In this chapter, Blake is going to leave Team PWBR! And strangely enough PWR (which of course is PWBR without a B for Blake since she's vanished like a ball of yarn in the wind) is still pronounced "Power". And Ren is going to leave too. Now it's just PW...which is still pronounced "Pow". Weird.
It looks like Blake and Ren have run away together...and it appears that Ren actually LIKES Blake's cat ears...how about that?
Chapter 16: Goodbye Kitty
In Team PWBR's room, the three huntresses and one hunter were plotting how to spend their day. They already knew that Team RWBY were getting ready for the Vytal Festival, so it wouldn't be a bad idea for them to get ready as well.
Of course, since Pyrrha was on their team, maybe they DIDN'T need to get ready. She had already won several trophies by herself.
Fortunately, Weiss had a plan.
"Everyone, I have an idea! Why don't we visit the docks?" asked Weiss.
"The docks? Are we going fishing?" inquired Blake. She would love to eat some fish, especially fish that was cooked in an oven so that she didn't have to eat it raw. She never recalled Weiss to be a fisherman though.
"No, silly. We're going to go see some hunters and huntresses from Vacuo!" exclaimed the huntress.
"Oh...so we're going to be visiting people from other kingdoms then?" questioned Pyrrha. That seemed appropriate since she wasn't originally from Vale. Neither was Weiss.
"See? Pyrrha gets it!" shouted Weiss.
"Alright, but I think Nora wants to visit me today." answered Ren. She would be very disappointed if she found out that he wasn't there. They seemed to do everything together, even when they went to Beacon Academy.
"Does she want you to eat pancakes?" asked Blake. If so, she knew where she could get some maple syrup.
"She sure does." nodded the teenage boy. Her idea of Heaven would probably involving being in a land full of pancakes...though he supposed that maybe it would involve other breakfast foods as well.
"I suppose I might have time. I can use my scroll to talk to her if she wonders where I am." On the other hand, Nora might give him half a dozen scroll calls in a short period of time.
"Good idea." nodded Blake.
Immediately, the four of them set out to head to the docks.
On the way there, they noticed something alarming.
Apparently, a local dust store had been robbed. Someone had a craving for dust it seemed.
Speaking of which, Weiss heard that too much dust made Ruby sneeze. Was she allergic?
Unfortunately, they did have a video featuring who had robbed the dust store. However, according to some witnesses, the White Fang were responsible for it.
"The White Fang? Ugh, I hate them so much..." answered Weiss.
"You know what the sad part of it is? They weren't always evil." said Blake.
"They weren't?" asked the white-haired girl.
"Yeah...they got fed up with the way humans were treating them and decided to fight back..." answered the huntress.
"My parents' company have been locked in war with them for years..." remarked Weiss.
"You have?" asked Blake.
"Yeah...I'm starting to see why the Black Hand want to get rid of them..." answered the ice huntress. If White Fang were gone, the humans would be able to live in peace, right?
Ren noticed that Blake's eyes widened when Weiss mentioned the Black Hand.
"Wait, who are the Black Hand?" questioned Ren.
"They're an organization that kill Faunus...apparently they're racist towards them. I think it's more likely that they would wish to protect humans from Faunus aggression however." answered Pyrrha.
"That makes sense..." nodded Weiss.
"The Black Hand make me sick..." remarked Blake, who was feeling woozy.
"They do sound rather awful." answered Ren. Who would want to spill the blood of the innocent like that so badly? Sure, he could understand why someone would want to do something about the White Fang...but it seemed that some of the higher-ups amongst the Black Hand were killing completely innocent Faunus as well as the guilty ones. What had gotten into them?
"Maybe the Faunus brought it on themselves. They shouldn't have resorted to violence to solve their problems." questioned the ice huntress.
Curious, Ren noticed that Blake seemed to be glaring at Weiss as soon as she said that. Why was she though?
Suddenly, Pyrrha noticed a Faunus stealing from a banana stall.
"That Faunus is driving me bananas!" bellowed the stall owner. This wasn't the first time that he had been robbed...and it wouldn't be the last unless someone finally caught him.
The other stall owners began to laugh at him.
"What? What's so funny?" asked the man.
Pyrrha decided that she should do something about him.
Immediately, she noticed Sun making a run for it.
She began to chase after him.
Quickly, she used her magnetism to throw metal objects at Sun.
"What the-" exclaimed Sun.
Frantically, he began to avoid them. He wouldn't want to get whacked on the head with a frying pan.
"Why are those objects so attracted to me? Well, I know that ladies are attracted to me..." noted Sun.
Fortunately, since he was agile as...well, a monkey, he was able to avoid them all.
"He's fast...I think I better pick up the pace." noted Pyrrha.
Immediately, she began to run faster.
Quickly, Sun noticed that she was gaining up on him. If he didn't do something, he was going to get caught.
"She's quick! How am I going to outrun her?" thought Sun.
Suddenly, he noticed that there was a rather large tree up ahead. Not only that, but there were bananas on it. Sweet, delicious bananas.
"Oh, that's right. I'm a monkey Faunus so climbing up trees should be second nature to me." remarked the teenager.
Immediately, he grabbed onto the tree and began to climb up it. Maybe his pursuer couldn't climb trees. Of course, she would probably sit on a chair and watch TV until he became down...but he could probably toss coconuts at her until she left or something.
However, he realized that something was stopping him as soon as he started climbing up the tree.
"What the-" exclaimed Sun. Why wasn't he moving?
He looked down, and discovered that Pyrrha had grabbed onto his tail.
"You grabbed onto my tail? That's rather impressive." noted Sun. He wondered why whenever he challenged an opponent to a duel that they never thought about doing that.
"You really shouldn't steal from the populace." answered Pyrrha.
"It's kind of hard to get a job when you're a Faunus." explained the monkey Faunus.
"Well, you've a good point, but this is kind of...monkey business." stated the magnetic heroine.
"Monkey business? I see what you did there." said Sun.
Suddenly, he realized who she was talking to.
"Hey, you're Pyrrha! I've heard that you've won lots of championships!" exclaimed the monkey Faunus.
"I sure have...I wonder what my next trophy will be." questioned Pyrrha.
"Are you going to compete in the Vytal Tournament?" asked Sun. Personally he got the feeling that Pyrrha would be able to win that tournament just like the other tournaments that she had won.
"Of course I am! My teammates are coming with me too..." noted the huntress. She in fact wasn't used to being part of a team before, but she figured that it would be enjoyable. Besides, she was the one in charge since she was the strongest and rather smart.
"Well, so are my teammates." answered the monkey Faunus. For some strange reason, his teammates were all guys. He wasn't quite sure why.
Meanwhile, Ruby, Yang, Cardin, and Jaune were doing some sightseeing as well.
"I can't wait for the Vytal Tournament. I'll get to pound some heads in." stated Cardin.
"You better pay attention to the rules, Cardin! You don't want to get us kicked out!" warned Ruby. If they got kicked out of the tournament, everyone would most likely be disappointed with them...and she didn't want that.
"Whatever." answered the bully.
"I'm actually looking forward to the Vytal Tournament too. I'm hoping that during one of my battles my theme song will play...though I suppose that they might use a musical instrument instead of singing it out loud." suggested Yang.
"Do I have a theme song?" asked Jaune.
"Nope, it's just me and Yang." answered Ruby.
"Awww..." complained the blonde. Why couldn't he catch a break?
"Anyways, since I'm in charge you better do what I say during the tournament!" advised the teenage girl. Otherwise her team would get in trouble.
"And I'm second-in-command!" bellowed Jaune.
Yang bumped Jaune in the elbow with her fist, causing him to rub it.
Elsewhere, Nora, Russel, Dove, and Sky were downtown as well. Russel and his friends had wanted to get some comic books...but since Nora was the leader she insisted that they should get some pancakes.
"Yum! Those were some delicious pancakes!" exclaimed Nora. She had eaten quite a few of them.
"Was it worth coming here on the way to the comic book store?" asked Russel.
"Totally!" bellowed the teenage girl.
However, as they were leaving the pancakeria, something unexpected happened.
Suddenly, Nora bumped into someone.
"Oof!" exclaimed Nora.
"You alright?" asked the girl who she had bumped into. Apparently, they both needed to watch where they were going.
For some strange reason, something about her seemed off. She didn't seem quite...human.
"I think so...do I know you?" inquired the teenage girl.
"My name is Penny! Pleased to meet you!" exclaimed the bizarre girl.
"Hmm, I think Nora might have found her match." remarked Russel.
Dove and Sky nodded.
"My name is Nora!" exclaimed Nora.
"I think we're going to be good friends!" shouted Penny.
Immediately, she gave Nora a hug.
As she did so, Nora suddenly had a hard time breathing.
"You're really...strong." noted Nora.
"Whoops! Sorry!" apologized Penny, loosening her grip. She forgot about her own strength sometimes. Just the other day when she gave an Atlas soldier a high-five she ended up sending them flying.
Nora sighed in relief.
"Wait, we are friends...right?" asked the robot. She'd be disappointed if they weren't.
"Hmm..." thought Nora out loud.
Curious, Nora decided to take a look to see if her friends would approve.
Dove and Sky were both shaking their heads...while Russel was busy playing Mega Man on a portable console.
"Since Russel doesn't seem to mind...OK!" exclaimed Nora.
"Huh? What?" asked Russel as he turned off his video game.
"Oh man!" bellowed Dove and Sky. Why would Nora want to be friends with her?
"Yes! Woohoo!" bellowed Penny, jumping into the air...several feet.
"Wow!" exclaimed Nora. Could Penny fly?
"By the way, are you going to compete in the Vytal tournament? I know I am!" shouted Penny.
"I'd love to!" cheered Nora.
"It'll be nice seeing you in the tournament then! Goodbye for now!" answered Penny as she went to the hardware store to get some batteries.
"Bye!" shouted Nora.
"What was with that girl?" asked Russel.
Dove and Sky shrugged.
"I wonder why she was getting battieres?" questioned Dove.
"Maybe she plays video games like you do?" inquired Sky.
"Maybe..." suggested Russel.
After Pyrrha decided to let Sun go, (though she did tell him that maybe he should live a different lifestyle), her teammates decided to head back to Beacon Academy.
Shortly afterward, Weiss began to complain about the Faunus and their larceny habit.
"I swear, the Faunus should all be arrested or something. Maybe the world is better off without them." suggested Weiss.
"Weiss!" exclaimed Blake.
"What? I'm tired of them pillaging us..." said the ice huntress.
"You're being really disrespectful!" bellowed the cat girl.
"Being disrespectful? Wait a minute..." thought Weiss out loud.
Suddenly, Weiss took off Blake's black bow.
"Ah-ha!" exclaimed the ice huntress.
Pyrrha and Ren gasped in shock.
As her teammates had just discovered, Blake had cat ears underneath her bow.
"I knew it! You ARE a Faunus!" bellowed Weiss.
Blake sighed.
"Alright, you got me...I am a Faunus...and if you don't want me to be on your team, then I'll just find someone else." answered Blake.
Immediately, Blake ran out of the room.
"Blake, wait!" exclaimed Ren.
Quickly, Ren ran out of the room after Blake.
"Weiss, what were you thinking?!" exclaimed Pyrrha, an angry look on her face.
"I'm sorry! I just didn't want any more thefts in Vale..." said Weiss.
"You know, I happened to have met a Faunus today. He said that he only stole from humans because none of them would give him a job, since they didn't like Faunus..." explained the polarity huntress.
"Really? I never thought about it that way..." answered the Schnee corporation heiress.
"Well, I'm glad you're realizing the error of your ways, but it's a bit too late to fix that. Blake and Ren have already run off...and unless we can get them back, we'll be two teammates short!" pointed out Pyrrha.
"You're right...I guess I didn't think things through..." admitted Weiss.
"Well, we should look for them soon. If they leave the country, it's doubtful that we would ever find them...unless of course they end up on the most wanted list..." advised the armor-clad teenage girl.
"You're right. We shouldn't let them get too far. But where would they go?" questioned the white-haired girl.
Pyrrha began to think.
Outside Beacon Academy...
On a nearby bench, Blake was crying. She couldn't believe that her teammates had finally discovered who she was. Then again, perhaps she couldn't hide the truth from them forever. She did share the same living quarters with them whether she liked it or not.
Why did humans hate Faunus so much, anyway? Sometimes she wished that she could finally take off her bow so that she didn't have to hide the truth.
At that very moment, Ren approached her.
"Blake!" exclaimed Ren.
Blake's eyes widened in surprise. She wasn't expecting any of her teammates to pursue her.
"Ren?" asked Blake.
"There you are! I was worried about you after you ran away like that..." noted Ren.
"Sorry about that..." apologized the cat huntress. Maybe she should have been a bit more hasty.
"So...you're a Faunus?" asked the teenage boy.
"Yes, I am. Go ahead, call me names like beast or savage...I'll be listening." answered Blake. There were a lot of different names that people called Faunus.
Ren decided to take a closer look at Blake.
He noticed that she had cat ears.
"You know, those cat ears are actually rather...cute." noted Ren.
"Yeah yeah yeah, I've heard it all b-wait, no I haven't!" exclaimed Blake.
"What makes you think I'm going to insult you?" questioned the teenage boy. She was his teammate, just like Nora wanted to be.
"Wait, you're not actually against Faunus? I know that Cardin and his friends like bullying them." noted the cat Faunus. Of course, Cardin and his friends haven't been so bad lately ever since they were assigned to work for Ruby and Nora respectively.
"Of course not! I think they're people too!" exclaimed Ren.
Blake smiled. Perhaps not everyone hated Faunus as she thought. She was glad that Ren could appreciate that she was a Faunus, unlike Weiss.
"Don't worry about Weiss. I'm sure she'll realize the error of your ways eventually." advised Blake's teammate.
"Maybe you're right." agreed the catgirl. Personally, she decided that since Ren didn't mind her cat ears along with her other cat features, maybe she didn't need to wear that bow anymore.
"I think I'll come back to my teammates eventually. For now I think I need a break from being a huntress." noted Blake.
"Let me know when you're ready to come back, OK?" asked Ren.
"You can come with me if you want...I wouldn't mind hanging out with you." stated the huntress.
Ren nodded.
"I know an inn that's willing to accept both Faunus and humans...as unbelievable as that sounds. Maybe we could hang there for a few days." suggested Blake.
Ren nodded once again. That wasn't a bad idea.
Together, Blake and Ren left Beacon Academy so that they could both take a break from being part of Team PWBR.
And Blake and Ren are both gone. It looks like Pyrrha and Weiss are going to have to look for them, wherever they could possibly be. Maybe Weiss should be more respectful to the Faunus. Then again, the White Fang have never been friends to her father's company. Her father had lost his fair share of sales to those maniacs.
In the next chapter, the search for Blake and Ren is going to begin...