A/N: Sorry for the long wait everyone. I hit a bit of a block on this one and had another story going and became focused on that one. But here you go. I hope you enjoy. For anyone wondering, I did edit the scene between Weiss and Winter last chapter so it fits with cannon more.
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It took a moment for the information to sink in for the young girl. The man behind all of this senseless death and destruction. The man who was so obsessed with her that he thought it was all an act of love. The man who thought that they were destined to be together. He had been a student here at Beacon and was only a few years older than herself.
"Professor, I don't understand." Weiss said braking the short silence that had fallen over the room. "What do you mean he was a student here? Why was he expelled?"
Again the room fell into silence before Ozpin let out a sigh.
"Under normal circumstances I would be obligated not to share such information with you." He said as he turned to look out the window behind him. The older man turned back to them with a smile. "However, as usual with you four, things aren't normal."
Ruby couldn't help but smile a little at his attempt to lighten the mood a little. The professor reached for a set of folders stacked on top of each other. The top one having Kaito's name on it. When he picked up the stalker's folder she saw the one underneath had her name on it. It shouldn't surprise her that Ozpin would have her file given the situation, but it disturbed the young girl that hers was so close the one that was about the boy after her.
Ozpin opened the file and set it in front of Ruby and her team, showing a picture of Kaito. He had shaggy black hair and brown eyes. There was such an ordinary smile on his face that he seemed completely unlike the person she came to know. She couldn't help but wonder what had happened to him. What could he have done to get expelled? And what made him think what he was doing was right?
"Kido was admitted to Beacon three ago after demonstrating his exceptional skills." Ozpin said leaning forward his hands together. "He had been such a promising young student."
Ruby saw a look of disappoint cross the professor's face. But it seemed that it was more towards himself then towards Kaito.
"He came here and passed the initiation, everything thing was going so well for him." He went on before letting out a sigh. "But he was often the target of bullies. Some more brutal then others. Even his own teammates at times would bully him."
"How could they do that?" Ruby said feeling a bit of sympathy for the boy.
"Not everyone is fortunate to be placed on a team that gets along." He said before smiling. "I do believe that you and Weiss didn't get along at first."
"And now they are good friends." Yang said while ruffling up both girls' hair. Weiss pulled the blonde's hand away and gave a halfhearted glare at her.
"Yes," Ozpin said, "but Kido wasn't so lucky. Far more given his past."
"What do you mean, sir?" Blake asked.
"Shortly after he came to Beacon," he paused for a moment, seemly struggling to get the next words out, "he lost his family."
"Ho- How?" Ruby struggled to ask.
"Soon after Kido passed the initiation, his family decided to come over from one of the villages outside the Kingdom. They were on board a small airship when it was attacked by a Nevermore." Ozpin said solemnly. "The airship went down with no survivors."
Ruby could feel the shock of the information emanating from her friends, mixing with her own. Ruby remembered what it was like to lose her mother. For someone to lose their entire family seemed unbearable.
"We got some sympathy from other students, however that didn't stop him from starting to isolate himself." The professor went on. "After a while some students picked up on this and that's when the bullying started."
"But he had just lost his family." Ruby said.
"Some people don't keep track of the tragedies of others, Ruby." Blake said solemnly.
"Sadly true, Ms. Belladonna." Ozpin said. "Slowly the bullying got worse as the year went on. Eventually it turned violent. Then a single student stood up for him and pushed the bullies away. That's when it all started."
There was a pause. Ozpin looked at Ruby and her friends. He seemed to be contemplating on rather to continue or not. The older man let out a sigh before he finally continued.
"You weren't the first to be a target of Kido's obsession." He stated. "The student who defend him, I won't give you her name for her privacy, she to became a target of his obsession. It started out innocently enough. Flowers and letters. But she didn't reciprocate his feelings. This only drove him to try harder. He began to follow her. Watch her. Taking any little action that she did as a sign. It got worse and worse until she had a mental breakdown."
The young girl couldn't help but let that information sink in. Everything was the same. Every action Kaito had done to that girl, he was now doing to her. The letters and flowers. The pictures indicating that he had been following her. His aggressive actions towards the White Fang. It all seemed to match with what he had done to the girl before. Except one thing.
"Why? Why me professor?" She asked. "Why is he after me?"
"I've been asking that myself, Ruby." Ozpin said as he pulled out his scroll. "Then I took a look into your… past exploits."
He pressed a few buttons before handing it over to her. A video began to play on it and the rest of her team closed in to watch. It was security footage of the White Fang's armed robbery of a bank that Ruby's team had foiled nearly two months ago. It showed the terrorist breaking in and holding everyone up, then her team's arrival and the fight that broke out. Then it showed one of the robbers holding up one of the hostages as a shield. The boy that was being held was none other than Kaito Kido.
The video continued to play showing the White Fang member yelling demands. Then her friends discarding their weapons. Then Ruby watched as she made her move and saved Kaito's life from the terrorist. The video ended and she gave the scroll back to Ozpin.
"It would appear that it was mere chance that has caused this distress in your life. Ruby." He said with sympathy.
"That would explain his destiny obsession." Weiss stated sternly.
"Indeed." Ozpin said.
"If you don't mind me asking, sir?" Yang asked hesitantly. "What happened after the girl had her breakdown."
"She and her team transferred to one of the other academies and she underwent therapy." Ozpin stated. "As for Kido, I was forced to expel him and have him undertake mandatory therapy sessions. He was diagnosed with attachment disorder. The loss of his family and his isolation most likely contributed to that."
"What about the rest of his team?" Blake asked. "I've haven't heard of a three-man team here at Beacon."
"Unfortunately the stigma that Kido created ended up reflecting on his team." Ozpin said. "They became ostracized by the rest of the school and they all ended up quitting."
"So what will happen now?" Weiss asked after a moment of silence.
"For now, return to your dorm room and get some rest. Leave this investigation to the police." Ozpin said giving them the go ahead to leave. He said one more thing before they made it to the elevator. "And Ruby, I'm sorry things escalated this far. I had thought he was getting better."
Ruby gave him a small smile and a nod, hold no ill will towards him. None of this was his fault. She and the rest of her team entered the elevator leaving the professor in his office.
The next day the news was filled with information about the recent event. Detective Pyrrhus was shown at a podium giving the recent information to the public. Which included a picture of Kaito and giving his name. Yang felt like she could take that as a small victory that there was such a big lead now and it would make it hard for the nutcase to commit any more acts. However, the feeling was short lived upon seeing that her sister did not seem to share in her satisfaction.
She and Ruby were sitting in their dorm room by themselves. Weiss and Blake had already left to get some breakfast. Her sister was watching the holoscreen but her eyes had a distant look on them. The blonde sat down next to her and wrapped her arm around the young girl's shoulder. The silver eyed girl turned her head and looked at her.
"Hey Rubes," Yang said comfortingly, "why the long face?"
"I… I just…" The red cladded girl seemed to be struggling to put what she was thinking into words. "I just can't help but feel sorry for him."
Most people would be surprised by such a statement from someone in Ruby's position. But Yang knew her baby sister well. It was just like her to be sympathetically to others, even those who had done her wrong. If the older sister was being honest with herself, despite her own anger towards the boy hounding her sister, she felt sorry for him as well. He had been dealt a bad hand in life, and was emotionally damaged by it. That wouldn't stop her from beating the crap out of Kaito when they finally find him.
"He has to be stopped so he can get the help he needs." Ruby went on.
"With this new information out to the public he is going to have a harder time moving around." Yang said. "He is bound to slip up and get caught."
"It might make him more desperate though." Ruby added. "I think we should keep looking form."
"I agree." Yang said. Honestly she had been considering taking Ozpin's advice and staying out of this one after the close call last night. But they were already deep into the case. Might as well go all the way. "But we need to be careful. No telling what he will do to get to you. And I'll be damned if I let him even get that close."
"Agreed." The young girl said snuggling closer to her causing Yang to smile and tighten her hold on her little sister.
Soon. Very soon he would have everything ready. Kaito looked at the various items scattered on the large table in front of him. The White Fang were ambitious he gave them that much. Their attack last year was one thing, but this… this was something else entirely. What they were planning to do with it the dark haired boy didn't know and didn't care at this point. They had now provided him with the ultimate gift.
He turned his brown eyes to the old TV playing the news. The police now knew who he was. But he cared little about that. Kaito was done with the White Fang. Now it was time to get close to his love. His heart was still pounding from seeing her last night. If only she knew how close they were to being together. Then his mind turned to blonde that had challenged their love. The shaggy haired boy foresaw problems from her. He might have to deal with that when the time came.
For now, he returned his attention to the items before him and the plans that went with them. A small smile crossed his face. It wouldn't be long now before he finally would fulfill his destiny. And he and Ruby would be together. Forever.
A/N: I know this was a bit short but I hope you enjoyed it.
