreed to throw me out of OUR room."

"S, please try to understand that we only did that because we didn't know anything about you. All we knew about you was that your name is S, you're really tall, and that you only wear black clothes."

"Uhh you forgot the part where I was nice enough to hold the door to our room open for the rest of you to enter. Even without me doing that to show I was nice, it sounds like you girls just base you actions off of your emotions. More importantly… fear. I somewhat trusted you girls when I first met you, but after the events of yesterday. You girls managed to break the trust I had in you all."

Sam's teammates realized that they weren't getting anywhere with him. "Look S, I get that you're really mad at us… for everything. We realized that we treated you really badly yesterday so we tried to find you to apologize, but all we found was an aircraft leaving Beacon. We guessed that you were on that aircraft… and it looks like you were. We are all sorry for how we treated you. I'm especially sorry for not sticking up for you when nobody else would. I should have stuck up for you, being that I'm the leader and all… so… can you forgive us all," said Ruby apologetically with her hand outstretched for Sam to shake.

Sam looked at Ruby, then her outstretched hand, then back to Ruby. "Why should I even fu-"

Velvet shocked Sam by cutting him off midsentence. "S, I think you should give them a chance. I know that they've been really horrible teammates to you and all, but you should at least give them a chance to redeem themselves."

Sam looked at Velvet and then to his teammates before giving a big sigh. "Alright Velvet alright… I'll… give them a chance to redeem themselves." Ruby began bouncing up and down in glee at hearing Sam give them a chance to redeem themselves. "You girls will have to show me why I should even trust you again. If any of you ever demand for me to give you information about me before I trust you again, you can kiss my forgiveness away. I will decide when I trust you girls again, but Weiss…" Weiss raised an eyebrow at hearing her name called and worried that he would give her a hard time. "You won't have to work as hard to regain my trust as Ruby and Blake will." Weiss gave a feint smile at hearing that she wouldn't have to work as hard to regain Sam's trust as everyone else. "Yang on the other hand will have to work twice as hard as Ruby and Blake will." Yang was about to speak but Sam cut her off before she could even make a sound. "I have my reasons for doing this Yang, and don't forget that it's your girls fault for me not trusting you."

Sam looked over to Velvet to see that she was smiling at the fact that Sam was allowing his teammates to redeem themselves from what they'd done to him. "You girls are really lucky that I was having a good time with Velvet here or else I would not be giving you four a chance to redeem yourselves until AT LEAST mid school year… so I'd be really thankful to Velvet here if I were you girls."

The RWBY members of team RWBYS began to say their thank you's to Velvet one after the other a few seconds after Sam finished speaking. Velvet tried to stop the girls from saying their thank you's, but Sam motioned with his hand for her to allow them. After Yang, being the last person, gave her thank you to Velvet, Velvet spoke to the girls. "While I do appreciate the thank you's girls, you really didn't have to. Once you girls make up with S here, you'll all find out that he's a really nice guy."

'Wait a second… did Velvet just say what I think she said?' Sam thought to himself, unsure if he had heard Velvet correctly.

"Guy?" All of the female members of team RWBYS said in unison.

(Phrase #2) 'Scheiße, sie hat!' "VELVET!" Sam yelled.

Velvet quickly covered her mouth. "Oh no! I'm soo sorry S I didn't mean too tell them," Velvet said apologetically.

"Wait, so you're a guy S," Yang asked.

Sam sank into his chair and covered the eyeholes of his mask with his hand. "Ughhhh, yes. I'm a guy girls. So far the only person I've trusted at Beacon to know that about me is Velvet here… but now you four know as well. So yes, under all this." Sam moved his hands over his chest. "Is a guy."

"How could you trust some girl that isn't even on your team over your ENTIRE TEAM to know something about you?!" Yang asked, furious at the fact that Velvet knew more about Sam then anybody on his team.

"First off!" Sam quickly rose from his seat and slammed both of his hands on the table in front of him. "SHE has a name. Her name is Velvet Scarlatina. Second, Velvet here didn't come up with the idea to throw me out of our team room. You all came up with that idea on your own… remember that. Velvet here has been more of friend to me than ALL OF YOU GIRLS COMBINED. Don't get mad at her for your inability to be friendly to your teammate." Looking to his side he saw that Alice had come out to see what was going on outside. "Is something wrong Alice?"

"There isn't anything wrong, it's just that I heard some yelling come from out here and I wanted to make sure everything was alright… is everything alright?" Alice said, in a slightly worried tone.

Calming himself down and sitting back in his chair, Sam replied. "NO Alice, there isn't anything wrong here. I believe I've taken care of the problem already. Do you want anything else Velvet?" Sam politely asked.

"N-no S, I'm alright," Velvet calmly said.

"Very well then. You can just bring me the bill Alice, I believe we are done here."

"You got it S," Alice said before going into the café.

Sam looked to his teammates. "You girls can start showing me why I should trust you tomorrow. I'd rather not have you girls try to make up with me right now, as that would ruin the last bit of the good mood I'm currently in." The girls of team RWBYS all exchanged looks at each other before Ruby spoke up.

"Okay S, we understand. We'll wait until tomorrow, but can you please come back to the team room?"

"Why? So you can all throw me out again? I will stay in the same place I slept last night until I forgive you girls. If you don't like that well tough luck, I decide when I trust you girls, and right now I still don't trust you girls. Don't push your luck girls." Sam looked over to Velvet and noticed that she was rather quiet. "Hey Velvet, is everything alright? You've been pretty quiet for most of this conversation."

Velvet shook her head. "I'm alright S. I just don't want to get involved in matters that don't concern me is all."

"Oh… okay." Sam heard the door of the café open and looked to see that Alice had returned with the bill.

"Okay S here's the b-"

Sam quickly drew his black card from his wallet and gave it to Alice. "Just take my card and run it through the scanner, I don't care about how big the bill is."

Shocked at how Sam didn't care for how big the bill was, Alice decided to simply run the black card she was given through the card scanner she had brought out. She was about to ask Sam to give his signature, but she saw that it had already been filled in immediately after sliding his card through the scanner. "S, is this your signature?" Sam simply nodded to her and pressed the accept button on the scanner. Alice then handed Sam his black card and returned back inside with the plate and cups, but stopped and looked back at Sam once she had opened the door to the café. 'What a strange person,' she thought before re-entering the café.

Putting back his black card into his wallet, Sam stood up from his chair and offered his hand to help Velvet up. Velvet accepted his offer and took his hand. "Thank you S."

"Think nothing of it Velvet." As Sam looked to the skies he noticed that it was going to be getting dark soon, so he came up with an idea for his teammates to show that they want Sam to forgive them. "Hey girls. Even though I don't want you to start showing me why I should trust you until tomorrow. I've come up with an idea for you girls to show me you're capable of earning my trust again. I want you four girls to make sure that Velvet here gets back to Beacon safely. If you girls can do that… it would show me that you girls really do want to regain my trust. So… what do you girls say?"

Ruby quickly moved over to Velvet's side and shook her head in agreement with what Sam had said. "We'll make sure she gets back safe and sound S, right girls?" Ruby said enthusiastically. The rest of the female members of team RWBYS walked over to where Velvet was and nodded their heads at Sam.

"Now that's what I like to see, good to at least know that you girls care about regaining my trust, and to show you girls that I am completely rude… I bid you all a goodnight," Sam said as he bowed in front of the girls.

"Goodnight S!" Ruby said as she and the rest of the girls on team RWBYS walked Velvet to where they would be picked up by the airship to Beacon.

Velvet turned her head to look at Sam as she walked with the rest of his team and waved bye to Sam. Sam saw her wave and waved back, as she was being walked to where the airship would pick them up. "Well… now that that's been taken care of I should start heading back to my club. Hopefully Junior has placed the blueprints to his batzooka on my desk."

Arriving back at his club, Sam noticed that the windows that used to be broken were now replaced with new ones. As he opened up the doors to his club he saw two things. One, every part of his club that had been broken when he had left was now completely repaired as if nothing had ever happened. Two, Junior was by the bar talking to someone in a construction man's outfit. Walking over to the two men, Sam heard then stop talking once he got to them. "Junior, who's this man?" Sam asked.

"Ah S, good timing. This man right here is that man who had the entire club fixed after our little… incident."

"The name's Jerry… I'm guessin' you're the owner of this fine establishment right?"

"Yes Jerry I am the owner of this establishment, and I must say… I am EXTREMELY impressed with how fast you've managed to get my club fixed in such little time."

"Yeah well when someone says that they need a place fixed immediately and that we can name the price for the job… let's just say that hearing that will get most people wanting to get on the job as fast as you can. Is there anything else you want us to do for ya, or is that all?"

"Actually there is one thing I want you to do."

"Well what is it?"

"I want you to put a good quality plaque on the front on the club that says 'FAUNUS WELCOME HERE'. Can you do that for me Jerry?"

"Yeah sure it shouldn't take very much time to do that. There are only two things though. We won't be able to get that plaque up today, we'll get it up first thing tomorrow morning… is that okay with you?"

"Yes Jerry I'm okay with that… what's the other thing?"

"Oh, the other thing is that I'll need you to pick out the style for the plaque."

"Uhhh Junior!" Junior gave a serious look to Sam. "You can pick out the style for the plaque, I've got to go take care of your batzooka for you."

"Understood S… and thanks for taking care of my batzooka for me," Junior stated thankfully.

"No problem Junior. Well then… I've got to go take care of that little problem soooo good luck you two." Sam began walking towards the door to his office. "Oh! AND GOOD JOB ON THE REPAIR WORK JERRY," Sam yelled as he opened the door to get to his office.

Once Sam entered his office he saw a roll of paper on his desk that he knew was the blueprints for Junior's batzooka. Unrolling the blueprints to see what they looked like, Sam saw how intricate the design for the weapon was, and that it was also color coordinated to show which part were colored what color. 'Hmmm this would be a pretty tough weapon to create… if it was being made by a human. I'm sure that Farrier could build this is no time.' Rolling the blueprints back up, Sam looked out from his office window and saw that Junior and Jerry were still talking at the bar. 'Rrrr, I guess I'll have to go to Hell the old fashion way.'

Sam placed the blueprints on his table while he created a fireball in his left hand. Once he created the fireball, he began compressing it with both hands so that the fire would be as thin as the fire that comes out of a blowtorch. Once he had the fire how he wanted it, he began making a sigil on the floor with a star in the center, grabbed the blueprints of his desk, returned the fire in his hand to its original fireball form, and pressed his hand against the center of the star. After a few seconds the sigil began glowing blue and blue fire started to cover the entire sigil. Once the sigil was completely covered in the blue fire, Sam fell through the floor, and began falling down to Hell. Once Sam had fallen completely through the sigil, it disappeared immediately after.

'Well, at least I found a good reason to return home for a bit… I wonder how… he's. Doing,' Sam thought as he fell down to Hell.'

OKAY well this chapter is finally out

I'm really sorry for this one coming out so damn late.

I'll try to get them out hopefully faster than this

-PHRASE TRANSLATION-

Phrase #1: Oh great, what do they want?

Phrase #2: Shit, she did!

Anyways

Singe out-