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Hey guys. Before we begin, I just want to thank every single one of you for all of the positive feedback I've gotten from all of you. I mean it guys, I never expected my idea to do so well. I just wanted to lift everyone's spirits after everything that happened in the last episode of RWBY. So thank you so much guys.

And now I have a message from one of my best friends, my co-author and the person responsible for convincing me to continue the story. I, of course, am talking about Dragon Spirit 10. This is what she had to say to everyone:

"Hello everyone. I'm Dragon Spirit 10. I'm helping my good friend Joe, write his RWBY story. I'm really happy you're enjoying it. "

Also one last thing. After I work on a few more chapters with this story, I may do one wear Jaune and Pyrrha are older and Jaune asks her to be wife. Because as far as I've seen, there's at least one story where they are married. And I want to give them another happy ending. And if anyone wants to know, I also plan to have a lemon scene or story for this two.

Anyway, let's continue the story of "I Won't Leave You".

Chapter 3

Emerald, Mercury and Cinder were sitting quietly in their hideout as they waited to hear back from Salem. They were also waiting to hear from Roman and Neo. Cinder was staring at the bandaged stump of where her right hand used to be.

Suddenly, they heard a noise as someone entered the warehouse. Emerald immediately went to find out what it was. If it was an enemy, she had to keep them away from the injured Cinder. Mercury stayed near Cinder, in case there were more enemies than Emerald could deal with on her own. Emerald than saw a figure walking towards her. She quickly pulled out her weapons, ready to attack. But when the figure came closer, Emerald saw it was Neo in the disguise she wore when they were in the tournament.

"Neo! Where have you be-"

Emerald was cut off as Neo continued to walk past her. A confused Emerald followed behind Neo. When Neo appeared in front of Mercury and Cinder, they were relieved that it was just her and not someone else they had to deal with.

"Neo. Where have you been?"

Mercury asked. Neo didn't reply as she dropped her disguise and turned back to her normal look.

"Neo? Where is Roman?"

Cinder asked calmly, but the only response she got was an angry glare.

"Wait. You mean he's dead?"

Emerald said in shock.

"I didn't think it was possible to actually kill that guy."

Mercury said.

"Well I didn't expect this to happen. But we've already completed the important part of this plan thanks to him."

Cinder said sighing.

"So what the hell do we do now?!"

Mercury asked feeling a bit angry as it felt that everything in their plan was falling apart tonight. Cinder then looked at her scroll as she got a message. She then smiled as she put it away.

"We're done here in Vale. We're returning to Mistral."

"Why Mistral of all places?"

Emerald asked, feeling confused.

"Wouldn't it be nice to return home for a while? So we can enjoy everyone's panic more?"

Cinder then walked over to Neo and said,

"You can come with us if you'd like and we'll help you get revenge for Roman."

Neo responded with a smile and nodded her head in agreement. Cinder smiled. She didn't care that Roman was gone. After all, he was just a puppet who did all of the dirty work they needed. And at this stage of the plan he no longer had a use for her or for Salem. However, Neo could still be useful, so it would be best to keep her believing that they were angered by Roman's death.

Neo wasn't stupid. She knew Cinder was using her by taking advantage of her anger. But she would play along, for now at least. She would break away and do it on her own if Cinder decided to focus on something else.

Back at the safe zone in Vale, the people had been told that they had managed to clear the city of Grimm. But not Beacon Academy, and more Grimm were arriving at the school as they were drawn to the Dragon Grimm.

Because of that, they believed it wouldn't be long until the Grimm tried to attack the city again. So they were told to evacuate from anyplace near the city. Teams RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, and CFVY were sitting together trying to decide what to do next.

"So what are you guys going to do?"

Ruby asked, saddened knowing that she was going to have to separate from her friends.

"Well there's no way I'm going back home."

Weiss said determined.

"But what about your dad Weiss? He'll be furious if you don't return home."

"Do you really think I care about that right now? I told him that I won't be coming home until I know my friends are safe. And I'll know you're safe as soon as we get you all home."

Ruby smiled. And even though Weiss said "no" before, Ruby still thought of her as her BFF.

"I don't have a home anymore."

Blake said, implying how she had been that way since she left the White Fang.

"Nora and I are in the same ship. We have no parents and no place to go home to."

Ren said as Nora was drifting off on Ren's shoulders. He just smiled and held her close.

"What about you and Yang, Ruby?"

Jaune asked as he checked on Pyrrha.

Pyrrha was sitting next to Jaune as they had just finished treating her. They had managed to take the arrow out of her ankle and her foot was now in a brace and they had given her crutches. Because the arrow had actually shattered her ankle but if she was lucky and kept her weight off it she wouldn't need surgery.

"Well, Yang needs to recover and be kept an eye on. So we're going to go back home to Patch. Dad's not going to be happy."

Ruby said while sighing heavily.

"Why do you say that?"

"Do you really think anybody would be happy to see one of their own children be seriously injured and lose an arm?"

"No. But I think he'll happier knowing that his children are alive."

"He's right Ruby. And if that's the case, then we're coming with you."

Weiss said standing up.

"What? Are you serious?"

"We're a team Ruby. Which means we stick together. Through good times and bad times."

She grabbed ahold of Ruby's hands. To reassure her that she would always be there for her friends. Ruby smiled.

"Yeah. You can always count on us Ruby."

Jaune said, encouraged by Weiss's words. He was helping Pyrrha to her feet.

"We're always ready to help you, Ruby. You and Jaune saved my life. And for that I am forever in your debt."

Pyrrha said smiling. She leaned on Jaune's shoulder and he put his arms around her.

"You can count on us too. Right Nora?"

"Right!"

Nora shouted before falling back asleep. Ren smiled at his friend's cute antics, but then Ren tried not to blush thinking that she was cute.

"Yeah. You should always get your friends involved."

Sun said smiling as he grabbed hold of Neptune. Coco and her team laughed at everyone's enthusiasm.

"I'm all for helping you lot and all but I'm afraid we won't be coming with you guys. At least not yet?"

"Why not, Coco?"

Weiss asked.

"We've got family here in Vale that we need to check on. And we also want to help out as much as we can before they send us back home."

Coco said smiling.

"But don't worry. We'll be ready to help when you need us."

Velvet said smiling at her friends.

"Yeah. You just let us know when you need us and we'll be there. Once things have cooled down here, we'll come to Patch and visit you."

Yatsuhashi said with Fox nodding in agreement. Ruby started to tear up. She never had so many friends before and they were all saying that they'll be there for her and for Yang.

"Oh, you guys are just the best!"

Ruby hugged Weiss.

"Hey! Why are you hugging me?"

Weiss said as she tried to pry off Ruby from her embrace.

"I did say that you were my BFF!"

Weiss realized there was no way out of this so she just went with it and hugged Ruby too. Everyone was laughing. Everyone except Blake, who had remained quiet after mentioning that she didn't have home. Blake then left the group alone, but Sun stopped laughing as he saw Blake leaving and decided to follow her. Blake knew Sun was following her but decided to keep on walking until they were at a quieter part of the safe zone.

"What's wrong Blake?"

Sun asked after she finally stopped walking away from everyone. Blake was trying not to cry again.

"I don't think I can go with them to Patch. Or anywhere else with them."

"Why not? They're your friends. They'd want you to be by their side."

"You've already seen what's happened to Yang."

Blake couldn't stop the tears from falling down her face at remembering what happened to her friend.

"I don't care what Adam does to me."

She said as she wrapped her arms around her bandaged torso.

"But I can't bear the thought of Adam hurting the other or worse!"

She said crying even more.

"Blake"

Sun said sadly as he hugged her from behind and placed his hands on top of hers

"You may not care what he does but I do."

Sun said as he rested his chin on Blake's head.

Blake blushed at Sun's words

"Sun, I need to find Adam and end this before he hurts anyone else."

She said sadly.

"No, we'll end this."

Sun said as he hugged Blake tighter.

"You don't have to do it alone. And it's not just me, but we're all here for you."

"I know that."

Blake said as she walked out of Sun's embrace.

"That's why I have to fight to protect you all. I won't let anyone else risks their lives for my sake."

Sun sighed as he walked towards Blake and placed his left hand on her cheek. He then leaned in and kissed Blake. Blake stood frozen at Sun's action. Sun soon pulled away and rested his forehead against Blake's.

"I really do care for you Blake. And if Adam hurt you or worse killed you, I wouldn't know what to do anymore. You are the best thing that's happened to me in a long time."

Sun then stepped away from Blake.

"If you really are certain you want to do this now, then I will help you. So think about it."

Blake smiled and said:

"Thank you Sun. For always being there for me."

Back at the warehouse. Cinder and her team were getting ready to head back to Mistral. Mercury then asked her a question.

"Hey Cinder?"

"Yes Mercury. What is it?"

"I was wondering. If we're leaving for Mistral, what about the White Fang?"

"We'll just leave them to their own devices now as we no longer have to guide them in the right direction."

Adam sat grinning in what was once the Great Hall of Beacon Academy. He wasn't worried about the Grimm. If any Grimm came his way, he could just kill them very easily. It had felt so good to hurt Blake and her friend. But he still wasn't satisfied. He wouldn't rest until everyone his love cared about was killed by his hands. And he would then thoroughly enjoy slowly killing the broken Blake.

Co-Author Notes

C/A/N: I just want to add this incase Joe gets some criticism about it some of you may know through experience or just knowledge that in reality if you get a shattered ankle you have to get surgery and they put metal pins in your leg and such. Now the reason why I just had it that Pyrrha might get away with no surgery if she's careful as with RWBY we all know they can take a better hit than real people and since the arrow hit Pyrrha cleanly I don't think the injury would have been as bad so I think I can get away with it ;)