This story is doing better than I can ever imagine; I want to thank you rabid readers for making this the best, and unfortunately only, RWBY/FMA hybrid. Without further ado, here's the next chapter.
Blake was nervously pacing outside of Professor Port's classroom. She was waiting on Edward Elric, the boy genius with the fox's tail. Blake was not used to having nerves, not since she had become an operator for the White Fang. She heard Velvet Scarlatina down the hall, the rabbit Faunus was not trying to disguise her movements, then again, Blake could sense just about anything. Except the armored gauntlet that was on her shoulder.
Blake jumped, startled. It was Alphonse Elric. She saw this as a chance to learn more about their origins and possibly find Edward.
"Did I scare you, Blake?" Al asked.
"A little," Blake admitted.
"I'm not used to not hearing my own footsteps even in this armor, to be quite honest," Al told her.
Blake frowned. Foxes were dogs she supposed so it only made sense that he would have inherited some of their amazing stealth. She chuckled slightly at the thought of Al chasing Velvet, the fox chasing the rabbit.
"What is it?" Al asked.
"Nothing," Blake said. "Where is Ed?"
Al lead the way to their room, which was close by team RWBY's. Inside on one bed, Ed sat, his tiger's tail twitching. Al sat down on another of the beds. Blake stood awkwardly for a second before taking the chair from the desk placing it between them facing the door.
"What is it, Ed?" Blake asked.
"You must have similar powers to mine; you are a cat Faunus, aren't you?" Ed asked.
"How did you—" Blake started to say.
"Bow placement," Ed said.
Blake removed her bow, revealing her cat ears. She cursed herself for being so obvious to them; they were just that observant. Blake sat silently for a moment, remembering her brother and one of her many partners during her time with the White Fang. She started crying; Blake, who was used to being the stalwart one, had been doing that a lot recently. Al carefully picked Blake up and gave her a hug. Blake couldn't help but smile through her tears.
"It's ok. We're here for you Blake," Al said.
"You don't understand why you are making me feel the way I do," Blake said.
"Then, explain it to us," Al said.
"You remind me of my brother, Al. He was executed by the White Fang. He was a couple of years older than me; his only crime, to the Fang, was failure. When Torchwick took over the Fang, he changed the entire structure of the organization. It became a military, with us Faunus as the soldiers. For several years, my brother and his partner, Adam Taurus, were among the elite of the soldiers. They gained rank rapidly and started to plan missions.
"That is when it all went wrong. My brother hadn't seen combat in several years. His team got overwhelmed, and, rather than lose all his men in a doomed fight, he retreated. Torchwick found out several days later when the combat report was published. Torchwick executed my brother for his failure in that battle," Blake said. "That is why you bring tears to my eyes Al; you share his tail, something that I thought I had buried years ago."
Ed walked over to Blake and hugged her as well.
"It is ok. We lost both of our parents when we were very young. We sacrificed ourselves in an attempt to bring our mother back," Ed said.
"I am sorry; I know that you want to talk to me about you powers and here we are crying over my history," Blake said.
"It's ok. We understand loss," Al said.
"Aren't you worried about your bodies?" Blake asked, still crying.
"Not really, to be honest, we have looked worse," Ed said.
Blake took a minute to pull her together. She was still shaken about their appearance, but was working through that by being around them.
"Do you want to know how your changes will affect you?" Blake asked.
"We'll work through it," Al said.
"Yeah, you should rest," Ed added.
"Alright," Blake said, still shaken.
So there you have it, Blake's story of the tails. Next up is the adjustment of ROAR and ASHE as they accept differing roles than what they are used to. Don't forget to review or hit me up with a PM for comments.