A/N: Really, people. No one is going to make a comment on the little banter between Blake and Sun in the last chapter. No one here has a pervy little mind. Not one little thought. For shame on all of you :p

On a serious note, here's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long. I really didn't know how I wanted this chapter to go. Many of the things I have planned out don't happen until later. And I only had small ideas for this chapter. Can't say I'm happy with the way it turned out. Let me know what you think.


Findings and Hunches

Ruby watched as the shuttle set down on the landing pad after its long voyage from Mistral. The hooded girl looked over her shoulder to see Weiss talking to Neptune who was still confined to his bed after what happened last night. Ruby couldn't help but feel guilty over the event that had transpired. She knew the others would tell her it wasn't her fault. But this man that was so obsessed with her had now hurt one of her friends. How else was she supposed to feel?

The small medical staff that was said to be on the shuttle exited and walked over to the blue haired boy. They exchanged words with the Beacon medical staff before taking Neptune and rolling him to the shuttle. Weiss walked a ways with them saying her final good-byes to her boyfriend before finally leaving his side and walking back towards the others.

"Well this is one way to end a vacation." Sun said halfheartedly, who had been standing next to her and her fellow teammates. "It's been fun guys but I have to get going." He waved to them and they waved back.

"Sun," Weiss had just made it back to them and stopped him, her voice sounding pleading, "take care of him, please."

"Don't worry, Ice Queen," the monkey faunas said with a reassuring smile, "I'll make sure he is up and about and breaking hearts." Ruby expected her partner to bite back at Sun's comment but instead the white haired girl just gave a small smile. The blonde boy gave a final wave goodbye and gave a small nod to Blake before heading for the shuttle that was waiting for him. The team watched as the ship lifted off the ground and headed off back to Mistral.

"Weiss," Ruby said with worry, "I'm-"

"Don't say it, Ruby." Weiss said firmly. "None of this is your fault." The dual-color haired girl was about to disagree but the stern glare from the white haired girl silenced her protest.

"Come on guys," Yang said breaking up the silent argument, "lets head back and figure out what we know."


The Headmaster of Beacon watched as the shuttle left with the two Mistral academy students aboard from his office. Despite their denial of what they were doing Ozpin knew that Team RWBY was looking into the matter of the Blake Rose Killer. Part of him wanted to order them to stop but he knew that they would continue their own investigation, like they did during their first year.

The white haired man turned his attention back to the reports on his desk. With what had happened in the last few days there wasn't much to work with. All that was known was that the man was targeting the White Fang, was obsessed with Ruby and, thanks to Neptune's description, wore a black hood, wield a scythe and was in his late teens. Despite the limited information he couldn't help but feel that this case had a slight familiarity to it. It took a moment of looking through the reports for it to come to him.

"Glynda," he called over his intercom, "there are some student files I need you to get for me."

"Whose files do you need?"


"So what do we know?" Yang asked. The blonde decided that once they got to their room that they should go through what they found out the previous night. Due to what happened to Neptune they hadn't had a chance to do a rundown on their investigation.

"That we dealing with a psychopathic bastard." Weiss said with spite.

"We already knew that," the brawler responded, "what else."

"Neptune and I looked over the abandoned building of the second attack but it was cleaned out." Weiss said after taking breath from her outburst. "But Neptune was able to get a description of the guy. Looks like his obsession of Ruby has gone to what he wears and uses as a weapon, just all in black." Yang saw Ruby flinch slightly at across from her where the hooded girl sat on her bed.

"Well that confirms what Rubes and I found out from my contact." The blonde said. "He had contact with the guy and unfortunately sold him information on us."

"What kind of information?" Blake asked.

"It was mostly about me." Ruby said quietly. "My age, my year in Beacon and my team. Weiss was the only person that got called by name, and that was just your surname." She added the last bit when the white haired girl flinched.

"Should have bashed Junior's face in for that." Yang couldn't help but say. She had been very angry when she heard the words leave the club owner's mouth.

"Yang." Her younger sister gave her a halfhearted scold.

"What about you Blake," The blonde asked her partner, keeping the rundown going, "what did you find at the warehouse." The cat faunas girl seemed too hesitant before she answered.

"We… didn't go to the warehouse." Blake said.

"What do you mean you didn't go to the warehouse?" Weiss asked sternly.

"I decided to follow another lead." She adverted her amber eyes.

"What kind of lead?" Yang asked growing suspicious of Blake's behavior.

"Sun and I broke into the evidence room of the police station last night." The black haired girl said quietly.

"You what?" The other three yelled.

"Are you nuts?" Weiss scolded

"Well that was bold." Yang said with a bit of a smile not being able to hide her admiration of her friend's actions. "A bit rash but bold never the less."

"Why would you do that?" The worry in Ruby's voice made her feel a little bad for admiring what Blake did. "If you had been caught who knows what could have happen. If they had done any digging they could have found out that you were once a member of the White Fang."

"Thank you for your concern, Ruby." Blake gave the young girl a grateful smile. "But I thought it was necessary to find the information that we needed. I figured that if the police still weren't checking out the scene that all the evidence would be collected. So I figured anything of value would be with the police."

"And," Weiss said, her voice clearly still hold a level of disappointment at their teammate, "did you find anything of value?"

"Not much." Blake let out a sigh. "The police seem to be at just as much as a loss as we are. I did get a look at a manifest from both the warehouse and abandoned building."

"So?" The white hair girl asked.

"There were some items missing from both scenes." The raven haired girl answered. "Some dust canisters from the warehouse and something called The Sphere from the abandoned building."

"What do you think it means?" Yang asked. Her interests were peaked to hear that the nutcase that was after her sister was stealing things from his victims.

"I don't know." Her partner answered. Blake's eyes then drifted to their leader. "But I'm starting to suspect that his obsession with Ruby might be a ruse. And that he has something else planned entirely."

"But, why all this deception, if that is the case?" Ruby asked as if she was trying to accept Blake's hypothesis but couldn't. "Why would he go through all this trouble to hide what he is planning. Why target me for his ruse." Yang wanted to comfort her little sister in some way but she didn't know how to.

"I don't know." Blake admitted with a shrug and a shack of her head. "But something just isn't adding up." The room was silent for a moment as they processed the new information.

"So what's our next move going to be?" Ruby asked them.

"I guess we just have to wait for him to make the next move." Yang stated, there wasn't really anything else they could do.

"Whatever we do we should be extra careful." Weiss said. "Detective Pyrrhus is growing suspicious of us."


Ozpin had been going over the reports again when Glynda arrived. He pulled his eyes away to watch the Professor approach him with the files he requested, he didn't miss the concerned look on her face.

"Are you sure these are the files you wanted, Ozpin?" She asked as she handed them over. The file on top was listed as Ruby Rose.

"Yes, Glynda." Ozpin said with a sigh while taking the files and putting Ruby's aside for the moment. He had heard her surprise when he asked her for the two particular files he now held. He even had to repeat his request to her. Each had bold red letters written across them. One said transferred, while the other said expelled. "I am sure."

"Do you believe there's a connection between this case and what happened three years ago?" The blonde asked him.

"I don't know," he responded, is uncertainly clear. "There are clear differences but I can't shack the hunch I have."

"No disrespect, Ozpin," Glynda said with a hint of concern, "but I hope you're wrong."

"As do I, Glynda."


Night had fallen over Vale as he ran quietly through the courtyard. The hooded boy had planned on attacking another White Fang hideout that night but his body was sore form his previous attacks and the fight he had with the blue haired boy last night. So he decided to do something else. His plan was a bit bold, but he felt like he could pull it off. Not to mention he was excited about it.

He continued his run until he reached the building he was heading for. He quietly walked through the entrance, luckily it was late and everyone was fast asleep. He made his way for the staircase and ascended to the floor he was looking for. He made sure not to make a sound as he walked down the hallway to the door that held his destiny on the other side. The hooded boy pulled out a small device, after a few beeps from it he heard a small click come from the door.

He slowly opened the door, the first thing he saw was the haphazardly made bunk beds on the other side of the room. Each bed held a girl with different colored hair. But his interest her to the one that had dual-colored hair. The hooded boy quietly made his way over to the beds to find his rose sleeping on the top bunk to the left. He was surprised to find a dog with her that did not seemed disturbed from its sleep by his presences.

He returned his attention to the girl and pulled backed his hood, letting his dark hair free, to get a better look at her. Her very beauty felt intoxicating to him. It had been so long since he had been this close to her. And now he was so close to her he could touch her.


A/N: As I said I wasn't to happy with this chapter. So some feed back on how it could be better would be appreciated.