Wilting

Garnet had just stepped off a Dustplane and was back at Beacon. He had been gone for two months on a ton of missions. Every time he completed one he had gotten another. He was finally able to leave though and he learned a few new tricks that he couldn't wait to use on a certain flaming psycho. Fire and him formed a tie before he left for his mission and it was driving him crazy! Fire and him always competed since they were each others equal. They were always trying to best each other and had spent a lot of time together because of it. Some people might even say that they're best friends. Garnet walked over to Team RWBY's dorm and opened it to see Blake with a black cast around her foot, sitting by a window reading a book. "Whoa, what happened?" Blake looked up, just noticing Garnet. Se sighed and closed her book. "It used to be worse. I just got out of my wheelchair today."

"Wheelchair?!" Garnet couldn't believe it. He had seen Blake fight and she was no push over.

"A lot had happened after you left." Blake explained everything that had happened while he was away.

"Wait, Fire owns Shnee Co.? Isn't he a Faunus?"

"I don't think Weiss' father has seen his ears since he always wears his hat. It is unnatural for him to own a Faunus hating company, but it might be for the better."

"Were is that fire freak anyways? I want a rematch!"

Blake sighed. He just got back and he already wants to fight? He really is Fire's equal. "I don't know. Ruby and him just got back from a mission in Remington. They stopped by to say hi, but they left a while ago and I haven't seen them since."

"Wait. You're telling me. That Fire is alone. With my sister." Garnet started twitching.

"Don't worry. Fire is too awkward to try anything, besides, anything involving love or romance makes him extremely uncomfortable. I doubt that he would try anything."

Garnet sighed. "I guess you're right. I'm still going to check on them though, you can never know for sure with Fire. He has a more complex past and motives than anyone. Heck, I bet he could be more mysterious than you if he really wanted too." Blake was about to respond to that last part, but Garnet had already left and was continuing his search. He looked everywhere until the only place he hadn't searched was the cliff he had been thrown off of during initiation. He started to walk up the cliff and he saw Fire sitting next to Ruby. They appeared to be talking and as he got closer he started to hear what they were talking about. "It was really hard to cope with it at first, but I can handle it now... I think." What was Fire blabbing on about?

"That must have been a lot to find out all at once. Now that you mention it though, you do look a lot like Adam."

"Yeah. It really confused me though. I didn't even have a purpose. I was just created for Adam to destroy me. It just doesn't make any sense."

"Don't worry about it, you may be Adam's clone but you're nothing like him. You've proved that dozens of times."

Fire's expression turned grim. "That's not entirely true. If my adrenaline sky rockets I become a little... unstable and I take on Adam's traits. I'll cause random destruction, hurt innocent people, continue to tear Grimm apart even when they're dead, and I... I won't leave any survivors, human or not. I'll hunt down anyone who runs away, I'll destroy everything... I'm like a ticking time bomb." Fire fell back and looked up at the sky. "Maybe I am Adam... just way more handsome."

"Fire you're not Adam, you're you and your purpose is something you need to find for yourself, it's not something some freak with smoke powers says."

Fire felt a lot better. "Thanks, I really needed that." He got up and stretched. "Well I better go tell the others, and remember this is hush hush. If anyone finds out... well you can guess what they'll do." Ruby nodded and pretended to zip her mouth shut. Fire turned around and saw Garnet standing there. "Oh... hey. Long time no see." Garnet glared at Fire. "Well, I'm gonna go. So I guess I'll see you around." Fire started to walk past Garnet, but Garnet put his katanna in front of him. "So, you're a clone of Adam. I might not have been there to see what he did to everyone, but Blake did tell me what happened. So if you're a clone of that... thing, then you're a threat and if you do anything to make me think you might hurt someone." Garnet put his katanna up to Fire's neck. "Then you'll be dead before you can say "oops"." Fire stood there for a minute and then he grinned and started clapping. "Wow that was really bada**, bravo. I'm shaking." Garnet's eyes narrowed an Fire was still grinning. "Go ahead, I dare you." Fire grabbed the blade and pushed it up to his neck. "Come on. I'm a threat, so kill me." Garnet stood there for a second, but took his sword and sheathed it. He shoved his hands in his pockets and walked away. "Wow, what a punk a** little b****. What did I ever do to him?"

Garnet couldn't believe Fire was practically the monster that nearly killed all of his friends. Fire may be his friend, but he will kill him... wouldn't he? Fire never did anything to show he was like his "twin"... but on the other hand he's unpredictable and insane. Nobody can predict what he'll do and with his powers linked to his emotions... Garnet shook his head as he walked into his dorm. He saw that nobody had messed with any of his stuff while he was gone. He jumped onto his bed and turned on his MP3 and pulled a magazine out and started looking through it. The best part about being a part of Team JNPR was that his team was never in the dorm so he could relax whenever he felt like it. Sure, his teammates were really good friends, but sometimes they were a little too much to handle. As Garnet flipped through the magazine he saw Fire in a ad for Shnee Co. It was a little suspicious that he became heir to Shnee Co. without even trying when Weiss spent her whole life trying to gain that title. "Too bad I don't care enough to investigate."

Meanwhile, Fire was sparing with Jaune. He was eating his lunch when Jaune asked him. Personally, this was the stupidest thing Jaune's ever done. Fire could easily dodge, counter, and hit Jaune. Jaune wasn't fast enough to block Fire and wasn't used to his fighting style. Fire didn't even have a scratch while Jaune was covered in bruises and his clothes had burn holes. "Just give up, you're too slow with that sword and shield plus that armor really weighs you down. You need to find a way to increase your speed or something." Jaune ran at Fire and he merely grabbed the swords blade and tossed it to the side. Jaune tried to hit Fire with his shield, but he smacked it out of his hands. Jaune tried to punch him, but he caught his fist and punched him in the stomach. Jaune fell to his knees and was trying not to throw up. "If this keeps going the way it is you're going to get some serious injuries." Jaune stood up and took off his armor and hoodie. His legs started glowing with aura as he ran at Fire with unimaginable speed. Fire sighed and stepped to the side and stuck his leg out, tripping Jaune. "You done?" Jaune nodded as he laid on the floor. Fire helped Jaune up and Jaune immediately fell back down. "Are you okay? I beat your shit pretty bad." Jaune shook his head. "No, I'm fine." Jaune croaked. Garnet walked into the training room hoping to let off some steam. He had been on edge ever since he found out Fire's secret. Fire was helping Jaune up. "Come on, you're going to the infirmary." As Garnet walked by Fire he gave him a dirty look. Fire ignored it and kept walking Jaune to the infirmary. "Wow, what's with Garnet?" Fire gave Jaune a worried look. "I needed to tell you all something and he heard what I had to say too early. I guess I might as well tell you now." Fire explained everything to Jaune. Jaune was shocked by the time he had finished. "Wow, now that you mention it you do look a lot like Adam."

Fire nodded. "I would've told you all sooner but I wanted to plan out how to tell you all so you wouldn't freak out."

Jaune smiled. "Don't worry about it, you couldn't get any weirder even if you tried." Fire grinned and kept walking. Three down, five to go. "I hope everyone else takes it as well as you and Ruby did." Fire had dropped Jaune off at the infirmary and slowly managed to tell everyone. Nora could care less, she just wanted to rub Fire's wolf ears, Ren had guessed that Fire was Adam's twin from the way he looked and acted so he wasn't really surprised, Blake already knew (apparently she heard the conversation with "super human hearing". Fire thinks she just wanted to look cool), and Pyrrha understood and gave him a pep talk. That only ones left were Weiss and Yang. He could tell Weiss first, but he would probably get stabbed since he was technically a member of the White Fang, and Yang would most likely murder him. He didn't now why she would kill him, but he just assumed she would. He decided to tell Weiss first. He found her at the balcony he usually was at. "Hey Weiss." Fire said meekly.

"What do you want?" Weiss sounded tired and a little distant.

"Are you okay? Do you want me to leave or..."

"No, it's fine. Make it quick." Fire told her very slowly and tried to make sure to sugar coat it. When he finished Weiss seemed unfazed and didn't look behind her once too see Fire. She just kept staring into the distance, leaning on the railing. "Well?"

"I already knew. Garnet told me a few minutes before you got here."

"WHAT!? That little!" Fire was about to run out the door, but stopped and turned around and looked at Weiss again. "Um, are you sure you're okay?" Weiss didn't respond. Fire sighed and took a tie out of his pocket and put it on. Flames engulfed him and he was replaced with Arthur. Arthur walked over to Weiss and placed a hand on her shoulder. Weiss turned around and saw him with a concerned look on his face. "If you don't want to tell me it's fine, but if you want I'll stay here for a little." Weiss nodded. She had tears welling up in her eyes. Her dad would rather have a member of the White Fang, a monster, own the company instead of her. Why? What did she do to show she wasn't worthy? Arthur took a deep breath. "Fire doesn't actually own Shnee Co.. He's pretending too and your dad is making decisions through him. He didn't want to put you in harms way by giving you the company. He had your best interests at heart. I mean come on, Fire is kind of... slow and your dad would never give Shnee Co. to someone like him." Weiss still wasn't sure and still looked distant. Arthur placed a hand on her shoulder. "If you want to talk about this you know were to find me, I'll see you later." Arthur turned to leave walked away, there was nothing more he could do if she didn't want to talk about it. He took a swig of Cherry Cola and Fire appeared after the flames dissipated. Hopefully Garnet didn't tell Yang. He didn't know why that would be a problem, but he just thought it just would.

Fire found Yang at the small forest next to Beacon that she usually trained at. Hopefully Garnet didn't tell her. Despite Fire's super strength and his new tricks Yang had also been training. Fire walked into the clearing to see Yang easily tearing through boulders with he fists and uprooting trees and throwing them. Fire shuddered, one day he would be one of those boulders if he wasn't careful. "Hey Yang what's up?" Yang didn't respond and kept punching through trees. "Yeah, f*** nature! Anyways I have something I need to tell you." Yang turned around and took out her ear buds. "What?"

"I need to tell you something."

Yang still didn't hear him and took a wild guess. "Hey! Those are fighting words!"

"What?" Fire got a punch to the stomach as a replie. Fire jumped up and decided he was done talking at this point. He started throwing fireballs at Yang, but she easily dodged all of them. She knew all of Fire's tricks. He loved showing off in class and usually didn't keep anything up his sleeve. She knew about his heat seeking fireballs, his fire breath, him flying, and a few other things she saw him use to impress chicks. Although, he hadn't been doing that ever since the Adam incident. Maybe he had a crush on someone? Yang discarded that thought. Fire and love did not go together very well. She dodged a few swings from his fire sword and kneed him in the stomach. He really needed a real weapon. Fire spun and tried to kick her, but she easily caught it and slammed Fire into the ground. He got the wind knocked out of him and didn't have much time to recover before Yang let out a barrage of punches. This fight was extremely one sided. Fire couldn't match her strength and Yang could dodge all of his attacks. Yang kicked him in the stomach and he fell over. She walked up to him and grabbed his shirt collar, pulling him up into the air. "Any last words?" Fire smiled. "Heat vision." Fire shot flames out of his eyes to throw Yang off guard. It was such a ridiculous trick and it really hurt, but as long as it did the job. Yang staggered back and looked up to see a single strand of slightly singed hair fall to the ground. Fire immediately regretted his decision and jumped into the air only to be thrown back down to earth by Yang. She landed on top of him and let out a barrage of punches. When she got up Fire was seemingly unconscious, bleeding, and was covered in bruises. She was about to panic until Fire got up again. She let out a sigh of relief and walked toward him, but Fire had appeared in front of her with astonishing speed and punched her. Yang went flying and smashed through a few trees. She was about to land until Fire was appeared again and kicked her into the air. He jumped into the air and used his fire to give him a boost and he managed to get above Yang. He dived down and punched her in the stomach and was pushing her towards the ground faster as they descended. Flames slowly covered his body until it looked like Yang had been hit by a comet and once they hit the ground flames went everywhere. Fire slowly got up and was holding his arm. He had dislocated it from the punch. He staggered over to the crater he had created and saw that Yang wasn't there. He turned around as a tree hit him and Fire fell unconscious Yang walked over to him as he laid on the ground as Fire started to wake up. Yang seemed to be in much better condition than he was but was still hurt. "I already know that you're Adam's clone. Garnet told me. Oh and next time you send me hurtling towards earth like that I. Will. Kill. You." With that she left and Fire got up and pushed his arm back into place and he held back a scream of pain. Well that went a lot better than expected.

Fire had managed to get to the cafeteria. He would have gone to the infirmary, but he just wanted to relax and eat a sandwich or something. He sat down at the end of the table across from Jaune as usual and everyone was staring at him. "What?" Jaune decided to say something. "Dude, your bleeding like crazy." Fire examined his wounds. "Yeah I guess I am."

"Doesn't it hurt?"

"Not really."

"How did this happen?" Ren didn't seem very confused, but he was curious.

"I told Yang about Adam."

"Wow, she really took it that hard?"

"No, Garnet told her, she just wanted to kick my a** for not telling her sooner. He told Weiss too and I'm pretty sure she was crying." Fire said nonchalantly and kept eating his sandwich.

"Why would he do that?"

"I don't know. Maybe he's scared or doesn't trust me. I mean, my "twin" did almost smash Sun's head open, kill Penny, and put Blake in a wheelchair. He probably blames me." As Fire finished speaking Garnet walked over and sat down across from Ren on the other side of the table. "Hey Garnet, we were just talking about you. So, would you like to explain why you told Weiss and Yang when I was already going to tell them?

Garnet looked over at Fire. "Because I don't trust you. You're practically the White Fang's poster boy, your "twin" nearly killed all of my friends, and you're insane."

"Wow, that hurt my feelings." Fire took a swig off Cherry Cola and belched. He was getting angry and very few people managed to accomplish angering Fire. Only four people could make him angry one was Garnet. The other three were Ozpin, Cardin, and Adam. The last time Cardin had managed to make Fire angry it was the last. Fire put him in the emergency room and no one knew what Cardin had done or said to get him so angry. Whenever he was confronted about it he acted like it never happened. Garnet stood up with his hand on the hilt of one of one of his katannas. "If you want we could take this outside, we still have a tie to break." Yang was about to clobber him until Fire stood up with a serious look on his face. Everyone was surprised, no one had ever seen Fire serious before. Fire stared Garnet in the eye an was staring him down. "If you want a fight I won't hold back. You already hurt Weiss and that's enough of a reason for me to kill you, but if you really want to do this I will go all out and you will most likely die. This is your only warning." Garnet hesitated. Fire had never done anything to him and proved he wasn't Adam in any way, shape, or form... but he couldn't risk Fire going crazy and killing everyone. He was positive he could beat Fire in a sparring match, but no one had seen Fire go all out except for Adam and if the rumors Garnet had heard about Fire were true... Garnet threw one of his katannas at Fire, but he caught it when it was right in front of his face and it slowly melted. "You get one more chance, what will it be?"

Wow so much hostility. Garnet seems to have trust issues or something. Sorry I haven't been uploading new stuff as much as I used to, I've just had a lot going on and I've been having trouble thinking of what to do until Fire fights Adam again (that and I'm really lazy). Well that's all for now. Camp Fire out.